BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | EPAPER.TIMESOFINDIA.COM MUMBAI | SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012 | PAGES 50 * PRICE ` 5.00 ALONG WITH MUMBAI MIRROR OR THE ECONOMIC TIMES OR MAHARASHTRA TIMES * DRAVID’S Tests, runs, second catches in Tests, highest for a Test hundreds, centuries abroad, next third highest by any 210non-wicketkeeper fourth highest 21 only to Sachin’s 29 FAB FEATS highest 13,288Test batsman, 36after Tendulkar by any at an average of 52.31. Better average balls faced in Tests, (51), Jacques Kallis (42) Tests as captain of India; Rahul Dravid announces his player overseas (53.03) than at home (51.35) more than any batsman and Ricky Ponting (41) 8 won, 6 lost and 11 drawn retirement on Friday 164 31,189 25 ONE INNINGS ENDS AT 39, ANOTHER SET TO BEGIN AT 38 Finally, I would like to thank the Indian cricket fan. The game is lucky to have you and I have been lucky to play before you. To represent India, and you, “has been a privilege and one which I have always taken seriously. My Mulayam firm: Akhilesh to be CM approach to cricket was simple. It was about giving everything to the team, playing with dignity, and upholding the spirit of the game. I have failed at Azam Khan and Shivpal sta- Works On keholders in this key deci- Violence up, times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why... sion, and they will be reward- Azam, Shivpal ed with plum posts. big test for One compromise formu- la doing the rounds has Az- I leave with sadness To Back Son am Khan being made the Spe- new leader Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui TNN aker, which would ensure the TIMES NEWS NETWORK senior leader does not have Lucknow: A day before the to report to Akhilesh. Howe- Lucknow: Akhilesh Yada- but also with pride Samajwadi Party parliamen- ver, that would give Azam v’s leadership was put to te- ” tary board finally decides Khan an autonomy that may st on Friday with more rep- who will be the next chief mi- not suit young Akhilesh. In orts of lawlessness, alleged- nister of Uttar Pradesh, par- the past in other states, the ly by SP workers, pouring ty chief Mulayam Singh Yad- Speaker has at times become in. Nearly half-a-dozen inci- av stood firm on his decision the rallying point for disside- dents of violence have rock- to hand over the baton to his nts. Apart from his own “ap- ed UP within days of the pa- son, 38-year-old Akhilesh, propriate” positioning, Az- rty’s victory. On March 6, am Khan is likely to pitch for journalists were attacked Shivpal no vote-puller, P 16 SP’S NEW NETAJI? Akhilesh Yadav a large number of ministries in Jhansi. On Holi day, a for- Related reports on P 12, 16 Mulayam is learnt to have Mulayam Singh, whose for his favourites. mer BSP minister’s Ambed- who is now all set to be the conveyed to his brother Shiv- health has been poor, wants The Samajwadi Party pa- karnagar rice mill was torc- state’s youngest CM. pal Yadav, and the party’s Azam Khan to propose the rliamentary board had met hed. There were also repor- Disregarding murmurs Muslim face, Azam Khan, th- name of Akhilesh as leader on Wednesday when Akhile- ts of Dalit huts being burnt of protests from party old-ti- at he was all in favour of ma- of the legislative party (and sh’s name was proposed as down at Sitapur. mers who are opposed to the king way for Akhilesh who therefore chief minister) at leader, but no decision could Mulayam Singh Yadav leadership of Akhilesh, Mul- galvanized the party and hel- Saturday’s meeting and Shi- be reached as Azam Khan and Akhilesh swung into ayam convened a late-night ped it romp home with a thu- vpal Yadav to second it, in the chose to stay put in his con- action but blamed officers meeting at his home to iron mping majority. The two are time-tested way of projecti- stituency Rampur, despite loyal to Mayawati who, the out the differences and work believed to have initially sho- ng a unified face to the world Mulayam Singh sending a latter claimed, were allowi- out a compromise formula wn hesitation in accepting and conveying that all was helicopter there to bring him ng the situation to spin out ahead of Saturday’s meet. Akhilesh’s elevation. well. That would make both to Lucknow. of control. P 12 Another MP Final report: Panel wants HC stays jail TIMES NEWS NETWORK most respected voices. The a heartwarming humility. IPS officer for John for fighter whose batting