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• RNI No. MAHEN/2007/21778 • POSTAL REGN. NO. NMB/154/2020-22/VASHI MDG POST OFFICE PAGES: 8 PRICE : 2.00 Commuters demand toilets at Covid 19: NMMC along Kharkopar Station to be opened Local trains likely It is more than two years of station to be restricted for with police crackdown on general public commencement but the toilets on Alarmed by the ris- one side remain closed ing Covid 19 cases in violators in APMC market Maharashtra, the state ollowing the visit by By Abhitash D. Singh been thrown open. The government is likely to re- Fthe commissioner he Kharkopar sta- passengers have to face strict general public from of the Navi Mumbai Ttion had become op- great deal of inconve- boarding local trains. The Municipal Corporation erational in November nience due to this. decision in this regard (NMMC), Abhijit Ban- 2018. However, since in- Speaking with the will be taken by the end gar to all the APMC ception the toilets (both Newsband Sachin Ka- of this week… markets in Vashi, a sur- for male and female) on mat, a regular commuter (More on page 2) prise crackdown was one side of the station re- from Kharkopar to Nerul Report of Maharashtra conducted on 3rd March, main closed, for reasons said, “It is really puz- Economic Survey 2020- 2021 jointly by the civic best known to the author- zling to see the toilets 21 to be presented on body along with the ities only. The commut- closed all the time. The 5th March Navi Mumbai police The report of the State to check the adherence Economic Survey for the of Covid 19 protocols year 2020-21 will be pre- in the market prem- sented by Deputy Chief Minister and Finance ises. Action was taken Minister, Ajit Pawar in the against 144 persons for Legislature on March 5, violating various Covid- 2021... 19 rules. Rs 25,500 was collected 16,600 were collected. (More on page 3) During the crack- from them. Similarly, Meanwhile, the of- down, a fine of Rs. 500 As mercury rises, Rs. 200 was collected ficials collected Rs demand for tender were imposed on 51 as fine from 83 persons 2000 as fine from 9 of- persons for not wearing for not maintaining safe coconut and sugarcane Continued on page... 3 juice increases face masks. A penalty of distance and a fine of Rs. With sudden rise in temperature, the demand for tender coconut and FAM urges state government to launch sugarcane juice has gone ers feel that the railway facility, I am sure, has up in the satellite city. One Time Settlement Scheme-2021 officials are probably been created for the con- Since the first week of waiting for their formal venience of the passen- March, the temperature Under the scheme all the pending issues under VAT / inauguration. gers. If the facility is not has risen. To beat the Service tax / Professional Tax can be covered, they say The toilets are lo- being provided to them, heat, many are opting for cated on two sides of then why did they waste tender coconut water or By Chandrashekhar Hendve ter, Government of Ma- from Interest & Penalty the ticket counter of money on constructing sugarcane juice, said a he Federation of harashtra, Ajit Pawar, on the payment of the Kharkopar station in it? The railway authori- vendor... TAssociations of Ma- FAM has urged the state Principal Tax amount. Ulwe. While, the toilets ties should immediately (More on page 8) harashtra (FAM) “If this is im- located towards the end look into the matter and Gang involved in has requested the plemented, it will side of Kharkopar sta- should do the needful at selling banned BS-4 state government help in generating tion is functional, the the earliest.” vehicles with fake of Maharashtra to toilets facing Baman- instant and im- Continued on page... 7 documents nabbed launch One Time mediate revenue dongri station have not The Navi Mumbai Settlement Scheme- which presently Crime Branch has nabbed 2021 for the litiga- is not realized a gang of nine persons tion pending under due to various le- involved in buying and VAT/Service Tax/ gal litigation and selling BS-4 car of Maruti Professional Tax for may take years company banned by the the business com- together to collect Government of India and Ashishh Mehtta, Director General of Federa- munity of Maha- the said arrears. registering the car in dif- tion of Association of Maharashtra (FAM) rashtra. ferent states on the basis Also, it will re- of forged documents. In a letter written to government to give re- duce the state govern- More on page 3) the Deputy Chief Min- lief to the business com- ister and Finance Minis- munity by giving waiver Continued on page... 7 2 Friday, 5 March 2021 Kamal Cup 2021 tennis Aarine Foundation spreads cricket tournament held awareness on menstrual hygiene Sangh Sai Shraddha cricket club were the winners and the second place was won by Rhythm Cricket Club

