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Science Daycelebration

at IWSAIndian Women Scien-

tists’ Association (IWSA) iscelebrating ‘Science Day’this year, by organizing twoevents at the IWSA cam-pus at Plot No 20, Sector10A, Vashi on 17th and18th January, 2020, from10 am to 6 pm. The themeof the Science Day cele-brations this year is ‘NovelMaterials and Smart Mate-rials’…

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ChristmasCarol Eve

The YMCA is going toorganise a Christmas Carolprogramme at KeraleeyaSamajam Hall, Sector-5,Nerul Nerul on Sunday,12th January, 2020 from6.30 pm. Several church-es will be participating in theprogramme. Every earsuch carol programmes areorganised by YMCA aspart of Christmas and NewYear combine gathering.

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Kite sellers claim 50% dip in businessBy Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Thetraders at the APMCmarket, Vashi are aworried lot. Although‘Makarsankranti’ orthe kite festival is justround the corner, thesale of the kites havehardly picked up. In-fact, the traders say,there is a dip in salesby almost 50% this

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City cops return back valuablesworth ` 2.46 crores to the owners

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Thecity police returnedback valuables worthRs. 2.46 crores thatthey recovered from thecriminals to their orig-inal owners at a pro-gramme held on Thurs-day, 9th January, 2020at Navi Mumbai PoliceCommissionerate’s of-fice in Belapur.

As many as 80 resi-dents from the city gotback their valuableswhich they had lost ei-ther in thefts or robber-ies in the last 6 to 7months. Few morevaluables of the resi-dents will be returnedback by next month inFebruary, 2020, say thepolice.

The Navi Mumbaipolice had organised theprogramme where the

Navi Mumbai PoliceCommissioner SanjayKumar himself handedover the valuableswhich had been identi-fied by their owners be-forehand. The recoveredarticles included goldjewelleries, electronics,two-wheelers, four-wheelers and trailersamong others.

Navi Mumbai Police

malities and gavethe valuables to therightful owner after ver-ifying their identifica-tion. We have returnedback the valuables to 80rightful owners. In thecoming months too, wewill be returning backmore valuables. Wehave to follow the pro-cedure before handingover the valuables. Our

Commissioner SanjayKumar said, “We triedto detect as manycrimes as possible lastyear and recoveredthese valuables fromthe possession of thecriminals. We are gladto return back thesevaluables to their orig-inal owners at the be-ginning of this year. Wefollowed the court for-

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year.The ongoing aware-

ness against flying kitesand ban of nylon threadhas affected the busi-ness, say the traders.

“Just 2-3 years ago,people used to start fly-ing kites 15 days aheadof Makarsankranti.Kites were bought indozens. However, thistrend has now changedand very few kite en-thusiasts are buyingthe kites,” says Abhug-far Noman, a kite dis-tributor.

“Earlier, by the endof December and earlyJanuary people could beseen flying kites andcompeting with eachother. During the NewYear vacation, bothchildren and adultsflew kites of various siz-es. However now, peo-ple like to celebrate thefestival either by watch-

ing movies or shop-ping,” remarked anoth-er trader.

Raju, a local kiteseller from Vashi saidthat the kite businessis seeing a dip since fewyears now. “This yeartoo, the demand forkites is less. Childrenwho come to market areattracted with cartoonkites such as Dorae-mon, Chhota Bheem,Motu Patlu, Little Sing-ham, butterfly, air-plane kite etc.”

The market is alsoflooded with ‘TwelveTara’, an ecofriendlykite which won’t hurtany bird, points out an-other trader. Also avail-able are the decorativekites in various sizes.The price of small dec-orative kite rangesfrom Rs. 25 to Rs 100,while medium sizedkites are available be-tween Rs. 50 to 200.The larger kites arebeing sold between Rs.100 to Rs. 350.

Kite sellersclaim...

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By Ryhea George

NAVI MUMBAI: The YMCA is going to organise aChristmas Carol programme at Keraleeya Sa-majam Hall, Sector-5, Nerul Nerul on Sunday,12th January, 2020 from 6.30 pm. Several churcheswill be participating in the programme. Every earsuch carol programmes are organised by YMCAas part of Christmas and New Year combine gath-ering.

This year a group of 6 churches would be per-forming. These include St. Paul’s Mar ThomaChurch, Vashi, Epworth Methodist Church, Ner-ul, Little Flower Church, Nerul, St.Mary’s Or-thodox Church, Nerul, St. Thomas OrthdoxChurch Vashi, and Marthoma Church fromKharghar. The guest of honor for the eveningwould be Mr. Jacob Koshy, National Vice Presi-dent of YMCA.

Christmas Carol Eve

police personnel havealso succeeded in nab-bing two-three gangsinvolved in the theft oftrailers. This hashelped in bringing downthe trailers’ theft con-siderably from last fewmonths.”

Kumar added, “Onemore important issuewhich we tried to solveis that of chain snatch-ing, motor cycle theft,auto rickshaw theft.“We have tried to returnback all the two-wheel-ers, four-wheelers andauto-rickshaws that wehad recovered from thecriminals to the origi-nal owners.”

All the senior policeofficers from Zone 1 andZone 2 were present atthe event.

“It’s been our en-deavour to preventcrimes and increase thedetection rates in thecity,” Kumar said.

Many people brokedown as they receivedthe jewelleries in their

City copsreturn backvaluables...

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hands, which were sto-len five to six monthsago.

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allows the owner or theinsurance company toclaim the propertywithin six months ofthe filing of an applica-tion.

BVCOA to hold ‘Mosaicof Conversation and

Ideas’- an internationalarchitecture conference

NAVI MUMBAI:Bharati VidyapeethCollege of Architecture(B.V.C.O.A.), NaviMumbai is hosting‘Mosaic of conversa-tion and ideas’, aconference giving asingular pertinentplatform to congregatearchitects, profession-als, students, artistsand faculties ofdifferent practices toexchange dialogue,talk on architectureand for free distribu-tion of ideas on 10th

January, 2020 atCIDCO ExhibitionCentre, Vashi from 10am onwards.

Mosaic is aninitiative taken by allthe faculties andstudents of B.V.C.O.A.to commemorate silverjubilee of the collegeand lay foundations fora maiden convention.The intent of mosaic isto amalgamate uniquepractices across theglobe and to engage

them in ‘conversationsand ideas’.

“B.V.C.O.A. hasbeen impartingcreative education forlast 27 years andthereby developing itas a unique knowledgecenter and there hasbeen a constant effortto impart qualityeducation and throughmosaic we intent topreach, practices andacademics throughmeaningful dia-logues,” said anorganizer of the event.

Currently, in itsthird year of exist-ence, Mosaic - thearchitects and practic-es are conferencing inNavi Mumbai fromdifferent countries.This is to make NaviMumbai emerge asone of the mostversatile knowledgecenters and path-breaking model forfuture smart citiesand human centricsocieties.

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE is hereby given to the Public at large that, CIDCO has acquired the property of Shri. DayanandBharat Gharat, resident of VarcheOwale village, Tal.- Panvel, Dist.- Raigad for the purpose of Navi MumbaiInternational Airport & its activities.

