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By Zuber Ansari

The Vakola police areclaiming to have busteda human trafficking

racket with the arrest of a 49-year-old disabled man fromhis residence at Gajdharbandlocality in Santacruz (W). Theman was allegedly luringminor girls on the promise ofproviding them with a goodlifestyle andwas thenpushingthem into prostitution.He was reportedly running

his racket from localities inKandivli, Vakola, SantacruzandVirar. Around10 girls havegone missing from theVakolapolice station jurisdiction inthe last sixmonth and the po-lice are still busy with the in-vestigations in these cases.In a recent incident, a 16

year-old girl went missing onJuly 7 after she left her hometo collect her SSC result fromthe Public High School inVakola. When she did not re-turn even on the next day, herparents filed a missing com-plaint at the local police sta-tion.The police report that the

girl was lured into a life ofprostitution by theman.According to Police Sub In-

spector and investigationoffi-cer in the case, Kisan Mane,

“We have arrested NandlalPatil under section 366Aof theIPC (procreation of minorgirl). It is too early to say any-thingmore in this case, butweare searchingother people tooin this case.”The mother of the victim

has alleged that Patil and his

accomplice, Nisha, were themasterminds. She said Nishaknew her daughter very welland also stayed over at theirhome for aweek after shewasthrown out of her own housebecause of her bad character.

By Prashant Hamine

Politicians, mainly thetainted ones, are up in

arms against the SupremeCourt’s decision upholdingdisqualification of convictedMPs, MLAs from the date oftheir conviction.While politi-cians argue that this is en-croaching into theirconstitutional space, legal ea-gles have applauded themove.The separate judgmenthas definitely set up a clashbetween the judiciary, consti-tutional experts and politi-cians.After the justices A.K. Pat-

naik and S.J. Mukhopadhaya

delivered the blow to taintedlawmakers, politicians likeSamajwadi Party leader RamGopalYadav lashed out at theapex court asking it not tomeddle in politics.However, noted jurist and

MPRam Jethmalani, has wel-comed the SC verdict arguingthat politicians will have toaccept the apex court verdict,while the BJP nationalspokesperson PrakashJavadekar called upon thegovernment to hold a seriousdebate on electoral reforms.As reported earlier, the po-

litical class reacted sharply,

TWISTED RASCALDisabled man held for coercing minors into prostitution after luring them with promises of a good life and raping them

The accused, Nandlal Patil (in checked shirt) with police constable Bhoite.

Judicio-politico crisis emerging?Continued on pg 8 «

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By Vishnudas Sheshrao

Four people died in differentaccidents across the city afterheavy rains paralysed the city

roads and air traffic on Friday.The Brihanmumbai Municipal

Corporation (BMC), initially red-faced after the city suffered fromwater logging, got a reason to smilewhen the Tulsi Dam started over-flowing.According to metrological re-

ports, from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.Colaba recorded 47 mm rainfalland Santacruz recorded 102 mmrainfall. According to the IMD fore-cast, the city will experience heavyrainfall in the next 24 hours.Students were seenmaking their

way to school through thigh deepwaters.The BMC has been spending

hundreds of crores annually ontheir nullah cleaning projects. Sev-eral councillors objected to theamount of money that was spenton these projects and even criti-cised the lack of development inthese projects. All of those criti-cisms withered away when a mere80mm of rainfall for ten hoursbrought the city to a standstill.Even civic officials admitted that

at least 24 different places, includ-ing Hindmata, Hindu Colony, KingCircle, Mukhyadyapak Nullah andDharamvir Raje Marg, had water-logging for several hours. The BMChad installed dewatering pumpsbut to no avail.In the Eastern suburbs LBSMarg,

Bhoir Nagar, Vikroli Link Road andVashi Naka suffered fromwater log-ging. Similarly in the western sub-urbs, Milan subway, Dindoshi,Tiwari Chawl in Goregaon,Lokhandwala circle, Talao Road inKandivli and Air India building’smain gate at Santa Cruz also facedwater logging.Due to water logging at Hind-

mata, King’s Circle, ElphinstoneRoad and Bhandup traffic was di-verted from other substitutes. Sim-

ilarly, rail tracks of suburban trainswere submerged inwater thus forc-ing slow trains to be tracked ontofast lines.According to civic reports

around 38 trees fell down in variousparts of the city. However, 21 ofthese fell in the island city.The city’s lifeline, the suburban

railways was in disarray with waterovertopping the tracks at severalplaces on theWestern, Central andHarbour lines, railway sources said.Tracks have been flooded at sev-

eral places including Chinchpokli,Vikroli, Sion andMasjid on Central

and Harbour lines and severaltrains are running late.OnWestern line, suburban serv-

ices have been suspended be-tween Nalasopara and Virar,sources said.Weatherman has forecast fre-

quent spells of rain or showersover the next 48 hours.While Mumbai city received

36.5mmof rain, suburbs recorded59.2 mm of rain till 2.30 pm.Heavy rains in parts of Gujarat,

bordering Maharashtra, have re-sulted in disruption of railwaytraffic between Mumbai andAhmedabad.

Tulsi started overflowingTulsi, one of the small lakes supply-ing potable water to the city hasstarted overflowing from yesterdayfrom 11.00 a.m. onwards. Last year,this lakewas started overflowing onSeptember 4.According to Hydraulic Engineer

reports, the total water stock in allreservoirs that supply drinkingwater to city was recorded 7,69,836million litre (ML) which is morethan 60 per cent of total annual re-quirement of the city. Every year,the city needs estimated 12.5 MLwater tomeet its both ends of year.

Do you think the civicauthorities arelacking in abilityto hande water

logging in the city?

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Nawab MalikState NCPspokespersonWe cannot blamethe BMC for 100 percent carelessness,but in most of thesituations they fail tohandle the situation.

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When did you decide to leavepolitics to go back to your

previous business?

Afzal HussainPR ExecutiveIt is well-known thatwhenever there areheavy rains inMumbai, thecarelessness of theBMC authorities canwitnessed easily.

Parveen QureshiHomemakerYes. I stay in Kalinaand during heavyrains our locality gotflooded with wateragain, but no BMCworkers were seen.We remember July 26.

Tahir BeigJournalistNo. the BMC and itsstaff are not showingany carelessnessduring rains. Theycannot do anythingbecause Mumbai isan overcrowded city.

Rizwan AnsariBusinessmanYes. The BMC hascompletely failed inhandling waterlogging this year. Wehave to approachthe authorities withcomplaints but response is poor.

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MIRA RD TO VIRAROver 48 hours of heavy rainfall created several problems

for people across the city and distant suburbs

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The submerged Medha Bridge

Submerged bridge cuts off 5,000 people from the cityBy Suresh Golani

As many as five villages and 17hamlets in Vasai have lostcontact with the outside

world after the only Medha Bridge,the only road over-bridge connect-

ing Virar and Vrajeshwari, was leftsubmerged under water due toheavy rains which continued tolash the region since Thursdaynight. The affected villages ofMedha, Ambode, Bhinar, VadharandKalbhon, as well as the hamlets

of Lendipada, Sakhaar, Bhogad,Palat, Baraf, Geti and Dongri haveno alternate road to establish com-munication. The district adminis-tration was still to extend a helpinghand to the 5,000 stranded resi-dents till reports last came in.

Suburban train services were indisarray on the Vasai-Virar sec-

tion of theWestern Railway, as se-verewater loggingwas reported onthe railway tracks at Nalasopararailway station. Railway personnelwere seen trying to flush out thewater from the tracks. Even as serv-ices stared limping back to nor-malcy after 3 pm, trains continued

running late by 30 to 40 minutes.Heavy rains in parts of Gujarat,borderingMaharashtra, resulted indisruption of railway services be-tween Mumbai and Ahmedabad.Despite being a working day onFriday, trains and platforms weremostly empty as people chose tostay indoors heeding the warningissued by authorities.

Nalasopara station

Railway tracks at Nalasopara flooded

Arterial Roads in Mira-Bhayandar waterlogged

It was the same old story in the Mira-Bhayandar region as the heavy down-

pour resulted inwater-logging in severalparts of the twin-city including, KanakiaComplex, Ramdev Park, Naya Nagar,Lodha Complex, Munshi Compound inMira Road as well as Bakery Lane andGovind Nagar areas in Bhayandar(West). While electric supply to severalbuildings situated in low lying areas wasdisrupted, an electric short circuit wasreported from Silver Park. There werealso reports of the walls of two tene-ments in Mahajanwadi having col-lapsed. However, no one was injured.The disaster management cell of theMira-BhayandarMunicipal Corporation(MBMC) and Fire Brigade, received callswith information of dug-up roads pos-ing threats to pedestrians and severaltrees that had been uprooted due tostrong winds.

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By A Staff Reporter

Almost a month after aPublic Interest Litiga-tion (PIL) was filed in

the BombayHigh Court seek-ing direction to the state gov-ernment to withdrawGeography text books inwhich Sindh has been re-placed in the national an-them with Sindhu, the courton Friday asked the state gov-ernment if it knows India’snational anthem.The PIL filed by Mulund

resident Dakshata Shet,through her advocateSandesh Sawant, has soughtthewithdrawal of Class X andXII textbooks in which theword ‘Sindh’ has been re-placed by ‘Sindhu’.The division bench of Jus-

tices D. Y. Chandrachud andS. C. Gupte issued a notice tothe state government and thePrincipal Secretary of theHome Department, andasked them to file their affi-davit by August 2. “Does thestate government not know

our national anthem? Youcannot start changing wordsin the national anthem.Whatdo you propose to do?” Jus-tice Chandrachud asked thestate government.To this, the Additional Gov-

ernment Pleader, Abhinan-

dan Vagyani said that nearlyseven lakh text books havebeen printed, and the gov-ernment would soon decideon the issue.In her petition, Shet said

the SupremeCourt, as well asthe BombayHighCourt, have

ruled that the national an-them should not be amendedeven if geographical changestake place in India. “Theserulings are specifically in re-lation to theword Sindh,” thepetition adds.Observing that they find no

reason to defile the originalscript sung since December27, 1911 by RabindranathTagore, a division bench ofChief Justice Mohit Shah andJustice RoshanDalvi onOcto-ber 7, 2011 had dismissedwith costs, a PIL by retiredprofessor ShreekantMalushte seeking replace-ment of the word Sindh withSindhu. Malushte contendedthat Sindh, which is now apart of Pakistan should be re-placed with Sindhu, a river innorthern India.He said despite Sindh

being replaced by the wordSindhu in January 1950 by thegovernment, “the nationalanthem continues to be sungand broadcast in a wrongmanner by using incorrectwords.”

PRAN NO MOREBy A Staff Reporter

VVeteran actor Pran, whomade a mark for himself

portraying strong negativeand supporting roles,passed away at the age of93 on Friday evening after aprolonged illness.The actor passed away at

the Lilavati hospital, wherehe was undergoingtreatment. According toreports, the last rites of theactor will be conducted at12 noon at the Shivaji Parkcrematorium on Saturday.Pran has been known forremarkable roles inBollywood hits like Zanjeer,Don, Amar Akbar Anthony,among hundreds of others.

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I have changed my name fromOmer Ibrahim Petker to UmarIbrahim Petkar as per Affidavit.

C-10193

I have changed my name fromAmina Omer Petker to AminaUmar Petkar as per Affidavit.

C-10194

I have changed my name fromKrishan Kant Tailor to KrishanKantVerma as per Affidavit.

C-10195

I have changed my name fromKhismatrao RamakantPandurang to KhismatraoRamesh Pandurang as perAffidavit.

C-10196

I have changed my name fromChanchaldevi Balakram Bhattto Chanchal BalakramBhatt asper Affidavit.

C-10197

I have changed my name fromJaggi Manjeet RavinderpalSingh to Jaggi ManjitkaurRavinderpal Singh as perAffidavit.

C-10198

I have changed my name fromGandhi Roopal Mayank toGandhi Rupal Mayank as perAffidavit.

C-10199

I have changed my name fromVinodkumar MeherchandMarwah to Vinod MeherchandMarwah as per Affidavit.

C-10200

I have changed my name fromVandanabahen SureshbhaiSuru to Vandana Jigar Jagadaas per Affidavit dated: 13 July2013.

C-10201

CHANGE OF NAME

Notice is hereby given that Mr. Jafarbhai Aliji Maredia Members of Adarsh Apartments Co-op. Hsg Society Ltd., at Junction of Marve Rd., Bhailal Patel Rd., Malad (W) who was issued Share Certificate No. 23 bearing Share 106 to 110 Shares of Rs. 50 each and Allotte of Shop No. 1 has reported that original has been lost and applied for Duplicate. Any person having possession of the original Share certificate. Objection is hereby call upon to notify the society within 15 days that why Duplicate Share Certificate should not be issued to

failing which the society shall proceed to consider his appl icat ion and issue the Duplicate of the same without any further reference.ForAdarsh Apartents Co-op.Hsg. Soc.Ltd

Mr. Jafarbahi Aliji Maredia

PUBLIC NOTICE

Hon.Secretary,

This is to inform the general public that Original Share certificate No.34, Distinctive Nos from 171 to 175 of Mr. Rajesh Kapoor & Mrs. Sanjay Kapoor member of YUGDHARMA Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd., situated at CTS No 1200/ABC, Opp. Inorbit mall, Off. Link Road, Goregoan (W), Mumbai 400 104, have been lost/misplaced.The said member has applied for duplicate shares.

For and on behalf of YUGDHARMA Co-Op Housing Society Ltd.,

Sd/- (Secretary)

Date : 12/07/2013Place : Mumbai

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Society hereby invites claims and objections from claimants/objector/s for issuance of duplicate Share Certificate within the period of 14 fourteen) days from the publication of this notice with copies of such documents and other proofs in support of his/her/their claims/objections for issuance of duplicate Share Certificate, to the Secretary of YUGDHARMA Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd., situated at CTS No 1200/ABC, Opp. Inorbit mall, Off. Link Road, Goregoan (W), Mumbai 400 104. If no claims/objections are received within the period prescribed hereinabove, the Society shall be free to issue Duplicate Share Certificate in such manner as is provided under the bye-laws of the Society.

Notice

I Smt. Chandrabai Ishwar Shinde

my Room No. 16 New Municipal

Lal Patra Chawl No. 251 Dharavi

Cross Road Mumbai 400017 is

being rent receipt transferred in

my name if anyone has any

objection or claim in this regard

contact this office within 15 days

of the publication of this notice with

original documents Administrative

officer Estate G/North Municipal

Corporation of Greater Mumbai

H a r i s h c h a n d r a Ye l v e M a r g

Dadar (W) 400028

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By Philip Varghese

The Sessions Court inSouth Mumbai on Fri-day awarded life im-

prisonment to 13 policemenalong with eight others, whowere convicted in the 2006fake encounter case of RamNarayan Gupta alias LakhanBhaiya, an alleged aide of un-derworld don Chhota Rajan.While senior InspectorPradeep Suryavanshi, TanajiDesai andDilip Palandewereconvicted for murder, otherswere convicted for aiding andabetting the encounter of

Lakhan bhaiya on last Fridayby sessions judge V.D. Jad-hwar. Encounter specialistPradeep Sharma, who hasmore than 100 encounters onhis name, was one of the 22accused in the case. However,he turned out to be the onlyaccused to be acquitted of allthe charges.The prosecution had

sought death penalty for allthe policemen and includingtwo others. They had arguedthat the all of them hadplayed active role in thekilling. The defense, however,argued that the capital pun-

ishment should be avoidedsince the conviction of the ac-cused in based on circum-stantial evidence. “We will beapproaching the higher courtagainst the acquittal ofSharma and also demandingdeath penalty to the police-men,” said RamprasadGupta,Lakhan Bhaiya’s brother.A police team had picked

up Lakhan Bhaiya fromVashiinNaviMumbai on suspicionthat he was the member ofChhota Rajan gang on No-vember 11, 2006. The policehad also picked up AnilBheda, his associate along

with him. Lakhan Bhaiya waskilled on the same day in anencounter near Nana-NaniPark inVersova area of subur-banMumbai.Lakhan Bhaiya’s brother

and lawyer, RamprasadGupta approached differentauthorities in the case and itwas only after that the Bom-bay High Court ordered amagisterial inquiry in thiscase in 2008. The inquiry re-port submitted to the HighCourt in August 2009 statedthat Lakhan Bhaiyawas killedin cold blood from point-blank range.