By Dinesh Pawar angirdev Cricket MClub and Bharati- ya Janata Party Bhavra ward no. 2 (Corporator) Nandkumar Lambe, Corporator Asha Shelar had recently organized By Chandrashekhar Hendve same sanitary napkin to the development of tennis cricket matches arine Foundation, a for 12 to 15 hours, women. We are current- at Mangir Dev Maidan. Awell known social which increases the risk ly working on women The first winning organisation based in of infection in women empowerment project. team in the cricket Navi Mumbai, has been due to which diseases Aim of this project is match was Sai Shrad- spreading awareness like genital inflamma- to create awareness dha Cricket Club (Bel- on menstrual hygiene tion, uterus infection, about facts and myths The prize distribu- dent Sampurna Thali, dar Wada), the second under its project ‘Sani- infertility etc. can be about menstruation. We tion ceremony was held former captain Mahesh place - Rhythm Cricket tary Pad & Aware- fatal. Therefore, during are going to help more in the presence of Uran Thakur, former captain Club (Mangirdev Sang- ness and Distribution’ the time of menstrua- than 1000 girls through Municipal Council of Mangir Dev team harsh Nagar), the third for girls in slum areas tion, a sanitary napkin project. We will also be Mayor Sayali Mhatre, Mayur Thakur, former place was won by Man- of Navi Mumbai and should be changed after providing free tailor- Corporator Nandkumar player Ramchandra gir Dev Cricket Club Mumbai. It recently every 6 to 8 hours and ing training to women Lambe, Corporator Mhatre, all players (Bhavra). The wining conducted a programme a new napkin should be in Shirvane, Nerul. Asha Shelar, Bharatiya of Mangirdev team, team was honoured at Yadav Nagar Airoli used. Additionally, we are Janata Party Uran Bhavra Ward no. 2 and with a cash prize and a near Municipal School Mr. Nitesh Misaal, providing free computer City Women Presi- BJP workers. grand trophy. No.7. More than 25 Founder and Trustee of classes to women so girls participated in this Aarine foundation said, that they understand the programme. The Foun- “The development of a importance of digital Local trains likely to be dation distributed sani- country is proportional education.” tary pads to girls free of restricted for general public cost and guided them on the importance of using Final decision to be taken this week sanitary napkins instead of traditional clothes. By Abhitash D.Singh the commissioner of the from taking local trains Miss Priti Singh larmed by the ris- Brihanmumbai Munici- and allow only people from Aarine Founda- Aing Covid 19 cases pal Corporation (BMC), in essential services and tion, said, “There is still in Maharashtra, the state Iqbal Singh Chahal on providing medical care. confusion in our society government is likely Tuesday, February 23, in However, state min- about menstruation as to restrict general pub- an interaction with the ister for relief and reha- we refrain from talking lic from boarding local media said that the rise bilitation, Vijay Wadet- about it openly even in trains. The decision in in Covid 19 cases could tiwar said that they will this era of modernisa- this regard will be taken be attributed to public not restrict the general tion. Many women face by the end of this week. movement after services public from commuting health problems and According to the gov- on the train, but may re- various other issues ernment official circular, schedule the timings for related to menstrua- the state chief minister, them in days to come. tion but due to lack of Uddhav Thackeray after According to a state awareness, and hesita- discussing with all his government official, the tion, they do not discuss ministers and reviewing number of passengers in these freely. Sanitary the situation in the state, all three lines increased napkins are one of the will take a final call on of the local trains were four times after trains many ways to avoid restricting the general started. were resumed for the menstrual problems. public from using local It is learned that general public. He also Tejashri Yevale, trains. the Uddhav Thackeray stated that the state gov- Project Head, said, “The Attention readers: While every effort is made The local trains in government in Maha- ernment might either re- biggest problem with to check the genuineness of party/parties inserting the MMR region re- rashtra is exploring two voke the permission giv- sanitary napkin is the ads in this paper, we cannot be held responsible for sumed services for the options - either curtail en to the general public use of the same nap- the truthfulness of its contents. The publishers, Editor common public from the allotted time slots completely or reduce the kin for a longer time. and/or the staff cannot be held responsible for any February 2 after a hiatus for the general public or allotted time slot to curb Most women who use loss or damage due to transactions that they may en- of 10 months. Earlier, completely restrict them crowding in the locals. sanitary napkins use the ter into guided by the ads.

