a campaign in uae to bring indians, pakistanis closer...

GURU GOBIND SINGH CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION (GGSCF) BEGAN THEIR 15TH ANNIVERSARY RELAY RUN FROM WINDSOR TOTORONTO.

CIRCULATED THROUGH : TORONTO, MARKHAM, SCARBOROUGH, RICHMOND HILL, VAUGHAN, WOODBRIDGE, ETOBICOKE, NORTH YORK, MALTON, REXDALE, BRAMPTON, MISSISSAUGA, OAKVILLE, HAMILTON, MILTON, STONEY CREEK, BURLINGTON

A campaign in UAE to bring Indians, Pakistanis closer

UNEMPLOYMENT RATEDOWN 0.1 PERCENTAGE

POINTS TO 7.0%ONTARIO - A Statistics Canada repor t shows that overall employ-ment was unchanged in July, as gains in par t-time work were offsetby losses in full time. A decline in the number of people searching forwork pushed the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to7.0%. In the 12 months to July, employment increased by 115,000 or0.7%, with all the growth in part-time work. The total hours workedremained unchanged compared with July 2013.Employment increased among youths aged 15 to 24 in July, while itfell among people aged 55 and over. Provincially, employment in-creased in Newfoundland and Labrador as well as Manitoba, while itdeclined in New Brunswick. There was little overall employmentchange in the other provinces.In July, there were more people employed in educational servicesand in information, culture and recreation. At the same time, employ-ment declined in construction as well as health care and social as-sistance.Adjusted to the concepts used in the United States, the unemploymentrate in Canada was 6.0% in July, compared with the US rate of 6.2%.Gains among youth, declines among people aged 55 and overIn July, employment among youths aged 15 to 24 increased by 17,000,returning their employment to a level similar to that of 12 monthsearlier. The youth unemployment rate was 13.2%, little changed fromthe previous month. Employment fell by 33,000 among people aged55 and over, par tly offsetting gains in June. Compared with 12 monthsearlier, employment was up by 148,000 (+4.4%). These gains weremainly the result of a 3.2% growth in the population of this age group.

Abu Dhabi (IANS): An entrepreneur in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) haslaunched a campaign to promote goodwill between expatriates from In-dia and Pakistan, a UAE daily reported.Tanya Daud, whose father is from India and mother from Pakistan, haslaunched 'Baat Karain' or 'Let's Talk' to help expats from India and shattermyths about each other's community through communication, The Na-tional reported Monday."There is a lot of curiosity and not everyone has access to each other. Sowhy not go ahead? ...I think what is lacking is nuanced narrative abouteach other, especially when it comes to Pakistan," Daud said.She wants Indians and Pakistanis to wish each other happy Indepen-dence Day, post short video clips, share old photos and discuss ways todispel stereotypes.Pakistan's Independence Day falls on Thursday, while India's is on Fri-day. "I really want that those who are supporting the campaign shouldalso star t conversation, share and even raise an issue... Converse withpeople across the border and understand each other and have a betterpicture about each other," Daud was quoted as saying by the daily.She hopes that both country's embassies and diplomats in the UAE willget involved. "Officers working in embassies are also people who have

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Canada to witness thebiggest entertainment

bash of the yearNiagara Cricket & BollywoodFestival from August 14-17

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Niagara - The Niagara Cricket and Bollywood Festival concludedits qualifying tournament at the Niagara Cricket Center. Toronto'sSt. Edmonds cricket club won the 8-team qualifying tournamentto advance to the main event and the oppor tunity to play for$30,000 from August 14-17.Teams from all over the world will congregate in Niagara tocompete for $30,000 and the chance to reign supreme in Canada'spremiere T20 cricket tournament. The event is suppor ted byThe Ministry of Tourism Culture & Spor t and is Canada's onlystop on Cricket Council USA's (CCUSA) circuit of tournamentsthroughout Nor th America. The event will feature professionalteams from the US and India in addition to Canada. While thequalifying tournament showcased some of Canada's best do-mestic talent, the main draw will showcase internationally-sea-soned players that play in front of thousands of people regularlyin cricket-mad nations throughout the world.Chandan Madanwas the opening batsmen for the Mumbai Indi-ans of the Indian Premier League (IPL) - cricket's equivalent ofthe NBA or NHL.

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India, Pakistan gear for Independence Day celebrations on August 14, 15

WOMEN TIEING 'RAKHI' TO INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ON THE EVE OF RAKSHA BANDHAN. (IANS)

questions, curiosity and biases. If these confusions end, then I am surethey will help make things easy for others," she said.Daud said the UAE was the perfect place for Indian and Pakistani com-munities to talk about their misunderstandings and curiosities.However, it is important for the people of both countries to comprehendthe horrors of partition and ensure such an eventuality is never repeated.The relations between the two are taking a new turn as business leadersof India and Pakistan recently met during the fourth India-Pakistan JointBusiness Forum (IPJBF) to further talks on bilateral trade and investmentcooperation. The forum has identified 10 areas of cooperation: Agricul-ture; automotive and engineering; chemical and petrochemicals; infra-structure; pharmaceuticals; information technology; textiles; educationand vocational training; healthcare, and dispute resolution and tradefacilitation. The meeting discussed non-discriminatory markets ac-cess, relaxing business visa regime and easing of non-tariff barriers.Meanwhile, foreign secretaries of both countries are expected to holdtheir round of talks on August 25 in Islamabad, where the issue ofgranting India the most favoured nation (MFN) status will be dis-cussed. India granted the MFN status to Pakistan in 1996. Pakistanhas yet to reciprocate.

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ACTOR IRRFAN KHAN, AUTHOR CHETAN BHAGAT AND ANIL KAPOOR DURING A PANEL DISCUSSION ON HOLLYWOOD FILM THEGENTLEMAN`S WAGER IN MUMBAI. (IANS)

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Actor Aamir Khan during during the special screening of Marathifilm Saturday Sunday in Mumbai (IANS)

AT LEAST 33 MPS HAVE LESS THAN 50% ATTENDANCE

The attendance record of cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and actor Rekhamight have raised questions about the role and relevance of celebrityMPs in the Rajya Sabha, but many of their elected counterpar ts do nobetter.At least 33 MPs across both Houses of Parliament currently have

less than 50 per cent attendance. That is, they are absent more oftenthan they are present. Only three of those 33 are nominated members,an analysis of the parliamentary attendance records, compiled byPRS Legislative Research, shows.Actors Hema Malini and Tapas Pal, who are both elected members ofthe Lok Sabha, have not attended even a single day of the ongoingbudget session. Others with a poor attendance record include UttarPradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s wife, Dimple Yadav, deputyleader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh andRajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s son Dushyant Singh.In the Rajya Sabha, absenteeism is a trait seen even among sea-soned politicians such as Amar Singh (40%) and Abhishek ManuSinghvi (47%).Thus, repeated absence from parliamentary proceedings doesn’t seemto be the sole prerogative of nominated members. If there is oneindicator for the likelihood of poor attendance, it is not celebrity butpast per formance.For example, in the recently concluded 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014),the TMC’s Suvendu Adhikari, JMM’s Shibu Soren, Samajwadi Par ty’sDimple Yadav and the BJP ’s MP from Porbandar Vi t thalbhaiHansrajbhai Radadiya were all absent for more than two-third of thesessions. Their poor attendance record continues in the 16th LokSabha.

YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF VARIETYFROM ME: KANGANAAfter delivering films as varied as “Queen” and “Revolver Rani”back-to-back, actress Kangana Ranaut says the audience canexpect more variety from her per formances in her upcomingmovies. “I’m playing very interesting characters now. I’mdoing a love story directed by Nikhil Advani, it’s a differentcharacter, then I will be seen in ‘Tanu Weds Manu 2’, a filmwith Sai Kabir - it’s a good line-up. You’ll see a lot of varietyfrom me,” Kangana said during a recent appearance at a fash-ion gala in New Delhi.The National Award winning actress took to the ramp at thejust concluded BMW India Bridal Fashion Week (IBFW) in acreation by Suneet Varma, one of the country’s pioneeringdesigners. While Kangana was impressed with his designs,Varma felt that when the actress ties the knot, the classic redwill suit her the best as a bride.

ACTORS SHOULD TAKE DISCREDITTOO: AJAY DEVGANFilmmaking is team work and when a film doesn’t work, actorsshould take discredit for the failure, suggests Bollywood actorAjay Devgan, who is gearing up for the release of “Singham Returns”,his ninth film with director Rohit Shetty.Currently director Sajid Khan, a college friend and colleague of Ajay, isin the line of fire for the “Humshakals” fiasco. His cast is blaming himfor its box office debacle.“When a film works, every actor tries to take the credit for the film, butwhen it does not work, you should take the discredit too because film-making is a teamwork,” said the 45-year-old in a group interview.The actor-producer-filmmaker, who has come a long way since hisfirst film “Phool Aur Kaante” in 1991, admits that the director isthe captain of the ship and as a result the onus is on him.


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Guru Gobind Singh Children’s Foundation (GGSCF) completetheir 15th Anniversary Relay Run from Windsor to Toronto

TORONTO - Recently the children and youth of the Guru Gobind SinghChildren’s Foundation (GGSCF) began their 15th Anniversary RelayRun from Windsor to Toronto. It was in 1999, when the youth decidedto complete a similar event from Toronto to Ottawa that spanned 7days and establish the GGSCF. The youth were very excited and thefour day trek that commenced promptly at 6:00am from AmbassadorBridge looking over the Detroit skyline while it was still dark. Some ofthe sangat from the Windsor area showed up to greet and cheer thepar ticipants at the star t of this 425km relay run.On the first day, the par ticipants exceeded the expectations and com-pleted approximately 109km and finished the day past Chatham. Theywere warmly welcomed by the local sangat who provided breakfastand lunch and then dinner back at Windsor Gurdwara. Bhagwant Singh,the secretary of Windsor Gurdwara hosted the runners/volunteers fortwo nights. Additionally, the local sangat donated over $1500 to theGGSCF in suppor t of the children that the foundation suppor ts.On the second day the star t was a little later at 6:20am due to the extratime it took to drive to beginning where we left off yesterday, in thesmall town of Thamesville. As the sun rose, runners marched downthe wide-shouldered Highway 2 and were full of so much energy thatthey would run in pairs. With great weather, a good stretch of road,and keen runners, the kilometers began to fly by and running alongthe Thames Rivers for some spots, by late afternoon they arrived inLondon.In London, runners were greeted at City Hall by Councillor Matt Brownand the Acting Mayor of London who welcomed the runners to thecity, praised them for their hard work, and even donated to the cause.Karamjit Singh and other members of London Sikh Society had madethe arrangements with the local politicians and then took the runnersto the Gurdwara for refreshments. The run then continued out of Lon-don through rain and finished in the small town of Thamesford.In the evening, the runners headed back to London Sikh SocietyGurdwara where they were treated to langar. The children and youth

also got a chance to tell the sangat there about the GGSCF and all thethings that we do, as well as the children in need that we sponsor.Upon hearing this, sangat donated very generously to the cause. TheGurdwara then provided accommodation for the runners.The third day of the run star ted at 6:00am and quickly passed throughWoodstock and the very quiet but scenic country roads of OxfordCounty. As the day progressed, it grew hotter and hotter, yet this didnot deter the spirits of the runners as they continued to make greatprogress ahead of schedule. By noon, the runners had reached theRegion of Waterloo and ran into the Golden Triangle Sikh AssociationGurdwara where Gurjant Singh and members of the community werewaiting at the entrance to greet the runners. The sangat at theGurdwara was very excited to hear about our progress and gener-ously made donations.After langar at the Gurdwara, the runners charged through Waterlooand Kitchener and continued under Highway 401 to Cambridge. At thesame time, the team on break went to the grounds at Sri Guru SinghSabha Gurdwara in Cambridge where the Gurdwara had organized aspor ts tournament. The team was invited to attend and told those inattendance about our run and cause. Upon hearing this, many indi-viduals pulled out their wallets and purses to donate. We would like tothank the entire Sikh community in the Waterloo Region for their sup-por t. The run continued to just past 6:00pm and finished just outsidethe town of Dundas. From there the runners were received at GursikhSangat Hamilton were they were treated with snacks and tea.Runners began the last day with another 6 a.m. star t just west ofDundas. As the sun rose above the surrounding trees and the fogbegan to lift, the run continued through Dundas and down into thehear t of Hamilton. With a brief stop at City Hall the run continuedaround the harbor to Guru Ravi Dass Gurdwara Sahib in Burlington.With a brief stop for breakfast the run continued and hammered throughcommunities in Burlington and Oakville before entering Mississaugain the late afternoon.

