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New Delhi | Wednesday | September 2 | 2009 RNI No. 53466/91, REGD. No. DL (C)-05/1219/2009-2011 *Late City|Vol.19|Issue 245 |Pages 16 |*Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable Nation>7 World>11 Avenues>13 Sport>15 Commuter violence hits ‘Pak’s N-arsenal contains Urological solution Sania, Somdev Mumbai train services up to 90 warheads’ clear first hurdle Road sector slumps Farooq comes to Advani aid over Kandahar Capsule as Nath globetrots Pioneer News Service n New Delhi Pak violates ceasefire pact, 1 soldier killed ■ Only 6 km of highways upgraded in a day uffeted by the storm raging Jammu: After a long gap, the Bwithin the BJP and under Pakistan Army on Tuesday ■ snide and not-so-snide attacks by breached the ceasefire agreement But Minister made 4 foreign trips in three months colleagues who were once close to with India in the holy month of him and wouldn’t dare look him Ramzan. It resorted to Nidhi Sharma n New Delhi in the eye, LK Advani has received unprovoked firing from across the praise and support from the most LoC in the Mendhar sector of ROAD NOT TAKEN unexpected of quarters. Union Poonch around 1.30 am. In the he first quarter of the cur- Minister for Non-Conventional half-hour firing, an Indian soldier rent financial year has ■ Govt report says the length of Energy and former Chief Minister guarding the forward ‘TIPA’ post in Tnothing to show in the roads/highways upgraded or of Jammu & Kashmir Farooq the Bulnoiee sector was killed. P6 road infrastructure sector. The lat- constructed in a day is 43.2 % Abdullah has spoken up for est Government report reveals that lower than the set target Advani at a time when he is under a mere 6 km of highways were relentless media fire over the Bhajji fined for driving ■ In June, Nath went on a personal upgraded or constructed in a day, Kandahar episode. what he has to say. He isn’t going had gone along with the without number plate trip to London which is 43.2 per cent lower than On an NDTV show, The Advani to remain silent...” Ministers but I don’t think his Chandigarh: India team player the set target. So what is the man ■ He did a road show in Singapore Legacy: Has the Iron Man Melted?, Asked what he remembers of heart was in it. In my heart of Harbhajan Singh was on Tuesday entrusted with the job of resur- in July hosted by Barkha Dutt, BBC vet- the Kandahar episode, Farooq hearts I could sense that this challaned by the Chandigarh recting India’s road sector doing? eran Mark Tully sought to place Abdullah was scathing in his man did the man didn’t want to Traffic Police for plying his Minister of Road Transport and ■ He unveiled another road show at Advani’s legacy in perspective, reply: “I want to forget the do it (release the terrorists).” recently-imported Hummer Highways Kamal Nath is busy on Zurich on August 12 disagreeing with the media’s effort episode. Time has gone by… Why After a pause, he added, “But vehicle without a registration foreign junkets. ■ to shrink it to fit the week span- are we digging old wounds? It’s so much hype had been created number. City’s SSP (Traffic) HS In Sept & Oct, he will spend most It is three months since Nath of his time in Europe and US ning Christmas eve and New over and done with. Why do you in the media… People were Doon said the vehicle was being took over as Minister of Road Year’s eve, 1999. “Advani is a man want to hang him (Advani)? Why (camping) outside Atal Bihari driven without a number plate. Transport and Highways on May 29, ■ In US, a series of luncheon and with a huge political past… He was the hell are you people playing it Vajpayee’s house, demanding “We have issued a challan of Rs and during this period, Nath under- dinner meetings are planned with in the engine room while Atal up so much? An icon will fall… their relatives (on the hijacked 3,000 for the violation,” he added. took four foreign trips. Within a foreign investors Bihari Vajpayee was the captain… You want it to fall… Advani is an flight) be brought back. Media P16 week of taking over as the Minister, He is the man who built the BJP.” icon India can never forget. He was there all the time… All the ■ Nath went on a personal trip to The ‘five-diamond luxury hotel’ Farooq Abdullah was asked: has done everything possible for hype that was given to them… Govt not against Ambani London. He did a road show in Ritz Carlton, which has a room You were Chief Minister of Jammu India. He has thought for India. The Government had to