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By Zuber Ansari

The son of a retired police-mancommitted suicideby

leaping off his housing societyat Kandivali East on Saturdaynight, after suffering losses inhis shop business. The de-ceased has been identified asShirish Swamy, 44, and was

reportedly under depression.According to the Samta

Nagar Police, Shirish's parentshad helped him open a shop,but the shopwasn't doingwelllately and Shirish had sus-tained losses. Shirish's fatherused to work as an inspector

Disrespect of India flag on FacebookBy Khushboo Panjabi

An unidentified personposted a photo of the In-

dian tri-colour being stampedon a page named ‘We wantNarenderModi as Indian PM’at 5 PM on August 10.“A case has been registered

under the ‘Prevention of In-

sults to National Honour Act,1971’ (a law in India prohibit-ing desecration of or insult tothe country's national sym-bols, including the flag, con-stitution, and the anthem)against an unknown personat 1:10 AM the same night”,GANAPATI BAPA: With Ganesh Chaturthi round the corner, the Bal Mitra Ganesh Mandal was seen carrying an idol of the beloved Ganesha,

measuring 12 feet, to their pandal at Parel on Sunday.

Cop’s son ends lifeNo suicide note was found near the body or insidehis residence, while his family members say thathe was under depression from the last few monthsdue to the losses in his business.

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Fear of eviction hangs like a DamoclesSword over traditional salt makingunits in Bhayandar, as the Office of

the Deputy Salt Commissioner, issuedshow cause notices as to why they shouldnot be evicted under the sections of thePublic Premises Act.Salt pan owners, claimed that the move

will not only render them landless, but willalso put an end to the source of livelihoodfor hundreds of workers and their familieswho are solely dependant on the salt panindustry and are settled in this region fordecades.Twenty-nine out of 49 salt pan owners

operating in the region have been servednotices by Estate Officer H.K. Sharmaunder the relevant sections of the PublicPremises (Eviction of Unauthorised

Occupants) Act, 1971. Salt pan ownershave been directed to appear before theEstate Officer with documentary evidencesin support of the show cause notice failingwhich the salt department will gain controlover the salt pan lands.A delegation from Rai Village, Meeth

Utpatdak Shilotri Sangh, led by Thane, MPDr. Sanjeev Naik met Union AgricultureMinister, Sharad Pawar seeking hisintervention on the issue. While theCentre-run salt department has beenstruggling to get control over the vasttracts across the state, salt pan owners inthe Rai village region claim to be therightful owners of the property.“Pre -1859 records indicate all land

transactions related to the salt pans werecarried out by Revenue Department, and

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RUBBING SALT: Cultivating salt for morethan two centuries now, salt pan owners arenow ‘encroachers’ according to the Salt Dept.

By Yatin Ingle

The debate on whether politi-cization of college electionswas good or bad came into

focus in the year 1992, when OvenD’Souza, president of the Congress-backed National Students Union ofIndia (NSUI), was murdered outsidethe Mithibai college in Vile ParleWest. D’Souza, an active studentleader, was campaigning for a candi-date for the Students Council Elec-tions of Mumbai University (MU),when he was shot dead by a gang.Death cut short his political careerright at the very start. Now, 21 yearsafter his death, it seems that the newdecisionmaking policies of the stategovernment for the student electionsmay triggermanymore such cases inMaharashtra. With politics, alreadymarked by violence, entering col-leges, swords and guns may destroy

the peace and harmony ofMumbai’scollege students, currently very un-used to bloodshed. It has alreadybeen two weeks since colleges areseeing campaigning and voting ontheir premises for elections to thestudent’s councils. Thoughmany as-

piring candidates had filled theirforms and stepped into the fray tobecome leaders among their college-mates, most have withdrawn fromthe election process after the stategovernment announced a new pro-posal for the elections.

During the Monsoon session ofthe assembly, a proposal was put for-ward by Rajesh Tope, Higher andTechnical Education Minister, sug-gesting that the government shouldallow students’ unions and politicalparties to enter into college cam-puses for the council elections. Ma-harashtra CM Prithviraj Chavanstated that the decision over the pro-posal would be out within 15 days.

As soon as this news got out, col-lege students contesting the elec-tions started withdrawing theirnames, and it was not only from theelections, but they also resigned fromthe respective student’s councils.

When asked for the reason, they said,“Wewould rather contest an electionin peace than contest with a risk toour lives.”

After D’Souza’s murder, the Cen-tral government had laid down a re-port stating that political parties andpoliticians should not be involved inthe elections. Any student, found to

be backed or involvedin anywaywith polit-ical parties, would bebanned fromcontest-ing elections for therest of his or her life.

There have beencases of murders andkidnappings from allacross India in con-nection with elec-tions to students’councils. Most ofthese acts of violenceoccurred when twopolitical partiesclashed for the post ofUniversity’s StudentsGeneral Secretary. It

must be noticed that in the case ofDelhi University (DU), political par-ties have since long taken over thestudent’s council. Not only viciouscampaigning, but kidnapping ofcontestants is a routine phenome-non during students’ council elec-tions in DU.

This correspondent spoke to a

contestant, who did not wished tobe named, and this is what he said,“I had givenmyname to contest thestudents’ council elections in mycollege, but all of a sudden the stategovernment has allowed politicalparties to enter into the collegecampuses. If that happens, students’elections will be kept aside, and inits name, gang-wars, killings, mur-ders and kidnappings will takeplace.” Another girl student re-marked, “I am a girl who wanted tocontest, but now, if political partiesenter colleges and interferewith theelections, therewill be no guaranteefor my safety! Anything might hap-pen to me with those powerful po-litical parties and student unions. Soit’s better to stay away from the elec-tions altogether.”

It has been also noticed that thelocal political student’swings aroundthe college campuses have been try-ing their best to get students to jointheir political students’ wing, andwave their party’s banners and flagsinside the college campus.

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What the varsity saysDr Rajan WelukarVice-Chancellor,Mumbai University“Students council electionsshould be contested and held bythe varsity. The political partiesshould not get involved orinterrupt the process anddecision making of theelections. Elections should becalmly, smoothly and should notbe violent.”

Dr Mrudul NileDirector of Students Welfare,Mumbai University

“The students elections will becarried out as per the rulesstated by the Centralgovernment. About politicsentering the college campuses, Ican just say that studentsshould follow the rules andregulations and should not fallprey and invite disqualification.”

What principals sayDr Dinesh PanjwaniR.D National College, Bandra“The state government shouldnot forget the issues which havearisen due to interference ofpolitical parties in collegecampuses. If at all the proposalis accepted, the governmentshould also think about strictrules and regulations to befollowed by the political partieswhich won’t side-track thestudies and professionalinterests of the students.”

Dr T. ShivarePrincipal, Hinduja College

Charni Road, “Elections shouldbe carried out. The state shouldensure that political partiesstrictly follow the rules. Therules should also be set in amanner that it will be equallybalanced for the students aswell as the political parties.”

What student leaders saySantosh GangurdeVice-president, Maharashtra Navnirman Vidhyarthi Sena“The core politics won’t enter the college campuses as only the students’wings will lead the elections. Students should keep in mind their mainmotive in the interests of their own political careers. With political partiesentering college campuses, a well based platform will be created forstudents who want to pursue political careers.”

Amol KirtikarGeneral Secretary, Yuva Sena“Elections should take place. Political parties should be a part of it, butthe parties should think about the career, future and profession of thestudents than any other motives.”

Amol MateleMumbai President, National Students Congress Party“There is a difference in the elections now. Prior rules and regulationswere not followed by the political parties. The rules of Lyndon Committeehave proper segregation of rules. Elections should be carried out. Politicalparties should be allowed into the college campuses as then students canlearn from the political leaders and understand about politics. It will give aplatform to the younger generation to lead the nation.”

What former students’council leaders thinkDhanashree PatilGeneral Secretary, (MU) 2011,“Though the students will begetting knowledge from seniorpoliticians about a career intopolitics, it will be a risky step tocontest the elections. If politicalparties enter into collegecampuses, there will always bethe danger of kidnappings,murders and ‘Gangster’ games.”

Prakash PujareChairman, (MU), 2012,

“It will not only be risky but alsodangerous to involve raw politicsin college campuses. No oneknows what might happen to astudent in case of clashesbetween political parties. Ifpolitics is brought inside colleges,the violence that comes with itmay scare off good students frombecoming part of the system.”

Student union elections may now see political flags fluttering, with chances that these may herald situations best avoided

Student councilleadersprotestingagainst lack ofamenities at acity college.

Elected Students’ Council members of Mumbai University backed by MNVS.

CAMPAIGNING ON CAMPUS

By Prashant Hamine

It may not be a voluminous re-port as such, just 83 pages of it,but the J M Lyngdoh Committee

brought to bear all its expertise inconveying to the Supreme Courtand the Union Human ResourceDevelopment Ministry the mannerin which elections to StudentsUnions in Colleges andUniversitiesshould be conducted across theland.Legislators in Maharashtra are

quite eager to stoke fears and theapprehensions that student unionelections usually conjure up when-ever a mere mention of them ismade. They have now put pressureupon the state government to liftthe ban on these elections whichwas imposed almost 22 years ago.The trigger then was the brutalmurder of NSUI activist OwenD’Souza on the footsteps ofMithibai College in Vile Parle Westin 1989. The Maharashtra Universi-ties Act, 1994, was amended and di-rect elections gave way tonomination method.

Why party with politics?Today, the legislators argue that

they need trained cadres in studentunionism to join their fold as thereis dearth of politicians with studentunion background. The underlyingplea is to allow student outfits of po-litical parties to play an active rolein these student union elections incolleges and universities.But the committee, in its report,

has to the contrary observed, “How-ever, it is not appropriate to permitthe level of interference being exer-cised by political parties at present,as the primary function of a univer-sity is, after all, education, and notpolitical indoctrination, especiallywhen such political influencebrings with it all the indiscretionsthat political parties are known for.”The genesis of the LyngdohCom-

mittee and its report of May 2006does not lie in the 1989murder caseof OwenD’Souza but in the Univer-sity of Kerala case of 2003, whichreached the doorsteps of the ApexCourt.In 2003, a college student of Sec-

ondYear BA degree, who was an of-

fice bearer of the college union, wasdenied permission by the Principalto appear for the university exami-nation for shortage of attendance.The Kerala High Court upheld theaction of the Principal.The petitioner had complained

that the Principal was politicallymotivated and that it was an at-tempt to curb the activities of SFIwithin the college campus as thepetitioner was an area committeemember of SFI.

Studying ground realitiesThereafter, the SupremeCourt di-

rected the Union HRD ministry to

constitute a committee of expertsfrom education, election commis-sion, and police officers to study thematter and recommend uniformnorms for these elections all overthe country.The committee, headed by for-

mer chief election commissioner ofElection Commission of India,J M Lyngdoh, toured the length andbreadth of the country, visitingregional centres at Chennai,Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai andLucknow.

Chennai far removedfrom KolkataDuring their interactionwith rep-

resentatives in Chennai, they cameto know thatmany of the private in-stitutions were owned or controlledby politicians. And that they them-selves call the shots when it came tostudent union elections.Student union politics in Chennai

may not be that politicized or vio-lent, but in Kolkata it certainly is.The committee, to its horror, foundout that in most of the colleges anduniversities in Kolkata and WestBengal, the principals of the col-

leges were the ex-officio presidentsof respective unions. Political par-ties in power in the state used thisposition of the college principals tomanipulate indirect elections so asto perpetuate their hold on collegeunions. In some colleges, even out-going unions, with the collusion ofthe principals, nominated their ownsuccessors in the students unions,while formally showing these nom-inations as indirect elections. It wasalso common for students with af-filiation to students groups other

than the one in power to be threat-ened with violence and be coercedinto not filing nominations or intowithdrawing them.

Too many politicalgodfathers in DelhiWhile in New Delhi, the commit-

tee was literally taken aback as at-tending representatives presentedABVP, NSUI, AISF and SFI as ‘non-political students organizations’and argued that they should be al-lowed to participate in the studentelections. Even the committeecould not but helpmention in its re-port that, ‘the widely televised im-ages of the successfully electedcandidates in the recent Delhi Uni-

versity elections visiting politicalleaders, to receive their blessings,remain fresh in the minds of thecommittee as well as the membersof the public.”

Mumbai saw murderand mayhemDuring their visit to Mumbai,

what struck the committee was thefact that the college-owning politi-cian lobby had secured the enact-ment of theMaharashtraUniversityAct, 1994 after the murder of OwenD’Souza in 1989, and quoting un-specified violence thereafter. The

amendment prohibited studentelections throughout the state andstudent representation since thenhas been entirely on merit-basednomination.Section 40(1) of the 1994 Act pro-

vides for the setting up of a Univer-sity Students Council, butspecifically prohibits the Councilfrom engaging in any political activ-ity, effectively prohibiting studentelections in the state of Maharash-tra. But the committee pointed outin its report that the said section

40(1) was in contravention of thefreedom of forming an associationas so enshrined in Article 19 of theConstitution of India.What puzzledthe committeewaswhy no one everchallenged the amendment in thecourt of law.

Lucknow had UP-stylejamboree, extortion and allBut it was the committee’s visit to

Lucknow which was an eye-openerof sorts for all. In its report it states,“The committeewas appalled by re-ports of the chaos, lawlessness andcrime produced by direct collegeand university elections, not onlyduring elections but as a permanentcondition in UP state universities

and the colleges they encompass.The cities and towns in which theseuniversities were located wereequally affected.”It goes on to add, “With elections

approaching, student candidates inLucknow, for example, openly sup-ported by national and regional po-litical parties extorted money andvehicles from businessmen, plas-tered the city with posters and sub-jected it to their violent andclamorous will. After electionselected leaders extorted contractsfrom the university particularly theworks department, forced entryinto all important university deci-sions and exacted protectionmoney from government contrac-tors. They also sported the latestcars, had their own gunmen andstrode the university overawing andcoercing college principals and uni-versity vice-chancellors to do theirbidding”.“They did not stop at university

authorities, but extortedmoney andgoods from local merchants osten-sibly to ‘fund student activities.’ Allthis in the context of a petrified so-ciety and the police quite accus-tomed to such situation. Andstudent leaders themselves werepromoted and directed by some ofthe teachers. Teaching was lax andsome teachers got away with oneclass in the year. It was reported thatviolence coupledwith complete ap-athy on the part of the police was asalient feature of student electionsin the region and that, as a result,voter turnout was pitifully low at 5to 10 per cent. It was also reportedthat the state government hadadded to the already volatile situa-tion by issuing a circular in 2003which directed the holding of directelections in the state of UP togetherwith a relaxation on age limits andacademic criteria for candidates,”added the committee in its report.

03SPECIAL REPORT

Former Election Commisioner J.M. Lyngdoh.

POLITICALLY INCORRECTLyngdoh had said ‘No’ to political parties in college-university campus

“However, it is not appropriate to permit the levelof interference being exercised by political partiesat present, as the primary function of a universityis, after all, education, and not politicalindoctrination, especially when such politicalinfluence brings with it all the indiscretions thatpolitical parties are known for.”

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By Zuber Ansari

Crime Branch’s Unit VIIhas arrested amember of

the Kumar Pillai Gang whowas wanted in many casesincluding murder and extor-tion. Kumar Pillai gang iswell known in easternparts ofMumbai for its crim-

inal activities such asextortion, murder andcheating since the past sev-eral years.The arrested accused has

been identified as DiveshSingh (26), who hails fromAzamgarh in Uttar Pradesh.He has been associated withthis gang sice the last three

years and handles the crimi-nal activities of the gangwhich includes extortionfrom the city builders.API Santosh Sawant of the

Crime Branch Unit VII said,“From our sources we cameto know that he will arrivenear Bhandup station and sowe laid a trap for him

and when he arrived wenabbed him.Various criminal com-

plaints have been regis-tered against him atvarious police stationsof Mumbai.”A revolver and live car-

tridges were also recoveredfrom Singh.

BIRDS twitter to communi-cate with fellow mates. Forthem there may be rules tofollow. But formankind’s ownsocial media network inven-tion Twitter, unfettered free-dom has often resulted indangerous consequences.Mention that to former Exter-nal Affairs minister ShashiTharoor who lost his job onaccount of his tweets!This week Congress Minis-

ter for Industries NarayanRane had to do a fire-fightingjob for his sonNitesh’s tweetsabout the Gujarati commu-nity in Mumbai. The BJP,which has taken to theseforms of communication likeducks to water, was quick tolatch on to the issue, exploit-ing it to the hilt.The ramifications of Rane

junior’s tweets were wide-spread.With Lok Sabha elec-tions fast approaching, the146 character mini messagescould spell trouble for theCongress, for it too dependssubstantially on a fair shareof the Gujarati vote bank.Hence Rane senior was com-pelled to issue a clarificationon his son’s behalf.Ever since the social media

platforms like Twitter, Face-

book, blogs and other modesof electronic means of com-munication have offered al-ternate means ofcommunication with thevoter for political parties andpoliticians alike, the ElectionCommission of India hasbeen grappling with how toregulate the use of thesemedia especially during elec-tion period. They will let usknow when they come to asolution!

Bypassing the Law

It is not the first time that thepolitical establishment hasganged up against the ver-dicts of the Supreme Courtand circumvented the law tosuit its constituency. Remem-ber the Shah Bano case ver-dict of 1985 which wasoverturned later by the Par-liament? Tragically, historyseems to be repeating itself atleast in the case of the recentSC verdict which bars taintedelected representatives fromcontesting elections. Politicalparties and politicians maybe ideologically divided, but

on such issues they seem toforge unity just to protect theblack sheep amongst theirfold.Moves are now afoot to

find a way out to circumventthe SC verdict by bringing inyet another amendment. Asmoke screen has been cre-ated over the issue. Politi-cians are crying themselveshoarse over the political casesthey have to face while in-dulging in political agitations.But surely that cannot beheld as an excuse to get awaywith serious offences like cor-ruption, rioting andmurder.The same goes for the state

government’s moves to findways to bypass the SC verdicton allowing dance bars to op-erate, albeit with licences.Another dangerous move isthat of lifting the ban on Stu-dents Union elections in Col-leges and Universities. Theripple effect of the govern-

ment’s decision is alreadybeing felt in the campus, withstudents articulating theirfears that money, musclepower and violence willreign.That could result in themore committed putting intheir papers from the existingstudent bodies.

Potholed InfrastructurePotholed roads and incom-plete infrastructure projectsdo not present a rosy pictureas far as Mumbai goes. Noweven NCP’s Guardian Minis-ter for Mumbai City districtJayant Patil has thrown hishands up in despair over thepotholed roads, sparing thebureaucracy from savoring abumpy ride with him. Thesluggishness of the economyhas now begun to have its ef-fect on the city’s infrastruc-ture. Add to that the corruptnexus of the contractors with

the powers that be and thebureaucracy and the situa-tion becomes truly grim.Years of one party or al-

liance rule at all levels tendsto have its own benefits andside-effects as well. And thenegative side-effects arethere to be seen. Infrastruc-ture, whether it is roads,transport and other ameni-ties, have been taken forgranted for too long. Specifi-cations in any governmentcontract are flouted,tweaked and often bypassedso that everyone can rake in

the moolah at the cost of thecommon man. The Britishbuilt bridges, dams androads which still stand testi-mony to their legacy. Andwhat is the legacy of ourpresent day rulers? Rupees70,000 crore went down theirrigation damswith just 0.01per cent of irrigation poten-tial to show in the lastdecade or so.

Strict HeadmasterThe late great grandson ofLokmanya Tilak and former

chairman of legislative coun-cil JayantraoTilak was quite astrict disciplinarian when itcame to conducting the pro-ceedings of theUpperHouse.He had the knack of silencingthe most argumentative ofthe legislators with ease.It so happened one day in

the legislative council thatthe House was debating anissue related to educationfield. Senior legislators fromthe Teachers’ constituency,like B.T. Deshmukh, were ar-guing vociferously over anissue and Tilak was listeningin rapt attention to the de-bate between the ministerand Deshmukh. Amidst allthis, then RPI legislator Ram-das Athawale was repeatedlytrying to grab Tilak’s atten-tion. Exasperated atAthawale’s constant raisingof his hand, Tilak remarkedin his trademark stern bari-tone, “Athawale, this is amat-ter of education… So pleasesit down”. That was reallyenough to put Athawale inhis place and the debate pro-ceeded smoothly thereafterto its logical end!

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WITH MONSOON COMES MALHAR: The elimination round of the most popular collegefestival ‘Malhar’ of St. Xavier’s College kicked off on Saturday in the college campus at Fort. Thefinal round will be held from August 15 to August 17 in the college campus itself.

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NOTICEI have changed my name fromP. Balasubramanian toBalasubramanian PanchapakesanIyer as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromPrakash Mangala PrasadKurmee to Prakash MangalaPatel as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromShanti Nemaram Chaudhri toShanti NemaramChoudhary asper Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromThadhaniMaheshHiranand toThadani Mahesh Hiranand asper Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromNetake Rohan Yashwant toNetke Rohan Yashwant as perAffidavit.

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I have changed my name fromSudha Karkada to Sudha RuthKarkada as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name fromVinodrai Nanchand LakhanitoVinodNanchand Lakhani asper Affidavit.

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CHANGE OF NAME

Notice is hereby giventhat, I Mr.Shyam yesoo Parab Transferring the Flat in my name ,which is my wife named (Late-Sanjivini Shyam parab)Flat -D2/14 Green Field Rock End.CHS Ltd.,J.V.Link Rd.,Andheri (E)Mumbai-4000093,If Anyperson/s having any claim against said Property,contact the Society within 15 days from the date of Publications of this notice .

Public Notice

This is to inform all people that Propriter of M/s.Shri Raj Rishabh Yarn (CST No. 27610374857), Mr. Mukesh Mithalal Jain who is Residing at House No. 518, Plot No. 403, Shiv Parvati, A - wing, 4th Floor, Mahesh Park, Gokul Nagar, Bhiwandi, Dist - Thane informed to Bhiwandi Nijampur Police Station that the below 'C' Form nos. i.e. 0826780 Rohit & Sons, 0570652-Rose Textiles, 691461-Tara Textiles, 407784-Poonam Enterprises, 333929-Bhola Impex, 616106-Abid Febtax, 616100-Abid fabtax, 974629-I.D. Textiles, 974164-S. Mehta Textiles has reported to be lost . If any body gets are requested to inform on above menitoned address and Contact: 9323152803

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the onus of just administra-tive work given to the SaltDepartment , which nowhaszero work-scope followingend of license raj in 1996 forsalt making and its trans-portation.Moreover, there isno reason to tag salt panowners as lessees as none ofthe salt pans fromRai-regionhave been listed in the re-vised list released in 1935,

which itself is self explana-tory of the age-old owner-ship status held by locals.”says, Advisor for the Sangh,Prashant Shah.Real estate experts believe

that salt pan plots are the lastof the few remaining openspaces left in the twin city,making themvulnerable tar-gets for builders and eventhe land mafia who have settheir eyes on the vast tractsand are eager to exploit the

land for development.Claiming the move as an

evil ploy to snatch salt panlands from the rightful own-ers, vice-president of theSangh, Ashok Patil said, “Weare the rightful owners of theproperty so there is no ques-tion of entering into a leasedeed. Our ancestors havebeen cultivating salt well be-fore the British framed theSalt Law in 1808. If the SaltDepartment claims to beowners of the land, let themprove it.”

