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FIVE COPS INJURED AS SUVHITS POLICE VAN IN POWAIMumbai - Five policemen were injured on Saturday after a stationary

police van was hit by a speeding SUV in suburban Powai.While twoconstables were administered first-aid on the spot, their colleagues

were taken to a private hospital from the civic-run Rajawadi hospital, policesaid.The driver of the SUV was identified as Sagar Gaikwad, 27. His bloodsamples were sent to laboratory to check if he was under the influence ofalcohol, police said.Assistant Police Sub Inspector Kalyan Mandalik, 55,Constables Sridhar Sawakande, 45, BD Dhagde, 44, Tukaram Yadav, 44and Sudhir Pandit, 45 were inspecting a site on the road where a mixture-truck had overturned.While the policemen were getting into the van toupdate the control room about the truck accident (in which there were nocasualties), the Tata Sumo driven by Gaikwad rammed the van frombehind.Mandalik and Sawakande were given first-aid for minor injuries,while the other three were shifted to a private hospital.

Mumbai -The BrihanmumbaiMunicipal Corporation (BMC)has decided to go ahead with

the seeding of clouds in the catch-ment areas of Bhatsa and Vaitarnalakes in September. It also extendedthe 10% water cut further tillSeptember 15.“We have decided togo ahead with the cloud seeding inSeptember to increase the water lev-els in lakes. The seeding will be car-ried for 12-15 days in September, onthe basis of availability of clouds,” saidmunicipal commissioner SitaramKunte. “While there are different methods ofcloud seeding, we will do it by aircraft,”added Kunte, saying it will cost aboutRs12 crore.In 2009, similar attemptsby the civic body to seed clouds overTansa and Modak Sagar lakes hadfailed miserably. “That attempt failedas we did not have the required scien-tific data. Now, we have consultedwith Mekorot, Indian Institute ofTropical Meteorology and India mete-orological department for their techni-cal expertise. So, we are hopeful ofgetting positive results,” the BMC chiefsaid.The civic body also plans to

analyse the results of the cloud seed-ing to know its results. “The data ofactual rainfall occurring after the cloudseeding will be obtained to analyse itsimpact. Although we don’t have therequired machinery for it, we will takehelp from IITM and other agencies,”explained Kunte.

NEW DELHI: Former Haryana ministerGopal Goyal Kanda, key accused in theGeetika Sharma suicide case, was pro-

duced before a Delhi court today.The Delhi copshave sought 14-day police custody of GopalKanda.After being on the run for 10 days, contro-versial former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda sur-

rendered before police in the early hours onSaturday and was arrested in connection with thesuicide of his former employee GeetikaSharma.Kanda, who was absconding for the past10 days after police served him a notice to appearbefore them to join investigations, surfaced atBharat Nagar Police Station at 4am.Before entering the police station, he toldreporters that he was joining investigations asdirected by the Delhi Police."Kanda has surren-dered and we have arrested him," PKarunakaran, Deputy Commissioner of Police(North-West) said.Delhi Police had conductedover 60 searches and raids in Haryana, Goa andSiliguri in West Bengal, besides questioningaround 30 people in connection with the case. Hisbrother Govind Kanda was also arrested onFriday for allegedly helping Kanda evade police.Kanda's employee, Aruna Chaddha, a seniorfunctionary with now defunct MDLR airlines, has

already been arrested and is in judicial custody inconnection with the suicide of 23-year-old airhostess Geetika Sharma, who allegedly took herlife on August 5 at her Ashok Vihar residence.In her suicide note, Geetika had alleged thatKanda and Chaddha were harassing her to rejointhe former minister's firm after she left the job.Reacting to Kanda's surrender, Geetika's brotherAnkit said, "This is a planned and well thought outentry. Now my only fear is that the investigationswill be impartial of not. 12 days is enough todestroy evidence. Whatever power Kanda couldhave used to tamper with evidence he has. Theinvestigation should be transparent.""I want hisinterrogation to be done before camera and aretired judge so that he does not change hisstatement," he said.Ankit said Geetika'sFacebook account has been deactivated andalleged that Kanda was behind it."I have informedthe DCP about it.

GOPAL KANDA SURRENDERS,PRODUCED IN DELHI COURT

BMC TO GO FOR CLOUD SEEDING NEXT MONTH

2003 triple-blast accused’s bail cancelledThe Bombay high court on Friday cancelled bail that had been granted

to a 2003 triple blasts accused, observing that there was prima facieevidence.A division bench of justice Abhay Oka and justice Srihari

Davare, while cancelling accused Dr Wahid Abdul Shaikh’s bail, grantedhim 12 weeks to surrender before the trial court.The decision was takenwhen the HC was hearing an appeal filed by the Maharashtra governmentthat challenged the bail Wahid had been granted by the special Preventionof Terrorism Act (POTA) court on February 15, 2011.Additional public pros-ecutor FR Shaikh argued that the police had recovered material used formaking bombs as well as some partially made bombs from Wahid’s clinicin Saki Naka.

Traces of a cousin of vitaminB3, found in milk, producesstartling health benefits such

as keeping you slim inspite of a fattydiet and lazy lifestyle, a study says.

