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Find Saddam, get $25 m: The S Delhi first One TV US is offering $25 million for any in- formation on ousted Iraqi leader 5 hrs/day Saddam Hussein. Information about Operators seek phased rollout 22.5 his two sons, Uday and Qusay, will units fetch a reward of $15 million. P13 TIMES NEWS NETWORK Split solution One fridge Al-Qaida’s Pak link: The CIA has New Delhi: The CAS drama said in a new report that the Al-Qai- 16 hrs/day took a new turn on Thursday • CAS to roll out on da was working with former scien- tists of Pakistan’s nuclear establish- with multi-system operators schedule in Chennai, 55.08 units ment to produce crude weapons of (MSOs) – large cable distri- Kolkata mass destruction. P13 bution firms – suggesting One that the government intro- • Delhi to be split into 4 Train driver’s account: Moham- duce zone-wise CAS in Delhi zones, Mumbai into 3 AC (1 tonne) mad Rasheed, the driver of the Gol- and Mumbai. • CAS to roll out in 6 hrs/day conda Express which met with an If the proposal is accepted, accident in Warangal on Wednes- South Delhi and South cable TV homes in south Del- 157.5 units day, claims the station master of Mumbai from July 15 Warangal did not respond properly hi and south Mumbai will to the efforts he made to inform him have to compulsorily buy or Four fans that the train’s brake had failed. P11 rent a set-top box to watch pay channels from July 15, 20 hrs/day Troop deployment issue: The 2003. Consumers living out- 120 units government may have secured the side this first zone will have backing of US allies Kuwait, Jordan WHAT’S THE SECRET? Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore promote their latest movie ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full to move over to the CAS and the UAE, but virtually no major Throttle’ in central Rome on Thursday. regime in a phased manner ministry officials on Thurs- One mixer neighbour of Iraq – certainly not over 12 weeks. According to day, MSOs – represented by Saudi Arabia, Turkey or Iran – ap- 1 hr/day SitiCable, Hathway and InCa- pears enthusiastic about the the proposal, Delhi will be prospect of Indian troops helping split into four zones and ble – said Chennai and Kol- 0.75 units to enforce US occupation of that Mumbai three. kata would not be part of the country. P9 Scientists zero in on Earth II However, the geography of zone-wise plan as it would One iron the zones will ultimately be not work in these cities. So Deadline for ASI: Rejecting the Paris: Astronomers say they have pears to be about the same age, Jones extrasolar planets — planets orbit- determined by the govern- CAS will be rolled out on the 0.5 hr/day Archaeological Survey of India’s plea found a Jupiter-like body circling a said. The planet is traveling around ing stars other than the sun — have ment. As things stand, every- scheduled date there. 8.5 units for a three month extension to com- thing south of Rajpath till Industry observers said plete excavation in Ayodhya, the distant star in a planetary system the star in an orbital path similar in been found within the past decade, these options should have Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad like ours, an intriguing discovery shape and distance to the one that but none really resembled our solar the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road Four lamps High Court granted it five more that raises the prospect of someday Jupiter follows around our Sun. system until now, Penny said. will represent south Delhi. been discussed six months weeks and asked it to submit its fi- finding a planet resembling Earth. Those similarities have led the “This is the first one that is really Industry experts feel this before the scheduled date. 7 hrs/day nal report by August 22. P10 Hugh Jones of Liverpool John planet-hunters in Jones’ team of like our own solar system of the 110 phased approach may be ac- ‘‘The body language of the 21 units Moores University said his team had British, Australian and American that we’ve found,” Penny said in a cepted, as pay channel broad- government officials is posi- Advani’s view: Deputy Prime Min- discovered the system, illuminated scientists to conclude that they have telephone interview. “We think it’s a casters have not opposed tive,’’ said a leading MSO Average units of power ister L K Advani on Thursday criti- by a star dubbed HD 70642, some 94 tumbled upon something exciting — substantial step on the way to find- zone-wise CAS. The govern- who attended the meet. cised raids targeting