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Ho Chi Minh City, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday gota welcome boost from President Pranab Mukherjee, who unexpect-edly largely abandoned his prepared speech to a gathering of theIndian community in Vietnam and instead extol led the NDAgovernment's steps to improve the economy and burnish India's glo-bal image."After the new government (led by Modi) came out with a massivemandate they also worked out... of course, it is too early to formulatecogent policies for the full five years and get it reflected in the plandocument and other documents but the first budget presented by thenew government outlines some of the crucial policies and there issubstantially continuity and there is change (in policy) where it hasbeen found necessary to do it," Mukherjee said in a sudden extem-pore address at the Indian community reception here on the penultimateday of his four-day state visit to Vietnam.Mukherjee also praised the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA)foreign policy ventures, especially Modi's recent visit to Japan."One very positive aspect is that there is possibility of substantial FDIwhich was an important outcome of the prime minister's visit to Ja-pan. And it is expected that in the next five years, investment fromJapan would be around $25-35 billion," he said.The president also welcomed the results of Australian Prime MinisterTony Abbott's visit to India last week.He also expressed high hopes for the much-awaited summit betweenModi and US President Barack Obama in Washington later this month."Our prime minister is expected to have detailed interactions with USPresident Barack Obama and therefore the international atmosphereis favourable and I am (also) visiting Vietnam at this juncture whentwo fastest growing economies - India and Vietnam - are also en-gaged in having cooperation and interaction," he said.Mukherjee had a word of praise for Petroleum and Natural Gas Min-ister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is par t of his official delegation, call-ing him lucky for seeing the global petroleum prices come down inhis tenure.In his prepared speech, Mukherjee had noted that every Indian inVietnam has a significant role to play in bringing greater lumines-cence to and enhancing this relationship.He held that he was confident that the Indian diaspora in Vietnam willcontinue to bring good name to India.He also invited them to the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held inGandhinagar in January 2015.

PAST FRIDAY LIBERAL LEADER JUSTIN TRUDEAU ADDRESSED OVER 1,000 LIBERAL SUPPORTERS AT THE PARTY’S AGM IN MARKHAM.

Canadian home sales climb higher in August

Ottawa - According to statisticsreleased today by The CanadianReal Estate Association (CREA),national home sales activity rosenearly two per cent from July toAugust 2014.Boards and Associations rose 1.8per cent on a month-over-monthbasis in August 2014, marking theseventh consecutive monthly in-crease, and the highest level forsales since January 2010.Although activity rose in fewer

than half of all local housing mar-kets in August, the national tallywas fuelled by monthly sales in-creases in Greater Vancouver,Calgary and Greater Toronto."Sales picked up in some ofCanada's most active and ex-pens ive rea l es ta te marke tswhich fuelled another nationalincrease," said CREA PresidentBeth Crosbie. "Even so, the na-tional increase in sales does notre f lec t loca l t rends in many

markets across Canada. As al-ways, all real estate is local andwhether you're looking to buyor sell, your local REALTOR®is your best source of informa-tion about the housing marketwhere you cu r ren t l y l i ve o rmight like to in the future."Ac tua l (no t seasona l l y ad-justed) activity in August stood2.1 per cent above levels re-por ted in the same month lastyea r. Augus t sa l es were up

f rom year-ago leve ls in jus tover half of all local markets,led by Greater Vancouver andCalgary."Sales activity in recent monthshas rema ined s t ronger thanwas an t i c ipa ted ea r l i e r t h i syea r, " sa id G regor y K lump,CREA's Chief Economist. "List-ings and sales this spring weredeferred due to unseasonablyharsh weather, which subse-quently suppor ted activity oncethe delayed spring home buyingseason got into gear. This trend wasreinforced by a decline in mortgageinterest rates.""The boost from deferred salesis still expected to prove tran-sitory," continued Klump.

National home sales rose 1.8% from July to August.Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity stood 2.1% above August 2013 levels.The number of newly listed homes fell 1.2% from July to August.The Canadian housing market remains in balanced territory.The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) rose 5.3% year-over-year in August.The national average sale price also rose 5.3% on a year-over-year basis in August

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ICCC- MEDIA INTERACTION

ICCC PRESIDENT MR. DHARMA P JAIN WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

The board of directors of Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) helda media interaction for discussing the future strategies of the chamber toengage different stakeholders for the promotion of Canada India bilateraltrade relations and taking forward the twin mandate of the ICCC to providea platform for community entrepreneurs and promoting the diaspora.This media interaction was first of its kind in Chamber's history. Thepurpose behind this was to let media tour the newly acquired Chamber'sheadquarter, meet with newly elected board of directors and share newboards’ vision for the upcoming year.ICCC President Mr. Dharma P Jain welcomes the media representativesand his colleagues on board. He guided tour of chamber's building andexplained the possible use of all the three levels. ICCC has acquired 6000sq. ft. building last year comprising 3 floors of 2000 sq. ft. each. Chamberplans to use basement floor for organizing events, main floor foradministration which houses visitors lobby, staff rooms and directorsroom and the top floor is planned to be used for the proposed Centre ofExcellence and Resource Centre along with a meeting room.Chamber moved into new headquarter and started its operations earlythis year. The Centre for Excellence will be used for doing active researchon the Canada India relations and also exploring new possibilities forexpanding trade ties between the two countries. It will equally be available

for use by businessmen, professionals, students and research scholarsworking in Canada India space.Having taken a tour of Chamber headquarter, media representatives andboard members had a lengthy discussion in board room. President DharmaJain and other directors shared their vision for upcoming year, and alsoanswered questions asked by media representatives.Board apprised media representatives of forming few committees inorder to bringing in more disciplined, open, transparent and fair approachin Chamber's working. Dharma Jain and Naval Bajaj shared their viewson the India Trade Mission; Chamber will be taking to India in January2015. All board members echoed the same approach of making chambermore SME centric and holding events focused to areas more close toSME sector. Prior to that Dharma Jain introduced his colleagues and theirportfolios to the media representatives. Members of ICCC board Mr. TonyChawla, Ms. Rajni Tekriwal, Mr. Naval Bajaj, Mr. Sanjay Makkar, Mr.Jagdish Bajaj and Mr. Hardesh Marwaha were also present during theinteraction and actively participated in discussion.This first interactive meeting with media was a huge success and it wasfelt that more meetings with media representatives will be helpful intaking the ICCC mandate forward. ICCC President thanked mediarepresentatives and board members for attending the meeting.

EcoSikh Celebrates FiveYears of Green Action at

Washington Gala

WASHINGTON, DC — EcoSikh hosted a gala, which markedthe fifth anniversary of the non-profit organization and drew acrowd of over 300 guests from all across the Washington, DCarea and East Coast to celebrate EcoSikh’s five years of greenaction. Organizers termed this as the 'largest gathering of Sikhscoming together for Earth's future'. During the evening, fundswere raised to help suppor t the environmental initiatives inPunjab and elsewhere in the world through EcoSikh, a world-wide Sikh environmental group.The star-studded event featured musical enter tainment fromIndian Idol’s Devender Pal Singh from India and renownedmusic composer, Shankar Tucker. Twenty-year-old DevenderPal enthralled the audience with his classical songs from In-dian movies and sufi-style Punjabi numbers. One of the mainmusical highlights of the night was when Singh, Tucker, andSehejneet Kaur of Potomac, MD performed a rendition of "O RePiya / Rolling in the Deep,” an original song mash-up by ShankarTucker that has garnered over 3.6 million views on YouTube.They were accompanied by Tarnpreet Singh from California.EcoSikh was launched in 2009 as the Sikh response to a callby the United Nations to World Religions to save Ear th’s envi-ronment. Since then, EcoSikh has facilitated many projects inPunjab and around the world through its two staff members inIndia and one in Washington. It also launched Sikh Environ-ment Day (March 14) and over 2,000 Sikh gurdwaras, educa-tional institutions, schools and colleges have joined this move-ment this year. EcoSikh has also star ted initiatives for the cityof Amritsar and Nanded in India. Many speakers at the galahighlighted EcoSikh’s commitment to spread awareness aboutenvironmental issues and to encourage green action in theSikh community in Punjab, India and around the world.Suneet Singh Tuli, Chief Executive Officer of DataWinds Ltd.,whose company created the world’s most affordable tabletcomputer, gave the keynote address of the event. In his speech,he emphasized the impor tance for Sikhs to be leaders in theircommunities, for both Sikhs and non-Sikhs. He asked the audi-ence about how they are perceived by their non-Sikh neigh-bors, and if non-Sikhs knew about Sikhi’s dedication to self-less service, hard work, and equality. Tuli appealed to all guests,and asked them to take concrete actions to make a positivedifference in their communities. “We cannot be quiet bystand-ers. We must right the wrong that we see. We are answerableto the future generations if we do not take care of Mother Ear th.It is our responsibility,” said Tuli.DJ Lucky provided the event, and engaged the diverse crowd.“It’s very inspiring to see both youth and adults here tonight,”said EcoSikh Nor th America Program Manager, Sumeet Kaur. “It iscrucial to have an intergenerational audience. Our mothers and fatherscare deeply about the environmental integrity of their homeland, but wemust also charge Sikh youth with the responsibility to take green actions.The fact that we have many young people attending and volunteeringmeans that young people will take control of their futures and rectify dam-ages previous done to Mata Dharat Mahat.”Dimple Sandhu, Outreach Director of the DC Chapter of EcoSikh, hosted theevent, and introduced “the spirit of EcoSikh,” Dr. Rajwant Singh. Dr. Singhspoke about the challenges facing Punjab today. He noted that forest cov-erage in Punjab is less than 1 percent. He also told stories of contaminateddrinking water supplies that have caused serious health issues for Punjab’scitizens, such as cancer and radioactive poisoning.

