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By Abhitash D.Singh

Navi Mumbai: Sincethe last ten days, theresidents of Juinagarare experiencing strongchemical odour fromthe factories located inthe Maharashtra De-velopment Industrial

Juinagar residentscomplaint of foul stenchfrom chemical industries

Chemical odour from last 10days is causing health hazard

Cont. on pg. 10

Voter’s should takeelection seriously:

Raj ThackerayUrges voters to exercise democratic right judiciously

By Abhitash D. Singh

Navi Mumbai: The Ma-harashtra NavnirmanSena (MNS) party chiefRaj Thackeray, whowas in the satellite cityto campaign for MNScandidates, Gajanan

Kale and NileshBankhile who are con-testing from Belapurand Airoli constituen-cies respectively, urgedthe voters to exercisetheir democratic rightsbut in the most judi-

cious manner.Addressing the

gathering at Nerulground Raj Thackeraysaid, “People do nottake elections serious-

Cont. on pg. 3

BMW carcontaining

alcohol seizedRabale MIDC policehas seized a BMWcar containingillegal liquor.During the raid thepolice found beerand McDowellswhiskey worththousands ofrupees. The seizedcar had corporatorand Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corpora-tion’s logo on it.The police havearrested the driverof the car and havealso seized theBMW car alongwith alcohol…(Moreon page )

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Sagar ViharIn a clean up driveundertaken at SagarVihar, Sector 8,Vashi on 19th Octo-ber, 2019, the man-grove marshalspicked up one andhalf truckload ofplastic and other bio-degradable wastefrom the area. It wasthe 34th week of theclean-up drive byMangrove Marshals.Rohit Malhotra,Founder of Man-grove Marshals said,“Inspite of overcastskies and mild rain,thirteen volunteersturned up and man-aged to collect aboutone and half truck-load of plastic andother non-biodegrad-able waste from thearea.” (More on page)

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Navi Mumbai:Fearing shortage ofonions in the Agricul-ture Produce MarketCommittee (APMC),Vashi due to torrentialrains that lashed thecity, the traders hadplaced an order foronions from Egypt andIran. Accordingly, fourcontainers of onionsfrom Egypt have nowarrived at the JNPTport. Of these approxi-mately 7 tonnes ofonions reached thewholesale market ofVashi on Friday andSaturday. These

Onions from Egypt andIran arrive in market

However no takers for imported onions

onions are being soldat Rs 18 to 22 per kg.However, despite the

rate being low, there

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By: Vinod

Chandrashekhar Dixit

In India, acid hasoften been used as aweapon againstwomen who haveturned down advancesby men. It has beenestimated that arounda thousand of womensuffer acid attack peryear in India. Acidattacks are seen asone of the most viciouscrimes as it causesperpetual suffering tothe victim. The dailyreporting of incidentsof Acid attacks onwomen clearly showsthat the maleperpetrators disfigurewomen as a form ofrevenge. They get holdof the corrosivechemical withoutdifficulty, and havelittle fear of the law.

Why Acid Attacks on Women?The victims die ahundred deaths. Suchacid attacks havebrought the focusback on the need foreffective monitoringand regulation. Withacids being availablein the market, forpurposes ranging frompainting, use in carbatteries, in de-weeding and as floor-cleaning substances,they easily fall in thehands of those whowant to wreakvengeance.

The maleperpetrators disfigurewomen as a form ofrevenge. Herethe criminal issuccessful in hidinghis identity by

covering his faceduring the crime.This is the reasonwhy there has beentremendous increasein this heinous crimein recenttimes. Perhaps themost dangerous thingabout acid attacks isthe fear that theycreate. With just a

few rupees, anyonecan buy a weapon thatcan ruin anotherperson’s life in just afew seconds. Part ofthe reason is that acidis cheap and widelyavailable. ManyIndians useconcentrated acid tosterilize their kitchensand bathrooms, as

Americans would usebleach. A concretesign of progress inlaw-making has beenthe recent ordinanceon violence againstwomen, which, amongother provisions,included two newsections in the IndianPenal Code (Sections326A, whichprescribes a minimumof 10 years and amaximum of lifeimprisonment fordeadly acid attacksthat leave the victimsgrievously injured andcausing severepermanent or partialdamage and disability,and Section 326B thatmakes plans andattempts to fling acid

on another punishablewith a jail term ofbetween five andseven years with fine).Besides, Section 326Aalso envisages a finethat can go up to Rs.10 lakh and theamount should go tothe victim. In manycases, the victimswere poor and did nothave the means totake up their cases incourt. Just theregulation of acidsales is, however, notenough. While thereare scores of factoriesmanufacturing acidwithout a licence,illegal sales of thedeadly liquid are quitecommonplace too.

The Centre hassaid that acid will

Cont. on pg. 11

Panvel: The bike rally orginsed in Kharghar insupport of BJP, Shiv Sena, RPI and Alliancecandidate MLA Prashant Thakur received goodresponse. The rally started at the SachinTendulkar ground in Sector 21 in the presence of

Bike rally to support MLA PrashantThakur receives good response

MLA Prashant Thakur. The rally was attendedby corporators, Kharghar city president BrijeshPatel, Shiv Sena chief Ramdas Shewale, ShankarThakur and other office bearers, cadres andresidents in large number participated.

By Ashok Dhamija

Mumbai: TheWeekly SuvidhaSpecial Trains an-nounced by CentralRailway between Lok-manya Tilak Termi-nus, Mumbai andGorakhpur duringDiwali festival season2019 will now termi-nate/originate at Mauinstead of Gorakhpur

Change In Destination Of Weekly SuvidhaSpecial From Gorakhpu To Mau

due to operational rea-sons.

