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WIN WITH THE TIMES Reuters Iraq gets a Established 1838 Ayodhya Bill not Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. governing Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self- sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. feasible: Advani council — John Foster Dulles Baghdad: A 25-member gov- erning council ‘Swayamsewak Atalji will be PM again’ bringing to- gether promi- Bastille Day is being celebrated TIMES NEWS NETWORK AND PTI Clear message 1925, that a swayamsewak nent Iraqis of in Pondicherry with Indo-French was the country’s PM. all political Nagpur: A day after the BJP pageantry. Wearing uniforms, En route to Nagpur, Ad- and religious people march through the streets agreed to consider the Sangh vani told reporters on board persuasions singing the ‘Marseillaise’. Parivar demand for legisla- the special aircraft that the was an- tion on constructing a temple Sangh Parivar should appre- nounced on at the disputed site in Ayod- ciate BJP’s commitment to Sunday after Paul Bremer NEWS DIGEST hya, Deputy Prime Minister ideology along with pragma- holding its in- L K Advani on Sunday said tism demanded by the chang- augural meeting, a milestone on Troops to Iraq: The Cabinet Com- such a Bill would not pass ing circumstances. the nation’s path to democracy. mittee on Security will meet on Mon- muster in Parliament in the He cautioned that “any The council’s first act was to day to decide on sending troops to absence of support by the narrow appeal of Hindutva declare April 9, the date of Sad- Iraq. The CCS is likely to seek ‘‘more Congress and NDA allies. He is not acceptable to us’’. He dam Hussein’s fall from power, clarifications’’ from the US on the pointed out that the govern- said the VHP was unable to as a national holiday, and to conditions under which it expects ment did not enjoy a majority comprehend that ‘‘a large wipe out celebration of six the Indian troops to function. P11 in the Rajya Sabha. •Advani discusses Ayodhya, assembly area of governance has noth- dates that were significant to Jagmohan’s missive: Putting the ‘‘Why Ayodhya? Any Bill ing to do with ideology.’’ the old regime. The council said cannot be passed without the polls with RSS chief environment ministry on the mat Sudarshan “Nobody should look at us it would select its leadership on again, culture minister Jagmohan support of the Congress and as their enemies. Our image Monday. has sent a fresh missive to Union we should accept this harsh •Says ideology must as anti-Muslim hurts our “The establishment of this minister T R Baalu on the controver- reality,’’Advani said. blend with pragmatism ability and capability to rule council represents the Iraqi na- sial Taj Heritage corridor project. He He sought to put to rest the this country.’’ tional will after the collapse of has questioned why the culture and speculation over his taking •Asserts narrow appeal However, addressing a the dictatorial regime,” said tourism ministries were kept in the over from Prime Minister Va- of Hindutva not Press conference with ally Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum, a dark on this ‘‘largely tourism-related’’ jpayee by asserting that the acceptable Shiv Sena’s new executive prominent Shiite cleric from project. P11 BJP would retain power at president Uddhav Thackeray, the holy southern city of Najaf. Mayawati suspends DM: Con- the Centre in the next elec- come the first non-Congress here on Sunday, BJP general It was seen as important for the tinuing her suspension spree, tions and Vajpayee would PM to complete a term. secretary Pramod Mahajan Iraqi people that a religious Uttar Pradesh chief minister ‘‘continue to lead the party Addressing a gathering of said the Ayodhya temple leader was chosen to read out Mayawati on Sunday suspended and the country for many veterans at the RSS head- would remain a poll issue. the council’s opening state- district magistrate, superintendent of more years’’. quarters, he recalled his as- ‘‘We will definitely bring ment. police and other officials for dereli- Advani pointed out that sociation with the organisa- in a legislation (on Ayodhya) The council has 13 Shiites, cation of duty. P7 from 1988 to 1998 the country tion since 1941 and said it the day we attain an Former tennis star Boris Becker with his sons, Noah (left) and Elias, after five Kurds, five Sunnis, one was a tribute to K B Hedge- Christian and one Turkoman. Chhattisgarh temples: Village had seven Prime Ministers. effective majority required his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode temples in Chhattisgarh are set to After that, Vajpayee had be- war who founded the RSS in to pilot it.’’ Island, on Saturday. The move is an attempt to re- get a new lease of life as the govern- flect the country’s diverse de- ment is gearing up to implement mographics. Shiites have never chief minister Ajit Jogi’s project to A-I boarding ruled the country. repair and reconstruct them in tribal Among on the panel are Cha- districts. P11 labi, Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, a cards now Indo-Pak ‘concoction’ in Lahore leader of the Supreme Council Sharon’s UK visit: Israeli PM for the Islamic Revolution, Mas- Ariel Sharon will meet British PM By Himanshi Dhawan then she doesnt mind. ‘‘I just Hassan has just released a mu- or Lollywood, things would soud Barzani and Jalal Tala- Tony Blair in London on Monday, in have photos TIMES NEWS NETWORK tell people that I am a concoc- sic video called Piya Nain Mila have been much smoother in bani, leaders of the two main what is being seen as an attempt to By Byas Anand Kurdish groups, and Pachachi, enlist support for the Middle East tion and let them figure it out that is based on semi-classical Lahore. ‘‘Some people have a TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lahore: Lahore, Los Angeles, the former foreign minister. peace process while trying to themselves,’’ she says. Kathak fused with Urdu words. certain mindset but it doesnt Mumbai — just a day in the life The multiethnic panel will sideline Palestinian leader New Delhi: Remember the Being brought up in Ken- It is being aired on all major bother me,’’ she says. What of Mehr Hassan, a 20-some- have real political muscle, with Yasser Arafat. P13 Air-India episode where sus- tucky,US by a mother teaching music channels. bothers her is the straitjacket- thing film and television artist. the power to name ministers pected Afghan Sikhs landed world religion helps. ‘‘Since I have re- ed roles and the fact that the Currently based in Lahore, she and approve the 2004 budget, in London without tickets or No identity crisis ceived so much from Pakistani film industry has YOU SAID IT by Laxman is working on a music video but final control of Iraq still passports? Well, such inci- here. She adds, ‘‘I BEYOND both cultures I am hardly made its mark. ‘‘I feel a and a Pakistani film. rests with L. Paul Bremer, the dents should now become a am a practising drawn to subjects certain responsibility when For a young woman, Hassan American administrator of the thing of the past. Muslim who loves THE BUS that try and bridge acting in Pakistani films. We has plenty of practice strad- country. Former foreign minis- Fifteen months down the shopping and living the gap,’’ she says. must encourage people to write dling the insurmountable ter and council member Adnan line, A-I has decided to print in Mumbai. ‘’ She has also acted in a Tamil better and grow or we will be Pachachi said he does not ex- photographs of its domestic worlds of India and Pakistan. Hassan is part of a younger film, Anbediana and Dreamers, left far behind,’’ Hassan says. pect Bremer to veto council de- sector passengers on their in- Born to an Indian father and generation that realises Kash- that was shot in Mumbai. Fortunately, there are many cisions and believed negotia- dividual boarding cards. a Pakistani mother, Mehr is of- mir is a problem but that Does she face prejudice in In- others, in Lahore, Karachi, Del- tions would settle disputes. AP Mini-cameras have been ten asked who she is and where does‘nt stop them from living dia? For the granddaughter of hi and Mumbai who pay no at- Picture on page 13 fixed on computers at the she belongs. She usually doesnt their life. They however do Anwar Kamal Pasha, a pioneer tention to propaganda. check-in counters to take pic- have a single word-answer but want to do something about it. in the Pakistani film industry Pak opinion: Talks a must: P10 UK says no rift with US: P13 tures, which are then printed at the back of boarding cards. ‘‘It is an additional se- curity measure. But this ex- ercise is currently limited only to the passengers travel- Mud shirts for asthma ling on the domestic sector,’’ an airline spokesman said. By Jahnavi Contractor when she was nursing her husband Of course, we will give immediate These special boarding TIMES NEWS NETWORK who met with a serious accident. delivery sir. But you can’t drive cards would help the crew Meenal’s husband used bio-ceram- Ahmedabad: Suffering from asth- home till they widen the roads. and security in identifying ic T-shirts and bands to heal in- ma? Wear a ‘‘clay’’ T-shirt. It’s no There is terrific traffic jam passengers travelling only on juries. ‘‘I believe they help in allevi- roadside quack’s advice. People here everywhere! the domestic route. ‘‘In the ating pain. After sustained use, my are waking up to a therapy tried out case of a Mumbai-Delhi-Lon- husband’s injuries have healed com- don flight for instance, a pas- by Mahatma Gandhi — using clay. pletely and we believe this is due to senger travelling to London NASA says it emits Far Infra-red the bio-ceramic products,’’ says will be issued a normal rays (FIR) and keeps its astronauts Meenal. boarding card. Whereas, a free from diseases. Clothes made Research in the US says this clay passenger travelling just on from a special clay mined out from contains ‘‘trapped FIR’’. ‘‘The tech- the Mumbai-Delhi route will the sea bed are acting as supplemen- nology was first used by NASA as- indiatimes.com POLL be issued a photographed tary medicines to heal diseases. tronauts who reported they felt weak card. The crew will keep a More and more people are going because they were not exposed to Should live-in partners get the same legal part of the card with the seat for this supplementary treatment in sunlight for long periods,’’ says rights as married couples? and the passenger’s boarding Gujarat. There is an array of clothes Meenal. Yes 38% No 62% number and get the passen- made from this clay, termed bio-ce- ‘‘The study on this subject was re- ger deboarded at Delhi,’’ the ramic — T-shirts, wrist bands, portedly initiated after it was found VOTE NOW: Is the BJP adopting double spokesman added. gloves, knee caps, abdomen braces, that Asians, who traditionally used standards in dealing the Godhra and undergarments, and what not. earthen pots for cooking, had a Best Bakery cases? Officials said the step was initiated after the episode Bio-ceramic, developed by a longer life span. They used sand Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 where four Afghani Sikhs Malaysian organisation with help found in the ocean bed and gave it a managed to reach London on from Korean technology, come as a heat treatment to develop this prod- WEATHER an Air-India flight without boon for the city’s Meenal Shah uct,’’ she adds. ticket or travel documents. Max. 32.7oC/Min. 24.6oC Moonset: Tuesday – 6.47 am Moonrise: Monday – 8.13 pm Sunset: Monday – 7.21 pm A foreign syllabus Made in India Sunrise: Tuesday – 5.33 am Mainly cloudy sky with one or two spells By Lalita Panicker schools in India offering Cambridge Valley School disputes that more of rain or thundershowers. Maximum TIMES NEWS NETWORK certificates and more are jumping people want to send their children onto the bandwagon. Says Rajesh abroad immediately after school, relative humidity on Sunday 95% and New Delhi: A non-stop school bus minimum 71%. Hassija, principal, Apeejay School, but agrees that more parents want from kindergarten to Cambridge Noida: “We are offering these cer- to reserve that option. His school of- Univ? Not just yet, but we’re tificates to provide an edge to our fers A-levels. But, says Kapoor,since getting there. students in the era of globalisation. Indian students are mostly in the With it schools are offering stu- Students can take these exams si- fee-paying category, foreign univer- dents an opportunity to leapfrog multaneously with their CBSE X sities are now accepting both CBSE straight from bharatiya alma mata and XII exams.’’ Apart from being and ICSE certificates. to a foreign degree course. ex- Australia, New Zealand and the The Chianti and Camembert posed UK shop around at the edu-malls cognoscenti now have a new acces- UPGRADING to the mushrooming in Indian cities. Your sory —curricula add-ons to CBSE inter- child could pick any subject from and ISCE. International General DELHI nation- shop window accessorising to vol- Book your Classifieds Certificate of Secondary Education al edu- canic studies, unheard of in India. 24 hours service: “51-666-888” (IGCSE), A-levels, O-levels, Cam- cation system, these foreign curric- Lalita Sen, a mother of two school bridge and Baccalaureate are just a ula are more application-based than going sons, says she is all for her Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” hefty fee away. So Doon-Stephens- their Indian counterparts. A Bac- children studying a foreign syllabus The ATM of information Oxford is passe, the route west- calaureate or Cambridge certificate in addition to an Indian one if their The Largest Classifieds Site wards is now from United World is mandatory for applying to school offered it. “I don’t want to put College, Pune, Vasant Valley School, foreign universities and rather than undue pressure on my children to Delhi or Pathways, Gurgaon. waste time taking these exams after compete for a place in a good Indian And good news for the upwardly the final boards, many opt to take college since the cut-off marks are * 20 + 8 pages of Delhi Times aspirational parent. From six them alongside. unrealistically high. I want them to + 14 pages of Education Times schools in 2001, today there are 45 Arun Kapoor, director of Vasant have interesting career choices.’’
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,July 14, 2003 3 Man arrested for raping minor Hand that robs the cradle TIMES NEWS NETWORK S Yadav said: ‘‘The girl, who is garh where Sharma raped the came back to Delhi on July 8 from Ghaziabad, contacted girl and threatened her with along with the girl. ‘‘The vic- New Delhi: The northwest the man after seeing the ad- dire consequences if she re- tim reported the matter to her Newborns on sale, hospitals, private clinics fan the flame district police have arrested a vertisement in a Hindi daily. ported the matter to the po- parents on July 9 after which man for raping a 15-year-old The accused made her take a lice,’’ said Yadav. they lodged a complaint at the girl after kidnapping her. Ac- By Sachin Parashar Deepak Harichandan screen test for a role in a tele- The accused then reported- Prashant Vihar police sta- TIMES NEWS NETWORK cording to the police, Amrish vision serial and then lured ly took her to the shooting of tion. Sharma was arrested Crime against Sharma, a resident of Rohini, oney her into accompanying him a Punjabi film in in an at- the next day and is in judicial had advertised for girls and to Chandigarh for a tempt to win back her confi- custody,’’ said Yadav. can’t boys interested in making a buy innocence filmshoot.’’ dence. She was, however, told The accused revealed to the career in modelling, movies you Sharma left for Chandi- that she could not act in the police that he had been run- • Babies stolen from and music albums. He was re- garh along with the victim movie as she did not know ning an action school for a every- hospitals in the past three Mthing. But it can get portedly posing as a film pro- and an aide, Sonu, on July 6. Punjabi. Thereafter, the girl year. The police said they are years are yet to be traced you newly-born ba- ducer. Sonu was allegedly asked to was taken to another hotel further investigating the case bies. • Abandoning a child Additional deputy commis- get down on the way. ‘‘They and raped again. as many others had also reg- An average Indian under 12 years of age can sioner of police (northwest) R stayed at a hotel in Chandi- The police said the accused istered at the school. couple’s fixation with get you seven-year’s jail possessing a male baby has spawned a • Over 150 cases reported over the past three years market where infants Foreigner held with fake visas are available for any- Concealing birth by dis- • By Maneesh Pandey eigners Regional Registration ferent persons.’’ Coast and the fourth was is- thing between Rs posing the body can get TIMES NEWS NETWORK Officer (FRRO) in front of The FRRO said the four sued from Kenya. ‘‘We are yet 20,000 to Rs 50,000. you two year’s jail Buy, beg or borrow Thailand embassy . passports had fake Indian to arrest the other three asso- New Delhi: A Ghana nation- Sandeep Goel, the FRRO, visa slips and the arrival ciates of Kwabena, who we seems to be the driv- • 200 such cases reported al was arrested in the ing force for many in three-and-a-half years said: ‘‘We received an infor- stamp from Mumbai airport suspect to be of other nation- Chanakyapuri area for pos- mation that some Ghana na- was dated April 30. The ac- ality, probably Nigerians. childless couples. And, sessing four passports that if that’s not possible, • Almost 70 per cent of tionals indulging in prepara- cused told the FRRO during They may have come with a foeticide victims were girl contain forged Indian visa tion of fake travel documents interrogation that a Ghana- different purpose, may be try stealing. This was slips. the case with a child- and forged Indian visas would based travel agent had sent smuggling,’’ he said. tals are over- borns were unclaimed babies are Suspecting him to be a be coming to Thai embassy in the four passport through The officer said it also ap- less woman who tried to Nigerian, the police is also as- steal the baby of a fellow worked and on sale in the brought,’’ said Prasad. the afternoon. We spotted one courier. The accused, howev- pears that he and his associ- they have far clinic. The price of the baby certaining if the accused has of them outside the main gate er, did not give details about ates may have arrived on dif- patient at Guru Tegh Ba- CAPITAL any terrorist links with Al- hadur Hospital in May.For- too many ba- ‘‘They were varies depending upon its of Thai embassy at about 4 the travel agent. ferent passports and man- bies to handle,’’ in the busi- looks and colour. ‘‘Some Qaida. The accused, Owusu pm. The person was arrested While Kwabena’s passport aged the seized passports tunately for the mother, the STORY Emanuel Kwabena (25), was said Dr L C ness for homes charge more money in possession of four pass- was isssued from Ghana, two in Delhi from some travel woman was caught by secu- arrested by the staff of For- rity guards while she was Gupta of Lal many, many if the baby is fair and ports, including three of dif- passports were from Ivory agent. leaving the hospital. Bahadur Shastri hospital. years. They sold either ba- healthy.This is their way of As per the norms, the bies of unwed mothers or exploiting well-off couples Sudha, however, was not blood in the umbilical cord gullible poor who would who are desperate enough that lucky.She lost her baby which connects a baby to its agree to sell off their babies to shell out any amount for Homes for mentally on July 8 to a woman who mother is verified and an for a price,’’ said deputy a baby,’’ said an official was masquerading as a identification tag is at- commissioner of police with the Delhi government. GTB hospital staff in the tached to the baby.The baby (crime) Deependra Pathak. Money is charged from maternity ward. Sudha ill in a shamble is kept in the neo-natal care According to the police, the couple for the cost in- blames lax security for the By Himanshi Dhawan suggest recommendations. unit if it needs treatment or the only ‘positive’ thing curred on the maintenance theft of her baby. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ‘‘The conditions in the home else it is handed over to the about the raid was that of the baby they want to On July 10, four foetuses are pathetic,’’ Sanjay Sheel, mother in the maternity even female babies were adopt. This has led to the New Delhi: Reported deaths packed in a polythene bag one of the observers from An- ward. sought after in the hospital. mushrooming of shady at the Asha Kiran home in were found lying in a chal, an NGO, said. The report ‘‘All known cases of theft The police arrested the lady clinics in many areas as west Delhi has stirred a hor- garbage heap in Ghaziabad. and a video was prepared and have been reported from doctor and her two assis- poor people find it difficult net’s nest. Police are still clueless re- submitted to the Delhi govern- the wards and not the neo- tants. to afford the cost of buying While Delhi social welfare garding where they came natal unit. There are many The raid has left a trail of a baby from a registered ment. No action has been tak- from. minister Raj Kumar Chauhan en so far, he said. patients in the ward and it’s complexities like the case home. is at pains to prove that all is Watch that baby: Asha Kiran represents an possible for an outsider to of a 17-year-old boy who Prasad, however, admit- well, government officials ad- While theft of babies have example of complete apathy gain entry posing as an at- had been sold off by his ted that it would be better if mit 17 deaths, reported in two been reported from hospi- towards the mentally ill. Ob- tendant,’’ said Gupta. parents when he was an in- an unwanted baby is left months, is barely the tip of the tals like Safdurjung, LNJP servers say, the home is over- The role of volunteers fant and whose original with a welfare home rather iceberg. They blame medical and GTB, there are also cas- crowded and under-staffed. ‘‘If crowding outside the wards parents have now been than being handed over to a negligence and unhygienic es where infants have been there was space for 200 people, of government hospitals traced by the police. stranger. ‘‘Recently in conditions. swapped. ‘‘A woman in a has also come under cloud ‘‘After the raid, the ac- Trans Yamuna, a sweet 500 have just been dumped south Delhi hospital was Chauhan, in his defence, there,’’ a visitor said. A dis- after the GTB theft. ‘‘In cused told us about the shop owner’s unwed girl has denied there is any cause told by the staff that she such hospitals, a woman boy’s real parents. The cou- gave birth to a child. In try- trict officer said the patients for complaint. ‘‘The home is had given birth to a still- gives birth to a baby and ple which brought up the ing to get rid of it quickly, were not even toilet-trained. cleaner than my house,’’ he born. The woman, however, she herself or her relatives boy now doesn’t want to the family just handed it to There were no attendants ei- claimed. claimed that she had seen are expected to take care of part with him,’’ said a complete stranger even ther, adding to the unsanitary However, facts prove other- her baby alive and refused it. And because the hospital Pathak, admitting that against the girl’s wishes. conditions. wise. A team of non-govern- to accept the stillborn. A is understaffed, help is such cases are referred to We don’t know as yet what Referring to the medical fa- case was registered and the sought by the family from the child welfare commit- happened to the baby,’’said ment organisations, including cilities, Chauhan admitted the stillborn remained in the these volunteers,’’ said a tee. Prasad. Action Aid and Delhi Bal Ad- home had ‘‘minimum’’ staff mortuary for days as an un- doctor with Sucheta Kri- Anybody for a girl? Raj Female babies received hikar Manch, had been invit- but cases of medical emer- claimed body,’’said Deepen- plani hospital. Mangal Prasad of Pratidhi by these homes working un- ed by the government, last gency were forwarded to near- dra Pathak, deputy com- The malaise runs deep: admits that there is a long der the department of so- July,as non-official visitors to by hospitals. missioner of police (crime). That even private hospitals queue for male babies at so- cial welfare (DSW) are al- Alleged car thief shot ‘‘It could be the work of are not above board was cial welfare homes regis- most four times the number the staff or it could even proven by a crime branch tered with the Delhi gov- of male babies. Last year, Ghaziabad: A member of an have taken place inadver- raid on a clinic in west Del- ernment. ‘‘Male children more than 350 female ba- alleged gang of auto thieves tently as most of the atten- hi in April this year.The po- are obviously preferred in bies were received at the was shot by the Garhmuk- dants in government hospi- lice discovered that newly these welfare homes where DSW homes. teshwar police on Friday night. The encounter took place about a kilometre off the Syana Road. The police received infor- ‘I woke up, my baby was missing’ mation on the presence of four suspicious armed men in TIMES NEWS NETWORK be seen. I screamed for my niece — the area. As the police she was in the toilet. There was ab- Sudha, the young mother who lost her reached the spot, the gang- solute pandemonium. We kept look- newborn at GTB hospital, recounts the sters fired at them. One of ing here and there for the baby,but to events preceding and following the de- them was killed. TNN no avail. livery I was admitted in the Guru Tegh I consoled myself thinking that the Bahadur hospital on the morning of woman would be back with my baby. July 8. I underwent a caesarean oper- Nothing like that happened. The se- ation the same day and gave birth to a curity guards came, but it was all over male child. Late in the evening, I was by then. I was shocked when my fel- brought back to the maternity ward low patients told me that she had been on the third floor. When I came back of my baby.I thought she was a mem- waiting for me in the ward when I was being operated upon. to my senses, I noticed a woman in the ber of the hospital staff. ward — tall and about 40 years old. She had apparently told everybody My attendant and niece, Indu, also She was extremely friendly and was here that I was her sister-in-law. I tending to other patients as well. got along well with her.She slept close thought she was one of the hospital She was being addressed as behen to my bed. When I woke up in the staff. The hospital staff thought she (sister) and nobody seemed bothered morning, however, I found the baby was with me. In the confusion, how- by her presence. She took special care missing. The woman was nowhere to ever, I have lost my son. Dengue alert in city TIMES NEWS NETWORK mop it dry before refilling. One should put a tablespoon of petrol New Delhi: MCD commissioner or kerosene in coolers which can- Rakesh Mehta raised a dengue not be cleaned. All overhead and alert in the city.He asked all Del- other water tanks should be kept hiites to initiate adequate steps covered. Water containers should to prevent breeding of mosqui- be drained once a week and kept toes. The recent intermittent covered after refilling. Unused or rains causing a rise in humidity broken bottles, cups, pots, and with temperature ranging in the tyres that hold water should not thirties are a congenial breeding be left in open. ground for mosquitoes, especial- Delhi faced a dengue epidemic ly the aedes mosquito which in 1996 resulting in more than spreads dengue, he said. 10,000 cases and 423 deaths. In the He asked all citizens to clean year 2002 only 45 cases were re- their coolers once a week and ported. Journalist kills self TIMES NEWS NETWORK According to R R Katheria, SHO Indirapuram police sta- Ghaziabad: V Aruna (32), a tion, the suicide was commit- journalist working with a TV ted 2-3 days ago as the body news channel was found dead was in a decomposed state. in her Ghaziabad apartment Aruna had been married to late on Saturday night. Rajan Bhasin, a clerk with All Neighbours called the po- India Radio. lice after detecting a foul Aruna is said to have been a stench emanating from Aur- devout disciple of Sai Baba. na’s flat. The police had to She reportedly left left a sui- break into the apartment as cide note addressed to him. the door was locked from in- In the note, she claims to side. Aruna’s body was found have ended her life on her own lying on her bed wrapped in a volition. shawl. She also writes that she A bottle of insect repellent takes back all cases filed was found by her bedside. The against her husband, Bhasin. police assume that she com- She wrote that she had hurt a mitted suicide by consuming lot of people in her life and the liquid. She was lying face had no desire to live anymore. down with the phone receiver The police will be investigat- still in her hands. ing the matter further.