Designer Garima Maheshwari incorporates elements of swings and the Kadamba flower to symbolize freedom.

“In the woods resides her beautiful soul, Swinging along, letting her glee unroll
As the sweet breeze caresses her skin gently, Mother Nature admires her splendour fondly Her liberated spirit celebrates the moment, As she adorns the serenity that the winds sent”.

Reliance Jewels, one of the most sought after jewellery brands and a leader in introducing new concepts and designs is proud to launch an exquisite collection Miliani designed by Garima Maheshwari. This Beautiful collection has been inspired by swings and the very beautiful Kadamba flowers. The name of the collection Miliani means “Caressed by the wind”, which is the most enjoyable feeling on a swing. The collection presents unique & elegant designs that are not just veritable feast to the eyes but also brings out the lovely mood that the brand would like to offer to their customers this beautiful time of the year. With romantic swinging elements & its intricate floral designs these spectacular Jewellery designs will make every Woman adorning them feel extra special. The collection comprises of an eclectic mix of contemporary & modish diamond Jewellery designs & heritage designs in Gold which have a modern appeal, would be a perfect accessory for both your traditional outfits & western outfits.

A wide range of necklace sets, pendants, earrings, rings, bracelets, tiaras etc. has been crafted for the modern women with a beautiful and liberated soul. Miliani by Garima Maheshwari is an enchantingly feminine range of jewellery that is perfect for your special occasions and a must Gift for yourself. You can also surprise your loved one’s this season with a stunning piece. It’s a perfect wedding Gift too. The collection also consists of stunning studs, pendants & bracelets that are perfect for your weekend parties.

One of the highlights of the collection is the stunning diamond and gold necklace, with delicately dangling embellishments and Kadamba flower inspired design set in cascading kadamba pattern. This modern & beautiful necklace set is complemented by a set of matching earrings. You can also find similar bracelets & rings in the collection.

With this collection, Reliance Jewels hopes to recreate the magic of swings with elegance for women who truly enjoy jewellery. This collection is for the contemporary Indian woman who aspires to reach higher and want great design in a range that caters to her needs.

About Reliance Jewels:

At Reliance Jewels, gold and diamonds are available at the most competitive rates. Zero-wastage and competitive making charges ensure 100% satisfaction for customers. Reliance Jewels has 50 showrooms across 36 cities and is expanding exponentially. With a spectacular variety of designs in its collection, Reliance Jewels has an ornament for every personality and every occasion. Reliance Jewels deals only in 100% BIS Hallmarked Gold. Every diamond used is internationally certified by Independent Certification Laboratories. Every showroom has karat meters for customers to assess the purity of gold free of cost.

The wide array of choice combined with customer-first services, such as customization, jewellery cleaning & polishing and the availability of karigar rooms and karat meters makes every Reliance Jewels showroom one-stop shopping destination for fine Jewellery.

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Bengaluru: A major disaster was averted when the parapet wall at the city’s Mantri Mall collapsed at about 3 pm on Monday.

Hundreds of people were seen rushing out of the mall soon after the wall collapsed. The mall, located on Sampige Road was closed down after Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad withdrew its occupancy certificate; he ordered an inquiry.

A housekeeping staff suffered minor injuries and was admitted to KC General Hospital. Movies were stopped midway so that the mall could be evacuated.

An initial investigation by BBMP engineers said that the parapet attached to the rear wall of the mall, which connects the multiplex carried a series of air-conditioner ducts which leaked water and the seepage might have led to the collapse.

Sources say that the mall would remain shut till it is declared fit for people to visit.

Meanwhile, it is said that the affected wall was recently modified, but the air-conditioner ducts constantly leaked.

The fire personnel were called and they too helped in evacuating the mall.

Traffic woes

As people were being evacuated, the slow-moving traffic on Sampige Road got worse. The initial panic over the feared possibility that the building might collapse, added to the traffic woes.