Description of Acquired HouseVillage – VarcheOwale, Tal. – Panvel, Dist.- Raigad

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VOV – ICOGS - 89 VO – 72 719 113.28

This mentioned plot is been handed over to Shri. Dayanand Bharat Gharat by possession as per LeaseAgreement 29/01/2018 duly registered at the Office of The Sub Registrar, Panvel-4 vide document No.-1302/2018.Shri. Dayanand Bharat Gharat has entered a Development Agreement with Mr. VinayakLaxmanKharat,Prop.- Mango Builders & Developers, having its regd. Office at 107, Bhoomi Mall, Plot No. – 9, Sector – 15,C.B.D., Belapur, Navi Mumbai on dt. 01/03/2019 under specific terms & conditions & has accepted heavypayment against it. This agreement is notorized with Adv. Mrs. Milan Ghosh as per register entry No. 665/2019.Now, Mr. Vinayak L. Kharat has decided to transfer the development rights of this mentioned plot in thename of my client, M/s. Shakti White Stone Developers, having their partners 1) Mr. Mangesh E. Thakur2) Mr. Parvez Abdul Rehman Sayed as per terms agreed with Shri. Dayanand B. Gharat through aDevelopment Agreement. My client has paid a considerable amount against the development rights for thismentioned plot.All persons having any share, right, title, benefit, interest, claim, objections & demand in respect of theproperty or any part thereof by way of sale, exchange, assignment, mortgage, charge, gift, trust, inheritance,occupation, possession, tenancy, sub-tenancy, leave & licenses, care-taker basis, lease, sub-lease, lien,maintenance, easement, release through any agreement, conveyance deed, writing devise, contract/agreements or encumbrance or otherwise howsoever are hereby requested to make the same known inwriting along with documentary proof/ sufficient evidence within 21 days from the date of publication hereof,failing which or as otherwise the title of the property shall be declared as clear, free from all encumbranceswithout any reference or regard to any such claim or interest which shall be deemed to have been waived.

Sd/-Date: 10/01/2020 Adv. Shri. Kailash L. Nagar, Advocate High CourtPlace: Navi Mumbai E-3 & 4, Shakti Exotica,Tandelwadi, Karanja rd., Uran, Navi Mumbai - 400702

As per property acquired as mentioned above & government’s policy for resettlement & rehabilitation of theproject affected people, Shri. Dayanad Bharat Gharat has been allotted below mentioned plot.

Schedule of PropertyVillage – Pushpak (Vadghar), Tal. – Panvel, Dist.- Raigad

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31.03 % exercise voting rights in Panvel

By poll election was held for PCMC Ward No. 19B

By Staff Correspondent

PANVEL: 31.03% vot-ers cast their vote forthe by poll election ofthe Panvel City Munic-ipal Corporation(PCMC) for wardNo.19B. The electionwas held on Thursday9th January, 2020. Nountoward incident wasreported at any votingcentres.

The voting was heldfollowing the accidentaldeath of Bharatiya Jan-ta Party (BJP) corpora-tor Mugdha Londhelast year.

Among 28,350 vot-ers in Ward No. 19Bonly 3858 female votersand 4939 male voterscast their votes.

Speaking about thefewer voting turnout,Rani Shreedhar, a resi-dent of Ward No.19B inPanvel said, “Duringthe by poll most of the

voters remain awayfrom it. 31.03 percentturnout for voting isreally sad.”

Ganesh Dehmukh,Municipal Commis-sioner, Panvel CityMunicipal Corporation(PCMC) said, “I thankall the voters for peace-fully exercising theirvoting rights and nountoward incident wasreported from any of thevoting centres.”

VASHI: Indian Wom-en Scientists’ Associa-tion (IWSA) has beenengaged in nurturingthe scientific and inno-vative talent amongstyoung students for thepast several years. Sci-ence day is celebratedevery year, in honor ofSir. C.V. Raman whowas awarded the NobelPrize, to mark hisbreakthrough discov-ery of Raman Effect, inlight.

IWSA is celebrating‘Science Day’ this year,by organizing twoevents at the IWSAcampus at Plot No 20,Sector 10A, Vashi on17th and 18th January,2020, from 10 am to 6pm. The theme of theScience Day celebra-tions this year is ‘NovelMaterials and SmartMaterials’.

The theme includes-

Science Day celebration at IWSANovel use of Metals &Non-metals, Ceramics,Bio-ceramics, polymers,new Bio-degradable ma-terials etc. to make lifeon this planet sustain-able.

There will be exhi-bition of projects by De-partment of Technologyon 17th and 18th Janu-ary, 2020. The Depart-ment of Atomic Energywould be displaying theposters and models onvarious technologiesdeveloped at the vari-ous establishments ofDAE, connected withthe theme of theexhibition. DAE hasdone extensive researchin frontier area of sci-ence and technology,on Novel and Smartmaterials and the tech-nology transfer hasbeen done for commer-cial output. Studentsand faculty would ben-

efit immensely fromthis exhibition. The in-auguration of the exhi-bition would take placeon 17th January, 2020at 10 am.

An exhibition of Sci-ence Projects by schoolstudents will be held on18 th January, 2020.The school students ofstandards VI to Xthwould be displayingtheir projects on thetheme ”Mendeleev’sPeriodic Table of ele-ments and Novelmaterials” from 10 amto 6 pm. These projectswould be seen by thejudges and three priz-es would be declared.The inauguration ofthis exhibition wouldbe done by Dr. DebjaniDasgupta, Director,DY Patil School of Bio-technology and Bioin-formatics, Navi Mum-bai.

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The cricketing fra-ternity appears to be di-vided on four-day Tests.While a section offormer players have giv-en the new proposal athumbs up, most ofthem are against theidea. As an ex cricketer,I belong to the old schooland I believe that in five-day cricket, the firstday belongs to the me-dium-pacers. Testcricket itself is a test ofcharacter for a cricket-er. It’s a test for everyindividual and you aretaking that away. Thetricky final day wicketis ticklish to handle andthe bowlers have theupper hand and thebatsmen will have tostruggle to keep theirwickets in tact or go forthe runs to help the sidewin. It is really toughfight between ball andbat.

Recent reports sug-gested that the ICC’scricket committeeplans to recommendtrimming Tests to fourdays test matches andall the possibilities arebeing worked out.Present day test wick-ets are under preparedand did not last long forfive days. Most of thematches end in threedays and hence thequestion of 4 day testmatches came to fore.When India played Aus-tralia at Wankhede Sta-dium the match wasover on the third dayeven after first day’splay was almostwashed out for two ses-sions. But at a timewhen Test cricket isstruggling to attractspectators and thestands are empty, ex-citement is to bebrought through newinnovation of 90 overs4 innings games for 4days. Excitement isthere in every season.How you look at it isimportant, but itshould not be boringand the matches should

Four day test matches-A distant dream

By C K Subramaniam

not end in a tame draw.The spinners in test

match cricket maturewith age and they waitfor the pitch to deterio-rate to make the balltalk on day five. But iffour day test matchescome into play then thesurvival of star spin-ners will tested. TheInternational CricketCouncil (ICC), theworld governing body ofthe sport, is set to re-flect on the idea of mak-ing test matches fourday affairs to free up acrammed internationalcalendar and reduceplayer workload. Theold timers were not fac-ing tight playing sched-ule and felt that there

is no need of restrictingit to four day testmatches. But presentday set of players feelthe pinch and they arebeing rested for less im-portant series to pro-vide them rest and re-cuperation. It providesplayers to recover frominjuries as well.

