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Election process
gets going
111 Wards,
768 voting centers,
738 election officers
By Vijay Bhor
CBD-BELAPUR: “With
the issue of nomination
forms, the election process for the Vth general
election for Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation will begin on 31
March, 2015. The voting will take place in 768
centers which will be
under the supervision of
738 election officers,”
said Municipal Commissioner
Dinesh
Waghmare. He was giving details of the ar-
rangements made for
the polling scheduled for
22 April, 2015.
“A total of 768 polling centers have been
set up. They
will be under the supervision of
738 polling
officers who
in turn will
be under
overall control of DMC
Amrish Patnigire. In
all, 1098 Electronic Voting Machines have been
kept ready which will be
under the supervision of
10 Returning Officers.
Each booth will have
1,000 to 1,200 voters
assigned to
it.”
“ T h e
election
commission
has imposed
an expense
limit of Rs
4,00,000 per candidate.
Two officials viz. DMC
Subhash Gaikar and
Madhukar Kuchekar
have been assigned the
responsibility of enforcing this limit. They will
also ensure that the candidates do not violate
other provisions of the
Code of Conduct,” he
explained.
The nomination
forms will be scrutinized
on 8 April and last the
date for withdrawal will
be 10 April, 2015. On 11
April, the final list of
candidates will be pub-
Dr. Mohan Ninawe, Senior
Public Relations Officer,
CIDCO, Receives ‘Bureaucrat
of the Year’ Award
By Chandrashekhar Hendve
NAVI MUMBAI: At the
29th Anniversary of
the renowned magazine, Accomodation
Times and National
Real Estate Award
2015 Dr. Mohan Ninawe, Sr. PRO CIDCO
was conferred with the
prestigious ‘Bureau-
and value based public
services. This award is
thus a symbolic icon of
our success.”
At the award function, the Guest of Honour, the Cabinet Minister of Industries, Shri
Subhash Desai suggested the Realty Entrepreneurs and Gov-
crat of the Year ’
Award. Dr. Mohan Ninawe received the notable award at the
hands of Spark Group
Founder, Shri Dattaji
Desai. The award is
considered prestigious
and esteemed by the
selected committee of
the housing sector.
While receiving the
award, Dr. Mohan Ninawe said, “This
award is an honour and
tribute to CIDCO – the
Planning Agency. CIDCO has planned and
developed Navi Mumbai with a vision to develop an ultra modern
advanced city. And the
recent citizen centric
approaches towards
transparent administrative services have
been leading efficient
ernment Organisations to build affordable
homes for the citizens.
There have been many
complaints that many
flats are lying vacant
as people are not in a
hurry to buy homes.
This is because of the
rising cost of homes
which are higher than
the expectations of the
citizens. Only 30% of
the population are able
to buy homes with eminent facilities and services. Hence, affordable
homes in a need of an
hour, homes should be
constructed in such a
way that people opt to
purchase it.
Talking on the model of ‘Smart City: Opportunity and Chal-
Cont. on pg. 3
Palm Sunday celebrated in
different Churches
Sir don’t promise
them five star hotel,
airport, malls etc. Just
promise them proper
water supply.
Parishioners holding the Palm
By Dinesh Kamath (As
School, sector 23, Koshared by Dr Jayakar Ellis)
perkhairne too celebratNAVI MUMBAI: All ed the Palm Sunday
Churches in Navi with a procession folMumbai and Chris- lowed by Holy mass at
tians from various 8.00 am. Vicar Fr. JinChurches celebrated to Edattukunnel was
Palm Sunday yester- main celebrant. About
day.
400 Parishioners and
The Infant Jesus other members were
Church Koperkhairne present. .
at Christ Academy
“Palm Sunday is
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the final Sunday in the
Lenten season, signifying the beginning of
Holy Week. Holy Week
is the week leading up
to Easter and is held in
remembrance of Jesus’
time in Jerusalem before he died and, according to Christianity,
Cont. on pg. 3
Cont. on pg. 7
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Central at 2230 hrs on 2nd April, 2015 and reach
Haridwar at 1900 hrs on 4th April, 2015. Train
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on the Hetawane water supply line near Dighati
Village. Due to the mishap, air valve and pipeline
has been damaged badly. CIDCO has started repairing work of the damaged pipeline and air
valve. Hence, for at least next 24 hours there will
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NMMC clears air about rumors
about assigning Ramakant Patil
as Finance and Accounts Chief
By Vikram Gaikwad
NAVI MUMBAI: There
has been inconsistent
talks about assigning
the NMMC Accountancy officer Ramakant
Patil the position of Finance and Accounts
Chief in media, as of
lately.
