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BJP toholdmorchatoday

The BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP)Panvel division willbe holding a morchaat the tehsildar officeagainst the currentMaha Agadi govern-ment led by the ShivSena-Congress-Na-tionalist CongressParty. The morchawill be held underthe guidance of Pan-vel BJP MLA Pras-hant Thakur.

Play byDr. SubhaSathe tobe stagedin Panvel

On the occasionof death anniversaryof ‘SwatantraveerSavarkar ’ on 26th

February and Mar-athi Bhasha Divason 27th February, aplay written by Dr.Subha Sathe will bestaged at VasudevBalwant Phadke the-atre, Panvel on 26th

February at 6.30 pm.Nitin Arekar will bepresent as the key-note speaker.

By Abhitash D.Singh

Navi

Mumbai: Delay inthe constructionof Science Park, proposed5-years-ago, will burnthe pocket of NaviMumbai MunicipalCorporation (NMMC)

NMMC sets Rs. 87.26 crorefor Science Park projectIn 2019-20 budget the cost

for the same was Rs. 5 croresNavi Mumbai: The City and Industrial De-

velopment Corporation (CIDCO) have asked theland holders in the Uran and Panvel talukas ofRaigad district, who have been allocated plotsunder the 12.5% plan, to complete the allotmentprocess. The nodal hearing has been scheduledbetween March 2 to March 20, 2020 by CIDCO.During this period, the concerned land holdershave been asked to do the needful at the 12thDivision Office or at the Samasya Nivaran Ken-dra, the seventh floor of CIDCO Bhavan, CBDBelapur, Navi Mumbai - 400 614 on the date spec-ified by their node.

Under the CIDCO’s Navi Mumbai project,all the villages in Uran and Panvel talukas,which were included in the notified area of NaviMumbai, were given land plan under the schemeof 12.5% for land acquisition. CIDCO’s recordsindicate that some landholders have not yet takenany further action regarding the allotment ofthe plot. List all such plots were posted on Jan-uary 23, 2020 on CIDCO’s website on https://cidco.maharashtra.gov.in and information wasalso circulated in local newspapers. The revisedlists of node-wise plots was done on February18, 2020.

The nodal wise hearing dates are as follows: -Kalamboli / Asudgaon / Dronagiri - 2 and 3 March2020, Taloja / Dronagiri / Karanjade and Kalun-dre - 5th and 6th March 2020, Kharghar / Dron-agiri / Roadpally - 11th and 12th March 2020,Kamogheri-1 / Drona. / ULWE - 16th & 17thMarch 2020, Kamothe-2 / ULWE / Nawade - 19th& 20th March 2020.

When submitting a written disclosure, thelandowners have to file their file number, noticenumber, mobile number etc. Information shouldalso be mentioned. For this hearing, the con-cerned landholders should attend the above of-fice of CIDCO and submit their disclosure.

CIDCO urgeslandholders to complete

allotment processLandholders in the Uran andPanvel talukas under 12.5%

scheme have not done the needful

By: Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai:

The Vashi police havefinally arrested a thiefwho had stolen manylaptops from parkedcars in Vashi Sector-17. The thief, identi-fied as Ravindra Ku-

Laptop thief caught red handedThe accused used to steal laptops from

parked vehicles in Sector 17, Vashi

mar Santlal Gaud(37), was arrested redhanded by the cops inSector 17, Vashi fol-lowing a tip off.

Alarmed by the ris-ing incidents of laptopthefts from parked ve-hicle, Commissioner

of Navi Mumbai Po-lice, Sanjay Kumarhad ordered police pa-trolling in the VashiSector-17 area as theincident took placearound evening hours

Cont. on pg. 5

by many more croresthan the estimatedproposed cost in2014. Earlier in 2014,NMMC had plannedto developa Science Park andname it after Dr. APJAbdul Kalam. The

proposed park was tobe constructed at theexistingWonders Park atSector 19(A) in Nerulat a cost of Rs 5crore. However, when

Cont. on pg. 4

By: Crime Reporter

Woman criticalafter stove ExplosionSustains 90% burn injuries

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE is hereby given public at large that my client M.ROHAN SUNIL ABBOTT, he is thesole owner and beneficiary of Flat No.51 as per the will Dt. 11-02-2017 and through thenomination KUBER CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD. transfer and register MR.ROHAN SU-NIL ABBOTT nalne in society record and the said society issued share certificate No.1/33,entitled to hold five shares aof Rs.50/- each bearing distinctive Numbers from 161 To 165.My client MR. ROHAN SUNIL ABBOTT, also joint owner and beneficiary of Flat No. 53 as perthe will Dt. 11-02-2017 and throught, the nomination KUBER COOPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD.Description of Flats is given in schedule herein under.

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Flat No. Floor Node Building/Society Plot No. Sector No. Area Sq. Ft. Carper

Any person/persons having any claim against the said will Dt. 11-02-2017 or to the saidproperty by way of sale, mortgage, charge, gift, lease, easement, use, trust, possession,inheritance, lien or otherwise however is hereby required to make the same known to theundersigned at his office address given herein below, within period of 15 days. From the dateof publication hereof with sufficient documental proof, otherwise without reference to such claimsand the same if any will be considered as waived.Date: 25-02-2020Place: Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-AJAY D. GAIKWADAdvocate High Court

Office at:- Shop No.229, SS-III, Xerox Lane, Opp. Abbott Hotel, Sector-2,Vashi, Navi Mumbai, 400703.

Mobile- 8082325559 / 8767335559, Email:- [email protected]

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PUBLIC NOTICEBe it known to the General public that my client MR.SUDHIRKRISHANLAL ABBOTT, is owned and possessed FLATNO.52, 5th FIOOR, KUBER CO.OPERATIVE HSG LTD.,PLOT NO. 43, SECTOR-17, VASHI, NAVI MUMBAI,400703. my Client had been misplaced / lost the originalAgreement For Sale details of document as follows :-Original Agreement For Sale dated 30-11-1982, executedbetween M/s.Billimonia Construction Pvt. Ltd. the seller andMrs. Anita Kohli. i.e. the Purchaser.This police missing report was made with vashi Police sta-tion, Navi Mumbai, on dated 15-02-2020, vide Property Miss-ing Register No. 0540/2020.Any person/s finding the original Agreement may return thesame at the address mentioned herein below.Any person/persons having any claim against the said Flator the said documents by way of sale, mortgage, charge, gift,lease, easement, use, trust, possession, inheritance, lien orotherwise, is hereby required to make the same known to theundersigned at my office address given herein below, withina period of 15 days from the date of publication hereof, failingwhich shall be deemed to have been waived for all intentsand purpose and not binding on my client.Date: 25-02-2020Place: Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-AJAY D. GAIKWADAdvocate High Court

Office at:- Shop No.229, SS-III, Xerox Lane,Opp. Abbott Hotel, Sector-2, Vashi, Navi Mumbai,

