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New Delhi, Thursday,May 8, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 30 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport World community Mayawati’s latest: Real beat Juventus too soft on Tigers, Reservation for in Champions says Chandrika former SC/ST judges League semifinal Page 15 Page 13 Page 21
WIN WITH THE TIMES Arm and the man: Master blaster up and about Shameet in PTI Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. CBI net for Govt ignored A judge is not supposed to know anything about the five days, facts of life until they have been presented in evidence and explained to him at courtesy SC IB report least three times. TIMES NEWS NETWORK — Lord Chief Justice Parker New Delhi: Former Delhi High Court judge NEWS DIGEST Shameet Mukherjee was sent to CBI custody on HC judge MEA statement on Pak: The ex- for five more days by a ternal affairs ministry said before local court here on By Akshaya Mukul moving ahead with the dialogue Wednesday, after the (Mis)judge process, Islamabad needs to prove TIMES NEWS NETWORK Supreme Court allowed that it has taken concrete steps to • Union Law Ministry in 2001 end cross-border terrorism. P10 the investigating agency New Delhi: The arrest of former to seek an extension of Delhi high court judge Shameet overlooked questions raised A-I chargesheets: Air-India on Mukherjee’s custody ir- Mukherjee for his alleged involve- by IB on certain candidates Wednesday filed chargesheets respective of the High ment in the DDA scam has led law • Punjab and Haryana High against seven office-bearers of the Court order on his inter- minister Arun Jaitley to speed up Court judge Adarsh Kumar derecognised Indian Pilots Guild for im bail. The interim legislation to ensure transparen- Goel a glaring case instigating pilots to strike work. P11 bail, granted to him by cy in appointments and check cas- President Narayanan had Cheney with Bush for 2004: US the high court on Mon- es of improper behaviour by • Vice-President Dick Cheney has an- day, will now come into judges. reservations about him nounced he will run alongside Presi- effect from May 12. However, documents available • Arun Jaitley persuaded PM dent George W. Bush in the 2004 Additional sessions with The Times of India on the ap- to appoint him presidential elections. Cheney, who judge Prem Kumar per- pointment of high court judges in has suffered four heart attacks since mitted the CBI’s request 2001 suggest that the Union law 1978 and underwent quadruple by- for remand after the in- ministry has itself been willing to proved the appointment of M K pass surgery in 1988, told a Texas vestigating agency overlook questions raised by the Mittal as additional judge of the daily that his health would not stand claimed that Mukherjee Intelligence Bureau about the in- Punjab and Haryana High Court, in the way. P13 had refused to give his tegrity of candidates. he made observations about three Sachin Tendulkar with his wife Anjali at a hospital in Baltimore, US, after surgery on his left arm. voice sample for a foren- The case in point was the May others, including Goel, and re- sic test. 2001 appointment of Punjab and turned the file to the law ministry. PEOPLE POWER Even though Mukher- Haryana High Court judge However, the minister, Arun Speak your mind—loud and free. jee’s advocate opposed Adarsh Kumar Goel. Jaitley, defended the recommen- Question of the week: the remand, judge Prem High court judges are appointed dation. In a confidential note dat- Suggest five cool ways to beat the heat Telecom rates being looked Kumar said, ‘‘It is a case in the following way: The state ed May 19, 2001, Jaitley dismissed this summer in Delhi. of judicial scandal. The government sends a list of names the IB finding on Goel’s integrity Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and standards of judicial be- through the governor to the chief as a ‘‘slur’’. He said that the high 1pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 court and the Supreme Court col- e-mail: [email protected]. Your haviour, both on and off justices of the Supreme Court and response, along with your name, will be published in into, says defensive Shourie the bench, are normally the concerned high court. This legium had both reconsidered high. For a judge to de- list is then sent to the law min- him. He quoted the chief justice SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES istry, which obtains an IB report and members of Punjab and May 11, 2003 Meanwhile in Delhi tors and to move towards the viate from such stan- disinvestment of BSNL and dards of honesty is to on the nominees. Thereafter, it Haryana High Court collegium as New Delhi: The Telecom Regu- MTNL, stating that the two com- betray the trust reposed prepares a matrix with three cri- having reiterated that Goel has an latory Authority of India (TRAI) AirTel, Hutch ring in ... panies have been given the in him.’’ teria — professional competence, ‘‘impeccable reputation of being is re-examining its new tariff STD, ISD rate cut by ‘‘fullest freedom’’ to ‘‘outcom- The judge also sent integrity and political links. an upright and honest advocate.’’ guidelines which have resulted in up to 65% pete’’ other players. former DDA vice-chair- In the case of Goel, the law min- On May 21, 2001, Prime Minis- a sharp hike in fixed-line call He assured the members that man Subhash Sharma istry matrix contains no entry un- ter Vajpayee put his signature and charges, communications minis- 12% to 56% reduction in local call charges the rental for landlines had not to CBI’s custody till May der the ‘Professional Competence’ the file went again to Narayanan. ter Arun Shourie said on been increased by BSNL and 12. A new ground for column, while the ‘Reputation/In- Having sent back the file once, Wednesday. Mobile to landline MTNL, either in rural or urban Mukherjee’s remand tegrity’ column bluntly says: Narayanan had the constitutional ‘‘The TRAI is looking into the ‘‘Corrupt person’’. obligation of approving the ap- 50-500 km: Rs 2.99/min areas. The monthly rental for ru- was the surrender of rates... it will give its decision in ral telephony and the pulse rate property dealer Vinod The key to his subsequent ap- pointment but he made his un- one week,’’ Shourie told angry Over 500 km: Rs 3.99/min have not been changed. He also Khatri before the court pointment appears to be the list- happiness clear. The President members of Parliament protest- Mobile to mobile said that the per call limit for at 5 pm. ing in the political affiliation col- noted: ‘‘Nonetheless, I feel that a ing against the hike in rates for landlines has been retained at Khatri appeared in umn, which notes that Goel was more desirable course of action about 41 million fixed-line users. Anywhere in India: three minutes. the court after the advo- general secretary of the All-India would have been to follow the Opposition and NDA allies in the Rs 1.99/min He explained that the confu- cates for Shameet Adhiwakta Parishad, the lawyers’ same procedure as was done in a Lok Sabha demanded that the de- Report on page 17 sion had arisen as TRAI had or- Mukherjee and Subhash wing of the RSS. Curiously, similarly placed case of the Cal- cision be reversed. dered an increase in the telecom Sharma concluded their among the five short-listed advo- cutta High Court where the advice There was pandemonium in rates, but this had not been im- cates whose integrity the IB had of the Chief Justice, which is in- YOU SAID IT by Laxman arguments opposing the the House when the issue came also joined them in launching a plemented and the government CBI’s request for keep- questioned, he was the only one tegral to the selection process, up during Question Hour. Angry sharp attack against the govern- had instead come out with alter- ing them in custody. cleared by the ministry. was sought again and duly re- Congress and Left party mem- ment for this ‘‘anti-people’’ policy. nate packages. Khatri who was ac- But before his appointment, ceived...I would also appreciate if bers even stormed the well to In his reply, Shourie explained TRAI, he said, is expected to companied by his there was a big hurdle: Goel’s my instant observations are protest against the government’s that there had been no hike in the give its final verdict on these al- lawyer, R S Malik, was name, along with four others, shared with the Chief Justice of decision. Members of the Shiv phone tariff. He rejected the ternative packages this week, sent to CBI custody for went for the approval of K R India along with my earlier Sena, the Samata Party and the charge that there was a conspira- which will then be further seven days. Narayanan, who was President at observation dated May 3, 2001 on Janata Dal (U), all NDA allies, cy to help private cellular opera- discussed. the time. While Narayanan ap- this matter.’’
Ins and Outs of a possible Cabinet reshuffle ‘Corrupt’ MCD stinks
Arun Chief secretary slams civic body By Rahul Chhabra Shourie sending our reply,’’ he said. ? TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chandra has sought answers from No, he is not removing the loses IT Mehta about the corrupt MCD offi- New Delhi: A livid Delhi chief sec- garbage. I think he is cleaning it! cials’ technique to delay routine file retary Shailja Chandra has shot off a work for harassing public. ‘‘Can strong letter to MCD commissioner Sushma work get done without harassment indiatimes.com POLL Rakesh Mehta criticising the civic and speed money?’’ she asked. Swaraj agency for rampant corruption and The chief secretary seems to dis- Yesterday’s results: Do you think having gets it bad public dealing. agree with MCD officials’ claim that more women representatives in the The letter, in a way, is an official government will reduce corruption the opening of e-governance coun- in the country? confirmation of the civic agency’s ters was their biggest achievement failure to provide services in a towards weeding out corruption. Yes 41% No 59% Health gets prompt and efficient manner. Chan- ‘‘The facility of electronic systems doctored dra also blamed Mehta and his sub- is alright but what one wants to • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. again ordinates for not doing enough to im- know is the state of affairs in the prove the condition in many colonies Today’s question: Do you think the house tax offices, the offices where li- government should give voting rights which are in a ‘‘terrible state’’. cences are given, where building along with dual citizenship to people Mehta, however, tried to downplay plans are sanctioned?’’ it said. of Indian origin? Arun Jaitley the chief secretary’s criticism claim- The outburst of the chief secre- Cast your vote on survives ing her observations were general tary against the MCD chief hints at a www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 RSS assault and not specific to the MCD. ‘‘She lack of co-ordination between the has written letters in a similar tone policy makers in the two elected bod- Report on page 7 to other departments as well. We are ies, said Congress sources. Bids fly in for Delhi airport re-design By Byas Anand said, is in the final stages of talks ing will be through internal re- WEATHER TIMES NEWS NETWORK with the finance ministry to finalise sources and debt. The authority has the roadmap for developing the two significant amount of reserves (Rs Max. 37.3oC/ Min. 20.9oC New Delhi: The civil aviation min- airports. ‘‘We are looking at either 1,500 crore) and says it can raise debt Moonset: Friday — 0102 hrs. istry has finally decided to move the Airports Authority of India as it is a profitable organisation. The Moonrise: Thursday — 1043 hrs. ahead with the development of the (AAI) developing the airport on its total investment for the upgradation Sunset: Thursday — 1900 hrs. existing Delhi and Mumbai airports. own or letting a private firm con- of the two airports, which are being Sunrise: Friday — 0535 hrs. The ministry has invited bids from struct it on a build-operate-transfer designed keeping in view the load Clear sky likely to become partly cloudy international firms to prepare the (BOT) basis. Even with the private factors for the next 20 years, is esti- towards afternoon or evening. Maximum blueprint for the two airports. firm, the basic design would be pro- mated at Rs 3,500 crore. relative humidity on Wednesday 55% and ‘‘We have already received 12 bids vided by us,’’ Hussain added. Lat year Delhi’s international air- minimum 20%. from various design and architec- The ministry intends to freeze the port received a traffic of 5.5 million tural firms, including the ones design within the next 30 days. Apart passengers. Book your Classifieds which designed the Heathrow and from world-class services, the new The privatisation process has 24 hours service: “51-666-888” Frankfurt airports. We will finalise design for Delhi would also provide been hanging fire for a long time the design shortly and construction for a monorail connection between now. Initially, the government Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” work on the Delhi and Mumbai air- the domestic and international ter- planned to lease out the airport to The ATM of information ports will commence this fiscal. The minals. Besides, modern baggage private parties. Then it decided to go The Largest Classifieds Site development work will be completed services, plush lounges and recre- in for joint ventures. This indeci- within five years,’’ civil aviation ational centres are also being siveness took its toll, as private in- minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain planned close to the airport, which vestors refused to join the exercise. told The Times of India. may also include a golf course. But the government hopes things * 22 + 8 pages of Delhi Times The civil aviation ministry, he If the AAI goes it alone, the fund- will be different this time around.
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2 Thursday,May 8, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi Files on bulk Traders protest A rare celestial sight power dues Sanjay Sekhri shift to Narela missing: BJP By Pradeep Rana to Rs 16,200. Now they have TIMES NEWS NETWORK To chat on SMS send 'cchat'
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Thursday,May 8, 2003 3 Man robs Principal faces negligence case family after Maken fails to rein in School failed to comply with Supreme Court safety guidelines for buses tying up boys private bus operators By Bhadra Sinha in which she was reminded TIMES NEWS NETWORK By Shubhajit Roy TIMES NEWS NETWORK Court guidelines of the Supreme Court TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chasing the money New Delhi: A Pushp Vihar New Delhi: The principal •All seats should be front- guidelines. The letter was addressed to Williams on family was allegedly robbed New Delhi: With the private •DTC has about 2,500 of St Mount Carmel School, facing, except the seat be- of Rs 15,000 and some gold Dwarka, has been sum- hind the door August 7, 2002, five months bus operators refusing to ply buses before the accident. jewellery on Wednesday af- on several routes, the govern- moned to a city court for ternoon by a lone robber. •There are over 4,000 violating the Supreme •The first footboard should Rathi said the principal ment has been forced to do a not be higher than 325 mm failed to comply to the The incident took place at rethink on its decision to im- private buses court guidelines by not en- about 3.30 pm when suring that the apex court’s norms despite the reminder. plement the much-hyped uni- •Top edges of seats and Trilochan Singh and his •Buses run on 650 dif- safety guidelines for school He held that the fall-out of fied time-table for buses. hard surface metal pipe wife Neelam were away at ferent routes in Delhi buses. the non-compliance of the The state transport minis- must be adequately cushioned work. Metropolitan magistrate guidelines has caused ‘‘ir- ter, Ajay Maken, has written •Number of trips Their two sons, Manit (16) Surinder Singh Rathi has The buses should preferably have a flap door reparable damage to the to the Delhi Transport Cor- higher during the peak hours under the unified timetable • and Amit (12), were alone at said that N M Williams will boy’s parents.’’ poration (DTC) to revert to home. Singh works with the •Private operators prefer to run on profitable routes face charges of causing •Standing passengers should not be more than 50 per ‘‘Had the principal been the earlier timings. ‘‘The Planning Commission, while death due to negligence. He cent of the seating capacity diligent in ensuring strict time-table for DTC service Neelam is employed with the said she should stand trial compliance of statutory should revert to the pre-UTT ‘‘The decision to revert to turns up. Even if it does, it in the court and has asked the bus owner, Gagandeep. ity,’’ Rathi observed in his guidelines, the accident railways. position and the time tables the pre-UTT position was comes pretty late,’’ Anvita her to appear on May 8. During the investigation, order. The police also learnt could have been averted and ‘‘We received a call at of private stage carriages taken as local MLAs put pres- Kartikeyan, a Mayur Vihar On December 12 last year, the police learnt that the the conductor was unedu- the boy’s life would have about 5.45 pm saying there should be adjusted accord- sure on the ministry. The de- resident who commutes daily two boys Shekhar Gosai and school-bus did not have a cated and not qualified for been saved,’’ Rathi held. was a burglary. On question- ingly,’’ reads the letter, a copy partment, instead of crack- to ITO. Anmol fell off the bus when speed governor. The con- the job. The judge said the agree- ing the boys we found that a of which is with The Times ing the whip, has resorted to DTC officials say the trans- the bus’s door was flown ductor and Gagandeep’s ‘‘He was not even holding ment which Williams man had barged into their of India. the easier way out,’’ a senior port department can take open, as it took a sharp questioning revealed that a qualified conductor li- entered with the bus-owner home and had decamped DTC depot managers are official said. stringent action against pri- turn. the appointment of the driv- cence as required under the has been cleverly worded. with the valuables and cash saying that the private buses The department is using vate buses for not adhering to While Anmol, a class er was also in contravention Motor Vehicle Act,’’ the ‘‘The principal and the after tying them up in the have not plied according to DTC buses for routes on the timings. Permit rules say fourth student, survived, to the Supreme Court’s or- judge said. school management give bedroom,’’ said the police of- the government’s time-table. which the private ones are that the buses will have to ply Gosai was killed. The driv- der. According to him, the the impression that the en- ficial. ‘‘As they are not following the not plying. This affects the as per the timing and route er, Sukeshwar ran away,but ‘‘The driver was not hold- principal is responsible for tire responsibility of ensur- Apparently, Amit, who time table, DTC buses are be- regular functioning of the set by the state transport au- the conductor was appre- ing an authorisation card the violations because she ing the strict compliance of opened the door, was asked if ing pulled out of other routes DTC’s fleet. The corporation thority.Any violation of con- hended at the spot. The po- which has to be issued by did not pay heed to a letter the guidelines rests on the his parents were home. and are being sent to these has designated routes for its ditions should lead to cancel- lice also managed to trace the State Transport Author- of the Director, Transport transporter,’’ he said. ‘‘When he said they were not. routes,’’ a depot manager in 2,500 buses. lation of permits. The accused pushed him west Delhi said. In several areas, com- ‘‘But the STA doesn’t seem back and got into the house Though the letter pertains muters are complaining that to be interested in taking ac- forcibly,’’said the official. to the rural areas of Delhi, private buses don’t ply even tion against these buses. The A case of robbery has been transport department during the peak hours. ‘‘A efforts by the private opera- Don’t build near Jantar Mantar: HC registered by the Malviya sources say it may lead to the DTC bus used to come at 8.20 tors to scuttle the time-table Nagar police station. TOI withdrawal of the time-table pm sharp, but the private bus seems to have worked,’’ a By Sachin Parashar from other areas as well. (as per the UTT) seldom DTC depot manager said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Delhi high court has stayed the con- struction of a residential building on Janpath Lane be- cause the plot on which it is located is within a distance of 100 metres from Jantar Man- tar, a protected monument. Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice A K Sikri admitted a petition filed by the Archaeo- logical Survey of India (ASI) which stated that Jantar Mantar was a protected mon- ument. The ASI said that construction within 100 me- tre of a protected monument is barred, irrespective of NDMC sanction, under the The builders say the ASI has failed to produce any evidence to support their claim that the Jantar mantar is a protected monument. notification issued on June 16, 1992. produce the copy of a notifi- issued in 1957. Even at the further construction on the A single Bench of high cation declaring Jantar Man- court’s instance, the ASI was plot would not only violate court had in October 2002 al- tar a protected monument. unable to produce this copy. the dictates of the 1992 notifi- lowed the plot owner to raise This notification was issued While arguing the petition cation but also dilute the glo- construction after the NDMC in 1957. before Chief Justice Patel ry of the famous monument. gave its approval. In the peti- A year later the Union of and Justice Sikri, the ASI Jain said the order allow- tion, filed through its advo- India issued another notifi- said it would try and produce ing construction on the plot cate Sanjay Jain, ASI stated cation and reiterated the 1957 a copy of the notification be- overlooked the fact that the that the court had permitted order. The plot owner fore the matter is taken up NDMC’s approval to the proj- the construction of the build- claimed that the ASI had nev- for hearing again. ect was in complete violation ing after its officials failed to er published the notification The counsel said that any of law. Leader quizzed in Sunita murder case TIMES NEWS NETWORK of a personal enmity. Although four witnesses New Delhi: The police are have come forward to give a questioning a local youth statement to the police, none leader in connection with have managed to recall the Sunita Chadha murder case. car’s registration number. Chadha, a property dealer ‘‘But this person’s interro- from Rohini was killed in gation will give us important shooting on Friday night. leads. He is a resident of the A senior police official said same area too,’’ the officer- that the man has been facing said. interrogation for the past Despite interrogating four days. this man, the police are con- ‘‘He has a black Cielo and tinuing with their investiga- is a property dealer. He also tions. has a licensed weapon,’’ the They are locating those officer said. who are owners of .32 bore, According to him, the po- the same weapon with which lice are tracking the youth Chadha was shot, and also leader’s movements using possess a black Cielo. his cellphone records. Chadha, a mother of three ‘‘We are trying to verify daughters, was allegedly shot whether he was present dead after she intervened to around Prashant Vihar area pacify three boys who were on the night of May 2 when fighting with a scooterist. Chadha was murdered,’’ he The boys apparently followed said. the car and one of them shot The police have claimed twice at her. that Chadha’s murder was a The first bullet pierced her road rage incident. They chest, while the other cut have ruled out the possibility through her car’s doors.
