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OID‰‹‰†‰KOID‰‹‰†‰OID‰‹‰†‰MOID‰‹‰†‰C New Delhi, Tuesday,September 16, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 28 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Olivia asks Thailand Ex-Chief Justice Inzy propels Pak to end torture of Ahmadi appointed to 257/9 against baby elephants AMU chancellor Bangladesh Page 12 Page 9 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES AP Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Staines killer convicted Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of By Rajaram Satapathy The crime and after All the 13 accused were civilised nations. TIMES NEWS NETWORK present when the judge announced his verdict. A Jan 22 1999: Australian missionary Graham — Thomas Jefferson Bhubaneswar:TheORISSA kurta-pyjama-clad Dara Khurda District and Ses- Staines and his two sons burnt alive in Manoharpur village in Orissa said, ‘‘Nothing to worry. NEWS DIGEST sions Judge on Monday We will appeal in the high- convicted Dara Singh and June 1999: CBI chargesheet against Dara Singh er court.’’ 12 others for burning alive and 18 others Gladys June Staines, 67 die in Riyadh prison fire: Australian missionary Wadhwa panel submits report. the missionary’s wife, Sixty-seven inmates died and 20 Graham Stewart Staines June 21 1999: others were injured in a fire at Saudi Says Dara Singh not part of any outfit, acted alone said: ‘‘Forgiveness is the and his two minor sons, Arabia’s biggest prison on Monday. process of healing which I Phillip and Timothy, at Jan 31 2000: CBI arrests Dara Singh near have already done. The Three security personnel were also Baripada hurt. A panel has been set up to in- Manoharpur village in law of the land has now to vestigate the cause of the fire. P13 Keonjhar district on Janu- April 5, 2003: Accused Daya Patra claims he do its part and I believe it ary 22, 1999. saw Dara Singh setting the vehicles on fire has discharged it faithful- Kanshi Ram hospitalised: BSP Judge Mahendra Nath ly and effectively.’’ president Kanshi Ram, who was ad- Pattnaik will pronounce Sept 15, 2003: Court convicts Dara Singh, 12 others, acquits CBI advocate Sudhakar mitted to Hyderabad’s Nizam Insti- the quantum of punish- one. Says it will announce punishments on Sept 22 tute of Medical Sciences here fol- Rao said he was happy, lowing a brain stroke on Monday ment for the 13 persons on but would examine the morning, was shifted to Delhi at September 22. Staines and the accused set it ablaze. for criminal consiracy,un- verdict to see why one night. P9 his two sons were sleeping The judge convicted lawful assembly and burn- man got away. in a vehicle outside a Dara for murder. His co- ing a vehicle. The penalty Justice was relatively quick: P5 Rape attempt on minor: An church in Manoharpur accused have been con- for murder is death by Not the end for unidentified person allegedly tried to village on that night, when victed for murder and also hanging or a life sentence. history-sheeter: P5 rape a 12-year-old girl inside her school auditorium, where she had gone early for an exam, in Saket on Monday. P3 PM won’t meet Musharraf: Prime Minister Vajpayee will not India wins as Cancun fails meet Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf during the UN General By Priya Ranjan Dash ‘‘The fact that we brought India and the in 1999. Cancun cements Assembly session, beginning in New TIMES NEWS NETWORK the concerns of developing that process of democratic York on September 23. He will meet countries to the centrestage developing“ assertion. US president George Bush and New Delhi: India by all reflects the success of Can- countries have The second important out- Russian president Vladimir Putin. P9 reckoning has emerged a cun,’’ commerce minister left their imprint come is that the current rou- House arrest for Geelani: The winner from the ruins of the Arun Jaitley was quoted in nd of trade negotiations call- collapsed WTO talks in Can- on the WTO Jammu and Kashmir government an official release issued here agenda ed the ‘‘Doha Development has placed Syed Ali Shah Geelani cun on Sunday night. Minis- on Monday. ‘‘India did not Arun Jaitley Agenda’’ of the WTO has and Bilal Gani Lone under house ar- ters failed to strike a deal, but yield on any issue at Can- ” been delivered a fatal blow. ● rest to avoid any clash between the India and the developing cun,’’ celebrated Jaitley. Interview on page 15 Trade diplomats said the supporters of the Maulvi Moham- A worker cleans the interior of a Metro rail coach on Monday. According to DMRC countries it led in two issue- Officials said the Cancun of millions of their farmers. round may not be dead yet, mad Abbas Ansari-led Hurriyat and chairman Madan Lal Khurana, the Tis