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MUMBHAI

Vikas Sabnis

As a part of economy drivehe has curtailed 10% staff;

and to finish offunemployment he is going torecruit 40% new employees.

By Khushboo Panjabi

With the sudden dis-covery of a thirdmo-bile belonging to

murder victimEsther Anuhyaon Friday, the investigationshave moved on to a a newtrack.On Friday, theGovernment

Railway Police (GRP) of Kurlacame across the thirdmobileinside the flat shewas stayingin at Andheri. Esther's bodywas discovered on January 16in the Bhandup creek whichcomes under the jurisdictionof Kanjurmarg police station.“Interestingly, the usage ofthis particular mobile by thedeceased was not evenknown to her family mem-bers,” said Shivaji Dhumal,senior inspector of Kurla GRP.This makes the police sus-

pect the role of another per-son known to Anuhya, in the

case, as the latter must havebeen keeping her third mo-bile for personal use, addedDhumal. Already, the de-ceased was using onemobileof Samsung which was dis-covered near her body, withdual SIM cards, whichmeansthat she was utilising twonumbers, said the police.Among these two numbers,

one SIM card was of Airtelwhile another was a BSNLSIM card, said police.The third mobile did not

have any SIM card, said thepolice, adding that the mo-bile will be examined bytechnical experts and all theincoming, outgoing andmissed calls will be verified.This would give the investi-gators any hidden details ofAnuhya and the people withwhom she was in touch.Hitherto, the police have

been questioning the role oftaxi or rickshaw drivers, whomight have raped and thenkilled Anuhya, before leavingher body in the creek atBhandup. Talking with theADC, Nishikant Tungare,senior inspector of Kanjur-marg police station said,“The postmortem report of

By Suyash Padate

With an eye on theforthcoming Lok

Sabha elections, the stategovernment has decidedto implement the much-hyped Food SecurityScheme (FSS) fromFebru-ary 1. Around 77million ofthe total 112.3 millionpeople in the state will becovered under thisscheme.Speaking to re-porters, Food and Civil

Supply Minister AnilDeshmukh said, “Thestate government has afixed income criteria toimplement the scheme. Inrural areas, persons withan annual income rangingbetween Rs.15,001 andRs.45,000 and in urbanareas, income betweenRs.15,001 and Rs.59,000have been included in theFSS.The 77million people

THIRD PHONE GIVESNEW TWIST POLICE SEARCH OF ANUHYA’S LIVING

QUARTERS UNEARTHS THIRD CELLPHONEWHICH NOBODY KNEW ABOUT

The editorial andadvertisement offices of thisnewspaper will remain closedon January 26, for RepublicDay. There will be no editionof the Afternoon Despatch &

Courier on Monday,January 27, 2014.

Wheat at `2,Rice at `3Maharashtra becomes first state

to implement Food Security Schemewhich will cover 77 million people

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier

CITY

by Dr. Prem Gupta(9820045774/9930318119,

www.drpremgupta.com)

VASTU TIP OF THE DAY

One should neverconstruct a guest room in

the South-West area ofthe house.

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By Khushboo Panjabi

Union Railway MinisterMallikarjun Kharge yesterday

announced an Rs.5-lakh ex-gratiafor city teenagerMonicaMore, wholost both her arms after falling off alocal train on January 11.The 16-year-old, a commerce

student, was returning home afterattending classes while trying toboard a crowded train atGhatkopar stationwhen she fell offthe train.“Keeping inmind the human as-

pect, the railways will give an ex-gratia amount of Rs.5 lakh to thevictim’s family”, Kharge an-nounced.Kharge has instructed the au-

thorities to raise the height of theplatform in line with the train floorlevel, adding, “Provision of fundsunder amenities be made to in-crease the height of 74 platformson the suburban stations within

three years”.Kharge also announced the con-

version of DC-AC traction onKalyan-Thane-LokmanyaTilak ter-minus section here. He also flagged

off four super fast/mail/expresstrains from Mumbai to differentdestinations.

[email protected]

By Khushboo Panjabi

The Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation (BMC) has pro-posed to set up three energy

plants to process 8,000 metrictonne of garbage generated everyday in the city. However, it it is un-clear what the BMC plans to dowith the power that is generated.Additional municipal commis-

sioner Mohan Adtani said, “Therewill be a qualification tender whichwill be issued in next 15 days andthe processing plants will be set upat existing dumping grounds inDe-onar, Mulund and Kanjurmarg; asample of waste has been sent tothe laboratory named ‘NEERI’ inNagpur in order to know how en-ergy can be generated.”P.S. Aawate, executive engineer,

Solid Waste Management added,“We are re-starting the process ofplants as BMC’s earlier plan to shutdown the Deonar and Mulunddumping grounds is under investi-gation.”As BMC does not hold its own

dumping ground they have de-cided to lease the dumping groundland to the contractor for Re.1 persquare metre per annum.Aawate added, “Earlier in 2009-

10, the project to treat around 6,500 tonne of garbage from thesethree dumping grounds wasstopped, hence we have now de-cided to generate at least 600-800tonne of garbage per day; we alsohave invited opinions from acrossthe globe for the new project. Un-like the previous project, where theoperator was to make the full in-vestment, the BMC will invest 50

per cent.”“With a 50 per cent stake, the

contractor will have to ensure thatthe work is completed in the mini-mum footprint area and the pro-cessing system should be fast,” hesaid.Out of the 6, 500 tonne of

garbage which was to be treated,Deonar had 2, 000 tonne and Kan-jurmarg 1,000 tonne of garbage

which was window composed fortreating the waste, and in Mulund,500 tonne of garbage was biomethanised for treating the wastefrom hotels andmarkets but as theprocess was stopped, now thesame process will start but only600-800 tonne of garbage will betreated.The plants will process the re-

maining 3,000 tonne garbage to be

used as a landfill for the inert ma-terial generated from the plant.Waste management has always

been a serious issuewith theMum-baikars as the city’s dumpinggrounds overflow with amixture ofwaste. Through this treatingprocess it can help cure the prob-lem but the foul odour will remain.

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BMC plans to tap energyfrom garbage at 3 plants

POWERFUL STUFF: All this refuse will ultimately turn into material that will generate electricity for the city.

Monica to get `5 lakhex-gratia from the Railways

SOME RELIEF: The money may help meet expenses of the already overburdened family.

By Prashant Hamine

NCP chief andUnion AgricultureMinister Sharad Pawar has

shown himself as having modestlivelihood while filling his nomina-tion papers for the biennial RajyaSabha elections due to be held onFebruary 7. Shiv Sena’s RajkumarDhoot has beenwiser of the lotwhohas shown Rs 1 crore liabilities inthe name of his wife. As against thissecond NCP candidate and notedcriminal lawyer Adv MajeedMemon has shared the liabilities ofRs 1 crore along with his wife in hisaffidavit. But amongst the threewhohave filed their nominationpa-pers yesterday, Pawar has total as-sets worth Rs 32 crores, Memon Rs23 crores and Dhoot Rs 19 crores.Pawar (73 years) has passed his

SSC in 1958, while Memon (68years) is a BA (1969) and Bachelorof Law from Mumbai (1972). Asagainst this Dhoot (58 years) hascleared second year of B Com(1975) fromMarathwadauniversity.Pawar who has shown the total

asset worth as Rs 32.13 crore, hasshown no liabilities in his or hiswifes name. However, as per his

2012-13 I-T returns his incomewasRs 72 lakhs, while his wifes incomeis Rs 89 lakhs and his Hindu Undi-vided Family (HUF) income as Rs14 lakhs. While he has shown hisprofession as agriculturist and hiswife as agriculturalist and busi-nesswoman.According to poll affi-davits of earlier elections with ECfor 2004 and 2009 was shown to beRs 3 crore and Rs 8 crore respec-tively. In 2010 following PM DrManmohan Singh asking all hiscabinet colleagues to disclose theirfinancial assets – Pawars then in-comewas quoted to be Rs 12 crore.On the other hand Memon who

has shown his total asset worth tobe as Rs 23.80 crore has shown hisliabilities worth Rs 1.62 crore to besplit between his wife. As per his ITreturns, Memon’s own income in2012-13 was Rs 3.78 crore and thatof his wife to be Rs 22 lakhs. As perthe affidavit filed byDhoot his totalassets are worth Rs 19 crores, whilethe liabilities shown in his wifesname are valued at Rs 1.65 crore.

By A Staff Reporter

Milk prices in Mumbai havebeen hiked by Rs.2 per litre,

as lead suppliers Amul andMother Dairy have passed in-creased cost of procurement oncustomers.While Amul has increased the

price from Friday, Mother Dairywill hike rates from Saturday."We have increased milk price

in Mumbai by Rs 2 per litre fromtoday," Gujarat CooperativeMilkMarketing Federation (GCMMF),which sells milk under the Amulbrand, told PTI.Sodhi said the prices of Amul

gold (full cream milk) has goneup to Rs 46 per litre from Rs 44per litre, while that of AmulTaaza(toned) to Rs 36 per litre from Rs34 per litre.Amul is the largest dairy firm

inMumbaimarket with sale of 11lakh litres per day, while MotherDairy sells nearly 2.5 lakh litre aday.

REAL BIGTICKETS?

Disclosures in crores:Sharad Pawar – 32.13,Majeed Memon – 23.80,Rajkumar Dhoot – 19

Amul, Mother Dairyhike milk prices inMumbai by Rs 2/litre

AGAINST the background of thelate Mohan B Samant’s paintingsat the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery ofthe Chhatrapati Shivaji Museum,on show from October to February10, there has been song, there hasbeen poetry. For it is well-knownthat the artist, whose prolificoutput of modern paintings, mostlyin New York, was a continuousexperiment in style, technique,material and colour, loved musicalmost as much as he lovedpainting.So the collection itself, one of

the finest, private has beenaccompanied by other forms ofperforming artistry, much in theway of Samant’s own loft concertsand poetry readings. Yesterday,artist Astad Deboo delivered hisown tribute in a series of threeworks that left the tightly packedaudience spellbound.It was actually signature Deboo,

who has, in the course of his longcareer, been every bit as innovativeas Samant himself.It was also an audience that was

thoroughly familiar with his work,who knew what to expect andwaited eagerly for their Deboo fix!Hence the first piece, a muscle-defying feast of movement at apace best described as glacial,body, hands, limbs and feet inperfect harmony, movements soslow as to make it seem as if hewas flowing from Point A to PointB. In contrast the next piece sawhim perched on top of aninstallation, a prop used togreat affect as he descended in aseries of carefully choreographedmoves designed to display theextent to which an artist can pushhis body.And finally the third pieced, so

full of joy as Deboo did the endlessSufi whirl that brought the

audience to its feet as hecombined expression and rock-steady twirling that seemed anever-ending expression of aprivate ecstacy that was almostinfectious. Truly a wonderfulcombination.

Get a calendar, protectour childrenIF there is one NGO which hasmore than made its mark on thecountry, it is Childline with itsdistinctive and easily remembered

1098 number, created to protectIndia’s children.Set up 17 years ago, it

has grown from serving a fewchildren in one city, to a presencein 291 cities and districts in 30states and Union Territories

across the length and breadth ofthe country.Last year alone, they serviced

over 4 million calls. From personalexperience, we know that thehelpline works. All you have to do isring it on behalf of a child and theywill be there to help. So far, overthe past decade and a half, it iscomforting to know that the 27million calls racked up have alsobeen answered.In a carefully worded press

release issued to us, Childlineobserves, “ Each time someonedials 1098, we are reminded whywe exist and of the growingviolence, abuse, neglect,exploitation and discrimination ourchildrenface every day. Each child we

counsel, rescue, make safer, returnto his family or help rehabilitate isan inspiration to try even harder. Ifwe are to truly achieve our goal ofbuilding a child-friendly India thatguarantees the rights andprotection of all its children, weneed to do much more”.Actually, Childline wants

us to do little enough it seems. Ithas for the first time comeout with India’s first ChildProtection Calendar. Don’tuse it as a desk ornament, theNGO urges. But as a constantreminder of the scale of theproblem that confronts ourchildren. Put the calendar in aplace where people will see it sothat they join in the fight againstexploitation of our littlest ones.There’s a lot of information

available on the website,www.childlineindia.org.in Logging inwould be a good thing to do.

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DIARY

THE level of hilarity occasioned byShiv Sena leader UddhavThackery’s confusion over whatexactly happens on Republic Day(tomorrow) is both unseemly andironic, given the fact that mostpeople of this country are equally,if not more ignorant in the matter.For those who may have come

in late, Mr Thackeray referred tothe prime minister making his“last speech” from the rampartsof the Red Fort, an occurrencethat takes place only onIndependence Day. Being a leadervery much in the public eye, heshould have known better. The flipside is that a leader is no betterthan his constituents, sopperhaps we should not be toojudgmental of him!Suffice it to say that a quick

scan of students in colleges arebound to throw up the sorry factthat apart from it being a publicholiday, few are aware of what itmeans to be a republic. Or that itis celebrated every year tocommemorate the date andmoment when the Constitution ofIndia came into effect. AlthoughIndia attained independence onAugust 15, 1947,till 1949 it didn’thave a permanent Constitution ofits own and instead werefunctioning under the lawsenacted and implemented by theBritish.

A little over two years after webecame Independent, onNovember 26, 1949, theConstitution was approved andaccepted. We are willing to betthat for all those who associatethe day with the dire events of2008, this little tidbit will come asa surprise. And two months afterthis date, on January 26, 1950,India became a republic.No speeches then, from the

ramparts of the Red Fort Mr

Thackeray. This is a day presidedover by the President who makesa speech that came into force ina full-fledged fashion from on 26January, 1950. And he does it onRajpath, that beautiful road in thecapital along which the grandparade, showcasing our militarymight, the glory of our Navy andthe splendour of the Indian AirForce, takes place. From RaisinaHill, past Rashtrapati Bhavan andending at the poignant simplicity

of India Gate, this is a parade toremember.Tomorrow we will celebrate the

64th anniversary of the day ourcountry became a Republic withits own Constitution. We will hoistour own flags all over town andsing the national anthem withgusto – and for a single day, try toforget how often we and ourleaders have betrayed the veryConstitution that gives us so manyrights, so much power.

With enough spit and polish to make anyone proud, this Dogra Regiment battalion marches down Marine Drive yesterday inrehearsal for tomorrow’s Republic Day parade, which promises to light up the bay with its splendour.

A reminderof Republic

Celebrating artChoreographer-dancer Astad Deboo performing against the backdrop of paintings by the late, celebrated modern artist Mohan B Samant at the Jehangir Nicholson Gallery yesterday.

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I have changedmy name fromParvez Ahmed Javed AhmedSiddiqui to Parvez JavedSiddiqui as per Affidavit.

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I have changedmy name fromShabana Abdul Aziz Sayyad toZainab Abdul Aziz Sayed as perAffidavit dated. 23-01-2014.

C-32256

I have changedmy name fromSaira BanoRais AhmedQureshito Saira Noor MohammedQureshi as per Affidavit dated.23-01-2014.

C-32257

I have changedmy name fromJamila to Jameela Ansari as perAffidavit.

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contd. on p. 6

By A Staff Reporter

For Sunday’s 65th RepublicDay celebrations, the

Mumbai Police will deployaround 2,000 policemen atthe Marine Drive area inSouth Mumbai, where theparade is scheduled to takeplace.Additional Commissioner

of Police (South Region) willbe in charge of the overall se-curity and four deputy com-missioners of police willassist him, informedSadanand Date, Joint Com-missioner of Police (Law andOrder). Date further added,that in addition to 2,000 cops,the city police will also be de-ploying policemen from theState Police Force, Quick Re-sponseTeam, ForceOne, RiotPolice aswell as BombDetec-tion and Disposal Squad.However, Date said the po-

lice have not received any ter-ror but we are alert. He alsosaid that Section 144 of theCriminal Procedure Codewillbe imposed in and nearby theparade areas and it will be de-clared as no-flying zone.“We wont be allowing glid-

ers, para-gliders and helicop-ters (other than which isparticipating in the parade”,added Date. He also said thatany kind of flights will not beallowed to fly below 7,000 feetin and nearby Marine

Drive area.City’s Law and Order in-

charge also requested thatthe members of the publicshould come to venue adjust-ing to the fact that theyshould be seated by 8 a.m.

after checking and frisking.Meanwhile Vivek

Phansalkar, Joint Commis-sioner of Police (Traffic) saidthat theywill be deploying anAdditional CP and a DCP be-sides 285 traffic policemen.



CITY 05

By Zuber Ansari

The Mumbai Traffic Po-lice has made elaboratearrangements for the

Republic Day parade at Ma-rineDrive this year; all prepa-rations have been almostcompleted keeping in mindthe huge crowd which is ex-pected at the venue. Extraforces of the city and trafficpolice will be deployed.

Joint Commissioner of Po-lice (Traffic)Vivek Phansalkarsaid that, our AdditionalCommissioner of Police(Traffic), Deputy Commis-sioner of Police (Traffic-City)Assistant Commissioner ofPolice (Traffic), 12 police in-spectors, 26 police sub-in-spectors, 15 towing vans,traffic patrolling team andother personel will be de-ployed around Marine Drive

to avoid any inconvenienceto Mumbaikars.Vehicle parking has been

restricted totally on the roadsleading to the parade venue.The roads are: NS Road, BandStand Road (Tambe Chowk)towards NCPA, D Tata Road,Barrister Rajni Patel Margtill Mantralaya and fromMadam Cama Road-Godrejjunction upto Air Indiajunction.People have been urged to

avoid using their private cars,and instead use public trans-port like trains and buses, etc.SomeVVIP andVIP car passeshave been issued and madearrangements have beenmade for at Inox threatre,Vidhan Bhavan, JeevanBeemaNigam, Barrister RajniPatel Marg, KB Patil Marg,MG Road, etc.People should try to reach

the venue by 8.00 am and notnot carry any heavy bags orluggage; Marine Drive andChurchgate railway stationswill be the best connectivityto reach at spot, Phansalkaradded.

Elaborate traffic plansmade for R-Day spectacle

Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Vivek Phansalkar

Beginning at sunset, the iconic Gateway of India’s lights will now onwards dazzle the Mumbai city skylinewith a vibrant, celebratory lighting makeover, showcasing the dynamic special effects of the magnificentLED lights. K. Sankarnarayanan, Governor of Maharashtra inaugurated the permanent lighting of thelandmark monument on Friday evening as an initiative taken up by Maharashtra Tourism DevelopmentCorporation (MTDC) in association with Philips India. The state-of-the-art lighting system will allow themonument to minimise light spill, directing light exactly to where it is needed. With the new LED fixtures,the beautiful monument can be easily automated in real-time by a computer control system to createunique light shows with varied effects like ripple, cross-fade, particle and burst.

Sushil Kadam | ADC

Sadanand Date

Mumbai Police readyfor Marine Drive parade

I have changedmy name fromMubin Ansari to MubeenAkhtar Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-32259

I have changedmy name fromNafees Ahmad MohammadYusuf Shaikh to Nafees AhmadYusuf Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-32260

I have changedmy name fromLila Jocky Dabre to ApolinaJocky Dabre as per Affidavit.

C-32261

I have changedmy name fromRamachandran A MadhavanPillai to RamchandranMadhavan Pillai as perAffidavit.

C-32262

I have changedmy name fromSaverina Alex Dcunha to ShailaDenis Dcunha as per Affidavit.

C-32263

I have changedmy name fromClara Michael Gonsalves toCleraMichael Gonsalves as perAffidavit.

