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Kamal was one star from India who happened to be present at the event apart from other personalities like Suresh Gopi, “And look where they are now, and with the bounce starting to get even more unpredictable,wickets were expected to tumble in a heap Cheteshwar Pujara KL Rahul led the way with half-centuries AP Matthew Wade and Mitchell Starc the overnight Australian batsmen started off on a cautious note although they were expected to guide the visitors past a lead of 100 runs and even target a total in the range of 320 The twostarted off on that path keeping the scoring rate steady in the initial overs while tackling some sharp deliveries from Ravichandran Ashwin The Tamil Nadu off-spinner’s luck seemed to have continued from its rottenness on the previous day when Starc managed to overturn a caught behind decision with the help of DRS It took just four deliveries though for it to turn around asthe big-hitter down the order miscued an attempted slog towards mid-wicket only to get caught by Ravindra Jadeja When the crafty left-arm all-rounderwas introduced into the attackfor the first time on Day 3 he had bowled only 17 of the 115 overs that had passed in the Australian innings YetJadeja not onlyremoved the danger man Wade shortly after his introduction he triggered a collapse that saw the tourists lose their last three wickets for just two runs His figures of 6/63 prompted many to wonder whether the Indians missed a trick in under-bowling him and consequently allowing Australia to run away to a total that was withintouching distance of the 300-mark The deficit of 87 though was a manageable one andall that the hosts needed were a couple of big partnerships Another positive for Virat Kohli’s men in the first session was putting up 38 runs without losing awicket with Rahulappearing to get into his rhythmonce again in this Test DespiteAbhinav Mukundgetting castled by Josh Hazlewood right after the lunch interval which could well bury his Testhopes for the time being Rahul kept the runs flowing from the other end forging a 45-run second wicket stand with Pujara whilenotching up his second fifty in his maiden Test on home ground A centuryat the M Chinnaswamy stadium would have been the cherry on top ofwhat has been a special Test for him so far andprobablywould have placed the home team in an even stronger position at stumps However a stunning one-handed catch by opposition captain Steve Smith at slip ended his innings at 51 39 short of what he had achieved in the previous innings Once again the Australiansgot a breakthrough after an interval this time after the second drinks break of the day which thentriggered a mini collapse that brought the now-familiar dark clouds back over the Indiansmomentarily The hex on Kohlidid not show any signs of wearing off as a shooter from Hazlewoodrapped himlow on hisfront pad to dismiss himfor a lowly 15 Onceagain he used the DRS in vain though this time there was genuine doubt over the possibility of an inside edge off his bat Then theIndian think tank decided to send Jadeja ahead of Ajinkya Rahane for some reason (the left-right combinationwith Pujara appearing the most probable reason) which tanked after the former got his middle stump uprooted by an delivery that angled sharply into him Had it not been for Pujara and Rahane’s brilliance in the final session of the third day which turned out to be the first in the series so far which did not have a fall of wicket the Indians could verywell have been facing the prospect offalling short of the 200-run mark yet again The two stuck to their task with a level of determination that perhaps was last seen during Kohli’s brave 49 not out against the Englishmenin Rajkot a few months ago andit is due to their persistence that India now stand a genuine chance of levelling the series with two more games to go Thesee-sawbattle on Day 3has helped set things up nicely for the remainingtwo days with the match swinging either way very much a possibility While the Indians needthe two batsmen at the crease to guide the hosts past a lead of 200 and bat for at least a session an early wicket or preferably two could bring thevisitorsright back into the game Let’s just hope we get to see Test cricket at its best in the remainder of the match like we did on Monday Oklahoma City: Russell Westbrook had a triple-double and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the New York Knicks 105-84 on Thursday night in their first regular-season game with All-Star additions Paul George and Carmelo Anthony Westbrook the NBA MVP last season when he averaged a triple-double ended the night with with 21 points 16 assists and 10 rebounds Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (left) drives against New York Knicks’ Ron Baker on Thursday AP Photo Paul George who was acquired in an offseason trade with the Indiana Pacers led the Thunder with 28 points Anthony who was traded from the Knicks to the Thunder right before training camp began had 22 points against his former team Kristaps Porzingis had 31 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks Enes Kanter who joined the Knicks in the deal that sent Anthony to the Thunder finished with 10 points and seven rebounds No other New York players scored in double figures Los Angeles Clippers edge pastLakers Elsewhere? 