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with the Mumbai Police.Shirish stayed with his par-ents at the PoliceGrihnirmanSociety at Thakur Complex.Around 11.30 PM on Sat-

urday, he went up to the so-ciety's terrace and jumpedoff. His body was found in apool of blood by locals whoinformed the police. He wastaken to a nearby hospitalwhere he succumbed to hisinjuries. He is survived by awife and two children.No suicide note was found

near the body or inside hisresidence, while his familymembers said that he wasunder depression from thelast few months due to thelosses in his business. Theentire family was in a state ofshock at the death.On the basis of primary in-

formation, the Samta Nagarpolice registered a case of ac-cidental death, while furtherinvestigations are on.This is not the first time

that a police officer’s son hascommitted suicide. In the lastmonth itself, on July 10, Gau-tamSawant (21), sonof a sen-ior Mumbai Police inspector,whowaspart of the team thatinvestigated the 26/11 at-tacks, committed suicide.He had shot himself with

his father's service revolverat their residence in TilakNagar in suburbanMumbai.His father, Arvind Sawant, isattached with the Mumbaicrime branch, but the reasonfor the suicide in this case isnot clear yet.

Disrespect of India flag on FacebookContinued from pg 1 «said Rajan Jagtap, Police Officer (Admin), TurbheMIDC Po-lice Station. “The photo has been tagged to 33 other peopleand there were 2,635 shares and 1,739 likes and commentson the post by visitors on the page within a few seconds”,added Jagtap. “The investigation is on in order to find outthe unknownperson and a strict actionwill be taken againsthim soon”, Jagtap informed.

Cop’s son ends life

Bhayandar salt pan owners face eviction

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Santacruz residents protested against the V.N. Desai Hospital for diverting them to other hospitals during the final phase of pregnancy, with more than 300 people participating in the campaign against the hospital

RESIDENTS PROTESTAGAINST CIVIC HOSPITAL

By Zuber Ansari

Pregnant women whoregister themselves withthe V.N. Desai civil hos-

pital in Santacruz have al-leged that during the finalfew months of pregnancy, thehospital diverts them to an-other hospital. The doctorshere say that they do thissince there is a non-availabil-ity of doctors at V.N. DesaiHospital. They thus referpregnant women to otherhospitals far away like Nair,Sion and KEM.A protest rally was

arranged by the party work-ers of BJP at V.N. Desai Hospi-tal. Several people affected bythe hospital also joined theprotest. The locals also fur-ther said that many neces-sary machines for MRI,X-Rays and other equip-ments are not there with thehospital staff or they do notwork. Crucial time is wastedwhile transferring a patientfrom this hospital to othercivil hospitals which are lo-cated quite far away.BJP leader of Kalina assem-

bly Anil Upadhyay said, “Sev-eral local residents came tome and told me about theproblem. There is only onehospital in the entire San-tacruz area. Other hospitalsare far away. Nearly 200 to

250 women register them-selves with the hospital butalmost all of them are turneddown and refered to otherhospitals”. He added, “I haveinformed the higher authori-ties about this but nothinghas been done yet”.A signature campaign was

also launched by the partyworkers. More then 300 peo-ple have signed for the cam-paign as of now. Upadhyaysaid, “In a week’s time, the sig-natures and complaints willbe officially sent to the BMCCommissioner and other

higher authorities.” A womanparticipating in the protestsaid, “If a woman is sent toanother hospital n the finalphase of pregnancy, there arechances that the child is bornon the way. Such incidenceshave taken place earlier here.If something goes wrong, alife is lost. Who will take theresponsibility of this?”A senior doctor of V.N.

Desai Hospital, on conditionof anonymity, said, “We knowit is a major problem but wetoo are helpless. Enough doc-tors are not available and

hence we have to send preg-nant women and other pa-tients to other hospitalselsewhere”.Poonam Pandey, a resident

of Santacruz said, “I had regis-tered with the hospital twomonths ago when I was sevenmonths pregnant. But just aweek ago, the doctors askedme to register with anotherhospital. They said there areshort of staff. Now I have toregister with the Sion hospital,which is very far away.” RekhaSingh, another resident,echoed a similar opinion.

SIGNATURE DRIVE: BJP workers, along with Santacruz residents participate in the signature campaignagainst the civic V.N. Desai Hospital at Santacruz.

By Suresh Golani

BHAYANDAR: A conven-ient and speedy journey

to and fro Mira-Bhayandarwill soon be a reality as theMumbai Metropolitan Re-gion Development Author-ity (MMRDA) is envisagingimproving and enhancingthe road network of thetwin-city. This informationwas given by NCP legislatorGilbert Mendonca who saidthat the Mira BhayandarMunicipal Corporation(MBMC) has already sentfive road projects-includingthe construction of six Ve-hicular Underpasses atprominent traffic signals onthe Chatrapati Shivaji Ma-haraj Road joining GoldenNext with the MumbaiAhmedabad National High-way, road connecting theBhayandar (West) regionwith the Link Road inDahisar, 45-metre wide roadconnecting the ROB toUttan-Manori-Gorai region,creek parallel by-pass roadconnecting Jesal Park withthe National Highway viaGhodbunder, concretingwork of existing and two

FOBs-one at Kashimira andthe other one at GoldenNest Circle. “The population of this

region is growing by leapsand bounds, putting pres-sure on the existing roadnetwork. Being an MMR-based twin-city, we have re-quested the MMRDA tolend a helping hand to up-grade the road network byinitiating infra-projectswhich have already beenproposed by the civic body”,Mendonca said.

The event alsoaccompaniesinauguration of a new campusBy A Staff Reporter

Lavasa Ecole Hoteliere(LEH)-the first and only

college in Lavasa city, heldthe convocation of its firstbatch of 21 students. Thefour-year undergraduate pro-gramme in Hospitality man-agement, at its convocation,opened up internship andjob opportunities for its stu-dents in the city itself. Thesestudents have already beenplaced in reputed hotelsacross the country. Alongwith the convocation, a newcampus of 67,000 sq.ft of LEHhas been inaugurated in thecity. The new campus, inau-gurated by Prof. MichealRochat, General Director,Ecole Hoteliere de Lausannein Switzerland, said, “The

mission of the organisation isto cultivate talent for the hos-pitality industry globally. Wewill be continuously working

to provide the best talent forvarious regions”. The convo-cation had Raymond Bick-son, Managing Director and

CEO, Taj Group of Hotels, asthe chief guest who handedover the certificates to thestudents.

NCP legislator urgesMMRDA help to smoothen

Mira-Bhayandar roads

MLA Gilbert Mendonca

City's oldest escalator foot-overbridge (FOB) located at Girgaum Chowpatty near Sukh Sagar Hotel wasdemolished by the BMC on Saturday night. The bridge was built in 1953 by Patel Trust, which entered into a99-year lease agreement with the Corporation. The escalator portion of the bridge was installed in the ’70s.

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Lavasa’s maiden college convocation

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NO RESTING IN PEACEBy Vishnudas Sheshrao

After naming roads, lanes, by-lanes, squares, circles,bridges, schools and colleges

after political leaders, councillors inthe Brihanmumbai Municipal Cor-poration (BMC) are gunning toamend the British era policy, just torename old cemeteries in the cityafter their near and dear ones. Pub-lic Health officials are afraid thatnew exercise will create unneces-sary tensions in city.As per the 1888 Act of Municipal

Corporation, cemeteries and burialgrounds cannot be named afteranyone. Most of them, are unoffi-cially referred to after area or local-ity or by religion.It is obligatory for the civic body

to provide cemetery or burialground for citizens. The BMC pro-

vides 300 kg of wood free to Hindusin civic and private crematoriums.Similarly, free ‘burga’ woodenplanks are provided in Muslimcemeteries and burial charges arewaived of in Hindu and Christiancemeteries.There are total 194 cemeteries in

the city and suburbs, of which 131

are private cemeteries and 62 arecivic ones. Now, councillors in theBMCwant tomake a new policy forthe naming of the cemeteries in thecity, so that every cemetery wouldhave a new name.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

councillor Rajshri Palande fromChembur put forward a proposalfor naming and renaming cemeter-ies in the city, saying, “The BMC al-ready has a policy for the namingand renaming of roads and lanes inthe city. On the same lines, the BMCshould make a policy and frame-work for naming and renaming of

the cemeteries in the city.”Public Health officials, under

whose jurisdiction the administra-tion of cemeteries comes, said,“This proposal will create unneces-sary tension, and extra burden onthe health department.”

After going through the useless exercise of renaminganything and everything in Mumbai, politicians have

begun to covet cemeteries

Denomination Hindu Muslim Christian Other TotalPrivate 35 49 41 7 132Civic 43 11 8 62

78 60 49 7 194

BMC combined cemetery Mulund (East) T ward.

MUMBAI: MegastarAmitabh Bachchan

met Shah Rukh Khan'sson AbRam during the su-perstar's Eid party at hisresidence Mannat. Gauriand the 47-year-oldactor's baby boy, throughsurrogacy, was reportedlyborn on May 27 at 34weeks of pregnancy.“A lovely evening spent

at Shahrukh's place forcelebration of Eid and hisnewborn son AbRam,who is adorable,”Bachchan posted onFacebook.“...Lots of friends and

well wishers... And withthe children and grand-children.. Finished late,but happy late..,” headded.Bachchan's grandchil-

dren along with daughterShweta visted him on Eidand the 70-year-old actortook his grandson Agastyato catch the latest SRK

starrer ‘Chennai Express’.“The children are back..

Navya-Naveli, Agastya,Shweta all. The house isfilled with the sound of

little feet. Was showingAgastya 'Chennai Ex-press'.. Fun!!,” he hadposted on Twitter on theeve of Eid.

Scared to revive mygrandpa’s film banner,says Imran KhanMUMBAI: Actor Imran Khan says that although he

would like to revive his grandfather Nasir Hus-sain's film banner, the thought of doing so scares him.Nasir Hussain has given Indian cinema several hit

films like 'Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai', 'Phir Wohi DilLaya Hoon', 'Tumsa Nahi Dekha', 'Teesri Manzil','Yaadon Ki Baraat', 'Caravan' and others.Though Nasir's son Mansoor Ali Khan had given a

shot at continuing his father's banner by producinghits such as 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak' and 'Jo JeetaWohi Sikander', Shah Rukh Khan-Aishwarya Rai film'Josh' (2000) was his last film as a director.However, after that the Nasir Hussain banner has

not come out with any film and now Imran plans torevive the production house."Emotionally, I would like to do it, but to be honest

it is a scary thought. He (Nasir Hussain) had set cer-tain standards with his movies and name. And what-ever I do that will be in his name, so I don't want totake that lightly andmake any film by adding his nameto it," Imran told PTI in an exclusive interview here.“If I make a film under his name then I am playing

with his reputation, so I am scared of all this. But thereis definitely an intention (tomake a film). I would verymuch like to do it, but I would be very nervous. Forme, it is a scary thought!” he added.

MNS sellsonion, seeksaction againsthoardingMUMBAI: As the onion prices are

soaring, MNS workers todaysold the vegetable in some areas ofthe city at a lower rate.“We sold onion to as many as

16,000 families in some of our wards.We purchased them from the farmersfor Rs 22 per kg and sold for Rs 25 perkg”, MNS group leader in MunicipalCorporation of GreaterMumbai, DilipLande, said.Accusing the wholesalers of hoard-

ing and inflating the prices, he saidthe onion was today selling at Rs 60when it was at Rs 30-32 level tillThursday.The increase in pricewas not bene-

fiting the farmers, he added, warningthat MNS workers would storm thegodowns at Vashi's agricultural pro-ducemarket committee (APMC) if thestate failed to act against hoarding.

WILD PROTEST: With a protest against the killings of five Indian soldiers at the LOC, by Pakistani troops, Shivsainkis vent their anger by burning the national flag of Pakistan in Lower Parel on Sunday.

ATTAGIRLS! With Janmasthami a week away, lady Govindas from the Deep Krida’s Govinda Pathak are seenpractising at Lower Parel on Sunday.

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By Prashant Hamine

Political posturing for theensuing 2014 Lok Sabhaelections for the six Lok

Sabha seats in Mumbai andthe remaining 42 seats in restof Maharashtra has begun inright earnest. Going by thenames of party hopefulseager to contest the generalelections it does appear thatmost of the political partiesare likely to field new facesostensibly to duck under thedreaded anti-incumbencyfactor.Amongst the probable

names doing the rounds as faras the six Lok Sabha con-stituencies in Mumbai is con-cerned, names likeAbhinandan Lodha (MumbaiSouth), Dr. SubramanianSwamy (Mumbai North-East)and Gopal Shetty (MumbaiNorth) are doing the rounds atpresent. NCP chief and UnionAgriculture Minister SharadPawar is scheduled to finalisethe party candidates for thegeneral elections on August 12.Elsewhere in the state,

names of former BJP presidentNitin Gadkari (Nagpur) andNCPsminister for PublicWorksChhagan Bhujbal (Nashik) arealso being propped up as po-tential candidates for the LokSabha elections.Sources in the BJP dis-

closed that AbhinandanLodha, son of BJP MLAMan-gal Prabhat Lodha is being

tipped to contest fromMum-bai South constituencyagainst sitting Congress in-cumbent andUnionMinisterMilind Deora. With the seatbelonging to the Shiv Sena inthe seat sharing agreement,sources disclosed that if theSena agrees to swap the seatin lieu of any other seat, thenLodha junior could conteston a party ticket. Or else Ab-hinandan Lodha could con-test as a Sena candidate fromthe same constituency.Another surprise name

doing the rounds is the possi-bility of Janata Party presi-dent Dr Subramanian Swamycontesting from his erstwhileconstituency of MumbaiNorth-East against NCPs sit-ting MP Sanjay Patil. Swamyhad represented the seatonce in 1977 elections. For-mer BJP Mumbai city unitpresident and sitting MLA

Gopal Shetty is likely to benominated from MumbaiNorth constituency againstsitting Congress MP SanjayNirupam.Senior Shiv Sena leader Ga-

janan Kirtikar is likely to berenominated from theMum-bai North-West constituencyagainst sitting Congress MPGurudas Kamat. However,the BJP-Shiv Sena-RPI-A al-liance is not yet decided on

whom to field against sittingCongress MPs Priya Dutt(Mumbai North-Central) andEknath Gaikwad (MumbaiSouth-Central). In the case ofMumbai South-Central, theSena is locked in a disputewith its potential ally the

MNS. The Sena too is unde-cided on whether to field itsveteran leaderManohar Joshifrom Mumbai South-Centralor Kalyanwhere its sittingMPAnand Paranjape who hassince switched allegiance tothe NCP.

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As a befitting tribute to aniconic ‘matinee-idol’ the

formal unveiling of themetallic statue of the iconicsuperstar Rajesh Khannaconvened by UTV Star’s Walkof the Stars headed by M.K.Anand, was held on Satur-day, at 11.30 a.m. which isthe traditional matinee showslot. Stunning actress Dimple

Kapadia said, “One majorthing I learnt from my ‘late’husband Rajesh Khanna is toalways be fearless. Evenwhen he in his final stages,he never showed signs of a‘death scare’. Actually, Kakaji(Khanna) lived life on hisown terms and valued hisfreedom and space. Which iswhy it was jointly decided tohave the symbolic levitatinggas-balloons in the righthand of the statue, that rep-resent his iconic character‘Anand’ during the song‘Zindagi Kaisi Hai Paheli’from the same yesteryearmovie,” stated Dimple on apersonal note. Later, addressing the audi-

ence, Dimple came up withan appeal which would beheartwarming for all ofKhanna’s loyal fans. “On thisoccasion, I wish to expressmy ardent wish that it wouldbe wonderful, if Carter Roadat Bandra West is renamed

as Rajesh Khanna Marg, justas a popular park in NewDelhi is already named afterhim,” declared Dimple.

Responding to Dimple’sspeech, ‘special guest’ MPRajeev Shukla assured thathe would definitely take upthe issue, despite a pendingdemand for the same roadto be named after a leg-endary ‘composer’. Besidesco-hosts star-actor AkshayKumar and his wife Twinkle,the turnout included seniorstars like Hema Malini,

Zeenat Aman, Asha Parekh,Rishi Kapoor, Jeetendra,Randhir Kapoor, RakeshRoshan, MithunChakraborty, Farhan Akhtar,Jackie Shroff and Anu Malikbesides political bigwigsShukla and Amar Singh. “We expect to install this

Kakaji’s classy bronze-huedstatue at the Bandra Band-stand promenade within tendays for posterity publicviewing and photo-ops,” in-formed UTV head M.K.Anand.

Dimple’s simple wish: Rename Carter Rd as Rajesh Khanna Marg!

UTV Stars-Walk of the Stars immortalises Super Star of yesteryearRajesh Khanna. The statue was unveiled by (from left) Akshay Kumar,Twinkle Khanna and Dimple Kapadia over the weekend.

Posturing for LSelections begins

Delhi-MumbaiIndustrialCorridor

By Prashant Hamine

In a bid to give a fillip toindustrial infrastructurein the state, Chief MinisterPrithviraj Chavan lastweek decided to give a leg-up to the first stage ofDelhi-Mumbai IndustrialCorridor (DMIC). Chair-ing a meeting of the In-

dustries department overthe weekend, he directedthe officials to immedi-ately start work on the firststage of DMIC near Shen-dre-Bidkin Industrial Es-tate, close to Aurangabad.The state government

has already acquired 751hectares of land at Shen-dre and is expected to ac-quire overall 2,500hectares of land for theproject. The project in-volves setting up of an in-dustrial park ande x h i b i t i o n - c u m -convention centre atShendre.Minister for Industries

Narayan Rane stated thatalthough the land acquisi-tion process has not com-menced at Dighi in Raigaddistrict, he would soon bepersonally going there totake the locals into confi-dence about the DMICproject.Chavan said that the

proposed DMIC projectwill industrially link Mum-bai, Thane, Raigad,Nashik, Aurangabad,Pune, Ahmednagar, Dhuleand Nandurbar districtswith New Delhi. The proj-ect is expected to giveboost to industrial devel-opment of some of the in-dustrially backwardregions like Dhule andNandurbar. Chavan di-rected the officials to com-plete the technicalformalities and coordi-nate with the concernedagencies. The meeting wasattended by top govern-ment officials.

Abhinandan Lodha (Mumbai South), Dr. Subramanian Swamy (Mumbai N-E) and Gopal Shetty (Mumbai North).

IT’s true; problems are resolved only throughdialogue and not through confrontation.But when it comes to the long pending is-

sues between India and Pakistan, the mootquestion is has dialogue really helped in thepast and is the present atmosphere conduciveto have any ‘meaningful’ dialogue, particularlyon the backdrop of recent killing of five Indiansoldiers near LoC at Poonch area of Jammu &Kashmir.Though the obvious answer is no to this

question, the fact remains that political issuesoften do not have obvious answers. Therefore,it is necessary to have a deeper look in to theissue and find out reasonswhy the Indian gov-ernment is insisting on going ahead with theproposed meeting of Prime Minister Manmo-han Singh and his new Pakistani counterpartNawaz Sharif in New York next month. And isthere any hope of the proposed dialogue yield-ing any fruit.

Antony’s defenceLast week witnessed an ugly fight between

the BJP-led Opposition and the Congress overthe statement delivered byDefenceMinister A.K. Antony about the attack of Pakistan. Antonywent on record almost giving a clean chit to thePakistani army over the attack. In well-de-signed and carefully worded statement inRajya Sabha, Antony said that the attack wasdone by terrorists in the uniform of Pakistaniarmy.This certificatewas unwarranted andun-desired, particularly when the defence min-istry officers sitting on Jammu had clearlystated in their statement was the attack wasdone by Pakistani armed forces’ personnel.It took more than 48 hours for Antony to

come out with another clarification in whichhe admitted that the act of the attackwas doneby persons of Pakistani army. But by the time,the damage was already done, as the Pakistanimedia and government went to town quotingthe initial version of Indian Defence Minister,who had cleared the Pakistani army from theact.It was learnt in the Central Hall, that the ver-

sion of the defenceministry was ‘corrected’ bynone other than Shiv Shankar Menon, the for-mer Foreign Secretary and present PrimeMin-ister’s Defence Advisor. It makes it amply clearthat the change in the statement was not abrainchild and act of Antony alone but thePrimeMinister’s Officewas actively involved init. Why PMO did took such a keen interest in

the matter? The answer is that the PMO, andparticularly the Prime Minister, is personallyinterested in ensuring that his meeting withSharif takes placewithout any trouble fromourside.The question iswhy is the PMkeen onmeet-

ing his Pakistani counterpart on the US soil?The answer is, theUS government, particularlythe US President Barack Obama is more thaneager to ensure peace between the twowarringnations at least for the near future. This is be-cause the US army has decided and declaredto withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. In theabsence of US army, there is a fear of Taliban

forces getting scot-free and resume havoc inthe West Asia region. The US administrationexpects the Pakistani army to be alert on itsWest frontier to control Taliban. To enable toconcentrate their efforts on the West Front,USA wants Pakistan’s West front that meetsIndia’s border, to remain quiet.Therefore, thereshould be maximum peace and harmony be-tween India and Pakistan. This message hasbeen sent to Indian rulers, who have secretlyassured the US government to abide by theirwish. Thus, Manmohan is more than eager tomeet Sharif.In that case, why is Pakistan indulging in to

the attacks beyond the LoC? This is because,there is a worst divide between Pakistan’s civilgovernment and the army in uniform. GeneralAshfaq Parvez Kayani, nurses an ambition totake over as the Pakistan’s ruler, thoughhis am-bition has not surfaced yet. Moreover, the at-traction and influence of Pakistan’s formermilitary ruler, General Parvez Musharraf hasyet not died down. Many areas of Pakistan arestill under the control of Taliban tribes. There

is still unrest in areas of Non-West Provinceand Sindh. In such a scenario, Sharif is takingthe usual shelter to retain power, i.e. to createatmosphere of fear and hatred about India. Hehad used this weapon successfully during hisearlier regime, when he had engineered infil-tration that resulted in Kargil war. Now he is atit again. There was Pakistani attack on Indiansoil in January, February, March and May ear-lier. InMay, Pakistani soldiers crossed LoC, be-headed two Indian soldiers and took theirheads to Pakistan. The Indian governmentfailed to take any stern action apart from de-nouncing this ghastly act.

Dawood IbrahimNow, a senior Pakistani diplomat has re-

vealed that the notorious criminal DawoodIbrahim was so far hiding in Pakistan. If it’strue, what happens to consistent denials ofPakistani government denyingDawood’s pres-ence on their soil? The diplomat’s revelation isalso a calculated move. He has spoken thetruth, but too late. His statementmakes it clearthat Dawood is no more in Pakistan. It meansthe Pakistani government provided a safe exitroute to Dawood before making it public.In such a situation, is the exercise of holding

meeting between two heads of state likely toyield anymeaningful result? Or it would be yetanother futile exercise? When nothing sub-stantial is likely to be come out of themeeting,what’s the point in going for it? Apart fromwaste of time and energy, it will also create anatmosphere of false hope among both coun-tries, which would later turn in to worse angerand hatred.It may be recalled that when PrimeMinister

Atal Behari Vajpayee and the same NawazSharif were engaged in hugging each other tostart ‘Samjhauta Express’, the infiltrators hadstartedmaking their way from the hilly areas ofKargil. Since then there have beenmore than adozen incidents of violence in India by Pak-istan-trained armed terrorist, the 26/11Mum-bai attack being one of them. The accused ofthe attacks are still roaming free in Pakistan.The least the Indian government can do andthe US should support the demand to handover all the accused to India to face legal trials,before the two Prime Ministers shake handsand pose for camera clicks.