After a lunch break in Richard’s Memorial Park, the runners crossedEtobicoke Creek and entered Toronto with the CN Tower in the skyline.Although many par ts of the city were hit by downpours, the runnersescaped with nothing but a mere drizzle. Coming along Lake ShoreBlvd. and through the Downtown, the team passed the Humber BayArch Bridge, the C.N.E Grounds, and the C.N. Tower. At 6 p.m., runnersran together up University Avenue and celebrated the finale of the runat Queen’s Park. In front of the legislative buildings, organizers con-gratulated the participants and par ticipants themselves shared theirfeelings about the run.Overall, it was truly an experience to remember for all the par tici-pants, and one that inspired many of those who came out to cheer onthe children and youth. At the same time, we think about all of our lessfortunate brothers and sisters around the world and find comfor t inthe fact that our effor ts will help them. To date, just over $5000 hasbeen collected or pledged to the GGSCF and we hope that this numberwill continue to grow in the coming days. The other amazing achieve-ment of the run was that those who were young (under 10 years ofage) in 1999 were now the organizers of this run 15 years later. In total17 runners took par t some were young adults/university students,high school students, the youngest was Avtar Singh (10 years of age).They were supported by 6 drivers who also volunteered their time.The run also showed what spirit there is on our children and youth,the ability to work as a team and generosity of all those who sup-ported them along the way in this journey.For more details visit www.ggscf.com


TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 breaking news

Indian author wins AmericanLiterary Forum Society awardNew York (IANS): Noted novelist and documentary maker NikhilChandwani has become the first Indian author to win "ConspiracyNovel of the Year" award from the American Literary Forum Society.Chandwani bagged the prestigious award for his book titled "CodedConspiracy" and documentary "Escape from Kenya".At 21, Chandwani is also the youngest to win the American the awardannounced Aug 4. Conceived while directing his travel show "Song ofthe Open Road", "Coded Conspiracy", Chandwani said, was a result ofhis unswerving passion for writing. Published by New Delhi-basedRectitude Publishing House, "Coded Conspiracy" offers a gripping taleof love and betrayal with an intriguing cast of characters.

Hindustan Power chairman winsCMO Asia CEO of the Year awardNew Delhi (IANS): Ratul Puri, chairman of Hindustan Power,has been awarded the CEO of the Year award by Singapore-based CMO Asia, at their 5th CMO Asia Awards, the companysaid Thursday. A select jury comprising of industry leaders glo-bally gave the award in recognition of "Hindustan Powerprojectsestablishing an asset base of over Rs.16,000 crore on the groundwithin a shor t period of 6 years," Hindustan Power said in astatement here. CMO Asia consists of about 40 countries aroundthe world, including India, China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea,Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and awards organisationsfor achievements in fields such as brand and quality excellence.

Nigerian president vows tocontain Ebola outbreakAbuja (IANS): Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Mondaypledged to contain the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.The Nigerian leader gave the assurance during an interfaith con-ference organised by Interfaith Initiative for Peace NGO in capi-tal Abuja, Xinhua repor ted. The president said he would meetwith the 36 state governors and the state commissioners of healthWednesday to ensure that they were all poised to fight the deadlyvirus. The president pleaded with religious leaders in the coun-try to ensure awareness among their followers about the dis-ease. He noted that 60 percent of the Ebola infections currently inAfrica were contracted at the burial ceremonies for those whodied of the infection.

CANADA TO WITNESS THE BIGGESTENTERTAINMENT BASH OF THE YEAR

NIAGARA CRICKET & BOLLYWOOD FESTIVAL FROM AUGUST 14-17CONTD. FROM PAGE 1Madan is a member of the US All-Stars team playing in this weekend's event.Mandeep Singh, the 2012 IPL Rookie Of The Year, will also join Madan on the US All-Stars. The tournament is co-hosted at two venues - the Niagara Cricket Center, Canada'slargest private cricket facility, and John N. Allan Park in Niagara Falls.The four day event culminates on August 17 with a Bollywood festival in additionto the championship matches. Brampton's JusReign will be the event MC. Thefestival will also feature 4 Bollywood music acts including Teji Sandhu, HappyArmaan, Rehamt and The Avengers in addition to a special dance performancefrom The Broken Dance Group. Southeast Asian and Mediterranean food will also beavailable. Grounds admission for all events throughout the weekend is free with VIPseating available for purchase. Please visit www.niagaracricketfestival.com for allinformation and late-breaking news. MADAN

New York (IANS/EFE): Oscar winning US actor Robin Williams wasfound dead Monday in his home in California, authorities said. It issaid to be a case of suicide. The mayor's office of California State'sMarin county has been investigating what it said is a possible suicideof the 63-year-old Oscar winning actor-comedian.Williams was suffering from depression and authorities said he mighthave committed suicide. US President Barack Obama and his familywere among the many who sent condolences to Williams' family, Efenews agency repor ted. "He arrived in our lives as an alien - but heended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made uslaugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely andgenerously to those who needed it most - from our troops stationedabroad to the marginalised on our own streets," said Obama in astatement.According to his publicist, Williams had been "battling severe de-pression" in the period before his death. The Marin County Sheriff's

office, however, said that it had tentatively concluded that Williamsdied by suicide, specifically "asphyxia", although it provided no fur-ther details. The star of many Hollywood comedies was found uncon-scious at his home near San Francisco, by paramedics called to thehouse and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 12.02 p.m.

Williams starred in numerous Hollywood films, including "Good Morn-ing, Vietnam", "Dead Poets Society", "Jumanji", "Mrs. Doubtfire" and"Good Will Hunting", winning the Oscar for Best Suppor ting Actor forthe latter in 1997. He also received two Emmy Awards, four GoldenGlobes, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and five Grammy Awards inaddition to pursuing a successful decades-long and highly acclaimedstandup comedy career. Over the years, he had battled cocaine andalcohol addiction, as well as depression. Authorities have opened aninvestigation into the actor's sudden death and an autopsy will beconducted Tuesday.

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ENDING CORRUPTION ONLY WAY TO REMOVE POVERTY: MODILeh (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said his government would carry the war against corruption to its logical conclusion,which was the only way to eradicate pover ty in the country.Addressing a public rally at the Polo Grounds here, Modi said corruption was destroying the edifice of the country and shor tage of fundswas not a hurdle in removing poverty. "From the peaks of Ladakh today, I announce that we will eradicate corruption from the country,working together with those political par ties who are ready to fight corruption," he said.Modi announced a loan interest waiver of Rs.60 crore for Jammu and Kashmir and also said that the union cabinet would soon grantRs.8,000 crore for four major road building projects in the state. This, he said, would be in addition to the funds already allotted to the statefor road building projects. Modi said some of the funds out of the Rs.8,000 crore would be spent on the Zojila tunnel which would makepossible all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and the rest of India.

CHANGE OF NAMEI, Basavapatna Lakshmi Narayana Subramu son of BasavapatnaLakshminarayana, holder of Indian Passpor t No. Z1887473, is-sued at Tokyo on 22/09/2008, permanent resident of CANADAand presently residing at 2800,Unit#27,Midland Avenue,Scarborough,Toronto,ON, M1S3K7 do hereby change my namefrom Basavapatna Lakshmi Narayana Subramu to BasavapatnaSubramu Lakshminarayana , with immediate effect.

US President Barack Obama and his family sent condolences


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AS PER CTV NEWS CONSERVATIVE MP EVE ADAMS HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE NOMINATION RACE FOR THE RIDING OFOAKVILLE-NORTH BURLINGTON.ADAMS, WHO CURRENTLY REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT OF MISSISSAUGA-BRAMPTON SOUTH, HAS CITED LINGERING HEALTHEFFECTS FROM A CONCUSSION SUFFERED SIX MONTHS AGO AS A REASON FOR DROPPING OUT OF THE RACE.ADAMS SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AFTER SLIPPING ON ICE AND HITTING HER HEAD OUTSIDE OF AN OTTAWA DELI EARLIERTHIS YEAR. (PHOTO COURTESY FACEBOOK)

CONSERVATIVE MP EVE ADAMSWITHDRAWS FROM NOMINATION RACE

TD Festival of South Asia Ready to Spice Up Your Senses

BALJIT SINGH GHUMAN NOMINATED FOR PUBLICSCHOOL TRUSTEE WARDS 9 AND 10 BRAMPTON

Baljit Singh Ghuman is nominated to par ticipate in the upcomingOntario Municipal elections for the office ofPublic School Trustee in wards 9 and 10 inthe City of Brampton.Mr. Ghuman graduated from the peel dis-trict school board having attended Nor thPark Secondary School, residing in theward 9 and a parent of two peel districtschool students. Mr. Ghuman has beenengaged in the community for over the pastten years and has actively worked on vari-ous issues with all levels of the govern-ment to ensure that all residents are heard.Community involvement included the Pub-lic school system and a variety of organi-zations in education. For Ghuman, this elec-tion is the next level of engagement withour community and our education system.Baljit Singh Ghuman has intensively written on social and po-

litical issues for many newspapers since 2003. His relation-ship with media included two years tenure onToronto based Ethnic broadcasting. Mr. Ghuman worksin the field of Information Technology in Public Sectorand Real Estate.Since early 2011 Mr. Ghuman had played a key role increating awareness around the issues faced by com-munities with particular focus on issues being faced bySikh community in Ontario. Mr. Ghuman has deliv-ered many of the pol icy level presentat ionsmade to various government ministries, tribu-nals, provincial committees, and regional Po-lice force committees.Mr. Ghuman said, "I strongly believe with myleadership and record in the community, I can Engage,Educate, and Empower the community to resolve is-sues related to our education system."Released by: Baljit Singh Ghuman - 647.885.1900

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Shusmita Sharma receivesMelvin Jones Award

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Markham - Shusmita Sharma, Council Candidate for Ward 7 ofMarkham received the Melvin Jones Award from DistrictGovernor Lion Eleanor on recently. Af ter receiving the awardSharma, the young aspirant said she believes in Markham,the city she has lived in for many years. She said: "As thedaughter of two cultures, I can understand and address theissues and challenges with a fresh approach. Having beenraised on community values, I represent your next genera-tion who will bring a fresh new perspective and new outlookto the concerns of Ward 7."

16-year-old Maneli toperform on August 15 at

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Harbourfront Centre Announces 2014Winner of SoundClash Music Award

TORONTO - Harbourfront Centre, a Canadian charity as recentlyannounced today the 2014 winner of its SoundClash MusicAward competition and the local acoustic guitar vir tuoso ManeliJamal received the much coveted honour.Following nomination to a shor tlist of contestants by a juryof industry exper ts and a final weigh-in by public vote, thefollowing ar tists were selected as recipients of this year'sSoundClash Music Award:· First place ($5,000): Maneli Jamal· Runner-up ($3,000): Mississauga-bred rapper, Keita Juma· Second runners-up ($2,000): Modern Filipino tribal musiccrew DATUAs the winner of this live music competition created to show-case the best up-and-coming local music talent, ManeliJamal will get to per form on the WestJet Stage for crowds atHarbour frontCentre's Hot & Spicy Food Festival. In addition to the liveset and $5,000 of prize money, he'll also walk away withsome other fantastic prizes, including ar tist development,vocal coaching and two round-trip vouchers from WestJetgood for any destination in their network."I'm planning to put it all toward the recording of my newalbum, which should be out next year," said Maneli, whenasked how he would use his winnings. "It means a lot to begiven this oppor tunity by Toronto music fans. This city hasalways embraced me and my music, and by extension, myexperiences." The experiences Maneli speaks of are a mainsource of inspiration for his complex and power ful guitarinstrumentation. A true global citizen, he arrived with hisfamily in Toronto at the age of 16.An Iranian by descent born in Belarus, Maneli spent most ofhis childhood in Cologne, Germany, before his family relo-cated to the United States - first Minnesota, and eventuallyAustin, Texas.After establishing a life in Austin, Maneli only ended up inToronto when his family was issued a depor tation notice bythe U.S. immigrations office, forcing them to seek refuge inCanada. The diversity and impact of his worldly experiencesare beautifully reflected in his 2012 album The Lamaj Move-ment, a concept album where every song takes the listenerthrough a par t of his history growing up.Maneli encourages listeners to check out his album, butbelieves that to get the full effect of his music people shouldsee his live per formance. The guitar player will demonstratethe beauty and power of his musical movements next onAugust 15 at 8 pm on the WestJet Stage. The SoundClashMusic Award winners were judged on their excellent musi-cal submissions, entered this spring between April 1 andMay 1, and by the i r capt iva t ing l i ve per for mances a tHarbour front Centre on Canada Day weekend.

