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Snake rescuedfrom

residential area

A venomoussnake was rescuedon Monday afternoonfrom a playground inVashigaon by thesnake activist VishalTupe. The activistwho was passing bythe node found ahuge crowd gath-ered, when he en-quired, the passersby informed thatthere was a snake inthe vicinity. Tupefound the snake to behighly venomousand asked the crowdnot to come near…

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Residents stageagitation against

poor water supply

The residents ofSector 4 along withthe corporator He-mangi Sonawanecarried out an agita-tion to ward officeAiroli following lowwater pressure inthe sector since 6months. The resi-dents allege that de-spite good monsoonseason this year, stillthe node has beendealing with low wa-ter pressure…

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NEWS INBRIEF

Domestic workers’ committee

demands Amendments in the Acts

Meeting was held to discuss the non-functionality of the domestic workers’ welfare board

By Abhitash D.Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to provide socialsecurity and safety tothe domestic workers, ameeting was held in

Contd. on pg. 9

Pyramid House inChinchwad, Pune on10th November, 2019 bythe coordination com-mittee of domesticworkers where repre-

First lot of Malawimangoes arrive in the city

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Hereis a good news for themango lovers. Much tothe delight of the resi-dents, Malawi man-goes, which taste al-

most like Alphonsomangoes, have arrivedin the city.

This is off seasonfor mangoes in India.With the arrival ofMalawi mangoes,

which look, taste andsmell exactly like theAlphonsos, the Indianconsumers can now en-joy mangoes even dur-ing the October-De-cember period, say the

traders.Around 800 boxes of

Malawi mangoes ar-rived the fruit divisionof the Agricultural Pro-duce Market Commit-tee (APMC), Vashi on12th November, 2019.Each box, contains

around 3kg to 3.5 kg ofthe fruit which costsbetween Rs. 500-700per kg in the APMCmarket.

Sanjay Pansare, atrader from the APMC

sentatives from 20+ or-ganisations, collectivesand unions gathered todiscuss the issue of thenon-functionality of thedomestic workers’ wel-

fare board. During themeet the committee de-manded the amend-ments in acts and itsstrong implementation.

It was alleged thatthe implementation ofthe Maharashtra Do-mestic Workers Wel-

fare Board Act, 2008has weakened consider-ably. “The welfare boardis non-functional todayleaving the domesticworkers without anysocial security and safe-

Contd. on pg. 4

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By C.K. Subramaniam

NAVI MUMBAI: On thethird day of the Musi-cal treat by KalalayaFoundation, there wasfascinating jugalbandiby the disciples of GuruM.S. Parameswaranwho provided the audi-ence with a mesmeriz-ing musical treat. Itwas a pleasure to watchthe students settingnew benchmarks forthemselves.

This was followed bya concert by Smt. Lak-shmi Rajagopalan, arenowned figure in thesatellite city. She be-gan her recital with thevarnam in the verysweet Ragam Mohan-am which was followedby the song Siddhivi-nayakam in RagamShanmukhapriya inRupaka Thalam. RaviAnantharaman’s sup-port on the violin wasexemplary and the boyson the Mridangam,

Mesmerizing musical treat by Kalalaya Foundation

Hari Prasad and RishiSatish, disciples ofGuru M.S. Parameswaran gavewonderful support. The song RamabhaktiSamrajyam in Shud-dhabangala set to Adithalam was renderedbeautifully and Shak-tidharan on the

members of theParameswaran Kala-laya Foundation ho-noured the artists onstage with a shawl anda bouquet. They alsothanked the DharmaShastha Maha Vishnutemple for providing thevenue.

The Music Festival2019 concluded in a be-fitting manner and allwere thankful to M.S.Parameswaran for hav-ing arranged the con-certs and jugalbandiwhere all the disciplescould ascend the stageto showcase theirskills.

Ghatam and K.N. Go-palan on the Morsingwere superb.

Theliyaleru Ramain the Ragam Dhenukakept the audience spell-bound and before themain song Shiva Shivain the Ragam Panthu-varali the alapana wasin detail. After the

song, Hari and Rishialong with Shaktidha-ran and Gopalan pro-ceeded to perform a cap-tivating thaniavartha-nam and received a loudround of applause fromthe encouraging audi-ence.

Guru M.S.Parameswaran and

Newly commissioned Gym at Sanpada Garden helps fit-ness enthusiasts. (Photo Courtesy: C.K Subramaniam)

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI:Khandeshwar policehave arrested two mem-bers of a gang for alleg-edly breaking-in hous-es in Khandeshwar.The accused identifiedas Suraj Jileadar Singh(25) and Rabban aliasIrfan Kaleem Shaikh(37), have been arrest-ed in connection withtwo burglaries underthe jurisdiction ofKhandeshwar policestation. A total of 240grams of gold and 160grams of silver worthRs 7 lakh 27 thousandworth of jewellery andweapons used in therobbery have beenseized, said RavindraGidade, Assistant Com-missioner of Police,

Khandeshwar police arresttwo for house burglaries

Panvel.The Navi Mumbai

Commissioner of Po-lice, Sanjay Kumar hadinstructed officials tocurb the number ofhouse burglaries inNavi Mumbai. Accord-ingly, Khandeshwarpolice started investi-gating the burglary cas-es in their area and ob-tained CCTV footage atthe incident site. Policeon examining theCCTV footage gatheredthe information withthe help of technicalassistance. According-ly, they arrested SurajJileadar Singh (25)from Surat in Gujaratand Rabban alias IrfanKaleem Khan Sheikh(37).

After further inves-

tigations by the police,they confessed to theburglary at Khandesh-war. After further in-vestigation, the policeseized weapons used forthe robbery and theftvaluables of Rs 7 lakh27 thousand worth of240 grams of gold and160 grams of silver. Al-though the duo haveaccepted their involve-ment in two burglariesin the area ofKhandeshwar policestation, the police feelthey are also involved inseveral other burglariesin the outskirts ofMumbai along withtheir other accomplic-es.

The police are nowsearching for their oth-er associates.

Two from the gang arrestedfor stealing mobile phones

63 mobile phones worth

Rs 11 lakh 19 thousand seized

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Panv-el city police have suc-ceeded in apprehendingtwo thieves from a gangwho have been lootingmobile phones from thepeople at crowded plac-es. The accused havebeen identified as Kun-dan Kumar Arjun Ma-hato (21) and Kailaalias Azam. The policehave seized 63 mobilephones worth Rs 11lakh 10 thousand fromthem and are current-ly looking out for othermembers of the gang.The police feel that withthis arrest, several cas-es of mobile thefts willbe solved.

Under the directionof Ashok Dudhe, Dep-uty Commissioner ofPolice, Unite II, Assis-tant Police InspectorIshaan Khorote and histeam under the guid-

ance of senior policeinspector Ajay KumarLandge, laid a trapand sent one of the of-ficials in civil dress tothe market area ofPanvel on October 28.

