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Ruby Dhalla will NOTbe running in the next

Federal Elections

India's Mars Mission Success celebrated in Canada

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NEW HOPE SENIOR CITIZENS OF BRAMPTON WELCOMES NEWOFFICIAL AT CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDIA IN TORONTO

Canada moves forward to fight against ISIL

Ruby Sahota launchesnomination campaign torun for Liberal Party

Brampton - (Midweek Newsroom ) Therehas been lot of speculation about the po-litical decision of Former MP fromBrampton Springdale Ruby Dhalla. Theriding is now changed to Brampton Northand there are other candidates who haveannounced their intention to becomethe Federal Liberal candidate.As Ruby also the said that her newsabout the announcement kept therumour mills whirling. There was dis-cussion in the community that Rubywill be announcing her bid for LiberalNomination from Brampton. To clear the air on Sunday afternoon Ruby Dhallamade an announcement at Pearson Convention center. Ruby said " It is with aheavy filled heart that I tell you as my friends and supporters I will not be runningin the next federal election. Having worked in the grassroots and trenches sincemy days in Winnipeg I have dedicated much of my childhood and youth to workingfor our great party, the Liberal Party of Canada. Thank you for the support. I will stillcontinue to serve the community as a volunteer". Midweek news has learnt thatRuby is not leaving politics it's just that she will not be running in the next FederalElections. Ruby Dhalla was elected as MP in 2004 and got re-elected twiceand lost to Parm Gill from Conservative Party in 2011.

Brampton - (Midweek Newsroom ) RubySahota launched her nomination cam-paign to run for Federal Liberal Candi-date from Brampton-North. The announce-ment was made at a Brampton Banquet hall inthe presence of hundreds of suppor ters fromthe community.Ruby's father Harbans Singh Jandaliwho has been actively involved withthe community was welcoming theGuests.

FIRST THREE QUARTERS SHOWHOMES SALES WERE UP BY 6.9

PER CENT ANNUALLYTORONTO - Toronto Real Estate Board President Paul Etheringtonannounced that there were 8,051 transactions repor ted throughthe TorontoMLS system in September 2014. This result repre-sented a 10.9 per cent increase compared to September 2013.On a year-to-date basis through the first three quar ters of theyear, sales were up by 6.9 per cent annually to 73,465."Despite a persistent shor tage of listings in some market seg-ments, we have experienced strong growth in sales though thefirst nine months of 2014. This is evidence that GTA householdsremain upbeat about purchasing a home. The majority of homebuyers purchase a home using a mor tgage. The share of theaverage household's income dedicated to their mor tgage pay-ment remains affordable, which is why buyer interest has re-mained solid," said Mr. Etherington.The average selling price for September 2014 transactions was$573,676 - up by 7.7 per cent compared to the same period in2013. Average year-over-year price growth was strongest in theCity of Toronto, both for low-rise home types like detached andsemi-detached houses and for condominium apartments. The averageselling price year-to-date was $563,813 - up 8.5 per cent compared to the firstnine months of 2013."If the current pace of sales growth remains in place, we could be flirting witha new record for residential sales reported by TREB Members this year. Onthe pricing front, the multitude of willing buyers in the marketplace coupledwith the short supply of listings will continue to translate into very strongannual rates of price growth in the four th quar ter," said JasonMercer, TREB's Director of Market Analysis.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivered the following remarks on Canada'scontribution, in coordination with our allies, to the fight against the IslamicState of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL):"Mr. Speaker, in recent months, the international community has reacted,with virtually unanimous outrage and alarm at the rise of ISIL, the so-called'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.'"ISIL has established a self-proclaimed Caliphate, at present stretching overa vast territory roughly from Aleppo to near Baghdad, from which it intends tolaunch a terrorist jihad not merely against the region but on a global basis."Indeed it has specifically targeted Canada and Canadians, urging supportersto attack, quote, 'disbelieving Canadians in any manner', vowing that weshould not feel secure even in our homes."It would be convenient to dismiss such statements as the mere rambling oflunatics were it not for the fact that ISIL's deeds have been fully in line with itswords."More shockingly, ISIL's words are matched by its actions."In the territory ISIL has occupied it has conducted a campaign of unspeak-able atrocities against the most innocent of people."It has tortured and beheaded children, it has raped and sold women into

slavery, it has slaughtered minorities, captured prisoners and innocent civil-ians whose only crime is being or thinking differently from ISIL."Indeed by late last summer, ISIL stood on the brink of committing large-scale genocide in Northern Iraq."It was at that moment that Canada's allies in the international community, ledby President Obama, decided to intervene."Canadians have joined in this response."On September 5th, I announced that members of the Canadian Army, in anon-combat role, would advise and assist security forces in Iraq battling theterrorists."We had already begun, through the Royal Canadian Air Force, moving weap-ons and supplies donated by our allies to security forces in Northern Iraq."And we indicated that Canada was prepared to do more."Today we are bringing forward a motion asking this House to confirm itsconfidence for a government decision to join our allies and partners - theUnited States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark, the Nether-lands, Belgium, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates andlikely others - in launching air strikes against ISIL.

BY SHAZIA MALIK

Brampton - New Hope Senior Citizensof Brampton once again organized avery colourful felicitation and awardevent at The Gore Meadows Commu-nity Centre and Library. The event washeld to welcome Rajesh KumarRaina, new Consul, Head of Chan-cery at the Consulate General ofIndia in Toronto.The event was attended by thelikes of Arpan Khanna, RegionalAdviser to Jason Kenny, Ministerof Employment and Social Develop-ment and Multiculturalism; Jess Trinh,Senior Adviser in the office of JasonKenny for the Chinese community;

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New Hope Senior Citizens of Brampton welcomesnew official at Consulate General of India in Toronto

CONTD. FROM PAGE 1Lalit Thakkar, Volunteer CommunityServices; Rakesh Joshi from Joshi LawFirm; Yudvir Jaswal, Editor-in-Chief andCEO of Y Media (Midweek newspaperand Southasian Pulse) and RanvirSharda, a well known homeopathicdoctor and media personality. A largenumber of community members alsoattended the program that was adornedwith awards, cultural dances and folksongs. The Gurjrati female membersof the club performed on Garba whilemembers Sunita Vermani and Dr GuruDutt Vaid sang the latest Hindi moviesongs along with others. The club thatcomprises 60% ladies and 40% menfrom various ethnic backgrounds alsorejoiced birthdays and wedding anni-versaries of a few members that wasfollowed by a cake cutting ceremony.Welcoming the new official ShambhuDutt Sharma, President of the club, said:"We welcome Mr Rajesh Kumar Rainato Toronto and wish you all the successin your endeavors. We hope the com-munity would be able to forge the samerelationship with you as your forebear.You (Raina) dear sir have been awardedthis wonderful job by the Indian govern-ment due to your emotional intelligence

to analyze things by using both yourheart and head passionately. The com-munity can do wonders with your co-operation and under your wise guid-ance."Rajesh Kumar Raina thanked the clubfor their support and vowed to work forthe welfare of the community. Speak-ing on the occasion he said: "I am ex-tremely honored by warm welcomeextended to me. The club has initiatedworthwhile programs for seniors thatare worthy of praise. I feel myself fortu-nate to be among this highly experiencedand enlightened group and am sure atthe end of my term will gain immensely.Please feel free to call me in case yourequire any assistance and keep send-ing me your valuable feedback." Thespeeches were followed by the awardceremony. Awards were conferredupon Rajesh Kumar Raina. His awardwas sponsored by Kuldeep Gupta ofGulta Associates; Arpan Khanna spon-sored by Satish Thakkar CGA, Ex-Presi-dent Indo Canadian Chamber of Com-merce; Lalit Thakkar, Volunteer Com-munity Services, sponsored by GurdevSingh Mann, President of North YorkSikh Temple; and Rakesh Joshi spon-sored by Ghansham V. Bania, Owner of

Bright Search Job Agency. The awardof Kamaljit Kamal who was not presentat the occasion, was sponsored by ex-ecutive member Kashmiri Lal SwanPrinting Press; and Jess Trinh. Plaqueswere also given to Satwant Singh BopaRai, a businessman and philanthropistand Ajit Singh Rakhra, President Se-niors Council. Other prominent mem-bers who attended the program wereDinesh Parma, Vice-President of theclub, accountant Sudhir K. Handa,President of National Council of Indo-Canada and Harbhagwan Makkar, ex-ecutive member who also provided ca-tering services. Before the conclusionof the event, Shambhu Dutt Sharmathanked members of the executive com-mittee who have been the heart andsoul of the club and assisting to or-ganize such successful events. Theexecutive committee memberspresent on the occasion were K.K.Salwan - Treasurer, BhagwantPandaya, Ram Mur ti Joshi, RamParkash, Dr Om Satija, RachhpalSharma, and Subhash Sharma. Theaffair ended at a happy note andwith the announcement of the nextgathering that will take place on Oc-tober 7 at the same venue.

Siddharth Anand's 'Bang Bang'broke into the 100 crore clubin 4.5 days and has had a tre-mendous run at the box office.The total collection after 5days stands at 109.49 crorenett (156.41 crore gross). Thelead pair of 'Bang Bang' ,Hrithik Roshan and KatrinaKaif are delighted about thefilm's record breaking spree atdomestic and every interna-tional market.

Hrithik says, "Huge gratitude forall the love. It seems like timesl ike 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai ' and'Dhoom:2' after which I experi-enced a similar kind of praise andadulation. To be honest I was alittle surprised when it broke the'Krrish 3' 1st day record and'Kick's 1st day record, as BangBang wasn't a solo release, per-haps I expected a little less butBang Bang has proven its mettleand now sky is the limit. My con-

gratulations to the entire teamand a big thank you to my audi-ence!"Katrina says, "Very, very happywith the response to Bang Bang.Thank you to the audience foraccepting the film. The good num-bers only indicate the love that thefans have shown for Bang Bang.It's so gratifying for the entire to beappreciated for all the hard workthat went into creating the experi-ence of this film."

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SHAH RUKH KHAN PRESENTEDWITH GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD

Shah Rukh Khan was presented withthe Global Diversity Award 2014 forhis outstanding achievements in thefield of cinema and his involvementin philanthropic endeavours.Receiving the coveted award fromSpeaker of Britain's House of Com-mons, the Rt Hon John Bercow at aspecial ceremony held in the Houseof Commons last night, the 48-year-

old actor described it as a "bighonour." "This is a special day forme?and I am very humbled to re-ceive the award instituted by Rain-bow Foundation," Shah Rukh said.Noting that he came from a humblebackground, the actor said he hasbeen working for the last 33 years."My first visit to England was when Iwas 27 in connection with the first

film Baazigar. I have got lot more thanI deserved." He said the award wouldinspire him to work a lot more for thecommunity, par ticularly the ne-glected community.?"I will try to doin a small away, whatever I can," hesaid. Rt Hon Keith Vaz, Founder ofthe Rainbow Foundation, said, "ShahRukh Khan is regarded as one of themost famous actors on planet earth.""He has already featured in severalfilms and won 14 Filmfare awardsout of 30 he was nominated includ-ing eight best actor awards. He isalso active in the fields of charity, par-ticularly helping women whohave?suffered acid attacks," Bercowsaid. Previous recipients of the awardare Bollywood megastar AmitabhBachchan, actor Aishwarya Rai,Prime Minister of Bangladesh SheikhHasina, American civil rights leaderJesse Jackson, Formula One racerLewis Hamilton, Jackie Chan, mu-sic legend Dionne Warwick amongothers.