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IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related NewsBy: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published: July 7,Poornima Thakor,Pandey’s loan recovery agent murdered in 2008. the BMC eased the approval procedure for small trades on Friday.According to officials permissions for trades such as data processing through computers flour mills ice factories manufacture of bidis sugarcane and fruit juice centres coffee grinding and roasting electrical repairs of TV fridge AC vehicle repairs etc have been simplified Under ease of doing business civic chief Ajoy Mehta approved the cancellation of 27 permissions required earlier The 27 include approvals from shops and establishments the public health department the fire brigade department and the development plan department “As per Section 390 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 46 permissions from building and factory department were required to manufacture or process anything in Mumbai Surprisingly 27 permissions were given by other departments of the BMC Some of the permissions were given by the Centre and the state So to avoid the duplication of permissions the civic body has cancelled 27 permissions” said an official For all the latest Mumbai News download Indian Express App More Top NewsWritten by Garima Mishra | Pune | Published: August 8 2016 3:16 am Students educate Ramwadi slum dwellers on sanitation Top News On the face of it the group of 25-odd students of Anjali English Medium School (AEMS) appears like any other school students They laugh they fight and fool around However strike a conversation with them and you realise there’s much more to them They think and think deeply And the reason lies in an unfortunate incident that happened two years ago when suddenly one of their classmates passed away due to some serious stomach-related ailment It didn’t take much time for them to discover that the cause of their classmate’s disease was unhygienic conditions he stayed in the Ramwadi slum near Wadgaonsheri Vimannagar In October 2014 when their teacher Amrita Mallick whom they address as ‘didi’ asked them to give their suggestion for community work under project Maya 20 the students unanimously offered to work in Ramwadi Maya 20 is a project initiated by the Teach For India (TFI) which aims to develop leadership skills in students Mallick who works as a TFI fellow said “The reason is that mere academic excellence does not contribute to overall development of the child A child’s stakeholder in his development is his principal teachers parents and every person with whom he or she interacts The idea was to give students an experiential set-up wherein they had to work with a particular community and they chose to work in Ramwadi” AEMS gets students from low-income families residing in Wagholi Ganeshnagar Chandannagar and other nearby areas Some kids also stay in slums The students who worked on this project are currently in 7th grade although they started taking active part in Maya 20 project in December 2015 when they first visited Ramwadi Ramwadi has issues related to drainage water-logging garbage and sanitation “The kids had to make people realise what are their problems the reasons and how they can address them” adds Mallick So post school hours three days of the week were dedicated to community visits and three days were spent discussing their experience Sharing his experience one of the students Ravi Paswan says “When didi (fellow) informed us that we will have to visit Ramwadi and interact with people I was scared Earlier when I had visited this place some of the kids had got into a fight with me for no reason Initially people were apprehensive to talk to us It took a couple of visits for them to get familiar with us We identified many problems but the primary problem was toilets and drainage system” Komal Singh another student “We became friends with the Ramwadi children and slowly they brought their parents to our meetings” In the meetings it was decided to collaborate with NGO Samagraha to solve the sanitation problem For all the latest Pune News download Indian Express App More Top NewsBy: PTI | New Delhi | Published: November 19 2016 7:06 pm They said the strike team of over 350 commandos also conducted a similar drill on the coaches and depot area around the Dwarka Sector 8 station (File Photo) Top News A special counter-terror unit of NSG commandos on Saturdayconducted a three-hour-long mock drill at a Delhi Metro station located on the