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4 Thursday,May 8, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi
FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at a few places in Andaman and Nicobar islands, Arunachal MCD to issue new NATIONAL Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mumbai: I-A 0700, Mizoram, Tripura, Kerala and Lakshadweep and at iso- 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, lated places in West Bengal and Sikkim, Orissa, Jammu and Kash- 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Delhi gets maximum water mir, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mainly dry weather will pre- 2300 Jet Air 0650, trade licences 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, vail over the rest of the country. TIMES NEWS NETWORK 1935, 2030, 2200, While one should get 200 litres TIMES NEWS NETWORK The seven e-governance Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD New Delhi: The Delhi Jal Posh colonies counters function from 8.30 1520, 1800, 2025 New Delhi: The MCD will KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min Board (DJB) claims that the per day, this is what you get am to 12.30 pm. The MCD 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 38 21 Guwahati 34 24 Amsterdam 16 11 city enjoys one of the high- soon start issuing new ad hoc now proposes to extend their Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 33 26 Dehradun 33 16 Bahrain 32 24 Demand in the city is 830 mgd. may pay more trade licences to commercial Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 40 29 Hyd’bad 41 25 Bangkok 38 29 est per capita consumption working hours to 5 pm. From CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 35 28 Indore 39 23 Beijing 26 17 of water in the country.DJB After losses, about 380 mgd reaches people establishments operating 12.30 pm to 5.50 pm, the e-gov- 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 35 22 Jaipur 39 24 Chicago 21 11 chief P K Tripathi said wa- for utilities from residential colonies. A ernance counters were offer- 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 41 26 Geneva 26 13 0645,1900 Lucknow 40 22 policy to issue licences is T’puram 33 24 Hong Kong 31 26 ter consumption here is NDMC* and ing basic computer educa- BANGALORE: Patna 40 22 400 litres TIMES NEWS NETWORK likely to be formulated soon. I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 39 23 Rajkot 40 25 London 17 06 much higher than that of Cantonment tion to MCD employees. Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 38 28 Shimla 23 13 Los Angeles 21 14 people living in France, Area New Delhi: People living in Chairman of MCD’s stand- ‘‘The government agency Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 37 18 Srinagar 19 06 Moscow 17 03 ing committee, Ram Babu HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 Germany and United King- posh colonies of the city running the e-governance GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS dom. may soon have to pay more Sharma, on Wednesday said counters will be paid extra Sahara 1200 Rohini the policy which was discon- KULU: Jagson 0630, But for scores of Delhi- for water and electricity. for conducting the courses 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on tinued in 2000 would be re- 07.05.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. ites who spend their entire The proposal for charging separately,’’ said Sharma. AHMEDABAD: vived to prevent harassment I-A 0600,1700★★1845, day waiting for a drop of differential tariffs charges Since the launch of the Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl 175 litres by inspectors. Jet Air 0610 water, these figures are just Shahdara is be based on the Municipal service, the e-governance GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH a cruel joke. Only few areas In another decision, the counters have issued 23,000 I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 10.05 19.05 27.05 21.05 Corporation of Delhi’s ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 12.05 05.06 20.05 in New Delhi and Canton- 160 litres (MCD) proposed unit area Committee decided to extend death certificates, 15,000 Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 11.05 27.05 30.05 31.05 ment get close to the aver- system for property tax, Del- the working hours of e-gov- birth certificates and six Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST age supply. ernance counters of MCD by thousand health trade li- Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 08.05 19.05 10.06 — Central and hi state chief minister 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 ‘‘While in New Delhi and five hours. cence renewals. Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 14.05 21.05 28.05 29.05 Old Delhi Sheila Dikshit said on (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 12.05 19.05 09.05 10.06 Cantt people get over 325 Wednesday. Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 14.05 22.06 20.06 146 litres LPCD, in Mehrauli the aver- South Delhi Under the unit area sys- INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 20.05 21.05 26.05 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 13.05 21.05 24.05 age figure is just about 30 tem for property tax, over BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 140 litres 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 12.05 12.05 14.05 19.05 LPCD. There’s an urgent 3,000 colonies in the city Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 28.06 08.06 Mehrauli I-A 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 06.06 19.06 07.06 need to bridge this gap,’’ have been divided into sev- FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 10.05 21.05 02.06 11.06 said state chief minister 60 litres en categories. The categori- 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 26.05 11.06 29.05 Sheila Dikshit. AMSTERDAM: North 2802 Purshottam Exp — 29.05 09.06 27.05 sation has been done on the west 0140 (NW-037) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 10.06 15.06 23.05 Losing 40 per cent of the Mgd is million basis of the quality of civic LONDON: British Air 4230 Lucknow Mail 13.05 14.05 20.05 25.05 650 million gallons a day * Where the VVIPs live litres per day services enjoyed by the resi- 0210 (BA-142) WEST PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail 12.05 11.06 11.06 16.06 (mgd) produced adds to the Source: DJB dents of a particular colony. 0040 (AF-147) 2926 Paschim Exp 12.05 13.06 17.06 17.06 gap between the demand of Times graphic On when the new fare SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 27.05 09.06 11.06 — 830 mgd and supply of 630 structures will be decided Airlines 2315 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 26.05 05.06 09.06 — the water table has led to any sweet water left,’’ he (SQ-407), I-A 0050 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 05.06 12.06 29.05 mgd. and implemented, Dikshit (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 15.06 04.06 09.06 Despite this, the DJB the problem. Earlier, there said. If the exploitation con- said: ‘‘The MCD will work A-I 1105 (AI-412) 2916 Ashram Exp 08.05 11.06 11.06 27.05 claims that a Delhiite gets used to be lot of groundwa- tinues at the same rate with- on it. It will set up a com- MUSCAT: SOUTH ter and people would just out making attempts to har- A-I 1205 (AI-837) 2616 G T Exp 20.05 04.06 12.06 31.05 215 litre per person, per day mission to evaluate the rate DUBAI: 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 03.05 08.06 11.06 03.06 (LPCD), while in Kolkata drill and get as much water vest the rain, Chakraborty structure.’’ A-I 1515 (AI-727) 2432 Trivandrum Raj 24.05 29.06 29.06 — as they wanted to, in addi- said the entire city’s sweet 2626 Kerala Exp — 18.06 16.06 06.06 and Mumbai, the figure is But several south Delhi AIR INDIA 2618 Mangala Exp — 18.06 18.06 03.06 202 and 178 LPCD, respec- tion to the piped supply. water will be exhausted in a colonies that rank high on MUMBAI: 2628 Karnataka Exp — 09.06 09.06 02.06 tively. In France, Germany Now the groundwater has decade. MCD’s list like Greater 0700 (A-I 172), 1885 2724 A P Exp 19.05 12.06 16.06 26.05 and England, the figure is fallen to almost inaccessible But the DJB continues to Kailash, South Extension (A-I 307), 2330 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 30.06 24.06 23.06 — (A-I 112) 7022 Dakshin Express — 08.06 — 13.05 150, 135 and 175 LPCD, re- depths,’’ said Tripathi. remain optimistic. Tripathi and Kalkaji are facing a se- No. of passengers dealt on 06.05.2003 (Delhi Area): 70,759 (N. Rly. Area) spectively,Tripathi said at a D Chakraborty, a Central said if the long-term plans vere water crisis. So will A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,74,021. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all (Air.)25652050, British Air: seminar organised by the Ground Water Board for getting water to Delhi residents of ‘‘posh’’ colonies (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for 23323310, Singapore Airlines computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. Confederation of Indian In- (CGWB) scientist, agreed. materialised along with the be required to pay more for 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) dustry (CII) on the water ‘‘The worst affected is south leakage of plugs and reduc- poor services? crisis in Delhi on Wednes- Delhi where the water table ing consumption by hiking ‘‘We will improve the sys- day. is falling by almost two me- the tariff, could even lead to tem before implementing Then what explains the tres every year. In south- a 24-hour supply in Delhi in the new tariff structures,’’ crisis? ‘‘The drastic fall in west Delhi, there’s hardly the next 15 years. she said. Buses to have policemen in Six arrested for murders, plain clothes robberies in moving buses New Delhi:In a bid to effec- TIMES NEWS NETWORK TOI tively check robberies on buses, Delhi Police has taken New Delhi: Six persons were several steps including de- arrested from Sarai Kale ployment of policemen in Khan bus terminal on plain clothes on vulnerable Wednesday for their alleged bus routes, the Rajya Sabha involvement in murders and was informed on Wednesday. crimes on moving buses. Two Replying to written pistols, eight live cartridges, questions, minister of state a jeep and 20 wrist watches for home Harin Pathak were also recovered from said that surprise checks them. were also being conducted They were reportedly plan- besides educating the bus ning to rob passengers travel- driver on the need to inform ling in buses heading for Ut- the nearest police station tar Pradesh, said the police. or police control room According to the police, van in case someone was the accused — Lala Ram, caught. Subrati, Nanhepal, Satpal, The six, accused of robbing and murdering travellers, were Pathak said that Delhi had Surrender and Amar — were arrested from Sarai Kale Khan on Wednesday. recorded 15 cases of bus rob- allegedly involved in 53 cases beries from September 2002 including a murder, rickshaw driver who used to The gang members lived in to April 25, 2003, which was dacoity, burglary, robbery follow the group in his vehi- rented accommodations and six less than the correspon- and theft. cle and help them escape af- changed their hideouts fre- ding period in 2001-02. PTI The gang included an auto- ter committing the crime. quently. Back to Karol Bagh in Gurgaon? TIMES NEWS NETWORK gobbled up, ground water levels have bribe. sunk and there is not even the hint of an Residents worry that there is no court Gurgaon: Is Gurgaon going the way of accountable administration. of appeal. They complain that the gov- Karol Bagh and Chawri Bazaar? Resi- Since past appeals to the Haryana ernment, administration and large dents of what is easily the most high- government have mostly been ignored, project owners are ‘‘one side of the profile new city in the country want an all resident welfare associations have coin’’. answer and a solution. All the resident welfare associations plan to meet at 21st decided to meet on Sunday and explore People who moved out of Delhi to the Milestone at 11 am this Sunday to get a ways of prompting better governance. promise of a planned city, find them- fix on their issues of concern and put ‘‘Anyone who has moved to Gurgaon selves getting trapped in an urban jun- the district administration on the mat. in the past five years knows how things gle once again. Power, water and open Gurgaon, blessed by its proximity to have been getting worse. Gurgaon is be- spaces are diverted from ordinary peo- Delhi, has an array of corporate head- ing sold to the highest bidder. This is ple to the big ticket investments. You quarters. It is studded with glittering why there are 12 multiplexes, malls or could find your beautiful home cheek- shopping malls and there are more on departmental stores coming up within by-jowl with a new cinema hall or a a the way. half a kilometre stretch of road,’’says pizza joint and as the cars block your But for people who put their life’s sav- Sanjay Kaul of People’s Action. gate you won’t find a policeman who ings in flats and houses there, water But for all the fancy shopping and will help. shortages, power cuts, broken roads, corporate offices, public transport con- ‘‘The political bosses of the city will pollution and traffic jams have made sists of only ramshackle smoke-emit- allow each and every project to be set up life a veritable hell. ting autorickshaws. There is no street in Gurgaon in the name of development In the absence of planning, commer- lighting to speak of. Law and order is a without the required infrastructure to cial usage has encroached on private problem. Anything to be done through sustain these projects,’’ says People’s space and resources. Roads have gotten the district administration requires a Action. READER’S GRIEVANCES Loan misadventures have posted two written complaints to the Senior I have a salary A/C in the Manager Bank of Baroda’s Bank of Baroda’s Gurgaon Head Office Mandvi, Baro- Branch. To get my final in- da and a copy of the letter stalment on a home loan to the Branch Manager from ICICI Bank. I had to Gurgaon, but not action submit 37 post dated has been taken yet. — Gur- cheques to the bank. On 20- deep Kaur,H No 352/7, Sub- 3-2003, I sent my husband hash Nagar,Gurgaon as my authorised repre- Kashmiri teachers sentative to the bank with a cheque book requisition The MCD and the Delhi slip to their issuing officer Govt. extend the appoint- for the issue of 40 cheques. ment of Kashmiri migrant Even though my signa- teachers, working on a con- ture was verified and tractual basis, from year to found correct, the issuing year. The Delhi Govt. has officer on duty denied to since extended their serv- issue the cheques and also ices from 01-04-2003 to 31- misbehaved. Then my hus- 03-2004. The MCD has not band contacted the Manag- yet issued any orders. The er on duty and explained previous extension was about the requirement of upto 31-03-2003 only. Issu- cheques. He also counter ing of extension orders signed the cheque book from 01-04-2003 onwards requisition slip. Even then, needs to be expedited by he refused to issue the the MCD authorities. — L cheques. For his irrespon- C Kaul, Secretary, All India sible behaviour, my loan Kashmiri Samaj Trust, D- amount has been delayed. I 90, Sarojini Nagar
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INDIA DIGEST AFP Be ready for hefty power bills Report on Sikdar case TIMES NEWS NETWORK to the existing companies to meet said. the obligation of cross-subsidies, Geete said the Bill sought to New Delhi: Better get the habit of Geete said. create a liberal framework of devel- switching off the gadget you are not However, this would be for the opment for the power sector by dis- soon, says Bengal Govt using because your power bill could transition period only. tancing government from regula- rise in six months as the govern- ‘‘Once the cross-subsidies tion. By Jayanta Sikdar near Barasat in Three cases were filed af- ment moves to slash cross-subsidy are phased out, the system of sur- The thrust would now be on rural TIMES NEWS NETWORK North 24-Parganas on Mon- ter Monday’s incident. One and rationalise tariffs. charge will automatically vanish,’’ electrification and a provision has day was not preconceived. case is based on the police The current level of cross- he said. been made for the management of Kolkata: West Bengal In a report submitted to the report from the spot. The subsidies between domestic, The minister, however, refused to rural distribution by panchayats, co- home secretary Amit Kiran state home department on other two are allegations industrial and commercial comment on the new tariff policy, operative societies and non-govern- Deb confirmed on Tuesday Tuesday, senior police offi- made by CPM and BJP ac- consumers would be phased saying it would be prepared ment organisations. that the state government cials claimed that Sikdar tivists against each other. out by rationalising the tariff after taking into confidence all He said there would be a provision will send a detailed report was present at the spot Twelve more people have A gutted house in Agartala after an structure and a policy will be an- stakeholders, including consumers, for private licensees in transmission on the attack on senior BJP where CPM cadres were in- been arrested in night long attack by militants. At least 21 nounced in six months, power min- generation and distribution and entry in distribution through an leader Tapan Sikdar to the volved in a clash with Tri- raids, taking the number of people were shot dead and eight ister Ananth Geete said on Wednes- companies. independent network. Union home ministry soon. namul Congress and BJP those behind bars to 32. wounded in two attacks in Tripura. day, two days after Parliament He said that with the passage of ‘‘Distribution licensees would be During the day, Prime activists. ‘‘Those arrested are all passed a law allowing sweeping the Electricity Bill, generation has free to undertake generation and Minister Atal Bihari Vaj- The district intelligence CPM, BJP and Trinamul Meeting on drought: The Union changes. been delicenced and captive genera- generating companies would be free payee enquired about Sik- branch (DIB) is, however, Congress supporters. Ac- agriculture ministry plans to convene As per the Electricity Bill, open tion would be permitted freely. to take up distribution businesses,’’ dar’s condition. His deputy still probing whether suffi- cording to reports, the a meeting later this month with rep- access in distribution would be in- Only hydro electricity projects the minister said. L K Advani called up chief cient security arrange- trouble began over the tear- resentatives of state agriculture min- troduced in phases with surcharge would need clearance from the Cen- An appellate tribunal would be minister Buddhadeb Bhat- isters to discuss the preparedness to ments were made for Sik- ing of a CPM banner by for the current level of cross-sub- tral Electricity Authority. set up to hear appeals against the tacharjee to find out more dar’s visit to the area. Sik- BJP and Trinamul support- combat the ongoing drought-like sit- sidy,Geete said. The Centre would also prepare decision of the Central Electricity uation in many parts of the country, about the incident. dar had alleged that ade- ers. Even a police constable Private firms taking away bulk a National Electricity Policy, besi- Regulatory Commission and agriculture minister Ajit Singh said on According to the state po- quate arrangements had was injured,’’ Narayan users like commercial and industri- des the tariff policy, in consultation State Electricity Regulatory Tuesday.TNN lice, however, the attack on not been made. Ghosh, DIG (HQ), said. al units would have to pay surcharge with the state governments, Geete Commissions. Next shuffle may see Farooq in By Bisheshwar Mishra ister L K Advani to the TIMES NEWS NETWORK three-day Sangh Parivar meet in Delhi ending last New Delhi: The Union Saturday. Cabinet reshuffle, likely to So impressed were the take place after Prime RSS bosses that they in- Minister Vajpayee’s Man- formed the PM and DPM ali vacation around May that they were not press- 20, will see some signifi- ing on withdrawing com- cant changes. Arun Shourie is likely to merce from him. be deprived of Informa- But Shourie was not so tion Technology, which lucky. He had not been in- may go to Sushma Swaraj, vited to the meet. whose health ministry The RSS functionaries may be offered to former wanted both IT and disin- Jammu and Kashmir chief vestment taken away from minister Farooq Abdullah. him. But the PM and DPM But law minister Arun argued that disinvestment Jaitley, from whom the in any case had lost its RSS wanted commerce steam. So Shourie is likely withdrawn because of his to retain disinvestment ‘‘pro-WTO stand’’, will in along with communica- all possibility retain the tions. portfolio — thanks to a re- The reshuffle may also cent lecture to the RSS top see the induction of Trina- brass on how WTO was in mul Congress leader Ma- the interest of the nation, mata Banerjee, perhaps as party sources told The rural development minis- Times of India on Tuesday. ter, and her party MP Sources said the RSS Sudeep Bandopadhyaya as was unhappy with both minister of state with in- the ‘‘Aruns’’ — Shourie dependent charge. and Jaitley — for their Interestingly,even if Fa- stance on disinvestment rooq Abdullah does not ac- and WTO. But Jaitley got cept the health ministry, an opportunity to explain there is little likelihood of his position when he was this ministry going back to invited along with Vajpay- C P Thakur, party sources ee and Deputy Prime Min- added. Remo’s B’day bash theme: SARS Panaji: Goan melody maker Remo Fernandes, known for his socially stimulating lyrics, is planning to fuse music with awareness about the killer flu SARS when he celebrates his fiftieth birthday on Thursday. Remo says the bash is to be open to all with no cake-cutting ceremony. But there will be a lot of melody originating straight from the heart. Remo’s evangelistic way of fusing birthday with social awareness has caught the attention of state health depart- ment. It has now become one of the official patrons along with hotel chain Cidade de Goa and Air Sahara and has gift- ed Rs 3 lakh for the bash, said health secretary Rina Ray.TNN
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O Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh with the state’s new governor, Ram Prakash Gupta, in Bhopal on Wednesday. U Advani’s summary Slash Govt R of corruption cases holidays: RS members C among civil servants New Delhi: So many TIMES NEWS NETWORK cadre — this cadre hit the holidays, so few working headlines recently with the days. The theme echoed L New Delhi: Deputy Prime arrest of DDA vice-chairman in the RS on Wednesday Minister L K Advani has said Subhash Sharma. as members raised the an ‘‘overwhelming’’ majority Nineteen of those in the issue. Saifuddin Soz of A of cases against IAS and IPS dock are from the Tamil the Congress recom- officers related to corrup- Nadu cadre, 15 from UP and mended learning from tion. 13 from Bihar. Five of them that ‘‘strongest of S In the backdrop of the are in jail, 19 on bail. monarchies’’, Saudi DDA scandal, the govern- The government has no in- Arabia, where citizens S ment says those with other formation on any officer hav- get just two and a half kinds of criminal charges ing been declared an abscon- hours off on the death of against them constitute just der. a monarch. I 1.75 per cent of the total. Generally dissatisfied, Compare that to the of There are a few cases of mur- some MPs demanded a dis- holidays here — 201, der, too. cussion as minister of state against 164 working F Government figures, for home Harin Pathak ex- days. Cut number of culled from states, the CBI plained how the government holidays, said Soz. He and its own records, showed treated such officials. read out what the Fifth I that 93 IAS and 64 IPS offi- Sanction for prosecution is Pay Commission had cers were involved in crimi- supposed to be given within a recommended: A six- nal cases, the Rajya Sabha maximum of four months — day week, three national E was told on Wednesday. three months if just sanction holidays and 16 restrict- Eleven of these officers are is needed and another month ed holidays. TNN from the Union Territories if legal advice is required. COMPUTERS SERVICES D S 72-year-old twins: They were together C in death too A TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: They were L born, within hours of each other,their end also came the TRAVEL same way. L Ibrahimbhai Jumabhai and Ismaeelbhai Jumabhai, 72-year-old twins, died within hours of each other on Mon- day in Dariapur. Washermen by profession, 2 the twins used to stay in the same house in Haji Gali area of Sultan Mohalla and were 3 married to the sisters of the former municipal corporator of Behrampura, Allahbaksh 3 Sheikh. Both were suffering from 0 diabetes, tuberculosis and re- lated complications. Older by a few hours, 2 Ibrahimbhai, breathed his last at around 11 am. Just as the residents were 3 returning from the elder brother’s funeral, they heard that the younger 5 brother, Ismaeel — whose health took a turn for the worse after he learnt BUSINESS 1 about his brother’s death — had also passed away at around 4 pm, according to local Congress MLA Farooq 2 Sheikh. While the elder brother, Ibrahim, leaves behind a wife 3 and five children, Ismaeel is survived by a wife and three 3 children. 0 2 3 5 2
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Thursday,May 8, 2003 9 Army will SC to decide on procure more India will deploy two RS nod to amend making judges’ bullet-proof Agni versions this year Foreigners Act jackets TIMES NEWS NETWORK Plugging gaps TIMES NEWS NETWORK AFP New Delhi: The Rajya TIMES NEWS NETWORK probe public Sabha on Wednesday •Under the existing New Delhi: Even as the icy New Delhi: The defence relations with Islamabad passed the Foreigners Act, the accused man- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ministry seems to be finally thaw a little, the armed (Amendment) Bill, 1998, age to obtain bail Judges’ trial which proposes to amend under Section 437 of New Delhi: The Supreme taking some steps to procure forces are gearing up to in- duct the Pakistan-specific 700 the Foreigners Act of 1946 the Code of Criminal Court on Tuesday said it Three-judge panel more bullet-proof jackets af- • to 800 km range Agni-I ballis- to increase the maximum Procedure would decide whether a pe- gave a clean chit to ter it faced trenchant criti- tic missile. India also plans to punishment for violations tition seeking revelation of Karnataka judges cism for not providing •Offences committed a probe panel report relat- enough jackets to Army test-fire the China-specific up to eight years from the by foreigners would ing to the alleged involve- •Petitioner, senior troops engaged in counter-in- 3,000-km-plus Agni-III by the present two years and fine now be tried by the ment of three Karnataka lawyer Indira Jaising, surgency operations and de- end of the year. of up to Rs 50,000. sessions court high court judges in a sex urged the court to ployed along the Line of Con- The speeding up of India’s Besides, offences com- scandal could be enter- make the judicial trol (LoC). indigenous missile pro- mitted by foreigners like tained by it. inquiry report public Master-General of Ord- gramme has become impor- overstaying or colluding supporting the Bill, raised nance Lt-General V K Jetley tant since the Pakistan army with terrorists would now objections with the way it SC chief justice V N •She said the matter Khare set up a three-judge on Tuesday told newspersons inducted the 1,500 km nu- be tried by the sessions has been titled. ‘‘Foreign- should be probed by a that the deal to procure clear-capable Ghauri-I mis- court. ers Act is the legacy of the inquiry panel comprising professional investigat- Agni II missile during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. around 100,000 bullet-proof sile, considered to be a deriv- Minister of state for British Raj. From the title, Bombay HC chief justice C ing agency K Thakker, Kerala HC jackets for the Army should ative of the North Korean has also approved the devel- country’s nuclear assets. A home Haren Pathak said it seems that all foreigners Nodong missile, into its ar- chief justice J L Gupta and be finalised ‘‘in a couple of opment of Agni-III for a 15m tall missile, which can the amendment would fill are suspect. Instead, we tion. ‘‘It is in the public in- moury earlier this year. The Orissa High Court justice months’’. The defence min- range of 3,000 km. The devel- carry a one-tonne nuclear the loopholes in the pre- should have called it ‘for- terest of the credibility of Pakistani army already has A K Patnaik which probed istry has accepted bids from opment is in progress and it warhead, Agni-I can be fired vailing Act. He said that eigners offences Act’. the judicial system that the 750 km Shaheen-I missile into the incident and gave foreign as well as Indian com- is likely to be tested in the from both rail and road-mo- cases under the Foreigners There have been good for- the report of the commit- of Chinese origin in the a ‘‘clean chit’’ to three Kar- panies for the supply of the near future,’’ he added. bile missile launchers. Act are at present cognis- eigners like Mother Teresa tee be made public and the Agni-I range. nataka judges. jackets and the Army is in Though he did not give any The Agni group of mis- able, non-bailable and tri- and various others who faith of the public in an Defence minister George Petitioner,senior lawyer the process of evaluating the specific date for the flight- siles constitute one crucial able by the first class mag- have earned a good name open, credible and trans- Fernandes told Parliament test of Agni-III, sources say leg of the nuclear weapon tri- Indira Jaising, urged the technical parameters. istrate. However, the ac- for our country,’’ he said. parent justice dispensa- on Wednesday that the pro- the first test is likely to take ad — land-based mobile mis- court to make public the More than 1,000 soldiers cused very often manage He asked the govern- tion system is reinforced,’’ duction of Agni-I and Agni-II place in November or Decem- siles, fighter bombers and in-house high-level judi- have died in counter-insur- to obtain bail under sec- ment to come with a law Jaising’s petition said. (with a range of 2,000-km- ber. The Agni-I, in turn, was sea-based platforms — which cial inquiry report. gency operations alone in tion 437 of the Code of dealing with all aspects She said in order to en- plus) ‘‘has already started’’ successfully tested for the India hopes to make opera- A Bench comprising J&K in the last three years. Criminal Procedure. pertaining to foreigners. sure that the judiciary re- and ‘‘they will be deployed second time in January this tional in the coming years as Justices S Rajendra Babu The parliamentary standing However, during the dis- He said there should be no tains a transparent and during 2003’’. year, just a few days after the part of the ‘‘credible mini- and G P Mathur said it we committee on defence had re- cussion, nominated mem- ban on foreigners coming credible face for the public ‘‘Based on long-term secu- Strategic Forces Command mum deterrent’’ against Pak- would consider the matter cently expressed its ‘‘deep ber Fali S Nariman, while to India for seminars. and ‘‘justice is not only rity needs, the government was established to handle the istan and China. after hearing Jaising’s done but is seen to be concern and alarm’’ that counsel, Shanti Bhushan. done’’, the matter should only 1.24 lakh bullet-proof He said the report should be probed by a profession- jackets are available with the be made public as there al investigating agency troops when 3.53 lakh jackets was a national concern for which should submit its were required. judicial accountability. report to the SC. ‘‘It is disturbing to note Noted constitutional Earlier, the Karnataka that such a huge shortage lawyer and former law High Court initiated con- still remains notwithstand- minister Bhushan said tempt of court proceed- ing the fact that the procure- lack of transparency in ings against reporters, edi- ment action was initiated as any matter gave rise to tors and publishers of sev- far back as 1988-89,’’ said the speculation and rumours. eral dailies for publishing committee. He said the Supreme Court reports linking the three The defence ministry, in had laid down the law that judges to the scandal. turn, says 1,24,640 bullet- in the public interest, in- Jaising said the mecha- proof jackets have been pur- formation should be dis- nism set up by the SC to in- chased for the Army through closed as far as possible. vestigate the incident has imports and indigenous pro- The Bench asked not been adequate to meet duction. Bhushan that if the CJI or- the ends of justice or to as- dered a ‘‘discreet inquiry’’ certain the truth of the al- could it be argued that the legations. She said the report be made public? court should evolve ‘‘a Bhushan replied that it mechanism for conducting was not a discreet inquiry a free, fair, open and im- as the probe panel had partial inquiry’’ to inspire held public hearings at confidence of the general several places in the public in the functioning course of their investiga- of judiciary.
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Eight militants We need concrete evidence: India killed in Valley PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI New Delhi: Announcing steps to Srinagar: Eight militants, take forward Prime Minister Vaj- including a district com- payee’s proposals on Pakistan, India mander of Jaish-e-Moham- has said that any movement on the mad (JeM) outfit, and five se- steps proposed by Pakistan Prime curitymen were among fif- Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Ja- teen people killed injured in mali would require evidence of Jammu and Kashmir since Pakistan taking steps against cross- Tuesday night, sources said. border terrorism. Five foreign militants were In a carefully calibrated state- shot dead during an en- ment, the external affairs ministry counter at Shopian, while said on Wednesday that India had one militant was killed in sought agreement for the appoint- central Kashmir in Budgam. ment of the new Indian high com- Two militants, identified missioner to Islamabad, but that as self-styled district com- Pakistan would need to take ‘‘sever- mander Gazali and his asso- al specific steps’’ to move the entire ciate Rizwan, were killed by process ‘‘meaningfully forward’’. the Rashtriya Rifles forces in Official sources said India had a clash at village Champora sent the name of Shiv Shankar in Kupwara district. Two AK Menon, currently India’s ambassa- assault rifles and some am- dor to China, as the new envoy to munition and grenades were Pakistan. recovered from the spot, the India has, however,not responded police said. to Pakistan’s suggestion of restor- Elsewhere, militants killed ing the strength of the two high a securityman, when they at- commissions to their former level. tacked a search party in Toning down the sharpness of Handwara forests in Kup- the remarks in Tuesday’s initial re- wara district on Tuesday sponse to Jamali’s speech, India on night, they said. Meanwhile, Wednesday welcomed Pakistan’s re- constable Yashwant Singh, sponse to Vajpayee’s initiatives. who was injured in a clash In fact, external affairs minister with the militants in Kulgam Yashwant Sinha refused to respond area of Anantnag two days to some comments made by Pak- ago, succumbed to injuries. istan foreign minister Khurshid Maqbool Hussain, 14, (second from left) and Mohamad Altaf, 13, (second from right) unite with their families at an Two Hizbul Mujahideen Mohammad Kasuri, saying: ‘‘The Army camp in Rajouri on Wednesday. The Lashkar-e-Taiba had kidnapped Hussian and Altaf on January 7 and militants were also killed in less we talk the better it is for the February 3 respectively. They were rescued by the Army during a massive operation on April 23. an encounter on Tuesday. process.’’ Official sources maintained that port to terrorism.’’ Kathmandu summit’’ adding that India was disappointed at the lack The spokesperson said discus- substantive progress on trade and of any announcement of concrete sion on nuclear and other confi- economic cooperation was neces- No Pakistani response measures against terrorism and the dence building measures (CBMs) sary to make the next summit lack of progress on trade. could be held in the context of the meaningful. In his statement, the external af- composite dialogue which had the Giving details of the movement on list of most wanted fairs spokesperson welcomed Pak- specific agenda item of ‘peace and on the civil aviation links, the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Deportation has taken place istan’s agreement on resumption of security,including CBMs’. spokesperson said India had sought only from the UAE. Swami said civil aviation links and the humani- He, however, pointed to Vajpay- certain clarifications from Pakistan New Delhi: There has been ‘‘no extradition treaties have been tarian gesture announced by Jamali ee’s statement that a sustained dia- which the Pakistani authorities had positive response yet’’ from Pak- signed and ratified with a dozen on the release of the Indian fisher- logue would require an end to cross- said could be discussed between the istan on the list of 20 criminals countries; legal assistance men, Sikh youth and crew members border terrorism and dismantling civil aviation authorities of the two India has given it. treaties have been signed with 14 of the ‘Raj Laxmi’. of its infrastructure. countries. The spokesperson said The statement came from min- countries and ratified in six cas- On the ‘‘other suggestions’’ put India, he said, remained commit- Pakistan had not yet sought an ister of state for home I D Swami es. Thirty-five are under process. forward by Jamali, India made it ted to resolve all issues between In- agreement on the appointment of on Wednesday as he responded to Extradition requests for 16 clear that they ‘‘could be considered dia and Pakistan bilaterally as pro- its high commissioner. questions in the Rajya Sabha on criminals/terrorists are under in due course as we see progress on vided for in the Simla Agreement Responding to a question on Ka- the deportation and extradition various stages of process. As the steps announced by our PM and and the Lahore declaration. suri’s remarks on the issue of India of criminals. many as 234 criminals have been there is evidence of Pakistan taking The spokesperson, however, said seeking to keep Pakistan out of There is no agreement with listed in red-corner notices sent firm and credible action against that the Saarc-related proposals the Commonwealth, the spokesper- Pakistan, and India has not got by the CBI through Interpol, cross-border terrorism and to dis- ‘‘are clearly inadequate in the con- son said: ‘‘It is not helpful to get any criminal deported or extra- which sends these to all its 181 mantle the infrastructure of sup- text of the mandate of the Saarc personal.’’ dited from it so far. member-countries. Poppy crops destroyed in Himachal By Jagdish Bhatt poppy. ‘‘This was done by cals the art of lancing. of land produces about two TIMES NEWS NETWORK paying them more than what However, the fields with kg of opium and the cultiva- Shimla: The customs depart- they would have got for pink, white and red poppy tor gets about Rs 5000/kg, which is far more than what ment has begun investiga- wheat and vegetable crops,’’ flowers were also a visual he would make from any oth- tions to track down the cul- he added. treat, he added. er crop. prits, including members of He said that in some fields The customs Superinten- Bharadwaj said that the drug mafias, who may have the poppy bulbs were ripe dent said that the villagers crop was destroyed in Tin- persuaded poor villagers of and had been lanced (longitu- were upset when the team de- dunala, Tikkan, Dharmed, Chauhar Valley in Mandi dis- dinal cuts had been made on stroyed the poppy crop in Dharmed Gallu, Thaltukhud, trict of Himachal Pradesh to the bulbs from which a milky their fields, as now they Silbadhani, Karsed, Kungad, take to the illegal cultivation white fluid would ooze out. would be left with no source This blackens into opium of income for the coming Suad, Graman, Tikkar, Kam- of poppy. pana, Kased, Bhulang, Ghat- overnight). The lancing had year. Superintendent of Cus- ian, Briyan, Jhallan, Taresn, also been done by profession- ‘‘The villagers wanted to toms, K N Bharadwaj, said Bajgan, Shamli, Mulin, als from outside the state, know whether the cultiva- that initial enquiries had re- Singhdhar, Bhandag, Ah- vealed that middlemen from who are paid Rs 200 per day. tion of poppy could be le- galised,’’ he added. long, Kshamti, Markhan, outside the state had lured Bharadwaj said that out- Karsiyan, Sahun, Khundra, the villagers in to cultivating siders were also teaching lo- He said that standing crops in about 1757 bighas of land Deodhar and Korteng vil- were destroyed. Each bigha lages.
