1. art and entertainment
2. movies and tv
3. bollywood

CMYK
Vol 08|Issue 253|RNI No. MAHENG/2007/21778|Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office|Navi Mumbai, Sunday 1 March, 2015|Pages 8|Price Re.1
Lodge complaints with
ACB over internet
New website and mobile app inaugurated
By Chandrashekhar Hendve
VASHI: In a significant step towards eliminating corruption, Maharashtra government
has made arrangements to receive public
complaints against corrupt officials over the
internet. A special website has been established for the purpose
and a mobile app to enable people to access it
has also been developed.
The facility was inaugurated by Chief Minister Devendra Fad-
navis at a simple ceremony on 25 February,
2015.
The website can be
accessed at www.acb
maharashtra.net. It is
equipped to receive
complaints along with
supporting evidence
like documents, audios, videos, photos etc.
All these can be
scanned and uploaded
along with the com-
plaint. The website can
be accessed free of cost
over mobile 1064. To
reach the site, one will
have to log in to
www.acbmaharashtra.net
and then click on the
window ‘complaint
against corruption’.
The site is equipped to
receive the complaints
both in Marathi and
English. It will be necessary for the com-
plainant to give his
mobile number; the
provision has been
made compulsory to
avoid fake complaints.
ACB personnel will call
on the complaint to collect more details.
“This is a big and
decisive step towards
eliminating corruption
from public life,” said
Fadnavis after inaugurating the facility.
Second round of lottery to distribute
plots to airport PAPs held
503 plots distributed
Our son was asked at
school as to what is
nuclear deal and he
said that when his father didn’t have answer to that question,
how could he have?
By Chandrashekhar Hendve
CBD-BELAPUR: City
and Industrial Development Corporation of
Maharashtra held a second lottery on Saturday
to distribute plots to air-
port PAPs. Five hundred and three plots situated in Ulwe, Targhar
and Kombadbhuje village limits were distributed in this round. The
computer lottery was
CMYK
held at CIDCO Bhavan,
CBD Belapur in the
presence of Subhash
Dattatray Dharmadhikari, former judge V
Cont. on pg. 7
Disappointing
budget, says
Rajesh Prajapati
By Chandrashekhar Hendve
NAVI MUMBAI: The
Union Budget for 201516 is a big disappointment to the real estate
sector, said Rajesh Prajapati – MD, Prajapati
Constructions Ltd.
“There were huge
expectations from the
Government but it did
not deliver on what was
promised,” he said.
The Prime Minister
Narendra Modi had announced ‘Housing for
all by 2022’, however he
did not give a roadmap
on how to achieve the
same, although it is the
first time that the target has been set in the
Union budget.
The increase in the
service tax to 14% will
prove to be quite burdensome as it will affect
the purchasing power of
home buyers. Overall
the expectation of the
housing industry from
government was very
high and they have not
been met, he added.
CMYK
2
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
www.newsband.in
CIDCO agrees to
Bhimshakti’s demand
Required Account Assistant, Lab Chemist for Paint Factory in Turbhe MIDC. Contact : 27671234
Required Lab Chemist for our Chemical Plant located at
Taloja, MIDC having 4-5 years experience preferably
frm Kalamboli, Kamothe and Panvel aera. Candidate must
be B.Sc. with adequate computer knowledge. Contact :
Mr. Vipul Shah. Call : 9867252610
Wanted Accountant Female with experience 7 Good Handwriting for Panvel Office. E-mail : amkarbhari@
rediffmial.com
Earn more than 15000/- per month Work from home & All
official work typing work & paper work. No Target. Call :
80800 76262
Require Tata Ace Delivery Driver at Panvel. Tel. : 90046
60311
Urgently required Receptionist, Counsellers (F) fluent in
English knwoing computers should be able to handle office independently salary no bar for the right candidate.
Freshers / Experienced can apply. Tel. : 65737824
Need Biotech Tution urgently home tution for T. Y. B.Sc
Biotech Student at Vashi. Call : Ankush Ghumare : 93222
22912
Wanted Turner cum Fitter in Khairane MIDC. Contact :
9820970804 / 98673 03770
EMERGENCY
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
AMBULAN CE
Airoli
CBD-Belapur
Panvel
MGM Hospital, Vashi
Lakshadeep, Vashi
27692296
27571010
27453701
27822203
27806666
PAYING GUEST
PG Accomodation at New Panvel with food facilities for
Male : 98927 17268
Paying Guest Rooms for Ladies / Gents, Vashi. Sharing /
Independent. Contact : Narsji : 98697 39991
Male / Male Paying Guest Accomodation near Juinagar
Station 7 minutes walk Rent Rs. 3000 seat. Contact :
Chandra : 97025 36201
27664696
27600500
27722506
39215999
27826969
61526666
27881322
27572293
27423405
27899901
27703760
27652476
27691679
tion, 10 percent for children welfare, three percent for the handicapped and physically
challenged, etc.
They complained
that funds are not
availed to the backward
class people who are
staying in the CIDCO
areas of the ZP limit.
They also stated that
the CIDCO has agreed
to construct the Dr B R
Ambedkar Bhavan in
sec 9 of Kalamboli and
a 40 sq m plot will be
used for the said purpose. The CIDCO has
agreed to this, according the leaders.
They have also demanded that villagers
be appointed as security guards, besides demolition of the illegal encroachments in Marble
and Steel Market yards
of Kalamboli. They
have also demanded
that Rs 200 cr be set
aside for public amenities.