airport express line in New Delhi Officials said the drill on ‘intervention of rail coaches and countering of terrorist elements’ was conducted by the National Security Guard commandos in the wee hours at the Dhaula Kuan station where the ‘black cats’ also used their modern weapons and equipment used for neutralising terrorists and rescuing commuters Watch what else is making news: The Dhaula Kuan station is an important passenger facility on the sensitive and faster airport express line of the Delhi Metro They said the strike team of over 350 commandos also conducted a similar drill on the coaches and depot area around the Dwarka Sector 8 station along with a small team of CISF personnel who secure the Metro network “The NSG teams were drawn from the elite counter-terror squad The federal contingency force keeps doing these mock exercises to keep itself prepared for any contingency and response to a terrorist threat on the Delhi Metro network that carries over 26 lakh people everyday in the national capital area” they said adding the drills lasted for about three hours at each of the locations For all the latest Delhi News download Indian Express App More Top NewsBy: AP | Franceville | Published: February 3 2017 10:55 am Cameroon has won the African Cup four times but not since 2002 (Source: AP) Top News Cameroon set up an African Cup of Nations final against Egypt and inflicted another painful experience on Ghana with a 2-0 win in the second semifinal on Thursday Defender Michael Ngadeu scored the first in the 72nd minute pouncing on poor Ghana defending when the Ghanaians looked more likely to score Christian Bassogog rounded off a counterattack in injury time running through on Ghana’s goal unchallenged to seal Cameroon’s place in the final as a desperate Ghana threw everyone forward in search of an equalizer It sent Cameroon through to its sixth African Cup final but first since 2008 and Bassogog’s goal prompted every member of Cameroon’s squad to race off the bench and celebrate on the field at Stade de Franceville One of them booted the ball high into the stands in delight “It is a dream We are going to the final now” Cameroon coach Hugo Broos said “At some times we did suffer but it is a team that doesn’t stop It goes until the final minute” Cameroon which has won the African Cup four times but not since 2002 will play record seven-time champion Egypt in the title decider on Sunday in the Gabonese capital of Libreville For Ghana often tipped for the title or among the top contenders it was another miserable experience at the African championship Avram Grant’s team threw everything at Cameroon in the last 20 minutes after Ngadeu’s goal but just couldn’t break through Even the introduction from the bench of captain Asamoah Gyan who wasn’t fully recovered from injury to start didn’t work Ghana hasn’t won the African championship for 35 years and has now lost two finals and four semifinals in the last six tournaments “We wanted so much to be in the final” Grant said “We did everything to be in the final We dominated the game especially the second half … The first attack they scored It is very annoying “I am not happy because we were the better side” For all the latest Sports News download Indian Express App More Top NewsWritten by A Kameshwari | New Delhi | Published: July 31 2017 10:11 am Sidharth Malhotra shows off his hot-bod on his Instagram account Related News If you are worried about Monday blues then A Gentleman aka Siddharth Malhotra is giving you the perfect reason to have something to look forward to The actor has shared a picture of himself showing off his perfectly sculpted body which will definitely make you wave a goodbye to Monday blues Advising his fans for a daily fitness routine Sidharth wrote “Don’t make excuses Make changes” And we are sure his picture will leave you motivated to hit the gym the very next moment The actor has been constantly sharing pictures from his workout making his Instagram account too hot to handle But let us tell you that by doing so he is surely making every ‘Susheel and Sundar’ girl out there seek a ‘Risky’ guy just like Sidharth’s character in A Gentleman For those who are living under the rock Sidharth’s next film A Gentleman shows him in two different characters While one of his character Gaurav is “Susheel and Sundar” which means obedient and simple the other one called Rishi is totally “Risky” who makes Jacqueline Fernandez the female lead of the film go weak in her knees So while you pick your type these pictures of Sidharth will make it difficult for you to come to a decision Meanwhile apart from A Gentleman Siddharth has been working on his next project Aiyaary by Neeraj Pandey The actor has been shooting for the film in London This film would mark his first with the director and co-stars Manoj Bajpayee and Rakul Preet While Rakul has wrapped the London schedule Siddharth is still in the city to shoot for some more sequences of