C-32264

I have changedmy name fromGeetaben Kanji Bhanushalito Geeta Amit Bhanushali asper Affidavit .

C-32265

I have changedmy name fromManibai Ramji Bhanushali toManisha Shankar Bhanushalias per Affidavit

C-32266

I have changedmy name fromRajeshkumarNathalal Ganganito Rajesh Nathalal Gangani asper Affidavit

C-32267

I have changedmy name fromPriyasrinivasan to SripriyaSrinivasan Iyengar as per Afdtdated on 24/01/2014.

C-32268

I have changedmy name fromAnil Lalchand Mehta toAnilbhai Lalchand Mehta asper Affidavit.

C-32269

I have changedmy name fromSushama Nandkishor Mhatreto Swati Nandkishor Mhatreas per Affidavit.

C-32270

I have changedmy name fromKomal Trividh Patel to KomalSen as per Affidavit.

C-32271

I have changedmy name fromAbdul Majid Salim Darvesh toMajid Salim Darvesh as perAffidavit.

C-32272

I have changedmy name fromTamajit Mukhopadhyay toTamajit Mukherjee as perAffidavit.

C-32273

I have changedmy name fromDileep Kumar Khushal Das toDilip Kumar Khushal DasJaisinghani as per Affidavit.

C-32274

I have changedmy name fromGopalsingh Antarsingh Rajputto Gopal Antarsingh Rajput asper Affidavit.

C-32275

I have changedmy name fromAthar Raheel MohammadAbbas Ansari to Ather RahilMohammad Abbas Ansari asper Affidavit.

C-32276

I have changedmy name fromMr. Usman Adam Langda toMr.Usman Adam Malkani asper Affidavit dated 24/01/2014

C-32277

I have changedmy name fromMr. Irfan Usman Langda toMr.IrfanUsmanMalkani as perAffidavit dated 24/01/2014

C-32278

I Have changedmyname fromMrs.Rasida Usman Langda toMrs.RashidaUsmanMalkani asper Affidavit dated 24/01/2014

C-32279

I have changedmy name fromMiss. ZainabbiMohamedKhanto Miss. Zainab MohamedKhan as per Affidavit.

C-32280

I have changedmy name fromKadiri BanooDawood to KadiriNoor Banoo Dawood as perAffidavit

C-32281

IMs.ManishaGunvantrai Shah& Ms. Shah ManishabenGunvantrai have changed myname to Mrs. Rupa MukeshVora as per deedpoll Affidavitdated: 24/01/14

C-32282

I Vibhuti Bhushan havechanged my name to BibhutiBhushan as per deedpollAffidavit dated: 24/01/14

C-32283

I Hitesh Manohar Bamwanihave changed my name toHiteshManohar Sharma as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32284

I Biena Manohar Bamwanihave changed my name toBeena Manohar Sharma as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32285

I Manohar Vashdev Bamwanihave changed my name toManohar Vasudev Sharma asper deedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32286

I Sharad Shankar Balkawdehave changed my name toSharad Shankar Balkawade asper deedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32287

I InduHarsukhalal Bhatha havechangedmy name to IndumatiHarsukhlal Bhatha as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:26/12/13

C-32288

I Miss. Pallavi RamchandraPalvankar have changed myname to Mrs. Supriya ShrikantGolwalkar as per deedpollAffidavit dated: 23/01/14

C-32289

I Rajkumari Ramchandra Morehave changed my name toAmruta Ajit Raut as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:23/01/14

C-32290

I Shraddha ManoharMazgaonkar have changed myname to Saiee DeepakPednekar as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32291

I Kum. Jaywanti KrishnaPawarhave changed my name toSunita Mahadev Chavan as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32292

I Naresh Kodhirpaka havechanged my name to NareshKodurpaka as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32293

I Raju Kodhirpaka havechanged my name to RajuKodurpaka as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32294

I Laxmi Raju Kodhirpaka havechanged my name to LaxmiRaju Kodurpaka as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32295

I Ranjanbala BalkrishnaPandya have changed myname to Ranjan VinodkumarPandya as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32296

I Pandya Vinodrai Shantilalhave changed my name toPandya Vinodkumar Shantilalas per deedpoll Affidavit.

C-32297

I Amzad Khan MohammedSayeed have changedmy nameto Amzad Mohammed SayeedKhan as per deedpoll Affidavit.

C-32298

I Neemaben BhanushankarPatel have changed my nametoNeeta Bhanushankar Patel asper Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-32299

I Jyotikaben Jayantilal Sonihave changed my name toJyotika Mahesh Soni as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:06/01/14

C-32300

I Zarin Khanhave changedmyname to Zarri Anwar Ali Khanas per deedpoll Affidavit dated:22/01/14

C-32301

I Narendra Puttanna Kuckianhave changed my name toNarendra Puttanna Suvarna Asper deedpoll Affidavit dated:22/01/14

C-32302

I Shabana Nizar Daredia havechangedmy name to ShabnamNizar Daredia as per deedpollAffidavit dated: 24/01/14

C-32303

I Trupti Gunvantrai Patel havechanged my name to RitikaAmit Patel as per deedpollAffidavit dated: 24/01/14

C-32304

IMeenakumari Sakarlal Parekhhave changed my name toMeena Prakash Bavishi as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32305

I ArunaBajrangChougule havechanged my name to VijayaRameshkant Salunkhe as perdeedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32306

I Rehana Begum Hazrat AliKhan have changed my nameto Rehana Irshad Ahmed Khanas per deedpoll Affidavit dated:24/01/14

C-32307

I Sushil Kumar RamchandraSharma have changed myname to Sushil RamchandraSharma as per deedpollAffidavit dated: 24/01/14

C-32308

I Ismail Mohammad Siddiquehave changed my name toIsmail Mohammad SiddiqueShaikh as per deedpoll Affidavitdated: 24/01/14

C-32309

I NilabenVasi have changedmyname to Nila Vasi as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32310

I Naik Nutankumar Ambelalhave changed my name toVasiNutankumar Ambelal as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32311

I Nitinbhai Naik have changedmy name to Nitin Naik as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32312

I NasarMohmmadRafi Shaikh@ Shaikh Nasir Shaikh MohdRafique have changed myname to Nasir MohammedRafique Shaikh as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32313

I Mohmmad Rafi Shaikh @Shaikh Mohd Rafique @ MohdRafiq Shaikh have changed myname to Mohammed RafiqueShaikh as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32314

I Waseem Ahmed ShamimAhmedhave changedmynameto Waseem Ahmed ShamimAhmed Ansari as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32315

I Vipulkumar RameshkumarPatel have changed my nameto Vipulkumar RamnikbhaiMenat as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32316

I Rameshkumar Patel @Rameshkumar Menat havechanged my name toRamnikbhai Menat as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32317

I RamabenRameshkumarPatel@ Ramaben RameshkumarMenat have changed my nameto Ramaben RamnikbhaiMenat as per deedpollAffidavit.

C-32318

I Kiritbhai Khushalbhai Patelhave changedmy name to KiritKhushalbhai Patel as perdeedpoll Affidavit.

C-32319

TODAY

CHANGE OF NAME

CLASSIFIEDS06 MUMBAI | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014www.afternoondc.in


Road Safety Awareness: Western India Automobile Association(WIAA) in co-ordination with Mumbai Traffic Police, RegionalTransport Authority, andMumbai Police has organized a 'Drawing-cum-Slogan Competition on Road Safety', for schoolgoing chil-dren at the Childrens Traffic Park, Cooperage, Opposite CampionSchool, Colaba, 9 p.m.NCPA: 'Grease' English play, Jamshed BhabhaTheatre, Nariman

Point, 4 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.Sant Nirankari Mandal:Maharashtra's annual 47th Nirankari

Sant Samagam, Sector 29, Opp Central Park, Kharghar, NaviMum-bai, 10.30 a.m.

ART & EXHIBITIONSP.L.DeshpandeMaharashtra Kala Academy:Watercolor paintingsby Prof. (Ms) Mangal Gogte to showcase various expression to beinaugurated by Smt SuhasiniMulay (Documentary filmmaker andactor), Exhibition Hall, Ravindra Natya Manidr, Prabhadevi, tillJan 27, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.Pradarshak Art Gallery: Exhibition of paintings by Sanjay N.

Raut, 100 Kalpana Bldg, Pot No 338, 12th Road, Khar, till Feb 1, 11a.m. to 7 p.m.Nehru Centre AC Gallery: Exhibition of paintings by Alankriti

Artist's group, 15 artists from Rajasthan, Nehru Centre, Worli, tillJan 27, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.Nehru Centre Circular Gallery: Exhibition of 'Adi Chitra' Tribal

Art organised byTRIFED, Exhibitionwill present the creativeworksof tribals belonging to Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha and Ma-harashtra, till Jan 27, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.Artists' Centre: Exhibition of paintings by Laxminarayan

Sharma, Mamta Sharma, Neeta Makwana, Ador House, KalaGhoda, till Jan 26, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.

CM in talks with Accentureto create smart citiesBy A Staff Reporter

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who is in Davos at-tending theWorld Economic Forum (WEF), held talks

with officials of a global consultancy firm to set up 'smartcities' in the state.Chavan had detailed discussions (with the officials of Ac-

centure) on having a strong implementationmachinery tocreate good cities, a statement fromChiefMinister's Officesaid on Friday.He deliberated on how to implement themodel of smart

cities in Hinjewadi (Pune) and the Bidkin-Shendra belt inAurangabad as well as the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corri-dor.The statement said that Accenture officials expressed in-

terest in the proposal and told the Chief Minister that thecompany's focus would be to improve the environment,standard of living and administration of cities.

Anna bats for Pimpri-Chinchwad civic chief

By A Staff Reporter

Social activist Anna Haz-are on Friday came out in

support of Pimpri-Chinch-wad municipal commis-sioner, who is reportedlybeing transfered, saying ifthe government acts againstthe bureaucrat he wouldlead a people's agitation onthe issue.Anna today wrote a letter

to Chief Minister PrithvirajChavan and warned of join-ing the people's movementto stop the transfer of thebureaucrat Shrikar Pardeshi.Citizens' groups claim

that various vested interestsare trying to get him trans-ferred, as he had taken strin-gent action againstunauthorised constructions."Shrikar Pardeshi is

known to be an efficient andsincere officer. Citizen'sgroups from Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune havemet me on the issue. There

is anger and unrest amongpeople on the reports ofPardeshi's transfer," Hazaresaid in a letter to Chavan.Claiming that there was

not a single complaintagainst Pardeshi, Hazaresaid he was yet to completehis term as the civic chief."Some politicians, for

their own vested interestsand financial gains, are try-ing to transfer him. Pardeshiis being transferred becausehe has a clean image and istransparent in his work," hesaid."I expect that government

to perform its duties by fol-lowing law and should notact upon the high-handed-ness of some people...It isthe government's duty toraise the morale of good of-ficers, or else these officersmay give up from the ad-ministrative service andmay work somewhere else.Good officers are the assetof the society," Hazare said.



CITY 07

By Philip Varghese

Two weeks after thestate Anti-CorruptionBureau, city police’s

Economic Offences Wing(EOW) and the Collector ofRaigad district submittedtheir final probe reportsagainst Maharashtra minis-ter and NCP leader SunilTatkare in the allegedmoneylaundering and land grab-bing case, Tatkare on Fridayurged the Bombay HighCourt to give him copies ofthe confidential reports.In October last year, the

High Court had directed in-vestigating agencies to com-plete their investigationswithin three months. TheACB, EOW and CollectorRaigad had on January 7submitted their final reportsin sealed envelopes to a divi-sion bench of Justice S.J.Vaz-ifdar and Justice G.S. Patel.The agencies were directedto conduct probe after aPublic Interest Litigation(PIL) was filed by BJP leaderKirit Somaiya. He hadsought CBI probe into al-legedmoney laundering andland grabbing by various

companies floated byTatkare and his relatives.While hearing the matter

on Friday, the bench askedTatkare to make an applica-tion within three weeks toseek copies of the reportsand posted for hearing afterfive weeks.Meanwhile, Vaibhav

Pradeep Chorghe, one of therespondents and a directorof a company allegedlyfloated by Tatkare, urged thecourt to decide on themain-tainability of the PIL. He hadmoved the Supreme Courtearlier stating that the PIL

was not maintainable. How-ever, the Apex Court saidthat the issue of maintain-ability of PILmay be decidedby the High Court. The ApexCourt order was brought tothe notice of the High Courttoday by the respondents.Somaiya has listed 51

companies formed byTatkare, which have his fam-ily members and friends asdirectors, and alleged thatthey purchased benamilands inMaharashtra and in-dulged in money-launder-ing, causing loss to thepublic exchequer.

Tatkare to HC: Give me thecopies of confidential reports

By Zuber Ansari

Four police informers, whotipped the police regard-ing a Bandra-based Hookahbar, were on Thursday night,thrashed by the bar staff. Thisincident took place after po-lice officials raided the barthat night.The local police later res-

cued the informers. Bandrapolice arrested ten membersof the hotel in the case. Seniorpolice inspector RamchandraDhawale of Bandra police sta-tion said, “We have arrestedten people including ImranNaik, Faizan Naik and Abrar

Naik who run the fusion bar,one local politician IlliyazKhan in thematter alongwithother staff workers. All arechargedwith kidnapping andassault and remanded to cus-tody by the court. Further in-vestigations are on”.The social service branch

(SS Branch) of Mumbai po-lice raided several Hookahbars in the suburbs startingfrom Bandra.Outraged by the raid over a

tip-off by the informers, thehotel staff held the two in-formers and took them into aroom, where they were badlythrashed.

Hookah bar staff beatup police informersWere angry that their parlour was raided by the police

after an alleged tip-off by the four informers

By Zuber Ansari

Three clean up marshals,on Friday, bashed uppeople for allegedly spit-

ting near Santacruz railwaystation. Three persons wereinvolved in the tussle out ofwhich one suffered a seriouseye-injury.The three victims– Jaichand

Nishad (30), DharamveerNishad (32), and SatveerNishad (30) – are carpentersbyprofession.Dharamveer al-legedly spitted near the San-tacruz station when clean-up

marshals reached the spot.Dharamveer said, “I have

never tasted tobacco inmy lifeso how can I spit it? Suddenlythe three so-called clean-upmarshals started hitting uswhen I refused to pay themoney that they demanded”.In the course of the fight,

Satveer got a serious injury onhis right eye.After he got injured, the

marshals fled the spot. Mean-while, a fourthperson,RoshanShelar, who was passing-byalso got into the turmoil and

claimed to be a BEST conduc-tor.Shelar accused the three

victims of misbehaving withhis wife during the tussle. “Iwas returning from work andmywifewaswithmewhen thefight was going on. Thesetouched my wife incorrectlyand so I hit them”, he said.Some people present at the

spot alleged that these clean-up marshals harass peopleeveryday. They do not haveany uniform, one of them hasan identity card of the BMC

clean-up drive.Sources fromVakola police

station said, “We are currentlytaking statements from bothparties after which an FIR willbe registered. A hunt is on forthe three clean marshals whoare still at large”.Ramraj Nisad, an eyewit-

ness and a relative of Satveeralleged that PSI Kisan Manetried to began threaten themby saying that Nisad too willbe booked in the molestationcase based on Shelar's com-plaint.

A concerned citizen accosts the rogue marshal who brutally assaulted three persons for allegedly spitting outside the Santacruz railway station.

One of the three persons assaulted suffers serious eye injury during alteraction,after which the three marshals flee the spot while a violent BEST bus conductor

again attacks the victims over alleged ‘misbehaviour’ with his wife

‘Clean-up’ marshals almostblind a person at Vakola

By A Staff Reporter

The Bombay High Courton Friday directed the

Maharashtra governmentto immediately increase thehonorarium of membersand presidents of consumerfora in the state.The direction was given

by a bench headed by Jus-tice S.J. Vajifdar on a PILwhich complained aboutseveral issues, includinglack of infrastructure, fillingup of vacant posts of mem-bers and Presidents of Con-sumer Forum andinsufficient salaries paid tothem.The PIL, filed by Mumbai

Grahak Panchayat, a lead-ing consumer NGO, allegedthat out of the 40 consumerfora in the state, 19 weredysfunctional due to vacantposts of members and pres-idents.The government in-

formed the court today thatthey had already filled up30 posts of president in 40consumer fora all over the

state.However, 10 were still

lying vacant and efforts arebeing made to fill them.The government said 34

posts of members out of thetotal 84 in consumer foraacross the state were lyingvacant and the process ofappointing such memberswas in final stage.In Bandra Consumer

Forum, where space was amajor constraint, 400square feet additionalspace had been provided,the court was told.Another bench hearing

the samematter had earlierpulled up the governmentfor its lackadaisical attituderegarding vacancies in theconsumer redressal foraacross the state.The bench had also sug-

gested that three monthsprior to the retirement of amember or a president ofconsumer forum, the stategovernment should issueadvertisements to fill up thepost and ensure that itdoes not remain vacant.

By A Staff Reporter

Threepassengerswere yes-terday held by Customs

sleuths at the internationalairport here for trying tosmuggle in gold worth overRs 48 lakh."We intercepted threepas-

sengers, all Indian nationalscoming from Dubai and re-covered 1905 grams of goldvalued at Rs 48,22,583," anAir Intelligence Unit (AIU)source told PTI.

In the first case,UbaidNel-liyadukkam was interceptedwith six gold bars weighing700 grams and valued ataround Rs 17 lakh. The barswere concealed in threeboxes containing carbonpowder.Theother twopassengers -

- Assai Usman and Moham-mad Jameer -- hadconcealedgold wires in their trolleybags.Customsofficials seizedgold wires worth over Rs 30lakh from the duo.

Customs seize gold worth over Rs48L

Hike pay ofconsumer forum

members, state told

Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (MHADA) organised'MHADA Navtarang Sports and Culture Competition 2014' byreleasing hot air balloon. On this occasion, State Housing MinisterSachin Ahir was present. (From left to right) Mumbai Slum RepairBoard Chief Officer Anand Rayate, Aurangabad Housing AreaDevelopment Board Chief Officer Varsha Thakoor, Konkan HousingArea Development Board Chief Officer Bhausaheb Dangade, PuneBoard Chief Officer Rajendra Nimbalkar, Secretary Dilip Halade, JointChief Officer Dinesh Jagdale, Mumbai Board Chief Officer ChiefOfficer Niranjankumar Sudhanshu, MHADA deputy president SatishGavai, Mumbai Repair and Reconstruction board Chief Officer Mohan

Thombre, Chairman Prasad Ladand Nashik Board Chief OfficerSarita Narake.

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will get wheat at Rs.2 per kg,rice at Rs.3 per kg and coarsegrain at Re.1 per kg. Nearly4,00,000 tonnes of food grainsworth Rs.800 crorewill be dis-tributed to the beneficiariesper month”. “A good 17.7 mil-lion beneficiaries, who arecurrently covered under thepublic distribution system,will not be included in theFSS. However, the govern-ment will spend Rs.1,200crore annually to providethem wheat at Rs.7.20 per kgand rice at Rs.9.60 per kg. TheFSS will be implemented inthemost transparentmanner.All the 21.3 million rationcards have been digitisedwith self-declared incomeand signature by the benefici-aries”, Deshmukhadded.Claiming that Maha-rashtra is the first to start thisscheme, Deshmukh said thatthe government has alreadylaunched an ambitious planto construct 611 go-downs to

store 1.35 million tonnes offood grains. The project en-visages a total investment ofRs.2,000 crore.Union AgricultureMinister

Sharad Pawar will formallyinaugurate this ambitiousscheme on Friday at a func-tion to be held at Airoli.



