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WIN WITH THE TIMES Petrol, Diesel prices down PETROL Established 1838 Delhi Kolkata Mumbai Chennai Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. REVISED Stuff happens. 10 Iraqis die in Mosul firing 32.49 34.00 37.52 35.48 AP — US defense secretary Mosul/Nasiriyah: At least 10 people Previous Donald Rumsfeld on the were killed and more than 100 33.49 35.00 38.59 36.56 looting in Iraq wounded as the US troops fired on a protesting crowd in Mosul, northern DIESEL NEWS DIGEST Iraq, on Tuesday. Delhi Kolkata Mumbai Chennai Eyewitnesses said the crowd was an- Norms for PSU bids: The govern- gered by a speech by the new REVISED ment came up with new guidelines US-backed governor. But the charges 21.12 22.52 26.70 23.55 for bidding by employees in the PSU were denied by a US military sector. It will now be mandatory for Previous spokesman in the city, who said the 22.12 23.51 27.88 24.65 15 per cent or 200 of the PSU’s em- troops had first come under fire from ployees to participate in the bid. at least two gunmen and fired back, Govt angry at SJM remarks: without aiming at the crowd. The BJP leadership The incident overshadowed the is upset at the way US-brokered talks aimed at sketching Truckers’ stir: SJM leader Dat- out the country’s future leadership topant Thengdi in Nasiriyah, a Shiite Muslim made a personal at- bastion, where the main Shi’ite tack on the Prime opposition boycotted the meet and Delhi holds Minister and tele- 20,000 people took out an anti-US com minister Arun protest march. Shourie while flag- The religious and political leaders, the priceline ging off an anti-WTO yatra. P7 who met at a makeshift US air base be- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Growing menace: Polio eradica- side the ancient Mesopotamian city of tion seems a distant dream with 66 Ur in southern Iraq, agreed to convene New Delhi: Delhi was the only unaffect- cases already being reported from again in 10 days. ed metro, as prices of essential items, es- eight states. Last year, the govern- The shooting in Mosul broke out as pecially vegetables, went spiralling out ment was close to eradicating polio, the newly-appointed governor of the of control in various parts of the coun- with only 29 cases reported in the city was making a speech from the try on the second day of the truckers’ same time period. But outbreaks in building housing his offices which lis- strike on Tuesday. UP and West Bengal sent the num- teners deemed was too pro-US, wit- Vegetable prices in the Chennai bers soaring. P10 nesses said. wholesale market shot up to almost dou- BSNL business: BSNL said it ex- ‘‘There were protesters outside, 100 ble their normal levels. pects a 25 per cent rise in business to 150, there was fire, we returned People in Mumbai had a reason to which will compensate for any loss fire,’’ a US military spokesman smile as the transporters exempted es- of revenue from cheaper fixed-line said. The initial shots came from a Shias demonstrate against a meeting in Nasiriyah on Tuesday to rebuild war-torn Iraq saying their leaders were not invited. sential commodities like vegetables, oil, tariffs to be in place from May 1. Un- roof opposite the building, about 75 wheat, sugar, kerosene and milk from changed rentals and call duration metres away. glass falling on the civilians. People their strike. may have an impact of Rs 400 to Rs ‘‘We didn’t fire at the crowd, but at started to throw stones, then the However, prices of most goods are al- 500 crore but will be compensated the top of the building,’’ the Americans fired at them,’’ said Ayad Target Syria? Shi’ite protests Baghdad berserk ready well above their normal levels in by the rise in traffic. P11 spokesman added. ‘‘There were at Hassun, (37). the western metro as the strike has been Sena eager to return to roots: least two gunmen, I don’t know if they ‘‘Dozens of people fell,’’ he said, his • US threatens to • Top Shi’ite cleric, • Rare books, includ- on for much longer here. The Shiv Sena seems eager to re- were killed... The firing was not inten- own shirt stained with blood. Agencies impose sanctions Ayatollah Ali Sistani, ing one of the oldest In Surat, the per quintal price of pota- turn to its Shivaji Park roots, with sive but sporadic, and lasted up to two Comment: It is flashpoints like this against Syria speaks up after 12 versions of the to increased to Rs 550 from Rs 350. party strategists putting final touch- minutes,’’ the spokesman said. which can ignite the bushfire of public The strike has hit Rajasthan, Tamil es to its ‘‘Mumbai Plan’’ in a bid to But witnesses charged that US opinion — in Iraq and beyond — and • It is up to Syria days in hiding Quran, lost as Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. revamp the city of its birth. P11 troops fired into the crowd after it be- make people feel that far from being to prove it is no • Iraq’s leading National Library and The All India Motor Transport Con- came increasingly hostile towards the liberators, the Americans are foreign “rogue nation” says Shi’ite opposition Islamic Library burnt gress says 27 lakh commercial vehicles YOU SAID IT by Laxman new governor, Mashaan al-Juburi. oppressors far worse than Saddam. British foreign group boycotted • Army raids Palestine are off the roads, and the strike could ‘‘They (the soldiers) climbed on Cool off on Syria, world tells Bush: Page 13 cost businesses Rs 20,000 crore a day. top of the building and first fired See Edit: Weapons of Disruption minister Jack Straw Nasiriyah meeting Hotel Truckers are expected to lose Rs 1500 at a building near the crowd, with the Also see View/Counterview on Edit page crore daily. Related report on pages 4 & 9 K K Laskar SARS kills nine more in a day in Hong Kong Hong Kong/Beijing: The life-and-death struggle against SARS hit Hong Kong with a record nine fatalities in one day, but hos- pital officials said Tuesday they had saved the baby of a dying 34-year-old pregnant He has a point. Those above the woman. poverty line hide their income and The Chinese capital of Beijing at last evade tax! People below it have no woke up to a virus creeping into its hin- income and will pay honestly if terland. But the World Health Organiza- taxed! tion (WHO) complained its team is being denied access to Beijing military hospitals where unconfirmed reports have said a indiatimes.com POLL large number of SARS patients are being treated. Yesterday’s results: Do you think Monica Lewinsky is the best choice to host a In Hong Kong, the youngest of the vic- reality show for lovers? tims was a 32-year-old woman. “I think during the last couple of days, our con- Yes 50% No 50% cerns remain the number of deaths and of the people who died... some of them were • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. rather young,” Hospital Authority acting Chief Executive Ko Wing-man said. Today’s question: Do you foresee a Ko said the treatment used in Hong stable government emerging soon in post-war Iraq? Kong now — a mix of anti-viral drugs and steroids — had seen good response in 80-90 Cast your vote on percent of patients. www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Of the 42 newly infected patients, 11 were health-care workers. The latest fig- ures bring the Hong Kong death toll to 56 and the number of cases to 1,232. After months of hiding their SARS out- break, China’s leaders started a highly publicised battle to halt its spread. Pre- mier Wen Jiabao called on “the whole na- tion” to “work closely together to win the WEATHER NEW, IMPROVED HUMAYUN’S TOMB: Delhi’s famous landmark fierce battle” against SARS, and ordered a opened after a Rs 3 crore makeover which revived its water system campaign to scrub down planes, trains Max. 39oC/ Min. 27oC and its gardens. Report on page 2 and office blocks to kill the virus. Agencies Moonset:Wednesday — 0538 hrs. Moonrise: Tuesday — 1716 hrs. Sunset: Tuesday — 1847 hrs. Sunrise: Wednesday — 0555 hrs. ‘Science fiction’ for Gujarat students Partly cloudy sky with possibility of light Ajit Ninan rain/thundery development accompanied By Robin David Bibles for scientific knowledge, they with squall in some areas. Max. relative hu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK would commit blasphemy every time midity on Monday 46% and Min. 18%. they leaf through it! Ahmedabad: ‘‘In astrology,the unit Dr B R Sitaram, formerly with to measure the distance between two Physical Research Laboratory, cites stars is called light-year.’’ another example.‘‘The Standard VII Food is essential for us because ‘‘it science textbook has one section on helps in wear and tear of the parts of ‘air pollution due to breathing by an- the body’’! imals and human beings’. How are These are just two gems from the we expected to reduce it? Should we inexhaustible mine of factual errors all stop breathing?’’ he asks. in the Gujarat State Textbook Board science textbooks prescribed for the Sitaram has started a firm, Zeal students of Standard V,VI and VII. Educational Services, which has The science book prescribed for documented many of these errors. Class V tells a student that whenever Gujarat State Textbook Board Book your Classifieds chairman R C Raval says he can’t 24 hours service: “51-666-888” the moon is overhead, it is midnight. Anyone with basic knowledge of as- comment on the errors as he is mere- Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” tronomy would tell you that the ly an administrative head. The ATM of information moon is overhead at midnight only do not have limbs.’’ Going by this Comment: One thought that only his- The Largest Classifieds Site on full moon nights. On new moon maxim, rabbits and moles should tory was open to distortion, but evi- days, it is overhead at noon! not have legs either, as they are bur- dently science too has its share of The section on biology for stu- rowing animals! fiction masquerading as facts. So dents of Standard VII has this to say. The books are so replete with er- much for inculcating a scientific * 34 pages with Ascent + 8 pages of Delhi Times ‘‘Since snakes live in burrows, they rors that if students take them as temper in children.
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2 Wednesday,April 16, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi Ex-BSP councillor shoots travel agent TIMES NEWS NETWORK Truck rams car, councillor from Ward 29, a station. In his dying state- in his abdomen, chin, shoul- seat held by him earlier. ment, Sonvir said he was sit- der and arms. Four spent and Ghaziabad: A former Bahu- Police said Shekhar sus- ting in his office when Singh a live cartridge, of two differ- jan Samaj Party (BSP)coun- pected the travel agent, Son- drove up to the agency in a ent calibres, were recovered cillor and two of his associ- 5 killed, 3 hurt To chat on SMS send 'cchat'
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Today’s Hurdles Mohammed Ilyas Processions: Three proces- Jilted woman commits suicide sions will be taken out in TIMES NEWS NETWORK Amit had influenced her to an affair with him,’’ the offi- tablets before sleeping. Her the city on ac- have a relationship with him. cer added. parents, however, got wor- count of Hanu- New Delhi: A 21-year-old He was apparently giving her The woman apparently ried when she started vomit- man Jayanti on pharmacy student, who was birth-control pills.’’ agreed to the relationship af- ing. Wednesday. allegedly jilted by her lover, According to the police, ter Amit promised to marry ‘‘When the woman’s elder • The first pro- committed suicide on Mon- Amit met the woman about her. Hassan said:‘‘The letter brother rushed to her rescue, cession will start at day. She left a suicide note, two years ago and he was giv- clearly states the woman’s she told him everything that 2 pm from Hanuman tem- saying that she was having ing her Chemistry lessons. wish. She wanted to marry had happened,’’ Hassan said. ple, Baba Kharak Singh an affair with her tutor, who They were neighbours in the Amit and, therefore, agreed The woman was taken to a Marg. Motorists are ad- had refused to marry her. Krishna Nagar area of east to the relationship.’’ private hospital where she vised to avoid Connaught After recovering the letter, Delhi. ‘‘Amit lives alone in But when she broached the was declared dead on arrival. Place area, Madras Hotel, the police arrested the tutor, Delhi and makes a living giv- topic of marriage, the ac- Although the police was Panchkuian Road, Gole Amit, and have charged him ing tuitions. The woman cused allegedly refused to informed immediately, they Market, Bhagat Singh with rape and abetment to lived with her parents. Her speak about it. Her letter in- arrested the accused on Market, Kali Mandir and suicide. father is a government em- dicated that he was persuad- Tuesday morning after re- Baba Kharak Singh Marg. Deputy commissioner of ployee,’’ a police officer said. ing her to have a relationship covering the hand-written • The second procession police (east) Nuzhat Hassan The woman developed a with his friend. As a result suicide note. The woman’s will begin from Hanuman said: ‘‘Although the woman liking for Amit during her tu- the woman became de- parents say that she was an Mandir, Esplanade Road, has admitted to a relation- ition classes. ‘‘Amit took ad- pressed. extremely bright student and at 4 pm. It will pass ship with the accused, it is vantage of the situation and At 10 pm on Monday, the had stood first in her Class 11 through Dariba Kalan, clear from the letter that influenced her into having woman consumed sulphose examinations. Chandni Chowk, Nai Sarak, Barshabulla, Chawri Bazar, Chowk Father, son SPREADING THE GOOD WORD: Devotees participate in traditional tableaux every year on the Hauz Qazi, Ajmeri Gate, Snatching purse for girlfriend occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. Shardhanand Bazar, Chowk Naya Bazar, Khari TIMES NEWS NETWORK at a salon in Vasant Kunj killed in row Troubled teen area. ‘‘He had spent Rs 250 to Baoli and Fatehpuri. New Delhi: A 19-year-old boy TIMES NEWS NETWORK Another procession get his hair coloured. He Mahavir Jayanti celebrated • who snatched a purse in the •The boy is a dropout New Delhi: A sub-inspector would start from Haveli wanted to earn back the mon- Vasant Kunj area on Monday from a boarding school with the State Transport Au- TIMES NEWS NETWORK started from Model Basti Fernandes. Haider Quli at 6 pm and ey he had spent,’’ a police of- night was apprehended by a in Mussorie. thority and his son were and ended at Parade On the Tirthankar’s end at Hanuman temple, ficer said. New Delhi: The Jain com- passerby, although the police stabbed to death by the neigh- Ground where Acharya Sri birthday, the idol of Bhag- Vishram Ghat. Motorists •He was involved in a When the accused reached munity celebrated the control room van took 25 bours during an argument. Vidyanandji delivered a wan Mahavir is given a cer- are advised to avoid molestation case two Ring Road, he saw a woman 2,600th birth anniversary of minutes to reach the spot and Four persons were also in- sermon in the morning. emonial bath called the ab- Chandni Chowk, Katra years ago. The police the 24th Tirthankar Bhag- arrest him. walking alone. jured during the altercation. Baryan, Naya Bans, Khari had arrested him but the wan Mahavir in Delhi on The procession then con- hishek. Rohit Sood, who stopped ‘‘She is a second year stu- The police said the vic- Baoli, Fatehpuri, Ghanta boy was later released Tuesday. Religious proces- verged into a dharma sab- A religious ceremony the boy from escaping with dent of Venkateswara college tims, Dhanpal Sagar (54) and Ghar, Dariba Kalan, on bail sions and congregations ha in the afternoon where was also held at Ahimsa and was on her way home,’’ a Rajender (33), often had Mandir Shivala Apa Ganga the purse said: ‘‘The traffic across the city marked the religious discourses and Sthal in Mehrauli. Jain •The accused was police officer said. fights with their neighbours Dhar, Red Fort, Lothian police reached since they Mahavir Jayanti. cultural programmes were temples in the city were going to meet his girl- ‘‘The road was secluded Vijay Pal and his sons. Pal Road and Hanuman were present near the spot. Jain Sabha-Delhi took held. The sabha was attend- decorated with flags on the friend at Rajouri Garden and the boys were driving and his son Kailash have temple near Nigam Bodh But the police control room out a traditional procession ed by Congress leaders occasion. Devotees very slowly. As they reached been admitted to St Stephens Ghat. van did not turn up.’’ •He had wanted the in the city. The procession Jagdish Tytler and Oscar thronged these temples. Deputy commissioner of money to treat her the girl, they snatched her hospital and are in stable police (south-west) Tajinder purse and sped away,’’ Sood condition. Sood claims his car Luthra said: ‘‘The local po- • said. The deceased’s sons, swerved and hit the Bus crushes man lice reached the spot as Sood followed the scooter Surender and Ravinder, are divider as he attempted soon as we got a report and managed to hit it from admitted to Guru Tegh Ba- New Delhi: An unidentified to stop the boys man, about 40 years old, was from the control room. The behind before they reached hadur hospital. The police crushed to death by a UP boy has been taken into cus- the crossing. have registered cases against Roadways bus in the Nehru tody.’’ ic goods showroom in Delhi Sood got out of his car and both the parties. Place area on Tuesday The boy’s interrogation and they stay in Mehrauli,’’ managed to nab the boy be- evening. He was on his two- has revealed that he belongs Luthra said. fore he escaped. wheeler when he was hit by to an affluent family. According to the police, The boy’s friend, however, the bus. TNN His father runs a electron- the boy got his hair coloured managed to flee. 40 ill after consuming leftover biryani TIMES NEWS NETWORK uted among the residents at 10 am on Tuesday. New Delhi: About 40 people ‘‘They all consumed the fell ill after consuming left- biryani that was distributed. overs from a wedding party The police got the first call at that was reportedly distrib- 4 pm,’’ said a police official. uted in their locality on Tues- The 40 affected people were day. All the affected people rushed to the All India Insti- are residents of Viklang tute of Medical Sciences in Basti near Jawaharlal Nehru PCR vans and CATS ambu- Stadium. According to the lances. All have been dis- police, the leftovers from charged after medical treat- Monday night were distrib- ment. CP building evacuated after bomb scare, nothing found
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A hoax bomb threat kept police officials on their toes at Barakhamba Road on Tuesday morning. For two hours, the bomb squad conducted a check at Vijaya building where Reliance Infocom has its office. Some national banks are also located in the building. Deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Manoj Lall said:‘‘We received a call from an official working in one of the offices there. The caller said that a letter was found in the building at 10:45 am.’’ The hand-written letter stated that a bomb would ex- plode in the building between 11 am to 2 pm. The disaster mangement team, bomb disposal squad and the dog squad reached the spot immediately. The building was evacuat- ed folllowing which a thor- ough check was carried out. After two hours of intensive checking, the po- lice declared the call to be a hoax. Investigations are under- way to find out who could have made the call and at- tempts will be made to arrest the culprit.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers likely to occur at isolated places in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal NATIONAL Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland - Manipur - Haryana repairing Yamuna canal Prices stable on Mumbai: I-A 0700, Mizoram - Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim, Orissa, 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and By Saurabh Sinha AFP 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Kashmir, east Madhya Pradesh, south Konkan and Goa, south mad- TIMES NEWS NETWORK 2300 Jet Air 0650, hya Maharashtra, Marathwada,Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh,Telangana, 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep. 1935, 2030, 2200, day two of strike New Delhi: Haryana has fi- Sahara 0700,1800, 2025 INDIA WORLD nally begun repairing the KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min TIMES NEWS NETWORK 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 39 23 Guwahati 30 18 Amsterdam 20 09 western Yamuna canal after Factfile Jet Air 0600, 1720, New Delhi: The truckers’ Sahara 0620,1915 Mumbai 32 26 Dehradun 36 19 Bahrain 28 24 a delay of two-and-half CHENNAI: I-A Chennai 35 26 Hyd’bad 39 24 Bangkok 39 27 years. Being in a dilapidated strike has resulted in panic •Truckers strike started 0640,0955★★★ Kolkata 37 25 Indore 39 22 Beijing 26 08 supplying of vegetables by on Monday Bangalore 36 22 Jaipur 38 24 Chicago 19 01 state it was just bringing 25 1645,1900 Jet Air farmers, who made a beeline 0645,1900 Ahm’bad 38 25 Lucknow 42 23 Geneva 17 04 million gallons a day (MGD), •Prices of almost all es- BANGALORE: T’puram 35 25 Patna 38 21 Hong Kong 27 21 instead of the required 40 for markets in their loaded I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 41 24 Rajkot 37 23 London 18 11 sential commodities, in- Jet Air 0635,1715, MGD to the Nangloi plant tractors, trolleys, tempos and B’eshwar 38 24 Shimla 25 15 Los Angeles 21 15 trucks on Tuesday. cluding fruits and veg- Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 39 20 Srinagar 17 11 Moscow 11 02 from the Bhakra storage. The etables, remained stable HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 shortfall was constantly lead- ‘‘Onion supplies were four GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS times higher than normal. on day-two of the nation Sahara 1200 ing to crisis situations in en- wide strike. KULU: Jagson 0630, tire southwest Delhi — Potato supplies from Hald- 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on AHMEDABAD: 15.04.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. which houses densely popu- wani and adjoining areas in I-A 0600,1700★★1845, lated colonies like UP were also up 50 percent. some vegetable and fruit ven- Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl The supply of tomatoes from dors misleading customers GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH Janakpuri, Vikaspuri and I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 19.04 22.04 27.04 21.04 Dwarka. Himachal Pradesh too has in- saying wholesale prices have ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 22.05 21.05 21.04 ‘‘Haryana has begun work creased,’’ said Delhi food and shot up at the mandi after the Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 19.04 28.04 28.04 06.05 supplies minister Haroon truckers’ strike. Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST on the Delhi section of the Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 16.04 16.04 23.04 — canal and will repair it in an Yusuf. According to the control 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 16.04 23.04 23.04 21.05 room set up by the Agricul- Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, year. We paid them Rs 10 Banana prices slipped (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 18.04 22.04 25.04 23.05 tural Produce Marketing Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 17.04 14.05 24.05 crore to start the work,’’ said from Rs 9.50 a dozen to Rs 7.50 INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 24.04 22.04 23.04 Delhi Jal Board (DJB) chief P Committee, more than 700 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 16.04 21.04 24.04 on Tuesday as truckers from BANGKOK/TOKYO: K Tripathi. trucks arrived from outside, 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 17.04 18.04 16.04 21.04 Every river needs an infusion of fresh water to keep it healthy. Delhi’s water resources are so other states did not arrive at Thai Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 04.06 21.05 However there’s bad news as against the normal turn A-I 0050 (IC-855) limited that it cannot even meet the people’s demand, leave alone Yamuna’s. the Banana Yard in Azadpur 5622 North East Exp — 20.05 30.05 21.05 too. ‘‘For the next three to out of 600. Nearly 1100 tem- FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 17.04 03.05 22.05 02.06 Mandi — Asia’s biggest 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 17.04 23.04 24.04 four days, the supply through place from time to time in The DJB, he had earlier leased water which was pol- wholesale vegetable and fruit pos arrived as against the AMSTERDAM: Haryana. This will lead to said, was trying to ensure luted to this extent that sev- KLM 0140 (KL-472) 2802 Purshottam Exp — 03.05 23.05 29.04 this canal will be be further market. ‘‘The price may re- usual 900 per day. 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 27.04 27.04 22.04 LONDON: British Air affected and several south- even drier taps in the south- that Haryana repair the eral times it could not be duce further, as the fruits Meanwhile the secretary- 0210 (BA-142) 4230 Lucknow Mail 19.04 22.04 22.04 29.04 WEST west Delhi colonies will have west. The area also doesn’t canal in time to supply the re- treated. This aggravated the start to ripen,’’ the minister general of All India Motor PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail 17.04 17.04 09.06 11.06 0040 (AF-147) even less supply,’’ said Tri- have adequate sweet ground- quired 40 MGD this summer. crisis. The Central Pollution said.The supply of bananas Transport Congress J M Sak- SINGAPORE: Sin’pore Air 2926 Paschim Exp 19.04 01.05 11.06 11.06 water left. But that didn’t happen and Control Board had to ask the 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 24.04 23.04 28.04 — pathi. On Sunday just 19 to the city remains unaffect- sena said the strike had been 2315 (SQ-407), entire south and southwest Haryana government to en- A-I 0050 (I-855) 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 18.04 16.04 23.04 — MGD flowed from the canal, Tripathi, however, termed ed as they are shipped to the successful and complete es- ABUDHABI: 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 01.05 29.04 17.04 which is down by six MGD. this problem as ‘‘essential to Delhi continue to face severe sure that its industries didn’t city on trains from the south. pecially after truckers from A-I 1810 (AI-765) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 02.06 09.06 26.05 water crisis. release their untreated efflu- 2916 Ashram Exp 16.04 23.04 16.04 17.04 The supply may continue to have more water in the fu- Delhi serves as a lifting point Maharashtra joined the MOSCOW: ents into the canal. A-I 1115 (AI-515) SOUTH get affected as the work takes ture’’. This year, Haryana re- for truckers from the neigh- strike. ‘‘There has been no di- 2616 G T Exp 16.04 16.04 03.06 21.04 ROME/GENEVA: bouring states. A-I 0350 (AI-173) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 18.04 16.04 08.06 21.04 alogue with the government 2432 Trivandrum Raj 20.04 N.A. N.A. — There were reports of so far,’’he said. AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 10.06 09.06 28.05 City may get AHMEDABAD: 2618 Mangala Exp — 09.06 07.06 23.05 0115 (A-I 3112) 2628 Karnataka Exp — 23.04 28.04 16.04 2724 A P Exp 16.04 06.05 23.05 22.04 Low voltage, power cuts: MUMBAI: 0315 (A-I 722), 0615 (A-I 142), 0700 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 21.04 09.06 03.06 — light showers and security of a child was (A-I 802), 2145 (A-I 315) 7022 Dakshin Express — 22.04 — 16.04 a school’s biggest priority. No. of passengers dealt on 14.04.2003 (Delhi Area): 66,200 (N. Rly. Area) SCHOOL A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,55,057. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all TIMES NEWS NETWORK The children staged a skit (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: A bitter taste of summer NEWS on the need to spread 23323310, Singapore Airlines computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. New Delhi: Delhiites who 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) knowledge abour road safe- TIMES NEWS NETWORK have suffered sleepless, hot prefer sleeping in the open lar power cuts. ‘‘The power Seminar: Senior teachers ty and McDonald’s made an on my terrace,’’ said Subodh supply goes on the blink nights for the last few days audio-visual presentation New Delhi: Despite tall of Rukmini Devi Public Sinha, a J-block resident. about 10 pm daily. It is better may finally get a break. The through their mascot READER’S GRIEVANCES claims by private power dis- School, Pitampura, attend- A similar problem is being to have dinner while the cool- city may receive its second Ronald. tribution companies about ed a two-day seminar or- as they have been en- faced by residents of Akash er is still working,’’ she said. bout of April showers over improvement in the supply gansied by CES, CERT, for Yoga and spiritualism: Housing mess croached upon by Bharti Apartments in Pat- Guha said they are now the next two days, the Delhi network this summer, sever- post-graduate economics New State Academy, Pitam- shopowners. From florists planning invest in an invert- Meteorological Department Gangotri, a 10-storey build- al colonies continued to reel teachers on the theme ‘The pura was showered with the to barbers, several people COOL IT er so they can face power cuts has said. ing constructed by the under power cuts since Mon- Micro-macro Aspects of spiritual blessings of Sant are running their business with lesser discomfort. ‘‘We are expecting cloudy Ghaziabad Development day. Economy and Education: Raj Kumar Bhai Asa Ram on these pavements. The Residents of Engineers skies and light rain on An Appreciation on March Authority is in a pathetic In Gandhi Nagar area ad- Bapu Ashram, Delhi. Nine police say they are helpless Apartment in Pitampura Wednesday.The temperature 25 and 26’. Experts includ- condition. None of the lifts joining West Seelampur,resi- spiritual speakers preached since the Municipal Corpo- complained of regular power may be around 39 degree Cel- ing Dr M S Bawa, Meenu are working, there is no dents remained without elec- to the students of class 6 to ration of Delhi had given cuts. ‘‘Power cuts lasting sius or less,’’ a Met official Goswami, Prof Rudra Dutt, water supply, and garbage tricity for over 15 hours. 12 and made them realise upto two hours have been said. Dr Kalyanjit Roychoudhary and filth lie strewn inside the vendors tehbazari ‘‘Our power supply was cut the essence of yoga and continuing for the last two ‘‘The western disturbance and Dr Ashok Seth spoke spiritualism. and outside the building. rights. Under the tehbazari at about 11 pm on Monday days,’’ said Ramesh Sikka. has approached the Jammu on the topic. There are no lights in the system, only a small area and it has not been restored K S Khurana of MD-51 and Kashmir area,’’ said Orientation: Rukmini corridors, making the pas- is allotted to a vendor on yet,’’ complained M C Road safety: Delhi Police Devi Public School, Pitam- claimed his colony was being Northern Hemisphere sages dark even during the the stipulation that no per- Pandey, a resident of Sub- Public School hosted the pura organised an orienta- deliberately targeted by Tata Analysis Centre director day. manent structure will be hash Mohalla, lane number launch of a road safety pro- tion programme for Classes power company.