the thriller drama For all the latest Entertainment News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related NewsWritten by Sandeep Singh | Published: April 27 2013 1:11 am Related News Among the several bills pending before Parliamentthe Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill2010has been hanging fire since its introduction in the Lok Sabha in 2006 The Bill proposes to provide autonomy to the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) and will also clear the road for exchanges to offer options and index tradingsomething that will go a long way in benefitting farmers who can possibly hedge against falling prices as well as take advantage of the rise in prices of agricultural commodities As of now the futures trading is available in the commodities market but the cost of trading in it is fairly high and involves margin payment of 3-5 per cent of the contract value In case of optionsthey can enter into a contract by just paying an option premiumwhich is significantly lower and is less than 05 per cent of the contract value This will make it more feasible way for farmers to safeguard themselves against price volatility Also in optionsthe buyer of the option has the right but is under no obligation to honour the contract Similarly the index trading will allow exchanges to come out with product innovations The FCRA also provides for change in composition and functioning of FMC and looks to enhance its powersmuch on the lines of the Sebi It will also allow entry of institutional investors in the segment The Bill also proposes to designate the Securities Appellate Tribunal as the forum for appeals against FMC orders and for the samethe Sebi Act1992will also be amended While 8 bills of the Agriculture and Rural Department are pending to be passedincluding the high priority National Food Security Bill2011industry insiders are skeptical if the Bill can see the light of the day in the current Budget session considering the political environmenteven though it has the potential to paint the future roadmap for commodities trade While it is something that the sector has been looking at for quite some time now and it may not be controversial as it seems to incorporate certain changes that will benefit farmers and provide more powers to the regulatorit requires Parliament to function first the most critical prerequisite for now Sandeep is a senior assistant editor based in Mumbai sandeepsingh@expressindiacom For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related News Celebrating the platinum anniversary celebrations of Tamil daily Dina Thanthi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Chennai on Monday said state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan Modi is expected to arrive at around 10 am andwill return to New Delhi the same day According to Newstodaynetcom Modi will be received by Governor Banwarilal Purohit Later the prime minister will leave by helicopter and reach INS Adyar where hewill be received by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswamy Modi will also meet DMK president M Karunanidhi today both the BJP and the DMK said During his visit to Tamil Nadu today PM Sh Narendra Modi ji will visit senior most leader from the state and former CM Sh M Karunanidhi — P Muralidhar Rao (@PMuralidharRao) November 6 2017 DMK sources also confirmed the meet saying the two leaders are scheduled to meet at 1230 pm at Karunanidhi’s Gopalapuram residence A file image of Prime MInister Narendra Modi PTI According to the report the chief minister and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam are likely to brief the prime minister about the damage caused across by rains due to the heavy rains and seek a relief amount "Modi will then proceed to Madras University Centenary Hall at 1030 am to preside over the 75th anniversary celebrations of Tamil daily Dina Thanthi where Banwarilal Palaniswamy and Panneerselvam would participate" it added According to TV reports Modi might even meet DMK chief K Karunanidhi however there was no official confirmation Security has been beefed upahead of Modi’s visit Union minister of state for finance and shipping Pon Radhakrishnan inspected the arrangements at the airport on Sunday Soundararajan told IANS Newstodaynetcom said that over 10000 policemen have been posted in the city and traffic diversions have been made at Marina According to the website the prime minister will also attend the wedding of an IAS officer’s daughter in Chennai on Monday The officer TV Somanathan works in the Prime Minister’s Office it was reported A consultation meeting with local BJP leaders is also on the cards before returns to Delhi With inputs from IANS Written by Reuters | New York | Published: February 22 2011 12:55 pm Related News Researchers say couples trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) could up their chances of success if they just keep trying But according to data in the