Kundan Kumar Ar-jun Mahato wascaught red handed forstealing mobile phone.During interrogation,he confessed to havingstolen several mobilephones in Gujarat areaincluding Mumbai. 63mobile phones belong-ing to companies likeiPhone, Samsung,Vivo, OPPO, MI, Len-ovo, Motorola, worthRs 11 lakh 10 thousandwere recovered. Thesewere kept in a rentedhouse in Surat. Policealso arrested the ac-cused Kundan’s associ-ate Azam JakkuSheikh from Jhark-hand. Investigation re-

vealed that the gangwere sending the sto-len mobile phone forsale to Nepal, Bang-ladesh.

There are six to sev-en people in the gangwho steal mobilephones, all fromJharkhand. The gangchooses a city to stealmobile phones, thenmembers of the ganglive in a rented housein the city aroundthem. The gang oper-ates in crowded areaslike market, railwaystation and bus stops.

Senior inspectorAjaykumar Landge ofPanvel City, Police Sta-tion has urged citizensto keep their mobilephones in their pocketand avoid it in the shirtpocket while travelingin crowded places orwhile commuting bytrain or bus.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A venomous snakewas rescued from the residentialarea on Monday afternoon from aplayground in Vashigaon by thesnake activist Vishal Tupe. The ac-tivist who was passing by the nodefound a huge crowd gathered, whenhe enquired, the passers by in-formed that there was a snake inthe vicinity. Tupe found the snaketo be highly venomous and askedthe crowd not to come near. Luck-ily the snake had not bitten anyperson in the crowd.

Tupe rescued the snake withthe help of a stick and put it in abottle. He then released the poison-ous snake in the Vashi creek.

Snake rescued from residential area

Capital Club Company’spromoters and agents arrested

Police look out for director and othersBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Five persons, includ-ing promoters and agents of CapitalClub Company, have been arrestedfor duping 4841 investors of Rs 14crore 53 lakh 77 thousand by luringthem with high returns on invest-ment without having legal approvalof any governing body. The police arelooking out for the absconding direc-tor of the Capital Club.

The gang, arrested in this case,started operating the Capital ClubTraders office on the 14th floor ofReal Tech Park building near VashiRailway station last July and pro-moted investment schemes wherepeople were lured by investors of 2grams to 30 grams of gold and 4grams to 60 grams silver by invest-ing Rs 15,500 to Rs 2 lakh 32 amountand 3 percent returns in 52 weeks.

In addition, if the investor addedanother person in the scheme, they

were to get 1 percent in 20 week assales bonus. Lured by the offers, 4881citizens from Mumbai-Thane areaincluding Navi Mumbai investedaround Rs 14 crore 53 lakh 77 thou-sand online in Capital Club duringthe last four months.

Upon receiving the information,the Economic Offences Wing raidedthe Capital Club’s office in Vashi lastweek and found that the schemes op-erated by the company were fake.The crime branch sealed the head-quarters and lodged a crime againstthe promoters, directors and agentsof the Capital Club at Vashi policestation in accordance with the IT Act.

Police have arrested the compa-ny’s promoter Ganesh Shinde andagents Abhijit Jadhav, SamdanChinchole, Sanjay Gaware and Ba-ban Sadar. Police are now on the lookout for the company’s directors andothers.


ty net. The registra-tions under the boardare not being processedand deliveries ofschemes have stoppeddepriving the workersfrom all social securitythat the Act and result-ant board claims to of-fer,” said a member.

“The membersshould be provided withID cards post registra-tion immediately afterclearing and processingof forms to ensure thattimely benefits are re-ceived. A separate bu-reaucracy should be setup for running the wel-fare board,” said anoth-er member. The com-mittee also demandedthat the domestic work-ers should be legallyand in practice be rec-ognised as workers; thewelfare board should beindependent of the stateto ensure no interfer-ence by the govern-ment; a budgetary pro-vision should be madeby the state govern-ment to allot funds toensure stable and reg-ular source of fundingof the welfare board, afair, minimum wagerate should be decidedby the board, no agebarrier in case of receiv-ing benefits.

They also demandedthat a survey should beconducted by the statebody with strong willand intention on theirend; the Municipalityshould include in theDCRs (DevelopmentControl Regulations)that every housing so-ciety should have a sep-arate place that acts asa crèche for the babiesof the workers and alsofor the domestic work-ers to take rest, mini-mum of 3 months ofmaternity leave shouldbe provided to womendomestic workers, theexisting schemes in theAct should be made spe-cific and clearer to en-sure its swift delivery,the domestic workershould be allowed 4days leave per month.

In a year, after 11

months of service, a onemonth leave should begranted. Along with theworkers, employersshould also get regis-tered under the welfareboard, out of the totalstate government reve-nue, 3% should be con-tributed towards pro-viding pension to thedomestic workers, ahelpline number shouldbe setup that the work-ers can directly ap-proach in case of dis-tress and difficulties, atthe time of police com-plaint against domesticworkers, provisionshould be made for so-cial workers to accom-pany the domesticworkers to the policestation / outpost, theMunicipality shouldprovide for construc-tion of houses in thestate for the domesticworkers and reserveland for them for thesame, an independentlegal court should be setup for the domesticworkers towards griev-ance redressal andthere were the de-mands for the strongimplementation of it.

The committee alsodemanded that theboard should providezero token loans for theworkers’ children tohelp them access edu-cational services, deliv-ery of previous schemesshould be resumed andnew schemes should beintroduced such as San-man Dhan Yojana, AamAadmi Yojana etc. ev-ery woman should re-ceive a Swastya Arogyacard under the board,which should providehealth insurance, trav-elling allowance andother social securitybenefits. The domesticworker should also beoffered paidleaves. Lastly, de-mands with regards towelfare of domesticworkers at the nation-al level should be ac-knowledged immediate-ly.

A panel discussionwas conducted duringthe meeting whereleaders, activists anddomestic workers ex-pressed their opinionsand views, shared theirexperience of workingtowards addressing the

issue and suggestedvarious ways to takethe movement forward.

Below a few keytakeaways from thesession:

Suchita Suru: Itis shocking that evenafter an Act being inexistence, the welfareboard is currently dys-functional. We have topush for the schemesthat were being deliv-ered previously and putforth our suggestionsfor new schemes thatare relevant as per theneeds and demands ofthe beneficiaries.

Madhu Birmole :Being a former mem-ber of the board, I haveto admit that the boardat the time existed justfor namesake. I couldnot work the way Iwanted as our opinionsand views were nevertaken into consider-ation. Hence, the for-mation of the board wepush for now, should benothing like the previ-ous one, i.e. the welfareboard that existed from2011 to 2014.