‘‘Let there be Onkari Prasad. Naturally, under these built there. These regula- 7, at 3 pm on Tuesday. gramme, a joint effort by 9 to 12. School manager K uniformity in power cuts. ‘‘In summer, this distur- circumstances, most of the tions are flouted in full ‘‘We cannot even seek help McDonald’s India and Delhi C Garg urged the students parganj. ‘‘The air-condition- Why should I suffer five hour bance moves northwards, af- apartments are vacant. In- view of the authorities. from our neighbours as the Traffic Police, on April 8. to make optimum use of the er stops working after 9 pm power cuts daily,’’ he said. fecting the Delhi region far truders, who are neither Unless pavements are va- batteries of their inverter The programme aims to infrastructural facilities due to low voltage. Also, we Residents of Gemini Park less than it does during win- allottees nor tenants, have cated for the pedestrians, could not be charged due to conduct interactive work- available. School principal have been experiencing fre- colony on Najafgarh Main ter months,’’ he said. occupied some of the flats. they will have no choice the long power cut,’’ he said. shops on road safety Anita Garg motivated the quent power cuts, lasting Road went to sleep at 1 am on But the heat will be right across 100 schools in Delhi. To make matters worse, but to walk on the road at In J-block, Jangpura Ex- students to put in their best upto 30 minutes, almost Tuesday. ‘‘I got late for office back in two days, if Tues- The chief guest Maxwell the GDA is now asking the the risk of being run over. tension, the voltage dips so for the new academic ses- everyday,’’said N Srinivas. as I could not sleep properly day’s 39.1 degrees Celsius is Pereira, joint commissioner sion. The school counsellor few allottees who had Also, these shops cause low in the evening that fans made the mistake of occu- traffic snarls. We request Nandita Guha, a resident last night. There was a black- anything to go by. Tempera- of police traffic stressed on laid emphasis on overall and coolers don’t work to the need to teach parents pying these apartments, to authorities concerned to of K-block in Chittaranjan out at 11 pm and power was tures soared to about five de- personality development their full capacity. ‘‘I have and children basic safety pay up arrears for utilities check the menace immedi- Park, claimed she had start- restored only at 1 in the grees above normal last with focus on communica- stopped sleeping indoors. I rules. The guest of honour tion skills and positive atti- like lifts and generator, ately to take prompt action ed dinning early due to regu- morning,’’ said Debyandu. week. to stop proliferation of Vikram Bakshi, managing tude. Students raised their from the date of purchase director McDonald’s reiter- queries and extended their shops on pavements. — S P of the flats. All such facili- ated the need to learn safe- suggestions and were pro- Kanjlia, general secretary, ties had been out of order ty rules. School principal vided with immediate solu- for a long time now. GDA Federation of Paschim Vi- Protect yourself from heat stroke Ruchi Seth spoke on safety tions. should investigate the is- har Welfare Associations sue and provide facilities TIMES NEWS NETWORK Dr Nitin Garg, a general Stray dogs Sun screen physician in Mayur Vihar immediately. Also, it New Delhi: The summer added. should levy these charges On behalf of the residents may have just begun but the •Drink lots of fluids through the day. Government hospitals only for the services actu- of Block No 147-150, Pushp afternoons have already Wear full sleeved clothes when stepping out in the sun. ally provided and the dura- Vihar Sector 4, I would like turned scorching. Doctors • have not yet started getting a tion for which they were to draw attention of the au- warn that anyone who stays •Avoid dark coloured clothes as they absorb more heat steady flow of patients with working. — A K Gupta, 29- thorities to the increasing outdoors for prolonged dura- dehydration. D, Vijay Mandal Enclave, number of stray dogs in tions needs to be cautious of •Cover your head. Wrap a damp towel around your head. ‘‘We receive almost three Hauz Khas our blocks. These dogs heat strokes. •If your eye balls turn yellow or skin becomes dull and to four cases of heat exhaus- Encroachment have bitten many people, A heat stroke occurs when wrinkled, the body does not have enough fluid. tion everyday in the OPD including children. The water in the body dries up during May and June and Encroachment on public number of dogs has in- due to excessive heat, leading •In the event of a muscle cramp, don’t move. one heat stroke patient every land, especially on pave- creased in the last couple to failure of body’s cooling two to three days,’’ said chief ments and roads, is in- of months. Authorities mechanism. Children, elderly, diabet- when the system overworks medical officer (medicine) creasing. Pedestrians can- concerned may please take ‘‘The body cools itself nat- ics, and heart patients are in cooling the body. This can with AIIMS Dr Gaurav Ag- not walk on pavements necessary steps to stop the urally by sweating. When more susceptible to heat dehydrate a person as the garwal. along road number 30 and menace. — V N Rajan, 147 this stops, the body tempera- strokes, say the doctors. body sweats excessively. ‘‘But we have started get- on Ch Balbir Singh Marg H Pushp Vihar,Sector 4. ture shoots up and a person Besides a stroke, heat can Similarly, heat cramps ting patients who get dehy- can collapse,’’ said Dr Naresh Readers should send their contributions addressed to Readers’ Grievances also cause exhaustion and happen when the body loses drated due to the heat,’’ said c/o Metro Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. Chawla, a private practition- cramps. essential salts such as sodi- a resident doctor in Ram er in Pitampura. ‘‘Heat exhaustion occurs um, potassium and calcium,’’ Manohar Lohia hospital. AIIMS suspends critical laboratory test at night By Pallavi Majumdar tients every year. It gets an TIMES NEWS NETWORK Patients in lurch annual grant of about Rs •ABG test is required for 90 lakh which is divided New Delhi: The emer- across the heads of clinical patients with breathing gency laboratory of the All biochemistry, hematology India Institute of Medical difficulty, severe pneu- and microbiology. ‘‘The to- Sciences (AIIMS) has sus- monia, effusion (fluid in tal cost of reagents alone pended the arterial blood the lungs), cardiac trou- amounts to Rs 60 lakh,’’ gas (ABG) test at night. ble and pre/post cardiac head of laboratory medi- This test, not being con- surgery. cine Dr M Irshad said. ducted for three months •It can be a life-saving He said while AIIMS’ now, is essential for criti- was under pressure to cal patients in deciding the test in case of poisoning, hyperammonimia (ex- start new tests, they found line of treatment. it difficult to sustain even The department of labo- cess ammonia levels in blood) and haemoglobin the blood chemistry test ratory medicine cites profile due to the limited disorders. ‘‘dearth of funds to buy budget. reagents’’ as the main rea- AIIMS director Dr P K son for suspending the dition of anonymity. Dave said laboratory medi- test. ‘‘Though we informed cine was given preference the administration well in Getting the test done from outside is not an op- when it came to allocation advance, we did not get the of funds. tion since it has to be car- funds,’’ a circular issued by ‘‘A committee has been ried out within 10 minutes the department on March set up to find out the re- of extracting the blood 22 to heads of departments quirements for investiga- said. from the body. tions and sanction fund ac- As a result, doctors are ‘‘This test is essential for cordingly,’’he said. finding themselves handi- critically ill patients such An ABG test costs about capped while diagnosing as those suffering from Rs 300 in the market. Irshad and treating patients. ‘‘At chronic renal failure,’’ said said the ABG test was ex- times it is difficult to diag- consultant paediatrician pensive as reagents worth nose whether the patient is with Batra hospital Dr San- Rs five lakh were required suffering because of mal- jiv Bagai. to conduct 20 ABG tests a functioning lungs or kid- The AIIMS’ laboratory day for a year.‘‘The mainte- neys. ABG helped find that medicine department nance costs are also high- out,’’ a doctor said on con- caters to two million pa- er,’’ he added.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Wednesday,April 16, 2003 5 Couple dupe 6,000 people, amass Rs 7 cr Cableman blocks news channels TIMES NEWS NETWORK along with two others has applications for jobs. They Priyanka, Anil and Pankaj been apprehended in promised a salary of Rs 5,000 into custody. Following their New Delhi: The crime By N Vidyasagar ates Star News, has a 26 per Dehradun. to every employee.’’ interrogation the police Unwired branch arrested a couple for TIMES NEWS NETWORK cent stake in Hathway.And, The police also arrested But before getting jobs, the learnt that Manoj was living Zee News, part of Zee Tele- allegedly cheating 6,000 peo- from Dehradun Manoj’s candidates had to become at a hotel in Paharganj under New Delhi: NDTV’s new • NDTV, TV Today and films, owns Siticable net- ple and amassing Rs seven brother Anil Sharma and members for which they had a different name. news channels cannot be Sahara news channels work. crore on the pretext of get- their relative Pankaj. to give a fee of Rs 11,000. Af- The crime branch arrested viewed in large parts of the cannot be viewed in most Where does this leave the ting them a job in a computer Deputy commissioner of ter collecting Rs seven crore, Manoj on Tuesday. ‘‘We are city as large cable networks parts of the city. consumer? Well, it appears firm. police (EOW) Dinesh Bhat the accused disappeared. trying to find out where has Hathway and Siticable are • Most affected are east and the views of the cable TV While the accused, Manoj said: ‘‘Manoj and his wife Few days back, the police ar- all the money been spent not carrying the channels. west Delhi, strongholds of customers are respected Sharma, was arrested from floated a computer firm in rested Manoj’s father-in-law. since the amount involved TV Today’s Headlines To- Hathway, WIN and Siticable. only in areas where there is Delhi, his wife Priyanka Janakpuri office and invited On Monday they took runs into crores,’’ said Bhat. day and Sahara Samachar • Cable networks are demanding a fee to route the competition between rival are also facing distribution new channel to cable homes cable networks. TV viewers problems in the city. have no say in localities mo- The impact was most vis- only here and the distribu- one, the cable networks are nopolised by one service ible in east and west Delhi, tion was smooth in other demanding a fee to route the provider. strongholds of networks cities. ‘‘We are facing some new channel to cable For example, there is no like Hathway, Win and Siti- problems in Delhi and hope homes. ‘‘We have not paid competition in areas like cable. The situation was to find a solution soon,’’ any carriage fee to opera- Mayur Vihar and Patpar- somewhat better in south said Shantonu Aditya, pres- tors. We won’t pay any car- ganj. Interestingly, inde- Delhi, the preserve of inde- ident of One Alliance. riage fee,’’ says Aditya. pendent cable operators pendent cable operators. TV Today officials admit- When contacted, Hath- have accommodated the ‘‘There is no response ted that Aaj Tak did not go way and Siticable officials channel despite resistance from my cable operator, pay earlier this month be- said that fees were not an is- from established cable net- who just noted my com- cause of distribtuion has- sue, infrastructure is. ‘‘We works. plaint. I will think twice be- sles. have to knock off channels ‘‘I have been bombarded fore paying my next For the time being, they to add new ones,’’ said a Sit- with phone calls. Customer month’s cable bill,’’ said a have retained both their icabel joint venture partner. service is vital in this pro- Pocket B Mayur Vihar, channels in free-to-air The other issue is the fession and we decided to Phase II resident. mode. Sahara officials said clash of interest with broad- accommodate the new chan- According to the distribu- they are trying to overcome casters owning stakes in ca- nels,’’ said Vikky Choud- tion head of One Alliance, distribution constraints. ble distribution companies. hary, an independent cable NDTV is facing problems What are the issues? For Star Network, which oper- operator in south Delhi. Early monsoon Anti-piracy agent demanded forecast, thanks Rs 3 lakh for exemption, held to new model New Delhi: For the first TIMES NEWS NETWORK legedly demanding Rs three brary owners in Delhi too. He time, the Indian Meteorologi- lakh for not getting his li- heads the Malhotra Copy- cal Department (IMD) will New Delhi: An authorised brary raided. right Protection Agency announce the long-range representative of Motion Pic- Jai Ram said: ‘‘I received which has the exclusive forecast of the southwest ture Association in India, the extortion call on April 10. rights from Motion Picture monsoon, 40 days ahead of who helped the Delhi Police I got the number tracked and Association to take action the usual date. conduct raids at shops sell- found that the call had been against those indulging in IMD director-general R R ing pirated video compact made by Malhotra from a Re- piracy. Kelkar will announce the disc, was arrested on Tues- liance mobile phone. I imme- Vikas Pahwa, advocate for forecast on Wednesday,over a day for extortion. diately got a complaint Lamhe video library claimed month ahead of the normal The accused, Anil Malho- lodged.’’ that his client Arun Kumar date of May 25, official tra, was arrested by the The instrument which Gupta too had been harassed sources said. Gwalior police from his Malhotra allegedly used to by Malhotra. Pahwa alleged: IMD says this was made house in Prashant Vihar.The call Jai Ram has been recov- ‘‘There are nine cases of ex- possible by use of new mod- police were accompanied by ered from him. tortion are against Malhotra. els for forecasting. Kelkar the complainant, Jai Ram, Malhotra apparently has The Delhi Police had, howev- may give details of the new who accused Malhotra of al- been threatening video li- er, failed to arrest him.’’ models on Wednesday. PTI
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INDIA DIGEST AFP Dead man walking in UP Naxalism spreading its By Akshaya Mukul Close encounters livering instigating speech- sise they meant business, the TIMES NEWS NETWORK es’’, talking of ‘‘waging an police in January declared clout in more areas •A man was allegedly armed struggle’’ and ‘‘rais- Suresh an absconder. New Delhi: It happens only ing pro-Stalin and Lenin slo- In February, Suresh, who TIMES NEWS NETWORK ern districts of West Bengal, parts of in UP. A man the police said killed in an encounter gans’’. The MCC has been de- had been working all the north Bihar, eastern UP and eastern as they had killed in an en- last year New Delhi: More areas are coming un- clared a terrorist organisa- while as a contract labourer well as southern Jharkhand,’’ the home counter has subsequently der the influence of leftist extremism. Police put pressure on tion under Pota. in neighbouring Chhattis- secretary said. been jailed! • This, despite government claims that in- his parents to conduct After the ‘‘encounter’’, the garh, returned home to find He said that ‘‘for the first time, Jhark- The police in Sonebhadra his ‘last rites’ district police informed an arrest warrant waiting for creasing numbers of Marxist- Leninist hand emerged as the worst affected, in district arrested Suresh Suresh’s parents about their him. militants have either been arrested or terms of quantum of violence, overtak- Gond on March 14. Nothing •After he resurfaced this son’s death. Though the au- His parents approached have surrendered. Union home secre- ing AP. unusua, except that the same year, he is charged with thorities managed to get his the NHRC, which issued no- tary N Gopalaswamy told this to the par- While the AP naxalite violence was police force had declared in looting arms and jailed mother’s signature to com- tice to the police, but to no liamentary standing committee of the lower, primarily on account of extended an FIR that they had shot plete the legal formalities, avail. Suresh was arrested on home ministry,whose report was tabled periods of the unilateral ceasefire and him dead in an encounter on she refused to accept that her March 14. During the remand in Parliament recently. over seven months’ strategic restraint of April 21, 2002. of the Maoist Communist son had been killed. The po- period, he was taken to a re- ‘‘The entire left-wing movement (is) the Communist Party Marxist Leninist- The FIR and chargesheet Centre (MCC) were killed by spread over 53 districts in 9 states. Apart Peoples War (CPML- PW), the outfit provide a blow-by-blow ac- the police who had laid siege lice put pressure on her to mote place after which the from the traditional strongholds of the made substantial gains by way of large- count of how Suresh and to a secret meeting of the conduct Suresh’s post-crema- police alleged he was in- movement, its newly acquired areas of scale extortions and substantial recruit- three other alleged members banned group. The FIR says tion rites, or else prove that volved in the Khoradih arms that these Naxals were ‘‘de- he was still alive. To empha- loot case of 2001. influence were Chhattisgarh, the west- ment of armed cadres’’. AFP Mayawati comes under Jain priests pour water on a statue of Lord Mahavira on the occasion of his 2602nd birth anniversary in fire from both Bhopal on Tuesday. BJP and Oppn 30 families displaced: Several Lucknow: UP chief minister thatched houses were on Monday Mayawati on Tuesday came night set on fire at Basantapur, near under fire from the BJP and Puri, displacing 30 families, follow- the Opposition for filing of ing a long-standing feud between cases against Samajwadi supporters of ruling the BJD and the Party chief Mulayam Singh BJP, said official sources. Property Yadav and indulging in poli- worth over Rs 5 lakh was destroyed. tics of vendetta. Sops for Bollywood: In its efforts State BJP president Vinay to woo film-makers from Bollywood Katiyar,a known detractor of to shoot in the Valley and boost Mayawati, said the decision tourism, the Jammu and Kashmir to slap cases on Mulayam did government has offered incentives, not augur well for the state. including a security cover of Rs 1 He added, ‘‘Despite politi- crore. PTI cal differences, leaders have Victorian era coins: Over 300 sil- been avoiding negative criti- ver coins, believed to be of the Victo- cism for the sake of the state. rian era, were found from the court- The trend has changed now.’’ yard of a house in Mahal in eastern ‘‘It is difficult for me to de- Nagpur on Monday, the police said. cide whom I should side The coins were sealed in an earthen with. My only fear is that this pot with inscriptions — Queen Victo- new trend should not affect ria 1862.PTI development of the state,’’ Protest over water scarcity: Katiyar said. Irate Mumbai residents on Tuesday BJP spokesperson H N resorted to a road-blockade on the Dixit said, ‘‘UP may go the busy Western Express highway to Tamil Nadu way where protest drinking water shortage. vendetta has become order of Nearly 600 residents of Devipada in the political setup.’’ Borivali, north Mumbai, flocked to Priyanka Gandhi consoles a villager in Gazanpur on Tuesday. A major fire gutted around 200 houses of the village ‘‘A new regime orders in- the highway in the morning, affecting on Saturday. quiry into the deeds of the the movement of vehicles, the police previous government with said. PTI the new chief minister look- Anti-collision device: The anti- ing for every opportunity to collision device, developed indige- Now, Priyanka’s visit to Amethi send his predecessor to jail,’’ nously by the Railways as part of he said. safety improvement measures, Senior state BJP leader would be implemented in a phased Kalraj Mishra said the coali- manner across the country at an es- village jolts officials into action tion government should not timated cost of Rs 1,600 crore, min- indulge in ‘‘politics of ister of state for Railways B Datta- Amethi On a day’s visit to her moth- asked about the possibility of her vendetta’’. Samajwadi Party treya said on Tuesday. PTI state president Ram Saran er and AICC president Sonia Gand- Dalit politics entry in active politics. She was vis- Das said, ‘‘Mayawati should Storm in Guwahati: High veloci- hi’s Lok Sabha constituency,Priyan- iting the constituency for the first In September last year, not forget that when some ty winds accompanied by rains ka Vadhra Gandhi on Tuesday as- • time after her trip seven months ago Priyanka had taken up cudgels other party will come to pow- lashed Guwahati and its adjoining ar- serted that the party’s defeat in a re- jolted chief minister Mayawati into for a Dalit whose house was er, similar things can happen eas early Tuesday morning, blowing cent assembly bypoll here was a action. In September last year, demolished to her.’’ away tin roofs, uprooting trees and challenge the Congress will square Priyanka had taken up cudgels for a electric poles and affecting Rongali ‘‘If an inquiry is ordered up to. •She walked into a police Dalit whose house was allegedly de- Bihu (harvest festival) celebrations. PTI molished by members of the upper into allotment of govern- Asked by reporters about the de- station to get an FIR registered ment land, she may find her- Uplinking study centres: The caste. feat of the Congress candidate in the on behalf of the Dalit self behind bars. Even CAG Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) recent byelection at Gauriganj, This had stirred a political contro- Mayawati responded to this has indicted her in Ambed- has tied up with the Indira Gandhi Priyanka said it was not a matter of • versy as she walked into a police sta- initiative with a rally in the kar Memorial Park case,’’ National Open University (IGNOU) to concern and was rather a challenge tion to get an FIR registered on be- Congress citadel. Das said. The Congress, uplink its study centres via satellite. which will be met.’’ half of the Dalit prompting officials As a result, students living in far- which has also been taken in On Tuesday, she distributed relief to attend to his problems. Mayawati flung areas will not only be able to by the sweep of Mayawati’s landed at the village to make an on- take up RCI approved courses but materials to 177 families at Gajanpur responded to this initiative with a counter-offensive against SP will also have inter-active sessions village where several houses were the-spot assessment of the loss suf- rally in the Congress citadel. Priyan- following the video tapes con- with resource persons and academi- gutted in a devastating fire on Fri- ferred by the affected families in the ka said since Amethi was her moth- troversy, feared that chief cians belogning to the disability day last. She also assured them of fire. er’s constituency it was her respon- minister’s action might sector.PTI further help. After Priyanka’s visit, ‘‘I have no such intention at pres- sibility to redress the complaints of threaten the political the people.PTI a host of state government officials ent,’’ was her cryptical reply when system. PTI SJM leader’s comments on PM, Shourie anger Govt TIMES NEWS NETWORK from collective decision-mak- ment’’. the SJM had lashed out at the ing; two, since the SJM lead- Centre’s stand He said the RSS organisa- PM and Shourie. Recalling New Delhi: The BJP leader- ership is part of the RSS tions reserved the right to air the PM’s response to criti- ship is upset at the way •The government felt the comparison with Mir Jafar and Parivar to which most BJP their opinions in public: cism of the government’s Swadeshi Jagran Manch Jaichand was unacceptable leaders in government be- ‘‘The BJP criticised the labour reforms by the leader Dattopant Thengdi long, the former has access to The SJM could have conveyed its views directly rather Kelkar report, which was made a personal attack on • SJM/BMS — that no mai ka all ministers and could have than going public produced by its own govern- the Prime Minister and tele- lal could dictate terms to the conveyed its views directly ment. If the BJP can take a government — Thengdi com minister Arun Shourie •A recent meet had stressed the need for coordination rather than going public; fi- view independent of the gov- made an oblique reference to while flagging off an anti- nally, the SJM, while critical among various Parivar outfits ernment, every other RSS WTO yatra on Monday. Jaichand and Mir Jafar sell- of government policy, ap- outfit has that right,’’ he ing the country. The SJM Sources said the Vajpayee pears to have no alternative among various RSS affiliates were made’’ before conclud- stressed. leader had also criticised a government was annoyed on programme to offer. and the importance of not ing whether they were ‘‘per- book by Shourie on Ambed- three counts: One, it felt a They felt the outburst was airing differences publicly. sonal’’ or a general comment On Monday, while flagging personal attack — particular- all the more unfortunate as The RSS, on its part, is not on ‘‘a section of the bureau- off a yatra intended to pres- kar, saying though he may ly the comparison with Mir last month’s RSS pratinidhi taking sides yet. Spokesper- cracy, which believed in a sure the government to take have quoted him correctly,he Jafar and Jaichand — was sabha had stressed the need son Ram Madhav said the western model of develop- a pro-farmer/pro-worker had quoted him out of con- unacceptable especially as for greater coordination RSS would ‘‘ascertain the ment’’ with which the RSS stand at the next WTO sum- text and thus written an ill- government policy emerges context in which the attacks ‘‘is in fundamental disagree- mit in Mexico in September, informed book.
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PTI Policewoman What price the Metro coaches? paraded By Rajesh Ramachandran the ICF has obtained a bigger lost out on technological col- The interiors in the trains TIMES NEWS NETWORK order than the DMRC re- laboration even for spare abroad are designed for a naked in J&K quirement, from the World parts, a public sector compa- higher class of passengers By M Saleem Pandit Chennai: The Delhi Metro Bank-aided Mumbai Rail ny under the defence min- than what our passengers TIMES NEWS NETWORK Rail Corporation (DMRC) Vikas Company for 700 rakes. istry, Bharat Earth Movers can afford, he said. While the has imported coaches from A rake is a train-length of Ltd, has tied up with the rail manufacturers’ conglom- Srinagar: The Jammu South Korea at five times the eration in Europe and mega and Kashmir police on cost of indigenous ones, Hot wheels companies in the US spend Monday stripped one of claims the Integral Coach between 2.5 per cent to five their own female col- Factory (ICF), the country’s •DMRC paid 33 cr for six- per cent of their total leagues and paraded her biggest suburban coach man- car rake from South Korea turnover on research and de- after she was allegedly ufacturer. velopment, India can only af- caught with some per- ICF general manager M V •Integral Coach Factory coaches cost Rs 5.75 cr ford to seek technological col- sons in a house in Kral Ramani made a comparison laboration with firms •Foreign coaches cost Khud area. between the coaches his fac- abroad. The latest tie-up is No police officer was tory is rolling out for the Hy- five to seven times more with LHB Germany, whose than Indian ones willing to comment on derabad Multi Model Trans- structural design would be the incident, except that port System (MMTS) and the •ICF not given clearance used to build coaches in RCF an inquiry has been or- DMRC’s imported ones. by Govt to bid for DMRC’s and ICF. dered. While the DMRC paid Rs 33 global bid With the Railway Board ‘‘The district police crore for a six-car rake, the presenting a reform agenda chief will inquire into ICF has produced a similar to the World Bank, produc- the incident and we will coaches. South Korean coach manu- quality product for Rs 5.75 tion units like the ICF are take strict action The ICF’s coaches for Hy- facturers. crore. Asked why the ICF did soon to be made into public against the guilty,’’ a derbad, with interiors made Ramani pointed out that not bid for the DMRC’s global sector companies, with a pos- senior officer said. Truckers make the most of their strike in Ahmedabad on Monday. to order, are markedly differ- the government now buys tender, Ramani said the fac- sibility of privatisation According to the po- ent from the normal coaches 1,650 coaches every year and tory was not given clearance looming in the background. lice, the woman cop was used in Mumbai or elsewhere if it were to import these, the by the government to do so. Corporatisation would not caught at Barbarshah for suburban transport. railways would be able to buy ICF is a production unit of make any difference to ICF with some young boys Though in the DMRC’s multi- just 450, because foreign Truckers are adamant the railway ministry, with so long as the Railways and thereafter was ar- crore deal, the ICF and Rail coaches cost five to seven the entire output catering coaching requirements are rested. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ect. ‘‘They have to get back ● Ensuring states en- only to the Railways. Now, Coach Factory, Kapurthala, times more than Indian ones. met by these PSUs. with something now,’’ force the law on overload- New Delhi: With the all- stresses Joshi. ing. MORTH notes it has al- India truckers strike now ‘‘All they do is write let- ready told the guilty states into its second day, the ters to states and other min- to end the practice of regu- country’s premier trucking istries and call it action,’’ larising overloads for a fee union, the All India Motor retorts Saxena. or face an end to financing Transport Congress is sticking to its demands. Among the AIMTC’s ma- from the Central Road ‘‘We are sick of assur- jor demands are: Fund. Paper notings, no ac- ● Ending volatility in tion, says AIMTC; ances from officials,’’ says ● Jatinder Mohan Saxena, diesel prices; AIMTC says Ensuring insurance secretary-general of the they change every fort- companies obey the rules AIMTC. ‘‘The government night, mostly upwards. on truck financing doesn’t move at all except MORTH says the petroleum There have been prob- when we do something like ministry is agreeable to lems. MORTH says the In- this. We’ve again and again making quarterly changes surance Regulatory and De- called off agitations on as- and these are linked to velopment Authority has surances and then nothing world prices; the next revi- already instructed the lag- happens.’’ sion is scheduled any mo- gard firms and invited Ashoke Joshi, secretary ment and will be down- AIMTC for complaince in the ministry of road wards; feedback; transport and highways ● Amending the Carriers ● Tackling a high court (MORTH), says all AIMTC Act of 1865; The draft of the order for trucks to switch to demands are being ad- updated law has been sent CNG fuel; dressed, except one which to the law ministry for ex- AIMTC says this technol- is ‘‘non-negotiable,’’ — a de- amination, says MORTH. ogy exists nowhere in the mand to cancel all toll pay- They’ve been promising world. MORTH notes this ments on the huge national this for more than three can be addressed, but not highway development proj- years, says AIMTC; by an immediate order. PTI PM to launch major projects in J&K By Bisheshwar Mishra TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Prime Minister Vajpayee, who is beginning a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on April 18, will launch several development programmes as part of his peace initiative in the state. Vajpayee is expected to ad- dress a public meeting at Ha- zoori Bagh. The last PM to address a gathering there was Rajiv Gandhi in 1986. ‘‘This time, an even bigger gathering of people is expect- ed as the state government is mobilising people in a mas- sive way,’ a senior state gov- ernment official told The Himachal Day being celebrated in Shimla on Tuesday. Times of India on Tuesday. The Prime Minister will not be chairing the unified command meeting as was re- ported earlier. But he will Indo-US navy war launch several development projects, including laying the foundation for the Rs 45- crore expansion and upgra- games planned dation of Srinagar airport By Rajat Pandit In an another first, India project. TIMES NEWS NETWORK and US will hold a joint air Vajpayee would also be ad- New Delhi: Top-notch In- combat exercise with dressing a convocation func- dian and American special frontline fighter jets also. tion at Kashmir University. forces will train their The Seals specialise in In his various addresses, he lethal MP-5 sub-machine counter-terrorism opera- is likely to further define his guns and crossbows with tions, hydrographic recon- peace initiative. cyanide-tipped arrows at naissance, underwater Vajpayee will launch the each other soon. They will demolitions in ‘‘blue and Rs 54,000 crore project aimed match their ‘‘unconven- brown water environ- at connecting the North- tional’’ and ‘‘clandestine’’ ments’’. South corridor with a 4-lane warfare skills in a joint ex- ‘‘The Marcos are no less. super national highway,link- ercise to be held in India. They are proficient deep- ing Kashmir to Kanyaku- Defence sources say an sea divers and para- mari in Tamil Nadu. exercise between US Navy chutists,’’ said a senior of- He would also be inaugu- Seals and Indian Navy Ma- ficer. Modelled on the rating the construction of rine Commando Force Seals, Marcos was raised the Rs 168-crore Srinagar by- (Marcos) is now at an ad- to fulfil India’s need for an pass, which is expected to vanced stage of planning. elite force for special mar- bring down considerably Sri- ‘‘The Americans are keen itime operations. It has nagar’s traffic load. it takes place on the west seen action in Operation The biggest initiative in re- coast. So, Goa and Manga- Pawan in Sri Lanka and cent years will be the launch- lore are being considered Operation Cactus in Mal- ing of the railway projects for the exercise, which is dives in 1987-1988. The costing Rs 5,960 crore, which slated for October-Novem- Marcos play an important will connect Jammu and ber after the Iraq situation role in counter-insurgency Baramullah and bring the stabilises,’’ said a source. operations in J&K. state into the mainline of the railway system. UNEP worry over uranium By Chandrika Mago taminated local supplies of completely within three TIMES NEWS NETWORK drinking water at one site, decades of impact. and could still be found in Three, UNEP recorded the New Delhi: The UN Envi- dust particles. The levels first instance of DU contami- ronment Programme were low, it said, neverthe- nation of groundwater.It rec- (UNEP) wants a scientific as- less recommending precau- ommends this water not be sessment of sites targeted tions and constant monitor- used and water sampling with depleted uranium (DU) ing of water. continue for several years. munitions in Iraq as soon as This report cited four find- Four, DU contamination of conditions permit. ings. One, ground contami- the air was found at two dif- DU, considered ideal for nation occurs at DU penetra- ferent sites, including inside use in armour penetrators, tor impact points at low lev- two buildings. has been used by the US in els, and is localised to areas This was due to the re-sus- both Gulf wars. typically limited within one pension of DU particles from UNEP’s latest report on or two metres. penetrators or contamina- Bosnia and Herzegovina con- Two, DU penetrators tion points due to wind or hu- firms possible risks involved. buried near the ground sur- man actions. Some of these It confirmed that DU from face have corroded, losing a buildings were still in use, so weapons used in the mid- fourth of their mass over sev- UNEP recommended decont- 1990s in that region had con- en years. These will corrode amination.