Printed and owned by Kailash Shankarlalji Gindodia Published by Shiv Kailash Gindodia Editor: Varda Sharma Printed at Siddhakala Print Media & Publications Pvt. Ltd. Plot No. W-230, T.T.C. Ind. Area, MIDC, Khairane, Navi Mumbai – 400 710 and published at 1313/1314, 13th Floor, Real Tech Park, Plot No. 39/2, Sec. 30A, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 400 703. • RNI No. MAHENG2007/21778 • Postal Regn. No. NMB/154/2020-22/Vashi MDG Post Office • ABC Certificte No. 133/2106 Phone : 2087 0513 / 2781 5380 e-mail : [email protected] website : www.newsband.in Friday, 5 March 2021 3 Dead fishes found in Kharghar creek Gang involved in selling banned BS-4 By Ryhea George life. The creek area is the water body. But it hocked to see dead quite far from any resi- has not been confirmed vehicles with fake documents nabbed Sfishes in Kharghar dential area but while I yet, I have filed a com- Crime Branch seizes 151 cars worth Rs 7 crore 15 lakhs creek located at Sector was walking close by, plaint at the Kharghar 33, a resident, Sachin I noticed so many dead Police station on 25th By Crime Reporter found that the vehicles sold as scrap Vaskar filed a complaint he Navi Mumbai Crime Branch were being sold through forged docu- with the Kharghar po- Thas nabbed a gang of nine persons ments. The team then seized 151 cars lice. It has been specu- involved in buying and selling BS-4 worth Rs 7.15 crore from various dis- lated that some miscre- car of Maruti company banned by the tricts of Maharashtra, including Delhi, ants might have poured Government of India and registering Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Telan- or dumped chemical the car in different states on the basis of gana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, waste in the creek lead- forged documents. Police have seized Arunachal Pradesh and Punjab. The ing to the death of the 151 cars worth Rs 7 crore 15 lakhs gang also seized five cars registered at fishes. from the gang. According to Police the Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Speaking with Commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh, Pradesh RTO offices on the basis of Newsband Waskar said, the gang used a machine to create fake forged documents. “It is a well-known fact chassis numbers, vehicle transactions, An investigation into the case re- that people are dump- fishes which were in a February but there has registration, laptops, printers, stamp vealed that accused Imran Yusufbhai ing poisonous materi- decomposing state. This been no lead till now as paper, rubber stamps, fake invoices, Chopra, 38, had bought a computer- als, which is causing can be because of some the investigation is go- mobile phones etc. to prepare docu- ized machine from Aurangabad to put harm to the aquatic chemical deposition in ing on.” ments required for sale. The Government of India has banned vehicles with BS-4 Report of Maharashtra Economic Survey engines from March 2020 to curb the rising pollution caused by vehicles with BS-4 engines. 2020-21 to be presented on 5th March The cars were auctioned off by the Maruti Company as various Report available on the website of State Government models of the banned Maruti and Directorate of Statistics Ciaz, Briza, Celerio, Wagner, Eco, Baleno. Of these, 407 cars By Chandrashekhar Hendve harashtragov .in will be Survey of Maharashtra were manufactured by Auto- he report of the State available on these web- 2020-21' will be present- motive Manufacturers Pvt. Ltd., a new chassis number on the car. It has TEconomic Survey sites, said the Director- ed in both the houses on Chembur. The company had bought also been concluded that he used the for the year 2020-21 ate of Finance and Sta- March 5, 2021. the cars at auction. Before handing machine to create fake chassis num- will be presented by tistics. It has been decided to over the car, Maruti had cut the chas- bers for some of the vehicles of other Deputy Chief Minister Every year, one day make all budget publica- sis numbers of all the cars and handed accused and used them to register at and Finance Minister, before the presentation tions digitally available them over to the accused Anam Aslam RTO. The machines were seized along Ajit Pawar in the Legis- of the budget in the bud- this year. Accordingly, Siddhiki (42). with laptops, printers, stamp paper, lature on March 5, 2021. get session of the state after the presentation of However, Anam Siddhiki and rubber stamps, forged invoices, mo- The press reports and legislature, the publica- 'Maharashtra Economic his other accomplices put fake chas- bile phones, etc. used to prepare the research of Economics tion 'Economic Survey Survey 2020-21' by the sis numbers on the car again without documents required for the transac- and Statistics Direc- of Maharashtra' is pre- Finance Minister in the removing it from the car. They also tion, registration, etc. of the vehicles, torate of the mahades. sented in both the houses Legislature, the report forged documents of engine number said Police Commissioner Bipin Ku- maharashtra.gov.in and of the legislature. In the will be available in digi- and chassis number of old registered mar Singh. httpmlsorgin , httpsw- budget session starting tal form on the above vehicles. The gang then registered the The arrested Anam Aslam Sid- wwmaharashtragovin, from March 1, 2021, the websites for journalists car in the name of different customers dhiki (42), Shaban Rafiq Qureshi (32), httpswwwfinancema- publication 'Economic and scholars. at RTO offices in different states on Manohar Prasad Venkatrao Jadhav (31) the basis of forged documents. After and Wasim Mohammad Umar Sheikh Covid 19: NMMC Thanekar and other po- weapon to fight against that, the gang set up an office in Shird- (31) are from Panvel. Gaurav Subhash along with police... lice and municipal of- the corona virus. There- hon area of ​​Panvel and started selling Chandra Dembala (32) and Prashant Continued from page...1 ficers and employees fore, this action will be the car for Rs 2 to 3 lakh, lying to the S. Narasaya Shivarthi (26) are from fices in APMC and col- were present. taken continuously so customers that the cars were damaged Delhi and Hyderabad, Rashid Khan lected a total fine of Rs “Adherence to