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Friday, 12 February 2021

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‘One step towards an accident-free society’- Seminar on road safety

on Friday On the occasion of

the 32nd Road Safety Campaign, Navi Mumbai Police Traffic Depart-ment and Navi Mumbai Press Club have jointly organized a seminar ‘One step towards an accident-free society’ on road safety on Friday 12th February at 10.30 am at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium, Vashi…

(More on page 2)Open selection trials

for Mumbai’s Under-19 Boys team

Mumbai Cricket As-sociation (MCA) will hold an Open Selection Trials for talented Under-19 Boys. To be held on 13th, 14th and 15th February 2021 at the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Bandra Kurla Complex the same will commence from 7.30 am onwards. Interested players in Mumbai, Greater Mum-bai and Thane districts (including Navi Mumbai up to Kharghar) who wish to represent Mum-bai in various BCCI tour-naments to be held later this season are request-ed to report at the venue in whites along with their kits and age /residential proof (Aadhaar Card / Government document) and make the best of this opportunity.

Free educational sessions for SSC students from 1st to 4th standards

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Sahyadri channel has started the creative learning series ‘Tilmili’ from

Monday, February 8, 2021

The City and Indus-trial Development

Corporation (CIDCO) has provided a total of 106 residential plots at Kharghar, New Panvel, Nerul, Ghansoli and Airoli on lease. The online registration for the said scheme has al-ready started from 10th February 2021.

“This scheme will enable the citizens to fulfil their dreams of owning and developing bungalow or row house of their choice. Similar-ly, this scheme will also stimulate the real estate sector,” said Dr. Sanjay Mukherjee, VC&MD, CIDCO.

Under this scheme, 28 plots from New Panvel, 15 plots from Kharghar, 12 plots from Nerul, 38 plots from Ghansoli and 13

plots from Airoli have been leased making it a total of 106 residen-tial plots- the highest number to be leased till now. Applications for this scheme are invited through E-tender and

E-auction. Registration, tender submission, pay-ment of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) and Processing fees will be done through online medium. The registra-tion was started from 10th February 2021. E-Tender process will start from 12th Febru-ary 2021 at 11 am to 01st March 2021 at 17 pm. E-auction pro-cess will start from 3rd March 2021 at 11 am to 3rd March 2021 at 17 pm. For more informa-tion and plot details, ap-plicants should refer the Scheme Booklet that

CIDCO leases 106 plots in Kharghar, New Panvel, Nerul, Ghansoli and Airoli

With an aim to help students study-

ing in Marathi medium SSC Board from stan-dard 1st to 4th, MKCL Knowledge Foundation,

a Pune-based NGO, is providing free educa-tional series ‘Tilimili’ on Doordarshan's 'Sahy-adri' channel.

Millions of school children, parents and teachers from Maha-rashtra's metropolitan areas to tribal areas had taken advantage of the daily broadcast of the first session of the series which was telecasted from July to September, 2020.

For the second time in a row, millions of boys and girls across

the state, will be able to avail this free edu-cational classes daily from Monday, February 8, 2021. Through ‘Til-imili’ series lessons and

concepts of the second semester for the chil-dren studying from first to fourth standards will be taught.

The series, which has a total of 192 epi-sodes of the second semester's school cur-riculum for classes I to IV, will be aired 24 days in a month except Sun-days. The series have started from Monday, February 8, 2021 and will end on Saturday, March 6, 2021. In each

By Ryhea George

Highly disturbed by the deteriorat-

ing quality of air in the Kharghar-Taloja-Panvel area, the residents say that one of the reasons is burning of garbage in the dump yard in the Sukhapur area of Pan-vel. It is alleged that due rising air pollution, peo-ple with low immunity have developed various health issues, especially those who live within the vicinity of the dump yard.

The Chatrapati Shivaji Maidan near Sukhapur area of Panvel is being used as a dump

yard by the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC), which is in close proximity to many

residential areas.Itisha Mukherjee, a

resident of Sai Enclave pointed out, “My resi-dence is really close to the dumping ground.

One can see garbage being burnt in the dumping area and the toxic smoke spreads all

around, causing trouble to all the residents. It has become really hard to breathe because of

Panvel residents fume as burning of garbage

continues in dump yardResidents claim it to be one of the reasons for rising air pollution

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capital/property of the Society.NOTICE

Mrs. Mala Rajendra Gupta and Mr. Rajendra Prasad Gupta were the principal owner and the co-owner respectively, of the Ocean View Castle Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. having address at Flat No. A-504 Ocean View Castle Co-operative Housing So-ciety Ltd. plot number B-110, in Sector No. 12, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai and holding Flat No. A-504 in Ocean View Castle Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. plot number B-110, in Sector No. 12, being situated and lying at Kharghar, NaVi Mumbai in the building of the Society, whereby Mrs. Mala Rajendra Gupta died on 12" February 2013 and Mr. Rajendra Prasad Gupta died on 21“ March 2017.The Society hereby invites claims or objections from the heir or heirs or other claimants/objectors to the transfer of the said shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society within period of days from the publica-tion of this notice, with copies of such documents and other proofs in support of his/her/their claims/objections for transfer of shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/prop-erty of the Society. If no claims/objections are received within the period prescribed above, the Society shall be free to deal with the shares and interest of the deceased Member in the capital/property of the Society in such manner as is provided under the Bye-laws of the Society. The claims/objections, if any, received by the society shall be dealt with in the manner provided under the bye-laws of the Society. A copy of the Registered bye-laws of the society is available for inspection by the claimants/objectors, in the office of the Society/with the Secretary of the Society between 11.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. from the date of publication of the notice till the date of expiry of its period. For and on behalf of The Ocean View Castle C.H.S. Ltd.Place: Navi Mumbai Sd/-Date: 12-02-2021 Hon. Secretary

ATTENTION READERS: While every effort is made to check the genuineness of party/parties inserting ads in this paper, we cannot be held responsible for the truthfulness of its contents. The publishers, Editor and/or the staff cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage due to transactions that they may en-ter into guided by the ads.

