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12TOIDC COL 01R3.QXD (Page 1) OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C In celebration of Raksha Bandhan New Delhi, Tuesday,August 12, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 34 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Something new for Rabri wants me Kaif steers Cameron Diaz: An to surrender, says Derbyshire home anti-dam protest Shahabuddin in county league Page 12 Page 7 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES On a cue from Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. PM, BJP spikes Politics does not reflect Copter crashes into sea majorities, it constructs them. PTI early poll plan By Smita Gupta — Stuart Hall ...And double 29 on board fatal TIMES NEWS NETWORK trouble from New Delhi: The proposal, mooted flight from ONGC by a section of the BJP leadership, Raksha Bandhan celebrates the eternal to advance the Lok Sabha polls sister-brother bond. Today, sisters tie a an oil spill to November this year and hold rakhi on the wrists of their brothers them simultaneously with assem- who, in turn, promise to protect them. rig, 2 survive By S Balakrishnan bly elections in five states, has and Sanjay Dutta been scotched. TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK At Sunday’s Jaipur rally, the NEWS DIGEST Mumbai: In one of the worst helicopter disasters Mumbai/New Delhi: An Prime Minister referred to gener- in recent years, at least three persons were killed undersea pipeline carrying al elections being held after ‘‘a HC for testing Pepsi samples: when a Mi-172, ferrying Oil and Natural Gas Cor- crude oil from Oil and Natur- year-and-a half ’’. Later, the BJP The Delhi High Court on Monday di- poration (ONGC) personnel, crashed into the Ara- al Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) ‘‘postponed’’ a scheduled meeting rected the government to conduct bian Sea, off the coast here on Monday afternoon. Mumbai High North oilfield of party MPs in Jaipur on August laboratory tests on the samples of The copter,of Russian make, was hired by ONGC to Uran near Mumbai devel- 23/24, which was to be attended by Pepsi products and submit the re- the PM and deputy PM LK Advani, from Mesco Airlines. The navy,the coast guard and oped a leak on Monday, caus- port within three weeks. P7 to consider the dates of the next ONGC’s vessels jointly launched a rescue operation ing some oil to spill about 120 general elections. Cabinet nod to cow Bill: The to trace the missing persons. nautical miles off the Ratna- BJP office-bearers, who met at Centre on Monday gave its nod to The helicopter was transporting 29 personnel, giri coastline. party president Venkaiah Naidu’s introducing a Bill on banning cow including four crew, from the Sagar Kiran oil rig, Ruling out sabotage, a top residence on Monday,taking their slaughter. A meeting of the Union off the city’s coastline, to here. The chopper was to ONGC official said the 203- cue from the PM, ruled out a No- cabinet approved a proposal to make a stop-over at the Sagar Jyoti oil rig en route. km-long pipeline developed vember LS poll. table a Bill in this regard during the It crashed two minutes after take off, 42 nautical the leak about five kilome- current session of Parliament. P10 The idea of synchronising the miles (77.3 km) south of the city. The cause of the tres from the oilfield. The assembly elections scheduled for crash is not known. Sources said it could be pilot pipeline rests on the seabed GoM on Quota: A group of minis- November in MP, Rajasthan, Del- error or bad weather or a combination of both or at water depths of between 50 ters (GoM) will examine the proposal hi, Chhatisgarh and Mizoram even a technical defect in the copter. metres and 70 metres and for reservation of jobs for economi- with an early general election, cally backward among upper castes. By late afternoon, three bodies— of Capt Ravi supplies crude to the refiner- party sources said, came from Ra- The group will be headed by Deputy Chandran and Capt Jaiswal (crew) and S Dangle— ies along the western coast. Prime Minister L K Advani. P10 were recovered by the coast guard. Two ONGC en- jya Sabha chairperson B S The official said no crude Shekhawat, partly because he felt gineers, V S Mandloi and A J Mhatre, who survived oil was being pumped CBI report on Taj: The CBI will the crash, were airlifted to Mumbai. They were ad- this would help the outcome in Ra- file its preliminary report on the con- through the pipeline to check mitted to Nanavati Hospital. jasthan. This was then publicly ar- troversial Taj corridor project to the spillage. ‘‘We are sending our Union petroleum minister Ram Naik told re- ticulated by Advani, who said syn- Supreme