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Stop digging, Jagmohan If this goes on, Unesco — Swami Muktananda Monumental plunder NEWS DIGEST tells UP government Imaging: Deepak Harichandan threatens delisting Shilpa’s father surrenders: Ac- By Akshaya Mukul By Saurabh Sinha tress Shilpa Shetty’s father, Suren- June 16 to the UP CM requesting of World Heritage in Danger’’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK dra Shetty, surrendered before the her to stop the construction because of the construction of around the regulated area as two suspension bridges near the police at Umra police station in New Delhi: The Union culture New Delhi: The plan to con- prohibited by the Ancient Monu- monument. ‘‘The construction of Surat and was formally arrested in ministry on Friday distanced it- struct huge structures near the ments and Archaeological Sites a road towards one of the the Prafful Sarees extortion case on self from the unauthorised con- Taj Mahal has jeopardised the Friday. P10 and Remains Act, 1958, the work bridges will result in a major in- struction around the regulated prestigious Unesco World Her- continues. He had reacted to a re- crease in heavy goods traffic and Cases against Vaghela: The area of the Taj Mahal and Agra itage status of the monument. If port published in the Sunday has already resulted in the dis- Gujarat government on Friday filed Fort, both world heritage sites, the project affects the authentic- Times of India on June 15. mantling ... of an important his- cases of alleged corruption against and asked the Uttar Pradesh gov- ity and integrity of the site and Sources, however, informed toric monument,’’ says the Un- former chief minister and Congress ernment to stop construction its environs, it could be put in leader Shankersinh Vaghela and forthwith. It has also asked the the TOI that what has come out the ‘‘World Heritage in Danger’’ esco website. former food and civil supplies UP government to probe the mat- so far is a mere tip of the ice- list and later even lose the status, A natural site, the Manas na- minister Jasha Barad on the basis ter further since the Centre had berg. ‘‘Many senior politicians said R P Perera, administrative tional park in Assam, is also in of a Lokayukt report which had not given any clearance for the and construction companies and programme officer (cul- the danger list. So, while two of indicted them. project. were involved when the project ture), Unesco. the 24 World Heritage sites in In- Saddam in Iraq? American intelli- After a two-hour-long meeting was cleared in 1996 and kick- ‘‘The Delhi office of Unesco dia are already on the endan- gence analysts now with the UP environment secre- started with a show at the Taj by has informed its Paris-based gered list, the Taj may also end believe that Saddam tary, the commissioner of Agra musician Yanni. Though the World Heritage Centre about the up figuring on this list. Hussein is much division and the vice-chairman project has been delayed, it developments in Agra. The Paris But, the sword over the monu- more likely to be of the Agra Development Au- would be very difficult political- THE TAJ HERITAGE CORRIDOR office, in turn, has written to the ment will keep dangling until alive than dead, a thority (ADA), culture minister ly to suspend it now. It would • The proposed corridor will include a shopping Indian delegation to Unesco for Unesco is sure that nothing will view that has merely be reinvented.’’ be done to alter the visual aes- been strengthened Jagmohan wrote a letter to UP mall behind the Taj by filling up a part of the more information,’’ said Perera. chief minister Mayawati listing According to Jagmohan’s let- Yamuna riverbed Under a Rs 175-crore plan, the thetics and originality of the by intercepted ter, the ambience required to surroundings of the Taj. communications various provisions of the law UP government is planning to maintain the status of the Taj • It’s a part of the project which plans to link the ‘‘A question mark on the World among members of the Saddam which have been flouted. These build shopping malls, parks, and Agra Fort as world heritage Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Ram Bagh, Etmatuddula Heritage status of a monument Fedayeen and the Iraqi intelligence include getting prior clearance and Chini-ka-Roza monuments. restaurants and entertainment service. P13 from local bodies like the ADA, sites have not only been ignored centres near the Taj. like the Taj — which symbolises Agra Municipal Corporation, but the permission of the cul- The Archaeological Survey of India globally — would have a Govt firm on CAS: I&B minister ture ministry — which takes PROGRESS SO FAR negative impact on the country’s Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday reit- Central Pollution Control Board India (ASI) has lodged a police care of such sites —was never image. It will show we are not erated the government resolve for (CPCB) and the Central Water • Construction work began in November’02 under complaint against these ‘‘unau- roll-out of CAS in the four metros Commission. sought. Jagmohan also remind- the National Project Construction Corporation thorised constructions’’. Union conscious of its importance,’’ from July 14 onwards. P8 The Archaelogical Survey of ed the UP CM of the Supreme culture minister has asked UP said a senior ASI official. India (ASI) has also lodged a Court order of May 1, 2003, • Rs 17 crore paid to a Delhi-based construction chief minister Mayawati to Explaining the importance of Nipah virus: A team of US scien- which stipulated that though company for removing sand from the riverbed World Heritage status, conserva- tists will visit Uttar Pradesh to look complaint with the Agra police ‘‘stop all the construction activi- tion architect Ratish Nanda into the recent cases of the outbreak in connection with the unautho- the state government can ties at once’’. of the killer Nipah virus which is list- rised construction. raise temporary embankments “Supreme Court had directed us to remove Acknowledging the Centre’s said, ‘‘It makes the international ed by the US among the potential After the meeting, Jagmohan by using stones and clay, this move, Perera said, ‘‘The steps community responsible for the bioterrorism agents. P8 denied that Unesco has threat- would be subject to further all shops from the front of the Taj.We are taken by Union culture minister safety of the heritage. Apart WTO rejects Indian complaint: ened to withdraw the Taj from directions and clearance by the only trying to relocate them.” Jagmohan are very apprecia- from providing global expertise A World Trade Organisation panel its world heritage list. Union government under the ble.’’ In 1999, Unesco had includ- in all conservation-related fields, has upheld US laws on determining The minister expressed sur- Environment Protection Act. — R K Sharma, principal secretary, ministry of environment ed the Hampi group of monu- Unesco can even chip in with the country of origin of textile and prise that despite his letter of No check on pollution level - P6 ments in Karnataka in the ‘‘List money to help save the sites.’’ apparel products after India chal- lenged these rules, US trade repre- sentative Robert B Zoellick said. Kalyan: Atal, Rain check by Laxman YOU SAID IT Terror plot in US embarrasses Pakistan Friday, Advani party June 20 By Chidanand Rajghatta Afghanistan. In a badly-timed dis- had travelled to Pakistan and he feared the situation was too dif- TIMES NEWS NETWORK closure for Pakistan, attorney gen- Afghanistan in the beginning of ficult to execute the plot to blow up to demolition eral John Ashcroft announced on year 2000 and met with Osama bin the Brooklyn bridge, which has Delhi Washington: Pakistan suffered Thursday that Iyman Faris, a 34- Laden and his operations director been under tight security ever TIMES NEWS NETWORK embarrassment and discomfiture year-old naturalized American cit- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to or- since it became subject of ru- on the eve of President Pervez Lucknow: Kalyan Singh, the izen from Kashmir living in ganise and finance terrorist activ- mours that it was being targeted. Kolkata Musharraf ’s visit to the United chief minister of Uttar Columbus, Ohio, had confessed to ities in the US. Although Faris was arrested States with the Bush administra- June 19 Pradesh when the Babri casing targets in the US with the The plotting continued till as re- three months back, Ashcroft an- tion announcing that it had uncov- Masjid was demolished on intention to destroy them. cently as March this year, and in nounced only on Friday that he Mumbai Chennai December 6, 1992, says the ered a plot to blow up the Brooklyn US officials did not say which one instance Faris sent coded mes- had agreed to plead guilty even as BJP-VHP leadership is lying bridge and other targets in the US part of Kashmir Faris hailed from, sages to Qaida operatives in Pak- General Musharraf landed in the when it says it had no idea of by an immigrant truck driver who but they highlighted the Pakistani istan saying ‘‘the weather is too US and headed to Boston to spend what was going to happen on had trained in Pakistan and connection. Prosecutors said he hot’’. Officials said it implied that some time with his son Bilal. that day. The BJP-VHP lead- ership had already planned a ‘‘deep-rooted conspiracy’’, he alleged on Friday. Singh said he’s going to Cyber cafes costlier Very clever lawyer! He got me testify in all the courts and honourably acquitted when I had TIMES NEWS NETWORK commissions of inquiry Religious places like parish halls misappropriated Rs 20 lakh from and temples providing services as my office funds! probing the demolition. He New Delhi: Tutorial and coaching, said he will nail the leader- mandap-keeper for hosting social repair and maintenance of gadgets, and religious functions are also ex- ship — Vajpayee, L K Advani, installation and commissioning of empt from service tax. M M Joshi, Rajendra Singh, equipment, and Internet cafes are While levying the service tax on K S Sudershan, Ashok Sing- among a host of services which are maintenance or repair services, in- hal, among others. expected to be costlier from July 1 stallation and commissioning servic- Vajpayee, Rajendra Singh with the government on Friday noti- es, and photography services, the and Sudershan weren’t pres- fying the levy of eight per cent serv- cost of material will not form part of ent when it (demolition) hap- indiatimes.com POLL ice tax on them from that date. the value to be subject to the tax. pened; the others were and At the same time, the government The service tax will thus come into Can steamy scenes guarantee a movie’s have said they tried to stop clarified that certain services, such effect from July 1 on the following success? the demolition. as call centres, vocational training newservices: commercial training He was reacting to Cen- Yes 34% No 66% institutes, computer training insti- and coaching centre; technical test- tre’s counsel Lala Ram Gup- tutes and hobby classes, will stay out ing and analysis, technical inspec- VOTE NOW : Is the new ICC chief right ta’s statement to the Liber- of the tax net. tion and certification; maintenance in blaming India entirely for the han commission that the two Also, for maintenance contracts and repair service; commissioning contract row? governments in power at the entered into before July 1, 2003, there and installation, business auxiliary Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 time are to be blamed for not will be no service tax. The services of services; Internet cafe; and franchise being able to prevent or stop commission agents have been ex- service. The scope of services under WEATHER the demolition. empt from service tax under the defi- tax has been expanded to cover port Katiyar rushes to Kalyan’s nition of business auxiliary services. services in all ports. rescue - P8 Max: 34oC / Min: 23.0oC Moonset: Saturday — 12.03 pm Moonrise: Sunday — 0.45 am Sunset: Saturday — 7.22 pm Sunrise: Sunday — 5.24 am It’s News: Star turnout for Star shares Mainly cloudy sky with possibility of TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment on the deal. rain/thundershower in some areas. Maxi- The other stake-holders have mum relative humidity on Friday 98% and New Delhi/Mumbai: A virtual minimum 61%. bought between 4 and 6 per cent who’s who of high net worth in- stakes. These include Delhi- dividuals — from corporate hon- based lawyer Raian Karan- cho Kumarmangalam Birla and jawala, Maya Alagh — TV per- Merrill Lynch’s Hemandra sonality and wife of former Bri- Kothari to actor-turned-produc- tannia chairman Sunil Alagh — er Jitendra of Balaji Telefilms Kumar Birla Jitendra Suhel Seth and journalist Vir Sanghvi. and adman Suhel Seth — have The remaining stake-holders picked up stakes in Rupert Mur- provals.’’ He chose not to comment include employees of Star News. doch’s Star News. on the individuals who picked up The broadcaster had appointed DSP Star on Friday announced that stakes, as well as the paid-up capital Merrill Lynch as the investment it has re-structured its news of the new company. banker to structure the transaction. channel business and set up a new It is, however, learnt that Ku- Sources said Star plans to have a 3- Book your Classifieds company — Media Content & Com- maramanglam Birla has pocketed 25 year agreement with the Indian in- 24 hours service: “51-666-888” munication Services Ltd. While Star per cent in the new company — the vestors after which it can be will control a 26 per cent stake in the highest stake after Star’s 26 per extended depending on government Times InfoLine “516-86-86-8” new entity, the balance 74 per cent cent. Birla, the chairman of the guidelines. The ATM of information will be held by high net worth resi- Rs 27,000 crore Aditya Vikram Star group said that an applica- The Largest Classifieds Site dent Indians. Birla group, has acquired the tion had been made to the I&B min- Peter Mukerjea, the CEO of Star stake in his individual capacity istry for permission to uplink the India, said, ‘‘We have diluted our and the investment will not be Star News channel from India. stake to 26 per cent according to gov- made from any of his group compa- Star had to dilute its stake to 26 per * 20 + 8 pages of Delhi Times ernment guidelines and look for- nies, sources said. The spokesper- cent to Indian investors before June + 8 pages of Times Property ward to getting government ap- son for the group declined to com- 26, 2003.
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FLIGHT OF FREEDOM: Pigeons flock to have a ‘meal’ at the Defence Colony flyover. All animals in Delhi Zoo keep fast once a week By Saurabh Sinha wanted to experiment by brought cheer to the ‘‘healthi- making even its birds and oth- er’’ animals here. All the ani- TIMES NEWS NETWORK er herbivore animals fast mals are kept in the open for New Delhi: There is a new once a week. After three or longer periods. The excruciat- health fad in town. Fast once four months, they will review ing heat in the past weeks had a week for good health, but the practice and if successful, forced the keepers to keep only if you are not an ele- continue it,’’ said Sinha. them in their enclosed cham- phant or a rhino. The diet is Dr Selvam said the move bers that had coolers. not the latest on waif-like has been very successful ‘‘The recently-opened supermodels’ agendas but and says it may have helped hillock for the chimpanzees at the Delhi Zoo. The zoo all the 1,200 animals here will become greener and the recently started the practice sail through the ‘‘horrible animals will really enjoy of making its animals fast on summer’’. Even for the the denser cover,’’ a zoo Fridays. herbivores, he said, the once- keeper said. ‘‘It is very good for the a-week fast was working In another first, the zoo re- health of the animals as it im- wonders. cently got an Italian ther- proves their digestive system. The staff is also happy with mometer that can be used Even rhinos and elephants the move. While Friday is the from a distance. ‘‘Now we get a little quantity of tree weekly off in the zoo, all the don’t need to tranquillise ani- fodder on the fasting day,’’ 230 staffers had to come that mals to measure their body said Delhi Zoo veterinarian day also. ‘‘Now we will call temperature. We can main- Dr Panneer Selvam. just 100 staffers on Friday and tain a chart that will show if Central Zoo Authority give the rest a holiday.Earlier the animal is showing any member-secretary P R Sinha they were taking an off on major variations and is not said the practice is widely fol- any other day of the week,’’ well. Then we can immediate- lowed in all Indian zoos for said Dr Selvam. ly take the required steps,’’ carnivores. ‘‘The Delhi Zoo Meanwhile, the rains have said Dr Selvam.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Saturday,June 21, 2003 3 Rains bring Move to amend Act Police bid to curb ‘tender mafia’ along power to extend Lal Dora By Maneesh Pandey Contractors’ regime It was allgedly the influ- The police commissioner cuts in city TIMES NEWS NETWORK ence of tender mafia in has directed his officers to TIMES NEWS NETWORK land can be acquired by the MCD which led to the mur- seek help of income-tax offi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK government since it is con- •Over-staffed civic agencies hire contractors to do New Delhi: The rural devel- New Delhi: Delhi police der of Congress councillor cials and the civic bodies in sidered unauthorised. most work opment ministry is consider- have stepped in to contain Atma Ram Gupta in Sep- their probe. New Delhi: If rains over the According to Yusuf, the ing a change in the Delhi Re- tender mafia allegedly MCD heavily dependent on 5,290 contractors, who tember 2002. Even tender forms are not last two days brought wel- government is considering a • forms Act to increase the Lal active in civic agencies take over Rs 1,500 crores of Rs 1,900-crore plan fund Crime branch has pre- allowed to be issued by the come relief from Delhi’s change in the laws so that the like Delhi Municipal Corpo- pared a list of 40 such per- clerks of the civic bodies scorching summer heat, elec- Dora area. According to Del- periphery of Lal Dora could ration (MCD) and Delhi •22,000-strong DDA have 600 private contractors sons, allegedly involved in owing to the mafia. tricity was a spoilsport. hi rural development minis- be increased to accommodate Development Authority doing 90 per cent work, worth 80 percent of Rs 800 these underhand tender ‘‘Outsiders’’ daring to fill Power situation deteriorat- ter Haroon Yusuf, the in- the growing needs of the pop- (DDA). crore allocated transactions. forms are intimidated and ed as intermittent power crease in population and ulace. Investigations in extor- cuts, were replaced by con- growing demands on the vil- In 29,000-strong Delhi Jal Board (DJB) 80 percent of In the list, 23 are from forced to withdraw. ‘‘Farmhouses blatantly tion cases revealed under- • tinuous power failure. Areas lage area had spurred such a plan funds pocketted by over 400 listed contractors northwest districts alone. ‘‘They have formed a pool- disobey rules and civic agen- world involvement in the In a special meeting on system or cartels which op- like Greater Kailash, move. cies do nothing about it. We tender business revolving Friday,Police commissioner erate in groups. One con- Janakpuri, Lakshmi Nagar, Rural or gram sabha land, feel this is the need of the around construction activi- Kishen, Bhuri and Anoop bidding process,’’ said a sen- R S Gupta directed his offi- tractor pays a pool commis- Chittaranjan Park, that is used for residential hour,’’ Yusuf added. ties and bulk supply con- gangs, active in west and ior officer. cers in the district and sion to others to quote high- Shakkarpur, Kaushambi, purposes in Delhi, is marked There is however a hitch tracts. north Delhi, are threatening They wield enough clout crime branch to start pro-ac- er prices, thus, making him Munirka and South Exten- by Lal Dora or red line. in the whole plan, since a ‘‘We have evidence to and scaring away other con- to influence politicians and tive action against suspect- the lowest bidder,’’ a police sion had a gruelling time Over time with families ex- change will have to be prove that members of tractors to monopolise the civic officials. ed offenders. officer said. contending powercuts on a panding, villagers have made in section 81 of the Act massive scale since Thurs- Sanjay Sekhri bought property or extended by the Centre, which could day night. it beyond the Lal Dora. How- turn out to be a long drawn A North Delhi Power Lim- ever according to rules, this process. ited official, denied power Nisha’s story cuts had anything to do with rains. ‘‘There were two cable faults at Shahzada Bagh and at Mookherjee Nagar on Fri- soon on celluloid day evening. These will take some time to mend,’’ she TIMES NEWS NETWORK friend had fixed up a meeting said. with the 21-year-old Nisha Hyderabad: Power supply will be af- Sharma in Delhi next week. fected from 7:00 am to 12:00 Gutsy girl But Nisha herself would not Nisha Shar- noon on Saturday due to replay her role on the screen. maintenance work at Man- ma’s valour, ‘‘We will cast an actress who in getting her dola-Narela Ckt II in part of is suitable. We will begin Jahangirpuri, Libaspur, Sir- groom and with attempting to ask Aish- his mother aspur, Rohini, Pitampura, warya Rai to do the role,’’ Su- Kapil Vihar, Prashant Vihar, arrested for san Wales said. The film Nisha Sharma demanding Rohtak Road, Shahzadawala would either be made for tel- Bagh, Vishal, Rajouri Gar- more dowry a few hours be- evision or the silver screen. fore her wedding was to take den, Ramesh Nagar, Vishnu Susan Wales has particu- Garden and Madipur. place on May 11, may soon be larly been disturbed about New DPCC president Prem Singh (centre) with Jagdish Tytler seen on celluloid. the dowry system in India. (left) and Kiran Choudhury after a press meet on Friday. A filmmaker from the US, She lives in Los Angeles and Susan Wales, intends to is an author, speaker, produc- make a film on the Delhi girl er, radio personality and ani- who has become a national mation writer. She is one of celebrity after the incident. the ‘Voices of Faith’ for Law- Susan Wales, who partici- son Falle Greeting cards. pated in the Animation India Though a strong votary of 2003 meet organised in Hy- love and romance, Susan derabad by Nasscom, told prefers arranged marriages Times News Network that a like they happen in India. New paramedic institute coming up New Delhi: Delhi govern- ment plans to set up an Insti- tute of Paramedics Sciences for running various certifi- cate and diploma courses. Two courses to be introduced initially are operation the- atre assistant or technician at GTB hospital and medical laboratory technician at Lok Nayak Hospital. Health min- ister said a consultant has been appointed to submit a project report on staff, space and equipment requirement for the institute.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER Correction: The St Stephen’s cut-off for Philoso- phy (Honours) is 77 per cent for Humanities stu- OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many place in Andaman and Nicobar islands, Arunachal dents. It was erroneously printed as 85 per cent on NATIONAL Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Thursday. The requirement for B Sc General group Mumbai: I-A 0700, Mizoram, Tripura, WB and Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand, A is as follows: For the combination of Computer 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Uttranchal, Haryana, Punjab, HP, Rajasthan, West MP, Gujarat, Rain throws traffic out of gear Science, Physics and Maths, 87 per cent PCM is 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Maharashtra and Goa states, coastal AP, coastal Karnataka, 2300 Jet Air 0650, Sanjay Sekhri required with Chemistry or Computer Science as a 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Kerala and Lakshadweep and at a few places over the rest of TIMES NEWS NETWORK 1935, 2030, 2200, the country. compulsory subject in the PCM. Error is Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD New Delhi: Waterlogging regretted. TNN 1520, 1800, 2025 KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min threw the city’s traffic out of 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 34 23 Guwahati 31 25 Amsterdam 22 33 gear in several parts of the city Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 31 22 Dehradun NA NA Bahrain 42 31 since Thursday evening. The Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 38 27 Hyd’bad 36 25 Bangkok 32 25 CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 28 26 Indore 33 24 Beijing 33 21 traffic police personnel were 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 28 20 Jaipur 37 24 Chicago 27 11 caught off-guard. Kilometre- 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 30 24 Geneva 31 17 0645,1900 Lucknow 37 28 long jams were seen at Moolc- Hong Kong 31 23 BANGALORE: T’puram 31 23 Patna 37 27 hand, Mathura Road, AIIMS I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 36 25 Rajkot 29 23 London 25 15 Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 36 24 Shimla 26 16 Los Angeles 23 17 crossing, Hauz Khas, Minto Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 30 22 Srinagar 28 15 Moscow 17 06 Road, Vikas marg, Noida more, HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 Janakpuri, Mandi House and GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS Sahara 1200 Ashram. KULU: Jagson 0630, ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on Said Nina Mehra, a private 0650, 1215 20.06.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. AHMEDABAD: bank employee,‘‘I was stuck in I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl a jam for about one-and-half Jet Air 0610 NORTH GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: 4033 Jammu Mail 25.06 30.06 07.07 30.06 hours at Adchini, where there I-A 0555★★, 1010• ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 15.07 15.07 30.06 was knee-deep water.’’She said 2403 Jammu Exp 30.06 07.07 09.07 15.07 Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, the water choked the exhaust Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 21.06 24 .06 27.06 — pipes of cars and scooters and 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 22.06 25.06 26.06 09.07 they spluttered and stopped in Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 23.06 24.06 30.05 14.07 the middle of the road. Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 29.06 11.07 11.07 The traffic policemen were INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 30.06 26.06 27.06 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 23.06 26.06 23.06 seen managing traffic at vari- BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 24.06 23.06 28.06 25.06 ous traffic junctions, as the red Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 20.07 19.07 A-I 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 03.07 17.07 21.07 lights had been switched off. FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 22.06 03.07 30.06 02.07 ‘‘The lights had not been work- 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 26.06 02.07 25.06 AMSTERDAM: North ing in many areas, so we had to 2802 Purshottam Exp — 02.07 07.07 29.06 Traffic came to a virtual standstill as waterlogging and faulty street lights created snarls and traffic west 0140 (NW-037) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 01.07 01.07 24.06 resort to manual management LONDON: British Air 4230 Lucknow Mail 25.06 28.06 03.07 01.07 of traffic at several points,’’ a jams in various parts of the city. 0210 (BA-142) WEST PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail23.06 27.06 01.06 03.07 traffic police official said. 0040 (AF-147), 2926 Paschim Exp 22.06 01.07 03.07 11.07 Commuters in buses and au- A-I 0735 (AI-141) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 24.06 27.06 30.06 — tos, exasperated with the long SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 24.06 26.06 27.06 — Airlines 2315 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 03.07 03.07 26.06 wait, finally got off to begin Monsoon may arrive early (SQ-407), I-A 0500 1078 Jhelum Exp — 09.07 07.07 14.07 walking to their destination. ‘‘I (IC-855) 2916 Ashram Exp 26.06 02.07 01.07 26.06 had to carry shopping bags and TIMES NEWS NETWORK next two days. The IMD office ‘‘Delhi has already seen ROME/GENEVA: SOUTH help my one-year-old becasue at Safdarjung recorded 77 mm more rain on Friday than in the A-I 0350 (AI-171) 2616 G T Exp 24.06 30.06 01.07 29.06 New Delhi: Monsoon may hit HONG KONG/OSAKA: 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 25.06 25.06 06.07 23.06 my auto broke down,’’ Anaya of rain in the city on Friday whole of June last year when A-I 2320 (AI-318) 2432 Trivandrum Raj 29.06 15.07 08.07 — Choudhary, a Maharani Bagh Delhi before June 29 if the cur- morning. The southwest mon- the city recorded only 48.4 mm 2626 Kerala Exp — 25.06 26.06 25.06 rent‘‘strong system’’ persists. AIR INDIA 2618 Mangala Exp — 08.07 03.07 26.06 resident who was stuck at soon has now reached Jodhpur, of rain. The rainfall recorded MUMBAI: 2628 Karnataka Exp — 06.07 07.07 24.06 Ashram chowk said. This is what the Indian Mete- Ajmer and Bhopal, and IMD of- in June 2001 was 128.3 mm 0520 (AI 136), 2145 2724 A P Exp 27.06 03.07 06.07 29.06 Besides lack of transporta- orological Department (IMD) ficials said that conditions while in 2000, 129.4 mm,’’ he (AI 309), 2205 (AI 311), 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 30.06 14.07 08.07 — has to say about the intermit- 2330 (AI 112) 7022 Dakshin Express — 29.06 — 23.06 tion there was no street light- were favourable for its further said. Temperatures over the No. of passengers dealt on 19.06.2003 (Delhi Area): 52,588 (N. Rly. Area) ing in several areas so com- tent showers that have hit Del- advance. next two days are likely to hov- A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,34,464. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all hi over the past two days. (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for muters could not locate pot- An official at the IMD said er around 34-35 degrees Cel- (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. holes. Puneet Koshi, a manage- Several places in Delhi, ad- that while it was too early to sius, but humidity would be 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 ment consultant said, ‘‘I saw joining Punjab, Haryana and say whether the city would high, he said. On Friday, the several two-wheelers and autos Uttar Pradesh have been re- have monsoon rains ahead of maximum temperature was 33 Driver arrested for murder: With the arrest of a driver, the that went right in to potholes ceiving pre-monsoon showers schedule, an early onset could degrees Celsius and the humid- north district police claimed to have solved the murder of a wid- because there was not enough since Thursday evening and not be ruled out if the present ity was uncomfortably high at ow, whose body was found at her home near Bara Hindu Rao on light to see the way.’’ this is likely to continue for the conditions persist. 98 per cent. June 8. Police say the victim was strangled. TNN MCD starts desilting two months too late By Himanshi Dhawan listen that they have dug out 2 lakh TIMES NEWS NETWORK metric tonnes of silt already. ‘‘We New Delhi: Wonders never cease. have completed almost 50 per cent What the Municipal Corporation of of the work,’’ Sharma said. Delhi (MCD) could not accomplish Denying that the figures were in over two months has been kick- fudged, he said that the corporation started within a week. only accounted for that silt that had Just last week, MCD officials reached and weighed in at the sani- were at the receiving end regarding tary landfill site. the slow pace of desilting drains, Last year, MCD had an annual exercise before the mon- taken out 6 lakh met- soons. ric tonnes of silt by According to official estimates, July. MCD had only finished 18 per cent Incidentally, the of the work. Yet within a week, the civic body spends a number has notched up to an as- hefty Rs 12 crores an- tounding 40 per cent, according to nually for the work. MCD leader Ram Babu Sharma. There seem to be no Work to desilt the 1,166 drains clear reasons for the that belong to the MCD begins in lackadiscal attitude. April and is expected to finish by In Shahdara north the first week of June. and south, tenders to This year the process has desilt drains have dragged on and seems unlikely to been invited twice but be completed even by July. no contractor is will- ing to do the work due This year even statistics have not to non-payment of last been able to salvage the dire situa- year’s arrears. tion. ‘‘Contractors do not According to Delhi government want to work because sources, barely 18 per cent of work payments for last had been done till June 12. ‘‘Desilt- year’s work are still ing work should have finished by stuck,’’ a MCD official now,’’ the source said. said. MCD’s poor performance had in Senior officials how- fact upset urban development min- ever vouch that what- ister Dr A K Walia. ever the reason desilt- Now stung by criticism, MCD of- ing work has never ficials are telling any one willing to been this slow. READER’S GRIEVANCES
stretch via Kalidas Drain in disrepair Marg and Shastri Nagar Civic amenities and in- is open and makeshift. frastructure in Shastri Both sides are paved Nagar are in disrepair. with mud, and instead The volume of traffic is of deepening each year, on the rise and the old the stretch has widened road is not wide enough during desilting. Some to cope. The closure of residents have been the gaps on Kalidas forced to build walls Marg have only made around their houses. — this situation worse. Shastri Nagar residents Parking is a big prob- DU refund lem, especially when DDA parks are rented I joined the BIS out by marriage parties. (Bachelor of Informa- Parking is also a hassle tion Science) pro- for those visiting Mata gramme of Delhi Uni- Mandir on Kalidas versity at DDU College Marg and for morning (Roll No. BIS 3023, year walkers at Gulabi Bagh 2000-01) and withdrew Park. my admission on Au- The entire area around gust 14, 2000 (well before the gurdwara in A- the last date of admis- block, is difficult to ap- sions). I applied for a re- proach. fund of Rs 15,000 (rest of A makeshift drain in the admissible refunds the area has become a have already been re- breeding ground for ceived) on the grounds mosquitoes and insects. that the said course Always choked with lacks UGC approval and waste and dead ani- other DU support. The mals, this drain is a con- first representation was stant source of stench. made to the dean of stu- While the stretch of the dents welfare, DU, via drain via Karol Bagh, letter dated October 23, DB Gupta Road, Tibia 2000. College, Rohtak Road Following this, vari- and Kishanganj is cov- ous representations ered, the stretch via have been made to the Bagh Kade Khan, DU vice-chancellor. But Vivekanandpuri, DDA I have received no re- flats, Delhi administra- sponse so far. — Ab- tion quarters and Gula- hishek Mehrotra, C-8, bh Bagh is lined with Delhi Govt. Officers stones and is open. The Flats, Model Town-I Readers should send their contributions addressed to Readers’ Grievances c/o Metro Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002.