CITY

MIRA BHAYANDAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONPublicWorks Department

Indira Gandhi Bhavan, Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Marg, Bhayandar (W) 401101,

Tal. Dis. - Thane.Tel: 28192828No. MNP/PWD/Tender/172/2013-14 Date: 24/ 01/2014

TTEENNDDEERR NNOOTTIICCEE NNOO.. 117722Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation Public WorksDepartment are invited Tender for Different Types of works.The Tender documents are available on MBMC websitehttps://mbmc.eproc.in from 28/01/2014 to 04/02/2014 upto 12.00 p.m. and submit the tender duly filled onhttps://mbmc.eproc.in. Submission date 05-02-2014upto 12.00 p.m. hrs.

Sd/-Executive Engineer (PWD)

Mira-Bhayandar Municipal CorporationPlace: Mira Bhayandar Date: 24/1/2014MBMC/PRO/Advt/321/13-14 Dt.28-1-2014

PUBLIC NOTICE

Maheshbhai N. Prajapati

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given thatShare Certificate Nos. 026 for5 ordinary shares bearingdistinctive nos. 0126 to 0130of D.N. Nagar Saptarshi Co-op Hsg. Soc. Ltd. standing injoint name of Shri PrafullShantaram Revdekar andMrs. Prachi Prafull Revdekarhave been reportedlost/stolen and that anapplication for issue ofduplicate certificate in respectthereof has been made to TheSecretary, D. N. NagarSaptarshi Co-op. Hsg. Soc.Ltd., Mumbai-58 to whomobjection, if any, againstissuance of such duplicateshare certificate should bemade within 15 days from thedate of publication from dateof this notice.

PUBLIC NOTICEPublic is hereby informed that my Clint MR.SANTOSH SAVJI PARMAR S/O LATE SAVJIMAVJI PARMAR, my father was expired ondated 06/08/2012, he was co-owners of FlatNo. F/O3, Gr. Floor, in society known asRAJPUTRA CHS.LTD., at Chakradhar Nagar,village-Nilemore, Nallasopara(W), Dist.- Thane,my Clint his legal heirs and 50% sharetransfer of above said Flat premises, the aboveagreement for sale vide Reg. No. Vasai-3-07042 on dated-05/07/2007 was lost/misplacedand not traceable in spite of diligent search.

If Any Persons has any objection/claim ofany nature whatsoever writing at the undermentioned address within 15 days from dateof the notice Or any parson has found theabove mentioned Agreement for sale, you arerequested to kindly return the same to thebelow address.

RR.. LL.. MMIISSHHRRAAAADDVVOOCCAATTEE HHIIGGHH CCOOUURRTT

OFFICE: 23, 1st FLOOR, SUNSHINE HEIGHT,NEAR RAILWAY STATION, NALLASOPARA (E),

DIST. THANE-401 209.

PUBLIC NOTICENotice is hereby given that my client, Mr.Balkrushna Damodar Bhoir & Mrs. Dhami SureshGhatal Had Purchased Said Land From Smt. 1)Smt.Kamala Krushna Gangada,2) Mrs. RenukaKamalakar Ghatal, 3) Mr. Ramakant KrushnaGangda & 4) Mr. Laxman Krushna Gangda,Village-Mori, Kaman, S. N. 59, Hissa No.12, Area162 Guntha, Mori, Kaman, Tal.-Vasai, Dist.-Thane.

So we hereby invite claim or objection thatany person having any claim or objection againstor into or upon in respect of said landhowsoever are hereby required to make the sameknown in writing to our advocate office within 14days from the date of publication.

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SHRI RIYAZUDDIN K. SHEIKH, Member of the Veena Dalvai Ind.Est. Prem. Co-op. Soc. Ltd.,having address at S.V.Road, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai - 400 102, and holding Unit No.150 in the building of the Society, have lost his Share Certificate No.108 bearing distinctive Nos.536 to 540 issued to him in respect of his Unit No.150 and he has applied for issue of duplicate Share Certificate.The society hereby invites claims or objections from the claimant or Claimants/ objector or objectors to his application for issue of duplicate Share Certificate within a period of 14 days from the publication of this notice, with copies of such documents and other proofs in support of his/her/their claims/objections for issue of duplicate Share Certificate by the Society. If no claims/objections are received within the period prescribed above, the society shall be free to deal with the shares in such manner as is provided under the bye-laws of the society.

F o r V e e n a D a l v a i Ind.Est.Prem.Co-op. Society Ltd.

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NOTICE

It is hereby published for the information of the public that the Collector & District Magistrate, Mumbai Suburban District directed to the undersigned to enquire into the police Custodial death of Mangesh Anant Menon on 31/7/2013 at 18.30 hrs in the custody of Charkop Police station.In View of the above Magisterial enquiry will be processed in the chamber of Sub divisional Officer and Sub Divisional Magistrate, Mumbai Western Suburban, Administrative Building, 9th floor, Government Colony, Bandra (E), Mumbai - 400 051.The Person who wants to file thier written Say/Affidavit in this regard should submit their statements in person before the Sub divisional Magistrate, Mumbai Western Suburban within 15 Days from the date of publishing this notice.No.DLN/MAG/P.C.D/SR-03/2013

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the deceased has not comeas yet, hence whether the girlwas raped is not confirmed.”Meanwhile, the city police

as well as the city's crimebranch are probing the case,in which more than 400 taxiand rickshaw drivers havebeen questioned. Also, the in-vestigators have analysed theCall Detail Records (CDR) ofmore than 1,200 taxi and rick-shaw drivers, whose mobilelocations were shown asbeing near the areas ofBhandup, Vikhroli and Kan-jurmarg from January 5 toJanuary 6.The parents of Anuhya ap-

proached Union home min-ister Sushil Kumar Shinde torequest for his intervention inthe case. Shinde instructedthe state home minister, R.R.Patil to take the matter seri-ously and expedite the probe.

Wheat at `2, Rice at `3MHADA Navtarang Sports & Culture Competition 2014

By Suyash Padate

The Union AgricultureMinister and NCP pres-ident, Sharad Pawar has

categorically stated that thereis no Modi wave in the coun-try. However, Pawar made itclear that the political sce-nario across the country isunclear and regional partiesas well as new voters will playcrucial role in the formationof new government.Speaking to reporters at

Vidhan Bhavan yesterday,Pawar said, “I personallydon’t see any anti UPA waveacross India. The results offour Assembly elections can-not be the sole indicator ofany particular wave. At thisjuncture it will be difficult tocomment on emergence ofthird front in the country. Thedevelopment will be themajor plank in the run up tothe coming parliamentaryelections”.Pawar also mocked BJP’s

Prime Ministerial candidateNarendra Modi’s develop-ment model saying that itcannot be the sole model ap-plicable for the country as awhole. He said, “The UPA’sdevelopment model is quiteinclusive and it focuses onthe development of power,road, infrastructure, agricul-ture. I am sure that India willachieve five per cent plusgrowth during the current fis-cal year. The agriculturegrowth has played a majorrole. The government is tak-

ing number of decisions toboost project developmentand economic growth”.The NCP chief who filed hisnomination for the RajyaSabha election, also down-played the surge in AamAadmi Party’s (AAP) base atthe national level. He said, “In1980s in Assam some youthshad formed the party (AsomGana Parishad) but it is notvisible now. The AAP’s pres-ence is by and large restrictedtoNewDelhi and not beyondit.“The forthcoming Lok

Sabha polls will be betweenthe Congress ledUPA andBJPled NDA. However, the re-gional parties will also play acrucial role in their respectiveareas and will be the key toformation of government atthe Centre. The new govern-ment at the Centre should be

stable in the larger interest ofthe economy and the coun-try,” he added further.On his ambition to becomePrimeMinister, Pawar said, “Iknow the strength of myparty and the seats it is con-testing so there was no ques-tion of staking claim for thesame. I am not available forthe PM’s post”.Replying a query on the

Congress party’s decision notto project Rahul Gandhi asPM, Pawar stated, “it is Con-gress party’s internal issue.However, he recalled thatCongress has never declaredparty’s PM candidate in thepast ahead of Lok Sabha elec-tions.

When asked whether he orhis party will work in theUPAIII led by Rahul Gandhi,Pawar made it clear that it istoo hypothetical. “I have readin the section of press thatRahul has said if his partyMPs select him as PM he willtake it up. I don’t want to an-swer question based on ifsand buts”, he saidHe ridiculed the claim

made by Shiv Sena, BJP, Re-publican Party of India andSwabhiman Shetkari Sang-hatana to dislodge Congress-NCP in Maharashtra. “Theseat sharing between Con-gress and NCP in the statewill be finalised soon,” hepointed out.



CITY 09

Bollywood came at Mahi birthday party at Iskcon temple, Juhu CG Patel awell know businessman and owner of Whitehouse Production kept asurprise party for her grand daughter Mahi Puneet Kumar at Iskon templewhere he invited all his close friends from business and Bollywood field.Madhushree was the first to come for the party. Neeraj Vora, Ranjeet,Music director Anu Malik, Anil Sharma, Arjumman Mughal,Tanisha Singh,Rajkumar Santoshi, Sunil Pal, Chandrakant, Surendra Bhatia, PrakashJaju, Salim, Manisha Kelkar, Neeraj Pathak and many more attended thebirthday party. Mahi came to Mumbai with her mom Harsha and dadPuneet Kumar to Mumbai for this surprise party. Everyone wished herhappy birthday.

By a staff reporter

Aam Admi Party (AAP)violated the nationalflag code of India by

using the flag for their politi-cal rallies alleged RepublicanParty of India (RPI-A) presi-dent Ramdas Athawale hereon Friday, and has written aletter to the Election Com-mission of India requestingaction against the AAP.Athawale said, “Our party

workers met Election Com-missioner V.S. Sampath inDelhi on this issue and regis-tered our protest against theAAP.”He added, “Indian flag is

symbol of national pride andthe aspiration of the people.However, national flag isbeing used by some peoplefor vested interests of theirpolitical party. Instead, AAPshould have made their flagconsist of brooms for them-selves.We will not appreciateuse of national flag for politi-cal rallies.”AAP party workers had

used the national flag fortheir protest against Union

home minister, under theleadership of Delhi ChiefMinister at Rail Bhavan inDelhi earlier this week, al-leged RPI.Other political parties in-

cluding Shiv Sena had criti-cised Kejariwal as ‘veda’(fool), Athawale said, “Politi-cal leaders are underestimat-

ing Kejriwal by calling him afool, but he is not a fool. He issmart enough to get his workdone.”When asked for specific in-

formation and evidence onhow the AAP had violated thenational flag, like throwing itdown, etc. Athawale did notreply.

By Khushboo Panjabi

After three consecutivegeneral body meetings

getting adjourned in the Bri-hanmumbai Municipal Cor-poration (BMC) as thecorporators of the opposi-tion party NCP and Sama-jwadi Party are continuouslyprotesting against the al-leged harassment of corpo-rator Sheetal Mhatre. TheState Women’s Commission(SWC) has issued a notice re-garding this to Shiv SenaMLA Vinod Ghosalkar seek-ing his explanation by Janu-ary 30.The Maharashtra Navnir-

man Sena (MNS) had askedMayor Sunil Prabhu on Jan-uary 18 to take steps towardsensuring the safety ofwomen corporators but theissue has not been ad-dressed by the Mayor sincethe last three meetings. Yes-terday, as soon as the Gen-eral Body meeting began forthe discussion of the BESTbudget, opposition leader of

NCP Devendra Ambedkaralong with his party mem-bers and support from theSamajwadi Party startedprotesting inside the houseto call attention to thewomen’s safety issue.As the Mayor went ahead

with the BEST budget, all themembers, except those ofBJP and Shiv Sena, walkedout of the house and hostedtheir own General Bodymeeting chaired by Ambed-kar. MNS group leaderSandeep Deshpande said,“We are fighting for women’ssafety and not for ourselves.

We are going to hold suchmeetings outside the mainhouse till the women are notgiven justice”.PraveenCheddha, corpor-

tor, said, “The Mayor is ab-solutely quite. In fact, theShiv Sena is also speechlesseven as their own councillorSheela Mhatre is ill-treated”.He added, “We will soon

take this issue to the com-missioner of Mumbai policeSatyapal Singh if the Mayoris not going to take any call”.Rayiz Sheikh, party leader

of Samajwadi Party said,“The entire holiness whichthe house holds regardinggiving justice to the people isat stake as there is no re-sponse to this issue. OurMayor is seen is not seenpunishing the culprit, Ghos-alkar”.The BEST budget contin-

ued in the house with thepresence of the Mayor andthe members of the ShivSena and BJP.

[email protected]

Sharad Pawar

No Modi wave in the country; AAP is not a worry

Parallel meetingsCorporators of the NCP and SP leave BMC General Body meeting andbegin their own meeting to call attention to the women’s safety issue

Ramdas Athawale is aggrieved over the flag waving at AAP rallies.

RPI files plaint against AAP forviolation of National Flag code

NCP chief says new voters will be decisive in coming polls

AND as the nation celebrates it’s RepublicDay, as trumpets sound and floats move

past chief guests in all the capitals of everystate, as the President and his governors,chief ministers and their ministers take thesalute I hear a sound of whimpering behindme. I turn around. “Who is it?” I shout.“Me!” whispers a voice, so quietly, I can

hardly hear the whisper, “I am the Constitu-tion of India!”“Why don’t you speak a little louder!” I say

harshly.“I can’t!” says the tiny person standing in

front of me, “This is all the voice I have left!”“Who took away your voice?” I ask inmock

concern.“You!” says the little person, who says he is

the Constitution. “You and your politicalmas-ters! You and your bureaucracy, you and yourcorrupt businessmen. You have muffled myshrill cries for justice, you have smotheredmyshouts for fairness, and yet today…”“What about today?” I ask.

“You celebrate my birthday! I have passedthe age of sixty, but instead of feelingstrengthened, I feel weak, instead of feelingpowerful, I feel like a doddering idiot!What aglorious gift the nation got that day sixdecades ago, but shamelessly, remorselessly

you throttled me! Look at your TV!”I look at troopsmarching, at children danc-

ing on trucks. I hear the commentator’s voice,as he describes the incredible sights of a na-tion celebrating another day of festivity, andthen look at the Constitution all huddled upnext to me.

“You should be there!” I whisper, “Theyshould be dancing around you, and youshould be on the biggest float with a grin onyour face and laughter in your voice! You arethe law which governs our country!”“What law?” asks the Constitution, “Today

a court case purposely takes a few decades tobe decided.What is the use of a Constitutionwhen the defendant is too old to get the ben-efits of justice? What is the use of a Republicwhen kangaroo courts sit and decide by ma-jority vote what is right or wrong?”I look into the eyes of the birthday cele-

brant and see sorrow.“Great leaders created me!” says the Con-

stitution, “Leaders who believed that theweakest and smallest citizen would be equalto the most powerful and rich!”My room with the TV going full blast is

filled with jubilation and rejoicing, as thebirthday boyweeps for a celebration he is notincluded in..!

— [email protected]



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ARVIND KEJRIWAL’s Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) is under atack from several polit-ical parties. AAP’s success in Delhi and

its threat tomove to the national scenario andcontest Lok Sabha elections in April-May ap-pears to have caused considerable concernand made political parties to mount an ag-gressive attack on Arvind Kejriwal.During the last week – following the

demand by AAP to suspend five cops for dere-liction of duty, the attacks have beenstepped up.Arvind Kejriwal has been compared to a

ringmaster in a circus; Kumar Vishwas is aclown. Kejriwal does not knowhow to govern.Even Rakhi Sawant can do better.UnionHomeMinister Sushilkumar Shinde

says Arvind Kejriwal is a mad chief minister.Another attack onKejriwal says he is break-

ing laws and taking measures which areagainst the Constitution.The Congress, which is supporting AAP in

the Delhi assembly, is a strong critic of theparty. It is surprisingly supporting a partywhich is not fit to govern.The BJP continues to attack AAP. It is now

holding dharna in 14 locations across Delhi.It wants the Delhi Law Minister SomnathBharti to be sacked.According to the party sources, Somnath

and his men raided a house where three orfour foreign women were staying. The raidwas carried out by Somnath because he couldnot get a cop to do it.The BJP has given time until January 26 for

Kejriwal to dismiss Somnath Bharti. Arvindsays the minister was doing his duty and theallegations made by the foreign women arebaseless. If the law minister is not dismissedby January 26, BJP will escalate protest andeven approach the President.It is clear what the BJP is doing is to taint

the images of the AAP, the Samajwadi Party,the BSP, the Shiv Sena and to some extent theCongress. All these parties can now be ex-pected tomake efforts to cut down the popu-larity of the AAP.The ground reality in Delhi, however,

shows a different scenario. In Delhi, the AAPis as popular as ever. It cannot be denied thatthe AAP has huge support in Delhi. All thebelow the belt attacks have not diminishedpeople’s support to AAP. Perhaps, thepopularity of AAP in Delhi has increased.

No control over the policeONE of the 18 promises made by ArvindKejriwal in the party’s elections manifestowas that the Delhi police would be broughtunder the control of the Delhi government.Just now, the Delhi police are not under theDelhi government but are under control ofthe Centre.Arvind Kejriwal must have realised

by now that this would be a tough task.

The Centre will not agree to give up controlover the Delhi police.What sort of government is now inDelhi? It

is nothing but a farce that theDelhi police arenot under the control of the Delhi govern-ment. A Delhi policeman can refuse to takeorders from anyminister in theDelhi govern-ment. It looks like theministers are under thecontrol of the police.The police imposed section 144 in the area

where Arvind Kejriwal was holding thedharna and he defied it.A FIR has been lodged against him for the

‘offence’ he has committed.The police have the last word in anymatter

related to law and order in Delhi.Perhaps themunicipality inDelhi hasmore

powers than the government.Without control over the police, the AAP

cannot govern. And what is an amazing real-ity is that aDelhi cop can arrest aminister, filecase against him and send him to jail.This situation is quite hilarious.

When conducting dharna, Union HomeMinister Sushilkumar Shinde asked him tochange the venue. Arvind Kejriwal said: “Whois Shinde to ask me go away from here? I amthe chiefminister and I will chose the dharnavenue anywhere I like”.He has now realised, he does not have even

minimum powers – with regard to law andorder.The police have the power to arrest him.Clearly Kejriwal is in trouble. He has so

many challenges hurled at him. He has toundertake protests, deal with summons bythe police and courts.And where will he have time to deal with

Lok Sabha elections?

