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18 new positive casesin Uran

On Wednesday, July 29,18 people tested positivefor Covid-19, taking the to-tal tally to 828 in Uran talu-ka. 630 patients have re-covered and have beendischarged. 170 coronapositive patients are under-going treatment. 28 patientshave succumbed to the vi-rus, said Uran TehsildarBhausaheb Andhare.

375 new casesin the city

Navi Mumbai: As many as375 new novel coronavi-rus cases were reportedon Wednesday, July 29,taking the tally to 14,627.9,754 patients in the cityhave been cured. While4,466 patients are under-going treatment at varioushospitals. The death toll hasreached 407 as of July 29.So far, 33,389 have beentested.Member of Arun Gawligang commits suicide

in Taloja jailDinesh Laxman Narkaralias Dinya, 36, a memberof the Arun Gawli gang,who has been in judicialcustody at Taloja Jail sinceJuly 20 for assaulting hiswife and police, committedsuicide by hanging himselfwith the help of a bed sheetin the toilet of the jail ataround 9.30 pm onWednesday. This is thesecond suicide incidentwithin the jail in the last 3months.

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Lockdown extended till31st August in State, butwith some relaxations

NMMC will take the call of further

extension on 31st JulyBy Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: On29th July, 2020, theMaharashtra govern-ment has announcedthe extension of lock-down till 31stAugust. Thesteps have beentaken keeping inmind the numberof rising coro-navirus cases inthe city. Howev-er, there will bemore relaxationsthis time underthe “Mission Be-gin Again”. TheCommissioner of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC), Abhijit Ban-gar who had extendedthe lockdown on 19th

July, 2020 till 31st July,2020 will take the deci-sion on the extension on31st July, 2020, it islearnt.

The Chief Secretary

Sanjay Kumar issued anotification which saidthat the decision hasbeen taken as an emer-gency step to preventand contain the spread

of Covid-19 in the state.The notification fur-

ther said that as partof the “Mission BeginAgain” initiative, mallsand market complexes

without theatres,food courts andrestaurants willbe operationalbetween 9am to7pm from 5th Au-gust, 2020. Alsothe night curfewwill be relaxed.

Earlier, thestate govern-ment had lastmonth extended

the lockdown till 31stJuly, 2020 amid asteady growth in thecases of Covid-19.

Man kills wife,stuffs body in drum

Body of the victim found in

decomposed state; the accused

and his friend arrested by police

NAVI MUMBAI: OnJuly 23, 2020, Mahen-dra Tiwari filed a miss-ing complaint of his sonAmbuj Tiwari 28 yearsand his daughter-in-law Neelam Ambuj Ti-

wari, 22 at the Rabalepolice station.

Under the instruc-tions from DCP Zone 1Vashi and ACP VashiDivision, inquiries wereconducted. All effortswere made to trace theadult couple. Mean-while, the police tracedAmbuj on July 28 inGhansoli. When thepolice probed him abouthis missing wife, hegave evasive replies

and tried to mislead thepolice.

The police thenbrought him to Rabalepolice station for fur-ther inquiries. He wasinterrogated at length

and during the interro-gation he broke downand confessed to havebrutally killed his wifeNeelam Tiwari bystrangulating her withdupatta on July, 23 ataround 05.30 am, at hisfriend house ShrikantChoube, 24, a residentat Sadguru CHS, Ar-junwadi, Ghansoli.

After killing his

Navi Mumbai to have Covid lab soonNAVI MUMBAI: The

city will soon have itsown Covid laboratory.The lab will functionfrom Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corpora-tion’s (NMMC) hos-pital at Nerul with-in few days and willhave a capacity tohandle 500 tests perday, said NMMCCommissioner Ab-hijit Bangar said.

The capacitycould be doubled ifthe lab functions24x7. NMMC isawaiting the ICMRclearance which is ex-pected any time now.

“We are happy that

the Chief Minister andthe Municipal Commis-sioner have respondedto our pleas for the ded-icated lab in Navi

Mumbai,” said B N Ku-mar, director of Nat-Connect Foundation.

Kumar had written

to Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray stat-ing that “It is unfortu-nate that Navi Mum-bai which is touted as

the City of the21st century does nothave a governmentpathological lab todiagnose COVIDcases.” Those whogave their samplesat NMMC hospitalshad to wait for near-ly a week to get theresults.

Most patientsare forced to go to

private labs some ofwhose performance is

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According to thestate Health MinisterRajesh Tope, the casecount in the state hasreached more thanfour lakhs and also thedeath toll due to pan-demic went to 14,463 on

Wednesday with 298deaths in a day inwhich 60 of them werefrom Mumbai.

In Navi Mumbaitoo, in the month ofJuly, the lockdown wasextended three times.First the lockdown wasannounced from 3rdJuly, 2020 midnight till13th July, 2020 mid-

night by the formerNMMC Commissioner,Annasaheb Misal and again an extension wasannounced from July,14th, 2020 till 19thJuly, 2020 by NMMCChief Abhijit Bangarand again on 19th July,2020 Bangar extendedthe lockdown in 42 con-tainment zones till 31st

July, 2020. It is observed that

the cases of coronaviruspositive are rising in thecity day by day with 300cases recorded in a dayin the last one week. Asthe cases are increasingthere is a chance thatthe lockdown will be ex-tended further in thesatellite city.

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wife, Ambuj along withhis friend Choubedumped the dead bodyof Neelam in a blue-co-loured plastic drum andloaded the drum inChoube’s tempo MH-43-BG-5035. They thentook the tempo towardsLonavala and threw thedrum in bushes on the

Mumbai - Pune High-way.

