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Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. His run from the law ends, Daler arrested TIMES NEWS NETWORK This is the devilish thing staying at his friend Shamsher that Mehndi would inform the SP of Singh’s Vasant Vihar residence. Patiala before surrendering. The lo- about foreign affairs: New Delhi: Punjabi singer Daler And pop goes the singer they are foreign and will According to Delhi Police, Mehn- cal police was supposed to provide Mehndi was arrested from a Vasant di had reached Vasant Vihar on him with security.’’ The pied piper of Patialia But his fans weren’t too flattering not always conform to Vihar house on Friday afternoon. A our whims. Thursday night. ‘‘Before that he Immediately after his arrest, a Daler and brother Shamsher allegedly In Patiala on Oct 27, he and his Merc were special cell team of the Delhi Police was hiding with another friend, Punjab police team was sent to Del- ran an immigration racket. They’d attacked by a mob, rotten eggs, tomatoes. — James Reston nabbed Mehndi hours after his ad- Jagdeep Singh Dhumal, in Vasant hi. They would seek transit and po- charge someone up to Rs 6 lakh vocate promised the Supreme Kunj,’’ said the special cell officer. lice remand of Mehndi, Patiala po- and take them on foreign tours as SC wasn’t kind either NEWS DIGEST Court that he will surrender before Both Singh and Dhumal are proper- lice chief A S Rai said. ‘trainee musicians’. They’ve been Daler moved SC for anticipatory bail; a court in Patiala. ty dealers. The Patiala police had registered named in 20 cases of fraud. asked for CBI probe, as, he said, the Earlier in the morning, Mehndi’s A special cell officer said: ‘‘Non- a case of cheating against Mehndi Shamsher was arrested on Oct 5. Punjab police were framing him because The Times of India advocate, Kapil Sibal, gave an un- bailable warrants (NBW) against and his brother, Shamsher Singh he’d refused to pay the bribe they want- dertaking in the apex court that his Mehndi were to lapse on Saturday Mehndi, on September 29. While he At first, he denied it ed for turning a blind eye to the rack- and client would appear before the local and, since there was no stay on the was arrested, Daler escaped. He Daler first said he had no et. SC rejected both pleas. Navbharat Times court in Patiala on January 8. Fol- NBW, we went ahead with the ar- moved an anticipatory bail applica- role. But when the police lowing this submission, Justice Do- rest.’’ The Supreme Court did not tion on October 23 before the Delhi found records of a He led them a merry chase Combo Offer raiswamy Raju and Justice Arijit restrain the police from arresting High Court which granted interim business relationship Punjab police raided houses, in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon; didn’t get extended up to 31.12.03 Passayat fixed January 16 as the him. relief for 10 days. with Shamsher, he date for hearing Mehndi’s bail plea. him. Finally on Friday, Delhi Police at Rs 75 per month for all Mehndi’s advocate, D K Garg, On November 3, however, the agreed to being But at 3 pm on Friday, the police however, termed it illegal. He said: high court dismissed his applica- interrogated in Patiala. picked him up from Vasant Vihar. Existing Combo Readers team arrested Mehndi, who was ‘‘The Supreme Court had specified tion.
Reuters Samjhauta Express: India and Soulless and Pakistan on Friday decided to Hutch takes resume the Samjhauta Express unbaggy-green Consumer still between Attari and Lahore from Reliance call, January 15. P10 Chargesheet against Tripathi: show angers slashes rates The CBI on Friday filed chargesheet not CAS king against former Uttar Pradesh Aussie coach TIMES NEWS NETWORK minister Amarmani Tripathi, his TIMES NEWS NETWORK from January, 2004. Of the wife Madhumani and four others Hobart: In a sensational at- 2.8 lakh homes in South Del- New Delhi: Hutch on Friday gave a half-heart- in connection with the murder of tack on Aus- New Delhi: On Day 5 of hi, only 20,000 have so far ac- ed response to Re- poet Madhumita Shukla. P11 tralia’s star CAS chaos in South Delhi, quired set-top boxes. About liance’s low roaming cricketers, consumers seem to have 80 per cent of these boxes gained a little. Multi-system charges by reducing their coach are on rent. Also, Union operators (big cable opera- rates for its post-paid John Buc- Bank joined hands with tors) met on Friday and de- subscribers, who form hanan has ac- Siticable to finance set-top cided to be more ‘‘consumer- 20 per cent of its nearly cused them of boxes. friendly’’. 4-million customer base. letting spon- ‘‘We have strengthened Prizes worth Rs 1 Crore*. Buchanan However, they said they Even then, it did not sors, business our call centres and people Scratch your first name initial on would ‘‘stick to CAS’’ and fully match Reliance’s interests and can ask anything about CAS. the front page of Delhi Times. switch off channels like Star rates. Hutch will contin- other external factors pro- Consumers need not wait for * Conditions apply Plus, Zee and Sony from 10 ue to charge Rs 25 a duce a “soulless” display the local cableman ,’’ says S am on January 1. They could month for offering the against India in the second N Sharma, V-P (North) not decide if they would service, down from Rs Test in Adelaide. Hathway. beam the third Test with 100 a month. In addition, “Boys, I love each and MSOs also blamed pay Australia from December 26. it will charge Rs 3 a day every one of you but I am so broadcasters (Star, Sony, for each day of roaming. disappointed with the soul- The government should ESPN-Star Sports, Zee) for Besides, it will contin- less, un- baggy green, imma- appoint a retired Supreme not cooperating in the CAS ue to charge higher for ture performance today,” Court judge as an interim rollout. ‘‘Pay rates are deter- said Buchanan’s handwrit- ombudsman, said Rakesh outgoing calls to land- mined by broadcasters. line phones. From Janu- ten letter to the players Datta of Cable Networks As- They have increased the after his side collapsed to sociation. ary 1, Hutch will charge channel rates, despite know- Rs 1.99 per minute for all 196 in the second innings on Reacting to consumer indiatimes.com POLL ing that CAS is coming,’’ incoming and outgoing Day 4. fury, MSOs including Zee- says an InCablenet official. calls made while roam- What do you see Pakistan’s offer to drop “I love each and every one controlled Siticable, Star- A six-member joint front ing on any GSM network the plebiscite demand as? of you but like my own fam- backed Hathway, Hindujas’ RWA team met South Delhi in the country. a) Sincere b) Another ily, you thrill, you frustrate, InCablenet, Spectranet and MP V K Malhotra. ‘‘He initiative gimmick For now, incoming you anger,”said the coach. “I other independent operators promised action and said and outgoing calls from 20% 80% question, what progress have collectively decided to pay broadcasters and cable GSM network were have we made as a team, as adjust the extra money col- VOTE NOW : Will women judges trying operators can’t exploit con- charged at Rs 5.44 per rape cases lead to better justice? individuals?” lected by neighbourhood ca- sumers,’’ said VC Tandon, minute, while local out- Buchanan’s strong criti- blemen in South Delhi to the Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 secretary general of the going calls on roaming cism of his players appar- cable bills of January. joint front. were billed at Rs 4.25. ently came even before they MSOs also said homes In a press meet, Malhotra Charge for calls to non- YOU SAID IT by Laxman lost to India. not having set-top boxes further said consumers GSM networks used to “In the lead-up to this will not be charged more should have the choice to opt range from Rs 5.44 to Rs PRAY MISTY FOR ME: A woman meditates in a park on a cold and foggy morning game and up till tonight, the than Rs 98 (including enter- for an individual pay chan- in New Delhi on Friday. The minimum temperature in the city has been around 7.44 per minute. issues that have dominated tainment and service tax) nel, rather than a bouquet. 9 degrees Celsius as a cold wave sweeps across north and central India. conversations, priorities and by definition (I may well North India cold-struck, fogged-in be incorrect), your atten- tion/focus/clarity- deal- Chill factor: Haryana, 5 die in accidents: 4 Trains late: Several making; sponsors; Tug’s Punjab, Chandigarh, people died in two road trains run behind (captain Steve Waugh) Delhi, Rajasthan, collisions in Haryana; schedule due to poor farewell to Adelaide; hel- covered in fog. Northern one killed in train visibility. Some late mets; what the media is say- winds lower mercury accident in Korba by several hours ing about you,” he said. Imploring the players to In Delhi: First foggy Flights go haywire: 1 What to expect: More treat it as a “private letter”, morning of season, over domestic, 4 international fog, cloudy weather in He wrote, “It’s disappointing 30 flights, 20 trains late, flights diverted, many north India. Night if it found it’s way any- chaos on roads P5 delayed. No flying for 7 hrs visibility will get poorer where. It’s a matter between myself and the players, not I have thoroughly examined there just the players, the whole is nothing wrong with you. That uneasy feeling is common among those who are facing corruption charges. Not to worry! NRS 2003: Now, let truth prevail Neelabh WEATHER By The Publisher economy; so it’s particularly ironic Dear reader, that those who claim to be its pur- o o Max: 18 C / Min: 9 C In a few days, you will finally veyors were actively involved in Moonset: Saturday – 2.43 pm know the truth. No more guessing, trying to suppress it. Moonrise: Sunday – 4.37 am whispering, gossiping and specu- We have always believed in plu- Sunset: Saturday – 5.28 pm lating. Just plain, unvarnished fact. ralism; in multiplicity of thought Sunrise: Sunday – 7.09 am and opinion. And unlike some of Fog in night/morning. Partly cloudy sky. That’s because the Delhi High our competitors, we feel no compul- Minimum temperature will be around 8oC. Court has directed that the findings Maximum relative humidity on Friday 97% of the first round of the National sion to shoot the harbinger of bad and minimum 69%. Readership Survey (NRS) 2003 news. should be made public within a The fact is, no one methodology week. of measuring viewership or reader- It is now up to the NRS Council to ship can ever be perfect. The televi- the smart move declare the major winners and los- sion industry has learnt to live with ers — which should rightfully have multiple rating systems. Similarly, Classifieds Booking (24 Hours) been done two months ago. We there are parallel rating agencies “51-666-888” won’t try to predict their findings. for print. But significantly, they Times Info Line: “51-68-68-68” But this is perhaps the right time to seem to be converging on the same The ATM of Information observe, with some anguish, that results when it comes to the capital this entire controversy could have larly disheartening for us was of competition, Delhi. * 20 + 16 pages of Delhi Times been easily avoided. that a premier, highly respected Last year, when the Indian Read- + 12 pages of Times Property Certain sections of the media, body like the NRS was reduced to ership Survey (IRS) — which used which loudly extol the virtues of being a passive participant in the most contemporary and scien- transparency and accountability, injustice. tific methods — showed that The regrettably had no hesitation in re- For us, the NRS controversy was Times of India had become the sorting to devious methods in order never just about who is numero uno market leader in Delhi, our worthy to obfuscate the truth and thwart in a particular market. Nor was it rivals did their best to discredit it. the mandate given to us by our just about the fact that advertisers Perhaps, a Hanky Tanky com- readers. would have ended up paying more petitor got an inkling that this year, Mapsor, an obscure agency, fol- money for less readership to cer- the NRS too would reveal that TOI lowed the mischievous strategy of tain vehicles, based on misleading has emerged number one in Delhi. filing a case with potentially enor- statistics. So, it tried to prevent the NRS re- mous implications — withholding What is at stake is the right of sults from being published. What of the NRS results — in a civil court readers, advertisers, media plan- will it do if the findings prove in- in Jaipur, when Delhi or Mumbai ners, consumers — indeed, the na- convenient? Discredit NRS? Or would perhaps have been more ap- tion — to know the truth, which seek solace in the more traditional propriate jurisdictions. was deliberately sought to be sup- metric of circulation numbers? Mapsor’s motives were suspect to pressed. Free and fair flow of infor- We’ll know soon enough. In a begin with; but what was particu- mation is the lifeblood of a market few days.
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2 Saturday,December 20, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi
Power cuts in parts of city SPEEDSTATS Nirmal Sharma New Delhi: Power supply maintenance work. Areas will be affected in parts of including Khyala, Vishnu Fat factor Baby boom at Delhi Zoo Feeling good is also about looking good. That means at any given time, Rohini sectors 1 to 14, Garden, parts of Jafferpur, TOI someone aroud you is on a diet or complaining about being fat. These 23, Mangolpuri, Sultanpuri, Mundella, West Patel By Abantika Ghosh Jalebi Chowk and adjoining Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Shadipur are some reasons people use while cribbing about being obese TIMES NEWS NETWORK areas between 9.30 am to 4 pm Depot, Rama Road, Ranjit Don’t excercise enough on Saturday. Nagar, Shadi Khampur and New Delhi: It’s boom time Transco will be conducting Pandav Nagar will also at the city’s National 50% suffer erratic power supply Zoological Park, Delhi. A Splurge on favourite foods between 10 am and 5 pm baby boom, that is. on Saturday. The zoo is teeming with 36% The BSES will be conduct- baby animals, starting Snack too much ing repair and maintenance with the male cub that was 33% work. TNN born to the rhino couple of Ayodhya and Maheswari Eat high fat foods in November. The endan- 28% gered Shanghai deer, whose count of new proge- Eat for emotional reasons ny has just reached the 28% two-figure mark, is closely followed by the barking deer and the hog deer. Source: Calorie control council Three lakes at the zoo are alive with the chirping of nestlings of painted storks. These storks come To chat on SMS send 'cchat'
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Sub-inspector held for accepting bribe: A sub-inspector with New Ashok Nagar police station was arrested while accept- ing a bribe of Rs 5,000 for getting a flat vacated in Mayur Vihar area. The anti corruption branch had received a complaint from Resignation might mean curtains for Khurana one Shakeel Ahmed that the accused, Jagtar Singh, had demand- ed a bribe of Rs 20,000 for getting his flat vacated. He was al- By Himanshi Dhawan politics’’. There are strong asked to submit his resigna- Khurana, bred on city legedly accepting the first installment when he was nabbed. and Maneesh Pandey rumours that he might be Political tides tion as party chief after the politics, had planned a A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered TIMES NEWS NETWORK against the accused. TNN asked by the high command •Khurana formally resigned as dismal failure of the comeback as CM after eight to take over as Rajasthan party in the Assembly elec- years. New Delhi: Is this the last Delhi BJP president governor.Senior BJP leader tion. But he had publicly de- roar of Sher-e-Dilli? When and former Delhi health •He might be asked to take over Before this, clared prior to BJP leader M L Khurana minister Harshvardhan has as Rajasthan governor Sushma Swaraj, the election that entered the conference succeeded him. who had been he would take BJP leader Harshvardhan has DELHI room on Friday to an- ‘‘After discussing it with • projected as the sanyas from succeeded Khurana as the new nounce his resignation as the PM, I decided to resign chief ministeri- politics if opin- Delhi party chief DURBAR party president, he looked as the BJP chief. Now, for a al candidate, ion polls predict- like the shadow of the man while I want to keep aloof was asked to resign in 1998. ing a drubbing proved cor- who once ruled Delhi. BJP eventually lost the rect. from active politics,’’ he day and it was accepted on four decades, on Wednesday At 67, Khurana won his said. Hauz Khas seat to Congress The choice of Harshvard- last battle but lost the war. Khurana sent his resig- Friday morning. quit his Moti Nagar seat. candidate Kiran Walia, de- han as a replacement to He came back home an old nation to party president Khurana, who has been According to BJP spite the constituency be- Khurana, however, seems soldier renouncing ‘‘active Venkaiah Naidu on Thurs- in Delhi politics for nearly sources, Khurana was ing a BJP stronghold. obvious in retrospect. Maintaining decorum, Minor raped in E Delhi TIMES NEWS NETWORK A friend of the victim was also in the car. She New Delhi: A 15-year- asked the victim to join Maken’s new project old girl was allegedly them. raped in Patparganj In- The girl was then TIMES NEWS NETWORK wore on the occasion. The new dustrial Area late on driven to a place in Pat- Speaker wore it as ‘‘it matched Thursday night. New Delhi: The first thing the dignity attached to the parganj Industrial Area that Ajay The girl was standing where she was allegedly post, ‘’ but, he got it in a hurry. alone on the road close Maken did ‘‘I managed this achkan raped. to her house in Seema- after being within five hours yesterday, The girl reported the elected puri, said the police, thanks to the kin of former As- matter to the police. A Speaker of sembly Speaker Mir Mush- when a young man driv- case has been registered the Vidhan taque. His grandsons, Rajeev ing a car stopped close and a manhunt is on for Sabha on and Sanjeev, came all the way to her. the accused. Friday was to say that I should wear an to ensure achkan as their grandfather that his used to wear it during his days tenure as Speaker.They were the ones Ajay Maken would be who got it stitched and it fits hiccup-free. And so, the first well,’’ he said. thing that came up for discus- In another development, the sion was a new proposal to en- Delhi BJP unit elected Jagdish sure decorum during the pro- Mukhi as the leader of opposi- ceedings. tion in the Assembly. For Maken also hinted that the Mukhi, it was another chance existing infrastructure at the to shoulder the responsibility ageing Vidhan Sabha might of an opposition leader in the get a facelift. ‘‘I had spoken to house. the CM and sought her govern- The decision was taken in ment’s cooperation for infra- the morning after Krishna Na- structural development here, gar BJP MLA Harshvardhan including the library, public proposed Mukhi’s name. address system and annexe Mange Ram Garg seconded it along the lines of the Vigyan and Mukhi was elected unop- Bhavan,’’ he said. posed. ‘‘We have a lot of unutilised The opposition leader said: land in and around the com- ‘‘We will provide constructive plex. Its proper use can change support to the Congress gov- the picture,’’ he said. But, what ernment, but will not let anti- made his day special was the people policies to get imple- black achkan (long coat) he mented.’’ MCD man missing after Rs 5-cr deal
By Himanshi Dhawan Neelabh TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: An MCD offi- cial, who forged documents and sold off the corpora- tion’s property to a private builder, could give even Charles Shobhraj a run for his money. A superintendent in the land and estate department, he earned Rs 4-5 crore in a single deal, sometime earlier this year. He then retired, making off with the cash and leaving the civic body clueless about his where- abouts. Located on prime land, the Though details are un- disputed property, plot num- clear, the corporation dis- ber 166 is situated on covered the faux pas while Saraswati Marg in Gaffar planning a demolition drive Market, Karol Bagh and in the area. ‘‘On plot 166 the used to house 27 shops. The builder had torn down shops matter came to light only re- to construct a new building. cently during a routine dem- When they went to demolish olition drive. it they found the papers were Municipal commissioner legal,’’ a MCD source said. Rakesh Mehta has ordered a It was discovered later vigilance inquiry and plans that the superintendent in to lodge a criminal case connivance with the builder against their former employ- had transferred the land ee. Mehta said, ‘‘The inquiry lease in the latter’s name. report will be submitted Senior politicians were also within 15 days.’’ The build- allegedly involved in the ing has been sealed. matter. Van turns turtle, 11 students hurt New Delhi: Eleven school stu- it approached the flyover. dents were injured when the While four students were vehicle carrying them over- rushed to the Golden Century turned near the Sarai Rohilla Hospital in Shastri Nagar, the flyover on Friday afternoon. others were taken to Parmarth The incident took place at Hospital in Shakti Nagar. But about 2.45 pm. they were released after first- The speeding Maruti van aid. The driver of the van, was carrying students of Suresh Kirad (24), a resident of Faith Academy School, Karol Wazirpur JJ colony, has been Bagh. Apparently, the driver arrested. A case of rash and could not control the vehicle. negligent driving has been The children, students of registered against him. TNN Classes V to IX , were return- ing home after attending school. The vehicle turned turtle as
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rainfall Likely at many places in Orissa, and West Ben- gal; and at a few places Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, NATIONAL Patients suffer Meghayala, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Mumbai: I-A 0700, Abolish surplus Govt posts: Report Sikkim; and at isolated places in Jharkand, Uttaranchal, 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman and 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, By Nistula Hebbar clined to comment on the ished. Also some where 2300 Jet Air 0650, Nicobar and lakshadweep Islands. Mainly dry weather will prevail TIMES NEWS NETWORK over the rest of the country. departments where these the work did not justify as half of AIIMS 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Government’s decision to 1935, 2030, 2200, New Delhi: The govern- posts have been identi- the staff,’’ added the Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD cut the flab has left many fied. Official sources say source. 1520, 1800, 2025 ment plans to go on a Max Min Max Min scurrying for cover that the departments In fact, part of the sur- KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min diet. Alarmed by over- docs go on leave 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 18 09 Guwahati 23 17 Amsterdam 07 0 range from agriculture, vey also focusses on how Bahrain 19 08 staffing and bulges on its Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 27 18 Dehradun 22 08 to weights and measures. much time an employee Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 33 23 Hyd’bad 31 16 Bangkok 30 19 rolls, the Delhi govern- By Abantika Ghosh CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 23 18 Indore 27 11 Beijing 05 -6 The entire exercise has spends on actual work. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ★★★ ment had set up a com- 0640,0955 Bangalore 31 17 Jaipur 20 10 Chicago 06 -5 ● 154 govt posts been kept under wraps so Proformas had been cir- 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 26 08 Lucknow 27 14 Geneva 05 -3 mittee to study 37 depart- 0645,1900 2,979 redundant far.The government feels culated with questions New Delhi: It’s time for winter vacation T’puram 34 22 Patna 23 12 Hong Kong 20 12 ments in order to identify BANGALORE: that lobbying by different on work schedules and at AIIMS. With half the faculty on leave, I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 29 2 Rajkot 25 09 London 06 1 surplus posts. A prelimi- ● Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 22 19 Shimla 12 03 Los Angeles 21 09 These posts might be out of departments to retain old the time taken for official the patients have been left in the lurch. Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 30 19 Srinagar 05 01 Moscow 01 -6 nary report by two of the away with posts may jeopardise the tasks. In fact, the Union On Friday, Harsh Chaddha had come HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 four sub-committees has Cut off ● from Rohini with his father, who is suf- GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS The entire entire project. ‘‘The ad- ministry of urban devel- Sahara 1200 found 154 posts surplus done ministrative reforms de- opment has set up an in- fering from a urinary infection. KULU: Jagson 0630, out of 2,979 posts sur- exercise ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 20:00 hrs. on identification partment had been set up centive fund for state gov- Chaddha said: ‘‘We reached two and 0650, 1215 19.12.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. THE February 2004 AHMEDABAD: veyed so far. is to be completed by keeping these things in ernments which can in- half hours back. Till now, he has been ★★ I-A 0600,1700 1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl The report recom- ● mind,’’ said a source. troduce such reforms. administered no medication. For two Jet Air 0610 NORTH Redundant posts GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: mends that these posts be ROLLS agriculture, soil and chemical, hours after we came, he was lying unat- 4033 Jammu Mail 20.12 31.12 05.01 02.01 I-A 0555★★, 1010• declared surplus and per- Alarm bells had tended on a stretcher. It is ridiculous ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 08.01 07.01 31.12 weights and measures dept and 2403 Jammu Exp 31.12 04.01 05.01 06.01 haps abolished altogeth- started ringing in that they take so long to start the treat- Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, DCW in Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST er. The report is not final the government ment of a patient who has been brought Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 28.12 31.12 07.01 — 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 yet. The committee was when it was discov- to the emergency.’’ Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 24.12 31.12 31.12 07.01 (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 29.12 05.01 05.01 12.01 set up on August 5, this ered that certain de- An institute official said, ‘‘Faculty Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 26.12 01.01 14.01 year to ‘‘trim the bulges’’. partments were members are eligible for a week-long va- INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp 21.12 22.12 25.12 25.12 Most of the posts de- grossly overstaffed. cation in winter. As a rule, 50 per cent of 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 20.12 22.12 21.12 21.12 Nirmal Sharma BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 31.12 13.01 clared surplus have ei- ‘‘There were depart- them can go on leave at any given time.’’ Air 0010 (TG-316), 5622 North East Exp — 26.12 31.12 01.02 ther not been filled for Shailaja Chandra, ‘‘this cise will take another ments where posts She admitted that despite specific in- A-I 0050 (IC-855) 2554 Vaishali Exp 21.12 29.12 26.12 27.12 is just a very preliminary FRANKFURT: Lufthansa over a year or are no three months to be com- have been lying va- structions to not let services be affected, 2816 Puri Exp — 03.01 29.12 29.12 finding, of two sub-com- 0305 (LH-761) 2802 Purshottam Exp — 05.01 31.12 31.12 longer needed. Accord- pleted,’’ she said. cant for years, but there is a problem, as for two weeks, the AMSTERDAM: 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 09.01 09.01 30.12 ing to chief secretary mittees, the entire exer- The chief secretary de- have not been abol- usual load of patients was being handled KLM 0140 (KL-472) 4230 Lucknow Mail 25.12 29.12 29.12 26.12 LONDON: British Air WEST by half the staff. ‘‘The waiting time for 0210 (BA-142) 2904 Golden Temple Mail 27.01 05.01 05.01 08.01 patients increases. But we try to keep PARIS: Air France 2926 Paschim Exp 01.01 06.01 06.01 09.01 ‘Efforts to save Super Bazar failed’ things as normal as possible,’’ she 0040 (AF-147), 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 06.01 06.01 06.01 — TIMES NEWS NETWORK A-I 0205 (AI-159) 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 06.01 05.01 05.01 — crore was spent on the stores,’’ the added. SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 01.01 01.01 01.01 bench said. It said Super Bazar Things, however, are far from normal. Airlines 2045 (SQ-407), 1078 Jhelum Exp — 12.01 09.01 14.01 New Delhi: The Delhi high court was on the brink of financial col- Even OPD patients are having a tough A-I 0050 (IC-855) 2916 Ashram Exp 24.12 02.01 31.12 31.12 on Friday dismissed several peti- lapse and there was no chance of time as doctors usually refuse to treat DAHRAIN: SOUTH tions which had challenged the A-I 0245 (AI-818) 2616 G T Exp 27.12 31.12 31.12 28.12 its return to profitability. ‘‘others’ cases’’. Pranay Kumar, who had ROME/MANCHESTER: 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 28.12 30.12 06.01 28.12 government’s decision to close The government had decided to come to the skin OPD from Bihar, said: A-I 0300 (AI-139) 2432 Trivandrum Raj 13.01 27.01 21.01 — down its chain of provision HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2626 Kerala Exp — 08.01 31.12 13.01 close down the chain of provision ‘‘Three out of the five doctors who were A-I 2340 (AI-310) 2618 Mangala Exp — 08.01 07.01 05.01 stores, the Super Bazar.The bench stores in July last year. The em- supposed to be on duty today,are absent. AIR INDIA 2628 Karnataka Exp — 05.01 05.01 31.12 of justices Dalveer Bhandari and ployees of Super Bazar had chal- There was utter confusion as doctors in- 2724 A P Exp 27.12 06.01 31.12 30.12 H R Malhotra said the Central sisted that patients should consult the AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 30.12 12.01 12.01 — lenged the validity of its closure 0010 (AI 127) 7022 Dakshin Express — 31.12 — 26.12 Registrar and the Department of on the ground that the govern- same person they consulted earlier?’’ MUMBAI: 2030 (AI 471) No. of passengers dealt on 18.12.2003 (Delhi Area): 59,292 (N. Rly. Area) Consumer Affairs had made ‘‘ef- ment’s decision did not follow the Many surgeries, too, could not be un- A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,36,624. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all forts to save it from liquidation.’’ (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for guidelines laid down by the Multi- dertaken for lack of personnel. A junior (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. ‘‘But, no improvements could be State Co-operative Society Act, resident doctor with the department 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 made despite the fact that Rs 32 1984. said, ‘‘One operation theatre has been K K Laskar closed down in our department. The sit- uation will be the same next week as Five arrested once the doctors who are on leave, come for robbery back, the rest will go on leave.’’ in Naraina Karmapa issue: HC TIMES NEWS NETWORK notice to Dalai Lama New Delhi: With the arrest of five men, the west district TIMES NEWS NETWORK police claimed to have solved New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday the robbery of Rs 19 lakh issued notices to the Dalai Lama, the 17th from a businessman in Karmapa, ministry of external affairs and Naraina on November 1. The ministry of home affairs on a petition chal- police said that they had lenging the validity of the appointment of the seized Rs 1.5 lakh from the Karmapa. accused. The accused had Justice R C Chopra issued the notices after robbed the businessman out- side his office at Loha Mandi hearing Shree Narayan Singh of the Kaarma and exploded a locally made Kagyu sect of Buddhism who requested the bomb while fleeing. court to restrain the Lama from interfering in ‘‘Three of the accused the religious affairs of his sect. Singh claimed were arrested from Kirti Na- Dalai Lama was the head of Gelugpa sect of gar.The disclosures made by Tibetan Buddhism. them helped us arrest the The next date of hearing in the matter has other two,’’ stated deputy been scheduled for January 21, 2004. commissioner of police According to Singh’s advocate Surat Singh, (west) Satish Golcha. The po- Dalai Lama had certified that the 17th Karma- lice had earlier conducted a pa was a 15-year-old minor when he crossed series of raids at Sultanpuri over to India and reached Dharmshala in Jan- in Uttar Pradesh to nab the uary 2000. It was, however, contradicted by a accused, but to no avail. An team of doctors of PGI Chandigarh. Singh associate of the accused was has claimed in his petition that Dr S K Shar- said to be hiding in a village ma, who conducted extensive medical tests on there. the Karmapa for nearly three weeks in April The police said that the 2000, concluded that he was an adult between main accused, Domma, was 24 and 26 years of age. earlier involved in a murder The petitioner has sought expulsion of the case. 17th Karmapa in the interest of national se- ‘‘They said that they had The new Assembly speaker Ajay Maken took charge on Friday. Also seen are power and transport curity.Singh has accused him of being a part minister Haroon Yusuf and Rohtas Nagar MLA Ram Babu Sharma. meticulously planned the of a Chinese ‘‘gameplan’’ to secede Sikkim robbery for six months. from India. China has recognised the present They followed the victim, Ji- 17th Karmapa. tender Singh, a number of times to keep track of his movement and his way of Green landfill at Jaitpur carrying cash,’’ added By Maneesh Pandey About 7,000 MT of Golcha. The victim was go- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Space crunch garbage is generated in ing to his office after with- the city every day.By 2007, drawing cash from a bank New Delhi: Delhi will •About 7,000 metric the volume is expected to when he was assaulted. He have its first scientifically tonne of garbage is touch 8,000 MT. ‘‘This will escaped in an autorickshaw engineered sanitary land- generated every day go up to 18,000 MT by after exploding a crude fill (SLF) site at Jaitpur in •By 2007, the volume 2021,’’ the official said. bomb. A case has been regis- south Delhi by 2005. So far, is expected to touch Negi said the MCD tered against them in Patel landfill sites have meant 8,000 metric tonne would sign an agreement Nagar police station. The po- vast expanses where within a fortnight with lice said that efforts are on. garbage is simply •The three existing dumped. landfills at Bhalswa, Birla Technical Services, This site will prevent Ghazipur, Okhla have an Indian company which the seepage of toxins from crossed their lifespan would jointly work with the garbage into the earth Canadian consultants. The construction at the and subsequent pollution said a senior MCD official. proposed site will start by of underground water. The MCD decided to ac- Also, the methane gas gen- end of January 2004 and quire 26 acres of land near the site can be used for erated at the site will be Badarpur for the site re-used. This is the first dumping garbage by 2005. which would receive ‘‘After construction, the such facility to be man- about 1,000 metric tonnes aged by private agencies. same company will main- (MT) of garbage from The Jaitpur site will put tain and operate the SLF south Delhi daily. ‘‘It will Delhi at par with Banga- site for eight years, the lore, so far the only Indian have a life span of eight to first major step towards city to have a scientifically 10 years. If segregated privatisation of garbage engineered SLF site. ‘‘The garbage is dumped here, management,’’ he said. three existing landfill the site can last up to 15 MCD will pay Rs 18 sites at Bhalswa, years,’’ said Ramesh Negi, crore as cost of construc- Ghazipur and Okhla have additional commissioner, tion and Rs 124 per MT of already crossed their lifes- conservancy and sanita- garbage being handled by pan and are overflowing,’’ tion engineering (CSE). the private company. Afghan smuggler gets 12 yrs’ jail TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: An Afghan national has been sentenced to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a city court which held him guilty of possessing heroin. Additional sessions judge J R Aryan also slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh on the convict Barat Ali on Friday. In case Ali defaults in payment of fine, he will have to un- dergo rigorous imprisonment for two more years, the judge said. The narcotics cell had arrested Ali from near the Bara Hindu Rao hospital in north Delhi on March 9, 1998. The police recovered 5.90 grams of heroin worth crores of Rupees in the international market from his possession. Teachers’ protest: Teachers protesting against the Uni- versity Grants Commission (UGC) may be an old phenome- non, but this time the commission has gone on a defensive even before the offence has begun. Anticipating a demon- stration by a group of university teachers on Saturday, the UGC has already issued a clarification on the issue. DU teachers have reportedly threatened to demonstrate on Sat- urday to push longstanding demands. TNN
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Saturday,December 20, 2003 5 Foggy days here, air, railway schedules go haywire TIMES NEWS NETWORK dip in the night tem- ibility had improved by perature and the clouds then. 30 domestic and international flights get disrupted New Delhi: The sun played moving away. The met office, however, hide-and-seek through most ‘‘Visibility, this morning, finds this condition normal. TIMES NEWS NETWORK readies for departure. ed included operations be- Indian Airlines had to of Friday morning, as Delhi- was less than 200 m. This is ‘‘The night temperature has Six domestic and eight in- tween Delhi-Kolkata, Chen- reschedule 12 flights. Three ites braved the chilly spell very dangerous from avia- fallen by about 2 degrees, New Delhi: Normal sched- ternational flights were di- nai-Delhi, Bangalore-Delhi, flights to Baroda, Ahmed- caused by cloudy skies. tion point of view as well as which is mainly because of ules of over 30 flights of do- verted to Jaipur, Lucknow, Delhi-Jaipur-Delhi, Delhi- abad and Bangalore took off Passengers were stranded for road-users. the clouds clearing off grad- mestic, as well as, interna- Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Lucknow, Jammu-Srinagar, despite the dense fog as their at railway stations as more ‘‘We sound the fog alarm ually.But the temperature is tional airlines were disrupt- Scheduled departures of 15 Delhi-Chandigarh-Delhi and pilots were trained on the than 20 trains were delayed once visibility is less than still normal for this time of ed due to heavy fog on Fri- Jet Airways flights were dis- Varanasi-Khajuraho- CAT-IIIa system installed at and rescheduled due to poor 1,000 m,’’ said a met depart- the year,’’said meteorologist day. The Airports Authority rupted. Other flights affect- Varanasi. the airport. visibility. ment official. R C Vasishth. of India (AAI) put in place a Sporadic glimpses of the According to him, poor According to him, as the contingency plan to soothe sun saved Delhi from what is visibility condi- clouds move the ruffled nerves of the called a ‘‘cold day’’ in mete- tions will contin- away, the night stranded passengers. orological parlance. ue and on Friday CHILL temperature will Under the plan, additional The met office declares a night, visibility start dipping. seating arrangement has cold day when the day tem- might be less FACTOR ‘‘The day felt been made in the arrival perature is lower than 16 de- than 50 m. chiller than usu- lounge and the security hold gree celsius. ‘‘Heavy fog can be expected al because of the norther- area, besides stocking addi- The maximum tempera- on Saturday morning, too. lies. LSo far, the city has tional food at all counters. ture on Friday was recorded ‘‘Things might be worse in been receiving southerlies The AAI, airport director at 17.8 degree celsius, about open stretches or areas ad- and easterlies brought about PS Nair said, has also tied up two degrees higher than joining parks or fields,’’ he by the western disturbance with All India Radio for reg- Thursday’s maximum tem- said. (WD) that deflects winds ular announcements on perature. Several trains, including from the northern direction. flight delays and the fog situ- The minimum tempera- Howrah and Mumbai Cen- ‘‘WDs bring the southern ation at the airport. The au- ture was recorded at 8.5 de- tral-bound Rajdhanis, were component that is warm and thority is also persuading in- gree celsius. Visibility, delayed by over an hour. moist, while the northerlies ternational carriers to shift meanwhile, continued to The trains were resched- are dry and chilly,’’ he ex- their passengers to hotels deteriorate with the slight uled to late afternoon as vis- plained. till the scheduled aircraft Extended winter break for schools K K Laskar TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Keeping predic- tions of a severe winter in mind, a number of public schools in the city have gone in for a delayed or ex- tended winter break. Though most schools are set to close down in the coming week, some have postponed the holiday period by sever- al days and will be closing on January 1. Others may close as per usual timings, but will not resume primary school classes till the second week of January. Principals say the deci- sion comes in the wake of a severe winter being predict- ed this year. ‘‘Weather conditions are usually worst in January. Last year the government had even ordered schools to be closed down for a few days. We have shifted break timings so that no days are wasted and students also don’t have to bear the ex- treme cold, ‘’ said Gyan Bharti (Saket) principal, RC Shekhar. TOUGH DAYS AHEAD: Students at a bus stop battle early morning chill. Schools like Gyan Bharti be from December 24 to Jan- 12 for the junior school. The timings this year, govern- and CRPF will close on Jan- uary 11. vacation plan has been ment and Municipal Corpo- uary 1 and reopen on Janu- Junior students at Amity made keeping the govern- ration of Delhi (MCD) pri- ary 11. and Ramjas are all set to en- ment specification of 210 mary schools are to follow While many schools like joy a long Christmas break working days in mind. Ex- their usual schedules. Both Springdales and Amity with primary school re- tended holidays will not af- directorate and MCD have set aside about 10 days maining closed till January fect studies,’’ said principal schools will have a week- for winter break, others like 12. of Amity (Saket), Bharti long break from December Laxman Public school (LPS) ‘‘Though the senior Sharma. 25 to December 31. have gone in for a longer va- school will reopen on Janu- While public schools have Schools are however free cation. ary 5, we have decided to ex- been given a free hand in de- to declare a restricted holi- Winter break at LPS will tend vacations till January ciding their winter break day on January 1.