Four days versusfive is a false debate.The spinner will be de-nied a fifth-day wicketwhich seems like part aconspiracy to drive himout of the game. Thatalone should ensure theproposal is thrown outof the window when theICC’s Cricket Commit-tee sits down to discussit. In any case, bilater-al Tests can be playedover four days, as SouthAfrica have doneagainst Zimbabwe, orEngland against Ire-land. It would be inter-esting to see if Englandand Australia play anAshes Test over fourdays. Test cricket is apeculiar sport, and itscharm lies in its pecu-liarity. Part of this liesin its duration, in thefact that teams breakfor tea, and in the man-

ner it is a series of indi-vidual contests withinthe framework of anoverall contest. No oth-er team sport has suchsustained individualcompetition within it-self.

From a purist’spoint of view and beingan admirer of Test crick-et, Sachin Ramesh Ten-dulkar thought itshould be tinkered with.The format has to beplayed in the way it hasbeen played for so manyyears in the convention-al form. A day less, ac-cording to the world’shighest run-getteracross two formats, willlead to batsmen think-ing of Tests as an ex-

tended version of limit-ed-overs cricket.

Many Tests end onthe fourth day becausethere is a fifth day avail-able. This is not as mys-tifying as it sounds. Theextra day calls forchanges in the ap-proach. The fifth day’s90 overs is not merelymathematical, it is psy-chological. The richnessof the game reveals it-self, as does the charac-ter of the players. Thelast hour 15 overs werethe most interestingthose days and playused to commence 30minutes early to providesufficient time to bowlmandatory overs in thefading light. Now with90 overs permitted in aday, the question ofmandatory overs doesnot arise. Holding on toa five days format is thebest option. This mightbe a romantic view, butwhat is sport withoutromance? Interestingly,players are in favour offive days. And fans haveno complaints. Therelies the answer in affir-mative. The writer is freelancer fromSanpada, Navi Mumbai

Public transport- Indicatorsof city’s development

The state of public transport system is a barometer indicatingextent of development of a city. If one goes by this definition, theimage of Navi Mumbai that emerges out is extremely dishearten-ing considering the deplorable state of NMMT, the public trans-port service provider in Navi Mumbai. The quantity of service ishugely deficient and the quality is abysmally poor. Not only this,tariffs have also become unaffordable. Still they are being patron-ized by local people, not out of choice but out of compulsion, asdemand is disproportionately more than the supply.

The public transport modes in Navi Mumbai- whether NMMT,BEST, ST or local trains- none have expanded proportionately tothe increase in demand on account of large scale development inNavi Mumbai during the last decade. A major fallout of this lack ofvision is increased number of personalized and hired modes oftransportation, which itself has its adverse effects. The traffic den-sity and traffic volumes have increased tremendously without cor-responding increase in arterial infrastructure and therefore thetransport system is literally creaking under pressure. There is anincrease in traffic jams and more recently, the availability of park-ing spaces has reduced drastically especially during peak hours.The environment is also victim as huge amount of exhaust is be-ing released by the increased volumes of vehicles. Another majorimpact of increased volume and density of vehicles is increase intraffic indiscipline and consequent accidents.

Unfortunately NMMT has not fared well on the expectations ofthe residents of Navi Mumbai. This is particularly unfortunate as agood public transport system contributes a lot by way of providingcheaper transport, reduction in vehicle population and consequentreduction in traffic congestion and accidents and last but not theleast in preserving the environment. It can also solve the problemof parking space. Because of its poor vision and improper man-agement, NMMT is grossly deficient in quality and quantity ofservice. Many of the nodes of Navi Mumbai are not being cateredto and frequency is erratic and the service is absolutely unreli-able. To set the things right, there are intermittent talks of priva-tizing the organisation, but unfortunately in most of the cities andcountries, the public transport is the responsibility of the State.More investment needs to be made by the State in this sector, ifthese services have to be made efficient with an aim to cater theincreased demand. Also, improved NMMT shall not only compli-ment the services being provided by railways, BEST and ST, butshall also become the indicator of development of the city of NaviMumbai.

NMMC has started a new trend of asking the residents of Navi Mumbaikars to take anoath over keeping Navi Mumbai clean. The commuters near Vashi railway station wereseen speaking over the mike, which gets displayed on the screen behind them (Photocourtesy: Ryhea George)

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PANVEL: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Khal-apur Taluka Board elected Moreshwar Ghare asits new President.

Moreshwar Ghare elected as the NewPresident of BJP’s Khalapur Board

People from the different sections congratulat-ed him for his achievement. MLA Mahesh Baldialso congratulated Mr. Ghare for his victory.

Three attack a cleaner with sharp blade

The police nab the culprits with the help of CCTV footage

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: APMCpolice have arrestedthree men who hit thecleaner of a truck withsharp blade in an at-tempt to rob a mobilephone. The trio, havebeen identified as Bun-ty Fakira Rathod, 26,Omprakash MuraliChauhan (27) and Pu-nit Surendra PrasadMishra (22).

According to police,cleaner RanjitkumarSriramsevak Sahani,26, who was criticallyinjured in the attack,

is undergoing treat-ment at JJ Hospital inMumbai. Sahani staysin Borivali and arrivedwith the truck driverSaddam Hussein lateon Tuesday night. Theduo parked their vehi-cle in front of a smallcompany in MafcoMarket, where boththe driver and thecleaner fell asleep.

At around 4 am,the accused, BuntyRathore, OmprakashChauhan and PunitMishra tried to fleefrom the window of the

truck after stealingcleaner Sriramsevak’smobile phone. Howev-er, the cleaner awokeand caught a robber.With an aim to rescuehis accomplice, anoth-er robber started beat-ing Sriramsevak.When he too failed tohelp him, the third rob-ber severely struckShriramsevak’s face,cheeks and hands witha sharp blade. The triothen fled from thescene. Shriramsevakwas first rushed toVashi Municipal Hos-

pital in Vashi and waslater shifted to JJ Hos-pital in Mumbai.

After the incident,APMC police regis-tered a crime againstthe unknown trio. Sub-sequently, AssistantPolice Inspector(Crime) BhushanPawar, Police Haval-dar Ashok Khair andPolice Soldier SachinThombre investigatedthe CCTV footage inthe area and succeed-ed in nabbing the ac-cused from differentplaces.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: OnTuesday, during thehearing of anticipato-ry bail of Maharash-tra police DIG Nishi-kant More at PanvelCourt premises, thedriver of MaharashtraChief Minister Ud-dhav Thackerayapparently warned thefather of the 17 yearold girl who wasmolested by DIG toremain quiet.

The girl’s fatherspeaking to the mediasaid that the incidentoccurred minutesbefore the hearing wasto start at the Panvelsession court.

Earlier Maharash-tra police DIG Nishi-kant More applied foranticipatory bail fromthe court.

The victim’s fatherinformed that, “Oneman dressed in whiteattire approached meand glared at me andsaid “Thoda ShaantRehne Ka” as I amUddhav Thackeray’sdriver.”

The family hassubmitted a writtencomplaint at Talojapolice station sayingthat they were threat-ened by a man.