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10 Wednesday,April 16, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Bangalore’s AFP garbage turns into organic manure
By Bhumika K TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bangalore: Over 12,000 trucks of Bangalore’s garbage find their way to Hassan, Chikmagalur, Dodd- aballapur and Kerala annual- ly.Not in the form of stinking dump, but as sweet-smelling organic manure on which cash crops like coffee and grapes thrive. Dr Vaman Acharya trans- forms the putrefied and rot- ting vegetable peels and food wastes from Bangalore’s homes and carcass leftovers from butcheries into organic Spiritual leader of Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, the Aga Khan, with Congress president Sonia manure. Gandhi at the latter’s residence in New Delhi on Tuesday. Khan, who is on a six-day visit to Situated on the outskirts of India, will also visit the Taj Mahal. the city, his obscure metal hangar that came into exis- tence in 1995 and was once a six-acre banana plantation, now houses much of the city’s reject. Eradicating polio an ‘‘I felt that this was one na- tional resource being burned wastefully on roads. Every- one only wants to get rid of it,’’ Dr Vaman, a former as- uphill task in India sistant surgeon with the Ma- harashtra government told By Kalpana Jain public health programmes officials say polio eradica- TNN. But he’s a modest man. TIMES NEWS NETWORK in the country,had aimed at tion in India cannot be ‘‘What I’m dealing with is not eradicating the polio virus achieved before 2005. New Delhi: Polio eradica- more than five per cent of from India by 2000. All oth- tion seems a distant dream One reason for the rapid Bangalore’s garbage. The er countries in the world with 66 cases already being resurgence of the virus in city produces over 3,000 except India, Nigeria and reported from eight states some states is the poor par- tonne per day.’’ Pakistan have eradicated so far. ticipation in the round-the- ‘‘The garbage given by the polio. Even neighbouring Last year, the govern- year immunisation pro- BCC is first heaped in a yard Bangladesh and Nepal are grammes. While states ment believed it was close now polio-free. and sprayed with bacterial to eradicating polio, with have scaled up efforts on cultures to aid composting. only 29 cases reported in Growing menace mass immunisation on Every 7 to 8 days we turn the the same time period. pulse polio immunisation heaps over to oxygenate it. However,a major outbreak days, routine immunisa- The garbage composts at • UP, West Bengal tion still remains low on in Uttar Pradesh and an- worst-affected temperatures up to 70 de- other in West Bengal sent priority. grees and the size of the the numbers soaring by •All countries except So in UP, where only 50 heaps reduce,’’ explains Dr 2002-end. India, Pakistan and per cent children are taken Vaman. Apart from these two Nigeria are polio-free for immunisation at birth While the organic matter states, the other affected for polio, or Bihar only 20.8 gets composted, it is the plas- states this year are Mad- •Eradication not before per cent children are taken tic covers, bottles, rags, glass hya Pradesh, Rajasthan, 2005, say officials for round-the-year immuni- and large wood pieces that re- sation, a large pool of un- Haryana, Bihar, Gujarat • Poor response in im- main and need to be sieved. and Delhi. protected children remains The fine organic matter is munisation programmes susceptible to the virus. While UP and West Ben- a major problem later mixed with neem cakes gal continue to be badly af- Last year, 1,241 children in or fungal cultures based on fected — 20 children in UP alone were crippled by his clients’ specifications. each state being crippled by The spread of the polio polio. But plastic remnants are polio — even states like Gu- virus in India is of concern ‘‘Routine immunisation proving to be a greater prob- jarat and Madhya Pradesh not just to the Indian gov- makes a lot of impact. The lem. ‘‘BCC initially agreed to are showing fresh polio cas- ernment, but also to inter- virus keeps circulating be- dispose off the plastic, but es. national agencies working cause a number of children does not have landfills for The pulse polio pro- towards the eradication of are not protected at birth,’’ them. I tried melting it into gramme, initiated in 1995, the disease. Recently, an In- says Union family welfare plastic cubes used in making and viewed as one of the dian polio virus strain was secretary JVR Prasada pipes, but the process is not biggest and most successful found in Lebanon. Health Rao. economical,’’ he says.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Wednesday,April 16, 2003 11 Shiv Sena looks BSNL sees 25 pc back, and into jump in new Mumbai again tariff business TIMES NEWS NETWORK BSNL cellphones would By Ambarish Mishra carry the same charge as Clean-up act New Delhi: State-owned TIMES NEWS NETWORK applicable to other opera- telecom service provider tors. Mumbai: The Shiv Sena •Sena looks to check BSNL on Tuesday said it On the loss accruing to seems eager to return to the growing influx of expects a 25 per cent rise in the corporation with the its Shivaji Park roots. Par- people into Mumbai business which will com- implementation of the tar- ty strategists are putting •Locals being el- pensate for any loss of rev- iff package from May 1, final touches to its ‘‘Mum- bowed out by people enue from cheaper fixed- bai Plan’’ in a bid to re- from UP, Bihar, says line tariffs to be in place Singh said earlier BSNL vamp the city of its birth. Raj Thackeray from May 1. was not paying anything to To start with, a group of cell operators. •Sena-type stir need- ‘‘We expect traffic to in- party activists will be as- crease by up to 25 per cent ‘‘Now we will have to signed the task of stopping ed to save Mumbai, pay for IUC charge, an ad- he says in some sectors. This will illegal hutments in the compensate for any impact ditional burden,’’ he said. city,it is learnt. from the new tariffs,’’ He said customers Raj. ‘‘Bhoomi-Putra’, the chairman Prithipal Singh would not have to pay any The Sena leader claimed Sena’s USP in the 1970s, said. additional amount on ac- would again be the party’s that emigrants from UP, BSNL finance director S count of IUC charges. catch-phrase, said sources. Bihar and Bangladesh oc- D Singh said unchanged ‘‘IUC would start from Plans are afoot to rope in cupied the pavements in rentals and call duration May 1. But for customers corporate giants, NGOs prime areas of the city, may have an impact of Rs there would not be addi- and prominent citizens to without paying any tax. ‘‘A 400 to Rs 500 crore but will tional charges over and demand an effective check Sena-type stir will have to be compensated by the rise above those specified in on the growing influx into be started to save Mum- the packages,’’ he said. bai,’’ he said. in traffic. Mumbai. He said that BSNL’s ma- ‘‘Political parties should Singh said the corpora- At the same time, the jor thrust would be on val- Sena hopes not to raise the close ranks and evolve a tion had no objections to ue-added and wireless hackles of the non- common agenda to give a implementing intercon- services. ‘‘In March, we Marathi speaking citizen- new lease of life to Mum- nect usage charges from have given 6.7 lakh cellular ry, which has made Mum- bai. The Sena wouldn’t May 1. bai its home for decades. mind joining hands with He said there would be phones and this has helped At a recent function other parties in this mat- no discrimination and us to reach the second po- Sena leader Raj Thackeray ter,’’ said Raj. even calls made from sition as cellular opera- said, ‘‘Mumbai has been Sena’s working presi- BSNL fixed-line phones to tor,’’ he said. groaning under ever- dent Uddhav Thackeray swelling population. The will shortly meet represen- urban infrastructure is in tatives from trade and a state of near-collapse.’’ business at the Indian He said Kolis — one of Merchants Chambers to Mulund blast case city’s oldest tenants — had solicit their support. been elbowed out of the Uddhav has asked its lo- fish market by emigrants cal wings to rope in accused arrested from Bihar and UP.‘‘Mum- schools, sports clubs and bai’s Marathi profile is be- senior citizens in the drive Mumbai: In a major break- under the Prevention of Ter- ing disfigured. However, to keep the city clean. through, crime branch rorism Act (Pota). He is fac- the Marathi ‘manoos’ is to The Sena corporators sleuths on Tuesday arrested ing charges of conspiracy for blame. He dislikes talking have been asked to stop Aatib Nasir Mullah, an ac- engineering the blast in a lo- in Marathi. The Maha- proliferation of illegal hut- cused in the Mulund bomb cal train at Mulund railway rashtrians are more inter- ments in their wards. The blast case. station on March 13, killing ested in ‘Saas-bahu’ TV Sena-BJP combine rules Mullah, a resident of 11 people. soaps, while Marathi the- the Brihanmumbai Mu- Padgha village in Bhiwandi Nachan’s father had filed a atre is languishing,’’ said nicipal Corporation. Taluka of neighbouring petition in the Mumbai High Thane district, was arrested Court, alleging that the po- near the Bandra-Kurla com- lice wanted to kill his son in plex, joint commissioner of an encounter. The high court Bandh evokes mixed response police (crime), Satyapal judges had, however, asked Singh said. Nachan to surrender imme- TIMES NEWS NETWORK were open. ‘‘The police are interrogat- diately. At some places, BJP ac- Jaipur: The VHP-led Ra- ing him to get more details The crime branch officials, tivists requested the shop- jasthan bandh to protest the regarding the exact nature of meanwhile, interrogated arrest of its international keepers to close their shops. his involvement,’’ he said. four youths from Bhiwandi generalsecretary Praveen To- Most offices and schools Mullah is the second per- on Monday over their role in gadia evoked a mixed re- were closed as Tuesday was a son to be arrested in the case the Mulund blast, police sponse on Tuesday. government holiday. after prime accused Saquib sources said adding, four to Togadia had been arrested However, the Mahavir Nachan, surrendered before five persons could be arrest- on Sunday night when he de- Jayanti procession was taken the city police on April 10. ed in the connection with the fied a ban and distributed tr- out in different parts of the Nachan has been detained blast. PTI ishuls at a ceremony in city without any untoward Ajmer. incident. Nearly 1,000 VHP and Ba- In Ajmer, it was complete jrang Dal activists were de- and all the shops in the city tained as a precautionary were closed. measure. Film producers But essential services were The response tothe bandh not affected. Most of the was poor in Jaipur. Shops in shops in the areas dominated the walled city markets and by members of the minority the outskirts remained open sing a different and business was normal. community near the holy Public transport, includ- shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin ing mini-buses and state Chisti were open. transport buses operated In some parts of the state, tune now normally. the VHP and the Bajrang By Kaajal Wallia Shops in Chaura Rasta, Ba- Dal activists held demonstra- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Money games pur Bazar, Chandpol and tions, but the situation was Tripolia in the Pink City under control. Mumbai: For five months, •Music companies film-maker Suniel Dar- had incurred huge shan waited for music losses in previous companies to offer a ‘rea- projects Green revolution sonable’ price for the •They are now less rights of his film Andaaz. aggressive about ac- Ultimately, the frustrated quiring music rights makes way for drip producer floated his own music outfit, Shree Krish- •Many producers By Mahendra Ved na Music, a month ago. have floated their own music labels TIMES NEWS NETWORK Reaping success ‘‘I have spent a lot of money on my film’s music Kuppam (Andhra •Nearly 1,000 acres be- which has been composed loaded from the Internet Pradesh): Andhra Pradesh, ing put under drip irriga- by the music director-duo had also adversely hit Indi- left at the receiving end of tion a month Nadeem-Shravan,’’ said an music industry,said ob- the contentious war between •Most of the produce — Darshan. ‘‘Why should I servers. its neighbours Karnataka gherkin, paprika and succumb to pressure from The Hindi film music and Tamil Nadu over Cau- baby corn — is export- music companies and sell market had been badly hit very waters, is striving to ed, making Kuppam it for a lesser price?’’ in particular, with sales spread a ‘‘drip revolution’’ in prosper Dissatisfied with the dropping by almost 20 per this rocky region located price that music compa- •Farmers raise two to cent in the last two years, near the trijunction of the nies are offering — rang- said Mahmood Curamally three states. three crops a year and ing from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 2 of music store Rhythm In Kuppam, which is also the profit-per-acre of Rs crore for even A-grade House. the assembly constituency of 40,000 per crop has shot projects — several film That was because the chief minister Chandrababu up three times producers have either sales of a film’s music was Naidu, the ‘‘revolution is be- started their own music la- inter-dependent on its per- ing carried out with help na has two crore acres under bels or are in the process of from a US-Israeli multina- water management. formance at the box-office, doing so. said Ramesh Taurani of tional. The project forms his ‘‘Water is making enemies Producer Vashu Bhag- principal political trajectory of friends and neighbours,’’ music company Tips. nani floated his music la- ‘‘With the film industry of not only making his con- he says, without directly re- bel, Puja Music, a few having no genuine hits stituents better off, but also ferring to Cauvery or other months ago, while other during the last one year, exporting it to other districts river water disputes. The producers like N S music sales have also gone of the state, besides Gujarat country, he predicts, will Pashricha are mulling down considerably.’’ and Maharashtra. have ‘‘more and more water over the idea. So, while 2000’s super hit Unlike other star con- shortages in future. The only According to film trade Kaho Na Pyar Hai sold stituencies, not a single pho- way is water management.’’ analyst Amod Mehra, tograph of the leader or even The best part of Naidu’s ‘‘Music companies have close to one crore copies, a a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) self-confessed ‘‘market-driv- become less aggressive comparatively less suc- flag flutters in and around en success story’’ is that the about acquiring music cessful film like Saathiya Kuppam, a town of 318,000 entire produce is exported to rights of new films after sold only around two mil- population. That may be be- the US, Canada, Europe and they incurred heavy losses lion copies. cause assembly polls are a West Asia. Besides the pota- in the projects they had According to Taurani, good 18 months away. toes, tomatoes and chillies, funded earlier.’’ music companies are exer- But that cannot minimise Kuppam produces gherkin, This is evident from the cising extreme caution the work being done. After paprika and baby corn. steep 75 per cent fall in while acquiring music eight years’ effort covering Three Israeli experts have price of music rights over rights since they have 3,800 acres, the take-off was been brought here by BHC the last three years. Sanjay burnt their fingers several reached six months ago. Agro(India), backed by its Leela Bhansali’s Devdas times, even on premium A 1,000 acres are being CEO Billy Rao, who in turn fetched a mind-boggling film projects. added each month and the has Naidu’s backing. Like Rs 12 crore for music ‘‘Music companies have target here is 20,000 acres. Naidu, Rao too does not be- rights in 2001. collectively lost around Rs What is called ‘‘Bangalore lieve in being modest about A year earlier, Subhash 200-250 crore in the film climate’’ helps Kuppam’s the need for political back- Ghai sold his film music segment in the last farmers, although there is ing. Naidu faced tough oppo- Yaadein’s music rights for three years,’’ he said, water shortage and check sition, and legislature wit- Rs 9 crore. adding that, producers dams need to be constructed nessed a walk-out. A sluggish market, au- were welcome to join the to conserve water. The state Rao claims his effort has dio piracy, FM radio and music business since this would have six lakh acres un- halted the migration from MP3 technology through would make them aware of der drip eventually, says Kuppam and got the farmers which music can be down- the ground reality. Naidu, pointing out that Chi- to raise three crops a year.
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12 Wednesday,April 16, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi
AROUND THE WORLD Reuters Kiwi co-star for Ash: Russian cracks unique math riddle New Zealander Martin Hen- derson will By Sara Robinson three-dimensional objects that has every lasso of string encircling it matician to visualise. It says, essen- be the male haunted mathematicians for nearly can be pulled tight to one spot. tially, that the three-dimensional lead oppo- Russian mathematician is site Aish- a century,and its consequences will On the surface of a doughnut, by sphere is the only bounded three-di- reporting that he has proved warya Rai in reverberate through geometry and contrast, a lasso passing through mensional space with no holes. a Bollywood A the Poincare Conjecture, one physics. the hole in the centre cannot be If his proof is accepted for publi- version of of the most famous unsolved prob- Formulated by the French mathe- shrunk to a point without cutting cation in a refereed research jour- lems in mathematics. Pride and matician Henri Poincare in 1904, through the surface. nal and survives two years of Prejudice to The mathematician, Dr Grigori the Poincare Conjecture is a central Since the 19th century, mathe- scrutiny, Dr Perelman could be eli- be made by Bend It Like Perelman of the Steklov Institute of question in topology, the study of maticians have known that the gible for a $1 million prize spon- Beckham director Gurinder Mathematics of the Russian Acade- the geometrical properties of ob- sphere is the only bounded two-di- sored by the Clay Mathematics In- Chadha. Henderson has ap- my of Sciences in St Petersburg, is jects that do not change when the mensional space with this property, stitute in Cambridge, Massachu- peared in films like the hit The describing his work in a series of object is stretched, twisted or but what about higher dimensions? setts, for solving what the institute Ring and director John Woo’s papers, not yet completed. shrunk. The hollow shell of the sur- The Poincare Conjecture makes a identifies as one of the seven Windtalkers as well as Aus- It will be months before the proof face of the earth is what topologists corresponding statement about the most important unsolved mathe- tralian TV soaps including can be thoroughly checked. But if would call a two-dimensional three-dimensional sphere, a concept matics problems of the millennium. Home and Away. The Guardian newspaper report- true, it will verify a statement about sphere. It has the property that that is a stretch for the nonmathe- NYT News Service ed that Chadha planned to turn the classic Jane Austen AFP novel into a “white-hot Bolly- Lewinsky to wood musical version”. IANS LTTE protests US Yoko remix in Top Ten: Yoko Ono may not fit the host dating stereotype of a typical dance music artist, but she likes the role in peace bid show on TV fact that anything goes when it comes to dance music. Washington: The US on the fold. New York: The world’s most Seventy-year-old Ono’s song, Monday took its biggest step “It appears the Tigers are famous intern, Monica Walking On Thin Ice, from the yet into the Sri Lankan peace unhappy at their exclusion Lewinsky, returns to the Double Fantasy album, has drive, but its decision to today,” Armitage said, but spotlight next week. Hand- been remixed and the single bar Tamil Tiger rebels from noted that since the Tigers bag maker and gossip-col- is in the top ten of the dance Actor Brad Pitt and his wife, actress Jennifer Aniston, a major donor seminar have been on the US list of umn fodder Lewinsky has a music charts. Ono says when attend the Project ALS “Friends Finding a Cure” gala in injected new tensions into foreign terrorist organisa- new gig: host of a dating she heard the remixes, she Beverly Hills on Monday. ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral was so touched she cried. It a vicious separatist tion since 1997, their leaders game on Fox called Mr. Per- Sclerosis) is a fatal neuromuscular disease. conflict. were barred by law from ac- was the song she and John sonality. Lennon had been working on the night that Knight Rider coming to big screen: The rebels were furious, quiring visas to enter the “I’ve come to realise threatening to boycott a big- United States. he was shot in New York City in 1980. AP The 1980s television series Knight Rider and that I’ve already had my own its crime-busting, talking car are revving up ger international donor con- The Tigers said they would reality show,” Lewinsky Crowe’s wedding deal: The bells tolled for the big screen. The drama starred David ference for Sri Lanka in review a decision to partici- told Newsweek for a story in for Russel Crowe as he married Danielle Hasselhoff as Michael Rider, owner of the Tokyo in June, accusing the pate in the Tokyo conference this week’s editions, out Spencer last week. It seems high-tech Pontiac Trans Am known as K.I.T.T. US of insincerity towards the in protest at its exclusion Monday. the rugged actor has insisted The film is planned as an action comedy, Dai- on a pre-nuptial agreement in group’s fragile ceasefire with from the Washington meet- Mr Personality, which de- ly Variety reported Monday. This time, Hassel- the Colombo government. ing. case things go horribly hoff will serve as executive producer for the buts April 21, will feature a wrong, reports People. The Deputy Secretary of State “The authentic representa- stockbroker named Hayley Revolution Studios project, the trade paper Richard Armitage, hosting tives of the Tamil people arrangement took a few said. Glen A Larson, who created the TV and 20 masked men vying for months “ironing out” before the talks including a senior should have been invited to her affection. Hayley must show, is among the producers. AP Sri Lankan minister, envoys this major international con- the wedding took place. choose a man based on his in- Should their marriage fail af- Maguire nominated for MTV awards: of 30 nations plus world aid ference to articulate the in- An Israeli soldier arrests a Palestinian during an army ner beauty. ter three years, Danielle will be allowed to in- Tobey Maguire and Viggo Mortensen were and financial institutions, terests and aspirations of operation in Nablus on Tuesday. An Israeli army shootout In addition to hosting the herit 10 million pounds. For any offsprings nominated for best male per- in the West Bank city cost the lives of a Palestinian militant held out hope however that our people,” they said in a show, Lewinsky offers dating from the marriage, there will be a two-million- formance, and the movies the LTTE could soon enter statement. AFP chief and an Israeli army officer. advice in her role as Hayley’s pound trust fund. The actor has protected his they star in — Spider-Man confidante. beloved 800-acre ranch in New South Wales and The Lord of the Rings: DUBYAMAIL The woman who has plead- where the couple married, but has agreed The Two Towers — each re- that Danielle would get the five-and-a-half Had such a strip appeared during the ed for privacy in the past told ceived a leading five nomina- earlier Congress regimes, the stupid Newsweek she realises she is million pound apartment in Sydney if the tions for this year’s MTV worst happens. ANI creators and the editor would have a public figure. Movie Awards. Spider-Man been behind bars without parole. It is and The Two Towers were the newfound freedom of expression “I walk down the street Monroe’s jewellery stolen: Two pieces that you are misusing without adverse and people recognise me,” of jewellery that once belonged to Hollywood among the nominees for best movie, along consequences for the moment. said Lewinsky whose affair legend Marilyn Monroe have been stolen from with 8 Mile, Barbershop and The Ring. Kirsten Dunst, who played Maguire’s on- — Harish Thakkar, Delhi with Bill Clinton caused the an exhibition, police said Tuesday. A dia- screen love interest in Spider-Man, is up for impeachment of the former mond-encrusted gold ring with an M motif I don’t know what’s the purpose of this best female performance, and the two were strip. It is really a waste of space. US president. and a gold bangle, together worth $64,000, were stolen from central London’s County recognised in the best kiss category. Willem — Nikhil “That happened before I Hall Gallery, which is hosting the exhibition Dafoe, who plays the superhero’s nemesis, decided to do this show,and it e-mail: [email protected] Marilyn Monroe: Life of a Legend. One man the Green Goblin, is up for best villain. The will happen after.” Agencies was arrested in connection with the thefts Two Towers also was nominated for best on- and was being held by police. AP screen team and best action sequence. AP
Drinking mom and child’s risks: Mothers who drink al- cohol while pregnant may triple their child’s risk of developing a drinking problem as a young adult, researchers said. They found that 14 percent of the youngsters who were prenatal- ly exposed by their mothers to one or more episodes of drinks had alcohol problems, com- pared to 4.5 percent who were not as heavily exposed. Reuters
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The Times of India, New Delhi GULF WAR II Wednesday,April 16, 2003 13 Cool off on Military hampers coverage of Baghdad protests Baghdad: US forces on Tuesday nearby square where a statue of AFP tried to hamper the media from Saddam was toppled last Syria, world covering a third day of anti- Wednesday,signalling the end of American protests by Iraqis out- the regime. side a hotel housing a US opera- As three of the marines’ ar- tions base. mored amphibious vehicles tells Bush Some 200-300 Iraqis gathered passed by, the Iraqis chanted: outside the Palestine Hotel to ex- ‘‘No, no, USA’’. TIMES NEWS NETWORK press their rage at what they Tensions have been rising in & AGENCIES said was the US failure to re- front of the hotel, where Iraqis store order after the fall of Sad- have flocked to protest a lack of Washington: Washington’s new- dam Hussein’s regime. police protection, water,electric- found Syria-fixation amid its mili- For the first time, visibly-an- ity and other basic services, and tary swagger in Iraq is drawing gered US military officials also to seek jobs in the post-Sad- sharp criticism both in the US and sought to distance the media dam administration. abroad. from the protest, moving re- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan porters and cameras about 30 As the Iraqi protest grew took the unusual step on Monday meters (yards) from the barbed- more vocal outside the hotel, a night of issuing a statement wired entrance to the hotel. marine corporal held an im- through his spokesman asking the ‘‘We want you to pull back to promptu briefing for a few re- US to cool off on Syria. the back of the hotel because porters on progress in bringing While Britain and Spain said the they (the Iraqis) are only per- Iraq back to normal. situation could be defused peaceful- forming because the media are Corporal John Hoellwarth said ly,France and Turkey said they had here,’’ said a marine colonel, the US forces planned to boost seen no evidence to back up Wash- who wore the name Zarcone, but joint police patrols, bring more ington’s allegations. would not give his first name or hospitals back into service and But Israel’s Prime Minister Ariel title. have power restored to parts of Protesting Iraqis jostle with US soldiers on Tuesday outside the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, where US marines have set up an operations Sharon denounced Syrian President The crowd later moved to the Baghdad within 72 hours.AFP base. Iraqis have flocked there to protest lack of police protection, water, electricity and other basic services and to seek jobs. Bashar al-Assad as a dangerous leader and said Syria harboured members of the Iraqi regime. CNN’s silence The flurry of reactions followed Syrians wonder what an extraordinary day of charges Libraries go up in smoke on brutality against Syria from several US ad- ministration officials from Presi- By Charles J Hanley dent Bush down accusing it of giv- lies beneath US threats Heritage in danger The scene inside was to- draws flak ing shelter to fugitives of the Sad- Baghdad: Looters and ar- tal devastation. Not a recog- By Neil MacFarquhar now on Syria’s doorstep, across the nisable book or manuscript dam regime, harbouring terrorists, sonists ransacked and gut- Despite the pleas of A RECENT acknowledgment border in Iraq, and the American ad- • could be seen among the and manufacturing chem-bio Damascus: Last week, Syria’s main ted Iraq’s National Library, the average Iraqi, two by Eason Jordan, CNN’s ministration has already shown it is dark ash. weapons. scientific research institute staged its leaving a smouldering shell main libraries of Bagh- chief news executive, that he ready to flex its muscles again. The wrecking of the li- National security adviser Con- first air-raid drill in recent memory. Tuesday of precious books dad were reduced to withheld some accounts of Damascus residents, who just days Some reflective souls still muse turned to ash and a nation’s braries, which apparently Saddam Hussein’s brutality doleezza Rice said Syria’s support about the chances of change in Iraq ashes on Tuesday. ago were either bemoaning the humil- cultural legacy gone up in occurred Monday, came for years to protect the lives for terrorism and ‘‘harbouring the rattling the Ba’ath Party’s iron grip iation of Baghdad’s rapid collapse or smoke. • One of the targets, the three days after looters of Iraqi sources has come in remnants of the Iraqi regime’’ were here, but the debate on possible Amer- whispering about the chances of it pro- They also looted and Islamic library, had one emptied Baghdad’s Iraq Na- for some withering criticism. unacceptable. Secretary of State ican military action voking change at burned Iraq’s principal Is- of the oldest surviving tional Museum of extraor- Several journalism profes- Colin Powell said Iraqis who have garners more atten- home, now wonder lamic library nearby, home copies of Quran dinary treasures of ancient sors and commentators said knowledge of weapons of mass de- Damascus denial tion. aloud if the United to priceless old Qurans and Babylonian, Sumerian and Jordan had compromised struction and Iraqi political leaders ‘‘Some might believe Last week, looters States Army plans to religious manuscripts. • Assyrian cultures, collec- CNN’s journalistic mission, ‘‘are the kinds of individuals who • Syria says US charges that Rambo can move stole priceless archeo- march on their city. ‘‘Our national heritage is tions chronicling this re- so the cable network could should not be allowed to find safe are aimed at influencing in many directions at logical treasures in The Syrian foreign lost,’’ an angry high school gion’s role as the ‘‘cradle of continue to report from Iraq. haven in Syria.’’ Arab national stances. once, but this is incor- Baghdad’s National Mu- minister, Farouk Al- teacher, Haithem Aziz, said civilisation’’ millennia ago. In an article in The New York No evidence was presented to • Blames Israel for insti- rect,’’ Imad Fawzi seum Sharaa, in his sole as he stood outside the Na- Together,this pillaging of Times on Friday, Jordan re- back any of the charges, even as Syr- gating the US. Shueibi, a Damascus news conference since tional Library’s blackened repositories of Iraqi cul- vealed his knowledge of the ia vehemently denied them and University professor the war began, ex- • The Zionist lobby hulk. is led by US-inspired ture deals a terrible blow to Iraqi regime’s use of torture asked for proof. Syrian diplomats in and analyst, said on tel- pressed bewilderment within the US adminis- ‘‘The modern Mongols, Kuwaitis or other non- the national identity, in a and murder, information Washington and New York contend- evision last week. this weekend over tration is planning full the new Mongols did that. Iraqis bent on stripping the society that prides itself on that he said he could not di- ed the Bush administration is pur- ‘‘Damascus has grown what, exactly, Wash- control of West Asia, The Americans did that. city of everything of value. its universities, its litera- vulge until the fall of Sad- suing a militaristic agenda in the re- accustomed to political ington wanted from its says Syrian cabinet. Their agents did that,’’ he But outside the gutted Is- ture and its educated elite. dam. On Monday,Jordan said gion and said the US campaign pressure’’. barrage of threats said as an explosion lamic library, on the ‘‘I can’t express the sor- the issue was not about ac- could extend through Syria to Such confidence be- against his country. boomed in the distance, one grounds of the Religious row I feel. This is not real cess, but about life and death. Lebanon, Palestine, to even allies gan to fray under the daily threats These are unsettled days in Damas- of the many blasts that re- Affairs Ministry, the lone liberation,’’ said an artist ‘‘Do you report things that such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia. from Washington, however. White House spokesman Ari cus, a city that has long prided itself as sound through Baghdad looter scampering away happened upon in a wing of get people killed? The answer Fleischer rejected Syria’s denials, the capital not just of Syria, but of all The warnings issued by President daily as the war winds was undeniably Iraqi, a the National Library that is no’’. calling it a rogue nation and saying things Arab. The government of the Bush himself, Defense Secretary Don- down. grizzled man named Mo- had been looted but not According to the article, it is ‘‘well corroborated’’ that Iraq’s young president, Bashar al-Assad, ald H Rumsfeld and other senior advis- Aziz was referring to the hamed Salman. burned. This thin, bearded, Hussein’s secret police sub- neighbour has a chemical weapons gained widespread popular support for ers, mostly seem to reflect American 13th-century Mongol sack- ‘‘It was left there, so why 41-year-old man, who would jected an Iraqi CNN camera- its heated oratory against the United program. The Bush administra- concerns that the Iraqi leadership ing of Baghdad, and to ru- leave it?’’ he asked a re- not give his name, was por- man to weeks of elec- States over the war against Iraq. In- tion’s effort to turn the guns on Syr- might escape to Syria. mours on the lips of almost porter as he clung to a ing through old bound troshock torture in the mid- deed, hundreds of Syrian and other ia drew rebuke from even known US But for good measure, the Bush ad- all Baghdadis that the loot- thick, red-covered book, a newspapers and tearing out 1990’s as they tried to elicit Arab volunteers rushed to fight in hawks such as Lawrence Eagleburg- ministration is warning Damascus, in ing that has torn this city catalogue of the library’s pages whose artistic draw- confirmation that Jordan Iraq’s defense. er, a secretary of state in Bush Sr terms once reserved for Baghdad, apart for more than a week religious collection. ings appealed to him. AP was an operative of the CIA. But now Syria finds itself caught be- administration, who said Bush Jr against providing a place where NYT News service tween burnishing its pan-Arab creden- “would last in office for about 15 groups the United States accuses of tials by criticizing America and facing minutes” if he extended the war. terrorism might find weapons of mass a new,painful fact: The United States is destruction.NYT News Service