(The writer is a political journalist andShiv Sena Member of Rajya Sabha)

YOUmayhave heard of the old tale abouta king ordering a habitual delinquent tochoose between eating a hundred

onions or a hundred lashes. And the poor fel-low ending up undergoing both punishmentsalternately! Well, the Congress Party in itspanic at seeing Andhra slip out of its grasp inthe coming parliamentary poll is faced withthe very real prospect of losing both Telan-gana and the rest of Andhra.Faraway in Delhi you do not realize the

fierce social and political tensions set off bythe precipitate decision of the Congress’bright sparks to carve out the Telugu-speak-ing Andhra into two separateTelugu-speakingStates. Even if the decision was unexception-able, the timingwas all wrong. Angry pro- andanti-Telangana protests all over the State, withgovernment employees pitted against one an-other on geographic lines, have brought theStatemachinery to a grinding halt. The rulingCongress has plunged into confusion. Now itis the turn of the Andhra youths to take to thestreets to vent their violent spleen.Events following the Congress high com-

mand diktat did notmatch the script it had inmind. The votaries of the separate State stilldo not trust the party which had repeatedlybetrayed them in the past. And the people in

the rest of Andhra are determined not tocountenance the loss of Hyderabad in whichthey have a vital stake. It was turning outto be a lose-lose situation for the CongressParty.For, neither the Telangana Rashtra Samithi

was in a hurry to dissolve its identity tomergewith the Congress Party. Nor were the peoplein the rest of Andhra ready to accept any pro-posalwhich envisaged their ouster, nowor tenyears later, from the magnificent metropolisthat Hyderabad had become in the last twodecades. Without Hyderabad, Telangana

would not be viable.Most of its revenuewouldcome from it. ButwithoutHyderabad, the restof Andhra would feel barren.The fight over the jewel of Hyderabad is

sure to torpedo the Congress’s supposedwin-ning strategy to bifurcate Andhra. In any case,K. Chandrashekhar Rao is no fool. He wouldrather win a dozen or so Lok Sabha seats inthe next election under his own symbol andthen bargain with the prospective coalition-makers in New Delhi from a position ofstrength. Submerging his identity in the Con-gress would onlymake him a non-entity. Thisdoes not serve the Congress’ interests which,staring at a certain defeat, is willing to try allstratagems to bolster its tally in the comingpolls. At the present reckoning, theTelanganadecision may have cost the party the fewseats it might otherwise have hoped to winhad it not gambled on the birth of a newState. NowbothTelangana andAndhrawouldvote against it with a vengeance. Telanganabecause the State may not be a reality by thetime the next election is held; the rest ofAndhra becauseHyderabad is to be snatchedaway from it. What is that phrase about thebest laid plans of mice and Congressmengoing awrywhen sheer selfishness underpinsthose plans.

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Ponder awhile...“In strife who inquires whether strata-gem or courage was used?”

— Virgil

ITwould be useful to find out whatcaused clashes between two com-

munities in Kistikar, Jammu andKashmir. A high-level probe, whichhas been ordered, might help iden-tify the culprits. Kashmir has beenfree from any communal clashes.What caused the riots now? There isa strong opinion that Pakistan has ahand in it. Pakistan has been, forsometime now, undertaking hostilemeasures against India.The Pakistani army is busy violat-

ing ceasefire along the Line of Con-trol (LoC). A couple of days ago, asmany as 7,000 rounds were fired bythe Pakistan army. The develop-ments point to some game plan byour neighbour who appears to havesome suspicious and sinister de-signs.What is quite interesting is the

bandh call in the state: TheHurriyatConference is holding demonstra-tions throughout Jammu and Kash-mir. It looks like a major communalproblem and what is quite surpris-ing is that the Hurriyat is joined bythe BJP in organising the bandh.The BJP is targeting ChiefMinister

Omar Abdullah who is, according toit, inefficient and is unable tomain-tain law and order.One thing has become certain

now: the Pakistani army has startedagain implementing its J&Kmission.It is evident it is not consultingtop leaders in the civilian establish-ment. Any time it wants, the armycan carry on its operations inKashmir. A Hindu-Muslim con-frontation can cause serious prob-lems for the state.

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Can Shiva get a mate?BEING a nature lover I visit Bycullazoo to take in nature’s bounty in theform of the flora and fauna.Among the animals, Shiva,Mum-

bai’s very own male Rhino, a resi-dent of the zoo for over twodecades, is my favorite animal.On my last visit, I found Shiva,

now aged and wounded(as pictured) nibbling atthe grass in his enclosureafter which he quickly went back to

his resting place looking rather for-lorn and lonely.Having seen Shiva in his prime, I

feel sorry for his lack of a femalecompanion and for his lonely life.Is there any chance for a female

rhino to be brought in to give Shivacompany? Can the zoo bosses an-swer please?

—S.Venkatnarayan,Matunga

Upgrade current govt schemeTHE appointment ofMr. RaghuramRajan, the 50-year-old Economist asthe RBI Governor is a great move.With his experience at IMF, he is theright person to deal with the slidingrupee and the economic slowdown.The government’s schemes for

people below the poverty line arewelcome but are unfortunatelynot executed properly particularlywhen it involves the Mid-Day Mealscheme, NREGA, Direct Transfersetc. These need to be strengthenedbefore we even think about startingthe Food Security Bill which is full ofloop holes. It would be better if weupgrade the existing Rural Employ-ment Scheme and help the poorwith employment and a salary.

— Jagan Babu,Mumbai

Govt should honour GaurI FEEL that thewriter of a film is themost important component, as thefilm is based on his screenplay anddialogue. Vrajendra Gaur was awriter who laid the foundation ofmany a successful film with hissupremely talented stories, screen-plays and dialogues. His passingaway at the age of 55 on August 7,years ago is indeed sad as it was un-timely. The tributes by AmitabhBachchan and Dharamendra forhim, in the article: Vrajendra Gaur:The Kohinoor amongwriters on Au-gust 2, were moving.His writing for films like ‘Sarhad’,

‘Baarish’, ‘Baat Ek Raat Ki’, ‘San-

gram’, ‘Parineeta’, ‘Kati Patang’ andmore will never be forgotten. I alsojoin his other fans and request the

government to bring out a PostageStamp in his memory as he was notjust a top film writer but also a con-

tributor to literature that promotedIndia’s freedom.

—RohintonMistry,Dadar

CREATING tension and killing In-dian soldiers at the Line of Con-trol (LoC) is the favorite pass timeof the Pakistan army whichshould be dealt with in no uncer-tain terms by the Indian govern-ment. Pakistan’s agenda throughthese attacks seems to be the di-version of people’s attention fromtheir own economic and securityproblems to border issues. Pak-istan is a miniscule nation com-pared to our size and strength andwe should retaliate to their vio-lence so that they learn to behaveand respect the LoC. Other na-tions including the United Statesshould take note of Pakistan’s mis-chief across borders, as well astheir propagation of terrorismacross the globe. It is time that‘Behave or perish’ becomes thenew slogan when it comes toteaching Pakistan a lesson in theirown game of spreading terroracross the globe.

—S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

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I HEARD an interesting ‘allega-tion’ in a recent TV debate. A se-curity expert was hinting atnational interest being compro-mised for personal ambition. If Itry to reason out with his state-ment, it might mean that eitherone or both governments areprobably eyeing the Nobel Peaceprize by solving the Kashmirproblem, even if it means capitu-lating to Pakistan. A move to com-bine the two Kashmirs and have ajoint patrolling by India and Pak-istan and eventually declare itfully independent appears to havebeen almost agreed upon and thegovernment seems to be in ahurry to do it before being booted

out of office. Part of the long termdismemberment plan? In whichcase will it be the Peace Prize orthe Piece Prize? Since the trueGandhi did not get it, maybe thefalse one will.

—T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivli

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WHY should there be a heateddiscussion about calling the in-truders in Poonch Pak soldiers orterrorists? Are the two entities dif-ferent from each other? Every per-son in the world, except theWhite

House and the South Block,knows that the theocratic regimeof Islamabad is the nerve centre ofworldwide state-sponsored terror-ism. Or for that matter, that thenumerous Muslim terror outfits inthe entire globe like the Taliban,Hamas, Hizbullah, JeM, LeT, PFLP,IM, JKLF, to name a few, are differ-ent units of the same interna-tional Islamic terrorism network.They are all financed by the petro-dollar rich Gulf countries tospread the reign of terror across

the non-Muslim world.— Jorhat Singh, Kandivli

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IN the light of the latest Indo-Pakconfrontation, I am tempted toimagine what would have hap-pened had Israel found itself inthe same situation. Virtually,within minutes of firing from Pak-istan, their army would have beenbusy counting the bodies of theirdead soldiers after a befittingcounter strike by the Jewishground forces. Simultaneously, air

strikes would have been launchedon the camps sheltering the Is-lamic terrorists, state-sponsoredby the theocratic country.

—ArunMalankar, Kalina

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THE Defence Minister with his re-cent statement in Parliament con-firmed that it was about 20 Paksoldiers who ambushed and killed5 Indian jawans in Poonch, J&Kand put things in the right per-

spective without an apologythough, as demanded by the Op-position. The PMO also dispelledthe misgiving that the MoD’sstatement Aug 7 was, in fact, vet-ted by the PMO. The MoD is alsosaid to have hinted that India willact tough with Pak and lodgediplomatic protests.The Government of India is re-quired to expose Pakistan so thatit is declared a terrorist state bythe U.N, and economic sanctionsare imposed on it immediately. Itis also hoped that our governmentwill not stop with statements inParliament but will translate theirwords into reality to free ourcountry from repeated cruel at-tacks by Pakistan.

—T.M.Uday Shankar,Mumbai

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THE edit piece by Tavleen Singh,‘For whose ‘defence’ was Antonyspeaking?’(ADC, Aug 8), reveals acritical analysis of the statementmade by the Indian defence min-ister to the media. It is indeedridiculous that he made a firmstatement that the unfortunatekilling of the five Indian Army per-sonnel was done by Pak terroristsin the guise of the Pakistan army.However, Antony has to lend cred-ibility to his statement by provingwhat took place at the site. This isessential to ascertain the nextmove by the Indian services per-sonnel. As very rightly suggestedby Ms. Singh, Antony should havetaken the Army Chief into confi-dence before opening his mouthon such a sensitive internationalissue. If it is proved that this at-tack was made by the PakistaniBorder Force, then retaliation toteach them a lesson is to be

planned on a war footing insteadof showing only the anguish of thetop politicos sitting in Delhi.

—Bikram Banerjea,Mumbai

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IT is indeed a sorry state of affairswhere instead of giving full pro-tection to our border, we prove tobe a novice against Pakistan whois taking advantage of our Govern-ment’s weak strategy, by first be-heading our soldiers and thenambushing five of our armymenin the past few days.The Indian Government ought tohave taken cognisance of the at-tack and should fight fire with fireinstead of going back on ourstatements and exonerating thePakistan Army of all the ceasefireviolations. After the attack wemade an error in our statementand now state that the PakistanArmy’s role cannot be ruled out inthe attack. Since the statements ofour Government differ, Pakistan isconveniently denying its hand inthe LoC attack.In the midst of it all, our PM iskeen on talks with Pakistan anddoes not even have the courtesyto condole the death of our menin the ambush.

— Jayanthy S.Maniam, Sion

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DESPITE the frequent and contin-uous attacks by our neighbouringcountries, our government takesno action against the perpetra-tors. Indians across the countryand the world still cannot under-stand what message our govern-ment is trying to send out. Yetagain we have lost 4 of our jawans.The UPA chair person issued astatement saying that all Indiansare standing by the martyrs.Whatexactly is she indicating by thisstatement?

—Bhavesh Jani, Nallasopara

LETTER OFTHE DAY

LONELY: Shiva, Mumbai’s very ownageing rhino, needs a mate.

Teach Pak a lesson for violating ceasefire

IT is only in India that honestand sincere IAS officers and bu-reaucrats are humiliated whenthey take decisions in the interestof the nation. Instead of beingappreciated for their good work,they are suspended and trans-ferred several times. This is alldue to dirty politics and the in-volvement of ministers in dubi-ous deals which bring themcrores of rupees. Ashok Khemka -Haryana’s controversial officerwas transferred 43 times in his21-year career for being honestand sincere in his job, thus earn-ing the wrath of politicians forobvious reasons. The UP incidenthas once again demonstrated theblatant misuse of political power.Such incidents are demoralisingfor young officers who struggle toovercome them with grit, confi-dence and determination. Theyare also responsible for the ‘braindrain’ affecting our country.Many such IAS officers have suf-fered in the last few decades andsome have even vanished fromthe scene. It is high time the PMtakes stock of the UP incident

and pulls up the UP governmentor transfers Nagpal to Delhi on aprominent posting.

—S. Krishna Kumar, Dombivli

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DURGA SHAKTI NAGPAL wasclearly made a scapegoat toplease politicians and bureau-crats. This, however, is nothingnew and has been happening for

years in banks, financial institu-tions, government offices andtreasuries. The chances of theseofficers surviving therefore, areslim with ‘chamchagiri’ being theonly option available to them.The suspension of Nagpal, a jun-ior IAS officer who independ-ently and boldly acted againstthe sandmafia in UP, has beenmade the fighting arena by theCentre and the UP government.Instead of just handling the mat-ter at the Chief Secretary level,the issue escalated beyond thepower of the PrimeMinister.Even if the concerned IAS officer,despite acting in accordancewith the rules on the matter, didnot handle the situation withprudence and administrativeacumen, it was for the depart-mental head or the Chief Secre-tary of the state to advise andguide Nagpal on how it shouldhave been handled.Now that the issue has turned

national, the real culprit hasgone scot-free and has mademore money in the process.

—Calicut Ramani, Sion

Nagpal was suspended for her honesty

SHAMEFUL: Nagpal’s suspension andothers like it are demoralising for youngand honest IAS officers like her.

THEY SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN: A fitting reply is needed. India’s silenceon the LoC incident will only encourage Pakistan to attack us without fear.

Sequence:A sequence is a collection (list) of numbers arranged in adefinite order according to some rule.Each number in the sequence is called a term of the se-

quence.The number in the first position is called the first term.First term is denoted by ‘t1’ or ‘a’ second term is de-

noted by ‘t2’………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………(n – 1)th term is denoted by tn - 1nth term is denoted by tn

The sum of the first n terms of a sequence:If {tn} is a sequence, then we denote the sum of the first nterms of this sequence by Sn.

∴∴ Sn = t1 + t2 + t3 ………………. + tnThus S1 = t1

S2 = t1 + t2S3 = t1 + t2 + t3………………………………………………………………………… Sn = t1 + t2 + t3 ………………. + tn

From the above statements,S1 = t1S2 – S1 = t2S3 – S2 = t3………………………………Sn – Sn-1 = tn

∴∴ tn = Sn – Sn-1

Ex. 1.1(1) Find the next three terms of the sequencegiven below:(iii) 2, 5, 11, 23………Solution:Here, t1 = 2,

t2 = 5 = t1 x 2 + 1,t3 = 11 = t2 x 2 + 1,t4 = 23 = t3 x 2 + 1

∴∴ tn = tn – 1 x 2 + 1t5 = t5 – 1 x 2 + 1= t4 x 2 + 1 = 23 x 2 + 1 = 46 + 1 = 47,t6 = t6 – 1 x 2 + 1= t5 x 2 + 1 = 47 x 2 + 1 = 94 + 1 = 95,t7= t7 – 1 x 2 + 1= t6 x 2 + 1 = 95 x 2 + 1 = 190 + 1 = 191.

∴∴ The next three terms are 47, 95 and 191.

Progression: A progression is a special type of sequencein which the relationship between any two consecutiveterms is the same.There are three types of progressions namely (i) Arithmetic Progression(ii) Geometric Progression (iii) Harmonic Progression. Here we shall study only Arithmetic Progression.

Arithmetic Progression (A. P):An Arithmetic progression is a sequence, such that givena first term, each term is obtained by adding a fixed num-ber to the preceding term. This fixed number is called the common difference of

that A. P. and is denoted by‘d’.

General term of an A.P.: If t1, t2, t3, t4,…….is an A.P. and if t1 = a then the n

th termis tn = a + (n – 1) d.Thus an A. P. can be expressed as a, a + d, a + 2d, a +

3d,…………

The sum of the first n terms of an A.P.:If t1 is the first term and tn is the n

th term, then the sum ofthe first n terms is given by the formula: Sn = n [t1 + tn]

2

Here t1 = a and tn = a + (n – 1) d∴∴ Sn = n [2a + (n – 1) d]

2

Activity: 2 (page 14)For the following A.P. find the missing term in the box

(i) 2, , 26Let us denote the first term as a, the second term

as a + d and the third term as a + 2d.a + 2d = 26

∴∴ 2 + 2d = 26∴∴ 2d = 24∴∴ d = 12

∴∴ The second term a + d = 2 + 12 = 14.

Ex. 1.2 (13) Find the sum of the first 90 terms of an A.P.whose first term is 5 and 90th term is 625.Solution: Here, a = t1 = 5, tn = t90 = 625, n = 90, S90 = ?

Sn = n [t1 + tn] …Formula2

∴∴ S90 = 90 [5 + 625] …Substituting the values2

= 45 x 630 = 28350∴∴ The required sum is 28350.

Problem Set – 1 (page 109)(8) Meenakshi saved Rs. 33,000 in ten years. In each year

after the first, she saved Rs. 200 more than she did inthe preceding year. How much did she save in the firstyear?Solution: Here, number of years = n = 10, d = 200, Sn =S10 = 33000, a = ?Sn = n [2a + (n – 1) d] …Formula

2 ∴∴ 33000 = 10 [2a + (10 – 1) x 200] …Substituting the values

2

∴∴ 33000 = 5 [2a + 9 x 200]

∴∴ 33000 = 2a + 18005

∴∴ 6600 = 2a + 1800

∴∴ 2a = 6600 – 1800

∴∴ 2a = 4800

∴∴ a = 2400Meenakshi saved Rs. 2400 in the first year.

Multiple Choice Questions: (for Internal Evaluation)Q. Choose the correct alternative from those givenbelow each question:

1. Which of the following are the next two terms of thesequence 3, 9, 27, 81, ………(a) 35, 37 (b) 243, 729 (c) 729, 243

2. The first term of an A.P is denoted as ‘t1’ or ___.(a) d (b) tn (c) a

3. Which of the following sequences is not an A.P.?(a) 3, 6, 9, 12,…. (b) 1, 8, 15, 22,….. (c) 1, 4, 9, 16,…..

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The balance sheets of a majority ofdevelopers are currentlystretched, says Shobhit Agarwal,

Managing Director, Capital Markets,Jones Lang LaSalle India, “if the situa-tion prevails for longer than expected,it could prove to be a challenging situ-ation to deal with.”

“These are the times to maintainexistence and not to be adventurous.The primary focus of developersshould now be to reduce finance cost.To achieve that, developers shouldfocus on reducing their exposure toassets that are not intended to getdeveloped in next three years or so,”

says Agarwal.He feels that the developers should

focus on faster execution of existingprojects which can help them improvecash flows by new sales, and on recov-ery from earlier sales where paymentis construction-linked. “Institutionaland individual investors generallyawait such situations and help devel-opers by acquiring assets at significantdiscounts,” he adds.A similar concern is expressed by

Mukesh Chattani, Sector SpecialistReal Estate, CARE Ratings, whobelieves that developers shouldchoose to divest non-core assets oreven core assets (to some extent) tomanage the liquidity or enhancefinancial flexibility by repaying debt.“The other alternative for developers

with good financial flexibility would be

to replace the existing debt with longerduration debt or private equity moneyor a combination of both and wait tillthe economic scenario improves,” hesuggests.Incidentally, property registration in

Mumbai saw flat growth in June after15-20% growth in April and May.Sunil Mantri, Vice President NARED-

CO & CMD Mantri Realty agrees thatthe sector is going through toughtimes. Ditto with the country’s econo-my, but he feels that there is no needto panic at this moment. However,Mantri expects real estate priceswould remain stable during the currentyear and they may not appreciate in avery big way.“Reducing property prices in a

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The “Second quarter GDP reportsfor Asia Pacific continue to roll in

and, for the most part, they show theregion remains resilient to externalweakness, says Moody’s in a previewof numbers to be released this week.According to it “Japan is expected toreport another strong gain, benefit-ting from the cheaper yen and expan-sionary fiscal and monetary policies,while retail and tourism are support-ing Hong Kong’s growth. Indian indi-cators are expected to show stableinflation but another wide tradedeficit, which is placing downwardpressure on the ailing rupee.“Today India’s Foreign Trade figures

for July and Industrial Production for

June are likely to be released, whiletomorrow the Wholesale Price Index(WPI) figures are expected. Givenbelow are Moody’s forecasts for thesame

Foreign Trade JulyForecast: US$15 billionIndia’s unimpressive trade accountreflects the woes of the broadereconomy. Exports are contracting,imports are barely growing, and theheadline balance is deep in deficit.India’s large external imbalance willput downward pressure on the rupee.

Industrial Production JuneForecast: 1%Production contracted in May andwas virtually flat through the first half

of 2013. Weak domestic demand isweighing on manufacturing produc-tion, while supply-side constraintscap growth in the electricity sector.None of these restrictions are likely toabate in the second half of the year.

Wholesale Price Index JulyForecast: 4.7%Wholesale price inflation has stabi-lized in the 4.5% to 5% y/y range inrecent months and is likely toremain there as supply and demandare now evenly matched. The econ-omy is still growing well belowpotential, but supply is limited,especially of food, which supportsprices. Rising agricultural yields willcool food inflation towards the endof 2013.

Economic Data Forecast Gloomy

HAUNTING DEVELOPERS?FINANCIAL CRISISReality seems to be

catching up with the realtysector. With the recentdefaults by real estatedevelopers such as OrbitCorporation, Hirco Plcand Housing Developmentand Infrastructure Ltd(HDIL) and adowngrading of Hubtownfor defaulting onrepayment of interest andprincipal on Rs 100 croreof non-convertibledebentures (NCDs) byrating agency Brickworkhas definitely spread panicin the market. Lower salesand high indebtednesscoupled with regulatoryproblems seems to be thereason behind defaults inthe sector. Moreover, in abusiness environmentmarked with default risks,banks are trying tominimise hit to balancesheets. Clearly a financialcrisis is staring thedeveloper community inthe face. MayuraShanbaug reports…

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drastic way would be difficult since the inputcosts, such as steel, cement, labour and variousconstruction materials has gone up substantial-ly,” says Mantri. “Besides the government hasstarted charging heavily for fungible FSI premiumand other premiums at the current ready reckon-er rates,” he says.The cost of construction in recent times has

gone up considerably. In cities like Mumbai,with the cost of fungible FSI, the cost of con-struction has increased by as much as 20%.According to many the main cause of a fewdevelopers facing institutional defaults is theregulatory issue where permissions aredelayed for years together.“Generally developers expect that permissions

will be granted within 6-12 months and based onthat he plans banking repayments and takesproject loans for development. However, in someof the cases it is observed that environmentclearances are received after 3 years which hasimpacted re-payment schedule of the developer,”explains Mantri.Incidentally, this issue was raised by the devel-

opers with the Secretary, Banking and Finance togive auto extensions in case of delay on the partof government in issuing regulatory approvalwhich was in-principle agreed by all banks.“However, in practice, banks are reluctant to

allow Corporate Debt Re-structuring (CDR) orrescheduling accounts, wherein the completefault lies with the government in issue of theNOC. This is impacting a few developers,” pointsout Mantri.“I feel since the government has re-scheduled

the account of more than Rs.5 lakh crore ofIndian Corporates – in power, telecommunica-tion, aviation, infrastructure, energy and con-struction companies, then they must include the

real estate companies too,” he says.“Banks should come forward to help the bor-

rower (including developer) to consider the delaywhich has happened on the part of the govern-ment and that particular project account shouldbe given breathing time so that unnecessarypressure on the developer as well as the bank /institution can be avoided,” he suggests.Mantri hopes that the developers will not take

a rigid stand in holding stock, like a manufactur-er who does not sit on stock / inventory. “A simi-lar attitude is required to be followed by thedeveloper, if any deal is losing out for little negoti-ation, the developer must close the deal becausecost of funds are high and getting liquidity intothe system should be the first and foremost pri-ority for each and every developer rather than sit-ting on land banks, finished / unfinished stocks,”he advices.According to sector experts “by liquidating a lit-

tle stock at a discounted price, the developermay not loose, but on the contrary will get hisown liquidity rather than running after privateequity players, private equity lenders or financialinstitutions who are very expensive or waiting for

long time for the banks / financial institutions toget the loan.”Can we see some correction in the prices?