In a bid to clear off
rumors that are circulating about the same,
NMMC has announced
that Patil who is currently serving in Accountancy department
has been given the responsibility of the Finance and accountancy
chief officer but not given the designation of
the same yet. NMMC
Chief Officer of Finance
and Accounts Dr. Suhas Shinde had been
allocated as Maharashtra government’s Additional Finance department’s assistant direc-
Police register complaint against
woman for interfering in Police duty
By Vikram Gaikwad
TURBHE: Turbhe
MIDC police has registered a complaint
against a woman, Anita Kasabe (35) for interfering with police work;
meanwhile she alleges
that the police officers
manhandled her.
Anita Kasabe, who
complained to police
about some of the police
officers assaulting her,
lives in the vicinity of
Turbhe stores. Her 24
year son was reported
to have been drunk and
causing disturbance in
KKR road in Turbhe
MIDC area on Saturday. For which the police had been summoned to inspect and
take charge. Once the
police caught him and
were going to take him
into custody, Anita, in
order to prevent them
from doing so, confronted the police and started interfering while hitting several officers.
Accordingly, the police
summoned a female officer in order to solve
the issue; however Kasabe started abusing
them as well. During
the commotion, she
seemed to have lost her
footing and fell down
said the police team
present at the scene.
Kasabe’s story however
differentiates from that
of the police; she alleges that the officers
present on duty harassed her and not the
other way around. Due
to her injury she has
been admitted to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, the
news about a single female being assaulted by
some Turbhe police officers reached the ears
of public, who in order
tor of Upper ward one
to bring more transparency in budget and had
been successful in tackling several obstacles
with the same. Dr. Suhas Shinde’s call for
resignation from the
post however had been
received from many
sources for various
matters. Therefore, for
mean time the responsibility of Chief Finance
and Accounts Officer
has been designated to
Patil.
Meanwhile,
she alleges
to have been
assaulted
by them
to protest launched a
rally against Turbhe
police. The police pacified the crowd that it
would investigate the
matter thoroughly before taking any serious
action. A case against
her and her son however has been registered
for disturbing peace and
interfering in Police’s
duties.
Palm Sunday..
Cont. from pg. 1
Navi Mumbai RPI deputy chairperson’s
daughter falls to death
By Vikram Gaikwad
Police suspect suicide
KOPARKHAIRNE: In a
freak incident, 22 year
old daughter of Navi
Mumbai RPI deputy
chairman Yuvraj More
fell from fourth floor of
the building in Koparkhaine on Saturday.
The deceased, Namrata More (22) who was
doing her studies in
B.Com, had been a resident of Navnagari
building in sector 5 of
Koparkhairne. On Sat-
urday around 10:30 pm
she was reported to
have fallen from fourth
floor of the building and
was later admitted to
Vashi Fortis hospital
where she succumbed
to her injuries. Initially, Koparkhairne police
had reported her to
have been accidently
fallen off the building
due to lost balance and
registered a case of accidental death. The
building wall however is
of a considerable height
where it is impossible to
have slipped and fall of
the building. Therefore,
the police are investigating the matter and
suspect Namrata to
have jumped on her on
accord to commit suicide.
Cont. from pg. 1 place in Counting centers. They are situated at
ipal Corporation. An ad- 1) Don Bosco School, Nerditional 768 personnel ul 2) Sacred Heart
are being kept as re- School, Vashi 3) Navi
serves.
Mumbai City High
Out of the 111 School, Ghansoli and 4)
Wards, 17 will be large- Saraswati Vidya Mandir,
ly consisting of slum Airoli. Presently, the
areas, 29 rural areas EVMs are being kept in
and 65 have been desig- a strong room at Gaurav
nated as urban wards. Mhatre Kala Kendra,
Counting will take CBD.
Election process...
lished.
A total of 3,840 personnel have been drafted for election work.
They have been drawn
from among the staffers
of Konkan Bhavan,
NMMC, TMC, Mira
Bhayandar Municipal
Corporation, KDMC
and Ulhasnagar Munic-
CMYK
was resurrected” said
Antony Philip.