After the disclosurewas made, Rabale po-lice registered the case(CR No 215/2020 IPC302, 201, 34) andformed several teamsfor investigation. Thedead body in the bluedrum was recovered atthe instance of AmbujTiwari from the bush-es near Mil Thakurwa-di, Pune-Mumbai High-

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way, Khopoli. Hisfriend Shrikant Choubewas arrested fromGhansoli, the tempoused in the crime wasalso recovered.

The dead body hasbeen identified by therelatives of the victimgirl. The accused per-sons are remanded inthe police custody.

The operation wasconducted under theguidance of Navi Mum-

bai Police Commission-er Mr. Sanjay Kumar,Joint Commissioner ofPolice Shri, RajkumarVhatkar, DCP Zone 1Shri. Pankaj Dahane,ACP Vashi Div Shri.Vinayak Vast, Sr PI.Yogesh Gawade, PIGiridhar Gore, PIUmesh Gavali, APITukaram Nimbalkar,API Pravin Phadtare,Psi Sandeep Patil, PsiAmit Shelar.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Estab-lished in 1982 Vashiwith the objective of pro-viding comprehensiveeducation to studentsup to Higher SecondaryCertificate Exami-nation over the de-cades has been em-powering its stu-dents with a learn-ing environment soas to maximizetheir personal, cre-ative and academ-ic potential by be-coming lifelonglearners and responsi-ble citizens of India andthe world. There wasgreat jubilation at Fr.Agnel as the SSC re-sults for the academicyear was declared on-line on the Maharash-tra State Board of Sec-ondary and Higher Ed-ucation (MSBSHE) offi-cial website As hasbeen the trend over theyears this time aroundAgnel ‘s posted 100%results too.

Tanisha U Chavanstood first in the En-glish Medium with99.4% . Kalyani G Iyerwith 99% who came insecond was followed

Agnelites ace SSC Board Exams With 100% Successclosely by Shirisha Ver-ma and ShreyaAdhikari with 98.4%each in the 3rd positionrespectively

In the Marathi Me-dium Section Atharva

Asgekar with a score of98% bagged the high-est percentage. Aa-kanksha Sonwalkar with 97.2% stood 2ndand Simran Patil with95.8% was third in thevernacular medium.

Speaking on her suc-cess Tanisha U Cha-van, a national levelhoopster who could wellbe the city toppershared, “ In 10th stan-dard I not only studiedhard but also playedBasketball and repre-sented Maharashtra atNational Level Under-16 Basketball tourna-ment held in December2019. In fact I had to

miss my school prelimexams due to my sport-ing commitment. How-ever I concentrated onmy studies and workedhard to achieve thisfeat. I did not expect to

top my school. I amthankful to all my class-mates, teachers, coach-es, my principalSnigdha Roy and ourbeloved MD Fr. SAlmeida for their un-yielding support andguidance”.

For record sake forthe academic year2019-20, 289 studentsfrom English mediumand 43 students fromMarathi medium whogave the SSC exams, allpassed with excellentscores. Among the out-standing success 276students from Englishmedium and 35 stu-dents from Marathi

medium passed with fly-ing colours and scoreddistinctions.

In addition 12 stu-dents with learningdisabilities from En-glish Medium and five

students with learningdisabilities from Mar-athi medium who tookthe SSC examinationthis year too passedwith remarkable suc-

cess. Amey Maha-munkar a Physicallychallenged studentshowed immense self-belief and tenacity withhis hard work to score78.6 %.

The institute whichhad four pairs of twinsenrolled on their roost-ers also cleared theirBoard exams with fly-ing colours, included

Negi siblings Adityaand Aryan, both statelevel footballers whobalanced their academ-ics with élan by scor-ing 91.4 % and 85.8 %in their Board exams

respectively. Koratetwins Pranjal (Foot-baller) and Shub-hral competitivespirit came to thefore as they scored97.4% and 90.4%respectively. Juhiand JasminFernandes on theother hand regis-

tered 87.2% and 83.6%. Borhade twins Kasturiand Nirav too gavetheir batch mates a rea-son to cheer with 96%and 88.4 % .

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Dinesh LaxmanNarkar alias Dinya,36, a member of theArun Gawli gang, whohas been in judicialcustody at Taloja Jailsince July 20 forassaulting his wife

and police, committedsuicide by hanginghimself with the helpof a bed sheet in thetoilet of the jail ataround 9.30 pm onWednesday. This isthe second suicideincident within thejail in the last 3months.

A resident ofPrabhadevi area inMumbai, he is amember of the ArunGawli gang and wasalso involved in theKamlakar Jamsande-kar murder case. Hehad assaulted his wifea few days back. Helater attacked thepolice as well. Narkarwas arrested on twoseparate chargesunder sections 307and 353. He was sentto Taloja Jail on July20. Narkar wasquarantined in aseparate cell at Taloja

Member of Arun Gawli gangcommits suicide in Taloja jail

Jail due to his crimi-nal background as hewas a member of theArun Gawli gang.However, at around 9pm on Wednesday,Narkar committedsuicide by hanginghimself with a sheetin the toilet of hisroom.

At around 9.30 pm,after the jail policenoticed that Narkarwas not in his cell, theprison guard went tothe toilet in the celland inspected it andfound him hanginginside. After gettinginformation about thisincident, Khargharpolice rushed to thejail. An accidentaldeath has been report-ed in the case and thebody has been sent toJJ Hospital in Mumbaifor autopsy, said Sub-Inspector of PoliceManish Kolhatkar.