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14 Wednesday,April 16, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Empower Consumers Gen X Jyoti A THOUGHT FOR TODAY The scion of one of India’s foremost political the background does not help. But at the Plug Loopholes in the Electricity Bill families, Jyotiraditya Scindia is also end of the day, it is your performance, your Syria is indeed a rogue nation. part of a new generation of forward- credibility and your connection with the By Gajendra Haldea — Ari Fleischer, White House spokesperson the existing laws and the standing com- looking, articulate young politicians. In people that matter. I have been actively mittee’s recommendations. a conversation with Ruchika Mehta, working in the areas of education, electri- The government is to be congratulated for All commissions will now be placed under getting the Electricity Bill passed in the Lok Nilanjana Bhaduri Jha and Vikas Singh, city, irrigation, etc in my constituency. Let the administrative control and supervision he discusses life as a Gen X legislator and the people decide for themselves. Weapons of Disruption Sabha. However, the fine print offers cause of a retired judge, to be appointed by the for concern, especially if the goal of making the changing face of Indian politics: Your party, the Congress, seems to be suffering On the weekend, a crucial disclosure came from Hans Blix, Centre as chairperson of the appellate tribu- from a complete sterility of ideas. Where’s the power supply available to the common man nal. The states have opposed this provision UN’s chief weapons inspector and head of the team that at reasonable prices is to be achieved. Do you agree that there is a diminishing of new vision for the 21st century, and what role went into Iraq to find and destroy its weapons of mass and the standing committee recommended interest in the political process among well- will members of the new generation like you The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha its deletion. Yet it remains in the Bill. destruction (WMD). Mr Blix’s discomfort with the Anglo- in August 2001 and was referred to the educated, upwardly mobile youngsters? play in shaping it? American line on Iraq has been apparent for a while, and standing committee on energy. The commit- The committee recommended that these We live in the world’s largest democracy. As far as the latter part of your question is now he has come out in the open to accuse the US and UK tee’s 45 members, representing all the major commissions be made answerable to the It’s an opportunity that not every global citi- concerned, that’s a decision for the party of having made up their minds in advance to attack Iraq. political parties, presented their report in Parliament/state assemblies. This is emi- zen has at his disposal. And therefore, it is up high command to take. But I would say there He also said neither country was really interested in December 2002. Unfortunately, most of the nently justified as the commissions perform to individuals to come into the public fora. is certainly a vision for good governance, finding WMD. Mr Blix’s words confirm what has long been committee’s critical recommendations were licensing and regulatory functions that Youth have been at the forefront of monu- which Mrs Gandhi has spoken about many suspected: That the WMD served as a pretext for the war. not accepted by the government. affect every walk of life. The recommenda- mental change in every part of the world. I times. A vision for making sure that India The Bush-Blair team couldn’t wait for the UN inspection The committee proclaimed open access as tion has been rejected. believe that in our country too, more and emerges as a resurgent economic and team to find the weapons, not because the latter posed a the ‘‘panacea for ushering in power sector All the nine existing laws require the more will enter public service. political power in the 21st century.That takes huge and immediate danger to the world, but because the reforms, especially for private sector partici- expenses of these commissions to be met out Sociologists talk about a secession of the into account all the failings of the present weapons might not have been found. Indeed, the offensive pation’’. It unambiguously stated, ‘‘It is of the respective consolidated funds. This successful from the state. government in the last four to five years. weapons have not shown up anywhere in Iraq. Was the imperative that transmission and distribu- ensures transparency, accountability and If you look at the make-up of Parliament But more importantly — because I believe attack on Iraq, then, deliberately mounted on a false tion are unshackled from restrictive use’’, thrift. Even the Supreme Court and high today, we have people from all walks of life, in constructive criticism — it includes the premise? The world at large would be justified in reaching and recommended that they should ‘‘be courts meet their expenses from the consoli- from diverse backgrounds, who have made a Congress party’s agenda for promoting that conclusion, whether or not the US now finds WMD in subjected to non-discriminatory open access dated funds. Despite strong representations big difference. I firmly believe that at the end genuine development. Iraq. For logic dictates that in its dying moments a regime within a mandated time-frame’’. from several states as well as the recommen- of the day, democracy is the most robust Even though the Congress was the architect of would use whatever weapon it possessed to protect itself. The rationale for telecom and power dation of the standing committee, the Bill system to ensure that the choice of the peo- liberalisation, why doesn’t any party leader Unfortunately,the story looks set to go into its second act, reforms has arisen from introduction of proposes an independent fund for each ple is articulated. Yes, today,there is a feeling say it was a good thing? with Syria playing villain. Barely had Baghdad fallen, competition and choice. Presently, the state- commission. This may encourage profligacy, that not enough of the youth are participa- I always say it was a good thing. The when president Bush and others started issuing not-so- owned electricity boards are monopolies misuse of funds and lack of accountability, ting in the political process. But every coun- reforms heralded a new era for this country. veiled threats to Syria against harbouring members of and all producers of power must sell to these leading to loss of public confidence in try goes through a Between 1991 and Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath party.There were also dark hints boards alone. Introduction of these commissions. churning. At the end 1994, the agricultu- about Saddam having moved his WMD into Syria. There is open access will allow produ- Under the nine existing of that, something Q&A ral growth rate little Syria can do about this charge, given the way the US cers to sell directly to bulk laws, members of the commis- does come out of it. touched a peak of went about establishing WMD in Iraq. That Syria’s govern- consumers and distribution sions can be removed only by I am very confident I always say liberali- 16 per cent. Indus- ment is run by a branch of the Ba’ath party further companies by wheeling power the president or the respective the youth will parti- sation was a good trial growth touched complicates matters for the country. Understandably, the through the existing trans- governors, upon enquiry by cipate in the eco- thing... We keep harking 12 per cent. We keep current crackdown on the Ba’ath movement has created mission lines on payment the Supreme Court or high nomic and political about how other coun- harking about how fears in Syria’s ruling circles. Yet, in strictly legal terms, of regulated charges. This court, as the case may be. The transformation of tries are heard in the the voices of other Syria has done no wrong. Mere membership of the Ba’ath will increase supply, improve Bill provides for their removal this country. global village. India’s countries are heard party,a legitimate political entity with an ideology centred efficiency and cut tariffs. by the minister/chief minister How is the new breed voice will be heard too, in the global village. around secular Arab nationalism, cannot be held to be a Yet, the Bill leaves the intro- upon enquiry by a retired of young politicians the day it becomes an India’s voice will be crime. As for providing sanctuary to Iraqi officials, under going to make a economic superpower. heard too, the day duction of open access entirely judge, acting as chairperson of Udayshankar the convention on the status of refugees, Syria is bound to to state regulatory commis- the appellate tribunal. The difference to the it becomes an eco- accept those fleeing from persecution. If the standards now sions. They will declare within one year as to standing committee’s recommendation to political scenario? nomic superpower. being applied to Syria were extended further eastward, when and how they propose to introduce retain existing provisions has been rejected. There is a lot of talent in Parliament, and Unfortunately, in the last five years, this India could find itself on a sticky wicket. India possesses open access in their respective states. Contrary to the provisions contained in we, the youth, have a lot to learn from our government has not paid any attention to WMD and it has been included by the CIA among those who This amounts to excessive and unguided the nine existing laws, members of these elders and seniors. At the end of the day,it is economic issues at all. helped Libya build its ballistic missile programme. delegation. The commissions could well be commissions will become eligible for re- a subjective, not an objective analysis. If you Why doesn’t the Congress use this as a persuaded by incumbent players to postpone employment by the same government, there- have your heart and mind in the right place, campaign issue? Why is it always reduced to open access for several years. For example, by infringing on their impartiality. Here and you want to bring about a change, the reacting to the BJP’s electoral agenda? VIEW the Delhi state government believes that again, the recommendations of the standing change will definitely come about. I don’t think that is the case. Mrs Gandhi’s open access may take 10 years to arrive. committee have been overlooked. There is talk that you might be made the speeches in the last eight to 12 months have Freedom of trade and business is a funda- These measures will tend to make the head of the Youth Congress? consistently focused on economic reforms, mental right under the Constitution and regulatory commissions less independent That’s a decision for the high command empowerment of the poor and downtrodden, US Invasion Will allowing the commissions to deny open ac- and more pliable. Appointments to these to take. I primarily have two responsibilities good governance, and retaining the secular cess for several years will abrogate this right, commissions in the past are already a matter — service to the people of my constituency, fabric of the country.These are the directive Fuel Jehad perpetuate private monopolies and harm of public criticism. Such commissions may Guna, and to perform for the Congress principles of the Congress, the fundamentals consumers. Delay in introducing open access fail to guard public interest and end up in Parliament. on which we hope to build a 21st century errorism is created not because people provide means delaying competition and private serving vested interests. You had a good career going as an invest- India. This is the vision we would like to T it with funds or safe sanctuary but because investment. Shortages will continue and con- With postponement of open access coupled ment banker. How has life changed after share with the country. there exists a real or imagined political grievance. sumers will have to rely on the public sector, with pliable regulatory commissions, the joining politics? Can the Congress successfully triumph Terrorists for the most part are not mercenaries — which does not have the resources for meet- fate of power reforms may hang in the Life has changed drastically. I have an over the anti-incumbency factor for the although those in power like to describe them as ing the entire demand. This seems a sure balance. Worse, the Bill proposes to super- 18-hour day involving many responsibilities, second time in the forthcoming Madhya such — but motivated, misguided young people. In the recipe for power shortages and high tariffs. sede all state reform Acts, despite strong but it is extremely fulfilling. Along the way, Pradesh elections? mind of the terrorist, his cause cannot be addressed The regulatory commissions are another protests. In any case, rejection of the if I have made a difference in even one Of course. The decision of the electorate peacefully because there is an absence of a legitimate area of concern. At present, nine laws recommendations of an all-party standing person’s life through any of my projects, it is final and the Congress is certainly going political process that would allow him to do so. To provide for independent regulatory com- committee does not stand to reason. It is is very satisfactory. to be victorious, since we have a very that extent, there is an intimate connection between missions — the Electricity Regulatory Com- still not too late to make amends. Has the Scindia name and the royal back- well defined agenda of good governance, the growth of terrorism on the one hand and the missions Act, 1998 (Central Act) and eight (The author is chief advisor, NCAER, and ground given you an advantage over other secularism and a vision for the 21st century. lack of democratic space on the other. From state reform Acts. The Electricity Bill author of the draft Electricity Bill. The views budding politicians? (For full interview on Indiatimes Talk Kashmir to Kurdistan, from Chechnya to West contains many significant departures from expressed here are personal.) It will be wrong to say that the name and Radio, log on to www.timesofindia.com) Asia, that’s the one constant feature that has invariably given rise to terrorism. For nearly 30 years after Independence, Kashmir had its share of problems but it didn’t suffer from any Getting Inspired By terrorist activity.Then came a series of state elections which were deliberately rigged by the wise men in Speaking Free New Delhi. And thus began a spiral of terrorist By Sandy Sundaram ‘‘Nahi’’ and the doting the road’’ (though this is violence, that was, in time, aided and abetted by our Spiritual Masters Father was posted in the hostess doled out an extra equally forceful in Hindi friendly western neighbour. The only way we can Universal Harmony ‘true’ Telugu districts; it helping of ghee. substituting the stage for By Rajiv Mehrotra judge America’s war in terms of its impact on was but natural that we sib- Boon in the fact that one street corner). Peace can only come terrorism is to ask ourselves one simple question: lings spoke purest Telugu. was able to be understood Speaking habits also tend Within the realms of the knowledge into a more subtle from reverence for all Will this war lead to the establishment of a real Grandma, being a true everywhere except the to transfer along with a ‘sacred’ itself, the idea of transmission of energies, of life... Religions must political process in that part of the world? The answer Tamilian, made sure we eastern states. My curse change to the new lingo. the guru and the nature motivations and insights, a graduate to spiritua- is no. America’s war might be about any number of also spoke Tamil and tutors was deepened by having to Kyon ki or yennna get ref- of the relationship with the connectedness that seems to lity to bring about other ‘noble’ ends — freeing the people from tyranny, gave us the basics of take French as second lected as ‘like’ when trans- student vary.For an aspirant, extend into the ineffable. universal harmony. giving them Coke and burgers, and so on — but it can range from total sur- To many, it seems to hap- English. Mother, being a language when I migrated lated to English. M, N and A P J Abdul Kalam, restoring to Iraqis the right to choose their own from school to Madras so on get a Y added on for render of one’s self for life- pen in a rush of overwhelm- destiny is not among them. What Washington really very wise lady, engaged a President of India, Hindi tutor. To complicate Christian College. The last the person from the south times of teachings, to a week- ing emotion, a spontaneous wants is a client regime that will do its bidding. end’s course in a technique flash of knowing and feeling inaugurating a matters, father went to was a blessing since, in my as much as Z gets a jee world conference on Not for nothing did Washington ‘parachute’ Ahmed tenure in Indo-China and a sound for some. Equally the promising anything from a connected. To others, it is a Chalabi — a discredited Iraqi exile with a shady Calicut and Mangalore, universal harmony visit to France was that ‘Eas’ part of some words regression to past lives to a gradual process where the financial past — into the country even before it won making us reasonably pro- much more enjoyable. get a ‘ya’ as ‘Meayure’ to a vision of God. The guru may teacher and the aspirant ✥ the actual war on the ground. No wonder too that ficient in Kannada and The other great problem north Indian tongue. feel deeply connected to the test each other. The teacher Reverence to all life many Iraqis, having ‘celebrated’ their freedom, are Malayalam. This multi- is that of porting a thought Then there is the gram- aspirant as if over several evaluates the student’s quali- begins with reverence already beginning to have second thoughts about lingual upbringing can be a from one language to ano- matical peculiarities of lifetimes and assume the ties and resolve, the student to oneself...we need to their American ‘liberators’. The disorder on the boon and a curse. ther particularly when one gender that needs an article responsibility for his spiri- waits to develop emotional first stop violating our streets of Baghdad might be quelled sooner rather Curse in that: occasional- thinks in Tamil or what- by itself. There is also the tual evolution, to the extent empathy and confidence bodies by stuffing it than later, but America’s cynical occupation of Arab ly, amnesia would set in and one stuttered and ever and rules of the ported absence of ka, kha, ga, gha of taking on additional before he can totally surren- with junk food and land will provoke more unrest and lead to greater karma; for others the rela- der to the guru.This idea of violating our minds political instability and violence. failed to communicate; at sentence will not fit proper- in Tamil that can produce others the words had an ly. Let me take a few moments of amusement tionship could become a the guru is closer to the by harbouring desires entirely different syntax — howlers from Tamil: ‘‘Like like appellation of Becker. mere commercial contract. theistic traditions, indicative and cravings. COUNTER VIEW for example ‘Welcome’ in using a langot on an For that the lack of the In Buddhism, the striving of someone who has direct is to awaken insight within communication with God, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Telugu, if used in the elephant’’ sounds so pedes- liquid zha in the north ✥ north, would be a disaster; trian and meaningless Indian languages. oneself, through one’s own and is perceived as being able same goes for ‘‘Do you unlike the original; ‘‘Will Let me end by saying efforts. A guru is then to change the course of A scientist who Victory Iraq Will someone who embodies a people’s lives. I have known know’’ from Tamil; or the the langot stand the ****’’ is Wanakkam, but said at a explores space and possibility, our own poten- far too many stories of time when daughter Meera, almost crude; ‘‘The bad pro party may trigger a few beyond, searching the tial. He offers the ‘miracles’ by men Curb Terrorism at a lunch in Madras, said dancer blames the bend in eyebrows. cosmos for truth, must inspiration one and women of also learn to look olitics may be the root cause of terrorism, but can realistically God from people within for universal P finance and sanctuary provided by other nations aspire to and in whose intelli- harmony. are the fertilisers. Genuine democracy may provide a CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS time lifts the veils gence and credi- R A Mashelkar, long-term solution to the grievances that incite of ignorance over bility I respect to Director,CSIR terrorism. But that will take a long, long time. To begin Lost Peace Nations, the colonial powers of the time one’s true enlight- completely reject with, it is vital that terrorist activity be curtailed. That managed to wrest positions of power. In the ened nature. The these. I have had ✥ is where the US invasion of Iraq could make a positive ‘Mayhem’ is the word which best describes past 60 years, every time these so-called guru teaches and my own moments Krishna is the seed of contribution. Not because Iraq was itself a major the complete collapse of law and order in superpowers exerted control over other demonstrates the THE of amazing seren- all life, we must raise exporter of terrorism, but because America has sent Iraq. Humanitarian assistance has not been nations, economically or politically,we path. The onus dipity, coinciden- our consciousness and out a clear, unambiguous signal that it is fully made available to the war ravaged. During started a debate about the relevance of the remains on us to SPEAKING ces if you like, become aware of him prepared to act, unilaterally if need be, against those the Kosovo crisis, NATO had arranged a UN. We must understand that the funda- make the effort, which have seem- in all people and in who sponsor terrorism. Syria has already been law and order regulatory mechanism and mental basis of the UN is laid in inequality. with the guru’s TREE ed to defy empiri- everything we do. put on notice by the Bush administration. But the well-stocked mobile units of humanitarian The solution lies in its dissolution. help, to acquire the skilful cal logic to merely dismiss supplies. The US-led coalition in Iraq should — Shamim Alam Khan, via e-mail Gopalkrishna message, ‘clean up your act or face the consequences’, means to make the journey. them as such, because I can- Maharaj, ISKCON is also aimed at Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia and have made similar arrangements before If there is a common not explain them, yet. Even other countries suspected of providing sanctuary rushing to attack the country.Though they Culturally American strand from the teachings of as I might extol the need for ✥ to terrorists. The fact is, terrorists can’t thrive in a might have won the war, they have most masters, it is in the need for reason and logic to be at the Each man is a micro- vacuum. They need their patron-states — rogue certainly lost the peace. On a visit to India from the US, I loved the right effort and the striving forefront of a spiritual quest cosm of the universe. regimes that provide training camps, arms and — V B N Ram, New Delhi independent stance taken by The Times of to become a happier, more and the relationship with Your body is made of ammunition, much-needed money, and safe hide-outs. India in its editorials against American complete human being, a guru, I know that the truly all the elements of Such aid and comfort acts as the oxygen which fuels Irrelevant UN hegemony.However, elsewhere in the possible primarily through decisive commitments in the world. Nature the terrorist fire. If this is cut off, terrorists will find it newspaper, there is open pandering to rigorous sadhana, the bed- one’s life are rarely arrived supplied all the increasingly hard to function. Few governments will In ‘The UN is Dead; Long Live the UN’ American culture. With reference to the rock of which is the practice at through the power of logic. ingredients that make want to confront the sole superpower. If they are told (Times Samvad, Apr 12), Vikas Singh has editorial ‘Unfair and Unlovely’ (Apr 11), I of altruism and the cultiva- While the basis of the your body,which to go easy on helping terrorists, the chances are said that the UN is no longer relevant in a agree that it is difficult to set standards for tion of compassion. These relationship to the guru must means that the they will comply,at least to some extent. post-Iraq war world. In 1945, when the UN the offensive portrayal of women. But it help accumulate good karma be founded in mindfulness universe made you It should be noted that fears of an upsurge in was devised to replace the League of doesn’t help to simply blame those who are that through the principle of and reason, as the journey by donating itself. terrorist strikes on the West if Iraq were invaded trying to resist western-style capitalism. For causality ultimately ripen to together traverses the subtle, If nature demanded have so far been belied. Also, whenever the US leans starters, how about TOI taking some social eradicate our delusions and transcending the intellec- that you refund on General Musharraf, cross-border terrorism in From timesofindia.com responsibility and double-checking what is consequently,our suffering. tually apparent, when our everything that nature India does decline. Yes, the US may not have been printed in its own pages? Why must there be In human form, the guru resolve is truly challenged loaned you, would able to capture Osama. But Al-Qaida has been Living Nightmare semi-clad foreign women in an Indian news- remains inherently and and seems to require an act there be anything left unable to mount any significant operation in recent paper? Why must TOI carry snapshots of potentially fallible. Our own of faith, we are vulnerable to of you? You can feel times, because its top leadership is perpetually on ‘The war is over’ proclaim headlines. foreign entertainers on its front page? common sense and judgment ‘copping out’ with the mis- that the universe the run and does not have the luxury of time to For the hapless victims in Iraq, the — Shah Khatri, Arizona, USA needs to circumscribe the guided assumption that it is gave you birth and plan a major strike. India can justifiably complain nightmare has just begun. What teaching. We can respect and the guru, not we, who has feet made you, so nature is Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page of clay.The quest is not a pas- about US double standards when it comes to Pakistan’s hope do the injured children lying in Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New learn from many teachers your first parent. support of jehadi elements. 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Banking on 3G Coin dispensers Evolutional Evio Hutchison Australia CEO Kevin Russell Kores (India) plans to install 150 Tomy’s electronic violin “Evio” is a hopes the A$ 3-billion 3G technology, coin dispensing machines at top string-less instrument which can be which allows users access to video railway stations, malls & centres tuned with a built-in optical sensor. calls from their mobile phones as of pilgrimage within a year, said With the motion of the bow, the well as other benefits, will give it a GSS Dutt, CEO (business and melody is played from a cartridge headstart over local rivals computer systems) box. Price: $58 with eight melodies
CORPORATE Norms for staff IDBI moves to sell Dabhol plant PERFORMANCE TIMES NEWS NETWORK by Overseas Private Investment invested in the power project, Union government guarantee of Corporation (OPIC). This would which has been shut down since Rs 1,242 crore covering phase- I. bidding in PSUs Mumbai: A battle is brewing be- Nine Indian Cos enable the two minority share- May 29, 2001, after MSEB refused At the lenders’ meeting in Sin- tween IDBI-led domestic lenders holders to control and run the to buy power from the unit. gapore last week, foreign lenders and international ones for con- power plant. GE and Bechtel are Earlier, five companies—the opposed the government nomi- trol and sale of Dabhol Power Co. the engineering and procure- Tatas, BSES, British Gas, Shell in Forbes’ list announced The latest salvo in the battle nee’s suggestion of settling the ment contractors as well as the and Reliance—had evinced inter- has been fired by the domestic equity value of the project before ine Indian firms, including Indian TIMES NEWS NETWORK vehicle alongwith a bank, operations and maintenance est in acquiring the project. lenders, having finally appointed tackling the loan repayments of Oil, HLL, Infosys, Reliance and venture capitalist or a finan- consultants for the project. MSEB holds 15 per cent in the the secured lenders. Wipro have figured in the Forbes’ New Delhi: Government on international investment banker N cial institution. But they GE and Bechtel have already project while GE and Bechtel latest global list of finest large corpora- Tuesday came up with guide- NM Rotschild to sell the assets of In any project, secured lenders would not be allowed to form entered into a MoU with OPIC of each have 10 per cent each (with tions. Interestingly, some of the bigger lines for employees bidding the erstwhile Enron-promoted have the first right over its as- consortium with other com- the US to acquire 65 per cent of an investment of $ 100 million names like Exxon, Ford, General Electric in strategic sale of public sec- power company. The mandate sets, as was witnessed in the sale panies.’’ If the bidding entity DPC’s equity held by the latter each). DPC owes close to $ 72.64 and Charles Schwab have failed to make tor undertakings. The Cabi- letter was issued to the merchant for $ 20 million (Rs 96 crore). million to the two US companies. of Daewoo’s assets recently. is a consortium, employees it to the list because of weak results. net Committee on Disinvest- banker last week. OPIC, which invested Rs 672 GE and Bechtel have also ap- Domestic lenders believe that must have a controlling stake The A-List of Best Big companies was ment allowed fresh bids for The appointment of a banker crore, holds shares of Enron in prised the lenders that an addi- the government’s suggestion of and be in control of the bid- prepared by not merely measuring stock Shipping Corporation of In- to sell DPC’s assets is believed to DPC after the US company was tional investment of $ 350 mil- settling the equity investment of ding entity.Also employees of prices or profits, but, rather, the ability of dia after removing the FDI be an attempt by IDBI and other declared bankrupt. lion would be needed to restart Bechtel and GE will jeopardise the joint venture must con- a company to expand its sales and in- cap and took off Air India creditors to pre-empt any at- The simultaneous initiation of phase-I of the project and com- their loans and guarantees come, earning good profit that reward and Indian Airlines off the tribute 10 per cent of the fi- tempt by GE and Bechtel to buy moves by the domestic and for- plete phase-II and the LNG ter- worth Rs 6,204. The main domes- nancial bid. shareholders over a long period of time. disinvestment list. out Enron’s 65 per cent stake in eign lenders of DPC has a com- minal, for which they have tic lenders to the project are “Some of them (bigger MNCs), notably According to the guide- In SCI, CCD decided to per- DPC from overseas lenders led mon goal—to retrieve the money sought an extension of the IDBI, ICICI and SBI. mit FDI without any ceiling the big European telecom firms, came lines for employees bid, it AFP close, while others, in particular the au- in line with policy in ship- would be mandatory that at tomakers, were far out of the running,” ping sector. According to least 15 per cent or 200 of the Govt to examine Forbes said. Well, being big is not neces- Shourie, now foreign compa- total employees in a PSU, sarily being the best. whichever is lower, should nies can bid for 51 per cent. Petronet project cost The nine Indian firms that appeared on participate in the bid. Em- ‘‘The entire process from ex- the A-list were: Indian Oil, Bharat Petro- ployees bid would be exempt- pression of interest onwards By Sanjay Dutta leum, SBI, Reliance Industries, Hindus- would begin afresh.’’ ed from any minimum TIMES NEWS NETWORK tan Petroleum, ONGC, Hindustan Lever, turnover requirement but Going against the decision Wipro and Infosys Technologies. While will be needed to qualify in of core group of secretaries New Delhi: Oil minister Ram Naik has IOC topped the list of Indian firms with terms of the prescribed net- on disinvestment that 64.5 asked petroleum secretary BK Chaturvedi highest sales of $23,288 million, ONGC worth. They would also be re- per cent of Rashtriya Chemi- to examine the inflation of the project cost was the numero uno Indian company in quired to follow the proce- cals and Fertilisers be disin- by promoters of Petronet LNG, making the terms of market capitalisation. dures for participation vested, CCD approved only 51 country’s first LNG project struggle to find In terms of overall market capitalisa- which includes filing the ex- per cent divestment now. buyers for its gas. tion, IOC was ranked 133, while Reliance pression of interest along CCD approved a formula for ‘‘I have asked the petroleum secretary to followed at 199 and HLL at 211. BPCL was with all details, furnishing of sale of ITDC hotels built on review the pricing of imported gas by ranked lowest among the Indian firms at bank guarantee and others. land given by the state gov- Petronet,’’ Naik said. ‘‘Imported gas must be 381. IOC was ranked 56th in the global list Disinvestment minister ernment. As per the new affordable and comparable to domestic nat- in terms of annual sales. Arun Shourie said, ‘‘To avoid norm, 75 per cent of bid price ural gas,’’ he said. Naik’s move comes in the By sales, the Top 10 global firms were: proxy bid, guidelines made it would be treated as value of wake of IOC and Bharat Petroleum, two of Wal-Mart, TotalFinaElf, NTT, Siemens, clear that employees can ei- land and 25 per cent would be the four promoters of Petronet, charging Allianz, Carrefour, Home Depot, Peugeot, ther bid directly and inde- the worth of building and the partner GAIL with inflating its infrastruc- AIG and Unilever. By market capitalisa- pendently.For meeting the fi- business. J&K government’s ture cost by up to Rs 800 crore. tion, Microsoft topped the list with nancial requirement like net request to convert ITDC At a $16-24 price band agreed with Ras $278,664 million, followed by Wal-mart, Gas, the cost of imported LNG worked out worth they can form a con- property in Jammu into Students watch a video showing a DNA reconstruction at “BIO 2003” in Bangalore. The Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, AIG and to $4-5.30 per million BTU against $3.5-4 for sortium or bid through a join MLA hostel was turned biotechnology sector will be an important catalyst in India’s mission to achieve an annual 8 Vodafone. venture or a special purpose down. It would be sold now. per cent GDP growth, Planning Commission member NK Singh said. domestic natural gas. This has kept buyers According to Forbes, in order to be eli- away from Petronet, even as the first con- gible for consideration, a company must signment of LNG is scheduled to arrive in have had annual sales of at least $5 billion December 2004. Petronet has signed a stiff in its latest reported financial year or a All eyes on Wipro results now take-or-pay deal with Ras Gas. market value of $5 billion or more in mid- IT scrips manage to recover Petronet is setting up a Rs 2,500 crore fa- March. Of the 60,000 corporations around By Srikala Bhashyam on the bourses. The worrying for the stock market seems to TIMES NEWS NETWORK cility at Dahej in Gujarat to import and re- the world with common stock, about 1,100 TIMES NEWS NETWORK news is that the worst seems come from i-flex Solutions, gassify 5 mmtpa (million metric tonnes per met one of those criteria. TNN New Delhi: After last two days hammering in the stock to be far from over. More IT which has focussed on prod- annum) LNG from Quatar’s RasGas. Bangalore: An employee at markets, new economy stocks posted some recovery on companies are expected to ucts. The scrip managed to Wipro says the mood in the Tuesday. However, old economy stocks, which were announce their results in the stay out of the tech meltdown organisation is tense: “It is holding ground last week, fell. And, BSE Sensex closed coming weeks and any fur- and did reasonably well almost at the same level of previous closing at 2,997. like an India-Pakistan match. ther word on a gloomy future when the carnage was on However, analysts feel that this gain of tech-stocks All eyes are on us.” That pret- could dampen spirits even during the last two trading might be shortlived. The final scenario would emerge ty much sums it up. Wipro is more. sessions. But even this hon- only after the announcement of results of Wipro, HCL due to announce its Q4 re- The Wipro scrip has al- eymoon may not last long. Technologies and Satyam Computers. Infosys, which sults on Thursday, and on ready slipped substantially When i-flex employees be- fell by Rs 1,540 (37 per cent) to Rs 2617.50 in two days that could depend the direc- since last Thursday. The come eligible to encash their trading recovered some of its lost ground and its stock tion technology stocks will share price has moved down stock options a few months price moved up by Rs 245. Brokers said some bottom- take in the months to come. to the Rs 900 level, and not later, the supply of stock buying were happening at IT counters as many of these Following Infosys’ “cau- many are betting on the com- would increase and investors stocks have fallen to a very attractive level for buying. tious” forecast for the cur- pany to paint a rosy picture may not be willing to chase However, almost all the old economy stocks declined. rent year, tech stocks have for the future. the scrip like they have done lost several thousand crores On the other hand, hope till now.