Toronto: Presented by TD BankGroup, the 12th annual Festivalof South Asia will take place onGerrard Street East, betweenCoxwell Avenue and GreenwoodAvenue (Gerrard India BazaarBIA), on August 23 and 24."What makes this festival trulyunique is the vast showcase ofthe various South Asian cultures,"says Mr. Chand Kapoor, Chair ofthe Gerrard India Bazaar BIA. "Wehave arguably the largest gather-ing of South Asian cuis ines,goods and services in Nor thAmerica. This is a fantastic op-

por tunity for the GTA to truly ex-perience the best that our BIA hasto offer."The TD Festival of South Asia isone of the longest -running streetfestivals in Ontario and also oneof the largest. Annually attracting250,000 visitors over two days,the festival promises to spice upyour senses with sumptuous cui-sines from close to 30 memberrestaurants, live performances onstage, a fashion show, ar ts &crafts displays and children'sactivities. New highlights of thisyear's festival include Canada

Dry Cricket Challenge, TorontoRaptors Mobile Fan Zone and aFestival Passpor t that offers spe-cial discounts at par ticipatingstores and restaurants in the BIA.This is the four th consecutive yearfor TD as the Presenting Sponsorof the event. Other sponsors con-firmed to date include CelebrateOntario, City of Toronto, CanadaDry, CUPE Local 79, Kijiji andToronto Ar ts Council. Prime Ad-ver tising is this year's event pro-ducer."TD is thrilled to be a par t of theannual Festival of South Asia,"

says Manjit Singh, Executive VicePresident and Chief Financial Of-ficer for Canadian Retail, TD BankGroup. "Suppor ting this greatevent is par t of our broader com-mitment to diversity and inclusionand building the communitieswhere our employees and cus-tomers live, work and play."Festivities of the TD Festival ofSouth Asia take place from noonto 11PM on both August 23 (Sat-urday) and August 24 (Sunday).Admission is FREE. For updatesand information, please visitwww.festivalofsouthasia.com


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COMMUNITY CELEBRATES OFFICIALOPENING OF VILLAGE GREEN PARK

VAUGHAN - Members of Council and residents gathered on Thursday,Aug. 7 for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open Village GreenPark. Village Green Park is in Ward 3 and features a senior soccer field,junior and senior accessible playgrounds, fitness equipment and a skate-board zone. The park is at 500 Via Campanile, south of Major MackenzieDrive and west of Weston Road.Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua said: "The City of Vaughan takes great pridein our many parks and open spaces as they provide safe and healthyplaces for residents to gather and enjoy outdoor activities. We are com-mitted to building accessible, beautiful and sustainable outdoor spacesthat foster a strong and vibrant community. With all of its amenities,Village Green Park continues that tradition and will be a gathering placefor families and friends for years to come."Ward 3 Councillor Rosanna DeFrancesca added: "Village Green Park is a

wonderful addition to Ward 3. It is the perfect spot for residents of all agesand abilities to come for fun and activity, whether it's playing on the field,using the fitness equipment or simply strolling along the walking path. Iknow it will continue to foster a happy and healthy community."QUICK FACTS" Total park size is 2.6 hectares (6.7 acres)" Wood carpet surfacing in the junior and senior playground

areas" Senior soccer field is irrigated" Fitness equipment and a skateboard zone" Sitting and gathering areas with a covered shade structure" City of Vaughan maintains more than 1,000 hectares (2,471.05

acres) of parks and open space land, more than 230 sportsfields and more than 200 playgrounds.

DEPUTY MAYOR GINO ROSATI, REGIONAL COUNCILLORS DEB SCHULTE AND MICHAEL DI BIASE, AND COUNCILLOR ROSANNADEFRANCESCA MARK THE OPENING OF VILLAGE GREEN PARK.

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Toronto - Artistic Director of India's premier dance institute, ShiamakDavar embarked on a journey twenty years back to spread the joy ofdance. Shiamak Davar International (SDI), through its motto 'Have Feet.Will Dance', reaffirms his belief that anybody can dance.Healing through the performing arts, his classes are open to all agegroups, four to eighty four years; without any discrimination. Shiamakhas nurtured SDI into becoming one of the largest dance schools in theworld, reaching out to over 70,000 dance enthusiasts annually acrossIndia, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates andsoon within the United States. Within Canada, he has locations both inVancouver and Toronto, with ten locations across the GTA area itself.Choreographer for memorable films like Dil To Pagal Hai Taal, Kisna,Bunty Aur Babli, Dhoom 2, I See You, Taare Zameen Par, Yuvvraaj, RabNe Bana Di Jodi and events like IIFA, Filmfare, TOIFA Zee Cine and StarParivaar awards, Shiamak has given bollywood and the world a fusionof style that has people screaming for more. Currently the best as wellas the biggest bollywood contemporary dance school in Canada,Shiamak Davar personally designs the program for Mosaic Festivalbringing novel performances and ideas to enthrall the audience.As a long standing tradition of the Mosaic festival, the SHIAMAK TorontoDance Team ends the festivities on a high note year after year. They willperform on Saturday, August 16 at the Main Stage.

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Toronto - Scotiabank BuskerFest in support of Epilepsy Toronto,the city's wildly successful international street per formers fes-tival, returns for its 15th year. Organizers Epilepsy Toronto, inpar tnership with the Downtown Yonge Business ImprovementArea (BIA), announced that the festival will run from Thursday,August 21 to Sunday, August 24, 2014 in the Downtown YongeNeighbourhood (Yonge St. from Queen to College St.), its sec-ond time in the new location. Scotiabank BuskerFest is fourdays and four nights of non-stop, action-packed, fun-filled en-ter tainment: comedians, contor tionists, fire jugglers, acrobats,clowns, daredevils, magicians, and lots of music!Over 120 of the best street performers from Canada and aroundthe world will excite and amaze Torontonians and tourists alike.Nor th America's largest busker festival, Scotiabank BuskerFestis also the largest epilepsy awareness event in the world! Theevent raises money for Epilepsy Toronto, a non-profit organi-zation dedicated to help people with epilepsy and their fami-lies live well by providing counseling, employment suppor t,advocacy and education.

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Shiamak Toronto Dance Teamto perform on August 16

BRAMPTON MAYOR SUSAN FENNELL AND SENATOR DR ASHA SETH DANCING WITH ACE BOLLYWOOD CHOREOGRAPHERS BOSCOAND CAESAR AND THE TRAINERS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOSCO CAESAR DANCE COMPANY. THE DUO HAS BEEN ASSO-CIATED WITH THE INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY FOR OVER 14 YEARS AND HAVE WORKED WITH NEARLY ALL THE SUPERSTARS LIKEAMITABH BACHCHAN, AAMIR KHAN, SHAH RUKH KHAN, AKSHAY KUMAR, HRITHIK ROSHAN, RANBIR KAPOOR, PRIYANKA CHOPRA,DEEPIKA PADUKONE, KATRINA KAIF, AND KAREENA KAPOOR.


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FOREIGN EQUITY CAN FLAG NEXTLEG OF INDIAN RAIL'S JOURNEY

BY ARVIND PADMANABHAN

New Delhi (IANS): A momentous decision by Prime Minister NarendraModi government late Wednesday, allowing 100-percent foreign eq-uity in big-ticket projects of Indian Railways for the first time, canprove a game-changer for the 160-year-old network in India that wasseen floundering in recent decades due to a mix of issues, notablypolitical populism, lack of clarity in executing its social obligationsand paucity of funds.India boasts one of the oldest railroad networks in the world and alsoamong the largest, ferrying some 23 million people, or a populationthe size of Australia, on its coaches each day. But this long journey,since the first train service was launched in 1854 between Bombay(Mumbai now) and its suburb Thane, somewhat lost velocity.The outcome, accordingly, proved disastrous.Rail-related accidents kept mounting as allocation of money for safetybecame a victim of irrational tariff regimes, with successive govern-ments subsidising ordinary passenger travel by freight earnings andpremium tickets. The rail infrastructure, too, suffered as new trainskept being added without much thought on expansion andmodernisation.Little wonder, a commonly used parameter to measure the efficiencyof a railway system -- the operating ratio, which tells the percentageof revenues that goes into day-to-day operation and maintenance --suffered immensely. This ratio for Indian Railways declined to anunsustainable level of over 95 percent in 2010-11 from around 80percent in the 1950s. This is one of the worst globally. A figure of 75-80 percent or lower is what is seen as a healthy benchmark.Cut to January 2014. Prime Minister Modi, who led his BharatiyaJanata Par ty (BJP) to victory in the recent national elections, prom-

ised to the people something they had never imagined could ever beimplemented in India."We have such a huge rail network. But it is our misfor tune that noattention is paid to the railways in the country. The change that Japan'srail system has undergone, it deserves to be applauded," said Modiduring an election speech in the national capital."End of the day, the change there occurred because Japan introducedthe concept of bullet trains and got the country elevated. China fol-lowed that concept. In India, we have such a long rail network, butdon't think of its modernisation," said Modi, who has made a numberof visits to both these countries to study their infrastructure develop-ment.If this was not a major surprise for the people, Modi also promisedwhat he called a diamond quadrilateral rail network, on the lines of asimilar project for roads, with high-speed trains inter-connecting allthe four metros and, with it, other key cities.His idea: A person in any par t of India should be able to reach anydestination in no more than 24 hours using the country's road and railinfrastructure.Today, for the record, the longest train service in India is Vivek Ex-press that covers a distane of 4,272 km between Kanyakumari inIndia's south to Dibrugarh in the nor theast, taking as many as 82hours -- that is, more than three days, not counting the delays.All this was the result of a major constraint: lack of enabling policymeasures for Indian Railways to attract capital. By Railway MinisterD.V. Sadananda Gowda's latest estimate, shared in his maiden railbudget last month, the railroad network in India needs $38 billion in10 years for modernisation and upgrade.Now cut fur ther to Aug 6. Modi, who knows the Indian Railways ratherwell, having travelled extensively on its vast network during his daysas a volunteer of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS), of which he was a preacher, made the first real move towardsthis direction.A cabinet meeting he chaired Wednesday evening allowed 100 per-cent foreign equity in areas such as high-speed train systems, subur-ban railroad networks and dedicated freight projects to be imple-mented in public-private par tnership mode. It was a move that had towait close to 25 years since the current phase of economic reformswas initiated in July 1991.All these projects mentioned above involve big-ticket investments.Technology, coaches and the engines for high-speed trains can be

bought. The infrastructure also can be created. But the money will notcome in till such time an enabling policy environment is attractive forinvestors -- domestic or foreign. The option of foreign equity weighedheavily in favour.To give a glimpse into the financial needs of these projects, the pro-posed high-speed rail service between Mumbai and Ahmedabad,touted as India's first step towards bullet trains, is set to cost $10billion. The nation-wide freight corridor project is seen needing $13billion in six years, and more later. The entire north east is crying fora good rail network and the terrain there is none-too-easy for a trainsystem.But thus far, India's experiment with public-private projects in rail-ways hasn't been quite encouraging. But that has to change, given theambitious projects that need private and overseas capital in largedoses.The decision Wednesday also comes significantly close to Modi'svisit to Japan -- a country that has been a major source of funding forlong-gestation railway projects such as the dedicated freight corri-dor. Some significant announcements can be expected during thevisit.Often, laudatory facts and figures are bandied about Indian Railways:That it ranks among the world's top five, ferrying 23 million peopleand 2.65 million tonnes of goods daily from 7,172 stations on 12,617passenger and 7,421 freight trains. Also that the impressive networkstretches from Baramulla in the Himalayan foothills in Jammu andKashmir, to the southern tip of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, throughsome difficult terrain.But one another fact numbs such achievements: In terms of routekilometres, very little has been added to the network since indepen-dence. Even if one concedes that many of these lines were single-track some decades ago and have now been double- or multi-tracked,the route-kilometres of Indian Railways was 53,000 km then and65,000 km now. The extolling statistics also fall flat each time a railaccident claims a life, a train reaches its destination late, a runningcoach gets overpowered by stench, the food served is unpalatableand the hygiene levels at rail establishments continue to be poor.The Indian Railways sure has miles to go. But now, it appears, with anod to foreign equity, and an evolving roadmap being personally moni-tored by the prime minister, a valid ticket has been issued to thiscrucial infrastructure to fund its ambitious journey towards a world-class network.

Indian cricketers mustn't lose heartBY ASHIS RAY

London, (IANS/RAY) After two terribly disappointing cricket Testmatches -- especially the last one that ended at Old Trafford, Manches-ter Saturday, a 1-2 deficit in the series and only one more encounteryet to come, India have no alternative other than to pull out all stops inpursuit of squaring the series against England.It is, of course, easier said than done, but coach Duncan Fletcher hasgot to re-motivate his wards to make a final, face-saving effor t. Anoverwhelming majority in the current Indian squad arrived in Englandthis summer sans the scars of the 2011 whitewash. But after thereverse at Southampton and now the drubbing at Old Trafford, they arewounded as well.Yet, all is not lost. The present lot of Englishmen are not world beat-ers. If India get their act together in batting, including finding an an-swer to James Anderson (who may not be as incisive at The Oval asat Old Trafford and could also be tiring), turning the tables is notimpossible.The Indians must, though, erase the memory of the last two tests,think of it as a bad dream and focus on what they did right in thesecond Test, which they won.Coach Fletcher's primary task is to concentrate on his batsmen. MuraliVijay, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have demonstratedthey have the potential to prosper. They left the ball outside their off-stump in a most efficient manner at Lord's. This they need to repli-cate.Virat Kohli's inability to adopt a side-on approach to Anderson, withhis left toe pointing towards extra cover and not mid-off when negoti-ating outswing off the front foot, has been his undoing; but his recordin Australia and South Africa (where, admittedly, the ball doesn't swingas much as in England and cricket is played with balls with lesspronounced seams) and in New Zealand indicates he possesses class,which is permanent even if form is temporary.Since India have given Shikhar Dhawan a fair trot and now opted forGautam Gambhir, who was, it has to be said, thrown into the deep endin the challenging conditions of Old Trafford in the Indian first inningsafter a month without any match practice, they may as well perse-vere with him in the hope that he will shine as he once did in NewZealand.At The Oval, London, England's oldest Test ground, wickets in Augusthave historically been good for batting, except for a little life for quickerbowlers on the first morning and for spinners on the last one-and-halfdays. And as of now, there is no forecast of rain during the match,other than on the four th day.In such circumstances, India must gamble in order to try and level thecontest. If they replace Ravindra Jadeja with a faster bowler - IshantSharma automatically, if he is physically fit - they would be wellequipped for a wicket with a bit of grass and moisture, which thecurator under guidance from the England and Wales Cricket Boardcould be persuaded to retain.Should the tourists feel uneasy about the fragility of the batting, thenStuar t Binny can be recalled in place of Pankaj Singh, who whilerelatively luckless in his two appearances, has also been inconsis-tent in his line and length and patently cannot bat to save his life!Mohammed Shami, if he can ratchet up his old pace, would have

more wicket-taking prospect than Binny, but is obviously a lesserbatsman.So, all are available, here is a recommendation from one who hascovered cricket in England every summer since 1977: Mahendra SinghDhoni (captain and wicket-keeper), Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir,Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Stuar t Binny orMohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Varun Aaron and Ishant Sharma.



