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INDIA'S LOCAL NEWSPAPER
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I-T DETECTS
NEW DELHI,
The Income-Tax de-
partment has de-
tected alleged tax
evasion to the tune of
Rs 7 crore in the
business transactions
of Purti Group of
companies related to
former BJP president
Nitin Gadkari.
Probing the al-
leged dubious trans-
actions of the Purti
Power and Sugar
Limited (PPSL)
since last year, the
department has com-
pleted assessments
pertaining to the last
two financial years
and has found eva-
sion to the tune of
more than Rs 7
crore, top official
sources said.
‘TAX EVASION’IN
PURTIGROUPTRANSACTION
‘TAX EVASION’IN
PURTIGROUPTRANSACTIONThe Purti Group,
in its reaction, said it
has not received any
notice in this regard.
A notice is not any in-
dicator of any
wrongdoing, it said,
adding that Mr
Gadkari was not as-
sociated with the
group for the past
two years. “Our at-
tention has been
drawn to reports in a
section of media that
the Income-Tax de-
partment is serving a
tax assessment notice
to the Purti Group
for the last two as-
sessment years. We
would like to make it
clear that neither the
Purti Group nor any
functionary of the
Purti Group has re-
ceived any notice so
far,” Mr Nitin
Kulkarni, PRO of
Purti Group, said in a
statement. “If any tax
assessment notice is
received, our MD
Sudhir Dive in con-
sultation with our tax
advisors will give an
appropriate re-
sponse. However, a
tax assessment notice
is a routine proce-
dure. There are dif-
ferent levels of ap-
peal at various
stages. The Purti
group will deal with
the matter. The tax
assessment notice is
certainly not any in-
dication of wrong
doing. We would like
to place on record
the fact that Mr
Gadkari has not as-
sociated with the
Purti Group from the
past two years,” Mr
Kulkarni said. The I-
T department has
begun the final scru-
tiny of documents of
all the Purti group
companies and the
other assessments
would be completed
by the year end, the
official sources said.
While preparing
the final assessment
orders, the depart-
ment has taken into
cognisance the state-
ment of Mr Gadkari
and other senior of-
ficials of Purti group.
The assessment
report, prepared by
compiling the probe
dossiers of various I-
T units present in
Mumbai, Pune and
Nagpur, the depart-
ment says, has found
that a number of
small entities had in-
vested or routed their
money through the
Purti Group which
was not reported for
the “purposes of tax”.
Late last year and
early this year, the
department had con-
ducted a search on a
number of units and
business firms which
have reportedly in-
vested or transacted
in the Purti Group.
Mr Gadkari could
not get a second term
as BJP president af-
ter the allegations of
tax evasion and fi-
nancial irregularities
had cropped up in
the Purti Group. He
had earlier also sub-
mitted a 25-page
document in reply to
questions by the I-T
department regarding
his personal transac-
tions and investments
related to the Purti
Group of companies
and others.

2. PAGE 2INDIALOCALMonday,6thto12thMay2013
Editorial
The poor saps at the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) in Manila
have a very benign view of India. They
believe that women are safe if they
refrain from baring their legs and so
ask that they do not wear short dresses.
They also ask couples not to kiss or
embrace as these are considered
sexual acts in
India. Clearly, they have not seen our
lumpen lads up close and personal.
After causing a flutter, these noble
guidelines were taken off the website
with some people crying hoarse that
these guidelines propagate a
stereotyped image of India. But others
felt that they make sense in the wake
of rise in sexual harassment cases.
This is of a piece with the advice
from our moral vigilantes blaming
women for attracting unwelcome
advances owing to their clothing. But
what the ADB overlooks is that most
Indian women are normally clad from
head to toe in saris and yet find
themselves at the receiving end of
harassment from men. Age, looks and
dress are no deterrents to the
determined voyeur or harasser. And we
have policemen, who instead of
focusing on real crime, make it their
mission to hound couples in parks and
other public places even if they happen
to be sitting a respectable distance
apart.
We who have had the misfortune of
living in this macho land have seen that
there is really is no antidote to
harassment short of embarrassing the
harasser. When a moralistic crusade
was unleashed in Bangalore, spunky
women got together and started the
pink chaddi campaign. In this, they sent
the coloured undergarments to the
organisation carrying out attacks on
women in bars and other public places
after which the cowards ended their
ugly campaign. So, the ADB should rid
itself of the notion that all it takes is a
modest form of dressing to stop
attracting unwanted attention. Perhaps,
they should consider giving their female
employees a martial arts allowance.