the that the people who en- during flood. The gang also accepted Ahmed Khan (42), Chandrasekhar 18,000. A fine of danger the health cash from many. After receiving the Dnyandev Gadekar (31) are from Pan- Rs 1,000 was lev- of others with- information from the Central Branch vel and Imran Yusufbhai Chopra (38) ied per person for out following the of the Crime Branch, Senior Inspector is from Gujarat. spitting in public safety rules will of the Central Branch of place. During the be made aware the Crime Branch NB crackdown, a total and penalised for Kolhatkar, Assistant In- fine of Rs. 61,100 violating rules. spector of Police Rajesh was recovered by NMMC appeals Gajjal and his team raid- the police and the to the citizens to ed the office at Shirdhon municipal corpo- strictly follow the in Panvel and arrested ration. safety rules so some of the accused. In this campaign, Covid 19 safety rules, that they do not face any During investiga- Deputy Commissioner such as wearing mask, action and take care of tion, the police found of Police of zone 1, keeping safe distance, their own health and the fake documents and Assistant Commission- washing hands frequent- health of others”, said other materials. A fur- er of Police Vinayak ly, or using sanitizer, is Municipal Commission- ther investigation by Vasta Turbhe, Subodh must and is an effective er, Abhijit Bangar. the Crime Branch team 4 Friday, 5 March 2021

Shooting for Hindi Rupali Suri’s shoot in short film ‘The List’ Paris temporarily stopped concludes due to Covid case on set

he shooting for under- Jaspreet Kaur. upali Suri has been been stopped. Tproduction short movie The movie has been Rshooting in Paris Eu- We spoke to Rupali on ‘The List’, based on large- scripted and directed by Ma- rope for her next project how she is spending her scale retrenchment in Indian hesh Rajput, whose earlier and the shooting has been time and here is what she media industry in the wake short film ‘Fake It Easy!’ was brought to a halt temporar- has to say, "It has been a of the Covid crisis conclud- awarded the best film in the ily. She was stuck in the in- difficult time throughout experimental category of on- ed recently in Chandigarh line short film competition terior of the villages in Paris the world. We shot for a and Mohali. Abhitash D.Singh organized by the All India as one of the crew members Rajendra Ganotra week and we had to stop Artistes Association, Shimla, caught Covid. The cases are the production due to one last year. ‘Fake It Easy!’, produced secure there. Rupali is stuck of the crew members contracting during the Covid lockdown in April with her crew that is her the disease. So, I am currently stylist, make up artists etc. here just moving around and There was a Covid case on seeing around a bit. Paris is the set and for precautions a beautiful place. Always the shooting had to be dis- wanted to have a house here continued. It might start soon someday. Maybe someday I if reports are to be believed. would. Who knows? On the They shot for a week and work front it's been good. then the disease stuck to The last year was hit badly one of the crew members due to the pandemic and and as protocols would things are just starting to have it, the shoot has get normal."

Executive producer Manoj Kumar Sharma, who also plays a key role Little Champs finalist turns playback singer in the movie, said that the shooting was completed ittle Champs Saregama nia has over 500 stage per- in a four-day start-to- LFinalist (2007) Sonia formances to her credit both finish schedule. He said Upadhyay turns playback in India and abroad. Sonia that the post-production singer, with forthcoming has also sung for the popular of the movie has com- Marathi Amol Abasaheb & TV serial 'Bhabhi Ji Ghar menced already and it film "Ziddari", which is on Par Hai". is likely to be released the lines of romantic hit film When asked, what are within two months. Besides Mr. Sharma, "Sairaat", with music pro- Guru Vijay Shanker the qualities necessary to be- other main actors include vided by the musical duo come a fine playback singer, Rashmi Bhardwaj, Sanjiv Kaushish, Dev-Suchir. The trailer of this film Sonia said, "Firstly, it is important to last year, also made it to finalist list of have a melodious voice, understand Akanksha Shandil, Sahir Banwait, prestigious International Cultural Ar- is already launched and the movie Gurvinder Kaur, Dr. Gurtej Singh and tifact (ICA) Film Festival 2020. will be released shortly. Sonia sings the lyrics of the song well and sing a duet with the popular singer Swap- with the necessary emotional inten- nil Bandodkar. Blessed with a strik- sity, if you don't get the right feel ing stage presence and a commend- of the song, the song will not click, able voice, Sonia was among the hence it is important to sing with few singers to be invited to sing for complete involvement, touching the the historic music, composed by Pri- soul of the listeners". tam Chakraborty, with the orchestra Sonia was ini- of 1000 musicians, enlisted in the tially trained in Guinness Book of World Records, music by her for the web series "The Forgotten mother and has Army". learnt Hindu- Sonia was barely 13, a student stani classi- of Shree Dayanand High School, cal music Indore, when she was selected to be from top in the Finals with top ten singers of expo- Saregama Little Champs, they were n e n t s judged by veteran playback singers and has Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik and Ab- p r o v e d hijeet Bhattacharya. Sonia's her ver- Despite a casual, no-makeup look, actress performance was well ap- satility by #AakankshaSingh scores full marks in style, preciated by the judges. In singing in as she heads to Jaisalmer for the shoot of It would be interesting to see what Manish 2008, Sonia also participated in Punjabi, Gu- her upcoming project. Her amazing white Malhotra has put together for Nidhi Dutta’s the popular Antakshari programme jarat, Oriya sneakers are hard to miss #traveldairies wedding @nidhiduttaofficial @manishmal- of Annu Kapoor. Fifteen years of and Bengali #workmode @aakankshasingh30; hotra05 passionate devotion for music, So- too. Friday, 5 March 2021 5 From the campus: Indoor gyms vs. open gyms- which in your opinion are better?

