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INDIA, JAPAN VOW TO BUILDSPECIAL STRATEGIC TIES

Australian PM travels toIndia to strengthen ties

Sydney (IANS): Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will visit India thisweek to "strengthen the strategic partnership" between the two countriesand engage with Indian Premier Narendra Modi to increase bilateralcooperation, it was announced recently."I will travel to India and Malaysia" from September 4 to 6, said Abbott, forwhom it will be his first visit to India as prime minister."...I will visit New Delhi and India's financial capital, Mumbai, to strengthenthe strategic partnership between our two countries," he said here.Australia and India have strong and growing economic and trade ties.India is Australia's fifth largest export market, with total exports of $11.4billion, and there is potential for further cooperation in resources, sci-ence, technology and education, an official statement said."My visit will be an opportunity to engage with Prime Minister (Narendra)Modi early in the term of his government to increase bilateral coopera-tion to advance our mutual interests."I will also meet other senior political leaders, including President (PranabMukherjee)," he added.The visit will be an opportunity to "promote trade and investment andpromote our G20 objectives ahead of the Brisbane summit in November",said the Australian prime minister who will be accompanied on the Indiavisit by a group of senior business leaders.In the second leg, Abbott travels to Malaysia for talks with MalaysianPrime Minister Najib Razak.Australia's defence ties with Malaysia are amongst the closest in SouthEast Asia and "we feel a deep connection to Malaysia given sharedexperiences arising from the MH370 and MH17 disasters".Our trade has grown year-on-year, with two-way trade last year worthalmost $18 billion, he said. Hundreds of thousands of Malaysians havestudied in Australia and "we will soon see more Australians travelling theother way when Malaysia joins the New Colombo Plan in 2015".Abbott returns to Australia September 7.

Tokyo, (IANS) In what could worry China, India and Japan Mondaypledged to develop "closer and strategic par tnership" as Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi declared on the third day of a path-breakingvisit that relations with Tokyo were "the highest priority for mygovernment".India and Japan also decided to speed up the negotiations overcivil nuclear cooperation, and work on an agreement to collabo-rate on military technologies."Today we have taken an impor tant decision to elevate (our) rela-tionship from Strategic and Global Par tnership to a Special Stra-tegic and Global Par tnership," Modi said in the company of hisJapanese counterpar t Shinzo Abe af ter their summit meeting."This is not just a play of words but a decision that reflects thesolemn responsibilities of our two governments and two coun-tries," Modi added.Abe agreed: "We have to fundamentally improve our ties in every field toelevate our relationship into a special strategic partnership."Abe said he had fruitful exchange of ideas with Modi, that the twocountries had agreed to enhance cooperation in maritime secu-

rity, and that "security cooperation between India and Japan willdeepen fur ther".Modi welcomed Japan's commitment to invest $35 billion in Indiaover the next five years, and hailed Tokyo's decision to end sanc-tions on Indian entities."No country has done more for modernizing India's infrastructurethan Japan," said Modi, who picked Japan for his first bilateralvisit outside the Indian sub-continent after becoming prime min-ister in May.India and Japan signed agreements in health, clean energy, womendevelopment and roads sector and a pact between Kyoto andVaranasi. Japan agreed to extend technical and financial suppor tto the proposed bullet train project in India.Monday was another hectic day for Modi, who flew into Kyoto --Japan's former capital -- Saturday, to be received by Abe. He flew tothe Japanese capital Sunday. On Monday, Modi called Abe "an oldfriend" and said his Japanese counterpar t had shown "special lovefor India".

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JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE (L) SHAKES HANDS WITH HIS INDIAN COUNTERPART NARENDRA MODI IN TOKYO, JAPAN.

Ajinkya Rahane's maiden century and his century-run stand withShikhar Dhawan powered India to a comprehensive nine-wicket winover England in the fourth ODI here Tuesday and also sealed theseries 3-0 with still a match to go. The England batting collapsed yetagain as they were bundled out for 206 runs with three balls to spareafter being put into bat at Edgbaston.India polished off the total in just 30.3 overs as Rahane struck 106,that included 10 fours and four sixes, and Dhawan remained un-beaten on 97. The duo added 183 runs for the first wicket.Rahane and Dhawan ripped apart the England bowling and showedthere were no devils in the pitch.The 150-run stand came quicker than a run-a-ball. Rahane got his maidenODI century in 96 balls and their 183-run stand ended when Rahanesliced Harry Gurney to Alastair Cook.Dhawan, who hit 11 fours and four sixes, then took the team home safelyand sealed the victory by hitting Gurney for a six over mid-on.The win will help India ease the pains of the humiliating 1-3 loss in theTest series. The first ODI in Bristol was washed out while India won thesecond ODI in Cardiff by 133 runs via the Duckworth Lewis method andthe third in Nottingham by six wickets. In Cardiff and Nottingham, it werethe Indian spinners, who did the damage. But here at Edgbaston, Englandbatsmen crumbled against Indian pacers.

Fourth ODI- India winagainst England

Ajinkya Rahane scored his maiden ODI hundred as India crushedEngland by nine wickets at Edgbaston to take the one-day series

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SONAM KAPOOR PROMOTE “KHOOBSURAT”.

MUMBAI (IANS): Kapil Sharma gets Bollywood celebrities as his guests often, but this time, he had two members of Hollywood film "TeenageMutant Ninja Turtles" visit him on the set of his show "Comedy Nights With Kapil".Kapil was seen having fun with them as he is a huge fan of the "Ninja Turtles" series, said a source from the show's set.In fact, when the figures appeared on the stage, the audience cheered for them.The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a fictional team of four teenage anthropomorphic tur tles, which first found popularity via comic books.They then inspired cartoon series, films, video games, toys and other general merchandise, and now an international reboot of the sciencefiction action comedy movie series is set for a nationwide release in India Friday.

Kapil Sharma welcomes Ninja Turtles on his comedy show

Mumbai (IANS): Versatile actor Paresh Rawal, who will soonstar t shooting for a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi,says he is the right choice to play the role of the politician."I am confident about the film and no one else can play NarendraModi other than me. He is in a different league altogether and Iam more than excited to play the role. I am not allowed to talkmuch about the film but, yes, I will star t shooting soon for thisfilm," said Paresh.Meanwhile, the actor was seen in "Raja Natwarlal". Directed byKunal Deshmukh, the film, which also stars Emraan Hashmu andHumaima Mallick, among others, came out Friday.

No one else can play the role:Paresh Rawal on Modi biopic

Can't believe we won Pro Kabaddi League: Abhishek BachchanBollywood actor-producer Abhishek Bachchan, whose Pro Kabaddi League franchise Jaipur Pink Pan-thers won the final match against U Mumba, says the victory feels like a dream."Last night feels like a dream. Can't believe that we won the Pro Kabaddi League. All the hard work of theboys, coach and staff came through," Abhishek posted on Twitter Monday."Thank u all for the unbelievable suppor t!Any spor t is made by the fans and Kabaddi has awesome fans!Thank u for suppor ting @JaipurPanthers," he added.His team won against Ronnie Screwvala-owned franchise U Mumba, 35-24 in an enthralling final of theeight-city franchise-based Pro Kabaddi League here Sunday.Abhishek seems to be taking a keen interest in the country's spor ts scenario. He was also recentlyunveiled as the team owner of the Chennai franchise of the Indian Super League (ISL) during the officiallaunch of the glamorous football league.

NATIONAL SHOOTER ALLEGES TORTURE BYHUSBAND TO CHANGE RELIGION

Ranchi -(IANS) - In her complaint to police, Tara Sahdeo, a nationallevel gold medallist rifle shooting champion, said she got married toKohli in July.She said the marriage was solemnised in accordance with Hindurituals, but during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, she came toknow from invitation cards that her husband's original name wasRakibul Hassan.She alleged that Kohli and 20 other people forced her to change herreligion to Islam. When she refused, she was allegedly beaten up anda dog was set upon her.Sahdeo alleged that she was threatened with dire consequences ifshe told anyone about the conversion.When Kohli went to New Delhi Aug 19, Sahdeo messaged her familyand was rescued.Jharkhand Chief Hemant Soren Friday night announced that national

shooter Tara Shahdeo's conversion case will be referred to CBI forprobe. "Tara Shahdeo met me and we assured all possible help to her.We agree to her demand regarding CBI probe. We will refer the caseto CBI," he said at a press conference here.Soren, however, declined to speak about the names of two ministersfiguring in the case.Shahdeo has alleged that two ministers -- Haji Hussain Ansari andSuresh Paswan -- have links with her husband Ranjeet Kohli aliasRakibul Hussain.The Cour t extended for three more days the police custody of RanjitKohli alias Rakibul Hassan who married national champion shooterTara Sahdeo pretending to be a Hindu and who allegedly forced her tolater embrace Islam.Police in the Jharkhand capital Monday moved the chief judicial mag-istrate cour t seeking three more days of police remand for Kohli.The cour t accepted the police plea.Jharkhand Police have also soughtpermission from the Patna High Cour t to question a Bihar judicialofficial who allegedly took Kohli's mother to New Delhi when he wasabsconding.According to police sources, Kohli was using two mobile phonesallotted in the name of the judicial official.Police Sunday seized 36 mobile SIM cards, 15 mobile phones, twoCPUs, four printers, two airguns and various documents from Kohli'shouse.Police sources said Kohli appeared to be close to many judicial andpolice officials.Mustaq Ahmad, a registrar with the Jharkhand High Cour t, was sus-pended last week, after Tara Sahdeo alleged that it was Ahmad whoorganised her nikah with Kohli after her marriage was soleminsed inaccordance with Hindu rituals.


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66 percent voters satisfied withModi's performance, functioning: Poll

New Delhi, (IANS) Nearly two-thirds (66 percent) of voters in a survey haveexpressed satisfaction with the Narendra Modi government's performance,and while more - 68 percent - approve of the prime minister's style of func-tioning.Conducted across 14 cities including the four metropolitan cities, major statecapitals as well as other prominent cities like Surat and Varanasi, the opinionpoll by Network 18 and Today's Chanakya on 100 days of the Modi govern-ment sought to take a look at how Team Modi has fared on foreign policy,internal security and on the economic front."Majority 66 percent voters say they are satisfied with the performance so farof the Modi government. Nineteen percent say they are not satisfied with thegovernment performance," said a press release giving the results of thesurvey conducted Aug 26-31 and involving 6,280 respondents."Fifty-one percent voters say if elections were held now, the Modi govern-ment will improve its tally while 26 percent say the opposite. On the keyquestion of corruption, 54 percent voters say the Modi government can tacklecorruption while 24 percent say it cannot tackle corruption," the release said.According to the opinion poll, economic sentiment was positive with 41percent stating that the economy was back on track, while 25 percent said itwas early to pass a judgment.In response to a question "what do you think the prime minister could havebeen done better in 100 days", 48 percent voters wished the Modi govern-ment to be stricter on spiralling prices."More than 30 percent voters believe that price control has improved while27 percent say that it has not improved," the release said.

About Modi's tenure, 41 percent voters described it as being "effective, speedy,and purposeful", while 35 percent said his government has to be more boldand tough.The poll said 68 percent respondents approved of Modi's style of functioningwhile only 25 percent find him authoritatian.The opinion poll showed that Modi has been successful in building a directrapport with people."Fifty percent respondents say that Modi effectively communicates with thepeople of the country."On internal security, 37 percent respondents said Maoist violence has de-creased during the Modi regime, while 15 percent of voters said it had in-creased. The poll said voters appeared to be in sync with Modi's foreignpolicy. "Sixty-nine percent respondents rate his foreign policy as being eithergood or very good. Forty-seven percent say the performance is good while22 percent say it is very good," the survey said.On cancellation of foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan,the poll showed that 54 percent supported the move.Meanwhile, 43 percent of respondents say communal violence has not in-creased during the Modi regime, while 14 percent say it has, the poll said. Onthe Congress leader in the Lok Sabha not being recognised as the Leader ofOpposition, 44 percent voters said it was the right decision, while 30 percentsaid the Congress deserves the post.Modi's "Team India" pitch found favour with 54 percent of voters who saidModi was walking the talk on building a team with the chief ministers, but 15percent not holding a similar sentiment.

Chandigarh, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was "trying tocopy" US President Barack Obama in most things that he does,Congress deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Amarinder Singh saidTuesday.In a statement issued here, Amarinder Singh said the latest ex-ample of this copying was Modi's proposed address to studentsacross the country on Teachers' Day Sep 5."It is strange that Mr. Modi shall be addressing students and notteachers on Teachers' Day," he said. Amarinder Singh said Obamahad addressed students in the US Sep 8, 2009. "He (Mr. Modi) istrying to copy Obama in utter haste and hurry," the Congress leadersaid. "Otherwise, he should ideally be addressing teachers onTeachers' Day and not students for whom he could always choosesome other occasion," Amarinder Singh said. "This goes typicallywith Mr. Modi's characteristic style of copying the US president," theformer Punjab chief minister added.