Nothing like a kick where it hurts most
to dampen the ardour of our budding
Romeos.
Time for
truthorbare
ONE STEP BACK,
TWOSTEPSAHEADThe border standoff between India
and China seems to have been
resolved in a manner that seems to
combine the best of diplomatic and
military pressure. This has come after
a few weeks of tension that had
threatened to severely disrupt the initial
political engagement
with the new leadership
in China. On the face of
it, the mutual troop
withdrawal was a
sensible compromise.
The two military
outposts were
untenable given the
isolation of the
Depsang plateau and
the inclement weather
that it faces. Neither
government was in a
position to make any
concession that looked
even remotely lop-sided in favour of the
other. Whatever happened, the solution
would have to be broadly reciprocal.
Nonetheless, there can be no doubt that
China has been the instigator of the
present crisis. New Delhi was caught
unawares by the sudden intrusion. That
it took place just weeks before the
Indian external affairs minister was to
travel to Beijing and the Chinese
premier was to make a return visit,
makes China's actions especially
troubling. There can also be no doubt
that the area of Eastern Ladakh in
which the standoff took place is not in
dispute - India's sovereignty over this
area is something that China's own
maps and diplomatic communications
have acknowledged since the 1950s.
India may withdraw its troops for the
purposes of this encounter, but it is
hoped that they will be back there,
patrolling, as soon as it is possible.
Also, China's demands that India halt
or dismantle its new border defence
infrastructure should be rejected out of
hand. It is well known that China has
built a complex and intricate defence
infrastructure across the southern edge
of Tibet. India has belatedly begun to
build this infrastructure only in the past
five years. Beijing obviously wants to
preserve this mismatch as this ensures
that it holds the edge in any land
conflict with India. India must not back
down on this front as this, in effect,
would mean waving a white flag on the
border. A more fundamental problem is
the frequency with which such border
flare-ups occur. The 2005 protocol
governing how the militaries of both
sides handle localised disputes needs
to be reconsidered by both sides. The
past practice of brushing these
incidents under a carpet of secrecy
must also come to an end. It is
impractical to expect that such things
will stay hidden and result in the odd
case that does surface, becoming
magnified out of proportion in the
public sphere. India and China have a
mutually beneficial relationship in the
economic space. The two fail to bind
on the political front. This is not a
problem. What needs to be worked out
is an understanding that ensures that
political friction does not spark a
military fire. This modus vivendi is the
missing part of this bilateral
relationship - a goal only put back by
the sort of incidents that happened at
Depsang.

3. PAGE 3INDIALOCALMonday,6thto12thMay2013
INDEFINITESTRIKEAGAINSTLOCALBODY
TAXBRINGSTRADETOAHALTINMUMBAI
All business and trad-
ing activity ground to a
haltinthecountry'scom-
mercial capital Monday
as over 1.5 million re-
tailers, wholesalers and
manufacturers launched
an indefinite strike
against the Maharashtra
government'sdecisionto
bring in Local Body Tax
(LBT) in lieu of octroi.
Strike against local
body tax:Trade grinds to
ahaltinMumbai
Traders protesting
LBT implementation in
Maharashtra
Neighbourhood retail
shops, wholesale trading
in clothes, electronics,
hardware, metals, cloth,
foodgrain, fruit, veg-
etables and all types of
manufacturing activities
in Mumbai were paraly-
sedsincemorning,incon-
veniencing millions of
customers.
"Over a million retail-
ers have wholeheartedly
joined the strike from to-
day (Monday), besides
another half a million-
plus wholesalers and
traders in Mumbai, bar-
ring certain essentials
likepharmacies,"Federa-
tion of Retail Traders'
Welfare Association
(FRTWA) president
VirenShahsaid.
TheFRTWAhasjoined
itsoveronemillioncoun-
terparts in the rest of the
state, large sections of
whichhavebeenonregu-
lar strike and agitations
sinceApril 22, following
a call by the Confedera-
tion ofAll IndiaTraders.
