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New Delhi, Wednesday,January 7, 2004www.timesofindia.com Capital 52 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Inquest into Diana’s death Bhattal named SA press hard adjourned as coroner Punjab Dy CM but Windies wants fresh police probe in a patch-up bid manage a draw Page 14 Page 13 Page 24

WIN WITH THE TIMES ...In Islamabad, Hello peace In Sydney, Goodbye Waugh... Nursing home Established 1838 Reuters Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. grievances For the first time the world By Nistula Hebbar will start looking at the Talks in February TIMES NEWS NETWORK Indian Test team as New Delhi: There are one of the two best sides By Manoj Joshi AFP 1,600 illegal nursing in the world. TIMES NEWS NETWORK homes in the city, ac- — Sanjay Manjrekar Islamabad: Peace was the cording to a Delhi gov- theme of Tuesday as India ernment survey. NEWS DIGEST and Pakistan outlined a The findings of the framework to resolve all out- year-long survey has Body found in Jangpura: The standing disputes. prompted the health de- body of a 40-year-old man, Puneet Pakistan has persuaded partment to issue no- Ahluwalia, was found in his house in India to resume in February tices to these nursing Jangpura Extension in New Delhi on the stalled composite dia- homes, asking them to Tuesday evening. Police suspect logue that also addresses get registered. Even that Ahluwalia, who lived alone, those with one ultra- committed suicide. Kashmir, while India has received assurances that sound machine have to Pakistan will not allow its be registered under the territory to be used for ter- Pre-Natal Determina- tion Techniques Act, the smart move rorist acts. At a 90 minute press conference later, Pak- 1994 (PNDT). istan’s president Pervez ‘‘Out of the 1,600 BJP’s overtures to NCP: The Musharraf declared, “Histo- nursing homes, we BJP-led government at the Centre WE’LL MEET AGAIN: Vajpayee says goodbye to Jamali before found that 800 can be has cleared Rs 1,500 crores for ry has been made.” his departure for Delhi from Islamabad on Tuesday. A joint statement encapsu- registered as they fulfil western Maharashtra’s ailing sugar the basic requirements, cooperatives, apparently to per- lating the deal was released In agreement by external affairs minister the rest have been is- suade Sharad Pawar’s NCP to join • Vajpayee, Musharraf welcome peace moves, hope for more sued notices of clo- the NDA. P13 Yashwant Sinha and his Pakistani counterpart Khur- • Vajpayee says, to sustain dialogue, terror must be stopped. sure,’’ said health min- ister Yoganand Shastri. Jaggi murder case: The Chhat- sheed Mehmood Kasuri in Musharraf promises Pak soil won’t be used to support terror tisgarh government said on Tuesday Under the Nursing back-to-back press briefings • ‘Composite talks’ next month that the probe into the murder of Homes Registration on Tuesday afternoon. • Talks will settle all bilateral issues, including J&K Nationalist Congress Party leader Act, the illegal ones can It summed up the meeting Ramawata Jaggi would be handed get away by paying a held by PM Vajpayee and In validation over to the CBI. measly fine of Rs 500. A Musharraf on Monday and • Musharraf: It’s a victory for Kashmiris; India, Pak moderates situation which health Stamp case restraint: The Bom- their agreement “to com- • Jamali: Gas pipeline from Iran to India through Pak is OK services director Dr R N bay High Court has restrained the mence” the stalled dialogue. • Sinha: There would have been no joint statement if we Baishya said will be Special Investigation Team from sci- It said the resumption of entific tests on stamp case accused weren’t satisfied (that cross-border terror had gone down) remedied soon. ‘‘Under talks would lead to a peace- Anil Gote and Ramachandra Rama In appreciation a new amendment, Reddy till January 27. ful settlement of all bilateral which is to be notified issues, “including Jammu • PM calls Musharraf after Saarc, thanks him for hospitality soon, it will be a crime and Kashmir, to the satisfac- • Musharraf says history has been made, possible because punishable by impris- tion of both sides.” of Vajpayee’s vision, statesmanship onment of up to six Speaking to the press, a months and fines up to visibly pleased Musharraf Rs 5,000,’’ he said. repeated the phrase that ing, said it was a “win-win” Pakistan’s control to be used The PNDT Act, Australian captain Steve Waugh bids farewell to his cropped up in Sinha and Ka- situation for all. Mishra to support terrorism in any brought in to stem ris- 18-year cricket career in Sydney on Tuesday. suri’s briefings as well: That also took the opportunity manner.” On his part, Vaj- ing incidents of female there were no winners and to deny that he had met the payee told Musharraf that to foeticide, has provi- Report on page 21 Edit: We did it, almost Sacred Space: P16 Dubyaman: P14 losers in the process, that ISI chief during his meet- take forward and sustain the sions for more stringent the winners were the people ings in Pakistan. dialogue process, “violence, punishment for viola- indiatimes.com POLL of South Asia. The statement noted that hostility and terrorism must tors — up to three National security adviser Musharraf had “reassured” be prevented.” years’ imprisonment Who has been the star of this Brajesh Mishra, who was Vajpayee that “he will not Summit Show: P9 & 10 and Rs 10,000 as fine. Test series? present at the Sinha brief- permit any territory under View/Counterview: P16 Kumble Dravid Sachin 13% 80% 7% VOTE NOW: Can India trust Pakistan this time? Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Buildings near airports YOU SAID IT by Laxman Height of indifference By Byas Anand TIMES NEWS NETWORK Fear of flights is passe New Delhi: The builder lobby may Current norms don’t allow any be endangering air safety in the country. Under pressure from some building higher than 35 storeys influential players, the ministry of within 4 km of an airport civil aviation is working towards Argument: If the building is changing the by-laws on the permis- sible height of buildings around air- not in a flight-path, how does it ports in India. matter? Rule is being used to make A committee under the Airports arbitrary exceptions for gains Authority of India (AAI) will submit a report on this to the ministry soon. Counter-argument: Tall Under the current laws — which buildings will affect CAT-IIIa He wants to know what bilateral follow International Civil Aviation landing systems talks mean. Go, find out, quick! Organisation guidelines — buildings If you can’t The talks begin in another ten or towers within 4 km of an airport Likely solution: minutes! cannot be taller than 571 ft (around 35 beat them, join them storeys), and that too if they are not WEATHER in direct line of the runway. But ings he constructed in Mumbai ex- builders are now trying to convince ceeds the permissible limit. He is try- Max. 15.1ºC/Min. 3.7ºC the government that these laws are ing to regularise it,’’ said an official. Moonset: Thursday – 7.54 am outdated; AAI bureaucrats argue Rizvi argues: “The laws are outdat- Moonrise: Wednesday – 5.18 pm that changing internationally-ac- ed and illogical. Bureaucrats are us- Sunset: Wednesday – 5.39 pm cepted norms would be dangerous. ing them to display their power... If Sunrise: Thursday – 7.15 am Airport officials point out that the buildings are not obstructing the Cold day, mainly clear sky. Fog in the buildings taller than currently al- flight path of planes, why should morning. Minimum temperature will be lowed would affect the performance there be a height restriction at all?” around 4ºC. Maximum relative humidity on of the CAT-IIIa landing system. The problem, according to Rizvi, is Tuesday 97% and minimum 66%. Though the AAI has not seen any the ‘‘arbitrary’’ exceptions to the law, violations in Delhi so far, in Mumbai which, he alleged, allow certain indi- and Hyderabad, many buildings viduals and business houses to have have, over the years, got permission high-rise towers next to airports. to violate the laws. Aviation minister Rajiv Pratap Ministry officials say independent Rudy agrees; in fact, he said the ex- MP Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, a renowned emptions were a racket. ‘‘I notice Mumbai-based builder, is the driving some buildings are made an excep- force behind the re-look. “Rizvi had tion by the government. We’re trying sought a review as one of the build- to relax the norms for everyone.”

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2 Wednesday,January 7, 2004 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi Computer engineer found dead SPEEDSTATS Nirmal Sharma Noida: A 32-year-old computer engineer,Sandip Gupta, was Sahara carnival ends with a bang found dead in his Sector 27 house late on Monday evening. Top 10 in 20th century he Sahara Mall at Gur- Draw, which saw the win- The cause of Gupta’s death is not known. The police have The best 10 English language novels of the 20th century, according to gaon became the pre- ners take home, vehicles and sent his body for autopsy. T the Board of Modern Library, a division of Random House publishers ferred destination for shop- consumer goods. According to the police, Gupta worked as a computer 1. Ulysses, James Joyce pers and party-hoppers this Also gracing the occasion engineer in a private firm. His wife had reportedly gone to season, what with an assort- were the City Magistrate 2. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald her parents’ house. Noida police superintendent Anant Dev ment of activities and events and Sunderlal from Sahara 3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce said: ‘‘Nobody saw Gupta after his wife left on Saturday.The that were organised here. As India Pariwar. couple have no children.’’ One of Gupta’s relatives came to the city’s young and old The lucky winners — 4. Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov his house on Monday evening and found the door closed. turned out in full force Neeru Sethi from Garden Es- 5. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley When nobody responded, the relative called the police. at the Mall and soaked in tate Gurgaon won a Honda The police broke open the door and found Gupta’s body the festive spirit, the carni- scooter, Girish Yadav from 6. The Sound and the Fury on a bed. ‘‘He was bleeding from the nose. There were, val with its array of gifts Saraswati Vihar Gurgaon William Faulkner however, no signs of external injury,’’ Dev said. TNN and offers, swept everyone won the TVS Fiero, Renu 7. Catch-22, Joseph Heller off their feet. Sharma, Vasant Kunj, ND 8. Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler Sampat Singh, Honble Fi- won a digital satellite radio nance Minister visited the from BOSE electronics, 9. Sons and Lovers Mall on January 3, however, Aishwarya Deep from Sec D. H. Lawrence it was on January 4, the last Aromatherapist Blossom Kochar draws winners’ names. 17, Faridabad won a Haier refrigerator, and the bumper 10. The Grapes of Wrath day of the carnival, when prize Fiat Adventure was John Steinbeck the curtains were pulled won by Kaushik Bose from Source: Infoplease.com down with a blast. C R Park, ND. Phone numbers changed: The gala event witnessed .About 900 phone numbers of These prizes were in Idgah exchange with codes a dance troupe performance addition to the four daily 2351, 2352, 2353, 2354, 2355, DJB offers besides a performance by lucky draws worth Rs 11,000 2361, 2362, 2363, 2367 and Mika. Celebrated beautician each that were given out 2368 will be transferred to Kis- Blossom Kochar picked the throughout the 15 days of hanganj exchange, code num- rebates to lucky winners of the Mega the carnival. ber 2369 from Wednesday. TNN net tariff defaulters TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: In a bid to regularise unautho- rised water connec- tions, the Delhi Jal Board is offering a re- bate on payment of wa- ter tariff arrears and sewer development charges. The scheme, on till February 28, ensures regularisation of unau- thorised water connec- tions by paying a reduced penalty of Rs 1,500 along with water charges of last three years at mini- mum rates. After March 1, those found guilty of unau- thorised connections will have to pay a penal- ty of Rs 5,000. FromJanuary 8, the DJB will also offer rebate of 20 to 80 per cent on surcharge of water arrears. ‘‘Consumers who make full payment be- tween January 8 and January 21 will get a rebate of 80 per cent, those paying between January 22 and Febru- ary 4 will get 70 per cent rebate. The rebate will be reduced as the last date approaches,’’ an official said.

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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Wednesday,January 7, 2004 3

Sanjay Sekhri 25-yr-old woman commits suicide New Year gift TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman committed suicide for excise dept: by dousing herself with kerosene and then setting herself afire in the bath- room, at her Shahpur Jat Rs 20-cr haul residence on Tuesday.The victim’s husband, Rajesh, By Maneesh Pandey TIMES NEWS NETWORK Records, targets works with a private com- pany in Gurgaon. The cou- New Delhi: The state ex- •30 per cent increase ple have a five-month-old cise department made the over collection in 2003 daughter. best of New Year celebra- tions as they collected a • About 150 tempo- record total of Rs 19.69 rary licences issued crore in the the last week • Dept hopes to meet of December. Rs 680 crore target by A senior officer said: March-end ‘‘The collections made be- tween December 26 and January 2, 2004, was al- five star hotels, which most 30 per cent more sought permission to hold than what was collected in parties after midnight and the same period in 2002. the revenue came from them, an official said. Last year, the revenue col- Officials claimed it was lected by the department the liberalisation of li- was Rs 15.11 crore.” censing policy and the Officials said the collec- stringent enforcement tion also surpassed the during the week leading collections made during to the New Year that filled Diwali when the excise de- A preliminary view of the Metro tunnel being constructed at Chawri Bazaar. The construction of two underground tunnels excise coffers. ‘‘We tried to between ISBT and Central secretariat is progressing at the rate of 1.2 metres a day. partment collected Rs ensure that all the liquor 17.91 crore. Most of the being served in the parties collections were made scheduled for New Year is from the excise licences authorised and duty paid. issued for New Year. The Brinks case: 5 face dacoity charge Fourteen special teams department issued 91 L- sent all over the city,most- By Pallavi Majumdar with dacoity, criminal con- 49A temporary licences ly in south Delhi, on New TIMES NEWS NETWORK Brought to the book spiracy and kidnapping with for parties on December Year eve arrested a farm common intention. 31 night and about 40 L-20 New Delhi: A city court on Accused robbed a Brinks Arya van which was house owner in Vasant • Yug Dutt, Rakesh Sharma, licences were issued to ho- Tuesday framed charges of transporting cash withdrawn from RBI Kunj for evading enter- Sanjay Kumar, Angrez, Srik- tels and clubs. Both li- dacoity and kidnapping tainment tax and a li- Cash withdrawn by ICICI Bank in Connaught Place ishan, Rakesh Kumar, cences are available at Rs against five accused in the • censed wholesale liquor Chand Singh, Vijender, Dal- 3,000 per party. Brinks Arya case. The secu- dealer for not paying ex- • The driver, Dharamvir and securityman Jaswant bir, were charged with dis- There were about 25 rity agency’s van, which car- cise duty,’’said an official. diverted the van towards Gurgaon, before looting it honesty, receiving stolen places in the city, mostly ried Rs 2 crore, was robbed by its own employees. money, causing disappear- In one of the biggest da- Two of the accused — Dharamvir and Jaswant ance of evidence by convert- coity in recent times, the Dharamvir and Jaswant — have been charged with da- ing money into real estate. case shot to limelight as both were arrested by the police coity, criminal con- Constable caught the driver and the security- in November 2002 from east spiracy, kidnap- man of the van, were the Delhi. While Dharamvir was ping, dacoity with main accused in the crime. the driver of the van, the intention of The cash was withdrawn Jaswant was in charge of causing hurt and for taking bribe from the RBI by the ICICI the security of the van. illegal possession Bank in Connaught Place. Police have filed a charge of arms, while TIMES NEWS NETWORK Money matters They had availed the servic- sheet against the five in ad- Jatinder, Jagbir es of Brinks Arya for trans- ditional sessions judge (ASJ) and Ram Kumar New Delhi: The anti-cor- have been charged ruption branch arrested a • Rs 1,000 recovered porting the cash. Narottam Kaushal’s court. head constable of the police, from the policeman’s for allegedly demanding and possession accepting money from a • He is facing charges of Man arrested for murder criminal, in lieu of not issu- demanding, accepting ing warrants against the lat- bribe from a criminal TIMES NEWS NETWORK ter. And out tumbled yet an- other skeleton from the clos- New Delhi: A 30-year-old taxi driver, Jaspal Singh, et of Delhi Police. Khurana’s court, since the who was stabbed on January 1 in the New Delhi area, Prem Chand is posted past one year. The proceed- died on Saturday. The police have arrested one Gur- with the office of Rajesh ings started after nine cases mukh Singh and have recovered the kirpan used for in Khurana, additional com- of cheating were registered the attack. missioner of police (central against him, the police said. The police said Gurmukh had been working as a se- district), in Darya Ganj. On Monday, Walia ap- vadar in different gurudwaras of Delhi and Punjab. Khurana holds the court proached the anti-corrup- For the past one year he had been working as sevadar where externment proceed- tion department and in Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. At night, he used to work ings are held against crimi- claimed that Chand was ha- as asecurity guard in a NDMC park where a toilet com- nals. rassing him. He alleged that plex is under construction. DCP (anti-corruption Chand had demanded mon- branch) Paldan said: ‘‘Chand ey on various occasions and is deputed as the reader in threatened to issue warrants this court. Our team of anti- against him if he failed to corruption branch officials make the payment. also seized Rs 1,000 from Chand apparently sent a Chand.’’ The head constable constable to Walia’s house has been suspended from the on Monday morning. The post. constable asked him to pay Paldan said they received him Rs 2,000. After receiving a complaint against Chand a complaint from Walia, the from Guru Preet Walia, anti-corruption branch laid against whom externment a trap and arrested Chand proceedings are pending in while accepting Rs 1,000. Man whose phone was used by Judeo seeks bail TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A man who allegedly arranged the mobile phone for Bhu- pender Singh Patel who worked with Amit Jogi, son of former Chattis- garh chief minister Ajit Jogi has moved the Del- hi high court for antici- patory bail. The CBI has alleged that Parvesh Kumar Chugh’s phone was used to call former En- vironment minister Dilip Singh Judeo who allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 9 lakh. Chugh said he appre- hended his arrest by the CBI. Chugh’s bail plea will be heard on Febru- ary 4. He has claimed that the CBI interrogat- ed him thrice and that he had been served with another notice. In his anticipatory bail petition, which has been filed through advo- cate Deepak Masih, Chugh alleged that the CBI have also made some changes in his statement which the agency recorded. According to the peti- tion, Chugh had re- quested his friend Rohit Chaudhary to give his mobile phone for tem- porary use to Patel who worked with Amit Jogi’s company, Akash Channel. Chugh accept- ed because he knew Pa- tel. He claimed that he had narrated the facts, which were known to him, to the CBI.

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4 Wednesday,January 7, 2004 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi

FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER Ghaziabad schools closed OF DELHI Rainfall likely at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Ghaziabad: All schools will remain closed till NATIONAL Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar, Ut- Saturday in view of the prevailing cold condi- Mumbai: I-A 0700, tar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, coastal No power for shivering Delhiites tions. The district magistrate Santosh Yadav is- 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu. Cold wave condi- sued an order on Monday night directing 2300 Jet Air 0650, TOI 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, tions prevailed in some parts of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar and of UP. TIMES NEWS NETWORK schools upto class XII to close down from Tues- 1935, 2030, 2200, day onwards. However, since the order arrived Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD New Delhi: With the tempera- 1520, 1800, 2025 late the schools could not inform their students KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min ture plummeting to the sea- about the closure. TNN 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 13 04 Guwahati 22 12 Amsterdam 06 -2 son’s lowest of 3.7 degree cel- Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 27 17 Dehradun 16 05 Bahrain 22 20 Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 29 22 Hyd’bad 27 17 Bangkok 32 23 sius on Tuesday,the power de- CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 16 09 Indore 23 12 Beijing 05 -6 mand rose to 3,372 MW. Ac- ★★★ 0640,0955 Bangalore 27 18 Jaipur 19 05 Chicago 00 -1 cording to government-owned 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 26 16 Lucknow 13 04 Geneva 01 -3 0645,1900 transmission company BANGALORE: T’puram 33 22 Patna 16 07 Hong Kong 23 17 I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 14 11 Rajkot 29 11 London 07 02 Transco, demand was highest Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 25 11 Shimla 10 — Los Angeles 16 03 at 9 am with loadshedding of Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 30 11 Srinagar 05 01 Moscow -1 -8 86 MW. HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS Many residents had to make Sahara 1200 do without power supply in KULU: Jagson 0630, ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on the morning rush hour as de- 0650, 1215 06.01.2004 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. AHMEDABAD: mand peaks between 7 am to 9 ★★ I-A 0600,1700 1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl am. Loadshedding was as high Jet Air 0610 NORTH GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: as 218 I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 07.01 09.01 13.01 11.01 ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 19.01 19.01 07.01 MW at 7 Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, EAST CHILL am. Ar- Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 07.01 12.01 13.01 — eas in- Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2304 Poorva Exp 07.01 07.01 07.01 15.01 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2382 Poorva Exp 09.01 09.01 12.01 19.01 FACTOR cluding (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 10.01 20.01 03.02 Patpar- Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2392 Magadh Exp 07.01 09.01 07.01 07.01 ganj, Karawal Nagar, Khajuri INTERNATIONAL 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 08.01 08.01 08.01 08.01 Maujpur in east Delhi, Andhe- BANGKOK/TOKYO: 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 01.02 02.02 Thai Air 0010 (TG-316), 5622 North East Exp — 07.01 15.01 06.02 ria More, South Extension, La- A-I 0050 (IC-855) 2554 Vaishali Exp 07.01 11.01 11.12 14.01 jpat Nagar, Vasant Kunj in FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2816 Puri Exp — 07.01 07.01 08.01 south Delhi and Narela and 0305 (LH-761) 2802 Purshottam Exp — 14.01 12.01 13.01 AMSTERDAM: 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 09.01 13.01 09.01 adjoining areas in north and Early morning traffic on Tuesday had to face heavy fog. KLM 0140 (KL-472) 4230 Lucknow Mail 11.01 19.01 19.01 12.12 northwest districts suffered a toss and so do our work every morning in theft-prone and 5 pm on Wednesday. LONDON: British Air WEST power cuts. 0210 (BA-142) 2904 Golden Temple Mail 09.01 08.01 19.01 29.01 schedules,’’ Naina Lal, an east areas to prevent overloading. Power supply will also be af- PARIS: Air France 2926 Paschim Exp 07.01 13.01 19.01 06.02 ‘‘There has been no power Delhi resident said. Meanwhile, power supply fected at QU block in Pitampu- 0040 (AF-147) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 13.01 22.01 13.01 — According to a senior power will be affected in Shalimar ra between 10 am to 4 pm as SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 09.01 12.01 12.01 — between 9.30 am to 11.30 am Air 2045 (SQ-407), 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 08.01 15.01 08.01 every morning for the past one official, there have been regu- Bagh, Haiderpur, Rohini sec- NDPL will be conducting A-I 0050 (I-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 13.01 18.01 21.01 ABUDHABI: week. Household chores go for lar power cuts for two hours tor 18 and Badli between 9 am maintenance work. A-I 1810 (AI-765) 2916 Ashram Exp 08.01 19.01 12.01 08.01 MOSCOW: SOUTH A-I 1115 (AI-515) 2616 G T Exp 07.01 12.01 12.01 12.01 Water supply affected: ROME/GENEVA: 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 12.01 07.01 13.01 08.01 Water supply to various areas A-I 0350 (AI-173) 2432 Trivandrum Raj 18.01 10.02 27.01 — Cops sanitise Buddha Gardens in west and east Delhi will re- AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 12.01 12.01 19.01 2618 Mangala Exp — 20.01 13.01 13.01 TIMES NEWS NETWORK main suspended on Wednes- AHMEDABAD: 2628 Karnataka Exp — 12.01 12.01 11.01 day. DJB officials said Rajin- 0115 (A-I 3112) 2724 A P Exp 07.01 13.01 12.01 11.01 MUMBAI: 0315 (A-I 722), 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 17.01 20.01 19.01 — New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested a carpenter for peep- der Nagar and Pusa Institute 0615 (A-I 142), 0700 7022 Dakshin Express — 11.01 — 07.01 ing at couples from behind the bushes in the forest near Buddha Garden. Complex water will get water (A-I 802), 2145 (A-I 315) No. of passengers dealt on 5.1.2004 (Delhi Area): 56,034 (N. Rly. Area) Thirty-five year old Dina Nath was booked for indecent behaviour. at low pressure on Wednes- A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,14,230. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all day due to annual flushing of (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for The police have started prosecuting those who cross the barrier be- (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. tween the garden and the forest area. The decision was taken after two Rajinder Nagar reservoir. Wa- 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 persons extorted money and stripped a boy inside the forest. Deputy com- ter supply to Anand Niketan, missioner of police (New Delhi) Manoj Lall said: ‘‘Dina Nath is a resident Munirka, Vasant Kunj, Vikas of Mahavir Enclave and runs his own shop.’’ Lall added that the local po- Puri, Janak Puri. TNN lice also picked up three persons and verified them under the Delhi Po- New train for Patna lice Act. ‘‘They were found roaming suspiciously in the garden area. Our New Delhi: A new express tion at 8.40 am on Thursday. team regularly saw them crossing over to the forest area. They were, how- train will be introduced be- From New Delhi, the train ever, permitted to leave after verification,’’ Lall said. tween New Delhi and Patna will start for Patna at 3.10 On Monday,the police had booked two persons who were found drink- from Wednesday. pm on Thursday to reach ing alcohol. They were prosecuted under the Delhi Police Act. The ‘Jansadharan Ex- there at 7.40 am on Friday. Two men posing as guards accosted two couples when they entered the press’ will start from Patna The train will be unre- forest area on Sunday.The men claimed they would be arrested by the po- on Wednesday at 4 pm to served and will not have any lice who had surrounded the park. The two demanded money for leading reach New Delhi railway sta- stoppages on the route. TNN them ‘safely’ out of the forest.left the place. CAS to be viewer-friendly TIMES NEWS NETWORK Speedy solution New Delhi: Life on cable television might be restricted to weepy soaps •Cable operators showing cricket, and news, but residents can look for- soaps and news ward to some relief. Residents have •I&B minister assures residents of been assured by the Union informa- a solution in one month tion and broadcasting minister Ravi Shanker Prasad that the conditional •Till then contact ACP and SDM access system (CAS) will not be im- if not being shown free-to-air plemented in its present state. channels Joint Front of RWAs met Prasad on Monday to put forth their demands of free-to-air channels are not being logistical support for CAS. ‘‘The min- made available everywhere. Resi- ister has assured us that CAS will not dents must complain to the assistant be implemented in its present condi- commissioner of police or the sub-di- tion. Changes will be made to ensure visional magistrate who have been that it will be a consumer-friendly authorised to take action against ca- mechanism,’’ V C Tandon, Joint ble operators,’’ Tandon added. He Front secretary said. Their demands said that cable prices should not be include that pay channels should not raised till the issue was sorted out. have any advertising, a redressal fo- Cable operators said that cable bills rum should be set up, that a regulato- were likely to go up. ‘‘If CAS is not ry authority should make pricing de- implemented, the bill could be as high cisions of set-top boxes and tariff re- as Rs 674 including the bouquet of garding free-to-air channels. pay channels and taxes,’’ Rakesh Dut- ‘‘We are still receiving complaints ta, Cable Network Association gener- from various parts of the city that al secretary said. MCD chief’s car stoned TIMES NEWS NETWORK Whose drain is it? New Delhi: The general election might still be some months away but the tussle •Inspection of Gokulpuri drain in for taking credit for development work Shahdara becomes a fight over has begun in right earnest. credit On Tuesday, BJP and Congress lead- •BJP led by MP Lal Bihari Tiwari ers got into a minor scuffle and even stoned the municipal commissioner •Cong leader Ram Babu Sharma also present Rakesh Mehta’s car, breaking the flagstaff. The commissioner was on an inspection of the Gokulpuri drain, in and BJP leaders along with their work- Trans-Yamuna area. Mehta has com- ers wanted to take the commissioner to plained to the police. two different points for inspection. While BJP MP Lal Bihari Tiwari and ‘‘There was a very large crowd and his supporters were staking claim on since the situation seemed to get out of the work done on the drain, Congress hand we decided to leave the place. How- leader of the MCD House Ram Babu ever there were over 600 people in the Sharma, legislator Bheeshm Sharma, area. My car was first blocked. It was area councillors Ishwar Singh and also stoned and the flagstaff broken,’’ Khazan Singh were at the other end of Mehta said. the spectrum. Tiwari, allegedly, even According to Ram Babu Sharma, BJP tried to block Mehta’s car by lying down was trying to take credit over a project on the road. initiated by MCD. The fracas began when Mehta ‘‘The BJP is trying to make mischief. reached Gokulpuri drain in Shahdara We were on a MCD inspection but in- for inspection. MCD had commissioned stead of concentrating on the project a Rs 22-lakh project by Water and Power the BJP was busy in hogging credit,’’ Consultancy Services (WEPCOS) to pre- Sharma said. Tiwari on the other hand vent waterlogging of the area and create said that he had called Mehta on the in- an efficient outflow system. spection on the project which had initi- A dispute arose when both Congress ated by him in 1993. Metro gets property vacated TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chief spokesperson of DMRC Anuj Dayal said, ‘‘We are conducting this New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail exercise with the full cooperation of Corporation (DMRC) conducted an the shopkeepers. There has been no operation to acquire property in West objection so far.’’ According to Patel Nagar market for the construc- DMRC, the shopkeepers got agitated tion of a metro line. on Tuesday,when over 200 policemen Non-permanent structures were arrived on the spot for this operation. removed in 10 shops in the area as There were reportedly rumours part of its chipping operation. When about the DMRC conducting demoli- the survey of the area was conducted, tions in the area. ‘‘We will conduct no around 90 shopkeepers agreed to demolitions in the area. The areas give a part of their shops and that we are acquiring will reduce the asked DMRC not to demolish entire size of the shops and the shopkeepers structures. The exercise began will be compensated according to the on Tuesday. rules,’’ said Dayal.

