KOCHI, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2014 Weekly Edition ● Regd. KL/EKM/710/2012-14 ● RNI No. TNENG/2000/49953 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 15 ● No. 44 ● CITY EDITION ● 28 Pages ● Rs. 7.00 ● www.thehindu.in DIALECT IN DISASTERS IN BOKO HARAM ODI SERIES FOCUS THE MAKING DENIES TRUCE BEGINS TODAY PAGE 5 SUNDAY ANCHOR: PAGE 10 PAGE 12 PAGE 15 Printed at Chennai, Coimbatore, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madurai, Noida, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Vijayawada, Mangaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Hubballi, Mohali, Allahabad and Malappuram • • INSIDE ĭ Congress heads for split in T.N. BJP talks with Sena; Fadnavis BACKROOM PLAYER Vasan hits out at Row over visits Thackeray memorial RSS has a say Alok Deshpande in policy matters high command for Digvijaya’s neglecting State MUMBAI: A day after assuming Rahul remark office as Maharashtra’s first Sruthisagar Yamunan BJP Chief Minister, Deven- Special Correspondent dra Fadnavis on Saturday CHENNAI: The Congress in Ta- visited Shiv Sena founder Bal mil Nadu looks set for anoth- NEW DELHI: Controversy Thackeray’s memorial, even er major split with the former erupted after Congress general as the two parties held talks Union Minister G.K. Vasan secretary Digvijaya Singh on the Sena’s inclusion in the NEW DELHI: The RSS has on Saturday hitting out at the suggested on Saturday that Ministry. emerged as a powerful All India Congress Commit- party vice-president Rahul The visit is seen as an in- backroom player in the NDA tee (AICC) for neglecting is- Gandhi take over as party chief dication that the BJP might dispensation. From clearing sues of the State and hinting from his mother, Sonia Gandhi. consider accommodating the names of Chief Ministers to at the revival of the Tamil The party officially sought to Sena in the Ministry. Sena discussing policy matters with Maanila Congress (TMC), play down Mr. Singh’s suggestion leaders want the issue to be Ministers, it is playing as launched by his father, the as a personal view. “It’s a clinched before November important a role as the National late G.K. Moopanar, just be- general feeling of party workers 12, the day set for Mr. Fad- Advisory Council did in the UPA fore the 1996 general elec- Invoking the ‘Valamana had been “against the senti- that the Congress has always navis to prove his govern- government. — Jatin Gandhi tions. Tamizhagam, Valimayana ments” of party workers and encouraged younger people to ment’s majority on the floor Mr. Vasan’s outburst on Bharatham’ (Prosperous Ta- the people of Tamil Nadu. lead it. Therefore, I think the of the Assembly. NEWS | PAGE 8 Saturday came after Con- mil Nadu, Strong India) slo- When asked if he would time has come when Rahul Mr. Fadnavis is also yet to gress president Sonia Gandhi gan — coined by Moopanar launch a new party, Mr. Va- should take charge,”he had said. declare Cabinet portfolios a DROPPING OIL PRICES accepted the resignation of during the launch of the TMC san said he would hold dis- Party spokesperson and day after his government was B.S. Gnanadesikan as TNCC in 1996 — Mr. Vasan told re- cussions with his supporters former Minister Anand Sharma sworn in. Not only are Cabi- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Jet fuel prices president and replaced him porters here shortly after the and announce the next step said Sonia was a source of great net Ministers said to be jock- his Cabinet colleagues pay tributes to Balasaheb with Mr. Vasan’s long-time appointment of Mr. Elango- on Monday. inspiration for the party. “Rahul eying for plum posts, Thackeray at Shivtirth in Mumbai cut by 7.3% Gandhi is also an inspiration and outcome of the talks with Se- rival and former Union Min- van that the actions of the ½ PAGE 8 on Saturday. — PHOTO: PTI NEW DELHI: Jet fuel rates were ister, E.V.K.S. Elangovan. AICC over the last few years STATE IGNORED: VASAN | future of the party,” he added. na will also impact Cabinet on Saturday cut by a steep 7.3 formation. two Ministers of State. when Sena chief Uddhav per cent, the fourth straight Mr. Fadnavis has said the The thaw in the relations Thackeray relented follow- reduction in prices since August portfolios will be declared between the BJP and Sena, ing persuasion by senior BJP on the back of falling late on Saturday night or by which had turned frosty fol- leaders and participated in international oil rates. The Modi meets Secretaries, BCCI claims Sunday. Nine Ministers were lowing disagreements on the oath-taking ceremony. price of aviation turbine fuel sworn in on Friday including seat-sharing before the As- (ATF), or jet fuel, at Delhi was $41.97 m seven Cabinet Ministers and sembly polls, was evident ½ NO PORTFOLIOS YET | PAGE 8 cut by Rs. 4,987.7 a kl to Rs. 62,537.93 per kl. — PTI sets tone for