OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Saturday,April 5, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 42 pages Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Runaway Bride: Another MiG crash, Paes puts India Julia Roberts pilot safe, but four 1-0 ahead in ready to split die on the ground Davis Cup Page 11 Page 9 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. US troops take Saddam airport If it’s natural to kill, how come men have to go into AP training to learn how? ... But yet to — Joan Baez NEWS DIGEST nab Saddam BJP flays US: The NDA govern- By Chidanand Rajghatta ment may have taken a ‘‘middle TIMES NEWS NETWORK path’’ on the Iraq war, but the BJP, at Washington: The United States its national executive in Indore on plans to install an interim gov- Friday, adopted a strongly-worded resolution deploring the ‘‘unjustified ernment in Baghdad, possible as military action’’ resorted to by the soon as within a week to a fort- coalition forces against Iraq. P7 night, even while it tries to squeeze Saddam Hussain and his Pawar hospitalised: Nationalist party apparatus out into the Congress Party open to finish them off. president Sharad US officials say they have tak- Pawar was admitted en almost total control of the to a private hospital Saddam Hussain International in Nasik on Friday night after he com- Airport and have reached the plained of uneasi- outskirts of Baghdad without ness. He was in the much of a fight from the regime city to attend the that still controls the city itself. birthday celebrations of NCP Nasik The airport was renamed unit president Vasant Pawar. ‘‘Baghdad International’’ and it would be the ‘‘gateway to the fu- Wildlife Act changed: Reprieve ture of Iraq,’’ said US Brigadier- could be at hand for those unable to General Vincent Brooks in flaunt their prized shahtoosh shawls as changes to the Wildlife Protection Qatar. Act have come into force. The envi- American forces are now plan- ronment ministry gets the power to ning to go into the city at a time set a period of ‘‘amnesty’’ for of their choosing, take over key declaration of certain banned facilities, and begin running the possessions. P9 show even if Saddam is still holed up in the city and there SARS cases denied: The Union fighting in parts of the city. government on Friday said no case The idea is to begin exercising of the deadly new lung infection, administrative control over the which has infected 18 countries, has been reported in India. P6 city and restore basic civic amenities to that it can win the US boycotted: Vice-chancellors of local population over to their 14 universities in West Bengal will side. This they say is the surest meet on Saturday to decide on boy- way to make the Saddam regime cotting programmes conducted or irrelevant and to demoralise it. The US 3rd infantry division secures a gated area at Saddam International Airport, 20 km from the capital, on Friday. The coalition renamed it Baghdad Airport. funded by the British and the US Washington hopes that Bagh- governments or their agencies. P6 dad’s five million residents, in- duct an administrative appara- and the Saddam regime might AP Reliance changes tack: Re- cluding two million Shias who it tus into the areas it controlled. now use guerrilla tactics. air force headquarters liance Infocomm is changing its believes have been oppressed by “You’re going to have Baghdad But US officials indicated that and presidential palace gameplan for Reliance India Mobile the Saddam regime and have no isolated, you’re going to have they are in no great hurry to go ● 2,500 Republican services. Customer resistance to loyalty to him, will welcome the half the population that proba- into the city, and when it hap- schemes with commitment for 36 coalition effort to put an end to bly wants nothing to do with the Guards surrender months has forced Reliance Info- pened it would be a piecemeal ap- their day-to-day difficulties. folks, the oppressive regime,” proach. There is also talk here of ● Marines tighten grip on comm to rethink its marketing and Baghdad went without lights Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen the coalition quickly handing Nassiriya, appear to product pricing strategy. P15 on Thursday night and the tele- Richard Myers, said on Thurs- over administrative duties to control bridges over Indian develops TB test : An In- phone system has collapsed al- day. “And then you’ll start work- Iraqi exiles and citizens who Euphrates dian scientist, Ajit Lalvani, has de- most totally.The water and sani- ing at it as you can.” veloped a new test for tuberculosis tation system is still holding up. While declaring that “whatev- come forward. that experts say could help control US officials express no great er remnants are left would not be Comment: With the virtual crip- Toll the disease in the developed world concern over the possibility of in charge of anything except pling of Baghdad, Washington by more accurately detecting infec- urban combat in Baghdad while their own defence,” Myers how- seems bent on declaring ‘Victory US, UK tions before people get sick. P11 acknowledging the going could ever counselled patience and in- Iraq’ with or without getting Sad- TROOPS 91 still be tough. dicated that it would take some dam. Does this mean that like YOU SAID IT by Laxman Osama in Afghanistan, an elu- Military experts also suggest- time for the coalition to establish ● US Marines close IRAQI sive Saddam could end up being 1,250 ed US forces would not fall into complete control. THE BATTLEFRONT in from the southeast CIVILIANS the trap of engaging in classic The only danger to US forces the missing link in America’s Source: Reuters urban warfare or lay siege to now comes in the form of asym- laurels? ● Civilians living near See Edit: Baghdad Blogbuster airport stream into city Baghdad and put the citizens to metric warfare, according to mil- DAYDAY 1616 Weapons of Mass Destruction greater difficulty. Instead, the itary analysts here. The formal CNN’s Sanjay Gupta operates on ● Bombers pound Iraqi sites found: 0 coalition would attempt to in- Iraqi Army has just melted away Iraqi child: Page 12 DTH is here, for just Rs 5,000 By N Vidyasagar Dishy deal ing on the kind of channels a cus- TIMES NEWS NETWORK tomer wishes to watch. Of course, this cost will vary between service New Delhi: Direct-to-Home (DTH) •Zee’s Subhash providers. will become a reality in the next Chandra gets It will cost the DTH provider Rs 3 hundred days. On Friday, Zee pro- nod for DTH, crore to set up technical infrastruc- moter Subhash Chandra’s ASC En- Star waiting Your predecessor was very trure for one channel. The DTH terprises became the first company particular he should see every file, •Viewers can provider will also have to tie Sir. But he was very busy and to get the nod for a new option up with various broadcasters to cable TV. choose up to couldn’t find time! 200 channels for content. DTH allows you to bypass the lo- ‘‘We are very excited to get the indiatimes.com POLL cal cable operator with the help of a •Installation will cost Rs 5,000, green signal. TV viewers will have pizza-sized satellite dish and digital monthly charge Rs 120 upwards a wider choice and will get digital- Yesterday’s results: Do you think the decoder. These will allow you to quality picture,’’ said Goel. media has overhyped the flick through over 200 channels. Another applicant, Space TV, a Vivek Oberoi-Salman Khan spat? Viewers will now have access to DTH? ‘‘Not more than Rs 5,000,’’ Star affiliate company,is still await- says Jawahar Goel, director, Essel Yes 71% No 29% niche channels from golf to gar- ing government clearance. dening, besides allowing them to group. At current prices, Goel adds, Finally, the first rule of DTH in • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose choose their language. For exam- a digital decoder will cost around India: No porn channels or liquor to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. ple, Discovery or Cartoon Network Rs 2,500, a pizza-sized satellite dish ads. All content provided by the Today’s question: Would Aishwarya are aired in Hindi in North India. (Rs 720), a SIM card and other in- DTH service providers has to pass Rai make a better James Bond girl than With DTH, consumers can opt for stallation charges. through the common encryption Halle Berry? the English version. The monthly tab will vary be- system located within its earth Cast your vote on How much will it cost to install tween Rs 120 and Rs 1,000 depend- station in India. www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Safdarjung airport flies into history By Byas Anand On the ground officials explained. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Moreover, Delhi’s new Master Plan talks about utilising the green New Delhi: The civil aviation min- •Two-hundred-acre airport land WEATHER to get commercialised area around the airport for con- istry is planning to dismantle the structing high-rises to help the city landmark Safdarjung airport and o o •Golf course and entertainment grow vertically. Max: 33 C / Min: 24 C commercialise the 200-acre area to Moonset:Saturday - 2152 hrs. complex may come up ‘‘It would not require a drastic generate additional revenue. Moonrise:Sunday - 0840 hrs. Civil aviation security academy change in the Master Plan.