The findings reveal that highdoses of nicotinamide riboside (NR) acousin of niacin prevent obesity inmice that are fed a fatty diet, and also

increase muscle performance, improve energy expenditure and pre-vent diabetes development, all without side-effects.The Swissresearchers, led by Johan Auwerx, from the Polytechnic School inLausanne, performed the mouse experiments, while the ability to give

the animals sufficient doses of NR was made possible by Weill CornellMedical College researchers, who played key roles in

uncovering the biological story of NR, the journal CellMetabolism reported."This study is very important. Itshows that in animals, the use of NR offers the healthbenefits of a low-calorie diet and exercise without doingeither," said Anthony Sauve, associate professor of phar-macology at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Sauve is the pharmacologist and organic chemist whohas invented a simple method for efficiently synthesizing

NR on a large scale. He was first to show that NR increases nicotinamide ade-

nine dinucleotide (NAD) levels in mammalian cells, accord-ing to a university statement.

NAD is a central player in energy metabolism. Sauve haspioneered research into the compound, and he is a leader ininvestigating how NAD can signal adaptation in cells and inphysiology.

"The research also suggests that the effects of NR couldbe even broader," Sauve says. "The bottom line is that NRimproves the function of mitochondria, the cell's energyfactories. Mitochondrial decline is the hallmark of manydiseases associated with aging, such as cancer and neu-rodegeneration, and NR supplementation boosts mito-chondrial functioning."The Swiss researchers call NR a"hidden vitamin" that is believed to also be present inmany other foods, although levels are low and difficult tomeasure. Nevertheless, the effects of NR on metabolism

"are nothing short of astonishing."

DRINK milk,STAY slim

Acoffee-flavouredbeverage

that makes drinkersfeel dizzy, hot andeventually forcesthem to

takeoff

their clothes is mak-ing its rounds innightclubs in ongong.According to thedaily Nanyang SiangPau, several girlshad fallen victim tothe drink, whichcame from mainlandChina, the StarOnline reported.Thebeverage is made

from powder, and isspiked with several“stimulants.Thepowder is called‘coffee powder’ forits

similarityin smell, had alsobeen marketed inaiwan.

Each 100gm ofsachet was report-edly sold forbetween HK 3,000dollars and HK4,000 dollars althoughsome unscrupulousdealers repackedthese into smallerpackets.

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Most people care about looking good on social networks like Facebook than seeming intel-ligent, according to a new survey.A survey by an American multinational company lookedat social media habits and found that looking as good as possible on Facebook profile

pages is the main priority of 56 per cent people.More than half Britons admitted they want to be more like their 'social media personas' than their

real selves.Women carefully hand-pick flattering pictures of themselves to post, while men craft their person-

alities around intelligence and courageous behaviour.Social media users from the Middle East andthe rest of Europe were far more concerned about appearing intelligent when posting online.

Sixty-one per cent of people from these regions said they wanted to seem intellectual when shar-ing content and views across social media, the survey said.

The most common reason for indulging in such 'social lies' was finding love or friendship, givenby 51 per cent of women and 40 per cent of men.

Impressing other people and covering up insecurities also rated highly as reasons, but nearly half(48 per cent) believe posts that are 'just too good to be true' generally are, the survey by Intel found.

Ninety-one per cent agreed that there are some topics which have no place on social websites.Eighty-five per cent also felt that people share information that's better left unsaid, while over 70 percent have felt uncomfortable about friends' posts about them.

PEOPLE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ‘LOOKINGGOOD’ THAN ‘INTELLIGENT’

Care for 'coffee' thatmakes you want to take

off your clothes?

HEALTH- BEAUTY

NEW DELHI:Troubles refuseto end for Maruti

Suzuki as a backlashappears to be brewingagainst its decision tosack a third of theworker force at theembattled Manesarplant. The union of thecompany's Gurgaonplant as well as centraltrade unions likeAITUC, CITU and Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS)

have opposed thesackings and soughtreinstatement of work-ers. Maruti's Gurgaontrade union leadersjoined central tradeunions in a protestmarch against themove and demandedrevocation of the deci-sion, which wasannounced by compa-ny chairman R CBhargava on Thursday.Most of the union lead-ers contacted by TOIcondemned the deci-sion. Kuldeep Jhangu,the general secretaryof Maruti UdyogKamgar Union(MUKU), termed themanagement's deci-sion to fire 500 of the1,500-odd permanentworkers at Manesar as"wrong" and said the

step should berevoked. "They shouldtake back all the work-ers and stop arrestingthem. The way they areacting, it seems that amajority of the work-force at Manesar hasbeen made guilty evenwhen investigationshave not been com-pleted. We will opposeit," Jhangu said.However, he did notspecify whether hewould give a strike callat the Gurgaon plantover the manage-ment's decision. All-India Trade UnionCongress (AITUC),which is active in theGurgaon-Manesar belt,said the industrialatmosphere in theregion will worsen if thedecision is notreversed.

KANPUR: A new fees collection modulenamed as SBI I-Collect was launched bythe State Bank of India, IIT-Kanpur branch

on Friday. It was jointly inaugurated by IIT-K act-ing director SC Srivastava and chief generalmanager, SBI, Lucknow K Ramachandran.

SBI IIT-K branch manager Virendra Singh saidthat the Bank has provided the facility of 'frontend data uploading' to the institute so that thedatabase of the students can be uploaded inInternet banking. When any student goes to payhis/her fees online through SBI internet banking,he/she has to simply key-in the validation figurei.e. his/her roll number, after which the utilitywould pick up all the other details from the data-base uploaded by IIT.