The schedule is asfollows:

Train no. 82119Weekly Superfast Su-vidha Special trainwill leave LTT, Mum-bai at 05.10 hrs o-n

every Saturday from19 Oct to 9 Nov, 2019(four trips) and willreach Mau at 09.50hrs next day. On itsreturn journey Trainno. 82120 Weekly Su-vidha Special willleave Mau at 19.25

hrs o-n every Sundayfrom 20 Oct to 10Nov,.2019 (four trips)and will reach LLT,Mumbai at 05.00 hrso-n Tuesday. Therewill be no changes intimings and composi-tion of this Special


By: Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: RabaleMIDC police has seizeda BMW car containingillegal liquor. Duringthe raid the policefound beer and McD o w e l l s w h i s k e yworth thousands of ru-pees. The seized carhad corporator andNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation’s logoon it. The police havearrested the driver ofthe car and have alsoseized the BMW caralong with alcohol.

Suspected vehicleand persons are beinginvestigated by flyingsquad appointed bythe Election Commis-

BMW car containing alcohol seizedsion along with theNavi Mumbai Policeon the backdrop of theupcoming Assemblyelections. Police havebeen carrying outNakka bandi invarious nodes. TheRabale MIDC policewere investigatingsuspicious vehiclesand persons on theroad leading to Vishnunagar in MIDC area ofDigha on Friday.

At around 9 pm awhite BMW (MH-43-BH-7171) car arrivedat Vishnu Nagar. Onthe rear side of the carthere was NMMC cor-porator logo andNMMC logo in the

front. The police sus-pected the car as thespecial plate had HCommittee NaviMumbai and was cov-ered with the cloth andthe driver was alone inthe car. The policequestioned the cardriver on suspicion. Asthe driver gave vaguereplies, the policechecked the car andfound liquor bottles ofKingfisher PremiumCompany and McDow-ell’s whiskey worthabout Rs 7,440. Policehave arrested the cardriver, Rohan VijayPawar, 30, and seizedBMW car worth Rs 10lakh with alcohol.

By: Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: TheNerul police have reg-istered a case against awoman who tried tosell a property bymaking fake deathcertificate and a bo-gus share certificateof two houses inShri Ganesh Societyin Sector 28, Nerul .Kaustubh Kulkarni,the complainant in-formed the police,that the house wassold in conformitywith the office bear-ers of the society. In-vestigation is under-way, according to Ner-ul Police.

The complainant al-leged that the accusedsold the flat belongingto his parents lateSudhakar Kulkarniand late mother Mri-nalini Kulkarni in ShriGanesh Society B-8/7:1and B-8/7:2 since 1994.The owners of the saidMrinalini Kulkarnidied on April 2, 2012,while Sudhakar

Case filed against womanfor forging documents

Kulkarni died on April13, 2019.

However, the ac-cused woman claimed

herself as Meenakshialias MrinaliniKulkarni, and forged afake death certificatedated November2006 and a fake sharecertificate of the soci-ety and submitted it tothe CIDCO. And theaccused transferredboth the houses in hername and gave thehouse on rent to San-tosh Tavde.

The complainantKaustubh Kulkarni

informed the policethat the accused wom-an who had givendeath certificate to CI-

DCO had name writ-ten as SudhakarVishwanath Kulkar-ni. However, the ac-tual name of Kas-tubh’s father wasSudhakar DinkarKulkarni.

The complain-ant, therefore,states that thedeath certificatesubmitted is fake.Kaustubh Kulkarnialso alleged that the

office bearers of thesociety were deliber-ately neglecting theissue.

Following the issueKaustubh Kulkarnifiled a written com-plaint with the Nerulpolice. On Thursday,the Nerul police regis-tered a case againstthe woman and otherswho had alleged ob-tained the property bysubmitting fake docu-ments.

ly due to which thesame government andthe same leaders getelected all the time.Voting is the democrat-ic right of every adultIndian. However, it isequally important tounderstand its serious-ness. While castingvote, it is important toelect those candidatesor the party who, thevoters think, will workfor the betterment ofthe common people.The state governmentis spending lots of mon-ey for the benefits ofthe migrants and dueto this, the son of thesoils are not gettingthose benefits. The sonof the soils should begiven first preferencein the state. The statewill progress only if thestate governmentspends money on thedevelopment of theyouth and the people.”

He further added,“It is important that we

bring about a change ofgovernance. WheneverI agitate on any issue,I am declared as a vil-lain. The Maharashtragovernment in theirprevious term had de-clared that the statewill be a toll free but itis still not. They havefailed to live upto theirpromises. The citizenshave the power to ques-tion the government forthe non fulfilment ofpromises. One way ofdoing so is by not elect-ing them again. Themantra is simple:those who work for thebetterment of the peo-ple and the state, wouldbe elected.”

“The present gov-ernment, if chosenagain, will continue todo what they havebeen doing from lastfive years. They knowthat they will not bequestioned. Thepresent government isconfident that they willwin, but the decisionlays in the hands of thevoters only. If theywant, they can bringabout a change. A com-petent opposition is theneed of the time.”

Thousands of sup-porters gathered atNerul ground to sup-port Raj Thackeray’scampaign for his partycandidates in the city.

Voter’s

should take ...Cont. from pg. 1

By: Chandrashekhar Hendve

Navi Mumbai: Toensure that the voterswith physical chal-lenge and seniorcitizens do not facedifficulties during theelection, the ElectionCommissioner hasarranged 110 au-torickshaws for theAiroli and Belapurconstituencies. Thedecision was takenfollowing a meetingheld on Wednesday.

A total of 965 dis-

110 autorickshaw arranged for physicallychallenged and senior citizen voters

abled people are regis-tered in the voters list.On 21st October poll-ing will be conducted.

