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Man accused offleeing with carnabbed in UP

The Panvel city policehave succeeded in arrest-ing a thief who allegedlystole an Alto car from Pan-vel area and fled to Gha-ziabad in Uttar Pradesh.The accused has beenidentified as Arif Sajid Hus-sein (42)…

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Paschim MaharashtraUtsav-20 to begin from

todayThe Maharashtra Navnir-man Sena (MNS) in asso-ciation with MaharashtraNavnirman Sena Jana Vi-kas Prabodhini will be host-ing a Paschim Maharash-tra Utsav-20 from 14th Feb-ruary to 23rd February,2020 at Jhansi Rani Maid-an, Sector 9, Sanpada.

Police nab seven menfor forging chequesand company docu-

mentsThe Panvel city policehave succeeded in arrest-ing a gang of seven menfor forging cheques andcompany documents andtransferring Rs 4 crore 10lakh from a Bangalorebased company namedHerbal Life InternationalIndia Pvt Ltd. The main ac-cused in the case is a law-yer said, Ashok Dudhe,Deputy Commissioner ofPolice, zone-2.

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By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation(NMMC) is all set to

present its annual civ-ic budget for the finan-cial year 2020-21 soon.The officials from thecivic body say that theemphasis in the budgetthis year will be on in-frastructure develop-ment and on complet-ing the various civicworks. There will alsobe no hike in the taxin this year’s budget,it is said.

“The budget reportis in the final stage.This year, the budgetis expected to increaseby several crores. Spe-cial emphasis will be

NMMC to presentits annual 2020-21

budget soonEmphasis on infrastructure

development; no hike in tax expected

given to the main en-trance of the city; onproviding basic facili-ties; special measuresregarding the airport,tourist destinations

and beautification ofthe city. To solve theissue of parking, em-phasis will be given onproviding parkingspaces, like multi-sto-rey vehicle parkingetc.”, said an officialfrom NMMC.

Last year a budgetof Rs 4020 crore wasapproved by the Stand-ing Committee and theGeneral Body.

Pending work from thelast year budget

The hawker ’s li-cense policy was fixed

Contd. on pg. 2

Contd. on pg. 12

Winners of Navi MumbaiMayor state level mono

acting competition felicitated‘Brahmastra’ bags first prize; 21 plays

were staged during the competition

NAVI MUMBAI: TheNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation felici-tated the winners of theNavi Mumbai Mayorstate level mono actingcompetition on 12th Feb-ruary, 2020 at Vishnu-das Bhave auditorium,Vashi. ‘Brahmastra’,presented by MaharishiDayanand CollegeParel Mumbai baggedthe first prize in theNavi Mumbai MayorState Level Mono-act-

ing competition. Kaly-an Disha Theatersbagged the secondprize, while the thirdprize was bagged byAnjani Pratishthan,Airoli group for the play‘Surya’. The consola-tion prize was baggedby Gyan Samaj DevalClub Kolhapur for theplay ‘It Happens’ andGandharva GurukulTitwala for the play‘Star’.

A special prize for

the best mono act in theNavi Mumbai Munici-pal Corporation was giv-en to “Bhu-Bhui”staged by Shivranbhu-mi Prashant Pratish-than Seva Sansthan,Navi Mumbai. Individ-ual awards includedBest Director Prize,which was bagged byRohit Mohite and RohitKotekar (Brahmastra),Best Actor’s Prize was

NAVI MUMBAI:Continuing theircrusade to savewetlands in MumbaiMetropolitan region(MMR), environmen-

Uran Railway station work isdestroying wetland/mangroves,

allege environmentalists

Contd. on pg. 10

talists have uppedtheir ante against thedestruction of a 25-acre water body atUran for the Railwayproject.

The activists havefiled complaints withthe High Courtappointed mangrove

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by the Union Ministryand a survey was con-ducted by the NMMCtowards this end. How-ever, the hawkers, tilldate, have not receivedlicenses.

The work ofJuinagar railway fly-over is pending. Al-though NMMC has is-sued tender notifica-tion, the work is yet tocommence.

On the Palm BeachRoad in Sanpada, asubway at the NRI isyet to be built. A provi-sion of Rs 10.49 crorewas made for this.

The Science Centreat Nerul has beenstuck in the tenderround. The auditoriumis yet to become a real-ity for the citizens of

Ghansoli and Airoli.The proposal for the

first Olympic-levelswimming pool in thecity too has been stuckin the tenders propose.The pool is to be con-structed at an estimat-ed cost of Rs 146 crore.

“There will be nohike in the tax in theupcoming civic budget.An emphasis will belaid on solving the is-sue of parking by pro-viding parking spaces.Emphasis will also belaid on providing phys-ical and civic amenitiesfor the residents. Thisyear’s budget will besubmitted before Feb-ruary 15", said Anna-saheb Misal, Commis-sioner Navi MumbaiMunicipal Corporation.

NMMC to present...Contd. from pg. 1

Swalambi Samajik Sevabhavi Sanstha and Sankalp Youth Foundation paid a tribute to the victim of Hinganghatcase, Ankita Pisudde by lighting candles. (By Chandrashekhar Hendve)

Konkan Railway makeschanges in train services dueto monsoon timetable – 2020

NAVI MUMBAI: The Konkan Railway has madechanges in Train no. 22119 / 22120 Mumbai CSMT– Karmali – Mumbai CSMT Tejas Express andVistadome Coach in Train no. 12051 / 12052 Da-dar – Madgaon Jn.– Dadar Janshatabdi Expressdue to implementation of Monsoon Timetable overKonkan Railway with effect from 10/06/2020 to31/10/2020 are as under:1. There will be no service of Train no. 22119 /

22120 Mumbai CSMT – Karmali – MumbaiCSMT Tejas Express on 10/06/2020 (Wednes-day) due to implementation of monsoon time-table for rake balancing.

2. There will be no service of Train no. 22119Mumbai CSMT – Karmali Tejas Express on01/11/2020 (Sunday) due to want of rake.

3. Vistadome Coach by Train no. 12051 Dadar –Madgaon Jn. Janshatabdi Express will run onMonday, Thursday and Saturday ex. Dadar.

4. Vistadome Coach by Train no. 12052 MadgaonJn. - Dadar Janshatabdi Express will run onTuesday, Friday and Sunday ex. Madgaon Jn.

5. Vistadome coach will not be attached to Trainno. 12051 / 12052 Dadar – Madgaon Jn. - Da-dar Janshatabdi Express dated 10/06/2020.

6. Train no. 12051 Dadar – Madgaon Jn. Jans-hatabdi Express dated 31/10/2020 (Saturday)and Train no. 12052 Madgaon Jn. - Dadar Jan-shatabdi Express dated 01/11/2020 (Sunday)will run with Vistadome coach.

7. Vistadome coach will not be attached to Trainno. 12051 Dadar – Madgaon Jn. JanshatabdiExpress dated 01/11/2020 (Sunday).Passengers are requested to kindly note the

same.