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AMOUNT OF LEASEDCOMMERCIAL/RETAILSPACE UP IN JULY ON AYEAR-OVER-YEAR BASISTORONTO - Toronto Real Estate Board President PaulEtherington announced that TREB Commercial Network Mem-bers repor ted 360,808 square feet of space leased on a persquare foot net basis through the TorontoMLS system inJuly. This result, which included transactions with pricingdisclosed, was down from 696,939 square feet repor ted inJuly 2013. The amount of leased commercial/retail spacewas up on a year-over-year basis, whereas the amount ofindustrial and office space leased was down. Industrialproper ties accounted for 60 per cent of total square footageleased."Commercial real estate transactions are often complex innature, so it is common to see volatility in the amount ofspace leased from one year to the next on a monthly basis.While the amount of industrial space leased was down com-pared to July 2013, the average industrial lease rate was upover the same period. Par t of this increase was due to thefact that there were fewer large spaces leased this pastJuly compared to last year. Smaller proper ties tend to com-mand compara t i ve l y g rea te r l ease ra tes , " sa id Mr.Etherington.The average per square foot net lease rate for industrialproper ties was up year-over-year to $5.45. The averageoffice lease rate was also up over the same period to $13.75.The average commercial/retail lease rate was down overthe same time frame to $18.77.There were 71 combined industrial, commercial/retail andoffice proper ties sold through the TorontoMLS system withpricing disclosed in July 2014. This result represented anincrease compared to July 2013, when 60 sales were re-por ted. Sales for industrial and commercial/retail proper-ties were up year-over-year, while sales of office proper-ties were down.Average sale prices on a per square foot basis were downin July for the major commercial segments compared tolast year. However, the dip in average selling prices wasdriven, in large par t, by a change in the composition ofproper ties sold, both in terms of geographic location in theGTA and the size of proper ties sold. "It is encouraging tosee that the number of commercial property sales in July wasup in comparison to last year. Realizing that this result only dealswith the month of July, it will be interesting to see if sales growthcontinues through the remainder of the third quarter. If this turnsout to be the case, it could suggest that GTA businesses are ex-pecting improved economic activity in the region moving forward,"continued Mr. Etherington.

CITY OF MISSISSAUGA TO HOST THE 2016ONTARIO SUMMER GAMES

Mississauga - The City of Mississauga has been selected by Sport Alli-ance Ontario to be the official host of the 2016 Ontario Summer Games,taking place on August 11 to 14, 2016."I am excited to welcome the best young athletes from across Ontario toour great city," said Mayor Hazel McCallion. "The Games will not onlyshowcase Mississauga's love of spor t and our world class facilities,they will also put the spotlight on our youth-friendly community.""Our successful bid focused on the strong qualities Mississauga bringsto the table," said Paul Mitcham, Commissioner, Community Services."We highlighted our premiere sport venues, ease of access, expert eventmanagement, enthusiastic volunteers and willingness to work with alllevels of government and sport governing bodies."The City will work with Sport Alliance Ontario to form the MississaugaGames Steering Committee. The Chair of the committee will be PeterFonseca, a former Ontario Cabinet Minister and Member of ProvincialParliament who also represented Canada in the marathon event in the1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

"What a wonderful time to be involved in Mississauga's sport commu-nity," said Fonseca. "Hosting the 2016 Ontario Summer Games will en-hance our reputation as a sport-oriented and welcoming city. I am proudto lead the committee that will make these Games a success."The City of Mississauga will reach out to the community for volunteerand sponsorship support leading up to the Games. The Ontario SummerGames are the largest multi-sport event in the province, with over 3,000young athletes, coaches, managers and major officials participating inover 22-25 different sport events.Hosting the Games supports the City's Sport Plan and Sport Tourismstrategy. The strategy provides a focused approach and vision for thefuture of competitive sport events in Mississauga. For more information,please visit mississauga.ca/sportplan.The Ontario Games are a program of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture andSpor t and delivered in partnership with Sport Alliance Ontario. For moreinformation about the Ontario Games or Sport Alliance Ontario, pleasevisit spor tallianceontario.com.

MISSISSAUGA MAYOR HAZEL MCCALLION RECEIVES THE ONTARIO SUMMER GAMES FLAG FROM WINDSOR MAYOR EDDIE FRANCIS.

City of Mississaugastarts Driveway WindowSnow Clearing ProgramMISSISSAUGA - The City's Driveway Windrow Snow ClearingProgram opens August 12 for older adults and people with dis-abilities to help clear snow at the end of driveways during roadplowing."The program is open early to reach as many people as possiblewith this service which helps people live independently," said BobLevesque, manager Works Maintenance & Operations. "The ser-vice runs after each snow plowing."Driveway Windrow Snow Clearing ProgramThis program runs from November 24, 2014 to March 13, 2015.The windrow snow clearing service will plow a three metre (10feet) wide area at the end of the driveway for one car topass. The service may take up to 36 hours after a snowstorm and bare pavement cannot be guaranteed.Who is Eligible?Residents who are 65 years and older in 2014 and peoplewith disabilities can apply for the program. The cost of theprogram is either $200 or free if the applicant meets finan-cial assistance criteria.How to Apply?Applications for the Driveway Windrow Snow Clearing Pro-gram are available onlineor at all community centres, theRecreation Customer Service Centre and the MississaugaSeniors' Centre. Visit the City's windrow web page for de-ta i l s on the p rogram and fo r an app l ica t ion . C i ty o fMississauga community centres will be accepting applica-tions until Friday, November 14 at 9pm.

Canada providing additionalhumanitarian support to Iraqis affectedby violence, Support will immediately

help address humanitarian needsOttawa, Ontario - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada

Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and LaFrancophonie, announced additional Canadian suppor t to addressthe dire humanitarian needs in nor thern Iraq."Canada continues to stand by the people of Iraq in these difficulttimes and condemns the terrorist actions of ISIS and the killing ofinnocent civilians in nor thern Iraq in the strongest possible terms,"said Minister Paradis. "Canada will continue working closely withour allies to determine how we can best continue to suppor t theneeds of Iraqi civilians, par ticularly religious minorities."Canada's assistance package will help alleviate the suffering ofthose affected by the ongoing conflict by distributing food, hy-giene kits, cooking materials, blankets, tents, medical suppliesand other essential supplies as well as making emergency re-pairs to essential water and sanitation facilities and improvingaccess to information.Of growing concern are the diminishing supplies of food, essen-tial items and fuel, as well as irregular access to electricity and

water caused by months of clashes and isolation. Health careservices have been disrupted and communication channels cut insome areas. Canadian officials, including Canada's ambassadorwho is now in Iraq, will continue to monitor the situation andassess the security and humanitarian challenges.Quick Facts· Violence in the last two months has displaced an estimated850,000 people in Iraq, bringing to 1.4 million the number of Iraqiswho have been displaced since the star t of the year. Since April2013, violence has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 Iraqis,mostly civilians in the Baghdad area.· Since the beginning of 2014, Canada has provided over $16Mto respond to humanitarian needs in Iraq, of which $6.8 million isfor populations affected by civil unrest and $9.5 million for Syrianrefugees. In June 2014, Iraq was added to the list of Canada'sdevelopment country par tners.· ISIS, formerly known as Al Qaida in Iraq, has been listed asa terrorist group in Canada under the Criminal Code since Augustof 2012.


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Unemployment rate down 0.1percentage points to 7.0%CONTD. FROM PAGE 1There was little employment change among people aged 25 to 54compared with the previous month and with a year earlier. From June to July,the unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points to 5.9%, as fewerpeople in this age group searched for work. Provincial summary. Followingthree consecutive months of decline, employment in Newfoundland andLabrador grew by 6,800 in July. The unemployment rate was little changed at11.9% as more people participated in the labour market. With July's gain,employment in the province is back to a level similar to that of one year earlier.Employment in Manitoba rose by 5,200 in July, pushing the unemploymentrate down 0.3 percentage points to 5.1%. On a year-over-year basis, employ-ment in the province was little changed. In New Brunswick, the number ofpeople working fell by 3,100. The unemployment rate was 9.8%, unchangedfrom a month earlier, as fewer people participated in the labour market.Compared with a year earlier, employment in the province was virtuallyunchanged. In July, employment was little changed in Saskatchewan. How-ever, a decline in labour force participation pushed the unemployment ratedown 0.6 percentage points to 3.3%, the lowest rate in the province sincecomparable data became available in 1976. Compared with a year earlier,employment in the province was up by 6,200 (+1.1%).Industry perspectiveEmployment in educational services increased by 32,000 in July, mainly inprimary and secondary schools in Ontario (see "Seasonal adjustment" and"Educational services" in the note to readers). In July, there were 15,000 morepeople employed in information, culture and recreation. Compared with arecent low in July 2013, employment in this industry has increased by 53,000(+7.0%). The number of people employed in construction declined by 42,000in July, offsetting an increase in the previous month. Compared with 12months earlier, employment in this industry was down by 50,000 (-3.7%), theresult of declines in the fall of 2013. Employment in health care and socialassistance fell by 29,000 in July, mostly in the social assistance sector inQuebec. Compared with a recent low in July 2013, employment in thisindustry was up by 87,000 (+4.1%).In July, self-employment declined by 29,000, while there was little changeamong private sector and public sector employees. Compared with 12 monthsearlier, the number of employees increased in both the private sector (+1.0%or +113,000) and the public sector (+1.3% or +48,000). Self-employmentwas down 1.7% (-46,000) over this 12-month period.Summer employment for studentsFrom May to August, the Labour Force Survey collects labour market dataabout young people aged 15 to 24 who were attending school full time inMarch and who intend to return to school full time in the fall. The publisheddata are not seasonally adjusted; therefore, comparisons can only be madeon a year-over-year basis.Compared with July 2013, employment was up by 30,000 among studentsaged 20 to 24, the result of an increase in part-time work. The rate of employ-ment for this group was little changed at 70.0%, as employment and thenumber of returning students increased at a similar pace. Their unemploy-ment rate was 8.0%, also little changed compared with a year earlier.The employment rate for students aged 17 to 19 was 58.5% in July, similar tothe rate observed 12 months earlier. Their unemployment rate was unchangedat 16.8%.Among students aged 15 to 16, the rate of employment was 29.6%, virtuallyunchanged compared with July 2013. Their unemployment rate was 28.0%,also little changed from 12 months earlier.Canada-US comparisonAdjusted to US concepts, the unemployment rate in Canada was6.0% in July, compared with 6.2% in the United States. In the 12months to July, the unemployment rate in Canada was down 0.3percentage points, while the rate in the United States fell 1.1percentage points. In July, the employment rate in Canada (ad-justed to US concepts) was 61.9%, compared with 59.0% in theUnited States.