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rainfall likey at East: Arunachal, Assam and Megha- laya,Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, WB and NATIONAL Sikkim, Jharkand, Bihar; North: UP, Uttaranchal, HP, Mumbai: I-A 0700, Residents against takeover of service lanes Haryana, Punjab, J&K, Rajasthan; Central: MP,Vidarbha, 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Chattisgarh; Peninsula: Konkan, Goa, madhya Maharashtra, coastal 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2300 Jet Air 0650, Karnataka+, Kerala,Gujarat state, Marathwada, AP, interior By Saurabh Sinha and feet away,the doors and windows fac- 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu; Islands: Andaman and Nicobar islands, Shubhajit Roy Moolchand Lakshadweep. ing the road often get coated with 1935, 2030, 2200, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD grease and dirt. Arora said many res- IIT-Adhchini stretch 1520, 1800, 2025 idents moved here from Old Delhi KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min New Delhi: These DTC buses have Krishi Vihar 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 29 26 Guwahati 28 26 Amsterdam 26 17 already started giving sleepless several years ago in serach of a bet- Mumbai 29 25 Bahrain 38 31 Jet Air 0600, 1720, Dehradun 30 23 nights to people even before they ter quality of life. closed for a month Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 33 26 Hyderabad 32 25 Bangkok 33 26 ‘‘After investing all we have in the CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 33 27 Indore 31 23 Beijing 33 20 started plying. Residents of TIMES NEWS NETWORK ★★★ 0640,0955 Bangalore 31 20 Jaipur 34 24 Chicago 27 16 Panchsheel Enclave on Josip Broz homes here and spending all our Masjid Moth 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 34 27 Lucknow 31 25 Geneva 31 15 0645,1900 Tito Marg in south Delhi say their lives in it, how can we even think of New Delhi: Motorists affected by the BANGALORE: T’puram 32 23 Patna 30 27 Hong Kong 33 27 moving out once the traffic inundates closing down of the stretch between IIT I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 33 24 Rajkot 33 25 London 28 15 service road will give way to the ex- Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 33 26 Shimla 21 15 Los Angeles 27 20 clusive lanes proposed for high-ca- us?’’ asked Arora. flyover and Adhchini T-point, still have Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 29 23 Srinagar 29 18 Moscow 25 13 The RWA is not just complaining, no clue when their ‘detour days’ will end. pacity buses. These buses will start Josip Broz Tito Marg Videsh HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 but also has a solution to the prob- The stretch was closed on Wednesday GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS plying in three months from Moolc- Sanchar Sahara 1200 hand to Ambedkar Nagar. lem. Enclave as the 24 feet deep sewer that runs below KULU: Jagson 0630, ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 1400 hrs. on It says there is a lot of open space the road is being repaired. Delhi Jal 0650, 1215 13.07.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. ‘‘Due to a spate of thefts in our AHMEDABAD: colony,we recently sought the PWD’s between the main road and the VSNL Board (DJB) officials say that the repair I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl and replacement work will take up to a Jet Air 0610 permission to install fences on the and some other government agen- NORTH month to complete. Which means a GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: 4033 Jammu Mail 15.07 17.07 21.07 22.07 service road in front of our homes cies’ flats opposite their colony. It in- Road being I-A 0555★★, 1010• whole month of commuting hassles in ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 31.07 28.07 22.07 that is seperated from the Tito Marg tends to approach the state gov- redone for 2403 Jammu Exp 21.07 25.07 27.07 28.07 the offing. Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, by trees. But we were told that the ernemnt to oppose the project in its running Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST The average travel time has gone up by Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 14.07 14.07 17.07 — lane will be merged with the main present form and to propose their al- high-capacity 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 16.07 16.07 16.07 23.07 ternative so that a ‘‘mutually benefi- at least 20 minutes. It may be doubled at Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, road to make way for the exclusive Panchsheel buses (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 14.07 14.07 14.07 28.07 cial solution’’ is arrived at. times. That too when the cars at least Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 15.07 19.07 23.07 lanes,’’ said a worried Kamal Arora, Enclave Panchsheel Enclave RWA president. Transport department, however, keep moving, even if at a snail’s pace. INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp 05.09 05.09 05.09 05.09 Residents up 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 14.07 14.07 14.07 says they are planning to bring in the ‘‘It takes over an hour to reach Saket BANGKOK/TOKYO: Now the local residents, specially 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 17.07 17.07 14.07 16.07 high capacity buses with exclusive in arms. Say from Connaught Place now. Earlier it Thai Air 0010 (TG- 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 07.08 16.07 those who live in the 35 homes facing they can’t fence 316), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 18.07 01.08 30.07 the service road, are having sleepless lanes to improve the face of the city took maximum 40 minutes,’’ said Anil FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 15.07 22.07 16.07 06.08 nights. ‘‘Our houses will be bang on transport. ‘‘The effort is to solve peo- their colony Dagar. Sunit Sachar, a resident of Nav- 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 14.07 14.07 16.07 jeevan Vihar, who avoids the Adhchini AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 24.07 14.07 21.07 the main road when the service lane ple’s transportation woes,’’ points out KLM 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 15.07 15.07 15.07 is merged. Apart from structural DTC chairman A J S Sahney. stretch even on regular days said ‘‘the de- LONDON/NEW YORK: 4230 Lucknow Mail 16.07 18.07 18.07 21.07 These buses will travel from tour has increased the number of vehi- British Air 0210 (BA- WEST damage that the constant movement Moolchand to Ambedkar Nagar ter- cles on the alternate routes too and so 142), A-I 0715 (AI-111) 2904 Golden Temple Mail15.07 15.07 18.07 23.07 of traffic on this busy will cause to Outer Ring Road PARIS: Air France 0040 2926 Paschim Exp 14.07 17.07 21.07 29.07 our homes, there will be no peace of minal, a six kilometre stretch, by this my travel time too has gone up.’’ To re- (AF-147) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 18.07 21.07 21.07 — duce travel woes, the traffic police advis- SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 16.07 14.07 16.07 — mind,’’ said another resident, F C year-end. RITES and IIT, Delhi are Airlines 2315 (SQ- 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 17.07 17.07 17.07 Bhambri. planning and designing the exclusive Chirag Delhi es that one take alternate routes. 407), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 27.07 23.07 28.07 He said even with the main road 20 lanes for the bus-route. HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2916 Ashram Exp 14.07 17.07 16.07 16.07 A-I 2340 (AI-312) SOUTH ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 17.07 15.07 15.07 16.07 A-I 0300 (AI-131) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 14.07 14.07 21.07 16.07 2432 Trivandrum Raj 15.07 29.07 22.07 — Domestic help AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 14.07 14.07 21.07 MUMBAI: 0315 (AI 2618 Mangala Exp — 14.07 13.07 14.07 755), 0345 (AI 156), 2628 Karnataka Exp — 15.07 15.07 16.07 No smiles for this 100-bed hospital 0615 (AI 146), 2330 2724 A P Exp 16.07 23.07 20.07 17.07 TOI complains against (AI 112) 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 22.07 02.08 01.08 — By Abantika Ghosh GOA: 1245 (AI 643) 7022 Dakshin Express — 15.07 — 14.07 TIMES NEWS NETWORK No. of passengers dealt on 12.07.2003 (Delhi Area): 43,850 (N. Rly. Area) A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 1,90,837. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all New Delhi:The residents of Kalkaji are a (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for Air Force employer (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. disgruntled lot at the prospect of a 100-bed 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 hospital coming up in the locality.For, the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) clinic, functioning in the premises desig- New Delhi: A 26-year-old domestic help has ac- nated for the hospital, virtually operates cused her employer, a flight lieutenant with the across a garbage dump. The burgeoning Air Force, of beating and levelling false allega- pile of litter, including both hospital and tions of theft on her. Watch that fine household waste, is rarely cleaned, ac- Lakshmi, who started working with the flight cording to the resident medical superin- lieutenant in Subroto Park a month ago, lodged tendent (RMS). her complaint with the Dhaula Kuan police ‘‘We are tired of calling up the MCD station. print in an ad conservancy department. We are forced to The police, however, are yet to register a case. work in this stench, with the flies invad- opywriters who be- any such An officer said: ‘‘The Air Force police are con- ing the hospital. During monsoon, it gets lieve in concealing qualifying ducting their own investigation. They took Lak- C worse,’’ said the RMS. more than they reveal statement. shmi and her husband’s finger-prints after the Last April, local MLA and present about the quality of the Two: Even flight lieutenant alleged that the domestic help speaker of the Delhi Assembly, Subhash products are in for trouble. advertise- had stolen two gold bangles from his house.’’ Chopra, had laid the foundation stone for In a recent order, the apex ments that ‘‘Lakshmi lives in the servant quarters of the a 100-bed hospi- consumer court has specified at Air Force officers’ flats in Subroto Park along tal. Funds have warned against advertise- the bottom with her husband,’’ the police said. already been allo- ments that hide crucial in- in fine print, 40 kmph/130 HEALTH Her employer, reportedly, questioned her cated for the proj- formation pertaining to kg or under standard about the bangles first on Friday.Apparently,on ect and work as- products and services, conditions were not intelli- HAZARD Saturday,he forced her to admit the theft. ‘‘When signed to contrac- thereby misleading the gible to the consumer she denied the allegations, the flight lieutenant, tors. ‘‘Work will begin any day now, ‘’ said Garbage greets anyone who bothers to look at Kalkaji’s MCD hospital. consumer. and were therefore she alleged, beat her up. She, then, called her the municipal health officer Dr K N This case pertains to a deceptive. The Residents’ Welfare Federation of situation in terms of civic amenities was husband and brother-in-law who took her away,’’ Tewari. motorbike Hero Honda Warned the commis- Kalkaji, including seven RWAs of the much better. We will try our best to con- said the police. CD-100 that M R Ramesh sion: Advertisements sho- ‘‘We would rather do without such a area, have written to the municipal com- vince the authorities through the local bought in Bangalore in uld not mislead and should hospital in our neighbourhood which ex- missioner and the MCD’s health depart- counsellor. We are not opposed to the hos- Auto lifter held: The south district police arrest- February 1993. give a clear picture of poses us to diseases with its filth and ment to do a re-think on the choice of pital per se.’’ ed an auto-lifter, Matin Ahmed, last week and His contention was that the quality of the goods stench. We have written to the authorities premises. According to Sethi, as it is, the Interestingly, the hospital itself has a claimed to have solved 40 cases of auto thefts in at the time of purchase, he sold. to shift the hospital elsewhere,’’ said an power and water supply in this part of curious history of changing hands be- south and west Delhi. The police seized a stolen agitated Lalit Sethi, president, of an RWA Kalkaji is bad. The demands of a 100-bed was assured that the bike It directed the manufac- tween the MCD and the Delhi govern- Maruti van, a cellular phone, car keys and registra- in the area. hospital is only going to make it worse. would run 80 kms on a litre turer not to make such a ment. The government took over this 30- tion papers from his possession. The Maruti van of petrol. claim in future without While the RMS denies the hospital ‘‘We have gone through the residents’ bed hospital from the MCD in 1997. was stolen from Kirti Nagar. TNN However, the bike gave stating clearly, intelligibly wastes are dumped in the garbage letters and feel that their fears are un- Eventually, the beds were disposed off 22 kms less than promised. and in the same type of let- heap, Dr Tewari, admits the dump founded. Contrary to their apprehensions, and it turned into a dispensary and later ters, the basis for the had initially been created for the power and water situation could actually handed back to the MCD. claim. hospital. ‘‘The fact that it is not cleaned improve once the hospital gets underway,’’ ‘‘It’s just a dispensary now,so we’ll have regularly is not under my purview,’’ Dr says Dr Tiwary. to start from scratch to convert it into a It awarded the con- CHECK OUT Tewari added. Sethi is unconvinced. ‘‘Back in 1997, the hospital,’’ points out the RMS. sumer a compensation of PUSHPA GIRIMAJI Rs 25,000. (M R Ramesh vs M/S Prakash Moped House and others, RP No He filed before the Nation- 831 of 2001). Cage-like rooms for rabies patients al Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, For almost two decades TOI the Monopolies and Re- By Abantika Ghosh any questions about the way they are New Delhi, an advertise- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment published in October strictive Trade Practices kept,’’says Dr Dhillon. Dr Sandeep Buddhiraja, consultant (in- 1993, wherein the manu- Commission pursued New Delhi: Dingy dark cells, that look no ternal medicine), Max Healthcare, says, facturer had made such a those whose advertise- different from cages are meant for ‘‘Chances of a rabies patient running claim about the mileage of ments misled and passed heinous criminals or man-eating animals. amok and biting someone is very rare. He the motorcycle. cease and desist orders If you belong to this school of thought, against them. is too ill. Added to it is a conscious feeling read on. The manufacturer, on of impending death.’’ No official at ID Now that the MRTPC is Rabies patients at the Maharishi Valmi- the other hand, brought Hospital either could recount a case when on its last leg, the ki Infectious Diseases Hospital in on record advertisements a rabies patient had actually bitten some- issued during the period National Commission has Kingsway Camp are kept in cage-like cells. taken on its job. This one. ‘‘They have always been kept safely which carried an asterisk Although hospital authorities insist on isolated,’’ they said. The ‘‘isolation’’ is on the numerical figure of particular case is a begin- calling them ‘‘rooms’’, the three two-feet- ning in that direction. complete. Housed in a single-storeyed 80 and at the foot of the by-seven-feet spaces, complete with an structure at a corner of the Hospital, away The government should advertisement in small iron gate at the entrance of each, and from all other departments and surround- now facilitate the pro- print, said at 40 kmph/130 locked doors on either side of the small ed by dense overgrowths, the ‘‘ward’’ has cess by providing the kg, thereby qualifying the corridor for ‘‘extra security’’, look noth- to be reached after a precarious journey, National Commission claim. ing short of ‘cages’ meant for a blood- crossing algae-infested puddles. with powers similar to The National Commis- thirsty carnivore. The ‘‘ward’’ was in an obviously un- those that the MRTPC en- sion made two important It is for the safety of the patients, them- cleaned state when this correspondent ar- joyed in deal- ing with mis- observations here: One selves, say hospital officials. A ward in- rived. A group D staff said, ‘‘We do not get leading advertisements, that there was no explana- spector told this correspondent, ‘‘When in a rabies patient everyday. So we clean as such as suo motu power tion from the manufactur- a fit, they can do anything. There have and when patients come.’’ to investigate and suffi- er as to how the advertise- been cases of rabies patients breaking The hospital gets around ten rabies cas- cient staff to do so ment shown by the window grills in an attempt to escape. es a month, said a medical officer. None quickly and effectively. consumer did not carry They can even bite bystanders. So we de- survive and the only relief that can be ad- cided that nothing short of iron grills ministered is in the form of sedatives so 1 held: The police arrested a would do for them.’’ that the pain is reduced. Few survive be- youth along with a pistol and A statement, which is almost contradic- yond the first 24 hours after admission. two live cartridges.TNN tory to that of the hospital superintendent ‘‘The most common complaints are of Dr Rohini Dhillon. ‘‘The disease has a hydrophobia and aerophobia. They can- hundred per cent mortality rate. It’s a very not stand water and are scared painful death, more so because the patient of open spaces. So a small room like that This isn’t a cage, but the ward where is fully conscious. All those who come in is all they can bear. Even then they some- rabies patients are kept in Maharishi contact with the patient have to be immu- times become too violent to handle,’’ Valmiki Infectious Diseases hospital. nised, so patients’ relatives never raise he added. Court notices to IP university Ghani’s petition rejected New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has de- TIMES NEWS NETWORK heard on July 23. leged that the University was clined to entertain former railway minis- The University has, mean- not following proper admis- ter and Congress leader, A B A Ghani New Delhi: The Delhi High while, given an undertaking sion procedures. They Khan Chaudhary’s petition, seeking Court has issued notices to to the court that it will dis- claimed that it was not clear quashing of an electricity the Chief Secretary of Delhi play on the notice board, the as to how many seats were bill of Rs 22.39 lakh raised state government, the vice- details of the manner in available for Delhi candi- by the NDMC. chancellor and the registrar which the quota of ‘‘outside dates against the general, The bill was raised as out- of Guru Govind Singh In- Delhi’’ candidates was filled. schedule cast or tribe, physi- standing charges for elec- draprastha University, over The University’s Deputy cally disabled and defence tricity and water at his offi- alleged irregularities in the Registrar,Sushil Kumar,also quota. cial bungalow at 12, Akbar admission procedure. undertook that none of the The petitioners, who Road. Justice Manmohan A petition alleging irregu- information presently avail- cleared the written test held Sarin dismissed Khan’s peti- larities in the admission to able on the website pertain- on June 15, further alleged tion on a technical ground. the Bachelor of Education ing to common entrance test that despite being called The judge held that Khan course was moved before the 2003 shall be deleted or re- for counselling, they were had raised disputed ques- court of Justice Vikramjit moved. In their petition, filed not allowed to participate in tions regarding facts which Sen. The judge has asked the through advocate Naushad the same on July 4 and could not be decided within three to file their replies by Ahmad Khan, Madhu Bala were wrongfully denied the exercise of a writ’s juris- July 21. The matter will, be and five other candidates al- admission. diction. TNN
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,July 14, 2003 5 Shinde confirms 46 AIDS awareness dismal TIMES NEWS NETWORK the NCW would be spending anoth- Andhra in combat mode deaths due to fever er day here to get more facts. Kuppam (Chittoor): Head of the Kuppam is the constituency of Mumbai: Confirming the death of 46 children National Commission for Women, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sivaprasada Rao had a the state chief minister. due to Japanese encephilitis in eastern Vidhar- Poornima Advani, says she finds video-conference with col- The dead woman (the govern- Hyderabad: Even as the ba, chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Sun- awareness of AIDS abysmal among lectors of the affected dis- ment says she was infected but died National Institute of Com- Balaghat on alert day issued instructions to launch public aware- the poor here. tricts on Sunday. ness on the disease through daundi, a tradition- She is here to personally inspect a natural death) lived in a locality municable Diseases team NICD joint director Sunil al oral communication system, and sent workers a report about a woman here hav- where, says Advani, they are not says the mystery fever rock- Gupta, who attended the with medicines to villages. ing been stoned to death because aware of AIDS or HIV and their im- ing the state, claiming 90 video conference, told TNN over encephalitis Shinde said the latest figure pointed out that she got infected by the AIDS virus, plications. No government team or children’s lives so far, could the victims’ symptoms TIMES NEWS NETWORK there had been 43 deaths in Nagpur and three in a report formally denied by the gov- non-government organisation had be Japanese Encephalitis, pointed to JE being the mys- Amravati districts, out of the total 104 cases reg- ernment. She told journalists here ever visited on the issue or given the government on Sunday tery disease. Jabalpur: As part of efforts to contain the outbreak istered. All the cases are from Chandrapur, Nag- the stories she has been told are any counsel. sanctioned Rs 25 lakh to He said more samples of of encephalitis (brain fever), the Balaghat district ad- pur, Bhandara and Amravati, he added. conflicting, but there does seem to There is, she says, a complete each district for a sanitation the recovered patients ministration has cancelled all leaves and holidays of Shinde said: ‘‘Though the government is using have been an effort to suppress failure of AIDS control mecha- drive to arrest the spread. would be taken to confirm health workers and doctors, asking them to report TV for educating the public on the disease, the facts. nisms in Kuppam. People who are It will be a five-day action this. forthwith. high illiteracy level in the affected region has Her investigation wasn’t com- officially supposed to create aware- programme from Monday,it The collectors have told The decision was taken following the death of five made such a communication irrelevant.’’ PTI plete at the time she spoke. She said ness are unknown to the people. was announced after chief the minister brain fever, di- children due to this disease this month. minister Chandrababu arrhoea, gastroenteritis These deaths, according to an official, took place in Naidu had a meeting on the and jaundice were on the in- the tribal-dominated and the most backward areas of issue with some cabinet col- crease. A number of them the district. leagues and officials to re- said the spread was widen- The administration, besides setting up control view the situation. ing, with skin diseases also rooms in every district and block hospitals, is Officially, 10 new cases being reported. also keeping a strict watch on people coming from were reported from Waran- The government has ap- Maharashtra, especially Vidarbha region, gal, Karimnagar, Nellore pealed to the people to use where over 20 children succumbed to Japanese and Mahabubnagar dis- Pyrethrum-impregnated encephalitis. tricts on Sunday, in which gunny bags as shields for Speaking to Times News Network, district collector five children died. Of 185 windows and doors to pre- Rajesh Rajora said the administration has undertak- cases reported so far, 104 vent the entry of mosqui- en a special drive to identify persons with high fever. deaths had occurred, the toes. Sunday’s high-level Anybody found with high fever,he said, would be kept government said. meeting also decided to under ‘medical vigil’ till complete diagnosis. Health minister move pigs out of villages.
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A student of IIT Kanpur plays basketball with his robot against IIT Delhi during the Doordar- shan Robocom 2003 national competition in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Siliguri eyes Chinese goods By Nirmalya Banerjee selling Chinese electronic TIMES NEWS NETWORK What’s in store goods, watches and toys openly in Siliguri,’’ says Siliguri: The prospect of Chinese goods are • Das. Also, very few hawk- consumer goods from Chi- sold at Hong Kong ers selling Chinese goods na flooding markets in market in Siliguri are seen in trains passing Siliguri has left shop own- through north Bengal. ers at Hong Kong market •Under GATT, Chinese worried. Keen to get a share goods will enter When border trade opens of the pie, they are making through regular route through Nathula, traders now operating as dealers of inquiries on the arrange- When border opens, • Chinese goods at Dhulabari ments for trade with China traders will have to shift in Nepal will have to shift across the Nathula border base to Gangtok and if they can also secure their base to Gangtok, say shopkeepers. an import licence. opments the scenario is All kinds of items manu- changing. Under the GATT It is believed the flow of factured in China are sold regime Chinese goods are these items will increase, at Hong Kong market — but Das argues that much entering through the regu- toys, emergency lights, tele- will depend on the duty phone sets, torches, CDs, lar route instead of being structure fixed at the walkmans, shoes. Traders smuggled in from Nepal, Nathula border. ‘‘If the admit that items manufac- says Federation of Cham- duty structure is not realis- tured in the country also bers of Commerce and In- tic and Nepal imports Chi- sell briskly with a ‘‘Made in dustry north Bengal gener- nese goods at a low duty, China’’ tag. al secretary Biswajit Das. there will be a difference in But due to recent devel- ‘‘There are so many shops the scenario,’’ he says. Task force on FM privatisation soon TIMES NEWS NETWORK next phase 200 frequencies will be on offer for about 75 New Delhi: The task force on cities,’’ a ministry official FM radio privatisation is go- said. ing to be announced within a The thinking within the week with the terms of refer- ministry is that in the next ence for providing a roadmap phase channels will be of- for the second phase of the fered for specified slots like programme in the light of classical music, regional cul- the first. ture, devotional songs, news To be headed by a senior of- and so on. ‘‘Several players ficial of the information and vying for the same space is broadcasting ministry,it will not the purpose,’’ the official comprise a few legal experts said. and representatives from the The task force appears to entertainment industry, ac- be a response to the repre- cording to I&B sources. sentation made by the exist- Keeping in view the inade- ing FM players to the min- quate response to the govern- istry about the stiff licence- ment’s offer of frequencies to fee regime. In Mumbai each private players and subse- FM licence was sold for Rs. quent pull-out by quite a few 9.75 crore while in Delhi the in the first phase, the rate was Rs. 7.5 crore. task force is expected to Review of the FM policy, study the problem and make sources say, will depend on recommendations for the the recommendations of the mode to be adopted in the task force. The need for legal next phase. experts in the body has Of the 108 frequencies up been explained in terms of a for grabs hardly 20 are in use fool-proof policy to avoid by the private players. ‘‘In the litigations. CBI to initiate inquiry into Uttaranchal scandal
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A team of three Central Bureau of Investi- gation detectives is in Dehra Dun to initiate an inquiry into the charge that state revenue minister Harak Singh Rawat had fathered a child of an unmarried woman. He has since resigned. CBI officials said the team would do spadework for be- ginning the probe and make inquiries. No formal complaint has yet been lodged with the po- lice in this connection. Uttaranchal chief minister N D Tiwari had last month said he would request the CBI to probe the case ‘‘so that the truth comes out’’. Rawat is alleged to have links with Jaini, an unmarried woman, who gave birth to a child in the first week of June.
