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1. “ Prachi Desai adorns splendid diamond jewellery”.Page 4

2. Complaint to MC against redevelopment project.......Page 6

3. Samsung brings new Galaxy Note5”.............................Page 7

4. Priyanka Khurana suports “Small Voice”...................Page 8

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The Ganesh idol of Shri Swami Samarth Nagar Ganeshotsav Mandal, Andheri is on its way to immersion, while ecstatic crowd dancing to the tune of DJ.

Biscuit Ganesha: Hyper CITY , which hosted Lord Ganesha in its 13 storesacross India, presented Ganesh idols made of Britannia Good Day Biscuits.This was the 6th consecutive year when HyperCITY created 5 feet BiscuitGanapati idols during Ganeshotsav.

World Heart DayWorld Heart Day takes place on 29September every year and is achance for people across the globeto take part in the world’s biggestintervention against cardiovasculardisease (CVD).Congenital heart disease (CHD) isone of the major causes of mortalityand morbidity in the paediatricpopulation of both the developingand developed countries.According to various reports, everyyear 1.5 lakh infants are born inIndia with congenital heart diseaseout of which about 78,000 diebecause of inadequate health carefacilities in the country. More than50% of all children born withcongenital heart defect require atleast one invasive surgery in theirlifetime. Only 8,000 to 10,000corrective surgeries are doneannually, because of the lack ofdedicated facilities and financialstatus of these children. To fill this gap Wockhardt Foundation started the ‘LittleHearts’ programme in January2015 where young lives are savedby giving financial assistance forheart defect surgeries. The rationalebehind this programme is to providefunds and facilities to theunderprivileged children of thesociety. In India, a helping hand tothe Little Hearts suffering fromcardiac diseases is given by: 1. Wockhardt Foundation (Foundedin the year Jan 2015), 2. ChildHeart Foundation (Founded in2004, registered - 2013) and 3. Fortis Foundation jointly withBeing Human Foundation(Founded in May 2013).We wouldlike to contribute for the smile oflittle hearts, says Dr HuzaifaKhorakiwala, Trustee and CEO,Wockhardt Foundation.

“Respect public sentiments”

Now the Special Investigation Team(SIT) probing the murder of CPIveteran Govind Pansare who wasattacked in Kolhapur on 16February 2015 and subsequentlysuccumbed to injuries on 20February 2015, is now looking fora “handler” on whose orders thearrested accused Sameer Gaikwad,allegedly executed the murder.Gaikwad, a “full-time” member ofthe radical Hindu outfit SanatanSanstha, was arrested on September16 from Sangli. While the SIT hasquestioned over than 10 people,primarily members of SanatanSanstha, in Kolhapur, Mumbai,Panvel and Karnataka, the Sansthahas denied any involvement in thekilling of Pansare. The mysterybehind the killing of rationalist DrNarendra Dabholkar who was shot

dead in near the VRS Bridge in Puneon August 20, 2013, is yet to solved.After trying for nearly one year, theMaharashtra Police handed over thecase to CBI in in May 2014, whichreleased the sketches of two suspectsin Msy last. But no further progresshas been made . In yet another butsimilar case Dr MM Kalburgi (78),renowned Kannada writer, researchscholar and rationalist was shot deadallegedly for his views on idolworship and Hindu rituals, on 30 thAugust 2015.All these attacks are cowardly andshould be condemned in the strongestword. The theme of all these murdersis same. These intellectuals tried topoint out shortcomings in the system.But the fact is we live with historyand certain beliefs are so deep rootedthat it is difficult to remove them. IfChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is

treated like a demi god, no amountof attempt to paint him in bad light(Shivaji Kon Hota ? “who wasShivaji ?’) would make any impacton people and on the contrary suchthings would fan out passions.Similarly there are number of Hindudeities revered by different peopleat different places and despitecriticism the people would continueto worship them. For example thereare shortcomings and exceptions inpractically every religion. A belieffor some one could be “blind belief”for another. The late M.F. Hussainhad penchant for depicting Hindudeities in naked form (or any otherobjectionable form). However hedepicted all the Muslim personalitiesfully clothed.We have seen how Islamic radicalsreacte to blasphemy when 12 people,including the editor and celebratedcartoonists were killed whengunmen attacked the offices ofFrench magazine Charlie Hebdo inParis, on 7 th January 2015 that hadpublished controversial Muhammadcartoons. In such circumstances“progressive” thinkers should keepin mind ground realities before theywrite or publish any controversialmaterial.

Govind Pansare Narendra Sabholkar M M Kulburgi

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Greenchilly Movie International has begun the shoot for a new HorrorDrama movie titled “Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai.” The movie is beingproduced by Sucheta Jacchak. Pramod Shirbhate is the writer, lyricist,Director and MusicDirector of the film.

Asish Varghese directed short film ‘Aram Ghar’(Old Age Home) by PocketFilms is based on a Mother - Son theme. Son is being played by TV actorVijay Badllani.”In the movie, the mother is kept in old age home for 12years by her son. When one day the mother asks for mattresses, fans andfridge since the earlier ones were torn or broken, the son offers to shift hersomewhere else.

1M1B (1 Million for 1 Billion)announced their internship programat the recent WomenEntrepreneurship (WE) summitconducted at YMCA NewDelhi.The event was graced by theesteemed guests and panelists likeCapt. Indraani Singh, Senior AirIndia Pilot & Founder & ManagingTrustee, Literacy India &Indhacraft, Ms Aditi KapoorDirector (Policy Advocacy andPartnerships), Alternative Futures,Ms Saloni Malhotra, Associate VicePresident at Paytm & BoardMember, DesiCrew and senior UNOfficial. To break the vicious circle ofdependence, youth and womenhave to achieve their own economicempowerment and as a society thistransition should be encouraged andfacilitated. With this internshipprogram 1M1B (1 Million for 1Billion) is looking to empower amillion youth and women across the

Women Entrepreneurship summit 2015

Women expressing their views at the summit.

globe to create their own jobs andstart enterprises that will change theworld and further empower a billion. The co founders Dr. Swati Subodhand Mr. Manav Subodh of 1M 1B inassociation with Connecting DreamsFoundation in India are striving tohelp young and enterprising men andwomen and taking them through theconcepts of ideating, pivoting,networking, market research andcustomer interactions by the best inthe business and create a business andsocial enterprise of their own. 1M1Bhas also launched this initiative in theCaribbean region and USA. On this occasion Manav Subodh said“Our vision is a world where wecome together to activate youth andwomen to be leaders in taking chargeof their own destiny, thereby gainingeconomic independence, creatingjobs and solving problems at acommunity level” In the pilot round of the flagshipprogram of 1M1B, Change the

World Internship, saw 75% womenparticipation and emergence of 5promising enterprises which aim toprovide and/or facilitate a source oflivelihood to women in rural India.In its first leg, the program receivedover 300 applications fromBangalore, New Delhi and Salem inIndia against call for applications. Atotal of 17 participants were selectedas finalists who had culminated in thefinal eight teams. After three monthsof internship and projectimplementation, the teams will bepresenting during the summit theirwork and the socio-economic impactthat they hope to drive through theirinitiatives. The top 2 teams from Indiawill join their counterparts from theCaribbean and USA to showcasetheir enterprise on 16 October at theUnited Nations (UN) headquarters inNew York City, on the eve of theUnited Nations International Day forthe eradication of poverty.

