OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Wednesday,August 13, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 40 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Lopez takes role All ‘aaloo’, says Team-mates fed cuts after flop Nitish about Laloo’s up with Warne’s show in Gigli performance in Pak exploits Page 12 Page 9 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES India rejects Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Musharraf’s After coffins, bulletproof jackets The best religion is the most tolerant. By Pradipta Bagchi “All the jackets tested failed dilution of the Army’s origi- mistaken belief that they are that its hard armour panel TIMES NEWS NETWORK — Delphine de Girardin ceasefire call to stop AK-47 bullets,”’ addi- nal requirements for BP well protected. can only stop mild-steel tional director-general of AP jackets, released in November The tender differs from the core AK-47 bullets shot at a ve- TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI Mumbai: The Vajpayee gov- police Girish Kumar told 2000. While General staff earlier specification in anoth- locity of 710 miles per second. ernment is planning to spend NEWS DIGEST New Delhi/Islamabad: India on The Times of India. Qualitative Requirement er way: it insists the jackets Police sources say, however, Rs 600 crore to import bullet- Tuesday rejected Pakistan President The jackets were made (GSQR) No. 759 specifies five have to be made with ECPE, a that bullets fired from an AK- proof jackets that do not stop TN derecognises unions: In a Pervez Musharraf ’s call for a cease- using ECPE, or ex- types of bullets patented material available 47 are at a velocity of 730-740 the most common variety of fresh offensive against employees fire on the Line of Control (LoC) and tended chain poly- TIMES to be stopped at from only two companies — miles per second. who went on strike, the Tamil Nadu inside Kashmir as ‘‘propagandist’’. AK-47 bullets used by terror- ethelene, technolo- various distances, Honeywell of the US and DSM, MoD officials familiar with government on Tuesday derecog- The external affairs ministry ists against our jawans in gy, the same tech- including AK-47 a Dutch firm. the BP jackets tender deny nised all the 26 major trade unions spokesman, Navtej Sarna, said, Kashmir. nology specified in and Dragonov ri- However, with Honeywell there has been any dilution and its affiliate unions, numbering Field tests conducted on the MoD and MHA fles, the MoD ten- busy equipping US forces in of specifications. ‘‘The new over 200, with immediate effect. ‘‘There is nothing new in these sug- gestions.’’ ‘‘Instead of propagandist June 12 by the Greyhounds — tenders. None of der in 2002 reduced the wake of the wars in specs have been framed keep- Modi to visit UK: Though the statements, Pakistan should take ef- the special force of the Andhra the jackets of the seven manu- this to three bullet varieties, Afghanistan and Iraq, DSM ing the 7.62 mm SLRs and AK- British government officially cold- fective and long-term oriented meas- Pradesh police — showed that facturers who participated while the subsequent MHA is the only supplier capable 47 rifles in mind and are real- shoulders Gujarat CM Narendra ures to dismantle the infrastructure bulletproof jackets of the with ECPE plates — also called tender further trimmed the of meeting demand from istic about what the jawans Modi, he is scheduled to begin a of support to terrorism,’’ he added. same specifications mentioned Dyneema inserts - made the specs to two. elsewhere. have to face’’, said an official, high-profile European roadshow lat- Musharraf had proposed to a visit- in separate defence ministry grade. Yet the MoD is proceed- This dilution could endan- DSM insists jackets made adding that the technical trials er this week. P9 ing Indian team of parliamentarians (MoD) and MHA tenders did ing with its tender. ger the lives of jawans taking from its material can stop were carried out at the Mhow Shahabuddin may surrender: and journalists that he would ‘‘facili- not stop steel core AK-47 Curiously,the specifications greater risks in close-quarter AK-47 bullets. But the compa- infantry school ‘‘in a transpar- Absconding Siwan MP Shahabuddin tate’’ a truce in J&K if India stopped bullets fired from 15 metres. in that tender are themselves a combat with terrorists in the ny’s website itself admits ent and fair manner’’. may surrender before a Siwan court ‘‘atrocities’’ in the state. on Wednesday following feelers sent In his characteristic blow-hot-blow- AP to him by Bihar CM Rabri Devi. P9 cold pronouncements, Musharraf had BJP changes tack: With the BJP said a ceasefire can be achieved on the failing to garner support for