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OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Saturday,January 17, 2004www.timesofindia.co Capital 38 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Rachel Hunter Joshi differs with Gilchrist on the escapes Mexico apex court, favours rampage in hotel blaze gratuity for teachers Hobart ODI Page 12 Page 6 Page 19 WIN WITH THE TIMES AP Mumbai hosts Established 1838 City teen stabs Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. a carnival Politics is like coaching a football team. You have to be smart enough to understand of global rage his classmate the game but not smart South African dancers enough to lose interest. perform at the opening session of the World So- I was fed up of his bullying, — Anonymous cial Forum 2004 in Mum- bai on Friday. The forum NEWS DIGEST opened with a ‘peace 17-year-old tells police concert’ by Pakistani T IMES NEWS NETWORK Top Hizb militant killed: band Junoon. At least Provoked? Troops gunned down four mili- 10,000 people attended New Delhi: A 17-year-old tants, including Hizb-ul Mu- the opening. student of Sardar Patel ● Rahul (reportedly very shy), jahideen chief commander Over 78,000 people have Vidyalaya allegedly stabbed (operations) Ghulam Rasool said Atin regularly bullied registered to participate his classmate on Friday Dar and the deputy chief of with hundreds of panels evening because he was him, even harassed his sister and protests. This is the ‘tired of being bullied’. ● On Friday, when Atin invited forum’s fourth conven- The victim, Atin, has been tion, the first in admitted to Ram Manohar him to his house, Rahul took the smart move Asia, and will be Lohia Hospital (RML) with along a knife, planning to held in the form of a six- severe stomach wounds. The stab Atin if bullied again day carnival of discus- al-Badr, near Srinagar on Fri- police said he will have to un- sions, debates and day. P8 dergo surgery. dancing. The forum ex- edged knife. Atin was alone The accused Rahul (name 3 killed in Jhabua clashes: presses opposition to the at home when the incident Three persons were killed US, and the occupation changed) was arrested from took place. A fight ensued af- and over a dozen injured, his house in Pandara Road. ter Atin apparently forced most of them seriously, in According to the police, him to drink. Rahul then group clashes in Jhabua dis- both boys are Class XI stu- stabbed Atin,’’ said a senior dents. Both are sons of doc- police officer. Atin managed tors; Atin’s father works at to run out of the living room The Times of India RML, Rahul’s is posted at when Rahul stabbed him and Sonia arms herself with ‘fail-good’ Rashtrapati Bhavan. and locked himself inside a bath- “Atin told the police in the room. Then he shouted for By Bisheshwar Mishra she said. Unem- enough time to do so as the dates like-minded political parties to Navbharat Times hospital that he was stabbed help. When a neighbour T IMES NEWS NETWORK ployment, par- firm up a viable alternative to de- for the Lok Sabha polls have not by Rahul. We have arrested showed up, Rahul reportedly Combo Offer ticularly among feat the BJP and there was still New Delhi: As countdown begins been announced.’’ him,’’ additional deputy com- said an intruder had stabbed the educated time to discuss these issues. extended at Rs 99 for an early general election, a war The day-long meeting of PCC missioner of police (New Atin. The neighbours called youth and the She announced that an emissary of words has already started. Con- chiefs and Congress legislature Delhi) Ajay Chaudhary said. the police at 7.10. per month for all ‘‘plight of poor of DMK chief M Karunanidhi gress president Sonia Gandhi on party leaders was also attended by ‘‘Rahul is said to be a very The police have seized the existing combo readers farmers and was arriving here on Saturday to Friday countered the ‘‘feel-good all AICC general secretaries and a shy boy. He was teased and weapon from Rahul. urban poor’’ discuss with her the modalities of factor’’ claimed by the BJP, with number of chief ministers of Con- bullied regularly by Atin A police official said Rahul would form the a tie-up. “fail-good factor.” gress-ruled states. which he resented. Rahul has told the police he had got main agenda of On alliances in UP,she evaded a ‘‘There is no feel-good factor but Gandhi also ridiculed the BJP’s also said that Atin and his fed-up of being bullied by her party’s poll direct reply on whether it was a only a fail-good factor, she said af- Sonia Gandhi charge