Can Vishwas win in Amethi?CAN Kumar Vishwas win in Amethi? He iscontesting Lok Sabha election in Amethi –against Congress party’s Rahul Gandhi.He thinks he can.The Congress has almost become a non-

entity in Uttar Pradesh.The Congress was routed when Rahul

Gandhi campaigned in the assembly elec-tions in Uttar Pradesh. He has no dynastycharisma; in fact the dynasty factor does notwork any more.The Congress will be pitted against the SP,

BJP, BSP and AAP.The Muzaffarnagar riots, free holiday of

MLAs at state exepense, communal policy –the tilt is in favour of minority communityand no relief for the poor, have all made theUP government steadily unpopular.For the first time, a party has arrived in

Amethi which appears to have real concernfor the poor. How much concernRahul Gandhi has for the poor can be seenfrom an incident which happened a fewmonths ago. On his visit to UP, Rahul Gandhistayed in a Dalit home and he talked to thehousewife in it – Suneeta. This incident wasphotographed extensively and it got mediaattention.Last week, KumarVishwas visited the home

of Suneeta. And she told him and the mediathat Rahul Gandhi did visit her and promisedher help – but there was no sign of it.One thing has become quite clear: Rahul

Gandhi is not popular in Uttar Pradesh.It is not known now whether the SP, BSP

and the BJP will contest from Amethi. If theydo, it will be a test case. Can the AAP fight allthese three parties and win? Narendra Modiismaking poll waves inUP and this shows theBJP has a big chance to win in various con-stituencies in Uttar Pradesh.The AAP is ruling in a state where the po-

lice can arrest the chief minister and sendhim to jail.This shows on the national scene it can do

precious little. It is highly doubtful whetherKumarVishwas can get Amethi for his party.

Congress sticks to AAPTHE Congress Union Home MinisterSushilkumar Shinde called Arvind Kejriwal amad chief minister. The party has filed twoFIRs against Kejriwal for violating section 144prohibiting his dharna near Railway building.It is making this difficult for members of theAAP to govern,But it is not withdrawing support to the

AAP. The Congress considers the BJP as a big-ger enemy than the AAP. It does not want theBJP to come into power inDelhi. And if AAP isavailable in Lok Sabha poll scenario, it wouldlike to take its support.The Congress knows it does not havemuch

chance in the Lok Sabha poll. So like a drown-ing man clutching at a straw, it desperatelysticks to AAP.There must be strong compulsions to the

Congress – some of them hidden – to stick bythe AAP. It has called Arvind Kejriwal as amadchief minister.Can it explain why it is not staying away

from amad chief minister?

Aam Aadmi Party under attack

AfternoonDESPATCH & COURIER

CAROLANDRADE A.R. KANANGIEditor Associate Editor

KAMALMORARKAChairman of the

Board of DirectorsAfternoon Despatch & Courier office is located at:Janmabhoomi Bhavan, 3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg,Fort, Mumbai-400 001. Phone: 40768999.Fax: 40768916. E-mail: [email protected] by Shashikant Jadhav for Courier PublicationsPvt. Ltd., at Journal Press, Free Press House, Free PressJournal Marg, 215, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 andpublished by him from Janmabhoomi Bhavan,3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001.Registered Office at: 98 Mittal Chambers,Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021.Vol. XXIX No. 258

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Ponder awhile…“The unforgivable crime is soft hitting.Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; butnever hit softly.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

BOB’S BANTERRobert Clements

A sad birthday...!

ROUND-UPA.R. Kanangi

Adarsh willnever be

demolishedIT has become clear now that Adarsh, thecontroversial building in Colaba, will not be

razed. The building in the military area hascome up on the ground which was reservedfor the widows of Kargil heroes. The govern-ment claims that the land belongs to it. Thereis a dispute about the claim that the groundwas allocated for Kargil widows.Top leaders of the Congress party are in-

volved in the Adarsh scam. It is alleged thatsanctions were obtained from the govern-ment through unfair means. It has been alsoalleged that some bureaucrats and ministersare also involved. It is also alleged that severalbenami transactions have taken place.Adarsh, however, will stand there for ever.

Efforts by activists in this regard have failed.Legal opinion has been sought. The govern-ment has ordered enquiries. And finally areport which was produced has beenrejected. A storm of protest followed. Thematter was discussed in Parliament. AndCongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi ex-pressed the view that the response to reporton Adarsh needs to be reconsidered.It is not known whether any reconsidera-

tion has taken place. Rahul’s view was not anorder. It was a remark which was casuallymade. Aftermaking a vague remark, the Con-gress vice-president, who is in charge of theCongress poll campaign, has chosen to keepmum.There is every indication that Adarsh will

not be demolished. When a top Congressleader like Sushilkumar Shinde is alleged tobe involved, it is certain that the Kargil wid-ows cannot get back the ground on whichAdarsh has been built. And if at all those whobuilt Adarsh fail, it is better it is not demol-ished. It should be given away to Kargilwidows.

Time to pack upAPPARENTLY, it’s time for our Cen-tral HomeMinister to pack up now.He is fit only for a verbal diarrhoea.If he is not in a position tomake thenon-working corrupt police forcework, what good is the Home Min-ister doing then? Why, and underwhose instructions, is he support-ing the corrupt by giving them pro-tection? That the Delhi ChiefMinister should have to sit for anovernight ‘dharna’ with his partycolleagues for such demandsspeaks volumes for the Home Min-ister’s competence. He should atleast show the grace of steppingdown on his own.

— Arundhati Wajge, Narayangaon

RIP Nageswara RaoCLOSE on the heels of the passingaway of Suchitra Sen comes the sadnews of the demise of AkkineniNageswra Rao, the doyen of theTel-ugu film industry for some 75 years.He had acted in over 250 films,mostly inTeluguwith some inTamiltoo and received practically all theawards offered, from the Dadasa-heb Phalke Award and Padma Vib-hushan to a number of stateawards. The affable actor with athin, short moustache, had won in-ternational recognition also and ledmany delegations abroad. He wasso popular among the youth in the1950s that some of us, graduate stu-dents of geology on tour, campingat Rayalacheruvu in 1953, used ourweekly-off day to go to the cinema-hall in Cuddapah town where hisfilm ‘Devdas’ was being shown bythe Bombay Mail and a horse-dri-ven cart. And we were treated to anexcellent fare by Nageswara Raoand Savitri in the film for all thetroubles we took. Ironically, though‘Devdas’ was a Bengali classic ofSarat Chandra Chhattopdhyaya, theTelugu film industry was the first tomake a film out of it and Bimal Roymade his Hindi ‘Devdas’ only in1955, spurred by the tremendousresponse from the public to theTel-ugu version.

— Dr.V. Subramanyan, Thane

Economical base neededINDEPENDENT India needs abroad minded outlook and a fore-thought to bring the country backto rails at an appropriate time.Modishould act in such a way.Political parties have failed to

mention about getting the countryout of the economic morass, a for-eign policy to suit nation’s interests

as not a single neighbour hasfriendly relations with our country,control of inflation, increasing in-dustrial production which is lag-ging, strengthening theflagging rupee, electoral,judicial and administra-tive reforms. Even the sa-cred Constitution needs a review asit has been mutilated to further theinterests of vested parties.It is time that certain provisions

like continuation of the pernicious

policy of reservation is given a re-think as it only promotes medioc-rity. It should be slowly done awaywith. When the Constitution wasframed this provisionwas only for alimited period, but crooked politi-cians used it to feather their ownagenda. Further, every action of thegovernment in power is done withan eye on votes, which has provedto be the nemesis of our country. Nodoubt all this cannot be done in onestroke as most of regional partieswill never allow it to happen. In factthey have become a stumblingblock to progress.

— C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

Police clueless on techieAPROPOS ‘Police nowprobing auto,taxi drivers around LTT’ (ADC, Jan.23), it is read with considerableconcern that the police is still clue-less about the gruelling murdercommitted by the goons under theguise of the taxi/auto drivers onJanuary 5.The techie, a soft ware engineer

of TCS lost her life in this city whileshe returned from her home in Hy-derabad, to resume her work. It isher arrival in the wee hours of themorning of January 5, which mat-tered as there was no sign of anypersonnel of the GRP nor any citypolice to guard such hapless citi-zens from the wrath of scoundrelsthriving in this recently inauguratedrevamped railway terminus.

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

A secular BJPBEFORE accusing the BJP of beingagainst the minorities, Chidushould have verified the past andpresent record of the NDA. Duringits rule from 1999 to 2004, the BJP-ruledNDAhad entrusted one of thetop cabinet posts to a Christian.Now also, a couple of youngMuslimyouth are seen spearheading BJPscampaign as its leading spokesmen.They will surely be inducted in theministry with some responsible as-signments if the NDA succeeds incapturing power at the Centre in2014. In addition, there is a learnedMuslim lady who is one amongstother leaders in the top policymak-

ing body of the saffron party. Aboveall, did the BJP not choose aMuslimintellectual as the occupant of theRaisina Hills?

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

A wise stepAS per the new guidelines, a mini-mum of 14-day gap must be therebetween a convict being told aboutthe denial ofmercy petition and thedate of hanging. Considering thedelay in executing the deathpenalty, the SC has taken awise stepin commuting 15 death sentences,thus granting relief for the under tri-als. The new guidelines in respect ofdeath sentences is an eye openerand the lethargy in cases of suchcrucial decisions needs to beavoided in future. The order willprovide relief for the forest BrigandVeerappan but the jail authoritieswill have to face the consequencesin high profile cases handled bythem. Anyway, getting relief fromthe death sentence is a boon tocriminals and the petitionwill workwonders.

— Jayanthy S. Maniam, Sion

Is BJP right?MANY BJP supporters are worriedover the stupid stand it has taken toderide and demean the AAP. Tobegin with, the BJP ought to havegiven support to the AAP. Attackingthe AAP by raising almost the sameissues which the Congress did, theBJP is seen as a B-Congress team.BJP’s stand against the Congress’corruption sounds hollow becauseof Bangaru Laxman,YeddyurappaandGadkari. BJP’s loudmouthDelhispokespersons are insufferable.Now the saffron party should sup-port Kejriwal on the issue of DelhiState government having full con-trol of Delhi Police. It is surprisingthat Delhi police breaking so manyrules quotes necessity of a warrantto control drug and prostitutionracket.The suffering people underthe weight of price rise, law andorder problem high handedness ofour elected representatives are sim-ply in nomood to celebrate Repub-lic Day.

— A.K.R. Hemmady,Virar



LETTERS

THE decision of the Reserve Bankof India (RBI) to withdraw fromcirculation all currency notes be-fore 2005 is in right direction andtimely one. These notes will belegal tender till March 31 and canbe exchanged from April 1 fromthe banks for new ones. The ex-change of more than 10 notes ofRs.1,000 and Rs.500 by a personwill need identification proof andresident address but it is notknown if the banks have to notedown details of those exchangednotes and pass them on to the rel-evant authorities to maximise theflush-out of black money. Thosehoarding currency notes before2005 have to get out in open totransect or exchange till March 31.I strongly feel that it will not beeasy to get large volumes of cur-rency into the systemunnoticed ina short period. Even if some of itdoes get exchanged, the RBI willnot mind it as it would haveachieved its objective of gettingsuch money into the legal system.The RBI move will also help elimi-nate counterfeit currency butmakelife difficult for those who havehoarded the currency notes andfund political parties for elections.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

� � �THE government’s move to with-draw currency notes issued before2005 sounds impractical and hascreated a panic situation amongpeople since such currency cannot

be traded in the markets afterMarch 31 and one will have to fol-low cumbersome procedures run-ning after banks for replacement.Themove seems illogical; one willhave to scan every note in a bun-dle from now on to find out its le-gitimacy.Black money needs to be

checked but not at the expense ofharrasing the citizens.What aboutpoliticians wealth in black that isstashed in land and precious met-

als like gold and diamonds? Also,the powerful have contacts in fi-nancial institutions that will helpthem exchange billions in returnfor post 2005 currency. Only theordinary people like us would beharrased in this withdrawalscheme.Better way out is to encourage

people to deal in pre-2005 cur-rency for a good period of time inbank transactions and withdrawthem once they are deposited inbanks.

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

� � �THE decision to withdraw cur-rency notes printed prior to 2005is bound to create chaos of un-precedentedmagnitude across thelength and breadth of the country.For all cash transactions, howso-ever small or big, the receiver isbound to verify each and everypiece of note on its reverse to lookfor the year of its issue. Themicro-size font in which it is printed re-quires the handler to have amagnifying glass to view the year.The inordinate delays involvedwill hurtle the economy back tothe pre-computerisation days ofthe 60s. It would therefore be inthe best interests of the generalpublic that thisTughlaqian edict isaltogether scrapped, or at themost, may be made applicableonly to the Rs.1,000 denominationnotes.

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

Is the RBI doing the right thing?

IT is incumbent on the part ofArvind Kejriwal, the CM of Delhi,to take stock of the current situa-tion and prioritise issues and ex-amine the complexities to workout viable solutions by involvinghisministers and a dedicated bu-reaucratic team. This brooks nodelay and is required to be donewithout further loss of time to getthemost-sought after solutions tothe people. People are desper-ately looking forward to AAP inthe fitness of things to stride toget productive instead of fritter-ing away the golden opportunitymade available to them to trans-late their promises into realities.The Delhi CM must have per-ceived the fervent expectations ofthe people and the imperativeneed to get along effectively andimaginatively with good gover-nance which alone will projecthim in good stead. He should re-alise that he can promote himselfto approach the nation as awholeto serve them from the Parlia-ment only after establishing hiscredibility in giving good gover-

nance inDelhi and not otherwise.— T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai

� � �ARVINDKejriwal seems to be suf-fering from theMamata Banerjeesyndrome. Itmay be recalled thatwhen Mamata became ChiefMinister of West Bengal, she hadstormed the local police stationto liberate her party-men fromthe police station. In case ofDelhi, Kejriwal’s minister Bhartiwas shown threatening the policeofficer in full view of his followersas though to show them howpowerful he is. His behavior wascomparable only to hooligans.This man (Bharti) has no busi-ness to bully police officers irre-spective of him being right orwrong. The police officer whotook on Bharti should be re-warded for his bravery and fair-ness.Arving Kejriwal, instead of re-

buking his mannerless minister,is demanding the suspension offorthright officers. And also, hehad the audacity of saying that

the Congress would repent forhaving supported his govern-ment. He seems to be unaware ofthe fact that Congress is a sinkingboat and the withdrawal of sup-port will not change theirprospects.

— M.H. Nayak, Mumbai

Let better sense prevail

Kejriwal’s recent ‘dharna’ in Delhi hasdrawn criticism from various sectionsof society, urging him to ratherconcentrate on governance.

The RBI has recently announced that itwill withdraw all pre-2005 currency notesfrom circulation in a bid to curb blackmoney transactions.

The Minister of Home Affairs in the UPAgovernment recently called Kejriwal a‘mad’ Chief Minister.

LETTER OFTHE DAY



NATIONNEWS IN BRIEF

NEW DELHI: The AamAadmi Party (AAP) islikely to announce the

first list of candidates for theLok Sabha elections by Janu-ary 26.Sources in the party said it

will announce candidates forfew seats in Delhi, UttarPradesh, Haryana Bihar andMaharashtra. The first list is

likely to include the names ofsenior party leaders andprominent faces."First and second round of

screening candidates for afew seats was completed lastweek. We should hopefullyrelease the list of candidatesby January 26."The party may announce

potential candidates for a

seat and then shortlist oneafter consulting the activemembers of the party," asource told PTI.At its National Executive

Committeemeeting early thismonth, party leaders had an-nounced that the first list ofcandidates for the Lok Sabha

would be declared betweenJanuary 15 to 20, but the'tremendous' response andnumber of applications it re-ceived delayed the process."The deadline to submit

the forms by aspirants want-ing to contest Lok Sabhaseats was January 15. How-ever, we are still receivingforms.We have receivedmax-imum forms from Delhi andHaryana. In Delhi alone, theratio is 65 people to 1 seat,"party spokesperson DilipPandey said.The party has so far re-

ceived 2600 forms from 200Lok Sabha constituenciesfrom aspirants willing to con-test elections.

Japanese PM arrivesJapanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe arrives in NewDelhi today on a significantthree-day official visit,reflecting growing bilateral tiesamid reports that he willannounce low-interest loansworth US $2 billion to India.Abe, who will be accompaniedby his wife Akie Abe, will be thefirst Japanese Prime Ministerto be a chief guest at India'sRepublic Day parade.

Sunanda case:Advanced tests onThe Crime Branch probing themysterious death of SunandaPushkar will go for advancedforensic tests to determinecause of injuries on her bodyas it tries to unravel whether itwas a case of suicide,homicide or accident.Investigators said autopsyreport had mentioned morethan a dozen injury marks onSunanda's body besides a"deep teeth bite" on the edgeof her left palm and they weretrying to ascertain whether theinjuries were "inflicted" on her.

CJI inaugurates 2,648village legal clinicsIn a significant step to bringlegal services to the doorstepsof people, nearly 2648 legalclinics were opened on Fridayin villages across the countryto ensure that no citizen"starves from hunger ofjustice". The Chief Justice ofIndia Justice P Sathasivamyesterday inaugurated thevillage legal services clinicswhich will provide not onlylegal advice but would alsoassist villagers in getting BPLcard, Election ID, AadhaarCard, Gas connection andgovernment welfare schemes.

Train to Vaishno Devilikely from February 2The much-delayed trainservice to Katra, the basecamp to the famous VaishnoDevi shrine in Jammu andKashmir, is likely to start fromFebruary 2. Prime MinisterManmohan Singh is likely toflag off a passenger train fromKatra, marking its railconnectivity with rest of thecountry, sources in NorthernRailway said.

US firm offers VVIPchoppers to IndiaAfter India scrapped a contractfor procuring VVIP choppersfrom AgustaWestland,American firm Textron onFriday said it is ready to offerits unique V-22 Ospreyhelicopter to India for ferryingits dignitaries. "We are readyto offer to India the V-22Osprey in the VIP configurationthrough the Foreign MilitarySales route. It is a unique andcompetitive product," TextronIndia President and ManagingDirector Inderjit Sial told PTI.

AAP’s list of candidatesfor LS polls tomorrow!

Election Commission cautions KejriwalThe Election Commis-

sion on Friday rejectedArvind Kejriwal's con-tention on distribution ofpamphlets appealing toMuslims to vote for AAPduring Delhi polls, holdingthat it amounted to modelcode violation and cau-tioned him to be careful infuture poll campaigns."Having regard to the to-

tality of facts and circum-stances of the case andsubmissions and con-tentions made by you inyour reply under reference,the Commission herebyconveys its concern, andcautions you to be morecareful in the election cam-paigns of your party in fu-ture," the EC order to theDelhi Chief Minister said.Notice Is Hereby Given As

Required By Clause (i) Of The

Provision To Sub-section (1) Of

Section 17 Of The Maharashtra Co-

operative Societies Act, 1960, By

The Sultanabad Arafat Co-

operative Housing Society Ltd.,

Registered Under No. Bom/w/k-

whsg/tc/5942/91-92 Dated

4 /11 /1991 And Hav ing I t s

Registered Office At Plot No.16,

Sultanabad Baug, Behram Baug

Road, Jogeshwari (west), Mumbai-

4 0 0 1 0 2 , T o A l l

Members /c red i t o rs /pe rsons

Interested That The Society, After

Obtaining The Approval Of The

Registrar And A Preliminary

Resolution To That Effect Having

Been Passed By A Special General

Meeting Of The Society, Held On th

15 December 2013, Has Decided

To Amalgamate Itself With (i) M/s.

Sultanabad Ashiyana Co-operative

Housing Society Ltd. And (ii) M/s.

Sultanabad Dwar Co-operative

Housing Society Ltd. And Convert

The Same Along With Transfer Of

Its Assets And Liabilities Into M/s.

Patel Castle Co-operative Housing

Society Ltd. The Schedule And

Details Regarding The Transfer Of

Liabilities Of The Society To Be

Amalgamated Is Available In The

Society's Office As Well As At The

Office Of Dy. Registrar Co-op.