I would prefer indoor gyms all the time as they have profession- I love walking and do workout out at home. I feel indoor gyms are al equipment and professional trainers to help. You can easily too expensive and too hyped. One can maintain good health at be guided with the fellow mates as well. Outdoor gyms do not home as well if they have a good diet and not eat unhealthy stuff have much effect towards working out. from fast food joints. Sajil Nair Sania Vinod

Outdoor gyms are better than indoor gyms, because doing work- outs in the open have several advantages. Moreover, by doing Presently, both are quite risky due to the pandemic. It is always workouts in the open, we feel more energized in natural sur- better to do your workouts at home itself. If it was not for the roundings, happy and active. Workouts, irrespective of doing pandemic, then I would prefer indoor gyms with a coach who indoors or outdoors, help in improving stamina, immune system would guide me to work out in a proper setting. and help in developing our overall personality. Kunal Tripathi Nicole George

Send your views along with your picture to Question for next week: Which anime [email protected] series will you recommend? Plastic recycling warriors to help Panvelkars Successful trial run of double stacked discard plastic waste in proper way dwarf container train to JN Port By Ryhea George ith an aim to ensure that the Wplastic waste does not go into landfills, 50 Plastic Recycling- War riors of Samarth Bharat Vysapeeth have started collecting plastic waste from individuals. So far, in a period of one year, they have collected over 83 kg of plastic waste and reused these in the form of various utility products. Prajakta Shah, a resident of Pan- vel who initiated this idea said, “We ensure that plastic does not go to the dumping ground resulting in environ- mental pollution and gets disposed of ailways undertook Operator for “Manage- rail to and from JN Port. scientifically. The plastic waste is col- Ra successful trial ment, Maintenance and The concept of lected at S R Joshi Memorial Trust on run of double stacked Operation of Dedicated dwarf container would Tilak Road. Citizens who are interest- dwarf container train Dwarf Container Depot be game changer as the ed can contact on "+91 91671 12553" from Mehsana (Guja- (D-Depot) inside the rail movement of EXIM to participate in this campaign.” rat) to JN Port on 3rd Port area at JNPT”. cargo through double March, 2021. The train Inside the D-Depot ISO stacked dwarf contain- with five wagons of EXIM containers will ers would significantly double stacked dwarf be destuffed/restuffed provide cost advantage containers arrived at and then re-stuffed in to the customers and 11:30 hours and de- Dwarf Containers for enhance rail traffic at JN parted at 13:00 hours. further movement on Port. The ‘dwarf’ con- tainers provide 67% increase in volume when double-stacked and can carry a weight of 71 tons, against 40 Hundreds of trees have been burnt by an unidentified person on a hill in Kharghar Sector 5, causing outrage among environmentalists. (By: Chandrashekhar Hendve) tons by an ISO con- tainer. Indian Railways has given 17% discount on haulage cost for double stack dwarf con- tainer trains compared to double stack ISO container trains coupled with additional volume benefit. JN Port is in the Sonali Vilas Patil has been elected as the Deputy Sarpanch of process of finalizing an Vaishvi Gram Panchayat in Uran taluka and Labour leader. 6 Friday, 5 March 2021 Editorial AGL unveils ‘Tuffguard Anti-Bacterial Issue: 227 5 march, 2021 Tile’ for improved hygiene By Ashok Dhamija ith an aim to make living and IQ vs EQ Wbusiness spaces safer without compromising on its aesthetics and n todays’ world when many of online, robotically always checking. hygienic, Asian Granito India Limited Ius are living somewhat robotic Instead of enhancing close bonds, (AGIL), one of India’s leading tiles lifestyle which is devoid of deeper technology has facilitated avoid- brands has launched ‘AGL Tuffguard meaning and purpose and has be- ance of direct person-to-person Anti-Bacterial Tile (TAB).’ come somewhat visionless and pas- contact, which takes too much time. Made of tuff guard plus anti-bacte- sionless, are we displaying emotions We maintain the illusion that we are rial glazing made of Silver Ions homo- towards each other or towards our connected more closely than ever geneously distributed throughout the society? Emotions critically influ- by the number of Facebook “likes” matrix the latest AGL TAB tile hin- ence all aspects of our lives, from we accumulate. Our sense of con- ders the growth of bacteria and germs sion resistant, scratch resistance, du- how we live, work, learn and play, nection exists in the action, not an which come in contact. The same has rable body, chemical & alkali resistant to the decisions we make, big and accumulated, deepening experience. been tested under protocol of JIS Z which makes it ideal for high traffic small. Emotions drive how we com- It is not unusual to see all the family 2801:2010 Anti-Bacterial testing and areas of hospitals, schools, restaurant, municate and connect with each members busy on their phones while is found more than 99% effective. hotels, gym, clubs, clinics, labs. The other, and impact our health and dining out. Even at home each one is In addition to be 99% free from same is available in 600 mm X 600 well-being. Human emotional intel- hooked on to their mobiles checking bacteria and germs, it features