This will enable real-time reconciliation offunds. At any point of time, IIT would know aboutthe status of fees received from students. Thefunds would no longer be unreconciled or be in

the pipeline. The students will be free from thetension of standing in queues for depositing thefees. Now, they can deposit the fees online, 24X7sitting anywhere.

SBI launches online fee depositionfacility for IITians

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PROBLEMS WILL BE RESOLVED ONCEINVESTMENT IS REVIVED: FM

NEW DELHI: Finance minister PChidambaram on Saturday said mostof the country's economic problems

will be solved once investment isrevived."Reviving investments is a key chal-lenge for us. (Investor) sentiment is not theonly issue...sentiment will change withother issues...once we get the investmentengine started, I think many of our problemscan get resolved," Chidambaram said aftermeeting chiefs of public sector banks.The finance minister reviewed the perform-ance of public sector banks (PSBs) in thewake of the slowdown and concerns overrising bad loans.

Maruti faces backlashover sackings

SPANISH BANKS' BAD-LOANSRATIO HITS NEW RECORDMADRID: The ratio of non-

p e r f o r m i n gloans to total

outstanding loansheld by Spanishbanks hasrisen to arecord 9.42 percent, topping theprevious mark of 9.15 per centset in February 1994. According to data published Fridayby the Bank of Spain, the total value

of the banks' bad loans rose in Juneto 164.36 billion euros ($202.2 bil-lion), compared to a total loan port-

folio of 1.74 trillion euros ($2.14trillion). The bad-debt ratio

climbed uninter-r u p t e d l y

between June2011 and June2012, increasing

by 273 basis points over that 12-month period from 6.69 per cent to9.42 per cent.

Sensex edges higher; ITCgains, Reliance Power dropsMUMBAI: The BSE sensex rose slightly on

Friday as stocks such as ITC recoveredfrom the prior day's falls, although power

utility stocks dropped after the CAG found irregu-larities in the government's coal allocation andusage. ITC rose 1.7 percent recovering from its3.5 percent fall in the previous session. ReliancePower fell more than 5.8 percent on Friday afterthe country's federal auditor said the companyunduly benefited from a government decisionallowing the power producer to use surplus coalfrom its captive block for another project it was notmeant for.

NEW DELHI: The government's decision to allow Reliance Power Ltd to divert surplus coal from cap-tive mines of its Sasan power project to another group plant will lead to a windfall gain of Rs 29,000crore over 20 years to the Anil Ambani group firm, the government auditor has said. The Comptrollerand Auditor General's report on 'Ultra Mega Power Projects Under Special Purpose Vehicles' tabled inParliament on Friday has held the UPA-ruled Centre and the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh governmentequally responsible for extending this largesse. "The permission to use surplus coal in other projectsof the bidder after award of the contract, based on acceptance of the lowest tariff, vitiated the sanctityof the bidding process which would result in post-bid concessions to the developer having significantfinancial implication," the report said.

‘Reliance Power Ltdwill get Rs 29,000crore windfall fromcoal diversion’

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Madrid: Records promise to tumble againin the 2012-13 La Liga season as worldpowerhouses Real Madrid and

Barcelona resume their duel for supremacy,threatening to cast Spain's other 18 clubs evenfurther adrift. Jose Mourinho's Real had to smashleague points and goal-scoring tallies to endarch-rivals Barca's three-year hold on La Ligalast May, driven to exceptional heights by theirrivalry with one of the greatest club teams of alltime. Barca have a change of face at the helm forthe new campaign with the untested TitoVilanova having big shoes to fill as PepGuardiola's replacement, but after four years asassistant he brings a strong thread of continuitywith him."This duel of titans forces the clubs andthe players to become better," Mourinho, whoseside start out at home to Valencia on Sunday,told Portuguese television this week. "The twoclubs are fighting for world football hegemony."Spanish football is basking in glory after thenational team completed an unprecedented tre-ble by winning Euro 2012 in July, having alsoscooped the 2010 World Cup and Euro2008.Real and Barca supplied 11 of the 13 play-ers who featured in Spain's 4-0 rout of Italy in lastmonth's final in Kiev and with Portugal's CristianoRonaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi added tothe equation, their firepower is increased further.GOAL-SCORING DUELAs with the club rivalry, the goal-scoring duelbetween Ronaldo and Messi appears to spurthem to ever greater heights, and ArgentineWorld Player of the Year amassed 50 league

goals last season, to better Ronaldo's previousrecord of 40.Real are closing on TottenhamHotspur's Croatian playmaker Luka Modric tostrengthen their midfield, otherwise their relative-ly young squad has remained largelyunchanged.Barca, who host Real Sociedad onSunday (1900), have added explosive Spain fullback Jordi Alba to their ranks for 14 million euros,and are seeking another defensive reinforce-ment before the end of the month.Vilanova willneed to nurture ageing stalwarts Carles Puyol(34) and Xavi (32), while hoping David Villa hasnot lost any of his sharpness after recoveringfrom a broken leg which kept him sidelined for alarge part of last season.The strength of Realand Barca, the world's two richest clubs byincome according to Deloitte's annual survey,and the success of the Spanish internationalteam, contrasts sharply with the parlous state ofthe rest of the La Liga.Last year, the players wenton strike to delay the start of La Liga over unpaidwages and this season's competition was almostput back because of a dispute with broadcastersover television rights which is still unresolved.TV REVENUESOne of the key income streams that allows Realand Barca to continue to pull away from the restof their rivals is their snaring of around half of the600 million euro.