AAP slams BJP's 100days' governance

New Delhi, (IANS) The AAP Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modigovernment on various issues, describing its first 100 days in poweras "anything but landmark and emphatic".The Aam Aadmi Par ty termed the governance of the Bharatiya JanataPar ty "as an excellent public relations management and high-defini-tion photographs on Twitter"."The fear with Narendra Modi's government isn't that they will dosomething radically different and crazy, but rather that they will endup being the UPA government," the AAP said.The par ty said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance governmentfailed to bring back the black money which Home Minister RajnathSingh had promised to bring back within the first 100 days of thetenure. "Where is the black money? The government has only set upthe cursory Special Investigation Team on black money, that too fol-lowing the directions of the Supreme Court," the AAP said.On the issue of inflation, which has been high in the past few months,the AAP said: "In the first 100 days of the BJP government, the pricesof diesel, kerosene, milk, tomatoes, onions, potatoes and nearly ev-ery essential commodity went up by astronomical levels.""For all the talk of removing MPs with a criminal record from parlia-ment, there has been little action to follow it up," the AAP statementsaid."Twelve of the 44 ministers in the Modi government have seriouscriminal charges against them," it added.

AMAN KHATKAR LAUNCHES THE ULTIMATECOMEDY MOVIE – GOREYAN NU DAFFA KARO

BY SHAZIA MALIK

TORONTO - Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo, presented by Speed Records, AmanKhatkar & Arsara Films is releasing worldwide 12 September andis slated to be the ultimate Punjabi comedy movie of the year.Though Punjabi cinema has progressed in leaps and bounds withGippy Grewal and Diljit Dosanjh giving the biggest hits of thisyear, another upcoming star Amrinder Gill is catching fast withthe maetros!The film is produced by Suresh Kumar, Monty Shoor, SukhjinderBhachu and Aman Khatkar and hope the movie will catch the imagi-nation of audiences and create a neighborhood sensation. As thename suggests, the hero does all it takes to keep the whites atbay when he thinks his pride is put on the line. Though Punjabicinema has inked stories of all genres, comedy still remains atthe hear t of this industry and so Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo is nodifferent. A big budget movie, directed by Pankaj Batra creates apoignant coming-of-age story laced with some beautiful numbersis a must watch. The star cast includes Amrit Maghera, YograjSingh, Aman Khatkar, Binnu Dhillon, Rana Ranbir, Karamjit Anmol,Sardar Sohi, Terence Winkless among others.Midweek sat with the lead star Amrinder Gill to comprehend howthis romantic comedy is different from others released recently.Amrinder Gill informed that his name in the movie is Kala whichis a familiar name in Punjab. The movie is shot in the borderareas of Rajasthan and is reflected through a different dialect andclothing style. Talking about the title of the movie Amrinder said:"The movie is quite contrary to its title and is not racist at all as isgenerally being thought. It is a movie that can be enjoyed by thewhole family and in fact as the film goes on, it will steer gigs."Talking about the lead female character played by the UK basedmodel and actress, Amrit Maghera, who has a few Hindi films inher kitty, Amrinder claimed: "Working not only with her but theentire team was a fantastic experience. It was a large budgetmovie and required not only Indian but foreign stars as well. Thusa number of professional Western actors including TerenceWinkless who has worked in Hollywood movies, were roped in.The story is written by Amberdeep Singh of Comedy Nights with

Kapil Sharma fame." Talking about his rendezvous with YograjSingh, Amrinder professed: "The bond was amazing and even helove his role and in fact told me it is his best by far. We really hada swell time together in the uncle and nephew roles."Amrinder has sung two songs in the movie and loves the produc-

tion quality of film as according to them when Aman Khatkar nar-rated the film to him made it clear, there would be no compromiseon the cost as was the requirement of the script. As most of thefilm was produced in Canada, nearly 15 to 20 people were flownfrom India thus taking Punjabi cinema to the next level.

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BY ARUN KUMAR

Washington, (IANS) Two US lawmakers, including the lone Indian-American Congressman, have joined Sikh community groups in pro-testing the world basketball body FIBA's delay in reviewing the discrimina-tory policy against Sikh basketball players who wear turbans."Every day FIBA delays is another day that Sikhs can't play," Democrat Housemembers Ami Bera and Joe Crowley, formerly chair of the India Caucus, saidin a statement Thursday after the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA)announcement that its governing board would delay a review of its headgearpolicy. "Allowing Sikhs to play while wearing their turban is a no-brainer, andwe're disappointed that FIBA has delayed their review of a policy that canonly be described as outdated, discriminatory, and totally inconsistent withthe ideals of team sports," they said urging the board "to stop delaying and letSikhs play." The FIBA decision comes ahead of the Saturday start of FIBABasketball World Cup hosted by Spain amid an outcry over an incident in-volving two Sikh players who were told by referees that they must removetheir turbans if they were to play in FIBA's Asia Cup. The players, who havealways played in turbans, were told that they were in violation of one of FIBA's

official rules, which states, "Players shall not wear equipment (objects) thatmay cause injury to other players." However, other sports leagues, such asFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the NationalCollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), allow athletes wearing turbans toparticipate. Last week, Crowley and Bera joined several members of Con-gress in wring a letter to FIBA president urging the board to update its policiesto stop requiring Sikhs to remove their turbans during basketball games. "It isdisappointing that FIBA has decided to let bureaucracy stand in the way ofprogress and religious freedom," two community organisations, Sikh Ameri-can Legal Defence and Education Fund (SALDEF) and the Sikh Coalition said."While FIBA presents itself as a representative of global sport this weekend,Sikh players will still be forced to choose between playing a game they loveand following their religious beliefs," they said. The incident involving the twoSikh players has also sparked a social media campaign using the hashtag#LetSikhsPlay. The two organisations said they will continue to pro-mote the hashtag on Facebook and Twitter. Expressing shock at "FIBA'sarrogance and insensitivity" the Sikh Coalition also encouraged "tur-baned Sikhs and their friends throughout the world to par ticipate inour #CallFoulonFIBA video campaign."

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Life, Three ContinentsDESK REPORT

Toronto - 'One Life, Three Continents' by Indar Singh Hans,Sujapur, a farming village in Ludhiana District, will be celebrat-ing an official book launch on September 13 from 1-3pm. Theevent is being hosted by the Sikh Heritage Museum. Hans isforwarding all proceeds from the sale of the book to the nextauthor on the Par tition Road Publishing House roster. The bookwas self-published under the moniker of Partition Road PublishingHouse and printed by the University of Toronto Press. The first runcompletely sold out and a second run of hundreds of books becamenecessary. The novel is written in crisp prose style as a series ofvignettes linked together by a strong narrative of finding stability throughstruggle. Tragedy, drama and humour are interwoven with solid his-torical context to provide a strong base for the compelling story. It isno stretch of the imagination to say that there is nothing like thisis out there and that Indar Singh Hans is making a brand newmark on Canadian literature.


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DEVOTEES PARTICIPATE IN THE PARKASH UTSAV OF SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB (410TH ANNIVERSARY OF INSTALLATION OF THEGURU GRANTH SAHIB) IN BATALA, NEAR AMRITSAR ON SEPT 1, 2014. (PHOTO: IANS)

MUSIC, MOVIES & FOOD TRUCKS INVADEMISSISSAUGA CELEBRATION SQUAREMississauga - Visit Mississauga Celebration Square on Septem-ber 5 and 6 for SoundBites: Music, Movies & Food Trucks, a freeoutdoor event that has something for everyone. Join the City onFriday night for food trucks and a double-bill movie. Then on Sat-urday enjoy a free concer t and a food truck award presentation.Headlining Saturday's concer t is Grammy winning hip hop groupDel La Soul. The legendary "Me, Myself and I" trio will take thestage for a 90 minute concer t, celebrating 25 years of hip hop, rapand jazz. Star ting at 9:30pm watch as the Square transforms intoa live concer t venue as the group per forms classic fan favouritesand a few new tracks off their latest album - You're Welcome,

along with their mixtape, Smell the Da.I.S.Y.Before the concer t, join the City at 7 pm for the AwesTRUCKAwards. This award ceremony presentation acknowledges someof the best food trucks in Ontario. Grab something to eat at any ofthe 25 food trucks lining the Square. This is also the last weekendto visit the 'Say i t for Sauga' video booth located inside theMississauga Central Library where you can share your favouriteMississauga moment - for a chance to win a prize!Located in the City's downtown core, Mississauga CelebrationSquare hosts a dynamic lineup of year-round, outdoor events andfestivals that showcase ar ts, cultural diversity and enter tainment.

Tastemakers Lounge celebrates 10 years atToronto International Film Festival

Toronto - Marking 10 years since launching the first Canadian-ownedgifting suite at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), rock-itpromotions recently announced details for the 2014 TastemakersLounge presented by Brita®. Hosted at the InterContinental TorontoCentre (225 Front St. W.), the exclusive lounge celebrates its 10thanniversary in style with luxury apparel, coveted accessories and thelatest festival must-haves.Tastemakers has long been a hotspot for local and international tal-ent, hosting and gifting notable names including Woody Harrelson,Brad Pitt, Sarah Polley, Kat Dennings, Freida Pinto, Samuel L. Jack-son, Abigail Breslin, Joshua Jackson, and Nina Dobrev, among manyothers.Founded in 2005 by Debra Goldblatt-Sadowski, president and founderof Tastemakers and rock-it promotions and Leesa Butler, VP of Op-erations of Tastemakers and president and founder of Divine Lab, theTastemakers Lounge presented by Brita® invites guests to take abreak from the hustle and bustle of TIFF to enjoy unique brand experi-ences and innovative gifting oppor tunities from the hottest Canadianand international brands. This year's lounge promises to be the bestyet."Hosting Tastemakers during The Toronto International Film Festival

for a decade has been an incredible experience. Each year the festivalhas continued to grow, and so has Tastemakers," said Goldblatt-Sadowski. "We are especially proud of the many Canadian brandswe've been able to introduce on an international stage and want togive a special thank you to the talent, VIPs, brands and media thathave suppor ted us for the last 10 years. With the brands featured thisyear, we're celebrating this milestone in a big way. Here's to 10 more!"Tastemakers has also announced LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmeticsas this year's charitable par tner. These philanthropic forces havecome together to suppor t and highlight two local charities: Girls RockCamp Toronto and the Children's Peace Theatre. LUSH's CharitableGiving Program is an initiative that donates 100 per cent of the saleprice of Charity Pot Hand and Body Lotion to grassroots organizationslocally and around the world. Guests of the Tastemakers lounge willeach receive a LUSH Charity Pot Hand and Body Lotion in their giftbag. As well, talent in the lounge will autograph the Charity Pot board,which will then be auctioned off with all of the proceeds going towardthe Charity Pot initiative.The lounge will be decked out in industrial furnishings by Toronto firmPekota Design, while Branded Bites will serve special 10 year anni-versary sweets.

Family dinners protect kidsfrom cyber-bullyingToronto (IANS): Make it a point not to miss family dinners toconnect with your kids and help them cope with cyber-bully-ing. Like traditional bullying, cyber or internet bullying can in-crease the risk of mental health problems in teenagers just as wellas the misuse of drugs and alcohol do, says a new study.Cyber-bullying involves the posting of rumours and gossips aboutpeople on the internet, with an intent to defame. For the study, theresearchers examined the association between cyber-bullying andsubstance use problems to that of mental health, as well as anymoderation of the effects through family contact and communica-tion during the course of family dinners.The study included survey data on 18,834 students, within the agebracket of 12-18, from 49 schools in the US. Nearly 19 percent ofthe students reported they had experienced cyber-bullying duringthe previous 12 months. Family dinners appeared to moderate therelationship between cyber-bullying and mental health, the find-ings showed.For example, with four or more family dinners per week there wasabout a four-fold difference in the rates of total problems betweenno victimisation to frequent victimisation. When there were nodinners the difference was more than seven-fold. "Family dinners(family contact and communication) are beneficial to the adoles-cent mental health and may help protect adolescents from theharmful consequences of cyber-bullying," said lead author FrankElgar from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. The studyappeared in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.

Bollywood Monster Mashupholds special events

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Mississauga - ZEE Bollywood Monster Mashup, the largestSouth Asian festival in Canada, presented the first everBollywood Monster Double Take (BMDT) - a never seen beforeact fusing East and West together and offering mind-blowingenter tainment to thou-sands of attendees at thefree concer t on August 30at Mississauga Celebra-tion Square."Every year, we bring to-gether different culturesto present an all-togethernew act at the festival,"says Vikas Kohli, BMMAr tistic Director. "Lastyear we had theBol lywood Dragon Or-chestra and this year weare bringing the Bollywood Monster Double Take to life to en-ter tain not only Bollywood fans, but fans of western music too.This is the ultimate mashup!"The BMDT is a showcase of the confluence of South Asian andWestern culture that has been ongoing for many years. But thequestions are: Who influenced who first? And who sang it bet-ter? On August 30th, the audience will be able to decide. Thisspecial South Asian and Canadian fusion act will presentBollywood hits from films such as Ram Balram, Don and KabhiAlvida Na Kehna and Billboard char t-topping songs from thewest originally sung by ar tists such as George Michael, BlackEyed Peas and Roy Orbison but with a twist!Every year, Kohli creates an original, fusion enter tainment actfor BMM. Prior original creations that have wowed audienceshave been the Bollywood Rock Symphony, the Bollywood Mon-ster Choir and the Bollywood Dragon Orchestra.Bollywood headliner Rajdeep Chatterjee also performed at theBollywood Monster Mashup. BMM collaborated on The MississaugaArts Council's 2014 Media Summit and started the week-long festi-val last week. This free event gives rising media artists a chance topitch their projects to industry mentors.