By Suresh Golani

Motorists and pedestrianson the busy Sativali

Road Junction in Vasai, werein store for a pleasant sur-prise on Wednesday morn-ing, when they spotted anuniformed traffic personnelon duty, single-handedly fill-ing potholes in the middle ofthe road.The incident took place

after the Vasai-Virar Munic-pal Corporation (VVMC)turned a blind eye each timethe cop – Narayan JyotibaChougle (45) – a head consta-ble attached to the Traffic Di-

vision of the Thane (Rural)Police, tried to draw their at-tention to the problem.Motorists and people from

the area appreciatedChougle’s gesture and chidedthe VVMC and local electedrepresentatives for neglectingtheir duty and ignoring thebad state of the roads.“The road has developed

huge potholeswhich have ledto a frequent break down ofvehicles and subsequent traf-fic snarls, with the rainsadding to the woes. We tooare responsible citizens andempathise with motorists,”said Chougle.

Conscientious cop

Constable Narayan Jyotiba Chougle filling potholes.

21 get life for LakhanBhaiya fake encounter

Encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma wore a guardedly smiling face onFriday after being acquitted in the case.

Convicted Senior Inspector Pradeep Suryavanshi along with his daughteroutside the Sessions Court on Friday after the sentencing.

Advocate Ramprasad Gupta, Lakhan Bhaiya’s brother along with hislawyers who fought the case until the last.

All Pics: Vishwanath Salian | ADC

Continued from pg 1 «arguing about the supremacyof the Parliament or the legis-lature tomake laws.However,according to State LegislatureSecretary Anant Kalse, underthe Constitution, theSupreme Court or the HighCourt can strike down anylaw enacted by Parliament orthe State Legislature if itabridges the rights conferredby Articles 13(2) (Fundamen-tal Rights), 14 (Equality be-fore Law), 19 (Freedom ofSpeech) and 21 (Personal Lib-erty).The SC verdict in the Lily

Thomas, Lok Prahari andothers versus the Union of

India case rests on the prem-ise of Article 14. Whereas,Section 8(4) of the RP Act,1951, allowed lawmakers dis-qualified by lower courts inpoll related offences to con-tinue to remain elected rep-resentatives pending theirappeal in higher courts. TheSC in the Lily Thomas casehas already struck down thesaid section.The SC, in two separate

judgments yesterday in thematters of Basant KumarChaudhary and Chief Elec-tion Commissioner versusJan Chaukidar (PeoplesWatch) and others, has up-held the Patna High Court

judgment that interprets Sec-tion 62(5) of the Representa-tion of the People Act, 1951that seeks to debar convictslodged in jail from voting.The judgment further addsthat such convicts under thesame Section 62 shall not beallowed to vote if he or she isdisqualified in Section 16 ofthe RP Act. Such a person’sname has to be deleted fromthe voters’ list. The SC, in itsverdict, has already debarredlawmakers who have servedtwo years of jail term fromcontesting elections but theprovision does not apply topersons under preventive de-tention.

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Judicio-politico crisis emerging?

Continued from pg 1 «She further alleged thatNisha had manipulated herdaughter’s mind and hadlured her into prostitution.Sources from the Vakola

police station revealed thatPatil took advantage of thosegirls who had problems withtheir families and were hav-ing a desire to earn quickmoney. He always targeted

such girls, usually from poorfamilies, and after winningtheir confidence, pushedthem into prostitution afterraping them first.“We have taken two

women into custody andhave detained 12 minors in

this connection. It is sus-pected that more personsmay be involved in thisracket. On Friday, Patil wasproduced before the courtwhich remanded him to po-lice custody until July 16,”addedMane.

e-TENDER NOTICENo. ACGN/12650. / SR/Exp. Dated 11.07.2013

The Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai invites e-tenders for the following worksreturnable on 01 August 2013 from all the contractors carrying out the work of similar natureand magnitude and having office in Mumbai & having vendor No. from M.C.G.M.Tenders are required to be submitted in A, B & C Packets System with SRM System

in website of MCGM www.mcgm.gov.in

Tender Name of the work E.M.D. Cost ofNo. (Rs.) Tender Copy

7100019010 Tender for the work for providing & fixing of Rs. 6,000/- Rs. 500/- +‘Flex Banners & Hoardings’ in connection 5% Vat =with Ganapati Immersion Festival - 2013 in Rs. 525/-in G/North Ward.

7100019035 Tender for the work for providing temporary Rs. 27,000/- Rs. 1000/- +booths/shamiyana on Ganapati Immersion 5% Vat =days at 09 immersion spot i.e. from Rs. 1050/-Dadar Chowpatty (Kirti College) toMahim Reti Bunder & Mayor bunglow, etc.in G/North Ward.

7100019034 Tender for the work for providing of Motor Rs. 20,000/- Rs. 1000/- +Boats with Life Guards etc., on Ganapati 5% Vat =immersion days at specific locations in Rs. 1050/-G/North Ward.

7100019036 Tender for the work for supply of ‘Food Rs. 12,500/- Rs. 1000/- +Packets, Breakfast, & Tea & Coffee’ in 5% Vat =connection with Ganapati Immersion Rs. 1050/-Festival - 2013 in G/North Ward.

1. Time of acceptance 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m./ on any working days except 2nd andof E.M.D. 4th Saturdays and Holidays of the month.

2. Mode of payment The Tenderers shall pay the EMD through Demand Draft (DD)of E.M.D. and shall uploads the scanned copy of the DD in packet “A”

instead of paying the EMD at any of the C.F.C. in MCGM wardOffices. The Tender shall submit such DD physically in theoffice of Assistant Commissioner, G/North Ward upto 01.00 p.m.on the date of submission of tender before opening of packet “A”.If such DD is not submitted physically, the tender shall be treatedas non-responsive and shall not be opened.

3. Period for sale of From 12.07.2013 to 31.07.2013 On website of MCGMBlank Tender forms www.mcgm.gov.in

4. Place for sale of The details of E-Tender are display on MCGMWebsite attender forms www.mcgm.gov.in from 12.07.2013 to 31.07.2013. @2.00 p.m.

5. Date of Receipt of The e-tender will start from 12.07.2013@ 10.00 a.m.the Tender The last Date of e-tender Sale will 31.07.2013@ 02.00 p.m.

Submission of e-tender 01.08.2013@ 01.00 p.m.The Packet ‘A’ & ‘B’ will be opened on 02.08.2013@ 03.00 p.m.The Packet ‘C’ will be opened on 13.08.2013@ 03.00 p.m.

6. Opening The Packet ‘A’ & ‘B’ will be opened on 02.08.2013@ 03.00 p.m.of tender The Packet ‘C’ will be opened on 13.08.2013@ 03.00 p.m.

Sd/-Assistant Commissioner, G/NorthWardPRO/435/ADV/2013

Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

Twisted Rascal

THE UNCOMMON COMMON MAN… Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal with his supportersduring the protest ‘Shihashan khali karo aam aadmi aa rha hai’ (‘Vacate the chair, the common man is onthe way’ a slogan which was aimed at alarming corrupt political leaders) at the Azad Maidan, on Friday.

Azad Shrivastav | ADC

By A Staff Reporter

Over 1,500 doctors,nursing students andinterns from the BMC-

run Sion, KEM and Nair hos-pitals observed ‘Black MaskDay’ yesterday at their re-spective colleges, as amark ofprotest against the lack ofproper living and workingconditions of resident doc-

tors at government hospitalsin the city. This protest wasalso a part of the commemo-ration week observed inmemory of Dr. SamidhaKhandare from Sion Hospi-tal, who recently succumbedto multi-drug resistant TB.“Our basic demands for

leading a healthy life have tobe fulfilled. We don’t wantmore doctors succumbing to

TB. TB deaths are avoidableand measures have to betaken to make sure that theyare avoided,” said Dr. San-tosh Wakchaure, President,Maharashtra Association ofResident Doctors (MARD).Two days ago, one more

doctor from Nair hospitalwas diagnosedwithTB and iscurrently undergoing treat-ment at the same hospital.

Resident doctors and hospital staffers observed ‘Black Mask Day’ yesterday.

‘Black Mask Day’for MARD doctors

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State Home Minister R.R.Patil has ordered Mum-bai Crime Branch chief

Himanshu Roy to probe thealleged suicide of Tata Steel’sformer head of corporatecommunications, followingwhich the officer’s team hasbegun a parallel investigationinto the case.Charudatta Deshpande,

Tata Steel’s 57-year-old for-mer chief of Corporate Com-munications, was foundhanging at his Vasai home onJune 28. No suicide note wasfound. His friends and formercolleagues alleged that hehad been harassed.A case has been registered

at Vasai police station and thepolice are already probing thematter.“I have received orders

from the Home Minister, fol-lowing which a parallel inves-tigation is being done by myteam. I am personally lookinginto the case,” Joint PoliceCommissioner (Crime) Hi-manshu Roy told PTI, yester-day.One of the crime branch

teams today visited Vasai po-lice station to meet the inves-tigating officers there andcollected the case docu-ments, police said.The crime branch is also

going through the technical

data such as phone calls andemails received by Desh-pande, days before he endedhis life.“There were allegations

that Deshpande committedsuicide following harassmentby the employees of TataSteel, where he had worked.We will look into that angle. Ifrequired, a team would besent to Jamshedpur for thepurpose of probe,” said an-other crime branch official. A delegation of the Mum-

bai Press Club, that includedsenior journalists KumarKetkar, Ayaz Memon andCharles Assisi, had met Patilon Thursday and demandedan inquiry into Deshpande’sdeath.The delegation said the

case should not be closed as

an ‘accidental death’ incidentbut must be probed deeply asthere were “sufficient primafacie evidence that he hadbeen threatened by variousTata Steel officials and hadbeen kept under house arrestin the days prior to the inci-dent”. A written letter wasalso handed over to the Min-ister.The delegation also de-

manded that the investiga-tion be moved out from Vasaipolice station to a more com-petent agency like the Detec-tion of Crime Branch or thestate Criminal InvestigationDepartment.Reacting to the public out-

cry and the journalists’ de-mand, the Home Ministertold the Press Club delega-tion that he had entrusted theinvestigation to Deputy Su-perintendent of Police(Thane-Rural) C. Devrajunder the supervision of Roy.“The minister said the pre-

cise contours of the investi-gation would emerge in threeor four days and he invitedPress Club officials to moni-tor the progress,” said a state-ment issued by the PressClub.A parallel departmental in-

quiry has been ordered byTata Group chairman CyrusMistry into the circum-stances leading to Charu’sdeath.

By Suresh Golani

Thanks to the efforts ofCongress leader Prabhat

Patil (Tai), 130 health work-ers attached to the health de-partment of the MiraBhayandar Municipal Cor-poration (MBMC), who havebeen slaving away for ameasly monthly honorariumof Rs.700 (Rs.23 per day) formore than five years, have areason to rejoice. They will fi-nally getRs 3,500 per month.Patil, who is a senior Con-

gress corporator and formerLeader-of-House, tabled aproposal under rule “J” of theMBMC Bye Laws, which wasunanimously approved inJuly’s monthly general bodymeet. The health departmentof the MBMC, had retained130 women as link workerson a contractual basis at amonthly honorarium ofRs.500, under the govern-ment-funded Reproductiveand Child Health (RCH) pro-gramme, an ambitiousscheme aimed to reduce therate of infant and maternalmortality, and to improve thetotal fertility rate.

However, from the timethey joined duty in 2007,there had been only one payhike of just Rs.200 and thattoo, three years ago in 2010.“With the rise in the cost ofliving, is it possible for theselink workers to survive on apaltry Rs.23 per day?” rued avisibly upset Patil, who ap-pealed to all membersacross party lines to take ahumanitarian approach to-wards the issue. “Last year, Ihad moved a call to atten-tion motion in this context,but the administration ex-pressed helplessness citingbudgetary restraints. How-ever, this year, I was betterprepared,” said Patil. Apart

from providing assistance towomen in pre and post preg-nancy care, link workers alsoperform most of the impor-tant tasks such as conduct-ing door-to-door survey formosquitoes, distributingmedicines for vector-bornediseases, keeping a tab onfever cases, giving timelypolio doses and taking careof new-borns in their local-ity. “Our monthly remunera-

tion was far less than thedaily wages under the Na-tional Rural EmploymentGuarantee Scheme and theminimum wages fixed forunskilled labourers,“saidone of the link workers.

By Prashant Hamine

The Maharashtra Electric-ity Regulatory Commis-

sion (MERC) yesterdayrapped Tata Power Company- Distribution (TPC-D) fornot shifting sufficient low-end power consumers to itsside from Reliance Infrastruc-ture (RInfra) from August2012 to August 2013. How-ever, the TPC-D in a statement has contendedthat it has added more than85,000 consumers consum-ing less than 300 units withina year.The MERC had directed

the TPC-D to ensure the

switch-over of low-end powerconsumers from RInfrawithin a year, to ensure parityin the consumer mix of boththe power utilities in Mum-bai, since RInfra had more ofa low-end consumer base.The MERC then directed theTPC-D to show the progress ithad made in the switch-overof low-end consumers fromRInfra. The MERC observed that

there has been a negligiblenetwork addition of low-endconsumers by TPC in theTrombay, Vrindavan,Mankhurd-Chembur, ArogyaNidhi, Malad BMC Lagoon,and Vasantotsav clusters,

while the percentage is low inother clusters across the city.TPC-D’s readiness to meet itsUniversal Service Obligation(USO) needs to be investi-gated further in view of thenetwork data submitted bythe TPC-D in 11 clusters.According to a statement

issued by the TPC-D yester-day, over 85,000 consumersusing less than 300 units haveswitched to TPC-D since Au-gust 2012 resulting in an ad-dition of around 8,000 to9,000 consumers per month.The growth rate has doubledfrom 4,000 to 5,000 con-sumers per month as com-pared to August last year.

MERC raps TPC for insufficient power consumers; TPC claims otherwise

Crime Branch begins probe inCharu Deshpande suicide case

LIKE TREES, THEIR LIVES ARE IN DANGER… The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) had entrusted the job of trimming and cutting of trees to private contractors. However, thesecontractors have hired unemployed and needy people for the task without any safety gear. Earlier,horticulture staff of the civic body used to trim branches of trees. They have BEST-bus mounted cranesto climb on to and cut branches. However, private labourers have no such privileges and instead, haveto climb on to the trees. Labourers were seen perched high up on the trees, cutting away brancheswithout any safety harness. None had shoes, hand gloves or rain coats. In all, the BMC had put acondition of safety and security of labourers employed by private contractors, but hardly any contractorsfollow this condition and even the BMC is not bothered about labourers risking their lives.

Azad Shrivastav | ADC

500% PAY HIKE After slaving for a paltry Rs.23 per day for five years,

MBMC link workers will get a daily honorarium of Rs.117 (approx)

They got a pittance even though they did a very important service.

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EDIT PAGE

WHAT is needed is a National LandUse Policy which is people-centric,scientific, environment friendly,

livelihood enhancing. Enough data andanalyses are already available which shouldmake it possible to delineate such a policy fordifferent agro-climatic zones in the country.We need to set up a high level Commissionwhose task will be to lay down such policynorms. The whole question of land acquisi-tion will fall in its place, once such norms areset and appropriate policies are adopted onland use.One pre-condition for the success of such

an approach is that there must be an imme-diate moratorium on transfer of agriculturalland to non-agricultural purposes eitherthrough the mechanism of land acquisitionlaw or through the market process.Simultaneously equitable redistribution of

land must be brought back on the politicalagenda, particularly in regions where largescale absentee landlordism prevails underone pretext or the other andwhere huge landholdings are owned by the corporates forplantation or similar purposes.But redistribution though necessary is not

enough. It is essential to find an institutionalsolution to the problem of fragmentation oflandholdings which was always there butwhich has now acquired a crisis proportion.Pooling of land is the only lasting solution. Amassivemobilization in favour of cooperativefarming is necessary.

The ‘blind’beneficiariesSimultaneously, creation of suitable av-

enues for absorption of surplus labour re-leased as a result of pooling of land will haveto be organized. Such avenues can be createdthrough co-operativising both the procure-ment of inputs and processing of output.Clearly, this would require a fundamentalredirection of the presentmode of industrial-isationwhich is geared to global competitive-ness. Instead the new mode will be yoked toproductive use of released surplus labour. Itwill be part of a wider vision of social solidar-ity.Closely related is the question of water, for-

est and mineral resources. Present policieshave resulted in large scale displacement ofpeople dependent for their livelihood onforests, mineral bearing lands and rivers,ponds and coastal waters. The policies un-abashedly promote such displacement, onthe one hand, and, on the other, encourageloot of such natural resources which belongto people.Themarket is allowed to determinethe dynamics. Simultaneous initiatives willhave to be taken in these areas to restore peo-ples’ sovereignty over these resources andpromote policies which will enhance liveli-hood creation, conserve environment and

promote social solidarity.Galloping inflation and burgeoning unem-

ployment are inevitable consequences of thepolicy of “reforms” set inmotion two decadesago. They have made the life of working peo-ple increasingly intolerable. The rulingclasses have been the greatest beneficiaries ofthe dispensation of “reforms”. Their onlyworry is that the bubble of unprecedentedprosperity that they have enjoyed so far issomehowmade to survive. To that end, theywould not mind sacrificing all policy spaceand tying the economic destiny of the coun-try to the goals and requirements of theglobal capital. They are not only blind to themisery of the masses; they are also blind tothe burgeoning crisis that is engulfing thecore of global capital.