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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Wednesday,January 7, 2004 5 HC seeks status report in forged TTE rapes woman President enjoys ride on special train documents’ case TIMES NEWS NETWORK entire setting of the coach.’’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK in moving train The eight-coach train By M L Kapur New Delhi: The First Citi- started from Chandigarh at New Delhi: The Delhi High door, a police official said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK zen of India preferred the 9.06 pm on Monday and Court has asked the police to Although no one heard comfort of an Indian Rail- file a status report in con- reached Safdarjung station Faridabad: A woman her cries, the woman man- nection with a criminal case ways coach yet again to an at 1.35 am on Tuesday. The travelling ticketless on the aged to get out of the cab- which has been registered aeroplane, to beat the fog. train touched Ambala Delhi-Mumbai Swaraj Ex- in after the assault. Ram against former wrestler, Sat- President A P J Abdul Cantt, Kurukshetra junc- press’s AC coach on Janu- tried to drag her back into pal. He allegedly furnished Kalam travelled from tion, Karnal, Panipat and ary 3 night was allegedly the cabin. At this point, a forged documents for his ap- Chandigarh to Delhi in his Sonepat. raped by a travelling tick- railway police sub-inspec- pointment as deputy direc- eight-coach President’s Spe- The saloon was built in et examiner (TTE). The tor (SI) heard her shouts tor of education (sports) in cial on Tuesday. The train 1956 at the Matunga work- train was passing through for help. Delhi government. chugged a second time for shop of Central Railway in Faridabad. As the officer was in Justice B N Chaturvedi Kalam, who had got it back 1956. It has carried the first The accused, Vinod plainclothes, the duo gave the direction on a peti- on tracks after 26 years in President Dr Rajendra Sharma, is accused of snubbed him when he in- tion filed by Raj Bala Dalal, May 2003. The twin saloon Prasad and even his succes- rape is absconding. The tervened. On finding out general secretary of the as- recreates the President’s of- sors Dr S Radhakrishnan, 18-year-old woman, a resi- that he was a policeman, sociation comprising the fice and bedroom inside. Dr Zakir Hussain, V V Giri dent of Bulandshahr, was Sharma and Ram alleged- health, physical education Keeping him company on and Dr N Sanjeeva Reddy. on her way to Mumbai to ly escaped. and sports officers. the luxurious President’s The brick-red saloon did meet her brother. She was The woman told the SI The court has issued no- twin saloon were his aides not find any patrons after travelling without a tick- about the incident. When tices to the city government, and Haryana governor Dr Reddy,and was lying un- et. Sharma allegedly took the train reached Mathu- Delhi Police, Satpal, Direc- Babu Parmanand and addi- used in the yard till Dr her to the store cabin of ra at about 11.15 pm, the tor of Education and CBI. tional divisional railway For the second time in a year, President A P J Abdul Kalam made the President’s Special the coach and raped her. train was searched, but Kalam travelled on it from The petition has requested manager (Delhi) D K hit the tracks. This time to return from Chandigarh. Last year, he undertook a journey to His colleague, Mangat both Sharma and Ram Harnkot to Patna. to seize the service record Rudola. Patna. This special train had the chance to play host after 26 years, last year. Ram, guarded the cabin’s were missing. According to the North- and order a CBI probe. As soon as Kalam board- The vegetarian President public relations officer of was done by Northern Rail- ern Railway, the President ed the train, he first wished savoured rice and curry the Northern Railway Rajiv way. Kalam once againap- showed an inclination for the staff a happy new year. and dosa on the train. Chief Saxena said, ‘‘The catering preciated the food and the more such train journeys. Now, women wield the baton on roads Neelabh By Urvashi Gulia TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: If you are rubbing your eyes in disbelief, quit doing so. That traffic cop you saw on the road was a woman. Starting January 2, 20 women personnel of the traffic police have been de- ployed on Delhi roads. The women have just graduated from police training college. These women are manning the Aurobindo crossing, Safdarjung- Kemal Ataturk intersection, Pa- tel Marg-Panchsheel crossing, Tilak Marg-Mathura Road inter- section and ITO. Joint commissioner of police (traffic) Qamar Ahmed says these women traffic personnel are going to be a permanent fea- the field,’’ said Ahmed. ture of the cityscape now. Al- Senior traffic officials also ex- though women police officers pect the typically unruly Dilli and constables were initially in- drivers to behave themselves in ducted in the traffic police in the the presence of ladies. ‘‘Their ad- 1980s, they were restricted to the vice and admonition will have a zonal officer’s duties and with salutary effect on road-users. We traffic education tasks in the are positive that they will be road safety cell. more sensitive towards the road- After year’s they have been giv- users, too,’’ said Ahmed. en an active role in traffic regula- But just in case you are think- tion and enforcement. ing that life is a bed of roses for ‘‘A sizable number of women these constables, you are mistak- officers were involved with the en. They are being ‘‘treated at traffic police but not directly in par’’ with their male colleagues. Distance education to be made accountable By Surabhi Upadhyay TIMES NEWS NETWORK Course watch New Delhi: It’s time out for •All correspondence institutes offering sub-stan- courses to be assessed dard distance learning edu- by IGNOU’s distance cation. In the first attempt of education council its kind, the distance educa- •Universities to submit tion council (DEC) is now course material for planning to regularise open assessment by IGNOU learning courses offered by various universities across •A ‘‘resource pool’’ com- the country. The move is be- prising the best courses ing seen as the first step to- to be set up wards bringing accountabili- ty in distance education, begin the process of verifica- with only DEC approved cor- tion. Since both open and respondence courses being regular universities come recognised from next year. under DEC’s scrutiny, Delhi ‘‘A large number of dis- university’s school of corre- tance learning courses have spondence and Jamia Millia mushroomed over the years. Islamia’s new distance learn- Starting a regularisation and ing are required to undergo accreditation process is the the accreditation process. need of the hour,’’ said IG- The council also plans to NOU pro vice chancellor pro- start a ‘‘resource pool’’ giv- fessor SC Garg. ing institutions an option of All universities offering selecting quality academic courses through correspon- programmes. Any institu- dence will now have to get tion will then be free to pick their programmes accredit- up a course from the pool and ed by the DEC. The regulato- initiate it in their college, af- ry body instituted by Indira ter paying a specified Gandhi National Open Uni- amount to the university versity (IGNOU) has begun which has constructed the the process of assessment. programme. The council is now send- The move for compulsory ing a questionnaire to uni- accreditation comes in the versities asking them about wake of a joint declaration certain ‘‘benchmarks and that was issued by the UGC, norms’’. Institutions have the all India council for tech- about a month to respond af- nical education (AICTE) and ter which a DEC team will IGNOU last year. DU, JNU, Jamia teachers’ strike on January 22 TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Classes at all central universities will remain suspended for a day on January 22 due to a strike by the teachers. The strike has been called to protest against some new proposals and regulations issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The bandh call, given by the Federation of Central Uni- versity Teachers’ Association (FEDCUTA) will be followed by teachers of DU, JNU and Jamia. The issues at the centre of the controversy are the UGC’s recent directions on com- mon entrance tests and the ‘‘model act’’ proposed for regula- tion of universities. ‘‘UGC’s new regulations on common entrance exams are against the universities’ autonomy. We are also against the proposed model act as it will encourage blatant commercial- isation of higher education,’’ said FEDCUTA secretary, Jaswinder Singh. DU teachers are hoping that students and clerical employ- ees will also join the agitation.

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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Wednesday,January 7, 2004 7 TUs to strike Pune citizens chip on February 24 New Delhi: Major trade unions excepting BMS on Tuesday decided to go on an all-India strike on February in to right a wrong 24, agitated over the Centre’s ‘‘failure’’ to take steps to By Manjiri Damle TOI negate the ‘‘pernicious’’ im- TIMES NEWS NETWORK pact of the Supreme Court’s Pune: In a touching ges- observation on banning strik- ture, reaffirming one’s es by Government employees. faith in the goodness of The Congress-supported people, young and old citi- INTUC, which had earlier zens on Tuesday stepped backed out, saying ‘‘irrespon- in to restore normalcy at sible trade union movement the prestigious Bhandark- had caused enough damage to ar Oriental Research Insti- the working class and the eco- tute (BORI) after Monday’s nomic growth of the country’’ mindless destruction by decided to join the strike. the Sambhaji Brigade. The call by the major Cen- The renowned institute tral trade unions including became the target for over CITU, AITUC, AICCTU, 150 goons on Monday, who TUCC, UTUC and UTUC-LS, ransacked the library and was made under the chair- collection of valuable manship of INTUC president manuscripts and items, for G Sanjeeva Reddy on Monday, helping US author James a joint statement by the Laine in his allegedly unions said here. objectionable book on However, Sangh Parivar- Shivaji. backed BMS decided to stay On December 22, local away from the strike. PTI Shiv Sena activists had blackened the face of San- skrit scholar Shrikant Bahulkar for helping Laine. The scene at BORI on Tuesday was a contrast to REMAINS OF THE DAY: One of the halls at the Bhandarkar the scene on Monday. Oriental Research Institute that was ransacked by over The floor, littered with 150 activists of the Sambhaji Brigade. broken glass and torn pages of books, was being cleaned and valuable Vandalism condemned books scattered on the New Delhi: Historians have condemned the vandal- floor were being carefully ism at BORI, Pune and the attack on Sanskrit scholar picked by a team of college Srikant Bahulkar. students, who sponta- ‘‘No words are enough to express our anguish at neously came forward to such wanton destruction of our precious heritage. It help the staff at BORI. is quite clear that our cultural heritage is not Students of SP,Garware safe with fundamentalist forces having a free and Fergusson colleges run in the country. They are being actively encour- and students from the Uni- aged by the ideology that preaches intolerance,’’ the versity of Pune took over statement said. TNN the cleaning. Doctorate for Laxman TIMES NEWS NETWORK orary doctorate degrees on ment will deliver the convo- H Y Sharada Prasad, for- cation address. Mysore: The Times of In- mer information advisor to Vice-chancellor Shashid- dia’s internationally reput- Indira Gandhi and Rajiv har Prasad said he had spo- ed cartoonist, R K Laxman, has been conferred an hon- Gandhi and on noted litter- ken to Laxman and in- orary doctorate degree by ateur G S Shivarudrappa. formed him of the decision. Mysore university. Laxman and Sharada ‘‘I have also informed the The formal ceremony Prasad are both alumni of (state) governor and he was will be at the annual convo- the university. happy over the decision.’’ cation, on January 22. The Though Shivarudrappa’s ‘‘Though Laxman is ea- decision was taken at a spe- name was finalised earlier, ger to attend the convoca- cial meeting of the univer- the names of Laxman and tion to receive the honour sity’s syndicate, which met Sharada Prasad cropped up personally, I doubt whether on Monday. The decision later on, university sources his health would permit was unanimous. revealed, adding R Chi- him to travel such a long Besides Laxman, the uni- dambram, scientific advi- distance,’’ he said adding, ‘‘I versity will confer hon- sor to the Union govern- hope he will attend it.’’

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SIDELIGHTS Pakistan open Pak stocks up: On Monday, days Historic 12th session of Saarc concludes after the Sensex breached the 6,000 to Uprising Day barrier, the Karachi Stock Exchange By Manoj Joshi index crossed the 4,500, triggered TIMES NEWS NETWORK Safta agreement entails... celebration by the feel good factor and opti- • Non-least developed countries (Non-LDCs) to reduce tariff Islamabad: Pakistan on mism of the Saarc summit. Analysts Islamabad: The 12th Saarc sum- Pak not opposed to agree that the key to the breaching mit concluded on Tuesday after rates to 20% in 2 years; LDCs to bring it down to 30% Tuesday said it was open to of what is described as a “psycho- the signing of a historic agree- • Non-LDCs will then bring down their tariff from 20 to the Prime Minister Atal Bihari logical barrier” is the Monday meet- ment on free trade, additional 0-5% band in 5 years; LDCs will achieve it in 8 years Vajpayee’s suggestion of celeberating the 150th an- ing between Musharraf and Vajpay- protocol on terrorism and social Each country will have two sets of sensitive lists which will gas pipeline: Jamali ee. The opening up because of the charter. It adopted the ‘Islam- • niversary of the 1857 Upris- Safta agreement could change the abad Declaration’ affirming the be negotiated and which will not be part of this schedule Islamabad: Pakistan on Observing that the pipeline ing jointly by India, Pak- entire complexion of the market. In commitment of member nations • The countries will have to eliminate all quantitative Tuesday could pass through Pakistan istan and Bangladesh. some future, Pakistani stocks could to fight terrorism and promote restrictions said it was from Iran, he said, ‘‘Now the ‘‘Well, this is a food for not op- benefit because of Indian buyers. regional trade. The next summit Non-LDCs will reduce their tariff for LDC products to 0-5% ball is in the Indian Prime thought. 1857 has a different • posed to a Minister’s court.... I have Safta beneficiaries: Pakistani is in Dhaka in January 2005. in 3 years connotation for Pakistan, In- The Safta agreement that will pipeline agreed to it.’’ Jamali said Pak- dia and Bangladesh. We will farmers do not have a voice in (The term LDC is under the terms of the UN definition) create a free trade area in the re- from Iran istan was self-sufficient with try to study it,’’ Pakistani Saarc, but they could be the big which beneficiaries of Safta for their farm gion by 2015, and the additional regard to natural gas and that prime minister Zafarullah would produce would fetch better prices in protocol on terrorism, were “another landmark” agreement. wards the creation of a South the project would ‘‘con- Khan Jamali said after the pass India. But it could negatively impact signed by the foreign ministers This protocol deals with tackling Asian Economic Union. It point- tribute’’ to ‘‘better prospects’’ end of the three-day Saarc the emerging industrial base pro- in the presence of their heads of the problem of the financing of ed out that the least developing through it for India. summit here. ducing cars, motorcycles and textile state and government. terrorism. countries had been given special to supply The proposal for supply of (On Monday, Pakistan’s machinery. Indian goods will flood In his concluding remarks, Under the social charter, the and differential treatment under natural Iranian gas to India was moot- foreign office spokesman market, Muslims will lose jobs, but Pakistani prime minister Mir seven nations have pledged to the present agreement. Jamali gas to ed during Vajpayee’s visit to Masood Khan had rejected Pakistan banks, airlines and ship- Zafarullah Jamali commended work together in themes such as Clauses 29-32 of the Declara- India. Iran three years back and the proposal.) ping can have access to markets. the Islamabad Declaration which poverty alleviation, population tion deal with combating terror- Prime Minister Zafarullah deliberations had been con- Replying to a question Khan Jamali told reporters Importing paan: The biggest ad- he said contained the roadmap stabilisation empowerment of ism and indicate the seriousness ducted between the two coun- about easing the visa here that he had ‘‘humbly vantage of opening borders will be for south Asian cooperation and women and human resource de- with which all Saarc countries, tries on whether it should be regime between the two for those who import paan. The be- had a historic significance. He velopment. including Pakistan, are now and politely’’ raised the supplied through an undersea countries, Jamali said, ‘‘Sev- tel leaf so favoured by all south also described the Additional Under the Islamabad agree- looking at the issue. The addi- issue with his Indian counter- pipeline or an overground eral factors have to be Asians is imported from Sri Lanka Protocol on the review of the ment, the seven Saarc countries - tional protocol reiterates the part Atal Bihari Vajpayee, route. worked out.’’ and is brittle by the time it reaches Saarc Convention on Suppres- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, condemnation of terrorism by during their meeting two The original proposal for a ‘‘One has to visualise that consumers. It also costs a lot of sion of Terrorism 1987, which Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal and all Saarc countries and their days ago, since it would ‘‘help trans-Asian oil pipeline first Islamabad was cloudy yes- money; a single leaf going for Rs 10 pledges itself to elimination of Bhutan are pledged to create a commitment to implement all India more than us.... We are came up in the early 1990s at a terday and it is sunny today. compared to India where that terrorism in all its forms and “just and equitable partnership” the relevant international con- not opposed to it.’’ meet in New Delhi.PTI Indeed it is a good omen,’’ amount of money will buy you 20 manifestations in the region as in the region and to work to- vention to which they are party. Jamali said. PTI leaves. Paan used to be one of the major items being smuggled across the border in Punjab. But after the Japan lauds meeting border fencing, Indian paan is a scarce commodity. between PM, General The Blue Area: They call it the New Delhi: Japan on Tuesday Blue Area here in Islamabad, but no added its voice to the growing in- one knows why. It is the major busi- ternational chorus of approval for ness and economic district and is the recent meeting between Prime built like an articulated Nehru Place Minister Vajpayee and General stretching 6 kms. It is the site of Musharraf. banks, investment houses, comput- Japanese foreign minister er institutes, medical labs, wholesale Yoriko Kawaguchi said the meet- stationary, hotels, eating places. The ing was a significant development city itself is built on a linear grid-iron to improve bilateral relations and pattern and was designed by the stability in the region. Japan Greek urban visionary-architect. ‘‘highly regards the series of (Manoj Joshi from Islamabad.) measures taken by both countries to improve relations,’’ she said. TNN

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10 Wednesday,January 7, 2004 SUMMIT SHOW The Times of India, New Delhi No sellout on Kashmir, assures Musharraf Reuters By Manoj Joshi dialogue would indeed come down. TIMES NEWS NETWORK on all is- Sinha maintained that the Islamabad: Pakistan’s pres- sues, in- wording of the joint state- ident Pervez Musharraf cluding ment provided all the an- took pains on Tuesday to as- Kashmir, swers. sure his countrymen that he and the In his press conference, Pakistani had not “sold out” Kashmiri Musharraf insisted on steer- resolve interests by agreeing to re- ing clear of contentious is- not to al- sume the stalled composite sues, saying he wanted to low its ter- dialogue with India. stress on convergences and ritory to Maintaining that there Musharraf complementaries. He said be used by was no “secret deal”, that much water had flowed terrorists. Musharraf said he had been since the failed Agra sum- Asked whether he could in touch with Kashmiri lead- mit of July 2001 and that in ers. While the joint state- obtain a ceasefire in the any case no agreement was ment on resuming talks Kashmir Valley as well, the reached there. spoke about India and Pak- General clarified that while Musharraf injected an el- istan, there could be no vi- he could order his military ement of gallows humour able settlement if it did not to do so in the LOC, he could when he described his tele- take into account the wishes only act as a facilitator for phone conversation with of the Kashmiri people, he any ceasefire in the Valley. Prime Minister Vajpayee on said. Earlier, external affairs Tuesday after they finalised According to him, the minister Yashwant Sinha the agreement. agreement comprised of was asked whether India ‘‘I wished the best of three inter-linked issues — was satisfied wit6h Pak- health to Vajpayee, while the forward movement in confi- istan’s promise to dismantle Indian PM wished me ‘pro- dence building measures, terrorist training camps or tection’,” he with an embar- initiation of the composite that the level of violence rassed chuckle. Prime Minister Vajpayee waves before boarding his plane back to India on Tuesday. Pak hardliners end up unhappy Jamali waits for Islamabad: Hardline Pak- tural agreements could not conducive atmosphere Ahmad who said that the istani leaders and Kashmiri reduce tension between In- through cosmetic meas- Pakistani leadership was militants have hit out at the dia and Pakistan and ures”. “conceding defeat” on the India’s invitation government here for push- warned that if was not ad- Referring to the meeting Kashmir issue under “US Islamabad: Pakistani dent Musharraf and ing the “core” issue of Kash- dressed and resolved quick- between Musharraf and Va- pressure”. Prime Minister Zafarul- Prime Minister Vajpayee mir to the “sidelines” and ly, the situation could result jpayee, Salahuddin said: “All He also said that the Kash- lah Khan Jamali on Tues- have the master key and warned that prolonging the in an Indo-Pak war. this is happening in a con- mir Solidarity Day would be day said he would visit In- they can open whenever imbroglio could lead to an- Qayyum also said that the trolled, artificial atmos- observed on February 5 to dia whenever it is re- they desire.’’ other conflict between the Line of Control could not be phere under immense pres- “foil ongoing conspiracies quired or is asked to, but Replying to a questions two countries. accepted as the permanent sure and in the guise of se- against Kashmiri freedom Though there was a broad border. “Unnecessary hopes crecy. The talk of peace, and in his capacity as Saarc on Indo-Pak relations, ter- struggle.” chairman, he would be rorism and Kashmir, Ja- welcome of the meeting be- were being attached to the initiatives for cooperation Hussain said Pakistan was tween Prime Minister Atal visiting all the member mali said terrorism was a Saarc summit and one are all fine but what is their “completely ignoring” the Bihari Vajpayee and Presi- countries in the region. problem faced by all the should not ignore ground re- relevance to the ground real- Kashmir issue and the mat- dent Pervez Musharraf, the ‘‘As chairman of Saarc, countries in the region alities,” he said in an inter- ities. The convening of ter would be raised in Parlia- hardliners underlined the view to Urdu daily Nawai Saarc conference here is a I will be visiting all these and the Saarc members need for inclusion of Kash- ment, a report in Jang said. countries,’’ Jamali said at have agreed on the need to Waqt. welcome sign but the talk of PoK president Maj Gen miris in the dialogue Hizbul Mujahideen chief economic cooperation and the conclusion of the tackle that effectively. Sardar Anwar, PM Sardar process. and chairman of the Mut- putting the security (on top) Saarc summit. Asked ‘‘There is need for peace Sikandar and Opposition Former prime minister of tahida Jehad Council Syed- proves the gap between fic- whether in the interest of and we need to sit togeth- leader Barrister Sultan Pakistan-occupied Kashmir Salahuddin hit out at the tion and reality,” the Pak- making progress in Saarc, er. I am confident that we Mehmood welcomed the Vaj- Sardar Qayyum said that Saarc forum, saying that it istan-based leader said. the Kashmir issue was be- will get a solution to it sidelining had been ignoring ground The government also payee-Musharraf meeting ing kept in the box, he which is what we have Kashmir or realities and making at- came under fire from Jamat- and said it was a significant said, ‘‘It (box) is not decided at the summit,’’ making cul- tempts to create “unrealistic e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain move towards resolving all locked. (Pakistani) Presi- he said. PTI outstanding issues. PTI Jagjit Singh invited to perform in Pak Mumbai: Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh has been invited to perform in Pakistan in what promises to make ties between the two countries hit a high note. Not long ago, Singh and singer Abhijeet were in the news for demanding that Pakistani singers should be banned from performing in India. But now Singh has himself been invited to per- form in Lahore. “There are currently two invitations from Pakistan. One of them happens to be from a Rotary Club, which has been after me for a very long time,” Singh said. “Now I’ve got a call from the PIA people. They are planning an event, but I’m not sure if I have the dates they are planning.” The In- dian high commission in Pakistan had invited him for the Republic Day celebra- tions in 1980 - the only time he performed in Pakistan. “I have nothing against the exchange of singers but one has to look at the inter- est of the country. I would first consider the political situation and then consider performing there. “If the government says yes then only will I perform there, otherwise I’m happy performing here and in oth- er countries,” adds Singh. On the anvil are an album from the Sony Music stable and a 20-city tour of the US this April. “It is after four years that I will perform in the US and I just got to know from the promoters that al- most every ticket has been sold out.” Singh will also be doing a concert where he will exper- iment with other musical genres like jazz. IANS

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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Wednesday,January 7, 2004 11 Jogi robbed of Rs 10,000 Raipur: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi was robbed of Rs 10,000 at Bilaspur railway station on Monday Govt plans to go through with vote-on-account night. Jogi discovered that he lost his purse only after he got By Priya Ranjan Dash early elections. A vote-on- months before the begin- informal proposal for a has formally sought a disso- Rama Shanker Kaushik down from the Amarkantak Express. He was on his way to & Rajesh Ramachandran account, authorising spend- ning of a financial year. To vote-on-account. The Oppo- lution of the Lok Sabha. says by not having a Bud- his constituency,Marwahi, the police said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ing from the Consolidated seek a vote-on-account sition points out that a gov- The Left claims the gov- get, the government is Thankfully, some passengers discovered his identity Fund of India for the first would be ‘‘inappropriate’’ ernment with a majority ernment is scared to go to bringing in undue uncer- cards — of the Lok Sabha and India Habitat Centre — and New Delhi: Though some TNN few months of the next fi- unless the Cabinet first rec- would cause distress to peo- polls in September and tainty on the nation’s econ- returned it to him. Opposition parties are bent nancial year, would thus be- ommends to the President ple by sacrificing the hence is even doing away omy and in particular, for on opposing the move to call come constitutionally in- that the Lok Sabha be dis- annual Budget for political with the Budget. ‘‘This has industry and commerce. a special session of the Lok escapable,’’ an official said. solved and fresh elections expediency. never happened when the ‘‘After all, vote-on-ac- Sabha on January 21-22 for ‘‘But for that to be a ordered. The Congress, chary of government has a majority. count would imply that presenting a vote-on-ac- smooth process, the Opposi- The BJP,which heads the being seen as a party scared They want to go to polls im- they would allocate funds count instead of a regular tion must play ball and not ruling NDA at the Centre, of early polls, is not taking mediately and hence they on the basis of last year’s Budget, finance ministry of- insist on debating and vot- has been dropping broad a position yet on the BJP’s are hurrying the process. accounts and nothing new. ficials doubt the govern- ing in the House on the hints at doing away with reported move. ‘‘We are yet We will expose them in Par- No new development pro- ment’s plans would come vote-on-account itself,’’ he the regular Budget to sub- to take a political view,’’ liament. And they would gramme would be taken up unstuck. added. serve its plan for early Lok party spokesman Jaipal soon realise that there was for a few months,’’ said ‘‘The regular Budget for Officials pointed out that Sabha elections. Reddy said. But the Left and no point in early elections,’’ Kaushik. Finance ministry 2004-05 cannot obviously be never in parliamentary his- ‘‘Unprecedented Consti- the Samajwadi Party are said CPM general secretary officials said unlike for a presented on schedule at tory has a government en- tutional impropriety,’’ is clear on opposing the gov- Harkishan Singh Surjeet. Budget, no elaborate prepa- the end of February if the joying a clear majority gone how the Opposition de- ernment if it seeks a vote- Samajwadi Party leader rations are needed to pres- Lok Sabha is dissolved for in for a vote-on-account scribes the government’s on-account even before it and Rajya Sabha member ent a vote-on-account. No environment minister yet, activists see red By Chandrika Mago by the Congress and the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Gandhi family. The ministership wasn’t New Delhi: For a fortnight, given to political light- the country has been with- weights, they say. Nor were out an environment minis- issues given the go-by as ter — and nobody seems to they are today. care. Says Sunita Narain, head Since the DMK’s Baalu re- of the Delhi-based NGO Cen- signed from his minister- tre for Science and Environ- ship in December, the cabi- net-rank position has re- ment, ‘‘If the finance minis- mained vacant. Amid specu- ter was missing, action lation on an early election would have been taken to re- and dissolution of the Lok place him. Environment is Sabha later this month, no- clearly not in the list of pri- body has even been given ad- orities for a government ditional charge. Decisions, if which doesn’t realise that any, would have to be taken ecological security will be as by a Prime Minister who is important as financial secu- busy with party and policy rity in the years to come.’’ matters as he heads into an Conservationist Ashok election year. Kumar agrees. When Parliament was still ‘‘It shows what little im- in session, written answers portance this government went in the name of Mamata gives to environment and Banerjee, a minister still wildlife. Decision-making without portfolio. But that has come to an end,’’ he was it. echoes. For a ministry reeling at Ravi Agarwal of Toxics the loss of three bigwigs in Link says the vaccuum one year — a minister,a min- ‘‘shows the lack of focus on ister of state filmed taking environment issues which money and a secretary are becoming so critical to- whose name was dragged day. It may seem like a sec- into the Taj scandal — this is ond-rung portfolio but the is- the last straw. sues are so critical that in a Environmentalists and feel-good situation, this is conservationists, even offi- the feel-bad factor. We need cials, are contrasting today’s much better policies on the situation with the priority environment.’’ Anybody lis- given to environment issues tening?

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Bus accident kills 20: Twenty people were killed on Tuesday For CPI, elections and 13 injured when a bus carrying them Bhattal is Punjab Dy CM overturned and fell PTI into a canal 15 kms TIMES NEWS NETWORK terms ‘‘disgruntled’’ and a battle to survive from Aligarh, the ‘‘dissidents’’ from her police said. The acci- New Delhi: Rebel minis- Punjab lexicon. But Bhat- By Rajesh Ramachandran Of course, it has never been dent took place at ter Rajinder Kaur Bhattal tal made it clear that she TIMES NEWS NETWORK the same for Nehru’s princi- Barauli. PTI will be the new deputy had agreed to abide by pal Opposition party since chief minister, while an- New Delhi: The No. 2 party the debilitating split of 1964. party chief Sonia Gand- in the first three general elec- other rebel, Sukhbans hi’s decision only ‘‘in larg- Party general secretary Kaur Bhinder, will be a tions has now just two mem- A B Bardhan admits there er interest’’ and because bers in the Lok Sabha. After cabinet minister in the there was ‘‘a bigger battle has been an electoral down- government of chief min- the death of Bhan Singh turn in the last three general ahead.’’ The party could Bhaura, the MP from Bhatin- ister Amarinder Singh in not take a position on a elections. a pre-poll patch-up in Pun- da, last week, the Communist Bardhan explained: court case against Bhattal Party of India (CPI) has been jab that appeared to leave that she alleged was insti- ‘‘Which party has gone from out many others. reduced to a two-MP party. strength to strength? I don’t tuted by Amarinder Singh If the CPI does not do well Asked to continue as to spite her. think there has been a decline in the coming general elec- CM, Amarinder appeared Kidwai took heart from for CPI, these are only tempo- tions, it could well lose the to have earned a reprieve the Congress MLAs’ ‘‘re- rary electoral setbacks. Com- status of a national party. and little respite. He re- jection of temptations’’ munalism and casteism have Even now, the party does not tains the home portfolio, from the Akali Dal and the affected all the parties. Mus- fulfil the Election Commis- although during his battle BJP during the crisis and lims and Harijans who were sion’s criteria for being a na- with the dissidents he had that the legislature party traditionally with the Con- tional party: six per cent of to sacrifice key officials. had remained in tact. gress are no longer so. The votes polled in any four states He was also forced to or- What had become an Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and state agriculture minis- CPI could not stand the com- along with at least four seats der an inquiry against his oust-Amarinder campaign ter Rajinder Kaur Bhattal talk to reporters in New Delhi. munal propanganda.’’ in Lok Sabha or two per cent own son for allegedly re- for the past many weeks, that raged during this October-November chose He admits that the CPM ceiving $ 1,00,000. with no holds barred, has campaign were now ‘‘a to ignore the Punjab rebel- of the total Lok Sabha seats has largely been unaffected Congress general secre- only been halted for the closed chapter.’’ lion and then, had to work (11 MPs) from at least three by communalism because it tary Mohsina Kidwai who Lok Sabha polls. But Kid- The fact is that the par- hard to quell it. The patch- states. In the 1999 elections, has been better organised announced the changes wai said the allegations ty, pre-occupied with the up was finalised late on the party had two seats from and also because it has said she had removed the and counter-allegations assembly elections during Monday night. West Bengal and one from been in power for so long in Punjab. West Bengal. CWC set to study poll roadmap By Mahendra Ved begun to question the ‘‘feel the NCP on Tuesday were CWC meeting. The meet- TIMES NEWS NETWORK good factor’’ projected by being seen by the Con- ing will also weigh options the Vajpayee government, gress as a positive signal. in Uttar Pradesh, between New Delhi: How to battle while working out means Party leaders feel that P A Mulayam’s Samajwadi the statesman-like image of PM Vajpayee, just back to project its chief, Sonia Sangma, who met Deputy Party, Mayawati’s BSP after a fast-forward dia- Gandhi, as an able chal- PM Advani, appears to be and another former CM, logue with Pakistan, is the lenger. The CWC will dis- heading for the NDA, Kalyan Singh. latest challenge the Con- cuss a broad national clearing the way for the The Congress’ clear gress Working Committee strategy and state-level al- NCP’s alliance with the preference is for will have to face up to liances. Firming up the al- Congress in Maharashtra Mayawati. But a reported when it begins deliberat- liance with Laloo’s RJD and elsewhere. meeting between Con- ing on its strategy for the and the DMK is also ex- Sources said this would gressman Subodh Kant LS polls on Wednesday. pected to be debated. be one of the major topics Sahay and Kalyan has set The party has already Developments within to be deliberated at the the political field aflutter.