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Police commisioner IIT: Professional hotbed makes tenant verification must: The city police commis- Number of seats: 3,900 • IIT, Chennai • sioner, R S Gupta, has ordered • Examinees: 1,90,000 • IIT, Guwahati that no landlord will rent out Battle of supremes IITs, affiliated institutions: any accommodation without • Indian Institute of In- Sanjay Sekhri fotech, Gwalior, Allahabad furnishing the particulars of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK • IIT, Mumbai tenant to the station house offi- • IIT, Delhi Institute of Foundry and cer of the concerned police New Delhi:They have only • • IIT, Kharagpur Forge Technology, Ranchi station. The person who wish- 3900 seats for which nearly es to take any accommodation 1,80,000 students fight it out • IIT, Kanpur • ISM, Dhanbad on rent will also have to inform every year in a gruelling • IIT, Roorkee • IT, BHU the police. Property dealers will entrance exam. also have to notify police. TNN The cream of science stu- dents would give their right arm to be admitted to the seven Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses. With the IIT Joint Entrance Exam results being an- nounced on Friday, this is the beginning of the ero- sion of bright applicants that the Delhi University will face, as other engineer- Now that the IIT results are out, colleges have started ing institutions follow releasing their new cut-off lists. close. While fessional rate.‘‘We already admit the effect course three or four times the of IIT re- THE GREAT entrance number of seats available sults on exams in science courses to be on the num- COLLEGE RUSH which af- the safe side,’’ she added. ber students opting out of fect DU. A S Reddy, principal of DU colleges is negligible, ‘Courses like engineering, Venkateswara College, the effect of other entrance medicine, and architecture agrees. ‘‘The courses that results is still felt on DU attract students more than are worst hit are Physics, cut-offs, principals said. a graduate course in DU,’’ Chemistry, Electronics and According to Hindu prin- she said. But the colleges Mathemtics,’’ he said. Al- cipal Kavita Sharma, it is have, over the years, though, according to him not so much the IIT results worked out a formula to this does not affect the as the results of other pro- deal with the drop out cut-offs. Pottermania: Episode 5 TOI By Urvashi Gulia TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: You are about to get sucked deep into the mysterious world of a teenage wizard. All victims of Pottermania go and grab that copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix if you haven’t booked it in advance. Chances are that you may not find it on the shelves for too long. Market sources reveal that a mere 60,000 copies are available for the Indian market as of now. Which is not good enough for most book shop owners. ‘‘We are trying to get as many copies as we can but may not get more than 250. The distributor just does not have enough copies,’’ A book store employee putting up a Harry Potter poster. said Praneel Arora proprietor of book and used an integrated Bookworm. Anuj Bahri of marketing approach comprising Bahrisons Booksellers echoed the Internet, radio and print. the sentiment and added, ‘‘I ex- The response was massive and pect at least a 100 books in my 7,000 books have already been store tomorrow morning.’’ sold. Over 3,000 orders are in the Thomas Abhraham, GM pipeline. This book itself has (Marketing) Penguin Books (In- notched sales worth Rs 63 lakh dia), said ‘‘The number of books for us.’’ available is exactly the volume of the first order. Fresh batches Inspite of all the interest wouldn’t take over 10 days to get around the book, Delhi book- here. We expect 100,000 sales by shops have failed to cater to the year end.’’ demands of the customer at a While the book will be avail- level. Preeti Pahwa, an avid able in all major metros by to- reader, wasn’t even aware of the morrow morning,smaller cities release date courtesy the lack of like Chandigarh will get a promotions in book shops. ‘‘I glimpse of it only by late knew the book was coming soon, evening. Thirteen-year-old Gaut- but didn’t know when. I am defi- mik is part of the brigade that is nitely going to pick a copy to- headed to a bookstore tomorrow morrow. But I wonder why there morning. ‘‘I wanted to order it wasn’t any promotion in book off the Internet but now I’ll just shops?’’ she remarked. go buy it,’’ he said. Rakesh Chandra, owner of According to Mahendra The New Book Depot in Con- Swarup, CEO Times Internet naught Place reasons that the Ltd, ‘‘Indiatimes started booking book is popular enough and orders before the launch of the needs no added promotion.
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6 Saturday,June 21, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi No check on pollution levels near Taj PTI By Royden D’Souza level in May-June 2003 shot up to 700 joining mosques have been worn TIMES NEWS NETWORK microgram per cubic metre, accord- Eroding beauty down, so you can imagine what is ing to a data available at the Air happening to the Taj,’’ an official at Lucknow: The Taj Mahal is under Suspended particulate matter Pollution Laboratory in the Taj • the lab said. attack from miniature missiles. Pow- hit the Taj’s marble surface and Mahal itself. ASI officials of the Agra circle, in- ered by winds blowing at a speed of erode it 40-75 km per hour, suspended partic- The laboratory belongs to the charge of the Agra Fort and the Taj ulate matter (SPM), measuring 700 chemical branch of the Archaeologi- •SPM levels have doubled from Mahal, are scared of speaking out. microgram per cubic metre, is dash- cal Survey of India and has especial- 400 microgram per cubic metre in One top ASI official, however, said: ing against the white marble of the ly been set up at the Taj, to monitor a year ‘‘The chemical branch of the ASI Taj, eroding and decolouring its three pollution parameters: sulphur spent a huge sum of money from No- dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and SPM, •There has been no check since vember 2002 to February 2003 to wash surface. and to ascertain their effects on the marble surface was cleaned the Taj’s marble structure with a And this is a conseqeunce of the the Taj. up once ‘natural pack’ comprising multani construction of the Taj Heritage Cor- mitti, amongst other substances. ridor along the reclaimed stretch of Experts at the lab, on condition of Yamuna river behind the monument. anonymity, say the situation has de- ‘‘If nothing is done to stop this ‘‘After the cleaning, the Taj was In May-June 2002, the average SPM teriorated. About a week back, the soon, the damage to the Taj will be gleaming white. But once the con- level was 400 microgram per cubic SPM level peaked at 1,500 microgram unthinkable. The white marble of struction began, and once the dessi- metre. After construction work be- per cubic metre. On June 16 and 17, it the Taj is more susceptible to abra- cated earth began to blow towards gan in January 2003 and dessication was 717.79 microgram per cubic me- sion than the red stone of the adjoin- the Taj, the marble erosion process of the earth dumped during the re- tre, and on June 17 and 18, it was ing mosques, but even the flower en- started again. Now it’s for anybody to claimation process, the average SPM 792.41 microgram per cubic metre. gravings on the domes of these ad- see, the marble has gone yellowish.’’
Kamaljeet Singh IAF aircraft IL-76 Gajraj takes part in Cope Thunder in Alaska. The aircraft flew over the Mamata is No.1 North Pole during the exercise. Fernandes to make Vij discusses on Trinamul site T-90 hitches By Aloke Banerjee website minces no words ‘sortie’ on Sukhoi TIMES NEWS NETWORK while criticising the Con- with Russia gress. It also explains why TIMES NEWS NETWORK the squadron. According to TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata: It’s official now, Mamata had to break away his tentative flying pro- BJP contacted Trinamul New Delhi: George Fernan- from the Congress and form gramme, Fernandes will, as New Delhi: A team of ex- Congress chief Mamata des will on her own party in 1997. any fighter pilot, get his pre- perts from Russia will vis- Banerjee way back in 1997 to Sunday be- First to be formed was flight meals between 6 and it the country shortly to form a government at the come the rectify problems in the Centre, so says the party West Bengal Trinamul Con- first defence 6.30 am and then change gress on December 26, 1997 — over to g-suit for flying. functioning of the recent- website. Surprised, you have minister to ly-inducted T-90 tanks. an event Mamata described According to an IAF more interesting details to fly in the The Russian side as- as purna swaraj from the press release, for the next chew upon — open criticism frontline SU- sured Army chief General Congress. The name was 90 minutes, the defence min- of Congress and of course 30MKI. N C Vij of this when he changed to All India Trina- ister would be put through details about the unstinted Fernandes According took up the snags in the efforts of Mamata to raise mul Congress on August 9, to IAF offi- rigorous cockpit familiari- 1998. functioning of the tanks the party. cials, Fernandes will don sation and then after a brief with the military top The website reveals that ‘‘Congress leaders compro- the mandatory flying suit. rest, undergo the mandato- mised with the communists brass. BJP leaders had approached He will also have to ry medical tests and finally The tanks are also for their personal comforts Mamata Banerjee and Ajit undergo mandatory med- take off from the airbase armed with missiles and self interest at the behest Panja way back in 1997, seek- ical tests before undertak- around 11 a.m. which are capable of en- of the Congress leaders in ing their support to form a ing a 30 to 45-minute flying Visiting No 20 squadron, gaging enemy tanks be- Delhi,’’ the website points government at the Centre. sortie on board the aircraft the minister will utilise the yond visual range, official out. ‘‘Many times, issues from the Pune airbase. ‘‘There were strong feelers opportunity to understand sources here said. were raised with Sitaram for Mamata Banerjee, Ajit His twin-seater aircraft, the capabilities of this Currently on his Russia Kesri and Sonia Gandhi, but Panja and a section of other belonging to the Number 20 state-of-the-art fighter air- tour, the first since he be- to no avail,’’ it adds. fellow Congress MPs to sup- IAF Squadron, would be craft at first hand during came the chief, Vij has dis- Detailing Mamata’s bioda- port a BJP initiative to form captained by Wing Com- his flight. He will interact cussed problems with the ta, the website describes her a government.’’ mander A S Jamwal, the with the personnel who fly tank’s night-fighting capa- President A P J Abdul Kalam gets a safa tied during the Urs of Hazrat Nizamuddin held in While detailing the origin as the ‘‘founder and vision- senior-most pilot of and maintain it. bilities. New Delhi on Friday. and growth of the party, the ary’’ of the party.
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AP AAI officer, son held for graft in Kolkata TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata: The national division regional execu- tive director of the Airport Authority of In- dia N K Puri was arrest- ed in Kolkata on Friday along with his son by the CBI for demanding and accepting a bribe in front of independent witnesses. Senior offi- cers described it as a ‘‘copy book trap net’’ which the official land- ed himself in. Puri was accepting the bribe for release of Members of an Indian delegation at the historical Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on Thursday. part payment to a con- tractor. His son was present in the room when he accepted the bribe and was trying to conceal the money. The Samata will rake up accused were produced in the court of the Barasat sub-divisional judicial magistrate on Sonia’s foreign origin Friday evening. Puri was remanded to police TIMES NEWS NETWORK ball into an electoral issue said, has always fought custody for a day while in the upcoming polls. He against dynastic rule and New Delhi: The issue of his son Ankush Puri said nowhere in the world for national integrity. Ya- Congress president Sonia was remanded to judi- could foreigners occupy top dav may have changed but Gandhi’s foreign origin is cial custody for 10 days. constitutional posts and the Samata Party’s stance to be resurrected by the Acting on a written Samata Party, a key mem- there was no reason why In- remains the same, he complaint which came ber of the ruling NDA. dia should be an exception. added. to the CBI on Thursday, Samata Party spokesper- Shiv Kumar also lashed He said the fact that So- a team of officers set a son Shiv Kumar said here out at Samajwadi Party nia had contested an elec- trap for Puri. He was ar- on Friday that his party leader Mulayam Singh Ya- tion and won the mandate rested for ‘‘demanding had always maintained that dav for changing his stance of the people did not mean and accepting an illegal the country’s top five con- on this issue. Referring to that this issue is no longer gratification of Rs stitutional posts should not Yadav’s recent public state- relevant. ‘‘The issue does 5,000’’, said CBI sources. be held by non-Indians. ment that Sonia is not a for- not fade away just because Early on Friday, a The Samata Party, he eigner, he said the SP she has won an election,’’ team raided Puri’s AAI said, plans to take this mat- leader’s change was inex- he said, adding, the Samata new quarters residence ter to the people in the com- plicable. As a leader of so- will also initiate a public at Kaikhali, North 24- ing days, which could snow- cialist moorings, Yadav, he debate on this aspect. Parganas. Plan for backward districts soon By Chandrika Mago Noble intention and a Backward Districts Ini- preferred the reform meas- TIMES NEWS NETWORK tiative supposed to cover 100 ures to be spelt out clearly. •The packages are districts. The original divi- The Commission maintains New Delhi: After differences sion of money was to be Rs that this will be decided between the Planning Com- heading for the Union Cabinet 200 crore a year for Orissa, Rs when framing annual Plans. mission and the finance min- 800 crore for Bihar and Rs Both agree, however, that the istry stalled the govern- •The scheme is 1,500 crore for the 100 dis- level of funding will depend ment’s ambitious Rashtriya expected to come up tricts. on the year’s Plan size, and Sam Vikas Yojna for a year, on Saturday On the table now is a pro- pace of utilisation. the Bihar and Orissa pack- posal for Rs 1,000 crore a year The plan for Bihar looks at ages of the scheme are head- •Aim: Force pace of development in for Bihar in the remaining funding prioritised sectors ing to the Union cabinet. backward districts four years of the 10th Plan. such as power, rural connec- The scheme is expected to Orissa’s share would be Rs tivity, irrigation, watershed come up when the Cabinet 250 crore a year for four development and communi- eight per cent growth rate Committee on Economic Af- years. The 100-district plan, ty-based forest management. fairs (CCEA) meets on Satur- with minimum input and now a 25-district pilot proj- The state government has day. maximum effect. ect, is being looked at sepa- agreed to support the imple- The Development and Re- The aim was to look at rately. mentation of schemes by spe- form Facility, first an- time-bound schemes which The Planning Commission cific agencies, with imple- nounced in last year’s budg- would show quick results. wants the money for Bihar mentation to be monitored et, was aimed at forcing the That visible, even if token, and Orissa to be allocated as by the Central ministry con- pace of development in back- development could be an ob- a grant, to form part of state cerned. The Planning Com- ward districts and states, vious poll plank only helps. annual Plans. The finance mission would review the linking aid to reforms in sec- The Yojna, which began ministry, it appears, wasn’t projects every three months. tors such as power,transport, with a proposed outlay of Rs keen on a 100 per cent grant, For Orissa’s chosen dis- finance, agriculture and gov- 2,500 crore a year, had three even if it were linked to re- tricts, the plan would take ernance in a carrot-and-stick components: A special pack- forms. The commission ar- the route of guarding against policy. Theoretically, thereby age for a truncated Bihar, an- gued that the most backward drought, supporting liveli- inching closer to the 10th other for Orissa’s Koraput- districts need a special touch. hoods, connectivity, health Plan target of an annual Bolangir-Kalahandi region, The ministry would have and education.
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8 Saturday,June 21, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi
PTI US team to study Govt sticks to CAS promise TIMES NEWS NETWORK said it would announce its Strong stand rate list. deadly virus in UP New Delhi: The government •Govt firm on making Jawahar Goel, additional has reiterated its resolve for vice chairman, Zee Telefilms Washington: A team of Palisades, New York. It ob- roll-out of conditional access CAS operational from US scientists, which had tained a $1.4 million grant July 14 and head of Siticable, said system in the four metros that the endeavour would be studied the outbreak of from the National Insti- from July 14 onwards. •May put ban on the killer Nipah virus in tutes of Health. to keep the price of pay chan- This was stated by infor- advertisements of pay nels in the region of Rs 200 Malaysia in 1998 and 1999, The deadly virus, first mation & broadcasting min- channels will visit UP to look into found near a Malaysian per month. ister Ravi Shankar Prasad af- •Multiservice operators STAR TV and Sony are the recent cases of a simi- jungle village called Ni- ter a 20-minute meeting with lar deadly virus thought to pah, “leapt from beast to meeting today to decide also reported to be working Prime Minister Atal Bihari have come from fruit bats. man and killed both at a on their own price list on a revised price list of their Vajpayee. The team will test over torrid rate,” the Journal respective pay channels. Prasad said that the Prime the next four years a com- said. It was recently re- ban on advertisements on The government had earli- Minister has asked him to en- pelling and complex theo- ported in Australia also. pay channels. er promised that in post-CAS sure that CAS was in the in- ry of emergence of Nipah, The disease first hit a “All options are open,” regime all channels would terest of consumers. listed by the US among the pig farm and decimated Prasad said. be available in around potential bioterrorism Malaysia’s fast-growing He said that government Meanwhile, multiservice Rs 200. agents, the Wall Street pork industry, killing 40 would do whatever was need- operators including Sitica- However, as per the initial Journal reported. per cent of the 257 people ed under the framework of ble, Hathaway and cable op- price list suggested by broad- The study is organised who caught it. The virus law to ensure smooth roll out erators are meeting on Satur- casters the consumer may by the Consortium for found in UP responds to of CAS. day to come out with their have to shell out over Rs 350 Deputy prime minister L K Advani, BJP president Venkiah Naidu and finance minister Conservation Medicine in the same anti-body. PTI He did not rule out the op- own price list of pay chan- to access all channels under tion of government putting a nels. Zee Telefilms too has the CAS regime. Jaswant Singh at the Chintan Baithak on Friday. Development, Party swears by not security PM’s ‘chintan’ BJP poll plank By Dilip Chaware By Smita Gupta watched is whether he is re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK nominated in the organisa- tional elections which are a New Delhi: At the end of the Mumbai: BJP’s three-day few months away. these BJP’s Chintan Baithak in ‘chintan baithak’ brainstorm sources say that much will on Uthan, near Mumbai, the session here appears to have the results of the assembly message was: The Prime endorsed Prime Minister Va- elections later this year. Minister is the party’s undis- jpayee’s suggestion to contest In the run-up to the chin- puted leader and his line on the next Lok Sabha poll on tan baithak, one section the timing of elections — the issue of development which felt that the erosion in that they should be held as (‘vikas’) and not national se- the BJP’s base had been per schedule in 2004 — and curity. stress on carrying the allies caused by its abandoning its How to gear the organisa- along prevailed. agenda, had stressed that the tion for the coming round of Coming as it did on the emphasis needed to be on the five assembly and the next heels of an ugly leadership BJP rather than the coalition Lok Sabha polls by showcas- controversy in the party, the partners. This was reflected ing the BJP-led NDA coali- PM set the tone for a ‘‘united in the recent cabinet reshuf- tion’s achievements, with a BJP’’. Not only did he agree fle. The PM had hoped that stress on programmes devel- to stay on an extra day so that the reshuffle would strength- oped for the poor, was the he would overlap with en the NDA, but it only ended central theme at the session, Deputy PM L K Advani, who up strengthening the BJP. it is learnt. The party plans arrived late, but in his But at the baithak, sources to seek a mandate to re-elect speech, he described his said, the PM’s line held the the BJP to enable the party to deputy as a ‘‘source of day.This was that the ground complete the work. strength’’ and acknowledged realities suggested it would Deputy Prime Minister L the latter’s contribution to be hard enough for the BJP to K Advani’s speech at the con- the party organisation. maintain its current score of clusion of the conclave indi- Advani returned the com- 182. Therefore, it was equally cated the leadership contro- pliment by stressing the PM’s important to strengthen the versy had been put aside; he successes in the internation- allies who would have to asked everyone to work un- al arena, completing the pic- bring in another 120-odd der Vajpayee for a win in the ture of a happy parivar. seats for the NDA to have an- next polls. And though he Vajpayee also fulfilled his other go at governance. spoke on national security, promise to party president M Indeed, this approach — Advani chose to stress the Venkaiah Naidu, who had the need to take the allies importance of the develop- triggered the leadership con- alonge — resulted in the de- ment issue. troversy with his twin lead- cision that it would not be The party also made clear ership statement. He soothed possible to have general its conviction of Hindutva Naidu’s ruffled feathers by elctions this year as the NDA being an integral part of the expressing his appreciation partners would not agree. BJP ideology. ‘‘We are of the for his ‘‘energy level’’. However, if the BJP wins opinion that a beautiful Ram The PM’s praise of Naidu three of the four assembly temple must be constructed appeared to indicate that the elections later this year, an at Ayodhya. What modalities latter’s job was safe for the election in February-March to adopt should be chosen by moment, but party sources 2004 could be considered, the the government,’’ party pres- say that what needs to be sources said. ident Venkaiah Naidu said. Katiyar rushes to the rescue TIMES NEWS NETWORK know responsible. Having absolved Singh, By the same token, he Katiyar said the Rao gov- Lucknow: Neither the said, Kalyan Singh should- ernment in Delhi had some then state chief minister n’t be accusing Advani, answers to give. ‘‘Why was Kalyan Singh, nor anybody Joshi and others of hatch- he (Rao) a mute spectator to else could be held responsi- ing a conspiracy to pull it the whole thing?’’ ble for the December 6, down. Katiyar, then the chief of 1992, demolition of the ‘‘It was a momentary the Bajrang Dal and also Babri Masjid, says one of and spontaneous reaction himself an accused in the the saffron leaders who was of people who even ignored Babri demolition conspira- present when it happened. appeals made by senior cy case, also took umbrage Vinay Katiyar, who is leaders like Advani and to CBI filing a supplemen- now the BJP’s state unit others. How can anyone be tary chargesheet against chief in Uttar Pradesh, told held responsible? Kalyan Deputy PM Advani and sev- journalists here on Friday Singh is like my elder en others. that he cannot agree with brother, but he should not “There are no com- the deposition by Union change his stand on Ram plainants. Neither the pu- government counsel Lala Janambhhomi with (his) jari nor any other person Ram Gupta earier this change of party.A leader of had lodged any FIR against week before the Liberhan his stature should not in- Advani and others. Then on commission of inquiry dulge in cheap publicity what basis the CBI has filed holding the then govern- and vote bank politics,’’ the supplementary ments at Delhi and Luc- said Katiyar. chargesheet?’’ he asked. Attack on Press can’t Kanchi seer’s formula with be probed, says govt Muslim board TIMES NEWS NETWORK sons was pre-planned. But Gupta insisted that the TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Central govern- Sarkaria report could not be ment counsel Lala Ram Gup- considered as evidence be- Lucknow: The much-await- ta told the Liberhan Commis- fore the commission as nei- ed proposal of the sion on Friday that its terms Shankaracharya of Kanchi ther was a notice issued nor of reference do not allow it to on proceeding to resolve the was an opportunity given to inquire into the alleged at- Ayodhya dispute finally other parties to give their tack on mediapersons at Ayo- reached the All India Muslim submissions. dhya on December 6, 1992, the Personal Law Board on Fri- day the Babri Masjid was de- Gupta, however, main- day,by courier. molished. tained that there was no bar Addressed to Board chair- Gupta also said that the re- on the media to report the man Maulana Syed Mo- port by the Justice Sarkaria events of December 6, 1992. hammed Rabe Hasani Nadvi, committee, set up by the He also did not agree when it was received at the Nadwa Press Council of India (PCI), the commission asked him if College. But what the seer’s is contrary to the law since the ban was imposed by any formula was could not be the PCI Act puts a bar on it non-governmental organisa- known, as the Board chair- from probing a matter pend- tion. man is out of Lucknow and ing before a court or an in- But he admitted that if kar will return on Saturday.He is quiry commission. sevaks had imposed any re- expected to convene a session The PCI report had said striction, it was an unlawful of either the Board or its that the attack on mediaper- act. working committee to dis- cuss it. However, it is too late for the proposal to be dis- cussed by the Board sub-com- mittee on Babri, beginning Saturday in Delhi. There are divergent views on the Board making the Shankaracharya’s letter pub- lic. it contents public. Some feel it should first be dis- cussed internally,others that it is important enough to be made public right away. The decision will vest solely with the Board chairman.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Saturday,June 21, 2003 9 No room for Pota review panel New twist in Uttaranchal scandal By Bisheshwar Mishra Present state committee. their fears that Deputy TIMES NEWS NETWORK step down earlier this week. The girl had been in a nocence. After a day, chief TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pota — and its earlier Prime Minister L K Advani The reports allege the girl government hostel for desti- minister N D Tiwari said he avatar, Poto — have been on announced the formation of Dehra Dun: Uttaranchal was in a jail there a year be- tute women for the past sev- would ask the Union gov- New Delhi: On the ropes be- No place the statute books for more the review committee in the police are verifying a report cause of the Opposition’s al- fore, on suspicion of being a en months here and then de- ernment for a Central Bu- than a year but the Centre Lok Sabha on March 13. The from Bareilly about the an- legations that the Prevention Seven rooms in Vigyan Bodo insurgent. She was livered a child. She is al- reau of Investigation probe Bhavan have been has not been forthcoming committee, he said, would en- tecedents of the girl from of Terrorism Act (Pota) was taken into custody from the leged to have named Rawat, into the entire affair. allotted, but they are about its actual workings. sure that the provisions of Assam, whose pregnancy being misused, the Vajpayee Bareilly airport area at the who resigned when the mat- On Friday,the Opposition under renovation Though newspapers have re- Pota were invoked for com- government set up a commit- forced state revenue minis- time when the Prime Minis- ter was raised in the state parties refused to allow the ported hundreds of arrests, bating terrorism and ‘‘not ter Harak Singh Rawat to ter was visiting the city. assembly, protesting his in- assembly to function. tee in March to review the No database including that of young boys used against ordinary crimi- working of the controversial Govt doesn’t have a and old men, repeated ques- nals or those who are not ter- law. Three months later, with record of the number of tions by members of Parlia- rorists or whose acts cannot its promised office space arrests made under Pota ment asking for a statewise be considered as terrorist nowhere in sight, the com- Only excuse breakdown of arrests have acts.’’ mittee has made little Govt says review gone unanswered. The home Home ministry sources progress. minister routinely pleads claim that even though office Headed by former Punjab committee chairman is operating from home that since law and order is a space has not been allotted, and Haryana high court chief state subject, the Centre does the committee’s work has al- justice A B Saharya, the com- not have the data. However, ready begun — with the re- mittee has not been provided Said an official: ‘‘While the Centre used to collect ar- tired judge working from his a room to carry out its work two rooms are being merged rest data on Pota’s predeces- home. till date. and made into one large sor, Tada, as well as on other Though Saharya was not When asked by The Times room for the chairman, the laws. available for comment, a le- of India, home ministry offi- other five rooms will be given For the Opposition, and gal expert told TOI it would cials claimed that as many as to other members and the even some NDA allies, the be difficult for the head of seven rooms had been allot- secretarial staff.’’ According high profile arrests of such a committee to conduct ted for the committee in to officials, an additional MDMK leader Vaiko and his review from home be- Vigyan Bhavan and were judge and another senior ad- Samajwadi Party ally Raja cause the work requires sec- currently ‘‘under renova- ministrative official are also Bhaiyya under Pota were the retarial staff to assist the tion’’. being added to assist the last straw. It was to allay chairman.
AP Don’t use my name, says Kalam TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: His earlier polite appeal having gone unheeded, Presi- dent Abdul Kalam on Friday used somewhat stern language asking individuals and organi- sations to ‘‘desist forth- with’’ from naming in- stitutions, buildings, fan clubs and even villages after him. Kalam considered such moves ‘‘highly in- appropriate’’ and he ‘‘to- tally disapproved’’ of them, a Rashtrapati Bhavan press commu- nique said. ‘‘Such individuals and groups may kindly note this and desist from Shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, 87, at his residence in Varanasi on Friday. Prime these moves forthwith. Minister A B Vajpayee granted Rs 2 lakh as assistance for the maestro’s treatment. Instead they should en- gage themselves in tasks of nation-building through developmental Police bust kidney racket programmes specifical- ly aimed at ameliorating TIMES NEWS NETWORK involved with the gang have years. the lot of the needy and been identified, Khan said. The gang spotted poor peo- Hyderabad: The police bust- the underprivileged,’’ Hospital files related to ple, negotiated a deal with ed a major kidney racket the President said. these cases have been sent to them and kept a list of such here on Thursday with the He hoped that ‘‘his the authorisation committee, donors with their blood sentiments would be ho- arrest of six people of a gang. Seven donors have also been which permits organ trans- groups. Then they scouted noured both in letter plantation, he said. A report for patients in corporate hos- and spirit’’, his office arrested. The gang allegedly lured from the committee is await- pitals. A meeting between the said. ed so that action can be taken donor and the patients’ rela- The President’s secre- people from different parts of the state into selling their against the erring doctors, he tives would be arranged and tariat, which had earlier added. Two doctors working a price agreed upon. The bro- sent out letters rejecting kidneys to patients waiting for transplants in corporate at a hospital located at Lower kers took commissions rang- permission to a number Tank Bund allegedly have ing between Rs 10,000 and Rs of bodies wanting to use hospitals. Interestingly, the managements of these hospi- links with the gang. 50,000. Kalam’s name, was About 51 cases of buying In several cases, the bro- tight-lipped about any tals were aware of the racket, and selling of kidneys by the kers arranged fake certifi- specific cases prompt- additional commissioner of gang — which has been oper- cates to show that the donors ing the appeal. police A K Khan claimed. ating for the past two years — were residents of Hyder- But use of names of Kingpin of the gang A have come to light, he said. abad. The gang prepared fake people holding high con- Vasu said the gang arranged However, Vasu said he and certificates in many cases to stitutional offices is not kidneys for patients undergo- unknown. ing transplantation in top his gang members had been show that the donors were city hospitals. Five hospitals in business for over three relatives of the patients.