Santhosh Vib-hute: For renewal ofregistrations under theboard, the domesticworkers are expectedto visit the officesthemselves. They can-not always lose a day’swork and manage tovisit the office. Hence,we should strongly de-mand for social organ-isations to be allowed tointervene and take careof submission of formsand formalities on theirbehalf.

Dnyanesh Patil :The way the cities aredeveloping today, do-mestic workers are anintegral part of the ec-osystem. Householdsneed and depend ontheir services and thisvery fact is ourstrength. We shoulduse this to our advan-tage, come togetherand put our demandsforward strongly.

Vidya Swami, do-mestic worker fromSangli district, Maha-rashtra: Being aware ofthe conditions of do-mestic workers verywell, I can state thatthe one thing we imme-diately demand is theschemes and benefits.

We even have to workon days when our chil-dren are sick or whenour family needs oursupport because weneed the earnings andcannot afford to loseeven one day of work.

Suresh Patil: Thestructure and form ofthe welfare boardshould be decided by usand not the State. It isour right to visualizethe welfare board andits operations and asbeing part of the coor-dination committee, weshould take this up asone of the very firsttasks.

M a d h u k a n tPathariya : Ourrights are slowly beingtaken away from us.This is the time tocome together andshow our strength if wewant to secure our fu-ture. To run the wel-fare board, we needproper representativeswho are driven to pro-vide welfare and arecompetent to make theboard work. Also, rely-ing just on state grantsis not sufficient. Weneed to push for aboard which has prop-er representation,proper funding to ulti-mately deliver benefitseffectively.

Babita Rawat:The International La-bour Organisation(ILO) Convention 189that is so widely spo-ken about in the con-text of domestic work-ers, their rights andsafety, is not widelyspoken about in India.We need to push for di-alogue on this topic andensure its implementa-tion on ground. Also,we should focus onteaching the domesticworkers to fight, facil-itate their learning andstruggle so that theyare able to take theirdemands forward.

U d a yChaudhary: We earnwhat we deserve. Weare not stealing fromanyone and hence, it isour right to ask for pro-tection and safety fromthe government. Thegovernment is depriv-ing us of our rightfulbenefits. Hence, it isonly fair that we standup against the injus-

tice.Rajaram Sabale:

Our main priorityshould be that of get-ting the domesticworkers pension facili-ties. We have to guidethe workers, organizethem so that they areable to fill the gaps andpush for their demandsthemselves.

Kashinath Na-kate: The workers sup-port the cities greatlyand are very muchequal citizens of theurban. Hence, we de-serve to be recognized,acknowledged, sup-ported and protected.The unity among usneeds to be strength-ened, then and onlythen can we makechange happen.

Raju Vanjare andDinesh Mishra: It isimportant to engage allstakeholders who cancontribute towards ourcause. Thus, weshould ensure that ourdemands reach everyperson in power whohas the ability to pushour demands forward.It is therefore impor-tant to come together,unite in order to makeour voices heard.

With respect to put-ting forth a strong ac-tion plan, a memoran-dum was preparedwhich contained 24 spe-cific demands that wereunanimously agreedupon during the meet-ing. The demands werebifurcated into threecategories – firstly, de-mands relating to pro-visions in the existingAct that need strongimplementation; sec-ondly, demands relat-ing to necessaryamendments that needto be made in the Acttowards its strength-ening; lastly, demandsrelating to relevantschemes in the contextof domestic workersthat should be deliv-ered by the welfareboard.

The memorandumincluded demand forprovision of pensionand other schemes, for-mation of a proper tri-partite board as theAct states, constitu-tion of an independentcourt for domesticworkers, and to estab-

lish a helpline to ad-dress issues of work-ers in distress.

It was decided thatthe memorandumwould be used as a toolfor state consultationand would hence, besubmitted by the corecommittee to newly-elected ministers,MLAs and MPs in var-ious districts of Maha-rashtra. The meetingconcluded with astrong resolve to stagea state level movementearly next year toshowcase the strengthand pressurize the gov-ernment to take thematter forward.

O r g a n i s a t i o n s ,unions, collectives andparticipants who werepresent at the gather-ing belonged to differ-ent districts of Maha-rashtra which includ-ed Chinchwad, Pune,Thane, Mumbai, Nag-pur, Marathwada,Lonavala, Navi Mum-bai and various otherparts. The organisa-tions which came for-ward were Maharash-tra Feriwala MahaSangh, MaharashtraAsangatit KamgarSanghatna, Ghar Ka-mgar Molkarin Sang-hatna, AsangatitKasthkari Sanghatna,YUVA, Kranti SevaKashtkari SangharshMahasangh, SarvaShramik Sanghatana,OHSC, VishwshantiMahila Vikas MandalSanghatna, MolkarinGharelu Kamgar San-stha, GhruhkariShramik Sanghtana,Anand AadhaarGharelu KamgarSanghatana, Maha-rashtra Rajya Ghare-lu Kamgar Sangha-tana, MaharashtraMahila Parishad, Ma-harashtra Ghar VikasSanghatana, Maha-rashtra KashtakariGharkamgar Sangha-tana, VidharbhaMolkarin Sanghatana,Shramjeevi Sangha-tana, Gharkul Sang-harsh Samiti, Nation-al Domestic Workers’Movement, CFTUI,Ghruha Karya SevaShramik Sanghatana,AITUC, RayatrajyaShramik MahasanghGharelu GharkarSanghthna.

Domesticworkers’

committeedemands...

Contd. from pg. 1


Issue : 162 13 November, 2019

Flouting traffic rules -A cause for concern

In the recent past, road accidents in-volving two wheeler riders are increasingat an alarming pace all over the place.While rash driving, violation of traffic rulesetc. are the prime reasons for the increasein the road accidents, driving after con-suming liquor is another major cause,which has not been seriously consideredtill now.

Long smooth stretches like the PalmBeach Marg allow the drivers to push theaccelerators just for the thrill. The desirebecomes more stronger, especiallyamongst youngsters, after getting tipsy, orin the company of friends. It is seen thatusually whenever there is serious acci-dent, one of the drivers is in drunken state.So far, in the absence of proper equipment,the RTO officials were unable to penalizethe offenders. Now equipped with breathanalyzers, the task has become easier.These drives should be conducted peri-odically especially at strategic locations.If implemented strictly, it would help incurbing the tendency to drive after con-suming liquor.

Along with stringent measures againstdrunken drivers, the RTO should also ini-tiate action for not wearing helmets. Whilethe All India Road Safety Programme Im-plementation Committee set up by MOST,has recommended use of helmets as man-datory for two wheeler drivers, it has notbeen seriously implemented.