Passengers looted: A group of armed dacoits loot- ed the passengers of the New Delhi-Puri Purushottam Express between Purulia and Tatanagar stations under BJP cajoles NCP South Eastern Railways on Monday, the police said. The police suspect the involvement of about eight Pu- rulia-based criminals. PTI Neduma- to join coalition ran gets bail: The By Smita Gupta Not just that, the finance Madras TIMES NEWS NETWORK ministry has doled out an- High Court other Rs 1,000 crore for the on Tuesday New Delhi: In a bid to per- irrigation sector for the granted suade drought-affected parts of bail to Ta- Sharad Maharashtra. Interestingly, mizhar De- Pawar’s the state’s irrigation minis- siya Iyak- National- ter is an NCP man and kam leader ist Con- Pawar’s nephew. Sources Pazha Ne- gress Par- said that when Pawar flew dumaran, a ty to join back to Mumbai on Tuesday, Pota de- its NDA al- tenue ar- he looked a very happy man. liance, the rested on Of course, the BJP was be- BJP-led August 1, ing cautious at the official Sharad Pawar govern- 2002, for level, with BJP general sec- ment has gone in for some his pro- retary Pramod Mahajan, sweet talk. LTTE spe- who played a role in the ech. TNN To make its offer of 11 of meeting between Deputy PM the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Advani and Sena boss Bal Maharashtra acceptable, it Thackeray, saying, ‘‘I think has cleared Rs 1,500 crores it is difficult to take the plan by way of capital infusion to fruition given the prob- into western Maharashtra’s lems in seat sharing.’’ Earli- ailing sugar cooperatives, er Thackeray, a known de- from which Pawar derives tractor of Pawar, had given his political clout. The ques- his green signal to the plan, tion now is, will the wily after which the NCP leader Maratha strongman fall for had declared that his party the sugar-coated bait, bar- was open to all options, in- gain for more seats or stick cluding joining the NDA. with the Congress? The NCP,which has six LS Sources said Pawar ex- seats in Maharashtra, has tracted the impossible from been offered 11 of the 48 the Union finance ministry seats there. The NCP has during his just-concluded said this is unacceptable, if three-day sojourn here. Ear- it goes with the Congress, it lier, since the Maharashtra will clearly get more seats. government was not in a po- The BJP line is that if the sition to guarantee the re- NCP joins its coalition, it turn of bank loans given to will win all 11 seats. the cooperatives, money was Sources said that since the not forthcoming from the consensus is that even if the banks as the cooperatives NCP were to go with the were regarded as totally un- Congress, the BJP-Sena com- viable. But a meeting at the bine will be in a command- highest level in the finance ing position in the elections ministry has cleared that in the state, Pawar is weigh- and the Reserve Bank has ing the pros and cons of the been asked to lift the freeze. BJP-Sena’s offer. SP goes soft on Sonia By Archana Srivastava TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Samajwadi Party national general- secretary Amar Singh on Tuesday adopted an am- bivalent stand on the Congress by going soft on its president Sonia Gand- hi but harsh on the re- gional satraps. He came down heavily on all those who said there was a tacit under- standing between the BJP and the SP and that party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was an im- pediment in the forma- tion of a secular front. He referred to the de- velopments in the Con- gress-backed govern- ment in Maharashtra and the overtures being made by Sharad Pawar towards the BJP. All through he refrained from saying anything harsh against Sonia Gandhi except for stating that the SP was dis- missed as a ‘‘mosquito’’ by the Congress in the run-up to the MP polls.

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Inquest into AROUND THE WORLD AFP Damon & Mendes: It’s of- Diana’s death A star 40 million times ficial! Oscar-winning Holly- wood hunk Matt Damon is in fact dating his “Stuck On opened and You” co-star Eva Mendes. brighter than the Sun Damon, who split from his adjourned longtime girlfriend Odessa Atlanta: Astronomers Whitmire last year, met London: The first British have spotted what they be- Mendes on the set of the inquest into the death of lieve is the biggest, bright- Nasa may send Mars Farrelly Brothers comedy. Princess Diana opened Tues- est star they have ever seen And the new couple celebrat- day,then adjourned after the — bigger than can be ex- Rover to ‘sleepy hollow’ ed the New Year with pals coroner revealed that he was plained by the usual theo- Ben Affleck and his on-off asking police to look deeper ries of how stars form. Pasadena, Calif: The first stop for a golf-cart sized singer-actress girlfriend Jen- into the 1997 Paris car crash The star, known as LBV rover designed to search for signs of life on Mars nifer Lopez, in Las Vegas, Nevada. “They (Matt and that took her life. 1806-20, is 5 million to 40 may be a hole in the ground nicknamed “Sleepy Hol- Eva) were definitely togeth- million times as bright as low” that Nasa scientists on Monday called a “win- The inquest opened as a er,” an insider told website British newspaper identified the Sun, at least 150 times dow into the interior” of the rugged planet. Page Six. ANI Diana’s estranged husband as massive and at least 200 Project managers said “Sleepy Hollow,” which Prince Charles as the person times as wide, astronomers was spotted in the first pictures sent back to Earth Berry’s catty desires: she said was plotting to reported on Monday at a by the Spirit rover, is one of several shallow bowls Dusky beauty Halle Berry has harm her, in a handwritten meeting of the American in the Mars surface that interest scientists looking a thing for feline creatures. note to her butler 10 months Astronomical Society here. for evidence of past water. The Bond babe has ex- before she died. Next to LBV 1806-20, the “It’s clear that while we have a generally flat sur- pressed her desire to adopt the rare Bengal cat, who is In launching his inquest, Sun would appear just as face (in the Gusev crater where the rover touched minuscule as Mercury down), it is pockmarked with these things,” Steve her companion in the forth- coroner Michael Burgess coming superhero caper does next to the Sun. Squyres, principal investigator, said. “It’s a hole in said he had asked Metropoli- “Catwoman”. According to a tan Police commissioner Sir Dr Steven Eikenberry, a the ground. It’s a window into the interior of Mars.” report in Teen Hollywood, the John Stevens to look into professor of astronomy at Though the scientists at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion “Die Another Day” star has persistent speculation that the University of Florida, Laboratory in Pasadena, California have described admitted to sharing an inti- Actress Heather Graham walks out of a news conference with New York mayor Michael Diana’s death was more than who led the research, said themselves as “like kids in a candy store” with mate bond with the feline ac- Bloomberg at City Hall in New York after announcing “Cool New York”, the city’s an accident. it was surprising that even the possibilities for exploration, they will have to tor than any of her human three-week winter celebration of arts and parks events. “I am aware there is spec- after decades of observing wait nearly a week before the six-wheeled rover is cast-mates, including Sharon wanted to make sure we saw the dad of two was quoted by information, and 66 per cent the Milky Way, “we’re still ready to roll off its lander and onto the surface of ulation these deaths were Stone. Meanwhile, movie everything. She isn’t self- The Mirror as saying. ANI who have sought health and Mars. Reuters not the result of a sad, but finding these big monsters bosses have said that Berry conscious and was showing medical data. ANI God bless: God is om- relatively straightforward, out there.” The findings can retain the cat if she off,” an eyewitness said. ANI road traffic accident in have been submitted to the light-years away on the better images and new esti- keeps it under control. Ap- nipresent and omniscient. Harassed Saddam: A parently, the cat had previ- And Internet users couldn’t Saudi Arabian man who Paris,” the coroner said, re- Astrophysical Journal. other side of Milky Way, it mates of the mass and The chocoholic: This one ously attacked a fish tank. ANI agree more with the eternal ferring to the crash which The brightest star is blocked from view by brightness. Because the takes the cake. A kidney called his son Saddam Hus- known until now is one dust clouds. But about 10 star is so bright, it will truth! According to a report in sein 14 years ago is now des- also killed Diana’s lover transplant has resulted in a Sydney Morning Herald, a called the Pistol Star, 5 mil- per cent of its infrared burn out quickly, within a Thurman dares to bare: perately trying to have the Dodi al-Fayed. Blonde beauty Uma Thur- man turning into a choco- new survey on Internet-use in lion to 6 million times as light makes it to Earth. couple of million years, name changed. Mohsen al- “I have asked the Metro- man, who is currently in an holic. Dave who never had a the United States, has re- politan Police commissioner bright as the Sun. The When LBV 1806-20 was compared with the 5 bil- sweet tooth until the trans- Harithy first asked the exhibitionistic mood, has vealed that more than a third relevant authorities to change to make inquiries. The re- brightness of a star, or its discovered in the 1990s, as- lion expected for the Sun. plant, has now developed the of all Americans wired to the been canned by the pa- his son’s name in 1990, sults of these inquiries will power output, is propor- tronomers categorized it as Eikenberry said the high- parazzi sporting her nude taste after chocoholic wife, Web, use it to get closer to when the forces of the now- help me to decide whether tional to the cube of its a bright, short-lived blue resolution images ruled out rear during a day at the Tricia Woodward gave him a God. The survey observes such matters will fall within mass; a star 10 times the star and estimated that it the possibility that had beach. According to a report kidney. “I’d been home a few that a total of 126 million deposed Iraqi president in- the scope of the investiga- mass of the Sun would be was at least a million times fooled astronomers previ- in British tabloid Sun, holi- days when the craving hit me. people as of August 2003, vaded neighbouring Kuwait, a tion carried out at the in- 1,000 times as bright, and a the mass of the Sun. But ously into erroneous daymakers were in for a sur- I woke up one day yearning have been accessing the Saudi English-language Arab quests.” star 100 times the mass with new observations claims, that the supposed prise when they caught the for the taste. I got up, legged world wide web to access News newspaper reported In Britain, a coroner’s in- would be 1 million times as from the Palomar Observa- supermassive star was ac- “Kill Bill” star, in her yellow- it to the shops, and bought a religious and spiritual infor- Monday. But the boy’s file quest determines the cause bright. tory in California and the tually a cluster of smaller tinted shades and pale blue Mars for the first time ever. I mation. This compares with was destroyed by an Iraqi now eat chocolate every day of death but is not empow- LBV 1806-20, despite its Cerro Tololo Inter-Ameri- ones. Still, he said it might bikini, teasing her bottoms to 40 per cent of American in- missile attack on the civil sta- and I can’t stop. It’s worse ternet users who have ered to judge the guilt or in- brightness, is not easily can Observatory in Chile, be a binary or triple-star reveal a pert butt. “There’s tus department in Riyadh in not much to her but she than when I used to smoke,” searched the web for political 1991. Reuters nocence of anyone suspect- seen. Forty-five thousand the astronomers produced system. NYT News Service ed of being involved. AFP Burgess declared the Di- ana inquest underway at the Queen Elizabeth II confer- Britney annuls ence centre in central Lon- Signs and signals before baby-talk don, ahead of the opening of brief marriage By Judith Berck preter from Beaverton, said stance. said in the interview. “You a second inquest later in the Los Angeles: Britney she bought a book and video In interviews last fall, Dr can also see somebody using day focusing on Fayed. Ortland: When Jacqueline Spears was granted an about teaching signs to ba- Elizabeth Bates, one of the a hand, which you can’t do He said the full hearing Turner’s daughter Riley was annulment on Monday bies to help eliminate the leading researchers in the with a tongue.” would take place sometime only eight months old, she to end her surprise two- frustration Riley had in not field and the director of the Recent work in neuro- next year. day marriage to a child- could let her mother know Diana and Fayed, along being able to communicate, Center for Research in Lan- science has shown that the hood friend, after the she was thirsty for milk by as well as Mrs Turner’s own guage at the University of areas in the brain that con- with driver Henri Paul, died pop star told a Las Ve- pumping her fingers against on August 31, 1997 when frustration in not under- California at San Diego, trol the mouth and speech gas judge in court pa- her palm. Or that she want- standing her. talked about the develop- and the areas that control their Mercedes-Benz limou- pers that she and her ed more cereal by touching sine hit a pillar in a riverside “It makes her feel that ment of this type of commu- the hands and gestures over- new husband were “in- her fingertips together. Or underpass in Paris, a year af- she’s more in control of a sit- nication. (Dr Bates died in lap a great deal and develop compatible.” ask for a ball, or her stuffed ter Diana’s divorce from uation and has choices,” Mrs mid-December.) together, Dr Bates added. The Las Vegas judge dog, or a book all without Turner said. “It has to do with how eas- Teaching simple gestures, Prince Charles, who is the signed the petition just son of Britain’s Queen Eliza- saying a word. She used For hearing and deaf chil- ily one can imitate and re- or signs, to babies before hours after it was filed, hand gestures taught to her dren, the ability to gesture produce something with a they can talk is a way to beth II and heir to the Spears attorney David by her mother. tends to develop ahead of great big fat hand as opposed jump-start the language and British throne. Chesnoff told re- Why teach signs to a baby words. Babies can wave bye- to the mini, delicate hun- communication process, and Diana’s death triggered a porters. He said the cou- who is not deaf ? Mrs Turner, bye to Grandma months be- dreds of muscles that con- stimulate intellectual devel- remarkable outpouring of ple sought the annul- a Spanish-language inter- fore they can talk, for in- trol the tongue,” Dr Bates opment. NYT News Service public grief in Britain, with ment after realizing Prime Minister Tony Blair that they had not calling the charismatic A performer from the Russian Theatre of Fire juggles fire worked out the “serious LUV2HATE MAIL blonde — an icon of the during a street Christmas performance in Moscow. Russians issues” involved in mar- celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7. I don’t think making a mockery of 1980s and 1990s. AP riage. The court papers somebody makes us any smarter. Flirting expert in Aus- were filed under the Stop this foolish strip immediately. —Pradeep Yadav tralia: A self-described “flirt- name Britney Jean One thing which amazes me is the ing expert” from San Rafael, Spears just 12 minutes trouble which the haters go through California, has come to Aus- after Clark County Dis- for the hate mail, I don’t understand tralia to show singles how to trict Court opened on why they can’t just skip it. —Zaheer flirt and base their choices on Monday. Reuters compatibility, not hormones. AP For more mail go to www.timesofindia.com e-mail: [email protected]

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TOI Indian TV host gets 16 months Pak source of Libya’s N Korea’s ‘bold’ jail in Singapore concessions to US Singapore: An Indian television presenter in nuclear know-how Seol: North Korea said Singapore was sentenced Tuesday it would refrain US team in to 16 months’ jail and Tripoli: Pakistan was the raf ’s ability to make good But on Monday President from testing and produc- four strokes of the cane source of the centrifuge de- on his vow to President Bush issued a statement ing nuclear weapons and Pyongyang on Tuesday for molesting sign technology that made Bush that he would rein in saying American sanc- freeze its nuclear facili- a female colleague after a it possible for Libya to Pakistani scientists selling tions against Libya would ties in a “bold” concession Beijing: Two “non- party. make major strides in the their nuclear expertise continue until it takes to the United States. governmental” Ameri- Shankar Aiyar, who had last two years in enriching around the globe. The gen- “concrete steps” to disarm. North Korea “is set to can delegations left for worked for local broadcaster uranium for use in nuclear eral made that pledge However, the president refrain from test and pro- North Korea Tuesday Channel NewsAsia for about weapons, Bush administra- shortly after the Septem- pointed the way to lifting of duction of nuclear where they hope to vis- three years, denied charges tion officials in Washing- ber 11, 2001, terror attacks sanctions. “As Libya takes weapons and stop even op- it the nuclear complex of outraging the modesty of ton and other Western ex- in the United States. Yet tangible steps to address erating nuclear power in- at the centre of a diplo- the woman, 30, following a perts said Monday. the main aid to Libya ap- those concerns,” Mr Bush Earthquake survivor Shahrbanou Mazandarani (97) rests at dustry for a peaceful pur- matic stand-off. housewarming party last The officials emphasized pears to have come since said in a statement to Con- Bam’s Red Cross hospital three days after her rescue from pose as first-phase meas- The teams — one of year. that they possessed no evi- those attacks, suggesting gress, “the US will in turn under the rubble of her destroyed home. Mazandarani is un- ures of the package solu- academics and a scien- Handing down the sen- dence that the Pakistani that Pakistani scientists take reciprocal steps to rec- dergoing physiotherapy sessions at the hospital to get her tion. This cannot but be tist, the other from tence, district Judge Victor government of President may have continued their ognize Libya’s progress.” limbs agile again. She was rescued after eight days and one more bold conces- Congress — departed Yeo said Shankar took ad- Pervez Musharraf, US’ cru- trade even after the explic- The United States and nights trapped under the rubble of her home. sion,” Pyongyang’s offi- for the Stalinist state vantage of the woman, who cial ally in the pursuit of it warning. Britain have declined to cial Korean Central News from Beijing as Py- can not be identified for le- Al Qaida knew about the “It has all the hallmarks identify publicly the Iran-Egypt ties to be restored Agency said. ongyang offered to re- gal reasons, to satisfy his transfer of technology to of a Pakistani system,” a sources of uranium en- Amid efforts to convene frain from testing and sexual desires. Libya, which helped fi- senior official in Washing- richment technology Tehran: Iran and Egypt have decided to restore full diplo- a new round of six-nation producing nuclear The court had heard the nance Pakistan’s early nu- ton said. “These guys are shipped to Libya. They matic relations and are expected do so within days, a top talks to end the nuclear weapons and freeze its 37-year-old bachelor brought clear weapons program now three for three as sup- still will not discuss the Iranian official declared after Tehran’s city council re- crisis, North Korea said it nuclear facilities. AFP. the woman back to his apart- three decades ago. Many of plier to the biggest prolif- origin of many of the parts moved a key sticking point between the two old antagonists. expected concessions ment after the party and mo- the centrifuge parts that eration problems we have,” that Libya obtained from “The decision to restore relations has been taken,” Vice- from Washington. said in a dispatch moni- lested her after she woke up, Libya imported, and which the official added, refer- middlemen and dealers. President Mohammad Ali Abtahi told the Qatar-based Al- In return for the pro- tored here. according to the Straits Italy intercepted in Octo- ring to previously dis- Those shipments are often Jazeera television. “And in the coming days, inshallah (God posed freeze, Washington Washington, which is Times. ber, were manufactured in closed Pakistani aid to the hard to trace; the ship con- willing), we will see the resumption of our relations.” would deliver “simultane- seeking a commitment She went to police after Malaysia, according to ex- nuclear programs of taining the Malaysian- Full diplomatic ties between Iran and Egypt were severed ous” actions including re- from North Korea to veri- finding herself naked in bed perts familiar with the North Korea and Iran. made components in Octo- nearly a quarter of a century ago after Cairo signed a peace moving North Korea from fiably dismantle its nu- next to Shankar the morn- continuing investigation. Libya agreed on Decem- ber picked them up in deal with Israel and gave asylum to deposed shah Moham- a State Depar tment list of clear weapons facilities, ing after the party. The timing of the trans- ber 19 to dismantle its nu- Dubai, a major transship- mad Reza Pahlavi. countries accused of spon- has dismissed previous Shankar is free on bail fer of the centrifuge design clear program and open it- ment point for both legiti- “This is a great diplomatic success,” Abtahi said. “I think soring terrorism, lifting Pyongyang offers of a nu- and his lawyers said from Pakistan calls into self to full inspections, mate and banned techno- the Palestinian cause and the Islamic world will get the sanctions and resuming clear freeze in return for he would appeal the question General Mushar- which have already begun. logy. NYT News Service greatest support from cooperation between Iran and energy aid, the agency rewards. AFP decision. AFP Egypt.” AFP China slaughters civet cats; Sars patient recovers Beijing: The patient con- firmed as China’s first Sars case in six months was de- 40,000 chickens clared fully recovered Tues- day as a mass slaughter of die in Vietnam the civet cats suspected of Hanoi: Nearly 40,000 transmitting the disease to chickens have died from humans got underway. a mystery virus in two A 32-year-old television re- provinces in southern searcher had been officially Vietnam but as many as confirmed as having con- 400,000 are thought to be tracted Severe Acute Respi- infected, officials said ratory Syndrome (Sars) on Tuesday. Monday after being hospi- The disease, which talised in the southern city first emerged last week, of Guangzhou in late De- has triggered panic sell- cember. ing of chickens among lo- Xinhua cited officials as cal farmers in Tien Gi- saying the patient’s condi- ang and Long An, raising tion had improved and he concerns that it could now met three key criteria spread among poulty for being released, with no across other parts of the symptoms, no fever for more Mekong Delta region. AFP than a week, and x-rays re- vealing no shadows in the Scientists had earlier dis- lung area. The case baffled covered civet cats — which Chinese and international are eaten as a culinary deli- experts, who conducted a cacy in parts of China — had battery of tests at foreign a similar virus to the victim and domestic laboratories in the latest confirmed case, before finally confirming and on Monday ordered a the case as Sars. cull of the animals. The deadly respiratory A mass slaughter of civets disease killed nearly 800 peo- was in full swing Tuesday ple and infected around 8,000 despite concern from WHO more in a worldwide health the killings could increase crisis that erupted early last rather than stop the spread year. of the disease. AFP