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Sanjay Sekhri Indian Army to Agni missiles Times Music releases ghazal album build roads in to be deployed TIMES NEWS NETWORK plets. Gulzar held the audience For Times Music, the new The launch event brought spellbound with his Urdu po- album is a continuation of its Mumbai: Roop Kumar and together several talented in- etry. commitment to promote new Afghanistan this year Sonali Rathod, one of Indian dividuals such as Pandit Bir- The album has been con- genres. ‘‘Times Music has music’s enduring couples, TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The intermedi- ju Maharaj and poet, lyricist ceptualised by theatre per- been consistently developing launched their new ghazal al- ate range Agni I and II mis- and film-maker Gulzar on a sonality Salim Arif and its and conquering new genres, New Delhi: To aid the siles would be deployed dur- bum Bazm-e-Meer on Mon- single platform. The leg- music has been composed by be it spiritual, classical, pop, Hamid Karzai government in ing the year, the government day evening. The album, re- endary Birju Maharaj was Dinesh Pandit. Arif has se- remixes, world music and rebuilding Afghanistan, In- said in the Rajya Sabha on leased by Times Music, the star attraction of the lected verses from Meer’s au- now ghazals,’’ said Times dia’s Border Roads Organisa- Wednesday. brings together a selection of event as he gave a dramatic tobiography, Zikr-e-Meer, in a Group president and Times tion (BRO) may soon begin Defence minister George well-known Urdu poet Meer rendition to the couplets ren- way that brings alive the Music CEO Arun Arora at construction of a road on the Fernandes said in a written Taki Meer’s ghazals and cou- dered by the ghazal duo. poet’s persona. the launch event. Iran-Afghanistan border. reply that the production of ‘‘The first BRO task force Agni I with a range of 700 km will leave for Afghanistan in and Agni II with a reach of August. A BRO team recently 2,000 km had already started completed a preliminary re- and they would be deployed connaissance for the con- during 2003. struction of the 250-km-long He said that based on secu- road from Delaram to Zaranj rity needs, the government and has submitted its re- has approved the develop- port,’’ said BRO director-gen- ment of the longer range eral Lt-General Prakash Suri 3,000 km Agni III missiles. on Tuesday. ‘‘The development is in The Afghanistan road proj- progress and the missile is ect, which will provide con- likely to be tested in the near nection to Iranian ports, is future,’’ Fernandes said. He likely to be completed by added that no date had been 2007. Since the fall of the Tal- Schoolchildren watch the images of the sun projected from a fixed for its first launch. iban regime in Afghanistan, telescope on a paper at Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi on He said in the DRDO mis- India has been extending Wednesday. Astronomers watched a rare celestial phenome- sile programme only the sur- help by providing financial non called ‘Transit of Mercury over the Sun’, when Mercury face to surface variant of the assistance, buses, aircraft appeared to touch the disc of the Sun and gradually started Prithvi missile had been de- and medicines, etc. crawling over it. ployed with the Army. PTI Report on excavations questioned By Akshaya Mukul Loopholes ● The ASI report talks of brick wall, with decorations. TIMES NEWS NETWORK the discovery of ‘‘five levels Habib wants to know why •The report does not of structure’’, each ‘‘com- the ASI does not specify the New Delhi: The Archaeolog- prising a flat surface of lime- decorations. ‘‘This would ical Survey of India’s (ASI) mention that lime-surkhi could not have been part surkhi mortar’’. provoke rumours,’’ he feels. report on the ongoing exca- Habib says the report does The ASI official adds: ‘‘Such vations in Ayodhya — sug- of an earlier Hindu temple not mention that lime-surkhi outlandish suggestions, with- gesting the existence of a could not have been part of in weeks of the excavation chamber near the Ram •The ASI suggests there an earlier Hindu temple be- beginning, does not speak Chabutra and 11 pillar bases was an older brick wall cause the use of such mortar highly of archaeologists.’’ — has come in for criticism with decorations, but it came only with the Muslims. ● The ASI suggests that from a noted historian and a does not specify the ● The ASI finds it ‘‘inter- the ‘‘pillar bases’’ are ‘‘signif- senior ASI archaeologist. decorations esting’’ that there was a icant’’. The report was submitted ‘‘squarish’’ block of ‘‘cal- Habib feels the ASI is basi- to the Lucknow bench of the crete’’ ‘‘protruding out of the cally seconding noted ar- Allahabad High Court on Habib points to the use of fifth’’ level. Beneath this, the chaeologist B B Lal’s theory April 28. words like ‘‘interesting’’ and ‘‘excavators’’ describe a mys- about the existence of pillars Noted historian Irfan ‘‘significant’’ at crucial terious chamber without (and, by implication, the ex- Habib, who has been moni- places in the report. mentioning what marks its istence of a temple). He says toring the ASI excavation, Apart from finding loop- base or walls. that the report is also vague says: ‘‘The way the ASI has holes in the ASI report, he Habib says the ASI jumped about whether all these 11 drafted its report, with moti- even goes as far as to suggest to the conclusion that it was bases have been found in the vated suggestion and wilful that the ‘‘excavators’’ should ‘‘some place of importance’’. 14 trenches dug in the south- omissions, makes it clear be more careful when they Both Habib and the senior ern portion of the site. that its saffronised heart is in submit their report next ASI archaeologist feel that He adds: ‘‘The ASI report the right place.’’ But he feels time. ‘‘The world of archaeol- the ‘‘excavators’’ should have does not say whether the that though what it can clu- ogy is closely watching us. It desisted from calling it an structural bases stand in any tch at are only straws, it is de- is important to redeem our ‘‘important place’’ since the alignment, except that they termined to clutch them at reputation,’’ he says. chamber has not been ex- are at 3.3 to 3.5 metres from all cost. Habib and the ASI archae- posed to its base so far. each other. It is also not clear Though the ASI has re- ologist list the omissions in ● The ASI, while describ- whether the ASI is talking frained from mentioning the the report and provide point- ing the foundation wall, sug- about the bases on the north- word ‘temple’ in its report, by-point rebuttals. gests there was an earlier ern side only.”
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Thursday,May 8, 2003 13 Judicial probe ordered into Kerala killing Retired SC/ST judges TIMES NEWS NETWORK men, were hacked to death the Friday attack. The judi- mosque premises and else- buried or hidden in the place and 17 injured when a mob cial inquiry,however,will not where. of worship. The Muslim Thiruvananthapuram: The armed with lethal weapons come in the way of the crime The police had seized a League, the ruling partner of Kerala government has or- attacked a village at dusk on branch probe ordered on the large quantity of lethal the Congress-led coalition get reservation in UP dered a judicial inquiry into Friday. The same village had spot by chief minister A K weapons from the mosque government, had earlier con- the massacre in Marad in witnessed gory clashes and Antony. The chief minister soon after the crime. The po- demned the attack and de- By Srawan Shukla 17 labour courts in the state coastal Kozhikode district five deaths in January last told the media on Wednesday lice are now using bulldozers nied any links with the ex- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Quota system will be reserved for SC/ST and OBC candidates. Of last week. year. A police post installed that the search for culprits to dig up the mosque premis- tremist groups like the Na- Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh these, 21 per cent seats will Nine people, mostly fisher- since then failed to prevent will go on in the Marad es to ensure no weapons are tional Defence Front (NDF). has become the first state be reserved for SCs/ STs, 27 to extend post-retirement per cent for OBCs and 2 per reservations to judges be- cent for the physically longing to the Scheduled handicapped. Caste/Scheduled Tribes After the issue of the and Other Backward quota in sports hostels Castes. drew criticism, Mayawati The move is being seen has chosen to tread cau- as the first step towards in- tiously. troducing a quota system in the judiciary. The proposal was first re- The state government •50 pc seats in six in- ferred to a high-powered appoints retired high court dustrial tribunals and committee — which was en- judges and officers of the 17 labour courts in UP trusted with the task of get- state judicial services as will be reserved for re- ting the green signal from presiding officers in indus- tired judges belonging the Allahabad High Court trial tribunals and labour to SC/ST and OBC — before obtaining a Cabi- courts. net nod. Bar associations To facilitate a quota sys- •The quota was first now fear the quota may tem in quasi-judicial serv- mooted by the BJP in soon be extended to other ices, the BJP-BSP coalition 2000 wings of the judiciary. has amended the UP The introduction of a Labour Court and Industri- Services) Rules, 1996. quota system in the judici- al Tribunal’s Presiding Of- Now 50 per cent seats in ary was first mooted by the ficers (Appointment and six industrial tribunals and BJP in 2000. Udit Raj invites Maya for mass We don’t want conversion rally TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kalyan, says New Delhi: Dalit leader and Justice Party chief Udit Raj has challenged Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalraj Mishra Mayawati to embrace Bud- dhism at a mass conversion TIMES NEWS NETWORK that they did not approach function to be organised in Kalyan Singh at the behest Lucknow soon. New Delhi: A few days af- of Prime Minister Vajpay- In what appears to be an ter BJP’s UP unit presi- ee or Deputy PM Advani. intensifying confrontation dent Vinay Katiyar said As for his own meeting between the two Dalit politi- former state chief minis- with Kalyan Singh, cal outfits, Raj on Tuesday ac- ter Kalyan Singh’s return Mishra explained that he cused the UP CM of ‘‘kow- would strengthen the par- met him accidently when towing’’ to the Sangh Parivar ty, his predecessor, Kalraj he went to look up an ail- and sacrificing the interests Mishra, declared that the ing Lalji Tandon. of her constituency. expelled leader was ‘‘nei- Mishra’s strong reaction ‘‘We are going to organise ther rejoining the BJP and to the raging talk in BJP a Buddhist diksha function nor are we keen on having circles about Kalyan at Dr Ambedkar Park, Luc- him back’’. Singh’s return is indica- know; I would request you to In an informal chat with tive of the opposition to be the chief guest on that oc- reporters here on Wednes- this move among the BJP’s casion,’’ Raj said in a letter to day, Mishra said there is UP leaders. BJP insiders Mayawati. Asked about the no question of Kalyan’s re- said a large section of UP provocation for the step, Raj turn to the BJP,particular- leaders are bristling over said, ‘‘We want to see how se- ly when he himself has any such possibility. rious she is about Bud- gone on record to say that They are particularly dhism.’’ He termed he was contemplating a unhappy since these Mayawati’s threat to em- tie-up with the Samajwadi moves are learnt to have brace Buddhism as a ‘‘cheap Party and the Congress. been initiated by the party gimmick and a ploy to politi- ‘‘Kalyan Singh is no central leadership without cally blackmail the BJP’’. longer in the BJP, I don’t any prior consultations Making clear his intention know why we are talking with the state leaders. to take on Mayawati’s Bahu- of his rejoining...this is While refusing to com- jan Samaj Party (BSP), he not a subject of discus- ment on Katiyar’s state- said his party would field sion,’’ he said repeatedly, ment favouring Kalyan candidates in the coming by- making it abundantly Singh’s return, Mishra elections in UP and had plans clear that he was not said the party has been to fight the assembly elec- speaking in his personal functioning very well tions in four states later this capacity but on the BJP’s without the expelled year. behalf. leader, pointing out that Asked about the chances of Mishra admitted that the party does not depend an alliance, Raj said teaming party MPs Balbir Punj and on any single individual. up with the Congress and Dinanath Mishra had met Quoting figures of election other Opposition parties was Kalyan Singh to perhaps results, he said the BJP’s a possibility. ‘‘To defeat the ‘‘test the waters’’ but in- tally in the Lok Sabha had communal forces, alliance is sisted that this was their actually come down when a necessity,at least we are not individual initiative and Kalyan Singh was the CM. averse to it,’’ he said.
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14 Thursday,May 8, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi
AROUND THE WORLD Reuters Hollywood lends helping hand to Ali Liz back on big screen: In what will likely be her first movie role since giving birth AFP Los Angeles: Hollywood has ‘‘He needs prostheses and he is him as a symbolic victim and to her son a year ago, Eliza- launched a drive to bring a limbless very, very badly burned and there’s launched a high-profile campaign to beth Hurley is in negotiations Iraqi orphan who became the symbol just no money to help him and maybe save his life. to star in The Method, which of civilian suffering in the US-led nowhere for him to go.’’ Shuman, who said it was unclear begins production in Roma- war to the United States for medical ‘‘Everybody knows that celebrities whether the boy was still in Kuwait nia next July. The film follows treatment. can get things done that other people or had been returned to Iraq, and her a celebrity actress played by A constellation of Tinseltown can’t, which is sad but true, so we are army of stars, are spearheading the Hurley who gets her dream stars — including Arnold doing everything we can to help and campaign launched by The Global role playing real-life 19th Schwarznegger, Angelina Jolie, to get him over here,’’ she said as she Medical Relief Fund to bring him to century serial killer Belle Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake began to rally the all-star effort. Los Angeles. Gunness in a feature film and — have already signed on for the ef- Ali, who was last week undergoing The fund is a non-profit organiza- starts to take on the charac- fort to bring 12-year-old Ali Ismail medical treatment in Kuwait for tion that helps children who have teristics of the role onscreen Abbas to Los Angeles. burns that cover 60 percent of his fallen victim to the horrors of war and off. Hurley most recently Other luminaries including body, had both arms amputated that operated in the conflict in the starred onscreen in Para- mount Pictures’ Serving Christina Aguilera are also on board above the elbow in Baghdad last former Yugoslavia. Sara. Reuters and top names like George Clooney A file photo of Ali Ismail Abbas in a month after he was caught in a US ‘‘We will bring him here where he and Julia Roberts are expected to join Baghdad hospital. missile strike on March 30. He was can finally feel safe. A lot of these No Superman, please: In their ranks, promoter and marketing the sole survivor among 20 killed, in- celebrities, including Arnold Sweden, a couple who want- guru to the stars Cheryl Shuman these stars we can raise enough mon- cluding his parents, brothers and sis- Schwarzenegger, will hang out with ed to name their child after said. ey to cover his medical treatment and ters, when the deadly projectile hit him and my ultimate goal is to do a the comic book hero found ‘‘We’ve just launched this effort, then take care of this child for the his family home in Al Zafiriya and benefit concert to raise cash for the law harder to bend than the man of steel himself. The but my hope is that with the help of rest of his life,’’ she said. the world media quickly seized on him,’’ Shuman said.AFP tax authority, which oversees rules for names, nixed a re- Milk now one up quest by Sara Lindenger and her live-in boyfriend, Johan on soft drinks Leisten, 28, to name their Virus eradicates brain cancer in mice child Staalman, Superman in Swedish. The authority said it Houston: Scientists say mans, which could begin as Fueyo, of M D Anderson’s cells. The virus, which they Washington: Researchers at Michigan State University wasn’t suitable because it they have created a virus soon as late next year. Department of Neuro-On- called Delta-24-RGD, infects might ‘‘lead to discomfort for have found that consumption that destroys deadly brain Conventional treatments cology here. and destroys tumour cells the person who uses it’’. Lin- tumours in mice yet does for gliablastoma are not Considering no other and when none of these are of soft drinks by children has denger and Leisten has ap- not harm normal brain tis- very effective and most pa- treatment has shown this left, the virus dies. significantly declined in the pealed the decision to the sue, say reports. tients will die less than two affect the results seen with Howard Fine, director of last ten years and, contrary county administrative court. The therapy, which could years after developing the this viral therapy are ‘‘ex- the brain tumour program to earlier thought, is not re- Reuters placing milk in the diets of be the first effective treat- cancer, but more than half traordinary’’, Fueyo said. at NCI, said the viral thera- DiCaprio questioned: ment for gliablastoma — the of the mice treated with the His team used a virus py ‘‘looks promising’’. young children. According to a new peer-re- Hollywood star Leonardo Di- deadliest form of brain can- virus in the study were that normally causes the But Fine noted: ‘‘It’s a Caprio has been questioned viewed article by the team of cer, looks so promising the cured of the cancer. common cold called aden- long ways off from saying in a $45 million lawsuit stem- nutrition researchers at the National Cancer Institute ‘‘The results we saw were ovirus and modified it so (Delta-24-RGD) is going to ming from a five-year-old A model displays a creation of Australian designer label university,soft drinks are not (NCI) is helping develop it very, very impressive,’’ said that it can only replicate in make a difference in pa- case that alleges he ordered Nobody during a show at Australian Fashion Week in Syd- substituting milk in the diets for initial studies in hu- the study’s lead author Juan cancer cells not healthy tients.’’ IANS friends to ‘‘kick the ass’’ of ney on Wednesday. of children aged between one actress Elizabeth Berkley’s to 19. Indeed, among children her lonely life. The actress stunned guests at ex-boyfriend. DiCaprio’s lawyer Paul Callan a dinner party in Los Angles by crying openly aged one to five and girls aged said he expected the charges to be dis- DUBYAMAIL as she blurted out how ‘‘desperate she was 15 to 19, the drink consump- missed against the star before the case for love’’ and how she spent lonely nights I find this strip interesting. Please con- tion has gone down during reaches Manhattan Supreme Court on Sept. watching television with her pet dog, tinue with it and add more topics like the ten-year study period, 2. In the lawsuit filed against DiCaprio and according to a report in The Sun. The Texas- Salman-Ash-Vivek, Laloo-Rabri-Lathi. his friends, the star is accused of inciting his Ignore the readers who find the script 1987 to 1998. born star has not had a serious boyfriend boring. You are doing a great job. A major strength of this entourage, referred to in court documents as since splitting with comic actor Jim Carrey — Tanushree Minocha study, published in the cur- ‘‘his posse,’’ to attack screenwriter Roger three years ago. The outburst and her Wilson, who once acted in two Porky flicks. I agree some of your critics are good, rent issue of Family Eco- honest confession mirrored Renee’s hit film but please stop making fun of India and Reuters Bridget Jones’s Diary, in which the heroine Atalji as this strip appears in The Times nomics and Nutrition Re- of India not in Times of Pakistan or view, is that the two weeks of Renee longs for love: Chicago star Rene longs to have a boyfriend, an onlooker Times of the US. consumption data were col- Zellweger seems to be craving for love in her present in the party said. ‘‘It was like — Avinash Balakrishna lected in a food journal in- life. ‘‘A man to date’’ — that’s what the ac- a scene out of Bridget Jones,’’ said another tress said she is desperately looking for in guest. ANI e-mail: [email protected] stead of a recall basis which has accuracy limitations. ANI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Thursday,May 8, 2003 15 The Palette of Humankind Chandrika By NICHOLAS WADE BANTU (KENYA) raps peace Saddam dead or alive: US unsure MANDENKA Humankind falls into five continental groups Ñ broadly Washington/ Baghdad: The Sydney Morning Her- enemy out from our coun- dad, was likely to attend equivalent to the common YORUBA brokers for The United States is not cer- ald reported that two men try,’’ the voice is quoted as Thursday’s talks with the conception of races Ñ when a SAN
tain whether Saddam Hus- gave an audiotape of the ap- Stabilisation saying. five main opposition groups computer is asked to sort DNA AFRICA MBUTI PYGMY sein is dead or alive, and peal allegedly made by Sad- Meanwhile, Iraqi political tasked with deciding who data from people from around will examine an audiotape dam to its staff in Baghdad force for Iraq leaders in Baghdad were will attend a national con- the world into clusters. BLAKA PYGMY stalled talks on which the deposed Iraqi after being unable to deliver preparing Wednesday for gress within weeks to select The major groups are African Colombo: Sri Lanka Presi- London: Military offi- (orange), Europeans and Middle leader is said to be speaking, the recording to correspon- their first talks with US offi- an interim government. ORCADIAN cials from 15 nations are Easterners (blue), East Asians dent Chandrika Kumaratun- a White House spokesman dents of an Arab television cials on forming a post-Sad- Many Iraqis are furious at ADYGEL ga on Wednesday blamed the due to meet in London (pink), Melanesians (green) and said Wednesday. channel. dam Hussein government the lack of leadership and American Indians (purple). ‘‘international community’’ Thursday to discuss a RUSSIAN ‘‘We don’t know whether In the 15-minute record- since a new US overseer was slow resumption of services Genomes of people from Central for the impasse in the is- US- led international Asia, such as the Hazara of Saddam Hussein is alive or ing, purportedly made on named to run the war-bat- since Saddam was toppled BASQUE land’s peace bid as a high-lev- dead,’’ spokesman Ari Fleis- Monday, a ‘‘tired-sounding’’ ‘‘stabilisation’’ force in tered nation. on April 9. Afghanistan and the Uygurs of el meeting between Japanese Iraq. western China, are a blend of cher told reporters, adding: voice calls on Iraq’s people Paul Bremer was tapped Garner met with former European and East Asian, as EUROPE FRENCH envoy Yasushi Akashi and ‘‘The tape is going to be to unite in an underground A British ministry of to supervise Jay Garner, Iraqi foreign ministry offi- might be expected for people LTTE leader V Prabhakaran analysed. war against the US-led occu- defence spokesman said who had been the top civil- cials Wednesday to discuss living at a historical crossroads. ITALIAN failed on Wednesday to re- Fleischer was questioned pying forces, the newspaper a ‘‘stabilisation’’ force ian official on Iraq until its re-opening. Some Middle Easterners, like the SARDINIAN vive stalled talks with the Sri about an Australian news- said. would require ‘‘a blend Bremer’s appointment by ‘‘It represents the sover- Bedouin and the Mozabites of Lankan government. paper’s claim to have ob- ‘‘We have to go back to the of capabilities’’ from US President George W. eignty of the nation,’’ the re- Algeria, carry an admixture of TUSCAN African genes. The President’s tained a recording of Sad- secret style of struggle that many countries, from Bush late Tuesday. tired general said at the for- The chart, generated by Dr. MOZABITE spokesman Harim Peiris dam urging Iraqis to resist we began our life with.... engineers to medics. AFP Iraqi officials said Gar- eign ministry’s bombed-out Marcus Feldman of Stanford and said Kumaratunga believed US occupation. Your main task is to kick the ner, who is based in Bagh- headquarters. AP colleagues and published in the her government was mis- BEDOUIN current Science, was made by guided in counting on an ‘‘in- AFP sampling the DNA of 1,056 ternational safety net’’. people from 52 of the many populations around the world. ‘‘The international com- Cheney to be Bush’s Each personÕs genome was munity has singularly failed sampled at 377 sites where the DRUZE to keep the Tigers at the table MIDDLE EAST DNA breaks into a stutter of or get them to respect human repeated short sequences. These rights and the democratic running mate again repeats, though apparently PALESTINIAN rights of others,’’ Peiris said. without function, are useful in Dallas: US vice-president very carefully,’’ said Cheney. tracking human variation, and ‘‘We would not be in the Dick Cheney has agreed to be “If I ran into problems where are also the elements used in present stage if the govern- BALOCHI President George W. Bush’s I felt I couldn’t serve, I’d be DNA forensic tests of identity. ment had heeded the presi- In the chart, each individualÕs running mate in 2004, saying the first to say so and step BRAHUI dent’s advice and taken up past health problems won’t down.” genome is represented by a core issues, including human single line, colored according to prevent him from being on Recently, Cheney’s value its ancestry from each MAKRANI rights and democratic rights the next presidential ticket. has been questioned because continental group. Black lines at the talks,’’ he added. ‘‘The president has asked of his connection to a corpo- separate individuals from SINDHI The Tigers suspended par- me if I would serve again as rate accounting scandal. The different populations. ticipation in the Norwegian- his running mate. I’ve agreed securities and exchange com- The 52 populations were PATHAN brokered peace talks last to do that,’’ he said Wednes- mission is investigating ac- collected as part of the Human month, triggering intense Genome Diversity Project. Major day in an interview with the counting practices at Hal- BURUSHO diplomatic activity to get the omissions include Australian ASIA CENTRAL/SOUTH Dallas Morning News. liburton Co. while Cheney aborigines and Indians. Both process back on track. Cheney’s position on the was its chief executive officer. groups are in general unwilling HAZARA The president’s reaction 2004 ticket has been the sub- Cheney, 61, has already to give their blood for genetic UYGUR came a day after Prime Min- ject of heightened specula- said he would relish a chance analysis. KALASH ister Ranil Wickremesinghe tion because of his heart to join Bush for any 2004 re- Populations worldwide share told Parliament that he was most of their genetic variability condition. He has had four election run. In November, in common. But since they HAN hopeful of seeing the Tigers heart attacks, though none as Bush indicated he wanted his dispersed from the ancestral back at the table. ‘‘The safety vice-president. vice- president to reprise his human population, each has HAN (N. CHINA) net of the international com- Children play with weapons at an arms exhibition on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of ‘‘I’ve got a doc with me 24 role, saying, ‘‘There’s no rea- accumulated its own pattern of DAI munity, which we have Israel’s Independence in the West Bank settlement of Kyriat Arba on Wednesday. DAUR hours a day who watches me son for me to change.’’ AP genetic differences through HEZHEN brought about, is being of random change and natural LAHU great help to us at this time,’’ selection. The chart is based on MIAO these genetic differences, not on OROQEN the Prime Minister said on the very much larger shared SHE Tuesday.Akashi met Velupil- inheritance. TUJIA lai Prabhakaran in the rebel- TV docu targets new Mrs Paul McCartney TU XIBO held town of Kilinochchi to By Rashmee Z Ahmed The allegations come just months Mrs McCartney’’, offers a 65-minute status’’. She said she first met Mills ASIA EAST YI try to bring the guerrillas MONGOLA TIMES NEWS NETWORK back to the negotiating table. after Mills was accused of siphoning rundown of Mills’ life as a good-time in Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khas- LEGEND NAXI off charitable funds she raised for girl with no discernible income, but a hoggi’s London hotel suite. Later, she CAMBODIAN He also asked that the London: ‘‘Money can’t buy me the Gujarat earthquake. She won her wardrobe full of expensive clothes, a married an older, wealthy man, went CONTINENTAL LOCATIONS rebels reconsider a decision love,’’ the world’s greatest living Bea- RACES: OF 52 JAPANESE point that time round. But this time, snazzy sports car and a luxury flat in into therapy for ‘‘compulsive lying’’ ETHNIC to pull out of a key donor tle, Sir Paul McCartney — or at least say commentators, some of the dirt upmarket central London. and acquired a reputation for violent GROUPS conference next month in AFRICANS SURVEYED YAKUT his legal team — is apparently poised may stick. According to reports, the most and destructive behaviour every time Tokyo. to chorus all over again. The sexage- Allegations about the woman, to damaging claims come from Ros Ash- she split up with a lover. Asked if he had succeeded EUROPEANS MELANESIAN narian’s new wife is humiliatingly whom the Beatle breathed a roman- ley,a former ‘‘pleasure wife’’ for rich The programme reportedly shows in his mission Akashi said, and controversially dubbed a celebri- PAPUAN tic ‘‘Love me do’’ less than a year ago, Arabs, who says she introduced the Mills’s former sister-in-law describ- OCEANIA ‘‘Not yet. But I think there is ty-seeking gold-digger, ‘‘sometime are thought to remove the fairytale 18-year-old Mills to a number of ing her as ‘‘very destructive like a EAST ASIANS KARITIANA still room for discussion.’’ pleasure wife’’ to wealthy Arab busi- gloss of Sir Paul’s second marriage. wealthy Lebanese businessmen. praying mantis’’. The allegations are ‘‘I think they are interest- nessmen, compulsive liar and serial Acid-tongued observers say the TV This took the woman into an ill- understood to have incensed Sir MELANESIANS SURUI ed but they want to discuss fantasist. programme is very damaging. Some gotten world of casinos, luxury ho- Paul, whose lawyers have been in COLOMBIAN certain concerns they have Heather Mills McCartney,26 years say it may only show that a Beatle is tels and private jets. contact with Channel 4. The Beatle, with the government which AMERICAN MAYA younger than Sir Paul, and a former not meant to re-marry, following on Ashley tells the cameras that the who once jokingly used the well- INDIANS I’m transmitting to the Prime THE AMERICAS THE model, has reportedly been exposed from Lennon’s disruptive second future McCartney brides ‘‘ambition worn words of the song, ‘‘I love her PIMA Minister,’’ he told mediaper- by a series of former lovers, friends marriage and Paul’s controversial was to meet a wealthy man — yeah, yeah, yeah’’ to declare his love sons just before meeting PM and family in a TV documentary tele- union with Mills. whether Arab, English, Spanish, for Mills, married her in a 17th-cen- Source: Science The New York Times Ranil Wickremesinghe in cast on Wednesday night. The programme, titled ‘‘The Real whatever would give her wealth and tury Irish castle less than a year ago. Colombo. AFP