Meanwhile, the mall authorities requested Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to seal the route that started from Mantri Square apartments as a precautionary measure.

(Agencies)

New Delhi: The 38-year-old man who was arrested here yesterday for allegedly sexually assaulting hundreds of minor girls told police he used to “derive fun” out of the act and had his “first prey” in 2001.

Sunil Rastogi also told the police he is superstitious and would travel to Delhi from Rudrapur in Uttarkhand only by Sampark Kranti Express and wore a red jacket every time he came here thinking it was “lucky” for him.

His parents stay in Gharoli area near New Ashok Nagar and he used to come once a week to visit them when he targeted the minor girls, they said.

He was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here.

During interrogation, after he was arrested on January 14, Rastogi said he used to “derive fun” out of sexually assaulting girls aged between 7-11 years, police said.

He used to target minor girls as he thought they could be cajoled and convinced easily and never targeted elder girls since they would fight him off or raise an alarm, they added.

The accused had allegedly “first preyed” on a minor girl in 2001 and thereafter he targeted many girls in Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur (where he currently stays), New Ashok Nagar (New Delhi) and Ghaziabad, police said.

They said the accused has has lost count of the number of girls he has assaulted, police said.

Rastogi said he would tell the young girls that their father had sent some clothes or articles for them and if they didn’t get convinced, he would pretend to make a phone call to their father, police said.

Sometimes, he also told girls their father had sent him to get them “gold earrings”, they added.

An investigating officer said Rastogi used to prey on girls in New Ashok Nagar since he had stayed there and was aware of the “dark and dingy spots”, and even the escape routes, where he could assault them, police said.

He wasn’t caught till now because he used to come in the morning and leave by the evening.

Many people didn’t lodge a complaint for fear of social stigma but after he was caught, several of them came to the police station accusing him of trying to assault their daughters, police said.

Last year, he was arrested in Rudrapur on similar charges and he was out on bail, police said. They said in 2006 also he was sent to Tihar jail in connection with an eve-teasing case.

(Agencies)

Mumbai: Zaira Wasim, who played the childhood of Geeta Phogat in the Aamir Khan movie Dangal has put up an apology on social media, for “offending and displeasing people”. Zaira also asked not to project her as a role model for Kashmiri youth.

After her meeting with the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, she was trolled in social media. Mehbooba Mufti had appreciated Zara and spoke to her about the native Kashmiri’s interest in creative endeavours. Her post led to several speculations ranging from whether her account was hacked, or whether she had received threats.

Zaira Wasim’s entire letter goes as follows:

This is an open confession/apology. I know that many people have been offended and displeased by my recent actions or by the people I have recently met. I want to apologise to all those people who I’ve unintentionally hurt and I want them to know that I understand their sentiments behind it especially considering that what had happened over the past 6 months but I hope people can also understand there are certain circumstances that emerge which one cannot control and I hope people still remember that I’m a just a 16 year old girl and I hope you treat me accordingly. I’m sorry for what I did but it was not a deliberate decision and I really hope people can forgive me.

There are few more things which are very important and I want to clear them as well. The first and foremost thing is that I am being projected as a role model for Kashmiri Youth. I want to make it very clear that I do not want anyone to follow in my foot steps or even consider me as a role model. I’m not proud of what I’m doing and I want everyone, especially the Youth to know that there are real role models out there whether they be in this time or in our history.

To even consider me as a role model would be disgracing them and their disgrace would be OUR DISGRACE! I do not wish to start an argument here, this was a just a mere confession from my end which I really wanted people to know. May Allah bless us and guide us.

(Agencies)

Lucknow: Prospects of a “grand secular alliance” in Uttar Pradesh today brightened with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav saying a decision on tying up with the Congress will be taken in a “day or two”.

“Decision on alliance (with Congress) will be taken in a day or two,” he said, buoyed by the Election Commission’s order recognising him as the President of Samajwadi Party and allowing him to retain the ‘bicycle’ symbol.