SikhNet Representative Guru Amrit Singh being honored bySuneet Tuli along with Dr. Rajwant Singh (left) and RavneetSingh, Program Manager of EcoSikh in India.

Akhilesh Mishra, Consul General ofIndia and Mrs. Reeti Mishra welcomedelegation from India.Mr. Bimal Julka, Secretary, Ministryof Information and Broadcasting,Government of India had recentlybrought a delegation to Toronto fromSeptember 6th -9th to participate inthe Toronto International Film Festival.


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SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDIT TO HELPLOCAL BUSINESSES CREATE JOBS

Our Conservative Government is focused on creating jobs, growth,and long-term prosperity. In doing so, we are taking further stepsto recognize the important contribution our small businesses make

to job creation and economic growth. That is why we introduced theSmall Businesses Job Credit, which will lower small businesses’ payrolltaxes by 15 percent for the next two years, saving these businesses anexpected $550 million over this two year period. These savings will helpsmall businesses hire more employees and grow our economy.

As noted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB)small and medium sized businesses employ 70 percent of the total pri-vate sector jobs in Canada. We have therefore taken appropriate action tohelp suppor t small business growth: we expanded and extended theTemporary Hiring Credit to help provide payroll relief and allow smallbusinesses to reinvest almost $225 million in job creation in 2013. Thissupport also includes a three-year freeze of Employment Insurance (EI) rates,saving employers and employees an expected $660 million in 2014 alone. In total,small businesses across Canada have seen their taxes reduced by 34 percentsince 2006.Our support for small businesses across the country recognizes their fundamentalimportance to fueling the Canadian economy. As a result, our Government’s sup-port has helped create 1.1 million net new jobs since the depths of the globalrecession – we are projected to have among the strongest economic growth in theG7 in the years ahead, and Bloomberg has recently ranked Canada as the 2nd bestcountry in the world to do business.Small business drive Canadian prosperity and that is why we will take continuousaction to make small businesses stronger to reinforce our commitment ofcreating jobs, growth, and long-term prosperity.

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Ontario - There can't be a better time for me to comment as a colossalnumber of people are showing significant interest in the municipalelections in Brampton as I see several community enthusiasts get-ting engaged to leverage momentum leading to October 27 elections.It truly is an unprecedented moment as this kind of enthusiasm andengagement in the past was only seen during the provincial or federalelections but never at this level. We see several community mem-bers coming forward, filing their papers and vociferously campaign-ing for the elections, trying to prove their mettle which is hear teningto observe.Though not hounded by media, they are also making appearances onTV and radio shows and discussing the mammoth challenges facedby residents. On a quick note and that is strictly my personal opinionthat in a democratic process everyone has the right to contest andmore par ticipation means more and better ideas. This singular factorwould bring in more suppor ters on the radar who would get engagedin municipal politics that in turn helps resuscitate flagging economy.At the city level, several impor tant issues are tackled by the munici-pal government that is responsible for providing services vital forcommunity. It also makes impor tant decisions that affect residents

on day to day basis such as property tax, garbage management, firedepar tment, police depar tment, parks and recreations, libraries andseveral others. However, the question remains has the system pro-duced only followers or quality leaders as well who have the prow-ess to steer the boat through challenges?Therefore the dire need of the hour for candidates is to revive thesagging reputation of GTA sans infrastructure and become more po-litically proactive to resolve issues residents are facing on daily ba-sis. I think the major issues dominating these municipal electionswould be enhanced accountability and transparency of elected repre-sentatives, traffic gridlock, creation of jobs and garbage disposal.Only the one who dares to take the bull by its horns, show plans ofrevamping political machinery, present strategy to manage funds andshow true governance to people, stands the chance to reach the nextlevel.Meanwhile, it is not only the responsibility of candidates to bringabout sustainable change in society. It is about time our loyalties asvoters for a certain class or creed ends. We must vote for those whoare capable of resolving issues, ending the current political jugger-naut and ready to make a triumphant entry at the municipal level as atrue representative of people.

Time for Ontario to seize far-offshore windopportunities in The Great Lakes

Over three and a half years ago, a cancellation, publiclyreferred to as a moratorium, on offshore wind was announced. The Canadian Association of Physicians for the

Environment (CAPE) is perplexed by the lack of action in advanc-ing a far-offshore wind sector in Ontario. The original February2011 decision was made ostensibly to allow time to conduct morestudies. Almost nothing has happened since this announcement.Ontario should be applauded for eliminating coal generation in atimely manner, however, we need to keep the momentum by mean-ingfully increasing renewable energy generation.In the last two weeks the government issued its first two requestfor proposals (RFPs) related to offshore wind: one for studiesrelated to the decommissioning of offshore wind generating sites(which, at present, do not exist); and the second to study theeffect of noise from any offshore wind generation sites.Ontario continues to send confusing signals as it tries to find theright balance of a steady, stable supply of energy at a reasonablecost to consumers. The Province is ignoring a huge oppor tunity todevelop a proven source of reliable energy—far-offshore wind.When dealing with wind energy it is impor tant to correctly differ-entiate between onshore, near-shore, offshore and far-offshore.Far-offshore wind is different. The dynamics of wind over watermeans that far-offshore wind is capable of providing reliable powerthroughout the day, including when electricity demand is highest.Moreover, if properly positioned, the sites remain out of sightfrom the mainland shore.Polling under taken by Oraclepoll Research in August 2014 showsthat a clear majority of Ontarians are suppor tive of developingfar-offshore wind (at least 15km from shore) in The Great Lakes.Over half suppor t, less than a third oppose and 19% have no opin-ion. Suppor t is consistent across men and women, all regionsand all income groups in Ontario.CAPE suppor ts an increasing mix of renewable energy—includ-ing wind, solar and geothermal—to power Ontario. Producing windenergy at unique sites that cannot be seen from land responds toresistance from those possibly offended by the visual esthetic ofturbines and potential concerns over proper ty values.Ontario does have viable shallow water far-offshore sites withcompleted site studies that are ready to go. These offshore projectshave the ability to generate a minimum of $10 Billion of privatesector investment and economic oppor tunity that will have a di-rect and posit ive impact on communit ies such as Kingston,Belleville, Hamilton, St. Catharines, For t Erie, Por t Colborne andWindsor.We continue to see progress related to offshore wind generationon The Great Lakes coming from the U.S. It would be a shame to let that

technology-driven leadership opportunity pass Ontarians by.Let’s get behind this unique renewable resource in Ontario andkeep the resulting high quality jobs and economic stimulus in theprovince, while ensuring a guaranteed source of healthy, low-carbon energy.Gideon FormanExecutive DirectorCanadian Association of Physicians for the Environment

Almost nothing has happened since thisannouncement. Ontario should be ap-plauded for eliminating coal generation ina timely manner, however, we need tokeep the momentum by meaningfullyincreasing renewable energy generation.In the last two weeks the governmentissued its first two request for proposals(RFPs) related to offshore wind: one forstudies related to the decommissioning ofoffshore wind generating sites (which, atpresent, do not exist); and the second tostudy the effect of noise from any off-shore wind generation sites.Ontario continues to send confusingsignals as it tries to find the right balanceof a steady, stable supply of energy at areasonable cost to consumers. TheProvince is ignoring a huge oppor tunity todevelop a proven source of reliable energy—far-offshore wind.When dealing with wind energy it is important tocorrectly differentiate between onshore, near-shore, offshore and far-offshore.