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16 Thursday,May 8, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Against the Grain Mission Rajasthan A THOUGHT FOR TODAY She is part of the BJP’s generation next, when it comes to providing drought assis- Bt Basmati’s Like Gilding the Lily which has taken over from the old guard tance. How will you ensure that the state, I’m saving the cow’s neck, while the BJP is seeking votes in a number of cowbelt states. But which is facing the fifth consecutive year by catching its tail. By Suman Sahai (or for that matter any crop) is going to Vasundhara Raje’s leadership is as yet of drought, gets its due share? be next to impossible to maintain under — Digvijay Singh in ‘India Today’ untried and untested. Parachuted into First, let’s be clear: The accusations Basmati rice and Darjeeling tea are perhaps Indian agricultural conditions, and it will Rajasthan to lead the BJP’s campaign in the made by Mr Gehlot and his partymen, India’s most easily identifiable premium entail large costs. Even if this were to be impending state elections, she is faced with a including the Congress party president, are products in the area of food. Basmati is a done, at the first hint of GM- non-GM mixing, party organisation that is faction-ridden and nothing but lies. As far as drought relief is Beef Stakes highly prized rice, its markets are growing which is bound to happen, consignments often overtly hostile to her leadership. She concerned, the Centre has treated Rajasthan The Great Indian Cow Debate looks like turning into and it is a high-end, expensive product in to Europe and other GM-sensitised markets spoke to Pratyush Kanth about the as a ‘sui generis’ case that is quite different the biggest myth of our times. Forget a healthy tussle the international market. Like Champagne will be rejected and India will lose the questions surrounding her new role: from all the other states in the country. between the two principal political parties, what’s wine and truffles from France, international assured market it has today for Basmati. It was sanctioned a total of 29.10 lakh MT happening here is competitive cow championship. The consumers treat it as a special, luxury Has anyone thought any of this through? Critics allege that you are being groomed of food grains during the worst months Bharatiya Janata Party says cow protection is at food. So does it make any sense at all to breed Have all those votaries of introducing as the future chief minister of Rajasthan of the drought — at the rate of 6-8 kg per a genetically modified (GM) Basmati, that disease resistance through the patented the centre of its ideological beliefs, and cites the Consti- under the tutelage of vice-president Bhairon family for 66 lakh families, even though the too a Bt Basmati, along the lines of Bt cotton? Bt route (now seen collapsing around our tution in support of enacting an anti-cow slaughter Singh Shekhawat. Is that true? total number of below poverty line (BPL) legislation. The Congress says in reality the BJP The Basmati traders would appear to have ears in the failure of India’s first GM/Bt This is a hypothetical question. I would families in Rajasthan is less than one-third doesn’t care for the cow,indeed that beef production has far more sense than the government of cotton harvest), thought of what will happen India and its scientific establishment in prefer to spend the present in concentrating this number. gone up under the NDA government. A Congress chief to farmers who grow Basmati and who this respect. R S Sheshadri of United on doing my job well, which is to strengthen The problem is not one of funds or minister in fact challenges the Vajpayee ministry to command assured prices, when their Riceland, the largest Basmati exporter to harvests find no buyers? and rejuvenate the party, and rid Rajasthan assistance or financial support. The money enact a Central law to ban cow slaughter. The idea is to of a weak, inefficient and incompetent Europe, has said in the Economic Times This idea of Bt Basmati is every bit as that has been given is being squandered in show up the BJP as a lesser advocate of the cow than the government in the coming assembly polls. that “Anything connected with GM is the crazy as the idea to introduce the Golden beautifying cities and urban centres and Congress. The BJP understands the game only too well The question of chief ministership will kiss of death for Basmati”. Rice technology into Basmati rice. Work on in giving doles to party MLAs for their and so accepts the challenge, hoping, in turn, that this Given the fact that there is fearsome arise much later. upkeep. As regards more aid for Rajasthan, will place the Congress in a difficult situation with the Golden Rice is being done with the goal of resistance to GM foods in Europe and in increasing the nutritional status of the Several senior BJP leaders in Rajasthan have we shall continue to press for the same. beef-eating population. For which read Muslims. Mean- other parts of the world, is it an intelligent poor, rice-dependent populations of the resented your appointment as state party chief, What is your reaction to VHP leader Praveen while, the subject of this non-controversy,the poor cow, act to ‘taint’ your Basmati with the GM label, world who usually have nothing more than calling you both “junior” and an “outsider”... Togadia’s arrest in Ajmer? Do you approve continues to live a life of abject indignity — forced to that too the Bt label? The Bt gene belongs to plain rice as their only food. Since rice is To such detractors, my answer is simple: of his distributing tridents and delivering forage for food in public places, the animal feeds on Monsanto, the company that is the most nutritionally a poor cereal, it is thought In our culture, after a girl gets married, inflammatory speeches? toxic wastes, including the often fatal plastic bag. visible target of the anti-GM lobby and, for that adding iron and vitamin A to it by she adopts her hus- The action of the Just what is the fuss all about? The move to GM protestors on the genetic modification would band’s native place Rajasthan govern- prohibit cow slaughter is hardly anything new. Mughal streets, symbolic of all that increase the nutritional as her own. My ment against Mr emperors like Babar, Akbar and Jehangir imposed a is wrong with GM crops. quality of rice. mother,the Rajmata, Q&A Togadia, while he selective ban on cow slaughter in a gesture of consi- Monsanto’s Bt approach The Golden Rice project was born in Uttar was engaged in a The action of the Rajas- deration for cow worshippers. Post-Independence, the has also been criticised as may or may not materialise Pradesh; yet, no one socio-religious pro- than government against Constitution incorporated the protection of cows and unsustainable. And the ultimately but to think that ever doubted her gramme in parts of Mr Togadia is an example other cattle in the directive principles of state policy. Indian scientific establish- people who buy Basmati credentials to repre- the state, is an of how democratic rights There was nothing religious about this injunction. With ment wants to deliver its at Rs 40 a kg are likely to sent Gwalior and example of how of individuals are being much sought after Basmati be in need of nutritional Guna in Madhya democratic rights the passage of time, though, the cow’s association with crushed in the most as a target of protest and fortification is absurd. Are Pradesh, from where of individuals are one community itself became the reason to target barbaric fashion. It re- rejection, to the anti-GM these the people threatened she won on numer- being crushed in other communities. There are two essential points to re- minds one of the ghastly group that is increasingly by night blindness that ous occasions. As far the most barbaric member here. One, it is perverse to view cow slaughter days of the Emergency. determining consumer as I am concerned, I Udayshankar fashion. It reminds from a communal angle. Besides Muslims, Christians Golden Basmati Rice is preference in the European supposed to be helping? got married into one of the ghastly and Buddhists, there are large sections among tribals and other selected markets. Dholpur, and after days of the Emer- and Dalits for whom beef is a staple. So, this is not a Should the diminishing Basmati rice is an upmarket product; agricultural research budget of India be marriage, Rajasthan is the only home that I gency. Mr Togadia came to Rajasthan Hindu-Muslim fight. Two, a Central ban on cow eaten largely by that section that is willing frittered away on nonsensical notions of the have known; this is my “karmabhoomi”. on a socio-cultural mission, which has slaughter is not binding on the states, which are free to and able to spend money on expensive foods. Golden Basmati Rice kind? Or should it be And it’s from Rajasthan that I have been going on for the last many years, adopt their own policies in this regard. Indeed, while a It is precisely this section, which is usually targeted at solving problems that real successfully contested one assembly and and under which almost four lakh trishuls number of Indian states do prohibit cow slaughter, better educated, has surplus money and farmers have in real fields? many parliamentary elections. Finally, even have been already distributed in various many don’t, and these include Kerala and almost all the no food security concerns, that is quite When will our science planners get it? if I am said to be a native of Madhya parts of the country. For us, his arrest north-eastern states. In other words, the Congress strongly opposed to GM crops. It is this sec- Basmati rice is an expensive, premium Pradesh, the distance between Rajasthan was about diverting the people’s attention and the BJP are fighting over a non-issue. For every tion that is both promoting and consuming product, which is doing well enough on its and Madhya Pradesh is much smaller than from the main issue of drought. We Digvijay Singh who pleads for a ban on cow slaughter, organic and natural foods by preference. own, without the scientific establishment that between Italy and India. will not allow the Gehlot government to there is another Congress chief minister who opposes Not surprisingly, the demand for brown, trying to queer the pitch every step of the You tried to continue as a Central minister do so. and can continue to oppose such a ban. Both can go unpolished Basmati is growing in this elite way. Every grain of Basmati rice is likely even after the party leadership had announced In Gujarat, the BJP tasted success after it their respective ways. So, where’s the beef ? consumer section of Europe. to find a market today. It will not if we the decision to send you to Rajasthan. Clearly, dispatched Narendra Modi from Delhi to So whom is the Bt Basmati targeted at? ruin the legend and perception of Basmati there was some hesitation on your part in replace the ageing Keshubhai Patel. In Who are supposed to be the consumers of in the international market. Can anyone making the transition... Madhya Pradesh, the party wants Uma Spreading Our Wings this premium rice? If the argument is that think of GM truffles? Premium wine-makers Let me only say that the decision on Bharati to take Sunderlal Patwa’s place. And GM is not an issue in West Asia, the other have outright rejected the notion of GM- who will be a minister in the government, in Rajasthan, are you being seen as Almost 20 years in the making, the newly unveiled large market for Basmati, and here Bt rice doctored wines that were designed to cut and for how long, is the sole prerogative Mr Shekhawat’s replacement? light combat aircraft (LCA) has been named Tejas would be acceptable, then that is an unten- out the hangover and were supposed to be of the prime minister. All I wish to My party, after a lot of thought, has taken (effulgence) by the prime minister. However, it is moot able argument. Once India is producing GM ‘healthier’. Premium products like special say is that all speculation about my a decision to field the younger generation in whether this is a moment of ‘tejas’ for the Defence Basmati rice, the concern in the European wines, truffles, and Basmati rice need to reluctance is motivated and a complete the coming elections, and to entrust the Research and Development Organisation. This is market will quite legitimately be whether be handled in a premium way. The aura distortion of truth. I remain a committed seniors with bigger challenges. We respect indeed the first time a high-tech combat aircraft has any ‘non-GM Basmati’ designated for them of exclusivity has to be maintained in order worker of the party. The moment I was that decision and hope to prove equal to been designed in India, by Indian technicians. And it is and that they are buying isn’t contaminated to keep the consumer captivated, and commanded to relinquish my post in Delhi the task. But we’ll continue to benefit from to be hoped that future aerospace development will be by GM Basmati? This leads us to the question the market vibrant and growing. The and move to Rajasthan, I did so without the experience of elders, whose sacrifices built on this foundation. But, as in the case of our of labelling and identity preservation of GM approach of Bt Basmati rice and Golden any hesitation. and contributions alone are responsible missile programmes, it has taken nearly two decades and non-GM crops. Basmati rice are about as wrong as you The Gehlot government has accused the for taking the party to the position it’s in to reach this goal. In his speech, the PM referred Segregation of GM and non-GM Basmati can get to achieving these goals. Centre of discriminating against the state today,in these states. approvingly to the development of the Brahmos missile — a joint Indo-Russian effort. He was highly critical of the various technology denial regimes instituted by the industrial nations. The PM’s remarks imply a sense Total Liberation: No of pragmatism, which has so far been obs-cured by the twin mantras of indigenous development and self- reliance. Except for the United States — and, to a much Place for Gender smaller extent, Russia — very few developed nations are By Andrew Cohen Cultivate Friends today in a position to design, develop and economically produce a modern aeronautical high-tech weapon We face many challenges the goal, which is freedom Behold the men who system on the basis of individual effort. Armaments on the path to liberation. from any fixed notion of self. can cure the evils that research and development is becoming increasingly We also have an ego to Our true self is free from have already befallen transnational and multinational discipline. deal with. I am often any notion of gender, from thee and who can guard thee from The LCA project was justifiably undertaken as an asked: ‘‘Are these challen- any sense of difference what- future ones; cultivate indigenous venture during the Cold War era. Even at gers different for men and soever. And in order to dis- for women? Or is the path thou their friendship that stage, it was possible to secure a minimal degree cover that self, which is our fundamentally the same for with ardour. of US support — including the GE engines — for the ‘‘natural state’’ or already both sexes? Shouldn’t there liberated condition, the It will be the rarest programme. The post-Cold War scenario, with increas- be different paths?’’ intense attachment to and of rare good fortunes ing globalisation, calls for radical rethinking about the Assuming that the goal identification with being a if thou canst secure to high-tech requirements of our armed forces. Now and is enlightenment, there is separate personality, inclu- thyself the devotion in the future: India must learn to participate in multi- only one path. Of course, ding its maleness or female- of men of worth. national armament ventures to meet its defence needs. there are fundamental differ- ness, has to be transcended. Thiruvalluvar, Indian defence R&D and production have to be strength- ences between men and The fact is that there The Kural 442-43 ened in order to be respected and accepted as partners women and, if we want to are men and women; gender ✥ in such joint enterprises. The private sector too should be free, these traits need differences do exist. But The Brotherhood be brought in, to play its requisite role. In other words, to be acknowledged and wanting to be free does of truth is one a whole new strategy has to be thought through; the deeply understood. not mean we have to deny in all ages: obsession with producing everything indigenously has CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS But once again, if the these differences. It is narrow men to be given up. Weapon systems like long-range missiles goal is our own perfect If we want to be free, who create sects, and nuclear warheads have necessarily to be developed minister of the state, she takes priority liberation here and now, we have to surrender our Let them not think indigenously,as there is no possibility of international Real-life Hero and precedence over cabinet ministers of what is important is not the emotional and psychological that the goods collaboration in this field. There are no signs that such Most citizens are convinced that the battle the Union within the state. Extraneous fact that these differences investment in being male Of this world can long-range strategic thinking on the future needs of our against corruption is invariably a losing reasons should not play a part in matters exist, but our unconditional or female, not the reality of shield them from evil defence forces has been initiated in South Block. This one. The bureaucrat-politician nexus repels of protocol. Someone should look willingness to face them the fact that our body is male Or its consequences. is precisely the kind of problem which the National the honest individual. In this context, one seriously into these aspects and take totally and in such a way or female. Because if we God’s truth and his Security Council should be addressing. Even as it appreciates the Time magazine’s choice of corrective measures. that they could never be deny anything that’s real or messenger can be an obstacle to true, we’ll never salutes the maiden flypast of Tejas. E Sreedharan, CEO, Delhi Metro Railway,as — Lt Gen C R Sampathkumar (Retd), known to all: for He in that goal. be free. one of the Asian heroes of the year. He was Bangalore His Mercy Has given appreciated for his successful stewardship However, if the The goal is to us faculties and Onions & Opinions and completion of the first phase of the spiritual path discover the natu- judgment, if we Would project within the stipulated time, and Tough Stance we’re pursuing is ral state, free but use them. Occasionally onions reveal a unique ability to influence from ego — free for keeping it corruption-free. The government deserves appreciation for not about total The Message is not opinions and policies, out of all proportion to their size, from the emotion- Mr Sreedharan stands like a beacon of taking a tough stand with the striking liberation, which New: all Creation easy availability and low precedence at the dining table al and psycholo- hope for others in their fight against Air-India pilots. It is difficult to comprehend means the tran- proclaims it: or in domestic budgets. You might consider it far- gical investment corruption. President Abdul Kalam why the pilots refused to fly to destinations scendence of all High Above all is fetched, but there is a link between onions and count- that creates self- recently observed that his Vision 2020 other pilots were flying. differences, but THE the Lord of down which has begun for assembly polls in four states, rather is about consciousness. may well end up a dream unless we rid The A-I pilots are just a pampered lot Glory Supreme! embracing our SPEAKING It would be including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, with society of corruption. who get into confrontational situations at A Yusuf Ali differences in the unself-conscious Maharashtra to follow soon thereafter. Veteran BJP — N K Suryanarayanan, Bangalore the drop of a hat. They must realise that TREE ✥ campaigners who know their onions, recall ruefully the form of gender — which means they can’t hold the nation to ransom in When a man realises time, five years ago, when they lost polls in these very consciousness in a deeper free from our usual not-so- this manner. that he is a beloved states, because they grossly ‘mis-underestimated’ the Amma is Right and more authentic way, subtle narcissistic identifi- — E J Samuel, Dharwad then of course the path will cation with our gender. We child of the Creator voters’ anger over high onion prices and the official I had the privilege of being the military be different for men and want to discover in every of all, then he is apathy. Once bitten, twice shy, and this time around, secretary to the president in my service. women — as will be its moment what the egoless, ready to see his party units in these states and Delhi are bending back- The order of precedence and protocol Envoy’s Well-being goal. And in this case, it which means unself-con- neighbours in the wards, even before the polls, to accommodate demands are laid down by the president’s It’s not known under whose pressure will be the very notion of scious, expression of gender world as brothers secretariat. I agree with the contention from consumers, onion-growers and political parties. Mr Vajpayee unilaterally announced the difference and the spiritual actually looks like. and sisters. of Ms Jayalalithaa (‘Due respect not Three districts in Maharashtra — Nashik, Jalgaon and talks with Pakistan in the face of mounting significance of that differ- What indeed would it Robert Runcie, accorded to me’, May 6). As the chief Dhule — are Asia’s (and India’s) largest onion-growing terrorist activities in the Valley.He also ence, that will define what look like? It would look Archbishop of areas. Elderly law-makers say it is a hardy annual in the announced the appointment of a high the path is all about. innocent. That means that Canterbury Maharashtra assembly,for instance, to have some stink From timesofindia.com commissioner to Pakistan. We have On a superficial level, our gender consciousness ✥ raised from the crunch of onion and opinions. Despite seen how our envoys have been treated in individuals have different would be free from the Alas! How should pungent comments that New Delhi does not know its Pakistan and Mr Vajpayee should also obstacles to overcome. But ego’s unsavoury motives — you govern have warned Pakistan to treat our onions, the NDA administration recently launched a Rs Height of Stupidity when we’re speaking about free from the need to domi- any kingdom, 8 crore project to help prolong the shelf-life of the ubiq- diplomats with dignity and honour and nate, control and seduce. The photo showing human rights transcending the ego and That know not how uitous onion. At Lasalgaon in Nashik district, where In- guarantee the well-being of the high What do you think this activists performing puja to eradicate leaping beyond the known, to use ambassadors. dia’s biggest onion market is located, the Bhabha Atom- commission staff. The government’s world would be like if the SARS virus (April 30) should have all human beings have to pay William Shakespeare, ic Research Centre has established its unit for onion responsibility does not end with the we never used our gender been captioned ‘the height of stupidity’. the same price. Henry VI irradiation, to give the controversial vegetable a longer appointment of the High commissioner; it differences to affirm the Even in this age, we rely on the gods must ensure that they are treated properly. Any spiritual path that separate ego? What would ✥ life span. Curiously,even 200 years ago, an English poet, to come to our rescue rather than puts too much emphasis Sydney, visualised this nuclear onion soup and wrote: — G C Pangarkar,Bangalore our relationships be like, International help ourselves. on notions of difference as men and women, if we “Let Onion atoms lurk within the bowl/ And half- Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page arbitration may be The participants should instead have is bound to inadvertently ceased to use our gender suspected, animate the whole”. The NDA government Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New strengthen the ego or defined as the stormed government offices to protest Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] differences to wield power elevated the garden variety of the vegetable (onion) to separate sense of self. substitution of many against negligence in containing the No. 109 Vol. 54. 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Project for tomorrow Rough weather Affordable service CEO of Snecma, Jean-Paul Bechat is Australian flag carrier Heather Lowry, president of Checkpoint implementing a future engine program Qantas was forced to issue Mailers is offering attractive rates: $6 for for Airbus A400M. This project was its second profit warning US and $12 for international given to an EU consortium EPI, within 6 weeks, as SARS destinations, to keep items of airline including French engine maker continue to hit international passengers in dropboxes and Snecma and Rolls-Royce of the UK passenger numbers mail them back
Selling rate: Currency notes Rupee Value US $: 47.80 UK £: 77.15 Euro: 54.65 S Fr: 37.15 Yen (100): 41.80 A $: 31.65 NZ $: 28.25 S $: 28.30 Saudi Riyal 13.15 UAE Dirham 13.40 Thai Baht(100) 113.40 Source: SBI, Mumbai
CRISIS OVER Cellular firms No private ground handling: Govt CONDITIONAL ACCESS reduce call rates By Byas Anand istry,’ sources said. The civil to security, we are also safe Ad revenues to TIMES NEWS NETWORK aviation ministry now intends Anti climax enough,” the foreign airlines TIMES NEWS NETWORK to hold a dialogue with Jet and had argued when the domestic come against the backdrop New Delhi: In a massive blow •Home ministry bars protests in Parliament on Sahara to smoothen matters carriers were allowed self New Delhi: Hutch and Air- to Jet Airways and Air Sahara, private airlines from airport go down by 50% Wednesday over the increase and work out a formula where- ground handling. The domestic tel subscribers in Delhi will the home ministry has spiked ground handling citing in BSNL, MTNL fixed phone in the interests of the private airlines were upset that their pay less for making outgoing civil aviation ministry’s propos- security concerns ost of the pay TV broadcasters tariffs, especially on account carriers are also taken care of. competitor airline Indian Air- calls, mainly on account of al to allow private domestic car- expect advertising revenues to of lower call duration when “We do not want a situation •Aviation ministry plans to lines would be in charge of drop by more than 50 per cent if the removal of toll charge of riers to continue ground han- M calling cellular and WLL-M where there will be massive job have dialogue with Jet, their ground activities, includ- Rs 1.20 that subscribers paid conditional access system (CAS) is imple- phones. dling work at airports. losses in the aviation industry. Sahara ing issue of boarding cards, for making calls to mented in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and On the other hand, cell op- This proposal had led to a ma- The ministry will try to work baggage handling, washing of Calcutta from July 15, 2003. fixed/WLL-M phones. They jor controversy with the foreign •Trained staff may be erators are fighting hard to out a formula wherein the incorporated in JVs of AAI, aircraft and departures. Over Rs 4,000 crore are spent by adver- won’t, however, enjoy free carriers upset at being left out. trained staff, who are currently Meanwhile, Singapore Air- calls that were available on stay competitve against A-I and IA tisers in the television media every year. “The home ministry felt that engaged in ground handling ac- lines (SIA) has revived its in- high-end, post-pay plans. WLL-M services being of- And, Over 40 per cent advertisers target there could be no compromise tivities, will be inducted in the vestment interest in India and Besides, the two operators fered tby Reliance and Tata viewers in four metros. with airport security. We can- new joint ventures being floated is considering joint ventures have decided to slash Indicom. Both companies, country.The business potential Broadcasters are working round the not allow private operators to by Indian Airlines, Air-India with both IA and A-I for the STD/ISD charges, which which are also STD/ILD in this sector is estimated at Rs clock to tackle a scenario of many TV handle ground activities on the and Airports Authority of India ground handling services. Sin- constitute about 15-18 per players, have bundled free screens going blank in the CAS regime, domestic airports while keep- 1,000 crore per annum. cent of their traffic. The re- long distance calls in the (AAI),” the sources added. gapore Airport Terminal Ser- with pay channels need to go through set- ing the international ground “For airports, both domestic duction is about 60 per cent. plans, These have, however, Close to 20,000 people and 40- vices (SATS), an SIA subsidiary, top boxes. ‘‘We are trimming costs. We been objected to by telecom handling with the government odd agencies are engaged in as well as foreign airlines are is carrying out separate due- will cut our marketing and promotion Going down regulator TRAI. firms. The proposal has been ground handling activities equal customers. If Jet Airways diligence exercises with IA and budgets by 50 per cent,’’ said Sameer Nair, ‘‘Our subsricbers will pay struck down by the home min- across all airports around the and Air Sahara are not a threat A-I for the ventures. COO, Star India Network. •Cell operators are about 30-35 per cent less on Star Plus, which tops in 48 of the 50 TV trying to cope with their bills,’’ said Rajiv Sawh- Reuters programmes in the AC Nielson TAM rat- competition from ney CEO of Hutch, Delhi. ings, has decided to cut programme budg- WLL-M services Airtel spokesperson put the ITC eyes snack ets. ‘‘We have told our producers that our reduction benefits from 12 to programming budget will be reduced by •Have reduced tariffs for 56 per cent depending on the 50 per cent. We also expect advertising to post paid and pre paid tariff plan and STD/ISD food segment drop significantly,’’said Nair.At the same customers charges. time, Star plans to relaunch Amitabh In largely similar plans of By Neera Bhardwaj Bachchan-hosted Crorepati in a new for- • New Airtel rates from the two operators, post-paid TIMES NEWS NETWORK mat for pay TV viewers. Friday, Hutch Thursday Content provider Balaji Telefilms will customers will have to pay New Delhi:ITC is getting serious about its Rs 0.40 to Rs 1.75 per minute be hit hard. It produces the blockbuster foods business. The company has decided to primetime programmes for Star Plus like The new Airtel rates — for (cell-to-cell) and from Rs 0.60 invade the snack food segment. new subscribers, pre-pay as to Rs 1.99 for cell-to- Kyunki. Balaji has 14 of the 20 top TV An exercise that began about two months shows to its credit and supplies content to well as post-pay — come into fixed/WLL-M phones. back with Bischips (baked wafer-thin wheat- effect from Friday. Hutch’s pre-pay subscribers Star, Sony and Zee, among others. based biscuits) on a health plank may soon However, Balaji Telefims is not panick- But those on the existing will now have to pay Rs 2.40 evolve into chips, bhujias and a variety of post pay plans would be mi- per minute for cell-to-cell ing. Company officials are confident to other snacking options. “We are looking at sail through CAS regime. ‘‘It is not going grated over the next few and Rs 2.80 for cell-to- every possibility and will not stick to the to impact us much as four metros consti- weeks, possibly on request. fixed/WLL-M calls. health plank alone,” says Ravi Naware, divi- tute only 6.4 million homes of the total 40 Hutch rates go effective from For cell to fixed and WLL- sional chief executive. million cable homes,’’ said a senior com- Thursday. M phones, STD calls will cost The division is planning to get into the In- pany official. Industry watchers estimate The pre-pay subsribers Rs 2.99 (inclusive of airtime) dian kitchens. “We are experimenting with only 0.5 million homes will opt for set-top form 80 per cent of Hutch a minute up to 500 Km and Rs a number of options like ready-to-eat food in boxes in four metros. customers, about 6,50,000 3.99 above that. the medium price range, branded hi-end and 75 per cent of Airtel’s Other broadcasters like Sony and Zee ISD calls have been spices and ready-to-cook pastes and are feeling the heat. ‘‘Advertisers are now about million. brought down to Rs 15.99 per Truck drivers in South Korea’s Dangjin and Pohang regions on Wednesday joined a strike de- masalas,” says Naware. All this comes after The cellular rate cuts manding higher transportation rates and improvement in regulations to protect labour rights. buying quarterly deals rather than sign- minute, across the board. ITC’s food division introduced gourmet ing annual contracts. With CAS, there ready-to-eat foods under the Kitchens of In- will be a drop in ads for pay channels ,’’ dia brand, entered the confectionery market said Apoorva Purohit, president, Zee TV. with Mint-O and Candyman and launched ‘‘But big advertisers will continue to tar- Government to write off Rs 92,000 cr tax arrears Ashirwad atta and salt. get audience in small cities.’’ By Piya Singh The Central Board of Di- a three-member committee of No option more than once, adding false- While the atta has already been launched Expecting chaos in the cable and satel- TIMES NEWS NETWORK rect Taxes (CBDT) has em- commissioners. ly to the outstanding amount out nationally, Naware says salt will be lite industry, big media buyers are going available all-India by June end. Mumbai: Owe a lakh or so to powered tax officials to write The government doesn’t •Carrying forward of of tax. ‘‘It’s clear that the Rs slow to sign new deals with pay channels. the income-tax (I-T) depart- off arrears under Rs one really seem to have a choice 93,000 crore arrears figure is “Mint-O is already available in 8-9 lakh Media buyers are continuing with old arrears over years is not outlets while our closest competitor (read: ment? For once, you may be lakh (specific limits have in the matter, as a large inflated,’’ said sources. deals and shying away in booking new making sense Polo) is there in only about 4 lakh outlets,” let off the hook. The finance been set according to the sen- number of records about Writing off these irrecov- ads. ‘‘We expect cable strikes and chaos. says Naware. The brand has already grown ministry has decided to write iority of officers) if they are the arrears are faulty or •Large number of erable arrears is the first step We are buying airtime, but with caution,’’ records of arrears are the market by about 60 per cent, he adds. said a media buyer. off a significant portion of unable to locate assessees af- incomplete. to a clean-up operation as Candyman, its children’s confectionery tax arrears—about Rs 92,000 ter checking with local police Addresses of assessees are incomplete CBDT is keen to computerise Industry observers said advertisers product, is doing well and more flavours will will increasingly focus on free-to-air crore—owed to the govern- stations, if there are no as- missing and names have the arrears records by June be added, he says. channels which will gain popularity dur- ment, as it has realised that sets to recover,or if there has been misspelt, among other these arrears are locked in this year. Tax officials all And, the food division plans to introduce litigation, making recovery ing the crisis. SAB TV and Sahara are this entire exercise of carry- been no response to notices errors, as the records have over the country will now be new offerings under the Kitchens of India sprucing up their channels to battle with difficult. There are also sev- ing forward these irrecover- sent by the department for a been copied and carried for- scanning records of arrears brand every two months. “We want to show- Star Plus, Sony and Zee. able arrears year after year sustained period. Arrears of ward for nearly two decades eral instances where de- and will make an attempt to case the best of cuisines from all over India N Vidyasagar does not make sense. Rs one lakh can be waived by now. And a large portion of mands have been raised track down large defaulters. under this range,” says Naware.