Societies, K-west Ward, Bandra

(east) Mumbai.AnyPerson/Member/Debtor/Creditor Whose Interest Is Affected By The Proposed Amalgamation, AndTransfer Of Assets And Liabilities, May Send His Objections If Any, And Give Intimation Of His OpinionTo Become A Member Of The New S o c i e t y / t o C o n t i n u e H i s Membership In The AmalgamatedSociety/to Demand Payment OfShares Or Interest Or Dues, To The Office Of The Society, Within One Month From The Date Of ThisNotice..No Option Is Exercised And If NoObjection Is Received Within OneMonth, It Will BeAssumed That TheInterested Persons Have AssentedTo The Decision.

Place : Mumbai

Date : 25/01/2014.

PPUUBBLLIICC NNOOTTIICCEE

S/d-

SecretaryBy order of the Managing Committee

NOTICE TO MEMBERS, CREDITORS

AND OTHER PERSONS UNDER RULE

16(3) WHOSE INTEREST WILL BE

AFFECTED BY THE AMALGAMATION:

Notice is hereby given as required

by clause (i) of the Provision to

Sub-Section (1) of Section 17 of the

M a h a r a s h t r a C o - o p e r a t i v e

Societies Act, 1960, by the

SULTANABAD ASHIYANA CO-

OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY

LTD., registered under No. BOM/K-

W/HSG/TC/3730/88-89 dated

31/10/1988 and having i ts

Registered office at Plot No.14,


Road , Jogeshwar i (Wes t ) ,

M u m b a i - 4 0 0 1 0 2 , t o a l l

Members /Cred i to rs /Persons

interested that the Society, after

obtaining the approval of the

Registrar and a preliminary

Resolution to that effect having

been passed by a Special Generalth

Meeting of the Society, held on 8

December 2013, has decided to

Amalgamate itself with (i) M/s.

Sultanabad Dwar Co-operative

Housing Society Ltd. and (ii) M/s.

Sultanabad Arafat Co-operative

Housing Society Ltd. and convert

the same along with transfer of its

assets and liabilities into M/s. Patel

Castle Co-operative Housing

Society Ltd. The Schedule and

details regarding the transfer of

liabilities of the Society to be

amalgamated is available in the

Society's office as well as at the

office of Dy. Registrar Co-op.

Societies, K-west Ward, Bandra

(East) Mumbai.

Any Person / Member/ Debtor/

Creditor whose interest is affected

by the proposed amalgamation,

and transfer of assets and

liabilities, may send his objections if

any, and give intimation of his

opinion to become a Member of the

new Society/to continue his

Membership in the amalgamated

Society/to demand payment of

Shares or interest or dues, to the

office of the Society, within one

month from the date of this Notice.No option is exercised and if noobjection is received within onemonth, it will be assumed that theinterested persons have assentedto the decision.

Sd /-Secretary

By order of the Managing Committee

Place : MumbaiDate : 25/01/2014.

PPUUBBLLIICC NNOOTTIICCEENOTICE TO MEMBERS, CREDITORS




Place : MumbaiDate : 25/01/2014.

Notice is hereby given as required

by clause (i) of the Provision to Sub-

Section (1) of Section 17 of the

Maharashtra Co-operative Societies

Act, 1960, by the SULTANABAD

DWAR CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING

SOCIETY LTD., registered under No.

BOM/W/K-W/HSG/TC/7044/93-

94 dated 8/04/1993 and having its

Registered office at Plot No.15,


Road, Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai-

4 0 0 1 0 2 , t o a l l

M e m b e r s / C re d i t o r s / Pe r s o n s

interested that the Society, after

obtaining the approval of the

Registrar and a preliminary

Resolution to that effect having been

passed by a Special General Meeting th

of the Society, held on 15 December

2013, has decided to Amalgamate

itself with (i) M/s. Sultanabad

Ashiyana Co-operative Housing

Society Ltd. and (ii) M/s. Sultanabad

Arafat Co-operative Housing Society

Ltd. and convert the same along with

transfer of its assets and liabilities

into M/s. Patel Castle Co-operative

Housing Society Ltd. The Schedule

and details regarding the transfer of

liabilities of the Society to be

amalgamated is available in the

Society's office as well as at the office

of Dy. Registrar Co-op. Societies, K-

west Ward, Bandra (East) Mumbai.

Anyperson/Member/Debtor/Credit

or whose interest is affected by the

proposed amalgamation, and

transfer of assets and liabilities, may

send his objections if any, and give

intimation of his opinion to become

a Member of the new Society/to

continue his Membership in the

amalgamated Society/to demand

payment of Shares or interest or

dues, to the office of the Society,

within one month from the date of

this Notice.

No option is exercised and if no

objection is received within one

month, it will be assumed that the

interested persons have assented to

the decision.

S/d-

PUBLIC NOTICE

Secretary

By order of the Managing Committee

NOTICE TO MEMBERS, CREDITORS




MUMBAI | SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014 13www.afternoondc.in


TOWN & ABOUT

FAMILY and friends flocked to Mayfair Rooms to get into the groove at thesangeet of Rohan Palshetkar and Karishma Kirti. Rohan’s proud

parents Dr. Nandita Palshetkar and Pradeep Palshetkar warmly greeted all the guestslike Rashmi Thackeray, Manali and Dilip Vengsarkar, Poonam Dhillon, Diana Hayden,Varsha Usgaonkar and Abey Kuruvilla among hundreds more. And it was time to shakea leg to the music, enjoy the premium spirits and the lavish food spread.

Couple caper

ALL eyes were on thearray of artworks

at AstaGuru’s Modern IndianArt Auction cocktailreception at Palladium Hotel.Hosted by Atul and GayatriRuia, Amit and ShwetaBhosale a couple of daysbefore the online auction, itattracted the likes ofVickram Sethi and sonTushar, Harsh Goenka,Manvinder Dawer and manyothers who all viewed thewondrous works by M FHusain, F N Souza, S H Raza,Anjalie Ela Menon, JehangirSabavala, Sakti Burman andmore.

Arty party

KRYSTLE D’SOUZA

VIVEK OBEROI & KIRTI RATHORE

VICKRAM SETHI, GAYATRI RUIA, ATUL RUIA & TUSHAR SETHI

Marcellus Baptista

THE young onesand the not

so young were seen atthe India Kids FashionWeek at The Lalit. DayOne kicked off with theNGO Khushi show withMandira Bedi as theshining showstopper,followed by shows byMax, Libero with AditiGovitrikar walking withthe diaper-cladtoddlers, Pooja &Rachna, Sho ShoBella, SheenaCreations with TerenceLewis dancing and Kirti

Rathore for F-italia. Alsoseen on the ramp wereAngad Hasija, Rajev Pauland Vivek Oberoi.

Youngand old

DAY two ofIKFW

started with ManasiKapadia for Sheetelfeaturing Indian Idolsingers Purvi andSughanda, followedby Daughter’sDream World byKanchan Bawa withTV stars ShraddhaArya and Nandish

Sandhu, Beebay withDarsheel Safary,Sumit Dasgupta withTV stars Karan Tacker,Krystle D’Souza andSangeeta Ghosh, theOKS Boys show andthe grand finale byNishka Lulla that wasopened by Sarah JaneDias and closed by NeilNitin Mukesh.

Girls and boys

AT Blue Sea it was time for Music Mania, an initiative byBina Aziz of Bntertainment Global, spearheaded by Talat

Aziz, Anoop Jalota and Pankaj Udhas, with passionateperformances by Suresh Wadkar, Rahul Vaidya and Amika Shail.Sharing the same stage were Kalyanji, Udit Narayan, Shaan, SonuNigam,Talat Aziz, Pankaj Udhas and Anup Jalota. Co-sponsored bySansui, this musical night saw the presence of Anirudh Dhoot,Rahul Roy and Amy Billimoria.

Sound of music

SARAH JANE DIAS

MANDIRA BEDI

VARSHA USGAONKAR

PRADEEP PALSHETKAR, KARISHMA KIRTI, ROHAN & DR. NANDITA PALSHETKAR

AMIKA SHAIL

SURESH WADKAR, BINA & TALAT AZIZ

STAR PLUSP.M.2.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein4.30 Nach Baliye7.30 Star Verdict8.00 Har Yug Mein Aayega Ek

Arjun9.00 Nach Baliye

STAR WORLDP.M.

12.30 Suburgatory2.00 Castle7.00 Koffee with Karan8.00 Bunheads

10.00 Two And A Half Men

ZEE CAFÉP.M.2.00 Pretty Little Lions3.00 Poirot5.00 Switched at Birth9.00 Pride Fashion Tour

10.00 Pretty Little Liars11.00 Poirot

BIG CBS LOVEP.M.

12.00 Britain’s Next Top Model4.00 The X Factor USA5.00 Chaos6.00 J Oliver’s Food Escapes6.30 Maximum Exposure7.00 Life Unexpected7.30 Maximum Exposure8.00 J Olvier’s Food Escapes9.00 The X Factor USA9.30 Rules of Engagmenet

11.00 America’s Next Top Model

SONY TVP.M.2.00 CID

5.30 Crime Patrol7.30 Aadalat8.30 Boogie Woogie Kids

10.00 CID11.00Crime Patrol

ZEE TVP.M.2.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya3.00 Film5.00 Dance India Dance8.00 Bh Se Bhade9.00 Dance India Dance

10.30 Fear Files…11.30 Kahani ab Tak

LIFE OKP.M.2.00 The Adventures of Hatim4.00 Shapath4.30 Dabang 2: Salman Khan7.00 20th Annual Life OK

Screen Awards -Walk of Life

COLORSP.M.

12.00 Beintehaa3.00 Film6.00 Film9.00 India’s Got Talent

10.00 Comedy Nights with Kapil

SAHARA ONEP.M.

12.00 Corporate: Bipasha Basu3.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti

Hee Hai5.30 Naya Atish: Nagarjuna8.30 Malamaal Weekly: Paresh

Rawal

ZEE MARATHIP.M.2.00 Tu Tithe Mee2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya

Gharachi3.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi4.30 Radha Hi Bawari5.00 Tu Thithe Mee5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi6.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat

6.30 Home Minister7.00 Tu Tithe Mee7.30 Radha Hi Bawri8.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta9.30 Saregamapa

SAB TVP.M.2.30 FIR3.20 Taarak Mehta Ka…4.30 Baal Veer7.00 Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto

8.00 Sab Ke Anokhe Awards11.00 Sab Khelo Sab Jeeto

ANIMAL PLANETP.M.2.00 Animal Planet A to Z4.00 Wild Planet5.00 Animal Planet’s Most

Outrageous6.00 AP Safari7.00 Most Extreme8.00 Equator9.00 River Monsters

10.00 Predator’s Prey10.30 Natural Born Hunters

11.00 Austin Steven

DISCOVERYP.M.2.00 You Have Been Warned3.00 World’s Strangest4.00 Wildlife5.00 Food Factory5.30 American Digger6.00 Wild India7.00 Man vs Wild8.00 Africa9.00 Food Factory

10.00 Magic of Science

11.00 No Kitchen Required

SCIENCEP.M.2.00 How It’s Made3.00 Time Warp4.00 Frontline Battle Machines

With…5.00 How Do They Do It?6.00 Prophets of Sci Fiction7.00 Popsci’s Future of…8.00 Alien9.00 Resurrection Science

10.00 How The Universe Works11.00 How Do They Do It?

HISTORYP.M.2.00 Baggage Battles2.30 Big History3.00 Shipping Wars3.30 The Universe4.00 Baggage Battles5.00 Cbse Heritage Quiz5.30 101 Things That Changed

The World6.00 Pawn Stars UK7.00 True Legends8.00 Top Secret Recipe

9.00 Big History10.00 Warrior Empire: The

Mughals11.00 How Sex Changed The

World

NGCP.M.2.00 Bluelist Australia3.00 Test Your Brain4.00 Mystery Files4.30 Cairn India5.00 Most Amazing Moments6.00 Dangerous Encounters7.00 Da Vinci’s Demons8.00 Secret Life of Predators9.00 World’s Weirdest

10.00 Breakout11.00 Inside

STAR SPORTS 1P.M.2.00 Masterclass: Sourav

Ganguly2.30 Jai Ho3.00 Switch Hit3.30 Believe 20134.00 Carlton Mid ODI Series

h/ls: 4th ODI5.30 Believe 20136.00 Switch Hit7.00 Star Power7.30 Hockey India League 14

10.30 Jai Ho11.00 Star Power

STAR SPORTS4P.M.1.30 Aus Open Women’s singles

and Men’s double final5.30 La Liga6.10 FA Cup 148.15 La Liga Fillers8.25 Liga Bbva 13/14

STARMOVIESA.M.7.54 ParaNorman9.44 Mr Bean’s Holiday

11.30 Jurassic ParkP.M.2.02 Chinese Zodiac4.27 The Adventures of Tintin6.35 Prometheus9.00 Avatar

HBOA.M.8.40 National Treasure

11.18 Paranormal Activity 4P.M.1.00 Lincoln3.43 The Chronicles of Narnia:

The Lion, The Witch andThe Wardrobe

6.16 The Hunger Games

9.00 Lincoln

ZEE STUDIOA.M.

10.20 I Am Number FourP.M.1.00 The Muppets3.05 Casper5.05 Honey I Shrunk The Kids6.55 The Country Bears8.45 Mars Needs Moms

10.30 The Muppets

PIXA.M.8.07 Mission Impossible

10.29 RedP.M.1.00 The Spy Next Door

3.36 Piranha5.04 Gandhi9.00 The Amazing Spider Man

11.53 Drunken Master

STAR GOLDA.M.9.35 Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!P.M.

12.10 Son of Sardaar3.05 Barood: Man on a Mission5.25 The Hero: Love Story of

A Spy8.00 Dabangg

10.35 Jigar

MAXA.M.7.00 Dhada

10.30 Don No 1P.M.1.00 Rangrezz: Jacky Bhagnani5.30 Chak De India: Shahrukh

Khan9.00 Fighter Man Singham

ZEE CINEMAA.M.

11.30 Gadar-Ek Prem Katha:Sunny Deol

P.M.3.00 Tarzan-The Wonder Car:

Ajay Devgan6.00 Besharam: Randir Kapoor9.00 Dhamaal: Sanjay Dutt

CVOA.M.

10.00 Biwi Aur Makan:Biswajeet

P.M.1.30 Ssssshhh: Dino Morea5.30 Khel: Sunil Shetty9.00 Rakht: Sanjay Dutt

FILMYA.M.9.00 Vaastu Shastra: Sushmita

SenP.M.

12.00 Hum Dil De ChukeSanam: SalmanKhan

3.00 Indra The Tiger:Chiranjeevi

6.00 No Entry: Anil Kapoor9.00 Sherni: Sridevi

B4UA.M.8.00 Mother India: Nargis,

Sunil D

P.M.12.00 Malamaal: Naseeruddin

Shah3.00 Josh: Shah Rukh

Khan6.00 Jail: Madhavan9.00 Fashion: Priyanka

Chopra

ZEE TAKIESP.M.9.30 De Dana Dan: Laxmikant

Berde

CARTOON NETWORKA.M.8.00 Tom and Jerry The Fast

and the Furry9.00 Angry Birds9.30 Oggy Mera NaamP.M.

12.00 R21 and Republic DaySpecial

12.30 My Name is Raj VizukamaKi Takaar

2.00 Space Main DhoomDhadaka

4.00 Oggy Ki Shaadi8.00 Oggy and the

Cockroaches9.00 Beyblade Metal Fury

10.00 Johnny Test11.00 Tom and Jerry Show

POGOA.M.8.00 Chhota Bheem Journey To

Petra9.00 Chatur and Chetan9.30 Chhota Bheem Aur

Baccha PartyP.M.

12.00 Mighty Raju And3 Villians

1.30 Happy Birthday BheemSpecial

4.00 Mighty Raju And 3Villians

5.30 Bheem Boss Special7.00 Nanha Nattu8.30 Phata Poster Aaya Bheem

Special10.00 Scan2Go11.00 Takeshi’s Castle

DISNEY CHANNEL XDA.M.9.00 KiteretsuP.M.

12.00 Movie2.00 Mission Marvel2.30 Phineas and Ferb

Across the 2ndDimension

5.00 Avengers Aseemble5.30 Hulk and the Agents of S

M A S H6.00 Super Robot Monkey

Team8.00 Iron Man Armored

Adventures9.00 Big Bad Beetleborgs

BOOGIE WOOGIE-KIDS CHAMPIONSHIP� In tonight’s special episode, Boogie Woogie contestants willbe seen celebrating republic day on the show. They will show-case a variety of dancing styles, from Malkhamb to lavni andWestern to contemporary. Harmi will be seen dedicating her per-formance to Lord Krishna while Mohammed Mumtaz will per-form on Aainak pehne dedicating his act to the father of thenation Mahatma Gandhi. Aryan’s performance on the songBande Hain hum uskededicated to the Indian soldiers will earnhim a BOO ring. Smrity’s emotional act dedicated to her fatherwill have everyone reaching for the tissue. SSoonnyy TTVV,, 88..3300 pp..mm..

INDIA’S GOT TALENT� Tonight India’s Got Talent will introduce a special circus themethereby reviving the art form and providing a national platform tocircus artists to present their entertaining best to audiencesacross the country. An array of various circus acts including up-side down sky walking, aerial acts, acrobatic trapeze acts andmany more elements make the show nothing less than spec-tacular. Further in the episode, the circus floor was truly a sightto behold as the judges and hosts wore the signature red nosesthat best depict the celebratory spirit of the circus. CCoolloorrss,, 99 pp..mm..

CRIME PARTOL� This episode salutes a braveheart teenage girl Rajni Pathak(Name Changed) of a small village Simaluguri, Assam whoagainst adversity displayed exemplary calm and compose andmanaged to save her not only herself, but several younger stu-dents of her school as well. Rajni was on her way back home ina bus carrying other students when a man held the vehiclehostage on gun point. The robber forced the driver of the bus tokeep driving the vehicle towards the outskirts of the city. Sensingdanger the little children panic but Rajni who was the eldest in thegroup kept her calm and asked the children not to panic. The po-lice in the meanwhile was aware that the robber was in the loosewith two guns at his disposal. They knew that this gunman was in-volved in a ruckus in a local bar same day and had even fired atpeople who tried to intervene and stopped him. SSoonnyy TTVV,, 1111 pp..mm..

NATURAL BORN HUNTERS� Join Steve Backshall and Barney Harwood in NATURAL BORNHUNTERS, as they commentate on a bat, golden eagle and ham-merhead shark as they go head to head in a race to eat. Observethese amazing animals as they each use their individual upper

powers to catch their prey. AAnniimmaall PPllaanneett,, 1100..3300 pp..mm..

FOOD FACTORY� Behind each bag of chips, can of beer, bar of chocolate andloaf of bread is a mega-industrial production line that bringseach product to the masses. FOOD FACTORY is a mesmerisingbehind-the-scenes peek into the weird and wonderful processesthat produce everyone’s favourite foods. From fresh ingredientsto finished products, the series reveals in awe-inspiring detailjust how mass-produced favourites are really made. Put on ahard hat and get ready to meet the food. DDiissccoovveerryy,, 99 pp..mm..

HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS� How do orbits drive the dynamics of the universe? Could cos-mic firestorms threaten life on Earth? Journey deep into spaceand examine the moons, planets and stars that make up thecosmos in Discovery Science HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS. Com-bining expert opinion with extraordinary computer generated im-agery; the fascinating series uses modern astronomy to revealthe inner workings of outer space. DDiissccoovveerryy SScciieennccee,, 1100 pp..mm..