What is needed is a complete break withthe policies of “reforms” and adoption of anew path of people-centric development . Atthe core of such path will be a radical resolu-tion of the question of land and peasantry.Restoration of peoples’ sovereignty over nat-ural resources will be the guiding principle.Enhancement of livelihoods , protection ofenvironment, assurance of a decent livingstandard and a life with dignity for all willconstitute immediate imperatives.On the political side, there are four main

concerns of the people. They revolve aroundthe central concern : The idea of India whichinspired the long freedom struggle is underserious threat.The latent or patent communalism prac-

ticed by the ruling classes has resulted in adeep sense of insecurity and alienationamong the Muslims. The last two decadeshave witnessed steep deterioration in thecommunal situation. Political opportunismpractised by the mainstream political partiesis certainly responsible. However, there isother, more fundamental reason. US-Israelcombine has conveniently created and sus-tained the bogey of Islamic terrorism on aglobal scale tomask its imperialist designs on

the oil-richWest Asia. It is also an economicand strategic necessity of the US ‘military-in-dustrial complex’ to promote the conceptand practice of a global war on terrorism, as itcomes handy to interfere with the regimes inthe third world and provides a strong stimu-lus to the US economy, particularly after theend of the cold war era. The Islamophobiasystematically generated by US-Israel com-bine has its willing takers in the retrogradeHindutva politics. The revival of majoritariancommunalism poses a serious challenge tothe integrity of polity. This challenge has tobe met frontally and unambiguously. Firstand foremost this requires that we as a coun-try disengage ourselves from the strategic ob-jective of US-Israel combine.

The plight of the backward classesAdivasis too are getting alienated fast. It is

true that they have borne disproportionateburden of the development process eversince independence. However, in the era ofeconomic reforms, they are being dispos-sessed of their livelihood, their habitat andtheir very life on a scale which has had noparallel before. Consequently, there has beena strong reaction. In some places their dis-content has taken the formof challenging theIndian State. This has provided an excuse tothe ruling class to treat the discontent as“threat to national security” and use itsarmedmight to eliminate the challenge. Nei-ther the armed challenge to the Indian Statenor the armed might of the ruling class con-stitute the answer to the deep alienation ofthe Adivasis. What is needed is a decisivebreak from the present path of growth pur-sued by the ruling classes which has posed athreat to the survival of Adivasis with dignityin their traditional habitat.Dalits continue to suffer atrocities,

discrimination, insecurity and denial ofaccess to life of dignity, despite theConstitutional dispensation and variousenabling laws and measures. The mostbackward sections of other backward classestoo suffer exclusion and deprivation. It isnecessary to carve out a sub-regime of reser-vations for most backward classes. The poli-cies of reforms, however, are increasinglymaking measures such as reservations inpublic sector jobs less and less meaningful.Even so, the upwardly mobile sectionsspawned by the reforms are clamouring forending reservations in government jobs aswell as in educational institutions.

The writer is IAS (Retd), former FinanceSecretary, Government of India,and former

Member,Planning Commission;Chairman and ManagingTrustee,

Centre for Policy Analysis� To be continued next Saturday

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Ponder awhile…“Every reform, however necessary, will byweak minds be carried to an excess, thatitself will need reforming.”

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

IN the first month of the monsoonitself, a large number of people

have become victims of water-bornediseases. Cholera - a dangerous dis-ease - has hospitalised 12 victims.Other diseases like gastroenteritis,jaundice have been reported from thecity and suburbs. In the next threemonths of the monsoon, a largenumber of citizens are likely tobe affected.The reason for the outbreak of the

diseases has been traced to contami-nated water supplied by the BMCwhich has the familiar argument: Thepipes supplyingwater to the city werelaid years ago and until they arereplaced, there is danger of leaks andcontamination of water.The levels and the extent of con-

tamination is a matter for grave con-cern. The state public healthlaboratory tested 5,177 samples fromMumbai and found 1,356 were con-taminated. Not all people inMumbaidrink boiled or filtered water. Theydrink water straight from the tap. Itcan be seen from this that a largenumber of people are falling a prey towater-borne diseases.The citizens evidently cannot ex-

pect any help from the municipality.It has only a long-term solution to theproblem: All old pipelines in thewater supply network have to be re-placed. This cannot be done in a dayand it will take years to do thework. Itis a desperate, frustrating situation. Itlooks like 26 per cent of people inMumbai who drink tap water can getwater-borne diseases. And cholera, adeadly disease, is infectious and thepossibility of an epidemic breakingout cannot be ruled out.

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WE fool ourselves thinking we are ademocracy!

Just because we have elections every fouror five years, just because we fill Parliamentwith elected representatives we feel we are ademocracy. But we are not, because in ademocracy, elected Parliament and theCourts are well balanced. In our countrythere is no balance at all.We have a constitution; we have laws,

sluggish, slow and sleeping!We have elections on time, but justice in

courts takes a decade or two. Which meanthe only law of this land is the law of might.Numbers win: Majority opinion whether itis right or wrong takes precedence overwhether the opinion is based on truth.There is no attempt whatsoever to rectify

this imbalance because the wily politicianknows if there are more courtrooms, andmore judges, then the law is strengthenedand his power diminishes. In our countrythis imbalance has been carried out so sub-tly that when we hear that a case takes

twenty years to be settled we think mistak-enly we have toomany cases in our country.Wrong. It is not too many cases but too

few judges.We do not need AnnaHazares trying to go

on fasts to weed out corruption, we need

you and me insisting that the party whichcomes to power next starts seeing to it thatthousands and thousands of courts comeinto being. As soon as this happens corrup-tion will start disappearing as cases will beresolved immediately and people will beafraid to break the law, especially politicians.Today the rich and powerful are not afraid

to break the law, because they know they

have nothing to fear till the judgement day.What happens before the judgement?Wit-

nesses are bought. Many turn hostile. Quitea few die and finally in frustration, even if wehave right on our side we move towards a‘compromise’ or an ‘out of court settlement’which is generally a victory of the one withmore muscle!I was listening to a friend of mine telling

me yesterday of how a real estate broker,broke in and occupied his empty house inthe suburbs.“After the fifth year Bob,” he toldme, “I re-

alized I would win the case after my death,so I paid him twenty lakhs to get out!”It was a sad story but the story of thou-

sands in our country.Let the new government promise usmore

courts. Let that be part of their manifesto.Just as the press tookmany years to becomea free press in India, we need to free the Lawand our Constitution.Till then we are fools to call ourselves a

democracy..! —bobsbanter@gmail.com

BOB’S BANTERRobert Clements

PERSPECTIVES.P. Shukla

We Are Not A Democracy..!

Many Mumbai citizensdrinking dirty water

People vs Rulers - II

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LETTERS

They’re not feathered pests...‘BIRD-BRAINED logic’ (ADC, July8), reveals a very awkward andridiculous initiative in the felling oftrees in the Aareymilk colony by thepoultry authority. Their view thatthese trees facilitate the nesting ofcrows and other migratorybirds and thereby spread the avianvirus has not yet been scientifi-

cally proved. Until and unless thereis evidence that these trees are har-bouring these ‘feathered pests’, theyshould be savedwith immediate ef-fect. More than 300 trees are natu-rally uprooted with the onset of themonsoon. If this initiative by the au-thorities continues, the green lungof Mumbai will cease to exist inno time.The BMC should arrange toengage horticulturists,botanists and ornithologists to dis-cuss the issue immediately, or thiswill end up being seriously detri-mental to the safety of thiscity against the fury of nature.

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

Tribute to docs, world overON Doctor’s Day (celebrated inIndia on the July 1). which is justpast, I wish to pay my humble trib-utes to the doctor’s fraternity theworld over! I would call to mindmy

immediately known doctors towhom I feel particularly indebted tooncologist Dr.VijayHaribhakti (fea-tured in your edition of June 3) whotreated my wife for cancer someyears ago, Dr (Ms.) Motashaw, Dr,(Gynaec) Mrs. Jahagirdar, lateDr. Tibrewala (Dhvannanto-ryawardee), lateDr. Praful Patel (eyespecialist), lateDr. Dharadhar (Den-tal Surgeon), late Dr. M.V. Mantri(Dental Surgeon). I also fondly re-call the memories of paediatrician,late Dr. N.D. Kanchan who treatedmy wife in her childhood and lateron our own children. Indeed, theyhave particularly etched in ourhearts, rather many a heart in ourarea with indelible ink!Incidentally and secondarily, I

also pay my humble tributes to thedoctors and surgeons of the ArmyCommand Hospitalat INHS Asvini at Colaba.

— Purna Chakravorty, Mumbai

No foreign coaches, pleaseIT is not advisable to take up acoaching assignment in India byforeign coaches in any discipline.They all had bitter experiences onlyin the past one decade or so. Re-cently, Michael Nobbs was sackedas coach of the hockey team and heis the fourth foreign coach to beaxed in recent years. As the coach ofIndian hockey was sacked as theteam performed badly and IHFcould not take the debacle lightly.One can take the horse to the waterbut it is up to the horse to drinkwater from the pond.The coach cangive guidance to the players to playaccording to a plan but when theplayers failed to execute the plan inthe field of play, the coach need notbe sacked for no mistake of his. ButIndian sports bodies could not facedefeat and the target, thus, is theteam coach.

— Calicut Krishnan Ramani, Mumbai

This is aamchi Mumbai!YOU know you are from Mumbaiwhen...

� You say ‘Town’, and expect every-one to know that it means south ofChurchgate� You run to catch the 4th seat in atrain� Your door has more than twolocks� The most frequently used part ofyour car is the horn�You consider eye contact an act ofovert aggression�You call an 8’x10’ clustered room,a hall�You think of Chowpatty and Juhubeaches as ‘nature’�You take fashion seriously� You have 14 different menus of‘Free Home Deliveries’ next to yourtelephone� You take a taxi to get to yourhealth club to exercise

— Altaf H. Ladiwala, Bandra

Making J&K a tourist spotIT is indeed a sorry state of affairs inJammu and Kashmir. Youth do nothave jobs or education. Instead,they resort to protests and try toshow their strength in a wrongmanner. In the past, we have seenstudents and other youngstersthrowing stones at Army and thelocal police under some pretext. In-stead of wasting their talent bythrowing stones at the securityforces they should take part insports activities and hone theirskills thereby. This will enable themin bringing a gold medal for thecountry in games outside and inIndia. It is time to bring peace in thevalley so that tourists will resumevisiting this hotspot without fear ofbeing killed in encounters or beingabducted by the terrorists for ran-som or for some political favours.

— Subbu Cee Kay,Vashi

Actors should not do stuntsIT is nice to learn that the brain sur-gery on Hrithik Roshan has beensuccessful & the actor is on the pathto recovery. Hrithik is one of India’sfinest actors & it is really unfortu-nate that the action hero sustained

a blood clot during shootlast month doing one ofhis trademark stunts.Movies may be fun watching onscreen but a lot of efforts & acci-dents happen during their makingas producers & directors push ac-tors & stuntmen to do daring scenesso that they look real on screen. Ac-

tors like Hrithik, Akshay Kumar,Shah Rukh etc. are known to puttheir lives in danger doing danger-ous scene and often getting injuredduring shoots. Film makers shoulduse camera tricks and technology indangerous action scenes wheneverthere is a dangerous action scene tobe shot rather than risking actorsbig or small.Wishing Hrithik recov-ers soon from his surgery.

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

Disgusting war of wordsIN recent years, I have become to-tally fed up with the war of wordsfrequently breaking out betweenthe Congress and the BJP. Be it a so-cial, economic, international, ter-rorism, religion, legal, scams, riots,natural calamities and what not.The columns of newspapers andscreen space of the electronicmedia, gets occupied with the acri-monious spat among the “secular”and the “communal” elements(politicos). I seriously wish thatthere should now be a mid-termpoll for the Lok Sabha wherein ei-ther the UPA 2 or the NDA, suffers arout. It is the only way this drab andnauseating phenomenon will end.

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

PM’s wrong prioritiesPEOPLE facing sky-rocketing pricesof the vegetables all across the na-tion since the past more than threemonths are shocked to note thattheir Economist PrimeMinister hasinvited the nation’s big and small in-dustrialists to solve the problem oflow GDP.Why is he more interestedin raising the industrial growth thanin reducing the prices of the mostessential commodity--vegetables--needed daily?

— Hansraj Bhatt, Mumbai

THE terror attack on the Maha-bodhi temple in Bodh Gaya townof Bihar has uncovered the lack ofsecurity arrangements at holyplaces in India. That the blaststook place in spite of securityalerts to the state government,highlights how serious our gov-ernment is towards the commonman’s security. Had they acted onthe warnings, the blasts couldhave been forestalled. It is dis-graceful that the temple of LordBuddha, who spread the messageof peace all over the world, wasattacked by terrorists.The responsibility of shielding

the temple lies with the state gov-ernment that failed, desolately, tocheck it. The issue is serious andthe Centre and state governmentsshould take steps so that such in-cidents are not repeated. Follow-ing the blasts, politicians were atit again—indulging in blamegame and playing politics over theattack to gain obvious politicalmileage with an eye on the 2014elections.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

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ALL Congressmen, including thePrimeMinister and the Partychief, have strongly condemnedthe recent bomb blasts at theBodh Gaya temple. The mainquestion, therefore, that begs foran answer is: “Apart from issuingstrong denunciation of the terror-ist act and reiteration of their firmresolve of not tolerating any suchattacks in future, what optionhave they got? Is the ‘secular’ UPAII govt, going to order air strikesby the IAF against the terroristcamps in the PoK, the nerve cen-tre of all the extremists’ attacks onIndia?”

— Jorhat Singh, Kandivli

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IT is not at all surprising to knowthat the origin of the terror tweetsin the Bodh Gaya bomb blastscase was traced to Pakistan. Thatthe theocratic nation is the nervecentre of worldwide state-spon-sored terrorism, heavily fundedby the petro-dollar rich Gulf-based Muslim countries, is an es-tablished fact. The entireinternational community is well

aware of this situation; with theUnited States of America beingthe sole notable exception. Thewestern super power still believesin the sincerity of the Islamiccountry in fighting terrorism.Hence it continues to heavily armPakistan with shiploads of sophis-ticated lethal weapons.Meanwhile, I would like to also

point out that unnecessary fuss isbeing created over the naming ofthe Eastern Freeway in Mumbai.The only name that the “secular”Cong-NCP govt will readily agreeand promptly implement is: RajivGandhi Freeway. MNS, Shiv Senaor the RPI will have no option butto keep quite.

— Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz

LETTER OFTHE DAY

THERE’S A LIMIT: The milk colony,which is the green lung of our metro, will bedestroyed if the poultry authority does notstop rampant felling of trees in the area.

LACKADAISICAL APPROACH: Had the Bihar government acted on the securityalerts immediately, the blasts would never have taken place in this holy town.

Dirty politicking follows Bodh Gaya blasts!

IWELCOME the decision of theMaharashtra government to sellvegetables to common people on‘no profit, no loss’ basis as therising prices have reached thesaturating point and people arealready struggling for survival. Itis glad to read that the govt has atlast realised the problems of thepeople due to rising vegetableprices and is forced to takestrong action to make sure thatthe supply is adequate and theretailers should not loot the aamaadmi. It has been observed thatgovt has failed to control the ris-ing prices of vegetables and hasbeen blaming drought condi-tions in the state which is noth-ing but bogus and rubbish asthey should have taken the ac-tion at an earlier stage by makingarrangement for support/ reliefto struggling farmers so that themiddleman and transporters donot take undue advantage.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

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THE government’s initiativeto sell vegetables at 30 per centcheaper rates than the marketprice through 10 of its newly setup outlets all over the city islaudable and the housewives arealready making a beeline to theseoutlets. This is the only way tosee that the households are notfleeced by the retailers who al-ways create artificial scarcity and

hike the prices at will becausethey are there only to make prof-its and nothing else is of concernto them. This year the monsoonhas been good so far and theyield of vegetables in the fieldshas not been adversely affected,yet our retailers are quotingprices of most of the vegetablesin the range of Rs.60 to Rs.80 perkg. It is good that the govern-ment is paying for the trans-portation charges from theAgricultural Produce MarketCommittee at Vashi. This is anexcellent move and the govern-ment should continue this on apermanent basis for the benefitof the aam aadmi.