3 BHK FLAT FOR RENT
Area : 1500 sq. ft.
at Sec. 4, Kharghar
Contact : 9867529907
HOSPITA LS
Lakshdeep Medical
Nayak Laboratory
Shushrusha Heart
D Y Patil Nerul
Sterling Hospital, Vashi
MGM Hospital, Vashi
Apollo Cliic, Vashi
MGM Hospital, CBD
MGM HospitalKalamboli
Vashi Civic Hospital
Nerul Civic Hospital
PKC Hospital
Dr. Mahajan’s Hospital & ITC
By Umesh Parida
BELAPUR: Following
the comprehensive
study by Bhimshakti
organization and protest, the City and Industrial Development
Corporation has agreed
to set aside funds for
the development of
backward class people.
Following the protest
held on Wednesday at
CIDCO, the Bhimshakti leaders Prakash
Vinedar and Panvel taluka head Subhash
Gaikwad said that the
CIDCO has agreed to
their demands.
Accordingly CIDCO
will set aside funds for
the development of
backward class people
wherein the development is happening under the Panchayat
Samiti area under the
Raigad ZP. Through
Panchayat samiti, 15
percent of the development fund will be kept
for the backward sec-
Shop available for rent. 155 Sq. Ft. Carpet, Sec. 17,
Vashi available for immediate lease. Best for Doctor, Courier, Men Saloon, Ladies Parlour. Please call owner ;
90040 91082
Flat for sale 2 BHK fully furnished Flat 900 sq. ft. in Sec.
28, Vashi with Car Parking Contact : 9820944228
For Sale or Rent 1 BHK Flat in Sector - 26A, Vashi, 3rd
Floor, Title Clear CC + OC, Laon Possible. Contact :
93249 84446, 97022 98881
1 BHK on rent, Opposite Noor Masjid, Vashi. Contact
Owner : 98190 25956, 98204 71837
Shop for Sale CBD Belapur, Sec. 11, Area 1500 Sq. Ft.
Sarovar Vihar. Call : 93222 63966 / 90291 36678
ATTENTION READERS
For Rent readymade beauty parlour in Sec. 18, Kamothe.
Call : 8879309132 / 9820577952
While every effort is made to check the genuineness of
party/parties inserting ads in this paper, we cannot be held
responsible for the truthfulness of its contents. The publishers, Editor and/or the staff cannot be held responsible for
any loss or damage due to transactions that they may enter
into guided by the ads.
Office Space for Rent / Lease, Area 350 Sq. Ft. Sec. 2,
Nerul on 1st Floor. Contact : 9819072066
On Rent 2 Nos. Shop 300 + 300 Sq. Ft. 600 Sq. Ft. Shop
/ Godown Palm Beach Road, Sec. 26, Vashi, Navi Mmbai.
Call : 99208 53815
For inserting advertisements
in Daily NEWSBAND
Off : 27895380 / 27893147
Divakar - 9867529915
Vijay - 9867529919
Rampreet - 9867659921
SPECIAL OFFER
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT ON REAL
ESTATE (Buying /Selling /Paying Guest etc.)
A 20 word classified in NEWSBAND will cost
you only Rs 100/- Applicable
for direct buyers and sellers.
For details, call : 27895380, 27893147
Printed by Kailash Gindodia Published by Kailash Gindodia owned by Kailash Gindodia Printed at Suvijja Printeries, A-68/3, Crevina Synthtics Compound, T.T.C. Ind. Zone,
Mhape, M.I.D.C., Navi Mumbai, Thane – 400 705 and published at C-90, Vashi Plaza, Sec. 17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400 705.
Editor : Dinesh Kamath • RNI No. MAHENG2007/21778 • Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2014-16/Vashi MDG Post Office
Phone : 2789 53 80 Telefax : 2789 3147 e-mail : [email protected] website : www.newsband.in
CMYK
CMYK
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
CCTV camera’s aid help
solve crimes speedily
By Vikram Gaikwad
NAVI MUMBAI: Navi
Mumbai police have
been thankful for past
few years to the CCTV
technology that has
helped them solve many
crimes speedily by recovering information
from CCTV cameras.
“Serious crimes
committed in last 6
months have been
soved thanks to the
CCTV technology and
the CCTV command
center officers “praised
Navi Mumbai police
commissioner K.L Jarhad. Earlier, on 12 th
February, a man Shan-
tilal Jain was traveling
in a rickshaw when he
forgot his bag carry Rs2
lakh in the vechile. The
police saw the CCTV
footage and traced the
rickshaw, returning
the bag to its owner.
Similarly, the murder
case of the elderly man
from Vashi and a woman from Palm Beach
road had too been
solved by the help of the
technology. Therefore,
Navi Mumbai police
expressed their gratitude towards the vigilant police officers of
CCTV command centers.
Gold Crest High
School in the dock
Education officer seeks reply to the
parents’ complaints by 2 March
By Vikram Gaikwad
VASHI: The Sector-29
based Gold Crest High
School has been in the
eye of the storm for the
last some years. The
parents have a number
of complaints against
the management. At
long last, the Education
officer has taken note
of the complaint and
sought a reply by the
management by 2
March, 2015.
The school owned by
the Manjara Charitable
Trust belonging to the
Deshmukh family is
accused of arbitrarily
raising the fees without
the taking the mandatory consent of the
PTA. It is also accused
of collecting charges in
the name of cafeteria,
lab, library, examina-
tion, music, drawing
and sports. Above all, it
is accused of not having
a democratically elected PTA which is capable of mirroring the sentiments of the students
and parents. It had obtained a plot of land for
the purpose of establishing a college where it
has opened a ICSE affiliated school.