Bollywood MonsterMashup ArtisticDirector, Vikas Kohli


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India's Mars Orbiter completes 90 percent of its journeyChennai (IANS): India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft has completed 90 percent of its journey to the red planet while scientists are gearing upto meet the challenge of restar ting the onboard liquid fuel engine, an official said Thursday."The spacecraft has completed 90 percent of its journey to Mars. On Sep 14, its trajectory would be corrected," a senior official of IndianSpace Research Organisation (ISRO), told IANS.According to him, on Sep 24, the spacecraft is slated to enter into the Mars orbit.On Sep 24, the manoeuvring of the spacecraft will begin around 7.30 a.m. The spacecraft's speed will be reduced from the currentvelocity so that the Mars Orbiter enters into the orbit.The official said restar ting the onboard liquid fuel engine will be a challenging task as it was dormant for nearly 300 days."However, necessary redundancy and other measures have been incorporated in the spacecraft design and we hope, not to face muchproblem in restar ting the engine," he said.The ISRO officials said the spacecraft and its payloads are in good condition.Of the total Rs.450 crore budget on the project, India has spent Rs.349 crore on its Mars Orbiter Mission as on March 31, 2014.The Mars Orbiter was launched Nov 5, 2013.Now 27 days are left for India's Mars Orbiter to enter into the orbit of the Red Planet.

New Delhi, (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 100days in office next week, the overall sentiment of India Inc. is one ofoptimism, as the reversal of a perception of policy inaction with sev-eral meaningful steps on economic reforms have made the climateconducive for fresh investments and growth, stakeholders said.These 100 days, although a shor t span of time given the five-yeartenure that an elected government in India is normally entitled to, hasseen some brisk action in areas such as hiking foreign equity caps indefence and insurance, which are clear signals of a return of theliberalisation era that was star ted in 1991 but perceivably lost steamin recent years.The stock markets also gave a thumbs up to the policy initiatives,with two key indices touching all-time highs, even as rating agen-cies that were on the brink of downgrading India's sovereign rat-ings at the beginning of the year, today speak about revival andhigher growth trajectory for the economy.Similarly, foreign funds, which were hesitant onlookers at theinvestment oppor tunities in Indian stocks till April, are back inbusiness as net buyers. This sudden surge has already seen thesefunds investing $26 billion this year. If this pace continues, 2014-15 could well turn out to be a record year for inward foreign fundinvestments with $50 billion."Investor sentiment is back as the new government has demon-strated high commitment to growth and reforms," Ajay Shriram,president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, a leading indus-try body, told IANS."During our interactions with ministers and officials, we havefound strong will ingness to consider the industry's views andtake up out-of-the-box solutions," Shriram said, adding: "We are

confident that the pace of reforms would continue in comingmonths."The various business confidence surveys conducted by indepen-dent agencies also suggest a revival in sentiments. Their broadfindings are: a definite pick-up seen in demand, the return of newinvestment decisions and a definite move towards hiring.Industry is par ticularly pleased with the initiatives on infrastruc-ture and the promise of making the environment business-friendly. Withmost top industrialists having dealt with the Gujarat government whenModi was chief minister, they know he means business."Modi has a track record of being a doer. What he's done in Gujarat is foreveryone to see. He has a huge task never theless in turning aroundthe economy to growth-oriented, rather than control-oriented one,"said Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons."We'll have to give him a little more time. I am very hopeful hewill turn things around."Examples of the government's initiatives in infrastructure apar tfrom high-speed trains include the creation of 100 smar t, inter-linked cities, a roadmap for public-private par tnership in a host ofareas like por ts, roads and highways and housing for all.Much of these were spelt out in the budget speech of FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley in July. Following that, the prime minister'smaiden Independence Day speech Aug 15, in which he calledupon the global investing community to "sell anywhere, but makein India", was much appreciated.Recalling that speech, Siddhar th Birla, president of the Federa-tion of Indian Chambers of Commerce and industry, said it was aclear enough signal to investors - both domestic and global - tomake India a global manufacturing and expor t hub."We are now confident the 'Make in India' and 'Made in India'vision will be suppor ted by the requisite policy and implementa-tion of measures to enhance the competitiveness of our manufac-turing sector," he said.Even the social sector schemes such as Clean India programme,skill development mission and the financial inclusion package toreach banking and insurance to every household are seen as notjust as providing security but also as creating rural demand likenever before.There are signs as well of overall revival. Growth in factory out-put is scaling up, core industries like electricity, cement, steeland coal are seeing a pick up in demand, the service sector isseeing new recruitments, expor ts have seen the sharpest rise insix months and there is a resolve to cut deficit.Little wonder the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which generallymaintains a conservative position while assessing the economy,

has itself revised upward its growth forecast for this fiscal to 5.5-6.0percent from an actual sub-5-percent growth in the past two.Yet, amid all these positive indicators there are some tricky issuesas well which have to be addressed by the Modi government. Notableamong them: Clearing the mess of coal block allocations declaredillegal since 1993 and high inflation.Regarding the first, the Supreme Court having intervened in the mat-ter, directions could possibly come on how the government shoulddeal with the matter in the future. But it is high prices that couldland the government into trouble - like it, perhaps, did in the latestbyelections in some states.The sticky food inflation has meant fruits are costlier by 31.71percent over the past year, potato prices have zoomed 46.41 per-cent and even items like pulses, that saw their prices balloon inrecent months, continue to do so.Yet, Arundhati Bhattacharya, the chair of the country's largestlender, the State Bank of India, summed up the state of the economyin three shor t sentences e-mailed to IANS."With the evidence of economy bottoming out, the stage is nowset for a palpable growth revival through incremental steps. Infla-tion, though subsided, remains a lingering concern. Externally,we are now more sound and stable."

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TIME FOR ACTION: INDIA INCBY ARVIND PADMANABHAN If this pace continues, 2014-15 could well turn

out to be a record year for inward foreign fundinvestments with $50 billion. "Investor sentimentis back as the new government has demon-strated high commitment to growth and reforms,"Ajay Shriram, president of the Confederation ofIndian Industry, a leading industry body, toldIANS. "During our interactions with ministers andofficials, we have found strong willingness toconsider the industry's views and take up out-of-the-box solutions," Shriram said, adding: "Weare confident that the pace of reforms would con-tinue in coming months." The various businessconfidence surveys conducted by independentagencies also suggest a revival in sentiments.

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Finance is a topic that is always on the minds of Canadians. Giventhis prevalence in our daily lives, our team at Ipsos Reid decided totake a snapshot of their current financial footing. And overall, theoutlook is bright. The results indicate that financial health is continu-ing to improve among Canadians: average household net wor th (i.e.total assets less total debts) increased by almost 2% in 2013 to anaverage of almost $289K per household. Much of the improvementsin household net wor th have been fuelled by increases in the value ofreal estate and investments.Household debt is loweringWhile the value of assets (such as real estate and investment) heldby Canadians continues to rise, average household debt has declinedin 2013, which also contributed to higher net wor th. No doubt themessage from the Bank of Canada telling Canadians to keep a closerwatch on how much debt we have accumulated is truly resonating. Infact, the rate of consumer borrowing has slowed in each of the pastthree years.But while the message of debt reduction is resonating with mostCanadians, such is not the case amongst older households. House-holds headed by someone 65 or older who are in debt, on averagehave about $53K in household debt (which is up from $47K in theprevious year); this is an increase of 14%. Even more so, we seeincreasing numbers of older households getting into debt at a timewhen they should be debt free. Back in 2008, almost 6 in 10 (56%)older households were debt free compared to less than half (48%) in2013. Unless this trend changes, many seniors won't be able to maketheir dream retirement a reality.That said, most Canadians continue to feel comfor table with the amountof debt they have accumulated, a result of the rate of household bor-rowing slowing and the continued lower interest rates. Less than one

in five (16%) feel strongly they are having difficulty paying off theirdebt. Due to higher debt load, younger households are more concernwith debt than older households. Although households headed by some-one 35-44 are most burdened by debt, they are feeling increasinglycomfortable with their debt load.Canadians are thinking seriously about retirementRetirement continues to be a top-of-mind issue for Canadians. About4 in 10 (43%) Canadians strongly agree that being able to retire incomfort is a serious concern. The issue of being prepared for retire-ment is especially a concern for those who are approaching retire-ment (i.e. 45 to 54 and 55 to 64). This is not surprising if we examinehow well prepared Canadians are for retirement. For example, Cana-dians between the age of 55 and 64 have indicated they need almost600K in savings in order to retire comfor tably. In reality, they havesaved only $159K which translates to a readiness ratio of only 27%. Inaddition, we see the retirement readiness ratio of Canadians have notimproved in recent years.They are still skeptical about financial advisorsFinancial advisors are trained to help Canadians be better preparedfor retirement by formulating a plan to help them achieve their finan-cial goals. But somewhat surprisingly, only 1 in 4 (27%) Canadiansfeel strongly a financial advisor could help them in today's economicsituation.This lukewarm sentiment towards advisors is not new; we have ob-served this level of sentiment towards advisors for a few years now.We know that a mutually awarding relationship between an advisorand his or her client must have a high level of trust. But the economicdownturn of 2008 and 2009 seem to have eroded the trust Canadianshave towards financial advisors. But in 2013, we see trust reboundedwhich was largely influenced by a banner year in the stock markets.

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Ottawa - Prime Minister Stephen Harper today issued the fol-lowing statement after learning that Polish Prime MinisterDonald Tusk has been elected as the next President of the Euro-pean Council:"I would like to congratulate my friend Polish Prime MinisterDonald Tusk on being elected the next President of the EuropeanCouncil, star ting December 1, 2014."I have enjoyed working closely and productively with him asPrime Minister of Poland and now I am looking forward to work-ing with the Council under his leadership, along with the newEuropean Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.Among our priorities will be the implementation of the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement, which will cer tainly benefitour country and the European Union."I also look forward to their leadership and to that of the newHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, For-eign Minister Federica Mogherini of Italy, as we work together,along with other allies, in responding to the ongoing aggressionand expansionism of the Putin regime."The European Union remains a key par tner for Canada as wework toward a more prosperous and peaceful world respectfulof human rights and freedom."Source: pm.gc.ca

PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPERCONGRATULATES POLISH PRIME MINISTERDONALD TUSK BEING ELECTED PRESIDENTOF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL

New Streetcars Roll Into ServiceOntario: Ontario is investing $416.3 million to provide better transitservice to TTC riders as a new generation of streetcars go intoservice on the 510 Spadina line route, marking another step in theprovince's plan to help improve transit in Toronto.The new streetcars boast numerous safety and performanceimprovements, and can comfor tably accommodate 68 morepassengers. The low-floor vehicle is larger, air conditioned andfully accessible, providing more passengers with a quieter, morecomfor table ride.By 2019, 204 new streetcars will replace all streetcars in the TTC'scurrent fleet, making them the first new generation of streetcars inToronto in 30 years.PRESTO will be installed on the new streetcars in November2014 with PRESTO fare card readers operating on all streetcarlines once the new fleet is in full service. This will allowcommuters to travel seamlessly and more conveniently withinthe TTC and across PRESTO-enabled transit systems in theGreater Toronto and Hamilton Area.Building public transit and creating jobs are part of the government'seconomic plan to invest in people, build modern infrastructure andsuppor t a dynamic and innovative business climate.

Quick Facts" An average of 250,000 riders use the streetcar system eachweekday on 11 TTC routes comprising more than 300 kilometres oftrack." The streetcars are Ontario-made by Bombardier in its Nor th Bayplant." Ontario has committed up to $416.3 million for 204 new streetcarsthat will go into service between now and 2019." Since 2003, Ontario has committed nearly $4.3 billion dollars tothe City of Toronto to help improve and expand transit.Quotes"Ontario is making record investments in public transit across theprovince, including committing up to $416.3 million in funding forthese new streetcars. The new streetcars will provide betterservice for riders and move more people to their destinationsooner. Our investment is helping improve accessibility, reducecongestion on our roads and contributing to a better quality of lifefor people in Toronto."Steven Del DucaMinister of TransportationSource: news.ontario.ca/mto

NORTHERN ONTARIO DRIVERS GETSTUDDED TIRE EXTENSION

Ontario Government Committed to Keeping Drivers SafeOntario: Drivers who live in nor thern Ontario can now put on studdedtires earlier and keep them on longer, providing motorists with moreoptions to stay safe during severe or extended winter weather.Nor thern Ontario residents can now use studded tires from Sept. 1 toMay 31. Previously, studded tires were only allowed from Oct. 1 toApril 30. The change is based on advice and recommendationsfrom the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).Studded tires can be used on vehicles that have an ownershipaddress in nor thern Ontar io, which includes the distr icts ofAlgoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound,Rainy River, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, and Temiskaming. They canalso be used on out-of-province vehicles travelling in Ontario forless than a month.Ensuring Ontario's roads and highways are safe is par t of thegovernment's plan to invest in people, build modern infrastructureand suppor t a dynamic and innovative business climate.