next budget as damages NEWS | PAGE 8 from Windies Puja Mehra proposals for the forthcom- a few weeks ago aim to ad- Setback to space tourism CLOSURE OF BARS ing Union Budget to be pre- dress the issue of quality of S. Dinakar NEW DELHI: Three months sented in February next year government spending Heavy rush at ahead of the presentation of based on the suggestions be- through the stipulation that the Union Budget, Prime ing received on the MyGov all schemes and programmes CHENNAI: The BCCI has as Virgin test flight crashes Bevco outlets Minister Narendra Modi platform, according to an of- be monitored and evaluated claimed $41.97 million as KOCHI: Bevco outlets across called upon senior bureau- ficial release. in terms of “measurably de- damages from the West In- Kenneth Chang the district were crowded till crats on Saturday to build up- “Good things are starting fined” outcomes, an im- dies Cricket Board (WICB) Friday evening. The staff had to on the “momentum” and to happen …We are one provement over the for pulling out midway MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA: Space- wade their way through waiting “positive atmosphere” gener- team. Let us bring openness outcomes policy of the Man- through the tour of India. ShipTwo, a rocket plane that customers when they arrived to ated in the first five months of in governance, come closer mohan Singh government. The West Indies was is to carry tourists on a short open the outlets. the new government by shift- and work together,” the The Prime Minister’s en- scheduled to play five ODIs, ride to space, crashed in the CITY | PAGE 3 ing the emphasis of govern- Prime Minister told the offi- dorsement of outcomes-ori- a Twenty20 international Mojave Desert on Friday dur- ance to measurable cials assuring them of zero ented spending is expected and three Test matches on ing a test flight, killing one of MAGAZINE outcomes. political interference and to begin to reflect in all new the Indian campaign. How- the two pilots. The other pi- — 4 Pages At an informal interaction asking them to work fear- schemes and projects. ever, the team, locked in an lot, who was able to eject from LITERARY REVIEW over high tea at his residence, lessly in the interest of the He suggested that all Sec- acrimonious dispute over the space plane, was taken to Mr. Modi encouraged the nation. retaries visit the place of payment structure with the a nearby hospital with inju- — 4 Pages Secretary-rank officials to New spending rules the their first posting to get new WICB and the West Indies ries, said Ray Pruitt, the pub- Debris of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two CLASSIFIEDS come up with new ideas and Finance Ministry introduced insights. Players Association, lic information officer for the in California. — PHOTO: REUTERS — 4 Pages decided to fly out after the Kern County Sheriffs Office. fourth ODI at Dharamsala on Virgin Galactic, the space was conducted by Scaled Twos motor ignited, and then October 17. tourism company created by Composites, the designer and something went wrong. Twitter says BJP eyes 10 crore new members ‘Confidence shaken’ Richard Branson, acknowl- builder of SpaceShipTwo. Pruitt said the sheriffs of- edged the accident on Twit- Pruitt said SpaceShipTwo, fice received a call after 10 sorry after Gargi Parsai A top-ranking BCCI ter. The vehicle suffered a carried aloft by a large air- a.m. that an aircraft had gone official told The Hindu, “The serious anomaly resulting in plane, WhiteKnightTwo, took down 20 miles northeast of accounts snag NEW DELHI: Seeking to capital- confidence and the morale the loss of SpaceShipTwo, off at 9:18 a.m. Pacific time the city of Mojave. We have ise on the people’s support of the broadcaster and the said the company. from the Mojave Air and located a debris field, he said. Yuthika Bhargava for the party in the Lok Sabha sponsors were shaken by The test flight, the plane’s Space Port. WhiteKnightTwo — New York Times News and Assembly elections, the the West Indies’ action. first under its own power then flew to an altitude of Service NEW DELHI: Twitter users in BJP launched an ambitious They and the BCCI had to since January and the first 50,000 feet where it dropped India on Saturday found that membership drive on Satur- suffer a heavy financial loss since a switch to a new motor, SpaceShipTwo. SpaceShip- ½ VIRGIN CHIEF UNDAUNTED | PAGE 12 some of their accounts had day to enrol 10 crore new during the festival season.” been suspended. As the members. The party has 3.25 The official added, “The suspension without any crore members at present. five-match ODI series warning sparked outrage Launching the drive, against Sri Lanka, that among users, Twitter India Prime Minister Narendra subsequently replaced the clarified that the move was Modi used the digital media remaining part of the West not deliberate.