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10 Saturday,June 21, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi
AP Surendra Tripathi will 30 injured as surrenders, militants hurl arrested grenades stay out: Maya in the Valley ‘formally’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI CM talks straight TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Chief minister & AGENCIES TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mayawati has said Amar- •There are people mani Tripathi will not be facing charges who are Surat: A distraught Srinagar: Tension gripped reinducted in her ministry in positions of power Surendra Shetty, father the holy town of Charar-i- till he is cleared in the Mad- of actress Shilpa Shetty, •I will keep Tripathi out Sharief when militants ex- humita Shukla murder case surrendered before the to maintain a high moral ploded a grenade at a police by the CBI. If charged, she police at Umra police standard station on Friday morning, said, he’d have to await the station and was formal- injuring three policemen and trial outcome. •Mental condition of ly arrested in the Praf- two detenues. Addressing a Press confer- Madhumita’s mother is ful Sarees extortion At least 30 people were in- ence on Friday, the CM said not sound case, here on Friday jured, when militants explod- she had earlier announced morning. ed grenades at two places in regime. She said Tamil Nadu Shetty will be pro- Tripathi would be reinducted the Kashmir valley, includ- CM Jayalalithaa, Bihar duced before the district if Madhumita’s mother ing Charar-i-Sharief. CM Rabri Devi and Chhattis- court on Saturday for Shanti Devi gave him a clean The blast at Charar-i- garh CM Ajit Jogi had police remand. Investi- chit in writing. But circum- Sharief is the first one in the continued in office even gating officer B V Ra- stances had since changed town since 1995, when troops while investigation against mani said police will and this wouldn’t be enough, were ordered to flush out them was on. seek his remand for 14 she said. foreign militants hiding She had taken the decision days to determine the In an obvious reference to there. not to re-induct Tripathi now exact nature of his links Devi’s letter on Thursday The shrine was set ablaze ‘‘to maintain high standards with the underworld. saying that she never levelled by the militants to avert charges against Tripathi and of morality in public life’’, military operations reducing Shetty had been given she maintained. time till Friday by the that his dignity should be re- the entire township to stored, the chief minister The CM also lambasted op- High Court to surrender Children from the Dawoodi Bohra community cheer during the procession held to mark the 92nd birth anniversary of their ashes. said ‘‘her (Devi’s) mental position parties for having to the Surat police fol- religious leader Dr H H Saiyad Mohhamad Burhanuddin Saheb in Ahmedabad on Friday. No militant outfit has condition does not appear to accused her government on claimed responsibility for lowing the rejection of the issue. his bail application on be sound’’. ‘‘Devi’s state- Friday’s explosions so far. The UP government now Wednesday. ments cannot be relied Twenty-seven persons, has nothing to do with the Shetty reached Umra upon,’’ she added. four of them policemen, were case, she said, and she was police station at around Devi, Mayawati declared, hurt when militants tossed a sure the CBI would get to the Getting hotter: Radio Mirchi aids films 10 am on Friday and was ‘‘has been changing her state- grenade on a police vehicle at truth. taken into custody. The ments far too often’’. Madhu- ilm producers are increasingly dio seems to have caught the imagina- an attractive medium for Bollywood to Pulwama district town of The chief minister said bail application of his mita’s mother first said she using the power of radio to pro- tion of the dream merchants of Bolly- promote new releases owing to the sta- south Kashmir around 11 since the inquiry has been wife, Sunanda, will also wanted the case to be trans- mote their releases with some of wood. tions high frequency interactive pro- am, they said. entrusted to the CBI she F come up for hearing on ferred from the CB-CID to the the big names in Bollywood using Ra- Says Rakesh Roshan, the producer mos replete with contests and listener They said the grenade hit would not like to make any Saturday.Friday was in- CBI. dio Mirchi to promote their films. of Koi Mil Gaya, ‘‘The film is meant to feedback. the front screen of the vehi- comment till the completion cidently Sunanda’s The next day the CM trans- First, it was Chalte Chalte and now it entertain people of all ages and the Meanwhile, for Koi Mil Gaya,the cle and exploded, causing in- of the probe. birthday. The Shetty’s ferred the case to the CBI. is Koi Mil Gaya that has got filmmak- tie-up with Radio Mirchi is essentially promotion campaign on Radio Mirchi juries to four policemen and are facing charge of But on the same day, Madhu- Mayawati informed the re- ers to exploit this medium to reach out because radio is being acknowledged includes playouts of the songs from 23 pedestrians. contacting the mita’s mother sent a fax porters she had already made to audiences. as one of the most popular mediums the film, live interviews with Hrithik In other incidents, five Malaysia-based gang- saying she wanted the case a formal request to the Cen- Film producers have traditionally of communication today. And Radio Roshan and Preity Zinta, tickets to the Lashker-e-Taiba militants ster Fazl-ur-Rehman for to remain with the state tre to order a CBI probe into used television and outdoor advertis- Mirchi most certainly knows the movie, exclusive sound bytes, sneak were killed, two militant recovering dues from police. the matter. ing, and some of the enterprising ones pulse of the youth and has an ex- previews and even a Meet-n-Greet ses- hideouts were busted and a Prafful Sarees owner Mayawati said she wanted A fax message to this effect have also used the Internet. But with tremely large audience.’’ sion with Preity and Hrithik in the villager was abducted by mil- Pankaj Agarwal for an to send the message that was sent on Tuesday last fol- Chalte Chalte and Koi Mil Gaya being Sources at Radio Mirchi add that weeks to come. The promotion will be itants in Jammu and Kash- advertisement film everyone, right from a lowed by a written request promoted aggressively on Radio the association with Koi Mil Gaya re- on at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmed- mir since Thursday evening, which featured Shilpa commoner to a VIP, would sent by a special messenger, Mirchi — the new medium of FM ra- inforces the fact that Radio Mirchi is abad, Pune and Indore stations. official sources said on Fri- four years back. be treated alike in her she added. day. Preparations are go- Security forces cordoned ing on for voice spec- off entire area immediately trography of Shetty to and the injured were taken to verify the taped conver- Govt clarifies on Space TV plea for DTH licence hospital where the condition sations between the of six was stated to be seri- gangsters, Agarwal and TIMES NEWS NETWORK every condition of the DTH would be required to strictly The ministry is right to As per norms, the approval meet basic eligibility crite- ous, they said. Two of the se- the Shettys. Voice tests guidelines before such a li- comply with each and every note that a DTH licence or letter essentially tells the ap- ria, deposit Rs 10 crore and riously injured were referred In response to a news item, would be conducted at cence would be issued. condition, including the con- letter of intent has not been plicant company to deposit wait for the Gwalior court’s to SMHS Hospital at Srina- ‘‘Govt fails to pierce Star’s the All India Radio sta- Moreover, the whole ditions of FDI before the issued. Rs 10 crore and seek satellite verdict where a public inter- gar. tion here. DTH veil’’ (Times of India, process involves various ministry considers the sign- Our report only said that frequency clearance before est litigation is pending Security forces, on specific Shetty, 62, said: ‘‘We June 19, 2003), the informa- stages, viz deposit of Rs 10 ing of licence agreement the ministry had ‘‘given (its) being given an LoI. against it. information, launched an op- have been asking tion and broadcasting crore, issue of Letter of In- with the company. approval for issuing an LoI’’. Once the LoI is issued, the As per Section V of the eration in Chawari area in Pankaj Agarwal to settle ministry issued a rejoinder tent, deposit of bank guaran- The ministry would en- In fact, this approval letter company has to provide a DTH guidelines approved by Banihal tehsil of Doda dis- the dispute amicably for stating: tee etc, before the licence can sure strict compliance of all (vide 8/2/2002/BP&L, issued bank guarantee of Rs 40 the Cabinet, however, even trict on Thursday night and several years and he The Ministry of Informa- be issued. the terms and conditions of on May 9 by Mahua Pal, crore before the ministry the letter of approval should in the subsequent gunbattle used to tell us that he tion and Broadcasting has As of date, even the letter the DTH guidelines before Director (BP&L)) initiates signs the licence agreement. not have been issued if the killed four militants of Pak- would come to Mumbai clarified that no licence has of intent has not been issued. any licence is at all issued. the process of issuing a li- In the May 9 approval let- applicant does not meet the istan-based LeT outfit. personally to talk about been issued to Space TV for There is no question of any H C Kunwar Assistant Infor- cence which is done in ter, the ministry told Space criteria of basic eligibility,as Two of the slain militants this but he never did.’’ DTH telecast. The company violation of the laid down eq- mation Officer (I&B) stages, as Kunwar’s clarifi- TV that it will have to shift to pointed out by the home and have been identified as Abdul has to comply with each and uity caps and the company Our correspondent replies: cation itself says. an Indian satellite system, finance ministries. Rehman Lohar and Javed.
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INDIA DIGEST PTI Rupee rises against dollar, exports fall TIMES NEWS NETWORK Appreciation hurts New Delhi: Exporters’ miseries are spilling over the brim as the rupee con- •Exporters’ body has asked RBI to tinues to rise against the US dollar, intervene to strengthen rupee steadily eroding India’s export competi- •Rupee’s gain against dollar relevant A squirrel enjoying a watermelon tiveness. as bulk of contracts invoiced in dollar in a park in New Delhi on Friday. The rupee closed higher at 46.55 to a dollar for the fifth straight day this •Impact felt more as Indian Militants injure 3 CRPF men: week. The Indian currency has appreci- exporters are price-takers, not Three securitymen were injured when ated 0.45 per cent this week alone. The price-setters militants attacked a CRPF post at rupee’s gain so far in 2003 has been three Saikot area in Manipur’s Chu- per cent. Yet, in trade weighted terms, tends to be cheaper against the rupee in rachandpur district on Thursday the thin forex market, financial analysts night, official sources said on Friday. the rupee is still undervalued against Heavily-armed insurgents surround- the dollar by two per cent, indicating say. ed the post and opened fire, injuring further scope for the strengthening of The strengthening rupee is hurting three CRPF personnel belonging to the Indian currency. India’s exports particularly because ex- the 14th battalion. PTI Officials concede that the present sit- porters already continue to work uation of the strengthening rupee has against stiff international competition PWG Naxals’ attack: Naxalites of created the opportunity for foreign and higher transaction costs vis-a-vis banned PWG shot dead an activist funds to take advantage of the interest other economies in the world, Ahmed of a voluntary organisation, Viveka- rate differential between India and the explained. nanda Youth Club, involved in a gov- A fisherman sits in his boat as the USS Vandegrift sails into Cochin Harbour in Kerala on Thursday. Two US guided missile The rupee’s gain against the US ernment-run watershed programme US. These funds have pumped in around frigates of the Oliver Hazard Perry Class, USS Gary and USS Vandegrift arrived in Cochin on Thursday. at Devarakonda in Nalgonda district, $ 370 million this month alone into the greenback is of particular relevance to India’s export competitiveness because the police said on Friday. PTI bond and equity markets in India. What has been good for the capital the bulk of the country’s export con- IRS officer’s Man with loaded revolver held: market is, however, increasingly turn- tracts are invoiced in dollar. According Maran’s son An aged businessman, carrying a to a FIEO study, as many as 43.48 per Kamal Hassan ing out to be the exporter’s nightmare. loaded revolver whose licence had Federation of Indian Export Organisa- cent of Indian exporters did 100 per cent assets attract expired, was arrested at the NSC tion (FIEO) chief Rafeeque Ahmed on of their invoicing in dollar, while 69.5 to pay for Bose International Airport in Kolkata, when he was on his way to board a Friday cried a halt to the strengthening per cent of the exporters invoiced in the CBI crackdown to rename film Sahara Airlines flight to Delhi, airport of the rupee by asking the RBI to inter- range of 75 to 100 per cent in dollar.Only treatment vene in the market to bring about stabil- about 21.74 per cent of Indian exporters sources said on Friday. PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK Swati Das ity in the exchange rate. invoiced in the range of 30 to 50 per cent Sandiyar no more TIMES NEWS NETWORK Manipur assembly session: Ahmedabad: Former addi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Tracking the strengthening of the ru- in dollar. New Delhi: Union min- Governor Arvind Dave has sum- tional commissioner of in- pee in the spot market, the dollar for- Exporters who invoiced cent per cent Chennai: Actor Kamal Has- ister without portfolio moned the next session of the Ma- come-tax Vimal Sah, an IRS ward premium has eased substantially. of their exports in dollar are the ones san decided on Friday to Murasoli Maran’s fami- nipur assembly from July 7, a Raj The bench-mark six-month dollar pre- particularly hit. This is also because of officer of 1986 batch, was Bhavan communique said on Friday. change the title of his new ly has decided to pay for mium on an annualised basis fell to 2.13 the fact that in the overseas markets, In- booked in a case of dispro- The Opposition Democratic People’s film, Sandiyar (the thug), the his treatment in the US, dian exporters are basically ‘‘price-tak- Alliance is expected to raise the is- per cent on Friday from 2.25 per cent. portionate assets by the CBI, shooting of which had been minister of state for ers’’ and not ‘‘price-setters’’. sue of deteriorating of law and order The easing of forward dollar premium Gandhinagar, after searches postponed following protests health A Raja said in an China, for instance, has a ‘‘fixed dol- situation in the state and financial has increased the arbitrage opportunity of his bank lockers and at his from a Dalit party, Puthiya official release on lar’’ rate in the international markets mismanagement. PTI for foreign funds. And as foreign funds residence showed assets well Tamizhagam. Thursday. for its merchandise. bring in more dollars, the US currency over his official income. The new title would be de- ‘‘The family of Maran 5 Naxalites arrested: Five Nax- Sah had been arrested on alites were arrested and arms and cided in a couple of days, has felt saddened by ad- March 8 by the CBI under the •Jaya appreciated ammunition seized from their pos- Hassan told reporters here, verse reports on the gov- Prevention of Corruption my decision to change session at Balipanka village under after a 40-minute meeting the film’s name ernment paying the bill Gudari police station in Rayagada Every Indian has Rs 4,700 Act for accepting a bribe of with Tamil Nadu chief min- for his treatment and district, Orissa, the police said on Rs 50,000 for settlement of a ister Jayalalithaa. •Film not aimed at his son, Kalanidhi Friday. PTI case. He was in judicial cus- Hassan said the film was hurting anybody’s Maran, has decided to tody for 60 days after the Gu- Population panel: The National in foreign debt burden not aimed at hurting the sen- sentiments bear the expense now,’’ jarat High Court refused him Commission on Population has a timents of anybody, adding Raja said in the release. TIMES NEWS NETWORK •Shooting venue won’t new member-secretary in Surendra billion in nine months. bail. he had decided to change the Maran had under- The end-December 2002 is the latest Further, searches of his be shifted from TN to AP Nath. Nath, who was working as an New Delhi: India’s 100 crore people title of the film as some peo- gone a heart surgery at on India’s foreign debt situation and four bank accounts, two each additional secretary in the depart- have a foreign debt of $105 billion. ple had objected to it. AIIMS in May 2002. A that is what was brought out on in the UTI Bank and the SBI, alalithaa herself, due to the ment of justice, is from the MP cadre This means that every Indian carries The film’s shooting, begun fungal growth required TNN Thursday by the finance ministry in a revealed a balance of Rs 5.68 controversy. of the IAS. a foreign debt burden of $105 (roughly earlier this month in the cen- another surgery which lakh, the General Provident Hassan refused to divulge Rs 2 lakh for Bismillah Khan: Rs 4,700) on her or his head. status report. tral district of Theni, had to was carried out at Ap- Fund accounted for Rs 5.68 the nature of the discussion As a special gesture, PM Atal Bihari Even as India’s population passed It is another matter that the be stopped as a Dalit leader K pollo in Chennai. When Vajpayee granted a Rs 2 lakh assis- the one-billion mark in the middle of situation as it prevails in the middle lakh, while a UTI account Krishnasamy of the Puthiya he had with the CM, but said Maran’s condition wors- tance from the National Relief Fund 2001, the country’s external debt was of 2003 could be very different, partic- contained an extra Rs 13.52 Tamizhagam party, decided she appreciated his sugges- ened, he was taken to for the treatment of Shehnai maestro keeping pace to top the $100-billion ularly since the government, embold- lakh. to oppose the film on the tion of a name-change. With the Methodist Hospital Bismillah Khan. Khan is in his late mark for the first time. ened by a forex reserve exceeding $80 The CBI found that he ground that it was a portray- the change, he felt police pro- in Houston. 80s and is now in Varanasi. PTI At the end of March 2001, the out- billion, has been retiring high-cost owned a benami Maruti car al of a violent Thevar (an in- tection wouldn’t be needed. The decision to move worth Rs 2 lakh and jewellery termediate caste). He also al- Denying reports of a plan Archive of family histories: As standing stock of India’s external debt even before those are due for re- Maran was cleared by a part of the efforts to strengthen its debt stood at $100.4 billion, up from payment. worth Rs 4.39 lakh, all of leged that it was advocating to shoot the film in Andhra, panel set up by the data base on local history, the Kerala $98.3 billion a year ago. At the end of The fact that the end-December 2002 which added up to total as- the aruval (sickle, often used Hassan said that he was sure health ministry, Raja Council for Historical Research plans March 2002, the foreign debt declined status report on foreign debt could be sets worth Rs 35 lakh. This to hack enemies) culture. it would be a box-office hit. said. The PM then to build an archive of family histories to $98.8 billion, but climbed to $105 bil- of little relevance to the present situ- amount overshot his official The Theni district police ‘‘My film will run even if it cleared the decision for and biographies. PTI lion by end-December 2002 — up $ 6.2 ation comes out in an official release. income by Rs 20 lakh, CBI chief refused to provide pro- is named Sakala Kalavalla- the government to pay. sources said. tection and so had Jay- van, Part II,’’ he said.
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12 Saturday,June 21, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi JK Rowling You are shy, the writing Harry Clearer picture of origin of galaxies Reuters Potter six By Dennis Overbye brain shows it quickest”. By Janet McBride stronomers unveiled Seeing back into the cosmos Niel Brandt, an X-ray as- Washington: The brains of who had taken part in an ear- the first results tronomer at Pennsylvania shy people overreact when lier study. Thirteen of them London: Harry Potter au- Thursday from what State University, said, “We they see strange new faces, had been characterised as in- thor JK Rowling has already A they said was the most are seeing galaxy children.” which may explain personal- hibited when they were two begun writing her sixth book searching look yet into the Augmented by ground- ity differences and also offer years old, and nine as unin- about the adventures of the origin of galaxies and how based observatories and the ways to treat anxiety disor- hibited. boy wizard, publisher they grew. soon-to-be launched Space ders, US researchers said on “Inhibited children in the Bloomsbury says, but no Staring at two patches of Infrared Telescope Facility, Thursday. second year of life don’t like deadline has been set. sky, NASA’s Hubble Space which will perform its own Even people who have novelty, don’t like unknown The fifth book in the se- Telescope and Chandra X- sweep of the same patches seemingly overcome their in- situations,” Schwartz said in ries, Harry Potter and the Or- HST GOODS/ ray Observatory assembled of sky, Goods is a successor nate shyness have an extra- a telephone interview. “It is der of the Phoenix, will go on CHANDRA a snapshot of cosmic histo- to earlier surveys in which strong reaction in the amyg- broader than shyness ... It is sale in bookstores around the DEEP FIELD ry, the astro-nomers said, the Hubble stared at a pair dala, the emotional centre of about being more vigilant world on Saturday. of tiny patches of sky, the brain, when shown a new about things that are new.” that reaches back to less Dark age With publishers turning than a billion years after the JWST recording galaxies far back face, the researchers found. He said about two-thirds of Pottermania up to fever Big Bang Big Bang in which the uni- in time. “It’s been theorised that children identified as inhibit- pitch, “Harry 5”, as it is Cosmic verse was born. The new survey is wider, the behavioural differences ed as toddlers lost overt signs known in the industry, could Microwave A billion years corre- encompassing an area of that characterise inhibited of those characteristics by become the fastest-selling Background sponds to about 8 per cent of sky equal to about half of a and uninhibited children adolescence. Of the 13 in the and most profitable book of First the age of the universe, said full moon an area 33 times may relate to the amygdala’s study who were inhibited at all time. Bloomsbury chair- Stars Dr. Mauro Giavalisco, an as- First as large as that covered by response to novelty, and our age 2, two went on to develop man Nigel Newton said in a tronomer at the space tele- Galaxies the earlier “deep field” ef- study supports that concept,” clinical anxiety disorders. statement he was “delighted” scope who was a leader of Modern fort and containing some said Dr. Carl Schwartz, an as- Anxiety disorder, he said, with the response. the survey known as the Universe 50,000 galaxies. sistant professor of psychia- can be seriously disabling. “JK Rowling has already Great Observatories Ori- 13.7 1 .3 .0004 0 Among the surprises, Dr. try at Harvard Medical “It is a psychiatric disorder started writing book six. (~400,000 yrs) School and Massachusetts that you might define as shy- gins Deep Survey, or Goods. Giavalisco said, is that the Bloomsbury have contractu- Age of the universe (billions of years) General Hospital who led the ness on steroids,” he said. That, Dr. Giavalisco said, is universe was copiously pro- al rights but there are no de- study. “These are kids who don’t “the period when galaxies This illustration shows that the Chandra X-ray observatory and the Hubble space ducing stars as early as a bil- livery deadlines,” Rowling’s Schwartz and colleagues want to go to school. They and humans evolved the telescope’s camera for surveys looked back billions of years to see the first galaxies. lion years of age. NYT News Service agent said. Reuters tested 22 adults in their 20s don’t date.” Reuters
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Saturday,June 21, 2003 13
Americans AROUND THE WORLD The hunter and the hunted: Both in jail AFP AP Jennifer Aniston tops tap Saddam Forbes list: Jennifer Anis- ton is the brightest star on Hussein alive Earth. She’s the number-one celebrity on this year’s Forbes magazine Celebrity and talking 100. The Friends star ranks higher than Tom Hanks, By Douglas Jehl Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kid- and David Johnston man, Julia Roberts or anyone Washington: American in- else, including her own hus- telligence analysts now be- band. Brad Pitt isn’t even on the list. Forbes’ puts its list lieve that Saddam Hussein is together based on earnings much more likely to be alive and media exposure, like than dead, a view that has how many magazine covers been strengthened in recent a celebrity is on. AP weeks by intercepted com- Bounty hunter Duane Chapman (left) tried to kidnap Max Factor cosmetics heir and convicted rapist Andrew Luster munications among fugitive Friendliest city: It’s (right) after trailing him to Mexico. Luster was arrested in Mexico Wednesday after five months on the run. members of the Saddam Fe- crowded and dangerous but dayeen and the Iraqi intelli- Rio de Janeiro is the friend- gence service, according to liest city in the world, fol- US government officials. lowed by San Jose in Costa N Korea vows The officials said the re- Rica and Madrid, according cently obtained intelligence to a new study. Residents in Pin-up prince turns 21 had re-intensified the search Kuala Lumpur, New York, Singapore and Amsterdam retaliation for Hussein along with his By Rashmee Z Ahmed the present Queen, marked are the least likely to help sons, Uday and Qusay. The TIMES NEWS NETWORK her 21st birthday when India strangers in need, which if censured was still under British rule. search is being led by Task made theirs the least friendly London: Prince William, At her 21st, just months be- Force 20, a secret military or- cities in a survey of 23 coun- Seoul: North Korea vowed Britain’s 21st century pin-up fore Indian Independence, ganisation that includes tries. ‘‘It all comes down to on Friday to take “strong prince with his so-called the then Princess Elizabeth members of the Army’s high- simpatico, a Brazilian word emergency measures” to re- glossy posse of female broadcast a speech to the Raj, ly specialised Delta Force that describes a person who taliate if the United States friends and acquaintances, vowing to serve the ‘‘great and of the Navy’s elite coun- possesses certain qualities succeeds in taking Py- turns 21 on Saturday.And he imperial family’’. terterrorism squads, with such as friendliness and openness,” New Scientist ongyang’s nuclear programs will celebrate it with the The footage was quickly support from the CIA. said Wednesday. Reuters to the UN Security Council. cheesiest PR stunt of them likened to Royal Big Brother, The intercepted communi- cations between some of The North Korean threat all — a starring role in Royal a gold-plated version of the Crying babies wanted: Reality TV. Hussein’s supporters have in- came as South Korea reiter- hugely-popular reality televi- Bawling babies have ruined cluded credible discussions ated its reluctance to put the The 10-minute raw video sion show in which ordinary films for countless moviego- issue before the Council at footage of Princess Diana’s participants live in a wired indicating that the former ers but now one New York this time despite US moves two sons, Wills and Harry, house and allow themselves Iraqi president is alive and cinema is filling an entire the- on Thursday for a statement and their father, at work and must be protected, two de- ater with them in an effort to Prince William to be filmed at all hours of condemning Pyongyang for play contains remarkably un- the night or day. The footage fence department officials win the business of stir crazy reviving its nuclear weapons buttoned scenes. There is rians warned it could be a is then broadcast and the au- said. Military officials indi- parents who haven’t gone program. royal joshing with Prince dangerous downward spiral dience votes to eject one par- cated Thursday night that out in years. About 100 urban A draft statement circulat- Charles and friendly spar- in the attempt to cater to the ticipant a day. The sole sur- new operations in the hunt mothers, and a few stay-at- ed by Washington would call ring between the boys during global mass-market and let vivor wins the jackpot. for him were under way. home dads, checked their on Pyongyang “to immedi- a couple of chukkas of polo. even more ‘‘daylight in upon But in the case of Prince If Hussein is alive, the pre- designer strollers at the door earlier this week to enjoy a ately and completely disman- A sweaty William puts his the magic’’ of the British roy- William, a lanky boy with a vailing view among intelli- rare baby-friendly flick. tle its nuclear weapons pro- lips to a bottle of water and al family. taste for fast cars and the gence analysts is that he is takes a swig, managing to still in Iraq. These officials Scores of infants cooed and Actress Elizabeth Hurley and her boyfriend Arun Nayar gram in a verifiable and irre- But others said the royals Swahili language, the jack- screeched as the lights versible manner” and fully look both manly but sadly, could not have stooped lower pot is seen to have been won said they suspected that he attend Comedy Central’s “The Roast of Dennis Leary” in would feel safer seeking dimmed, and one hallway in New York City on Thursday. comply with international prematurely-balding at the than the famous soap operas by the world’s royalty-ob- the Loews Cineplex quickly refuge among his supporters nuclear safeguard require- same time. of our time, with the toe- sessed media. morphed into a diaper- has alleged teachers violated who filed a lawsuit on her be- in familiar surroundings, ments, according to a copy of The palace released the sucking topless Duchess of The video footage appears changing room. Reuters her civil rights when they half in Manhattan federal the text. footage late on Friday in an York, the intimate Dianagate to have been released by the rather than risk fleeing to an- suspended her from school court on Thursday said 14- “In the event the United extraordinary departure and Camillagate phone con- palace to feed a media hun- other country, where he Teen sues over Barbie for wearing a ‘‘Barbie is a year-old Natalie Young is States takes the nuclear issue from royal protocol, which versations, the two royal di- gry for pictures of their could be at greater risk of shirt: A New York teenager Lesbian’’ T-shirt. Lawyers openly lesbian and that a to the United Nations, we will does not normally encourage vorces and Diana’s last pub- newest blue-blooded pin-up. discovery by US intelligence. teacher laughed at her, call- respond with powerful emer- senior royals to be seen eat- lic fling with Dodi Fayed. Sadly, for William, a reluc- Beyond the intelligence of- ing the garment and its refer- gency measures,” said the ing, drinking or in undigni- Royal Reality TV could not tant royal, to feed means to ficials, aides to President Elton John to offload his baubles ence to the popular Barbie communist state’s ruling fied poses. be more different from the whet the media appetite for Bush have begun to express doll ‘‘inappropriate’’. Reuters party newspaper. Reuters Several senior royal histo- way William’s grandmother, more. less certainty about the ques- Shopaholic pop star Elton John will of- tion, saying they do not know fload 11 years of collected artworks at Exorcist suit: The author whether he is dead or alive. an auction of the contents of his London of The Exorcist and the direc- BRICKBATS They include those aides who home later this year that is expected to tor of the 1973 movie of the You must be geniuses to continue this in the immediate aftermath fetch close to $1.7 million. It will be the same name have filed suit strip and I must be a lunatic to say so. of the war said Hussein was second time he has cleared his shelves against Warner Bros., alleg- — Vera Raina to make room for more items after he This strip has become like chewing probably dead. ing the studio didn’t do gum — tasty in the beginning but no Other officials in the US sold the contents of his Windsor home in enough to make them mon- taste after some time. Why are you 1988 in a three-day auction of nearly ey. William Peter Blatty, who wasting precious space. you make it a and Britain have said that 2,000 lots of memorabilia, jewelry and works of art. wrote the novel and screen- weekly affair so that it can regain its Hussein probably survived Auction house Sotheby’s which is handling the sale on charm. play, and director William the war. Gen. Richard B My- September 30 said on Thursday it expected to raise — S Garg Friedkin, claim Warner Bros. ers, the chairman of the more than $1.3 million from the sale of a collection built For bouquets go to Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on up over the 11 years he has owned the Holland Park breached its fiduciary duty by www.timesofindia.com self-dealing the rights for a Fox News that “probably the house. Reuters newer version of the film. AP e-mail: [email protected] majority opinion is that he is alive.” NYT News Service One killed in Grozny blasts Rostov-on-Don: A truck caused casualties. TVS tele- car bombing. That attack bomb exploded near a gov- vision showed footage of a killed at least 70 people. ernment compound in the man, cradling an in injured Earlier this month, a fe- Chechen capital Grozny on arm, running for help on a male bomber blew up a bus Friday, killing at least one street strewn with metal carrying workers from a person, Chechen emergency fragments said to be from a Russian air base near Chech- response officials said. large Kamaz truck. Police nya, killing herself and at Akhmed Dzheirkhanov, and troops came streaming least 14 people. Two other the deputy chief of the emer- into the street, moving quick- suicide bombings in Chech- gency situations ministry ly toward the smoke-covered nya last month killed at least branch for Chechnya, said scene of the blast. 78 people. that the truck bombing had The explosions came the The rebel attacks have un- occurred about 70 m from a day before the Chechen State dercut the Kremlin’s efforts building housing the Council, the republic’s tem- to portray the situation in the Chechen police’s department porary legislature, was to war-shattered region as sta- for fighting crime. He said a have met for its first session bilizing. The Russian parlia- woman had been killed. in a Grozny building that ment last month approved a Earlier, he said another was hastily built to replace partial amnesty in hopes of blast occurred nearby but it the government headquar- encouraging rebels to aban- was unclear whether it had ters destroyed in a December don their fight. AP