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16 Wednesday,January 7, 2004 The Times of India, New Delhi Cancer as Metaphor Poverty Prescriptions A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Lyngdoh’s Diagnosis Off the Mark From demography, poverty studies and of our workforce was in agriculture, Draw a fine achievement for Australia. health economics to social security and accounting for 48 per cent of the GDP micro-impact of economic reforms, (74/48). The corresponding workforce-GDP By Dipankar Gupta the malignant cells even if they lose a few — Steve Waugh there’s hardly an area of development shares for manufacturing and services good ones in this struggle. When James Lyngdoh, Chief Election economics that Abusaleh Shariff has sector were 11/20 and 15/32. By 2000, this Commissioner, likened Indian politicians A cancer patient fights back because left unresearched in a career spanning had changed. While the agricultural work- We did it, almost to a cancerous growth in society, did he the body, in which life is enshrined, is too 27 years. Currently chief economist, and force was still high at 60 per cent, this 60 per choose his metaphor wisely? Indeed, he precious to lose. Cancer patients want to head, human development programme, cent produced only 28 per cent of the GDP History eludes Sourav’s men too approached the metaphor of cancer regain status quo ante and their health by at the National Council of Applied (60/28) as against 16/25 for manufacturing Down Under, but they come close guardedly, and qualified it by saying that doing whatever is needed to rid the body of Economic Research, Shariff talks to and 24/47 for the services sector. it was applicable till such time as a cure for any traces of the disease. They recognise Vidya Subrahmaniam about globalisa- Within the services sector, productivity India fell short of crafting its finest overseas Test series this disease was found. only too well that even one malignant cell tion, poverty and their impact on women: per unit of labour is the highest (30 as win at Sydney,but challenged the mighty Australians like Though the political class in this country can spell ruin. Politicians, however, face against one in agriculture) in the minuscule no one has in recent years. Suddenly,the world champions has united, across party lines, in condemn- little concerted opposition because the body Why is there a conflict of opinion about the organised sector. What this means is that a seemed more fallible than intimidating, as the Indian ing Mr Lyngdoh, his outburst against on which they feed is not really an unwilling extent of poverty, both worldwide and, more small number of Indians are producing a team handsomely matched them in all departments of the politicians has struck a sympathetic chord host. Mr Lyngdoh recognised as much when specifically, in India? huge amount of value. This does not augur game. A draw was perhaps a just verdict for a series so with a large number of ordinary people, he said that we show far too much deference Poverty was earlier a quantitative well for overall growth as that requires closely fought. The Sydney Test was memorable in many cutting across class and status lines. Cancer and respect to politicians. Cancer cells, on measure of economic deprivation. But, now increase in the incomes, not of the rich, but ways — doughty Steve Waugh’s last essay was true to is certainly a very evocative metaphor, and the other hand, no matter what standards the emphasis is equally on lack of opportu- the masses. A 10 per cent increase in the style, guiding his team to safety; Indian batting, serious as the manner in which politicians openly loot are used, are always seen as evil. Nor is nities, access to resources and other human incomes of the rich will not trigger a Bach and lilting as Mozart, touched a new peak; and the country and help themselves to all kinds every cancer patient terminal. development parameters. Even today,at the concomitant increase in spending. But Anil Kumble superbly silenced those who doubted his of privileges gives Mr Lyngdoh’s statement Unlike the stranglehold that politicians turn of the century,a quarter of the world’s the same will trigger a vigorous increase in ability on overseas pitches. The series proved to young immediate credibility. have on our society, a cancer can be cured population lives a miserable life of absolute demand among the masses. cricket watchers what connoisseurs always knew — that Yet, how right is Mr Lyngdoh? Politicians and the body can regain its health. Besides poverty as measured by the one dollar per From a gender perspective, too, it would Test cricket is far superior to one-day cricket for the are indeed like cancer as they refuse to the treatments, which generally include a day international norm. If the definition of seem that there are huge disparities: The nuances and range of skills it brings to the game. Many behave normally. They create corruption, combination of aggressive therapies, early poverty were expanded to incorporate the benefits of economic reforms have been would argue that Australia saved the Sydney Test because and more corruption wherever they go and detection increases the success rate against human development parameters, world unduly tilted towards men. Increment in some close lbw calls went in its favour. But doesn’t that with whatever they touch. They thrive cancer phenomenally. Conversely, when poverty level would touch 60 per cent. wage rates among males has been higher kind of thing happen in any game of cricket, with India on good cells and outwit them with their one detects a politician early it is usually In India, the Net Poverty Line measures relative to females. Nor has employment benefiting one day and another team the next? cunning wiles. They tend to multiply seen as a good future investment. Such a the amount of money required to replenish among women increased. Rather there is The performance of Indian batsmen was the highlight rapidly and spread irrevo- power-monger could become the energy equiva- evidence of increas- of the series. Who can easily forget the epic resolve of cably throughout the body, a loyal patron for life. lent of 2,400 k cal ing casualisation Rahul Dravid, the steely grace of V V S Laxman and the knowing no limits, respecting Entering politics is seen per day in urban Q&A and irregularity of surprising stubbornness of Sachin Tendulkar? In the no organ. Politicians are as an opportunity to make areas (2,100 in work among women other camp, future captain Ricky Ponting was outstanding just too strong for the meek money and share the spoils rural). This is about A small number of following reforms. but appeared to crack under pressure at Sydney. If resistance that some organi- with the favoured. Politicians half a kg of rice, Indians are producing How do you ensure Australia’s bowling looked tame in the absence of Glenn sations mount against them are, therefore, confident that which translates as a huge amount of inclusion of women McGrath and Shane Warne, its fielding was shockingly from time to time. there is a well-defined niche Rs 7-8/day/person. value. This does not in policy? below par.Australia dropped too many catches to look like This is because politicians for them in society. It is, With this very, very augur well for overall The exclusion of a winning team. Its number one position is not lost. But it always unite when it comes therefore, unfair to liken low cut off, 26 per growth as that requires women from policy no longer looks invincible. A drawn series Down Under is to anybody threatening their politicians to cancer. Perhaps cent Indians fall increase in the is not a political a major achievement for Sourav Ganguly,arguably India’s privileges. All parties happily the metaphor of the parasite below the poverty incomes, not of the reaction but a reflec- rich, but the masses. best captain since Ajit Wadekar, or even M A K Pataudi, agreed to give their MPs is more appropriate. A para- line (BPL). Inter- Udayshankar tion of the norms of for the way he has built a gritty,charismatic unit without pensions for life and other lifetime privi- site feeds off its host and steadily weakens nationally, two dol- society. Our culture parochial bias or favour. The advantage that a Ganguly leges such as free travel. While they are it. The host often does not recognise this lars/ day/person is poverty and one dollar/ as a whole is anti-women. It is the man who has over, say, a Tendulkar or Dravid, is that he knows serving their terms they often run up debilitating effect as it has also morphed in day/person is chronic poverty. If you apply is the owner of resources and that is why he is more likely to leave a mark as a captain than as enormous telephone and electricity bills, the meantime in keeping with the powerful these yardsticks, 70 per cent of our people boys go to school in larger numbers and that a player. He reminds us that a captain need not be the best and as Mr Lyngdoh has pointed out, use imperatives of the parasite. The parasite will qualify as poor and the BPL 26 per cent is why there is so much female illiteracy player in the team. Ganguly’s task is, of course, far from government machinery for party purposes. grows thicker and stronger, taking over will qualify as worse than chronically poor. and ill-treatment. Where did dowry come finished — he needs to find more bowlers who can win Yet, one does not hear any politician the host, and soon host and parasite are The UN has estimated that 70 per cent of the from? Why is no value imputed to female matches and ponder over whether Parthiv Patel’s youth is condemn these practices. It should come indistinguishable. In time the host becomes world’s poor are women. labour? The primary input for the child worth the number of lapses he makes. India and Australia as no surprise, therefore, that once again dependent on the parasite and is scared to I would disaggregate gender as develop- is the mother and her health has to be provided us a fine series with the promise of similar con- political parties have united in condemning strive for the sun by itself. Thus do the host ment issue, poverty issue etc. But this is not good. But there are a lot of denials. Eighty tests in the future. And, unlike in a game with Pakistan, Mr Lyngdoh for likening them to a cancer- and parasite live on in interdependency the official view. The NSSO doesn’t go per cent of all women are anaemic. Sixty the nationalism it evoked was benign and appealing. ous growth. But those touched by cancer which, as memory begins to fade, appears as behind the four walls of the house. Yet, per cent of all births take place without would likely find fault with Mr Lyngdoh’s if it were a law of nature. when we get into the household, we find that assistance. Women are denied food and choice of metaphor. To reiterate, if politicians were truly whatever the collective income, the distri- medical access which is why there is high Atal-Pervez meet dominates To begin with, a patient stricken by cancerous there would be hope as society bution of health, food, education, transport, maternal mortality. Islamabad summit cancer fights back, and it is a glorious fight would fight back as does the cancer patient. decision-making etc is dramatically skewed This has to be tackled both socially and by for it is a struggle for life. Politicians, on the But when politicians become parasites, against women. This is particularly so in government. The corporate sector too must VIEW other hand, are rarely opposed by the body the will to be free and independent of them the BPL population. This has severe impli- show social responsibility. You cannot have on which they feed. For, when it comes to is sapped at the core. We in India have cations for human development. When you aggressive marketing using family values. politicians, we all try to curry favour with not only given in to politicians, but aspire apply the male-female gap in access to the The maximum purchases in the age group SAARC can succeed as a them. Cancer patients, on the other hand, to imitate them whenever we can. We total population in India, then at least 16-25 are related to marriage. cast aside every other consideration to want favours from them, at the same time 50 million of the below-poverty 260 million The one input that creates a long-term channel their resources, meagre though patronising those below us, all in the (26 per cent) will go out of poverty. There- impact is education. Every girl child must multilateral forum they may be in some cases, in order to name of pragmatism. If politicians today after,70 per cent of those left will be women. be kept in school for at least seven years. eneral Musharraf ’s suggestion that the SAARC regain their health. This is illustrated by thrive as parasites we must recognise Has globalisation generally raised the stan- The rate of returns on schooling is high and Gcharter should be amended to provide for the the number of instances every day of that this is because we have become their dard of living? What is its impact on women? gets higher with every additional year. If resolution of bilateral issues will spell the death of poor people, and those of modest means, willing hosts. If they were like cancer Globalisation is unavoidable. I’m not you invest Rs 100 in a woman, the returns this multilateral regional forum. The original charter selling what they own in order to buy we would still have our dignity intact, against it. It has raised income levels even would be Rs 250. There is no investment in of SAARC as proposed by General Ziaur Rahman of medicines to cure themselves of cancer. and we could still look forward to a life in the rural areas. However, it has also the world which gives such high yields. But Bangladesh excluded bilateral issues from the agenda Nothing is as important to them but to kill without the disease. increased disparities. In the 70s, 74 per cent you have to do this as a mission. for two very valid reasons. Firstly, in similar fora such as the EU and the ASEAN, bilateral issues are excluded. Secondly, the SAARC region is unique in that while five SAARC countries share common Gita’s Emphasis on borders with India, none of them has a common Up in Smoke border with each other. Nor do they share language and ethnicity with each other. Therefore, the By Raj Chatterjee acquired. Many of us will In fact, Tolstoy himself Good of the World proposal to discuss bilateral issues in effect means not agree with this view. in the same essay, men- that each member will bring to the forum its problems This scare, begun in the However, to quote Tols- tions another relationship By R K Langar Triumph of Spirit with India rather than with its other neighbours. West, and now taken up toy, ‘‘everybody knows by which should be of inte- The Bhagavad Gita lays manifestations, including God is with those If this is permitted, then all of India’s problems vigorously by us, about the experience that a man’s rest to our authors and harmful effects of smoking utmost emphasis on the one’s own self. It is man’s who persevere. with its neighbours, the LTTE issue, the expulsion of frame of mind is altered by journalists. Let them not good of the world or highest duty to identify the Nepalis from Bhutan and Bangladesh harbouring reminds me of what Leo the use of wine or tobacco, put forward the excuse that Qur’an Tolstoy wrote a long time lokasamgraha. Work done himself with the whole ✥ ULFA militants, will come to the SAARC forum. that he is not ashamed they are unable to concen- for lokasamgraha not only world and when that ago in one of his essays. Attempt the end, Instead of promoting economic and technological co- of things which but for trate on their tasks unless prevents destruction of the happens he considers others operation which was the purpose of the SAARC char- Tolstoy equated the the stimulant he would be they are blowing clouds and never stand smoking habit with an world; it also contributes like himself. Such a person ter,it would become a forum for continuous acrimony. ashamed of ’’. of smoke to add to the towards social efficiency. judges the happiness and to doubt; It is not correct to say that without the bilateral issue indulgence in ‘‘vodka, Tolstoy proceeds to pollution in the air. Nothing’s so hard, While teaching karma sorrow of others by the — Kashmir — being discussed, SAARC cannot ad- wine, beer, opium, hashish ridicule the popular ‘falla- In each one of them, but search will yoga to Arjuna, Krishna same standard as he applies vance. In fact, the other six members of SAARC were and fly-agaric (whatever cies’ that smoking helps to says Tolstoy, there are two find it out. gives the example of King to himself. A perfect exam- moving towards the free trade status and that com- that may be)’’. ‘‘We are pass the time, cheers one distinct beings, the writer Robert Herrick Janaka who attained perfec- ple of working for lokasam- pelled Pakistan finally to yield on SAFTA. The idea addicted to these things’’, up and is conducive to and the critic. When the ✥ tion by performing selfless graha is that of the Sun that economic, social and technological issues should he said, because of our clear thinking. On the con- former pulls at a cigarette work directed towards the which gives light to all By perseverance the be given a higher priority over political wrangles is dual personalities. Each trary,amongst the votaries he is merely trying to well being of all. Krishna without any preference. snail reached the Ark. gaining ground and only success in those areas of one of us is a combination of the fragrant weed he dull the sensibilities of the tells Arjuna that in all The real purpose of work Charles H Spurgeon cooperation will generate enough mutual confidence of two different beings; the numbers boys who have latter so that he will pass the three worlds, there is is not to satisfy selfish ✥ and a conducive atmosphere to tackle difficult bilate- one blind and physical; learnt the ‘‘facts of life’’ the indifferent work that nothing He (Krishna) has to desires. For, if that be so, The galleries are full ral political problems. In a historic departure from the other, seeing and spiri- and ‘‘libertines, gamblers, he reviews. gain for Himself nor is there then God would not have of critics. They play the past, this SAARC summit in Islamabad has bro- tual. The one eats, drinks, ladies of easy virtue Let our leader-writers anything which He cannot worked for the good of the ken new ground by finalising the SAFTA agreement smokes, sleeps, propagates; and lunatics’’. not forget that their pen- no ball, they fight no gain, but still, He is engaged world. When constantly and adopting the additional protocol on terrorism. the other merely appraises So, we really have three manship will be appraised fights. They make no in working for the good of working for others becomes Let us consolidate on this gain and not kill SAARC by the activities of the distinct relationships — by thousands of people mistakes because the world (3-22). And if He a habit, then, a person introducing bilateral political wrangles into a forum former. It is, in fact, that between smoking and who neither smoke nor they attempt nothing. did not work selflessly, the understands what is niskam meant for economic and technological advance. rather troublesome person lung cancer,between smok- drink, that thousands more Down in the arena worlds would perish because karma or desireless work. — the conscience’’. ing and cardio-vascular will be driven to abstention are the doers. They people would follow His As man advances on According to Tolstoy, diseases and between not so much by the make mistakes COUNTERVIEW example and abstain from the path of perfection, the when we indulge in one smoking and loose living. statistics produced by because they try selfless activity (3-23). idea of duty drops away or more of the ‘stupifires’ Cigarette prices being medical researchers or many things. but not the selfless work It only means Pakistan, listed above, we are really what they are today, I anti-pollution propagan- Krishna further states The man who makes which flows automatically trying to dull our con- should like to add a dists, as by the budgets that the difference between no mistakes lacks out of him. India and their tensions science and pander to fourth correlation, bet- presented by our finance the ignorant and boldness and the the wise is that For a perfect AARC, did you say? SAARC in the South Asian our appetites, inherited or ween smoking and penury. ministers each year. spirit of adventure. while the igno- person and for He is the one who Scontext is just India and Pakistan. More to the rant man works those striving never tries anything. point, it is just Kashmir. And the more the nuclear in his own for perfection, His is the brake on neighbours waltz around Kashmir,the longer SAARC CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS interest, the en- doing good to the wheel of progress. will take to emerge as a free-trade zone with a lightened man and then went on to talk of the commis- others is always common currency.Look at the tamasha in Islamabad performs unat- And yet it cannot be Read Right sion’s ‘inquiries and investigations’. spontaneous. For — the venue of the just concluded SAARC summit. tached work for truly said he makes Arvind Lavakare’s letter (‘Contradictory There is no contradiction in the this, an attitudi- And yet, in all the excitement around whether or the good of no mistakes, because Truth’, Dec 31) has made a misleading interview. Though, Protection of Human THE nal change is not Atalji will shake hands with the general, hardly others (3-25). Self- his biggest mistake claim that the chairman, NHRC, has Rights Act, 1993 confers power upon the necessary. He has anyone noticed that little Bangladesh and littler less work is SPEAKING is the very fact that contradicted himself in his interview commission to inquire and investigate to develop within Nepal were nowhere to be seen. Reporters filing God’s work. himself sarva he tries nothing, copy on the alleged SAARC summit swiftly dismissed (‘Rights & Wrongs’, Dec 22). He has pointed into the allegations of violation of human TREE For an average bhava or a feeling does nothing, except the SAFTA trade agreement that was signed, concen- out that the chairman at one stage stated rights by the civil authorities, yet man, working for his own of concern towards all. criticise those who trating instead on the nature of the Atal-Pervez that NHRC ‘‘cannot investigate directly’’ according to Section 19 of the Act in good remains his top do things. meeting. They speculated on what might have been relation to the complaints of violation of Man has to go beyond or priority. At best, he may David M Shoup exchanged between the two men, and painstakingly human rights by the members of the transcend the sense of ‘I’ work for the good of his own ✥ interpreted the paltry information that Indian From timesofindia.com armed forces, the commission can seek and mine and replace it with people or community. But And let us not be external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha most report from the Central government and the sense of ‘we’ and ‘ours’. the urge to do something weary in well doing; reluctantly gave out. Yet more correspondents make recommendations on the basis of He has to change his settled Team India for the good of the world debated on whether or not peace was at all possible the report but cannot investigate into the behaviour from Sva (own) to for in due season remains a distant idea. between India and Pakistan. May I, as a cricket lover and a long time complaints directly. Sarva (all). we shall reap, Pakistani journos focused on Atalji’s charms to the admirer of your great, colourful and It is pertinent to mention that the Lokasamgraha as taught The importance of seva if we faint not. exclusion of other visiting dignitaries. SAARC may majestic nation, congratulate the Indian statement of the chairperson ‘‘under the in the Gita aims at working or service to others was Galatians, vi.9 have been envisioned as a bloc in the nature of the team. Not only did the Indian team rules we cannot investigate directly’’ for the good of all without expounded by Swami ✥ ASEAN and the EU, but unlike the latter two, it bring innate skill and style to each was in response to the question about the any inclination to work Vivekananda who declared You need the patience has always been held hostage to the moods and game, but they also exhibited toughness NHRC’s action relating to the allegations exclusively for your own that one should forget his of the husbandman, temper tantrums of the big two. For an economic bloc — a Steve Waugh characteristic. It was of molestation and harassment of girl sake or for the good of your own salvation and go all out who, after committing to succeed, it is important that no single country great for the game of cricket to see India students by army personnel in Shopian own people. to serve those who are poor the seed to the give the Aussies a run for their money sector of south Kashmir. Had Mr Lavakare dominates the region the way India does in South How can you identify and in distress. He said earth, does not on the morning of the third day of play. read Section 19 of the Protection of Asia. Equally, it must be accepted by all of them that yourself with the rest of the those who work only for disturb the soil I saw Bradman in his prime and found Human Rights Act, 1993 carefully,perhaps bilateral issues will not be brought to the forum. Yet, world? By developing an their own sake are more every day to see Laxman, Dravid, Ganguly,Sehwag and he would not have written this letter. the burden of Pervez Musharraf ’s song was that appropriate attitude of ac- dead than living. whether it is growing. Tendulkar at times show Bradman-like — Ajit Bharihoke, National Human Rights the SAARC charter must be expanded to include cepting others as an exten- Philalethes qualities on this tour. Commission, New Delhi The message of the Gita bilateral issues. In other words, let Indo-Pak bilateral sion of your own self. for the social worker is to ✥ tensions completely overshadow SAARC. 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Big & bigger Cash infusion Puzzling world Samsung has launched the China has announced The largest spherical largest flat-panel screen, a $45 billion plan to puzzle in the world is on measuring 80 inches. The prepare Bank of China display at the 30th Hong firm has used superior, and China Construction Kong Toys & Games Fair, high-definition, digital TV Bank for facing foreign the biggest exposition of technology competition its kind in Asia

Selling rate: Currency notes Rupee Value US $: 46.15 UK £: 83.45 Euro: 58.60 S Fr: 38.60 Yen (100): 44.80 A $: 36.50 NZ $: 31.85 S $: 28.00 Saudi Riyal 12.70 UAE Dirham 12.95 Thai Baht (100) 117.55 Source: SBI, Mumbai

Do not tax BPO CORPORATE sector, says Mobile base touches 28.2 m in 2003 GAMEPLAN TIMES NEWS NETWORK 4.7 million subscribers, behind Daksh to float Bharti but ahead of Hutch. New Delhi: It’s official now. India India Inc It’s just the tip of the iceberg Gartner has projected 96 per cent closed 2003, with 28.2 million cellu- growth in cellular telephony dur- By Piya Singh lar subscribers, up from about 10.5 •India closed 2003 with 70.5 m phones — 28.2 m Philippines arm ing 2004, to touch 56 million. By TIMES NEWS NETWORK million at the end of 2002. Analysts cellular and 42 m landline phones, achieving a By Gaurav Bhagowati expect the strong growth in mobile teledensity (phones/100 people) of 7 2007, it projects India to have 100 Mumbai: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That’s TIMES NEWS NETWORK telephony would continue during million cellular phones. India Inc’s consensus when it comes to taxa- • Reliance Info is the largest cellular operator with However, India continues to lag this year as well. New Delhi: Leading BPO company tion of sunrise sectors like the business China by a big margin. Last year, Aggressive marketing by Re- 6.2 m subscribers (5.5 m CDMA and 0.7 m GSM). Daksh eServices has decided to set up an process outsourcing (BPO) industry. Far liance Infocomm of its CDMA mo- Airtel leading GSM player with 5.5 m subscribers China toppled US to have the overseas facility at Manila in the Philip- more important, perhaps, is the industry’s bile service, and a strong response largest cellular subscribers base. pines. The company will invest $5 mil- fear that the government may be killing the •Mobile-to-mobile calls cost about 77 paise/m. by GSM cellular operators like Air- By December, it had about 260 mil- lion (Rs 22.8 crore; 1$ = Rs 45.62) in the proverbial golden goose in an attempt to gar- About 80% of GSM subscribers use pre-paid tel and Hutch kept tariffs down, lion cellular subscribers. Similarly, initial phase (12-15 months) to set up the ner more tax revenue from such emerging service. Tariff: Rs 2.4/m which saw the subscriber base its landline subscriber base was facility, which will be operational in high-growth sectors. graph moving northwards. about 250 million. But some ob- March 2004, Sanjeev Aggarwal, CEO, Forget about differentiating between core Overall, GSM companies added about 85 per cent share of the total subscribers in two telecom circles servers says that China market Daksh eServices, said. or non-core BPO activities, say the experts. over 11 million subscribers during CDMA market in 9-10 months of — Delhi and Mumbai. Airtel had may be touching a slowdown point, Daksh plans to employ 1,000-1,500 peo- The government should look at extending the year, while CDMA players — launching the service. first touched the mark in Delhi. with low average revenue per user ple in the next 12 months at the new cen- the current tax exemption on all dollar in- mainly Reliance and Tata Indicom Within GSM category, Hutch BSNL did not keep pace with its making it difficult for phone firms tre. It currently employs more than 4,000 come earned by BPO firms in India, regard- — added 6.2 million subscribers, earned the distinction of being the early gains and its additions to expand at the pace they have people across its units in Gurgaon and less of their origin. with Reliance alone garnering only company to have a million slowed a bit. It ended the year with been growing until now. Mumbai and provide retail, telecom, ‘‘We have built the BPO industry on tax tech and customer support. Its total breaks. Come 2009, if the tax holiday for all Reuters headcount will rise to 10,000 by 2005. these firms are not extended, international ‘‘We have built a fairly strong centre of clients will move to other tax-friendly coun- Shares snap rally, gravity in India, with revenues of $30 tries like Philippines or Mauritius. So, the million in the fiscal 2002-03. We expect to idea of taxing MNC captive unit’s is hardly double our revenues in 2003-04 and scale conducive to more BPO activities moving to wait for earnings up our operations across the Asia Pacif- India,’’ says Sanjeev Aggarwal of Daksh. Mumbai: Shares dropped on Tuesday as ic region,’’ he said, adding ‘‘the next gen- Nasscom president Kiran Karnik cites the eration of BPO leaders will come from software model as an example to make his the market consolidated after rising 4.2 per cent in the four previous sessions and in- the Apac region.’’ As the first Indian case for continuing tax holidays for BPO BPO company to start operations in the firms. ‘‘Tax-breaks for software made India vestors awaited the start of the earnings season for fresh direction. Philippines, Daksh aims to become one a big brand for the global audience. Today, of the largest independent BPO firms in the IT industry generates over Rs 2,500 crore The Sensex closed down 1.58 per cent at 5,943.64 points, after swinging about 205 the Apac region, he said. The new facili- of taxes in other forms such as I-T.’’ ty is a full-service BPO operation, offer- ‘‘A tax-free status for the entire BPO in- points intra-day. On, Monday it reached a peak. ing customer service, tech support and dustry over a longer period of time will en- back-office transaction processing. At Tuesday’s session high, the index was able us and our client to invest more in In- Daksh is clearly eyeing cost and lan- barely 30 points short of its historic intra- dia,’’ said the CEO of a leading foreign guage advantages that the Phillipines of- day peak of 6,150.69 points struck in Feb- bank’s BPO operations in India. fers -- 35 million skilled workers, 3,80,000 ruary 2000. ‘‘We have heard reports of multinationals graduates annually and a literacy rate at “The rally was driven by hopes of strong burning the midnight oil with consultants 94 per cent. Pavan Vaish, executive V-P, earnings but a section of the market is of to study the implications of the CBDT’s re- said that company loyalty and low attri- cent circular exempting incidental services the view that these expectations are far too tion rates in that country will mean low- and not core activities,’’ says Karnik. high,” said Falguni Nayar, a director at Ko- er training cost and better productivity. Karnik argues that any move to take cur- tak Securities. “So even if the results live ‘‘Knowledge workers of the Phillip- rent tax exemptions away or extend them to up to estimates, there will be a reaction and ines are key for the growth of the BPO ‘core’ activities will all lead to further un- some investors are turning cautious.” industry,’’ Vaish added. On IPO plans, certainty. ‘‘And let’s not forget that the gov- The Sensex rallied about 73 per cent in Aggarwal said, ‘‘We have a comprehen- ernment’s move to tax core activities of cap- 2003, making it Asia’s second-best per- sive service delivery system spread tive units of multinationals will not yield former. Nayar said it could fall further by across seven verticals, 70 processes. any significant tax revenues. But, the extra about 100 points before finding support. We’ll have around 20 customers in 2004- employment will.’’ Japanese businessmen hold a prayer service aimed at fending off viruses and glitches from their computers “But a pull-back is good and healthy for the 05. We will then go in for a public offer.’’ Another issue that may impact the invest- at a purification ceremony conducted by a priest in Tokyo. market,” she pointed out. Reuters ment decision of companies who run BPO outfits here is the nature of the tax holiday. ‘‘Section 10 A is a window that give a ten ‘Indian firms must invest in US’ year holiday from the date the business com- TIMES NEWS NETWORK bills are pending in several US states menced. If a company started operations in opposing outsourcing of work. 1995, it has another year to figure out how its New Delhi: Indian firms should in- Crowley told a CII-Nasscom meet entire business plan will change, once the vest in the US and create jobs there tax holiday is over in 2005,’’ says Sudhir Ka- to tackle the outsourcing backlash, that US job losses to India and China padia, partner with Bharat S. Raut. said Congressman Joseph Crowley had become an election issue. But, Tax analysts say that there are various on Tuesday. he admitted that outsourcing helped ways for a BPO to get a tax exemption. It Crowley, who is also the co-chair- increasing competitiveness and im- could, for instance, set up shop in an SEZ man of Congressional Caucus on In- proving bottomlines. US and Euro- where the government has reportedly ex- dia admitted that the US cannot pean firms through BPOs have indi- tended tax holiday on export profits for a pe- check states moving ahead with rectly employed over 170,000 work- riod of 10 to 20 years. anti-outsourcing bills. Over nine ers in India over the past few years.

EXECUTIVE DIGEST Sail examining RINL NATIONAL Cheaper chip inside: proposal for mining: Sail Intel Corp’s Craig Barrett has said it was considering a COAI withdraws WLL, now plans to put a less proposal from Rashtriya Ispat single licence cases: expensive line of mobile Nigam for giving a part of Following the over Rs 960 chips inside budget- Chiria iron ore mine for the oriented notebook and crore package with extra latter’s Vizag plant. PTI incentives for cellular firms, tablet PCs. The line of the Cellular Operators’ processors, dubbed Privatisation of Ennore Association on Tuesday filed Celeron M, is based on Port, ECIL not favoured: an application in the the same circuit design Disinvestment commission Supreme Court to withdraw as Intel’s flagship mobile recommended against imme- the cases against WLL serv- chip, the Pentium M. diate privatisation of Ennore ices and unified licence Port, while favouring public regime. COAI D-G TV Ra- offer for electronics corpora- machandran said, “The in- tion arguing that time was not dustry continues to remain ripe for its privatisation. PTI committed towards the BoI to raise Rs 350 crore growth and development of a through bonds: Bank of healthy and viable cellular India (BoI) will issue shortly mobile industry.” PTI Tier-II bonds for raising IDBI to launch overseas Rs 350 crore to shore up its bond issue in Feb: Indus- capital adequacy base. The trial Development Bank of In- BoI bonds Series-V would have a 120 month tenor. PTI dia is likely to launch its $300 Ajit Ninan million overseas bond issue in the second half of Febru- Pant for political action ary, a senior company official Allahabad Bank cuts PC sales touch 1.2 m on good governance: said. J P Morgan and Citi- PLR by 50 basis points: units in H1: PC sales Planning Commission deputy group have been appointed Allahabad Bank has informed touched 1.25 million units in chairman K C Pant said polit- as arrangers to issue. Last BSE it has decided to lower the first half of the current fis- ical action on good gover- week, term-lending institution benchmark PLR by 50 basis cal, registering a growth of 32 nance, removal of inter-state received the government’s points to 11 per cent with ef- per cent, Mait said on Tues- and intra-state trade barrier, approval to raise funds fect from January 1. Revised day. ‘‘This is for the first time investor-friendly climate and through an overseas bond is- PLR, announced by the bank ever that the sales in the first effective delivery of basic so- sue. The bonds will have a in response to recent RBI half have crossed the one cial services were needed to guidelines, will bring down million mark,’’ said Vinnie term of five years. Reuters realise the strategy articulat- bank’s home loan rates. TNN Mehta, ED, Mait. TNN ed in the Xth 5-year Plan. PTI

Google expected to go rarely seen since the dotcom Peugeot in China: PSA INTERNATIONAL public in 2004: Google, gold rush. The move may Peugeot Citroen and its Chi- the world’s most popular raise millions for the compa- nese partner will invest $500- GE sells medical Internet search engine, is ny and could spark enough mn to expand output in China monitoring unit: General widely expected to make excitement for a general and launch two new passen- Electric Co has agreed to sell its stock market debut recovery of the initial ger models heralding the medical monitoring unit during the first half of 2004, public offer (IPO) market, marque’s return to the coun- Spacelabs to OSI Systems creating a level of excitement experts say. AP try’s booming auto market. AP for $57 million, meeting a regulatory condition of its $2.2 billion purchase of Fin- ET INSTA POLL land’s Instrumentarium. The Yesterday’s results: EU required GE to sell Are you planning to look for a Spacelabs as a condition for job abroad this year? approving the Instrumentari- Yes 44% No 54% Can’t say 02% um deal to protect competi- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of tion in Europe’s medical mon- the general public. itoring equipment market. It Today’s question: now mainly makes and sells Should the government be patient monitoring and clini- allowed to slash IIM fees? cal information systems for To vote, log on to hospitals. Reuters http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