Man accused of fleeingwith car nabbed in UP

The accused has been sent to police

custody till 15th February

By: Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel city police havesucceeded in arrestinga thief who allegedlystole an Alto car fromPanvel area and fled toGhaziabad in UttarPradesh. The accusedhas been identified asArif Sajid Hussein (42).The accused after flee-ing to Ghaziabadworked in a mosqueand spent his nights inthe stolen alto car.

The accused, Hus-sein Arif Sajid, lived inKalyan. Last Decem-ber after he stole the

car from Panvel area,he fled to Ghaziabad.The Panvel city policestarted tracking thecase after a crime wasregistered in this re-gard. Police receivedinformation that theaccused Hussein Arifwas in Uttar Pradesh.Based on this informa-tion, a police team inGhaziabad arrestedHussein Arif with thestolen Alto car last Mon-day. He was later sentto transit remandhome from the courtand brought to Panvel.He was subsequently

produced before thecourt in Panvel and thecourt sentenced him topolice custody till Febru-ary 15.

“During interroga-tion the accused con-fessed to have committedthe theft,” said AshokDudhe, deputy commis-sioner of police. He fur-ther said that there werereports of burglaries andmobile thefts in Khopo-li, Khadakpada and Talo-ja areas against the ac-cused. The action wastaken by Sub-InspectorSunil Tarmal and histeam.

NAVI MUMBAI: TheRoadpali Gramest Man-dal carried out a mor-cha to CIDCO office inKalamboli. The villag-ers who participated inthe morcha alleged thatthe only playground atSector 17, plot no 77,DB Patil SportsGround has been usedfor various events. Theresidents alleged thatplaygrounds has be-

Kalamboli residents carryout a morcha

Allege that the only playground at Sector 17

is used for holding various events

come a destination forholding various eventsand the children areforced to play on busyroads. They also allegedthat the previous rulingadministration hadurged the plot to be re-served for sports andother events. But theadministration took noaction.

Opposition leader ofPanvel Municipal Cor-

poration, Pritam Mha-tre had handed a letterto the Panvel MunicipalAdministration Munic-ipal Office on November28, 2017 and February1st 2018 with a requestto reserve the plots forsports and culturalevents at Roadpali. Thevillagers said that theywill continue to stageagitation till their de-mands are met.

Police nab seven men for forgingcheques and company documents

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: ThePanvel city police havesucceeded in arrestinga gang of seven men forforging cheques andcompany documentsand transferring Rs 4crore 10 lakh from aBangalore based com-pany named HerbalLife International IndiaPvt Ltd. The main ac-cused in the case is alawyer said, AshokDudhe, Deputy Com-missioner of Police,zone-2.

The accused arrest-ed in the case areRamkishan Pandey,51, Amitabh Mishra(61), Arafat Sheikh(33), Vinod Bhosle (44),Javed Qureshi (55),Sreejil Kurpambil (39)and Mukesh Gupta. Ofthese, Arafat Shaikh, islawyer and the master-mind.

The accused, ArafatSheikh, befriendedMukesh Gupta, salesmanager at ICICIBank in Panvel, andasked for the details ofcompanies, which hadlargest transactionfrom the bank and Gup-ta shared the detailsHerbal Life Interna-tional India Pvt. Fol-

lowing which Sheikhobtained other transac-tion information of com-pany’s bank account.

Later, ArafatShaikh made fake let-terhead, digital signa-ture, stamps and fakecheques of Herbal LifeInternational Companyfrom Delhi. Later, Am-itabh Mitra transferredthe mobile phone num-ber registered withHerbal Life Interna-tional Company’s bankto the letterhead ICICIBank using fake signa-ture stamps. ThenRamkishan Pandeysubmitted a fakecheque worth Rs 4crore 10 lakhs in thename of RK Enterpris-es to ICICI Bank anddeposited the amount inthe name of RK Enter-prises to the accountopened at IndusIndBank in Koparkhair-ane.

Meanwhile, theHerbal company re-ceived an email aboutthe transaction follow-ing which the companyofficial asked the ICICIBank at Panvel to im-mediately stop thetransaction. But beforethat, the gang with-drew Rs 4 lakh from

the bank account of RKEnterprises. Therefore,ICICI Bank lodged acomplaint with Indus-Ind Bank at Panvel CityPolice Station askingthem to freeze the re-maining Rs 4 crore 6lakh.

Panvel city policestarted investigatingthe complaint. Policekept surveillance withICICI Bank on suspi-cion that bank employ-ees were involved in thecase. Meanwhile,Ramkishan Pandeywent to ICICI Bank toinquire about RK En-terprises’ bank accountdeposits in IndusIndBank, which had beenfrozen, the bank in-formed the police. Thepolice later arrestedRamkishan Pandey.During interrogationhe confessed to thecrime. Later, on the in-formation provided byRamkishan Pandey,the police arrested sixother accused involvedin the case. The actionwas taken by AssistantPolice Inspector NileshRajput, Ishaan Karoteand his squad under theguidance of senior policeinspector Ajay KumarLandge.

NAVI MUMBAI: Asper Section 12 (1) ofthe Children’s Rightto Education (RTE),2009, 25% reservationhas been provided tothe students belong-ing to the disadvan-taged groups and theweaker section in theprivate elementaryschools, excluding theminority schools, inthe year 2020-21.

Accordingly, thelist of schools eligiblefor admission in the

25% admission reserved for thestudents belonging to the

disadvantaged groups under RTE Actacademic year 2020-21 has been madeavailable on thewebsitewww.nmmc.gov.in.The information isalso available on theGovernment’s websiteat www.student.maharashtra.gov.in.

Parents arerequired to submittheir applicationonline from 12/02/2020 to 29/02/2020 atwww.student.maharashtra.gov.in.

Parents can selectmore than one schoolwhen applying.Parents do not haveto upload any docu-ments at the time offiling applicationonline. It will beobligatory to enter theschool where theadmission is sought.Parents are urged tonote that if they donot enter, the claimin the admissionprocess will beterminated.

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Issue : 242 14 February, 2020

Maha Shivaratri isa Hindu festivalcelebrated annually inhonour of Lord Shiva,and in particular,marks the day of theconsummation ofmarriage of Shiva.There is a Shivaratriin every luni-solarmonth of the Hinducalendar, on themonth’s 13th night/14th day, but once ayear in late winter(February/March, orphalgun) andbefore thearrival ofsummer,marks MahaShivaratriwhich means“the GreatNight ofShiva”.

It is amajor festivalin Hinduism,and thisfestival issolemn and marks aremembrance of“overcoming darknessand ignorance” in lifeand the world. It isobserved by remem-bering Shiva andchanting prayers,fasting, and meditat-ing on ethics andvirtues such as self-restraint, honesty,non-injury to others,forgiveness, and thediscovery of Shiva.The ardent devoteeskeep awake all night.Others visit one of theShiva temples or go onpilgrimage to Jy-otirlingams. This isan ancient Hindufestival whose origindate is unknown.

In KashmirShaivism, the festivalis called Har-ratri orphonetically simplerHaerath or Herath byShiva faithfuls of theKashmir region.

Maha Shivratri or theGreat Night of Shiva

Cannabis is alsosmoked to mark thisfestival, especially incountries like Nepaland India. MahaShivaratri is one ofthe most significantfestivals dedicated toLord Shiva. The dayhas many interestingMythological storiesbehind it. Accordingto most of the legends,the day of MahaShivaratri is associat-ed with Lord Shivaand many cosmicevents related to Himtook place on the verysame day.