The use of helmets mitigates to a largeextent the fatality of the accidents. It isdifficult to understand why this is not be-ing followed by the motorists themselveswhen the rule has been framed for theirown safety? Probably, it is the tendency todefy rules, which forces us not to followrules and regulations. Earlier, rules ofcompulsory wearing of seat belts whiledriving four wheelers or prohibiting talk-ing on mobile phones while driving, alsocould not be implemented strictly due tocallous nature of the motorists and theenforcing authorities.

It is highly essential that in view of therising accidents, the motorists themselvesrealize the gravity of drunken driving andthe peril of not wearing helmets. The au-thorities on their part, should continuetheir drives as these would help in instill-ing traffic discipline amongst the motor-ists. Only traffic discipline coupled withsafety devices such as helmets and seatbelts can save precious lives.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheKalamboli police havearrested two accusedfor robbing a trailerparked under a flyoverin Kalamboli of valu-ables worth Rs 12 lakh.Assistant Commission-er of Police RavindraGidade informed thatthe police had been suc-cessful in seizing thetrailer containing theiron rods.

As per the order re-ceived from Matesh-wari Transport inKalamboli, trailer driv-er Sopan Bankhadehad loaded iron rodsfrom Uran on Novem-ber 1 in his trailer. Thetrailer was thenparked under the fly-over in front of theKalamboli Fire Bri-gade at night. Earlierin the morning, uni-dentified thieves stolethe iron rods worth Rs12 lakh. The driver ofthe trailer registered acase with the Kalam-

Two nabbed forrobbing a trailer

boli police station. PSIManish Bachao andhis team started inves-tigating the case un-der the guidance of se-nior police inspectorSatish Gaikwad.

During investiga-tion, police nabbed AliAnwar SamasadAhmed Sheikh, 22,from confidential in-formant and technicalinvestigation. Later,after a thorough in-quiry by the police, heinformed that thetrailer stolen withiron ore was used byJabir on the request ofMahmood AbdulHakim Khan (28),who was hiding in Go-vandi Banganwadi.Accordingly, the policearrested both Aliwarand Mehmood AbdulHakim Khan andseized the trailer hid-den in the Banganwa-di area. Police havenow started searchingfor other accused ab-sconding in the case.

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel Session CourtJudge Rajesh Asmarhas sentenced ayouth with 10-yearrigorous imprison-ment (RI) for sexuallyassaulting a minor.

The accusedKanhaiyalal Jawaha-rlal Pal lives inLaxmi slum area inPanvel, while the 6-year-old victim alsolived in the samearea. On December18, 2014, the accusedKanhaiyalal Palcalled the victim tohis house for drink-ing tea and raped her.On the complaint ofthe victim’s motherat that time, Panvelcity police hadarrested the accusedKanhaiyalal for rapeand crime underPOCSO section.Subsequently, thePanvel city police hadcompleted the investi-gation of the case and

Youth sentencedto 10 years RI

filed a charge sheet inthe Sessions court.

The trial wasstarted in the court ofAdditional SessionsJudge Rajesh Asmarat Panvel. Additionalgovernment prosecu-tor AD AshwiniBandwedekar-Patilregistered a total of 10witnesses in this case.The testimony of thevictim and her motheras well as the actualwitnesses was impor-tant in this case. Alsoimportant was theinvestigation ofAssistant PoliceInspector GorakshaGowali, the investigat-ing officer. Later, onthe evidence available,Justice Rajesh Asmarconvicted the accusedKanhaiyalal andsentenced him to 10years rigorous laborand a fine of Rs12,000. The court hasalso ordered the entireamount of the fine tobe paid to the victim.


Residents stage agitationagainst poor water supply


NAVI MUMBAI: Theresidents of Sector 4along with the corpora-tor Hemangi Sonawanecarried out an agitationto ward office Airoli fol-lowing low water pres-sure in the sector since6 months. The residentsallege that despite goodmonsoon season thisyear, still the node hasbeen dealing with lowwater pressure. The sit-uation was worse dur-ing the festival time,

pointed out RashmiSharma, “While wehave been facing lowwater pressure since thebeginning of the mon-soon, the situation wasworse on the day of Di-wali, when the waterpressure was the low-est.”

Rita Arun, anotherresident said, “The sit-uation is pathetic as theward officers are nottaking proper mea-sures.”

H e m a n g i

Sonawane, corporatorwho led the protestwhile speaking to News-band said, “If the issueis not solved within aweeks’ time, the ladiesof the sector will takeout a Handa Morcha.”

An officer from thewater departmentNMMC assured thewomen that the issuewill be solved within aweek and the water sup-ply will be restored backto normalcy.

Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari, Raigad district MLA Prashant Thakurvisited Gurudwara on the occasion of Gurunanak Jayanti. Also present were Districtvice-president Krishna Kobanak, corporator Eknath Gaikwad, Manoj Bhujbal, SanjayBhoopi, Santosh Shetty and Shikha brothers.

Students of Nrutya AradhanaKala Niketan bagged Gold atNational Dance Competition

PANVEL: Students ofNrutya Aradhana KalaNiketan Institute atPanvel have performedbrilliantly at the ‘Kal-

pataru National DanceCompetition 19’ Nation-al Competition held inBangalore.

Former MP Ram-seth Thakur, MLAPrashant Thakur, Var-sha Thakur congratu-lated the winners andcoaches.

Hundreds of con-testants from all overthe country participat-

ed at the national levelBharatanatyam eventheld in Bangalore. Thestudents of this danceinstitute have won first

place in the open groupdance competition.

The participants ofthe group dance compe-tition were TanyaGharat, Purava Nala-vade, MrinmayiThange, Vaidehi Pote,Shivani Pacharkar. Inthe singles dance groupunder the age group of5 -8, Mrinmoyi VinodThaneg got third place.

Six-year-old Jweta Sa-chin Saraf finishedthird in the singlesevent in the under-six.In particular, Jweta

was the youngest con-testant in the competi-tion, so she received aspecial appreciationaward. Nrutya Aradha-na Kala Niketan hasbeen giving dance les-sons to students in Pan-vel for the last eightyears. Hundreds of stu-dents have been trainedthrough this institutein the short term.

Movie ReviewsBy Abhitash D.Singh

BalaCast: Ayushmann

khurana, YamiGautam, Bhumi Ped-nekar, Javed Jaffrey.