An official said,“We want maximumnumber of people to

come and cast theirvote. Thus, to ensurethat the disabledpeople and seniorcitizens who areunable to walk don’tface any problem, wehave arranged forautorickshaws. InAiroli 80 autos andBelapur 30 autos willferry the disabled andsenior citizens to thecentre and leave thenback to their houses.The service will befree of cost. ”

Panvel: KonkanDepartment of Maha-rashtra Gawali SamajSangathan haspublicly announcedtheir support to BJP-Shiv Sena Mahayuti,said Konkan DivisionPresident ShankarMate.

He said, a majordevelopment works isbeing done in the statethrough the Mahayu-ti. Large developmentworks like Chowpidar-

Gawali Samaj Sangathansupport Maha-Yuti

kan highway and tworailway tracks arealso being done inKonkan. Therefore,the Gawali communi-ty has decided tosupport Mahayuti inthe aseembly election.

Mate appealed themembers of theGawali Samaj San-gathan to vote thecandidates of Mahayu-ti from Sindhudurg,Ratnagiri, Raigad,Thane, Palghar, Navi

Mumbai, Mumbaiduring a meetingwhich was attendedby Bikan Darbee,Dhondu Latke, BabajiWarekar, SattoMahadik, Sunil Kate,Shivaji Gaikar,Maruti Chile, Raghu-nath Thaasal, Yash-want Gopal, SureshPagar, Datta Dab-holkar, RamchandraUmtekar, AshokDhumal and otherswere present.

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Safe commutingIn the past few years the vehicular population in Navi Mum-

bai has grown manifold. The modes of transport have multipliedand the vehicular density is increasing exponentially with everypassing year. However the quality and quantity of the road net-work and traffic control aids have not kept pace with the demand.The traffic discipline has deteriorated and there seems to be norespect for the traffic rules and the traffic authorities. Rather theyoung generation seems to enjoy flouting the traffic rules andseems to take pride in driving fast but rash imitating Bollywoodmovies. Many of them take pride in driving vehicles even beforethey attain the mandatory qualifying age of 18 years, to be eligi-ble to possess a driving license. They do not have even the slight-est inkling that by their behavior they are not only playing withtheir lives, but are also putting to risk the lives of other commut-ers. It is very unfortunate that the statistics for the road acci-dents are increasing at an alarming pace, matching the pace atwhich the people are driving these modern machines. The grav-ity of the situation has forced the government to direct its atten-tion towards road safety measures and to seek solutions to theproblem. Celebrating “Road Safety Week” every year is a feebleattempt in that direction.

While a number of factors are responsible for road accidents,prime reasons are blatant flouting of traffic rules and most im-portantly primitive and inadequate traffic control aids. Traffic sig-nals are effective means of regulating traffic. However if theseare installed before proper survey, they can become a nuisancefor the motorists and pedestrians alike. In Navi Mumbai the au-thorities seem to have installed traffic signals haphazardly with-out carrying out a proper survey of the traffic. Hence one canspot five signals in a distance of about two kilometers i.e. fromsector 10, Vashi to the highway. These signals, which are of 100to 120 seconds duration even during non-peak hours, have be-come the cause for traffic jams through out the day and are prov-ing to be great irritants. In busy areas like sector 28 junction,Vashi, Kopri junction, sector 26, 3 tank junction, Koperkhairaneetc. there are no traffic signals leading to anarchy and conse-quent traffic snarls. Even the traffic policeman does not man thesebusy junctions. The diversions are also made without proper plan-ning. At Shivaji chowk, so dangerous is the recently made diver-sion, that it can cause major accidents besides traffic jams.

Adequate street lighting, smooth riding surface, properly func-tioning of traffic control aids, traffic markings are some of the waysof reducing road accidents. Since a large number of accidents in-volve pedestrians, it is necessary to devote attention towards theirsafety. An adequately designed and encroachment free pedestrianpathways are essential for segregating the vehicular and pedestri-an traffic and they can provide the much desired sense of safetyand protection to the pedestrians. Special attention should be giv-en towards lighting pedestrian cross walks and junctions.

An effective way of controlling and curbing accidents is the strictimplementation and enforcement of traffic rules. The driving li-cense should be issued only after rigorous examination process.While helmets should be made compulsory to the riders of twowheelers and fastening of seat belts should be made mandatoryfor the drivers of four wheelers. By imposing other legislativemeasures like introducing fines for flouting rules, imprisonmentor endorsement on licenses for reckless driving, road accidentscan be minimized. The other field which needs immediate atten-tion is traffic planning. It is today a very specialized field and can-not be designed by thumb rules as is being done today by the au-thorities. It needs understanding of the subject besides studyingthe traffic behaviour and the psychology of the commuters in aparticular region / city. So there is immediate need to have thetraffic study carried out by professionals and long term planningdone with futuristic approach, for Navi Mumbai, to optimize theinfrastructure and to have easy and speedier and safe commuting.

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Panvel: BrahminSabha, New Panvelhas announced theirsupport to BJP Mah-ayuti candidate andworking MLA, Pras-

Brahmin Sabha declarestheir support to MLA

Prashant Thakurhant Thakur in Panv-el Assembly constituen-cy. They submitted a let-ter of their support toMLA Prashant Thakurin this regard recently.

Panvel: “It is timeto make the BJP andits alliance the onlyNational party,” saidUnion Minister ofState for AgriculturePurushottam Rupaladuring a Gujaratassembly meetingheld at Kharghar onFriday.

Rupala was thechief guest at ameeting organized byBJP, Shiv Sena, RPIand Alliance Mahayu-ti candidate MLAPrashant Thakur atPanvel LegislativeAssembly in the hallof Little World Mallin Kharghar city. Herequested that astable government beelected in Maharash-tra this time. Hefurther said, Gujaratmodel is well known

Make BJP and alliance the only National

Party: Union Minister Purushottam Rupala

in the country todayas Gujarat has been astable government formany years. InGujarat, under theleadership of Naren-dra Modi there was ahuge development.