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By Chandrashekhar Hendve

KHARGHAR: ShivSainiks fromKharghar Sector 15,celebrated the birthdayof Chief Minister Ud-dhav Thackeray by dis-tributing food grains to190 poor families in

Distribution of food grains on theoccasion of Chief Minister’s birthday

Kharghar and Ove areafor a fortnight. Pras-hant Jambhulkar,Branch Head, Sector12, Kiran Chorge, Sub-Branch Head, KrishnaMardhekar, City in-charge, Kharghar, Ma-hesh Kumar Raut,

President, Ward 5,Vaibhav Dalvi, BranchHead, Sector 15, ShivSainik Akshay Mane,Santosh Katimani,Santosh Aganve andothers worked hard tomake this event a suc-cess.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: MLAGanesh Naik met theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Commissioner, Ab-hijit Bangar and de-manded justice for thewomen working as kin-dergarten helpers anddemanded that theirpending dues of month-ly salary of Rs 12,000should be paid from May2020. The commission-er assured MLA Naikthat he would order forthe re-appointment ofthese helpers as soon aspossible and pay thedues. The demand wasput forth on behalf ofThe Maharashtra StatePrimary Teachers’Union (MSSTU).

Former mayorSudhakar Sonawane,

chairman of the biodi-versity committee andsenior corporator AnantSutar had submitted aletter to the municipalcommissioner and edu-cation officials demand-ing immediate action.

There are clear in-structions from theCentral and State Gov-ernments that no per-manent or temporaryemployees should befired and regular remu-neration should be paid.Currently, due to Cov-id, the financial situa-tion of these kindergar-ten helpers is extreme-ly bad. As the corpora-tion has re-appointedother employees, like-wise, the MaharashtraState Primary Teach-ers’ Union had demand-

ed the re-appointmentof these employees andpayment of their ar-rears of three months.

The delegation alsodemanded for the re-employment of womenwho have been workingon meager salaries foryears in the currentpandemic crisis with-out hindering the ser-vices of kindergartenhelpers.

Former MayorSudhakar Sonawane,Biodiversity CommitteeChairman Anant Sutar,Corporator Ramchan-dra Gharat, CorporatorNetra Shirke, Corpora-tor Suraj Patil, Teach-ers Union colleagues,Municipal EducationOfficer, Kindergartenworker were present.

MLA Ganesh Naik demands immediatepayment of dues of kindergarten helpers

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: RajeshJaiswal, 19, a weldingworker at Vishwakar-ma Udyog Samuha inRabale MIDC, died onTuesday morning aftera heavy iron materialfell on him. The acci-dent was captured on aCCTV camera at thesite. Rabale MIDC po-lice have registered anaccidental death in thecase and have startedfurther investigation.

The deceased Jaisw-al lived in Yetil Gaw-tewadi, Digha. A fewdays after the lock-

down, Rajesh Rabalehad gone to Vishwakar-ma Udyog Samuha in

Flat No. R-64 for weld-ing work. While Rajeshwas at work on Tuesday

morning, the companywas carrying a heavyiron job with the helpof a crane. At this time,the iron materialslipped from the craneand fell on Jaiswal whowas standing below.

Jaiswal was seri-ously injured and wastaken to DY Patil Hos-pital in Nerul. But thedoctors there declaredhim dead on admission.A case of accidentaldeath has been regis-tered and further inves-tigation is underway,said Sub-InspectorSonawane.

Heavy iron material fallsand kills a worker

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Theresults of the SeniorSecondary CertificateExamination wereannounced onWednesday. NRBhagat EnglishMedium and MarathiMedium of ShikshanPrasarak Vidyalayaat Nerul saw apassing percentage of100 percent. DikeshaSandip Patil 84%,

Shubham NamdevLad 82%, PratikshaMalu Ghate 80%, AtulMaruti Maskar79.60% have securedfirst, second, thirdand fourth positionsrespectively.

From the Englishmedium Vivek Ravin-dra Deshmukh scored85.80%, AryanChandrashekharYadav scored 85%,Shubham Lakhavin-

dar Thakur, AfsarKamaluddin Ansari78.60% stood first,second, third, andfourth ranks respec-tively.

The foundingpresident of theinstitute, NamdevBhagat congratulatedall the students andexpressed satisfactionover the 100 percentpassing results of theschool.

NR Bhagat Vidyalaya, (Marathiand English) Medium School, scores

100 percent pass percentage

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: TheState Chief Minister,Uddhav Thackeraywill be visitingPune on 31stJuly, 2020 to re-view the Covid-19situation there. Itis learned thatPune is most af-fected in the state.This will be CMUddhav Thacker-ay’s first visit toPune after theoutbreak of coro-na virus in thestate.

According to the po-litical analyst in thecity the main reason ofCM Uddhav Thacker-ay visiting Pune isthat on Wednesday,

29th July, 2020 theNationalist CongressParty (NCP) SupremoSharad Pawar while

speaking with the me-dia said that the CMshould travel acrossthe state to build peo-ple’s confidence duringsuch pandemic.

Confirming the

news about UddhavThackeray visitingPune, an official fromChief Ministers Office

while speakingwith the News-band said, “TheCM will travel toPune on Thurs-day to review theCovid-19 situationthere. He willtake the stock ofPune and also oth-er districts inWestern Maha-rashtra. It will bea long day trip to

Pune. He will reviewthe situation as also thepreventive measuresbeing undertaken inthe districts to containthe spread of corona vi-rus pandemic.”

Uddhav Thackeray to visit Puneto review Covid-19 situation

Pune is worst affected in the state

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Ampili’s Tribute to Mohammed RafiBy Guru Vijay Shanker

Legendary playback singer Mohammed Rafi’s40th death anniversary falls on July 31st, Hy-derabad based professional singer and actorAmpili.V. Shridar has found a musical way offighting the dreaded Covid 19, by pursuing hispassion for music, while paying tribute to im-mortal Rafi.

Incidentally everyday since July 1st Ampilisings a Md.Rafi number and posts it on his Face-book page to be enjoyed by his viewers, The grandfinale will be held on July 31st wherein Ampiliwould complete 30 songs and on this day he wouldsing more than 40 songs in order to express hisreverence to the great Rafi who mesmerised theentire world with his soul-stirring music.