D i rec to r : AmarKaushik

Producer: DineshVijan

Positive Points: Ay-ushmann Khurana isbrilliant in his acting &delivered an award win-ning performance. Heis very good in select-ing a story which mostof the successful actorswould turn down. Hisdream run on box-officecontinues( Bareilly kiBarfi,Shubh MangalSaavdhan, Andhadhun,Badhaai Ho, Article15,Dream Girl)and thismovie will mark his 7thconsecutive hit. Thismovie also highlightshis dancing skills, whohas done a commend-able job, also not to for-

get the Tik-Tok videocreated on screen byAyushmaan & Yamiconsisting hit numberof 90’s is simply awe-some! Yami looks beau-tiful and has played herpart well. The film is

also very well support-ed by SaurabhShukla,Seema Pahwaand Javed Jaffrey.Dheerandra KumarGautam, (who plays

the role of Ayushman’sbrother) and lastly, Vi-jay Razz who is the nar-rator of the entire sto-ry need a special men-tion .Amar Kaushik asa director has done agood job and made the

film entertainingthroughout. Filmtouches you emotional-ly too. Story & screen-

Contd. on pg. 10


By Nidhi Agarwal

Today we are go-ing to tell an easy tomake yet very tastydish made of paneer.Children love paneerso we can easilymake this paneerdish for them. It is sofast to make yet sodelicious

Ingredients

250 gms goodquality paneer. Youcan use homemadepaneer also. Gratethe paneer with thehelp of a grater.

2 medium size On-ion cut into smallpieces

2 medium size rip-ened tomato also cutinto small pieces

1 green chilli 2 pods of garlic1 small piece of

ginger peeled and cutinto small pieces

Chilly, garlic, gin-ger should be cut intosmall pieces or youcan use ginger garlicpaste available in themarket

1 tbsp oilSalt according to

taste1/2 teaspoon kash-

miri or deghi Lal mir-chi; It gives very good

Paneer bhurjicolour to the paneer

1/2tea spoon dhaniaPWD

1/4 teaspoon tur-meric powder

1/4 teaspoon garammasala PWD

1 table spoon toma-to sauce

1 table spoon chillisauce

1 small capsicum

diced into small pieces Few strands of cori-

ander leaves for gar-nishing

Method

1. Put 1 table spoon ofoil in wok or kadhai.Instead of oil wecan also use Amulbutter.

2. Once the oil startsheating add smallpieces of onion let itbecome slightlybrown add greenchilli, garlic, gingerand again saute ev-erything on medi-um flame.

3. Now add tomatothat is cut intosmall pieces in-stead of raw toma-toes u can use to-

mato puree also.4. Now add diced cap-

sicum .once the to-mato starts re-leasing the oil itmeans the gravy isready or it startsleaving the sidesof the kadhai.

5. Now mix all thespices that is salt,turmeric Powder,

corriander powder,red chilli powder.Also add chillisauce and tomatosauce.

6. Mix all the spicesproperly. Now addgrated paneer mix.It should be like acurry only.

7. lastly add garammasala and gar-nish with fewstrands of corian-der leaves.Your delicious

paneer bhurji is readyto eat. It can eatenwith laccha Paranthaor plain paratha.

Nidhi Agarwal is the

founder of ‘Cake N Bake’

and can be contacted on

7017625598 for orders

Prabhat Pheri was taken out with great enthusiasm by the Maharaj Darshan Das Char-itable Trust to mark the 550th birthday celebration of Guru Nanak Devji in Nerul. (Photocourtesy Abhitash D.Singh)

Thane-Vashi Trans Harbourroute completes 15 years

Navi Mumbai becomes a bridge connecting

commuters of Mumbai to Thane


NAVI MUMBAI: TheThane-Vashi TransHarbour local servicehas completed 15years. Since thelaunch of the Transharbour Rail connect-ing Thane and NaviMumbai, the flow ofpassengers has beenincreasing day by day.On 9 th November2004, the first train onthe Trans Harbourroute from Ko-perkhairane Station toThane was flagged offby the then RailwayMinister Lalu PrasadYadav. On this route,the Digha railway sta-tion will be added as anew station.

The track for theTrans Harbour routewas laid in 1993. Theproject was stalled for11 years and was re-sumed after 2002 fromthe scratch.

With the launch ofThane-Vashi andT h a n e - B e l a p u r ,Thane-Panvel route,various new compa-nies started establish-

ing their units aroundAiroli, Ghansoli, Ko-parkhairane, Rabaleand other stations. Asa result, the number ofpassengers on theTrans Harbour routehas increased signifi-cantly over the pastfew years.

There has been anaverage increase of20,000 commuters onthe Trans Harbourroute since 5 years. Be-sides, commuters fromNerul, Belapur andPanvel also travel bytrans-harbour route.

The contributionof four MPs

The Thane-Panvellocal service has be-come important to thepassengers after theThane-Vashi TransHarbour Local Servicewas started. The roleplayed by the late MPPrakash Paranjpe(2004-08), AnandParanjpe (2008-09), Dr.Sanjeev Ganesh Naik(2009-14) and the cur-rent MP Rajan Vichare(2014 – till date) ishighly significant.

They were highly in-strumental in bringingthe service.

Executive Presi-dent, Akhil BhartiyaPravasi Seva Sangh,Praful Mhatre, said,“The Trans Harbourroute has been a bless-ing to commuters.However, more servic-es should be added tothe route. Also fast lo-cals should be intro-duced as it is in thecentral line and west-ern line.” He furthersaid, “The servicesshould be extended tillPen.”

“The Trans- Har-bour is an importantline connecting NaviMumbai and Thane-Ka-lyan. From time to timelocal routes have beenextended to make trav-elling convenient forcommuters. The work ofDigha railway station isalso in progress. Wewill focus on providinggreater convenience totravel”, said ShivajiSutar, Chief Public Re-lations Officer, CentralRailway.

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Gurpurab celebrationsBy C.K. Subrmaniam

Gurpurab or GuruNanak Jayanti is thecelebration of the birthof the first Sikh Guru,Guru Nanak, who laidthe foundation ofSikhism. Thisyear, Gurpurab will becelebrated on Novem-ber 12. Gurpurab orGuru Nanak Jayantiis the most auspiciousday in Sikhism andwill celebrated withfervour on Tuesday,even as Gurpurab iscelebrated of differentdays each year basedon the Indian lunarcalendar. This yearwould be the 550thbirth anniversary ofGuru Nanak. “Gur-purab” is made of twowords— “Gur”, whichmeans Guru or mas-ter, and “Purab”,which means parv inHindi, meaning day.So Gurpurab is theday dedicated to theGuru.

Festivities onGuru Nanak Jayan-ti or Gurpurab arecentred around thebirth anniversariesof the ten Sikh gu-rus. The tenth andthe last Sikh Guruwas Guru GobindSingh. After him, thesacred book of Sikhs,the Adi Granth orGuru Granth Sahib,which contains thewritings of the gurus,is considered the guru.

Guru NanakGurpurab or GuruNanak Jayanti is cele-brated as the day to re-member the holy guru,Guru Nanak, and is areminder for the follow-ers of Sikhism to re-member his teachingsand overcome the fivevices - lust, greed, at-tachment, anger andpride and devote one’slife in the selfless ser-vice of God.