By Vikram Gaikwad

On the occasion of the 32nd Road

Safety Campaign, Navi Mumbai Police Traffic Department and Navi Mumbai Press Club have jointly organized a sem-inar ‘One step towards an accident-free society’ on road safety on Friday 12th February at 10.30 am at Vishnudas Bhave auditorium, Vashi. The seminar will be attended by experts and dignitar-ies from various fields.

Thousands of inno-cent people are killed every year in road acci-dents across the country. The number of youths killed in these road ac-cidents is significant and the number of deaths and injuries in road ac-cidents is increasing day by day. To reduce road accidents, a state wide road safety campaign is being implemented by the state transport de-partment with an aim to spread awareness on traffic rules and safety for motorists.

On the occasion of Road Safety Campaign, Navi Mumbai Press Club and Navi Mumbai Transport Department have organized a semi-nar on 12th February at 10.30 am at Vishnudas Bhave Natyagriha. The seminar will be attended by Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh, Municipal Commissioner Abhijit Bangar, Panvel Regional Transport Officer Abhay Deshpande, Transport

Planning Expert Amol Khaire and Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College Principal Shubhada Nayak and Psychiatrist Vikas Deshmukh and

other dignitaries. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Purushottam Karad has appealed to citizens to participate in the seminar.

‘One step towards an accident-free society’- Seminar on road safety on Friday

MAHARASHTRA JEEVAN PRADHIKARAN

e -Tender Notice No. 06 for 2020-21 The Executive Engineer, Maharahstra Jeevan Pradhikaran

Division, Thane invites e- Tender in Form D for the work of Providing Non A.C. T- permit vehicles on higher charges basis for the use of Ex.Engr., MJP Dn., Thane and Sub Dn. Engr., MJP Sub Dn.No. 1 & 2, Thane / Shahapur and Palghar for one year period for estimated cost of Rs. 2041200/- only. Please visit Website https://mjp.maharashtra.gov.in & www.maha-tenders.gov.in for detailed information. Sd/- Executive Engineer, Date: 12.2.2021 M.J.P. Division, Thane

By Crime Reporter

The APMC police have arrested an

accused who allegedly after renting out four-wheelers from OLX sold these. The police seized four expensive cars and a sports bike worth Rs. 37 lakh from the possession of the accused, identified as Sheldon Frock Vaz.

The accused Shel-don Frock Vaz, who has been arrested in the case had advertised on OLX website that he wanted to rent a car for a good company. See-ing the advertisement, the car owners used to contact him. He used to take the car and docu-ments from them and paid the car rent regu-

larly to the owners for two months. After that, he used to allegedly stop paying the money to the car owners. In the same manner, the accused took car of Shishir Menon, a resi-dent of Koparkhairane, a few months back under the pretext of renting it. The APMC police started tracking down the accused after a case of embezzlement was registered at the APMC police station.

As the accused was cheating through OLX and his name was not known, a team of Assistant Inspector Khopikar, Constable Ashok Khaire, Chan-drakant Kadam, Police Naik Harad and others

traced the accused through technical means and informers. It was learned that he was in the vegetable market at APMC. Accordingly, the police set a trap in the vegetable market at APMC and arrested him. During interroga-tion by the police, he confessed to have com-mitted similar crimes in Vashi as well as in the limits of Hinjewadi and Pimpri Chinchwad police stations in Pune.

According to police, the accused Sheldon Vaz was further inter-rogated and the vehicles Mahindra XUV, Tata Hexa, BMW, Suzuki Irtinga and Kawasaki Z-800 worth Rs 37 lakh were seized.

Accused who sold four-wheelers under the pretext of renting, nabbed

5 expensive vehicles worth Rs 37 lakh seized

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By Dinesh Pawar

Mangesh Thali and Ashok Nakhwa

of Shiv Sena have been elected as Sarpanch and Deputy Sarpanch of Ma-hatwali Chanje respec-tively. Ranjana Charu-datta Patil and Mrs. Pallavi Parag Mhatre of BJP have also been elected as Sarpanch and Deputy Sarpanch as well. The elected Sar-panch and Deputy Sar-panch of both the par-ties will hold the office

for two and a half years respectively. MLA Ma-hesh Baladi congratu-lated the selected candi-dates and wished them.

During the pro-gramme Uran taluka BJP president Ravi Bhoir Chanje and di-vision president Jiten-dra Gharat, Council-ors Rajesh Thakur, Nityanand Bhoir, Chan-drakant Gaikwad and supporters were pres-ent.

The programme was

held at the BJP office in Uran taluka. Uran MLA Mahesh Baladi, Uran Taluka BJP Presi-dent Ravi Bhoir, Uran City President Kaushik Shah, Chanje Divi-sion President Jiten-dra Gharat, Councilors Rajesh Thakur, Hitesh Shah, Devendra Gharat, Mahesh Gharat, Rakesh Mhatre, Charudatta Pa-til, Rina Shirdhankar, Pradeep Thali, Suraj Thawale, Parag Mhatre were present.

MLA Mahesh Baladi congratulates newly elected Mahatwali Chanje Sarpanch, Deputy Sarpanch

By Indrani Basu

With the intervention of Panvel Railway police, a resident of

Panvel, Bhupesh Srivastava was able to get back his lost bag that contained ID cards and several currency notes.