Maha Shivaratri iscelebrated during thenight and day thatcomes just before thenew moon. ManyHindus celebrate with

special rituals dedicat-ed to Lord Shiva,which includesprayers, going totemple, folk dances,and music. It iscommon to fast duringMaha Shivaratri andto stay up all night ata place of worshipsinging hymns andverses of praise anddevotion to LordShiva. Many devoteesoffer special food thatis made from thefruits of the season,vegetables, andcoconuts. People whofast only break theirfast the next morningto eat the prasad - thefood offerings thatwere offered to Shiva.

Married womenobserve the fast ofShivaratri and prayfor the well being oftheir husbands andsons, while unmarriedgirls observe the fast

in hopes of finding agood husband likeLord Shiva. They mayperform the tradition-al Shivalinga pujaritual - where theycirculate the Shivalin-ga three to seventimes and then pourwater, milk, yogurt,honey, sandalwoodpaste and/or rosewater over it.

A very famoustradition associatedwith the shivratricelebrations is drink-ing thandai, which isa drink made of bhang- cannabis, sweetalmonds and milk.Lord Shiva is a majorHindu deity, thedestroyer, who is oftenrepresented in deepmeditation or dancing

on the demonof ignorance.Shiva lingamis the phallicsymbol ofLord Shivaand is usuallymade ofgranite,soapstone,quartz,marble ormetal, andhas a ‘yoni’ orvagina as its

base representing theunion of organs. It isworshipped all nightand given offeringsthat are believed tohave its own meaning.

There are manystories associated withMaha Shivratri whichinclude the night thatLord Shiva performedthe Tandav, a celestialdance of creation,preservation anddestruction, and thelegend of Lubdhaka. Italso celebrates thewedding of Shiva andSati, the motherdivine.

According to thelegend of Lubdhaka,Lubdhaka was a poortribal man and adevotee of Shiva whowent into the deepforests to collectfirewood and got lost.In the darkness,

By C K Subramaniam

Contd. on pg. 5

Quality of traffic control aids:Cause for concern

In the past few years the vehicular population in Navi Mum-bai has grown manifold. The modes of transport have multipliedand the vehicular density is increasing exponentially with everypassing year. However the quality and quantity of the road net-work and traffic control aids have not kept pace with the demand.The traffic discipline has deteriorated and there seems to be norespect for the traffic rules and the traffic authorities. Rather theyoung generation seems to enjoy flouting the traffic rules andseems to take pride in driving fast but rash imitating Bollywoodmovies. Many of them take pride in driving vehicles even beforethey attain the mandatory qualifying age of 18 years, to be eligi-ble to possess a driving license. They do not have even the slightestinkling that by their behavior they are not only playing with theirlives, but are also putting to risk the lives of other commuters. Itis very unfortunate that the statistics for the road accidents areincreasing at an alarming pace, matching the pace at which thepeople are driving these modern machines. The gravity of thesituation has forced the government to direct its attention towardsroad safety measures and to seek solutions to the problem. Cel-ebrating “Road Safety Week” every year is a feeble attempt inthat direction.

While a number of factors are responsible for road accidents,prime reasons are blatant flouting of traffic rules and most im-portantly primitive and inadequate traffic control aids. Traffic sig-nals are effective means of regulating traffic. However if theseare installed before proper survey, they can become a nuisancefor the motorists and pedestrians alike.

Adequate street lighting, smooth riding surface, properly func-tioning of traffic control aids, traffic markings are some of theways of reducing road accidents. Since a large number of acci-dents involve pedestrians, it is necessary to devote attention to-wards their safety. An adequately designed and encroachmentfree pedestrian pathways are essential for segregating the ve-hicular and pedestrian traffic and they can provide the much de-sired sense of safety and protection to the pedestrians. Specialattention should be given towards lighting pedestrian cross walksand junctions.

An effective way of controlling and curbing accidents is thestrict implementation and enforcement of traffic rules. The driv-ing license should be issued only after rigorous examination pro-cess. While helmets should be made compulsory to the riders oftwo wheelers and fastening of seat belts should be made manda-tory for the drivers of four wheelers. By imposing other legisla-tive measures like introducing fines for flouting rules, imprison-ment or endorsement on licenses for reckless driving, road acci-dents can be minimized. The other field which needs immediateattention is traffic planning. It is today a very specialized fieldand cannot be designed by thumb rules as is being done today bythe authorities. It needs understanding of the subject besidesstudying the traffic behaviour and the psychology of the commut-ers in a particular region / city. So there is immediate need tohave the traffic study carried out by professionals and long termplanning done with futuristic approach, for Navi Mumbai, to opti-mize the infrastructure and to have easy and speedier and safecommuting.


Lubdhaka climbed abael tree for safetyand shelter for thenight. The growls oftigers and wildanimals scared himand in order to stayup all night heplucked one leaf at atime from the tree anddropped it whilechanting the name ofShiva. The nextmorning, Lubdhakarealized that he haddropped thousands ofleaves onto a Shivalingam and due to hisdevotion to Shiva,Lubdhaka wasrewarded with divinebliss and safe passagehome.

Maha Shivaratri isone of the biggestfestivals of Hindus.Devotees offer water,milk, dhatura,bhaang, akwanflowers to Shiva’s idolor Shivalinga andworship the HinduGod of destruction.Shiva is consideredthe ideal husband andunmarried girls andwomen pray for ahusband like him. InHindu mythology,every day in thecalendar holds somesignificance and thestories often vary from

different regions andcommunities.

According to alegend in the ShivaPurana, two of thetriads of Hindu Gods,Brahma and Vishnu,were fighting toestablish who’ssuperior between thetwo. Horrified at theintensity of the battle,the other gods askedShiva to intervene andhe assumed the formof a huge column offire in betweenBrahma and Vishnuto make them realizethe futility of theirfight. Brahma andVishnu decided to findthe topmost end of thefire column. Brahmaassumed the form of aswan and wentupwards while Vishnutook the form ofVaraha and wentinside earth. As lighthas no limit, neitherBrahma nor Vishnucould find the enddespite searching forthousands of miles.

The popular Hinducelebration has a lot offaith centered idealsand cultural presence.While the practiceshave evolved, thebigger picture andworshipping idealshave remained.

The writer is freelancerfrom Sanpada,Navi Mumbai

Maha

Shivratri...Contd. from pg. 4

Waive off loans of fishermenurges MLC Praveen Darekar

By Chandrashekar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Opposition Leader of the Legis-lative Council, Praveen Darekar, demanded thatthe government should waive off small loans ofthe fisherman in the state. He was speaking at apublic meeting organized by the Koli fishermenat Boisar. Praveen Darker said that the fisher-men are considered as king of the river and make

a living by fishing.The meeting was chaired by Koli Federation

MLC Ramesh Patil and was attended by Nation-al Fish Works Forum, Chairman, Narendra Pa-til, Maharashtra Fisherman Action CommitteeChairman Leo Colaso, Koli Federation PresidentPrakash Koli, general secretary Rajhans Tepkeand others were present.