Lata Mangeshkar.....the nightingale turns 87 Lata Mangeshkar... Nightingale turns 87Noted playback singer, composer,producer Bharat Ratna LataMangeshkar, who remains almosta “Voice of India” completes 86years of life on Monday withbirthday wishes already beingshowered on her from worldover.

The nightingale of India who hassung over 5,000 songs includingbhajans, in 20 Indian languagesremains the most melodious voicetill date and is one of the best-known and most respectedplayback singers.

Born on September 28,1929 atIndore (MP) in a family of noteddramatist DeenanathMangeshkar she began hercareer in 1942. She sung “NataliChaitraachi Navalaai” (composedby Dada Chandekar) in MasterVinayak’s Marathi movie PahiliMangalaa-gaur (1942). Her firstHindi song was “Mata Ek SapootKi Duniya Badal De Tu” for theMarathi film,” Gajaabhaau(1943)”.

Mangeshkar moved toMumbai in 1945 when MasterVinayak’s company moved itsheadquarters to Mumbai. Shetook lessons in Hindustaniclassical music from UstadAmanat Ali Khan. She sang“Paa Lagoon Kar Jori” forVasant Joglekar’s Hindi-language movie Aap Ki SevaMein (1946), was composed byDatta Davjekar. She wasintr oduced to music directorlate Vasant Desai during therecording of Vinayak’s second

Hindi-language movie, “Subhadra(1946)”.

After partition of the country 1947,Ustad Amanat Ali Khan migratedto newly formed Pakistan, soMangeshkar started to learnclassical music under AmanatKhan Devaswale. Pandit TulsidasSharma, a pupil of Ustad BadeGhulam Ali Khan, also trained her.

After Vinayak’s death in 1948,music director Ghulam Haindergave Lata her first major breakwith the song “Dil Mera Toda,Mujhe Kahin Ka Na Chhora”—lyrics by Nazim Panipati(Majboor) (1948), which becameher first big breakthrough film hit.Haider was the first music directorwho showed complete faith in hertalent. Producer SashadharMukherjee had dismissed her forhis film “Shaheed” (1948), sayingthe voice was “too thin”.

Then she sang under the directionsof several veterans including S DBurman, Shankar Jaikishan,Naushad, Khayyam and MadanMohan. A glossary of the songs sungby her include: C Ramchandra 298,

Chitragupta 240, GhulamMohammad 71, Sudhir Phadke 32,Jaidev 28, N. Dutta 28.S. N. Tripathi71,Husnlal Bhagatram 107, MadanMohan 210, S. D. Burman 182,Naushad 155, Hemant Kumar139,Roshan 146, Anil Biswas 123,Vasant Desai 112, Kalyanji Anandji297, Rajesh Roshan 112, SalilChaudhary 108, Bhappi Lahiri 97,Ravi 75, Khayyam (Sharmaji) 71,Usha Khanna 68, Hansraj Bahal 43,

Lata won several awards andhonours, including Bharat Ratna(India’s Highest Civilian Award),Padma Bhushan (1969), PadmaVibhushan (1999), DadasahebPhalke Award (1989),MaharashtraBhushan Award (1997),NTRNational Award, (1999),Bharat Ratna(2001), ANR National Award (2009),three National Film Awards, and 12Bengali Film Journalists’AssociationAwards.. She has also won four Filmfare BestFemale Playback Awards includingthe award for Salil Chowdhury’scomposition “Aaja Re Pardesi,” from“Madhumati” (1958).

In 1969, she made the unusualgesture of giving up the FilmfareBest Female Playback Award, inorder to promote fresh talent. Shewas later awarded FilmfareLifetime Achiement Award in1993. In 1984, the StateGovernment of Madhya Pradeshinstituted the Lata MangeshkarAward in her honour. SimilarlyMaharashatra Government alsoinstituted a Lata MangeshkarAward in 1992.

By Raju VernekarPadma Bhushan late Dev Anand(Dharam Devdutt PishorimalAnand (26 September 1923 – 3December 2011), actor, director,writer and film maker, whomesmerised film lovers with hisacting, mannerism and never-say-dieattitude, continues to be in ourmemory with melodious songs fromhis films and his sartorial elegance..the shirts with check, epaulettes andmultiple pockets and also differentheadgears.In a career spanning over 65 years,he acted in114 Hindi films of which104 have him play the main solo leadhero.He did 2 English films as well.He acted with almost all leadingladies of different periods right fromGeeta Bali to Heena Kaushik. Laterhe also gave break to several youngactors including sizzling ZeenatAman in “Hare Ram Hare Krishna”(1970).Born as Devdutt Pishorimal Anandon September 26,1923 inGurdaspur in undivided Punjabgraduated himself in Englishliterature from the GovernmentCollege, Lahore (now in Pakistan).For him the real break came withPrabhat Film’s “Hum Ek Hain” (1946) made by P.L.Santoshi (fatherof Rajkumar Santoshi) in whichKamla Kotnis was the leading lady. While shooting for that film in Pune,

93 rd birth anniversary of Dev Anand

. ......Har Fikhrko Dhuveme Uda”......

he struck a friendship with fellowactor Guru Dutt. They made a dealthat if Dev produced a film, GuruDutt would direct it and if Guru Duttproduced a film, Dev would act init. As promised, Dev gambled onGuru Dutt as director for the crimethriller, “Baazi” (1951). The dicerolled in favour of this creativecollaboration and Dev became atrue star. Dev was offered another big breakby Ashok Kumar in BombayTalkies’s “Ziddi”, co-starringKamini Kaushal (1948) whichbecame a success. In 1949, heturned producer and launched hisown company “Navketan” andproduced a film “Afsar” along withhis brothers –Chetan and VijayAnand. In 1952 he acted in “TaxiDriver” which became hit. Dev’sheroine was Kalpana Kartik in thatfilm. The two decided to marry in aquiet ceremony. Dev worked in several filmsincluding “Guide” which broughtseveral awards to Navketan Films.His maiden attempt at direction,“Prem Pujari” based on Indo-Pakwar in 1970 flopped.He received many awardsincluding: 1958- (BestActor)..”Kala Pani”, 1966 (BestActor)…. “Guide”…(BestFilm)….”Guide”, and 1991-Filmfare Lifetime AchievementAward, 1996. He died in his roomat the Washington Mayfair Hotel inLondon at the age of 88 on 3 rdDecember 2011 (4 December 2011by Indian Standard Time) of acardiac arrest. His death came justmonths after the release of his lastfilm, “Chargesheet” and his fansworld over plunged in grief.