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14 Saturday,June 21, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Splice of Life Beijing Hope A THOUGHT FOR TODAY GM Potato Could Come a Cropper Beijing: On the eve of prime minister Many believe that India today is getting closer In another generation or so, Harry Potter will be Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to China, to countries — the US and China — that were in the dustbins everywhere. By Suman Sahai than rushing untested GM potatoes to New Delhi’s ambassador in Beijing, earlier closer to Pakistan. them. Nutritional enhancement by food Shiv Shankar Menon, spoke to BBC’s We have consistently — with China as — Harold Bloom There was a startling statement in the supplements is easy to do in schools and has India correspondent, Sanjeev Srivastava. also other countries — maintained that our press a few days ago that a GM potato an established tradition. Exclusive excerpts from the interview: bilateral relations with a country are not variety would be available in India within As it stands today, even the science done determined by our relationship with any six months. Curiously,the Genetic Engineer- on the GM potato is inadequate and we How crucial is the visit? third country.We seek good relations with all Soccer & Sorcery ing Approval Committee (GEAC) has not are talking about an incompletely tested our neighbours, and all major powers. even received an application to consider I think it’s very significant for us. It is the product. One thing is clear to everyone that first visit by an Indian prime minister in a New Delhi has constantly maintained that Beckham and Harry Potter are two approval for the GM potato in question. the increase in protein in the GM potato is The chairman of the GEAC has expressed decade. The bilateral relationship has grown China supplies missile technology to Pakistan. examples of genuinely global brands negligible and will make no real difference very rapidly in the last few years. There’s Will the issue be raised during this visit? his displeasure at premature pronounce- nutritionally. This has been emphasised Two wunderkinds — one a sports superstar, the other a boy new leadership in China and we are at the I think we will discuss with the Chinese ments being made in the press about the by scientists working at the Central Potato wizard — have rocked the world in the last few days. Even beginning of a new century.So, it’s time that how we see the situation around us. Also, release of transgenic crops. Research Institute. as the news was announced that David Beckham would we had another high level exchange of we’ll tell them what we are doing. With So what is the status of the GM potato? All the experiments on the GM potato join Real Madrid on a four-year contract worth about views... Besides, the prime minister’s own Pakistan, the prime minister has already Is it six months away? What is India’s policy so far have been done only on the vegetative £25 million, the outgoing Manchester United star was in personal contribution is important. The extended a hand of friendship. We have on GM crops? First we had the mess with cycle, which means we do not know how Japan. Beckham’s trip there is expected to fetch him more whole process of normalising and improving issues with Pakistan but we will have to Mahyco-Monsanto’s Bt cotton that was the variety behaves when it is sexually money than his entire first season with his new club — not of Sino-Indian relations started with his resolve them on a bilateral level. I think approved despite several questions about its reproduced (flowering and setting seed). bad for four days of promotional work for assorted brands. visit as foreign minister in 1979. So his we’ve made that clear. quality, then its subsequent failure in the At present, we cannot say anything about Meanwhile, the long-awaited fifth Harry Potter book, experience is very important. There is thus a field. Then we had GM mustard, which is in the stability of the transgenic potato in the We will naturally tell the Chinese what The Order of the Phoenix, began rolling out of bookstores personal element in it as well. limbo, and now the premature announce- long run since studies on gene insertion we think, how we see the situation around at one minute past midnight in New York on Saturday. How do you think the relationship has evolved ment of the GM potato. Decisions in India have been done only in one vegetative us, review what’s happening in Asia and Author J K Rowling has confessed that she wept after during the past few years? are ad hoc and taken whimsically in the generation, not in several sexual genera- around the world. I am sure the Chinese will killing off a major character in the latest saga of the young absence of a sound policy framework. The tions, as it should be. I think two things have happened. There tell us about their perception as well. It wizard. That prompted some commentators to wryly net result is great confusion. Potato is mostly vegetatively propagated was a time 30 years ago when only difficult is a changing world, so the more we talk, the note she could cry all the way to the bank — Saturday First, the GM potato is far away from com- in India, which means potatoes are cut issues — the boundary dispute, for instance better it is for us and everybody else. I think night alone is expected to yield Rowling royalties worth mercial release. Its promoters appear to be up into pieces and serve as ‘seed’ for sowing — dominated the agenda. Today, we have what was missing in the past was precisely $50 million; in all, the Pottermania phenomenon has jumping the gun deliberately, in order the next crop. The little pieces grow into a broad spectrum relationship, which is this mutual understanding. grossed over $2.5 billion through book, movie ticket and to pressure the agencies for bigger potatoes and when growing very fast. There is also this talk merchandising sales. Some would decry this as crass its release citing a human suf- they are large enough, the Last year, we did of a grand axis bet- commercialisation of sports and literature. But Beckham fering angle. The emotional crop is harvested and so it trade worth $5 bil- ween China, Russia is no longer merely a footballer, just as Harry Potter is far Q&A button for Bt cotton was the goes from crop to crop. During lion, and in the first and India. more than a literary character. Both have risen beyond farmers’ suicides in Andhra the potato cultivation process four months of this There was a time That is still a generic status to become genuine brands embodying Pradesh and the need to give in the plains, no flowering year alone, that 30 years ago when concept. It’s some- certain qualities, and are reaping the enormous collateral them a cotton variety that takes place, no seed is set and trade has grown by only difficult issues — thing the scholars benefits that have been unleashed in the process. would cut down the heavy there is no “next generation”. 70 per cent. That, I the boundary dispute, are looking at. There Why have Potter and Beckham become worldwide icons, expenditures on pesticides Before any judgment can think, is a function for instance — domi- have been seminars transcending not just cultural and geographic differences and, by inference, stop them be passed on the value of the of the transforma- nated the Sino-Indian — one in Moscow but even specific areas of interest? After all, lots of non- killing themselves due to debt GM potato, studies need to be tion that has taken agenda. Today, we two years ago, one soccer fans adore Beckham, people who may otherwise not burdens. We know now that conducted to evaluate the place, both in India have a broad spectrum here in China last read stay happily closeted with Potter for hours. Perhaps the Bt cotton has practically and China — they relationship. year, one to be stability of the gene from Udayshankar part of the answer may lie in the fact that technology failed in almost all the one generation to the next are the two fastest held in India later has today allowed the creation of an unprecedented mass locations it was grown. The emotional button generation, to ensure that the amaranth growing large econo- this year. These consciousness. When Jennifer Lopez jives, millions of being pressed for the GM potato is that mal- protein gene is actually integrated into the mies in the world. Today, we are selling seminars are looking at a whole range of young men get rooted to the TV; Leonardo di Caprio’s dying nutritioned children susceptible to blindness genetic material of the potato. If this is not things to China we didn’t even produce a issues: From economic complimentarities scene in Titanic had women shedding tears around the and that this potato will solve this problem the case and if the gene is only temporarily couple of decades ago, things like software. to energy and security to political aspects. world. Teenagers everywhere speak the same language, and bring smiles to their little faces. lodged somewhere, the protein expression The nature and structure of our economies It is good that scholars are looking at these their parents are uniformly befuddled by their antics. What is not explained is how the potato in the potato will be unstable. It may vary have changed. Today, we are an economy issues because they can do it in a more Mass media has made a man called Osama a hero for supposedly with enriched protein will cure in amounts from potato to potato and where services are nearly 50 per cent of our freewheeling way. When states get involved, some, and public enemy number one for many. It’s also night blindness, which is brought about by from crop cycle to crop cycle. It may even GDP. In China, it’s manufacturing which it becomes much more formal and struc- responsible for millions of Americans believing that vitamin A deficiency. disappear altogether. dominates the economy. We have compli- tured. I don’t think the time is ripe for Saddam was responsible for 9/11. What if a Hitler,or indeed In fact, the premature announcement The stability of gene insertion cannot be mentarities that we didn’t have before. anything like that. a Voldemort, were to get his hands on such technology Thirdly, if you look at the big issues in the made a specific reference to the fact that as tested in the vegetative cycle only,it must be All of us have made it clear that we do and use it to manipulate mass mindsets? God, or better world, the two countries, almost instinctive- soon as the potato was cleared, it would be tested through sexual cycles of flowering and not seek an axis or trilateral coordination. still, Harry Potter, forbid! ly and without any formal coordination, given free to millions of schoolchildren setting seed. For this the GM potato variety We are all mature states which follow their share similar views. across the country. This is even more worri- needs to be grown and tested in the cooler own interests but work with one another Monsoon prediction raises some than the fact that at the moment the climates of high altitudes where flowering And we have put in place a system of on broader issues. GM potato is only an experiment, not a and seed setting takes place. This work dialogue: just last week, there was a fresh questions What major agreements are likely to be signed product. If the GM potato is improved to has not yet been done for the GM potato dialogue on counter-terrorism. Then there is during the visit? VIEW the extent that the protein content rises that is being promoted. So we have no a policy planning dialogue which seeks significantly, and it is judged to be safe, we idea whether the gene is stably integrated to work out a mutually acceptable solution to I don’t want to anticipate what the could discuss its merits then. At the moment or how many copies of the gene have the boundary dispute. There are many leaders will do, but agreements will certain- Only God Can Predict it will do nothing for schoolchildren except been integrated? positive things to look forward to, like the ly be signed. Today, we cooperate in every- expose them to an untested food, which could Apart from protecting the farmers from an joint economic group of commerce ministers thing — from ocean development to space. have harmful effects. unstable variety, there is the question of and so on. In that sense, the relationship has So, there will be a lot of functional agree- The Monsoon This talk of feeding GM potatoes to school- liability. Whoever markets this variety changed qualitatively. As two big countries ments. We will also try and increase s the monsoon played truant two weeks ago, children is sheer adventurism. If there is should be aware that if the potato shows with will and responsibility of their own, it’s people-to-people contact on both sides. So, Athe media was up to an old, favourite pastime: such an urgent need to save these children, itself to be unstable and the genetic function only natural that they talk and coordinate visa rules may be simplified on a reciprocal Met-bashing. The post-facto scientific rationale food supplements can be added to their of the protein gene is unreliable, it is likely with each other. The quality of communica- basis, especially for businessmen and advanced by weathermen for why the monsoon was school meals. This will be a safer and more that legal suits for compensation will be tion between the two is much better today tourists. Only increased contact can lead delayed met with a knowing sneer: “Haven’t we heard certain path to nutritional enhancement brought against them. than it has been in the past. to better understanding. it all before?’’ It’s great to be sceptical about science. Besides, as citizens of a free country, aren’t we all entitled to a little bit of fun at the expense of a public institution? But much of the flak received by the Met In Praise of Trees: is not just over the top, it betrays a shocking ignorance about the nature of science. Fact is, meteorology can never achieve the kind of exactitude which is the Nature’s Gift hallmark of other sciences. The blame for this lies not Rain is Life By Aruna Jethwani with our weathermen but the nature of the object that My work is to carry they are obliged to study. In philosophy of science, A tree is a beautiful expres- qualities and medicinal this love there is an old distinction between open and closed sion of mother earth’s properties. Like some ani- as comfort for those systems. As the name suggests, a closed system in- creativity. It has shakti. It mals, they have a sense of who long for You;/ to go volves a limited range of variables, each of which can restores balance in the empathy,too. everywhere You’ve be controlled or replicated in laboratory conditions. environment by its positive Today, electronic devices walked/ and gaze at the Much of ordinary physics is a good example of it. force. A tree doesn’t have can measure the energy or pressed-down dirt. An open system, on the other hand, deals with a mind of its own, only vibrations released by a realities that are large and complex, and typically What I most want/ is the cosmic heart of the tree. The Upanishads narrate involve a range of variables, none of which can be to spring out of this universe. It responds to the story of how Yajnvalka isolated or controlled, much less recreated, in labo- personality,/ then to human sentiments. compared a tree and a ratories. The subject-matter of meteorology — conti- sit apart from that The pipal tree is sacred human being while dis- nental weather systems — is an instance of the leaping./ I’ve lived to Hindus and Buddhists — cussing Creation with Gargi: latter. Denied the benefit of real-time experiments, too long where I can the Buddha attained nirvana “As a tree of the forest,/ Just meteorology depends on modelling and computer be reached. under this tree. In the so surely is man./ His hair simulation for its research. A model, by definition, is Bhagavad Gita Krishna said: are leaves,/ His skin, the Who says the eternal not reality but an abstracted, simplified version of it. “I am as strong as the pipal outer bark./ From his skin being does not exist?/ With increased scientific sophistication and greater is among trees.” blood,/ Sap from the bark Who says the sun has computing power availability, Indian weathermen flows forth/ A stream, as gone out?/ Someone are all the time getting better. But they would have Pipal and tulsi play signi- from the tree when struck./ who climbs up on the to be gods to get it right each time. Those who ficant roles in Hindu rituals. His pieces of flesh are under roof,/ and closes his compare the record of the Indian Met with the CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS The neem tree is the layers of wood./ His fibre eyes tight, and say,/ — I western world are wrong too. Forecasting in India, by favourite of Durga, and it is muscle like strong./ don’t see anything. virtue of its location at the intersection of several need of the hour is to avoid rampant and is grown to ward off evil Nehru’s World The bones are the wood weather systems, is infinitely more hazardous than in ill-planned liberalisation, which may prove spirits. The Avdhumra tree ...With one silent laugh/ within/ The marrow is made the West. So next time, if it does not rain, don’t blame With reference to the article ‘Reassessing disastrous for our society and environment. is believed to be the abode You tilted the night/ resembling pith./ A tree, the weatherman but the complexity of his world and Nehru’ (Jun 12) by Sauvik Chakraverti, — Karan Ahluwalia, via e-mail of Lord Dattatreya, so it is and the garden ran when it is felled, grows the limits of human knowledge. it should be remembered that it was Nehru never cut down. with stars. up/ From the root, anew who started work on projects ranging from II An Indonesian friend Rumi, nuclear energy to space research to various again,/ A mortal when cut COUNTERVIEW Mr Chakraverti’s logic based on the informs me that such belief ‘Unseen Rain’ river valley projects and dams. It was his down by death —/ From writings of Frederic Bastiat is not tenable. prevails in her country ✥ non-alignment policy that helped us in what root does he His conclusion that “it is far more impor- too — it is said When clouds form in circumventing the Cold War tensions. grow up?’’ tant to have a free market than it is to have to have super- the skies, we know that Victim of First World Even his socialist ideals and the curbs he Trees are des- the vote... the tribal in central India can vote natural powers. If rain will follow, but we had imposed on trade, especially imports, cribed as being but cannot sell their lovely drink mahua...” this tree has to were to undo the damage done by British superior to ani- must not want for it. Indifference is too ambitious to be implemented. Free be cut a special rule and to develop Indian industry and mals and human Nothing will be market is not a panacea considering ceremony is per- hat if the monsoon were an annual weather protect it from excessive and unfair foreign beings. Sadhu achieved by attempting corruption is everywhere and it’s useless to formed to propi- feature crucially affecting the American eco- competition. Moreover, to remove the gap T L Vaswani said: to interfere with the W perform post-mortem and fix responsibility. tiate the gods. nomy and its market? And the rise and fall of the between the rich and the poor and to “A tree is a lesson future before the — R B Gupta, Aligarh The sandalwood mighty dollar linked to the monsoon’s timely arrival bring a measure of social equality along in life. A tree time is ripe. Patience tree is sacred THE is needed. in the same way as happens with the Sensex in India? with economic equality,socialism was III to all religions has patience. It Chances are that the Wall Street will every day inculcated in the Constitution. because of its spe- SPEAKING stands facing the I Ching ✥ open and close with a mandatory monsoon report. A Also having a free market is not as Mr Chakraverti’s assessment of the cial properties. sun, rain and White House aspirant might even build his campaign Nehruvian era as a kleptocracy is unjust TREE important as having a democracy.How Tree worship storm, uncom- Rain is grace; rain is and a slur to the country’s first PM. on the benefits of better monsoon forecasting. In many of us are ready to exchange our evolved as a ritual to pre- plaining. A tree is symbolic the sky condescending Everyone knows that post-Independence, other words, the monsoon would be a global obsession freedom for China’s economic progress? serve the sensitive eco- of growth. It inspires me to to the earth, without India was in a shambles, thanks to the rather than a yearly hit and miss ritual that affects Liberalisation is important for our economy system. Once a gentleman spread out.” rain, there would machinations of our colonial rulers. In that a region that qualifies as the Third World. Across but it also can be exploited and that too far narrated a touching story: The puranas exalt the tree, be no life. nascent stage, we needed a strong Centre to the world, universities would be dedicated to its more dangerously than socialism. There “I had a large farm with in economic terms as wealth, John Updike put things in order, and a socialist system study and forecast. Met laboratories would spend are issues like labour rights, environment more than a hundred trees. as a great asset to mankind. ✥ was the need of the hour. Poverty and unmentionable sums of money to produce super- protection, river pollution etc which libera- Every morning, I used to go A tree is perhaps nature’s There’s always a period disparities in income had to be tackled and computers that would factor in the multitudes of lisation just fails to address. Therefore, the around the farm, starting best gift to mankind. It of curious fear between a general belief in democracy nurtured variables that currently make monsoon prediction from a particular tree and balances our existence on the first sweet-smelling amongst the people. Liberal ideas such as such a frustrating task. Let’s face it. The monsoon may return to it by noon. For earth; it provides shade in breeze and the time From timesofindia.com free market sound very good on paper but be a more complex phenomenon than the weather some reason I had to sell off summer and fuel in winter; it when the rain comes are very difficult to implement, keeping patterns that bring rain and snow to the western the farm. I loved the trees. I is economic wealth. cracking down. in mind ground realities. One may also world, but it is by no means unknowable. Unsafe Women had tended them. It also has the spiritual question the efficacy of a free market Don De Lillo When we tried to buy a supercomputer from the With reference to your news report economy in a newly independent country. On my last day, I went qualities of samdhrishti and ✥ West which could have fine-tuned monsoon predic- ‘Woman raped in AIIMS’ (Jun 10), this Would there be equal competition between round the farm as usual, humility.You hit a tree with a On the dusty tions, Washington stepped in to block it. Thanks to this incident proves how easily laws can be various players in that free market? but I was feeling low. After I stone, it will give you fruit. earth-drum obstruction, the Indian Met office has had to evolve its broken in today’s India. The staff Most probably no, as the rich would try to completed my round, I stood Or as Buddha puts it, it Beats the falling rain; own models largely by trial and error. Our monsoon quarters in the hospital fall under the erase all competition and get richer, taking under the tree from where offers protection and shade Now a whispered prediction may not be state-of-the-art yet, but surely, jurisdiction of AIIMS and should be over the role of oppressors. I started. It was a windless even to the woodcutter murmur, we are reaching there. A recent model developed by governed by the hospital’s regulations. — Mithun Bhattacharya, New Delhi day. Not a leaf moved. I bid who destroys it. So every Now a louder strain. the Indian Met department in Delhi uses eight land, This case should wake up our law-makers farewell to the farm and to tree is God-like, worthy of ocean and wind parameters and can make forecasts 40 and the judiciary.NHRC registers about Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page that particular tree. Its leaves reverence and worship. Slender, silvery days earlier than previously.It also allows scientists to 300 cases daily,90 per cent of which are Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New drumsticks, Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] trembled. The tree shook Tree worship links us update their predictions halfway through the June- related to wronged women. If such visibly. It had moved an inch On an ancient drum, No. 147 Vol. 54. Air charge: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai ,Cochin, Chennai & via with the Nature Spirit. September monsoon season. 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BPO HLL bids adieu Fiat denies report on shutdown BYTES TIMES NEWS NETWORK include plant closure in India reckoning with Palio and has and trimming of truck-making Panic button since managed to wipe out most New Delhi: Fiat dealers and cus- facilities in Spain and Italy. It of its accumulated losses. Birlas acquire tomers across the country had a •Financial magazine to Dalda for also reported that 120 of 700 ad- Economy reports that Fiat is “We have cut our year-on-year harrowing Friday as interna- ministrative jobs at the cash- losses by 65 per cent in 2002. All tional media flashed reports that closing India operations as bleeding Fiat Auto unit would our future launches will proceed TransWorks the Italian car major plans to part of a revamp drive also be cut. “As far as Fiat Auto as scheduled,” an official said. close down its India plant as part ndian Rayon, an Aditya Birla group Rs 90 crore India operations are concerned, •Nervous consumers and Though Fiat has two plants in In- of a restructuring strategy,to be company,announced on Friday its en- the company stresses that no de- dealers work the phones dia, the firm is currently operat- TIMES NEWS NETWORK unveiled next week. try into the business process out- cision has been taken. We have ing only the Kurla unit. I Getting focused Though Fiat Auto in Italy and •Fiat India says it will stick to sourcing (BPO) sector with the acquisi- New Delhi: The Dalda its Indian arm later denied the no plans to close down the unit,” model launches schedule Earlier, Peugeot of France tion of TransWorks, a leading Indian IT- brand — which became a •Dalda’s profit is dip- reports, the damage was done. Fiat Auto spokesman Gualberto downed shutters at its Kalyan enabled and BPO company at a consider- generic name for vegetable ping due to competi- The Mumbai office of Fiat India, Ranieri told The Times of India plant in 1998. In 2002, Daewoo ation of about $13 million (Rs 63 crore). stant hit with Indian buyers, oil — will no longer be a tion from local brands officials said, were flooded with from Italy. closed shop after it was excluded ‘‘The acquisition will synergise, sup- part of Hindustan Lever’s poor service and spares support HLL to focus on core calls from customers and deal- The Indian arm, with a manu- from the deal with GM. Though port and leverage Indian Rayon’s existing stables. The brand in India • soon hit sales. businesses and ratio- ers, desperately trying to con- facturing facility each in Kurla Daewoo brands, like Matiz, are thrust in the IT services sector in partic- and Nepal has been sold to nalise brands firm the reports. and Ranjangaon, had com- The firm could never strike expected to be re-launched, both ular, and the services sector in general,’’ the US-based $14 billion Financial magazine Economy menced operations with the gold with any of its subsequent episodes have left consumers a company release said here, quoting Bunge group, an agri-busi- •To continue Dalda had reported that Fiat’s long- small car Uno. Though the car offerings like Siena and Week- running around for spares and Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar ness and food company,for distribution for a fee awaited turnaround plan would with its low tag became an in- end. Fiat then came back in the service support. Mangalam Birla. ‘‘We are excited by the about Rs 90 crore. AP potential of the BPO sector and very Till the early 1980s, Dal- The edible oils and fats pleased to have TransWorks joining the da was known for its puri- business comprises manu- group,’’ Birla said. ty,quality and trustworthi- TVS readies plan facturing and marketing of TransWorks has delivery centres in ness. But in the last two vanaspati, refined oils and Mumbai and Bangalore and was the decades, the 63-year-old bakery fats. As the profit world’s first COPC certified company. It brand has been facing here had declined due to for China foray has off-shoring contracts with well tough competition from competition, HLL decided known businesses in North America and other local brands. By Byas Anand to get out of this line. the UK, including several Fortune 100 Though Dalda account- TIMES NEWS NETWORK clients. Funded by venture capital firm ed for Rs 388 crore in rev- The proposed transfer of business to Bunge will in- New Delhi: TVS Motor Company is now ChrysCapital, TransWorks’ current rev- enues last year, the move enues run close to $1 million per month to exit from the oils and clude the manufacturing revving for a ride across the Great Wall. facility at Trichy, Tamil Company MD Venu Srinivasan is now plan- with a headcount of about 1,000 people. fats business is in line ‘‘Our aspiration is three-fold: To be- with HLL’s strategy to fo- Nadu, together with about ning a motorcycle venture in China, the 300 employees with conti- first-ever production unit by an Indian au- come a leading BPO player, to provide su- cus on core businesses and perior returns to shareholders and to add nuity of service and full tomobile manufacturer in the land of the rationalise brands. true value to clients through superior, protection to existing dragon. However, the company distinctive, and dependable services,’’ terms and conditions. This is part of the company’s increased will continue to distribute Birla group director Sanjeev Aga said. HLL said dealings with thrust on the southeast Asian market. “We the product through a dis- HCL BPO plans new facility: Underlin- have already identified Thailand, Vietnam tribution arrangement stockists and trade would ing the need for the BPO industry to look and Indonesia as the sites for commencing with Bunge, for a fee. remain unaffected by the towards smaller towns to meet its bur- our southeast Asian foray. This will be fol- Bunge operates in the transaction. geoning human resource needs and cut farm-to-consumer food It will seek sharehold- lowed by a plant in China. It’s my dream to costs, HCL BPO, the offshore outsourcing chain with worldwide dis- ers’ nod through a postal set up a base in China,” Srinivasan, who subsidiary of HCL Technologies (HCLT), tribution capabilities. The ballot. Definitive agree- was recently awarded the Stars of Asia ho- said on Friday that it will finalise plans to company is the world’s ments were expected to be nour, said. set up its fifth call centre facility in the leading oilseed processing signed by August after re- “We intend to have both manufacturing country by September-end. company and leading sell- ceipt of various plant and assembly units in southeast Asia. ‘‘Our plans for the next centre will be fi- er of bottled vegetable oils. approvals. David Everson of Endicott, N.Y, looks at a computer case made by the Chinese company Lian The entire investment strategy would be nalised by September and during that Li which has a lighted fish tank with moving toy fish, in the Solidtek booth at the CeBIT Amer- frozen and the local partner identified by time we will announce the venue of the ica technology trade show held at the Jacob Javits Centre in New York on Thursday. With the the year-end,” Venu said adding, “Hopefully, centre,’’ Sujit Bakshi, CEO, HCL BPO industry in the doldrums, it’s a bad time for technology trade shows. But that hasn’t deterred the first plant will be in place by 2005, fol- said. The proposed centre, with a capaci- Hold the antibiotics CeBIT, organiser of the world’s largest tech fair, from holding its first American show. The fish lowed by another in 2006. If everything goes ty of up to 600 seats, will focus on the re- tank attaches to the computer case as a decoration. according to plan, in the next 6 years, we McDonalds Corp., which has the second largest number of U.S. tail and telecom verticals and is likely to will have a plant in China as well.” be located in Noida. fast food stores, said Thursday it is directing its meat suppliers to While the Vietnam and Thailand plants Bakshi declined to indentify the loca- phase out the use of antibiotics in animals. Sensex poised to breach 3,500 are likely to focus on making scooterettes, tion, adding the company was evaluating Top fast food chains, by number of U.S. stores the Chinese venture will look at producing a couple of primary cities. The company TIMES NEWS NETWORK 12 to close at Rs 336 and HLL information technology,com- motorcycles. Subway Wendys has multiple centres in Noida, Chennai, by Rs 8.85 to close at Rs munications and media TVS, he said, will seek the board approval Belfast and Malayasia. Ajai Choudhry, 14,522 5,549 New Delhi: The sensitive in- 171.10. The other old econo- stocks fell by half a percent- for these plants after the project study is founder and board member of HCLT,said McDonald s KFC dex on BSE was close to scale my stocks which moved up age point. But, FIIs’ net in- completed by the year-end. It will also coin- 5,472 that the BPO firm, which recently bagged 13,491 3,500 mark on Friday, riding on Friday include BSES, Ba- vestment in the equity seg- cide with the firm’s plan to foray into the a staggering $160 million contract from Dairy Queen Burger King on heavy gains by old econo- jaj Auto, ITC and Telco. ment has gone up. In the last three-wheeler market in India. Karnataka is BT, was also in the process of evaluating 4,882 8,029 my stocks, primarily Re- Among the new economy one week, net investment by the most probable site for the three-wheeler smaller towns to set up call centres. Pizza Hut Dominos Pizza liance Industries (RIL) and stocks, barring Infosys FIIs in equity has touched Rs manufacturing unit. It is also considering moving into a 7,599 4,811 Hindustan Lever (HLL). The which gained around Rs 16 to 527.83 crore. In June, total FII Market watchers termed the strategy as a franchiee model in the next three to four Sensex closed at 3499.50, net- Taco Bell Starbucks close at Rs 3058, all other investment is Rs 1,848 crore. very bold step from a conservative group years on a ver large base of workers. The ting a gain of 45 points. scrips like HCL Technolo- Private MFs too made adding that these diversifications and ex- company, since its inception 18 months 6,165 4,464 RIL and HLL together con- gies, Satyam Computers and heavy purchases in HLL and pansions can help TVS overtake Bajaj Auto ago, has been managing all its facilities TNN SOURCE: Technomic Foodservice Consultants AP tributed around 70 per cent of Zee Telefilm declined. Total RIL. Good rains added to pos- to become the second largest two-wheeler with a workforce of 2,300. the gains. RIL went up by Rs market capitalisation of all itive sentiments. maker in the country after Hero Honda.