Court on Wednesday. Uttar crude through tankers and chronising general and assembly porters at the helipad here that the ministry will in- through another pipeline to Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is A crash survivor is escorted by his colleagues. Another picture on page 10 elections would save money and stitute an inquiry into the safety of ONGC copter Mira via the ICT platform to unlikely to figure in the draft report. Graphic: Swati Chakrabarti ‘‘facilitate development’’. operations. Earlier, agitated employees gheraoed Her role may, however, be dealt with check spillage,’’ he said. The BJP, fearing poor results in him on arrival at the helipad.They threatened to go the detailed report later. P9 Mesco airlines’ The official said no esti- the assembly elections, which on strike and demanded suspension of ONGC Tragic path helicopter, hired by mate of the spillage was could adversely affect the general chairman Subir Raha. They contended that heli- by Laxman INDIA available yet. ‘‘It is unlikely elections, felt it would be more YOU SAID IT copter operations weren’t fully safe. Naik said Raha ONGC, crashes 2 to be substantial as the prudent to hold them together. would be questioned in the probe. He also an- mins after take-off pumping was stopped soon The thinking was that as the nounced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the kin of from Sagar Kiran rig Crash after the leak was detected,’’ next LS poll is being built up each of the dead. 29 people site he said. In terms of the im- as a Vajpayee versus Sonia en- A statutory probe will be carried out by the di- Indian Navy, MUMBAI pact on environment, the of- counter, it could help the BJP vis- rectorate general of civil aviation. The copter was including 18 Coast Guard ships ficial said details were still a-vis the Congress in the four ma- flying 150-200 ft above the sea at a speed of 85-90 km ONGC staffers and and ONGC vessel sketchy but gave an assur- jor states if the elections were an hour. The pilot must have had very little time to 4 crew members 42 nautical mount rescue and miles ance that ONGC has in clubbed together. respond to the emergency at this low altitude. Sagar Kiran rig on board search operations place contingency plans for Sangh not for early LS elections: P9 Flying to oil rigs: High-tech but risky: P10 checking oilspills. Bill ready but Delhi not quite TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bill in place, who will do what New Delhi: A Bill to provide trun- cated statehood for the entire Na- If the Statehood Bill is passed, this is how the Delhi administration will work: Four lakh capitation fee, 20 tional Capital Territory was clea- thousand donation, 10 thousand red by the Union Cabinet on Mon- AGENCY FUNCTION JURISDICTION uniform, book, etc. and now day and will now be introduced in Maintain law and order, Will continue to be you say you don’t want to go this session of Parliament. Delhi Police VVIP security under Central govt to school...! However, the Delhi Statehood Bill, 2003 — conceived as a key ele- Build houses, develop Will come under ment in the BJP’s attempt to wrest DDA commercial and institutional Delhi government Delhi from the Congress this No- areas, stop encroachments vember — stops short of giving the Capital full statehood. Provide power, water and Will continue to be Police and public order will re- NDMC other amenities in Lutyen’s under Central govt main under the Centre’s purview, Delhi and VVIP areasCentre indiatimes.com POLL an anomaly in the Indian context Keep city clean, run hospitals, Centre and state and also in comparison to other MCD schools, collect tax will share responsibility Should the government have exempted world capitals. And though the Sachin from paying customs duty prestigious New Delhi Municipal on his Ferrari? Council (NDMC) area will come longer time to console ourselves A senior home ministry official Yes 21% No 79% under the state government, the by saying at least half the cup is also felt that the ‘‘teeth’’ would be Centre’s directives would be full. How can there be a state lost without police powers vesting VOTE NOW: What do you think are Shane supreme in the event of any dis- without law and order within its with the state. ‘‘You cannot run the Warne’s scandals doing to cricket? purview? Once the proposed Bill administration by borrowing a a) Bringing disrepute b) Adding colour pute with the state. Sources added that again, unlike is passed, Delhi would be without stick all the time. It creates help- Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 other states, there will be no bifur- the nuts and bolts of administra- lessness,’’ he said.
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