former Punjab used by a household light-years from Earth. Jones was the possibility of finding another ing another Earth.” ment, however, has not South Mumbai and Delhi CM Parkash Singh Badal, a day af- made its position clear on the 391.08 units ter the Akali Dal chief expressed un- presenting the finding at a confer- Earth in the Milky Way galaxy. No large planets have been found were picked in the hope that happiness over the NDA’s ‘‘silence’’ ence at the Paris Astrophysics Insti- “We are honing in on the search between the Jupiter-like planet and issue just 10 days before the upwardly mobile, tech-savvy NEW MONTHLY BILL on the Punjab government’s alleged tute here Thursday. for planets like the Earth,” said Alan the star, leading scientists to con- CAS rollout. people in the southern parts vendetta against him. P10 The star is similar to the sun in Penny of Rutherford Appleton Labo- clude that an Earth-sized planet During a meeting with in- of both metros would re- Rs 923.24 structure and brightness and ap- ratory west of London. Nearly 110 could be nestled in between. AP formation and broadcasting spond to CAS more positively. PEOPLE POWER Speak your mind—loud and free. Question of the week: ● National Museum Should Delhi have all-night pubs? ● Would this add spice to its nightlife or make it unsafe? Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and 1 pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 has a chor sipahi? e-mail: [email protected]. Your response, along with your name, will be published in By Sachin Parashar Gaping holes SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA TIMES NEWS NETWORK July 6, 2003 New Delhi: While the Central Indus- • Only jawans can move in and trial Security Force (CISF) was quick out of the museum without any YOU SAID IT by Laxman to wash its hands of the theft of security checks ‘‘General Niazi’s pistol’’ from the Na- • They stay in the basement of tional Museum, it seems the force has the museum a few skeletons of its own safely tucked away in a cupboard, or as the • The jawans carry huge trunks case might be, in a gallery. in and out of the building which is According to sources in the muse- not subject to any checks um, a deputy commandant of CISF posted inside the museum had taken away some paintings from the muse- and security in-charge with the mu- um last year. seum, J E Dawson, ‘‘It’s a fact that These paintings were allegedly some articles were found missing. It found missing from the museum in was found that a certain officer of June 2002. The officer continues to CISF had taken them away.’’ head the CISF security team posted at According to an officer who was in- the museum. The director general of volved in the inquiry, a report was the museum, R D Choudhary, said, prepared on the incident and sent to ‘‘We received a complaint about the the ministry of culture and tourism missing paintings, after which we in July 2002. Don’t you think we should ask him asked one of our officials to conduct However, the paintings were found to move out of here? an inquiry.’’ inside the museum a few days after Concurred curator archaeology the inquiry was initiated. Delhi IIT man on top at IMF By Chidanand Rajghatta Banking brain indiatimes.com POLL TIMES NEWS NETWORK Do you think train travel in India is Washington: Sometime in the mid- • Rajan is currently getting riskier by the day? 1980s Raghuram Rajan was among a professor of finance at University of Yes 82% No 18% batch of management trainees who were at the receiving end of roasting Chicago Graduate VOTE NOW: Is the US’ failure on from an Indian CEO for abandoning School of Business the ground in Iraq prompting it to engineering. • Expected to warm up to India? As a graduate of IIT Delhi, Rajan had develop research Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 earned a management degree at IIM, programme on Ahmedabad. Following the admonition economic theory however, Rajan could not help noticing and policy WEATHER that while the management trainees were ushered into a special elevator, the Max. 39oC/Min. 30oC for the most distinguished paper in the Moonset: Friday – 10.58 pm engineers and workers were herded into Journal of Finance for three successive Moonrise: Saturday – 10.36 am a separate lift. years and three successive National Sci- Sunset: Friday – 7.23 pm Rajan’s fellow IIT-ians have done pret- ence Foundation grants. Sunrise: Saturday – 5.28 am ty well for themselves since that time, Economics, Rajan said in an inter- Partly cloudy sky with possibility of rain/ but the