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Friday, 27 November 2020

VOL. 14 • ISSUE 144 RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 POSTAL REGN. No. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE

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By Abhitash D.SinghNavi Mumbai

Just as many business establishments are

experiencing slowdown during the lockdown im-posed by the state gov-ernment in the backdrop of Covid 19, the theatre business too is suffering heavy financial losses. Theatre producers, di-rectors and artists are facing the brunt of the lockdown. With an aim to promote and boost the theatre culture in the satellite city, the Navi

Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC) has decided to reduce the

rental charges of Vish-nudas Bhave Natyagru-ha, Vashi by 75%.

Now the producers and also the performers, who wish to showcase

their talent and have

NMMC aims at boosting the theatre culture

Urban Haat to host five more exhibitions in this financial year

The Urban Haat owned by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) at CBD Belapur, has so far hosted two exhibi-tions of handlooms and handicrafts af-ter the lockdown. On Thursday, they an-nounced that they will host five more similar exhibitions in this fi-nancial year...

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Covid 19: Civic body sets up a special

grievance redressal room

Like in other parts of the country, there has been a surge in positive Covid 19 cases in the satellite city too post Diwali. To be able to tackle the surge, the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corpora-tion (NMMC) has set up a special grievance redressal room on the ground floor of the cor-poration’s headquar-ters at Belapur…

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Traffic cops go slow on ‘No Helmet, No

Entry’ drive The Navi Mumbai

traffic department has not coordinated with any public and private organization to intro-duce ‘No Helmet, No Entry’ policy over the past three months as they are concentrating on the other special drives…

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1 killed, 13 injured as trailer hits bus on Mumbai

– Pune Expressway

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Offers 75% discount on rental charges at Vishnudas Bhave Natyagruha

By Pranab Jyoti BhuyanNavi Mumbai

After receiving multi-ple complaints from

the residents, the Panvel

City Municipal Corpora-tion (PCMC) has started taking action against the illegal slums in their

area. On Wednesday, they demolished over 150 shanties at Kharghar alone. Many of these shanties were under the

newly developed metro line.

According to the PCMC officials, a huge

number of people from different places have mi-grated to Kharghar and its peripheries over the past three years. Since

they do not have any place to stay, they devel-

PCMC takes action against illegal slumsOver 150 shanties demolished in Kharghar on Wednesday

By Crime Reporter Navi Mumbai

A passenger of an ST bus, which was

coming from Satara to Mumbai, was killed and 13 others were seriously injured when a trailer coming from Pune to Mumbai on the Express-

way hit the bus. The accident occurred near Kon village in Panvel on Thursday morning. The trailer driver, re-sponsible for the acci-dent, fled after the acci-dent. The Panvel taluka police have registered a case against him and have launched a search for him.

All the injured in the accident were admit-ted to MGM Hospital, Kamothe. The ST bus involved in the accident was carrying passengers

from Kaledhon in Sat-ara district to Mumbai Parel on Wednesday night. As the ST bus was approaching Kon vil-lage near Panvel on the Mumbai-Pune Express-way at around 1.30 am, an unidentified trailer, which was speeding

from behind, hit the bus. Due to the impact, the right side of the ST bus got severely damaged and all the passengers sitting on that side were injured. Ganesh Ramdas Kadam (36) was seri-ously injured and died. The trailer driver fled after the accident. Af-ter getting information about this incident, Pan-vel taluka police rushed to the spot and admitted all the injured to MGM

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NMMC AIMS AT BOOSTING THE...

plans to perform at Vish-nudas Bhave Natyagru-ha, will need to just give 25 percent of the rental charges.

Speaking with the Newsband correspon-dent NMMC Commis-sioner Abhijit Bangar said, "Plays and arts have an important place in Maharashtra culture and need to be encour-aged and promoted. Dur-ing the lockdown, many theatre producers, direc-tors, artists and all those who are associated with it, faced many prob-lems. The department of Maharashtra Tourist and Culture on the occasion

of Theatre Day on 5th November, 2020 and under ‘Mission Begin Again’ gave permission to open theatres in the state with 50 percent ca-pacity. While perform-ing a play in the theatre with 50 percent capac-ity, it will be difficult for all the parties involved in the play, to recover the cost. The burden can't be put on the au-diences too. Hence, we decided to reduce the rental charges at Vish-nudas Bhave theatre at Vashi by 75 percent. The decision has been taken keeping in mind the large number of people associated with the theatre business."

The offer, it is learnt,

will be valid for 6 months that is till 31st May, 2021 or till the state government revokes the order to run the theatres with just 50 percent ca-pacity or whichever is the earliest.

Earlier on behalf of Jagtik Marathi Natyad-harmi Nirmata Sangh, a well-known actor and also theatre play produc-er, Prashant Damle had met the NMMC Com-missioner Abhijit Ban-gar and had requested him to come up with ini-tiatives that will help all the theatre aficionados.

Hailing the decision of the civic body, Man-isha Kelkar, Bollywood & Marathi actress, pro-ducer & anchor, while

speaking with the News-band correspondent said, "Undoubtedly, all of us are going through difficult phase. Initia-tives like this, will help in boosting the theatre culture. We need to sup-port plays and theatres and other civic bodies too should follow suit."

Meghna Nikade, model and actress and best known for her role in ‘Dear Father’ with Paresh Rawal while speaking with the News-band correspondent said, "It is really a good initiative and it will cer-tainly help in boosting the theatre culture in the city. This move is hailed by all the theatre lovers."

I have changed my name from KUMAR DALVI KASHINATH PANDURANG to KASHINATH

PANDURAN DALVI as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. M-2055737 dated 12-18 November 2020.

CHANGE OF NAME

Retired police officer Shankarrao Deshmukh passes away

Panvel: Retired police officer, Shankarrao Jayaram Deshmukh passed away at the age of 89 on Wednesday night. He is survived by two children, a daughter-in-law and grandchildren. Shankar-rao's funeral procession was attended by dignitaries from social, educational, art, cultur-al, political and other fields.