EXECUTIVE DIGEST CMC net profit up 10 per PeopleSoft plans centre NATIONAL McDowell joins hands with cent: Tata-owned IT services in Bangalore: PeopleSoft HDFC records 19% rise Rasna: UB’s Vijay Mallya is trying company CMC has recorded has announced it is expand- in net profit: Housing De- to make McDowell rum a popular profit rise of 10 per cent at Rs ing its presence in India by velopment Finance Corpora- drink in the summer. He has strikes 37 crore during the fiscal establishing a new, global im- tion Ltd (HDFC) has posted a a deal with Rasna to offer 2002-03, with a revenue in- plementation development 19.01 per cent rise in net rum-based crease of about 9 per cent at and support centre in Banga- profit at Rs 690.29 crore for cocktail coolers Rs 614 crore. Consolidated lore. PeopleSoft is partnering the financial year ended in two flavours revenues of CMC, which in- with Hexaware to establish March 31, 2003, compared to - lime and cludes wholly owned sub- the centre. The facility in India alfonso Rs 580.01 crore posted in sidiary BRI, were up at Rs 697 will offer a remote configura- mango. previous fiscal. The board has crore, up 5.4 per cent and tion capability, providing high- recommended a dividend of profits were up 85 per cent at quality service while driving Rs 11 per share. Income from Rs 36 crore. down the cost and time re- operations in FY-03 was high- quired for implementations er at Rs 2,967.32 crore as L&T in tie-up with Kobe and upgrades. As a result, against Rs 2,692.41 crore last Steel: Larsen & Toubro Ltd customers can implement year. For the fourth quarter, has entered into a technical PeopleSoft software faster net profit increased to Rs collaboration with Japanese and at a reduced cost. 239.19 crore while income engineering conglomerate from operations stood at Kobe Steel Ltd (KSL) for man- Diebold plans ATM Rs 789.17 crore. ufacturing of hydraulic tyre manufacturing base : The IDBI posts 5% fall in net curing presses. $1.5 billion US-based ATM manufacturer Diebold Inc is profit: IDBI recorded five per Oilmeal exports dip 58 considering a manufacturing cent fall in net profit at Rs 401 Ajit Ninan per cent: India’s oilmeal ex- base in the country. To make crore in 2002-03 as against Mirc Electronics plans Govt invites initial bids ports have registered a mas- the process of technology Rs 424 crore a year ago. The sive fall of 58 per cent last board has proposed a 15 per bonus issue: Mirc Electron- for SCI: Close on the heels transfer easy, the company ics Ltd will consider recom- of easing norms to attract for- month to 84,550 tonne has now bought out the entire cent dividend for the period. against 2.01 lakh tonne in However, as IDBI chief PP mending a dividend and issue eign bidders in the disinvest- 50 per cent stake from its In- April 2002 owing to lesser Vohra pointed out that the re- of bonus shares at a board ment of Shipping Corporation dian joint-venture partner, produce available for structuring has started yield- meeting scheduled to be held of India, government has in- HMA Data System, to make ing result, the institution regis- on May 29. The board also vited rebids for offloading 51 crushing. According to the Diebold HMA Private Limited tered a 15 per cent growth in would consider adoption of per cent stake in the national latest data released by a wholly-owned subsidiary. Q4 net profit to Rs 209 crore annual accounts for the year flag carrier to a strategic part- Solvent Extractors Associa- MD Gavin G Cushman said as compared to Rs 182 crore ended March 31, 2003, MEL ner along with management tion, exports of soyameal that the annual demand for a year ago. said in a release. control. have less than halved to ATMs in India would be in the 49,500 tonnes in April. range of 6,000.
stores, $2 billion in financing but it forecast flat earnings from June 17-20, Stephen INTERNATIONAL and a new management ahead due to softening Tan, CEO of SES, said. team. During the 15 months it demand in North America. Meanwhile, MTA2003 has Kmart emerges from spent under bankruptcy court The world’s No. 2 motorcycle been rescheduled to Septem- Chapter 11 bankruptcy: protection from creditors, maker said on Wednesday ber 9-13 from its original date Kmart Corp, the largest U.S. Kmart closed nearly 30 per that its group operating profit of May 20-24, 2003. retailer ever to file for bank- cent of its 2,100 stores, cut for the year to March 31 ruptcy, officially emerged from more than 60,000 jobs, re- jumped 82 per cent to 67.68 Chapter 11 on Tuesday, a placed its top executives and billion yen ($75.6 million). ET INSTA POLL company spokesman said. its board of directors, and Net profit surged 168 per cent The third-largest U.S. dis- Yesterday’s results: swapped most of its debt for to 25.56 billion yen on a Would you rather have lower count retailer, which filed for equity. It also lined up new seven per cent rise in sales airfares or better service? bankruptcy in January 2002, investors, led by hedge fund to 1.01 trillion yen. emerges with 600 fewer ESL Investments Inc. Better service Lower airfares Singapore cancels tech 36% 63% Yamaha posts record Doug Daft, chairman and fairs due to SARS: Singa- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users profit, outlook cautious: CEO of the Coca-Cola pore Exhibition Services who chose to participate, and not necessarily of Japanese motorcycle maker Company, applauds after (SES), organiser of Broadcas- the general public. Yamaha Motor Co sped to lighting of a replica of the tAsia and CommunicAsia, has Today’s question: Should we do record profits in the past year Coca-Cola sign that stood decided to forego the 2003 business with Pakistan despite cross-border terrorism? thanks to strong sales in the from 1932-1981 in down- edition of the events which fast-growing Asian market, town Atlanta on Tuesday. were scheduled to take place Log on to: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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Gail (I) 80.45, 81, 79.55, 80 108.85 Pfizer 338.90, 339.70, 336, 337.10 Tata Power 121.75, 120 28.80, 28.80, 28, 28.60 80, 83.50, 79.15, 80.05 113.80, 114.90, 108.50, 108.95 355.95, 355.95, 335, 337.50 123.50, 123.50, 119.85, 120.05 Ahmed.Elect. 50.20, 49 GE Shipping 43, 42.50, 42.60 Ingersoll R 212.10, 216, 210.50, Philips (I) 96.35, 98, 97.60 Tata Tea 201.70, 208.90, 207.75 50.25, 50.30, 49.10, 49.15 43, 43, 42.50, 42.65 211.15 Pidilite Ind 227.25, 228, 226.55, 200.10, 209, 200.10, 207.70 Ahmednagar F 27.50, 27.40, 30.05 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Sensex down 12 points Geometric So 412, 417, 391, 392.60 210.95, 217.75, 210.95, 214.10 226.90 Tata Telcom 107, 107.50, 103.65, 27.50, 30.25, 27.15, 29.85 411, 417, 390, 392.30 IPCL 82, 82.80, 81, 81.85 228, 229.75, 227.75, 227.90 104.85 Ajanta Pharm 28, 32.95, 27.35, 28.35 1075 3600 Mumbai: Late profit-selling wiped out early gains and cut short a German Remed 203.60, 202.15, 208 81.55, 82.70, 81.40, 81.90 Polaris Soft 128.90, 131, 127.15, 107, 108, 103.20, 104.50 27.55, 28.50, 27.50, 27.85 204.25, 205, 202.60, 202.70 ITC 685, 688.20, 671.05, 673.80 130.10 TELCO 160.40, 161.45, 158.10, Aksh Optifib 14.50, 14.10 1050 3500 six-session rally at the Bombay Stock Exchange, pushing down the Gillette (I) 324.35, 332, 328.10 680, 688.40, 671.50, 676 128.40, 131.25, 127.05, 129.85 161.05 13.60, 14.40, 13.60, 14.15 327, 333, 326.50, 327.25 ITI 16.25, 15.65, 15.70 Pun.Tractors 130.75, 132.95, 131.75 157, 161.50, 157, 161 Albert David 23.75, 23.65, 24.20 3400 Sensex by 12.26 points to close at 2980.74, but the outlook appears GlaxoSmith.C 215.90, 220.80, 16.30, 16.40, 15.65, 15.75 134, 134, 131, 131.50 Thermax 150, 152, 148.15, 149.15 Albright & W 218, 205.05 1025 favourable for a fresh turnaround on Thursday. 220.10 J&K Bank 153, 157, 151.50, 155.35 Ranbaxy Lab. 678, 680, 663, 666.85 150.85, 153, 149.50, 149.65 Alembic 182.50, 182.90, 176.75, 3300 216, 220.80, 216, 220.20 152, 157.10, 151.95, 155.45 665, 680.90, 662, 665.40 Thomas Cook 195.25, 197.20, 194, 181.90 1000 Tuesday’s glamour old-economy shares attracted profit-booking GlaxoSmith.P 333.40, 327.10, 331.40 Jaiprakash I 32.10, 35.10, 31.70, Raymond 93, 94, 92.25, 92.45 194.10 183.75, 183.75, 177, 182.20 3200 330, 332.80, 325, 331.65 33.90 91.75, 93.25, 91.75, 92.65 196, 197.40, 195, 195.35 Alfa Laval 257.50, 259.50, 257, 258 975 at higher levels and finished with losses.Some of the public sector GNFC 30, 31.15, 30.60 30.05, 35.40, 30.05, 33.90 RCF 26.05, 26.70, 25.30, 25.60 TISCO 136, 136.40, 133.10, 133.85 258.05, 258.05, 254, 255.15 3100 30.95, 31, 30.30, 30.60 JB Chemical 156, 157, 151.50, 26.35, 26.75, 25.30, 25.55 136.15, 136.30, 133.10, 133.80 Alka (I) 0.25 945.40 950.15 undertaking (PSU) shares, which were in the limelight at initial 950 2975.47 2980.74 Grasim Inds. 357, 366, 364.15 152.25 Rel Capital 53.20, 53.25, 52.50, Titan Inds. 56.25, 52.05, 52.35 Alkyl Amines 20.05, 21, 20.10 3000 stages, reacted downwards on profit-booking by local institutional 355, 365.50, 351.50, 364.50 156.80, 157.50, 151.10, 151.75 52.65 55.50, 56.40, 52, 52.30 Allahabad Bk 16.70, 16.80, 16, 16.05 951.85 GSFC 17.20, 17.25, 16.70, 17.10 Jindal Steel 402, 407, 381.10, 53.50, 53.50, 52.30, 52.55 TN Newsprint 41.35, 41.50, 40.60, 16.75, 16.80, 16, 16.05 925 2900 investors, a dealer said. 17.35, 17.50, 16.60, 17 382.80 Reliance Ind 268.80, 270, 264.90, 40.75 Alok Inds. 11.45, 11.50, 11.30, 11.40 2993.00 Petrochem giant RIL, the most heavy weighted share, bore the GTL 62.25, 62.90, 61.05, 61.30 403, 405.80, 380.10, 383.85 265.35 41.10, 41.50, 40.50, 40.75 11.45, 11.50, 11.25, 11.40 62.40, 62.90, 61.05, 61.35 Kochi Refin. 69.50, 71.20, 68, 68.60 266.40, 268.75, 265, 265.55 TN Petro 22.70, 22.90, 22.60, 22.65 Alps Inds. 17.10, 22 900 2800 brunt of heavy selling on news that a Delhi court has issued sum- Guj.Amb.Cem. 171.40, 172, 167.60, 69.90, 71.30, 68.75, 69 Rolta (I) 59.25, 59.50, 58.05, 58.40 22.90, 22.90, 22.55, 22.65 21.85, 21.85, 17.50, 17.95 MAY 5 MAY 6 MAY 7 MAY 5 MAY 6 MAY 7 mons to Reliance group chairman Mukesh Ambani and its man- 171.05 Kotak Mah.Bk 145, 142.35, 142.90 59.40, 59.45, 58, 58.40 Torrent Phar 170.50, 167.05, 168 Alstom 27.55, 28, 26.70, 27.35 169.90, 171.50, 167.30, 170.75 143.10, 145, 142.20, 143.10 SAIL 9.40, 9.60, 9.30, 9.35 170.95, 174.45, 167.50, 168.05 Amara Raja B 59.75, 58.55, 58.95 -0.17% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING -0.40% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING aging director Anil Ambani and asked them to appear before it on Guj.Gas Co. 385, 389, 378, 379.10 L&T 204.90, 206.95, 201.80, 204.55 9.35, 9.60, 9.25, 9.30 Trent 160, 160.50, 158, 160.05 59.95, 60.90, 58.65, 59 399, 399, 378, 380.45 205, 207, 201.75, 204.50 Satyam Comp 166.65, 172.50, 171 158.35, 160.40, 158.20, 159.50 Ambica Agarb 35.40, 38.10, 33.15, May 26 in connection with a case pertaining to alleged procure- Guj.Mineral 89.85, 90, 88.15, 89.05 LIC Hsg.Fin. 84.95, 85, 81.05, 81.65 167.95, 172.80, 166.70, 170.75 TVS Electron 63, 63.30, 61.90, 63.05 36.05 ment of classified government documents by the company officials 90, 90.70, 88.70, 89.15 84.60, 85.55, 81.25, 81.85 Saw Pipes 83.30, 84.50, 79.35, 63.75, 63.75, 61.90, 63.15 Ambuja Cem.R 3.20 HCL Infosys. 95.75, 96.95, 93.55, LML 30.60, 30.90, 30.10, 30.15 80.20 TVS Motor Co 451, 453.95, 448.50, 3.20, 3.25, 3.15, 3.20 17.50 Elecon Engg. 8.65, 8.95, 8.65 43, 43.50, 42.60, 43.05 in violation of Official Secrets Act. 94.30 30.75, 30.80, 30.05, 30.25 83, 84.65, 79.80, 80.40 451.05 Amex Info. 13.10, 13.50, 13, 13.45 17.70, 17.75, 17.20, 17.45 Elect.Kelvin 8.05, 8.10, 7.90 Hind.Spg &Wg 7.95, 8.75 96.65, 96.65, 93.35, 94.25 Lupin 165.30, 167.20, 162.70, SBI 288, 290.15, 284.55, 285.25 445.05, 455, 445, 446.90 Amforge Inds 21.60, 21.50, 22.20 Bannari Aman 98.25, 93, 93.60 Electro.Cast 245.50, 248.50, 244.25, Hitachi Home 21.50, 21.85, 21.50 The BSE-30 share sensitive index opened slightly lower at HCL Techno. 142.20, 142.85, 138, 163.45 288, 290.20, 284.55, 285.45 United Phosp 157, 144.55, 146.20 Amrutanjan 64.95, 63.25, 64.90 95.45, 95.45, 95.45, 95.45 247.30 21.75, 22, 20.80, 21.60 2988.18 as against Tuesday’s close of 2993.00 and immediately 138.95 166.90, 167.25, 162.60, 163.10 Shipp.Corpn. 73.10, 70.05, 70.15 157.80, 157.80, 144.30, 147.55 Amtek 44, 44.85, 43.25, 43.50 Bayer (I) 945, 942 243.50, 251.50, 242.10, 247.75 Honda SIEL P 123.90, 118.95 141.50, 143, 138.05, 138.85 M&M 119, 116.50, 118.30 72.65, 73, 70.05, 70.25 UTI Bank 47.25, 43.50, 44.80 Amtek Auto 191.45, 194.50, 191.15, Bayer ABS 73.25, 70.50, 70.80 Elgi Equip 23.50, 22.50, 22.70 119.90, 120.50, 118.50, 118.50 touched a high of 3003.00 on sustained buying.However, late off- HDFC 347, 348.95, 322, 326.80 119, 119, 116.55, 118.45 Shyam Teleco 35.30, 33.50, 33.90 49, 49, 44, 44.85 191.55 71.25, 71.90, 70, 70.40 23.05, 23.40, 22.75, 22.85 Hotel Leela. 15.85, 16.35, 16.05 347.25, 348.50, 322.50, 326.40 Marico Inds 159, 155.25, 155.30 32.80, 34.65, 32.80, 33.90 Videocon Int 24.90, 24.05, 24.15 Andrew Yule 14, 15.40, 14.95 Bayer Diagno 199.95, 193, 195 Elgitread (I 154.55, 155.50, 154.50, 15.40, 16.25, 15.40, 16.10 loading by institutional investors and operators pulled down the HDFC Bank 246, 248, 243.75, 246.45 157.95, 157.95, 155, 155.60 Siemens 331, 332, 326.75, 329.95 24.60, 24.85, 24.10, 24.15 Ankur Drugs 6.75, 7.05, 6.40 Berger Paint 72.25, 72.95, 72.35 155.10 248, 248.50, 243.25, 245.80 Mascot Systm 98, 100.25, 96.05, 333, 333.85, 327.05, 330.35 Vijaya Bank 18.55, 17.65, 17.70 Ansal Prop. 10.80, 10 72, 73, 71.75, 72.75 Elpro Inter 18.90, 18.10, 19.30 I Sensex to a low of 2978.54 before concluding at 2980.74, a fall of 0.41 Hero Honda 210, 214.75, 207.50, 96.85 Silverline T 6.40, 6.55, 6.30 18.55, 18.55, 17.50, 17.70 AP Paper 40.50, 43, 42.95 BF Utilities 7.30, 8, 7.25, 7.75 Emco 30, 29, 29.05 per cent.The BSE-100 index also eased by 2.40 points to end at 212.80 97, 100.80, 95.05, 96.75 SKF Bearing 45.50, 45.80, 44.25, Visual Soft 144, 146.50, 141.50, Apcotex Lat. 28, 29.05, 27.95, 28.90 Bhansali Eng 6.55 Encore Soft 11.60, 10 i-flex Solu 863, 874, 853.50, 860.95 211, 214.50, 207.15, 213.30 Mastek 316.95, 320.40, 313.60, 44.60 142.15 29.80, 29.80, 28.50, 29.50 Bharat Bijle 160, 167.50, 166.60 Eonour Tech. 3.80, 3.40, 3.55 850, 874.30, 840, 861.95 1499.53 from previous close of 1501.93. (PTI) Hexaware Tec 104.50, 105, 101.55, 314.75 45.80, 46, 44.10, 44.85 145.90, 146.65, 141.55, 142.25 Aplab 18.25, 18.45, 18.20, 18.40 Bharat Hotel 27.45, 27.80, 27.45, Epic Enzymes 6.25, 6.30, 6.25 IFCI 4.10, 4.05, 4.15 101.75 316.20, 320.60, 313.35, 315.05 Sonata Soft. 12.85, 12.95, 12.50, VSNL 81, 82.80, 80.15, 80.90 Aptech 31.40, 31.90, 31, 31.25 27.80 Esab (I) 34.50, 34.80, 34.10, 34.45 4.15, 4.15, 4.05, 4.10 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in 104.95, 104.95, 101.15, 101.80 Mastershare 10.30, 10.35, 10.30 12.60 81, 82.50, 80.10, 81 31.65, 32.40, 31.20, 31.25 Bharat Rasay 24.10, 24.10, 24.10, 34.05, 35, 34, 34.25 IL&FS Invt.M 18.50, 18.75, 18.20, italics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s Him.Fut.Comm 21.55, 22.10, 20, 21 10.30, 10.35, 10.30, 10.35 12.95, 12.95, 12.50, 12.55 Whirlpool 18.70, 19.25, 18.50, 19.10 Archies 47, 46.20, 46.90 24.10 ESI 16.10, 15.20, 17 18.70 21.50, 22.05, 19.85, 21 Max (I) 69.20, 67.50 SPICE 30.40, 30.80, 29.80, 30.40 18.80, 19.25, 18.35, 19.15 48, 48, 45.10, 46.60 Bhartiya Int 21.95 15.75, 16.05, 14.80, 15.55 18.45, 18.60, 18.45, 18.45 opening, high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls Hind Lever C 163, 164.90, 161.25, 69, 69, 67.15, 67.40 SSI 65.40, 65.95, 64.25, 64.70 Wipro 920, 939.90, 916.50, 919.65 Arvind Rem. 3.55, 3.60, 3.40, 3.45 21.45, 21.45, 21.35, 21.35 Eskay K’N’It 2.80, 2.90 Ind.Swift 54, 50.90, 51.40 below its “last offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. 161.90 Mcdowell Co. 40, 39.10, 39.20 66.40, 66.45, 64.15, 64.50 923.25, 940, 916.55, 919.85 3.45, 3.55, 3.45, 3.50 Bhushan Stl. 27, 27.50, 26.40 Essar Oil 4.70, 4.95, 4.65, 4.90 Ind.Swift La 16.50, 15.15, 15.55 164, 164, 162.50, 162.85 39.75, 39.75, 39, 39.25 STC India 88, 87.10 Wockhardt 337, 338.25, 334, 336 Asahi (I) Gl 45.60, 47, 46.55 BI 67, 70.35, 70.05 Essar Ship. 5.95, 5.70, 5.85 16.90, 16.90, 15.30, 15.50 BSE SPECIFIED 40.70, 41, 40, 40.80 508, 526.90, 497.10, 502.95 Hind.Oil Exp 17.75, 17.95, 17.55, Merck 230.60, 230.50, 233.95 88.85, 88.90, 87, 87.75 336, 337.50, 333.50, 336.75 42.10, 50, 42.10, 46.60 Bihar Caustc 15, 14.25, 14.75 Essar Steel 7, 7.10, 6.95, 7 India Foils 5.15, 5.05 Bank of Baro 88.95, 89.35, 86.60, Colgate 132.80, 130.60, 132.50 17.90 230, 233.95, 229.50, 232.40 Zee Telefilm 82.70, 83.60, Ashapura Min 91, 93.45 Bimetal Bear 105, 108 7, 7.10, 6.95, 7 5.20, 5.50, 4.95, 5.10 & NSE INDEX 87.30 131.15, 133.05, 130.10, 132.70 17.60, 18, 17.60, 17.90 MIRC Electr. 383, 385, 381.80, 80.50, 80.70 Ashima 13, 12.50, 13 Binani Inds. 12.25, 12.85 ETC Networks 47, 47.20, 45.05, India Gelat. 12.75, 12.80 89.20, 91.90, 86.60, 87.25 Container Co 255, 256.50, 253.80, Hind.Zinc 19.30, 18.80, 18.90 383.80 82.60, 83.70, 80.50, 80.75 12.50, 12.60, 12.05, 12.60 Biopac (I) 3.70 45.15 India Glycol 41.75, 42.40, 40.80, ABB 321, 325, 317, 319.05 Bank of Ind. 44.80, 45, 43.05, 43.20 255.10 Hindalco 631, 632, 630, 631.15 366, 382.90, 363.50, 381.05 Zensar Tech. 72.40, 70.05, Ashok Ley.Fn 54.20, 53.05, 53.15 Birla Corp. 14.90, 16.30, 16.05 Eternit Ever 38, 38.40, 37.60, 37.75 42.10 306, 322.25, 306, 318.90 44.90, 44.90, 43, 43.15 254.15, 256, 253.60, 255.05 626.50, 632, 626.50, 631.05 Moser-Baer 283.95, 277.05, 70.15 54, 54.10, 52.75, 53.50 15, 16.35, 14.80, 16.15 37, 38.90, 37, 37.45 India Gypsum 18, 20 Abbott (I) 261, 262.40, 259.10 BASF 97.75, 97.85, 95.50, 95.85 Corpn. Bank 154.80, 154.90, 150.10, Hinduja TMT 194.55, 186.60, 187.65 280.05 72, 72, 70.20, 70.45 Asian Elect. 23, 23.25, 22.60, 22.90 Birla Eric. 9.60, 10.10, 9.50, 9.85 Eurotex Inds 9.10, 9.50 19.20, 19.95, 19.20, 19.95 ACC 134.20, 135, 131.70, 132.35 97.50, 97.50, 95.60, 95.85 151.20 194, 194.80, 186.50, 187.70 284, 284, 277, 280.05 23, 23.15, 22.35, 22.90 10, 10, 9.45, 9.70 9.25, 9.40, 9.10, 9.15 India Nippon 185, 180, 184.70 133, 134.30, 131.70, 132.30 Bata (I) 27.30, 27.45, 27.20 159, 159, 151, 151.85 HLL 138, 140.55, 137.65, 138.10 Mphasis BFL 572, 553.30, B1 - GROUP Asian Hotels 75, 75, 74.75, 75 Birla Glob.F 12, 12.35, 11.80, 12.05 Eveready Ind 13.80, 14.40, 13.70 185, 185, 185, 185 Adani Export 125.05, 126, 123.50, 27.45, 27.50, 27, 27.10 Crompton Gr. 61.25, 61.50, 58.30, 137.80, 140.85, 137.40, 138.10 553.45 Assam Co. 11.15, 10.85, 10.95 11.65, 11.75, 11.50, 11.70 13.75, 14, 13.60, 13.90 India Online 3.95, 3.05, 3.30 123.85 Bh.Earth Mov 73.10, 75.25, 71.95, 58.55 HMT 17.95, 18.60, 17.60, 17.65 565, 569.90, 552.40, 555 3 Astrazen.Ph. 342.50, 342.30 Birla Yamaha 14.75, 14.40, 14.55 Excel Inds. 73.50, 65.80, 68.80 India Polyfi 2.50, 3, 2.90 124, 126, 122, 123.85 72.15 61.50, 61.60, 58.35, 58.85 17.95, 18.60, 17.50, 17.65 MRF 1075, 1045, 1049 345, 345, 345, 345 BITS 0.45, 0.35, 0.40 68, 68.90, 65.10, 66.60 Indian Card 40 Adlabs Films 45.15, 46.15, 44.25, 73.95, 75.35, 71.80, 72.20 Cummins (I) 63, 61.50, 62.50 HPCL 300.10, 303.40, 294.30, 1140, 1140, 1041, 1053.10 3M India 300, 301, 300 Atcom Techno 7.85, 8.25, 8.15 BLB 3.30, 4, 3.30, 3.40 39.10, 40.95, 39.05, 40.10 44.70 Bharat Elect 259, 252.05, 253.95 63.50, 63.50, 61.50, 62.50 294.95 MTNL 96.55, 98.90, 97.50 300, 301, 300, 300.10 8.10, 8.25, 8.05, 8.10 Blow Plast 12, 11.80, 12 F Indian Hume 618, 618, 618, 618 43.30, 45.65, 43.30, 44.65 256, 257.40, 252.10, 254.30 D-Link (I) 52, 50.50, 50.95 301.15, 304.90, 294.20, 295.20 97, 99, 96.65, 97.45 Atlas Copco 295, 280.05, 289.65 Blue Dart Ex 60.30, 61.30, 60, 60.05 Indian Resor 42.70 Bharat Forge 275, 276.60, 271.10, 52, 52, 50.70, 51 61.50, 61.50, 60.40, 60.80 FAG Bearings 51.20, 52, 50.65, 51.85 Indian SeamM 9.05, 8.50, 9 Alstom Proj. 64.20, 64.90, 62.60, Hughes Soft. 214.90, 223.30, 212.50, Mukta Arts 51.90, 49.50, 49.85 A Atlas Cycles 64.55, 66 51.50, 51.60, 51.10, 51.40 63.15 272.85 Dabur (I) 37.85, 37.90, 36.50, 36.65 214.65 50.60, 51.75, 49.50, 49.90 64.80, 65.90, 64.80, 65.20 Blue Star 92.95, 90.50, 91.80 Indo Gulf Fe 45.45, 48.85, 45.30, 279.40, 279.40, 270, 272.90 37.10, 37.50, 31, 36.70 A Sarabhai 3.60, 3.85, 3.70 91, 92, 91, 91.30 FCGL Inds. 1.80, 1.85 48.55 65.85, 65.85, 62.50, 63.30 215.30, 223.65, 212.55, 215.40 National Alu 90, 92.30, 88.40, Atul 32.65, 34, 33.10 FCI OEN Con. 75, 72.75, 72.85 Andhra Bank 33.95, 34.05, 32.30, 33 Bharti TeleV 34, 33.20, 33.50 Digital Glob 559.90, 616, 555.25, IBP 218, 223.50, 222.25 89.75 Aarti Drugs 28.15, 29.50, 33.10, 33.90, 33.10, 33.65 Blue Star In 120.80, 115.05, 115.75 45.70, 49, 45.60, 47.75 34, 34, 33.15, 33.50 599.95 28.10, 28.55 119.30, 119.50, 113.90, 115.50 70.95, 79.40, 70.95, 73.10 Indo Mat.Car 74.90, 73.90, 74 34.50, 34.50, 32.45, 33 219, 223, 218.75, 221.15 90, 93.40, 88.25, 89.95 Auto Axles 90.90, 91, 88.50, 90 FCL Techno. 22.75 Apollo Hosp. 103.10, 104.25, 101, BHEL 238.25, 246.30, 244.85 559.80, 609, 555.80, 597.25 ICI (I) 126, 130, 127.80 Nestle (I) 532, 540, 530, 539.75 Aarti Inds. 61.50, 61 Avanti Feeds 20.80, 21.40, 21 BOC 27.50, 26.15, 26.50 Indo Nationl 345.75, 345, 355 242, 246.20, 241.80, 244.65 Dr.Reddy’s 876, 879, 864.50, 875.90 60.10, 61.95, 60.10, 61 27.25, 27.40, 26.05, 26.85 21.95, 23.50, 20.50, 21.75 345, 355, 345, 355 101.20 128.05, 129.90, 127.50, 127.95 529.50, 540, 528, 539.50 Avery (I) 18.20, 18.40, 17.60, 17.75 FDC 28.15, 27.50, 28 103.90, 104.30, 100.75, 101.25 Bombay Dyein 44, 52, 51 875.10, 880, 865, 875.50 ICICI Bank 121.50, 122.25, 119.25, Neyveli Lign 31.60, 32.55, Aarvee Denim 8.50, 10.25, Avon Organic 36.25, 35, 35.25 Bombay Burma 38.30, 38.05 Indo Rama Sy 27.25, 27.35, 26.70, Apollo Tyres 126.90, 127.85, 123.10, 51.20, 52.15, 50.50, 50.75 Dredging Cor 279, 250, 268.15 8.75 38.05, 38.50, 38.05, 38.50 27.70, 28, 27.20, 27.75 26.90 121.15 30.80, 30.95 Fert.&Chem-T 25.20, 26.20, 25.75 123.95 BPCL 248.30, 253.40, 246, 249.90 e-Serve Intl 517, 521.95, 501.35, 121, 122.25, 119.30, 121.15 31.60, 32.50, 30.75, 31 Aban Loyd 137.50, 142, B Bongaigaon R 22.30, 22.60, 21.25, 27.05, 27.35, 26.60, 26.80 126.90, 128, 123.30, 123.90 246, 252.85, 246, 250.50 519.05 139.35 21.40 26.90, 26.90, 25.30, 25.95 Indraprast.M 12.10, 12.10, 11.75, IDBI 17.55, 18.35, 17.05, 17.30 Nicholas Pir 245, 250, 242.25, First Leasin 19.90, 19.50, 19.70 Arvind Mills 27, 27.30, 26.20, 26.25 Britannia 510, 560, 549.80 515.50, 524.85, 500, 517.30 18.10, 18.35, 17.05, 17.25 244 139.75, 139.85, 138, 139 Bajaj Auto F 53, 54, 52.55, 52.85 22.45, 22.50, 21.35, 21.50 11.80 27.25, 27.40, 26.20, 26.30 510, 550, 510, 547.50 EIH 156, 160.75, 160.05 ABC Bearings 6.25, 6.15, 6.50 53, 54.30, 52.05, 53 BPL 23.90, 24, 22.65, 22.80 19.95, 20, 19.50, 19.50 Indus.Inv.Tr 16.50, 17 IDBI Bank 24, 24.10, 23.30, 23.40 246.65, 247.90, 242.50, Flat Product 37.40, 36, 36.25 Ashok Leylan 107, 108.30, 104.20, BSES 219, 216.10, 216.40 161.90, 161.90, 156, 156.60 24.25, 24.25, 23.25, 23.35 244.10 ABG Heavy In 12, 12.35, Bajaj Elec. 22 24, 24, 22.55, 22.90 Indusind Bnk 20, 20.05, 19.50, 19.75 105.85 215, 219.35, 215, 216.60 Engineers (I 268.75, 272, 265, 11.85, 11.90 Bajaj Hindus 71 BPL Engg. 3.90, 4.10, 3.90 Flex Enginer 10.75, 9.90, 10 19.80, 20, 19.40, 19.90 India Cement 14.90, 15.45, 14.50, NIIT 132, 133.55, 126.05, 127.30 Sterl.Biotec 47, 44.20, 44.65 9.85, 10.45, 9.80, 10.25 108, 108.50, 104.20, 105.45 Cadila Healt 120.50, 121.40, 118.50, 269.95 15.05 134.80, 134.80, 125.10, 127.10 46, 46, 44.25, 44.75 Abhishek Ind 6.30, 6.35, 6.20 69.50, 69.50, 69.50, 69.50 4, 4, 3.90, 3.95 ING Vysya Bk 241.50, 241.95, 240, Asian Paints 340, 338.05, 344 119.30 264.50, 271.20, 264.45, 269.50 6.40, 6.50, 6.15, 6.25 Bajaj Tempo 102.25, 104, 98.15, Brijlax. Le. 104.50, 103.90, 104.50 Flex Foods 5.90, 6, 5.75 240.90 14.60, 15.50, 14.50, 15.10 Nirma 278, 279, 274.50, 278.05 Sterl.Optica 31.60, 31.75, 30.30, Flex Inds. 18.20, 18.50, 17.85, 18 341, 345, 340, 343.80 119.55, 120.05, 118, 119.20 Escorts 39, 40.20, 39.70 Indian Alumi 120 269, 278.75, 269, 277.60 30.50 Adam Comsof 4.90, 4.95, 4.10 99.95 BSEL Inform. 9.80, 9.80, 9.80, 9.80 243, 244.75, 240.10, 240.70 Aurobindo Ph 257, 247.15, 252.95 Castrol (I) 188.50, 190.10, 188.25, 39.10, 40.40, 39, 39.85 Addi Inds. 18.75, 17.60 Bal Pharma 19.50, 19, 19.05 Burrough Wel 259, 261.80, 257.50, 18.30, 18.45, 18.05, 18.10 Insilco 14, 14.60, 13.80, 13.85 120.85, 120.85, 119.45, 119.50 Novartis (I) 218.10, 219.90, 214.30, 31.20, 31.80, 30.40, 30.55 Floatglass 21.75, 22, 21.20, 21.35 260, 260, 248.25, 252.35 189.40 Essel Propac 129, 131, 128.20, Indian Hotel 187.50, 191, 187, 215.80 Sun Pharma. 