“Good Friday celebration and Live procession will start on 3rd
April at 2.30 am from
Sector 23 and will pass
through Demart, teen
tanki, jimmy tower etc”
he added
Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem.
As he rode into the city
on a donkey, his followers spread palm
branches at his feet and
called him “Hosanna”
or “savior.” Palm
branches were considered symbols of victory
and triumph at the
time. Days later, the
people of Jerusalem
would turn on Jesus
and demand the Romans to crucify him.
According to Christianity, Jesus would
actually be the savior of
his people - as He would
save them from their
sins, conquering death
in doing so.
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Blood donation camp
Baban Patil Smruti Din to be celebrated on 31 March
By Vijay Bhor
TURBHE: A series of social and cultural programmes have been planned to mark the 25th
death anniversary of Babashet Patil, founder of
Navi Mumbai Che Raja Ganeshotsav Mandal in
Turbhe gaon. Babanshet Patil was also the Shiv
Sena Shakha Pramukh of Turbhe.
There will be a Blood donation camp from 10.00
am to 10.00 pm. A heath guidance camp for senior citizens and a Fun Fair for children and
youngsters will also be held on the sidelines. There
will be a lot of eatables for the children and
annadan for the public. A grand Bhajan Sandhya
led by Bhajan Bhushan Nivruttibua Choudhuri
will be the highlight of the event.
The arrangements are being supervised by the
Mandal President Ankush Vaiti along with members Ashok Patil, Sushil Gharat, Ramkrishna
Patil, Nandkumar Patil, Sanjay Gurav, Vijay
Patil, Vishwas Patil and Anil Helekar.
CHANGE OF NAME
I have changed my name from JIWANI BHAWARLAL
RAWAL to PAWANI BHAWARLAL RAWAL as per affidavit
no. 390/2015 dated 30th March 2015.
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Kerala Trade Fair’s Closing Ceremony
By Chandrashekhar Hendve
NAVI MUMBAI: The
closing ceremony of
Kerala Tade Fair took
place at Urban Haat
on 30 March 2015.
The event ended with
prizes being distributed to best performer
during the fair.
The first and the
biggest Kerala Trade
Fair depicting
the heritage,
history and culture of the
God’s own city,
Kerala
was
planned at CIDCO Urban
Haat, CBD Belapur, Navi
Mumbai from
March 20 to
March
30,
2015. The Ker-
ala Fest was inaugurated by the hands of
Shri. K. C. Joseph,
Minister for Information, Culture and Rural Development, Kerala on March 20, 2015
at Urban Haat in the
presence of other dignitaries. The various
Govt Departments,
Public Sector Undertakings and Private
Entrepreneurs participated in the fair.
The Kerala Trade
Fair at Urban Haat
was organized by the
Information and Public Relations Department, Govt of Kerala.
This was the first time
that Govt of Kerala
had organized a Trade
Fair in Maharashtra
by selecting an environment friendly CIDCO Urban Haat at
Navi Mumbai as an
exciting location for
the fest. Various master craftsmen, artists
and various local master chefs from Kerala
exhibited exquisite
stalls in the Haat. The
fair had stalls with exclusive Kerala spices,
handicrafts, handlooms, food products
and traditional bamboo and coir products
in good quantities at
an affordable rate. The
renowned Kudumbashree, the Government supported wom-
en self help groups
from Kerala had put
up exotic food
stalls with traditional Kerala cuisine.
The team of Kudumbashree cafe unit had
won Gold medal in India International Fair
2013 at New Delhi
and Silver in 2014.
Apart from stalls
and exhibitions, there
were also cultural programmes and activities throughout the
event. During the inaugural function, a
well known Padmashree Mattannur
Sankaran Kutty performed thayambaka, a
concert of percussion
instruments.
On
March 22, K. P. Udayabhanu foundation
presented ‘old is gold’
ganamela. While on
March 24, Pattupura,
Sasthamcottah presented folk songs and
art forms. On March
26, Jayaprabha Menon
and group presented
Mohiniyattom and on
March 28, Vazhamuttom Chandrababu and
group presented Musical programme and
Unnikrishnan Pakkanar and team presented “Mulapadumravu”,
a musical concert by
using instruments
made of bamboo.
There were performances by Mumbai
Malayali Associations
and competitions for
children on all days
during the event.