Shankarrao Deshmukh originally hailed from Gawhan village. He served as a Police Officer in Mahad, Panvel, Pen, Poladpur, Khopoli, Mangaon, Alibag, Wardha, Karanja and Nagpur for a total of 35 years. His Dashakriya and Uttarkarya rituals will be performed on Friday, December 4 at Gawhan.

By Crime Reporter, Navi Mumbai

A decomposed body of an unidentified person was found in the backyard of Gokul Dairy on Palm

Beach Road in Vashi on Wednesday afternoon. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but a pes-ticide bottle was found near the body. Therefore, the police is not ruling out the possibility of suicide.

The incident came to notice when a person in-formed the control room of Navi Mumbai Police. After receiving information, the police rushed to the spot and took the custody of the decomposed body.

The police said that the deceased was around 50-year-old and was wearing a wrist watch and leather slippers.

“As the body of the person was completely decom-posed, the man must have died 4 days ago. A bottle of pesticide was found next to the body. The body of the deceased has been sent for autopsy and the cause of death will be ascertained after that”, said, Sanjeev Dhu-mal, Senior Inspector of Police, Vashi Police Station.

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to identify the deceased, Dhumal said.

By Chandrasekhar Hendve Panvel

Shrimant Chhatra-pati Udayan Raje

Bhosale's Raje Pratish-than Kamgar Sena and Samvidhan Pracharak celebrated Constitution Day at New Panvel. The preamble of the consti-tution was read on the occasion. Also, tributes

were paid to the soldiers who were martyred in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.

The Constituent Assembly dedicated the Constitution to the country on 26th Novem-ber 1949. Two months later, on 26 January 1950, the constitution was implemented and a

democratic state was es-tablished in the country. Since then, November 26 is being celebrated as Constitution Day across the country.

On this occasion, Maharashtra Mahadik, New Panvel City Presi-dent Santosh Amle, Taluka Vice President Vijay Dudrekar, New

Panvel Vice President Rajpal Shegavkar, Sec-retary Suresh Bhoir, Khandha Colony Presi-dent Machhindra Patil, Amit Pandit, Hanumant Surte, Kailas Raktate, Arvind Bhagat, Yogesh Tambade, Bhagwan Pa-til, Swaroop Ghodke, Omkar Mahadik, Ashok Chirke were present.

Body of an unidentified person found in Vashi

Raje Pratishthan Kamgar Sena and Samvidhan Pracharak celebrate Constitution Day at New Panvel

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1 kILLED, 13 INJURED AS TRAILER HITS...

hospital for treatment. Police have filed a case against the absconding trailer driver and are searching for him.

Shyamrao Shivaji Khawale (45), Santosh Uttam Patekar (49), Shobha Santosh Patekar (41), Narayan Shyamrao

Jagdale (53), Raju, Balu Srirang Hatekar (50), Lakshmi Balu Hatekar (40) and Swafnali Balu Hatekar (16), Anantrao Shankar Ghanwat (56), Dnyaneshwar Mahadev Karande (57), Apeksha Narayan Jagdale (23), Vashir Shikalgar (70) and Shahjahan Bashir Shikalgar (65) were in-jured in the accident.

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Panvel: All the central trade unions in the country called for a strike on Thursday, 26th November to demand repealing of labour and farmer laws. Former MLA Manohar Bhoir on behalf of Raigad District Workers Union Joint Action Commit-tee, National Secretary of INTAC Labor Leader Mahendra Gharat, Labor Leader, carried out the

agitation under the lead-ership of Bhushan Patil. Various organizations in Raigad district staged agitation at Uran tehsil-dar's office. A letter was handed over to Tehsildar Uran against the Central government. Hundreds of workers from various organizations took part in the agitation. N. P. T. workers joined the agi-tation by closing down various establishments.

Former MLA Mano-har Bhoir, National Sec-retary of INTAC Ma-hendra Gharat, Labor leader Com. Bhushan Patil, Milind Padga-onkar, Martand Nakhwa, p. K. Raman, Vaibhav Patil, Kirit Patil, Vinod Mhatre, Sanjay Thakur, Madhusudan Mha-tre, Mahendra Thakur, Lankesh Thakur, Ashish Tandel, Rekha Gharat, Kalpana

Agitations in Panvel-Uran against the Central Government’s labour and farmer law

By Chandrashekhar Hendve Navi Mumbai

The Vashi sub-re-gional transport of-

fice carried out a drive against private buses for carrying materials be-yond permissible limits on Tuesday, 24th Novem-ber, 2020. During the five hours’ drive, the sub-regional transport of-ficer, He-mangini Patil informed that action was taken against 15 long dis-tance private buses.

Private buses ply from Navi Mumbai to Hyderabad, Karna-taka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bangalore, Marathwada, Latur, Konkan, Kolhapur, Sa-tara and other suburbs.

The materials of other companies are illegally placed inside the buses. The materials weigh around three and a half to four tonnes. Due to the weight of this material, there is a high possibil-

ity of an accident”, said motor vehicle inspector, Prashant Shinde, Vashi RTO.

The operation was started against private buses carrying extra materials. Fifteen buses were found to be carry-

ing materials beyond the permissible weight. The materials were unload-ed and handed over to the person who owned them.

There is a high risk of accidents if more than

the capacity of the pri-vate bus is transported. Accidents have also oc-curred. Recently a pri-vate bus had an accident at Sanpada. Considering all these problems, the drive was carried out,” said Hemangini Patil.

Action taken against private buses for carrying materials

beyond permissible limits

By Vikram GaikwadNavi Mumbai

Banks should immediately dis-burse loan amount to street ven-

dors through Prime Minister's Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi or PM SVANidhi scheme and take immediate steps to provide benefits to the pending applicants, said the Additional Com-missioner of the Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation (NMMC), Sanjay Kakade. He was speaking during a meeting held with the representatives of the banks. Deputy Commissioner of Social Development Kranti Patil was present on this occasion.