Transporters affected: Transporters are also facing a tough time meeting their deliv- ery deadlines because of the thick fog over the northern part of the country. ‘‘Truck movement is slow. At times, we even have to stop the truck for a few hours because of the thick fog at certain places,” says Sunil Bahri of Jaipur Golden Transporters. TNN
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Trishul test-fired again: For the second time in two days, Tr- No Pota, says Naidu: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu clarified that ishul, India’s most sophisticated short range surface-to-air mis- his government would not invoke Pota against political parties or opponents. PTI sile, was test-fired from the integrated test range at Chandipur near Balasore on Friday. The indigenously developed missile was Sacked Nashik press GM held fired from a mobile launcher PTI New Delhi: The CBI on Fri- Mahendra Singh, assistant day arrested Ganga Pra- controller of stamps P P kash, the suspended gener- Konkane and head clerk D Prime accused takes al manager of the Nashik- S Shaligram. based India Security Press, The spokesman said lie-detector test for alleged security lapses these officials had commit- which helped stamp paper ted various acts of omis- Mumbai/Bangalore: The prime ac- scam accused Abdul Karim sion and commission cused in the stamp paper scam, Abdul Telgi spread his network. which allowed Telgi and his Karim Telgi, on Thursday faced a lie Prakash was arrested in associates acquire techni- detector test in Bangalore after the Hyderabad by the CBI, cal know-how to print fake Bombay High Court allowed the SIT to which searched his house stamps and non-judicial conduct the scientific tests on him and and recovered Rs 1.86 lakh stamp papers. seven others. in cash and some other ma- The spokesman said Tel- Telgi underwent the test at a forensic terial, said a CBI gi had met Prakash laboratary in Bangalore, SIT chief Sri spokesman. and had also gifted Kumar confirmed to reporters. Prakash was him two costly im- In Mumbai, the high court allowed posted as deputy ported watches. SIT to perform P-300 brain finger-print- general manager at The official ing, lie detector and narco-analysis ISP Nashik when sought the scam- tests on the alleged kingpin and seven the scam broke out. ster’s help in get- others, but restrained it from subject- The spokesman ting a promotion ing co-accused Ramachandra Rama said two separate cases and, in return, promised all Reddy to these scientific methods of in- were registered against Tel- help from the ISP. vestigation. gi, five ISP officials and The works manager had The court was hearing a petition three railway protection allowed Telgi to visit the filed by Reddy who had challenged a force officials. letter-press section of ISP special court’s order of December 15 al- Following registration of and also facilitated his lowing the scientific tests on nine ac- cases, the CBI raided vari- meeting with Prakash, the cused. The court granted relief only to ous places in connection spokesman alleged. The re- Reddy and posted the matter for admis- with pilferage of govern- tired machinist had helped sion on January 6. ment stamp papers and ir- Telgi repair the printing Prosecutor Raja Thakre justified the regularities at the ISP, the machines. scientific tests on the accused saying spokesman said. In the second case, the SIT needed evidence to corroborate In the first case, in addi- CBI registered a case with the incriminating material in the tion to Telgi and Prakash, against Telgi, a comman- telephonic talks between Telgi and oth- the others named include a dant of RPF R P Pawar, in- ers on bribes paid to policemen to hush retired machinist N A spector R P Tiwari and con- up cases and go soft on him. PTI Bhusare, works manager stable Sarvar Khan. PTI
Ranjit Singh in Probe Telgi’s charges: Bhujbal CBI cus- tody: Ranjit Nagpur: The Maharashtra alleged involvement.” one”. Kamath, in a letter pur- Singh, the deputy chief minister Chha- Bhujbal said: “Yes I came portedly written by him, had alleged gan Bhujbal, in the thick of a to know that Telgi’s lawyer alleged that Bhujbal and his kingpin of controversy for his alleged met Advani and Kalam nephew Sameer were inter- the CBSE involvement in stamp paper in Delhi and has alleged fering in the investigations. medical en- scam, on Friday asked that I am involved in the Displaying copiesof Ka- trance ques- Deputy Prime Minister L K scam.” Since the home minis- math’s handwritten papers in tion paper Advani to initiate probe over ter (Advani) has the neces- the case diaries submitted be- leak, was re- the charges made by lawyer sary investigation machi- fore the courts in Mumbai, manded to of scam kingpin Abdul nary at his disposal, he Bhujbal said the “handwrit- CBI custody Karim Telgi. should go ahead, Bhujbal told ing does not match at all”. in Patna for Reacting to reports that reporters here on the last day “All these letters, reported- ten days. Telgi’s lawyer had met Ad- of the Winter Session of the ly written by Kamath, arrest- CBI judge, B vani and President A P J Ab- legislature. ed under Mcoca, and sent to N Sahay, dul Kalam in New Delhi and Ridiculing the opposition the governor from Yerawada passed the alleged that Bhujbal too was in Maharashtra, Bhujbal central prison, Pune, were order. PTI involved in the scam, the claimed the letter written by fabricated,” Bhujbal said ac- deputy chief minister said: incarcerated police official cusing the oppostion of “Advani must initiate the Dilip Kamath in connection hatching a conspiracy probe to ascertain about his with the scam was a “forged against him. PTI Top gun Nayak transferred Mumbai: In a surprise move, encounter specialist Mumbai police inspector Daya Nayak, under probe for his alleged nexus with gangster Chota Shakeel, was on Thursday shifted along with 10 other police officials. Nayak was moved out of the crime branch to the Charkop police station in suburban Kandivili by city po- lice commissioner P S Pasricha. PTI CBI may file FIR against Judeo soon TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: With about 30 people already questioned in the Judeo case, the regis- tration of an FIR against the former Union minister by the Central Bureau of Investi- gation seems imminent. According to agency sources, this move awaits the report from the Central Foren- sic Laboratory on the video tape showing Judeo accepting money in a hotel room in the capital. The agency is likely to receive the report on Monday. The registration of the FIR against Judeo and his aide N. Rataria is expected soon after that. ‘‘We are waiting for the re- port,’’ a CBI official said. From all available indica- tions the cases pertaining to the escapades of Judeo and for- mer Chhattisgarh chief minis- ter Ajit Jogi are likely to over- lap. Jogi and his son Amit are likely to be summoned by the agency for questioning about his attempt to purchase the newly elected BJP MLAs in the state with a staggering sum of money. There is a possibility of Jogi being questioned by the sleuths in the Judeo case as well. The CBI has already regis- tered an inquiry to probe the Judeo scam and an FIR against Jogi and his son in the other case.
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8 Saturday,December 20, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Samjhauta Express will chug in from Jan 15 TIMES NEWS NETWORK post and then from the Pak- Ghosh Dastidar who said two governments’ initiative istani side of the border to there would henceforth be later. New Delhi: The Samjhauta Lahore. regular interaction between It was decided at the two- Air link may be back on January 1 Express between Delhi and ‘‘We have decided to re- the two railways at the divi- day meeting to resume the Islamabad: India and Pakistan are all set to restore di- Lahore will resume service store passenger and freight sional, zonal and board lev- service as it used to be when from January 15 with Indian rect and overflight links with an Indian Airlines flight services simultaneously. els. the rail link was cut on De- likely to take off for Lahore from Delhi on January 1. and Pakistani railway dele- Technical and operational cember 31, 2001. The old The ‘‘technical talks’’ have The Pakistan International Airlines also announced gations signing a new con- details have been worked time-table and composition tract for 2004-07 on Friday. not covered the possibility of resumption of direct flights to Delhi and Mumbai and out,’’ the Pakistani delega- opening a second rail route of coaches would remain. The bi-weekly train, with tion chief, Mohammed Iqbal overflights using Indian airspace to Dhaka, Colombo, at the Rajasthan-Sindh bor- There was talk about Kathmandu and Sharjah. Initially, IA will operate four 10 coaches, has links from Khatri, said. der. According to Rail adding AC coaches to the flights a week from Mumbai to Karachi and New Delhi Delhi to Amritsar and from The Indian side was led by Bhawan sources, this was train but the decision has to Lahore, and it has also made arrangements for open- there to the Attari customs Railway Board member S B not on the agenda. It could been deferred to the next be taken up only with the round of talks in Pakistan. ing up its offices in Lahore and Karachi. PTI Pervez never said no plebiscite: Pak Islamabad: A day after prime minister Zafarullah Pakistani Khan Jamali, who normally president reflects the views of the Pervez president, was apparently Musharraf caught off-guard. offered to set Foreign office spokesman aside the UN Masood Khan claimed resolutions Musharraf did not delink on plebiscite the UN resolutions from the Musharraf in Jammu Kashmir issue. ‘‘Both India and Kashmir and Pakistan should find a for a flexible dialogue with midway to resolve the issue India, his government for durable peace in the re- claimed the general’s state- gion, but only which is ac- ment was being misinter- ceptable to Kashmiris,’’ he preted. said, quoting Musharraf. Information minister While Musharraf ’s re- Sheikh Rashid said, ‘‘He (Musharraf) is not dropping marks evoked strong reac- the call for plebiscite, he’s tions from Islamic and mod- saying that we can think of erate political parties, the certain other things, some Pakistani media was divid- alternative proposals.’’ ed, with one section The minister declined to terming it ‘‘a new Kashmir outline the ‘‘alternative pro- paradigm’’ and another call- posals’’, saying that ing it ‘‘shocking’’. Musharraf would raise The main opposition them with Indian leaders came from the Jamat-e-Isla- when ‘‘serious talks’’ are mi, considered to be a pa- held. ‘‘He has them (alterna- tron of militant groups. Ac- tives) in his mind, when cusing Musharraf of enter- there’s serious talks he will ing a ‘‘bargain deal’’ over talk,’’ Rashid said. Kashmir, Jamat chief Qazi Musharraf ’s statement Hussain Ahmad said the has caused a flutter in the General was pursuing a political circles here. Even dangerous policy. Agencies ‘Pak rigid, not us’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK ister Yashwant Sinha said: ‘‘We have always New Delhi: India on Fri- suggested flexibility. It is day said it Pakistan which has been would wel- very rigid. It is Pakistan come ‘‘any which keeps talking change or about the centrality of modifica- that (Kashmir) issue.’’ tion’’ in Sinha’s response came Pakistan’s even as Pakistani mem- approach ber of national assembly, to the Yashwant Sheree Rahman, raised Kashmir the Kashmir issue at a issue and favoured a flex- parliamentary forum on ible approach by both ‘‘South Asia Towards sides. Peace and Cooperation’’. In a lukewarm reply to She had said the peace Pakistani president Per- process between India vez Musharraf ’s state- and Pakistan had been ment on the Kashmir is- held hostage by the Kash- sue, external affairs min- mir issue.
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AP Two PLA members shot dead: Two members of separatist People’s Liberation Army were shot dead by the Army during an encounter in Imphal West district, official sources said on Friday. The two, identified as Beismayum Noyon SC notice to Centre and Sanjoy Singh, were gunned down by the personnel of 19th Rajput Rifles at Loita Ngkhunou area near Imphal. PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK of Gandhi’s petition be- New Delhi: The Supreme fore the Madras High Court on Friday issued Court to the SC on counsel notice to the Centre on R K Jain’s contention that lawyer R Gandhi’s plea a similar matter was challenging the setting up pending disposal. The of the Competition Com- court had criticised the mission replacing the Mo- Centre over the manner in nopolies and Restrictive which the HCs were made Practices Commission. an executing authority for It also ordered transfer the commission’s order.
Hind Fauj anniversary: Rare memorabilia on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose procured from the Netaji Research Bureau in Actor Salman Khan arrives at a local court in Mumbai on Friday. In a twist to the hit-and-run case involving the actor, the prosecution objected to the Kolkata would be part of the dia- trial being conducted by the magistrate in suburban Bandra and urged for mond jubilee celebrations of the transfer of the matter to some other court. provisional government of Azad Hind Fauj at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on December 30. Screening of original footage of the historic moment when Ne- Jayalalithaa taking taji hoisted the Tricolour in Port Blair on December 30, 1943, would be one of the highlights of things too far: SC the three-day celebrations. PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK misused against political oppo- nents. We may go into this aspect in New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Nedumaran’s petition pending be- Friday ridiculed the Jayalalithaa fore this court.’’ government in Tamil Nadu for The Madras High Court had on ‘‘taking things too far’’ in dealing Thursday granted bail to Nedu- with its political opponents, many of whom have been hauled up un- maran and three others detained der Pota. under the stringent anti-terrorism While dismissing its petition law. The high court’s decision had challenging a Madras High Court come within two days of the order granting bail to Tamil Na- Supreme Court ruling that a Pota tional Movement leader P Nedu- accused could seek bail under sec- maran, also arrested under Pota, tion 49(7) of the Act even before the the court told the state government, expiry of one year of his detention. ‘‘Do not create an atmosphere that The TNM leader was in jail for the there is something to panic. They last 17 months. are politicians in a democracy. The apex court had earlier this Can’t they take a particular view? week also observed that mere ver- You are taking things too far.’’ bal support to an organisation A Bench of Justices S Rajendra could not be construed as a terror- Babu, A R Lakshmanan and G P ist activity to attract provisions of Mathur said, ‘‘We do not want to in- Pota. terfere with the high court order The state government had said granting bail to Nedumaran.’’ that Nedumaran was arrested un- The Bench said, ‘‘The objection der Pota for regularly extending against Pota is that it was being support to the banned LTTE. Uttaranchal treads a path less travelled By Chandrika Mago control system. The most diffi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK cult, however, will be external in- spection by international accred- Dehra Dun: Selling organic ited agencies to get the prized or- farming to cultivators is child’s ganic certification which could play compared to making inroads yield a premium on crops. into the export market. Uttaranchal has tied up with The team steering Uttaranchal the Institute for Marketecology, into the ‘organic’ zone knows which offers verification and cer- this. So, even as it courts foreign tification services. buyers and takes small steps into Given the fragmentation of that market, Binita Shah of Ut- land holdings—the average being taranchal Organic Commodities 0.5 hectares—individual farmers Board is clear that the initial fo- can’t hope to make a difference in cus is the domestic market. production or pay for certifica- ‘‘We are not running to foreign tion which can be as much as Rs markets at the moment,’’ says 2,000 to 3,000 a day, apart from Shah. ‘‘We are focusing on the do- travel costs and documentation. mestic market and have tied up So, there is a need to look at re- with agencies.’’ For instance, gions, not farmers, to get viable within six months, 2,000 families production numbers. And, natu- in Delhi could be join- rally thereafter, look ing ‘box schemes’— at the concept of getting a range of or- ORGANIC group certification. ganic items, with Upto 1,650 farmers some others thrown ZONE have been put throu- in, at a small premi- gh the external in- um. At a small level, sales have al- spection, says Shah. But whether ready taken off in Bangalore. Fab group certification would eventu- India and KVIC have shown in- ally be acceptable in a market terest. Brand promotion, rather like Europe remains to be seen. than the premium, is the focus For the moment, there is buyer right now. support—and assistance—for a State chief secretary R S Tolia transition phase, certification, accepts that his state is inflicting import procedures and other bar- on itself a harsher regime of riers. About 40 tonnes of rice is agricultural production, with heading to Germany. Rajma will benchmarks on quality and food follow. There is a proposal from safety which can be difficult to Japan on finger millet for baby maintain. But they see no option. food. ‘‘We expect the impact to Within the state, the four-month- show in 2005,’’ says Shah. But old Board is pushing an internal there is a lot to do.