Md.Rafi was born in the village Kotla, nearAmritsir in the year 1924 on December 24 andwas the second eldest son of Haji Ali Mohammedand had six brothers, the family drifted to Lahorein the year 1935. As a young boy Rafi was quiteinspired by the singing of a fakir in his village.Rafi was nicknamed “ Pheeko” and expressed hispassion for music by singing in small social gath-erings. Rafi learnt Hindustani Classical Musicfrom Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, Pt. Jiwan LalMattoo and Firoze Nizami. Young Rafi was quite

influenced by the great playback singer K.L Sai-gal and used to often sing his songs. Rafi made hisdebut as a singer along with Zeenat Begum in thePunjabi film “Gul Baloch” for the song “ SooniyeNee Heeriye Nee” , music was provided by ShyamSunder. In Hindi Rafi made his debut in the film“Gaon ki Gori” (1945).One of Rafi’s most popu-lar number was “ O Dun-iya KE Rakhwale” and “Man Tadpat Hari Dars-han Ko Aaj” for the film“Baiju Bawra” for whichthe music was composedby the great NaushadSaab. Rafi proved himselfas one of the most versa-tile and prolific singers ofthe industry, hence sang for leading composers likeS.D Burban, Shanker Jai Kishan , Ravi, O.P Nayy-er, Laxmikant Pyare Lal and Kalyanji Anandji.

During 1970’s Rafi was afflicted with throatinfection, hence stopped singing for sometime butlater bounced back actively and won the film worldmagazine best singer award for the song “ TeriGallion Main Na Rakhenge Kadam Aaj Ke Baad”for which the music was composed by Usha Khan-

na. Rafi won Filmfare and National Award for thesong “Kya Hua Tera Wada” for the film “ HumKisi Se Kum Nahi” for which the music was com-posed by R.D Burman. Another famous qawwali “Parda Hai Parda” for the film “ Amar AkhbarAntony” (1977) for which he won rare acclaim. Rafi married twice and had four sons and threedaughters. On 31st July, 1980 Rafi died due tomassive heart attack and his funeral was attend-ed by thousands of people. Nevertheless Rafi willalways be remembered by his admirers globallyfor his melodious and soul- stirring music.

Ampili says “I was initiated to classical musicat a tender age by my parents and also learntHindustani classical music and started perform-ing publicly. Later when I drifted to Dubai I alsoperformed for the Indian Association there. For-tunately I could seek the blessings of Rafi when Ihad a brief glimpse of him while he was admittedat Bombay Hospital in the year 1980. During myseveral years of singing Rafi Saab was always closeto my heart and I sing his songs with lot of in-volvement and intensity, winning consistent ap-preciation from the audience, hence now I havesettled in Hyderabad and this is my humble trib-ute to one of the greatest singers India has everknown.

Disovering Vikram Seth via TVadaptation of ‘A Suitable Boy’

By: Arun Kr Shrivastav

The TV adaptation of Vikram Seth’s 1400-page novel “A Suitable Boy” by BBC One waspremiered on Sunday evening last week. Onceagain the British press seems enamored withthe spice and scandals that Indian families arecapable of dishing out.

Directed by Mira Nair and written by Pride& Prejudice writer Andrew Davies, A SuitableBoy TV show is a staunchly traditional adapta-tion. Set in fictional Indian town Brahmpur, thestory revolves around four large Indian familiesand the liaisons, marriages, match-making, andindependent choices made by the scions of thesefamilies. Gossips, heart-burns, funny-to-weirdsides of Indian marriages, and riotously color-ful dresses and sets keep the tale racy.

This is perhaps the first TV adaptation byBBC in which there is no white man except forDavies, who has written the script. Among thecast, familiar names such as Tabu, Mahira Kak-ker, Tanya Maniktala, Ishaan Khatter, DaneshRazvi, Mikhail Sen are in prominent roles.

Vikram Seth was rumored to be given£600,000 advance (Rs 5.86 crore today) for hisbook that he took six years to write during whichhe seldom came out of his room–writing sinceafter till midnight.

The story of TV adaptationhas Maan Kapoor played byIshaan Khatter as the ro-mantic hero. He ends up los-ing his heart to a musician-cum-courtesan Saeeda Baitwice his age, a role played bymajestic Tabu. Maan is Hin-du and Saeeda Bai is Muslim,and also she has many small kings as regularvisitors to her musicals.

‘India is independent but people are divided’has been a common refrain of the West when itthinks about India and that theme runs deep inthis novel and TV adaptation.

A Suitable Boy sees more gossip and tensionswithin the families as by Rupa Mehra played byMahira Kakkar, is hell-bent on finding a suitableboy for her younger daughter Lata played by Tan-ya Maniktala. Lata being a modern girl wouldbrook no compromises here. Lata, a Hindu girl

first falls in love with a university mate Kabir, aMuslim and with interests in poetry, and thenfor Amit, played by Mikhail Sen, who again is apoet. You can imagine her mother’s disbelief andcomical reactions!

During the writing of this novel, Seth devel-oped writer’s cramp, which was so acute that hecould no longer hold a pen or write. Then, hewould dictate the story to an assistant his fami-ly had hired for him. His mother Leela Seth wasthe first woman judge of Delhi High Court andlater retired as the Chief Justice of HimachalPradesh High Court.

A Suitable Boy was released in 1993 and itwent on to become a phenomenal success. Sethhad started off as a poet and his story-telling hasa pronounced musical overtones. No wonder,many find his “An Equal Music” more compel-ling than a suitable boy.

But let me finish this post with one of his1992 poems which made him known to the worldbefore A Suitable Boy became a big sensation inthe literary world:

All you who sleep tonightFar from the ones you love,No hands to left or right,And emptiness above –Know that you aren’t alone.The whole world shares your tears,Some for two nights or one,And some for all their years.