400703. Mobile- 8082325559 / 8767335559,Email:- [email protected]

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY given to Public at large that my clientMR. JIVRAJ KHETSHI ANAVADIYA, aged about 43 years,Indian Inhabitant, residing at Flat No.B-1301, Pride CHS,Plot No.1, Sector-7, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai -410210.The following original documents such as: 1].AgreementFor Sale, dated 25/09/2012 executed by M/s. Shakti Enter-prises with M/s. Al-Ashar Trading Co. through its Propri-etor Mr. Jitendra J. Ashar, registered under document serialNo.PVL-3-11704-2012, Receipt No. 12407; Dated 26/09/2012; 2]. Rectification Deed, Dated 11/04/2017 executedby M/s. Shakti Enterprises with M/s. Al-Ashar Trading Co.through its Proprietor Mr. Jitendra J. Ashar, registeredunder document serial No.PVL-5-2970-2017, Receipt No.3184; Dated 11/04/2017; 3]. Various Payment Receipt giv-en by M/s. Shakti Enterprises to M/s. Al-Ashar TradingCo. through its Proprietor Mr. Jitendra J. Ashar, and 4].Society Maintenance Bill, Electricity Bill etc., in respect ofShop No.2 [Now, read as Shop No. 6,7,8,9,10], GroundFloor, SHAKTI HEIGHTS Co-operative Society Ltd.,Plot No.108, Sector- 10, Kopra-Kharghar, Navi Mum-bai, Tal. Panvel, Dist. Raigad-410210, has been lost frommy client while traveling by auto-rickshaw from Sector-12Kharghar to Sector-10 and Police Complaint has been dulylodged by him with Kharghar Police Station, Navi Mum-bai under its Property Missing Registration No. 0547/2020,on 20/02/2020.All persons claiming an interest in the said property or anypart thereof by way of sale, gift, lease, inheritance, exchange,mortgage, charge, lien, trust, possession, easement, attach-ment or otherwise howsoever are hereby required to makethe same known to the undersigned at my office within Four-teen (14) days from the date of publication hereof, failingwhich the claim of such persons shall be deemed to havebeen waived and/or abandoned.Date:- 25/02/2020.Place: Navi Mumbai.

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Navi Mumbai:Being guided by thevision, “Life gets ameaning, if it is livedfor others”, Niran-karis countrywidetook to the essence ofcontributing to thesociety and chose it topay tribute to BabaHardev Singh JiMaharaj by undertak-ing a mega cleanli-ness drive on his 66th

birth anniversarywhich fell on 23rd

February, 2020.Over 3.5 lakh

volunteers of theSNCF, the NirankariSewadal and thedevotees took up ontothemselves to clean1320 Governmenthospitals spreadacross 400 cities,dedicating 21 lakhman hours for thecause.

In Navi MumbaiNMMC Hospital atVashi and 24 UrbanHealth Centers werecleaned in thiscampaign. About 2000volunteers anddevotees devoted theirselfless services forthe noble cause.Total 66 Hospitalswere cleaned in NaviMumbai and Mumbaiarea including

NMMC Hospital and 24 urban health centrescleaned on the occasion of 66th birth

anniversary of Baba Hardev Singhji Maharaj

1320 Hospitals cleaned countrywide;tree plantation drive also undertaken

Panvel, Uran andBhayander.

In addition, Policestations, Railwaystations, Publicparks, Municipalschools and Satsangcentres were alsocleaned up. Treeplantations were alsoundertaken at Ghan-soli in Navi Mumbaiand Ovla village inThane.

Even though thedrive was centred atNMMC Hospital andUrban Health Postsin Navi Mumbai,many other placeswere also cleaned inthe campaign. A fewto mention are Roadadjacent to SensoryGarden, Sanpada, Dr.Babasaheb.AmbedkarRoad near JuinagarRailway Station andVaikunth DhanCrematory in Sanpa-da area. Koparkhair-ane Gaon PoliceStation, ChikneshwarMandir & Garden,KoparkhairaneRailway Station,Gyan Vikas Institu-tion, Public play-ground and Garden(Sec. 1-8 and 15-16),Bhajan SamratPandharinath JaguPatil NMMC High

School, SantoshiMata Sports Groundat Koparkhairane;ASP School Sec.9,Ghansoli Gaon,Gavdevi Chowk, RamMandir, Rankar Ali,Mhaseshwar Nagar,Gunali lake vie D-Mart at Ghansoli;Prabodhankar Vidya-lay, Railway DamArea, Intal PadaCrematory, GavteWadi, KanhaiyaNagar, Sathe NagarNirankari BhawanArea and lalbahadurSchool area at SatheNagar; NirankariSatguru Mata JiGarden, Sector 20Crematory, ShaniMandir and areaSector 20, Gardens inSector 20 and 20-C,Ganesh Visarjan Ghatat Sector 20, Sector 3Ground, Diva Gaonlake area, Diva GaonCrematory, GanpatiBappa Chowk andAiroli Naka at Airoli;Karave Gaon in Neruland Diwale Gaon inCBD.

Despite being aSunday, hospitalauthorities andsanitation departmentauthorities remainedpresent and extendedall necessary help for

the campaign at allthe places.

Amongst thedignitaries whovisited the campaignat difference hospitalswere Chief MedicalOfficer of NMMCHospital Vashi, ShriP.C.Patil, Presi-dentand Shri GajananPatil, Vice Presidentof Gyan Vikas Sanst-ha, Chhaya Mhatre,Corporator, KeshavMhatre, Ex-Corpora-tor, D.R.Patil, ShivSena Vibhag Pra-mukh, ShriMadhukar Raut,Shivsena VibhagPramukh, ShriJadhav, ShakhaPramukh and ShriSajiv Bhendale,NMMC Officer atKoparkhairane andSocial Worker ShriSankpal at Ghansoli.

PUBLIC NOTICETHIS IS TO NOTIFY THAT my client SHRI. ANIL RAMBHATIA is legally seized and possessed and otherwise suf-ficiently entitled to a Shop no. S-2/44, admeasuring 14.50Sq. Mtrs., Built- up area, on the Ground Floor, of the buildingno. S-2/44, Janata Bazar, at Sector-7, Vashi, New Bombay-400703, (hereinafter referred to as “the Said Shop”)That my client have lost 1. Original Allotment Letter, issued byCIDCO Ltd. in the name of SHRI. RAMSAGAR SUKHDEVUPADHYAYA, 2. Original Possession Letter, issued by CI-DCO Ltd. in the name of SHRI. RAMSAGAR SUKHDEVUPADHYAYA, 3. Original Agreement of Sell, dated 6th March1983, executed between CIDCO Ltd. and SHRI. RAMSA-GAR SUKHDEV UPADHYAYA & 4. Original payment Re-ceipts issued by CIDCO in the name of SHRI. RAMSAGARSUKHDEV UPADHAYA, pertaining to said Shop. In this re-spect, my client executed an Affidavit and on lodging themissing complaint for the same with Vashi Police Station andCertificate dated 20/02/2020 was issued by the Vashi PoliceStation vide register no. 0602/2020.Any person(s) claim to have found the above mentionedOriginal and /or Xerox Document and /or intends to claim theSaid Shop by way of Sale, Purchase, Mortgage, Charge,Lien, Gift, Lease, Trust, Possession, Inheritance, bequest/easement, development or otherwise howsoever, is herebyrequired to make the same known to the undersigned at ouroffice address given hereinabove, along with the Original orCertified copies of the document pertaining to the claim, with-in a period of 14 days from the date of publication of thisNotice, failing which my client will be at liberty to complete thetransaction in respect of the said Shop without any referenceor regard to any such purported claim and interest whichshall be deemed to have been waived for all intents andpurpose and not binding on my client.Date: 25-02-2020Place: Navi Mumbai.