“Theoretically, this is a matter of simple math.Launches at lower price points can attractdemand and funding situations can get solved.However; this is easier said than done,” saysShobhit Agarwal.“Prices at which deals do take place have

already witnessed a correction. Under-construc-tion properties are available at considerable dis-counts to ready property buyers. The discountsvary, depending on how much pain a particulardeveloper is in,” he says.Chattani feels that real estate price is a func-

tion of habitability of the area. “In old establishedareas and saturated markets the prices areexpected to remain sticky whereas in the upcom-ing areas the prices will be determined by thedemand-supply gap,” he says.However, as per Residex, NHB, out of total 20

cities, 14 cities have witnessed price increase inJan-Mar. 2013 quarter over Jan-Mar. 2012. InMumbai as well though the prices have remainedstagnant overall, there was around 10% appreci-ation in prices in certain micro-markets like NaviMumbai and Thane.With festive season approaching, will the sit-

uation change for the better? “December yearend is a good bonanza period for the NRI com-munity,” says Mantri. “The $ has peaked, it istime to knock at the doors of our NRI friendswho are sitting on a huge surplus and waitingfor a good opportunity to make investments inIndia,” he says.“If a little attractive pricing is done, volumes

will happen and I hope that during Diwali timeand thereafter a little improvement in liquiditylikely to happen,” he adds.But if that doesn’t happen than a major finan-

cial crisis could plague the sector, feel analysts.

Last week USD/INR pair traded above theall time high and made a new high of61.80 mainly taking cues from the weak

local equities which closed weak for the thirdconsecutive week. But, this week the rupee isexpected to trade strong as the RBI will auction220 billion rupees of government cash man-agement bills every Monday, to drain out cashfrom the financial system, the RBI announcedlast Thursday. Also, investors are expecting gov-ernment measures to attract foreign inflows ina bid to help narrow a record high currentaccount deficit, which has affected the rupeemost. The trading range for the Spot USD/INRpair is expected to be within 60.30 to 61.30.It is recommended to be cautious and Sell

USD/INR Futures on rise with the appropriatestop loss as the rupee is expected to appreci-

ate against the dollar with the help of RBI’sSupport. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 61.39.At present India has been trapped in the

vicious circle. The main task for government isto finance the trade deficit; India is one of thelargest importers of gold and oil. The RBI hasalready taken measures to curb the imports ofgold and on the oil part the government.should cut down consumption of importedcrude oil by steadily lowering the fuel subsi-dies. So by squeezing the imports of thesecommodities and by increasing the exports, itwill help to lower the current account deficit.But, the costlier fuel will increase the con-sumer-price inflation somewhere near to thedouble digit levels thus resulting in cut down ofspending on the other things. As a result GDPgrowth will struggle to exceed last year’s 5%,which is already the lowest in a decade.The dollar index continued to trade weak for

the third consecutive week taking cues from themixed jobs report released late last week, whichincreased the uncertainty about when theFederal Reserve will slow the pace of asset pur-chases, and has been seen as pressuring thedollar’s value. The central bank buys $85 billiona month in U.S. debt and mortgage-backedsecurities in a bid to hold interest rates. Lastweek Economic reports from the US showedthat the number of US citizens filing new claimsfor jobless benefits rose slightly for week endedAugust 3, by 5000 to 333K, compared to anexpectation for an increase to 336K.

Last week the European Central Banktrimmed its growth forecast for the Euro regionas the bloc struggles to escape a recession.The central bank also reiterated its intention tomaintain interest rates at 0.5% for extendedperiod of time. China said its exports rose 5.1%in July, swinging from June’s 3.1% fall. Analystsexpected a 2.8% increase in exports andimports rose by 10.9% last month, after June’sdrop of 0.7%. Analysts were looking for a 1.3%rise for imports.Gold prices also benefited from the U.S. dol-

lar`s drop against major counterparts andrecovered from the fall to trade near the previ-ous weekly close. A weaker dollar lifts dollar-denominated gold futures by making themappear cheaper for buyers using other curren-cies. Gold continued to trade firm after datashowed U.S. claims for unemployment benefitsrose last week, adding to fears regarding theFederal Reserve tapering monetary stimuluswhere slower employment growth could forcethe central bank to keep its gold-supportivepolicies in place longer.

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Financial Crisis Haunting Developers?« EXPERTS SPEAK

These are the times to maintainexistence and not to beadventurous. The primary focusof developers should now be toreduce finance cost. To achievethat, developers should focus onreducing their exposure to assetsthat are not intended to get

developed in next three years or so.

Shobhit Agarwal,Managing Director, Capital Markets,

Jones Lang LaSalle India

The other alternative fordevelopers with good financialflexibility would be to replace theexisting debt with longer durationdebt or private equity money or acombination of both and wait tillthe economic scenario improves

Mukesh Chattani,Sector Specialist Real Estate,

CARE Ratings

I feel since the government hasre-scheduled the account ofmore than Rs.5 lakh crore ofIndian Corporates – in power,telecommunication, aviation,infrastructure, energy andconstruction companies, thenthey must include the real estate

companies too.Sunil Mantri,

Vice President NAREDCO & CMDMantri Realty

By Anand Birai

Contrary to popular belief that the mutualfunds are performing good or bad, very fewrealize that it is not an investment in itself

but just a vehicle to invest in various asset class-es. Unfortunately there are still many misconcep-tions about this tool of investment which receivesflak when the actual asset classes like, equitymarkets, debt markets or gold markets don’t per-form up to the mark.The widespread perception is that mutual

funds themselves are an asset class. This per-ception is actually far from the reality. Mutualfund schemes are a bridge to reach a definiteasset class, be it equity, stocks, shares, debt,bonds, fixed income instruments and gold. Inseveral countries around the world, one couldalso invest in commodities, real estate and sever-al other asset classes through the mutual fundroute. However, those are yet to be launched inIndia.Financial planners and advisors say that the

main reason behind such perception is the lackof knowledge and understanding, not only

among the investing public but also among theplanners, advisors and distributors also. Often, itis heard that distributors of several financialproducts telling their clients that invest some inFD, some in equity -meaning directly into stocks -and some in mutual funds.It's like if you want to go from Mumbai to Delhi,

you can either take a train, or a flight or you caneven choose to drive down. Likewise, you canuse the fund route to reach your financial desti-nation through investments in equity, debt orgold. The advantage here is you can also have amix of two or all in your portfolio.As an investment vehicle, mutual funds can

also offer you the opportunity to invest in somespecific investment products which otherwisewould be difficult for you to invest. For exam-ple, through the debt fund route, one can takeexposure to treasury bills, call money, govern-ment securities, etc; which otherwise wouldhave been difficult for any individual smallinvestor to enter.Hence, before investing in particular fund, the

investor must look at the performance of theasset class the respective fund takes exposure

into, which would largely affect the fund’s per-formance.

MF UPDATESBI MF Announces Dividend under its twoschemesSBI MF has announced dividend for SBIMagnum Midcap Fund-Regular Plan and SBI ITFund-Regular Plan under its dividend option.Accordingly, the quantum of dividend for distri-

bution on the face value of Rs.10 will be Rs 5per unit for SBI Magnum Midcap Fund-RegularPlan and Rs 4.50 per unit for SBI IT Fund-Regular Plan. The record date for dividend dis-tribution has been fixed as 8th August 2013.

Deutsche MF revises exit loadDeutsche MF has announced to revise exitload structure under DWS Cash OpportunitiesFund, an open ended debt scheme with effectfrom August 5. Accordingly, an exit load of0.25% will be charged if units are redeemed orswitched out within 3 months from the date ofallotment, on prospective basis.

UTI MF announces resignation of ShriJanki BallabhUTI MF has announced resignation of ShriJanki Ballabh from the position of Chairmanand Director of UTI Trustee Company Pvt. Ltd.with effect from August 1.

Birla Sun Life MF revises exit loadBirla Sun Life MF has announced to revise exitload structure under Birla Sun Life Ultra ShortTerm Fund, an open ended short term incomescheme with effect from August 6. Accordingly,an exit load of 0.25% will be charged if unitsare redeemed or switched out within 365 daysfrom the date of allotment or nil otherwise.

ICICI announces changes in the names ofits two schemesICICI Prudential MF has announced changes inthe names of ICICI Prudential Gilt Treasury Planand ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund Investment Planwith effect from August 7. Accordingly, the newnames are ICICI Prudential Short Term GiltFund and ICICI Prudential Long Term Gilt Fund,respectively.

ICICI announces launch of ICICI PrudentialCNX 100 ETFICICI Prudential AMC announced the launch ofICICI Prudential CNX 100 ETF, an open-endedIndex Exchange Traded Fund that constitutes100 most liquid large-cap stocks listed on theNSE. The fund aims at replicating the CNX 100Index providing a diverse array of stocks from38 sectors of the economy. The ETF will bemanaged by Kayzad Eghlim.

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MF’s Never Perform Well Or Badly

The Indian mutual fund industry’s month-end assets under management (AUM)

fell by over 6% month on month or Rs 506bn to end below the Rs 8 trillion mark (firsttime since March 2013) at Rs 7.61 trillionin July as per the monthly numbersreleased by the Association of MutualFunds in India (AMFI). Most of the outflows were from liquid

funds which witnessed volatility in perform-ance following the Reserve Bank of India’s(RBI’s) liquidity-curbing measures tostrengthen the rupee.

Rare outflows seen in the first monthof the quarter, last such occurrenceseen in October 2010The mutual fund industry witnessed out-flows of Rs 501 bn in July (mainly from liq-uid funds) as against Rs 484 bn in the pre-vious month. An outflow in the first monthof the quarter is rare and was last seen inOctober 2010 (though much smaller at Rs57 bn). Normally, the industry sees out-flows towards the end of the quarter fromcorporates and banks in short maturityfixed income categories. Corporates withdraw to meet their

advance tax requirements while banks with-draw to meet their quarter-end capital ade-quacy requirements. However, these out-flows usually see a reversal over the subse-quent two months.

Liquid funds faced heavy redemptionpressureLiquid funds’ AUM fell by 21% to Rs 1.29trillion primarily due to outflows of Rs 453bn. The category witnessed large-scaleredemption following the recent liquidity-tightening measures by the RBI to strength-en the rupee. The category (represented byCRISIL – AMFI Liquid Fund PerformanceIndex), gave 0.37% returns in the month.

Both equity and debt oriented fundsreported a fall in AUMAUM of equity as well as debt orientedfunds fell in the month due to outflowsfrom the respective categories amid weak-ness in the underlying markets due to thecentral bank’s recent measures. Equityfunds’ AUM fell by 4.4% or Rs 75 bn to Rs1.63 trillion in July led by outflows (of Rs18 bn as against inflows of Rs 9 bn in theprevious month) as well as MTM losses. The underlying equity market (CNX Nifty)

fell by 1.7% in the month. Within the debtcategory, income funds’ assets fell by over2% to Rs 4.32 trillion while gilt funds’ AUMposted a fall of over 3% to Rs 82 bn due toa recent rise in bond yields (yields andbond prices/ NAVs move in opposite direc-tions). However, the gilt funds category wasa rare gainer in terms of inflows of nearlyRs 1 bn in July as against outflows of Rs 3bn in the previous month.

Renewed interest in FMPsThe month also recorded renewed interestin fixed maturity plans (FMPs); there wereas many as 37 new launches out of thetotal 40 new fund offers (NFOs) launched.In June, only 15 FMPs were launched out ofthe total 19 NFOs launched during themonth. Rise in FMP launches was an out-come of the recent rise in bond yields.FMPs are closed ended funds which lock-inthe high yields over the time period of thescheme.

Gold ETFs reported highest rise in AUMsince October 2011Gold ETFs’ AUM increased 11% to Rs 107bn, the highest growth since October 2011,despite outflows of Rs 1 bn in July. The risein AUM was due to MTM gain as the under-lying asset prices, represented by CRISILGold Index, rose 12% in the month trackingpositive global trend.

Fund of funds investing overseasattract inflowsFund of funds investing overseas saw mar-ginal inflows of Rs 0.29 bn in the month, thesecond month of inflows prior to which thecategory saw outflows for 12 consecutivemonths. The category also witnessed MTMgains due to a sharp depreciation of theIndian rupee in recent months. The categoryAUM rose by 9% to Rs 21 bn in the month.

— Dominic Rebello

MF AUM Below Rs 8 Trillion On Outflows From Liquid Funds

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The birth of Lord Krishna was celebrated asJanamashtmi and there was fanfare all around. Thelatter part of the year in India is concentrated with festi-vals. These festivals represent different castes, commu-nities, religions and generally bring about an atmos-phere of joy, integrity and generate a lot of goodwill.How do marketers address these segments? How domarketers use these times as opportunities for enhanc-ing their brand image and sales?Diwali, Eid, Christmas and many festivals are great

opportunities for marketing.All across Mumbai- Dandiya, Navratri, Garba and

other festivals are being celebrated with tremendousamount of gusto and enthusiasm. This is a prime oppor-tunity for a lot of companies whether in soft drinks, con-sumer durables, refrigerators, washing machines, ciga-rettes as well as many other consumer products liketoothpaste, soaps, chocolates to be are able to partici-pate and use this nine-day festival time to their advan-tage. Pandals are put up and sponsored, gates are

erected and a lot of sampling is done during these occa-sions. There are claims made to satisfy customers with-in nine days in some product categories. Apart fromthis, there are numerous competitions held to judge thebest dressed male and female, to judge the best dancerand all this is also sponsored by various companies,whether in terms of stalls, banners or gifts. This year thetime allotted was short, but the interest was high.Just like Navratri and Dassera, (a very big occasion in

the state of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan);Kolkata and the East celebrate Pooja celebrations.Special events, sponsorships are the order of the day.With companies as varied as those representing air-lines, microwave ovens, banks, consumer products com-panies are all trying to get a slice and to participate invarious innovative forms during the Pooja celebrations.Publications would bring out special Pooja featureswhich again would give an opportunity for various mar-keters to advertise in.Festive time is also a time wherein specific purchases

are made. Consumers durables are procured for thehouse, paints are used to decorate the house and so alot of purchase made in terms of garments and uphol-stery. Diwali is celebrated with great enthusiasm andthese celebrations continue right through Christmas andNew Year.Another set of companies specially in the field of con-

sumer durables selling TV, washing machines, refrigera-tors and cars use festival time to enhance their salesbecause that is the time when consumers are mostprone to making purchases out of their savings of thelast few months or years earnings. During Diwali, a lot offinancial services would highlight their offerings

because of the significance of Godess Laxmi.Goa witnesses a large number of people going on reli-

gious purposes for the St. Francis Xavier’s feast. Further,in North, various festivals like Janmashtmi and in theWest festivals like Ganesh Chathurti have already givenample opportunity for people to indulge. The Eid cele-brations are also a great opportunity to the marketbrands.Not only are the major companies wanting to partici-

pate in these festivities but even local traders and busi-ness men do a tremendous job of using festivals as anopportunity area. A lot of sweets, mithai, and chocolateswould definitely find themselves being purchased. Giftitems, whether in the case of leather or crockery or evendue to religious purposes, stainless steel would havebrisk sale. Gold and silver exchange hands quickly dur-ing the festive season especially during Dhanteras.Because of this not only does the final product get

sold but a lot of other industries get a lot of sale. Onesuch industry is the packaging industry; the demand forcartons would go up. The plastic industry would alsoachieve greater sales. The ancillary industry to garmentindustry like threads, buttons basic textiles also showsan upward trend. Another industry which one cannot for-get is the fire cracker industry which has a seasonalsale especially during this period. Of course, there arerestrictions now due to safety reasons but the enthusi-asm is still high.The most important opportunity area during festival

time is in the heart and mind of the consumers. Theconsumer has a little more purchasing power due tobonus received and there is a sense of festivity in theair which makes the consumer wants to indulge, want to

consume and want to spend. This state of mind, if prop-erly addressed with innovative techniques, would helpthe brand to establish a positive image in the minds ofthe consumer.Apart from looking at an all India level, it is impor-

tant to consider each area and each location whilepreparing an annual plan, an annual calendar of amarketing schedule during festivals. Whether, it beDurga Pooja in the East, whether it be Holi in theNorth, whether it be Christmas in Goa and Mumbai,whether it be Eid in various places in the country, orwhether it be Parsi New Year in Mumbai or Baisaki inPunjab – all these festivals need to be planned for inadvance across a “Festival Calendar” and a wellthought out promotion programme does yield goodresults. Similarly, it would be important to understandthe significance of 14th Jan Sankrant, to look atPongal to look at Onam to look at Ugadi as separateand distinct festival timings. It is also important tolook at various New Years whether it be Parsi NewYear, the first of January or Bengali New Year. Thiscould be a good opportunity to bring about the festiveatmosphere and make the brand gain sales.Festivals will come and festivals will go, but the brand

which regularly associates itself with these festivalsearns the goodwill of the local people because it is ableto take care of their customs, promotions, and tradi-tions. These brands would definitely be rememberedacross festivals, across seasons and across years.

By Dominic Rebello

The Companies Bill, 2012 (the Bill), was passed bythe Rajya Sabha on 8 August 2013. The newCompanies Bill will replace the decades-oldCompanies Act of 1956 and requires President PranabMukherjee’s assent to become law of the land.

The Companies Bill,2012 seeks to improvetransparency andaccountability in thecompanies, encouragesself-regulation.The Bill has among

other things introducedthe concept of classaction suit, whereindepositors or a unit ofshareholders can sue afirm that has commit-ting fraud. It alsomakes it mandatory forcompanies with marketcapitalisation of morethan 5 billion rupees(Rs 500 crore) or aturnover of more than

Rs 1,000 crore or a net profit of more than Rs 5crore to spend 2% of their annual net profits oncorporate social responsibility. The CSR activitiesrecognised under the Bill include: Eradicatingextreme hunger and poverty; Promotion of educa-tion; Promoting gender equality and empoweringwomen; reducing child mortality and improvingmaternal health; Combating HIV, AIDS, Malaria andother diseases; Ensuring environmental sustain-ability; Imparting employment enhancing vocation-al skills; Social business projects; andContribution to certain funds. The company is togive preference to local areas when formulating itsCSR policy.The Bill also seeks to make mergers and acquisi-

tions easier, clearer and speedier.Minister of state for corporate affairs, Sachin

Pilot, said that private companies, while maximisinggrowth, also have a greater responsibility towardssociety, besides equitable and sustainable growthof the country. “This is a momentous day, as thiswill usher in a new era for the company law,” Pilotsaid after the Bill was passed. The detailed ruleswill be issued by the corporate affairs ministry afterthe Bill is notified by the ministry.The Bill hopes to protect the interests of minority

shareholders while expanding the responsibility onauditors who will face criminal liability if they fail toreport corporate fraud. It also seeks to strengthenthe institution of independent directors.The new Companies Law Bill 2013 will bring in

greater clarity, enhance transparency and addressthe issues concerning corporated as the bill is pro-gressive in nature. It will ease the process of doingbusiness in the country and improving governanceby making firms accountable says Vijay Kalantri,President - All India Association of Industries (AIAI).

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Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved.Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

The Festival Marketing AdvantageJAGDEEPKAPOORis a Brand Guru and CMDof the successfulSamsika MarketingConsultancy

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is promotingtourism by capturing the passion of Indian con-sumers for books by collaborating with a writer forsuch a unique promotional campaign in India to pro-mote a destination. This is the first time ever for anyNational Tourism Board.The board commissioned bestselling Indian author

Durjoy Datta to be messenger of the beauty andappeal of the place based on his popularity in themarket and Datta doesn’t disappoint.‘Hold My Hand’ is a love story between a blind girl

and an Indian boy which takes place in the city ofHong Kong. Datta is not only a good but also aclever writer who has managed to entice read-ers with the beauty of the place without mak-ing it sound like a travelogue. He takes thereaders through the various streets, smellsand sounds of the city enticing them, invitingthem and leaving them to wish for more.The HKTB firmly believes that the book

will generate huge interest in HongKong, the city where the love story inthe book takes place.From the novel, the HKTB will

spin off a series of promotionalactivities, using Social NetworkingServices (SNS) and mobile apps,with a view to raising awarenessof Hong Kong as an exciting,vibrant travel destination amongIndian consumers.“India, with its rapidly grow-

ing outbound tourism, is oneof Hong Kong’s five key new

markets. We hope that our groundbreaking initiatives,including the book, will help us consolidate HongKong’s presence in the market and attract moreIndian visitors to Hong Kong,” said Anthony Lau,Executive Director, HKTB, at the unveiling of the firstleg of HKTB’s ambitious marketing campaign in Indiathis year.“India is very important to us as a new market,” he

said. The tourism to this sector has taken a hit afterKingfisher Airlines and Air India’s troubles last year.But the board is confident that they will see a doubledigit growth this fiscal. The Board is also trying to tap

Tier I and Tier II cities apart from the metros.What is going to follow this campaign is col-laborating with major attractions and othertrade partners in Hong Kong to develop aspecial “Hold My Hand” Travel Package thatfeatures the romantic places visited by thenovel’s protagonists and joining hands with afamous coffee chain for ‘Hold My Hand’ mer-

chandize like coffee mugs and flavours.In the meanwhile, the HKTB isworking with a reputed film schoolin India (read Whistling Woods) torun a short film contest, invitingstudents of the school to pro-duce snippets of ‘Hold MyHand’. The winning film willpremiere in winter, a popularseason for Indian honeymoon-ers and young couples totravel abroad, to reinforcethe HKTB’s marketingeffort.

Promoting Hong Kong

Through A Writer’s EyesThrough A Writer’s EyesRemember the iconic film ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’,the film which made actor Shahrukh Khan the undisputedking of ‘Bollywood’ and also the picturesque locals ofSwitzerland, a popular tourist destination for Indians and amust visit destination for honeymooners. What this movie didfor Switzerland, Hong Kong is trying to repeat it with abook…a novel ‘Hold My Hand’. Mayura Shanbaug reports...