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HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER WILL TODAY PRESIDE OVER THE OPENING OFTHE AGA KHAN MUSEUM AND THE ISMAILI CENTRE, TORONTO. (SOURCE: FACEBOOK.COM/AGAKHAN.ISMAILIS)

CONTD. FROM PAGE 1The growth in the average office selling price was almost en-tirely due to a shift in the geography and type of office proper-ties sold this year compared to last.Moving forward, the hope is that increased demand for expor t-ers' products will lead to more business investment, as firmsmake capital investments to take advantage of new oppor tuni-ties. This capital investment could include the acquisition ofreal estate," continued Etherington.

Leased industrial and re-tail space up on a year-

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CONTD. FROM PAGE 1"While national activity has yet to cool, sales were down from the previous monthin the majority of Canada's local markets, which may be early evidence that thetransitory boost is fading. That said, low interest rates will continue to supporthousing affordability and sales activity."Year-to-date sales activity is up 4.3 per cent compared to the first eight months of2013 and remains in line with the 10-year average for the period. The number ofnewly listed homes fell 1.2 per cent in August compared to July. Led by GreaterToronto, new supply was down in about 60 per cent of local markets.The national sales-to-new listings ratio was 55.5 per cent in August, up from 53.9per cent in July. While this means the housing market became marginally tighter,it remains well entrenched within the range between 40 and 60 per cent that marksbalanced territory.Just over half of all local markets posted a sales-to-new listings ratio in this rangein August. Of the remainder, more than half were sitting above the 60 per centthreshold that marks the border between balanced and seller's market territory,almost all of which are located in British Columbia, Alberta and Southern Ontario.The number of months of inventory is another important measure of the balancebetween housing supply and demand. It represents the number of months it wouldtake to completely liquidate current inventories at the current rate of sales activity.There were 5.8 months of inventory nationally at the end of August 2014, down from6.0 months in May, June and July. As with the sales-to-new listings ratio, thenumber of months of inventory remains well within balanced market territory but

does point to a market that has become tighter in recent months.The Aggregate Composite MLS® HPI rose by 5.33 per cent on a year-over-yearbasis in August. This was unchanged compared to July and little changed fromJune. Year-over-year price growth in August picked up slightly for townhouse/rowunits and apartment units but slowed for one-storey single family homes and wasunchanged for two-storey single family homes.Two-storey single family homes continue to post the biggest year-over-year pricegains (+6.32 per cent), followed closely by townhouse/row units (+5.59 per cent)and one-storey single family homes (+5.23 per cent). Price growth for apartmentunits remains comparatively more modest (+3.38 per cent).Year-over-year price growth varied among local housing markets tracked by theindex. As in recent months, the biggest gains were posted by Calgary (+9.83 percent), Greater Toronto (+7.82 per cent), and Greater Vancouver (+5.01 per cent).The MLS® Home Price Index (MLS® HPI) provides a better gauge of price trendsthan is possible using averages because it is not affected by changes in the mix ofsales activity the way that average price is.The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average price for homes sold inAugust 2014 was $398,618, up 5.3 per cent from the same month last year.The national average price continues to be skewed upward by sales activity inGreater Vancouver and Greater Toronto, which are among Canada's largest andmost expensive housing markets. Excluding these two markets from the calcula-tion, the average price is a relatively more modest $324,738 and the year-over-year increase shrinks to 3.9 per cent.

Canadian home sales climb higher in August

Toronto, ON - Health CanadaThe Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health, along with InezJabalpurwala, President and CEO of Brain Canada, today announced 32projects being funded under the Canada Brain Research Fund.The projects announced today will accelerate innovative re-search that will fundamentally change our understanding of ner-vous system function and dysfunction and their impact on health.The research will advance knowledge and suppor t the develop-ment of new ways to diagnose and treat all types of neurologicaland mental illnesses.Funding for all 32 projects totals nearly $51.4 million, half pro-vided by the Government of Canada and half provided by privatedonors, research institutions, provincial funding agencies, and chari-table organizations partnering with the Brain Canada Foundation.Quick Facts" The projects are based in seven different cities across thecountry: Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Hamilton,Montreal and Quebec City." Following up on commitments made during the Global Demen-tia Legacy Event held in Ottawa September 11-12, three of theprojects, which will explore neurodegeneration, are platformsbeing led by St. Michael's Hospital, the University of Manitoba,and the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGillUniversity." In Budget 2011, the Government of Canada committed to pro-viding up to $100 million over six years (2011-2017) to the BrainCanada Foundation to establish the Canada Brain Research Fund.This Fund provides dollar-for-dollar matching funding to the BrainCanada Foundation to suppor t Canadian neuroscience researchand advance knowledge and treatment of brain disease andmental disorders. " Most recently, Budget 2014 announced $15million per year to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research,for the expansion of the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research,the creation of the Canadian Consor tium on Neurodegenerationin Aging (CCNA), and other health research priorities. With theCCNA initiative, Canada is joining forces with its G7 counter-par ts to suppor t additional research with a view to finding acure for dementia by 2025.QuotesOur Government recognizes the very real impact that neurologi-cal and mental health conditions have on Canadian families.Between 2006 and 2013, we have invested more than $861 mil-lion in neuroscience research through the Canadian Institutes ofHealth Research (CIHR).We are proud to be suppor ting these innovative new projectsdevoted to neurological and mental health research that will help toadvance our knowledge on neurological and mental health.Rona AmbroseMinister of HealthThe team grants and platforms we are announcing today show-case Canada's impor tant contributions to the global effor t tounderstand the brain and brain diseases. Brain Canada thanksall of the donors and par tners on these projects, whose suppor tis being matched by the Government of Canada. This historicinvestment of over $50 million in Canadian brain research is atestament to the success of the Canada Brain Research Fundpublic-private par tnership.Inez JabalpurwalaPresident and CEO, Brain Canada

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Harper Government Introduces Small Business Job Credit

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Toronto, Ontario - Department of FinanceMinister of Finance Joe Oliver today announced more action by the HarperGovernment to create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity: the introductionof the new Small Business Job Credit which is expected to save smallbusinesses more than $550 million over the next two years.The Small Business Job Credit will effectively lower small businesses'Employment Insurance (EI) premiums from the current legislated rate of $1.88 to$1.60 per $100 of insurable earnings in 2015 and 2016. Any firm that pays em-ployer EI premiums equal to or less than $15,000 in those years will be eligible forthe credit. Almost 90% of all EI premium-paying businesses in Canada will receive

the credit, reducing their EI payroll taxes by nearly 15%.The Canada Revenue Agency will automatically calculate the credit on a business'return, ensuring no new paper burden will be imposed on business owners.In addition, all employers and employees will benefit from a substantialreduction in the EI premium rate in 2017 when the new seven-year break-even rate-setting mechanism takes effect. This will ensure that EI premiumsare no higher than needed to pay for the EI program over time.Quick Facts" Canada has created more than 1.1 million net new jobs since the heightof the recession-one of the strongest job creation records in the Group ofSeven (G-7)." In 2013, Canada leapt from sixth to second place in Bloomberg's rankingof the most attractive destinations for business." According to KPMG, total business tax costs in Canada are the lowest inthe G-7 and 46% lower than those in the United States." In September 2013, the Government announced a three-year freeze of theEI rate at its 2013 level of $1.88 to prevent it from rising to $1.93 in 2014,saving employers and employees an expected $660 million in 2014 alone.Quotes"Small businesses drive Canadian prosperity, representing about 50%of jobs in the private sector and a third of Canada's gross domesticproduct. That is why we are taking action to make small businessesstronger. Our new Small Business Job Credit will lower taxes forbusiness owners and make it easier for them to create jobs for Cana-dians. Canada has become an economic success story, but the globaleconomy is fragile and there are geopolitical tensions. Therefore, wemust continue taking action, as we have today, to create jobs, growthand long-term prosperity."- Joe Oliver, Minister of Finance"This is a big one. This announcement will result in a 15% net reduc-tion in Employment Insurance premiums paid by small businessesover the next two years. I couldn't be more pleased to stand besideFinance Minister Oliver as he announces half a billion for small firms inpayroll tax cuts-the most harmful form of taxation affecting job creationand employee wages. A 15% reduction in EI premiums will make iteasier to hire new workers or invest in additional training to help entrepre-neurs grow their business."- Dan Kelly, President of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business