Sd/-Adv. Swapna N Bhojane

B.L.S. LL.BAdvocate High Court

Regn. NO. MAH/1308/2000Apt. No. C-2/4/01, Sector 2, Vashi

Navi MumbaiPh; (O): 27823616

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Issue : 251 25 February, 2020

By: Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: A citi-zen from France, wholives in Seawoods Sec-tor-46, fel l to hisdeath from the 9thfloor of his residenceon Sunday morning.The deceased has beenidentified as CharlyTastet (30). The policesuspect that Tastetmay have gone to thebathroom early in themorning and it islikely that he had ac-cidentally opened thedoor of the dry balco-ny which does not

French citizen dies afterfalling from 9th floor

have safety grill andfell into the duct.

The deceasedCharlie is a native ofFrance and his wifeis an Indian. Thecouple lived on the9th floor of the ‘Resi-dency’ in SeawoodsSector-46. Charlie’swi fe woke up ataround 8am on Sun-day morning and

started searching forhim as Charlie wasnowhere to be found.He was later founddead on the 3rd floorduct of the building.

Upon receiving in-formation of the inci-dent, NRI policerushed to the spot andremoved the bodyfrom the duct. Thebathroom adjoining

Charly’s residence hasa dry balcony in theadjoining bathroom.There is also anotherdoor for it. It is likelythat Charlie went tothe bathroom early inthe morning after ac-cidentally opening thedry balcony door, thenfell into the duct. NRIpolice have launchedfurther investigation.

By: Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: A40-year-old man whoattempted to commitsuicide by jumping offthe Vashi bridge wasrescued by AmbedasKedar, a Marine secu-rity officer, on Satur-day morning. The res-cued person stays inMankhurd and is cur-rently undergoingtreatment at NaviMumbai Municipal

Police rescues suicide victimwho jumped off the Vashi Bridge

Corporation, Hospitalin Vashi.

The police said thevictim, attempted sui-cide as he had an ex-tra marital affair withanother married wom-en living in the samearea and feared thather husband would killhim. He, therefore,tried to end his life byjumping off the bridge.

Some citizens, whowere passing through

the area, saw him as hejumped off the Bridgeand immediately raisedalarm. A police patrol-ling officer on the Kha-di, Havaldar AmbadasKedar, immediatelyswung into action andrescued the man withthe help of local fisher-men. He was then tak-en to NMMC hospitalin Vashi for treatment.

Meanwhile, thebody of another person

who committed suicideby jumping off theVashi Bridge wasfound on Saturday. Thedeceased has beenidentified as VishalMane, a resident ofChembur, who com-mitted suicide byjumping off the Vashibridge last Thursday.The victim was unem-ployed and was addict-ed to alcohol. He wasalso allegedly upsetwith his second mar-riage. His body washanded over to the po-lice on Saturday.

Postal department: Drasticmakeover is imperative

The postal department urgently requiressome drastic makeover. While certainchanges have been introduced and facili-ties have been upgraded, yet a lot moreneeds to be done. India’s postal networkis one of the largest in the world. The his-tory of modern postal system in India canbe traced back to 1937, when postal ser-vices were thrown open to public with themain aim of binding the country and itspeople together. Since then, the nationhas come a long way with new technolo-gies, infrastructures and innovations in-troduced in many sectors of the econo-my. But unfortunately, the postal depart-ment failed to move with the same paceas the other departments, like telecom-munications for instance.Government for quite some time hadbeen acting with apathy and complacencytowards this sector. With private agen-cies making inroads and competition be-coming stiff, this sector lagged even fur-ther behind. Lack of facilities, poor work-ing conditions and inadequate staff, madematters still worse. Unlike other sectors,the postal staff till date is not only poorlyequipped to meet the ever- increasingdemand, but is also poorly paid. Most ofthe postmen, for instance, are survivingin poor clumsy tenements. In the absenceof adequate travel grants, which has notbeen revised for years, they have totrudge long distance with load- ladenbags, to deliver letters. While in every budget, the governmentpromptly hikes the prices of postal sta-tioneries, very little attention is directedtowards increasing either the quality ofthe postal services or improving the ser-vice conditions of the postal employees.Even the postal network, which needs tobe widened further to cater to the ever-increasing demand, does not get adequateattention. For instance, especially in NaviMumbai, there are inadequate post box-es and people have to cover a long dis-tance to find one.It is a general principle that whenever asystem gets overloaded due to escalationin demand, it becomes inadequate in qual-ity as well as in quantity of service. Theexisting system then either needs to beexpanded or efficiency has to be in-creased by introducing new and moderntechnologies. This phenomenon holdsgood even for the postal network of In-dia. To be able to make this sector com-pete with the private agencies, which areincreasingly becoming popular due totheir prompt deliveries and cordial ser-vices, it is essential to introduce newtechnologies, innovations and modernfacilities in this vital network.

the civic body invitedideas forimprovement fromcitizens, it receivednegative responsefollowing which theproject was stalled.Now in the recentlyheld NMMC 2020-21budget, the projecthas again beenincluded. But the costhas risen to awhopping Rs 87.26crore.

The officials fromthe civic body arepositive that theproject will be helpfulfor children inenhancing theirknowledgein science andinnovations.

The Science Park whichwas proposed duringthe 2019-20budget was to besimilar to the NehruPlanetarium. It wasto be developed insideWonders Park, whichis spread over 34acres. The

construction of theproject was to startafter monsoon andthe completion periodwas set till end of2020. However, as theproject did not receivepositive responsefrom the citizens, itwas stalled by thecivic body.

Again during thebudget presentationof NMMC Budget2020-21, the CivicChief AnnasahebMisal has includedthe Science Parkproject with theestimated budget ofRs. 87.26 crore. ThePark is slated to beconstructed at thesame place.

NMMCCommissionerAnnasaheb Misalsaid, “The sciencepark is gettingdelayed since long butI am confident that itwill be initiated soonand till 2021 the NaviMumbaikars will beable to visit theScience Park in thecity.”

Jaywant Sutar,

Mayor, NMMC said,“The Science Parkwill be named afterthe great humblescientist and formerPresident of India Dr.A .P.J Kalam, whowas an inspiration forthe entire nation. Hiscontributions in thefield of science is wellknown. We are nowcurrently working onthe planning aspect ofthe park. This timealso we have invitedmore suggestionsfrom the citizens tomake any requiredadditions orimprovements whileconstructingthe park.”

Dr. A M Bhagwat,President of NaviMumbai Science Foundation(NMSF)said, “The initiativeby NMMC is reallyappreciative, but Ihave been hearingabout the formationof Science Park in thecity since 2014 butstill waiting for thegood news and to seethe project turninginto reality. I know

the kids and theirparents will be veryelated to get theexperienceof Science Park in thecity. Hope the civicbody completes theproject in the comingyears. The thenNMMC CommissionerDr. Ramaswami gavemore importanceto science, technologyand education andinitiated manyinitiatives. I amconfident that thepresent NMMCCommissionerAnnasaheb Misal willtry his level best tomake the project areality very soon.”

The Science Parkwas a dream projectof Sanjeev Naik.During his tenure asa Member ofParliament he cameup with the vision ofhavinga Science Park in theline of NehruPlanetarium for thebenefits of thechildren and thecitizens of NaviMumbai.

NMMC sets...