Asmarket data clearly shows over the last months,key economic indicators for India have made forever depressing reading. The slowdown in GDP

growth, industrial production (IP) and also slip in thevalue of the rupee against the US dollar have madeobservers jittery about India’s future growth prospects.While, expected increasing pressure on inflation fromhigher fuel costs is expected to negatively impact house-hold expenses. Therefore, it is not surprising that theautomotive industry is also feeling the pressure, withyear-on-year new vehicles sales down 12% in May, asfewer consumers visit their local showroom to buy anew-vehicle.Recently, we asked over 600 dealers across India

about their business and how satisfied they were withthe support they were receiving from the manufacturer.The results from the 2013 J.D. Power DealerSatisfaction with Automotive Index study, or DSWAMI forshort, showed that one-in-five dealers expected to makea loss, up from 9%, in the financial year 2012-13 andonly 44% of dealers anticipated to make a profit, downfrom 62% the previous year.Although the results of the study make for some

sobering reading for a number of OEMs, it also high-lights how important the partnership between themanufacturer and the dealer is on improving bothpositions.Indeed, not all dealers are struggling in the market,

and results from the study showed that Toyota andMaruti Suzuki were notable for the high ratings theirdealers gave on measures around the support and con-cern provided by the OEMs on their business require-ments. Importantly, the majority of the highly satisfieddealers referred to a strong partnership existing amongthemselves and the brands they represent.Fundamental for dealers’ viability is the ability to

increase footfall and sales in the showroom, as well aspromoting increased loyalty for their service business.Notable in the finding is that after-sales and the spareparts represent more than 40% of the revenue for deal-ers and new car sales account for only 28% on average.Therefore, ensuring customers repeatedly come back tothe dealership for service is a critical part of the deal-ers’ revenue stream. Brands that both support andencourage their dealers to provide excellent after-salescare, and support them with operational efficiencies inthe supply chain, will be in a better position to securefuture business for their network.Moreover, those automakers who work closely with

their dealers to make the service visit more enjoyablealso benefit greatly in terms of improved customer loyal-ty. From the most recent J. D. Power India CustomerSatisfaction Index study, 93% of after-sales customerswho reported the highest level of satisfaction (in theupper quartile of satisfaction) said they would definitelyrevisit the same dealer for both service work during andpost warranty coverage. This was in stark contrast toless than half of customers who reported satisfactionlevels in the lower quartile reporting similar intentions.However, for an automotive brand to fully succeed in

India and help maintain the viability of their dealer net-

work they have to match the ever changing customerrequirements in their product lines. The DSWAMI resultsshow over 85% of dealers, including those of MarutiSuzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra and Toyota report they havethe right model line-up to compete in the market, but forsome notable volume players this is not the case. Fortwo key volume brands, less than 65% of their dealersagree that they have right product line-up to competeeffectively in the market.Honda, for example, whose dealers score the brand

below the study average has a relatively limited productrange. While, Tata despite having a strong product rangeon “paper” arguably suffers from a relatively dated prod-uct line-up. This further underlines the importance therefreshed and new models, including Honda’s firstdiesel model in India, the Amaze, have in promotingincreased sales.Moreover, from J.D. Power’s analysis on new-vehicle

shoppers, the top three rejection reasons are related tohigh fuel consumption, the purchase price and thirdlythe exterior design. This also underlines the need formanufactures to support their dealers with strong valuepropositions - that cross the whole model range - andare complemented with designs that match Indian con-sumer preferences.Notable with changing lifestyles and aspirations, cus-

tomers are becoming more discerning about the prod-ucts they want, be it with the quality, ownership costsand styling of the vehicles offered. Strong sales perform-ance of the Renault Duster, Maruti Ertiga, MahindraXUV500, alongside the growing number of other smallerSUV models entering the India market highlights theimportance that Indian buyers place on new vehicle seg-ments. While, new entrants like Datsun, expected tointroduce a range of new models in 2014 shows a grow-ing tendency amongst foreign OEMs to focus on productdesigns more attuned to the needs of consumers inIndia.Therefore, in a challenging sales environment it is

important that OEMs work closely with their dealer net-work in order to increase service retention and deliver aproduct line-up that matches the needs and aspirationsof Indian customers. Brands which have been able tosupport their network on these areas, have been giventhe thumbs-up by their dealers in the 2013 DWSAMIstudy and show that for some dealers hostile marketconditions can be overcome through proactive planningand greater customer centricity.

MOHIT ARORAis Executive Director,J.D. Power Asia Pacific

« GUEST COLUMN

Gloom At Car Dealerships?Corporates To Be MadeSocially Responsible

New Companies Bill passed...

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DOMINICREBELLOis a technical analyst andSenior Correspondent atthe ADC

The Bill has among otherthings introduced theconcept of class actionsuit, wherein depositorsor a unit of shareholderscan sue a firm that hascommitting fraud. It alsomakes it mandatory forcompanies with marketcapitalisation of morethan 5 billion rupees (Rs500 crore) or a turnover ofmore than Rs 1,000 croreor a net profit of morethan Rs 5 crore to spend2% of their annual netprofits on corporate socialresponsibility.

F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR AUGUST 12-16, 2013

ABIRLANUVO 1127 1140 1205 1271 1074 1009ACC 1169 1177 1204 1230 1151 1125ADANIENT 167 167 171 174 163 160ADANIPORTS 143 137 155 173 119 100ADANIPOWER 34 33 37 41 29 25ALBK 72 70 75 79 66 62AMBUJACEM 179 178 180 182 176 174ANDHRABANK 59 59 61 63 56 54APOLLOTYRE 62 63 66 70 59 55ARVIND 68 70 77 85 62 55ASHOKLEY 13 13 14 15 12 11ASIANPAINT 433 446 497 549 394 342AUROPHARMA 163 158 171 183 146 133AXISBANK 1093 1098 1149 1199 1048 997BAJAJ-AUTO 1797 1824 1929 2034 1719 1614BANKBARODA 515 507 530 552 485 462BANKINDIA 171 172 182 192 162 152BANKNIFTY 9880 9939 10357 10775 9521 9103BATAINDIA 877 872 906 941 837 803BHARATFORG 233 218 261 304 176 133BHARTIARTL 339 335 349 362 321 307BHEL 118 118 126 134 109 101BIOCON 340 332 354 375 311 290BPCL 278 275 296 317 255 234CAIRN 296 295 299 304 290 285CANBK 247 246 256 267 236 225CENTURYTEX 216 210 226 242 194 178CESC 320 323 334 346 312 301CHAMBLFERT 36 35 38 40 33 30CIPLA 414 407 427 447 387 367CNXIT 7766 7809 7939 8070 7678 7548COALINDIA 270 267 277 288 256 246COLPAL 1307 1293 1333 1373 1254 1214CROMPGREAV 89 87 94 101 79 72DABUR 162 162 168 175 156 149DENABANK 47 47 49 52 44 42DISHTV 47 48 50 53 46 43DIVISLAB 979 965 1007 1048 924 882DLF 138 133 148 163 118 103DRREDDY 2237 2241 2292 2343 2190 2139EXIDEIND 127 125 131 136 120 114FEDERALBNK 320 333 371 410 295 256FINANTECH 179 178 219 260 137 97FRL 84 82 87 92 77 72GAIL 305 306 308 310 303 301GMRINFRA 13 12 14 15 11 10GODREJIND 243 245 268 291 222 199GRASIM 2431 2465 2616 2767 2314 2163GSPL 52 51 54 57 48 45HAVELLS 607 609 617 626 600 592HCLTECH 912 928 974 1021 881 834HDFC 751 764 835 905 694 623HDFCBANK 614 620 652 684 587 555HDIL 29 28 32 36 23 19HEROMOTOCO 1849 1844 1861 1878 1827 1810HEXAWARE 119 119 122 124 117 115HINDALCO 92 90 96 102 84 78HINDPETRO 180 178 190 202 167 155HINDUNILVR 604 611 631 651 591 571HINDZINC 104 102 107 113 97 91IBREALEST 62 61 65 69 57 53ICICIBANK 882 888 927 965 850 811IDBI 55 56 59 63 52 48IDEA 159 157 162 166 153 148IDFC 108 107 111 115 102 98IFCI 21 20 23 25 18 16IGL 260 256 269 281 244 232INDHOTEL 43 41 45 49 38 34INDIACEM 45 46 47 49 44 43INDUSINDBK 376 377 410 443 344 312INFY 2982 2999 3052 3105 2946 2894IOB 41 40 42 44 38 37IOC 190 189 193 197 185 182IRB 69 68 72 75 65 61ITC 327 330 344 357 317 303JINDALSTEL 209 205 217 229 193 182JISLJALEQS 49 50 52 55 47 44

CCoommppaannyy CClloossee PPPP RR11 RR22 SS11 SS22 CCoommppaannyy CClloossee PPPP RR11 RR22 SS11 SS22

Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal AnalysisPP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.

NTPC 138 137 140 142 135 132OFSS 3009 2985 3058 3130 2912 2839ONGC 274 274 284 293 265 256OPTOCIRCUI 23 21 27 33 16 10ORIENTBANK 142 142 150 158 134 126PETRONET 119 119 122 125 116 113PFC 116 113 122 130 105 96PNB 545 538 558 577 519 499POWERGRID 96 96 98 101 93 90PTC 42 41 45 49 37 33PUNJLLOYD 25 24 26 28 22 21RANBAXY 361 331 421 511 241 151RAYMOND 210 204 221 238 187 171RCOM 125 124 128 132 120 116RECLTD 161 158 167 176 149 140RELCAPITAL 320 315 331 347 298 282RELIANCE 870 865 895 925 835 805RELINFRA 341 332 358 383 307 282RENUKA 16 16 17 19 14 13RPOWER 72 71 76 81 66 61SAIL 40 40 42 44 38 36SBIN 1672 1683 1756 1830 1609 1535SESAGOA 131 128 136 143 121 113SIEMENS 455 446 471 496 422 397SINTEX 22 22 23 23 21 20SRTRANSFIN 648 648 661 673 635 623STER 77 75 80 85 70 65SUNPHARMA 510 524 569 613 480 435SUNTV 415 420 436 451 405 390SYNDIBANK 72 75 82 89 68 60TATACHEM 248 246 256 266 236 226TATACOMM 150 148 153 158 143 138TATAGLOBAL 147 144 152 160 136 128TATAMOTORS 281 283 293 302 274 264TATAMTRDVR 127 127 129 131 124 122TATAPOWER 78 78 91 104 65 52TATASTEEL 220 213 233 253 193 173TCS 1839 1846 1889 1932 1803 1759TECHM 1247 1250 1294 1338 1207 1163TITAN 266 270 290 310 250 230UCOBANK 56 56 60 64 53 49ULTRACEMCO 1683 1709 1838 1967 1580 1451UNIONBANK 118 118 125 133 110 103UNIPHOS 138 135 145 154 125 115UNITECH 17 17 19 21 14 12VIJAYABANK 37 37 39 40 36 34VOLTAS 77 76 80 85 71 66WIPRO 450 452 457 463 446 441YESBANK 285 288 313 339 263 237ZEEL 242 245 262 280 227 209

JPASSOCIAT 31 31 33 34 29 28JPPOWER 11 11 12 14 9 7JSWSTEEL 507 515 539 563 491 468JUBLFOOD 1074 1098 1172 1247 1024 950KOTAKBANK 657 654 680 705 628 603KTKBANK 76 74 79 84 69 64LICHSGFIN 170 168 179 190 157 146LT 773 785 821 858 749 712LUPIN 809 840 933 1025 747 654M&M 866 859 883 906 836 812MARUTI 1385 1368 1418 1468 1318 1268MCDOWELL-N 2274 2304 2395 2486 2214 2123MCLEODRUSS 278 275 288 300 263 251MRF 13063 12890 13410 13930 12370 11850NFTYMCAP50 1866 1880 1922 1964 1838 1796NHPC 16 15 16 16 15 14NIFTY 5590 5622 5792 5961 5453 5284NMDC 103 100 108 116 93 85

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REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:The Nifty rose moderately on Thursday (August 08, 2013)a net 46.55 points (0.84%) and closed at the 5565 pointlevel. The market opened down at the 5510 points leveland that level itself was the low of the session. It thenrose and turned into a range bound movement until10.17 a.m. The index then rose steadily throughout thesession and registered the day’s high at the 5577 pointslevel at 3.00 p.m. It then declined marginally and turnedinto a range bound movement until closing at the day.The Nifty moved in a range of 68 points and closedabove the psychologically important 5550 points level.Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks38 were gainers, while 12 were losers. All the sectoralindices barring oil & gas and healthcare closed in thered. Substantial buying was witnessed in realty, powerand auto stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 18.03%. Thischange is substantial and indicates a less than full par-ticipation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSEwas positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 910 weregainers, 417 were losers and 68 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow StochasticOscillator has risen in the over-sold zone.

The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator has risenabove the slow D line (positive and a buy signal).

RSI Indicator: The RSI rose and crossed above the 30level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero and is declin-ing (negative if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average(negative).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the–DI line but both lines are converging (positive if it con-tinues).

The ADX is rising while the Market Index is rising,which indicates that the present up trend is increasing instrength.

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS)The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 5598)Negative.Is below its 15-day average (at 5797) Negative.Is below its 25-day average (at 5850) Negative.Is below its 200-day average (at 5851) Negative.All the four averages are negatively trended. Negative.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicatorsand oscillators discussed here are indicating a weakmarket but with a neutral bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediatemain support is at the 5476 points level.

The next support is at the 5359 points level.

Resistance LevelsThe immediate main resistance is at the 5776 points

level.The next resistance is at the

5894 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support andresistance levels are calculatedaccording to the pivot point theo-ry and are:

Pivot point = 5551 (This is thelevel where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 5525.Support (2) = 5484.Resistance (1) = 5592.Resistance (2) = 5619.

19Afternoon Despatch & Courier MUMBAI | MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2013

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY:OOnn JJaappaanneessee ccaannddlleessttiicckk ppaatttteerrnnss tthhee iinnddeexx hhaass ffoorrmmeedd aassmmaallll wwhhiittee bbooddyy ccaannddllee.. IInn ffaacctt,, tthhiiss ccaannddllee iiss aallmmoosstt lliikkee aawwhhiittee bbooddyy MMaarruubboozzuu ccaannddllee.. ((AA WWhhiittee MMaarruubboozzuu ffoorrmmsswwhheenn tthhee ooppeenn eeqquuaallss tthhee llooww aanndd tthhee cclloossee eeqquuaallss tthhee hhiigghh))..TThhiiss iiss ppoossiittiivvee..

HHoowweevveerr,, tthhee 2255 ddaayy’’ss mmoovviinngg aavveerraaggee hhaass ccrroosssseedd bbeelloowwtthhee 220000 ddaayy’’ss mmoovviinngg aavveerraaggee.. FFuurrtthheerr,, tthhee iinnddeexx iiss bbeellooww tthhee55,, 1155,, 2255 aanndd 220000 ddaayy’’ss mmoovviinngg aavveerraaggeess aanndd aallll tthhee ffoouurraavveerraaggeess aarree ddeecclliinniinngg aanndd aallssoo nneeggaattiivveellyy ttrreennddeedd..MMoorreeoovveerr,, tthhee vveelloocciittyy ppaarraammeetteerrss ccoonnttiinnuuee ttoo rreemmaaiinn nneeggaa--ttiivveellyy ttrreennddeedd.. AAllll tthheessee iinnddiiccaattee aa nneeggaattiivvee bbiiaass.. IInnvveessttoorrssaarree aaddvviisseedd ttoo aavvooiidd bbuuyyiinngg aatt pprreesseenntt lleevveellss..

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NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (August 12, 2013) By Dominic Rebello

Markets Recover, But…

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« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS

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— Finance Minister P Chidambaram

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ICICI SECURITIES CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON TATA MOTORSCMP: Rs. 279 Target Rs. 318Tata Motors (TTMT)’s Q1FY14 numbers surprised us on revenue and mar-gin fronts as JLR’s net realisations improved 4% YoY owing to better prod-uct mix and currency – improving the EBITDA margin 200bps. This clearlyindicates that, whileFY13 was about volume growth at JLR, FY14 could beabout margins. With full impact of high realisation and the high-marginNew Range Rover Sport yet to come in, we believe FY14 margins beingbetter than FY13 is a trend that may continue. Conservatively, we expectFY14/FY15 EBITDA margins to be 1.1/1.2% higher than FY13. The stand-alone business is another story however – it very nearly reported an EBIT-DA loss (1.2% margin), avoided PAT loss by getting dividend from JLR –and problems in the CV industry are continuing. We are cutting our volumeand earnings estimates for FY14/15 for standalone business, which leadsto a target price cut of 4.6% despite the improvement in JLR’s perform-ance. Maintain ADD.

JLR protects downside risks; maintain ADD: Despite problems in thedomestic business TTMT is among our top picks in the sector owing toJLR’s long-term potential arising from: 1) new category products, and 2)all-aluminum drive terrain and 3)Localization in China. Near-term marginsare improving, which protects downside risk to the stock. The standalonebusiness faces cyclical concerns but, on the positive, the stock may getrerated if the economic cycle reverses. We value TTMT at Rs 318/sharebased on 3.5x JLR FY15EBITDA. Maintain ADD.

SUSHIL FINANCE CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON ASHIANAHOUSING

CMP: Rs. 218 Target Rs.322KKeeyy HHiigghhlliigghhttss ooff QQ11FFYY1144:: For the quarter endedQ1FY14, Ashiana Housing’s Total Revenue is downby 39.1% YoY to Rs.186.8 Mn due to change inaccounting policy from POCM to ContractCompletion method. Its revenue from own projectis down by 57% YoY to Rs.118.8 Mn while thatfrom partnership projects is up by 120.8% YoY to

Rs.68 Mn. Its Area booked has increased by 29% YoY to 3.84 LSF. Outlook & Valuation: Ashiana Housing’s revenue and profit for this quar-

ter looks frail as the company is undergoing a change in accounting policyfrom POCM to contract completion method. As mentioned in our earlierreport, Area Booked, EAC and operating cashflow are better parameters toguage the performance of the company as earnings are likely to be lumpyin short term. Keeping in mind the ongoing projects saleable area of 97.3LSF, EAC target of 19 LSF and area booking target of 23 LSF for FY14 webelieve that the company is likely to grow at a CAGR of 58% for the nexttwo years. Being a net debt free company with relatively stable cashflowsthe stock is attractively trading at 3.8x times its FY15E EPS of Rs. 51.8.We maintain our positive stance on the company and recommend BUYwith a price target of Rs. 322

NIRMAL BANG CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON PI INDUSTRIESCMP: Rs. 135 Target Rs. 172PI Industries has posted exceptionally good results with 70% yoy growth insales. On back of good monsoon, agri business has performed well by reg-istering a 38% yoy growth at Rs 197 cr. EBITDA margins have improved by~690 bps but posted a decline of ~120 bps yoy at 19.4%. Managementcited the product mix and rupee depreciation in agri business as the rea-son for the decline in margins. The company has repaid part of debt withthe money raised though QIP in last quarter which has helped it in savingthe interest cost which has reduced by ~30% yoy.

Valuation & Recommendation: We believe that with macro factors likelow per-capita pesticides consumption in the country, increasing MSPsand increasing acceptance for the need of crop protection products, makePI Industries a good long term bet while healthy order book of CSM, strongbalance sheet and new product launches in Agri Input segment will drivenear to medium term growth. At CMP, the stock trades at 13.3.x FY14Eand 9.5x FY15E. We maintain our BUY rating on the stock with price targetof Rs 172 (12x on FY15E EPS)

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I am looking for a health insurancefor my father aged 52, the compli-cation is that he is a tobacco user(consumes gutkha 6-7 sachets in aday), so I want to know:-1.If we take a health policy with-out disclosing this fact andlater in case he suffers fromany problem caused due to hishabit, what are the chances ofclaim getting rejected?

2. If we disclose this fact to thecompany, then will ourmediclaim proposal get accept-ed by them?

3.What is advisable for personsrather for families where theearning member have thesekinds of bad habits (like use oftobacco, alcohol etc.), how canthey get the persons coveredfor health

—Mangesh Surve, Borivali

Health Insurance companies usuallyhesitate to offer policies to peoplewith past medical history or anyexisting condition. But if a personconsumes alcohol and/or tobaccoand is perfectly healthy, then they willnot have a problem.1. No matter what the condition, one

should always declare all knownfacts to the insurance company. Ifyou are consuming alcohol ortobacco then you should declarethe same clearly at the time ofapplying an insurance policy(health, life, any policy). If youwithhold facts or lie to theinsurance company, then it canresult into rejection of your claim,legal implication and barring frominsurance policy from any otherinsurer.

2. Yes you will get a policy – as I saidcompanies don’t have a problemwith your addictions but they wantto be aware of the same. Thishelps them to identify the risksassociated with you andaccordingly price your policy. Abasic health insurance policy willcover all diseases except pre-existing diseases. The waitingperiod for covering pre-existingdiseases could be 2 to 4 yearsdepending upon thepolicy/company you purchase

3.My advice and request to allfamilies is to take a goodcomprehensive health insurance

policy irrespective of your medicalhistory, lifestyle habits or any otherfactors. Cost of health care is risingat a fast pace; number of diseasesare increasing too. So in such ascenario everyone needs to haveadequate health insurance policy.

I have a TATA AIA ULIP life insur-ance policy where the Annualpremium is Rs 14000/-. I havebeen paying the premium for thelast 6 years. What should I do,continue or surrender the policy?

—Shirish Rathod, Kurla

This is a unit-linked insurance plan(ULIP) and it has appreciated veryslowly in the last 6 years. It canimprove from here but then theperformance is completely subject tothe performance of equity markets.Instead it is better to exit now anddeposit this money in a guaranteedvenue which will return at least 9% to10% every year.

I am working in private companysince the last 3 years. I wish totake an insurance policy but I amconfused about life insurance.

Till date I have no policy. I am 28years old and newly married. Mymonthly income is Rs 10,000/-. Ican invest Rs 2000 to 3000 permonth for 10 to 15 years. Whichpolicy should I buy?

—Sameer Jadhav, Charni RoadWhen you want to start building yourfinance portfolio, kindly follow thebelow steps –

Step 1) Protection – This means apure term insurance policy which willoffer a huge benefit to yourdependents in case of your untimelydeath. This safeguards their incomesource.

Another way of protection is ahealth insurance policy. This willprotect you from rising cost ofhealthcare.

Step 2) After you have arranged foradequate protection, you should startsaving money for small or mediumtime periods such as 3 or 5 or 15years. This can be achieved throughBank Fixed deposits, PPF orEndowment plans. The idea here is toput money in places which will giveguaranteed returns.

Step 3) After this you have theleeway to invest in equity productssuch as stocks, mutual funds whichhave an element of risk but also carrythe scope to offer good returns.

(The author is Vice President atwww.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance

comparison website in India.You may writeto him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com).

MANOJASWANIis VP atMyInsuranceClub.com

« INSURANCE

Don’t Hide Facts From Your Insurance Company

By Manoj Aswani

LIC's New Jeevan Nidhi Plan is aconventional with profits pension

plan which provides for death coverduring the deferment period andoffers annuity on survival to the dateof vesting.

Key Features� This plan is a deferred annuity plan

with bonus facility� This plan offers Guaranteed

Additions of Rs. 50/- per thousandSum Assured for each completedyear, for the first five years

� Bonus starts to accrue only aftercompletion of 5 policy years

Benefits:BBeenneeffiitt oonn VVeessttiinngg:: On vesting anamount equal to the Basic SumAssured along with accruedGuaranteed Additions, vested SimpleReversionary bonuses and FinalAdditional bonus, if any, shall bemade available to the Life Assured.The following options shall beavailable to the Life Assured forutilization of the benefit amount.

1. To purchase an immediateannuity

The Life Assured shall have a choiceto commute the amount available onvesting to the extent allowed underIncome Tax Act. The entire amountavailable on vesting or the balanceamount after commutation, as thecase may be, shall be utilized topurchase immediate annuity at thethen prevailing annuity rates.Commutation shall only be allowedprovided the balance amount issufficient to purchase a minimumamount of annuity as per theprovisions of section 4 of Insurance

Act, 1938.In case the total benefit amount is

insufficient to purchase the minimumamount of annuity, then the saidamount shall be paid as a lump sumto the Life assured. The annuity shallonly be purchased from LifeInsurance Corporation of India.

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Death Benefit:Death during first five policy years:Basic Sum Assured along withaccrued Guaranteed Addition shall bepaid as lump sum or in the form of anannuity or partly in lump sum andbalance in the form of an annuity tothe nominee.

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DEVOTION: Mahant Dipandra Giri with other Sadhus performing puja of Holy Mace of Lord Shiva on theocccassion of Nag-Panchami at Dashnami Akhara temple, Budshah Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday, beforethe depature of Holy Mace to holy cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas.

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Pak troops violate truce,gravely hurt BSF jawanJAMMU: Repeatedly violating the ceasefire inthe last 36 hours, Pakistani troops opened fireat forward posts along the international bor-der in Jammu and Kashmir, injuring a BorderSecurity Force (BSF) jawan. “Therewas sniperfiring from the Pakistan side this (Sunday)morning along the international border onthree posts, including the Alfa Machial Bor-der Out Post (BOP) area in the Kanachak beltof Jammu district,” a senior BSF officer said.BSF jawans responded effectively, leading toheavy exchanges which lasted till 1400 hours,he said. BSF Jawan Pawan Kumar received abullet in his chest and his legs havebeen paralysed due to the injury to hisspinal cord, doctors at GMC hospital said.He has been referred to AIIMS in Delhi, theyadded.