EDMUNDSTON, NB - PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER INTRODUCES JOCELYNE ROY-VIENNEAU AS THE NEW LIEUTENANTGOVERNOR OF NEW BRUNSWICK. PMO PHOTO BY JASON RANSOM

PM announces Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau asLieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced the appoint-ment of Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau as Lieutenant Governor of NewBrunswick. The appointment was made in keeping with thenon-par tisan process to select Lieutenant Governors that wasannounced by the Prime Minister in November 2012. PrimeMinister Harper made the announcement prior to attending theopening ceremony of the World Acadian Congress.Ms. Roy-Vienneau has held a number of successful positions ineducation and engineering. She is currently Vice-President atthe Université de Moncton’s Shippagan Campus, having servedin that capacity since 2005. Prior to that, Ms. Roy-Vienneauwas Assistant Deputy Minister, Post-Secondary Education, withNew Brunswick’s Depar tment of Education. She also heldseveral positions at the New Brunswick Community College inBathurst, including Director General and Dean of Education.She began her career as a Project Engineer at the Esso Impe-rial Oil Limited refinery in Montreal.Ms. Roy-Vienneau also currently serves as the chairperson ofthe board of directors of Coastal Zones Research InstituteIncorporated, a board member of the Fondation communautairede la Péninsule acadienne, a member of the board of directorsof the Comité Avenir Jeunesse de la Péninsule acadienne, anda member of the board of directors of the Collectivitéingénieuse de la Péninsule acadienne.This appointment is the culmination of a process under taken bythe Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal appointments.Lieutenant Governors are appointed by His Excellency theGovernor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minis-

ter. They serve five-year terms, during which they act as theirprovince’s vice-regal representative.Prime Minister Harper also took the oppor tunity to thank theHonourable Graydon Nicholas for his dedicated service asLieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.Quick FactsMs. Roy-Vienneau was the first woman to occupy a secularposition as Vice President of a campus at the Université deMoncton, the first woman to direct a francophone community college inNew Brunswick, and one of the first women to graduate from theUniversité de Moncton’s Faculty of Engineering. Throughout her career, Ms. Roy-Vienneau has sought topromote research and innovation. In both her career andcharitable activities, she has devoted her time and vast energyto the development of the Acadian community and the promo-tion of New Brunswick business, education, environment,health, music and youth.Quote“Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau’s career as an engineer, educator,manager and senior administrator, as well as her immensecontributions to business and community development in NewBrunswick, make her an excellent choice as Lieutenant Gover-nor. She has been a tireless champion of her community, theprovince’s business sector and its post-secondary educationsystem. She brings to her appointment an impressive skill setand vast professional network that are very well suited topromoting New Brunswick’s future.” – Prime Minister StephenHarper



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Bring promised grants forPunjab: Congress tells BadalChandigarh, (IANS) The Congress in Punjab Sunday lashed out atthe silence of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy ChiefMinister Sukhbir Badal over the state's financial 'mess' and said theyshould ensure that Punjab gets the grants from the central govern-ment which the two had promised the state.Punjab's Leader of Opposition Sunil Jakhar, in a statement here, saidthe financial situation of the state was pathetic, in spite of a friendlygovernment at the Centre."There is no improvement in fiscal management of the state. The situ-ation is precarious as unpaid bills running into crores of rupees, delayin salaries of government employees etc. manifest the poor financialposition," Jakhar said."Earlier, you had a perfect alibi to blame the UPA government for yourfinancial mismanagement caused due to your fiscal profligacy. Nowthat you are partner and ally of the central government, people arewaiting to see those truckloads of grants from the central governmentland on the soil of Punjab and the much-hyped beginning of golden agein Punjab under Mr. (Narendra) Modi's stewardship," Jakhar said.Pointing out to a report of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the year2013-14, Jakhar said Punjab availed overdraft for 49 days and resortedto ways and means advances for 120 days."You live on the edge of borrowing and yet claim to be prosperous... isnothing but obsessive hallucinations, and try to mislead people intomisbelieve... is nothing but a cruel joke perpetrated on the people ofPunjab," Jakhar said.

Whatsapp-equipped smartphonesto catch corrupt policemenBy Rajnish SinghNew Delhi, (IANS) The next time a police officer seeks a bribe orharasses you, don't feel frustrated. Help is at hand, literally inthe form of your smar tphone equipped with chat applicationWhatsapp. Apar t from calling and registering a complaint, a re-corded audio or video clip can be sent to the newly-launchedhelpline -- 9910641064 -- via the popular chat engine and actionis taken within hours.Since its launch Aug 6, action has been taken against three po-licemen. "This helpline number is launched under the guidanceof Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi to make the force cor-ruption free," Additional Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) G.C.Dwivedi, under whose observation the helpline operates, toldIANS. "Officers found guilty are booked under section 7 (publicservant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in re-spect of an official act) and section 13 (criminal misconduct bya public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and othersections under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)," he added.Explaining the working of the 24x7 helpline launched by DelhiPolice's vigilance depar tment, a police officer said: "After wereceive a clip with the evidence against an officer, we inform asenior about the complaint.""We then call the complainant and get detailed information aboutthe case while the clip is sent to the forensic science laboratoryin Rohini to check its authenticity. If it's genuine, a complaint isregistered and the guilty officer is arrested and suspended withimmediate effect."According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Vigilance) SindhuPillai, within three days of its launch, the helpline has received43 calls."We got 14 calls on the first day (Aug 6), the following day we gottwo complaints and 27 were received Aug 8," Pillai told IANS.

To study or not to study English: India debatesNew Delhi (IANS): Nearly two centuries after Lord Macaulay champi-oned the introduction of English as a medium of education in India in1835, a debate is still raging on the suitability of what many describeas a "foreign language" in apolyglot nation that has 22 official languages and over 350 dialects.The debate was rekindled in the last few days as civil services aspir-ants thronged the streets here in large numbers demanding that theCivil Services Aptitude Test - which they said was a glaring disad-vantage to students from non-English backgrounds - be scrapped.Though the government announced on Aug 4 that the marks in theEnglish language comprehension skills of the UPSC aptitude test willnot be included in the merit list, the protestors remained far fromsatisfied, impelling many to ponder thatresentment against the English language is probably more intensethan we imagined.Pavan Verma, former diplomat and author, said English is not a lan-guage of social inclusion."English is a foreign language and I believe it can never be a languagefor social inclusion. It has created a literary upper tier where peoplewith a cer tain fluency and accent are more privileged," Verma toldIANS.Macaulay had, in justifying the introduction of English education, saidits purpose was to create a "generation of Indians" who were "Indiansin blood and colour but English in tastes, mannerisms, opinions andintellect"."Nobody is denying the impor tance of the English language, but wecannot allow it to become a barrier to those whose knowledge ofEnglish is limited or who have not studied in English medium schools,"Varma addedParanjoy Guha Thakur ta, a political commentator who suppor ts thestudents' agitation, described English as a "colonial hangover".

"I think the ongoing protest has its merits. It is not just about theUPSC. The way people are selected in various competitive examina-tions clearly demonstrates a colonial hangover," Thakur ta told IANS,alluding to the undue prominence given to the English language.He also said that this prominence is reflective of class divisions."The ability to read or write English invariably has a class connota-tion. It is reflective of people who are wealthy. For example, anyleading English daily fetches more adver tisements than a leadingHindi daily which may have a greater circulation. This is becauseeven the adver tisers recognise the English readers as wealthierpeople," Thakur ta maintained.Aam Aadmi Par ty's chief spokesperson Yogendra Yadav too believesEnglish is over-emphasised. He said the protests were in fact againstthe "entire system that is rigged against Indian languages.""The entire system of higher education that controls white collar jobsis loaded against bhasa (regional languages) medium students. Moreoften than not they need to switch overnight to the English medium toenter the best institutions in the country. Even if the institution for-mally permits one or more Indian language as a medium of examina-tion, there are multiple informal barriers at each step: syllabi, pre-scribed books, classroom teaching, question papers, and examinersare all biased in favour of English," Yadav wrote in a column pub-lished in The Indian Express on August 4.Amreesh Pandey, spokesman of NSUI, the student wing of the Con-gress, said the predominance of English has led to discriminationagainst people whose medium of education was Hindi."Personally, I feel there is a mentality in our society that if somebodyis studying in a Hindi medium institute, he is seen as an inferior. Thismentality is the problem," Pandey told IANS.He fur ther said that the focus should shift from one's medium of edu-cation to what skills one has learnt irrespective of the medium.



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Centre to aid Metro projectsin cities with 10 lakh peopleNew Delhi (IANS): Considering the growing popularity and demandfor Metro services, the government has now proposed assistingsuch projects in towns and cities with a population of 10 lakh, UrbanDevelopment Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said Monday."Until now, we have been taking up only cities of about 20 lakh, butfrom now we are planning to take up 10 lakh also," the minister saidat the inauguration of the first rooftop solar power plant at a DelhiMetro station.The solar plant, located at the Dwarka Sector 21 station, was inau-gurated by Naidu along with Power, Coal and New and RenewableEnergy Minister Piyush Goyal from the Metro Bhavan in centralDelhi's Barakhamba Road area.The lights of a platform - that uses solar power generated by theplant were switched on by remote."This initiative of solar power generation to meet Delhi Metro's partrequirement of power is an all out effor t to promote renewableenergy resources. "The need of the hour is to promote renewableenergy because 80 percent of our fossil fuel energy needs are beingmet through imports... this is not a happy situation and we cannotcontinue it for long," Naidu said.He said that despite having 365 days of sun, India has not been ableto utilise it in a proper manner.There was an imperative need to promote renewable energy, in-crease power generation and become energy sufficient, the minis-ter said. Agreed Goyal, who said the government's mission was tofast-track the development of renewables and show the world thatIndia can become its "renewable capital".The units generated by the 500 kwp plant will be used for meetingthe power requirements at the station.The plant is the result of cooperation between Delhi Metro andGerman government-owned not-for-profit enterprise GIZ.The Delhi Metro will be installing five more such solar power gen-erating rooftop plants in future at the Yamuna Bank Metro station,Yamuna Bank depot, Anand Vihar Metro station, Pragati MaidanMetro station and the Metro residential complex at Pushp Vihar.

LALU, NITISH ARE TOGETHER AGAIN AFTER 20 YEARS

Punjab wants Centre to relaxMBBS admission criterionChandigarh (IANS): The Punjab government has urged the uniongovernment to relax the admission criterion for MBBS course forthe Scheduled Caste (SC) students.Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission chairman RajeshBagha Thursday said 71 seats of SC quota in medical colleges inPunjab were still vacant.The Punjab government wants the central government to lower theadmission cut off marks from 40 percent to 30 percent for SC stu-dents to secure admission in medical colleges of the state."It has come to the notice of SC commission that 71 seats of SCquota are still vacant, which could not be filled due to the strictadmission norms of the union government. Many SC organizationshave also given representations in this regard," Bagha said.

Patna (IANS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Mon-day came together at an election rally for the first time in two decades,with the former asking Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav to join handsin Uttar Pradesh to take on the BJP.Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar hugged each other at the rally ahead ofa by-election in Hajipur assembly constituency in Bihar's Vaishalidistrict. It is one of 10 seats which will see by-elections.Both the leaders par ted ways in 1994 but came together after the BJPswept the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.Lalu Prasad appealed to Samajwadi Par ty chief Mulayam Singh Yadavand Bahujan Samaj Par ty (BSP) supremo Mayawati to team up todefeat the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP won 71 of the 80 LokSabha seats."I appeal to both Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav to come to-gether like we have come together to defeat the BJP," Lalu told therally.The BSP was wiped out in the Lok Sabha battle while the SamajwadiPar ty won just five seats.Lalu Prasad said he and Nitish Kumar wanted to send a strong mes-sage across the country to unite non-BJP forces."It is a new beginning ... to ensure the formation of a strong alliance oflike-minded people against the BJP," he said.

Lalu Prasad accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying thepeople by not fulfulling the election promise. "We have joined handsin view of the dangerous designs of the BJP," he said.Nitish Kumar, who quit as Bihar's chief minister in May after his par tywas routed in the general election, also targeted Modi, saying thatpeople were still waiting for the promised "achche din" (good days).The JD-U won only two of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats -- as against20 seats in 2009 when it had allied with the Bharatiya Janata Par ty.It par ted ways with the BJP last year, ending a 17-year alliance.Hundreds of RJD and JD-U suppor ters gathered at an open groundnear Hajipur, about 30 km from Patna, since morning to witness thecoming together of the leaders who have both served as Bihar chiefminister.State RJD president Ram Chandra Purve said both leaders will cam-paign together again Aug 17 at Narkatiyaganj, Mohania and Chapraassembly constituencies.It was in the 1991 Lok Sabha polls that Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar hadlast campaigned together.The ruling JD-U's new allies, RJD and Congress, are contesting the by-polls together in a bid to defeat the BJP.Their alliance was announced July 30 and their leaders said the movewas necessary to strengthen secular forces.

ACTOR TURNED POLITICIAN AND BJP MP FROM PATNA SAHIB SHATRUGHAN SINHA WITH HIS SISTER ON RAKSHA BANDHAN IN PATNA. IANS


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CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI (R) MEETS WITH INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SUSHMA SWARAJ ON THE SIDELINES OF THE SERIES OFFOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETINGS ON EAST ASIA COOPERATION IN MYANMAR'S CAPITAL OF NAY PYI TAW. PHOTO: XINHUA/U AUNG/IANS

Washington, (IANS) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,in an interview published Sunday, blamed President BarackObama's faulty foreign policy for the rise of militants in both Syriaand Iraq. Talking to the Atlantic monthly, Clinton used harsh wordsto describe the failure that resulted from Obama's decision to stayon the sidelines during the first phase of the Syrian conflict, wherethe opposition has been trying to topple President Bashar al- Assad,xinhua repor ted."The failure to help build up a credible fighting force of the peoplewho were the originators of the protests against Assad -- thefailure to do that left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have nowfilled," she said. Serving as the top American envoy during Obama'sfirst term, Clinton is widely expected to make another run for the

presidency and is seen as trying to distance herself from the presi-dent, whose foreign policy has been under sharp attack in recentmonths. The US fighters and drones have launched air raids ontargets of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in nor thernIraq for three consecutive days since Obama authorised themove Thursday to protect Americans as well as to conduct hu-manitarian missions.Echoing some Republicans, Clinton said Obama lacked a strat-egy for confronting the threats posed by militants."Great nations need organising principles, and 'don't do stupidstuff' is not an organizing principle," she said, referring to a slo-gan coined by the president recently to describe his foreign-policydoctrine.