"If the state govern-
ment does not roll back
theLBTandreverttooc-
troi, it will mean a loss of
around Rs 500 crore per
day in Mumbai alone,"
Shahwarned,addingthat
the losses for the entire
state are being tabulated.
"We do not want the
LBT under any circum-
stances.We shall surren-
der our LBT registration
soon if the government
does not withdraw it," an
aggressiveShahsaid.
A petition by a Pune
trade body challenging
theLBTwillcomeupfor
hearing before the Su-
preme Court Tuesday,
May7.
LBT, which replaced
the traditional octroi in
the various municipali-
ties in the state, is an ac-
count-based cess collec-
tion for every raw mate-
rialusedorimportedinto
thecitylimitsbyallbusi-
nesses,tradersandmanu-
WHAT IS LOCALBODYTAX?
facturers. While it has
already been imple-
mented in most parts of
Maharashtra from April
1, it is due to be imposed
inMumbaifromOctober
1 this year. Earlier, the
FRTWA had gone on a
day's token strike April
22 in support of octroi,
whichhadreceivedasig-
nificant response. The
city Bharatiya Janata
Party unit extended sup-
port to the strike and
urged Maharashtra gov-
ernment to scrap LBT
and revert to octroi, ac-
cording to city unit chief
Raj Purohit.
Local Body Tax (LBT), to be im-
posed in Maharashtra October on-
wards, will be valid on the sale or
consumption of certain products.
It was proposed in the state bud-
get as a replacement for Octroi, as
per the Government directives to the
BMC, where businessmen would de-
clare their income and tax would be
paid on that.
How is it different from octroi?
LBT gives direct access of ac-
counts and turnovers of merchants.
Earlier, octroi was charged on the
material that came into the city, but
LBT will be charged on overall turn-
over of merchants.
Trader has to pay the tax once ev-
ery 40 days using online portals,
cheque, demand draft or cash
through a designated bank or
counters of the civic bodies.
According to traders, the tax will
be an addition to the existing Value
AddedTax(VAT).
REVENUESYSTEM
The current cash flow of the admin-
istration will change in this system,
as they will get the revenue every
month-end and not on an annual ba-
sis.
Traders claim that if they have to
pay more taxes, they will finally levy
it on the buyers, as the end product
will cost them more. The tax varies
from 0-7 per cent, depending on the
goods.
ANTI-LBT
Retailers, wholesalers and manu-
facturers are against LBT which they
feel will lead to more corruption.
They also said that government's tax
regime keeps changing every year, in
turn inconveniencing them.

4. PAGE 4INDIALOCALMonday,6thto12thMay2013
Big B to buy a
flat in Bhopal?Looks like Bachchans have
a strong connection with
Bhopal. According to sources,
while senior Bachchan was
shooting for Prakash Jha’s film,
Satyagraha in Bhopal, he used
his free time to scour for a suit-
able residential property to set
up another home.
Interestingly, the legendary
actor has a special connection
with the city as his wife Jaya’s
mother Indira resides there. It
is said that the Bachchans al-
ready have two flats and some
land in Bhopal. This time AB
is apparently interested in buy-
ing a property at the outskirts
of the city of lakes.The source
adds, “Bachchan saab was here
for the shooting of Prakash Jha’s
movie and he had earlier ex-
pressed how he likes the place for
its lush green ambience.”
Apparently Big B had stayed
back for a day after the shooting
to finish some work and the hunt
is still on for the coveted prop-
erty.
Another source from Bhopal
revealed that someone close to the
Bachchans had mentioned that the
family loves the city so much that
he took the latest addition in the
family -- granddaughter Aaradhya
-- to his mother-in-law’s place.
Even during his earlier shooting
schedule for Satyagraha, he was
seen visiting his favourite places
in the city.
THE IDENTITY CRISIS IN BOLLYWOOD
Farah Khan Ali, the
jewellery designer, re-
cently received a mail
about the hotel booking
which she never did.