BJP undecided on CM in DelhiNEW DELHI: Faction-ridden BJP is unde-cided on whether to project a chief ministe-rial candidate to take on the formidableCongress incumbent Shiela Dikshit, who willbe seeking her fourth consecutive termwhenthe national capital goes to choose a new As-

sembly in November. The Delhi BJP unitchief, Vijay Goel is definitely a longstandingaspirant for the job but he is confronted by

growing dissidence from within, with partystalwarts like V.K. Malhotra, Vijender Guptaand Aarti Mehra being totally opposed tohim.They have told the party high commandof their total opposition to Goel whom theyhave accused of ignoring senior leadersand thereby dividing the party ahead of theelections.

Suspected ISI agentarrested in BiharMOTIHARI (Bihar): A suspected ISI agent wasarrested near Raxaul town in East Champarandistrict in connection with a case of smug-gling fake Indian currency, an official said onSunday. Acting on a tip off, teams of the Di-rectorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) fromPatna and Muzaffarpur arrested Md. Jameelalias Bhura (27) two days ago, DRI DeputyDirector Vidyut Vikas told PTI.A native of Purana Bazar locality of Uttar

Pradesh's Hapur district, Jameel was wantedin connection with the recovery of fake noteswith a face value of about Rs.30 lakh broughtto New Delhi by a courier from Shenzhentown of China on June 23 last, he said.

JAMMU: Curfew was todayclamped in threemoredis-tricts in the tense Jammu

region and Army staged flagmarches as J-K governmentmade violence-hit Kishtwarout of bounds for politicians,detaining BJP leader ArunJaitley at airport here andturning him back.One more body was found

inKishtwar, 226 km fromhere,which remained curfewbound for the third consecu-tive day today following com-munal clashes on Friday thatleft two persons dead andscores of others injured, butauthorities were yet to ascer-tain if he was a victim of vio-lence.Curfew was imposed in

Jammu and Rajouri districtsand Army called out aftersome incidents of arson andviolence on Saturday night. It

was today extended to Ud-hampur, Samba and Kathuaalong with Bhaderwah townin Doda, thus affecting sevenout of 10 districts of Jammuregion.Leader of Opposition in

Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley wasdetained as he arrived at theairport here on his way toKishtwar, drawing sharp reac-tion fromBJPwhich termed itas “undemocratic”.BJP Rajya Sabha MP from

Punjab Avinash Rai Khanna,whowas to accompany Jaitleyto Kishtwar along with stateBJP President Jugal Kishore,was also detained by policewhile he was trying to enterKathua on Sunday morningwhile PDP leader MehboobaMufti claimed she was pre-vented from leavingher housein Srinagar for a visit to the vi-olence affected district in

Jammu region.But Chief Minister Omar

Abdullahhit back at BJP alleg-ing that politicianswere tryingto fire up the situation inKishtwar topolarise thepopu-lation with an eye on nextyear's elections to Parliamentand the Assembly. Withoutnaming anypolitical party, theChief Minister said, “their en-tire aim seems to be to recre-ate the conditions of 2008(Amarnath land row agita-tion) so that they can exploit itin the subsequent Parliament(polls) and then the assemblyelection.”He said that he has spoken

to the Leader of the Opposi-tion in Lok Sabha SushmaSwaraj. “In a telephonic con-versation with the Leader ofthe Opposition, I asked her totell their people in the regionto maintain calm and not to

fire up the issue,” Omar said.Divisional Commissioner,

Jammu, Shantmanu told PTIthat curfewhas been imposedin Udhampur, Kathua andSamba districts “as a precau-tionary measure and Armyhas also been deployed in theareas to assist local adminis-tration."Meanwhile, Separatist

Jammu and Kashmir Libera-tion Front (JKLF) leader YasinMalik on Sunday appealed topeople in communal clash-hitregions of the state to main-tain peace and brotherhood.“I appeal to my Hindu andMuslim brothers in Jammu tomaintainpeace, harmony andbrotherhood. Fighting eachother and burning houses iseasy, but only those who gothrough such trauma knowwhat it means,” Malik told re-porters here.

CURFEW IN 3 MORE DISTS, JAITLEYDETAINED AS KISHTWAR BOILS

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NACHENGE, GAAYENGE:Women Participants of Modi Rally dance during 'Navabharata Yuvabheri' atLal Bahadur stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

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NEW DELHI: After thekilling of five Indian

soldiers by Pakistan at LoC,BJP on Sunday demandedthat Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh immediatelydeclare that therewill be notalks with his Pakistani

counterpart at the UnitedNations.BlamingUPA's “inaction”

for Pakistan daring to at-tack India, BJP said after re-peated ceasefire violationsalong the LoC, Prime Min-ister Singh should take ef-fective steps in thisdirection by taking all polit-ical parties into confidence.“You should declare

today (Sunday) itself thatthere will be no talks withPakistan Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif. Also, youshould take effective stepsby taking all political partiesinto confidence. All limitshave been crossed now,”Rajnath Singh said here onSunday, wondering over

reports that the PrimeMin-ister still intends holdingtalks with his Pakistanicounterpart. “If timely andeffective steps were takenby the Indian government,Pakistan could not havedared to attack Indianposts,” the BJP leader said,

questioning, “Till whenwillwe continue to hold dia-logue and talks with Pak-istan?”Addressing a rally at

Ramlila grounds here, theBJP chief gave a clarion callto oust the Congress-led

government in Delhi andthen at the Centre and an-nounced his party wouldbring electricity rates downby 30 per cent if voted topower.“I feel India's High Com-

missioner should be re-called and diplomaticrelations with Pakistanscaled down,” Singh said,adding he had made thisdemand at the time of be-heading of Indian soldiersby Pakistan. “I had thensought a befitting reply toPakistan, but Prime Minis-ter Singh has not reacted sofar,” Rajnath Singh said.“We have tried to main-

tain good, friendly relationswith Pakistan. But all limitshave been crossed now. Iwish to appeal to the PrimeMinister to declare thatthere would be no furthertalks with Pakistan till itstops such type of actions(of attacking Indian sol-diers and supporting ter-ror),” he said.

BJP opposesManmohan, NawazSharif talks at UN

ON BJP LINE OF FIRE: Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh

Posting pictures onFacebook, TwitterunIslamic: ClericsNEW DELHI: India's

two prominent Is-lamic helplines are dis-couraging young callers,especially women, fromcreating profiles and post-ing pictures on popular so-cial networking websitesFacebook and Twitter onthe ground that it is unIs-lamic. The heads of thetwo popular helplines, runfor Shia and Sunni Mus-lims, have been floodedwith phone calls asking ifvirtual profiles are Islamic.“You can't see some-

one's face on Facebookand decide to be friends.Look for 'pyar aur mohab-bat' (love) in real life. Vir-tual relationships are not‘faydaymand’ (prof-itable),” Sunni Mufti A.I.N.H.F. Mahli told PTI onphone from Lucknow.

MADHUBALA – EK ISHQ EK JUNOON� In tonight’s episode we will see, RK doesn’t believe Madhuand asks her for the real reason for the divorce. Madhu pretendsto be stone-hearted and tells him the reason is his behaviour,his nature and attitude. Further Madhu tells RK that she is inlove with Sultan. RK is shocked. Further RK signs the divorce pa-pers. CCoolloorrss,, 88..3300 pp..mm..

BIGGEST AND BADDEST� Are there really animals as huge as dragons, creatures longerthan the total height of nine men, enormous beasts so elusivethat they have never been photographed, or birds that are sofierce that they are labelled as man-killing beasts? Join adven-turer and biologist Niall McCann, as he heads out on one of An-imal Planet’s most exciting global adventures; to track down theBIGGEST AND BADDEST creatures on the planet. AAnniimmaall PPllaanneett,,99 pp..mm..

NORTH AMERICA� Travelling the continent for more than three years from thesub-zero Canadian tundra to the tropical rainforests of Panama,Discovery Channel landmark series, NORTH AMERICA, revealsthat “survival of the fittest” is truly the law here amid threaten-ing terrain and ferocious weather. Discover a hidden world wherelife – ranging from the familiar to the exotic – battles deepfreezes, deadly fires and explosive super storms. Never beforeseen sequences range from the elusive desert jaguar in Mexicoto daring grizzly bears diving in more than 20 feet of water tograb salmon in Alaska. DDiissccoovveerryy,, 88 pp..mm..

DEADLIEST TECH� DEADLIEST TECH on Discovery Science explores the danger-ous machines and the edge cutting technologies used by armedauthorities during warfare. DDiissccoovveerryy SScciieennccee,, 1100 pp..mm..

REVENGE� After the success of Conrad’s plan to gain Charlotte’s inheri-tance to help Grayson Global, Victoria has no choice but to let

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DEXTER� Drama -Thriller- Dexter discovers the man who killed hismother, before his young eyes, is still alive. When he shares thisinformation with Lila, she suggests he face the man, as part ofhis “steps” to addiction recovery. BBiigg CCBBSS LLoovvee,, 1100 pp..mm..

EK VEER KI ARDAAS – VEERA� Ranvi and Veera decide to make Nana-Nani stay back in Pri-tampura. Will their plan succeed in making Nana-Nani stay backwith them? SSttaarr PPlluuss,, 1100..3300 pp..mm..

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THE HILLS HAVE EYES � Wes Craven produces this remake of his 1977 classic of thesame name, about the Carters, an idyllic American family trav-elling through the great American southwest. But their trip takesa detour into an area closed off from the public, but more im-portantly from society. An area originally used by the U.S. Gov-ernment for nuclear testing that was intended to be empty...or sothey thought? When the Carter’s car breaks down at the old site,they’re stranded...or are they? As the Carters may soon realizethat what seemed like a car casually breaking down, might ac-tually be a trap. SSttaarr MMoovviieess,, 99 pp..mm..

SABSE BADI HERA PHARI� Babloo likes to have fun and is always getting in trouble. So hisfather Narayana gets him a job with ShankerGoud. ShankerGoudand Bhallu are rivals and Bhallu is determined to kill Shanker-Goud’s sister Pooja (Genelia D’Souza). Babloo falls in love withPooja but Shanker is planning an arranged marriage for her withAjay (Akash). Babloo and Pooja elope to get married. MMaaxx,, 99 pp..mm..

GAYAB� A very honest, simple and prestigious young man namedVishnu lives with his parents in a Bombay city slum. Everyone in-cluding his parents and people around his neighborhood hateshis site because of the way he looks, he makes his living by work-ing as a sales man but due to the lack of confidence and edu-cation his status could not be raise. He is quite shy and spendmost of the time by himself. Then one day he spots a youngwoman named Mohini and is attracted to her at that very mo-ment, he keeps on staring at her most of the time and some-times blushes by himself. FFiillmmyy,, 99 pp..mm..

THE UNBREAKABLES – DEFIANCE� On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then Germanoccupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielskibrothers find the impossible task of foraging for food andweapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of dis-covery, contending with neighboring Soviet partisans and know-ing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking aftera large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war ma-chine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alikeare all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unfor-giving forests in the darkest times of German occupied EasternEurope. ZZeeee SSttuuddiioo,, 1111 pp..mm..

LABOR PAINS� Thea Clayhill is the reckless secretary of arrogant publisher

Jerry Steinwald. When Jerry fires her having had an accident withhis beloved dog, Thea lies and tells him that she is four-monthspregnant. Thea lost her parents in a car accident and raises her younger sister Emma alone and can not afford to lose her job. Jerry goes on vacation to be with his dog and his brother Nick Steinwald assumes his position. Thea decides to fake her pregnancy for more time with the support of her friend Lisa. PPiixx,, 99 pp..mm..

AAJ KA RAAVAN � A Journalist is shot to death at the doorstep of Shanti, also aJournalist, who swears that she will bring the culprit, VishtarNath, to justice. She goes to file a report at the local Police Sta-tion and her report is taken by Inspector Raman Khatri, there-after her house is searched, drugs are found, and she isarrested, but later released after an honest Police InspectorVikram Singh, finds out that the drugs were planted in her houseby a Police Constable. Shanti gets molested one night, and aman, Shankar, comes to her rescue, she makes him her brotherand ties a Raakhee on his arm. Then Shankar comes across ev-idence that may implicate Vishtar, and he takes it to AssistantCommissioner of Police Rathod. Shankar does not realize thathe has opened up a Pandora’s box that will endanger his life, aswell as the lives of his girlfriend, Ramkali, as well as Vikram andShant BB44UU,, 1111 pp..mm..

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DOORDARSHAN

Labor Pains, Pix, 9 p.m.

The Hills Have Eyes, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

Satyakam, DDI, 11 p.m.

NEW REALITY SHOW‘Nanda Saukhyab-hare’, a new realityshow based on re-lationships will belaunched on StarPravah from Au-gust 12, 6:30PM onwardsfrom every Mon-day to Satur-

day. Prasad Oak, a prominentmovie and theatre actor will behosting this show. The show fo-cuses on real life narrations offamily members, who have re-solved complications in their re-lationships fruitfully andsupported each other in adversetimes. These family members arenow living happily together, andwant to share their positive andinspiring tales with the society. Theformat highlights and glorifies posi-tive stories and aims to inspire mil-lions of families in Maharashtra tostand together as a family.

MEET THE PRESIDENTIn conjunction withIndia’s 67th Inde-pendence Day cele-bration on August15, Discovery Chan-nel presents view-ers with anexclusive journey in-side the majesticRashtrapati Bha-

van–‘Revealed: Rashtrapati Bhavan’,which premieres on August 15 at 9PM. The programme captures thestory of Rashtrapati Bhavan from itsconception to its completion and thechanges undergone as the home ofthe Respected President of India. It isamong the largest presidential es-tates of the world. Rahul Johri, SeniorVice-President and General Manager-South Asia, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific said, “Discovery Channel isprivileged to present the breathtakingsplendour of the Rashtrapati Bha-van”.

A JONTY RHODES SHOWThe world’s mostacrobatic cricketerturns travel anchoron NDTV GoodTimes. JontyRhodes is all set toshow off his countrySouth Africa in anexclusive three-partmini-series, where

four lucky NDTV Good Times viewersjoin him on an all-expenses-paid-forholiday. Brand Ambassador of South

AfricanTourismin India,JontyRhodes, mes-merised the fourlucky winners of‘Take Me to SouthAfrica’ contest by donningthe role of a travel host andguide on a fifteen-day sojourn inthe Rainbow Nation. Jonty’s travelguide, ‘My Travel Escapades to SouthAfrica’ captures his beautiful journey.‘South Africa with Jonty Rhodes’ goeson-air on August 12 and will be airedevery Monday at 9:30 PM.

WOMEN ACHIEVERSZee Marathi had launched ‘UnchMaza Zoka’ based on the life and mis-sion of the great social reformer,Ramabai Ranade. The serial gave afresh perspective to the meaning of‘women empowerment’ and laudedthe efforts of women who haveworked tirelessly and fearlessly forothers. They are now taking anotherstep to recognise these efforts, withthe launch of ‘Unch Maza ZokaPuraskar 2013’-a platform to recog-nise the work of women across vari-ous fields and to bring out theiroutstanding stories to enlighten thepeople of Maharashtra. The awardceremony will be held onAugust 20.

UNCLEAND NIECEKapil Nirmal playing Nihal Singh inVeera on Star Plus shares the fun hehas on screen with his bhatijee (niece)

Veera played byactor Harshita Ojha.They both share acute chemistry. “Sheis a super cute bac-cha, who oftencomes to my greenroom screamingChachu Chachu andthen demands that I

tell her ghost stories. No ghost can everscare her”, laughs Kapil. On askingabout the one thing, other than acting,that is common between the two andthey love doing it together, “We bothlove eating eggs and so I prepare eggwhite bhurji and get it on the sets”, tellsKapil.

MARTIAL ARTSEXPONENT

Actor MohammadNazim aka Ahamfrom the show‘Saathiya’ has a veryfit and well builtbody. He owes thatto his training inMartial Arts. Hesays, “Since I was inthe eighth standard,

our teacher used to teach outside myschool and I had great time learning. Ihave even won a silver medal in a statelevel competition and stood second. Itmakes you active. It helps in dancingas it makes a person flexible and in-creases stamina”.

15 August 2013 is India’s 67th In-dependence Day. Every Indian is

aware of the struggle faced by Indiaunder the British rule before Inde-pendence where several freedomfighters sacrificed their lives for thesake of our country.On this day, Indianswill tune in to

watch the live Independence Daytelecast from the Red Fort in NewDelhi which will start off with thePrime Minister hoisting the tri-colour. This will be followed by hisIndependence Day speech which isthe highlight of the day. There willalso be several cultural programsand patriotic songs presented byschool children.The live telecast of the Independ-

ence Day celebrations will be onDoordarshan (DD1) and on other

news channels as well. You can alsowatch the live telecast of the Presi-dent’s Speech on the eve of our 67thIndependence Day.As usual, Gokuldham Society in

‘Taarak Mehta ka OoltahChashmah’ has found a simple yeteffective solution to the residents’tussle over who will hoist the flag.The society decides to hold asinging competition, the winner ofwhich would hoist the flag as aprize. All the members of Gokuld-ham Society participate in thissinging competition with enthusi-

asm.While Daya

and Jetha sing‘hum jis desh ke vashi hai

us jis desh mein ganga behetihai,‘ Bhide and Madhavi sing‘bharat hamko jaan se pyaara hai yegulista hamara hai.‘Babita and Iyersing ‘dil diya hai jaan bhi denge yevatan tere liye,’while theTappu senasings ‘Yeh duniya ek dulhan, yemaathe ki bindiya, ye meraIindia, Ilove myIindia’.Who wins can be seen on August

15 on SAB TV at 8.30 pm. Since var-ious other channels like STAR, Sonyand ZEE TV have lined up satellitepremieres of newHindi films, awardfunctions and special episodes ofshows this Independence Day isbound to be truly special.

What made you accept KehtaHai… as your comeback show?The prestigious banner of RoseMovies has wonderful producers likeShrishti Arya and Goldie Behl and alsothe teleplay of the show about a 34-year-old unmarried, strong and free-spirited woman. It’s a wonderfulconcept which I loved and hence ac-cepted this show. I am confident thatthe audience will connect with mycharacter’s struggles and challenges.

Why this sabbatical?I was continuously working formany years and needed a breakand wanted to devote my time tomy family after getting married.

What is your charactersketch in the show?My character is calledSaanchi, who managesand supports her entirefamily after the deathof her parents. Therelationshipswithin our fam-ily in the

show andthe situ-

ations are also faced by families inreal life as well. So, people will be ableto identify and connect with them. Theshow is set in Panchgani and Saanchi,who manages the family’s strawberryfarm after the loss of both her parents.For over a decade, her responsibilitiesare many, but Saanchi has willinglychosen to enjoy her duties. Marriage isnot on her agenda. Her two grand-mothers and two siblings, plus herbeloved father’s farm, make her uni-verse. Saanchi only focuses on build-ing and securing the future of herfamily. But as they say – destiny worksin mysterious ways.

Who is cast opposite you?Saanchi’s life and outlook changeswhen she meets Dhruv Goel, a suaveand wealthy lawyer played by Bolly-wood actor Ruslaan Mumtaz as

Dhruv. Dhruv is a 27-year-oldlawyer who has never

dealt with any

case. He has no qualities of a lawyer.He is an irresponsible rich brat. So hehas lived life differently. He has nevercome across any such responsibilitiesthat Saanchi endured. He comes intoher life as a breath of fresh air. He is achilled out guy.

What are the other credits of theshow?In character roles as the two grand-mothers are two renowned actors ofthe Hindi entertainment industry,namely Sulabha Deshpande andMeenakshi Sethi, they are ably sup-ported by Delnaz Irani (Dilshad),Nabeel Ahmed (Advait Prabhu) andPriyanka Sidana (Prachi Prabhu). Writ-ten by Niranjan Iyengar and directedby Siddharth Sengupta.

What’s happening on the filmfront?My film debut Bhanvraa,

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Sangeeta Ghosh , who became popular through shows likeMehndi Tere Naam Ki and Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand isnow back on the telly turf after a brief sabbatical with theSony TV’s Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara. We spoke to thecharming Bengali lass at the launch of the show inFilm-city recently. Sandeep Hattangadi Some excerpts.

a pleasant comebackTV TATTLES Sangeeta Ghosh stages

Independence Day Celebrations On T V !

directed byDharmesh Dar shan is complete and ready for re-lease but I have no idea when.

Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara will goon air staring Aug 15

on SonyEntertainment

Recently, in a first of its kind,a doctor from government-run Sion hospital wassacked for running a private

practice of his own during his offi-cial shift at the state-run hospital.That apart, six other doctors fromstate-run hospitals have beenserved with show-cause notices forthe same reason. Out of the six, twoare from Sion Hospital and fourfrom KEMHospital.While this is not the first time,

doctors have been found runningtheir own private clinics in spite ofworking at government hospitals, itis for the first time such a strict ac-tion has been taken against anerring doctors.In February this year, several RTI

applications filed, revealed thatstate-run hospitals in Mumbai arefacing acute staff shortage.According to the information from

the RTI application, four govern-ment-run hospitals - Gokuldas Tej-pal (GT) hospital, Cama and Alblesshospital, Sir JJ Group of Hospitalsand St George’s hospital have 871posts of nursing staff, 129 posts forparamedics, 70medical posts and87posts for lecturers lying vacant.According to the data, the highest

percentage of shortage is observedin medical staff posts with 46 percent vacancy, followed by lecturerposts in medical colleges with 38per cent vacancy, the nursing staffsis short by 33 per cent and para-medical and administrative staffhave 29 per cent vacancy each.The total number of posts vacant

in administrative section is 94 andin labour section, it is 570.

Cama and Albless Hospitalhas the maximum vacanciesWHEN categorised according tohospitals, Cama andAlbless had themaximum number of sanctionedposts lying vacant at 36 per cent, thenext in line in GT hospital with 34per cent post lying vacant, St.George hospital and JJ hospital have29 per cent and 27 per cent vacan-cies respectively.These are the figures for the va-

cant positions in these hospitals.This, along with doctors missingtheir shifts at the hospitals to runtheir own private practices duringtheir official shifts at the hospitalssure, puts a lot of pressure on thestate-run hospitals in the city.Doctors visiting government hos-

pitals are not prohibited from prac-ticing in private clinics or runningtheir own clinics but they can onlydo this after their official shift at thegovernment hospital is over.Doctors who opt not to practice

privately are given a ‘special al-lowance’ by the BrihanmumbaiMu-nicipal Corporation. But, that isonly if they practice in governmenthospitals.According to the BMC guidelines,

doctors attached to civic hospitalsare allowed private practice afterthe 9am - 4pm work hours, pro-

vided they don’t avail of the non-practice allowance, which is basi-cally a compensation for notlaunching a private practice.According to the BMC figures, of

around 1,200 civic doctors in thecity, only 17 per cent have chosen topractice privately officially.The doctor sacked from the Sion

hospitals was a dermatologist and a

lecturer in SionHospital and had al-ready been given a warning earlierfor missing his shift at the hospital.And recently, he was put under awatch when the hospital adminis-tration learned that he continuedhis private practice during his offi-cial shift at the hospital.And, it was learned that in spite

of practicing privately , the doctor

had officially stated he was notdoing so, which made his eligiblefor the special allowance.It is not just Mumbai that has

been suffering from doctors in-dulging in suchmalpractices, othercities like Aurangabad and stateslike Goa, Uttar Pradesh too are fac-ing troubles with doctors indulgingin such practices.