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Successful “Sheekh-Kebab” surgery at KDAH

Huzefa Hussein,Khudur Al Geraani, Zahraa Thani,Dr. Alaric Aroojis at apress meet organised at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri.

By Raju VernekarA 13 year old Iranian girl ZahraaThani who was bed-ridden due toostenogenesis imperfecta for over 8years and could not study becauseof her illness since childhood, hadall smiles when she was recentlydischarged after a complicatedsurgery which went on for nearly 4hours,at the Kokilaben DhirubhaiAmbani Hospital in Andheri.Zahraa, was diagnosed to besuffering from a serious bonedisorder called Osteogenesisimperfecta. Was admitted to thehospital three months back. Thesurgery involved placement of atelescopic rode to avoid changing therods quite often.Zahraa, is one of the 5 daughters ofBaghdad-based farmer Khudur AlGeraani (50). she has been confinedto her home and was unable to standor walk. Khudur has two wives and8 children (5 daughters,3 sons). “Ihave achieved more than what I hadexpected. I hope Zahraa will soonable to attend to her studies, sinceshe could not go to school since herchildhood “ Khudur said whilespeaking to “The Metro Pulse”.After getting operated Zahraa ishappy and her eyes have lit with alot of hope for her future. Zahraa said,“I am very happy to be able to walkfor the first time after eight years andwish to return to Iraq and resumeschool and play with my friends”.Zahraa’s condition was notdiagnosed at birth and herdevelopment and growth were

deformities. Both surgeries wereunsuccessful, and sadly at the age offive years, Zahraa was bedridden.She would manage her daily activitiesby crawling around the house withthe help of her parents and siblings.Since her one leg is short she has beenusing special shoes. Due to herextreme bone fragility she was unableto attend regular school like childrenof her age, and consequently had tolearn to read and write at home fromher older siblings.Dr. Alaric Aroojis, orthopaedicsurgeon said, “Being a geneticdisorder, the disease itself isincurable, but several treatmentstrategies are available that canrestrengthen the bones and improve

the quality of life. One of the excitingmodern developments in treatmentof this condition is the use of a specialclass of drugs calledBisphosphonates, that help to addstrength to these fragile bones. Theother treatment is surgical that involves cutting the bone in severalplaces to straighten out the deformityand then threading the pieces on ametal rod a surgery popularly knownas the “Sheekh-Kebab” operation.Osteogenesis or OI is the Imperfect‘brittle bone disease’ a genetic bonedisorder that causes severe bonefragility and repeated fractures. It’san incidence that afflicts 1:20,000 to1:50,000 births. It affects the body’sability to make strong bones and

results from a genetic defect in theformation of collagen. Collagen isa major protein of the body’sconnective tissue and forms thebuilding block along with the mainframework which supports boneand other body structures. Thisgenetic defect in collagen results inextremely fragile bones that breakeasily.Sandeep Kumar, Manager,International Marketing, KDAHsaid “ We have a tie up with UnionHealth Ministry which refers at least40 cases to us per month. On anaverage we receive 100 patients permonth from Yemen, Oman andother countries. They include 25patients(private and governmentpatients) from Middle East. Thenumber of child patients sufferingfrom cardiac ailments from Iraq arebrought to this hospital. Theorthopaedic patients coming infrom Yemen are more. Mostly theycomprise military patients.Similarly the patients requiringlever transplant from Pakistan aremore. By and large the patients fallin the age group of a one month oldchild to 90 years old patients. Thepatients from West Asian countriescant speak Hindi and converse inArabic. KDAH’s Huzefa Husseinusually performs the duty of aninterpreter”.

A program was organised by M. Visvesvaraya Industrial Research and Development Centre (MVIRDC) floated byWorld Trade Centre to commemorate the 155th Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya at WTCMumbai. Many dignitaries including: Thailesh Kumar Chamane, Consul General, Consulate General of Mauritius,Sharad Upasani, Vice Chairman, WTC,Girish G. Sohani, President and Managing Trustee, BAIF DevelopmentResearch Foundation,Pune, ule I. Malefane, Consul General, Consulate General of South Africa and Vijay Kalantri,VC, WTC, Mumbai and Board Director, World Trade Centers’ Association New York were present on the occasion.

Akanksha Puri, Ruhi Singh, Avani Modi, Satarupa Pyne and Kyra Dutt, the 5 girls of of Madhur Bhandarkar’supcoming film “Calendar Girls” posed for the recent promotional campaign at INIFD,Chandigarh.

The Maharashtra Government willbe organising a three day“Maharashtra International TravelMart” at Bombay Convention &Exhibition Centre (BCEC),NESCOComplex, Off Western ExpressHighway, Goregaon (East), betweenSeptember 28 and September 30,2015 with an aim to show case thetourism attractions of the state thatwould lead to an enhanced brandimage of the destination-tourism inMumbai. The travel mart will beinaugurated at Chief ministerDevendra Fadnavis.

With over 250 registered buyers,stakeholder of industry, hoteliers,travel agents, tour operators,adventure tour operator and mediafrom over 30 countries, Maharashtrastate is set to provide a B2B platformfor perceptive travel and tourismproducts. The event will showcasethe best of what Maharashtra has tooffer to the discerning travel tradefrom India and abroad.The Maharashtra has contributedtowards India’s ever-growingtourism as evident from the increasein number of tourists visiting India.MITM will prove to be the mostimportant events for travel events inthe country. On the occasion StatePrincipal Secretary, Tourism andCulture, Valsa Nair- Singh, said that“Maharashtra has been one of India’sbiggest tourist attractions with itswide arena of magnetisms and ishome to the largest inventory oftourism products that the country hasto offer with five UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites, over 900 caves, 350forts with splendid wildlife andworld-class beaches to adorn.‘Maharashtra International TravelMart’, which being held for the firsttime,will provide the impetus to theinbound travel and tourism industryand would enhance the marketingefforts of Maharashtra Tourism topromote our destinations to the traveltrade and tourists from all over theworld.”Stakeholders from industry will beinvited from Netherlands, Australia,Canada, France, Greece, IsraelJapan, South Africa, Sri Lanka,UAE, UK, USA, South Africa,Singapore, etc. The event will besupported by major travel – trade andhospitality association in India suchas ‘Association of Domestic TourOperators Association of India(ADTOI), Adventure TourOperators Association of India(ATOAI) and Indian Association ofTour Operators.

MITM will be state’s largest tradeexchange dedicated to the travel andtourism industry, with exceptionalemphasis on bringing suppliers withfirst rate credentials face-to-face withpremium buyers so as to establishand encourage new businessrelationships while furnishing thehighest quality and price ratio withinnovative packages and products.The event will showcase the differentfacets of Maharashtra, like thecultural festivals, its beaches,UNESCO World Heritage Sites,Konkan region, pilgrimagedestinations, Wildlife and NationalParks, Medical, Social and StudyTourism and more.