SPORTS

Titans duel forLa Liga and

'WORLDHEGEMONY'

London: Chelsea stars are all set to takerevenge for last season’s big PremierLeague flop.

Midfielder John Obi Mikel said theChampions League glory and FA Cup suc-cess had only gone so far to ease the hurt ofa league collapse.

The Blues finished way behind in the titlerace and Mikel wants revenge, a local dailyreports.

He said the Londoners can be right inthere slugging it out with the best of themthis time around.

Mikel said: “We don’t want a repeat ofthat. Top four is not our target – we want towin it. It hurts that it was such a big gap.”

The 25-year-old midfielder, part of theChelsea side that won the title in 2009-2010,added: “We want to win the Premier Leagueand challenge for every cup going. The fight-

ing spirit is back in the team. If you are a Chelseaplayer, it’s winning that matters.”

CHELSEA ALL SET TO OVERCOMELAST SEASON’S BIG PREMIER

LEAGUE FLOP: MIKEL

‘Hurt’ VVS mulls overfuture, may walk awayAnother member of the Fab Four is lingering inthe twilight zone. VVS Laxman, Indian cricket’s

p e r e n n i a lcrisis manwho some-how findsthe noosearound hisneck on asix-monthlybasis, iscontemplat-ing retire-ment at theend of the

New Zealand series. That Laxman is mulling overhis future is not a total surprise, especially afterthe defeats in England and Australia led to talk ofblooding youngsters, but reports suggest that, ifhe retires, it will be the decision of a hurt man.Ashish RajePeople close to him have told Mirrorthat Laxman has been disappointed by the criti-cism that he is blocking the path of younger play-ers in the Test team, and has fast-forwarded hisretirement plans as a result of that. “A final deci-sion will be taken about the exact details of myplans by this evening,” Laxman was quoted assaying by The Hindu yesterday. “He is hurt thatsome former players have criticized him andrepeatedly at that,” a source added. When con-tacted, the Indian board was unaware of what itdescribed as a “sudden development”.Only amonth ago, Laxman had been talking of hisdesire to beat England and Australia when theycome visiting. The home series against Englandis later this year, and India play Australia at thestart of 2013. “I want to look ahead. It’s veryimportant that we start the season in a positiveframe of mind because we have the same teamsto whomwe lost badly, England and Australia, vis-iting India this season,” he had said in an inter-view. “I’m hoping we’ll make amends.”

The ManchesterPremier League!London: As Olympicmemories start to fade,Britain’s sporting focuslooks set to move fromLondon to Manchesterthis weekend as a newPremier League seasongets underway.For although the Londonclubs led by ChampionsLeague winner Chelseaand Arsenal would like tobe in the footballing spot-light, everything points tothis season finishing likethe last — as a straight Manchester derbybetween City and United.City had to wait until thefourth minute of injury time on a nerve-shreddingfinal day of last season to win its first league titlesince 1968. However, more than a billion dollarspoured into the club by its Abu Dhabi-basedowner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan AlNahyan had already marked it out as the team tobeat since the previous August.

42-YR-OLD WOMAN ONDIALYSIS PULLS OFF

RARE PREGNANCY

MUMBAI RTOS COLLECT RS 68 LAKHFINES FROM OVERLOADING TRUCKS

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Five policemen injured in road mishap in Mumbai

MUMBAI, Five policemen were injured todayafter theywere hit by aspeeding carin suburbanPowai, polices a i d . T h emishap tookplace around4am when thecops wereinvestigating another accident case, and the SUVrammed into them, they said.The car driver hasbeen detained and the injured policemen wererushed to a nearby Rajawadi Hospital, policesaid.Police are now verifying whether the personbehind the wheelwas under theinfluence of alco-hol or not.

NEWS

MUMBAI: The Viira Cabs, a fleettaxi operator run exclusively bywomen, has launched a massivecrusade against the rogue drivers atthe domestic airport. It has peti-tioned senior police officers,explaining the modus operandi ofdrivers who fleece passengers andcause "nuisance" at the airport's taxibay. Recently, a woman driver work-ing with Viira was assaulted by adriver owning a Cool Cab and thelater was arrested and charged with

outraging modesty of the woman.This incident had prompted ViiraCabs management to launch acrusade against rogue drivers.Said Preeti Sharma Menon fromViira Cabs, "There are two formsof touting at the domestic airport.The terminal's prepaid counterdoes not print the taxi number onthe pre-paid receipt unlike theinternational airport. As a result,when a customer walks out, touts

choose the taxi and pocket a feefrom the driver. Customers get heck-led in the process and drivers whorefuse to pay the tout a fee wait forhours to get a fare." The secondmodus was -- "Outers" grab passen-gers on arrival who have opted forthe pre-paid service and instead oftaking them to the regular taxi/autostand take them directly to a taxi orauto which is circling the precinctand take a cut from the driver.