285.05, 290, 285, Advani Oerli 32.25, 32.70, 32.10, Bal.Law.Vanl 14.25, 14.50, 14 259.25 Inter.Travel 28.40, 30.10, 29.70 Aventis Phar 282, 285.95, 281.10, Century Enka 79.30, 80.75, 78.75, 129.50 187.95 ONGC 367.95, 378.90, 367.50, 286.65 32.55 Balaji Dist. 5.25, 5.10, 5.20 21, 22, 21, 21.75 Invest.Trust 16.75, 20, 19.90 283.80 79.10 130, 130.50, 129, 129.20 183.50, 191.50, 180.05, 187.85 373.10 280.95, 290, 280.95, 286.85 32.30, 32.95, 32, 32.50 5.20, 5.30, 5.05, 5.05 C Forbes Gokak 61.50, 62.25 Ion Exchange 21, 22 Advik Lab. 22.75 Balkrish Ind 51.70, 52.25, 51.50, 52 Fortune Info 39, 37, 37.15 IP Rings 41.95, 42.50, 41, 41.70 284, 286.10, 281.50, 285.05 79.40, 80.75, 78.70, 79.25 Exide Inds. 99.70, 102.50, 97.60, Indian Oil C 245.80, 251, 249.90 367, 379, 367, 372.80 Syndicate Bn 23.05, 23.90, 22.60, Camlin 52, 50, 51.40 Aztec Soft. 15.75, 15.10, 15.30 Century Text 53.50, 55.50, 54.80 100.45 245.15, 251.35, 245.15, 249.70 Oriental Bnk 101.10, 104, 99.30, 22.65 Aegis Logis. 8, 8.50 Balmer Law.I 44.50, 45, 44.60 Foseco (I) 105.40, 106.95, 104.25, IPCA Lab. 194, 194.85, 186.05, 8.35, 8.55, 8.35, 8.55 Balmer Lawri 80.30, 81.50, 80.20, Camph.& All 23.80, 23.25, 23.50 105.10 188.65 15.90, 16.30, 15.10, 15.15 53.55, 55.55, 53.55, 54.75 98.35, 102.50, 98.35, 100.90 Indian Ov.Bk 21, 21.10, 20.15, 20.25 100.25 23.75, 23.85, 22.60, 22.70 Canara Bank 97.25, 97.50, 91.80, Bajaj Auto 485.55, 486, 478.50, Chambal Fert 16.05, 16.15, 15.65, Federal Bank 105.80, 107.75, 21.05, 21.15, 20.15, 20.25 102, 104.25, 99.60, 100.45 Syngenta (I) 115.55, 117.50, 115.30, AFT Inds. 59.55, 61, 60.65 81.30 105, 106.45, 105, 106.20 197.10, 200, 187.25, 188.90 Aftek Infosy 202, 204.95, 198.50, 81.20, 81.80, 80.05, 80.10 92.10 Frontier Inf 3.40, 3.25, 3.50 Ispat Inds. 4.65, 4.80, 4.65 483.60 15.75 105.25, 105.55 Indian Rayon 81, 81.40, 80.20, 80.50 P&G Hygiene 404, 404.60, 402 115.70 96.65, 97.65, 91.70, 92.25 486, 487, 479.05, 483.50 16.25, 16.25, 15.75, 15.80 105.55, 107.80, 105.10, 105.55 81.35, 81.35, 80, 80.35 Padmalaya Te 72.65, 73, 68.25, Tata Chem 68.90, 69.40, 67.60, 200.05 Balrampur Ch 103.50, 103.05, 105 Fulford (I) 75, 75.50, 72.85, 74.70 4.70, 4.75, 4.65, 4.65 201.15, 204.60, 198.70, 200.35 104, 104.70, 102.75, 104.05 Canfin Homes 32.50, 30.90, 31.50 Futura Poly. 6.60, 6.30, 6.40 IT & T 11.50, 11.75, 11.35 Balaji Tele. 65.80, 66.95, 58.55, Chennai Pet. 44.90, 46, 43.30, 43.50 Finolex Cabl 79.90, 80, 79.15, 79.40 Infosys Tech 3025, 3038.50, 2965, 68.50 67.90 32, 32.40, 30.90, 31.10 58.85 43.70, 45.40, 43.25, 43.55 79.90, 80, 79.35, 79.50 3024.35 72.50, 72.50, 68.15, 68.55 68.55, 69.30, 67.60, 67.85 Agro Dutch I 9.80, 10, 9.95 Banco Prod. 51.95, 48, 50.55 11.65, 11.85, 11, 11.45 10.50, 11, 9.90, 9.95 Bank of Punj 16.30, 15.30, 15.70 Caprihans(I) 13.35, 14.25, 13.30, 14 G ITC Hotels 44, 43.55, 45 68.75, 68.75, 58.55, 58.90 Cipla 662.30, 638.55, 641.85 Finolex Inds 37.50, 37.65, 37.25, 2980, 3038, 2967, 3023.50 Pentamedia G 8.20, 8.25, 7.90, 7.95 Tata Elxsi 67.65, 67.70, 66.75, 66.90 Carborundum 115, 116, 114.50 Ballarpur In 40.45, 41.05, 40, 40.90 649, 649, 638.10, 641.90 37.50 Infotech En. 110.50, 112.50, 108.55, 8.15, 8.25, 7.90, 7.90 67.45, 67.90, 66.60, 66.80 Agro Tech Fd 28.50, 28.80, 28.05, 16.30, 16.35, 15.70, 15.75 44, 45.20, 43.75, 44.95 Bank of Raj. 17.70, 17.75, 17.20, 115.50, 116, 114, 115 Gabriel (I) 88, 89.25, 86.35, 87.85 CMC 507, 526.80, 499, 501.60 37.15, 37.65, 37.15, 37.50 28.45 Gammon (I) 115, 112.50, 113.55 IVP 19.70, 18.50, 18.95 Carrier Air. 88, 87.35 19, 19, 19, 19 CCL Products 16.10, 17.50, 17.35 114.05, 116.45, 114.05, 114.60 Gandhi Sp.Tu 15.65 IVRCL Infras 44.10, 43 Ceat 29.05, 29.35, 27.70, 27.95 45.15, 45.20, 42.85, 43 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) 29.30, 29.50, 27.60, 27.90 Garden Silk 25.85, 25, 25.05 MUTUAL FUND (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase Centur. Bank 9.80, 9.95, 9.50 25.90, 25.90, 24.90, 25.35 J 9.90, 9.90, 9.45, 9.50 Garware Poly 29.75, 28.40, 28.45 Open Ended Schemes Cerebra Inte 5.35, 5.20 Garware Wall 21.20, 21.15, 21.50 Jagatjit Ind 20.90, 19.50, 19.65 Growth (D) 10.81 10.97 10.81 L.Time Protector (I) 12.82 — — Balanced (D) 9.04 9.24 9.04 GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly) 10.70 10.70 10.70 CESC 18.50, 19.80, 18.45, 18.65 Gati 33.80, 34.05, 33.50, 34 Jagsonpal Ph 79.65 Income (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Balanced (G) 9.79 10.01 9.79 GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.38 10.38 10.38 19.30, 19.65, 18.40, 18.70 Genesys Intl 37.50, 36.30, 36.60 82.95, 82.95, 80.20, 80.20 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Income (G) 18.48 18.48 18.48 Balanced (D) 10.34 10.54 10.34 Child Care Gift 11.27 11.55 10.99 GGSF-IP (G) 11.53 11.53 11.53 CG Igarshi M 35.85, 36, 35.05, 35.50 33.55, 37.80, 33.55, 36.75 Jai Corp 34.05, 34.80 Income Bond (D) 9.56 9.56 9.56 Balanced (G) 10.24 10.43 10.24 Child Care Study 11.74 11.92 11.45 GGSF-IP Plan B (DA)(Inst) 10.38 10.38 10.38 35.25, 35.35, 34.70, 34.85 Geodesic Inf 73.50, 78, 73.50 Jain Irrig. 44.25, 46.50, 44, 44.90 (Rs) Sales Purchase Income Bond (G) 11.32 11.32 11.32 Benefit Debt (QD) 10.41 10.41 10.25 Dynamic Plan 10.81 11.06 10.81 GGSF-IP Plan B (DH)(Inst) 10.72 10.72 10.72 Chemfab Alk. 19.85, 18, 18.15 George Willi 66.25, 65.90, 66.80 46, 46, 43.80, 44 Opportunities (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48 Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 10.87 10.87 10.71 FMCG (D) 6.94 7.10 6.94 GGSF-IP Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.70 10.70 10.70 Chemplast Sa 27.50, 27.80 67.90, 69, 65.10, 67 Jain Studios 12.55, 12.65, 12.05 Opportunities (G) 12.09 12.09 12.09 Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.41 10.41 10.25 FMCG (G) 7.56 7.73 7.56 GGSF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.53 11.53 11.53 28.50, 28.50, 27.20, 27.95 GIC Housing 12.45, 12.60 11.25, 13.85, 11.25, 12.25 As on 06/05/2003 Tax (D) 9.62 9.62 — Benefit Fund Debt(G) 10.86 10.86 10.70 FMP - D-Y’ly 10.89 10.89 10.67 GGSF-ST (D-M’ly) 10.85 10.85 10.85 Chettinad Ce 38.25, 39, 37.50, 38.90 12.85, 12.85, 12.20, 12.65 Jaipan Inds. 8.60, 9.10, 8.45, 8.85 Alliance Mutual Fund Tax (G) 9.62 9.62 — Cash Manag.Liq.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00 FMP - Half Y’ly 11.96 11.96 11.84 GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Glenmark Pha 225.45, 228, 224 95 (D) 26.65 27.18 26.65 Cheviot Co. 46.75, 47.25, 46.60, Jay Bh.Marut 32.50 First India Mutual Fund Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 12.00 12.00 12.00 FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.93 10.93 10.82 GGSF-ST (G) 11.03 11.03 11.03 47.10 225.20, 225.20, 223, 224.20 32.90, 32.90, 31.65, 32.10 95 (G) 48.10 49.06 48.10 Gilt 10.82 10.82 10.82 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (MD) 10.01 10.01 10.01 FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D 10.63 10.63 10.53 GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly) 11.49 11.49 11.49 Global Tr.Bk 14.30, 14.05, 14.10 Basic Inds.(D) 13.05 13.31 13.05 Chola.Inv&Fi 38.80, 38.35, 39 Jayant Agro 48.50, 44.50, 50.50 Growth 9.86 10.06 9.86 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 10.11 10.11 FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G 11.48 11.48 11.36 GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly) 11.03 11.03 11.03 38.70, 38.75, 38.35, 38.45 14.35, 14.40, 14.05, 14.15 Basic Inds.(G) 13.06 13.32 13.06 Income 10.86 10.86 10.86 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.73 10.73 10.68 GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.32 10.32 10.32 47.90, 48, 47.90, 48 Buy India (D) 4.41 4.50 4.41 Chowgule Stm 3.90, 3.55 GMM Pfaudler 84 Jaypee Hotel 9.55, 9.80, 9.50, 9.70 Income Fund (D) 10.40 10.40 10.40 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.78 11.78 11.78 FMP - Q’ly (G) 11.98 11.98 11.92 GSSIF-IP (G) 14.67 14.67 14.67 GMR Techno. 8.95, 8.50 Buy India (G) 4.41 4.50 4.41 Liquid (D) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Child (CB) 16.32 16.63 15.83 FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 11.80 11.80 11.74 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DA)(Ins) 10.34 10.34 10.34 Ciba Sp.Chem 107.85, 110 Jayshree Tea 34.75, 34.90, 34, 34.30 Capital Tax Relief’96 55.35 55.90 55.35 Liquid (G) 10.85 10.85 10.85 Child (FG) 16.10 16.41 15.62 FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.65 10.65 10.60 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DH)(Ins) 11.49 11.49 11.49 Cinevistaas 27, 26.15, 26.25 Goa Carbon 36.50, 37, 34.55, 35.45 34.25, 34.50, 33.50, 34.05 Cash Manager (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Short Term 10.51 10.51 10.51 Deposit-54 EA 15.13 15.13 15.13 FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D) 10.55 10.55 10.50 GSSIF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 14.67 14.67 14.67 28.65, 28.65, 26.05, 26.50 Godavri Fert 36, 39.60, 39.50 JBF Inds. 8.80 Cash Manager (G) 14.92 14.92 14.92 Short Term (D) 10.30 10.30 10.30 Deposit-54 EB 15.13 15.13 15.13 FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G) 11.77 11.77 11.72 GSSIF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 11.04 11.04 11.04 City Union B 40.80, 41.15, 40.50, 36, 39.60, 36, 39.55 JBM Tools 20 Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Tax Gain 33.99 34.67 33.99 Equity (D) 10.03 10.22 10.03 FMP - Y’ly 12.03 12.03 11.79 GSSIF-ST (D) 10.29 10.29 10.29 40.55 Godfrey Phil 302.25, 303.95, 299, JCT 4.45, 4 Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.03 10.03 10.03 Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Equity (G) 9.51 9.69 9.51 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 11.83 11.83 11.59 GSSIF-ST (G) 12.14 12.14 12.14 41.50, 41.50, 40.40, 40.50 301 Jenson&Nicho 4.50, 4.30 Equity (D) 14.42 14.71 14.42 FT Asset Allocat.Bal Gr. 10.07 10.07 10.27 Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.35 11.35 11.35 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.74 10.74 10.52 GSSIF-ST B(D)(Inst). 10.29 10.29 10.29 Clariant (I) 132, 135, 129, 132.10 305, 309.50, 296.05, 300.75 4.50, 4.60, 4.25, 4.40 Equity (G) 26.06 26.58 26.06 FT Asset Allocat.Cons Gr. 10.33 10.33 10.54 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.33 11.33 11.33 FMP - Y’ly Sr.3 11.56 11.56 11.33 GSSIF-ST B(G)(Inst). 12.10 12.10 12.10 Classic Diam 37.50, 38.75, 37.10, Godrej Cons. 109.50, 110, 109, JIK Inds. 25.20, 23, 23.60 Frontline Eq(D) 10.51 10.72 10.51 FT Asset Allocat.Infl 10.53 10.53 10.74 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.41 13.41 13.41 FMP - Y’ly Sr.4 11.20 11.20 10.98 Sun F&C Mutual Fund 38.05 109.55 23.95, 24.80, 21.65, 23.20 Frontline Eq(G) 10.51 10.72 10.51 FT Asset Allocat.Pure Gr. 9.68 9.68 9.88 Govt.Sec.-Savings 11.95 11.95 11.95 FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.90 10.90 10.68 Balanced (G) 6.53 6.63 6.53 Clutch.Auto 5.50, 5.75, 5.50 109.95, 110, 108.75, 109.45 Jindal Iron 85.20, 82.50, 83 G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.43 11.43 11.43 FT Asset Allocat.Steady G 9.91 9.91 10.11 Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.44 10.44 10.44 FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 10.71 10.71 10.50 Bond (G) 18.74 18.74 18.74 Coates (I) 103.25, 114, 103, 113.85 Godrej Inds. 15.55, 15.95, 15.60 85, 85, 82.55, 83 G-Sec Long Term (G) 16.99 16.99 16.99 FT Balanced (G) 9.38 9.38 9.57 Growth (D) 9.79 9.98 9.79 FMP Q’ly Instnl (D) 10.74 10.74 10.68 Bond (I) 10.58 10.58 10.58 103.10, 114, 103, 112 15.60, 15.60, 15.40, 15.55 Jindal Photo 29.40, 30.40, 29, 29.10 G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.22 10.22 10.22 FT Gilt Invst (G) 13.02 13.02 13.02 Growth (G) 9.83 10.02 9.83 FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.11 10.11 9.91 Emerging Tech.(G) 2.61 2.66 2.61 Cochin Minrl 15.90, 16.20, 14.40, Goetze (I) 21.65, 21, 21.50 23, 30.50, 23, 29.20 G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.88 13.88 13.88 FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.10 12.10 12.10 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.87 10.87 10.81 FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.11 10.11 9.90 FIS-Intl. Plan 10.34 10.34 10.34 14.90 21, 21.90, 21, 21.65 Jindal Poly. 102, 104 Income (D) 10.97 10.97 10.97 FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.23 11.23 11.23 Income (D-Q’ly) 10.84 10.84 10.78 FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G) 10.36 10.36 10.15 FIS-Long Term 11.33 11.33 11.33 Color Chips 5.60, 5.75, 5.55, 5.65 Goldiam Int. 26.30, 27.20, 25.70, 104.10, 107, 102.75, 103.50 Income (G) 21.49 21.49 21.49 FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.24 11.24 11.24 Income (G) 14.47 14.47 14.40 Flexible Income 11.10 11.10 11.10 FIS-Medium Term 10.82 10.82 10.82 5.70, 5.75, 5.60, 5.65 26.85 Jindal Strip 153.10, 154.90, 151.10, Income 54EA (D) 10.97 10.97 10.97 FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.30 10.30 10.30 Index 7.36 7.44 7.36 Floating Rate 10.05 10.05 10.05 FIS-Short Term 10.66 10.66 10.66 Colour Chem 230, 231, 227.55, Goldstn.Tech 27.25, 27.85, 25.05, 151.60 Income 54EA (G) 21.49 21.49 21.49 FT Index - BSE 9.04 9.04 9.13 M’ly Income(G) 11.28 11.28 11.23 Gilt Invst. (D) 12.00 12.00 12.00 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D) 10.03 — 9.95 230.75 25.90 152.90, 155, 151.35, 151.60 Income 54EB (D) 10.99 10.99 10.99 FT Index - Nifty 9.39 9.39 9.48 M’ly Income(MD) 10.43 10.43 10.38 Gilt Invst. (G) 18.60 18.60 18.60 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G) 10.89 — 10.80 231.05, 231.10, 228.10, 230.85 26.60, 27.55, 25, 25.55 JJ Exporters 32.75, 30, 30.40 Income 54EB (G) 21.35 21.35 21.35 FT Monthly Income (G) 13.40 13.40 13.40 M’ly Income(QD) 10.50 10.50 10.45 Gilt Treasury (D) 11.00 11.00 11.00 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2 10.60 10.60 10.52 Compucom Sof 13.85, 14.60 Goldstn.Tele 9.50, 8.50 JK Corpn. 10.55, 10.50, 10.55 Income Q’ly (D) 10.63 10.63 10.63 FT Monthly Income (M’ly B 12.36 12.36 12.36 PRIN. Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.09 10.49 9.90 Gilt Treasury (G) 14.74 14.74 14.74 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D) 10.09 — 9.99 Compudyne Wi 15.95, 16, 15, 15.20 9.70, 9.70, 8.15, 8.40 JK Inds. 25.50, 26.05, 25.20, 25.40 Monthly Income (G) 16.90 16.90 16.90 FT Monthly Income (M) 10.68 10.68 10.68 PRIN. Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.09 10.49 9.90 Growth (D) 9.33 9.54 9.33 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G) 10.71 — 10.61 15.15, 15.65, 14.90, 15.10 Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.27 10.27 10.27 Gonter Peip 3.90, 3.70 JK Synthetic 2.75, 2.90 FT Monthly Income (Q) 10.79 10.79 10.79 Short Term (D) 10.15 10.15 10.13 Growth (G) 19.20 19.63 19.20 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2 10.64 — 10.54 Computech In 4.95, 4.80 Goodlass Ner 183, 181, 181.30 JL Morison 71.15, 72, 69.25, 71.35 Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.42 10.42 10.42 FT PE Ratio 8.55 8.55 8.72 Short Term (G) 10.83 10.83 10.80 Income (D) 10.56 10.56 10.56 FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4 10.69 — 10.37 New Millennium (D) 3.72 3.79 3.72 4.95, 5, 4.80, 4.90 183, 184.50, 181, 181.60 JMC Projects 16.30, 16.25, 16.50 Franklin Balanced(D) 10.32 10.47 10.32 Tax Savings 13.89 14.17 13.89 Income (G) 18.40 18.40 18.40 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 11.03 — 10.70 Cont.Const. 10.75, 10.95, 10.15, Goodricke 25, 25.25, 24.50, 25.20 Jog Engg. 6.40, 6.10 New Millennium (G) 3.73 3.80 3.73 Franklin Balanced(G) 10.74 10.90 10.74 IL&FS Mutual Fund Income Instnl.(G) 18.41 18.41 18.41 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 10.74 — 10.42 Short Term (D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Franklin Bluechip (D) 11.97 11.97 12.21 Bond (B) 10.70 10.70 10.70 Income-Instnl (D) 10.57 10.57 10.57 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5 10.38 — 10.07 10.45 Goodyear (I) 31.35, 31.75, 29.50, Jubilant Org 190, 180.85, 181.30 Short Term (G) 10.79 10.79 10.79 Franklin Bluechip (G) 23.54 23.54 24.01 Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.49 10.49 10.49 Index 8.11 8.11 8.11 FMS (Y’ly)YFMP1(G) 10.98 — 10.65 Control Prnt 24.10, 24.70, 24.35 29.75 190.45, 190.45, 179.55, 181.35 Short Term Fund Instnl(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Franklin FMCG 10.22 10.22 10.42 Bond (D-Y’ly) 11.64 11.64 11.64 Liquid (D) 11.83 11.83 11.83 M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.14 10.14 10.14 Core Health. 4.30, 4.50, 3.90, 4.10 Grabal Al.Im 11.15, 10.60, 10.75 Jupiter BioS 42, 42.15, 38.70, 39.25 Benchmark Mutual Fund Franklin Growth 5.56 5.67 5.56 Bond (G) 16.05 16.05 16.05 Liquid (G) 14.95 14.95 14.95 M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.13 10.13 10.13 4.60, 4.60, 3.70, 3.85 Graphite Ind 33, 33.40, 32.20 Jyoti Struct 16, 14.70, 15.10 Nifty BeES 95.80 — — Franklin Index 7.27 7.34 7.27 Bond Short Term (D) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Liquid - Daily (D) 11.85 11.85 11.85 M’ly Income (G) 12.89 12.89 12.89 Corom. Fert. 63, 63.70, 62.30, 63.70 34.05, 34.05, 32.30, 32.50 15.60, 15.75, 15, 15.25 Nifty Junior BeES 140.49 — — Franklin Index Tax 7.44 7.51 7.44 Bond Short Term (G) 11.03 11.03 11.03 Liquid Instnl.Mon.(D) 11.85 11.85 11.85 MVB (D) 10.50 10.50 10.50 Cosmo Ferr. 7, 7.25 Grauer & Wei 16.30, 17, 16.55 Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Franklin Infotech (D) 7.63 7.63 7.78 Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Liquid- Instnl. (DD) 11.92 11.92 11.92 MVB (G) 17.33 17.33 17.33 Cosmo Films 70.90, 69, 69.40 Gravity (I) 5.70, 5.80 K 69.50, 69.95, 68.80, 69.35 Greaves 10.85, 11.25, 11.10 Advantage (A) 24.72 24.97 24.72 Franklin Infotech (G) 11.16 11.16 11.38 Bond Short Term-Instnl.G 11.03 11.03 11.03 Liuid- Instnl. (D) 11.84 11.84 11.84 MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Kaashyap Rad 0.70, 0.60, 0.70 Advantage (B) 24.72 24.97 24.72 Franklin Internet Opp 4.36 4.36 4.45 Bond-Institutional (D) 11.65 11.65 11.65 Long Term 11.63 11.63 11.63 MVL (Dp) 10.90 10.90 10.90 Creative Eye 12.95, 13.40, 13 Grind Norton 107.55, 108.95, 107, Balanced (D) 9.13 9.22 9.13 12.90, 13.45, 12.90, 13 Kabra Extr 33 Franklin Pharma 8.45 8.45 8.62 Bond-Institutional (G) 16.07 16.07 16.07 MIP - (D-M’ly) 10.35 10.35 10.35 MVL (Np) 14.15 14.15 14.15 107.65 33.50, 33.85, 33.50, 33.85 Balanced (G) 9.13 9.22 9.13 Franklin Prima (D) 16.47 16.47 16.80 E-Com (D) 2.45 2.50 2.45 MIP - Cum. 12.91 12.91 12.91 Personal Tax Saver 41.65 41.65 41.65 Crest Comm. 27.80, 28, 27.10 Gruh Finance 20.50, 20.80, 20.15, Bond Plus (D) 10.46 10.46 10.46 27, 28.25, 27, 27.25 Kajaria Cer 22.90, 23.30, 22.90 Franklin Prima (G) 32.13 32.13 32.77 E-Com (G) 2.45 2.50 2.45 MIP - Half Y’ly 10.45 10.45 10.45 Resurgent (I) Equity 13.55 13.82 13.55 20.60 22.75, 23.45, 22.75, 22.85 Bond Plus (G) 11.20 11.20 11.20 Franklin Prima Plus (D) 13.16 13.16 13.42 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.71 10.71 10.71 MIP - Q’ly 10.49 10.49 10.49 Value (D) 8.03 8.19 8.03 CRISIL 275, 262 GTC Inds. 5.45, 5.75 Bond plus Inst. (G) 11.20 11.20 11.20 Franklin Prima Plus (G) 24.15 24.15 24.63 Gilt Long Term (G) 12.55 12.55 12.55 Power 13.99 14.30 13.99 Value (G) 15.81 16.13 15.81 272, 272.75, 262, 262 Kakatiya Cem 24.50 5.50, 5.50, 5.45, 5.45 24.75, 24.75, 24.25, 24.50 Bond plus Retail (D) 11.20 11.20 11.20 Franklin Taxshield (D) 11.55 11.55 11.78 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.63 10.63 10.63 Power (D) 14.96 14.96 14.96 Tata Mutual Fund Cybertech Sy 7.35, 7.75, 7.55 GTN Textiles 25.25, 25.50, 24.40 Cash Plus (G) 16.38 16.38 16.38 Franklin Taxshield (G) 24.57 24.57 25.06 Gilt Short Term (G) 11.81 11.81 11.81 SPICE 29.94 29.94 29.94 Balanced 13.74 13.98 13.74 7.20, 7.60, 7.20, 7.55 Kale Consul. 29.20, 29.25, 28, 28.35 22.50, 25.25, 22.50, 24.85 28.30, 29.40, 28.25, 28.65 Cash Plus (Reinv) 10.79 10.79 10.79 T Children’s Asset 18.25 18.25 18.25 Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 10.65 10.86 10.65 Short Term 11.35 11.35 11.35 Equity Opp.(Appreciation) 7.99 8.13 7.99 Gufic Bio Sc 26.65, 26, 26.20 Cash Plus Inst. (G) 16.38 16.38 16.38 T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.17 10.17 10.12 Growth & Value (G) 11.91 12.15 11.91 Short Term (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Equity Opp.(Regular) 8.94 9.10 8.94 D Kalpa.Power 38, 38.30, 37.55, 38 Guj.Alkalies 25.70, 26.10, 24.60, Kalyani Shrp 4.50, 4.55 Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.35 16.35 16.35 T Floating Rate In LT (G) 10.92 10.92 10.86 Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.43 9.62 9.43 Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Fixed Horizon Annual 1 (R 10.06 10.06 9.75 24.70 Dividend Yield Plus(D) 10.42 10.52 10.42 T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Index BSE Sensex 8.42 8.51 8.42 Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Fixed Horizon Annual 1 Re 10.08 10.08 9.78 Daewoo Motor 1.30, 1.45, 1.40 Kalyani Stel 13.55, 14, 13.50, 13.70 Dalmia Cemen 144, 151, 144.05 25.65, 26, 24.50, 24.95 Kanoria Chem 35.65, 35.60, 37 Dividend Yield Plus(G) 10.42 10.52 10.42 T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.89 10.89 10.89 Index Nifty 8.34 8.42 8.34 Sweep 10.59 10.59 10.59 Gilt Sec. (App) 20.04 20.04 20.04 Guj.Amb.Exp. 13.50, 15.50, 12.60, Equity 13.45 13.45 13.45 T G Sec (D) 11.57 11.57 11.51 Liquid Account Call 10.68 10.68 10.68 Tax (D) 9.16 9.37 9.16 Gilt Sec. (Reg) 12.73 12.73 12.73 142.05, 146.45, 142, 146 Karnatak Bnk 60.95, 61.20, 59, 59.35 FMP 1Yr 5A(D) 10.56 10.56 10.56 Danlaw Tech. 19.90, 18, 18.15 13.30 61, 62.45, 59.10, 59.35 T G Sec (G) 20.41 20.41 20.31 Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Tax (G) 12.55 12.83 12.55 Gilt Short Muturity (A) 10.03 10.03 10.03 13, 13.70, 13, 13.30 FMP 1Yr 5A(G) 10.56 10.56 10.56 T G Sec Tr (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Lq. A/c (G) 11.28 11.28 11.28 Technology 2.56 2.62 2.56 Income (App) 20.15 20.15 20.05 Datapro Inf. 0.60, 0.50 Karur Vysya 179.10, 181, 176.10, FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D) 10.98 10.98 10.98 T G Sec Tr (G) 11.40 11.40 11.40 ING Mutual Fund Reliance Mutual Fund Income (D-App) 11.64 11.64 11.58 DCM 6.60, 6.60, 6.20, 6.30 Guj.Apollo E 50 177.80 FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G) 11.21 11.21 11.21 T IBA (D) 11.04 11.04 11.04 Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.17 6.26 6.17 Growth (D) 21.52 21.95 21.52 Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.52 10.52 10.47 DCM Shr.Con 64, 63.90 Guj.Flouroch 68.90, 69, 67.55, 68.95 180.35, 180.90, 177, 177.85 FMP Y Group 1(G) 10.71 10.71 10.71 T IBA (G) 21.82 21.82 21.82 Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.17 6.26 6.17 Growth (G) 31.61 32.24 31.61 Income (Q’ly-Reg) 10.38 10.38 10.32 63, 66, 62.90, 64.10 69.95, 69.95, 68.50, 69 KDL Biotech 11.80, 12 Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D) 11.42 11.42 11.42 T IBA (H-Y’ly) 14.71 14.71 14.71 Capital Portfolio 10.94 10.94 10.94 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 11.04 11.04 11.04 Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.42 10.42 10.32 DCW 12.80, 12.05 Guj.H.Chem 21.40, 20.90 11.70, 12.10, 11.25, 12.05 Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G) 17.59 17.59 17.59 T IBA (Instl Plan) 10.99 10.99 10.99 Gilt Portfolio 10.53 10.53 10.53 Income (D-M’ly) 11.00 11.00 11.00 Income Plus Fund-A(G) 10.41 10.41 10.31 12.40, 12.45, 11.90, 12 21, 21.20, 21, 21 KEC Inter. 