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Polls in Haryana, Maharashtra on October 15New Delhi (IANS): In the biggest electoral test after the Lok Sabha battle,Congress-ruled Haryana and Maharashtra will go to the polls Oct 15 and theresults will be declared Oct 19.Chief Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath said by-elections will also beheld Oct 15 for the Lok Sabha seats of Beed (Maharashtra) and Kandhamal(Odisha) following death of incumbent MPs and the assembly seats of Kanubari(Arunachal Pradesh), Hiyanglam (Manipur), Northern Angami-II (Nagaland),Kairana (Uttar Pradesh) and Rajkot West (Gujarat).Sampath said the poll panel was "watching closely" the situation in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, and voting dates for Kashmir and Jharkhandwould be announced later.Sampath said the model code of conduct would come into immediate effect,involving both Haryana and Maharashtra governments as well as the centralgovernment vis-a-vis decisions linked to the two states.

Asked about the Narendra Modi's governments announcements regardingits 100 days in office, he said the government was free to go ahead with it aslong as the election-bound states were kept out.The last day for filing nominations is Sep 27, and candidates can withdrawfrom the contest by Oct 1.Haryana will have 16,244 polling stations and Maharashtra 90,403.Haryana has 90 assembly seats and Maharashtra 288. Ever since Modi ledit to a sweeping win in the Lok Sabha, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Partyhave vowed to seize power in Haryana and Maharashtra.In the Lok Sabha elections, BJP bagged seven seats of the 10 parliamentaryseats in Haryana. The Congress got only one. Out of Maharashtra's 48 seats,the saffron party won 23, while its ally Shiv Sena bagged 18. The Congresscould get only two seats, while its ally the Nationalist Congress Party baggedfour seats.

In both states, the BJP is already flexing its muscles. The BJP has dumped itsLok Sabha ally, the Haryana Janhit Congress. Its leaders in Maharashtra donot want to play second fiddle any more to the Shiv Sena.The BJP is keen to unseat the Congress in both the states to overcome theembarrassing setbacks it has faced in by-elections in some states since theLok Sabha victory. Sampath put the number of voters in Haryana at 16 millionand in Maharashtra at 82 million. He promised to ensure free and fair pollsapart from creating a proper atmosphere for the conduct of the elections.The poll panel chief had a word of caution for officials who will be involved inthe electoral process. "The (Election) Commission expects all officials en-gaged in the conduct of elections to discharge their duties in an impartialmanner without any fear or favour," he said. He said comprehensive instruc-tions had been issued to effectively monitor the election expenditure of thecandidates. This would involve deploying flying squads, static surveillanceand video surveillance teams, as well as the income tax department andstate excise departments. General observers "have been asked to keep aclose watch at every stage of the electoral process to ensure free and fairelections", Sampath said. Asked about the political impasse in Delhi, nowunder President's Rule, Sampath said: "We are only concerned when elec-tions are held. Government formation is not in our purview."

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal interacts with people during a programme at Talwandi Sabo in Bathinda of Punjab (IANS).

Punjab waging national war againstdrugs: Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal

Chandigarh (IANS): Nearly 20,000 people associated with thedrugs trade have been arrested in Punjab in the last one yearalone and drugs seizures in the past 20 months have been overRs.6,000 crore. The alarming figures are the reason why PunjabDeputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal says that Punjab is"fighting a national war" against drugs."We are fighting a national war. Punjab does not produce drugs.We are a transit point for drugs in India and the rest of the world.The drugs come from the Pakistan-Afghanistan side. We are fight-ing against this transit war. Since we are in this war, we catchthem (drug traffickers)," Badal told IANS in an interview here."So people think ki pata nahin kinna drugs hai ithe (don't knowhow much drugs Punjab has). People think that drugs Punjab chehee use ho reha hai (people think that it is all being used inPunjab alone)," Badal said.Badal, who is also the Punjab home minister, pointed out that halfof all the drugs seizures in the entire country are made in Punjabalone. "All this is due to effective measures," he said."In Goa, just about 5-10 cases of drugs are registered in one year.In Punjab, we have put nearly 20,000 people in jail in just oneyear. Himachal and Madhya Pradesh are drugs producing states.A lot of hashish, opium, bhukki comes from there. Oh taan phaddenahin (They don't catch much)," Badal pointed out.


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Ansari seeks India-Iran cooperationfor peace in Afghanistan

Kolkata (IANS): Observing that Iran's location and hydrocarbon re-sources complement India's energy appetite and quest for new mar-kets, Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday called for enhancedcooperation in several areas including establishing peace in Afghani-stan. In his address at the "The Imperative of an Indo-Iranian Rela-tionship" seminar organised by the Iran Society Kolkata here, he saidthe bilateral relation of over six decades displays both convergencesand drift but the now "modified imperatives have created space formore vigorous inputs into the Indo-Iranian relationship"."Iran's location and hydrocarbon resources complement India's en-ergy appetite and quest for new markets. They point to four areas ofcooperation for mutual benefit that are currently said to be on thedrawing board," he said.Ansari identified the four areas of cooperation as establishing peace,stabi l i ty and inclusive governance in Afghanistan including

operationalisation of road and possibly rail link to Afghanistan throughthe Iranian por t of Chabahar; functioning of the Nor th-South Corridorthrough Iran to Central Asia and Europe; building of an under-the-seagas pipeline from southern Iran to the west coast of India; and aframework for ensuring freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf andthe Straits of Hormuz involving littoral, regional and global powers."Each of these would fur ther development objectives of the concernedregional and extra-regional states, enhance confidence, and lessenmisgivings emanating from unilateral perceptions of security," hesaid. "Iran has played and will continue to play a significant role inhuman affairs. India's own capabilities in each of the potential areasof cooperation would ensure equitable gains," added Ansari. The vicepresident also inaugurated a three day seminar to mark the 125thbir th anniversary celebrations of nationalist leader Maulana AbulKalam Azad.

WHY APPLE WATCH IS AMISSED OPPORTUNITY

BY PRASANTO K. ROY

Apple chief executive Tim Cooks got a standing ovation Tuesdayin Cupertino, when he announced the "next chapter in our story"at a special event that also launched the iPhone 6 in two sizes.The Apple Watch checked more than the expected boxes: Niftydesign (not spectacular by Apple standards), sapphire crystal, anew inter face with an innovative little crown to control mostthings, vibrating feedback for reminders, a new NFC-based ApplePay system, and even "wireless charging"-sor t of.Don't rely overly on standing ovations as an indicator of greatproducts, though. Especially when it's a fan audience that's wait-ing for months for just that announcement.And remember when Steve Jobs announced the iPod way backin 2001? He didn't even get polite applause, until the end whenhe pulled the iPod-with its 5 megabyte hard drive-out of a pocketin his blue jeans. There was no standing ovation.Yet the iPod, with its companion iTunes software and service,opened up for Apple a new market with new customers: hun-dreds of millions of music lovers. Most weren't Apple users.And yes, it also changed the world of digital music.In January 2007, when Steve Jobs announced that Apple had just"reinvented the phone", there was more excitement. Again, itwasn't a global new category: as with MP3 players before theiPod, smar tphones had been around. But it was an all-new mar-ket for Apple. Many who weren't Apple users bought the iPhone.On the face of it, Apple's watch appears to check the same boxes:existing market segment, new category for Apple, trademarkdesign innovation.There's one very big difference though.The iPod and iPhone were standalone gadgets that did not needyou to own an Apple product, to work. You did need to connectthe iPod to a computer to load music, but not necessarily anApple. That's how the company opened up a new market, withnew customers who didn't have an Apple.Not so for the Apple Watch. It works only with an iPhone, and notjust any old model, but the current iPhone 5, and the next onethat's launching Sep 19 in the US and Oct 17 in India, the iPhone6. Can you use an Apple Watch without an iPhone? Intermit-tently, perhaps, but for many features, it needs an iPhone around-including for GPS. That's a surprise, given how many wearabledevices are already available with GPS. So if you're going jog-ging, you'll need to lug your iPhone 5 if you want to use thosecapabilities.Let's look at the competition: Even those who have watcheslinked to their smar tphones let you use them largely indepen-dently. Samsung's Gear S has GPS and a 3G internet connection.The rather stunning Moto 360 lets you sync with many Androidhandsets. There's even a Spice-branded dual-SIM watch in India-- at under Rs.4,000.