MUMBAI: The Wadala andAndheri RTOs conducted aseries of raids on overloading oftrucks, trailers and tempos inMumbai during the past onemonth and nabbed a whopping623 offenders who were fined Rs68 lakhs. While the Andheri RTO caught383 persons for overloadinggoods and fined them Rs 38.54lakhs, the Wadala RTO caught240 offenders from whom Rs 30lakh was recovered. The campaign against overload-ing of goods was launched across 48 RTOs in thestate and it was done in an unbiased manner.Said transport commissioner V N More, "We hadswapped officials (inspectors) across the RTOs.For example, the inspectors at Wadala RTOswere transferred to Aurangabad for a month whilethose from Aurangabad came here to conductchecks for Wadala RTO. This ensured that there

was no nexus between RTOteam and the offenders(transporters). Also, ithelped us nab more driversfor overloading goods." Sources said that acrossMaharashtra, the RTOs hadnabbed at least 3,000offenders for overloadinggoods. At Andheri, the teamfrom Nagpur RTO whichwas camping here for amonth, not just bookedcases for overloading butalso caught tourist buses for

carrying illegal cargo. Nine bus drivers wereapprehended in Kurla recently for illegally carry-ing commercial cargo on the rooftop. In Mumbai,it is the highest collection of fines for overloadingcases in a month, said assistant RTO TanajiChavan. The RTOs across the state conductedchecks on overloading of goods and have collect-ed at least Rs 3 crore in fines, sources added.

Viira Cabs launch crusadeagainst rogue drivers at air-

MUMBAI: Dialysis and pregnancy rarely go hand inhand, but Kurla resident Sharifa Sheikh has pulled offthe impossible by giving birth to her third child a fort-

night back."I thought I was putting on weight andwas shocked when the doctor told me that I was 24

weeks pregnant,'' said the 42-year-old Sharifa,who also has two daughters. What made it dif-ficult for her to accept the situation was the fact

that she had tried to get pregnant right after thebirth of her second daughter who is now 12

years old, but in vain. "Moreover, we have a 16-year-old daughter,'' said her 44-year-old husband,

Mohammed Arif Sheikh, a driver who has been out of job for the last threemonths and had to borrow heavily for his 'accidental baby'.The boy, born inKohinoor Hospital, Kurla, on July 31, is in fact a medical marvel. "It isextremely rare for a woman on dialysis to get pregnant,'' said nephrologistAseem Thamba, who has been Sharifa's doctor since she was detected withkidney failure in 2005.

4 acquitted of murdering boyafter spending 10 years in jail

MUMBAI: Ten years after fouryouths were arrested for kidnapping andmurdering a nine-year old Byculla stu-dent, it turns out that the body recov-ered by the police might not have beenthat of the missing boy.

Arfan Sait, counsel for the accused,pointed out to the Bombay high courtearlier this month that while DineshPatil, who went missing in November2001, was a nineyear-old , the deadbody found by the police was, as per therecords, of a boy who was 14-15 yearsof age.

IRCTC man heldfor 11 lakh fraudMUMBAI: An employee of theIndian Railway Catering andTourism Corporation (IRCTC) wasarrested by the MRA Marg policestation for siphoning off Rs 11 lakhby submitting fake vouchers to theaccounts department.Sources saidSatish Tamgadge has been sent topolice custody till Aug 21.Tamgadge, who was working as sen-ior executive with the finance depart-ment, had been committing the fraudfor the one year. "His act of dishon-esty came light recently during a ran-dom check carried out . Followingthe suspicion, an internal inquiry wasconducted which confirmed that theTamgadge had indulged in dishonestpractice since the past one year."

Bad roads under liability period to cost contractors jobsMUMBAI: TheB r i h a n m u m b a iMunicipal Corporation(BMC) has decided tocancel the contracts ofcontractors who fail torepair roads that areunder the defect liabilityperiod (DLP) despitefive warnings.The BMC has also dou-bled the penalty amount to be levied onerrant contractors.Currently, the contrac-tors are fined Rs 1,000 per pothole perday. In case of DLP roads, contractorswill now be penalized twice theamount.TOI has been highlighting the

pitiable condition of cityroads and the tacticsused by contractors tocircumvent therules.Standing commit-tee chairman RahulShewale said, "We aretaking this issue veryseriously. DLP contrac-

tors who fail to repair roads will have topay double the penalty amount. Afterfive warnings, their contracts will be can-celled."On August 5, TOI reported thatthe BMC, in a first, was planning to takecoercive action against errant contractorsof defect liability period (DLP) roads.

MUMBAI: Residents arepeeved after the Goregaonpolice said they plan to initiatechapter proceedings against acouple under the CriminalProcedure Code's (CrPC)Section 107, for "harassinghawkers". The duo will have tosign a one-year Rs 5,000 bondassuring cops they will not dis-rupt peace in the area.

But Kavita Thakker and herhusband, who plan to approachthe Bombay high court to seeksquashing of the notice, havereceived support from citizengroups across the city. JayantVidwans, president,Goregaonkar NagarikAssociation (GNA), whichorganized a 'footpath bachao'march in June with 400 resi-dents in Goregaon (E), saidthey would support Thakkerand urge her to join their organ-ization.Highly-qualified profes-sionals like doctors, lawyers

and engineers had joined themarch. Many schoolchildren inuniforms had also participatedalong with their teachers. Theagitation was against hawkersand shopkeepers who haveencroached upon footpaths."