Quick Facts" Studded tires are proven to be more effective than other tires on wet,icy road conditions." Only lightweight, Scandinavian studs can be used in nor thern Ontario." Last winter, the province added 50 combination snowplow-spreaderunits and five tow plows - 42 of them in nor thern Ontario." Check road closure information before you leave by calling 511,visiting Ontario.ca/511or follow @MTORoadClosures on Twitter.Quotes"Ontario's roads are among the safest in Nor thAmerica. We are always looking for ways tomake them safer. Winter weather conditions innor thern Ontario can make driving par ticularlychallenging and dangerous. Allowing the use ofstudded tires for a longer period of time willhelp keep drivers safe on those highways"

Statement by Liberal Partyof Canada Leader JustinTrudeau on Labour DayOTTAWA- The Leader of the Liberal Par ty of Canada, JustinTrudeau, made the following statement today on the occasionof Labour Day:"Today, Canadians across the country are celebrating LabourDay. This long weekend is an oppor tunity to gather with familyand friends in parks and at backyard barbecues as we near theend of summer.Most impor tantly, Labour Day serves as a reminder of theachievements - in the face of great adversity - of the labourmovement here in Canada. For well over a century now, wehave marked this occasion as an oppor tunity to recogniseorganised labour's historic struggle for workers' rights, safetyand fair pay.As we celebrate the tremendous contribution of workers in ourcountry, I would like to wish all Canadians a very happy LabourDay."Source: liberal.ca/

Steven Del DucaMinister of Transpor tation

"By extending the season and allow-ing nor thern Ontario residents to usestudded tires from Sept. 1 to May 31,our government is making winterdrivng safer for the countless fami-lies and businesses that rely on ournor thern highway system each year"Michael GravelleMinister of Nor thern Developmentand MinesSource: news.ontario.ca/mto

New Delhi, (IANS) India and Canada will sign an agreement onsharing of experiences in personnel management through informa-tion technology and data collection.Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) JitendraSingh Monday met Canadian minister Tony Clement, who isalso president of the treasury board.Jitendra Singh said that while the government is trying tointroduce enhanced transparency and accountability in person-nel management, there already exists a wide range of checksand balances in the working of the Indian governance system.

He informed the Canadian minister how, during the last threemonths, initiatives had been taken to accomplish the primeminister's commitment to good governance.The two ministers announced that the two countries will sign aMemorandum of Understanding and share experience inpersonnel management through information technology and datacollection.Clement shared his government's inputs from "Canadian Open DataExperience" (CODE). He offered to share the same with his counter-par ts in India.

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PM Harper discusses Ukraine-RussiaCrisis with US President Obama

Prime Minister Harper spoke with Barack Obama, President of the United States. The call focused primarily on preparations for nextweek's NATO Summit in Wales where leaders will discuss, among other things, the coordinated response to Russia's effor ts todestabilize Ukraine and undermine the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The leaders also discussed the situation in Iraq,including Canadian assistance that is being provided. - Source - pm.gc.ca

Ontario Improving Public Transit, Creating Jobs


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THE CANADIAN AIR FORCE SNOWBIRDS PERFORM DURING THE 65TH CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AIR SHOW IN TORONTO, CANADA (IANS)

OTTAWA - To mark the Labour Day holiday on September 1, Dr.K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status ofWomen, issued the following statement:"This year marks the 120th anniversary of Labour Day inCanada, a testament to the fact that Canada has a long historyof valuing workers' rights, safety and equality.Our Government works hard to protect the well-being of work-ing Canadians. By collaborating with employers and employ-ees to make their workplaces safe, protecting wages, promot-ing employment equity, and suppor ting cooperative labour-management relations, the Labour Program helps ensure thatfederally regulated workplaces are healthy, fair, and produc-tive.On September 4th and 5th, I will be in Halifax to meet with myprovincial and territorial counterpar ts to discuss current andemerging labour issues, such as how we can better addressthe issue of mental health in the workplace and how best topromote the health and safety of young workers.I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and celebratethe many contributions of working Canadians. Our country'seconomic well-being depends on the strength of our labourforce. That's why our Government remains committed to work-ing with employers, employees, and other stakeholders to keepworkplaces fair, safe, and productive so that Canadians cancontinue to prosper and Canada can continue to thrive in theglobal economy."Source: news.gc.ca/

NDP WELCOMESTELECOM COMPANIESTO END SOME "PAY-TO-PAY" FEESAfter years of fighting to end "pay-to-pay" fees, the NDP is pleasedthat telecommunications companies have agreed not to gougecer tain customers, but is still pushing for an outright ban onthis unfair cash grab."Not charging some consumers is a step in the right direc-tion but it's taken far too long to see action on something thatis really an easy fix," said NDP MP Andrew Cash (Daven-por t) who has led the fight to end these fees. "Instead ofpunishing Canadians who receive paper bills, reward cus-tomers who switch to online billing." The telecommunicationindustry has agreed not to charge seniors, persons with dis-abilities, people without Internet access and members of themilitary. However this appears to be a voluntary decisionwith no method of ensuring compliance. Conservatives havefailed to deliver on their 2013 promise to end all "pay-to-pay"policies and their planned legislation will only apply to the tele-communication sector.

Minister Leitch on the120th Anniversary ofLabour Day in Canada

Canada Signs Investment Agreement with Serbia

Belgrade, Serbia - Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development CanadaForeign Affairs Minister John Baird, on behalf of the Honourable EdFast, Minister of International Trade, today announced that Canadaand Serbia have signed a foreign investment promotion and protec-tion agreement (FIPA). Baird made the announcement alongside RasimLjaji?, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism andTelecommunications, during a signing ceremony while visiting Serbia."This new agreement between our two countries will help ensure thebusiness environment is more secure for Canadian companies look-ing for oppor tunities in Serbia," said Baird. "It represents another stepin the growing Canada-Serbia relationship and fur ther proof that en-hanced economic cooperation is a priority for both our countries."A FIPA is a treaty designed to protect Canadian investment abroadand promote foreign investment in Canada through reciprocal, legallybinding provisions. By ensuring greater protection against discrimi-

natory and arbitrary practices and by enhancing the predictability of amarket's policy framework, a FIPA gives businesses greater confi-dence in investing. "As outlined in Canada's Global Markets ActionPlan, our government is committed to ensuring that Canadian invest-ments are protected in global markets," said Minister Fast. "That'swhy we have concluded, signed or brought into force FIPAs with 22countries since 2006-a record 10 in 2013 alone-and why we continueto negotiate many more."While in Serbia, Baird also met with President Tomislav Nikoli?, PrimeMinister Aleksandar Vu?i?, and Foreign Minister Ivica Da?i? to expressCanada's support for Serbia's democratic and economic transformation, aspart of its European integration agenda. He further added that he lookedforward to working with Serbia to advance a number of foreign policy issues,including strengthening security and prosperity in Europe.Source: news.gc.ca/

Minister Rickford Participates in APEC Energy Ministers' MeetingOntario - Greg Rickford, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources andMinister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Nor th-ern Ontario, par ticipated in this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Coop-eration (APEC) Energy Ministers' meeting.Minister Rickford represented Canada and highlighted the opportunity pre-sented by our country, the provinces and industries building our capacity asa secure, reliable and responsible source of energy to supply global demandand support global stability.Minister Rickford's visit supports outcomes of his meetings with provincialand territorial counterparts where the ministers agreed on the priorities of"Reinforcing Canada's role in strengthening global energy security by provid-ing access to expertise and natural resources" and "Highlighting Canada'sposition as a responsible resource supplier and a global leader in energyefficiency and conservation, thereby attracting investment critical tothe development and diversification of our resources."Quick Facts: Promoting Canada's Natural Resources Relationships

" The stock of foreign direct investment in the energy sector hasgrown continuously from $61 billion in 2004 to $182.5 billion in 2013.Since 2005, foreign direct investment in oil, mining and gas has in-creased by 85 percent." Canadian wood expor ts to China have grown dramatically, from$104 million in 2004 to some $1.9 billion in 2013. China and is one ofthe world's largest markets for clean energy technology and will bethe largest market for green buildings by 2017." Canada has some of the soundest business fundamentals anywherein the world, representing an attractive, stable and predictable placeto invest. Three credit rating agencies - Moody's Investors Service,Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poor's - have reaffirmed their top rat-ings for Canada." Canada has the third-largest proven oil reserves and is the world'sfifth-largest producer of natural gas, with estimated marketable natu-ral gas resources of up to 44 trillion cubic metres.

SERBIA IS AN IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER FOR CANADA, WITHCANADIAN INVESTMENT VALUED AT MORE THAN $1 BILLION



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INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI WITH JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS. IANS

PM clears major decisions,ministers enjoydecentralisation: JaitleyNew Delhi (IANS): Impor tant decisions concerning the govern-ment were cleared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but therewas a great deal of decentralisation enjoyed by the ministers,said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday.Answering queries from mediapersons here over centralisationof authority by Modi, Jaitley said that he had been asked ques-tions on the issue over the past two days and the debate was notabout over-centralisation."I look after different depar tments in the government and theextent of decentralisation we enjoy is very large. All the deci-sions we are taking in the defence ministry or what we are doingin the finance ministry are decisions taken in the ministry itself.Of course, impor tant decisions are are cleared by the primeminister or the PMO," Jaitley said."But cer tainly if you have a very active prime minister alongwith the decentralised authority which has been given to us,then there will be an element of accountability," he added.

Poultry industry misleadingpeople: CSENew Delhi (IANS): The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)rubbished claims made by the poultry industry that antibioticresidues found in Indian chicken were lower than the EU stan-dard and accused it of "misleading" the people.The CSE reiterated its earlier stand that large-scale use of anti-biotics in the poultry industry has led to antibiotic resistance inIndians who are falling prey to many otherwise curable ailments."The poultry industry is misleading the public by saying thatresidues found in Indian chicken are lower than the EU stan-dards," the CSE said in a statement."The EU does not allow antibiotic use as growth promoters inpoultry," it added. The CSE said that in India, non-therapeuticantibiotic use, for promoting growth of chicken and to preventdisease even in the absence of it was large-scale.In such cases, all the chicken in a poultry farm were exposed toa low dose of antibiotics for their entire life span."We need to stop non-therapeutic use to prevent emergence andspread resistant bacteria," it said. The study found that 40 per-cent of the samples tested positive and residues of more thanone antibiotic were found in 17 percent of the samples.

India, Japan vow to build special strategic tiesCONTD. FROM PAGE 1A 3,300-word Tokyo Declaration summed up the new warmth in In-dia-Japan ties, with references to their convergent global interests, anew era of cooperation in military equipment and technology, sharedinterests in the security of maritime and cyber domains, as well as"closer and stronger strategic par tnership".And in what is bound to raise eyebrows in China, it said New Delhiand Tokyo "expressed satisfaction with progress in official level tri-lateral dialogue among India, Japan and the US and expressed thehope this would lead to concrete and demonstrable projects to ad-vance their shared interests".There was no reference to any other country in the Declaration. ButModi told Japanese business leaders in a separate address that theworld was witnessing "expansionism" seen in the 18th century."Encroaching on a country, entering into sea somewhere, entering acountry and occupying territory - this expansionism cannot do good tothe humanity in the 21st century," he said.

Modi told the media that the two countries had agreed to tell theirofficials to work expeditiously to conclude negotiations at the earlieston a civil nuclear agreement.Modi said Japan was among India's "closest and most reliable par t-ners". He promised a fast-track channel for Japanese investors."We have to fundamentally improve our ties in every field to elevateour relationship into a special strategic par tnership."Modi said Japan will play an increasingly impor tant role in India'seconomic transformation.The Indian prime minister also said that the two countries intended togive a new thrust to their defence cooperation "given our shared inter-est in peace and stability and maritime security".Modi and Abe decided to continue the annual summit meetings.They affirmed the urgent need for comprehensive reforms of the UNSecurity Council, especially its expansion in both permanent and non-permanent categories, to make it more representative, legitimate,effective and responsive to the realities of the 21st century.



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PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER PARKASH SINGH BADAL INTERACTS WITH PEOPLE IN TALWANDI SABO OF PUNJAB'S BATHINDA DISTRICT (IANS)

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FOR DIALOGUE WITH PAKISTAN: MODINew Delhi (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said he was "disap-pointed" that Pakistan sought to make a "spectacle" of efforts at talks andadded that any "meaningful" bilateral dialogue requires an environment thatis free from "terrorism" and "violence". He also expressed concern at threatsto peace and stability in Afghanistan and stressed that India remained com-mitted to its efforts for that country to become peaceful and prosperous."India desires peaceful, friendly and cooperative ties with Pakistan. I had avery good meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in May 2014, when heattended the swearing-in ceremony of my government," Modi said at aninteraction with Japanese media ahead of his visit to the country."We together decided that the foreign secretaries should meet and explorehow to take relations forward. India has no hesitation to discuss any out-standing issue with Pakistan within the bilateral framework that has beenestablished under the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration," he said.The prime minister said India was therefore disappointed that Pakistan soughtto make a spectacle of these efforts (at talks) and went ahead with talks withsecessionist elements from Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi just prior tothe meeting of the foreign secretaries. "We will continue to make efforts tobuild peaceful, friendly and cooperative ties with Pakistan, but I might add

that any meaningful bilateral dialogue necessarily requires an environmentthat is free from terrorism and violence," he added. About India's relation withAfghanistan, he said: "As the ISAF has been drawing down its presence, theAfghan national security forces and their valiant personnel have been show-ing themselves more than capable of taking on greater responsibilities forAfghanistan's security." "However, peace and stability in Afghanistan contin-ues to face a serious threat from terrorism and extremism coming fromacross its borders. India has a strategic partnership with Afghanistan and weremain committed to helping Afghans build a strong, independent and pros-perous country," he said.Modi said that India's nuclear doctrine was adopted during the previousNational Democratic Alliance government and has in general governed thecountry's nuclear weapons posture since then.He also ruled out any review at this point."While every government naturally takes into account the latest assessmentof strategic scenarios and makes adjustments as necessary, there is atradition of national consensus and continuity on such issues. I can tell youthat currently, we are not taking any initiative for a review of our nucleardoctrine," he said.