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105.75, 110.80, 104.60, 107.75 1200, 1224, 1150, 1164.90 Cosmo Films 111.20, 114.50, Garware Poly 56.90, 50, 50.80 IOL Broadban 7.61, 8.15, 7.60 Sterl.Inds. 1488, 1499, 1385, Atcom Techno 15.70, 16.75, 15, 108.20, 109 Garware Wall 37.95, 33.60, 34.35 Ion Exchange 47.25, 48.50, 45, 45.65 1402.95 15.10 110.80, 114.90, 107.80, 109 Gati 61.05, 62.50, 61.75 IP Rings 107.15, 110, 107.50 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Sterl.Optica 81.95, 82.80, 77.10, 16.50, 16.85, 15.20, 15.20 Crest Comm. 50.40, 51.40, 45.50, Geodesic Inf 419, 411, 422.30 Isibars 11.99, 12.55, 11.11, 11.27 77.80 Atlas Copco 406, 419, 401, 411.85 46.70 George Willi 114, 123, 113.10, Ispat Inds. 15.90, 14.65, 14.75 2000 6300 Sensex at 5,944 pts 81.65, 82.90, 77.50, 78.15 Atlas Cycles 100, 101, 96.25, 97 51.40, 51.40, 46, 47.10 114.40 15.75, 15.75, 14.55, 14.75 Sun Pharma. 598, 620, 602.50 104.90, 104.90, 97.50, 98.55 CRISIL 524.85, 529.80, 521, 527.40 116, 123, 113.20, 114.85 IT & T 18, 18.70, 17.55, 17.80 6200 600, 618, 595, 603.05 Atul 63, 63.20, 59.10, 59.45 525, 539, 510, 531.85 GHCL 28, 31.05, 29.65 18, 18.55, 17.40, 17.75 1975 1955.00 Mumbai: Stocks suffered a sharp setback after an initial rally Syndicate Bn 42.90, 43.50, 41, 41.35 63.50, 64, 58.40, 59.35 Cybertech Sy 9.51, 10.20, 9.20, 9.49 30.80, 31.20, 29.70, 29.85 ITI 27.95, 28.25, 24, 24.55 6100 43.80, 44.20, 40, 41.80 Auto Axles 283.05, 287.90, 282 9.75, 10.50, 9, 9.20 GIC Housing 39.50, 40.50, 38.25, 29.40, 29.40, 24.15, 24.80 1950 6039.00 and the Sensex fluctuated wildly in a range of over 204 points be- Syngenta (I) 232.90, 236.10, 227, 277.60, 285, 277.60, 282.35 38.55 IVP 44, 44.85, 43.10, 43.60 D 6000 229.60 Auto.Stam&As 77.10, 80, 77.70 40.60, 40.60, 38.75, 39.05 42, 44, 42, 42.75 1925 1946.05 fore ending the session 95 points lower on Bombay Stock Ex- Tata Chem 168.10, 169.50, 163, 79.25, 80.50, 77.75, 77.75 GIVO 4, 4.50, 4.10 IVRCL Infras 157.10, 160, 154.50, 6026.59 change (BSE) on Tuesday on heavy sell-off by operators and do- 164.70 Avanti Feeds 54, 56.75, 56.30 Daewoo Motor 7.40, 6.91, 7.02 Glenmark Pha 157.50, 159.50, 155.70 1926.70 5900 169.05, 169.50, 163, 164.85 Avery (I) 57.05, 57.80, 51.35 Dalmia Cemen 325, 355, 320, 334.95 146.50, 148.20 157.95, 161, 154, 157.90 1900 5943.64 mestic financial institutions.The BSE benchmark 30-share index Tata Elxsi 127.65, 129.50, 120.60, Avon Organic 61.70, 62, 54.15, 54.90 327, 353.80, 304.50, 333.85 157, 159.45, 146, 149.05 5800 Danlaw Tech. 61.70 121.60 Aztec Soft. 35.90, 36.90, 33.50, Global Tr.Bk 33, 31.25, 31.45 J 1875 that had been driven past 6,100-mark to the intra-high at 6,121.20 127, 129.40, 120.50, 121.85 33.65 Datanet Sys. 6.13, 7.40, 6.10, 7.25 33.30, 33.30, 31.40, 31.50 5700 at early stages by hectic buying support, later came crashing Tata Infotec 520.05, 526, 491.15, 35.50, 36.90, 33.50, 33.90 Datapro Inf. 1.40, 1.10, 1.15 GMM Pfaudler 142, 140.30 Jagatjit Ind 39.50, 36.05, 36.50 495.85 DCM 16.80, 20.40, 19.05 GMR Techno. 23.10, 23.50, 21.55 Jagsonpal Ph 172.95, 157, 157.20 1850 5600 down like a pack of cards to the day’s low of 5,916.33 as bulls re- Tata Motors 459, 465, 448.25, B 18.50, 20.35, 18.50, 19.25 Goa Carbon 71.80, 72.20, 68.65, 170.05, 170.05, 160.10, 162.05 sorted to heavy unloading coupled with profit-booking by local 452.10 DCM Shr.Con 267.30, 271.80, 68.95 Jai Corp 136.05, 144.95, 134.65 1825 5500 460, 465, 448.50, 454.45 BAG Films 13.31, 13.54, 12.55, 12.66 235.40, 239.25 Godavri Fert 68, 69.95, 66.05, 66.55 147.90, 147.90, 134.70, 134.95 funds led by Unit Trust of India. Tata Power 338, 362.75, 334.80, 13.65, 13.65, 12.75, 12.85 278, 278, 236.25, 239.50 69.95, 70.90, 67.05, 68.20 Jain Irrig. 104.30, 107, 96.30, 98.25 January 2 January 5 January 6 January 2 January 5 January 6 351.95 Bajaj Auto F 95.10, 96.50, 93, 93.85 DCW 38.30, 35, 35.95 Godfrey Phil 445.15, 453, 438, 104.25, 107.10, 96.65, 98.40 The Sensex then ended at 5,943.64 as against Monday’s close of 341, 362.40, 334, 352.45 97, 97.50, 94, 94.45 37, 37, 34.80, 35.90 439.10 Jain Studios 27.20, 29, 27, 27.75 Bajaj Elec. 70, 70.10, 67, 67.15 Deccan Cem. 61.70, 63.50, 57.10, 28.10, 28.85, 26, 26.55 -1.44% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING -1.57% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING 6,039.00, netting a sharp fall of 95.36 points or 1.58 per cent.The Tata Tea 370.10, 398.15, 368.15, 450, 457.50, 433, 437.80 372.10 Bajaj Hindus 380, 384, 341.75, 58.05 Godrej Inds. 65.25, 65.50, 64.15, Jaipan Inds. 10.45, 9.25, 9.30 broad-based BSE-100 index also dived by 63.97 points to 3,187.46 394, 398.50, 369.25, 373.95 343.85 Deepak Fert. 49, 43.75, 44.25 65.25 Jay Bh.Marut 75.05, 80, 79.15 Thermax 413.95, 423, 412, 419.85 381, 382.65, 344.10, 345.55 42, 47.30, 42, 44.25 65.30, 65.95, 65, 65.25 77, 79.25, 75.50, 78.35 from previous close of 3,251.43. The sharp downturn was seen as Bajaj Tempo 380, 360 Deepak Nitr. 78, 79, 74.50 Jayant Agro 58.80, 59, 56.50 39.95, 40.25, 37.10, 38.05 83.50, 84.95, 81, 81.65 Suven Life 520.40, 467.50, 468.80 415, 423, 411, 419.10 Goetze (I) 94.90, 96.90, 88.55, 89.20 Majestic Aut 54, 47.15, 47.85 Pudumjee Pul 35, 35.60, 33, 33.05 496, 505, 469, 471.20 Thomas Cook 459, 437.05, 440.55 Bal Pharma 60, 60.75, 55.60, 56.20 Denso (I) 64.05, 64.45, 62.55, 62.65 96, 96, 88.50, 89.50 59.35, 59.40, 55.55, 55.55 a necessary correction to the overheated market with bulls and Bal.Law.Vanl 21.50, 22, 21, 21.05 Dewan H.Fin. 33, 34, 32.50, 33.75 Jaypee Hotel 20.50, 21.30, 19.95, Malwa Cotton 55.90, 54.20, 54.30 33, 34.05, 33, 33.55 Swaraj Engin 310, 318, 300, 302.65 455, 457.80, 434, 438.65 Goldiam Int. 51.90, 52.45, 48.25, 55.30, 55.95, 53.50, 53.90 Pun.Alkali 20.50, 21, 18.60, 18.65 319.95, 319.95, 303, 304.20 foreign institutional investors holding abnormally large posi- TISCO 444.90, 448.40, 428.10, Balaji Dist. 7.30, 6.60, 6.64 32.70, 33.50, 32.60, 33.10 49.30 20.45 7, 7.35, 6.75, 6.80 DFM Foods 6.72, 7.99, 7.75 Jayshree Tea 82, 82.95, 77.80, 78.55 Man Inds.(I) 137, 138, 127.10, 128.65 Pun.Chemical 315.35, 320, 303.25, Swaraj Mazda 245, 252, 249.45 430.50 Goldstn.Tech 36, 33, 33.40 Mangalam Cem 18, 16.70 306.50 244.90, 251.75, 244.90, 250 tions. Bulls and domestic mutual funds reportedly sold off size- 444.90, 448.20, 428, 431.55 Balkrish Ind 384, 385, 365, 367.05 DGP Windsor 6.90, 6.41, 6.42 36, 36, 32.10, 33.55 81.15, 82.95, 78, 78.85 Balmer Law.I 60, 63.45, 57.10, 57.75 6.95, 6.95, 6.50, 6.50 JBF Inds. 66, 67.50, 62.25, 62.80 18, 18, 16.95, 17.05 Pun.Communi. 63.40, 60, 60.20 Syncom Form. 43.80, 45.75, 42.05 able chunk of holdings in a bid to book profits at higher price lev- Titan Inds. 130, 133, 125, 125.85 Goldstn.Tele 8.10, 9.34, 8.70 Manglr.Chem 8.90, 8.92, 8.06, 8.12 Synergy Log 9.52, 9.90, 8.80, 8.90 125, 132, 125, 126.80 Balmer Lawri 146.95, 159, 144, Dhampur Sugr 31.25, 31.95, 28.60, 9.10, 9.35, 8.15, 8.55 JCT 7.30, 7.45, 7, 7.01 146.05 29.25 Jenson&Nicho 7, 6.22, 6.26 Manugraph In 64.30, 63.50 R els. Shares of software companies which are likely to announce TN Newsprint 103, 95, 96.05 Gonter Peip 12.50, 9.80, 10.15 Maral Overs 27, 27.50, 25.50, 26.05 T 148.95, 156, 140, 146.20 31.50, 31.85, 28.50, 29.25 6.95, 6.95, 6.20, 6.25 Rain Calcing 26.95, 28.10, 25.50, third quarter results shortly,bore the brunt of selling. PTI 100.50, 101.80, 95.60, 96.80 Goodlass Ner 447, 466, 445.10, 28, 28.10, 25.55, 26.25 TN Petro 32.70, 32.95, 30, 30.35 Balrampur Ch 268, 270, 259, 259.25 Dhanalak.Bnk 31.20, 30.50 462.40 JIK Inds. 13.95, 12.81, 12.87 25.75 Taj GVK Hotl 140.40, 149, 138 270.70, 270.70, 256, 258.40 Dharamsi Mor 13.25, 14.50, 12.25, 13.65, 13.65, 12.75, 12.80 Mascon Globl 16.10, 14.60, 15.65 32.50, 32.80, 30, 30.35 446.35, 468, 446.35, 465 Matrix Lab. 1695.55 27, 28, 25.55, 25.95 141, 147.80, 135.85, 139.05 Torrent Phar 413, 417, 401, 403.85 Banco Prod. 140.25, 144.75, 139, 12.91 Goodricke 62, 62.60, 58.05, 58.60 Jindal Drill 126, 128.50, 118, 119.90 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 45.95, 47.35, 44 Tanfac Ind. 32, 34, 31, 31.35 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- 139.45 Dhunseri Tea 37.50, 33.50 Jindal Photo 72, 72.50, 67.10, 67.75 Matsush.Tele 14.55, 15.20, 14.50, ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, 414, 417, 400.10, 406.20 Goodyear (I) 54.90, 50.40 14.80 47.90, 47.90, 44, 44.45 TASC Pharma. 52.25, 54, 50.75, Trent 290, 265, 265.95 Bank of Punj 31.75, 32.40, 31, 31.25 DIL 242.90, 254, 235 Grabal Al.Im 27.95, 25 71.90, 72.35, 66.10, 68.20 Rajesh Exp 128.30, 123.30 50.80 31.05, 32.45, 30, 31.50 Divi’s Lab 1587, 1594, 1480, Jindal Poly. 354.25, 355.90, 353, 14.25, 15, 14.25, 14.55 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last 272.10, 278, 267, 267.15 Graphite Ind 131.05, 134, 128 Matsushita L 60.15, 62.50, 60.25 126.90, 127.05, 122.10, 122.10 50.30, 53, 50.30, 51.10 TVS Motor Co 114.40, 116, 110, Bank of Raj. 40.05, 40.45, 38.30, 1489.05 133.70, 134.50, 125.35, 127.65 353.50 Rajshree Sug 23.85, 27.70, 25.90 Tata Coffee 173.10, 180, 165.05, offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. 38.55 1605, 1605, 1480, 1497.55 354.50, 356, 351.05, 355.05 Max (I) 185.20, 186, 170, 172.20 110.85 Grauer & Wei 56.70, 51, 59.25 185.40, 186.40, 169.10, 172.95 24, 28, 24, 26.15 168.25 EIH 303.95, 309, 299.85, 301.60 IPCA Lab. 625, 646.85, 610, 616.40 113.90, 116, 110.55, 111.70 39.90, 40.50, 38.25, 38.55 Dolat Inv. 5.01, 5.02, 5 Gravity (I) 18.80, 18.85, 17, 18 Jindal Strip 286, 288.90, 254, 257.95 Rallis India 116.25, 119.10, 115, 172, 181, 165.10, 167.90 Bannari Aman 339, 316.65, 318.15 Dolphin Off. 23.60, 24.10, 23.50, 294.80, 294.80, 251.10, 257.10 Mefcom Capit 3.65, 3.43, 3.47 BSE SPECIFIED 295, 308.95, 295, 301.90 642, 645.50, 612.90, 622.55 Union Bank 54.25, 54.65, 52, 52.75 Greaves Cott 45, 45.50, 41.25, 41.75 Mega Corpn. 3.78, 3.81, 3.80 115.70 Tata Finance 58.35, 58.50, 55.30, Engineers (I 437.90, 439.45, 400.50, IPCL 232.55, 234.95, 223.60, 225.45 53, 54.75, 52, 52.95 326.40, 338, 318.10, 324.60 23.70 Grind Norton 260, 241, 242.45 JJ Exporters 46, 47.35, 45.25, 46 120, 122.40, 115, 115.05 55.90 Bata (I) 64.75, 60.05, 61 Donear Inds. 319, 323, 308, 309.90 JK Corp. 16.40, 15.10, 15.25 Megasoft 42.75 & NSE INDEX 406.35 234.90, 234.90, 224.25, 226.45 UTI Bank 144, 149.10, 140, 141.60 Gruh Finance 36.55, 38.90, 36, 36.60 Melstar Info 23.90, 19.55, 19.95 Rama Newspri 12.75, 13.01, 12.06, 57.90, 58.90, 55.20, 55.85 425, 439.45, 405, 409.15 ITC 1063, 1072, 1015.10, 1028.80 143, 148.60, 141, 142.60 64.70, 65.20, 61, 61.55 DSJ Comm. 0.94, 0.85 GSFC 56, 58.25, 52.80, 53.85 JK Inds. 80, 80.25, 78.15, 79.70 12.11 Tata Honeywl 432.15, 441.70, 420, Bayer (I) 299.40, 306, 280.25, 284.05 0.85, 0.95, 0.85, 0.90 JK Synthetic 9.26, 9.50, 9.01, 9.03 21.50, 21.50, 19.60, 20 ABB 693.50, 710, 681.35, 689.70 Escorts 102, 104.90, 95.10, 96.60 1065, 1073.90, 1020, 1033.80 Videocon Int 75.45, 76, 71.35, 71.90 58, 58.25, 53.15, 53.75 Mercator Lin 259.40, 261, 248.20, 12.70, 12.90, 12, 12.10 421 720, 720, 680, 689.15 100, 104.65, 94.60, 96.50 J&K Bank 400, 409, 375, 380.15 76, 76, 71.30, 72 Bayer ABS 133.40, 145.95, 132.10, DSP Merrill 513, 480 GTC Inds. 27.25, 27.60, 26.05, 26.15 JL Morison 155, 164, 150, 152.60 Ramco Inds. 356.05, 374, 350.05, 443, 443, 416.30, 423.45 135.90 JMC Projects 28, 28.55, 26.50, 26.55 250.50 Abbott (I) 474.10, 483.90, 468, Essel Propac 287, 270.25, 274.70 395, 408.40, 375.20, 380.60 Vijaya Bank 46.50, 52.40, 49.20 E 27.25, 27.50, 26, 26.20 Metroche.Ind 27.50, 29, 27.10, 27.20 365 Tata Infomed 180, 174.10, 175.25 470.15 285, 288, 272, 274.85 Jaiprakash I 114, 117.50, 111.10, 47.20, 52.35, 47.20, 49.25 131.60, 146, 131.60, 135.85 GTN Textiles 49.05, 50.35, 48.55 Jog Engg. 11.15, 13.25, 12.20 352, 374, 352, 361 183, 183, 175.05, 175.80 Bayer Diagno 375, 415, 390 Jubilant Org 881, 865.55 Mid-Day Mul. 44, 44.90, 42, 42.25 ACC 274.90, 278.10, 260, 262.10 Exide Inds. 153, 153.75, 147.10, 149 112.25 Visual Soft 258.90, 263.10, 246.10, Eicher 118.95, 115, 115.45 50, 50.30, 48.50, 48.65 45.05, 45.05, 41.55, 42.70 Rane Brake 613, 585, 599.85 Tata Invest. 279.70, 263.20, 265.95 275, 278.40, 259.70, 263.60 150, 153.95, 147, 149.40 113.65, 117.50, 111.50, 112.70 247.55 Beck India 76.05, 78, 76, 76.05 Gufic Bio Sc 32.05, 32.40, 29.90, 30 870, 874, 863.85, 863.85 618, 618, 580, 586.40 265, 277.95, 265, 267.35 Berger Paint 161.05, 168, 161, 118.95, 120, 115, 115 Jupiter Bios 165, 168.25, 151.85, Mindteck 22.20, 23.30, 20.30, 20.95 Adani Export 404, 416.15, 387, Federal Bank 275.10, 281.45, JB Chemicals 366.95, 367, 357.25, 258.65, 263.40, 245.25, 248.15 Eicher Motor 260, 264, 252.40, Guj.Alkalies 104, 105.50, 96.50, Mirza Tanner 79.50, 80, 76.10, 76.45 Rane Madras 148.40, 147.50 Tata Metalik 105, 102, 102.55 389.60 266.10, 267.70 358.85 VSNL 181, 188.60, 179.55, 181.80 162.95 97.65 154.05 149.90, 149.90, 146, 147.25 104.50, 105, 102.25, 103.05 164, 165, 162, 162.90 255.85 Jyoti Struct 110, 113, 107, 107.85 80, 80, 75.50, 76.50 400, 416.90, 387, 391.20 274, 281.65, 268, 270 390, 390, 357.50, 360.40 182, 188.90, 180, 182.30 259.90, 264.80, 250.50, 255.30 104.85, 105.85, 95.50, 96.55 MM Forgings 193, 197, 191.10, Ravalgaon Su 2800, 2890, 2755 Tata Sponge 146.90, 136, 137.05 Alfa Laval 555.05, 580, 530.10, 570 Fert.&Chem-T 41.90, 43, 38.75, 39 Jindal Iron 296, 278.70, 280.10 Whirlpool 30.50, 30.65, 28.50, 29.05 BF Utilities 28.50, 30.10, 29.15 Guj.Amb.Exp. 25.60, 26, 25.25, 25.30 106.05, 112.30, 106, 107.70 Rayban Sun O 62.50, 63.50, 60.25, 145.70, 145.70, 136.50, 137.55 Bhansali Eng 168.50, 173.50, 168.15 EID Parry 211, 213, 197, 198.70 191.45 567, 583, 541.40, 577.15 42.40, 43.65, 38.25, 39 293.25, 294.65, 278.50, 281.90 Wipro 1765, 1809.90, 1655, 1676.20 211, 214.75, 198.80, 200.85 25.10, 26.05, 24.90, 25.45 K Mobile Tele 11.30, 10.40, 10.60 60.85 Tata Telcom 236, 250, 239.15 Alstom Proj. 129.95, 134.50, 126, Finolex Cabl 173, 174.50, 169.10, Jindal Stain 481, 483.50, 459, 1777, 1809, 1651, 1692.50 Bharat Bijle 761.95 Guj.Apollo E 90, 91.50, 85, 85.10 Reg.Ceramic 49.75, 59.85, 56.75 242.30, 246.35, 237, 238.45 Bharat Rasay 40.75, 41.15, 39.15, EIH Asso.Hot 26.50, 26.15, 26.40 Modipon 59.60 126.90 170.10 471.25 Wockhardt 725, 729.90, 704, 711.90 Guj.Flouroch 164, 171, 160, 161 Kaashyap Rad 3.50, 2.85, 2.89 Monalisa Inf 0.40, 0.50, 0.39, 0.40 57.50, 59.95, 56.05, 57.60 Tata Teleser 23.05, 22, 22.05 130.40, 134.80, 125, 127 170.50, 176.35, 168, 169.70 481, 483.95, 461, 464.80 729.10, 733, 705.20, 709 39.20 163, 171.70, 161.10, 161.95 Rel.Ind.Infr 80, 76.45, 77.35 23, 23, 22, 22.20 41, 41, 39.20, 39.35 Kabra Extr 190, 180.95, 181.95 Monnet Ispat 105, 99.40, 99.80 Andhra Bank 55.40, 56.70, 54, 54.65 Finolex Inds 80, 84.80, 79, 82.20 Jindal Steel 659, 660, 626.55, Zee Telefilm 156, 163.80, 155.70, Guj.Ind.Pow. 71.35, 74, 70, 181, 184.50, 178.05, 180.60 Morarjee Goc 43, 45.50, 43.90 80.45, 80.45, 77, 77.75 Tayo Rolls 57, 60.60, 55, 55.95 53.80, 56.65, 53.05, 54.85 78.15, 84.55, 78.15, 81.80 630.35 156.75 Bhartiya Int 59, 55 70.45 Relaxo Footw 40.95, 36, 38 Tele Data In 25.25, 26.40, 24.60, 56.60, 59.95, 55.20, 56.10 Kajaria Cer 90, 85.40, 85.80 43, 46, 43, 44 Apollo Hosp. 183.95, 173.50, 174.90 Gail (I) 300, 305.25, 276.50, 280.20 655, 655, 630, 630.65 157.90, 163.75, 155.50, 157.55 71.35, 73.95, 69.55, 70.40 89.05, 91.05, 86.10, 87.40 Morepen Lab 11.75, 10.81, 10.90 Revathi Equ. 182, 185, 172, 175.25 24.80 183.55, 183.55, 173, 174.65 300.95, 305.65, 276.30, 283.20 Kochi Refin. 193, 198.70, 190, Bhushan Stl. 103.50, 104.35, Guj.Sidh.Cem 8.76, 9.09, 8.35 Rico Auto 345, 350, 330.50, 339.45 Themis Medic 61.10, 64.05, 59.60, 98, 99.05 Kakatiya Cem 52.60, 52.85, 50.05, 11.30, 11.40, 10.80, 10.90 Apollo Tyres 278.50, 281, 268.05, GE Shipping 168, 170.95, 158, 191.45 B1 - GROUP 9.30, 9.40, 8.30, 8.35 50.45 Morgan Stan 17.33, 17.95, 15.26, 347, 350, 331.10, 332.90 64 269.80 159.45 192.90, 199, 190.50, 191.80 103.10, 103.95, 98, 99.50 Gulf Oil Cor 125.55, 128, RPG Cables 18.80, 19.05, 17.90, 18 Thiru A.Sug. 36, 37.90, 35.15, 36.50 Bihar Caustc 42, 39, 39.10 53, 53, 50.50, 50.90 17.80 278.25, 282, 268.10, 270.35 169, 170.95, 157.60, 160.10 Kotak Mah.Bk 376, 363.05, 367.45 123.25, 125.15 Kale Consul. 60, 61.40, 55, 55.65 17.75, 18.10, 17.50, 18 17.60, 18.90, 17.60, 18.15 35.65, 37.65, 34.50, 35.45 Arvind Mills 69.20, 69.40, 65.35, Geometric So 550, 571.90, 531, 375.80, 375.80, 363, 368.25 3 Bilcare 145.15 RPG Life Sci 46, 42.25, 42.90 Thirumalai 93.85, 96, 89.90, 90.10 Bimetal Bear 241, 269.90, 59.70, 61.50, 55.10, 56.30 Motherson SS 340, 345, 320, 325.30 65.80 538.55 L&T 530, 565, 515.25, 521.50 3M India 491, 537.45, 483.10, H Kalpa.Power 105, 96 345, 349, 321.30, 325.35 47.05, 47.05, 43, 43.45 95.50, 95.50, 90.10, 90.50 69, 69.45, 65.30, 66.05 554.30, 571.90, 537.40, 540.75 529, 564.75, 516, 526.05 237.50, 242.20 RS Software 31.30, 31.70, 29.15, Tide Water O 1680, 1690, 1544.05, 483.35 Binani Inds. 34.30, 35, 33.55, Harr.Malayal 52.55, 47.50, 102.50, 104.90, 96.05, 98 Moving Pictu 9.25, 9.30, 9 Asahi (I) Gl 135, 144.80, 137.30 Gillette (I) 724, 730, 700, 706.20 LIC Hsg.Fin. 215.20, 223.95, 214.05, 515, 515, 495, 495 Kalyani Brak 571, 562, 563 Mro-Tek 20.80, 21.25, 19.50, 19.75 29.30 1551.45 139, 144.90, 137, 138.10 725, 727, 700, 701.10 220.40 33.70 48.35 31, 31.90, 26, 28.10 TIL 31.45, 31.40, 34.65 Birla Corp. 70.60, 74.75, 70, 51.90, 52.90, 47.55, 48.80 552, 552, 541.50, 541.50 20.85, 21, 19.70, 19.95 Ashok Leylan 292, 298.90, 285, GlaxoSmith.C 331.95, 333.95, 323, 214.90, 223.65, 214, 220.80 A Kalyani Shrp 11, 11.14, 9.81, 10.18 MRPL 55.25, 57.40, 54, 54.45 Ruchi Soya 118.10, 119, 106.75, 32.90, 34.65, 31.40, 34.65 285.85 324.75 M&M 396, 398, 387.30, 389.05 70.15 Hathway Bhaw 12.75, 13.70, 107.45 Timex Watch 21, 18.70, 19.25 73, 73.85, 70, 70.35 13.18 Kalyani Stel 78.90, 79.90, 75, 75.35 54.95, 57.40, 54.10, 54.65 292, 298.30, 284.25, 286.70 328, 332.90, 322.95, 324.35 396, 397, 387.20, 390.55 A Sarabhai 9.80, 8.10, 8.31 Kanoria Chem 78, 80.30, 77, 77.10 119, 119.70, 107, 109.80 Timken India 63.50, 64.05, 61, 61.35 Aarti Drugs 108.50, 98.80, 100.35 Birla Eric. 27.95, 28, 25.50, Hatsun Agro 78.50, 81.50, Mukand Engrs 15, 15.25, 13.70, Asian Paints 337.05, 345, 325, GlaxoSmith.P 600, 613.50, 607.05 Marico Inds 236, 240, 237.45 72.30, 79.50, 72.30, 77.10 13.75 Tinplate Co. 57.05, 52.40, 52.80 328.35 611.35, 620, 601.10, 606.40 238.95, 238.95, 235.10, 236.75 104, 105.65, 99, 99.30 25.60 79.50 S Tips Indus. 52.85, 53.55, 50, 50.35 28.50, 28.50, 25.85, 26.15 Havell’s (I) 163, 156.10, 157.50 Karnatak Bnk 129.70, 135, 124.55, 15, 15.25, 14, 14 340, 343.80, 323.50, 328.25 GNFC 74, 74.70, 70.80, 71.30 Maruti Udyog 382.50, 384.70, Aarti Inds. 223.10, 227.75, 218.10, 125.70 55.90, 55.90, 50, 50.80 220.55 Birla Glob.F 46.70, 43.50, 43.60 162, 162.25, 156, 157.10 Munjal Auto 101.55, 95.15, 95.40 S.I.Bank 84.50, 84.80, 80, 80.35 Aurobindo Ph 451, 425, 429 74.35, 74.35, 71.15, 71.70 366.10, 369 129.70, 134.35, 125.10, 126.55 101, 101.40, 96.10, 97.85 TN Telecom 12.80, 11.30, 12 222.55, 229.40, 218, 220.70 45.50, 46, 43, 43.50 Hawkins Cook 31, 26.55, 27.90 82.60, 84.35, 80, 80.55 12.25, 12.50, 11.30, 11.45 459.90, 459.90, 426, 428.95 Godrej Cons. 194.80, 196, 190, 380.05, 384.70, 365.60, 370.05 Karur Vysya 395, 395.90, 385, Munjal Showa 298, 298.25, 284, S.I.C.Agency 24.50, 24.60, 23.20, Aventis Phar 755, 774.80, 725, 190.60 Mastek 340, 341, 306.15, 309 Aarvee Denim 23.50, 24, 23.10, Birla Yamaha 31.50, 29.50, Hazoor Media 6.59, 6.15, 6.25 Todays Writi 47, 52.25, 46.75, 51.50 29.85 HBL Nife Pow 33.50, 33.75, 385.45 284.20 23.25 732.55 190.60, 195.20, 189, 190.20 338.75, 338.75, 307.50, 311.10 23.25 391, 395.60, 385, 386.95 47.50, 52.85, 45.15, 51 Aban Loyd 500, 485.15 BITS 1.30, 1.03 32.10, 32.35 299.90, 299.90, 281.15, 284.60 24.35, 25, 23.25, 23.35 750, 760, 727, 735.55 Grasim Inds. 1025, 1058, 990, Mcdowell Co. 69.75, 65.55, 66 KDL Biotech 34, 31, 31.35 Murd.Ceram 53.95, 54.40, 48.30, Torrent Guja 16, 15.10, 15.20 500, 500, 487, 489.35 BLB 9.99, 9 HEG 112.90, 113, 107.10, Sabero Org. 22, 22.75, 21, 21.15 Tourism Fina 14.83, 16.70, 14.31, Bajaj Auto 1110, 1120.95, 1095, 998.60 69, 69.65, 65.30, 66.10 33.20, 33.25, 31, 31.30 49.50 21.95, 22.90, 21.20, 21.50 1105.30 1042, 1059.90, 991.25, 1007.20 Merck 420.10, 426.80, 419, 420.95 ABC Bearings 27.75, 24.45, 24.50 9, 9.50, 9, 9 107.40 15.32 Blow Plast 36.60, 38.40, 35, 111, 112.95, 107, 108 KEC Inter. 87.50, 89.15, 80.75, 81.75 Mys.Cement 12.78, 12.90, 12.05, Saint-Gobain 24.40, 24.75, 23, 23.15 1115, 1121, 1098, 1108.40 GTL 137, 142.30, 128.75, 130.40 422, 428, 419, 421.45 ABG Heavy In 36.70, 34, 34.25 88.20, 89.30, 82.10, 83 14.50, 16.60, 14.35, 15.10 Abhishek Ind 24.45, 22.75, 22.80 35.25 Helios & Mat 144.05, 130.35, 12.11 Sakthi Sugar 49, 53.40, 45.30, 46.25 Balaji Tele. 109.50, 110, 102.60, 136, 142.20, 129.05, 131 MICO 14902, 15400, 15264.50 Eimco Elecon 106.60, 108.80, 96.50, Kenna. Widia 230.10, 237, 221, 13.35, 13.35, 12, 12.15 Transnat.Sec 34.20 24.25, 24.45, 22.80, 23 Blue Dart Ex 149, 153.50, 148.50, 141.40 49.75, 53.30, 45.55, 46.95 Transpek Ind 43.25, 40.50, 41.10 104.85 Guj.Amb.Cem. 321.20, 326, 305.65, 15250, 15500, 14800, 15264.25 100.85 223.10 Salora Int. 130.50, 131, 122.05, 110.20, 110.20, 104, 105.30 308.10 MIRC Electr. 43.25, 38.50, 38.90 Adam Comsof 15.35, 15.40, 14, 150.45 Henkel Spic 33.50, 30.85, 31.05 Transport Co 52.05, 54.60, 48.85 146.05, 151, 145.50, 149.60 105.25, 110, 101, 103.95 Heritage Fds 107, 102, 103 Kerala Ayurv 14.40, 14.70, 13.45, N 125.75 Ballarpur In 82, 82.75, 78.50, 78.85 320, 328.40, 305.05, 309.25 42.95, 42.95, 38.55, 39.05 14.02 Elder Pharma 170, 174, 163.55, 13.50 56, 56, 52, 52.70 Addi Inds. 33.40, 33.50, 33.35 Blue Star 165, 166, 165 112, 112, 102, 102.25 Nagar.Agrich 54, 50.05, 50.20 129, 132, 123.40, 124.60 TRF 85.05, 86.65, 81, 81.70 81.25, 82.85, 78.50, 79.10 Guj.Gas Co. 598.25, 600, 590, 590.90 Moser-Baer 345, 350, 342.50, 164.25 Kerala Chem. 31.15, 32.95, 31.50 Samkrg Pist. 68, 72.95, 64.60, 65.55 Bank of Baro 226, 234, 225, 227.45 600.95, 609, 581, 586.85 346.20 Adlabs Films 125.20, 130, 120.30, 165.10, 166, 165, 165 HFCL Infotel 20.50, 21.75, 18, 18.25 Nagar.Const. 194.90, 199, 172.30, Trigyn Tech. 24.40, 21.50, 22.30 Blue Star In 230.90, 233.90, 215.75, 170.50, 173, 164, 164.95 Hi-Tech Gear 212, 205.25, 207.85 KG Denim 35, 35.40, 33.05, 33.15 Samtel Color 74, 75, 64.70 225, 234.40, 225, 227.85 Guj.Mineral 285.30, 287, 259.60, 346, 354.90, 343, 345.35 121.45 Elecon Engg. 45, 41.70, 41.90 Khandwala Se 11.39, 12.20, 11.40 172.65 24.30, 24.30, 21.40, 22.05 125, 130.55, 120.10, 121.35 217.65 212, 212, 209.05, 210.35 193.40, 202, 171.75, 173.80 74.30, 74.30, 65, 65.15 TTK Healthca 33, 34.85, 32, 32.65 Bank of Ind. 72.90, 75.10, 71, 71.95 262.50 Mphasis BFL 804.90, 810, 749, Elect.Kelvin 15, 13.85, 13.95 11.50, 11.50, 11.20, 11.20 Sandesh Ltd. 150, 153, 142.70 72.90, 75.15, 71.15, 72.30 282, 287.25, 259, 262.80 763.50 Ador Welding 46.90, 47.50, 44.30, 230, 235, 209.30, 216.10 Hikal 338.40, 350, 332, 347.40 Nagar.Fertil 10.79, 11.23, 10.01, TTK Prestige 18.50, 17.05, 17.70 BOC 59.25, 52, 53.70 Electro.Cast 366.50, 399.35, 360, 330.10, 350, 330.10, 343.75 Khoday (I) 23.55, 24.25, 21.20 154.25, 155, 142.30, 144.95 BASF 177, 178, 170.10, 171.40 HCL Infosys. 399, 381.20, 384.30 800, 804, 745.30, 775.45 44.35 373.70 Kinetic Eng. 126, 120, 120.65 10.06 18.35, 18.35, 17.50, 17.75 46.85, 48.60, 45.30, 46.05 58.60, 58.60, 51, 52.95 Himat. Seide 332.50, 339, 327, 10.80, 10.85, 10, 10.10 Sangam (I) 34.50, 32, 32.45 Tube Invest. 210, 217, 215.70 179.45, 179.45, 170.10, 172 399, 399, 381.50, 383.25 MRF 2388.70, 2393, 2280, 2301 363, 401, 360, 374.90 Kinetic Moto 41, 42, 39.50 34.40, 34.40, 31.65, 32 Bh.Earth Mov 245.80, 245.95, HCL Techno. 325.60, 327, 300.15, 2365, 2395, 2301.10, 2310.45 Advik Lab. 28.75 Bombay Burma 106, 109.70, 104.55 331.55 Nahar Export 40.20, 40.70, 38, 38.25 215, 219.95, 212, 213 110, 110, 104.50, 104.75 Elgi Equip 65.50, 66, 62.50, 62.90 330, 340, 328.20, 332.45 Kirloskar Br 360, 366.40, 351, Sanwaria Agr 43.35, 44.90, 42, 43.45 230.55, 233.45 302.05 MTNL 153.95, 154.90, 147, 148.35 Aegis Logis. 28, 33, 27.05, 29.95 64.50, 66, 62.50, 63.20 353.30 40.75, 40.75, 38, 38.50 Tudor India 20, 20.40, 18.75, 18.80 29.80, 33.10, 27.20, 32.30 BPL 54.95, 56.40, 51.05, 51.55 Hind Lever C 370, 375, 367.55, Nahar Indl.E 42.95, 40, 41.20 Saregama (I) 101, 102.90, 93.10, Tuticorin.Al 11.30, 10, 10.14 244.10, 245.65, 231, 234.90 325, 326.90, 300.15, 303.35 155, 155, 147, 148.90 Elgitread (I 277, 260 Kirloskar Oi 334.05, 342, 331, 335.75 95.30 Bharat Elect 635.50, 642, 595, HDFC 657, 674.95, 646.05, 649.85 National Alu 198.10, 200.60, 190, AFT Inds. 102.10, 103.85, 98.50 55, 56.40, 50.80, 51.65 369.75 Nahar Spg. 162.25, 164.90, 152.65, TV 18 197.50, 197.70, 192, 194.10 BPL Engg. 7.45, 7.80, 6.81, 6.87 289.95, 290, 265.30, 268.40 368.05, 377.50, 368.05, 370.50 334, 342, 334, 340 101, 102.65, 92, 95.25 600.55 660.50, 674.95, 651, 654.30 192.90 Aftek Infosy 482.10, 495, 448.50, Elpro Inter 34.10, 35.30, 34, 34.50 Kit-Ply Ind. 7.75, 7.92, 7.11, 7.35 153.80 202.60, 202.60, 194.10, 195.65 455.40 7.10, 7.70, 6.85, 7 Hind.Motors 19, 19.70, 18.10, 18.35 165, 165, 152.95, 154.65 SAT Invest. 9.99, 10.50, 9.90, 10 TVS Autolec 150, 157, 146.15, 621, 640, 591.25, 608.65 HDFC Bank 368.80, 373.70, 358.15, 199, 200.90, 191.60, 193.10 Emco 91.50, 93, 87.25, 90.85 7.70, 7.80, 7.10, 7.20 Satnam Over. 99.50, 105.90, 99, Bharat Forge 760, 780, 740, 748.75 360.95 National Fer 65, 70, 55.65, 56.60 480, 490.90, 445.10, 455.75 BSEL Infra. 34.65, 33.10, 34 18.95, 19.80, 18.20, 18.40 Narmada C.Pe 28.40, 29, 26.15, 148.05 32.50, 34.50, 32.50, 34.20 Encore Soft 13.68, 14.39, 13, 13.29 Hind.Oil Exp 56.75, 57, 52.55, 53.10 KLG Systel 57.50, 58, 50.25, 50.85 104.05 752.15, 782.95, 740, 747.60 360.25, 372.40, 359, 361.50 Nestle (I) 715, 716, 691, 709.30 Agro Dutch I 43.10, 43.65, 41, 41.15 Eonour Tech. 5.50, 5.88, 5.35, 5.39 55.50, 56, 50.20, 51.75 26.60 TVS Electron 112.10, 113.50, 104.30, 42.50, 43.75, 40, 41 BSL 36.95, 37.50, 36.95 56.40, 56.90, 52.25, 53.30 27.05, 28.50, 26.30, 26.55 101.10, 105.25, 100, 103.85 104.90 Bharti TeleV 108.80, 115, 113 Hero Honda 468.15, 469.35, 425.05, Neyveli Lign 77.50, 81.40, 75, 76.55 Epic Enzymes 24, 24.50, 21.75, Kopran 83.90, 84, 75.25, 76.30 Satvah.Ispat 36.50, 34.25 109.40, 115, 108.90, 113.05 444.50 79, 81.85, 76.05, 77.25 Ahmed.Elect. 104.90, 109.85, 103, 37, 37.45, 36.90, 37 Hind.Org.Chm 30.70, 31.15, 26.30, Nat.Steel &A 22, 20, 20.15 112, 112.50, 103.30, 105.05 Burrough Wel 900, 846.30, 865.10 21.80 26.70 83.50, 83.50, 75.90, 76.65 Saurash.Cem. 18.05, 19.50, 18.70 BHEL 535.10, 555, 533, 535.05 453.90, 470, 441.10, 445.80 Nicholas Pir 800, 820, 815.10 105.70 Esab (I) 72, 72.30, 68, 68.25 Kothari Prod 211.65, 212.60, 205, 21.95, 22.25, 20.05, 20.35 TVS Srichakr 73, 69, 69.15 101, 109.90, 101, 105.30 31, 31.65, 26.25, 26.90 Natco Pharma 134, 134.25, 124.55, Savita Chem. 143, 129.25, 132.20 537, 555, 532.20, 538.60 Hexaware Tec 408.40, 414.50, 825, 825, 809, 817.95 71.90, 72.10, 67.55, 68.15 205.05 141, 141, 132, 132.85 Bombay Dyein 166, 171.60, 158.15, 386.10, 390.70 NIIT 280, 282.90, 255.15, 257.95 Ahmednagar F 99.55, 95.70, 96.90 C Hind.Power 55.20, 58.40, 54.50, 125.25 U ESI 95, 97, 89, 90.25 54.75 210.90, 212.95, 204.55, 205.35 SBI Home Fin 23.05, 24.80, 23, 23.20 160.35 410, 413, 386.10, 393.50 280.90, 282.40, 255.60, 259.20 99, 99.80, 96.60, 97.85 Camlin 97.75, 99.35, 93, 95.95 90.50, 97, 87.60, 90.80 KPIT Cum.Inf 325, 329, 303, 309.60 134.75, 134.75, 125, 126.05 Ajanta Pharm 70.35, 67, 67.25 Hind.Sanitar 225, 232.40, 223, 228 Nath Seeds 15.23, 15.75, 13.70, 24.65, 24.70, 23.10, 23.30 UB Holdings 61, 61.10, 53.20 164.10, 172, 158.10, 161.45 Hind.Inks&Re 745.10, 765, 712.50, Nirma 468, 474, 430.05, 437.10 Camph.