Today, Gujarat isrecognized as a modelof development acrossthe country. Themessage of cleanlinesswas conveyed by theSwachh BharatAbhiyan. India'sname has growninternationally due toModi. Developmentduring the UPAgovernment wasstopped.

He urged all thepeople to stand behindMLA PrashantThakur in the Panvelassembly constituen-cy. Rupala appealed

the attendees toincrease the strengthof the BJP by votingfor them. MLAPrashant Thakur alsosaid that the problemof water, trafficcongestion in PanvelAssembly constituen-cy will be solved soon.He said that work onthe coastal road wouldbe started soon andwater problems wouldbe resolved soon.

Former GujaratHome MinisterGovardhan Jadafia,former GujaratMinister JayantibhaiKawadia, CorporatorRamjibhai Bera, citypresident BrijeshPatel, Bhanjhai Patelof Kutch KadwaPatidar community,and other dignitarieswere present.

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By: Chandrashekhar

Hendve

Navi Mumbai: Specialchildren from Sanjee-van Deep School run byParaplegic Institute inAiroli have made awide-range of Diwalidecorative items. Theaim of the Institute isto help the speciallyabled children to lead alife with dignity.

Special children make Diwaligreetings and decoration items

Institute since 16years has been display-ing various items likeDiwali greeting cards,diyas, rangoli, lanternother decorative items.

“The program isaimed at making spe-cial children self-reli-ant. In general, afterthe Dasara-Dashavarawe start making theDiwali decoration and

gifting items”, saidSanjeevan Deep's prin-cipal Payal Gangawale.

She further said,the raw material re-quired for various com-modities is broughtfrom Mumbai. The var-ious items made by thestudents will be sold atreasonable price andbulk orders can also beplaced.

By Ashok Dhamija

India’s junior box-ers finished their ASBCAsian Junior Champi-onship campaign on ahigh with a rich haulof 21 medals which in-cluded six gold, nine sil-ver and six bronze. con-cluded The maiden edi-tion of the tournamentwhich was held Fujair-ah, UAE witnessed par-ticipation from 21 topboxing nations.

Haryana based Na-tion’s Cup gold medal-list Preeti Dahiya(60kg), one of the mosttalented upcoming Indi-an pugilist, led thecharge as she capturedthe gold after a gritty3-2 win over Uzbeki-stan’s AkhmedovaMokhira. Her statemate Kalpana too hadto work equally hard in46kg to stave off thechallenge of Thailand’s

Indian Pugilists Ace AsianJunior Championship

Finish with overall haul of 21 medals

The Boys team proudly pose with the tri colour in presence of the coaching staff andother officials after winning eight medals at the first ever ASBC Asian Junior WorldBoxing Championships

Maharashtra’s AlfiaPathan won the Gold in 80Kg plus category

Haryana based Nation’sCup gold medallist PreetiDahiya won the 60kg Goldtoo

Yodwaree Thipsatchafor a split 3-2 win onher way to the gold.Punjab Tanishbir KaurSandhu, who lost the80kg final at the Na-tion’s Cup, madeamends for it andemerged as the cham-pion with a dominant 5-0 victory over ChineseTaipei’s Lin Chien Yu.Also winning the goldwas Maharashtra’s

heavy weight boxerAlfiya Pathan in 80kgplus weight category,thanks to a strong 5-0win over Kazakhstan’sDiana Magauyayeva.

Haryana’s Taman-na, who too had won agold at the Nation’sCup, couldn’t replicatethose heroics in 48kg.She had to be content

The Girls Boxing team which won 13 medals contributed largely to India bagging theoverall team championship in the he maiden ASBC Asian Junior Boxing Championshipwhich was held in UAE

Cont. on pg. 9

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By: Dr. Monica Khanna

As my thirteen yearold daughter, Mahikaand I were goingthrough some quota-tions, we came acrossone by APJ AbdulKalam – “Success iswhen your signaturebecomes an auto-graph”. She frowned,and said she did notagree with the state-ment. I asked her toexplain. “You don’thave to prove your suc-cess to people. Successis when you love, re-spect and know your-self, even if everyoneelse around you doesn’tknow about what youhave done.” Her state-ment got me thinking.

Most of us tend toequate success withfame – a successful per-son must be well-known, with picturessplashed all over me-dia, shelves of awardsand trophies on dis-play, and must be visi-ble giving interviews asyou switch channels onyour TV. Success is themiddle name of a celeb-rity whose autographyou seek and with

Success withoutan Autograph

whom you click a self-ie and post on socialmedia.

But can success bemeasured with yourown level of satisfac-tion, rather than byothers? Can we experi-ence success throughthe achievement of thegoals we have set forourselves? Can we feelcontented just know-ing that we have donethe best we could? Canwe search for successwithin instead of theexternal environment?

As humans, weconstantly seek theapproval of others toreinstate our confi-dence in ourselves. Weyearn for appreciationand recognition; forour success seems in-complete without theacknowledgment ofour achievements. To-day, in an age of socialmedia, this translatesinto the number oflikes, comments andshares of our posts,and the number of‘friends’ and ‘followers’we have. It is besidesthe point that some ofthese friends blindly‘like’ the posts withouteven reading them,and that we can paysocial media to boostthe number of ‘likes’ onour pages.

The Bhagwad Gitatells us that we need tokeep doing our duty,without concerningourselves with the re-sults – that we havethe right only to per-form our prescribedresponsibility, but thatwe are not entitled tothe fruits of our action.Yet, what we end updoing is weighing thefruits first, and assess-ing the way the bal-ance tilts. If theweight of the fruits isnegligible, the taskdoesn’t seem to beworth the effort we putin. However, if the re-wards are lucrativeand attractive, we putin the energy and timeto ensure we do it well.