give in. family MoU, SC told Singapore in July. In the name of tariff running up to US $5,800 for & Kashmir when Kandahar hap- He has lived for India. He will live That went against our real aim New Delhi: The Government on attracting foreign investment in the a presidential suite, has been pened. What do you make of for India till his last breath.” that we are going to fight ter- Tuesday informed the Supreme highway sector, Nath went to unveil booked for Nath Advani’s silence (in response to When it was pointed out rorists. The minute we gave in, Court that it was not for declaring another road show at Zurich on allegations levelled by Jaswant that Farooq Abdullah had India became a soft state.” the Ambani family settlement “null August 12. As per Ministry officials, Singh)? Don’t you think it makes opposed the release of three ter- Asked what he thought of and void” as prayed earlier and he will spend most of the next two the tallest leader of the BJP look rorists to secure the freedom of Advani the private man who is that its policies on gas pricing months in Europe and the US. shrivelled up? He responded: “I the hostages aboard IC-814, he prone to breaking into tears and were without prejudice to power Even a diktat on austerity and don’t think you are right in describ- promptly recalled, “I did oppose turning mushy, and Advani the no- cutting down foreign trips by Most core sectors fail ing him as a ‘shrivelled up figure’. it. I spoke to him (Advani) on the nonsense politician, an emotion- utility NTPC’s case against RIL. P10 Congress president Sonia Gandhi It is clear that Advani is allowing phone from Jammu. I have no al Farooq Abdullah said, “I see him on August 19 at Congress Working others to have their say. He will say doubt about it, I could sense he Continued on Page 4 Committee (CWC) doesn’t seem to have deterred the Minister. For to achieve targets ‘Tiger density him, September and October are packed with foreign trips. At pre- J Gopikrishnan n New Delhi The import cargo handling at sent, he is in London to meet for- sea ports registered a decrease of highest in eign investors and unveil a road 4.5 per cent of the targeted figures show. The entire top brass of the he Government may be claim- between April and June. Major Appointment of new Army Ministry and NHAI, including Ting that economic recovery is ports like Mumbai, Chennai, Corbett park’ Secretary (Road Transport) Brahm on the way, but a recent report by Haldia, Visakhapatanam and Kochi Prithviraj Singh n Dehradun Dutt, Director-General (Roads) the Programme Implementation suffered a decrease in handling Nirmaljeet Singh, NHAI chairman Department shows that most of the imported cargo during the period. Brijeshwar Singh and member core sectors are lagging behind in Though cargo export in the civil vice-chief sparks off row Wildlife Institute of (Finance) A Didar Singh, are accom- achieving their targets. aviation sector has increased, the AIndia survey report has panying him. The report covers the three- import of cargo decreased. The pas- Pioneer News Service n New Delhi two years of service left should take over the office claimed Uttarakhand’s Jim This is not all. He is off again month period between April and senger traffic in domestic airports so that he can get a grip of things and continue for Corbett Tiger Reserve has the to the United States from June and major infrastructure witnessed a steep decline in this a longer period. highest density of tigers in September 11 to 17. There are no areas like power, coal, steel, roads period, while the international sec- he appointment of Lt General PC Bhardwaj on Till now, the seniormost Lt General used to take the world. mega road shows as such, but a and crude oil and natural gas. tor gained marginally. The inter- TTuesday as the next vice-chief has sparked off over as the vice-chief, who would either serve in the One tiger is found on series of luncheon and dinner According to the report, the national terminals at the five major a controversy since he has superseded Lt General VK office for six to eight months or go on to become the every eight square kilometres meetings are planned with foreign steel and coal sectors are 11.7 per airports in the country handled Singh, tipped to be the next Army chief. Bhardwaj is Army chief later. In the normal scheme of things, of the park. As per forest investors. Nath will also meet cent and 2.3 per cent (respectively) 53.96 lakh passengers and regis- currently the Northern Army commander and Singh Singh would