Karunanidhi summoned: A Chennai court on Friday sum- moned DMK president M Karunanidhi to appear on January 21 for alleged defamatory remarks against Tamil Nadu CM Jay- alalithaa in “Murasoli”. The third additional metropolitan magis- trate P Ramalingam issued the summons for Karunanidhi and S Selvam, publisher and printer of the tamil daily. PTI
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Can CBI probe higher-ups, govt asked AP New Delhi: The SC on Friday urged attorney-general Soli J Sorabjee to as- sist it in a petition challenging the ‘‘single directive’’ clause in the Central Ulfa founder killed, rebels Vigilance Commission Act which prevents CBI from investigating bureau- crats on its own. A Bench of Chief Justice V N Khare, Justices S B Sinha and S H Kapadia fixed January 19 for hearing petition. TNN call for a strike in Assam Samdrup Jongkhar fire appeal, the rebel groups — leaders killed and captured be- (Bhutan): Led by King Jigme Ulfa, NDFB and KLO — have longed to Ulfa. Among those Singye Wangchuk and his son, called for a 48-hour strike in arrested is Bening Rabha, who the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) Assam and north Bengal on was in charge of the Ulfa on Friday intensified its on- Saturday. Dealing a blow to bases in Bhutan and a top slaught on north-east insur- Ulfa, its advisor and think- leader of the outfit’s military gents killing several of them tank, 70-year-old Buragohain, wing. A Bhutanese official including one of the founders who suffered serious injuries said 19 of the 30 camps belong- of Ulfa, Bhimkanta Burago- on the first day of the offen- ing to the militants have been hain. sive, died on Thursday. destroyed so far. The RBA also handed over Besides Buragohain, other A Bhutanese official said to India the first batch of sev- senior leaders reported to the king was in regular touch en captured insurgents. have been killed were Apurba with Prime Minister Atal Bi- Feeling the heat of the of- Deka, Satish Hazarika and hari Vajpayee as well as the fensive coupled with Thim- Ranjit Hazarika. top officials of the Indian BSF jawans patrol near the Indo-Bhutan border in Jalpaiguri pu’s rejection of their cease- Sources said all the senior Army. PTI district of West Bengal on Friday. Bhutan has set an example for Dhaka: Govt TIMES NEWS NETWORK ULFA and other groups based the King of Bhutan was per- camps of militants from the Now in its fifth day,the oper- in that country, external af- sonally leading the operations, India’s north-east have been ations have been termed ‘‘a re- New Delhi: A meeting of the fairs minister Yashwant Sinha sources said after the meeting. operating, sources said. sounding success’’ by Army Union cabinet’s Committee on said after the meeting. The operation has been Constantly in the denial chief Gen N C Vij. Security, held here on Friday ‘‘No request has been made launched by the RBA with only mode, Bangladesh has not Gen Vij was at hand to brief evening, was understood to and I do not think that the sit- logistic support from the Indi- been forthcoming in its the CCS that was attended, have discussed the ongoing op- uation has arisen so far,’’ Sin- an Army that has blocked the cooperation and this has af- among others, by Deputy erations against the anti-India ha told reporters after a two- escape routes for the militants. fected the overall bilateral ties. PM L K Advani, defence minis- insurgents hiding in Bhutan. hour meeting. The operation has been Sources said that the ter George Fernandes, exter- India has so far received no Chaired by Prime Minister launched after much planning Bangladesh media has even nal affairs minister Yashwant request for troops from Vajpayee, the meeting appreci- and preparations. India views blacked out the developments Sinha, finance minister Bhutan to help the Himalayan ated the role being played by this as an example for other taking place in Bhutan be- Jaswant Singh and National kingdom in its military opera- the Royal Bhutanese Army neighbours, particularly cause of the negative security Security Adviser Brajesh tions to flush out insurgents of (RBA), especially the fact that Bangladesh, where, too 110 and diplomatic implications. Mishra. SC notice on Plea on Best death of Britons acquittal in Gujarat riots order begins TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: The Gu- New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday jarat High Court took issued notice to the Gujarat government up the first hearing in and the Centre on a petition by UK-based the government appeal Imran Mohammad Salim Dawood alleging challenging the acquit- that he and his relatives were cornered by a tal of the 21 accused in mob on February 28, a day after the Godhra the Best Bakery case. train carnage incident. The matter will contin- The petitioner said four of his relatives, ue on a day-to-day basis. including three British nationals, were The division Bench killed. comprising Justice B J Dawood accused the Gujarat police of Sethna and Justice J R shoddy investigation into the killing of the Vohra heard the matter three British nationals and sought a CBI as advocate-general, S N probe into it. Shelat, placed on record A Bench of Chief Justice V N Khare and the judgement of the Justices S B Sinha and S H Kapadia asked court and the evidences the state government and the Centre to file in support of the ap- their responses within two weeks. peal. The appeal was Dawood’s counsel said the British high filed by the government commission repeatedly wrote to the police seeking a re-trial stat- saying that the accused mentioned in the ing that the case was complaint were not arrested. The response handled by the trial of the police was that investigation was on court in a flimsy man- to trace the culprits. ner. Shelat would con- The court also asked the Gujarat govern- tinue his submissions ment to provide a status report on the num- in support of the appeal ber of accused in all the riot cases, those on on Saturday. bail and those in custody. In its appeal filed Gujarat government’s counsel and addi- against the Best Bakery tional solicitor-general Mukul Rohtagi said verdict in the first week several cases were referred by petitioners of August, the govern- and amicus Harish Salve where the high ment had said that the court has granted bail to the accused, yet ‘‘trial court committed the blame is put on the state government. major errors of law by In its status report, the Gujarat govern- not addressing a num- ment gave details of the riot cases and said ber of legal points’’ and more than 24,000 accused had been arrested also by ‘‘not dealing in substantive offences and more than 2,090 with the entire evi- chargesheet filed. dence on record.’’ Stat- Rohtagi said the trial in the Godhra train ing that important evi- carnage incident need not be stayed as it dence was ignored by was nobody’s case that there was anything the court, the govern- amiss in it. The court asked for the com- ment said that the case ments of Salve, who is assisting the court was casually discussed. in Gujarat violence matters, on this issue. Trishul test-fired: For the sec- ond time in two days, Tr- ishul, India’s short range missile, was test-fired from the integrated test range at Chandipur on Friday. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Saturday,December 20, 2003 11 Cong appoints new chief in MP TIMES NEWS NETWORK president Sonia Gandhi has Merger plan results in new parties also taken steps to consoli- New Delhi: The Congress Rs 748 cr aid PTI date the merger of the on Friday announced a new TIMES NEWS NETWORK councils separately en- Sikkim Sangram Parishad dorsed the merger, followed chief of its Madhya Pradesh for Vidarbha New Delhi: In a bid to with her party by appointing by a joint meeting of the unit and is expected to an- Nagpur: Maharashtra strengthen the personal the state’s former CM, Nar two national councils, here. nounce changes in its Ra- CM Sushilkumar electoral fortunes of its Bahadur Bhandari, as PCC While the splinter JD(U) jasthan and Chhattisgarh Shinde on Thursday an- leaders as well as increase chief. — Devendra Prasad Yadav units shortly. nounced a Rs 748 crore their bargaining power vis- Sikkim is due to go to the and Shashi Kumar — re- A revamp of these units package for the Vidarb- a-vis the BJP within the polls next year and Bhan- ceived official recognition has been on the cards since ha region, to assuage NDA, the Samata Party de- dari has been touring the as ‘‘JD(U) Democratic’’ on the party lost the assembly partymen demanding a cided to merge with the state since the formal merg- December 10, it was official- polls in all three states. separate state. Janata Dal (U). er took place in August. ly notified on December 15. Subhas Yadav, former A heated debate pre- But on Friday, the day The reconstituted Sikkim Yadav,who claimed the sup- deputy chief minister of ceding the announce- chosen for the official merg- Pradesh Congress Commit- port of three MLAs in Bi- Madhya Pradesh, is the new ment saw adjourn- er, the union produced two tees now has 11 vice-presi- har as well, said the next PCC president. ments of the state as- offspring as well — the JD- dents, 14 general secretaries, step would be a workers’ He replaces Radha Krish- sembly on four occa- U (Democratic), now recog- 15 secretaries, a treasurer,14 meeting in Patna on Satur- na Malaviya, a camp sions, as the Shiv Sena nised by Lok Sabha Speak- follower of former chief executive members and 11 er Manohar Joshi as a sepa- day, where the JD-U (D)’s objected to any demand next course of action would minister Digvijay Singh, permanent invitees. Nam- referring to division of rate party, and the original who has resigned. kha Gyaltshen will be the be decided: whether it Maharashtra. TNN Samata Party. Meanwhile, Congress PCC’s working president. While the JD-U parlia- would give the NDA issue- mentary party split after based support from outside Devendra Prasad Yadav or quit the coalition alto- and Shashi Kumar quit, two gether. Sources say, there is Samata MPs, Brahmanand a possibility that the JD-U Mandal and Raghunath Jha (D) may end up joining opposed the move and de- hands with the Laloo cided to preserve the origi- Prasad Yadav-led RJD. nal party. So what the new Mandal, on his part, said JD-U president, George Fer- he and Jha had opposed the nandes, and the new JD-U merger move as the deci- parliamentary board chair- sion had been taken by a Defence minister and Samata Party leader George Fernandes with Janata Dal (United) person, Sharad Yadav, will few leaders and ‘‘was not chief Sharad Yadav at the merger function of the Janata Parivar in New Delhi on Friday. preside over is less than the only illegal, but wholly un- sum total of the two parties democratic’’ and had been they ruled. done only with an eye on Fernandes and Yadav the coming Lok Sabha elec- Split in the nick of time had hoped for an 18 MP- tions. Describing Sharad strong party (12 from the Yadav as a ‘‘leader without By Smita Gupta mation of the two-member break the parent party, re- Samata and six from the any base or following’’, TIMES NEWS NETWORK JD-U (Democratic) has been tain their seats and be re- JD-U) which would grow Mandal accused him of be- recognised by Lok Sabha warded with offices of prof- New Delhi: With Parlia- into a 22 MP party with the ing ‘‘hell bent’’ on destroy- Speaker Manohar Joshi. it — all of which will be il- ment on Thursday adopting Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok ing the Samata Party. Of course, there is a rider legal after the new law Janshakti and the He also added that the an amendment to the anti- — unless some other party comes into force. Jainarayan Nishad-led Samata would continue to defection law banning all splits before the new On Monday, the opposi- Janata (JP), each with two have its distinct identity in defections, including those amendment comes into tion NCP in Meghalaya MPs, eventually joining the Lok Sabha, for which through splits by one-third force shortly after it gets split; On Friday, four of them. both MPs have submitted of the members of a parlia- Presidential assent. those who had formed the Instead on Friday, they letters to the Speaker, and mentary/legislature party, Meghalaya, too, may en- new party, Meghalaya Na- ended up with 14 MPs, after also in the Bihar assembly, the split in the six-member ter the history books as the tionalist Congress Party, their respective national where it has three JD-U may be the last of its last state where some oppo- were allocated cabinet executives and national members. kind in Parliament. The for- sition MLAs were able to berths. Govt decides to set Centre takes a break up two more IIITs from farm price policy TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: In a departure from the past farm New Delhi: Students aspiring to do a price policies that provided annual increases specialised course in information tech- in the minimum support prices (MSP) for nology management and product devel- foodgrain, the government on Thursday kept opment will have a wider choice of in- the MSP for 2003-04 rabi wheat pegged virtu- stitutes from next year.The government ally at 2002-03 level while providing substan- will set up two new Indian Institutes of tial hikes in MSP for oilseeds and pulses in a Information Technology (IIITs) at Ja- bid to encourage diversification of Indian balpur and Kanchipuram. agriculture. Popularly known as Triple ITs, two This is for the first time in years that the such institutes are already operational government has not hiked the MSP for wheat. in Allahabad and Gwalior. The first aca- Unlike in the past, the Cabinet Committee demic session of the IIITs at Kanchipu- on Economic Affairs (CCEA) strictly went by ram and Jabalpur will be from 2004-2005. the recommendations of the Commission for The external finance committee gave Agriculture Costs and prices (CACP), not suc- the final clearance to set up these two II- cumbing to political pulls and pressures from ITs on November 29. About Rs 120 crore the farm lobbies. The MSP for wheat for 2003- will be spent over two years to set up 04 rabi crop, to be marketed in 2004-05, has these IIITs. These institutes will offer a been fixed at Rs 630 a quintal against last five-year integrated programme with a year’s Rs 620. But last year, the wheat produc- provision to award a dual degree — ers were also given a drought incentive of Rs B.Tech (IT) and M.Tech (IT) or MBA 10 a quintal. There is therefore no actual in- (IT). Students who have passed Class XII crease in MSP for wheat for rabi 2003-04. with a science background will be eligi- The skewed farm price policies over the ble to apply.The admission to a five-year years have rendered Indian foodgrains un- integrated programme will be through competitive in the world markets, led to pub- the IIT-JEE entrance test. There will be lic overprocurement, created problems of an all-India test and an interview for ad- management of mountains of grain stocks, mission to M.Tech and MBA courses. increased the carrying costs for grain and HRD ministry officials said courses offered at the IIITs will focus on five priced out grains from the reach of the hun- generic areas, including communica- gry poor in the country. tion, transport, consumer goods and au- By the significant change it brought about tomobiles. ‘‘The thrust is on product de- in farm price policy on Thursday,the Vajpay- velopment, an area of research which ee government has signalled that is it serious has been long ignored. The IIITs will im- about heralding a “second green revolution”. part education on design and manufac- Crop diversification from grains to oilseeds turing to meet the needs of the indus- and pulses and to horticulture forms a key el- try,’’said an official. ement of this second green revolution strate- The IIITs at Gwalior and Allahabad gy,analysts said. are offering such courses. Set up in 1999, The 2003-04 rabi MSP for gram and masur IIIT Allahabad was conferred the status (lentil) is thus hiked by Rs 180 each and rape- of a deemed university in August 2000. seed/ mustard and safflower have got in- creases of Rs 270 and 200, respectively. Poet case: Tripathi, wife chargesheeted TIMES NEWS NETWORK been charged with actual- ly executing the crime. Lucknow: The Central Sub-inspector Yogendra Bureau of Investigation Narain Dixit, who was filed its formal posted at the area police chargesheet on Friday in station at the time, has the Madhumita Shukla murder case, charging been accused of tamper- jailed ex-minister Amar- ing with the evidence to mani Tripathi and his ab- divert the probe from sconding wife, Madhu- Amarmani and his family. mani, with murder, crimi- The CBI has filed the nal conspiracy and tam- chargesheet 88 days after pering of evidence. the arrest of Amarmani, Four others, including a only two days before the suspended police sub-in- end of the limit stipulated spector, are arraigned un- for this. Amarmani was der the same charges. arrested on September 21, All of them are in jail. after DNA testing con- A non-bailable warrant firmed he was the father has been issued against of the foetus in Madhumi- Madhumani. ta’s womb. Amarmani’s cousin Ro- However, the CBI will hit Chaturvedi, is one of have to wait for one more those arraigned. And San- day before the court will tosh Rai and Prakash take cognizance of the Chandra Pandey have chargesheet. Nakkeeran editor gets bail Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday granted bail to R R Gopal, editor of the Tamil biweekly, Nakkeeran and a detenue under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota). This comes on the heels of bail being granted to another Pota de- tenue, Tamil National Movement leader P Nedumaran and three of his associates, on Thursday. A Bench granted the bail on a petition by Gopal’s brother. The court directed Gopal to produce two satisfactory sureties and to appear before the designated Pota court every week. TNN
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AROUND THE WORLD Jackson charged AP with molestation Santa Maria (California): inal charges against the be- ‘‘King of Pop’’ Michael Jack- leaguered superstar and in- son was on Thursday cluded a ‘‘special allegation’’ charged with sexually mo- of ‘‘substantial sexual con- lesting a young boy after ply- duct’’ with a child under 14. ing him with alcohol, allega- ‘‘There are several special tions that could land him a allegations...which, if found hefty prison sentence. true, could make Mr Jackson But Jackson’s lawyer hit ineligible for probation and back at the charges, saying impact the number of years the ‘‘King of Pop’’ was ‘‘un- that he could serve in equivocally and absolutely’’ prison,’’ Santa Barbara dis- innocent and that he would trict attorney Tom Sneddon fight the charges motivated said after filing charges in by ‘‘money and revenge’’ the town of Santa Maria. with ‘‘every fibre of his Each of the seven molesta- soul’’. tion charges against Michael Prosecutors near Jack- Jackson, 45, carries a maxi- son’s fabled Neverland Ranch mum jail sentence of eight in California filed nine crim- years. AFP
Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez arrives at a screening of the film Paycheck in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Final episode of Friends: The be revived just by adding water ria ‘‘Posh Spice’’, England football final episode of Friends will end making the ‘instant’ cells an aide coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and with Phoebe and Mike getting in mobile therapies for remote re- British prime minister Tony Blair at married and possibly Rachel and gions or the battlefield. According the shop window. The set-up was Ross’s reunion. There is also a re- to Nature, the theory was based an attempt by Alison Jackson to ported twist in the romantic plot on the fact that since some stem promote her new book Private. ANI between Jennifer Aniston’s char- cells can make fresh bone, muscle acter and Matt Le Blanc’s Joey, or blood, doctors hope to use Pope okays movie on Christ: which will result in Rachel getting them to repair tissues. ANI Pope John Paul II was given a back with original love Ross, viewing of what will be one of the ‘Beckham’ in shop window: controversial films of 2004, Mel played by David Schwimmer. ANI Selfridges store in London’s Ox- Gibson’s story about the last Dried cells may aid doctors: ford Street was the cynosure of all hours of Christ entitled The Pas- In a latest development, re- eyes recently, thanks to the look- sion of Christ, and said: ‘‘It is as it searchers are honing a technique alikes of star footballer David was,’’ a British newspaper report- to create dried stem cells that can Beckham, his pop star wife Victo- ed, quoting Vatican insiders. AFP Europe ejects Mars probe Indian beetle in Paris: European scien- tists on Friday gave the or- der to the Mars Express America’s bonnet spacecraft to separate By Chidanand Rajghatta from its probe, Beagle 2, in TIMES NEWS NETWORK a key operation to send the lander towards a his- Washington: A wood boring beetle toric rendezvous with the from India that is said to have Red Planet next on Thurs- made its way into the United States day.The mission cleared a through imported pine cones has vital hurdle as its un- caused a flutter in American agri- manned orbiter ejected a cultural circles. probe that should land on The beetle Chlorophorus Strobil- Mars on Christmas Day. icola is not a health hazard but ‘‘They successfully sep- fears that it may attack American arated,’’ the European pine trees has led the US depart- Space Agency’s director of ment of agriculture to recall in- science, David Southwood fested products and ban imports of said. AFP pine cones from India. The pine cones are part of scented potpourris used for American produce. ornamental and decorative Such international crossover of purposes at homes. pests and weeds is not unusual. In- The wood boring beetle was first dia is famously a recipient of a found in a potpourri package in a weed called Parthenium, which department store in Florida last came in through the import of week, but has since been discov- American wheat under the PL-480 ered in several other states. scheme in the 1960s. Popular stores such as Wal-Mart, Called ‘‘Congress’’ grass in Target, K-Mart, Safeway, and many states, the weed continues to Lowe’s have pulled potpourris ravage empty plots and drylands from their shelves after agricultur- across the country nearly 40 years al experts feared the pest would get after it came in. into the American ecosystem. There is no information about The monetary value of the recall the Indian beetle having gotten and ban is negligible in overall into American pines, but the US de- trade terms (except for the ex- partment of agriculture is not tak- porters from India), but there ing any chances and has issued a could be a fall out on India’s efforts recall, asking customers who to open up the US market to other bought scented potpourris from agricultural imports. stores to return them. As it is, the US does not allow At least half a dozen state agri- most Indian agricultural products cultural departments, including into the country even as it is urg- Florida, Alabama and New Jersey ing India to open its market to have followed suit. Another honour: The cast of Lord Of The Rings has been na- med Entertainers of the Year. ANI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Saturday,December 20, 2003 13 Blast hits office of Shiite Sharon talks of dismantling settlements Herzliya (Israel): In an ex- committed to the US- in vain to instead coax a no- through direct negotiations Instead, Israel will com- party in Iraq, one killed traordinary shift of Israeli backed ‘‘road map’’ plan. violence pledge from them. as set out in the road map,’’ plete its partially built West politics, Prime Minister He also called on the Pales- In a few months, if this Sharon said. Bank barrier in a way Reuters Baghdad: Before dawn on Ariel Sharon, the leading tinian Authority to disarm keeps up, Israel will adopt a His speech served as a that gobbles up much of the Friday, a blast hit the office patron of Jewish settle- militant groups as required go-it-alone approach and re- broad indicator of where Is- territory — perhaps annex- of Iraq’s major Shiite party, ments in the West Bank and by the plan, then enter draw the West Bank map to rael is headed: There is a ing some areas on the ‘‘Is- killing one Iraqi woman and Gaza, is talking about dis- peace talks. the Palestinians’ disadvan- desire to end Israel’s pres- raeli’’ side and removing wounding seven others, wit- mantling some of them. The Palestinians have tage, Sharon said. ence in the heavily populat- settlements on the ‘‘Pales- nesses said. Sharon floated his once made clear that they will ‘‘Through the ‘Disengage- ed Palestinian territories, tinian’’ side and in Gaza. The attack came the day unthinkable idea on Thurs- not forcefully take on the ment Plan’ the Palestinians but little faith in the possi- On what is left them, the after Shiites buried a senior day at a national security militants, and prime minis- will receive much less than bility of doing it by agree- Palestinians can form politician assassinated on conference, saying he is ter Ahmed Qureia has tried they would have received ment. a state. AP Wednesday as he left his home in Baghdad. Officials of the Supreme Council for LUV2HATE MAIL the Islamic Revolution party Dubyaman is a great strip. It is the first blamed the killing and ex- thing I read every morning and discuss it in college. All my friends like it too. plosion on Saddam Hussein Keep it up and all the best. loyalists. An Iraqi man walks by a building destroyed in an explosion in —Mrinmoy The explosion brought Baghdad on Friday. Superman, He-Man, Spiderman, Man- drake, Chacha Choudhari, Naagraaz, down half of a one-story res- confirmation immediately porters in Basra on Friday. Pinki, Billoo, even Bankelal and Bhokal idential building in western of the explosion. Meanwhile, US defence is tolerable...but not Dubyaman. Baghdad, which also housed Also, Iraq’s US adminis- secretary Donald Rumsfeld — Pradeep a party branch office. trator Paul Bremer admitted has now approved a troop ro- For more mail go to An US military tanker he had escaped an attempt tation that will briefly in- www.timesofindia.com truck exploded on a road on his life in Baghdad in ear- crease the ranks of US sol- e-mail: [email protected] outside Baghdad on Friday, ly December. ‘‘Yes, this is diers in Iraq. Agencies and witnesses said it killed true, but thankfully I am still two US soldiers and wound- alive and here I am in front ed one. There was no official of you,’’ Bremer told re-