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WTO centre in Sikkim: The United Nations Conference for Trade and Development is in talks with the Sikkim government for setting up a WTO centre of excellence to help prepare the Samata against Central legislation on temple state in meeting the challenges of globalisation. PTI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK meeting of the party’s national ex- thetical question. However, he logue between the moderates of ecutive. made it known that the Samata Par- both communities would help re- New Delhi:The Samata Party,a key In an informal chat, Fernandes ty was not in favour of such a legis- solve the problem. Temple will be poll NDA ally, will oppose any move to said discussions on the Ayodhya is- lation. The Samata Party’s firm asser- bring a legislation in Parliament sue were still on. The party’s draft resolution said tion on the proposed law is signifi- issue: Mahajan for the construction of a Ram Tem- ple in Ayodhya. The draft political resolution, the Ayodhya dispute must be re- cant as in his capacity as NDA con- Nagpur: BJP general secretary The party clarified its stance on which spells out the party’s stand solved through a dialogue or a vener, Fernandes has emerged as Pramod Mahajan says the tem- Sunday, a day after the BJP suc- on the Ayodhya issue, was being de- court verdict. Prime Minister Vajpayee’s key ple would remain a poll issue cumbed to the combined pressure bated by the national executive till ‘‘Enacting laws through Parlia- trouble-shooter. Even during the till it is built and that his party of the RSS and the VHP and agreed late evening and will be placed be- ment will only result in creating raging controversy over the Gu- would enact a law to enable its to consider their demand for a fore the party’s national council on further tensions and becoming an- jarat riots, the Samata chief had de- construction on the disputed Central legislation at its upcoming Monday for final adoption. other watershed, destroying the fended chief minister Narendra site when it gets a majority. national executive meeting in Asked if the party will support a secular ethos, as was done by the Modi. Similarly, the NDA convener Earlier, party chief Venkaiah Raipur. legislation for the construction of a Rajiv Gandhi government in the had put up a stout defence of the Naidu said enacting a law was ‘‘We are not in favour of such a Ram Temple in Ayodhya if such a Shahbano case where women’s Sangh Parivar when its outfit, the out of the question, since it was legislation,’’ Samata president and Bill was introduced in Parliament, rights were also undermined,’’ the Bajrang Dal, was charged with in- not on the agenda of the ruling defence minister George Fernandes Fernandes, who is also the NDA draft resolution said. volvement in the Graham Staines NDA coalition. TNN told reporters during the ongoing convener, dismissed it as a hypo- It added that a continuing dia- murder case in Orissa. Can BJP ride temple wave again? Women convicts By Manoj Joshi Since the BJP has run the chief K S Sudershan for the design a new life TIMES NEWS NETWORK government for the past five Prime Minister. Hindutva is By Prathima Nandakumar skills was an appropriate years, it will have to face a The BJP does not have New Delhi: Saturday’s TIMES NEWS NETWORK choice for income gener- lot of questions about its the numbers to push any meetings, quarter-backed ation as most trainees be- performance. It is conven- legislation in Parliament, our mission, Vadodara: A group of 13 by the RSS, have brought long to the lower eco- ient to have a central issue especially one so controver- women prisoners at the considerable clarity on the nomic strata. We chose to transcend the uncomfort- sial as the Ayodhya one. Baroda Central Jail are Ayodhya issue. says Naidu four garments — saree able problem of incumben- Even if approved, the law not only familiar with The VHP says there are petticoat, pyjama and cy in India where most gov- could run afoul of the Chandigarh: Bharatiya the jargon of garment three options before the salwar-kurta as they are ernments come up short on Supreme Court, which is making, but also com- government: obtain the go- Janata Party president M always in demand. The the promises they had made fortable giving tips on ahead through negotia- currently seized of the Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday training took off with while campaigning for the necklines, sleeves, plack- tions, if that’s not possible, issue, and could see the asked party workers not to drafting and stitching of previous elections. ets for kurtas or the gath- pass a legislation to enable move as a violation of the feel guilty talking about jail uniforms,’’ says Ami- But where Prime Minis- ered or panelled look for the construction, and if this basic structure of the Con- Hindutva and said the party ta Pandya, who guided ter Vajpayee wants to make saree petticoats. fails in Parliament, get a stitution. was not only a party but also Shah in her research. India’s overall economic The convicts picked up mandate from the people — Actually, an election a mission. ‘‘Mood swings, lethar- performance, reforms, these skills as part of a in other words, virtually strategy focusing on the ‘‘Nation first, party next gy and cynicism among research study by M S convert the next general Mandir plank alone runs and self last is the BJP’s inmates were gradually University’s department elections into a referendum the risk of eliminating the motto. While speaking on replaced by self confi- of clothing and textile, on the issue. BIGGER BJP’s one really good Hindutva, we should not dence and soon they be- The BJP government chance for winning a large feel guilty,’’he said, address- where professional train- gan to spend their says it will consider the sug- PICTURE number of seats in the next ing party workers here. ing in garment making leisure time construc- is imparted. gestions in its forthcoming peace moves with China general election from Uttar Naidu asked party work- tively. After the training ‘‘Generally, women in national executive meeting and Pakistan as the central Pradesh. ers to work like missionar- period, we evaluated jails are assigned domes- in Raipur. In turn, the VHP planks stressing his govern- This is by alienating ies, serve people and be dis- their skills. We also man- tic chores while men are will not press for the Prime ment’s achievements, the Mayawati who is currently ciplined. aged to rope in 25 gar- trained in vocational Minister’s resignation and Parivar seems to have an ally of the party and who After inaugurating the ment retailers to evalu- has lifted the September plonked for Mandir. also happens to have the party office here, Naidu skills like furniture-mak- ate their work,’’ says deadline for the proposed But will it work? No one only reliable vote-bank in said, ‘‘There is no parallel, ing or weaving. With gar- Pandya. Most traders legislation. knows, but the Sangh Pari- the state. no comparison to Prime ment making skills, the were pleased with the The chances are there var’s all-or-nothing strategy Everyone knows that a Minister Atal Bihari Vaj- women can now attain fi- quality of workmanship will be no clear-cut state- seems to suggest a certain Mayawati-BJP alliance will payee...There is no one in nancial independence and even offered to pro- ment on the subject because desperation. be unbeatable, but will it the country who can chal- while in the jail and also vide work for the in- it suits the Sangh Parivar This could very well be survive the strain of the lenge his leadership.’’ after release,’’ says re- mates. election strategy to keep up something arising out of Mandir push? The BJP chief said while searcher Jasmine Shah. The training, slated to the sound and smoke, even personal considerations of Unlikely. As it is, there is his party had a great leader The selection of the finish by April ’02 was af- while assessing whether or ageing leaders like Giriraj little chance that the BJP- in Vajpayee, there was ‘‘no trainees was not easy fected by the communal not its strategy has any Kishore and Ashok Singhal led front will do better in clear leadership’’ in other since jail restrictions riots. But when it com- stamina to win them the or the outcome of the well- the next most electorally parties, including the had to be taken into con- menced again, ‘‘there next general elections. known antipathy of the RSS important state of Bihar. Congress. sideration. was a significant change ‘‘Garment making in their behaviour. Panel on reducing cost of air travel TIMES NEWS NETWORK Twenty MPs were flown in by the government from dif- Mumbai: The civil aviation ferent parts of the country to ministry has commissioned attend a meeting here. the Delhi-based National Rudy said the new civil Council for Applied Econom- aviation policy would be fi- ic Research (NCAER) to find nalised in six months and its out ways of making air trav- emphasis would be on mak- el cheaper. ing air travel more afford- Minister of state for civil able. aviation Rajiv Pratap Rudy Though he declined to go told reporters here on Satur- into the specifics of the new day that the council would fo- policy, he said it would cover cus on those areas where areas like making Mumbai costs could be cut. The high and Delhi airports world price of aviation turbine fuel class ones and encourage the was one reason for the pro- development of domestic civ- hibitive price of air travel, he il aviation. noted. The minister arrived Regarding the much-de- here to attend a meeting of layed fleet expansion pro- the Parliamentary consulta- gramme of A-I and IA he said tive committee attached to that plans would be ‘‘firmed the civil aviation ministry. up soon.’’ Venkaiah jumps to Badal’s defence TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chandigarh: Warning Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh of the seri- ous consequences of his ‘‘politics of re- venge,’’ BJP president Venkaiah Naidu has said they (the party and the Union government) were ‘‘keenly observing the situation and it won’t be permitted to continue for long.’’ The Punjab government, Naidu said, was busy only in its one-point pro- gramme of “Badla (revenge), Badli (transfers) and (going after ex-chief minister) Badal.” Naidu said it was resorting to harass- ing, humiliating and intimidating the opposition. He said so after inaugurat- ing the party’s office building here on Sunday. Maya suspends magistrate, SP TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday suspended the district magis- trate of Kannauj, ‘‘for his failure to accomplish assigned tasks’’ in the Ambedkar villages. Also on the receiving side were the DM and the superin- tendent of police (SP) of Kanpur Dehat, who drew the CM’s ire for their ‘‘unsatisfactory’’ work. A chief development officer, a district panchayat raj officer and a police station head in the two districts, an executive engineer of the power department and an- other of the municipality were also transferred. Addressing public meetings during her tour, the chief minis- ter urged the people, especially Dalits, to vote for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
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10 Monday,July 14, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Rail safety: Board will go to field Clean-up sweeps TIMES NEWS NETWORK week with Mumbai, home to two like drivers, gangmen and Kumar announced formation zonal headquarters, he said at pointsmen, aged above 50. He of a small committee within two New Delhi: Kyoto Protocol the National Workshop on Rail said the Railways would employ months work out details of im- Railway min- Safety, the first-ever Safety Dia- one member each of a family of proving the working conditions ister Nitish logue conducted by the ministry. train drivers, gangmen and of the drivers, ensuring facili- Kumar on Kumar said a 10-year Corpo- pointsmen above 50 years who ties for their rest and recreation Sunday an- under the carpet rate Safety Plan for 2003-2013 chose to accept the VRS. at railway stations. Besides, line nounced that had already been drafted. It The minister pointed out that blocks at the railway stations TIMES NEWS NETWORK the entire would be discussed and fi- he had already announced some would be kept free for mainte- Emission trouble Railway nalised after discussions with time ago to Railways’ decision to nance of signalling and other New Delhi: In an indication Board would the trade union representatives fill 20,000 vacancies of gangmen safety-related works. If needed, of how successfully the US is •US has pacts with na- begin visiting at a meeting on Monday. The fi- who are vital for rail safety. He railway time-tables would be undermining an internation- tions accounting for 80 workshops Nitish Kumar nal plan would be tabled in Par- said that if necessary, addition- amended midway for reschedul- ally-negotiated agreement on pc of world’s emissions and running liament during its coming mon- al posts would be sanctioned for ing some of the trains on these checking climate change, vis- rooms in the field to study the •US wants all countries soon session. this purpose. sections, he said. iting US assistant secretary service conditions of the front- to take responsibility for To give this area a younger Among the measures to im- The workshop was attended of state John Turner said line safety-related staff and take the emissions and more effective structure, prove working conditions of by about 200 drivers, gangmen, that his country now has on-the-spot decisions to improve the minister announced a vol- gangmen, he announced that pointsmen and station masters, agreements with nations •India, US and 13 others their working conditions. untary retirement scheme for they would be provided with where they had pointed out dif- which account for 80 per cent to work on world’s first This exercise will begin next safety-related frontline staff, gum boots and raincoats. ficulties faced by them. of the world’s greenhouse zero-emission coal plant gas emissions. The US contributes nearly agreements will not under- a fourth of the world’s green- mine India’s multilateral house gas emissions believed stand. It may not but envi- to be leading to global warm- ronmentalists do fear agree- Tribute to martyrs: CM, Omar at war ing, with potentially devas- ments with different coun- tating effects for small and TIMES NEWS NETWORK AND PTI TOI tries will kill the hard-fought developing countries. Protocol. On Friday, Turner said Srinagar: Jammu and Kash- The world would have an these agreements did not mir chief minister Mufti Mo- opportunity to assess the US mean that all countries hammad Sayeed and opposi- and Kyoto Protocol path- agreed with the US rejection tion National Conference pres- ways, said Turner as he out- of the Kyoto Protocol. The ident Omar Abdullah on Sun- lined a series of initiatives Protocol, if it comes into day addressed public rallies in with India on water, energy, force after the mandatory quick succession at the mar- science and technology and Russian ratification, would tyr’s graveyard in downtown ‘‘creative’’ financial mecha- force developed countries to Srinagar as the two leaders nisms. tried to put on display their accept their historical re- In its ‘‘partnership’’ with popularity among the masses. sponsibilities for emissions India outside the Protocol, The state pays tribute on this and take on reduction tar- the two countries are joining day every year to those who gets. hands with 13 others to start laid down their lives on the For the US, the agreements work on what would be the same day in 1931 in an uprising (on clean-up efforts) repre- world’s first zero-emission against the Dogra rule and Say- sent the kind of cooperative coal plant. eed and Abdullah both seemed effort it wants as it seeks keen to cash on the occasion. ‘‘more collaborative global The details have not been While Sayeed asserted that involvement based on better worked out yet and it has not he would never compromise on science and an approach been decided where such a the honour and dignity of the which accommodates eco- plant would be located. people, Abdullah accused the nomic growth’’. On board the project are chief minister of putting on The US wants all coun- China, Russia, Brazil, the Eu- back-burner the electoral tries, including developing ropean Union, Australia and promises like unconditional di- countries like China and In- Japan. alogue with separatists to stay dia, to take on the task of There is an acceptance in government. checking climate change. that coal will continue to be the mainstay for decades; ‘‘it ‘‘I want to assure you that I So, is this the death knell will be a century-long chal- would continue to work for for the long-suffering Proto- lenge to break the energy fos- restoration of peace with dig- J&K Police personnel take part in a memorial service in a graveyard in Srinagar on Sunday. col? Probably, though Indian sil-fuel cycle,’’ said Turner. nity. We want a permanent so- officials suggest bilateral lution to Kashmir problem and our effort is to make Jammu PM to launch pension scheme and Kashmir, so far a bone of Pak opinion: Talks a must contention between India and New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will launch Pakistan, a bridge of friend- By Himanshi Dhawan understanding.’’ Expressing response. The reactions of our LIC’s Varistha Pension Bima Yojna on Monday,which offers ship between the two nations,’’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK the hope that the resumption of government is based on serious an attractive 9.0 per cent return to senior citizens above 55 Sayeed said addressing a gath- the Delhi-Lahore bus service consideration on where Pak- years of age. ering of around 3,000 people. Lahore: Punjab governor would bring the two countries istan is going.’’ Vajpayee will also flag off Universal Health Insurance Stating that people of the Khalid Maqbool on Sunday closer, he said, ‘‘This is a point Emphasising on how im- scheme to be offered by the four PSU general insurers at a state had been the worst suffer- said both Pakistani and Indian of hope. We want to resolve is- proved ties between the two nominal cost of Re one a day. ers of the tension between In- governments would have to re- sues with India.’’ countries could benefit trade, While the Prime Minister launches the two schemes in the dia and Pakistan, Sayeed said solve the Kashmir issue as de- Referring to recent events he said, ‘‘We continue to com- capital, life insurance corporation will introduce the pension their interests would be kept spite many issues of common like Prime Minister A B Vaj- pete with one another in trade scheme simultaneously in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, supreme while finding a solu- interest, differences and con- payee and Pakistani President and industry.Instead we should Patna and Gandhinagar, an official release said on Sunday. tion to the Kashmir issue. troversy persist. Pervez Musharraf ’s offer for take on the international mar- The LIC scheme could be bought for a minimum Rs 33,335 Asking the militants to lay Speaking to Indian and Pak- dialogue, the recent visit of In- ket together. On the other hand for getting a monthly pension of Rs 200 while the maximum thier arms and give peace a istani media persons at his res- dian Parliamentarians and In- tourism, irrigation, livestock, investment can be upto Rs 2,77,490 for getting a pension of Rs chance, the CM said the winds idence, he said: ‘‘The burning dia‘s intention to take part in visits to shrines, art and cul- 2,500 a month. of reconciliation were blowing issues must be resolved the SAARC summit, Maqbool ture will receive a tremendous ‘‘The scheme provides for pension during the life time of in the sub-continent. through dialogue and mutual said, ‘‘This is not an emotional boost if we improve ties.” the pensioner. In the event of death, the purchase price will be returned to the nominee of the pensioner,’’ it said. PTI Vedic research Uphold the right to education UTs quench ‘dry’ centre in AP By Rakesh Bhatnagar ous definition of ‘‘religion’’ (Ar- The court had ruled that there TIMES NEWS NETWORK ticle 30 (1)), in order to identify an should be an ‘‘appropriate mech- institution, which can claim it- anism to ensure that no capita- New Delhi: Some time back, the Gujarat’s thirst temple town self to be a genuine religious mi- tion fee is charged and profiteer- Supreme Court had called for the nority institution. ing is not restored to’’. By Amarendra Jha collection of Rs 45 crore By Mrityunjay Ram closing down of ‘‘teaching But the court preferred to keep This directive has been violat- TIMES NEWS NETWORK comes from liquor trade: Rs TIMES NEWS NETWORK shops’’, mushrooming in every the question open.‘‘This question 6.5 crore as sales tax and Rs ed by all, and with impunity.The Surat: It pays to be ‘‘wet’’, Hyderabad: Sudha Murty, nook and corner of the country, need not be answered by this 12 crore as excise duty on states failed to act, fearing that it more so if the place shares a the wife of Infosys chief in complete disregard of the ba- Bench; it will be dealt by a regu- country-made as well as Indi- might amount to interfering with border with a ‘‘dry’’ state. mentor N R Narayana Murty, sic rule of quality education at lar Bench’’, said the court. an-made foreign liquor the functioning of unaided pri- The Union Territories of will soon make her presence affordable cost. This crucial issue, and others, (IMFL). vate, religious, linguistic or mi- Daman and Diu, Dadra and felt in the temple town of The words of the apex court, such as to what extent the states nority institutions. The result Nagar Haveli are virtual Diu, too, is riding the Basar, by establishing a however,fell on deaf ears. In fact, can regulate has been shocking. According to ‘‘watering holes’’ that draw ‘‘liquor wave’’, with 20 per world class vedic research the cost of education has only in- admission to an estimate, a medical college worshippers of Bacchus cent of its earnings coming centre. The pilgrim centre creased manifold. private unaid- LEGAL seat goes at whopping Rs 20 lakh from Gujarat in hordes. from the liquor trade. ‘‘Out of will also have a yagna shala The worst affected are those, ed institutions or more. These tiny territories are the annual revenue genera- near the northern threshold who are aspiring to become doc- and the capita- VIEW Though the court said its earli- themselves high on spirits, tion of Rs 5.86 crore, Rs 1.25 of the temple. tors and engineers, and have only tion fee er judgment in the Unni Krish- with a large portion of their crore comes from liquor Speaking to The Times of their merit to back them. A stu- charged by them, are again be- nan case was unconstitutional, it revenue ‘‘flowing out of the trade,’’ informs assistant India on Friday, Infosys dent, seeking admission to a pro- fore the court. hastened to add that the verdict bottle’’. commissioner (sales tax and Foundation chairperson Sud- fessional course, has to pay any The right to manage and ad- emphasised that right to educa- excise) for Daman and Diu, ha Murty said Basar was ide- amount asked for in the name of minister is not an absolute one. A large number of cars tion is a Fundamental Right and Deepak Virmani. al for research on ancient ‘‘capitation fee’’. Consequently, The state’s interference is expect- with Gujarat registration that no capitation fee should be While most of the tourists vedic texts. Architect Sun- it’s the students who lack in mer- ed, particularly if the manage- numbers can be seen while charged and profiteering resort- in Daman are from Surat and daram of M/s Sundaram Ar- it, but have the financial backing ments of unaided institutions vi- driving down the pub-lined ed to. even Vadodara, a large num- chitect of Bangalore had not end up bagging the seats in col- olate the law. roads of Daman, Diu and Sil- The catch, however, lies in the ber of people from Saurash- leges. Since education is a Funda- vassa. Quenching ‘‘thirst’’ charged for the work and court’s following statement: tra cities like Rajkot and In the TMA Pai Foundation mental Right and merit is of was never so lucrative, even contractor Sarbeshwar from ‘‘Reasonable surplus to meet the Jamnagar throng Diu on judgment of 2002, a constitution paramount importance, the though tax on liquor is much Construction Consortium cost of expansion and augmenta- weekends. Bench discussed at length sever- court may like to look into some lower than in neighbouring Ltd had only taken the actual Daman Industrial Associa- al aspects of educational institu- of its directions, which unwit- tion of facilities does not, howev- states like Maharashtra and cost, she said.‘‘Being a devo- tions, private and government- tingly restrict the state from in- er, amount to profiteering.’’ Madhya Pradesh. tion sources say there are tee of Goddess Saraswathi, I aided. terfering with the functioning of But, what is reasonable? Is cap- It is heady times in about 55 wholesalers, around thought it would be good to The Bench was also expected unaided institutions. itation fee running into lakhs Daman, where as much as 45 250 retailers and over 150 set up a research centre at to offer a cogent and unambigu- reasonable? per cent of the total revenue bars in Daman. the temple premises.’’ Outlining the details of the centre, educationist C Rama- iah, who is associated with the project, said the Centre was set up to study the rele- Now, get paid for leading an extravagant life vance of ancient texts — By Nauzer Bharucha ‘‘In fact, this cash-rich society pays decades ago. Vyasa Vangmayam, Brahma- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Live at ease every flat-owner a yearly dividend of The A and B wings of Maker Towers sutras and Astadasha pu- Rs 100 for every sq ft he or she occu- may not be in the same league as Jolly ranas to the present day life. Mumbai: Imagine living in the sprawl- •Municipal bills of housing societies The Centre was built in an are cleared by their reserve funds pies,’’ said a Jolly Maker resident. So, Maker 1 — but the society recently ing apartment of a posh building with for someone occupying a 2,500 sq ft flat, spent Rs 1 crore on upgrading its lifts area of 1,370 sft and yagna a panoramic view of the city, and not •They get an annual dividend of Rs the dividend is a cool Rs 2.5 lakhs a without asking members to contribute shala in 435 sft. having to pay a paisa towards its up- 100 for every sq ft they occupy year. a paisa. It will also spend Rs 75 lakhs on The temple is near the con- keep. Or, even better, actually getting Incidentally, the 10,000 sq mtr prop- painting the buildings after the mon- fluence of Manjira and Go- paid to live there. •Property comes with a health club erty includes a health club, a swim- soon. davari rivers. Devotees take From Cuffe Parade to Juhu, a hand- and a store grocery is sold for ming pool and a restaurant, now shut In another area of south Mumbai, in their children to Basar for ful of cash-rich housing societies have residents get at a subsidised rates down due to lack of patronage. The the upmarket enclave of Carmichael Aksharabhyasam before become islands of prosperity in a sea of complex also has a Sahakari Bhandar Road, the Anand Kamal cooperative commencing formal educa- penurious ones which scrimp, save and ciety and the 24-storeyed Usha Kiran at store, exclusively for the use of resi- housing society owns one of the most tion and pay their obeisance beg their members to contribute to- Carmichael Road also make the big dents, who can buy their groceries at exclusive residential properties in the to invoke Saraswathi. wards the renovation of their decrepit league. cheaper rates. city. The seven-storeyed Kamal Mahal According to the puranas, buildings. Residents of Jolly Maker 1, who in- And what is the secret of this pros- and the adjacent Anand building are after the Mahabharatha war, Real estate sources peg the exclusive clude several head honchos of private perity? The society owns six floors in both situated on a two-acre plot with a sage Vyasa with his son Jolly Maker Apartments 1 at Cuffe Pa- and public sector institutions, occupy the Nariman Bhavan building at Nari- landscaped garden. Sukhadeva and other seers rade, comprising two 25-storey residen- flats ranging from 1,285 to 2,590 sq ft man Point which have been leased out The society has fixed deposits of went on a pilgrimage of Dak- tial towers with about 180 flats and ten and enjoy a slew of benefits. to various companies. These fetch about Rs 4 crore and pays the outgoings shinapatham. Vyasa stayed bungalows, as the richest housing soci- None of them have to pay the month- about Rs 48 lakhs a month. and maintenance charges of about Rs in the village to do tapas and ety in India. It has a reserve fund and a ly outgoings, which include a range of The builder had offered this proper- 27 lakhs instead of the flat-owners do- hence the village was called sinking fund estimated at Rs 25-30 municipal taxes, because the society ty as a package to buyers if they agreed ing so. Vyasapuri. The name later crore. clears all the bills. Each member is to pay about 40 per cent more for their These riches are thanks to the fact changed to Vasar and then Just a stone’s throw away, the A and charged a token one paise per sq ft per flats. ‘‘At that time, we paid Rs 100 a sq that about ten years ago, the building Basar. During the sage’s stay, B wings of Maker Towers sit on society month — while the residents of other ft for our flats instead of the prevailing got permission to construct an addi- he used to bring three hand- funds of more than Rs 10 crore, while buildings in Cuffe Parade cough up Rs rate of about Rs 60,’’ said a resident tional floor atop Kamal Mahal and to fuls of sand daily after the upscale Anand Kamal housing so- 3 to 4 per sq ft. about that decision, taken about three sell three flats. bathing in the Godavari and place it at a particular place.