The writer is a freelancer based in Ulwe, Navi Mumbai

By Abhitash D.Singh

It seems that the year 2020 is not a good yearfor the film industry. Half dozens of actor fromthe industry committed suicide. The fans of Sus-hant Singh Rajput has not yet settled down afterhis suicide on Wednesday, 29th July, 2020 a fa-mous Marathi actor Aashutosh Bhakre allegedlycommitted suicide by hanging himself at his homein Nanded town in the Marathwada region.

The Police official said, “The incident of Bhakre

committing suicide at his home came to light in theafternoon on Wednesday. His par-ents found him hanging at his flatin the Ganesh Nagar area of townin Central Maharashtra”

Aashutosh Bhakre was the hus-band of Marathi actress MayuriDeshmukh, who attained fame af-ter her role in Marathi serial Khul-ta Kali Khulena. He has also acted in Marathi films

like Bhakar and Ichar Tharla Pakka.Police said that the reason behind the actor’s

suicide is not yet known. But it is learned that hewas suffering from depression. Recently he alsoshared a video on social media in which he analy-sed why a person commits suicide.

Suicide is certainly not the answer to the prob-lems. One needs to fight and show courage. All thosewho are undergoing depression need to just speakit out or go for vacation.

Famous Marathi actor Aashutosh Bhakre committs suicideFans assert that suicide is not the solution to problems

TributeMd.Rafi

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I miss canteen’s chai the most; meeting random peoplewho love BTS canteen and then talking to them for hoursand hours. My friends and I used to bunk lectures andsit and gossip in the ‘OC’ which we call as our ‘adda’. Allthe talks we had there were crazy and the best partabout college we would dancing, singing, mimicking orjust sitting. I miss all of it. Mansi Worlikar

I miss those early morning call asking “tu aaj college jaarahi hai?” were definitely worth a while. Being late orbunking a class and calling up others asking “mera signin kiya kya??.” The thrill when you are using your phoneduring the lecture sitting on first bench, teasing yourfriend because it’s the lecture of their teacher crush andLMAO. Ohh and let’s not forget about the lunch breaks!!more over just knowing what your friend has brought soyou can just have her dabba!!! and the fun, the laughs. Those health com-petitions, who gets more signed neurology cases and everyday mandatorymorning coffee stop at hospital’s 3rd floor for daily snap streaksThis longlockdown did make me realize that though college life sucks but friends aresomething that will make even the worst day into a brighter one!!!

Nirmiti Shinde

Going to college at 7:45 wasn’t my cup of tea, but, beinga part of a dance crew ‘Alite’ and having a couple offriends who always welcomed with a warm and tighthug was the only thing that kept me going for last 2years. I miss going to college, sitting behind canteenand hanging out in the atrium. Spending whole day withmy best friend Diksha and I definitely miss appam andchai. Bring back those days asap please. This virtual

reality isn’t filling up the emptiness around me.Ashish Gawali

Always wanted to enjoy my college life to fullest. Due tothe COVID-19 pandemic, many of the educational insti-tutions have been shut down. I miss going to campusevery day and deciding whether to attend the lectures ornot. Eating hot pipping food in that 15 minutes break,and rushing back to class I miss. Always surrounded byfriends in the atrium, and now just with the technology.I miss each and every corridor of the college and willingto get back to it really soon.

Latika Redkar

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AIFF ranks WIFA No.2 among 36 affiliated National football bodiesBy Ashok Dhamija

The WesternIndia FootballAssociation (WIFA)which is the govern-ing body for footballin the state ofMaharashtra, hasbeen active on manyfronts in promotingand developing thegame right fromgrassroots to theprofessional level. Recognising theefforts of WIFA, theAll India FootballAssociation (AIFF),has ranked it secondfrom among the 36affiliated footballbodies across thecountry for the 2019-20 football season.

Based on theperformance assess-ment by the govern-ing body of associa-tion football in India,AIFF, allocatedpoints to the statesbased on the activi-ties carried out bythe governingassociations variousverticals like CoachEducation, Grassrootdevelopment, Compe-titions, RefereesEducation, AcademyAccreditation among

President of the AIFF and WIFA (right) is seen congrat-ulating Hon. Secretary of WIFA Souter Vaz who duringthe 70th Ordinary General Meeting of WIFA, held in Nag-pur (File Photo)

The state association in coordination with AIFF con-ducted the Tri-Nation league – a preparatory event forthe FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2021, betweenSweden, Thailand and hosts India last year among otheractivities

others and weightedthem accordingly.West Bengal, gov-erned by The IndianFootball Association(The IFA), wasranked first, WIFAcame in next fol-lowed by KeralaFootball Association(KFA) in thirdposition for the 2019-20 football season.

As may be re-called during theperiod, WIFA orga-nized 14 AIFF ‘D’License courses with352 registered

candidates and 284aspirants passingthe exams andacquiring the ‘D’license. Besides the‘D’ License, WIFAorganized three ‘E’License courseswhich is the newmodule introducedby the AIFF forGrassroots Instruc-tors. WIFA alsoarranged two Refer-ees Educationcourses during thisperiod.

WIFA also con-ducted the Inter-

District Senior Men’sChampionship 2019-20, at Kolhapur, theInter-District Wom-en’s Championship atJalgaon, the Inter-District Sub JuniorGirl’s Championshipat Palghar, and theWIFA Women’sChampionship. Thestate associationwas also responsiblefor the smoothconduct of the Tri-Nation league be-tween Sweden,Thailand and hostsIndia, which was apreparatory event forthe FIFA Under-17Women’s World Cup

2021, in December2019. The IndianArrows team too washosted during thelater stages of the I-League.