Perhaps it is time tolook at the world fromthe perspective of achild – who can see thewisdom in our ancienttexts that we have for-gotten over a period oftime. Perhaps, it istime to reconsider ifsuccess is possible evenif our signature is notan autograph for oth-ers, but only for our-selves!

The writer is Associate

Professor, Indira Institute

of Business Management,

Consultant, Indian School

of Management and

Entrepreneurship

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai: Diwali-The festival that en-

Diwali A Time To Share And Care

Salutations to one and all for a Happy and a Prosperous Diwali

lightens every heart isless than a week away.The same was celebrat-

ed by tiny tots of Mont-

Cont. on pg. 9

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai:“Passion and Teamwork can turn abunch of ordinaryfolks into an unbeat-able winning team.”

It was a red letterday for the lads ofAnjuman-I-Islam’s A.A. K English Second-ary School whoprevailed over Fr.Agnel MultipurposeSchool in the summitclash of the Boys U-14DSO Cricket Tourna-ment which wasorganized recently atthe at Rajiv GandhiStadium, Belapur bythe NMMC SportsOffice.

In the all Vashifinals, Fr. AgnelSchool which won thetoss and chose to batfirst in the 8 overmatch put on 56 runsat the loss of 4wickets. In responseA. A. K EnglishSecondary Schoolteam overcame thetarget in 7.3 overs forthe of 4 wickets.Khan Mohd. Arif andKhan Sadiq of thewinning team werethe top scores fortheir team whileAnkit Yadav tookthree wickets on thewinning cause.

On the route to thefinals the A. A. KEnglish SecondarySchool defeated RyanInternational School,Nerul by 29 runs. Inthe next round theyoutplayed Gyan Vikas

Anjuman-I-Islam’s A. A. K EnglishSecondary School Rocks Once Again!!!

Crowned U-14 Cricket DSO Champions

Hindi High School, by35 runs after scoringruns 49. A tie in theirquarterfinal roundagainst Anjuman-I-Islam’s MustafaFakih School, Turbhewhere in both theteams scored anidentical 42 runshowever went infavour of Anjuman-I-Islam’s A. A. KEnglish SecondarySchool after it lost lessnumber of wicketsduring the course ofthe match. The semisagainst formerchampions IES NaviMumbai School, Vashisaw them register anarrow five run winafter the lattermanaged to score only32 runs while chasinga target of 38.

The coach of thewinning team, ShaikhOsama conductedrigorous practice

sessions of the team.Also the Principal ofthe school, MrsZulekha Siddiquimotivated the team toput their best footforward. The Chair-man of the school,.Burhan Harris andthe Committeemember of the school,Iqbal Kaware alsocongratulated theteam and wishedthem luck for theZonal level. The teamwill now compete atthe Zonal level.

“Overall, it was acombined effort of theyoung team whoshowed remarkablediscipline underwentrigorous team underthe guidance of theirCoach that paved theway for this com-mendable victory”shared Mrs. ZulekhaSiddiqui, Principal ofthe school.


By: C.K. Subramaniam

Stability is the keyword for the people ofMaharashtra in theensuing

A s s e m b l yElections. Over andabove people look forfree and fair

elections andincident free polling. Weneed to have agovernment withabsolute majority. After seeing coalitionpolitics people are fed upwith price of vegetables,fruits and othercommodities going upto pinch the pocket ofthe people very much. The best solution to theproblem is to have an absolute majority for asingle party so thatthere will more co-ordination and controlover the raising prices. More over the Centre-State relations shouldbe cordial to make boththe ends come up withan amicable solution tomore pressing problemsfacing the State. It istime to have a broaderoutlook for pressingproblems and do aworld of good to thewelfare of the people.

Petty party politicsplay pivotal role indeciding the fate of theelection. The destiny ofthe State ofMaharashtra is in the

Absolute majority for a single

party is the best solutionhands of the people. They should go in largenumbers to vote on thepolling day. Sitting athome watching theproceedings and lateron playing the blamegame will not going tohelp in any way. Manydevelopmental projectswere shelved due to thevarious factorsconcerning the state.

As a citizen of theState I look for stabilityand a state of peacefulliving with lessproblems and morecomforts. We need notlook for Shanghai inMumbai or makingNagpur as the capitalcity but work in unison.United we standdivided we fall is true.

It is time to increaseemployment withinNavi Mumbai. Peopleneed not spend theirtime on travelling toMumbai, Pune or otherstates on the look outfor a job. We would liketo have a disease freeNavi Mumbai. We findmosquito menace isworrying the citizen ofsatellite city for sometime. Dengue, Malariacases are on theincrease. We look outpollution free and eco-friendly city.

Main worry for theroad users is theconditions of the roads

full of potholes andcaters and number ofaccidents are takingplace because there arelack of even roads atfocal points of the city.So the immediate needis to improve the basicstructure of NaviMumbai in a phasedmanner. If the city issafe and secured thenwe can develop theplace as a tourist spotwith various amenitiesfor the foreigners canpick a better option instaying in satellite cityand go around Mumbai,Pune and othersurrounding places likeNasik, Aurangabad,M a h a b a l e s h w a r,Khandala, Lonawalaand Ganpatipule andother summer resorts.

People living in flatslook for increase in FSIin private buildingsand look for removal ofhutment all over thecity for better living. Weneed to have onewindow system forredevelopment of oldbuildings. It is time tothink in terms ofmaking over NaviMumbai and the voiceof voters go a long wayin making the dreamscome true.