Chandigarh, (IANS) The opposition Congress Monday sought a one-day session of the Punjab assembly over the sky-rocketing sand pricesin the state due to the stranglehold of the sand mafia.Accusing the Punjab government of being a "mere puppet", Leader ofOpposition Sunil Jakhar said as a consequence of the role of the sandmafia, public works and construction work in the private sector havebeen severely affected. Jakhar said the high cost of sand and otherinputs have affected construction activity across Punjab.He said due to vested interests of some people, the cost of sandcontinues to be high and the Parkash Singh Badal government wastaking no action to auction the sand mines.Jakhar dared the chief minister to call a one-day legislative sessionexclusively on the issue of high prices of sand. "Let it be publicallytelecast, so that the people of Punjab should know the real truth behindso costly sand and artificial scarcity," Jakhar said. "People of Punjabmust understand that the incumbent Punjab government has vestedinterests in the sand mines and now the excuse of passing the buck onto the central government too stands exhausted," he said.

Opposition seeks Punjabassembly session on sand mafia

BJP offered me Delhi chiefminister's post: Kumar VishwasNew Delhi, (IANS) Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) leader KumarVishwas said Saturday that a Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) MLAhad offered him the Delhi chief minister's post after the April-May general elections this year."A BJP MLA who is also an old friend had come to my houseafter elections. I thought he had come to either congratulate orsympathise as I had lost the (general) election. But he told methat his par ty wanted me to accept the post of chief minister. Healso told me he was meeting me at the behest of the BJP leader-ship," Vishwas told a news channel.AAP leader Vishwas is not a Delhi MLA but had fought LokSabha elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and lost.Vishwas said he refused to accept the offer and immediatelyinformed his par ty colleague. However, he said he would notdivulge the BJP legislator's name.Delhi has been under president's rule since AAP chief ArvindKejriwal resigned as chief minister in February after spendingjust 49 days in power.


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UNCERTAINTY IN PAKISTAN - SUPPORTERS OF OPPOSITION POLITICIAN IMRAN KHAN GATHERED DURING AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE PARLIAMENT IN ISLAMABAD, CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN

$7 billion Mars rocket set for2018 debut: NASAWashington (IANS): The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-ministration (NASA) has announced to launch its $7 billion SpaceLaunch System (SLS) - the heavy-lift, exploration class rocketunder development to take humans beyond ear th and eventuallyto Mars - by November 2018.NASA officials approved the programme's progression from for-mulation to development, something no other exploration classvehicle has achieved since the agency built the space shuttle."We are on a journey of scientific and human exploration thatleads to Mars. We are firmly committed to building the launchvehicle and other suppor ting systems that will take us on thatjourney," said NASA administrator Charles Bolden.For its first flight test, SLS will be configured for a 77-tonne liftcapacity and carry an uncrewed Orion spacecraft beyond low-ear th orbit. In its most powerful configuration, SLS will providean unprecedented lift capability of 143 tonnes which will enablemissions even far ther into our solar system, including such destinationsas an asteroid and the Red Planet."After rigorous review, we are committing to a funding level and readinessdate that will keep us on track to sending humans to Mars in the 2030s - andwe are going to stand behind that commitment," added associate adminis-trator Robert Lightfoot from NASA. The programme delivered the first pieceof flight hardware in April this year for Orion's maiden flight - Exploration FlightTest-1 targeted for December.This stage adapter is of the same design that will be used on SLS's first flight,Exploration Mission-1. SLS will be the world's most capable rocket.In addition to opening new frontiers for explorers travelling aboard the Orioncapsule, the SLS may also offer benefits for science missions that require itsuse and can't be flown on commercial rockets, NASA said in apress release.

NEW ANTI-TERROR MEASURES TO BEINTRODUCED IN BRITAIN: CAMERONLondon, (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron Monday saidhis country will introduce a slew of measures to prevent terror sus-pects from travelling abroad, imposing tougher constraints on sus-pected extremists in the country."To confront the threat of extremism, we need a tough, intelligent,patient and comprehensive approach to defeat the terrorist threat atsource," Xinhua quoted Cameron as saying in his address in the Brit-ish Parliament. Commenting on the terrorist threat facing Britain,Cameron he said: "We have all been shocked and sickened by thebarbarism that has been witnessed in Iraq this summer," includingthe beheading of American journalist James Foley with the voice ofwhat seems to be a British terrorist" recorded in a video.The prime minister announced that Britain need to strengthen powersin two key areas to fill specific gaps in its anti-terror armory by "pre-venting suspects from travelling and dealing decisively with thosealready here who pose a risk"."We will introduce specific and targeted legislation providing the po-lice with a temporary power to seize a passpor t at the border, duringwhich time they will be able to investigate the individual concerned,"he said, stressing that "passpor ts are not an automatic right".He said the Britain has already had powers to deprive dual nationalsof their citizenship to stop the fighters returning and bar foreign na-tionals on the basis of the threat they pose."We will introduce new powers to add to our existing terrorism pre-vention and investigation measures, including stronger locationalconstraints on suspects under TPIMs (Terrorism Prevention and In-

vestigation Measures)," he said. Britain has also stepped up its op-erational response, with a fivefold increase in Syria-related arrestsand the removal of 28,000 pieces of "extremist material" from theinternet this year alone, including 46 IS related videos, according tohis oral statement. British Home Office Friday announced to upgradethe country's threat level from international terrorism from substan-tial to severe. The change meant that a terrorist attack is "highlylikely", although there is no intelligence to suggest that one is immi-nent, according to the Home Office.

US CONTINUES AIR STRIKES AGAINST IS IN IRAQWashington, (IANS) US forces continued their attack on Islamic State (IS) militants in nor thern Iraq with three more air strikesconducted Monday, the army said.The strikes destroyed three IS trucks and destroyed a mor tar position near the Mosul Dam, Xinhua quoted a statement by US Army'sCentral Command as saying.The operation was conducted under authority to protect US personnel and facilities, suppor t humanitarian effor ts, and suppor t Iraqiforces that are acting in fur therance of these objectives, the statement said.US Central Command has conducted a total of 123 airstrikes across Iraq.The White House Monday said that its latest round of airstrikes in Iraq are "consistent" with prior military missions the White House hasauthorised to date in Iraq.Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama said he had authorised armed forces to conduct targeted air strikes in support of an operationto deliver humanitarian assistance to the town of Amerli, where thousands of Shia Turkomen have been cut off from receiving food andmedical supplies for two months by the IS militants.Obama also noted that the US Air Force delivered aid to the town, alongside aircraft from Australia, France and Britain, which alsodropped supplies. These operations are limited in their nature, duration, and scope and are being under taken in coordination with andat the request of Iraq's government, the president added.The US president first authorised limited air strikes on IS targets Aug 7, as the group seized more cities and towns in its advance onErbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, and trapped many civilians including the minority Yazidis on Mount Sinjar.

US DRONE ATTACKS ALSHABAAB LEADER'S HOMEIN SOMALIANairobi (IANS/EFE): A US drone targeted the home of the leaderof the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab terrorist organisation,Ahmed Abdi Godane, in Somalia, Somali officials told the mediaTuesday. According to the governor of southern Somalia's LowerShebelle region, Abdukadir Nur Sidi, the attack took place lateMonday night. The governor could not confirm Godane's deathduring the attack. "The drone launched several attacks whereleaders of Al Shabaab and their fighters were holding a secretmeeting," Sidi told Somalian broadcaster RBC.The attack took place in a village between Lower Shebelle andDhey Tubaako, around 190 km south of the Somali capital,Mogadishu. "We received information that leaders of Al Shabaab,including Ahmed Godane, were meeting in this location," thegovernor added. It is not yet clear whether the attack killedGodane, also known as Abu Zubair.There were no other details immediately available on the opera-tion which came days after African Union troops and the SomaliArmy took over several strategic villages previously controlledby the extremist movement in the same region.


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DIASPORA MEET TO FOCUSON BAHRAIN-INDIA TRADEDubai (IANS): A key meeting of the Indian diaspora in Bahrainnext week will set the stage for par tnership agreements andinvestment announcements initiated during and after KingHamad's visit to India in February this year, a Bahrain dailyrepor ted recently."The Overseas Diaspora Engagement Meet will specifically fo-cus on sectors like agriculture, infrastructure, health care, medi-cal tourism, real estate and pharmaceuticals," Gulf Daily Newsquoted Ambassador Mohan Kumar as saying.The objectives of the meet, to be organised by the OverseasIndian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) Sep 6, "are to acquaint the In-dian community in Bahrain and nearby countries with the vari-ous investment oppor tunities in India," Kumar said.The OIFC is a public-private par tnership between overseas In-dian affairs ministry and the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII).The establishment of a regional office of the CII in Bahrain willalso be revealed during the meet, the ambassador added."Inward investments will also be sought from both the Indiandiaspora and Bahraini nationals."In a statement, the OIFC said it aims to engage overseas Indi-ans, mainly professionals and mid-sized entrepreneurs, andapprise them of the trade and investment oppor tunities in Indianstates l ike Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir."The aim is to bring unique economic oppor tunities to the Indiandiaspora and foreign investors," OIFC chief executive CharuMathur said.The second such meet is scheduled to be held Oct 16-18 inLondon to coincide with the Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas,an Indian government event for non-resident Indians.

Polish PM elected European Council president

Human trials of Ebolavaccine to start this weekWashinton, (IANS) The US government announced that it willstar t initial human trials of Ebola vaccine this week.The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) said in a statementthat the phase one clinical trial will determine if a vaccine, co-developed by the National Institute of Allergy and InfectiousDiseases (NIAID) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), is safe and in-duces an adequate immune response, Xinhua repor ted.Testing will take place at the NIH's clinical center in Bethesda,Maryland state, with 20 healthy adults aged 18 to 50 years re-ceiving an intramuscular injection of the vaccine, it said.Parallelly, the NIH and a British consor tium, including theWellcome Trust, will test the NIAID/GSK vaccine among healthyvolunteers in Britain and in the West African countries of Gambiaand Mali, the agency said. The US government is also discuss-ing a trial of the vaccine in Nigeria, Africa's most populouscountry. "There is an urgent need for a protective Ebola vaccine,and it is impor tant to establish that a vaccine is safe and spursthe immune system to react in a way necessary to protectagainst infection," NIAID director Anthony Fauci said in a pressrelease. GSK said in a statement that the British consor tiumthat also involved the British government has pledged some$4.6 million for the phase one trials, which are expected to becompleted by the end of 2014. According to the World HealthOrganisation, at least 1,552 suspected and confirmed deathsfrom Ebola infection have been repor ted in Guinea, Liberia, Ni-geria, and Sierra Leone since the outbreak of the deadly viruswas first repor ted in March 2014.

Top US senator urges weapons forUkraine to fight 'invasion'WASHINGTON: The head of the US Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee called on Monday for supplying Ukraine with weap-ons to fight what he called a "direct invasion" of the country byRussia. "We should provide the Ukrainians with the type ofdefensive weapons that will impose a cost upon (Russian Presi-dent Vladimir) Putin for fur ther aggression," Rober t Menendeztold CNN's "State of the Union" talk show."This is no longer the question of some rebel separatists, this isa direct invasion by Russia. We must recognize it as that," headded. His comments came as Putin raised the stakes in themonths-long Ukraine conflict by calling for the first time forstatehood to be discussed for the restive east of the formerSoviet state. Kiev has warned it was on the brink of "full-scalewar" with Moscow, which Europe fears would put the continentat risk of more widespread conflict.

Brussels, (IANS) The European Union (EU) leaders Saturday electedPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk as president and Italian ForeignMinister Federica Mogherini as the foreign policy chief of the Euro-pean Council.Donald Tusk, the center-right Polish Prime Minister will be the sec-ond president of the European council, xinhua repor ted citing a state-ment.The council president is the person who chairs EU leaders summitsand mediates between the 28 governments.According to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the European Coun-cil shall elect its president by a qualified majority for a period of twoand a half years, renewable once."The President of the council is elected for the period from Dec 1,2014 until May 31, 2017," the statement said.Meanwhile, Tusk was also appointed president of the Euro Summit,for the same period.Herman Van Rompuy, the current holder of the position, praised Tuskas "a statesman for Europe" at a press conference after the election."He has impressed his colleagues and the outside world with the

determined and confident way he has led his country and steeredPoland through the economic crisis," Van Rompuy said.He said there are three challenges that the EU will be facing in theyears ahead -- the stagnating economy, Ukraine and Russia, andBritain's place in the Union.As a balance of gender and political powers on the distribution of topposts, Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, the center-left for-eign minister was appointed as the EU's High Representative for For-eign Affairs and Security Policy, replacing Britain's Catherine Ashton.The 41-year-old foreign minister has been said to be too "soft" onRussian stance and too "inexperienced" for the job, as she was onlyappointed foreign minister in February.But, given that the new EU commission chief is center-right Jean-Claude Juncker, one of the other two top EU posts should go to aSocial Democrat and a woman, according to analysts.Van Rompuy's current mandate as European Council president willexpire Dec 1, 2014, and Catherine Ashton will step down when thecurrent Commission's term ends Oct 31, 2014.