Anil Joseph, chairperson,Perry Road Residents'Association, said they wouldjoin GNA if it organizes a marchto the Goregaon police station,and added, "Activists and like-minded citizens should cometogether to support each otherwhen they see such injusticebecause of corrupt politiciansand officials. When injustice ismeted out to a lady, where isthe state women's rights com-mission? It should come for-ward to support this help herless lady."Nayana Kathpalia, co-convenor, CitiSpace, said theBMC, Mumbai police and stateseem to have forgotten severalSupreme Court orders of

February 2007 that clearly statethat they will remain in force tillthe MCGM's Hawkers(Regulation and Activities)Bylaw 2009 comes into force."Also forgotten are restrictionssuggested by MCGM andupheld by the SC that thereshall be no hawking permittedwithin 150m of railway stationsand municipal markets and100m from a place of worship,hospitals and educational insti-tutions," said Kathpalia.

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GOREGAON COUPLE GAINS SUPPORT AGAINST HAWKERS

Rights panel movedon baby's death

THANE: A Dombivli resident has moved theNational Human Rights Commission following aTOI report, highlighting the appalling behaviour ofauthorities at the Jalandhar civic hospital, leadingto the death of a new-born early this month.

Advocate Vijay Trimbak Gokhale filed an e-petition before the NHRC on July 26, requestingit to take suo motu cognizance of the case as thehospital authorities' behaviour caused the deathof a new-born.

Gokhale attached a copy of the report on abelow poverty line family from Punjab which hadto suffer the death of their premature baby asthey could not afford to pay incubator charges.

NHRC told Gokhale his complaint is underconsideration.

I am extremely pleased the NHRC has takencognizance of my e-complaint. It has given a newreassurance and my confidence in the system isunshaken. If sitting in Dombvili I can write to agovernment agency and that they have respond-ed positively to my complaint shows that all is notas bad as it is being painted,'' Gokhale said.

He said if the NHRC takes up the matter itwould be a major victory for citizen activists likehim. The NHRC's acknowledgement shows willembolden the common man whose faith in thesystem will be restored. He will think that even hisvoice can be heard and he can move the sys-tem,'' Gokhale said.

MUMBAI: Two minor boyswere arrested by Bhanduppolice early on Friday for pelt-ing a BEST bus with stonesand injuring a conductor. SaidBEST spokesperson ManojVarade, "The incident occurredat 3.20am. Our special buswas ferrying staffers to thenearby bus stations when itwas pelted with stones onJungle Mangal Road inBhandup (W). While some glass panes were damaged, one conductor washurt."BEST employees nabbed the accused and handed them over to thecops. Senior inspector Shrirang Nadgauda said the BEST driver's rash driv-ing had angered the boys. "It was a case of road rage. Two persons werearrested for not allowing a public servant to perform his duty. They peltedstones at the bus," he said.

2 held for pelting stonesat BEST bus in Bhandup

Well-heeled chain-snatcher has 35 cases against him, say cops

MUMBAI: Aw e l l - h e e l e dchain-snatcher,who had tried tohoodwink cops inMumbai Centrallast month, hasbeen found to beinvolved in eightoffences in

Borivli (E). Naushad Sardar Qureshi owns threeflats (two in Mumbai and one in Delhi) and anSUV and has been married twice.The KasturbaMarg police, in whose custody Qureshi is,returned eight chains to their rightful owners inBorivli on Friday."Qureshi has at least 35 casesregistered against him at police stations. He usu-ally targets women, particularly senior citizenswho are most vulnerable. We suspect he hasbeen involved for eight to nine years," said ACPSunil Deshmukh.Muktaben Kacha (80), who wasQureshi's victim, said he had pushed her to theground to prevent her from raising an alarm. "Ihad set out for a stroll after dinner, in May. A manwas leaning against a bike, close to the railwaytracks at Dattapada in Borivli, where I stay. Hecame charging towards me and snatched mytwo-tola gold chain. He pushed me so hard that Ifell and sustained bruises on my arms. Withinminutes, he jumped across a wall and escapedalong the tracks," Kacha said. "We never losthope of getting the chain back. It took the policesome time to get a green signal from the court forreturning all stolen valuables, after they nabbedQureshi," her grandson Kaushik said.

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai MunicipalCorporation(BMC) will increase the annualincome limit of women, who want to benefit fromits welfare schemes, starting from Rs 60,000 toRs 1 lakh. This move is slated to benefit 4.93 lakhwomen and more than 6 lakh families in the city.

This scheme is for women who earn less thanRs 60,000 annually. An approval has been givenby Sitaram Kunte, municipal chief.

The gender budget concept was initiated byformer mayor Shubha Raul in 2009, duringSwadheen Kshatriya's tenure as the municipalcommissioner. These schemes include basictraining for skill development, self-defence to

make poor and needy urban women able for self-employment. These schemes can also be availedby women, especially those families who arebelow poverty line (BPL).Under the gender budg-et, the BMC had made a financial provision of Rs.15.95 crore for the implementation of women andchild welfare schemes.

The civic body felt an urgent need to changethe rules for people to benefit especially fromwomen and child welfare schemes and hasdecided to increase the annual income limit to Rs1 lakh. The rising inflation and high living stan-dards have made it difficult for such families tosustain.

Civic body to increase income limit for poor women

One more stu-dent involvedin ragging

MUMBAI: TheBandra GRP, which isinvestigating the case ofragging of a group of stu-dents from L S RahejaCollege of Arts, has dis-covered the involvementof another senior studentin the incident. Cops hadearlier registered a non-cognizable offenceagainst six persons, fivefinal year students of thecollege and an ex-stu-dent, under theMaharashtra Prohibitionof Ragging Act. SeniorGRP officials said thepossibility of arrests can-not be ruled out.