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14 Saturday,December 20, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Selling the Family Silver Capital Gains A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Bouquets are piling up at Sheila Dikshit’s transport system with alternatives for Opinion Split on Splitting IOC flower-bedecked office and gracefully various sections of the public since every- (The answers) lie in the way we look at things, our By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Union government would be going back on appointed home. When the only Congress body obviously does not, and cannot, own discourse, our vision, our ability to look ahead and our winner of this month’s polls is not meeting a vehicle. The Metro Rail will ease some desire to genuinely put our country on the right road. its own decision not to privatise particular The recent decision of the Cabinet Commit- PSUs like IOC and ONGC. visitors and party workers, she is busy burden, but there is no moving away from — Masood Hasan, ‘The News International’ tee on Disinvestment to consider a proposal Many argue that a company like IOC talking on the phone. In a few months, drastically improving what we have on to split up the country’s single largest which controls roughly half the Indian though, her heroic victory will have been the roads. corporate entity,the public sector Indian Oil retail market for petroleum products has forgotten as she faces the imponderables of Delhi has been dubbed a crime city, and with Corporation, is extremely ill-conceived. The performed as well as it has because it was in the Lok Sabha polls, where she must deliver considerable justification. Pervez & Plebiscite decision appears to be a knee-jerk reaction again. In an interview to Mahendra Ved, Unfortunately, the police is not under the a position to earn monopoly profits. This The general has made a to the September 16 Supreme Court judg- may have been true when the administered she promises a new slogan for the Capital: Delhi government. But that is no excuse as ment restraining the Union government magnanimous non-offer pricing mechanism was in place and till the ‘‘Delhi as an international city’’: far as the citizens are concerned. Delhi is a from going ahead with the privatisation of time IOC monopolised oil imports. In small place, and therefore, crime is more So Pervez Musharraf has pulled a rabbit out of his IOC’s smaller sibling, Hindustan Petroleum recent years, however, the environment has To what extent is the Delhi victory that of visible. Media attention also plays its role in hat yet again. Except this time, there’s no rabbit and Corporation Limited, without obtaining the undergone a sea-change. No company, the party, your government’s performance giving the impression that the whole place there is no hat. The whole world and its grand mentor, prior approval of Parliament. including multinational corporations, is and your own? is crime prone. Statistics show that the Washington, know there is nothing left of the UN There are many good reasons why IOC today legally barred from importing oil. In It was the Congress party’s government crime graph is coming down, though I resolutions facilitating a plebiscite in Jammu and should remain a single company and, in marketing, IOC continues to compete with in Delhi, run by a team of Congresspersons. disagree with these statistics. People must Kashmir. There’s only one person apart from the general fact, should be strengthened and perhaps its siblings, HPCL and Bharat Petroleum All must share the credit. The confidence feel secure and have greater faith in who still harps on the ‘P’ word and that is dear old made bigger. Despite the nebulous logic to Corporation Limited. In refining, IOC has to shown by the electorate is proof that they police and the administration. We need to Madeleine Albright. And the unanimous verdict after she justify breaking up IOC and privatising its vie with the Reliance group, which has set liked this combined effort. (At a time work harder to get their confidence. It is indelicately broached the subject at a recent conference marketing arm, if, in fact, the government up one of the largest oil refineries in India when the party lost in three other states due unfortunate, but true, that growing urbani- was that Ms Albright wasn’t quite ‘alright’. Pervez’s succeeds in handing over the company’s and Asia although it is yet to establish its to anti-incumbency factor), it was a pro- sation, migration from outside and pockets offer is a non-offer, a clever ploy intended at once to win marketing facilities to a private corporate own marketing infrastructure. incumbency vote. of prosperity lead to more crime. brownie points with the West and return the focus to group, it would have damaged irreparably a The marketing facilities of IOC, HPCL But your re-election as the CM took six days. The people’s confidence can only come from Kashmir. Indeed, it’s a fair bet that the West, the White public sector undertaking that is one of the and BPCL are eyed by private players sim- Were you let down by the Congress legislators their involvement in governance. House in particular, would generously commend the few Indian companies which can compete ply because these are located at prime loca- or the party high command? Yes. It is essential to involve the people general on his ‘statesman-like’ gesture. New Delhi has one effectively at an international level. tions. Such facilities would include many of It is finished. I have no comments to in budgeting, laying of parks, improving of two options vis-a-vis the ‘offer’. Curse its bad luck and The move to split IOC should be resisted the tens of thousands of petrol pumps make. I would not read much into what civic facilities. The Residents Welfare allow the general to walk away with the accolades. even if one is convinced the petroleum owned and operated by these PSUs. Similar happened. The delay was not unusual Associations (RWAs) have to be given Or throw the ball right back into his court. What if industry is not strategic in facilities cannot be created, in that in the post-election situation, every- greater role. The government alone cannot, Atal Behari Vajpayee were to make a counter-offer on nature, that too in a country certainly not in a hurry, even one needed to be and should not, holding a plebiscite? Something to the effect that ‘it’s which currently imports if large sums of money are consulted. In a poli- do everything. The fine if you don’t want it, but it’s equally fine if you want close to three-fourths of its utilised. So why does the gov- tical party, differing Q&A Bhagidari (partner- it’. Of course, there’ll be no plebiscite. requirements of crude oil ernment want to dismantle a views do surface, ship) concept that International opinion apart, it is virtually impossible and petroleum products. company which it has itself even after a victory We want to make Delhi we introduced has to fulfil plebiscite preconditions such as restoration of The attempt to cut IOC described as a navaratna? A with a two-thirds truly worthy of being the to be vigorously status quo ante and complete withdrawal of forces from down to size is especially section of the ruling BJP may majority. One has country’s capital and a pursued. either side. More importantly, today, Kashmiris are no puzzling because oil compa- want the ownership of the to take them in first rate international Delhi used to be longer enamoured of the Pakistan option. If plebiscite is nies the world over are country’s crown jewels to be one’s stride. city. A capital among a dreary place to raised with the Kashmiris, they are most likely to respond merging and amalgamating transferred to private hands. Aren’t you more world capitals. The live in till some by asking for azadi. Perhaps that was the idea in the first to become bigger. But there are large sections vulnerable to dissi- approach is going to be years ago. Can you place: That plebiscite being unimplementable, it would be By integrating upstream within the BJP and the NDA, dence now? holistic. Infrastructure claim to have made and downstream activities, a No such prob- gets top priority. a difference? best if it were converted into azadi. In that case, too, it’s no not to mention the political Udayshankar cause for despair for India as the azadi option would need large oil company is able to insulate itself class as a whole, that do not go along with lems. The people’s Most certainly. to be exercised on both sides under similar conditions. better against price volatility and supply such a myopic strategy of bridging the verdict, the two- We did our best by And there can be no comparing Indian Kashmir where uncertainty. IOC is not merely the only government’s budget deficit. thirds majority, is most important because introducing the CNG, phasing out old free and fair elections have been held and Pak-occupied Indian company that figures in the list of After IOC successfully acquired manage- it speaks for itself. If and when differences vehicles, widening roads and building fly- Kashmir where there’s no such freedom. Let’s face it: top 500 companies outside the US compiled rial control over IBP Limited (formerly with colleagues surface, we shall deal with overs. We worked hard on the environment There’s no alternative to placing Kashmir on the back by Fortune magazine every year. It is also Indo-Burma Petroleum) in January, the the problem. front and turned things around. Smog used burner and getting on with the business of business. New among the top 20 petroleum companies in government clarified that one PSU should Why did the people of Delhi vote differently? to blind Delhi earlier. Today, all that is Delhi needs to understand this but Islamabad even more the world. IOC’s turnover during the last not be allowed to acquire the shares of It is a different electorate. It is fairly on the mend. so. Maybe Pervez should read the Lahore-based columnist, financial year came close to Rs 1,20,000 crore another PSU as this would not be real compact city. The visibility of work done is The Lok Sabha polls are only a few months high and for everyone to see. Masood Hasan, who writing in The News International, — it paid the government a dividend of privatisation. If the government is indeed away. Delhi’s electorate is known to swing gives a glowing account of India’s progress in the years 290 per cent on its equity capital. As keen on raising resources, it should Now that you have the opportunity to conti- away after each election. You surmounted since both countries were almost placed on a par. “When one commentator put it: To vivisect it seriously consider the offer made by the IOC nue with this work, how do you look ahead? the anti-incumbency factor, what about will we unleash the great potential that lies dormant?” he (IOC) now will be an act of corporate management to acquire the shares of HPCL We want to make Delhi truly worthy of the swing factor? asks in desperation. The general should know. murder of an adolescent on the point of for a sum of Rs 10,000 crore. This would being the country’s capital and a first rate We shall continue to do our work. That attaining manhood. cover the anticipated shortfall in receipts international city. A capital among world is the only way. The people of Delhi Former finance secretary Vijay Kelkar from divestment during the current finan- capitals. The approach is going to be understand us and our work very,very well. Move to implement conditional had staunchly advocated equity swaps and cial year. But then, the government would holistic. Infrastructure gets top priority — We do hope our hard work will show next access system blanks out TV screens cross-holdings between IOC and the Oil and also have publicly to acknowledge that power, roads, water, health and education. year as well. For a Lok Sabha poll, the issues Natural Gas Corporation as a means of the privatisation methodology it has been We have to promote it as a cultural capital. are different. Delhi votes differently at three VIEW garnering budgetary resources. He had following so far is seriously flawed. It is a package that will make the citizens levels, the civic, the state and Parliament. argued at one stage that the coming toge- If the government is unhappy that the proud. We shall equip our hospitals with Actually,it is very difficult to foresee at this ther of these two PSUs which also happened Supreme Court has disallowed it from state of the art facilities. Asia’s first liver stage what issues will determine the course For now, CAS is the to be the two largest corporate entities in privatising HPCL without seeking the prior institute will come up at Vasant Kunj in in the general elections. the country would bring about greater approval of Parliament since the company about three years’ time. One issue could well be your relations with best way to go synergy and could even result in the forma- had been set up by an Act of Parliament Traffic has choked Delhi’s streets, thanks to a the BJP-led Centre. After all, you have just he stiff opposition to conditional access system tion of India’s only global corporate giant. taking over the assets of foreign oil bad public transport system. snatched a victory from right under its nose. T(CAS) by the Indian consumer is a classic case of Mr Kelkar’s views on splitting IOC are not companies, it should not vent its ire on It is a price we are paying for growing I am sure I will get the best cooperation cutting off your nose to spite your face. In truth, it’s known. But by seeking to break up IOC and IOC on which there are no legal restraints affluence. Traffic needs better management. from the Centre. After all, they too have a a win-win situation for all. For the consumer, it then privatising its marketing facilities, the on privatisation. It is also true that we need a modern public stake in Delhi. will bring into her home the next logical level of entertainment options. For instance, a consumer who may have opted for a certain bouquet of channels can still access a particular programme of her choice by Learn to Lead from paying a nominal charge. Called Paper View, this The Window Seat enables the viewer to pay only for what she wants to By Sarita Brara how a myna and a little started getting exasperated watch. In the UK, most football matches are accessed monkey are playing.’’ I and annoyed at being Within Yourself It was my father’s favourite this way, except when England is playing when thought he was joking. unsuccessful every time. The Art of Happiness corner, the window seat in it is mandatory to carry and show that match. ‘‘Myna and a monkey, But the myna was still By Thomas M Easley our house in Shimla. After I care less about the The next generation of Paper View is of course playing together! I don’t enjoying teasing the mon- his daily ritual of going What defines a gathering interpretation and vulner- gross national product video-on-demand where the viewer can choose believe it,’’ I said, but went key. To whichever branch through the newspapers, of individuals as a religious ability to manipulation by and more about within a certain framework the time she wants to to the window nonetheless. the little monkey would organisation? Belief ? If so, corrupt leadership. Any my father who had retired, the gross national watch a certain programme. More to the point, the What he said was true jump, the bird too would fly why is a belief in God belief renders the believer would lose no time in happiness. economics of CAS is heavily tilted in the consumer’s and not a figment of my defined as a religion where- malleable in the hands of occupying his coveted seat. to that branch over his Jigme Singye favour. The initial money for the set-top box and father’s imagination. as a belief in free enterprise group leaders and equally The window opened up ‘‘a head making the same Wangchuk, the monthly charges will work out cheaper than A little monkey had sound. Soon the monkey is not? Should all beliefs be subject to harsh reprimand DTH, where the consumer has to pay not only for world to him’’ he would say. King of Bhutan perched himself on one of was so exhausted that he defined as religious and all if he doubts the supremacy the box but also for a receiver. Close to our house grew ✥ the branches of the tree retreated from the scene. that is believed in, defined as of his group identity and As the broadcaster gets a better picture of who the two rhododendron trees munching a red flower. Climbing down the tree, he God? If they do, are we free his behaviour contradicts You have come on earth audience is, the content being beamed will be better with thick green foliages, A myna flew shrieking disappeared somewhere to assume that all who the prevailing behavioural to entertain and to be focused and defined. There will be greater space for abode of many little mon- ‘‘tchree... tchree’’ right entertained. This is behind one of the build- believe are equal in their be- standards dictated by the niche programming, as opposed to the current keys. They would jump over his head. The why life should be a ings and the myna too flew lief and equally illuminated subject of belief. one-size-fits-all content. The same holds true for the from one tree to another or little monkey immediately combination of both away. They were really by the presence of “God”? Behavioural regulation is advertiser. In the US CAS has worked exceptionally swing on the branches and stretched his arm to catch meditation and activity. like two little children Those who create and essential to an organi- well, with channels like HBO and Showtime the cables of electric poles. the bird but she had flown If you lose your inner playing together, teasing support a free enterprise sation’s vitality and its exemplifying high-quality content. The success of My father would sit away to his delight but balance, that is just one another and fighting entity do so because they longevity. In the absence of BSkyB in the UK, despite a higher penetration of watching people go up and only to return after a few believe they will benefit rules and its conformity the time when you towards the end, accusing DTH in that country,testifies to the viability of CAS. down. ‘‘Don’t you get bored seconds. This time the from that organisation. there can be no cohesive are vulnerable to each other of cheating With the implementation of CAS, cable piracy will watching the same set of myna flew almost touching Equally, believers in God group identity, no repetitive worldly suffering... and going their own way. also come down substantially.In the US, where cable people?’’ I would often ask his head making the maintain their belief be- standards upon which to Awaken the innate Only they were two penetration was already quite high, CAS has been him. ‘‘Not one bit’’ he same sound. Up went the cause to do so benefits them. attach acceptance of group fortitude of the mind the preferred way forward for the growth of the would reply.My father had monkey’s arm but the bird different species. So there is no distinction morality, no means of by affirming: “No broadcasting industry. In India, too, there is already even given names to the had already flown away. ‘‘You know this happens between those who believe securing loyalty and no matter what substantial cable penetration. So, like the US, CAS people who had become The little monkey was almost every day,’’ my in a divine being, a country, justification for leaders to experiences come, is the way forward for us. familiar to him by now enjoying the game, sure father said with a child- family, gang, group, cult assume possession of the they cannot touch me. and would build stories that he was going to catch like glint in his eyes. No or fashion statement. The believer’s will, his indivi- I am always happy.” COUNTERVIEW around them. hold of the bird. wonder my father was adage that “all men are dual identity and his Paramahansa One day my father called This went on for some never bored as he sat at his created equal” is wholly personal possessions. Yogananda With DTH available, there out to me, ‘‘Come and see time but then the monkey favourite window seat. applicable when A believer ✥ taken to mean needs no proof of Happiness is when that all men the existence of what you think, what CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS believe and all what is believed is no need for detours you say,and what you believers aspire in. He will make remain cautious and play sensibly in do are in harmony. f south Delhi cable operators had their way, to glorify the no separation Winning Ways the remaining two Tests. The job of the Mahatma Gandhi Iviewers might just have been deprived of the subject of belief. between himself, Indian team will end only when it ✥ glorious sight of Rahul Dravid piloting India to Kudos to Sourav’s boys for their splendid Then why do his belief, and the returns victorious. victory in Adelaide. Mercifully, that did not happen. performance in the second Test match. we disagree to subject of belief. Happiness is the inter- But once again the contentious conditional access The supposedly infallible Aussies were — Vivek Sharma, Sanpada the point of THE He will defend val between periods system (CAS) has been mooted by the government made to bite the dust thanks to the sheer violent conflict “the faith”, see of unhappiness. thereby blanking out television screens across south grit and determination of a team II when the subject SPEAKING non-believers as Don Marquis Delhi. It was clear from the start that a cartel of cable which had been written off both bythe As a dedicated Australian fan, I was of belief for less pure, less ✥ operators backed by other vested interests was trying Indian and Australian press just very disappointed with my own team’s one man differs TREE moral and less The first step in to sell us a lemon. To operationalise CAS today would three weeks ago. However, we need to performance, but admired the way the from that of another? right. Any challenge to seeking happiness is be akin to going in for large-scale telephone landlines Indians played. One never gets sick of We often disagree because his belief is a challenge to learning. We first when customers are increasingly opting for mobile From timesofindia.com winning, but one does get sick of not leaders and subjects of him, a direct affront to have to learn how telephony. At a time when direct-to-home (DTH) having a worthy adversary.The last belief are not regarded as his ‘God’. He becomes one negative emotions and television is already available in certain parts of the 10 years of Test cricket in Australia have equal in their capacity to with his group and perfectly behaviours are harmful country,it makes no sense to set up infrastructure for Stamp of Fame produced very few genuine contests, bestow benefit upon the programmed to defend to us and how positive CAS. The logical step would be to go directly to DTH so thank God that India has made this believer. A belief in God, for the group. emotions are helpful. from the present pay channel system, bypassing CAS The word ‘philately’ has been defined series interesting. some, has more value than We fight because we We must also realise altogether, as that is more consumer-friendly. in the new edition of Chamber’s I was disturbed to read that some Indian a belief in atheism or follow. Were all men leaders that these negative Besides, CAS in no way liberates the viewer from the dictionary as ‘the study and collection fans were subjected to racist remarks and family, for instance. All with none to follow, differ- emotions are not only tyranny of the cable operator as DTH will. If any- of postage and revenue stamps and feared for their safety,just as I was upset organised bodies are similar ences in the subject of belief very bad and harmful thing, it will intensify the operators’ stranglehold. labels’. The greatest contribution to philately in known human history about similar reports from Australian — whether they are defined would not evoke conflict as to one personally,but It will enable them to charge swingeing rates for fans returning from the recent one-day as religions, corporations, each man would feel the gain individual channels within bouquets from various has undoubtedly been made by Abdul are also harmful to Karim Telgi. He is the only one whose series in India. There is no place for this political parties, sports and loss of every other man. society and the future broadcasters. To compound matters, CAS with its kind of reprehensible behaviour in leagues or environmental Belief in leadership would high cost set-top boxes will not be affordable to many contribution extends to areas like of the whole world. management science, outsourcing, cricket and I hope all countries commit movements — because they then become unnecessary. HH The Dalai Lama who at present have access to cable. The set-top themselves to eradicating it. are created by the need box manufacturers are obviously pushing for CAS and removal of poverty among An individual human ✥ Finally,don’t write the Australians for benefit. Also, they are since the hapless subscriber has to change the box public servants. body is a self-organising Happiness? That’s off yet. Speaking from experience, 1-0 is a sustained by leaders who every time she shifts her location. The argument that In view of his contribution to system. There is no leader in nothing more very dangerous lead in an India-Australia strive to regulate social CAS was adopted by many western countries earlier philately and poverty eradication, the the body, not one single cell, than health and a Test series. norms through manipula- does not wash; they opted for this technology nation should honour him by bringing gene, system, or organ that poor memory. out a postage stamp in his name. — Craig Horton, Melbourne, Australia tion of belief and the even- leads the rest. All the body’s when DTH did not exist. Those pushing for CAS are tual control of food, water, Albert Schweitzer silent on the regulatory and monitoring framework The stamp should be released by a Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page parts work as a whole and ✥ senior police officer, home minister Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New shelter and property, the not as parts in search of a for the system. 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Time to settle Talk machines Facing the music SEC enforcement director Stephen Shoppers in Hong Kong British hacker Joseph McElroy has Cutler (left) and deputy director check out walkie-talkies, to pay $37,000 as compensation for Linda Thomsen announce that which are selling like hot using network power from a US Alliance Capital has agreed to pay cakes after the government government site to $600 m to resolve charges of relaxed rules on using download music improper trading in MFs two-way radios and films
Selling rate: Currency notes Rupee Value US $: 46.05 UK £: 81.55 Euro: 57.25 S Fr: 37.95 Yen (100): 44.10 A $: 35.15 NZ $: 30.70 S $: 27.75 Saudi Riyal 12.65 UAE Dirham 12.90 Thai Baht (100) 117.20 Source: SBI, Mumbai
Consumer goods: TECHNOLOGY Better prospects, Sensex surges, scales 5,500 mark SCANNER TIMES NEWS NETWORK (per annum) this year. Looking at Thin screens, these growth numbers, investors Mumbai: Hectic Christmas shop- limited growth are excited about the corporates.’’ Re at 5-week high ping in equity markets saw the Narayan said that besides these Mumbai: Rupee gained to hit a Mumbai: Domestic consumer goods mak- BSE Sensex scaling the 5,500 mark fat margins factors, ‘‘relatively much higher re- five-week closing high on Friday ers are set to enjoy better sales after the on Friday.Both retail investors and as heavy foreign fund inflow out- f you are thinking of buying a flat- country’s best rains in a decade, but stiff domestic institutions took a cue turns in equities...around 10-15 per stripped dollar purchases by panel television, you are not alone. competition, counterfeits and a change in from bullish foreign investors and cent (annualised), compared to oth- state-run banks suspected to be Along with Apple’s iPod music play- spending habits could limit growth, ana- bought shares. And, expected good er investment channels where re- I acting on behalf of the central er and a robot vacuum-cleaner called the lysts say. corporate growth numbers, the turns were lower, has also prompt- bank, traders said. The suspect- Roomba, flat-panel TVs just a few inches The expected rise in rural income is like- feel-good factor and unabated flow ed investors to shift to equities.’’ ed intervention will further thick (as opposed to much fatter flat- ly to drive consumer spending and benefit of foreign funds pushed up the shares while some software shares Market players said FIIs will shore up foreign exchange re- screen TVs based on conventional cath- companies like Hindustan Lever and Godrej Sensex to 5,541.35, up 86.35 points too showed gains. According to Ko- continue to infuse money into In- serves which are heading to- ode-ray tubes) are generating a buzz Consumer Products, which have a large ru- or 1.6 per cent over Thursday. BSE tak Securities’ CEO S A Narayan, dia.Traditionally, FIIs had booked ral presence. Farm sector output is expected growth in earnings of Indian profits in the domestic market wards the $100 billion mark, among tech-savvy holiday shoppers. Sensex has gained almost 65 per they said. to expand around 10 per cent in the current firms, infusion of money by FIIs from mid-November till the year- Today’s flat mania, says Scott McGre- cent this year. The rupee ended at fiscal year to March 2004 after contracting and overall strength of the econo- end and then came back after fresh gor, the boss of Philips Semiconductors, According to brokers and deal- 45.5050/5150 per dollar, com- is completely irrational since a conven- 3.1 per cent in the previous year. my are the main market drivers. allocations were made during the ers, the current upward trend will pared with its previous close of tional TV can produce just as good an “Demand should pick up towards the end DSP Merrill Lynch’s Ravi first half of January.However, this continue next year. But, they cau- 45.5100/5175 and just off a psy- image at a fraction of the price. Not that of the year when good crops come in as a re- Kapoor said, ‘‘The economy is ex- time around, FII inflow,at $870 mil- tioned about healthy profit book- chological level of 45.50. It last McGregor minds. His firm’s joint- ven- sult of the monsoon,” Hoshedar K. Press, pected to grow at around 7-8 per lion in equities alone till December ings. Nifty on NSE ended at finished higher at 45.4150/4250 ture with LG of South Korea is the president, Godrej Consumer Products said. 1,778.55, up 1.3 per cent. cent per annum while Indian firms 19, has been one of the highest in a on November 14. Reuters world’s leading maker of liquid-crystal Earnings of Hindustan Lever are expect- The rally was led by old economy are seen growing at 17-20 per cent single month. ed to rise 7 per cent in 2004 and 13 per cent in displays (LCDs), the technology used in most flat-panel TVs. 2005. Earnings at Godrej Consumer Prod- AP ucts are forecast to jump nearly 17 per cent In part, says Riddhi Patel of iSuppli, a in 2004 and 23 per cent in 2005. Govt should better market-research firm, the rise of flat- BSE’s consumer goods index has gained panel TVs is driven by the popularity of 51 per cent since the start of the fiscal year, DVD players, games consoles and digital although it has underperformed the broad tax collections: RBI cable, all produce clear, sharp images market’s 78 per cent rise in the same period. that look good on a big screen. “The worst is over but the reversal is un- Mumbai: The government needs to im- Flat-panel screens are stylish and do likely to be sharp,” said Nikhil Vora, V-P at prove tax collections and rationalise user not take up that much room. And they brokerage SSKI. HLL, Godrej, Marico, Nir- charges for services to generate resources have geek appeal. As Pip Coburn, an an- ma, Dabur and the Indian arms of P&G and for infrastructure funding even as invest- alyst at UBS, puts it: Getting a flat-panel Colgate-Palmolive also fight cheap counter- ment demand is picking up, RBI Deputy TV today is as exhilarating as getting a feit products which analysts estimate eat Governor Rakesh Mohan said on Friday. desktop computer 15 years ago, if you away 15-20 per cent of the sector’s revenue. Public sector savings, which were posi- can remember what that was like. “Companies are suffering from a multi- tive 10 years ago is now negative, and the But the main reason for the sudden plicity of smaller players and there is not tax to GDP ratio needs to be improved to emergence of flat-panel TVs is that man- much product differentiation,” said Sridhar generate resources for investment in infra- ufacturers smell a lucrative new market. Iyer,an analyst at B&K Securities, citing the structure, Mohan said. He was addressing As LCD screens in both desktop and lap- existence of some 2,500 brands for deter- a CII-organised seminar on economic re- top computers have become common- gents alone. As a result, larger companies forms. place, margins have diminished. Televi- have cut prices and launched smaller packs Planning Commission member N K sions, however, use large LCD panels to try to protect volumes. Analysts say the Singh said consolidation in the manufac- which cost more to make but command chances of raising prices, even as demand turing sector had improved the competitive far higher margins. increases, are grim because there are so strength of Indian firms. New entrants and established firms many suppliers. He added that there was an urgent need such as Motorola and Westinghouse, A drop in interest rates has seen con- of reforms in labour laws to create a con- both of which stopped making TVs sumers spend more on durables such as mo- ducive climate for investment in industry decades ago, are now piling in. bile phones, motorcycles and TVs, diverting and manufacturing. So too are computer makers such as cash from consumer goods. “Growth is be- Mohan pointed out that public invest- Dell and Gateway, which already sell ing driven by existing categories, not new ment in infrastructure projects had fallen LCD computer monitors and are attract- launches,” SSKI’s Vora said. “The absence of due to fiscal stress, and sectors like power ed by the fatter margins in consumer new growth engines will start hurting them Passenger ships wait to move through the huge doors of the permanent ship-lock of China’s Three Gorges were facing problems of inadequate levy of electronics. The Economist over the longer term.” Reuters Dam on the Yangtze River, to descend to the next level, during a trial navigation. user charges and theft. PTI Etihad Air launch show a PR fiasco TIMES NEWS NETWORK Nahyan, who was in- Achal Paul maintained that Based in Abu Dhabi, Eti- formed about the meeting at the UAE ambassador had had is planning to start New Delhi: UAE’s new na- the eleventh hour, refused to asked the firm to organise flights to India and Friday’s tional carrier Etihad Air- ways had an embarrasing be part of the event. What the media briefing, embassy meeting with the media was start in India on Friday, followed was a heated ex- officials said it was a private said to be an announcement thanks to an over-enthusias- change of words between ex- lunch and no media interac- regarding the start of opera- tic PR firm eLexicon which ecutives of the PR firm and tion was scheduled. tions. Civil aviation min- organised a media interac- officials from the UAE em- Paul even stated that istry officials admitted that tion with the airline chief bassy, which had hosted a Nahyan had earlier agreed the airline is in talks with Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan lunch for Nahyan. to the interaction but later the government to sign the without his knowledge. While e-Lexicon official “turned media shy”. bilateral agreement.