reserv- LoC by Wednesday morning by giving US not techy ing one-third seats for women in leg- orders on Tuesday to the two armies. islatures, its chief, M Venkaiah At the same time, he accused New Naidu, is seeking support for dou- Delhi of human rights violations and ble-member constituencies to facili- atrocities in Kashmir, before adding, tate the passage of the women’s ‘‘If India stops atrocities, human about teachers reservation Bill. P7 rights violations, releases political prisoners and creates an atmosphere, By Chidanand Rajghatta dia in June this year after fail- Hazare in court: Social activist then may be we can facilitate a cease- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ing to hire locally. Anna Hazare, who has undertaken a fast unto death following aspersions fire (in Kashmir).’’ ‘‘The quality of teachers in Sarna said these suggestions ‘‘have Washington: Last week Gari- India was unbelievable,’’ he cast on his integrity by a minister, on ma Malhotra was teaching at Tuesday appeared in the metropoli- not been found effective in the past be- says. He interviewed 85 teachers cause Pakistan has continued to spon- the P K R Jain Secondary Public during the week he was there tan magistrate court for hearing of a School in Ambala, Haryana. criminal case. P7 sor terrorism directed against India and hired three. A fellow educa- and provided support to cross-border This week, she will begin teach- tionist from Kansas on the same Kidnapped boy released: Sid- infiltration’’. He added, ‘‘Once this is ing at Greenwood High School, trip also hired three. Noflin dhant Parmar, the eight-year-old stopped and Pakistan-aided terrorists Greenwood, Mississippi. wants to go back for more. nephew of a Bihar minister, whose stop crossing the LoC, the level of fir- Malhotra, 27, is among the The exact numbers of teach- kidnapping sent shock waves thro- ing would naturally go down.’’ hundreds of teachers being im- ers coming from India is not ugh Patna, returned home safe and ported from India to meet a crit- sound on Tuesday after 20 days. However, J&K CM Mufti Mo- available, but what began as a hammed Sayeed welcomed the Pak- ical shortage of instructors in trickle is now growing. BJP clarifies stand: In the wake istani proposal. ‘‘This is an important the US that according to an esti- Teachers’ pay in the Missis- of the Prime Minister’s reservations step as there were a number of casu- mate will touch 700,000 over the sippi delta is dismal even by on tampering with the dates of the alties every year in cross-border firing next three years. American standards with a polls and opposition from a majority along the LoC,’’ he said in Chennai. HEAT AND HISTORY: Three women enjoy the bright sun despite the extraordinary heat on Tuesday at a While much of America is starting salary of around $ of BJP MPs to advancing the Lok Picture of Musharraf with Laloo: P9 beach bar in front of the Berlin wall. Today is the 42nd anniversary of the wall. upset over the loss of white col- 25,000 annually. Sabha elections, BJP president M lar and technology jobs to Indi- But instructors with Gari- Venkaiah Naidu clarified that there ans, there hasn’t been a peep ma’s education, experience was no proposal to advance or about teachers being brought in postpone the general elections. P7 and skill can expect to make Lutyens kin to admire his baby in Oct from India. between $ 30,000 to $ 40,000, Educationists attribute it to says Noflin. by Laxman YOU SAID IT By Saurabh Sinha the city its unique character. said. Intach, Jain said, is making would be held on Lutyens’ Delhi the low regard, dismal pay Garima Malhotra entered the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Head of Intach’s Delhi chapter a blueprint to seek World when the team is in Delhi. DUAC scales and high turnover in the US on an H1-B visa, which was O P Jain said the great-grand Heritage Status for the Lutyens’ secretary Dina Nath said the once admired profession. till recently meant for skilled New Delhi: Family members of nephew of Lutyens, some other Bungalow Zone. commission would offer any as- According to the National technical workers. Edwin Lutyens, the architect relatives, architects and conser- ‘‘Given the special character of sistance required by the team. Commission on Teaching Because of the downturn in who designed New Delhi over vationists, who have formed the the area, we will ask the govern- Interestingly, the Union urban and America’s Future, a third the tech sector and job losses, nine decades ago, will be Lutyens Trust in UK, will be here ment to send this plan to Unesco, development ministry’s plan to of new teachers leave the pro- fewer tech workers are coming here in October to admire between October 6 and 10.