Just lastmonth, in Lucknow,Min-ister for health and family welfareAhmed Hasan warned governmentdoctors with dire consequences iffound involved in private practice.He stated the state government wasmaking serious efforts to ensureavailability of doctors and otherhealth staff at the primary healthcentre level. “We will identify doc-tors engaged in private practice andpunish them,” the minister said.Earlier in April, in Goa, the gov-

ernment had placed Dr S M Ban-dekar, head of the orthopaedicsurgery department at GoaMedicalCollege andHospital, at suspensionfor alleged private practice.It has been reported that, at least

30 of the over 100 senior doctors atGMC practice are either visitingconsultants at top private hospitalsor working at private nursinghomes run by their spouses.Senior doctors from the district

hospital in Goa - Institute of Psychi-atry and Human Behaviour (IPHB),and many other medical officershave been allegedly, discreetly run-ning private practices.The non-practicing allowance

(NPA) given to government doctorsis between 25 per cent and 40 percent of their salary in Goa. Onlyconsultants appointed on contractbasis and who work for certainhours, are reportedly exempted.

Doctors are known to divertpatients to private clinicsDOCTORS are also known to divertpatients from government hospitalsto their own private clinics.Last year, in Punjab, a sting-oper-

ation conducted on a doctor work-ing in government-run hospital,caught him practicing in privatehospital as well leading to his arrest.But, reportedly, even after the policecompleted the investigation, it didnot file the chargesheet for the overfive months.A raid was conducted in August

2012 in which the accused doctorwas arrested under Sections 420(cheating) and 168 (trading) of theIPC and Section 13 (2) of the Pre-vention of Corruption Act, and wasalso suspended from his job at thegovernment hospital.Last year, to dissuade doctors

working in government hospital,from working in private hospitalsthe state cabinet cleared a billwhich set the non-practising al-lowance (NPA) of doctors to 35 percent of their basic salary.But this incentive came with a

rider – that the total salary of thedoctor should not be more than Rs85,000.Before the incentive the doctors

were getting 25 per cent incentivewhich after being raised costs thestate exchequer Rs 85 crore. But,looks like the incentives offeredwere not enough since still doctorsare often found running their pri-vate practice illegally.

(With inputs from Prerna Pandey)

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State-run hospital raps erring doctor

Readers keen on seeking help on drafting RTI applications may write in to rti@draftcraft.in or call Gajanan Khergamker on 022-22841593 for any assistance on RTI or to have their findings / issue featured on this page

For the first time, a doctor from a government-run hospital was sacked for running a private practiceof his own. Such strict action may herald a pleasant change, writes Gajanan Khergamker

The four government-run hospitals -- Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) hospital, Cama and Albless hospital, Sir JJ Group of Hospitals and St.George’s hospital have 871 posts for nursing staff, 129 posts for paramedics, 70 medical posts and 87 posts for lecturers lying vacant

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Idle in MaharashtraTHIS cannot but be acause for concernthere’s a whole slewof senior bureaucratsin Maharashtra whoseem to have nowork, without any os-tensible reason whythis should be so. Ac-cording to sources, atleast 24 senior babus have been eitherawaiting new assignments or transfers forseveral months, but there is still no sign ofurgency in the state government about thesituation. Many of these babus say that thefault lies with the hazy transfer policy. Sowe have the example of Tanaji Satre, whowas managing director of CIDCO, but isnow awaiting his new assignment for thepast three months. As are MaharashtraMaritime Board CEO S.S. Shinde and Au-rangabad Municipal Commissioner Pur-shottam Bhapkar. They too were relievedof their posts but have not received a newassignment from the Prithviraj ChavanGovernment. What is worrying observers isthe obvious impact of this ‘policy’ on thestate administration. Apparently, the entirebatch of 1998 batch officers will soon beproceeding on mid-career training, deplet-ing the strength even further.

Cop exodusTHOUGH the transition to the next Com-missioner of police has been managedsmoothly, the recent transfer of 14 IPS of-ficers of Delhi Police by the Ministry ofHome Affairs (MHA) without suitable re-placements has considerably depleted thenumbers of officers at the Deputy Com-missioner of police level in the capital. Themove is likely to impact functioning of DelhiPolice, which in recent times has been ac-cused of being unable to stop the risingcrimes in the capital. The transferred offi-cers include Ajay Chaudhary, Vinay VikramChaudhary, Dhiraj Kumar, Rajiv Ranjanand Devender Arya among others. Theseofficers belong to the Arunachal, Goa, Mi-zoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadrebut have been posted to different states.With Delhi elections due in November, it isnot sure how Delhi Police will perform itspolicing duties.

SC gets toughGIVEN that many states have been ratherreluctant to implement police reforms, theSupreme Court has decided to crack thewhip. To ensure that a clear message issent out, the apex court has issued sum-mons to the Chief Secretaries of UttarPradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu andAndhra Pradesh to present themselves incourt and explain the steps they havetaken to implement police reforms. Theworthies who are in the firing line are MsSheela Balakrishnan (Tamil Nadu), JawedUsmani (Uttar Pradesh), P.K. Mohanty

(Andhra Pradesh) and J.K. Banthia (Maha-rashtra). The police reforms are to be im-plemented, as suggested by former IPSofficer and Uttar Pradesh DGP PrakashSingh, but the politicians are expectedly re-luctant to do so. Hopefully, the SupremeCourt action will result in some progress.

—— DDiilliipp CChheerriiaann

DILLI KA BABU

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NOTES FROM NEW DELHI

By Kamal M. Morarka

In the last week two significantevents, both entirely different,have caused concern. The first

is, the death of 23 children inBihar due to bad food served tothem in the mid-day meal pro-gramme. First, it was thought thatit is a pesticide or insecticide thataccidentally got mixed with thefood. But as the investigation isproceeding, and with the arrest ofthe principal of the school, thechief minister has also said that itdoes not look like accidentaldeaths, which means that thematter is far more serious. Thatmeans that there has been delib-erate mischief in the programme.Some people are making moneyeven at the cost of risking thelives of human beings and thattoo of children. After that report, similar re-

ports are coming from differentstates which means that in or-ganised way the mid-day mealprogramme has been mal-ad-ministered over the years and inthe current atmosphere of thecountry, with scams and corrup-tion rampant, this mid-day mealprogramme which costs thou-sands of crores of rupees has alsobecome a victim of corruption.

What steps can be taken varyingfrom discontinuing the pro-gramme altogether to give directcash benefit to continuing theprogramme with stricter regula-tion there are all sorts of sugges-tions that are coming but onething is clear : that something willhave to be done as it cannot con-tinue as it is you spend moneyand on top of it children die. Thisis absolutely unacceptable. Somestates have good infrastructure.This programme first started inTamil Nadu but some statesstarted this programme withouthaving an infrastructure. TheCentral Government is fundingthis but all states cannot followthe same model. The model hasto differ from state to state, de-pending on the administrativelevel and the efficiency level ofthe state.

Visa for Narendra ModiThe second thing that is not so

serious but is a little disturbing isthe issue of a US visa for Naren-dra Modi. There can be two argu-ments. One can say that anelected chief minister of any statein India should not be refused avisa to America just like a Gover-nor in America, whether you

agree with him or not, cannot berefused a visa to India. This visawas refused many years ago. Atthat time also the Congress gov-ernment was at the Centre, whichdid not protest. It was the Centralgovernment which could haveprotested to the American gov-ernment. We also do not agreewith Modi but a person visitingUS is a small thing and he is notthe one who will stay on in theUSA that they have to be carefulto refuse him a visa. But that isnot the point. Now there are twothings that have been very dis-turbing. First of all, it was Rajnath

Singh, the President of the BJPwho goes to America and tells thepress that he is going to requestthe US administration to give avisa to Modi. It is not the job of apolitical party president. I amsorry. A visa has to be applied forby an individual. If at all some-body has to talk to the US gov-ernment, it is the government ofIndia and not the president of apolitical party. He would be de-meaning himself before the USadministration. Second, equallydisturbing is the group of 65 MPswriting a petition that please con-tinue to refuse the visa. Who arethese MPs of various parties op-

posed to BJP? 19 of them havesaid they did not even sign thememorandum. Those who havesigned, have they thought overwhat they are doing? Is it the jobof members of Indian Parliamentto make a petition to the US ad-ministration? You are degradingyourself. You are degrading In-dian Parliament. I do not knowwhat the Prime Minister thinks ofthis matter. It is high time and Ihave been saying this repeatedlythat the prime minister must act.It is time he acted as a prime min-ister of the country. He must pullup these MPs that this is not yourjob. Your job is to debate in theHouse from where they havebeen absenting themselves. Theyare drawing their salary and al-lowances and absenting them-selves and they have time to writeto the US administration. Theyshould become rational. The elec-tion year is coming. I understandthe anger among the political par-ties. I am also angry on many sub-jects but that does not mean thatwe should allow it to affect ourbehaviour, our parliamentary be-haviour, decorum, public life –they all have to be maintained.That’s what India is known forright from Independence and I donot think we should lose it.

By Ruby Arun

NOTHING is impossible in pol-itics. The experience of 1975

and 1989 too tells us that the com-pulsions of politics can make evenopposition parties with differingideologies stand together. But thedifficulty is that there are somepersons amongst the leaders of theparties that want to maintain anequal distances from the BJP andCongress, between whom there isno similarity of thought or con-cept. These leaders cannot eventolerate each other. For instance,in Uttar Pradesh, the BahujanSamaj Party and the SamajwadiParty, both are in search of a ThirdFront, but Mulayam Singh Yadavand Mayawati cannot stand to-gether at any cost. In Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi is

not willing to go along with Jay-alalithaa. On the other hand, eventhough the Congress has, in the

Rajya Sabha elections, supportedthe candidate of Karunanidhi’sDMK Party, there seems to be littlepossibility that equally, in the nextLok Sabha elections, Karunanidhiwill give support to the UPA. Simi-larly, even though Jayalalithaa maybe a good friend of NarendraModi, she cannot be seen standingwith the BJP because she has al-ways favoured the Third Front.Recently, Jayalalithaa met the

UP CM Akhilesh Yadav and talkedof new options, although she willdecide on these issues only afterthe elections. In Bihar, theRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and theJDU are also going through thesame dilemma because these twoparties cannot remain together inthe same Front. In such a situationit is evident that it will be a fourcornered fight in the coming LokSabha elections and in the UPAand NDA, there is full scope forvariables in both coalitions’ elec-

toral equations. If one glances atthe enmity between these leaders,then a Fourth Front taking shapecan be seen very easily.However, we are talking about

the formation of the Third Frontand its prospects. These days, thefact has come forward from someelection surveys that the mood ofthe people of the country is inclin-ing in favour of regional parties. Inthis context, in the next Lok Sabhaelections, all these various regionalparties can come together andemerge as a major force. This is thereason why every party that wantto show itself as separate and dif-ferent from the BJP and the Con-gress wants to be part of the ThirdFront. But the irony of the ThirdFront is that in the last 25 years inthe politics, it has become just amyth. Whenever there is a surgefor the constitution of a ThirdFront, each time in the battle foroccupying the chair of power, the

Third Front gets disintegrated. Infact, the Third Front has beenformed so many times and disin-tegrated so many times that thepeople of the country no longertake it seriously. Therefore, when Mulayam re-

cently began reciting lines of theThird Front, his paeans were nottaken seriously. Perhaps one rea-son for this could also be thatwhile on the one hand Mulayam,in struggling to show the separate-ness from the BJP, talks of the ThirdFront, on the other hand hisbrother Ram Gopal Yadav can beseen heaping embroidered praiseon Lal Krishna Advani. This is thesame SP on whose initiative theUnited National Progressive Al-liance (UNPA) was formed, whichincluded all parties which werenot in the NDA or the UPA. Butlater on, the SP itself separatedfrom the UNPA and gave its sup-port to the UPA.Judging by the facts, while on

the one hand Mamata Banerjeehas favoured a federal front, theTelugu Desam chief ChandrababuNaidu has also stepped forward.Naveen Patnaik too is trying tostoke the fire of the Third Front. Inthis political battle, out of the lead-ers advocating the Third Front,apart from Naveen Patnaik, theidentity of all others has remainednon-BJP and non-Congress. Butagain, the same difficulty willcome: Mulayam cannot be a partof Mamata’s federal front, so insuch a situation the question doesnot arise of the Left parties close tohim going along with Mamata.

Disturbing issues needrational handling

ACROSS:1 Sean's handicap involved

physical discomfort (5,3,5)10 One reaches it at last (9)11 Enthusiastic about accepting

king's opening music (5)12 State Marg's concocted deceptive

schemes (10)14 Do something entertaining (3)15 An aimless order ? (4,2,6)18 Evidently one not represented by

another (4,8)21 Leaves to get a drink (3)22 Christian virtue fills a need,

somehow (4-6)25 Small stones unfinished in

cemetery plot (5)26 Airmen ate in mess to refresh the

body (2-7)27 King of the Cads very much in

love? (4,4,5)

DOWN:2 He provides food on the terrace,

perhaps (7)3 The occasion for you to feast will

come (9)4 Getting old drink in silver

container (5)5 In light hours Daisy is not in (3)6 In the course of giving a maid a

tumble (4)7 Say yes about the broken bat,

that's fair ! (3,3)8 Spilling the soup could be a bad

bargain (4,2,7)9 Bank employee confronted by

vast sum of money sees a future(7,6)

13 The fruit is in from Angola (5)16 Search for a gun (5)

17 Marginal place to start a race(2,3,4)

19 Maid being a great trouble to Ali(7)

20 Is a monkey able to enjoy a slice

of toast topped with caviar? (6)23 Fanatical extremes of flying

talent (5)24 A reversible action (4)26 Clergyman in a whirl (3)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORDAcross: 1 Absentees, 6 Hatch, 9 Barometers, 11 Betide, 12 Ascended, 13 Breast thetape, 15 Rhyme or reason, 19 Retrains, 20 Sealed, 22 Streamline, 23 Based, 24 Redsetter.Down: 2 Brake, 3 Ebonite, 4 Theme, 5 Elegant, 7 Ammonia, 8 Chameleon, 10 Secrete,13 Barcelona, 14 Species, 16 Yardage, 17 Reserve, 18 Shallot, 20 Stays, 21 Ernie.

SOLUTION TOFRIDAY’SENIGMA CODECHASTE, ATTACH,CACHET SACHET,SHEATH, THATCH THESES

MATH PYRAMID 604

ENIGMA CODE 604

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically,or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle anda some other numbers are already filled in.

Each colour in our coderepresents a letter.When you have cracked thecode you will be able tomake up seven words.The clue to first word is givento help you get started.

The Clue: Part of a sentence

MATHDOKU 604Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of thedigits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeatedin any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number andone of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematicaloperation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to eachpuzzle is arrived at logically and is unique.

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ACROSS:1 Choral section (4)5 Toward, once (4)6 Flower parts (5)8 Wheat variety (5)10 Dalal Street unit (5)12 It takes the cake (4)13 Rag or sea (4)

DOWN:1 Commuter ride (3)2 Small colonists (4)3 Walk-up features (5)4 In an unexplained

manner (7)7 'Gladiator' extra (5)9 Logical structure (4)11 Curling inning (3)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fillthe given pyramid with numberssuch that the following three rulesare satisfied.1. A cell value must be sum ordifference of the two cells below2. A row cannot have duplicatenumbers3. A number cannot be less than 1or more than the grid size

QUICK CROSS 604

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

HIDATO 604

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 604

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

PHANTOM LEE FALK

TODAY’S FORECASTTIGER BUD BLAKE

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier 27COFFEEBREAKMOON : Moon in Virgo till 3:01pmTITHI : 5th/6th Shravan Shuklapaksha

NAKSHATRA : ChitraRASHI : Kanya [Virgo] P. Th.

LUCKY COLOUR : RedLUCKY NUMBER : 1

ARIES (March 21 - April 20):Don’t give up a chance to turn anawkward situation into a profitable

one. Be diplomatic with colleaguesand try not giving your own views in frontof others as you could send the wrong sig-nals especially since you are delicatelypoised for progress. The success ofyoungsters will make you happy.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Youseem to benefit more through yoursocial contacts and also through

your good public relations that getsyou better offers for work or business. Butmake sure to meet all your commitmentson schedule lest you lose credibility.Someone whom you had helped earlierwill now return your favor. A new friend-ship becomes all too important. This willcertainly create problems within yourfamily who may not approve.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Someof you will be invited to give a talkor address a large gathering.

Focus is on education, training,sports and cultural activities. Several fa-vorable opportunities for investment on ashort-term basis will materialize. Makethe most of the current good phase.Someone may need care and attentionwhich you will give at cost of your ownwellbeing and health.

LIBRA (September 22 - October22): Stay out of controversies. Fi-nancial benefits need to be used as

quickly as possible or put awaysafely. There are some who may try to tapyou for a loan. Do not get persuaded bythem. Be gentle but firm in saying no asthis could lead to amonetary loss. It couldalso affect relationships. You share a goodrapport with your beloved thatmakes yourrelationship tender and romantic Expect apleasant surprise this evening.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 -December 20): New investmentswill yield profit. Look forward to fi-

nancialgoodnews,perhapsanewcon-tract is offered on favorable terms. Do notmakecomparisonsofwhatcouldhavebeenjust take the opportunity when it turns up.Planaworkcumholiday tripasyouare likelyto travel soon. Stars indicate a happy ro-mance for the married or those in love withgreat plans for the future. If fancy free yourcarefree attitude attracts someone to you.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - Feb-ruary 18): Consistent hard workthat youhadput inearlierwill get you

what you want. Benefits through gov-ernment are indicated. A sincere approachin life always gets rewarded. You must notfeel that you get little, and late, in compari-son to the hard work you put in. Life has itsown pattern. A new association with a per-sonof theoppositesexoverwhelmsyouandyou can hardly concentrate on work andother things that are important for you.

TAURUS (April 21 -May 20): Itis a very fortunate day to startanything new or hold an important

seminar or meeting. Problems withthose who have opposed you in the pastwill be resolved if you make an effort toforget the past and get on with your asso-ciation with a clean slate and cheerfuldisposition. Your love life getsmore excit-ing and you will be keen tomake plans forfuture. Someone you care about will be intouch.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21):Gains from close associates areforeseen. Perseverance and pa-

tience will yield favorable results.Don’t let delays and opposition get youdown. Youwill bemeeting some interestingnew people with whom you will have an in-stant rapport that could open fresh workopportunities. An instant rapport with aparticular person youmeet could lead to aromance. In martial relationships love tieswill be tested but youwill emerge awinner.

VIRGO (August 22 - Septem-ber 21): Appointments andschedules tend to get upset. There

is a lot to do but not enough time.Your work may need more personal in-volvement and you are not able to devotemuch time. Youbetter plan yourwork strat-egy well in advance and then follow it sin-cerely elsematterswill get out of control. Adelicate situation can arise whereby yourromantic association may not find favorwith family. Youwill have tomakea choice.

SCORPIO (October23 -Novem-ber 21): This is the time to makea move towards fulfilling aspira-

tions. You have everything going foryou and ample opportunities to makegains. It is a good day to put in applica-tions for a job or a tender for a new busi-ness. You will make contact with someoneimportant who seemed elusive until now.Your responsibilities may exhaust youmentally and physically but your matewill be a source of encouragement andstrength.

CAPRICORN (December 21- January 19): New investmentswill yield profit. Look forward to fi-

nancial good news, perhaps a newcontract isofferedonfavorable terms.Donotmakecomparisonsofwhatcouldhavebeenjust take the opportunity when it turns up.Planaworkcumholiday tripasyouare likelyto travel soon. Stars indicate a happy ro-mance for the married or those in love withgreat plans for the future. If fancy free yourcarefree attitude attracts someone to you.

PISCES (February 19 - March20): You may be drawn to self-im-provement activities that call for

some discipline. This in turn improvesyour business and profit. Taking light physi-calexercisesandhavingmoresocial interac-tion with colleagues and associates willcertainly improveyour imageinthesphereofyourwork.There isaneedtobreakawayfromeverything and do what pleases your heartwith no questions asked. Get away for a fewdaystorelaxunwindandgiveintoyourwhims.

JAGJIT UPPALBIRTHDAY FORECAST: Stability and increase in your work activities is assured.The current period is extremely beneficial one and monetary returns from your invest-ments will be substantial. Security at work will give the confidence that you need to ex-plore new areas and move from one success to another. Those in love, who may havehad certain difficulties regardingmarriage, will now overcome their problems and set-tle down happily.BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, plump attractive eyes and soft curly hair. In-tuitive, expressive and artistic. Will be stubborn, assertive, and have a quiet ambitiousstreak. Will be fortunate, comfortable, happy and successful.

ACROSS:4 A beverage (6)7 An absolute ruler (8)8 On horseback (6)10 Unconcealed, public (5)13 Be boastful (4)14 Indian goddess (4)15 Small branches (4)16 A Spanish title (3)17 Medicine bottle (4)19 No, in Berlin ? (4)21 South Indian state (5,4)23 Soft plant tissue (4)24 A short, loud sound (4)26 Criticise severely, as in a review of a

play (3)27 System of bidding in Bridge (4)29 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

(4)32 Criticize with scathing severity (4)33 Examine closely (5)34 ___ of the soil : a farmer ? (6)35 Building divided into flats (8)36 Unfortunate Columbia victim

Kalpana ___ (6)

DOWN:1 ____ up : disturbed or agitated

mentally or physically (5)2 East Indian pepper plant (5)3 Inhabitant of a Baltic state (4)4 Captivate, delight or enthrall ? (5)5 Amphibian (4)6 London station (6)9 Island in the South China Sea (6)11 Valerie's pet name ? (3)12 Antagonist (5)13 He is there to help the tennis star,

should we say ? (7)15 Bollywood's Aishwarya __ Bachchan

(3)16 Union territory Daman & ____ (3)18 Pierce with a pointed object ? (6)20 Mystery writer's award (5)21 Large cask for wine (3)

22 ___ Sarovar : bird sanctuary inGujarat ? (3)

23 Area having its own church andclergyman (6)

25 Horny projecting jaws of a bird (3)

28 The Great Charter: Magna ___ (5)30 Country bumpkin (5)31 Cosy retreats ? (5)32 Glide along as a stream (4)33 Look in through an eye-hole (4)

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

Today’s clue: Z equals G

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IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1743

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SUDOKU 1924Sudoku is a numberplacing puzzle based ona 9x9 grid such severalgiven numbers.To solve aSudoku puzzle, everydigit from 1 to 9 mustappear in each of thenine vertical columns, ineach of the ninehorizontal rows and ineach of the nine boxes.

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AfternoonWORDMINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shownin today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There shouldbe at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names arenot allowed.Today’s ratings: 30 average; 35 good; 40 outstanding.SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: even, event, INTENSIVE, invent, invest, invite,invitee, seven, sieve, vein, vent, vest, vine, visit

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SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORDAcross: 1 Ganges, 5 Abc, 8 Parc, 9 Zero, 10 Not new, 11 Editorial, 13 Ebon, 15 Use,16 Noise, 17 Abbey, 20 Bag, 22 Urn, 23 Pilot, 24 Vasco, 26 Den, 27 Kato, 28Idiomatic, 31 Potent, 32 Ansi, 33 Atul, 34 Eli, 35 Raptly. Down: 1 Gander, 2 National, 3 Epee, 4 Sawdust, 5 Acute, 6 Czar, 7 Broaden, 12Ise, 14 No go, 18 Buck, 19 Broadest, 20 Bidding, 21 Manipur, 24 Vet, 25 Mostly,26 Dalai, 29 Obie, 30 Cola.