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Mumbai: SaifeeHospital, one ofMumbai’s renowned -multispecialty hospi-tal and the first tohave a dedicatedPeritoneal surfacemalignancy unit inthe country, comperedan internationalconference on “Annu-al Update in Perito-neal Surface Oncolo-gy” from 20th to 22ndFebruary 2020 atTata MemorialHospital. The confer-ence addressed theneeds of both begin-

Saifee Hospital hosted theInternational Conference on annual

update in Peritoneal Surface OncologyAttendees included the best in the field from across the globe, comprising

renowned Oncologists, Professors, and Medical Practitioners

L to R: Dr. Sanket Mehta, Chief of Division of PeritonealSurface Oncology at Saifee Hospital and Prof Oliver Gle-hen at the Annual Update in Peritoneal Surface Oncology

ners and experiencedperitoneal surfaceoncologists providinga comprehensiveupdate on the currentstandards of care inthe field as well asthe emerging thera-pies.

The three-dayextensive scientificprogram had the bestin the field fromaround the world whoconducted interestingsessions including thebasics, topics ofdebate and the newdevelopments in this

field, through lec-tures, trainingworkshops and casestudy discussions.Video sessions andlive surgeries wereperformed by theexperts that werestreamed live fromthe operation theatrein Saifee Hospital. The highlight of theprogram was livesurgical demonstra-tion conducted by Dr.Paul Sugarbaker,well-known fordeveloping the princi-ples of peritoneal

cancer surgery. Alongwith the other stal-warts of the field like Prof. Olivier Glehen(Lyon, France), Prof.Yutaka Yonemura(Osaka, Japan), Dr.Avanish Saklani(India), Dr. K SGopinath (India), Dr.Francois Quenet(Montpeliier, France),Dr. Shivendra Singh(India), Dr. Ra-makrishnan A S(India), Prof. Sang-Yoon Park (NationalProf Oliver Glehen sharing insights on Mesenteric Peri-

tonectomy at the Annual Update in Peritoneal SurfaceOncology Cont. on pg. 10

By: Crime Reporter

Navi Mumbai: On the pretext of offering a job inMerchant Navy, a city man duped a Delhi basedyoung man, Shubham Sharma (22). The accused,who is now being searched by the Nerul police,has been identified as Kailashchandra Sharma.

The victim, Shubham Sharma, who stays inDelhi, completed the Merchant Navy course in2018 from Marine Officer Training Academy inPondicherry. As he was looking for a job in theMerchant Navy, he was informed by a friend thata person named Kailashchandra Sharma, whoidentified himself as a Merchant Navy agent, fromPanvel, was hiring people for various positions inMerchant Navy. Accordingly, Shubham and hisfriend met Kailaschandra at Howrah CenturionMall in Nerul and gave him his bio-data. Kailas-hchandra stated that there was a vacancy in Istan-bul, Turkey and he would have to pay Rs 2 lakh80 thousand.

Agreeing to take up the job, Kailaschandraasked Shubham to book a flight ticket to Istan-bul. Accordingly, Shubham took the plane ticketat his own expense and took cash from his friendand transferred Rs 1 lakh 60 thousand in Kailas-hchandra’s account. Subsequently, Shubham tookthe documents from Kailashchandra and reachedIstanbul. When he reached Istanbul, a personnamed Behzad, a visa agent met Shubham andtold him that he would have to work as a waiterat a hotel as he has been offered a land job. WhenShubham argued, Behzad checked the documentsfrom Shubham and said that there was no suchShipping company for which he was sent for thejob.

Shubham called his father and informed himabout the fraud. On returning back to Mumbai,Shubham met Kailashchandra and demanded hismoney back. Kailashshcandra gave Shubham twocheques. However, the cheque bounced.

Following which he went to the Centurion Mall,Nerul and searched for Kailaschandra. But hecould not find him and his mobile phone too, wasswitched off. When Shubham inquired about Kail-ashchandra he learnt that he had cheated manyjob aspirants like him in a similar manner.

Shubham then lodged a complaint with theNerul police station. Accordingly, the police havestarted a search for Kailashchandra.

City man dupes aperson by offering job

in Merchant Navy

in that area. Seniorpolice inspector San-jeev Dhumal and po-lice inspector (crime)Ravindra Daundkarformed a squad led byDeputy Inspector Po-lice Kashinath Mane.Investigation by thissquad found that theaccused breaks thecar’s window panes inVashi Sector-17 be-tween 7am and 9pm tosteal laptop and otherbelongings.

This special squad

laid a trap in VashiSector-17 area. Theaccused Gaud wascaught red handedwhile he was tryingto break open a glasspane to steal the lap-top that was insidethe car. The police ar-rested him. Duringinterrogation he con-fessed to have com-mitted eight crimesin Vashi sector 17.The accused has beensentenced to policecustody till February24,said Pankaj Dah-ane, Deputy Commis-sioner of Police, Cir-cle-1.

Laptop thiefcaught...

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Corporator and Leader of House Ravindra Ithape, Chairman of Society Ramesh Pawar, Director Rangrao Patil, Ward Chairman Ravi Dere,Taluka Vice President Ravindra Hande, played a friendly cricket match in Bhimashankar Society. Rahul Ithape, Sachin Koote, Jaywant Datkhele,Sharad Naikodi, Hemant Chaskar, Jayedi. Bhosle, Amar Jadhav, kaniphanatha Ghavate and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

By Ashok Dhamija

Navi Mumbai:Some of the bestfirst class cricketerswho have represent-ed India in variousformats of the gamesincluding familiarIndian PremierLeague (IPL) house-hold names of thelikes of ShikarDhawan, HardikPandya, Bhuvanesh-var Kumar, ManishPandey, ShreyasIyer, Sanju Samson,Shivam Dube,Dinesh Kartik,Naman Ojha, Di-vyaansh Saxena ,Atharva Ankolekar(Both U19 WorldCupper), KamleshNagarkoti (formerU19 World Cupper)will be among the250 cricketers willbe seen in actionduring the course ofthe 16th edition ofthe D Y Patil T20Cup, which com-menced here onMonday 24th Febru-ary, 2020.

The annualleague-cum- knock-out tournamentwhich is being heldunder the aegis ofMumbai CricketAssociation (MCA)will witness 16teams from across

16th D Y Patil T20 Cup Gets UnderwayIndian Navy, DY Patil ‘B’, Air India and Mumbai Customs off to a winning start

Central Railway skipper Amit Paunikar (Left) and opener Gandhar Bhatawdekar hispartner were caught at the same end of the wicket, which saw the latter being run outby D Y Patil B’s Ripal Patel

the nation in fray,whose semis andfinal will be held onFriday 6th March,2020. The participat-ing teams includingdefending championsD.Y. Patil ‘A’,former champions ofthe likes of D.Y.Patil ‘B’, Indian Oil,BPCL, Reliance 1,Air India amongothers will alsoinclude two qualifi-ers and debutantsIndian Navy andBank of Barodacontest for tophonours in the Rs 15Lakhs prize moneytournament whichwill be playedprimarily at thepicturesque D Y

Patil Stadium andUniversity groundinside the D Y PatilCampus in Nerul,Navi Mumbai.