Do you knowwhat makes upWorcestershir

e sauce? Do youknow what's differ-ent about Tibetantea? Did youknow that abanana tree isnot a tree?We havegiven youfoods that arebeneficial toyour health; wenow present 10quirky facts aboutfood that you did notknow. From Hipposoup to coconutwater, let the count-down begin. Peanuts: We lovepeanuts as much asmonkeys do. Addsome salt andmasala, and youhave chakna or anaccompaniment withalcohol. But did youknow that peanutswere used to helpmake bombs? Whenpeanut oil isprocessed, you getglycerol that is madeinto nitroglycerin a

constitute in dyna-mite. But times have

changed and beforeyou head to thekitchen to make yourown explosives, youshould know thatpeanut oil is rarelyused in dynamitea n y m o r e .W o r c e s t e r s h i r esauce: A great ingre-dient for Chinese orMandarin food,there's somethingfishy about thissauce. Did you knowwhat's in this sauce?Here's a clue - vege-tarians might not like

this. Worcestershiresauce is made ofanchovies, a particu-lar kind of fish that is

available inEngland. The

sauce is pre-pared by tak-ing these fish,and soakingthem in vine-gar till all thebones dis-

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and we hope you willstill love tea afterreading this. For theadventurous, Tibetiantea is a must try.

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Smoking addiction is a tale that every smok-er will share with you, it may have starteddue to stress or peer pressure but quitting

is an uphill task.They have tried but failed; theurge for a puff is over powering for meek souls.But we believe that nothing is impossible, hencewe blow off the smoke on some interesting factsabout smoking to help you kick the habit today. Can't stop smoking, here's why... For smokers, puffing on a cigarette is a habit. It isas hard as giving up as television or Facebook, orharder. To quit smoking it is important to under-stand that smoking is a form of self medication torelieve psychological problems of stress, bore-dom or popularity. For some it is a statement todefine masculinity and cool quotient, while forothers it's just an old habit that they're addicted

to. But every smoker knows, there will be a daythey will have to give up smoking. In order to fight the urge to smoke, studies sug-gest that one must replace the triggers and solu-tions with other habits. For instance, every timeyou feel the urge to smoke, replace the triggerresponse with drinking a cup of strong tea.Sensory excitement seems to help fight the butt. Smoking is a heartbreaker Smoking can break your heart, not emotionallybut physiologically. Did you know that smokingnot only affects your lungs but also your heart andblood vessels. By reducing risk factors like smok-ing, 80% of premature deaths due to cardio vas-cular problems can be avoided. Besides this,smoking lowers good cholesterol, reduces oxy-gen levels, speeds up heart rate and createsblockages. The by-product of smoking - carbonmonoxide - is linked to heart attack, angina andstroke. Asthma and smoking People gasp when asthmatics smoke and all forthe right reasons. Our Pulmonologist withMoolchand Medcity at New Delhi, Dr.S.K. Jainexplains this deadly mixture, "Asthmatic patientwho smoke often suffer from cough, wheezingand shortness of breath due to thickness ofepithelium or irritation of the airways, causingthem to swell up, narrow the passage that is filledwith sticky mucus making asthma attacks morefrequent compared to non-smoking asthmapatients." The scary truth for asthmatic smokers! How stress makes you smoke

An interesting fact from Dr. Munish Kr. Sachdeva,Liver & Endoscopist Specialist at Ganga RamHospital, '80% people smoke in company,remaining 20% have many other reasons tosmoke alone.' This explains why office goers andworking professional take several smoke breaks.Most smokers will coyly agree that if they havecompany they will smoke. Or you just need abreak from everyone and your work. Stars to help you quit smoking In an interesting turn of events, actors will encour-age smokers to put out the cigarette for life. Thewarning will be read out before the film beginsand immediately after the interval. It will be inter-esting to see which actors will actually promotethis cause. Teens pick up smoking due to movies Directors believe art imitates life, but in this study,life imitates art. In a study conducted in the US,'Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters, no matter what the film's rat-ing is, are more likely to start smoking them-selves.' The common excuse for the youth is thatsmoking is cool. No smoking in paradise Goa is all about leaving your troubles behind andhaving a good time. And for smokers, puffing onthe beach is a great way to relax. But the govern-ment plans to ban this recreational activity on thebeach. "We are planning a law which will includebeaches in the list of public places where smok-ing will be banned," said Deputy Director oftourism department, Pamela Mascarenhas.

Quit smoking: Interesting facts about smokingHEALTH- BEAUTY

Body piercing or getting your body tattooed in David Beckham stylemay cost you a huge price — infection of Hepatitis B and C virus.The needle used in the act to (re) fashion your body may just be

infected with the said virus causing liver disease, which in its ultimate stageoften turns cancerous (liver cirrhosis). That is deemed to

happen if the needle is not properly sterilized. How tat-toos are done-A tattoo is a permanent mark or

design made on your skin with pigmentsinserted through pricks into the skin's top

layer. Typically, the tattoo artist uses a hand-held machine that acts much like a

sewing machine, with one or moreneedles piercing the skin repeat-

edly. With every puncture, theneedles insert tiny inkdroplets. The process —which is done without anes-thetics — causes a smallamount of bleeding and