HILLARY CLINTON FAULTSOBAMA'S FOREIGN POLICY

Terrorists crippled in NorthWaziristan: Pakistan armyIs lamabad, ( IANS) The Pakistan mi l i tary has to ld thecountry's leadership that terrorists are on the run and theircommand and control systems have been "crippled" as aresult of the major military offensive in Nor th Waziristan.The political leadership was apprised about the existing situ-ation during a National Security Conference convened byPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday, Xinhua repor ted.The meet was attended by heads and representatives of allmajor polit ical par ties in the National Assembly and themilitary leadership to review progress in the military opera-tion launched in June.The army said that hundreds of local and foreign militantshave been killed during the long-awaited operation and theirsanctuaries destroyed.Director General Mil i tary Operations Major General AmirRiaz briefed the political leadership about the ongoing op-eration codenamed "Zarb-e-Azb" and the status of objectivesachieved so far, a statement from the prime minister's me-dia centre said after the conference.Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and Director General ofthe Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. Gen. Muhammad Zahirul Islam and the army's spokesperson Major General AsimSaleem Bajwa also attended the conference.

Iraqi president invitesAbadi to form governmentBaghdad (IANS): I raqi President Fuad Masoum Mondayasked Deputy Speaker Haidar al-Abadi to form the next gov-ernment in the country, media repor ts said.The state-run Iraqiya channel showed Masoum signing theletter, granting Abadi, the Shia coalition's nominee for primeminister, the power to form the next government, Xinhua re-por ted.Salim al-Jubouri, the Iraqi Speaker of parliament, and Ibrahimal-Jaafar i , the head of the Iraqi Nat ional Al l iance, werepresent at the televised meeting."The country is now in your hands," Massoum told Abadi.The deputy speaker thanked Masoum and pledged to do hisbest to form a government within a month, a time span stipu-lated in the constitution.Earlier, the Shia lawmakers in the umbrella organisation theIraqi National Alliance, which includes Maliki's State of theLaw bloc, sent a letter signed by 127 lawmakers, out ofmore than 170 members in the alliance, to President Masoum,nominating Abadi for the post to replace Maliki, according toBaghdad satellite channel.Masoum held a meeting with lawmakers of the alliance withthe attendance of the Speaker Jubouri, to discuss the politi-cal development, the channel said.The latest move is likely to increase political tension in thecountry. The Shia National Alliance had won the most parlia-ment seats in the April elections and Maliki had seen him-self as keeping the post for a third term. But he has beenaccused by critics of steering the country toward a sectar-ian war.He had earlier accused the president of committing a "clearconstitutional violation" by missing a deadline to ask thebiggest bloc in parliament to nominate a prime minister.In a boost to Maliki's bid to stay on for a third term, a topIraqi cour t Monday ruled that his group is the largest in thecountry's parliament.The decision meant that President Masoum, who Malikicriticised for not intervening after parliament failed to ap-point him, should have invited him to form a government.Pro-Maliki security forces were Monday seen deployed instrategic areas in the capital city, in par ticular the areassurrounding the Green Zone, which houses most Iraqi topoffices and ministries, as well as the US embassy, Al Jazeerarepor ted.Dozens of people loyal to Maliki took to the streets in FardousSquare in central Baghdad, urging a third-term for Maliki.Many threatened to hold sit-ins in the capital if Maliki is notasked to form a new cabinet.Maliki had, however, been under increasing pressure to giveup his attempt for a third term.

PAKISTAN CAN'T AFFORDCONFRONTATION: NAWAZ SHARIF

Islamabad, (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saidSaturday the country cannot afford political confrontation at a timewhen the security forces are fighting militants in Nor th Waziristan.At a National Security Conference here, Sharif called upon politi-cal par ties to act towards steering the country out of all chal-lenges, including the economy, Xinhua repor ted.Leaders of almost all major par ties, including the main opposi-

tion Pakistan Peoples Par ty (PPP), attended the conference, how-ever, Imran Khan, chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party, stayedaway. Chef of military operation Major Gen. Aamir Riaz, briefed the par-ticipants on the military operation in North Waziristan and said that therequired objectives have been achieved.The army chief, General Raheel Sharif and Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) head Lt. Gen. Zaheer-ul-Islam also attended the conference.

Photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on Aug. 9, 2014, shows Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (2nd Lfront) addressing National Security Conference in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday told thecountry's senior politicians and top military leadership that the country cannot afford political confrontation at a time when the security forcesare fighting armed groups in North Waziristan tribal region. (Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS)


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AP Palestinians stand in rubble of the al-Qassam mosque in central Gaza Strip, after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Mandarin Chinese teachersin high demand in IndonesiaJakarta (IANS): The demand for teachers of Mandarin Chineseis soaring in Indonesia as a rising number of students is show-ing interest in that language amid deepening bilateral rela-tions, an Indonesian Mandarin Chinese exper t said Wednes-day. The Chinese language has gradually gained large popu-larity in Indonesia and the number of Mandarin Chinese stu-dents, especially the local Indonesians, is increasing yearby year, Xinhua quoted Arifin Zain, the Indonesia Mandarineducation coordinating board executive chairman, as say-ing during a meet.Indonesia, with the largest Chinese Indonesian population,has seven million Mandarin Chinese users and learners,according to the data released by Hanban, or the ConfuciusInstitute Headquar ters, a Chinese public institution that pro-vides Chinese language and cultural teaching resourcesand services.Zain said, however, "the gap between the supply and de-mand of Chinese language teachers is very big" and Indo-nesia badly needs more qualified Chinese teachers.There are at present only 220 Chinese teachers from theChinese mainland teaching in Indonesia, and that is far fromenough to meet the huge demand, the exper t said.For over 30 years, during president Suhar to's iron-fistedrule, anything related to Chinese culture was restricted.Chinese schools were banned and people were discour-aged from speaking the language in public, according toThe Jakar ta Post.Since his downfall in 1998, Indonesia has had the freedomto fully explore the Chinese culture.For the future development of the Indonesia's Mandarin Chi-nese studies, Zain urged both the Indonesian and Chinesegovernments to improve education and cultural cooperation,promoting the bilateral teacher exchange and visa facilitationprogramme."I expect more overseas volunteer Chinese teachers can comeand teach in Indonesia and more Confucius Institutes from Chinacan be built," Zain said.

Burkina Faso bans bathunting over Ebola fearsOuagadougou (IANS): Burkina Faso's environment ministry hasbanned special hunting for bats, the main carrier of Ebolavirus, following threat of the disease which has already leftover 900 killed in West Africa since the beginning of theyear."The special hunt for bats which began on July 1 to Aug 31has been suspended across the national territory due torisks associated with Ebola fever," Xinhua quoted a minis-terial statement as saying Wednesday.Ebola virus is caused by a virus transmitted to human be-ings through bats or rats. It is very contagious and trans-mitted through direct contact with patients, infected bodyfluids as well as cloths of those infected with the disease.The World Health Organisat ion has noted that Guinea,Liberia, Sierra Leone and recently Nigeria are the coun-tries most affected by the disease in Africa.Though no case has so far been repor ted in the West Afri-can nation of Burkina Faso, the country's health ministrysaid Monday that measures had been put in place to counterany eventual outbreak of the disease.

Mandira Bedi to showcase sariline at Kenya Fashion WeekNew Delhi (IANS): After wow-ing fashionistas with her sarirange in the country, actress-designer Mandira Bedi is look-ing forward to presenting hercollection at the Kenya Fash-ion Week."I would be travelling a lot inthe coming month. I am goingto Singapore to conduct anauction for charity. Then I amgoing to Nairobi for KenyaFashion Week and then I amheaded to London for a trunk show," said the actress who washere Thursday to launch a new outlet of Satomi store, whichwill retail her saris in the capital.The actress, who rose to fame with her role in TV series"Shanti" and went on to give strong performances in films too,says she never plans anything in life."I have never planned anything in life. God has been very kindto me. Whatever has come, I have taken the opportunity. Evendesigning sari was not something that I have planned. Thatwas something that came from my husband (filmmaker RajKaushal)," she said.Are you planning to explore other avenues of designing?"There is a wonderful space for ready-to-wear saris and sarigowns as there are so many women who love saris, but don'tknow how to drape it. So such saris can be a nice change,"said Mandira.

PALESTINIANS ACCEPT NEW 72-HOURGAZA CEASEFIRE OFFER

Palestinian negotiators on Sunday said they had accepted anEgyptian proposal for a new 72-hour truce with Israel, clearingthe way for a possible resumption of talks on a long-term

ceasefire arrangement in the Gaza Strip.Israel had walked away from ceasefire talks over the weekend, aftermilitants resumed their rocket fire on southern Israel with the expira-tion of an earlier three-day truce. Sunday’s decision was aimed atbringing the Israelis back to the negotiations. There was no immedi-ate Israeli response.“We are here to look for an agreement. We cannot have an agreementwithout talks, so we accepted an Egyptian proposal to have a ceasefire

for 72 hours in order to resume the talks,” said a Palestinian negotia-tor. In nearly a month of fighting, more than 1,900 Palestinians werekilled, including hundreds of civilians, nearly 10,000 were woundedand thousands of homes destroyed. Sixty-seven people were killedon the Israeli side, including three civilians.The fighting ended in a temporary 72-hour ceasefire last Tuesday,during which Egypt had hoped to mediate a longer-term agree-ment. But when the three-day window expired, militants resumedtheir rocket fire, sparking new Israeli reprisals. The violence hascontinued throughout the weekend, albeit not as strong as at the heightof the fighting.

WASHINGTON/TNN: A US company that makes an experimental drugfor treating the often deadly Ebola virus said on Monday that it hassent all its available supplies to West Africa.Some 961 people have died from the hemorrhagic fever in SierraLeone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria since March during the largestEbola outbreak in history."In responding to the request received this weekend from a WestAfrican nation, the available supply of ZMapp is exhausted," said astatement on the Mapp Bio website."Any decision to use ZMapp must be made by the patients' medicalteam," it said, adding that the drug was "provided at no cost in allcases."The biomedical collaboration between US and Canadian researchersinvolves a drug that is manufactured in tobacco leaves and is hard toproduce on a large scale. The company did not reveal which nation

received the doses, or how many were sent.CNN repor ted that Liberia was to receive the sample doses. Thetwo American missionary workers who fell ill with Ebola whileworking in Monrovia last month were given doses of the drug.Both have been transpor ted to an isolation unit at Emory UniversityHospital in Atlanta, Georgia, where they are receiving continuouscare.A Spanish priest who was sickened with Ebola has also been givena dose. The ethics of distributing experimental medications to somepeople but not others was the focus of a special meeting of theWorld Health Organization on Monday.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedlystressed that the drug's effects are unknown, since it has not beenthrough a process of rigorous clinical trials.There is no medicine or vaccine for Ebola on the world market.

RUSSIA SENDS AID CONVOY TO UKRAINE DESPITEWESTERN WARNINGS OF "INVASION PRETEXT"

BRUSSELS/DONETSK: President Vladimir Putin said on Monday thatRussia is sending an aid convoy to eastern Ukraine despite urgentWestern warnings against using humanitarian help as a pretext for aninvasion.With Ukraine repor ting Russia has massed 45,000 troops on its bor-der, NATO said there was a "high probability" that Moscow couldintervene militarily in the country's east, where Kiev's forces areclosing in on pro-Russian separatists.Western countries believe that Putin - who has whipped up the pas-sions of Russians with a nationalist campaign in state-controlledmedia since annexing Crimea from Ukraine in March - could nowsend his forces into the east to head off a humiliating rebel defeat.

Thousands of people are believed to be shor t of water, electricity andmedical aid due to the fighting, but US President Barack Obama toldhis Ukrainian counterpar t that any Russian intervention without Kiev'sconsent would be unacceptable and violate international law.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso delivered ablunter message directly to Putin in a telephone call on Monday. "Presi-dent Barroso warned against any unilateral military actions in Ukraine,under any pretext, including humanitarian," the Commission said in astatement.The Kremlin, in its own account of the conversation, made clear thatMoscow would indeed send help to largely Russian-speaking east-ern Ukraine.



ACTORS AKSHAY KUMAR AND TAMANNAAH BHATIA DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE TO PROMOTE THEIR FILM ENTERTAINMENT.THE MOVIE CROSSED THE IRS 36 CRORES ON OPENING WEEKEND.

AJAY DEVGN, KAREENA KAPOOR AND ROHIT SHETTY AT SINGHAM TIME WEAR COLLECTION LAUNCH.