Under the WIFAumbrella, there are34 affiliated districtswith over 1200registered clubs.With the focusturning to grassrootsdevelopment, thedistrict of Mumbaihas seen a massivesurge of more than500 academy forma-tions for developmen-tal activities in therecent past. Thereare 18 AIFF Accredit-

ed Academies fromMaharashtra alonewhich includes NaviMumbai basedReliance FoundationYoung Champs andFootball School ofIndia, a notableachievement as oneneeds to fulfil anumber of the licens-ing criteria.

Giving full creditfor the achievementto his team, SouterVaz, General Secre-tary, WIFA shared “Igive full credit to theentire WIFA team, itwas a perfect collec-tive effort. We (WIFA)feel very proud to beranked second and itproves that all ourhard work over thepast couple of yearshas been recognizedby AIFF. We willcontinue to striveharder and take stepsto ensure the longterm growth offootball, and I’m surethat we will see moreteams coming upfrom the state andmore players fromMaharashtra repre-senting the nationalteam in the nearfuture.

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Letters to the Editor....

Eid-ul-Zuha‘Eid-ul-Zuha’ is a famous festival of the Mus-

lims. It is also known as ‘Eid-ul-Adha’ in Arabicand ‘Bakra Id’ or ‘Bakri Id’ in the Indian subconti-nent. Many Muslims in India celebrate this festi-val with great fervour. The word ‘Id’ is derived fromthe Arabic word ‘iwd’, meaning ‘festival’ and Zuha comes from ‘uzhaiyya’,which translates to ‘sacrifice’.

Eid-ul-Zuha is a festival of sacrifice. On this day, Muslims sacrifice agoat or a sheep or a camel to commemorate the sacrifice of Prophet Ibra-him (Abraham in Christianity). It is celebrated with great enthusiasmamong Muslims all over the world.

The animal sacrifices made during the festival are mainly to providefood to the poor and to commemorate the noble act of Prophet Ibrahim.

This festival coincides with the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca. Prayers areoffered in the mosques and the sacrificial meat is then distributed afterthe Eid prayers. Special delicacies are prepared and served among familyand friends on the occasion. Gifts are also exchanged on this auspiciousday.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Attitude towards environmentand the required change and

sense of enlightenment needed

By: Adv. Varun Vij

While many politi-cal parties have alwaysincluded environmen-tal issues in their man-ifestoes each time dur-ing elections, howeverthey have alwaysavoided public discus-sions on the their ac-tions on the same. The2019, general electionswere all about PMNarendra Modi. TheBhartiya Janta Party(BJP)-led NationalDemocratic Alliancewas busy projectinghim as a quintessentialleader and a larger-than-life figure, whilethe opposition triedhard to counter such anarrative.

In between all this,we failed to under-stand, that numerousimportant issues werebeing elbowed-outwhile some remainedneglected. One suchissue was the increas-ing pollution and envi-ronmental degradationin major cities of India.

As per a report byGreenpeace Interna-tional, 15 out of the 20most polluted cities inthe world are in Indiaclearly indicating theseriousness of environ-mental degradation in

India. It was estimat-ed that in 2017 around12.4 lakh (1.24 million)Indians died due to airpollution out of which51% were younger than70-years of age.

If we recall andthink what happenedto around 2700 trees inAarey Colony, weshould realize that itwill spell doom for ussooner or later if notaddressed effectively.One must realize thatthe Greens are notagainst the develop-ment, but the concernis at what cost. Whyshould our future gen-eration pay for our self-ish actions. Is shortterm satisfaction soimportant that weoverlook the long termsuffering it will cause.Climate change is al-ready affecting every-one around us and ca-lamities like flashfloods and water log-ging in various citiesare forcing people tostop and comprehendthe result of their ac-tions.

In many areas ofthe Navi Mumbai, ithas been observed thatmany wetlands are be-ing destroyed for differ-ent projects withouttaking into consider-ation the implicationsthis can have on theland reclaimed by de-stroying mangroves.Another surprisingfact is that govern-ment is manually wa-tering mangroves forplantation after de-stroying the oneswhich are naturally

watered by sea tides.Yes, they do make falsepromises of replantingand relocating but tech-nically this is not veryfeasible as most of thetime such plants oftendon’t survive. What ahorrendous waste.

Over the years weare seeing rising con-crete jungles along withrise of incidents of flood-ing in those area as theyviolate CRZ regulationand land compliance.This also makes us won-der if human lives arecheaper than develop-ment of city. Our city isblessed with treasure ofnatural mangroveswhich is also referred asour mini amazon forestas it is supporting vari-ous species of vital seaplants. Even the pro-posed Ahmedabad-Mumbai corridor willlead to the destructionof around 50000 man-groves to say the least.This will destruct thelife species along NaviMumbai, Ulwe, Uranand JNPT. As per re-search mangroves havemore carbon storage ca-pacity than other for-ests. They are our lifeline against floods, asource of livelihood forthe locals and a homeand breeding ground fornumerous species ofcrabs, fish, turtles etcand not to forget themigratory birds. Is thisthe cost we are ready topay and put the life offuture generations injeopardy? How can webe so blind as to destroysomething which is ac-tually saving us?

Useful wasteOnly few decades back, the people were learning to manage

resources and today we are already late for learning to managethe waste. Huge quantities of waste are being generated in ur-ban life style, which has a different consumption and waste gen-eration pattern from that of the rural areas. For a city like NaviMumbai and Mumbai, the management of wastes has assumedunmanageable proportions due to large quantities of waste gen-erated and limited avenues for disposal. So it becomes all themore imperative to treat the waste and re-cycle it for re use.