— Dr.V. Subramanyan, Thane

State govt. has done well

SAVIOUR: The Maharashtra govt. hascome to the rescue of the alreadyburdened aam aadmi by arranging tosell vegetables at controlled, affordablerates.

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NATION

RAMADAN FESTIVITIES… Vendors selling dry fruits at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi. (Right) Children offer namaz at Khwaja Ismail Chisti Dargah on the first Friday of holy month of Ramadan in Mirzapur on Friday.

PTI

AHMEDABAD: GujaratChiefMinisterNarendraModi on Friday kicked

up a political storm by sayinghe had done “absolutely theright thing” during the 2002riots anddescribing himself asa “Hindu nationalist”.Modi came under sharp at-

tack from theCongress, Sama-jwadi Party, CPI(M), CPI andJD(U) for his remarks in an in-terview to Reuters duringwhich he said he hadnot doneanythingwrongwith regard tothe riots. An SIT set up by theSupreme Court had given hima “thoroughly clean chit”, hesaid. The Gujarat strongman’scomment, when asked if heregretted the riots, that even ifa “puppy comes under thewheel” of a car, one felt sad,drew particularly sharp con-demnation with SP accusinghim of comparing Muslims todogs. Congress and SP de-manded immediate apologyto the nation from him, says aPTI report.Slamming Modi, Congress

said the remarks reflected his‘perverse mindset’ and were“totally against the idea ofIndia”.“Thousands of people lost

their lives in the 2002 riots andin this backdrop the anologyused by NarendraModi needsto be strongly condemned.There is no place for such acomparison in civilised India,”said Ajay Maken, AICC Com-munications Departmenthead, in a reference to the‘puppy’ remark.Samajwadi Party

spokesman Kamal Farooquisaid, “It is a very sad, veryhumiliating and very disturb-ing statement... What does he(Modi) think, thatMuslims areworse than even puppies? Hedoes not have a heart forthem. He should feel sorry...He should apologise,” Fa-rooqui said.“He (Modi) should be

ashamed for using such a lan-guage,” the SP leader said,adding, “the earlier he apolo-gises, the better it will be. Oth-

erwise, there will be danger-ous consequences.”Congress leader and Exter-

nal Affairs Minister SalmanKhurshid saidModiwas“grad-ually becoming his own worstenemy”. He said if Modi feelshe is “misinterpreted”, heshould talk less.BJP spokesperson Nirmala

Sitharaman defended Modi,

saying his comments hadbeen ‘misinterpreted’ com-pletely, resulting in a “contro-versy where it does not exist”.In the rare interview, Modi

was asked if it was frustratingwhenmanypeople define himby 2002.He responded by say-ing that he would feel guilty ifhe had done somethingwrong. “Frustration comeswhen you think ‘I got caught. Iwas stealing and I got caught.’That’s not my case.”To a question whether he

had done the right thing in2002, he said, “Absolutely.However much brainpowerthe Supreme Being has givenus, however much experienceI’ve got, and whatever I hadavailable in that situation andthis is what the SIT had inves-tigated.”Asked if he regretted what

had happened, Modi said theSupreme Court had created aSpecial Investigating Teamwhich in its report had givenhima“thoroughly clean chit, athoroughly clean chit”.

‘I am a Hindu nationalist, born Hindu’

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has describedhimself as a “Hindu nationalist” because he was a

born Hindu. “I am nationalist. I’m patriotic. Nothing iswrong. I am born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So I’m aHindu nationalist. So yes, you can say I’m a Hindu na-tionalist because I’m a born Hindu,” he told Reuters.The Gujarat strongman was asked as to who was the

“realModi”—Hindu nationalist or a pro-business ChiefMinister? “As far as progressive, development, worka-holic, whatever they say, this is what they are saying. Sothere’s no contradiction between the two. It’s one andthe same image,” he said.

Sena backs Modi for ‘Hindu’ remarkShiv Sena on Friday came out in strong support of Gu-

jarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying it believesthat the nation’s leadership should be in the hands of aHindutva leader. “We welcome Modi’s stand. It was ourstrong belief from the time of Balasaheb Thackarey thatthe nation’s leadership should be in the hands of a Hin-dutva leader. Modi’s stand will benefit NDA,” partyspokesperson Sanjay Raut, MP, said.

NEW DELHI: Notwith-standing China’s sensitiv-

ities, Vietnam on Fridaypitched for India’s greaterpresence in South East Asiapolitically and economically.Welcoming India’s com-

mitment and engagementwith ASEAN, Vietnam’s For-eign Minister Pham BinhMinh said “we all want to seemore of India’s presence inSoutheast Asia, not only po-litically, but also economi-

cally.” “India”, he said, “has aformidable presence in theIndo-Pacific by virtue of itssize, its economy and its will-ingess to assume a greaterrole on the world stage”.Addressing a gathering at

leading think-tank IndianCouncil ofWorld Affairs, BinhMinh referred to territorialdisputes between China anda number of countries strad-dling South China Sea andEast China Sea and stressed

on freedom of navigation inthe area which Beijing viewsas its own backyard, reportsPTI. Binh Minh welcomedIndia’s stand opposing use offorce to settle territorial dis-putes in the region and saidEast China sea, with its natu-ral resources like oil and fish-eries, is of “utmostimportance” to “global com-mons” as is the sovereignty ofcountries in the region.With amore active India in

cooperationwith ASEAN, “wecan dream of a vast Indo-Pa-cific with strong linkages, ef-ficient connectivity and afterall, with shared prosperityand peace”, he said.He said India’s ‘Look East’

policy has played a construc-tive role in ASEAN though se-curity initiatives and economiccooperation and expressed thedesire to work closely with it intapping potentials betweenASEAN and India.

Modi kicks up politicalstorm over 2002 riots

BOMBAY BHELPURI, DELHI CHAAT ANYBODY? A vendorwalks along a road near India Gate during rains, in New Delhi, on Friday.

Vietnam pitches for India’s bigger role in ASEAN

Gujarat Chief MinisterNarendra Modi

PTI

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Marcellus Baptista

OUR Mumbai models were missing inaction here, but then they were living

it up at the wedding of their model pal AnchalKumar with Anupam Mittal of shaadi.com fame.The action was at Fairmont Jaipur with four days offestivities that included a sit-down dinner,mehendi ceremony, pool party, engagement party,sangeet and the grand wedding night. Family andfriends were all there including Manish Malhotra,Wendell Rodricks, Rocky S and all those assortedmodels.

FASHIONpassion washed over you atthe Tassel Fashion &Lifestyle Awards 2013 incollaboration with GitanjaliJewels at St. Andrew’sauditorium. Pria KatariaPuri, Rajat Tangri, SwapnilShinde and Megan Ryleyjudged the INIFD Andheristudents. On the ramp wereNisha Kothari and ShefaliZariwala as also Neha Hingeand Tarun Virwani who werepromoting their film ‘Luv USoniyo.’ And RemoFernandes and ShibaniKashyap on song added tothe action.

Flair in the air

SHRIYA SEKHSARIA & POOJA BATRA

MEGAN RYLEYAYUSHMANN KHURANNA

SALOME ROY KAPUR & AANCHAL GUPTA

MUGDHA GODSE, ANCHAL KUMAR & CANDICE PINTO

IT was all very joyful at the Artsin Motion presentation of

Dance with Joy ’13 at St. Andrew’sauditorium. Dancing their way intoyour heart were the Dharavi Girls,part of the Sneha Foundation,who performed at this annualdance extravaganza spearheadedby Aanchal Gupta. Enjoying theshow were Salome Roy Kapur,Varuna Jani, Kamlesh Hemdev,Rajesh Khera, Amy Billimoria,Kavitta Verma, TanyaMallik, Vivek

Mishra and TaufiqQureshi.

Let’s dance

Wedding wowsFUNNY and fit was Ayushmann

Khurrana who unveiledthe cover of Men’s Health. Yes, the ‘spermdonor’ actor was there at the Orchid,revealing the stunning cover shoot forIndia’s largest selling men’s lifestylemagazine’s July issue, complete with gym-honed chest and toned physique. You heardthat this is no photoshop, but that he doeshave six-pack abs. And you also learnt thathe makes his debut as a columnist with themonthly ‘Ask Ayushmann Anything.’

The right fit

WORDS wafted in the air as Leadstart Publishing andCrossword hosted the launch of ‘One’ written

by Shriya Sekhsaria. Seen at the Kemps Corner bookstore wererenowned singer and music director Vishal Dadlani, actor and filmproducer Gulshan Gover, former Miss India and actor Pooja Batraand soulful singer Akriti Kakkar who all shared their views onsustenance and that they were privileged to see the buddingyoungster step out into the literary world.

More than one

SONI GUPTA & KAVITTA VERMA

AKRITI KAKKAR

NISHA KOTHARI

TALAASH� Inspector Surjan Singh Sekhawat is put on the case of filmactor Armaan Kapoor who has driven his car off the embank-ment and subsequently drowned in the sea. The circumstancessurrounding the car accident do not fit with suicide, nor is thereany evidence of foul play. Meanwhile, Surjan’s wife Roshni isgrappling with her grief over the death of the couple’s young son,Karan. To avoid his difficult home life, Surjan focuses on solvingArmaan’s mysterious death. He begins investigating in thenearby red-light district and meets Rosie, an alluring prostitute,who may hold the answer to the mystery. MMaaxx,, 99 pp..mm..

CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE� Raj and Priya are newly married. Priya is heavy with children,but due to unexpected circumstances, she loses her child and isunable to conceive again. Enter Madhoo, a prostitute who is will-ing to become surrogate mother for the couple. Their relation-ship becomes entangled with love triangle when Madhoo fallsin love with Raj. FFiillmmyy,, 99 pp..mm..

OYE LUCKY! LUCKY OYE � Inspired by the incredible true story of Lucky Singh, an ex-tremely charismatic and fearless confidence man and thief whosocialized with the rich, famous and influential of Delhi societyand then proceeded to rob them blind. He was the bête noire ofthe police and had stolen millions by the time he was caught. Amodern day Robin Hood with a twist, he robbed both the richand the poor without prejudice. Nothing was too big nor was any-thing too insignificant to escape his attention. The film openswith his trial and charts his rise from the projects of crime riddensuburban Delhi to the very heart of the corridors of power. Alongthe way he makes lifelong friends, falls in love an manages tooutwit the entire law and order machinery. BB44UU,, 99 pp..mm..

THE HUNGER GAMES� In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is di-vided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two youngrepresentatives from each district are selected by lottery to par-ticipate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutalretribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broad-cast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to elim-inate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are requiredto watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’s young sister, Prim, is se-lected as District 12’s female representative, Katniss volunteers

to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, are pit-ted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom havetrained for this their whole lives. HHBBOO,, 99 pp..mm..

IRON MAN� Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist TonyStark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows nobounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at hisenemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find thoseresponsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. Withhis back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own de-vices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those clos-est to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answerto the question that has secretly haunted him: does the manmake the suit or does the suit make the man? PPiixx,, 99 pp..mm..

COLD CREEK MANOR� Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New YorkersCooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two chil-dren move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the pos-sessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream housesoon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner(Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead themon a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate’s dark and luridpast. ZZeeee SSttuuddiioo,, 99 pp..mm..

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Upon A Princess

SPIDERMAN TECH� The Marvel Comics creation of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, maybe the most amazing crime fighter of all time. Who wouldn’t wantto have his amazing powers–but if Spider-Man’s abilities are putto the test using the rules of real-world science, exactly which ofhis skills are possible and which are pure fantasy? Go on a thrill-ride of adventure as top Hollywood filmmakers, and real-worldscientists weigh in on Spider-Man’s dazzling powers. Using high-lights from the blockbuster Spider-Man movies, including scenesfrom the upcoming Spider-Man 3, along with classic comic bookimages that leap off the screen thanks to 3-D graphic effects,Spidey’s secrets are unlocked. HHiissttoorryy,, 99 pp..mm..

JHALAK DIKHHLA JAA� In tonight’s episode, Prabhudeva and Girish Kumar will beseen setting the Jhalak manch on fire! Watch Jhalak DikhhlaJaa to find out how the contestants left the stars of Ramaiya Vas-tavaiya speechless! Prabhudeva and Madhuri recreated the KaySera Sera magic fromPukar leaving everybody on set ab-solutely awe struck! If you need another reason to watch theepisode… it’s the Filmy Masala Week on Jhalak DikhhlaJaa though this episode will witness yet another heart breakingelimination…CCoolloorrss,, 99 pp..mm..

POLICE DIAL 100� In tonight’s episode a police officer gets shot by a chainsnatcher. The police officer is injured seriously but still doesn’tgive up the chase. Meanwhile in the other case Delhi police grabhold of a gang who steal mobiles from victims by throwing redchili powder in their eyes. How will the police catch the real cul-prits in both the cases ? LLiikkee OOkk,, 77 pp..mm..

HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN� HILLBILLY HANDFISHIN’ is the trip of a lifetime for fish-out-of-water adventure seekers. Join hosts Skipper Bivins and TrentJackson as they teach everyday folks how to catch massive cat-fish with their hands and feet! AAnniimmaall PPllaanneett,, 1100 pp..mm..

MEAT EATER� In MEAT EATER, Steven lives the hunter-gatherer lifestyle byprocuring his own meat from the wild using both modern and an-

cient techniques. He will deconstruct and master any huntingtechnique; track and pursue any prey and eat just about any-thing that walks or crawls. Whether tracking black-tail deer in theremote Alaskan wilderness, or rooting out Javelina in Texas,Rinella will defer to his back-country roots, challenging himself atevery corner while providing nail-biting adventure along the way.DDiissccoovveerryy,, 1111 pp..mm..

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOWABOUT� Useful, fascinating and interesting facts about everything fromhow the brain works to why hurricanes are so unpredictable, forthe trivia hungry viewers. DDiissccoovveerryy SScciieennccee,, 88..3300 pp..mm..

INDIAN IDOL JUNIOR� ‘In tonight’s episode, Govinda will make an appearance on theshow for the disco special theme. The Top 10 Indian Idol Juniorswill show off their singing prowess by crooning one hit disco num-ber after another. Govinda who is an ardent fan of the movie‘Disco Dancer’ will shake a leg on the songI am a DiscoDancer with host Karan Wahi. SSoonnyy TTVV,, 88..3300 pp..mm..

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TV GUIDE

STAR PLUSP.M.1.30 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon

Ki Chaabi-Meri Bhabhi4.00 Dancing Superstars6.00 Parivaar Awards

STAR WORLDP.M.

12.00 One For The Money2.00 Mastrchief Australia4.00 Revenge7.00 Grey’s Anatomy8.00 New Girl9.00 Revolution10.00 Maid In Manhattam

ZEE CAFÉP.M.2.00 The Carrie Diaries3.00 Grey’s Anatomy8.00 Pretty Little Liars10.00 The Carrie Diaries

BIG CBS LOVEP.M.2.00 Melrose Place4.00 Summerland7.00 Under The Dome9.00 X Factor11.00 Game

SONY TV P.M.

12.00 Koi Mil Gaya4.00 Jab Tak Hain Jaan 7.30 Adaalat8.30 Indian Idol Junior 201310.00 CID11.00 Crime Patrol

ZEE TVP.M.

12.00 Punar Vivaah

2.30 Film5.00 DID Super Moms7.00 Club Repeat9.00 DID Super Moms10.30 Fear Files: Dar Ki Sacchi

LIFE OKP.M.2.00 Shapath7.00 Police Dial 1008.00 Kahani Mahadev Ki9.00 Shapath10.00 Savadhaan India11.00 Police Dial 100

COLORSP.M.

12.00 Nautanki Ke Super Over7.30 Sasural Simar Ka8.00 Balika Vadhu8.30 Madhubala9.00 Jhalak Dikhlajaa10.00 Comedy Nights with Kapil11.00 Shaitan – A Criminal

Mind

SAHARA ONEP.M.

12.00 Who Paanch Din Film 3.00 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan

Hoga5.30 Rangeela: Aamir Khan8.30 Gair: Ajay Devgan

SAB TVP.M.2.30 Jeanie Aur Juju3.00 Taarak3.30 Chidiya Ghar4.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir4.30 FIR5.00 Chintu Bun Gaya

Gentleman5.30 Taarak Mehta…8.00 Chintu Bun Gaya

Gentleman9.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir10.00 Waah Waah Kya Baat Hai

ZEE MARATHIP.M.2.00 Tu Tithe Mee2.30 Tuze Maze Jamena3.00 Mala Sasu Havi3.30 Radha Hi Bawri

4.00 Pakke Shejari5.00 Tu tithe Mee5.30 Mala Sasu Havi6.30 Home Minister7.00 Tu Tithe Mee7.30 Radha Hi Bawri8.00 Unch Maza Zoka8.30 Mala Saasu Havi9.00 Tuze Maze Jamena9.30 Ekapeksha Ek Apsara Aali

Season II

ANIMAL PLANETP.M.