& All 52, 49, 49.25 Essar Oil 18.05, 18.40, 17.05, 17.40 325.10, 329.90, 299.50, 309.45 Schenec.Herd 65.25, 68.20, 62.50, Ucal Fuel 345, 354, 337.55, 342.30 Bongaigaon R 94.35, 94.50, 86.50, 722.95 465, 469.90, 435, 442.95 69.95, 70, 67, 67.40 216.10, 235, 213.75, 228.05 13.98 Canfin Homes 49, 46.70, 47.20 Essar Ship. 29.45, 30.80, 27.80, Hind.Spg &Wg 22.25, 23 KRBL 62, 64.55, 58.45 63.20 354, 355, 340, 344.25 87.40 746.10, 760, 701.10, 732.15 Novartis (I) 430, 433, 414, 417.25 Aksh Optifib 24.50, 25.25, 24.10, 50, 50, 47.20, 47.45 28.05 61.25, 64.50, 58.35, 58.50 15.25, 15.50, 13.80, 14.15 24.40 23.25, 23.25, 22.30, 22.60 National Per 2356.95, 2451, 2356.95 73.50, 73.50, 61.10, 62.35 Uco Bank 24.70, 24.95, 22.85, 23 93.90, 94.20, 86.55, 87.75 Hind.Zinc 136.40, 136.70, 130.65, ONGC 950, 967, 867, 883.65 Caprihans(I) 27.70, 30, 27.10, 27.45 Essar Steel 25.50, 25.70, 23.75, 24 Krebs Bioche 262, 263, 244.20, Selan Explor 14.75, 17.70, 17.06 25, 25, 22.80, 23.15 BPCL 505, 526.50, 486, 512 131.20 950, 968.70, 863.65, 889.45 24.55, 25.30, 24.25, 24.50 Hitachi Home 29.10, 31.45, 28.95, Nava Bh.Ferr 223.90, 207.30 Carborundum 252.10, 260, 245.50, 25.25, 25.70, 23.75, 24.25 29.35 245.55 Sesa Goa 609.90, 610, 570.05, Ugar Sugar 56.25, 55, 56.45 475, 526.70, 475, 512.45 Hindalco 1452, 1469.90, 1436, Oriental Bnk 249, 266, 246, 255.35 Albert David 89.60, 81.50, 82.70 247.55 ETC Networks 62.50, 63.90, 59, Krone Comm 126, 127, 117, 117.85 219, 219, 207.25, 207.25 Albright & W 207, 222.75, 221.75 31.70, 31.90, 29, 29.25 Navneet Pub. 224.90, 225, 215.10, 581.55 Ultramarine 111.25, 132, 124 Britannia 700, 701.40, 682, 694.10 1445.05 249.90, 266.50, 245, 256 260, 260, 248, 249.95 59.65 KSB Pumps 126, 127.20, 117, 607.70, 609.80, 575.05, 580.90 Unichem Lab 391, 392, 380, 380.15 701, 703.95, 680, 689.50 1599, 1599, 1440, 1445.40 P&G Hygiene 468, 471, 460, 460.70 Alembic 362.05, 375, 367.80 Honda SIEL P 163, 163.70, 151.30, 216.15 Carol Info 39.50, 40.50, 38.25, 38.50 62.30, 64, 58.60, 60 151.75 119.35 Sesha.Paper 120, 120.95, 113.50, 391.15, 392.30, 375, 379.35 BSES 515, 527, 506, 512 Hinduja TMT 388.30, 393.60, 356.25, Pfizer 561, 563, 548, 552.35 383, 383, 370, 370.35 40.40, 40.40, 38, 38.55 Eurotex Inds 32, 32.25, 30, 30.85 126.25, 127, 116.20, 117.65 220.40, 225, 216.25, 218 Alkyl Amines 36, 32.05, 32.15 160, 163.40, 153.10, 155.75 NCL Inds. 9.10, 9.50, 8.50 114.65 Uniflex Cabl 18.85, 19, 17.05, 17.90 505, 527.50, 505, 515.30 359.45 561, 564.75, 548, 552.20 CCL Products 42.50, 38.35, 38.40 33, 33, 29.90, 30.65 121, 121.70, 112.65, 113.20 Unitech 127.25, 130.90, 124, 126 Cadila Healt 394.65, 397, 381, 390, 393, 355.60, 360.30 Pidilite Ind 374.10, 355, 355.95 Allahabad Bk 26.05, 27.50, 26.60 Hotel Leela. 61, 63.80, 59, 61.95 L Nelco 64.80, 64.90, 58.60, 59.35 Ceat 71, 71.30, 66.50, 67.50 Eveready Ind 47.80, 54.65, 50.45 61, 63.75, 59.40, 61.50 Sh.Cements 151, 140, 140.05 129.90, 132, 126, 128.55 386.30 HLL 215, 218, 212, 213.20 365, 369.90, 355, 356.40 27.30, 27.60, 26.10, 26.80 71, 72, 67, 67.65 54, 54, 50.20, 50.85 64.50, 65, 59, 59.95 Alok Inds. 61.90, 59.90, 60 Lakhani (I) 77, 75 Neuland Lab. 203, 204.70, 198, 199 151, 154.50, 140, 140.90 United Brew. 136.50, 131.25, 132.20 392, 393.80, 381, 386.15 214.30, 218, 212, 213.65 Polaris Soft 257.80, 264, 241.10, Centur. Bank 18.50, 17.50, 17.55 Everest Inds 114.70, 115.80, 107.70, I Sh.Digv.Cem. 32, 32.50, 27.50, 28.05 United We.Bk 34.25, 34.85, 33.70, Canara Bank 142, 144.25, 139.25, HMT 31.40, 31.45, 26.10, 26.65 243.25 62.50, 62.50, 59, 60 18.60, 18.60, 17.50, 17.55 108.60 Lakshmi Au.C 139.10, 142.85, 136, NHN Corpn. 9.95 Alps Inds. 49.50, 45, 45.10 136.55 Nilkamal Pls 63, 64.90, 60.25, 60.40 Sh.Rama Mult 12.38, 11.62, 11.74 33.80 140.45 31.35, 31.35, 26.40, 27.10 254, 264, 241.05, 245.90 Cerebra Inte 6.95, 7.44, 6.60 114.10, 116.25, 108, 109.15 IFCI 17.10, 18.90, 16.85, 17.70 12.50, 12.60, 11.50, 11.75 34.75, 34.95, 33.50, 33.80 141, 144, 139, 140.60 HPCL 454, 464, 447.55, 452.90 Pun.Nat.Bank 234.80, 245.90, 48, 48.75, 45.50, 46.05 CESC 133.75, 132.80, 145.20 Excel Inds. 135.40, 125.25, 125.60 17.35, 18.80, 16.85, 17.65 140, 141.90, 136.10, 137.50 64.20, 67.40, 60, 60.75 Alstom 64.50, 65.50, 58.05, 58.60 Lakshmi Elec 79, 79.50, 78, 79.30 Noble Explo. 8.20, 8.40, 8 Shah Alloys 85, 93.70, 86.75 Univer.Cable 30.50, 32.40, 29.90, 30 Castrol (I) 238, 239.75, 231, 232 451.20, 463.90, 447, 452.95 230.05, 241.05 133.40, 145.05, 132.50, 145.05 Igarashi Mot 101.50, 103, 98.05, Shalimar Pai 63, 66, 60.50, 62.75 31.90, 32, 29, 29.40 Century Enka 169.10, 174.40, Hughes Soft. 573.30, 587, 556, 233, 245, 227, 238.85 Amara Raja B 97.75, 90.05, 91 Chemfab Alk. 61.50, 63.90, 59.25, F 98.85 Lakshmi Mach 4750, 4777, 4693, NOCIL 19.95, 23.25, 19.75, 22.25 97, 97.45, 90.15, 91.60 4725 20, 23.35, 19.75, 22.15 Shamken Mult 7.50, 7.70, 7.10 Upper Ganges 31, 28, 28.60 168.50, 172.30 563.65 Ramco Systm 391.25, 398.95, 358, 59.75 101.25, 103.50, 98.10, 98.70 7.40, 7.75, 7.15, 7.25 30.10, 30.10, 27.40, 28.25 170.90, 174, 168, 171.10 575, 586, 556, 565.75 362.80 Ambuja Cem.R 8, 8.13, 7.60, 7.63 Chemplast Sa 37.50, 43.50, 39.15 FAG Bearings 136, 128, 129.10 IL&FS Invt.M 70.05, 73, 64.50, 66.90 4720, 4825, 4700, 4812.05 Noida Toll 7.88, 7.40 8, 8.35, 7.60, 7.70 131.50, 132.25, 127, 129.60 Lanco Inds. 12.81, 13.39, 12.50 7.30, 7.75, 7.30, 7.75 Shamken Spin 5.37, 5.47, 5.11, 5.16 Usha Martin 57.50, 53.40, 53.45 Century Text 143.50, 135, 136.40 I-flex Solu 865, 874, 840.30, 844.90 395, 395, 356.50, 366.10 34.25, 43.45, 34.25, 39.10 69.50, 70.75, 65, 66.90 Shanti Gear 218, 222.75, 216, 217.05 57, 58, 53, 53.80 142.85, 143, 135.10, 137.05 869.50, 874.95, 842, 852.75 Ranbaxy Lab. 1103, 1115, 1073.15, Amex Info. 26.80, 27.40, 24, 24.20 Chettinad Ce 95.60, 98.50, 89, 90.20 Fairfield At 19, 18.35 Ind.Swift 168, 158, 159.15 Landmarc Lei 12.05, 11, 11.59 Nova Petro. 68.05, 69, 66, 66.25 Amforge Inds 164, 151.10, 152.35 FCGL Inds. 2.71, 3, 2.90 LG Balkrish 25.25, 26.50, 25.60 68.50, 69, 65.45, 65.85 218, 221, 216.50, 220.70 Usha Mat.Inf 4.46, 4.62, 4.40 Chambal Fert 24.70, 25, 23.50, 23.70 IBP 899, 900, 862, 869.70 1078.30 Cheviot Co. 220, 222.95, 209.25 Ind.Swift La 49.70, 49.85, 46.50, Shasun Chem. 414.95, 390, 391.55 4.55, 4.75, 4.45, 4.50 24.95, 25, 23.50, 23.75 890, 892, 865, 870.10 1110, 1114, 1075, 1082.35 Amrutanjan 133, 133.50, 123, 124.75 Chola.Inv&Fi 98, 98.70, 86.10, 88 FCI OEN Con. 210, 214.75, 210.05 47.50 26.55, 26.55, 25, 25.15 Novopan Inds 40, 40.50, 38.50, 40 Amtek 143.90, 147, 137, 139.25 211.10, 217.85, 209.20, 209.30 Liberty Shoe 127, 139, 133 40, 40, 40, 40 410.55, 412, 390, 393 Uttam Galva. 18, 18.95, 17.55, 17.65 Chennai Pet. 94.25, 94.70, 90, 90.70 ICI (I) 196, 197, 190, 190.35 Raymond 231.10, 232.05, 227, 97.10, 98.75, 85.85, 88.65 49, 50.20, 47.10, 47.80 Shirpur Gold 33.10, 34.25, 32.15, 18.85, 18.85, 17.70, 17.75 93.30, 94.45, 90, 90.80 197.10, 197.95, 191, 191.80 228.25 Amtek Auto 437.95, 438.95, 413, Chowgule Stm 18.80, 19.85, 18.15, FCL Techno. 31.40, 34.60, 32 India Foils 15.95, 16.20, 14.16, 14.57 143, 143.95, 133, 134.90 NRB Bearings 175.50, 177, 170 415.95 31.25, 33.40, 31.25, 31.55 Lloyds Steel 7.30, 7.48, 6.72, 6.76 178.60, 178.60, 173, 175.25 32.55 Cipla 1360, 1364.95, 1316.50, ICICI Bank 312.25, 317, 309.50, 232.10, 233.95, 226, 227.70 18.40 15.80, 17, 14.40, 14.60 33.25, 33.25, 31.55, 31.65 V 1325.05 312.10 RCF 60, 65.60, 56.85, 57.70 439.50, 440, 411.05, 416.70 Ciba Sp.Chem 163, 152, 152.85 FDC 87.50, 90, 85.60, 85.95 India Gelat. 20.45, 18.60, 18.65 7, 7.15, 6.70, 6.75 NRC 35.90, 35.95, 34, 34.60 Andrew Yule 31.90, 34.25, 30.10, 89.45, 90, 86.10, 86.60 LML 63, 59.05, 59.60 35.50, 36, 34, 34.60 Shiv Vani Un 43.95, 44, 39, 39.45 1350, 1369, 1310, 1331.80 314, 317.25, 309.10, 312.40 59.90, 65.75, 56.55, 57.95 Cinevistaas 48, 48.40, 45, 45.40 India Glycol 123.50, 113.10, 113.95 Shrenuj & Co 50.55, 51.95, 49.10, Vaibhav Gems 60.50, 62.50, 59, CMC 641, 646.90, 630, 639.90 IDBI 60.90, 62.40, 57, 57.70 Rel Capital 145, 145.45, 136.15, 137 32.15 47.90, 48, 45, 45.70 Finan.Techno 59.40, 61, 54, 54.75 India Gypsum 95, 97.40, 90, 90.10 63, 63.70, 59.20, 59.85 Nucleus Soft 145, 147.90, 136.20, 59.05 Ankur Drugs 35.60, 32, 32.20 First Leasin 27.50, 28.40, 26.80, Logix Micro. 40, 43, 41.40 138.80 49.15 635, 643.70, 628.25, 640.05 59, 62.40, 56.75, 57.45 145, 145.50, 136.10, 137.60 City Union B 82.05, 83, 79, 79.90 93.25, 97.50, 90.20, 90.35 46, 51.80, 46, 47.70 Vanavil Dyes 50, 51.80, 49.85, 51.65 Colgate 167, 170.40, 163, 163.70 IDBI Bank 53.95, 54.45, 52.10, 53.55 Reliance Ind 584, 588.95, 563.20, Ansal Prop. 36.15, 37.80, 33.40, 82.75, 82.75, 78.15, 79.30 27.10 India Nippon 470, 451, 459.55 Loy.Tex Mill 93.05, 95.25, 94.35 145, 149, 140.15, 142.05 Vardhman Pol 70.35, 70.55, 68.15, 33.95 28.75, 28.75, 27.20, 27.25 Lumax Ind 81.10, 82.50, 78, 78.05 Shriram Inv 38.50, 39.20, 35.75, 166.95, 170, 162.50, 163.90 53.90, 54.20, 52.60, 53.20 568.25 Clariant (I) 220, 229, 216.05, 217.75 470, 470, 453.25, 459.05 36.05 68.25 Container Co 655, 664, 639, 641.55 India Cement 48, 48.50, 45, 45.20 581, 588.50, 564.05, 572.40 AP Paper 123, 115.10, 115.35 220.15, 225.95, 219.10, 219.85 Flat Product 150, 136.15, 138.75 India Polyfi 7, 7.75, 6.90, 6.96 82, 83, 77.55, 78.40 O 72.95, 73, 67, 68.05 Apcotex Lat. 51.35, 51.85, 50.05, Flex Enginer 25.75, 26.35, 24.25, Lyka Labs 68, 69.30, 65.50, 66 Shriram Tran 39.60, 41, 35.50, 36.60 664.90, 665, 641, 645 48.20, 48.60, 45, 45.35 Rolta (I) 118.95, 123, 113.10, 114.05 Classic Diam 95.60, 99, 92, 93.10 Indian Card 117, 106.50, 106.80 OCL (I) 253, 255, 240, 242.30 39, 40.45, 36.10, 36.80 Vardhman Spg 157.50, 163, 155, Corpn. Bank 253.70, 263.90, 250, Indian Hotel 454.90, 433, 437.05 118.95, 122.80, 113.25, 114.80 50.70 Clutch.Auto 20.10, 21.70, 20, 20.05 24.30 107, 111.90, 105.50, 106.05 69.70, 70.15, 65.50, 66.20 155.20 51.65, 53.50, 49.50, 49.90 26, 26.90, 24.05, 24.50 Odyssey Tech 38.55, 39.80, 33.20, Siemens VDO 90.90, 94, 91 261.35 450, 456, 411, 435.30 SAIL 52.25, 52.40, 49.75, 50.20 Coates (I) 141, 143.50, 139.05, Indian Hume 3007.60, 2950, 2951.45 M 34.30 Simbh.Sugar 14.50, 13.25, 13.30 162.60, 164, 155, 157 258.70, 265, 255.10, 261.65 Indian Oil C 514, 535.50, 501, 510.65 52.10, 52.25, 49.80, 50.45 Aplab 39.25, 37.80, 38.60 139.30 Flex Foods 13.55, 13.75, 12.75 3072.55, 3072.55, 2965, 2974.25 Varun Ship. 29.80, 27.50, 27.60 Aptech 90.05, 92.90, 81, 82.50 Flex Inds. 49, 51.15, 48, 48.25 Oil Country 17.50, 18.50, 16.80, 17 Simplex Conc 89, 90.50, 88.10, 90 Crompton Gr. 163, 175, 162, 163.85 465, 535.50, 465, 510.65 Satyam Comp 380, 384.50, 354.55, 141.10, 146.80, 139, 141.10 Indian Resor 124, 125, 118.20, Macmillan (I 256, 265.75, 258.10 18.05, 18.25, 16.90, 17.15 Sintex Inds. 137.95, 140, 131, 132.10 29.70, 29.70, 27, 27.65 165, 175, 162.50, 165 Indian Ov.Bk 37.75, 39.40, 37, 38.70 357.75 90.70, 93, 81.65, 83.20 Cochin Minrl 18.50, 19, 18.20 49.90, 50.80, 48.05, 48.40 119.10 Vashisti Det 17.10, 18.45, 17, 17.20 Archies 86.10, 93, 85.20, 85.70 Forbes Gokak 145, 146, 138.15, 139 265, 265, 256.65, 257.10 Omax Autos. 110.75, 102.05, 103.55 136.85, 140, 130, 132.80 Cummins (I) 123.40, 118.15, 119.10 38.25, 39.45, 37, 38.75 380.50, 386, 355.15, 360.75 Color Chips 14, 14.85, 13.70, 13.76 Indian SeamM 21.40, 21.70, 20.05, Madhav Marb. 32.70, 33.70, 31.55, 110.75, 110.80, 103, 104.50 Sirpur Paper 95.15, 100, 95, 99 18, 18.35, 17, 17.20 124.90, 124.90, 118, 118.50 Indian Rayon 262.45, 266.70, Saw Pipes 287, 294.40, 280.65, 88, 90.90, 84.60, 86.10 14, 14.80, 13.70, 13.85 Fortune Info 33.95, 30, 30.20 20.35 Venky’s (I) 81, 83, 82.25 Arvind Rem. 3.99, 4.01, 3.63 Foseco (I) 280, 270, 274.90 31.65 Ondeo Nalco 318, 320, 318.80 95.45, 101, 95.10, 97.05 D-Link (I) 195, 197.70, 189.50, 262.05, 264.95 289.95 Colour Chem 260, 273.50, 268.55 Indo Gulf Fe 121, 114, 114.40 Madhucon Prj 135.95, 136, 130.80 Onward Techn 33.25, 34.60, 30, Siyaram Silk 136, 140, 131.50, 82, 84.40, 82, 83 190.40 267.40, 267.40, 262, 264.90 283, 294.45, 281.60, 289.55 3.80, 4.05, 3.70, 3.70 266.90, 270.95, 260.75, 267.35 299, 299, 268, 269.95 120, 122, 114, 115.55 Veronica Lab 14.50, 14.90, 13.92, Ashapura Min 163.10, 163.25, 155, Frontier Inf 5.70, 6.40, 5.90 Madras Alum 199, 201, 192, 193.55 30.65 135.95 194.55, 197.85, 188.60, 190.35 Indo Rama Sy 93.80, 93.85, 91.15, SBI 599.90, 619.25, 590.30, 597.05 Compucom Sof 53, 48, 49.10 Indo Mat.Car 128, 129.90, 126.10, Madras Cem. 851, 878, 800, 818.85 34, 34.60, 30.20, 31.55 Skanska Ceme 339, 327.05, 334 13.99 Dabur (I) 95.60, 95.65, 92.25, 93.05 91.65 602, 619.35, 592.10, 601.15 156 Compudyne Wi 18.50, 17.10, 17.15 Fulford (I) 450, 481, 435, 451.50 128.85 Vesuvius (I) 149.65, 138.30, 139.05 161, 162.45, 155, 155.35 Futura Poly. 28.45, 26.80 841, 880, 801.25, 826.80 Opto Circuit 75.20, 81, 74, 74.85 332.05, 335, 331.20, 331.20 94.95, 95.55, 92.75, 93.65 93, 93.50, 91.10, 91.50 Shipp.Corpn. 192.70, 193.20, 18, 18.50, 17.05, 17.25 Indo Nationl 483.70, 484, 471 Madras Fert. 25, 26.05, 24.10, 24.50 75.20, 80.50, 74, 75.25 Snowcem (I) 19, 19.20, 18.40, 18.45 148, 149.50, 135, 139.10 Dena Bank 32, 32.20, 30.55, 30.70 IndusInd Bnk 43, 43.85, 42.50, 42.75 178.25, 180.15 Ashima 23.50, 25, 23, 23.40 Computech In 13.90, 14.14, 12.90, 482.15, 490, 475, 475.10 Viceroy Hot. 22.90, 21, 21.35 24.60, 25, 24.10, 24.15 G 24.90, 25.75, 24, 24.80 Orbit Multi 0.11, 0.10 19.40, 19.40, 18.10, 18.30 32, 32, 30.60, 30.80 42.80, 44, 42.50, 42.80 191, 193.20, 178.30, 180.65 13.04 Indrapr.Gas 138.45, 139.20, 122.65, Mah.Scooter 185, 190, 187.10 Orchid Chem 274, 274.75, 259.20, Soffia Soft. 49.50, 50.90, 46, 46.65 Videocon Apl 21.60, 21.75, 20, 20.15 Digital Glob 748, 750.45, 740, 741.60 Infosys Tech 5945.70, 5950, Siemens 990.05, 1034, 1015.70 Ashok Ley.Fn 91, 95, 89.20, 93.30 13, 13.95, 12.80, 13 123.60 21.10, 21.50, 20.25, 20.40 91.50, 94.50, 90.10, 93.50 Gabriel (I) 209, 212.50, 198, 200.15 188, 190, 185.10, 186.95 261.40 51, 51.90, 45.50, 47.05 751.25, 751.25, 740.05, 742.40 5625.05, 5654.65 1048, 1049, 1000, 1013.50 Cont.Const. 27.50, 29, 26.80, 26.95 Galaxy Enter 31.90, 32, 29.35, 30.25 138.70, 138.70, 122.15, 123.90 Mah.Seamless 244.50, 233, 234.05 272.95, 274.90, 261, 262.45 Softsol (I) 17.15, 17.50, 16.25, 16.55 Videocon Fin 33, 31.80 Dr.Reddy’s 1420, 1468, 1366.40, 5950, 6010, 5632.35, 5685 Silverline T 11, 11.10, 9.80, 9.93 Asian Elect. 81, 82.10, 78, 78.50 Control Prnt 29.20, 29.50, 28.65, Indraprast.M 20.10, 20.75, 19.70, 34, 34, 31.10, 31.60 82, 82.50, 78.30, 78.75 Gammon (I) 470, 481.05, 460.30, 225, 239, 215.45, 233.15 Orient Info. 62.75, 67.80, 61.50, Software Tec 14.10, 15.61, 14.18 1442 Infotech En. 227, 235.40, 213.20, SKF Bearing 111.50, 114, 106.90, 29.25 469.10 19.85 Mahavir Spg. 176, 177.45, 168, 62.40 15.75, 15.80, 13, 13.40 Vidhi Dyestu 22.15, 23.75, 22.35 1451.10, 1459.90, 1431.25, 216.45 108.40 Asian Hotels 186, 186.60, 177.60, Core Health. 7.75, 7.90, 7.10, 7.15 20.25, 20.45, 19.70, 19.80 Vinati Org. 28, 28.25, 24.70, 24.80 177.65 475, 481.05, 461, 465.50 168.35 64.50, 67.90, 61.55, 62.45 Solectron Ce 108, 109.80, 105, 1442.05 224, 235.45, 213.55, 216.60 111.50, 114.30, 108.25, 108.70 8.90, 8.90, 7, 7.20 Gandhi Sp.Tu 38.95, 38.40, 40 Indus.Inv.Tr 33, 33.70, 31.45, 32.50 178.60, 179.50, 166.10, 169.10 Orient Paper 42, 42.50, 40.30 105.40 Vindhya Tele 35, 35.95, 34.35, 34.55 Dredging Cor 565, 570, 540, 540.15 ING Vysya Bk 589.90, 590, 580 SPICE 60, 61, 59.10 182, 189.50, 176.60, 177.80 Corom. Fert. 172, 174, 169.05, Innovis.E-Co 0.53, 0.49, 0.53 34.60, 35.75, 34, 34.25 Assam Co. 38.90, 39.75, 37.10, Garden Silk 70.60, 71.95, 62.70, Mahind.Gesco 30.50, 34.30, 31.45 42, 42.95, 39.50, 40.35 110, 110, 105, 105.55 E-Serve Intl 770, 779.95, 757.10, 560.05, 593.95, 560.05, 580.80 STC India 167.50, 146.30, 148.40 169.65 64.55 Insilco 21.70, 21.75, 20.20, 20.40 33.35, 34.50, 31.60, 32.10 Oriental Con 62, 58.05, 58.25 Solvay Pharm 250, 255, 236.50, Vintage Card 12.15, 12.68, 11, 11.12 760.05 Ingersoll R 298.50, 305, 290, 291.20 162.90, 163, 141.50, 145.85 37.70 169, 174.20, 168, 169.70 Inter.Travel 76.90, 78.65, 70.50, 10, 12.45, 10, 11.20 Astrazen.Ph. 1211, 1140, 1159.20 71.60, 71.60, 64.25, 65.90 Mahindra Ugi 38, 40.05, 37.25, 37.75 Oriental Hot 143, 142, 145 240.80 770, 779.95, 760, 761.30 301.10, 303.80, 285.05, 289.60 Sterl.Biotec 104.10, 110.50, 107.25 Cosmo Ferr. 14.70, 12.70, 12.93 72.05 135.50, 146.70, 135, 145.30 Sona Koyo St 244.60, 246.90, VIP Indus. 43.20, 40.65, 41 Oswal Chem. 8.14, 7.70, 7.72 228.25, 229.85 44.40, 44.40, 41, 41.20 8.35, 8.35, 7.70, 7.75 Sonata Soft. 19, 19.15, 17.80, 18 Visaka Ind. 77.90, 80, 64, 76.65 78.50, 80, 76.15, 76.70 Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs 19, 19.15, 17.85, 18.05 P SPIC 12.65, 12.80, 12.06, 12.28 Visesh Info 8, 7.05, 7.18 MUTUAL FUNDS (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) 12.50, 12.65, 12, 12.30 7.55, 7.90, 7.40, 7.45 Padmalaya Te 115.50, 107.50, SPL 42.25 Vision Organ 2.34, 2, 2.05 Float.Rate Short Term(D) 10.29 Triple Ace-Instl. Cum 22.85 Liquid (G) 11.24 T MMA 1.00 Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.85 Index Nifty 11.86 108.10 2.30, 2.30, 2, 2 Open-ended Schemes Float.Rate Short Term(G) 10.29 Triple Ace-Reg.-Cum 22.71 Short Term 11.05 T Monthly Income (G) 15.74 Short Term-Prem.(G) 11.45 Liquid Account Call 10.97 42.60, 42.60, 40.25, 40.55 113.75, 114.95, 107.80, 108.90 SQL Star Int 11.50, 10.50, 10.80 VJIL Consult 16, 18.37, 18.01 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(A)(D) 10.54 Triple Ace-Reg.-Q(D) 10.87 Short Term (D) 10.36 T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 11.76 Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.84 Liquid Inst. (D) 10.00 Panacea Biot 46.10, 53.20, 51.05 Voltas 151.50, 152.05, 145, 146.55 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(B)(G) 15.42 Triple Ace-Reg.Bonus 12.62 Tax Gain 74.89 T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.34 Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 11.46 Liquid Inst. (G) 11.66 SREI Int.Fin 15.95, 17.30, 15.80, Name NAVs Gilt Plus-Liquid-(C-AD) 10.27 Triple Ace-Semi-Y(D) 14.16 Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.24 Sovereign Gilt-IP(D)(Z) 10.89 Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 55, 55, 51, 51.50 16.29 152, 153.90, 146, 146.55 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(A)(D) 11.64 Deutsche Mutual Fund Balanced Fund (D) 14.93 T Pension Plan (D) 15.04 Sovereign Gilt-IP(G)(Z) 15.29 Lq. A/c (G) 11.66 Pantaloon Re 276, 283.85, 272, 15.75, 17.45, 15.75, 16.50 VST Indus. 193.75, 193.85, 193.25, (Rs) Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(B)(G) 19.15 Alpha Equity 18.05 Dynamic PE Ratio -FOF (G) 12.13 T Pension Plan (G) 28.47 Sovereign Gilt-PP(D)(Z) 11.13 ING Vysya Mutual Fund 275.50 SRF 59.90, 54.50, 54.95 193.50 Gilt Plus-PF-(C-AD) 19.16 Alpha Equity Fund-(G) 21.29 Dynamic PE Ratio-FOF (D) 12.13 T ST Income (G) 1154.75 Sovereign Gilt-PP(G)(Z) 17.25 Balanced Portfolio (D) 10.16 267, 284.35, 267, 275.20 59, 60, 55, 55.65 194.50, 199, 194.45, 198.75 Paper Prod. 200, 180.05, 181.90 VST Tillers 45, 41, 41.20 As on 05/01/2004 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(AD) 12.01 Dynamic Bond Inst.(AD) 10.04 FT Asset Allocat.Bal Gr. 14.78 T ST Income (M’ly) 1023.35 Sovereign Gilt-SP(D)(Z) 10.68 Balanced Portfolio (G) 10.16 SRF Polymers 40.10, 41, 38.65, 39 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(BG) 21.01 Dynamic Bond Inst.(G) 10.04 FT Asset Allocat.Cons Gr. 13.59 T ST Income (Q’ly) 1016.08 Sovereign Gilt-SP(G)(Z) 12.87 Gilt Portfolio 10.68 198.45, 198.50, 185, 189.85 SRG Infotech 1.70, 1.30, 1.32 VXL Instrum. 42.50, 40, 40.05 Alliance Capital Mutual Fund Paramount Co 9.17, 9.16, 10 95 (D) 45.66 Gilt Plus-Regular-(C-AD) 21.05 Dynamic Bond Inst.(MD) 10.04 FT Asset Allocat.Infl 12.24 T ST Income (W’ly B) 1051.25 Tax 2000 (D) 26.55 Growth Portfolio (D) 9.20 1.70, 1.70, 1.30, 1.30 W INDEX (Div) 13.26 Dynamic Bond Inst.(QD) 10.04 FT Asset Allocat.Pure Gr. 17.75 T ST Income (W’ly) 1090.20 Tax 2000 (G) 32.80 Growth Portfolio (G) 10.99 Parekh Plati 16.65, 16.80, 15.05, Sri Adhikari 93.70, 99.50, 92, 93.85 95 (G) 84.53 15.19 Basic Inds.(D) 25.55 INDEX (G) 20.34 Dynamic Bond Reg.(AD) 10.02 FT Asset Allocat.Steady G 16.43 T TMA (G) 1565.08 Tax Saver (D)(Z) 30.33 Income Port.-Inst.(G) 16.86 91.90, 99.50, 91.80, 94.30 Walchandngr 101.80, 103.40, 95.25 Income Plus Inst. A(D) 26.61 Dynamic Bond Reg.(G) 10.02 FT Balanced (G) 16.68 T TMA (W’ly) 1244.38 Tax Saver (G)(Z) 42.42 Income Portfolio (G) 16.73 16.35, 17.20, 15, 15.35 SSI 203, 205.25, 188, 190.10 Basic Inds.(G) 29.47 Parry Agro 210, 205, 210 104.95, 104.95, 95.20, 95.95 Buy India (D) 9.34 Income Plus Inst. B(G) 28.11 Dynamic Bond Reg.(MD) 10.02 FT Gilt Invst (G) 14.60 T TMA (Wkly B) 1403.71 Top 200 (D)(Z) 22.25 Income Portfolio (I) 10.37 202, 205.50, 188.10, 190.80 Warren Tea 77.95, 78.85, 74.60, Buy India (G) 9.35 Income Plus Plan A(D) 10.60 Dynamic Bond Reg.(QD) 10.02 FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.91 T TMA (Y’ly) 1189.71 Top 200 (G)(Z) 42.46 Income Portfolio A(I) 10.37 Parry’s Conf 190, 209 Star Paper 34.05, 34.60, 33.20, 33.25 Income Plus Plan B(G) 27.94 Vista (D) 6.94 Income Portfolio Q’ly(I) 10.20 210, 210, 200.50, 207.40 75.15 Capital Tax Relief’96 118.92 Floating Rate Fund (G) 10.10 FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.69 HSBC Mutual Fund 34, 34.40, 33.15, 33.35 Wartsila (I) 207, 211.85, 208.70 Cash Manager (D) 10.01 MIDCAP (Div) 12.61 Floating Rate Fund (MD) 10.10 FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.64 Vista (G) 9.36 Cash Fund 10.59 Income Portfolio-Bonus 10.20 Patel Engg. 292, 300, 296.55 State Bnk Bi 1889, 1816.50 MIDCAP (G) 23.39 Floating Rate Fund(WD) 10.10 FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.26 GIC Mutual Fund Cash Fund -(D) 10.19 Income Portfolio-Inst A(D 10.46 Patspin (I) 21.15, 21.35, 20.50, 20.55 214, 214, 205.10, 205.70 Cash Manager (G) 15.44 State Bnk My 2272, 2265.75, Wellwin Ind. 19.30, 19.45, 18.05, Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 MIP Plan A (D) 11.39 Insta CP-Reg.(D) 10.15 FT Index - BSE 17.30 Balanced 16.24 Cash Fund-Instl.(G) 10.59 Income Portfolio-Inst Q(D 10.28 21, 21.60, 20.40, 20.55 MIP Plan B (Payment/G) 15.46 Insta CP-Weekly(D) 10.12 FT Index - Nifty 19.50 D’Mat 14.74 Cash Fund-Instl.Daily (D) 10.44 Income Portfolio-Inst.(B) 16.86 2267.75 18.15 Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.39 PCS Inds. 35, 30.10, 30.35 State Bnk Tr 1702.15, 1725, 1700, MIP Plan C (Payment/G) 15.46 Insta Cash Plus 10.51 FT Monthly Income (G) 15.81 Debt (G) 10.74 Cash Fund-Instl.Month (D) 10.45 Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.46 Pennar Alum. 4.80, 3.90, 3.96 19.45, 19.45, 18, 18.15 Cash Manager Instnl. (DD) 10.00 1701.85 Welspun (I) 114.50, 115, 111, 113.35 Equity (D) 30.57 MNC Plan A (Div Payout) 37.64 Insta Cash Plus-(DD) 10.29 FT Monthly Income (M’ly B 13.86 Fortune 94 16.22 Cash Fund-Instl.Week (D) 10.44 Income Portfolio-STO (D) 10.71 Pentagon Glo 2.77, 2.95, 2.35, 2.45 MNC Plan A (Div Reinv) 37.64 Premier Bond (Reg) 11.01 FT Monthly Income (M) 11.85 G Plus II 17.81 Equity 27.75 Income Short Term 11.02 Sterl.Tools 124, 117.75, 120 113, 115, 112, 113.10 Equity (G) 57.74 Pentasoft Te 6.10, 6.17, 5.99, 6.08 Stl.Strips W 43.60, 43.70, 39.60, MNC Plan B (Gr) 56.18 Premier Bond Instt. 11.08 FT Monthly Income (Q) 11.84 Gilt (G) 10.69 Equity - (D) 20.19 Investment Portfolio (D) 12.86 5.95, 6.20, 5.90, 6.05 Welspun Guj. 51, 47.50, 47.80 Frontline Eq(D) 18.80 41.40 50.70, 51.25, 47.40, 47.75 Frontline Eq(G) 20.19 Oppport. Plan A (Div Pay) 20.03 Premier Bond-Inst(MD) 10.57 FT PE Ratio 16.01 Liquid (D-Reinv) 10.00 Gilt Fund Long Term-(D) 10.23 Investment Portfolio (G) 16.29 Pharmacia He 165.25, 163.10, Oppport. Plan A (Div Rei) 20.03 Premier Bond-Inst.(QD) 10.56 Franklin Balanced(D) 15.46 Liquid (G) 11.02 Gilt Fund Long Term-(G) 10.23 Liq.Auto Sweep(WD) 10.78 Su-raj Diamn 29.70, 29.75, 27.50, Wendt (I) 335, 336, 327, 327.05 G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.27 164.05 27.55 G-Sec Long Term (G) 18.48 Oppport. Plan B (G) 23.24 Premier Bond-Reg.(MD) 10.57 Franklin Balanced(G) 17.90 HDFC Mutual Fund Gilt Fund Short Term-(D) 10.04 Treas.Port.-Auto Sweep(G) 13.32 165.25, 167, 162, 163.90 West Coast P 222.50, 226, 222 Sweep Plan (D) 10.04 Premier Bond-Reg>(QD) 10.50 Franklin Bluechip (D) 24.00 Balanced 16.22 Gilt Fund Short Term-(G) 10.04 Treas.Portfolio(Daily Div 10.77 29.55, 29.85, 27.20, 28 228, 228, 222, 223.75 G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.04 PHIL Corpn. 7.25, 7.30, 6.81, 6.82 Suashish Dia 42.10, 42.20, 40.40 G-Sec Short Term (G) 14.42 Sweep Plan (G) 10.70 Short Maturity Fund 10.64 Franklin Bluechip (G) 54.15 Balanced Fund (G) 17.68 Income-Invest. 11.20 Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.78 6.75, 7.45, 6.50, 6.90 Wim Plast 48, 48.10, 47 Income (D) 10.48 Canbank Mutual Fund Short Maturity MD 10.23 Franklin FMCG 16.66 Capital Builder (D) 20.76 Income-Invest. (D) 10.40 Treasury Portfolio (G) 13.33 Subex System 409, 415.20, 385, Wimco 33.40, 34.15, 31.85, 32.05 Canbonus 14.22 Capital Builder (G) 24.24 UTI Mutual Fund Phillip Carb 119, 120, 116.50, 117.95 399.30 Income (G) 22.80 Short Maturity Weekly (D) 10.27 Franklin Growth 11.70 Income-Invt.Instl.(D) 11.13 118.30, 120.50, 116, 117.80 33.90, 34.40, 31.70, 32.05 Income 54EA (D) 10.49 Cancigo 11.23 DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Franklin Index 14.87 Childrens Gift-Invst. 19.09 Income-Invt.Instl.(G) 11.23 Bond (G) 18.65 404.95, 417, 385, 397.10 Wyeth 430, 433, 408, 409.80 Cancigo (G) 13.51 Balanced (D) 15.23 Franklin Index Tax 15.25 Childrens Gift-Savings 15.57 Income-ST.Instl.(D) 10.53 Bond (I) 10.89 Phoenix Lamp 31.20, 29, 29.25 Subhash Proj 50.55, 49.70 Income 54EA (G) 22.79 Pioneer Embr 103, 91, 94.85 427, 429, 405, 411.30 Income 54EB (D) 10.50 Canequity Diversified(B) 12.12 Balanced (G) 18.64 Franklin Infotech (D) 14.72 Equity (D)(Z) 22.19 Income-ST.Instl.(G) 10.71 Brand Value 13.61 50.05, 52, 49.25, 49.35 Canequity Diversified(G) 12.12 Bond - Instnl(D) 10.16 Franklin Infotech (G) 21.53 Equity (G) (Z) 52.96 Income-Short 10.70 CCP 15.69 Plastiblend 90.70, 98.15, 97.20 Subros 153, 142, 143.45 Y Income 54EB (G) 22.65 PNB Gilts 33.75, 31.50, 31.60 Income Q’ly (D) 10.17 Canequity Diversified(I) 14.61 Bond - Instnl(G) 10.97 Franklin Internet Opp 9.54 FRI-(L) 10.46 Income-Short Term (D) 10.11 CRTS 104.05 Sulzer (I) 220, 206 Canequity Tax Saver 15.34 Bond - Retail(D) 10.95 Franklin Intl. 9.60 FRI-(S) 10.50 Inst. 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Money not the mover NBA hope for Kobe Rio to take blame Juan Pablo Montoya says a desire for Kobe Bryant could play the Man United’s Rio Ferdinand might change, rather than money, was the remainder of the NBA series reconsider his appeal against the driving force behind his decision to uninterrupted by the sexual drug ban to avoid missing a leave Williams for McLaren in 2005. assault trial after the judge huge portion of next season. ‘I’m going to another top team that I scheduled pre-trial hearings Rio has two weeks to make can win races with as well,’ he said that will last until April up his mind