“The identity crisis is a
part of life now I have
changed my name to
Farah Khan Ali and I
hope the other Farah
Khan changes hers to
Farah Khan Kunder! I
had to call up the man-
ager of this hotel and
tell him that they have
sent the mail to the
wrong Farah. I also re-
ceive bare chested pic-
tures of these hot hunks
wanting to act in mov-
ies and I keep wonder-
ing why I am getting
these mails.” Farah
Khan, the choreogra-
pher turned producer
has a different set of
problems. She says, “I
get these invitations
from really top haute
couture designs and I
know they are not for
me. She gets a lot of
flowers and gifts meant
for me. The funniest
thing perhaps is when
Shah Rukh sent a senti-
mental message meant
for me to her.” Kunal
Roy Kapur and Kunal
Kapoor also have had
their share of hilarious
incidents. Once Kunal
Roy Kapur got a call to
judge a college fest. As
he was out of town he
said he won’t be able to.
The caller to his embar-
rassment then asked if
someone else from
Rang De Basanti team
will be able to make it.
Kunal Roy
Kapur,Kunal Kapoor
“Instead of explain-
ing them the goof up, I
simply told them that
none of them are free.
This keeps happening
every once in a while
with me.” The other
Kunal Kapoor had
once mentioned that he
gets a lot of calls meant
for Kunal Roy Kapoor
for acting offers in the-
atre and also some call
to ask for Siddharth’s
(Kunal Roy Kapur’s
brother) number.

5. PAGE 5INDIALOCALMonday,6thto12thMay2013
Don't allow Shah Rukh to en-
ter Wankhede: MCA writes to
MUMBAI POLICE"We wrote a letter to Ma-
rine Lines police station to-
day asking them not to al-
lowShahRukhKhaninside
the stadium tomorrow
(when Kolkata Knight Rid-
ers play Mumbai Indians).
This was after the police
had asked us to send a let-
ter to that effect," MCA
president Ravi Savant told
reporters in Mumbai.
The Bollywood superstar
was banned for five years
from entering MCA pre-
mises, including the
Wankhede Stadium, by
theAssociation's Manag-
ing Committee, headed by
the late Vilasrao
Deshmukh, on May 18
last year, after he was in-
volved in a skirmish with
security staff and officials
of the cricket body follow-
ing KKR's victory over
MI two nights earlier.
Shah Rukh, however, de-
nied he had misbehaved
and maintained he reacted
onlyafterchildren,including
hiskids,were"manhandled"
by the security staff at the
stadium.
Meanwhile, it has been
learnt that security person-
nel have been told by the
authoritiesnottoallowSRK
inside the premises.
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
THRASH KINGS XI
PUNJAB BY 43 RUNS
A good all-round effort by the Rajasthan batsmen pro-
pelled them to a score of 177 for six and some tight bowl-
ing helped them restrict Kings XI Punjab to 134 for eight.
It was a brilliant team effort by the 2008 champions led by
former India captain Rahul Dravid.
Johan Botha (2-21), Shane Watson (2-22) and Shaun Tait
(2-18) took two wickets each while SiddharthTrivedi and
Stuart Binny took wicket apiece. Watson, who also struck
a 17-ball 36, was also adjudged Man of the Match.
The only cause for worry for the visitors was their poor
fielding performance. They could have wrapped up the
match much earlier but dropped three easy catches.
Kings XI Punjab chasing a big target never looked in the
hunt.Theyweredealtearlyblowsastheirin-formbatsman
Mandeep Singh (7) got out playing a rash shot whileTait,
playing his first game, accounted for Nitin Saini (2).
CaptainDavidHussey(8)toodidnotstaylongatthecrease
and with Shaun Marsh (34) departing the very next over,it
was all but over for the hosts. Former Pakistan all-rounder
AzharMahmood(24)putupabrieffightbutwasdeceived
by a slower ball from Binny. Earlier, electing to bat,
Rajasthan lost their top run getterAjinkya Rahane (5) in
thesecondover,caughtbehindoffAustralianRyanHarris.
Skipper Rahul Dravid (46) and Watson (36) strung to-
gether a 69-run partnership for the second wicket to put
Rajasthan in the driving seat. Dravid, who recently retired
frominternationalcricket,lookedingreattouchhittingeight
foursinhis39-ballinnings.TheIndianveteranthenforged
another good partnership with youngAshok Menaria (34)
as Rajasthan looked well on their way to set a big start.
However, things came to a standstill as Harris, who ended
with figures of four for 34, sent Dravid back to the
pavilion.BradHodgethoughplayedablisteringinningslate
on, scoring 36 off 23 balls as he propelled the visitors to an
imposingtotal.