Till date this year
CIDCO Urban Haat
had organized 280
days events. Many
states like Assam, Gujarat, Manipur had organized significant
programmes in the
Urban Haat and the
Kerala Trade Fair by
the Govt of Kerala.
Urban Haat will be
organizing
more
events and exhibitions
till June 2015. If any
colleges, schools,
NGO’s, cultural organizations are interested to organise cultural activities in the amphitheatre of CIDCO
Urban Haat or if anyone wants to book
stalls for minimum 10
days and maximum 30
days in the events
schedule for April,
May and June, they
can contact Manager
CIDCO Urban Haat
and get more details.
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The World Theatre Day-2015
By Hema Gobindram Lobo
Being observed
since 1961, The World
Theatre Day on March
27 every year indeed
works for world harmony and enrichment. An
address by acclaimed
Polish director Krzysztof Warlikowski was
read in theatres around
the world on Friday to
mark its significance.
“The legend seeks to
explain what cannot be
explained. Because it is
grounded in truth, it
must end in the inexplicable”—this is how
Kafka described the
transformation of the
Prometheus legend. I
feel strongly that the
same words should describe the theater. And
it is that kind of theater, one which is
grounded in truth and
which finds its end in
the inexplicable that I
wish for all its workers,
those on the stage and
those in the audience,
and I wish that with all
my heart.”
In all these years,
the only Indian selected to give out the message on the DAY in
2002, has been Girish
Karnad, the iconic writer, director, indeed a
celebrated and decorated with several nation-
When theatre gives life to life
al and international
awards.
Gigantic theatre artists, from Prithviraj
Kapoor and Utpal Dutt
and even Balraj Sahni
and Mahesh Elkunchwar, the list is endless
even as Faroukh
over the world have
proved that it is resilient, that every musical classic on the Broadway stage abroad or on
the stage of Vishnudas
Bhave or even in the old
dilapidated building of
Chabildas High school
Sheikh and Shabana
Azmi carved a separate
persona on stage and
Kulbhushan Kharbanda still has a unique
pull among theatre lovers. The list is endless
even as the legendary
Amir Raza Hussain
and his illustrious wife
Virat Hussain deliver
their annual creations
year after year with a
flourish!
Theatre lovers all
Dadar. There the likes
of Naseeruddin shah
and Ratna Pathak performed even before they
married each other and
were watched by Jennifer Kendall sitting on
the jaded cloth carpet
with her overflowing
robes, watching them
perform with a childlike delight, like all other theater lovers like
myself! Salutations to
the world of theatre!
MOU Between IR and KRCL
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the year 2015-16 was signed between Ministry of Railways (Indian Railway) and Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) on
27th March 2015 for setting new targets including that for revenues, efficiency benchmarks, volume of passengers and freight cargo etc among many, Seen in the picture
are Shri P C Gajbhiye, Secretary / Railway Board, Indian Railways (IR) and Shri Bhanu
P Tayal, CMD (KRCL), exchanging copies of MOU after signing the same (By Ashok
Dhamija).
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Team Australia Top Notch Team
Unsung
heroes
In recent years, India’s cricketers have
not often been reduced
to spectators on the big
stage. In the four ICC
tournaments before
this World Cup they
had won two – the 2011
World Cup and the
2013 Champions Trophy – and reached the
final of another, the
World
Twenty20
(2014). But now the
closest most of them
will get to the World
Cup will be the TV
screens in their living
rooms back home. Win
and defeat are part and
parcel of a game but
the way people reacted
on the defeat is shameful. Whats app messages were full of comments about Anushka
Sharma, the actress,
and Virat Kohli and
they made her responsible for the defeat.
The scene in every
house was full of silence, awful and
numbing. That hollow
and empty feeling emanating from the pit of
your stomach as you
lost every hope in life.
Visions of cheering
your Team India wearing a Blue T-shirt at a
pub with friends and
family vanish. The
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whooshing sound of a
billion aghast sighs
can be heard clearly
outside – roaring like
a tropical cyclone. The
TV is no longer worth
watching. Like when a
public figure passes
away and DD shows
bhajans and light classical music during the
state period of mourning and you keep staring endlessly at it. The
eatables at the table
stare at you helplessly
as all your friends just
shuffle out of the house
mumbling various excuses.