Canada India Foundation (CIF) and The Consulate General of Indiahost reception in the honour of Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman,Indian Space research Organization (ISRO) and his team

Toronto: A standing-room onlygroup of more than 200 Indo-Ca-nadians enthusiast ical ly ap-plauded the leaders and scien-tists behind India's successfulMars mission ("Mangalyaan"), at areception hosted jointly by CanadaIndia Foundation (CIF) and The Con-sulate General of India in honour ofDr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, In-dian Space research Organization(ISRO) and his team. The eventwas held at the Community Cen-tre of Sringeri Vidya Bharati Foun-dation in Toronto. The distin-guished audience included theHigh Commissioner of India, HisExcellency Nirmal Verma, as wellas India 's Consul General inToronto, Mr. Akhilesh Mishra andthe Executives of CIF.Welcoming Dr. Radhakrishnanand the ISRO team, Dr.Lakshmanan said that, it was notjust the citizens and residents ofIndia, but also the entire Indiandiaspora, who felt very proud ofIndia's success in sending an or-biter around the planet, Mars, thattoo in its very first attempt,. Rep-resenting the Government of In-dia, High Commissioner India,AdmiralVerma said that Dr.Radhakrishnan, who was in Torontoto participate in the International As-tronautical Congress (IAC), was re-ally the rock star at the Congress anda recipient of one of the most presti-gious awards at the Congress. InMay, 2014, well before the successof the Mars Mission, Dr.Radhakrishnan had been chosen bythe International AstronauticalFederation to receive the Allan D.Emil Memorial Award. The AllanD. Emil Memorial Award is oneof the most prest ig ious IAFawards, and since 1977 has beenpresented annually for an out-standing contribution to spacescience, space technology, spacemedicine or space law. The suc-cessful inser tion of the Mars Or-biter into the orbit of Mars just afew days before the IAC, provideda t imely reinforcement of Dr.Radhakrishnan's accomplish-ments. Consul General Mishra,while formally introducing Dr.Radhakrishnan to the eager audi-ence, said that the nation and thepeople of India were grateful tothe ISRO scientists for bringingIndia to the forefront in space sci-ence and technology. He referredto their common educational heri-tage, the prestigious Indian Insti-tutes of Technology, several ofwhose alumni ( I ITAC) werepresent among the audience.Dr. Radhakrishnan, who receiveda standing ovation from the audi-ence, described the journey ofIndia's space research program,star ting at Thumba in 1962 andreaching its greatest achievementin 2014 with the Mars Orbiter. Hesaid that the success of the Marsmission was due to the entireISRO team of engineers, scientistsand technicians, and paid specialtribute to the members of the delega-

tion who had accompanied him inToronto. The cost of the mission was$70 million dollars, just over one-tenth of what it cost the USA to sendits own orbiter to Mars around thesame time. Dr. Radhakrishnan saidthat they achieved their low costimplementation through use of indig-enous resources, both manpowerand manufacturing, and also throughclever and frugal engineering. Heunderscored the ISRO team's tre-mendous achievement, by highlight-ing the fact the spacecraft had trav-elled more than 650 million kilome-ters, from Earth around the Sun toMars, to reach its destination lessthan 500 kms from the target.Dr. Radhakrishnan's enlighteningpresentation was followed by a ques-tion and answer session with theaudience, ranging in age from 8 to80. Several members of the audi-ence were disappointed whentime ran out for the Q&A session.However, Dr. Radhakr ishnanstayed back to meet the eageraudience who wanted to shakehis hands and congratulate himon doing India and Indians every-where proud. All members of thedelegation received a bouquetand a copy of the book, "Prosper-ity and Peace for the 21st Cen-tury" written by Dr. Kalam andpublished by Canada India Foun-dation. Giving the Vote of Thanks,Mr. Laj Prasher, Nat ionalConvenor, CIF, thanked Dr.Radhakr ishnan and the ISROteam as well the High Commis-sioner, the Consul General, CIFexecutives (Mr. Ramesh Chotai,Dr. Atul Tolia, Dr. Terry Papneja,Dr. AnanthSeshan, Mr. RaviSubramanian and Mr. PankajDave, along with the Chair andNational Convenor), members ofthe IIT Alumni Canada, and rep-resentatives from numerous otherIndo-Canadian organizations andcommunity groups. Some of thekey members of the ISRO teamwho accompanied Dr.Radhakrishnan were: Dr. M.S.Y.Prasad, Mr. V. Koteswara Rao,Mr. Badri Narayana Mur thy, Dr.V. Narayanan and Shri V. Arunan(Project Director of the Mars Or-biter Spacecraft).Earlier in the evening, the multi-talented Dr. Radhakrishnan dem-onstrated his vocal skills as herendered a number of composi-tions in Carnatic Music at theSVBF Temple. He also said hisprayers to the presiding deitythere , Goddess Sharada , aswell as Radha and Krishna, the dei-ties after whom he is named.Canada India Foundation (CIF) is a na-tional, non-profit, non-partisan, non-gov-ernmental organization (NGO) estab-lished in 2007 to foster support for stron-ger bi-lateral relations between Canadaand India; to educate Canadians on In-dia; and to increase the participation byIndo-Canadians in political process inCanada. CIF's founding members in-clude industrialists, senior Canadianbusiness executives and top tierprofessionals.

DR. K. RADHAKRISHNAN ADDRESSES A RAPT AUDIENCE ON THE SUCCESSFUL MARS MISSION.

DR. K. RADHAKRISHNAN (CHAIRMAN, ISRO), MR. NIRMAL VERMA (HIGH COMMISSIONER OF INDIA), AND MR. AKHILESH MISHRA(CONSUL GENERAL OF INDIA) ARE HONOURED AT THE SVBF TEMPLE.

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan (Chairman, ISRO), praying in front ofdeities of Radha and Krishna at the Sringeri Temple in Toronto

(From left to right)-Rajesh Kumar Raina (Consul Commercial Indian Consulate), Ravi Subramanian (Charter Member CIF), Laj Prasher, (NationalConvenor CIF), Akhilesh Mishra (Consul General of India), Dr K. Radhakrishnan (Chairman ISRO), along with other community leaders.



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Minister Kenney talksjobs, skills and theeconomy at #Can2020

Ottawa - Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development,delivered a keynote speech recently at the #Can2020 Conference that fo-cused on the solutions the Government is implementing to ensure that allCanadians have the skills and training they need to contribute to Canada'seconomic prosperity today and in the years to come.The solutions Minister Kenney outlined include: the need for more employer-led training, harmonization of skills training, improved labour mobility andlabour market information, and speeding up the foreign credential recognitionfor internationally trained professionals. He also highlighted the benefits ofthe Government's recent improvements to the immigration system for quickeraccess to highly skilled professionals.Minister Kenney pointed to the pro-grams and policies that the Government has put in place that are benefittingCanadians by ensuring they have the skills for in-demand jobs. Access to ahighly skilled workforce is essential to making sure employers will be ableto fill the pending skills gaps left by retiring baby boomers.He also highlighted that, with many free trades agreements in place, andbillions of dollars of infrastructure and resource based projects coming onstream, it is more important than ever that provinces and territories, theprivate sector and post-secondary institutions work together to make certainCanadians are prepared for the opportunities to come.Quick Facts" Hundreds of major resource projects, worth $650 billion in investment, areprojected to come on stream in Canada in the next decade." In the next 10 years, Canada is expected to need 300,000 new workers in theconstruction sector, with up to another 150,000 new workers in the petroleumsector and 145,000 new workers in the mining sector by 2020.Quote"Our government's top priorities are creating jobs, economic growth andlong-term prosperity for Canadians. That is why our government is workinghard to create opportunities for all Canadians to develop the skills they needto succeed today and in the future. But, we want to-and need to-work togetherwith businesses, provinces and territories, post-secondary educational in-stitutions and stakeholders to maximize our economic growth potential as acountry." - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment andSocial Development

Esteemed Friends,Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, during his recent visit to the US had made an announcementregarding the amendment of the PIO Card scheme providing for lifelong validity and exemptionfrom police registration.2. We are glad to inform that the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has issued anotification No.25024/9/2014-F.I dated 30 September 2014 for this purpose. As per the notifica-tion, a PIO Card issued to an applicant shall be valid for his life time from the date of its issueprovided that such applicant has a valid passpor t. A PIO Card which has been issued prior to thedate of publication of this notification shall be deemed to be valid for life time of its holder subjectto the condition that such person has a valid passpor t.Following the notification, PIOs will be exempt from police registration if their stay on a singlevisit exceeds 180 days.4. It is requested that the information may kindly be widely publicized in your esteemed media channel.With warm regards,(Akhilesh Mishra)Consul-General of India

PIO CARD SCHEME PROVIDING FOR LIFELONG VALIDITYAND EXEMPTION FROM POLICE REGISTRATION

Ontario - The developers of the Castlemore Crossing Landown-ers' Group planned a ribbon cutting ceremony to open theCastle Oaks Bridge recently. Councillors Sprovieri and DhillonPar ticipated in the event and gathered at Gardenbrooke Trailand Castle Oaks Crossing. Later they proceeded to the bridge.

RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONYFOR BRAMPTON BRIDGE

The councillors then dedicated the bridge and ceremoniouslycut the ribbon to declare it open to traffic. Representativesfrom various development companies that funded the bridgeconstruction, City Staff, bridge contractor, engineering designconsultant, were also in attendance.

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MARC GARNEAU ON THE MISSION IN IRAQISIL represents a real and present threat to the Middle East region.It has ruthlessly and systematically killed thousands throughoutIraq and Syria - innocent civilians, ethnic and religious minorities,humanitarian workers, and journalists - displacing hundreds ofthousands more in its wake. Both the security threat and theurgent humanitarian crisis created by ISIL require internationalaction.The question is not whether Canada can contribute to this effor t;we can, and we must. The question is this: in the context of awide-scale, international effor t to confront ISIL, what is the

most effective contribution that Canada can make?The Liberal Par ty of Canada believes that our effor ts are bestdevoted to the humanitarian side of the equation. DisplacedIraqis who have been forced from their homes at the hands ofISIL need our help. Canada is uniquely positioned to be a leaderin the humanitarian effor ts in this region. In addition, we canand should facilitate the resettlement of Iraqi refugees here inCanada. We also have unique capabilities that should lead us tofocus our time, personnel, and financial resources on non-combatroles such as strategic airlift, training, and medical suppor t.

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Modi should speak out more on sports in IndiaBY VETURI SRIVATSA

One wonders how Narendra Modi could draw a parallel between In-dia winning a cricket match and the Mars achievement of space sci-entists when he himself and his alter ego Amit Shah controlled Gujaratcricket till the two shifted to Delhi.All the same, few would disagree with his asser tion after India suc-cessfully put the Mangalyaan satellite into orbit around Mars that thewhole country rejoices when our cricket team wins a tournamentwhereas what our scientists achieved is a thousand times biggerthan that.It is intriguing why Modi chose to get into cricket politics in the firstplace unless he was persuaded by his close adviser Arun Jaitley aspar t of the saffron vote bank in the country's cricket board.Modi first ousted the long-time president of the Gujarat Cricket Asso-ciation (GCA), a Congressman, who was smar t enough to see thefutility of fighting the strongman of Gujarat and instead joined him.Modi's "love" for cricket apar t, Modi had the first taste of Indian spor tswhen the list of competitors for the Incheon Asian Games went to himfor clearance after the Spor ts Authority of India (SAI) refused to ap-prove some disciplines in which, in its opinion, Indian par ticipantshad no earthly chance of winning medals.Modi perhaps cleared some of the teams as future investment as thepolitical chiefs of the concerned national federations could come in

handy to him some day. In most cases, SAI has been proved rightgoing by the per formances of some of those cleared by the PrimeMinister's Office (PMO).Compared with the performance in the first week at the GuangzhouGames four years ago it is not all that despairing for India in Incheon.They won 17 medals - one gold, two silver and 14 bronze.In the first week at Guangzhou, India won 19 medals - two gold, sevensilver and 10 bronze while in the second week they went berserk bytheir known standards winning 45 medals - 12 gold, nine silver and24 bronze.So there is still hope, though they will cer tainly not be returning witha bag of 75 medals as predicted by SAI or get closer to their best-everreturns of 64 from the continental games four years ago.Athletics contributed 12 medals, including five gold, and it will be toomuch to expect the same number from them this time. Boxers canfetch a clutch of medals as they brought in nine last time. Then thearchers are capable of producing gold out of the blue like they did onthe eighth day.The arguments and excuses for the shor tfall can be predictable. Withthe removal of cue spor ts and chess, we have been hard done andthen sure-shot medal winners, wrestler Sushil Kumar, boxer Vijender

Singh and tennis stars Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and SomdevDevvarman are not there in Incheon for some reason or the other.Then our badminton players, who promised so much, failed to grabany medal.Excuse number two is that most spor tspersons were kept on tenter-hooks because of the late clearance of the contingent and some ofthem, including India's lone Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra,did not have enough time to acclimatize and work out at the facilities.Yet, Bindra is happy with his bronze medal, and he is clear that thegold and silver medal winners shot better than him.The pronouncement from former shooter Moraad Ali Khan takes thecake. Now a filmmaker, he blames it on poor planning! He was quotedas saying that people must change their mindset, whatever that maymean. He goes on to say that we should already be preparing for thenext Games rather than trying to fix up camps, training sessions onemonth before the Games!Going back to Modi, he says he draws confidence from the countlessextraordinary stories of ordinary Indians he has seen through de-cades of travel across India. Surely, he must have run into somespor tspersons, too, and they are now looking up to him for inspira-tion.The prime minister is right, there is a high tide of hope in India, but heshould not allow it to ebb. He should soon speak out as to what is instore for India's spor tspersons.