NFL: Churchill beat Mohun Bagan 1-0 SO LONG, STEVE: 1985-2004 THE LAST LAP THE LAST SHOT THE LAST WALK THE LAST

TESTS: 168 M, 260 I, 46 NO, 10927 RUNS, 200 HS, 51.06 AVG, 32 100S, 50 50S, 112 CT BATTING ODIs: 325 M, 288 I, 58 NO, 7659 RUNS, 120* NO, 32.90 AVG, 3 100S, 45 50S, 111 CT TESTS: 1300.5 OVERS, 332 MDNS, 3445 RUNS, 92 WKTS, 37.45 AVG, 5-28 BEST BOWLING ODIs: 1480.3 OVERS, 56 MDNS, 6761 RUNS, 195 WKTS, 34.67 AVG, 4-33 BEST India salvage pride,Waugh a draw for Aussies; Kumble finishes with 12 wickets in Test Reuters Sydney: Steve Waugh and Damien Martyn before aries before throwing his at alarming angles. Kumble scored a fighting half-centu- tea. Scoreboard wicket away in a last ditch took 8-141 in Australia’s first ry in his But they eventually fin- India (1st innings) 705 attempt to snatch a century. knock, the best return by a farewell Test ished 86 short of their target Australia (1st innings) 474 With only five overs re- bowler in a Test at the SCG to help Aus- with four wickets in hand af- maining and needing anoth- India (2nd innings) 211-2 decl for 106 years, and added the tralia save the ter Waugh, who received a er 20 for a 33rd Test hundred, Australia (2nd innings, overnight10-0) R B 4 6 second innings scalps of fourth and fi- standing ovation on his ar- Waugh’s last innings came Justin Langer c Sehwag b Kartik 47 58 8 0 Hayden, Martyn, Waugh and nal Test with rival at the crease and again Mathew Hayden c Dravid b Kumble 30 49 2 0 to an end when he was India on Tues- when he walked off, came to Ricky Ponting c & b Pathan 47 104 7 0 caught by Tendulkar off Gilchrist to give himself 12 day and draw the series. the rescue. Damien Martyn c sub (Yuvraj) b Kumble 40 96 4 0 Kumble. for the match. Waugh made 80 to finish Steve Waugh c Tendulkar b Kumble 80 159 15 0 Australia lost Adam The 38-year-old batted al- Simon Katich not out 77 96 9 0 Waugh’s departing hero- his career in a blaze of glory most three hours, sharing a Adam Gilchrist st Patel b Kumble 4 3 1 0 Gilchrist in the same over ics were enough to save Aus- while Simon Katich finished for four but Katich, whose fifth-wicket partnership of Jason Gillespie not out 4 11 1 0 tralia from their first series 77 not out as Australia re- 142 with Katich, to deny In- Extras (b 6, lb 7, w 2, nb 13) 28 first innings century helped covered from an early bat- Total (for 6 wkts, 94 overs) 357 Australia reach 474 in reply loss at home in 11 years, but dia their first series win in Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-92), 3-170, 4-196, 5-338, 6-342 he was powerless to stop the ting collapse to reach 357 for Australia and ensure him- Bowling: Ajit Agarkar 10-2-45-0 (2w); Anil Kumble 42-8-138-4 (8nb); Irfan Pathan to India’s mammoth 705-7, tourists from retaining the six when the match ended at self a heroic farewell. 8-1-26-1; Murali Kartik 26-5-89-1; Sachin Tendulkar 6-0-36-0 (5nb); Virender Se- steered Australia safely the Sydney Cricket Ground. hwag 2-0-10-0. through to the end. Border-Gavaskar trophy. Waugh’s half-century was Result of 4th Test: Match drawn. Series: 4-Test series drawn 1-1 Reuters Set 443 to win, Australia the 50th of his career and Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar. Man of the Series: Rahul Dravid Waugh and Katich briefly appeared to be in took his final aggregate to had come together be- MORE ON OUR WEBSITE danger of losing the match fore tea with Australia 10,927 runs, second only to He survived a few early ed midway through the day, after losing Justin Langer in trouble at 196-4 and India-Australia Test his former skipper Allan and Matthew Hayden prior scares after coming to the but steadily grew in confi- leg spinner Kumble Action in Pics India captain Sourav Ganguly (right) receives the Border- Border, at an average of to lunch then Ricky Ponting starting to turn the ball Gavaskar trophy from Sunil Gavaskar (left) and Allan Border. 51.06. wicket when Martyn depart- dence, striking 15 bound- visit www.timesofindia.com AND SO SAID TUGGA... Indians still lose On the game: A draw is a fine as it gets. That is something I will On the series: The series was achievement. It was a tough series never forget. played in extremely good spirit. To and India played very well. We loved On his retirement: At the mo- be sure, when I walked in there was their shirts... the challenge during the series ment it has not sunk in yet that it is some bantering but it was all friend- Sydney: With just three days to which was a fantastic one. I congrat- over. May be tomorrow morning I ly.I don’t think it is right to say India go for the cricket tri-series, India ulate (Sourav) Ganguly and India would realise it all. It has been an dominated us in the series. I would have a pressing problem at hand. for retaining the Border-Gavaskar amazing support, a very special oc- say it was an even series. The team is struggling to arrange Trophy. casion for me. In a way I have been On the Indian batting: It was its coloured clothing in time for On his career: When I started my very lucky and the reaction today sensational and their line-up is the the start of the series, involving career, I scored a few runs in the first just confirms cricket remains peo- best I have ever seen in my career. hosts Australia and Zimbabwe. Test. But today when I see I have ple’s game. The way they batted was a good les- According to reports, the played 168 matches, it is a huge On chasing 443: I thought it was son for us as well. clothes, sent through a courier bonus. Thanks selectors for selecting a bit late and 440 was too huge a tar- On India-Australia rivalry: agency, are missing. The dresses me and having faith in my abilities. get. I would say India gave us only 2 The way the last six-seven Tests were to reach here on Saturday On captaining Australia: It is a percent chance of winning. have been played between the two but the courier agency later in- pleasure to captain the side. Cer- On his knock: I was extremely teams, it is fair to say there have formed the team management tainly the talented bunch of crick- nervous but strangely when I walked been some amazing contests. It is that the container was broken eters made my job easier. I think I up to the crease, I felt tranquillity. I certainly a very prestigious series open and the material was stolen. have achieved quite a lot during my was very relaxed and wanted to do now. The Ashes is important and It was not immediately known playing career. my stuff. It was a dangerous situation the Frank Worrell trophy too, but what contingency measure is be- On the lap of honour: The lap of and some special innings was needed there is no reason why the Border- ing taken. PTI honour around the stadium, on the and I was happy I could bat long. In Gavaskar trophy cannot be put shoulder of my mates, was as good some ways, I owed it to the crowd. alongside it. Agencies Stevie wonder’s gone but his legacy will carry on Ajit Ninan London: Wearing his beloved Australian cap Back in the modern world, Waugh also suc- and allowing himself a rare smile, Steve Waugh cessfully challenged the cultural barriers which left the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday with prevent so many teams from performing at their an imperishable legacy to the international best on the Indian sub-continent. Instead of re- game he graced for 18 years. Waugh’s singular treating to their air-conditioned hotel rooms or contribution was to blend both ancient and mod- seeking refuge by the pool, Waugh urged his ern in an Australian team, who at their peak team mates to embrace the local culture and wel- could plausibly claim to be the best in history. come rather than reject diversity. Ancient was one appropriate word for a cap Again there was substance behind the rheto- threatening to fall apart when the Australian ric. Waugh helps support an orphanage in In- captain finally retired. The battered, Baggy dia. He has also raised money for leper suffer- Green represented a conscious effort to connect ers. Golden ages by definition exist in the past the modern generation with their predecessors, with time and nostalgia softening their harsh- who had built and nurtured their nation’s sum- er contours. mer game. Typically Waugh went even further Pushing back the boundaries in his sport as in his efforts to instil a sense of tradition into he had in his life, Waugh persuaded the Aus- team mates, who were still small children when tralian team to embrace a policy of all-out at- he made his international debut in 1986. tack with astonishing results. Three hundred For the first Test of the new millennium, runs a day was once thought an impossible against India in Sydney on January 2, 2000, the dream. Waugh’s Australians made it a norm. Australians donned replicas of the skull caps “For most of the past 126 years, Test cricket worn by Joe Darling’s 1901-02 side. was conducted at a leisurely pace,’’ noted last Again, typically,Waugh was not content with year’s Wisden almanac. “Nowadays, Test cricket mere symbolism. En route to yet another suc- may be more entertaining now than it has ever cessful Ashes defence in England a year later, been.’’ Waugh took his team to the Gallipoli peninsula. Waugh has MORE ON OUR WEBSITE There they re-enacted a 1915 photograph show- now gone ing Australian soldiers playing cricket towards but his lega- Waugh retires the end of their tragic eight-month campaign in cy will en- End of an era which nearly 9,000 Australians perished. dure. Reuters visit www.timesofindia.com