Srivastava while alighting from the train at Panvel sta-tion, forgot to carry his big leather bag and left it on the side of his seat. “The bag contained around Rs. 50 thou-sand, ID cards, Aad-haar cards, two mobile h a n d s e t s and some important documents. I had kept the bag alongside but forgot to take it while alighting from the train. I realized it only after I looked for the purse to pay for the tea that I had bought from the tea stall. I got a jolt and was sure that I might not get it back, still I rushed to the station,” said Srivastava.

He rushed to the station with a little hope. He met a lady police constable at the station and enquired about his lost bag from her. She showed him a mo-bile picture of that bag and explained,

“When I went inside the compartment, I had noticed the bag lying there. I clicked the picture and deposited the bag to the Railway police office.”

Srivastava was overwhelmed with her presence of mind and came to know that she is constable ‘Bhagawati’. Af-

ter reaching the Railway police office, he was quite amazed with the friendly attitude of all the staffs and particularly Sub Inspector Renu Patel. After com-pleting all the formalities Srivastava was handed over his bag with all his belongings.

“I am overjoyed and equally as-tounded with the prompt action taken by the lady sub inspector. I will show my gratitude by felicitating them,” said Srivastava, who is also the founder of Vistar Charitable Trust.

Railway police help Panvel resident get back his bag full of currency notes

By Dinesh Pawar

On the occasion of the death anniver-

sary of Pandit Deenday-al Upadhyay, one of the sculptors of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a tribute was paid by MLA Ma-hesh Baladi on behalf of Uran Taluka Bharati-ya Janata Party office.

On this occasion Uran taluka BJP presi-

dent and corporator Ravi Bhoir, deputy mayor Jayvindra Koli, BJP Uran city president and corporator Kaushik Shah, North Raigad district BJP vice presi-dent Neelkanth Gharat, taluka general secre-tary Sunil Patil, taluka youth president Shek-har Patil, Uran taluka vice president Prakash

Thakur, Chirner divi-sional President Shashi Patil, former corpora-tor Rajesh Koli, Chanje Ward No. 1 booth presi-dent Vinod Nakhwa, Chanje ward number 2 booth president Sid-dharth Amarnath Na-khwa, BJP workers Ma-hesh Mali, Mahesh Koli and other activists were present.

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay remembered

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FREE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOR SSC...

of the one hour’s class, two lessons of 25 min-utes duration with an interval of 5 minutes will be aired.

The series will be available on Sahyadri Doordarshan on 1274 on Tata Sky, 548 on Airtel, 1229 on Dish TV, 769 on Videocon d2h, 525 on DD Freedish and 513 on Hathway.

The daily broadcast of the "Tilimili" series (excluding Sundays) are as follows:

Class I to IVMonday,

February 8, 2021 to Saturday, March 6,

2021Time class

7.30 am to 8.30 am9 a.m. to 10 p.m.10 a.m. to 11 p.m.11.30 am to 12.30 pm

By: Crime Reporter

Vashi Railway Police has nabbed and de-

ported two more phatka gang criminals who have been robbing mo-bile phones from train passengers by hitting their hands with sticks and looting their mobile phones. The accused ar-rested have been identi-fied as Prashant Arjun

Konkene (24) and Irfan Akram Rain (21). Last week, Vashi railway po-lice deported four mem-bers of the same gang who were active on the Harbour railway line.

The Railway Po-lice has been deporting these criminals to curb the growing activities of these criminals who have been indulging in

robbery, burglary and other types of burglar-ies. Last week, Vashi Railway Police, on the instructions of the Mumbai Railway Police Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner of Police for the Central Circle of Railways and the Assis-tant Commissioner of

Vashi Railway Police nabs mobile thieves

PUBLIC NOTICETHIS is to notify that my Clients intend to purchase the Flat No.C-45/3:4, on the Third floor in the Building No.C-45 of the DIAMOND Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., on Plot No.2, situated at Sector-29, Vashi, Navi Mumbai Tal. & Dist. Thane (said Flat) from MR GAJANAN DATTATRAY WARADKAR.The Original (i) Allotment Letter dated 10th March 1993, (ii) All payment made receipts and (iii) Possession Receipt / Let-ter dated 10th June 1993, issued, executed by the CIDCO Ltd., in favour of MR GAJANAN DATTATRAY WARADKAR in respect of the aforesaid Flat has been lost, misplaced and are not traceable. The Complaint was lodged with Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai and recorded the same under the Lost Property Registration Number 0481/2021 dated 11th February 2021.Any Person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s, Company/ies or any other Govt. / Concerned Authorities having any right, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the afore-said Flat by way of aforesaid lost documents and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in any litigation or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing to the undersigned within a period of (15) fifteen days from the date of publication hereof.If no claim is made or received as required hereinabove, my Clients will be at liberty to complete the transaction in respect of the said Flat without any reference or regard to any such purported right, title, claim or interest etc., which shall be deemed to have been waived for all intents and purposes and not binding on my Clients. Sd/- Adv. GEETA V. PATEL Advocate High Court ADVOCATE G. V. PATEL & ASSOCIATES 25, Om Rachana CHS, Plot No.3, Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400703. Tel: 27892953, 2235636922, Date: 12-02-2021 Mob. No.9820883474, 9594102831



Guru Vijay Shanker

Sonu Singh Rajput, also known as SSR, always dreamt of helping others.