researchers’ study from several fertility clinics in Western Australiamany don’t end up pregnant Between 1993 and 2002half of more than 5000 women who started IVF treatment went through two or fewer cycles The chances of giving birth to a live baby as a result of IVF were 58 percent for women in their 20sbut only 22 percent for women aged 40 to 44 Based on calculationsthe researchers estimate that upping the number of IVF cycles would boost success rates at least up until five attempts “The results of this study suggest that IVF has the potential to be more effective if womenespecially those over 35are able to undertake more than the usual two to three cycles” Louise Stewart of the University of Western Australia in Crawley and colleagues write in the journal Fertility and Sterility (One of the authors is on the fertility advisory board of Merck Serono Australia and Schering-Plough Australiaboth of whom make fertility drugs) But the study also shows that a number of women went on to give birth to live babies after they stopped IVF treatment Including those births79 percent of the women who started IVF in their 20s ended up with successful pregnanciescompared to a third of those in their early 40s One fertility expert questioned the new findingsespecially the way the researchers had calculated the success rates with more IVF cycles Because few women go through many cyclessuch estimates quickly become shakysaid Dr Mitchell P Rosen of the University of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCenter for Reproductive Health “It is pretty obvious that the number of cycles that you do adds to the likelihood of successbut it gets smaller every time” he said “You have to look at each case independently Are we seeing benefits or are we just spinning our wheels” In the USone IVF cycle may cost up to $15000 and each failure will take a mental toll Rosen said he had seen couples try as many as 11 times “At some point the psychological side effects and the cost become prohibitive” he said The good newshe saidis that “people who do quit IVF still have a chance” For all the latest Lifestyle News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by Lalmani Verma | Lucknow | Updated: September 25 2017 7:41 am The government has purchased a fleet of 50 buses which will be flagged off by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath soon (Source: Wikimedia) Related News The state government is going to launch a new bus service — ‘Antyodaya Sewa’ — to connect remote parts of rural areas with the district headquarters and state capital For the first phase the government has purchased a fleet of 50 buses which will be flagged off by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath soon Another 950 buses will be added to the fleet in the future The bus service is being launched to mark the birth centenary celebrations of BJP ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya The celebrations will conclude on Monday with a grand event in New Delhi The buses purchased for the service will be saffron in colour and will carry a photograph of Upadhyaya “Ideology of Antyodaya was given by Upadhyaya That ideology with his photograph will reach people in remote villages through the bus service” said a BJP leader Sources said that the launch of the bus service was earlier planned for September 22 but it could not take place at the time since the chief minister was touring Varanasi following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit Transport minister Swatantra Dev Singh said “The bus service will be launched to connect villages at block level with the districtheadquarters Some of the buses will also provide connectivity between the villages and state capital too The fare will also be less than standard rates” Singh said that 50 buses are stationed at the UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) workshop in Kanpur where they are being painted The fleet will be brought to Lucknow for a flagging off that is likely to take place on September 26 or 27 subject to Adityanath’s availability for the event Villages of Mathura Varanasi Gorakhpur and fleet will be brought to Lucknow for a flagging off that is likely to take place on September 26 or 27 subject to Adityanath’s availability for the event Villages of Mathura Varanasi Gorakhpur and Faizabad will be covered with the bus service in the first stage In UP an average of five buses is available to a population of 1 lakh whereas the requirement is 20 buses for the same population More buses will be purchased in the coming days to improve that average said sources For all the latest Lucknow News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by Manikrao Munde | Updated: January 8 2016 5:01 pm The village markets are almost all closed across Marathwada Now we buy a kg of dal instead of five We’re cancelling family weddings postponing expenses (Source: Illustration by CR Sasikumar) Related News Dear Prime Minister I