Considering the fact
that the government is
serious about addressing the complaints of
citizens, the civic Education Officer has issued a notice to the
school management to
submit its reply to the
charges by 2 March,
2015. The development
has brightened the
hopes of the parents of
getting justice.
Stree Mukti Sanghatan Center
inaugurated in Koparkhairane
KOPARKHAIRNE:
The new Stee Mukti
Sanghatan office was
inaugurated at the
hands of Chief Guest
social activist and
writer Rohini Gavankar in sec-18 of
Koparkhairne on
Saturday. Honorable
guests NMMC
Commissioner Dinesh
Waghmare and
additional Commissioner Dr. Sanjay
Patiwar were too in
attendance.
The event commenced by the chief
guests paying tribute
to the great social
reformer Savitri Bai
Cont. on pg. 8
www.newsband.in
Robber disguised as
courier boy arrested
after five years
By Vikram Gaikwad
VASHI: A trio of
robbers that terrorized the women
residing in an apartment of Chhadha
Crescents Building
and burgled their
house of cash worth
Rs.5 lakh and jewelry
worth Rs 50 lakhs
were finally caught
by Navi Mumbai
police five years after
the incident.
The house owner,
Raja Raman Jagdishwalla and his family
are the residents of
Sec- 17, Vashi’s
Chaddha Crescents
Apartments. Back in
March 2011, a trio of
conmen had entered
their flat disguised as
courier boys and
terrorized his wife,
mother, daughter and
two maids by choppers and robbing
away valuables worth
Rs 55 lakhs. The
police had been
investigating the
case, but the trio had
successfully evaded
them until Navi
Mumbai anti- chain
snatching cell tracked
the robber and his
associates, one of
which was a taxi
driver. The taxi driver
used to drive an office
boy of “Blue Insurance
and Investments”
around where he got
information on
Jagdishwalla, one of
the directors of the
firm. He tracked
them and even pretended to be a member of the movers who
were shifting furniture’s in his new
house. After many
details about Jagdishwallah’s house the
trio burgled it.
The anti chain
snatching cell interrogated the robbers and
with the information
gained from them,
also arrested the two
dealers who were
illegally selling the
stolen gold in Andhra
Pradesh.
Rashtriya Samaj
Paksh eager to
fight civic election
By Vikram Gaikwad
CBD-BELAPUR:
With the municipal
elections approaching, there new
political outfits are
getting ready to enter
the rate. One of the
most important party
trying to enter the
race is Rashtriya
Samaj Paksh headed
by Mahadev Jankar.
Jankar is a leader of
Dhangar community
coming under the
OBC category.
While the main
aspirants are Congress, NCP, Shiv
Sena and BJP, many
smaller parties are
trying to put up their
candidate. “We will
put up as many
candidates as possible. We will concentrate where our
community members
are concentrated.
CMYK
Interview of prospective candidates has
already begun,” said
Kokare, one the local
leaders of the party.
“Many sitting
corporators are
trying to change
their party affiliations because of
changing political
fortunes. We are
expecting some of
them to come and
seek our tickets,” he
added.
During the parliamentary election,
RSP had entered into
an alliance with BJP.
It seems that the
party leadership is
not happy with the
outcome. Local
elections are invariably get dominated
by a different set of
issues. These are the
factor that attract
the smaller parties.
3
NMMT posts better
safety record
Number of accidents falls
for the third year in a row
By Vikram
Gaikwad
TURBHE:
Navi Mumbai Municipal
Transport
(NMMT) has
been improving its
performance
year after
year if one goes by the number of accidents
recorded by its fleet. “It has fallen from 287 in
2013 to 256 in 2014,” said the General Manager
of the Undertaking, Shirish Aradwad the other
day.
He has released the following figures for the
last three years:
Year
No of accidents/
No of
No of
Major
lives lost
people injured
2012
346/28
5
17
2013
287/20
—
—
2014
256/12
2
5
Explaining the initiatives taken by the
management to improve performance and
control accidents, Aradwad said that they have
organised regular health camps for the drivers
and conductors. These camps had special
provisions to deal with stress experienced by the
running staff. Learning that many of the
staffers were given to liquor, the management
had also organized de-addiction camps. These
camps have not only helped the staffers to
improve their mental and physical health but
also safety records of the undertaking
DECLARATION
Publishing the details of ownership of
daily newspaper NEWSBAND
Chart - 4 (See Rule 8)
Place of publication
: C-90, Vashi Plaza, Sector - 17
Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 705
Periodicity
: Daily
Printed at
: Suvijja Printeries
A-68/3, Crevina Synthtics
Compound, T.T.C. Ind. Zone,
Mhape, M.I.D.C. Navi Mumbai
Thane - 400 705
Publisher’s Name
: Kailash S Gindodia
Whether citizen of India : Yes
Address of the Publisher : 1302, Srushthi Apartment,
Old Prabhadevi Road,
Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400 026
Editor’s Name
: Dinesh Kamath
Whether citizen of India : Yes
Address of Editor
: 4B-404, Chakravarthy Ashok CHS,
Tarun Bharat Society Road,
J B Nagar, Andheri (East),
Mumbai - 400 099
I, Kailash S. Gindodia, publisher, hereby declare that the
entire information furnished above is true to the best of knowledge.