The family afterthe encounter, record-ed the video of the

CM drivers allegedlythreatens family of missing

girl who accused DIGof molestation

man, which wentviral on social media.Through the video,the man was identi-fied as ConstableDinkar Salve who isattached with Mum-bai police’s MotorTransport Unit.Fifteen days back hewas given the chargeof chief minister’sdriver.

The NagpadaMotor Transport Unitconfirmed that Salveis attached to the unitand is the CM’sdriver. “Salve was onleave from January 3to 7. He was supposedto report to work onWednesday, but hedidn’t,” said assistantsub-inspector BajrangJadhav of the VIP carsection of the MotorTransport Unit.

Chief Minister’soffice has taken strongcognizance of theincident and policehave been asked toprobe the matter.”

The Navi Mumbaipolice on Tuesdaysubmitted the paperbefore the court.

It is learned thatthe 17 year old girlwho was molested bythe DIG in October,2019 has been missingsince Monday and hasleft a suicide noteblaming DIG More.

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HEALTH AND NUTRITION

By Bhavani Swaminathan

Grapes are a typeof fruit that grow inclusters of 15 to 300,and can be crimson,black, dark blue, yel-low, green, orange, andpink. “White” grapesare actually green incolor, and are evolu-tionarily derived fromthe purplegrape. Mutations intwo regulatory genes ofwhite grapes turn offproduction of anthocy-anins, which are re-sponsible for the colorof purple grapes.

“Grapes are a goodsource of vitamin Kand many of the B vi-tamins”. They are alsoa good source of fiberand are relatively lowin calories.

The richest concen-trations of nutrientsand antioxidants, in-cluding resveratrol,are in the grape skinand seeds, and mostscientific studies ofgrapes have looked at

extracts of theseparts. Grapes containpowerful antioxidantsknown as polyphenols.These are thought tohave anti-inflammatoryand antioxidant proper-ties. One of these is res-veratrol. It is found inthe skins of red grapes.Another natural anti-inflammatory that oc-curs in grapes is the fla-vonoid quercetin. Stud-ies have suggested thatthis, too, may help pre-vent or slow cancergrowth.1) Heart health

The polyphenols ingrapes, such as resver-atrol have antioxidant,lipid-lowering, and anti-inflammatory proper-ties that helps to reducethe risk of cardiovascu-lar disease. They mayachieve this by prevent-ing platelet build-up andreducing bloodpressure and the risk ofirregular heartrhythms. Grapes con-tain fiber and potassi-um, both of which sup-port heart health.2) Blood pressure

Increasing potassi-um intake helps toreduce the negative ef-fects of too much sodi-um in the diet. Grapeshave a high potassiumcontent. This suggeststhey can help reduce theeffects of sodium in peo-

ple with high blood pres-sure. Fiber is importantfor maintaining ahealthy cardiovascularsystem, including hearthealth and blood pres-sure. Grapes are a goodsource of fiber.3) Constipation

Grapes contain wa-ter and fiber. These canhelp people stay hydrat-ed, keep bowel move-ments regular, and re-duce the risk of consti-pation.4) Allergies

Because of the anti-inflammatory effects ofquercetin, consumptionof grapes can help to al-leviate symptoms of al-lergies, including runnynose, watery eyes.5) Diabetes

In 2013, results of astudy published inthe BMJ suggested thatcertain fruits, but notjuices, may reduce therisk of type 2diabetes in adults. Dur-ing the study, which in-volved 187,382 partici-pants and lasted 22years, 6.5 percent of theparticipants developeddiabetes. However, thosewho consumed threeservings a week ofgrapes had a 7-percentlower risk of type 2 dia-betes compared withthose who did not.

The vitamins, min-erals, and fiber in

Nutritional facts of grapes

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grapes make them ahealthful way to satisfya sweet tooth.6) Eye health

Grapes contain theantioxidants lutein andzeaxanthin, which canhelp maintain eyehealth. They neutralize

unstable moleculesknown as free radicals.In this way, they re-duce oxidative stressand damage to the reti-na, and help preventcataracts and other con-ditions.

Since grapes have

innumerable healthbenefits, you mustconsume fresh grapesregularly. But if youget bored of eating thefruit then do try outthis amazing deliciousand super healthygrapes recipe.

BLACK GRAPES PANNACOTTAIngredients

Black grapes - 200 gmsChina grass (Agar agar) - 4 tspMilk - 100 mlMishri (Rock Sugar powdered) - 150 gmsMilk Powder - 4 tspWater - 1cupMethod

Wash grapes and transfer it to a pan. Add water and boil the grapes for7-10 minutes. Strain and keep it aside to cool. Take china grass in 2different bowls (2tsp each ) and add little water to make a smooth mix-ture. Now boil milk in a pan inlow flame. Add milk powder andpowdered rock sugar. Chinagrass and keep stirring for 5-7minutes till the mixture be-comes thick. Now strain thismilk mixture. Prepare glassesfor pannacotta. Keep the glass-es tilted and pour milk mixture.Let it cool for sometime. In themeanwhile make a smooth pasteof the boiled grapes in mixer jar.Transfer it to a pan and heat inlow flame. Add powdered rocksugar and china grass and keep stirring for 5-7 minutes till the mixturebecomes little thick. Now strain this mixture. Milk mixture which waspoured in the glass now would have been settled. So keep the glass straightand now pour this grapes mixture in the glass. Refrigerate it for 2 hoursand serve chilled.

It tastes great and is healthy as well.

Maharashtra, Haryana Set To Renew Rivalry At Khelo India Youth GamesBy Ashok Dhamija

Defending champi-ons Maharashtra andrunners-up Haryanawill be locked in anepic battle for suprem-acy as the curtain goesup on the third editionof the Khelo IndiaYouth Games 2020scheduled to com-mence from Friday 10January, 2020 at theSarusarai SportsComplex, Guwahati.

Maharashtra, whohad cornered a grandtotal of 228 medals inthe last edition, havefielded a 579-strongcontingent and areexpected to be garner arich haul of medalsthis year too withathletics, boxing, and

swimming being itsrich forte. They will,however, be wary ofHaryana, who havewith come with abigger, stronger teamand are eager to topplethem.

Haryana, thechampions of theinaugural edition,boast of 682 athletesand are confident ofgiving Maharashtraand the other 34States and UnionTerritories includinghosts Assam who willfield 656 athletes inthe competition, a runfor their money. Delhi,Number 3 in both theearlier Games, willalso be keen to moveup the ladder once the

action gets under way. With more than

6,500 athletes in 20disciplines, includingCycling and Lawnbowls which aredebuting in Khelo

India, this will be thebiggest talent searchevent in India, out-numbering the 5,925in Pune last year. The

onset of more talent inthe Under-17 andUnder-21 age groupsand the presence ofscores of defendingchampions promises tomake this edition more

memorable that willconclude on Wednes-day 22 January, 2020.

With Asian Games400m silver medallist

Hima Das set to be thefinal torch-bearer atthe opening ceremonybut not competing onher home track,Jharkhand Recurvearcher Komolika Bariis among the biggestnames competing here.The World Recurvecadet girls championwill seek to add theUnder-21 crown hereto the Under-17 goldshe won in Pune lastyear.