The writer isfreelancer fromSanpada, NaviMumbai

By: Dr Vandana Mahajani

There is only onemethod by which toattain knowledge, thatwhich is calledconcentration. Thevery essence ofeducation isconcentration of mind.

The chemist whoworks in hislaboratoryconcentrates all thepowers of his mind,brings them into onefocus, and throwsthem on the elements; the elements standanalysed, and thus hisknowledge comes. Theastronomerconcentrates thepowers of his mindand brings them intoone focus; and hethrows them on toobjects through histelescope; and starsand systems rollforward and give uptheir secrets to him.So, it is in every case.That is in every casefrom common manto yogi, all have to usethe same method toattain knowledge saysSwami Vivekananda.

The more thepower ofconcentration, thegreater is theknowledge that isacquired. The cookwith concentration

Inspire : How toacquire knowledge

will cook a meal allthe better. In makingmoney, or inworshipping God, orin doing anything, thestronger the power ofconcentration, thebetter will that thingbe done. It is the onecall, the one knock,which opens the gatesof Nature, and lets outfloods of light.

Swamiji says,ninety percent of ourlife force is wastedbecause we do notwork withconcentration. That isalso the differencebetween man andanimal. The basicdifference betweenman and man also liesin its power ofconcentration. Thebasic difference inachievements in fieldsof arts, science, musicis also this only.

When the mind isconcentrated andturned back on itself,all within us will beour servants, not ourmasters. The Greeksapplied theirconcentration to theexternal world and there perfection in art,literature etc. TheHindus centred on theinternal world, uponthe realms in the selfand developed thescience of yoga. Howto check it and bringthe mind undercontrol is the wholesubject of studyin Rajayoga.

The practice ofmeditation leads tomental concentration.“To me the veryessence of education isconcentration of mind,not the collection offacts. If I had to do my

education once again,I would not studyfacts at all. I woulddevelop the power ofconcentration anddetachment, and thenwith perfectinstrument, collectfacts at will.”

Vivekananda saidthe power ofconcentration can bedeveloped by followingstrict Brahmacharya.Abstinance is the key.If we can followbrahmacharya for 12years, it is possible todevelop great power ofconcentration, for thatwould lead todevelopment of greatmemory power. Thechaste brain hastremendous energyand gigantic willpower. Withoutchastity there can beno spiritual strength.

Every boy shouldbe trained to practiseabsoluteBrahmacharya andthen, and then alonefaithand Shraddha willcome. Chastity inthought, word anddeed always and in allconditions is what iscalledBrahmacharya. Theidea of true Shraddhamust be brought backonce more to us. Thefaith in our own selvesmust be reawakenedand then only thenthe problems whichface our country willgradually be solved byourselves saysVivekananda.

The writer isNagar Pramukh,VivekanandaKendraKanyakumari,NaviMumbai Branch

By Ashok Dhamija

Mumbai: CentralRailway has decided toaugmented the UdyanExpress and Siddhesh-war Express bya t t a c h i n g o n eadditional SleeperClass Coach in order toclear the extra rush ofpassengers. The de-tails of services are asunder:

i) Train no. 11302KSR Bengaluru-CSMTUdyan Express withimmediate effect upto31 Dec, 2019.

ii) Train no. 11301CSMT-KSR BengaluruUdyan Express with

Additional Sleeper Coach For Udyan Expressand Siddheshwar Express On Temporary Basis

effect from 19 Oct,2019 to 3 Jan, 2020.

iii) Train no. 12115CSMT-Solapur Sid-dheshwar Expresswith immediate effectupto 1 Jan, 2020.

iv) Train no. 12116

Solapur-CSMT Sid-dheshwar Expresswith immediate effectupto 2 Jan, 2020.

Passengers are re-quested to avail the fa-cilities during this pe-riod

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essori Section of RyanInternational School,Kharghar with greatexcitement and enthu-siasm in the school pre-mises. Dressed in ador-able party wear andethnic attires the youngstudents broughtsweets and savouriesand shared with theirfellow classmates,friends and teachersduring the ‘Joy of Shar-ing’ session and alsowished each other withheartfelt festive greet-ings. A dance party or-ganised to beat of foot

tapping numbers onthe occasion saw themset the stage alight withmoves.

India is a land of fes-tivals and Diwali (orDeepavali in Sanskrit)which literally means“a row of lights” is oneof the biggest in thecountry and celebratesthe return of Lord Ramand his wife Sita totheir kingdom of Ay-odhya following his vic-tory over demon kingRavan and the subse-quent rescue of Sitafrom his evil clutches(on Dussehra). Thesame was celebrated bythe tiny tots of our Mon-

tessori Section withgreat excitement andenthusiasm before theannual Diwali vacation.The students dressed intraditional finery andparty wear broughtsweets and savouriesfrom their homes andshared it with theirclassmates and teach-ers who also shared thesignificance of this fes-tival. A small dance par-ty was enjoyed by oneand all. The delightedyoung students wenthome carrying the mes-sage of Love, Peace andJoy, “ shared SwapnaWale, Section Head ofthe institute

Diwali A Time...Cont. from pg. 7

Time for sharing and caring.

with just a silver thistime after a 0-5 loss toUzbekistan’s SabinaBobokulova. Apartfrom her, others whobagged the silver med-al were her statemates Tannu (52kg),Neha (54kg) andKhushi (75kg) alongwith Maharashtra’sSharvari Kalyankar(70kg) and Punjab’sKhushi (63Kg) too wonsecond place.

Rinku (50kg), Amb-

eshori Devi (57kg) andMahi Lama (66kg) con-tributed the bronzemedals in the Girls cat-egory.