haven’t had the honour of meeting you but I think there is plenty about me that you will know simply from my name I am 65 years old from Majalgaon in Maharashtra’s Beed district This is the home district of the late Gopinath Mundeji and the late Pramod Mahajanji I belong to the Vanjari samaj — like you I am an OBC We are a community of several lakh people who live mostly in Marathwada one of India’s most arid regions We’re also one of the BJP’s most loyal supporters I own 15 acres in Pathrud taluka I have been a farmer for 15 years growing sugarcane and cotton I am not an illiterate farmer with generations of crop losses behind me I am a graduate who worked for the state transport department before retiring five years ago In the last few years there has been a complete failure of the monsoon and unseasonal rains There are no irrigation canals near my land The only source of water I have is my well which ran dry this summer I sank money into a borewell but even after digging nearly 400 feet we found no water For two years now I have had almost nothing to sell from the fields This year’s kharif was fully lost The rabi-jowar looks promising right now but let my hopes not run ahead of the seasons Last year we had barely any cotton to market Worse we had to face a crash in prices: Sugarcane fetched Rs 2500 a quintal a few years ago; last year it was Rs 1500 a quintal Thus our income from cotton and sugarcane has fallen drastically while input costs have risen I now pay Rs 125 a day in labour charges — it used to be Rs 50 a few years ago The same is true for the cost of seeds pesticide manure — everything Pradhan mantriji in the last year I have incurred a loss of Rs 15 lakh on my 15 acres in addition to the Rs 70000 I spent on the borewell I am still better placed than many middle-class families in Marathwada’s villages because I have two sons; one is a dentist and the other is in politics so we are able to absorb these losses unlike many other poor families I was a young man when the severe drought of 1972 hit us Villagers had nothing to eat then That nobody is starving to death today is a peculiarity of this year’s drought as well as a small success for the state government The Annapurna scheme which supplies foodgrain and essentials for Re 1 or Rs 2 a kilogram is a huge success Anybody who finds work earns Rs 100 a day at least so nobody is going hungry I assure you And yet last year’s drought has been much worse than the one of 1972 Why do I say that The village markets are almost all closed across Marathwada Now we buy a kg of dal instead of five We’re cancelling family weddings postponing expenses We are all rapidly growing poorer more dependent on government aid We are selling our animals and they do not fetch a respectable price any longer The worse and more immediate crisis is water: Every day is defined by whether or not there is enough water for ourselves and the animals to drink whether the water tanker has arrived in our village and whether there is some water to store for tomorrow in case the tanker does not come The Jalyukt Shivar programme for water conservation structures initiated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Rural Development Minister Pankaja Munde are excellent This is a long-term drought-proof measure that will show results in 2016 Why not enlarge the programme to include every single village Modiji people have begun to talk They say that your government has taken decisions for everyone — a GST is proposed for traders toll tax is being slowly done away with for the urban middle class the big industrialists are being wooed with all manner of sops What about the poor farmer People say Modiji has only opened bank accounts for us “Achhe din” will come for us only if the government is able to put Rs 5000-10000 in each of those bank accounts We are ardent BJP supporters but honestly our sentiments have changed in the last year and a half The sense that the poor are not benefiting is sharp The water crisis will define 2016 for us at least until June and if the rains fail again the entire year will be affected You cannot bring us rains but there are some things governments can do Take a look at our district cooperative banks In Beed the cooperative bank is almost defunct Banks neither have resources to give new loans nor is it easy to access funds when for example there is a crop insurance payment Please resolve the crisis in the cooperative banking system Second farm packages for crop losses must be more transparent and in keeping with real losses A genuine package is at the top of every farmer’s wish list in Marathwada Third at the district and taluka levels the government machinery needs to be more responsive Whether it’s a saat-baaraah extract I need or other permissions we’re dealing with the same disinterested government employees — the change in government has not percolated to this level When the chief minister visited Beed earlier this year and