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,July 14, 2003 11 AFP FICCI women’s Jagmohan for special delegation to visit Pakistan audit of Taj project New Delhi: Close on the heels of a Pakistani trade By Chandrika Mago Who’s to blame? been reclaimed. delegation’s visit to India, a TIMES NEWS NETWORK Jagmohan says the court’s 20-member FICCI women’s May 1 order made embank- business delegation would be New Delhi: In a fresh mis- •Jagmohan’s letter says ment of stone and clay condi- in Pakistan from August sive to Union minister T R focus should be on tional on clearance by the three to explore and enhance Baalu on the controversial lapses by UP govt Union ministry. No such business and cultural ties. Taj Heritage corridor proj- •He says a committee clearance was obtained. ‘‘The delegation will visit ect, culture minister Jagmo- wanted work on the On the committee, expect- Karachi, Islamabad, Pe- han has put the ‘‘nodal’’ envi- project stopped ed to give its report in about shawar and Lahore and meet ronment ministry on the 10 days, are officials of the concerned ministers and sen- mat. Environment ministry • Central Pollution Control ators to discuss trade-related Jagmohan has even sug- did not incorporate Board, the Pune-based Cen- issues,’’ Chandra Garodia, gested that Uttar Pradesh be views of panel in affidavit tral Water and Power Re- leader of the delegation and asked to get a special audit filed in SC, he says search Station, the ASI and done and said that the focus chairperson of FICCI ladies the environment ministry. organisation, said. should not be defused by the back to the late 1990s. But Contrary to Jagmohan’s ‘‘minor or wholly peripheral All relevant documents ‘‘UP prepared a project re- claim, ASI, it is suggested, necessary for issuing visa issue of how a functionary of port which lacked many de- was associated right from the the Archaeological Survey of have been sent to the Pak- tails’’, says the environment beginning. Jagmohan, how- istan High Commission and India acted’’. ministry. It wanted single- ever, says the involvement of The environment ministry, the members hope they storey shops but the ministry a local ASI official who, in would get the visas soon. which hasn’t publicly come any case, objected to the proj- claims it objected and this ‘‘We always had such a vis- out with any statement on ect does not constitute ‘‘effec- was supposed to have been it to Pakistan in mind. The the controversy,is silent once tive consultation’’. The ‘‘cen- removed from the plan. recent visit of the Pakistani again. But its version contin- Yet, ‘‘work started without tral issue’’ of ‘‘major lapses’’ trade delegation gave us the ues to be that it had not the detailed project report. on the part of the UP govern- Indian and Pakistani students during the launching of a documentary film on peace in Karachi on Sunday. boost,’’ Garodia said. PTI cleared the project. The dif- Quite a bit had been done al- ment should be kept in focus, ferences with the UP govern- ready’’, it is said. The min- says his letter dated July 8. ment on the detailed project istry has now formed a tech- Preparing the groundwork report and the environment nical committee to go to Agra for his own ministry’s de- ministry’s objections to it later this month and report fence, Jagmohan has again were given in the Supreme back on a temporary em- questioned why the culture New Hurriyat chief wants talks, not guns Court, which had ordered bankment by the UP govern- and tourism ministries were work stopped in May. ment to ‘‘protect’’ the river kept in the dark on this By M Saleem Pandit Ansari said that Kashmir issue is ment, Ansari exonerated Peoples acts committed by the members al- The plan to clean, green reclamation work already ‘‘largely tourism-related’’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK not a border dispute between India Conference, a constituent of the ready expelled from it. and Pakistan but humanitarian conglomerate, of the allegations of Adding the chairman said: ‘‘PC and connect the area goes done. About 95 acres have project. Srinagar: The newly-appointed problem. Kashmiris being the prin- participating in last assembly polls. has taken action against the mem- Hurriyat chairman Molvi Abas Ansari made his first statement to cipal party to the dispute should be Syed Ali Geelani of Jamaat e-Isla- bers who fought elections long be- Chhattisgarh govt to the press on Sunday saying the con- included in any talks aimed at re- mi, who distanced himself from fore and we believe that the action ICAR comes glomerate would have to shun vio- solving the issue, Hurriyat chair- Hurriyat conference, had charged compares with the one taken lence and turn to negotiations. man stressed. Lones Peoples Conference of having against Jamaat e-Islami leader up with Elaborating his policy about po- However, the new Hurriyat chair- participated in state assembly elec- Khaliq Hanief, Geelani’s trusted spruce up temples man said that the conglomerate did tions in October, 2002. lieutenant.’’ litical negotiations, Ansari said the movement could no longer be led by not insist on inclusion of the people Jamaat-e-Islami even stayed away The Hurriyat chairman said the By Law Kumar Mishra The temple of Dante- ready-to-eat violet means. ‘‘No guns, no killings of Kashmir at the outset of the dia- from the election of the Hurriyat differences within the conglomer- TIMES NEWS NETWORK washri at Dantewara, 400 km but dialogue is the only option with logue process between India and chairman on Saturday. ate would be soon overcome and from here, is said to be 1,200 Raipur: The Chhattisgarh all the parties to Kashmir dispute,’’ Pakistan but they could be included According to the chairman Abas nothing will be allowed to happen sweet chips years old and has devotees all government the newly appointed Shia chairman a later stage. Ansari the Peoples Conference that can weaken the Hurriyat con- TIMES NEWS NETWORK over the country. The reli- is taking said. In another significant announce- could be held accountable for the ference. gious functions of the ex- steps to im- New Delhi: Want to rulers here and the election munch on crisp and plement chief minister Ajit campaigns of all political sweet coconut chips? An parties begin from here. agricultural research Jogi’s special Indian vet’s projects to re- Jogi’s officers have created Troops to Iraq: Govt plays for time institute has come up a fund of Rs 1.5 crore for ren- with a drying method it pair and re- Ajit Jogi ovation of village temples in TIMES NEWS NETWORK claims gives you ready- construct vil- Instead of saying a clear sought by India. ment against sending troops encounters three districts of Bastar. A to-eat chips with better lage temples in tribal dis- no right now, the Cabinet However, it is evident that to Iraq. joint secretary in the CM’s of- New Delhi: Growing politi- Committee on Security — to New Delhi is playing for Though the defence minis- flavour than freeze- tricts, known as devkudis or cal opposition at home, the thangudis. fice has been appointed spe- be chaired by Prime Minister time in view of the sharp op- ter refused to comment dried fruits. There is no complex ground realities pre- in Baghdad Jogi has also said the gov- cial officer for the job. Atal Bihari Vajpayee — may position from political on this issue in view of the frying involved. And, vailing in Iraq and the US ernment will pay wages to The project has got cabinet decide to seek ‘‘more clarifi- quarters. scheduled Cabinet Commit- TIMES NEWS NETWORK it’s cheaper. failure to introduce a credi- Even better, you could village priests and will not al- approval, but is yet to be for- cations’’ from the US on the The Congress has made its tee on Security meeting ble political face to the inter- New Delhi: Air-condition- immerse the chips in low the opening of any more mally included in the budget; conditions under which it ex- opposition known and the on Monday, the party’s draft im administration may even- ers, freezers, machines, hot water, rehydrate abattoirs in the state. And the a supplementary one will be pects the Indian troops to ruling BJP’s sentiments were political resolution, debated tually prevent India doors, locks, switchboards — them and use them like establishment of cow shel- introduced in the state as- function. expressed in clear terms at a at the party’s national from sending troops to that anything and everything in fresh kernel. ters will be encouraged; the sembly in the coming ses- The Cabinet Committee on recent cabinet meeting by executive meeting on Sunday, country. the Baghdad zoo had been The Indian Council of government will give loans. sion, well in time before the Security is expected to con- health minister Sushma contained a reference to The Cabinet Committee on broken or ‘‘looted’’. The Agricultural Research’s Jogi made the announce- November polls. sider fresh inputs in the Swaraj. Iraq. birds, the fish and the small Central Plantation ment on devkudis last month The tribal-dominated dis- Security (CCS) meets here on form of the talks that foreign The opposition by the Left Spelling out its stand, mammals were missing. Crops Research Insti- at Jagdalpur, in the presence tricts of Kanker, Dantewara Monday amid clear signs secretary Kanwal Sibal and other parties, as also a the resolution said that hav- The ‘‘thieves of Baghdad’’ tute in Kasargod, Ker- of Congress president Sonia and Bastar have thousands of that India may decide to has had at various levels dur- bulk of the strategic ana- ing been opposed to the had taken it all. Amid the ala, says this business Gandhi. He said Goddess devkudis, functioning from say no to participation in ing his recent Washington lysts, may also eventually US-led coalition attack on tight security, the constant would need an invest- Dantewashri, the presiding make-shift structures. Vil- the ‘‘stabilising operations’’ visit. weigh against any Indian Iraq, it is necessary for India presence of soldiers on the ment of about Rs 25,000 deity in the Bastar region, lagers assemble for rituals at at the request of the United The US is understood to military commitment. to engage in such activity at the cottage-industry had appeared in a dream and these small temples, most of States. have urged India to take a Meanwhile, the Samata which is welcomed by the roads, the sound of gunfire, a level. Two workers directed him to take care of which are located outside the A formal decision, howev- clear stand by the end of this Party, headed by defence people of Iraq and can bring five-member international could get through 40 co- the devkudis which were in a village. Most of these have no er, is unlikely,said sources in month, having already pro- minister George Fernandes, back law and order to the team drove in from Kuwait to conuts in a day; one co- bad shape. roof. the government on Sunday. vided a set of clarifications has cautioned the govern- country. Baghdad under army escort conut would yield be- AP late May to breathe life back tween 120-150 gm in into the city’s zoo. The chips. The production regime change had taken its cost would be about Rs 7 Siamese twin in toll in other ways — one of for a 100-gm packet, in- the zoo’s five vets, a Ba’ath cluding the coconut party sympathiser, had been cost. Costs would de- suspended crease for small and Mangalore to be For India’s N V K Ashraf, large-scale industries. coordinator of the Wildlife The ICAR says its in- Trust of India’s Wild Rescue stitute has come up with Programme and a zoo design a new drying method operated soon expert, the fortnight’s visit based on osmosis — dip was a memorable experience. the whole or sliced fruit By Stanley G Pinto Baghdad zoo, spread over 112,000 sq m, had been ‘‘iso- in sugar solution and TIMES NEWS NETWORK Reconstructing life put it through hot-air lated’’ from the world for 15 drying. Drying in a mi- Mangalore: The ‘cranioplas- •Time ripe to recon- years, pretty much like ‘‘an cro-oven would take just ty’ procedure to replace the struct cranium of two- 18th century Victorian zoo’’ five minutes, giving you bone cover in the front por- year-old Soudha or, for that matter, some zoos tion of the head of two-year- in India which can’t offer the chips which are more Hole occurred in her • excuse of war. There were an crispy than those from a old baby girl Soudha, the sur- head during operation to impressive five vets and 32 hot-air oven. viving conjoined Siamese separate her from Afsa The cane sugar used twin after the operation keepers on the rolls but no should be of commer- in December last, may hap- •Separate vessels were systems, no records. ‘‘It was cial grade. Osmotic de- pen within a fortnight, supplying blood upto a functioning like an amuse- hydration would take according to Dr Murlidhar point near the brain ment park,’’ says Ashraf. between 40 minutes to Pai, neurosurgeon at the The team sponsored by the an hour, depending on University Medical Centre •Efforts to raise money International Fund for Ani- the scale of the opera- here. for operation as Soudha mal Welfare, with represen- tion. Using a hot-air dry- Doctors at the hospital is from a poor family tatives from the US, China, er would take six hours. have been trying to raise New Zealand, South Africa There are specific in- money for Soudha as she is ecuted after a year’s plan- and India, got down to work. structions on the pack- from a poor Muslim family. ning.’’ Ashraf scanned the layout ing so the chips keep The surgery to separate the ‘‘Every operation is a new and identified what needed to their flavour and crisp- twins cost Rs 9 lakh. case and a surgeon has to be done, redesigning half a ness for upto six months Those who want to help make fresh decisions and dozen enclosures, building without any effect on the child may send funds to: adopt new procedures. This others. microbial and biochemi- Kasturba Medical College makes these operation dou- The US army was doing INS Tarangini docked at the port of Erie (USA) on Sunday. Harborfest, the tall ships festival on Lake Erie also serves as a cal qualities. Hospital, Attavar, Account bly difficult,’’ Pai said. the repairs, fixing the water, floating international classroom for a select group of students. Baby Soudha, Attavar, Man- Pai said it was difficult to electricity and other infra- galore. (Tel: 2445858) ascertain the cost of the pro- structure. ‘‘We had to pur- Speaking to The Sunday cedure as there were many chase everything from Times of India, Pai said the parameters involved like brooms and buckets to freez- 13-cm diameter hole, which post-operative scenario, com- ers,’’ says Ashraf. Two Making Hampi the Taj of South India occurred during the opera- plications due to rejection, tonnes of meat rolled in from tion to separate her from her etc. Kuwait, the meat truck alone TIMES NEWS NETWORK important heritage destina- Plans afoot tourists, the precision of the ments has also been sister Afsa, would have to be Doctors could not save costing $5,000. By then, the tion in India,’’ tourism com- historical details they give planned. filled either by using synthet- Afsa. Talking about that, Baghdad markets were back Bangalore: In an effort to missioner Vandita Sharma and so on. In association Under a new village gen- ic material or her own ribs as Pai said, ‘‘Shunting occurred in action and meat for ani- revive the lost glory of •Rehabilitating people told TNN. of nearby villages with Intach, we will also ed- eration plan, the three vil- graft material. rapidly in this case and mals could be purchased lo- Hampi, capital of the me- The Central Public Works ucate the locals on Hampi’s lages of Hampi, Kamalapu- Discussions are on about nature made the choice. cally.Work on the enclosures dieval Vijayanagar empire, Department has sent de- •Construction of a new tourism potential and the ra and Anegundi will pre- the procedure to be adopted There was little we could cost another $20,000. Karnataka has prepared a signs for a Rs 2-crore airport to accommodate necessity to preserve the pare socio-economic and for the cranial reconstruc- do.’’ Back in Delhi, Ashraf says Rs 500 crore project for the tourism information centre 100-seater aircraft heritage, so that they them- livelihood plans from tion of Soudha. Pai remarked that unlike two members of the team, Union government to raise at Hampi, which the state selves will guard the monu- tourist trade. The township Pai said it was the perfect in the West, it was difficult to still supervising the work, funds from international fi- has cleared and sent back. •Fast trains from the ments from encroachment of New Kamalapura, fur- time to do the surgery as raise funds for operations will be leaving Baghdad on nancial institutions. The comprehensive Rs-500 proposed Bangalore in- and other problems,’’ Vandi- ther South from the Hampi there was minimal fluid re- like this one in India. Monday. The zoo is expected ternational airport Similar to the Rs-127 crore crore proposal will be sent ta outlined. ruins, will accommodate tention in the brain area. This made things more to open its doors on the 19th Ajantha and Ellora project, shortly to the Centre for •Special training for Around 60 important population increase without Pai said like in the case of complicated. He maintained of this month. the proposal, inclusive of clearance. local guides monuments presently man- hurting the heritage monu- the Iranian twins, there was that Indian doctors had the An original count was 800 new infrastructure and Plans include rehabilita- aged by the Archaeological ments. a ‘total craniopagus’ condi- best of skills for any type of animals, birds and fish. An preservation of heritage, tion of the burgeoning pop- •Residents will be edu- Society of India (ASI) and Loans will be given to lo- tion in this case too. operation. improved number after pri- envisages funding from in- ulation of nearby villages, cated about Hampi’s 500 smaller ones managed cal artisans to revive tradi- ‘‘The only concession in The main hindering fac- vate zoos contributed badg- stitutions like the Japan construction of a new air- tourism potential by the state archaeology de- tional handicrafts, which this case was that there were tors in India were funds and ers, pelican, fox, jungle cat, Bank of International Coop- port to accommodate 100- partment have been identi- could be sold as tourism me- separate vessels supplying materials, he said. porcupine stands at 49 eration or the World Bank. seater aircraft and fast tional tourism centre. fied for preservation. Along mentos. Also, to give inter- blood upto a point near the ‘‘A complicated operation species, and a count of 100. ‘‘Our plans are bigger trains from the coming new ‘‘Local guides will be with all power lines going national tourists a ‘‘feel’’ of brain, unlike in the case of may be performed here, but it A pride of lions, two adults than Ajanta and Ellora. Af- Bangalore international air- trained on language, what underground in the area ‘‘to the ancient empire’s rich the Iranian twins, where never gets noticed. It’s a dif- and six cubs, a father and son ter the Taj Mahal, I want to port straight to Hampi. The kind of jokes they should preserve its beauty,’’optic fi- culture, performing arts of there was only one. It was, ferent case if a similar oper- team of tigers, a tortoise make Hampi the next most vision is Hampi, interna- make to different kinds of bre lighting of the monu- the area will be showcased. nevertheless, a highly com- ation is performed in the which appeared out of the plicated surgery and was ex- West,’’ he observed. blue.
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12 Monday,July 14, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi
Liz to marry AROUND THE WORLD AP her Indian boy Cambodia’s first car: A Scientific solution backyard motor mechanic has won widespread ap- friend in Feb plause for producing Cambo- dia’s first automobile with London: British actress Liz flair, and at a cost that would to save your skin Hurley and her Indian mil- confound car manufacturers across the region. The NYT lionaire companion Arun By Claudia H Deutsch Nayar will marry in Febru- ‘‘Angkor-2003’’ is a dashing ary after his wife agreed to a two-seater convertible that OR decades, Estie quickie divorce, a leading takes four months to produce Lauder’s Prescrip- London-tabloid reported on at 900 dollars a unit in Nhean Pholeouk’s Phnom Penh F tives was content to Sunday. help women find exactly garage. A new motorcycle The couple will host two costs about the same. the right colors to put on spectacular wedding celebra- their faces. Then, two years Dozens of orders have tions - one a star-studded poured in since the 46-year- ago, Pamela K. Baxter took bash in the UK, and the other over the brand, and she old, who subsidises his in- in Arun’s home city Mumbai, wasn’t content at all. Mil- come by washing cars, drove News Of The World, claimed. lions of women, the statis- his product to a park outside Liz, 36, and Arun, 37, had tics told her, were letting prime minister Hun Sen’s thought they would have to house. The Angkor has a top doctors inject Botox into wait years to marry because speed of 60 kph and is pow- their frown lines and his Italian-born wife Valenti- ered by a 100cc motorbike abrade their faces with tiny na initially refused to grant a engine. AFP crystals, all in hopes of re- divorce. Under Italian law, pairing the skin to which couples must be separated World’s biggest condom: those color cosmetics are Scientists are embracing the convergence of aesthetic for three years before pro- A bright yellow condom applied. Yet, Prescriptives illusion and medical science to save the skin. ceedings can begin. But covered the facade of a didn’t even offer a garden- day’s skin-care companies gredients. A two-ounce jar Valentina has now agreed to 20-storey, phallic-shaped variety anti-aging cream. are marrying science to of Ri Vive for $375. hotel in the southern ‘‘My reaction was: If mi- mass customization. The A growing number of divorce him on “mutual and amicable” terms, the report Chinese city of Guilin to crodermabrasion is doing sales representatives be- ‘‘pure’’ scientists are em- mark UN World Population so well in dermatologists’ hind the counters, many bracing the convergence of said. Quoting a family friend, Day on Friday, in hotel is offices, why don’t we have a newly trained, are asking aesthetic illusion and med- very round,’’ said a manager the report said: ‘‘Money is product to do it at home?’’ their customers to fill out ical science. Drug compa- of the three-star Fragrant changing hands. Valentina Baxter recalled. In April, questionnaires that are as nies are again pumping re- River Hotel. “The initial Prescriptives introduced detailed as patient charts. search dollars into aesthet- has been compensated.’’ plan was to cover the whole Dermapolish, a home care Do they smoke? Are they of- ic dermatology. Actress and model Liz, building, but because the product that uses tiny abra- ten stressed? What’s their For example, last year who is planning to buy a wind was so strong they sive crystals similar to diet like? Pfizer formed Anaderm to stake in a ten-seater jet for could only cover the front those used by dermatolo- They are telling cus- develop prescription her travel, has begun dis- half.” Guilin Latex Company gists. And next spring, it tomers, ‘‘Let us help you creams that could fight ag- cussing wedding dresses and has applied to the publishers will roll out a line of prod- classify your skin type and ing or oily skin, and abnor- brides-maids outfits and of the Guinness Book of ucts, developed with a der- beauty regimen and we will mal hair loss or growth. Dr. started searching for a hon- World Records to recognise matologist, to combat cos- sell you just the right prod- P. Bertolino, of the Ana- eymoon destination. Accord- their giant condom, 260 feet metic problems like adult uct to solve your skin prob- derm, predicts the products ing to the report, she has tall and nearly 330 feet asked aides to check the cli- around, as the world’s acne, red skin and dark lems.’’ The personal and will be blockbusters. Victoria Beckham arrives with her son Brooklyn at the wedding of David Gardner and spots caused either by sun scientific approach comes ‘‘We’re talking hundreds of mate in the Maldives in Feb- biggest, the Xinhua news agency said. Reuters ex-Hollyoaks actress Davina Taylor in Chelford, Cheshire, England, on Sunday. damage or hormonal im- at a price. Mass-market millions of dollars, maybe ruary. balances. brands like Olay that rarely over a billion, for each,’’ he When told the weather Gwyneth’s new look: Little lamb: Mary had a lit- The days of hope in a jar, topped $10 now command said. ‘‘This is science final- would be better a few months Once a name synonymous tle lamb; It’s fleece was white different merely in package upward of $20 for products ly meeting the unmet later, Liz’s assistant said: ‘‘I Cameron wants to buy her nudes with glamour and style, the as snow; And every time the lady seems to have truly lost lamb got fed; It gobbled up and price, are long gone. To- with scientific-sounding in- needs.’’ NYT News Service don’t know if she can wait its nitro. Shaboom the that long.’’ PTI Actress Cameron Diaz has come a long it. Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have given up her fashion sheep’s favorite meal con- way from the time when at sixteen she sists of animal feed made happened to be at the right place at the credibility since embarking on BRICKBATS her relationship with beardy from nitrogen-based chemi- right time... at a Hollywood party! There cals and other dismantled Instead of wasting your space in she hooked up with a photographer who, Coldplayer, Chris Martin. Ac- Dubyaman, please print my photo cording to a report in People- gun propellants, one of the instead. within a week, helped her land a model- news, in a Billie Piper ‘top- more creative uses Albu- — Sachin Chadha ing contract. But now the model turned querque company TPL Inc. is togs to rag-bag’ story, where actress, like Pamela Anderson before her, finding for unwanted military Dubyaman is a source of losing read- once there was high heels ers, I tell you, if you continue this you is desperately trying to buy the rights to munitions. Shaboom was the will be out of the press competition. topless pics taken of herself before she was famous, says and Stella McCartney jackets, “guinea-sheep” for TPL’s — Vinay a report in PeopleNews. Photographer John Rutter says Juicy Jeans and Dior evening experiment with feed made he will release the pics and video of the then struggling dresses, the actress now from spent munitions, and For bouquets log on to model in ‘provocative poses’, if Diaz fails to buy them chooses to wear old leggings found it delicious. TPL has www.timesofindia.com from him first. ANI and a sloppy T-shirt in kept the ingredients a public. ANI e-mail: [email protected] secret. Reuters Fat can be addictive ‘Secretary’ bodyguards for protection By Jonathan Leake and damaged their health. Andrew Porter They say that the new re- By Mark Franchetti Ajit Ninan va are a novelty. A ballet search undermines the SCIENTISTS have discov- dancer with a degree in claims of companies such as Moscow: She looks like the ered that high doses of fat psychology, she is an un- McDonald’s and KFC that the secretary of a rich busi- and sugar in fast and likely human shield. processed foods can be as ad- decision to eat their products nessman, but underneath is down to ‘‘personal respon- her pinstriped jacket Na- She worked as a restau- dictive as nicotine - and even rant manager until less hard drugs. sibility’’. talia Bykova, 25, carries a The addictive nature of Makharov pistol. than three years ago. The research found that When the restaurant em- foods which are high in fat fatty foods has been estab- Bykova is one of a grow- ployed armed guards and sugar can cause signifi- lished by researchers at ing number of female body- against the local mafia cant changes in brain bio- Rockefeller University in guards who protect Russian chemistry similar to those New York who found that entrepreneurs from rob- Bykova made friends with from drugs such as heroin regularly eating the products bers, kidnappers and con- them and became fascinat- and cocaine. can quickly reconfigure the tract killers. ed by their work. Once hooked, the re- body’s hormonal system to For more than 10 hours a She entered a national searchers say, many people want yet more fat. day she shadows a boss who competition for aspiring find it almost impossible to They also found that early fears for his life. He already women bodyguards and af- switch back exposure to fatty food could has two male bodyguards, ter stringent psychological to a healthy influence children’s choices but hired Bykova to pose as and physical endurance diet, often so that they would always his secretary and English tests was one of two women seek a similar diet, increas- leading to translator. selected from 140 appli- ing the likelihood of obesity obesity. ‘‘Nobody expects a fe- cants for training in mar- The evi- in later life. male bodyguard, so I move In another study,Professor tial arts and marksman- dence is to be freely,’’ said Bykova. ‘‘I sit Ann Kelley, a neuroscientist, ship with a range of hand- taken up by close to my boss during and Matthew Will, of the guns. She also learnt to de- lawyers meetings while his male University of Wisconsin, bodyguards wait outside. I fend herself with a knife. preparing traced the biochemical watch every move around ‘‘In moments of stress multi-mil- changes in the brains of rats us, ready to reach for my women often have stronger lion-pound fed different diets. Those gun.’’ characters than men,’’ said claims from given a high-fat diet be- Few Russian politicians resolved by hired assassins of communism private se- Bykova. Ralf, the Moscow people who came hooked and displayed and businessmen move rather than lawyers, heavi- curity firms staffed with security firm that hired allege that symptoms similar to those of anywhere without armed ly built bodyguards in dark former KGB and army offi- Bykova, has two other fe- their “addic- a drug addict deprived of protection. In a country suits and sunglasses are es- cers have boomed. male bodyguards on its tion” to fast their fix if the fat was taken where many disputes are sential. Since the collapse But women such as Byko- staff of 15. Sunday Times, London foods has away. Sunday Times, London Hot enough or fast enough? By Kenneth Chang emperatures in New York City on Tuesday Tare expected to be in the 90s, and most New Yorkers will think of the temperature as a warm, soggy,sensation on the skin. Physicists have a different notion. To them, temperature is, in a simple sense, speed. “It’s some measure of the random motion of the various degrees of freedom,” said Dr.Robert J. Schoelkopf from Yale. For example, molecules of air or water bounce into one another like the Ping-Pong balls in the machine that picks lottery num- bers. The collisions transfer energy between the molecules, producing a bell-curve distri- bution of speeds, and the average kinetic en- ergy of the molecules corresponds to temper- ature. While the speeds of individual molecules constantly change, the distribution of speeds remains the same, determined by the temper- ature. The higher the temperature, the faster, on average, the molecules jostle into one an- other; at cooler temperatures, the molecules move more languidly. Measuring temperature is an art still being refined. Schoelkopf and colleagues have in- vented a thermometer that measures temper- ature based on electrical noise not very differ- ent from the static heard on radios. The new thermometer consists of two pieces of metal on a silicon chip separated by a thin strip of insulator.Electrons can occasionally hop back and forth across the gap, a low hiss of electri- cal noise. With rising temperatures, electrons bounce off one another and the atoms in the metal with more momentum, producing more electrical noise. The loudness of the noise thus gives the temperature. NYT News Service