Paschim Maharashtra Utsav-20 to begin from todayBy Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: TheMaharashtra Navnir-man Sena (MNS) inassociation with Maha-rashtra NavnirmanSena Jana Vikas Pra-bodhini will be hosting

ment said that the fes-tival will promote thetextile, food, dance,music, arts and cul-ture of the districts ofPune, Satara, Sangli,Kolhapur and Solapur.

The festival will beinaugurated by MNS

a Paschim Maharash-tra Utsav-20 from 14th

February to 23rd Feb-ruary, 2020 at JhansiRani Maidan, Sector 9,Sanpada.

Gajanan Kale, pres-ident MNS, NaviMumbai in a state-

leader Sandeep Desh-pande, ABP Maja newschannel editor RajivKhandekar, founder ofBVG group Hanaman-tarav Gaikwad, actorRamesh Pardesi, cal-ligrapher Achyut Pa-lav.

Day light robbery:Police on the lookout

for three menBy Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: In yetanother case of daylight robbery, thejewellery of a 61-year-old lady were looted.

The victim identi-fied as NirmalaArakanparambil,stays in Talwalivillage in Ghansoli. AsNirmala approachedthe Saibaba templenear her house onWednesday morning,a robber on Scootystopped her and saidthat a person in the inthe car was callingher. Accordingly, whenNirmala approachedhim, the personfrightened Nirmala bysaying that the

Chinese people werestanding on the side ofthe road and lootingjewellery. They thenasked her to removethe jewellery and putin the purse. Believingthem Nirmala, puther jewellery in apurse.

Afterwards, thethree men, who werestanding near the car,engaged her in talks.After some timeNirmala checked thejewellery in her purseand did not find anyjewellery. Nirmalalodged a complaintwith the Rabale policestation after realizingthat the trio hadlooted her.


Indian Navy Derail South Central Railway, Lift All India Bombay Gold Cup

Ajinkya Jadhav shines with a hat-trick for winners

By Ashok Dhamija

A fine hat-trick byyoung forward AjinkyaJadhav in the secondhalf propelled IndianNavy, Mumbai to acomprehensive win overSouth Central Railway(SCR), Secunderabad inthe final of the 54th AllIndia Bombay Gold CupHockey Tournament atthe MHAL – MahindraStadium, Churchgateon Wednesday 12th Feb-ruary, 2020.

The visiting SCRteam which had re-gained the All IndiaRailway Hockey Cham-pionship by defeatingRailway Coach Factory(RCF), Kapurthala atits home base recently,kicked off the campaignon a promising notewhen Raju Pal beatNavy goalkeeper TiduReydan with a fierce re-verse hit from the top ofthe circle in the fifthminute. The Naval out-fit who are the currentMumbai ‘Super League’champions, fought backand restored parity sixminutes later, after de-fender Jugraj Singhsounded the boards witha firm strike, off a deeppush from the tall lankyPawan Rajbhar in thefirst quarter. Post a peptalk by Coach Ajay Ku-mar coupled withchange of formationstrategy (4-3-3 to 5-3-2)at the end of a goallesssecond quarter, saw afitter Navy outfit domi-nate the proceedingswith sublime passes onboth flank.

Olympian M. Somaya (2nd from left front row) witnessed the exciting final from thestand along with other hockey fans.

The Indian Navy team, winners of the Bombay Gold Cup proudly pose with from MHAL President, Mangha Singh Bakshi and Mrs Bakshi, MHAL Hon. Gen. Secretary, Ram SinghRathor and other MHAL Executive Managing Committee members at the prize distribution function. (Photos by Author)

South Central Railway’s Sushant Tirkey receives the BestGoalkeeper award from the hands of a MHAL Committeemember

Indian Navy’s 20 year old Ajinkya Jadhav (Right) registered the first hat-trick of thetournament in his team’s 4-1 victory over South Central Railway in the finals

Fleet footed centreforward Ajinkya com-bined well with his teammates Nitesh andPawan as they madenumerous forays in tothe Railmen’s strikingcircle which wasmanned effectively bytheir skipper GagandeepSingh along with hisreliable defenders. Ajinkya however man-aged to finally break thedeadlock with a loopystrike from the left , af-ter capitalising on across from Pawan in the42nd minute inside the‘D’. SCR who had fourinternational players intheir fold, includingtheir ever dependablecustodian Sushant Tir-key, draw level resortedto long aerial passesand even earned fourpenalty corners in quicksuccessions with some

deft stick work, butwere unsuccessful inthe face of strong defenceof their opponents led byskipper Jaspal Singhand his goalkeeper Tidu,who made some finesaves for Indian Navy,which in a way dentedthe morale of the visitorsin the summit clash. Atthe fag end of the lastquarter the sailorsupped the pressure withquick breaks and onesuch move saw their de-fender Aakib Raahim’sattempt rebound off theSCR custodian, whichwas then neatly convert-ed by Ajinkya in the58th minute. To cap it allthe 20 year old lattershowed good opportun-ism by scoring anotherone from inside the apass on top of the strik-ing circle D by RajatSharma in the final

minute of the game tocomplete a well-deservedhat-trick and ensureIndian Navy theirmaiden title of the pres-tigious tournamentwhich was organised bythe Mumbai HockeyAssociation Limited un-der the aegis of HockeyIndia.

Earlier in the semis,Indian Navy quelled thespirited challenge of theyouthful debutants Co-org XI, Mumbai with anexciting 3-0 win onTuesday. AjinkyaJadhav made the bestuse of an opportunity toscore the first goal forthe Naval outfit. Bril-

liant defending alongwith excellent work bythe Coorgi goalkeeperA.C. Subramani underthe bar ensured no fur-ther goals at the end ofthe half way stage. Sub-ramani brilliant antici-pation along with some

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FROM THE CAMPUS Your views on graffiti on city walls? By Ryhea George

Question for next week: Should there be career counselling

session in Colleges for further studies?

I think creative and colourful graffiti on the street wallsof the city add a charm to the city. It sometime defineswhat the city is all about and it stays to be an uniquepiece of art. I would also like to say graffitis addressingsocial issues are a great initiatives as they attract a lotof people’s attention and also spread awareness.Kenny John, SYJC, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai

I believe that for an artist the walls are stage wherethey can show their vision of how they see the world.Graffiti speaks louder than the artist itself do becausewhen people are looking at the wall with graffiti theyare looking at the creativity and not at the wall. Thisjustifies the saying that let them stop and stare.Himani Kaur Bal, SY BMM, Pillai HOC College

In this age, where “freedom of speech” remains just inour textbook and not in practice, especially with regardsto the people in power, I believe Graffiti on the city wallsact more as a political speech along with being a beauti-ful form of art. And that’s important since art has amajor impact on the people that witness it. Plain citywalls are boring. I love coming across graffiti by TylerStreet Art. It adds to free speech and makes the city

visually interesting. I guess using city walls to educate and elevate one’smind doesn’t hurt anyone, right?Prathiksha Shetty, Ty BMM Journalism, SIES Sion