EXECUTIVE DIGEST TCS to expand training will be getting the interest NATIONAL Some good news for Infy : A college in Kerala: Tata subsidy for the pension couple of days after the stock Consultancy Services is set to scheme for senior citizens. Panel for IT hardware market gave its rating on Infosys, expand its existing training The subsidy would be given policy: Regretting absence rating agency ICRA’s PK college located at Techno- annually,” a finance ministry of a comprehensive national Choudhary awarded the highest park, Thiruvananthapuram, official said.Triggering pen- policy for IT hardware manu- corporate governance rating to Kerala, and make it the com- sion reforms in the country, fi- facturing industry, a Parlia- Narayana Murthy’s tech giant. pany’s global hub for training. nance minister Jaswant Singh mentary panel has recom- In line with its expansion announced budgetary sup- mended urgent finalisation of plans, TCS has acquired 12 port to the insurance monolith such a policy in order to fully acres of land at the informa- to bridge the gap between 9 exploit its vast potential. The tion technology park, in addi- per cent assured return and Parliamentary Standing Com- tion to its existing 2.15 acres lIC’s actual return on invest- mittee in its report on ‘de- of land at Technopark. ment for its proposed pension mand for grants’ expressed scheme. The ‘varistha bima surprise that there was no Cholamandalam enters pension yojana’ scheme LIC comprehensive national poli- into JV with Mitsui: proposes to offer Rs 2500- cy for hardware manufactur- Cholamandalam General 2,000 monthly pension for ing industry “although its Insurance Company on Tues- citizens above 55 years. urgent need had been felt”. day entered into a joint venture with Mitsui Sumitomo Tuticorin port eyes 7 AB Electrolux gets Govt Insurance Company (MSICL) lakh tonne of export: Tuti- nod: AB Electrolux has se- of Japan. With MSICL taking corin Port handled export of cured government nod to buy up a 26 per cent stake of the 6.56 lakh tonnes wheat during out the other shareholders of company, the company has the financial year 2002-03 as its Indian subsidiary, Elec- Ajit Ninan been renamed Cholaman- compared to 2.84 lakh tonnes trolux Kelvinator and turn the dalam MS General Insurance during 2001-02. The port was company into a wholly-owned Cisco registers 70% Tata Power bags Rs 49 Company. extending all facilities to subsidiary. FIPB approved a growth in certifications: crore deal: Power utility achieve a target of 7 lakh proposal for consideration Cisco Systems has registered Tata Power Company has Private insurers denied tonnes during the current and approval of the finance over 70 per cent growth won a contract worth Rs 49 subsidy: The government financial year, NK Raghupat- ministry subject to acquisition in its networking certifications crore from state-run Power has thumbed down requests ny, chairman, Tutocirn Port of shares, in accordance with in India. Over 16,000 students Grid Corporation of India, of private insurers for granting Trust, told reporters on Tues- regulations. AB Electrolux has and professionals were BSE said on Tuesday. The interest subsidy on pension day. On October 22, 2002, 75.96 per cent stake in EKL certified in 2002. It takes order is for the supply and schemes, as it has promised 15,000 tonnes of wheat was while Indian promoters have the total number of Cisco construction of a 400 KV to Life Insurance Corporation loaded in the vessel MV Al- 9.99 per cent. The remaining certified networking profes- transmission line in for its proposed ‘varistha pen- leaourios, which is the highest 14.05 per cent stake is with sionals to over 21,000 in Maharashtra and will be sion bima yojana’ assuring a quantity of wheat loaded in a the public and FIs. the country. completed in 18 months. 9 per cent return. “Only LIC single day.
States as the world’s largest GM, Suzuki to sell Warner for allegedly using INTERNATIONAL foreign investment receiver Chevrolet parts in Japan: fraudulent transactions to last year, with an inflow of General Motors and Suzuki boost the value of its share China goes strong in FDI: $52.7 billion. China’s low said they have agreed to im- price, court sources said. The Despite the global uncertain- manufacturing cost is an at- port and sell Chevrolet parts University of California was ties, China attracted $13.09 traction for foreign investors. in Japan to increase sales of alleged to have lost $450 mil- billion FDI in the first quarter the US company’s world-fa- lion while an investment fund of 2003, the ministry of com- American Air on brink of mous car. Chevrolet products run by Amalgamated Bank merce has announced. De- bankruptcy: American Air- put its losses at $55.9 million. spite dramatic cuts in the to- lines tottered on the brink of made for new models from tal amount of global cross- bankruptcy on Tuesday as next year will be shipped to border investment, foreign workers cast final votes on a Japan and sold by Suzuki ET INSTA POLL capital inflow in China started plan to cut annual costs by $ dealers, which already sell the Yesterday’s results: Will you to rise rapidly since last year. 1.8 billion. The chances of Chevrolet Cruze and Trailblaz- change your savings plans be- China surpassed the United workers’ accepting or reject- er. The two firms will also pro- cause of the rising inflation rate? vide spare parts for Chevrolet ing the cost cuts, which have Yes 59% No 35% been tentatively agreed with models already sold in Japan. • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users unions, were evenly balanced, AOL Time Warner faces who chose to participate, and not necessarily of according to S&P. The airline lawsuit: The University of the general public. has said that if the workers re- Singapore’s growth set to California and another institu- Today’s question: ject the cost cuts, it will be worsen due to SARS effect, tional investor have filed suit Will you drink more cola this summer if it’s cheaper? forced to file for bankruptcy. economists said. against media giant AOL Time
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16 Wednesday,April 16, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
55, 55.70, 53.75, 54.80 Bhartiya Int 21.25, 21.45, 21, 21.35 Essar Steel 7.25, 7.40, 7.05 Hotel Leela. 14.15, 14.45, 14.25 130 TN Newsprint 41.70, 40.80, 40.85 Bhushan Stl. 29.50, 29.90, 27.50, 7.20, 7.50, 7, 7.05 14, 14.30, 14, 14.15 131.05, 131.05, 129, 129.45 40.65, 42, 40.65, 41.10 27.75 ETC Networks 40.10, 42, 40, 40.50 Madhav Marb. 13.50, 13.60 TN Petro 20.30, 20.65 BI 64.50 Eternit Ever 29.25, 29.30 I Madras Alum 49.95, 50 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Sensex falls marginally 20.60, 20.75, 20.20, 20.60 Bihar Caustc 11.70, 12.55, 11.45, 28, 28.85, 28, 28.85 Madras Cem. 3200, 3500, 3498.75 Torrent Phar 165, 169, 167 12.40 Eveready Ind 12, 12.50 i-flex Solu 873, 881.85, 845.10, 3353, 3360, 3350, 3360 1075 3600 172, 172, 168.05, 169.50 Binani Inds. 12.95, 13.80, 12.55, 11.80, 12.60, 10.55, 12.10 853.30 Madras Fert. 8.50 865, 887, 840, 854.70 Mumbai: Riding piggyback on a sharp rally in front-line New Trent 148, 151, 147.35 12.80 Excel Inds. 69.75, 67.60, 67.70 8.50, 8.50, 8.20, 8.30 1050 3500 152.90, 152.90, 147.05, 147.45 Biopac (I) 4.80, 4.70 68, 68.95, 66.75, 67.40 IFCI 4.50, 4.35 Mah.Scooter 62.50 Economy counters, the Sensex attempted a remarkable recovery at TVS Electron 59, 60, 58.50, 58.80 Birla Corp. 13.85 4.40, 4.45, 4.35, 4.35 64.50, 64.50, 64.50, 64.50 3400 early stages only to end flat on Tuesday. Led by Infosys Technolo- 60, 60.50, 58.25, 58.65 13.10, 14, 13.10, 13.65 F IL&FS Invt.M 16.20, 17.80, 16.20, Mah.Seamless 136, 140, 139.95 1025 TVS Motor Co 382.25, 392, 381.35, Birla Eric. 10.35, 9.80 17.25 137.05, 139, 137.05, 138.35 3300 gies, which was at the receiving end during last week after it an- 387.10 10.20, 10.20, 9.70, 9.85 FAG Bearings 53.25, 53.50 Ind.Swift 48.75, 45.40, 45.95 Mahavir Spg. 63, 66, 65 1000 52.10, 54.95, 52.10, 53.30 Ind.Swift La 17, 15.05, 15.15 395.10, 395.10, 382.05, 387.60 Birla Glob.F 11.80, 11.65 63.50, 66.70, 63.50, 64.65 3200 nounced poor outlook for fiscal 2003-04, Satyam Computers, Zee United Phosp 126, 127.20, 123.50, 11.25, 11.65, 11.25, 11.50 FCI OEN Con. 76.20, 76.20, 76.20, 16, 16, 15, 15.20 Mahind.Gesco 12.05, 12.95, 12.70 76.20 India Foils 5, 5.70, 4.55, 5.15 975 962.20 Telefilms and some of the second-line stocks bounced back with a 125.35 Birla Yamaha 13.50, 13.35, 13.50 12.50, 12.70, 12.50, 12.70 951.20 3100 126, 128, 123, 125.25 BITS 0.75, 0.80, 0.75 FDC 28, 27.50, 27.55 India Glycol 38.50, 39, 38.15, 38.35 Mahindra Ugi 8.15, 8.20, 8.10, 8.15 3035.33 28.25, 28.40, 27.90, 27.90 India Nippon 177, 180, 175, 176.35 950 2997.38 vengeance on fairly heavy buying at the prevailing lower levels. UTI Bank 41.80, 44, 41.35, 43.45 BLB 2.70, 2.65, 2.75 8.30, 8.30, 8.15, 8.20 3000 47, 47, 41.60, 42.80 4.20, 4.20, 4.20, 4.20 Fert.&Chem-T 27.80, 27.80, 24, 177, 178.90, 175, 176.30 Majestic Aut 29.50, 29.65, 27.35, However,higher levels attracted profit-selling and a few of them re- 24.55 India Online 3.95, 4.80, 3.35, 4.65 949.80 Videocon Int 23.30, 23.40, 22.50, Blow Plast 10.25, 10.35, 10.20 28.25 925 2900 2997.87 22.75 Blue Dart Ex 53.25 Finan.Techno 13.30, 12.80, 12.95 India Polyfi 2.85 Malwa Cotton 22.75 acted downwards at close. Reflecting sharp advances in heavy- First Leasin 17.80, 17.90, 17.80 Indian Card 38.20, 38.20, 38.20, 23, 23.35, 22.50, 22.70 54, 54, 53, 53.70 22.80, 23.50, 22.80, 23.25 900 2800 weights like Infosys, Satyam and a few others, the BSE benchmark Vijaya Bank 17, 16.35, 16.60 Blue Star 88, 89.60, 89.45 17.90, 17.90, 17.75, 17.80 38.20 Man Inds.(I) 19.50, 20, 19.70 Flat Product 32.55, 33.45, 33.15 Indian Hume 585, 595, 573, 580 30-share Sensex opened remarkably up at 3010.96 and even rose to 17, 17, 16.05, 16.60 82.80, 88.70, 82.80, 88.55 Mangalam Cem 8.90, 9, 8.35, 8.70 APRIL 10 APRIL 11 APRIL 15 APRIL 10 APRIL 11 APRIL 15 Visual Soft 139.50, 141.95, 132.10, Blue Star In 120, 115.85, 117.15 Flex Enginer 9.40, 8.45 610, 610, 608, 608 Manglr.Chem 3.60, 3.65, 3.55 7, 7.95, 7, 7.95 Indo Gulf Fe 34.05, 36.50, 34, 36 the intra-day high of 3018.66. Later, it fell back due to selling by do- 134.95 120.50, 121, 116.40, 118.80 Maral Overs 13.25, 13.50, 13.25, +0.14% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING -0.01% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING 139.50, 142, 131.55, 135.35 BOC 28.70, 23.60, 24.20 Flex Foods 5.20, 5.70 36, 36, 34.50, 36 13.50 mestic funds in Old Economy shares like RIL, SBI, TISCO, Telco, VSNL 74.50, 72.50, 73.65 24.25, 24.50, 23.60, 24.20 Flex Inds. 17.75, 17.80, 17.35 Indo Nationl 349.45, 349.45, 340, Mascon Globl 9.40, 10.20, 10 HPCL, Hero Honda, ITC and ACC to end hardly unchanged at 73.10, 74, 73.05, 73.45 Bombay Burma 38 17.80, 18.50, 17.30, 17.35 341.85 Matrix Lab. 280, 273, 277.60 Whirlpool 19.75, 16.25, 16.35 Bongaigaon R 17.20, 17.45, 16.60, Floatglass 19.25, 20, 19.10, 19.95 Indo Rama Sy 30.45, 30.50, 26.55, Matsush.Tele 3.80, 4.10 2997.38 against last Friday’s close of 2997.87, a modest fall of 0.49 16.60, 17.25, 16.40, 16.45 17.20 19.05, 20, 19.05, 19.75 27.80 4.40, 4.45, 4.40, 4.40 Plastiblend 35 Shriram Tran 14, 14.15 Forbes Gokak 56.50, 56.45, 58.60 29.80, 29.80, 26.75, 27.70 PNB Gilts 22.25, 23.25 14.40, 14.45, 14, 14.15 14.30, 14.70, 13.80, 14.10 Wipro 950, 1028, 941.35, 981.50 17, 17.50, 16.75, 17.25 Matsushita L 31.70 Triveni Engg 33, 32.70, 33 points. The broad-based BSE-100 index, however,rose by 4.73 points 925, 1098, 925, 980.85 BPL 27.25, 27.30, 25.80, 27.05 Fortune Info 44.75, 45, 43.40, 43.75 Indraprast.M 11.70, 11.85, 11.60 Medicorp Tec 37.25, 37.50 22.80, 23, 22.70, 22.70 Silicon Vall 60.90, 60.25, 60.85 Foseco (I) 131.40, 135, 133.05 11.60, 11.80, 11.45, 11.60 Polyplex 36.80, 37, 36.05 Siltap Che. 39.45, 39.75 33.40, 33.50, 32.50, 32.50 to 1487.11 from its previous close of 1482.38. PTI Wockhardt 375, 380, 372.90, 377.45 27.45, 28.35, 26.35, 26.55 37.30, 38.80, 37.10, 37.45 385, 387.95, 373, 377.65 BPL Engg. 4.20, 4.25, 4.15, 4.20 135, 135, 133, 134 Indusind Bnk 18.50, 18, 18.25 Mega Corpn. 4.90, 5.40, 4.70, 4.75 36.55, 37.10, 36.40, 36.95 40, 40, 39.25, 39.95 TTK Healthca 14.95, 12.80, 14.25 Zee Telefilm 66.10, 71.35, 69.65 4.25, 4.25, 4.25, 4.25 Frontier Inf 3.60, 3.90, 3.30, 3.70 18.40, 18.50, 18.05, 18.35 Melstar Info 15.10, 15.25, 14.30, Porrits&Spen 64.50, 65 Simbh.Sugar 7.50 TTK Prestige 8 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- 66.80, 72, 66.80, 69.55 Brijlax. Le. 104.05, 103.95, 104.10 Fulford (I) 63, 66.50, 62, 65.85 ING Vysya Bk 244 14.80 Praj Ind. 43, 40, 40.50 Sintex Inds. 31, 32, 31 8, 8.20, 7.90, 8.20 ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, Zensar Tech. 71, 73.25, 70, 70.20 BSEL Inform. 10.30 Futura Poly. 5.60, 5.90 242.70, 249.30, 242.70, 247.25 14.55, 15.40, 14.50, 14.85 39, 41.90, 39, 40.90 Sirpur Paper 34.90, 35 Tube Invest. 88.10, 90, 88, 88.50 Insilco 13.50, 13.30, 13.40 Precision Wr 19.25, 19.25, 19.25, high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last 71, 72.70, 69.50, 70.15 BSL 22.25 G Mercator Lin 23.50, 24.60, 23.45, 35.25, 35.25, 35.10, 35.10 Tudor India 8.05, 7.55, 8 23.95, 24, 22.60, 22.60 Ion Exchange 20.25, 20.75, 20.25 24.25 19.25 Siyaram Silk 34.50, 36.45 Tuticorin.Al 3.35, 3.85, 3.55 IP Rings 31.05, 35.35, 35.10 Premier Auto 5.10, 5.40, 4.95, 5.05 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. B1 - GROUP Burrough Wel 235, 237, 225, 232 Gabriel (I) 71.35, 72.05, 72 Metroche.Ind 15.35, 17.30 Skanska Ceme 177, 198 TV 18 56.30, 57.95, 56.15, 56.20 IPCA Lab. 179.80, 174, 176.20 MICO 3740, 3675.10, 3752 Premier Inst 149.90, 150, 148, 150 186, 186, 185, 185 GE Shipping 40, 41.45, 39.40, 41 70.30, 70.40, 68.75, 69.75 Galaxy Enter 15.75, 18, 17.95 174, 177.45, 174, 176.30 57.40, 58.90, 56.15, 56.35 C Gammon (I) 113.60, 117 3670, 3790, 3660, 3725 Premier Tyre 4.55, 4.50 Snowcem (I) 18.10, 18 BSE SPECIFIED 39.65, 41.35, 39.35, 40.95 Mcdowell Co. 35.75, 36.50, 35.40, 3 Ispat Inds. 4.80, 4.65, 4.70 Prism Cement 4.20, 4.30, 4.25 18.35, 18.35, 17.75, 18 TVS Autolec 48.50, 49.80 115.55, 117.95, 115.55, 116.85 Mid-Day Mul. 13.05, 13.60, 13, TVS Srichakr 45, 47.50, 45.15 Geometric So 442, 448, 411.05, 35.50 Camlin 48, 49, 47.75, 48.50 4.80, 4.90, 4.65, 4.65 13.10 4.50, 4.50, 4.15, 4.15 Soffia Soft. 14.15, 14.15, 13.50, & NSE INDEX 416.90 36, 36.85, 35.50, 35.65 3M India 250.30, 260, 250.25, Camph.& All 21.75, 22.30 Garden Silk 27, 24.45, 24.75 IT & T 12.20, 13.60, 12.70 259.75 27, 27, 24.35, 24.45 13.10, 13.50, 13, 13.05 Pritish Nand 18.10, 18.15, 17.65, 13.55 U 445, 449.90, 406.10, 419.10 Merck 234.95 Canara Bank 87, 89.90, 83.30, 87 13, 13.50, 12.50, 12.55 Mindteck 14.80, 15.90, 13.60 17.95 Software Tec 11 ABB 310.50, 316, 310, 313.55 German Remed 203.20, 208, 207.85 232, 233.95, 230, 230.30 250.70, 260, 250.50, 254.15 89, 89.30, 83.40, 86.80 Garware Poly 26.75, 29.50, 28.75 ITC Hotels 43.60, 47 Garware Wall 20, 20.50 Mirza Tanner 34, 32, 32.35 18, 18.30, 17.55, 17.70 11, 11, 11, 11 UB Holdings 18.05, 17.95 305, 317.20, 305, 312.40 205.55, 209.90, 205.50, 207.65 MIRC Electr. 361, 368, 360, 366.75 Canfin Homes 29.50 46.40, 47.50, 45.90, 46.40 Priyad.Cemen 8.05, 8.10 Solectron Ce 18.10, 18.40, 18, 18.05 Abbott (I) 271.30, 264, 265 A Gati 34.95, 30.50 32.50, 33, 32.50, 32.80 Ucal Fuel 153, 150.20, 151.30 Gillette (I) 298.95, 299, 294 360.50, 365, 360, 364.90 28.60, 29.95, 28.60, 29.45 IVRCL Infras 44, 46, 43, 43.95 MM Forgings 83, 82 8.10, 8.15, 8.10, 8.15 Solvay Pharm 116 157.25, 157.25, 150, 150.75 ACC 140, 141, 134.65, 135.10 300, 308, 291.10, 303.25 Moser-Baer 254.70, 255.50, 243.10, Caprihans(I) 12.50, 12.10, 12.90 Genesys Intl 39.90, 36.25, 36.90 45, 45.50, 42.70, 43.60 A Sarabhai 3.35, 3.45, 3.25, 3.35 37, 37, 37, 37 Mobile Tele 4, 4.10, 3.80 Prraneta Ind 9.75 Sona Koyo St 75.50, 76, 72 Ultramarine 57.90, 58.25 140.80, 140.85, 134.70, 135.55 GlaxoSmith.C 237, 224.60, 233.90 245.95 Aarti Drugs 26.25, 27 Carborundum 111 PSI Data Sys 47, 46.45, 46.70 South.Herbal 5.45, 5.40 Adani Export 120.15, 124.90, 121.70 Geodesic Inf 79, 73.80 J Modipon 14.40 Unichem Lab 148.10, 151, 150.85 240, 245.95, 235, 236.25 255, 256, 242.25, 245.55 Aarti Inds. 62, 60 114.80, 115, 111, 111.80 Monalisa Inf 0.45, 0.50 43.05, 48.95, 43.05, 46.70 Spel Semicon 2.45, 3, 2.70 150, 150.75, 148, 149.65 121.90, 123.35, 121.90, 122.35 GlaxoSmith.P 315.25, 309.10, 310 Mphasis BFL 605, 619.45, 583, Carrier Air. 87.95, 86.10, 87.05 George Willi 62.60, 64.25, 63.95 60, 60, 60, 60 63.50, 65, 63.50, 64.85 Jagatjit Ind 20.35 Monnet Ispat 17.25, 17.90, 16.50, PSL 43.60, 42.50, 43.15 SPIC 4.60, 5, 4.90 Uniflex Cabl 6.50, 6.40 Adlabs Films 38.25, 42.70, 38, 41.85 319.80, 319.80, 309.95, 312.05 589.70 Aarvee Denim 8 CCL Products 18.30, 18.70, 17.55, 42.10, 43.50, 42.10, 43 4.95, 5, 4.75, 5 41.50, 42.75, 41.25, 41.70 GIC Housing 11.60 Jai Corp 29.05, 29, 33.50 16.65 Union Bank 27.40, 27.75, 26.75, 27 GNFC 28.75, 29.25, 28.50, 29.20 606, 624.70, 581.10, 588.20 Aban Loyd 143, 147.85, 145.30 17.90 Monsanto (I) 492, 495, 482.30 Pudumjee Pul 19.40 SPL 21.30, 24.65, 21.30, 24.65 27.50, 27.70, 26.75, 27.05 Alstom Proj. 57, 58.25, 55.95, 58.05 29, 29.25, 28.50, 29.10 MRF 912.95, 975, 903.50, 969.55 Ceat 26.50, 27, 26.10, 26.90 11.75, 11.90, 11.50, 11.90 Jain Irrig. 38.25, 38.60, 38.55 139.55, 148.90, 139.55, 145.35 Glenmark Pha 209, 208.95, 210 39, 40, 38, 38.15 485, 490, 480, 489 16.40, 16.40, 16.35, 16.35 SQL Star Int 4.95, 4.80, 5.45 United Brew. 77.30, 82.85, 78 56.30, 58.50, 55.60, 58 Grasim Inds. 337.20, 340, 334, 337 908.90, 969, 892, 961 ABG Heavy In 10.45, 10.25 28, 28, 26.10, 26.80 Pun.Alkali 9.90, 9.95, 9.15, 9.20 SREI Int.Fin 8.20, 8.20, 8.20, 8.20 Andhra Bank 31.35, 32.25, 30.60, 211, 211, 207.20, 209 Jain Studios 12.85 Morarjee Goc 6.50, 6.50, 6, 6.50 United We.Bk 21.50, 22, 21.05, 21.10 336, 340, 334, 336.70 MTNL 95.25, 98, 92.50, 94.90 Abhishek Ind 6.25, 6.45, 6.25 Centur. Bank 9.15, 9.50, 9.05, 9.15 Morepen Lab 14.60, 15, 14.80 Pun.Chemical 75.45, 76 SRF 22, 21.45, 21.70 21.80, 21.80, 20.95, 21.10 30.95 GSFC 17, 16.55, 16.65 96, 97.45, 92.40, 95.05 9.25, 9.60, 9, 9.20 Global Tr.Bk 14.75, 14.40, 14.55 12.40, 13.25, 12.40, 12.60 6.35, 6.35, 6.35, 6.35 14.85, 14.90, 14.35, 14.60 Jaipan Inds. 10.05, 9.75, 9.95 14.75, 15.05, 14.65, 14.80 Pun.Communi. 39.90, 40, 38.10, 21.80, 21.90, 21.60, 21.85 Univer.Cable 6.25 31.90, 32, 30.50, 30.95 16.30, 16.90, 16.30, 16.75 Mukta Arts 45, 45.55, 44, 44.10 Adam Comsof 4.20, 3.85, 3.90 Cerebra Inte 5.15, 5 38.35 SRF Polymers 18, 23.50, 21.65 Apollo Hosp. 99, 96, 97.10 GMR Techno. 9 Jay Bh.Marut 25, 28.40, 27.50 Morgan Stan 8.40, 8.45, 8.40 6.50, 6.50, 6.45, 6.45 GTL 59.40, 62.75, 59.25, 60.20 46.50, 46.80, 43.50, 44.05 Advani Oerli 31.75, 33.40, 31.50, CESC 16.10, 16.75, 16.45 8.45, 8.55, 8.40, 8.45 Pun.Nat.Bank 105.95, 107.40, 97.20, SRG Infotech 0.65 Upper Ganges 9.10 98, 98, 96.50, 97.25 59, 63.90, 59, 60.25 National Alu 85.70, 83.50, 85.05 16.30, 16.40, 15.95, 16.25 Goa Carbon 35, 33, 34.55 27.90, 27.95, 27.90, 27.90 32.95 Godavri Fert 32.75, 32.10 Jayant Agro 47, 47.50 Motherson SS 70, 70.10 104.25 0.65, 0.75, 0.65, 0.70 11, 11, 11, 11 Apollo Tyres 123, 120.35, 122.40 Guj.Amb.Cem. 164.40, 166.90, 84.50, 85.90, 83.35, 85 Aegis Logis. 6.90, 8.80, 7.50 CG Igarshi M 35.50, 36.90, 35.50, 105.90, 106.40, 97, 104.55 Sri Adhikari 48.55, 50.45, 49.85 122.10, 123.35, 120, 121.85 32.10, 33, 32, 32.70 49, 49.95, 48, 48 72, 74.70, 71.90, 72.60 Usha Beltron 24.55, 24.60, 24.55 164.25, 165.15 Nestle (I) 542.50, 545.50, 538.55, 7.60, 7.60, 7.60, 7.60 36.90 Mro-Tek 12.90, 13.10, 12.70, 12.90 49.75, 51.95, 49.20, 50.15 24.65, 25, 24.05, 24.90 Arvind Mills 22.35, 24, 21.90, 23.90 166, 168.40, 164.15, 165.60 544.90 Chemfab Alk. 18.75 Godfrey Phil 300, 300, 300, 300 Jaypee Hotel 9.50 R AFT Inds. 56.30, 58.35, 55.05, 57.75 Godrej Cons. 109, 110.35, 110.05 Jayshree Tea 30.10, 30, 30.25 13, 13.20, 12.80, 12.85 State Bnk Bi 580, 594.80, 594.70 Usha Mat.Inf 2, 2.05 22.50, 24.10, 21.90, 23.80 Guj.Gas Co. 399, 387.20, 387.65 547.70, 550, 542.55, 548.85 Aftek Infosy 171.70, 184.50, 179.75 Chemplast Sa 27, 28, 27.30 State Bnk My 460 Ashok Leylan 99.80, 100.45, 99, 103.10, 110, 103.10, 109.20 32.95, 33, 31, 31 MRPL 8.65, 9.30, 9.20 Rain Calcing 8.10, 8.20 2.05, 2.05, 2.05, 2.05 395.05, 395.05, 391, 392.40 Neyveli Lign 30.90, 29.50, 29.65 176.05, 200, 175.90, 180.85 27.50, 28, 27.25, 27.30 8.80, 9.25, 8.60, 9.10 State Bnk Tr 463.95, 470, 460, Uttam Galva. 