As the lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 has adversely affected the livelihoods of street vendors, Rs 10,000 crore of working capital loans are being made available through banks through the Prime Minister's Street Vendor's AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) scheme. To help the street vendors resume their business, the NMMC is working in coordination with the banks, to ensure that as many street vendors as possible, get the ben-efit of this scheme. Municipal Com-

missioner Abhijit Bangar has paid spe-cial attention to ensure that the street vendors do not face any difficulty in getting this amount.

The scheme is underway in 45 banks in NMMC’s area and out of 14 thousand 665 applications filed on the portal, 6503 applications are being processed through banks. The remain-ing 4019 applications have not been processed, thus, the Municipal Com-missioner called a special meeting of all the banks on Wednesday to expe-dite the work.

During the meeting, the Additional Commissioner suggested, “The banks should organize special camps on Fri-days, Saturdays and Sundays -3 days a week with a view to take prompt action and to ensure that all the ap-plicants get the benefit of this scheme. He also instructed to give information about these camps to the civic body.

State Bank of India was also ad-vised to expedite the process as the number of beneficiaries was high.

Representatives of the banks, who were present at the meeting, respond-ed positively.

Banks should take initiative to speed up PM SVANidhi scheme: NMMC

By Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan Navi Mumbai

The Navi Mumbai traffic department

has not coordinated with any public and private organization to introduce ‘No Helmet, No Entry’ policy over the past three months as they are concentrating on the other special drives.

So far, around 130 organizations have ad-opted this policy across Navi Mumbai. Accord-ing to the policy, if any employee of an orga-nization, who comes to work on a bike and does not wear a helmet, he or she is not allowed to en-ter the office compound. Such employees are sent back home right at the main entrance and they are marked absent for that day.

If an organization agrees to adopt this pol-icy, the traffic officials visit their campus and explain the importance of wearing helmets. The policy is implemented

in that campus from the very next day.

Arun Patil, assistant commissioner of police (traffic) said, “We are now going slow on this drive as we are focusing on other special drives. We are now conducting drives against the viola-tions of different traffic rules almost every week. We are also concentrat-

ing on a few roads that have seen frequent accidents. Secondly, because of pandemic, several organizations are shut now. There-fore, we are not coor-dinating with anyone to introduce this policy. We will restart it next

year, when the scenario will be better.”

Among the organi-zations that have imple-mented this policy so far are: Cidco and NMMC headquarters, police headquarters, Konkan Bhavan, Raigad Bhavan, police commissioner’s office, PCMC office among others.

Traffic cops go slow on ‘No Helmet, No Entry’ drive

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By Abhitash D.Singh

The fans of Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) miss him

terribly and whenever anyone goes against the actor, they express their displeasure. Recently Ran-veer Singh is seen mocking SSR in a Bingo Advertise-ment. This has not gone down well with the fans of SSR, who have started a trend #RanveerIsJoker on twitter.

The advertisement fea-

turing Ranveer Singh shows that he is talking about sci-ence and space with the guests at his home. SSR was a science aficionado and the reason his fans think that it is an insult to the soul of SSR.

Suraj Ra-jput, one of

the fans of Sushant Singh Rajput from Ulwe Sector-17 said, "I support the

trend #RanveerIsJoker on twitter. I feel that Ran-veer Singh is trying to gain cheap publicity by mock-ing the late actor long af-ter his death, through the commercial. I used to like Ranveer Singh after seeing Padmavat but now I do not have the same feeling be-cause of such attitude."

One of the twitter users tweeted, "Sushant never sold integrity to KARAN

JOHAR. Proud Man. #Ran-veerIsJoker,"

The other twitter user supporting the trend #Ran-veerIsJoker wrote, " #ran-veerisjoker This Joker will never forget what he and his gang planned to take away the movies from our be-loved Sushant. We will as-sure you Bollywood that we make you feel worse than ever. you will try but you all won't forget this smile."

Ranveer Singh is a Joker: SSR FansSSR fans unhappy with Bingo advertisement where Ranveer Singh is imitating Sushant Singh Rajput

At the Sangit Kala Kendra Awards virtual function, Mrs. Rajashree Birla, President,

Sangit Kala Kendra, announced the name of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah, as the recipient of the coveted Aditya Vikram Birla Kalshikhar Puraskar. Alongside, two emerg-ing stars, in the firmament of theatrics - Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik were awarded the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Puraskars. This distinguished gathering was graced by Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Mrs. Neerja Birla and the extended Aditya Birla family.

Addressing the gathering, Mrs. Ra-jashree Birla, President, Sangit Kala Kendra, stated, "Today we rejoice, the spirit of our Founder President, Shri Aditya Vikram Birla and his love for the performing arts. As you know, the Sangit Kala Kendra’s, ‘Aditya Vikram Birla, Kalashikhar Puraskar’ and the ‘Kalakiran Puraskars’, were instituted in 1996, as a befitting memorial to, Adityaji and through it, cre-ate a significant pathway, for a singular recognition, of exemplary talent, in this domain".

She further added, "Theatre is the central theme, for this year’s awards. A few of you may recount, Adityaji’s love of the theatre and his donning the mantle of an actor in the two plays “Pragat Bhaye Nandlala’ and ‘Kaya Kalp’ under the banner of Sangit Kala Kendra. At a personal level, both Adityaji and I loved watching plays and films. A lot of our Sunday evenings were thus spent. Among our favourite actors was Mr Naseeruddin Shah, whom we watched in theatres and on screen."

Mrs. Rajashree Birla, President, Sangit Kala Kendra, was all praise for Naseeruddin Shah's illustrious career and averred, "Mr. Naseeruddin Shah, upon whom, the Kala-shikhar Puraskar has been conferred is an iconic actor. His breakthrough roles have hit both the screen and the theatre, for now over

40 years. The films and the theatre roles still keep rolling and we see him do the most challenging roles with amazing ease, getting into the skin of the character.”