Politicians Sunday criticised a woman police officer for dancing inuniform alongside Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan at an eventhere. They pointed fingers at West Bengal Chief Minister MamataBanerjee who was also present.Sub-inspector Sampa Haldar was seen dancing to a popular numberfrom the Khan-starrer "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" as a host of top police offic-ers and Banerjee watched from the gallery at "Jai Ho", the KolkataPolice's annual cultural programme at the Netaji Indoor Stadium hereSaturday. Former city police Commissioner Nirupam Som said theofficer has belittled the sanctity of the police uniform."During my tenure, I would not have allowed any officer to dance likethat and belittle the sanctity of the uniform. I would have no problemshad she danced in civil clothes. I wonder how the superiors allowedthat," Som said Sunday. Former IPS officer Samir Gangopadhyay toosaid the police regulations did not allow any personnel to dance inuniform. "Going by what we saw yesterday (Saturday), I am afraidthat we might see our officers dancing like Chulbul Pandey," saidGangopadhyay, referring to a Salman Khan-starrer movie where thestar por trays a police inspector. State Congress president Adhir RanjanChowdhury accused Banerjee of defying the constitution by allowingthe officer to dance in uniform. "The constitution doesn't allow anyperson to dance like that in uniform. It's a shame that the sanctity ofpolice uniform was allowed to be violated. By allowing the officer todance like that, she (Banerjee) violated the constitution of India," said

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Chowdhury. With a bevy of actors and actresses being a regular fea-ture of government and Trinamool Congress-organised programmes,BJP state president Rahul Sinha said Banerjee's entry into politicswas a mistake."Going by her eagerness to involve film stars in each and everyprogramme, it seems our chief minister has wrongly entered politics.The sooner she realises that and quits politics, the better it will be forthe people of Bengal," said Sinha.

SRK AND MAMTA UNDER POLITICAL IRE

The posters of for thcoming film "PK" showing Bollywood super-star Aamir Khan vir tually nude, finally got some clothes hereSaturday. Vile Parle Congress legislator Krishna Hegde 'dressed'up the actor's poster and a cutout before a large number of peoplewho cheered and clapped their approval.Terming the actor's posters as "distasteful and against Indianculture," Hegde formally 'clothed' Aamir in the poster in a brightgreen pair of shor ts and a grey tee-shir t."Aamir Khan is a good actor and hosts Satyameva Jayate. Theseposters are distasteful and against Indian culture. They create awrong impression in the minds of families and youngsters whoconsider him an icon," Hegde said at the symbolic event.He urged Aamir to immediately withdraw this objectionable 'nudepresentation' on the movie "PK" posters, which "has crossedlimits." However, he clarified that the intention was not to indulgein moral policing but to send a message that such posters are notrequired for publicity for an acclaimed actor like Aamir.Aamir (49) had termed the controversial poster a "key ar t", de-picting the storyline of the movie made by Rajkumar Hirani.Defending it, Aamir had said, "When you (audience) will watchthe film then only you will be able to understand the idea behind(the poster). But I would just like to say that the kind of filmmaker,the kind of writer Rajkumar is, he always tries to present thethings, his thinking, in a unique way and that's why I am his hugefan." Besides Aamir, the movie - slated for a December release- features Sanjay Dutt, Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput.

'PK' posters finally 'clothed'

2O23 WORLD CUP IN INDIA

India vs Pakistanseries in 2015

In good news for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Indiancricket, ICC chief N Srinivasan on Friday said that the ICC World T20 in2016, ICC Champion's Trophy in 2021 and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cupwill be held exclusively in India. Two 50-over World Cups have been heldin the subcontinent before this, in 1996 and 2011, both of which werehosted by three countries. While India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka shared the1996 event, the 2011 World Cup took place in India, Sri Lanka andBangladesh."In the past, India used to get one ICC event in 16-18 years. We had the2011 World Cup in India after 15 uears and that we had to share with othercountries. Now three events will happen in eight years and that is verysignificant," Srinivasan told the Times of India.

" The ICC has confirmed that India and Pakistan are set to play abilateral series in the UAE in December 2015" The series, the first of six planned between the two countries in theFTP, is expected to comprise two Tests, five ODIs and two T20s" "As I understand, there has been an agreement that the two teams willplay each other soon," ICC chairman N Srinivasan told the Times of India



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BANG BANGRELEASE DATE: Oct 02, 2014

STAR CAST: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Danny

Denzongpa, Javed Jaffrey, Pawan

Malhotra

DIRECTOR(S): Siddharth Anand

PRODUCER(S): Fox Star Studios

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Film: HumptySharma Ki Dulhania1

'ENTERTAINMENT'IS MISCHIVIOUS AND MIRTHFUL

SINGHAM RETURNSRELEASE DATE: August 15, 2014

STAR CAST: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor

DIRECTOR(S): Rohit Shetty

GENRE: Action

While there were repor ts that the government is planning to takeback Saif Ali Khan's Padma Shri award, the Bollywood actor'swife Kareena Kapoor has put the rumours to rest by saying thatthe authorities have sent a letter mentioning they are not takingback the award."Government has already issued a letter saying they are nottaking his Padma Shri back," Kareena told repor ters during anevent here. The four th highest civilian honour was conferred onthe actor in 2010 for his contribution in the field of ar t but it wasrepor ted that the government is planning to take it back in thewake of a Mumbai cour t framing charges against him for as-saulting an NRI businessman at a hotel here."The letter is out and the media should have received the letterby now. This was given to him three to four years ago and theverdict of this case is not yet out. They are not revoking Saif'sPadma Shri," the actress added.It was repor ted that Saif hit a South Africa-based businessmanon his nose at a Colaba hotel in February 2012.

GOVERNMENT NOT TAKINGBACK SAIF'S PADMA SHRI

Cast: Junior, Akshay Kumar,

Tamannah, Mithun Chakraborty,

Krushna Abhishek

Direction: Sajid-Farhad

Rating: ***

Mumbai (IANS): The canine-hero's name in the list of actors in thecredit titles comes first because that's how Akshay Kumar wants it.This film tells you to love animals. It's a simple straightforwardpremise structured around a comical plot about a gold-digger wastrelwhose father leaves his billions to his dog. Canine apni mutthi mein!Playing the predatory retriever with an evil glint in his eye and wickedsmirk on his face, Akshay Kumar has a ball in the film. He does awickedly amiable mean act trying to poison, electrocute and drownthe canine. Admittedly, the characters on screen seem to enjoy them-selves more than the audience. Not that we don't share their enjoy-ment. For a large par t of the narration, "Enter tainment" is fun to watch.The script is deftly and devilishly put together. If only writer-turned-co-director Sajid-Farhad did not trip over the cascade of word-play,the going would have been much more pleasing.Lamentably every character speaks in a tumble of puns and wordplay, some of them painfully plodding and self-conscious. My mostcringe-wor thy ode to filmy word-play is, "Aapna Sonakshi seena taanke chal".Really, now. Where there are the saints there are also the Sinhas. Thecharacter played by the comically vibrant Krushna Abhishek cramsin actors' names in every sentence. This would have been infuriat-ingly obtrusive in a film of a more serious nature. No such calamitybefalls "Enter tainment".The biggest USP of the reasonably enter taining "Enter tainment" isthat it never makes the mistake of taking itself too seriously. In thehilarious opening, where in a product-endorsement spoof with RiteishDeshmukh, Akshay establishes his character as a rogue and a char-latan, the film hops skips and jumps through hilarious hoopla, some-time generating a reluctant laughter in the audience, at other timesleaving you a little numbed by the fatuous flavour of the farce.In one sequence, where the leading lady Tammannah's father MithunChakrabor ty(singularly unfunny) advises his daughter to marry thedog since husbands become "dogs" after marriage anyway, one is notsure if the co-directors aim to be kinky or comical.

Some scenes walk on thick ice, quite literally. The moral turning-point for Akshay's character vis-a-vis the canine happens in a scenespread out on a dangerously thin ice-bed. It defines what the film triesto achieve given its flimsy premise and nebulous moral ground.Holding the film from falling apar t is Akshay Kumar. Spor ting andsometimes sparkling with his comic timing, he helps the audience toover over the serious silliness of some of the material in the second-half where, in a style of cat-and-mouse game of "Home Alone" and"Dunston Checks In", Akshay gets even with two bumbling comicvillains played with anarchic gusto by Prakash Raj and Sonu Sood.Here is where the narration needed to exercise more temperance.Here is where "Enter tainment" errs. It doles out too much of the farci-cal garnish that tends to tarnish the innocence of the relationshipbetween Dog and Man.A blend of the mischievous and the mir thful "Enter tainment" is a green-lit blues-chaser which tends to get carried away with its fun of mood.The gags flow non-stop, accommodating a hefty amount of playing-time to letting the characters grow into precocious over-grown brats.In one sequence, when Akshay Kumar gets to know his father's bil-lions have gone to the dog, he rolls on the floor and wails like a baby.Dare any other A-lister actor do that. "Enter tainment" takes on thetripe that our cinema enjoys dishing out and turns it into some kind ofa queasy crap-convention that knows it is making little sense most of thetime and is not apologetic about its lowbrow aspirations.And yes, most of Akshay Kumar's chemistry is with his canine co-star, animperturbable retriever who seems resigned to being thrown in the middleof a plot which he cannot make sense of. We second that emotion.Tamannah has precious-little to do, and she does it not so well.

MARDAANIRELEASE DATE: August 22, 2014

STAR CAST: Rani Mukherjee

DIRECTOR(S): Pradeep Sarkar

GENRE: Action / Drama

RAJA NATWARLALRELEASE DATE: August 22, 2014

STAR CAST: Emraan Hashmi, Humaima

Malick,Paresh Rawal,Kay Kay Menon

DIRECTOR(S): Kunal Deshmukh

GENRE: Action / Drama



England's ten men hand India innings defeat

PAES TO SKIPDAVIS CUP

New Delhi (IANS): Tennis greatLeander Paes will skip India'sDavis Cup World Group playoffagainst Serbia to be held at theKSLTA Tennis Stadium in Banga-lore Sep 12-14.The All India Tennis Association(AITA), which will meet here Aug13 to select the team for thecrucial tie, said that thoughPaes wanted to play, he willbe unavailable due to "per-sonal compulsions".However, the Olympic med-allist will play in the Sep 19-Oct 4 Incheon Asian Games.The Davis Cup select ioncommittee meeting will chooseAug 13 the team for the tieagainst Serbia, AITA secretarygeneral Bharat Oza said."Leander Paes will play theAsian Games and was desirousof playing Davis Cup as well.However, due to personal com-pulsions, AITA has decided toaccept his request to not play inthe Davis Cup tie againstSerbia," Oza said in a statement.The winning country will qualifyfor the 2015 World Group whilethe losing country will contest inthe Zone Groups.India qualified for the playoffwhen they beat South Korea 3-1at Busan in the second roundof Group I Asia/Oceania inApril.The 2013 finalists, Serbia willtravel to India looking to con-tinue their seven-year pres-ence in the World Group.Serbia has made it to thequar ter finals or more everyyear since 2010.For India, this tie represents achance to return to the Davis Cup'stop table. Serbia hold a 2-1 head-to-head over India in Davis Cup.

Athleticsnationals toserve as

selection trialfor Asiad

Patiala (IANS): The FederationCup National Athletics Cham-pionships, to be held at theNational Institute of Sports hereAug 16-19, will serve as theselection trial for the partici-pating squad at the IncheonAsian Games."Punjab will be hosting a ma-jor athletics championship af-ter many years and we hope itwill further boost track and fieldspor ts in the state," PunjabAthletics Association (PAA)president Satvir Singh saidhere Thursday."We are thankful to the Athlet-ics Federation of India (AFI)president Adille Sumariwallafor allotting us the FederationCup to Punjab and we look for-ward to conducting more na-tional tourneys in the future. Ihope the event will witnessmany new records and brilliantperformances."PAA secretary K.P.S. Brar saidthat around 900 entries havealready been received for the18th edition of the NationalChampionships which willhave international technicalofficials.The Asian Games will be heldat Incheon, South Korea, fromSep 19 to Oct 4.