went Typically of the man, he is career stats are stun- from pretty to gritty depend- thanked many — coaches, se- attacked `` rash driving H ning (see Dravid’s Fab ing on the situation. lectors, teammates, captains, no I-T till 3L, new slabs Feats, above). But they Sixteen years after he de- physios and family. He spoke Deshdeep Saxena TNN Rebecca Samervel & don’t begin to define Rahul buted with a dazzling 95 at of looking forward to buying TIMES NEWS NETWORK Shibu Thomas TNN Dravid, the gentleman who Lord’s, Dravid, 39, exited first- groceries and picking up his Morena/Bhopal: A day DECODING DTC RBI slashes CRR, proved that nice guys can fin- class cricket with a press con- sons from school. And re- after a young IPS officer, New Delhi: The parliamenta- INCOME TAX SLABS `` Mumbai: A sessions court ish first. The ultimate team freshingly, in a country where frees up 48,000cr Narendra Kumar, was ry standing committee on fin- 0-3* Nil on Friday up- man, who uncomplainingly WELL LEFT | P27 25, & 2628 & 28 spectators have to suffer pa- mowed down by a tractor- ance on Friday suggested rew- he Reserve Bank of India on held a lower shouldered the burden of open- thetic facilities and mistreat- trolley laden with illegal- orking the income tax slabs, 3-10 10% TFriday lowered the cash court order ing the batting or keeping wick- ference in his home town, Ban- ment, he thanked the Indian reserve ratio—the portion of ly-mined stones in Madh- seeking exemption for inco- 10-20 20% holding act- ets whenever called upon to do galore. He signed off in the cricket fan. “The game is lucky ya Pradesh’s Morena dis- me up to Rs 3 lakh and wanti- deposits banks must maintain or John Abr- so. The braveheart who was manner that he had always to have you and I have been trict, reports have surfac- ng the highest tax rate of 30% Beyond 20-30% with it—freeing up more than Rs aham guilty lavish with praise and stingy played: with style, grace, dig- lucky to play before you.” ed about another IPS offi- to kick in at over Rs 20 lakh. To Senior citizen benefits 48,000 crore. Besides increasing of rash drivi- with excuses. The shy thinker nity and the straightest of bats. Thank you, Jammy. The cer having been targeted make the tax system more pr- from 60 yrs instead of 65 yrs availability of funds for loans, ng and sentencing him to 15 who grew into one of cricket’s There were no histrionics, only pleasure was all ours. in the state, this time by edictable, the panel recomme- Raise tax savings schemes banks can now earn interest on days in jail. The case relates the liquor mafia. nded that the slabs be indexed limit to Rs 3.2 lakh. In effect, money hitherto lying idle. to an April 2006 incident wh- Lenders say the cut could bring en the star rammed his bike Threat to kill, P 19 New slabs not this yr, P 26 annual income up to down interest rates. P25 Freight hike ups rates, P 25 Rs 6.2 lakh will not be taxed into a cyclist on Khar-Dhan- However, Jaidevan, da Road, injuring two youths Aspirin could help fight 11 cancers the additional SP of Bhi- to inflation and called for aut- (*Income in Rs lakh/year) currently at Rs 1.5 lakh. and himself. nd, narrowly escaped de- omatic revision. ed to Rs 1 lakh and a separate The committee has recom- Soon after the court gave Malathy Iyer TNN the best bet against 11 cancers. reas, lung, prostate, breast, and ath after he was attacked The report, which will he- deduction of Rs 50,000 be per- mended an exemption of Rs 3.2 its order, John was taken into This designer aspirin uses blood in mice. Their paper in by the supporters of a ru- lp the government push the mitted for higher education. lakh (excluding home loans), custody by police and put thr- Mumbai: An aspirin a day two gas molecules—nitric oxi- Biochemical and Biophysical ling BJP MLA for cracki- Direct Taxes Code, has also su- For purchasing medical insu- instead of Rs 2.7 lakh (includ- ough medical tests. But his may not just keep heart attack de and hydrogen sulphide — to Research Communication said ng down on them for selli- ggested that the exemption li- rance for elderly parents and ing home loans) at present. If lawyers made a dash for the away. If preliminary work of do the trick, the researchers their aspirin shrank “human” ng liquor on Holi, declar- mit for savings be enhanced grandparents, an additional the parliamentary panel’s pre- Bombay High Court which, some New York-based resear- said.