have — in all probability — become the department sources, a large World Bank president Robert B behind the targeted production. tered a 0.1 per cent growth over the is heading the Eastern Command. vice-chief after Thamburaj”s retirement. However, the portion of Corbett even hous- Zoelick, US Commerce Secretary Though power production increased corresponding quarter last year. Singh is widely believed to be in the reckoning Defence Ministry accepted Kapoor’s recommendation es two tigers on 10 square Gary Locke and Secretary of compared to the corresponding The domestic terminals han- to succeed Army chief General Deepak Kapoor after that the vice-chief serve a two-year term. kilometres. Transportation La Hood. quarter of the previous year, the dled 118.04 lakh passengers during he retires in March next year. Bhardwaj’s promo- However, Gen S Padmanabhan assumed charge as An MoU (memorandum He would again be travelling sector failed to achieve the speci- this period, which was 6.8 per cent tion as the vice-chief means that Singh would be the Army chief in 2000 after serving as the Southern of understanding) will be with a huge entourage of officials. fied target. The power sector is lower than the 126.62 lakh handled reporting to an officer six months junior to him. Command chief and was never made the vice-chief. signed between park author- According to sources, the “five-dia- short by 0.8 per cent of the target. during the corresponding period Bhardwaj will assume the new responsibility when The chiefs of the Armed Forces are selected on the basis ities, the Union and State mond luxury hotel” Ritz Carlton, In the petroleum sector, while previous year. vice-chief Lt General Noble Thamburaj retires in of their track record, commission number, seniority Governments for managing which has a room tariff running up the crude oil production is 1.4 per The freight traffic carried by the September-end. and date of birth and the hierarchy was clear in the the affairs of the park. to US $5,800 for a presidential suite, cent short and natural gas produc- Railways between April and June, at However, the Army and the Government said there case of Padmanabhan. “The tiger density in the has been booked for Nath. tion 9.8 per cent short of the target, 213.09 MT, was 2 per cent higher was no controversy in appointing Bhardwaj as the vice- It was also the case with Singh as he was likely Corbett park was around one in Just ten days after his return the refinery production registered than the target set and recorded a chief and pointed out that both the officers were in to be the next chief, officials said here on Tuesday. every eight sq km and this figure from the US would be his trip to an increase of 5.2 per cent over the 5 per cent growth. The total Railways the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) and their pays There was no question of superseding him, they added. is the highest in the world,” State Istanbul from September 27 to 31 target. Fertiliser production in the earning was Rs 19,849.57 crore, and perks would be the “more or less the same”. In fact, Defence Minister AK Antony had said some Chief Wildlife Warden Srikant where he would be attending Global country also increased 0.6 per cent which was 3.4 per cent higher than Incidentally, to pave the way for Bhardwaj’s pro- time back that “the mere fact that somebody is a vice- Chandola said. Transportation Forum. of the specified target. Cement pro- the corresponding period last year. motion, General Deepak Kapoor had recommended chief does not mean he is going to be the next chief.” Detailed report on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 duction also witnessed an increase. Continued on Page 4 to the Defence Ministry that an officer with around Continued on Page 4 Designer Anand Jon gets Bihar babu plants his way to Guinness Book Amarnath Tewary n Patna years, till the plants grow sturdy. the villagers of Tirhut have vowed During this period, they will be to protect the trees at any cost and paid 100 days a year,” Raju said. they’re taking constant vigil to the 59 years in US jail for rape n IAS officer of Bihar cadre He has charted out a blueprint planted saplings. Aon Monday created history to protect the planted trees and “They seem to feel as if the S Rajagopalan n Washington lewd acts on a child. Prosecutors But some of his victims, who of sorts by planting nearly 1 crore to provide job to villagers simul- trees they are protecting belong to said his victims ranged in age from spoke before the