Players who got
such abuses were tired
of their long inning. At
last their tour of Aus-
tralia, which was
starting to assume Odyssey-like proportions,
is over. They landed in
the country a day before Phillip Hughes
was fatally injured at
the Sydney Cricket
Ground. Their title defence ended at the same
venue four months and
two days later, after a
cross-country trek that
had taken in four
Tests, four Tri Series
ODIs, and eight World
Cup matches, in addition to practice games.
When MS Dhoni,
the captain, joked
about how long they
had been the game’s
Cont. on pg. 6
CMYK
By C K Subramaniam
Team Australia’s
emphatic win was set
up by the left-arm fast
bowling trio of Mitchell Starc, James
Faulkner and Mitchell
Johnson who shared
eight wickets after the
Kiwis elected to bat on
a good pitch. Faulkner
was man of the final
while Starc was declared man of the tournament. New Zealand
messed up their maiden appearance in the
title clash of cricket’s
showpiece event, falling like nine pins
against the hostile
Australian bowling.
Inspirational captain
Brendon McCullum
fell off the fifth ball of
the innings for a duck
and two other front
line batsmen, Corey
Anderson and Luke
Ronchi also failed to
score. South Africaborn Grant Elliott topscored with 83, sharing a fourth-wicket
stand of 111 with Ross
Taylor (40) after New
Zealand had been reduced to 39 for three in
the 13th over. The
massive crowd, which
broke the MCG record
of 91,112 on the opening day of the Boxing
Day Test against England in 2013, saw
New Zealand lose their
last seven wickets for
33 runs.
Kudos to Kangaroo
side for annexing the
an incredible feat.
Losing the vital toss
did not matter much
and there was no force
to stop this clinical
win. Captain Clarke
deserves all the praise
as he made an elegant
74 in a winning cause
and guided the side in
a low scoring match.
World cup for the fifth
time. This time the
Team from down under achieved the feat
at Melbourne in their
backyard. It was indeed a fitting tribute
to outgoing captain
Michael Clarke to ensure fifth title for Australia under his able
leadership. High five
for the Australian
players and the team
of the Coach and support staff for achieving
From the word go,
Australian
side
planned a coup by dismissing captain McCullum in the first
over of the match and
the repair initiated by
the Man of the Match
in the semi-final
Grant Elliot and the
senior pro Ross Taylor
could not do much to
the progress of the
Kiwi side as they
Cont. on pg. 7
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Issue : 277
31 March, 2015
Administrative reforms
This writer had the misfortune of his photograph, which was appearing in the voters
list in the earlier editions, being removed a
few years ago. It has not been appearing in
the last two or three editions. All the efforts
made during the last two elections to get it
restored have proved futile! Whom shall one
complain? A teacher in an Airoli school has
not been getting her salary for the last over
four years because of some discrepancy in
records! She is fortunate in having her husband well employed. Otherwise, she would
have starved! There are thousands of buildings in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai waiting to
get NOC. No one is accepting responsibility
for the delay in issuing them. All these are
happening because of the callous attitude of
the staffers. Our governments are amorphous bodies where individual employees
remain anonymous. That helps them to shirk
responsibility. All that is demanded of them
is signing the attendance register; they are
assured of their salary, increment, bonus and
retirement benefits. But what about the public whom they are supposed to serve? Probably, that is the area where administrative
reforms are needed first and foremost. To
begin with, every person down to the level of
a clerk or a peon should be assigned an identity number on the lines of the PAN number
or the Adhaar number which remains unchanged irrespective of whether the person
is transferred or promoted. Secondly, every
employee should be made to carry his name
and ID number on his lapel. He or she should
also be made to display the same on his or
her desk so that a visitor knows with whom
he is dealing. With computerization almost
complete to the village level, that must be
possible. Such identification will make it possible to fix responsibility for every decision
taken or bypassed. At the moment, it is not
possible to pin point who committed the mischief of removing the photograph. With a
proper identification system, it must be possible to know about the person who made or
unmade a particular entry. Hopefully, that
will bring some discipline among our public
employees.
Change Of Terminals For Two Mumbai
Inbound/Outbound CR Trains
By Ashok Dhamija
MUMBAI: Ministry of
Railways have decided
to shift the terminal of
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Amritsar Express from Lokmanya
Tilak Terminus to
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus Mumbai and
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus Mumbai Rajendranagar Express from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Mumbai to Lokmanya
Tilak Terminus with
effect from 1st June
2015 as per the following details .