engineer-turned-management view with this paper, was always at the thundershowers accompanied by squall in maven hasn’t done badly himself. On top of his mind ever since he read John some areas. Maximum relative humidity on Wednesday,the International Monetary Maynard Keynes at engineering school. Thursday 74% and minimum 48%. Fund (IMF) announced it was appoint- Rajan also continues to do some work ing Rajan, currently a professor at the in India (he’s on the board of the new In- University of Chicago business school, ternational School of Business in Hy- Book your Classifieds as its Chief Economist. He is the first In- 24 hours service: “51-666-888” derabad), including with the RBI. In dian to make such a grade and an aston- fact, one of the first calls he got follow- Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” ishing pick considering he is only 40 ing the new appointment was from SEBI The ATM of information and has such an eclectic background. Chairman GN Bajpai, asking whether The Largest Classifieds Site Most of Rajan’s work has been in the he would continue to stay on the SEBI theory and practice of finance and committee. He will. Rajan takes over his banking. 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City sees rise in number of cholera cases HC stays Sharma’s bail plea New Delhi: The city is see- last year was 56, the figure pal Health Officer (MHO) area have also been lax in ported in one zone, the over- New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday their statements,’’ prosecution counsel ing a rise in cholera cases has already touched 96 this K N Tewari, Burari has maintaining personal hy- all cases of cholera in the reserved its order on the interim bail S K Saxena told additional sessions judge this year. While the number year, and this is even before seen this rise due to contami- giene, ‘’ he said. city have already reached application of Shivani Bhatnagar murder J M Malik opposing Sharma’s plea for of cholera cases in Delhi was the onset of the monsoon. nation of drinking water by The health department 230, while the total number accused R K Sharma. five days interim bail to perform on a decline last year, cases Civil Lines zone lies to the sewage lines in the area. says that chlorine tablets for last year was 398. ‘‘Two very important witnesses includ- religious ceremonies associated with his in the Civil Lines zone are north of Delhi, and Burari ‘‘Drinking water has that were to be distributed in ‘‘If one looks at all the oth- ing Shivani’s sister Sevanti are to be sum- father J D Sharma’s fourth death skyrocketing this year. area of the zone has been mixed with sewage at some the area have also not been er 11 zones of the MCD, the moned before July 10 and if Sharma is anniversary.The order will be pronounced While the total number of most vulnerable. points leading to an increase given out. situation is much better than granted bail, he may attempt to influence tomorrow. PTI cases reported in Civil Lines According to the Munici- in the cases. People in the Due to the rise of cases re- last year,’’ he added. TNN
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Friday,July 4, 2003 3 Woman alleges 31,000 run 2,500 DTC buses By Shivani Singh to keep bus fares reasonable, we TIMES NEWS NETWORK can’t be making profits. But we CUT THAT FLAB are not doing so badly.’’ 70-yr-old boss New Delhi: For every bus that the Del- The DTC earns about Rs 22 hi Transport Corporation (DTC) runs, No of DTC buses 2,500 crore every month, but with ex- it employs 12 people. This, however,has cess staff and subsidies it’s hardly not exactly improved the efficiency of People employed able to break even. Sahney says: harassed her the public transport system in Delhi. 31,000 ‘‘It is not that the DTC has been an Despite a huge army of conductors, aggressive recruiter. Over years, By Sachin Parashar tion letter on Wednesday, drivers and mechanics, the DTC buses employees employees employees TIMES NEWS NETWORK 12 per bus 8 per bus 6 per bus the number of our buses have but I don’t want to make make 30 per cent fewer trips than pri- gone down from about 4,500 to vate buses. New Delhi: A 29-year-old any comment,’’ he said. In DTC Planning Private 2,500. The staff remained static. While private operators are making woman residing at Sharma said that she Panel norm operator Now as we are inducting new bus- big money in the public transport busi- Paschim Vihar in Delhi had joined the company a es, we may be able to utilise this ness, the DTC incurs a monthly loss of has alleged that she was few months back and was Monthly wage bill Rs 30 cr staff.’’ Rs 25 crore. sexually harassed by the working with the person- Since 1996, when the DTC was nel department. Huge sums are being spent on idle DTC’s monthly income handed over to the Delhi govern- director of a software com- staff. In the repair and maintenance Rs 22 cr pany she worked with. ‘‘There were no prob- ment by the Centre, there have lems with Jain in the be- wing where the number of sanctioned been attempts to stem the rot. But Seema Sharma (name posts is 5,094, the DTC has employed DTC’s monthly loss Rs 25 cr changed) was allegedly re- ginning. However, a few every endeavour has been thwart- days back he called me in- 6,481 mechanics. Since 2001, when the ed by vested interests. Last year, a moved from service after DTC converted its fleet from diesel to side his cabin and tried to DTC spends on each bus per day proposal was mooted to reduce the she resisted the overtures CNG, the mechanics have been virtual- outrage my modesty,’’ said retirement age of DTC employees made by the 70-year-old ac- ly rendered useless. Sharma. Rs 2,706 Rs 1,576 from 60 to 58 years. cused, S C Jain, a resident ‘‘The entire the DTC bus fleet is now According to Sharma, The DTC board, comprising of east Delhi. CNG-run. These buses are new and the By Delhi Transport By private bus In a FIR lodged at the the very next day she was Corporation operators both bureaucrats and politicians, authorised service centres of the man- dropped the proposal as the em- Udyog Vihar police station informed that she was no ufacturers provide free service. The in Gurgaon, Sharma has longer with the company. dawned upon the DTC. Consider this: ployees’ union opposed the move. DTC mechanics are Another plan to salvage the DTC was alleged that she was fired Two months salary was re- To check if the bus only changing tyres determined by Tata Energy Research along with an associate, portedly paid to the victim operators follow the and doing minor re- Institute (TERI) about two years back. Sunil Mittal, who is said to as compensation. pairs,’’ said a senior OVERWEIGHT schedule, the DTC have sided with the vic- A police officer investi- DTC official. deploys five persons TERI suggested the introduction of tim.Superintendent of Po- gating the case, said, ‘‘Our Yet this idle staff UTILITIES at each of its 30 voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) as lice (Gurgaon), Kuldeep inquiry revealed that a few drew an idle wage of booths. ‘‘This staff a measure to shed fat. Singh, said, ‘‘We have reg- other girls were also ha- Rs 9 crore last year. Although it may can be easily shed if the DTC installs About 140 employees had even volun- istered her complaint and rassed by the accused. sound peculiar, this salary packet also punching machines at each booth. Bus teered, but the scheme never took off. are in touch with the po- However, they are not will- comprised an overtime allowance of Rs drivers can punch in before embarking Rakesh Mehta, then DTC chairman, lice in Delhi.’’ ing to come forward as the 2 crore. Despite the surplus, the DTC re- on a trip and on return,’’ a senior offi- said: ‘‘We had it all worked out, but the Mittal admitted that he accused is in a position to cently hired 1,700 conductors from the cial suggests. introduction of VRS required Rs 3 had been removed from harm them professionally.’’ retainer crew for six months. The DTC, however, has its own justi- crore. We did not have the money and service. The accused refused to The possibility of using technology fication for surplus staff. Says DTC the state government re- ‘‘I received the termina- speak to the press. for replacing surplus staff has not yet chairman A J S Sahney: ‘‘With the pres- fused to chip in.’’ sure to run on uneconomic routes and Rain check Thursday, Evening colleges are a viable option July 3 Delhi By Pallavi Majumdar TOI Take your pick TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Akshit Mukherjee These are some of has a good 74 per cent that can the evening get him admission into a BA colleges you can Since Kolkata choose among June 30 (Pass) course at any Delhi Uni- versity college. •Deshbandhu Mumbai Chennai He has opted for an evening College college. ‘‘I want to pursue BBA with a regular college,’’ he says, •Dyal Singh matter-of-factly. College • Weather officials said And he has a wide range to •Motilal Nehru the monsoon might finally choose from. Delhi University College hit Delhi and nearby has 11 evening colleges, offering areas tommorrow or the a variety of courses. •PGDAV College