Okay first of all I’m a person who loves to roam aroundin the city. I have come across a lot of grafitti on the citywalls and honestly I love them. Those walls are any-ways from old buildings they look dull and these grafit-tis add colour and life to these walls. Being a photogra-pher, a person who loves to click the city life, these wallsjust add more personality to my pictures. Also they holda certain kind of message or tell a story which anothergreat part of it. So yeah I do love the grafitti on the city

walls until and unless they are not some freaky ads.Pravin, TY BMM, Advertisement, Pillai College

Graffiti is writing or drawing made on a wall or othersurface. The purpose of graffiti can be to tell a story. Itcan be to tell you about a specific moment in time whereeverything either went bad or good; it can be to tell youabout people, politics, culture, art, places and society ingeneral it can be to express yourself. In modern times,spray paint and marker pens have become commonlyused graffiti materials, and there are many differenttypes and styles of graffiti. It is a rapidly developing art form.Akansha Pandey, TY BMM Journalism, Pillai College

In a city like Navi Mumbai what would be the best wayto make art reach its people or make the people come tothe fascinating art, other than by putting it out there onits streets. As people become more accepting of street artand wall graffiti, these cities in India are on the fore-front when it comes to pioneering this movement that isset to transform them into a creative resort of sorts. Abhishek Gunjal, SIBM Pune

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Vivek Oberoi wins twomost prestigious awards

for his blockbusterMalayalam debut Lucifer

Receives praises from the

legendary Mohanlal

MUMBAI: VivekOberoi has alwaysimpressed audi-ences and criticswith his versatileacting. He hasracked in immenseappreciation fromall corners, rightfrom his Bollywooddebut movie RamGopal Varma’sCompany to hismovies Saathiya,Omkara, Shootoutat Lokhandwalaand many more.

After starringand producingmany Bollywoodmovies and web series,the talented actor madehis Malayalam cinemadebut in 2019 with theMohanlal starrer Luci-

Vivek Oberoi wins two mostprestigious awards for hisblockbuster Malayalam de-but Lucifer; Receives prais-es from the legendary Mo-hanlalContd. on pg. 5


By Ms. Ruth Patterson

Becoming mother isone of the greatest expe-riences of a woman’slife. The moment childenters in one’s life; itbrings the eternal feel-ing of bliss, happiness,and lots of responsibili-ties which mother loveto bear, breastfeedingbeing foremost in this.In addition to the emo-tional benefits it confers,breastfeeding has arange of benefits on of-fer for the overall well-being and proper devel-opment of baby both inshort term and longterm.

At the turn of themillennium, most of thewomen belong to edu-cated families and there-fore are moving to oth-er cities thereby livingin nuclear families andwith no much supportfrom the elderly mem-bers of the family. It iseven more important fornew mother’s to knowhow to breastfeed andavoid some of the mis-takes which in returnwill affect the health ofthe baby. UNICEF esti-mates that if moremother’s breastfed ex-clusively for at least 6months (preferably fol-lowed by at least 2 yearsof breastfeeding withcomplementary foods),over a million livescould be saved everyyear. Currently, only39% of babies worldwideare breastfed exclusive-ly for at least 6 months,which is why efforts tonormalize breastfeedingand support lactationeducation is essential.

Common Breastfeedingmistakes

Breastfeeding is themost natural thing inthe world, but make nomistake: Nursing is alearned art for momsand babies. Lactationconsultants are trainedto teach mothers how tofeed their baby. Theyhelp women experienc-ing breastfeeding prob-lems, such as latching

difficulties, painful nurs-ing, and low milk pro-duction.

Have you experiencednot being able to fullybreastfeed your baby?It’s painful. And perhapsyou secretly wish that itwon’t happen again withyour next baby.

But, have you ana-lyzed what has gonewrong? What mistakesdid you make, or thingsthat you can fix to make‘next time’ better? Hereare some of the tips forsolving these commonbreastfeeding mistakes,and you’ll be successful-ly nursing your newbornin no time.

(a) Mis-manage-ment during the firstweek: An average of 30% babes may not be suc-cessful in effective suck-ling between 72 to 96 hrsof their first feed. Themothers tend to provideartificial milk because ofmis-management ofbreastfeeding during thefirst week that leadsthem into ‘lactation fail-ure’. Recommendation toprevent lactation failureis, for mothers to expressher milk every 3 hourstill her baby is able toeffectively suckle.

(b) Feeding baby atmother’s conveniencebased on regular/fixedtiming. This can lead tobaby to early weaning.Solution: Feed on de-mand any time of the dayor night.

(c) Providing paci-fier to the baby. : Thiscan lead to ‘breast feed-ing failure’. Solution:Avoid pacifiers.

(d) Not surroundedby supportive spouse /family OR they have noidea how to give correctsupport : Your familyloves you and your babyso much. I can assurethat for sure. They alsorespect your decision tobreastfeed the baby. Butwithout knowledge, howwould they be able tosupport you the correctway.

Pay attention to yourfood and drink. A newmother should have asnutritious food as possi-ble to nourish your body,and subsequently your

baby. Stay hydrated anddrink enough liquid.Water, juice, milk, what-ever. A normal adultneeds in average 3 litersof water to drink per day.And now your body isworking hard to produceprecious milk for yourbaby. So, drink evenmore! Don’t let yourbusy schedule of takingcare of your newbornprevent you from havinghealthy meals. BreastAbscess is very painful,causing swelling andpressure on the milkducts. This can lead toa surgical procedure.

Parents: Here arethings to know aboutBreastfeeding

Being a parent is adaunting task in itself,and being a mother sure-ly intensifiesthe panickedanticipationsby tenfold.While you con-jure possibleitineraries tomake sure yourbaby gets thebest care,knowing every-thing aboutyour changingbody should fea-ture on the topof that list.

Often lack of knowl-edge and guidance leavesa new mother helplesstackling this breastfeed-ing issue which is so cru-cial for the healthygrowth of the baby. Nurs-ing a newborn also de-mands certain skills andtechniques to providecomfort and satisfactionfor both the mother andthe child.

(a) Early skin toskin contact: Soon afterthe delivery, baby shouldbe handed over to themother for skin to skincontact. This will helpthe baby to suckle effec-tively within the firsthour of the birth. Earlynursing improves bond-ing and attachment be-tween mother and child.This will also reduce hy-poglycemia (low sugarlevel) and hypothermia(less than the normaltemperature) for thebaby. The skin to skintouch will increase the

oxytocin hormone level,which will help themother to bring herpulse and blood pressureto normal levels. Ithelps the mother tocalm down and feel com-forted. This will causeincrease in milk produc-tion also.

(b) Golden hourfeed : The breastfeedingneeds to be initiatedwithin an hour of birth.This is known as the‘golden hour feed’. If ba-bies are not allowed tosuckle at the breast dueto medical issues, al-teast ‘colostrums paint-ing’ should happen.Taking few drops of firstmilk of the mother andapplying it on the lips ofthe newborn is knownas colostrums painting.

The ‘goldenhour’ momentof the breastfeeding isa c h i e v e dthough the in-fant is not per-mitted to suckdue to unfortu-nate medicalcondition. Thisc o l o s t r u m sprovides need-ed immuno-logical factors.