She fondly recalled late Pandit Jasraj and observed, "On this occasion, I would like to say a few words, as a tribute to Pandit Jas-raji, who was very close to our family. and the Sangit Kala Kendra. Pandit Jasraji’s im-age looms large in the global world of clas-sical, mystical music. In this field, he was an ambassador par excellence, unparalleled. So, it is very apt that the ‘Indian Astronauti-cal Union’ has named a planet after Pandit Jasrajji, for a life dedicated to music, as you saw in the video. With this, Panditji is the first global Indian, to join a galaxy of immor-tal composers, such as Mozart, Beethoven and Pavarotti. We are immensely proud of

Panditji".Mrs Birla congratu-

lated emerging stars Neel Choudhary and Irawati Karnik. With great joy, she further added, "Ever so of-ten, I meet talent from vari-ous fields, be it dance, or classical music, or paint-ing, in fact, any of the per-

forming arts. And they admit that to get the ‘Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Puraskar’ would be a dream come true. It fills us with joy and pride. I am sure you feel, so too. We owe all of this to having a stellar panel of judges, year in and year out. Their contribution to the process of evaluation has been invalu-able. They lend honesty and heft. This year our distinguished panel of judges comprised of Nadira Babbar, Sanjana Kapoor, Akash Khurana, Sunil Shanbagh and Chhaya Gan-guly"

She concluded by thanking the Judges and the Sangit Kala members. Shaan and Neeti Mohan excelled in their musical perfor-mances. It was truly an evening of celebra-tion, joyous engagement and great enrich-ment.

Naseeruddin Shah honoured with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar It is said that laughter is the best

medicine for good health, all those people who live long are the ones who have had a cheer-ful, happy and peaceful existence. Hence, it is essential to perceive life with an optimistic perspective, otherwise one fails to understand the significance of life and exis-tence.

In this article I would like to throw some light on the comic or the humorous aspects of performing arts, namely music, dance and drama. Since childhood, I have been connected with these three fields, and I must admit my inspiration is and always will be my mother Savithri Nair, who was a spontaneous actress, soulful singer and a graceful dancer as well. Whenever any guest would visit our residence, after the person leaves, my mother would mimic and reproduce the act as to how the person would talk, move or behave. It was hilarious to watch her do it, as she would reproduce the mannerism of the person with a comic touch that left a lasting impression on us. It would not be out of place to mention here that as a young girl she ran away from home to join the world of cinema, somebody recognised her on the railway station and she was brought home. Those days it was against social norms for girls to venture out. Nevertheless, later she acted in several plays in Malayalam and her master-piece mono-act performance was Malabar Moideen Mappila (Malabar Muslim Man) in which she would attire as a Muslim man and enact the episode as to how the poor man had to borrow everything from his friend in order to get married, she would sing, dance and enact the sequence of Moideen, his friend Abdulla and the would be wife Ayesa. she won the first prize when she enacted this mono-act in a fancy dress competition amidst 100 participants. Incidentally, during the act she went and asked for 'bidis' from

the judges and they were shocked and amused with her extempore attitude.

I would like to dedicate this article to my wonderful mother and to all the mothers in the world for their selfless attitude in raising and nurturing children in this dif-ficult phase of life. I am reminded of an interesting and moving in-

cident in the life of our great former presi-dent of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Hailing from a poor south Indian family, young Ab-dul was quite fond of chapatis which was rarely prepared, Abdul enjoyed eating the chapatis and asked for one more, without

any hesitation his mother of-fered one more chapati. After dinner Abdul’s elder brother asked him why did you ask for one more chapati as that was the last one to be con-sumed by his mother. Abdul was completely shattered by this experience and the next day he decided that he must contribute in order to improve the economic situation of the family and started selling newspapers to make both ends meet. Rest is history.

My father was a Military officer. He would tell me, "I would shoot you, if you dance" as he felt that danc-ing was a feminine occupa-tion. My mother was my

first dance teacher. At the age of 10, she put me on to the stage. I per-formed as Lord Shiva in "Shiva Stuti" with young girls at Air Force Station, Sulur, near Coimbatore. I was a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Colaba, Navy Nagar. Once while participating in the school dance competi-tion, I was performing Tandava when the Jata (hair lock) almost fell off, infact it was hanging on my shoulder. I was so involved in the dance that I continued dancing and I won the prize. This spectacle was hilari-ous for children as they had a hearty laugh. The judges praised my passion and attitude. My mother sang and the harmonium was played by my music teacher Dipika Shome.

Humour in Showbiz

Guru Vijay Shanker

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FROM THE CAMPUS: DO yOU THINk ELECTIONS IN USA AFFECTS INDIA IN ANy wAyS?Yes of course, US elections have a great impact on India. The two large democracies of the world, if are supportive to each other, then they can have an effective impact on the world. In many fields like Economics, Military and Defense, Goods and services, Social Networks, Upcoming technologies etc US will collaborate with India, leading to various opportunities for us. Considering today's situations of pandemic, combined with the control of Covid infections and the economic recovery, the US

could yet again provide a growth impulse to the global economy that countries such as India need to boost their exports and grow.The US presidential election has also elicited plenty of interest among the general public in India. This is due to the deep social links between the two countries. So, let's hope this election would prove an impactful support system for India.

Siddhi Phapale

After choosing Joe Biden over Donald Trump, the Americans have most likely changed the course of the worldwide as well as the Indian economy. For an economy such as India, which needs a regular supply of cheap crude oil to grow fast, a nor-malisation of US-Iran relationship (and lifting of sanctions) would be more helpful. On China, too, while the US uncertain-ties are unlikely to be fewer even under a Biden government, it is more likely that a Biden government will help India against China, instead of clubbing the two together. The US is one of those extraordinary big countries with which India relishes a trade surplus. For example, India exports more goods to the US than what it imports from it.

Nishant Tale

QUESTION FOR NExT wEEk: wHICH UNDER-RATED wEB SERIES yOU FEEL SHOULD GET MORE ExPOSURE?