day after Over the past few years, If the monsoon breaks •Ram Lal Anand • evening colleges have managed over Delhi by July 6, it will College to shrug off some of the misper- be classfied “nearly nor- ceptions that bogged them down. •Satyawati mal.” Beyond that it will College be called a “late onset” A good number of girls have started taking admission and the •Shaheed Bhagat ‘‘goondaraj culture’’ that some Singh College colleges were notorious for, has become a relic of the past. •SGTB Khalsa 5 held for PGDAV (Eve) principal R M •Shyam Lal Bhardwaj said evening col- •Sri Aurobindo car-jacking, leges are somehow consid- ered a branch of the morning •Zakir Hussain college. The form filling process still isn’t over for students applying in evening college. robbery As many as 20-25 per cent of of their growing popularity.The duration TIMES NEWS NETWORK ‘‘But that is not true. Though the 1,100 students of PGDAV and cut-offs of many colleges have coming into effect, they predict the morning and evening col- Aurobindo are girls. Bhagat been consistently going up by al- tough goings in the coming year. New Delhi: With the ar- leges share the infrastructure, Singh has a larger number, — 30 most one to two per cent every ‘‘With the 25 per cent internal rest of five persons on the faculty is completely differ- to 40 per cent. year. assessment coming into effect, Wednesday evening, the ent,’’ he said. Many of In PGDAV, there is greater stress on tutori- northwest district po- The whole idea of starting these col- the cut-off als and preceptorials. This will lice claimed to have evening colleges was to utilise leges offer a THE GREAT for B Com extend the duration of the morn- busted a gang of car- the available infrastructure and three to five (pass) went ing colleges and hence delay our jackers and robbers. meet the growing demand for percent con- COLLEGE RUSH up by as timings as well,’’ said Aurobindo They were allegedly in- seats. cession to much as 5.5 (Eve) principal Bimlesh Yadav. volved in over 10 cases. girls to attract them. per cent, where as for BA (pass) ‘‘I have drawn up a time-table According to the police, ‘‘Besides, people who were and taking the tuto- working, could thus attend col- Most colleges offer five cours- and B Com (Hons), it increased the accused were by three per cent. rials, it has extend- nabbed from Man- lege regularly,’’Bhardwaj said. es, including BA (Pass) and B ed upto 9 pm. This golpuri where they had Evening colleges function be- Com (Pass), while the honours Principals however have a may make girls un- allegedly gone to com- tween 2.30 pm to 7.30 pm. ‘‘In courses range from B Com common complaint. The lack of happy since securi- mit a robbery. fact, they are not evening any- (Hons), Maths (Hons), Political laboratory facilities and ade- ty while returning Deputy commissioner more, they are afternoon col- Science (Hons), Hindi (Hons) quate space has impeded their home later in the of police (northwest) leges,’’ Bhagat Singh (Eve) col- and Applied Psychology (Hons). growth. night is an issue,’’ Sanjay Singh said: lege principal Satvir Singh said. Cut-offs are another indicator And with the extended class she said. ‘‘Three accused were ap- Two Israelis held: Two Israeli nationals, including a woman, prehended on their way were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport early on to Mangolpuri. They Thursday morning for overstaying the one-year visa by were travelling in a forging documents. Shahar stolen Maruti Zen car. Zaion (28) and Annabel Lavi Following their disclo- (22) were intercepted just as sure, the two other they were about to board an members of the gang Uzbekistan Airlines flight to were also arrested.’’ Tashkent en route to Tel Aviv. Two locally-made pis- According tols and knives were to the police, the accused seized from the accused. were not allowed to stay in Del- The police said the car hi for more than six months at a belonged to a business- stretch as per the visa regula- man in Lajpat Nagar. tions. They had allegedly forged their visa for an The accused also re- extended stay in Delhi. TNN vealed that they had once robbed a constable of his motorcycle by throwing chilli powder in his eyes, claimed the police. They had al- legedly used this motor- cycle to rob an employee of a private firm of Rs 4.6 lakh near South Ex- tension. The accused also re- portedly told the police that they had stabbed two businessmen and robbed them of Rs 7.5 lakh at Mayur Vihar in east Delhi. Gold jew- ellery worth Rs 65,000 al- legedly looted from a shop in Paschim Vihar was found by the police. In another incident, the northwest police ar- rested two alleged car thieves involved in four cases of vehicle theft and robbery. They were apprehended in the Prahladpur area. A lo- cally-made pistol was seized from the accused. The police said the car the accused were travel- ling in had been stolen from Janakpuri in Octo- ber last year.