JUST SPORT

Our Conservative Government has aggressively pursued an ambi-tious free-trade agenda to grow our economy and improve the qualityof life for Canadians. However, progress on domestic trade has notalways kept pace. Barriers to interprovincial and inter territorial tradeare impacting our ability to take advantage of the benefits of oureconomy. Today, we have agreements in place with 43 countries giv-ing Canadian businesses preferential access to over 1.1 billion con-

Improving quality of life for Canadians

sumers worldwide. Canada is entering into new trade agreementsaround the world that seek to eliminate irritants and barriers to inter-national trade. Trade has become a major growth catalyst and inter-national success today is driven with the inclusion of integrated sup-ply chains. Therefore, it is essential that inconsistencies with inter-provincial and inter territorial trade are corrected. Present barriers tointernal trade including regulatory differences and restrictions onthe movement of goods and services, put Canadian firms at adisadvantage. Conflicting and inconsistent rules and regulationsacross jurisdictions raise costs for businesses, hinder mobilityfor workers, and limit the choices for consumers. That is why wehave redesigned Canada’s Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). Weare taking action with this new Agreement by braking down thesebarriers and building a modern economy. With a new AIT we willmeet the challenges of an increasingly competitive global envi-ronment by streamlining economic regulation and reducing busi-ness cost. Canada needs a harmonized approach for labour, goodsand services as well as investments to keep pace with theseglobal economic realities.The result of redesigning the structure of internal trade here in Canadawould be clear and comprehensive. A new framework would form astrong basis from which to move forward, representing an approachwe can pursue to achieve meaningful outcomes. Our Government iscommitted to working with the provinces and territories to create anagreement and begin the essential work of renewing internal trade tothe benefit of all Canadians.

Malala - A story of healing,perseverance and courageWhat prompted Malala Yousafzai to speak up against the Taliban?How does love sear and consume and how can one heal with home-opathy? How can a few things better your life? It is these intriguingstories that IANS has for its readers this weekend. Take a look.Malala Yousafzai was only 10-years-old when the Taliban took con-trol of the Swat region of what was then Pakistan's Nor th West Fron-tier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) where she lived. The mili-tants said music was a crime; that women weren't allowed to go tothe market; that girls couldn't go to school.Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism,Malala was taught to stand up for what she believed in. So, she foughtfor her right to be educated. And on Oct 9, 2012, she nearly lost her lifefor the cause. She was shot point-blank on her way home from school.No one expected her to survive - but she did.Now she is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the young-est Nobel Peace Prize nominee.This is the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age thatshe wanted to change the world - and did. It will open your eyes toanother world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles andthe determination of one person to inspire change.



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PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER BRINGS FORWARD A MOTION ON CANADA’S CONTRIBUTION, IN COORDINATION WITH OUR ALLIES,TO THE FIGHT AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT (ISIL) IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. (PMO photo by Deb Ransom)

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CONTD. FROM PAGE 1"In addition to these air strikes, the Government of Canada will, inresponse to requests from Iraqi authorities as well as other allies andpar tners, continue to assist in other, non-combat, counter-terrorismroles. "We will also contribute one air-to-air refuelling aircraft, twoAurora surveillance aircraft, and the necessary air crews and sup-por t personnel."In addition we are extending the deployment in a non-combat role ofthe up to 69 members of the Canadian Army advising and assistingsecurity forces in Iraq."There will however be no ground combat mission, which is explicitlyruled out in the resolution."These contributions are for a period of up to six months."Let me be clear on the objectives of this intervention."We intend to significantly degrade the capabilities of ISIL."Specifically, its ability to either engage in military movements ofscale, or to operate bases in the open."This will halt ISIL's spread in the region and greatly reduce its capac-ity to launch terrorist attacks outside the region."To be clear, this will not eliminate ISIL nor automatically ensure thatalternative governance is able to occupy its space in Iraq or Syria."It will, however, open the oppor tunity for others to do so."But again to be clear, while ISIL will not be eliminated, the riskspresented from the territory in which it operates will be significantlyreduced to those of other similar ungoverned spaces in the broaderregion."There are, Mr. Speaker, two other matters on which I wish to elabo-rate."First, the resolution confirms the Government of Canada's intentionto strike ISIL and its allies."We will strike ISIL where and only where Canada has the clear sup-por t of the government of that country."At present this is only true in Iraq."If it were to become the case in Syria, then we will par ticipate in airstrikes against ISIL in that country also."The revulsion of the Government of Canada to the actions of theAssad regime is well known.

"But we are par ticipating only in a counter-terrorism operation againstthe terrorists around ISIL."We have no intention of participating in a war against the govern-ment of any country in the region."Second, let me assure Canadians that the government is seized withthe necessity of avoiding a prolonged quagmire in this par t of theworld."The actions we have announced are ones that could be ended withrelative ease."Indeed, we and our allies are acting now precisely to avoid a situa-tion that was clearly headed to a wider, protracted and much moredangerous conflict."Let me also say that the military measures we are taking do not inany way preclude humanitarianactions."There is no either/or here."In response to horrifying humansuffering, we have already beenproviding emergency shelter andurgent health care for thousandsof civilians in Iraq through sup-por t to humanitarian organiza-tions on the ground, and substan-tial assistance to the Governmentof Iraq."This is in addition to large scalefinancial assistance already be-ing furnished to the significantnumber of countries in the regionthat have been impacted by thehumanitar ian catastrophe inSyria. "Let me also assure Canadiansthat the Government will continueto be seized with the broader ter-rorist threats against Canada."We have strengthened laws inthis country to deal with the is-sue of so-called Canadian foreignfighters."We have broadened the groundsfor passpor t revocation againstsuch people as well as allowingfor the stripping of citizenshipfrom dual nationals who engagein terrorist activities."We will soon bring forward addi-tional measures to strengthen theability of our security services tomonitor aspir ing terrorists towhere possible prevent their re-turn to Canada or to where that isnot possible give greater tools tobe able to charge and prosecute."Mr. Speaker, to return to the mat-ter before us today, I urge allmembers to consider and to sup-por t the motion we have pre-sented."I do this, Mr. Speaker, in recog-nizing that in a democracy, espe-cially one approaching an elec-tion, there is rarely political up-side in suppor ting any kind ofmilitary action and little risk in

opposing it."Never theless, for regional and global security and, of course, thesecurity of Canadians, this action is necessary."The evidence of the necessity of this, Mr. Speaker, there is nonebetter than the fact that the mission has been launched by PresidentObama, the leader who had withdrawn American troops and proudlyended the war in Iraq."Of course, Mr. Speaker, one could say that while the mission isevidently necessary, we don't have to be the ones doing it becauseothers will."But, Mr. Speaker, throughout our history that has never been theCanadian way."It has never been the Canadian way to do only the most easy andpraisewor thy of actions and to leave the tough things for others."Indeed, Mr. Speaker, colleagues, we should be under no illusion."If Canada wants to keep its voice in the world, and we should sinceso many of our challenges are global, being a free rider means youare not taken seriously."The threat posed by ISIL is real."And it is grave."And it is explicitly directed, in par t, against this country."Left unchecked, this terrorist threat can only grow and grow quickly."As a government we know our ultimate responsibility is to protectCanadians and to defend our citizens from those who would do harmto us or our families."We also know that our country, like our allies, shares the duty andburden of all free peoples, to act against wider global threats when itis in our capacity to do so."And when our allies recognize and respond to a threat that wouldalso harm us, we Canadians do not stand on the sidelines."We do our par t."On Monday, this House will debate the motion put forward for an aircombat campaign against ISIL."I call on all members of this House to show their suppor t for thismission and of course our suppor t for the brave men and women ofthe Canadian Armed Forces who are now and always ready and will-ing to answer the call of their country."NDP has questioned Canada's role in Iraq and have indicated theywill not suppor t a combat role for Canadian forces.NDP leader TomMulcair says that PM Harper has not made the case for war.NDP alsowants the time for engagement of Canadian forces reduced from 6monts to 3 months. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said that ISIL is a threat both to theregion and to global security. Unlike the Prime Minister, Liberals be-lieve Canada can make a more helpful contribution to the interna-tional effor t to combat ISIL than aging war planes.I think Canadians have a lot more to offer than that. We can be re-sourceful, and there are significant, substantial, non-combat rolesthat Canada can play. The Liberal Par ty of Canada cannot and will notsupport this Prime Minister's motion to go to war in Iraq.

Ottawa – Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with Peter Van Loan, Leader of the Government in theHouse of Commons, after bringing forward a motion on Canada’s contribution, in coordination with our allies, to the fightagainst the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the House of Commons. (PMO photo by Deb Ransom)


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Prime Minister Stephen Harper visitsVishnu Mandir in Richmond Hill

1. Prime Minister Harper lights a Diya with Dr. Budhendra Doobay2. Dr. Doobay, Prime Minister Harper, Kyle Seeback, MP and Costas Menegakis view the Peace Wall at Vishnu Mandir3. Dr. Doobay addresses the congregation of Vishnu Mandir alongside Prime Minister Harper4. Dr. Doobay and Prime Minister Harper in front of the Vishnu Mandir altar5. Prime Minster Harper lays a wreath on Mahatma Gandhi’s statue, located on the Mandir grounds in honour of Gandhi’s bir thday.He is joined by MPs Kyle Seeback and Costas Menegakis, Dr. Doobay, members of the Canadian Armed Forces and the Hindu community.

STOUFFVILLE'S MAYOR & COUNCILLORS JOIN AT THE OFFICIALRIBBON-CUTTING CELEBRATION OF GERANIUM HOMES

STOUFFVILLE - Geranium Homeswasjoined by Mayor Wayne Emmerson,Members of Council, dignitariesandcondo purchasers to celebrate theOfficial Ribbon-Cutting whichsymbolized the start of pre-construc-tion sales of PACE onMAINcondominium. in the heart ofStouffville's lively downtown.Whitchurch-Stouffville's official planhas identified the downtown as aplace of intensification and PACE onMAIN will drawnew people andbusinesses to the location whichiswithin walking distance of thisgrowing community's many ameni-ties. PACE on MAIN is Geranium'sfirst mid-rise condominium.

DESK REPORTToronto - To suppor t a Waste-Free Toronto at a local level, theCouncil of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) and the TorontoEnvironmental Alliance (TEA) organised Waste-Free Daawat tocreate an open dialogue between CASSA, TEA and South Asian andImmigrant community members concerning waste management prac-tices with particular emphasis on food waste. The CapaCITY Creatorscreated a brochure format of the guide that outlined how to plan a wastefree dinner event, since hosting dinners was a common practice withinthe South Asian community, a source of which must waste is alsoproduced. During the event, Emily Alfred, from TEA, explained how cor-rectly to categorize waste to minimize the amount of waste enteringlandfills. Also, as a CapaCITY Creator, Nirogini Nalliah, explained thewaste free guide and provided useful resources and guidelines on howfood waste can be minimized during a dinner event. With over fifty (70)participants, the Daawat was a huge success in engaging an honestdialogue among members of the South Asian community, included youth,seniors, families, community-based organizations and community lead-ers. In moving forward, the goal is to translate the waste free guide intovarious languages and submit to South Asian newspapers. Together,both individually and collectively, we can reduce the amount of wastethat enters landfills, and continuing to engage and educate one anotheron proper waste management practices. The team decided to create auser-friendly guide that was culturally relevant for diverse communi-ties. Helping to make family gatherings and community meals moreenvironmentally friendly was identified as a great start. The guide in-cludes tips on using reusable dishes, collecting organic food waste, andchoosing less packaging. The group decided to launch the guide byhosting a Waste-Free Picnic earlier in June, following by facilitatingeducational workshops across various community settings and at or-ganizations and institutions including mosques and temples.