A) Train No. 11057
will leave from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai at 23.30
hrs (instead of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 23.45 hrs). On
its return journey
Train No. 11058 leaving Amritsar on
30th.May, 2015 will
arrive at Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus at
04.05 hrs on 1st June
(instead of Lokmanya
Tilak Terminus at
03.50 hrs)
B) Train No. 12141
of 1.6.2015 will leave
from Lokmanya Tilak
Terminus at 23.35 hrs
(instead of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus
Mumbai at 23.25 hrs).
On its return journey
Train No. 12142 leaving Rajendranagar on
31st May, 2015 will arrive at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus at 15.15
hrs on 1st June (instead of Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus
Mumbai at 15.30 hrs)
Further both the
trains will pick up regular link from 1st June
2015 onwards. There
will be no change in
the timings of arrival /
departure of both the
trains at destination
i.e. Amritsar and Rajendranagar.
Unsung...
Dhoni denied himself
that as he plotted what
deserves to be remembered as one of India’s
best World Cup campaigns. And yet there
are idiots back home
smashing TVs and
burning
effigies,
prompted in the main
by cynical and moronic ‘news’ channels.
The worst of the lot
created a #ShameinSydney hashtag on
Twitter soon after In-
dia’s semi-final defeat,
only to see enraged, and
sensible, fans rip into it
on the social-media
platform. People have
made the game of cricket larger than life but
what about other
games?
A news shared on
Facebook showed a photo of the Kabaddi team
with World Cup in their
hands waiting for an
auto-rickshaw. No one
went for their reception.
This is our country and
media is also to be
blamed. How the channels cover cricket, how
they hanker after the
sting operations of Aam
Admi Party, but there is
no space for these real
heroes of our own Indian game. I blame people
also for being not aware
of the games of our soil.
If we are hankering after these western imports India cannot regain the lost glory.
Cont. from pg. 5
nomads, there was a
strong undercurrent of
truth and fatigue in
his words. But people
can’t see that Dhoni
had yet to see or hold
Ziva, his daughter,
who was born the week
before the World Cup
began; the only feeling
in the world that
would top holding the
trophy aloft again, and
Limits of autonomy
Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party
may be right in removing Prashant Bhushan
and Yogendra Yadav from the highest decision making body of the party. A political
party has been described as ‘a body of like
minded people always trying to capture power’. That does not leave much scope for dissent. But his decision to remove Admiral
Ramdas from the post of party’s Lokpal
(whatever its worth!) does not fall under the
same category. A Lokpal, like a judge, should
be bipartisan. He should not belong to any
political party or subscribe to any political
ideology. In fact, association with any ideology at once disqualifies him or her for the
post. Such an appointment will hit at the roots
of justice. By removing Ramdas, Kejriwal has
done precisely that. It has taken much of
the sheen out of his party. Medha Patkar has
rightly decided to dissociate herself from the
party. We are sure many more will follow suit.
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4 arrested for assaulting cops
By Vikram Gaikwad
TURBHE: Four persons have been arrested for assaulting two
policemen in separate
incidents on Sunday
and Monday.
In the first incident
on Sunday night, constable Jamghare of
Kharghar police station was passing Satyam Heritage society
in
Sector-10
Kharghar. He saw the
watchman of the build-
ing being assaulted by
the accused Dipak Mohan Patil (28). As the
quarrel was ranging,
Jamghare intervened
in an effort to find a
settlement and establish peace but the accused was not willing.
Instead set upon the
constable and started
assaulting him. And
within minutes, he
had fled from the spot
leaving the constable
wondering. Kharghar
police then registered
a complaint against
Patil and arrested him
on the charge of assaulting a government
servant on duty.
In the second incident on Monday afternoon, traffic constable
Darshan Shankar
Katke was on duty at
Mahape. A corporator
from Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation, Jitendra Bhoir
came there in his Ma-
Dr. Mohan
Ninawe...
ning to develop world
class infrastructure for
NAINA.” He further
added, “Cities contribute 75 per cent of national output. The 100
Smart Cities development Project as initiated by the Prime Minister shall further enhance the economic
growth and development of the country.
The concept of smart
city is to develop a city
integrated with advanced technology. The
information technology
will play an eminent
role in the development of smart city.”