With excellent connectivity to andthroughout the state, vivid heritageand natural attractions, diversecuisine and its capital, Mumbai beingthe financial hub of the country,“MITM 2015” will catapultMaharashtra’s tourism appeal acrossa much wider global audience.

MITM 2015

An informative & match makingevent on Pharma sector wasorganised on September 16, inAhmedabad jointly by the ChinaIndia Trade & Investment Centre (CITIC ) and India China Economic& Cultural Council ( ICEC ) on theoccasion of the visit of ZhuXiaodan, the Governor of ThePeoples’ Government ofGuangdong Province – to Gujarat.

A delegation of 35 top Guangdong-based companies, whichaccompanied Zhu Xiaodan,included 5 pharma companies. Itmay be recalled that Guangdongand Gujarat had signed sister stateMOU during the visit of Presidentof China - Xi Jinping to India lastyear. After that Gujarat ChiefMinister Anandiben Patelaccompanied Prime MinisterNarendra Modi during his visit toChina.A delegation from Guangdongrepresented the sectors includingPharma, ICT, infrastructure, cityconstruction and smartc i t y , T o u r i s m ,Textiles, Ceramics, Agro & foodprocessing, Energy( especiallysolar & wind), Gems, jewellery &diamonds, Water treatment & E-waste & Skills training. During the visit of Zhu Xiaodanto Gujarat an MOU was signedbetween the Guangdong WangtatConstruction and InvestmentHoldings Group ( Wangtat Group) and Payal Properties Pvt Ltd,Vapi. For setting up an AmpleIndustrial Park at Bharuch District,through a special purpose vehicle( SPV ) company to be formedunder a JV. On the occasion a sectorseminar was also organised atHotel Hyatt, Vastrapur, . A sectorseminar which was attended byeminent industry leaders.

China-Gujarat pact for industrial park

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DCP Ravindra Shisave delievered a lecture on “Ethics” at a function recently organised in Mumbai. SandeshKondvilkar and others were present.

Actress Prachi Desai at a jewellery launch of Forevermark and Manek Gen Art International in Mumbai.Sachin Jain, President, Forevermark India, R R Manek, Owner, Manek Gem Art International and othersare seen in the picture.

A dazzling jewellery show wasorganised by Forevermark Diamondsand Manek Gem Art Internationalrecently in Mumbai. Actress PrachiDesai adorning splendid jewellerystole the show.It was dazzling affair that celebrateddiamonds and showcased a range ofexquisite diamond jewellery craftedand designed by the experts.Forevermark, the diamond brandwith a promise of beauty, rarity andresponsible sourcing, and ManekGem Art International came togetherto launch the latest diamond jewellerycollection designed by Manek Gemscrafted with fine ForevermarkDiamonds. Talented and beautifulactress Prachi Desai presented thestunning jewellery. Sachin Jain, President, ForevermarkIndia, who was present at the launchwhile introducing Forevermark said,“It gives us immense pleasure toassociate with Manek Gem ArtInternational- one of the reputedjewellers of the country who providecustomers with a complete jewelleryarcade. Their sophisticated andstunning craftsmanship offers abeautiful balance betweentechnology, design and authenticityto their customers, just likeForevermark’s promise to providerare, beautiful diamonds to our valuedcustomers without having to worryabout the quality, and integrity.”

Speaking about the association withForevermark, R R Manek, Owner,Manek Gem Art International said,“We at Manek Gem have beenspreading the essence of Loyalty and

“ Prachi Desai adorns splendid diamond jewellery”

trust for more than four decades inthe industry and are delighted to haveassociated with Forevermark, whoare the diamond experts with 127years of De Beers heritage. We sharemutual passion for diamondsand bring the best in jewellery thatconnects with the modern Indianwoman.”Less than one percent of the world’sdiamonds are eligible to beForevermark diamonds, makingthem truly rare. The collection carriesforward the Forevermark promise ofbeing beautiful, rare and responsiblysourced. The inscription at the heartof every Forevermark diamond,featuring the Forevermark icon anda unique identification number isproof of this promise. The guestspresent on this occasion werecaptivated with the new collection ofexquisite diamond jewellery ondisplay, combining the superiorquality and unique designs. Theevening saw, some of these stunningpieces that were displayed at the store.Keeping the uniqueness of theconsumer in mind, Forevermark hasdesigned an array of eminentlywearable rings, necklaces, nose pins,pendants and earrings, available atManek Gem. Forevermark, thediamond brand from the DeBeersGroup of Companies, carries forwardthe Forevermark promise of beingbeautiful, rare and responsiblysourced. The inscription at the heartof every Forevermark diamond,featuring the Forevermark icon anda unique identification number isproof of this promise.

Japan’s Vice Minister for International Affairs of MLIT (Ministry Of Land,Infrastructure & Transport, Tourism) Toshiya Morishige and MaharashtraChief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in bullet train during his recent visit toJapan. Minister briefed Fadnavis about bullet train on their travel to Tokyo& took him to driver’s cabin to explain the operations.

The teachers were felicitated by Leva Patidar Samaj at a recent functionin Mumbai. Janardan Jangle, President of the Teachers’ Forum is seen beingfelicitated in the function.

The Teachers’s day was celebrated in Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Mulund Vidya Mandir with a variety of culturalprograms. The function began with garlanding of Dr. Radhakrishnan’s potrait. The students of 8 th, 9th and 10 thclass welcomed the guests with lezim. The girl students of 8 th and 9 th class performed various games including “Phugadi” in traditional attire. On the occasion the school announced to collect fund for drought relief. The paststudents..Dayanand Mokal, Shashank Mhatre and former Corporator Ghanshyam Kanse presented gifts to the teachers.The program concluded with recitation of “ Pasaydan” by Principal Awale, Deputy Principal Pushpa Sule, InvigilatorAlka Pawar and other teaching and non-teaching staff.

Ms. Zofia Szalczyk, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Urban Development, Government of Polandpresenting memento to Vijay Kalantri, Vice Chairman, World Trade Centre Mumbai and President, All India Associationof Industries during an interactive meeting with high level ministerial delegation from Poland in Mumbai. Leading adelegation to promote Polish agro and allied companies, Ms. Zofia Szalczyk, urged Indian exporters to bring teas,basmati rice, mangoes and spices to Poland and also urged the Indian companies to raise their benchmark of achievingthe European Union standards. Others in Pic (L-R) Y. R. Warerkar, Executive Director, WTC, Tomasz £ukaszuk,Ambassador, Embassy of Poland to India, Leszek Brenda, Consul General, Consulate General of Poland in Mumbai.