Send your views along with your picture to contact@newsband.in

Yes, US elections do have many effects on India. If the party that supports India wins, it helps many Indian resources to flourish. For example, the goods that are exported in US will be more prioritized, and if we develop a proper policy, Indian goods will be exported at low tax in US. Secondly, as US plays a huge role in UN's donations as their GDP is better, so if US and Indian relations are well enough after the election's deci-sion, our probability to get in Security Council increases. Along with this, if the US party is supportive towards Indians, it is beneficial to us in Military region. So, in many ways US elections float a huge impact on India.

Rhugved Chaudhari

Well I think impact of USA election will be positive here in India as the newly elected President, Joe Biden is good human being who thinks for the welfare of American citizens. After this elec-tion there will be positive changes in USA’s economy and ulti-mately this will have its effect on Indian economy too in terms of foreign investment etc. Many American citizens were fed up with Trump’s policies and his behaviour. So U.S citizens were seeking changes. So they made it happen through power of

vote. So I hope such changes will happen in India in the upcoming time. Pratik yadav, President, Parivartan Foundation

Navi Mumbai

Emami Limited, the Indian FMCG major, is ready to hit the Indian

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A complete range of home hygiene products with ‘EMASOL’

By Ashok Dhamija

An injury time penalty conversion by Adam Le Fondre saw Mumbai

City FC overcome their arch rivals and hosts FC Goa by a solitary goal at the Fatorda Stadium on Wednesday and in the pro-cess ensured the islanders reg-ister their first win of Hero Indian Su-per League (Hero ISL) 2020-21.

Mumbai’s Head Coach Sergio Lobera, who made a three changes to the side that lost to North-East United, saw Navi Mumbai based young defend-er Amey Ranawde making his debut for the newly adopted team. After an even opening 15 minutes which saw neither side manage to create any clear-cut op-portunities, it was the hosts that had the first shot on target midway in to the first half by Edu Bedia off a direct free kick that however was negated Mumbai custodian Amrinder Singh. Though the islanders had a man-advantage for the better part of the match latter after Re-deem Tlang was handed a first-half red card in the face of a high and lunging tackle in the 40th minute of the match er-ratic passing, poor finishes and dogged defending from the hosts Goa pre-vented them capitalizing of the same.

With less than a quarter to go, Man-dar Rao Dessai squandered a great chance against his ex-club inside the six yard box. Mumbai’s A – League import Fondre who had constantly troubled the Goa's left flank in the first

half had close opportunity in the sec-ond half with a minute to the fulltime, however Goa’s custodian Mohammed Nawaz was equal to the task. Persis-tence finally paid as the islanders won a penalty in the 5th minute of stoppage time after Lenny Rodrigues handled Bi-pin Singh's header inside the box which

Le Fondre converted from the spotLobera commenting on his team

performance said he was proud of his team’s performance over his former side FC Goa, which had won four of their five outings previously against Mumbai City. “The most important thing is to create chances. I am very proud of my players because I think the substitutions worked and the attitude of the players coming off the bench was amazing. In the end it was the goal that mattered the most that gave us these three points” added Span-iard Lobera after Mumbai FC had lost their opening match in a similar situation (10-man and penalty) against NorthEast United FC.

Le Fondre’s penalty ensures Mumbai City score over FC Goa: Hero ISL

(Photo Courtesy ISL)

6 Friday, 27 November 2020

EditorialISSUE: 144 27 NOVEMBER, 2020

With the demise of Argentin-ian legend Diego Maradona,

Football lost one of its most shining stars. Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup, scoring the famous 'Hand of God' goal against England in the quarter-finals.

He scored 34 goals in 91 appear-ances for Argentina, representing them in four World Cups.

One of the most gifted soccer players in history, Maradona, who in an online poll in 2000 organised by FIFA, football’s world governing body, emerged as the Player of the Century, had played for Barcelona and Napoli during his club career. He won the 1989 Europa League with Napoli, 1983 Copa del Rey with FC Barcelona. In the Italian league, he lifted the league and cup double in 1987 with Napoli. He helped Napoli win another league title in 1990.

During the second half of his career, Maradona struggled with co-caine addiction and was banned for

15 months after testing positive for the drug in 1991.

He retired from professional foot-ball in 1997, on his 37th birthday, during his second stint at Argentine giants Boca Juniors

For millions, football began with him and with him has ended an era. In the times before the Messi-Ronal-do era, there were only two football giants from South America that the world discussed of: Pele of Brazil and Diego Maradona of Argentina. Hailing from a humble background, Football was Maradona’s escape from poverty. He debuted for Argen-tina at the age of 16 in 1977. After the 1982 World Cup, he was snatched by Barcelona from Buenos Aires team Boca Juniors. Later he moved to Na-poli of Naples, which laid the foun-dation of his international acclaim.

A sporting icon, Maradona will always be remembered as a player who embodied youth, speed and life and would continue to inspire all the youths.

Diego Maradona: End of an era

CK Bhaskar, one of the early-day doyens of Kerala cricket, died in Houston, US. He was 79. One of the quickest bowlers of the 1960s in the domestic circuit, he represented both Kerala and Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy for a total of 42 first-class matches. He took 106 wickets at a respectable average of 29 with five five-wicket hauls. Bhaskar was part of the India team, cap-tained by Tiger Pataudi, which played against Ceylon in an unofficial Test in 1964.

Bhaskar was a few years senior to me. I used to open the batting for my college and CK Bhaskar

used to open the bowl-ing for Madras Medi-cal College in 1967. He was a very quick bowler with a perfect action. He tried to make get me out with subtle swing, but I stood firm for nearly two hours and after a drink break, he thought of get-ting me out with an off spinner. A full toss from him was hit back to the

bowler and my stubborn innings came to an end. He was an adventurous and active person and if I am right, as recently as a few months back, he did parachute jumping and all at an old age.