“The NAINA project
is three times bigger
than Navi Mumbai
and will be developed on
a voluntary land participatory model. It has
a better connectivity
with neighbouring regions like Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, Thane,
Pune and Raigad. It
shall also play an important role in sus-
Cont. from pg. 1
lenges’, Shri Niranjan
Hiranandani, CoFounder and Managing Director, Hiranandani Construction
said, “The NAINA
project to be developed
by CIDCO near the influence area at Navi
Mumbai Airport can be
termed as a Smart
City. CIDCO is plan-
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2 separate
incidents on
Sunday and
Monday
hindra Scorpio (MH43/AR-678) along with
his five associates.
Katke saw the vehicle
jumping the red signal
and signaled it to stop.
Instead of stopping,
the vehicle accelerated
causing some vexation
to the cop. He got into
tainable economic and
industrial development”, he added further.
Shri Boman Irani,
Chairman and Managing Director, Rustomjee, Shri Neeraj
Bansal, Partner and
Country Head, Real
Estate and KPMG,
Shri Rajeev Sabharwal, Executive Director
ICICI Bank were
present at the function.
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his motor bike and
chased it and succeeded in blocking it in
front of Dhirubhai
Ambani Knowledge
City on Thane Belapur
Road. Katke approached the man at
the wheel and demanded to see his driving
licence. Instead of
showing it to him, he
picked up an argument with the cop.
Soon, the Corporator
Bhoir also joined him
and the two started
assaulting the cop.
They were in the process of getting away
after the incident when
some passing cops saw
it and came out in support of Katke. Some
members of the public
also joined in and together they chased the
Scorpio and succeeded
in blocking it. Together, they rounded up
Bhoir and his rowdy
associates and took
them to Turbhe MIDC
police station where the
three of them have been
detained.
Team Australia...
a stellar role in this
calculated win. For
captain Clarke it was
indeed a momentous
moment to win the cup
in his farewell match
and for New Zealand
Martin Crowe it was a
emotional moment to
see last match of his
great cricketing career.
Test of nerves in the final of the World cup
ended in favour of the
top notch side in the
Championships, Team
Australia.
Cont. from pg. 5
caved in for 183, the
same score Team India
achieved in the 1983 final. Thereafter, Team
Australia played to a
plan and Smith stood
firm to score another
fifty and help the side
to accomplish the target. For Australia
Smith and Clarke added valuable 112 runs
to seal Kiwi fate. Australian bowlers played
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Remarkable performance by
Kum. Raksha Sankaranarayanan
By Lakshman Sundar
NAVI MUMBAI: Navi
Mumbai based Kum.
Raksha Sankaranarayanan regaled the audience at SIES College
Lord Hanuman Temple
last week. The temple
was celebrating a week-
long Sri Ramanavami
Festival. For more than
two hours Kum. Raksha transported the attendees virtually to Ayodhya during Lord Rama’s days. She is
blessed with a rich
voice, crystal clear diction and a vast repertoire. Even those circumambulating the temple were attracted into
attending the concert
by her sheer melodious
voice. It was her musical tribute to Lord
Rama. In doing so she
brought to life many
famous composers who
were also devotees of
Lord Rama.
Kum. Raksha began with a brisk
‘Bhajameshri’ in the
raagam Hamsadhvani
composed by Shri. Tulasivanam. She wisely
selected immortal compositions and presented
them so eloquently.
They included Saint
Thygaraja’s ‘Sujana
Jeevana’ in Raagam
Kamas, ‘Rama Neve’
(Narayani), ‘Sala Kallala’ (Aarabi), ‘Seethamma’ (Vasantha) and
‘Bala Kanaka’ (Atana).
Shri. Pattanam
Subramani
Iyer ’s
‘Mariveradi’(Lathangi),
Shri. Poochi Srinivasa
Iyengar’s ‘Parama Pavana’ (Purvikalyani)
and
Oothukadu
Vnkatasubbaiyer’s ‘Kalyana Rama’ (Hamsanaadam) were also sung
with great fervor. She
had also sung a few famous Marathi Abhangs
which further embellished her concert.
Kum. Raksha ended
her mellifluous concert
with an Utsava Sampradaya Kriti of Sri
Thyagaraja in Raagam
Anandabhairavi
Instrumental accompanists
Shri.