Punjab’s Sangam-preet Bisla, who waspart of the Indiancompound archeryteam that won thejunior men’s teambronze at the WorldYouth Championships,is confident of retain-

ing the title he won inPune and is awarethat he has to contendwith his India team-mates Sukhbeer Singh(Punjab) and SanjayPhadtare (Maharash-tra).

India’s backstrokestar Srihari Nataraj(Karnataka) willheadline the swim-ming competitionwhere other top-notchnames like KushagraRawat (Delhi), MaanaPatel (Gujarat) andKenisha Gupta(Maharashtra) willensure that the qualityof performance will beon the higher side.Karnataka are hoping

Contd. on pg. 10

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I think college fests are the occasions when students getopportunity to interact and communicate with peers. Whileplanning any fest, students can make a note to includesocial issues on the college platform. This will create anawareness on larger scale. This New Year brought us somany national and global issues which needs to be heard.As teens and adults, our support would definitely be wel-comed. These healthy interactions will enhance interper-

sonal communication skills and make them ready for real world. Siddhi Soni, S.Y. Bcom Pillai College

FROM THE CAMPUS What in your view should be the theme for College Fests?

College fest is one of the memorable events in a stu-dent’s life as it is the time when new bonds are created,existing ones are tested and people are faced with chal-lenges which reveal their true potential.

Nikhil Thevar, SY Bsc Biotech ICL College

I believe any fest should include issues of social aware-ness and speak about the social evils going in and aroundthe society. It would be nice to see people portraying so-cial topics and then using them in plays and songs andpoems. According to me, fests are a part of college life toenjoy but including some topics that we college studentscan relate to should be added in the themes.Sheryl S George, FY BA ICL College

The event based on music genre or make it into a mini-fest with food stands, where all the streams come to-gether under one roof. The fests also help in creating agood and healthy bond with each other. Organizing acollege fest is a momentous accomplishment and the dil-igent work pays off when you see the happiness on thefaces of your mates and educators.Anjali Khanna, TY B.Com SIES College

According to me at least for once the theme of the collegefest should be ‘Current affairs’. I do agree with the factthat fest’s are supposed to be Joyous but in this waystudents will be aware about the on-going issues in theworld as well.

Yogini Mangloorkar, TY BMM Journalism Pillai College

Question for next week:

Your most memorable incident during school days?

I believe that the theme of College fests should be some-thing educational and futuristic. College fests are meantto bring out the best in students. Hence, it should besomething that not only expands their vision and cre-ativity, but also prepares them for the future. It shouldembrace the challenges faced right now and engage thestudents in working towards it in both fun and seriousways. This would educate everyone involved about the

happenings, make people aware and also bring up ideas to act on at indi-vidual levels if not at masses.

Devleena Dash, TY BMM Journalism Pillai College

Bank of Maharashtra hosts SuccessfulIndustrial Seminar in Panvel

PANVEL: The Bankof Maharashtrasuccessfully held theindustrial seminarfor Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises(MSME) in Panvel.For the event,Anildatta Raje, MD,Bank of Maharash-

tra, Navi Mumbai,Mrs. Vidya Kulkarni,Dy. MD of the bankand Vijay Lokhande,President of thePanvel Industrial Co.Ltd. were present asthe chief guests.

Various loanschemes for the

industrial sectorwere explained bythe bank’s authori-ties during thefunction.

Bank’s personneland the industrial-ists from varioussectors were alsopresent at the event.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: Ko-parkhairane basedNatanapriya Acad-emy of Dance andMusic - Nadam isc e l e b r a t i n gtheir 4th AnnualDay - “Kalanadam-4” - Music Ensem-ble on 12th Jan2020 Sunday atAgrikoli SanskrutiAuditorium, OffPalmbeach Road,Sector 24, Nerul. Thefive hour long colourfulcultural extravaganza

Natanapriya Academy of Dance andMusic To Celebrate Its 4th Annual Day

will commence from4pm to 9 pm and will

consists of rich bouquetof Indian performingarts including Carnat-

ic, Hindustani, Semi-classical Vocal perfor-

mances along withTabla, Mridangam,Keyboard, Harmo-nium, Flute andViolin recitals bythe Students andFaculties of theAcademy. TheChief Guest for theevent is PanditSuresh Bapat, awell-known Hin-dustani Vocalist,

Sangeet Visharad and‘A’ grade artist of All In-dia Radio.

Students of Aashray Special School are gearing up for their Annual Sports Day whichwill be held on 24th January, 2020 under the guidance of Pratesh Bharve.

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One day inside Ramoji Film city at HyderabadThe World’s Largest Integrated Film Studio

Last week I visitedwith my family thefamous Ramoji FilmCity (RFC) about 30kilometres fromHyderabad on Nation-al Highway 65 (NH65) previously NH 9)Pickup and dropfacilities by bus areavailable from oppo-site SecunderabadRailway Station.From there it is anhour’s drive on thepicturesque highwayflanked by hills andlush greenery.

Huge

If you list thecountries in the worldin terms of area,Vatican is the small-est with 0.44 sq.kms.The second smallestcountry is Monaco inEurope with an areaof 2.02 sq.kms.Ramoji Film City inHyderabad admeasur-ing 1666 acres or 6.74sq.kms is more than2.74 times than thecombined areas ofVatican and Monaco!Yes, everything ishuge and spectacularhere. More than10,000 visitors comehere every day and interms of entry ticketsalone RFC earnsbillions of rupeesevery year. We sawmore beautiful andhandsome people inRFC than in films!The atmosphere isquite electrifying andexciting like in EsselWorld or Disney Landor Disney World! RFCis so beautiful andcolourful and we feltlike being in a won-derland!

Genesis

The RFC is thebrainchild ofCherukuri Rama Rao,better known as

By Lakshman SundarAn Illuminated Section Of The Beautiful Ramoji Film City & Its Founder Padma Vibhus-han Shri. Ramoji Rao

Indian Classic Epic Film Settings Inside RFC & The Writer With His Wife & Sons AtBahubali Sets

Studio Tour Movie Magic

Eco Tour Fundustan Eureka

Wedding Function Wedding Decoration

Corporate Event DJ @Sun Fountain

Ramoji Rao, a well-known media entre-preneur, business-man, and film produc-er. He wanted the cityto be somethingsimilar to the ones in

Hollywood, in scale aswell as facilities.Ramoji Rao realizedhis ambition and builtRFC in 1996.

All -In- One

Ramoji Film City

is listed in the Guin-ness Book of WorldRecords as the largestintegrated film studioin the world. It is oneof the top most visitedplaces in Hyderabad

area. It has 47 soundstages along withmore than 500 filmset locations. Everyfacility a filmmakerwants is already here.50 studio floors,support systems,high-tech laboratories,outdoor locations, up-to-date technology,greenery, and thewonderful hillscapes.It is estimated thatmore than 2500 filmshave been shot at thefilm city. Some of theblockbusters shot hereinclude ChennaiExpress, Krrish,Baahubali, and DirtyPicture.

Admission

It is better to bookonline in advance.Entry fee for adult ̀1150 + 18% GST or `1357. For child it is `950 + 18% GST or `1121. Kids Below 33Inches in height areallowed free. DailyVisiting Hours: 9 a.m.to 8 p.m. Daily TicketBooking Hours: 9 a.m.to 6 p.m.