A well-travelled dermatologist, Bhaskar moved to the UK after

his playing days and later settled in the US where he forged deep bonds with athletes, none bigger than Carl Lewis through his foray into marathons. In fact, he wanted to bring Lewis to India for a project titled ‘Mission Gold for India’ but it did not take off.

Bhaskar was believed to have travelled to all Olympic Games from the 1972 Munich edition. He was very passionate about all sports and did not miss a single Olym-pics after he first attended one. He had very ambi-tious ideas to develop In-dia’s athletics. He had an understanding with Carl Lewis for a mission and that failed to take off.

Bhaskar is survived by his wife Chandini and daughters Reeta, Sania and Sonia.

The writer is a freelancer and played

cricket in College in Chennai

Remembering Dr C K Bhaskar, the first Keralite to play an unofficial test match

By C.k. Subramaniam

By Ashok DhamijaCBD Belapur

Railways have to re-vise the timetable of

the following decided by Southern Railway Special Trains passing through Konkan Railway route with effect from Monday 30th November 2020 until further advice. The details are as under:

A) Ernakulam Jn. - H. Nizamuddin - Ernakulam Jn. Daily Superfast Special:Train no. 02617 Ernakulam Jn. - H. Nizamuddin Superfast Special Daily will

leave from Ernakulam Jn. at 13:25 hrs and will reach H. Nizamuddin at 13:25 hrs on the third day. On its return journey Train no. 02618 H. Nizamuddin - Er-nakulam Jn. Superfast Special Daily will leave from H. Nizamuddin at 05:40 hrs and will reach Ernakulam Jn. at 07:30 hrs on the third day The above special will halt at Aluva, Thrissur, Shoranur Jn., Pattambi, Kuttipuram, Tirur, Parpanangadi and Ferok (Train no. 02617 only) Kozhikode, Quilandi and Vadakara (Train no. 02617 only), Tellicherry, Kannur, Payangadi (Train no. 02617 only), Payyanur, Nileshwar and Kanhangad (Train no. 02617 only), Kasaragod, Mangaluru Jn., Udupi, Kundapura, Bhatkal, Kumta, Karwar, Madgaon Jn., Thivim, Kankavali, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Panvel, Kalyan, Nasik Road, Manmad, Bhusaval, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Itarsi, Bhopal, Bina, Jhansi, Gwalior, Morena, Agra Cantt, Mathura and Faridabad stations.

Timings over Konkan Railway route are as under:

B Thiruvananthapuram Central - Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvanan-thapuram Central Daily Special Express:

Train no. 06346 Thiruvananthapuram Central - Lokmanya Tilak (T) Spe-cial Express Daily will leave from Thiruvananthapuram Central at 09:15 and will reach Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), Mumbai at 16:45 hrs on the next day. On its return journey Train no. 06345 Lokmanya Tilak (T) - Thiruvanan-thapuram Central Special Express Daily will leave from LTT, Mumbai at 11:40 hrs and will reach Thiruvananthapuram Central at 18:05 hrs on the next day. Halts en-route includes Varkala, Kollam, Karunagapalli, Kayankulam, Haripad, Ambalapuzha, Alapuzha, Chertala, Ernakulam Jn. Aluva, Divine Nagar, Thris-sur, Shoranur Jn., Kuttipuram, Tirur, Parpanangadi, Kozhikode, Vadakara, Tel-licherry, Kannur, Kannapuram, Payyanur, Chervattur, Kanhangad, Kasaragod, Mangaluru Jn., Surathkal, Udupi, Mookambika Road Byndoor, Murdeshwar, Kumta, Karwar, Madgaon Jn., Karmali, Thivim, Kudal, Ratnagiri, Chiplun, Khed, Panvel and Thane stations.

Timings over Konkan Railway route are as under:

Revision of timings of Special Daily Trains via KR route from next week

Passengers are requested to kindly note the same and plan their journey ac-cordingly.

For representational purpose only

7Friday, 27 November 2020

By Chandrashekhar Hendve , Navi Mumbai

The demand for Tulsi plants in nurseries increased

on the backdrop of Tulsi vivah pujan. The in-crease in demand pushed up the price of humble holi tulsi, which was sold at twice the price.

After the vivah of Tulsi, the auspicious wedding season begin. Tulsi vivah started on Thursday and will end on Monday.

In the nursery near Thane Belapur Road in Navi Mumbai, various basil

plants like black, white and kapuri are kept for sale. All these varieties

of Tulsi are ordered in the nursery from West-ern Maharashtra. Nurs-ery owner Suresh Naik said that there is a good demand for Tulsi plants every year on Diwali. The price of tusli does not generally increase. However, due to the de-mand for the plant, prices

went high. Tulsi is priced according to its size. Tulsi is priced from Rs 20 to Rs 200.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve Panvel

Fearing second wave of corona in the

state, Raje Pratishthan Kamgar Sena has de-manded covid test cen-tres at Panvel bus stand, bus stops and railway stations.

“Panvel is a big city and people from many states live here. Many people are traveling from Mumbai to Panvel or other cities for work. However, considering the possibility of another wave of corona, corona test center should be set up at Panvel bus stand,

bus stop and railway sta-tion so that every travel-ler could be tested,” de-manded Keval Mahadik, secretary, Raje Pratish-

than Kamgar Sena. A letter in this regard was also sent to the Panvel Municipal Commission-er via an email.

Tulsi vivah poojan: Prices of Tulsi plants go high

Raje Pratishthan Kamgar Sena demands Covid test centre at Panvel bus stand,

bus stop and railway station

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PCMC TAkES ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL...

op shanties in the open areas that are reserved for different projects.

Dasharath Bhandari, ward officer of PCMC said, “On Wednesday, we demolished the shan-ties near Gharkul Com-plex and some interior areas of the town. While some of these people were staying here for a long time, some others came before the lock-down. But all of them had developed shanties by illegally occupying

land.”“While demolishing

slums, the occupants generally stage protests. At times, they even attack the civic officials. There-fore, we took the help of local police to avoid the possible law and or-der problems,” he said.