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A two member enquiry commissionheaded by Justice J A Patil to probeinto the lapses committed in theinfamous Adarsh scam hadrecommended action against 12senior bureaucrats for violation ofservice rules and dubious role ingranting various permissions for theAdarsh society in its reportsubmitted to the govt. The govt toohad assured the Legislature oftaking due action against the saidofficers almost 21 months ago. Butwhen RTI activist Anil Galgalisought to find out the details of theaction taken on the officers, was infor a shock when his queries werestone walled by the ruling BJPgovernment,leaving a suspensionwhether any action was taken at allagainst the offenders.Galgali had filed an RTI queryseeking information about actiontaken against the 12 IAS officersindicted by the Justice Patilcommission. The Under Secretaryin the GAD dept S H Umranikar ina reply refused to provideinformation citing section 8(1)(t) ofthe Right to Information Act 2005stating that the information soughtis of a personal nature concerningthe officers mentioned. It furthercited the order of the SupremeCourt of 3 rd October 2012 in theGirish Deshpande v/s Informationcommission case, to denyinformation to Galgali.Galgali filed an 1 st appeal, beforeDy Secretary P J Jadhav which wasalso upheld the decision of the PIOof the GAD to deny information.In the hearing held Galgali arguedthat the order of the Hon’bleSupreme Court pertains to aparticular case and is not a policyframing order with far reachingimplications applicable all over thecountry. Also all the cases are notsimilar to Girish Deshpande casethat it deserves blanket comparisonto all cases. Also the activities ofany Govt officers in the officialcapacity and activities for dischargeof his duties towards his position isan official activity and part of theGovt functioning and cannot beclassified as his personal activityargued Galgali.A 2 member inquiry commissionheaded by Justice Patil wasconstituted on 08/01/2011 to probeinto the irregularities in the varioussanctions to Adarsh cooperativehousing society project. Thecommission submitted it’s report tothe govt on 13/04/2012. The govtfirst tabled the report on thelegislative session on 17/04/2013and then on 20/12/2013. The itemno 10 of the report indicted 12 Govtofficers for violating the ServiceConduct Rules. The govt also in its

Action Taken report tabled in theLegislature along with thecommission report assured actionon the 12 indicted officers underprovisions of the All India service(conduct) rules and the MaharashtraPublic service (conduct) rulesby a competent officer.It was the responsibility of the Govtto take action against the indictedofficers and make the action takenpublic, but almost 21 months haslapsed since the assurance on thefloor of the Legislature and noactions seems to have been takenshows that the government of theday has taken a decision contraryto the assurance of the Govt of theday portraying a U Turn by the govtheaded by BJP, said Galgali. TheBJP which cashed in, on thepolitical mileage of the Adarshscam, which catapulted the party togain power seems to have had rolereversal and it seems is protectingthe scam tainted 12 Govt officersalleged Anil Galgali. Galgali in aletter addressed to ‘Transparent’CM Devendra Fadnavis and chiefSecretary Swadheen Kshatriya hasappealed that the sanctity of theLegislature be upheld and the actionpromised on the floor of theLegislature house be implementedand the public at large be informedof the action taken against theindicted officers immediately.Steel Quality Control Order

“Tainted “Adarsh” of ficers being protected”

The BJP MLA and Minister ofState Vidya Thakur fr omGoregon, in a letter to MunicipalCommissioner Ajoy Mehta hasdemanded that a flyoverconnecting Goregon East andWest (Ram Mandir road) benamed after Savitribai JyotibaPhule, a pioneer of women’seducation. Savitribai struggledrelentlessly for over 50 years toensure that women get education.She also took lead in setting upover 18 schools for girl studentsin Maharashtra.

Flyover in the name of Savitribai Phule

The Bharat Citizens’ Action Forum (BCAF) has launched a campaign “Pani Bachao, Mumbai Bachao” with initiativeof model and actress Arshi Khan. The campaign is supported by the website INDIANEWSNETWORK.IN. InMumbai this year the stock of water is about 934638 million litres which may last for about 250 days. This is worryingsituation. Camaal Mustafa Sikander, Mumbai’s sign-age, branding and web consultant and fashion photographer hasconsented to provide interesting and innovative poster designs and graphics for this campaign..

“Arpan” is the one of the largest NGO in India, working to address the issue of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA)in thisspecific area with over 50 social workers and counsellors providing prevention and intervention services to childrenand adults. Based in Mumbai , Arpan has been conducting long-term psychotherapy for the last 5 years for more than65 rescued minor girls living in Advait Foundation, a rehabilitation home. These children are largely from families thatare vulnerable due to poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse etc. and have come from various parts of the country as well asneighbouring countries. The psychological problems faced by these children includes post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), dissociative symptom, depression, absence of emotional reactions, anxiety disorder, self-blame, helplessnessand meaninglessness, nightmares, boundary issues, anger and rage control problems, suicidal and self-harm thoughtsand attempts, inability to sustain adequate self-care and sleeping problems. Through sustained individual therapy andgroup sessions, girls have made remarkable journeys towards healing and self-actualization and have endorsed theThis book, ‘Rescue and Remedy: A Process Documentation of Psychotherapy with Children in Institutions’ is anoutcome of documenting the process of this change and aims towards providing a model of psychotherapeuticintervention for working with children who have survived trauma. The well-documented book having more than 160pages is available in an e-book format on the Arpan website.

Process Documentation of Psychotherapy

According to the survey ofInternational Society ofAesthetic Plastic Surgery(ISAPS), the international societyfor aesthetic plastic surgery withmore than 2,700 board-certifiedaesthetic plastic surgeon membersin 95 countries. a total of 20 millionplastic surgeries were performed allover the world in 2014. The surveyhighlights top 8 countries wheremaximum number of surgeries wasperformed. But, India does notfeature on the list of top eightcountries. Interestingly, the samebody, in the 2010 survey found thatIndia stood 4th in the world formaximum number of plasticsurgeries. Over 20 millioncosmetic surgical and nonsurgicalprocedures were performedworldwide in 2014, according tostatistics released by ISAPS.

Aesthetic Plastic Surgeries

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Party in a recent press conference announced that it would contest all seats in the ensuingBMC elections. National President Dashrathbhai Parekh, National VP Kalpesh Parekh, Maharashtra President BharatRathod, Advisor Advocate Shashikant Dubey and Dilip Patel were present in the press conference.

Huzefa Ismail Electricwala,began his political career as aGeneral secretary of NCP’s southMumbai minority cell in June1999. He served from 1999 till2002 . He continued in thatposition till 2013. He wasappointed President of the NCPYouth wing (South Mumbai) in2015. He had unsuccessfullycontested assembly election in2014 from Mumbadeviconstituency as well.As a President of the Muslim YuvaManch he has been raising variouspublic interest issues. He has raisedthe issue of over charging by BESTand the loss by BEST’s transportwing many times. He had alsoorganised candle march againstterrorism and has also condemnedGovernment’s alleged efforts topaint Muslims as terrorists.

“In public service”

The Metal ContainersManufacturers Association(MCMA) has urged theGovernment to review the recentDraft Steel Quality Control orderissued by the Ministry of Steel dated29th April, 2015. The Steel andSteel Products (Quality Control)Order enforces mandatoryregistration with Bureau of IndianStandards (BIS) and prohibits themanufacture, import, storage, saleand distribution of 16 steel productsby trade and industry without suchregistration.