EXECUTIVE DIGEST PTI India’s plan to prepay NATIONAL ADB debt delayed: India’s plans to prepay $1.3 billion of RPG divests stake in external debt have been RCSL to Sterling: RPG En- delayed by negotiations over terprises has divested its the premium for early pay- 79.24 per cent stake in RPG ment but would be paid Cellular Services, a mobile before end of the end of service provider in Chennai, March. Reuters to Sterling Group. KPMG Corporate Finance advised Inflation rises for the the shareholders on the sale, fourth week: Costlier fu- under which all assets, cus- els, including LPG, pushed tomers and employees would up inflation to 5.38 per cent be transferred to Sterling for the week ended Decem- Group, RPG Enterprises V-C ber 6 — the fourth week in a Sanjiv Goenka said. The Ster- row. PTI ling group owns Aircel. PTI Boeing appoints Lall as HC turns down Coke’s international director: Boeing Commercial Airplanes plea: The Kerala high court has appointed Vivek Lall as on Friday directed the Centre director of international sales. for Water Resources Devel- Lall’s responsibility includes opment Management, Narayana Murthy (left) and Ratan Tata join the International being the primary Boeing Kozhikode, to coordinate a Aids Vaccine Initiative to advocate corporate support for contact for A-I and IA. TNN team of experts to collect R&D of an effective and accessible Aids vaccine in India. more data to delve into the Chevy Optra is BBC allegations raised against the MRF announces 140% World Bank optimistic of Wheels’ car of the year: bottling plant of Hindustan final dividend: Enthused 6-8% growth: World Bank BBC World on Friday named Coca Cola Beverages in by a 49 per cent surge in net country director Michael GM India’s Chevrolet Optra Palakkad district. The bench profit for the 2002-03 fiscal Carter has said the Indian the Car of the year 2003, turned down Coke’s plea to ended September 30, 2003, economy can grow by 6-8 while Hero Honda Karizma stay an order on December MRF Lts on Friday an- per cent in the coming years was awarded the Bike of year 16, restraining its bottling nounced a 140 per cent final but has asked the govern- title. Optra was also voted the plant in Plachimeda in the dividend for the year. It post- ment to improve social viewers’ choice car of the district from extracting ed a net profit of Rs 117.38 services like education and year while Bajaj Pulsar was groundwater in a month. PTI crore for the fiscal. TNN health. PTI voted over Karizma. TNN
ering a job offer from the Ital- Viacom, Comcast ink TV around on the back of im- INTERNATIONAL ian automaker Fiat. Leach distribution deal: Viacom proving corporate spending. said the company essentially and Comcast have signed a The domestic leasing market Nokia wins mobile ‘‘resigned him’’ in response to deal guaranteeing Viacom’s — only a third of the size of contract in China: The his offer to negotiate a deal to channels will be carried on the US industry — has suf- Finnish telecommunications leave on good terms, in testi- Comcast’s cable-TV systems fered two straight years of equipment maker Nokia said mony in his civil suit against for at least five more years. decline as companies axed on Friday it had won a $125 his former employer. AFP The agreement, one of the their spending during a peri- million contract to extend a od of economic malaise. Reuters US says China falling biggest of its kind, covers al- second generation telephone most all of Viacom’s chan- short on WTO: China has network in China. The deal nels, including CBS, MTV, ET INSTA POLL was signed with the Chinese made little progress in lower- Nickelodeon, VH-1, Spike, Yesterday’s results: group Henan MCC, which ing trade barriers and imple- Do you think BET and Comedy Central. job security is more important operates in the central menting proposed reforms Comcast is the largest US promised when it joined the than money while choosing a job? province of Henan. AFP cable operator. Reuters World Trade Organisation two Yes 82% No 17% Can’t say 01% Ford executive alleges years ago, the US has said. GE leasing unit sees • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of he was shown the door: US trade representative Japan market upturn: the general public. Former Ford Europe chief Robert Zoellick said Beijing’s General Electric Co’s Japan- Today’s question: Martin Leach has described ‘‘uneven and incomplete ese leasing unit said on Fri- What is your idea of how he was allegedly forced WTO compliance record’’ can day that the nation’s $69 bil- entertainment? out of the Ford Motor Co af- no longer be attributed to lion leasing market is finally To vote, log on to http://economictimes.indiatimes.com ter revealing he was consid- start-up problems. AFP set for a long-awaited turn-
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16 Saturday,December 20, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
236, 242.45, 235.30, 241.35 81.80, 84.50, 77.10, 78.65 Blue Star 156, 159, 156.10 249.50, 251.90, 236.05, 240.55 Hawkins Cook 23, 23.80, 22.85, P&G Hygiene 476, 478.85, 465.55, Ahmed.Elect. 103.95, 105.90, 101, 156.10, 159.60, 156, 156.25 EIH Asso.Hot 27.95, 28.10, 25.50, 23.50 475.15 101.75 Blue Star In 249.90, 254.80, 238, 26.30 Hazoor Media 7.70, 7, 7.11 Pfizer 574.95, 585, 570, 573.75 103.50, 106, 101.05, 102.05 244.15 Eimco Elecon 103.75, 105.30, 98.10, HBL Nife Pow 32.90, 33.90, 31, NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX 580, 584.95, 571, 574.70 Ahmednagar F 97.65 249, 257, 237, 244.25 105.20 31.20 1825 5800 Sensex at 5,541 pts Pidilite Ind 352, 362, 355 101.30, 101.30, 100, 101.30 BOC 58.40, 54.40, 54.75 103.95, 106.80, 101.10, 106.45 HEG 102.90, 103.60, 98.50, 99.15 352, 365, 352, 357.75 Ajanta Pharm 71.40, 73.30, 68.20, 58.90, 58.90, 54.65, 54.90 Elder Pharma 170, 156.30, 158.10 103.40, 103.80, 99, 99.55 Polaris Soft 223, 226.10, 218.05, 220 68.65 Bombay Burma 76.85, 76, 82.75 165, 166.90, 156.35, 158.45 Helios & Mat 73.90 1800 5700 Mumbai: Charged by a sharp rally in some heavyweighted 223.70, 226.25, 218.15, 219.85 71.30, 73.50, 68, 68.85 77, 81.95, 77, 81.95 Elect.Kelvin 17, 17.50, 16.21, 16.85 Henkel Spic 35.50, 36.95, 34, 34.20 1778.55 5600 stocks, the Sensex crossed 5,500-mark and soared to 45-month Pun.Nat.Bank 180, 183.90, 179.40, Aksh Optifib 26.25, 26.50, 25.25, BPL 53, 50, 50.30 Elgi Equip 71.10, 72.30, 69.50, 69.95 Heritage Fds 105.30, 107.90, 104, 1775 5541.35 183.05 25.50 52.40, 52.95, 50.05, 50.45 71.15, 72.25, 69.10, 69.75 104.50 high during trading in brisk activity on the stock exchange on 179, 183.70, 179, 183.10 26.50, 26.80, 25.10, 25.35 Brijlax. Le. 115.15, 115 Elgitread (I 295, 280 105.10, 108.40, 103.10, 105.25 5500 5418.23 Pun.Tractors 236.90, 227, 228.50 Albert David 95.60, 103.60, 96.70 BSL 41.75, 41.80 284, 284, 275.90, 280.20 HFCL Infotel 16, 16.50, 15.27, 15.34 1750 hectic shortcovering by operators as well as heavy purchases by 232, 234.50, 226.50, 228.35 Albright & W 229.95, 230, 220 42, 42.20, 41.40, 41.40 Elpro Inter 30.50, 33.05, 29.65, Hi-Tech Gear 222, 225, 215, 220 1756.10 5400 institutional investors. Starting on a strong footing at 5,486.63, the Ramco Systm 357, 365, 339, 343.30 Alembic 401, 407.90, 390.20, 399.60 Burrough Wel 814.95, 839, 790, 32.50 224.90, 224.90, 216, 216.25 1725 5455.00 360.30, 364.15, 336.05, 342.70 402.50, 408, 395, 399.10 825.65 Emco 78.90, 93.05, 76, 90 Hikal 360, 362, 353, 360.10 1733.25 5300 BSE 30-share sensitive index gradually moved upwards to the in- Ranbaxy Lab. 1119.70, 1133, Alkyl Amines 32.85, 30.65 Encore Soft 9.50, 10.26, 9.22, 9.54 355, 364, 355, 359.40 1700 1108.30, 1124.30 Allahabad Bk 25.25, 25.40, 24.75, C Eonour Tech. 5, 4.48, 4.56 Himat. Seide 304, 308, 302 5200 tra-day high at 5,555.68 before ending at 5,541.35 as against Thurs- 1110, 1133.90, 1108, 1124.25 24.80 Esab (I) 80.80, 80.95, 76, 76.70 308, 308.50, 301, 304.20 day’s close of 5,455.00, a net rise of 86.35 points or 1.58 per cent. Raymond 214, 221.50, 212.55, 25.25, 25.45, 24.75, 24.80 Camlin 84.80, 89.90, 84.10, 86.40 80, 80.25, 75.50, 76.75 Hind Lever C 331, 336.50, 333.30 1675 5100 214.30 Alok Inds. 59, 60.25, 57.25, 58.15 Camph.& All 41.25, 48.30, 47.85 ESI 75, 79.30, 74.20, 74.90 335, 339, 334, 337.95 The broad-based BSE-100 index spurted by another 48.63 points to 214, 221.90, 213, 215.15 59, 60.70, 57, 57.75 Canfin Homes 44.80, 45.40, 42.50, 74.65, 78.50, 74.05, 74.95 Hind.Constn. 139.90, 142, 130.60, 1650 5000 RCF 36.35, 38.45, 35.55, 38.25 Alps Inds. 37.50, 37.75, 36.05, 36.80 42.55 Eskay K’N’It 7.61, 7, 7.30 133.50 2,892.48 from the previous close of 2,843.85. Heavyweighted shares 36.25, 38.45, 35.60, 37.90 38, 39.50, 36.10, 36.65 44.45, 45, 42.75, 43 Essar Oil 19.20, 19.25, 18.60, 18.80 140, 140.40, 130.95, 133.45 December 17 December 18 December 19 December 17 December 18 December 19 like RIL, Grasim, L&T, Zee Tele, Cipla, Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, Rel Capital 119, 121.95, 118.55, Alstom 93, 87.20, 90.25 Caprihans(I) 31, 32.40, 30.80, 31.10 Essar Ship. 23.40, 23.60, 22.15, Hind.Motors 19.30, 18.25, 18.45 119.80 Amara Raja B 95.25, 95.95, 92.75, Carborundum 244.90, 290.50, 240, 22.30 19.25, 19.30, 18.25, 18.50 Infosys Tech, ONGC, SBI and HLL recorded sharp gains on heavy 119, 122, 119, 119.70 93.65 278.80 Essar Steel 24.95, 25.70, 24.40, Hind.Oil Exp 56.90, 57.45, 54.40, +1.27% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING +1.58% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING purchases by local mutual funds and foreign institutional in- Reliance Ind 511.05, 522.50, 507.50, 94.90, 96.50, 93, 93.65 247, 288.85, 240, 276.25 24.55 54.80 520.40 Ambuja Cem.R 7.25, 7.59, 7.20, 7.38 Carol Info 42.75, 39.55, 40.05 25.05, 25.75, 24.30, 24.65 57, 57.80, 54.50, 54.80 508, 522.95, 508, 520.70 7.45, 7.60, 7.20, 7.35 41.85, 41.85, 39.55, 40.05 ETC Networks 68.70, 69.45, 63, Hind.Org.Chm 23.50, 23.80, 22.35, vestors (FIIs) that remained the principal driving force behind CCL Products 33, 33.25, 31.50, 32.50 Kakatiya Cem 54, 50, 50.45 46, 46.60, 44.15, 44.30 Sundaram Cla 632.45 Rolta (I) 111.40, 112.55, 107.85, Amex Info. 27.70, 30.90, 27.50, 65.15 22.40 50.55, 51.90, 50.10, 51.10 Orient Paper 36.50, 37, 33.95, 34.50 631.05, 631.05, 631.05, 631.05 the market. Operators, which kept a low profile during major part 108.70 27.71 Ceat 63.25, 65.35, 62.05, 62.55 67.10, 68.75, 63, 65.35 23.30, 23.50, 22.40, 22.45 62.80, 64.20, 62, 62.40 Kale Consul. 59.95, 61, 57.05, 57.55 35.85, 36.75, 34, 34.35 Sundaram Fst 1045, 1144.90, 1027, of the week, joined the bandwagon and attempted to cover their 111, 112.50, 108.30, 108.80 Amforge Inds 157, 159.90, 152.50, Eveready Ind 56, 56.75, 53, 53.15 Hind.Power 51.60, 60.20 60, 61.20, 57.50, 57.90 Oriental Con 42.85, 46, 43.60 1102 SAIL 46, 47.80, 45.75, 46.95 155.30 Centur. Bank 18, 17.20, 17.34 55, 56.35, 53.10, 53.55 Hind.Sanitar 223.75, 225, 213.50, 17.55, 18, 17.20, 17.30 Kalpa.Power 94.20, 92.20, 92.50 Oriental Hot 139.05, 142.65, 138.30, 1035, 1133.55, 1032.30, 1089.40 short positions ahead of the expiry of December contract for de- 45.60, 47.80, 45.60, 47 Amrutanjan 125, 130.80, 124.10, Everest Inds 119.70, 126.90, 117.50, 220 92.25, 94, 92, 92.15 140.05 Sunflag Iron 12.64, 12.90, 11.70, Satyam Comp 358, 359.95, 352.30, 124.40 Cerebra Inte 7.73, 7.74, 6.75, 6.83 118.50 224.90, 226.60, 212.50, 223.45 rivatives on December 24. PTI CESC 148, 136.15, 137.20 Kalyani Brak 587, 556.25, 564.75 142.50, 146.25, 142, 142.50 11.89 354.65 Amtek 161.10, 168, 154, 155.25 120, 127.75, 118, 119.30 Hind.Spg &Wg 28.45, 28.50, 24.40, 561.05, 569, 560.05, 564 Super Spin. 170, 171.50, 165, 167.45 360.50, 360.50, 352.50, 355.70 Amtek Auto 463, 443, 446.55 138.20, 144.50, 136, 137.05 Excel Inds. 81, 84.50, 80.30, 81.05 24.50 Chemfab Alk. 59.90, 60, 58.15, 58.25 Kalyani Stel 89.40, 90.90, 83.25, P Supreme Inds 214.75, 227.20, 220 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- Saw Pipes 294.85, 302.90, 288.65, 456.60, 464, 441, 445.70 27.85, 29.25, 25.40, 25.55 84.60 219, 224.90, 215, 219.25 290.60 Andrew Yule 28.80, 30.90, 27, 27.10 Chemplast Sa 38.25, 40, 38, 38.80 F Hitachi Home 29.50, 30.25, 29.75 Padmalaya Te 122, 124.90, 116.25, ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, 38.50, 40.05, 38.30, 39.65 Kanoria Chem 71, 69.15, 69.85 Supreme Petr 22.90, 23.50, 21.90, 22 293.90, 302.35, 290, 291.30 Ankur Drugs 31, 30, 32.50 30.10, 30.35, 29.30, 29.85 70, 71, 69.20, 69.95 118.15 22.80, 22.90, 21.90, 22.05 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last SBI 481.90, 492.60, 481, 489.40 Ansal Prop. 33.40, 29.25, 30.20 Chettinad Ce 90, 94.70, 88.05, 93.75 FAG Bearings 129.80, 137, 128, Honda SIEL P 154, 162, 153, 156.80 122.40, 125, 116.05, 117.65 Cheviot Co. 172.90, 175, 169.05, 131.40 Karnatak Bnk 124.45, 125.50, Surana Tele 20.85, 21, 20, 20.55 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. 482, 492.50, 480.10, 490.15 AP Paper 113.50, 116.50, 113.25, 155.05, 162, 155.05, 157.40 118.55, 119.50 Panacea Biot 55, 55.95, 53, 53.50 19.60, 21, 19.60, 20.50 Shipp.Corpn. 168, 174.25, 167, 113.60 170.15 131.50, 138.50, 131, 133.50 Hotel Leela. 58.35, 61, 57.85, 60.25 55.10, 55.85, 53.50, 54.05 Chola.Inv&Fi 74, 75, 72, 73.20 Fairfield At 20.55, 19.35, 20.73 123.50, 125.90, 118.15, 120.15 Surat Elec. 255, 228.25, 230.10 D-Link (I) 199.40, 202.50, 196, 58.30, 62, 57.50, 59.60 171.25 Apcotex Lat. 48.50, 50.90, 48, 48.35 58.45, 61, 57.90, 59.95 Karur Vysya 375, 383.80, 370, 375.40 Pantaloon Re 269, 278, 265, 274.15 238.90, 238.90, 228.25, 229.30 BSE SPECIFIED 196.95 IDBI Bank 42.50, 46, 43.80 168, 174.20, 166.60, 171.10 48, 50.50, 48, 49.90 73.10, 74.50, 72.60, 72.75 FCI OEN Con. 247.70, 248.90, 272.50, 278.50, 267, 274.65 Chowgule Stm 17.80, 18.40, 17.50, 236.05, 239.10 375, 381.85, 371, 375.40 Surya Roshni 29, 29.20, 27.05, 27.35 & NSE INDEX 199, 202, 196, 197.35 43, 46, 41.65, 43.80 Siemens 934, 958.90, 915, 954.05 Aplab 41.85, 42, 40.50, 40.75 I KDL Biotech 33.80, 38.45, 36.25 Paper Prod. 203, 203.95, 199.50 29, 29.20, 27.45, 27.60 Dabur (I) 86.50, 91.80, 86.25, 91.05 IGate Global 373.80, 382, 364.10, 922.90, 954, 915, 949.90 Aptech 76, 77.90, 73.60, 74.10 17.90 244.90, 246, 235.10, 237.05 200, 203.90, 197.50, 198.80 Ciba Sp.Chem 165, 173.70, 164.10, FCL Techno. 40, 42.75, 38.80 ICICI Premie 13.90, 13.72 34.80, 38.45, 33, 35.65 Surylak.Cott 79.50, 75, 75.85 86.95, 91.90, 86, 90.75 370.35 SKF Bearing 113, 114.90, 110, 76.30, 77.90, 74.05, 74.30 KEC Inter. 69.50, 69.90, 66.25, 67 Paramount Co 9.50, 9.89, 9.54 79.75, 80.50, 77, 77.25 ABB 620, 622, 612, 614.20 Dena Bank 26.75, 26.95, 26.50, 374.10, 381.65, 364.05, 371.25 111.40 Archies 92.90, 94.05, 88.15, 88.95 168.50 38.40, 40.70, 37.30, 37.30 IFCI 17.30, 17.70, 17.10, 17.20 Parekh Plati 16.70, 16.95, 15.75, 615, 630, 613, 614.60 Cinevistaas 54.50, 55, 50.05, 51.35 FDC 96, 97.50, 93, 93.90 17.25, 17.65, 17.10, 17.20 68.75, 70, 67, 67.30 Sutlej Inds. 84.25, 87, 84, 85.20 26.55 India Cement 43, 40.80, 41.55 114.90, 115.30, 111, 111.70 91.75, 93, 88.30, 89.25 Kenna. Widia 230, 235, 232.25 15.99 90, 90, 85, 86.30 Abbott (I) 520, 524.90, 503.55, 26.45, 26.95, 26.45, 26.70 40.50, 43.10, 40.50, 41.50 SPICE 53.01, 55.05, 54 Ashapura Min 144.90, 138.25, 139 54.35, 55, 50.50, 51.15 96.10, 97.10, 93, 93.85 Igarashi Mot 110, 120, 105, 111.30 17, 17.15, 15.85, 16.15 504.75 City Union B 73, 73.90, 70.25, 72.10 Finan.Techno 52.20, 63.35, 59.25 109.30, 121.95, 104.50, 112.45 Kerala Ayurv 13.90, 14.10, 12.45, Suven Life 514, 470, 487.30 Digital Glob 750.50, 741.55, 743.20 Indian Hotel 421.05, 425, 418.55, STC India 155, 159.90, 151, 153.30 142.50, 147.40, 139.05, 140.80 12.60 Parry Agro 172.95, 175.10, 160.25, 502.50, 515, 469, 484.60 ACC 230.50, 234, 229, 230.65 736.10, 750, 736.10, 743.15 422.20 150.55, 158, 149.50, 152.15 Ashima 25.60, 28.50, 26.90 74, 74.45, 71.30, 72.30 First Leasin 26.50, 27.20, 26.60 IL&FS Invt.M 60, 67.95 175 231, 233.90, 229, 231.05 Clariant (I) 212.30, 219.90, 211, 27, 27, 26.10, 26.40 59.50, 68.10, 59.50, 67.45 Kerala Chem. 33, 34.25, 32.65, 33.55 Swaraj Engin 288, 295.50, 288.55 Dr.Reddy’s 1373.90, 1375.90, 1360, 427, 428.75, 420.05, 421.45 Sterl.Biotec 60.45, 59.15, 71.80 28.20, 28.90, 26.50, 26.90 Kesoram Inds 70.60, 72, 66.40, 69 Parry’s Conf 171.95, 198.75, 182 294, 294, 286.10, 290 Adani Export 423.90, 478, 448.80 1366.80 Indian Oil C 440, 443, 428.50, 433 60, 72.25, 59.50, 72.25 Ashok Ley.Fn 82, 83, 80, 80.15 211.40 Flat Product 140, 141.70, 133, Ind.Swift 161.30, 166, 155.55, 181, 194.90, 181, 183 422, 478.70, 422, 452.45 221, 221, 209, 210.50 138.65 156.55 64, 71.70, 64, 69 Swaraj Mazda 230, 247, 246.70 1368, 1379.90, 1360, 1368 429.80, 444, 429.10, 432.50 Sterl.Inds. 1300, 1310, 1152.90, 84, 84.45, 80.50, 81.25 KG Denim 32.95, 33.90, 32, 32.15 Patel Engg. 305, 335.65 242, 250, 240, 242.20 Alfa Laval 610, 619.95, 585, 588.75 Dredging Cor 491, 459.90, 479.20 Indian Ov.Bk 32.30, 31.65, 31.90 1164.25 Asian Elect. 93, 85, 87.20 Classic Diam 131.70, 116.35, 117.45 Flex Foods 15, 14.20, 14.26 Ind.Swift La 50, 52, 48, 48.15 Patspin (I) 22.20, 21, 21.05 610, 617.90, 602, 608.40 Clutch.Auto 23, 23.95, 22.61, 22.84 Flex Inds. 58.80, 59.50, 56.10, 56.70 50.60, 51.40, 48.50, 48.70 Khoday (I) 28.05, 29, 26, 26.30 Syncom Form. 47.95, 42.75, 43.40 E-Serve Intl 736, 750, 721, 724.80 32.15, 32.40, 31.70, 31.95 Sterl.Optica 81.10, 82.80, 78.80, 94.90, 96.25, 85, 87.30 Kinetic Eng. 132.60, 136, 132.50, 22, 22.65, 21.25, 21.40 Synergy Log 9.30, 9.50, 9, 9.13 Alstom Proj. 132.50, 137.50, 129, 731.30, 737, 729.50, 731.25 Indian Rayon 256, 264.80, 254, 79.30 Asian Hotels 189.90, 196.70, 185, Coates (I) 140, 153, 147.60 58.40, 59.65, 55.80, 56.50 India Gelat. 19, 19.20, 17.99, 18.07 PCS Inds. 31.90, 33, 31, 31.65 130.55 141, 155, 141, 149.30 Forbes Gokak 145, 137, 140.40 India Glycol 122.50, 127, 121.90, 132.75 EIH 282.15, 290, 282.05, 284.10 255.65 81.50, 82.85, 79.15, 79.65 193.80 Kinetic Moto 48.50, 46.15, 46.20 Pennar Alum. 4.68, 4.70, 4.47, 4.52 T 133, 137.20, 130.10, 130.95 285.10, 290, 283, 284.55 257, 264, 254, 255.95 Sun Pharma. 639, 645, 625, 632.75 187.05, 194, 182.50, 192.60 Cochin Minrl 21, 21.70, 20.60, 21.35 Fortune Info 30.90, 32.90, 30.25, 123.70 Pentasoft Te 4.98, 4.95, 5.13 Andhra Bank 46.50, 47.15, 46.35, Color Chips 14, 13.65, 15.09 30.70 India Gypsum 71.80, 65.75, 71.80 Kirloskar Br 360, 362.95, 351, 352.25 Engineers (I 421, 425.50, 411, Indo Rama Sy 92, 98, 96.15 644.80, 647, 627, 632.80 Assam Co. 42.50, 44, 40.15, 40.60 Kirloskar Oi 333.50, 340, 333, 335.05 4.80, 5.05, 4.80, 5.05 Taj GVK Hotl 150, 153, 143.60, 46.75 413.70 92.70, 98.10, 92.30, 95.90 Syndicate Bn 32.90, 33, 32, 32.40 Astrazen.Ph. 1190, 14.15, 15.20, 13.90, 15.15 Foseco (I) 274, 278, 270, 274.85 66.50, 73, 66.50, 73 Pharmacia He 184, 186, 178, 179.35 144.40 46.25, 47.20, 46.25, 46.75 273, 280, 271, 277.80 India Nippon 424, 410, 419 333, 341, 331.20, 337.25 415, 422.50, 411, 413.45 IndusInd Bnk 42, 42.30, 41, 41.30 32.60, 32.95, 32.30, 32.45 1194.50, 1150, 1156 KLG Systel 57.90, 52.25, 54.05 183, 183.70, 177, 178.30 154.80, 154.80, 144, 145.95 Apollo Hosp. 179.75, 182.85, 177, Escorts 96, 90.80, 91.35 41.90, 42.40, 41.10, 41.40 Syngenta (I) 265, 280, 261.35, 1173, 1173, 1142, Frontier Inf 5.20, 4.71, 4.79 417, 417, 408.25, 409.45 Phillip Carb 120 Tanfac Ind. 31, 32.40, 31.15 178.85 Fulford (I) 415, 418, 395, 397.90 Indian Card 97.40, 100, 94.50, 96.45 58.75, 58.75, 53.50, 54.25 94.90, 94.90, 91.15, 91.75 Infosys Tech 5188, 5324.50, 265.35 1160.25 Kothari Prod 226.90, 211, 212.35 119.95, 119.95, 119.95, 119.95 TASC Pharma. 53.25, 54.85, 51.75, 179.90, 182.60, 177.50, 178.65 Essel Propac 273.70, 278, 268.15, 5171.25, 5255.85 Tata Chem 141.80, 145.20, 141.25, Atcom Techno 13.80, Futura Poly. 22, 24.30 97, 98.50, 94.30, 96.40 Phoenix Lamp 34.50, 35, 31.90, 32 52.05 Apollo Tyres 252.85, 255, 250, Indian Hume 2450, 2452.15 224, 224, 205, 211.05 271.70 5189.45, 5323.70, 5168.20, 144.05 14.50, 13.75, 14.05 G KPIT Cum.Inf 312, 325, 311, 314.55 Pioneer Embr 78.10, 79.95, 78, 78.95 53, 53.50, 51, 51.80 251.65 272, 278, 268, 271.85 5260.80 141.40, 145.70, 141.05, 144.30 13.80, 15.55, 13.80, 2510, 2539.85, 2451, 2499.70 Plastiblend 92, 92.80, 86.10, 89 Tata Coffee 151, 156.90, 148.50, Indian Resor 126, 127, 120.25, 121 316, 320.40, 311, 314.75 254.70, 256, 251.10, 251.75 Exide Inds. 138, 151.50, 148.95 Infotech En. 189.50, 198, 193.65 Tata Elxsi 113.75, 114.10, 110.30, 14.15 Gabriel (I) 197, 198, 187, 188.65 PNB Gilts 30, 31.50, 29.75, 29.95 150.80 Arvind Mills 62.80, 64.45, 62.30, Indian SeamM 23, 23.50, 21.80, KRBL 68, 68.50, 64.10, 64.50 140, 151.80, 140, 148.95 190.40, 197, 190, 193.25 111.35 Atlas Copco 349, 370, Galaxy Enter 35.95, 37.45, 36.70 70.40, 70.40, 64, 64.30 29.95, 30.30, 29.75, 29.85 154, 156, 148.50, 150.95 63.05 Federal Bank 263, 269.80, 252.65, ING Vysya Bk 553, 559.80, 545, 112.50, 113.90, 110.60, 111.35 343, 366.60 21.85 Polyplex 212.50, 215, 206.05, 210.25 Tata Finance 58.50, 59.25, 57.25, Gammon (I) 480.10, 502, 497.35 Indo Gulf Fe 105, 108.80, 104.50, Krebs Bioche 229, 232, 221.20, 63.20, 64.40, 62.35, 63.05 254.10 545.85 Tata Infotec 505.20, 515, 485, Atlas Cycles 104, 105, 480, 500, 480, 491.40 214, 215, 207, 209 57.55 Asahi (I) Gl 145, 147.50, 143, 144 106.80 228.15 263.40, 270, 254.10, 255.45 555, 556, 545, 546.45 487.20 100.80, 102.20 Gandhi Sp.Tu 42, 49, 41.50, 47.05 Krishna Life 4.94, 5, 4.70, 4.84 Porrits&Spen 171.75, 172, 166, 58.65, 59.40, 57.50, 57.75 148, 148, 143.50, 145.35 Fert.&Chem-T 38.60, 41.20, 38.50, Ingersoll R 300.20, 309, 292.70, Tata Motors 434, 438.70, 429.55, 119, 119, 100.10, 104.50, 108.75, 104.50, 106.90 167.65 Tata Honeywl 439, 450, 425, 428.65 Garden Silk 61, 63.25, 60.50, 61.60 Indo Mat.Car 114.50, 123.65, 122 Krone Comm 118, 120, 114.70, Ashok Leylan 270, 274, 263, 264.60 39.55 294.45 434.95 103 61.75, 62.75, 60.55, 61.60 Praj Ind. 105, 110.60, 104.50, 106.80 447.95, 453, 420, 426.10 271, 274, 262.50, 264.15 Indo Nationl 429, 444, 423.50 115.40 39.90, 41.45, 38.30, 39.60 305, 308.50, 293.05, 294.40 435, 438.65, 431, 435.15 Atul 66.30, 63.55, Garware Poly 59.10, 59.25, 54.50, KSB Pumps 125, 127, 121, 125.35 105, 111, 105, 106.95 Tata Infomed 172.65, 173.45, 170, Asian Paints 327, 330, 320, 321.30 Finolex Cabl 184.70, 185, 172.35, IPCA Lab. 640, 622, 622.85 Tata Power 286.50, 288.90, 282, 64.30 422, 439, 422, 422.50 Precision Wr 61, 62, 57.30, 58.20 170.45 56.85 Indraprast.M 21.90, 20.50, 20.70 120, 126.80, 120, 125.20 328, 329, 319.45, 319.80 174.75 640, 642, 622.50, 625.40 284.65 65.45, 67.90, 63.50, Garware Wall 32.95, 33.45, 30.25, 63.20, 63.50, 57.50, 58.15 172, 174.70, 170, 170.65 Aurobindo Ph 451.95, 415, 417.25 183.85, 184.85, 172.50, 175.35 IPCL 217.50, 219.50, 214.10, 215.35 286, 288.35, 283.05, 285.10 65.05 21.80, 21.80, 20, 20.50 Premier Inst 444, 426, 435.50 Tata Invest. 240, 255, 239.95, 243.75 30.60 Indus.Inv.Tr 29.50, 30.90, 29.85 L 442, 450, 416, 418.50 Finolex Inds 64, 68.30, 67.45 217.45, 219.80, 214, 215.35 Tata Tea 332, 333, 324.50, 326.05 Auto Axles 280, 275, Gati 67.40, 68.50, 62.05, 63.90 430, 445, 430, 439.95 230.05, 254, 230, 243 Aventis Phar 660, 670, 641.25, 65.20, 68, 65.20, 67.20 ITC 1020, 980.25, 986.50 333, 333, 324.20, 326 280 Innovis.E-Co 0.45, 0.46 Lakhani (I) 82, 81, 81.60 Premier Tyre 18.80, 19.06, 17.05, Tata Metalik 106.40, 112.40, 105.10, Genesys Intl 44.25, 47.90, 46.40 Insilco 26.40, 24.15, 24.45 650.55 Gail (I) 214.75, 218.50, 208.75, 1003, 1011, 982.05, 988.30 Thermax 409.90, 394.50, 401.50 280, 280, 275, 44.40, 48.15, 44.35, 46.60 Lakshmi Au.C 149.50, 150.90, 145, 18.90 111.10 661.60, 670, 643, 644.55 210.15 J&K Bank 328.80, 347.50, 324, 400, 403.90, 393, 396 279.70 Inter.Travel 74.50, 83, 76.85 146.40 Prism Cement 11.90, 12, 11.41, 105.50, 111.80, 105, 110.80 Geodesic Inf 288, 299.25 Ion Exchange 56.10, 57.50, 52.05, Bajaj Auto 1099, 1103.30, 1083, 213.65, 218, 209.20, 210.50 345.15 Thomas Cook 405, 414, 410.65 Auto.Stam&As 83, George Willi 123.70, 117, 118.95 148, 150, 143.25, 145.50 11.58 Tata Sponge 151, 154.70, 148.10, 1097.05 GE Shipping 142.50, 144.75, 140.60, 326.85, 347, 323.75, 344.75 405, 414.85, 405, 410.90 83.95, 81.65, 82.80 52.45 Lakshmi Elec 88.05, 90, 84.10, 86.10 11.80, 12.10, 11.45, 11.55 149 120, 122.25, 115.20, 116.60 IP Rings 134, 123.10, 129.20 1090, 1125, 1058, 1100.20 141.70 Jaiprakash I 112.90, 117.40, 111.65, TISCO 399, 401.70, 393.10, 395.55 83.10, 83.15, 82, 83 GHCL 31, 31.25, 29.65, 29.85 Lakshmi Mach 4800, 4675, 4713 Pritish Nand 47, 48.40, 44.35, 45.45 160, 160, 148.10, 148.75 Balaji Tele. 94, 95.20, 92.50, 94.05 146, 146, 141.10, 142.15 112.60 397.15, 401.30, 393.05, 395.80 Avanti Feeds 59.50, Isibars 7.89, 7.95, 7.30, 7.34 4720, 4789, 4705, 4759.65 46.20, 47.80, 44.10, 44.85 Tata Telcom 270, 275, 254, 257.40 31, 31.20, 29.90, 30.05 Ispat Inds. 15.55, 15.90, 14.90, 15.10 82.50, 95, 82.50, 93.85 Geometric So 574.75, 589, 563, 113, 116.50, 111.85, 112.70 Titan Inds. 132, 134, 128.15, 128.40 60.50, 55.10, 56.85 GIC Housing 40, 36.10, 36.90 Lanco Inds. 14.68, 13.50, 13.53 Prraneta Ind 4 270.15, 273.85, 255, 258.10 Ballarpur In 79.50, 82.75, 77.50, 565.70 JB Chemicals 376, 379.90, 369.25, 131.80, 137, 127.70, 128.55 Avery (I) 44.10, 45, 15.70, 15.90, 14.90, 15.05 Landmarc Lei 13.65, 10.75, 11.81 PSI Data Sys 93.25, 109.35 Tata Teleser 20.20, 20.55, 19.55, Colour Chem 249.95, 250, 246, 40, 40, 36.45, 37 IT & T 15, 17.91 81.35 572, 588, 564.15, 568 370.75 TN Newsprint 101.10, 96, 96.90 41.65, 41.80 GIVO 5.05, 5.40, 4.55, 5.05 LG Balkrish 31.40, 29, 29.30 94, 109, 93.25, 109 19.70 79.45, 82.60, 77.40, 81 Gillette (I) 740, 721, 723.50 378.90, 380, 368, 370.80 100, 100, 96.10, 97.50 Aztec Soft. 34.65, 35.70, 33.25, 248.10 14.50, 17.80, 14.50, 17.80 30.10, 31, 29.10, 29.40 PSL 86.30, 87.80, 84, 84.20 20.20, 20.55, 19.75, 19.85 248, 250, 247.50, 248.45 Glenmark Pha 135.50, 129, 129.70 ITC Hotels 130.10, 133, 127.40, Bank of Baro 176.25, 183.50, 182.15 730, 734, 721.50, 723.20 Jindal Iron 264.45, 265, 253.50, TN Petro 25.80, 27.20, 26.20 33.60 133.80, 134.50, 128, 129.90 Liberty Shoe 134, 143.85, 136.25 81, 87.85, 81, 84.75 Tayo Rolls 72, 72.50, 68, 69.05 177.80, 183.90, 177.80, 182.30 GlaxoSmith.C 330.10, 334, 323.10, 255.65 26.40, 26.70, 25.90, 26.30 34.50, 35.40, 33.20, 33.60 Compucom Sof 47, 48.60, 44, 46.40 131.40 135, 144.85, 135, 136.60 Pudumjee Pul 38, 38.75, 37.80, 38.35 Tele Data In 28.95, 29.25, 27.50, Compudyne Wi 20, 20.90, 19.52, GMM Pfaudler 141, 143, 139, 141 134, 134, 131, 132.20 Bank of Ind. 58, 59.25, 58.75 330 260.10, 264.70, 254, 255.85 Torrent Phar 429, 433, 425, 427.30 GMR Techno. 