“We have come to know that there are quite a few other places in the town, where people are still residing in illegal slums. All those slums will be demolished soon,” he further said.

According to the lo-cal residents, there are

still a huge number of shanties near Owe vil-lage and at sector 34 and 35.

Kiran Patil, a local activist from Kharghar said, “The administra-tion has no idea about the identity and back-ground of these people who are staying in those slums. Also these people are illegally occupying the land. Their existence in the town is a threat to the safety of the lo-cal residents. Therefore, the PCMC should clear those slums as early as possible.”

The demand was made following the possibility of another wave of Corona

Navi Mumbai

Under the leader-ship of Ravindra

Sawant, president of Navi Mumbai INTAC, the anti-labour policy of the central government was protested by the workers at Vashi Munic-ipal Hospital and Civic Health Centre at Sanpa-da, MIDC premises and various other places.

At 11 a.m. on Thurs-day, the workers of Vashi Municipal Corpo-ration's First Reference Hospital staged a pro-test on behalf of Navi Mumbai INTAC, led by Labour leader Ravindra Sawant. The demonstra-tion was attended by a large number of hospital workers.

Ravindra Sawant along with other sup-porters shouted slogans against the Central Gov-ernment. Suhas Mha-tre, president of Vashi Hospital Ward Boys’ Association, Kamlesh Athavale, president of Multipurpose Sanitation Workers' Union, Dinesh Gawli, Kunal Khaire, Manish Mahapure, San-gram Ingle and others participated in the pro-test. Special care was taken by the INTAC of-ficials to ensure that the patients were not dis-turbed by the protest in the hospital premises.

Labour leader Rav-indra Sawant said, “The anti-labour policy of the Centre has been causing a stir among the workers for the last few years. Unemployment has in-creased. We are protest-ing against the unjust and entrepreneurial de-cision being taken by the Central government against the workers.” The other demands in-cluded permanent ser-

vice of regular contract workers, immediate re-pealing of anti-labour and anti-farmer laws.

As soon as the agita-tion at the First Refer-ence Hospital in Vashi ended, Navi Mumbai INTAC led by Labour leader Ravindra Sawant

staged a protest in front of the Municipal Health Centre at Sanpada. It was attended by a large number of staff from the Civic Health Centre. After that, protests were also staged in the MIDC area of Navi Mumbai on behalf of INTAC.

INTAC stages protest at various places against Centre's anti-labour policy

PUBLIC NOTICE THIS is to notify that my Client MR DILIP JAYPRAKASH GUPTA is the lawful owner and is in possession of the Office No.1107 on the eleventh floor in the building known as “REAL TECH PARK” in Private Informa-tion Technology Park, on Plot No.39/2, situated at Sector-30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Tal. & Dist. Thane (said Office).The following Original (i) Allotment Letter, (ii) All payment made Re-ceipts, (iii) Agreement dated 30th July 2010, registered with the Sub-Registrar Thane-8 on 30th July 2010, under Sr. No.TNN8-6780-2010, along with Registration Receipt, Dast Goshwara I & II and all other attachments, (iv) Possession Letter executed by/between Builders i.e. M/s. REAL TRADE TECHNOLOGIES and MR PRAVEEN TULSIRAM SANKPAL, MRS RAJSHREE PRAVEEN SANKPAL and (v) Agreement for Sale dated 1st July 2014, registered with the Sub-Registrar Thane-8 on 21st August 2014, under Serial No.TNN8-5776-2014, Receipt No.6028, and Receipt No.6276 dated 1st September 2014, along with Registration Receipt, Index-II, Dast Goshwara I & II and all other attachments, (vi) Deed of Cancellation in respect of the Agreement for Sale dated 1st July 2014, duly registered along with Registration Receipt, Index-II, Dast Goshwara I & II and all other attachments, both executed by/between MR PRAVEEN TULSIRAM SANKPAL, MRS RAJSHREE PRAVEEN SANKPAL and MR HANUMANT PANDURANG CHAVAN, Proprietor of SAIRAJ CONSTRUCTION in respect of the aforesaid Office has been lost, misplaced and are not traceable. My Client has lodged the complaint with Vashi Police Station, Navi Mumbai on 26th November 2020 and recorded the same under Lost Property Registration Number 2253/2020 dated 26th November 2020.Any Person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s, Company/ies or any other Govt. / Concerned Authorities having any right, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the aforesaid Office by way of aforesaid lost documents and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in any litigation or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing to the undersigned within a period of Fifteen (15) days from the date of publication hereof and no claims shall be entertained thereafter. Sd/- Adv. GEETA V. PATEL Advocate High Court ADVOCATE G. V. PATEL & ASSOCIATES 25, Om Rachana CHS, Plot No.3, Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400703. Tel: 27892953, 2235636922Date: 27-11-2020 Mob. No.9820883474, 9594102831

PUBLIC NOTICE THIS is to notify that my Client intends to purchase the Flat No.8-A/C-1/4, on the First floor in the Building No.8-A/C of the SAGAR Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., situated at Sector-10, Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai Tal. & Dist. Thane (said Flat) from MR VINAY ACHYUT LAX-MESHWAR.The Original (i) Allotment Letter and (ii) Possession Receipt / Letter, issued, executed by CIDCO in favour of SMT VASANTI VAMAN MHATRE (after name change known as SMT VASANTI SHRIKANT MHATRE) the Original Flat Owner in respect of the aforesaid Flat has been lost, mis-placed and are not traceable. The Complaint was lodged with Rabale Po-lice Station, Navi Mumbai and recorded the same under Property Missing Registration Number 1820/2020 dated 24th November 2020.Any Person/s, Bank/s, Financial Institution/s, Organization/s, Company/ies or any other Govt. / Concerned Authorities having any right, title, interest, claim, demand etc. against or in the aforesaid Flat by way of aforesaid lost documents and/or by way of inheritance, lien, mortgage, possession, sale, gift, lease, charge, trust, maintenance, development, easement, transfer, licence, either agitated in any litigation or otherwise or any other right or interest whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writ-ing to the undersigned within a period of (15) fifteen days from the date of publication hereof.If no claim is made or received as required hereinabove, my Client will be at liberty to complete the transaction in respect of the said Flat without any reference or regard to any such purported right, title, claim or interest etc., which shall be deemed to have been waived for all intents and purposes and not binding on my Client. Sd/- Adv. GEETA V. PATEL Advocate High Court ADVOCATE G. V. PATEL & ASSOCIATES 25, Om Rachana CHS, Plot No.3, Sector-17, Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400703. Tel: 27892953, 2235636922Date: 27-11-2020 Mob. No.9820883474, 9594102831