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France to join airstrikes against IS: Iraq PM

MOROCCO DISMANTLES ISRECRUITMENT CELLRabat (IANS): Moroccan authorities have dismantled a seven-person cell recruiting volunteers to fight with the Islamic State(IS) terrorist group, the country's interior ministry said Friday.The cell was led by an elementary school teacher and re-cruited jihadis in the central cities of Fez, Outat El Haj andZayou, Xinhua repor ted citing the ministry.All the seven people were arrested, according to the ministry.Last July, Moroccan Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad saidin a parliamentary session that 1,122 Moroccan citizens and2,000 others of Moroccan origin with European passpor tswere enrolled in jihadi and terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq.

US rejects Abbas's plan forPalestine state: OfficialRamallah (IANS): The US has rejected Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas's political plan for establishing a Palestin-ian state, a senior Palestinian official said Friday.The official told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that Wash-ington has officially informed the Palestinian leadership ofits rejection of the political plan.Two weeks ago, a high-ranking Palestinian delegation headedby chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, presented thepeace plan during a meeting held in Washington with US Sec-retary of State John Kerry."Washington officially told the Palestinian side that the UnitedStates rejects the unilateral Palestinian plan and warned ofany consequences as a result of such plans," said the offi-cia l .The plan calls for ending the Israeli military occupation ofthe Palestinian territories since 1967 within a shor t t imeschedule and then establishing an independent Palestinianstate with east Jerusalem as its capital.Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Palest ine Liberat ionOrganisation executive committee, stated earlier that if theUS rejected the Palestinian plan the Palestinian side wouldgo to the UN Security Council and ask for ending the Israelioccupation of the Palestinian territories."In case our request to the Security Council to end the Israelioccupation is rejected, the Palestinians will hold the interna-tional community responsible and will join all the interna-tional agencies and treaties," said Majdalani.

SYRIAN TROOPSRECAPTURE KEY TOWNDamascus (IANS): Syrian troops fully recaptured a strategictown in the central province of Hama after intense battles withthe Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, media repor ted.The troops backed by the National Defence Forces, a pro-gov-ernment militia, wrested back control over the town of Halfayaand its surroundings in the nor thern countryside of Hama onFriday after eliminating large numbers of "terrorists", the state-run SANA news agency repor ted citing a Syrian military gen-eral command statement."This achievement comes as a result of the direct and fo-cused hits the Syrian troops had dealt to the armed militantswhich led to their defeat and successive collapse," the state-ment said.It added that large numbers of non-Syrian fighters were killedin the battle as well.Meanwhile, a military officer told Xinhua that the Syrian troopswere currently combing the town and dismantling explosivesthe rebels had left behind, adding that the Syrian troops areworking to speed up the return of the families to their town.Taleb Ibrahim, a military and political exper t, said the Nusrafighters have lost in the central region in Syria "for good"after losing Halfaya, deeming the military's recapture of thetown as "very impor tant both morally and militarily".He said the road was now open for the Syrian troops to ad-vance toward the rebel-held towns of Morek and Wadi al-Dayef all the way to the southern province of Aleppo.The town of Halfaya was deemed the main stronghold of theNusra Front in central Syria and the army's recapture of thetown is crucial given the impor tance of the town's location inthe central region. The recapture of Halfaya also enables theSyrian troops to cut the supply lines of the rebels in the country-side of Hama.According to the UN, the conflict in Syria has led to more than190,000 deaths. Three million people have fled to neighbouringcountries in search of refuge, while 6.5 million more peoplehave been displaced inside their conflict-ridden homeland.

Baghdad (IANS): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Fridaythat French President Francois Hollande has promised to take par t inthe airstrikes against militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group."Our air force capabilities are limited... despite that we have qualifiedpilots who are doing a good job, but we still need air suppor t from ourfriends, and the French president promised me to join the airstrikesagainst Daash (the first Arabic letters of the IS)," Abadi told repor tersat a joint press conference with Hollande in Baghdad.The Iraqi security forces, volunteers and the tribal fighters were ca-pable of defeating the IS, and "all what we need is the air suppor t",Abadi said without giving fur ther details about when such airstrikeswould begin, Xinhua repor ted."Iraq is under attack by terrorists launched from the Syrian territoriesafter the Daash organisation seized whole cities there (Syria) and has

large launching pads to infiltrate to Iraq," Abadi said."We demand the international community to intervene to strike Daashbases in Syria, which they use to attack Iraq," Abadi added.Hollande said that the IS militants were not only a threat to Iraq, theywere an international threat which must be fought by all world states."This organisation includes militants from all over the world and whenthose return home, they would constitute a threat to the security andstability of their countries," Hollande said.He said that France has sent three arms shipments to Iraq and wassending the four th, in addition to humanitarian aid.Hollande also said that Paris would Monday host a conference onIraq which would include a political framework to coordinate the in-ternational effor ts in fighting terrorism and offering humanitarian aidand assistance in rebuilding the areas destroyed by terrorism.

CHINESE PM LI KEQIANG (5TH L), KLAUS SCHWAB (4TH R), FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD ECONOMICFORUM (WEF), AND OTHERS AT THE NEW CHAMPIONS 2014 FORUM IN CHINA. (IANS)



ADITYA ROY KAPOOR AND PARINEETI CHOPRA DURING DAAWAT E ISHQ PRESS CONFERENCE.

I've still not understood'Bigg Boss' game: Salman

SRK's 'Slam' tour generatesgreat excitement in US

THE NO NONSENSE BABE: DEEPIKAFURIOUS OVER HER CLEAVAGE VIDEOThe leggy lass who has been getting applauded for her dynamic

performance in 'Finding Fanny', Deepika Padukone was recentlyblown away by the video uploaded by a leading newspaper's

online por tal , which revealed her cleavage.Deepika Padukone, one of the most successful actress of our timewas left fuming on the Sunday morning after seeing a dailytrying to gain attention by selling out Deepika's cleavage.The video however was not recent, it was back dated but themalign media house has featured few other actress too, inthe video ar ticle with the same context, which lead to theanger and lash out at the so called 'Leading Media House'. The actordisturbed with the her por trayal in the video tweeted, "Sup-posed ly I nd ia ' s ' LEADING ' newspape r and th i s i s'NEWS'!!??"Deepika fur ther added, "YES!I am a Woman.Ihave breasts AND a c leavage! You got aproblem!!??Dont talk about Woman's Em-powerment when YOU don't know how toRESPECT Women!" We could clearlysee the lady's anger and frustrationtowards the media house.To which B Town celebrities whole-hear tedly suppor ted Deepika andexpressed their suppor t towards

Deepika (here are few tweets)--Karan Johar tweeted, " Appalled....shocked and disgusted at the levelof disrespect shown..Deepika or any women in the world cannot andshould not stand for this!! "Ranvir Shorey tweeted, "Respect, @deepikapadukone, for taking on

this bullshit. More power to you."Sidhar th Mallya tweeted, "Proud of @deepikapadukone forstanding up and speaking her mind. Too many others in thiscountry would have sat on the fence and kept quiet. "Her co-star from Finding Fanny, Arjun Kapoor tweeted, "Wehave hit a new low today...forget complimenting a womanhave the ability to respect a woman first..."