28, 30, 25.40, 25.70 Lloyds Steel 7.56, 7.84, 7.25, 7.29 38, 39, 36.85, 37.75 27.70 58.60, 59.10, 58.25, 58.75 334.95, 334.95, 323, 327.95 Jindal Stain 463, 448, 451.15 429.40, 434, 425, 426.65 B 19.62 ITI 20.50, 20.70, 19.80, 19.90 7.60, 7.80, 7.25, 7.30 Pun.Alkali 17.45, 18, 16.57, 17.11 Texmaco Ltd. 142, 144, 135, 139.35 19.80, 21.15, 19.50, 19.70 Goa Carbon 64, 72.80, 69.30 20.55, 20.65, 19.85, 20.05 BASF 187, 187.30, 180.55, 182.20 GlaxoSmith.P 572, 620, 571, 614.95 460, 461.40, 451, 451.45 Trent 266.30, 274, 260.25, 261.55 Godavri Fert 72.50, 74.50, 71, 72.10 LML 66.50, 66.60, 65, 65.85 Pun.Chemical 305, 310, 288, 292.15 Themis Medic 75, 70.50, 71 186.70, 188.80, 181.60, 182.80 534.30, 620, 534.30, 617.20 Jindal Steel 1050, 1102, 1079.40 265, 273.95, 262.05, 263.30 BAG Films 14.20, 13.50, 13.55 Computech In 12.25, 12.60, 12.06, IVP 47, 53.75, 45.50, 46.45 66.50, 66.70, 65.05, 65.85 Pun.Communi. 68.50, 68.95, 67.10, Thiru A.Sug. 35.45, 32.30 14.35, 14.35, 13.50, 13.55 12.15 75.80, 75.80, 70.50, 73.05 51.65, 51.65, 46.60, 47.35 Bh.Earth Mov 234.50, 242.75, GNFC 71.40, 77.70, 70.05, 75.05 540, 559.70, 531.15, 547.65 TVS Motor Co 116.50, 121, 115.55, Godfrey Phil 425, 454.90, 421, Logix Micro. 41, 37, 37.65 67.25 32.30, 34.35, 32, 33.15 233.15, 234.80 71, 77.50, 70.45, 74.80 Kochi Refin. 180.35, 185.60, 179.50, 116.45 Bajaj Auto F 101, 96.15, 97.25 12.15, 12.80, 12.05, 12.10 IVRCL Infras 159.90, 162, 154.15, Loy.Tex Mill 93, 91, 92.45 Thirumalai 93, 94.50, 91.70, 92.40 100.85, 100.85, 95.05, 96.05 Cont.Const. 23, 23.10, 20.15, 20.80 436.25 154.70 235.50, 242.60, 234.25, 235.10 Godrej Cons. 176.20, 170, 175.05 180.15 116.50, 120.85, 115.80, 117.45 424.90, 455, 424.90, 434.85 Lumax Ind 83.90, 86, 82.20, 82.80 R 92.80, 94, 91.25, 92 Bharat Elect 581, 614.40, 579.80, 177.50, 177.50, 170.60, 175.10 181.60, 185.90, 179.15, 180.20 Union Bank 46.90, 47.25, 46.55, Bajaj Elec. 73.65, 69.10, 69.75 Control Prnt 32, 32.55, 31, 32 159.40, 161, 154.30, 155.25 85, 86, 82.10, 82.65 Tide Water O 1725, 1750, 1665, Bajaj Hindus 244.90, 218, 236.70 Corom. Fert. 165.25, 155.50, 159.45 Godrej Inds. 75, 75.05, 72 Rain Calcing 25.60, 25.75, 24.50, 604.25 Grasim Inds. 950, 985, 947, 978 Kotak Mah.Bk 371.90, 356, 358.80 47.05 75, 75, 70.10, 72.25 Lyka Labs 78.40, 78.90, 73.15, 73.55 1684.20 622, 622, 580.10, 601.50 232, 237, 228, 235.35 149, 163.50, 149, 160.35 J 78.90, 79.50, 73.30, 73.80 24.75 TIL 22.50, 23.40, 22.60 958, 985, 952, 977.25 369.85, 372, 356, 357.95 47, 47.40, 46.25, 47.05 Goetze (I) 83, 85.55, 81, 81.60 25.90, 25.95, 24.75, 24.90 Bharat Forge 725, 814, 721, 784.10 Guj.Amb.Cem. 302.50, 306.80, 300, L&T 460, 500.40, 456.50, 498.25 UTI Bank 126.80, 127, 125, 126.05 Bajaj Tempo 417, 408, 410.75 Cosmo Ferr. 12, 12.35, 10.75, 11.01 24.50, 24.50, 23, 23.10 Bal Pharma 51.60, 52, 47.25, 48.45 Cosmo Films 112, 113.95, 109.70, 85, 86, 81, 82.20 Jagatjit Ind 49.80, 53.95, 46, 47.10 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 52.50, 50.05, 50.35 725, 848.85, 715, 779.95 301.85 461, 502, 452.50, 498.70 125.50, 127.50, 124.25, 126.55 Goldiam Int. 58.70, 59.80, 55.30, Jagsonpal Ph 175, 187.10, 173, M Timex Watch 17.30, 18.59, 17.11, Bharti TeleV 94, 95, 91.20, 92.15 Bal.Law.Vanl 22.50, 21.40, 21.70 110.20 52.45, 52.70, 50.80, 51.05 17.64 304.90, 307, 300.25, 302.40 LIC Hsg.Fin. 200, 202, 198.10, Videocon Int 72.50, 76.15, 72.15, 55.65 178.40 Maars Soft 16.95, 17.50, 16, 16.30 Rajshree Sug 25.85, 26.60, 24.55, 94.40, 95, 91.20, 91.95 Guj.Gas Co. 634, 602, 603.50 200.40 75.40 Balkrish Ind 338.05, 354.05, 347.20 112, 113.50, 109, 109.80 Timken India 65, 65.65, 59.55, 60.15 Balmer Law.I 51, 57.80, 57.45 Creative Eye 21, 21.50, 19.50, 19.89 Goldstn.Tech 37.90, 38.75, 36.05, 170.55, 187.55, 170.55, 178.50 16.75, 17.30, 16.15, 16.35 25.75 BHEL 470, 474.80, 460, 462.85 625, 629, 601, 603.65 201, 201, 198.45, 200.30 72.70, 76.30, 72.15, 75.40 36.20 Jai Corp 132, 135, 127.15, 127.75 Tinplate Co. 57.40, 58.70, 54.10, 470, 473, 461.10, 464.30 Balmer Lawri 149, 154.75, 146.50 20.60, 21.80, 19.50, 19.65 Macmillan (I 272, 282, 280 22.95, 26.95, 22.95, 25.95 54.95 Guj.Mineral 217.40, 243.45, 216, M&M 355, 362.15, 352.55, 358.40 Vijaya Bank 37.70, 36.60, 36.80 37.50, 39.50, 36.25, 36.65 128.10, 135, 127, 127.60 274, 282, 272.05, 280.30 Rallis India 125.10, 137.50, 125, Bombay Dyein 153.70, 154.50, 240.65 354, 363, 352.15, 358.95 36.50, 37.50, 36.50, 36.85 149.40, 152.90, 146.50, 147.75 Crest Comm. 46.40, 52.70, 51.45 Tips Indus. 58.50, 61.40, 56.30, Balrampur Ch 262.50, 270, 266.60 47.50, 52, 46.75, 50.70 Goldstn.Tele 8.60, 8.80, 8.30, 8.42 Jain Irrig. 114.65, 115.90, 108.10, Madhav Marb. 25.55, 30.90, 29.65 134.50 144.15, 145.20 217, 243, 216.50, 239.30 Marico Inds 245, 247.50, 235.15, Visual Soft 257.45, 264.20, 255, 8.50, 8.90, 8.35, 8.40 109.05 56.95 153.60, 154.95, 144.15, 145.15 265, 270, 265, 266.65 CRISIL 537, 554, 525 Madhucon Prj 109.70 128, 136.50, 124.60, 134.05 60.35, 61.30, 56.30, 56.85 HCL Infosys. 399.70, 405, 385, 236.30 256.15 Goodlass Ner 392, 433.95, 429.45 115, 116, 107.90, 108.50 Madras Alum 203, 205, 195, 195.60 Rama Newspri 10.98, 10.52, 10.67 Bongaigaon R 85.40, 85.65, 82, 388.65 247, 247, 235.10, 236.75 258, 265, 255, 256.75 Banco Prod. 144, 135.30, 136.80 545, 550, 522, 524.35 Todays Writi 46.10, 48, 45.35, 45.40 Bank of Punj 32, 32.25, 31.05, 31.15 430, 434.90, 425, 430.25 Jain Studios 33.75, 33.81, 30.50, Madras Cem. 780, 786, 775, 781.30 10.50, 10.90, 10.40, 10.50 82.20 400, 405, 385, 387.85 Maruti Udyog 360, 367, 357.10, VSNL 135, 128.90, 129.90 Goodricke 69.50, 73, 64.10, 65.75 31.03 47, 47, 44, 45.10 85.70, 85.75, 82.10, 82.50 31.90, 32.50, 31.10, 31.30 D 751, 795, 751, 778.15 Ramco Inds. 370, 383, 361, 370 Torrent Guja 16.50, 16.65, 15.65, HCL Techno. 288, 290.25, 280.10, 358.60 134, 134, 128.70, 130.15 Goodyear (I) 57.80, 62, 56.10, 59 33.95, 33.95, 30.50, 30.95 Madras Fert. 20.10, 21.80, 19.85, 380, 380, 360.25, 370.30 BPCL 464, 428.50, 431.50 281.85 366.45, 366.85, 357.65, 359.35 Whirlpool 29.75, 30, 29.30, 29.90 Bank of Raj. 38.50, 39.20, 38.20, 15.85 38.45 Daewoo Motor 8.24, 7.60, 7.90 Grabal Al.Im 27.50 Jaipan Inds. 9, 9.25, 8.63 21.25 Rane Brake 571.90, 563.05, 571.95 458.90, 460, 400.05, 431.85 287.35, 290, 280.25, 281.85 Mastek 303.90, 306.80, 295.10, Wipro 1690, 1711.40, 1674, 1699.60 Dalmia Cemen 281, 267.20, 269.80 Graphite Ind 119, 122.70, 117.10, Jay Bh.Marut 79.95, 78 Tourism Fina 14.97, 15.45, 14.40, Britannia 670, 649, 657.50 38.50, 39.45, 38.25, 38.50 20.40, 21.70, 19.70, 21.10 569, 574.35, 569, 574.35 14.47 HDFC 618.05, 622, 611, 615.85 296.20 1685, 1714, 1673.55, 1705.75 274.70, 280, 267.25, 271.45 119.30 77.95, 80, 77.25, 79.80 Mah.Scooter 156, 172, 151.25, Rane Madras 149.50, 150, 145.75, 625.55, 661.30, 625.55, 659 621.45, 621.50, 611.10, 616.45 303, 306.50, 295.10, 296.35 Wockhardt 735, 742, 726, 740.10 Bannari Aman 262.50, 279, 272.60 15.10, 15.15, 14.40, 14.50 274, 278.50, 269.70, 270.25 Danlaw Tech. 27.90, 27, 28.75 119, 122.90, 118.10, 118.80 Jayant Agro 72.50, 68 169.80 148.30 BSES 475, 481.85, 471.15, 475.30 HDFC Bank 358, 360, 351.05, 355.80 Mcdowell Co. 70.50, 72.50, 70, 71.40 735, 744, 734.10, 739.95 Datanet Sys. 4.99, 4.50, 4.75 Grauer & Wei 29.95, 32.90, 29.25, 67.90, 72, 66, 67 Transnat.Sec 39.20 479, 485.80, 472, 477.60 Bata (I) 67.75, 67.85, 64.25, 64.70 155, 176, 154, 168.15 141.25, 148.95, 141.25, 147.75 Transpek Ind 46.80, 47.40, 45.15, 353.35, 360, 353.35, 358.30 69, 72.50, 69, 71 Zee Telefilm 148.50, 157.20, 148.25, DCM Shr.Con 181, 185.80, 177, 32.30 Jaypee Hotel 20.40, 20.65, 19.50, Mah.Seamless 250, 253.95, 241, Ravalgaon Su 2711, 2749, 2660, Cadila Healt 409.95, 413.95, 400, Hero Honda 400, 420.10, 399.05, Merck 440, 451, 447.80 154.70 67.50, 67.85, 64, 64.80 45.35 Bayer (I) 294, 302.80, 279.60, 297.80 180.25 Greaves Cott 48, 49, 45.05, 45.70 19.85 242.20 2677.30 401.35 412.05 445.10, 450, 441, 447.35 148.50, 157.40, 148.50, 155 184, 185.20, 176.60, 182.55 Grind Norton 244.95, 248.70, 241, Jayshree Tea 83.70, 83.75, 79, 79.10 Transport Co 55.80, 60, 54.50, 55.20 408.40, 418, 399, 402.90 Bayer ABS 142, 132.60, 133.05 251.95, 254.90, 240.20, 241.90 Rayban Sun O 65.55, 67, 63.05, 55.65, 57.85, 55, 57.75 399.90, 419.95, 399, 412.70 MICO 14600, 14960, 14902.90 DCW 39.50, 41.10, 38.70, 39.15 241.35 82.90, 83.45, 80.10, 80.60 Mahavir Spg. 186.90, 178.25, 179.10 63.20 Canara Bank 130, 125.20, 126.45 Hexaware Tec 420, 429, 405.10, 14690, 14924.50, 14688, B1 - GROUP 137.20, 137.45, 132, 133.10 TRF 80.10, 83, 78.25, 78.50 Bayer Diagno 367, 375, 346, 370.20 40.40, 41.10, 38.50, 39.20 Gruh Finance 38.80, 40, 38, 38.50 JIK Inds. 13.60, 12.51, 13.08 187.90, 188.90, 178, 178.60 Reg.Ceramic 62, 57.55, 58.90 129.40, 129.65, 125.10, 126.50 410.65 14906.50 Deccan Cem. 49.90, 50, 47.25, 48.20 GSFC 47, 48.85, 46, 47.80 13.50, 13.50, 12.75, 13.05 Trigyn Tech. 24.45, 24.80, 22.85, Castrol (I) 235.60, 239, 231.15, Beck India 71, 83.60 Mahind.Gesco 32.85, 35.50, 32.80, 63.80, 63.80, 57.65, 59.10 23.10 417.70, 430, 410.25, 413.20 MIRC Electr. 44.10, 44.30, 41, 41.65 3 Deepak Fert. 42.50, 44.80, 42.10, 47.15, 48.95, 46.40, 47.70 Jindal Drill 286, 270, 271.75 33.70 Rel.Ind.Infr 85.25, 80.10, 80.80 232.05 Hind.Inks&Re 604.70, 608, 583.10, 43.95, 43.95, 41.25, 42.05 Berger Paint 160, 153, 155 24.90, 25, 23.15, 23.35 148.10, 160, 148, 155.60 44.25 GTC Inds. 25.60, 25.65, 24, 24.30 Jindal Photo 78.15, 82, 73.20, 74.20 33.20, 35.20, 33, 33.30 84.80, 84.80, 78.50, 80.35 Century Enka 168.90, 177, 167.40, 594 Moser-Baer 300, 292, 293.10 3M India 559, 530, 536 41.50, 44.95, 41.50, 43.90 24.60, 25.75, 24.05, 24.25 79.60, 82, 74.50, 75.10 TTK Healthca 40, 41.90, 38, 38.25 175.35 Bhagya.Metal 38, 38.85 Mahindra Ugi 30.90, 31.20, 28.40, Relaxo Footw 33.85, 32.60, 32.95 Tube Invest. 209.90, 211.60, 206, 605, 605, 582.60, 594.65 298, 300, 295, 296 527, 540, 526, 536.50 Deepak Nitr. 76, 76.80, 73.15, 74.55 GTN Textiles 51.50, 53, 49.10, 49.95 Jindal Poly. 359.55, 365.05, 351.10, 28.70 Revathi Equ. 177.90, 181.50, 176.75, 170, 177, 167, 174.80 Hind.Zinc 119.40, 123.50, 111, Mphasis BFL 688, 672.50, 682.95 39.25, 41.60, 39.25, 41.60 211.20 Bharat Bijle 666.25, 653, 666.25 Denso (I) 69.60, 69.90, 64, 65.20 51, 52.90, 49.50, 50.75 354.45 31.40, 31.40, 28.80, 29.05 181 Century Text 139.45, 142.65, 135.75, 111.90 672, 685, 672, 681.25 A Dewan H.Fin. 33.75, 38, 32.65, 32.95 Gufic Bio Sc 34.05, 35.60, 31.35, 365, 374.80, 355, 356.05 210, 215.80, 210, 214.90 136.25 Bharat Rasay 36.80, 38.70, 37 Majestic Aut 56.45, 57.75, 55, 55.10 Rico Auto 362.50, 370, 359 TV 18 206.15, 208.30, 197.05, Hindalco 1330.60, 1355.50, 1325, MRF 2499, 2525, 2270, 2297.25 32.90, 35.50, 32.30, 32.80 31.55 Jindal Strip 232.50, 234.25, 226.50, Malwa Cotton 60.90, 63.80, 60.50, 364, 370, 360, 363.05 138.50, 142.95, 136.05, 137.15 1337.80 2489.95, 2515, 2281, 2313.35 Aarti Drugs 112.40, 114.10, 108.50, 38.50, 39.10, 36.05, 36.85 198.35 Bhartiya Int 57.45, 58.70, 56, 56.95 DFM Foods 7.21, 7.75, 7.40 Guj.Alkalies 91.25, 84.05, 84.65 227.45 60.90 RPG Life Sci 57.90, 51, 52.40 Chambal Fert 21, 22.50, 22.35 1330, 1358, 1326, 1339 MTNL 124.90, 126.70, 123.10, 125 113.25 Dhampur Sugr 28, 29.25, 28.20 89.90, 92.70, 84.10, 84.70 232.60, 235, 226, 227.85 206.80, 210, 198, 199.55 21.20, 22.50, 20.95, 22.25 110, 114, 109, 113.85 56.75, 58, 55.60, 56.40 60.50, 65, 60.50, 61.45 58.80, 58.80, 52, 52.85 TVS Autolec 156.05, 163.95, 156, Hinduja TMT 392.90, 403, 383, 124, 126.70, 123.25, 124.75 28, 29.50, 28, 28.30 Guj.Amb.Exp. 25.45, 26.65, 25.25, JJ Exporters 57.50, 58.50, 54, 54.90 Man Inds.(I) 135.50, 142, 135.05, RS Software 30, 28.50, 29.30 Chennai Pet. 93, 89, 89.20 390.40 National Alu 179.50, 180.35, 174.10, Aarti Inds. 240, 249.90, 234, 242.05 Bhushan Stl. 106.70, 110.50, 104, 161.40 108.05 Dhanalak.Bnk 29.40, 30.20, 29.10, 25.70 JK Corp. 15.55, 15.60, 15.30, 15.44 138.50 29.25, 30.80, 28.50, 28.70 91.90, 92.70, 88.60, 89.05 395, 403.80, 386.20, 390.75 176.20 238.55, 249.70, 233, 242.45 29.65 25.40, 26.65, 25.40, 25.60 JK Inds. 84, 85, 79, 80.20 TVS Srichakr 77, 79.05, 75.15, 75.70 Cipla 1225, 1293, 1216.50, 1278.70 Aarvee Denim 23, 24.30, 22, 22.25 106, 111, 103.10, 108.45 Manglr.Chem 8.04, 8.14, 7.90, 8.08 Ruchi Soya 115.90, 105.10, 107.25 HLL 199.75, 201.50, 198.50, 200.85 178, 180.50, 174.60, 176.15 Dhunseri Tea 38, 36, 36.25 Guj.Apollo E 82.50, 83, 80, 80.15 JK Synthetic 9.49, 9.55, 8.80, 8.86 Manugraph In 64, 63.60, 68.50 120, 121.40, 104.50, 106.25 1215, 1292, 1200, 1273.10 199.50, 201.50, 198.75, 200.50 National Fer 47, 48, 45.70, 46.85 Aban Loyd 490, 508, 487, 502.05 Bihar Caustc 37.50, 39.70, 37.20, U 39.20 DIL 260, 265, 251.10, 251.85 Guj.Flouroch 173.50, 160.40, 161.20 JL Morison 141, 142.50, 138.60, 141 Maral Overs 36.75, 33.65, 34 CMC 679.90, 719.95, 714.45 HMT 27, 25.75, 25.85 Nestle (I) 642, 652, 641.10, 650.10 494.95, 506, 489, 504.10 Divi’s Lab 1500, 1521.50, 1451, 171, 172, 160.25, 162.20 JMC Projects 26.50, 31.40, 31.20 665, 714.95, 665, 710.70 ABG Heavy In 40.50, 40.95, 39, 39.20 Bilcare 117.10 36.95, 36.95, 33.55, 33.90 S UB Holdings 33.50, 33.65, 32.30, 28.50, 28.50, 25.80, 25.95 Neyveli Lign 63.55, 63.90, 62.20, 1467.20 Guj.Ind.Pow. 65.80, 68.45, 65.75, Jubilant Org 790, 801.15, 780, Mascon Globl 12.66 33.30 Colgate 158.40, 159.45, 155.50, HPCL 437, 438.50, 414, 418.25 62.95 Abhishek Ind 28.50, 27.60, 28.55 Bimetal Bear 230.60, 235, 225, S.I.Bank 80.95, 82, 78.05, 78.40 229.10 1521, 1522, 1453, 1467.60 66.70 801.10 Matsushita L 64.75, 68, 62 Ucal Fuel 349.90, 340.05, 340.45 156.10 438, 439.30, 417, 419.20 63.60, 64, 62.25, 62.95 28.85, 28.85, 27.90, 28.85 Dolat Inv. 4.50, 4.74, 4.31, 4.67 67.20, 68.40, 66.10, 66.75 777.40, 800.55, 777.40, 799.95 80.60, 82, 78.10, 78.45 158.80, 159.40, 155.55, 156.25 Adam Comsof 12.56, 12, 12.16 Binani Inds. 28.50, 30.20, 28.70 Max (I) 184.45, 190, 178, 179.50 311.10, 351.80, 311.10, 342 Hughes Soft. 577, 582, 550, 551.95 Nicholas Pir 731, 769, 730.55, Dolphin Off. 28, 28.75, 27, 28.40 Guj.Sidh.Cem 8.60, 9.16, 8.40, 8.85 Jupiter Bios 157, 159.90, 147.40, 186.70, 189.70, 177.50, 180.05 Sabero Org. 18, 18.20, 17.10, 17.25 Uco Bank 17.85, 17.95, 17.50, 17.75 Container Co 634, 613.50, 619.15 584, 584, 549, 552.70 748.70 Addi Inds. 35.75, 34, 35.75 Biopac (I) 11.70, 12.75, 12.13 17.50, 18.10, 17.50, 17.70 Birla Corp. 69.85, 73.30, 71.65 Donear Inds. 300, 304, 296 8.60, 9.15, 8.45, 8.95 148.50 Mefcom Capit 4.30, 4.35, 4, 4.30 17.85, 17.90, 17.60, 17.75 638, 638, 615, 621.75 I-flex Solu 865, 869.90, 838.30, 749, 769.95, 731.10, 747.80 Adlabs Films 128, 136, 126, 127.75 DSP Merrill 436, 440, 435, 439.90 Gulf Oil Cor 143.75, 130.50, 133.60 Jyoti Struct 121.50, 114.80, 115.85 Saint-Gobain 24, 24.80, 23.45 Corpn. Bank 220, 222.65, 215.95, 126, 136, 126, 127.80 70.80, 73.50, 69.45, 71.45 Mega Corpn. 4 Ugar Sugar 53.50, 56, 55 842.20 NIIT 256, 256.50, 247, 250.10 118.50, 121, 114.05, 116.05 Megasoft 30.70 Sakthi Sugar 33.90, 32.35, 36.90 Ultramarine 127.25, 129, 115.10, 216.60 865, 870, 698.05, 842.20 256.50, 256.50, 248.40, 249.90 Ador Welding 47.75, 44.65, 45.50 Birla Eric. 23.05, 23.90, 22.65, 22.80 E H 33.55, 37.40, 32.40, 37.40 221, 223, 216.05, 217.05 46, 47, 44.70, 45.25 23.20, 23.65, 22.50, 22.70 Melstar Info 20.45, 21, 19.75, 19.85 122.30 IBP 783, 791, 772.25, 776.35 Nirma 396, 406, 388.30, 394.15 K 20.60, 21, 19.55, 19.85 Salora Int. 136.50, 136.90, 128.50, Unichem Lab 400, 404, 384, 385.75 Crompton Gr. 165.90, 168.90, 792.80, 792.80, 773, 776.30 392.45, 407, 388, 395.85 Advik Lab. 28.80, 28.60, 29 Birla Glob.F 42.05, 45.95, 42, 45.55 Eicher 118.20, 115 Hathway Bhaw 13, 13.85, 12.30, 129.60 162.60, 163.50 AFT Inds. 109, 114.90, 105.80, 43.35, 47.20, 42.20, 45.75 115, 118, 115, 117 13.23 Kaashyap Rad 2.54, 2.35, 2.40 Mercator Lin 226.90, 233.90, 224.05, 399.60, 401.75, 384, 385.70 ICI (I) 193, 193.70, 188.50, 190.85 Novartis (I) 417, 439, 436.15 231.20 137.65, 137.70, 128.15, 129.40 Uniflex Cabl 19, 20.45, 18, 19.06 167.80, 169, 163, 164.55 194.30, 196.50, 188.25, 191.55 ONGC 720, 751, 714.90, 748 106.35 Birla Yamaha 34.40, 37.50, 34, 34.20 Eicher Motor 228, 241.40, 227, Hatsun Agro 81.40 Kabra Extr 185, 198, 190.95 Samkrg Pist. 74.65, 80.30, 74.55, Cummins (I) 120.90, 135, 119.90, Agro Dutch I 38.50, 38.65, 35, 35.50 Blow Plast 33, 33.30, 31.50, 32.05 233.30 Havell’s (I) 296.85, 307.85, 294.50, 199, 199.90, 190, 192.75 Metroche.Ind 32.50, 31.50, 31.70 Unitech 115, 115.50, 107, 114.50 ICICI Bank 282.90, 277, 278.85 719.70, 753.50, 713, 745.65 Mid-Day Mul. 46.90, 47.80, 43.25, 75.60 114, 115, 110.05, 113.95 130.30 282.80, 282.80, 277.10, 279.65 Oriental Bnk 238.80, 242, 237.10, 37, 37.25, 35, 35.10 Blue Dart Ex 156, 150, 152.50 229.80, 242, 229.70, 232.75 298.30 Kajaria Cer 83, 82.45, 88.90 Samtel Color 69, 69.25, 62.60, 63.35 118.75, 135, 118.75, 129.30 Agro Tech Fd 78.15, 83.70, 77, 78.40 162, 162, 150, 151.50 EID Parry 250, 251.50, 238, 240.20 299, 307.85, 293.70, 295.75 81.25, 90.35, 81.25, 90.35 43.55 United Brew. 131, 137.95, 134.15 IDBI 58, 62, 57.50, 59.55 241.20 46.60, 48.25, 43.05, 43.70 67.95, 69.40, 62, 62.95 United We.Bk 35.50, 36, 34.50, 34.60 Mindteck 24, 22, 23.16 Sandesh Ltd. 161.30, 163, 153, 35.65, 35.65, 34.50, 34.70 Mirza Tanner 88, 89, 81.50, 84.55 154.10 Upper Ganges 26.90, 27, 25.70, 82.25, 89.40, 80.10, 84.35 161.25, 164.75, 153, 153.45 26.70 Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs MM Forgings 187, 195, 188.75 Sangam (I) 39.40, 40.50, 36.05, 27.50, 27.50, 25.85, 26.85 39.20 MUTUAL FUNDS (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) Modipon 45.45, 44.05, 45.45 Usha Martin 56.65, 57.90, 54.60, 55 Monalisa Inf 0.42, 0.44, 0.39 39.10, 40.75, 36.05, 39.60 56.60, 58.75, 54.55, 55.15 Bond (B) 11.36 Kotak Bond - Deposit (G) 16.57 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.67 Gilt Securities(SG)Instnl 10.36 GGSF-IP (G) 12.36 Gilt High ( Appr.) 13.42 Sanwaria Agr 42, 40.10, 41.40 Open-ended Schemes Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.45 Gilt Securities-(LGInstnl 10.57 Monnet Ispat 91.60, 90, 93.05 Uttam Galva. 17.40, 18.74, 17.25, Kotak Bond Instl.-(D) 10.72 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 14.43 GGSF-IP Plan B (DA)(Inst) 11.17 Gilt High ( Dividend) 12.70 Monsanto (I) 1527, 1524, 1537 Saregama (I) 112.40, 117.70, 103.55, 18.72 Bond (D-Y’ly) 10.37 Kotak Bond Instl.-(G) 17.05 Govt.Sec.-Savings 12.25 Growth (D) 41.10 GGSF-IP Plan B (DH)(Inst) 10.29 Gilt Sec. (App) 21.89 105.70 Bond (G) 17.03 Kotak Bond Short Term-(D) 10.08 Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.31 Growth (G) 74.21 GGSF-IP Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.62 Gilt Sec. (Reg) 12.62 1487, 1523, 1487, 1523 17.50, 18.70, 17.25, 18.65 Morepen Lab 11.60, 11.70, 11.16, 111, 118.25, 105.30, 108.30 Name NAVs Bond Fund-Inst.(AD) 10.92 Kotak Bond Short Term-(G) 11.24 Growth (D) 16.09 Growth Fund (Bonus) 18.56 GGSF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 12.39 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-04(A 10.03 SAT Invest. 11.10, 12, 11.05, 11.95 Bond Institutional (D) 11.72 Kotak Bond Wholesale (AD) 12.13 Growth (G) 18.71 Income (D-HY’ly) 11.25 GGSF-ST (D-M’ly) 10.03 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-04(D 9.86 11.22 V 11.55, 11.65, 11.20, 11.25 Satnam Over. 87, 95.25, 94.85 (Rs) Bond Institutional (G) 17.12 Kotak Bond Wholesale (B) 11.32 Gsec Invest (AD) 14.43 Income (D-M’ly) 11.08 GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly) 10.13 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-06(D 9.98 89.50, 94.45, 87.55, 93.90 Vaibhav Gems 63.90, 65, 60.55, Bond Short Term (D) 10.06 Kotak Bond Wholesale (G) 16.99 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.99 Income (D-Q’ly) 11.02 GGSF-ST (G) 11.54 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-07(D 9.93 Morgan Stan 15.50, 16.10, 15.79 15.95, 16.15, 15.80, 15.85 Satvah.Ispat 24.60, 24.90, 23.50, 24 61.10 As on 18/12/2003 Bond Short Term (G) 11.48 Kotak Bond Wholesale (QD) 10.66 Income (D-Q’ly) 10.95 Income (D-Y’ly) 11.51 GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly) 11.59 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-08(A 9.88 Savita Chem. 138, 141, 133.10, Vanavil Dyes 52, 53.60, 50.20 Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.07 Kotak Floater-(D) 10.01 Income (G) 15.31 Income (G) 20.22 GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly) 10.81 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-08(D 9.99 Motherson SS 303, 325.50, 309.85 HDFC Mutual Fund 307, 326.80, 301.25, 309.60 135.75 Vardhman Pol 71, 71.75, 69.50, Balanced 15.18 Bond Short Term-Instnl.GD 11.50 Kotak Floater-(G) 10.24 Income Plan - A(D) 10.72 Income Growth (B) 11.91 GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.93 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-10(A 10.00 138, 140.90, 134.25, 134.95 70.25 Dynamic Equity Fund (D) 13.94 Kotak Gilt Invt.PF&Tr.(D) 10.67 Income-Inst.(G) 10.61 Income-Growth Instnl(G) 20.23 GSSIF-IP (G) 15.52 Gilt Sec.Retir.31-03-11(D 9.99 Moving Pictu 11.89, 13, 10.68, 10.75 Balanced Fund (G) 16.54 Mro-Tek 22.90, 23.25, 21.60, 21.95 SBI Home Fin 21.30, 22.70, 21.25, 70.80, 72, 70.05, 70.65 Capital Builder (D) 19.48 Dynamic Equity Fund (G) 13.94 Kotak Gilt Invt.PF&Tr.(G) 21.49 Income-Inst.(QD) 10.35 Liq.Treasury Instt.(DD) 15.21 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DA)(Ins) 10.97 Gilt Short Maturity (A) 10.63 21.50 Vardhman Spg 173, 175, 168, 168.30 Capital Builder (G) 22.74 E-Com (D) 4.17 Kotak Gilt Invt.Reg(D) 10.67 Index 13.64 Liq.Treasury Instt.(G) 15.22 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DH)(Ins) 11.59 Gilt Short Maturity (R) 10.31 23.50, 23.95, 21.60, 21.85 E-Com (G) 4.17 Kotak Gilt Invt.Reg(G) 21.49 M’ly Income(G) 12.44 Liq.Treasury Instt.(WD) 15.22 GSSIF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 15.57 Income (App) 21.58 MRPL 51.15, 51.70, 49.50, 49.80 22.70, 22.70, 21.20, 21.45 174.50, 176, 168.10, 169.30 Childrens Gift-Invst. 18.11 Schenec.Herd 58.60, 62.90, 59.10 Varun Ship. 28.20, 28.65, 27.55, Childrens Gift-Savings 15.17 Floater Fund-STP (D) 10.00 Kotak Gilt Savings-(AD) 10.33 M’ly Income(MD) 10.98 Liquid - Treasury (GG) 15.22 GSSIF-MT (Growth) 10.34 Income (D-App) 12.49 51.10, 51.60, 49.60, 50 Floater Fund-STP (G) 10.15 Kotak Gilt Savings-(G) 15.45 M’ly Income(QD) 11.13 Liquid Fund Cash (DD) 11.10 GSSIF-MT Plan B (D-BM) 10.13 Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.77 Mukand 47.85, 47.90, 43.50, 44.60 61, 62, 57, 59.65 27.75 Equity (D)(Z) 20.47 Selan Explor 18.85, 15.80, 16.09 28.60, 28.80, 27.50, 27.65 Equity (G) (Z) 48.86 Gilt LTP Prov.(D) 10.15 Kotak Gilt Savings-(MD) 10.42 Short Term (D) 10.14 Liquid Tresury (GB) 10.87 GSSIF-MT Plan B (G)(Inst) 10.36 Income (Q’ly-Reg) 10.49 46.70, 47.80, 44, 44.40 Gilt LTP Prov.(G) 10.15 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2003-(D) 10.49 Short Term (G) 11.24 Liquid-Treasury (DD) 15.19 GSSIF-MT(Div Bimthly ) 10.10 Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.22 Mukta Arts 79.80, 82, 77.05, 77.50 Sesa Goa 535, 573, 560.95 Vashisti Det 18.10, 18.49, 17.60, FRI-(L) 10.44 535, 573, 535, 560.50 18.14 FRI-(S) 10.48 Gilt LTP Prov.(PAAR) 10.15 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2003-(G) 14.65 Short Term Inst.(D) 10.05 Lq. Cash (G) 11.12 GSSIF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.85 Income Plus Fund-A(G) 11.12 79.50, 80.25, 77, 77.95 Gilt LTP Prov.(PDAR) 10.15 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2005-(D) 11.44 Short Term Inst.(G) 10.39 Lq. Cash Weekly (D) 10.91 GSSIF-ST (D) 10.22 Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.23 Munjal Auto 97, 100, 94, 99.80 Sesha.Paper 110.50, 112, 108, 18.60, 18.60, 17.70, 18.10 Floating Rate IncomeLTPDI 10.01 109.15 Venky’s (I) 93, 99, 95.50 Floating Rate IncomeSTCDI 10.02 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.66 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2005-(G) 14.45 Short Term-Instl.(WD) 10.95 Lq. Super Cash(G) 10.72 GSSIF-ST (G) 12.63 Income Plus Fund-B(G) 11.15 102, 102, 94.50, 99.25 Gilt Long Term (G) 13.63 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2007-(D) 12.25 Tax Savings 26.77 Lq. Treasury W’ly 10.33 GSSIF-ST B(D)(Inst). 10.23 Income Plus-C (App) 11.17 Munjal Showa 290, 319, 286.50, 112, 113.95, 109, 110 94, 99.90, 92.60, 95.65 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.66 Sh.Cements 137.05, 139.50, 135.60, Veronica Lab 14, 13.50, 13.70 Gilt Long Term (G) 15.02 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.82 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2007-(G) 17.11 Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Med.Term Growth (B) 14.02 GSSIF-ST B(G)(Inst). 12.60 Income Plus-C (Div/Bonus) 10.59 312.65 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.23 Gilt Short Term (G) 12.85 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2011-(G) 16.32 Balanced (D) 12.33 Medium Term Fund(D-M’ly) 10.50 Sun F&C Mutual Fund Income(Appre.Bonus) 10.80 305, 319.90, 286, 312 139.20 Vesuvius (I) 146, 157.50, 153.30 Gilt Short Term (G) 12.12 Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 17.21 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2013-(D) 12.16 Balanced (G) 15.76 Medium Term Fund(D-Q’ly) 10.54 Balanced (G) 11.23 Index Fund - Sensex 16.59 Mys.Cement 12, 12.45, 11.61, 11.68 137, 141, 135, 138.85 143.05, 157, 143, 153.90 Growth 18.02 Growth & Value (G) 26.19 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2013-(G) 17.48 Child Care Gift 18.58 Medium Term Fund(G) 14.02 Bond (G) 19.64 Index Fund - Sensex 16.67 12, 12.15, 11.60, 11.70 Sh.Digv.Cem. 34.40, 29, 30 Viceroy Hot. 27.55, 25.65, 26.50 Growth Fund (Dividend) 15.97 Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 18.09 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2019-(D) 10.26 Child Care Study 13.84 Medium Term-Instnl.(G) 14.02 Bond (I) 10.68 Index Fund-Nifty A 11.61 Shah Alloys 92, 94.95, 88.55, 89.90 Videocon Apl 22.35, 22.40, 21.25, High Int. Stp (D)(Z) 10.54 Index BSE Sensex 10.64 Kotak Gilt Ser. 2019-(G) 16.54 Dynamic Plan 21.49 Short Term 10.74 Emerging Tech.(G) 4.45 Index Fund-Nifty B 16.57 N Shalimar Pai 68.10, 71, 64.25, 67 21.45 High Int. Stp (G)(Z) 11.53 Index Nifty 10.66 Kotak Income Plus-(G) 10.13 FMCG (D) 11.51 Short Term Fund-(D-Re) 10.09 FIS Intl. Plan 10.54 Life Science & Tech-(D) 16.87 Shamken Spin 6.40, 5.50, 5.66 21.90, 22.50, 21.25, 21.40 High Int.(D-Half Y’ly)(Z) 10.97 Liquid Account Call 10.95 Kotak Income Plus-(MD) 10.10 FMCG (G) 12.55 Vision 63.79 FIS Long Term 12.02 Liq.High Invest.Daily 11.12 Nagar.Agrich 46.50, 42 Shanti Gear 199.75, 208.60 Videocon Fin 32, 35.75, 35.15 High Int.(D-Q’ly)(Z) 11.22 Liquid Inst. (D) 10.00 Kotak Income Plus-(QD) 10.13 FMP - D-Y’ly 11.21 Vision (D) 43.93 FIS Medium Term 11.21 Liq.Retail Invest.Daily 11.14 Nagar.Const. 140, 141, 131.50, 200, 205.95, 199, 203.55 31.40, 35.35, 31.40, 35.35 High Int.(D-Y’ly)(Z) 11.69 Liquid Inst. (G) 11.64 Kotak Liq.Instl.-(DD) 12.23 FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.22 Vision Fund - Bonus 21.27 FIS Short Term 11.01 Liq.Super High Inv.(APP) 11.45 133.40 Shasun Chem. 415, 416.05, 409.40, Vidhi Dyestu 18.50, 18.85, 18, 18.60 High Int.(G)(Z) 22.84 Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 Kotak Liq.Instl.-(G) 12.55 FMP - Y’ly 12.38 SBI Mutual Fund FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 11.35 Liq.Super High Inv.(Mon.) 11.18 138, 139.60, 131.15, 132.45 411.20 Vinati Org. 18.50, 16.50, 17 Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33) 17.83 Lq. A/c (G) 11.63 Kotak Liq.Instl.-(WD) 10.02 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 12.13 Income Fund (B) 11.05 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 11.12 Liq.Super High Inv.Daily 11.12 Nagar.Fertil 9.10, 8.85, 9.76 418, 418, 409, 411.35 Vindhya Tele 35.75, 36.50, 34, 34.90 Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16) 52.34 ING Vysya Mutual Fund Kotak Liq.Instl.Prem.(DD) 12.23 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 11.01 MSFU Contra 12.52 FMS (Y’ly)YFMP1(G) 11.51 Liq.Super High Invest.(W) 11.16 9, 9.80, 8.90, 9.80 Shaw Wallace 77, 82.75, 75, 80.05 35.10, 36.50, 34.60, 35.05 Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16) 57.12 Balanced Portfolio (D) 9.36 Kotak Liq.Instl.Prem.(WD) 10.03 FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 11.17 MSFU FMCG 10.42 Fixed Matu.Yrly YFMP4 (G) 12.92 Liquid (App) 14.54 Nahar Export 46.20, 46.90, 44, 44.45 Shirpur Gold 30, 28.55, 29.45 VIP Indus. 