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GUANGZHOU: Chinese super-star Lin Dan took the bad-minton world title for a fifth

time after his arch rival Lee ChongWei was stretchered off the court

in the third game.The current world number one

from Malaysia dropped to hishaunches at 19-16 down and thentried to recover.But he had to retire from the

match at 20-17 -- leaving Lin, who isworld and Olympic champion, totake the title 16-21, 21-13, 20-17. "Itwould appear that he suffered some

cramps and he has subsequentlybeen taken to hospital," said GayleAlleyne, communications managerfor badminton's world body theBWF at a press conference after thematch. Lee had been hoping to enda run of high-profile defeats at thehands of Lin -- widely regarded asthe game's best-ever player -- whobeat him in the previous world titlemen's singles final and in the twolast Olympic finals.Lin, 29, known as "Super Dan",

was making his comeback at thetournament with a controversialwildcard place after a year on thesidelines to spend time with hisfamily.The two badminton legends put

on a brilliant display in the first setin front of a packed Tianhe gymna-

sium in the southern Chinese city ofGuangzhou. "Both ChongWei and Idid a good job -- it's a pity he couldnot last until the end," Lin said afterthe match."He got this cramp out there and

it reminded me of my training --when you have that, you cannotmove at all. From that moment wewere not opponents any more. I re-ally wanted to help and I went overto ask if he was OK. He didn't wantto give up."Lin's victory sealed a day in

which Chinawon only two of a pos-sible four medals after sweeping allthe titles at the last twoworld cham-pionships and at the LondonOlympics. "If I had lost we wouldonly have won one gold medal andit would have been embarrassing,"

said Lin. "The good thing is I'm notthe head coach."

THAI TEEN DEFEATS LI TO TAKEWOMEN'S WORLD TITLE

Thai teenager Ratchanok In-tanon took thewomen's singles titleat the badminton world champi-onships in Guangzhou today, beat-ing Olympic champion Li Xuerui22-20, 18-21, 21-14 in a massiveupset.Ratchanok, 18, becomes the first

ever Thai player to win gold at theworld championships after defeat-ing 22-year-old top seed Li, whowas gunning for her first world title.The three-game thriller was a battleof technical skill and stamina, withRatchanok pushing a more experi-enced Li around the court with a so-phisticated repertoire of shots.Ratchanok came back from 19-12

down in the first game to clinch it bytwo points, with a grim-faced Lifighting back to take the second.

But the supremely relaxed Thailooked physically and mentallystronger in the final game, holdingon to a lead as Li threw everythingat her. At the end of the matchRatchanok dropped to her knees intears on court before bowing to anapplauding stadium. A smilingRatchanok, who still has braces onher teeth, said she would meetThailand's Queen Sirikit on Mon-day, which is a national holiday tomark the queen's birthday andMother's Day. "I am going to bringmy victory to the queen and to mymother and godmother as a gift,"Ratchanok said."Before this match I didn't have

confidence when I was competingagainst the top players, but aftertoday I will. "Li was not playing likeherself. I felt really relaxed and Ithink she was nervous. I haveplayed her five times and she haswon four, so it was amazing that Ibeat her today."

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Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia reacts on a stretcher as he is carried out by medical officers afterinjury from the men's single final match against Lin Dan of China at the 2013 BWF WorldChampionships in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province on Sunday. [Above]China's Lin Dan checks on Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia after Lee suffered a leg injury.

STRETCHED TOO FAR

Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon raises herwinning trophy after defeating Li Xuerui ofChina in their women's singles final.

Lin takes world titleafter Lee retires hurt

PRETORIA: Australia A produceda clinical all-round performance

to beat India A by 25 runs to registertheir victory which ensured theirplace in the final of the tri-series in-volving 'A' teams here.With Australia qualifying for the

summit clash, the result of finalround robin match between Indiaand South Africa will decide onother finalist.Opting to bat, Australia A scored

310 for seven riding on ShaunMarsh's 96 and marauding GlennMaxwell's 56-ball 93. Bowlers thencame back to dismiss India for 285in 48.3 overs. Despite best effortsfrom openers Rohit Sharma (61, 57balls, 7x4, 2x6), Murali Vijay (60, 77balls, 7x4, 1x6) and skipperCheteshwar Pujara (51, 64 balls,4x4), Indians were stopped wellshort of target.Seamers Josh Hazlewood (3/59)

and Moises Henriques (3/24) werethe most successful bowlers forAustralia. Young Perveez Rasool'scameo (27, 23 balls, 3x4) wasn'tgood enough to stop the Aussiesfrom beating India for the secondtime in the tournament. Indianbatsmen started the chase in an im-pressive fashion with Sharma, whohas been in red hot form, attackingthe Aussie new ball bowers Hazle-wood and Gurinder Sandhu assmacked seven fours alongwith twosixes in his 57-ball knock.Sharma launched into Hazle-

wood hitting him over deep mid-wicket for a six and also got themaximum of Nathan Coultier-Nile.Suchwas Sharma's dominance thatout of 79 runs added for the open-ing stand, the Mumbaikar scored61. Sharma's 50 came off 48 ballsand this was his third consecutivehalf-century in the tournament.

Australia A beat India A by 25 runs toenter tri-series final

Bolt leads Gatlin, Jamaican trio into 100m finalMOSCOW: Jamaican sprint leg-

end Usain Bolt remained oncourse to regain his 100 metresworld title as he progressed intoSunday's final at theWorld Athlet-ics Championships.Bolt, the 26-year-old world

record holder, shadowed thediminutive American MikeRodgers for most of his semi-finalheat, the third of three. Eyespinned on the big screen, Bolt wasin complete control of the race andedged Rodgers at the line by one-hundredth of a second in 9.92sec."I'm happy with how my legs

felt," said Bolt. "The reaction wasokay, the first 10 metres were okay.The plan for the final is just to exe-cute. World record? I don't know,we'll see."The six-time Olympic gold

medallist, who also has five worldgold medals, has three Jamaicanteammates in the final for com-pany: Nesta Carter, Nickel Ash-

meade and Kemar Bailey-Cole.They will be joined by Rodgers andhis US teammate Justin Gatlin. Thefastest losers going through to theeight-man final were Briton JamesDasaolu and FrenchmanChristophe Lemaitre.Gatlin, 2004 Olympic champion

and double world sprint champion

in 2005 but who then served a four-year doping ban, had the runningof his heat after a false start byChina's Su Bingtian, coming homeeasily in 9.94sec, with Carter takingsecond in 9.97.Dasaolu sped off in heat two but

was tracked down by Ashmeade,who clocked a personal best of9.90sec. Bailey-Cole nabbed sec-ond in another personal best of9.93sec, with Dasaolu timing 9.97."I am just relieved after the shockerI had yesterday. I wanted to comeout and do myself justice," saidDasaolu.In the same heat, French hope

Lemaitre and Zhang Peimengwereboth creditedwith crossing the linein 10sec flat, a Chinese nationalrecord for the latter but still notenough to reach the final. BritonDwain Chambers, a three-timeworld 100m finalist, missed outafter finishing sixth in his heat wonby Ashmeade.

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Yash, Lokesh made to fight hardMMUUMMBBAAII:: Mumbai’s Yash Salgaonkar andPune’s Lokesh Sonawane were fully testedby their respective rivals before theyadvanced into the men’s singles fourthround of the first Maharashtra State seniorbadminton selection tournament organisedand sponsored by Khar Gymkhana.Yash found Thane’s Vishesh Naidu a toughcustomer, before he triumphed 15-5, 9-15,15-10. The Pune boy Lokesh, however, metwith stiff resistance from Jalgaon’s ShartanChaudhari, who had his moments but thePune lad ultimately won the long drawn tie15-11, 12-15, 15-11. Another Puneyoungster Shubhanan Deshpande, too, faceda similar hurdle against Mumbai Suburbs’Ritesh Malaney. After winning the first game,he found Ritesh unrelenting. Hisperseverance, however, paid the dividendsas he won 15-10, 5-15, 15-9.Results: Women’s singles (Pre-quarterfinals):Riya Pillai (MS) bt Isha Dutta (MS) 15-4, 15-9;Rucha Nikam (Sol) bt Kusam Yadav (MS) 15-9, 15-6; Ridhi Pajwani (M<S) bt Bhoomika Vangala (MS)15-6, 15-6; Sonal More (MS) bt Priyanka Nd 15-4,15-1; Varada Dixit (NGP) bt Riya Pawar (Sol) 15-5,15-12; Kairavi Thakore (MS) bt Urvashi Kamani(MS) 15-2, 15-6; Balwinder Sapra (MS) bt CherylD’Souza (MS) 15-12, 15-12; Aditi Mutartkar (PN)bt Sharvari Bramhe (PN) 15-7, 15-9; S.Saahasrabudhe (PN) bt Shreey Mali (PN) 15-4, 15-9; Vrushali Malthankar (SAT) bt Kiran Shete (GM)15-4, 15-3; S.Mundada (PN) bt Archana Kumar15-4, 15-3. Men’s singles (3rd round): MayankGole (PN) bt Siddharth Nageshkar (MS) 15-6, 15-5;Yash Salgaonkar (GM) bt Vishesh Naidu (TH) 15-5,9-15, 15-10; Deeepak Ratnani (TH) bt RajendraSapre (MS) 15-4, 15-13; Nikhil Khamkar (GM) btOmkart Mehtde (GM) 15-13, 15-11; MandeepSingh BOR) bt Nakul Bali (GM) 1508, 15-7; AjitKumbhar (PN) bt Abhishek Tulaskar (GM) 15-12,11-15, 15-7; Lokesh Sonawane (PN) ShartanChaudhari (JAL) 15-11, 12-15, 15-11; ShubhananDeshpande (PN) bt Ritesh Malaney (MS) 15-10, 5-15, 15-9.

Murali, Mahalakshmi sole leaders KKOOLLKKAATTAA:: IM Murali Karthikeyan, seededsecond, took the sole lead after achallenging win over his state mate NrVisakh after eight rounds of the National SubJunior Chess Championship here. TamilNadu's Kathikeyan lead the pack with sevenpoints, and is closely followed by localfavourite and topseed IM Diptayan Ghosh, BKumaran of Tamil Nadu and SiddhantMohapatra of Odisha who all have 6.5 pointseach. In a setback of sorts for Diptayan, thelocal lad split point on a topboard battle withKumaran as they slipped to second position.Sixth seed Kumaran was determined not tobow under any pressure from Diptayan asthe Tamil Nadu boy built a fine defencewhich the top seed could not find a way topenetrate for a drab draw. Mohaptrameanwhile carved a creditable win against NKrishna Teja to climb to second position. By Anant Bhagwat

Bridge is a very “tricky’ game. Itdoes not matter how many

points you have. The trick takingcapacity of the hand is important.For that, as a declarer you have toplot your course with foresight &planning. But first you must decide the

number of tricks you can winwithout much ado & if there is ashortfall, how to meet it. The fol-lowing hand is a good example ofthis tenet

S- Q J 3 2H- K J 4D- J 6 4C- A K 2

S- 4H- A Q 10 8 3D- A K 7 5C- J 4 3

You are south & after a spiritedbidding sequence, in which easttried to make a nuisance of him-self by bidding 2 spades, youreach 4 hearts. I know that youcan make 3 no trump, withouteven stretching yourself, but thatis life & you have to make the bestof it. First you make 10 tricks & then

curse your partner for not bid-ding 3 no trumps. As expected,west leads the 9 of spades. Youplay the queen from dummy &east wins with King. Then he shifts to diamond 9.

How do you play to make 10tricks?The technically correct way in

playing such contracts is to de-termine how many tricks you canmake outside trump suit, & thenfind a way to make the rest of thetricks. In this case you have 4 tricks

outside trump suit so must planto make 6 trump tricks. The ac-tual declarer played small on the9 of diamonds, west won withQueen & fired back anotherspade, which south had to ruff.Now the contract was irrevocablylost as west had 5 trumps. Once you determine that you

need 6 trump tricks you can setabout finding a way to your goal.If you could ruff 3 spades in hand

& draw trumps in dummy, whichis known as dummy reversal, youare home. But east’s preemptforewarns you. West cannot havemore than 2 spades & he willoverruff the 3rd spade. That leaves you only one

course of action somehow youmust find a ruff in dummy. Whichsuit can you ruff in dummy? Dia-mond! So you win the diamond shift

in hand, cash the other diamondhonour & exit with the 3rd dia-mond, not caring who wins it.Whatever is returned you can ruffa small spade in hand & ruff your4th diamond in dummy with anhonour. Then cash the other trump ho-

nour in dummy. That gives you 5trump tricks in hand & 1 indummy to go along with your 4honours in minor suits. Simpleonce you think about it.

BRIDGE

The Tenth Trick

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Ryan Inter-national School, Sanpadawill meet St. Xavier’s High

School, Nerul in the Navi Mum-bai Zone final as part of the BoysUnder-14 Thane District SubrotoMukherjee Football Cup 2013later this week.Ryan, Sanpada edged out St

Mary’s ICSE School, Kop-erkhairne by a solitary goalscored by their striker SiddharthYewale in the second half on Sat-urday. Capitalizing on a throughball by Shubham Wasavve fromthe right wing, timed his run toperfection to beat the offside traplaid by their opponents andneatly side stepped the oncom-ing goalkeeper, before tappingthe ball inside the net in what wasa Group ‘A’ final.Latter in the Group ‘B’ final St.

Xavier’s High School, Nerulscored a fluent win over hosts Fr.Agnel Multipurpose School, Vashiby a margin of 3-0 after leading 2-0 at half time. Merwin Almondwho received a pass from rightwinger Prajwal Patil, provided thelead for the winners with a welltimed chip shot from top of the16 yard box in to the top uprighteven as Agnel custodian MohitTalreja made a desperate attempt

to punch the ball to safety. In awell coordinated move Xavier’sSoham Astekar well timed passbisected the defense, before midfielder Sai Kumar trapped neatlywith right foot and diverted theball onto his left foot before beat-ing the onrushing custodian. Thefinal goal came in the final fewminutes of the match which orig-inated with a brilliant solo run

from the left flank by ShubhamVerma who was heavily markedby the Agnel’s defenders throughout the match. Verma releasedthe ball to Saif Mohammed insidethe 16 yard box. Mohammed re-layed the pass for the right wingerPrajwal Patil to do the needful in-side the six yard box once the on-rushing substitute goalkeeperNishant Shetty, who had a decent

outing in the second half, wascommitted in his dive to stop themove. Results: FFoouurrtthh RRoouunndd:: Group ‘A’(Final): Ryan International School, San-pada 1 (Siddharth Yewale) beat St Mary’sICSE School, Koperkhairne 0 (HT 0-0).Group ‘B’ (Final): St. Xavier’s High School,Nerul 3 (Merwin Almond, Sai Kumar, Pra-jwal Patil) beat Fr. Agnel MultipurposeSchool, Vashi 0 (HT 2-0).

Ryan International School, Sanpada Under -14 Boys won the Navi Mumbai Zone Subroto Cup title pose along with their coaches.

Legendary athlete Milkha Singh during the 'KrantiDaud' run in Thane, Mumbai on Sunday.

Khar Gym swimmers dominate as new meet records rewrittenMUMBAI: On the opening day

when seven new meetrecords were set, Khar Gymkhanaswimmers had the major sharewith Aditi Dhumatkar (50mfreestyle), Monique Gandhi(800m freestyle) among womenand junior Aryan Makhija (800mfreestyle) among men sharing thelimelight in the GMAAA seniorand lower age group swimmingmeet, held at Tata SwimmingPool, Chembur. Also figuring among the

record-breakers was Sanjiti Sahain the 50m butterfly stroke forgirls’ under-eight. And theirunder-eight relay girls setting

new mark in the 4 x 50m medleyrelay proved to be icing on thecake.There were quite a good num-

ber of impressive performances,both in the men as well as amongwomen swimmers – though theydid not figure among record-breakers. Rahul Rajani of CCIwon two gold in the 50m and100m backstrokes, AryanMakhija, also got gold in the400m individual medley.Matunga Gymkhana’s SangramParab won the 50m freestyle andJai Dhanani topped the 200mfreestyle charts while AnukulShenoy of MSP won the 200m

back stroke and Vedant Khande-parkqr (NSCI) claimed honoursin the 200m butterfly stroke.The gold winners in the

women’s section were: AdditiNazre (Ozone)- - 50m breaststroke, Monique Gandhi addingthe 100m breast stroke to herrecord-breaking 800m gold,Ariesa Mongia (NSCI) in the200m breast stroke, Rujuta Bhattin 200 butterfly and ProteetiSinha, emerging best in the 400mindividual medley.Winners:MEN: (800m freestyle) – Aryan Makhija(KG) -09:26.96 (Pronoy Adhikary (MSP)09:28.37 – 2007). Aditi Dhumatkar and Monique Gandhi

RYAN, ST. XAVIER’S SCORECONTRASTING WINS IN GROUP FINALS

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Bubka takes Mandela line inelection raceMMOOSSCCOOWW:: Pole vaulting legend SergeyBubka's main policy in his manifesto to bethe next president of the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) is to get youngpeople around the world enthused intotaking up sport. The 49-year-old Ukrainian --one of six men vying to replace incumbentJacques Rogge when he steps down onSeptember 10 -- quoted a line by formerSouth African president Nelson Mandela tosupport his case. "Nelson Mandela, a greatman, said 'Sport has the power to changelives'," said Bubka, on the opening day of theworld athletics championships in Moscow ofwhich he is the head of the organisingcommittee. Bubka, a six-time outdoor worldchampion and holder still of both theoutdoor and indoor world records, ispassionate about luring the young away fromwhat he sees as the dangers lurking bothinside and outside the family home.

PCB worried about Pak team'sCLT20 participationKARACHI: The rising tension at the Line ofControl (LOC) has left the Pakistan CricketBoard worried about the participation of itsteam Faisalabad Wolves in the qualifyinground of the Champions League Twenty20 tobe played in India from September 17. Asenior PCB official said they would start theprocedure for obtaining visas for theFaisalabad team after the Eid holidays. "Wehave been reading reports about stories inthe Indian media regarding the participationof the Faisalabad team in the ChampionsLeague and we want to be sure they will beno problems in their going to India," theofficial told PTI.

PCB doesn't intend to retainWhatmore beyond next yearKKAARRAACCHHII:: Pakistan will have a new headcoach for the Asia Cup and the ICC WorldTwenty20 Championships in Bangladeshnext year as the PCB has no intentions ofrenewing Australian Dav Whatmore's two-year contract when it expires in March,2014. "At the moment the present PCBmanagement has decided to stay withWhatmore and allow him to complete histwo-year contract," a source in the board toldPTI. But he confirmed that the Board was farfrom happy with the results produced so farby Whatmore since he took over in March,2012 and also over a number of otherissues. "Basically, the PCB does not want topay any extra money/compensation toWhatmore which it will have to do if itterminates his contract before March, 2014.”

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MONTREAL: Spain's RafaNadal handed NovakDjokovic another semi-

final defeat when he beat theworld number one at the RogersCup on Saturday to set up a titledecider against local favouriteMilos Raonic.Nadal held off a surging

Djokovic to win 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) ina pulsating semi-final that resem-bled a heavyweight boxing show-down with the duo tradingbreathtaking winners.The victory was Nadal's second

successive over Djokovic at thisstage of a tournament followinghis epic five-set triumph on clayat the French Open in June."To beat Novak on any surface

is very important," Nadal said ina courtside interview. "His level isalways high and you have to playwell ... almost perfect to beathim."Nadal made a flying start in

front of a capacity crowd asDjokovic was unusually tentativeand struggled on serve.But the lull did not last long as

the Serbian, two time defendingchampion, stormed back into thecontest, unleashing somecrunching forehand winners ashe drew level.With the audience roaring their

approval at every thrilling rally,Djokovic looked to have the mo-mentum in the match as he con-

tinued to find success in going forhis shots, keeping his opponentpinned on the baseline.But all the while Nadal showed

off some magic of his own and itbecame clear that this high-qual-ity encounter, the 36th between

the pair, would need a tiebreak tosettle the issue.Nadal went up another gear in

racing a 6-0 lead in the breakerbut even in defeat Djokovic wentdown swinging. He saved twomatch points with winners before

a forehand drifted long to handthe Spaniard a first hard courtvictory over his rival since 2010. "It was a very close match,"

Djokovic told reporters. "Therewere very few points that decidedthe winner.”

NADAL BEATS DJOKOVIC, TO FACERAONIC IN MONTREAL FINAL

Vishnu Prasad wins second leg of JK Tyre Racing C’ship

COIMBATORE: Vishnu Prasadof Chennai today achieved a

hat-trick of events in two days inthe premium BMW-JK FB02 IndiaRacing category of the JK Tyre Na-tional (Open) Racing champi-onship here at the Kari MotorSpeedway.Handling a Formula Car intro-

duced in India for the first time,Vishnu's victory in all the threeraces had put him in the leader-ship position on point table with115 seven points ahead of Hyder-abad's Akhil Kushlani, who had amiserable performance thisweekend after having won thethree races in the first leg lastmonth.Bangalore's Akhil Rabindra was

on third spot with 56 points. Inthe first race of the day, Dark Dondriver Sariosh Hataria managedto win the race and achieve adouble despite being passed byMumbai's Ameya Bafna (RayoRacing) and Chittesh Mandodyonce each.Sarosh's strong rivals Saran

Vikram and Vishnu Prasad werehit after the corner-2 by KarthikKrishna (Dark Don) and theircars spun and prevented themfrom racing. At the end of therace, Karthik Krishna finishedthird but was relegated to eighthspot after he was penalised 30seconds for the infringement.In the WV Polo Cup events,

Chennai driver Prasanth Tharani

claimed the title in a start to fin-ish affair. South African guestdriver, Jeffrey Krugger came sec-ond and Rahil Noorani of Mum-bai finished third.In the second race, Mumbai

ace, Rahil Noorani ruined hischances by indulging in a 'jumpstart' and was slapped 30 secondspenalty. However, Krugger madeuse of this situation to finish fortop honours, followed by Pras-anth Tharani and Yatin Magu forthe second and third positions.Results: Polo Cup (Race 1): 1.Prashanth Tharani (Chennai); 2. JeffreyKruger (South Africa); 3. Rahil Noorani(Mumbai). Race 2: Jeffrey Kruger (SouthAfrica); 2. Prashanth Tharani (Chennai);3. Yatin Magu (New Delhi). Formula LGB4 (Race 3): Sarosh Hataria (Dark Don);2. Tejasram Caveripakam (Meco); 3.Akash Gowada (Meco). FB02 (Race 2):1. Vishnu Prasad (Chennai); 2. AkhilRabindra (Bengaluru); 3. ChitteshMandody (Kolhapur) and Race-3: Vishnu

Prasad (Chennai), 2.Arjun Maini(Bangalore) and 3.Chittesh Mandody(Mumabi).

Drivers in action in the JK Tyre Polo R Cup race in Round two of 16th JK Tyre RacingChampionship in Coimbatore. [R] Winner Vishnu Prasad with Arjun Maini (L) andChittesh Mandody (R) from Race 3 of the JK Racing India Series in Round 2.

Never foresaw this daywill come: Bigan Soy

RANCHI: From getting a goat astrophy in her village to baggingmedals and cash prizes, thefledgling career of junior Indiahockey goalkeeper Bigan Soy has alot of grind and toil before she couldsecure her spot at the highest level.

Beginning her tryst with hockeyas any other tribal girl or boy atBandgao in Jharkhand's WestSinghbhum district as a 12-year-old,Soy's first tasted victory when shewon a local 'Khashi' tournament (agoat for the winning team) beforeshe elevated to bigger meets.

"During picnics we all had it,"Soy said sheepishly when askedwhether she participated in thefeast after winning the 'Khashi'tournaments -- traditionally apopular one in villages, and manynational and international playersrose playing those tournaments.

"I began playing with a bamboostick, played Khashi tournaments,won a couple of goats before beingselected for hockey training and gotadmitted to Bariatu School,Ranchi," the BA student recalledafter being felicitated here today forher stupendous show in the JuniorWorld Cup in Monchengladbach,Germany.

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, celebrates his 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2) victory over Novak Djokovic, from Serbia, in a semifinal of the RogersCup men's tennis tournament in Montreal.

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