Anand Prasad on the
violin and Shri. Vinod
on the Mirudangam
gave good support.
At the end all felt
that Kum. Raksha
could have continued
for some more time. It
was indeed a memorable concert of very high
quality. Although
young, she performed
like a musical maestro.
Kum. Raksha is
sure to make an indelible mark in the world
of Carnatic Music for
she has immense talent, passion to perform
and a commanding
magnetic voice.
About The Artiste
Kum. Raksha Sankarnarayanan bubbles
with confidence and enthusiasm. She has been
learning Carnatic Music (Vocal) for the past
last seven years under
the noted dedicated
guru Smt Lakshmi
Padmanabhan, Vashi,
who herself is an outstanding musician plus
an AIR artiste and a
disciple of Late Shri
C h e l l a m a n i
Baghavathar. (Father
of the Famous Gazal
Singer, Hariharan).
Raksha has received
a number of awards
both in inter-school and
college competitions
Care and respect for senior citizens
strikes a chord with one and all!
and also in competitions
held by leading cultural sabhas in Mumbai
like Shanmuganandha
Fine Arts, Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Vashi Fine
Arts and Mulund Fine
Arts. Apart from these
Rotary Club of Navi
Mumbai
awarded
Kum. Raksha in September 2012 for her ‘Vocational Excellence’ in
Carnatic Music. She is
currently pursuing a
two-year diploma
course in Carnatic Music from Shanmukanandha Maha Vidhyalaya.
In addition to vocal
music Kum. Raksha
plays violin. She has
been a disciple of wellknown violin exponent
Shri S. V. Ramachandran. She also performed vocal concerts
at various Sabhas and
Temples in Navi Mumbai Mumbai, Mumbai
and Chennai. Notable
concerts of Kum. Raksha include Bala Brahmam conducted by Abhaswaram Ramji for
Jaya TV in 2012,
Bharatya Vidhya Bhavan and Papanasam
Sivan Carnataka Sangeetha Sabha during
Music Festival all at
Chennai. In studies too
she has been a rank
holder. She was a topper in 12th CBSE 2013
in Navi Mumbai and
2nd in Mumbai scoring
97.8 % and received a
cash award from CIDCO. Currently, she is
doing her Second Year
B.Com from H R College of Commerce and
Economics, Mumbai
and simultaneously
pursuing Charted Accountancy. She recently passed CA Inter Level 2 with All India Rank
of 30. She has proven
that Navi Mumbaikars
are to next to none.
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By Hema Gobindram Lobo
VASHI: On the occasion of their 16th Anniversary, members of a
WISH (Women’s Interaction for Self Help)
pledged ‘Support and
Solidarity for Senior
Citizens’.
“It is not about pity
or charity towards our
elders but there is a
need to be more sensitive, humane and genteel towards them, just
the way they were with
us when we were kids,”
said Hema Gobindram,
President of WISH.
“As is evident, elderly people acquire a lot
of knowledge and wisdom over the years,
which can be easily
used as a rich resource
for our various problems’, stated Rekha
Shah, Vice President of
WISH, while adding
that our children are
bound to learn from us
and treat us well when
they see us treating our
elders with due respect.
Raina Hingorani, a
septuagenarian, and a
highly qualified artist
in fine arts, while addressing the gathering,
said that in this world
which is always in a
hurry, it was very easy
to marginalize the
needs of the elderly people.
Meanwhile, several
members of WISH
have set out help lines
where their services
can be availed of by senior citizens in a hassle free manner.
Advocate Rahul
Thakur, Nilesh Bhojane have also committed their services. Advocate Prabhakar, can be
reached on 9969949718
for any legal help.
Ms.Jaya Lulla of
The Pixel Project can
be
reached
on
27894720-Vashi and
27701999, Nerul for
basic training in computers, use of internet
and even mobile Apps so
that senior citizens can
be in touch with their
children living and
working abroad.
Doctors Mr. and
Mrs. Dukle can be
reached at their Mohini Care Centre, Nerul
on 9820723828.
Renowned singer
Asmita Ghate to train
in singing Bhajans and
light music can be contacted on 9820422600.
Rekha Shah can be
reached on 9930445093
for any help in general.
Hema Lobo can be
contacted for any general help on 98203
53869.
Meanwhile members of WISH have
urged several major
hospitals to streamline
their policy towards
care of senior citizens.