Former India leg-spinner Laxman
Sivaramakrishnan elected to ICC panel
In an appointment that was
backedbytheBCCI,former
India leg-spinner Laxman
Sivaramakrishnantodayre-
placed Tim May as a play-
ers' representative on the
ICCCricketCommittee."...
Sivaramakrishnan is one of
the two Current Player rep-
resentatives (replacingTim
May). The other Current
Player representative is
former Sri Lanka captain
Kumar Sangakkara, who
has been on the committee
since 2007," the ICC said
inastatementonMonday.
"Sangakkara and
Sivaramakrishnanwerere-
cently elected by a vote of
the10Testcaptains,andwill
serve on the Cricket Com-
mitteeforathree-yearterm
from 2013-15," it
added.The appointment
was preceded by the head
of South Africa's players
union'srecentallegationthat
Indianinterestshaveforced
are-voteforthepositionof
players'representative.Tony
Irish,whoisalsoontheFed-
erationofInternationalCrick-
eters'Associations, had said
initial voting for the post by
the10Testcaptainshadcho-
sen May, who has been a
long-term senior players'
advocate.Meanwhile, the
ICC further announced that
the annual Cricket Commit-
teemeetingwilltakeplacein
London on May 28 and 29.
The committee will be
chaired for the first time by
former India captain Anil
Kumble, who has suc-
ceeded ex-West Indies skip-
per Clive Lloyd.

6. PAGE 6INDIALOCALMonday,6thto12thMay2013
Minor girl raped by step-fa-
ther who wanted to marry her
BJP EXPOSES BANSAL'S BUSINESS
LINKS WITH ARRESTED NEPHEW
BJPleader Satya Pal Jain demanded that the CBI should
interrogate Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal who
has said that he has no business links with his nephew
who was arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 90 lakh to
promote a railway official.
At a press conference on Sunday, Jain produced docu-
ments to claim that Bansal and his family had close
business links with his nephew Vijay Singla, who was
arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
on Saturday.
in the line of fire: According to documents shown by
BJP, Railway Minister PK Bansal had close business
ties to Vijay Singla, his
nephew and even the com-
panies floated by Singla had
Bansal’s residence on it. File
pics
Jain is in charge of the BJP’s
legal cell and a former mem-
ber of parliament from
Chandigarh. “I am surprised
why the CBI has not interro-
gated Bansal yet. Docu-
ments that establish a clear
business link between
Bansal’s family and his
nephew are available,” Jain
said.
The bribery scam is the lat-
est to hit the UPA govern-
ment at the centre. Jain
claimed that Bansal’s two
sons were directors in some of the companies floated
by Vijay Singla, who is the son of Bansal’s sister.
Singla was arrested on Saturday with three others for
allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 90 lakh. The bribe
was paid to him on Friday by two people for getting a
senior railway officer, Mahesh Kumar, appointed as a
memberofthepowerfulRailwayBoard.MaheshKumar
was appointed to the post on May 2. Jain claimed
that companies floated by Singla had given the ad-
dress of Bansal’s palatial house in an upscale area of
Chandigarh’s Sector 28. “If they are using his address
for their companies, how can there not be a business
link? Why is Bansal not coming out in public and
answering questions being raised on him?” Jain said.
Singla, who is setting up big a mall-cum-hotel project,
Acropolis, in Chandigarh’s industrial area, has busi-
ness interests in real estate, industry and other
projects.
He said that a thorough investigation be carried out
by the CBI into the growth of the finances and assets
of the Bansal family and their relatives in recent years.
He alleged that a senior IAS officer, Rahul Bhandari,
who is the son-in-law of Bansal’s sister and is the
railway minister’s private secretary, had also bought
properties in and around Chandigarh recently.
The BJP said it will keep pressing for the ouster of
union ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar
Bansal which, it hoped, will eventually lead to PM
Manmohan Singh quitting. Law Minister Ashwani
Kumar is facing fire for vetting a CBI report on the
coal block allocations scam, while the opposition is
baying for the blood of Pawan Kumar Bansal. “We
are putting forward this demand on behalf of the
people of India. Whether it is Pawan Bansal or
Ashwani Kumar, they are trying to save them because
they know, as soon as these ministers are out, the
prime minister will be in direct line of fire,” said Ravi
Shankar Prasad.Backing Railway Minister Pawan
Kumar Bansal, the Congress said no action will be
taken against them immediately. “There is a probe
going on, let the result come. We will decide after
that,” said I&B Minister Manish Tewari after a meet-
ing of the Congress core group at the PM’s official
residence.