12.55, 11.80, 11.85 Gilt Plus Long (A-D) 11.74 11.74 11.74 T IBA (M’ ly) 14.82 14.82 14.82 Growth Portfolio (D) 5.02 5.12 5.02 Income (D-Y’ly) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.43 10.43 10.43 Deccan Cem. 34.50, 35 Guj.Ind.Pow. 20.35, 20.40, 19.35, 12.70, 12.80, 11.80, 11.90 Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.31 19.31 19.31 T IBA (M’ly B) 19.54 19.54 19.54 Growth Portfolio (G) 6.02 6.14 6.02 Income (G) 19.01 19.01 19.01 Income Plus Fund-B(G) 10.42 10.42 10.42 Deepak Fert. 22.20, 21.50, 21.85 19.40 Kerala Ayurv 7.30, 7.25, 7.30 Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.55 10.55 10.55 T IBA (Q’y) 14.70 14.70 14.70 Income Portfolio (G) 15.72 15.72 15.72 Income Growth (B) 11.19 11.19 11.19 Index Fund - Sensex 9.10 9.19 9.10 21.50, 21.90, 21.45, 21.75 20.40, 20.45, 19.30, 19.40 Kerala Chem. 16.50, 16.75, 16.65 Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.83 14.83 14.83 T Income (D) 11.22 11.22 11.16 Income Portfolio (I) 10.34 10.34 10.34 Income Q’ly (D) 11.09 11.09 11.09 Index Fund - Sensex 9.11 9.11 9.11 Deepak Nitr. 43.65, 44.50, 43.60, Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.45, 3.50, 3.40 Kesoram Inds 28.25, 28.85, 28.05, IT A (D-Payout) 10.63 10.74 10.63 T Income (G) 22.20 22.20 22.09 Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.35 10.35 10.35 Liquid - Cash (G) 10.77 10.77 10.77 Index Fund-Nifty A 9.01 9.10 9.01 44.30 3.45, 3.50, 3.40, 3.40 28.75 IT A (D-Reinv) 10.63 10.74 10.63 T India Growth 13.20 13.46 13.20 Income Short Term 10.52 10.52 10.52 Liquid - Treasury (GG) 14.75 14.75 14.75 Index Fund-Nifty B 8.99 8.99 8.99 Dena Bank 14.90, 15, 14.50, 14.65 Gulf Oil Cor 46.60, 49.20, 48.50 28.20, 28.90, 28.20, 28.55 IT B (G) 12.36 12.48 12.36 T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Invst. Portfolio 8.37 8.54 8.37 Liquid Super Cash(G) 10.40 10.40 10.40 Life Science & Tech. 8.10 8.25 8.10 14.85, 15, 14.50, 14.65 KG Denim 8, 7.50, 7.85 Income Plus (A-D) 10.65 10.65 10.65 T Liquid (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.75 10.75 10.75 Liquid Tresury (GB) 10.54 10.54 10.54 Liquid (App) 14.10 14.10 14.10 H Income Plus (B-G) 26.25 26.25 26.25 Denso (I) 25.60, 26.50, 25.20, 26.45 Khandwala Se 10.50, 10.40 T Liquid (G) 15.07 15.07 15.07 Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.88 12.88 12.88 Lq. Treasury W’ly 10.36 10.36 10.36 Liquid (Reg) 11.11 11.11 11.11 Dewan H.Fin. 16.50, 16.50, 16.50, 9.25, 9.25, 9.25, 9.25 Income Plus Instnl B(G) 26.33 26.33 26.33 T Liquid Plus 11.34 11.34 11.34 JM Mutual Fund Medium Term Fund(D-M’ly) 10.54 10.54 10.48 Liquid High Invest (A) 10.11 10.11 10.11 Harr.Malayal 10.40, 9.70, 9.75 Income Plus Instnl. A(D) 26.33 26.33 26.33 16.50 10.60, 10.60, 9.65, 9.65 Khoday (I) 9.60, 10.30, 10.20 T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Balanced (D) 9.25 9.39 9.25 Medium Term Fund(D-Q’ly) 10.55 10.55 10.50 Liquid High Invst (R) 10.04 10.04 10.04 DGP Windsor 3.30 Index Fund (D) 9.75 9.80 9.75 T MMA 1.00 1.00 1.00 Balanced (G) 16.15 16.39 16.15 Medium Term Fund(G) 13.38 13.38 13.31 M’ly Income 10.75 10.75 10.69 Hathway Bhaw 6, 5.85, 6 Kinetic Eng. 64, 64.50, 63.15, 64 Index Fund(G) 9.75 9.80 9.75 T Monthly Income (G) 13.52 13.52 13.45 Basic 11.42 11.59 11.42 Short Term 10.28 10.28 10.28 Pure Equity 9.41 9.58 9.41 3.30, 3.35, 3.10, 3.20 Hatsun Agro 68.95 Kinetic Moto 25.80, 26.50, 26.05 MIP A (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53 T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 10.46 10.46 10.41 Equity (D) 7.86 7.98 7.86 Short Term Fund-(D-Re) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Select Sector 7.43 7.56 7.43 Dhampur Sugr 9.70, 9.75 Havell’s (I) 110, 107, 107.50 Kirloskar Br 100, 105 MIP B (G-Payout) 13.48 13.48 13.48 T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.30 10.30 10.25 Equity (G) 7.42 7.53 7.42 Vision 28.48 29.05 28.48 Short Term Bond (App) 10.62 10.62 10.62 10, 10, 9.85, 9.90 111.25, 116.75, 111, 113 Kirloskar Oi 70, 73.85, 72 MIP C (G-Payout) 13.48 13.48 13.48 T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.29 10.29 10.24 G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.29 10.29 10.29 Vision (D) 25.36 25.87 25.36 Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.61 10.61 10.61 Dhanalak.Bnk 18.75, 17.85, 17.95 Hawkins Cook 19.15, 20, 19.35 72, 72, 71.10, 72 MNC A (D-Payout) 22.97 23.20 22.97 T Pension Plan (D) 11.62 11.62 11.79 G-Sec (G-Reg) 17.96 17.96 17.96 SBI Mutual Fund Tax Savfund 10.72 10.90 10.72 Dharamsi Mor 5.75, 5.95 Hazoor Media 3.70, 3.75, 3.45 Kit-Ply Ind. 3.40, 3.50, 3.45 MNC A (D-Reinv) 22.97 23.20 22.97 T Pension Plan (G) 20.15 20.15 20.45 G-Sec Fund - PF Plan -(G) 18.47 18.47 18.47 MSFU Contra 10.47 10.65 10.47 Young Citizen’s 10.57 10.73 10.25 Dhunseri Tea 14.20, 14.50 HBL Nife Pow 46.20, 42 3.35, 3.40, 3.30, 3.40 MNC B (G) 28.77 29.06 28.77 T ST Income (G) 1107.37 1107.37 1107.37 G-Sec PF 16.92 16.92 16.92 MSFU FMCG 5.62 5.72 5.62 Taurus Mutual Fund Divi’s Lab 289.70, 295.60, 285, HEG 29, 29.50, 28.75, 29 KLG Systel 24, 25, 24.50 Midcap (D) 10.24 10.34 10.24 T ST Income (M’ly) 1019.75 1019.75 1019.75 G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.35 10.35 10.35 MSFU IT 4.63 4.71 4.63 Bonanza Ex.(G) 10.55 10.73 10.52 286.05 29.95, 29.95, 28.60, 28.80 24.80, 25.60, 24, 24.30 Midcap (G) 10.78 10.89 10.78 T ST Income (Q’ly) 1018.90 1018.90 1018.90 High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.53 10.53 10.53 MSFU Pharma 8.34 8.49 8.34 Discovery Stock 3.58 3.64 3.57 292, 295.70, 285.05, 286.60 Helios & Mat 15.95, 16, 15.30 Kopran 22.40, 21.80, 21.95 Sweep Plan (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08 T ST Income (W’ly B) 1042.97 1042.97 1042.97 High Lq. (D) 12.01 12.01 12.01 Magnum Gilt ST(D) 10.20 10.20 10.20 Libra Bond (D) 11.09 11.09 11.07 Dolphin Off. 11.35 Henkel Spic 17, 17.15, 17.05 22.60, 22.60, 21.80, 21.95 Sweep Plan (G) 10.27 10.27 10.27 T ST Income (W’ly) 1091.24 1091.24 1091.24 High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.41 10.41 10.41 Magnum Gilt ST(G) 12.67 12.67 12.67 Libra Bond (G) 11.42 11.42 11.39 DSJ Comm. 0.40 Heritage Fds 46.50, 47.10 Kothari Prod 167.60, 168.65, 165, Canbank Mutual Fund T TMA (G) 1513.77 1513.77 1513.77 High Lq. (G) 16.84 16.84 16.84 Magnum Global 6.82 6.94 6.68 Libra Gilt (D) 11.28 11.28 11.25 0.45, 0.45, 0.45, 0.45 47.15, 48.25, 47.15, 47.55 167 Canbonus 7.27 7.40 7.27 T TMA (W’ly) 1244.65 1244.65 1244.65 High Lq. Inst.(G) 10.05 10.05 10.05 Magnum IC (Cash) 13.63 13.63 13.63 Libra Gilt (G) 11.62 11.62 11.59 Duphar-Inter 113.80, 114, 113.80 Hi-Tech Gear 85 168, 169, 166, 166.55 Cancigo 11.11 11.11 11.11 T TMA (Wkly B) 1401.67 1401.67 1401.67 High Lq.Inst.(D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Magnum IC (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Libra Tax Shield 8.82 8.82 8.82 Hikal 109, 114.90, 108.50, 109.60 KPIT Cum.Inf 151, 158.90, 153.90 Cancigo (G) 11.77 11.77 11.77 T TMA (Y’ly) 1150.70 1150.70 1150.70 Income (D) 10.31 10.31 10.31 Magnum Insta Cash S.Term 10.42 10.42 10.42 The Starshare 5.83 5.93 5.82 E 110, 113.60, 110, 110.25 151.30, 158.80, 150.85, 153.85 Canequity Tax Saver 9.32 9.39 9.32 GIC Mutual Fund Income (G) 24.71 24.71 24.71 Magnum M’ly In.(D-M’ly) 10.19 10.19 10.19 UTI Mutual Fund Himat. Seide 103.50, 103.05 KRBL 18.30, 18.30, 17.60, 17.95 Canexpo 11.07 11.27 11.07 Balanced 10.38 10.59 10.28 Income 2004-GRO 12.01 12.01 12.01 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Bond (G) 17.74 17.74 17.65 Eicher 29.50, 30.45, 29.60 Krebs Bioche 103, 100.50, 102.10 Canexpo (G) 11.07 11.27 11.07 28.35, 30.50, 28.35, 29.55 102.35, 105, 102.10, 103.50 D’Mat 7.62 7.77 7.62 Income Bonus 10.99 10.99 10.99 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly) 10.20 10.20 10.20 Bond (I) 11.03 11.03 10.98 Hind.Constn. 69.50, 69.80, 68, 68.75 Krishna Life 1.40, 1.45, 1.30, 1.35 Canganga 7.59 7.72 7.59 Debt (G) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Income Serial 00 (D) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Magnum M’ly In.(G) 11.97 11.97 11.97 Brand Value 7.44 7.44 7.29 Eicher Motor 85.50, 88.50, 85.40, Krone Comm 58.25, 59.25, 58, 58.55 Cangilt PGS (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53 Income Serial-2004(G) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Magnum Mult. 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The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday,May 8, 2003
Saying it with tattoos Nick is Priceless now Dream Team in making From Hindi to Latin, David Beckham’s Former world No 1, Nick Price of Be ready for another basketball Dream Team. affair with tattoos continues. Becks, who Zimbabwe, has been elected to The NBA has pledged its support for the had wife Victoria’s name in Hindi inscript- golf’s Hall of Fame. Price, winner of 2004 Olympic Games. That means, top stars ed on his left arm, has added a new three Majors, will be inducted as like Kobe Bryant (R), Allen Iverson, Tracy tattoo on each his forearms, pledging, in 99th member of the club at MacGrady, Jason Kidd and Tim Duncan can Latin, his love for Man United and Victoria St Augustine, Florida be part of the US basketball team Second Test between Lanka and New Zealand ends in a draw
We don’t want to see any country picking and choosing tournaments. Bengal team joins —Former Pak coach Ranji final on an edge Javed Miandad Santosh Bane player association SPORTS DIGEST brey, who has marshalled his re- sources superbly, said :‘‘A few ear- By Dinesh Chopra The Indian cricket Reuters Mumbai need IMES EWS ETWORK ly wickets early tomorrow and we T N N board insists that it won’t will be able to wrap it up. Bowling recognise any such body New Delhi: The recently unless all first-class crick- seven wickets, has been our strength, remember.’’ floated Indian Cricket Coach Chandu Pandit backed him eters are included in its Players’ Association up being happy that his gameplan purview. (ICPA) is spreading roots had worked. ICPA officials claim that TN 275 runs with first-class cricketers Tamil Nadu’s only chance was the players, though skepti- slowly becoming its mem- By Pradeep Vijayakar when Powar walked in at 291 for cal, are willing to become a bers. According to a well- TIMES NEWS NETWORK seven with Bahutule and Agarkar part of the association. gone. They needed to keep down placed source, its major “We have a number of pro- Mumbai: Two days-all, one to go. Mumbai to 300. breakthrough came when grammes lined up for Which way,Tamil Nadu’s or Mum- Their matchwinner Balaji with it signed the entire Bengal them. The insurance bai’s will the final day go? Mum- 47 wickets this season (joint top Ranji Trophy side. scheme is just a beginning. bai’s fans will, hopefully, come to with Sunil Joshi) bowled at Mum- “We’ll be announcing We have signed up with the Wankhede stadium on Thurs- bai’s matchwinner. He slipped in a this development and the the National Insurance day to seek the answers to the rid- yorker first ball, Powar kept it out insurance scheme for the company who’ll insure the dle called the Ranji trophy final. of the stumps and Mumbai were player-members in Indian team members for The visitors dominated the first on their way. Kolkata on Thursday. Our free whereas the ICPA will two days. Mumbai dominated the The only sad part was that concern lies with the first- bear the cost of insurance third and the fourth, on Wednes- Powar blotted his book by running class player as the mem- for first-class cricketers day when raising 387 for seven in Michael Vaughan, after being on the pitch while batting. bers of the national team who become members of announced as the new England their second innings. Skipper Now only Hemang Badani have enough people to look the association,” the offi- captain for One-days, poses Paras Mhambrey declared leaving stands in the way. Unless Tamil after them. We have the cial said. before the pictures of former a target of 377 in a possible 132 Nadu find newer heroes at the support of 40 top crick- The insurance cover is captains at Lords on Tuesday. overs at 2.85 an over. Tamil Nadu tailend of the season. eters and are signing first- upto Rs 3.5 lakhs per year used up 42 of those scoring 102 for class players all over the which also includes all the Vaughan out cheap: A day after three. On the final day of the first- SCOREBOARD country,” he said, on condi- dependant memebers of being named England’s One-day class season, they need another tion of anonimity. the player’s family. captain, Michael Vaughan managed 275 in 90. Only once before has any Mumbai (1st innings): 260 only 10 runs against cricket minnow other team scored over 300 to win Tamil Nadu (1st innings): 271 Cambridgeshire on Wednesday as Mumbai (2nd innings, overnight 228/5) — Hyderabad who reached 310 A Mazumdar c Raaju b Suresh 7 his Yorkshire team began the de- with their last pair at the crease B Thakkar retired hurt 66 fense of the Cheltenham & Glouces- against Nawanagar at Mumbai in S Bahutule run out 27 Resume ties: Javed ter Trophy. Rated the world’s top A Agarkar c Balaji b Sriram 4 1937-38. R Powar not out 53 batsman in Tests, Vaughan was Not left any longer in the fray Colombo: Pakistan cricket overs tri-series against Sri caught and bowled by seam bowler P Mhambrey not out 0 are the TN skipper Suresh and his Extras: (b-5, lb-11, nb-6, w-2) 24 coach and famed former Test Lanka and New Zealand. Ajaz Akhtar with Yorkshire on 17 two knights — Sadagopan Ramesh Total: (For 7 wkts, declared, in 105 overs) skipper Javed Miandad says Governments ‘‘should un- against a team from outside the 18 387 that with New Delhi and Is- derstand one thing: they county championship clubs. It was and Sriram, one a Test star, the Fall of wickets: 5-239, 6-287, 7-298 other their season’s highest scorer Bowling: L Balaji 27-3-69-1, M R Srinivas 21- lamabad trying to improve shouldn’t bring politics into an embarrassing start for Vaughan 5-73-3, J Gokulakrishnan 17-3-55-0, S Suresh who has replaced Nasser Hussain as with 636 runs. Both were out be- political relations, time has cricket or any other sport,’’ 14-5-48-1, S Sriram 13-0-60-1, D Dandapani come for India and Pakistan Miandad said. Miandad said the new England captain. AFP fore the close. That should given 10-1-55-0, H Badani 2-0-11-0 an idea which way the dice will Tamil Nadu (2nd innings): to resume cricket contests. he didn’t understand why In- INRC comes north: The MAI run S Suresh b Mhambrey 44 ‘‘Every thing is getting bet- dia played Pakistan in the roll. S Ramesh c Jaffer b Agarkar 6 Indian National Rally Championship Visiting skipper Suresh kept an ter... the governments (of) In- World Cup concluded in is all set to make its debut in north S Sriram lbw b Bahutule 5 optimist front. ‘‘We need to last the S Badrinath batting 12 dia and Pakistan are coming South Africa in March, while India. The 2003 calendar of the INRC first session tomorrow and the H Badani batting 23 to the table and trying to ne- refusing to play in the Asia will have a total of nine rounds in- Extras: (b-4, lb-2, nb-6) 12 gotiate. I’m sure India and Cup scheduled in Pakistan cluding the MRF India Rally 2003, pressure will be turned on Mum- Total: (For 3 wkts, in 42 overs) 102 the final round of the FIA Asia Pacific bai. We have the batting depth for Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-62, 3-62 Pakistan will start playing,’’ this month. ‘‘We don’t want the task.’’ Coach Arun echoed his Bowling: Agarkar 7-1-27-1, Salvi 9-2-17-0, Miandad said on Wednesday to see any country picking Rally Championship. The north India Bahutule 14-3-26-1, Mhambrey 6-3-8-1, leg will be held at Chandigarh from thoughts. Tamil Nadu captain S. Suresh is cleaned up by the rival skipper Paras Powar 5-0-18-0. in Colombo, where Pakistan and choosing tournaments.’’ September 19-21 and would be or- Mumbai skipper Paras Mham- Mhambrey on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy final in Mumbai. is preparing for a limited- said Miandad. AP ganised by the club Motorsport One. The Himalayan Rally Association will be organising the India Rally 2003. The final venue is yet to be selected. IOA sends doping reports to WADA INRC 2003 calendar: 23-25 May at Chikmaglur; Murali sets another 6-8 June at Nashik; 22-24 August at Kochi; 19-21 By Indraneel Das IOA secretary-general Randhir found guilty by the medical commission September at Chandigarh; 14-16 November at TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bangalore; 5-7 December MRF India Rally (venue Singh, who is also a member of WADA, as per their respective international undecided); 12-14 December at Goa; 26-28 De- confirmed the development. “The let- federation rules. The IOA has already New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Asso- cember at Coimbatore. TNN record in drawn Test ters were signed today and we promptly withdrawn the medals of the athletes. ciation has tightened the noose around sent them to the WADA,” Singh said. Meanwhile, IOA president Suresh Kandy: Muttiah Muralitharan took his DELAYED START: The game always the 21 defaulters of the Hyderabad Na- Indians for karting meet: A 14- 450th Test wicket and a five-wicket haul looked set for a draw after a waterlogged Copies of the reports have also been Kalmadi said that even the coaches member boys team would represent tional Games by taking the matter to its for a record 37th time on Wednesday,but outfield delayed the start, but it burst sent to the six federations concerned. would not be spared if they are found Team India Racing in the Malaysian international masters. It is learnt that the minutes of the guilty.At a felicitation ceremony for the Dunlop Endurance Kart Series 2003 could not prevent the final Test between into life when Sri Lanka took six wick- It has been reliably learnt that the ets for 52 runs in the final morning. Ki- medical commission proceedings when Commonwealth championship on May 11. Introducing the drivers, Sri Lanka and New Zealand petering IOA dispatched on Wednesday a de- out into a draw. wis had started the day 99 runs ahead it met in the Capital on April 23 and 30 weightlifters, Kalmadi explained: “We Akbar Ebrahim, a former F-3 driver tailed report on the doping scandal to have also been sent to WADA. have taken action against the athletes, Muralitharan led a Sri Lankan fight- hoping to extend their lead. Reuters and a well-known coach, said five of the World Anti-Doping Agency. It in- Meanwhile, the IOA also confirmed now we’ll turn our attention towards back with the ball, bowling out New them — Satish Anand (Bangalore), cludes the reports submitted by the IOA that it has already sent letters to the fed- the coaches.” The president said that no Abbas Ghadially and Sahil Shelar Zealand for 183 after lunch on the final SCOREBOARD medical commission and the technical erations asking them to formally take one would be left unpunished if found (both Mumbai), Sanket Shanbhag day.But the 191 runs they needed to win director of the Games. action against the 21 athletes who were guilty.“No one will be spared,’’ he said. (Maharashtra) and Raymand Baner- off 38 overs proved too high a target. New Zealand (1st innings): 305 jee (Pune) would drive for free. AFP Sri Lanka (1st innings): 298 Hard-hitting opener Sanath Jaya- New Zealand (2 inng, overnight 92/1): World Athletics Day: The World suriya sacrificed his wicket in the pur- M Richardson c Kalu b Nissanka 55 Jayawardena Athletics Day meet will be held at suit of victory but the two captains M Horne c Tillakaratne b Murali 27 called off the game seven overs early S Fleming c Kalu b Dharmasena 33 National Institute of Sport, Patiala on M Sinclair st Kalu b Murali 0 is vice captain May 21 and 22. Junior athletes, born with Sri Lanka on 72 for one. S Styris c Murali b Vaas 1 between January 1, 1985 and De- Both Tests in the series were drawn. J Oram lbw Murali 16 R Hart c Kalu b Vaas 12 Colombo: Right-handed cember 1988, are eligible to partici- Kumar Sangakkara, who opened the D Vettori b Murali 0 batsman Mahela Jayawarde- pate. Entries close with J.S. Saini. innings in place of Marvan Atapattu, P Wiseman c Tillakaratne b Vaas 29 na has been named Sri Lan- Events: Boys: 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 110m was unbeaten on 27 batting with Mahela D Tuffey c Jayasuriya b Murali 1 hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot S Bond not out 1 ka’s vice captain for the tri- put, discus and 10km walk. Girls: 100m, 400m, Jayawardene on 32. Extras: (b-1, lb-6, nb-1) 8 nation tourney starting Sat- 800m, 1500m, 100m hurdles, long jump, triple Muralitharan set his record and Total: (All out, in 97.3 overs) 183 urday, a cricket official said. jump, discus, javelin and 5km walk. TNN reached 450 Test wickets when Daryl Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-109, 3-110, 4-115, 5-136, 6- 139, 7-139, 8-179, 9-182. The 15-member squad has BETTING METER Tuffey top edged a sweep and was Bowling: Vaas 15.3-6-31-3, Nissanka 10-4-18-1, been named for the tourna- caught at deep square. Dharmasena 12-2-32-1, Lokuarachchi 14-3-26-0, ment also featuring Pakistan TENNIS The off-spinner,who wants to take 600 Muralitharan 39-18-49-5 (nb-1), Jayasuriya 7-0-20-0. Sri Lanka (2nd innings): and New Zealand. French Open, Test wickets before he retires, overtook K Sangakkara not out 27 The squad: Marvan Atapattu (captain), Ma- Men’s singles former New Zealand all-rounder S Jayasuriya c Richardson b Bond 9 hela Jayawardena (vice captain), Sanath J Ferrero 3/1 Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Richard Hadlee for the record. The 30- M Jayawardene not out 32 A Agassi 6/1 Extras: (lb-4) 4 Sangakkara, Kumar Dharmasena, Upul C Moya 6/1 year-old, cheered on by a boisterous Total: (For 1 wicket, in 30 overs) 72 Chandana, Russel Arnold, Kaushal G Kuerten 8/1 hometown crowd, finished with five for Fall of wicket: 1-14. Lokuarachchi, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Mu- L Hewitt 10/1 ralitharan, Prabath Nissanka, Tillakaratne 49 from 39 overs and a match bag of nine Bowling: Tuffey 9-3-18-0, Bond 6-1-19-1, Wiseman as per ladbrokes.com 9-4-20-0, Vettori 6-1-11-0. Dilshan, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Dharshana for 139. Gamage and Michael Vandort (stand by). AP From a little girl in a little town... By PT Usha India has produced a fair number of champions over the as we had to do everything on our years. Rather, a fair number of champions have been pro- own. There was nobody to help us, or grew up in Payy- take care of us. In 1979, when it was oli, a small village duced in India. Yes, we have winners and conquerors but time to leave the school, I was ready I in the backwaters almost everybody has surfaced despite the system and not for the world. I wonder how many of Kerala. My earliest because of it. This is the story of a little girl from a little children in our country are so lucky. memories go back to I went through some really rough the days when I and village who... times in the latter stages of my ca- my sisters used to paper would change my life forever.It medals at the district level, at the reer but then that is another story. race down to the man- was an open invitation to young girls state level, at the national level and As told to Pradeep Kumar go trees in front of like me ‘‘with an aptitude for sports’’. also at the international level. I can- P.T. Usha had been christened the our little home. I invariably won. It was inserted by the Kerala govern- not forget two things: the first medal Asian sprint queen in the eighties. She I also remember that I used to be ment for its newly that I won (a gold in an ‘ill child’, invariably struck with created sports divi- 100m at the state almost single-handedly ushered in a one illness or another. Despite that, I sion school in Kan- INDIAN SPORT meet in Kottayam) revolution in the country that saw was very active and was always eager nur, a nearby dis- and the Olympic women athletes surge to the forefront. to do things. That, of course, also in- trict. SLEEPING bronze that slipped Wherever she went, she conquered cluded a lot of mischief. One of my uncles out of my hands in everything with her giant strides and My mother, in fact, used to spend (mother’s brother) GIANT 1984. won over everybody with her simplici- half her time trying to chase me, played a key role in I must tell you an- ty and humility. wanting to reprimand me for one this huge step. He other little story. There are thousands of such cham- prank or another. But even she could literally pushed my father into ad- While we trained, I often saw a short- pions hidden in the country. They are never catch me. mitting me into this school. My only ish man almost always dressed in a just not as lucky as Usha; they just As you can see, I grew up in a ordi- previous ‘experience’ in athletics un- coat or a suit. Whenever I looked at don’t get the right opportunity or the nary,regular family.I didn’t have any til then was the races conducted in him a little smile came on my lips. It right break that can catapult them sporting background or any extraor- my Payyoli school. was an amusing sight really; after all, into the forefront. Whose fault is it? dinary facilities either. Probably I During my stay at the school, I ran hardly anybody wore such things Can anybody spot these winners had a fair bit of natural talent and lot in many competitive races. They those days. among us? of determination. I was probably a were all part of the training sched- His name is O.M. Nambiar. Readers are invited to write in their little more lucky than an average vil- ule. Every time I won a medal, I could I spent three lovely years at the thoughts and innovative solutions to lage girl. feel a surge in me. A desire to win sports school hostel, growing up and [email protected] Even today I can’t believe that one even more. I’d invariably end up winning everything on my way. The even fax them at 23323346 or small advertisement in a local news- practicing even harder. I won many stay also helped me gain confidence 23324173.