TWO AND A HALF MEN � Charlie writes children's songs and finds success as CharlieWaffles. The kids and their parents love him, even signing CD-sof his jingles. However, Charlie's newfound fame irritates Alan.SSttaarr WWoorrlldd,, 1100 pp..mm..

THE HABBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY� Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost DwarfKingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Ap-proached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbofinds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by thelegendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will takethem into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming withGoblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders,Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the Eastand the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must es-cape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that willchange his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, onthe shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Bag-gins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surpriseeven him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ringthat holds unexpected and useful qualities ... A simple, gold ringthat is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannotbegin to... PPiixx,, 1100..2288 pp..mm..

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4� It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie andHunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in theirneighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.Starring Katie Featherston, Matt Shively, Stephen Dunham, HHBBOO,,99 pp..mm..

I AM NUMBER FOUR� Extraordinary teen John Smith (Pettyfer) is a fugitive on therun from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing hisidentity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri(Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. Inthe small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unex-pected, life-changing events-his first love (Agron), powerful newabilities and a connection to the others who share his incredibledestiny. ZZeeee SSttuuddiioo,, 1100..3300 pp..mm..

ROWDY RATHORE� Rowdy Rathore is about Shiva (Akshay Kumar) who is a smalltime conman in love with Priya (Sonakshi Sinha), a pretty girlwhom he met at a wedding. In this picture perfect world, thereis a six year old Neha, who inexplicably believes Shiva to be herdad! And if this wasn’t bad enough, Shiva faces a series of life

threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals. While tryingdesperately to save his life and his love, Shiva stumbles upon adeadly secret. A secret that will take him to a small town in Bihar;terrorized by its ruthless MLA and the mafia he controls; a townwhose inhabitants’ only hope for redemption is - Shiva! The mys-tery slowly unravels itself through some of the best actionpacked scenes. MMaaxx,, 99 pp..mm..

RAAJ TILAK� The local King has surrounded himself with enemies, whichinclude his own trusted men who plot to overthrow him, in vain,as the King’s loyal employee, Samadh Khan, and the King’sbrother-in-law, Arjun Singh, come to his rescue. But events takean unfortunate turn when the King’s newborn son is abducted byJalal Khan, for which Samadh Khan is branded a traitor, is ar-rested, but escapes dramatically. After abducting the newbornprince, Jalal turns him over to the Sardar of a local gypsy band,and loses consciousness. The queen is distraught over the dis-appearance of her son, and Arjun offers his son in exchange,which she accepts. But Bhavani finds out about this, andswitches his son with that of Arjun Singh. Years later, the Prince,Shamsher Singh, has grown up, and like Bhavani is a tyrant,womanizer and alcoholic. FFiillmmyy,, 99 pp..mm..

LISTING

SOAPS & SERIALS

STARMOVIESP.M.1.28 The Fast And The Furious3.35 Avatar6.52 The Twilight Saga:

Breaking Dawn Part 29.00 ParaNorman

10.50 Prametheus

HBOP.M.1.50 Argo4.13 The Sorcerer’s Apprentice6.22 National Treasure9.00 Paranormal Activity 4

10.42 Ghost Rider: Spirit ofVengenace

ZEE STUDIOP.M.1.00 Dorian Gray3.15 Sleepers6.20 Cassandra’s Dream8.30 Drag Me to Hell or

Haunting In Connecticut

10.30 I Am Number Four

PIXP.M.1.04 20124.16 Mission Impossible6.38 Red9.00 Piranha

10.28 The Hobbit: AnUnexpected Journey

STAR GOLDP.M.2.50 Once Upon A Time in

Mumbaai5.15 Tees Maar Khan8.00 Singham

10.45 Taqdeerwala

MAXP.M.1.00 Lage Raho Munnabhai:

Boman Irani

5.30 Once Upon Ay Time InMumbai Dobara: Akshay

9.00 Rowdy Rathore: Akshay

ZEE CINEMAP.M.2.30 Aparichit-The Stranger :

Vikram5.30 Ishq: Ajay Devgan9.00 Besharam: Ranbir Kapoor

CVOP.M.2.00 Hum Se Hai Muqabala:

Prabhu Deva5.30 Khoon Ka Karz: S Dutt9.00 Gangaajal: Ajay Devgan

FILMYP.M.

12.00 Pataal Bhairavi:Jeetendra, Jaya Pradha

3.00 Jo Bole So Nihal: Sunny

6.00 Mumbai Ki Kiran Bedi:Malashri

9.00 Raaj Tilak: Raj Kumar

B4UP.M.

12.00 Yess Boss: Shah Rukh 3.00 Cute Meet Love: Harsh

Chaaya6.00 Pappu Can’t Dance

Saala: Vinay Pathak9.00 Ghatak: Sunny Deol

ZEE TALKIESP.M.2.00 Baalak Palak:Subodh

Bhave4.30 Foreignchi Patlin: Girish

Pardesi7.00 Dhadakebaaz: Mahesh

Kothare9.30 MIFTA 2012

CARTOON NETWORKP.M.1.30 k&b Kalvakra The Dark

Enemy4.30 Oggy Ki Tai Tai Phish6.00 Krishna in Makhan Chor7.30 Tom and Jerry The Fast

and The Fury9.00 Ben 10 Ultimate Allien

10.00 Johnny Test11.00 Tom and Jerry Show

POGOP.M.2.00 Chhota Chintu Badaa

Chakkar3.30 Half Chaddi Special5.00 I Love Bheem7.00 Fundoo Friends Special8.30 Mighty Raju Game Over

10.00 Scan2Go11.00 Takesh’s Castle

DISNEY CHANNELP.M.2.00 Doraemon 3.30 Phineas and Ferb4.00 Gravity Falls4.30 Have A Laugh5.00 Doraemon6.30 Gravity Falls7.00 Doraemon7.30 Phineas and Ferb8.00 Vicky and Veetal8.30 Ishaan9.00 Best of Luck

Nikki9.30 Slokk

10.00 Best of Luck Nikki

10.30 Have A LaughMOVIES OF THE DAY

PARANORMAN � In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcockis a boy who can speak to the dead, but no onebesides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believeshis ability is real. One day, Norman’s estrangedeccentric uncle tells him of an important annualritual he must take up to protect the town from acurse cast by a witch it condemned centuriesago. Eventually, Norman decides to cooperate,but things don’t go according to plan. Now, amagic storm of the witch threatens Blithe Hollowas the accursed dead rise. Together with unex-pected new companions, Norman struggles tosave his town, only to discover the horrific truth ofthe curse. With that insight, Norman must resolve the crisis for good as only he can. SSttaarrMMoovviieess,, 99 pp..mm..

MOVIE CHANNELS-SUNDAY

MOVIE CHANNELS-SATURDAY

I Am Number Four ,Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.

The Habbit: An Unexpected Journey, Pix,10.28 p.m.

Lincoln, HBO, 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 Prog6.00 Kitaabnama6.30 Pet Care7.00 RR--DDaayy EEvvee MMeessssaaggee ooff

HHoonn’’bbllee PPrreessiiddeenntt ooffIInnddiiaa,, SShhrrii PPrraannaabbMMuukkhheerrjjeeee ttoo tthhee NNaattiioonn

8.00 News in Hindi8.15 Samachar8.30 Patriotic Programme

9.30 PPYYAAAARR KKAA PPUUNNCCHHNNAAMMAA::Rayo Bakhirta, Nushratl

DDII (Metro Channel)P.M.2.00 Samachar2.30 News3.00 SAARC News3.30 Mehnat Rang Layegi4.00 Prime Meridian4.30 News5.00 Samachar5.30 Rajyon Se Samachar6.00 News 6.30 Ehsaas7.00 HHoonn’’bbllee PPrreessiiddeenntt’’ss

aaddddrreessss ttoo tthhee nnaattiioonn..

8.00 Samachar8.30 News9.30 Ek Mulaqat

10.00 Badi Charcha11.00 Mukhya Samachar11.05 Khel 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.

Boogie Woogie, Sony TV, 8.30 p.m.



TV GUIDE

The Republic Day EveMessage, DDI, 7 p.m.

Two And A Half Men, Star World, 10 p.m. India’s Got Talent, Colors, 9 p.m.

Mandela: Long Walk ToFreedomDirector: Justin ChadwickCast: Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, TonyKgoroge and othersAt: Inox and other cinemasRating: Three stars

Nelson Mandela was a greatleader, whose life and leader-

ship was hugely inspiring. JustinChadwick’s Mandela: LongWalk ToFreedom, coming soon after Man-dela’s death, is an apt tribute to theman—a straightforward, conven-tional, no- extra-frills biopic. A storyfull of sound and fury told withproper restraint.Adapted from Nelson Mandela’s

autobiography, it traces his life fromhis rural roots to his political awak-ening, his involvement in the anti-apartheid movement, his activism,rise to prominence, his arrest andlong incarceration. His personal lifeis also documented, his great love

for Winnie (Naomie Harris) whosestrength and resolve was un-matched too in South Africa’s his-tory—a fiery woman, portrayedbrilliantly by Harris.Mandela had spent a soul-wrack-

ing 27 years in prison; after his re-lease he went on to negotiate withthe white rulers, get elected as thefirst black president and govern histroubled country, with compassion

and a deep commitment to non-vi-olence.Idris Elba’s powerful screen pres-

ence does complete justice to thepart he had the great fortune to playfrom the age of 23 to 76—gettingacross Mandela’s magnetism anddynamism tempered by genuinewarmth and wisdom, withoutwhich he could not have survivedthe brutality he and his people suf-fered.It may occasionally resemble a

history lesson ormade-for-TV doc-umentary, and fall short of a epic(like Richard Attenborough’sGandhi), but the viewer’s emo-tional bond with the story and ad-miration for Mandela makes up forany of the film’s shortcoming. It’snot possible to encapsulate Man-dela’s life in 140 minutes, but thisone concentrates on the majormilestones; in any case, a filmabout him,made with honesty andrespect, is bound to connect withthe audience.



THE classic fairy tale of Jack andthe Beanstalk has been

changed to the modern dayadventure, with loads of specialeffects and wonderful audioseparation that explodes acrossthe screen in this superb newinterpretation.Jack (Nicholas Hoult) is a

farmhand who sets out for themarket to sell his horse and cartto make ends meet. He saves ayoung lass Princess Isabelle(Eleanor Tomlinson) from beingmolested by a group of youngmen. But doing this good deed,someone steals his cart. Hebumps into a monk whobegs him to sell hishorse for a handful ofbeans. Back home hisuncle reprimands himfor his foolish act. Butunknown to him, thebeans have magical powersthat transport him toanother world.Meanwhile

Isabelle’s father King Brahmwell(Ian McShane) is arranging hermatch with a man twice her age.Isabelle runs away at night only toreach the doorstep of Jack. Athunderstorm strikes the town andJack loses the beans. One of thebeans turns into beanstalk thatwill allow the Giants in the sky todescend to Earth. With his houseshattered, Jack searches forIsabelle only to see her pulled up

by the beanstalk. The King and hismen search for Isabelle, and findJack who tells them the story.

The King dispatches Elmont(Ewan McGregor), andRoderick (Stanley Tucci)his untrustworthyadvisor and Guardiansto retrieve his daughterJack is also part of thegroup. They reach theMagic Land in the Sky

and meet the legendarynasty Giants. TheAlpha Male Giant isGeneral Fallon (Bill

Nighy), a mean SOB with twoheads (second head: John Kassir)who makes trouble for the patrolparty. Roderick connives with theGiants to overthrow them causingdanger to everyone. It’s left toJack and the daring Elmont tobring the Princess back home.The movie is a great family

entertainer.

— Verus Ferreira

JACK THE GIANT SLAYERRs. 599/-Cast: Nicholas Hoult, EleanorTomlinson, Stanley Tucci, IanMcShane, Bill Nighy, EwanMcGregorDirector: Bryan Singer

� What is the name of the fairytale book?a) Jack and the Beanstalkb) Jack the Giant Slayerc) Jack and Jill

� What does the monk give Jack?a) Money

b) Beansc) Rice

� What is the name of the AlphaMale Giant?a) King Brahmwellb) General Fallonc) Elmont

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Jai HoDirector: Sohail KhanCast: Salman Khan, Tabu, DaisyShah, Danny Denzongpa and othersAt: Cinemax and other cinemasRating: Two stars

If it weren’t for Salman Khan’s stardraw, a film like Jai Ho wouldhave been hooted out of the cine-mas after one show. So it the filmdoes well, it’s all credit to his fanfollowing; the director, SohailKhan, could have handed the reinsto the action director (Ravi Verma)and gone on vacation for all thework he has done. The bits in be-tween the action set pieces arehaphazard and ridiculous, makinga mess of the sweet Hollywooddrama Pay It Forward, which hadinspired Telugu film, Stalin, whichin turn spawned Jai Ho.Salman Khan has built his recent

blockbuster star image on remakesof over the top Southern films,which splurge on extravagant fightscenes and elaborate dance num-bers, but are resolutely old-schoolin every other department.In this film, Jai (Khan) is an army

officer with a past. Not sure whathe does, perhaps runs a garage(because there are scenes of himtinkering with cars), but is always

ready to bash up wrongdoers andhas a strange collection of sunglasses in lurid colours. The film

opens with him thrashing goonswho tried to kidnap a girl andevery few minutes, he gets a rea-

Slice of History

son to do a repeat, till the pre-dictable shirt ripping hand-to-hand duel in the end, with asnarling baddie, cast only for six-pack abs to match Khan’s.Jai has a sister mother (Nadira

Babbar), a sister (Tabu) who has anodious brat of a son (Naman Jain),a love interest (Daisy Shah) andseveral random friends and rela-tives hanging around, only sosome TV stars and could get a bigscreen appearance.He stops his flying fists to prop-

agate the pay it forward idea,makes some “aam admi” speeches,

meant to get applause, and the tor-tuous mess finally ends at thedoorstep of the most predictableHindi film villain—the evil politi-cian (Danny Denzongpa) and hiswicked brood. The politician alsohas a seemingly endless supply ofgoons, who keep attacking andgetting whipped by Jai.Even with its social issue preten-

tions, Jai Ho is just plain awful.Salman Khan fans may flock to seeit; they may be lacking in cinemaliteracy or taste, but let’s hope theyare at least intelligent enough toget bored.

Enter Dullsville

Investing in immovable properties forNRIs was difficult a while back. CanNRIs rent out properties they own with-in India and without informing the RBI?

- Tina Khanna

Until some ago, investing in immovableproperties for NRI’s was quite an uphilltask. In the days of the Foreign ExchangeRegulation Act, the buying or selling ofimmovable property was governed bythe citizenship of a person.At present, the term Non-Resident

Indian means a person residing outsideIndia who is either a citizen of India or isa person of Indian Origin who is nolonger a citizen of India. An Indian citi-zen who stays abroad for the purpose ofemployment, business or to pursue anykind of vocation outside India or undercircumstances indicating an intentionfor an uncertain duration of stay abroadis a non-resident Indian. In addition,non-resident foreign citizens of Indianorigin are treated on par with Indian NRIcitizens for the purpose of many invest-ment related facilities.To avail of a number of facilities in

India such as opening and maintenanceof bank accounts or investment in sharesand securities in India, the term ‘Personof Indian Origin’ means a citizen of anyother country other than Pakistan orBangladesh who,(a) at any time has held an Indian pass-

port;(b) he or either of his parents or any of

his grandparents was a citizen of India byvirtue of the constitution of India or theCitizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1995);(c) is a spouse of an Indian citizen.For investments in immovable proper-

ty, a Person of Indian Origin covers thesame criteria. But it also debars citizensfrom neighbouring countries such asPakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan,Bhutan, Sri Lanka, China, Iran or Nepalto be called a ‘Person of Indian Origin’. Allpersons whether residing in India or out-side India who are citizens of the abovesaid countries require prior permissionof the Reserve Bank of India for acquiringor transferring any immovable propertyin India. A person of Indian origin resid-ing outside India does not require per-mission to acquire any immovable prop-erty in India other than agricultural land,farmhouse or a plantation property byway of gift from a person who is a resi-dent of India or a person who residesoutside India but is a citizen of India orfrom another person who is of Indianorigin but resides outside India. Thesame holds true in the case of inheri-tance too. This means that a person ofIndian origin residing outside India doesnot require permission to acquire anyimmovable property in India throughinheritance from another person resid-ing outside India who had acquired suchproperty in accordance with the provi-sions of the foreign exchange law in forceat the time of acquisition.Non-resident Indians and persons of

Indian origin can also freely rent out

their immovable property in India with-out seeking any permission from theReserve Bank. The rental income being acurrent account transaction is freelyreportable outside India.

REFERRING CHS ISSUESTO ARBITRATIONHow does one go about dealing with dis-putes regarding multi-state cooperativesocieties? Can they be referred toArbitration?

- Sanjeev Goel

Section 84 of the MaharashtraCooperative Societies Act (1960) dealswith disputes touching the constitution,management of business of a multi-stateco-operative society arising:(a) Among members, past members

and persons claiming through members,past members and deceased members,or(b) Between a member, past members

and persons claiming through amember,past members or deceasedmembers andthe multi-state co-operative society, itsboard or any officer, agent or employeeof the multi-state co-operative society orliquidator, past or present, or(c) Between the multi-State co-opera-

tive society or its board and any pastboard, any officer, agent or employee orany past officer, past agent or pastemployee, heirs or legal representativesof any deceased officer, deceased agentor deceased employee of the multi-Stateco-operative society, or(d) Between the multi-State co-opera-

tive society and any other multi-State co-operative society, between a multi-Stateco-operative society and liquidator ofanother multi-state co-operative societyor between the liquidator of one multi-State co-operative society and the liq-

uidator of another multi-state co-opera-tive society,Such dispute shall be referred to arbi-

tration.(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1),

the following shall be deemed to be dis-puted touching the constitution, man-agement or business of a multi-State co-operative society, namely: -(a) a claim by the multi-State co-op

society for any debt demand due to itfrom a member or the nominee, heirs orlegal representatives of a deceasedmem-ber, whether such debt or demand beadmitted or not;(b) a claim by a surety against the prin-

cipal debtor where the multi-State co-opsociety has recovered from the surety anyamount in respect of any debt ordemand due to it from the principaldebtor as a result of the default of theprincipal debtor, whether such debt ordemand is admitted or not;(c) any dispute arising in connection

with the election of any officer of amulti-State co-operative society.(3) if any question arises whether a dis-

pute referred to arbitration under thissection is or not a dispute touching theconstitution, management or business ofa multi-State co-op society, the decisionthereon of the arbitrator shall be finaland shall not be called in question in anycourt.(4) Where a dispute has been referred

to arbitration under sub-section (1), thesame shall be settled or decided by thearbitrator to be appointed by the CentralRegistrar.(5) Save as otherwise provided under

this Act, the provisions of the Arbitrationand Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996)shall apply to all arbitration under thisAct as if the proceedings for arbitrationwere referred for settlement or decisionunder the provisions of the Arbitrationand Conciliation Act, 1996.

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After receiving an approval from the appropri-ate authority, the developer either sells or leas-es out plots to co-operative societies subject todeveloping the land in strict accordance withthe terms and conditions laid down by theauthority.Before starting construction, the society pre-

pares its plans of building construction andobtains an approval from the relevant authori-ty. However, the problem arises when the devel-oper does not complete the construction workas assured. Concurrently, in a rush to get theoccupation certificate from the authority, themembers of the society do not verify whetherthe development of the layouts/sub-division isdone as per plan. The developer, on his part,tends to ignore the problems of the membersand dodges their queries.