DELHI MOST CREATIVE STATE IN INDIA,
MAHARASHTRAINTOP10:REPORT
According to Creative Index Report in 2013, Chandigarh, Punjab, Kerala, Goa,
Mizoram,Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry and Maharashtra round out the
top nine. Haryana and Manipur are tied for the tenth position, it said. "Delhi takes the
top spot as the most creative state in India with the greatest potential for success in
today's creative economy," it said. The study explores the presence of the 3Ts -
Technology, Talent and Tol-
erance in economic develop-
ment within each state and
Union Territory in India.
"Each of the 3Ts is important
toeconomicdevelopment;no
one T on its own can provide
sufficient support to sustain
growth and continued pros-
perity. “Taken together, these
3Ts of economic develop-
ment combine to produce the
CreativityIndex,ameasureof
a regions overall creative
economy," said Kevin Stolarick, Research Director, Martin Prosperity Institute. He
said India should recognise the importance of building talent, courting technology
and promoting tolerance in gaining an economic advantage. "Such an approach for
India would mean recognising the creative talent of its residents in order to develop
the businesses and industries of tomorrow; investing in the infrastructure required to
mobilise more innovation and recognising the importance of openness and diversity
in gaining economic advantage," he added. It also said within India, the Far North, Far
East, and Southern States and Union Territories appear to have higher concentrations
of the creative class than central and western regions.
MahendraSonar,aresidentofDhruwa
colony of Ranchi, was arrested Sun-
day night. Mahendra's wife lodged a
complaint in the Dhruwa police sta-
tion alleging that he had been raping
her 14-year-old daughter for the last
eight months.
Police arrested Mahendra and sent him
to jail. The minor, in her statement to
police, revealed that Mahendra had
been forcing himself on her and had
even wanted to marry her. She in-
formed her mother May 4.
The mother had left her first husband,
the father of the girl, and married Mahendra,
with whom she has two children. Her daugh-
ter from the previous marriage and the two
children all lived together in Ranchi.
A medical test has been conducted on the
girl, and police said further action would de-
pend on the results of the test.

7. PAGE 7INDIALOCALMonday,6thto12thMay2013
CROSSWORD
ARIES: The stars
recommend that you
should take proper care
of your health and
temperament during this
week. Some of you might be under
mental stress during first half of the
week and vague feeling of depression
may engulf you.
TAURUS : You will be in a relaxed
and a happy state of mind
most of the time during
this week. Be prepared to
shoulder responsibilities
that come your way
regarding family matters. There is
strong possibility that you would
repent later to wonder how you could
have done this.
GEMINI : Your health
will be fine and you will
feel energetic and able to
undertake tasks that you
had postponed earlier. However
senior citizens might suffer from
joint pains or chest congestion. Long
awaited promotions, elevations in
social status or rise in salary are on
the cards for the most of you.
CANCER : The
planetary configuration
indicates that you are
required to observe
necessary precautions in
your eating habits and take proper
rest coupled with sleep to maintain
your physical and mental health. You
will receive lot of respect from
others.
LEO : The period under
consideration is
favourable for enjoying
good health most of the
time. The favourable days
during this week are likely to be
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. You
are advised to try to make the
optimum use of opportunities when
they come along.
VIRGO : Health and
domestic affairs would need
your attention this week. Do
not neglect an ailment that,
though not serious, may
become a nagging problem. However,
your expertise in preparing meticulous
and detailed project reports will stand you
in good stead later.
LIBRA : Those of you,
who had been suffering
from general weakness and
headaches, would feel
relieved during this week. Youngsters
might decide to go on a health binge.
Regular exercise schedule and proper
diet will make them more relaxed and
active. If connected with computer
related work, you will receive an offer
to set up your own enterprise.
SCORPIO : Your health
will be fine and you will
feel energetic throughout
this week. However you
might be required to look after the
health of the elderly in your family
who may require medical attention.