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india PARKASH SINGHBADAL MEETSPEOPLE AT ATTARIIP12india

MILLIONS CELEBRATED EID ACROSS INDIA.

INDIA INC BUSINESS CONFIDENCE UPNew Delhi, (IANS) The confidence level of corporate India is im-proving in line with a slight turnaround in the economy, industrysurveys showed Monday.And companies expect overall economic situation to become betterin the near term, they said.The Business Confidence Index in the Federation of Indian Chambersof Commerce and Industry (FICCI) survey stood at 72.7, which is thehighest in 15 quar ters. The index value in the previous survey byFICCI was 69.0.The CII Business Confidence Index (CII-BCI) for July-September quar-ter FY15 shot up to 57.4, up from 53.7 in April-June quar ter and 49.9in January-March quar ter this year. During the same quar ter lastfiscal, the index had touched the all-time low value of 45.7, the CIIsaid in a release here.The number 50 is the dividing line on the survey's index betweenpositive and weak business confidence."Thir ty percent respondents expected GDP to grow in a range of 5.5-

6.0 percent in FY15, which indicates that 6 percent growth is withinreach this year," it added.In the FICCI survey, 34 percent of the participants anticipated betterinvestment prospects over the next two quarters, compared with 21percent stating likewise a year ago.With the revival in domestic and global demand, a majority (46 per-cent) of the surveyed businesses were contemplating new invest-ment in the July-September quar ter, while only 10 percent expectedcontraction, CII said."This indicates that economic recovery is sustainable, provided wemaintain the demand momentum, where the monetary stance by theReserve Bank (RBI) will play a crucial role," it added."The propor tion of respondents citing 'moderately to substantiallybetter' performance vis-a-vis last six months recorded a significantjump at the economy, industry and firm level in the current survey,"FICCI said. However, not much change was noted in employmentoutlook of the par ticipating companies in the FICCI survey, with a

majority 64 percent not expecting to hire more over the next six months.CII cited the slow pick up in global demand, high inflation and risingborrowing costs as the top three concerns of the respondents."While we can do little about addressing the global slowdown con-cern, all policy options must be explored to tackle the problem ofinflation and high borrowing cost," it added.

Indian President, PM greetnation on Eid-ul-AzhaNew Delhi, (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and PrimeMinister Narendra Modi Sunday greeted the nation on theeve of Eid-ul-Azha and urged people to imbibe the spirit oflove and service."I convey greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens,especially my Muslim brothers and sisters," the presidentsaid in a statement."Let us imbibe the spirit of universal love, brotherhood, sac-rif ice and service which constitute eternal values alwaysupheld by our composite culture and work unitedly for peace,progress and prosperity of our nation and the world," he added."Eid-ul-Azha symbolizes sacrifice, faith and devotion."Prime Minister Narendra Modi also wished the people."Best wishes on Eid-ul-Zuha. May this festival strengthenthe spirit of harmony and compassion in society," he tweeted.Muslims throughout the world offer animal sacrifices on Eid-ul-Azha, also known as Eid-ul-Zuha and Bakr Eid, to commemo-rate the sacrifice offered by prophet Abraham.

40 kg heroin seized in PunjabChandigarh, (IANS) In one of the biggest drug seizures in Punjabin recent months, 40 kg of heroin was seized from a trucknear Ludhiana district Saturday, officials said.Directorate of Revenue Intel l igence (DRI) off ic ia ls, whoseized the truck at Mullanpur near Ludhiana, said that thevehicle was spor ting an "On Military Duty" board.The heroin consignment is said to be wor th Rs.200 crore inthe international market, officials said.Sources said that the "Military Duty" board on the truck wasput up to mislead police and other agencies from suspectingthat the vehicle was carrying drugs.DRI officials are investigating where the consignment wasbeing sent.With assembly elections to be held in neighbouring HaryanaOct 15, sources said that the heroin consignment could beheaded to the poll-bound state.


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PARKASH SINGH BADAL MEETS PEOPLE AT ATTARI.

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"They have thousands of followers and hundreds of volunteers do thejob (manage traffic) for free. You can't expect us to pay for hundreds ofguards to do the same. It's not financially viable," he added.Radha Soami centres are spread all over the national capital andsatsangs (sermons) are held every Sunday.However, the main religious gatherings are organised thrice a year inMarch, October and November and are attended by thousands of fol-lowers from neighbouring states as well. The event takes place in anashram near south Delhi's Bhati Mines and volunteers are deployedon all the roads around the venue to ensure the smooth flow of traffic.The Radha Soami faith emerged in 1861 as an extremely simplifiedform of religion with an emphasis on performing social and commu-nity service. It has a following estimated at some three million inIndia and across the world.

New Delhi: Dismissing opposition charges,Prime Minister Narendra ModiTuesday ruled out splitting of Maharashtra and separating Mumbai from thestate. "Congress leaders have started spreading a new lie. They sayMaharashtra will be split. Has anyone been born in this country who candivide the land of Shivaji ?" he said addressing a rally in the predominantlytribal Dhule district. "I assure you that as long as I am in Delhi, no power in theworld can split Maharashtra and also separate Mumbai from Maharashtra,"he said. The Prime Minister's remarks come against the backdrop of MNSchief Raj Thackeray reportedly accusing Modi of having a "hidden agenda" tosplit Mumbai from Maharashtra. The Prime Minister said Maharashtra is thestate that has the capability to drive India's growth and Mumbai is central tothat. Slamming Congress for the farmers' suicide in the last 10 years, Modiurged the people to punish the "murderers" of farmers in the October 15Assembly elections. "Press on the lotus button on October 15 and make it theliberation day for the state from 15 years of Congress misrule," he said.Meanwhile the Shiv Sena launched a fresh attack on Prime Minister NarendraModi, saying he is leaving his work in Delhi to hold rallies in MaharashtraThe Sena in an editorial in its par ty mouthpiece Saamna Tuesdayalso questioned the work done by him for the state after becom-ing the prime minister.

Modi replies to charges, saysMaharashtra won't be split

PEOPLE IN OLD DELHI TIRED OFLIVING IN FILTH: HARSH VARDHANNew Delhi, (IANS) People in the old Delhi area are tired of livingin the midst of "decay and apathy" and have given a good re-sponse to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a clean India,Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Monday.Leading a cleanliness drive in the area, the minister, who repre-sents the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency which in-cludes the area, said: "I have detected good public response inthe walled city to the prime minister's call for cleanliness.""The people here are tired of living in the midst of decay andapathy. Over the past two days, I have visited many par ts of oldDelhi and motivated the people to come forward and becomepar tners of civic authorities to keep their neighbourhood clean.They are very favourable to the idea," he said according to anofficial release. Harsh Vardhan was accompanied by civic offi-cials, community leaders and par ty workers.

Stop loot of Haryana: Modi tells votersHisar/Kurukshetra, (IANS)

In a frontal attack on parties and leaders in Haryana for "looting thestate over the years", Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday camedown heavily on Haryana's dynastic politics and corruption and urgedpeople to vote the BJP to power in the Oct 15 assembly polls.Addressing election rallies in Hisar and Kurukshetra for his BharatiyaJanata Par ty (BJP), Modi launched a scathing attack on the pastCongress and INLD governments in the state and said Haryana hadnot seen a government in which political families looked beyondthemselves and their family members."We want to make Haryana free from this 'parivaar-vaad' (dynasticpolitics). In the last 25 years, have you seen a government in Haryanawhich worked for the welfare of the people?"In Haryana, the government works only for the chief minister andhis family. All political leaders have been running their shops inHaryana for themselves and their families," Modi said."Only the voters of Haryana can save the state from being lootedfur ther. We have seen Haryana being looted. A new hope and trusthas been built in these elections," he said.He urged voters to bring the BJP to power with full majority so thatthe state could be rid of dynastic politics, nepotism and corruption.Modi said corruption and land scams had become rampant in

Haryana."All ministers in Haryana are playing the game of 'kaun banega arabpati'(Who wants to be a billionaire) on the lines of Amitabh Bachchan'spopular TV show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'."There is large scale corruption. In all governments in the past, con-tractors have had a free run," Modi said.In Kurukshetra, Modi said he was surprised that politicians in Haryana,the land of Lord Krishna, dared to tell lies over the years. "They cannotlook beyond their self-interest," he said.Modi said the BJP was the only par ty where a tea vendor like himcould become the prime minister.Claiming that there was a wave in favour of the BJP in Haryana, hesaid: "I have not come here for a political rally. I have come here tocongratulate you in advance for supporting the BJP."Ridiculing the Congress, the prime minister said: "The Congress shouldbe ashamed. It has not given an account of its 60 years of sins whilein the government. But they are questioning my government after just60 days." He also warned voters in Haryana from being misled byleaders of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)."I do not need support of people sitting in Tihar (jail). (INLD) leadersare trying to mislead voters by showing my past photographs withthem," Modi said.



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KHMER KROM ACTIVISTS BURN VIETNAMESE DONG BILLS AT A PROTEST IN FRONT OF VIETNAMESE EMBASSY IN PHNOMPENH, CAMBODIA.

THREE SCIENTISTS SHARE2014 NOBEL PRIZE INPHYSIOLOGYStockholm, (IANS) Three scientists - John O'Keefe, and May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser - have shared the 2014 NobelPrize in physiology or medicine, the Nobel Committee announcedMonday. The Nobel assembly at the Karolinska Institute has decidedto award one half of the physiology or medicine prize to John O'Keefeand the other half jointly to May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser for theirdiscovery of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain,Xinhua reported. According to a statement of the committee, this year'slaureates have discovered an "inner GPS" in the brain that "makes itpossible to orient ourselves in space, demonstrating a cellular basisfor higher cognitive function". John O'Keefe discovered in 1971 thatcertain nerve cells in the rat's brain were activated when it assumeda particular place in the environment, while other nerve cells wereactivated at other places. He proposed that these "place cells" build upan inner map of the environment. Place cells are located in a part of thebrain called the hippocampus. In 2005, May-Britt and Edvard Moserdiscovered that other nerve cells in a nearby par t of the brain,the entorhinal cor tex, were activated when a rat passed certainlocations. Together, these locations formed a hexagonal grid,with each "grid cell" reacting in a unique spatial pattern. Collec-tively, these grid cells form a coordinate system that allows forspatial navigation.

54 REBELS KILLED IN SYRIADamascus, (IANS) Syrian government troops Monday killed atleast 54 rebels in separate security operations across the coun-try, the state media repor ted.The troops killed 25 rebels in the towns of Shannan and A'as inthe nor thwestern province of Idlib, and 29 others in the towns ofAtshan and Sakik in the central province of Hama, Xinhua re-por ted.Also Monday, government forces carried out airstrikes on rebelconvoys in the rugged al-Qalamoun region on the borders withLebanon, killing dozens of rebels.The Syrian air force also struck a checkpoint, manned by rebelfighters, in the countryside of the nor thern province of Aleppo,the repor t added.In the central province of Homs, government troops killed doz-ens of rebels Monday, SANA news agency repor ted.

NEW DRUG MAY CUREDIABETES AT SOURCENew York, (IANS) A modified form of the drug niclosamide -now used to eliminate intestinal parasites - may hold the key tobattling Type 2 diabetes at its source, says a study.The drug used in the study is a modified form of a medicationthat the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US has al-ready approved for human use.In Type 2 diabetes, the body either does not produce enoughinsulin or the body's ability to use that insulin is degraded.A major cause of insulin resistance is the accumulation of ex-cess fat in the cells of the liver, as well as in muscle tissue."Our goal in this study was to find a safe and practical way ofdiminishing fat content in the liver. We used mice to performproof-of-principle experiments in our laboratory," said lead re-searcher Victor Shengkan Jin, an associate professor of phar-macology at the Rutgers University in the US."We succeeded in removing fat, and that in turn improved theanimals' ability to use insulin correctly and reduce blood sugar,"Jin added.The modified medication - whose full name is niclosamide etha-nolamine salt (NEN) - burned the excess fat in liver cells througha process known as mitochondrial uncoupling."We went to the literature and found an approved drug that doesin parasitic worms what we wanted to do in liver cells," Jinnoted. At present, the only way now known to cure Type 2 dia-betes involves major gastric bypass surgery.