Package Tour

The package touris divided into fiveparts namely

Studio Tour whichtakes us throughBahubali & IndianClassic Epic Settings,Airport, RailwayStation, Replication ofA London Street,Haiwai Mahal.

Movie Magic whereyou can see FilmiDuniya, ActionTheater showcasingfilm making, SpaceYatra showing sci-fiction adventure

Eco Tour includesSancturay Garden,Deviyani Garden,Butterfly Park,Butterfly Museum,Exotic Birds Park,Japanese Garden,Colors Garden,Kripalu Caves, SunFountain. We enjoyedseeing rare birdsfrom different coun-tries.

Eureka has Spiritof Ramoji, Wild WestStunt Show, Carousel,

Frisbee Coaster, BullRide, Super Jet, ThrillRide Simulator, KiddyTrain Ride, BungeeTrampoline, GameZone and EyelusionGallery.

Fundustan for kidsand young hearts hasToyland, Snake &Ladder, Borasura-amagician’s workshop,Musical Dolls, Adven-ture Land

Accommodation

For visitors whocome from outsideHyderabad, there arehotel facilities insideRamoji Film City.They include HotelsVJR, Sahara, MountOpera. Greens Inn,Tara, Sitara, Va-sundara Villa, Shan-tiniketan and DolphinVizag. Rent for budgetcategory of hotelsstarts from ¹ 500 andluxury hotels from ̀9599.

Other Events

Apart from filmshootings, RFC offersexquisite locales andvenues for hostingweddings, corporateevents & meetings,parties, concerts etc.

There are plenty ofrestaurants andeateries inside RFC.There is a BahubaliBiryani contest inwhich a contestantwho consumes a largequantity of food getsa refund and otherfreebies.

One full day tourcan appear to beexhaustive for theaged and children butthey too felt energeticand enthusiastic forRamoji Film City hasa variety of entertain-ment to offer. It istruly an exciting andenriching experience.We felt proud of sucha marvellous andhumongous film citybuilt by an Indianthat rivals and excelsthe best of its counter-parts in the world. Nowonder, it has becomea Must Visit for thosecoming to Hyderabad.

The writer is freelancer

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NAVI MUMBAI: At the onset of NewYear, here is a good news for the res-idents who had to stand in longqueues for paying water bills.The City and Industrial Devel-opment Corporation (CIDCO) hasnow launched the facility to paythe water bill online which hascommenced from 1st January,2020.

To pay the bill the customermust know their customer num-ber, by visiting CIDCO’s autho-rized website www.cidco.maharashtra.gov.in, and follow-ing the instructions on thewebpage, they can pay the bill.The customer can also download theprintable receipt of the payment.For the payment of the bills, optionslike, using Credit Card, Debit Card,Net Banking, RTGS, NEFT, IMPSare available to the customers.

From 1st January, 2020, CIDCO

CIDCO introduces onlinefacility to pay water bills

has closed all its windows for thepayment of water bills throughcash, check or Demand Draft and

insist people to pay water billsthrough online only. If the custom-ers face any difficulty in makingonline payment, they can contactthe respective office of the watersupply department within theirarea.

By Ashok Dhamija

NAVI MUMBAI: City based Fr. Ag-nel hoopsters scored a convincing 19points win over Wellingdon YMCA(57-38) in a Junior boys leaguematch of the Nagpada Basketball As-sociation (NBA) organized NBA In-vitational Basketball tournamentand played under floodlights at theNBA basketball courts in Mumbai.

Parth P. with 19 points) andStephen M. with 16 points were thetop scorers for Fr Agnel side. DeveshC. who was the top scorer of the tiewith 21 points efforts went in vainas his team ended up on thelosing side.

Earlier St. Anthony’s eas-ily defeated Borivali YMCA bya convincing 40-21 marginafter enjoying a comfortable13-6 lead in a one-sided Wom-en’s match. Vidya V. (13points) and Charmi C. (9points) played a key role in St.Anthony’s success while EshaS. (9 points) was the top scor-er for the Borivali side.

Later, in a high scoringMen’s match, Savio Club gotthe better of Ghatkopar YMCAby a commanding score line of75-41. The winners had grab-bing 36-18 lead at the break.Saurabh N. (16 points), ParasP. (11 points) and Zaheer G. (12points) were the main players whoscored for the winners. For Ghatko-par YMCA Harshal M. (18 points) andJatin M. (10 points) tried their best.

As may be recalled the annualtournament is being conducted infour categories – Men, Women, Jun-ior Boys Under-18 and Sub-JuniorBoys Under-13 categories.

Most of the leading teams fromMaharashtra including Mumbai andNavi Mumbai are sweating it out forthe top honours. Among the promi-nent Men’s teams in the fray areCentral Railway, Customs, NBA,Mastan YMCA, Income Tax amongothers.

The NBA organizing committeewill present handsome trophies andcash awards to the winners’, run-

Fr. Agnel HoopstersOverpower Wellingdon YMCA

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A resi-dent of Kerala and atempo driverRadhakrishnan Pillai(56) lost his life when hewas standing on the in-ternal road in the truckterminal of APMC whenhe was hit by an over-loaded truck. The inci-dent took place on

Kerala cargo truck driver diesin truck collision at APMC

Police nab the truck driver

Wednesday at around9pm. The APMC policehave arrested the truckdriver after the inci-dent.

The deceased hadcome to APMC Marketwith a cargo truck andwas standing along withhis cargo truck in thetruck terminal lanesNo-6 and A-7 when the

fully overloaded truckwhich was being drivenby truck driver ShajuA.Raru Nair rammedinto Pillai, killing himon the spot.

The APMC Marketpolice have registered acase against ShajuA.Raru Nair for negli-gence driving and ar-rested him.

ners-up and also to the individualaward winners on the Saturday 18January, 2020 post the grand fina-les.

Results

Junior boys (U-18): Fr. Agnel(Parth P. 19, Stephen M. 16, VedantP. 9) beat Wellingdon YMCA (DeveshC. 21) 57-38 (half-time: 35-18); Ghat-kopar YMCA 52 (Vinit V. 13, AshishK. 16, Aman S. 12) beat Pronets 37(Ulanas K. 16, Rahul Patil 14). (Hal-time: 27-16).

Women: St. Anthony’s SC (VidyaV. 13, Charmi C. 9) beat Borivali

YMCA (Esha S. 9) 40-21 (Half-time:13-6);

St. Anthony’s 45 (Vaidya V. 18,Suzanne Pinto 11) beat IndianGymkhana 21 (Simran Waghle 7,Rachel Netto 6). (Half-time: 26-8).

Men: Savio Club (Saurabh N. 16,Paras P. 11, Zaheer G. 12) beat Ghat-kopar YMCA (Harshal M. 18, JatinM. 10) 75-41 (Half-time 36-18); Cen-tral YMCA 57 (Prash V.M. 13, Yo-han Louis 11, Avinash Rajawade 11)beat Hoopstar 52 (Kamlesh S. 21,Sohan G. 16). (Half-time: 25-30).

Mini boys (U-13): Mastan YMCA‘B’ 31 (Owais SK 10, Saamul Sayyed6) beat Hi-5 7. (Half-time: 20-6);Mastan YMCA ‘C’ 29 (Daniyal SK.11, Furkan SK 6, Irfan SK 8) beatNagpada Basketball Association ‘C’14. (Half-time: 9-8).