Number of Ebola cases may reach 20,000: WHOGeneva (IANS/EFE): The number of people infected with the Ebola virus in Western Africa could reach 20,000, six times more than thecurrent estimates, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned recently. This is one of the main conclusions the WHO presentedThursday in its assessment of the epidemic, in which suggestions and guidelines to contain the virus are included.To date, WHO has recorded 3,069 cases of Ebola virus disease and 1,552 deaths in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and, toa lesser extent, Nigeria). The UN body believes that the countries affected by the virus should take action aimed at strengtheninglaboratories, medical staff and the ability to respond to those "in critical situation"."Some par ticular areas require urgent action, such as infection control training," the NGO added.The WHO assumed that if the correct emergency programmes are applied, West African countries may contain the contagion in aperiod of eight weeks. The organisation estimates that $490 million are needed in the next six months in order to implement contin-gency plans to contain the virus. This budget does not include money needed to maintain essential services in the most affectedcountries (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone), along with the costs to restore damaged sanitation facilities.

1.6 MN PEOPLE DISPLACED IN IRAQ: UNUnited Nations, (IANS) More than 1.6 million people in Iraq have been displaced since the star t of the year, a UN spokesperson said hereFriday citing a repor t. "It is estimated that over 600,000 people were displaced in August alone," UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric saidquoting The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a repor t.The internally displaced people were living in over 1,500 locations across the country, often in extremely dire conditions, Xinhua quotedthe official as saying. The rise in the number of displaced persons was due to fresh violence in various par ts of the country, par ticularlyNinewa, Diyala and Anbar provinces, he said. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and its par tners have conducted assessments for nearly190,000 people since February, Dujarric said.The World Health Organisation (WHO) is hoping to deliver medicines and supplies to Al Alam district, in Salah Aldin Governorate. Theshipment will help some 15,000 people for a month. The surge in violence between armed groups and government forces has lefthundreds of thousands of people in need of assistance in Iraq.







ACTORS DHARMENDRA, GIPPY GREWAL AND KULRAJ RANDHAWA DURING THE SCREENING OF SUBHASH GHAI`S PUNJABIFILM `DOUBLE DI TROUBLE` IN MUMBAI. (IANS)

It's all about trust: VikramBhatt on directing Bipasha

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Mumbai (IANS): Bipasha Basu's career wasn't going great guns whenVikram Bhatt cast her for his new movie "Creature 3D". But the direc-tor, who has earlier worked with her on "Raaz", says it's all a matterof trust.Both celebrities are currently busy promoting "Creature 3D".Asked if he was sceptical about casting Bipasha due to her box officedebacles, Bhatt said: "I don't think that way. Even after the debacle of(my directorial) 'Dangerous Ishhq', Bipasha agreed to work with me.So, it's all about trust. She had faith in the story.""She has done a fabulous job in the film," assured the director.Bhatt, who has made horror films in the past, says he had been won-dering what to make next. That's when he thought about making "Crea-ture 3D", which involves a creature inspired by Indian mythology."It's a very unusual film. I hope such films get appreciated by theaudience," he said.

Madhur Bhandarkar's leading lady in 'Calendar Girls' is apparently anactress from the South film industry, Akanksha PuriMadhur Bhandarkar has been trying to maintain secrecy aboutthe leading ladies in his upcoming film, Calendar Girls; so muchso that no cameras are allowed on the film's sets.But now it has emerged that one of his actresses is AkankshaPuri, who has shot for films down South. Puri has done filmsopposite big stars like Mammootty and her projects include AlexPandian (2013), Praise the Lord (2014) and Samrajyam II: Son ofAlexander (2014), though most of them didn't do well at the boxoffice.A source close to the project says, "Yes, Akanksha Puri is par t ofthe film. She has done some films in the South film industry andis making her Bollywood debut with Calendar Girls."Interestingly, there have been repor ts that Madhur has auditioneda lot of girls and has chosen five fresh faces but with this actresson board, it's seems that not all leading ladies from Calendar Girlsare his discoveries.The film is said to revolve around the lives of models who gain popu-larity after featuring in famous calendars. The film will apparentlyalso feature a character based on industrialist and liquor baron VijayMallya.Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar was not available for comment.

Why PC is polishing herbartending skills?

Actress Priyanka Chopra is excited about her younger brotherSiddhar th's new venture in the hospitality industry and is tryingher best to suppor t it.He is coming up with The Mugshot Lounge in Pune."My baby brother Siddhar th's new place in Pune! Can't wait tokick star t it. Polishing my bar tending skills. Chk it out (sic)," the32-year-old tweeted Saturday.She also shared a link of The Mugshot Lounge. It leads to aninvitation that gives a chance to her fans to meet and greet heron Sep 7 at the lounge.The same week is also impor tant for Priyanka as her much-awaited film "Mary Kom", on five-time World Champion boxerM.C. Mary Kom, will hit the screens Sep 5.Recently she was touring Lucknow to promote "Mary Kom",which will have its world premiere at Toronto International FilmFestival (TIFF), star ting Sep 3.

I'D WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM TVRIGHT NOW: FAWAD KHAN

Mumbai (IANS): For now, all of Fawad Khan's energy is concentratedtowards making a career in filmdom, says the Pakistani actor-singerwho is making his Bollywood foray with "Khoobsurat".He enjoys a huge fan following in his homeland, and in India, cour-tesy channel Zindagi, which airs Pakistani TV shows here, he's foundfans galore here. But TV is not Fawad's priority as of now."I would want to stay away from TV right now. I have done as much asI could...," Fawad Khan told IANS here."I'm a very big fan of Hollywood. I really like what's happening thereright now, where the marriage between cinema and TV is amazing.Things are changing here (in India), but it's only the tip of the iceberg,it's just star ted," he added.The actor, who has been par t of TV shows like "Humsafar" and "ZindagiGulzar Hai", says he's entering cinema "because I get to learn some-thing from it". In India, Fawad is making his Hindi film debut with"Khoobsurat", which stars Sonam Kapoor as the female lead. The factthat it's a movie driven by the female character, did not make himapprehensive about taking up the role.The process of choosing the film was "pretty easy" for him."I didn't have any apprehension working in a female-centric film as Ihave done this back at home. It all depends more on the content,director and co-actors you work with," the 32-year-old said.Directed by Shashanka Ghosh, "Khoobsurat" is the remake of 1980superhit film "Khubsoorat".


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THE IDENTICALRELEASE DATE: Sep 05, 2014

STAR CAST: Blake Rayne, Ashley Judd, Seth Green,

Ray Liotta, Amanda Crew

DIRECTOR(S): Dustin Marcellino

WRITER(S): Howard Klausner

THE LONGEST WEEKRELEASE DATE: Sep 05, 2014

STAR CAST: Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman,

Jenny Slate, Billy Crudup,

Erin Maya Darke

DIRECTOR(S): Peter Glanz

WRITER(S): Peter Glanz, Juan Iglesias

GOD HELP THE GIRLRELEASE DATE: Sep 05, 2014

STAR CAST: Hannah Murray, Olly Alexander,

Pierre Boulanger, Cora Bisset,

Emily Browning

DIRECTOR(S): Stuart Murdoch

WRITER(S): Stuart Murdoch

FRONTERARELEASE DATE: Sep 05, 2014

STAR CAST: Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, Michael Pena,

Amy Madigan, Mia Stallard

DIRECTOR(S): Michael Berry

WRITER(S): Michael Berry, Juan Luis Moulinett III

DOLPHIN TALE 2RELEASE DATE: Sep 12, 2014

STAR CAST: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd,

Kris Kristofferson, Harry Connick Jr.,

Nathan Gamble

DIRECTOR(S): Charles Martin Smith

WRITER(S): Noam Dromi, Karen Janszen,

Charles Martin Smith

'ABCD 2' an ode to Indian dancers

Varun Dhawan, who has star ted shooting for Remo D'Souza's "ABCD2", says the film is dedicated to dancers across the country.The youngster who flaunted his dancing skills in movies like "Studentof the Year" and "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania", is ready to wow hisfans again."Since I was a little boy I've had a passion for dancing. Today (Sun-day) I star t#abcd2 as an ode to dancers across India (sic)," he tweetedSunday.For "ABCD 2", he has teamed up with Shraddha Kapoor, who hadearlier called him a "fantastic dancer" and that she was nervous tomatch dance steps with him."ABCD 2" is a sequel to 2013 dance film "ABCD: Anybody Can Dance".

It's Akshay versus Akshay at the BOWith two of Akshay Kumar's films 'Baby' and 'Gabbar' apparently re-leasing on the same day, makers of his films are said to be in a fixIf sources are to be believed, two of AkshayKumar's films are releasing on the sameday. Says a source, "The actor has quite afew big films lined up for release next yearand two of his films, Baby and Gabbar, arereleasing on the same day. This has leftboth films' producers in a fix."The source adds that both producers wantto release their films on January 23, 2015."Gabbar's makers had first announcedJanuary 23 as their release date. But now itturns out that Baby's makers are looking at same date. With Akshayheadlining the cast in both projects, it will be really difficult for him topromote these films. It makes sense for him to shift the release of oneof his films or else they will eat into each other's business," says asource close to the actor.

ACTORS DEEPIKA PADUKONE AND ARJUN KAPOOR DURING THE SCREENING OF FILM FINDING FANNY IN MUMBAI (IANS)

Anita Hassanandani takes keen interest in stylingNew Delhi (IANS): Actress Anita Hassanandani is working closely with the stylist to design her look as a supreme with in MTV's supernatural

show "Fanaah - An Impossible Love Story".Anita is personally involving herself in the styling of her character's look in the show to make sure the get-up is different and exciting. Her character has shades of grey and hence requires to look wicked anddangerous. The actress loves to contribute to the look herself by getting clothes and accessories from herpersonal wardrobe too."Thanks to Preet (the show's stylist), I've discovered love for fashion. My character in 'Fanaah' has a cooland crazy look at the same time. I'm very particular about my accessories and clothes and love discussingand working on the look with the team. We all work on it together and gather loads of references," Anita saidin a statement."Fanaah", which airs ever Monday to Friday, involves a story about vampires and werewolves. It features

actors like Karan Kundra, Ratan Rajput and Rithvik Dhanjani.

I was scared to experiment with my hair: Parineeti ChopraMumbai (IANS): Changing looks and hairstyles are almost a tradition for film actors, but Parineeti Choprareveals that she was always hesitant about doing anything to her luscious locks.She has impressed many with her acting capabilities, but not many know that the "Hasee Toh Phasee" fameactress, who is also the face of haircare brand Pantene, had the same hairstyle for years before she stepped intothe film world. "I always wanted to experiment with my hair, but I was scared. Then I joined the film industry andI had to change my looks for my roles. I tried many products, some promised zero damage in one wash, othershad shiny packaging and big price tags..." she said in a statement.Now, the young and versatile talent, who used to study in London and even worked at Yash Raj Films (YRF), saysthat she makes sure to try new hairstyles with each film."I experiment with a new look for each film - be it short hair for 'Hasee Toh Phasee' or coloured hair for 'KillDill'...I'm always pushing myself to take up different roles, new ways to seep into the character and this oftenrequires me to change my look from film to film. "Putting my hair through the various chemical and heat treatments would always leave myhair rough and dry and every month I would find myself running to the salon to chop off split ends," added Parineeti, who believes usingproducts of the haircare brand she endorses, have helped her.


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UpcomingBOLLYWOOD Movies

BANG BANGRELEASE DATE: Oct 02, 2014

STAR CAST: Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif, Danny

Denzongpa, Javed Jaffrey, Pawan

Malhotra

DIRECTOR(S): Siddharth Anand

PRODUCER(S): Fox Star Studios

DAAWAT-E-ISHQRELEASE DATE: September 19, 2014

STAR CAST: Aditya Roy Kapur, Parineeti Chopra

DIRECTOR(S): Habib Faisal

PRODUCER: Aditya Chopra

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

CREATURERELEASE DATE: Sep 12, 2014

STAR CAST: Bipasha Basu, Imran Abbas

DIRECTOR(S): Vikram Bhatt

PRODUCER(S): Bhushan Kumar Kishan Kumar

WRITER(S): Vikram Bhatt, Sukhmani Sadana

FINDING FANNYRELEASE DATE: Sep 12, 2014

STAR CAST: Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor,

Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia,

Pankaj Kapur

DIRECTOR(S): Homi Adajania

PRODUCER(S): Dinesh Vijan, Saif Ali Khan

'RAJA NATWARLAL'IS AN ENGROSSING CON-SAGA

Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Humaima

Malick, Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay

Menon, Deepak Tijori

Direction: Kunal Deshmukh

Rating: **1/2 stars

After romancing cinematic sweethear ts like crime-thrillers and ro-mantic sagas this time Kunal Deshmukhs has returned to cine arenawith a simple yet lovable con-saga thoroughly marinated in the zestsof romance, sequential humor and mild thrill.Cer tainly it's not for the first time that we have been exposed to jiggerypokery rhapsody by out Bollywooders. Even in the past, movies like"Ladies Vs RickyBahl", "Special Chabbis", "Oye Lucky Lucky Oye","Bluffmaster", "Bunty Aur Babli" have made it to celluloid and havemanaged to secure a place for themselves in the good-books of theviewers. So keeping in view the success percentage of aforemen-tioned movies up-till some extent one can conveniently say that if theman sitting behind the camera knows the ar t of churning variousrelevant condiments per taining to this ilk of cine ballads, then thereare enormous chances that one may end up getting a huge bunch ofpraises and accolades from the viewers and those scrutinizing thequality of the end product.Anyhow as stated above that this is not for the first time that we arewitnessing a cine yarn circumscribed around the core of skuldug-gery, but hither to we have witnessed them in a different light wherethe main objective of the story teller had been to charm the viewers atthe strength of induced humor. And in that matter "Raja Natwarlal" isthoroughly different from its predecessors.As far as premise of "Raja Natwarlal" is concerned then it's the storyof a flimflammer, Raja (Emraan Hashmi) who along with his swindlerbuddy Raghav (Deepak Tijori) con the people in order to survive inMumbai. Despite being a crook Raja, who is in love with a bar dancerZia (Humaima Malick), is no less than a Robinhood at hear t who isalways ready to help those in need at the drop of a hat. Everythingremains fine for Raja and Raghav till the time Raja decides to go fora "Lamba Haath" after overhearing two men discussing a plan aboutmaking a big money. And in order to materialize his idea Raja teamsup with Raghav and cons two men whose conversation Raja eaves-dropped at a pub.But alas! the duo end up being in trouble because the money whichthey looted belonged to a cricket obsessed, varlet mafioso VardhaYadav (Kay Kay Menon) residing in Cape Town. Soon after getting thesniff of hoodlums who dared to rob his money, Vardha gets Raghavkilled. After seeing his elder brother-like companion Raja decides toavenge Raghav's cold blooded murder and approaches Yogi (Paresh