inaugurated a fodder camp for animals that I helped set up I made a short speech and told Fadnavisji that the “karz-maafi” demand and the one for a waiver of electricity bills are reasonable I hope you will address these next year Modiji Marathwada’s summer makes us a very hardy lot We will eke out our lives with the bare minimum help from the government But unless the government exercises some control over agricultural commodity prices and guarantees us a fair minimum price there is no hope for us I wish you a peaceful and successful 2016 From Marathwada ***Tomorrow: A Bangalore entrepreneur Munde is a farmer based in Majalgaon Beed district Maharashtra He spoke to Kavitha Iyer For all the latest Opinion News download Indian Express App More Related News The photographs 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That figure is 89 per cent in 2011-12, Walia said He said the five-in-one vaccine is safe and effectiveand used in most developed countries For all the latest Delhi News download Indian Express App More Related NewsWritten by Sonup Sahadevan | Mumbai | Updated: October 26 2016 4:38 pm While the who’s who of Bollywood trooped in it was the presence of one woman that made Salman smile all throughout Rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur was omnipresent and stuck by Salman’s side (Source: Twitter) Related News The chronic bachelor of Bollywood Salman Khan has touched 50 and the celebrations at his farmhouse were grand enough to put an A-list awards function to shame The who’s who of Bollywood descended at his farmhouse that looked bathed in sparkling bright lights So ebullient was Salman that he came out to address the press waiting outside and even spoke about his court case saying that it has been a burden off his parents shoulders and that he would fight the case out in the Supreme Court (Read: Salman Khan turns 50: A look at women in his life) WATCH VIDEO:Salman Khan’s Bodyguard Shera Booked: Find Out Why Says a source “It’s been a great year for Salman both professionally and personally He was in a mood to celebrate after long” (See Pics: Happy Birthday Salman Khan : The actor turns 50) Salman Khan rings in birthday with Iulia Arpita Genelia Tabu; see pics As the clock struck twelve the birthday cake was ushered in and Salman sliced it as chants of Happy birthday Salman filled the air Salman too smiled laughed and lovingly fed and ate the birthday cake (PICS: Aishwarya Katrina Sangeeta: Women Salman Khan has dated) While the who’s who of Bollywood trooped in it was the presence of one woman that made Salman smile all throughout Rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur was omnipresent and stuck by Salman’s side The Romanian beauty was seen bonding big time with the Khan family who too looked only happy to have her around The revelries went on till the wee hours of morning and Salman chose to spend time with Iulia for most part of the night (In Pics: Happy Birthday Salman Khan: Bajrangi Bhaijaan Tere Naam Dabangg his top roles) Meanwhile burning the dance floor was Sooraj Pancholi who showed off his nimble footed moves to Ranbir Kapoor’s Batameez Dil Salman too took to the dance floor and grooved to some of his hit numbers The macho man was also seen obliging many eager guest with selfies and autographs (Exclusive: Watch Salman Khan’s bodyguard Shera says will stay with his ‘malik’ for a lifetime) As part of the celebrations Salman has decided offer a 50 per cent discount on ant purchase made at a Being Human store Those who attended Salman’s birthday bash included brother Sohail khanArbaaz Khan Malaika Arora Khan sister Arpita and Alvira mother Salma dad Salim step mother Helen rumoured girlfriend Lulia Sonam Kapoor Kangana Ranaut Mallika SherawatHarshali Malhotra Jacquline Fernandes Daisy Shah Raveena TandonAnil Kapoor Sunil Shetty Sonakshi Sinha Ameesha 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NewsWritten by EXPRESS FEATURES SERVICE | Published: November 28 2013 4:39 am Top News When it comes to raising funds for a good causeone can trust the countrys art fraternity to do their bit The latest event reiterating the communitys humanitarian side is the Smile with Hyatt Making a Difference programme Marking the Hyatt hotels 30 years in the countrythis programme is aimed at raising money for the education of underprivileged children through the sale of works by artists such as Sujata AchrekarJatin DasAnjolie Ela MenonJehangir JaniJiten Hazarika and M Praveen Gaud Curated by the Smile Foundationa total of 90 works 30 each in MumbaiDelhi and Chennai will be available for sale The Mumbai preview will be held at Grand HyattKalinaon November 30 and the works can be purchased on the foundations website With the price range starting at Rs 40000 and going up to Rs 300000this is one opportunity to combine a love for art with a good deed mumbainewsline@expressindiacom For all the latest 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