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Monday,July 14, 2003 13 Schroeder AP Isolate Arafat: Sharon has no sense AP AP Tel Aviv: Prime Minister of humour, Ariel Sharon flew to Britain on Sunday, where he planned to lobby for Yasser says Stefani Arafat’s deeper isolation amid Israeli threats to de- Rome: The former Italian port the Palestinian presi- tourism official who de- dent if he impedes a Middle scribed Germany as a nation East peace plan. of arrogant blondes threw “Israel remains very criticism at Chancellor Ger- clear and adamant on the hard Schroeder in remarks need to put pressure on published Sunday,saying the Arafat and to remove him German leader hadn’t been from a position of power,” a witty enough to understand senior Israeli official said the comments. ahead of the three-day visit Stefano Stefani, former and talks on Monday with Ariel Sharon Yasser Arafat undersecretary for tourism, resigned on Friday after writ- British Prime Minister the points” Sharon plans to solution to the problems ing a newspaper article call- Tony Blair. raise with Blair, the official here in the Middle East,” ing Germany a ‘‘country in- “Every phone call to said. Sharon said. toxicated with arrogant cer- Arafat...every dignitary Meanwhile, Sharon told The official said that tainties,’’ and Germans ‘‘ste- that visits from the Euro- the Norwegian daily Aften- Sharon will hold out the reotyped blondes with hyper- pean Union, from Britain, posten on Sunday that Eu- prospect of a wider EU role nationalist pride.’’ This fu- only strengthens Arafat in rope should cut ties with in “security and political elled a spat with Germany his effort to scuttle and un- Arafat to promote peace. negotiations” in the frame- that led Schroeder to cancel dermine (Palestinian Prime “Europe is maintaining work of the peace his Italian vacation. Minister Mahmoud Ab- contact with Yasser Arafat, “roadmap” it sponsored ‘‘Seeing the pandemoni- bas’s) position,” the official meeting him, ringing him, with the US, Russia and the um with the Germans, they said. “That will be one of and in this way is delaying a United Nations. Reuters decided that someone had to A 25-member governing council of prominent Iraqis was named at an inaugural meeting on Sunday in Baghdad. be sacrificed. They asked me to leave my seat and I obeyed,’’ Stefani was quoted as saying in Sunday’s Cor- We want early talks: Aziz riere della Sera newspaper. No rift with US on Iraq dossier: UK Stefani says his remarks London/Washington: forged documents. doubts had been “unsupport- administration said Sunday Islamabad: Pakistan’s new meeting between leaders of Responding to a question was aimed at German law- envoy to India Aziz Ahmed two countries at this mo- he said, “the relations be- maker Martin Schulz, who Britain tried to brush off re- That embarrassing retreat ed by explanation.” the president’s statement in Khan has observed that rela- ment, but we are always say- tween two countries are had questioned Italian Pre- ports Sunday of a serious rift left Prime Minister Tony His comments triggered the State of the Union ad- tions between the two coun- ing that Pakistan is ready for gradually improving, I am mier Berlusconi about legis- with Washington over its in- Blair increasingly isolated as speculation of a split be- dress about Iraq seeking ura- tries were “gradually im- talks with India at any level hopeful about further im- lation that critics say helped telligence on Saddam Hus- he refused to withdraw tween the CIA and Britain’s nium was accurate and is proving” but ruled out that the Delhi wants,” Aziz provement of ties between the PM skirt corruption sein’s nuclear ambitions Britain’s charge that Saddam intelligence service, known supported by other British prospects of Prime Minister Ahmed Khan told the Voice two countries.” charges. ‘‘If Schroeder had used by the two allies to justi- sought uranium in Africa. as MI6. “All this stuff about and US information. Atal Bihari Vajpayee of America. When asked to comments been funny,or even just intel- fy invading Iraq. Foreign Secretary Jack rifts and rows just doesn’t National Security Adviser meeting President Pervez “Pakistan wants quick re- on the resumption of bus ligent, he would have under- The United States, which Straw said in a letter pub- hold water,” a spokesman for Condoleezza Rice, however, Musharraf in the immediate sumption of dialogues be- service he said “it is very stood and not been offended,’’ toppled Saddam with British lished on Saturday Britain Blair said, insisting that the said the statement should not future to resolve Kash- tween India and Pakistan”, good development, contacts he told the newspaper _ then support three months ago, stood by intelligence it had CIA had not called into ques- have been in the Jan. 20 mir and other outstanding is- said Khan, who presented his and ties between the people promptly withdrew his com- said last week its claim that seen — but not passed on to tion the intelligence Britain speech, in which Bush laid sues. credentials to President A PJ of two countries will further ment about Schroeder’s intel- Iraq was trying to buy urani- its chief ally — supporting had relied on. out reasons for military ac- “There is no chance of Abdul Kalam last week. improve relations.” PTI ligence. AP um from Niger was based on the Niger link and said US In Washington, the Bush tion against Iraq. Agencies Hunt begins for giant Buddha By Michael Sheridan endangered World Heritage search is on to find site by the United Nations the missing third Educational, Scientific and A Buddha of Bamiyan Cultural Organisation (Un- in an Afghan valley where esco) two weeks ago. two giant statues of the Bud- It was in March 2001 that dha were destroyed by the the Taliban obliterated the Taliban movement. standing Buddha images that Rumours of a reclining had watched over the valley Buddha statue of enormous since the 7th century, claim- dimensions, hidden some- ing that they were an affront where near Bamiyan in cen- to Islam. tral Afghanistan, have long The action shocked the circulated among travellers. Buddhist world and con- Now the Japanese govern- tributed to the international ment has offered more than isolation of the Islamic pounds 1m to start the regime, which sheltered restoration of the site, which Osama Bin Laden and was was blown up by the Taliban, ousted in the war that fol- and to conduct initial search- lowed his attacks on America es for the buried statue. A on September 11, 2001. team of Japanese and Ger- Unesco will oversee a proj- man archeologists and art re- ect, expected to last for more storers is due to move into than a decade, to restore the the area soon. Bamiyan site. The agency Experts are divided on has allocated money for whether the third Buddha is archeological soundings to likely to be intact or broken locate caves hidden by the de- up into fragments. One theo- bris of the dynamited statues ry holds that it was buried by and to pinpoint the location an earthquake centuries ago. of the reclining Buddha. Bamiyan was named an Sunday Times, London
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14 Monday,July 14, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Making the Grade Greening Industry A THOUGHT FOR TODAY He is a prosperous NRI Londoner whose Taj Mahal. Black smoke had stained the Taj’s Teach Children the Joy of Learning heart still beats for Palampur,his ancestral white marble and even corroded parts of the One thing is clear: both India and Pakistan welcomed By Rukmini Banerji approximately only 40 per cent of enrolled hometown in Himachal Pradesh. Having unique structure. Today,birds are migrating Friday’s big cross-border infiltration. spent more than three decades as a to Mathura to drink the clean water that is children on any given day attend school. hard-nosed businessman, Madhav Mehra being recycled from the refinery. — Headline in Indian Express Summer vacations are over and schools The number of children enrolled in govern- have re-opened across the country. This is is now devoted to environmental protection That’s why the WEF has instituted the ment schools but not attending is 600 and, no ordinary year. Under Sarva Shiksha and cleaning up of industrial practices. Golden Peacock Awards. These awards are therefore, there are 1,100 children actually Abhiyan (SSA), the Central government has The chairman of the World Environment given to corporates that have a proven record “out of school”. By this measure, close to Bus, Minister declared that by the end of 2003 every Foundation (WEF) tells Narayani Ganesh in controlling pollution, minimising waste 45 per cent of children (6-14) in an average child in India between the age of six and that the only way to resolve the man- and putting an emphasis on recycling. In oth- Indo-Pak barriers crumble as the ward are not in school. 14 must be in school or in an education environment face-off is to go back to our er words, total eco-effective management. I Delhi-Lahore bus resumes its journey The word ‘shiksha’ means education and programme. District plans are being formu- tradition, which emphasises a holistic come from a management background. I find learning. It does not mean only “going to Most newspapers reserve a slot for what journalists call the lated, programmes and projects are being approach to almost everything: that the concerns of customers are often very school”. Sarva Shiksha is, therefore, not ‘human interest’ story. A news-report that captures soft launched. New activities, new programmes, short term — most are not bothered about simply universal enrolment but a situation human emotions as opposed to hard news on politics, new resources and new energies are What brings you to the small town of where the material they buy comes from or in which all children are learning. There is security, war and so on. Yet, in a mockery of this title, the being deployed for the universalisation of Palampur? where it goes. Not many pause to ask whether an ongoing debate in the country on the story rarely,if at all, makes it to the front-page. July 12 was elementary education. Three years ago, I visited Palampur in it is bio-degradable. Titanium batteries content of textbooks and school curriculum. an honourable exception. That day, the resumed bus jour- Himachal Pradesh after 40 years. I re-discov- in cellphones, for instance, are non-bio- SSA was formally initiated in November But on the basics, there can be no contro- ney between Delhi and Lahore was the unanimous front ered the beauty of the place. Within nine degradable. On the other hand, Citizen makes 2001. The framework and approach is clearly versy: A child must be able to read with page lead in newspapers published from the Indian capital. months, in 2001, I constructed a convention watches that can be powered even by candle- influenced by many of the large-scale understanding, a child must be able to write The accompanying pictures each told a poignant tale: Of a centre on the site of my ancestral home, and light... Eventually, we should think in terms experiments and experiences in India’s pri- with thinking, and have the ability to do sim- Pakistani couple looking for an Indian medical cure for was determined to make it the focus of an of replacing the income tax with an environ- mary education sector over the last 10 years. ple arithmetic operations. Ideally, of course, their little daughter’s heart ailment, of an Indian brother’s annual meet on the importance of living in mental tax — not just for industry but also SSA’s goals are very ambitious: All children children must be able to do much more. sentimental reunion with his Pakistani sister, of an Indian harmony with the environment. for individuals. Savers can be given credits. to be in school or in an education programme Both the home and school factors are husband’s ecstatic first meeting with his child born of a You had Sri Sri Ravishankar as the key But it is not easy to innovate without by 2003. Next, all children to complete five responsible for children’s low levels of Pakistani wife and so on. Clearly,Indo-Pak human relations note speaker at the recently-concluded fifth official help... years of primary schooling by 2007 and learning. Many children, especially from have an intrinsic value far overriding the tensions between annual meet of the Global Environmental We’ve got to get rid of old technology and all children complete eight years of school- economically disadvantaged families and the two governments. That bureaucratic myopia can stand Foundation. Why a spiritual head? bring in new technology. What happened to ing by 2010. A comprehensive umbrella of communities, are first generation learners. as a wall between two people who have so much in common The Indian psyche has always respected the shuttle that claimed the lives of so many, implementation is envisaged with Central, There is not enough support, space, oppor- and share such a strong bond is a travesty. And doubly so the environment. Our tradition tells us to cel- including our own Kalpana Chawla? The state and local governments in partnership tunity, time, interest or inputs at home considering this enforced separation takes places in the ebrate life through a holistic approach. Sad- culprit was old technology — NASA too with the community and non- for the child to strengthen name of national interest on either side. ly, not many of us is run by powerful government organisations. learning so that he or she With the new turn in Indo-Pak relations, perhaps Pervez heed this advice. It is contractors and they By the government’s own achieves “success” in the Musharraf will pay heed to the anguished plea of Tayuba impossible to evalu- are an important calculation, of the 200 million formal school system. Q&A Sajjad, a Pakistani citizen: “Why must mothers like me and ate the environment political votebank. children in the 6-14 age group Whether government or babies like Noor suffer?” During his Islamabad visit in in economic terms. The tragedy could’ve in India, about 59 million are private, school systems in It is impossible to 1996, Jiang Zemin had urged the Pakistani senate to let Can we quantify the been averted by us- still out of school. Of the rest India do not have any in- evaluate the environ- the succeeding generation solve the Kashmir problem. It is financial worth of ing a new type of who are currently in school, built mechanisms to provide ment in economic thanks to that far-sighted vision that today India and China say, oxygen? We heat resistant tiles. four out of every 10 children supplemental help to children terms. Can we quantify have evolved a formula to get around their own border really don’t know How practical would starting school will drop out who need extra help or who the financial worth of problems. Indeed, following this breakthrough, Indian the value of a clean it be to replace a before completing primary progress at a slower pace than say, oxygen? We really environment — air, certain production foreign minister, Yashwant Sinha, was enthused enough to school. In addition, every that mandated by the state don’t know the value of water, mountains... process with another, suggest a similar approach with Pakistan. History too is study of children’s learning curriculum. Elite and middle a clean environment — replete with examples where countries have shown a By acting in a air, water, mountains... newer one? achievement indicates that the situation is class parents organise this extra help to Udayshankar way that adversely There is a differ- statesmanly resolve to bypass contentious bilateral issues. grim. Recent community-based surveys done strengthen children’s learning through impacts on environ- ence between mak- Willy Brandt initiated Ostopolitik with the Soviet Union in 28 cities and eight rural districts in the tuition and other classes. Poor parents ment we are compromising the future of not ing a bigger candle and making a completely and Eastern Europe to further trade and tourist links pend- country find that not more 30 per cent of cannot afford this extra supplement. If just our children but all future generations. new product like a tubelight. So re-training ing a solution to the problem of divided Germany.Later,the schoolchildren in the age group 6-14, in children do not “keep up” with the curri- the same people can be difficult. That’s why Helsinki process emphasised people-to-people contact and an educationally well-developed state like culum in the early grades, the content and You were an industrialist for many years. radical innovation has very few takers. committed not to use force to alter borders inherited from Maharashtra, can read simple text fluently the pace of the curriculum accelerates Don’t you think most of the environmental Often, recessions happen because there is World War II. Of course, it will not be easy for Pakistan to or do basic arithmetic sums. Therefore, the rapidly making “catching up” difficult. ills today stem from irresponsible production no demand for what you are producing — delink Kashmir from its relations with India. However, definition of universalisation must include Given this context, for every child to stay in processes? people want something new.Teenagers make even for Kashmir to be treated as a core issue, there has to universal enrolment, universal retention school and learn well, new techniques for Absolutely. A lot of energy has been wast- up the major section of today’s consumers — be a degree of mutual confidence between the neighbours. and universal achievement of an acceptable accelerated learning are needed. ed. How many countries, for example, use re- yet most of the board directors are above 50. Besides, by definition, the core is at the centre. It is only by level of reading, writing and arithmetic. ‘Abhiyan’ means movement. Not pro- newable energy? In the last four years, how- So there is a difference in perception. dealing with the flanks that you reach the centre. The word ‘sarva’ means all, everyone. In gramme or scheme but something much ever, there has been a tremendous change in The market is driven by teenagers, yet they this case, it refers to all children in the bigger and broader that is moving forward. perceptions. From exploiters, industrialists have no say in production. In the same way, elementary schoolgoing age. Sarva, there- The government is providing the framework have now become eco-savvy — they realise World Population Day triggers fresh home products — used largely by women — fore, refers to children who are out of school, and some resources. This is an opportunity that it pays to be emission-conscious. Today, debate on India’s billion plus are designed mostly by men. working in the fields or in the cities or for citizens to come together and work with how green you are is an important compo- VIEW simply not working but also not going to the government and with their communities. nent of your market value. According to Some have argued that the golden school. Even more important, sarva also The success of SSA lies in our hands. If we the worldwide millennium survey (2000-01), quadrilateral road network will cause a lot refers to children who are in school but not think that the schools are our schools, the 60 per cent of all those interviewed said that of environmental damage... Not a Roadblock, attending and not learning. children are our children, then we will act. they would punish companies if they were I think it’s a very good idea. Why has A simple example from Patna to illustrate Quickly, decisively and positively. There found to be emitters or socially unfriendly. China progressed so fast while we’re still this point: There are 59 municipal wards in is a simple and infectious magic when a With this increased public awareness, stuck? Because they have realised the But a Resource Patna. According to the SSA surveys in child learns to read. A new world opens pollution is coming down, albeit gradually. importance of good infrastructure. As for he World Population Day has come and gone, ac- the city, in a typical ward there are 2,500 up when the child writes his own words Can you give one example of a polluting unit fears that the golden quadrilateral will Tcompanied by the usual hysteria and Malthusian children between six and 14. About 1,000 and thoughts. Two hundred million children that has now turned clean? cause environmental degradation, it will prophesies: A billion-strong and so little to go around. are enrolled in private schools, 1,000 in in India need this. You must be aware of the storm raised be minimal compared to the large-scale Yet, the lament about the lack of resources is patently government schools and 500 are not enrolled (The author works with Pratham, an sometime ago in the wake of reports that chopping of trees and other acts of degra- specious. Fact is, India has abundant resources; it is anywhere. However, according to random NGO working in the field of education for smoke from the Mathura refinery was dation caused by poverty.It is very important the skewed distribution system which has caused gross attendance checking in government schools, underprivileged children) polluting our single-most valued brand: the to have planned infrastructure. inequities. As our population has grown, so has our productivity and, today, we are in a position to export food to other countries. True, many Indians are barred by circumstance of birth and socio-economic position Let Your Mind from realising their full potential. But for every Indian Principal Lesson who performs below par, there is another who makes By K S Venkatachalam championship. He decided and, after handing over the Rule Your Body up: From millions of IT geeks who are driving the to include the reserve play- cane to him, demanded that world’s knowledge economy to millions of engineering There are instances in ers of his senior team in he be caned in return. This By Anurag Philosophy of Science and medical professionals who make up a huge per- our lives when certain the junior team. My friend, was his way of expressing centage of the world’s trained scientific manpower to people, by their deeds, leave Thought is life. What you mental and spiritual. They When we transferred captain of the senior team, repentance. the Green Revolution our millions of farmers who keep some of the world’s an indelible and lasting questioned the correctness Later, another scholar, think, that you are. Your are different aspects of the biggest granaries full. Note the key word is millions. It impression. thoughts create your envi- same divine principle of wheat technology to of his decision which who is presently a top cop India, production was is on the strength of India’s millions that we lay claim The story relates to my was contrary to the values in Mumbai, and known ronment. Your thoughts healing. God is the sole to being a great world power in the making. friend, who in the 1960s constitute your world. If you creator of everything and 12 million tons a year. cherished by the school. for taking several bold Last year it was The problem with India is not that there are had won a government The housemaster, afraid of initiatives against the entertain healthy thoughts, he works through physical, too many of us. The problem is that the myopia of scholarship to study in a your can keep good health. mental and spiritual laws. 74 million tons... being found out, twisted the underworld, had once mis- The grain is there in successive governments has prevented a majority of prestigious school, popular- facts and complained to the placed his blazer. He was If you hold on to sickly Each of these laws gives us from fulfilling our potential. True, the pernicious ly known as the ‘Eton of the thoughts in the mind, you results when practised the warehouses, but it principal that my friend terribly upset with the doesn’t find its way legacy of the Emergency — coercive and top-down East’. This school, then, was was instigating the students loss, as he could not afford can never expect good rightly. While doctors cure, health, beauty and harmony. only the mind can heal. And into the stomachs family planning targets — is a thing of the past, but an exclusive preserve of to desist from participating to buy another one. The The body is a product of faith can restore health. of the hungry. the official obsession with restricting the average children of the princely in the tournament. principal, moved by his the mind, said Swami The discipline of medicine Norman E Borlaug, size of the Indian family has survived. This has led families, and my friend, The principal who was plight, bought him a blazer Sivananda. appreciates that our minds Nobel laurate to greater discrimination against the girl child and a who came from a humble extremely fond of my with his own money and No one can escape suffer- can play a major role. ✥ horribly skewed sex ratio. It is time we learnt from background, had to struggle friend, without any fore- made sure that his gesture ing. Even Jesus suffered on Both psychologists and the experience of our own southern states, where a hard to find a place amongst warning caned him. My remained a secret. The Few of us realise how the Cross for the sins of scientists are dealing with sustained emphasis on the social indices — health the exalted. The principal friend, who loved and incident showed the other short the career of what others. Having taken reason- the laws of God. The body and education in particular — has led to a substantial of the school, a Brit, who respected both his house- facet of the great man. we know as ‘‘science’’ able care of the body, one is nothing but mind in improvement in the quality of life, which in turn had stayed back in India af- master and the principal, A few years ago, when my has been. Three would do well to forget it. action. The body is a grosser has resulted in a falling population graph. It has ter Independence, was a leg- did not know how to react friend, who had himself hundred and fifty years Christ said, ‘‘Take no heed manifestation while the also contributed significantly to a sustained phase endary educationist. A dis- at this unexpected turn become the principal of a ago hardly anyone for the body... Destroy this mind is a finer one. Here of high economic growth. The lesson: Population ciplinarian, he was a strong of events. He decided public school, came