Rawal), a highly proficient swindler who has now relinquished theworld of skulduggery and is now residing in Dharamshala. So doesRaja succeeds in convincing Yogi to succor him in avenging his friendsmurder. To know watch this pleasing bilker cine saga "Raja Natwarlal".Well be it Kunal's being in the robe of a writer or assistant director forhis previous cine gems, whenever he has teamed up with Emraanmost of the times he has succeeded in leaving a pleasing impact. Andeven in "Raja Natwarlala" camaraderie of Emraan and Kunal has onceagain thrived in appealing the masses.If we talk about the story-line of "Raja Natwarlal" then there is nodenying the fact that plot of the movie is pleasingly simple and intel-ligible. Sans any redundant embellishment or twist and turns RajaNatwarlal's plot remains engrossing especially in the first half. Butjust like any other cine cantata of Bollywood even story-line of "RajaNatwarlal" has it's own set of deficiencies. At times it looks a bitchunky due to high predictability coefficient and some of the missinglinks especially the ones which would have added more authenticityto the shift of the story from India to Cape Town and vice versa. Butkeeping in view the larger perspective one can't deny that it's theengrossing writing of Parveez Shaik because of which plot of "RajaNatwarlal" keeps viewers immersed in the onscreen proceedings.With just a few psyche-captivating rhetoric marbles, dialogues of

Sanjay Masoom are strictly OK.Screenplay of Raja Natwarlal is indubitably brilliant and gripping,par ticularly in the first half where you don't get even a single trice totake off your gaze from the celluloid. But after culminating the firsthalf at a curiosity inducing juncture, flow of narration begins in dullmode in the second half with obtruded emotional melodrama pokingin this otherwise smoothly proceeding cine narration. And the thingwhich fur ther diminishes the over all brilliance of Raja Natwarlal'sscreenplay is that obtruded bunch of forgettable aural ditties, whichcome to the fore at regular intervals in order to inflate the run time ofthe movie. Editing of of Anand Subaya is brilliant in first half butlosses it sharpness in the second. Cinematography is of RaajChakravar ti is good and the man up-till great extent succeeds in per-forming what he is suppose to.As far as music is concerned then unlike other Emraan Hashmistarrers this one thoroughly lacks those croon-wor thy melodies. In-fact it won't be wrong to say that in music depar tment "Raja Natwarlal"is thoroughly impoverished.After "Ghanchakker" debacle this time Emraan has returned to the bigscreen with a hear tening per formance where he conveniently suc-ceeds in making viewers go gaga over him. Newbie Humaima Malickdoesn't have much screen presence and is only made to appear onthe celluloid, whenever our male protagonists has a craving for ro-mance or singing. If we talk about acting prowess of Humaima thenshe still needs to go a long way but in-spite of that she manages toconvince the audience with her confidence. The two most versatilethespians accompanying Emraan i.e. Paresh Rawal and Kay KayMenon are in top form and as usual succeeds in delivering one of thefinest performances of their lives.Especially if we talk about Pareshthen the man looks simply brilliant and it's his onscreen camaraderiewith Emraan which not only makes "Raja Natwarlal" a delightful watchbut at the same t ime keeps some of the not iceable f lawsovershadowed.Deepak Tijori in a cameo is just OK.

KHOOBSURATRELEASE DATE: Sep 19, 2014

STAR CAST: Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan,

Fawad Khan, Kirron Khe

DIRECTOR(S): Shashanka Ghosh

PRODUCER(S): Anil Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor



RAVINDRA JADEJA CELEBRATES THE STUMPING WHILE JOE ROOT LOOKS TOWARDS THE LEG UMPIRE, ENGLAND V INDIA, 3RD ODI, TRENT BRIDGE.

We can get 4-5medals at Asiad:YogeshwarNew Delhi (IANS): Olympicbronze medallist YogeshwarDutt said here Thursday thatIndian wrestlers have it inthem to win four-to-five med-als, including gold, at theupcoming Asian Games."We did well at the Common-wealth Games. We are work-ing hard and hopefully will dobetter in the Asian Games. Wecan win four-to-five medals in-cluding the gold. I hope the prac-tice we have put in bears fruit,"said Yogeshwar, who won afreestyle bronze at the 2006Doha Asiad.The 31-year-old said that theAsiad is a much tougher eventthan Commonwealth Games,where he has won two golds."In Commonwealth Games youmostly have wrestlers fromCanada, Nigeria and Englandbut the Asian Games are muchtougher with wrestlers comingin from Iran, Japan and Korea.If you do well at Asiad, it givesyou the confidence to do well atWorld Championships and theOlympics," said the grappler.Yogeshwar, who came into thelimelight when he won thebronze at the 2012 LondonOlympics, will be skipping theWorld Championships to par-ticipate in the Asian Games."Only if we focus on one eventcan we do better. There is onlya 10-day gap between theworlds and Asiad. The continen-tal event comes once everyfour years and it is really im-portant for India. I would havecompeted at worlds had itbeen after the Asian Games,"said Yogeshwar, whoclinched the Asian Champi-onships gold in 2012.

Stakeholdersshould makemost out of ISL:TendulkarMumbai (IANS): Cricket legendSachin Tendulkar, who is the co-owner of Kerala Blasters,Thursday said it was importantfor the stakeholders of Indianfootball to come forward andmake the most out of the IndianSuper League (ISL).Tendulkar thanked Nita Ambani,chairperson of Football SportsDevelopment (FSD), whichowns the ISL, and All India Foot-ball Federation (AIFF) presidentPraful Patel for making ISL areality."I personally feel that in such abig nation, talent is there butpossibly there is no right plat-form or not enough opportuni-ties to express it. This is whereI would like to thank Nita bhabhiand Praful bhai for making thishappen for Indian Football. It isextremely important for every-one to make the most of thisplatform," said Tendulkar at theofficial launch of the ISL.Tendulkar said be it cricket orfootball, he would suppor tsport in India and all the sport-ing personalities."I have a vision for India andin my words I call it 'Sportsfor All'. It is about encourag-ing the youth of India andstar ting from the grassrootlevel to involve themselves inspor ting activities. It is notabout making all of them pro-fessional spor tsmen orspor tswomen.

Dubai, (IANS) World championsIndia were back as the No.1ranked ODI s ide fo l lowingZimbabwe's historic three-wicketwin over Australia in a triangularseries match in Harare Sunday,the International Cricket Council(ICC) announced here Monday.India had joined Australia on topof the table after winning the thirdODI in Nottingham, Aug 30, at 114ratings points, but took sole pos-session at the coveted number-one spot af ter Z imbabwe re-corded their first victory overAustralia in 31 years.This result meant Australia havedropped three ratings points andslipped behind South Africa andSri Lanka into four th position on111 ratings points.South Africa, following their vic-tories over Australia and Zimba-bwe, are sitting in second spot

India are back as No.1 ODI sideon 113 ratings points, while SriLanka also have 111 rat ingspoints but are ranked above Aus-tralia in third position by a frac-tion of a point.With five ODIs to be played thisweek, there is potential for fur-ther change at the top of the table,depending how these matchespan out.For India to finish as the No.1side, they need to win the remain-ing two matches against Englandand then hope that Australia beatSouth Africa either Sep 2 or Sep 6(if both the sides clash in the fi-nal). In this scenario, India willbe on 115 ratings points, followedby South Africa, Australia and SriLanka (depending on the outcomeof the remaining matches in thetriangular series).South Africa, who also lead theICC Test Team Championship, can

move to the top of the table if theywin the remaining two leaguematches as well as the potentialfinal against Australia. If the SouthAfrican team makes this happenand India also win their last twomatches, then South Africa andIndia will be on 115 ratings pointseach but South Africa wil l beranked above India when the rat-ings are calculated beyond thedecimal point.Australia may have slipped tofour th position but they too canfinish the series in No.1 positionif England beat India in one of thetwo matches and Australia defeatSouth Africa Sep 2 and then againin the final Sep 6. In this scenario,Australia will end up on 114 rat-ings points, followed by India insecond position, and Sri Lankaand South Africa in third andfour th spots, respectively.

TEAMS RATING POINTS1. India 1142. South Africa 1133. Sri Lanka 1114. Australia 1115. England 1066. Pakistan 1007. New Zealand 988. West Indies 969. Bangladesh 6910. Zimbabwe 5811. Afghanistan 4212. Ireland 33

TEAM RANKINGS

India start Asian Games hockey against Sri LankaNew Delhi, (IANS) The Indian men's hockey team will take on Sri Lanka Sep 21 whilethe women will clash against Thailand Sep 22 in their opening matches of the 17thAsian Games to be held in Incheon from Sep 19 to Oct 3.The men's team, who are placed in Pool B with Pakistan, Oman, China and Sri Lanka,will be playing their second match against Oman Sep 23. However, it will be their thirdmatch that everyone will be keenly keeping a close watch on.India will take on arch-rivals Pakistan Sep 25 after which they play their last groupmatch against China Sep 27."With the schedule now with us, we will be in a better position to put our strategies andtactics in place. While the team is confident of going all out against the opponents, weare still ensuring that we close all loopholes before the star t of the tournament," said

Indian men's team chief coach Terry Walsh."The boys are confident post their silver medal finish in the recently concluded 20thCommonwealth Games and are aiming to generate even better results in the for thcom-ing tournament."The Indian women, on the other hand, will have their second challenge from China Sep24 and consequently will take on Malaysia Sep 26."The girls are looking forward to their first match and are confident of topping their pool,"women's team chief coach Neil Hawgood said."Our aim is to focus on cracking the pool matches and ensuring a ber th in the finals.Currently we are working on the faulty areas in the preparatory camp to give a toughfight in every match and deliver positive results," Hawgood added.

World Kabaddi League: London, Lahore & Toronto Teams LeadingAkshay Kumar's Team Khalsa Warriors (London) has won all the 4 Matches ithas played, Lahore Lions is second on the points table losing just one andwinning three matches. Honey Singh's Yo Yo Tigers(Toronto) has also won 2Matches and lost just one match.Manminder Singh was once again the star for Yo Yo Tigers who defeatedCalifornia Eagles 59-50. The team co-owned by singer Yo Yo Honey Singh hadthe upper hand through the entire match, as they opened an 18-11 lead in thefirst quar ter and that increased to 32-25 by half time. Into the third quar ter, theypushed it to 44-37 before wrapping up the match at 59-50.It took four games and a great fight-back in the last two quar ters fromVancouver Lions to record their maiden win in the inaugural Wave World

Kabaddi League while Yo Yo Tigers overcame California Eagles here Sunday.Vancouver Lions beat United Singhs 57-53, in one of the closest matches of theleague, to pick their first points and move up one place from the bottom of thetable.Khalsa Warriors suppor ted by a rather excited and noisy crowd at the IndiraGandhi Indoor Stadium outduelled neighbours from across the border, LahoreLions 64-55 in an action-packed 13th match in the Wave World Kabaddi Leagueat the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Saturday. The point's difference mayhave been as much as nine, but it was a very well-fought match, which haddoses of excitement, tension and much more.With inputs from IANS



A FEW HEATED WORDS WERE EXCHANGED AS VIRAT KOHLI LEFT THE FIELD.

SUPREME COURTDECLINES SRINIVASAN'SPLEA TO BE REINSTATEDAS BCCI PRESIDENTNew Delhi, (IANS) The Supreme Cour t Monday declined N.Srinivasan's plea to reinstate him as the president of the Boardof Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and gave two more monthsto the Mukul Mudgal Committee to submit the final report in thespot-fixing and betting scandal in the 2013 edition of the IndianPremier League (IPL) that involved 13 people, including someprominent cricketers.Senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appealing for Srinivasan, told thecour t that his client has already stepped down as the BCCI presi-dent and could not remain in the same situation indefinitely. Hetold an apex cour t bench of Justice T.S.Thakur and Justice FakkirMohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla that if there was nothing againstSrinivasan in the repor t that was submitted by Justice Mudgalon August 29 then he should be restored to his position.Sibal said that restoration of Srinivasan as BCCI president wasnecessary in view of the September end meeting of the its an-nual general body meeting of the cricket's apexA body.Sibal told the cour t that Srinivasan's signatures were necessaryon the accounts before they are placed before the annual generalbody for approval.Saying that there was nothing adverse about the Srinivasan inthe repor t submitted to the court by Justice Mudgal, the cour tsaid that still it could not reinstate him as probe was still on andfinal repor t has yet to come.The court said that signatures of Srinivasan on the annual ac-counts of BCCI was not such a thing that warranted his reinstate-ment as head of the cricketing body.However, the cour t asked the probe committee to consider if itwas possible for it to look into individual cases of alleged wrong-doing. The cour t made it clear that it was entirely upto the com-mittee to take a call and there was no direction to that affect.In May, the apex cour t asked Justice (retd) Mudgal to inquireinto the allegations that it had earlier submitted to it (cour t) in asealed cover, naming 13 people - including some cricketerswho had played in IPL 2013 - for the irregularities and had al-leged inaction by Srinivasan. The cour t then asked Justice Mudgalto under take the probe despite resistance by the BCCI whichheld that if a new probe committee is entrusted to inquire into theallegations, "there is likelihood of the allegations being leakedto the public and such leakage will damage the reputation of the13 people beyond repair".