Sd/Kailash S Gindodia
Date : 01 March 2015
Publisher
CMYK
4
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
www.newsband.in
Saddam Shaikh – winner of Hajmola Chatpata No. 1 Season 2
By K Ravi
MUMBAI: Following
the successful runof,
the first season of India’s biggest comic talent hunt, Mumbai,
witnessed the grand
finale of Hajmola
Chatpata No. 1 Season 2. As 14 finalists
took centre stage to
battle for one of the
most coveted comedy
champion titles, it is
the one who exhibited
the most spontaneity,
charm, wit and comic
timing who made it to
the top, earning the
title along with a
chance to meet and
greet superstar Ajay
Devgn.
Despite the fierce
battle among 14 deserving participants,
Saddam Shaikh, hailing from Aurangabad,
Maharashtra, exhibited an unparalleled
talent for comedy and
was declared as the
proud winner of Hajmola Chatpata No. 1
Season 2. With perseverence, passion for
the genre, sincerity
and utmost hard
work, the 14 finalists
who made it through
the rib-tickling yet
competitive journey of
registrations and vigorous selection processses finally faced
the judges with Saddam not only winning
the most popular title
in the comic space but
also the opportunity to
mark his television
debut on leading television channedl – BIG
Magic.
The four month long
campaign encouraged
people from the remotest and most rural
towns and participants
belonging to UP, Bihar
and Maharashtra.
From among them, 14
chosen participants
who earned their spot at
the grand-finale to win
the most sought-after
title in the comic talent
hunt space – Hajmola
Chatpata No. 1 - had to
win over the hearts and
lauthter of celebrity
judge Ajay Devgn himself along with judge
and television actor,
Sumit Vats and last
year ’s winner and
judge of Season 2,
Harsh Saxena.
The campaign that
recognised stand-up comedians was thoroughly supported by Ajay
Devgn, Brand Ambassador, Hajmola and Celebrity Judge, Hajmola
Chatpata No. 1 Season
2 who went all out
through radio and television campaigns to encourage people to come
forward and registere
themselves. Hajmola
along with India’s No.
1 FM station, 92.7 BIG
FM also came together
to reach out to people
across the nooks and
corners of the country
through digital platforms like Facebook,
the HajmolaChatpata
No. 1 website as well as
the 92.7 BIG FM website. To amplify the registration process, 92.7
BIG FM also leveraged
its largest 45-station
network to reach out to
Runner ups with Hajmola Brand Ambassador Actor Ajay
Devgan.
Hajmola Ambassador Actor Ajay Devgan during 92.7 BigFM
people across the coun- molaChatpata No. 1
try. Taking the initiative Season 2, Ajay Devgn
a step further, 92.7 BIG stated, “I have wholeFM’s RJs took to their heartedly supported
wheels trough van and this huge Campaign
mall activations across and encouraged particcities like Agra, Varana- ipants to come forward
si, Kanpur, Meerul, Gor- and display their hidden
aghpur, Allahabad, talent. I have done varPune, Aurangabad, ious comic roles myself
Nashik and Patna and am of the view that
amongst others to en- making people laugh is
courage people to regis- a difficult thing to do
ter and showcase their and that those who genhidden potential to the uinely have the passion
to make people laugh
comedy sphere.
Commenting on the should certainly come
entire campaign, Brand forward since it is the
Ambassador, Hajmola best gift one can give
and Celebrity judge, Haj- himself and others too.”
He further added, “I am
happy to see that so
many people from the
remotest of areas came
forward and participated in the ‘HajmolaChatpata No. 1’ contest
which was organised by
Hajmola. It was a great
opportunity to showcase
your talent to the rest of
the world, beomce famous and make people
laught. I wish all the
best to all the Finalists
and May the best one
win.”
Speaking of the success, Vineet Mittal,
Business head, BIG
RURAL, stated, “After
receiving a tremendous
response during the first
season of HajmolaChatpata No. 1, we have not
only enhanced our mind
share but our sales and
distribution has also
grown three-fold. We
have successfully managed to reach out to people in the most remotest areas of our country
and have drawn in over
12,000 registrations. We
are truly happy to have
Dabur on board with us
for this unique partnership and to see our relationship mature the way
it has it humbling. We
look forward to creating
many more such partnershiops in the future
to give way to many
more properties that are
entertaining and farreaching.”
Commenting on the
campaign,
Ayan
Chaudhuri, Brand Head
– Digestives, Dabur India Ltd. said, “Hajmola,
a tasty, fun filled brand
is the leading player
in the branded digestive tablet market in
India, endorsed by
leading bollywood actor Ajay Devgn. Ajay
Devgn is an immensely popular actor entertaining varied audience across ages and
cross sectioins of society in his unique
style. Likewise, Hajmola goes beyond being a do-good tasty
product but delviers
consumer delight
through newer formats and variants to
keep delighting its
consumers, in its
unique chatpata way.
The HajmolaChatpata
No. 1 initiative’s genesis stems from the
brand’s inherent
Chatpata core of
which a natural extension is to keep alive
humor and fun in the
lives of people.” Open
a pack of bottle of Hajmola tablet and one
can be sure it will
make one salivate because of its unique irresistable taste, it promotes a sharing culture, which is just as
true of our Indian culture as its unique
chatpata taste. “The
HajmolaChatpata No.
1 initiative wirh 92.7
BigFM intends not
just to add humor and
entertain people but
also scout, identify
and thereby encourage comic talent, so
what bettwer way
than this,” says
Chaudhari.
Tongue in cheek…
Thumps Up To
Union Budget ….