The Platinum Shakti 2015 awards instituted by the Platinum Group of Colleges were given away to 51 women, whohad to struggle through their life across Udaipur at the hands of Mrs. India 2015 Priyanka Khurana Goyal. On theoccasion Praveen Ratlia, the founder of Platinum Group of Colleges & Platinum University delivered a speech andcongratulated all the winners.

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Complaint to MC against redevelopment project

Some of the members of the ShreeGurukrupa Nagar Co-operativeHousing Society Limited located atNahur village in North East Mumbai,in letter to Municipal Commissionerhave alleged malpractices inredevelopment work entrusted to abuilder by the managing committeeof the society.The letter dated 31 st August 2015,signed by the members...AmishaGandhi, Pritesh Gosar,Pandharinath Rajeshirke,Chandrakant Shah jointly withLeena Shah, Gunvanti Gala,Hemraj Shah and Anwar Ilyasstates that their society’s Secretaryand other managing committeemembers abused their power toconfer the society’s developmentrights on a business entity called“Concrete Siresukan Realty LLP”which did not even bid in thesociety’s tender and nor itsdesignated partners participated inthe tender/bidding process. Theproject is valued at Rs 89 crore bythe Registrar of stamp duty.The 3 storey building constructed in1982 is in a dilapidated condition andat present accommodates 72 flatowners. A structural audit of thebuilding was carried out a fewmonths back.The complainant have alleged thatinitially the managing committeebestowed upon development rightsBharat Talesara (Jain) whosubsequently became a nominalpartner in M/s. Concrete SiresukanRealty LLP with 9 percent share.

Although Jain was a partner of “SireSukan Realty” (Group of SiresukanCompanies), the society awarded theredevelopment contract to ‘ConcreteSiresukan Realty LLP’. ‘Sire SukanRealty’ and ‘Concrete SiresukanRealty LLP’ are two separate legalentities, having similar names. All thecontractual documents that havebeen created do not mention aboutPAN numbers, CIN numbers,registered address etc, they added.Although “RedevelopmentDirectives” issued by theMaharashtra Government on 3rdJanuary 2009, forbid such transferof redevelopment projects, the paper-trail confirmed that the rights weretransferred by Jain to Anuj Desai andNilesh Dalal, the partners of“Concrete Siresukan Realty LLP”,the complainant alleged.When contacted Sanjay Jadhav,Secretary of the society told thispaper that “ 90 per cent of themembers have agreed for theredevelopment. The finalities wereworked out in a meeting held on 15June 2014 and agreements wereinked on 22 January 2015. Even themain complainant Amisha Gandhiinitially had agreed to the terms ofredevelopment. Subsequently sheturned hostile for the reasons bestknown to her. We have video-recorded each and every meeting andwe have nothing to hide” he added.Nilesh Dalal, Partner of the“Concrete Siresukan Realty LLP”told this paper that “Jain is mypartner and he had made presentation

Women empowerment

Maharashtra Chief Secretarry Swadhin Kshatriya lighting a traditional lampto inaugurate the national workshop highlighting gender equality and womenempowerment organised by Bombay Teachers’ Training College in Mumbai.Shaina NC and Principal Dr Mintu Sinha look on.

A picture for representational purpose only

about the redevelopment projectalong with others. I will be spendingover Rs 20 crore towards corpus fundand rent alone for this project.Ihaven’t sold development rights toanyone and we will be constructingnearly 135 well- furnished flats whichwill benefit the existing members. Amajority of the members have agreedfor the redevelopment. ProbablyAmisha Gandhi wanted to sell off herflat for higher price. Since it didn’twork she began tarnishing our name.We have recordings of each andevery meetings and nothing to hide”. However Amisha Gandhimaintained that “Although small innumber, we are not going to back outand would continue to oppose theredevelopment, because “ConcreteSiresukan Realty LLP was a non-existent entity at the time of transferof development rights.Besides,neither the LLP nor itsdesignated partners, had givenwritten proposal to the society beforetheir unilateral selection on 27 May2014,by the managing committeewithout any reference to the generalbody. Even the employees of theBuilding Proposal DepartmentEastern Suburbs and statecooperation department, colluded inthe deal, she alleged.In the meanwhile, the complainantshave sought a meeting with themunicipal commissioner so that theycan explain their case withdocumentary evidence of allegedfinancial irregularities.

Mobike Health Ambulance: An MOU was signed between Maharashtra Government and Healthcare, UK to providehealth services,including emergency medicare, in the state. The MOU was signed between UK’s Commerce andInvestment Minister Lord Francis Mod and Maharashtra Health Minister Deepak Sawant. Initially the state proposesto start a mobike health ambulance service at 10 places in Mumbai on an experimental basis. Gradually this servicewill be extended to other parts of the state. The attempts will be made to give relief within “platinum ten minutes”to save the life of the accident victims. Jane Gredi, Kumar Ayyar, Sujata Saunik and other officials were presentduring the signing ceremony.

The Maharashtra State RoadTransport Cirporation (MRTC)has recorded a decline of 11.32million passengers this year anddue a sharp reduction incommuters, it has suffered a lossof over Rs.1934 crore. This was revealed by informationprovided to RTI Activist AnilGalgali by the MSRTC. Inresponse to RTI query, MSRTC’sDGM S. D Mainhalikar informedGalgali that in 2013-14256,60,65,000 passengerstravelled by ST buses. But in 2014-15 the number of passengers wentdown up to 245,60,33,000. Assuch compared to previous yearthere had been a decline of11,32,00,000 passengers. Incomeof ST was Rs 25.94/- perKilometre in 2013-14 as againstof expense Rs.35.22/- perKilometre.. In 2014-15 expenseper kilometre was Rs 36.85/- andthe income stood at Rs 27.57/- per

KM. ST recorded a total run of208,48,55,000 KM in 2014-15 ascompared to 204,65,74,000 in thewhole state in the year 2013-14.In 2014-15 total expenses stood atRs 7682,88,83,000/- against theincome of Rs 5748,11,02,000/- . Therecent accumulated loss was Rs1934,77,81,000/-. In 2013-14, theaccumulated loss was Rs1899,02,65,000/- .The income wasRs 5308,53,85,000/-and theexpenses were Rs 7207,56,50,000/-. Compared to previous year, theaccumulated loss increased by Rs35,75,16,000/- .Galgali says that to reduce theaccumulated loss, Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis should initiateconcrete measures such as reductionin passenger tax, on the lines ofKarnataka and Gujarat. BesidesMSRTC should reduce its mountingexpenses. Besides responsibility ofstrict monitoring should be fixed onofficers.