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CAPITAL SPORT WI do soul-searching PMG enter final: Ma- Port-of-Spain (Trinidad): Acknowledging there are prob- hesh Prasad scored a defi- lems with key players and emerging talent, the board of the ant 70 helping Professional once-indomitable West Indies are looking to set them up with Management Group (PMG) remedial training. ‘‘The proposal from the senior selectors is beat Delhi Colts by nine that we should look at the 17 players for specific purposes _ wickets to enter the final of bring them together in one place and work on them,’’ Michael the DDCA A II division super league. Mahender Seepersad, chief cricket development officer with the West Bisht and Rajeev Rana took Indies Cricket Board, told reporters on Tuesday.Details have four wickets each in the first yet to be worked out but he said training for the team, cur- and second innings respec- rently losing against the touring Australians, would take tively. place at the Shell Academy in Grenada before or after its lat- Scores: Delhi Colts (1st innings) est terms ends August 7. AP 232 in 49.2 overs (Dalbir Singh Tokas 90, Gautam Kumar 54, Mahen- der Bisht 4 for 38, Neeraj Arya 3 for Delhi shock Mumbai 35) and (2nd innings) 145 in 30 overs (Anirudha Tripathi 42, Rajeev Rana TIMES NEWS NETWORK hand on Thursday, Haryana 4/70) lost to PMG (1st innings): 295 meeting Pepsu (winners of in 58 overs (Mahesh Prasad 70, Pune: Delhi’s Neelam Sharo- Naresh Kumar 38, Ranjeet Singh 37, ha’s goal shocked Mumbai on withdrawal-hit Pool ‘C’ with- Rajeev Rana 34, Bhupender Yadav Wednesday, in the junior na- out playing a match) and Ma- 31, Gautam Kumar 4/48) and (2nd tional women’s hockey cham- harashtra (winners of Pool innings) 83 in 12.1 overs (Rajeev Rana 42 n.o). pionship. Delhi won 1-0. They ‘F’) playing UP (Pool ‘H’) on play Jhark- Friday. Andhra Swimming calendar: hand in the CROSS COUNTRY Pradesh, await result of Orissa-Uttaranchal Delhi Swimming Associa- quarter-finals, to play on tion is all set to organise the Thursday (originally a rest game. Results: Pool A: Haryana 3 (Minni, K two-day selection trials to day). Priya 2) bt Bihar 0. Pool D: HP 1 (Dimple) select the state team for the Holders Haryana too Gujarat 0. Pool H: UP 5 (Poonam, Vertika S. sub-junior and junior na- reached the quarters with a 3- 3-hat-trick, Kamni M.) bt West Bengal 1 tionals from May 31. As per 0 win over Bihar in Pool ‘A’.All (Premlata S.). Pool B: Delhi 1 (Neelam S.) bt Mumbai 0. Pool F: Kerala 4 (Indu T. 2, the calander approved by this has setup quarter-finals Sauma M., Archana P) bt Bundelkhand 0. the managing committee, with Delhi taking on Jhark- Pool G: MP2 (P. Preeti 2) bt Uttaranchal. the sub junior nationals would be held from June 19 to 22 while the junior na- tionals from June 24 to 28. The state open and tiny tots aquatic championships and the sub-junior and junior events would be held from July 4-6 and July 8-10, re- spectively. All the above slated events would be held at the Talkatora swimming complex. Results of other events: Shera Pandit memorial cricket: Sonnet Club 187 for 6 in 30 overs (Mayayank Sidana 74 not out, Sumit Dogra 3 for 32) lost to Lal Bahadur Shastri 188 for 4 in 30 overs (Sumit Dogra 89 not out, Dhruv Mohan 3 for 16) by 6 wickets. BDM Cricket: Rajdhani Sports 244 for 8 in 40 overs (Joginder Sharma 76, Lalit Anand 52, Ravi Yadav 32, Harish Kumar 31, Arshad Masi 3 for 30, Amit 3 for 40) beat R.P.Academy 110 in 28.4 overs (Rajesh Kumar 31, Amit 30, Ravi Yadav 3 for 29, Jogin- der Singh 3 for 19) by 134 runs.
Forthcoming events: All-India summer open table tennis tournament at Talkatora Stadium from June 13-16. Entries could be sent to organising secre- tary Hukum Singh at 6/2543, Beadonpura, Karol Bagh or to R K Sharma, manager Talkatora Stadium by June 7. Hot Weather Cricket: The prestigious 27th Lala Raghubir Singh hot weather cricket tournament from May 22 to June 4.
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THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE Spurs say FOOTBALL Shabana (Egy) 15-12 15-7 6-2 ret UEFA Champions League semifinal TENNIS (first-leg): Real Madrid 2 (Ronaldo, Rober- ATP Tour Telecom Italia Masters, Rome farewell to Brazilians give Real narrow victory to Carlos) Juventus 1 (David Trezeguet) 1st round: Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) beat Reuters Dutch Holland Casino Eredivisie: NAC 2 FC Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-1 6-1, 4-Roger Fed- Madrid: Brazilian left back had predicted. We did ex- Zwolle 0 erer (Swi) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6- Sheringham Roberto Carlos scored a 73rd- tremely well against a very 3 7-5, Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) beat 9- Ronaldo doubtful BASKETBALL minute game-winner Tues- dangerous team. My only re- NBA League Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) 6-1 6-2, Mari- London: Teddy Shering- Conference semifinals: San Antonio 87 LA ano Zabaleta (Arg) beat David Sanchez day as defending champion proach is that we lost,” Ju- for second leg (Esp) 6-4 6-2, Alex Corretja (Esp) beat Al- ham’s Tottenham career will Lakers 82 (San Antonio lead best of seven Real Madrid beat two-time ventus coach Marcello Lippi Madrid: Real Madrid’s series 1-0), New Jersey 97 Boston 93 (New bert Portas (Esp) 3-6 6-2 6-2, Agustin Cal- come to an end on Sunday af- winner Juventus 2-1 in the leri (Arg) beat Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-2 6-2, said. star striker Ronaldo will Jersey lead best of seven series 1-0), De- ter the club confirmed he first leg of the semifinals of troit 98 Philadelphia 87 (Detroit leads se- Gaston Gaudio (Arg) beat 14-Gustavo Madrid coach Vicente del miss his team’s league Kuerten (Bra) 6-3 2-6 6-4, Tommy Robredo ries 1-0), Sacramento 124 Dallas will not be given a new con- the Champions League at the Bosque, who led the team to match this weekend and is 113(Sacramento leads series 1-0) (Esp) beat 13-Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 6-7 Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. (4-7) 6-4 6-3, Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) tract this summer. Champions Cup wins in 2000 doubtful for next week’s SQUASH beat Karol Kucera (Svk) 2-6 6-1 7-5,Max Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle Roberto Carlos’ goal gave Pakistan Squash Circuit Event No. 2 La- and 2002, said he thought his Champions League semi- Mirnyi (Blr) beat Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 4-6 confirmed the decision on Madrid a slender lead to take hore, Pakistan 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Raemon Sluiter (Ned) beat team deserved a greater mar- final second leg against 1st round: 1-Karim Darwish (Egy) beat Mo- into the second leg at the Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 6-4 4-6 6-2, 3- the club’s official website and gin of victory. Juventus, news reports h’d Azlan Iskandar (Mas) 15-8 15-10 17- Carlos Moya (Esp) beat Fernando Vicente Delle Alpi Stadium in Turin, 16, 6-Adrian Grant (Eng) beat Farrukh Za- paid tribute to the 37-year-old “It was a good match, with said on Wednesday. (Esp) 6-2 6-4, 2-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) man (Pak) 6-15 15-8 14-15 15-13 15-13, Italy,on May 14. beat Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 7-6 (7-3) 6- former England forward’s both sides performing at the He strained a muscle in 4-Omar Elborolossy (Egy) beat Q-Ajaz Az- Ronaldo, Madrid’s other 4, Giorgio Galimberti (Ita) beat Brian Vahaly role at the club. his left calf during mat (Pak) 11-15 17-15 6-15 15-10 15-6, level of top European teams. (US) 7-5 4-6 6-3, Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) Brazilian star, opened the Q-Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) beat 7-Shahid “Teddy has performed a After Juventus had taken Madrid’s 2-1 victory over beat 16-Younes El Aynaoui (Mor) 6-1 1-6 6- scoring in the 23rd minute. Zaman (Pak) 17-15 15-5 11-15, 9-15 17- 4, Filippo Volandri (Ita) beat Nicolas Massu great service for us, not just control following its goal we the Italian team in first 14, 8-Dan Jenson (Aus) beat Saeed Hassan French striker David (Chi) 1-6 6-2 6-1 leg at Santiago Bernabeu (Pak) 13-15 15-5 ret, 3-Amr Shabana (Egy) on the field but by setting Trezeguet equalised in the did well to fight back. We Stadium and was replaced beat Q-Safeerullah Khan (Pak) 15-7 15-11 WTA Tour MasterCard German Open, such a superb example for last minute of the first half. would have been unflattered 15-11, 5-Mohammed Abbas (Egy) beat Q- Berlin, Germany in the 50th minute. our younger players,” Hoddle Juventus, despite lacking by a bigger win,” he said. Hisham Moh’d Ashour (Egy) 15-8 11-15 1st rd: Marlene Weingartner (Ger) beat Con- Reports said Ronaldo 15-13 13-15 17-16, 2-Mansoor Zaman chita Martinez (Esp) 6-2 7-5, 16-Anna Pis- said. suspended defender Paolo Del Bosque sprung a sur- was definitely ruled out of (Pak) beat Wael El Hindi (Egy) 15-7 10-15 tolesi (Isr) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 6-1 6-1, Sheringham will bow out Montero and midfielders prise by selecting Spanish in- 15-10 15-13 (12) Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) bt Angelika Bach- Saturday’s game at Recre- in Sunday’s clash with Black- Alessio Tacchinardi and ternational Fernando Mori- Quarterfinals: 1-Karim Darwish (Egy) beat mann (Ger) 6-2 6-2, Iroda Tulyaganova ativo de Huelva and may 6-Adrian Grant (Eng) 15-7 15-8 15-3, 4- (Uzb) bt Barbara Rittner (Ger) 6-1 6-1, (14) burn at White Hart Lane. Edgar Davids, gave a typical- entes—omitted almost all Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Iva Majoli not be fit to face Juventus. Omar Elborolossy (Egy) beat Q-Arshad Iqbal The highlight of his time ly industrious display season—as the replacement Burki (Pak) 15-13 15-13 15-7, 3-Amr Sha- (Cro) 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-4, Vera Zvonareva Madrid lies a point clear (Rus) bt Myriam Casanova (Swi) 3-6 6-2 6- at Old Trafford was scoring against a Madrid team aim- Real Madrid’s midfielder Guti jumps on Brazilian Roberto for striker Raul Gonzalez, bana (Egy) beat 8-Dan Jenson (Aus) 13-15 Carlos after he scored the winner against Juventus during at the top of the Spanish 15-5 15-11 15-11, 2-Mansoor Zaman 2, Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) beat Paola Suarez in the final of the 1999 Cham- ing to gain a record 10th title. who is recovering from an ap- (Arg) 6-3 6-1, 15-Patty Schnyder (Swi) beat their Champions League semifinal first-leg clash on Tuesday. league standings. AP (Pak) beat 5-Mohammed Abbas (Egy) 15-7 pions League, helping United “The game developed as I pendix operation. AP 11-15 4-15 15-11 15-13 Els Callens (Bel) 2-6 6-4 6-3, Denisa Chlad- kova (Cze) beat 11-Magdalena Maleeva lift the trophy for the first Semifinals: 1-Karim Darwish (Egy) beat 4- (Bul) 6-7 (1-7) 6-1 6-4, Francesca Schi- Omar Elborolossy (Egy) 15-12 15-12 15-7, avone (Ita) beat Kristie Boogert (Ned) 3-6 7- time in 33 years. Sheringham 3-Amr Shabana (Egy) beat 2-Mansoor Za- 5 6-3, Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) beat Vir- has scored more than 300 man (Pak) 6-15 7-15 15-8 15-6 15-9 ginie Razzano (Fra) 6-1 6-1, Emilie Loit goals in English club football, Final: 1-Karim Darwish (Egy) beat 3-Amr (Fra) beat Katarina (Slo) 4-6 6-3 6-3. including 13 this season. AFP
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22 Thursday,May 8, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
GRAFFITI Nicol retains top squash spot Sporting says no to PTI Paris: Engand's Peter Nicol retained his position atop the European giants oppose bigger world squash rankings Wednesday with Australian world World Cup: Europe’s top clubs united open champion David Palmer in second spot.Nicol has been liquor companies on Tuesday in their opposition to plans in the top slot since December 2001. Canadian Jonathan Pow- to increase the World Cup finals from 32 er is third.Thierry Lincou, sixth, is one of three Frenchman By Raju Bhattacharjee sor, but no liquor please. It to 36 teams.A meeting of the powerful in the top 20, his countrymen having reached the final of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK has been decided in the exec- G14 group expressed their “unanimous European team championships on Sunday. AFP New Delhi: The hundred- utive committee meeting” in- opposition to the project of increasing year old club, Mohammedan formed Sultan Ahmed, the the number of teams from 32 to 36 at Sporting, is desperately seek- general secretary of the Mo- the World Cup in 2006.” “This would be ing to revive itself. It is even hammedan Sporting club. against the efforts being made by the more desperate for a sponsor “The association with clubs who, to avoid an increase in the but its officials are adamant liquor brand will hurt the number of matches, have agreed to do about one thing; “No liquor sentiments of our supporters away with the second group phase of for our club please.” all over the country. Yes, we the Champions League,” Karl-Heinz It took several years for the need money to run the club Rummenigge, the representative of Ger- man champions Bayern Munich told the other Kolkata giants, East but not at the cost of our sup- reporters. He was supported in his op- porters’ sentiments” said Bengal and Mohun Bagan, to position by Peter Kenyon, the chief ex- embrace Vijay Mallya and Ahmed, who played a key ecutive of Manchester United. his UB brand. Tollygunge role in Sporting’s revival. Agragami, on The club was, Vieira set to ignore Real deal: De- the other SPONSORSHIP WOES in fact, fight- throned English Premiership champions hand, is still searching for a ing to avert relegation in the Arsenal received a welcome boost on sponsor despite being in the Kolkata league when Ahmed Tuesday when inspirational captain National Football League for stepped into the office. With- Patrick Vieira committed himself to them four years. in a year he took the team to for next season despite interest from It must be pointed that the the premier division of Indi- Champions League titleholders Real clubs’ supporters weren’t too an football. Madrid.The French international mid- FIGHTING FIT: Sachin Tendulkar with his wife Anjali at Sinai hospital in Baltimore, happy with Bagan and EB’s Last season, he even fielder said despite Arsenal’s failure to US, after recent surgery on his injured left hand. decisions. Some even went to pumped in a handsome retain the Premiership and its well publi- cised financial problems — it is £40mil- breakfast, a routine he knows well from court to stop these clubs. amount to form a good side. Magpies to raise budget: Newcas- lion in debt — he was looking forward to a dozen or so trips on the PGA Tour. tle United, having reached the Champi- Two years ago, Sporting “Now we are in the top 12 leading the Gunners out next season. Tuesday morning was different. The kid ons League for the second year in suc- clubs of the country. The too had succumbed to reality isn’t at the Wachovia Championship to cession under manager Sir Bobby Rob- and accepted the helping competition is bigger here “I have really enjoyed the responsibility and I’m looking forward to leading the watch. He’s here to play. Haas not only son, are ready to brandish the cheque- hand offered by the UB and you need a good side to team next season,” said Vieira. has a locker next to his father, Jay, but a book. Now chairman Freddie Shepherd group. They wore the Bag- survive here. It requires at tee time Thursday morning against a is set to hand Robson money to help piper logo on their black and least Rs 1-2 crore to form a Father-son success story: Bill Haas field that includes Masters champion close the gap on Man United and Arse- white shirts which wasn’t ap- good side these days. It’s not followed his father into the locker room Mike Weir and Davis Love III. The nal on the back of a £12 million operat- preciated by their supporters easy. In these circumstances at Quail Hollow Club and sat down for younger Haas also has plenty of game. ing profit in the six months to January. at all. it’s even tougher to say no to So now they are saying no. liquor companies but we are “We are looking for a spon- will stick to our stand.’’ Kamaljeet Singh
Women power: Women weightlifters (from left) Karnam Malleswari and N Kunjarani along with other team members at a felicitation function organised by Indian Olympic Associ- ation in New Delhi on Wednesday. Golden comeback for Malleswari TIMES NEWS NETWORK Wednesday. New Delhi: With an eye on Malleswari, when asked Athens Olympics, Sydney about the competition, said: Games bronze medalist Kar- “It was neither too tough nor nam Malleswari made a gold- very easy.The thing that mat- en comeback at the Common- ters is the way I have made wealth Championships held my comeback.” She had to re- at Tonga from May 1 to 3. The duce her weight considerably 28-year-old lifter,who was out and even her weight category of competition for almost was not fixed at the time of three years, felt it was a near- the team’s departure. perfect beginning in her India also won the women’s team championship quest for gold at Athens. with 193 points, beating Nau- Malleswari, who was de- ru (162) and Fiji (151) to sec- clared the best lifter in the ond and third place. women’s section, won in the The five-member men’s 69kg class, the category in team won three gold and two which she won the bronze in silver. Sateesha Rai, who Sydney. She lifted a total of served a ban for using stimu- 235 kg — 102.5 kg in 132.5kg in lant at the Commonwealth clean and jerk, her best-ever Games, returned with a gold effort which was 2.5 kg more in his kitty. what she lifted at Sydney. Results: GOLD: N Kunjarani Devi (48 kg), “That was really satisfying Sanamacha Chanu (53 kg), Sunaina (58 kg), Pratima Kumari (63 kg), SILVER: Sumati Devi because I had missed a gold (75 kg) and Simple Kaur Bamrah (silver; in that category,” she said af- 75+). ter a felicitation ceremony Men’s: GOLD: Anbu Kathi Ravan (62kg), Sateesh Rai (77kg), Senthil Kumar (85 kg), organised by the Indian SILVER: Vicky Batta (56 kg) and CPR Sudhir Olympic Association here on Kumar (69kg). Anjali claims gold in WC New Delhi: Anjali Ved- pathak Bhagwat registered a total of 502.2 to win the gold in the 10m air rifle event in the World Cup Shooting event at Fort Benning, Geor- gia, USA, according informa- tion received in New Delhi. Lioubov Galkina of Russia and World Cup winner of At- lanta 2002 claimed he silver by scoring a total of 506.6 while her fellow country woman Tatiana Goldobina (27) bagged the bronze with a score of 499.5. Results: 10m Air Rifle Women: 1.Anjali Ved- pathak Bhagwat (Ind) 502.2 (399+103.2); 2. Lioubov Galkina (Rus) 500.6 (397+103.6); 3. Tatiana Goldobina (Rus) 499.5 (396+103.5); 4 Joo Eun Park (Kor) 499.4 (397+ 102.4); 5. Deepali Deshpande (Ind) 499.2 (398+101.2); 6. Hiromi Misoki (Jpn) 499.1 (396+103.1); 7. Marina Bobkova (Rus) 497.6 (395+102,6); 8. Suma Shirur (Ind) 497.0 (395+102.0). Federer makes it to Round 3 Rome: Swiss star Roger Fed- erer defeated Argentine Mar- iano Zabaleta 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 on Wednesday to advance into the third round of the US$2.75 million Italian Open. In other second-round matches: eighth-seeded Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic eliminated Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty 6-1 6-4; No. 12 seed Rainer Schuettler defeated South African veter- an Wayne Ferreira 7-6 (7/4) 6-2; Spanish clay-court spe- cialist Felix Mantilla beat ris- ing American talent Mardy Fish 6-4 6-3; and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Re- public topped Spain’s Alber- to Martin 6-4 6-3. AP
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