45.45, 49.50, 43.85, 48.10 Income (D) 10.92 Balanced Portfolio (G) 9.36 Kotak Liq.Instl.Prem.-(G) 12.55 FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 11.89 MSFU IT 8.42 M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.44 Liquid (Reg) 11.14 46.90, 46.90, 44, 44.35 30, 30, 29.60, 29.65 44.35, 48.45, 43.40, 47.10 Income (G) 15.54 Gilt Portfolio 10.65 Kotak Liquid-Regular (D) 10.02 FMP NRI Half Yly S-4 10.09 MSFU Pharma 17.38 M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.47 Liquid High Invest (A) 10.44 Nahar Indl.E 41.95, 40.30, 40.55 Shrenuj & Co 57, 58.90, 56.65, 58 Visaka Ind. 64.50, 75, 71.70 Income Premium Plus (D) 10.98 Growth Portfolio (D) 8.39 Kotak Liquid-Regular (G) 12.52 FMP NRI Qtly Series 6 10.03 Mag.Gilt LT Div-PF(1Yr) 10.03 M’ly Income (G) 13.86 Liquid High Invest.(RW)LI 11.15 Nahar Spg. 170, 172.60, 165, 166.20 54, 63.70, 54, 57.55 63, 74.50, 63, 71.85 Income Premium Plus (G) 15.62 Growth Portfolio (G) 10.02 Kotak MNC 14.91 FMP NRI Quar.Series 4 10.07 Mag.Gilt LT Div-PF(2Yrs) 10.06 MVB (D) 10.43 Liquid High Invst (R) 10.07 Income Port.-Inst.(G) 16.77 Mag.Gilt LT Div-PF(3Yrs) 10.04 170, 172, 164.65, 165.85 Shriram Inv 26.65, 28, 26.60, 26.85 VJIL Consult 11.25, 12, 11.50 Income-Premium (D) 10.95 Kotak Tech 4.51 FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.52 MVB (G) 18.25 M’ly Income 11.66 Narmada C.Pe 21.25, 22.50, 21.80 Shriram Tran 32.90, 29.50, 30.20 Voltas 127.25, 147.80, 145.20 Income-Premium (G) 15.59 Income Portfolio (G) 16.66 LIC Mutual Fund FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.48 Mag.Gilt LT Div-PF(Reg) 10.02 MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 MIP (App.) 12.14 Income Portfolio (I) 10.32 Balanced Fund-(D) 10.79 Flexible (I) 11.83 Mag.Gilt LT Gr-PF(1Yr) 10.04 MVL (Dp) 11.26 Pure Equity 21.85 20.10, 22.45, 20.10, 21.75 32, 32, 29.10, 30.10 129.45, 146.90, 128.50, 145.20 Liquid (D) 10.07 Nat.Steel &A 17.10, 17.90, 16.82, Shyam Teleco 73.45, 78.75, 72.60, VST Indus. 188, 195, 185, 193.50 Liquid (G) 12.44 Income Portfolio A(I) 10.32 Balanced Fund-(G) 23.71 Flexible Income 10.59 Mag.Gilt LT Gr-PF(2Yrs) 10.02 MVL (Np) 14.61 Pure Equity (D) 16.71 Income Portfolio Q’ly(I) 10.32 Bond (D) 10.94 Floating Rate 10.37 Mag.Gilt LT Gr-PF(3Yrs) 10.03 Personal Tax Saver 84.33 Select Sector 16.87 17.10 73.85 214.40, 219.40, 185.10, 196 Liquid-Premium (D) 11.98 16.85, 17.75, 16.85, 17.25 73.50, 78, 72, 73.70 VST Tillers 52.40, 48 Liquid-Premium Plus (D) 11.97 Income Portfolio-Bonus 10.16 Bond (G) 17.80 Gilt Invst. (D) 10.86 Mag.Gilt LT Gr-PF(Reg) 10.03 Resurgent (I) Equity 30.97 Short Term Bond (App) 11.04 Income Portfolio-Inst A(D 10.40 Children’s Fund 12.14 Gilt Invst. (G) 19.82 Magnum (G) 11.71 Value (D) 17.46 Taurus Mutual Fund Natco Pharma 128, 137.60, 127.35, Siemens VDO 94.90, 95, 91.55, 91.60 VXL Instrum. 46.50, 44.20, 44.85 Liquid-Premium Plus (G) 12.47 130.95 Simbh.Sugar 12.54, 13.10, 12.77 Liquid-Premium(G) 12.46 Income Portfolio-Inst Q(D 10.40 Equity Fund 11.22 Gilt Treasury (D) 10.43 Magnum Balance 14.45 Value (G) 34.40 Bonanza Ex.(G) 15.77 Income Portfolio-Inst.(B) 16.77 Govt.Sec. (D) 10.88 Gilt Treasury (G) 15.47 Magnum Child’s Benefit 12.88 Sundaram Mutual Fund Discovery Stock 7.25 127.70, 137.15, 126.85, 131 Simplex Conc 85.10, 89.65, 88.85 W Liquidity - Call (Dd)(Z) 10.43 Nath Seeds 14.25, 14.60, 13.45, Sintex Inds. 104.90, 106.90, 100, Liquidity - Call (G)(Z) 10.92 Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.40 Govt.Sec. (G) 17.34 Growth (D) 13.42 Magnum Equity 14.08 Balanced (App) 16.74 Libra Bond (D) 11.67 Walchandngr 79.20 Income Portfolio-STO (D) 10.74 Growth Fund 4.69 Growth (G) 35.84 Magnum Gilt LT(D) 10.30 Balanced (D) 13.06 Libra Bond (G) 12.00 13.70 101.35 Liquidity -IP(D)(Z) 11.43 15, 15, 13.30, 13.75 104.80, 106.60, 100.10, 101.50 84.95, 86.35, 82.20, 86.35 Liquidity -IP(G)(Z) 13.59 Income Short Term 10.98 Index Nifty 13.46 ICICI Floating Rate(D) 10.07 Magnum Gilt LT(G) 15.81 Bond Saver (App) 21.27 Libra Gilt (D) 11.90 Warren Tea 83, 84.90, 81.10, 81.15 Liquidity -SP(D-W’ly)(Z) 10.63 Investment Portfolio (D) 11.43 Index Sensex 13.19 ICICI Gilt Fund PF 10.06 Magnum Gilt ST(D) 10.11 Bond Saver (B) 11.19 Libra Gilt (G) 12.23 National Per 2178.40 Sirpur Paper 99.75, 100.70, 98, 98.05 Investment Portfolio (G) 14.46 Index Sensex Adv. 13.13 ICICI Liquid-Instl-QTR(D) 10.87 Magnum Gilt ST(G) 13.20 Bond Saver (D) 10.53 Libra Tax Shield 12.93 Nava Bh.Ferr 207.90, 214, 202, 100, 100, 98, 98.50 Wartsila (I) 215, 215.50, 213.10, Liquidity -SP(G)(Z) 12.99 214.50 Liquidity-Sp(D-D’ly)(Z) 10.64 Treas.Port.-Auto Sweep(G) 13.29 Liquid (D) 10.75 ICICI Liquid-Qtrly(D) 10.84 Magnum Global 12.63 Bond Saver-(AD) 11.12 The Starshare 12.45 211.50 Siyaram Silk 116, 127.20, 114.95, Treas.Portfolio(Daily Div 10.77 Liquid (G) 11.22 Income (D) 10.65 Magnum IC (Cash) 14.06 Bond Saver-(HYD) 21.26 UTI Mutual Fund 210, 212, 202, 211.80 126.95 215, 219.70, 215, 216.50 Prudence (D)(Z) 22.89 Wellwin Ind. 18.45, 19.23, 17.05, Prudence (G)(Z) 44.12 Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.77 MIP Growth 17.89 Income (G) 19.45 Magnum IC (D) 10.53 Bond Saver-Inst.(G) 21.33 Bond (G) 18.56 Navneet Pub. 219.50, 222.80, 212, Skanska Ceme 375, 358, 363 Treasury Portfolio (G) 13.30 MIP Monthly Income 10.81 Income Instnl.(G) 19.52 Magnum Inc. (D) 10.30 Bond Saver-Inst.(QD) 10.58 Bond (I) 11.01 213.30 357.05, 362.50, 357, 360.20 19.07 Short Term (D) 10.12 16.90, 19.10, 16.90, 18.85 Short Term (G) 11.40 JM Mutual Fund MIP Yearly Income 11.22 Income-Dividend-(Q) 11.29 Magnum Inc. (G) 18.23 Gilt (App) 12.01 Brand Value 12.53 220, 224, 212.15, 214.40 Snowcem (I) 18.50, 19.05, 17.90, Balanced (D) 11.79 Short Term Plan (D) 10.11 Income-Inst.(DQ) 11.31 Magnum Inc.Plus-Invt (D) 10.06 Gilt (D) 10.07 CCP 15.16 Nelco 67.95, 68.30, 63.40, 64.45 17.95 Welspun (I) 117.50, 120.40, 108.40, Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.84 109.95 Short Term-Prem.(G) 11.42 Balanced (G) 15.24 Short Term Plan (G) 10.35 Income-Instnl (D) 10.66 Magnum Inc.Plus-Invt (G) 10.06 Growth 15.73 CRTS 102.66 67.55, 68, 63.65, 64.50 18.55, 19.20, 17.50, 18 Basic 15.31 Tax 14.03 Index 15.15 Magnum Inc.Plus-Sav.(D) 10.05 Growth (G) 24.70 Equity Tax Savings 18.44 Neuland Lab. 220, 222.40, 210.60, Soffia Soft. 44.90, 48.05, 44.10, 118, 119, 109, 110.20 Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.83 Welspun Guj. 48.70, 49.30, 45.50, Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 11.43 Equity (D) 12.47 Unit Linked Insurance Sch 12.97 Liquid (D) 11.83 Magnum Inc.Plus-Sav.(G) 10.05 Income Plus - App 11.37 G-Sec (G) 17.77 212.60 47.55 Sovereign Gilt-IP(D)(Z) 11.03 Equity (G) 13.99 OM Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Liquid (G) 15.40 Magnum Index 16.21 Income Plus - Div 10.42 G-Sec (I) 10.85 Nilkamal Pls 58.40, 59.90, 58, 58.40 44.30, 47.80, 43.95, 47.50 46.60 Sovereign Gilt-IP(G)(Z) 15.25 Floater Fund - Long (D) 10.18 Balanced Fund 12.70 Liquid - Daily (D) 11.85 Magnum Insta Cash S.Term 10.85 Money (App) 13.14 Grandmaster 93 16.35 59.40, 60, 58.20, 58.90 Softsol (I) 14.60, 14.15, 14.19 49, 49, 45.80, 46.40 Sovereign Gilt-PP(D)(Z) 11.26 Floater Fund - Long (G 10.18 Gilt Fund 10.32 Liquid Inst.Plus-(DD) 11.85 Magnum Insta Cash Short(D 10.17 Money (D) 10.12 Index Select Eq. 21.17 Noble Explo. 9, 9.20, 8.25, 8.65 Solectron Ce 113.50, 114, 108, Wendt (I) 334.05, 350.05, 336.15 Sovereign Gilt-PP(G)(Z) 17.15 Floater Fund-Short (G) 10.24 Growth fund 13.66 Liquid Inst.Plus-(G) 15.44 Magnum Instt.Inc. (SD) 10.00 Money-Daily (D)Reinvst. 10.09 Liquid Cash (MI) 10.06 NOCIL 20.60, 21.40, 20.10, 20.25 109.45 West Coast P 240, 244.90, 239, Sovereign Gilt-SP(D)(Z) 10.81 G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.17 Money Market Fund 10.27 Liquid Inst.Plus-(QD) 10.59 Magnum Instt.Inc. (SG) 10.03 Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.58 Liquid Cash Plan (G) 10.23 240.25 G-Sec (G-Reg) 19.29 PNB Mutual Fund Liquid Instnl.Mon.(D) 11.94 Magnum Instt.Inc.Invs.(D) 10.09 Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.10 Liquid Cash Plan (I) 10.04 20.55, 21.25, 20, 20.20 112, 113.40, 109, 110.45 Sovereign Gilt-SP(G)(Z) 12.86 Nova Petro. 66.25, 63.25, 64 Solvay Pharm 230.95, 231, 221, 238, 245, 236, 239.45 Tax 2000 (D) 25.47 G-Sec PF 18.25 Balanced Growth (G) 19.31 Liquid- Inst.(MD) 11.86 Magnum Instt.Inc.Invs.(G) 10.09 Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.32 Liquid Cash(Inst)(G) 10.23 Wim Plast 48.80, 50.20, 48.80 G-Sec PF Plan-(G) 19.92 Balanced Growth (I) 15.15 Liquid- Instnl. (DD) 11.85 Magnum M’ly In.(D-M’ly) 10.65 Select Debt DAP (App) 11.98 Liquid Cash(Inst)(I) 10.05 63.65, 67, 63.65, 65.40 225.05 Tax 2000 (G) 31.46 Novopan Inds 40.10, 41.50, 39, 40.15 Sona Koyo St 234, 224.10, 226.10 Wimco 31.35, 32, 30, 30.10 Tax Saver (D)(Z) 28.48 G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.28 Debt (G) 19.62 Liquid-Inst. Plus (D) 11.86 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.69 Select Debt DAP (HYD) 10.68 Liquid Cash(Inst)(M) 10.06 31, 31.95, 29.75, 30 High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.85 Debt (I) 12.83 Liquid-Inst. Plus (MD) 11.95 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly) 11.62 Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.72 Liquid Cash(Inst)(W) 10.05 39, 41, 39, 40.05 Sonata Soft. 20, 21, 19.25, 19.43 Tax Saver (G)(Z) 39.84 NRB Bearings 166.95, 161.50, 162 19.90, 20.50, 19.10, 19.35 Wyeth 455, 464.45, 437, 440.80 Top 200 (D)(Z) 19.66 High Liquidity Daily Div. 10.00 Principal Mutual Fund Liquid-Inst.(G) 15.43 Magnum M’ly In.(G) 13.25 Select Debt DAP (YD) 11.33 Liquid STP(Inst)(G) 10.28 453, 460, 435, 439.40 High Liquidity Inst.(MD) 12.14 Balanced (D) 16.23 Liuid- Instnl. (D) 11.85 Magnum Mult. Plus 93 17.13 Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.54 Liquid STP(Inst)(I) 10.04 162.25, 165.95, 162.25, 163.45 Spel Semicon 6, 6.15, 5.75, 5.87 Top 200 (G)(Z) 37.52 NRC 42.45, 43, 38.75, 39.45 SPIC 10.61, 11.64, 10.40, 11.51 HSBC Mutual Fund High Liquidity-Annual(D) 12.14 Balanced (G) 16.08 Long Term 12.23 Magnum Tax Gain 24.80 Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.11 Mahila Unit Scheme 15.81 Y High Lq. (D) 12.01 Benefit Debt (QD) 10.48 MIP - (D-M’ly) 11.05 Standard Chartered Mutual Fund Select Debt STAP (App) 10.95 Master Growth-1993 26.03 43, 43.25, 38.55, 38.65 10.90, 11.55, 10.50, 11.55 Cash Fund 10.56 Nucleus Soft 131.95, 141, 128, SPL 45.50, 47.15, 45, 45.20 Cash Fund -(D) 10.19 High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.41 Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 11.48 MIP - Cum. 14.38 Cash-Plan B (D) Instnl. 10.62 Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.14 Master Index 16.93 Yokogawa Blu 79.50, 82.25, 81.50 Cash Fund-Instl.(G) 10.56 High Lq. (G) 17.36 Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.48 MIP - Half Y’ly 11.23 Cash-Plan B (G) Instnl. 11.68 Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.16 Master Value Unit 1998 32.49 134.70 48.50, 48.55, 45.10, 45.90 84.05, 86.70, 83.75, 85.45 Cash Fund-Instl.Daily (D) 10.44 High Lq. Inst.(G) 10.38 Benefit Fund Debt(G) 11.47 MIP - Q’ly 11.06 Dynamic Bond(G) 11.88 Select Debt STAP (W) 10.29 Mastergain 92 18.89 131, 139, 129.10, 134.60 SQL Star Int 11.85, 10.52, 11.34 Cash Fund-Instl.Month (D) 10.46 High Lq.Inst.(D) 10.02 Cash M-Liq.Inst.(MD) 10.02 Power (G) 28.03 Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(A) 11.27 Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.54 Masterplus 91 29.52 SRF 48, 48.50, 47, 47.50 Z Income (D) 10.15 Cash M-Liq.Inst.(WD) 10.01 Power (D) 15.82 Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(D) 10.41 Select Focus 14.45 Mastershare 86 17.59 O 47.50, 49.90, 47.35, 47.80 Cash Fund-Instl.Week (D) 10.44 Zandu Pharm 3256.25, 3193.20 Equity 25.02 Income (G) 26.24 Cash M-Liq.Inst.DD 10.00 PruICICI Short-Inst.(G) 11.81 Floating Rate (D) 10.03 Select Focus (G) 21.06 Money Market (G) 17.54 SRF Polymers 39, 38.20 Income Bonus 10.87 Cash M-Liq.Inst.Growth 10.32 SPICE 55.00 Floating Rate (G) 10.44 Select Mid Cap 15.60 Money Market (In) 17.12 OCL (I) 243, 244.50, 235, 235.30 Sri Adhikari 91.90, 100, 96.05 3190, 3200, 3106, 3192.60 Equity - (D) 20.26 Odyssey Tech 24, 26, 24.99 Zenith Exp. 64, 65.50 Gilt Fund Long Term-(D) 10.14 Income Serial-2004(G) 10.50 Cash M-MAC.Inst.(DD) 10.00 Short Term 11.79 GCF (D-D’ly ) 10.58 Select Midcap (G) 25.08 Nifty Index 11.00 92.90, 100, 92.40, 95.40 Inst.(G) 26.36 Cash Manag.Liq.DD 10.00 Short Term (D) 10.65 GCF (D-W’ly) 10.19 Tax Saver 17.72 PEF 20.32 Oil Country 17.80, 18.10, 17.20, State Bnk Bi 1320, 1385.75 65.65, 65.65, 62.50, 64.80 Gilt Fund Long Term-(G) 10.14 17.28 Zensar Tech. 131.40, 133.20, 127, Gilt Fund Short Term-(D) 10.03 Inst.Monthly (D) 10.41 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 12.36 Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.83 GCF (G) 11.65 Tata Mutual Fund Petro 22.65 State Bnk My 1799, 1839.05 Inst.Quartly (D) 10.69 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (MD) 10.02 Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.89 GCF-Plan B(D-D) (Inst.) 10.58 Balanced 22.58 Pharma & Healthcare 16.27 17.75, 18.15, 17.25, 17.40 State Bnk Tr 1239.95, 1210, 1271.35 127.90 Gilt Fund Short Term-(G) 10.03 Omax Autos. 107, 109, 105, 105.80 Income-Invest. 11.15 MIP - Annual (D) 10.44 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 Short-Fortnightly(D) 10.59 GCF-Plan B(D-W) (Inst.) 10.30 Balanced Fund (Reg.) 22.64 RBP 1994 18.25 Sterl.Tools 129, 130, 124, 125 130, 132.90, 127.20, 127.90 MIP - Growth 10.45 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 Sweep 10.86 GDBF-Plan B (DA)(Inst) 11.27 Dyna.Bond Fund-A Growth 10.29 Regular Income 10.49 107.90, 108.50, 106, 106.60 Su-raj Diamn 33.40, 33.75, 31.60, ZF Steering 260.25, 262.70, 260.15, Income-Invest. (D) 10.35 Onward Techn 31.60, 32.80, 31.05, Income-Invt.Instl.(D) 11.07 MIP - Monthly (D) 10.27 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 12.11 Tax (D) 19.81 GDBF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.44 Dyna.Bond Fund-A Regular 10.29 Regular Income Scheme (G) 11.28 32.20 262.65 Income-Invt.Instl.(G) 11.17 MIP - Q’ly (D) 10.22 Child (CB) 24.67 Tax (G) 30.02 GDBF-Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.91 Dyna.Bond Fund-B Growth 10.30 SUNDER 176.81 31.20 33.40, 33.75, 31.75, 32.10 Zicom Electn 70, 70.50, 67, 67.55 Income-ST.Instl.(D) 10.55 Short Term 10.37 Child (FG) 24.34 Technology 5.53 GFRF (Dividend-Weekly) 10.08 Dyna.Bond Fund-B Regular 10.30 Service 25.08 32, 32.25, 31, 31.20 Suashish Dia 52, 53.35, 49, 50.25 Zigma Soft. 29.55, 30, 29, 29.50 Income-ST.Instl.(G) 10.68 Short Term (G) 11.19 Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.49 Reliance Mutual Fund GFRF (Dividend-daily) 10.07 Equity Opp.(Appreciation) 20.53 Short Term Plan (G) 10.27 Opto Circuit 75, 75.90, 71.25, 72.15 Subex System 414.40, 416, 396.30, Zodiac Cloth 226, 220, 221.75 Income-Short 10.67 Short Term Fund Inst.(D) 10.10 Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.49 Banking (Dividend) 13.20 GFRF-Plan B(D-D)(Inst) 10.07 Equity Opp.(Regular) 15.49 Short Term Plan (I) 10.04 75, 76, 71.65, 72.50 221, 226, 218.10, 219.70 Short Term Fund Inst.(G) 10.50 GFRF-Plan B(D-G)(Inst) 10.29 398.10 Income-Short Term (D) 10.13 Deposit 371Days(G) Jun03 10.32 Banking(Growth & Bonus) 14.28 GSR 31-03-06(APP) 10.09 Software 11.27 Orbit Multi 0.11, 0.10 413, 417.80, 400, 401.65 Zuari Inds. 55, 60.60, 54, 59.65 Inst. Income Invst. (D) 10.39 Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund Deposit-54 EA 15.50 Gilt Sec. -LT-(D) 10.32 GFRF-Plan B(D-M)(Inst) 10.03 GSR 31-03-09(APP) 10.01 UGS 10000 17.87 Orchid Chem 281.40, 283.90, 272, 54.95, 60.85, 53.75, 59.60 Kotak 30-(D) 19.49 Deposit-54 EB 15.50 Gilt Sec. -LT-(G) 10.56 GFRF-Plan B(D-W)(Inst) 10.10 GSR 31-03-11(APP) 10.01 ULIP 15.20 Subhash Proj 58, 60.65, 57.20, 57.90 Inst. Income-Invst. 11.27 275.75 58.25, 59, 56.20, 57.50 Inst. Income-STP 10.71 Kotak 30-(G) 21.85 Equity (D) 16.78 Gilt Sec. -ST-(D) 10.14 GGSF-IP (D-Half-Y’ly) 10.29 GSR 31-03-13(APP) 10.01 US 2002 8.13 280.90, 281.95, 272.05, 276.25 Kotak Balance 13.15 Equity (G) 15.92 Gilt Sec. -ST-(G) 10.36 GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly) 10.60 GSR 31-03-13(Div) 10.09 US 95 (G) 30.48 Subros 149.70, 160, 149.65, 150.75 Inst.Income Short Term(D) 10.17 Orient Info. 45.45, 46.50, 43.75, Sulzer (I) 187.50, 192, 184.60 IL&FS Mutual Fund Kotak Bond - Deposit (D) 10.86 Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.70 Gilt Sec. LTG-(Bonus) 10.56 GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly) 11.17 GSR 31-03-18(Div) 10.09 US 95 (I) 17.90 44.05
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Saturday,December 20, 2003
Faldo is best-ever Brit Big W’s rain shelter Just in: Old beats new Nick Faldo has been rated the best- Wimbledon’s Centre Court, a In a match that was high on pranks and low ever British player by the PGA. The one-time World War II shelter, will on intensity, former French Open champion PGA rate Faldo as the best ever British get a retractable roof as part of Yannick Noah beat Justine Henin-Hardenne golfer. Faldo was honoured for his out- its innovative plans this January. — the reigning women’s champion — 4-6, standing services to the sport, espe- Other plans include floodlights, 6-4, 7-6 (1), in celebration of the Belgian cially his Ryder Cup achievements but no schedule changes No. 1’s feats in 2003
Delhi face uphill task for outright Ranji win against Kerala
I mostly get offers for chess whiz, evil genius roles — V Anand on the film offers that he receives Rah, rah Rahul, wah, wah India SPORTS DIGEST By Ayaz Memon What’s the special chem- was the turning point of the I worked hard on my Ajit Ninan TIMES NEWS NETWORK istry between you and VVS Adelaide Test? physique. That helps to play Mumbai: Three-hundred plus Laxman? What did you tell Well, Ajit, Sachin and Anil long innings. Working in the runs in the match, two catches, each other during the part- bowled well to restrict them to gym and training has helped. one truly brilliant, and on the nership? 196 in the second innings. The You have moved ahead of field for 27 hours. Vice-captain We just kept it simple and target of 230, we thought, was Sachin Tendulkar in the av- Rahul Dravid was indeed the tried not to complicate matters. gettable. You know batsmen erages. Does that excite or architect of the Indian victory We reminded each other to con- can score but bowlers have to inspire you? over Australia at Adelaide. centrate hard when either of take 20 wickets to get the other I have never been statistical- In this exclusive interview, us was slipping. We know each team out twice. We have to give ly minded. I don’t set such tar- Dravid talks about the innings other for a long period and un- the bowlers the chance to take gets. I don’t even know my total and the historic win: derstand each other’s game wickets by scoring runs. The runs. I never bother about Excerpts: quite well. That helps. bowlers set up the victory on numbers and figures while Three days after hitting Did Kolkata 2001 come up the fourth day and I didn’t feel playing. May be I will do so at the winning run in the mem- in the partnership? like letting them down. the end of my career. orable match, how do you Not during the game, proba- Has Ajit Agarkar come of What is the major deter- feel? bly after it. On the third day at age? minant for success — form Well, it’s a mixture of happi- lunch, teammates said that we The entire team has been and fitness, luck or a manic ness — for myself and the team should do a Kolkata. But we supportive of Ajit. We have be- passion to succeed? — and tiredness. It was a tough never discussed it at all. lieved in his ability and atti- It’s a combination of lot of Test, both physically and men- I have never been statistically minded, says Dravid, even as he piles Both you and Laxman tude. You know in this team we things. When you play at the in- tally.I’m just about getting over up record scores. have often been criticised in have tried to identify the play- ternational level, fitness, form, Nel not give up aggression: the tiredness. It will take a few cult trying to keep mentally the first day and they went the past, one for playing ers with the right attitude at ability, passion... everything South African paceman Andre Nel days for it (the victory) to sink alert. That was the tough part. on to score 556. Did you at shots and you for not play- this level. They may not do well matters. may have apologised for his inde- in. What were you telling any stage in the first three ing them. Did you want to early but we hold attitude as Finally, did Steve Waugh cent gesture against an opposition Was it a physically daunt- yourself during the innings? days feel victory was possi- try and disprove critics? very important. More impor- say anything to you after the batsman but was not willing to give ing task to bat in the Ade- Well, they made us field for ble? I don’t go out to prove critics tant than special talent. And match? up his aggressiveness at any cost. laide heat? so long, so I thought let’s make Well, we didn’t give up it up wrong. That’s not been my mo- Ajit has got it. He just said ‘well played’. He Nel, who was recently fined for I never felt the physical them suffer on the field as lost. Nor does one chase 500 tivation at all. I set my own tar- You were on the field for handed me the match ball. That sticking his tongue out after dis- strain as I was enjoying bat- (laughs). I just told myself to plus hoping to win. We kept gets to get better as a cricketer. almost three full days in was nice of him. I have missing Chris Gayle during the first ting. It was more mental. It was concentrate and try and get coming back each morning and For me, motivation is more in- very hot conditions. Been watched and taken inspiration cricket Test between South Africa a critical game and it was diffi- close to their score. fighting. And with renewed en- ternal than external. doing a lot of fitness train- from him. And it was wonder- and the West Indies, said he would The Aussies were 400-5 on thusiasm and vigour. What according to you ing? ful performing against him. not allow the incident to curb his ag-
gression as a bowler, particularly AP against the top batsmen of the world. “Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the best batsmen I have ever bowled to and I don’t want to Australia ‘A’ sting like a bee appear as a softie in their eyes,” Nel Hobart: The touring Indians had an livery from Matt Nicholson and 302. told the SAFM “game plan” pro- indifferent start to their three-day lobbed it to gully where Damien Bowling: Pathan 22-6-77-1 (w-3), Balaji 18- gramme. PTI cricket match against Australia ‘A’, Wright took a neat catch. 2-84-0 (nb-9), Nehra 10-2-33-2, Ganguly 8-1- Junior athletics: As many as who dominated the opening day at The home team was given a strong 38-1 (nb-7), Tendulkar 1-0-9-0, Kartik 15.4-2- 1800 athletes from across the coun- the picturesque Bellerive Oval here start by openers Michael Hussey (67) 64-1 (nb-1). India (first innings): A.Chopra not out 12, try will vie for honours in the four- on Friday. and Chris Rogers (70) who put on 119 S.Ramesh c Wright b Nicholson 4, D.Dasgupta day All India junior national athletic The hosts won the toss and piled runs for the first wicket. Then Mar- meet commencing at the Lal Ba- not out 18. Extras: (lb-3) 3. Total (for one up a score of 311 for five in 74-odd tin Love, the Test hopeful further hadur Stadium in Kollam, Kerala on staked his claims with a strokeful wicket, 13 overs) 37. Saturday. A total of 1100 boys and overs before declaring their innings Bowling: Nicholson 5-2-10-1, Wright 4-3-2-0, and gave an early jolt to the Indians knock of 94. 700 girls would compete in 146 Australia A (first innings): M.Hussey c Gan- White 2-0-14-0, Tait 2-0-8-0. Fall of wicket: 1- by removing opener Sadagopan events in four age groups of Under guly b Nehra 67, C.Rogers c Dasgupta b Gan- 5. PTI 20, 18, 16, and 14.PTI Ramesh in the remaining 13 overs. guly 70, M.Love c Dasgupta b Pathan 94, India finished the day at 37 for one MORE ON OUR WEBSITE Kambli prediction: Test discard B.Hodge b Nehra 1, M.Clarke not out 38, with Aakash Chopra and Deep Das- Vinod Kambli has said the Indian C.White b Kartik 15, W.Seccombe not out 0. India Vs Aus cricket team would win the four- gupta at the crease on 12 and 18 re- Extras: (b-6 nb-17 w-3) 26. Total (for five Complete Coverage India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, manning the outfield against Australia ‘A’, denies them a match Test series 3-0 in the on-go- spectively.Ramesh (4) was dismissed wickets decl, 74.4 overs) 311. visit www.timesofindia.com boundary on the opening day of the three-day match at Hobart on Friday. ing series in Australia. Kambli said when he took his eyes off a lifting de- Fall of wickets: 1-119 2-204 3-207 4-279 5- the Indians were now bubbling with confidence and the many of the top CRICKETANA Aussie bowlers were injured. to enable Percept D’Mark to approach Zaheer can concentrate on the Supreme Court. ‘‘He should now bowling now: Bhupathi be able to concentrate on bowling well and winning matches for India By Nitin Naik Down Under,’’ said Bhupathi. TIMES NEWS NETWORK BETTING METER Mumbai: The Mumbai High Court Bhajji undergoes surgery has upheld Globosport’s appeal Hobart: Harbhajan Singh successful- TENNIS against Percept D’Mark over the ly underwent an operation in his Wimbledon Men’s Singles 2004 rights to use Indian bowling hand this morning and later R Federer 2/1 left-arm quickie Za- said he was in “good spirits’’ and look- A Roddick 5/2 heer Khan as their ing forward to returning to action L Hewitt 8/1 client. Percept, with soon. T Henman 10/1 whom the medi- “I’m in good spirits. It’s over and M Philippoussis 12/1 umpacer had a deal, done with. I can now look forward to A Agassi 14/1 had the right of first recovery,’’Harbhajan said moments af- D Nalbandian 20/1 Zaheer refusal. The court ter operation was performed on him by JC Ferrero 33/1 had earlier restrained Dr Greg Hoy on Friday morning. M Safin 33/1 Zaheer from joining Globosport, pro- Harbhajan said the X-rays of his as per ladbrokes.com moted by tennis star Mahesh Bhu- hand before the operation and after it TODAY’S ACTION pathi until he allowed his previous was done showed a great deal of clear- managers to match the ance of floating tissues NATIONAL new offer. and torn ligaments. Football: NFL (Various Venues); Subroto A division bench “The surgeon has re- Cup (New Delhi). comprising justice RM moved the tissues and Tennis: DSCL Nationals (New Delhi). Lodha and Justice VA stitched the ligament,’’ Chess: National A (Kozhikode). 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Agencies I called More at Thorve’s behest: Kale By Rajesh Korde the last pressure on him for selec- TIMES NEWS NETWORK time I tion in the national squad. ‘Kale called selectors Pune: Abhijit Kale agrees spoke to Kale’s mother even went to on Nov 18 too’ that he had made a call to se- More Baroda to meet him lector Kiran More in and the (More),’’ says Thorve. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata from the Maharash- Novem- Thorve asked Kale to clar- Mumbai: Cricket Board tra Cricket Association of- ber 18 ify matters and he apparent- president Jagmohan fice on his mobile phone. call to ly told them that his mother Dalmiya revealed that Ab- ‘‘I think More was in a dis- More had gone to Baroda seeking hijit Kale was in touch turbed state of mind then as, wasa bride for him and during with the two selectors even prior to my call, it appeared made at that trip she handed over on November 18, three Abhijit Kale that Thorve and More had the be- Kale’s fitness certificate to days after the Indian team some hest of More. for the tour of Australia Thorve.’’ heat- ‘‘Kale then said that he was announced. Maharashtra Cricket As- ed ar- would talk to More and im- “The last one (call) was TODAY’S sociation (MCA) interim gu- mediately called him on his on November 18 and that is committee chairman Bal- ments mobile. More was in the (now) his admitted posi- SPECIAL over asaheb Thorve says that se- tion. And the phone call lector Kiran More spoke to same hall till then. the “I agree that the call was was (made) from (the of- selection process. More had him and MCA secretary J.U. fices of) the local cricket as- made from the MCA office, told me that ‘these people Mitkar in Kolkata on No- sociation (the Maharash- but what transpired be- were putting pressure on me vember 18 (the day of the tra Cricket Association),’’ tween them (Kale and More) and all of you will face dire Tri-series final between In- said Mr Dalmiya in an in- consequences’. ‘’ dia and Australia). The is not known,’’ Thorve said. terview Karan Thapar on ‘‘Before talking to More, I MCA officials were there to Thorve however says that Hard Talk, telecast on BBC had talked to Thorve clarify- watch the final. much of the discussion was on Friday night. ing my stand and why my Thorve says that More between Mitkar and More as Kale was accused by selec- mother had gone to Baroda. had told them at that time he was talking to one of his tors Kiran More and Pronab How could I put pressure on about the allegations on friends whom he happened Roy of offering Rs 20 lakhs More then?’’ Kale asks. Kale. to meet there. each for a berth in the senior Kale said: ‘‘August 1 was ‘‘He (More) told us that It was during this time team. Kale has been trying to put that Kale called up More.