Often, he is also prepared to forego thedeposit amount paid to the authority as thecost of development lands up being higher thatthe amount deposited. Importantly, with thework remaining incomplete, the title to theproperty cannot be conveyed to the society.

DEED TO DETERMINE RIGHTSA deed is an instrument which deals with theright or interest in property. It is written in apaper, executed by a party under seal. It isdelivered as his act or deed expressing thatsuch person so named makes, confirms, con-curs in, or consents to some assurances, otherthan by way of testamentary disposition, ofsome interest in the property or some legal orequitable right title or claim or undertakes orenters into some obligation duty other acteffecting the legal relation or position of a partyto the instrument or some other person or cor-poration.A deed determines the right and powers of

the particular person, duties and liabilities,contractual obligations and/or fulfilment etc.Documents provide an insight into the ideaand intention of the parties at the time of enter-ing into contract. A party to the document maywant to change the ideas based on a change inintention according to the changed situationsand circumstances creating an issue. A deedprohibits and/or restricts the party to vary theintention that has been incorporated in theDeed for transfer/development.

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LEISUREDOMINOES 294

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A normal set of dominoes — that is, one instance of every(unordered) pair of numbers from 0 to 6 — has been arrangedirregularly into a rectangle; then the number in each square hasbeen writen down and the dominoes themselves removed. Yourtask is to reconstruct the pattern by arranging the set ofdominoes to match the provided array of numbers. Please notethat each domino is a unique one and occurs only once in eachpuzzle.

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.

DDMM SSOOFFTT LLUUGGGGAAGGEE PPVVTT.. LLTTDD..,, is offering 1 Bag worth Rs. 500 for first correctentry to be opened after first post on Thursday. Entries have to be sent to DDOOMMIINNOOEESS--229944,, to the Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Janmabhoomi Bhavan,3rd Floor, Janmabhoomi Marg, Fort, Mumbai-400 001, before 12.00 Noon,JANUARY 30 attaching this coupon with it. You may send in any number ofentries provided each entry is accompanied by a coupon.

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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SAMURAI SUDOKU 294Each 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.



LEISUREFIGURE OUT

PICTURE CROSSWORD WORD SEARCH

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XX--MMEENNCan 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: Angel, Armor, Aurora, Beast, Boom-Boom, Box, Cyclops,Cypher, Danger, Domino, EVA, Fantomex, Frenzy, Gambit, Husk, Iceman,Karma, Legion, Magik, Magma, Magneto, Mirage, Pixie, Rogue, Storm,Sunspot, Warlock, X-23

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.

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SOLVE THIS FREE FORMCROSSWORDWHERE THEWORDS AREREPRESENTED BY PICTURES

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S

PICTURE CROSSWORDACROSS: 1 Long jump, 5Tub, 6 Drill, 8 Hat, 9 Shorts,11 Scarf, 12 Meat, 13 File,14 Iron, 15 Guitar. DOWN: 2 Grapes, 3Matchbox, 4 Flask, 7 Shoes,10 Tractor, 12 Meter.

SOLUTION TO SAMURAISUDOKU 293

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LEISUREWORD PUZZLE 294

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: JUSTIFICATIONS

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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 notmatch 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 canmatchit. You can simplify solving by cutting out the nine squares and juggling them in thegrid.

LLAASSTT WWEEEEKK’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: "Don't tell God how big your problems are...tell your problems how big your God is."

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SATURDAY CROSSWORD 294ACROSS:1 Chennai's old name7 Nonsense or paradoxical13 Book of the OT16 Adjust to a situation17 Hotel bar18 Indian Police Service, acronym19 Unruffled21 What jrs. become22 l6th century dramatist Nicholas ___23 Even24 Pigtail26 His in Paris27 Tic-tac-toe win29 Fish by jigging31 Olympics emblem32 Pancho of tennis35 Zodiacal sign37 Heady brew39 Suspecting or surmising treachery?

(8,1,3)44 St. ___ Fire46 Lima Mrs.47 Possessive48 `Were' in the present tense49 Head of a monastery50 Wife of Saturn52 Cosmos54 100 cts.55 Best when first58 Art scape60 Track figures61 An eye for an eye, to some? (5,7)65 Twittering Machine, artist66 Vice partner67 Made sandwich meat69 Godfather author ___ Puzo72 Concert ending74 Industrialist Mr. Godrej75 Alphabet trio78 Time and _ __ (1,4)79 Elbe tributary81 Raccoon cousin83 ____ disant84 Not showing its age (4,9)88 Activity on Node, abbr.89 Earhart or Barr90 Achieve goal91 "Par" or "van" add-on92 Edit93 Provoked

DOWN:1 ____ operandi2 Taken for _ __ : duped3 Disperse from a gathering together4 Substitute (Abbr.)5 Parallel6 M.P. and U.P.: abbr.7 Polynesian-Hawaiian royalty8 Objected to a bad call9 Outdoor timing device10 Spenser's heroine11 Mil. group12 What one feels when one is

extremely sorry? (4,6)13 An Italian from a famous city14 Shoot15 Assistants, abbr.20 Weather disturbances25 Bart's sister28 Suffix for filled with30 Vigour33 Slangy suffix34 Flying prefix36 Shiba -- (Japanese dog)37 Forms globules38 Nudge40 Oversight41 Indian batsman who recently

announced his retirement (5,6)

42 Rugged ridge43 Economical wordwise45 It may be declared when one

country attacks or invades another?(5,2,3)

51 French cathedral city on the Yonne53 A puff of a marijuana cigarette56 Like some vbs.57 Arnaz59 Shining62 Way to describe Mr. Hyde63 Plant from which a flavouring

essence is made64 Muslim festival68 Famous Roman69 Kenyan tribe70 Give _ ___: care (1,4)71 Umbrella weather73 Meat jelly76 "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin77 Surged80 Part of Q.E.D.82 Irish exclamation85 Aberdeen uncle86 Directed armies87 Hang down

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TODAY’S FORECASTTIGER BUD BLAKE

MOON : Moon in Libra till 10.24 p.m.TITHI : 9th Paush Krishnapaksha

NAKSHATRA : VishakhaRASHI : Tula (Libra) R.T.

LUCKY COLOUR : CreamLUCKY NUMBER : 9

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Anagreement or contract may re-quire a few changes. You need to

clarify any fears or doubts that youhave about a new business associationthat you are about to finalize. It seemssomeone jealous of your success will tryto stall your project. Do not listen to un-warranted advice and suggestions.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Youwill find that your normal routinegoes haywire as things change dra-

matically around you. Plans for sud-den travel are a strong possibility. Therewill be enough distractions but it is up toyou to concentrate and conclude the taskon hand satisfactorily. A mild flirtation isa possibility. It is light hearted fun andshould be treated that way and not takenseriously.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Aproblem seems to crop up in yourwork, which requires putting in

more money and time to resolve it.Do not overlook this issue. You may be abit more touchy than usual. Sometimes inpersonal relationship it is difficult expressyourself. An innocent remark by you couldhurt the sentiments of a loved one. Do notbe impervious to others feelings. Be thefirst to apologies and make amends.

LIBRA (September 22 - October22): You get a chance to succeedin your efforts to obtain vital con-

tract. It necessitates close co-oper-ation and trust with your partner. You willhave to be practical and less emotionalwhile taking a decision which conflictswith what you believe in and what youshould do. Someone you know or livesnearby may suddenly take more interestin you or your activities. Be cordial andfriendly but do not jump to conclusions.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 -December 20): You will succeedat work much against every odd.

Proceed with caution as far as asso-ciates are concerned. It would not be agood idea to share your plans and aspira-tions with colleagues whomay not be yoursincere well wishers. Eventually everyonewants to get ahead in life. Love life is fullof excitement, but you should guardagainst flirtations, which could causeproblems in love relationship.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - Feb-ruary 18): You will feel quite re-laxed and satisfied with your

progress in business or career. Enjoyrespite from a busy schedule rather thanmake plans for further growth. You arepassing through a beneficial phase wheregood opportunities just fall into your lapand yield gains without pains. You are nor-mally free and easy going with colleaguesand associates that you knowwell. But domaintain a distance for safety sake.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Ahectic schedule keeps you busythroughout the day. Routine work

will bring in money. Expenses arealso likely. Perhapsmore than you had ex-pected. Avoid giving loans now. Repay-ment could take time. Despite a busysocial life, you will successfully concludethe work on hand. Your worry about otherthings could bemistaken as lack of inter-est by your mate or beloved. If someoneis in a bad mood you know the reason.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21):Newwork offer that sounds plau-sible is worth considering. Weigh

pros and cons carefully beforemak-ing future plans. A trip in the offing re-ceives a favorable go ahead. Yourfinancial status is satisfactory. You will beputting finishing touches to a pet project.Relationships could suffer if you let minorirritants upset you. A little effort from youwould go a long way in bringing aboutpeace.

VIRGO (August 22 - Septem-ber 21): A travel plan will proceedsmoothly. You will accomplish your

task successfully and return happywith the way things are moving. Problemsand tensions that you may have faced inthe past with colleagues will come up andnow you will find a solution that will be ac-ceptable to all. The fancy-free encountersan interesting person under strange cir-cumstances. You can look forward to someexciting times ahead.

SCORPIO (October23 -Novem-ber 21): New development inwork or business leads to huge

monetary rewards. You are likely toinvest your money in bonds or securities.Those in the creative field of work will bein the limelight for their recent achieve-ments. Your services will be much in de-mand today. At home do not get carriedaway by what you hear. Double-check thetruth before you do anything or confrontanyone. It would be better to let petty is-sues be.

CAPRICORN (December 21- January 19): You will have a de-manding profitable day at work.Those working jointly or in partner-

ship will make rapid progress in their workactivities. Some of you will take charge ofan important project, which will assure asteady income. Things seem to bemovingahead slowly. A family gathering to cele-brate a happy occasion is likely. Those inlove will be introducing their beloved tothe family.

PISCES (February 19 - March20): An important deal will benegotiated in your favor. Accept

whatever you get to facilitate anearly settlement. You could feel that youhave compromisedmore than you shouldhave. Be patient, matters will improve.Some of you will be paying extra moneytowards loan for a vehicle or property. Ahappy event will be celebrated in the fam-ily. Lack of time could affect an importantemotional bond that means a lot to you.

JAGJIT UPPAL



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BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A steady progress at work and in your finances is assured thisyear. This will make you very optimistic about everything. Avail every opportunity that comesalong. Any hesitation could make you lose some lucrative offers. You may not get even asecond chance to reconsider. Domestic affairs will proceed smoothly. Students should notchange their courses at this stage. Travel abroad onwork is indicated for some of you. Healthwill be fine.BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be physically attractive, kind gentle, loving, healthy andlong-lived. Full of vigor, vitality and will also be intelligent. Academically qualified, will beable to express eloquently both in spoken and written word. Will be responsible,unconventional and upholder of truth. A career in the media or communication would bemost rewarding.

ACROSS:3 Clinton's prosecutor (5)8 Slopes or declivities or hillsides in Scotland -

"bares" anagram? (5)10 Composer Copland (5)11 Mem of the Leg. Council (3)12 Factor, envoy (5)13 Businessmen or traders, in a way? (7)15 "The __ House Rules" (5)18 Actress Thurman (3)19 On horseback (6)21 A sort of tidal wave - "in a must" anagram?

(7)22 Winglike appendages (4)23 ___ off: arrange or set off against each

other? (4)24 Eastern state of India neighbouring

Bangladesh (7)26 Up to __ __ : up to mischief, in a way? (2,4)29 ___ admirari : wonder at nothing, in Latin?

(3)31 The ___ of Justice : the judicial authority, in a

way? (5)32 Small wave or a series of waves on the water

surface (7)34 Sergei ____ : the greatest pole-vaulter in the

world ever? (5)35 "A" in IAF? (3)36 An evil spirit (5)37 Issue __ __ : disposing off shares at face

value? (2,3)38 Curt, concise and brief (5)

DOWN:1 A type of delivery in cricket? (5)2 Hermit (7)4 Harbor boats (4)5 Capital of Jharkhand (6)6 The relationship between two things in

amount, size, or degree (5)7 Nursing ____ : privately run hospitals (5)9 __ __ mode : in this fashion or style, particu-

larly in French? (1,2)12 Spider, to biologists (7)14 A bird resembling an ostrich (3)16 ___ up : imagine or invent? (5)17 Fosters or nurtures, in a way? (5)19 A colorless gas composed of nitrogen and hy-

drogen (7)20 Large farm buildings for storage of grains,

etc. (5)21 Code word for "T" (5)23 Examine by touch (7)24 An interchangeable, plug-in hardware unit (6)

25 A stretch of turbulent water in the sea, as in"__ tide"? (3)

27 ___ a fault : acknowledged or admitted afault? (5)

28 The course of a man-made satellite, perhaps

(5)30 Existing in a wild state (5)32 Theaters of old (4)33 Bite one's ___ : repress emotion, laughter,

etc.? (3)

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

Today’s clue: N equals S

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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AfternoonWORDMINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shownin today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There shouldbe at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names arenot allowed.Today’s ratings: 19 aavveerraaggee;; 21 ggoooodd;; 23 oouuttssttaannddiinngg..YYEESSTTEERRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: AMORPHOUS, harm, harp, hasp, hoop, hour,hump, marsh, mash, mush, oomph, posh, push, rash, rush, sham, shampoo,sharp, shoo, shop.

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W N H V N D A Z X J A R Y J B J N N H K R

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H A M H R N , N D U H K H N D Y J

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H Y G S K D V H V A R M K D Y P .YYEESSTTEERRDDAAYY’’SS SSOOLLUUTTIIOONN:: Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4877

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORDAACCRROOSSSS:: 4 Amrita, 7 Reviewal, 8 Ashram, 10 Paisa, 13 Emus, 14 Tolu, 15 Axon, 16Dev, 17 RCMP, 19 Raid, 21 Jyoti basu, 23 Coat, 24 Rays, 26 Hay, 27 Trey, 29 Amps,32 Void, 33 Smolt, 34 Kimono, 35 Thirteen, 36 Horses. DDOOWWNN:: 1 Crypt, 2 Avail, 3 Bela, 4 Alamo, 5 Rahs, 6 Thawed, 9 Sunray, 11 AOS, 12Surya, 13 Expired, 15 Amt, 16 Diu, 18 Cotton, 20 Assam, 21 Joy, 22 Bay, 23 Casino,25 Apl, 28 Riots, 30 Motel, 31 Stuns, 32 Vows, 33 Sere.



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SPORTS

By Shalivahana

BANGALORE: A big crowd is ex-pected here today — the Derby

Day. Today all are Cup or Trophyraces. There are nine races and thefirst starts at 1.30 p.m. today.

ACCEPTORS AND SELECTIONS1. The Bharachukki Cup - Div. II1200 Metres 1.30 p.m.Vigorous 62 Clueless 54 Flash OnThe Water 50.5 Blackbird 58.5Summer Sensation 53.5 Icecream50.5 Oceanic Wind 55.5 Tradition53.5 Thejaguar 50.5 Aero Star 54Prazsky 53 Best Cruise 50Win: Oceanic Wind, SummerSensation

2. The N.R.C.E. Cup 1400 Metres2.00 p.m.Cadburry 57 Real Supreme 57Connemara 55.5 Fairwood Park 57Secret Dimension 57 SouthernFantasy 55.5 Indian Legend 57

Sharp Witted 57 Kings Kid 57Supreme Dominator 57Win: Real Supreme, SecretDimension

3. The Mysore Race Club Trophy1600 Metres 2.30 p.m.Immense 60 Foswell 56 MadameBovary 51 Super Storm 60 Inquisition56 Equine Lover 57 Ridgeway 56Win: Super Storm, Equine Lover

4. The Bharachukki Cup - Div. I1200 Metres 3.00 p.m.Cannes 62.5 Jet Set Go 57.5 Arta55.5 Gustavo 62 Cheddar Face 56.5Cadogan 55.5 Jackie Oh 62 OrientalStar 56.5 Fire Storm 54 Active Grey

60 Feet On Fire 56 Gagan Star 54Win: Fire Storm, Active Grey, AbbasDreams

5. The Vidhana Soudha Cup - Div. I1400 Metres 3.35p.M.Athletic Star 62.5 Chiron 59.5 AbbasDreams 58.5 Ice Cutter 62.5 LadsAbility 59.5 Amazon Bay 58.5Magnitude Star 62.5 Wrekin 59.5Supreme 57 Samara Sun 61

Summer Sun 59 Super Surprise 55Win: Summer Sun, Ice Cutter

6. The Indian Republic Trophy 1600Metres 4.10 p.m.Talisker 62.5 Aumento 57.5 ViolentStorm 55.5 Ratham 61 Strike TheStars 56 Lad King 55 Spaniard 60.5Ice Storm 55.5 Potomac 53Win: Talisker, Ratham

7. The Bangalore Derby (Grade I)2400 Metres 4.45 p.m.Ace Badraan 57 Ambitious Reward57 Supreme Regime 57 Agostini 57Argiano 57 The Ministerian 57 AlfonsDe Borja 57 Arrogant Approach 57Laguna Beach 55.5 Amazonas 57Czar Of Romance 57 Sur La Tete 55.5Win: Alfons De Borja, Supreme Regime

8. The Nethravathi Trophy 1400Metres 5.25 p.m.Dofantasy 62.5 Frankness 59 CherryHinton 54.5Regal Soldier 61 As Good As It Gets58.5 Stimulator 54 Aceempressjessie59.5 Manta Ray 57.5 Tanganyika 54Cheval D'or 59.5 Noble Reward 55Glorious Moments 50.5

9. The Vidhana Soudha Cup - Div. II1400 Metres 6.00 p.m.Wind Tunnel 60.5 Magnomical 55.5Entertainer 54.5 Click 60 MidnightCruze 55.5 Roshan Star 54.5Ballantoy 56 Simpleton 55.5 Volans52.5 Nocturnal Hunter 56 Zermatt55.5 Arun 51Win: Nocturnal Hunter, Zermatt

By Shalivahana

BANGALORE: There are 9 racestoday and the first starts at

1.30 p.m.