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By Pranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

The Urban Haat owned by the City and Industrial Development Cor-

poration (Cidco) at CBD Belapur, has so far hosted two exhibitions of hand-looms and handicrafts after the lock-down. On Thursday, they announced that they will host five more similar exhibitions in this financial year.

KVS Nair, manager of Urban Haat said, “Pres-ently, an exhibition called Shilp Mela is going on at our centre and the lo-cal products of different states such as Maharash-tra, Goa, Gujarat, Raj-asthan, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Punjab are available here. This Mela will be over on November 30.”

“We have been receiving request letters from the government of India (GOI) for hosting a few more such ex-hibitions after this. However, in view of the increase of Covid-19 cases, we will wait for a few days before hosting

the next exhibition. If the situation is under control, we will host the next ex-hibition in the second half of Decem-ber. After that four other exhibitions of handlooms and handicrafts will be hosted till March-end,” he said.

According to Nair, the ongoing Shilp Mela has received a very good response from the local residents. A

huge number of residents are coming and purchas-ing things at the Mela.

“Over 100 residents are visiting this place on the weekdays. The num-ber goes up to 250 on the weekends. Due to the pan-

demic, we did not expect this kind of response from the residents,” he said.

“We also have three butterfly gar-dens inside Urban Haat. This is the season when more and more butterflies can be spotted in those gardens. Since the gardens are spacious, the visitors can enjoy themselves without violat-ing the norms of social distancing,” he further said.

By Abhitash D.SinghNavi Mumbai

Like in other parts of the country, there

has been a surge in posi-tive Covid 19 cases in the satellite city too post Diwali. To be able to tackle the surge, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Cor-poration (NMMC) has set up a special griev-ance redressal room on the ground floor of the corporation’s headquar-ters at Belapur.

On Tuesday, Novem-ber 24, 121 cases of nov-el coronavirus were re-corded in Navi Mumbai whereas on Wednesday, November 25, 180 posi-tive cases were recorded in the satellite city.

On 24th Novem-ber, three patients suc-cumbed to the deadly virus, while on 25th No-vember five people lost their lives to coronavi-rus.

Belapur with 36 co-rona positive patients on Tuesday 24th Novem-ber, 2020 and with 41 patients on Wednesday 25th November, 2020

was highest in the tally of corona positive cases, while Digha with just two on Tuesday and 4 on Wednesday recorded the least number of corona

positive cases. The NMMC juris-

diction, in just 48 hours, saw a complete recovery of 200 people. 45,072 people have so far com-pletely recovered from coronavirus and the re-covery rate stands at 95 per cent. With five more deaths on Wednesday, the death tally in the sat-ellite city touched 969, while the active cases registered on Wednes-day was 1509.

Speaking with the Newsband correspon-dent Sanjay Kakde, Ad-

ditional Commissioner, NMMC informed, "Knowing that in the coming days there will be a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in

the satellite city and also seeing the sharp increase in the number of cases in the state post Diwali, the civic body has set up a special grievance redres-sal room on the ground floor of the corpora-tion’s headquarters. This will help us in address-ing and tackling any situation arising during the second wave of cor-onavirus, faster. Anyone who needs help or sup-port can contact the spe-cial grievance redressal room on 022-27567389 or 7208490010."

Urban Haat to host five more exhibitions in this financial year

Covid 19: Navi Mumbai experiencing a surge The civic body sets up a special grievance

redressal room on the ground floor of its HQ

By Ashok DhamijaNavi Mumbai

With online under-takings and exer-

cise becoming the order of the day due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, Ryan group of institutions, with a view to infuse creativ-ity and competitive spirit among its tens of thousands of students, organised a bouquet of Literary Competitions recently. Christened un-der the banner ‘Quintes-sence Confictura 2020' the same witnessed an array of virtual events of the likes of Essay writ-ing, Debate, Quiz, Jingle making, Mime and Role

play that were based on the common theme 'Aat-ma Nirbhar Bharat' .

The students of Ryan International School Sanpada were up to the task against their counterparts and made a mark with their all-round skills. Among the winners included Chait-anya Handique of Class VI who won 1st prize in Jingle making whereas Srutiksha Sahu and Ana-ya Deshmukh of Class VII bagged the 1st Prize in Quiz competition.

Congratulating all the winners and encour-aging them to keep up the winning streak in all further endeavours, Mu-

riel Fernandes, Principal shared “All work and no play makes jack a dull boy is a well-known ad-age. With state govern-ment deciding to defer the reopening of schools till December end this year due to the pan-demic the students have been itching to show-case their creativity and competitive spirit be it on the sporting front or on the performing art or literary front. The series of literary competitions organised by the Ryan group provided the en-thusiastic students an opportunity to express themselves and be recog-nised for their efforts”.

Ryan group of Institutions organise a bouquet of literary competitions

Chaitanya Handique won the Jingle making contest

The duo of Srutiksha Sahu and Anaya Deshmukh won the Quiz Competition

On Thursday, MNS organized a state wide morcha against the increased electricity bills. MNS also staged a protest at Konkan Bhavan in Navi Mumbai. The government is only busy making promises and playing with the sentiments of the common man regarding the increase in electric-ity bill, said the protestors (By Sumit Renose)

MNS carries out state wide morcha against inflated electricity bill