ST suffers loss

Awards to Shantivan/ Kurukshetra varsity

The “Shantiwan” of Beed was given“Shramaseva Award” and Directorateof Distance Education of KurushketraUniversity was given “DnyanadeepAward” at the hands of Assam andNagaland Governor P B Acharya, ata function organised by theYashwantrao Chavan MaharashtraOpen University. The Vice- Chanellor,Prof (Dr) Manikrao Salunkhe,presided over the function.The Directorate of DistanceEducation of Kurushketra Universitywas given the “Dnyanadeep Award”for its contribution in the field ofdistance education and “Shantiwan”of Beed was given the “ShramsevaAward” for its contribution to the upliftof the women from weaker sectionsin the society. Both the awardscomprised Rs 21000, citation andmemento.The “Shantiwan” was set up at Arviin Beed 14 years ago by Kaveri

Assam and Nagaland Governor P B Acharya. (file photo)

Nagargoje, inspired by the work ofgreat social worker Baba Amte.Shantiwan has been supporting theupliftment of the devadasis, womenfrom tamashaa, call girls, widows,disserted women, handicappedwomen and the education of theirchildren. They carry their workthrough “Saraswati SadhanaVidyamandir”, “Vidnyan Bhavan”and “Nari Niketan”. These effortshave changed many lives.The Directorate of DistanceEducation (DDE), KurukshetraUniversity has created an opportunityof variety of skill-based programs forthe unreached sections of the society.Through the use of informationcommunication technology the DDEhas developed programs right fromcertificate to post- graduation level.

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Asim Warsi, Vice President Marketing & IT, Samsung India Electronics andManu Sharma, Director, Product Marketing, Samsung India Electronicsunveiling the Samsung Galaxy Note5 recently in New Delhi.

Samsung Electronics recentlyannounced the launch of itsflagship Galaxy Note5 in India, thenext big thing in mobility. Thedevice represents Samsung’scommitment to the big screensmartphone market, whichSamsung boldly pioneered in 2011with the original Galaxy Note.

With an all-new design, the GalaxyNote5 provides an unmatched setof productivity tools with itssignature S-Pen helping you getmore done efficiently. It is a perfect

Samsung brings new Galaxy Note5”

blend of form and function withindustry leading features, includingthe best screen technology, the mostadvanced camera for high qualityphotos and videos, the fastest wirelessand wired charging, and an incrediblypowerful processor. With increased4GB RAM, the smartphone offersthe most powerful capacity andprocessing power in the market,enabling users to enjoy moreseamless multi-tasking, keep up withmessages, post updates to socialnetworks faster, and enjoy

graphic-heavy games withoutsuffering lag time. Samsung India Vice President,Marketing, IT & Mobile, Mr. AsimWarsi, said, “The Galaxy Note hasbeen an iconic device in the world ofmobility. The Galaxy Note usheredin the large screen revolution andcreated an industry benchmark. TheNote series has been a testimony toour commitment to keep innovatingand giving our consumers what theyneed. In the beautifully craftedGalaxy Note5, we have pushed theS-Pen based productivity to the nextlevel.” Make in India, Make for India &Make for the world The SamsungGalaxy Note5 is equipped withmultiple features designed andimplemented by the R&D team inIndia. Ranging from the multimediacapabilities of the Galaxy Note5 tosome of the browser functions, theIndian R&D team has played a keyrole in the overall development ofthe device.The revered camera mode of theGalaxy device has been enhanced bythe Live Video Broadcast capabilitiesof the device. Apart from this, featuresincluding Video Collage and VideoHighlight have been designed andimplemented by the R&D team inIndia including the Business profilefeatures which help entrepreneurs inpromoting their business.

“Annapurna Central kitchen “set up by Government of Maharashtra, Tata Trust and Akshyapatra Foundation inGovernment residential English medium Ashram school located at Mundhegaon in Igatpuri taluka of Nashik district,was inaugurated by Maharashtra Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao. Tribal Development Minister Vishnu Savra, GuardianMinister Girish Mahajan, ZP Chairperson Vijayshri Chumbhale,MP Harishchandra Chavan, MLA Nirmala Gavit,TribalWelfare Secretary Rajgopal Deora, Divisional Commissioner Eknath Dawle, Tribal Development CommissionerSonali Ponkshe-Waingankar, Venkatraman(Tata Trust) and R Madan (Akshyapatra Foundation) were present.

An Indian websiteIndyaWire.com recently released“some evidence” of Pakistanicricketer Shahid Afridi ‘s affair andlinks with Bollywood actress ArshiKhan. IndyaWire.com releasedsome print-screen images of analleged internet chat between ShahidAfridi and Arshi Khan alleging thatthe Shahid Afridi mentioned in thechat is none other than Pakistanicricketer Shahid Afridi. The websitealleged that they had conducted asting operation and have “lots moreevidence to prove their claim.” Arshi Khan was not available forcomment.Speaking to the website ManishPandey, the Executive Editor of thewebsite alleged that Arshi Khan spentan entire day with Shahid Afridi in aDubai 7-star hotel and were in arelationship for almost six months.While, the Pakistani media made thestory into an India-Pakistan mud-slinging matter, alleging that Indianwebsites always try to defamePakistani cricketers, Manish Pandeysaid that did have photographs ofArshi Khan holidaying in a Dubaihotel with Shahid Afridi. However,Pandey did not showIndiaNewsNetwork..IN any of thephotographs, but said that he willreveal the photographs when the timecomes.”We had conducted a stingoperation and have print screenimages of mobile phone chats,Facebook chats and even some voicerecordings as well as video footage,”Pandey told IndiaNewsNetwork,theydo not want to make the same publicright now. According to a report, a top sourcein Dubai suggested that Pakistanicricketer Shahid Afridi spent a secret,passionate holiday in Dubai withMumbai model Arshi Khan. Theyeven stayed together for two days ata 7-star hotel in Dubai, says oursource. The source told us that ArshiKhan ,originally from Bhopal, butnow who has made Mumbai herhome and Afridi might have a longdistance relationship,with therendezvous location being Dubai.Arshi Khan regularly visits Dubaievery 2-3 months a source sid.

“Arshi Khan’s affair with Shahid Afridi”

Indian model and actress Arshi Khan and Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi.

Huzaifa Electricwala, AslamQureshi, Imran afzal, Kashif shah,Abdul Rasheed, Azmat Ansari andothers have filed a writ petition(2566/15) in the Bombay HighCourt challenging a ban imposedby Maharashtra Governmentagainst the sale of beef a few monthsback. The petition is slated to comeup for hearing shortly.The petitioners have pointed outthat as per clause 28 of the IndianConstitution, which deals with thetopic of cruelty to animals, everyreligion has right to sacrificeanimals as per its custom and anyanimal, except national animals,could be slaughtered.Many previous High Court andSupreme Court judgments are clearon this and no one could bedeprived of a right of freedom topractise his/her religion.The petitioners decided to file thepetition, instead of begging for ownrights before ministers, afterdetailed discussion with NCP MLAJitendra Awhad. They have stronglycondemned the ban on beef and arelooking forward to get Justice fromthe court.