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NATIONAL Cairn sells gas from SREI net spurts 28 per UTI raises funds to meet redemption: Ravva for $3.30 per unit: cent: SREI International Unit Trust of India chairman M Damodaran The first ever market priced Finance Ltd (SREI), has re- 3-yr lock-in for unlisted has raised Rs 2,200 crore as on May 31 gas sales in April from Ravva ported improvement in oper- to meet the redemption pressure firms’ sweat equity: The satellite field, off the Andhra ating profit to Rs 21.40 crore in its flagship scheme US-64. government may introduce a coast, fetched $3.30 per mil- from Rs 16.73 crore, a growth three year lock-in for unlisted Money was raised via selling off sizeable liquid debt assets lion BTU (British thermal unit). of 28 per cent. Its net profit companies planning to issue Gas sales from Scottish ex- increased to Rs 19.72 crore sweat equity and cap the in the scheme and sourcing plorer Cairn Energy-operated from Rs 15.63 crore, a rise of amount of such an issue at 15 of bank funds by pledging Ravva fields till now were on 26 per cent. Total assets per cent of the total paid-up government securities. administered pricing system. under management expanded equity capital in a year. In its report on preferential allot- “In April 2003, Ravva satellite to Rs 1568 crore from ment and sweat equity norms gas fetched $3.30 per Rs 1204 crore, an increase for unlisted companies, the MMBTU against $2.96 per of 30 per cent while disburse- 12-member committee head- MMBTU for existing Ravva ments increased to Rs 765 ed by Professor J R Verma gas,” sources said. PTI crore from Rs.635 crore, a growth of 20 per cent, a press has suggested that sweat CII, Nasscom set up release said. TNN equity shares issued to website on China: The employees or directors of an Confederation of Indian HOEC eyes BG stake in unlisted company be locked Industry, in association with Cambay block: Hindustan in for three years from the the National Association of Oil Exploration Company has date of allotment. PTI Software and Services said it was in talks with British NTPC, BHEL to form new Companies (NASSCOM), has Oil and Gas major BG group prepared a new website on for buying its 62.64 per cent joint venture company: Ajit Ninan State-owned National Ther- Indo-Chinese business infor- stake in Gujarat offshore mal Power Corporation said. The chairman of the manufacture and market mation. This CII Web-site is block CB-OS/1, Rakesh Jain, (NTPC) and Bharat Heavy board of the new company ofloxacin, the generic version supported by CCPIT (apex the newly appointed manag- Electricals Ltd (BHEL) would will be from one of the part- of Ortho McNeil Pharmaceuti- association of China), the ing director of HOEC, said. soon set up a joint venture ners while the CEO from the cal Inc’s floxin. The company Embassy of India in Beijing He, however, did not elabo- and the Consulate General of rate. Unocal of US holds company to look after engi- other on rotation basis. PTI has received FDA approval neering, procurement and for 200mg, 300mg and India, Shanghai. The website, 34.51 per cent stake in construction, along with Ranbaxy gets FDA nod 400mg tablets of anti-biotic http://www.indiachina.org, HOEC, HDFC 10.7 per cent maintenance of power plants for ofloxacin: Ranbaxy ofloxacin. In 2002, the aims to act as a reference and IL&FS 4.3 per cent. in the country. Both will have Laboratories said it has sales for ofloxacin tablets point between the two HOEC, together with Hardy 50:50 equity participation and received tentative approval totalled $31.3 million in US economies by providing a Oil of UK, is producing 4,900 equal representation on the from US Food and Drug market, a company state- platform to facilitate bilateral barrels of oil per day from PY- board, an NTPC statement Administration (USFDA) to ment said. PTI trade and investment. TNN 3 fields in Cauvery basin. PTI
Production of VW’s US accounting board, Sony names Nissan chief INTERNATIONAL Beetle to end in July: Big 4 in inspection talks: as outside director: Nis- Production of the classic The new US oversight board san Motor chief Carlos Ghosn McDonald’s nixes growth- Volkswagen Beetle, the most for the accounting industry is was appointed a non-execu- promoting antibiotics: popular car ever, is coming to in talks with the Big Four tive director of Sony while McDonald’s Corp has called an end in July at the world’s audit firms about its first wave Sony CEO Nobuyuki Idei on its meat suppliers to phase last remaining Beetle assem- of inspections, with a focus dodged shareholders’ ques- out the use of growth-pro- bly line closes in Mexico. on ethical cultures at the tions over recent losses. AFP moting antibiotics in the serv- Market demand is not strong firms, official said. So far, the ice of the wider public health enough to justify continued Public Company Accounting battle on antibiotic resistance production, said a spokes- Oversight Board — set up ET INSTA POLL in humans. The Golden Arch- man at the Volkswagen plant eight months ago to combat Yesterday’s results: es said it has outlined a series in the city of Puebla. The bee- corporate book-cooking Can the Indian markrt lead a of steps that global suppliers tle “is not as competitive as it under orders from Congres global infotech revival? of chicken, beef, and pork will used to be,” said VW plant amid a wave of business Yes 68% No 28% Can’t say 04% have to take to bring them in spokesman Thomas Karig. Hyundai Heavy Industries scandals — hasn’t inspected • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of line with the standards set out The car is “one of many when Co factory in Ulsan, south of anyone. But the board is de- the general public. in the company’s new global it comes to price and reliabili- Seoul. The world largest termined this year to inspect Today’s question: policy on antibiotics. The fast- ty,” he said. Beetle production shipbuilder, has already the largest audit firms on its Will you get one set top box for food retailer will be auditing in Mexico has plunged from exceeded its annual foreign watch: PriceWaterhouseC- each of your TV sets? its poultry suppliers to moni- 41,200 units in 2000 to ship order target of oopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young To vote, log on to http://economictimes.indiatimes.com tor their compliance. AFP 24,400 in 2002. AFP $3 billion. and Deloitte & Touche. Reuters
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16 Saturday,June 21, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
Saw Pipes 135.80, 141.95, 133.50, 15.28 10.90, 11.25, 10.80, 11 ETC Networks 51.15, 51.50, 50.45, Hitachi Home 21.75, 21.60, 22 138.10 Amforge Inds 36.60, 34.15, 34.45 Cerebra Inte 6, 6.40, 5.90 51.05 22.25, 22.40, 21.90, 22.05 136.75, 142, 133, 138.20 Amrutanjan 72.35, 71, 71.85 CESC 34, 34.40, 32.70, 33.50 Eternit Ever 57.50, 59.40, 56, 58.45 Honda SIEL P 133, 135, 132.15, NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX SBI 362.30, 365, 357.40, 358.50 Amtek 58, 61.40, 57.80, 59.85 27.85, 34.50, 27.85, 33.55 54.05, 59.55, 54.05, 58.55 132.25 Sensex rises 45 points 361.30, 363.90, 357.35, 358.80 Amtek Auto 193, 194.75, 192.70, CG Igarshi M 46, 47, 45.55, 45.75 Eurotex Inds 13.80, 14.20, 13.50, 140.90, 140.90, 132.10, 133.75 1150 3700 Shipp.Corpn. 73.40, 75.40, 73.90 192.85 47.70, 47.70, 46.30, 46.45 14.01 Hotel Leela. 21.55, 23, 20.70, 22.60 73, 75.45, 73, 73.95 Andrew Yule 17.35, 17.40, 16.55 Chemfab Alk. 25, 25.25 13.70, 14.15, 13.50, 14 21.70, 22.95, 21.50, 22.55 1125 3600 Mumbai: Led by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), old economy stocks Shyam Teleco 43.50, 44.45, 42.65, Ankur Drugs 9.50, 9.55, 9.10, 9.40 Chemplast Sa 32.10, 33 Eveready Ind 20, 20.15, 19.20, 19.35 I 3499.50 43.25 Ansal Prop. 11.25, 11.40, 10.91, 32, 33.50, 32, 32.35 20.10, 20.20, 19.30, 19.45 1100.25 3500 continued their upward march lifting the Sensex to more than 14- 43.90, 44.45, 42.60, 43.35 10.92 Chettinad Ce 41.75, 42.30, 40.05, Excel Inds. 85.60, 88.90, 86.45 1100 1086.75 3430.96 Siemens 362.50, 363.80, 350.50, AP Paper 58.50, 65, 64.30 40.80 86.35, 88.50, 85.85, 86.30 I-flex Solu 943, 962.50, 881, 954.90 948, 959, 945, 952.50 3400 month high at 3499.50 at close on the stock exchange here on Friday 355.25 Apcotex Lat. 35, 35.70, 33.55, 34 Cheviot Co. 121.90, 132.05, 120, 1075 362, 363, 354.50, 357.90 33, 34.75, 33, 33.65 128.10 F ICICI Premie 12.70 1092.55 3454.60 on fresh buying support. Bulls tightened their grip on the market, Silverline T 8.61, 8.68, 8.25, 8.45 Aplab 24, 25.80, 24.95 Chola.Inv&Fi 43, 44.90, 44.10 IFCI 7.40, 7.80, 7.54 3300 SKF Bearing 71, 72.80, 71.45 Aptech 29, 29.30, 28.60, 28.95 43.25, 44.55, 43.20, 44.40 FAG Bearings 66.50, 67.15, 64.80, 7.30, 7.85, 7.30, 7.50 1050 well supported by sustained net investments by foreign institu- 72, 73, 70.65, 71.30 28.75, 29.40, 28.75, 28.95 Chowgule Stm 6.95, 7, 6.50, 6.60 65.10 IL&FS Invt.M 21, 21.75, 21.30 3200 66.20, 68.90, 65, 65.50 20.90, 21.70, 20.90, 21.50 tional investors (FIIs), which were reportedly net buyers in RIL, Dr Sonata Soft. 14.49, 12.50, 12.90 Archies 66, 62.60, 63.40 Ciba Sp.Chem 112.80, 114.90, 1025 12.90, 13.15, 12.75, 12.95 64, 65.75, 62.30, 63.75 113.55 Fairfield At 3.50, 4 Ind.Swift 70, 70.25, 68.60, 69.35 3100 Reddy’s Lab, BSES, BHEL, Bajaj Auto, ITC and some others. Pri- SPICE 33.30, 33.80, 33.10, 33.68 Arvind Rem. 6.40, 7.65, 6.05, 7.53 Cinevistaas 28.65, 30, 29.30 FCGL Inds. 2.49 Ind.Swift La 21.50, 21.90, 20.50, SSI 84, 84.70, 83, 84.05 6.40, 7.45, 6.05, 7.45 27.30, 31.10, 27.30, 29.25 FCI OEN Con. 94, 94.50, 92.35 20.95 1000 3000 vate mutual funds too made heavy purchases in another top heavy- 84, 84.95, 82.90, 84.35 Asahi (I) Gl 54, 52, 52.65 City Union B 45, 45.45, 44.20, 44.75 94, 94.60, 91, 92.25 23.50, 23.50, 20.80, 21.05 STC India 109.10, 112, 101.55, 53.50, 54, 51.50, 52.90 45, 45.05, 44.20, 44.75 FCL Techno. 28.70, 28.85 India Foils 7.25, 7.50, 7.25 975 2900 weight HLL that bounced back from the day’s low of Rs 161 and 105.80 Ashapura Min 98.40 Clariant (I) 158, 152.50, 154 28.60, 28.60, 26.10, 28.10 7.50, 7.95, 7.15, 7.35 111.30, 111.30, 103, 104.95 Ashima 15, 19.35, 19 155.10, 158.80, 155, 155.50 FDC 38.50, 39.90, 38.05, 39.45 India Gelat. 16.40, 17.30, 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 18 June 19 June 20 ended with moderate gains. Sterl.Biotec 43.45, 43.50, 42, 42.20 18.75, 19.65, 18.70, 19.30 Classic Diam 42, 42.80, 41.80, 42 39, 39.75, 38.25, 39.45 India Glycol 47.50, 45.75, 46.05 Reflecting the upsurge, the BSE benchmark 30-share index re- 41.45, 43.85, 41.45, 42.05 Ashok Ley.Fn 57.10, 59, 57.80 Clutch.Auto 8.45, 8.75, 8.30, 8.54 Fert.&Chem-T 31.90, 32.50, 31.20 India Gypsum 23.10 Sterl.Optica 49, 49.25, 47.75, 48.20 57.95, 58.45, 57.15, 57.70 Coates (I) 103.50, 101.35 32.50, 32.50, 31.10, 31.50 23.05, 23.05, 23, 23 +0.70% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING +1.29% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING covered smartly after a sharp fall at 3427.26 at early stages and lat- 48.85, 49.25, 47.60, 48.20 Asian Elect. 83.75, 77.05, 77.80 104.85, 104.90, 102, 103.05 First Leasin 20.50, 21, 20.75 India Nippon 244.50, 249.80, 240, Sun Pharma. 355.90, 348.05, 352.95 82, 82.95, 77.30, 77.75 Cochin Minrl 13, 14, 13.90 20.50, 21, 20.50, 20.80 246 er rallied further past 3500-mark before ending at 3499.50 as against 353, 355, 350, 352.85 Asian Hotels 86.50, 89, 87.50 Color Chips 7.88, 7.95, 7.60, 7.70 Flat Product 91, 96.70, 94.80 245, 254.80, 238, 249.55 Flex Enginer 15.50, 17.20, 17.09 India Polyfi 4.34, 4.80, 4.03, 4.43 KG Denim 18.50, 19.90, 18.68 9.70, 10, 9.60, 9.90 Sulzer (I) 137.50 Syndicate Bn 22.85, 23.45, 22.80, 87, 88, 85.55, 86.35 7.85, 8, 7.70, 7.70 Khoday (I) 14.50, 14, 14.21 Parry’s Conf 115.90, 125, 120.10 Sundaram Cla 315, 306, 307.35 Thursday’s close of 3454.60, netting a rise of 44.90 points or 1.30 per 22.95 Assam Co. 15.75, 16.90, 15.85 Colour Chem 238.05, 242.50, 239.10 17.90, 17.90, 15.65, 16.95 Indian Card 60.90, 58.80, 59.75 Flex Foods 8.10, 8.11, 8 58.50, 60.50, 58.50, 59.25 Kinetic Eng. 75.80, 77, 74, 74.90 119.90, 126.50, 116.10, 123.40 312, 312.95, 300, 305.95 22.85, 23.40, 22.85, 23 Astrazen.Ph. 355, 357.95 241.85, 241.95, 238.15, 239.95 Kinetic Moto 28.25, 29.65, 27.90, Patel Engg. 153 Sundaram Fst 450, 455, 447, 453.45 cent. The broad-based BSE-100 index advanced by 17.34 points to Syngenta (I) 116, 115.70, 116.50 Atcom Techno 11, 11.05, 10.71, Compucom Sof 20, 19.05 Flex Inds. 28.65, 29, 27.70, 28.20 Indian Hume 800, 804.80, 788, 27.50, 28.65, 27.50, 28.20 790.15 28.45 Patspin (I) 12.27, 12.60, 12.55 460.05, 464, 457, 458 1788.15 from previous close of 1770.81.PTI Tata Chem 69, 72.90, 68.75, 72.60 10.79 Compudyne Wi 16.80, 17.28, 16.75, Kirloskar Br 115, 121, 120.85 12.25, 12.65, 12.25, 12.55 Sunflag Iron 6.34, 6.38, 6.15, 6.31 69, 72.80, 68.85, 72.40 10.90, 11.05, 10.70, 10.90 17.03 Floatglass 23.55, 24.25, 24 777, 777, 777, 777 23.85, 24.75, 23.50, 23.85 Indian Resor 50.65, 56, 55 Kirloskar Oi 90.40, 88, 92.40 PCS Inds. 26.75, 27.75, 25, 27.65 Super Spin. 89, 84.50, 87.40 Tata Elxsi 73.35, 74.35, 73.30, 73.65 Atlas Copco 254, 265.05, 252, 17.15, 17.25, 16.80, 17.05 90.10, 92.90, 90.10, 91.40 Pennar Alum. 2.75, 2.90, 2.55, 2.69 Supreme Inds 130.10, 132.90, 130, 74, 74.55, 73.20, 74.05 264.40 Computech In 5.72, 5.70, 6 Forbes Gokak 94.70, 74, 81.85 Indian SeamM 15.95, 17.60, 15.90, KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- Fortune Info 36.90, 38.45, 37.50 17.57 Kit-Ply Ind. 4.70, 4.79, 4.66, 4.75 Pentagon Glo 1.52, 1.71, 1.56 131.65 ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, Tata Power 144, 147.20, 143, 146.20 Atlas Cycles 70.75, 72.65, 70.50, 6, 6.10, 5.70, 5.95 4.80, 4.90, 4.65, 4.85 Pentasoft Te 7.05, 7.45, 7.33 130.25, 132.50, 130.20, 131.60 151.10, 151.10, 140.15, 146.15 72.55 Cont.Const. 10.30, 10.75, 10.65 Foseco (I) 123.50, 121, 122.85 Indo Gulf Fe 54.30, 57.95, 57 124.95, 125, 120, 122.45 58, 58, 55, 57 KLG Systel 29.65, 29.10, 29.50 7.30, 7.50, 7.30, 7.35 Supreme Petr 14.25, 13.70, 13.79 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last Tata Tea 240.50, 243.60, 240, 240.45 71.05, 72.65, 70.30, 71.95 Control Prnt 20.50, 20.90 29.25, 29.60, 28.95, 29.20 Pharmacia He 108, 105.50 13.85, 14.10, 13.65, 13.85 240.05, 243.95, 240, 240.45 Atul 49.50, 50.60, 48.80, 49.55 Core Health. 6, 5.75, 5.90 Frontier Inf 4.34, 4, 4.10 Indo Mat.Car 74, 74.90 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. Fulford (I) 101, 103, 98.05, 99.80 Indo Nationl 355, 355.50, 350, 352 Kopran 34, 34.55, 33.70, 33.85 105.70, 110, 105, 105.30 Surana Tele 16.80, 16.85, 16.25, Tata Telcom 121.90, 118, 119 47, 51, 47, 49.95 6.20, 6.20, 5.60, 5.75 34.60, 34.75, 33.50, 33.95 PHIL Corpn. 6.55, 7.80, 6.50, 7.41 16.50 491.40 107.50 121, 121.20, 118.50, 119.15 Auto Axles 123.10, 126, 118.50, Corom. Fert. 69, 70.70, 70 Futura Poly. 8.61, 9, 8.99 350, 361.90, 350, 361.90 Indo Rama Sy 31.10, 36.75, 31.10, Kothari Prod 180.05 6.25, 7.85, 6.25, 7.30 16.45, 16.90, 16.15, 16.25 BSE SPECIFIED 510.05, 510.05, 475, 497.50 106.50, 108.80, 105.55, 107.65 TELCO 193, 195.45, 191, 194.75 122.30 71.50, 71.90, 70.70, 71.35 G 170.25, 182.95, 170.25, 180 Phillip Carb 30.65, 33 Surat Elec. 104, 107, 102, 103 EIH 176, 180, 174.30, 177.20 Ingersoll R 252, 244.15, 247.55 193.25, 195.40, 191, 194.90 122, 126, 119.05, 122.55 Cosmo Ferr. 8.40, 8.60, 7.95, 8.55 34.25 Indraprast.M 13.69, 13.95, 13.38, KPIT Cum.Inf 142.90, 143, 140.80, 32.50, 33.35, 32, 33 Surya Roshni 14.85, 15.85, 15.30 & NSE INDEX 176, 180, 175, 177.30 256, 256, 242, 245.15 Thermax 240, 245, 235, 237.55 Avanti Feeds 23.45, 22.70, 22.95 Cosmo Films 81.90, 81, 88.60 Gabriel (I) 110, 117, 109, 111.70 142.35 Phoenix Lamp 14, 14.80, 13.50, 15.35, 15.60, 15.05, 15.25 Engineers (I 294, 305, 292.20, IPCL 103.45, 106.10, 103, 105.05 240, 245, 238.50, 240.40 Avery (I) 26, 26.10, 25.50, 25.60 80.90, 88.70, 80.55, 88.40 13.45 Galaxy Enter 20.10, 20 13.50, 13.70, 13.35, 13.65 142.80, 143.50, 141.05, 142.65 14.38 Surylak.Cott 26, 23, 25.20 ABB 370.50, 373.95, 369.05, 371.45 298.15 103, 106, 102.75, 105.05 Thomas Cook 212.10, 215, 208.30, Avon Organic 36.50, 36.90, 34.50, Creative Eye 13.61, 14.49, 13.85 Gammon (I) 122, 123.50, 122, 123.25 KRBL 19.50, 20.50 Pioneer Embr 31.25, 32.50 26.35, 26.40, 25.05, 26.40 371, 372.70, 368, 371.80 293.70, 304, 291.95, 298.85 ITC 736, 747.85, 731, 744.50 212.65 35.05 14.20, 14.55, 13.80, 14 Indus.Inv.Tr 20.20, 18.10 Garden Silk 32.50, 33.80, 33.40 Indusind Bnk 19.60, 19.90, 19.40, 20.50, 21.15, 19.80, 20.35 Plastiblend 44.40, 46.60, 43.60, Sutlej Inds. 56.95, 57, 54 Abbott (I) 281.05, 292, 281, 284.20 Escorts 50.30, 51.75, 50.15, 51.15 734, 747.85, 731, 743.75 215, 215, 210, 212.55 Crest Comm. 32.80, 33.50, 32.60, 32.25, 33.50, 32.25, 33.40 Krebs Bioche 121, 121.85, 116.90, 46.05 55, 56, 53.75, 53.75 ACC 158, 161.50, 157, 158.35 51.25, 51.50, 50.05, 50.95 ITI 21, 21.50, 20.50, 20.75 TISCO 157.50, 159.40, 156.30, B 33.20 19.50 Garware Poly 33.90, 33.95, 32.85, 19.65, 19.90, 19.40, 19.65 117.90 PNB Gilts 22.65, 22.75, 22.60 Suven Pharma 168.75, 169, 162.50, 159, 160.65, 156.65, 158.45 Essel Propac 173.95, 176, 171.85, 20.50, 21.45, 20.50, 20.90 157.35 32.25, 33.60, 32.25, 33.30 33.15 Krishna Life 1.70, 1.88, 1.61, 1.80 23, 23, 22.65, 22.65 164.80 Adani Export 176.10, 184, 182.20 173.70 J&K Bank 232, 234.50, 223, 225.55 156.80, 159.10, 156.10, 157.50 Bajaj Auto F 64.45, 65.25, 62, 62.05 CRISIL 309.90, 310, 305, 305.25 ING Vysya Bk 285.15, 289, 288 63.90, 64.55, 61.55, 62.65 Garware Wall 24.90, 23.90, 24.60 285.85, 292, 285, 286 Krone Comm 69, 69.85, 68.75, 69.25 Polyplex 58, 60.70, 59.25 Swaraj Engin 204 179.90, 185, 177.50, 182.50 172.35, 175.90, 171.10, 173.90 230, 234.70, 224.25, 226.40 Titan Inds. 65.30, 66.30, 64.40, Cybertech Sy 9.16, 9.70, 9.15, 9.61 Gati 52.80, 46.55 KSB Pumps 86.50, 89.40, 89.35 60.75, 60.75, 58, 59.50 206.80, 207.15, 205.05, 206.30 Adlabs Films 52, 52.50, 51.10, 51.85 Exide Inds. 140, 142, 137.50, 137.70 Jaiprakash I 43.85, 44.90, 42.85, 64.55 Bajaj Hindus 111.50, 118.70, 115.95 9.80, 9.80, 9.25, 9.50 Innovis.E-Co 0.45 119, 120.10, 114, 118.40 Genesys Intl 35.35, 37, 34.50, 36.70 Insilco 18.59, 15.50, 15.88 87, 89.80, 86.75, 89.20 Porrits&Spen 84, 87.80, 81 Swaraj Mazda 114.80, 124.50, 113, 51, 53.90, 51, 52.20 136, 140.40, 136, 139.20 44.70 64.90, 66.40, 64.40, 64.70 32.50, 36.80, 32.50, 36 Praj Ind. 69.05, 70.70, 67.25, 70.05 121.30 Alstom Proj. 104.45, 106.90, 101.80, Federal Bank 142.10, 150.95, 150.25 43.80, 44.90, 42.70, 44.65 TN Newsprint 52.25, 56.85, 56 Bajaj Tempo 136.50, 139, 134, 135 Inter.Travel 32, 32.20, 31.50, 31.90 Bal Pharma 20.45, 21, 20.50 Geodesic Inf 147, 152.55, 143, Invest.Trust 18.90, 19.20, 18.20, L 71, 71.10, 64, 70.20 111, 123.95, 111, 121.55 102.50 142.50, 151.50, 142.15, 150.35 JB Chemical 208.80, 209, 205, 53.85, 56.50, 52.70, 55.85 146.80 Precision Wr 25.20, 25.75, 25, 25.10 Syncom Form. 23.75 105, 107, 101.95, 102.75 Finolex Cabl 101.45, 101.55, 99.50, 205.30 TN Petro 20.55, 20.65, 20, 20.10 Bal.Law.Vanl 16.10, 15.70 18.80 Lakhani (I) 93, 92.90 Balaji Dist. 6.91, 6.99, 6.80, George Willi 51.75, 51.90, Ion Exchange 40, 42.40, 39, 40.20 25.30, 25.85, 25.20, 25.50 Synergy Log 7.55, 8.30, 8.19 Andhra Bank 31.05, 32, 30.75, 30.85 99.85 207.50, 209.85, 205, 205.30 20.40, 20.60, 20.05, 20.15 50.75, 51.75 Lakshmi Au.C 101, 103, 102 Premier Auto 6.25, 6.90, 6, 6.50 30.60, 31.60, 30.60, 30.95 101.45, 101.80, 99.25, 100.05 Jindal Steel 440.50, 449, 440.25, Torrent Phar 203, 210.10, 202, 6.84 IP Rings 59, 61, 58, 58.75 103, 103, 100.05, 101.15 5.65, 7.05, 5.65, 6.95 51.90, 52.40, 50.75, 51.60 IPCA Lab. 300, 308, 297, 298.10 Premier Inst 257, 250, 253.75 T Apollo Hosp. 117.25, 118.70, 115.90, Finolex Inds 38.55, 40, 39.55 443.95 205.20 GIC Housing 16.50, 16.20, Lakshmi Elec 50, 49.75, 52 250.50, 256.80, 250.50, 255.25 118.05 39.75, 40.05, 39.50, 39.90 444.90, 449, 441.10, 444 204, 209.95, 203.80, 205.55 Balkrish Ind 92, 96.50, 90, 302.50, 308.10, 298.30, 299.95 Lakshmi Mach 2029, 2042.40, 2015, T Spiritual 182.75, 183, 181.95 92.40 19.55 Ispat Inds. 6.68, 6.90, 6.61, 6.78 Prism Cement 5.71, 6.80, 6.76 117.05, 118.90, 115, 117.55 Gail (I) 117, 112.15, 112.95 Kochi Refin. 70, 70.45, 69.50, 70.05 Trent 178.50, 180.60, 179.75 16.05, 19.50, 16, 19.45 2035 6.50, 6.85, 6.35, 6.80 Taj GVK Hotl 47, 45.25, 45.55 Apollo Tyres 167, 179, 163.75, 118.15, 118.15, 112.15, 113 70, 70.45, 69.55, 70 178, 182, 178, 180.15 Balmer Law.I 48.05, 49.05, 6.60, 6.90, 6.60, 6.75 1989.25, 1989.25, 1989.25, 47, 47, 45.25, 46.20 47.10, 48.10 GIVO 4.60, 3.10 IT & T 12.25, 13.30, 12, 12.83 Pritish Nand 27.40, 27.90, 26.65, 177.10 GE Shipping 48, 48.30, 47.75, 48.10 Kotak Mah.Bk 149.10, 151.70, TVS Electron 70, 71.45, 70.50 Glenmark Pha 250.05, 252.45, 1989.25 26.85 Tanfac Ind. 17.50, 17.85, 17.35, 168, 178.70, 163.50, 175.65 47.50, 48.50, 47.50, 48.10 148.50, 150.10 66, 71.25, 66, 70.60 Balmer Lawri 90.10, 91.45, 90, 13.45, 13.45, 12.60, 12.80 Lanco Inds. 10.25, 10, 10.15 17.50 90.90 252 ITC Hotels 55.45, 57.80, 56.25 27.70, 27.95, 26.40, 26.95 Arvind Mills 38.25, 38.80, 37.65, Geometric So 360, 382.50, 356, 149.50, 151.70, 148.55, 150.05 TVS Motor Co 560, 571, 568.50 256, 256, 251.20, 251.45 Landmarc Lei 18, 18.15, 15.95, 16.45 Priyad.Cemen 12.55, 12.74, 12.25, TASC Pharma. 14.85, 14, 14.85 37.85 380.40 L&T 238, 239.85, 236, 238.45 565.40, 572, 552, 566.25 90.05, 92.20, 90.05, 90.15 55.15, 57.50, 54.85, 56.65 LCC Infotech 4.25, 4.25, 4, 4.15 18.85, 18.85, 16.15, 16.50 Balrampur Ch 140.55, 143, Global Tr.Bk 17.95, 18.15, IVP 34, 34.50, 32.55, 33 12.58 37.75, 38.90, 37.75, 37.90 360.40, 383, 356.65, 379.45 239.40, 239.80, 236.10, 238.30 United Phosp 176.85, 179.75, 17.50, 18 LG Balkrish 103, 101.50, 102.70 12.40, 12.80, 11.90, 12.75 Tata Coffee 89, 90, 89.75 Ashok Leylan 125.15, 128.05, 127.10 German Remed 230.45, 237.45, LIC Hsg.Fin. 130, 139.40, 122.20, 173.50, 175.50 139.50, 142.35 35.90, 35.90, 34.30, 34.30 102, 105, 100, 103.95 88, 89.40, 88, 89.15 139.05, 143.90, 139.05, 143 17.60, 18.10, 17.60, 17.90 IVRCL Infras 51.30, 52.20, 49.10, PSI Data Sys 59.65, 60.85, 59.60, 60 125.65, 128.10, 123, 127.15 230.20, 235.50 126.50 175.25, 179.80, 174.25, 175.60 GMM Pfaudler 99.85 Liberty Shoe 67, 68.50, 67.95 60.80, 61, 59, 59.70 Tata Finance 22.20, 23.60, 21.50, Asian Paints 377.05, 383, 377, 220.55, 250, 220.55, 240 134, 138.70, 122, 126.85 UTI Bank 51.35, 51.70, 50.55, 50.85 Banco Prod. 69.75, 80, 69.70, 49.45 65.50, 68.50, 65.50, 67.60 23.40 74.30 GMR Techno. 8.44, 9 51, 52.50, 49.50, 49.80 PSL 62.60, 62.70, 59.60, 60.10 380.85 Gillette (I) 357, 360, 350.05, 357.30 LML 40.10, 40.75, 39.65, 40.10 51.50, 51.90, 50.60, 50.90 Goa Carbon 54.20, 61.50, Lloyds Steel 3.30, 3.39, 3.20, 3.33 58, 62.60, 58, 60.20 21.90, 23.50, 21.70, 23.20 380, 383, 378.05, 381.70 357.10, 358, 350.05, 355.55 39.95, 40.60, 39.60, 40.15 Videocon Int 29.80, 29.20, 29.35 Bank of Punj 20.60, 21.50, 3.30, 3.40, 3.25, 3.40 Tata Honeywl 248.15, 259.25 20.55, 20.70 52.65, 59.90 J Pudumjee Pul 23, 25, 24.50 Aurobindo Ph 338, 339, 328, 337.20 GlaxoSmith.C 255, 256, 254, 254.80 Lupin 230.20, 236.50, 226.50, 235 29.50, 29.90, 29.10, 29.25 Godavri Fert 60, 59.95, 65.30 Logix Micro. 13.97, 14, 13.60, 13.75 26.90, 26.90, 23.25, 24.30 255.25, 260, 252.05, 258.90 330, 340, 329.90, 336.45 255, 256.10, 254.05, 255.35 233.20, 236.75, 225.50, 234.75 Vijaya Bank 19.15, 19.90, 19.20 20.50, 21.60, 20.40, 20.65 Loy.Tex Mill 62.50, 68 Tata Infomed 92, 96, 95.20 Bank of Raj. 21.40, 21.85, 59.90, 65.40, 59.20, 64.60 Jagatjit Ind 26.70, 28.50, 26.65, Pun.Alkali 8.90, 9, 8.48, 8.52 Aventis Phar 331, 332.70, 328, GlaxoSmith.P 360.10, 364.85, M&M 134.55, 137.80, 137.35 19.70, 19.90, 19.10, 19.20 Godfrey Phil 344.55, 331.25, 27.75 Lumax Ind 45, 47.70, 44, 46.10 Pun.Chemical 92, 93, 90.05, 91.75 92.50, 94.50, 92, 94 330.20 357.50, 358.20 136, 138, 135.05, 137.25 Visual Soft 132, 132.90, 131, 132.10 21.30, 21.55 46.80, 47.35, 44.85, 45.75 Tata Infotec 141, 137.05, 137.40 21.45, 21.85, 21.40, 21.55 339.45 Jagsonpal Ph 104, 107.25, 97.10 Pun.Communi. 42, 42.40, 41.05, 42 328.10, 333, 328.10, 331.10 364.40, 364.40, 356.50, 358.15 Marico Inds 168.55, 170.95, 170 131.90, 133.25, 131.05, 132.30 326, 338, 326, 338 101.95, 101.95, 96.70, 98.60 Lyka Labs 35.95, 36.65, 34.25, 34.70 Pun.Nat.Bank 149.80, 154.55, 153 Tata Invest. 101.50, 110, 99.50, Aztec Soft. 17.95, 18.20, 17.65, 18 GNFC 34.50, 35, 34.70 169.60, 170.95, 168.50, 169.70 VSNL 116.80, 117.50, 114.80, Bannari Aman 117.10, 125, 35, 36.50, 34.15, 34.60 105.85 122.75 Godrej Cons. 115, 116.90, Jai Corp 40.20, 44.80, 44.40 150.40, 154.60, 149.60, 152.55 16.65, 18.30, 16.65, 18 34.50, 35, 34.40, 34.60 Mascot Systm 100.10, 106, 103.25 116.40 115.85 Jain Irrig. 