“ The excitingform of the T20tournament whichwas first introducedin England way back

Dr Vijay Patil, President, DYPSA and MCA along withtrusted lieutenants Avinash Salvia and former Indianpacer Abey Kuruvilla have played a key role in ensuringthe successful conduct of the D Y Patil T20 Cup over theyears. (Photos by Author)

(L to R) Mohit Ahlawat and Lakhan Singh played a keyrole in Indian Navy’s success against Bank of Baroda ina high scoring game

on 2003, made itsdebut in (D Y PatilStadium), NaviMumbai a yearlater. The D Y PatilT20 Cup 2020 overthe years has wit-nessed participationfrom top Corporateand Public Sectororganisations theannual tourneywhich is one of thebest in the countryin this format, afterIndian PremierLeague (IPL). Thetournament h hasserved as platform tomany first classplayers who havefollowed the foot-

steps of their IndianInternational coun-terparts and made itbig in IPL. Some ofthe leading playerswho are expected toparticipate includeall-rounder HardikPandya, Bhuvanesh-var Kumar, ShikharDhawan (all Reli-ance 1 team). Cur-rent Indian playersManish Pandey,Sanju Samson,Shreyas Iyer, Shi-vam Dube (all BPCLteam). FormerIndian skipper andwicketkeeper bats-

Cont. on pg. 7


NMMC celebrates anniversary of Sant Gadgebaba MaharajRecognized for promoting social justice and initiating reforms, especially related to sanitation, the 144th birth anniversary of Sant Gadge baba Maharajwas celebrated at Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation’s (NMMC) Headquarter at CBD Belapur. Mayor Jayvant Sutar paid floral tribute to the greatSant in the presence of Leader of the House Ravindra Ithape, Deputy Commissioner Dadasaheb Chubashwar and other officers, employees were present.

man Dinesh Karthikalong with MandeepSingh and RahulTewatia who playeda key role in thehost winning anexciting finalagainst formerchampions Reliance1 for their maidentitle will turn up DY Patil A team.Former Indian pacerVarun Aaron, Man-an Vohra and mem-ber of U-19 WorldCup team KamleshNagarkoti wouldturn up for D YPatil B team duringthe course of thetournament”, sharedDr Vijay Patil,President, D Y PatilSports Academyduring a pressconference.

Dr Patil who isalso the President ofMCA further added“Four matches willbe played dailyduring the leaguephase and quarterfinal stages at theinternational stan-dard venues at the DY Patil Stadium(which has playedhosts two IPL finalsin the past) alongwith adjacent Uni-versity ground. Inaddition two leaguematches apiece willbe played at Ghanso-li and Talegaon aspart of our commit-ment to take thecricket to the mass-es. The tournamentas such witnesses

intense competitionas only two teamsfrom each of the fourgroups qualify forthe knockout stage.All the matchesduring the course ofthe tournamentincluding the semisand finals scheduledfor Friday 6thMarch, 2020 can bewitnessed by cricketfans free of cost”

An avid cricketerhimself Dr Patil whois also the Chancel-lor of D Y PatilUniversity whilesharing his thoughtson promoting Womencricket and thechances of a similartournament in thenear future said “MCA as such istaking steps topromote womencricket in a big wayand there is anurgent need to havea calendar on thelines of men’s crick-et. As such we areopen to the idea sinceour University has

DY Patil ‘B’ team skipperKevin Almeida scored ahalf century in his team’ssuccess over CentralRailway.

Air India skipper NamanOjha along with his open-ing partner Rudra Dhan-day (not in photo) put on132-run opening standagainst Canara Bank

been neutral genderand have beenimplementing suchinitiatives within ourcampus. Withsupport from allstake holders onemay witness such awomen tourney inthe near future”.

The openinground league match-es itself witnessedtwo close matches atthe DY Patil Stadi-um. In the morningsession a late on-slaught by youngMohit Ahlawat 62 off27 balls (4x4, 5x6)after Lakhan Singhscored a crucial 48 attop of the order,which ensuredqualifier IndianNavy post a massive200 for seven in theirallotted 20 overs in aGroup C tie. Then asBank of Barodathreatened to chasedown the target, theServices Lakhan all-rounder picked upthree for 35 includ-ing a wicket in the

final ball of theinnings which helpedhis team register anarrow four-run winin a nail bitingfinish.

In the afternoonclash at the samevenue, left-handedKevin Almeida ledfrom the front as hestarred in DY PatilB’s three wicket winover Central Railwayin a Group B tie.Almeida scored 59 asDY Patil B chaseddown Central Rail-way’s target of 141

Participating Teams & Groups:Group A: D.Y. Patil ‘A’, Mumbai Customs, Jain Irrigation and Indian OilGroup B: D.Y. Patil ‘B’, Central Railway, Income Tax and BPCLGroup C: Reliance 1, CAG, Indian Navy and Bank of BarodaGroup D: Canara Bank, Air India, RBI and Western Railway.

Brief ScoresAt University Ground

Group A: Jain Irrigation 137-7 in 20 overs (Rakesh Prabhu 34, KaushikChikhlikar 27, Azhar Ansari 25; Aishwarya Surve 2-23) lost to MumbaiCustoms 138-4 in 18.4 overs (Prasad Pawar 36 n.o., Sachin Wagh 31,Sachin Yadav 25; Rohit Talreja 2-16)-by 6 wicketsGroup D: Air India 176-9 in 20 overs (Naman Ojha 68, Rudra Dhanday60; Manoj Bhandage 2-29, Pallav Kumar Das 2-31, MG Naveen 2-34)beat Canara Bank 141-9 in 20 overs (Md Saif 31, Rajoo Bhatkal 21;Badrey Alam 3-25, Vikas Singh 3-31, Vaibhav Mali 2-16)-by 35 runsAt DY Patil StadiumGroup C: Indian Navy 200-7 in 20 overs (Mohit Ahlawat 62, LakhanSingh 48, Shubham Rohilla 37; Akshay SL 2-35, Zeeshan Ali Syed 1-8)beat Bank of Baroda 196-6 in 20 overs (Rahul Dalal 61, Naga Bharath58, Rakshith S 38; Lakhan Singh 3-35, Nishan Singh 2-25)-by four runsGroup B: Central Railway 141-6 in 20 overs (Amit Paunikar 68 n.o.,Neelkanth Parab 20; Kamlesh Nagarkoti 2-20, Varun Aaron 1-29, Shas-hank Singh 1-17) lost to DY Patil ‘B’ 144-7 (Kevin Almeida 59, YogeshTakawale 28; Salil Agharkar 2-19, Manish Rao 2-33) by three wickets

Fixtures For 25 FebruaryAt University Ground: 11 am: Group B: Income Tax Vs BPCL;3.45 pm: Group D: RBI Vs Western RailwayAt DY Patil Stadium: 11 am: Group C: Reliance 1 Vs IndianNavy; 3.45 pm: Group A: DY Patil A Vs Indian Oil.

for six with threewickets to spare.

Former IndiaTest wicket-keeperNaman Ojha 68(47b, 7x4, 2x6)starred in AirIndia’s impressive35-run win overCanara Bank at theUniversity Groundin a Group ‘D’ leaguematch. Ojha shareda 132-run openingstand with RudraDhanday 60 (41b,5x4, 2x6), before hiswicket triggered amini collapse. Air

India in the endposted 176 for ninein their 20 overs. Intheir responseCanara Bank couldpost just 141 fornine as they lost by35 runs underfloodlights.

Earlier in theday, Mumbai Cus-toms lead ByVikrant Auti beatJain Irrigation bysix wickets in aGroup A clash in thetournament at theUniversity Ground.(Photos by Author).

16th D Y Patil...