In the Boys catego-ry Suresh Visvanathgave a spirited perfor-mance and showcasedhigh resilience in atough 3-2 win overPhilippines’ PamisaEljay to take the goldin 46kg. BishwamitraChongtham on the oth-er hand had an easierpath to the 48kg goldwith his 5-0 win overJapan’s Yuga Ozaki.

Yogesh Kagra(63kg), Jaydeep Rawat

(66kg) and Rahul(70kg) all settled forsilver after losingtheir respective finals.Vijay Singh (50kg),Victor SinghShaikhom (52kg) andVanshaj (60kg)collected the bronzemedals.

The confident showput up by the young-sters at the continentallevel speaks volumes ofhow bright India’s fu-ture is in this sportwherein the girls’ out-shone the boys’ with 13medals compared to 8bagged medals by theboys’ team.

IndianPugilists

Cont. from pg. 6

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are very few takers forthese onions, say thetraders.

”There was ascarcity of onions inthe market as thesupply was badly hitduring rains. Thishad led to the increasein prices. Followingwhich we decided toimport onions fromEgypt and Iran”, saidK D Bhalke, a trader.

Lakshman Bhan-dari another trader

said, “The main aimto have imported

onion was to ensurethere was no shortageof onion in the city.However, the supply ofregular onions hasnow resumed and theprices of onions havebecome stable. Alongwith the normalonions, the ones thathave arrived fromEgypt and Iran arealso being sold. Butthese onions are not indemand. Althoughthese are bigger insize but the tastediffers from those ofthe Indian counter-part.”

Onions fromEgypt ...

Cont. from pg. 1

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai:The DSO SoftballTourney being orga-nized by NMMC SportsOffice is being held atIES Navi MumbaiHigh School ground inVashi. Being held forthe Boys and Girls inthe U-14, U-17 and U-19 categories the sameis witnessing improvedparticipation from cityschools from Airoli toVashi / CBD Belapur.Photo feature by Au-thor shows some actionpacked moments fromDay 1 of the tourney.

Time To Slug It Out

IES Navi Mumbai High school, Vashi Monica Shedge used her cricketing skills to greataffect while scoring a rare homer in the Girls U-17 match against Sadhu Vaswani Inter-national School, Sanpada

Sadhu Vaswani International School, Sanpada ManavGupta playfully jumps on the home base while complet-ing the home run against IES Navi Mumbai High school,Vashi in the Boys U-17 semis

DAV Airoli U-14and 17 playerswho qualifiedfor the semisenjoy theproceedingsfrom the sideline. (Photosby AshokDhamija)


CR Mega Block Today

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai:Central Railway willoperate Mega Block onits Suburban section(Harbour, Trans-Harbour and Mainlines) for carrying outmaintenance work,infrastructure upkeepand safety on Sunday20 Oct, 2019. Thedetails are as follows:

A) Panvel-VashiUP & DN Harbourlines

From: 11.30 am to4.00 pm

All UP Harbourline services forChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbaileaving Panvel/Belapur from 11.06am to 4.01 pm andDN Harbour lineservices to Belapur/Panvel leaving CSMT,Mumbai from 10.03am to 3.16 pm willremain suspended.

B) Nerul – Kharko-

Suburban Services to be affected on Harbour , Trans-Harbour and Main lines

par UP & DN Har-bour lines


All DN Harbourline services toKharkopar leavingNerul from 11.45 amto 2.45 pm and UPHarbour line servicesto Nerul leavingKharkopar from 12.15pm to 3.15 pm willremain suspended.

C) Panvel /Belapur–Thane UP & DNTrans-Harbour lines


UP Trans-Harbourline services forThane, leavingPanvel/Belapur from10.12 am to 3.53 pmand DN Trans-Harbour line servicesfor Panvel leavingThane from 11.14 amto 3.20 pm willremain suspended.

D) Mulund-Matunga UP MainFast line


All UP Fast lineservices leavingKalyan from 10.37 amto 3.06 pm will bediverted on UP Slowline between Diva andParel stations haltingat all stations uptoParel and further re-diverted on UP Fastline and will arrivedestination 20 min-utes behind schedule.

DN Fast/Semi-fastservices leavingChhatrapati ShivajiMaharaj Terminus(CSMT), Mumbaifrom 10.05 am to 3.22pm will halt atGhatkopar, Vikhroli,Bhandup, Mulund andDiva stations inaddition to theirrespective scheduledhalts and arrivedestination 20 min-utes behind schedule.

All Slow lineservices leaving/arriving CSMT,Mumbai between11.00 am and 6.00 pmwill arrive destination10 minutes behindschedule. In additionall Mail/Expresstrains arriving Dadarand CSMT, Mumbaiduring the blockperiod will be divertedon UP Slow linebetween Mulund and

Matunga stations andwill arrive destination20 minutes behindschedule.

E) Short Termina-tion Of PassengerTrains

Train no. 50104Ratnagiri – DadarPassenger will beterminated at DivaJn. and Train No.50103 Dadar –Ratnagiri Passengerwill depart from DivaJn. Special suburbanservice will be runfrom Dadar to Divafor passengers ofTrain no. 50103which will departfrom Dadar at 3.40pm; Thane at 4.06 pmand arrive Diva at4.13 pm.

Due to theseblocks, suburbantrains are likely to bemore crowded thanusual. Passengers arerequested not to takeany risks whiletravelling.

Laddoo – amongothers, that have beenpremiered at thefestival have all goneeither to win awardsor have had a specialmention at theprestigious NationalAwards.More about the 4perfect and power-ful films:

· ‘Sepia’ directedbyArchit Kumarstarring AparshaktiKhurana is a beauti-ful story of a couplewho is about to getmarried and haveshifted to Mumbai andare all set to pursuetheir dream careerand life. While the boyis a struggling actorwho aims to become asuperstar, girl is aconscientious journal-ist who runs a digitalmagazine for womenempowerment.Thestory highlightsmod-ern day acceptance oflove between these two

simple souls burdenedby their own shadowsof rationalities.