(c) Correct posi-tioning and correctlatching : Lack of knowl-edge to position andlatch the baby to thenipple will lead to pain-ful feeding. This willalso lead to cracked nip-ples and these crackswill lead to mastitis.(Breast infection).

(d) Front Milk :Every mother shouldknow that one breasthas to be emptied at atime. This will help ingood weight gain for thechild. Emptying thebreast will avoid thebaby drinking only frontmilk which is also called‘foremilk’ that containsvery less fat and protein.The hind milk contentis high in fat. This hindhelps the baby to gainweight.

(e) S w i t c h i n gBreasts: Lactose intol-erance may occur in in-fants when the motherswitches breast due tothe non-feeding breast

that leaks often. Lactoseintolerance arises whena baby only feeds‘foremilk’.

Breastfeeding helpsprevent postpartumhemorrhage. Researchhas shown that skin-to-skin contact and breast-feeding after birth hassuch an effect on post-partum bleeding thatwomen who did not haveskin-to-skin breastfeed-ing immediately postpar-tum were almost twice aslikely to experience post-partum hemorrhage.Benefits of Breastfeeding

Breast milk containsantibodies that help yourbaby fight off virusesand bacteria. Breastfeed-ing lowers your baby’srisk of having asthma orallergies. Plus, babieswho are breastfed exclu-sively for the first 6months, without any for-mula, have fewer ear in-fections, respiratory ill-nesses, and bouts of di-arrhea.

(a) Early and fre-quent breastfeeding: Oneof the outcomes of re-search is the ‘early andfrequent breastfeeding’technique. This benefitsthe mother in manyways, such as, uterinecontractions, expulsion ofthe placenta and modu-lates blood loss.

(b) Early removal ofmilk through nursingdiminishes maternalbreast engorgement andstimulates breast milksynthesis

(c) Early breast-feeding also helps theneonate to a powerfulsuckling reflex. It pro-vokes peristalsis (move-ment in the intestine) inthe newborn’s digestivetrack. This is importantfor the removal of hae-moglobin by-productsand reduce the risk ofJaundice.

(d) Counselling aNew Mother : The lacta-tion consultants’ prima-ry role in assisting thenew mother is to teachthe new skill of nursing.

(e) Breakthroughin number of ‘BreastAbscess’ : A steep fall inthe last 3 years from 20%to 3 % of surgical proce-dures for breast abscess

have been seen duringmy period of consulta-tions at Clould 9 Hospi-tals. This is due tocounselling and teachingthe mother about ‘goodpositioning’ and ‘correctlatch’ techniques.

(f) Encouraging‘breast crawl’ soon afterthe birth of the baby willhelp the baby to sucklewell at the breast early.Research say, that thesebabies are breast fed forlonger periods.

A Weekly guide for -Breastfeeding Mothers

Breastfeeding can bechallenging at times,especially in the earlydays. But it is impor-tant to remember thatyou are not alone. Lac-tation consultants aretrained to help you findways to make breast-feeding will work foryou. In addition, whilemany women arefaced with one or moreof the challenges but atthe same time manywomen do not struggle atall! Also, many womenmay have certain prob-lems with one baby thatthey don’t have withtheir second or thirdbabies.

• Week 1 : Babyshould be breastfed with-in 2 hours and on de-mand. This will help toreduce ‘new born’ Jaun-dice and will increaselost weights. This ‘fre-quent feeding’ helps themother to reduce fromengorged breast and toincrease the lactation

• Week 2 – 6 weeks :Baby is fed only on de-mand and sleeping pat-tern can run to 4 to 5hours in a stretch. At theend of the week 1, milkwill be ‘mature’.

• After 6 weeks to 6months : The feedingtime and suckling timeof babies will reducegradually. Expectedweight gain should be700 gms to 1 kg permonth during this peri-od.

“The longer youbreastfeed, the longerthe protection lasts andthe greater the benefits”The writer is Chief LactationConsultant, CloudnineGroup of Hospitals

Celebrating the bond of love: Breastfeeding


Evolving business models of co-working in IndiaConducive and pro-

ductive workspaceshave become the need ofthe hour when it comesto providing the rightenvironment to employ-ees and helping themfoster growth. With theintroduction of cowork-ing spaces and their ex-pansive acceptance inthe country, the indus-try has changed notionsabout what a typicalworkspace is and whatthe functions of ahealthy work environ-ment should be. Whereearlier the industry wasless agile to the chang-ing market and demo-graphic forces, it is nowunderstanding and in-corporating elementsthat can expand andcontract operationsquickly and give a rangeof options to its work-force.

The coworking seg-ment in India has seenimpressive growth inrecent years and is nowa catalyst of sorts formodern workspaces.Growth has been wit-nessed in the number ofoperators as well as theflexible space take-up intop seven cities of India.The growing popularityof coworking spaces canbe seen by the spike inshare of coworking intotal office leasing. Theshare of coworking intotal office leasingspiked up to 14% in2019 from 8% in 2018.

The growth in thesector is attributable tothe rapid scaling up ofexisting players and en-try of new ones with in-

novative business mod-els. There has beenadoption of innovationand hybrid offerings bythe coworking operators.Their networkingevents, community ini-tiatives and creative de-signs promote a sense ofcommunity and encour-age collaboration. Theflexibility intertwinedwith superlative amen-ities and a communitydriven ecosystem areattracting occupiers tocoworking spaces.These spaces offerunique facilitiessuch as gymnasi-ums, creche servic-es, food courts etc.that is makingthem popular.Who all are occupy-

ingthe available space?

Apart fromSMEs and start-upswho look for cost effec-tive and flexible options,coworking spaces havebeen gaining tractionamongst large corpo-rates too, due to the pos-itive impact of suchworkspaces on employ-ee productivity. A surveyby JLL showed that 40-45% of coworking de-mand emanated frombig corporates, followedby SMEs which contrib-uted to 35-40% and 15-25% demand came fromstart-ups.

Several corporatesare now moving into co-working spaces to pro-vide an appealing workenvironment to theiremployees and flexibleleasing, along with add-ed membership benefits

that reduce the expens-es of running an officespace by approximately15-20%. Coworkingspaces provide a holisticapproach which con-sciously and cost-effec-tively aims to addressthe employee engage-ment and real estateneeds of all companies,big and small, as wellas real estate ownersand landlords.

Slow but gradualacceptance

It is interesting tonote that the global sen-timent with regard tocoworking has had alimited impact on thegrowth of this segmentin India so far. Cowork-ing business models inIndia are evolving con-sidering the altering re-quirements of the pro-spective occupiers. Op-erators are shiftingtheir focus by offeringmore closed office spac-es and fixed seats as op-posed to hot desks tocater to corporate’s needfor privacy and businessperformance. The trendis gaining popularity asthe majority of the de-mand from occupiers isfor cabins or closed spac-es that have dedicated

areas exclusively for thecompanies who havetaken the space fromthe operator.

Hybrid spaces are awin-win concept for allthe stakeholders as thismodel is benefitting boththe operators and theoccupiers. Co-workingoperators get the advan-tage of securing rela-tively longer term com-mitments on leases andtherefore create a morestable ecosystem for

their businesses. On theother hand, occupiersenjoy dual advantage ofthe flexibility of a co-working space alongwith private offices anddedicated spaces.