7, 6.90, 7.05 99.85 Guj.Mineral 80.10, 82, 80.05, 81.85 30.50, 31, 29.45, 29.60 Cheviot Co. 46, 47.50, 47 Godrej Inds. 15.50, 14.25, 14.50 JBF Inds. 9.55, 10.45, 9.10, 9.85 8.20, 8.30, 8.10, 8.25 Agro Dutch I 9.95, 10, 9.60 15, 15, 13.25, 13.90 JCT 3.40, 3.65 Mukand 10.80, 11.85, 11.60 464.05 7.05, 7.20, 6.85, 7 100.25, 101.95, 98.80, 99.80 81, 82.25, 79, 81.10 Nicholas Pir 210, 213.90, 213.30 9.95, 10.20, 9.55, 9.65 Chola.Inv&Fi 38.75, 39.90, 38.55, Raj.Spg.&Wvg 16.70, 17, 16.10, Goetze (I) 20.30, 20.30, 19.75, 20 Jenson&Nicho 4.40, 4.70 11.10, 12, 11.05, 11.80 16.70 Std.Indust. 4.30, 4.80, 4.45 Asian Paints 328, 320, 323 HCL Infosys. 81, 82.45, 82 210.50, 212.15, 210.15, 211.35 Agro Tech Fd 26.75, 27, 26.50, 26.75 39.65 4.70, 4.70, 4.35, 4.40 328, 328, 324, 325.25 Goldiam Int. 25, 23.50, 23.95 4.75, 4.80, 4.45, 4.80 Mukand Engrs 9.10, 9.30, 9.10 Rajesh Exp 60 V 81.05, 83.90, 81.05, 82 NIIT 104.40, 107.80, 98, 101.15 27.05, 27.05, 26.25, 26.45 39, 39.50, 38.50, 39.35 9.65, 9.65, 9.65, 9.65 Sterl.Inds. 156, 159.95, 155.30, Aurobindo Ph 222, 218, 218.55 HCL Techno. 148.20, 153.50, 146.80, 105.70, 108.80, 98.30, 100.95 Chowgule Stm 3.25, 3.60 Goldstn.Tech 27.50, 28.40, 26.50, JIK Inds. 23.45, 24.50, 22, 22.40 62.50, 62.50, 60, 60 Vaibhav Gems 18.80 Ahmed.Elect. 47.95 27.05 23.40, 23.40, 22.15, 22.75 Munjal Auto 30.40, 30.50, 29.10, 158.50 221, 221.95, 219, 219.10 148.85 Nirma 230, 253, 229.95, 250 45, 48, 45, 48 Ciba Sp.Chem 102, 104 Rajshree Sug 9.70, 9.70, 9.60, 9.65 Vanavil Dyes 41.50, 43.30, 41.40, 26.85, 28.40, 26.80, 27.20 Jindal Iron 90, 80.65, 81.90 29.60 Rallis India 57.50, 56.85, 57.45 Stl.Strips W 9.50 Aventis Phar 250.10, 254 150.15, 154, 146.80, 149.15 229.95, 249.80, 228, 249.45 Ahmednagar F 17, 18, 17 Cinevistaas 21.10, 22.85, 22.80 Su-raj Diamn 11.45, 11.50 43.15 252.50, 254.25, 251.20, 252.70 Goldstn.Tele 8.70, 8.35, 8.75 87.90, 87.90, 80.25, 81.75 Munjal Showa 130 58, 58.50, 56.25, 56.70 Vardhman Pol 42.80, 42 HDFC 340.30, 340.95, 334, 340 Novartis (I) 227.10, 233.95, 233 16.20, 17.50, 16.20, 17.45 23.90, 23.90, 21.75, 22.70 128.50, 129.90, 128, 128 11.65, 11.75, 11.50, 11.55 Aztec Soft. 15.25, 15.65, 14.90, 347.75, 347.75, 333.25, 340.10 235, 236.55, 226.50, 234.95 City Union B 39.15, 39.50, 39, 39.40 8.90, 8.90, 8.40, 8.65 Jindal Photo 23.40, 23.75, 23.65 Rama Newspri 2.60, 2.65, 2.50, 2.60 42.25, 46.50, 42.25, 42.90 Ajanta Pharm 25, 28.90, 28.15 Gonter Peip 3.55, 3.90, 3.50 23.40, 24, 23.30, 23.80 Mys.Cement 6, 6.45, 6.30 Subex System 93.65, 95.75, 91.05, 15.15 HDFC Bank 241.80, 242, 237.05, ONGC 358.10, 354.80, 356.05 28.35, 30, 27.75, 28.25 39.75, 40.10, 39.05, 39.50 2.70, 2.85, 2.55, 2.65 Vardhman Spg 52.50, 55, 54.15 Goodlass Ner 160, 160, 160, 160 Jindal Poly. 108.55, 108.55, 104.50, 6.10, 6.30, 6.05, 6.25 Ramco Inds. 135, 141, 134, 141 95.10 15.95, 16, 14.80, 15 240.90 359.30, 359.30, 355, 355.85 Aksh Optifib 14.75, 14.95, 14, 14.90 Clariant (I) 127 Subros 29.95, 28.50, 29.30 52.90, 55.25, 52.90, 54.95 Bajaj Auto 493, 505, 498 245, 245, 238.10, 241.05 Oriental Bnk 80.50, 82.60, 78.20, 127.15, 129.10, 126.30, 129.10 Goodricke 23.80, 24 107.90 Ramco Systm 427, 430.50, 401, Varun Ship. 9.20, 9.80, 9.50 15.25, 15.25, 14.90, 15.05 Goodyear (I) 24.55, 24.50, 25.20 Jindal Strip 161, 164, 153.50, 156.55 N Sun Earth Ce 2.10, 2.30, 2.05 501, 506, 493.15, 497.70 Hero Honda 204.90, 207.50, 194.40, 81.20 Albert David 24, 25, 24.75 Classic Diam 36.05, 36.90, 36, 36.40 406.25 9.35, 9.45, 9.20, 9.35 Grabal Al.Im 13.90, 10.55, 12.75 161, 164.50, 153.50, 156.30 425, 433.70, 401, 408.20 Sundaram Cla 188, 187.55 Balaji Tele. 61.05, 63.50, 59.50, 195.50 82.20, 82.70, 78, 81.20 Albright & W 183 Clutch.Auto 5 Nagar.Agrich 13, 14.15, 14.10 188, 192.25, 187.55, 191 Vashisti Det 10.20, 10.25, 10.10 59.75 207, 208, 194.75, 195.75 P&G Hygiene 369, 374.50, 368, Coates (I) 106.10, 114, 112.50 Graphite Ind 29.50, 29.70, 29.25, JK Corpn. 10.50 Nagar.Const. 39.30, 41 Rane Brake 122.10, 116, 122 10.50, 10.50, 10.10, 10.10 Alembic 155.50, 158, 153, 157.80 29.55 JK Inds. 23.50, 23.85, 23.35 Sundaram Fst 395, 350 62, 63, 59.90, 60.15 Hexaware Tec 105.60, 107, 102.10, 373.35 156.25, 160, 153.10, 158.55 107, 114, 107, 112.25 Nagar.Fertil 4.30, 4.35, 4.25, 4.30 Rane Engine 83.90, 80 Venky’s (I) 44.25, 47.90, 47.60 29.15, 29.95, 29.15, 29.85 JK Synthetic 2.90, 2.75, 2.90 84.30, 84.30, 82, 82 341, 352, 341, 349.55 Ballarpur In 38.45, 38.85, 37.70, 38 104.05 Padmalaya Te 61.50, 62.30, 58.25, Alfa Laval 230, 215.50, 230 Cochin Minrl 11, 10.90, 10.95 4.30, 4.40, 4.25, 4.35 Sunflag Iron 4.35, 4.10, 4.30 46.65, 47.50, 46.50, 46.70 38.30, 38.60, 37.80, 37.95 104.40, 107.20, 102.15, 104.15 59.35 Color Chips 5.70, 5.75, 5.40, 5.50 Grauer & Wei 16.55, 16.60 JL Morison 68.30, 75, 71.70 Nahar Export 18.20, 18.50 Rane Madras 35.50, 35.50, 33.10, Veronica Lab 6.15, 6.20, 5.70, 5.80 228, 233.95, 228, 228.10 Gravity (I) 5.60, 5.70 JMC Projects 16, 16.65 Supreme Inds 82, 81.05, 81.60 Bank of Baro 94, 94.55, 86.75, 89.85 Him.Fut.Comm 19.50, 20.70, 20.35 61, 62.75, 58, 59.10 Alkyl Amines 17.95, 19, 18.60 5.50, 5.85, 5.35, 5.50 18.35, 18.55, 18.35, 18.50 33.10 Vesuvius (I) 63, 62.70, 63 Greaves 11.15, 11.45, 11.20 Jog Engg. 7 Ravalgaon Su 1831.85, 1703 80, 80, 80, 80 93.90, 95.95, 86.50, 90.30 19.95, 20.55, 19.70, 20.40 Pentamedia G 8.75, 9.20, 8.70, 9 Allahabad Bk 15.40, 15.50, 14.80, Colour Chem 224.95, 225, 223.20, Nahar Indl.E 11.20, 12.10, 11, 12 Supreme Petr 7.95, 8, 7.70 63, 63.90, 62.25, 63.60 Bank of Ind. 40.55, 40.70, 38.40, Hind Lever C 162, 161 8.70, 9.20, 8.70, 9 223.65 Grind Norton 103, 105.30, 104.85 Jubilant Org 145 Nahar Intl. 4.50, 5.05, 4.45, 4.70 Rayban Sun O 47, 47.45, 47.30 Viceroy Hot. 9.15 15.05 145.25, 145.25, 145.25, 7.90, 7.90, 7.80, 7.85 40.55 161, 161.95, 160.05, 161.45 Pfizer 312, 319.15, 314.70 15.30, 15.35, 14.80, 15.05 222, 225.20, 221.30, 224.60 Nahar Spg. 64.50, 66, 64, 65.25 Reg.Ceramic 21, 20.80 Videocon Apl 7.40, 7.90, 7.85 145.25 21, 21.35, 20.65, 20.65 Surana Tele 12.50 40.40, 40.90, 38.40, 40.60 Hind.Oil Exp 17.70, 17, 17.05 321, 321, 312.55, 314.40 Alok Inds. 11, 10.70, 10.75 Compucom Sof 15.25, 18.70 66.50, 66.50, 64.50, 65.60 13.90, 13.90, 13, 13 7.80, 7.95, 7.75, 7.85 BASF 93.10, 94.45, 94.25 17, 17.50, 16.90, 17.10 Philips (I) 92.60, 95, 92.55, 94.95 Compudyne Wi 14.15, 14.30, Jupiter BioS 36.10, 37.25, 36, Narmada C.Pe 12.60, 12.50, 12.95 Rel.Ind.Infr 36, 37 Vidhi Dyestu 15.25, 16.25, 15, 15.25 10.80, 10.90, 10.70, 10.80 36.95 Surat Elec. 68 95, 95.25, 93.05, 94.70 Hind.Zinc 15, 15.95, 15.55 Pidilite Ind 225, 224.25, 228 Alstom 25.10, 25.85, 24.25, 24.75 13.80, 14 12.70, 12.70, 12.70, 12.70 37, 37.60, 36.65, 37.45 Vikrant Tyre 10.60, 10.65, 9.10, 9.25 Relaxo Footw 17.35 Surya Roshni 11.55 Bata (I) 28.40, 28.50, 27.80, 28 Hindalco 581, 585, 575.25, 579.80 225.05, 245, 225, 226.95 Amara Raja B 52.10, 54, 53 14, 14.50, 13.90, 14.05 K Narmada Cem. 25, 24.70, 26 11.75, 12, 11.75, 12 Vinati Org. 13.50, 13.95, 13.50 28.65, 28.65, 27.55, 28.20 572, 596, 572, 579.75 Polaris Soft 127, 131.70, 122.35, 52.85, 53.90, 52.60, 52.85 Computech In 5, 4.85, 4.90 Natco Pharma 26.75 Revathi Equ. 125, 111, 115.05 Vindhya Tele 17.55 Rico Auto 97.35, 102.10 Surylak.Cott 13 Bayer Cropsc 134.05, 134.45, Hinduja TMT 159, 174.30, 156, 124.50 Ambica Agarb 42.95, 38, 38.70 5.25, 5.25, 4.90, 4.95 Kaashyap Rad 1.05, 1.15, 28.40, 29, 28, 28.70 Sutlej Inds. 40, 40.95 16.80, 18, 16.80, 18 131.30, 131.80 107.25, 107.25, 107.25, 107.25 172.45 130, 131.90, 122, 124.95 Ambuja Cem.R 3, 3.10, 3.05 Cont.Const. 7.60, 8.50, 7.50, 0.95, 1 Nath Seeds 6, 6.15, 5.70, 5.80 42, 42, 40.30, 41 Vintage Card 5.55, 5.50 134.05, 135, 132.85, 133.15 156, 174.80, 156, 171.05 Pun.Tractors 124.95, 126, 122.50, 2.95, 3.10, 2.95, 3.05 8.15 Kabra Extr 32.50, 32.50, 5.90, 6.10, 5.65, 5.75 RPG Cables 6.90, 6.50, 6.60 5.90, 6.10, 4.85, 5.50 Bh.Earth Mov 68.25, 71.50, 67.90, 7, 8, 6.50, 6.75 Suven Pharma 117, 122, 118.60 HLL 143, 143.95, 138.50, 141.50 123.35 Amex Info. 13.30, 14, 12.70, 13.10 Control Prnt 20, 21.95, 20.25 32.50, 32.50 National Fer 31.55, 31.05 Swaraj Engin 181, 178 Vinyl Chem. 5.30, 5.55 69.75 143.70, 144, 138.60, 141.40 129.90, 129.90, 123.10, 123.75 Amforge Inds 17.80, 18.40, 17.50, Core Health. 3.30, 4, 3.85 Kajaria Cer 19.70, 19.80, National Ste 6.55, 6.15, 6.50 RPG Life Sci 27.90, 26.35 5.25, 5.45, 5.10, 5.45 68.90, 71.50, 68.10, 70 25.30, 27.20, 25.30, 26.50 177, 179.90, 177, 179.90 HMT 15.50, 15.05, 15.30 Ranbaxy Lab. 683, 684.75, 658.25, 17.55 4.05, 4.05, 3.60, 3.60 19.75 6.35, 6.40, 6.25, 6.25 Swaraj Mazda 78.50, 80 VIP Indus. 17.25, 17 Bharat Elect 209.85, 223.50, 206.75, 15.70, 15.75, 15, 15.10 675.40 Amtek 45.80, 41, 41.80 Corom. Fert. 67.45, 67.50 19.60, 20.70, 19.60, 20 Nava Bh.Ferr 38.55 RPG Transmi. 4.30, 4.30, 4.30, 4.30 17.90, 17.90, 17.05, 17.15 220 RS Software 24.40, 24.45, 21.30, 77, 80.80, 77, 80 HPCL 291, 301.90, 285, 300.45 678, 681, 657, 672.10 Amtek Auto 191.85, 193.90, 190.70, 65.70, 65.70, 65.70, 65.70 Kakatiya Cem 23.35, 23.40 39.75, 39.75, 39.75, 39.75 Synergy Log 6.80, 6.50, 6.60 Visaka Ind. 21.90, 22 212.50, 223.40, 206.15, 219.80 291, 301.50, 275.60, 300.05 Raymond 88.65, 90.75, 88, 89.35 193 Cosmo Ferr. 8.05, 8.15 24, 24, 24, 24 Navneet Pub. 109.50, 115.40, 113.10 22.55 21.65, 22.50, 21.65, 22.05 Bharat Forge 257.05, 253.25, 254.95 Hughes Soft. 194.90, 209, 159.40, 92, 92, 89.50, 89.90 Andrew Yule 15, 15.40, 14.85, 15.20 Cosmo Films 65, 65.50, 61.50, Kale Consul. 26.15, 27, 25.50, 109, 115.45, 109, 115.05 23.95, 24, 20.55, 20.95 T Visesh Info 4.30 258.50, 258.50, 254, 255.45 186.85 RCF 17.90, 19, 17.25, 18 Ankur Drugs 5.90 64.55 26.25 NCL Inds. 4.55, 4.60, 4.10 Ruchi Soya 32.50, 32.50, 32, 32 4.55, 4.80, 4.50, 4.80 Bharti TeleV 34.45, 31.90, 32.40 190, 208.65, 183.65, 188.95 18, 18.80, 17.25, 18.15 Ansal Prop. 10.50, 11.30, 10.95 63.70, 64.80, 61.10, 64.15 26.90, 27.10, 25.75, 26.40 Nelco 25.65, 26.10, 25.50, 26 S T Spiritual 181.50, 184.50, 181 Vision Organ 0.95, 1, 0.95 33.75, 33.75, 31.20, 32.40 IBP 202.50, 211, 205.25 Rel Capital 52.05, 52.45, 50.55, AP Paper 40, 39.80 Creative Eye 9.45, 10.30 Kalpa.Power 34.25, 34.30 25.70, 26, 25.25, 25.75 Taj GVK Hotl 39.90, 40 0.85, 1, 0.85, 0.95 BHEL 231.50, 225.75, 228.85 200.10, 216, 200.10, 205.70 51.50 Apcotex Lat. 25.10, 26.25, 24.50, 9.65, 10.75, 9.55, 10.05 34, 34, 34, 34 Neuland Lab. 43.50, 40 S Kumars Nat 3.15, 3.30 38, 38, 38, 38 VJIL Consult 5.30, 6.30, 6.25 230, 231.70, 225.50, 228.30 ICI (I) 114.10, 114.05, 118 52.25, 52.50, 50.65, 51.45 25.95 Crest Comm. 25, 25.35, 24.40, Kalyani Brak 215 Nilkamal Pls 24.35, 24.35, 23.30, S.I.Bank 39.60, 40, 39, 39.85 Tata Coffee 66.50 Voltas 51, 51.85, 50, 51.55 Bombay Dyein 45.25, 45.50, 45.15, 108, 118, 108, 117.40 Reliance Ind 291.50, 294.90, 274.25, 26, 26, 24.80, 24.80 24.55 Kalyani Shrp 4.15 23.30 40.50, 40.50, 39, 39.60 69.80, 71, 67.85, 70.10 51.15, 51.95, 49.25, 51.40 45.25 ICICI Bank 130, 134.75, 124.55, 134 283.50 Aplab 19, 17.25, 17.50 24.65, 25.25, 24.20, 24.50 Kalyani Stel 13.25, 12.25, Noble Explo. 5.10, 5.55 Vorin Lab. 38, 38.40, 38.25 46.35, 46.35, 45.05, 45.40 S.I.C.Agency 6.35 Tata Finance 14.95, 15.30, 14.90, 130, 134.75, 124.55, 133.95 293, 293.20, 274.15, 282.30 Aptech 33.40, 31.35, 31.60 CRISIL 252.05, 254.30, 250, 12.50 NOCIL 5.25, 5.30, 5.15, 5.25 7, 7, 5.80, 6.05 VST Indus. 95.05 BPCL 225, 229.85, 222, 228.50 15.05 114, 114, 94.75, 100.40 IDBI 17.95, 18, 17.55, 17.65 Rolta (I) 59, 60.80, 58.50, 59.25 32.40, 32.40, 31.50, 31.65 254.30 Karnatak Bnk 57.05, 57.45, 5.25, 5.30, 5.20, 5.25 Sabero Org. 3.50, 4.30 227, 229.95, 222.50, 228.50 17.60, 17.95, 17.60, 17.65 58.25, 60.60, 58.25, 59.30 Archies 53, 55, 51.65, 51.85 Cybertech Sy 8, 7.30, 7.85 55.95, 56.60 Noida Toll 5.90, 5.90, 5.90, 5.90 15, 15.45, 15, 15.15 VXL Instrum. 21.40, 21.35, 21.40 Britannia 521.10, 524, 521.15 IDBI Bank 23, 23.15, 22.75, 22.95 SAIL 9.50, 8.95, 9.05 9, 9, 7.55, 7.95 Nova Petro. 40, 42.50 4.40, 4.40, 3.95, 4 Tata Honeywl 241, 254.95, 240, 52, 54.65, 50.80, 53 56.65, 58, 55.70, 56.40 Saint-Gobain 8.60, 8 529.95, 531, 520.80, 524.35 22.65, 23.50, 22.50, 22.90 9.40, 9.40, 8.95, 9.05 Arvind Rem. 3.85, 3.95, 3.35, 3.40 Karur Vysya 180, 178.25, 179 46, 46, 43, 43 243.90 W BSES 224.45, 225, 220.60, 221.85 India Cement 13.90, 14, 13.80, 13.95 Satyam Comp 147, 155, 152.25 D Gruh Finance 17.25, 17.35, 16.50, Novopan Inds 32.50, 32.50, 32.50, Sakthi Sugar 5.60 245, 245, 240, 240.15 3.70, 4.10, 3.35, 3.40 16.55 179.50, 182.95, 177, 179.10 Walchandngr 29.50 225.20, 227, 223.55, 224.60 14, 14.05, 13.80, 14 145.50, 156, 145.50, 151.65 Asahi (I) Gl 40.50, 41.50, 40, 41.45 KDL Biotech 11.25, 12 32.50 5.25, 5.70, 5, 5.50 Tata Infomed 70, 68.50, 69 Cadila Healt 123, 123.95, 121.60, Daewoo Motor 1.45, 1.50, 1.45 GTC Inds. 5.40, 6.20, 5.30 Salora Int. 38, 38.55, 37.80, 37.90 29.75, 29.90, 29.75, 29.90 Indian Alumi 120 Saw Pipes 74.85, 75.90, 70.60, 40.75, 41.50, 40, 41.20 11.30, 12, 11.30, 12 NRB Bearings 68, 69, 65.30, 67.10 68.60, 69.80, 68.40, 69 Warren Tea 38.20, 38 123 Indian Hotel 182, 188.65, 176, 186 73.05 Dalmia Cemen 140.10 5.85, 5.95, 5, 5.15 65.50, 68.90, 65, 68 38, 38.75, 37, 37.75 Ashapura Min 91 139.05, 145, 139.05, 145 GTN Textiles 25.50, 24.50, 24.90 KEC Inter. 11.10, 11.60, 11.50 Tata Infotec 155, 157.45, 149.10, Wartsila (I) 112, 116.75, 112.15 121.80, 125.50, 121.65, 124 185, 189.50, 184, 185.50 74.80, 75.90, 70.10, 72.75 91, 91, 91, 91 11, 11.65, 11, 11.45 NRC 6, 6.50 Samkrg Pist. 28.50, 26.85, 27 150.70 Castrol (I) 196.90, 202.85, 194, 199 Danlaw Tech. 23.35, 17.80, 19.85 24.50, 24.85, 24.40, 24.50 Samtel Color 20.40, 21, 20.50 Wellwin Ind. 10.50, 10.70, 10.05, Indian Oil C 236.10, 240, 236, 238 SBI 290.90, 294, 279.50, 283.20 Ashima 16.55, 12.75 Kerala Ayurv 7.40 Nucleus Soft 67, 71.45, 65.40, 70 Tata Invest. 78, 76, 77.25 10.20 192.50, 203, 192.50, 198.20 240, 240, 236, 238 289.90, 292, 279.50, 283.05 Datapro Inf. 0.65, 0.50, 0.55 Gufic Bio Sc 26.50, 26.75, 25.45, 67.65, 69.95, 67.50, 69.75 21.25, 21.25, 20.40, 20.65 12.50, 12.60, 12.50, 12.60 DCM 6.05, 6.10 25.60 Kerala Chem. 14.65, 14.60 78, 78, 76.30, 76.30 10.70, 10.70, 10.10, 10.20 Century Enka 80, 80.95, 77.35, 77.70 Indian Ov.Bk 20.50, 20.60, 19.75, 20 Shipp.Corpn. 61.40, 62.40, 58.50, Ashok Ley.Fn 48.50, 49 Kesoram Inds 27.25, 27.35, 27.15, Sangam (I) 12.30, 12.50, 12.40 83, 83, 77.60, 78 6.15, 6.20, 6.15, 6.20 Guj.Alkalies 20.05, 20.70, 18.60, O Tata Metalik 28.90, 29, 28.80, 28.90 Welspun (I) 22.55, 26.80 19.50, 20.50, 19.40, 20 59.05 49.80, 49.80, 48.50, 49.15 27.30 12.10, 12.10, 12.10, 12.10 Welspun Guj. 6.80, 8.25 Century Text 46, 48, 45.30, 47.75 Indian Rayon 77.25, 78, 77.85 61.90, 64.90, 58.60, 59.15 DCM Shr.Con 57, 58.40 18.65 30.80, 30.80, 28.50, 28.90 Asian Elect. 21.65, 21.45 56, 57.75, 56, 57.75 20.50, 20.55, 18.50, 18.65 27, 27.55, 27, 27.45 Odyssey Tech 8.70, 9.50 Sanwaria Agr 13, 13.65, 12.75, 13.50 West Coast P 94.75, 96.75, 93, 95.05 46.50, 47.90, 45.40, 47.70 79, 79, 77, 78.30 Shyam Teleco 36.40, 37, 35, 35.35 21, 21, 20.80, 20.80 Khandwala Se 6.75, 6.75, 6.75, 6.75 Saregama (I) 44.95, 43.50, 44.20 Tata Sponge 33, 32.55, 32.95 Chambal Fert 14.90, 14.95, 14.75, DCW 10.10, 9.55, 10.20 Guj.Amb.Exp. 9.95, 10.60, 9.80, Oil Country 7.05, 7.45 33.40, 33.40, 32.60, 32.65 Widia (I) 67.95, 67.90, 67.95 Infosys Tech 2725, 2913.75, 2862.50 35.50, 37.30, 35.25, 35.50 Asian Hotels 76.30, 78.75, 76.25, Khoday (I) 9.50, 9.40 47.50, 47.50, 44.05, 44.70 Wim Plast 30.50 14.85 2750, 2913.70, 2750, 2859.70 Siemens 290.55, 291.10, 286.10, 10.05, 10.25, 9.80, 9.90 10.35 7.10, 7.10, 7.05, 7.10 Tata Teleser 5.10, 4.75, 4.90 76.50 Deepak Fert. 19.50, 19.20, 19.35 10.20, 10.50, 9.85, 10.50 Kinetic Eng. 67, 63.90, 65.60 Omax Autos. 30, 30.25, 29.75, 30.20 Satnam Over. 18.25, 20.90 Wimco 25.50, 25.35, 25.80 14.85, 14.95, 14.80, 14.85 Infotech En. 97, 100.90, 96.50, 97.75 287.50 77.45, 79.50, 77.45, 78.80 Kinetic Moto 26.75, 27.50, 26.75 5, 5, 4.70, 4.90 Chennai Pet. 30.85, 31.25, 31.05 19.05, 19.70, 18.20, 19.30 Guj.Apollo E 52.50, 52.90, 52.70 30.40, 30.50, 30, 30.05 18.50, 18.50, 18.50, 18.50 25.80, 26.10, 25.65, 25.80 97, 100.40, 96.55, 97.60 297, 297, 286.15, 288.95 Assam Co. 10.90, 10.75 Kirloskar Br 100.10, 101.05 Satvah.Ispat 4.90, 5.10 Tata Yodogaw 33.05, 32.80, 33.20 Wockhardt Lf 22, 22.50, 22.25 31.25, 31.30, 30.90, 31.20 Ingersoll R 201, 201.90, 201 Silverline T 6.25, 6.60, 6, 6.15 Deepak Nitr. 40, 39 Guj.H.Chem 19.60, 19.90, 19.80 Ondeo Nalco 388.90, 393.25, 373, Astrazen.Ph. 341 Dena Bank 14.50, 14.80, 13.50, 19.50, 19.95, 19.50, 19.80 Kirloskar Oi 61.20, 64.75, 60, 64.20 381 Savita Chem. 50.60, 53, 50.20, 52.75 Tele Data In 14.10, 13, 13.15 22.55, 22.60, 22.05, 22.10 Cipla 740, 745.85, 735, 738.80 200.10, 202.50, 199, 201 SKF Bearing 43.10, 43.85, 43, 43.15 Atcom Techno 10.90, 9.85, 10.05 62, 65, 62, 64.55 741, 747.45, 736.20, 739.55 14.05 Guj.Ind.Pow. 17.50, 17.55, 17.15, Onward Techn 22.75, 23, 22.30, 52, 53.60, 51.40, 53.15 Themis Medic 28.45, 28, 28.20 Wyeth 192, 209, 190, 191 IPCL 88.85, 89.30, 85.50, 86.50 43, 43.85, 43, 43.20 10.30, 10.40, 9.85, 9.95 Kit-Ply Ind. 3.10, 3.15 Thiru A.Sug. 18, 18, 16.60, 16.60 190, 199.45, 190, 193.05 CMC 492.40, 500.90, 470.50, 485.65 89.90, 89.90, 85.60, 86.70 Sonata Soft. 13.50, 13.55, 13, 13.45 14.30, 14.50, 13.55, 14.20 17.45 22.70 SBI Home Fin 7.45, 7.50 Atlas Copco 266, 267, 264 Denso (I) 23, 22.60, 22.75 17.75, 17.75, 17.10, 17.35 3, 3.50, 3, 3.20 22.75, 23.40, 21.80, 22.70 Thirumalai 39.05, 39, 40.95 499, 503, 480, 484.90 ITC 679, 683.90, 669, 671.85 13.05, 13.70, 13, 13.35 Atlas Cycles 65 KLG Systel 24.20, 26.75, 24.15, 6.85, 7.40, 6.85, 7.10 Colgate 124, 125, 122.55, 124.75 675, 685, 670.50, 674.25 SPICE 30.70, 31.09, 30.60, 31 Dewan H.Fin. 18.10 Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.10, 3.25, 3.15 Opto Circuit 33, 32, 32.35 Search Chem. 9.10, 9.70, 9.30 40.70, 41.70, 40.70, 41.70 65.25, 65.25, 65.25, 65.25 Dhampur Sugr 9.85, 9.85, 9.70, 9.85 3.05, 3.25, 3.05, 3.20 26.25 Orchid Chem 68.50, 68.75, 67.65, Y 125.80, 125.80, 123.10, 125.05 ITI 16.95, 16.25, 16.30 SSI 63.80, 64, 60.10, 62 Atul 31, 29.50, 29.55 27.90, 27.90, 25.25, 26.20 10.25, 10.25, 9.25, 9.30 Tide Water O 1225, 1260, 1215, Dhanalak.Bnk 18.25, 18.30, 18, Gulf Oil Cor 45, 41.40 68.20 Selan Explor 8.50 Container Co 235, 230, 232 16.80, 16.80, 16.05, 16.30 65.40, 70, 60.20, 61.95 31, 31, 31, 31 Kopran 21.40, 22.35, 22.20 1248.65 Yokogawa Blu 65.45, 65.50, 65.45 231, 233, 230, 230.65 J&K Bank 126.10, 130, 124.50, STC India 89.25, 93.90, 89.60 18.20 69, 69.10, 68, 68.40 Sesa Goa 78, 74, 74.75 Timex Watch 9.20, 8.80, 8.85 Auto Axles 80.10, 79 Divi’s Lab 254.60, 269, 253.50, H 22.20, 22.25, 21.60, 22.05 Orient Info. 32.80, 33.70, 32.25, 65.45, 65.50, 65.45, 65.45 Corpn. Bank 148.70, 142.95, 145.45 129.65 93.50, 95.45, 90.55, 91.05 Avanti Feeds 22.50, 22.05 Kothari Prod 167 75, 77.90, 74, 74.40 Timken India 26.55, 27, 26, 26.25 149.40, 149.50, 142.50, 145 127.50, 130, 123.10, 129.55 Sterl.Biotec 40.50, 41, 39.90, 40.55 256.35 32.75 Sesha.Paper 31.50, 33.30 Tinplate Co. 13.25, 12.80 Avery (I) 17, 16.75 254, 275, 252.55, 256.15 Harr.Malayal 9, 9.65, 8.20, 9.45 167.50, 167.50, 167.50, 167.50 33.80, 33.80, 32.30, 32.65 Z Crompton Gr. 60.80, 60.90, 58.35, Jaiprakash I 29, 29.50, 27.80, 29.30 40.90, 41.35, 39.05, 40.55 Avon Organic 31, 31.20, 30.20, 30.90 9.05, 9.40, 7.60, 9.30 KPIT Cum.Inf 143.80, 150.10, Sh.Cements 46.80, 48.50 Tips Indus. 32.80, 33.30, 32.50, 59.35 29.90, 29.90, 29.05, 29.20 Sterl.Optica 32.50, 33.65, 31.65, Dolat Inv. 2.15 Orient Paper 14.65, 15, 14.60 46.30, 48, 46.30, 47.35 Zandu Pharm 1350, 1345 Dolphin Off. 12.40 Hathway Bhaw 6.65 142.10, 148.35 13, 16.90, 13, 16 32.65 60.90, 61, 58, 59.35 JB Chemical 154.70, 153, 153.90 31.95 B Hatsun Agro 66.25 144, 150.70, 142.20, 147.65 Sh.Digv.Cem. 10 1380, 1380, 1380, 1380 Cummins (I) 53.75, 54, 53.05, 53.10 Donear Inds. 84 Oriental Con 14 Sh.Rama Mult 6.55, 6.35, 6.55 32.90, 36, 32.10, 32.55 153, 155, 152.10, 154.85 32.20, 33.70, 31.65, 32 Havell’s (I) 115, 120, 114.05, 119.85 Krebs Bioche 95, 99.80, 93, 94.40 TN Telecom 8.75 Zenith Comp. 7.75, 7.50, 7.70 54.90, 54.90, 53, 53.15 Jindal Steel 356, 358.80, 345, Sun Pharma. 288, 297.90, 291.25 Bajaj Auto F 47.75, 48, 47.30, 47.85 DSJ Comm. 0.40 Oriental Hot 71.55, 71.50, 71.55 6.25, 6.60, 6.25, 6.50 0.45, 0.45, 0.40, 0.45 119.45, 119.45, 119.45, 119.45 Krishna Life 1.35, 1.60 71, 77.80, 71, 73.50 10, 10, 8.90, 9 7.70, 7.70, 7.25, 7.60 D-Link (I) 45.90, 46.60, 45.65, 45.80 346.75 296.20, 299.80, 292.10, 292.75 47.65, 48.95, 47.60, 48.70 Hazoor Media 5.75, 6 Krone Comm 57, 57.80, 50.10, 52.10 Shah Alloys 18.15, 19.25, 19 46.30, 47.70, 45.70, 45.85 Bajaj Elec. 22 Duphar-Inter 112, 115.05, 112.10 Oswal Chem. 3.70, 3.65 Shalimar Pai 24.65, 24.75 Todays Writi 15.40, 17.60, 16.80 Zenith Exp. 18.65 362.05, 363, 345.05, 347.45 Syndicate Bn 22.45, 22.85, 21.40, HBL Nife Pow 40.10, 43.50, 40, KSB Pumps 60, 60.90, 60 Zenith Info. 9.80, 9.75, 9.90 Dabur (I) 39.50, 40, 39.35, 39.85 Kochi Refin. 