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OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,April 28, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 36 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Potter helps author French defence Mahela, Hashan Rowling past the minister begins steer Lanka to Queen in UK rich list visit with Taj trip safety in 1st Test Page 10 Page 5 Page 15 WIN WITH THE TIMES As strike begins today... Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. No blackmail, If we are to teach real peace A-I cancels 37 flights in this world, and if we are TOI to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to Suspends 15 begin with the children. DJB tells water — Mahatma Gandhi more pilots NEWS DIGEST TIMES NEWS NETWORK tanker owners Making Delhi move faster: The New Delhi: The government on By Saurabh Sinha Sunday toughened its stand latest in our series on how to tackle TIMES NEWS NETWORK traffic problems in the Capital looks against the striking Indian Pilots A tanker may at encroachments, and ways to get Guild (IPG) for refusing to oper- New Delhi: The Delhi Jal “reach your home as rid of them. P3 ate flights due to the SARS scare. Board (DJB) said it will not Air-India, meanwhile, suspended Murder weapon found: A month give in to the ‘‘blackmail’’ of late as 1 or 2 am, after the assassina- 15 more pilots after they refused private tanker operators con- but it will definitely tion of former Gu- to turn up for duty despite an ul- tracted to deliver its water. jarat home minister timatum issued by the manage- There are 375 such private reach Haren Pandya, the ment. The airline had suspended tankers which have threat- — Senior” DJB official CBI on Sunday lo- 12 pilots on Saturday and issued ened to go on strike from cated the weapon showcause notices to 50 others. Monday. This means DJB apparently used in Indian Airlines has already will have to rely only on the the private tankers could the crime. The stepped in to lift stranded passen- 587 tankers owned and oper- even be arrested if they try to weapon was recov- gers from the Gulf after A-I can- ated directly by it. disrupt the movement of ered following the interrogation of celled 37 flights to that sector till This impasse will worsen DJB’s tankers. ‘‘They need to the three persons who were arrested the end of the month. the suffering of Delhi al- be disciplined. There are so in Andhra Pradesh for their alleged Two flights out of Delhi — ready reeling under a worse- many complaints of their involvement in the assassination. AI747 to Dubai on Monday and than-usual summer water selling our water which is VAT deadline: Officials are confi- AI835 to Abu Dhabi and Muscat shortage caused by the clo- supposed to be delivered free; dent that if there is yet another slip- for Tuesday — were cancelled. Af- sure of the upper Ganga not going to dry areas; doing page in meeting the deadline of 15 fected passengers were being re- canal for cleaning. It will fewer kilometres than states switching over to VAT from booked on a special IA flight and mean greater dependence on claimed to get more fuel com- June 1, the delay would not be for on those of other carriers, an A-I private — and expensive — pensation and having trip more than a few days. P5 spokesman said. tankers which draw and sell meters that don’t work,’’ al- • 20 patients signed bonds and left leged the DJB chief. Farmers’ grievances: Prime Min- Five flights were cancelled on Panic attack in Kolkata groundwater. ‘‘In the past, ister Vajpayee and UP chief minister Saturday affecting nearly 800 • Workers’ union threatened strike whenever there was a crisis He said this year the board Mayawati along with some Central passengers. the private tankers have al- had maintained a strict vigil While wary pilots • Panic-stricken doctors disappeared most doubled their prices. to prevent such abuse which and state ministers discussed the The IPG’s 200 pilots had re- scrambled AI grievances of UP sugarcane farmers fused to fly to the SARS-affected • Surgical masks came at a premium, They charge anything from increases public inconven- in the wake of some private sugar Hong Kong and Singapore, and flights, a SARS but were sold out by afternoon Rs 200 to Rs 400 for delivering ience, and had fined several patient caused to a house,’’ said H K Yadav,a tanker owners. ‘‘Our strict mills’ refusal to pay the farmers the even refused to fly with crew • And everyone within 100 yards of the state advisory price (SAP) of Rs 95 members who had visited these havoc at Kolkata’s resident of Kalkaji. action is the real cause of for every quintal of sugarcane. P5 countries in the past 10 days. Apollo hospital hospital — including journalists — To avert this, DJB chief P their strike call. Till now, carefully covered their noses K Tripathi said: ‘‘We will run they were making money NCERT book criticised: Experts ‘‘Nearly 45 per cent of the without any check,’’ he said. have claimed that the new NCERT flights from the Gulf have been our tankers round-the-clock. book ‘‘Contemporary India’’ (class cancelled due to the strike and other hand, civil aviation minis- not affect the A-I services as we Comment: Most people will feel We may buy more tankers.’’ Sources say that increased IX) makes chauvinistic and baseless the stations most affected are ter Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said are now training 24 new pilots that A-I pilots are already a pam- Senior DJB official G C vigilance is as much the re- claims. It is one-sided in its portrayal Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Muscat,’’ chargesheets and inquiries are and they would be commissioned pered lot and are only using SARS Nandwani said more drivers sult of this being an election of the reforms movement. P9 an A-I official said. ‘‘But all our being initiated against the erring by June this year,’’ Hussain told as an opportunistic ploy to make will be employed to run the year. The DJB is under pres- flights to US, London, Paris and pilots and the government would TNN. A-I is also recruiting five re- more money. Far from winning tankers. ‘‘A tanker may reach sure to deliver so that votes YOU SAID IT by Laxman Frankfurt will continue.’’ even terminate their services. tired pilots for a short period to public sympathy, their indisci- your home as late as 1 or 2 are not lost on account of wa- IPG has threatened legal action ‘Terminations would follow augment its pilot strength. pline will only build up a case for am, but it will definitely ter supply,which, is solely in against the management. On the and we are confident these would Related reports on pages 9 and 11 disinvestment in the airline. reach,’’ he said. government hands. Tripathi said the owners of Related report on page 2 Engineers, docs stay Kareena to launch Radio out of IAS, say MPs Mirchi today TIMES NEWS NETWORK Training costs TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: MPs do not want doctors New Delhi: Kareena and engineers in the IAS. Miffed at the •Lakhs of rupees wasted when Kapoor will formally thought of government money ‘‘going engineers, doctors are selected for launch Delhi’s much- down the drain’’ when an IIT graduate the civil services awaited Radio Mirchi or MBBS joins the civil services, a key •Such candidates block other aspi- 98.3 FM today. Listeners He wears the mask that way Parliamentary panel has asked the gov- rants from becoming professionals will be able to tune in to because TV news affects him ernment to ban graduates from profes- greatly these days, he says! •They also take the foundation the much-awaited station sional courses from appearing for the tomorrow. The Bolly- civil services examination. course lightly as they will be declared passed eventually wood star, along with Mr indiatimes.com POLL The committee, headed by Congress Vineet Jain, Managing MP Pranab Mukherjee, expressed con- Director, Times Group, Yesterday’s results: Do you think Indian cern over the increasing number of en- Shastri National Academy of Adminis- and Mr A P Parigi, Man- Airlines and Air-India pilots are justified gineers and doctors getting selected to tration. This lack of interest has been aging Director, Radio in refusing to fly to SARS-infected the civil services. attributed primarily to a sense of com- countries? Mirchi, will announce The members said government ex- placency among these trainees that the highlights to the Yes 62% No 38% penditure on each student runs into they will eventually be declared passed. media this afternoon. lakhs of rupees but when he opts out of Trainees who fail some subjects are Kareena will also inaugu- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose the profession and joins the civil serv- to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. allowed to take the examination again rate Radio Mirchi’s ice, ‘‘all the money spent on him goes and again till they eventually get cutting-edge facilities at Today’s question: Do you think India is down the drain’’. What the committee through. ‘‘The confirmation of services Okhla. doing enough to contain SARS as found more disturbing is the fact that of those who fail in various subjects compared to other infected countries? The Delhi launch these students block the seats in the makes a mockery of the word proba- makes Radio Mirchi the Cast your vote on professional courses, preventing other tioner,’’ the committee observed.