As a casting director, he feels he is helping the aspiring talents to fulfil their dreams of making it big in film and television indus-try. Born in the remote village Haluwar-Pipra in Gopalganj District in Bihar, SSR’s parents

wanted him to run family business and carve a niche for himself as successful entrepreneur. How-ever, SSR had different aims and vision. He wanted to become a well-known casting director in the film industry and was focused and determined for it. Af-ter completing his studies in Delhi he pursued his career in banking sector. Later, he joined the film industry. Today Sonu Singh Rajput has become a well-known casting director and has casted thou-sands of talents for TV-Serials, Short Films, Feature Films, Web-Series and Reality Shows. In a tete-e-tete with the Newsband Senior Correspondent Abh-itash D. Singh, he speaks in detail about his journey and future plans. Excerpts:

Q: When and why did you decide to get into the entertainment industry as a casting direc-

tor?

A: I was inclined towards arts and entertainment right from the initial days. I used to love watch-

ing street plays as well as dramas and plays in Delhi when I was doing my schooling and pursuing my higher studies. My family never wanted me to enter into the film industry and become a casting direc-tor. My parents as well as many villagers, are still unaware about the profession of casting director. They always encouraged me to become a success-ful entrepreneur or enter into the family business of Medical shop in Bihar. After completing my studies, I got a job in a Bank in Delhi but I was not satisfied. I wanted to do something where there will be lots of challenges every day. I left Delhi and came to Mum-bai to help one of my friends in Mumbai and I fell in love with the city of dreams. One of my friends en-couraged me to try my hands as a casting director. I took it seriously and joined as a casting assistant in a well-known production house of Mumbai and from there my journey of casting director started. Earlier, the job of casting director was not so in-teresting and challenging, but after the success of casting directors like Mukesh Chhabra, Ab-hishek Banerjee, Honey Trehan, Shruti Mahajan, Vicky Sidana, Jogi Malang, Shanoo Sharma, Atul Mongia, Nandini Shrikent and few others, many young boys and girls have started taking this profession very seriously.

Q: As a casting director what is your dream and what dead-

line have you set for it to get fulfilled?

A: I started as a casting assistant in 2017 and

within four years’ time I have achieved a lot. Today, I con-sider myself a successful casting director and I have casted many episodic series of Savdhaan India and Crime Pa-

trol also casted for big production house films. But slowly I am aiming to cast for the big films of well-known production houses like Yashraj Films, Dharma Productions, Red-Chillies and many such production houses. In many serials, for which I have casted, my names appear as a casting director and now my parents are very proud of me. But I have set a goal of seeing my name as a casting director on the big screen and that will be the biggest gift of my life for my parents. In 2021 itself, I am part of some exciting projects. I think for me there is no deadline because I live in present and I am doing lots of proj-ects and busy in my work.

Q: What was the turning point in your life as a casting director?

A: As a casting assistant in 2017, I casted for many serials like Ishq Subhan Allah, Guddan

Tumse Na Ho Payega and many more. Within two years of hard work, I was promoted as casting head. I worked for many shows as a casting direc-tor. I have done casting for more than 200 episodes of both Crime Patrol and Savdhaan India but the turning point in my life was when I got associated as a casting director with Colosceum Media Pvt. Ltd. and also casted for Pooja Films and Entertain-ment Vashu Bhagnani's movie, Khamoshi. Joining the Colosceum has brought good luck for me and since then there has been no looking back. Still, I am doing many shows of Colosceum.

Q: Please tell us about the projects that you have done as a casting director and your

upcoming projects?

A: As a casting director I have come a long way. I have done casting for 234 episodes of Crime

Patrol between 2017-2020, 10 Episodes of Laal Ishq, 5 episodes of The Judgement Day, 1 episode of MTV Splitsvilla, 136 episodes of Savdhaan India, Pooja Entertainments Films Film "Khamoshi", 14 ep-isodes of Love ok Please, 13 episodes of Hum Saaf Saaf Hai and 1 episode of Perfect Pati and many other shows. There are many future projects in the pipeline. I am casting for Web-Series on Netflix, Amazon Prime and also the upcoming film "Rosie' in which Vivek Oberoi is playing the lead actor.

Q: Which role as a casting director do you like the most?

A: The best part of my job as a casting direc-tor is that I get an opportunity to interact

with many well-known actors, directors, pro-ducers as well as many technicians from the film industry. Also, I get to interact with many aspiring actors, actresses and direc-tors from various parts of India who come

to Mumbai, the city of dreams to fulfill their dreams of making it big. And one

more thing, I try my level best to fulfill the dreams of many artists and talents.

Q: your advice to the aspiring actors/actresses?

A: My advice to all the aspiring actors and actresses and all

those who are struggling from long to make a mark in the industry is that they should have a ‘Never Say

Die’ attitude and also have patience to wait for long.

The grand old man of dance,

whose lifetime contribution to the world of dance, is acclaimed interna-tionally, Dr. Sunil Kothari left for his heavenly abode on 27th December, 2020 after cardiac arrest at Fortis Hospital in New Delhi. Earlier, during the month he was admitted for Covid, after treatment he was recovering fast and shared the same news with everyone. He was 87 and a bachelor too.

The last time I met him was in February this year at the Chowdiah Memo-rial auditorium in Banga-lore, where I was invited to be part of the Abhinava Dance Academy's sil-ver jubilee celebrations programme. After I met him, he immedi-ately exclaimed "How lovely to see you", I was amused at his in-stant response. Sunil Kothari was consid-ered an encyclopaedia of dance, dance historian and eminent dance critic with decades of writing for several publications. He was also author of several dance books, exposing the varied facets of classical and folk dancing.