As one approaches Mumbai/ Navi Mumbai one is greeted byhuge dumps of garbage, polythene bags and other untreatedwaste lying close to the railway lines and areas inhabited by theslums. In spite of all the information and cue available from theexperiences of other mega polices in the world, Mumbai/ NaviMumbai could not take the required steps for waste manage-ment timely. Navi Mumbai which was conceived as a planned,clean city also could not capitalize on the experiences availablefrom Mumbai and it too went the Mumbai way and here also onecan find huge dumps of garbage emanating foul smell, pollutingthe environment and swarms of flies acting as carriers of diseas-es .

It is quite surprising to note that the concept of waste man-agement was given thought quite earlier at the time of formationof the city and policies were formulated in this regard but againlike other policies, these too, were lost sight of mid way. Theconcept of dry and wet waste segregation, sewage treatment planand utilizing its effluent for horticulture and other non domesticpurposes, treatment of bio-degradable waste through vermicul-ture and incinerators is already existing and was being practicedbut not very earnestly. Now with the aim of implementing thesepolicies of waste management effectively the NMMC has comeout with penal action for violation of norms in this regard. Like-wise, strict action should be taken against the illegal dumping ofconstruction debris. It is for NMMC to reflect its seriousnessas regards the implementation of its various policies and shouldeducate and bring awareness amongst the residents towards thebenefits of adhering to these waste management policies in larg-er goal of environmental pollution control, apart from saving de-pleting resources and saving on waste disposal cost.

Senior Inspector of Police Satish Gaikwad and other colleagues from Kalamboli PoliceStation gave a surprise visit to Shree Shagun Residency, Sector 17, Rodpali to theresident of Senior poet and Hindi writer Gitesh Geet, with a birthday cake to celebratethe veteran writer’s 70th birthday (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

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By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Nerulbased St. AugustineHigh School which ispart of the St Xavier’sGroup of Schools andknown for all-round develop-ment among itsstudents by bal-ancing academicand extracurricu-lar activities in-cluding sports,was bustling withjoy and happinessas all its 300Class X studentscleared the Senior Sec-ondary Certificate(SSC) examination con-ducted by the Maha-rashtra State Board ofSecondary and HigherEducation (MSBSHE)early this year.

This included 146 of

St. Augustine achieves 100%success In SSC Board Exams

them achieving Dis-tinction, 135 on the oth-er hand scored FirstClass and 19 clearedwith Second Class

Afra A Khan who

scored 95.80% (479/500marks) was the schooltopper. Hrutuja SKhamkar with 93.6%(468/500) came in sec-ond, while Deeksha PKamath and Khushi SJadhav who achievedan identical 93.4%(467/500) were joint

third.Queena J. Fernando,

Principal of the institutecongratulated all the stu-dents for their success intheir first Board Exams

by putting in the extrayard throughout theyear in their quest forsuccess. She alsothanked all the teachingfraternity who mentoredthe students and alsotheir parents who havesupported the manage-ment in every way.

NAVI MUMBAI: Whilevarious measures arebeing undertaken bythe Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) to prevent thespread of Covid 19,many charitable orga-nizations and citizensare voluntarily contrib-uting towards the fightagainst the virus. LGElectronics Inc hasbeen providing sub-stantial material assis-

Donations pour for NMMC’sfight against coronavirus

tance from the very be-ginning. Recently,through the company,250 Face Shields werehanded over to the Mu-nicipal CommissionerAbhijit Bangar, Addi-tional CommissionerSujata Dhole.

In the past, LG hasalso provided 32-inch 10LED TVs, 5 refrigera-tors, 5 washing ma-chines, 4 air condition-ers and 100 PPE kits.

In this, the President ofNavi Mumbai Chamberof Commerce PramodJoshi has played an im-portant role of coordina-tor.

Similarly, the YouthPeace Foundation, acharitable organizationworking at the nationallevel to spread humani-ty and peace throughvarious initiatives, hasdonated 1000 reusablemasks to the NMMC.

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi MumbaiMaharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) President Gajanan Kale alongwith the MNS Navi Mumbai unitsinitiated #BurnTheBill protest wherethey burnt the electricity bill and alsoshouted slogans against the Maha-rashtra State Electricity DistributionCompany Ltd (MSEDCL). GajananKale appealed to the citizens to sup-port them in the protest and initia-tive #BurnTheBill and participate inmore numbers by posting the videoof burning the bills on social media.

Due to lockdown and coronaviruspandemic, people are inside theirhouses from the last four to fivemonths and many have either losttheir jobs or are getting pay cuts. ButMSEDCL instead of waiving off theelectricity bill is sending inflated pow-er bills.

Gajanan Kale, MNS Navi Mum-

City’s MNS wing initiates #BurnTheBillprotest against exorbitant electricity bill

bai President while speaking with theNewsband said, “Already people arefacing lots of problems due to lock-down. Many have lost their jobs orare getting pay cuts. How will theypay the exorbitant electricity bills?Under the guidance of Raj Thacker-ay MNS is protesting the exorbitantelectricity bill issue so the citizens getjustice. We have started a protestmovement #BurnTheBill. We areburning the electricity bill to show ouranger against the MSEDCL and thegovernment.”

Kale further added, “We appeal thecitizens to burn the electricity billsand make their video and support usin the protest. They can use the hash-tag # BurnTheBill and should alsotag cm@maharashtra.gov.in andalso dr.nitinraut09@gmail.com andsend it to both the Maharashtra CMand also Energy Minister to supportthe MNS.”

The party is planning more aggressive protest

against government if issue fails to get resolved By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Panv-el city police have ar-rested two men forstealing auto-rick-shaws, motorcycles forfun. The thieves havebeen identified as AshokBalku Utale (20) andAbhishek Prakash Bo-rade alias Avinash aliasBatakya (20). Accordingto senior police inspec-tor Ajay KumarLandage, four motorcy-cles, four auto rick-shaws and other itemsworth Rs 4.5 lakh wereseized from them.