Guru Nanak wasborn to Kalayan DasMehta and Matta Tri-pat. From an early age,Guru Nanak had aspiritual inkling. Herefused to wear the up-per-caste Hindu-wornsacred thread as he didnot believe in superficial

aspects of religion.Guru Nanak said hewould rather wear theGod’s name in heartthat could never be bro-

ken or get impure.Guru Nanak

worked as a storekeep-er in a granary of Daul-at Khan Lodi in Sul-tanpur, where he camein contact with Mar-

dana, a Muslim ser-vant. Together they or-ganised gatherings forHindus and Muslimswhere they sang hymns

to praise the creator.Gurudwara near

Indira Gandhi Col-lege of Managementin Sanpada has comeout nicely with artis-tic work adorningthe front portion. Onthe Gurpurab day,the Gurudwara wasfull of activities. Tomark Gurpurab day,free food was provid-ed to the poor and

down trodden people. Itwas celebration timeon Gurpurab day.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada, Navi

Mumbai

PM Modi – a big applause fordedicating Kartarpur Corridor

By Vinod C. Dixit

PM Modi deserves abig applause for dedi-cating the Kartarpurcorridor to the nationby flagging off the firstbatch of more than 500Indian pilgrims. Hethanked Pakistan pre-mier Imran Khan forrespecting Indian sen-timents towards theshrine across the bor-der that marks the fi-nal resting place ofSikhism founder GuruNanak Dev. Kartarpuris held in high esteemby the Sikh communi-ty. That is so becauseGuru Nanak Dev Ji(1469-1539), founder of

the Sikh religion, livedthere for over 17 years.He gave the name Kar-tarpur Sahib to theplace that became theprincipal seat of Sikhfaith. In 1947, Indiawas divided into two andthe Kartarpur Sahib gu-rudwara went to thePakistan side of the bor-der. It is said that in theyear 1522, the firstGurdwara, GurdwaraKartarpur Sahib, wasestablished by the firstSikh Guru, Guru Nan-ak Dev, where he is be-lieved to have died. In theyear 2000, Pakistanagreed to allow Sikh pil-grims from India to vis-it the shrine visa-free(and without passport)by constructing a bridgefrom the India side of theborder to the shrine.

Gurdwara DarbarSahib Kartarpur alsocalled Kartarpur Sa-hib, is a world’s biggestgurudwara in kartar-pur, Pakistan. Modidonning a saffron co-loured turban rightlysaid that besides being

a guru, Guru NanakDev is a thought, thebasis of life. Our values,culture, our thoughts,our thinking, our up-bringing, our reason-ing, our speech, all ofthese have been honedby pious souls likeGuru Nanak. Modi alsosaid that Guru Nanakhad demonstrated anideal way of life. “Heprayed, worked hard,and shared the fruits ofhis labour,’’ he said, add-ing that the govern-ment is holding pro-grammes across theworld through its em-bassies to commemo-rate Guru Nanak’s

550th birth anniversa-ry.

The Gurudwara,originally known asGurdwara Darbar Sa-hib, is among the holi-est of holy shrineswhich is believed to bethe final resting placeof Guru Nanak Dev,the founder of the Sikhreligion. Located on thebanks of Ravi river, thegurdwara was built tocommemorate the sitewhere Guru Nanak set-tled after his mission-ary work. In India, itis usually referred to asKartarpur Ravi to dis-tinguish it from theKartarpur town whichfalls in Jalandhar dis-trict of the IndianPunjab. It is said thatover centuries, the riv-er Ravi shifted courseand the part of the farmwhere Guru Nanakpassed away in 1539 ison the other side of theriver in Pakistan, whileGurdwara Dera BabaNanak is on the Indianside of the border whereGuru Nanak used to

meditate daily.There is no doubt

that the Kartarpur cor-ridor between India andPakistan has nowgreatly reduced thetravel risk of GuruNanak devotees whovisit the place whereGuru Nanak spent hislast days in Pakistan.The Kartarpur corridorwill connect DarbarSahib in Pakistan withDera Baba Nanak inGurdaspur. Pakistanhas agreed to allow5,000 Sikh pilgrimsfrom India to visit on adaily basis to DarbarSahib in Narowalthrough the corridor.

The Indian devotees,especially the Sikhs,were demanding a visa-free “khule darshan”(free obeisance facility)at the gurdwara for allfaiths, from India andoverseas, all seven daysa week by crossing theinternational borderfrom Dera Baba Nanaktown in Punjab’s Gur-daspur district. By tra-dition, the birth anni-versary of Sri GuruNanak Dev that is cel-ebrated worldwide onthe full moon day in themonth of Kartik, theeighth month which co-incides with October-November.

With the construc-tion of the Kartarpurcorridor, the Sikhs liv-ing in India would beable to have darshan ofthe gurdwara and paytheir obeisance here. Itis every Sikh’s desire isto visit this sacred placeand now the pilgrimsfrom both the sides willbe benefitted.

The writer is freelancer,writer and cartoonist.

On the auspicious occasion of Gurpurab, many peoplepurchased new car and conducted Pooja in front of San-pada Gurudwara (Photo courtesy C.K. Subramaniam)


Bridgestone India to joinEMEA region from 2020

Bridgestone Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa

(BSEMEA) to become Bridgestone Europe, Russia,

Middle East, India and Africa (BSEMIA)

MUMBAI : Bridge-stone has announcedthat, from 1 January2020, its Indiabusiness will fall intothe EMEA StrategicBusiness Unit (SBU),transferring from theChina Asia-PacificSBU. As a result,Bridgestone Europe,Russia, Middle Eastand Africa (BSEMEA)will become Bridge-stone Europe, Russia,Middle East, Indiaand Africa (BSEMIA),one of four SBUsglobally, along-side BridgestoneChina Asia-Pacific, Bridge-stone Americas,and BridgestoneJapan.Theintegration ofBridgestoneIndia into EMEAcomes as aresult of Bridge-stone EMEA’s ongoingtransformationcapitalising on theopportunities digitali-sation offers topioneer mobilitysolutions that meetthe needs of custom-ers for convenience,efficiency and sus-tainability.

Parag Satpute willcontinue to leadBridgestone India asManaging Director.This change alsomeans that Bridge-stone India will jointhe recently an-nounced BridgestoneEmerging Marketsdivision, alongside thecompany’s businessesin Africa, the MiddleEast, and Russia.

This transfer willunlock untappedpotential in bothIndia and EMEA. As aresult of the rapidexpansion of theIndian automotiveand tyre market,there is great oppor-tunity in the retail,internet sales, origi-nal equipmentaftersales, and, inparticular, fleetsspaces – opportunitiesthat can be betterrealised when pairedwith Bridgestone

EMEA’s experienceand expertise. Like-wise, BridgestoneEMEA’s digitaltransformation can beaccelerated by India’stech skills and ITknow-how.