FIJI PARLIAMENT HOLDSFIRST SITTINGSuva, (IANS) Fiji, home to a large ethnic Indian population, heldthe first sitting of its newly-elected parliament Monday, mediarepor ted.This was the first time the parliament sitting was held since the2006 military coup in the country. The coup was led by VoreqeFrank Bainimarama, who has become the country's new primeminister after the elections held last month, Fiji Live repor ted.FijiFirst, led by Bainimarama, won 32 seats, the Social Demo-cratic Liberal Par ty won 15 while the National Federation Par tywon three seats in the 2014 general elections held Sep 17 to the50-seat Fijian parliament.Ethnic Indians comprise 37 percent of Fiji's population of nearly900,000. Most of them are descendants of indentured labourerswho were brought in from India between 1879 and 1916 to workin the country's sugarcane plantations.

China removes over 160,000phantom staff on payrollBeijing, (IANS) As part of an ongoing national campaign target-ing corruption and bureaucracy, a total of 162,629 phantom staff on theChinese government payrolls have been removed.Hebei province saw the largest number of such officials, with 55,793 foundto be getting paid even though they never worked, Xinhua quoted People'sDaily as saying Monday. Sichuan province removed 28,466 such ghoststaff and another 15,022 were exposed in Henan. No such official employ-ees have been uncovered in Shanghai and Tibet, said the report, adding that531 redundant people were found in Beijing and 327 of them have beenremoved. According to the report, China also scrapped 114,418 ve-hicles for use in regular government affairs and keep only thosefor special services, to cut hefty spending amid mounting pub-lic complaints over the misuse of public money.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIALELECTION TO WITNESS RUN-OFFBrasilia, (IANS) With incumbent President Dilma Rousseff falling shor tof an outright victory in Sunday's election, Brazil's presidential raceis all set for a second round, BBC repor ted Monday.Rousseff, who has served a four-year term as president, received 42per cent of the vote and will face centre-right rival Aecio Neves, whowon 34 per cent.Prominent environmentalist Marina Silva received 21 per cent de-spite being a favourite at one stage, and is now out of the race.Silva, who until two weeks ago, was considered an opinion pollfavourite to face Rousseff in the run-off and, perhaps even defeat thepresident, finally fizzled out in the final leg of the campaign.On results, Rousseff said people had expressed their rejection of "theghosts of the past, recession and unemployment". She vowed to con-tinue to work for change. "I clearly understood the message from thestreets and from the ballot boxes. The majority of Brazilians want usto speed up the Brazil we are building," said Rousseff, who is from theLeft-wing Workers' Par ty (PT). Under Brazilian law, the two top candi-dates go on to a second round if no one takes more than 50 per cent of

the vote, EFE repor ted. Neves's recent strong comeback, noticed bythe polls published Saturday, once again put his Brazilian Social De-mocracy Par ty face to face with Rousseff's Workers Par ty, as in thelast five elections. In his first statement after the result, Neves movedto draw the suppor t of voters of Silva's Brazilian Socialist Par ty (PSB).She became the par ty's candidate after the death of its previous choice,Eduardo Campos, in a plane crash Aug 13.To celebrate his second place, Neves paid tribute to the memory ofhis "friend", stating that "it is time to join forces" and "all those whocan make a contribution" to his project would be welcome.Commenting on her electoral setback, environmentalist Silva did notprovide any hints regarding her position in the second round, but saidshe would be ready to have a "dialogue" about the governmentprogramme that she was offering to the voters.Rousseff, meanwhile, also said "now the struggle continues" anddeclared she was convinced that it would be "a victorious strugglebecause it is the struggle of the Brazilian people and the people unitedwill never be defeated".

A TOOL TO TRACK ORIGIN OF BLOOD CELLS, CANCERSNew York, (IANS) In a bid to track the origin of diseases suchas cancer, researchers have developed a system that generatesa unique barcode in the DNA of all blood stem cells and theirprogenitor cells, allowing scientists to see how blood forms.The new tool showed that the billions of blood cells that thebody produces each day are made not by blood stem cells, butrather their less pluripotent descendants, called progenitorcells.This biological inventory system makes it possible to deter-mine the number of stem cells/progenitors being used to makeblood and how long they live, as well as answer fundamentalquestions about where individual blood cells come from."I wanted to figure out a way to label blood cells inside thebody, and the best idea I had was to use mobile geneticelements called transposons," said lead researcher Fernando

Camargo, an associate professor at the Harvard University.A transposon is a piece of genetic code that can jump to arandom point in DNA when exposed to an enzyme calledtransposase.The location in the DNA where a transposon moves acts as anindividual cell's barcode, so that if the mouse's blood is taken afew months later, any cells with the same transposon locationcan be linked back to its parent cell, the study conducted in miceshowed.With the new tool "you can imagine being able to look at tumourprogression or identify the precise origins of cancer cells thathave broken off from a tumour and are now circulating in theblood", maintained co-researcher Jianlong Sun from the HarvardUniversity.The study appeared in the journal Nature.

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SHARMA'S LOOK IN 'PK'

HRITHIK ROSHAN AND KATRINA KAIF DURING HEROES WANTED CAMPAIGN LAUNCH IN MUMBAI.

Adult star and actressSunny Leone's Telugusong "Devadas Breakup"has been made on awhopping budget ofRs.1.5 crore.The song, for the upcom-ing film "Current Theega",has also been dubbed inHindi."The item song is madeon a budget of Rs.1.5crore. It will reachaudiences directlythrough national musicand entertainmentchannels. This is for thefirst time that almost a fullsong is released in Teluguand Hindi before therelease of the film," theproduction house said.Manchu Manoj plays thelead in "Current Theega",which features RakulPreet Singh as heroine. Italso stars Jagapathi Babuin an important role whileSunny will be seen in acameo.Directed by G.Nageshwar Reddy, thefilm is slated for Oct 17release.

Given that pk's first poster had a nude Aamir Khan in it, it's hardlysurprising to see that it had created a lot of buzz.Interestingly though, the poster didn't feature any other star from thecast, including Anushka Sharma and Sushant Singh Rajput. Turns outthat the makers want to release their posters in phases, thus main-taining a shroud of mystery around the film.The latest buzz in the industry is about Anushka Sharma's look in thefilm. As shown in the picture, she will be spor ting a shor t hairdo in thefilm. In fact, the word is that Anushka was required to cut her hair forthe film, but she couldn't do so due to her other film commitments. Asa result, she had to spor t a wig in the movie.Says a source, "Director Rajkumar Hirani was keen to have Anushkadon this look. He tried quite a few looks before finalising this one.Rajkumar thinks that this hairdo adds a new dimension to her person-ality and character. That said, Anushka couldn't cut her hair for thefilm, since she also has to shoot for Ranbir Kapoor-starrer, 'BombayVelvet', and her home production, 'NH10'.The latter films need her to spor t long hair, so the actress decided towear a wig for her par t in the film. The unit members were initiallysceptical about the wig but she looks great and everyone approved ofher look." The film's spokesperson confirmed the story.

SONAKSHI TO PLAY AMRITA PRITAM?Filmmaker Ashi Dua of 'BombayTalkies' fame has apparently ap-proached Sonakshi Sinha to playthe role of Amrita Pritam in herfilm that revolves around Sahir

Ludhianvi and Amrita Pritam'slove story. Says a source closeto the actor, "Sonakshi has beenapproached to star in the filmand in most likelihood, she will

take up the offer." It may benoted here that earlier on, it wasrepor ted that the film's makerswere keen to sign on PriyankaChopra for Amrita Pritam's role andthat Irrfan had been approached forSahir's role. Irrfan reportedly optedout of the project because of hisother commitments. But now itturns out that PeeCee is not do-ing the film either. So the hunt

is still on for an actor to playSahir 's character and that ofImroze, who was Amrita's par t-ner right til l the end. The filmwill be based on Amrita Pritamand Sah i r Ludh ianv i ' s l ovestory that has been dissectedin her autobiography, Rasid iTicket. Sonakshi Sinha and pro-ducer Ashi Dua were unavailablefor comment.

India Vs West Indies - Yadavmakes ODI squad, Ashwin rested

NO PLACE FORYUVRAJ, HARBHAJAN,GAUTAM & SEHWAG

Bangalore, (IANS) Kanpur's 19-year-old left-arm spinner KuldeepYadav was selected Saturday for the Indian cricket team whiletweaker Ravichandran Ashwin was "rested" for the first threeOne-Day Internationals (ODIs) against the West Indies.The squad, to be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, had no place forseniors like Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Gautam Gambhirand Virender Sehwag, who have remained in the sidelines forquite a while.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) All-India SeniorSelection Committee met here to pick the 14-member squad,which also includes leg-spinner Amit Misra.While Mishra, who missed the tour of England owing to injury,makes a return, Kuldeep, who is yet to play a first-class one-day game, is the only surprise inclusion.Kuldeep was a member of the India squad during the Under-19World Cup and his performance for the Kolkata Knight Riders,for whom he took took six wickets apparently caught the eye ofthe selectors.The first three games will be played in Kochi (Oct 8), New Delhi(Oct 11) and Visakhapatnam (Oct 14). The team for the next twoODIs at Dharamsala (Oct 17) and Kolkata (Oct 20) will be an-nounced later.The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan,Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu,Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Murali Vijay,Kuldeep Yadav.


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UpcomingBOLLYWOOD Movies

THE SHAUKEENSRELEASE DATE: Nov 07,2014

STAR CAST: Akshay Kumar,Lisa Haydon,

Anupam Kher,Paresh Rawal,

Annu Kapoor

DIRECTOR(S): Abhishek Sharma

RANVEER SINGH TO MOVE OUT OFHIS HOUSE FOR BAJIRAO MASTAANI

MISSING 'HAIDER' IS SINFUL

Some of you may find this confession strange and weird because ofmy belonging to the ilk of professionals whose job comprise of doingfault finding in the movie. But there is no denying the fact that moviemaking is cer tainly a herculean task. Even tougher than that is por-traying something on the celluloid which is already iconic in its ownright, and job turns even more tedious when you you have aShakespearean saga in your hand to paint on the silver screen.But there is one cine maker who has by now graduated in the ar t offiddling with Shakespearean masterpieces, and it's none other thanversatile cinematician Vishal Bhardwaj, who after mesmerizing theviewers with 'Maqbool' (inspired from Macbeth) and 'Omkara' (whichagain was an Indian cine tale inspired from Othello) has completedhis Shakespearean trilogy with the Indianised edition of 'Hamlet' inform of 'Haider'.Well there is no denying the fact that be it any epoch it's it's always apleasure to revisit the Shakespeare's world (irrespective of the me-dium of rendezvous), and the charisma iconic writer's creations getseven more charming when it comes with a stamping of VishalBhardwaj all over its packaging.So just like his previous cine gifts this time Vishal has once againsucceeded in bringing out the Shakespeare inherited within him. Andthat too while keeping the entire his Shakespearean-isque cine enter-prise uncluttered.Set in Kashmir circa 1995 the 'Haider' narrates the story of Haider(Shahid Kapoor) who returns to Kashmir from Aligarh, on knowingabout the disappearance of his father, Hilaal Meer's. While pining forhis father, Haider chances upon the romance brewing between hismother Ghazala (Tabu) and his uncle, Khurram (Kay Kay Menon).When 'Haider' sets out in search of his father, his childhood sweet-hear t, Ashi (Shraddha Kapoor) helps him. Through her, he meetsRoohdar (Irr fan Khan) a Pakistani militant, who makes him believethat his father has been manipulatively murdered. With frames rollingahead Khurram ends up marries Ghazala, but this act of his mother

and uncle didn't go down well with 'Haider' believes that his father isalive somewhere. So what follows next to know watch this astound-ing cine cantata of Vishal Bhardwaj.As far as premise of 'Haider' is concerned then right at onset I wouldlike make a mention of the fact that there wouldn't have been anyother better milieu than terrorism ridden J&K of 90s for the executionof 'Haider'.By reinterpreting and adroitely skewing classic drama 'Hamlet' tomake it something palatable for Indian audience Vishal has onceagain proved that he really understands the Shakespeare like no oneelse does in Bollywood. Be it a somewhat estranged mother-son re-lationship, or a son's agony and bereavement after his father goesmissing or an incestuous relationship of a wife with her paramourwho is incidentally her husbands brother. In premise of 'Haider' ev-erything is crafted with such a conviction that you at once get in-dulged in the onscreen proceedings.Besides what deserves a special mention is Vishal's winnowing adept-ness by deploying which he has adroitly managed to keep some ofthe crucial components of Shakespeare's masterpiece like "OedipalComplex" latent and that too without making viewers feel the absenceof the same.In fact it won't be wrong to say that 'Haider' is one such cinematiccreation belonging to the ilk of "rarest of the rare" kind of cine phe-nomena where even obmutescence speaks a thousand words. Thoughthere are two relevant styluses which play a relevant in role in thecrafting of this masterpiece and they are "'Hamlet'" and :"Terrorismaggrieved Kashmir". But truly 'Haider' is about none of them in totalityand it neither tries to send across any message, but yes at the sametime it's an cinematic jaunt full of emotional commotion which takesyou to an altogether different world. And after seeing this doyen rein-terpretation of 'Hamlet' by Vishal Bhardwaj and Basharat Peer I don'thave any trepidation in saying that 'Haider' is even more eloquentthan 'Hamlet' and probably Bhardwaj is the only person in Bollywoodwho knows Shakespearean-ism inside out.