against the Congress that it friends used to call him Atin. He said Atin would of- campaign. toss-up between the BSP and the ter a strategy session with the had no second-rung leaders. ‘‘Look names. They are even said to ten visit him at home, and SP. “I am not not going to say any- state unit chiefs as the Congress She told reporters that the secu- at the picture of their party lead- have harassed his sister there too he would misbe- thing on this at this moment”. set on motion its preparations for lar front the Congress is trying to ers. It is full of old people. The studying in Class X in the have with Rahul. Finally on A day after meeting Sharad the elections. ‘‘I found there was a forge would have a common mini- Congress on the other hand has same school,’’ he said. Friday, Rahul took the knife Pawar, Sonia deputed senior party feeling of discontent and unhappi- mum programme (CMP). ‘‘We will plenty of young leaders.’’ On Friday evening, Atin along with him when he went leader Manmohan Singh to hold ness among youth, farmers and definitely have a CMP for the front Asked about the possibility of invited Rahul to his NDMC to Atin’s house, having decid- talks with the NCP chief. other weaker sections of the socie- consisting of like-minded political collective leadership of the front, flat in Khan Market. ‘‘Rahul ed to stab Atin if he bullied parties. But not now. There is Mayawati defers decision: P10 indiatimes.com POLL ty’’ on a recent visit to western UP, she said talks were still on with had gone there with a sharp- him again. Should the government also involve militant groups in Kashmir talks? Yes 38% No 62% Yet another pay commission? God forbid, says Centre VOTE NOW: Should women in Indian Army be given combat positions? By Priya Ranjan Dash — particularly from two merging DA with basic pay can ill afford such fiscal It took the collective ge- 10 per cent of the national factor’’ could disappear if Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 T IMES NEWS NETWORK BJP stalwarts champi- or for setting up the 6th pay profligacy. It took almost nius of the 11th finance income. Economists have the government went on New Delhi: Thank God, oning Delhi’s babudom, commission,’’ expenditure five years since 1997 for the commission, the NDA gov- warned that a sustained appeasing the babudom. Jagmohan and V K Malho- secretary D Swarup told economy to recover from ernment at the Centre, the growth of 8 per cent would Planning Commission by Lax- the Vajpayee government YOU SAID IT is not considering the dis- tra — has been intense, but The Times of India on Fri- the 5th pay commission World Bank and the ADB remain a pipedream unless deputy chairman K C Pant, astrous recipe of merging the government has so far day.‘‘These proposals were shock. The impact of the and some state administra- public borrowings is dras- too, felt the need to bring the Central staff DA with not fallen for the tactic. It considered by the govern- last pay hike for the four- tions to get a grip over the tically cut. down the GDP: wage bill basic pay and setting up could draw votes for the ment about a year ago, but million strong Central staff situation. Things have just A number of public fi- ratio. He said the govern- another pay commission duo, but will deliver a body were rejected. There are no was such that the Centre’s started to look up. Even nance experts attending an ment must wipe out its rev- enue deficit for the econo- for hiking their salary. blow to the economy, offi- fresh proposals.’’ finances went completely last year,the combined bor- IMF-Planning Commission my to take off. Ahead of early Lok Sab- cial sources said. Sources said the econo- off the track, resulting in a rowings of the Centre and conference here on Friday ha polls, political pressure ‘‘We have no proposal for my is growing strong, but mountain of public debt. states put together touched said the present ‘‘feel-good Pay hike hit states most: P6 Ahmedabad Two former aides of OUTRAGE Mob attacks Sajal C P Thakur in CBI net ● In Ahmed- abad court, T IMES NEWS NETWORK A former director-general of CGHS Fair enough, do not split the mob attacks party now. We will work with New Delhi: CBI officials on Friday was also raided during the day.The size unity and friendship till the raided the premises of two former aides of the scam is still being estimated, main accused elections are over and then of Union small scale industries minis- sources said, without ruling out more Sajal Jain, ter C P Thakur as part of an investiga- arrests and raids.