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Sanskrit- A learning curve for knowing other languages

By C. K. Subramaniam

Though the prima-ry role of Sanskrithymns of Veda washealing and maintain-ing harmony with na-ture, it also served asan infinite source of the-oretical and practicalknowledge. Various sys-tems of knowledgecame about accordingto the need of the timeand the comprehensionability of the people insociety. Many peoplemay be under the im-pression that learningSanskrit is very diffi-cult. This is mainly dueto the fact that it hasnot been taught proper-ly and that has some-thing to do with thewrong notion that it isnot a spoken language.In my opinion and ex-perience learning San-skrit will not have dif-ficulty and on the con-trary it can be easy andfun. Of course somepeople may find it diffi-cult to learn any otherlanguage other thantheir mother tongue. Itall depends on variousfactors like individuallearning ability, age

etc.If we put individual

learning capacity aside,we can say for sure thatanyone who can learnany other language canlearn Sanskrit, andthat learning Sanskritdoes not have to be moredifficult than learningany other language -provided that we learnSanskrit in a naturalway that allows us toassimilate the live flowof the language. San-skrit is a very ancientlanguage, but it is notdead. It is very much upto date and alive. San-skrit can be spoken andused in daily life and itcan be learned in a live-ly and enjoyable way.The study of Sanskritmay become difficult ifthe learning process isbased only on under-standing and remem-bering dry grammarrules and their applica-tion in translation ex-ercises - what we cancall “grammar-transla-tion-method”. This kindof method marked itdifficult to learn anylanguage, and it is be-coming less and less

popular all over theworld.

If, on the otherhand, the learning pro-cess is built on exposureto the live flow of thelanguage, and if theassimilated languagebecomes the basis andthe criteria for learningthe relevant aspects ofgrammar - then learn-ing Sanskrit can be-come easy and fun.There should not beany misunderstanding. We do not mean to saythat learning grammaris not important. Onthe contrary, grammaris very important, butit should be given incorrect doses at theright time and in prop-er manner. The mostimportant point is thatthe growing ability tohandle the live flow oflanguage should be thebasis of learning gram-mar and not the otherway around.

As it is already men-tioned that this is notonly true with regard toSanskrit, it is true forevery language. Themost successful sys-tems of learning lan-

guages in the world to-day are based on suchideas because experi-ence showed that lan-guage should belearned in a naturalway - by repeated expo-sure to the live flow ofthe language in all pos-sible ways: listening,speaking, reading andwriting. If we stop tothink about it - how didwe learn our mothertongue? Did we start byunderstanding andmemorizing grammarrules? Were we givenlong lists of vocabular-ies to memorize? Didanyone ever explain usthe concept of verbalroots and the process ofwords derivations?

Obviously not, wesimply heard the lan-guage and then wetried to speak. We lis-tened and we repeated.Sometimes we werecorrected but manytimes we corrected our-selves, and when did webegin to study gram-mar? When we alreadymastered the languageto quite a high degree.So all we have to do inorder to make Sanskrit

learning easy and funis to adjust our ap-proach by paying atten-tion to the natural wayour mind learns newthings. Various aspectsof learning should beemphasized and givenpriority in the propertime and correct man-ner.

A lot of the abovementioned literaturehas been translatedinto English and otherlanguages. It is a com-mon knowledgethough, that no trans-lation can be perfect. InSanskrit this truth iseven more valid as therichness and depth ofthe Sanskrit languagedo not allow any otherlanguage to capture thefull depth of its mean-ing. We therefore rec-ommend anyone whofeels inspired by thescope and richness ofSanskrit literature, tolearn Sanskrit andread the scriptures inthe original language -Or at least learn a lit-tle, just enough to readand to deal with anyquestions or doubtsthat may come up re-

garding the validity ofa certain translation,or the meaning of cer-tain expressions.

Education helps toearn a live and also togain knowledge. Be-sides your normalstudies, spare sometime for spiritual prac-tises like Dhyanam,Japam etc. And learn-ing Sanskrit is a thrill-ing experience. San-skrit spoken in someparts of India most inKerala. Near Thiru-vananthapuram in onevillage the people therespeak in Sanskrit.Again, the notice boardin hotels carry today’sspecial in Sanskrit.Again, competitionsare held in Sanskrit inKerala and Sanskritnews broadcast isthere in Door Darshan.In South Indianschools in Mumbai, thestudents can preferSanskrit as the thirdlanguage and have thelearning experience ofthe age old language.Sanskrit is indeed alearning curve forknowing other lan-guages.

By: C.K. Subramaniam

It is a matter ofgreat honour towelcome a foreigndignitary and thattoo of the caliber ofPresident DonaldTrump. We treat thisas a pride to extendred carpet welcome ina gala manner.

We respect theforeign dignitariescoming to India andit is happening forcenturies. However,we take lot of objec-tions for the Trump’svisit. Unlike withChina in the year1962, India-USrelations are notstrained and pro-gressing well. As adeveloping country,US pays respect to adeveloping countrylike India. Why thenwe face such a stiffopposition withindespite having afairly healthy rela-tionship with US.This was reflected in

Namaste Trump

the best way byTrump and it is timeto reciprocate thesentiments ratherthan showing blackflags.

With massivedecorations andelaborate securityarrangements,Ahmedabad gave arousing reception in aNamaste Trump for a

mega event. Similarto Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’sHowdy Modi! rallythat was held in NewHampshire last year.Mr. Trump took partin ‘Namaste Trump’event at the newly-constructed cricketstadium in Ahmeda-bad. From resurfac-ing roads and plant-

ing palm trees alongthe streets to build-ing a wall apparentlyto hide slums, theGujarat governmentmade an elaboratearrangement.

This is the firsttime any U.S. Presi-dent did connect withthe Indian people atlarge, an acknowl-edgement of the

important space thatpeople-to-people tieshave played. Whilethis is the first suchpublic rally inAhmedabad, USPresident DwightEisenhower didaddress a joint rallywith PM JawaharlalNehru at Delhi’sRamlila Grounds in1959, which anestimated crowd of 5lakh people hadattended.

Both sides areexpected to fast trackthe Basic Exchangeand CooperationAgreement (BECA),to be discussedduring defence talksin March. Oncesealed, BECA, thethird logistic agree-ment between themilitaries, willensure smooth flow ofhigh end technologyfrom the U.S. toIndia.

Apart from thestrategic and mili-

tary aspect, bothsides are expected totake up trade rela-tionship especiallysince PresidentTrump himself hasannounced that hewill seal a big tradedeal with India laterthis year. There areIndian concernsabout the agricultureand dairy sectors insuch a scenario thatare yet to be clarifiedby the officials.

In Gujarat peoplefrom all languagesspoke excitedly aboutthe Trump visit,drawing a parallelbetween PrimeMinister NarendraModi’s ‘Make inIndia’ and Mr.Trump’s ‘MakeAmerica Great Again’slogans. The visit isaimed at showcasingIndia’s rich diversity.