Sunil bhai, that is how he was popularly called by all the dancers, started his career as a lecturer of chartered accountancy at Sydenham College in Mumbai but his heart would always dance as he was fascinated about the complexity and elegance of dance and dancers. In his reviews he was quite mild in his criticism but he was quite outspoken about maintaining the quality of dance as he rightly be-lieved that the quality of the performance is more important than the quan-

tity. He learnt different danc-es, particularly the theoreti-cal aspect of dance, hence is among the few dance writers to have written about

all the eight types of clas-sical dances. I remember the days when he used to practically move around with a typewriter in his hand. He used to travel to other cities and I must ad-mit he was the most active dance writer I have ever seen. Inspite of his old age and health problems he would be on the move always, today Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Par-is or New York. He was a great friend of all the top dancers and would regu-larly meet them and write

about them too.While review-

ing the perfor-mance of Yamini K r i s h n a m u r t i , who was perform-ing the famous Kuchipudi num-

ber "Swami Ra Ra"(My Lord Please come), with her large expressive eyes while the performance was on, a Sardarji moved towards the stage and the dancer blatantly said " I did not call you, am call-ing my Lord"- this was written by Sunil in one of the leading newspapers. While in Mumbai Sunil used to write for the Times of India, Femina and sev-eral other publications. He was the head of the depart-ment of dance at Rabindra Bharati University in Kol-kata and was connected to several cultural organisa-tions. He won the presti-gious Sangeet Natak Aka-demi award and Padma Shri too. His invaluable contribution will always be remembered and cher-ished. May His Soul Rest in Peace.

A tribute to grand old man of dance:

Sunil Kothari

I try my level best to fulfill the dreams of aspiring talents: Sonu Singh Rajput

Abhitash D.Singh


QUESTION FOR NExT WEEK: HOW DO yOU TACKLE PRESSURE FROM

PEER AND FAMILy DURING ExAMINATION?

Valentine's Day has increasingly become an over-commercial-ized holiday. Valentine's Day is supposed to be a day to cel-ebrate love, but it has been commercialized. Today, the holiday is associated with spending money on gifts for loved one. It has become just another medium to make money.

Sania Vinod

When it first started, the meaning of such a day was supposed to be about nothing but love, love, love. To truly understand what the real meaning of Valentine’s Day is, we have to go back to when the holiday was first created. Now, Valentine's Day is a marketing scam just like every other holiday. Any holiday that forces you to spend money. However, it's your money and you decide how you want to spend it: If you're single, then treat yourself to something nice or ignore the day totally. Either spend it alone lavishly or

don't judge people celebrating it.Sajil Nair

Send your views along with your picture to [email protected]

My Valentine's Day is nothing out of the ordinary. I celebrate it by going out with friend or have my favourite delicacy. I spend time with my dog and celebrate it with my family. I like it this way. Val-entine's Day is just a normal day for me as I believe there should not be a single day to celebrate love.

Alfa Thampi

FROM THE CAMPUS: HOW DO yOU PLAN TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAy?


EditorialISSUE: 209 12 FEBRUARy, 2021

Today security is a major concern and it is the reason why the pri-

vate security providing agencies are carrying out brisk business. The in-creasing crime graph, deteriorating quality of service being provided by the state security agency i.e. the po-lice and the widening gap between the supply and the demand for secu-rity in the society, are few evident reasons why the private security pro-viding agencies are mushrooming up in every nook and corner, especially in the megapolises like Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. The growth in the business and constructional activi-ties has provided a great flip to this sector which is rapidly turning into a huge industry providing employ-ment opportunity to large number of uneducated or less educated youths.

Initially when the services for providing private security to the residential societies and the busi-ness establishments started, its qual-ity was superior and it seemed to have addressed the much needed re-quirement of the society, which the state police was unable to provide. Only the limited people with sound credentials and required experience could obtain the license to run such agencies. Even the agencies had a practice of sending their guards for training in the field from the retired police personnel and the retired men from armed forces. The state secu-rity board was created to control the functioning of such agencies besides overseeing the welfare of the employees. Gradually like any other sector, considering the exces-sive increase in demand and likeli-hood of making big money, lured many others into this sector leading to unhealthy competition and spu-rious elements entering this field.

Not only the standard of recruits deteriorated, and the formal training was done away with, this sector has today become the worst exploiter of its employees. The working hours are being stretched to twelve hours and even to twenty four hours some-times without any monetary benefits or facilities. They are being measly paid which is difficult to survive on in the megapolis where every thing costs fortune. Even the minimum wages act is being flouted blatantly and in a country where there is no dearth of manpower, there are sev-eral who still willingly join such companies only to be exploited. This practice has indirectly taken toll on the quality of service being provided as there is generally no commitment on the part of the employee towards the service. They even enter into il-legal activities to make the both ends meet. Considering the illegal profits in the business and with demand exceeding supply, many agencies with doubtful integrity have also joined the bandwagon. Even there are agencies existing, which do not have even the required registration to run such business.

It is high time that the policy is strengthened to curb the unprofes-sional agencies with poor creden-tials from entering the sector. The residents on their part should check the registration and also inform the local police before assigning them the job. The requirements to start the agency providing private securi-ty should be made more stringent so that professionally managed agen-cies do not face unhealthy competi-tion from the unorganized agencies besides cleansing the field off anti social elements who have entered the sector.

Security- A major concern

By Ashok Dhamija

The Dhanbad Foot-ball Academy

(DFA) after having set up grassroot coaching centres in Calicut and Udipi, has now decided to start their operations for young talented foot-ballers in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas including Navi Mumbai.