Beef ban challenged

Gangster Bharat Kalicharan akaAkku Yadav was killed by 200women in Nagpur district court in2004, which attracted worldwideattention. It is said that he killed adozen of people and managed to getacquittal from court. He was a terrorin the Kasturba Nagar locality as heused to barge in any house and rapethe women and girls with impunityfor a decade. The women took 15minutes to hack to death thegangster. Chilli powder was thrownin his face and stones hurled. Oneof his alleged victims hacked off hispenis with a vegetable knife. 70 stabwounds were found on his body.Yadav was killed not in the darkalleys of the slum, but on the shinywhite marble floor of Nagpur districtcourt. Producer Sucheta Jachak isnow making a movie, ‘Nagpur

Pramod Rao Shirbhate Director/Writer

Gangster’ based on the gangsterunder the banner of Green ChillyMovie International. To be made inHindi, Marathi & Telgu, the shootingbegan in Hyderabad. Pramod RaoShirbhate is the director and writerof the movie. “This is an action,thriller, musical movie with lots ofmasala. This will serve as a lesson tothe people. When common womangets angry, then she brings down eventhe big wigs. People will think beforethey harass a woman,” says DirectorPramod Rao Shirbhate.

Tayade’s gift to Khadse

‘Nagpur Gangster’

The insurance policies weredistributed to over 5000 workersattached to Kele Sanghatana (anassociation of workers working inbanana plantations) at the hands ofAgriculture Minister EknathKhadse, on account of his birthday,at a function organised at Hartale inMuktainagar taluka of Jalgondistrict. Energy MinisterChandrashekhar Bavankule, SocialWelfare Minister Dilip Kamble, MPRaksha Khadse, Raver MLAHaribhai Javle, former Minister andMLA Sanjay Savkare and otherswere present on the occasion.Republican Kele KamgarSanghatana President and RPIMumbai president Ishwar Tayadetook initiative for organising thisfunction.

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The Last Witch Hunter

Mrs. India 2015 Priyanka KhuranaGoyal is now the brand promoter forthe campaign launched bySmallvoice to create awarenessamongst young individuals andcorporate about the ways they cancontribute to the social sector. As a company, Smallvoice at themoment are focussing on sellingproducts made by social sector andinviting volunteers for the charityevents to be held by the organisation.Smallvoice is currently promotinggodhadis (handmade blankets) andyoga bags made by underprivilegedartists and female groups from acrossthe country. This sale will be launchedon Smallvoice’s websitewww.smallvoice.co.in.For This campaign Mrs. India 2015Priyanka Khurana Goyal did a photoshoot with an ace photographer VikasKhurana in order to create awarenessabout the initiatives undertaken bySmallvoiceWith the launch of this campaignSmallvoice founders Hemali andShraddha invites all the Indiancorporates to step ahead and supportthis noble initiative of empoweringIndia. Small voice is also very excitedto have Priyanka support theirinitiative and extend time andcommitment towards it. They arelooking forward to Priyanka’scontinued support to be able to reachout to more and more people and

Priyanka Khurana supports Small voice

Mrs. India 2015 Priyanka Khurana Goyal with small voices.

Suyash Jadhav, a 29 year old handicapped swimmer from Maharashtra has been selected for a world competition ofdisabled swimmers to be held in Russia. Suyash who has lost both of this hands has made all preparations to excel inthe competition. NCP MP Supriya Sule is seen felicitating him on the eve of the competition.

In a move underscoring its growingpresence in India and throughout theinternational distribution arena, ZeeEntertainment Enterprises Ltd.’s(ZEEL) content studio, Essel VisionProductions Ltd., has released a firstlook at action superstarVin Diesel’ssupernatural action thriller The LastWitch Hunter to moviegoers inIndia, the company announcedtoday. Essel secured the rights tomarket and distribute the film frompremier next generation globalcontent leader Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) and is releasing it in theatresacross India on Thursday October22, 2015. The Last WitchHunter features an ensemble cast ledby global action icon Diesel,Academy Award-winning MichaelCaine and Rose Leslie.Essel’s distribution partnership withLionsgate on The Last WitchHunter is another milestone in theIndian content studio’s goal ofbecoming the premier producer anddistributor in the territory. The firstof numerous anticipated Hollywoodblockbuster acquisitions, The LastWitch Hunter is distinguished bynon-stop action, world-classproduction values, heart-stoppingexcitement and breath-taking specialeffects. The film tells the story ofKaulder, The Last Witch Hunter(played by Diesel), who is all thatstands between humanity and thecombined forces of the mostterrifying witches in history.

Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar at a camp organised by Goregon MLA andMinister of State Vidya Thakur in Malad. BJP State VP Jaiprakash Thakur,Vidya Thakur and others are seen in the picture.

Pipal tree plantation

Mrs. India 2015 Priyanka KhuranaGoyal joined 1008 Pipal treeplantation drive organised jointly bythe Platinum Group of College andGlobal Sharing Foundation inUdaipur in Rajasthan.The 1008 pipal tree plantation drivewas started at the premises of StatePrimary School, Gaurela. ThePresident of the school YashwantKumar Sharma was present alongwith other dignitaries on the occasion.He performed religious rituals on allthe sapling and prayed to mothernature for greener tomorrow inpresence of all the students.Mrs India 2015 Priyanka KhuranaGoyal planted the first sapling startingthe plantation drive followed byfurther plantations by Director ofPlatinum Group of College Pravin

Priyanka Khurana Goyal is seen with volunteers during “1008 Pipal tree plantation drive” in Udaipur.

Ratliya and Global SharingFoundation’s Director HukkumSingh Gahlot. Platinum University focuses on skillsincreasingly links higher educationwith employment. The attention ofUniversity is moving away fromraising literacy levels and increasingaccess to higher education, towardsskills required by the workforce topromote economic growth.University main focus is growingawareness of the need to linkeducation to employment.“Moving forward, they will beworking with individual students onhow they can improve skills, it is notjust about a better match of skills andjobs but what kind of economicenvironment is needed to achieve amore high-skilled equilibrium.”

spread awareness about the sectorand the initiative. Priyanka wouldalso work on synergizing thisrelationship at the Mrs. Earthpageant as the moto is same for bothwhich is – environmentconservation with humanempowerment. Smallvoice is a platform to connectIndians, including individuals andCorporates to the socialdevelopment sector. Theorganisations focus is to provide aplatform through whichcommunication between thecitizens and social sector becomeseasier, effective and moreimpactful.Priyanka won the Mrs. India Queenof Substance pageant in February2015. She is the first investmentbanker to win this pageant. Toempower women, Priyankadecided to encourage marriedwomen in India. To do this she tookpart in the “Mrs. India, Queen ofSubstance” pageant organized bythe Handicapped Children andWomen’s Aid (HWCA). After 7rounds of qualification, she beat 24contestants and was crowned “Mrs.India, Queen of Substance”. Shehas been engaged in other initiativeswhich would help her represent thetruest identity of India at the Mrs.Earth, Queen of Substance title inJamaica this October.