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CROSS COUNTRY Negi becomes youngest IM norm holder Knowle sails past Rastogi brilliant field goal. Ravi Pal round- New Delhi: Parimarjan Negi has be- Churchill beat MB ed off the tally for PSB with a brace came the youngest IM norm holder Kunte finishes fourth By Akshay Sawai crisp start against Knowle, of goals in the 19th and 33rd min- of the country after his application Hastings (England): Grandmaster TATA OPEN Margao: Churchill Bros warded off TIMES NEWS NETWORK 29. On the second point of utes. was upheld by FIDE, the game’s Abhijit Kunte settled for a quick can, held. the match he pulled off a the second half challenge to down Punjab Police men tried to fight- Chennai: On Tuesday at the world governing body. The Delhi lad draw with GM Vasilios Kotronias of “I hit the ball well, moved deep recovery backhand Mohun Bagan by a solitary goal win back in the second half, but they Tata Open tennis tourna- earned the norm on the basis of his Cyprus in the ninth and final round well and didn’t serve too which showed his opponent to move to second place in the 8th could manage only one goal that too ment Karan Rastogi reached performance in Bad Weissee in Ger- to finish fourth in the premier event bad,” said Srichaphan, who that he could hang in there. National Football League, played at through a penalty stroke which was many in November last year. of Hastings International Chess the court much before oppo- had two aces and a 52 per But Karan’s next service Nehru Stadium on Tuesday. converted by Satwinder Singh in nent Julian Knowle. But He had played one GM and three Congress here. cent first serve percentage. game was different. He hit Churchill, who started on a prom- the 39th minute. TNN Fide Masters and had he played one Slow-starter GMJonathan Rowson Knowle’s timing was better The day saw a good num- two forehands long and a ising note scored the all important when it came to the game. more Fide Master, he would have se- finished his campaign in style with ber of heads in the stands backhand in the net to find goal in injury time of the first half. Gomes,Arun lift titles cured the IM norm. an emphatic victory over top seed The Austrian won 6-4, 6-1 in and one of the reasons for Yakubu played in tandem with John himself at 15-40. Kozhikode: Pursuing a no-defeat But since Negi (2149) remained un- GM Vladimir Epishin of Russia 73 minutes to enter the sec- that was the majestic Carlos Kingley to trouble the rival defence “Looks like he is going to record successfully, top seed Mary beaten in scoring 6.5 from nine Monday and tied for the top place ond round and, having beat- Moya. In a look-ma-no- as he raced down the left flank and lose serve, machang,” Ann Gomes of the Goodricke Na- games, FIDE accepted his appeal. PTI with Kotronias. PTI en Vishal Punna in Mon- sleeves black shirt, the top after beating rival defenders relayed teenage fans at courtside tional Chess Academy, Kolkata, lift- day’s final qualifying round, seed sailed past Israel’s the ball to Francis Alfonso who said. The Mumbai young- ed the girls title with a round to become India’s chief killjoy Noam Okun 6-3, 6-4. tapped the ball into the net to give ster, however, brought off a spare in the National Sub-Junior at the tournament. “It’s never easy to play the Churchill their fourth win. PTI big-hearted forehand drop Super League Chess championship Second seeded Paradorn first match of the year,” volley for 30-40. His volleys here on Tuesday.The overnight sole Srichaphan of Thailand Moya said. “I was lucky that were impressive all through PSB thrash PP 4-1 leader strained little to defeat V K burst into round two with a I broke his serve in the first the match. New Delhi: Punjab and Sind Bank 6-3, 6-1 caning of Spain’s Al- game.” Sindhu (TN) in the 12th and penulti- Results (First round): Paradorn Srichaphan ended their winless streak this sea- bert Montanes in the days Doubles too flashed bad mate round. (2) (Thai) def. Albert Montanes (Esp) 6-1, 6- son by beating Punjab Police 4-1 in first match on Centre Court news for Indian fans. Harsh 3. Sjeng Schalken (3) (Neds) def. Danai Soumya Swaminathan (Mah) and the final of the Chhatrapati Shivaji at the Nungambakkam Sta- Mankad and Mustafa Udomchoke (Thai) 6-4, 7-5. Carlos Moya (1) P Sivasankari(TN) who split points (Esp) def. Noam Okun (Isr) 6-3, 6-4. Julian All-India hockey tournament for dium. The brute strength of Ghouse went down to among themselves, finished with 8.5 Knowle (Ast) def. Karan Rastogi (Ind) 6-4, 6- Dhyan Chand Cup here on Tuesday. Srichaphan’s strokes and Spaniard’s David Ferrer and 1. Felix Mantilla (5) (Esp) def. Jan Vacek and eight points to take the second the punch of his serve blew Ruben Hidalgo 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. (Czech) 6-3, 7-6 (5). Doubles (First round): PSB took lead in the 10th minute and third spots respectively and en- David Ferrer and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo when Sharanjit Singh converted a sure a national berth along with away whatever weapons A confident service game (Spain) def. Mustafa Ghouse and Harsh Montanes, sporting a Mohi- gave 17-year-old Karan a Mankad (India) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. penalty corner. Kulwinder Singh Gomes for the youth Olympiad to be 35 probables made it 2-0 two minutes later with a held in the country in July..PTI announced

TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Thirty-five prob- ables were selectedfor a na- tional preparatory camp for the pre-World Cup football. The camp will be held in Goa from January 24. According to a release by All India Football Federa- tion, the players may invite disciplinary action if they fail to report to the camp. Probables list: Goalkeepers:Sangram Mukherjee, Sandeep Nandy, Naseem Akhtar, Kalyan Chaubey, Narzary Bilifong, Prasanto Dora. Defenders: Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawali, Debjit Ghosh, M Suresh, Satish Bhar- ti, Habibur Rahman Mondal, Selwyn Fernan- des, Vinu Jose. Midfielders:Tomba Singh, Clarence Lawrence, Jatin Bisht, Gurjinder Singh, Rennedy Singh, Samir Naik, Khalid Jamil, S. Venkatsh, James Singh, Gour Man- gi Singh, Subash Chakraborty, Alvito D’Chu- na, Jo Paul Anchery, Hardeep Sangha. For- wards: Baichung Bhutia, Asheem Biswas, Abhishek Yadav, Ishfaq Ahmed, Seikh San- jeev, Vimal Periyar, Freddy Mascrenhas. Kojagiri expected to win in Mumbai

TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Kojagiri should win the Royal Calcutta Turf Club Trophy at the Mumbai races scheduled for Wednes- day. Selections: Bhishma Plate (div.I): 1,400m: Starboard 1, Aerosmith 2, Makramah 3. Ser- enade Trophy: 1,000m: Elizabeth Garden 1, Caring 2, Ponte Grande 3. Bhishma Plate (div.II): 1,400m: Protege 1, Strategic Moves 2, Light of Justice 3. Misty Heights Plate; 1,000m: Don’tspenditall 1, Daisy Cutter 2, Imperial Thriller 3. Prime Time Plate (div.II): 1,200m: Rahil 1, Adonesque 2, Luck Be A Lady 3. Edarky Arabian Plate: 1,400m: Ivoirerie 1, Edelweiss 2, Ixora 3. Beaugrand Plate; 1,200m: High Five 1, Pick of The Pack 2, Eminent 3. RCTC Trophy: 2,400m: Kojagiri 1, Discman 2, Whispering Sahdows 3. Prime Time Plate (div.I): 1,200m: 5.30pm: Special One 1, Great Strides 2, Star King 3. Tiana wins: Tiana (Imran Khan astride) made an im- pressive winning debut in the Administration Plate. Love A Princess and Beyond Dreams finished second and third respectively. Mean- while, King of Sirsi (Imran Khan atop) foiled the start- finish-bid of Infamous (M Shahid up) by half a length and lifted the Chief Secre- tary Cup. CAPITAL SPORT Delhi U-19 squad: Following players have been selected to represent Delhi in the UN-19 Cooch Behar tro- phy to be played in the West Zone: Kuldeep Rawat (capt), Abhinav Bali (v. capt), Mayank Sadana, Rajat Mathur, Mayank Tehlan, Gaurav Chhabra, P.P. Singh, Gaurav Sharma, Puneet Bisht, Narender Kumar, Arun Mishra, Ajit Ran- jan, Aditya Jain, Ankur Garg, Abhishek Chaudhary, Deepak Rai. Inter-college cricket: A deadly bowling by Sunil Choudhury (4/22) helped Arvindo college to beat Bha- gat Singh college by 102 runs in the Shahid Bhagat Singh inter college cricket tournament. Arvindo College: 216 for 9 in 30 overs (Sandeep 58, Sunil 52; Anish 3/39) beat Bhagat Singh College: 114 in 23.4 overs (Rahul 37; Sunil 4/22) by 102 runs. Selection trial: DSA will hold the soccer trial for the U-19 Delhi team for the M Dutta Roy Trophy from Janu- ary 7 at Ambedkar Stadium. Interested can contact DSA secretary NK Bhatia. DDCA league: Pankaj Sasun (5/23) helped LB Shastri Coaching Centre beat Punjab National Bank by 76 runs in DDCA A-II divi- sion at RSKP ground. Sobers Joban top scored with 57 for the victors. LB Shastri: 178 for 6 in 35 overs (Sobers Joban 57, Sonu Singh 54; Sud- hir Kumar 2/37) beat PNB: 102 in 31.3 overs (Rajesh Kumar 23; Pankaj Sasun 5/23, Rakesh Khari 2/5) by 76 runs. DDA: 160 for 9 in 35 overs (Suresh Kohli 54 not out, Chander Mohan 35, Prateek Kumar 45; Sahil Arora 3/34) beat JN Golden: 147 in 34.1 overs (Sandeep Karki 49, Anuj Jain 26; Suresh Kohli 3/23, Neeraj Soni 2/21) by 13 runs. Manav excels: United Delhi Cricket Academy en- tered the semifinal beating Young Friends Club in the Aviva Young Achiever U-13 cricket tournament.

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India-BattingIndia-Batting & & Fielding Field- Players T I NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 Ct/St Smith’s century R. Dravid 4 8 3 619 233 123.80 1 3 4 Sachin should have been used earlier V.V.S. Laxman 4 7 1 494 178 82.33 2 1 5 earns WI a draw memorable with an innings first, but he was handled su- Katich held firm. S.R. Tendulkar 4 7 2 383 241* 76.60 1 1 3 ALLROUND VIEW Cape Town: Dwayne Smith that was resolute and classy perbly by all the Australian As far as the series goes, V. Sehwag 4 8 0 464 195 58.00 1 1 8 Ravi Shastri struck a century on debut to — just as the man has been. batsmen, who did not allow this was a wonderful experi- S.C. Ganguly 4 6 0 284 144 47.33 1 1 1 help West Indies draw the third India were unlucky with a him to settle down. Irfan ence for the Indians. Quite P.A. Patel 4 6 1 160 62 32.00 0 1 8/3 Test against South Africa at This was one of few leg-before wicket shouts Pathan impressed me yet honestly, even I thought be- A. Chopra 4 8 0 186 48 23.25 0 0 5 Newlands on Tuesday. the most en- early in the day, but that is again and picked up the cru- fore the series that Gangu- Zaheer Khan 2 3 1 28 27 14.00 0 0 0 The 20-year-old Smith reached grossing Test se- part and parcel of the game. cial wicket of Ricky Ponting, ly’s side would do well to but thereafter Waugh and I.K. Pathan 2 2 1 14 13* 14.00 0 0 2 his hundred off just 93 balls as ries I have been I thought Sourav could have save two of the four Tests. privileged to see, shuffled his bowlers around Instead, the scoreline read 1- A.B. Agarkar 4 6 1 26 12 5.20 0 0 1 West Indies batted through the day, reaching 354 for five by the and even if there earlier than he did, and used 1 after six weeks of hard A. Kumble 3 3 0 15 12 5.00 0 0 1 was no result, Sachin and Sehwag when cricket which will help the A. Nehra 3 4 1 0 0* 0.00 0 0 2 close. Despite Smith's heroics, the draw means South Africa the final Test was tension- Waugh and Katich, who Indian team. The batting, in Harbhajan Singh 1 1 1 19 19* - 0 0 0 filled till the last half-hour. have an unassailable 2-0 lead in played another good hand which Dravid was exception- Going in to the last day,India M. Kartik 1 0 ------0 the four-match series. were still new at the wicket. al, delivered runs every time. were the favourites but Aus- Smith finished undefeated on Kumble bowled heroically, This must be the strongest India-Bowling tralia showed why they are Players Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5WI 10WM 105 and, with Brian Lara (86) but it was difficult for one Indian batting side in the such a formidable side by and Ramnaresh Sarwan (69) man to bowl a side out twice last 15-18 years. The bowlers Kumble 206.1 27 710 24 29.58 8-141 3 1 holding out stoutly. frustrated South Africa on the on a track that played true too did well, especially Kum- Agarkar 154.5 23 596 16 37.25 6-41 1 0 As so often in the past, the final day. Lara and Sarwan bat- till the very end, barring a ble, who has been written off Zaheer Khan 51 6 213 5 42.60 5-95 1 0 man who held the innings to- ting together for over three few spots from where the ball so often in the past playing Tendulkar 28 0 141 3 47.00 2-36 0 0 gether just when India hours in a third-wicket partner- jumped or turned every once overseas. Well, the soft-spo- Pathan 68 7 266 4 66.50 2-80 0 0 looked like getting the upper ship that produced 156 runs. SA in a while. Murali Kartik ken leg spinner has shown hand was Steve Waugh. He what he can do if he has runs Nehra 101 16 382 4 95.50 2-115 0 0 hopes were raised when Hinds looked far more confident in made his final Test match the second innings than the to back him up. TCM Harbhajan 35 2 169 1 169.00 1-101 0 0 was bowled by Shaun Pollock Kartik 45 6 211 1 211.00 1-89 0 0 early in the final session. Reuters Ganguly 2 1 8 0 - - 0 0 Sehwag 18 1 71 0 - - 0 0 SCOREBOARD Delhi score 145 but still earn a bonus South Africa (1st innings) 532 Aussie-BattingAustralia-Batting & Fielding& Field- Players T I NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 Ct/St West Indies (1st innings) 427 TIMES NEWS NETWORK due to bad weather. Delhi’s Brief scores of all Ranji ODI matches S Africa (2nd innings): 335/3 decl start was hardly promising R.T. Ponting 4 8 1 706 257 100.85 2 2 1 New Delhi: Delhi put it across West Indies (2nd innings): Chris with Rajat Bhatia being the Delhi: 145 in 29.5 overs (G Gambhir 41, 50, J P Yadav 37,T P Singh 34,Y Gaud 21, S.M. Katich 4 6 1 353 125 70.60 1 2 3 Himachal Pradesh by 65 runs A Jadeja 27; V Bhatia 4/23, S Singh 2/27) S Sahu 27; S Srivastav 2/48, N Chopra Gayle c Gibbs b Ntini 32, Daren Gan- first casualty for six. With beat Himachal Pradesh: 80 in 25.4 2/29, J Yadav 2/50) beat Uttar Pradesh: M.L. Hayden 4 8 1 451 136 64.42 1 3 9 ga c Boucher b Ntini 10, Ramnaresh in the Ranji Trophy One-day J.L. Langer 4 8 0 369 121 46.12 2 1 3 league match at Palam A wicket being damp, batting overs (S Gill 3/17, A Bhandari 2/15, 150 for 9 in 44.3 overs (N Chopra 27, R Sarwan c Gibbs b Ntini 69, Brian Lara was difficult but was made to Sarandeep Singh 2/21). Shamshad 26; S Saxena 2/40, Z Hussain S.R. Waugh 4 7 1 267 80 44.50 0 2 0 ground on Tuesday. Medium- 2/37, J P Yadav 2/18). c Boucher b Nel 86, Wavell Hinds b look easy by the in-form Gau- Punjab: 167 for 3 in 30 overs (P Dhar- D.R. Martyn 4 7 1 254 66* 42.33 0 1 3 Pollock 25, Dwayne Smith not out pace bowlers Sanjay Gill mani 56 not out, R Sodhi 51, A Uniyal 33 Gujarat: 149 in 38.2 overs (N Patel 81 tam Gambhir (41). That was not out) beat Jammu and Kashmir: 76 not out; I Pathan 3/36, S Joshi 3/34, H Ali J.N. Gillespie 3 5 2 110 48* 36.66 0 0 2 105, Ridley Jacobs not out 9; Extras: (3/17), Amit Bhandari (2/15) (2 b, 7 lb, 2 w, 7 nb) 18 and Sarandeep Singh (2/21) till he received a blow on his in 28.2 overs (A Uniyal 3/16, A Kakria 3/30) lost to Baroda: 153 for 5 in 42.4 A.C. Gilchrist 4 6 0 96 43 16.00 0 0 10/1 2/5, S Mahajan 2/7). overs (R Chandorkar 45 not out, A Bhoite Total: (For 5 wickets, in 100 overs) were the chief wreckers of hand after a Sangram Singh B.A. Williams 2 3 2 14 10* 14.00 0 0 1 Madhya Pradesh: 188 in 45 overs (M 31, M Mewada 32 not out). 354; Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-47, 3- lowly visitors as Delhi gained delivery rose from a length. Pasha 55, Abbas Ali 27, R Yengde 24, S Saurashtra: 242 in 50 overs (Kanaiya A.J. Bichel 2 3 0 31 19 10.33 0 0 4 203, 4-224, 5-296. a bonus point out of this win. Eventually Delhi managed Pandey 28; Anup Dave 5/46, S Mathur Vaghela 48, Jaydev Shah 41, Sitanshu N.W. Bracken 3 3 1 9 6* 4.50 0 0 1 Bowling: Shaun Pollock 17-3-64-1 (4 Himachal skipper Sangram to raise 145 runs. The target 2/33) lost to Rajasthan: 190 for 5 in Kotak 39, Prakash Bhatt 41; Ramesh 42.3 overs (G Khoda 83, S Joshi 43, K B. Lee 2 2 0 8 8 4.00 0 0 0 nb), Makhaya Ntini 21-4-82-3, Andre Singh won the toss and put the proved too much for Himachal Powar 3/52, Nilesh Kulkarni 3/43) lost to Nel 21-5-57-1 (1 nb, 1 w), Jacques Devra 20 not out; S Dholpure 2/18, M Mumbai: 244 for 8 in 48.2 overs S.C.G. MacGill 4 5 1 2 1 0.50 0 0 2 opposition in after the match Pradesh. They were bundled Majithia 3/32). (Vinayak Mane 85, Amol Mazumdar 25, Kallis 16-4-38-0 (2 nb, 1 w), Paul was reduced to 30 overs-a-side out for a paltry 80. Railways: 218 in 44.3 overs (S Verma Nishit Shetty 51; Kanaiya Vaghela 1/18). Adams 22-3-103-0, Jacques Rudolph Australia-Bowling Players Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Best 5WI 10WM 1-1-0-0, Gary Kirsten 2-0-1-0. Gillespie 139.1 41 377 10 37.70 4-65 0 0 Katich 51 5 215 5 43.00 2-22 0 0 Williams 79 24 225 5 45.00 4-53 0 0 DRAVID & KUMBLE TOP DRAVID Bichel 70.4 10 295 6 49.16 4-118 0 0 MacGill 194.4 29 711 14 50.78 4-86 0 0 Bracken 128 38 351 6 58.50 2-12 0 0 Lee 100.5 17 476 8 59.50 4-201 0 0 Waugh 31 5 82 1 82.00 1-35 0 0 Ponting 1 0 4 0 - - 0 0 Martyn 9 1 27 0 - - 0 0 - Compiled by Anant Gaundalkar; Graphic: Satish Patel

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CROSS COUNTRY Negi becomes youngest IM norm holder Knowle sails past Rastogi brilliant field goal. Ravi Pal round- New Delhi: Parimarjan Negi has be- Churchill beat MB ed off the tally for PSB with a brace came the youngest IM norm holder Kunte finishes fourth By Akshay Sawai crisp start against Knowle, of goals in the 19th and 33rd min- of the country after his application Hastings (England): Grandmaster TATA OPEN Margao: Churchill Bros warded off TIMES NEWS NETWORK 29. On the second point of utes. was upheld by FIDE, the game’s Abhijit Kunte settled for a quick can, held. the match he pulled off a the second half challenge to down Punjab Police men tried to fight- Chennai: On Tuesday at the world governing body. The Delhi lad draw with GM Vasilios Kotronias of “I hit the ball well, moved deep recovery backhand Mohun Bagan by a solitary goal win back in the second half, but they Tata Open tennis tourna- earned the norm on the basis of his Cyprus in the ninth and final round well and didn’t serve too which showed his opponent to move to second place in the 8th could manage only one goal that too ment Karan Rastogi reached performance in Bad Weissee in Ger- to finish fourth in the premier event bad,” said Srichaphan, who that he could hang in there. National Football League, played at through a penalty stroke which was many in November last year. of Hastings International Chess the court much before oppo- had two aces and a 52 per But Karan’s next service Nehru Stadium on Tuesday. converted by Satwinder Singh in nent Julian Knowle. But He had played one GM and three Congress here. cent first serve percentage. game was different. He hit Churchill, who started on a prom- the 39th minute. TNN Fide Masters and had he played one Slow-starter GMJonathan Rowson Knowle’s timing was better The day saw a good num- two forehands long and a ising note scored the all important when it came to the game. more Fide Master, he would have se- finished his campaign in style with ber of heads in the stands backhand in the net to find goal in injury time of the first half. Gomes,Arun lift titles cured the IM norm. an emphatic victory over top seed The Austrian won 6-4, 6-1 in and one of the reasons for Yakubu played in tandem with John himself at 15-40. Kozhikode: Pursuing a no-defeat But since Negi (2149) remained un- GM Vladimir Epishin of Russia 73 minutes to enter the sec- that was the majestic Carlos Kingley to trouble the rival defence “Looks like he is going to record successfully, top seed Mary beaten in scoring 6.5 from nine Monday and tied for the top place ond round and, having beat- Moya. In a look-ma-no- as he raced down the left flank and lose serve, machang,” Ann Gomes of the Goodricke Na- games, FIDE accepted his appeal. PTI with Kotronias. PTI en Vishal Punna in Mon- sleeves black shirt, the top after beating rival defenders relayed teenage fans at courtside tional Chess Academy, Kolkata, lift- day’s final qualifying round, seed sailed past Israel’s the ball to Francis Alfonso who said. The Mumbai young- ed the girls title with a round to become India’s chief killjoy Noam Okun 6-3, 6-4. tapped the ball into the net to give ster, however, brought off a spare in the National Sub-Junior at the tournament. “It’s never easy to play the Churchill their fourth win. PTI big-hearted forehand drop Super League Chess championship Second seeded Paradorn first match of the year,” volley for 30-40. His volleys here on Tuesday.The overnight sole Srichaphan of Thailand Moya said. “I was lucky that were impressive all through PSB thrash PP 4-1 leader strained little to defeat V K burst into round two with a I broke his serve in the first the match. New Delhi: Punjab and Sind Bank 6-3, 6-1 caning of Spain’s Al- game.” Sindhu (TN) in the 12th and penulti- Results (First round): Paradorn Srichaphan ended their winless streak this sea- bert Montanes in the days Doubles too flashed bad mate round. (2) (Thai) def. Albert Montanes (Esp) 6-1, 6- son by beating Punjab Police 4-1 in first match on Centre Court news for Indian fans. Harsh 3. Sjeng Schalken (3) (Neds) def. Danai Soumya Swaminathan (Mah) and the final of the Chhatrapati Shivaji at the Nungambakkam Sta- Mankad and Mustafa Udomchoke (Thai) 6-4, 7-5. Carlos Moya (1) P Sivasankari(TN) who split points (Esp) def. Noam Okun (Isr) 6-3, 6-4. Julian All-India hockey tournament for dium. The brute strength of Ghouse went down to among themselves, finished with 8.5 Knowle (Ast) def. Karan Rastogi (Ind) 6-4, 6- Dhyan Chand Cup here on Tuesday. Srichaphan’s strokes and Spaniard’s David Ferrer and 1. Felix Mantilla (5) (Esp) def. Jan Vacek and eight points to take the second the punch of his serve blew Ruben Hidalgo 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. (Czech) 6-3, 7-6 (5). Doubles (First round): PSB took lead in the 10th minute and third spots respectively and en- David Ferrer and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo when Sharanjit Singh converted a sure a national berth along with away whatever weapons A confident service game (Spain) def. Mustafa Ghouse and Harsh Montanes, sporting a Mohi- gave 17-year-old Karan a Mankad (India) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. penalty corner. Kulwinder Singh Gomes for the youth Olympiad to be 35 probables made it 2-0 two minutes later with a held in the country in July..PTI announced

TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Thirty-five prob- ables were selectedfor a na- tional preparatory camp for the pre-World Cup football. The camp will be held in Goa from January 24. According to a release by All India Football Federa- tion, the players may invite disciplinary action if they fail to report to the camp. Probables list: Goalkeepers:Sangram Mukherjee, Sandeep Nandy, Naseem Akhtar, Kalyan Chaubey, Narzary Bilifong, Prasanto Dora. Defenders: Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawali, Debjit Ghosh, M Suresh, Satish Bhar- ti, Habibur Rahman Mondal, Selwyn Fernan- des, Vinu Jose. Midfielders:Tomba Singh, Clarence Lawrence, Jatin Bisht, Gurjinder Singh, Rennedy Singh, Samir Naik, Khalid Jamil, S. Venkatsh, James Singh, Gour Man- gi Singh, Subash Chakraborty, Alvito D’Chu- na, Jo Paul Anchery, Hardeep Sangha. For- wards: Baichung Bhutia, Asheem Biswas, Abhishek Yadav, Ishfaq Ahmed, Seikh San- jeev, Vimal Periyar, Freddy Mascrenhas. Kojagiri expected to win in Mumbai

TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Kojagiri should win the Royal Calcutta Turf Club Trophy at the Mumbai races scheduled for Wednes- day. Selections: Bhishma Plate (div.I): 1,400m: Starboard 1, Aerosmith 2, Makramah 3. Ser- enade Trophy: 1,000m: Elizabeth Garden 1, Caring 2, Ponte Grande 3. Bhishma Plate (div.II): 1,400m: Protege 1, Strategic Moves 2, Light of Justice 3. Misty Heights Plate; 1,000m: Don’tspenditall 1, Daisy Cutter 2, Imperial Thriller 3. Prime Time Plate (div.II): 1,200m: Rahil 1, Adonesque 2, Luck Be A Lady 3. Edarky Arabian Plate: 1,400m: Ivoirerie 1, Edelweiss 2, Ixora 3. Beaugrand Plate; 1,200m: High Five 1, Pick of The Pack 2, Eminent 3. RCTC Trophy: 2,400m: Kojagiri 1, Discman 2, Whispering Sahdows 3. Prime Time Plate (div.I): 1,200m: 5.30pm: Special One 1, Great Strides 2, Star King 3. Tiana wins: Tiana (Imran Khan astride) made an im- pressive winning debut in the Administration Plate. Love A Princess and Beyond Dreams finished second and third respectively. Mean- while, King of Sirsi (Imran Khan atop) foiled the start- finish-bid of Infamous (M Shahid up) by half a length and lifted the Chief Secre- tary Cup. CAPITAL SPORT Delhi U-19 squad: Following players have been selected to represent Delhi in the UN-19 Cooch Behar tro- phy to be played in the West Zone: Kuldeep Rawat (capt), Abhinav Bali (v. capt), Mayank Sadana, Rajat Mathur, Mayank Tehlan, Gaurav Chhabra, P.P. Singh, Gaurav Sharma, Puneet Bisht, Narender Kumar, Arun Mishra, Ajit Ran- jan, Aditya Jain, Ankur Garg, Abhishek Chaudhary, Deepak Rai. Inter-college cricket: A deadly bowling by Sunil Choudhury (4/22) helped Arvindo college to beat Bha- gat Singh college by 102 runs in the Shahid Bhagat Singh inter college cricket tournament. Arvindo College: 216 for 9 in 30 overs (Sandeep 58, Sunil 52; Anish 3/39) beat Bhagat Singh College: 114 in 23.4 overs (Rahul 37; Sunil 4/22) by 102 runs. Selection trial: DSA will hold the soccer trial for the U-19 Delhi team for the M Dutta Roy Trophy from Janu- ary 7 at Ambedkar Stadium. Interested can contact DSA secretary NK Bhatia. DDCA league: Pankaj Sasun (5/23) helped LB Shastri Coaching Centre beat Punjab National Bank by 76 runs in DDCA A-II divi- sion at RSKP ground. Sobers Joban top scored with 57 for the victors. LB Shastri: 178 for 6 in 35 overs (Sobers Joban 57, Sonu Singh 54; Sud- hir Kumar 2/37) beat PNB: 102 in 31.3 overs (Rajesh Kumar 23; Pankaj Sasun 5/23, Rakesh Khari 2/5) by 76 runs. DDA: 160 for 9 in 35 overs (Suresh Kohli 54 not out, Chander Mohan 35, Prateek Kumar 45; Sahil Arora 3/34) beat JN Golden: 147 in 34.1 overs (Sandeep Karki 49, Anuj Jain 26; Suresh Kohli 3/23, Neeraj Soni 2/21) by 13 runs. Manav excels: United Delhi Cricket Academy en- tered the semifinal beating Young Friends Club in the Aviva Young Achiever U-13 cricket tournament.

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