The Panvel City Po-

lice Station CrimeBranch under the guid-ance of senior police in-spector Ajay KumarLandage, investigatedthe case. During the in-vestigation, AssistantInspector of PoliceNilesh Rajput, Sub-In-spector of Police SunilTarmale and his teamarrested Ashok Utalefrom Panvel for stealinga vehicle based on tech-nical investigation. Fol-lowing interrogation,the police arrested Abh-ishek Borade from Tur-bhe.

The duo during in-

terrogation said thatthey stole auto-rick-shaws and motorbikesfor fun and left the ve-hicles at the randomplace after it ran out ofgas or petrol.

The two had stolen 10vehicles and were in-volved in burglaries inPanvel area, 8 each inKalamboli and Taloja lim-its. Four motorcycles,four auto-rickshaws, ascrewdriver, a pickaxe,cigarettes, and tobaccoworth about Rs 4.5 lakhwere seized. The courthas remanded them tothe police custody.

Two youths who robbed rickshawand motorcycle for fun, nabbed

doubtful since BMChas already bannedsome of them fromtesting, he said.

The CMO informedNatConnect that thepublic health depart-ment has been asked tolook into the complaint.

NatConnect hadalso drawn the atten-tion of NMMC Com-missioner Bangar onJuly 16 as he took over.Bangar immediatelyasked his health andCOVID cell officials to

take it forward. In fact,he addressed the topicat his very first pressconference and prom-ised action while an-nouncing antigen testcentres.

Currently, theswabs collected byNMMC, Panvel Mu-nicipal Corporationand Uran MunicipalCouncil for COVID arebeing sent to Mumbaiand the people areforced to wait undertension for about a

week for the result.With a capacity of a

thousand tests a day,hopefully the needs ofthe entire Navi Mum-bai, other than theNMMC area, will betaken care of, Kumarsaid.

NMMC launchedrapid and mass anti-gen tests but the expe-rience in Delhi andChennai showed thatthese tests are not fool-proof, Kumar pointedout. Hence, the lab testwould be of great helpin detecting, isolatingand treating the cases.

Navi Mumbai to have...Contd. from pg. 1

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Josephian’s Masterstroke In SSC Board ExamsBy Ashok Dhamija

KALAMBOLI: It wasan ebullience momentfor St. Joseph’s HighSchool & Jr. College,Kalamboli as its Class10th students provedtheir mettle of successby acquiring 100%result in SSC boardExam 2019-20.

Among the 499students who appearedfor their first majorBoard exam 273achieved Distinction,202 on the other handscored First Class, 23Second Class and OnePass Class.

Aditi Mohan Meena

and Afzan ShakilJamadar who achieved96.20% each were thejoint toppers of theirschool. Aditi being ajuvenile diabeticpatient, showcased alot of tenacity and self-belief in her fightagainst the disease

and emerged out as acrowning jewel of theschool. Afzan whobelieved in regularself-study and withoutjoining any coachingclasses achieved themoment of glory. Bothof them gave full creditto school teachers and

its management fortheir commendablesuccess.

All the gratifiedstudents were greetedby the school PrincipalRanjan Chaple andmanagement for theirdiligent and honour-able success.

Specially abled children of NMMC shine in SSC examsNAVI MUMBAI: The

students of the NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation-run e.t.c(education. training.centre) have per-formed exceedinglywell in the SecondarySchool Certificate(SSC) examination, theresults of which wereannounced on Wednes-day, July 29. VishalThackeray has stoodfirst with 80%, whileShreya Shinde scored75% and Ashish Sallascored 59%.

A total of 29 specialchildren had appearedin the S.S.C. examina-tion. Preeti Kavade,Shashank Salunkhe,Prathamesh Pawar,Sandesh More, NehaBansode, SiddheshBotre, Sai Shiriskar,Bharat Parmar andShimpi Maurya,Chandbibi Hashmi,Vikas Gupta, MehekGaur, Feroze Ansari,Suresh Patel, PoojaSutar and Ankit Vish-

wakarma appearedfrom the deaf section.Nitesh Dubey haspassed with flying co-lours.

These children hadparticipated in otherextra-curricular activ-ities in addition totheir academic studies.

Among them, Sai Shir-iskar had also won thestate level acting com-petition. “It is a mat-ter of great pride thatSakshi Wagh, scored92% marks in spite ofher multiple disabili-ties. Mihir Kamble(English medium) andLokesh Datkhile (Mar-athi medium) havealso achieved success.Both the children stud-

ied in normal schooland were being impart-ed special educationfrom the ETC centerthrough the blind de-partment for furthercourses,” informed ateacher.

Similarly, ManaliSuryavanshi, Harsh-

da Khandre, SnehalPawar, and KrishnaPanchal haveachieved great success.Krishna Panchal hasachieved 68% underthe guidance of teach-ers. Dhruv Suri andGarvit Arora havescored 80% and 70%respectively.

The ETC Centerhas always focused onthe holistic education

of the special children.“The success of thechildren is due to thehard work of the spe-cial teachers and co-school teachers at theETC center. From timeto time these specialchildren are given ther-apy training throughvarious therapists, aswell as the psycholo-gists at the center, whohave been encouragingthe children, guidingand counseling theirparents,” said NaviMumbai MunicipalCommissioner, AbhijitBangar. He lauded thestudents for their com-mendable success.

Director of ETCDisability EducationTraining and ServicesCenter Dr. VarshaBhagat expressed sat-isfaction over the suc-cess of these childrenand said that successlike these help the spe-cial children to join themainstream societywith confidence.

Goats arebrought forsale ahead

of Bakra EidUran: Ahead of BakraEid (Eid-ul-Adha) onAugust 1, goats werebrought to Uran cityby traders for sale (By: Dinesh Pawar)