Speaking on thisannouncement wasBridgestone EMEACEO and President,Paolo Ferrari: “Indiais a market withhuge potential –potential that isdefinitely being met.Bridgestone India isonly 20 years old, inthat time we’ve seengrowth in the countrybuild and build tomake it a cornerstonemarket; today we’rethe largest premium

tyre producer in thecountry, employingover 3,200 people.”

“There are hugelearnings that Bridge-stone India can passon to what is nowBridgestone EMEA,and vice versa; wefeel very fortunatethat so much knowl-edge can be sharedwithin our globalbusiness to meet ever-evolving customerand market needs.Under the newbanner of Bridgestone

EMIA, we’recommitted toworking withIndia to makeBridgestone aleading mobilitysolutions provid-er across allthree continentsour businessunit operatesin.”

Addressing theannouncement,Bridgestone IndiaManaging DirectorParag Satpute said:“This integration willenable BridgestoneIndia to offer Indianconsumers conve-nience, efficiency andsustainability throughmobility solutions. Itwill also speed upbringing new businessmodels aimed to createsuperior value for ourcustomers and channelpartners. With ourmanufacturingfootprint and ongoinginvestments, we are apart committed to theMake in India move-ment.”

Mumbai Based ‘The Vein Centre’innovates new technique to cure

Varicose Veins

Dr. Saurabh Joshi and his team - win the

prestigious Venartis Prize for innovation

in vein disease treatment

MUMBAI: A superspeciality Mumbaibased clinic The VeinCentre has beenawarded with theprestigious TheVenartis Prize forInnovation in Phle-bology (vein diseasetreatment). Dr.Saurabh Joshi,Founder of the centerand his team inno-vated a new tech-nique to treat largebulgy veins on thelegs without atraditional method ofthe open surgery.The Venartis Prizewas initiated byrenowned EuropeanPhlebologists direct-ed by Dr. JohannChris Ragg fromBerlin, Germany.This prize recognizesinnovative ideas inthe field of veindisease treatments.

The traditionalmethod, the opensurgery involvescutting and stitchingand leaves a scar. Animprovement on thetraditional methodwas laser surgeryand sclerotherapy.These do not leave ascar but are consid-ered inconsistentwith large andtortuous veins. Thenew innovative

method does notinvolve any cuttingand stitching, andimproves on theclosure that laserand plain sclerother-apy can achieve.

This new technol-ogy is highly rele-vant for patients’aged between 25 - 65years. Varicose veinis a common problemin the city life wherepeople stand forprolonged periods oftime like dailycommuters usingpublic transport,shopkeepers, travel-ers, teachers, trafficpolicemen, models,tailors etc are morelikely to get varicoseveins. Some everydayhabits that can leadto this are wearinghigh heels, high saltconsumption, run-ning for a longertime, obesity andcrossing legs.

The award win-ning procedure isvastly challenging asit involves placingtwo different type ofmedicines, a ‘Glue’plug, made frommedical grade gluethat closes the exitpath of these veinsand a ‘Sclerosing’agent that acts onthe wall of the rest of

the vein to close it.These injections haveto be performed withpinpoint accuracyand precision toensure good place-ment. It helps 80%reduction in size ofveins within a week.Further, the healingprocess of closure ofthese abnormal veinscontinues for 8 - 10weeks. A patient thenneeds to follow up forup to 6 months to ayear with the doc-tors.

Dr. SaurabhJoshi, Neuro andVascular Interven-tionalRadiologist, The VeinCentre and the teamsaid “We are privi-leged to receive thisaward, first timeoutside Europe.Varicose veins affects10 million people inIndia each year. Ourintention was to finda safe and consistentmethod that helpsclose these very largeveins without toomuch discomfort tothe patient. Thisinnovation is thefuture of varicoseveins treatment as ithelps better the livesof thousands whosuffer from thisdisease.”

Dear Young Readers,Here is a chance to bring out your cre-ativity and latent talent! Newsband hasa column exclusively for our youngreaders. Children send us your draw-ings, articles, poems etc. along withyour Name, School Name and Standard. Either email usor send by post to the following email id :[email protected] or Newsband, Real TechPark, Office No 1313/1314, 13th Floor, Plot No 39/2, Sec-tor 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703

market said, “As thefirst lot of Malawi man-goes arrived yesterdayin the market, thetraders first conducted

pooja. The stem of thisfruit was taken fromKonkan region by theSalima-based commer-cial fruit farming andprocessing enterprisealmost ten years back.Hence Malawi man-goes taste similar toour Alphonso mangoesand hence will be en-

First lot ofMalawi

mangoes...Contd. from pg. 1

joyed by the mango lov-ers.”

Malawi Mangoes isa company promotedby African and Britishnationals and involvedin the production andprocessing of bananas,pineapple and man-goes.


Train CollisionTrain journey has become rather dangerous

and number of accidents are on the rise. In afatal accident, two trains collided at Knchegudastation in Hyderabad and caused a flutter as suchhead on collision is rare one. Sixteen people were injured and the driv-er of the mangled train was inside the cabin for 8 hours. The accidentbetween one NMTS train and an express train is first of such kind andthe passengers did not get a clue about the mishap. The driver wascaught inside and with the help of gas cutters was rescued in a welldoctored operation. Train collision of this nature is a cause of worryand the Railways should give importance to security of the passengers.

- C.K. Ramanathan, Ashok Nagar, Ghaziabad, U.P.

President’s Rule Imminent! What Next? Even as the wet and dry drought-hit farmers haplessly await ur-

gent relief, the political and bureaucratic authorities appear to be littleconcerned, as the government formation is nowhere in sight and Pres-ident’s rule seems imminent.

All attempts at strange bed partnering by the SS, NCP and Con-gress, that does not have the voters’ mandate is coming to naught.What next after imposition of President’s rule?

Either the strange bed partners could stitch an unholy alliance andstake claim to government formation that would collapse soon afterthe names and portfolio of the State cabinet is announced, or the ma-jority BJP would supplement it’s numbers with defections from theministry - denied disgruntled sections in all the three strange alliancepartners. The BJP could also be augmented with defections from theSS, NCP and Congress on the premise of disagreement with the ideo-logically unacceptable alliance.

But the ensuing delay in government formation is penalizing therelief - seeking farmers in the State. The only hope is the interventionof the BJP government in the Centre during President’s rule and thatcould also scale the popularity graph of the BJP in the State, which isalready ascending in the aftermath of the Ayodhya verdict.

All the chequered chess-like moves of tall leaders in the oppositionappears to be blunted by the politically matured stance of the BJP,with no effective solution in sight for the opposition.

The people of Maharashtra would now expect political and bureau-cratic authorities to address their urgent concerns of relief, infrastruc-ture and good governance. Politicking could be a 24/7 indulgence forthe power and the media, but there is growing fatigue, anger and asense of despondency in the general public.