1.00 River Monsters3.00 Animal Planet’s A to Z4.00 Wild Connections5.00 TV with Teeth6.00 Wildest Africa7.00 Wildest8.00 River Monsters10.00 Hillbilly Handfishin11.00 TV with Teeth: Africa’s

Super Seven

DISCOVERYP.M.2.00 House Hazards2.30 Swamp Brothers

3.00 How Stuff Works4.00 What Happened Next4.30 Destroyed In Seconds5.00 Man vs Wild6.00 Wildlife7.00 Ultimate Warfare8.00 Man Vs Wild9.00 How to Grow A Planet10.00 Man Woman Wild11.00 Meat Eater

DISCOVERY KIDSP.M2.00 1001 Nights

3.00 Transformers Prime4.30 Wild Kratts5.00 Amazing Spiez6.00 1001 Nights7.00 Sally Bollywood8.00 Adventures of Tintin9.00 Transformers Prime10.30 Wild Kratts

SCIENCEP.M.2.00 Monsters Inside Me3.00 When We Left The Earth4.00 How Do They Do It5.00 Ultimate Cars

5.30 Massive Machines6.00 Weapon Masters7.00 Some Assembly Required7.30 Mean Machines

Translantic Challenge8.00 Food Detectives8.30 Everything You Need To

Know About9.00 Spy Wars10.00 Snipers: Top Sniper

HISTORYP.M.2.00 Aamir Khan Decoded with

Karan Johar3.00 Ancient Aliens4.00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans8.30 Everything You Need To

Know About9.00 Spiderman Tech10.00 Mindkind11.00 Black Ops

NGCP.M.2.00 Breakout5.00 Most Amazing

Moments6.00 Lion Ranger7.00 Ultimate Tutankhamun9.00 Megastructures10.00 Breakout11.00 Taboo

STAR CRICKETP.M.1.00 Champions Ka

Champion1.30 T20 Dhamaka2.00 Aus Tour of England

2013 h/ls2.30 Cricket Extra3.30 Aus Tour of England

2013 1st Test Day 4 live10.30 Cricket Extra11.30 Champions Ka Champion

ESPNP.M.2.00 T20 Dhamaka4.30 Jai Ho5.30 Aus Tour of England

2013 6.00 Jai Ho7.00 Champions Ka Champion9.00 Aus Tour of England

2013 h/ls10.00 US Senior Open C’ship

2013 Day 2

LISTING

SOAPS & SERIALS

STARMOVIESP.M.

12.50 Jurassic Park III2.20 Indian Jones and the

Raiders of the Lost Ark4.45 Death Race6.55 Rise of the Planet of the

Apes9.00 I Don’t Know How She

Doest It10.55 Snow White and the

Huntsman

HBOP.M.

12.10 Madagascar 3: Europe’sMost Wanted

2.10 Wrath of the Titans4.10 The Matrix Reloaded7.00 Journey 2: The Mysterious

Island9:00 The Hunger Games11,.55 Harry Potter and The

Deathly Hallows-Part 1

ZEE STUDIOP.M.1.00 25th Hour3.45 Tron Legacy6.25 Julie and Julia9.00 Cold Creek Manor

PIXP.M.1.40 Piranha3.00 The Expendables4.50 The Spy Next Door6.50 Men In Black 39.00 Iron Man11.35 Iron Man 2

STAR GOLDP.M.1.10 Partner4.05 Dhobi Ghat6.25 Coolie No 1

9.00 Mar Mitenge

MAXP.M.2.00 Thoda Pyaar Thoda

Magic: Saif Ali Khan5.30 Robot: Rajnikant9.00 Talaash: Aamir

Khan

ZEE CINEMAP.M.2.20 Loafer: Anil Kapoor9.00 Tirangaa: Anil Kapoor

CVOP.M.2.00 Janbaaz: Feroz Khan5.30 Do Dhilon Ki Dastaan:

Sanjay Dutt9.00 Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya:

Fardeen Khan

B4UP.M.

12.00 Maalik: Rajesh Khanna4.00 Anamika: Dino Morea8.00 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye:

Abhay Deol

FILMYP.M.12.00 Dharamyudh: Sunil Dutt

3.00 Kanwarlal: Jeetendra6.00 Abhimaan: Amitabh B9.00 Chori Chori Chupke

Chupke: Salman Khan

ZEE TALKIESP.M.

12.00 Aare Devaa 3.00 Foreignchi Patlin6.00 Pipanee9.00 Syamchi Mummy

CARTOON NETWORKP.M.1.30 Bhoot and Friends3.30 Krishna in Vrindavan5.00 Krishna in Kansa Vadh6.30 Tom and Jerry The Movie8.30 Barbie The Princess and

The Popstar10.00 Balkand

POGOP.M.

2.00 Chotey Khiladi Special3.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon4.30 Happy Ho Jao Special6.00 Chhota Bheem In Can

Adventure7.30 Chotey Khiladi Special9.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon

DISNEY CHANNELP.M.2.00 Doraemon3.30 Phineas And Ferb4.00 Doraemon8.00 Shake It Up8.30 Doraemon

DISNEY XDP.M.2.00 Rescue Force5.00 Iron Man Armored

Adventures6.00 Spiderman8.00 Iron Man Armored

Adventures9.00 Beetleborgs Metallix

MOVIES OF THE DAY

I DON’TKNOWHOW SHEDOES IT � A comedy cen-tered on the lifeof Kate Reddy, afinance execu-tive who is thebreadwinner forher husband andtwo kids. StarringSarah Jessica

Parker, PierceBrosnan, GregKinnear . SSttaarrMMoovviieess,, 99 pp..mm..

MOVIE CHANNELS-SUNDAY

MOVIE CHANNELS-SATURDAY

The Hunger Games,HBO, 9 p.m.

Talaash, Max, 9 p.m.

Barfi, Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

DDI (Main Channel)P.M.

12.00 Saturday Special3.00 Who Hue Na Hamare3.30 Yeh Dil Ke Rishtey4.00 Meri Baat5.00 Special Agriculture

Programme6.00 Music6.30 Pet Care7.00 Rajdhani Samachar7.15 Film Songs7.30 Swas The Bharat8.00 News8.15 Samachar8.30 Yeh Zindagi Hai Gulshan

9.00 Ek Kiran Roshni Ki9.30 LLAAMMHHEE : Sridevi, Anil

Kapoor, WaheedaRehman

DDII (Metro Channel)P.M.2.00 Samachar2.30 News3.00 Samachar3.30 Mehnat Rang Layegi4.00 Prime Meridian4.30 News5.30 Rajyon Se Samachar6.00 News Headline6.05 Roving Report6.30 Ehsaas

7.00 Samachar7.05 Khel Samachar7.30 Market This Week8.00 Samachar8.30 News9.30 Ek Mulaqat10.00 Badi Charcha11.00 Mukhya Samachar

DOORDARSHAN

All programmes on this page are as per the official schedules of the various channels. Afternoon is not responsible for any last minute changes.

Spiderman Tech, History, 9 p.m.

Jhalak Dikhlajaa, Colors, 9 p.m. Indian Idol Junior, Sony TV, 8.30 p.m.

Lamhe, DDI, 9.30 p.m.

Pacific RimDirector: Guillermo del ToroCast: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam,Charlie Day, Ron Perlman, CliftonCollins Jr. and othersRating:���

HOLLYWOOD’S obsession withend-of-the-world scenarios

continues, along with its search forheroes who will save humankind inthe nick of time. Obviously thereare audiences left for this kind offilm so studios keep churning themout. Even a filmmakerlike GuillermodelToro could not re-sist the temptation tomake a big 3Dblockbuster, and he is probably thereasonwhymanywho are fed-up ofbig, splashy CGI movies might at-temptPacific Rim, to see whatthe Pan’s Labyrinth director canbring to the table.At a time close enough from the

present to cause nightmares, thethe Kaiju— angry, ugly, reptilianmonsters— rose from the sea and

totalled several cities. They werehalted by gigantic manned robotscalled Jaegers. But they come backand so it’s a big, noisy humans vscritters battle, which progresses ex-actly as you’d expect it to. It’s meantto provide enough bang for themoviegoer’s buck, and that it does.Each Jaeger is controlled from in-

side its massive metal body, by twohumans and in an early battle,Raleigh (Charlie Hunnam) lost hisbrother Yancy. A few years later,Raleigh is asked by Pan Pacific De-fense Corps commander StackerPentecost (Idris Elba), to return tohis old Jaeger, Gipsy Danger, with anew co-pilot, Mako Mori (Rinko

Kikuchi), for a crucial fight againstthe Kaiju. Not to add spoilers, sosuffice to say that co-pilots share adeeper connection than just spacein the metal behemoth, and this iswhere a director likeDelToro showswhat he can do, to take PacificRim several notches above filmsfrom the Transformers and Godzillafranchises, which are obvious inspi-rations for this one. Even so, it is aspectacle aimed at fans of the genre,it might just leave others cold, or atleast wondering why so much po-tentially rich sci-fi material is leftunder-developed.The film is happyenough to just “cancel theapocalypse.”

Bhaag Milkha BhaagDirector: Rakeysh Omprakash MehraCast: Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor,Pavan Malhotra, Divya Dutta andothersRating:���

THE thoughts that come tomind while watching BhaagMilkha Bhaag are uncon-

nected to the film. India is so shortof heroes—sports heroes in partic-ular—that Milkha Singh who wonhis medals (no Olympic gold, alas)over half a century ago, can be thesubject of a grand biopic. Imagine ifChina or Russia started makingbiopics of their star atheletes, theworld would be swamped by simi-lar-looking films. There is some-thing common on all strive-to-winfilms—the protagonist’s dedication,superhumanwill and so on.That byitself is not all that interesting towatch, so Milkha has to be given adramatic back story, which involvesthe Partition. Sadly, so many years(and several Partition carnage films)later, there’s not much juice to beextracted there. But to link this toMilkha Singh’s loss at the 1960RomeOlympics, is stretching it a bittoo much.Not to undermine Milkha Singh’s

achievements, especially whensports heroes (barring cricket stars)are not exactly lionised in the coun-try, but his success had no long-last-ing impact in Indian sports; thestate of athletics is still pathetic, andIndia’s medal tally still shockinglylow.Still, it is commendable that after

all these years, RakeyshOmprakashMehra chose to honour an almost-forgotten hero, even if that means

piling on the melodrama sky high,andmeandering over episodes thathad no real bearing on his life. Notto mention the tepid romances(Sonam Kapoor and Rebecca

Breeds being the objects of his af-fection). So overdone is the film,that you agreewith the saying abouttruth being stranger than fiction.After all the suffering bornewhile

training, and the truly excruciatingscene ofMilkha Singh running withlegs wounded, the bandages unrav-elling in slow motion, Mehra keepsgoing back to his Partition timetrauma, which brings the filmsweak conflict over Milkha refusingto go to Pakistan and Pandit Nehru(Dalip Tahil) himself persuading

him. Mehra uses flashbacks withinflashbacks as Milkha’s first coach(Pavan Malhotra) narrates his storyto the delegation sent to bring therecalcitrant hero from Chandigarhto Delhi.The actor playing a youngMilkha

is bright, andDivyaDutta asMilkhaSingh’s sister a scene stealer, but it isFarhan Akhtar who is outstanding,training body and mind to be-come the character, moving easilyfrom innocently charming lad (theway hewoos village belle with buck-ets of water) to runner whippinghimself to win. If India’s sports es-tablishment was so caring and theathletes so driven, themedal tally inthe international arena would havebeenmuch higher. Perhaps this filmserves a kick in the shin to wake upeverybodywho needs to be inspiredto chase excellence. As entertain-ment it is wanting inmany areas, it’sinordinate running time being theleast of its problems. A more ruth-less editing and excising the forcedsong-and-dance numbers mighthave helped.Finally, you emerge from the

moviehall with Binod Pradhan’s cin-ematography and Farhan Akhtar’smatchless performance, that willgivemany a star a run at the awardsnext year.

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THE film is based on OneShot the ninth book of British

author Lee Child. Jack Reacher isan amazing crime-thriller withstunning action sequences, butthe best scene that should send achill down your spine is the open-ing scene of a sniper on an ele-vated parking lot taking aim atinnocent bystanders across ariverbank.Tom Cruise plays Jack Reacher,

a US Army military investigatorwho is called into Pittsburgh tolook at a serial killing by a formerArmy sniper James Barr (JosephSikora). Barr is accused of killingfive innocent people outside apark in downtown Pitts-burgh. While the police in-terrogate Barr to find outthe truth, Barr writesdown three words on asheet of paper...‘GetJack Reacher’. Reacher,who knows Barr’s history,makes contact with lead de-tective (DavidOyelowo) and DistrictAttorney Rodin(Richard Jenkins) to help put Barrbehind bars. But Reacher is pre-vented from working on his ownand finding the truth by the sus-pect’s defence lawyer Helen Rodin(Rosamund Pike) who isn’t con-vinced her client is guilty. Shehires Jack to check the forensics,despite her District Attorney fa-ther’s warning to her that the case

will mess her career. Reacheragrees to help Helen on the condi-tion that she agrees to meet withthe families of the victims whoperished in the shootout and getmore details. Reacher takes onthe job, amid danger to his life.

He becomes the target ofmany small time ganglords. The action se-quences between himand the gangsters aresomething to watch outfor. While gathering evi-dence, Reacher stumbles

onto criminal mastermind‘The Zec’ (WernerHerzog) and hissharp-shooting

henchman (Jai Courtney).Put the puzzle on the murders

together alongside Reacher whogives you the clues. Cruise givesan impressive performance andhis swift moves and fighting skillsare a treat to watch. Bonus fea-tures include a short show reel onthe making of the movie.

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Chariotof fire

Apocalypse averted again

By Gajanan Khergamker

Redevelopment has two sides to it.With every benefit, as is the case,there’s an associated ill. For one,the issue of redevelopment, how-

ever enticing, is closely accompaniedwith rancor and acrimony directed usu-ally towards the Managing Committeemembers who are perceived as enjoying‘special favours,’ with the developer inquestion. Also, in the absence of a crys-tal-clear lottery system in processes orequalitarian benefit distribution, there’sthe certainty of chaos.So, in order to ensure transparency

among cooperative housing societiesundertaking redevelopment projects, theMaharashtra Cooperative Department,with a view to ensure transparency insocieties seeking to undertake redevel-opment projects, issued guidelines forsocieties to follow under section 79 (A) ofthe Maharashtra Cooperatives Act 1960.These issued by a committee compris-

ing the co-operatives commissioner andCIDCO chairman. Among the features,the most important being that a redevel-opment scheme would be approved bythe general body only if three-fourths ofthe society members were present atthe meeting.The Registrar will need to attend a gen-

eral bodymeeting which will approve thebid of the successful bidder in a proceed-ing which will have to be video-recorded.Also, once the agreement is accepted interms of area and corpus fund, it cannotbe revised. A bank guarantee to the tuneof 20 per cent of the total project cost willhave to be provided by the successfulbidder to demonstrate his financialstrength and proof that he will not aban-don the project midway.In respect of most of the Co-operative

Housing Societies, the nature of com-plaints relating to redevelopment thatthe Maharashtra CooperativesDepartment included:

1. Resistance in taking members in con-fidence in the process of redevelopment.2. Absence of transparency during thetender process.3. The arbitrary appointment of con-tractors.4.Violation of the provisions of Co-oper-ative Act, Rules and Bye-Laws.5. Lack of order in the works of theArchitect and Project Consultant.6. Failure to plan the RedevelopmentProject Report.7. Failure to adopt proper procedure infinalising tenders.8. No similarity in agreements withDevelopers.