54.55, 55, 53, 54.10 99.90, 106.55, 98.40, 104.65 Bajaj Auto 536, 560, 552.80 Grasim Inds. 460, 449.10, 455.05 101.55, 106, 101.50, 103.10 115.75, 117.45, 114.75, 116.70 115.60, 122.70, 115.60, M Tata Metalik 37.50, 38.05, 37.25, 122.70 114.90, 116.45, 114.85, 56, 56, 53, 54.35 R 550, 561, 542, 554.95 460, 460, 450.55, 455.55 Mastek 273, 265.25, 267.85 Whirlpool 21.75, 21.50, 21.55 115.50 Jain Studios 16.55, 16.95, 16.55 37.55 Bayer (I) 1149.95, 1150, 1100, Maars Soft 10.69, 10.30, 10.37 Rain Calcing 18.52, 19, 18.30, 18.74 38, 38.25, 37.10, 37.50 Balaji Tele. 62.45, 62.50, 61.50, GSFC 23.25, 23.85, 22.20, 23.60 271.90, 273.80, 265.50, 267.60 21.70, 21.75, 21.30, 21.60 Godrej Inds. 27.25, 27.20, 27.50 16.65, 17.20, 16.50, 16.65 10.25, 10.55, 10.25, 10.40 61.65 27, 27, 22.75, 23.60 Mastershare 11.21, 11.35, 11.30 Wipro 904.80, 936.95, 891.25, 1121 D 20.45, 20.45, 18.50, 18.80 Tata Sponge 55.20, 51.75, 53.55 Bayer ABS 106.50, 106.70, 101.50, 27.30, 27.60, 27.20, 27.40 Jaipan Inds. 16.40, 17.25, 16.10, Macmillan (I 175, 177, 174.10, 62.75, 62.75, 61.50, 61.65 GTL 71.45, 69.60, 69.80 11.25, 11.35, 11.20, 11.30 931.20 Goetze (I) 34.45, 35, 34.05, 34.90 17.07 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 29.50, 23.85, 24.50 54, 55, 51.90, 53.45 102.95 Daewoo Motor 3.87, 3.50, 4.11 176.10 24.50, 25, 23.75, 24.65 Tata Teleser 7, 6.75, 6.76 Ballarpur In 49.45, 50.40, 49, 49.10 70.80, 70.80, 69.55, 69.90 Max (I) 85, 81.80, 82.30 904.85, 934.80, 890.60, 929.75 34.50, 35.20, 33.10, 34.40 Jay Bh.Marut 35.85, 37.90, 35.75, 37 174.95, 177.95, 173, 175.65 49.80, 50.30, 49, 49.10 Guj.Amb.Cem. 190.05, 196, 192.30 84, 84.65, 81.80, 82.10 Wockhardt 378, 379.70, 368, 373.20 105.45, 105.50, 102.10, 103.65 Dalmia Cemen 166 Rajesh Exp 83.20, 83.30, 82.25, 6.80, 6.90, 6.70, 6.75 Bayer Diagno 206.50, 212, 208.70 Goldiam Int. 27.40, 27.15, 27.95 36.55, 38, 36.55, 37.45 Madhav Marb. 16.75, 16.95, 16.90 Bank of Baro 106, 110.20, 105.50, 192.60, 196, 191.05, 192.80 Mcdowell Co. 50, 50.75, 49, 49.60 378.30, 378.30, 371, 374.20 163.60, 167.80, 163.60, 166.50 Goldstn.Tech 23.70, 23, 23.75 Jayant Agro 55, 53, 54 82.30 Tata Yodogaw 44.55, 44.85, 43.50, Berger Paint 89, 90.90, 88.50, 89.15 Danlaw Tech. 27.30, 29.90, 27 Madhucon Prj 59.90, 60, 56.85, 83.75, 84, 83.25, 83.25 43.85 109.45 Guj.Gas Co. 460, 462.95, 455.05, 49.55, 50.40, 48.90, 49.55 Zee Telefilm 87.50, 88.20, 83.20, 23.75, 24, 23.40, 23.60 52.10, 55, 52.10, 54.20 58.20 105.85, 110.25, 105.85, 109.50 460.65 Merck 283.50, 255.60, 256.10 83.40 89.90, 90.35, 88.50, 89 Datapro Inf. 0.60, 0.65 Rajshree Sug 15.65, 16.20, 15.85 Tele Data In 27.50, 28, 26.50, 27.80 BF Utilities 8.75, 8.95, 8.80 Goldstn.Tele 8.70, 8.94, 8.56, 8.84 Jaypee Hotel 10.25, 10.80, 10.35 Madras Alum 72, 72.75, 71.05, 72 Bank of Ind. 49.05, 50.50, 48.80, 463, 463, 453.05, 460.90 263, 263.90, 256, 256.70 87.25, 88.30, 83.15, 83.45 DCM 9.11, 9.49 8.70, 8.80, 8.40, 8.70 Jayshree Tea 39.15, 39, 40.50 13, 16.15, 13, 15.85 Texmaco Ltd. 27.50, 28.60, 26.55, Bhagya.Metal 28.50, 30.40 9.60, 10.20, 9.60, 9.95 Madras Cem. 4975, 5000, 4961 Rallis India 85.40, 88, 83.40, 85.55 27.25 49.50 Guj.Mineral 125, 130, 124.05, 124.80 MIRC Electr. 405, 383, 385.70 Zensar Tech. 78, 79.25, 77.50, 78.05 Gonter Peip 5.65, 4.67, 5.12 40.90, 40.90, 38.55, 39.85 4832.20, 5000, 4832, 4995.15 49.35, 50.45, 49.10, 49.50 126, 129.40, 124.60, 125.45 400, 401.25, 388, 390.15 78.75, 79.40, 77.25, 78.15 Bhansali Eng 32.90, 34.40, 32.50, DCM Shr.Con 83, 80.85, 81.60 85.50, 88.40, 83.50, 86.65 Themis Medic 37, 35.90, 37 32.77 Goodlass Ner 238, 240, 232.05, 238 JBF Inds. 12.80, 12, 12.21 Madras Fert. 17.85, 18.20, 17.20, BASF 116.90, 117, 114.05, 114.50 HCL Infosys. 135, 137.80, 131.55, Moser-Baer 316.50, 330, 314, 84, 84, 82, 82.20 235, 238, 231.25, 234.25 JBM Tools 35.95, 35.25, 36.25 Rama Newspri 5.58, 5.33, 5.35 Thiru A.Sug. 25, 26, 25.50 Bharat Bijle 415, 437, 400, 409.95 DCW 17.20, 17.90, 17.60 17.50 5.25, 5.55, 5.25, 5.35 26.80, 28.70, 26.50, 26.70 115.90, 116.45, 114.20, 114.60 135.45 327.75 B1 - GROUP Goodricke 29.35, 28.10, 29 35.90, 36.40, 35.40, 36.40 17.55, 18.35, 17.40, 17.55 Bata (I) 37.30, 39, 38.85 130.10, 138.90, 130.10, 135.30 318, 329.15, 314, 325.30 Bharat Rasay 31.80, 32.50, 31.20, 17.70, 18, 17.50, 17.70 Ramco Inds. 180, 184.95, 171, Thirumalai 70, 73.95, 69, 69.70 31.30 Goodyear (I) 41, 41.20, 39.90, 40.30 JCT 6.25, 6.07, 6.10 Mah.Scooter 100.55 38.50, 38.75, 38, 38.55 HCL Techno. 148, 149.75, 144.40, Mphasis BFL 592, 582.10, 588 Deccan Cem. 41, 39.25, 40.40 Grabal Al.Im 19.23, 19.50, 19.23 Jenson&Nicho 5.23, 5.30, 4.90, 5.14 177.35 69.35, 71.70, 68.50, 69.65 3 33.70, 33.70, 32.45, 32.55 Deepak Fert. 24.75, 24.95, 24.60, 101.40, 101.40, 101.40, 101.40 178, 182.85, 174.10, 175.45 Tide Water O 1099, 1115, 1075, Bayer Cropsc 179.80, 173, 173.20 144.75 595, 595, 581, 586.55 Graphite Ind 40, 41, 40.70 4.90, 5.35, 4.70, 5.10 Mah.Seamless 159.60, 167.40, 174, 177.80, 173.25, 173.45 150.85, 151.50, 144.15, 144.90 MRF 1220, 1170, 1190.85 Bhartiya Int 27.95, 27, 27.05 24.65 Ramco Systm 364.50, 369, 358.30, 1110.05 3M India 329, 340, 328.05, 335.50 28.30, 28.30, 27.25, 27.70 40.50, 41.35, 40.50, 41 JIK Inds. 21.40, 21.50, 18.75, 21.36 158.05, 164.95 Bh.Earth Mov 89, 89.80, 86.80, 88.10 HDFC 390, 410.95, 409.45 1220, 1220, 1175, 1195.75 334.50, 340, 327.50, 338.70 25.95, 25.95, 24.50, 24.75 Grauer & Wei 23.90, 24.50, 23.05, 20, 20.80, 17.05, 20 360.55 TIL 13.50, 14 Bhushan Stl. 35.50, 36.95, 35.30, Deepak Nitr. 55.15, 57, 55, 55.75 149.10, 167.95, 149.10, 165.45 364, 374, 360, 361.90 13.80, 13.80, 13.60, 13.60 89.25, 89.75, 87.10, 88.20 415, 470, 403.20, 408.80 MTNL 104.75, 100.25, 100.60 23.60 Jindal Drill 125, 120.25, 121 Mahavir Spg. 81, 81.75, 80.65, 80.85 Bharat Elect 317, 326.80, 322.90 HDFC Bank 253, 245, 247.10 103.20, 103.20, 100.20, 100.95 A 36.45 Dena Bank 17, 17.40, 16.80, 16.85 Rane Brake 170.10, 176.50 Timex Watch 11.90, 11.96, 11.60, BI 71.50, 66.55, 68 Gravity (I) 7.50 Jindal Iron 108.45, 116.20, 107, 80.60, 81.70, 80.25, 81.35 320, 326.80, 317, 323.55 251, 253.90, 244, 248.20 Mukta Arts 56.50, 57.10, 56, 56.25 16.85, 17.50, 16.75, 16.85 Greaves 17.25, 17.40, 16.90, 17.10 115.25 Rane Madras 72.25, 74, 73 11.68 A Sarabhai 4.30, 5.30, 5.08 Bihar Caustc 19.80, 20, 19.50, 19.90 Denso (I) 33.50, 34.65, 33, 33.60 Mahind.Gesco 18.51, 19.50, 19 72, 73.70, 72, 72.70 Timken India 36.60, 37.40, 36.10, Bharat Forge 319.50, 322.05, 318, Hero Honda 246, 247.50, 245, 56.20, 57.45, 56.20, 56.45 Grind Norton 121, 116.05, 117.10 108.85, 116, 108.50, 115 19.90, 20.40, 18.30, 19.10 320.60 245.65 National Alu 104.75, 106.60, 103.95, Aarti Drugs 40.50, 41, 37.50, 38.20 Bimetal Bear 122.25, 126, 122, Dewan H.Fin. 19.60, 21.25, 19.50, Ravalgaon Su 2201, 2270, 2102, 36.70 125.80 Gruh Finance 25.75, 27.60, 25.50, Jindal Photo 39.50, 43, 38.70, 42.05 Mahindra Ugi 11.70, 13.10, 10.60, 319.10, 323, 318.30, 320.55 250, 250, 244.50, 245.65 106.05 Aarti Inds. 82, 82.40, 75, 79.85 20.30 26.30 34, 43.70, 34, 42 2117.45 Tinplate Co. 18.70, 19, 18.20, 18.45 77.10, 82.55, 76, 79.90 Binani Inds. 17.25, 18.45, 17.70 19.40, 21.55, 19.40, 20.50 12.88 Rayban Sun O 51.25, 52.95, 51.10, Tips Indus. 40.55, 40.85, 39.35, Bharti TeleV 40, 39, 39.20 Hexaware Tec 116.40, 119.75, 114, 104.50, 106.80, 103.50, 105.90 GTC Inds. 16.55, 15.40, 15.45 Jindal Poly. 104, 102.50, 108.65 10.50, 13, 10.50, 12.85 40.15, 40.50, 38.80, 39.15 118.30 Nestle (I) 571, 580, 565, 568.25 Aarvee Denim 22, 18.40, 20.35 Biopac (I) 7.65, 7.13 DFM Foods 9.99, 10 52 39.80 Birla Corp. 22.50, 23.20, 22, 23 16.05, 16.15, 15.25, 15.40 105, 108.75, 103.55, 108.75 Majestic Aut 35, 37.50, 34, 36.30 BHEL 263.10, 270.80, 260.30, 114.50, 119.75, 114.10, 117.90 570.05, 577, 565, 567.75 Aban Loyd 233.50, 256.55 DGP Windsor 5.06, 5.30, 5.15 GTN Textiles 31.95, 31.35, 31.70 Jindal Strip 201, 206.40, 196.50, Reg.Ceramic 27.95, 28, 27.10, 27.20 40, 40.65, 39.20, 39.65 236, 256.45, 234.45, 256.45 22.40, 23.35, 22.40, 23.10 5.15, 5.45, 5.15, 5.25 Malwa Cotton 38 30, 30, 27, 27.30 TN Telecom 12.55, 13, 12.50, 12.52 269.20 Him.Fut.Comm 32.50, 33.20, 31.75, Neyveli Lign 41.55, 43.10, 42.55 32.30, 32.30, 31.70, 31.90 197.70 38, 39.40, 37.80, 39.40 263, 270.95, 260.50, 269.30 31.95 41.70, 43.10, 41.50, 42.50 ABC Bearings 16, 16.40, 14.10, Birla Eric. 16.80, 17.10, 16.10, 16.23 Dhampur Sugr 14.80, 15.15, 14.50, Rel.Ind.Infr 56, 58.50, 53.60, 55.05 12.50, 13.25, 12.50, 12.60 16.50, 16.95, 16.05, 16.30 Gufic Bio Sc 26, 26.10, 22.50, 24.70 199.50, 201.85, 196.70, 197.85 Man Inds.(I) 40.30, 41.90, 39.75, Bombay Dyein 63, 67, 66.10 32.80, 32.90, 31.70, 31.95 Nicholas Pir 297.05, 299.85, 294.50, 14.37 14.91 Guj.Alkalies 31, 33, 32.55 JJ Exporters 38, 40, 39 54.05, 58.80, 54.05, 54.90 Todays Writi 21.50, 22.25, 21.90 ABG Heavy In 16.75, 16.90, 16.25, Birla Glob.F 17.50, 17.65, 17.10, 16.25, 16.25, 14.65, 14.75 40.85 Relaxo Footw 17.10, 17.25, 17, 17.05 22, 22, 21.90, 22 63.10, 66.60, 62.70, 66 Hind Lever C 181.30, 194.50, 193 295.15 31.50, 33.10, 30.80, 32.50 JK Corpn. 11.35, 12, 11.26 Mangalam Cem 12, 11, 11.54 BPCL 272, 279.40, 269.25, 278.30 187.90, 198, 182.05, 194.20 296.35, 299, 295, 295.35 16.38 17.35 Dhanalak.Bnk 19, 19.35, 18.75, Revathi Equ. 119, 117, 118.20 Torrent Guja 9.61, 10, 9.50, 9.61 17.35, 17.75, 17.20, 17.50 Guj.Amb.Exp. 14.50, 14.75, 14.27, JK Inds. 32.95, 33.50, 32.75, 33.35 11.90, 12.10, 11.20, 11.50 272, 279.60, 269.35, 278.40 Hind.Oil Exp 30.10, 35.15, 30.05, NIIT 141.55, 141.70, 136.40, 137.70 Abhishek Ind 8.50, 9 19.15 14.50 JK Synthetic 3.81, 3.40, 3.41 Rico Auto 149, 154, 146, 148.35 Tourism Fina 10.70, 11.50, 11.25 8.50, 9.25, 8.30, 8.95 Birla Yamaha 17.05, 17.60, 17, 17.05 Dharamsi Mor 6.50, 7.25 Manglr.Chem 5.89, 5.95, 5.65, 5.91 150.75, 150.75, 147, 148.25 11.30, 11.60, 10.80, 11.35 Britannia 531.05, 534.90 33.55 139.90, 139.90, 136.10, 137.75 14.50, 14.70, 14.50, 14.50 JL Morison 93, 97, 90.25, 93 Manugraph In 29, 31, 29.70 538.95, 539, 530, 533.65 31, 35.30, 31, 33.65 Nirma 296.95, 302, 300.10 Adam Comsof 6, 6.50, 5.60, 6.40 BITS 0.56, 0.49, 0.50 Dhunseri Tea 17.25, 16.50, 17.30 RPG Cables 13.20, 13.50, 12.70, Transnat.Sec 29.50, 30.70 BLB 5, 5.10, 4.70, 5 Guj.Apollo E 57.95, 56.35, 57 JMC Projects 22.50, 23.40, 22.20, Maral Overs 18.10, 18.25, 17.10, BSES 285.50, 298, 277, 296.40 Hind.Zinc 26.20, 27, 26.05, 26.20 295.10, 301.50, 295.10, 300.10 Addi Inds. 23.25, 23.50, 21 Divi’s Lab 431, 440, 424.50, 435.25 Guj.Flouroch 75.45, 75.50, 73, 73.20 22.45 12.78 Transpek Ind 12.71, 13.45 Advani Oerli 35.25, 34.60, 34.65 Blow Plast 13.53, 13.75, 13.31, 430, 438.95, 425, 436.10 18.05 12.80, 13.05, 12.60, 12.75 Transport Co 22.20, 23.50, 23.10 285, 298, 281.60, 295.50 Hindalco 726, 759.95, 755.40 Novartis (I) 229, 230.75, 228.25, 74, 76, 73.90, 74.25 Jog Engg. 7.30, 8.78, 8.34 18.30, 18.30, 17.70, 17.80 Cadila Healt 137.75, 138.20, 135.25, 767.70, 767.70, 750, 754.75 228.60 34.50, 35, 34.50, 34.60 13.45 Dolphin Off. 12.70, 14.20 RPG Life Sci 27, 25.20, 25.50 23.10, 23.95, 23, 23.95 Blue Dart Ex 80.05, 80.30, 78.05, Guj.H.Chem 21.10, 21.80, 21.55 Jubilant Org 226.90, 229, 223, Mascon Globl 11.49, 11.50, 11.06, 137 Hinduja TMT 240, 244.80, 237.60, ONGC 508, 510, 496, 507.60 Aegis Logis. 10.25, 11.50, 11.34 Donear Inds. 113, 114.50, 110.75, 21.70, 21.85, 21.55, 21.65 223.85 27.30, 27.30, 25.40, 25.45 TRF 40, 37, 37.90 11.50, 11.70, 11.30, 11.30 79.40 111.35 11.20 RPG Transmi. 7.55, 8.38, 8.21 Trigyn Tech. 16.74, 16.10, 16.24 133.05, 138.40, 133.05, 136.95 241.75 503, 509.90, 496.10, 507.90 Guj.Ind.Pow. 26.45, 27.15, 26.10, 224.50, 228.50, 223, 224.80 Matrix Lab. 438, 452, 434, 441.80 Castrol (I) 199, 202, 200.15 240.90, 245.85, 237, 241.60 Oriental Bnk 134.10, 139, 134.05, AFT Inds. 50.35, 52, 49.55, 51.60 82.50, 82.50, 77, 78.55 DSJ Comm. 0.73, 0.68 8.50, 8.50, 8.30, 8.30 16.25, 16.60, 16.15, 16.25 Blue Star 109, 114.50, 108.05, 26.60 Jupiter BioS 50.50, 51.85, 49.20, Matsush.Tele 7.50, 7.78 Century Enka 90, 91.90, 91.10 HLL 165, 172, 161, 171.10 135.75 Aftek Infosy 250, 254, 247.50, 0.70, 0.70, 0.65, 0.70 26.40, 27, 26.15, 26.45 49.90 RS Software 22.70, 22.15, 22.85 TTK Healthca 16.95, 18.40, 18 252.85 109.50 Duphar-Inter 120 7.50, 7.75, 7.50, 7.75 22.90, 22.90, 22.30, 22.65 TTK Prestige 12.60, 10.81, 10.85 91, 92, 90.25, 91.05 163, 171.90, 160.80, 171.10 134, 139, 134, 136.25 Guj.Sidh.Cem 6, 5.76, 5.89 Jyoti Struct 28.50, 29.50, 28.15, Matsushita L 45.50, 46, 45.10 Century Text 73.95, 77.40, 73, 74.70 HMT 21, 21.75, 21.15 P&G Hygiene 440, 445, 438, 444.40 253, 254, 247, 252.50 110, 114.80, 108, 109.10 Ruchi Soya 36.70, 37.65, 37.10 10.40, 10.95, 10.40, 10.75 Blue Star In 132, 134.95, 133.50 E 5.80, 6, 5.75, 5.90 28.50 Mega Corpn. 4.10, 4.40, 4.10 73.20, 77.35, 72.80, 74.75 21.15, 21.90, 20.80, 21.05 Padmalaya Te 71, 71.70, 69, 69.30 Agro Dutch I 14.55, 15, 14.50, 14.80 Gulf Oil Cor 62, 65, 61.50, 62.50 28.60, 30.25, 28.05, 28.65 36.10, 38.15, 36.10, 37.40 Tube Invest. 127.10, 130, 127, 128 15.15, 15.15, 14.65, 14.85 122.10, 135, 122.10, 133.15 Melstar Info 14.75, 15.79, 14.62, 128.10, 129.40, 127.50, 127.95 Chambal Fert 16, 16.10, 15.90, 16 HPCL 332.40, 334.90, 329, 332.75 70.55, 71.45, 68, 69.85 Eicher 39.70, 37.05 15.29 16.10, 16.15, 15.90, 16.05 328.15, 334.70, 328.15, 332.95 Pentamedia G 12, 11.50, 11.72 Agro Tech Fd 49.30, 49.95, 48.20, BOC 38, 39.25, 37.20, 39.10 H K S Tudor India 12, 13.25, 11.60, 13.22 49.60 37.10, 39.25, 37.05, 39.05 35, 39.20, 34.15, 37.55 14.90, 15.90, 14.50, 15.35 Chennai Pet. 50.30, 50.95, 49.75, Hughes Soft. 218, 223.50, 215, 11.80, 11.85, 11.60, 11.70 Eicher Motor 144, 147, 146.45 Tuticorin.Al 4, 4.58, 3.90, 4.55 49, 49.85, 48.25, 49.45 Bombay Burma 43.80, 43.90, 40.05, Harr.Malayal 12.65, 13, 12.25, 12.33 Kaashyap Rad 1.40, 1.72, 1.35, 1.68 Mercator Lin 27.95, 29, 27.75, 28.30 S Kumars Nat 5, 5.40, 5 TV 18 85.10, 89.90, 89.35 50.15 222.40 Pfizer 380.05, 381, 375.35, 378.65 140, 147, 140, 145.75 Metroche.Ind 24, 24.25, 23.10, 23.80 5.70, 5.70, 5.10, 5.15 51.50, 51.50, 49.90, 50.10 216.70, 224.40, 215, 222.35 385, 385, 376, 378.10 Ahmed.Elect. 73, 75.25, 71.60, 73.30 41 12.65, 12.95, 12.50, 12.60 Kabra Extr 41.40, 43.50, 40.50, 43 88.30, 89.60, 88, 89 73.10, 74.95, 72, 73.15 41, 41, 39.90, 40.90 EID Parry 111, 112.65, 109.05, Hathway Bhaw 13.54, 14.20, 13.54 41.50, 43.40, 39.55, 42.70 MICO 4900, 4990, 4850, 4876.40 S.I.Bank 48.35, 48.50, 47.50, 47.75 Cipla 760, 740, 750.40 IBP 550, 569.95, 526, 563.85 Philips (I) 98.50, 102, 98.55 110.05 TVS Autolec 76.05, 80, 79.80 Ahmednagar F 37.25, 36.55, 37.45 Bongaigaon R 33.50, 34.95, 33.25, Hatsun Agro 64, 70, 64.80 Kajaria Cer 30.40, 27.70 4895, 4925, 4881, 4891.20 48.50, 48.50, 47.70, 47.90 TVS Srichakr 53.50, 53.80, 52.75, 754.95, 754.95, 736.05, 749.60 450, 570, 450, 564.85 Pidilite Ind 260, 265, 264.70 110.20, 111.90, 110, 110.15 Mid-Day Mul. 17.25, 17.50, 16.95, S.I.C.Agency 9.30, 9.75, 9.40 CMC 483, 497, 476.10, 491.80 ICI (I) 143.50, 140.65, 141 259.75, 265, 259.75, 264.15 37.75, 37.75, 36, 37.20 34.20 Havell’s (I) 118.05, 115, 117.95 29.20, 29.50, 28, 28.25 52.80 Ajanta Pharm 30.30, 29.55, 30.10 33.30, 34.85, 32.85, 34.30 EIH Asso.Hot 14.25, 15.90, 14.35 119.40, 119.40, 116.10, 119 Kakatiya Cem 32.35, 33.80, 32.25, 17.35 9.95, 10, 9.10, 9.25 479, 493, 475, 489.10 141, 142, 140.25, 140.70 Polaris Soft 108.50, 110, 107.50, 109 Eimco Elecon 53, 53.95 17, 17.50, 16.70, 17.35 Sabero Org. 6.94, 6.10, 6.13 Colgate 141, 143, 140.20, 141.60 ICICI Bank 144.80, 142.05, 142.45 109.15, 109.70, 107.55, 108.85 35.80, 35.80, 29.75, 30.15 BPL 32.20, 32.35, 31.40, 31.55 Hawkins Cook 19.55, 20.25 33.50 U Aksh Optifib 27.50, 26.05, 26.35 32.40, 32.80, 31.10, 31.55 55, 55, 52, 52.60 Hazoor Media 5.45, 5.50 32.20, 33, 32, 32.30 Mindteck 17, 18 6.50, 6.50, 6.10, 6.20 142.75, 143, 140.65, 141.50 144.90, 145.70, 142, 142.35 Pun.Tractors 161, 161.95, 159.20, Elder Pharma 45.50, 41, 42.35 Mirza Tanner 35.90, 35.30, 35.45 Saint-Gobain 13.25, 12.51, 12.60 UB Holdings 21.40, 22.35, 22 Container Co 348.05, 367.55, IDBI 32.70, 33.95, 32.80 160.85 26.80, 27.90, 26, 26.50 BPL Engg. 5.76, 5.80, 5.71 HBL Nife Pow 43.45, 46.80 Kale Consul. 34.60, 33.30, 34 Albert David 30.60, 32.90, 31.90 5.90, 5.90, 5.65, 5.80 44.90, 44.90, 42.20, 42.45 HEG 41, 42.35, 40.90, 41.15 35, 35, 33.65, 34.05 35.70, 36.25, 35, 35.70 Sakthi Sugar 9.50, 10, 9.93 Ucal Fuel 237.50, 243.10, 237.05, 347.50, 360.45 33.15, 33.85, 32.70, 32.80 161.95, 161.95, 159.05, 160.75 Elecon Engg. 13.20, 12.33, 13.05 MM Forgings 115, 117, 115.95 10.15, 10.20, 9.30, 9.30 242.05 351, 367.20, 345.45, 360 IDBI Bank 25.25, 25.90, 25.30 Ranbaxy Lab. 722, 727.90, 718, Albright & W 190.05 BSEL Inform. 11.20, 12.80, 12 41.70, 42.50, 41.15, 41.30 Kalpa.Power 43, 45, 42.05, 44.20 Alembic 223.75, 237.50, 235.65 11.10, 11.10, 11.10, 11.10 Elect.Kelvin 7.65, 7.35, 7.51 Helios & Mat 15.20, 16.50, 16.10 49.40, 49.40, 44.40, 44.80 Mobile Tele 7, 8.09 Salora Int. 47.90, 47, 47.50 242, 244, 240, 241.90 Corpn. Bank 166.10, 171, 164.25, 25.20, 25.60, 25.20, 25.35 723.25 Electro.Cast 304, 298, 298.10 Modipon 22.50, 24 48, 48, 46.50, 47.25 Ultramarine 73.25, 74.50 165.10 India Cement 23.35, 23.85, 22.70, 722, 728, 719, 723.70 233.25, 236.90, 233.25, 234.35 BSL 34.05 Henkel Spic 21, 21.25, 20.75, 20.80 Kalyani Brak 330, 320 Alfa Laval 298, 304.90, 298 36.45, 36.45, 36.45, 36.45 304, 304, 298, 299.25 Heritage Fds 59, 58, 58.10 270, 270, 270, 270 Monalisa Inf 0.27, 0.25, 0.28 Samkrg Pist. 30.10, 32.50, 32.45 Unichem Lab 200.50, 193.10, 195.60 165, 171, 164, 165.15 23.45 Raymond 118.25, 119.50, 113.25, Elgi Equip 28, 28.45, 27.15, 27.35 Monnet Ispat 34, 38.50, 33.20, 37.35 Samtel Color 29.35, 29.45, 28.75, 199, 204.90, 192.15, 196.10 Crompton Gr. 69.65, 70.75, 68.25, 23.40, 23.85, 22.60, 23.50 113.70 300, 303, 296.50, 298.55 Burrough Wel 321, 325, 315, 319.25 55.20, 60, 55.20, 58.35 Kalyani Shrp 6.80 Alka (I) 0.32, 0.31, 0.32 29, 29, 27.10, 27.50 Hi-Tech Gear 126.75, 127.50 Kalyani Stel 24, 24.75, 23.30, 23.65 Monsanto (I) 539.95, 531, 537.20 29.05 Uniflex Cabl 6.53, 7 68.70 Indian Alumi 131, 128 119.20, 119.80, 113.50, 114.15 Elgitread (I 185, 188 536.90, 538.95, 530.10, 537.65 29.75, 29.90, 28.50, 29 Union Bank 33.40, 33.95, 33.15, 70, 70.80, 68.50, 69.05 126.50, 132, 126.50, 129.15 RCF 32.50, 34.60, 32.30, 34.10 Alkyl Amines 27.50, 27.75, 25.65, C Hikal 228, 215.15, 218.25 Kanoria Chem 40.10, 37, 40.85 25.95 Elpro Inter 25.50, 25.60, 24.50 219.95, 226, 211.80, 220.05 40.70, 41, 40, 41 Morarjee Goc 16.50, 17.50, 17 Sandesh Ltd. 108, 106.60, 107.30 33.30 Cummins (I) 65.50, 66.60, 64.50, Indian Hotel 236, 260, 222.30, 33, 34.60, 32.25, 34.05 Camlin 59, 59.65, 58, 58.40 Emco 47.30, 47.95, 45, 46.15 17, 17.90, 16.55, 17.55 108.75, 109, 107.50, 108.55 33.35, 33.90, 33.10, 33.30 65.25 248.35 Rel Capital 62.50, 68.80, 62.10, Allahabad Bk 17.70, 17, 17.10 Camph.& All 27, 29, 27.55 Himat. Seide 142, 149, 141, 147.75 Karnatak Bnk 72, 74.50, 73.10 17, 17.40, 17, 17.05 Encore Soft 12.50, 14.30, 12.35, 140, 149, 140, 146.30 72.90, 75, 72.50, 73.35 Morepen Lab 14.55, 14, 14.25 Sangam (I) 27, 27.35, 25.75, 27.05 Unitech 44.10, 46.95, 44.05, 46 66, 66.20, 64.80, 65.25 237, 259, 225.15, 247.65 68.05 Canara Bank 94.60, 95.60, 93.50, 12.75 14.55, 14.55, 13.95, 14.15 27.40, 27.60, 25.60, 27.60 45.05, 46.50, 45.05, 46.35 D-Link (I) 58.95, 59.95, 56.95, 59.45 Indian Oil C 417.90, 399.10, 403.20 62.55, 68.80, 62, 67.65 Alok Inds. 17.40, 17.95, 17.20, 17.80 94.05 Hind.Constn. 81.90, 79.60, 79.75 Karur Vysya 183, 185, 181.10, 17.50, 17.85, 17.30, 17.60 Eonour Tech. 4.77, 3.84, 3.96 82.60, 82.60, 79.40, 79.55 184.45 Morgan Stan 9.30, 9.34, 9.26, 9.31 Sanwaria Agr 19.64, 19, 19.67 United Brew. 102, 98 58.30, 59.90, 57, 59.45 416.90, 417.10, 399, 403.70 Reliance Ind 322, 337.50, 321.45, 93.95, 95.60, 93.50, 94.15 Epic Enzymes 9.75, 10.13, 9.65, 9.90 9.25, 9.35, 9.25, 9.30 Saregama (I) 59.50, 60, 53.20, 53.35 United We.Bk 24.70, 23.50, 24 Dabur (I) 48, 48.10, 47.50, 47.60 Indian Ov.Bk 22, 22.50, 21.70, 21.85 336.40 Alps Inds. 24, 21, 24 Canfin Homes 35, 39.50, 37.15 Hind.Inks&Re 234, 225.15, 227.15 182, 184.90, 181.20, 184.05 22, 24, 21.25, 21.95 Esab (I) 41.50, 41.80, 40.10, 40.50 236.70, 236.75, 226.05, 227.30 KDL Biotech 15.85, 16.30, 15, 16.21 Motherson SS 154.50, 155, 152, 54.20, 55.20, 52.80, 53.15 24, 24.20, 23.50, 24 47.25, 48, 46.75, 47.70 22.20, 22.45, 21.85, 21.90 322, 337.75, 322, 335.45 36, 39, 34.30, 37 41.10, 41.65, 40.10, 40.30 152.20 SAT Invest. 12, 12.69, 11.55, 12.62 Univer.Cable 10.05, 10.15, 9.75, 9.94 Digital Glob 420, 429.85, 413.10, 428 Indian Rayon 104.10, 112.40, Rolta (I) 68, 68.25, 66.10, 67.55 Alstom 37.20, 37.60, 36.50, 37.20 Caprihans(I) 21, 22, 20.40, 21.95 Hind.Motors 11.45, 12.78, 12.36 16.25, 16.25, 15.75, 16.10 Amara Raja B 81.80, 83.50, 81, ESI 23, 23.70, 22.10, 22.90 11.70, 12.80, 11.55, 12.35 KEC Inter. 21.95, 20.90, 21.15 154.75, 154.75, 152, 152.05 Satnam Over. 19.95, 20.05, 20 9.95, 9.95, 9.80, 9.85 416, 429.45, 412, 426.80 103.25, 111.50 67.80, 68.40, 67, 67.65 Carborundum 149, 147, 149 23.10, 23.50, 23.05, 23.15 Moving Pictu 6.75, 6.71 20, 21, 19.50, 19.95 Upper Ganges 17.10, 16.55 Dr.Reddy’s 1030, 1064.65, 1015, 103.50, 112.10, 103.50, 111.40 SAIL 15.50, 16.16, 15.05, 15.98 81.90 149, 151.45, 146.50, 147.60 Hind.Org.Chm 22.30, 23.25, 22.95 21.75, 22, 21, 21.15 81.50, 83.65, 80.60, 82.35 Eskay K’N’It 3.17, 3.60, 3.16, 3.30 21.80, 23.25, 21.80, 22.95 Kerala Ayurv 9.84, 9.85, 8.55, 9.48 Mro-Tek 16.45, 16, 19.63 Satvah.Ispat 7.50, 6.56, 6.99 Usha Martin 32.75, 31.20, 31.25 1057.60 Infosys Tech 3002.30, 3100, 2958, 15.35, 16.20, 15.05, 15.95 CCL Products 18, 19, 18.75 Essar Oil 6.85, 6.95, 6.75, 6.75 15.20, 19.65, 15, 19.65 Saurash.Cem. 11, 11.12, 11.10 32, 32.25, 31.30, 31.40 1030, 1064.50, 1022.05, 1057.95 3058.40 Satyam Comp 188, 189.25, 184.35, Ambica Agarb 46.85, 45, 45.20 Ceat 35.95, 37.25, 34.50, 35.95 Hind.Power 30.25, 30.75 Kerala Chem. 20.65, 22.40, 21.95 Ambuja Cem.R 4.22, 4.30, 3.85, 4.20 Essar Ship. 8.50, 8.60, 8.15, 8.32 Hind.Sanitar 55, 54.40, 55.05 Kesoram Inds 35, 35.50, 34.30, MRPL 23.20, 23.40, 22.50, 22.65 Savita Chem. 68, 75.70, 67.55, 73.75 Usha Mat.Inf 6.80, 6.90, 6.02, 6.31 Dredging Cor 335, 348, 330, 332.95 2930, 3100, 2930, 3054.30 186.75 34.40, 37.30, 34.40, 36.05 Essar Steel 12.15, 12.56, 12, 12.33 23.10, 23.40, 22.70, 22.80 68, 76.85, 67, 74.05 6.50, 6.50, 6.20, 6.40 E-Serve Intl 501.05, 505, 480, Infotech En. 107.60, 109, 105.10, 186.75, 188.20, 184.55, 186.35 4.10, 4.20, 3.90, 4.15 Centur. Bank 10.99, 11.22, 11.01 55.25, 56.50, 54.70, 55.25 35.15 Amex Info. 14.99, 15.50, 14.20, 12.15, 12.55, 11.95, 12.35 Hind.Spg &Wg 11, 12 35.75, 35.75, 34.20, 35.35 Mukand 21, 24.90 SBI Home Fin 14, 16.75, 15.65 Uttam Galva. 10.50, 10.90, 10.25, 21.20, 25.15, 21.20, 25.05 14.45, 16.65, 14, 15.75 10.75 Mukand Engrs 11.80, 13.40, 11.75, Schenec.Beck 83, 84.20, 82.80, 84 11, 11, 10.25, 10.75 12.24 Schenec.Herd 36.65, 40, 36.80 10.25, 14.55, 10.25, 12.70 37.70, 38, 37.60, 37.65 V Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Munjal Auto 54, 47.90, 49.90 Search Chem. 13.50, 14.74, 13.38, MUTUAL FUNDS Munjal Showa 152, 151, 151.45 14.02 Vaibhav Gems 29, 23.75, 24.50 (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase 153.50, 153.90, 150, 152.50 13.75, 14.90, 13.70, 14.05 Vanavil Dyes 47.40, 47.75 Open-ended Schemes Mys.Cement 8.56, 9.10, 8.41, 8.48 Selan Explor 10.30, 10.40, 10.10, Vardhman Pol 50.95, 53.85, 53.25 8.70, 9, 8.15, 8.60 10.20 51, 53.70, 50.50, 53.40 MIP Plan C (Payment/G) 13.82 13.82 13.82 Savings Plus 10.37 10.37 10.37 T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.57 10.57 10.41 Vardhman Spg 74.90, 76.35, 72.90, MNC Plan A (Div Payout) 25.39 25.64 25.39 Short Term (G) 10.61 10.61 10.61 T MMA 1.00 1.00 1.00 Benefit Fund Debt(G) 11.03 11.03 10.87 Sesa Goa 151, 157, 150.05, 151.40 MNC Plan A (Div Reinv) 25.39 25.64 25.39 Short Term (WD) 10.02 10.02 10.02 T Monthly Income (G) 13.97 13.97 13.97 Cash M-Liq.Inst.(MD) 10.02 10.02 10.02 N 146.20, 157, 146.20, 151.50 73.60 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) MNC Plan B (Gr) 31.80 32.12 31.80 Short Term(D) 10.29 10.29 10.29 T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Cash M-Liq.Inst.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00 Sesha.Paper 50, 49.50, 50.90 75, 75.75, 72.70, 74 Nagar.Agrich 15.50, 17, 15.85 Varun Ship. 12.30, 12.06, 12.12 (Rs) Sales Purchase Sweep Plan (D) 10.16 10.16 10.16 Technology.Com 4.25 4.34 4.25 T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.35 10.35 10.35 Cash M-Liq.Inst.Growth 10.06 10.06 10.06 50, 50.95, 48.50, 49.55 Sweep Plan (G) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Top 100 11.77 12.01 11.77 T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.38 10.38 10.38 Cash M-Mon.At Call.Ins(G) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Nagar.Const. 68.45, 69, 67.50, 68.20 Sh.Cements 80, 81, 77.55, 78.10 12.05, 12.30, 12.05, 12.20 BOB Mutual Fund Escorts Mutual Fund T Pension Plan (D) 12.46 12.65 12.46 Cash Manag.Liq.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00 Nagar.Fertil 6.78, 7, 6.72, 6.75 82, 82, 78, 78.10 Vashisti Det 11.62, 12.42, 12.37 As on 19/06/2003 Elss 96 11.79 12.08 11.79 Balanced (D) 12.25 12.40 12.25 T Pension Plan (G) 21.60 21.92 21.60 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 12.08 12.08 12.08 7, 7, 6.60, 6.75 Sh.Digv.Cem. 17.50, 18.50 12.30, 12.50, 12.10, 12.40 Alliance Capital Mutual Fund Gilt (D) 10.30 10.30 10.25 Balanced (G) 13.59 13.76 13.59 T ST Income (G) 1118.43 1118.43 1118.43 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (MD) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Nahar Export 23.55, 23.10, 23.40 Sh.Rama Mult 8.85, 8.40, 8.50 Venky’s (I) 58.55, 56.50, 56.60 95 (D) 29.29 29.88 29.29 Gilt (G) 10.30 10.30 10.25 Gilt (D) 12.22 12.22 12.22 T ST Income (M’ly) 1024.92 1024.92 1024.92 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 10.11 10.11 23.50, 23.70, 23.25, 23.30 8.85, 8.95, 8.40, 8.50 56.50, 58.70, 56.10, 56.90 95 (G) 52.85 53.91 52.85 Income (D) 10.78 10.78 10.72 Gilt (G) 13.36 13.36 13.36 T ST Income (Q’ly) 1029.07 1029.07 1029.07 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Nahar Indl.E 16.45, 16.90, 16, 16.30 Shah Alloys 22.80, 23, 22.05 Veronica Lab 6.91, 7.20, 6.51, 7.11 Basic Inds.