slight to potentially significant pain.-How they cause hepatitis? Tattoos area potential cause for spreading hepatitis B and C virus. "The main risk is ifthe equipment, which is the needle, is infected and not enough precautionis taken to prevent transmission. But it's not just the needle that can spreadthe virus. Needles are not the only things that can cause transmission ofthe hepatitis. The silent culprits are the expensive ink bottles in which theartist dips his needle time and again while doing the tattoo. So even if theyuse disposable syringes or fresh gloves, if an artist uses the same ink bot-tle for several clients, the chances of transmission of the virus increase.Now since these ink bottles are mostly imported, they generally don't usefresh bottles for every client. Explaining the science behind it, "Tattoo mak-ing involves pricking the needle deep into the dermis - the layer under theskin surface - which results in bleeding and the same needle is dipped intothe paint bottle which leads to transferring of Hepatitis B or C from infect-ed to another.Preventive measures to rescue yourself from hepatitis Tattooas you would any other medical procedure. You want a tattoo parlor to beat least as clean as your doctor's office. Ask to see the tools the artist willuse. The needles should be new, sterilized, and wrapped — no excep-tions. The ink should be in small pots meant for single-use and anythingthat touches your skin should not be reused. And the artist should weargloves. HO

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Rakhi Sawant ison a roll thesedays as she is

busy packing her bags tofly to New York. No, shehas not bagged any

Hollywood project, nor has a Bollywood director signed her forany sizzling item number in an upcoming film. The item girl-cum-reality show actor has been invited to be a part of theIndependence Day parade being held tomorrow in NewYork.Indian Independence Day is celebrated acrossthe world to mark the cultural legacy and rich her-itage. And the 66th Independence Day celebrationsin New York would be the biggest event outside Indiacelebrating Indian Independence from the clutchesof British rule. And to mark the celebrations, a fleetof Bollywood celebrities have been invited.

Amitabh Bachchan nerv-ous while recording KBC songMegastar Amitabh Bachchan has record-

ed a special song for the sixth seasonof hit the game show 'Kaun Banega

Crorepati' and he says he had butterflies in hisstomach while recording with Bollywood com-poser duo Salim-Sulaiman.The 69-year-old actorsaid that the mock rehearsals for KBC has beganas the show is ready to go on air from September7."The crowning glory is the session at Salim-Sulaiman's recording studio later at night torecord a song for KBC, and my extreme hesita-tion in doing so for it is a moment filled withimmense self consciousness," Bachchan postedon his blog."... Salim-Sulaiman, made me nerv-ous and anxious and yes, the butterflies whichhave now found permanent residence within myintestines. However, this must be said, the expe-rience tonight has been most rewarding and fruit-ful," he added.Bachchan also said that he prefersto record songs with composer AadeshShrivastava because they have had several jam-ming sessions and that he also enjoys a rapportwith Vishal-Shekhar."I think it becomes relevantand important to be in a state of complete com-fort before performing any creative act. It is forme. And when the environ is not conducive, thesoul is absent.

Asenior lawyer on Friday issued a legal notice to actorand producer Ajay Devgn for allegedly hurting religioussentiments of Sikhs in his upcoming flick Son of

Sardar.As per the notice, lawyer Navkiran Singh decided toissue legal notices to the makers of the movie after watchingthe official trailer of Son of Sardaar on Youtube.The noticesaid that the film, in some parts, shows Sikhs in a bad lightand hurts religious sentiments.The contents available to thepublic through the official trailer on Youtube contains"absurd comments", the notice said, adding that "in caseSardars would not have been there, then on whom wouldthe jokes be made."The notice said that the official trailer onYoutube contains such material and the film may containmore.Navkiran requested Devgn to delete such dialoguesfrom the film in public interest or his office would to take legal

action against the Bollywoodactor and all other personsinvolved in execution of this

film on criminal as well ascivil side.

LEGAL NOTICE TO AJAY DEVGNOVER 'SON OF SARDAAR'

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character. He willsport long hair coupled with the trademarkstubble, and move around barefoot in themovie. To make his part look as authentic aspossible, the actor is borrowing from his inter-actions with the celebrated artist. Gulshan

declined to share too many details saying,"I'm in an interesting phase of my career withfilmmakers putting greater faith in me as anactor. When I was offered the role, inspiredby the legendary artist and woven in a touch-ing story, I loved it and took it up," he says.

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Himmatwala is not Tamannah's B'wooddebut: Producer Salim Akhtar

According to Sajid Khan, his remake of the 1983 Jeetendra-Sridevi star-rer Himmatwalla, is actress Tamannah's Bollywood debut. At least that's

what the film's newly-released promos say. However, producer SalimAkhtar begs to differ. He claims Tamannah was the leading lady of a film

produced by him eight years ago titled Chand Sa Roshan Chehra thatwas released in 2003 amidst much fanfare. A miffed Akhtar has evenmoved court against the actress, who allegedly hasn't honoured her

contract with him that requires her to shell out 25 per cent of her earn-ings for five years to the producer. A furious Akhtar told TOI, "It was I who

introduced her to Hindi films, and neither she nor the makers of theremake of Himmatwalla are acknowledging that. Just because she went

on to become a big star in the south after doing Chand Sa RoshanChehra? Why do they lie so much in the film industry? She has just

changed the spelling of her name, which was earlier spelt as Tamanna,and dropped her surname Bhatia." Explaining how he discovered

Tamannah, Akhtar said, "She was my daughter's classmate at ManeckjiCooper School in Juhu.

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