He was responding to a question on the possibility of tying up with Congress to crush communal politics during an informal chat with mediapersons at his residence here.

SP general secretary Ramgopal Yadav, a close aide of Akhilesh, expressed hope of a grand secular alliance to fight elections in the state.

Ramgopal said the final decision regarding forging an alliance with Congress will be taken by Akhilesh, but he expressed hopes that it will happen.

“It is Akhilesh Yadav who will decide on the alliance. But I am hopeful it will happen,” said Ramgopal, who has been a staunch supporter of Akhilesh during the intra-party tussle.

Giving enough indications that Congress was willing for such a tie-up, its spokesman and former Union minister RPN Singh was among the first to hail the EC order, saying it showed that Akhilesh enjoyed “90 per cent support” in the organisation as also among SP legislators.

With the poll process set in motion after the issue of notification today, hectic efforts are underway to hammer out such an alliance, with Congress being offered 90 to 100 seats by the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, which is also trying to rope in Ajit Singh’s RLD as a junior partner.

Congress General Secretary incharge of Uttar Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ramgopal Yadav from SP were said to be resolving some disputes over certain seats.

Uttar Pradesh has 403 Assembly constituencies where Akhilesh’s party would be contesting the majority of seats and was likely to have RLD as a junior partner in Western Uttar Pradesh, which was once a stronghold of Ajit Singh.

The three parties will have to race against time to finalise the seat arrangements in the next few days as the western Uttar Pradesh, where Ajit Singh enjoys some influence, goes to polls in the first two phases on February 11 and 15.

Samajwadi Party sources said the list of its party candidates will be released in a day or two.

There were reports that the three parties would come out with a common minimum programme.

Leaders from the three parties insist that the main task in Uttar Pradesh is to stop the Narendra Modi-led BJP from coming to power.

In the 2015 Assembly elections in Bihar, Congress had joined hands with JD(U) and RJD to form a grand alliance, which caused a major upset for BJP-led NDA which had won 31 of the 40 seats in 2014 Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.

(Agencies)

Chennai: Thousands of people on Monday took to the streets in Madurai’s Alanganallur town in Tamil Nadu protesting a ban against Jallikattu, the ancient and popular bull-taming sport that marks the Makar Sankranthi celebrations.

The protesters, including both men and women, have assembled in the town well known for conducting Jallikattu.

A large contingent of police personnel has been deployed in the town to prevent any violent incidents.

Meanwhile, Jallikattu was held defying then Supreme Court’s ban on it in Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu. In some places, rekla or bullock-cart races were held.

However, as Jallikattu was not allowed to be held, people hoisted black flags on their homes and shops remained closed at Alanganallur.

This time the sport was held in places traditionally not associated with Jallikattu so as to avoid the police preventing it.

Speaking to reporters here, Union Minister of State for Shipping Pon Radhakrishnan said the event should not be seen as defying the Supreme Court order but as an expression of people’s feelings.

He said organisations like PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) will submit the pictures taken on Monday to the Supreme Court and demand a ban on it.

Radharkrishnan felt that the apex court should not take into consideration such pictures as it is just a protest and nothing more.

In Jallikattu, a bull vaulter is expected to hang on to the bull’s hump for a stipulated distance or hold on to the hump for a minimum of three jumps made by the bull.

The Supreme Court in May 2014 banned the conduct of Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. The court also held that bulls cannot be used as performing animals either for Jallikattu events or for bullock-cart races in the Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra or elsewhere in the country.

Ever since the ban order, people have been demanding that the central government take necessary legal steps to allow conduct of the sport.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on January 9 urged the central government to promulgate an ordinance enabling the conduct of Jallikattu/bull-taming sport during the Pongal festival.

But that did not happen, and led to protest demonstrations at several places across Tamil Nadu, culminating in a massive protest at Alanganallur.

(IANS)