So, in the absence of a concrete policywith regards to the above issues, Co-operation Commissioner and Registrar,Co-operative Societies,MaharashtraState, Pune had appointed a Study Groupunder the Chairmanship of JointRegistrar, Co-operative Societies(CIDCO) to study the complaintsreceived at various levels and for consul-tations with all constituents working inthe relevant fields. The Study Group has

expressed the opinion that it is essentialto frame regulations for redevelopmentof buildings of Co-operative HousingSocieties after consultation with allthe constituents in the field ofCo-operative Housing.The government hence issued the

directive under Section 79(A) ofMaharashtra Co-operative Societies Act,1960. It was termed as ‘Directive forRedevelopment of Building of Co-opera-tive Housing Society’.For one, not less than ¼ members of

the Society the building of which is to beredeveloped should submit a requisitionto Secretary on theManaging Committeeelected as per provisions of Bye-Lawsand lawfully formed along with theirscheme and suggestions for redevelop-ment of the Society’s building for con-vening Special General Body Meeting tofinalise the policy on redevelopment ofthe building.On receipt of an application, the

Managing Committee should take a notethereof within 8 days and secretary of thesociety should convene General BodyMeeting of all the members of the socie-ty, Agenda of the Meeting should be fur-nished to each member 14 days prior tothe day of meeting and acknowledge-ment thereof should be kept on record ofthe society.Before convening the said meeting,

Society should obtain list of Architects /Project Management Consultants on thepanel of Government / Local Authorityand obtain quotations from minimumfive experienced and expert persons forpreparing project report for redevelop-ment work of the building and oneexpert person from among them willbe selected in the Special GeneralBody Meeting.

At the said Special GeneralBody Meeting:1. A preliminary decision by taking into

consideration demand of the membersfor redevelopment of society’s buildingand suggestions received in respect ofthe same should be taken.2. Expert and experienced Architect /

Project Management Consultant on thepanel of the Government / LocalAuthority for work of redevelopment ofthe building should be finalised. Also,items of work to be done by them andterms and conditions of work too shouldbe finalised.3. An outline of the programme for

redevelopment of the building shouldbe submitted3. Written suggestions from members

relating to redevelopment of the buildingshould be accepted.Members of the cooperative housing

society will be entitled to submit in writ-ing to the committee, eight days prior tothe meeting their realistic scheme, sug-gestions and recommendations for rede-velopment of the building in the name ofexperienced and expert Architect /Project Management Consultant knownto them. However, that Architect /Project Management Consultant shouldsubmit a letter that he is desirous ofdoing work of redevelopment.4. The quorum for the Special General

Body Meeting convened for redevelop-ment of building of the Co-operativeHousing Society will be ¾ of the totalmembers of the society. If quorum is notformed, meeting will be adjourned foreight days and if there is no quorum forthe adjournedmeeting, it will be deemedthat members are not interested in rede-velopment of the building and meetingwill be cancelled.

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IT is but inevitable! For the city to progress, ithad to embrace redevelopment in a compre-hensive way. It’s only change that’s constant ina city’s growth.According to the New Bye-laws of

Cooperative Housing Societies, a structuralaudit is to be conducted by architects on thepanel of themunicipal corporation for societiessituated in municipal limits. In other cases,structural audit have to be carried out by gov-ernment-approved architects. For buildingsbetween 15 years and 30 years of age, a struc-tural audit has to be done once in five yearswhereas for buildings above 30 years old, astructural audit has to be done once inthree years.With most of the residential structures in the

Western suburb being old and needing regularaudits and repairs at fixed intervals, it makesbest sense to opt for redevelopment and pro-cure a new structure that won’t need majorrepairs for a long time to come.Also, older buildings were designed with

archaic construction norms and hence unableto tackle new climatic situations in contrast tonew buildings which are constructed on thebasis of state-of-the-art models capable ofwithstands harsh geographic conditions.In contrast to old buildings where members

have to pool in funds to undertake majorrepairs off and on, members opting for redevel-opment, not just get benefits in terms of moneybut also get additional area for their existinghomes at no extra cost.Where structural stability is concerned, the

steel inside concrete beams and columns startcorroding after 15-20 years. The corroded steelsimply cannot be treated in repairs and needsto be replaced. In case of redevelopment, as thebuildings are new, such issues just do not arise.In the case of redevelopment, society mem-

bers not just get a brand new building; they alsoget monetary benefits and top-up areas to theirflats that would otherwise have cost a fortune.The advantages accrued include brand new

flats that are free of cost thus indirectly fetchingan earning for members. Popular fears of beingleft homeless during the period are tackled bythe inherent provision of alternative accommo-dation during the course of construction afterthe demolition of the buildings. Needless to say,the new structures will all be earthquake resist-ant and designed to take care of additionalwind load too. In order to provide the greenpatch so essential to homes today, a lot of rede-veloped structures opt for landscaping in orderto meet requirement of a myriad range of resi-dents. The landscaping may include a childrenpark, jogging tracks and silent zones for the eld-erly. The effort will be to improve the livingstandards of members. In keeping with neo-teric demands, a club, a sports room, swim-ming pool and other recreational facility couldbe provided to the residents in the redevelopedproject. To meet the new changes in demands,the brand new structures will be tailor-made tosuit the modern living. New buildings will becreated with state-of-the-art looks that indi-rectly boost the realty prospects.As opposed to crammed entrances littered

with illicit shops and thelas that may haveaccumulated over the years, new redevelopedstructures will be constructed with beautifullush entrances.

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Redevelopment has two sides to it. With every benefit, as is the case, there’s an associated ill.

REDEVELOP OR BE DOOMED

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LEISURESAMURAI SUDOKU 266 DOMINOES 266

HITORI 266

CODE WORDS 149

Each Samurai Sudoku puzzle consists of 5 overlapping “classic” 9x9 Sudoku sub-puzzles. Each 9x9 sub-puzzle mustbe solved according to the rules of Sudoku: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain all digits from 1 to 9 -therefore, digits cannot be repeated. Each Samurai Sudoku puzzle has one solution only.

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The objective of Hitori is to mark out the incorrect cells. The rulesare: a) A Number may never appear more than once in each row orcolumn. b) Marked or incorrect cells are never adjacent in a row or acolumn.c) Unmarked cells create a single continuous area, undivided bymarked cells.

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In each puzzle every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number; the same number represents the sameletter throughout the puzzle. To start you off, we give you three letters and the numbers which have replaced them.When you’ve filled in these letters throughout the puzzle you’ll have enough clues to start guessing words and discoveringother letters. To help you keep track, as you find a letter, slot it into the grid provided and cross it off the list.To help you keep track, as you find a letter, slot it into the grid provided and cross it off the list.

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LEISUREFIGURE OUT

PICTURE CROSSWORD WORD SEARCH

A1 B1 C1 D1 E1

A2 B2 C2 D2 E2

A3 B3 C3 D3 E3

A4 B4 C4 D4 E4

A5 B5 C5 D5 E5

HHOO HHOOCan you find the words connected in one way or the other with thetheme indicated by the title in today’s Word Search? The words may beread horizontally, vertically or diagonally either forwards or backwards,but always in straight lines. Use a ruler to cross them through as youfind them.

WORDLIST: Hoagy, Hoard, Hoarse, Hoax, Hobbit, Hobble, Hobby,Hobgoblin, Hobnob, Hobo, Hockey, Hoedown, Hogback, Hokum, Hombre,Home, Hominy, Hoopla, Hoopoe, Horseshoe, Hosanna, Hospital, Hotpot,Howitzer

Each square contains part of acomplete picture that is to becopied into its matchingnumbered square in thediagram. Start with square A1,drawing it into the diagramwhere row A and column 1intersect. Continue with A2, A3 etc.

11 22 33 44 55

A

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1 ac 1 dn 3 dn 4 dn 5 dn

7 dn 10 dn

2 ac 6 ac

11 dn 8 ac

9 ac 12 ac 13 ac 14 ac 15 ac

Picture CrosswordSolve this free form crossword where the words are

represented by pictures.

Solution to CrosswordAcross: 1 Cactus, 2 Asia, 6 Umbrella, 8 Leaf, 9Basket, 12 Opener, 13 Pan, 14 Ball, 15 Eagle. Down: 1 Cage, 3 Mango, 4 Gloves, 5 Wallet, 7Rose, 10 Sandals, 11 Tablets.

Bottle ___

Continent

SOLVE THIS FREE FORMCROSSWORDWHERE THEWORDS AREREPRESENTED BY PICTURES

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S

PICTURE CROSSWORDACROSS: 3 Jeans, 7Pistol, 8 Toy, 9 Matchbox,12 Magnet, 13Watermelon, 15 Walnut. DOWN: 1 Racquet, 2Headphone, 4 Sun, 5Foot, 6 Plywood, 8 Tractor,10 Highway, 11 Globe, 14 Robin.

SOLUTION TO SAMURAISUDOKU 265

SOLUTION TO DOMINOES 118 SOLUTION TO HITORI 118SOLUTION TO DOMINOES 265 SOLUTION TO HITORI 265 SOLUTION TO CODE WORDS 148 SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’STETRAVEX

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H A O B O H L G K B Y H H

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AACCRROOSSSS::1 Lynx (6)7 Portion of a mountain range (6)13 Speech hesitations (3)16 Glacial period (6)17 Bony (6)18 Animal house (3)19 The first Indian American space

woman (7,6)21 Wyandot weapon (3)22 Those women: Fr. (5)23 Nav. readings (4)24 A question of place (5)26 Smidgen (3)27 Put the bite on (3)29 Compass pt. (3)31 Perfect ten spinner Jim (5)32 Thought (6)35 Vinegar (5)37 Occupied (4)39 Variable (12)44 Secretary's memoranda (5)46 Nigerian tribesman (3)47 Opposite of sings. (3)48 ___ culpa (through my fault) (3)49 Gingham for one (5)50 Encyc. book (3)52 Like part of a lung (5)54 Intention (3)55 Local mango (3)58 Badminton stroke (3)60 Surrender (5)61 After the witching hour (12)65 Weaver's reed, thread count (4)66 Sun: prefix (5)67 Old Testament judge (6)69 Cloth worn around the neck (5)72 _ ___ Mine : Beatles' tune (1,2)74 Bulk food drawer (3)75 Devotee: suffix (3)78 Type of butter (5)79 Ruler part (4)81 Birdie __ __ little longer: Tennyson

(5)83 Suffix with "boy" or "girl" (3)84 Indian PM from Nov. 90 to Mar. 91

(13)88 Residence to a Cockney (3)89 Text mistakes (6)90 Like instantly (6)91 French pronoun (3)

92 Spread out for battle (6)93 Open spaces in a forest (6)

DDOOWWNN::1 Cycled (5)2 Florida city (5)3 Woodstock wear (11)4 Cloak (4)5 Andre of tennis (6)6 Lacrosse team (3)7 Moccasins, in short (4)8 Cigar ends (5)9 Perennial Presidential candidate (7)10 Suture (3)11 "Tutor" or "manor" ending (3)12 Without a mistake (10)13 Language spoken in Tashkent (5)14 Filmic 007 (5)15 Farmer (5)20 Upward path (6)25 Sentry's demand (4)28 System file extension (3)30 Mere indication (4)33 Frost or Burns (4)34 Seventh-century date (4)36 ____ vous plait (3)37 Open as a bottle (5)38 Jonas E. Salk's target (5)

40 Convex mouldings (5)41 Ornamented, elaborated with

additions (11)42 Author ___ Donald Walsch (5)43 Behind time; slow (5)45 Abashed, sheepish (10)51 Certain records (4)53 Belgian-French river (4)56 Be less than 100% (3)57 Year of fourth voyage of Columbus

(4)59 "B" in BARC? (6)62 ----w, pitch (4)63 Supposed (7)64 Three Mile Island, abbr. (3)68 Illusory (6)69 Descendant; shoot or twig (5)70 Kramer (5)71 Dull throbs (5)73 Put an __ __ (terminate) (3,2)76 Haryana for one, Punjab for another

(5)77 Poi roots (5)80 Supercomputer pioneer Seymour (4)82 One-horse carriage of India (4)85 Otto's realm: abbr. (3)86 Torn Paper artist (3)87 Letters on some silver (3)

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LEISURESATURDAY CROSSWORD 266 WORD PUZZLE 266

TETRA VEXACRO STIXFit the letters each column into the boxes directly above them in order to form words. The order in which the lettersare to be placed is to be decided by you. Each letter is to be used once. When completed you will find a quotationabout the theme given.

Today’s Theme: QUEEN’S ENGLISH

3 LETTERACTANTEATELFGIPLAWNAERAGRAWSENTWOYES

4 LETTER ACNEAEONAGESAMYLANTEBATTBEAUCODEDEAR

TetraVex is a challenging brain teaser. The object of the game is to fillthe grid with the tiles so that the patterns on the adjacent edges ofeach tile match, much like aligning domino tiles. The object of thegame is to place all the tiles in the grid so that the figures on the ad-jacent edges of each tile match. You can place any tile anywhere in

the grid, but you cannot place a tile in the grid if its edges do not match all of its neigh-bors. Find a digit that occurs only once on a given puzzle. You know that this digitmust lie along the outer edge of the grid, since there are no other tiles that can matchit. You can simplify solving by cutting out the nine squares and juggling them in thegrid.

LLAASSTT WWEEEEKK’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: "I pay the schoolmaster, but it is the school boys who educate my son."

ENOLGENEGOODIBEXIDESINFOIOTALEGSMATEMEEKNEARNEBSNOBSOVENPRAMROADROCSSLIPTA-TATOGATUNETWEETYKEULNA

UNITUVEAWHAM

5 LETTER AT BAYCOLICCUFFSCYNICDANCEDOUBTEDGEREKINGHOO-HALINUMMETESNAVVYOFFALOFTENOMEGARAITASEVERSLEPTSTENO

UNDUEWINCHX-RAYS

6 LETTER FAR-OUTHAYINGIBIDEMMASTICRITUALSEA-AIR

7 LETTER AT STAKECHATEAURIOT ACTRUSSIAN

8 LETTER INTAGLIOLEVITATE

LAST WEEK’S WINNERDOMINOES 265SSAAGGAARR CCHHEEMMBBUURRKKAARR, 226/B, Chowkalshi Building, Topiwala Wadi, V.P.Road, Mumbai-400 004.Note: Please collect your letter from Afternoon Office.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

PHANTOM LEE FALK

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A profitable period ahead.Work target is achieved after per-sistent efforts and struggle. You will increase your profits by bringing about certainradical changes in your work strategy. Students are advised to put in extra effort inorder to make the grade. Home and personal relationships will cause anxiety. Themarried will go through periods of tension and occasional separation. Your healthwill be fine.BABIES BORN TODAY: Well built, attractive, independent, healthy and long-lived.Well educated, honest self-confident, influential and powerful. A career in adminis-tration, government or independent industry or business is best suited.

TODAY’S FORECASTTIGER BUD BLAKE

MOON : LeoITHI : 5th Ashadh Shuklapaksha

NAKSHATRA : PurvaphalguniRASHI : Sinh[Leo]M.T.

LUCKY COLOUR : Variegated and Light BrownLUCKY NUMBER : 3

ARIES (March 21 - April 20):Your travel for work is favorable.An earlier project brings monetary

rewards and praise. A major break-through in your work and career is fore-seen. Apply your mind with completeattention to grab the opportunity thatcomes along. A busy schedule disturbsfamily life. You will get an opportunity todo things you enjoy. New situations couldbring into your life a person that becomesa good friend.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20):Conditions are favorable to sendin fresh business proposals or quo-

tations today. You are bound to re-ceive a good response. You are going tobe at your creative best. If you work outyour plans with this new approach suc-cess is bound to come your way. At meet-ings and gatherings you will be the centreof attraction. If you feel drawn to some-one and you are single follow your heart.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Youcould be under heavy strain andfeel helpless in such situations,

knowing that these problems mighthave been inadvertently created by you.However, you are advised to take stock ofeverything and think calmly about a solu-tion. Just relax matters will automaticallyresolve themselves. Youmay have got car-ried away and indulged in somemild flirt-ing. Try to set the record straight with yourfriend before it’s too late.

LIBRA (September 22 - October22): You will feel quite relaxedand satisfied with your progress in

business or career. Enjoy respitefrom a busy schedule rather than makeplans for further growth. You are passingthrough a beneficial phase where goodopportunities just fall into your lap andyield gains without pains. You are nor-mally free and easy going with colleaguesand associates that you knowwell. But domaintain a distance for safety sake.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 -December 20): You will have peo-plereactingfavorably toyourability to

takerisksinbusinessandevenconsiderfinancing your new project. Whereas youroverbearingattitudemayputoff somewhichshouldnotdeteryoufromyourgoal.Socially,you haveabusy timewhen youwill bemeet-ingalotofpeople.Youwillberomantically in-clined so do ignore someone who is reallyinterestedinyou.Findoutwhyyouarescaredof a commitment or being tieddown.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - Feb-ruary 18): A hectic and tensionfilled day. Try to keep your ex-

penses low. However do not resort toshort cuts where your work or money isconcerned. You just need tomanage yourwork load more efficiently. Try to be coolwith those around you especially in a trou-bled situation. You will be yearning forsomething different. Youmaywant a shortbreak to a nearby resort and get in tunewith nature and your love life.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20):Heavy expenses are likely. Youhave to seek loan or withdraw

from your savings. You will overcomeyour problems. An important task youwere supposed to do this afternoon willslip your mind leading to some kind of anemergency towards the evening. You willbe torn between work responsibility andyour promise for an eveningmeeting withyour beloved. Help from the unexpectedis likely.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21):Your plans for today get upset be-cause of a late appointment. You

may have to cancel a few activitiesplanned for the day. Avoid meeting peo-ple who do not have anything good to sayabout anyone. There could also be a bit ofa financial crunch, which will be over-come soon. You are expecting too muchout of a relationship without making aneffort. Some action or an element of sur-prise will spice things up.