like mm size in a wide range of 25 plus de- ligence (or your EQ) is our ability aimlessly the various posts on social anti-skid surfaces, stain and high abra- sign and matt finish too. to recognize not only our own emo- media. tions but also those of other people, Getting rid of technology is not and to use emotions to guide our be- the answer, but society must find a Students of New Bombay City School haviour, adapt to different environ- balance. Empathy is very valuable, ments and achieve our goals. maybe the most valuable resource celebrate Marathi Bhasha Diwas virtually Today, we are living in a digital for humanity. As much as we may world and are surrounded by lots appreciate modern technology, it By Chandrasekhar Hendve this occasion, poems, Shinde, Mangal Yeole, of hyper-connected systems, smart has changed our ability to commu- eacher Vrindani of songs, dances and plays Kavita Ghule, Chaitrali devices and advanced AI (artifi- nicate on many levels. Communi- TNew Bombay City cial intelligence) systems. In other cation is becoming a lost art and it School at Ghansoli had words, lots of IQ, but no EQ. That’s is failing miserably at the hands of organized various pro- a problem. Just look at how we use our children. Enjoying the gifts that grammes online on the our mobile devices and interact with come with technology is important, occasion of Marathi intelligent agents such as Siri and but moving forward into a new age Bhasha Diwas. Amazon’s Alexa and do not interact with balance is even more important. The programme was with human beings. Maybe the biggest cost we have en- organized under the People have less time to reflect countered already is the harm to hu- guidance of Kalpana on anything as they become domi- man relationships. A small start is Pawar, Headmistress on Marathi songs were Ekbote worked hard to nated by a need to act, a need to be our best next step and it counts. of the Primary Depart- organized on the zoom. conduct the programme ment of the school. On Teachers Shital successfully. ‘Saffrons Women’s Day Weekend Crime Branch arrests accused Fun Drive’ on 20th March with fake Rs 500 notes affrons-Eventz has route plan and details outfit, best dancer, best 370 counterfeit notes worth Rs 1 lakh 85 thousand seized Sannounced its up- will be given to each in- model, best singer, best coming event "Saffrons dividual participant be- outstanding rider etc. By Crime reporter and his team set a trap near CBD Bus Women’s Day Weekend fore the event. Mr. Vijay The Journey (Khan- he Central Cell of the Crime Depot and arrested the accused Salim Fun Drive" (2 Wheeler Kalose mentioned, this vel Resort-Silvassa) can TBranch has arrested an accused Ali Asril Haq. During the search, po- & 4 Wheeler). The an- is not rally but it’s fun be completed in approx- who had come to the CBD premises to lice found 200 counterfeit Indian cur- nouncement was made drive. He added “The imate 4hrs/5hrs. instead exchange counterfeit Rs 500 notes in rency notes. When the crime branch by Vijay Kalose CMD main motto behind the of 3hrs (the actual time). Indian currency. The accused, identi- team arrested him and searched his and organizer of the fun drive is to support After reaching Khanvel fied as Salim Ali Asril Haq, 30, had house, they found another 170 coun- event. The fun drive women empowerment, Resort, the participants in his possession 370 counterfeit notes terfeit Indian currency notes in his will start from Mumbai/ support girl child and will get to enjoy pool worth Rs 1.85 lakh. It is suspected house. In this operation, the Crime Navi Mumbai/Thane their education & sup- party, fashion show, live that he brought these counterfeit notes Branch seized 370 counterfeit Indian to Khanvel Resort Sil- port the fight against concert, ladies’ band from West Bengal. Police Commis- currency notes worth a total of Rs 1 vassa on 20th March child abuse”. live performance, mo- sioner Bipin Kumar Singh informed lakh 85 thousand. and return back evening Participants can tor cycle & car stunts by that further investigation is being car- The police are investigating further on Sunday 21st March, enjoy their fun drive professionals, camp fire, ried out. as to where and how the accused got 2021. with best messages on disco night. The crime branch had received in- the counterfeited notes. Police Com- The event will be women empowerment. Taking precaution- formation that a person would come missioner Bipin Kumar Singh said flagged off by promi- To encourage many to ary measures, the or- near the CBD bus depot to exchange that some more accused are likely to nent personalities of participate the organis- ganisers have arranged counterfeit notes in Indian currency at be involved in the racket. The inves- Mumbai/Navi Mumbai/ ers have kept prizes to ambulances with doc- the rate of Rs 500. Accordingly, under tigation has revealed that the accused Thane for their cities. various categories such tors, & nurse, break- the guidance of senior officers, Gan- had brought fake notes of Rs 500 from Timing will be as: best decorated car & down vans, car & bike gadhar Devde, Assistant Inspector of West Bengal to Navi Mumbai, Mum- 7:30am at each city. The bike, best slogan, best navigators, first aid kit. Police, Central Branch, Crime Branch, bai and Thane for exchange. Friday, 5 March 2021 7 Mumbai City FC Win League Winners Shield: Hero ISL Upstaged ATK Mohun Bagan for second time this season