Ranveer Singh, "@deepikapadukone way to let 'em know!#LikeABoss @TOIEnter tain TUM se yeh ummeed nahi thi

#SMH #owned"Happy New Year, director Farah Khan also tweeted,

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the vic-tim. @deepikapadukone doing just that!!

(N THATS how u pay a compliment )"And to add fuel to the fire the mediahouse responded to Deepika's tweetby retweeting, "@deepikapadukoneIt's a compliment2 You look so great,that we want everyone to knew! :)"

Superstar Salman Khan has anchored 'Bigg Boss' for the past fiveseasons, but he says the immensely popular reality show is beyondhis understanding. The Indian adaptation of international show "Ce-lebrity Big Brother", the show features celebrities from different fieldscongregating under one roof, without any frills or connect with theoutside world, and under constant prying of multiple cameras forthree months. It features a lot of emotional highs and lows.The eighth season of the show is set to air on Colors Sep 21.So, what should one expect from the show this time?"I have no idea about it! What you want to know even I want to know -- how they (the contestants) will get along, what will be their toler-ance level, how nice or bad they are...I don't know," Salman said ofthe for thcoming season.The list of contestants for the for thcoming season is yet to be dis-closed officially. However, during an event here Friday, Salman an-nounced that the new theme of "Bigg Boss" season 8, will be aviation.Salman will be seen as the captain andwill lead twelve first class passengerswho will need to carve their own pathsin the show. When asked how well doeshe understand the game, the "Dabangg"star said: "I have still not understood thegame! Nobody understands this game.How will you (one) know whether aperson is lying or not?"On "Bigg Boss", catfights and melo-drama are almost tradition -- peoplebackbite, gossip and plot againsteach other to become the winner. Butthe ul t imate power to reta in ahousemate or evict him or her, lieswith the viewers.On several occasions, it has beenspeculated that "Bigg Boss" is scripted.But Salman says otherwise. "Tasksare given to the contestants, but thereis nothing on what they have to say(while inside). There is no script. It'scompletely real.

FIRST LOOK: RANVEER SINGH AND

PARINEETI CHOPRA IN 'KILL DIL'The first look of Ranveer Singhand Parineeti Chopra starrer 'KillDil' was unveiled.While Ranveer is seen holding agun winking at you spor ting adenim shir t paired with leatherjacket, Parineet i is seen in acolourful tee coupled with leatherjacket and pants.The two actors unveiled theirlooks on Twitter."#Wil lKi l lForDi l , " tweetedRanveer."Kill Dil!!! Very nervous for thisone. Hope you like it!!!!," wroteParineeti.Directed by Shaad Ali and pro-duced by Aditya Chopra this ro-mantic action film stars Govinda,Ranveer Singh, Parineeti Chopraand Ali Zafar in the lead roles.Govinda is essaying a negativerole in the film. It is scheduled torelease on November 14, 2014.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming promotionaltour in the US for his film 'Happy New Year' has generated a lot ofexcitement not only among his Indian and South Asians fans butalso native Americans.It is nearly after a decade that the 'Chennai Express' star is com-ing to the US to perform live. Titled 'Slam' (sound, light, actionand movie), the tour will also have performances by SRK's 'HappyNew Year' co-stars Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachhan,Boman Irani besides Madhuri Dikshit and Malaika Arora Khan."We have been waiting for his live performance for years now. Ibecome a great fan of his after my friend forced me to watch 'MyName is Khan'. He is a great actor," Richard White, who lives ina suburb of Washington DC, told PTI in an interview.Richard and his group of friends have purchased tickets for theJiffy Lube Live amphitheatre, in Virginia, Washington DC, wherethe stars would be performing live on September 21. The starswill also perform in Houston (September 19), New Jersey (Sep-tember 20), Chicago (September 26) and San Jose in California(September 28). They will also travel to Vancouver in Canada onSeptember 27."This would be the show of the century," Manish Sood of IntenseEnter tainment, which will host the event in Washington DC said.The Greater Washington National Capital Region though has rela-tively less Indian-American population as compared to the othercities, the event at Jiffy Lube Live is expected to be watched bymore than 10,000 people. "People from as far as Florida, Nor thCarolina and Pennsylvania are coming to attend the event. Weare very very excited to hold such a big event," Sood added.



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UpcomingBOLLYWOOD Movies

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

DAAWAT-E-ISHQRELEASE DATE: September 19, 2014

STAR CAST: Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra

DIRECTOR(S): Habib Faisal

PRODUCER: Aditya Chopra

HAPPY NEW YEARRELEASE DATE: Oct 23, 2014

STAR CAST: Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika

Padukone, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah, Jackie Shroff,

Kareena Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Dadlani, Dino Morea

DIRECTOR(S): Farah Khan

PRODUCER(S): Gauri Khan, Shahrukh Khan

CHAARFUTIYA CHHOKARERELEASE DATE: Sep 26, 2014

STAR CAST: Soha Ali Khan, Harsh Mayar, Zakir Hussain,

Seema Biswas, Mukesh Tiwari, Govind Namdev, Suhas Sirsat,

Umesh Jagtap, Lekh Tandon, Shankar Mandal, Aditya Jaiswal

DIRECTOR(S): Manish Harishankar

PRODUCER(S): Vibha Dutta Khosla, Sunill Khosla

DESI KATTEYRELEASE DATE: Sep 26, 2014

STAR CAST: Sunil Shetty, Akhil Kapur, Jay Bhanushali,

Sasheh Aagha, Tia Bajpai, Murli Sharma,

Claudia Ciesla

DIRECTOR(S): Anand Kumar

PRODUCER(S): Anand Kumar

KHOOBSURATRELEASE DATE: Sep 19, 2014

STAR CAST: Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan,

Fawad Khan, Kirron Khe

DIRECTOR(S): Shashanka Ghosh

PRODUCER(S): Anil Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor

GOREYAN NU DAFA KAROA MESMERIZING LOVE STORY

Toronto - The most-awaitedPunjabi flick Goreyan Nu DafaKaro produced by Aman Khatkaris a well-knit and mesmerizingstory adorned with some of themost beautiful numbers. Filmedin the background of lush Punjabfields and high life Toronto, themovie takes one in a fairyland. Theplot has a magnificent aphorismthat persists in saying nothing butin fact says a lot.The highly absorbing romantic-comedy is the story of twocultures, Goreyan Nu Dafa Karo isa true depiction of human natureand love but it also addressesbroader issues. The productionquality is so high that one cannotfind any flaw in the plot that hasstreaks of sadness, laughter andgenerations old pride. But thehighlight of the movie is its musicespecially the one sung by thelead character of the movieAmarinder Gill, Pyaar Tere DaAssar He that so deftly createsits own place in the overall plotof the film. The song makes onefeel like falling in love all overagain. The movie has manystrengths and one of them is itscast that makes it wor th seeingwith a seemingly simplisticnarration.The unsophisticated Kala,

Movie Review

Indian film actor,director and dancechoreographerPrabhu Deva during apress conference ofhis upcoming filmAction Jackson inChennai. (IANS)

played by Amarinder is trying tohelp his elder brother Roopmarry a Caucasian girl, Juliabut their grandfather Najjarhates Caucasians because heconsiders them the cause of hisfather's death. While bringingthe two families together, Kalafalls in love with Julia's friendwhose mother is extremelyagainst the 'ignorant Punjabivillage boys' who according toher are uncouth. But despite themother's hatred for Indians, her

daughter and Kala share toostrong a chemistry that cannotbe denied and too perfect a lovethat is not only hard to ignorebut cannot be broken by anyobstacles.Despite extremely differentbackgrounds, Kala and hisbeloved put their hear ts on theline believing love has thepower to fix everything and iteventually does. The intenselysensitive movie is directed byPankaj Batra and produced by

Speed Records and ArsaraFilms. The amazing castincludes Amrit Maghera, YograjSingh, Binnu Dhillon, RanaRanbir, Aman Khatkar, KaramjitAnmol, Sardar Sohi and TerenceWinkless. Goreyan Nu DaffaKaro is a must watch and isslated to break all the records ofprevious Punjabi films. The filmhas already amassed over IRs30 lakhs on the openingweekend and is slated to earnnearly IRs 2 crores.