Affiliated and ac-credited to the AIFF, Dhanbad FA will launch their coaching program at the Karnataka Sport-ing Association ground, Churchgate, on Satur-day, 13 February, 2021 as of now. The academy is open for boys (10-18 years) and girls (10-20 years) and the children will be trained over the weekends (Saturday &

Sunday) from 8.00 to 10.00 am.

The coaching ses-sions will be conducted under the supervision of renowned coaches and physical trainers. The DFA has roped in the services of ex-India goalkeeper Shekhar Bangera as the Head Coach and Administra-tor, former Indian striker Bernard Pereira, who is

the Technical Director and former National-level players Harish Poojary, Anil Shetty and Purshotam Bangera.

Those who are in-terested in joining the Dhanbad Football Acad-emy and form more details are requested to contact on the follow-ing telephone numbers 98338 75036, 98208 77365 or 98200 72346

Dhanbad FA coaching program gets underway from Saturday

For representational purpose only.

Crime Patrol fame ac-tor Annup Sonii plays a

competing role against Actor Abhay Deol’s character in the series

Actor Annup Sonii who has ruled TV screens for years will now be a part of the up-coming war-epic 1962: The War In The Hills. He will essay the role of Major Ranjith Khatar - a com-petitive army officer and a dear friend of Major Suraj Singh (Abhay Deol). Directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, 1962: The War In The Hills also stars Ma-hie Gill, Sumeet Vyas, Akash Thosar amongst many other prominent actors - details of which will be announced soon. The Hotstar Specials series - 1962: The War in the Hills is in-spired by true events and narrates an untold story of bravery and valour and how an army of 125 Indians stood against 3000 Chinese.

Speaking about the se-ries, Actor Annup Sonii said, "Mahesh sir and I go way back! A few years ago, we worked together on a project,

so we're quite familiar with each other's style of working. We met one fine day and he mentioned he's working on an ambitious take on the 1962 war and I instantly wanted to be a part of it. My role of Ranjith Khatar is a very sweet and nice one - he is constantly

competing with Abhay's Suraj Singh but in a friendly way. 1962: The War In The Hills is a great story and I am glad I am part of a series that focus-es on lesser known parts of the war. I think any war story related to your own country can be quite inspiring”

Annup Sonii’s character in the se-ries, Major Ranjith Khatar, is a com-

peting army officer who strikes a perfect balance between friendship

and healthy competition with Major Suraj Singh (Abhay Deol) and believes in him in the most adverse times. Hotstar Specials presents 1962: The War in The Hills is slated for release on 26th February 2021 only on Dis-ney+ Hotstar VIP and Dis-ney+ Hotstar Premium.

Rajendra Ganotra

Actor Annup Sonii and Director Mahesh Manjrekar reunite in 1962: The War In The Hills

On the occasion of the wedding anniversary of his parents, Nimish Mhatre (Kamtha, Uran), a mem-ber of Uran Child Care Social, distributed educational materials, food and grains to the children at Bal Sanskar Kendra (Pirwadi Road, Garib Garju slum) at Uran. (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)


CIDCO LEASES 106 PLOTS IN KHARGHAR...

has been given on the website https://eauc-tion.cidcoindia.com.

“The availability of

such huge number of plots on lease provides an opportunity for citi-zens, builders and devel-opers to develop house of their own choice in the satellite city like

Navi Mumbai. This will also augment the real estate sector that has been facing recession since lockdown,” said Priya Ratambe, PRO, CIDCO.


By Ashok Dhamija

India’s limited overs specialist Shreyas Iyer

has been appointed as the captain of the Mum-bai’s 22-man squad, for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy, the an-nual domestic one-day competition scheduled to commence from 20 February 2021 onwards across various venues across India. This was announced by Salil Ankola-led Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) selection com-mittee who also nomi-nated ex India Under-19 World Cup winning cap-tain Prithvi Shaw as his deputy on Wednesday. 26-year old Iyer who missed the Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney early last month due to a shoulder injury suffered during the India Tour to Austra-lia 2020-21 recently, will hope to lead the three times former champi-ons from the front to the pinnacle of success with his explosive bat-ting style Known for his cool headed approach at the helm of affairs in crunch the former Navi Mumbai based DY Patil Group player who has scored a century against New Zealand in ODI will be guided by for-mer Indian-off spinner and the newly appoint-ed Team Head Coach Ramesh Powar.

While the side will have some seasoned campaigners - includ-

ing Suryakumar Ya-dav, Aditya Tare both whom have captained the Mumbai outfit in the domestic season recently, all-rounders Shivam Dube and Sujit Nayak, attacking bats-man Sarfaraz Khan, ex-perienced pacer Dhaval Kulkarni among others will however miss the presence of their middle

order batsman ‘Crisis Man’ Siddesh Lad and all-rounder Shubham Ranjane due their s poor form in the first domes-tic T20 tourney orga-nized by BCCI.

Mumbai will kick-off their campaign against former champions Delhi on 21 February, 2021 in their opening Group D league match to be played in Jaipur. The other five teams in this group includes Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Pondicherry.

Earlier over 100

players were selected by the Mumbai Cricket As-sociation (MCA) for the probable players' camp that was held at MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai early this month, for the forthcoming for the domestic 50-over championships. The same was pruned down to 40 for being part of three squads that played league matches among themselves to ascertain match fitness and form.