England 367 (Root 77,Buttler 70, Bell 58) beatIndia 152 (Dhoni 71, Broad6-25) and 161 (Ashwin 46*,Moeen 4-39) by an inningsand 54 runs

Hurr icane Ber tha? FromEngland's point of view, she cando her worst now. India wereblown away before the dreadfulforecast for Sunday could playany part in the four th Test. A woe-ful batting display on the third af-ternoon, significantly worse thantheir opening-day effor t becauseconditions were not as taxing,meant India subsided to 161 andhanded England victory by an in-nings and 54 runs despite Stuar tBroad being in hospital with asuspected broken nose and an illJames Anderson.Given the way one corner of theOld Trafford outfield could notcope with the downpour yester-day, it was not beyond the realmsof possibility that the final daycould have been in doubt if therain on Sunday had proved as badas predicted. India made all theconjecture irrelevant with a per-formance that lacked stomach,fight and basic common sense:some shots, such as MS Dhoni'sswipe to midwicket, and the run-out of Bhuvneshwar Kumar sug-gested they were not even inter-ested in t ry ing to see i f theweather could aid them. "We werenot up to the mark," Dhoni said atthe presentation.India lost nine wickets after tea,including one period of 5 for 13 in29 balls, and it was not the swing,seam and pace that caused mosthavoc. Instead, Moeen Ali twirledand spun his way to 4 for 39, tak-ing his series tally to 19, justwhen it appeared that England'sfirepower could have been cru-cially diminished.England were able to secure athree-day victory - their first over

India since 1967 at Edgbaston -without the services of Broad inIndia's second innings, after hehad been forced to retire hurt after ablow to the face from a Varun Aaronbouncer which squeezed between hisgrille and helmet. Blood dripped ontothe pitch as he was quickly attended bythe physio, although it is debatablewhether Broad or India's batsmen willleave Old Trafford with the more signifi-cant scars.It took a little longer for India's collapseto set in than the first innings - ChrisWoakes claimed his first wicket of theseries when he trapped M Vijay lbwbefore tea, before Gautam Gambhir andCheteshwar Pujara reached 53 for 1 -but their demise to 66 for 6 was in manyways more extraordinary given Englandwere a bowler down, the sun was outand the early new ball had been weath-ered.Anderson, battling what Alastair Cooktermed the "lurgy", removed Gambhirwith a short delivery - far from the mostvicious of the match - which was gloved

through to the keeper, then to the firstball of the next over Pujara was givenlbw against Moeen as he pressed for-ward. It was a large stride and HawkEye said the ball had turned enough toslip down the leg side. The fact Moeenwas turning the ball considerably, andoften, would soon come into playagain.Ajinkya Rahane, however, was donein less by the turn but more by one ofthe loosest shots he has played inthe series - driving a low return catchto Moeen who moved smartly to hisright. England, who could not help butbe aware of the forecast regardlessof how little regard cricketers saythey give it, could barely believe thegifts being handed out.For a moment, the carnage returnedto pace; there was a familiar outcometo the Anderson v Virat Kohli battle.Kohli had indicated he wanted to hithis way out of trouble but could onlyprovide another edge to Anderson -this time an inswinger rather than theoutswinger - which found its way to

second slip. The challenge of a rarefive-Test series is finding out a few ofthe India top order. It will require asearching examination for the likesof Kohli to lift themselves for the finalTest next week.Whether Ravindra Jadeja, who hasbeen a focal point in the series for avariety of reasons, plays in the finalgame is another matter. His off-the-mark shot, advancing down the pitchat Anderson and swiping a shortball through midwicket, suggestedhe was there for a good time, not along time - it also prompted a littlesarcastic clap, even a smile, fromthe under-the-weather Anderson.Next over, Jadeja completed a mis-erable match with the bat, to followtwo middling scores at the AgeasBowl, when he lunged at Moeenand edged to slip.By now Anderson had left the field.Surely Dhoni would at least try totake the game deeper? After theAgeas Bowl, he had said the Indianbatsmen had been too deferential

to Moeen and should attack himmore. He followed his own wordswith deeds, but his heave into theleg side could not beat a divingGary Ballance at midwicket.It was now all-but inevitable thatEngland would wrap the game upin the evening. There was momen-tary frustration when Jordan, whomassaged his figures with the fi-nal two wickets, overstepped whenBhuvneshwar edged to second slipbut another freebie was handed toEngland when Bhuvneshwar triedto come back for a second andcould not beat Moeen's arm - justthe speed of the throw this time,rather than the spin.R Ashwin continued to look as profi-cient as any of India's batsmen inthis match, driving and cutting asJordan strived for the final wickets,but an excellent piece of fielding atdeep square-leg by the substituteLiam Livingstone, a youngLancashire player, meant Jordan hadtwo balls at Aaron.

CHRIS JORDAN LEAPS IN THE AIR AFTER TAKING THE FINAL WICKET, ENGLAND V INDIA, 4TH TEST, OLD TRAFFORD.

Sachin advises sportspersons to be better individuals first

New Delhi, (IANS) Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar Friday said it was important forspor tsperons to be better individuals first and accept everything with humility and staygrounded.Tendulkar, who retired from the game last year, passed on advice he got from his fatherduring his playing days to the medal winners of the 2014 Commonwealth Games duringa felicitation ceremony organised by the spor ts ministry here Friday."My father gave me two advice and I think this is the right stage to pass on to you thoseadvice. When I star ted playing cricket, my father told me if you a good cricketer youwill play for 15 years, and if you are very good, you will play for 20 years, but what afterthat? Everything in life is temporary and you have to accept the person you are. It isvery important to be a good person in life," he said.The batting great said it would give him immense pleasure if somebody tells him oneday that his son is a better human being than a cricketer."I would be happy if somebody walks up to me and say your son is a good cricketer butI will be happier if someone tells me that he is even a better person. I think it isimpor tant to accept everything in life with humility and stay grounded," he said.Tendulkar's second advice was not to get worried about "those who are trying to pullyou down". "Not always everyone will like you. There will be obstructions but the

energy should always be focussed on doing the right things and not get distracted."My father once told me that there will be a lot of arms that will try to pull you down, butas long as you stay in the right direction, you will see that at one point of time you havegone beyond them. They will join hands to praise you," he said.Tendulkar also asked the athletes to give their 100 percent and not feel bad even if theyend up losing."When you star t doing good in life, expectations go up. As spor tspersons, your perfor-mance will be analysed and criticised. But one thing that outsiders can't judge is thesatisfaction that you will get when you give your 100 percent. If you give 100 percentand still the opposition team wins, you should not feel bad about it," he said.The former cricketer congratulated all the medal winners and also had special wordsfor bronze medallists para powerlifter Sakina Khatun and gymnast Dipa Karmakar."Being a spor tsperson, I know what it needs to be here. Congratulations to all the medalwinners."I would specially like to congratulate Sakina Khatun and Dipa Karmakar. Sportspersonsfrom rural India have to struggle a lot. Above all, you have chosen spor ts, which is notpopular in India. I want all of you to be successful, so that when somebody watchesyour spor t, they will ask others to be like you," he said.



Angelo Mathews celebrates after hitting the winning runs as Sri Lanka chased down 99, moments before it began to rain in Galle

GAVASKAR SLAMS INDIANCRICKETERS FOR MEEK SURRENDER

LIONS FIELD HOCKEY CLUB THRASHOTHER LOCAL CLUBS TO GRAB CUP

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France won the final of men's singlesagainst Roger Federer of Switzerland at the 2014 Rogers Cupin Toronto. (IANS)

Former captain Sunil Gavaskaron Sunday slammed the Indiancricketers for their embarrassinginnings defeat in the four th Testat Old Trafford, saying that theyshowed "no backbone" to fightagainst a "persistent" Englandside."There were was no backboneshown by India," Gavaskar toldBBC Radio's Test Match Special."They (Indian players) showed nodetermination, the dismissalswere soft, there were no greatdeliveries, England were just per-sistent," said Gavaskar, one ofcricket's greatest opening bats-men."You could see Indian heads godown and thereafter there hasbeen no thinking of 'let's fight," headded.Former India wicketkeeperFarokh Engineer was also equallycritical of the players, saying thatthey played without "passion" andshowed not guts to fight.He also criticised "highly paid"coach Duncan Fletcher for not ad-vising captain Mahendra SinghDhoni to field first after winningthe toss.India lost the Test by an inningsand 54 runs to trail the five-matchseries 1-2.

"This was embarrassing. Indiashot themselves in the foot rightfrom the moment they decided tobat on a green top surface," the76-year-old Engineer, who played46 Tests from 1961-1975, toldBBC Radio Five."There was no backbone shownby India. They played without anycare or passion, like having aSaturday afternoon slog," added

Engineer.He said Fletcher, a former Englandcoach, ought to have told Dhonito field first, rather than bat."Fletcher is ver y, very highlypaid, surely he can read thepitch and advise Dhoni accord-ingly?"After Dhoni won the toss andbatted, India collapsed to eightfor four inside six overs. They

then lost nine second-inningswickets after tea on Saturdayas England won with more thantwo days to spare to go 2-1 upin the five-Test series ahead ofnext week's finale at The Oval.It was the first time England hadwon a Test against India insidethree days since a 132-run vic-tory at Birmingham's Edgbastonground back in 1967.

IT WAS ALL SMILES AGAIN FOR ALASTAIR COOK, ENGLAND V INDIA, 4TH TEST.

SL beat rain to winafter Herath's six

Sri Lanka 533 for 9 dec (Sangakkara 221, Mathews91, Ajmal 5-166) and 99 for 3 beat Pakistan 451(Younis 177, Shafiq 75, Perera 5-137) and 180(Sarfraz 52*, Herath 6-48) by seven wicketsRangana Herath conjured six wickets on a day-five pitch thatcarried little threat and Sri Lanka hunted down 99 in a dramaticchase under the constant threat of rain and fading light. A big,dark cloud hung over the ground as Sri Lanka closed in butrelented just long enough for Angelo Mathews to swat an un-beaten 25 off 13 and drag his side home with under five oversremaining. Just after Mathews tapped Junaid Khan to midwicketfor a nearly suicidal, winning single, the skies opened up.Pakistan's loss was the 12th by a side that had posted 450-plusbatting first, as they tried to block their way to safety in themorning and found Herath all over them. They lost three wick-ets for 62 runs in 32 overs in the first session, and even thoughthey tried being more positive after lunch, Sri Lanka pried outfour more by tea. Sarfraz Ahmed counter-attacked with an un-beaten fifty but he was stranded as Herath spun out the tail toleave Sri Lanka 21 overs to get 99.Mahela Jayawardene walked out to open in his last Test inningsin Galle and took Sri Lanka to 59 before the sight of the cloudmade him make too much room outside leg and miss an accu-rate Junaid Khan yorker on 26. Kumar Sangakkara swung hisway to 21 off 22 before he holed out to long-on as Sri Lanka'sdesperation grew and Pakistan fretted over the falling visibility.It was left to captain Mathews to slog a couple of sixes into awildly cheering crowd to beat the rain.Pakistan's downfall began in the morning when their young bats-men were reluctant to score after Dhammika Prasad had endedthe nightwatchman Saeed Ajmal's resistance in the sixth overof the day. Ahmed Shehzad made 16 off 74 and was around withthe equally sedate Azhar Ali for 93 balls, but the par tnershipfetched Pakistan merely 28. Even half-volleys were patted awayregularly and the spinners were allowed to settle into theirrhythms. The occasional attempts to rotate the strike wererushed and tense. Azhar stepped out at times, but went to lunchon 18 off 89. Herath and Dilruwan Perera were relentless, even with no un-even bounce available and no exaggerated turn or bounce.Perera, a classical offspinner who has no doosra, used hisstraighter one superbly from both sides of the wicket, leavingthe batsmen unsure about which ones would turn. He beat Azharwith a straighter one and Shehzad on the drive with a flightedoffbreak.The batsmen star ted shuffling fur ther and fur ther across in doubtand umpire Ian Gould gave Shehzad leg-before as he missed anoffbreak. Shehzad conferred with Azhar and walked back with-out reviewing, only to face an incredulous Moin Khan and WaqarYounis in the dressing room, as replays showed the ball wouldhave turned past leg stump.Realising that some runs were dearly needed, Younis Khandrove Perera for four through extra cover first ball, and was waymore positive in defence as well as attack than the precedingbatsmen.Herath had been taken off after constantly teasing the batsmenwith his flight and arm balls, and was brought back ten minutesbefore lunch. Younis walked out to the second delivery andsmothered it. The third one he pushed forward to, playing forspin, but it was the arm ball and slipped through the gate.Misbah-ul-Haq calmly lofted Herath for a straight four off thelast ball of that over. Pakistan showed more intent after luncheven as the spinners tried to target the rough outside leg. BothAzhar and Misbah resor ted to sweeps, and the latter reviewedumpire Bruce Oxenford's lbw decision successfully on 8 offPerera, replays showing the batsman had gloved the ball on topad. A few overs later, Misbah slog-swept Perera for six overmidwicket and reverse-swept the next ball for four. The par tner-ship grew to 56, and the calming presence of Misbah seemed tohave steadied Pakistan from the tremors of the morning.

DESK REPORT

TORONTO - In the recently OKD field hockey clubs tournamentheld at Cassie Campbell, Lions Field Hockey Club thrashed oppo-sition in sheer display of brilliant to clinch the cup. In the roundRobin matches that took place over the weekend, Lions put up afabulous show and earned a ber th to the semi-finals on Sunday.Lions had defeated Brampton field hockey club by a wide margin of5-0 earning them a spot in the finals. The second semi-final waswon by OKD 1-0 against Hawks. The final game Lions vs OKD was

a thriller and played well by both teams. But Lions Micah Texeirabroke the deadlock with a goal scored in the first half off a penaltycorner drag flick.Some high level talented players are par t of the Lions squad suchas Devohn Texeira, Jeewanjot Bath, Jonathan Rober ts, Deepu andShank. In the end Lions won the cup and were felicitated by sup-por ters. This year is the 40th anniversary of Lions Field HockeyClub. The club will host its second annual Seniors Tournament atCassie Campbell Community Centre on August 16-17.

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