BY SHAZIA MALIK



Indian hockey teamdeparts for Asian Games

TEAM SPIRIT KEY TO TRIDENTS

SUCCESS IN CLT20: RAMPAUL

New Delhi (IANS): The Indianmen's hockey team depar ted forSouth Korea from here Thursdayto par ticipate in the Incheon AsianGames from Sep 19 to Oct 4.The 16-member team will be ledby captain Sardar Singh with goal-keeper P.R. Sreejesh as hisdeputy. They will open their groupphase campaign against Sr iLanka Sep 21 followed by Oman

Sep 23, Pakistan Sep 25 andChina Sep 27. The top two teamswill qualify for the semi-finals."We are aiming for a clean sweepand with the confidence in thecamp I feel that we will be ableto achieve the goal. Our f irstmatch against Sri Lanka is cru-cial as star ting a tournament ona winning note wil l boost themora le o f the team," Sardar

said. Chief coach Ter ry Walshsaid his boys are confident ofwinning the gold."The team is all pepped up andconfident of winning the gold.Wi th th e same team l ike theCommonwealth Games, they arein sync with each other's gameand hope to continue their seam-less play yet again at Incheon,"said Walsh.

Karthikeyan to race inJapan for next two years

By Sandip Sikdar/New Delhi (IANS)Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan hasfound a new lease of life in the highlycompetitive Super Formula, formerlyknown as Formula Nippon, and willcontinue racing in Japan for the nexttwo years.India's first Formula 1 driver saidThursday that he is enjoying the chal-lenging series, where he drives forTeam Impul. The cars use a DallaraSF14 chassis, two-litre, 550 bhpturbo-charged engines -- similar tothe F1 regulations."I will be staying in Japan for the nexttwo years. The level of competitionis quite high with many top drivershere who have been champions inseveral other forms of racing. Thereare some top European guys whohave been here for 8-9 years,"Karthikeyan told IANS from JapanThursday."Super Formula is similar to Formula1. Obviously the cars are not as fastbut it has the Drag Reduction Sys-tem (DRS), pit and tyre stops, thetechnology and so on. The format isa little bit different but overall verysimilar to F1," said Karthikeyan, who

last year had five wins in AutoGP.The 37-year-old's season this year,however, hasn't been up to his ex-pectations. Out of the five races com-pleted so far, the Coimbatore-bornhas had one sixth position finish, twosevenths and two retirements."We started out strongly but after thatit has not been great as I have hadsome problems with reliability andso on. Our best finish was sixth in thethird race at Fuji Speedway. But thecars are fun to drive and the racing isfantastic," said the Indian.He said what makes the races morechallenging is that there is little timeto learn the tracks."There is very little time to learn thetracks and then race on it too, so itbecomes quite challenging. Expo-sure to the circuit is a lot lesswhich makes it difficult. Plus,there is very limited traction sochanging the tactics etc alsocomes into play. Challenges alsoinclude looking after the tyres andhow to maximise their utility,"Karthikeyan said."They are not the the modern kind ofcircuits -- very old school which are

very fast and traditional. Some arebumpy too so you need to know afew tricks to get around them."The next round of the series will beheld at Autopolis in Oita PrefectureSep 14. The race will be shown liveon Star Sports."Autopolis is another good track. Ihave driven a road car around hereso I have an idea of the layout. TheAutopolis circuit is very fast. Thetracks in Japan are very technical,"said Karthikeyan, who has had three(2005, 2011 and 2012) seasons inFormula 1.Kar thikeyan is also following theintr iguing bat t le betweenMercedes drivers Nico Rosbergand Lewis Hamilton for the driv-ers' title in the ongoing F1 sea-son. The Indian picked Rosbergto take home the championshipwhich looks going down to thewire."But there are many other factors atplay. They have had reliability issuestoo. Also, the last race at Abu Dhabihas a double points finish. I think thatwill decide the title but its going downto the wire, that's for sure."

94 TEAMS FORSUBROTO CUP

FOOTBALLNew Delhi (IANS): The 55th Subroto Cup International FootballTournament will see a record number of 94 teams. The Sep 16-Oct 20 school tournament will be in three categories.The prestigious event has been organised by the SubrotoMukherjee Spor ts Education Society under the aegis of the In-dian Air Force since 1960.The main attraction this year would be Brazilian team ColegioEstadul Santo Antonio in the Under-17 boys category. The play-ers from this team regularly train with Fluminese Academy, par tof Fluminese Club - one of the most successful football clubs inBrazil. The numbers of foreign teams has gone up to 14 fromeight countries. Apar t from Brazilians, Indonesian teams are alsocoming for the first time. Teams from Afghanistan, Nepal, Ukraine,Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan would also take par t."India is hosting the U-17 World Cup three years from now andthe current crop of U-14 players in this year's Subroto Cup wouldbe the right mix to look into while forming the team," Air MarshalH.B. Rajaram said Friday."Hence, Subroto Cup has got a significant role in assisting the AllIndia Football Federation (AIFF) in formulating a team of extremelytalented footballers to be selected from all corners of the coun-try." Thir ty-two teams will par ticipate in the U-14 boys event.The girls U-17 event will see 28 teams, including three fromabroad. The boys' U-17 event will have 34 teams including fiveforeign outfits.The prize money has been enhanced to Rs.22.9 lakh, an increaseof Rs.7.44 lakh compared to last year. The winners in U-17 wouldreceive a cash award of Rs.3.5 lakh while Rs.2.5 lakh is for U-14boys winners.The opening ceremony would be held Sep 16 at the AmbedkarStadium here. The tournament would be conducted on a league-cum-knockout basis at both the Ambedkar Stadium and the NWCFootball Ground.

CHANDHOK SET FOR FORMULA E DEBUTBeijing (IANS): Twenty drivers, including India's Karun Chandhok,representing 10 teams kick-star ted the historic FIA Formula E cham-pionship, the world's first fully-electric racing series, here on Sundaywhen the 270bhp machines ran on a purpose-built circuit around theiconic Bird's Nest stadium that was build for the 2012 Olympics.The 30-year-old Chandhok, only the second Indian after NarainKar thikeyan to race in Formula One, is driving for Mahindra RacingFormula E team with Brazilian Bruno Senna, also a former F1 racer,as his par tner.The grid is brimming with ex-F1 drivers besides two female par tici-pants in Italy's Michela Cerruti and Britain's Katherine Legge, one ofthe FIA's Women in Motorspor t Ambassadors.The championship comprises 10 rounds over nine months in Europe

and the US with a grand finale in London June 27, 2015.The cars were put through five rounds of testing in July and August atthe Donnington Park circuit. In the final round of testing Aug 19, bothSenna and Chandhok were among the top 10 with the Brazilian four thquickest and the Indian, seventh. Less than a second covered the top10 drivers.All the drivers will be piloting the Spark Racing Technology preparedmachines with Dallara monocoque chassis. The car is homologatedwith spor t's world governing body, the Federation Internationale del'Automobile (FIA).The car uses the very latest technology with zero emission while thesuper-light chassis is said to be very strong, having passed the latestFIA crash tests, the same used to regulate Formula One machines.

Bridgetown (Barbados) (IANS/CMC): Seasoned internationalseamer Ravi Rampaul says Barbados Tridents will look to draw ontheir great team spirit when they launch their campaign in theChampions League Twenty20 star ting next week in India.Rampaul Thursday said the strength of the squad was the unitywhich existed among their ranks and believes that despite thenature of the opposition in the tournament, the Tridents stood anexcellent chance, repor ts CMC."Like all teams we have a chance. We've lost three of our topplayers but we have a lot of talent in our team and a lot of teamspirit so as soon as we reach India, hopefully we can take it gameby game and play as hard as we can but like each team we have agood chance," Rampaul pointed out.The right-armer said the Tridents planned to draw on the experi-ence of the Trinidad and Tobago squad who played superbly toreach the final of the 2009 CLT20, before going down to New SouthWales Blues.After playing unbeaten to win their group, T&T produced an aston-ishing semi-final performance to beat Cape Cobras and qualify forthe final."A lot will depend on team spirit. The Trinidad team had a brilliant

team spirit - together as one. Even if one guy doesn't perform, youhave another guy coming in to pick up the slack and it's the samething with the Barbados Tridents team," said Rampaul, who was amember of that 2009 T&T squad."Throughout the CPL it was like that. When one guy didn't perform inhis role you had another guy stepping up and doing the job for theteam. It's a similar team to (Trinidad) so hopefully you can do well."Tridents will face a tall order in Group B, coming up against thelikes of Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab, South Africanoutfit Cape Cobras and Hobar t Hurricanes of Australia.They will do so without their three best players - captain KieronPollard, Dwayne Smith and Shoaib Malik - all of whom will repre-sent other franchises in the CLT20.Rampaul will form a key par t or the Tridents attack. During therecent CPL campaign, he snatched 18 wickets to be one of theleading seamers in the tournament, and said he had focused a loton improving his bowling in the T20 format."Since the CPL played mostly in the day, I tried to get the ball toreverse swing a little more and that worked to my advantage."Barbados Tridents open their CLT20 campaign Sep 20 against KingsXI Punjab in Mohali.