Movie Review

HAPPY NEW YEARRELEASE DATE: Oct 23, 2014

STAR CAST: Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika

Padukone, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah, Jackie Shroff,

Kareena Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap, Vishal Dadlani, Dino Morea

DIRECTOR(S): Farah Khan

PRODUCER(S): Gauri Khan, Shahrukh Khan

ROARRELEASE DATE: Oct 31,2014

STAR CAST: Dutta,Virendra Singh Ghuman,Naura

Fatehi,Ali Quli,Aaran Chaudhary,Aadil Chahal,Pranay Dixit

DIRECTOR(S): Kamal Sadanah

PRODUCER(S): Abis Rizvi

TAMANCHEYRELEASE DATE: Oct 10,2014

STAR CAST: Nikhil Dwivedi,Richa Chadda

DIRECTOR(S): Bharat Ratan

PRODUCER(S): Suryaveer Singh Bhullar

EKKEES TOPPON KI SALAAMIRELEASE DATE: Oct 10,2014

STAR CAST: Anupam Kher,Neha Dhupia,

Divyendu Sharma,Manu Rishi,

Aditi Sharma,Rajesh Sharma,Uttara Baokar

DIRECTOR(S): Ravindra Gautam

PRODUCER(S): Abhinav Shukla

KILL DILRELEASE DATE: Nov 14, 2014

STAR CAST: Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar,

Parineeti Chopra, Govinda, Manoj Ojha

DIRECTOR(S): Shaad Ali

PRODUCER(S): Aditya Chopra

Ranveer Singh seems to be go-ing the extra mile in a bid to pre-pare for his character in SanjayLeela Bhansal i ’s next BajiraoMastaani — which also stars allegedgirlfriend Deepika Padukone —Ranveer Singh may be temporarilymoving out of his family home inBandra. "(I’m) trying to move out of

my place… just for my next," admitsthe 29-year-old actor.Elaborating on the reason behind hismove, he adds, "The film requiresme to cut off from television, (have)no phone, no Internet and I honestlyneed to get into a certain zone. Athome, there’s my mother, sister andfather."

Ranveer explains that for his charac-ter in the period film, he needs isola-tion to get in the zone and understandthe role better. "I need to just cut offand get into this (completely). I can’teven tell you the demands of thischaracter. It’s scary."Even as the young actor gets setto move out, he will follow in the

footsteps of Aamir Khan andVivek Oberoi . For wife KiranRao’s directorial debut, DhobiGhat (2010), Aamir had lived in achawl in Masjid Bunder — thesame one that is shown as hisresidence on screen — for a while.Vivek’s move was a more drasticone. He had prepared for his debutfilm, Company (2002) — in whichhe played a local gangster — by liv-ing in Mumbai’s slums for a fewweeks. Ranveer currently has abusy schedule, with three films tojuggle. Apart from Bhansali’s next,he is working with directors ShaadAli and Zoya Akhtar, as well as lis-tening to some more scripts. It wasonly recently that the actor star t-ing doing ads as well.Ask him why he jumped on thebandwagon so late, and he says,"Ads are par t of an actor’s equity.I wanted there to be something(special) about every ad I do; andnot just the money. Paise ke liyetoh kaam nahi kar te na hum (Wedon’t work for money)… at leastnot me."



MIDWEEK NEWS WEEKLY


My daughters far more intelligent than me: Mahesh BhattVeteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatthas been one of the best of histime and inspired generationswith his movie-making skills, butthe director, who now producesfilms with new talent, says histhree daughters - Pooja, Shaheenand Alia - are far more intelligentand practical than him."I have got three daughters andall three of them make me veryproud. I have no problem in tell-ing them that they are far moreintelligent than I am and I alsotake instructions from them,"Bhatt said.The filmmaker, known for craft-ing meaningful cinemas such asAr th, Saraansh, Naam, Kaash andDaddy, has daughter Pooja withhis first wife Kiran Bhatt (originalname Lorraine Bright). Later hemarried actress Soni Razdan andthey have two daughters -Shaheen and Alia - together.Sharing his joy of being a proudfather of three successful girl chil-dren, he says that all of them haveachieved something in their livesand that too without any help."Pooja is an example of how a girlchild can sparkle and be com-pletely self sufficient. Shaheen isa brilliant writer and unique child.Alia is a star and she has addedto my ageing stardom. I havebeen a star and man of public fig-ure of a kind, but India is a youngcountry and most of the Indians,who consume enter ta inmentproducts, are under 25. Alia isundoubtedly one of the tallest iconin that space," added Bhatt whoalso has son Rahul.If he is a proud father, he is a dot-ing dad too. "We belong to thatstrata of the society where attackfrom unknown people won't hap-pen. But yes, my eldest daughterPooja had a relationship with a

person who under the influenceof alcohol did abuse her and thatbecame a very painful chapter ofour family. So, if a strong self-suf-ficient woman like her can besubjected to domestic violence,then it makes me shiver when Ivisualise about all those vulner-able girls who do not have theeconomic clout or do not have theshield of stardom," he said.Having contributed to Bollywoodfor around four decades, themoviemaker co-owns VisheshFilms with his brother Mukeshand they have together churned

out bold and successful films likeMurder, Jism and Raaz. Thesefilms raised eyebrows for theirsensual por trayal of women.Tel l h im that f i lms object i fywomen; Bhatt dismisses it say-ing that "objectification of womenis also there in our culture andpatriarchal mindset governs oursociety". "Women are bornslaves to traditions, which com-pels them to be submissive,weak, docile, put up with the in-justice and sufferings to achievegreat vir tue. To say that all themovies are responsible for the

objectification of women is anexaggeration. I feel that womenhave the right to dress up in apar ticular way and if you call itobjectification then what's wrong? Shehas the right to choose what she wearsand if that doesn't go according to yourculture and mindset, it doesn't meanthat you should fight under the garbageby calling it an objectification. To blamea woman saying that she dresses upprovocatively and invites rape andother injustice is an hear tbreak-ing argument, which has no placein our social discourse," said thefilmmaker.

Hrithik's BangBang crossesRs. 70 crore in

three daysHigh on star power, exotic loca-tions and death-defying stunts,Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif-starrer Bang Bang has earnedRs. 71.72 crore in three days atthe domestic box office.Made at a whopping budget ofRs. 140 crore, the out-and-outentertainer has done well at thecounters through the three days.The film raced past the Rs. 50crore collection mark in just twodays, read a statement.If the movie’s music, composedby Vishal Dadlani and ShekharRavjiani, made people dance totheir tunes, the exotic visualswowed the moviegoers. TheFox Star Studios production, whichalso stars Danny Denzongpa,Jaaved Jaaferi, Deepti Naval,Kanwaljit Singh and JimmySheirgill, was shot in locations likePrague, London and Shimla.

Aamir Khan wantsto play CircuitAamir Khan, who is workingwith Rajkumar Hirani for his nextPK, has Sanjay Dutt as one ofhis co-stars. The three wouldoften have long chats on thesets, which often revolvedaround Hirani’s films, includingthe Munna Bhai series.We’re told that during these dis-cussions, Aamir expressed aninterest in playing the role ofCircuit, which has been por-trayed by Arshad Warsi so far.An industry insider reveals,"While shooting, the three ofthem would have conversationsabout Raju sir’s films. Duringdiscussions about the making ofMunna Bhai (2003), Aamir wouldalways say that he’d like to dothe role of Circuit. He has alwaysliked the films and he told Rajusir that if there ever was a thirdinstallment in the series, hewould love to play that role.

I am very fond of Kareena,she's always supported

me: Katrina KaifThere was a time when Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor Khan

were considered professional rivals and were often pitted againsteach other. But ever since Kapoor Khan called the former her

sister-in-law on Karan Johar’s chat show last year, and also admittedthat they have hung out a couple of times (Katrina is rumoured to be in arelationship with Kareena’s cousin Ranbir Kapoor), things seem to havetaken a cordial turn. Now, Katrina has gone all out to say that Kareena hasalways supported her and been extremely kind to her."Kareena has always been supportive. Actually, she has been openly sup-portive on many different occasions. And I have heard this from severalpeople. It has always come back to me. And what people do behind yourback rather than in front of you is moreimportant. She has spoken well aboutme. So, obviously I have a lot of fond-ness for her. She has always beenextremely kind," says Katrina.But the eternal question per-sists — can female ac-tors be friends?Katrina quashes allrumours of catfights,saying that people inthe industry barelyhave time to regularly in-teract, forget indulging incatfights."There are no suchcatfights. More than any-thing else, people [fromthe industry] rarely inter-act with each other. Theonly people who I [regu-larly] see are from my so-cial circle outside the in-dustr y," says Katr ina,adding, "No one’s goingaround fighting with eachother or pul l ing oneanother’s hair."

I wanted to be part of footballrevolution, says MS Dhoni

CHENNAI: If seven years withChennai Super Kings made MSDhoni something of a Chennaiite,the Indian captain on Monday sig-nalled that he will continue hisaffair with the city by purchasinga stake in Indian Super Leaguefranchise Chennaiyin FC.The CSK skipper is now a par t-ner in the Chennai franchise withVita Dani and Abhishek Bachhan."As all of you know, I began mysporting activities as a footballerand was a goalkeeper for myschool and then shifted to cricketsince we didn' t have awicketkeeper in our team," Dhonitold repor ters on Monday."And as a far my association withChennaiyin FC is concerned, Ihave always been a big fan offootball and Manchester Unitedand I fo l low Engl ish PremierLeague. It gives immense happi-ness to be a part of this team andI'm sure, with the kind of playerswe have in our ranks , we ' l lmake Chennaiy in FC a greatside."The Indian skipper is secondcurrent player after India vice-captain Virat Kohli (FC Goa) toco-own an ISL team.Fo rmer I nd ia g rea ts Sach inTendulkar and Sourav Gangulyare co-owners in Kerala Blast-ers FC and Atletico de Kolkata,respectively.Dhoni feels the way ISL is be-

ing organised and the investorinterest it has gained could help thefootball league become as big a hitas the Indian Premier League."Why not? When IPL star tedseven years ago nobody thoughti t would become such a b igevent . . I t happened only be-cause peop le suppor ted i t .Many impor tant people have

been involved in the [football]league, the media is very excitedabout it and it's time for the com-mon people to come forward andextend their suppor t. I appeal toall football lovers to come to thestadium and watch the matchesbecause for a player nothing ismore satisfying than playing infront of a full house," Dhoni said.