Spin to play peripheral role in2015 World Cup: HusseyMelbourne (IANS): Former Australian batsman Michael Husseyhas suggested that spin will play a minimal role in the 2015 ICCWorld Cup and believes Australia will play without a specialist spinnerin the tournament. Hussey also feels spinners will play largely aperipheral role in next year's World Cup to be jointly hosted by Australiaand New Zealand - an opinion that leads him to believe Australia willtake a pace-heavy attack into the tournament."Other than probably (Saeed) Ajmal and (West Indian) Sunil Narinewho are mystery spinners, I am fearful that spin won't play much of apart in the upcoming World Cup," Cricket Australia (CA) website Thurs-day quoted Hussey saying to Fairfax at the Melbourne Cricket Club'sannual Bradman Luncheon, where he was guest speaker."We have got very flat one-day pitches here in Australia and certainlyNew Zealand - New Zealand grounds are very small, (and) with thefield restrictions these days you can only have four players outside thecircle. "With batting power plays plus much bigger bats it makes one-day cricket for spin bowlers in this country and New Zealand extremelydifficult." "Watching the one-dayers last year against England it wasvery difficult for spinners to be able to keep it tight or get wicketsthrough the middle. We will probably rely on Maxwell to bowl a fewovers and (Michael) Clarke to bowl a few overs rather than go withan out and out spinner."

TENDULKAR, RANBIR, JOHN,

ABHISHEK LAUNCH ISLMumbai (IANS): The Indian Super League (ISL), the first of its kindglamorous football league in India, was launched here Thursday bystar team owners Sachin Tendulkar, John Abraham, AbhishekBachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and brand ambassador Varun Dhawanwho promised to popularise the game and invest in the grassrootdevelopment of the spor t in the country.The promoters of ISL, IMG-Reliance and Star India, unveiled alleight team owners, who signed a replica of a football in a sym-bolic gesture to promote the game. The league's logo was alsounveiled during the ceremony.The inaugural season of the Hero ISL will be played from Oct 12 toDec 20 in eight Indian cities. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly,co-owner of Athletico de Kolkata, and Bollywood star Salman Khan,who is a co-promoter of the Pune franchise, however, were ab-sent due to their personal commitments.Nita Ambani, founding chairperson of Football Spor ts Develop-ment (FSD) which owns ISL, thanked team owners for comingforward and suppor ting the spor t."As a teacher I have learned all about football from my kids andstudents. Last year when we went to Uttarakhand for Reliance

Foundation relief work, I asked the kids what do you want. Theytold me 'ma'am please give us boots and footballs'. That is thepassion for the game in the country," said Nita."It is a momentous day for us as we set ourselves in building agrand coalition among all stakeholders to develop football in thecountry and take it to deserving space in Indian spor ts."Dhawan, who is the brand ambassador of FC Goa, which is co-ownedby Videocon Group and I-League side Dempo, said his team will play anattacking brand of football."Who doesn't like Goa. You will be a fool not to like Goa. We have the twogiants of Indian football in Goa -- Dempo and Salgaocar. Goa will beplaying an attacking brand of football. Watch out for us," said Dhawan.John, who is the co-owner of NorthEast United FC, said his club wouldboost the sport in the north eastern states, which is now a nursery forIndian football."I played A division football. I wished I had continued. But I had tochose between football and studies. The nor th east is now thehotbed for football. But unfor tunately nor th east is not connectedwith other par ts of India. But Nor thEast United FC will connect thenor th eastern states with rest of India," said John.

Swiss squad for Euro 2016 qualifier against EnglandGeneva (IANS): Switzerland manager Vladimir Petkovic Friday named the squad to face England in their opening 2016 EuropeanChampionship qualifier in Basel Sep 8.Xherdan Shaqiri and Goekhan Inler will be the two biggest threats for the English side.Following is the Swiss squad:Goalkeepers: Roman Buerki (Freiburg), Marwin Hitz (Augsburg), Yann Sommer (Moenchengladbach)Defenders: Loris Benito (Benfica), Johan Djourou (Hamburg), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Ricardo Rodriguez (Wolfsburg), FabianSchaer (Basel), Philippe Senderos (Aston Villa), Steve Von Bergen (Young Boys), Silvan Widmer (Udinese).Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Hamburg), Blerim Dzemaili (Napoli), Gelson Fernandes (Rennes), Fabian Frei (Basel), GoekhanInler (Napoli), Pajtim Kasami (Olympiakos), Valentin Stocker (Her tha Berlin), Granit Xhaka (Moenchengladbach).Forwards: Josip Drmic (Bayer Leverkusen), Admir Mehmedi (Freiburg), Haris Seferovic (Eintracht Frankfur t), Xherdan Shaqiri(Bayern Munich).

CRICKET SCHEDULE

Chennai to host World UniversitySquash ChampionshipChennai (IANS): The eighth World University Squash Champion-ship will be hosted by the Squash Rackets Federation of India(SRFI) in association with the Association of Indian Universities(AIU) Sep 1-7 at the Indian Squash Academy here.In all, 45 entries including 18 women have come in from 11countries aside from India for the championship which will wit-ness both individual and team events separately.The par ticipating countries are Canada, Egypt, France, HongKong, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Slovenia, South Africa, UnitedKingdom and Czech Republic, it was announced here Thursday.Egypt's Nour Nasser El Tayeb is the highest ranked female (WorldNo.25) while compatriot Mazen Sabri is highest ranked male at34. The Indian team comprises Ravi Dixit (148), Maninder PalSingh Sandhu, Hiteswar Singh Riar, Aparajitha Balamurukan(109) and Sachika Ingale (154).The individual championship phase (Sep 1-4), which precedesthe team competition (Sep 5-7), will see three male and twofemale players from each country in the fray.The team championship is a mixed event with two male players andone female representing a country. In 2010, Great Britain was the teamchampionship winner while Joel Hinds (Great Britain) and Annie Au(Hong Kong) were the men and women individual winners.This is the first time that this event is coming to India and when AIU bidfor it, it decided to seek SRFI's assistance to host the competition.Under the auspices of SRFI, the Tamil Nadu Squash Rackets Associa-tion, supported by the Tamil Nadu government, will conduct the cham-pionship. This is also the first time that India is participating in thisevent. It was in 1995 that the idea of organising a squash eventfor university-level students first cropped up. The World SquashFederation (WSF) gave its full suppor t and promptly found datesin the international calendar for its launch in August 1996 inMaastricht, the Netherlands.


TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 02, 2014b o l l y w o o d

A STILL FROM THE NEW TELUGU FILM RABHASA. (IANS)

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ACTOR GIPPY GREWAL PAYS OBEISANCE AT THE GOLDENTEMPLE IN AMRITSAR. (IANS)SPECIAL SCREENING OF MARDAANI FOR AAMIR.

MOTHERHOOD MADE JESSICAALBA 'FEARLESS'Actress Jessica Alba says that she has become fearless andconfident after becoming mother.The 33 year-old and her husband, Cash Warren, 35, have twodaughters - Honor, 6, and Haven, 3."I don't have anything to lose," the actress told People maga-zine. "I feel like I've done all the hard work. I really was marriedto my work for so long that I've kind of been there, done that. Iwas ready for a new phase in my life," she added.In her just released "Sin City: A Dame to Kill", a sequel to "SinCity", Alba reprises her role as stripper Nancy Callahan andshe undoubtedly fits the role of a sexy, strong willed womanphysically, but being mother has also helped her relate to hercharacter mentally.She can relate to her character's fearlessness."When I became a mom, I just kind of opened up and got a newperspective. I have fearlessness and a confidence that I thinkyou can only get with experience and age. Some people get itearlier, but it took me a while," said the actress.Apar t from acting, Alba is the CEO of The Honest Company,which sells eco-friendly baby products.

IAN SOMERHALDER, NIKKIREED MOVE IN TOGETHER?Actor Ian Somerhalder and actress Nikki Reed are repor tedlyhouse-sharing here, so that they can spend time together whilethe "The Vampire Diaries" star shoots for the next season of theshow.Rumours that the "Twilight" beauty and Somerhalder were dat-ing first sparked after they were spotted at a market last month."(Nikki) goes to the set every day," said a source.It is also believed the two share a proper ty in Los Angeles,California, as well.The actor's relationship with the brunette beauty has been fastmoving as he announced earlier this month that he and Reedhad adopted a horse together.

KATE MOSS RESORTS TOWEIGHT LOSS TREATMENTSSupermodel Kate Moss seems to be resor ting to different meansfor weight loss. Her recent attempt was via a detox break inTurkey, where she used a Cryotherapy chamber.The 40-year-old visits the LifeCo retreat in Turkey several timesa year, and during her detox this time, she was immersed inlayers of nitrogen vapour at - 180 degrees for two to three min-utes at a time in a bid to burn fat and treat cellulite.She also followed a strict detox diet, and didn't consume sugar,caffeine, alcohol and carbohydrates. She followed a 'claycleanse', where she drank bentonite clay-based drinks to ridher body of toxins, according to sources.Moss regularly practices yoga at the home she shares withhusband Jamie Hince and her 11-year-old daughter Lila.

Actress Pamela Anderson has refused to take the Ice Bucket Chal-lenge, benefiting the ALS Association.Celebrities like Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise and Mickey Rourke took thechallenge, which aims at creating awareness about amyotrophic lat-eral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, but the former "Baywatch"star begs to differ.She admits that she "enjoys a good dare," and even acknowledged thecreativity of the charity campaign, but the animal rights advocate saysshe can't support an organisation that does testing on animals, reportspeople.com.She took to the social networking sit Facebook to share her views."Mice had holes drilled into their skulls, were inflicted with cripplingillnesses, and were forced to run on an inclined treadmill until theycollapsed from exhaustion. Monkeys had chemicals injected into theirbrains and backs and were later killed and dissected," the 47-year-oldwrote, citing recent tests reportedly funded by the group.Such experiments, she claims, have led to just one ALS treatment thatworks in humans - and only marginally well."Trying to cure human diseases by relying on outdated and ineffectiveanimal experiments isn't only cruel - it's a grave disservice to peoplewho desperately need cures," Anderson posted. And so, she issues adifferent kind of challenge to friends and fans. "Please help scientistsmake real progress toward treating and curing human diseases byvisiting HumaneSeal.org to find and support charities that never harmanimals and which pour their time and resources into advanced, prom-ising, human-relevant cures."

Pamela Anderson boycottsALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Revealed: Anushka-Virat getting hitched?Post Ranbir-Katrina, Deepika-Ranveer marriage grapevine now wehave a new buzz in town! Now Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli mar-riage talks are floating around.The scuttlebutt star ted when the flamboyant actress accompaniedthe star cricketer on his England tour. Apparently the Board of ControlCricket in India (BCCI) had taken up this decision that players' wifeand girlfriends will not be allowed to accompany the players for thetour post their inefficient performance; as it affected the players con-centration in the gym and practice session seemingly they were busyenter taining their companion explore the city instead!It was repor ted that the Indian team management was not happy withBCCI decision of granting Virat Kohli the permission to have his al-leged girlfriend Anushka stay with the cricketer during the tour. How-ever, BCCI gave a shocking clarification regarding the same, accord-ing to BCCI the couple is very soon getting married and permissionwas granted to allow the duo to give more time to each other.But, Anushka Sharma's spokesperson has completely denied thestatement, he said that this is a baseless rumour, there is nothing ofthis sor t happening, he fur ther requested to everyone to stop contem-plating any such thing.

HONEY SINGH NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAYATA MAJHI SATAKLI WAS MADE

Punjabi rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, whose latest number Aata MajhiSatakli for Singham Returns was made in 30 minutes, says quickwork means "compromising with quality" and that he now wants tofocus on durable compositions."I couldn't say no to the Singham Returns track, although I had no time

for it. But for some reason producers and heroes in Bollywood feel Ican deliver a track at the shor test notice. 'Kuch bhi kar do, kuch bhinikaal lo,' I am told," said Honey from London."You end up compromising with quality when you work in this way.Yes, the Singham Returns song was composed in half an hour. I amnot happy with the way it was done," he added.But the track was an instant char tbuster garnering millions of hits."I had the Singham Returns song ready in half an hour. I flew back toMumbai for a day to do the video with Ajay (Devgn), Kareena (Kapoor)and the children and flew back to London within a day. This is not theway to do durable work."However, he says Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar gave himample time to create Lungi Dance in Chennai Express and Par ty AllNight for Boss respectively.Honey is cer tainly flattered by the demand for his work in Bollywood,but not at the cost of quality. "I need time. Please don't rush me.Please don't tell me to deliver a song in hours. And please don't say,'Kuch bhi chalega'. That's an encouragement for compromise andmediocrity," he said.



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