to know believed in the temple (the body) and in mind broadly means the con- is not a roadblock but a resource, provided it is believer in the adage ‘spare not to speak out against that his ex-housemaster Copernican planetary three days I will raise it up.’’ sciousness in man; the soul healthy and literate. the rod and spoil the child’. his housemaster, but was was on his deathbed, he theory.Optical combi- The state of your body is and its inherent powers of Once, during the annual devastated by the princi- decided to pay him a visit. nations were not a reflection of the state of intelligence, will and feeling. COUNTERVIEW sports meet, the house- pal’s action. A week later, On seeing him, the house- discovered. The your mind. So you should Auto-suggestion is a pow- master wanted both his the principal came to know master was overcome with circulation of blood, cultivate your mental erful Vedantic tool. Say to senior and junior teams to about the true story and emotions and begged his the weight of air, the strength to face bravely yourself: By the grace of Galloping Population win the inter-school football called my friend to his office forgiveness for the incident. conduction of heat, the anything in life. It is one’s God, I am becoming better laws of motion were inner experience that is and better, day by day, in unknown; the common Is a Dead Weight CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS most important. every way. Think pump was inexplicable; hen India crossed the one billion population In Ignited Minds, constantly: I’m there were no clocks, no approved by the cabinet and is followed in mark, there were many who celebrated the Promotion Blues A P J Abdul the spirit, the thermometers; no gene- W seven specific departments of the Central Kalam recalls his atman which is ‘achievement’. Yet, it is hard to see how even the most This refers to the news-report ‘Yes minister ral gravitation; the government. Most of the organised Central meeting with Prof independent of die-hard optimist could find anything remotely babus trip Shourie’ (Jun 14) by Sanjay world was five thousand services do not have such a stringent Kakarla Subba the body and positive in this. The reality is that India has a billion Dutta. The Scientific and Technical years old; spirits moved promotion policy that is being followed in Rao at the Indo- the mind, which mouths to feed, but a grave shortfall of resources. Officers’ Association (STOA) of the Depart- the planets; alchemy, these departments. The interviews for American Cancer is diseaseless. Witness the sheer number of dubious numerical ment of Information Technology is extre- magic, astrology impo- promotions in FCS are taken by eminent Institute of Hy- Chronic diseases distinctions that we have acquired: Maximum number mely pained by this factually incomplete sed on everyone’s belief. scientists of the level of secretary to the derabad. To the might even be of malnourished people in the world, highest disease report which shows the scientific and tech- THE R Reynolds, government, after initial assessment and former’s query cured if one burden, largest population of child labour, the most nical officers in a poor light. We are not ‘Some Problems of screening is done in the department about suffering SPEAKING repeats the afore- number of poor, the list goes on. What’s more, in aware about the source of this information. Philosophy’ through annual confidential reports. Your induced by can- said formulae absolute terms, these numbers continue to rise every In the report, the minister concerned has ✥ report not only contains negative comments cer, the latter TREE mentally several year. A look at the fertility map of the country shows rightly commented that no undeserving And science, we should about the promotion process, it has also replied that we might geneti- times daily,and meditates on that it is the underprivileged socio-economic groups officer is being promoted. Contrary to the undermined the reputation of senior cally inherit certain traits their meaning. Sometimes insist, better than any who suffer disproportionately on all these counts. report, the Department of IT follows a professionals in the scientific community, which make us vulnerable to one might have to wait other discipline, can This means millions of babies every year, who promotion policy called the Flexible including institutions such as IITs, DRDO, cancer. But how we respond patiently for results. hold up to its students are handicapped at birth by ill-health and lack of Complementing Scheme (FCS) which is and followers an ideal of Department of Space etc from where mem- to it depends largely on our Yoganandaji affirms that resources. So much for the population translating patient devotion to the bers of the selection committee are drawn. immune system. Research one should get mentally into productivity argument. search for objective From timesofindia.com — Scientific and Technical Officers’ Asso- into how the mind can influ- dissociated from one’s body’s It is a fair bet that a smaller population in a truth, with vision ciation (STOA), IT ministry, New Delhi ence the immune response limitations. One should country of India’s resources would translate into a unclouded by personal Sanjay Dutta replies: The report was system has given rise to control one’s habits, physi- higher quality of life and greater access to economic Wake Up, India or political motive. filed on the basis of copies of documents a new field called psycho- cally as well as mentally. opportunities for all. But why have successive admi- Henry H Dalt I cannot but agree with Prem Subramani- available with this correspondent. It was neuro-immunology.Research Knowing that you are nistrations done nothing to rein in this galloping um’s view that we must start paying cross-checked with senior ministry officials. ✥ growth? Simple, as the experience of Emergency also holds promise in areas separate from your mortal serious attention to tourism (‘Travelling Asked for his comment, IT minister Arun It is a mistake to believe showed, the subject of population growth is a political like psycho-neuro-cardiology, form, you should look after Right’, July 11). My research in the field Shourie had said that this was one of the that a science consists in hot potato. People don’t respond well to forced study of the mind-heart the body but be above it. One of tourism also constantly reiterates the first files that was put up to him after he nothing but conclusively measures on restricting the size of their families. So connection and psycho- must reaffirm, ‘‘I am apart fact that while places without a fraction of took charge. He directed this correspondent proved propositions, and we are stuck in a vicious cycle, with poor health and neuro-haematology, the stu- from the body. No heat, cold India’s splendid history and culture are to the additional secretary for the ministry’s it is unjust to demand nutrition leading to more babies dying early, and peo- dy of how the mind can or sickness can touch me. I’m reaping the rich benefits of tourism, India official response. The story did carry the that it should. It is a ple making up for this by having more sickly babies. In influence blood-related disor- free.’’ If the body convinces is not. One reason for this is our inward- additional secretary’s response that “The demand only made by the process, the true potential of our large population ders. Various immune sys- the mind of sickness, the looking attitude, our indifference to the ministry is looking into the issue and no those who feel a craving remains unrealised. Meanwhile, China which took its tem related diseases includ- suffering doubles. But if you potential of tourism. Agreed that tourism undeserving candidate would be promoted”. for authority in some population problem more seriously has raced ahead ing AIDS and cancer can neglect your body and do is a complex phenomenon which involves form and a need to of us both in development and economic indices. If Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page be tackled to an extent with not strengthen your mind, diverse stakeholders, industries and is- replace the religious awareness creation and gentle persuasion alone could Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New the power of thought, ack- you may acquire chronic sues and needs sound strategy and leader- Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] catechism by something work, we would no longer have to face soaring nowledge medical experts. disease. Therefore, never let ship — matters that we have neglected so No. 166 Vol. 54. 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KAUTILYA MONDAY FACEOFF Yet another NRI Sensex poised for a bull run Trying for a Mumbai: Hopes of strong million in first eight trading mand from those who missed earnings growth from manu- days of July,after they inject- Going strong out the rally,” Mittal said. facturers and foreign fund ed $554 million in June, the •Expected strong profits Steel firms will benefit comeback hits the jackpot buying are expected to propel highest single-month inflow from good demand from con- from banks, auto and shares higher for an eighth in nearly two-and-half years. struction and automobile Having finally scorched By Jairam Ramesh for six years, although restric- steel firms will rally closedown rumours in In- straight week, fund man- Offshore funds are betting Sensex sectors, with higher ship- A few days tions still exist for acquisitions agers said. that adequate and well dis- ments to China boosting ex- dia, Fiat India is gearing back, the Inter- by foreign companies. Most “Expectations of good tributed rains this year •Monsoon, FIIs’ invest- ports. “Steel prices have been up to drive back on the national Mone- quantitative restrictions on im- profits from banks, automo- would spur demand. ment will also contribute firm and the market expects popularity charts and tary Fund (IMF) ports have been eliminated and bile and steel firms would Buoyed by good monsoon, to growth another increase in the com- notch up profits. Fiat In- announced the import duties cut drastically. provide momentum to the CMIE said economy was like- modity prices,” Mittal said. dia MD Alberto Monta- Though a correction is appointment of Liberalisation of the finan- current rally,” said KK Mit- ly to grow by 6.5 per cent in • Last week, Infosys raised nari spoke to Byas expected, markets will the 40-year old cial sector has proceeded in a tal, a fund manager with Es- the year to March 2004, up full-year earnings guidance A Montanari Anand about the compa- bounce back Raghuram nuanced manner. But we have corts Mutual Fund. from 4.3 per cent in the previ- and beat market expectations ny’s future strategy and his Rajan as the head of its presti- not made much progress in The Sensex ended flat at ous year. Despite the recent for profit growth, which lift- revamp plans. gious research department and making exit policies that are ac- 3,676.26 points on Friday, but rally, fund mangers say valu- pects the market to consoli- ed the gloom engulfing the What is Fiat’s immediate strategy? Fiat has decided to nullify the accumulat- Economic Counsellor to its tually pro-labour. India has a lot rose for a seventh straight ations are attractive, with the date recent gains, but others sector. This was followed by ed losses in India. Besides, the parent Board. This is the second un- of sick industry but no sick in- week, taking gains during Sensex trading at a forward say the market would recover better-than-expected profit company will give us additional capital usual move by the stodgy IMF in dustrialist. This is because of this period to 20.5 per cent. price to earnings ratio of fast. “There could be a brief growth from Hero Honda. for future expansion as also meet our the past two years to salvage its our laws relating to bankruptcy. The rally has been fuelled about 13, which is compara- correction of 100-odd points, The market is also pinning working capital needs. This fresh infu- battered reputation — and both Labour laws in India have by hefty foreign buying, ble to its regional peers. but the market will bounce its hopes on strong quarterly sion will help us run our operations have involved distinguished In- stifled the growth of a modern which totalled a net $320.9 A section of the market ex- back as there is strong de- earnings from banks. Reuters dians. Earlier, Montek Singh factory sector. Regulatory insti- through 2004. Ahluwalia had been invited to tutions have been set up, but un- AP What will be the revival strategy? be Director of the IMF’s new fortunately they have become a We are chalking out a programme to re- Independent Evaluation Office. haven for retired civil servants; IATA to set up organise and overhaul the operations at Rajan has been an outstand- the new Competition Commis- Fiat India. We will also reorganise the ing business school don at the sion that could have been the ex- suppliers and dealers in India. Under in- University of Chicago having ception given Arun Jaitley’s Indian arm ternal restructuring, production will be By Byas Anand specialised in corporate finance. leadership has also fallen into one of the prime target areas. We will re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK His appointment reflects the the same trap. Their profession- organise production to keep it in line consensus that at the root of al expertise is very weak. with the demand pattern. This will give New Delhi: The Canada- us greater flexibility with the product economic crisis in most coun- The duo’s observations on the based International Air tries is the fragility of capital concentration of economic pow- mix. Transport Association When do you expect to see a turnaround? markets and financial systems. er are interesting. The example (IATA) is setting up a wholly- The assignment comes when the that is given is of India’s dia- owned subsidiary in India to With the losses write-off and infusion of book, he has co-authored with mond trade that is controlled by promote air transport related fresh capital, we expect to break even at colleague Luigi Zingales, Saving a small community of Palan- facilities, products and serv- 20,000 units and turn around next year it- Capitalism from the Capitalists puri Jains of Gujarat. India is a ices. self. But we are now working for the years has already hit the headlines. world leader in this industry. The non-government or- beyond turnaround. We are now identify- Their basic thesis is that well- But can it be sustained if the ganisation, which has till ing a new model for the Indian market. functioning financial markets present structure of the trade now been operating through Fiat has a huge shelf of products and we are essential for economic pros- continues? The most innovative a representative office in In- are in the process of picking the right perity. Markets need rules that proposal is the advice to coun- dia, intends to initially un- model, one which can give us good vol- do not stifle competition. Rules tries to consider the political dertake certain logistics sup- umes and which can be sold at an afford- need to be enforced by credible version of anti-monopoly law — port activities in the form of able price. institutions. The recipe is 5-fold. one that prevents a firm from software development and Have you identified any segment? Curb concentration of econom- growing big enough to have the data processing services in The new car will surely be in the B- ic power.Improve corporate gov- clout in domestic politics to India. The firm has sought (Santro, Palio) segment. The minicar ernance with a vibrant market eventually suppress market the foreign investment pro- market is very cost-competitive and a for takeovers. Institute safety The construction site for a 30 km-long ocean bridge, at the Yangshan Deep Water Port, the new model now will outprice itself in In- forces. That there are such firms world’s largest port project, on Shanghai’s southern coast. Shanghai is aiming to be a shipping motion board (FIPB) nod for nets to protect workers in times in India is self-evident. setting up the Indian arm. dia. We will look at bringing a car that is of distress. Expand social secu- hub in northeast Asia, but lacks a deep water port. The new port will make use of two islands, already being produced abroad and has a Seventy years ago, following 27.5 km off the shore. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2005, at a cost of $1.72 billion. The arm, IATA says, will rity in a financially sustainable the Great Depression, Franklin try to promote safe, regular tried and tested history. manner. Open up to external Roosevelt saved capitalism from and economical air travel in Any plans to shift base to Ranjangaon? competition, mainly in trade in itself with his ‘‘New Deal’’ that India and abroad, besides We have been offered greater sops if we goods and services but in a se- reflected the influence of Lord Oracle to fix database problem promoting air commerce. “It start building the cars at Ranjangaon. quenced manner in will also provide a forum for And, theoretically it is possible. But we Keynes. Then, Keynesian eco- TIMES NEWS NETWORK to address its issues, ‘‘irrespec- acle’s database within a couple finance and banking. consultation and collabora- are looking at the practical and economi- nomics was challenged by the tive of what has caused them.’’ of days after installation. New Delhi: Complaining to tion amongst the members of cal aspects of production as well. It is eco- Most of the solutions pro- University of Chicago’s ortho- The statement, however, did Ellison refused to ‘‘accept doxy. This orthodoxy itself has Oracle chief Larry Ellison in the aviation industry.” nomical to produce in Ranjangaon only if posed to deal with the distortion not specify if any official was the charge’’ and said that the and subversion of markets by been under threat and a third public has had some impact. The subsidiary will also we have volumes of 80-90,000 cars a year. taken to task for this lapse. collapse database might have entrenched vested interests way is needed. What Oracle and CMC have decid- produce, distribute, market Below this, the fixed costs of maintaining On Thursday, Ellison was in been caused by an ‘‘application have been recognised in India. Rajan and Zingales propose as ed to work together and re- knowledge-based products the plant will completely wipe out the The soon-to-be-notified Compe- the third way is not startlingly solve software related difficul- a satellite conference with In- written over the database’’. and services for aviation in- benefits that we get from MIDC. tition Act is designed to make original or new. But Rajan’s ties faced by the department of dian customers and the media CMC was responsible for dustry players in the country. What is Uno’s future ? competition both free and fair entry into the portals of the commercial taxes in Madhya when MPCT commissioner providing commercial taxes IATA, representative of Uno is selling well in certain local mar- but how it will be implemented IMF give them great operational Pradesh (MPCT). Vishwapati Trivedi ‘spoiled application solution. Trivedi the all the global scheduled kets but we cannot sell it in the metros be- remains to be seen. A liberal significance. The two companies put out a the party’ by lashing out at not alleged that Orcale officials in airlines and travel agents, is cause of Euro-II norms. We will intro- take-over code has been in place [email protected] joint statement on Sunday say- being heard by Oracle staff in India had not responded to currently operating in India duce a new model with power-steering. ing that they would help MPCT India about the collapse of Or- MPCT’s complaints. through a branch office.
EXECUTIVE DIGEST IGL plans IPO, listing by NATIONAL October: Inspired by the resounding success of Maruti Price bids for NFL by IPO, Indraprastha Gas Ltd, July end likely: Close on INC the monopoly CNG and piped the heels of finalising the gas supplier in national capi- transaction documents for tal, is planning a public offer- National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL), ing and listing on bourses government is likely to invite by October. “Financial institu- price bids for sale of majority tions plan to offload half of stake in the company later their 50 per cent shareholding this month. Sources associat- in IGL through an initial public ed with the process said the offering (IPO). The public final transaction documents offering may happen by would be circulated to bid- September end and listing ders following clearance from in October,” IGL managing the Cabinet Committee on director A K De said. The Disinvestment to freeze the issue may carry a floor price documents. The suitors are of Rs 30 per share and is likely to be given two to three Hiring and firing: Oracle chairman Larry Ellison’s mega video-conference to India expected to fetch between weeks to put in a bid. PTI turned turtle when an IAS officer from Rs 100 to Rs 150 crore. PTI Iffco asks Rabo for JV, Madhya Pradesh told Larry his Smooth sailing: Good news Inflation rate moves up eyes acquisitions: Having products were not up after a long while. The markets to 5.32 per cent: With veg- freed itself from government to scratch. unequivocal welcome to Maruti etable prices shooting up by control, cooperative fertiliser prompted disinvestment minister 11 per cent, inflation headed giant Iffco has asked Rabo Arun Shourie to quickly put on the to 5.32 per cent for the week Bank to be its partner for block the remaining Govt equity in ended June 28, up by 0.11 starting banking operations a clutch of divested firms. per cent from the week-ago and said it would acquire level, though some edible oils operational banks as part of became cheaper and fuel Flying blues: In a landmark diversification plans to grow prices stood firm. The WPI judgement, the Spreme Court faster, U S Awasthi, managing rose by 0.2 per cent to grounded all 50-plus director of Iffco, said. Iffco 174.1 points during the latest air-hostesses. Civil aviation would set up a separate reported week as compared minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy company for banking with to 173.8 in the previous week has already started the hiring 51 per cent equity, he said, with primary articles and exercise to add 200 new crew adding they had approached manufactured products’ members at Air-India. RBI for clarifications. PTI prices rising. PTI
Taiwan’s firm. Shanghai Paradise southern China. Asia Alumini- INTERNATIONAL China Airlines Warner Cinema City Co, um forecast the project would Airbus A340 described by insiders as the take advantage of an expect- Reckitt mulls bid for UK aircraft’s beginning of Warner’s invest- ed surge in demand from healthcare firm SSL: new luxurious ment in the Chinese film sec- China’s automaking industry Reckitt Benckiser, the world’s business tor, has a total investment of and would triple the biggest household cleaning class. The $3.4 million and has nine halls company’s revenue and products firm, is considering airline oper- with 1,398 seats in Shanghai. earnings in 3 years. Reuters bidding up to £ 566 million ates a fleet Warner’s joint venture partner, ($927 million) for Durex con- of 55 aircrafts Shanghai Paradise Co, which dom maker SSL International ET INSTA POLL composed owns 51 per cent of the JV The Business said on Sunday. of 41 Yesterday’s results: Should SSL, which also makes Scholl shares, controls 57 cinemas passenger and 126 screens in China, flight stewards above 50 years footwear, toiletries and also be grounded? aircrafts and and about 75 per cent of the 14 freighters. Yes 81% No 17% Can’t say 2% total in Shanghai. PTI • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of Regent brand surgical gloves, Warner Bros sets up film Asia Aluminium to invest the general public. returned to the black recently, screening JV in China: $384m in China project: Today’s question: Can India posting a £ 39.1 million profit US-based Warner Brothers Hong Kong’s Asia Aluminium overtake China as an economic for the year to March 31, has set up China’s first film Holdings Ltd said it would in- power in the next 5 years? 2003 against a £ 2.9 million screening company in Shang- vest in a $384 million alumini- To vote, log on to loss in the previous year. Reuters hai in joint venture with a local um panel plant to be built in http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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India dents China’s textiles market: SARS epidemic in China has helped India, Bangladesh and Pakistan seize a part of the global textile market held by the Chinese, with some industry experts predicting a gloomy picture for the global giant for the rest of the year. Chinese exports were hit ‘‘bad- ly’’ because face-to-face contact is required to finalise most orders, said China Textile Industry Association. ‘‘Buyers should have been in China in April, ordering apparel for the autumn and holiday seasons, but most of them called off their trips,’’ said Sun Huaibin, an association official in China Daily. PTI
Ajit Ninan Corporate plan: Who gets eaten & who gets to eat ith stockmarkets and tinuation of the past; or should profits both edging up, they try to anticipate the next W corporate executives big revolution? Should they, es- are daring to think again about sentially,hang on to what they’ve the future. Emerging from their got (their core competence), or cost-cutting bunkers and shak- should they strike out for a brave ing off the excesses of the turn- new world? of-the-century boom, they are After the dotcom disaster and talking once more about strate- much idle talk of a new econom- gies for growth. Admittedly ic paradigm, revolutions are dis- some companies, for instance tinctly out of favour. Belief in carmakers such as Ford and rapid change and dramatic re- Fiat, and many airlines are still sponses has been shaken by the wondering how to survive. But bursting of the stockmarket bub- others are already expanding. ble, and by the demise of such Japanese carmakers are opening firms as Enron and Webvan. new plants in North America. There is now a widespread aver- Some airlines, such as the low- sion to management fads. Most cost carriers easyJet and Air- managers today are more inter- Tran, are buying large numbers ested in getting the basics right of new aircraft. Emirates or- than in chasing the next rain- dered no less than $12 billion- bow. worth of giant Airbuses at last Flawless execution, is one of month’s Paris air show. four old-fashioned things that Moreover, hostile takeovers distinguish successful compa- are reappearing on the stage, a nies over time. The other three sure sign of emerging oppor- are: A company culture based on tunism. In software, Oracle is aiming high; a structure that is bidding for PeopleSoft; this week flexible and responsive; and a ArvinMeritor bid for a fellow clear and focused strategy. car-parts maker, Dana, and Al- In their book Creative De- can went for Pechiney, a move struction, Richard Foster and that could trigger a consolida- Sarah Kaplan, two management tion of the aluminium industry. consultants, say that too many As they search for growth op- corporate bosses assume the portunities, however, companies future will be much like the past face a classic dilemma, one made — what worked before will more poignant by recent events: work again, an attitude that Should they assume that the fu- can all too often destroy share- ture will, more or less, be a con- holder value. The Economist
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GOOD TIMES AGAIN: Tourists are gradually returning to Plantation Bay resort at Mactan island in Philippines. The tourism industry was badly hit following the SARS epidemic in the region. Infy fires market rally By J Mulraj about 40 per cent higher than in the domestic market, and part of that nfosys Technologies fired up the gap should be covered via the spon- market with results for the quar- sored ADR. The other big news of ter ended June 30, which were I the week was the amazing response, better than the market expected. In- on listing, to the Maruti Udyog is- come rose a healthy 42 per cent sue. The stock started with a bang, while profit after tax rose 28 per ending the first day with a gain of cent (thanks to productivity gains 31 per cent over the and cost cutting). issue price. Good de- Remember, this mand for institu- comes at a time INVESTMENT tions kept the stock when IT salaries are high despite selling being increased due ISSUES pressure from in- to pressures from vestors, many of foreign firms setting up shop here, whom borrowed to invest. putting pressure on margins. The Without detracting one bit from advantage of outsourcing IT busi- the success of the issue, one needs ness to a competitive and compe- to ask if, from the perspective of the tent India is becoming clear. individual investor, a different way Infosys is also seeking to enhance cannot be tried? The present system value for its domestic shareholders of book building, followed globally, by sponsoring an ADR issue. It will is unfair to individual shareholders offer between 2 to 3 million shares inasmuch as while they are re- from domestic shareholders who quired to pay the full amount up- are willing to offer them, to US in- front, the qualified institutional vestors in the ADR market. buyers are not required to pay The prices in the ADR market are anything.