The writer isfreelancer fromSanpada, NaviMumbai


By: Chandrashekhar Hendve

Navi Mumbai :Happy Planet, anaward-winningindoor play area forboth kids as well asadults has launchedits outlet at GrandCentral Mall, Sea-woods. This 9000 sqft happiness destina-tion, launched byrenowned celebrity &actress Tannaz Iranihas activities such asa jumpolene, Iceland,bubble fun, slideland,magic ball spraytrain, etc. Thehighlight of Happy-Planet are theBirthday celebrationswhich are so cher-

Tannaz Irani launches the 4th Outlet of HappyPlanet in the Heart of Navi Mumbai- Seawoods

The fourth outlet launch of Happy Planet is inching thebrand towards its goal of making the world a happy planet

ished by its guests.Itis truly a dreamdestination for yourchild’s special dayand Happy Planetgoes out of the way tomake it memorablewith a dedicatedParty Area whichmakes you feel like aVVIP. The cafe in theplay area poses as thedestination forscrumptious snacksonce the kids areexhausted experienc-ing all the uniqueactivities. The launchof this outlet located

in Seawoods, NaviMumbai makes it thefourth outlet acrossIndia & third in the

city.The colorful

interiors coupled withthe innovative

activities make it theperfect destinationfor families lookingfor unconventional

ideas to spend a funday. The play parkalso includes ahotspot for teenagers-the arcade zonewhich consists ofgames such as watershooting, batman andminion, etc. Addition-ally, Happy Planet isproud to announcethe introduction of aunique activity- theSkyrider-first time inIndia- wherein onecan feel like they areflying in the sky.

Mr. NimishKenia, Co-Founder,Happy Planet says, “Iam ecstatic regardingthe fourth outlet

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Mayor of Navi Mumbai, Jaywant Sutar inaugurated the Thin WhiteTapping (TWT) at ward no 95, Nerul. During that time CorporatotGirish Mhatre and residents of the area were present in large number(By: Chandrashekahr Hendve )


Navi Mumbai: Ameeting of mathadiworkers was held atMathadi Bhavan,APMC on Monday. Themeeting was headed byNarendra Patil, secre-

Meeting of Mathadi workers held

tary of the mathadiunion and ShashikantShinde. The meetingwas held to discussabout the day longstrike which is beingplanned on February26th in which more

than 10,000 mathadiworkers across statewill be participating.The strike has beencalled following thestate government’s de-cision to change theMathadi Act.


Navi Mumbai:Ministry of Railways,as a special case,have decided to grant50% concession inRailway’s basic faresof second / sleeperclass to youths fortravelling from onestate to another stateto take part in ‘EkBharat ShreshthaBharat’ programme tobe coordinated byMinistry of HumanResource Develop-ment, Government ofIndia.

This concession is

Ministry of Railways offers 50%concession to youth taking part in “EkBharat Shreshtha Bharat’ programme

subject to followingconditions –

1. Earnings /Emoluments of theyouth should not bemore than Rs 5000/-per month.

2. Journey shouldbe for more than 300kms from journeycommencing station tothe station serving theplace of the festival.

3. Concession shallbe allowed on single /return journey.

4. Concessionallowed in basic faresof second/ sleeper classonly. The supplemen-

tary charges, reserva-tion charges and otherapplicable chargesshall be levied in fullfor both directions.

5. Concession shallbe admissible innormal train servicesonly and not forbooking of specialtrains/coaches.

6. Concession shallbe allowed on produc-tion of the requisitecertificate form theSecretary of concernedDepartment of Hu-man Resource Devel-opment of variousstates.

A broken garbage bin on the footpath opposite Gulab Dairy in Koperkhair-ane (Sumit Renose).

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Team India’s battingturns turtle

The much hyped Indian batting turned into aturmoil in the first test at Wellington. After losing3 ODI games on the trot, it was much expectedfrom the Indian side to maintain their number one status. But the bat-ting came cropper, as Kiwi skipper put Indian team into bat on a cloudycondition. None of the batsmen fared well and the procession of wicketswas a pathetic sight.

Openers were just trying to catch the next flight to India, middle ordercaved in and the tail did not wag. We need proper training methods beforeembarking on an overseas tour. But we take things lightly and there ischopping and changing of the side as per the whims and fancies of theskipper and that made it difficult to have a settled batting order.

Bowling side is not penetrative and we cry foul when the wickets didnot help our bowlers. Fortunately, on the first day rains came and avoid-ed the disaster. Thus, Team India's batting turned turtle and we need tohave sound opening batsmen, dependable middle order and a set five bestbowlers to back the side on an overseas tour.

C.K. Subramaniam,Millennium Towers, Sector 9, Sanpada

Letter to the Editor....

By Vinod C. Dixit

This is for the firsttime in the history ofGujarat that a sittingUS President will bevisiting here. InAhmedabad, DonaldTrump will address the'Namaste Trump' eventjointly with PM Modiat the newly built Mot-era cricket stadiumbilled to be the world’slargest cricket stadiumwith over 1-lakh spec-tator capacity. Beingbuilt at an estimatedcost of $100 million, theMotera Stadium will bethe world's largestcricket stadium over-taking the MelbourneCricket Ground in Aus-tralia. They will partic-ipate in a roadshowthemed 'Unity in Diver-sity' to the stadiumwhere 'NamasteTrump' event is beingorganised. Around onelakh people from acrossGujarat have been in-vited to welcomethem. More than100,000 partici-pants have regis-tered so far to greetTrump as he headsfrom the airport tothe city centre.

This event issimilar to the land-mark 'Howdy,Modi!' (Here“Howdy” meansKem cho” in Guja-rati) event hostedby the Indian-American communityin honour of PrimeMinister Modi duringhis visit to Houston inSeptember 2019, inwhich PresidentTrump participated.Around 28 stages rep-resenting the variousparts of the country arebeing set up along theroute, in what is beingcalled the India RoadShow and the route willalso feature decorationsdepicting differentevents in the life of Gan-dhiji, whose associationwith the city is so well-known. It is said thatthe defence deal is like-ly to be the highlight ofthe visit given that alimited trade deal thetwo sides were lookingto clinch is not expect-

Namaste Trump

ed to happen.Donald Trump looks

at this as a political op-portunity to garnersupport from the Indi-an-Americans backhome. One must re-member PresidentTrump who stated inhis speech, after PMModi welcomed him tospeak, calling him "my

friend, a friend of India,the great AmericanPresident DonaldTrump", also appealedto the four-millionstrong Indian Americancommunity to vote forhim, saying he was thebest US president forstrengthening India-US ties. An importantconstituency ofTrump’s voters hasbeen Hindu non-resi-dent Indians, whomade large donationsand came out in strongsupport during the2016 US presidentialelection. Similarly, theNRI vote is crucial, andof that pie, Gujaratishave a large share in it.

Trump's visit will bebrief but intense, withall essential elements of

a State visit, and twoadditional legs inAhmedabad and Agra,all squeezed into lessthan 36 hours.There isno doubt that the rela-tions between India andthe US are strongerthan ever before. Thevisit of Donald Trumpwill more be groundedin our common values

and our sharedcommitment todemocracy whenour PM Modi'sleadership in theworld is being wit-nessed as astrong, drivingand thriving re-public of India.Both India andthe US also un-derstand that tokeep our commu-nities safe wemust protect our

borders.In preparation of

Trump's visit, Gujaratgovernment and theAhmedabad adminis-tration have stepped upthe renovation and thebeautification processin the city. The leadersof China, Japan and Is-rael have all visitedAhmedabad since Modibecame prime minister.Ahmedabad is the big-gest city in Gujarat,the western state whereModi has made hismark as chief ministerbefore his Hindu na-tionalist party swept topower in 2014. It is alsoreported that Modi andTrump will have lots todialogue and debateabout.

The writer is freelancer.

Why hide poverty from Trump?Is there any country without poor people and poverty, then why was a

wall constructed overnight to block them and hide their existence justbecause President Trump is visiting Ahmedabad.

The Government of Gujarat could have spent that amount on provid-ing clothes and food to those poor instead. Would the poor also not havebeen included in this celebration? Over a hundred crore has been spent(including the construction of the wall around the juggis) for a three hourvisiAt of US President and the first lady, what a waste.