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CROSS COUNTRY Feroz still in lead hunt with a two-day total of Divij stamps his class, in final Sarath, Poulami five-under 137 along with Jamshedpur: The second Sanjay Kumar from Luc- By Sukhwant Basra dian player. They play abroad, work The kid had surely riled the veterans win TT titles edition of the Rs 15-lah know, who shares the third TIMES NEWS NETWORK professional and bite hard. Most im- sense of well-being. Tata Open is poised for ex- position.TNN portant: They are a greedy bunch. The In another street-brawl kind of an Manesar: Sharath Kamal citing finish as overnight New Delhi: The wildcard holder is a best message he sent out was that he encounter, Navdeep Singh edged out and Poulami Ghtak won the leader Feroz Ali main- ABN Amro win much-maligned species. These short- was not content with dominating the Saurabh Kohli 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (12) in the men’s and women’s singles tained a grim lead of a soli- cuts to the main draw are invariably boys; he took on the men and showed boy’s juniors. Navdeep ask of Now, title respectively in the 63rd New Delhi: ABN AMRO tary stroke over Vijay Ku- handed out to the favoured, the unde- them a move and two. For a 17-year-old who’s your daddy? after a winner and Senior National and Inter Bank beat JPC (Jaipur Polo mar at the end of the sec- serving. On Friday, Divij Sharan that’s rare grit. For Indian tennis its other similar antics peeved off his op- State Table Tennis champi- Company) by 9-5, in the first ond round in the 10th leg of raised the stock of this lot as he the kind of hunger it can really do ponent and former doubles partner to onships match of the ABN AMRO the Hero Honda Indian Golf reached the men’s final of the DSCL with. the extent that he refused to shake Mens singles: Final: A. Sharath Kamal Tour being played at the Bank Nawab of Bhopal & nationals. That’s a bastion that, in re- The match was a riveting watch. Di- hands after the match. (PSPB) bt Ranbir Das (Rlys) 7-11, 12-14, 11- Pataudi Cup being played at 5, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7. Semifinals: Sharath bt Beldih and Golmuri Club cent memory,has never been stormed vij took off the bite of his strokes, at- The Bhambri sisters too created Subhajit Saha (PSPB) 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11- courses on Friday. the Jaipur Polo Ground. In by a wild card. tacked the net with prudence and their own piece of history by making 5; Das bt Shubham Choudhary (PSPB) 11-8, Kolkata pros Indrajit the second match McDow- Divij walked on court at 1.30pm un- 3-11, 3-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9. maintained a level of the ladies final a sib- Womens singles: Final: Poulomi Ghatak Bhalotia and SSP Chowra- ells Signature beat Jindal der a weak winter sun without the consistency that be- ling affair. Their run (PSPB) bt N. R. Indu (PSPB) 11-5, 11-6, 11- sia also remained in the Steel & Power 7- 4.TNN baggage of expectation. He’d made it lies his non-existent will surely make their 4, 14-12. Semifinals: Poulomi bt Mamta to the semifinals of the hallowed Prabhu (Rlys) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10, 11-1; Indu record in the senior oft harried and always bt Mouma Das (PSPB) 8-11, 11-13, 6-11, men’s hardcourt nationals, already ranks. With the duel supportive parents 11-8, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5. booked a place in the doubles final balanced at 6-5 in the glad. and the morning had ushered him third, Vinod served at Singles semifinals: Men’s: into the boys final. He had earned the 40-0. Divij’s heart may Vishal Punna b Kamala Kannan 4- have quailed but his 6, 6-3, 6-2; Divij Sharan b Vinod right to feel good about the week. He Sridhar 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (4). didn’t need to hurt more. Nearly three spirit surely did not. Ladies: Ankita Bhambri b Shruti hours later he hobbled off having con- He forced the tiebreak Dhawan 7-5, 6-3; Sanaa Bhambri and went on to stamp b Samrita Sekar 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. quered the defending champion and Boys U-18: Divij Sharan b N Jee- top-seed Vinod Sridhar 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 his authority on this van 6-4, 6-4; Navdeep Singh b (4). He must have felt even better. But edition of the tourna- Sourabh Kohli 6-1, 5-7 7-6 (12). ment. Vinod’s ire was Girls U-18: S Punam Reddy b what feels best for observers of Indian Sanaa Bhambri 6-1, 7-6 (5), 7-6 tennis is the hunger on display. evident in the two rac- (6); Madura Ranganathan b Parul Divij exemplifies the new lot of In- quets he smashed. Goswami 6-3, 7-5. CAPITAL SPORT Sports day celebrated: Sachdeva Public School cel- ebrated their annual sports day on Friday. Ayush Kanda Yakubu dampens and Aastha Gupta were declared the best sports boy and girl respectively. Forthcoming event: The 32nd Delhi Roller Skating Sporting spirit Championship will be held at the Talkatora Indoor Stadi- um from December 22-24. Interested skaters are re- By S.S. Shreekumar NFL quested to be in touch with Naresh Sharma at TIMES NEWS NETWORK 23643052. ment. Under new coach Kolkata: It had to be Yusif DDCA league: Kishan Ganj Colts beat Rajender Kan- Jamshed Nassiri, Sporting gar Colts by six wickets in the DDCa A-I Division. In an- Yakubu. For the Ghanian gave a vastly improved display. other match, Little Master lost to Malviya Club by seven proved his class in telling fash- Settling down well to the wickets with 12.3 overs to spare. ion. Leaving his markers for slushy underfoot conditions Brief scores: RN Colts: 120 for 9 in 40 overs (Ankit Lamba 23, Puneet Gupta dead in one dazzling run on the due to rains last night, they not 3/08). KG Colts: 125 for 4 in 28.2 overs (Digvijay Prasad 38 not out, Udit Ku- left, he slipped the ball into the only saw a lot more of the ball mar 34, Ankit Lamab 3/34. Little Master: 153 all out in 39.5 overs (Umesh Choudhary 43, Rohit Mehra 3/15). Malviya Club: 159 for 3 in 27.3 overs net to cap it with a clinical fin- but also created fine openings (Onil Wilson 66). ish. That last minute goal gave only to waste them at the alter Judo championships: The Judo Fed- Churchill Brothers, Goa, a of hasty finishing. Dipendu eration of India is conducting the Junior hard-fought 2-1 victory over a Biswas had a header saved on National Judo Championships from 3-7 crestfallen Mohammedan Spor- the line by wing back Rajesh January, 2004 at Indoor Stadium, Oppo- ting, Kolkata, in a 5th round Meetei when he was on target. site JN Stadium, Warangal, Andhra match of the 8th Coca Cola Na- The game picked up momen- Pradesh. For information, interested par- tional Football League at the ties can contact JFI office at 011- tum after resumption. Bungo 24365429\24369250. Salt Lake Stadium on Friday. Singh came in for Okli Odafa The Goans trailed by an early and provided the attack a lot of Draw gives Delhi 2 pts:Despite Delhi second half goal that Edeh Chi- thrust. He played a major role Under-22 captain Kuldeep Rawat’s bril- di struck for Sporting. They re- in putting his team ahead as he liant 127, hosts were not able to force a moved all the stops and at- found Sayed Rahim Nabi on result in their match against Haryana Un- tacked relentlessly in the final the right. The winger sprinted der-22 side that ended on Friday at Jamia ten minutes to score twice in Millia Islamia University Grounds. The down and floated in his cross draw gave home side two points. the last three minutes and into the small box. Churchill romp home with full points. stopper Osamanu Husseini Delhi (1st innings) 338 in 101.5 overs, Haryana (1st in- Firoz had restored parity with a had moved up and Chidi did nings) 257 in 106 overs: (Vishal Sahni 50, Kamal Sheel low, angled left-footer just be- well to make the most of it to Beniwal 76, Deepak Joon 47, Kuldeep Rawat 4/45, Vivek Khurana 3/50). Delhi (2nd innings): (Farman Ahmed 38 fore Yakubu put the issue be- head into the far post to Sport- n.o.). yond doubt in one magical mo- ing one up. Rio Tinto favoured New Delhi: Rio Tinto should Mizo boys favourites make amends in the Delhi TIMES NEWS NETWORK Race Club Cup at the Banga- SUBROTO CUP lore races on Saturday. New Delhi: It isn’t an inter- Selections: HC Patel Memorial Plate: hearts at present stay un- 2,000m: Centralito 1, Jimbo 2, Lago Maggiore school final anymore. Rath- aware of the high expecta- 3. DRC Cup: 1,400m: Rio Tinto 1, Just Brave 2, er,it’s an international clash tions. No doubt, they have by- Refresher 3. — India vs Bangladesh. far looked the most impres- Indian 2000 Guineas 18 The organisers, a day pri- sive team here. Containing horses will compete in the Mc- or to the sub-junior Subroto the BSKP duo of striker Shab- dowell Indian 2000 Guineas at Cup final between Mizo- bir Ahmed and Mazbabul the Mumbai races on Sunday. ram’s Holy Heart School and 3 Y-O Only: 1,600m: Artois 57, Brave Victor Haque shouldn’t pose prob- 57, Fantastic Knight 57, Galaxy 57, Grosvenor Bangladesh’s Krira Shiksha lems for them. Square 57, King of Hearts 57, Lancaster 57, One Parishad (BKSP), continued BKSP’s problems lay else- O One 57, Orion 57, Rahil 57, Road Runner 57, to toil, getting the Ambedkar Royal Hunt 57, Sun Seeker 57, Bayonne 55.5, where. “We can’t afford sub- Kanthara 55.5, Londoner 55.5, Ramjet 55.5.TNN Stadium turf back into shape stitutions and are playing after showers. with a sole goalkeeper,” Md. However, not very far away Aul Hashem, Deputy Secre- in the stands, nostalgic old- tary of Sports and BKSP man- timers in their afternoon par- ager said. Four BKSP players leys remembered how Ort Ne- were caught overaged. tanya of Israel and the Rus- There is something else to tam Akramov-coached Spe- note too. For the first time in cial Sports School, Tashkent the history of the tourna- had faltered in previous fi- ment, Doordarshan will tele- nals. Only once — in 1999, did cast live the sub-junior final. the sub-junior trophy cross Only a month back, the Du- the Indian border when ANFA rand Cup organisers could- Academy, Kathmandu an- n’t arrange coverage for the nexed it. ‘We don’t want it to final when Baichung be repeated,’ was the overrid- Bhutia’s East Bengal played ing sentiment among the fans. against Tomba Singh’s Sal- Holy Heart’s Laljanpuia, gaocar. Lalnunpuia, Lalrelliana have Sometimes administrative the potential to be household initiatives do work wonders. names soon, only their holy Kick-off: 2.15pm.
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AFP Batsmen put HC to hear Lanka on top Azhar’s plea Colombo: Unbeaten half- Hyderabad: A two-member centuries from Thilan bench of the Andhra Samarweerea and Mahela Pradesh High Court com- Jayawardene Friday put Sri prising justices B Prakash Lanka in a commanding po- Rao and Ch K R V Prasad on sition in their third and final Thursday posted to Jan. 7 Test against England. cricketer Mohammad Samaraweera (68 not out) Azharuddin’s application and Jayawardene (60 not out) seeking a directive to the put on 126 runs for their un- cricket board to permit him finished third-wicket part- to play domestic cricket. nership that lifted Sri Lanka The application was made to 264 for two at the close of in an appeal filed by second day’s play, just one Azharuddin against a ver- run behind England’s first dict by the City Civil Court innings total of 265. on Aug. 27 dismissing his England was left ruing suit questioning the life ban two dropped chances by slip imposed on him following fielder Marcus Trescothick charges of match-fixing. that gave Samaraweera and In the appeal, Azharuddin Jayawardene each a second contended that the civil court chance to build on the foun- failed to appreciate that the dation provided by former entire evidence adduced captain Sanath Jayasuriya. against him was based on Jayasuriya struck form hearsay and that there had with a 104-ball 85, his highest been no full-fledged inquiry score against England be- into the allegations against hind the 213 he posted at The him before imposing the pun- Oval in 1998. He gave Sri Lan- ishment. He also pointed out ka a solid start by sharing a 73- how a Delhi court had per- ball opening stand of 71 with mitted Ajay Jadeja to play Kumar Sangakkara (31), who New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming glances the ball for four during the first day of the first Test against Pakistan at domestic cricket and sought opened the batting in place of WestPac Trust Park Hamilton on Friday. parity in treatment. TNN an injured Marvan Atapattu. Earlier, Chaminda Vaas (3 for 64) polished off the Eng- lish tail by trapping both Fleming leads Kiwis from the front James Kirtley and James An- derson lbw. England added Hamilton: New Zealand captain won the toss. Even though there was a Styris. Chris Cairns and Jacob Oram just six runs to the overnight Stephen Fleming cracked his sixth green tinge on the pitch and scattered had brief stays at the crease before total of 259 for eight. Test century as New Zealand built a cloud overhead, the conditions did not Robbie Hart brought some stability at the end to rise out the final 10 overs England (1st innings — overnight solid base to be 295 for six at stumps hold the expected fears for the home 259 for 8): C Read not out 17, J Kirtley on the opening day of the first Test batsmen who were assisted by a flood and be seven not out at stumps. lbw b Vaas 1,James Anderson lbw b against Pakistan on Friday. Showing of no balls and the late withdrawal of SCOREBOARD Vaas 1. Extras: (4b, 8lb, 1nb) 13. Total: no evidence of the abdominal strain tourists’ trump card, Shoaib Akhtar. New Zealand (1st innings): M Richardson run out (all out in 101 overs) 265. Fall of that had troubled him for the past Lou Vincent was out early with the 44, L Vincent c Inzamam b Shabbir 8, S Fleming bat- wickets: 1-78, 2-108, 3-114, 4-135, 5- month, Fleming scored freely to all score at 16, but the arrival of Fleming ting 125, S Styris c Umar b Kaneria 33, C McMillan 139, 6-226, 7-236, 8-258, 9-259, 10- points of the ground to be unbeaten at the crease saw New Zealand take c Umar b Kaneria 22, C Cairns c Moin b Shabbir 11, 265. Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 17-5- on 125 including 20 boundaries. charge. He started cautiously before J Oram b Shabbir 6, R Hart batting 7. Extras: (b-1, 64-3, Dilhara Fernando 12-3-55-1 lb-7, w-1, nb-30) 39. Total (for 6 wkts in 90 overs) (1nb), Thilan Samaraweera 4-1-11-0, Although Pakistan fought their way ripping three boundries in one over 295. Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-117, 3-217, 4-249, 5- Upul Chandana 26-7-82-2, Muttiah Mu- back into the match with four wickets from Shabbir Ahmed and then going 266, 6-274. Bowling: Sami 19-2-84-0, Shabbir 24- ralitharan 40-21-40-3, Sanath Jaya- in the final session it was not the start on to feature in century partnerships 07-51-3, Razaaq 11-2-43-0, Gul 16-4-46-0, Kane- suriya 2-1-1-0. AFP they expected when Inzamam-ul-Haq with Mark Richardson and then Scott ria 20-4-63-2. AFP Delhi looking to gain two points TIMES NEWS NETWORK RANJI ROUNDUP Sanjay Bangar, gone for 49 (323 mins., New Delhi: Delhi opening batsman 214 balls), ostensibly off the inside Gautam Gambhir helped himself to Kerala 371: (Hemant Kumar 46, Ajay Kudwa 123, Sunil edge to keeper Vinayak Samant. Off- another first-class half century as the Oasis 63 n.o., Bhandari 2/76, Sarandeep 4/44, Sanghvi spinner Ramesh Powar (4-69) then 4/83). Delhi 108 without loss: (Gautam Gambhir batting hosts reached a brisk 108 off 20 overs 61, Rajat Bhatia batting 39). spun a web round the tail as Railways in their first innings. Earlier, Kerala’s were skittled out for 198. first innings folded on 371 after play Mumbai take big lead Mumbai 285 and 82 for 3 (V Kambli 28 no, A Muzumdar on the third day got underway after 19 no, JP Yadav 3-13). Railways 198 (S Bangar 49, S Ver- two-and-a-half hours of play was lost TIMES NEWS NETWORK ma 44 no, R Powar 4-69, U Malvi 2-28, Hazara 2-28). Scores of other matches: due to fog and dew on the pitch. Mumbai: Railways’ have a 50-50 chance of making it to the semifinals UP 473. Baroda 249 (N Mongia 85, T Arothe 34, S Joshi By the end of Kerala’s innings, Del- 33, A Zaidi 4-75, R Mishra 3-77, P Gupta 2-55) and 69 hi spinners Sarandeep Singh and of the Ranji trophy Elite Division. Af- for 4 (R Mishra 2-17). Rahul Sanghvi had picked four wick- ter conceding a 190-run lead to Mum- Gujarat 210 and 152 for 5 (N Modi 53 no,A Christian 47, ets each. But then Sarandeep took bai, when out for 198, they were given S Joshi 5-51) them in 44 overs while Sanghvi’s haul a chance to squeeze back into the Karnataka 353 (R Barrington 150, S Binny 41, S Joshi came in 33.2 overs. This rather feeble game when Mumbai didn’t enforce 34, S Trivedi 4-89, S Yadav 3-88). strike rate was not what Delhi was the follow on. They grabbed it sending Hyderabad 447. Tamil Nadu 240 (S Sriram 58, S looking for. three Mumbai men back for 28 — all Viswanathan 50, Vishnu Vardhan 5-79) and 37-1. Overnight batsmen Ajay Kudwa and work of JP Yadav. But Vinod Kambli At Guwahati: Rajasthan 288 (Abhijeet Sharma 92, G Sunil Oasis didn’t seem in any worry survived a caught-behind appeal, Khoda 48, PK Das 5-39) Assam 203 for 5 (Das 50, R Sathish 39 no, Sukhvinder 30 no). as they went about their job. The scor- when on 10, in a score of 43 off Sanjay Bihar (1st innings) 238; Haryana (1st innings) 349: ing rate may not be one of the fastest Bangar. He and Amol Muzumdar, who (Chetan Sharma 45, Sunny Singh 130, Ishan Ganda 51, but then Kerala has been realistic faced some torrid stuff from Harvin- Shafiq Khan 62, M Diwakar 5/58, Panda 2/20, S Gupta enough aiming at just the first innings der Singh including a hit on the hel- 2/67); Bihar (2nd innings) 71 for two: (Mohit Goyal bat- lead. Kudwa, meanwhile, scored a cen- met, steadied the ship. At 82 for three, ting 42, J Sharma 2/27). tury.His 123 had 13 fours while skipper Mumbai are 272 ahead having virtual- Saurashtra (1st innings) 228; Orissa (1st innings) Sunil Oasis remained unbeaten on 63. ly shut their opponents out of the 320/8: (S Raul 107, P Mullick 60, S Behera 50, P.Gosai Now, on the final day Delhi would be game. 3/64). Vidarbha (1st innings) 379; Jammu and Kashmir 104 & 163: (Preetam Gandhe 5/49). hoping that Gambhir keeps going and Earlier, a superb indipper from Madhya Pradesh (Ist Innings) 454; Tripura (Ist In- the other batsmen bat around him to at Swapnil Hazare ended the resistance nings) 255/8: (T Chanda batting 73, Sodhi 2/43, Hirwani least secure the first innings lead. On of overnight man Shreyas Khanolkar 2/74, Golwalkar 4/73). personal front, Gambhir must be eye- (41). Another sharp inswinger from Himachal Pradesh 111 and 230 for 8; Goa (1st in- ing his third hundred for the season. Usman Malvi saw the other resistor, nings) 312. NATIONAL A CHESS Hari, Ganguly, Chanda battle for the title By Amit Karmarkar TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kozhikode: Chess’ version of the Duck- worth/Lewis system, Koya tie-breaker, was at the centre of attention after 22 rounds of the National A chess championship on Friday. The GM trinity of this championship P. Harikrishna, Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda is leading with 16.5 each with only one round remaining. Understandably, before the end-game be- gan, the calculators were out to decide who would win in case of a tie. Koya system values scores against players who have finished with more than 50 per cent points in the tourna- ment. It appears that Harikrishna of Wipro has a slight edge in this regard. And why not? The 17-year-old Wipro boy had just half a point from the first three games. But he picked up the pieces and queened them, so to speak. His win over Roktim Badopadhyay,eas- ily outplaying him in an Irregular Opening, was sixth in a row. And with S. Satyapragyan as his last-round opponent on Saturday, sev- enth heaven can’t be ruled out. Ganguly and Chanda would be playing Su- vrajit Saha and Sriram Jha respectively. The White was lightening on Friday with five wins. But Saturday could well be different as all three leaders will have black pieces. Chanda’s win over K. Humpy was the high- light of the day.He got an initiative in the Ruy Lopez opening and finished it off with a tacti- cal stroke that left Humpy clue less. During her remarkable run in this event, Humpy had drawn with GMs Abhijit Kunte and Dibyendu Barua in the last two games. But a hungrier Chanda proved better than her fighting spirit. Ganguly, once leading by 1.5 points, had no difficulty in breaking through the Sicilian De- fence of Bengalmate Argyadip Das. But Dibyendu Barua had his hands full against Sriram Jha’s Sicilian, managing a win with some luck. Abhijit Kunte did himself a huge favour by drawing with Prathamesh Mokal in an unclear position. R.B. Ramesh and Praveen Thipsay tussled for 78 moves in Ruy Lopez opening before splitting a point. Results (Round 22): P. Harikrishna (16.5) bt Roktim Bandopad- hyay (10); Sandipan Chanda (16.5) bt K. Humpy (14); SS Ganguly (16.5) bt Argyadip Das (8); Abhijit Kunte (14.5) drew with Prathamesh Mokal (10.5); Dibyendu Barua (14) bt Sriram Jha (8); Vishal Sareen (8) drew with Tejas Bakre (13.5); S. Kidambi (12.5) bt Suvrajit Saha (8.5); R.B. Ramesh (12.5) drew with Praveen Thipsay (11); M.R. Venkatesh (11) lost to Neelotpal Das (13); T.S. Ravi (7.5) lost to S. Satyapragyan (9); Vikramjit Singh (9) drew with V. Hariharan (4.5).
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20 Saturday,December 20, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Success couldn’t be sweeter for Dravid Svidler is my closest rival for Oscar: Anand ALLROUND VIEW mal even though very fa- and his batting, and two dou- The stand-out quality of By Akshay Sawai tournament except “The academy is sort of two projects in mous, but also intelligent ble hundreds in four Tests is his Adelaide double hundred TIMES NEWS NETWORK Linares and Dort- one, because chess improves academic Ravi Shastri and a wonderful teamman. testimony to this. was his composure, and the mund, but Svidler performance. So we get students inter- 1During the Not many players would have ability to withstand pressure Mumbai: Viswanathan Anand has had an awesome year ested in chess at the same time help Adelaide Test, agreed to take on the keeper’s for long hours. still to act in a film, yet may win the too,” said the 34-year- them in studies.” Rahul Dravid job in addition to batting, but The difference between the Oscar.The chess superstar is too busy old. “He has had a Like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul established Rahul has done this uncom- Rahul Dravid in this series blitzing through tournaments — he run of high scores. I Dravid and Gopi Chand, Anand is himself as a plainingly. He is a great role from the one who played here won five Rapid and a Classical title beat him in the World flashy when in action and a regular great cricketer model for youngsters. in 1999-2000 (when he could- this year — to worry about getting his Rapids semifinal at Cape D’Agde guy away from it (and rich). Verbally, for me. I have This year has been excel- n’t score 100 runs in the se- lines right. (France), though. I hope that swings though, he is sharper. Anand felt it mentioned earlier that I use lent for Rahul, and in many ries) is of self-belief and a “The offers keep coming — mostly the Oscar in my favour.” was a fallacy to say that the number of the word ‘great’ very spar- ways the steadying influence positive frame of mind. for some chess whiz, evil genius role,” Apart from being one of its recog- chess viewers was not as high as the ingly. But in Rahul’s case, I of marriage has contributed Then, he always looked in Anand told TNN on Friday. “But nised faces, Anand is directing some of number of players. “A lot of tourna- have no compunction any to his success. doubt. Today he seems ab- there is no time.” his energy towards the sport’s growth ments are live on the internet,” he more, for cricket and other The life of an internation- solutely self-assured. A posi- There is, but only for chess. in India. In collaboration with NIIT,the said. “The coverage is interactive, reasons. al sportsman is filled with tive frame of mind also re- Anand’s commitment has brought info-tech solutions company, he has al- with commentary and a carnival at- anxieties and insecurities, lates to positive footwork, him close to a third Chess Oscar, in ready set up the Mind Chess Academy mosphere.” Internet, he added, was Success couldn’t come to a and some mooring can be of and that has helped Rahul the way of which he expects only Pe- in 700 schools in Andhra Pradesh, 663 the medium for chess. “The two are nicer guy or a more deter- great help. He looks far more cope so well at Brisbane and ter Svidler to stand. “I won every in Karnataka and 371 in Tamil Nadu. made for each other.” mined player. He is very nor- comfortable with himself Adelaide. TCM First doping case for Chi- nese soccer: A Chinese soccer player who tested positive for a banned drug is undergoing a second test in what could become Chi- na’s first soccer doping case, a team official said Friday.Defender Zhang Shuai of the Beijing Guo’an team tested positive for ephedrine in a random test after a match last week against Shanghai Shenhua.
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