Staff of a KARVY Stock Broking firm based in Vashi are all
bullish after Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance presented his
first full Union Budget for the
year 2015-16.on Saturday with
emphasis for growth, delaying
cut in fiscal deficit . The BSE
Sensex rose by 141.38 points
to 29361.50. The CNX NIFTY index too rose to 8,901.up by
57.25 points at the end of the
day after a volatile day of trading (Text and Photo by Ashok
Dhamija)
Birthday day boy Anirudha Khawale of Terna Vidyalaya,
Nerul in action on Friday during the NMASA Interschool
Under 14 Cricket Tournament (Photo by Ashok Dhamija )
CMYK
CMYK
1
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
www.newsband.in
Granth Dindi Yatra …
Proud to be part of the campaign
On the occasion of the
World Marathi Day Celebration members of Marathi Sahitya Sanskruthi
and Kala Mandir , Town
Library and students of
Modern school organized
a special rally to promote
communication in the
state language and creating social awareness
amidst beating of drums,
lezim, cymbals from sector
6 to Shivaji Chowk in Vashi.
(By Ashok Dhamija )
Spreading social
awareness too …
Loving our state language…
5
Annual get-together of
Suvidha Vidyalay held
By Umesh Parida
KAMOTHE: The Shree
Samarth Social and
Education runs Shree
Suvidha Vidyalay
which had organized its
annual get-together
program. Noted actor
Dr Nishigandha Vad,
film producer Ashok
Mhatre, MLAs Manohar Bhoir and Prashant
Thakur were present.
The event was organized at S P Vidyalay in
Sec -11. The event was
marked with a splendid
cultural event performed by the students.
The students had performed under the
theme ‘Udan - towards
a better future’. The
audience was found
mesmerized by the
spectacular performances on the stage.
Ducking for cover….
Launch of Suryoday
Adhaar Yojana
Students of St Joseph (CBSE) New Panvel t participate in a skit during on the occasion
of the Marathi Divas on Friday (By Ashok Dhamija)
CMYK
Suryoday Parivar
Indore & MGM Hospital are organizing the
launch of the
Suryoday Adhaar
Yojana – an initiative
to help senior citizens
with medical aid
The same will be inaugurated by Shri
Bhaiyyu Maharaj
Date: 1 March 2015
Time: 2:45 pm Venue:
2nd Floor, Multipurpose Hall, CIDCO Convention Centre, Vashi
Unseasonal rains lashed the city caught many unaware
on Saturday (Photo by Ashok Dhamija)
CMYK
6
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
www.newsband.in
Brace for CR Mega Block Today
Issue : 253
1 March, 2015
Will NASA succeed in
solving the mystery of Mars
The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration’s Mars rover has managed
to come up with a lot of vital information
relating to planet Mars.
Not only the rover survived the harsh
environment of the red planet but it also
provided much sought after information on
whether past environmental conditions
were favourable for microbial life. It was
necessary to know whether there was
presence of liquid water at some point in
the planet’s history. The rover returned
abundant and invaluable information that
unequivocally confirmed that Mars once
had liquid water that was suitable for drinking.
The detection of well-rounded pebbles
in the rock layers on a dry river bed and
also the deposition of alternate layers of
pebbles aligned at a particular angle was
strongly suggestive of a paleoriver. The
presence of clay minerals inside a drilled
rock suggested that water was present for
extended periods of time.
The potential evidence of paleoglaciers
was gathered by cameras on board NASA’s
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the European Space Agency’s Mars Express.
Despite the presence of liquid water, the
lack of atmospheric methane greatly reduces the possibility of any extant or extinct microbial life on Mars. Let us see
whether India’s Mars Orbiter Mission
manages to unearth some unknown facets
of the red planet.
But the question is whether water is
necessary for life at Mars or for that matter at any planet. There can be other forms
of life as well which have evolved as per
the environment of the planets. Why it is
not possible that any life there could live
on say radiation and needing no water at
all? Why the conditions that made life on
earth possible are necessary for the life to
exist on Mars?
It is true that it is too early to confirm
about the existence of life on the red planet. In this regard India’s Mars Orbiter
Mission would certainly feed some crucial
information to clearly understand this.
Many of them believed that life existed there in the past and many others concluded that people can live there comfortably. But still none of them were satisfactory conclusions. At present, NASA’s curiosity is playing a crucial role in digging
out the secrets that are hidden in the red
planet. Some of the reports and data being collected are really mind blowing. Let
us hope that India’s Mars Orbiter Mission
also plays a great role in finding the hidden treasures. Let the treasure hunt continue and we can hope that the mysteries
will be revealed at the earliest.
Services to be affected between Vashi and Kurla
By Ashok Dhamija
VASHI: Central Railway (CR) will operate
Mega Block on its suburban sections for carrying out maintenance
work on Sunday
1st.March, 2015 as per
the following schedule:
A) Vashi- Kurla
UP & DN Lines
From: 11.00 am to
3.00 pm
UP Harbour line
services towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) leaving from
Panvel, Belapur and
Vashi from 10.20 am to
3.04 pm & DN Harbour line services to
Vashi, Belapur and
Panvel leaving CST
from 10.23 am to 3.01
pm and will remain
suspended.
Special trains will
run on CST - Kurla and
Vashi - Panvel sections
during the block period.