The Mumbai ODI Squad

Shreyas Iyer (Cap-tain), Prithvi Shaw (Vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Akhil Herwad-kar, Suryakumar Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Chinmay Sutar, Aditya Tare (WK) , Hardik Tamore (WK), Shivam Dube, Aakash Parkar, Atif Attarwala, Shams Mulani, Atharva Ankolekar, Sairaj Pa-til, Sujit Nayak, Tanush Kotian, Prashant So-lanki, Dhaval Kulkarni, Tushar Deshpande, Sid-dharth Raut and Mohit Awasthi.Schedule of Mumbai

league matches: • 21stFeb'21 M u m -

bai vs Delhi• 23rdFeb'21 M u m -

bai vs Maharashtra• 25th Feb '21Mum-

bai vs Pondicherry• 27thFeb'21 M u m -

bai vs Rajasthan• 1stMar'21 M u m -

bai vs Himachal Pradesh

MCA announces 22-member Mumbai squad for Vijay Hazare Trophy

Shreyas Iyer to lead the sideBy Ashok Dhamija

Mumbai City FC, one of the elite club in the ongoing Hero Indian

Super League in a bid to excel both on and off the field announced its partner-ship with Therabody, the global inno-vator of wellness technology. This has been taken with a mission to reduce the risk of injuries to its players and opti-mise their recovery, whilst laying the groundwork for a healthy and sustain-able career in professional football.

The City Football Group brokered alliance will ensure Mumbai City ac-cess to the Club’s Of-ficial Recovery Part-ner – Therabody, with best-in-class recovery equipment’s including world’s first-ever per-cussive therapy device, ‘Theragun’, which is being used to accelerate recovery, reduce the risk of injuries and support optimal athletic perfor-mance.

Sandeep Kurale, Head of Rehabili-tation and Medical Services at Mum-bai City FC, said: “It’s vital that we keep improving and developing new standards for our players’ training and recovery levels along with their gen-eral wellbeing. Joining hands with Therabody will allow us to provide best-in-class products, know-how and

resources to our players and provide them access to optimized training and recovery regimes on the pitch, on the go, or in their own home, allowing them to perform at their maximum po-tential in their pursuit of excellence”.

Dr. Jason Wersland, Therabody’s Founder and Chief Wellness Officer on the other hand shared “We are thrilled to be joining Manchester City, Mel-bourne City, Sichuan Jiuniu FC and Mumbai City (all part of City Foot-ball Group) in their pursuit of enhanc-ing performance and overall health of

their professional play-ers and Clubs. The new partnership, is the first of its kind in the Indian Super League”.

.He further added “Educating people on the importance of tak-

ing care of your body, both physically and mentally, is core to Therabody’s mission and drives our innovation forward. These clubs are leading the charge in taking care of their players and providing the best products in the industry to increase player longevity. It's an honour to be a part of a team (Mumbai City FC) whose mission and values align so closely with our own and will allow them access to Thera-body’s network of world-renowned health and wellness experts too”.

Mumbai City, Therabody partner to boost players’ recovery levels & maximise potential

By Ashok Dhamija

Central Railway have decided to run fully reserved Daily Janshatabdi

Special Train between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) Mumbai and Jalna until further advice to clear the extra rush of passengers as per details given below:

Train no. 02271 Janshatabdi Spe-cial will leave CSMT, Mumbai at 12.10 hrs daily with effect from Sunday 14th February, 2021 and arrive at Jalna at 19.45 hrs same day. On its return jour-ney Train no.02272 Janshatabdi Spe-cial will leave Jalna at 08.30 hrs daily with effect from Sunday 14th Febru-ary, 2021 and arrive at CSMT Mumbai at 16.20 hrs same day. The above Spe-cial will include Three AC Chair Cars

and 17 Second Class Seating Coaches. Halts en-route includes Dadar, Thane, Kalyan, Nashik Road, Manmad and Aurangabad stations

Reservation for the fully reserved Special Train no. 02271 on normal fare will open from Friday 12th Feb-ruary, 2021 at all computerised reser-vation centres and on website www.irctc.co.in.

Passengers having confirmed tickets will only be allowed to board these Specials trainsand are advised to adhere all norms, SOPs related to COVID19 during the boarding, travel and at destination.

CR to run Daily Janshatabdi Special Train between Mumbai and Jalna

Bookings open from today

Shreyas Iyer

the smoke and obnox-ious smell. Day by day it is getting worse.”

Speaking about the issue another resident Vinay Chavan said, “The issue has become intolerable as the PCMC is dumping the waste so close to the residential areas and then burn-

ing it which is causing a lot of health issues to the citizens. The pollu-tion level is definitely increasing because of this. The worst part is that even though the corporation is asking us to segregate waste, they dump it all in the area which is causing even more issues to us. One can see thick black smoke all around the

Panvel Matheran road area due to the burn-ing of garbage. We have lodged complaint multiple times to the local gram panchayat but there has been no improvement in the condition. We urge the corporation to work to-wards it as it can cause major health issues to the people living in the area.”


PANVEL RESIDENTS FUME AS BURNING...

Police for the Harbour Division, deported four gangsters for two years for stealing mobile phones.

Following which the Vashi Railway Po-

lice deported Prashant Konkene and Irfan Raine for two years. Prashant Konkene is a resident of Samata Nagar area in Koparkhairane and has been charged with 5 rob-bery. Irfan Raine, a resi-dent of Turbhe Stores has been charged with

theft and other offenses. Considering their crimi-nal background, the two have been deported from Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts for two years, said senior police inspector Vishnu Kesarkar.


VASHI RAILWAy POLICE NABS MOBILE...


By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Shiv Sena and Ma-havikas Aghadi have

received a great setback. Former Belapur cor-porator Surekha Nar-bage and her husband, Ashok Narbage, a social worker, who had earlier joined Shiv Sena, have now joined the Bharati-ya Janata Party (BJP) along with many of their supporters.