Is MS Dhoni producing his

A biopic on Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni is apparently set torelease next year and the cricketer's wife recently showed her sup-por t for the film - it will reportedly be directed by Neeraj Pandey - byuploading the first poster of the film on a social networking site.It may be pointed out that from the time the film was announced, it hasbeen making news due to various reasons. The latest buzz is that thecricketer will co-produce this film."Dhoni is apparently going to co-produce his biopic, but the fact is thathe needs to retire before a biopic on his life is made. No films can bemade until and unless the player has announced his retirement. Also,the player needs to take permission from the BCCI especially sinceDhoni is still a part of the Indian cricket team," says a source.Another source close to the BCCI says that the body has not receivedany kind of proposal or request from any one to make a film on MSDhoni. "They were unaware about any movie being made on him.Such a film can't be made because he's still playing for the country,"says the source. Dhoni's manager too denied the story.

BIOPIC?

Ranveer Singh turnschoreographer for Kill DilRanveer Singh, who will next be seen in Yash Raj Films' Kill Dil,has choreographed a recently released song from the film,'Sweeta' that features him and Parineeti Chopra.The makers got Ganesh Acharya on board to choreograph thesong but when they heard the track and got an understanding ofwhich par t of the story it is in, they decided to give a free handto Ranveer.The song shows Parineeti doing several activities throughoutthe day and Ranveer Singh, who is in love with her, is aroundher all the time.We have seen Ranveer Singh pull off some killer dance movesin his earlier films. However, this was the first time that he triedhis hand at choreographing a song.He was very excited about it as the song permits him to goabsolutely crazy and for someone who is always so full of en-ergy, it was too much fun.Ranveer Singh has gone absolutely crazy in the song, playingaround with different props and doing unusual things. The mak-ers were very sure that Ranveer could pull this off and so theygave him full rein.The song just has mad moves and not a specific dance thatpeople can follow.Ganesh Acharya says, "The best par t about shooting Sweetawas that we gave Ranveer Singh full freedom in the song. Hecould do whatever he wanted to. There is no choreography or asignature move as such. But he has thoroughly enjoyed thesong, done masti and at the same time brought the romanticfeel to it."Ranveer Singh shares, "Ganesh sir was too sweet to let me domy thing for Sweeta. They are not steps as such. I am justhaving fun in the song. There was no nervous energy; only ex-citement all throughout."

Kapil Sharmabags Ram Gopal

Varma's next?Kapil Sharma bags a role in RamGopal Varma's next which is alove story. The latest we hear isthat Kapil Sharma who has takenthe TV world by storm with hisshow Comedy Nights with Kapil,has also bagged a meaty role inthe movie. Confirming the news,a source from the sets, says,"RGV has signed Kapil Sharmato play the role of a cop and hewould star t shooting for themovie as soon as he completeshis Abbas Mastan project."

Sridevi drivesstraight to Tabu's

house afterwatching 'Haider'The two, who caught the movieat an Andheri multiplex on Satur-day evening, were so impressedby Tabu's take on Shakespeare'sGertrude that they drove straightto the actor's Lokhandwala resi-dence to give their rave reviewsfirst hand. Tabu was pleasantlysurprised when she saw herfawning neighbours at the doorespecially considering the yes-teryear actor doesn't move in thesame social circles as her.Sridevi then went on to describeand dissect the scenes that im-pressed her the most as an over-whelmed Tabu looked on. Theconversation, we are told, con-tinued well into the night asmother and daughter even stayedback for dinner.

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CLT20: SuperKings ride on Raina

blitz to victoryBangalore, (IANS) Suresh Raina(109 not out) played an innings oflifetime to help Chennai SuperKings to an eight-wicket victoryover Kolkata Knight Riders in thef inal of the Oppo ChampionsLeague T20 tournament at thepacked Mangalam ChinnaswamyStadium here Saturday.It was a knock to remember asRaina unleashed a flurry of shots,marked by elegance, silken touchand timing, and the Super Kings

chased down Knight Riders' totalof 180 for six that was built aroundGautam Gambhir's knock of 80 evenas left-arm spinner Pawan Negipicked up five wickets. The SuperKings finished the match in the 19thover, making 185 for two.The Super Kings thus regainedthe trophy they had last won in2010 in South Africa while alsoending Knight Riders' winningstreak of 14 matches and pickingup the winner's purse of $2.5 mil-

lion. IPL champions Knight Rid-ers received $1.3 million.BRIEF SCORES:Kolkata Knight Riders 180 for 6 in20 overs (Robin Uthappa 39,Gautam Gambhir 80, ManishPandey 32, Yusuf Pathan 20 notout, Pawan Negi 5 for 22) lost toChennai Super Kings 185 for 2 in18.3 overs (Brendon McCullum39, Suresh Raina 109 not out,Mahendra Singh Dhoni 23 not out)by 8 wickets.

Incheon, (IANS) The cur tain fellon the Incheon Asian Games onSaturday after 16 days of toughcompet i t ion by par t ic ipat ingathletes and friendships sharedby billions of spor ts fans on thecontinent but with familiar re-sults: China placed first, SouthKorea second and Japan thirdin the medal standings.Under the slogan of "DiversityShines Here," more than 14,000athletes and staff from 45 coun-

tr ies have competed for 439gold medals in 36 spor ts. Four-teen new world records wererewritten here in archery, shoot-ing and weightlifting, with manyfresh Asian records.China cemented its status asthe continent's spor ts power-house, topping the medal tablewith a total of 343 medals, in-cluding 151 golds.Host South Korea came in sec-ond with 79 golds, outnumber-

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ing arch-rival Japan who gained47 golds. Nor th Korea did wella t Incheon, hav ing earned amore-than-expected 11 golds,with its weightlifters setting fourworld records.I nd ia ended the 17 th As ianGames, where compet i t i onsconcluded here Saturday, with57 medals to f inish in eighthplace. India won 11 gold, 10 sil-ver and 36 bronze but failed toemulate their 2010 exploits atGuangzhou, where they won 65medals - 14 gold, 17 silver and34 bronze.FOLLOWING ARE THE FINAL

MEDAL STANDINGSCOUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

China 151 109 83 343South Korea 79 71 84 234Japan 47 76 76 199Kazakhstan 28 23 33 84Iran 21 18 18 57Thailand 12 7 28 47DPR Korea 11 11 14 36India 11 10 36 57Chinese Taipei 10 18 23 51Qatar 10 0 4 14Uzbekistan 9 14 21 44Bahrain 9 6 4 19Hong Kong 6 12 24 42Malaysia 5 14 14 33Singapore 5 6 13 24Mongolia 5 4 12 21Indonesia 4 5 11 20Kuwait 3 5 4 12Saudi Arabia 3 3 1 7Myanmar 2 1 1 4Vietnam 1 10 25 36Philippines 1 3 11 15Pakistan 1 1 3 5Tajikistan 1 1 3 5Iraq 1 0 3 4UAE 1 0 3 4Sri Lanka 1 0 1 2Cambodia 1 0 0 1Macau 0 3 4 7Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6Jordan 0 2 2 4Turkmenistan 0 1 5 6Bangladesh 0 1 2 3Laos 0 1 2 3Afghanistan 0 1 1 2Lebanon 0 1 1 2Nepal 0 0 1 1

Hockey returns India to days of yoreJUST SPORT

BY VETURI SRIVATSA

It is back to the golden days when everything was forgotten if India'shockey team did well at major multi-discipline events. The majorityof the present generation were not born when 48 years ago India beatPakistan last. It was when Railwayman Balbir Singh Jr became acelebrity overnight with his extra time match-winner.Now it took 16 years for India to win the Games hockey gold again.Coincidentally, the man in charge of that 1998 team Maharaj KrishanKaushik is back in the suppor t staff led by Australian coach TerryWalsh.After hockey victory, there were tense moments on the kabaddi cour tsas India's men and women teams just about managed to cling on totheir gold medals. The two teams are yet to be beaten in the Games,but they will not take the gold for granted any longer what with morefitter and agile Iranians and Koreans posing a serious threat. Theleagues of various denominations will pull in more countries to Indiato play the spor t to make it global.After the first week, there were grave doubts whether India wouldcross the 50-medal mark, leave alone the 65 medals they won atGuangzhou four years ago or the 70 plus predicted by the Spor tsAuthority of India (SAI) exper ts. The chef-de-mission of the contin-gent now says the IOA would take what they got as the figure was onexpected lines.The history shows that Indians have an even distribution over the twoweeks and they have invariably done well in the second half. Afteronly 17 medals to show in the first week, India did well to get 40 in thesecond to finish eight in the medals standings, two rungs below theirGuangzhou's sixth-place finishing four years ago.Of the four above India, only Kazhakstan with 87 have more medalsoverall with a gold tally of 28. Iran tied with India with 57 medals butthey have 21 gold as against India's 11. Nor th Korea pipped India tothe seventh position by getting one more silver than India's 10 thoughthey also have 11 gold in a tally of 36 while Thailand in sixth positionhave ten medals less than India's tally but then they have 12 gold.Where India missed out sure medals are in cue spor ts and chess

which were dropped from the Incheon Games. At Guangzhou theyfetches four and two medals and then the other dropped spor t rollerskating brought in two medals four years ago. Then the individualtennis gold and the doubles gold Somdev Devvarman won as heexcused himself from the Games for reasons not far to seek. He wasoverlooked for Rajiv Khel Ratna more than once. Of course, Sainawho changed her mind to play at Incheon skipping a WTA tour event,somewhat compensated by winning the mixed doubles gold withSaketh Myneni.Archery improved with the team gold to make it four as against threelast time. Wrestling, too, showed some improvement getting a goldafter three decades, cour tesy Yogeshwar Dutt, and logging in a silverand two bronze as compared three bronze four years ago.Though much more was expected from shooters, they just about man-aged to get one more than the eight they got at Guangzhou, includingJitu Rai's gold.Squash gold and silver are easily the best showing in a sport in whichthe Indians are steadily improving, though Saurav Ghosal let the indi-vidual gold slip out of his pocket.Badminton has only a women's team bronze to show, they could haveadded a couple more bronze at least while rowing dropped one goldand three silver they got at Guangzhou and had to settle for threebronze.But M.C..Mary Kom's gold and the women's 4x400m relay team'swinning the title for the four th consecutive time made up for otherlosses.The Incheon Games could have done without the theatrics of boxerSarita Devi, but then she is not to be blamed entirely for it. If as manyas five National Olympic Committees have complaint about the refer-eeing, there has to be something drastically wrong with the manage-ment.To get back to the medal that mattered most to the Indians -- hockeygold. Somehow this time the hockey buffs seemed to have expectedthe team to win it. Their confidence, perhaps, stemmed from the factthat the Pakistanis have not had any international exposure for nearlya year and also the falling graph of the Koreans.The best offshoot of the victory is India need not worry about thequalification for the Rio Olympics and they now have two clear yearsto prepare for the Games.See the difference. While the Indians are mostly training at home the

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European teams keep playing their neighbours, over weekends tostay highly competitive. Look at the way Belgium have come along.Belgium, who were struggling to get into the top 10 in the world rankingsfive years ago, are now in the big league, having moved up to four thplace behind Australia, the Netherlands and Germany.Walsh looks at big picture and he attaches more impor tance to Indiaperforming well at the World Cup and the Olympics than at the Asian

Games.Hockey India and the government of India should leave it to exper ts todecide the roadmap for training and competition at least for a three-year period, the least a coach should get to prove his mettle.Walsh talks of a pool of some 30 players to get the team competitivefor Rio and he knows how difficult it is for the team to play three back-to-back international tournaments.

India continuekabaddi dominancewith twin Asiad goldsIncheon, (IANS) India maintained their dominance in kabaddi atthe Asian Games with both the men's and women's teams re-taining their gold medals at the Songdo Global University Gym-nasium here Friday.The men's team, who have won every single gold since men'skabaddi was introduced in 1990 in Beijing, staged a late come-back to edge out Iran 27-25 in the final.The women's team won the yellow metal for the second con-secutive time beating Iran 31-21 in the title round.