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Traffic cops fail in their dutyThe traffic wardens posted at various traffic sig-

nals all over the country, do not perform their dutyproperly. While crossing roads in Mumbai, I haveseen several people getting hit by vehicles and thetraffic cops do nothing to help them out. A few daysback while crossing the road at Sion to reach my residence at Dharavi, Iwas hit by a speeding car which did not stop even when the traffic lightsturned red. My daughter was also hit by a speeding motorcycle a fewyears back at the same signal and lay unconscious on the road for a verylong time. The traffic havaldar who was present there did not even helpher. She was spotted by her college friends and was taken to the hospitalfor treatment.

Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

Letter to the Editor....

MUMBAI: Helo,India’s leadingregional socialmedia platformtoday announced thefourth edition of itspopular in-app,campaign #HeloSu-perStar. StartingJanuary 7, untilFebruary 02, thecampaign invitesusers to participateand showcase theircreative streakacross eight differ-ent categories. Withan endeavour toidentify and encour-age talent at thegrassroots level, theplatform has collabo-rated with variousstudent communi-ties across thecountry. Winnersstand a chance towin exciting prizesevery day and anexclusive opportuni-ty to meet & greettinsel town’s favou-rite starlet, Shard-dha Kapoor, who isalso the ambassadorof #HeloSuperStarIV.

After an over-whelming responsein the previousedition, the latestedition introducestwo new categories -Food and Fitness,along with thepreviously popularcategories Travel,Lifestyle, Education,Comedy, Entertain-ment, Emotionwhere users canshowcase theircreativity in ninedifferent languagesincluding Hindi,Tamil, Telugu,Malayalam, Kanna-da, Punjabi, Mar-athi, Bengali andGujarati.

Helo Superstarpresents an amazingopportunity foreveryone in India

Helo ropes in Shraddha Kapoorfor the fourth edition of its popular

#HeloSuperstar Campaign

who is talented andhas a passion forcontent creation.Popular for its diverseuser-generatedcontent, Helo Super-star has been one ofthe most trending in-app campaigns eversince the launch of itsfirst edition in Febru-ary 2019. In itsprevious edition, thecampaign witnessedparticipation of75.56K users, whoactively showcasedtheir creative skillsand talent across fivecategories.

Shraddha Kapoor,one of India’s leadingactors said, “I’mdelighted to be associ-ated with Helo Super-star IV, a platformthat gives an opportu-nity to some amazingtalent across thecountry. I’m excited tomeet and engage withthe unique creatorswho will emerge asthe winners of thecontest. Helo’s encour-agement to pushtalent is truly inspir-ing, and I am excitedto witness the creativ-ity and skills that thisvibrant communityhas to offer andshowcase. I am surethat this season willwitness the talentgame reaching anotch higher and I amexcited to be part ofthe journey”

Akshay Partha,one of the winners of#SuperStar III underthe #FunnySuperstarcategory said, “HeloSuperstar contest notonly helped me reachout to thousands ofpeople to showcase mytalent in my ownlanguage but has alsogiven me moreconfidence to believein myself and createmore content. I love

how Helo hascreated an environ-ment of encourage-ment and is givingeveryone an amaz-ing opportunity tocelebrate theirtalents.

With campaignguidelines that areeasy to followcombined withHelo’s easy-to-usecontent creationtools, Helo Super-star aims atgenerating anexplosive growth ofcontent created bytalented peopleacross differentlanguage communi-ties in India. Userscan participate byposting images,videos and contentin other formatswith the followinghashtags #Fun-nySuperstar;#TravelSuperstar;#EntertainmentSu-perstar, #TalentSu-perstar; #FoodieSu-perstar; #Fitness-Superstar; #Emo-tionSuperstar;#EduSuperstar,along with #Helo-Superstar toparticipate.

With over 50million monthlyactive users, Helo isspecifically designedfor Indian mobileusers who prefer tocommunicate intheir native lan-guages. It enablesusers to createquality contentwith easy-to-usetools, make newfriends, share latestand top trendingjokes, memes,status updates,wishes, quotes,shayari and Bolly-wood news. Formore updates,download Helo viaiOS or Google Play.

Collaborates with student communities

to promote grassroots talent

Maharashtra, Haryana Set To Renew...Contd. from pg. 6

that the sizableswimming squad willlead their charge to beamong the top threethis time.

Kerala have madetheir intentions clearby entering leadinglights Jisna Mathew(Girls Under-21 400m)and M Sreesankar(Boys Under-21) longjump. Gujarat’s AjeetKumar Yadav (1500mand 5000m), Karnata-ka sprinters VAShashikant and ATDaneshwari as well ashigh jumper NPavana and UttarPradesh’s ShailiSingh are amongthose who can delivereye-catching perfor-mances.

The entries ofsouth paw MalvikaBansod (Maharash-tra), Samiya ImadFarooqui and PullelaGayatri (Telangana)make for an excitingdraw in the GgirlsUnder-21 Badmintoncompetition whileManipur’s Maisnam

Meiraba and VarunKapur (Maharashtra),ranked Nos. 3 and 4among World Juniorboys, raise visions of aheady climax in theMen’s Under-21competition.

There will be quitea buzz in the shootingranges too wherelegend Jaspal Rana’sdaughter DevanshiRana (Delhi), who isthe defending girlsUnder-21 25m-Pistolchampion, the hear-ing-impaired DhanushSrikant (Telangana)and Skeet shooterGurnihal SinghGarcha (Punjab) areamong the top draws.

Haryana, whorelied in Boxing andWrestling to boosttheir medal haul,have 22 more athletesthan the home Statewhich is hoping tobreach the top 10 thistime around. Maha-rashtra (579), Delhi(450), Uttar Pradesh(430), Punjab (390),Tamil Nadu (356) are

the other States withmore than 300 ath-letes each.

Dadra and NagarHaveli have thesmallest team of threeathletes, a 100msprinter and two tabletennis players repre-senting the UnionTerritory. Makingtheir Khelo Indiadebut, the UnionTerritory of Ladakhare the only otherteam with single-digitrepresentation withtwo archers and fiveboxers.

A confident ChiefDe Mission of Maha-rashtra Vijay Santanon the eve of themulti-disciplinarycompetition sharedthat the state willfield its biggestcontingent till dateand its athletes willtake part in almost alldisciplines in the inthe third edition of theKhelo India YouthGames with an aimof regaining thechampionship again.

By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: CentralRailway (CR) will oper-ate a Special Traffic andPower Block for dis-mantling of old foot overbridge at Thane station(Kalyan end) on 11/12Jan,.2020 (Saturday/Sunday Night) betweenMulund and Kalvafrom 00.15 hrs to 05.15hrs

Due to which the fol-

CR’s Special Traffic & Power blockOn Main Line This Weekend

lowing DN and UPMain line Suburbantrains will be divertedduring the block period.

i) DN Slow localsleaving ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Ter-minus (CSMT), Mum-bai after 23.10 hrs willbe diverted o-n DN Fastline between Mulundand Diva stations .

ii) UP Slow localsleaving Kalyan after

23.30 hrs towardsCSMT, Mumbai will bediverted o-n UP Fastline between Diva andMulund stations. Theselocals will not halt atKalva and Mumbra sta-tions in both UP andDN directions.