43, 44, 43.95 22.30 Bajaj Hindus 68.50, 69.50 4.10, 4.10, 3.20, 3.70 Shamken Spin 4.60 15, 17, 14.50, 16.65 E 42.25 59.50, 61.80, 59.50, 60.85 OTIS Elevato 320, 320, 320, 320 9.80, 10.50, 9.80, 10.35 40.40, 40.50, 39.50, 39.95 43, 44, 42.50, 43.70 22.45, 22.90, 21.30, 22.20 69.25, 70, 69.25, 70 HEG 26.40, 26.30, 26.90 Shanti Gear 81.50 Torrent Guja 6, 6.40, 6 Digital Glob 511, 538.95, 535.10 Kotak Mah.Bk 157, 158, 144.55, Syngenta (I) 119.90, 120, 119.25, Bajaj Tempo 98.50, 98, 100 Eicher 21.30, 27.70 27, 27.15, 26.75, 26.80 L P 78, 78, 78, 78 Tourism Fina 8 ZF Steering 76, 77 510.85, 540, 510.85, 535.80 148.55 119.30 Bal Pharma 17.50, 18.10 26.40, 27.15, 26.40, 26.75 Helios & Mat 14.10, 14.95, 14.85 Shasun Chem. 90, 90.90, 90 7.70, 8, 7.65, 8 Zicom Electn 26.50, 26.15, 26.20 Dr.Reddy’s 871, 933, 870, 912.10 146, 151.90, 144.60, 148.25 Tata Chem 68, 68.30, 67.15, 67.50 Bal.Law.Vanl 11.10, 11.50 Eicher Motor 80, 77.30, 79.95 Henkel Spic 18.25, 18.35, 17.80, Lakhani (I) 95, 88, 95 Panacea Biot 26.25 90, 95, 89.50, 90 Transnat.Sec 33.80 Zigma Soft. 9.90, 10.40, 9.60 Balaji Dist. 5.35, 5.75, 5, 5.60 Lakshmi Au.C 64, 64, 62, 63.50 899, 932, 869, 910.50 L&T 187.55, 188.50, 185.55, 187.30 67.50, 68.45, 67.15, 67.60 80, 80, 77, 78.25 18.20 26.45, 26.45, 25.75, 25.75 Shiv Vani Un 9.65, 9.60, 9.65 Transpek Ind 8.55, 8.50 Zodiac Cloth 70 5.40, 5.85, 5.05, 5.55 Lakshmi Elec 28.75, 30.60, 28.20, Shrenuj & Co 28.55, 28 Dredging Cor 234.15, 242, 234, 240 189, 194.65, 185.40, 187.20 Tata Elxsi 69.95, 70.80, 68.65, 69.30 EID Parry 84.40, 84.40, 80, 81.50 Heritage Fds 44.30, 45.10, 44.10, Pantaloon Re 45.85 Transport Co 19, 19, 19, 19 70.90, 70.90, 67, 68.25 e-Serve Intl 455, 435.10, 441.40 LIC Hsg.Fin. 72, 72.40, 70.45, 71.40 69.70, 70.90, 68.60, 69.40 Balkrish Ind 38.20, 48.95, 47.80 EIH Asso.Hot 9.50, 9.15, 9.80 44.75 28.35 43.55, 45.60, 43.55, 44.25 26.50, 27.25, 26.50, 27.25 Zuari Inds. 19.60 440, 447.85, 433, 435.10 Balmer Law.I 48.50, 51, 49.25 Lakshmi Mach 975, 980 Shriram Inv 15, 15.05 TRF 24.05, 24.40, 24.25 71.10, 72, 70.10, 71.25 Tata Power 119.50, 120, 117.40, Eimco Elecon 45, 45, 44.90, 44.90 Hikal 100, 101.50, 100, 101.40 Paper Prod. 112, 114.50, 112, 114.50 Trigyn Tech. 14.85, 13.85, 14.10 19.30, 19.65, 19.30, 19.55 EIH 162, 163.10, 163.05 LML 26.70, 27.95, 26.60, 27.65 118.65 Balmer Lawri 81, 80.05, 80.50 Elder Pharma 29.15, 30.15, 29.25 Himat. Seide 101, 102, 100.30, 989.90, 990, 989.90, 990 Paramount Co 5.90 164.50, 165.95, 163, 164.55 26.40, 27.75, 26.40, 27.40 119, 119.75, 117.20, 118.50 83, 83, 80.40, 80.60 29.95, 29.95, 29.30, 29.30 100.40 Lanco Inds. 8.85 Parekh Plati 6.90, 6.75, 6.80 Engineers (I 248, 255, 244, 245.05 Lupin 154.70, 157.40, 148.30, Tata Tea 193, 204, 191.80, 201.45 Balrampur Ch 108 Elect.Kelvin 7.60, 7.55, 7.65 Hind.Constn. 68.90, 69, 66.85, 67.40 Landmarc Lei 10 6.65, 7.35, 6.65, 7 252, 265, 243.60, 245.55 156.35 190, 204.40, 190, 200.80 108, 109.45, 108, 108.05 Electro.Cast 226, 224, 231.50 68, 69.50, 66.65, 67 LCC Infotech 2.80, 3.10, 2.80, 2.95 Parry’s Conf 75.40, 76, 67.55, 74.85 Escorts 36.75, 37.05, 36.55, 36.85 156, 157.50, 148.20, 155.75 Tata Telcom 96.80, 98.90, 95.55, Banco Prod. 45.70, 45.50, 46 225, 232, 223.50, 229.85 Hind.Inks&Re 276, 285, 263, 268 Liberty Shoe 51.30, 52.50, 51.30, Patspin (I) 9.50 38.70, 38.70, 36.70, 36.90 M&M 108.20, 104, 105.95 96.25 Bank of Punj 16.25, 15.80, 16.05 Elgi Equip 18.90, 19, 18.65, 18.95 275, 275, 265.50, 270.30 52.25 9.95, 9.95, 9.95, 9.95 Essel Propac 134.60, 136, 133, 106.20, 107.50, 103.75, 106 96, 99, 95.50, 96.35 16.10, 16.35, 15.50, 15.95 18.15, 18.95, 18.10, 18.65 Hind.Motors 8, 7.85, 7.95 Lloyds Steel 1.95, 1.90 PCS Inds. 16, 16.45, 15.70, 15.90 Bank of Raj. 16.25, 15.80, 15.95 1.90, 2, 1.90, 1.90 Intl Tractors pulls out 135.30 Marico Inds 156, 156.05, 155.75, TELCO 161.05, 154.50, 155.95 Elgitread (I 163, 148.50, 158 7.95, 8, 7.85, 7.90 Pennar Alum. 1.95, 2, 1.80, 1.90 135, 137, 133.05, 135.50 156 160, 160.90, 154.50, 155.95 16.10, 16.25, 15.75, 15.95 Emco 27.50, 27.55, 27.10, 27.20 Hind.Org.Chm 16, 16.40, 15.70, Logix Micro. 13.90, 12.50, 13 Pentagon Glo 1.90, 1.60, 1.65 Exide Inds. 75.20, 80.75, 78 155, 158, 155, 156 Thermax 140.90, 141.50, 139, 141 Bannari Aman 95 Encore Soft 9 15.80 Lumax Ind 29.70 Pentasoft Te 6, 6.25, 5.90, 6 Federal Bank 100, 100.80, 96.40, 97 Mascot Systm 96, 99, 94.80, 97 142.05, 142.40, 141, 141.70 89.30, 99, 89.25, 99 Eonour Tech. 4.75, 3.70, 3.75 16.95, 16.95, 15.65, 15.75 26.05, 27.45, 25.85, 26.50 6.05, 6.25, 5.80, 6.05 99, 100.80, 96.40, 97.20 97.90, 98.95, 93, 95.90 Thomas Cook 200, 200.35, 196, Bayer (I) 820.05, 820, 850 Epic Enzymes 5.60 Hind.Power 28.50 Lyka Labs 23.50, 24, 22.35, 23.55 PHIL Corpn. 4 Finolex Cabl 85, 87.75, 84.50, 85.10 Mastek 310, 322, 306.10, 315.85 199.85 Bayer ABS 68, 66.30, 67.60 Esab (I) 31.50, 31.95, 31.90 Hind.Sanitar 38 24.95, 24.95, 22.80, 23.40 4, 4.75, 4, 4.10 of PTL disinvestment 86.90, 86.90, 83.80, 84.05 310, 324.70, 305.40, 315.70 208.45, 208.45, 197, 197.45 70.50, 70.50, 67, 67.65 33.25, 33.25, 31.05, 31.90 39, 40, 39, 40 M Philips Glas 12.30 Finolex Inds 34.60, 35.85, 33.10, Mastershare 10.20, 10.35, 10.15, TISCO 135.10, 128.80, 131.10 Berger Paint 70, 69.55 ESI 13.75, 13.75, 13.75, 13.75 Hitachi Home 22.40, 23, 22.55 Phillip Carb 16.10, 16.90, 16, 16.05 By Byas Anand has been delayed for some time 35.50 70.70, 71, 70.25, 70.35 10.30 137, 137, 128.80, 131.20 Eskay K’N’It 2.40, 2.35, 2.90 22.50, 23, 22.30, 23 Maars Soft 9.40, 9.70, 9.25, 9.55 17, 17.60, 17, 17.25 TIMES NEWS NETWORK 34.25, 35.70, 34.25, 35.50 10.20, 10.35, 10.20, 10.25 Titan Inds. 54.10, 55.50, 53.50, BF Utilities 7.55, 7.60 Essar Oil 4.50, 4.65, 4.30, 4.50 Honda SIEL P 121, 120 Phoenix Lamp 10.25, 10.35, 10 now with bidders jittery over is- Bharat Hotel 27.15, 27.15, 27.15, 9.55, 9.75, 9.15, 9.40 Gail (I) 76, 74.95, 75.35 Max (I) 68.30, 69.90, 67.65, 68.40 54.35 Essar Ship. 5.80, 5.35, 5.70 125, 125, 124.95, 125 Macmillan (I 129.15, 137, 127.50, Pioneer Embr 20.95 sues of management control 76, 76, 74.80, 75.05 27.15 New Delhi: The stalled disin- and financial health of PTL. vestment of the Rs 1,000-crore The central issue, according to Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Punjab Tractors Ltd (PTL) re- MUTUAL FUND (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase industry sources, is whether Open Ended Schemes ceived another blow with one of the buyer of PSIDC’s stake Sweep Plan (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 T ST Income (M’ly) 1020.32 1020.32 1020.32 Income (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.28 10.28 10.28 the interested players—the In- would automatically get man- Sweep Plan (G) 10.19 10.19 10.19 T ST Income (Q’ly) 1013.49 1013.49 1013.49 Income (G) 24.64 24.64 24.64 Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.49 10.49 10.49 ternational Tractors (ITL) and Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Chola Mutual Fund T ST Income (W’ly B) 1041.60 1041.60 1041.60 Income Bonus 11.18 11.18 11.18 Select Focus 11.32 11.55 11.32 agement control. FMP Q’ly (D) 10.02 10.02 9.97 T ST Income (W’ly) 1093.91 1093.91 1093.91 Income Serial 00 (D) 10.76 10.76 10.76 Select Focus (G) 11.32 11.55 11.32 Renault combine—deciding to (Rs) Sales Purchase FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.63 10.63 10.63 T TMA (G) 1508.11 1508.11 1508.11 Income Serial 04 (D) 10.88 10.88 10.88 Select Mid Cap 10.05 10.25 10.05 UTI and LIC together hold FMP Y’ly (D) 10.02 10.02 9.82 T TMA (W’ly) 1245.37 1245.37 1245.37 Income Serial-2004(G) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Select Midcap (G) 10.05 10.25 10.05 pull out of the race. Fr.In.-STF (HY’ly) 10.98 10.98 10.98 T TMA (Wkly B) 1402.02 1402.02 1402.02 Short Term 10.34 10.34 10.34 Tax Saver 8.77 8.77 8.77 around 27 per cent stake in PTL. As on 11/04/2003 Freedom Income (C) 17.36 17.36 17.36 T TMA (Y’ly) 1146.40 1146.40 1146.40 Short Term (G) 10.71 10.71 10.71 Taurus Mutual Fund While ITL chairman LD Mit- Since there’s no clarity on the fi- Alliance Mutual Fund Freedom Income (R) 10.13 10.13 10.13 IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Short Term Fund Inst.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Bonanza Ex.(G) 9.73 9.90 9.70 95 (D) 25.66 26.17 25.66 Freedom Income-Inst Cum 17.36 17.36 17.36 Balanced (D) 10.23 10.42 10.23 Short Term Fund Inst.(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Discovery Stock 3.55 3.61 3.54 tal admitted that the company nancial institutions’ stand, bid- 95 (G) 46.31 47.24 46.31 Freedom Tech.(Cum) 7.38 7.52 7.38 Balanced (G) 10.13 10.32 10.13 Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund Libra Bond (D) 11.05 11.05 11.02 has decided against bidding for Basic Inds.(D) 12.21 12.45 12.21 Freedom Tech.(Reg) 4.68 4.77 4.68 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 11.96 11.96 11.96 K-30 (D) 11.70 11.91 11.70 Libra Bond (G) 11.38 11.38 11.35 ders are unclear whether man- Basic Inds.(G) 12.22 12.46 12.22 Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.71 15.71 15.71 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.10 10.10 10.10 K-30 (G) 11.70 11.90 11.70 Libra Gilt (D) 11.23 11.23 11.21 Punjab State Industrial Devel- agement control would be Buy India (D) 4.24 4.32 4.24 Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.34 10.34 10.34 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 K-Balance 10.24 10.42 10.24 Libra Gilt (G) 11.57 11.57 11.54 Buy India (G) 4.24 4.32 4.24 Gilt Series (Cum) 13.15 13.41 13.02 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.74 11.74 11.74 K-MNC 7.26 7.38 7.26 Libra Tax Shield 8.19 8.19 8.19 opment Corporation’s (PSIDC) transferred to the buyer of Capital Tax Relief’96 52.72 53.25 52.72 Gilt Series (Reg) 13.15 13.41 13.02 Child (CB) 16.29 16.60 15.80 K-Tech 2.40 2.44 2.40 The Starshare 5.65 5.75 5.64 23.49 per cent stake in PTL, he Equity (D) 13.64 13.91 13.64 Growth (Cum) 12.28 12.53 12.28 Child (FG) 16.08 16.39 15.60 PNB Mutual Fund UTI Mutual Fund PSIDC’s stake in the firm, the Equity (G) 24.65 25.14 24.65 Growth (Reg) 10.29 10.50 10.29 Equity (D) 9.80 9.99 9.80 Balanced Growth (G) 12.55 12.55 12.36 Bond (G) 17.67 17.67 17.58 refused to say whyit had put off sources added. Frontline Eq(D) 10.10 10.30 10.10 Liq.-Cumulative-Inst Cum 12.21 12.21 12.21 Equity (G) 9.29 9.47 9.29 Balanced Growth (I) 9.83 9.83 9.68 Bond (I) 10.99 10.99 10.94 Frontline Eq(G) 10.10 10.30 10.10 Liquid Instl. Cum 10.09 10.09 10.09 Growth (D) 9.75 9.94 9.75 Debt (G) 18.43 18.43 18.34 Brand Value 7.30 7.30 7.15 the decision after it had sub- Twelve bidders, including G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.43 11.43 11.43 Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.77 10.77 10.77 Growth (G) 9.80 9.99 9.80 Debt (I) 12.59 12.59 12.52 CCP 12.63 12.63 12.12 G-Sec Long Term (G) 16.99 16.99 16.99 Lq. (Cum) 12.21 12.21 12.21 Index 7.36 7.44 7.36 Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund CRTS 89.46 89.46 86.77 mitted an expression of interest M&M, Escorts and New Hol- G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Lq. (Reg) 11.32 11.32 11.32 PRIN.Cash Manag.Liq.(M) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Balanced (D) 8.84 9.04 8.84 Equity Tax Savings 9.90 9.90 9.80 (EoI) along with Renault. G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.82 13.82 13.82 Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 11.84 11.84 11.84 Short Term (D) 10.16 10.16 10.14 Balanced (G) 9.57 9.79 9.57 G-Sec (G) 16.45 16.45 16.45 land, had filed EoIs for acquir- Income (D) 10.94 10.94 10.94 Triple Ace (B) 11.82 11.82 11.82 Short Term (G) 10.78 10.78 10.75 Child Care Gift 11.03 11.30 10.75 G-Sec (I) 10.98 10.98 10.98 “There are a whole lot of issues ing stake in PTL. Foreign in- Income (G) 21.43 21.43 21.43 Triple Ace (Cum) 21.27 21.27 21.27 Tax Savings 13.83 14.11 13.83 Dynamic Plan 10.59 10.83 10.59 Grandmaster 93 8.51 8.51 8.34 Income 54EA (D) 10.94 10.94 10.94 Triple Ace (Reg) 11.38 11.38 11.38 IL&FS Mutual Fund FMCG (D) 6.82 6.97 6.82 Index Select Eq. 12.27 12.52 12.27 involved. 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Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.28 19.28 19.28 Franklin Index Tax 7.44 7.51 7.44 Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.75 10.75 10.75 Money (D) 10.03 10.03 10.03 Liquidity - IP(D) 11.43 11.43 11.43 The CK Birla flagship firm, Admitting a prima facie case, Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.49 10.49 10.49 Franklin Infotech (D) 7.16 7.16 7.30 Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.83 12.83 12.83 Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.32 10.32 10.32 Liquidity - IP(G) 13.18 13.18 13.18 Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.75 14.75 14.75 Franklin Infotech (G) 10.47 10.47 10.68 JM Mutual Fund Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.32 10.32 10.32 Liquidity - SP(D-W’ly) 10.64 10.64 10.64 which also produces the mid- Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh IT A (D-Payout) 10.06 10.16 10.06 Franklin Internet Opp 4.11 4.11 4.19 Balanced (D) 9.16 9.30 9.16 Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.19 10.19 10.19 Liquidity - SP(G) 12.56 12.56 12.56 passed an ad-interim order of IT A (D-Reinv) 10.06 10.16 10.06 Franklin Pharma 8.34 8.34 8.51 Balanced (G) 15.99 16.23 15.99 Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.32 10.32 10.32 Liquidity - Sp(D-D’ly) 10.64 10.64 10.64 sized Ambassador, alleged that IT B (G) 11.71 11.83 11.71 Franklin Prima (D) 15.18 15.18 15.48 Basic 11.86 12.04 11.86 Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Prudence (D) 14.59 14.88 14.59 Hyundai, in an advertisement injunction and directed Income Plus (A-D) 10.61 10.61 10.61 Franklin Prima (G) 29.61 29.61 30.20 Equity (D) 7.72 7.84 7.72 Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Prudence (G) 25.12 25.62 25.12 Income Plus (B-G) 26.16 26.16 26.16 Franklin Prima Plus (D) 12.63 12.63 12.88 Equity (G) 7.28 7.39 7.28 Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.07 10.07 10.07 Sovereign Gilt - IP(D) 11.19 11.19 11.19 for Accent CRDi, called the Hyundai officials to appear in Income Plus Instnl B(G) 26.23 26.23 26.23 Franklin Prima Plus (G) 23.17 23.17 23.63 G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.53 10.53 10.53 Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Sovereign Gilt - IP(G) 14.41 14.41 14.41 Income Plus Instnl. 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Hewitt to sue ATP Williams’ F1 first Alec wants out It was an interview that didn’t take While F1 scouts the world for venues Smart Alec! Yeah, when you are 40 place but it sure created a ruckus. Last that allow tobacco ads Willaims and have played 126 Test matches, year ATP fined Lleyton Hewitt $19,800 owner, Sir Frank Williams, has ushered your grey cells serve even better. A for missing a TV interview. Hewitt said in a first. His team’ll now promote weary Alec Stewart is smartly trying he was game for the talk and has in NiQuitin CQ - a range of products to prolong his Test career by opting turn sued ATP for its bungling that help people kick the habit out of the more taxing ODIs Parthiv Patel likely to open innings against Bangladesh
It’s going to be sore for a week. But I have to be able to do justice to my position in the side. Indian think-tank opts to experiment Steve Waugh AP SPORTS DIGEST Sehwag to lead as AP Dada takes a break Dhaka: With Sourav Gangu- back into the team after miss- ly deciding to rest his injured ing the second game against back, Virender Sehwag South Africa to share the would be looking to make his new ball with Ajit Agarkar. first outing as captain of In- The stocky middle order dia memorable by winning batsman Abhijit Kale will get the TVS Cup triangular se- the opportunity to make it to ries match against the team in place of Ganguly Bangladesh here on and the team management Wednesday. was also toying with the idea Ganguly of giving all- could afford to rounder San- take the break jay Bangar a as his team chance. consolidated Bangar has its position for been in the a place in the squad since final with re- the World Cup France’s Eric Cantona (L) and sounding vic- but did not get England’s Alan Shearer hold aloft tories in the to play a sin- the English Premier League trophy first two gle match in in London on Monday. Shearer matches, but the mega was named the domestic player of he cautioned event and was the decade while Cantona, a the dashing also left out in former United player, was named opener to bat the first two the overseas player of the decade sensibly in a matches of in a poll which covered over 184 game in which the ongoing countries. India will be fielding several series. newcomers. Ganguly had indicated that Tame draw: South Africa A and Sehwag has often been he is keen to give all the play- Australia A played out a draw on guilty of throwing away his ers a look-in in this series and Tuesday on the final day of their wicket after getting the starts the match against hosts three-day cricket match at Adelaide and that has peeved Ganguly Bangladesh provides the op- Oval. The South Africans finished who made his displeasure portunity for experiments. PTI with 78 for three in their second in- known in public during the nings in a brief attempt at a tough last match against South victory target before the captains Africa at the non-strikers end. TEAMS agreed to call off the match early. India’s youngest player, 18-year-old Parthiv Patel, practises for the one-dayer against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. Sehwag played a rash shot The visitors needed 173 from 22 Teams (from): India: Virender overs to win. to be out for 37 to receive the Sehwag (capt), Gautam Gamb- Australia A: 263 and 296. South Africa A: 387 flak from his captain. ‘‘It was hir, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj and 78 for 3 (M Van Wyke 43). AFP Management scripts new role for Parthiv a poor shot at that stage. He is Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Parthiv capable of doing much better. Patel, Ajit Agarkar, Abhijit Kale, Pakistan to play: A day after Dhaka: Absence of some key play- will come one-down in the batting bat in India’s second match. Bangar, another World Cupper He is not utilising his poten- Harbhajan Singh, Avishakar withdrawing from the Asia Cup, Pak- ers and a struggling opponent order. Though Patel was in the But the Gujarat youngster is who did not play a single match, tial to the full,’’ Ganguly said. Salvi, Amit Mishra, Sarandeep istan announced on Tuesday it will have prompted the Indian team team for the World Cup, he had not perceived as a gutsy cricketer who will be included in the team in The Indians will also have Singh, Sanjay Bangar. compete in a three-nation cricket se- management to toy with the idea much to do since vice-captain has a lot of batting talent and place of Ganguly though middle to do without the services of Bangladesh: Khaled Mahmud ries against New Zealand and Sri of promoting young Parthiv Patel Rahul Dravid was donning the ad- could be successful as an opener order batsman Abhijit Kale could paceman Zaheer Khan who (capt), Md Ashraful, Javed Lanka in Sri Lanka next month. Pak- to open the innings in the TVS Cup ditional role of wicketkeeping in which would give the team the op- also be considered. suffered a hamstring injury Omar, Habibul Bashar, Sanwar Hossain, Alok Kapali, Akram istan Cricket Board spokesman tri-series One-day international the mega e vent in South Africa. tion of going in with five regular Captain Ganguly has advocated in the match against South Khan, Khaled Mashud, Md Samiul Hassan confirmed the partici- match against Bangladesh here on But with Dravid out of the tour- bowlers. the need to find good “back-up Africa and the indications pation in the limited-overs tourna- Rafique, Tapash Baisya, Tarek Wednesday. nament here due to injury, the 18- The strong Indian batting line players” considering the amount are that he will also miss the ment which starts on May 10. Aziz Khan, Mehraab Hossain, With captain Sourav Ganguly year old will now get the opportu- up has not given Patel the chance of cricket being played these days side’s final league match on Tushar Imran, Manjurul Islam. Fixture: May 10: Pakistan v Sri Lanka; May 11: deciding to rest his injured back in nity to showcase his batting talent to settle down as he comes in at a and said the only way to test these Friday.However, the left-arm Pakistan v New Zealand; May 13: Sri Lanka v Umpires: Billy Bowden (New New