Is Prime Minister Modi ashamed of displaying our poor to the outsideworld (which anyways isn’t hidden in this age of technology) or is it somesense of guilt for not doing enough for them.

Syed Abdul Monim, Vashi.

Cancer Center, Korea)and Dr. Aditi Bhatt(India).

The primaryobjective of thisinitiative was toeducate and collabo-rate with fellowpractitioners andexperts. Based onregistry statistics,Mumbai alone hasmore than 2000patients that have thisaggressive form ofdisease, where stan-dard treatmentmodalities give poorresults. The idea is tocreate awareness ofthe medical fraternity,to help in earlydiagnosis so thatpatients could bereferred to a highvolume centre forbetter treatment.

Commenting onthe same, Dr. SanketMehta – Chief ofDivision of Peritoneal

Surface Oncology atSaifee Hospital &President of Society ofPeritoneal SurfaceOncology, India said,“This is our Xth yearand we are extremelythrilled to havewitnessed such agreat turnout for theprogram year onyear. Our objective isto create a credibleindustry platform and

Dr. Sanket Mehta, Chief of Division of Peritoneal SurfaceOncology at Saifee Hospital addressing the attendeesat the Annual Update in Peritoneal Surface Oncology

assimilate some of thegreatest talent fromthe world at one pointand exchange thelatest developmentsand learnings in thefield. The exchange ofknowledge from theexperts around theworld certainly wouldprovide an edge to thenew doctors and othermedical practitionersin the field of Oncology”

SaifeeHospitalhosted ...

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Panvel: MKCLorganized a freeworkshop for jour-nalists on the occa-sion of ‘MarathiRajshahi Day’ atShahu Institute ofTechnology in NewPanvel. The work-shop was organized

MKCL organises workshopas part of Marathi Divas

under the leadershipof Jayant Bhagat,Managing Director ofShahu Institute andKonkan Head ofMKCL. This work-shop benefited morethan 30 journalistsfrom Panvel andNavi Mumbai.

During theworkshop tips onhow to write messag-es in Marathi onmobile, translatingMarathi into anyother language andany other languageinto Marathi, gettingtext from old Mar-

athi page, typingfrom Marathi, fillingonline application,reading Marathinewspapers online,using Marathi onsocial media etc.were given. Thedemonstration waspresented by experts.

launch of HappyPlanet and extremelyexcited to be a part ofthe premium experi-ence at Grand Cen-tral mall in Sea-woods, Navi Mumbai.The outlet is a one-stop destination foreverything fun. Thisnext-gen play areahas activities for allage groups i.e. kids,teenagers as well asYOUNG AT HEARTadults. We aim togive a holistic experi-ence to familiescoming to the mallso as to go back witha bag full of funmemories. We hopeHappy Planet is thefirst choice forfamilies to enjoysome quality undis-turbed free time witheach other. We at

Happy Planet are inour tenth year ofoperations & aim tomake it bigger andbetter in the comingyears.”

Ms. Tannaaz Iranistates, “I am ex-tremely excitedregarding the 4thoutlet launch ofHappy Planet. BothZeus & Zara are bigfans of indoor playareas. Even as anadult I like spendinggadget-free time withmy kids at playparks and HappyPlanet always makesus Happy. The widevariety of activitiesfor all age groupsmakes it stand outamongst play areas.”

MKCL organisesworkshop as part ofMarathi Divas

Tannaz Irani launches...Cont. from pg. 9

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Navi Mumbai:Ananya Anand, astudent of D.P.Sbagged the first prizein the Under-11 Girlscategory chess compe-tition conducted bythe Shivsena Seawood& Sanskar Founda-

Ananya Anand bags firstprize in the Chess competition

The competition was organised by ShivSena Seawood and Sanskar Foundation

tion on 19th February,2020h on the occasionof Chatrapati SivajiMaharaj’s BirthAnniversary.

Around 150 peopleparticipated in thecompetition which had9 rounds. Individual

cash prize and tro-phies were given tothe winners.

Ananya is beingtrained by GuruAjinkya Pingale andreceives training atMalayali Samajam,Seawood.

Koparkhairane resident Tanmay Sutar (17), a state level swimmer crossed12 kg metre distance from Elephanta to Belapur Jetty in 3 hours 20 min-utes 4 second on 23rd February, 2020.

Navi Mumbai:Eurokids Nerul andKharghar celebratedtheir annual day atTerna auditorium,Nerul with great zestand fervour. Reflect-ing values of environ-mental consciousnessthrough a variety ofmemorable perfor-mances, against thebackdrop of pertinentyet aestheticallyappealing slides andexquisite props, theevent was a visualtreat that left anindelible mark on theminds of the parents.When toddlers asyoung as two, dressedin painstakinglycreated costumes,remind us of ourresponsibility to-wards our planetthrough music, danceand drama, theimpact is definitelybound to be powerfuland effective.

From the need tostop cutting and startplanting trees, to theimportance of cleanli-ness, to the under-standing that water

Love and Respect yourplanet, say Eurokids Children

is a precious andscarce resource thatneeds to be con-served, the childrenconveyed potentmessages with theirinnocence andcharm. What wasmost endearing wasthe enthusiasm of theparents who alsoperformed along withthe children on stage.

Chief Guest of theevent, Dr. MonicaKhanna, author,academician andtrainer, urgedparents not topressurize theirchildren and allowthem to enjoy theirchildhood, whilesimultaneouslyinculcating the rightvalues that wouldenable them tobecome good humanbeings. Guest ofHonour Mr. BhaveshShah, Director,Today Global, statedthat just like build-ings, pre-schools arethe foundation stonesthat play an integralpart in the develop-ment of a child, and

therefore extremelyimportant for thechild’s growth.

The schools havebeen striving toteach children skillsand concepts throughinnovative teachingmethods, and havebeen focusing on theholistic developmentof the children byincluding activitiessuch as yoga, fitness,music and dance.Being socially re-sponsible, they arealso a part of DaanUtsav, a platformthat brings togetherpeople from all walksof life and encourag-es them to celebrate‘giving’ in all forms,be it time, money,skill or love.

It is indeedcommendable andheartening that pre-schools today areindoctrinating andinstilling ideas thatgo beyond race,caste, religion andnationality – and areconcentrating in-stead on humanityand love.


Navi Mumbai: Inthe recently held gener-al body meeting of theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC), corporatorfrom sector 48, VishalDolas demanded thatfree treatment anddrugs should be provid-ed in the civic hospi-tals. Citing a case of a90 year old senior citi-zen who had visited theNerul civic hospital,

Corporator demands free treatmentand drugs in civic hospital

Cites case of a senior citizen who had to pay Rs. 10,000 for

purchasing medicine from private medical shop

Dolas said that he hadto purchase medicineworth Rs. 10,000 froma private medicalstore.He asked the civ-ic chief to look into theissue.

Answering to theallegation raised byDolas, Medical officerhealth, BabasahebSonawane said, “Freemedicine is given at allthe NMMC hospitals.However, he said, if themedicines are not avail-

able in the hospital, thepatients are asked topurchase medicinesfrom the private medi-cal store”.

Mayor Jayvant Su-tar ordered the officialsto check if the medi-cines prescribed to thepatient was available atthat time or not. Heassured that if the hos-pital is found to be atfault, action will be tak-en against the officialconcerned.

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