There may be some changes in the
household for those living in a joint
family.
SAGITTARIUS : It is
a busy period for work
and career, but at the
same time you should
not neglect your regular
exercise schedule. It is necessary to
pay necessary attention towards
your health also. The work assigned
to you during this week might be a
test of your expertise and
knowledge.
CAPRICORN : Your
health might experience
ups and downs. Hence
you are required to
observe slight
precautions regarding your health
during this week. A desire to advance
your career will inspire you to work
sincerely towards achieving your
objectives and goals.
AQUARIUS : Those
who have just
recovered from a spell
of illness should be
careful regarding their
health. A relapse at this stage
might prove to be troublesome for
you. If you have been thinking of
starting an independent
enterprise, make a concrete move
in that direction now by meeting
people and discussing your ideas.
It may take some time.
PISCES : It will be a
good week to build up
your stamina and
reserves to tackle the
coming onslaught of
work. However some of you may
have a slight health problem that
will require you to take rest for
few days. Take care of your diet
and focus on your health.
Your horoscope for this week
A
NOQUICKDIVORCEFORMARRIED
After a week, 336 of the
650 couples who applied for
divorce in Cixi area did not
show up at the divorce office,
authorities told Xinhua.
The new divorce policy
was introduced on a trial ba-
sis April 1 in Cixi area of
Ningbo city.
"...we saved 336 families
(from divorce)," said He
Guoxin, director of the social
affairs department of Ningbo
CivilAffairs Bureau.
Many couples, especially
young couples born in the
1980s, came to the divorce
office on impulse, and the
delay helps them to calm
down, He said.
He said the city's re-mar-
riage rate proved that many
divorces were driven by im-
pulse.
Sex and relationships, No
quick divorce for couples in
this Chinese city
The remarriage rate
climbed to 18.5 percent in
2010 from 9.2 percent in
2006.
"Some young couples re-
marry three days after they
divorce," He said.
"It is too easy to divorce,
which makes some couples
leave each other without a
second thought," said Luo
Xianlin, general manager of a
match-making website
hongniang.com based in
Zhejiang, and director of
Zhejiang Match-making Pro-
fessional Committee.
China cancelled the one-
month approval time for di-
vorce in 2003.
The nation's divorce rate
has climbed over the past
decades to 30 to 40 percent
in big cities like Beijing and
Shanghai. The country re-
corded only 341,000 divorces
in 1980. The number jumped
to 1.21 million in 2000, and
reached 2.21 million in 2011.
Shang Shaohua, a mem-
ber of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Confer-
ence, proposed to establish
a calm-down period for
couples seeking divorce in
2010 during the "two ses-
sions" of the National
People's Congress.
The divorce reservation
policy was
first imple-
mented in
Qingdao city
in Shandong
provinceatthe
beginning of
this year.
The di-
vorcereserva-
tion gives the
two sides a
chance to
calm down.
The rising divorce rate re-
flects the rise of self-con-
sciousness, but also indi-
cates instability in society,
said Yan Shan, another mar-
riage expert.
Across:
1 __ Lanka : our southerly
neighbour (3)
4 Detonate or cause to begin or
start (3,3)
7 A dividing membrane or parti-
tion (6)
8 Crave, covet or lust for (4)
10 Lower House of Parliament
(UK) (3,7)
12 Prohibitions by custom or reli-
gion (6)
14 Accumulates by skimping (6)
15 In large amounts of quantity,
in a way (4,2)
17 Famous hospital on Pedder
road (6)
19 Unable to read or write (10)
21 Bathroom powder (4)
22 ___ ___ nobis : pray for us, in
Latin (3,3)
23 __ ___ puzzle : fit the pieces –
you get the picture (3,3)
24 Big name in moulded luggage
(3)
Down:
1 Agroup of six musici (6)
2 Understanding term? (1,3)
3 Tramples heavily on (6)
4 Feeling one's way overseas (6)
5 Unwelcome visitor, intruder (10)
6 Whimsical; strange (3)
9 Sorcery from the West Indies (6)
11ChineserestaurantatChurchgate
(10)
13 Microscopic one-celled animal
(6)
16 Come as a logical consequence
(6)
17 Delayed bodily effects due to
long journey by plane (3,3)
18 Maintain, prevent from sink-
ing, especially tempo, one's spir-
its, etc (4,2)
20Nameofseaformingnorth-east-
ern arm of Black Sea (4)
21 __ Mahal : the wonder at Agra
(3)
COUPLESINTHISCHINESECITY!Thenewmethodshouldto
be expanded to cover more
parts of the country, and the
calm-down period could be
extended to more than a
week, Yan said. "Divorce res-
ervation is common in other
countries. The period is one
to three months in the Repub-
lic of Korea (South Korea)
and nine months in England,"
Yan said.