Only a stable government pledged to the interests of the State candeliver and rise to the aspirations of the people. A strong BJP govern-ment is generally perceived to be the only answer presently.

Vishwarath Nayar, Vashi

Hospital not planning to compensatefamily after fire in ICU causestwo-month-old to lose his arm

Parents always want the best treatment available for their kids.This was what led Pannelal Rajbhar to come to Mumbai from Azam-garh, Varanasi despite his lack of money when he came to know hisson, Prince was diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disorder and requiredsurgery for the hole in his heart. However, his whole world would comecrashing down a day later. The ECG nodes attached to the baby’s chestcaught fire due to a short circuit resulting in Prince suffering 18-20per cent burns on his scalp, left arm and shoulder.

Prince has since lost one of his arms and might lose an ear as well.Despite all of this, the hospital is not planning to compensate the fam-ily. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has not startedan inquiry either to examine if there was negligence on the part ofhospital even after four days of the incident. Hospitals have long beenfeeding on the adversities of the poor. Considering the special attentionPrince will need from his parents, it is only right for the hospital tocompensate the family.

Jim George, Vashi

Letters to the Editor....

play by Niren Bhatt aresuperb and dialogues’are simply outstandingand make you laughmost of the time. Loca-tions of Lucknow &Kanpur is well exploit-ed. Also the culture &language has beenadapted remarkably.Last but not the least‘Bala” can no way becompared to “UjdaChaman”as specu-lated by many. Theonly similar point isthat both the film ison the balding sub-ject.

N e g a t i v ePoints: Bhumi Ped-nekar’s characteris quite disappoint-ing. Her make-up asa dark skinned girlis too inconsistent.Music (Sachin-Ji-gar, B-Praak, &Jaani ) is minuspoint of the film asthere are no originalchart busters. Thetwo popular songs,”Don’t be shy” is origi-nally from the album“Rouge” which is com-posed by Dr Zeus andthe other “Naah Goriye“ is by Harry Sandhu.Climax is left mid-wayas the audience willhave no clue about theending and future ofAyushmaan, whichmay disappoint theviewers.

Box Office: Film pro-mos have generatedhuge hype & good re-views alongwith posi-tive word of mouthwould ensure very goodbusiness .Further, dueto huge fan following ofAyushmaan among theyouth, weekend collec-tion is expected to be 35to 40 cr and the film issure to cross the 100 crmark in the secondweek.

Ratings: 3/5

BypassRoad

Cast:Neil NitinMukesh, Adah Shar-ma, Shama Sikander,Sudhanshu Pandey,Gul Panang, RajitKapur

Producer: MadanPaliwal, Neil Nitin

MukeshDirector: Naman

Nitin MukeshPositive Points: Neil

Nitin Mukesh has donea decent job and is veryeffective in number ofscenes. Productionvalues are of good stan-dards (Locations, Pho-tography, Sound & oth-er technical aspects).Second half of the filmhas lots of twists andturns with many sur-prise elements keepingthe viewers engaged inthe drama. Audiences

who enjoy thrill wouldlove this film, especial-ly the climax which isshocking andunexpected. DirectorNaman Nitish Mukeshmarks his debut as adirector and does a de-cent job but is handi-capped by poor story &screenplay.

Negative Points: Filmhas no face value. Nei-ther Neil, Adah Shar-ma nor Shama si-kander has any fan fol-lowing. Music (Sharib

Toshi,Raaj Ashoo, Ro-han-Roshn) is the big-gest drawback of themovie with no hit num-ber ( except remix num-ber “So Gaya ye Jahan“ from Tezaab).Due totoo many flashbacks,almost after every twominutes, the viewer islikely to get confused. Inthe first half, the storyhardly moves. Manyplots run parallellywhich is tooconfusing.Screenplay(Neil Nitin Mukesh)iswritten as per conve-

nience of the writer andjust to confuse theviewers. Dialouges tooare pretty ordinary.Thetitle is ordinary andfails to create the de-sired impact of thisthriller.

Box Office: There ishardly any buzz in thetrade and most of theaudience is hardlyaware of this film beingreleased. On Fridayopening was 0 to 5%.

Ratings: 1.5/5

MovieReviews...

Contd. from pg. 6


By Divakar Gore

NAVI MUMBAI: Withan aim to promote en-trepreneurship, the Al-tina Group held AltinaEntrepreneurs Excel-lence Awards. 18awards were given tovarious entrepre-neurs. The successful-ly listed 4 SME Com-panies included MacHotels Ltd., VR Films& Studios Ltd., EvansElectric Ltd.,and Misquita Engi-neering Ltd.

The winners of theAltina EntrepreneursExcellence Awards in-cluded: Dr. H.C. Azee-za Jallaludin - Manag-ing Director-Our ShineGo Global Ltd., Sin-gapore, Ritesh Shar-

Altina Entrepreneurs Excellence Awards promotes Entrepreneurship

ma-Managing Director- Mindpool TechnologiesLtd., Mario Lobo- Man-aging Director - Per-sonnel Search ServicesPvt Ltd., AnirvanGhose - Managing Di-rector - Pulz Electron-ics Ltd., and Virendra

Sanghvi- ManagingDirector - Aarvi EnconLtd.

This year, the 10th

edition of the AltinaEssay Contest washeld on the topic “Pow-er of Dreams”. Thewinners were Ziona

Seen from Left to Right: Mr. Alok Harlalka – Director Gretex Corporate Services Pvt Ltd,Mr. Ajay Thakur – BSE – SME Head and Mr. Clifton Desilva – Director Altina SecuritiesPvt. Ltd.

Dsouza -1st prize, Zee-na Dsouza -2nd prizeand Alinson Dutt – 3rd

prize. Total 313 SMECompanies were listedon SME platform ofBSE during last sevenyears of its existence. The market capitaliza-

tion of 313 SME Com-panies was Rs. 19,000Crore.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Mr. AjayThakur, Head BSESME and startupssaid, “During 2019-2020, 100 companiesare expected to be list-ed on BSE SME Plat-form.”

The Altina Entre-preneurs Excellenceaward is an endeavorto honor entrepreneurswho have embarked ona journey of entrepre-neurship to converttheir dreams into

reality. AltinaGroup’s dream is topush entrepreneurs togo the extra mile toachieve their dreams

& to truly explore theirpotential.

In less than ayear’s time the grouphas listed four compa-nies on the SME plat-form and unlockedwealth to the extent ofRs. 100 crores and inthe process createdwealth of Rs. 75crores for promoters &Rs. 25 crore for inves-tors.

Over the next 12-18months the AltinaGroup plans to unlockvalue in about 15-20companies and the vi-sion is to unlock valueof over Rs 1000 croreand thereby creatingwealth of Rs 750 croresfor promoters, Rs 250crores for investors.

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