(D) 15.39 15.70 15.39 Income (G) 10.78 10.78 10.72 Growth (G) 12.95 13.14 12.95 T ST Income (W’ly B) 1047.09 1047.09 1047.09 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.85 11.85 11.85 Nahar Intl. 5.86, 6.20, 5.85, 5.86 Shalimar Pai 32.50, 32 Vesuvius (I) 86, 92.20, 90.40 Basic Inds.(G) 15.40 15.71 15.40 Income Fund STP (D) 10.41 10.41 10.41 Growth (D) 11.83 12.01 11.83 T ST Income (W’ly) 1090.71 1090.71 1090.71 Child (CB) 17.63 17.96 17.10 5.10, 6.70, 5.10, 5.85 Shamken Mult 8.70, 9.50, 8.70, 9.50 87, 91.50, 85.50, 89.40 Buy India (D) 5.15 5.25 5.15 Income Fund STP (G) 10.37 10.37 10.37 Income (D) 10.62 10.62 10.62 T TMA (G) 1523.73 1523.73 1523.73 Child (FG) 17.40 17.73 16.88 Nahar Spg. 86.60, 86.75, 84.10, Viceroy Hot. 10.10 Buy India (G) 5.15 5.25 5.15 Shamken Spin 5.56, 5.80 Liquid (D) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Income (G) 18.72 18.72 18.72 T TMA (W’ly) 1245.02 1245.02 1245.02 Deposit-54 EA 15.21 15.21 15.21 84.90 Shanti Gear 104, 110.05, 110 Videocon Apl 11.25, 10.80, 11 Capital Tax Relief’96 63.67 64.31 63.67 Liquid (G) 10.95 10.95 10.95 Income Bond (D) 9.84 9.84 9.84 T TMA (Wkly B) 1402.46 1402.46 1402.46 Deposit-54 EB 15.21 15.21 15.21 85.50, 86.40, 84.50, 85.05 11.15, 11.45, 10.80, 11 Cash Manager (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Canbank Mutual Fund 109, 111.80, 105, 106.30 Income Bond (G) 11.69 11.69 11.69 T TMA (Y’ly) 1158.28 1158.28 1158.28 Equity (D) 11.32 11.54 11.32 Narmada C.Pe 15.60, 15.70, 15.15, Shasun Chem. 189, 196, 185.50, Videocon Fin 16, 16.55, 16.50 Cash Manager (G) 15.02 15.02 15.02 Canbonus 8.15 8.30 8.15 Opportunities (D) 10.89 10.89 10.89 GIC Mutual Fund Equity (G) 10.75 10.95 10.75 15.19 13.60, 16.45, 13.60, 16.40 Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Cancigo 10.66 10.66 10.66 Opportunities (G) 12.90 12.90 12.90 Balanced 11.38 11.61 11.27 Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.59 11.59 11.59 190.30 15.45, 15.85, 15.20, 15.20 188, 197, 185, 190.10 Vidhi Dyestu 17.40, 17.15 Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Cancigo (G) 12.05 12.05 12.05 Tax (D) 10.82 10.82 — D’Mat 8.60 8.77 8.60 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.56 11.56 11.56 Natco Pharma 58.50, 59, 57.20, Vikrant Tyre 14.44, 14.60, 13.65, Equity (D) 16.51 16.84 16.51 Canequity Tax Saver 10.22 10.30 10.22 Tax (G) 10.82 10.82 — Debt (G) 10.55 10.55 10.55 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.69 13.69 13.69 Shaw Wallace 41, 41.90, 39.30, 58.05 40.90 13.97 Equity (G) 29.83 30.43 29.83 Canexpo 12.84 13.08 12.84 First India Mutual Fund Fortune 94 8.49 8.66 8.49 Govt.Sec.-Savings 12.03 12.03 12.03 56.50, 58.95, 56.50, 57.95 Vinati Org. 15.65, 16, 15.60, 15.80 Frontline Eq(D) 11.74 11.97 11.74 Canexpo (G) 12.84 13.08 12.84 Gilt 10.54 10.54 10.54 G Plus II 10.98 11.20 10.87 Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.52 10.52 10.52 Shirpur Gold 28.80, 30.95, 29.90 Nath Seeds 10.90, 11, 10.35, 10.59 30.85, 30.90, 29.80, 29.90 Vindhya Tele 28.50, 30, 28.40, 28.80 Frontline Eq(G) 11.74 11.97 11.74 Canganga 8.50 8.65 8.50 Gilt Fund - (D) 11.04 11.04 11.04 Gilt (G) 10.49 10.49 10.49 Growth (D) 11.03 11.24 11.03 11, 11.15, 10.45, 10.55 29, 30.40, 28.50, 28.85 G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.68 11.68 11.68 Cangilt PGS (D) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Growth 11.13 11.35 11.13 Liquid (D-Reinv) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Growth (G) 11.08 11.29 11.08 Shiv Vani Un 13.31, 15.60 National Fer 41.75, 43, 41.50, 42.90 Shrenuj & Co 36.05, 36.80, 36.25 Vintage Card 9.13, 9.45, 9.10, 9.41 G-Sec Long Term (G) 17.36 17.36 17.36 Cangilt PGS (G) 16.42 16.42 16.42 Income 11.04 11.04 11.04 Liquid (G) 10.83 10.83 10.83 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 11.05 11.05 11.00 National Per 750, 755, 752.95 9.30, 9.50, 9.10, 9.45 G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.12 10.12 10.12 Canglobal 4.94 5.03 4.94 Income Fund (D) 10.37 10.37 10.37 HDFC Mutual Fund Income (D-Q’ly) 11.02 11.02 10.96 37, 37, 36.25, 36.45 G-Sec Short Term (G) 14.00 14.00 14.00 National Ste 8.35, 8.50, 8.01, 8.35 Shriram Inv 15.90, 16.30, 15.80, Vinyl Chem. 7.86, 8.35, 8.05 Canincome (B) 10.31 10.31 10.31 Liquid (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Balanced 11.52 11.69 11.52 Income (G) 14.71 14.71 14.64 8.40, 8.50, 8.15, 8.35 8.50, 8.50, 8, 8.30 Income (D) 11.15 11.15 11.15 Canincome (G) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Liquid (G) 10.92 10.92 10.92 Childrens Gift-Invst. 12.98 13.11 12.98 Income-Inst.(G) 10.16 10.16 10.16 16.05 Income (G) 21.85 21.85 21.85 Canincome (I) 10.28 10.28 10.28 Short Term 10.61 10.61 10.61 Childrens Gift-Savings 13.27 13.41 13.27 Income-Inst.(QD) 10.16 10.16 10.16 Nava Bh.Ferr 70.80, 71.85, 69, 71.25 Shriram Tran 14.98, 14.80, 15.75 VIP Indus. 20.95, 21.40, 20.70 Income 54EA (D) 11.15 11.15 11.15 Canliquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05 Short Term (D) 10.20 10.20 10.20 FRI-(L) 10.22 10.22 10.22 Index 8.45 8.53 8.45 71, 71, 69.65, 70.55 15.10, 15.95, 15.10, 15.55 21.30, 21.30, 20.95, 20.95 Income 54EA (G) 21.84 21.84 21.84 Canliquid (G) 11.06 11.06 11.06 Tax Gain 37.76 38.52 37.76 FRI-(S) 10.24 10.24 10.24 M’ly Income(G) 11.55 11.55 11.49 Navneet Pub. 130.10, 132.50, Siemens VDO 48.50, 49.50, 49.15 Visaka Ind. 28, 30, 27.80, 28.55 Income 54EB (D) 11.17 11.17 11.17 Canpremium 12.71 12.93 12.71 Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Floating Rate IncomeLTPDI 10.01 10.01 10.01 M’ly Income(MD) 10.61 10.61 10.56 128.35, 129.65 Silicon Vall 55.70 27.25, 29.45, 27.25, 28.95 Income 54EB (G) 21.71 21.71 21.71 Canpremium (G) 14.41 14.66 14.41 FT Asset Allocat.Bal Gr. 10.85 11.01 10.85 Floating Rate IncomeSTCDI 10.02 10.02 10.02 M’ly Income(QD) 10.75 10.75 10.69 131.90, 131.90, 130, 130.95 Siltap Che. 63.35, 61.35, 61.55 Visesh Info 6.85, 5.85, 6.04 Income Q’ly (D) 10.30 10.30 10.30 Cantriple 21.05 21.42 21.05 FT Asset Allocat.Cons Gr. 10.84 11.00 10.84 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.79 10.79 10.79 PRIN. Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.18 10.58 9.98 NCL Inds. 7.25, 7.59, 7.02, 7.10 61, 62.50, 61, 61.50 6, 6, 5.85, 5.90 Monthly Income (G) 17.49 17.49 17.49 Chola Mutual Fund FT Asset Allocat.Infl 10.83 11.00 10.83 Gilt Long Term (G) 14.27 14.27 14.27 PRIN. Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.18 10.58 9.98 Nelco 34.40, 34.50, 33.75, 34.05 Simbh.Sugar 10, 10.90 Vision Organ 1.85, 1.87, 1.81, 1.82 Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.55 10.55 10.55 FMP Q’ly (D) 10.18 10.18 10.13 FT Asset Allocat.Pure Gr. 10.87 11.04 10.87 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.26 10.26 10.26 Short Term (D) 10.19 10.19 10.16 33.90, 34.65, 33.60, 34 Simplex Conc 24.65, 31.75, 30.65 1.90, 1.90, 1.80, 1.80 Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.79 10.79 10.79 FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.85 10.85 10.85 FT Asset Allocat.Steady G 10.86 11.02 10.86 Gilt Short Term (G) 11.77 11.77 11.77 Short Term (G) 10.93 10.93 10.90 Neuland Lab. 50.05, 52.90, 51 Sintex Inds. 47.85, 46.50, 46.75 VJIL Consult 7.50, 7, 7.20 New Millennium (D) 3.81 3.89 3.81 FMP Y’ly (D) 10.14 10.14 9.94 FT Balanced (G) 10.47 10.63 10.47 Growth 10.25 10.46 10.25 Short Term Inst.(D) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Nilkamal Pls 31, 34.70, 33.70 43.60, 47.95, 43.60, 47.20 Voltas 61.35, 66, 61, 62.70 New Millennium (G) 3.82 3.90 3.82 Fr.In.-STF (HY’ly) 10.42 10.42 10.42 FT Gilt Invst (G) 13.44 13.44 13.44 Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33) 11.02 11.02 10.91 Short Term Inst.(G) 10.09 10.09 10.09 33.85, 34.90, 32.50, 33.90 Sirpur Paper 53, 52, 53 61.65, 64.40, 61.30, 62.80 Short Term (D) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Freedom Income (C) 17.65 17.65 17.65 FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.39 12.39 12.39 Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16) 34.76 34.76 34.41 Tax Savings 15.77 16.09 15.77 Noble Explo. 6.52, 6.80, 6.70 52, 53.80, 52, 53.20 VST Indus. 147.50, 144.20, 150.05 Short Term (G) 10.89 10.89 10.89 Freedom Income (R) 10.16 10.16 10.16 FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.59 11.59 11.59 Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16) 36.02 36.02 35.66 UTI Mutual Fund NOCIL 7.82, 8.15, 7.80, 7.99 145.10, 148.05, 145.10, 148.05 Short Term Fund Instnl(D) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Siyaram Silk 44, 45, 44.40 Freedom Income-Inst Cum 17.66 17.66 17.66 FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.32 11.32 11.32 Income (D) 11.04 11.04 11.04 Bond (G) 17.98 17.98 17.89 8, 8.15, 7.90, 8 Skanska Ceme 226.10 VST Tillers 22.50, 25.50, 24.53 Short Term Fund Instnl(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Freedom Income-Inst Reg 10.16 10.16 10.16 FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.32 10.32 10.32 Income (G) 14.93 14.93 14.93 Bond (I) 11.18 11.18 11.13 Noida Toll 6.70, 6.73 VXL Instrum. 34.90, 35, 31.20, 31.90 Benchmark Mutual Fund Freedom Tech.(Cum) 7.71 7.86 7.71 FT Index - BSE 10.41 10.51 10.41 Income Premium Plus (D) 11.06 11.06 11.06 Brand Value 8.12 8.12 7.96 228.10, 228.10, 228, 228.05 7, 7.05, 6.90, 6.95 Snowcem (I) 20, 21.60, 21 Nifty BeES 110.36 — — Freedom Tech.(Reg) 4.99 5.09 4.99 FT Index - Nifty 10.75 10.86 10.75 Income Premium Plus (G) 14.95 14.95 14.95 CCP 13.51 13.51 12.97 Nova Petro. 35.55 W Nifty Junior BeES 171.37 — — Gilt Invst.(Cum) 16.14 16.14 16.14 FT Monthly Income (G) 13.80 13.80 13.80 Income-Premium (D) 11.06 11.06 11.06 CRTS 94.40 94.40 91.57 19.80, 21.80, 19.80, 20.95 38.50, 38.50, 37.75, 37.75 Soffia Soft. 18.50, 18.70, 18.05, Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.62 10.62 10.62 FT Monthly Income (M’ly B 12.67 12.67 12.67 Income-Premium (G) 14.94 14.94 14.94 Equity Tax Savings 11.14 11.14 11.03 Novopan Inds 30.75, 31.75, 30.75 Walchandngr 42, 43, 41.65, 42.70 Advantage (A) 28.15 28.43 28.15 Gilt Series (Cum) 13.29 13.56 13.16 FT Monthly Income (M) 10.94 10.94 10.94 Liquid (D) 10.06 10.06 10.06 G-Sec (G) 16.86 16.86 16.86 18.15 41.95, 43, 41.50, 42.15 NRB Bearings 86.95, 87, 85.10, 86 19, 19, 18.20, 18.55 Advantage (B) 28.15 28.43 28.15 Gilt Series (Reg) 13.29 13.56 13.16 FT Monthly Income (Q) 11.11 11.11 11.11 Liquid (G) 12.16 12.16 12.16 G-Sec (I) 10.84 10.84 10.84 86.60, 87.30, 85.20, 86 Warren Tea 38.10, 39.70, 39.30 Balance (D) 10.20 10.30 10.20 Growth (Cum) 14.19 14.48 14.19 FT PE Ratio 9.67 9.82 9.67 Liquid-Premium (D) 11.93 11.93 11.93 Grandmaster 93 10.09 10.09 9.89 Softsol (I) 9.55, 9.75 Wartsila (I) 114, 112, 112.10 NRC 12.55, 13.10, 12.50, 12.93 Software Tec 10.75, 11.30, 10.60, Balance (G) 10.20 10.30 10.20 Growth (Reg) 11.91 12.15 11.91 Franklin Balanced(D) 11.44 11.61 11.44 Liquid-Premium Plus (D) 11.92 11.92 11.92 Index Select Eq. 14.13 14.41 14.13 12.50, 13.40, 12.40, 12.80 Wellwin Ind. 14.10, 14.65, 14, 14.45 Bond Index Fund (Div) 10.15 10.15 10.15 Liq.-Cum.-Inst Cum 12.34 12.34 12.34 Franklin Balanced(G) 11.92 12.10 11.92 Liquid-Premium Plus (G) 12.18 12.18 12.18 Mahila Unit Scheme 13.08 13.08 12.69 11.10 14.30, 14.75, 14, 14.50 Bond Index Fund (G) 10.15 10.15 10.15 Nucleus Soft 69.60, 69.50, 71.25 10.40, 11.50, 10.40, 11.05 Liquid Inst. Cum. 10.01 10.00 10.00 Franklin Bluechip (D) 13.99 14.27 13.99 Liquid-Premium(G) 12.17 12.17 12.17 Master Growth-1993 16.28 16.28 15.95 67, 71.40, 67, 70.85 Welspun (I) 35, 30.10, 33.35 Bond Plus Inst.(G) 11.30 11.30 11.30 Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.91 10.91 10.91 Franklin Bluechip (G) 27.51 28.06 27.51 Short Term (D) 10.12 10.12 10.09 Master Index 10.64 10.64 10.59 Solectron Ce 39.30, 38, 44.80 Welspun Guj. 14.20, 14.44, 13.30, Bond Plus Retail (D) 11.21 11.21 11.21 Liquid-Reg.-Inst.Plus 11.35 11.35 11.35 Franklin FMCG 11.51 11.74 11.51 Short Term (G) 11.10 11.10 11.07 Mastergain 92 10.80 10.80 10.58 O Solvay Pharm 140.05, 140 13.44 Bond plus Inst.(D) 10.48 10.48 10.48 Lq. (Cum) 12.33 12.33 12.33 Franklin Growth 6.37 6.50 6.37 Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.82 10.12 — Masterplus 91 18.39 18.39 18.02 Sona Koyo St 121, 121.45, 118, Wendt (I) 335, 329.25, 335 Bond plus Retail (G) 11.30 11.30 11.30 Lq. (Reg) 11.34 11.34 11.34 Franklin Index 8.34 8.34 8.34 Short Term-Prem.(G) 11.10 11.10 — Money Market (G) 17.17 17.17 17.17 OCL (I) 109.60, 118, 115.20 120.05 West Coast P 149.50, 158.25, 148, Cash Plus Inst.(G) 16.49 16.49 16.49 Lq.Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 12.10 12.10 12.10 Franklin Index Tax 8.54 8.63 8.54 Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.82 10.12 — Money Market (In) 17.05 17.05 17.05 Odyssey Tech 10.20, 10.30, 9.75, Spel Semicon 3.15, 3.25, 3, 3.15 150.80 Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.35 16.35 16.35 Triple Ace (B) 12.03 12.03 12.03 Franklin Infotech (D) 7.66 7.81 7.66 Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 11.11 11.10 — Nifty Index 6.71 6.71 6.67 9.85 SPIC 7.56, 7.80, 7.55, 7.64 146.50, 158, 146.50, 152.95 Cash Plus Retail (G) 16.48 16.48 16.48 Triple Ace (Cum) 21.66 21.66 21.66 Franklin Infotech (G) 11.19 11.41 11.19 Tax 2000 (D) 14.03 14.31 14.03 PEF 13.60 13.87 13.60 Oil Country 11.30, 13.30, 12.28 7.55, 7.80, 7.50, 7.60 Widia (I) 84.95, 85, 80, 81.70 Cash Plus-Inst.(D) 10.79 10.79 10.79 Triple Ace (Reg) 11.18 11.18 11.18 Franklin Internet Opp 4.71 4.80 4.71 Tax 2000 (G) 17.34 17.68 17.34 Petro 16.79 16.79 16.45 10.90, 13.20, 10.90, 12.35 SPL 24.30, 24.40, 23.10, 24.35 Wim Plast 36, 37.95, 37 D Yield Plus(Div) 10.67 10.78 10.67 Triple Ace Inst Cum 21.68 21.68 21.68 Franklin Pharma 9.81 10.01 9.81 HSBC Mutual Fund Pharma & Healthcare 11.01 11.01 10.79 Omax Autos. 49.70, 46, 46.50 23.25, 23.50, 23, 23 Wimco 29, 30.30, 29.30 D Yield Plus(G) 11.97 12.09 11.97 Deutsche Mutual Fund Franklin Prima (D) 20.26 20.67 20.26 Cash Fund 10.31 10.31 10.31 RBP 1994 19.05 19.43 18.10 46.40, 49.50, 45.55, 46.75 SQL Star Int 9.35, 9.59, 9.05, 9.23 29.25, 30.10, 29, 29.90 Equity Plan 16.02 16.02 16.02 Alpha Equity 10.55 10.76 10.55 Franklin Prima (G) 39.52 40.31 39.52 Cash Fund -(D) 10.19 10.19 10.19 Regular Income 10.31 10.31 10.26 Ondeo Nalco 330 SREI Int.Fin 12.72, 10.60, 10.86 Wockhardt Lf 25.50, 25.20, 25.30 FMP 1 Year Group 3 10.85 10.85 10.85 Insta CP-Reg.(D) 10.15 10.15 10.15 Franklin Prima Plus (D) 15.21 15.51 15.21 Equity 12.54 12.79 12.54 Regular Income Scheme (G) 10.64 10.64 10.58 10.75, 11.15, 10.50, 10.85 FMP 1 Year Group 5 A (D) 10.67 10.67 10.67 Onward Techn 25.85, 25, 25.15 25.20, 25.65, 25.20, 25.35 Insta CP-Weekly(D) 10.12 10.12 10.12 Franklin Prima Plus (G) 27.90 28.46 27.90 Equity - (D) 11.50 11.73 11.50 Service 15.03 15.03 14.73 25.80, 26, 24.75, 25.05 SRF 26.50, 26, 26.05 Wyeth 244, 235, 236.75 FMP 1 Year Group 5 A (G) 10.67 10.67 10.67 Insta Cash Plus 10.23 10.23 10.23 Franklin T TMA (Dly) 1511.96 1511.96 1511.96 Income-Invest. 10.67 10.67 10.67 Software 6.31 6.31 6.18 FMP Quarterly Group 1 (D) 11.04 11.04 11.04 Opto Circuit 43, 46, 45.70 23, 26.55, 23, 26.10 248, 248, 234.45, 235.60 Premier Bond (Reg) 10.41 10.41 10.35 Franklin Taxshield (D) 13.39 13.66 13.39 Income-Invest. (D) 10.44 10.44 10.44 UGS 10000 11.18 11.40 11.18 SRF Polymers 24.05, 24.80, 24.75 FMP Quarterly Group 1 (G) 11.26 11.26 11.26 Premier Bond Instt. 10.44 10.44 10.44 Franklin Taxshield (G) 28.48 29.05 28.48 Income-Short 10.37 10.37 10.37 ULIP 13.55 13.55 13.34 Orbit Multi 0.29 Float.Rate Long Term(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Orchid Chem 136.40, 142.70, 136, SRG Infotech 0.97, 1.05, 1.02 Y Premier Bond-Inst(MD) 10.38 10.38 10.38 T Children’s Asset 18.44 18.44 18.44 Income-Short Term (D) 10.13 10.13 10.13 US 2002 6.15 6.15 6.06 1.05, 1.10, 1, 1.05 Float.Rate Long Term(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Premier Bond-Reg.(MD) 10.35 10.35 10.29 T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.17 10.17 10.17 Inst. Income Invst. (D) 10.32 10.32 10.32 US 95 (G) 20.79 20.79 20.37 138.50 137, 142, 135.50, 139.05 Sri Adhikari 75.05, 76.50, 73.30, Yokogawa Blu 66, 65.50, 66 Float.Rate Short Term(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Short Maturity Fund 10.30 10.30 10.30 T Floating Rate In LT (G) 11.00 11.00 11.00 Inst. Income-Invst. 10.72 10.72 10.72 US 95 (I) 13.14 13.14 12.88 66, 66.15, 66, 66.10 Float.Rate Short Term(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Short Maturity MD 10.21 10.21 10.21 T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Inst. 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(B-G) 14.07 14.07 14.07 T India Growth 15.46 15.77 15.46 IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Gilt Long Term (D) 10.72 10.72 10.72 Pantaloon Re 71, 84, 81.65 Subex System 133, 135, 126.30, 71.50, 84, 71.05, 81.15 Zodiac Cloth 102, 102.25, 99.55, MIDCAP (Div) 11.83 11.95 11.83 Liquidity (D) 12.41 12.41 12.41 T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Balanced (D) 11.52 11.74 11.52 Gilt Long Term (G) 12.88 12.88 12.88 127.20 100.70 MIDCAP (G) 12.46 12.58 12.46 Liquidity (DD) 10.00 10.00 10.00 T Liquid (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Balanced (G) 11.40 11.62 11.40 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Paper Prod. 130, 127.25, 128.05 Subhash Proj 27.35 MIP Plan A (D) 10.73 10.73 10.73 128, 129.80, 128, 128.60 101, 102, 99, 102 Liquidity (G) 14.89 14.89 14.89 T Liquid (G) 15.16 15.16 15.16 Benefit Debt (QD) 10.57 10.57 10.41 Gilt Short Term (G) 12.00 12.00 12.00 25.30, 26.70, 24.60, 26.40 Zuari Inds. 26, 26.90, 25.90, 26.30 MIP Plan B (Payment/G) 13.82 13.82 13.82 Opportunities 10.17 10.37 10.17 T Liquid Plus 11.40 11.40 11.40 Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 11.04 11.04 10.88 Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 12.37 12.62 12.37 Paramount Co 9.60, 8.50, 8.99 Subros 56.25, 60.75, 55.40, 60.05 Parekh Plati 10, 9.50, 9.80 26.80, 26.90, 26, 26.75
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Saturday,June 21, 2003
Right to relay £1 million shoes $1 million to win Is she or isn’t she retiring? Well, It was a day for outrageous Thirty years ago, the US Open broke Olympic 400m champ Cathy fashions at the Royal Ascot: the first barrier: it became the first Freeman claims she never used Yes, it was ladies day. Laura Grand Slam to offer equal prize money the R word. She just doesn’t want Rumble here shows off her to men and women. Now, it is ready to to compete in individual races; shoes, studded with rubies, break another barrier: the one million she’s game for relays though estimated at a million pounds dollar barrier for each winner Prakash Amritraj continues to assert dominance in ITF Satellite
WIMBLEDON COUNTDOWN: MEN TO WATCH OUT We have to make sure Lleyton Hewitt (1): Age: 22; Country: surfaces. ... Only year he won a match that each and every mem- Australia; 2003 Match Record: 25-7; at All England Club was 2001, when his ber is in agreement of James’ hat-trick routs Pakistan 2003 Singles Titles: 2; Career Singles run to quarters included upset of Pete their obligations Titles (On Grass): 19 (5); Major Titles: Sampras. AP Wimbledon (‘02), U.S. (‘01); Last 5 Andy Roddick (5): — ICC chief Ehsan Mani London: James Anderson’s hat- Wimbledons: ‘02-Won, ‘01-4th Round, Age: 20; Country: trick, the first by an England ‘00-1st, ‘99-3rd, ‘98-Did Not Play United States; 2003 SPORTS DIGEST bowler in One-day Internationals, Topspin: In 2002, became just second Record: 30-11; 2003 AFP laid the platform for a seven wick- baseliner since 1983 to win title at All Singles Titles: 2; Ca- et win over Pakistan in the second England Club. ... Avoided potentially reer Singles Titles (On of the three-match cricket series tough second-round match when 1996 Grass): 7 (1); Major Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek Titles: None; Last 5 at the Oval here on Friday. withdrew. Wimbledons:‘02-3rd, Fast bowler Anderson, 20, took Andre Agassi (2): Age: 33; Country: ‘01-3rd, ‘00-DNP, four for 27 as Pakistan were United States; 2003 Match Record: 30- ‘99-DNP,‘98-DNP bowled out for 185, with six overs 4; 2003 Singles Titles: 4; Career Sin- Topspin: Biggest serve in the sport of their innings left, after captain gles Titles (On could carry him far at Wimbledon. ... Rashid Latif won the toss. Grass): 58 (1); Major Switched to Agassi’s former coach, The 20-year-old fast bowler, who Titles: Wimbledon Brad Gilbert, after French Open and im- (‘92), U.S. (‘94, ‘99), had Imran Nazir lbw with the first mediately won first career grass-court Australian Open (‘95, title at Queen’s Club. ball of the innings, finished with ‘00, ‘01, ‘03), French David Nalbandian (6): Age: 21; Coun- four for 27 from nine overs. (‘99); Last 5 Wimble- try:Argentina; 2003 Match Record: 20- Anderson’s was only the 18th dons: ‘02-2nd, ‘01- 13; 2003 Singles Titles: 0; Career Sin- hat-trick in 2,026 One-day interna- SF,‘00-SF,‘99-F,‘98-2nd gles Titles (On Grass): 2 (0); Major Ti- tionals and he was the first Eng- Topspin: Never a big fan of grass tles: None; Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘02-F, land bowler in 373 limited overs courts; his only two tournament finals ‘01-DNP,‘00-DNP,‘99-DNP,‘98-DNP on that surface came at Wimbledon, games to achieve the feat. Topspin: Made final in Wimbledon de- beating Goran Ivanisevic in 1992, but last year, then lost most lopsided ti- England knocked off the runs losing to Pete Sampras in 1999. with 28 overs to spare, the three- tle match since 1984. ... That was his Enters ranked No. 1, oldest in ATP Tour first tournament of any sort on grass. match series level at 1-1 ahead of history. Sjeng Schalken (8): Age: 26; Country: Sunday’s finale at Lord’s. Juan Carlos Ferrero (3): Age: 23; Netherlands; 2003 Match Record: 16- Shelia Burrell competes in the Anderson’s figures were his best Country: Spain; 2003 Match Record: 13; 2003 Singles Titles: 0; Career Sin- shot put during the Heptathlon at in one-day internationals, sur- 40-7; 2003 Singles Titles: 3; Career gles Titles (On Grass): 7 (1); Major Ti- Singles Titles (On Grass): 10 (0); Major the USA Outdoor Track and Field passing the four for 29 he took tles: None; Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘02-QF, Titles: French (‘03); Last 5 Wimbledon: ‘01-3rd, ‘00-3rd, ‘99-3rd, ‘98-1st Championships on Thursday at against Pakistan at Cape Town in ‘02-2nd, ‘01-3rd, ‘00-DNP, ‘99-DNP, Cobb Track and Angell Field at the World Cup in February. Topspin: Only player to take a set off ‘98-DNP Hewitt during 2002 Wimbledon. ... Fol- Stanford University in Palo Alto, Only Yousuf Youhana, 75 not Topspin: Claimed first Grand Slam title California. lowed up that quarterfinal appearance out off 102 balls, including five at French Open, where he was runner- by reaching semifinals of U.S. Open, fours, held firm for Pakistan. up last year. ... Said his goal is to win where he lost to eventual champion Mauresmo, Safin pull out: Apart from Youhana, only Azhar majors on surfaces other than clay and Pete Sampras. Amelie Mauresmo and Marat Safin Mahmood made it to 30. And but reach No. 1; went to Spain to practice Tim Henman (10): Age: 28; Country: on grass. pulled out of Wimbledon on Friday for Youhana and Azhar’s stand of Britain; 2003 Match Record: 9-9; 2003 Roger Federer (4): Age: 21; Country: with injuries. She withdrew with a rib 76 which rescued the innings from Singles Titles: 0; Career Singles Titles Switzerland; 2003 Record: 43-9; 2003 (On Grass): 9 (0); Major Titles: None; injury. Safin cited a hand problem. the depths of 73 for five in the 23rd The officials reported on Friday that Singles Titles: 4; Career Singles Titles Last 5 Wimbledons:‘02-SF,‘01-SF,‘00- over Pakistan. Sweden’s Magnus Norman had with- (On Grass): 8 (1); Major Titles: None; 4th, ‘99-SF,‘98-SF Opening batsman’s Marcus Last 5 Wimbledons: ‘02-1st, ‘01-QF, Topspin: Ranked 29th, organisers drawn with an unspecified injury. AP Trescothick’s 55 ball 86, including ‘00-1st, ‘99-1st, ‘98-DNP gave more advantageous seeding Topspin: First career title on grass at based on past show. Fans waiting for Woman escapes punishment: two sixes and 16 fours, got Eng- LOOK, I SHAVED MY UNDERARMS: England’s Andrew Flintoff celebrates after trapping Pakistan’s Mohammed A woman who disrupted an England- land, who finished on 189 for three, Halle, Germany, made him 12th active him to win Britain’s first Wimbledon Hafeez lbw for 14 during their second One-day International at The Oval in London on Friday. player with victories on the four major Zimbabwe cricket match in a political off to a flying start. Somerset left- men’s title since Fred Perry in 1936. protest was spared a criminal penal- hander Trescothick dominated a SCOREBOARD ty in a court hearing in London on first wicket stand of 109 in 71 balls Friday. Anna Davies had disrupted Pakistan: Fall of wkts: 1-0, 2-37, 3-61, 4-61, 5-73, 6-80, 7- with Vikram Solanki, the Worces- I. Nazir lbw b Anderson 0 152, 8-185, 9-185 Indians are most skillful, says McCaw play during a Test on May 22 by tershire batsman contributing M. Hafeez lbw b Flintoff 14 Bowling: Anderson 9-2-27-4; Gough 7-1-28-2; New Delhi: South African fitness guru Allistair and bowl,” McCaw said in a telephonic inter- walking on to the field with a placard Y. Hameed b Gough 28 Flintoff 8-1-36-1; McGrath 10-1-40-1; Giles 5-0- eight to the partnership. 