VIRGO (August 22 - Septem-ber 21): All business problemswill be sorted out and cleared for

steady progress. You will be able toaccomplish all you desire limited only byyour own aspirations. If you have beenthinking of a new project now is the righttime to begin when finance ceases to be aproblem If you do any entertaining, makeit entirely spontaneous. An initiative takenby you today may indicate a new alliancein the near future.

SCORPIO (October23 -Novem-ber 21): You will find yourselfmaking good progress in all that

you plan for today. Family memberswill also be supportive and helpful. If youare thinking of buying property this is theright time to invest your money. You sharea beautiful relationship with your mate orbeloved. Take care that no outsider dis-turbs the harmony of your love affair.

CAPRICORN (December 21- January 19): Try to do one thingat a time to get best results. Con-

solidate recent gains and try tostrengthen your position at work. Thosewaiting for news from overseas will get fa-vorable response. Employment-seekerswill get a temporary job offer, whichshould be accepted. You may now realizethe futility of long-standing personal as-sociation. A parting of ways cannot beruled out. Keep a check on your health.

PISCES (February 19 - March20): The way you deal with peo-ple will help you to overcome de-

lays and snags at work. This appliesto personal relationships too. Balanceyour work activities and social obliga-tions. Do not overdo things today for youcould end up with a minor health prob-lem. It is unfortunate that your mate orbeloved may have lined up somethingspecial for you this evening and you willbe in no mood for lighter moments.

JAGJIT UPPAL

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COFFEEBREAK

ACROSS:1 ___ Chandra Chatterji : creator of

Vande Mataram? (6)5 __ Francisco : the Golden Bridge city

? (3)8 "Hans" becomes a beau ! (4)9 Mild oath (4)10 Scattering seeds etc. for planting (6)11 Increases at an accelerating rate (9)13 ___ off: calm down (4)15 Printing measures (3)16 Thaws (5)17 A Room With __ (Forster novel) (5)20 Master of Business Administration,

in short ? (3)22 Know the __ and outs of : know

thoroughly (3)23 City on the Aire (5)24 Took long strides (5)26 Rep. of Korea (3)27 Breathe deeply (4)28 Features of a given region (9)31 Sea between Greece and Turkey (6)32 Dracula creator Stoker (4)33 An oven for firing ceramics (4)34 Septic discharge (3)35 Fruity smelling organic compounds

(6)

DOWN:1 Fundamental principles (6)2 John ____ : 1967 tennis champion

from Australia (8)3 Locals or small bars (4)4 Small generator of electric current

(7)5 Exhibitions or spectacles (5)6 Ms Dhupia of Bollywood (4)7 Summons up one's strength (7)12 On-Board Maintenance Sys. (3)14 ___ to : result in ? (4)18 Competes (4)19 Native (8)20 Shooting stars (7)

21 Founder of Servants of India Societyin 1905 (7)

24 ___ sided : not balanced ? (3)25 Uses one's little gray cells, in a way ?

(6)26 Positions, standings or stations ? (5)29 "Forrest __" (4)30 What the Japanese spend ? (4)

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

Today’s clue: W equals G

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IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1718

HEATHCLIFF

SUDOKU 1899Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based ona 9x9 grid such severalgiven numbers.To solve aSudoku puzzle, everydigit from 1 to 9 mustappear in each of thenine vertical columns, ineach of the ninehorizontal rows and ineach of the nine boxes.

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AfternoonWORDMINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown intoday’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each wordmust contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least onenine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.Today’s ratings: 08 average; 09 good; 11 outstanding.YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: amok, make, mask, monk, oaken, peak, poke, sake,sank, smoke, snake, sneak, soak, spank, speak, spoke, spoken, SPOKESMAN

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Z X E Z X Q C M A D Z X C A W

D Y E A K Z X C A WYesterday’s solution: Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no commondenominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4713

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORDAcross: 1 Tola, 4 Sprout, 8 Jam, 10 Egan, 13 Fountain, 14 Aldente, 15 Mitten, 17Interpret, 21 Nov, 22 Oat, 23 Abu, 26 Great dane, 27 Upbeat, 28 Applied, 32Exchange, 34 Ecru, 35 Eat, 36 Alleys, 37 Odds. Down: 1 Thea, 2 Load, 3 Daft, 5 Pundit, 6 Osa, 7 Toning, 9 Moe, 11 Glenn, 12Negev, 15 Meta, 16 Tuba, 18 Tomb, 19 Port, 20 Rae, 23 Adele, 24 Under, 25Eureka, 26 Galaxy, 28 Age, 29 Pean, 30 Iced, 31 Dubs, 33 Ccl.

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COFFEEBREAK

PORT OF SPAIN: Captain Ma-hendra Singh Dhoni gaveample proof of being a class

finisher as he held his nerve to steerIndia to yet another title triumph

with a nail-biting one-wicket victoryover Sri Lanka in the Tri-nation ODIseries final here.

The Indians first bundled out SriLanka for 201 and then overcamesome anxious moments beforeDhoni (45 off 52 balls) took the teamhomewith just twoballs to spare in adramatic title clash here. Needing 15from the last over in their chase of202, Dhoni, returning to the teamafter recuperating from a hamstringinjury, smashed Shaminda Erangafor two sixes and a boundary in justfour balls to finish off the game instyle at the Queen's Park Oval.The result also meant that the

Champions Trophy winners' recentrun of success in the 50-over formatcontinued. As the captain slammedEranga over extra cover for the win-ning shot, the Indian crowd eruptedin joy and the jubilant players randown the pitch to flank the man ofthe moment, who remained un-beaten. Coming in at the fall ofSuresh Raina's wicket with India in aspot of bother at 145 for five in the35th over, Dhoni added importantruns with the lower order and in theprocess hit five fours and two sixes.

Dhoniwas calculative andwaited tillthe end before launching that onefinal assault which left the Lankansshell-shocked as the islanders hadfancied their chances after RanganaHerath's four-wicket burst onapitchthat was not conducive for stroke-play.While Dhoni played thematch-winning knock, Rohit Sharma, whohit five fours anda six, top-scored forIndia with 58 off 89 balls. Raina con-tributed 32 off 27 balls.In pursuit of what seemed like a

modest target, India lost ShikharDhawan and Virat Kohli early to

Eranga. Sharma found an ally in Di-neshKarthikwithwhomheadded50runs for the third wicket before thewicketkeeper-batsman was dis-missed for 23. Sharma then forged a62-run stand in eight overs withRaina to consolidate India's position.Sensing the need to bid time in themiddle, Sharma and Raina playedsensible cricket before the Mum-baikar was done in by a Herath ballthat kept low before hitting thestumps. This was Herath's secondwicket, after he sent back Karthikwhowas caught byMahela Jayawar-

dene at slip. After that Sri Lankapulled things back by dismissingSharma. Raina followed suit to leavethegameevenlypoised.Desperate toput India under more pressure,Jayawardene andKumar Sangakkaraappealed against Dhoni for whatthey felt was obstruction of fieldwhile running for a single.Brief Scores: Sri Lanka 201 all out in48.5 overs [Kumar Sangakkara 71, LahiruThirimanne 46, Ravindra Jadeja 4/23] lostto India 203/9 in 49.4 overs [Rohit Sharma58, MS Dhoni not out 45, Rangana Herath4/20] by one wicket.

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SPORTS

‘CAPTAIN COOL’ AT IT AGAINTWEETTHEFEATHad been best 2 months of cricket.Going back with 2 trophies.Thankyoueveryone for your love and support.Shikhar Dhawan

Wonderful victory yesterday ..Flyinghome with Two trophys ,we rchampions...... Jai hind.Ravindra Jadeja

Phew! What a win. Heroic once againby @msdhoni. Coming home with twotrophies!!!!Suresh Raina

Extremely happy for being awardedman of the series for the first time.Thankyou everyone for your love andsupport. Had been best 2 months ofcricket. Going back with 2 trophies.Great team effort.Bhuvneshwar Kumar

What a win!!What composure from theman!!!That was the perfect finish,towhat's been a great 2 months.Ravichandran Ashwin

PPOORRTT OOFF SSPPAAIINN:: He has made ahabit of coming good when thechips are down and Indian

captain Mahendra SinghDhoni feels his excellent

finishing skills have a lot to dowith the good cricketing sensehe is "blessed" with. Dhoni's 52-ball 45 proved to be decisive asIndia lifted the ODI tri-nationseries trophy after beating SriLanka by one wicket in a thrillingfinal.

"I think I am blessed with a bitof good cricketing sense. I knew Icould get 15 runs off the lastover, I'm happy that it worked,"said the beaming captain, whoreturned to the team afterrecuperating from the hamstringinjury which kept him out formost part of the series.

Dhoni said he preferred to usea heavy bat in the final over ofthe title clash against Sri Lankaas it was "perfect for slogging".

Of the 45 unbeaten runs thatDhoni scored, 16 came in the lastover during India's chase of 202."I went with a heavy bat, theweight was perfect for slogging,"the Man of the Match said at thepresentation ceremony. Afterbowling out Sri Lanka for 201,India rode on Dhoni and RohitSharma's half century to chasedown the target with two balls tospare at the Queen's Park Oval.

"15 players have been verygood on the field and that is agood sign," he added.

"The opposition bowler(Shaminda Eranga) was not themost experienced in that lastover unlike (Lasith) Malinga, so Ithought I would take mychances." Dhoni and Virat Kohli,who led the team in threematches in Dhoni's absence,jointly accepted the winnerstrophy after the presenter hadforgotten about it. Player of theseries was Bhuvneshwar Kumarwhile Rohit Sharma was awardedthe Most Trusted Player of theSeries.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Rainaand R Vinay Kumar rejoice after Indiawon the final against Sri Lanka by onewicket.

I am blessedwith goodcricketing

sense: Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is hugged by teammate Ishant Sharma after he hit a six to beat Sri Lanka by one wicket in the final match of theTri-Nation series in Port-of-Spain.

By S S Ramaswamy

MUMBAI: After guiding India toa nail-biting victory over Sri

Lanka in the tri-series final yester-day, Mahendra Singh Dhoni hasagain staked claim to the title of thebest-ever finisher in the history ofODI cricket.Former captain and chairman of

selectors Dilip Vengsarkar admitsthat he has not witnessed a betterfinisher than the Jharkhand dasher."It was a great fight-back from theyoung Indian brigade after losinginitial games. Dhoni has a greattemperament and, by far, he's thebest finisher I have ever seen. He

just doesn't get flustered at anystage of the game," Vengsarkar toldPTI during an interaction.He was referring to India's tri-

umph in the tournament after los-ing their first two round robinmatches against Lanka and hostsWest Indies in the earlier part of thetournament and Dhoni's match-winning unbeaten knock whichguided India home to victory by onewicket from a precarious situationin the low-scoring tri-series final atthe Queen's Park Oval.The T20 format, which has gained

tremendous popularity all over theworld has made players innovatemuch more than ever before. But

Dhoni has shown his killer instinctmuch before it gained currency.Even before displaying his superbfinishing skills in the T20 format, es-pecially in the attention-grabbingIndian Premier League, 'CaptainCool' had shown what he is capableof in the slog phase of a run-chasein the 50-over games.Back in 2005, Dhoni, who was a

new entrant in the Indian team hadsmashed an unbeaten 183 in just145 balls batting at no. 3, his high-est ODI score to date, with an in-credible tally of 10 sixes and 15 foursand the Lankans had then tooborne the brunt of his bludgeoningblade.

Dhoni is best finisher I have ever seen: Vengsarkar

Akshan, Kalpita delight onway to semis

MMUUMMBBAAII:: Thirdseeded AkshanShetty put up afine allroundshow as heoutplayed GideonD’Souza 21-11,21-15 to breezeinto the boysunder-15 singles

semi-finals of the Li-NING-JVPGCSuburban District BadmintonChampionships, hosted by Juhu VileParle Gymkhana Club here today.Joining him in the last four were topseeded Sai Dinesh Reddy, whomade short work of Nabeel Khan21-7, 21-7, Parthiv Chhabria a 21-16, 21-9 winner over Jahan Asherand Devesh Dharmarajan, who gavePranav Jain a severe thrashingwinning 21-6, 21-7. Among the girls,KKaallppiittaa SSaawwaanntt, top seeded in boththe under-17 and under-15 singles,proved to be cut above the rest,while making the last four stage in

both the sections. Kalpita routedResheel George 21-7, 21-9 in theunder-17 and Janhav Jagtrap 21-13,21-13 in the under-15 section.Simran Singhi outplayed NamitaShetty 21-5, 21-12 in the under-15and Neda Memon 21-11, 21-7 inthe under-13 girls singles group.

Yash rallies to down RohitMMUUMMBBAAII:: Bespectacled SachinBharati gave fancied Abhishek ParikhA tough time before the latterprevailed in the men’s singles pre-quarter-finals of the CCI-GMBADistrict badminton Championships,co-sponsored by Yonex and hosted byCricket Club of India, here today.Abhishek was in his element rightfrom the word and won the first gamewith ease. But Sachin fought back, ashe levelled the tie by winning thesecond over extra points. However,Abhishek became a little moreaggressive as Sachin trying to involveAbhishek in long rallies, lost steam tolet Abhishek win at 21-11, 22-24, 21-14. In another closely fought tie, YashSalgaonkar rallied after losing theopening game to Rohit Athley to romphome at 22-24, 21-8, 21-14.

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By Shalivahana

BANGALORE: There are nine races today and the 1st starts

at 1.45 p.m.