sentencing, had saplings in a single day. taneously through his mission. them,” Raju said. 14 to 21. something different to say. “I was The Guinness Book of World “Since Tirhut region in north The non-fruit trees like neem, ndia-born fashion designer In his last-ditch bid for a retri- 14. You took my adolescence, my Records has registered planta- Bihar is a flood-prone area, jamun, gulmohar and peepal have IAnand Jon Alexander has been al, Alexander made a lengthy pre- trust, my dreams and completely tion of 5,41,176 saplings on July 15 mukhias here find themselves been planted along the state and sentenced to 59 years in prison for sentation, asserting his innocence. manipulated them for your sexual this year in Pakistan. Bihar did it unable to provide jobs to poor vil- national highways while the fruit- sexually assaulting aspiring models “I am not perfect, but I’m not desires,” one of the victims, now 20 times more and edged out lagers throughout the year. So I’ve bearing saplings such as the after enticing them to his Beverly guilty,” he told the judge. aged 17, said in the court. Pakistan from the record book. engaged them into this pro- guava, mango, litchi, lemon and Hills apartment in Los Angeles Judge Wesley said Alexander The man behind the mission gramme,” Raju said. amla were planted in the villages. with the promise of jobs. should be incarcerated as long as is Tirhut Commissioner SM Raju, The workers will get the full Raju explained that this tree US Special Court Judge possible for preying upon young who hails from Karnataka and is pay of about Rs 102 under the plantation mission was going to David Wesley pronounced the girls and women, stressing that he an agriculture graduate. rural job scheme if they can serve the society in many ways. It sentence after rejecting the 35- showed no remorse for his actions “I’ve been nursing a dream to ensure the survival of 90 per cent will promote social forestry in year-old’s renewed plea for a and posed a danger to other young plant 1 crore saplings in a single of the plants under their care. For flood-affected areas of north Bihar. SM Raju: Tirhut Commissioner new trial on the ground that women. Alexander stared ahead day for two years. I achieved this a 75-80 per cent survival rate, they A total sum of Rs 700 crore he did not receive a fair blankly as the judge handed down goal through active cooperation of Pakistan’s Environment Ministry will be paid only half the wage. If would be spent on this scheme in trial because a juror had the hefty sentence, while some of village panchayats and mukhias of getting the Guinness certifica- the survival rate is less than 75 per three years, said Raju, who was inappropriately contacted his victims — seated in the jury my division,” Raju told The Pioneer. tion, he decided to beat their cent, the families in the group will also actively associated with the his sister, Sanjana, box — wept. The IAS officer had to engage record as soon as possible. be replaced. Chief Minister’s much-praised during the trial. Citing statements by the 3 lakh people from 8,463 pan- “I discussed my idea with the This Greenathon mission of Vikas Yatra. The celebrity victims, the Los Angeles chayats and 7,500 villages of six Bihar Chief Secretary and with the IAS officer has given fresh Now, a beaming and confident designer, who has Times reported that they districts of Tirhut division. “We the blessings of Chief Minister lease of life to the villagers of north Raju hopes to get his mission and designed clothes for the spoke of continued suffer- planted the 96,19,870 saplings Nitish Kumar, I plunged into this Bihar. “We had never thought we the name of the State reflected in likes of Paris Hilton and ing from depression and under the rural job scheme mission and ultimately succeed- would get employment at this age The Guinness Book. Mary J Blige, was con- paranoia. Their families NREG,” said an ebullient Raju. ed,” said the IAS officer. under this scheme. We’re very “Yes, I do hope that they victed last November of 16 were also tormented by He said though he had been “With groups of four families happy and thanking Raju Saheb”, would consider my effort and even counts including rape, sex- Continued on Page 4 planning for this day for two years, each planting 200 trees; now they said the villagers of Tirhut. the whole society would appreci- ual battery and performing Related report on P4 when he got the news of must protect the saplings for three If the locals are to be believed ate my move,” said Raju.