Harbour line Passengers are permitted to
travel via Trans Harbour Line/ Main Line
from 10.00 am to 4.00
pm
B)
Kalyan Thane Up Fast Line
From: 11.10 am to
4.10 pm
UP Fast services
leaving Kalyan from
11.22 am to 4.10 pm
will be diverted on UP
Slow line between Kalyan and Thane stations halting at all stations. It will be further
re-diverted on UP Fast
line between Thane and
CST halting at Mulund, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar, Kurla,
Dadar and Byculla stations and will arrive
destination 20 minutes
behind schedule. DN
Fast services leaving
CST from 10.08 am to
2.42 pm will halt at
Ghatkopar, Vikhroli,
Bhandup and Mulund
stations in addition to
their respective scheduled halts and will arrive destination 15 minutes behind schedule.
Due to this Train
No. 50104 Ratnagiri –
Dadar passenger will be
terminated at Diva station and Train No.
50103 Dadar – Ratnagiri Passenger will
leave from Diva station
on 1 st .March, 2015.
One Special local will
run from Dadar (leaving at 3.35 pm); (Thane
dep at 4.03 pm) to Diva
(arriving at 4.13 pm)
for the passengers of
50103.
CR Traffic Blocks On Apta - Kasu Section
By Ashok Dhamija
PANVEL: Central
Railway will operate
Traffic Blocks on Apta
- Kasu section in connection with commissioning of doubling line
from 1st to 3rd March,
2015 as detailed underA) On Sunday
1 st March, 2015:
From: 07.35 am to
12.20 pm.
Following Passenger Trains will be PARTIAL Cancelled (i) Train No. 71089
Diva - Roha DEMU
passenger leaving
Diva at 09.10 hrs will
run upto Panvel. (will
remain cancelled between Panvel and
Roha)
(ii) Train No.
71096 Roha - DEMU
passenger will run Ex
Panvel at 17.55 hrs.
(will remain cancelled
between Roha and
Panvel)
(iii) Train No.
50104 Ratnagiri-Dadar
passenger will be cancelled between Diva
and Dadar & Train No.
50103 Dadar-Ratnagiri passenger will leave
from Diva on Sunday.
Regulation of DN
Trains
Train No. 10103
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Terminus - Madgaon
Mandavi Express,
Train No. 12618 H.
Nizamuddin - Ernakulam Lakshdweep Express, Train Nos.
16345 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus - Thiruvananthapuram Ne-
travati Express and
Train Nos.19578 Hapa
- Tirunelveli Express
will be regulated between Panvel - Somatne during the block period.
Regulation of UP
Trains Train No. 12217
Kochuveli - Chandigarh Kerala Sampark
Kranti Express, Train
No. 50104 Ratnagiri Dadar passenger,
Train No. 12617 Ernakulam - H. Nizamuddin Lakshdweep
Express and Train No.
22476 Coimbatore -Bikaner Superfast AC
Express will regulated
at between Roha - Nagothane section and will
arrive destination behind schedule.
Proposal passed two years back
yet to be implemented
By Umesh Parida
NAVI MUMBAI: The
civic body seems to
have been so lethargic
that it was two years
back that a proposal
to have high capacity
suction and jetting
units was approved.
The proposal was
passed on 6 February
2013 but has yet to
see the light even
though two years have
passed.
Replying to a query
from corporator
CMYK
Bahadursinh Bist, the
civic body chief in the
January 2015 replied
that the civic body
had decided to hire the
high capacity suction
and jetting units on
rent for seven years.
The training for group
A and B categories
recyclers cum suction
units will be provided
by the supplier.
However, as on
January, such vehicles will be evaluated
by a third party. And
such vehicle hiring is
in the last stage of
finalization. The two
companies - Bobalt
Associate and Orchad
Watertech Infrastructure - have been given
work orders in October
2013.
The Bobalt Associate will provide the
group A category and
and Orchad Watertech
Infrastructure will
provide group B
category vehicles. They
have been given six
B) On Monday
March, 2015:
From: 06.30 am to
10.30 am On UP line
at Jite
Hence
Train
No.12202 Kochuveli Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Garib Rath Express will be regulated
and arrive destination
45 minutes behind
schedule.
C) On Tuesday
3 nd March, 2015:
From: 1.15 pm to
5.15 pm. On DN line at
Jite
Due to which Train
No.12619 Lokmanya
Tilak Terminus - Manglore Matsyagandha
Express will be regulated and arrive Roha
45 minutes behind
schedule.
2 nd
months time to provide
the vehicles. Thereafter the contractors
have sought additional
four months extension.
At present, the vehicle
supply is in the final
stage.
The lethargic
approach in decision
making and implementation has been hitting
the NMMC plans but
the officials were found
on the slow track on
many issues. This
needs to be improved
as time passes on
without any result due
to bureaucratic lethargic approach, feels
many.
CMYK
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
www.newsband.in
78 percent sterilization achieved in
Raigad district in 2013-14
No male sterilization recorded in five blocks out of 14 blocks in the district
By Umesh Parida
ALIBAG: The Raigad district has managed to
achieve 78 percent of the sterilization target in
the year 2013-14. Under the three categories of
probably.