Narbage was wel-

comed by MLA Ganesh Naik. Former MLA San-deep Naik, Former May-or Jaywant Sutar, For-mer Mayor Sagar Naik, Former Mayor Sud-hakar Sonawane, BJP District President Ram-chandra Gharat, Former House Leader Ravindra Ithape, Former Leader of Opposition Dashrath Bhagat, Former Senior Councilor Anant Sutar, Dr. Jayaji Nath, Ashok

Gurkhe, Vineet Palkar Adi were present on the occasion.

“Surekha and Ashok Narbage have done a good job in Belapur Ward 103 which is why Surekha Narbage was elected from this ward,” said MLA Naik. “Both are welcome to the BJP family and will be given all the support they need for the betterment of the ward,” he added.

Alarmed by the rising cases of chain snatching and with an aim

to provide security to the citizens of Navi Mumbai, Smiles Foundation installed CCTV cameras at Sector 6, Nerul, Navi Mumbai on 10th Febru-ary, 2021. The event was inaugurated by Nerul Senior P.I. Shyam Shinde.

As promised to the residents of Sector 6, on the occasion of Dhiraj Ahuja's birthday, the surveillance cameras was installed for the secu-rity of the citizens.

Dhiraj Ahuja, along with mem-bers of Smiles Foundation Uma Ahuja, Shalini Vidhani and Aruna Anand were present during the inauguration of the CCTV cameras donated by him for the welfare of the public. Dhiraj Ahuja also distributed snacks, food grains, food packets to all the attendees. The weekly 400 kgs of vegetables for Langar Seva at Gurudwara was also given.

Speaking during the event Mr. Ahuja said, “During last 11 months, we have reached out to more than 1,20,000 needy people by distrib-uting food packets and essential supplies all over Maharashtra and

all these have been possible with the help of Navi Mumbai & Maharashtra police. Keeping in view the rising crime cases, Smiles Foundation has come forward and installed 4 CCTV cameras at Sector 6, Nerul and is also installing more cameras at Sar-

sole Junction, LP junction and a few needy societies at Nerul, Airoli and Rabale. Our 8 ambulance services have been working throughout the pandemic for the benefit of Navi Mumbai residents.”

Former Belapur corporator Surekha Narbage joins BJP

Smiles Foundation installs CCTV cameras at Sector 6, Nerul

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Navi Mumbai so-cial activist, writer,

singer, lyricist, musi-cian, art teacher Amrut Patil Nerulkar has been bestowed with Yash-wantrao Chavan Pratish-than's Yashwantrao Cha-van Award for the Year 2020 by Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan.

An art teacher pro-fession in the education department of the civic school, Nerulkar is a good singer, songwriter and musician and has recorded more than 300 songs through radio, television, cassette, CD, information and film. He has also performed abroad in Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Singapore and

Thailand. Avirat, a film written by him, is slated to be released soon all over Maharashtra.

He has written books like Daryadili, Megh-malhar, Pakharanchi Shala, Bhajan Yatri. Nerulkar, who has a special interest in so-cial work, is the founder and president of Swar

Sangam Sanskritik San-stha, Bhumiputra Seva Samiti and Hansaram Buva Nerulkar Pratish-than.

Nerulkar has also joined hands with the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and has conducted social awareness programmes through street plays on the topics of Swachhta Abhiyan, eradication of superstition, ban on alcohol, ban on dowry, child labour etc.

Nerulkar is the recip-ient of several awards like Navi Mumbai Bhushan, Samaj Gau-rav, Kala Bhushan, Kala Gaurav, Adarsh Shik-shak, Smart Teacher, Vr-iksha Mitra, Ashadeep.

Amrut Patil Nerulkar bestowed with Yashwantrao Chavan Award

By Abhitash D. Singh

The newly devel-oped node of

Ulwe, with a popula-tion of around 3-4 lakh people, does not have a single garden. The residents of Ulwe have been demanding the construction of gardens for the last three years but their demands have remained unheard. Lack of gardens is forcing the fitness enthusiasts and also the senior citizens to walk and exercise at the Kharkopar and Bamandongri station premises.

CIDCO has identi-fied few plots in Ulwe for the development of gardens but these are still lying unused and no steps have been taken to develop these into full-fledged garden for the benefits of Ulwe residents.

Savita Pandey, a resident of Sector-17 in

Ganga Vihar Apart-ment in Ulwe said, “I bought a flat as I felt that the node has scenic beauty and there will be plenty gardens for the children and the elderly. A plot right in front of my apartment has been reserved for the garden. However, it is more than three years now, but no ef-fort is being made to develop garden. Hope the authorities wake up and construct it on a priority basis. I go all the way to Kharkopar station along with my nine year old son and 13 year old daughter for morning walk. If we get proper garden in 2021 then it will be really a New Year bonanza for all of us.”

Amarjeet Singh, a resident of Prabhat Heights in Sector-9, Ulwe said, “ There is a small pond in Sector-9 and inside it there are

few rides for the chil-dren and also a walk-ing track, but it is not a proper garden. Most of the time it is empty because of mosquito menace. I have been here in Ulwe for the last five years and we have been demanding a garden for the last few years but our request is falling into deaf ears of the authorities. CIDCO officials should inspect the area and then only they can understand the grievances of the residents. We need a proper garden.”

CIDCO Public Relation Office Priya Ratambe while speak-ing to Newsband said, “The City and Indus-trial Development Corporation (CIDCO) has already identi-fied a few plots and if everything goes well, the Ulwekars will have a garden for them very soon.”

Ulwekars demand proper gardenIn the absence of gardens, people are forced

to exercise and jog at Kharkopar & Bamandongri railway station premises

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