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Mike Tyson’s road rage Worse for Best Hear, hear Chappell Don King’s bodyguard Isadore ‘‘Izzy’’ George Best is at it again. The Outspoken Aussie Ian Chappell wants Bolton, is suing Mike Tyson for celebrated buddy of the bottle better treatment for asylum-seekers in $15,000 for punching him and was arrested on suspicion of his country. Rehab activist, Chappell’s breaking a bone in his face, assault in a Surrey hotel. Best is the much-wanted voice against PM after an altercation during was soon let off, with the police John Howard’s hardline policy on the rush hour in Las Vegas refusing to divulge details treatment of refugees India lose to Brazil in the final of U-19 World Volleyball Championship
To get the opposition out again for that total was very exemplary, very pleasing, Zulu threatens to the effort was fantastic Bangla manage a victory Dav Whatmore Darwin: Cricket minnows the challenge, despite the Ajit Ninan Bangladesh, given no chance loss of three quick wickets sue Smith, now SPORTS DIGEST against Australia in an up- for eight runs late in the AFP coming Test match, lifted game. Bangladesh coach Dav Durban: Discarded their spirits with a two-wick- Whatmore said the win South African all- et victory in their final warm- would help the team’s confi- rounder Lance Klusener up match here on Sunday. dence. “I attribute the victo- has threatened to sue Bangladesh held on for the ry to our second innings current national cricket tense victory over the North- bowling,” Whatmore said. team captain Graeme ern Territory Chief Minis- “We had a deficit of 50 runs Smith for branding him ter’s XI, after being set a sec- and real desire. To get the op- “a disruptive element.” ond innings target of 187. position out again for that to- In a letter to the United Smith Klusener The win followed a narrow tal was very exemplary, very Cricket Board of South victory over the Australian pleasing — the effort was fan- Africa (UCBSA) sent by Klusener’s attorney David Cricket Academy team in tastic. That was what Gush, the cricketer has threatened legal action against Brisbane the previous week brought us into the game.” Smith for his remarks, according to the Johannesburg- as they prepare to take on Whatmore said the team based Sunday Times newspaper. Steve Waugh’s top-ranked had improved across the Smith, now leading the South African team in Eng- side on Friday.After a first in- board during their three land, made the remarks against Klusener just before the nings score of 139 — 50 lower warm-up matches. Javed side’s departure for the tour early in June. Klusener was than the local invitational Omar topscored with 44 be- subsequently left out of the tour, although he claims the team’s tally — the Bangladesh fore falling lbw to Adrian Cricket Board had promised him a contract. The all- bowlers restricted the Terri- McAdam. Middle-order bats- rounder has now taken his case to the state- established tory to just 136 in their second man Al-Sahariar contributed Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration innings on Saturday. 41 and tail-enders Khaled (CCMA), which deals with “unfair labour practices”.PTI Starting the fourth and fi- Mahmud (12 not out) and Limin Jiang of China gets ready nal day at 90 for four, the Mashrafe Mortaza (4 not out) to throw in the shot put during the Bangladeshis were equal to took their side to victory. AFP 3rd World Youth Athletics in Corporate Cup to Sherbrooke, Canada. Jiang won the event. 25 probables for We’ll put up a good show, says Steve Banglaore camp Anju finishes fourth: Asian Darwin: Steve Waugh says his Australian cricket team “It’s exciting, it’s a new venue for us all, we’ve never offer big booty Games gold medallist Anju Bobby aims to “put on a good show” against Bangladesh here played Bangladesh in a Test before, in a Test series, so Thiruvananthapuram: A By R.K. Tiwari the sources informed. George finished fourth with a dis- this week. Waugh arrived here on Sunday unmoved by we’re looking forward to the challenge of playing up practice camp for 25 India TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sources also revealed that tance of 6.51m in the Rome golden critics of the two-Test series between the top and bot- here,” Waugh said. probables will be held at Ban- Jaipur: The three-member the board will make it gala athletics championship on Fri- tom-ranked sides who have predicted all sorts of Test “At this stage of Bangladesh’s experience to play galore under coach John day, according to information re- committee of Indian cricket mandatory for the top crick- records will tumble. against the supposed top five in world cricket is impor- Wright from September 1 to 6 ceived here on Saturday. Anju is cur- board, including the treasur- eters to take part in this tour- Former Test batsman David Hookes said last week tant.” Waugh was pleased Bangladesh pulled off a sec- to prepare the cricket team rently undergoing training at the Cali- er Kishore Rungta, is busy nament. Bangladesh didn’t deserve to be in Test cricket and ond consecutive morale-boosting victory here on Sun- for the home series against fornia State University Institute of urged the Australians to try to win the first Test, start- day when they downed the Northern Territory Chief working out the economics of Those who opt out will Sports under legendary Mike Powell. New Zealand, BCCI an- ing on Friday,within one day. Minister’s XI by two wickets following a narrow win the much-talked about Corpo- have to produce a certificate Women’s: Long jump: 1 Elva Goulbourne Elva (Ja- nounced on Sunday. Bookies are offering odds of 17-1 on that happening. over the Australian Cricket Academy in Brisbane. Prior to this a conditioning rate Cup cricket tournament explaining their inability. maica) 6.71m, 2. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 6.63m, to be unveiled next summer. The committee is still unde- 3. Grace Upshaw (US) 6.56, 4. Anju Bobby George But Waugh said speculation about how long the “We haven’t played much cricket in the last four or camp will also be held from AFP According to sources, the cided about the format of the (India) 6.51m. TNN match would run was “more a problem for the media”. five weeks so it should be a good contest,” he said. August 14 to 26 at the Nation- al Cricket Academy in Ban- prize money of the tourna- tournament. In all probabili- ment will be around Rs. 1 ty, the teams will be divided Harris retains WBA title: Ameri- CRICKET UPDATE galore. crore and the teams will have in two groups and the top can Vivian Harris retained his World AP Arriving in India on Sep- Boxing Association super lightweight tember 23, the Kiwis will play to shell out Rs. 25 lakh as par- team from each group will title here on Saturday with a unani- Vaughan salutes two first class matches ticipation fee! The gate mon- battle it out at Eden Gardens mous 12-round decision over French against the Board President’s ey and the revenue earned in Kolkata for the title. challenger Souleyman MBaye. Har- XI and the India ‘A’ team. through advertising banners However, a final decision ris, 24, sent Mbaye to the canvas in Gough show This would be followed by in and around the stadium on the format will be taken the second round. Two judges made London: England One-day captain two Test matches at Kanpur will go to the host. The TV only after consulting the cor- it 116-111 for Harris, and the third Michael Vaughan praised the per- and Mohali. PTI rights will go to the board, porate groups. saw it 117-110 for the champion, who posted his 23rd victory against formance of Yorkshire teammate one defeat and one draw. MBaye Darren Gough in his team’s seven- suffered the first defeat of a profes- wicket triangular series final win sional career that includes 27 victo- over South Africa at Lord’s. Gough, ries, 18 inside the distance. AFP 32, recalled after nearly a year out with a knee injury, took two for Asian triathlon meet: The Asian nine in seven overs as South Africa Triathlon Federation lauded the facili- were bowled out for 107 - their low- ties available here for the conduct of est ever One-day International to- the 12th Asian Trialthlon Champi- tal against England - after Vaughan onship on November 2 next. “The won the toss and put them into bat Asian Triathlon Confederation (ASTC) on Saturday. has inspected the venues for swim- ming, cycling and running and cham- “Gough is an exceptional bowler. pionship technical delegate Balwant He has proved that over the years Singh of Malaysia has given us a and he has proved invaluable for clean chit on the facilities,” ATF pres- me out on the park,” said Vaughan. ident Lou Daspeng and vice-presi- “He set the tone by getting in dent Iaaya told reporters here. Earli- everything in the right place and er, the ASTC, which met here on putting South Africa under pres- Sunday morning, has allotted the sure.” AFP Olympic qualifying championship to the Philippines in April next year. PTI ‘Remember the hurt’ London: South Africa captain BETTING METER Graeme Smith told his players to England’s Marcus Trescothick (L) and Andrew Flintoff (R) spray champagne FOOTBALL “remember the hurt” after they over their captain Michael Vaughan (2nd row L), holding the NatWest tro- were crushed by England in the FA Barclaycard Premiership 2003/4 phy, and other teammates, after winning the tri-series on Saturday. Manchester United 11/10 One-day triangular series final at Arsenal 7/4 Lord’s on Saturday. Smith pulled Pollock and Kallis make flying visits Liverpool 6/1 his players together into a huddle Newcastle United 7/1 Chelsea 10/1 immediately after their seven- London: South Africa cricketers Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis flew (as per ladbrokes.com) wicket defeat, achieved with al- home on Saturday for compassionate leave before returning for the first most 30 overs of the match remain- Test starting on July 24. Pollock will spend time with his pregnant wife LIVE ON TV ing. “I told them: ‘Let’s remember Tricia while Kallis will visit his father Henry,who is suffering from lung Star Sports: 1830 hrs & 2330 hrs: World Pool the hurt and take this into the fu- cancer.The pair will both return to England on July 18 and practise with Championship. ture,’” he said at a news confer- the squad that day before the final first-class warm-up match of the tour Ten Sports: 2000 hrs & 2105 hrs: Tour de France. ence. Reuters against India A at Arundel. Reuters Javed the sledger recounts ‘wars’ with India
Islamabad: Javed Miandad, the irre- was embarrassed that I hadn’t re- were doing me a favour,” he says and slips. When he ignored me, I told him pressible Pakistan cricketer, says he spected Mohinder’s right to feel the claims his Indians victims included, it didn’t matter how big he had be- suffered a rare embarrassment and same way about his country. I imme- “the great” Sunil Gavaskar, spinner come because he was going to be out learnt a lesson on patriotism during diately apologised to him,” writes Dilip Doshi and needless to say fast the first ball and I was going to take the 1986-87 tour of India when Mo- Miandad in the 321-page book. bowler Chetan Sharma, whose last his catch.“May be it was what I said hinder Amarnath gave him an on- True to his “Pakistani spirit”, ball full-toss enabled him to hit a six or the way I said it, or may be it the-pitch tongue lashing for making Miandad has devoted a special chap- to win a historic match against India would have happened anyway. Unbe- deriding remarks against India. ter to Pakistan-India encounters and at Sharjah in 1986. lievably,Gavaskar edged the first ball Miandad, the self confessed inven- titled it ‘Wars with India’. Conspicuously absent from the of the innings from Imran to me in tor of sledging, “reached his boiling” Miandad says his brush with narrative however, is how a livid the slips. Amarnath Miandad point when Amarnath got the better Sunil Gavaskar had become the The look on his face was one of ut- off him at the Jaipur Test, which was taught him went jump- ter disbelief. As for me I went crazy witnessed among others by Pakistan’s the real highest run scorer in Test cricket ing all with joy and started gloating and stakes in around the late military dictator Gen. Zia-ul-Haq. jumping around like a mad man,” India-Pak- around this time and I was in a pitch, en- “The two teams were on the edge says Miandad and justifies his action with each other and the atmosphere istan en- raged by mood to needle him. Sunny was a by saying that cricket was no differ- was tense. At one point, I was fielding counters. behind the ent from war.”To me, cricket is war. close in and was airing my feeling to “It was far great friend but I never pass an stumps Just like a soldier defending the bor- the batsman, who happened to be Mo- beyond opportunity to take a dig at him commen- ders of his country, I was always fo- hinder Amarnath,” writes Miandad anything tary from in his autobiography ‘Cutting Edge’. personal. It was about one’s country Indian wicket-keeper, Kiran More. cussed on the battle in front of me.” Miandad, the tormentor became and what one could do for it.” Miandad says he remembers the 1986- Miandad also narrates how he ruf- tormented when Amarnath survived The references to Amarnath is 87 Jaipur Test for attaining yet anoth- fled the Indian spinner Dilip Doshi at a close appeal. “When Mohinder sur- perhaps one of the rare tributes er success, the prized scalp of Sunil the Bangalore Test in 1983-84 series vived what I thought was yet another Miandad pays to anybody else other Gavaskar. by making snide remarks against very legitimate appeal, I reached than himself in his autobiography “Sunil Gavaskar had become the him to protest against the bowler’s boiling point. I used an expletive to which could have been as well named highest run scorer in Test cricket persistent leg-stump bowling. describe India and Mohinder heard “I, Me and Myself”. around this time and I was in a mood As expected, Miandad reserves his it. Calmly, he walked up to me and Miandad genuinely believes that to needle him. Sunny was a great best when it came to narrating his said, ‘look Javed call me anything sledging played a key role in his suc- friend but I never pass an opportuni- last-ball success against Chetan you want but don’t say a word against cess. “Intimidatory verbal exchanges ty to take a dig at him.” Sharma in 1986 Sharajh one day en- my country’. suit my personality. They help me Describing an incident involving counter. Giving a ball by ball descrip- “That affected me deeply.I have al- concentrate and elevate my game. Gavaskar in detail, Miandad says “so tion of the last four overs, Miandad ways regarded my own country as be- Players who tried to threaten and you have become a really big player, says he was sure that Chetan Sharma ing above everything except Allah. I bully me probably didn’t realise they Sunny,I said from my position in the would be bowling a yorker. PTI
TOID140703/CR1/17/M/1TOID140703/CR1/17/C/1TOID140703/CR1/17/K/1TOID140703/CR1/17/Y/1 CMYK OID ‰ ‰ † K OID ‰ ‰ † OID ‰ ‰ † M OID ‰ ‰ † C
18 Monday,July 14, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
with her time of 11.42 seconds. mementos to give to the men and the Udayshankar FFEERREENN If all goes well, Ottey would like to stoles were gracefully accepted for the IIFF T concerned wives. DD T retire after the 2004 Athens Olympiad. ATP dopes At 40, she became the oldest athlete to The Koreans, the Japanese, the Chi- win an Olympic medal at the the 2000 nese, mainland and Taipei, teams are fter crying itself hoarse over efforts to check Sydney edition. The Jamaican-born invariably captained and coached by doping the governing body of men’s tennis, the athlete is now a Slovenian citizen — men and other South-East Asian coun- A ATP, now finds itself in a spot its own trainers S she has been living in the capital Ljubl- tries sometimes also follow suit. managed to create. TR ES jana since 1998 and was granted citi- True that IGULS is the Indian Golf Czech player Bohdan Ulihrach was suspended for ROKE zenship last year. Union Ladies Section, a nomenclature two years in October 2002 after testing positive for nandrolone. The twist to the story has now come to While the change of air has certain- sometimes difficult to explain to the Australians and the New Zealanders light when an investigation unearthed that the ly proved good for Ottey,the Slovenian drug may have found its way into Ulihrach’s system Never-say-die Ottey athletes should certainly grab the op- where the ladies unions are totally in- dependant, but our teams are invari- courtesy an electrolyte tablet supplied by the ATP’s t a time when portunity to train with one of the best own trainer. athletes the world has seen. ably captained by women and our many sprinters ladies national coach is a woman so its The most well known doping case in tennis stays A are using per- Men’s world out there very much a women’s world out here! that of Petr Korda who tested for the same drug at formance enhancing Wimbledon 1998. Korda, too, had denied that he was drugs to win medals he convenor of the Indian Golf Too much to chew guilty at the time. He and his trainers were unable to and money, it is in- Union Ladies Section, accompany- find the source of the drug. deed heartening to T ing the team as non-playing cap- t a time when their performance is The 33-year-old Czech was on a roll that year after see the likes of 43- tain to the Queen Sirikit Cup team nothing to write home about, the having pocketed the Australian Open. More than any- year-old Merlene championship in Korea last week, A talented Pakistani cricketers are thing else, Korda had claimed that being hailed as a Ottey,who run purely faced a mini-dilemma at the captains’ back to doing something they have al- cheat was what hurt him the most. Ulihrach’s lawyer for pleasure. meeting when she found that many of ways been good at — biting off more says they may sue ATP for lost earnings and damage The former world the team captains were men and the or- than they can chew. to reputation. Perhaps Korda, too, now has a case! and Olympic champi- ganising committee was a totally male Captain Rashid Latif was perhaps on won the 100-metre affair. But only because she had car- justified in shooting off a column to dash, albeit over a weak field, at the ried gifts of Indian stoles for the cap- explain his style of captaincy that For over a decade the board has been of close to Rs 25 crores in eight years Then, the board also does not have the IAAF Grand Prix meet in Zagreb, tains and committee members, on the wasn’t rceived well by several former toying with the idea of using the sum- may not look all that big, but that will vision to think far.The players are like Croatia, last week. Ottey,who says that presumption that since the Sirikit is stars, including Imran Khan. But mer months lucratively and some certainly enthuse the players if some cows, to be milked dry. she is “still hugely motivated though strictly a female event, there would be Latif ’s hurried act of sending a letter years ago it even experimented with a of it is passed on to them even as Of course, the fans won’t mind I compete with athletes twice as a predominance of the fairer sex! For- to the ICC authorites giving advice on tri-series in midsummer, which was a logo money. Tendulkar and Sehwag on their young as me” was not at all happy tunately, she did have other Indian how to fight match-fixing without con- disaster.In fact, May-October is hardly The fears, however, are that much of screens day in and out. The market- AP sulting his board first was just too the time for cricket anywhere in the the amount may end up as book ad- men will continue to rake in the much for the protocol-ridden cricket country as the energy-sapping muggy justment by way of providing the play- moolah. Everyone will be happy. But bureaucracy. monsoon months follow the oppressive ers facilities by putting them up at the poor player will suffer in the long Then, there was speedster Shoaib debilitating heat. The nights are some of their best hotel complexes and run. So, who will bell the cat? Only the Akhtar’s interview in The Guardian, no better. guest houses when they are training top officials and the big stars. in which the Rawalpindi Express re- The Sri Lankans, after a taste of the for international events. For starters gretted lack of support from ageing heat, once suggested a midnight start even that is not bad at all. The players Unfulfilled ambition teammates Wasim Akram and Waqar for summer games in India! may welcome even a performance- ho has been the country’s most Younis. How he wished that he would One school of thought would like to linked bonus if the Indian Hockey Fed- outstanding wrestler? Some rate be given the ball after Glenn McGrath see corporate houses patronise one eration is unwilling to pay them a W Udey Chand best, while some and Jason Gillespie had softened the sport each, but it appears that only match fee as in the case of cricketers. others opt for Bishambar Singh. opposition. He would then do the need- those corporates which have television Spare the stars Bishambar himself prefers the for- ful and get so many more wickets! channels are better equipped to pro- mer Services star as number one. His Maybe it’s time the Pakistani board mote sport. Sahara can do wonders if ameroon footballer Marc-Vivien reason: In a key international Udey hired a PR consultant to train its it uses its channel to beam hockey. Foe’s tragic death during the Con- was unwell and felt he won’t be able to cricketers in the virtues of diplomacy, One thing is for sure. People certain- C federations Cup semi-final once last long. So he relied on skill and protocols, and above all, humility. ly want to watch an exciting volleyball again brought into focus how over- tactics. He entered the arena and or basketball game as much as they stressed modern day sports stars are. within seconds pinned down his rival Sport and sponsorship would like to see cricket. It’s a question FIFA chief Sepp Blatter admitted without the least toil. of popularising it by marketing it ricket authorities have always players were overworked. ‘‘They well. At least television barons have Bishambar’s silver medal in the been on the look-out for corporate should be treated like humans and not realized that sport is part of entertain- World Championships stands out as C money readily available for the machines,’’ was what Blatter said. It his best achievement. In recent years, ment along with films. game. But it is not so easy for other should be true for every sport. But for however, he has been training the sports to touch corporate pockets even Some Sahara for hockey that to happen, everyone concerned Railway wrestlers, helping them to if the Indian hockey team makes win- with sport has to break the vicious cir- national titles. He retired last week, ning a habit or volleyballers hit the picture of a tearful Dhanraj Pillay cle of commercial and TV interests but he says his services will always headlines spiking all-comers. at a Mumbai felicitation function which has trapped the players and be available for the sport. His one While the cricketers talk about A tells it all. At the fag end of his ca- the officials. desire has remained unfulfilled — a Dzhambulat Khotokhov, a four-year-old Russian 3ft. 6in. tall and weighing 56kg burn-out problems because of exces- reer, the Indian captain is seeing some Take our cricketers, for example. Dronacharya Award. (right), and Georgy Bibilauri, a Georgian who turned 5 last Wednesday (51kg, 4ft.) sive and indiscriminate scheduling of hope for hockey players. They may not While everyone feels that there is too after their wrestling bout in Tbilisi. Bibilauri and Khotokhov had both hoped for international cricket by some boards, become as resourceful as cricketers, much cricket today, the players won’t victory, but settled for ice cream instead. After the boys tied on the mat, they the Indian board is talking of summer but there is certainly some light at the think twice before playing in masala went off to celebrate Bibilauri’s birthday with ice cream and chocolate. cricket to woo the corporate houses. end of the tunnel. Sponsorship money games or flexing muscles for an ad.
Glorious Colours INDIANS ABROAD AI, IHF reach UPCOUNTRY Goswami said he received calls from causes upset Sania to consult Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra and Sasi emerges joint winner quarterfinals another top offical, requesting him to accept RACES the award which would be officially an- Esbjerg (Denmark): number of 7 CROSS COUNTRY Bhupathis on doubles TIMES NEWS NETWORK nounced next week. “But I said that at a time Grandmaster Krishnan decisive Best grappler when the club is going through a crisis, one New Delhi: Glorious Chennai: Air India, Mumbai Bangalore: The young Indian tennis sensa- Sasikiran finished the 18th games, los- will take on Bhopal, while should concentrate on bringing back nor- Colours, under the guidance tion Sania Mirza, on Sunday said she would North Sea Cup Internation- ing six and award goes the Indian Hockey Federa- malcy in the club and not on taking awards,” of jockey C Rajendra, caused consult her coach Krishna Bhupathi and al Chess tournament with a winning one. tion (Juniors) play Tamil Goswami said. Contacted over phone, Mitra an upset in the Kingfisher Mahesh Bhupathi in spotting a doubles part- big bang, outsmarting local The last Nadu in the quarterfinals of denied any knowledge of such an offer hav- Bangalore Derby (Gr I) at the to Palwinder ner for her in the upcoming grand slams in- stalwart Curt Hansen in the round had the 81st All India MCC-Muru- ing been made to Goswami. PTI Bangalore races held on Sun- cluding Canadian Open and US Open. final round and propelling little excite- Chandigarh: Palwinder gappa Hockey tournament, In a brief chat with reporters at the Ma- day.Fond Fantasy (B Prakash himself to a shared first ment other Singh Cheema was ad- now in progress here. hesh Bhupathi Tennis village on the city Gift puts Kapil in a dilemma atop) and Brown Sugar (Mrs place here. than Sasikiran’s game judged as the best grappler In Sunday’s match to de- outskirts, Sania said, since her Wimbledon Silva astride) finished sec- Chennai: Haunted by the car controversy, Top seed GM Alexey which was the only deciding in the Canada Cup cide the group C winner, Air junior partner Alisa Kleybanova of Russia ond and third respectively. former Indian skipper Kapil Dev on Sun- Dreev of Russia and British match of the day. The Chen- Wrestling Tournament con- India beat IHF by one goal, was down with an injury, she had to look Results: Hyderabad Cup (div.II): Royal nai based put up a brave day appeared to be in a dilemma over Affinity 1, King of Hearts 2, Crown Ambas- sensation Luke McShane cluded at Guelph on July 11 scored in the 60th minute by for another partner to play in doubles. whether or not to accpet a gift offered to sador 3. Chennai Cup: Second Jewel 1, tied for the top spot along front to put it across Hansen and 12. Devinder Kumar off a Anil Sania said she has not yet decided who after two overnight leaders, him by a businessman at a function here. Wishbone 2, Super Model 3. Mysore Cup: with Sasikiran, all tallying Despite tough competi- Aldrin pass while Tamil should be her partner in the coming tour- Poirot 1, Grunstein 2, Star Dot Star 3. Kolkata Dreev and McShane played “Should I accept it or not,” Kapil asked an identical 6.5 points out of tion from 14 nations includ- Nadu drew 3-3 with Madras neys and she would decide after consulting Cup: Attorney 1, Sky Raider 2, Lavenir 3. Hy- out a quick 12-move draw mediapersons when Pentamedia’s Chief derabad Cup (Div.I): Spark of Glory 1, Chap- a possible 9 in this Category ing USA and Japan, Indian Engineering Group (MEG), Krishna and Mahesh. She said her empha- amongst themselves to se- Executive Officer Dr V Chandrasekhar, mans Peak 2, Calderoni 3. Kingfisher Ban- 15 event as per FIDE charts. men freestyle wrestler won Bangalore in group A. sis would be on singles. PTI galore Derby (Gr I): 2,00m: Glorious Colours cure the first place. presented him with a momento after the The supremacy of these two gold, three silver and MEG played a superb game 1, Fond Fantasy 2, Brown Sugar 3, Lancaster Riding a little on luck and Wisden Indian cricketer had inaugurated 4. Mumbai Cup (div.I): One Aim 1, Kissinger three in the event was be- one bronze medal and the and all three goals were from Chuni turns down offer mostly on his power play, the “The Champ Sports Village” at Maya- 2, Roanoke 3. Delhi Cup (div.I): Betfair 1, Dr yond any doubt as the near- team also earned the run- penalty corner conversions. Kolkata: Legendary striker Chuni Goswa- jal, about 30-kms from here. “If I accept this Nefarious 2, Glenfarclas Gal 3. Mumbai Cup est contender Hansen could Sasikiran showed steely ner-up title in the tourna- Adam Sinclair (13th and 34th) (div.I): Speed Mistress 1, City of Angels 2, Its mi has spurned Mohun Bagan’s offer of gift and this man (Chandrasekaran) does amass just 4.5 points for a nerves in the middle game ment, a press release said and Prabhakaran netted for So Wonderful 3. Mohun Bagan Ratna, the city glamour out- something wrong sometime later, then I fourth place finish. Hastings arising out of the Capablan- here on Friday. the hosts, while Ranjit Bhen- Following are the handicaps for the Pune fit’s highest award, saying he could not ac- should not be blamed,” Kapil said pointing races scheduled for Thursday: Almanac Champion Peter Heine ca variation of the Nimzo Cheema in 120 kg, and gra (two) and Bicksal Bhen- cept such an honour when the club was to Chandrasekaran, who for a moment ap- Trophy: 60-90: 1,000m:Cacophony 59, Se- Nielsen of Denmark, Cuban Indian defence with white Kripa Shankar Patel in 55kg gra scored for MEG. When cret Path 54, Shahandeh 54, Avenging Angel pieces. The opening gave passing through a ‘crisis’. peared to be embarrassed. PTI 53, Code Red 52, Different Strokes 51, Em- Lenier Dominiguez and won gold medals while Sujit MEG captain and centre for- blaze 59, Mandaly Bay 49.5, Silver Blue 48.5, highly regarded Michal Sasikiran double Bishop ad- Mann (74kg), Sushil Kumar ward Samson Fernandez was Arabian Fighter 48, Silver Lancer 45. Camar- Krasenkow of Poland had to vantage but Hansen main- (60kg) and Yogeshwar Dutt shown the yellow card, he gue Plate: 40-70: 1,000m: Avenging Angel be content with joint fifth tained the balance by keep- (55kg) won silver medals 61.5, Code Red 60.5, Heartbreaker 60, Em- tapped the head of interna- I’d never do things like that: Bryant blaze 58.5, Don’t Look Twice 57.5, Acharya place after their mediocre ing his position intact on and Anuj Kumar earned a tional umpire Satinder Shar- 57, Silver Blue 57, Arabian Fighter 56.5, performance netted them 4 both wings. bronze in the 84 kg category. ma, who gave him the red Los Angeles: Speaking publicly for the first I would never do something like that,’’ the Bahudhana 55, Silver Lancer 53.5, Star Look points apiece. Bruzon Lazaro Final results: K Sasikiran beat Curt Hansen Haryana Olympic Associ- card. Later, Prabhakaran time since he was accused of sexual assault, Los Angeles Lakers star said in the brief tele- 53, I’m Honoured 52, Danger Zone 50.5, Ko- of Cuba and Lars Schandorff (Den); Luke McShane (Eng) drew Alexey ation president Abhey Singh (TN) and Marutha Pandian Kobe Bryant denied the allegations and said phone interview. Bryant is accused of sexu- jagiri 50.5, Tarascon 49, High Ridge 47, Per- Dreev (Rus); Koneru Humpy drew Peter sian Lord 44.5. Jamshid Plate: 20-50: of Denmark tied for 8th on Heine Nielsen (Den); Bruzon Lazaro (Cub) dr Chautala heiled the excel- (MEG) also received ‘yellow he ‘‘would never do something like that.’’ ally assaulting a 19-year-old woman at the 1,400m: Dancing Eve 61.5, Truffles 61, Lord 3.5 points while former Lenier Dominiguez (Cub); Michal lent performance of Indian cards’. With Karnataka hav- ‘‘When everything comes clean, it will all be Lodge & Spa at Cordillera in Edwards, Col- of Thunder 60.5, Aveste 59.5, Maracaibo 58, World Juniors Girls Champi- Krasenkow (Pol) dr Lars Schandorff (Den). ing made the grade, the other fine, you’ll see,’’ Bryant, 24, told The Los An- orado, on June 30. All records in the case Royal Celebrity 58, Amazing Strides 57.5, wrestlers. He offered help on Koneru Humpy finished Final standings: 1. Dreev, McShane, geles Times in a story published Sunday. have been sealed. Bryant, who was in Col- Money Star 57.5, Always Certain 57, Flames Sasikiran 6.5; 4. Hansen 4.5; 5-7. Nielsen, and support of the WFI to three qualifiers will be spot- 57, Queen’s Message 57, Shakespeare 56.5, at the bottom on 2 points hav- Dominguez, Krasenkow 4.0; 8-9. Lazaro, the wrestlers for providing ted tomorrow, when the The five-time NBA All-Star would not dis- orado for knee surgery at a Vail clinic, sur- Fairy Godess 55, Simply Red 55, Cajun King ing played the maximum Schandorff 3.5; 10. Humpy 2.0. PTI league phase of the tourna- cuss details of the case, the newspaper said. rendered to authorities on July 4 and was re- 54, Princess Sultana 53, Boldwin 51. them with better coaching.PTI ment is over. PTI ‘‘I shouldn’t have to say anything. You know leased after posting a $25,000 bond. AP