The data received from the Alibag Zilla Parishad records say that Panvel block leads the tally with 1393 sterilizations conducted. Most of the
Blockwise Sterilisation Report for the Month of March 2014
Sr.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Block
Annual
Mar-14
Target Vasectomy Tubectomy Laparoscopy
Alibag
1088
0
74
31
Pen
981
0
186
1
Mahad
934
0
59
0
Mangaon
793
0
13
26
Pali
303
0
0
0
Shrivardhan 366
0
27
12
Roha
804
0
182
30
Karjat
943
1
63
4
Khalapur
900
0
81
46
Murud
340
0
49
0
Panvel
2300
0
103
152
Uran
715
0
55
33
Poladpur
220
0
2
0
Mhasala
290
0
0
0
Tala
123
0
0
0
Total
11100
1
894
335
sterilization performed on male and female the
district has achieved 8668 sterilizations against
a target of 11100. The vasectomy i.e. male category of sterilization is just a meager 33 person
whereas the remaining 8635 females have undergone the tubectomy and laparoscopy. The figures clearly indicate that females are taking the
sterilization route in a male-dominated society
Progressive
Total Vasectomy Tubectomy Laparoscopy
105
2
862
290
187
0
810
211
59
14
937
0
39
0
390
377
0
0
0
291
39
0
78
268
212
7
331
373
68
4
727
97
127
3
405
323
49
0
259
0
255
2
560
831
88
0
112
99
2
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1230
33
5475
3160
%
Total
1154 106
1021 104
951 102
767 97
291 96
346 95
711 88
828 88
731 81
259 76
1393 61
211 30
5
2
0
0
0
0
8668 78
blocks like Pen, Mangaon, Pali, Shrivardhan and
Murud did not have a single male sterilization
recorded.
An official from the data compilation department said that Poladpur and one more block people have to come to other place for the sterilization purpose as basic facilities are not available
in the two blocks.
Gavan Grampanchayat to organize
protest against CIDCO from Mar 2
By Umesh Parida
GAVAN: The Gavan
Grampanchayat has
decided to organize a
protest against City
and Industrial Development Corporation from
This has led to a severe
loss to the grampanchayat, it was alleged.
The Gavangrampanchayat Sarpanch,
Ratnaprabha Gharat,
and the members have
mence large scale development of buildings
in Gavan, Shelghar,
Shivajinagar, Kopar
and Belpada. The builders have taken the land
for development on
Monday and to put forward their demand to
get a part of the stamp
duty. As per the government order, the stamp
duty should be made
available to the Grampanchayat during
transaction of lands.
decided to organize a token strike against the
CIDCO. A press conference was called in this
regard.
During the press
meet, the Sarpanch
Ratnaprabha Gharat
said, “CIDCO has com-
50:50 basis. As per the
government order, 1
percent of the stamp
duty should be paid to
the local body wherever development is happening. CIDCO is giving the permission to
large scale residential
CMYK
building in these villages. Ulwe grampanchayat is receiving the
part of stamp duty but
we have been denied.”
When Ulwe node is
receiving the part of the
stamp duty the CIDCO
accounts department is
not registering the Gavan Grampanchayat
wherein large scale developments are happening. She alleged that
they have been denied
the stamp duty portion.
She also stated that Rs
3 to Rs 4 cr stamp duty
has been received by the
Ulwe grampanchayat
over the last three to
four years. The Gavan
Grampanchayat has
passed a resolution on
10 Jan 2014 and
brought the attention of
the CIDCO and the
state government to
this issue.
“If the CIDCO does
not agree to our demand we will continue
to protest against the
same,” said the Sarpanch.
7
‘e-IPO’ will ruin
retail investors
By Divakar Gore
VASHI: Securities
and Exchange Board
of India (SEBI) has
been working out to
bring “e-IPO”. There
are 3 objectives of
SEBI to implement
the ‘e-IPO’ norms,
viz. to reduce time,
reduce cost and help
retail investors. It is
envisaged that, the
post issue timelines
will reduce T+12
days to T+6 days.
Once the process gets
stabilized, timeline
can be further curtailed to T+3 1/2
days.
A gradual shift
with both options, i.e.
physical forms along
with the parallel
electronic system at
least for 3 years is the
right and practical
approach which SEBI
should adopt, stated
Mr. Shiv Kanoria,
Honorary General
Secretary of Bharat
Merchants’ Chamber.
It has been seen
over the years that
the base of individual
retail investors has
been shrinking and
taken over by FII and
other corporate
institutions. This has
been evident in
reduction of applications over the years.
In fact, immediate
implementation of ‘eIPO’ will reduce
participation of retail
investors tremendously and may turn out
to be graveyard for
retail investors. A
classic example would
be Coal India public
issue. In the year
2009, the first public
issue of Rs. 17,000
crore of Coal India
had 12 lakh applications from retail
investors. Against
this, recent public
issue of Rs. 22,000
crore of Coal India
received only 1 lakh
applications from
retail investors. This
was in spite of providing 5% discount on
issue price to retail
investors. This has
been the normal trend
with most of public
issues where retail
participation has kept
on reducing. ‘e-IPO’
will drastically reduce
retail investors.
There are 23
registered investors
associations and SEBI
has invited them for a
meeting on 13 March
2015 where this issue
will be also discussed.
The ‘e-IPO’ norms
will in fact prove to be
detrimental to the
retail investors. In the
existing system in the
abridged prospectus,
all details are available and in new
proposal, everything
will be available only
online. Hence internet
connection is a must.
As compared to the
country’s population,
the penetration of
internet is only
19.19%. All market
investors are not
internet savvy. It has
been seen over the
years that the base of
individual retail
investors has been
shrinking and taken
over by FII and other
bulk institutions.
In the current
scenario, investors can
only have demat
account and apply for
IPO, but with new
rules, they need to
have demat as well as
broker account. As
such, it will be detrimental for new
investors to enter the
market where they
have to now open
accounts with brokers
instead of only demat
account.