22-0; Clarke 5-0-30-1 saying, “bowl out killer Mugabe”, re- Y.Youhana not out 75 McCaw on Friday rated India as a better-skilled view. “The South Africans and Australians are Solanki though was 40 not out at England: ferring to Zimbabwe president Y. Khan c Read b Gough 0 M Trescothick c Latif b Razzaq 86 team than Australia and South Africa, saying if no where as skilled as the Indians and they know the finish with Andrew Flintoff 26 S. Malik run out 2 Robert Mugabe. Magistrate gave her V Solanki not out 40 the Indians improve their fitness and mental that. But what they lose in that department, they not out. Trescothick - dropped on R. Latif c Solanki b McGrath 3 M Vaughan c Younis b Akhtar 10 absolute discharge — and ordered J Troughton c Rashid b Akhtar 0 30 by Shoaib Malik off Azhar Mah- A. Mahmood c Solanki b Clarke 30 toughness, they will be the toughest to beat in the make up with their high fitness levels and a nev- Davies to pay 35 pounds in costs. AP A. Razzaq c Trescothick b Anderson 17 A Flintoff not out 26 Extras: (b-4, lb-4, w-14, nb-5) 27 international arena. er-say-lose attitude,” said McCaw who is likely to mood from a steepling chance - S. Akhtar c Read b Anderson 0 Total (for 3 wkt in 22 overs) 189 Martyn out of Tests: Damien eventually top-edged medium pac- M. Sami b Anderson 0 “India would be the best team in the world if have negotiations with the Indian Cricket Board Martyn has been left out of Aus- Fall of wickets: 1-109, 2-143, 3-147 er Abdur Razzaq and was caught Extras: (b1, lb1, nb3, w11) 16 Bowling: Akhtar 9-0-69-2, Sami 3-0-25-0, Azhar only they approach their fitness and fielding for the post of fitness trainer of the Indian crick- tralia’s squad for the two Tests Total: (in 44 overs) 185 3-0-35-0, Hafeez 2-0-19-0, Razzaq 5-0-33-1 by wicket-keeper Latif. Agencies with the same passion and intensity as they bat et team next week.PTI against Bangladesh as he recovers from finger surgery. But he’s been deemed fit to play in the three One- Lanka off to day Internationals. Test squad: Steve Waugh (captain), Ricky Ponting ‘We’ll ensure contract (vc), Andy Bichel, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, solid start Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Justin Langer, Brett Lee, Darren Lehmann, Martin Love, Stuart MacGill, Castries (St. Lucia) Sri Lan- Glenn McGrath. dispute doesn’t recur’ ka lost experienced opener ODI squad: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (vc), Michael Bevan, Andy Bichel, Jason Gillespie, Sanath Jayasuriya cheaply Ian Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, London: The International Cricket Mani did not feel it was a mistake to but rode that early setback to Darren Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Glenn McGrath, Council on Friday said it would not al- sell the rights of the players to the GCC, post 77 for one at lunch on the Andrew Symonds. AFP low a repeat of controversies like the insisting that everyone including the In- opening day of the first crick- India to host ABC qualifier: one over contracts and ensure that all dian cricket board had agreed to it. et Test against the West In- Six teams from the Middle East cricket boards honour their contractual Mani did not give a direct reply to a dies on Friday. Zone including hosts India will be obligations. question whether ICC had received a let- Marvan Atapattu and Ku- vying for a place in this year’s Asian “We have to make sure that each and ter - raising Indian players’ objection to mar Sangakkara confidently Basketball Confederation (ABC) every member is in agreement of their the restrictive clauses - that Indian added an unbroken 58 for the championship for men. The qualifier obligations — that is the only way for- board president Jagmohan Dalmiya second wicket either side of a will be held at the Talkatora Indoor ward,” ICC’s new president Ehsan Mani claimed to have attached with the play- 10-minute delay for rain. Stadium in Delhi from July 9 to 12. said in an interview. ers’ terms agreement. He said ICC chief Right-hander Atapattu Bangladesh, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Mani, who took over from Australia’s executive Malcolm Speed had already stroked four boundaries off Lanka and Uzbekistan are the other Malcolm Gray for a two-year term at the said that he did not have any knowledge 78 balls in an undefeated 35. teams in the fray for a berth in the helm, said every country had agreed to about any such letter. Left-hander Sangakkara 22nd ABC championship to be held the contract signed with the Global New ODI format impractical: The In- provided more enterprise at Nanjing, China, from September Cricket Corporation for the rights of all ternational Cricket Council has dis- with a busy, unbeaten 32 off 3-12, the Basketball Federation of ICC events till 2007, and blamed India missed as impractical the new proposal 43 deliveries with four fluent India (BFI) informed on Friday. TNN for going back on its commitment. by the Australian Cricketers Associa- fours. The 25-year-old, in his Carlisle out of One-dayers: “What happened was that ICC entered tion to have a rolling One-day world 29th match, became the ninth Zimbabwe batsman Stuart Carlisle into contracts with GCC which was championship. “It fails to address the Sri Lankan to pass 2,000 Test has been ruled out of the upcoming agreed to by all. Problem arose when In- multi-dimensional task of understand- runs when he reached 22. One-day series with England and dian players objected to it. ing and addressing the unique and com- Jayasuriya fell for eight at South Africa after undergoing sur- “It is a communication problem and plex programming issues that are there 19 for one as Lanka began gery on his broken right thumb. AFP we have to find a solution and we are for each of the ICC’s members,” ICC’s cautiously after Hashan working very hard to resolve it,” Mani chief executive Malcolm Speed said. Tillakaratne chose to bat. BETTING METER said. According to the proposal, a team will The Indian players refused to agree to travel to ten countries in the course of Sri Lanka, 1st innings: M Atapattu batting TENNIS 35, S Jayasuriya c Banks b Collymore 8, K Wimbledon ladies’ singles restrictions on their personal endorse- the year to play one game before moving Sangakkara batting 32, Extras: (nb-2) 2. To- S Williams 4/6 ments during the World Cup and partic- on to the next stop for its next game. In tal (for 1 wkt, 25 overs at lunch) 77. V Williams 4/1 ipated in the tournament only on an addition, a team will also host ten games Fall of wicket: 1-19 K Clijsters 5/1 Bowling: Dillon 10-2-21-0, Collymore 7-0- (as per ladbrokes.com) amended players’ terms which severely against different opponents while play- 24-1, Taylor 4-0-23-0, Hinds 1-0-1-0, diluted the original clauses. ing ten games at a neutral venue. PTIPTI Banks 3-0-8-0. AP India has the potential for smashing success By G E Sridharan After a slump in the last decade, Indian volleyball is on an upswing behind in physical terms. olleyball is one of the again. As the Under-19 team which won the Asian title recently, There can’t be instant suc- most popular sports gears up for the World Cup to be held in Thailand next month, G E cess, of course, in anything Vin the world. It is Sridharan outlines the future for this popular game. This is the and we are ready for the long played widely (both indoors penultimate piece in the Sleeping Giant series haul. We need to market the and outdoors) as it does not sport better to the corporate need much infrastructure. reason for our poor show. team finished fifth in the Bu- sector. The VFI is doing its That’s one of the reasons for Though we have some in- INDIAN SPORT san Asian Games. Recently bit and I believe with some its popularity in our rural door stadiums now, at least the Youth team (U-19) help from government and in most state capitals, we SLEEPING areas. It’s also seen in clinched the Asian Youth the corporate sector, India need many more of them. volleyball championships at schools and colleges all over GIANT could be a force to reckon Also, the national teams Visakhapatnam. That was the country. The only prob- with at the world level also. lem is that it is mainly must play 30 to 35 interna- youth teams. After Seoul, our first title at the continen- played for recreation. tional matches every year, most of the players in the tal level and the team is cur- As told to B. Shrikant and that too against quality rently preparing for the Bizarre though it may team (who had been together A setter par excellence in opposition. World Cup in Thailand from sound India doesn’t do too since 1980) retired and we his hey days, Sridharan, as July 5; in August, our junior well on the international If the same privilege can didn’t have a good second the coach of the youth team, is stage because the game is be extended to even junior string ready. So, we actually team will also participate in the World Cup in Iran. the man entrusted with help- mostly played outdoors. Be- and youth teams it would be skipped the next two Asiads. ing India out of the rut. He is lieve me, our boys are really even better. If we can’t or- I think all Indian sports This makes me confident optimistic of the future after talented and have everything ganise matches against top should have India ‘A’ teams of a bright future for volley- the recent successes but is teams for our youngsters, the going for them. Except good like our cricket teams. Any ball in the country.I think we cautious about old problems Volleyball Federation of In- member of the ‘A’ team indoor facilities for this have the potential to excel at like lack of infrastructure, game. Most of our national- dia should look at regional should be good enough to the continental level. Our exposure and funds. Can we level tournaments are held teams from Thailand, Korea play in the senior team. We aim is to win a medal in the ever translate our technical outdoors and, consequently, and Chinese Taipei which are striving to achieve that 2006 Asian Games and if we superiority into success at the players find it difficult to ad- are very good. through the Long Term De- continue to work hard with top level? just to indoor conditions, Another reason for the velopment Programme that the youngsters it can be ful- where all the international slump after the bronze medal the VFI introduced a few filled. Our players are tech- Readers can mail their events are held. in the 1986 Seoul Asian years back. nically equipped to take on views to timessport@india- Lack of exposure at the in- Games was that we had not The results are there for the best in the world and the times.com or fax to 23324173, ternational level is another given much attention to the all to see. The Indian senior current lot is also not much 23715832.
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK DSA soccer: Delhi Audit stormed to DAV Shalimar Bagh 145 for 6 in 22.1 overs into the final of the DSA annual inter-in- (Saurabh Jain 46, Siddhath Jain 30, Deepak Kumar 3/29) by 4 wickets; Delhi Star Club 112 in 28.4 overs Mohit bags gold New Delhi: Tide of Fortune should lift the stitutional league tournament beating (Ashutosh Sahrma 5 for 21, Nitin Aggarwal 3 for 28) Stewards Cup in the Bangalore races. defending champions FCI (North Zone) lost to LB Shastri 115 in 15.2 overs (Guarav Chhabra New Delhi: Continuing their fine Selections: Bukit Timah Plate: 1,800m: 2.30pm: Auchterarder 1, Fi- in a senior division match 9-8 through 57, Himansh Mehta 45 not out) by by 10 wickets. show, Maharashtra swimmers bagged nal Fantasy 2, Beauty Mission 3. Camineto Plate: 1,100m: Wishbone tiebreaker. In A division Delhi Admn. Madhav Rao Scindia memorial cricket: AIIMS 305 for seven gold medals, including three in 1, Maggie Thatcher 2, Snow Fire 3. Sweet Memories Plate: 1,800m: 7 in 30 overs (Ravinder Rawat 102, Sanjay Saroj 4/42, Barroness Orczy 1, Agnivarsh 2, A Walk To Remember 3. Stewards moved into the final beating DDA 4-2 the team events, in the Ayur 20th sub- Mohd Javed 3/32) beat New South Delhi Club 204 in junior national aquatic championship. Cup: 1,200m: Tide of Fortune 1, Cape Martin 2, Nimitz 3. Tipu Sultan through tiebreaker. 29.3 overs (Jaideep Choudhary 62, Pankaj Malik 48, Cup: 1,400m: Alphonso 1, Calescent 2, Megistos 3. Nawab Sultan Ali Results of other events: Turf Youth Cup Cricket: KN Ravinder Rawat 3/30, Raja Sharma 3/38) by 101 runs. Maharashtra’s total gold tally swelled Khan Memorial Plate: 2,000m: Mystic Heights 1, Assumer 2, Dark Colts 103 in 28.2 overs (Yogesh Nagar 4/10) lost to to 12 after they won three medals in the Knight 3. Ramkirpal On-Dot cricket: RR Gymkhana 218 for 4 in 35 overs Sonnet Cricket Club 107 for 2 in 22.1 overs (Rushil (Pradeep Chawla 92, Chetan Sharma 52, Preetpal boys section and four in the girl’s cate- Plate: 1,200m: Bhaskar 31 not out, Yogesh Nagar 58) by 8 wickets. Singh 47) beat Star Club 160 in 33.2 overs (Anuj Shar- gory on the second day. Delhi’s Mohit 5.30pm: Kingley 1, I ID Paul Memorial cricket: Balaji Club 144 in 21.5 ma 34, Sandeep Angurula 3/30) by 50 runs to enter Am Beautiful 2, overs (Deepak Kumar 68, Saurabh Jain 3 for 23) lost the final. Kumar bagged a gold medal in the Flower Dew 3. 200m group three individual medley while Tamil Nadu’s 200m relay freestyle team finished first in the same group. Ruchi Shah and Kalyani Basu claimed the individual gold medals in the group 3 50m back stroke and group 4 individual medley 200m to stamp Maharashtra’s dominance in the girls section as well. PTI WB meet Bihar Chennai: Defending champions Ma- nipur clash with Kerala while West Bengal play Bihar in the semifinals of the 11th National Women’s Football championship. Maharashtra denied hosts Tamil Nadu with a solid defence throughout the 80 minutes of play for a goalless draw in the last quarterfinal league match. Bihar beat Tamil Nadu to progress to the last four stage. PTI Title for Joshna Mumbai: National women’s champi- on Joshna Chinappa of Chennai bagged a grand double winning both the women’s and girls under-19 titles while her statemate and top seed Saurav Ghosal won the boys under-19 title in the Indian-Oil Servo All-India Squash championship. PTI Sporting Clube fined Mumbai: The disciplinary committee of the All India Football Federation slapped Sporting Clube de Goa with a fine of Rs 1 lakhs for registering a player in violation of the transfer rules and also banned the Goa official who failed to enforce its rules correctly. The probing committee found Sporting Clube guilty of violating the rules in signing Bungo Singh of Salgaocar after earlier signing two players to play for them in the 2nd Division NFL qualifier, and slapped a fine in order to deter other clubs from violating transfer rules. The fine is to be paid within 30 days. Bungo’s registration was accepted illegally by the then Goa Football Federation joint secretary Victor Fernandes and conse- quently he has been banned for a year. TNN
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20 Saturday,June 21, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Lively Lions relish Brazilian delicacy It’s easier to go out and TOI Paris: Olympic champions Cameroon Even the inspirational Ronaldinho stunned World Cup holders Brazil 1-0 failed to impress. And, left with only play than teach: Subbaiah in their Confederations Cup Group B six of the side which won the World encounter here at the Stade de France Cup in Asia, Parreira had his work By Vineeta Pandey be in sync with the changes.’’ on Thursday thanks to a stunning late cut out. TIMES NEWS NETWORK About his training methods, Subbaiah In the 83rd minute Cameroon goal from Samuel Eto’O. After an en- says: ‘‘In Australia, we used to record match- tertaining but equally frustrating per- budged. Minutes later Eto’O’s deter- New Delhi: Till quite recently, A.B. Subba- iah was busy tending the es and show and explain the mistakes the formance from both teams the 22- mination paid off when a poor clear- ‘keepers had made. Since the Australians are year-old Real Mallorca star struck a out from Dida was met by a strong goals for Indian Airlines as well as the national team. good in deflection, I told Devesh to stand a bit wicked volley past Brazil keeper Dida Cameroon head from the midfield, higher than normal. The idea worked well.’’ in the 83rd minute. propulsing the ball into the Real Mal- Now, as the Indian team’s goalkeeping coach, he is try- The other ‘keeper in the national side, After their disappointing first lorca forward’s path.Eto’o outran the Kamaldeep, also came in for praise from the round exit from last year’s World Brazil defence to volley the ball into ing to teach the art of goal- saving to his successors. former Indian captain. ‘‘But he can do with Cup, which Brazil went on to win, the roof of the net from 20 yards out, more match practice,’’ said the coach. Cameroon — the African champions leaving a flailing Dida stunned, and But the transformation has not been easy. ‘‘It’s much easier to go out and play yourself Subbaiah has been using modern techni- — quickly made amends with a win Brazil bottom of Group B. cal aids to help his trainees improve their that takes them second in Group B than teach the skills. But I’m adjusting to my new role,” Subbaiah told Times News Net- prowess. “I’m also trying to inculcate the behind Turkey. Now the Indomitable methods being used in other countries Turkey too strong work at the ongoing camp for the national Lions’ German coach Winfried as well.” probables here on Friday. Another thing Schaefer is hoping to unleash his Saint Etienne (France): Turkey, Subbaiah is now preparing the goalkeep- which makes his job a bit sensitive is that his midfield-packed side upon Turkey, called up as stand-ins for the stay ers for tougher challenges ahead. Coming up present wards have also been his rivals. ‘‘For group leaders after their victory over away Germans, took the honours in a first is the German tour. “So far it was cool. example, I and Devesh Chauhan (who plays the United States, on Saturday. lively Confederations Cup Group B India, Pakistan and Australia play similar for IOC and is the national goalkeeper) “The team played magnificently, encounter against the United States hockey.But Europeans play the power game. played against each other so many times in showed all of its qualities and the lev- here on Thursday. Besides, the tournament in Germany will el that we can play at,” said Schaefer, The World Cup semi-finalists came domestic events.’’ see the dominance of penalty corners spe- who admitted he had studied Brazil out 2-1 winners thanks to a first half Subbaiah’s work, however, has brought cialists.” The coach is preparing the ‘keepers closely in their recent friendly win (3- penalty from Okan Yilmaz and a sec- some good results and Chauhan gives the for that. ‘‘The most important thing is to 0) over Nigeria. “That helped us to ond half effort from Tuncay Sanli on credit to Subbaiah for the recent good have good coordination with the defenders. adapt our tactics for this match, most- his first ever appearance in a Turkey performance. “Training under him has The ‘keepers have to even guide and brief ly by blocking Brazil down the wings. shirt. The States, who made it helped a lot.” the players during penalty corner action,’’ We also packed our midfield more in through to the 1999 Confederations For Subbaiah, the appointment on an ex- he says. order to control the game better.” Cup semifinals, had opened the scor- clusive goalkeeping coach has been a smart The changes in the game have brought the Brazil, missing a host of key play- ing via midfielder DaMarcus Beasley. move on IHF’s part. “Earlier there was no ‘keeper’s out of the ‘D’. “With the off-side ers including Roberto Carlos and Sanli had a memorable game, one to sort out specific problems of the goal- rule gone, they have to sometime turn into Ronaldo — mainly because the Span- earning rave reviews not from his keepers.’’ Subbaiah adds: ‘‘Since I’m still sweeper backs.’’ Subbaiah is hoping, his ish league has yet to end — looked out coach Senol Gunes but his US coun- playing in the domestic circuit, I can relate wards will be upto the task, not only in Ger- of sorts throughout the match after terpart, Bruce Arena. A scrappy to my wards easily. You see, hockey has many, but more importantly at the Champi- coach Carlos Alberto Parreira had start produced little in the way of de- WRECKED: Brazil’s Ronaldinho vies with Cameroon’s Modeste Mbami during changed a lot in recent years and you need to ons Trophy,to be played later. switched the 3-5-2 formation to a 4-4-2. cent goal scoring opportunities. AFP their Confederation Cup tie at Stade de France on Thursday. It’s Prakash Amritraj all the way Remain positive, Bedi ITF SATELLITE na, the next big hope of Indian tennis, the Prakash onslaught. And this young tells hockey players on these very courts by using his smarts man is firing all cylinders and then TIMES NEWS NETWORK to muffle Rohan’s boom. But up against some. TIMES NEWS NETWORK that he followed India’s the breadth of Prakash’s repertoire he Later in the evening he partnered matches very closely. He New Delhi: There was a bunch of New Delhi: Indian hockey complimented Jugraj seemed too dazzled to hit back. “I have cousin Stephen Amritraj and registered probables had a surprise young tennis players thronging the to say this is one of my better matches. a 6-3, 6-4 win against Manoj Mahadevan Singh for his physique and court as Prakash Amritraj let loose his visitor at their camp at Na- skill and Dhanraj Pillay for I made barely three unforced errors in and Rishi Sridhar to pocket their maid- tional Stadium on Thurs- thunderous serves in the doubles final his passion for the sport. “I the first set and I played to a precise en pro title. Stephen’s right leg is heavi- day morning in the form of at DLTA on Friday.“We usually have to have been watching Pillay gameplan,” said the 19-year-old later. ly strapped as he’s still recovering from cricket legend Bishen coax them to watch. Their interest is re- Losing a bare ten points in the first set a knee operation, but doctors are confi- for so many years. He really Singh Bedi. enjoys his game.” freshing,” says DLTA administrator Col is surgical and precise indeed. dent that he’ll recover completely in few Bedi took time out from Amarbir Singh. That, then, is the draw He’ll meet Indonesian Prima Simpa- months. his cricket assignment to “It is sad that despite the of a surname. And the way Prakash has tiaji on Saturday who sauntered into the “I am barely moving at 60% of my watch the hockey players effort being put in, Indian been stamping his authority on this leg final as second seed Daniel Kiernan was ability,” he revealed. If the two can win practice. He spent a good hockey is not getting of the Indian Satellite circuit, it seems too sick to do justice to their semifinal. a Satellite title with one partner hob- four hours with the players, enough help.’’ Yet, Bedi ad- the name’s found a fitting heir. After being two match points down to bling their potential does speak for it- giving them inputs on the vised the players to remain His 6-2, 6-1 decimation of Vijay Kan- Sunil Kumar in the second round, Pri- self. values of positive attitude. positive. ‘‘You all are in it nan is a statement in itself. It needs no ma’s fortunes have definitely been on Singles semifinals: Prakash Amritraj b Vijay Kannan 6- Bedi, who was impressed for the love of the game. 2, 6-1; P Simpatiaji (Ina) w/o D Kiernan (Gbr). further explanation. After all this is the the upswing. But the title round won’t Doubles final: S & A Amritraj b M Mahadevan & R Srid- by the spirit and the fitness Don’t worry about what is same Vijay who’d scalped Rohan Bopan- be easy as his luck will have to weather har 6-3, 6-4. of the players, told them not happenning.’’ Lewis prepares for a Klitschko ‘fist’
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Los Angeles: Lennox Lewis once joked he’d have one of the boxing Klitschko brothers for breakfast and the oth- er for lunch, and the banquet is set to begin on Saturday when Lewis puts his World Boxing Council heavyweight title on the line against Vitali Klitschko. Lewis goes into Saturday’s hastily arranged bout the prohibitive favourite, even though he hasn’t fought since knocking out Mike Tyson in the eighth round in Memphis last June. The champion had been expected to take on Canadian Kirk Johnson in a fight the WBC didn’t consid- er worthy of world championship designation. Klitschko was fighting Cedric Boswell on the undercard, part of a build-up to a pay-per-view showdown later this year. AFP US training helped me: Bindra Chandigarh: Abhinav Bindra, the first Indian to secure a quota place in the men’s individual event in 2004 Athens Olympics, on Friday said he was training hard to finetune his technique and preparing himself for the pressures of the fiercely competitive event next year by hiring the services of a sports psychologist. “I am training hard and working on my technique. At the Olympics it is going to be a lot of pressure and I am working with a sports psychologist, which has im- mensely helped me in attaining high levels of concen- tration,” Bindra said. He said his 8-month training stint in United States had also helped him immensely. PTI
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