CAPITAL SPORT THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE AFP Will Paes deliver yet again? DSA soccer: South In- CRICKET dia, Nivia, Delhi Tigers and English County season: Division One By Ashis Ray Gulabi Bagh posted victo- At Edgbaston: Surrey beat Warwickshire by TENNIS TRAIL 135 runs. Surrey 355 (A.Hollioake 88, ndia’s big outing of the year unfolds on ries in group II, III and I of A.Stewart 74; N.Carter 5-75) and 450-5 19-21 September next. The Indians lock match practice in singles.Paes undoubtedly the Delhi Soccer Associa- declared (M.Ramprakash 182 not out, horns with Holland at Zwolle in the Davis tion (DSA) Annual B Divi- M.Butcher 118, A.Mahmood 50 not out). I surpasses himself in the Davis Cup. He has Warwickshire 245 (D.Brown 61; Azhar Cup World Group qualifying round in a bid to sion football league cham- beaten Goran Ivanisevic and Wayne Ferreira pionship being held at Mahmood 4-61) and 425 (M.Powell 91, re-enter the elite circle of 16 nations who con- at home; and won both his rubbers in France I.Bell 71, D.Brown 56, M.Wagh 51, J.Trott stitute the World Group. Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadi- 51; Saqlain Mushtaq 5-134).Warwickshire in 1993, not to mention his defeat of Jiri No- um and Ambedhkar Stadi- 4 points, Surrey 21. The Davis Cup is the World Cup of tennis, vak in the Czech Republic in 1997. In fact, um here on Sunday. South At Southgate: Middlesex beat Leicester- involving over 140 countries, only held every among Indian players, his win-loss record of India beat Rohini Football shire by eight wickets. Middlesex 620-7 year. To occupy 9th place in the all time win- declared (A.Strauss 147, D.Nash 103 not 42-20 is in next only to Ramanathan Krish- Club 2-0 to qualify for the out, E.Joyce 102, P.Weekes 75) and 166-2 loss record in this competition and, even now, nan, whose tally of 50-19 equates to 9th posi- super six. With 15 points (A.Strauss 73 not out); Leicestershire 447 be ranked 16th in the world are proud tion in an all time list of singles performers. Rohini too qualified for the (V.Sehwag 130, J.Maubders 55, B.Hodge achievements, especially if you compare this 52, P.Nixon 52 not out; C.Keegan 6-144) Temperamentally, Paes is better equipped super six. In group III at and 335 (B.Hodge 112, D.Maddy 94; to Indian cricketers’ rather ineffective show- to handle Davis Cup pressure than any of his Ambedhkar Stadium, Nivia A.Noffke 3-48, C.Keegan 3-66). Middlesex ing where it really matters, namely Tests. In- prospective Dutch opponents. At the same trounced Delhi students 5- 22 points, Leicestershire 7. deed, India could well have won the coveted 0. In group-I match, Delhi At Arundel: Sussex beat Essex by six wick- time, a considerable gulf has opened up be- Davis Cup in 1974, one of three occasions Tigers beat Venus Football ets. Essex 340 (N.Hussain 95, G.Napier 89 tween him and top 20 players. He failed to not out; J.Lewry 5-72) and 274 (A.Grayson they reached the final, but for conceding a Club 4-2 while Gulabi bridge this gap against Andy Roddick and 71, A.Flower 54, A.Habib 53; J.Lewry 5- walkover to South Africa, because of the, Bagh prevailed over Lodhi 52). Sussex 359 (A.Cottey 107, T.Ambrose then Pretoria regime’s apartheid policy. James Blake in 2001 and, once more, versus Athletic Club 5-1. 88; S.Brant 3-53,A.Grayson 4-47) and 257 Wayne Arthurs last year. But this year, he is (P.Cottey 98,T.Ambrose 93 not out; J.Dakin However,despite their ranking, India have, 3-54). Sussex 21 points, Essex 6. displaying a renewed accuracy and aggres- Sarvpreet, Ankush since 1998, been outside the World Group. Be- shine: Good bowling ef- Division two sion. So, who knows? India’s trump card lies At Cardiff: Glamorgan beat Somerset by tween 2000 and 2002, they successfully nego- forts by Sarvpreet Singh in doubles. Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi are un- 110 runs. Glamorgan 349 (R.Croft 122; tiated the Asia/Oceania Zone to reach the (3/7) and Ankush Singh N.McLean 5-79, I.Blackwell 3-93) and 307 Amir Abdul-Jabbar, son of American basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, competes World Group Qualifying Round - a playoff be- beaten in Davis Cup doubles since 1996. They Anand (3/32) helped West (M.Maynard 101, J.Maher 62; N.McLean in the semifinal round of the 2003 International Yoga Championship-Ghosh Cup in tween teams emerging from the various ones may no longer be partners in the ATP circuit, Delhi Cricket Academy 4-84, K.Dutch 3-56). Somerset 233 Los Angeles on Saturday. but their understanding on court is largely (I.Blackwell 82, M.Burns 50; M.Kasprowicz and first round losers in the World Group. beat Qutub Cricket Acad- 4-53) and 313 (M.Burns 106; A.Wharf 4- Cofidis Credit Par Telephone, 9 Georg Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi, 10 Josi Azeve- Chalmers (Aus) 70 70 66 Hal Sutton 69 70 But each time they drew somewhat tough op- unimpaired. If anything, their rivalry has emy by 41 runs to enter 90) Glamorgan 20 points, Somerset 4. Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner, 10 Alexandre do (Por) ONCE-Eroski both at 3.37 67 Jeff Gallagher 73 66 67 Billy Mayfair 67 position - Sweden, the USA and Australia; driven both to sterling form. At Wimbledon, the quarter-finals of the CYCLING Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom GOLF 72 67 Rocco Mediate 69 69 68 Dennis Paul- Tour de France, Morzine: Stage 7 (Lyon Overall: 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) USA PGA from the Greater Milwaukee son 68 69 69. that too, away.This time, it may,again, be on they frequently raised their games for the big 7th Suba Ganda Singh - Morzine, 230km): 1 Richard Virenque Quick.Step-Davitamon 29hrs 10mins Open: Third-round scores (a-amateur Par TENNIS foreign soil, but the hurdle is less foreboding. points - always a good indication. Prakash Cup (senior) cricket tour- (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6hrs 39secs, 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US 70): 202 Kenny Perry 69 67 66, 203 Heath ATP Tour Allianz Suisse Open, Gstaad: India may draw comfort from the fact that Amritraj, Vijay’s hardworking son, has nament at Ashok Vihar. 06.03secs, 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Postal-Berry Floor at 2mins 37secs, 3 Rolf Slocum 72 63 68 Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 72 Semi-finals: 3-Jiri Novak (Cze) bt (8) Telekom at 2mins 29secs, 3 Sylvain Cha- Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom at 2.48, 4 Josi 68 63 Stephen Allan 69 66 68 Jay Don Blake Radek Stepanek (Cze) 7-5 6-1, 1-Roger they hold a 2-1 win-loss statistic over the caught the eye and the selectors could well WDCA 207/7 in 35 overs: (Raman- vanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere at Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor at 64 68 71 Jerry Kelly 66 67 70 Patrick Shee- Federer (Swi) bt (4) Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 6- Dutch. But this becomes irrelevant in the draft him into the squad. deep Singh 54, Dinesh Sharma 2/39, 3.45, 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step- 2.59, 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal- han 68 65 70, 204 Shigeki Maruyama 66 69 1 7-6 (8-6). Hall of Fame Tennis Champi- face of Sjeng Schalken and Martin Verkerk of The question is: Do you throw him into the Anjeev Lohia 2/49), Qutub Academy Davitamon at 4.03, 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Berry Floor at 3.03, 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) 69 (Jpn), 205 Todd Fischer 69 68 68 Harri- onship, Newport, Rhode Island: Semi-fi- 166 in 33.1 overs: (Anjeev Lohia 48, Vini Caldirola-So.Di at 4.06, 6 Christophe ONCE-Eroski at 3.09, 7 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) son Frazar 71 68 66 Loren Roberts 69 66 70 nal: 8-Jurgen Melzer (Aut) bt Bob Bryan the home side being ensconced in the top 20 deep end or merely let him soak in the atmos- Sarvpreet Singh 3/7, Ankush Anand Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole, 7 Laurent Du- ONCE-Eroski at 3.14, 8 Manuel Beltran Tommy Armour III 67 68 70 Joel Edwards 66 (USA) 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-5), 4-Robby Ginepri in the world; whereas India’s best hope, Le- phere on the bench? 3/32). faux (Swi) Alessio, 8 David Millar (GBr) (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor at 3.15, 9 Jan 69 70 Brett Quigley 66 67 72 206 Greg (USA) bt Gregory Carraz (Fra) 6-3 7-6 (7-5). ander Paes is, these days, virtually without Next Monday: Does a golden era beckon?
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Monday,July 14, 2003 19 US cagers overcome Nigeria Former doping offender Thessaloniki (Greece): De Angelo Alexander scored 13 points to power un- beaten United States over Nigeria 88-68 Saturday to advance to the top-eight group of the World Junior Basketball Championships. The United States moved to 3-0 and advanced to the top-tier group in the second round, which begins Monday.Nigeria fell to 1-2 and will play in the opens World swimming lower-eight group in the 16-team field. In another game, Sasa Zagorac AP scored 23 points as Slovenia beat China 87-78. Slovenia, which was up by 22 Barcelona: Spanish swimmer points in the third quarter, fought off a surge by the China (1-3) in the final David Meca, who only returned to 10 minutes. Slovenia (2-1) advanced to the top group. Lithuania crushed the sport last year after serving a Venezuela 108-60 Venezuela (1-2) managed only two three-pointers. Lithua- ban for doping, read an oath call- nia (2-1) advanced to the top group. AP ing for a drug-free competition as the World Swimming Champi- onships were officially opened here on Saturday. Meca, winner of the 10 kilome- tres open water gold at the world championships in Honolulu three years ago, said the competitors should “commit ourselves to a sport without doping and drugs for the glory of sport and the teams.” The sport’s world governing body FINA announced after the ceremony that it had signed up to the World Anti-Doping Code. Following a show dedicated to the theme of water as the source of all life an athlete from each of the 165 countries competing in the two-week championships carried in their national flag accompanied by a volunteer holding a jug of wa- ter. There was a rousing reception for the depleted Iraqi team, whose appearance had been in doubt, and are competing with just three swimmers. The biggest cheers at the capac- ity packed 12,000-seater Palau Sant Australia’s Laudy Turky and Lynda Dackwin in action during platform Jordi pool were reserved for the synchro preliminary round at the World Championships in Barcelona on Spanish team led by men’s water- Sunday. polo captain Jesus Rollan, who be involved the championships women’s synchronised platform will be bidding to lead his team to which are the biggest ever with 62 and men’s 3-metre springboard a third consecutive world gold. events - 40 in swimming with the synchro events; the women’s 5- Infanta Cristina, daughter of rest divided between diving, water kilometre and men’s 10km open King Juan Carlos, and Jordi Pujol, polo, open water swimming and water swimming and women’s Wa- president of the Catalan region, at- synchronised swimming. ter Polo preliminaries. tended the ceremony. The action gets underway Sun- The swimming begins on July A total of 2,189 swimmers will day with diving finals in the 20.AFP Iraqi archers land English soccer stars to in New York New York: When Afrah Abas raises adorn Dubai coastline her bow and arrow, the Iraqi archer Dubai: David Beckham and Palm, of the man-made is- aims at the bull’s-eye with her head Michael Owen are among 11 land, jutting five kilometres swathed in the traditional scarf of a England footballers who have out into the sea and already Muslim woman. bought holiday homes on one visible from the moon. On Saturday,the 34-year-old athlete of the palm tree-shaped is- “This was clearly the case faced the media as part of the Iraqi lands being built off the coast with 11 of the England play- archery team competing in the 42nd of Dubai, developers said on ers and two of the manage- World Archery Championships, a Sunday. ment team when they visited qualifying event for the Athens Beckham may have left our office a little over a year Olympics. Manchester United for Real ago” when the England squad ‘‘It’s a dream for me to participate,’’ Madrid, but will still have for- held a warm-up camp in Abas said in Arabic. mer United teammates Gary Dubai in May 2002 en route to She brought her US-made fiberglass Neville, Paul Scholes, Wes the World Cup finals in Japan bow and arrow to a New York hotel, a Brown and Nicky Butt as and South Korea, Sulayem day after the seven Iraqi archers ar- neighbours when the billion- said. rived for their first visit to the United dollar resort, dubbed The “We are delighted to wel- States. Palm Jumeirah, is completed come them to The Palm,” he They quickly took on the role of by end-2005. said, not specifying, however, peacemakers, four months after Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, whether Beckham and his American forces first entered their Joe Cole, Kieron Dyer and pop star wife Victoria opted country. David James have also bought for the Spanish hacienda- ‘‘The Iraqi people are different from luxury five-bedroom villas, style design on offer. what you’ve seen in the media. The along with England goalkeep- The multi-billion-dollar re- Iraqi people are a peaceful people,’’ ing coach Ray Clemence and sort will be built in the shape said Mohammad Fayadh, a 35-year-old physiotherapist Stephen Slat- of 17 huge fronds surrounded archer. Both he and Abas are past tery. by 12 km of protective 200-me- Iraqi national archery champions. “Once seen, never forgot- tre wide barrier reefs, adding During the war, the Iraqi team of ten,” said Sultan Ahmed bin 120 km of sandy beaches to four men and three women couldn’t Sulayem, chairman of The the emirate’s coastline.AFP train properly. Since major fighting ended, the athletes have prepared for Reuters the world championships on empty soccer fields in Iraq, team manager Mustafa Saraj said. .AP
Ernie Els drives from the 17th tee during the third day’s play of the Scottish Open Golf at Loch Lomond on Friday. Solid Els all set to wrest Scottish Open Luss: Ernie Els stretched his next week, just about the last lead to five shots with a third round here,’’ Els said. ‘‘I round 67 in the Scottish Open want to play as well as I can at Loch Lomond Saturday de- tomorrow. There is a lot of spite stiff challenges from work to do and a lot of think- Darren Clarke and Peter O’- ing to be done and hopefully I Malley. can relax and enjoy it.’’ Els methodically wound Daniel, Inkster tied for his way around the 7,095-yard lead: In Vancouver (Canada): course to collect five birdies The final round of the Cana- against a single bogey, only dian Women’s Open is shap- his second of the week. ing up as a battle of Hall of Clarke advanced to joint sec- Famers. ond place with a 64 to finish Juli Inkster shot a bogey- level with Phillip Price. Els free five-under-par 67 on Sat- was on 198, 15 under par, with urday to tie fellow Hall of his closest pursuers on 203. Famer Beth Daniel for the O’Malley fashioned the lead after three rounds of the best round of the week so far, 1.3 million-dollar tourna- a nine-under-par 62 in perfect ment at the Point Grey Golf scoring conditions of soft and Country Club. greens and no wind or rain to Perry takes lead: In Mil- advance from a tie for 44th waukee, Kenny Perry fired a place to fourth place on his four-under-par 66 on Satur- own on 205. day to take a one-stroke lead Ian Poulter of England and over six golfers after three Peter Lonard of Australia rounds of the $3.5 million shared fifth place another Milwaukee Open. shot behind after rounds of Jay Don Blake, the leader 68. Els refused to think be- after the first two rounds, set- yond Sunday when he was tled for a 71 and is part of the asked what his performance pack right behind Perry. here was doing for his South African Brenden Pap- chances of retaining his pas, Heath Slocum, Aus- British Open title at Royal St. tralian Steve Allan, Patrick George’s next week. Sheehan and Jerry Kelly are ‘‘I’m not thinking about the others. Agencies
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GRAFFITI AP Brazilians spike India’s golden bid TIMES NEWS NETWORK Past forward ‘Poor blocking cost us the title’ Mumbai: India’s superb run at the World boys’ By B Shrikant under-19 volleyball championships came to an end How the Indian team fared in the U-19 World TIMES NEWS NETWORK when they lost in straight, but wonderfully fought, Volleyball Championships in Suphanburi,Thailand three sets to defending champions Brazil in the fi- Final: New Delhi: The strong double and triple net nal at Suphanburi, Thailand on Sunday. Brazil Lost to Brazil 22-25, 24-26, 19-25 blocks mounted by the Indians in the U-19 World won 25-22, 26-24, 25-19 in 77 minutes with a crowd Volleyball Championships thus far failed to click of 4500 thronging the indoor stadium, according to Semifinals: Beat Iran 25-15, 23-25, 25-17, 25-20 in the final on Sunday, resulting in the defeat to news monitored here. This was Brazil’s sixth Brazil, coach G E Sridharan said. world title in this age group. Quarterfinals: “Till the final, our blockers had done an excep- The Indians had earlier beaten Brazil in the Beat Puerto Rico 25-17, 25-14, 25-11 tional job. But today they were not in their ele- group stage and it looked like they were continu- Play-off Seeding Group ments and Brazil capitalised on this,” Sridharan ing from where they had left off as the side got off Beat Australia 25-17, 25-17, 25-14 told Times News Network over phone from to an 11-7 lead. The Indians held the advantage Preliminary Group C: Suphanburi, Thailand on Sunday. with their fast back-court game. With Ratish rat- “We still had our chances in the first and second tling the Brazilians with fast spikes, the Indians, Beat Czech Republic 26-24, 25-20, 25-14 Beat Brazil 25-22, 25-18, 25-22 sets. We were leading by a few points but could not enjoying an unbeaten run and their confidence close out the games. Brazil, in comparison, played sky-high after defeating Iran in the semifinal on Beat Poland 26-24, 25-20, 25-14 better than they did in the preliminary league.’’ Saturday,increased the lead to 12-9. “It was a very disappointing result when we take But Brazil pulled their socks up and hit back to Brazilian defence and helped India take lead at 10-7. into consideration the way the boys had played in narrow the gap at 11-12 and 13-14 before equalising The auditorium reverberated with shouts of the tournament till now. We could have won the ti- at 17-all, thanks to captain Soares Alves Thiago, ‘Come on India, Come on India’, and the Indians, tle,” said the disappointed coach. who was in superb form in spiking as well as coached by former captain and Arjuna awardee G But Sridharan, saw a lot of positives coming out blocking. At 24-21, Brazil allowed the Indians only E Sridharan, maintained their poise and advanced one more point from a lightning spike from Sanjay of this performance. “Winning the silver medal in to 18-15. With the Indians looking to draw parity, Kumar before wrapping up the hard-fought first the World Championships is definitely no mean Brazil struck back and equalised at 23-all and took set 25-22.Kumar, who won two individual titles in- feat and I am sure this will hold Indian volleyball cluding the Most Valuable Player Award at the In- a 2-0 lead by taking the next two points. in good stead in the coming years. We hope to learn dia-hosted Asian Championship in April this year, Pushed against the wall, the Indians came out from this experience and perform even better in and Srikant P Satya were the key players in India’s aggressively in the third set which they had to win future. Next month we will be participation in the strong comeback in the second set. Sanjay came up to extend the final. They stayed ahead at 17-14, but World Juniors in Iran and this performance will with exceptionally powerful spikes that pierced the it was not to last long as the Brazilians regrouped certainly serve as a morale booster for that team,” and won the set and match at 25-19. Sridharan said. Becker, Durr, AP Richey in Tennis Federer seeks break Hall of Fame from taxing schedule Newport: Former world No. American Lance Armstrong rides past cheering spectators sitting atop a tractor during 1 Boris Becker of Germany Gstaad: Wimbledon champi- $110,000 Palermo Interna- the seventh stage of the Tour de France in Morzine-Avoriaz, French Alps on Saturday. has became the second- on Roger Federer missed out tional on clay. youngest individual to be in- on a sixth title this season Federer, meanwhile, has been confirmed by the Foot- percent of the transfer fee as Work permit for Hor- ducted to the Tennis Hall of when he lost the final of the no plans to leave his native ball Association following re- his part of the deal. ward: United States goal- Fame. 550,000-euro Swiss Open to Switzerland in search of keeper Tim Howard has re- ports linking him with taking “Things are moving well and Francoise “Frankie” Durr Jiri Novak on Sunday and lower taxes or to avoid mili- ceived his English work per- over the Chelsea manager’s we are making useful mit, clearing the way for his job. The FA restated Eriks- progress,” United chief exec- of France, American Nancy then admitted he needed a tary service. move Manchester United. son’s denial issued earlier utive Peter Kenyon told the Richey and Brian Tobin of holiday. “The goal is to remain in The 24-year-old Howard, this week after it first paper. “We have made a re- Australia entered the Hall A week after his Wimble- Switzerland,” Federer’s fa- who has been linked to the emerged that he had met newed bid for the player and with the 35-year-old Becker. don triumph, the final of his ther Robert said on Sunday. Premier League champion Chelsea’s new owner Roman are hopeful we can bring Becker won six Grand home event proved a match “We don’t want to go to for months, is likely to finalize Abramovich with Israeli agent things to a successful con- Slam titles among 49 singles too far as he went down to a Monaco. Roger wants to stay his transfer from Major Pini Zahavi. “I can confirm clusion in the next few days - and 15 doubles crowns. He 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 defeat to in Switzerland.” League Soccer’s MetroStars that last week I met with Pini that is certainly our intention. held the world No. 1 ranking the experienced Czech. His remarks came after re- next week, a source close to Zahavi and the new owner of “We believe Ronaldinho for 109 weeks and finished in Now Federer, the world No ports in the Swiss Sunday Howard said on Saturday, Chelsea Football Club — Ro- wants to come to Old Traf- the top 10 an impressive 11 3, will head off on a vacation press suggested the 21-year- speaking on the condition of man Abramovich. The meet- ford and that has been a mo- times in 16 years. to Sardinia for a week before old may relocate abroad be- anonymity. Howard still has ing took place at Mr tivating factor for us in pursu- Bjorn Borg was the he returns to action on the cause Swiss military author- to pass a medical exam. The Abramovich’s property in ing him. “It’s now a question youngest Hall of Famer, in- American hardcourt circuit. ities refused to excuse him work permit, which was diffi- London,” Eriksson said. of reaching agreement with ducted at 31 in 1987. “I really need a rest,” said from serving in the coun- PSG but we are hopeful that cult for Manchester United to New bid for Ronaldinho: As a teenager, Becker took Federer,who won 15 matches try’s civil defence forces. get because Howard does will be done sooner rather Manchester United have the world by storm in 1985. in a row on the way to grass According to Son- not have enough national than later.” made a new bid to sign He won Wimbledon at 17 team appearances under titles in Halle and Wimble- ntagsZeitung, Federer has Ronaldinho. According to the Former Aussie captain English law, was granted af- years, 7 months, becoming don. been declared unfit for mili- Sunday People, United have in police inquiry: Former ter the team appealed to the the youngest male to claim a In other tennis action, Ar- tary service but ordered to offered Paris St Germain 16 Australian rugby league cap- British Labour Board. Grand Slam championship. gentine Mariano Zabaleta serve instead in the civil de- million pounds ($ 26.1 mil- tain Mal Meninga will face a Howard was born with The German also captured ti- won the Baastad tourna- fence militia force. lion) for the player with the police inquiry after being ac- Tourette’s syndrome, a neu- tles at the All England Club ment for his first ATP title Swiss law requires all fee rising to 19 million cused of assaulting a man rological disorder that causes in 1986 and 1989 and reached beating Ecuadorian Nicolas Swiss males between the pounds ($ 31 million), de- who was apparently harass- tics and abrupt, involuntary the final there seven times in Lapentti 6-3, 6-4 and taking ages of 20 and 50 to serve ei- pending on his appearances ing him in a Canberra bar last sounds and utterances. 10 years. His other crowns in- home 52,000 euros in prize for the club and also the month. Meninga was al- ther in the military or the clude the Australian Open in money, while in Palermo, 300,000-strong civil defence Sven says it again: Sven- club’s success in the future. legedly tackled by the man 1991 and 1996 and the US Goran Eriksson’s commit- It was also reported that the while drinking with friends in Russian teenage sensation force, which is tasked with ment to the England job has 23-year-old will receive 25 the early hours of June 29. Open in 1989. The French Dinara Safina downed Kata- “protecting the public in the Open was the only Grand Roger Federer makes an overhead return to Czech Jiri rina Srebotnik in straight event of armed conflict”. Agen- Slam that eluded him. Agencies Novak in the final of the Swiss Open in Gstaad on Sunday. sets today to clinch the cies Virenque scales personal summit for overall lead AP
French cyclist Richard Virenque (R) kisses wife Stephanie after winning the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. Morzine, (France): Richard Virenque sealed his return to the Tour de France peloton with a classy victory on Saturday’s sev- enth stage to end any doubts on whether the damaging Festina tri- al had irreparably damaged the Frenchman’s career In 1999 Virenque, who was born in Casablanca, represented every- thing that had gone wrong with cycling due to the systematic use of banned endurance enhancer EPO (erythropoietin). Years of being left unchecked had given the drug a solid foothold in the peloton throughout the 1990’s and the result — the drugs scandal on the 1998 Tour — almost brought the race to its knees. Virenque’s Festina team were thrown out that year, the five-time polka dot jersey winner leaving the race in tears and having to be consoled by race director Jean- Marie Leblanc. The subsequent Festina trial in October, where Virenque finally admitted to systematic drug abuse with the Andorran-based outfit, put the brakes on his career. Virenque was banned from the sport and in the aftermath it looked unlikely that the French- man — who had been the darling of the French public almost all his professional life — would ride for a top team again. However Virenque’s latest vic- tory on the race, after a 185km breakaway over five climbs ended with his sixth Tour stage win, which seems to bring the best out of him is proof once more that he still has something to offer. “I dared to attack and this is the reward,” said Virenque. “I’m hap- py at winning these kinds of stages. I do it my way - and to win a stage and pull on the yellow jer- sey on the centenary Tour de France is quite special.” It seems a long way off from three years ago when teams wouldn’t touch Virenque with a barge pole. Agencies
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