Dubai, (IANS) Preparations for next year's ICC Cricket World Cup2015 will go up a notch this week when Pakistan host Australia inthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a three-match One-Day Interna-tional (ODI) series, and World Champions and No.1 ranked Indiawelcome the West Indies for a five-match ODI series, the Interna-tional Cricket Council (ICC) said Sunday.The first of the two simultaneous series gets underway atSharjah Cricket Stadium Tuesday, and a 3-0 series victory forAustralia will see it ascend to 114 points. This result will givethe four-time World Champions the No.1 rankings on the ICCODI Team Rankings provided the West Indies win, at least, twomatches in their five-ODI series against India, which star tsWednesday in Kochi.This scenario will see India stay on 113 ratings points, along-side South Africa, but it will be ranked behind the Proteas whenthe ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point to slip fromthe No.1 spot.However, if India win all five matches of the series, they will rise to116 ratings point and grab sole position on top of the table. A 4-1

win for India and 3-0 win for Australia will put both the sides on 114ratings points, but Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side will retain thenumber-one position by a fraction of a point.Australia, who trail third-ranked Sri Lanka by a fraction of a point,will move ahead of Angelo Mathews' side if they win the seriesagainst Pakistan.If India beat the West Indies 3-2 and Australia defeat Pakistan 2-1,then South Africa will move to the top of the table.Team rankings:1. India 113 rating points2. South Africa 1133. Sri Lanka 1114. Australia 1115. England 1076. Pakistan 1007. New Zealand 988. West Indies 969. Bangladesh 6910. Zimbabwe 58

2015 World Cup contenders aim to improve ICC rankings

Spinners, Warnerdismantle PakistanAustralia 97 for 4 (Warner 53*, Hasan 2-17) beat Pakistan96 for 9 (Maxwell 3-13, Boyce 2-10) by six wickets

Glenn Maxwell spun out the first three Pakistan wickets on aslow turner as the hosts limped to 96 and lost the only T20international to Australia by six wickets. Had it not been for 20extras, the second-highest contributor to the innings afterdebutant Saad Nasim's 25, Pakistan would have struggled toget anywhere close to 100. Pakistan's spinners, in the absenceof the banned Saeed Ajmal, hit back to have Australia 56 for 4,but David Warner sealed the chase in 14 overs with an unbeaten53 off 39.Shahid Afridi had expected the pitch to play slow and low but italso had plenty of turn, as his top order was to find out after hechose to bat. Pakistan went too hard too soon, and Maxwellmade them pay. Awais Zia forced a mis-hit to mid-off, UmarAmin was stumped after a charge and a heave third ball, andSohaib Maqsood played all around a turning offbreak.Pakistan were 23 for 3 and slid fur ther when Shehzad punchedthe legspinner Cameron Boyce to slip. Boyce, one of two inter-national and four T20 debutants for Australia, settled down tobowl some lovely, flighted legbreaks. To add to the capitulationto spin, Umar Akmal slogged at Kane Richardson's fifth ball,and mid-off took the skier. Afridi was Pakistan's final hope, buthe missed his third delivery, a full one from Sean Abbott, to fall lbw. Thelower order, with help from Nasim, did well to bat out the 20 overs andstretch the score from 46 for 6 in the tenth over, but it was never really goingto be enough, especially if one of Maxwell or Warner got going. Max-well did not last too long, although he got off the mark with areverse-swept four over backward point off Raza Hasan. Afriditrapped him in front with a straighter one for 17 and Hasan tookcare of Aaron Finch and Steven Smith. Just when it seemed an-other Pakistan attack would make a match out of almost nothing,Warner stepped up. With Pakistan playing only two frontline spin-ners in Hasan and Afridi, Warner went after the quicks, muscling themfor boundaries before bringing up the win against the par t-time slowbowlers. Pakistan had managed all of four fours and no sixes intheir innings. Warner alone struck four fours and three sixes.

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Actress-designer Dita Von Teese says that she hates visitinghair salons and prefers to use a drugstore box dye instead. The42-year-old has revealed that she colours her black locks usingan at-home box dye because she hates visiting the hair dressersfor touch ups."I can't stand having my hair done in a salon -- I like to dye itmyself. You can do pretty much any beauty look as well as a

professional if you devote the time to learning how. I use GarnierNutrisse in a blue-black shade," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Von Teese

as saying."My hair was originally blonde. In the early 1990s I dyed it red, bur-gundy and finally black. My boyfriend at the time got a little upset, butI felt people listened to me more," she added.

Sarah JessicaParker in All Roads

Lead to RomeSex And The City star Sarah JessicaParker is all set to star in upcomingromantic comedy All Roads Lead toRome. Directed by Ella Lemhagen ofThe Crown Jewels fame from ascreenplay she wrote with CindyMeyers and Josh Appignanesi, the filmwill see Parker playing the role ofMaggie. Maggie is an uptight NewYorker forced to go on a road trip inRome with her former Italian lover tofind her rebellious teenage daughter.The film will be released by AMBI Pic-tures and Paradox Studios, accord-ing to the Enter tainment Weekly."We've been looking for a very com-mercial romantic comedy to add to our slate and immediately knew we foundexactly what we were looking for when we read All Roads Lead to Rome," Andrea

Iervolino of AMBI said. "The film is a perfect vehicle for Sarah, an extraordinaryactress who has such an authentic connection with audiences."

Michael Caine to retire afterNow You See Me 2

Veteran actor Michael Caine is planning to retire after finishing NowYou See Me 2. Caine, 81, who will be next seen in frequent collabora-tor Christopher Nolan's space drama Intersteller, says he has no act-ing ambition left, repor ted Ace Showbiz."I have no ambitions now... all I do is, I do films that I really want to do.If I don't get a script -- which I don't have -- that entices me out, I'll bedone in December when I do the last picture, the last script I've got. Ialways went into every movie with an aim. It was either to get anOscar or make money, that's the two reasons I do movies. I've got twoOscars and I've got some money so I'm alright," he continued whilesitting down with Newsnight.However, there could always be a change of plan as he said, "I'veprobably retired now but I go home and there will be a great script andI think, 'Oh I'll do one more.' I look to see if it challenges me." Caineabandoned his initial plan to step away from movie business lastyear. He originally wanted to stop working when he turned 80, butdecided to give himself 10 more years to carry on acting.He also had a dream of sharing screen with Jennifer Lawrence. "Ithink she's wonderful. I voted for her for the Oscar. I'd love to play hergrandfather or something." Besides Interstellar, Caine will next beseen in Kingsman: The Secret Service and The Last Witch Hunter.

BRADLEY COOPER BULKS UP INAMERICAN SNIPER TRAILERThe first trailer for Clint Eastwood's new film American Sniper haspremiered. Bradley Cooper leads the cast of the war drama, whichtells the story of former Navy SEAL chief Chris Kyle, who has thegreatest number of sniper kills in US military history, reported Dead-line. Cooper is said to have gained a lot of weight for the movie, whichis based on Kyle's autobiography. Sienna Miller plays Kyle's wifeTaya Renae, who is leftto manage their family's home life while her husband is abroad. Home-land star Navid Negahban and Boardwalk Empire's Eric Ladin arealso in the suppor ting cast.



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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to participate in a fund raisingevent for Kashmir flood victims and has also appealed his fans to participatein the relief work.The 71-year-old actor called on the Hindi film industry to contribute for theresidents of the state who faced the worst floods in decades."Met Film Guild and Event team to participate in Telethon for Kashmir Help..."Hum Hain Umeed E Kashmir"... October 18. Film Industry to work andcontribute towards our brothers and sisters in pain from recent floods...! Iwill... You must too!," he posted on Twitter. Many other Bollywood celebritiesincluding Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Kunal Kapoortoo have been raising funds to help the victims.

HUMA QURESHI AT BULLION SUMMIT FASHION SHOW.

EID MUBARAK, WISH BOLLYWOOD STARSMumbai, (IANS) Delectable biryani and sevaiyan were on the mindsof Bollywood celebrities like Shabana Azmi, Preity Zinta and KunalKohli, who have wished for peace and love on the festive occasion ofEid Monday.Here's what they tweeted:Lata Mangeshkar: Namaskar. Aap sab ko Eid ki hardik Shubhkaamanaayein.Shabana Azmi: Sabko Eid mubarak. Missing family and home. Nosheer qorma or biryani here in Leeds. will have 2 make do withChocolates and Shepherds Pie.Akshay Kumar: Eid Mubarak everyone! May goodness surround youalways, stay blessed.Preity Zinta: Eid Mubarak to all my friends in India & All over the world

! May this day be filled with love, happiness, peace, hugs & saivaiyya:-) Ting.Shahid Kapoor: Eid Mubarak to allBoman Irani: Eid Mubarak to one and all!Shekhar Kapur: #EidMubarak 2 all that live in peace harmony com-passion n care for those that r troubled n less for tunate. No matterwhat religion u follow.Anushka Sharma: Eid Mubarak to all ... Wishing everyone lots oflove and happiness ..Sonakshi Sinha: Eid mubarak :)Shraddha Kapoor: Eid Mubarak! :)Ritesh Sidhwani: Eid Mubarak Twitterwalo...Love peace happi-ness to all.

Aditi Rao Hydari: Eid Mubarak!!! :)Anubhav Sinha: Eid ul Adha Mubarak. A festival of sacrifices. Onthis day I wish Peace to all Muslims of the world.Kunal Kohli: Eid Mubarak Biryani Khilao yaar!Arjun Rampal: Eid Mubarak to all celebrating today. Love andpeace.Arbaaz Khan: Eid Mubarak to everyone !!!Nargis: Eid Mubarak!Punit Malhotra : Eid Mubaarak everyone :)Satish Kaushik : Eid Mubarak to everyone.Uday Chopra: Eid Mubarak to all.Arshad Warsi: Good morning & Eid Mubarak, have a blessed & happyday.

AAMIR KHAN IN NEPAL FOR UNICEFNUTRITION PROGRAMME

Kathmandu, (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan Wednesdayparticipated in a Unicef-initiated nutrition programme organisedby a local women's group at Kapilvastu in western NepalAamir, who is Unicef's Ambassador promoting nutrition for chil-dren, arrived in Kathmandu Tuesday.The Indian cine icon spent around an hour at the Pakadi HealthPost in the district where health officials and women volunteersmade a presentation on local nutrition status. After attending theprogramme, Aamir left for Lumbini, the birth place of LordGautama Buddha. Aamir returned to the Nepali capital Kathmanduafter visiting the Mayadevi Temple in Lumbini.During the visit, he will also be officially inducted as a regionalgoodwill ambassador for nutrition. Aamir's three-day visit to theHimalayan nation has been kept a low-key affair in view ofpossible security hassles due to the Bollywood superstar's wide fan-following in Nepal.He landed with his personal security personnel at Tribhuvan International Airport here Tuesday afternoon in a JetAirways flight from Mumbai. A dozen Nepal Police personnel have been deployed for his security at Dwarika'sHotel where he is staying at a high-end suite. Nine additional rooms have been booked for 18 other guests andUN officials accompanying him.

Dubbed versions of'Bang Bang!' hit the

bull's eyeChennai, (IANS) The Tamil andTelugu versions of Hrithik Roshan-starrer "Bang Bang!", which releasedOct 2, jointly raked in over Rs.3 croreat the box office in five days. It's saidto be the highest for a dubbed Hindifilm. "While the Telugu version col-lected about Rs.2.1 crore, the Tamilversion of the film minted Rs.97 lakh.This is the best ever opening for adubbed Hindi film," trade analystTrinath told IANS. "The long festivalweekend helped the film register abig opening. 'Bang Bang!' even sur-passed Hrithik's 'Krrish 3', which hada very successful run in the dubbedversions as well," he said.Siddhar th Anand-directed "BangBang!" has collected Rs.201.51 crorefrom all its versions in five daysworldwide.

Priyanka super excited, totallynervous for 'Bajirao Mastani'

Mumbai, (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra, who packed a punch atthe box office with her performance in "Mary Kom" recently, is set tobegin work on her new film "Bajirao Mastani". She is full of excite-ment, but admits she's nervous too. "Sometimes star ting somethingis so scary n I haven't felt a new beginning for a while. Super excitedand totally nervous! Bajirao star ts Tom," the National Award winningactress posted on her Twitter page Tuesday. A period drama, "BajiraoMastani", which is filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's dream project,also stars Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.

Pritam to resume work from NovemberMumbai, (IANS) After the much-needed break, composer Pritam isback at work. He plans to take up new assignments from next month.The composer, who had been continuously working for a decade,went on a break in October last year to fulfill his promise of spendingquality time with his family.One of his for thcoming projects will be Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaifstarrer "Phantom"."I am yet to compose a single song for the film. Kabir (director KabirKhan) and I have discussed the kind of music the film needs. Once Isee what he has shot, I will get a better idea about the overall sound-scape," he said in a statement.

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