Second round...
lottery, CIDCO has established a new software with the help of
Standardization , Testing and Quality Certificate Directorate. It
scrambles the plots and
the beneficiaries and
throws out results.
Cont. from pg. 1
S Dhongde, retired
MSEDCL official R R
Bhalekar and Jt editor
of Sakal Hemant Juvekar.
“For conducting the
CMYK
8
[email protected]
1 March, 2015
www.newsband.in
Josephian’s Observe National Science Day SXHSA Celebrates National Science Day
Text and Photo
by Ashok
Dhamija
NEW
PANVEL: On
occasion of
National
Science Day,
St. Joseph’s
High School
(SSC) New
Panvel
conducted
Science
exhibition on
Saturday.
The senior
group (Class
VII – VIII) showcased
projects based on the
theme Global Warming, Pollution and
Space. Various models
of Solar System and
Sewage water purification system , on the
other hand the junior
group (Class V – VI)
In which students of
four houses displayed
informative charts
based on various
systems of Human
Judges interact with the students on the occasion
Body including
Circulatory, Respiratory, Excretory and
Digestive Systems.
The same was judged
by scientists Vinit C.
Erram and Dr. Amar
K.Kakad from Geomagnetic institute
who in their speeches
appreciated the
research done by the
students on their
projects and the way
it was articulated
Headmistress
Saeeda Malim on the
occasion said “Our
children gain knowledge through actually
performing the
experiment by doing
it themselves, which
only reinforce their
understanding of the
subject”
Ryanites Celebrate State
Language Day
Text and Photo
by Ashok Dhamija
SANPADA: With the
aim of understanding
the richness of the
state language, an
elegant Marathi
Diwas Celebration
was held in Ryan
International School,
Sanpada on Friday.
The whole hearted
participation of the
students in various
activities highlighted
the cultural richness
of the state as was
evident as session
started with a special
Marathi Assembly.
The native Koli folk
dance along with
Tabla vadan set the
stage for the daylong
celebration. Fancy
dress competition.
Marathi Song recitation, Quiz, Elocution
competition too
witnessed huge
response. The
enthusiastic Ryanites
also enacted the roles
of well known personalities of the likes of
Shivaji Maharaj,
Mahatma Phule,
Text and Photo
by Ashok Dhamija
AIROLI: “Science
without religion is
lame, religion without
science is blind. Science is very vastly
more stimulating to the
imagination than are
the classics” is one of the
famous quotes of German-American physicist Albert Einstein who
postulated theories of
relativity and was also
awarded the 1921 No- Students demonstrate the working of their project durbel Prize for Physics for ing the judging process
his explanation of the Photoelectric
effect. St. Xavier’s High School Airoli
celebrated National Science Day on
28th Feb, 2015 to honour the work
of well known scientists including
Noble laureate CV Raman, who have
contributed towards the progress of
India to a great extent.
To mark the occasion a Science
exhibition displaying various prototype / working projects on various
themes built by budding scientist of
the institute received enthusiastic
response from the visitors which included parents too. Guests of honour
Dr. Umesh Thorat, Principal Scientist and Senior Research Scientist in
A model of a project which harnesses unWockhardt Ltd and Bio Analytical
conventional sources of energy for day
support to Nicholos Piramal India
to day needs
Ltd and Manick Pandey , Asst. Proscience on humanity and world at
fessor and N.O.D of Computer Scilarge . But we humans have taken
ence in Subhrat University, Meerut
everything for granted and misuswho were also the judges selected the
ing our resources. The Mime act
Best working models. They apprecigave the message that Science can
ated the models presented by the stube a boon and fruitful for us, if we
dents and encouraged them to taste
use it in a positive way. Power Point
the miracles of science in everyday
presentation was shown on the
life.
Great Scientists of India, like C.V.
Earlier an Mime act that reflectRaman, Homi Bhaba, Dr. A.P.J Abed the impact of science on mankind
dul Kalam and Vikram Sarabhai and
based on the theme ‘. Without scitheir contribution towards India”
ence our life is meaningless ‘. The
shared Blasie D’souza Principal of
idea was to spread the message on
the institute on the occasion.
the positive and negative effects of
Stree Mukti...
Students in traditional attire participate in a special assembly on the occasion.
Savita Bai Phule,
Lokmanya Tilak etc
whose contribution to
Maharashtra and
nation have been well
documented. “ The
rationale behind the
celebration of the
Marathi Diwas
Celebration is to
respect of our state
language and be
proficient in it. The
day is also the birth
anniversary of senior
Marathi laureate and
renowned poet V V
Shirwadkar, popularly
known as Kavi
Kusumagraj. The
response has been
overwhelming and the
students particiapated
whole heartedly in
various activities
which were held on
the occasion” shared
Muriel Fernandes,
Principal of the
institute.
CMYK
Cont. from pg. 3
Phule by garlanding
her portrait. “The
Sanghatan was not
built to be a shelter
but also a training
center for needy
woman. It will act as
their second home”
said SMS founder and
President Jyoti
Mhapsekar. Chief
guest Rohini Gavankar praised the
Sanghatan “that it
was a non-political
organization and has
continually remained
to be so”. NMMC
Commissioner Dinesh
Waghmare and Dr.
Sanjay Patvikar too
congratulated the
Sanghatan for being
declared as a green
building and providing
a center for woman to
learn skills that will
enable them to better
employment opportu-
nities. The facilities in
the center will include
Crèches center,
counseling center,
working women’s
hostel and a temporary shelter for
disadvantaged women.