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alerted by the Western Naval Command Headquarters
about a possible terror attack on the US Consulate in
Mumbai in July.The report further reveals that U.S. Con-
sulateofficialsarethetargetafterananonymousletterwith
Al-Jihad logo was sent to them. The letter warns of an
attackonnotjusttheconsulateinMumbai,butalsoonthe
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MURDER OVER JUHU FLAT: STRANGLED, BODIES
PUT IN SACKS, DOUSED WITH PETROL, SET ON FIRE
HowdidVinodBroker(84)
and his secretary Usha Nair
(51) meet such a gruesome
end?Followingthearrestofthe
threeaccusedIbrahimShaikh,
Ravindra Reddy and Nitin
Bhatia cops claim to have
solvedthecaseanddeciphered
thesequenceofevents.
Twoofthethreeaccused,
IbrahimShaikhandRavindra
Reddy, being taken to the
ShivajinagarCourtinthekid-
napping and murder case of
VinodBrokerandUshaNair.
Pic/KrunalGosaviInvestiga-
tionshaverevealedthataround
noononApril30,whenthevic-
timswerelastseen,theoffend-
ers took them on a drive in a
hired car on the pretext of
showingVinodapropertynear
Shirval.Theythenstrangulated
the duo, and left them in
Khandalaaftersettingthebod-
iesonfire.Thiswasajointin-
vestigationledbySeniorIn-
spector Bhanu Pratap Barge
from Social Security Cell of
PunePolice,sleuthsofCrime
Branch(UnitIX)ofMumbai
police and Koregaon Park
policestation.Afterarresting
IbrahimandRavindra,police
yesterday morning appre-
hendedNitinfromMumbai.
CopssayIbrahimtheprimeac-
cusedwasdrivingthecar,while
NitinandRavindra,whowere
sittingintheback,asphyxiated
the victims occupying the
middle seat. Barge said that
Nitinisadriverbyprofession
and used to work for a re-
nownedtravelagency.Hewas
a close associate of Ibrahim.
“Nitin was the one who ar-
rangedaToyotaInnova,with
registration number MH 04
DE 2667, which he later
changed to MH 09 109.Re-
latingwhattranspired,Barge
said,“Around11amonApril
30, the trio came to Vinod’s
KonarkEnclaveHousingSo-
ciety residence and went in
withoutenteringtheirnamesor
vehiclenumberinthesecurity
register.HeretheymetVinod
and Usha who were already
waitingfortheminthe84-year-
old’s C-7 apartment.” After
chattingandhavingsomere-
freshments,Ibrahimofferedto
showVinodhispropertynear
Shirval.Theyalllefttogether
at12.15pm,accordingtothe
CCTVfootageofthebuild-
ing.TheyreachedtheKatraj
Tunnelanhourlater,andhere
NitinandRavindrastrangled
thevictims.Theyputthebod-
ies in bags and, on reaching
KashediGhatat2pm,burnt
the corpses after pouring
petrol on both. However,
momentsaftertheyhadleft,a
local resident informed
Khandalapolicestationthat
someunidentifiedpeoplehad
set fire to two bodies near a
closedstone-crushingplant.
“Theaccusedhadremovedall
thebelongingsfromthebod-
ies and even stripped them.
Theytookthehousekeysfrom
Vinod’spocketandreturned
to Konark Enclave at 4.20
pm. From here the trio took
thekeystoVinod’scaranda
bag containing important
documentslikepassportand
PANcardandleft10minutes
later.TheytookUsha’scar,in
whichshehadarrivedforthe
morningmeeting,andsoldit
toapersoninBandra.Weare
tryingtofindoutwhohadpur-
chasedthevehicle.Ateamhas
been sent to recover the car
andotherpapersoftheJuhu
property,”saidBarge.