Another conceptthat is gaining popular-ity is the built-to-suitcentres in which cust-omised office space asper the requirement ofclients is being devel-oped. The trend of ‘Man-aged Offices’ is gainingpopularity. In this mod-el, the co-working oper-ators undertake real es-tate planning for theirclients by searching asuitable space for themaccording to their re-quirements, refurbish-ing/developing the space

as per their specifica-tions and managing thespace entirely for theirclients. The operatorsmeet all the real estaterequirements of the oc-cupiers including man-aging cafeterias, recep-tion & concierge servic-es, conference rooms, in-ternet lines, power back-ups, security etc.

Co-working opera-tors are adapting theirspace according to theneeds of occupiers. They

are providing multipleoptions to occupiersranging from entirebuildings dedicated toco-working spaces to co-working offices withinconventional work envi-ronments. As the co-working players havestarted to lease largerspaces, the average sizeof transactions in theco-working segment in-creased from 52,000 sq.ft. (2018) to 69,000 sq.ft. in 2019.A new kind of expansion

is already underwayMoreover, cowork-

ing operators are notlimiting themselves tooffice complexes but ex-panding their horizonsbeyond and venturinginto shopping malls,

hotels and metro sta-tions, as well. The hugepotential of this sectoris attracting institu-tional investment andthis in turn is further-ing growth. Invest-ments and acquisitionsare not just driving geo-graphical expansion,but also aiding techno-logical augmentation,upgradation of ameni-ties and an increase inthe client base.

Landlords and de-velopers have also rea-lised the potential of co-working spaces as re-puted brands workingout of such spaces alsoadd to the value propo-sition of the building.Companies are nowchoosing to opt for co-working spaces as theyare having more flexi-ble lease terms, con-temporary ecosystem,lower deposit require-ments, absence of capi-tal expenditure andhelp in overall cost re-duction in case of thecompany’s cash flow.

The positive impactthat co-working spaceshave had on employeeproductivity for corpo-rates and the health ofcommercial real estatefor developers cannot beignored. Co-working asa segment is expectedto expand significantlyacross several indus-tries and sectors due toa multitude of leasingoptions and an ocean ofchoices that are madeavailable, tailored to in-dividuals as well assmall and large organ-isations.


fer, where he played therole of the main antag-onist Bobby.

Interestingly, Vivekhad also made his Bol-lywood debut with theace actor Mohanlal!

Recently, Vivek at-tended two of the mostprestigious award func-tions of the south, the

22nd Asianet Awardson Friday and the 17thVanitha Awards, byMalayala Manoramagroup, on Sunday. Boththe award ceremonieswere held in Kochi,Kerela.

Not only was theactor awarded as theBest Villian, for his ex-ceptional performancein a negative role, inLucifer, but also his co-star the legendary Mo-

hanlal couldn’t stoppraising the actor forhis dedication. As hewas presented theaward, Vivek went onto share some funnyanecdotes while he wasshooting for the film.

The accomplishedactor was last seen inPM Narendra Modi onthe big-screen and Am-azon Prime’s web se-ries Inside Edge 2.

Vivek Oberoiwins two...

Contd. from pg. 7

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Are you confused onwhat special to do forValentine’s Day today,which is different fromthe regular ro-mantic dinner, amovie, chocolatesor even flowers foryour loved ones?Here are an ampleof options that youcan try to makethe day special:

Express your love via

social media

With social me-dia becoming apart of one’s life you canopt for various creativeways to express love. Beit unique Tik Tok vid-eo, or updated What-sApp story and status-there are a lot of thingsthat you can do and

Celebrating Valentine’s Daywith a difference

make the day special.One of the hottest trendis to create a video ofthe special momentscelebrated with loved

ones throughout theyear. This is somethingthat people are seensharing on the socialmedia sites of Face-book, Instagram etc.

Online Shopping

At a time when time

is a constraint, e-com-merce site are a boonfor people looking for va-riety of gift. With ma-jority of e-commerce

sites giving awayattractive dis-counts buyinggifts online shop-ping is a great op-tion. Productslike electronicgoods, toys, mo-biles,

china madeproducts have cre-ated their ownniche, electronic

goods, toys, mobiles area hot pick this Valen-tine’s Day. Gifts, suchas chains, photoframes, teddy, dancingcouples showpiece, arein demand.

committee and theEnvironment depart-ment seeking immedi-ate halt to the work.

“A large stretch isnow facing burial asthe landfill is inprogress,” said B NKumar, director ofNatConnect Founda-tion.

“This is a seriousissue since burial ofwetlands and killingof mangroves hasalready caused floodsin Uran taluka duringthe last monsoon andduring non-monsoonmonths of February2019,” said Nandaku-mar Pawar, Head ofEkvira Aai Pratish-tan.

Kumar pointed outthat Ramsar conven-

tion defines wetlandsas: “… areas ofmarsh, fen, peatlandor water, whethernatural or artificial,permanent or tempo-rary, with water thatis static or flowing,fresh, brackish orsalt, including areasof marine water thedepth of which at lowtide does not exceedsix metres.”

India is one of thesignatories to theconvention and yetwe see rampantdestruction of wet-lands under the garbthat they are notcovered by thewetland Atlas, heregretted.

The activists havealready drawn theMangrove Commit-tee’s attention toanother wetlandburial at Navghar for

the Railway project.Uran area has

been the target ofwetland and man-grove destruction forhuge infra projectsand the fishingcommunity has tobear the brunt, saidDilip Koli of Paaram-parik MachhimarBachao Kruti Samiti,a fishermen’s forum.“Our source of incomeis also rapidly disap-pearing with theburial of water bodiesand mangroves,” hesaid. “We are notallowed to go forfishing even in the seaaround ONGC, JNPTand the Navy due tosecurity. Thus we areforced to go deep intothe sea,” saidTukaram Koli,another member ofthe fishermen’sforum.

Uran Railwaystation...Contd. from pg.1

IndianNavy...

Contd. from pg.6

fine saves in fact negat-ed the Navy from con-verting any of the fivepenalty corners theyearned. Two goals inspace of nine minutespost the changeover sawNavy take an unassail-able lead, after PawanRajbhar sounded theboard in the 41stminute. Aakib Raahimthird in the 52ndminute ensured theNaval outfit a place inthe final.