‘Siblings’producedby Bejoy Nambiarstarring SheetalMenon and Shivani-Tanksale is a perfectshort about a relation-ship between twosiblings - Diya andNidhi whose liferevolves aroundtaking turns to takecare of their comatosefather and theirgrandmother. Thefilms unfolds thesacrifice required inmaintaining thelifestyle of their fatherat home which provesto be an expensiveproposition. Thefinancial stresspushes sisters to takea hard decision whichcan change their livesforever.

· ‘Nawab’by Man-si Jain stars actors likeAparshakti Khurana,Mallika Dua and Mar-ia Goretti in an uncon-ventional role. Nawabis a tale of relationshipbetween a man and a

dog where he goesthrough a series of at-tempts to get rid of thedog who is a result ofhis broken marriage.The story perfectly re-lates to the aftermathof a broken relationshipand makes us thinkthat the things we lovedand valued once turnsinto liability, whom wewish to brush off ourshoulder quickly.

· ‘Adheen’by YashVerma is a story ofdysfunctional familywhere kids avoid tomeet their mother.Starring SanjayMishra and AnupriyaGoenka in the leadroles, the short film isa story of a househus-band – Rajendra, hisson & daughter Vir &Meera,who reunite tosee their terminally illmother on the invita-tion of their father.The story unfolds tothe point whereRajendra takes astand for the firsttime in his life andleaves his kids with alife altering decision.

Royal StagBarrel ...

Cont. from pg. 5

Corporation (MIDC).The stench, which be-comes more pro-nounced duringnight, is leadingto health prob-lems with manyresidents experi-encing uneasi-ness, vomittingand high fever, itis learnt.

Residents saythat they havecomplained sever-al times to theMaharashtra PollutionControl Board (MPBC)about the chemicalodour in Juinagar butthe complaints, so far,have fallen into deafears.

Vijay BabasahebSale, NMMC “B-WardCommittee” membersaid, “In Juinagar areathe air and water pol-lution level is becomingworse and the residentsare facing lots of prob-lems due to that. Dueto release of dangerous

chemicals in water, thequality of water too hasbecome questionable.The nullah located nearJuinagar station ema-nates foul stench mak-ing it difficult to pass

through it. Due to thefoul odour, the residentsare spending sleeplessnights.”

Sale further added,“I have written a letterto the MaharashtraPollution Control Board(MPCB) and haveasked them to look intothe matter as soon aspossible. It is fearedthat if timely action isnot taken by the au-thorities, the health ofthe residents is at stakeas many are already

complaining of nausea,headache etc. Earliertoo, I had written let-ters and had also oral-ly complained to theauthorities about thedangerous chemical

emission fromthe factories inMIDC area butthe constructiveaction has notbeen taken yet.We want a per-manent solutionfrom MPCB.”

HrishikeshMhatre, a resi-dent of Ajinkya-tara Apartment

in Juinagar Sector-23said, “We have beenexperiencing foulchemical smell sincelast several days dueto which we are unableto sleep. All the peoplehave to keep theirdoors and windowsopen all the night inorder to avoid the dan-gerous odour.”

Even after severalattempts to contact, theMPCB officials wereunavailable for the com-ments.

Juinagarresidents ...

Cont. from pg. 1


be treated aspoison. The buyers ofacid will now have toproduce identity proof,residential proof alongwith contact numberand the purpose ofpurchase. The Centrealso said that acid soldthrough retailers willbe not strong enoughto corrode humanbody. Moreover, theperpetrators of acidattacks, among themost heinous ofcrimes, deserve theseverest punishment.It is necessary toimpart and inculcatemoral values andstreamline the policeand prosecuting

agencies. Leaderscutting across partyaffiliations shouldshow the requisitepolitical will, courageand conviction to dealruthlessly with crimesagainstwomen. Instead ofpreaching always nowit is time to awakeand do something forourselves and forsociety otherwise suchincident will becontinued and we allhere to repent afterthat. Only holisticeducation system andmoral upliftment canbring the change inthe society for thisburning gender-sensitive issues.

Moreover, theattacks leave thevictims in a state ofshock and in hospital

for months, whichhelps the accused toeither escape ormanipulate the law,he says. Experts saythat the biggestchallenge for an acidattack victim ismeeting the medicalexpenses, as theyneed multiplesurgeries, andrehabilitation couldtake years or even

decades. Such attacksin particularconstitute is an act ofanimalism, brutalityand cruelty anddegradation of humansociety which deservesmaximumpunishment beyondforgiveness, but whenthe victim or thevictim’s family standbefore the law thepunishment meted out

to the accused is ofteninconsistent with thegravity of the offencecommitted. Thoughthe number of acidattacks have risen inrecent times, thewomen can’t sit athome due to fear ofsuch attacks. Sheneeds to be cautiousandaware. Compensationshould be given to thevictim as soon aspossible so that shecould proceed with hertreatment properly.

Media can alsoplay an active role incurbing acid attacksby highlighting everybit of the story wherea woman has been avictim of an acidattack. There is animmense need to comeout with legal

measures and medicalreforms by ourgovernment to helpthese victims. Menwho commit thesecrimes are usuallyspurned suitors whowant to avenge theirrejection. The menshould be punished sobadly that no one willever think ofattempting to ruin agirl’s life. Don’t wethink that there aremany strict lawsagainst acid attacksin India but itsunfortunate of ourcountry that most ofthem remain only inpaper ?

The writer is

freelancer, writerand cartoonist.Email: [email protected]

Why AcidAttacks...

Cont. from pg. 2

voter’s should take complaint of foul stench …...midc police has seized a bmw car containing...

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