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FOOTBALL FORINTELLECTUALLY-DISABLED: ENGLISHCOACHES TRAIN INDIANSKolkata (IANS): Lets's have fun with football! That's the mes-sage two English coaches will pass onto Indian trainers workingwith the intellectually-disabled during a three-day intensivecamp for 50 coaches from nine states that will begin hereSaturday.Two Tottenham Hotspur Foundation (THF) coaches arrivedhere Friday to impar t football training to 50 Special Olym-pics Bharat (SO Bharat) coaches to help them with the pro-cess of social inclusion of people with below average learn-ing abilities.The training will be held at the Spor ts Authority of India (SAI)complex from Saturday to Monday through a series of indoorand outdoor sessions for the coaches from east and nor th-east India."We will show them through examples and activities how toincorporate the fun element in football and spread the mes-sage that football is not just a competitive spor t but can alsobring about a change," Gareth Jones, one of the THF coaches,said."Once the coaches go through the camp, they will know howto keep them (intellectually disabled) coming back to thespor t because of the sheer joy and fun of playing."The Kolkata leg is in continuation of the first phase of aprogramme that was initiated earlier this year in Goa andGujarat."In Goa and Gujarat, it was more theory and classroom ori-ented. In Kolkata, we are making it more of a practical expe-rience. Par t of it involves session planning, motivational prac-tices and at the end of it checking up on how much they havelearnt," Dan Slaughter, the other THF coach, said.The programme will proceed to Gurgaon after completion ofthe Kolkata leg."On the third and final day, the Indian coaches will work with20 special athletes from West Bengal and put into practicewhat they learn," SO Bharat (West Bengal chapter) vice-chair-person and president Bibek Bardhan said."By making it fun for them, we hope families will be encour-aged to par ticipate in helping them mainstream. Later on weplan to mix normal players with the intellectually disabledplayers to mainstream them."SO Bharat is a National Spor ts Federation accredited by Spe-cial Olympics Inc to conduct its spor ts programmes all overIndia. It organises Olympic-type spor ts for persons with in-tellectual disabilities with over a million athletes registeredin the programme currently.Initial stages of the project will see Tottenham Hotspur stafftrain 200 coaches in four Indian locations (Goa, Gujarat, Kolkata,Haryana) this year, working with over 600 athletes with intellec-tual disabilities.

DUSAN LAJOVIC OF SERBIA DURING WON THE FIRST SINGLESOF THE DAVIS CUP WORLD GROUP PLAY-OFF AGAINST INDIAIN BANGALORE. (IANS)

Shuttler Prannoy entersIndonesian Masters semisPalembang (Indonesia) (IANS): Indian shuttler H.S. Prannoy hasentered the men's singles semi-finals after a straight games vic-tory at the $125,000 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold hereFriday. In the quar ters, fifth seeded Prannoy defeated local 15thseed Riyanto Subagja 21-13, 21-19 in 37 minutes at the GORJakabaring in their first career meeting.The World No.43 Prannoy will take on Malaysian ninth seed DarenLiew Saturday, who took care of Prannoy's sixth seeded compa-triot B. Sai Praneeth 21-15, 21-16 in 39 minutes.Prannoy has the advantage of a 1-0 lead in career matches againstthe World No.67 Malaysian.

Ten paddlers for Asian GamesMumbai (IANS): A 10-member table tennis contingent, five menand women each, will be representing India at the Asian Gamesto be held in the South Korean city of Incheon from Sep 19 toOct 4. The team was selected on the basis of national andinternational rankings, keeping in mind the current form of theplayers.The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) had sent the namesto the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) which, in turn, rec-ommended them to the spor ts ministry for clearance, whichgave the final nod.The paddlers will leave for Incheon Sep 22 and the table ten-nis events at the Asian Games begin Sep 27."We had projected a clear picture about why our paddlersshould compete at the Asiad. Our paddlers had reached thesemi-finals at Guangzhou and that was good enough reasonfor their representation. Both the Spor ts Authority of India (SAI)and ministry officials were convinced," TTFI secretary gen-eral Dhanraj Choudhary said, thanking the ministry for theclearance.


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'MANWA LAAGE' CROSSES ONEMILLION VIEWS IN 21 HOURS

Mumbai ( IANS): Â"ManwalaageÂ", the second song from"Happy New Year", crossed onemillion hits in 21 hours.Released Tuesday midnight,"Manwa laage", which featuresShah Rukh Khan and DeepikaPadukone, has got 1,172,385 hitstill now. It has been sung by Arijitand Shreya Ghoshal.Vishal-Shekhar, the composers ofthe film, feel that in a "world thatshouts everything loudly, 'Manwa'

is a gentle breath of peace andlove." "Creating this song was abeautiful experience as workingwith Farah Khan always is. Shah

Rukh and Deepika have gone be-yond our expectations in their per-formance," the duo said in theirjoint statement.

Chicago (IANS): The ChicagoSouth Asian Film Festival, whichwas star ted just over five yearsago, by a dedicated group of In-dian film aficionados, has grownto be a s igni f icant event inChicago's ar t and film landscape.The festival, the largest of its kindin the Midwest, wil l this yearpresent over 25 films in downtownChicago and in theatres and pub-lic libraries in the city's suburbs,from Sept 18-21.The organizers have said that theselection includes a careful lycurated collection of independentfi lms, shor ts, documentaries,events and discussions. The fes-tival will open with the Chicagopremiere of Liar's Dice by direc-tor Geethu Mohandas, which wasscreened at the Sundance FilmFestival and stars the current dar-ling of the alternative film circuithere, Nawazuddin Siddiqui ,alongwith Geetanjali Thapa andManya Gupta. Another film, Mon-soon Shootout, which also stars

Siddiqui, will be the centerpiecefilm. One of the major sponsorsof the festival this year is Zee Cin-ema. Siddiqui has confirmed his at-tendance at the event, according to aspokesperson for the festival.Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuelhas said in a message, "The fes-tival creates an innovative cul-tural and cinematic experience forChicagoans and visitors alike.Through the gift of film, the Chi-cago South Asian Film Festivalinvites all to share and enjoy themagic of cinema and true culturalexchange. The City is proud tohost this extraordinary par tner-ship between the South Asiancommunity and the ar ts and en-ter tainment industry."Among the films to be screenedare "A boy called Boris" directedby Ashok Vish, "Are you listen-ing", a documentary f romBangladesh, "Brahmin Bulls" di-rected by Mahesh Pailoor and"Monsoon shootout" directed byAmit Kumar.

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'SATYAMEV JAYATE' TOBEGIN FROM OCTOBER 5

The third season of Aamir Khan-hosted popular TV show'Satyamev Jayate' is all set to air from next month. The first promoof the issue-based show made its debut appearance on micro-blogging site Twitter. "Hey Guys, new season of SMJ star ting on5th October. Check out the new promo. Tell me what you think,"Aamir, 48, tweeted along with the link of the promo. The first twoseasons of 'Satyamev Jayate' highlighted the harsh realities ofthe Indian society. The third season is expected to be different.This time, the show will encourage a healthy interaction with its audi-ence and the 'Dhoom 3' star will also have live chat with viewers onnew-age social media. Bollywood actresses Deepika Padukone,Parineeti Chopra, and Kangana Ranaut will be featured on theshow. The first edition of the show was aired in mid-2012.



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