Zealand; May 17: Pakistan v Sri Lanka; May the match, the team management as an opener. time, if at all required, when quick fringe players was to give them the pacer will be back in action if Zealand) and Mahbub Rahman 18: Sri Lanka v New Zealand; May 19: Pakistan v is keen to try out Patel as an open- Patel, the lone wicketkeeper in runs are needed. opportunity. Ganguly has a lot of India qualify for the final. (Bangladesh). New Zealand; May 23: Final. AFP er along with Gautam Gambhir, the 15-member squad, was quite Patel has played just three One- faith in these newcomers who he The 21-year-old Mumbai Third umpire: Akhraruddin Carlos suspended: World soc- sources close to the team dis- impressive behind the stumps in dayers with an average of 8.50 and believes “have the potential to suc- paceman Avishkar Salvi, (Bangladesh). Match referee: Clive Lloyd cer’s governing body on Tuesday up- closed. the first two matches of the series. has effected five dismissals behind ceed at the highest level” and is who made an impressive de- (West Indies). held its decision to provisionally sus- Promotion for Patel would mean He scored four runs in India’s the stumps. There is also a strong keen to give them as much oppor- but against Bangladesh in pend Roberto Carlos from playing for stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag opener and did not get a chance to possibility that all-rounder Sanjay tunity as possible. PTI the opening match, will come Brazil. FIFA rejected an appeal from the Real Madrid striker against last week’s ruling suspending him from Pak form pool all competitive and friendly matches Wounded Waugh wants no Test rest India falter, make with the Brazilian national team, which followed the player’s dismissal Sydney: Aus- Ajit Ninan to identify for hitting a referee. “Having viewed tralian skipper the recording of the match FIFA is of Steve Waugh says new talent it easy for China the opinion that there is sufficient ev- he intends to play By B. Shrikant idence to support the provisional in the second Islamabad: The Pakistan the morrow, that seems a vir- cricket Test TIMES NEWS NETWORK suspension,’’ a statement said. AFP Cricket Board on Tuesday in- tual impossibility. India ‘A’ against the West vited 76 young cricketers for a face a sticky customer in Rayudu to lead: Stylish Hyder- Indies starting in Jodhpur: Losing points to a Turkmenistan, who made abad batsman Ambavati Rayudu will two-day camp at Lahore that Port of Spain on lower rated team never helps, China sweat on the opening lead the India Under-19 team to will act as selection trials for Saturday despite a gashed hand especially in the penultimate day,while India ‘C’ meet Iran. Kathmandu for a six-day tour where setting up a 60-player national which required six stitches, it was round of a tournament. The In the women’s section, de- they will play three one-dayers — on pool. Those invited included reported here on Tuesday. Indian men’s managed just fending champions China April 27th , 28th and 30th, according some of the members of Pak- The 37-year-old campaigner split that in the 8th round of the are virtually assured of re- to the information received here on istan’s squads at the World the webbing between his index and Asian Teams Chess Champi- taining their title as they go Tuesday. UP player Suresh Raina will Cup and Sharjah Cup four-na- middle fingers as he attempted to onships on Tuesday and into their final clash against be Rayudu’s deputy. tion tournament last week. made China’s path to the title The squad: Y Ganeshwar Rao, (Andh), Manvinder stop a hot cover drive from West In- Turkmenistan with a 1.5 The short-listed players Bisla (Har), A T Rayudu (capt., Hyd), Suresh Raina dies opener Devon Smith in the clear. points lead over India ‘A’. On (v.capt., UP), Kuldeep Rawat (Del), Irfan Pathan opening Test in Guyana. “It is sore. will be divided into five teams All three Indian teams fal- Tuesday, the top seeds (Bar), Udit Patel (Kar), Sumit Biswal (Ori), Sourav which will play from April 18 tered at the crucial juncture. Sarkar (Kol), D Kartik (TN), Rakesh Solanki (UP), There are six stitches in it,” Waugh blanked Bangladesh 3-0 to said following Australia’s nine-wick- to 24 at Lahore, a PCB press India ‘A’ lost to fourth seeded move to 18.5 points. Shivakanth Shukla (UP), Tahir Abbas (UP) and Ab- release said. The idea for this Kazakhstan 1.5-2.5 on the top hishek Sharma (Del). Manager: M S Jaggi. TNN et win in the first Test. India ‘A’ moved to second “It is going to be sore for a week. exercise is to identify young board and though India ‘B’ place at 17 with a similar ver- BETTING METER You still have to be able to hold a bat talents and expose them be- and ‘C’ won their respective dict against Sri Lanka, matches against lowly oppo- properly and I have to be able to do fore the newly-appointed se- though WGM S Vijayalaksh- TENNIS Ramnaresh Sarwan of Guyana are lection committee. “It would nents, they lost crucial justice to my position in the side.” included in a 15-man squad to face mi made things difficult for Wimbledon women’s singles WI to bank on Banks also help them in selecting points in the bargain. Sasiki- Waugh’s toughness is legendary in Australia in the second Test, which herself with some passive Serena Williams 8/13 Georgetown (Guyana): Off-spin- Pakistan teams for forthcom- ran drew with Darmen Sad- cricket. A shattered nose didn’t keep starts in Trinidad on Saturday. moves before recovering to Venus Williams 9/4 ner Omari Banks became the first ing assignments,” a PCB vakasav as did P Harikrishna him out of a Test in Sri Lanka almost Squad: Brian Lara (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Wavell defeat Vineetha G V Wi- Kim Clijsters 7/1 and Abhijit Kunte against Pe- four years ago after a mid-field colli- player from the tiny Leeward Island Hinds, Devon Smith, Daren Ganga, Shivnarine Chander- spokesman said. jesuriya. Jennifer Capriati 16/1 ter Kostenko and Bakhtiyar sion with Gillespie and he only of Anguilla to be selected to the sen- paul, Marlon Samuels, Ridley Jacobs, Carlton Baugh, Pakistan will tour Sri Lan- India ‘C’ did them good by Lindsay Davenport 16/1 David Bernard, Omari Banks,Vasbert Drakes, Mervyn Dil- ka and England in the next Askarov respectively. But missed one Test in England despite ior West Indies cricket team on Mon- lon, Pedro Collins, Jermaine Lawson. Coach: Gus Logie. holding Vietnam to a 1.5-1.5 (as per ladbrokes.com) two months and are also Surya Sekhar tearing a hole in his calf muscle. AFP day. The 20-year-old Banks and Manager: Ricky Skerritt. AP draw but In- scheduled to host Ganguly lost ASIAN CHESS dia ‘B’ missed Bangladesh and South Africa from a good po- a chance of overtaking third between August and Novem- sition in the middle-game to placed Vietnam (19 points) as ber. “Some slots are available higher-rated Pavel Kostur on they could manage only a 2-1 CBFS optimistic about getting India back in the Pakistan team. Be- the second board, thus leav- victory against Kyrgyzstan. sides, we want to have, at ing the team in dire straits. Tania Sachdev’s loss to Janyl By Shashank Shekhar Defending Sharjah as a genuine and trouble- dian cricket board as also the TV war,’’ he said, least, two to three back up The defeat for India ‘A’ Tilenbaeva left them with TIMES NEWS NETWORK free location, Bukhatir said, ‘‘how can you call it a adding, ‘‘it’s so ironic because it was people like players for every place,” chief meant they lost their 15.5 points. However, there non-regular place when we’ve been staging events Mr Chidambaram, Mr Wankhede and Mr Salve overnight one point lead to New Delhi: While the cricket carnival in Sharjah selector Aamir Sohail said.PTI was some consolation for regularly for more than 20 years. We’ve survived, (all former BCCI presidents) who helped Sharjah continues, the Indian no-show has taken the fizz China, who rode on a 3.5-0.5 team leader S Meenakshi, even without India, while places like Toronto and find its feet in the beginning.’’ out of it. With Indians and Pakistanis accounting verdict against defending who completed her second Singapore haven’t.’’ Admitting that CBFS has suffered heavily due for a large share of the local population, Indo-Pak Zimbabwe squad champions Uzbekistan to WGM norm. clashed were the USP of Sharjah cricket. Howev- Bukhatir said it was hard for him to understand to India’s refusal to play,Bukhatir expressed opti- take a one point lead going Results (round 8): Men: India ‘A’ lost to er, with the Indian government clamping down on why Sharjah was black-listed. ‘‘None of the ter- mism that India would play at Sharjah soon. ‘‘May Harare: Zimbabwe revealed into Wednesday’s final Kazakhstan 1.5-2.5; Uzbekistan lost to Chi- off-shore venues in the wake of the fixing scandal rorists in the list Indian government gave to Pak- be next year,’’ he said. ‘‘Most of the Indian cricket a weakened squad on Tues- round. China now has 21 na 0.5-3.5; Kyrgyzstan lost to India ‘C’ 1-3; India ‘B’ bt Sri Lanka 2.5-1.5; Malaysia bt in 2000, Sharjah, which has by far hosted more istan are here. As far as security goes, it’s always board members are in favour of your team playing day for their ten-week tour of points with India ‘A’ and In- England beginning on May 3. Iran 2.5-1.5; Macau lost to Turkmenistan 0- ODIs (198) than any other centre in the world, lost very high on our priority.Lakhs of Indians are liv- here. Only the government has to make up its dia ‘C’, who could manage 4; Vietnam bye. out on the glamorous and money-spinning sub- ing here without any hassle. Why can’t we provide mind.’’ Bukhatir added: ‘‘We won’t even have Pak- The question of whether the only a 3-1 victory against low- Women: China bt Bangladesh 3-0; India continental rivalry. security to a few cricketers?’’ Bukhatir asked. istan for the same event if India so desires.’’ team could provide a serious ly Kyrgyzstan, following sec- ‘C’ drew with Vietnam 1.5-1.5; Sri Lanka challenge for England and lost to India ‘A’ 0-3; Kyrgyzstan lost to India However, Cricketers Benefit Fund Series What about allegations of Sharjah being the heart Talking about cricket development in the Unit- ond at 20 points each. ‘B’ 1-2; Malaysia lost to Kazakhstan 0-3; (CBFS), which runs cricket in Sharjah, has not of betting and match-fixing? ‘‘Every panwallah ed Arab Emirates, Bukhatir informed that two South Africa was raised as The one point leeway Chi- Turkmenistan drew with Iran 1.5-1.5. thrown in the towel — it still holds events on a reg- plays Matka in Mumbai. Can you do anything about new stadiums were coming up. ‘‘The facility at the squad prepare to leave on na has gained will prove cru- Standings (after 8th round): Men: 1. April 30. China 21 pts; 2-3. India ‘A’ and India ‘C’ 20 ular basis. It has also kept up efforts to bring back it? About fixing, the ICC has already given us a clean Dubai should be ready in a month. We’re also cial in the final analysis as pts each; 4. Kazakhstan 19.5 pts; 5. India ‘B’ the Indian team to Sharjah. Abdulrahman chit.’’ Bukhatir said he had hoped India would at starting work shortly on a stadium in Abu Dhabi.’’ Test squad: Heath Streak (capt), Tatenda the Indian teams will not 19 pts; 6.Turkmenistan 18.5 pts; 7.Vietnam Bukhatir, CBFS’ chairman and the man who least come to Tangiers (Morocco), CBFS’ recently- Bukhatir hoped UAE would then be able to host Taibu (vice-captain, Grant Flower, Dion only have to gain maximum 18 pts; 8. Iran 16.5 pts; 9-10. Malaysia and Ebrahim, Mark Vermeulen, Barney Rogers, Uzbekistan 16 pts each; 11. Kyrgyzstan 11 brought cricket to the region, met external affairs floated venue. ‘‘But even that didn’t happen.’’ tournaments like the ICC Champions Trophy. Sean Ervine, Andy Blignaut, Mluleki Nkala, points from the final round pts; 12. Sri Lanka 8.5 pts; 13. Macau 4 pts. minister Yashwant Sinha and other ministry Bukhatir suggested that Sharjah had to pay for Bukhatir supported the Indian players on the Stuart Carlisle, Ray Price, Travis Friend, but will also have to hope Women: 1. China 18.5 pts; 2. India ‘A’ 17 mandarins to put forward his case last February. becoming a high-profile venue — film stars and contracts tangle. ‘‘ICC gave commitments without Vusimuzi Sibanda, Douglas Hondo, Douglas that at least two Chinese pts; 3. Vietnam 16 pts; 4. India ‘B’ 15.5 pts; ‘‘There response was positive and I’m optimistic,’’ other celebrities from Indian and Pakistan were consulting the players. I believe the ICC is trying Marillier. Additional players for one-day- players lose their games. But 5-6. India ‘C’ and Kazakhstan 14.5 pts; 7. ers: Gary Brent, Waddington Mwayenga, Iran 12 pts; 8. Kyrgyzstan 9 pts; 9. Bukhatir told Times News Network in Sharjah regular attractions during matches. ‘‘Besides, to sort out the matter within the fraternity and not Stuart Matsikenyere, Charles Coventry, with the top seeds playing Bangladesh 8.5 pts; 10.Turkmenistan 8 pts; during last week’s four-nation event. we’re caught in the internal wranglings of the In- through arbitration.’’ Richard Sims. AFP against Malaysia (16 pts) on 11. Malaysia 7 pts; 12. Sri Lanka 3.5 pts.
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20 Wednesday,April 16, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Bagan sack coach Kolkata: Mohun Bagan on Posen races to an easy victory Tuesday terminated the serv- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Fatima Hussain, Ajay Prasad Byculla Club Trophy: Cl I: 2,800m: Self ices of controversial coach New Delhi: Haider Ali Khan- Styled 64, Royal Amaretto 56, Bookies Del- and Gurpal Singh. hit 52, Avnatage 48.5, Premier Collection Subrata Bhattacharjee, ac- saddled Posen (Bajrang Results: Johnie Walker Plate (div.I): Maru 46.5, Singita 44.5. Kailashpat Singhania cusing him of engaging in ac- Singh astride) registered an 1, Black N Blue 2, Summer Sun 3. Johnie Trophy: Cl II: 1,200m: Maratha Princess 59, tivities detrimental to the in- emphatic victory in the Delhi Walker Plate (div.II): Lingo’s Jewel 1, Boy High Handed 55.5, Frantic 55, Royal Secret terest of soccer. Club general and Gran Geste 2. Ashav Plate: Rectitude 1, 55, Blushing Minstrel 54.5, Over The Ocean Race Club Managing Com- Winning Melody 2, Astounding Wish 3. DRC 53.5, Snow Star 53.5, Crown Affair 52.5, secretary Anjan Mitra al- mittee Juvenile Sprinters Managing Committee Jevenile Sprnters Gold Berg 52, Ciraja 51, Line of Control 49, leged that Bhattacharjee had Cup at the Delhi races held Cup: Posen 1, Taurian 2, Sabakh 3. Azaad Royal Standard 47.5. Surrealisme Plate: Cl instigated some players not here on Tuesday. The winner Plate: Magic Lights 1, Delightful Mood 2, IV: 1,200m: Soviet Fire 60, Bound By Hon- Pyara Sathi 3. U Dear Plate: Bahurja 1, Kan- our 59, Dillinger 57, Eastern Command 56.5, to wear the Bagan jersey. PTI is jointly owned by Begum ishka 2, Respectful 3. Montana 56, Fire Dancer 55.5, Handsome Lad 55.5, Sharpman 54.5, Star Destiny 54, Sunday’s handicaps: Fol- Rainbow Warrior 53.5, Royal Charmer 53.5, lowing are the handicaps for Attia In Sunlight 53, Swift And Silent 52.5, the Mumbai races: Cyvana 51, Thundering Brave 49.
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THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE CAPITAL SPORT ALL-ROUND VIEW AFP Ravi Shastri Luthra confirmed: Improved show by Bangladesh Dispelling any confusion, Bangladesh put For Graeme Smith, this spark, the discipline and Africans played as a team, the National Cricket Acad- up a much, win would have restored fierce determination to win whatever their personal dif- emy on Tuesday confirmed much improved some sense and balance in today.Without Jonty Rhodes, ferences, and unless Graeme the appointment of former performance, this campaign after the the fielding appears decent Smith can stamp his authori- Delhi Ranji player Suresh but this was still shocking display against In- but not great, and without Al- ty,the problem can get worse. Luthra as the North Zone not good enough dia the other day.On surfaces lan Donald the attack lacks On a given day,they might yet National Cricket Academy to beat South that have a little more pace, the bite. Fielding and pace beat India, but that will need coach for K Bhaskar Pillay. Africa. Without a win under South Africa would obvious- bowling were two main areas individual brilliance from Pillay, a former Delhi star, their belt, and not looking had expressed his unavail- ly do better. But these guys of strength for South Africa. someone like Herschelle good to make that break- ability for the said job. are still far removed from the So their current struggle is Gibbs. There is a sense of in- through in this tournament, teams which represented understandable. security in the players which Delhi boys for NCA: the home side are virtually the country four or five Moreoever, this side looks I have not seen since Shaun Three Delhi junior players out of the finals unless South years ago. to be made up of individuals. Pollock had taken over from have been selected for var- Africa commit harakiri. South Africa lack the In the past, the South Hansie Cronje.TCM ious categories at the Na- tional Cricket Academy. Kartik Tihara (Under-15), Puneet Bisht (Under-17) and Ankur Garg (U-17) will all be heading for the Ban- galore-based academy. ndia Om Nath Sood Memorial cricket tournament. Following are the scores from the DDCA League: L.B. Shastri 239/6 in 40 overs: Sumit Rana 85, Sandeep Yadav 64, Sachin Jain 2/36, Delhi Blues 158 in 31.2 overs: Mridul Gup- ta 53, Ashwani Katyal 56).
German Rainer Schuettler celebrates after beating France’s Fabrice Santoro in a Monte Carlo Masters Series match. BASKETBALL ti (Ecu) 6-3 6-3, Fernando Vicente (Spa) National Basketball Association: Mil- beat Nicolas Escude (Fra) 6-4 6-3 waukee 107 Indiana 98, Minnesota 119 WTA Tour Brudapest Grand Prix, Bu- Chicago 95, Portland 101 LA Lakers 99, dapest, Hungary1st rd: Libuse Prusova Boston 94 Miami 86, New Orleans 94 (Cze) beat Silvija Talaja (Cro) 3-6 6-4 6- Philadelphia 89, Detroit 110 Memphis 3, (6) Klara Koukalova (Cze) beat Zsofia 107 (OT), Phoenix 92 San Antonio 85 Gubacsi (Hun) 6-2 6-2, (8) Antonella Ser- TENNIS ra-Zanetti (Ita) beat Rossana Neffa-De ATP Masters Series, Monte Carlo, Los Rios (Par) 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (9-7), Maria Monaco: 1st rd: Arnaud Clement (Fra) Antonia Sanchez-Lorenzo (Spa) beat beat (14) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 6-4 6- Conchita Martinez-Granados (Spa) 6-7 3, Feliciano Lopez (Spa) beat (12) Alex (4-7) 7-5 6-3 Corretja (Spa) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Ivan Ljubi- WTA Tour Bausch & Lomb Champi- cic (Cro) beat Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 6- onships, Amelia Island, Florida, USA 3 7-6 (10-8), David Nalbandian (Arg) 1st rd:Akiko Morigami (Jpn) beat Evie Do- beat Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-4 6-0, Fil- minikovic (Aus) 6-2 6-2, Vera Zvonareva ippo Volandri (Ita) beat Radek Stepanek (Rus) beat Laura Granville (USA) 6-7 (3-7) (Cze) 6-4 6-3, (13) Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 6-3 6-1, Nicole Pratt (Aus) beat Bea Bielek beat David Ferrer (Spa) 7-5 6-2, Albert (USA) 2-6 7-5 6-0, Anca Barna (Ger) beat Portas (Spa) beat (9) Andy Roddick (USA) Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzb) 6-0 7-5,Tathiana 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, Felix Mantilla (Spa) beat Garbin (Ita) beat Shenay Perry (USA) 4-6 Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-0 7-5, (1) Juan 7-5 6-2, Jill Craybas (USA) beat Milagros Carlos Ferrero (Spa) beat Wayne Arthurs Sequera (Ven) 3-6 6-2 6-2, Julia Vaku- (Aus) 6-4 6-1, Rainer Schuettler (Ger) lenko (Ukr) beat Amy Frazier (USA) 6-2 6- beat Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 6-1 6-2, Vin- 4, Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) beat Marion cent Spadea (USA) beat Mikhail Youzhny Bartoli (Fra) 7-5 6-0, Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-1 6-2, Luis Horna (Per) beat (Rus) beat Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-1 6-2, Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 6-4, Alber- Els Callens (Bel) beat Cara Black (Zim) 6- to Martin (Spa) beat Olivier Rochus (Bel) 7 (10-12) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, Marie-Gaiane 6-3 3-6 6-2, (10) Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) Mikaelian (Swi) beat Daja Bedanova (Cze) beat Mardy Fish (USA) 3-6 6-1 6-0, Mag- 6-3 6-4, Dally Randriantefy (Mad) beat nus Norman (Swe) beat Nicolas Lapent- Sarah Taylor (USA) 6-4 6-4.
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