By Ashok Dhamija wo first-half goals Tby defender Mour- tada Fall and striker Bar- tholomew Ogbeche not only ensured Mumbai City FC 2-0 win over table toppers ATK Mo- hun Bagan, but also the coveted League Winners Shield of the Hero 2020-21 at the GMC Stadium earlier this week. The win, their second this year, against An action packed moment between Mumbai City FC (Blue) and the defending champion AKT Mohun Bagan (White) in the final league match of Hero this season paved the way Mumbai City FC captain and goalkeeper Arminder Singh along with his team mates, coaching ISL for 's men and support staff savour their moment of glory (Photos courtesy ISL) their maiden entry in the with a 6-1 win over Odisha FC to set coveted AFC Champions up a grand finish in the final fixture of League next season. the league. In an action-packed An elated Mumbai City FC Head match it was ATK Mo- Coach Sergio Lobera in his post-match hun Bagan skipper Roy media conference shared the win was Krishna who took the a moment to remember and enjoy. first attempt at the goal The Spanish Coach Lobera stated that that tested Mumbai City his players deserved to win the shield FC custodian Amrinder after their excellent performance in Singh as early as the the league which saw them defeat fourth minute. Known Midfielder Hernan Santana's free-kick that sailed over the AKT reigning champions twice this sea- for scoring most of their Mohun Bagan’s defensive wall set-up Mumbai City FC’s sec- Mumbai City FC goal scorers son. He was also appreciative of the goals from set-pieces, ond goal by (2nd from Left) (Right) and Bartholomew Ogbeche celebrate efforts taken by City Football Group Mumbai City capitalised half and one such effort saw Ogbeche each other’s success in helping them achieve one of their with their first shot on target in a sim- header off a cross from the left miss their arch rivals FC Goa to be played targets for this season that saw them ilar fashion. Midfielder Ahmed Ja- the target. The Mariners however on Thursday 5th March. ATK Mo- qualify for the 2022 AFC Champions houh's free-kick found an unmarked soon found their bearing and came hun Bagan who finished second will League (league stage) and hoped that Fall, whose angular header gave the close to reducing the lead after sub- take on NorthEast United FC in the his men will show great character in Islanders the lead in the seventh min- stitute Prabir Das’ effort from outside other semis encounter on Friday 6th the remaining three matches in their ute. The Islanders doubled their lead the box struck the frame of the goal March. quest to lift their maiden Hero ISL after Midfielder Hernan Santana's with the custodian well beaten at the Earlier Mariners 2-2 draw against trophy this time around. free-kick rattled the underside of the hour mark. The backline of Mumbai a 10-man Hyderabad in their pen- Result (League Phase): crossbar and fleet footed Ogbeche City however regrouped to deny An- ultimate game of the season which Mumbai City FC 2 (Mourtada seized on the rebound to head into an tonio Lopez Habas' side any goal in ended their five match winning streak Fall 7’, Bartholomew Ogbeche 39’) empty net in the thirty ninth minute. the closing stages of the game to en- and opened the doors for the Island- beat ATK Mohun Bagan 0. (HT Mumbai City continued to domi- sure a morale boosting victory ahead ers to finish on top. The City Football 2-0). Hero of the Match – Mourtada nate their opponent in the second of their first semi-final leg tie against Group-owned club (CFG) responded Fall (Mumbai City FC) FAM urges state ensure that no leakage such One Time Settle- Commuters with the senior leaders Sunil Fulwadiya, a regu- government to... of state government rev- ment Scheme – 2021 for demand toilets... of various political par- lar commuter. Continued from page...1 enue happens. This will all the cases pending as Continued from page...1 ties as well as with the Priya Ratambe, Pub- ment hardships of keep- be beneficial to the tax on 31.12.2020. Sanjay Jagtap, a resi- railway management at lic Relationship Officer, ing the track of such payers also, as it will “We are hopeful that dent of Ulwe sector-19 the station but the com- CIDCO said, “The issue taxes, which as of today, save them from the In- the state government said, “I have been stay- plaints have fallen on has been brought to our are now subsumed into terest & Penalty charges will consider our re- ing in Ulwe for the last deaf ears.” notice by many commut- GST Act w.e.f.1.7.2017,” and also free them from quest and will announce three years. Earlier, I “The idea behind ers. We are working hard says Ashish Mehta, Di- long tiring legal litiga- the One Time Settle- used to travel by bus, but constructing the toilets to come with the solu- rector General, FAM. tion. This will help to ment Scheme-2021 for now with the resump- at the station was to pro- tion and very soon the The new GST Act further increase/con- all the cases pending up tion of train services vide the facility to more problems will be tack- has now completed more solidate the confidence to 28th February, 2021 for the general public, I than 50,000 citizens in led. As there is a short- than three years. “We of trading community and gives the tax payers travel from Kharkopar Ulwe node. Since the age of manpower, it is sincerely feel that the of Maharashtra in our time to opt for the said to Masjid Bunder some- toilets on one side are difficult to maintain the government department MVA Government,” he scheme up to 30.6.2021 times for work. When- closed, we are forced to toilets, hence the toilets should free themselves adds. and make the payment of ever I need to go to the go to the other side of the have been kept closed. from these old acts and FAM in its letter has tax arrears by 30.9.2021 toilet, I find the gates of station. This causes great We are in the process of focus their efforts in cited example of Punjab to claim benefit under the toilets at Kharkopar deal of inconvenience to recruiting people to look smooth functioning of government, which has the scheme,” said Mr. station always locked. the commuters and the after the maintenance of new GST Act and also already implemented Mehta. We have raised this issue time gets wasted,” says the toilets.” 8 Friday, 5 March 2021 NMMC’s Shooting Ball team NMMC Commissioner inspects wins national level competition Vashi and Turbhe nodes

