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DLD‹‰‰†‰KDLD‹‰‰†‰DLD‹‰‰†‰MDLD‹‰‰†‰C Wedding bells? The drama of THE TIMES OF INDIA Kelly Brook sings theatre holds Wednesday, January 29, 2003 the single jingle! the stage... Page 8 Page 3 TO D AY S LUCKY 838 Kitty Mirza Legs-they re lovely 811 862 W ar with China A to Zee 826 Your Dambola Ticket available in Delhi Times on 26th January, 2003 OF INDIA Numbers already announced : 1, 10, 29, 48, 87, 6, 75, 56, 88, 30, 22, 61 OFFICIAL OFFENSIVE MANOJ KESHARWANI HAVE FUNDS, WON’T SPEND A will to fight ARUN KUMAR DAS Meanwhile, this year’s re- Times News Network venue collection from sales tax has risen by only 7 per ce- arch 31. Judgment nt as against the target of 13 the fake pill... Day for various dep- per cent. Simply put, the sal- Martments of the city es-tax department has collec- Times News Network sarkar. After all, there are fu- ted Rs 3,000 crore as against nds — both spent and unspe- the target of Rs 4,300. Why? purious is serious. And, in the world of nt — to be accounted for. Of Enter the Great Indian Buck. Smedicine, it certainly isn’t what the doctor course, this is also the time to ‘‘The reason for the delay in ordered. Keeping this in mind, the Union heal- expect the expected. While spending funds is the tardy th ministry has chalked out an action plan to revenue collection currently clearance for important proj- smash the spurious drug trade across the cou- falls short of the target, the ects,’’ claims a sales-tax dep- ntry,including Delhi. Delhi government has not artment official. Officially-speaking, it is estimated that the been able to spend funds allo- But even as the man on the spurious-drugs market nationwide stands at cated for certain crucial sect- street has no such luck with Rs 3,500 crore as against the Rs 19,000 crore that ors such as health, transport, the buck, the finance depart- India’s pharmaceutical market is currently education, environment and ment maintains that the we- worth. In the Capital’s context, the spurious-dr- industry. dge between funds allocated ug threat is pegged at Rs 400 crore. Figures point to only 44.8 and funds spent stems from ‘‘A joint action plan is being worked out with per cent of a total allocation faulty policies and the delay the pharmaceutical industry, various state of Rs 4,700 crore having been REVENUE AVENUE in finalising projects. ‘‘Since governments and the Centre,’’ informs drug spent gainfully.Interestingly, a number of key projects we- controller of In- this discrepancy between all- Even as the financial year draws to re finalised in the last leg of dia Ashwini Ku- ocation and utilisation of fu- a close, Delhi sits on unspent funds the previous year, there has mar,‘‘We have di- nds has not deterred Delhi fr- been a delay in utilising fu- rected state gov- om eyeing Rs 10,000 crore from the value added nds,’’ offers a finance department official. ernments to trac- tax (VAT) system by 2004. Even more interestin- The blame game continues. But the feeling of k down the move- gly,Delhi finance minister MS Saathi is hopeful deja vu notwithstanding, Delhi is yet to learn its ments of racke- of utilising 90 per cent of the funds allocated to lessons. Over to Delhi education minister Rajk- teers and consti- various departments of the Delhi government umar Chauhan: ‘‘The bulk of our expenditure is tuted an intelli- by the end of this financial year. ‘‘I am persona- in February-March. This time, too, we will try gence cell to pro- lly monitoring the utilisation of funds and have and utilise our funds by then.’’ Doing is believi- vide information asked the departments concerned to clear the ng. For,actions always speak louder than words. for this pur- money sanctioned,’’ he elaborates. [email protected] pose.’’ In this world of copy cats, fakes are so strikingly Atul adds Dum to Satta! similar to the ori- PANKAJ KAPOOR new release Satta, in which he ginals that even Times News Network plays a politician. ‘‘The Indian NEELABH drug-testing labs film industry has typecast the sometimes fail to notice the difference. But this sme kitna hai Dum? Well, the character of the politician, who situation is set to change. Or so claims the I box-office doesn’t seem to ha- is either shown as being corru- Union government, which has reconstituted ve taken too fondly to this film pt or a messiah of the masses. the Drugs Technical Advisory Board. by E Niwas, who was heralded My character is more in tune ‘‘Pharmaceutical companies have