Hazari-Trinagar section is expected to be based coalitions have reasons talks collapsed because the The most significant out- but it surely has gone into its breakaway group. P10 inaugurated by deputy PM L K Advani on September 30. Another picture on page 4 to smile. EU insisted on WTO starting come of Cancun, said trade coma. Trade diplomats are ‘‘No show is better than a negotiations in new areas analysts, is that it changed unanimous that the round, poor show,’’ a member of the such as foreign investment the trade politics. The issue- which had already missed se- Indian delegation told The and competition policy. This based coalition of developing veral key deadlines and had Times of India on Monday. turned out to be the prover- countries led by economic po- stalled even before Cancun, is ET’s roll of honour: India had opposed the bial last straw on the camel’s werhouses India, China and now on course to nowhere. launch of the new round of back, for, the poor nations of Brazil lent a new dynamics. The political victory for the WTO talks in Doha. Conse- Africa, Asia and Caribbean The capacity of the poor poor countries could turn out quently, it has little to grieve were already miffed at a draft countries to get their voice to be their economic debacle. Birla, Parekh, Bhatt over the failure of Cancun to declaration that had com- heard was first evident in Edit: Greed vs Equity kickstart the stalled round. pletely ignored the interests the chaotic Seattle meeting Sacred Space: P14 TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: Perseverance, true grit, and financial savvy were amply re- warded as The Economic Times,the world’s second-largest business daily, chose its awards for corporate excel- lence, the Oscars of Corporate India. The winners range from Kumar Mangalam Birla, Business Leader of the Year and the country’s youngest indiatimes.com POLL billionaire, and Deepak Parekh, the Should India stop peace initiatives doyen of the Indian financial servic- with Pakistan in view of the spurt es industry, who was honoured for in terrorist attacks? Lifetime Achievement, to Ela Bhatt, Yes 68% No 32% the famous social activist and founder of SEWA, who was named VOTE NOW: Will Sourav Ganguly make a Businesswoman of the Year. good TV show host? The awards were for nine different Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 categories and for the first time included a category called ‘Global Indian’ for promoting and raising YOU SAID IT by Laxman the profile of India Inc.abroad. Kumar Mangalam Birla TOI Archives Amar Bose, the son of a freedom fighter from Kolkata, who made Bose market that has little brand loyalty. Speakers a household name in the The Godrej group was chosen as Cor- US, got the award. porate Citizen of the Year. I-flex, a rising star in information An 11-member jury comprising, technology was named Emerging among others, N R Narayana Murthy, Company of the Year while the coun- chairman and Chief Mentor of Infos- try’s global pharma major, Ranbaxy, ys Technologies, Rahul Bajaj, chair- was the Company of the Year. V G man Bajaj Auto, and M V Subbiah, Siddhartha, the founder of Amalga- chairman of the Murugappa group, mated Coffee Bean Trading (Cafe Cof- chose the winners after a marathon fee Day) was the Entrepreneur of the three-hour debate. Year for creating a strong brand in a More on page 15 Set to beat Rowling, too Friends, please! All that he wants to say is a few words thanking you for casting your valuable votes and helping him win. Material to know Blyton WEATHER By Rashmee Z Ahmed dren’s books...’’, but TIMES NEWS NETWORK Madonna asked Max. 30.4ºC/Min. 24.2ºC sharply: ‘‘Is she any Moonset: Wednesday – 11:52 am London: Madonna, the world’s ar- good?’’ The reporter Moonrise: Tuesday – 9:45 pm guably most-famous, 40-something, said yes, and a happy Sunset: Tuesday – 6:25 pm mother-of-two, has just launched her ca- Madonna concluded Sunrise: Wednesday – 6.07 am reer as a children’s author. But, the 21st by saying: ‘‘Oh good Mainly cloudy sky with one or two spells of century’s most successful wannabe — in that case I’m rain/thundershowers in some areas. Enid Blyton has confessed she doesn’t happy to be in her Maximum relative humidity on Monday have a clue who or what is Blyton. company.’’ 100% and minimum 77%. With the widest, simultaneous multi- Madonna’s igno- language book release in publishing Madonna rance about Blyton history, the former Material Girl’s new comes as she is expected to make mil- book, The English Roses, was launched lions by launching possibly the largest, on Monday. The Chinese and Finns get multi-book, multi-lingual, multi-coun- to read it too from Monday,but publish- try book promotion effort in publishing ers Penguin were unable to tell TNN history.