SCR on the otherhand produced a superbperformance to knockout defending champi-ons Indian Oil, NewDelhi in the other semi-final with a comfortable5-2 win. Three quickgoals in as many min-utes in the first quar-ter saw the railmenwrest control of the pro-ceedings early on.Sheshe Gowda openedthe account with a well-directed conversionfrom the first penaltycorner and a minutelater, P.R. Aiyappa dou-bled the lead with fieldeffort, before PratapLakra converted fromtheir second penaltycorner to hand SCR a3-0 advantage. The ex-perienced oilmen com-prising of many inter-national stars in theirfold including theirskipper and ex Olympi-an V.R. Raghunath,fought back as SumitKumar scored a fieldgoal on the stroke ofhalf-time and later, Tal-winder Singh scoredfrom an indirect penal-ty corner drill to cut thedeficit to 2-3. The Se-cundrebad side re-gained the momentumwith two goals in thefourth and final quar-ter. Lovepreet Singhshowcased brilliantstick work and scoredin the 50th minute forSCR, before Aiyappascored his second andSCR’s fifth goal to inthe final minutes of thematch to ensure a de-serving win

An elated IndianNavy coach Ajay Ku-mar on the other handwas impressed with hisboys performance who

in fact completed a hat-trick by winning theirthird successive title in2019-20, including theirmaiden All India Bom-bay Gold Cup HockeyTournament in theirvery first attempt said“The team under theleadership of experi-enced Jaspal Singhhave put in the extrayard and went out witha attacking mind set intheir quest to win theChampionship. Teamwork and fitness (sixhours of daily workoutsincluding three in themorning for skills andfitness coupled withequal no of hours atGym during theevening session) hasbeen the key to the suc-cess. Ajinkya Jadhavwho is the youngestmember of the squad,has been part of theteam for just over 2 ½years was on a role to-day. Switching to thetraditional 5-3-2 forma-tion too made its impacton the overall results ofthe match as it allowedus more manoeuvrabil-ity in our attack as wellas defence”. Earlier,Ajay had guided the In-dian Navy side, whichfor the first-time evertasted success in the67 th Inter-Serviceschampionship in Kera-la in December and lastmonth he shaped thefortunes of the Servic-es team, which includ-ed eight Navy playersthat had won the Na-tional Championship inJhansi, after a gap of 28years.

“The tournamentprovided our team anopportunity to excel fol-lowing the success inthe recently concluded78th All India RailwayHockey Championship.That we upset defend-ing champions IndianOil yesterday was a tes-timonial of our vision.However the finalproved to be a differentball game and we end-ed runner ’s-up thistime around against afitter side. We hope theboys will capitalise onthis experience and dowell in the future tour-naments” shared Gagandeep Singh, cap-tain of the South Cen-tral Railway, Secunder-

abad team.There was more joy

for Indian Navy as Jas-pal Singh, Aakib Raa-him and AjinkyaJadhav won the BestDefender, Midfielderand Forward awardsrespectively, whileSouth Central Rail-way’s Sushant Tirkeyclaimed the Best Goal-keeper award. All fourwere presented with acash prize of Rs 5,000each. Coorg XI 20 yearold ace goalkeeper A.C.Subramani howeverwon the Sports Jour-nalists’ Association ofMumbai ‘Best Player ofthe Tournament’ awardwhich saw the debu-tants reach the semi-fi-nal stage before bowingdown to the eventual ti-tleholders.

The champions Indi-an Navy received theprestigious BombayGold Cup and a chequeof Rs 1.5 lakhs fromMHAL President,Mangha Singh Bakshi,while South CentralRailway received therunners-up trophy anda cheque of Rs 1 lakhsfrom MHAL Hon. Gen-eral Secretary, RamSingh Rathor.

MHAL President onthe occasion congratu-lated both the finalistfor their excellent showduring the course of thetournament and hopedthat they will set newbench mark in the an-nals of Indian Hockeywith their top class per-formance. He also ac-knowledged the keyrole of all the umpiresand technical officialsfrom Hockey India andhis committee mem-bers for the smoothconduct of the tourna-ment.

ResultsSemi-finals: Indian

Navy, Mumbai 3 (AjinkyaJadhav, Pawan Rajbhar, Aak-ib Raahim) beat Coorg XI,Mumbai 0 (HT 1-0); SouthCentral Railway, Secundre-bad 5 (P.R. Aiyappa 2,Sheshe Gowda, PratapLakra, Lovepreet Singh) beat Indian Oil, New Delhi 2(Sumit Kumar, TalwinderSingh) (HT 3-1).

F inal: Indian Navy,Mumbai 4 (Ajinkya Jadhav 3,Jugraj Singh) beat SouthCentral Railway, Secundre-bad 1 (Raju Pal). (HT 1-1)


Helix celebrates self-love, life and friendshipwith the launch of their new collection

MUMBAI: ThisValentine’s Day,building on thephilosophy of love andfriendship, Helix haslaunched its newtrendy collectioncatering to the needsand wants of Gen Z.The collection is anideal amalgamationof style and comfort,making it an every-day essential foryoungsters.

The trendycollection comes with11 aestheticallydesigned watches forboys and girls,including 2 Valen-tine’s Day specialstyles sporting a hearticon on the dial. Thewatches offer a wide

variety to choose from,with many colouroptions as well asleather and stainless-steel attachments.

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By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheAnti- trafficking cell ofNavi Mumbai policeraided Bliss SpaWellness Family Spaand Saloon in CBDSector-11 and arrestedtwo women for run-ning prostitutionracket along with thedriver and the manag-er of the Spa.

Senior policeinspector Arjun Garadwas informed thatprostitution was beingrun at Bliss SpaWellness Family Spaand Saloon. According-ly, the police official

Raid at a Spa inBelapur

raided the spa bysending fake custom-ers on Tuesdayevening. A womanworking at the spawas found to in anuncompromisingposition with acustomer under thename of extra service.Following which thepolice arrested twowomen who were keptfor massage at thespa. Police thenregistered a crimeagainst both thedriver and the manag-er of the spa andarrested all fourwomen.


Students of Aashray Special School, Sanpada annexed the second prize in the National cricket tournament held at Goregaon. 16 teams participated in the tournament. The teamfrom Aashray School was led by the coach Pratesh Bharve. (Photo courtesy: C.K Subramaniam)

Account holders of Karnala Bank staged morcha (By: Sumit Renose).

Navi Mumbai: A crocodile was spotted on Tuesday morning near in a drain in Sector 7,Juinagar. Corporator Tanuja Madhvi immediately informed the Municipal Division Of-ficer, Taide and Veterinary Officer Zhunjare. As the citizens go by the river quite fre-quently, it was feared that the crocodile hiding in the bushes could attack them. (Photocourtesy: Chandrashekar Hendve)

bagged by Rohan Surve(Brahmastra), Best Ac-tress Prize was baggedby Nikita Ghag(Bhokarwadi ch Shad-du), Best Writing wasbagged by Sudharshan.Prize for best lightingwas bagged by ShyamChavan, Best MusicAward was bagged byShubham Dhekle, Tan-may Chavan, Gurupras-ad Ganga (Brahmas-tra), Joy Bhambal andShardaman Kamble.

The department ofSports and Culture ofthe Navi Mumbai Mu-nicipal Corporation(NMMC) had organisedmono acting competi-tion between 10th to

12th February, 2020 atVishnudas Bhave Au-dotorium, Vashi withan aim to provide plat-form to the local ar-tistes to showcase their

talent at state levelcompetitions.

In this competitionmore than 21 playswere staged. The com-petition did not have

Winners ofNavi MumbaiMayor state..

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any preliminary roundand the artistes per-formed directly in thefinal round.

Judges for the com-petition were Director

Purushottam Berde,Actor Vijay Patkar andPallavi Patil. And theprized distribution washeld on 12th February,2020.

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