agreed to as a director with difference af- with what is happening in toda- pump in their resources to assist us,’’ says Ku- ter his Bollywood debut with y’s politics,’’ offers Atul, ‘‘I play mar. As for Delhi, the minister of the moment Shool. Niwas apart, the filmi fo- a politician who is in politics by is AK Walia. ‘‘The battle against spurious dru- rtunes of Diya Mirza would ap- choice and, consequently,treats gs is a continuous process and we are fine-tuni- pear to have hit a road block. his work as a job. This charact- ng the sharing of responsibilities with the dr- But wait. One actor who has er could just as easily have been ug industry,’’says the health minister. Meanw- emerged unscathed from Du- an engineer or a doctor. And th- hile, the Centre proposes to make the manufa- LET THERE BE LIGHT: Delhi Times highlights the luminescence behind 40 years of the Arco lamp, m’s showing on the silver scre- is, I think, is what makes the ch- cturing and marketing of spurious drugs a co- en is Atul Kulkarni, who pump- aracter a real one.’’ gnizable offence under the IPC. But then, it’s as Saba Alvi burns bright with the signature piece, which was recently displayed by the Italian ed energy and dum into his one- Incidentally, Satta, directed high time that the con men behind spurious dr- Cultural Centre in association with Vis-a-Vis: FLOS to commemorate the late Achille Castiglioni’s dimensional bad cop role of by Madhur Bhandarkar who la- ugs were given a taste of their own medicine. celebrated design (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) ‘Encounter’ Shankar. And this st made Chandni Bar, tells the [email protected] performance adds might to his tale of a girl (played by Rave- already appreciated perfor- ena Tandon) who finds hers- mance as Tabu’s husband in ALMOST FAMOUS elf thrown into the world of Chandni Bar. Not surprisingly,Atul is a happy politics. ‘‘I have no idea whether people will ap- man today — a far cry from the days when he preciate Satta like they did Chandni Bar,’’ says Sub-contest winners all,they re having a ball! was an insurance agent. ‘‘My parents were wor- Madhur, ‘‘But what I have definitely tried to do ried when I decided to quit a permanent job. But is make a sensible film.’’ As for Atul, after pack- They are intelligent, beautiful, talented and have already clinched coveted crowns at the Sunsilk Femina Miss India sub-contests. I could not continue with theatre and a job to- ing dum in Dum, he is ready to win audience gether,’’ recalls Atul. votes in Satta. And that, of course, is always the They are also regular girls who love to laugh and to live. Delhi Times takes a sneak-peek into the worlds of these winners With 10 years of theatre and two promising politically-correct thing to do! roles in his bag, Atul is looking forward to his [email protected] ■ An incurable romantic, Sh- ■ Shonal has always been ca- arayu’s favourite night activi- lled ‘lambi’ by her friends for ty would be walking in the she’s almost six feet tall in her moonlight and drowning in a stockings. ‘‘I would never find sea of stars! She is turned on a hero to star opposite me if I by sensuous music, river ba- were to join the movies,’’ she nks and starry nights. Shara- laments. Fun to be with, a go- yu’s ideal man would have the od listener and compassiona- looks of Keanu Reeves, the sp- te, Shonal claims to be a cont- orting spirit of Sachin Tendu- ent young woman at heart. lkar and the brains of Albert Far from being a fitness freak, Einstein. Sharayu’s favourite this lissome beauty admits to outdoor activities are paragli- being lazy: ‘‘I try to maintain ding, horse-riding and winds- my diet. I don’t go overboard urfing. And in keeping with with mishti doi (sweet curd) NUPUR her eco-friendly side, Shara- NALINI and a little exercise helps.’’ ANURITHI Sunsilk Miss Beautiful Skin yu, if she wins the crown, will Sunsilk Miss Beautiful Hair The man of her dreams is so- Femina Miss Talented ‘‘use the platform to create meone with a balance of com- ■ Nupur has adventure in her awareness for environment patibility and humour. Is ■ Anurithi would tell you that blood. From scuba-diving 100 conservation.’’ CROWNING GLORY Mr Right listening? she is not a regular girl. To st- feet below sea level to bungee- ■ Pompy is the unusual nick art with, she was born with jumping and motorcycling on name Nalini has acquired be- blue eyes but they turned da- the Alps, she’s done it all.

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