CARD AND SELECTIONS

1. The Buck Passer Plate - 1100 M1.45 P.M.1. Accuracy 56 D.K. Ashish2. Cardigan Bay 56 Suraj Narredu3. Jersey Heights 56 Vivek4. Liquid Asset 56 Ashok Kumar A.5. Smile Stone 56 S. Mallikarjun6. Artic Attraction 54.5 P.S. Chouhan7. Avari 54.5 Neeraj Rawal8. Bel Esprit 54.5 Vinod Shinde9. Placervilles Glory 54.5 A. Sandesh10. Wind Surfer 54.5 Imran ChistyWin: Placervilles Glory; ArticAttraction

2. The R. M. Puttanna MemorialTrophy - Div II 1400 M 2.15 P.M.1. Spiritual Star 62.5 Suraj Narredu2. Living Legend 57.5 H.G. Rathod3. Savvy Concept 55.5 S. John4. Bank On Me 53.5 Withdrawn5. Midtown Delight 53.5 A.R.Pradeep6. Supremacy 53.5 D. K. Ashish7. Meghalaya 53 P. S. Chouhan8. Bourbon Rock 52.5 Imran Chisty9. Cheque Discounter 52.5 Rajesh N10. Supreme 50 S. ZervanWin: Spiritual Star; Bourbon Rock

3.The Delhi Cup 1600 M. 2.50 P.M.1. Sumitomo 61.5 Y. S. Srinath2. Happy Victory 60 M. Noornabi3. Greyconnection 59 MudassarNazar4. Deep Blue Sea 58.5 Neeraj Rawal5. Glycys Bay 58.5 S. John6. Arun 58 Shanth Kumar7. Wind Force 58 Suraj Narredu8. Royal Admiral 57 A.Ramu9. Vega 56 Vivek10. Rebuttal’s Hope 55.5 P. S.Chouhan11. Prince Of Kintyre 53.5A.R.PradeepWin: Sumitomo; Vega

4. The S. N. Harish Memorial Trophy1400 M 3.25 P.M.1. Adriphos 56 S. John2. Ancient Warrior 56 D. K. Ashish3. Arabian Warrior 56 P. Trevor4. Capitalize 56 Imran Chisty5. Fancy Number 56 Vivek6. Glorious Reward 56 S. Zervan7. Liege Lord 56 A. Sandesh8. Machine Gun 56 A.Ashhad Asbar9. Racing Ahead 56 P. S. Chouhan10. Transformer 56 Rajesh Kumar M11. Beauty Is Truth 54.5 D.Gnaneshwar12. Colour Of Gold 54.5 M.Noornabi13. Cute Beast 54.5 Adarsh G.14. Veritas 54.5 Neeraj RawalWin: Glorious Reward; Veritas

5. The Nawab M.Arshad Ali KhanMemorial Cup 1400 M 4.00 P.M.1. Apparition 57 p. Trevor2. Paras Mani 57 P. S. Chouhan3. Ace Badraan 55.5 S. Selvaraj

4. Alejor 55.5 A.Ashhad Asbar5. Ayrton 55.5 Imran Chisty6. Noble And Nice 55.5 D. K. Ashish7. Supreme Regime 55.5 SreekanthB.8. Wings Of Fortune 55.5 RajeshKumar M9. Keukenhof 54 Suraj Narredu10. Lagoona 54 Vivek11. My Lakshmi 54 A. SandeshWin: My Lakshmi; Paras Mani

6. The Royal Challenge Plate - Div I1200 M 4.35 P.M.1. The Guardian 62.5 P. S. Chouhan2. Game Dancer 62 Kiran Rai P3. Saratoga Spring 62 SaddamHussain4. Inspirator 60.5 Vivek5. Money Ball 60.5 Suraj Narredu6. Wonder Lash 60 Rajesh N7. Our Love 59.5Imran Chisty8. Jaanvi 58 A.R.Pradeep9. Raaga 57.5 Anjar Alam10. Artic Breeze 56.5 Indrajeet Singh11. Black Beauty 56.5 M. Noornabi12. Perfect Speed 56.5 S. John

Win: Our Love; Money Ball7. The R. M. Puttanna MemorialTrophy - Div I 1400 M 5.10 P.M.1. Shivalik Fire 62.5 Suraj Narredu2. Impressive Bolt 60.5 Neeraj Rawal3. Chiron 59.5 A.Imran Khan4. Ground Marshal 59 S. John5. Whistlejacket 58.5 Fr’co F Dasilva6. Next Move 58 A.Ramu7. Salsa Touch 58 M. Noornabi

8. Mi Amor 57 P. S. Chouhan9. I Say 56.5 Imran Chisty10. Carducci 55.5 A.R.PradeepWin: Mi Amor; Carducci

8. The Royal Challenge Plate - DivII 1200 M 5.45 P.M.1. Steel King 60 Rajesh Kumar M2. Blue Star 59 Imran Chisty3. A Move To Remember 57.5 P. Mani

4. Right On Time 57 P. S. Chouhan5. Jeyem 56.5 Sahanawaz6. Youre Chilubuli 56.5 Rajesh N7. Oceanic Wind 56 Kiran Rai P8. Hillingdon 54.5 Anjar Alam9. Alpine Shine 54 M. Prabhakaran10. Bounty Hunter 53.5 A.Ramu11. Will Still 51.5 Vivek12. Astonishing 51 A. SandeshWin: Astonishing; Right On Time

BANGALORE RACES TODAY

Chance: Placervilles Glory, Glorious Reward

STARRY EYES OR MURIOI FOR KINGFISHER DERBYBy Shalivahana

BANGALORE: Forget about run ofStarry Eyes last time. Perhaps it

had an educative run. It should runwell today. All the races are cupraces.

ACCEPTORS & SELECTIONS

1. The Mumbai Cup - Div. II 1400 M 12.45 P.M.Deep Blue Sky 60 Rich Celebration57 Mr Ambassador 53 AbsoluteMajority 58.5 Decorated 56Samara Sun 53 Chronicle 58.5Own Asset 55.5 Courage In Red57.5 Lads Gladiator 53.5Win: Lads Gladiator; Chronic

2. The Hyderabad Cup - 1200 M1.15 P.M.Ace Mesmerise 56 Riverdale 56Impressive Mode 54.5 Chilli Vodka56 Star Kingdom 56 RulingPassions 54.5 Crown Emperor 56Summerville 56 Spiritofchartwell54.5 Manta Ray 56 Tiger Eyes 56Vigorous 54.5Win: Star Kingdom; Summerville

3. The Mysore Cup - Div. I - 1400 M 1.50 P.M.Summer Sun 62.5 Prom Queen59.5 Smokehead 58 Super Start62.5 A Game To Remember 59Strike The Stars 56 Vocation 62.5 Jeyem’s Pride 59 Mr Charm

53 Absolute Red 62 Brownie 58.5 Starstruck 53 Loyal King 62 Princess Lara 58 Calligraphy51.5Win: Calligraphy; Summer Star

4. The Mumbai Cup - Div. I -

1400 M 2.25 P.M.Sky Train 62.5 Sudden Magik 58.5Foswell 56 Equine Lover 61Magnitude Star 58 AstoundingGallop 54 Diamonite 60 Gun Salute57.5 Alcazaar 53 Raphire 59.5Thoughts N Actions 57.5Win: Sky Train; Equine Lover

5. The Kolkata Cup - 1800 M 3.00 P.M.Camorra 61 Mountain Range 56Auburn Beauty 51 Sun Kingdom 61Star Marquess 55 Lad Star 50.5Montezuma 58Yourewindsofchange 54 AceDancer 50 Field Marshal 57.5Maths Baby 52Win: Star Marquess; Maths Baby

6. The Ambrosia B.T.C.AnniversaryCup 1400 M 3.35 P.M.Machiavellianism 60 Successor 55Archibaldo 53.5 Immense 57.5Atlantus 54.5 Klipspringer 53Ancient Wonder 56 Indian Bolt54.5 Storm Tracker 53 Speed Six

55.5 Déjà vu 54Win: Speed Six; Dejavu

7. The Kingfisher Derby Bangalore2000 M 4.10 P.M.Acclaimed 56 Decathlon 56 Amelia54.5 Ace Bucephalus 56 FastestFinger 56 Highraz 54.5 Agostini 56Gerome 56 Mariinsky 54.5Alaindair 56 Murioi 56 SouthernSky 54.5 Charlatan 56 ScenicWarrior 56 Starry Eyes 54.5 Czar OfRomance 56 Turf Striker 56 Trance54.5Win: Starry Eyes; Murioi

8. The Chennai Cup - 1200 M 4.50 P.M.Sweet Secret 60 Cash My Way 55Santa Monica 54 Frenemee 59.5Speedy Girl 55 Biutiful 52.5 LightOf Success 56 Truman 55 GrandApplause 51.5 Refreshed 55.5Diamond Quest 54 My FavouriteVoice 51Win: Refreshed; Light Of Success

9.The Mysore Cup - Div. II 1400 M5.30 P.M.Sherman Oaks 62 Flashing Colours55.5 Mark 54 Spark Of Harmony58 Nayan Star 55.5 Cool Hand52.5 Cadogan 56.5 Zenica 55.5Hillton 52.5 Vijays Triumph 56.5Assassin 54 Evershine 51 AmazonBay 55.5 Impressive Delite 54Windsor Park 51Win: Amazon Bay; Windsor Park

BANGALORE RACES SUNDAY

NEW DELHI: Indian hockeycaptain Sardar Singh is infavour of a foreign coach as

Michael Nobbs's replacement, butsaid Olympian M K Kaushik too canlive up to the job under High Per-formance Director, Roelant Olt-mans' guidance.

Welcoming Kaushik's appoint-ment as a coach with the Indianmen's hockey team, Sardar said theOlympian has the credentials toproduce results but needs a foreignexpert like Oltmans to constantlyguide him.

"India has good coaches, there isno doubt about it. Kaushik sir is avery good coach. He doesn't have toprove it to anyone. It was a good de-cision to bring him in. He can re-place Michael Nobbs but he willneed someone like Oltmans toguide him," Sardar told PTI.

"But I feel a foreign coach hasbetter knowledge about the re-quirements of modern-day hockey.

If Kaushik takes up Nobbs position,Oltmans will have to spent moretime with us", he said.

"At end of the day the decision

rests with Hockey India and theyhave already made it clear that aforeigner will be appointed as chiefcoach," he said.

Legendary Australia coach RicCharlesworth has recently said thatIndian coaches are not goodenough and the eight-time Olympicchampions need a foreign expert tomeet the requirements of modernhockey. India's High PerformanceDirector and Dutch legend Oltmansis currently in charge of the team tillnext month's Asia Cup after Aus-tralian Nobbs' association with thecountry ended prematurely lastweek.

Even though Nobbs' claimed thathe resigned from the post becauseof his deteriorating health condi-tion, Hockey India said his non-per-formance had a role to play in theAustralian's unceremonious ouster.Sardar, however, said he was takenby surprise by Nobbs' suddenouster.

KAUSHIK CAN DO THE JOB INOLTMANS’ COMPANY: SARDAR

FRANCE: Mark Cavendish an-swered his critics with victoryon stage 13 of the Tour de

France to Saint-Amand-Montrondbut there was drama for ChrisFroome as Alberto Contador used alate attack to take more than aminute out of him in the generalclassification scrap.Cavendish awoke to

headlines in Frenchsports daily L'Equi-pedeclaringhis reignas the pre-eminentsprinter of the dayover followingMarcel Kittel'sthird stage winyesterday, but re-sponded with hissecond win of this100thTour.As crosswinds

caused several splits inthe peloton on the flatroads from Tours, Contador'sTeam Saxo-Tinkoff squad launchedan attack off the front along withCavendish and Peter Sagan a littleover 30km from the finish, andTeamSky could not find a response.If there was good news for

Froome, it was that AlejandroValverde, who began the day secondin the general classification, sufferedan ill-timed puncture and ended uplosing more than eight minutes, ef-fectively ending his chances.The victory for Cavendish is the

25th Tour win of his career, puttinghim joint third all-time alongsideAndre Leducq, with only BernardHinault (28) and Eddy Merckx (34)ahead of him.In contrast to yesterday, when

Cavendishwasted aperfect lead-outfrom Omega Pharma-Quick Step byallowing Kittel to charge past to theline in Tours, the Manxman wonwith relative ease as Sagan crossed insecond, offering little by the way ofserious competition. Ofmore signif-

i c a n c ewas thesight ofBauke Mollema in third, with theDutch Belkin rider replacingValverde in second overall, twomin-utes and 28 seconds behindFroome.Contador cut his deficit to twomin-utes 45 seconds and is now in thirdplace.Cavendish needed victory today

for a host of reasons.Kittel's win yesterday prompted

the headline "Cavendish's reign isover" in L'Equipe, and before thestart of today's stage the 28-year-oldhimself signalled hemay be ready toaccept that fate."Maybe I am just getting old," he

said. "It's the cycle of life."

Kittel was not there to contest thefinish having been dropped early inthe stage as the crosswinds blew, fin-ishing alongwithValverdewaydownthe road.Cavendish, who won stage five to

Marseille but suffered frustrationmany times over elsewhere, wasalso desperate to take what was thefinal clear opportunity for thesprinters until Paris as the raceheads towards the Alps this week-end. In his career, he has never wonfewer than three stages of a Tour,and that number came last yearwhen he could blame Team Sky'sfocus on the general classification

for not living up to his usual evenloftier standards.But while he could celebrate

tonight, Froome was left licking hiswounds after Contador sent a re-minder of the threat he poses.Everything had been looking

good for the man in the yellow jer-sey after an ill-timed puncture forValverde, just as the pack was split-ting in thewinds, saw himdrift backinto the second peloton.But Saxo-Tinkoff's well-time at-

tack delivered dividends for two-time winner Contador and sent areminder that the fight for yellow isfar from over with the Alps to come.

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SPORTS

BACK WITH A BANG Cavendish sprints toglory as Froome losestime to win Stage 13

Britain's Mark Cavendish celebrates as he crosses the finish line at the end of the 173 km thirteenth stage of the 100thedition of the Tour de France cycling race between Tours and Saint-Amand-Montrond, central France.

GUWAHATI: As Shiva Thapawas given a hero's welcomehere on his arrival today afterwinning a gold at the AsianBoxing Championships inAmman, the teen pugilist gavecredit to his coach and supportstaff for his success.The 19-year-old boxer was

received at the LokopriayaGopinath BordoloiInternational Airport here byhis friends, family members,members of boxingassociations and various socialorganisations.Talking to reporters at the

airport, Shiva said, "I amfeeling good at myachievement. It was a veryrewarding win for me. I havebeen training hard to makesure that I perform to the bestof my ability. The Indian teamalso gave a good performanceat the Championship."I do a lot of meditation and

concentrate on my training.The hard work has become myhabit and my coach andsupport staff deserve credit forwhere I'm right now. No one isborn with exceptional qualitiesand only hard work can makethat possible."Shiva said he would be at

home with his family for a fewdays before going to Patiala fortraining for the World BoxingChampionship and RioOlympics. Shiva, in the 56kgcategory, defeated localfavourite Obada Alkabeh in thefinal on a split decision of 2-1after fighting out a tacticallysuperior bout.Meanwhile, the All Assam

Students Union (AASU), AssamJatiyatabadi Yuba ChatraParishad, Gorkha Students'Union and various other civilorganisations greeted Shivawith flowers, 'gamosa' (scarfs)and 'japi' (Assamesedecorative bamboo hat).Singers and musicians led

him to a truck that brought himfrom the airport to his home ina procession. His gold medal atthe premier continental eventon Sunday was his first majorachievement after winningmedals in the Youth Olympicsand World Youth events,besides participating in theLondon Olympics.

Shiva Thapa is kissed by his parentson his arrival in Guwahati on Friday.Thapa became the youngest Indian towin a gold medal at the AsianConfederation Boxing Championshipat Jordan recently.

BELL-BROAD LEADS ENGLISH FIGHTBACKNOTTINGHAM: England

reached 326-6 in their sec-ond innings at the close on

the third day of the first Ashes testagainst Australia at Trent Bridge inNottingham on Friday.Ian Bell and Stuart Broad held

firm for England on Friday, as theylooked to build a commanding leadon the third day of the first Testagainst Australia at Trent Bridge.At stumps, England were 326 for

six in their second innings, 261 runsahead, with Bell 95 not out and Stu-art Broad batting on 47. Given Aus-tralia had been 115 for nine in theirfirst innings before teenage debu-tant Ashton Agar made 98 -- thehighest score by a Test match No 11-- and shared a record 10th-wicketpartnership of 163with Phil Hughes(81 not out), the question was howlarge a target would England needto set their arch-rivals?This innings, which saw himpass

6,000 runs in his 89th Test, was anespecially important one for Bell.A criticism of the 31-year-old

Warwickshire right-hander is thathe has all too rarely scored runswhen England most needed them.And after 35 inningswithout adding

to his tally of 17Test hundreds, Eng-land dearly wanted the stylish Bellto go on to three figures with thisknock.England resumed Friday on 80 for

two, with captain Alastair Cook 37not out and Kevin Pietersen 35 notout. But they lost both senior bats-men before lunch.Pietersen looked in good touch

whilemaking 64 out of a third-wick-ets stand of 110, striking 12 fours,but fell when he played on to JamesPattinson, the most threatening ofAustralia's seamers. Left-handedopener Cook spent more than fourpainstaking hours compiling ex-actly 50 runs. But he became Agar'sfirst Test wicket when he aimed legside across the line of a deliveryfrom the 19-year-old left-arm spin-ner that landed in the rough andbounced to take an edge brilliantlycaught by leaping Australia captainMichael Clarke at slip.Cook's exit left England 131 for

four as a tense capacity and sun-drenched crowd, watching for themost part in near silence, ap-plauded politely.Jonny Bairstow didn't settle and

fell for 15 when he pushed forward

to a well flighted Agar delivery andwas caught behind bywicketkeeperBrad Haddin. Bell, on 34, was givennot out by KumarDharmasena afterwhat seemed an exceptionally opti-mistic lbw appeal bymedium-pacerShaneWatson.However, Australia decided to re-

view the Sri Lankan umpire's deci-sion, even though Bell had beenawarded runs.Replays confirmed what seemed

clear to the naked eye and Bell,who'd got off the mark with a typi-cally stylish boundary, carried on.Australia's strange decision meantthey'd used up all their reviews forthe innings and would now have toaccept the decisions of the on-fieldumpires.Matt Prior scored briskly while

making 31 in a partnership of 44.But, after Australia had taken thenew ball, the wicketkeeper gave hiswicket away when he hooked aPeter Siddle bouncer straight to EdCowan at midwicket.Brief Scores: England 215 & 326/6 in133 overs [Kevin Pietersen 64, Ian Bellbatting 95, Stuart Broad batting 47,Mitchell Starc 2/66] lead Australia 280 by261 runs.

Ian Bell acknowledges the reception afterreaching his fifty.

Shiva Thapa givescredit to coach,support staff