he Navi Mumbai dal of Malshiras Solapur tions. TMunicipal Corpora- had won the 32-team The players of the tion’s (NMMC) Shoot- All-India Shooting Ball team, Revappa Gurav, ing Ball team has once at Harsaul, and then at Ranjit Ingle, Sush- again made a name for Mandsaur in Madhya ant Pawar, Mubbashir he commissioner of Premises, Sector 14 directed the placing of itself by winning tro- Pradesh in February. Ahmed, Suraj Chowgule, Tthe Navi Mumbai Vashi. He inspected the green and blue bins with phies at All India level Similarly, Navi Mum- Muddashir Ahmed, Municipal Corporation cleanliness of highways, every vendor in the mar- competitions held at bai Municipal Corpora- Paresh Mokal, Khur- (NMMC), Abhijit Ban- cleanliness of toilets, ket area. various venues recently. tion’s team bagged the shid Ahmed, Ratnesh gar paid a surprise visit cleanliness of nallahs Similarly, the com- The team has won the runner-up position in Mokal and team coach to Vashi and Turbhe and operation of com- missioner inspected the National Shooting Ball the state level shooting Sakharam Khandeshe wards and inspected post pits. cleanliness of Sector 21, Championship at two ball competition held at were congratulated by the cleanliness mea- While inspecting 22 and Turbhegaon area. places in Solapur district Tasgaon, Dist. Sangli on the Municipal Commis- sures being undertaken nets and cleanliness of While paying attention as well as at Harsaul in Shiv Jayanti Day. Thus, sioner Abhijit Bangar, in these nodes. He was nallahs, the commis- to the cleanliness of the Sangli and Madhya in two months, the team in the presence of Ad- accompanied by Deputy sioner stressed on regu- village, Gaothan area, Pradesh. has won three national ditional Commissioner Commissioner of Ad- lar cleaning. Similarly, the commissioner also In January, Yashwant titles and one runner-up Sanjay Kakade, Deputy ministration, Dadasaheb the commissioner di- directed to take action Club of Teburni Solapur in four national level Commissioner of Sports Chabukswar. rected to ensure strict to ensure compliance and Navyug Krida Man- shooting ball competi- Dr. Shriram Pawar. During the visit, the cleaning of the lakes to of the Covid-19 safety commissioner inspected ensure that no there are rules by the citizens. the cleaning and beau- no remains of wastes in “While NMMC is As mercury rises, demand for tender tification works at Mini these reservoirs. Mean- undertaking every pos- Seashore which is an while, majority of the sible step to ensure coconut and sugarcane juice increases attraction for the citi- nallahs in the city have cleanliness in the city, zens of Vashi ward and been covered, while on it is equally important By Chandrashekhar Hendve have been doing brisk business. Cus- inspected the internal the open nallahs, nets for every citizen to be ith sudden rise in temperature, tomers prefer fresh juice made of cleaning of Juhugaon have been placed to en- cooperate with the civic Wthe demand for tender coconut mosambi, watermelon, sweet lemon Cemetery, Sector 29 sure that no wastes get body in this regard and and sugarcane juice has gone up in the to beat the heat”, said Raj, an owner of Park, Sector 17 Ma- collected and the drains become responsible citi- haraja Market, Sector do not get choked. zens. It should be the 6 Jagruteshwar Lake, To ensure the wet endeavour of each one Vashigaon Premises, and dry waste generated of us to ensure that Navi Vashi Railway Station by the vegetable ven- Mumbai becomes the Premises, Sion Panvel dors is discarded prop- cleanest city in the coun- Highway, Vashi Flyover erly, the commissioner try,” said civic chief. Domestic gas service centre started at Airoli Sector 4 satellite city. Since the first week of By Chandrasekhar Hendve March, the temperature has risen. To ollowing the efforts beat the heat, many are opting for ten- Fof former corpora- der coconut water or sugarcane juice, juice centre in Vashi. tor Hemangi Sonawane said a vendor. “I get sugarcane from Kolhapur. and senior social worker “The weather has been warming They are extremely juicy and when Ankush Sonawane, a met- up since last week. The best way to served with lemon and some salt and ropolitan gas facility cen- quench thirst is to drink fresh juices ginger, people get instant energy. In a tre has been started at the and tender coconut water”, said a resi- day since 1st March, I have been sell- row house in Ward No. dent. ing around 100 glasses of juice per 17, Sector 4, ​​Airoli. The “Since the rise in temperature, I day”, said a sugarcane juice vendor. gas line was inaugurated on Wednesday. Mrs. Ahire, Mrs. Raw- al, Revadekar, Bhosale, Kudekar, senior citizens and others Bamne, Nalawade, Patole, Hiraman were present on this occasion.