Passengers are re-quested to please noteand bear with the incon-venience caused due tothis block.

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By Ashok Dhamija

MUMBAI: Ministryof Railways will extendthe run of ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Ter-minus-Manmad Raj-yarani Express fromMumbai upto HazurSahib Nanded with re-vised train numbers asper the details below:

Train no 22101/22102 ChhatrapatiShivaji Maharaj Ter-minus-Manmad Raj-yarani Express willnow be re-numbered asTrain no 17611/17612Chhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus-Hazur Sahib NandedRajyarani Express.

CSMT-Manmad Rajyarani Express Tobe Extended Upto Hazur Sahib Nanded

A) Train No. 22101CSMT-Manmad Raj-yarani Express willnow run as Trainno.17612 CSMT-Hazur Sahib NandedRajyarani Expresswith effect from Sat-urday 11 January,2020.This train willdepart CSMT, Mum-bai at 18.45 hrs andreach Hazur SahibNanded at 07.20 hrsnext day.

B) Train No. 22102Manmad-CSMT Raj-yarani Express willnow run as Trainno.17611 Hazur SahibNanded-CSMT Rajya-rani Express with ef-

fect from Friday 10January, 2020.Thistrain will departHazur Sahib Nandedat 22.00 hrs and reachCSMT, Mumbai at10.07 hrs next day.

The above Expresswill comprise of OneAC-2Tier, One AC-3Tier , Three SleeperSecond Class, One ACChair Car, Nine Sec-ond Class Chair Car,Two General SecondClass and Two Gener-al Second class cumGuard’s Brake Van. Inaddition a One ACChair car, Eight Sec-ond Class Chair Carand One Guard’s

Brake Van will beopened at Manmad forpassengers travellingfrom Manmad toCSMT.

There will be nochange in halts be-tween CSMT-Manmadsection. On the ex-tended portion it willhalt at Rotegaon, La-sur, Aurangabad, Jal-na, Partur, Selu, Man-wat Road, ParbhaniJn and Purna Jn sta-tions.

As per railways thetrain will be superfaston CSMT-Manmadsection and normalMail/Express on Man-mad-Nanded section.

Reservation forTrain no.17612 CSMT-Hazur Sahib NandedRajyarani Expresswill open on Friday 10January 2020 as perAdvance ReservationPeriod at all PRS lo-cations through Inter-net and IRCTC Web-site www.irctc.co.in.

Passengers whohave already bookedtickets for travel byTrain nos. 22101/22102 are requested tocancel the same andrebook tickets for NewTrain nos. 17611/17612 Nanded -CSMT-Nanded Rajyarani Ex-press.

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By Dinesh Pawar

NAVI MUMBAI: ShriSanjay Sethi, IAS,Chairman, JNPTinaugurated the newTug-Boat, ‘OceanVictor’, in the pres-ence of senior officialsand stakeholders ofJNPT.

The newly inaugu-rated ‘Ocean Victor’will help in handlingvessels of varioussizes thereby provid-ing more safetyduring handling of

New tug Boat ‘Ocean Victor’ inaugurated

large ships. Addition-ally, during strongtide and severemonsoon conditions,the tug-boat will addto the safety ofoperations.

The new tug‘Ocean Victor’ is ofAzimuth Stern Driveconfiguration basedon the Robert Allandesign and isequipped with thelatest technology &equipment. The tugalso designated as

Agni Class has joinedthe existing advancedfleet of JNPT. ‘OceanVictor’ utilises twoNiigata main engineseach developing 1471KW at 750 rev/mingiving a bollard pullof 50 tonnes and aspeed ahead of around12 knots. The tug hasbeen designed toprovide high perfor-mance line & shiphanding capabilitiesthereby revolutioniz-ing the fleet of JNPT.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

VASHI: The Maha-rashtra NavnirmanSena’s (MNS) transportunit on Thursday car-ried out an agitationagainst the Vashi Dep-uty Regional TransportOffice. The agitationwas led by the MNStransport unit chiefSanjay Naik alongwith general secretaryArif Sheikh, city presi-dent Gajanan Kale anda large number of MNSparty workers. The ag-itation was led fromAPMC fruit division toVashi Deputy RTO of-fice.

During the rally,the MNS party support-ers shouted slogans like“Stop illegal passen-ger’s buses and over

MNS carries out agitationagainst Vashi RTO

loaded of goods trucks.”Speaking to media,

MNS transport unitchief Sanjay Naik said,“During 2018-2019,there were many casesof truck over loadingand passenger vehiclebeing over loaded withgoods. Despite bringingthe issue to the noticeof Deput RTO, Vashi no

action has been taken.”The delegation met

the Assistant Sub-Re-gional Officer, RajendraSawant and handedover a letter demandingthe authorites to imme-diately stop the over-loading of vehicles inNavi Mumbai and toregister cases againstthe offenders.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: AnantSutar, senior corporatorfrom the Airoli assem-bly constituency of NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)has been elected as thechairman of the Biodi-

Ananth Sutar to chair theBiodiversity Committee

versity Committee. According to the

‘Biodiversity Act 2002’,each local self-govern-ment has to set up abiodiversity committeeand the NMMC hasconstituted this com-mittee as well. The

committee will operateunder the guidance ofMunicipal Commis-sioner Annasaheb Mis-al as per the Maharash-tra government direc-tive and will play animportant role in theenvironment of the city.

Navghar wetland in Uranbeing buried, say greens

CIDCO misses deadline to clear debris from Bhendkhal wetland

NAVI MUMBAI: Evenas CIDCO and Raigaddistrict collector missedthe High Court ap-pointed mangrove com-mittee deadline to clearlandfill at Bhendkhalwetland, another pieceof wetland at Navhgaris being buried in eco-sensitive Uran region,environmental istssaid.

“We have seendumper after dumperdownloading soil intothe massive wetland atNavghar, apparentlyfor a railway stationthere, with almost athird of the lake beingburied already,” saidactivist B N Kumar,director of NGO Nat-Connect Foundation.Wetlands play a majorrole in flood preventionas they absorb waterand it is sad to notesuch natural creationsare being wiped out inUran, he said.

“CIDCO is to beblamed for this scantrespect for the natureand violation of thelaws,” said Nandaku-mar Pawar, head ofShri Ekvira Aai Prat-ishtan.

The NGOs have

brought this to the at-tention of the Man-grove Committeepleading with it to savethe wetland.

The NGOs who vis-ited Bhendkhal wet-land, 150 acres ofwhich has been filledwith debris and soil,said it is shocking tosay that the MangroveMonitoring Conserva-tion Committee’s orderto clear the landfillwithin a month havebeen ignored.

The Committee di-rected at its meeting onDecember 9 to clear thedebris and instructedReliance not to under-take any constructionon the site, Pawar re-called.

“Not a single stonehas been removed fromthe site let alone

launching clearanceoperation,” said Ku-mar. Of the total about165 acres, 150 acreshas been filled in amighty hurry duringthe last Lok Sabha elec-tion period when no en-vironment officer wasavailable to monitorthe environmentalloss.

This is a seriousmatter and the Man-grove Committee musttake appropriate actionagainst the violators,he said.

Environmentalistshave already com-plained to the man-grove committee aboutthe landfill at Belpadawetland where a truckparking lot hasemerged. There is stillno action to clear theplace, Pawar said.