CARD AND SELECTIONS1. The Virajpet Plate - Division II1200 Metres. Time: 1.30 p.m.1.Above And Beyond 55 D.Gnaneshwar2.Hidden Soldier 55San.Kumarpaswan3.Major Attraction 55 R. Vaibhav4.Pentagram 55 Declared Later5.Zulfiqar 55 Ashok Kumar A.6.Apollo Rising 53.5 V.R.Jagadeesh7.Equal Terms 53.5 Imran Chisty8.Feliciana 53.5 David Allan9.Fortaleza 53.5 Sreekanth B.10.Passion Flora 53.5J.H.Christopher11.Switch 53.5 Suraj NarreduWin: Switch, Passion Flora

2. The Charmudi Plate - Division II1200 Metres. Time: 2.00 p.m.1.Kimora 60.5 Shobhan Babu2.Quarter Cask 60.5 A. Velu3.Balance Of Nature 59 Kiran Rai P4.Shahraan 59 San.Kumarpaswan5.Someone Special 59 M. Noornabi6.Magical Filly 58 M. Ravi

7.Burden Of Lady 57.5 Irvan Singh8.View From Above 55.5 M.Prabhakaran9.Encourager 54.5 Shiva Kumar S.10.Yourescintilating 54V.R.Jagadeesh11.Big Copper Penny 53 T. S. Jodha12.Raja's Pet 52 J.H.ChristopherWin: Big Copper Penny, Raja’s Pet

3. The Mercara Plate 1100 Metres.Time: 2.30 p.m.1.Croziet 55 P. Mani2.Fruit Prince 55 M. Noornabi3.Gold N Money 55 Ashok Kumar A.4.Mystic Music 55 Imran Chisty5.One To Note 55 S. Babu6.Rich Revival 55 T. S. Jodha7.Shrewd Master 55 Sreekanth B.8.Temujin 55 J.H.Christopher9.Azurite 53.5 Anjar Alam10.Eternal Desire 53.5 R. Vaibhav11.Nimfea 53.5 Declared Later12.Pontiac 53.5 V.R.JagadeeshWin: Rich Revival, Mystic Music

4. The Virajpet Plate - Division I1200 Metres. Time: 3.00 p.m.1.Astrum 55 J.Fortune

2.Big Ticket 55 S. John3.Eragon 55 David Allan4.Expert 55 Shobhan Babu5.Havelock Prince 55 Vinod Shinde6.Little Brown Jug 55 Imran Chisty7.Passing Fulcrum 55 Ryan Marshall8.Rapid Advance 55 T. S. Jodha9.Rock With Us 55 M. Noornabi10.Admired 53.5 L.P Beuzelin

11.Alpine Fairy 53.5 R. VaibhavWin: Admired, Alpine Fairy

5. The Racing Patrons Trophy -Division II 1400 Metres.Time: 3.30 p.m.1.Ethophian 60 Kiran Rai P2.Mi Amor 59.5 M. Prabhakaran3.Shaka Zulu 59.5 Imran Chisty4.Impressive Bolt 57.5 MudassarNazar5.Open Page 57.5 V.R.Jagadeesh6.Shivalik Fire 57 Dashrat Singh7.Stellar Ambition 56.5 M. Noornabi8.Smooth Glider 56 Saddam Hussain9.Abnoba 54 D. Gnaneshwar10.Salsa Touch 53.5 T. S. Jodha11.Lads Gladiator 53 J.H.ChristopherWin; Shaka Zulu, Salsa Touch

6. The Topmost Cup 1200 Metres.Time: 4.00 p.m.1.Triumphant 61.5 J.Fortune2.Anonymous 59 S.Ramesh3.Strombolite 58 Anjar Alam4.Wings Of Fortune 58San.Kumarpaswan5.Rumour Has It 57.5 Declared Later6.Guts And Glory 57 Shobhan Babu7.Wind Surfer 57 Imran Chisty8.Smokey Sid 55 S. John9.Loveofmylife 53.5 Suraj Narredu10.Strengthandwonder 53 T. S.Jodha11.Chiffon 52 L.P Beuzelin12.Rakshitha 50.5 Saddam HussainWin: Triumphant, Rakshitha

7. The Racing Patrons Trophy -Division I 1400 Metres.Time: 4.35 p.m.1.Virat 68 Indrajeet Singh2.Rich Celebration 61 J.H.Christopher3.Deep Blue Sky 60.5 Y. S. Srinath4.Frenemee 59.5 G.Y.Rajesh Babu5.Diamonite 58.5 Suraj Narredu6.Brabus Speed 57.5 Kiran Rai P7.Lad Star 57.5 Dashrat Singh8.Real Steel 57 Imran Chisty9.Amazing Redd 56.5 S. John10.Spiritual Star 55.5 Vinod Shinde11.Cool Approach 54.5 M.A.RoushanWin: Diamonite, Amazing Redd

8. The Vibrant Plate 1100 Metres.Time: 5.10 p.m.1.Rubi Rey 62.5 Ashok Kumar A.2.Shinnecock Hills 62 S. John3.Game Dancer 61 Mohd.Feroz4.Magic Wave 60.5 G.Y.Rajesh Babu5.Scuffle 59 Indrajeet Singh6.Bold Nature 57.5 Kiran Rai P7.Standing Tall 55 M. Krishna8.Smile Stone 54.5 Ramesh Kumarn9.Saphira 54 P. Ramesh10.Bel Esprit 53.5 R. Vaibhav11.Anmol Hira 52.5 Saddam Hussain12.Just In 52.5 V.R.JagadeeshWin: Bold Nature, Saphira

9. The Charmudi Plate - Division I1200 Metres. Time: 5.45 p.m.1.Flying Fairy 62.5 Chetan Kalay S.2.Nayan Star 62.5 A. Velu3.Super Silver 62.5 Saddam Hussain4.Ace Shineon 62 P. Ramesh5.Colour Of Gold 61.5 K. Raja Rao6.Ruling Passions 61.5 T. S. Jodha7.Sailing Through 61.5 R. Anand8.Zizzi 61.5 M. Noornabi9.Signifies 61 J.H.Christopher10.Attractor 58.5 Kiran Rai P11.Emancipation 58 S. John12.Aussiejack 57.5 P. ManiWin: Ruling Passions,Super Silver

BANGALORE RACES SUNDAY

BANGALORE RACES TODAY

Bangalore Derby is open race

Triumphant may prove true to name

MELBOURNE: Sania Mirzastands just one win away

from clinching her third mixeddoubles Grand Slam title after theIndian and her Romanian partnerHoria Tecau entered the Aus-tralian Open final with a come-from-behind win.Sania and Tecau defeated the

Australian pair of Jarmila Gaj-dosova andMatthew Ebden 2-6 6-3 10-2 in a contest lasting an hourand 13 minutes. In a see-saw bat-tle, Sania and Tecau were out-played in the opening set, duringwhich they failed to earn even asingle break point. Gajdosova andEbden were markedly better withtheir first serve to pocket theopener in 28 minutes.But Sania and Tecau roared

back into thematch in the secondset. The Indo-Romanian pair heldserve and converted the onlybreak point they earned. Theywere also helped by the nine un-forced errors, which their rivalscommitted, to stay afloat in thematch. Sania and Tecau were im-maculate in the decider and didnot commit a single unforcederror en route to outwitting thelocal favourites. Sania and Tecauwill be up against the winners ofthe clash between Sino-Americanpair of Jie Zheng and Scott Lipskyand the French-Canadian combi-nation of KristinaMladenovic andDaniel Nestor. If Sania and Tecauwin the summit clash, it would bethe Indian’s second AustralianOpenmixed doubles title.

MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadalextended his mastery overlong-time rival Roger Fed-

erer as he stormed into an Aus-tralian Open final against StanislasWawrinka in straight sets on Friday.Spanish top seed Nadal defeated

the 17-time Grand Slam champion7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-3 in a dominantsemi-final win lasting two hoursand 24minutes on Rod Laver Arena.Federer was confident of a better

showing after failing to beat Nadalin Grand Slams since the 2007Wim-bledon final, but the world numberone was relentless in taking apartthe much-decorated Swiss.In 33 meetings in their great, if

one-sided, rivalry, Nadal now leadsFederer 23-10 and haswon their lastsixmatches in Slams as well as their

last five meetings on all stages.Nadal, the 2009 champion, will

line up in his third Australian finalagainstWawrinka and he has yet tolose to the Swiss eighth seed in 12matches. “We played some reallytough rallies at the end of the firstset and I resisted really well becauseRoger was trying to play very ag-gressive and taking the ball veryearly,” Nadal said. “I think tonight Iplayed my best match of the tour-nament, so I am very happy forthat.”With the loss, Federer alsoceded the mantle of Switzerland’snumber one player, an honour hehas held since 2001, to Wawrinka.Nadal, seemingly untroubled by alarge blister on his serving hand,progressively got stronger duringthe semi-finals.

NADAL SWATS ASIDE FEDERER Sania-Tecau in final of mixed doubles


Afternoon Despatch & Courier SPORTSIN BRIEF

Jyoti Randhawa to lead Mumbai inLouis Philippe CupMMUUMMBBAAII:: Jyoti Randhawa will feature in theDec-Ellora Laqshya team that will participatein the 3rd edition of the Louis Philippe Cup,tournament which will also bring an all-starbrigade in the form of Jeev Milkha Singh,Anirban Lahiri, Gaganjeet Bhullar, SiddikurRehyman, SSP Chowrasia, Rashid Khan,Himmat Rai and many others in a scintillatingdisplay of the best talent ever to compete inMumbai. The Players will compete for nine cityteams including a new international teamfrom Colombo at the Bombay Presidency GolfClub, Mumbai from17-22 February 2014. Thefour-day tournament with a prize purse of Rs.1.2 Crore, is sanctioned by the ProfessionalGolf Tour of India (PGTI), and conceived andpromoted by RN Golf Management (RNGM).The nine city teams are - NavratnaAhmedabad, Puravankara Bangalore, TAKEChennai, DLF Gurgaon, Jaypee GreensGreater Noida, AVT Kolkata, Dev-ElloraLaqshya Mumbai, Krrish Colombo andShubhkamna Delhi.

Chawla, Khan in title clashMMUUMMBBAAII:: Kamal Chawla and Faisal Khanregistered contrasting wins to set up a titleclash, in the Matunga Gymkhana-Dadar ClubOpen Snooker Tournament on Friday. Bhopal-based Railway cueist Chawla haltedPushpinder Singh of Delhi 5-0 that included adelightful break of 91 in the second frame ofthe best-of-nine semi-final. Railway cueistKhan ended the winning streak of formernational 6-Red champion Shivam Arora with a5-3 win in an all-Khar Gymkhana contest thatincluded a slew of significant breaks whichproved decisive for the former. Arora surprisedKhan with a swift 2-0 lead that included abreak of 85 in the second frame whichreflected the former’s fluency. Results: Semi-finals: Kamal Chawla (Bhopal) btPushpinder Singh (Delhi) 90-1, 91(91)-0, 89-39,100(48,40)-32, 68-67(49); Faisal Khan (Khar Gym)bt Shivam Arora (Khar Gym) 59-60, 0-93(85),79(34)-37, 92(55)-20, 95(95)-1, 23-62, 81(66)-15, 74(46)-16.

Pride of place for Vansh, SimranMMUUMMBBAAII::Thane’s Vansh Singh and MumbaiSuburbs Simran Singhi have been given thetop billings in their respective under-15singles in the PSA-NIA-Maharashtra Statejunior badminton tournament, to be held atNorth India Association at the latter’s courtfrom January 25.The seedings are: GIRLS: U-15: 1. SimranSinghi; 2. Riya Arolkar (GM); U-13 singles: 1.Simran Singhi; 2. Taniskha Deshpande (Pune), U-10: Tara Shah (Pune); 2. Nikkita Joseph (Nagpur).Boys: U-15: 1. Vansh Singh (Thane); 2. SanjayAman Farogh (Thane). U-13: Rahul Kane (Thane); 2.Vedant Kale (Nashik). U-10: 1.Aryavardhan Jadhav(GM); 2. Rudra Shetye (GM).

Godrej Properties Golf Challengeto be played in seven citiesMMUUMMBBAAII:: The annual Godrej Properties IntraClub Golf Challenge will witness seven cityrounds, including stop overs at four newlocations, and an increase in the total numberof participating golfers to an approximate1000. Like in 2013, the event will once againculminate in an international finals showdownin Bangkok where the respective winners fromeach city will battle it out. The action tees offon January 25 with simultaneous rounds atthe Willingdon Sports Club in Mumbai and atthe Qutub Golf Course in Delhi, the first of thenew venues added to this year’s itinerary. TheClassic Golf Resort in Gurgaon stages roundthree on February 1 followed by anotherdouble header on February 9 at MadrasGymkhana Club in Chennai and RoyalCalcutta Golf Club.

By Chetan Narula

AUCKLAND: Their campaignin tatters after two consec-utive defeats, India need to

regroup quickly and find the rightcombination as they go into amust-win match against a gutsyNew Zealand in the third cricketone-dayer here today.Down 0-2 and having lost the

world no. 1 tag, the Indian teamwould be desperate to makeamends and stamp their author-ity in what will be their lastchance to make a come back intothe five-match series. If Dhoni’smen fail to win here tomorrow, itwill be their second consecutiveseries loss after South Africa out-side the subcontinent.The visitors lost the first ODI at

Napier by 24 runs and then wentdown in the second one-dayer by15 runs (D/L method) at Hamil-ton, which dethroned India fromthe number one ranking in theODIs. Overall, Dhoni and Co.Have lost four of their last fiveOne-dayers, all of which wereplayed outside the sub-continent.This has undoubtedly opened upa number of points for the con-

cerned team to ponder upon.The fact that the Indian skipper

Mahendra Singh Dhoni likes tochase, opting to bowl first in bothmatches so far, the size of EdenPark here should be another worryfor him. The Indians have lookedto contain the batsmen in the mid-dle of the innings before restrictingthe damage in the death overs, andthis strategy has so far backfired. Itis because not many wickets havefallen until the 35th over.Only three wickets fell before

the 35th over in Napier, with KaneWilliamson and Ross Taylor bat-ting since the eighth over. It wasmuch the similar case in Hamil-ton. R Ashwin has not taken a sin-gle wicket in the last two ODIs. But the blame doesn’t lie with

him alone, since Dhoni uses hismain bowlers in short bursts andmakes them bowl during thepowerplays as well as death overs.If the idea is to contain runsrather than taking wickets, it isprecisely where the Indian bowl-ing is failing. Ashwin has conceded runs at

5.89 per over in the last fivematches, while Ishant Sharma (6wickets) has conceded at 6.12 per

over in four games. Other bowlersin Ravindra Jadeja (3 wickets) hasconceded at 6 per over, whileBhuvneshwar Kumar (2 wickets)has played only three matchesand gone for 5.73 per over. Mo-hammad Shami is by far the mostexpensive bowler, giving awayruns at 6.70, but that is negated byhis ability to take wickets — 16 infive matches.The size of this ground should

excite the Indian batsmen, butthese are troublesome times. Theopeners — Shikhar Dhawan andRohit Sharma — have producedtheir best opening stand in thelast four ODIs on foreign soil,worth a meagre 22 runs.There has been a marked dif-

ference in the manner they haveperformed, both as a pair and asindividuals, ever since India fin-ished their home leg of this 2013-14 season. While they playedhandsome hands with some regu-larity in chases of 300-plus athome, in South Africa and nowhere in New Zealand, they havestruggled to find the optimumbalance between attackingstroke-play and curbing their nat-ural instincts to give the team a

solid start.Rohit, whose batting is defined

by the ease with which he scores,has found the going tough. Hisshot-making options have beenclosed down at the beginning ofthe innings as the two new ballsdo a lot in these friendly condi-tions. Meanwhile, bounce trou-bled Dhawan in South Africa andgot the better of him again inNapier, before he played a horrificshot to get bowled at Hamilton.Their performances in the last

year, adding 1247 runs in 22matches at an average of 59.38,means that they have been givena long rope at the top of the order.But their performance outside thesubcontinent is surely going togive way to some serious ques-tions being asked, unless thingschange around from here on.At number four, Ajinkya Ra-

hane has put on 90 runs for thethird wicket with Virat Kohli in thesecond ODI, contributing 36 runsto the stand. This isn’t a very highscore but it must have been a re-lief for the team to see someoneother than Kohli or Dhoni scoringruns in a chase, as also standingup to the rivals.

MUMBAI: Rizvi SpringfieldHigh School of Bandra won

its sixth consecutive Harris Shieldtitle when they defeated IES VNSule Guruji High School of Dadaron first innings at the BombayGymkhana on Friday.Sidak Singh (56 & 7/62) was the

star of the match for his all roundskills that won Rizvi the crown.After posting 310 in the first in-nings, Rizvi knocked out IES for167 with Sidak Singh scalpingseven for 62. Javed Rizvi, trustee of

Rizvi Education Society was elatedwith the team’s efforts. “Kudos tothe boys for doing so well. Sixthconsecutive efforts requires a lot ofeffort and they did well,” he said.Brief scores: Rizvi Springfield(Bandra) 310 for all out (VaibhavKalamkar 48, Waqar Shaikh 30, SidakSingh 56, Shubham Verma 74, AnkurSingh 43 Yash Bhojane 7 for 88 ) & 2ndInn 96 for 5 (Sidak Singh 37 n.o.) beatIES VN Sule Guruji Eng. (Dadar) 167 allout (Akash Savala 24, Omkar Rane 27;Sidak Singh 7 for 62 )

INDIA IN A DO-OR-DIE SITUATION AGAINST NEW ZEALAND

Sixth consecutive Harris Shield title for Rizvi MUMBAI: Reliance 1 pro-duced a creditable per-

formance to snatch a four-runwin against Indian Oil in a tightGroup-D league match of the Rs12 lakhs prize-money 10th AllIndia Dr. D.Y. Patil T20 Cup, or-ganised by the D.Y Patil SportsAcademy, under the auspices ofthe Mumbai Cricket Association(MCA), and played at the D.Y.Patil Stadium, Nerul, on Friday.This was the second win for Re-liance and they are now assuredof qualifying for the quarter-fi-nals from this group.After being asked to bat first,

Reliance managed to put up amodest total of 137 for 8 wicketsfrom their full quota of 20 overs.Apurv Wankhede 38 runs (27balls, 3x6), Rakesh Solanki 30runs (38 balls, 1x4), AmitozSingh 22 (15 balls, 2x4, 1x6) andRahul Shukla 22 (12 balls, 1x4,2x6) were the principle run get-ters. For Indian Oil, Abbas Alibowled an economical spell of 2for 6 from two overs. He wassupported by Balwinder SinghSandhu (2/35) and Amit Yadav

(2/22).Indian Oil started the chase in

right earnest were very mucon-target, but Reliance bowlers andfielder held their nerve in theend to grab a win. SkipperAditya Tare led Indian Oil with agritty knock of 40 runs from 23balls and along with openerParesh Patel who made 43 runsfrom 51 balls the two put up athird wicket stand of 67 runsfrom 48 balls to take their scoreto 125 for two wickets. But afterTare was run out in the 19th overthey lost the next four wicketsfor the addition of just eightruns and finished on the losingside. Rahul Shukla also played agood role with the ball takingthree for 38 from his four oversand Jaspreet Bhumra pickedtwo for 16 to seal the win.Meanwhile, openerMansingh

Nigde’s unbeaten half centurysteered Jain Irrigation to a eight-wicket win over Andhra Bank,for their second consecutive winin Group-A, which has assuredthem of a place in the quarter-final round.

MIHTARLAM (Afghanistan):Unknown gunmen shot dead

five young Afghan men playingvolleyball, officials said today, butTaliban insurgents responsible formuch of Afghanistan’s unrest de-nied any involvement in thekillings. The players were gunneddown in the eastern province ofLaghman at about noon by attack-ers riding on a motorbike.“Armed men opened fire on a

volleyball game. The players wereyoung men, all innocent, and all ofthem were killed,” Sarhadi Zwak,spokesman for Laghman’s provin-

cial governor, told AFP.The Taliban regime between

1996-2001 banned volleyball andmany other activities, but aspokesmansaid it was not respon-sible for the deaths.“We com-pletely reject this allegation. We arenot involved in this killing at all.Those who killed them are not ourmen,” Taliban spokesman Zabi-hullah Mujahid told AFP. President Hamid Karzai con-

demned the attack and said suchviolence would not deterAfghans’ search for peace and de-velopment.

Reliance hold nerve to down Indian OilFive Afghan volleyball players shot dead: officials

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