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rainfall is likely at East: AP,Assam and Meghalaya, Na- galand, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan WB NATIONAL and Sikkim and Orissa, a few places: Gangetic WB, Bi- Prepare for power tariff hike Mumbai: I-A 0700, har and Jharkhand. North: UP,Uttaranchal, HP and Ra- 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, R Burman Special courts jasthan, isolated places, Haryana, Punjab and J&K. Central: :MP, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, By Himanshi Dhawan 2300 Jet Air 0650, Vidarbha Chattisgarh. Peninsula: Gujarat state, Konkan and Goa+, IMES EWS ETWORK 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, coastal AP,coastal Karnataka and Kerala a few places: Madhya Ma- T N N 1935, 2030, 2200, harashtra, Marathwada, Telangana, Rayalaseema and TN. Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD New Delhi: The Mehra for power theft 1520, 1800, 2025 KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min household will wake up to a 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 39 30 Guwahati 31 27 Amsterdam 17 13 new set of rules on Friday TIMES NEWS NETWORK Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 31 26 Dehradun 34 23 Bahrain 40 32 morning. Nineteen-year-old Loss meter Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 32 26 Hyd’bad 34 25 Bangkok 27 25 New Delhi: The Delhi gov- CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 33 27 Indore 29 23 Beijing 32 15 Niloufer will not be able to 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 28 20 Jaipur 39 30 Chicago 30 15 play her stereo for as long as ernment is planning to •Out of 55.2 per cent 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 37 25 Geneva 32 15 start special courts for tak- losses due to theft, 7 0645,1900 Lucknow 36 28 she wants to and Sanjiv T’puram 31 23 Patna 33 27 Hong Kong 31 27 BANGALORE: Mehra may switch off the ing power thieves to task. per cent can be attrib- I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 30 25 Rajkot 37 25 London 20 10 The courts will be set up uted to slum dwellers B’eshwar 30 26 Shimla 25 17 Los Angeles 29 18 air-conditioner despite the Jet Air 0635,1715, under the provisions of Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 32 24 Srinagar 32 19 Moscow 20 10 sweltering heat. •Annual losses due to HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 the Electricity Act, 2003 The hiked electricity tariff thefts were Rs 1,400 GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS under which a power thief Sahara 1200 comes in to effect from Fri- crore at the time of pri- KULU: Jagson 0630, can even be sent to jail. ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2010 hrs. on day and the chase for the vatisation 0650, 1215 03.07.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. ‘‘A lot will depend on co- AHMEDABAD: golden ‘400 units’ has now be- I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl operation from the Union •Losses are likely to come crucial. Jet Air 0610 NORTH home ministry. The courts come down to Rs 200 GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: 4033 Jammu Mail 07.07 09.07 16.07 15.07 The Delhi government has I-A 0555★★, 1010• will not be able to function crore annually at the ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 22.07 21.07 16.07 announced a Rs 41 crore sub- 2403 Jammu Exp 09.07 18.07 17.07 22.07 without a security force end of five years Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, sidy so that any Bill below Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST which will assist them. Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 04.07 04.07 04.07 — 400 units will remain unaf- Since law and order is a 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 2304 Poorva Exp 06.07 06.07 09.07 17.07 tribution in Delhi and the Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, fected by the hike. Yet to keep subject beyond the control (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 04.07 04.07 07.07 21.07 it within this limit will be a enforcement of the anti- Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 08.07 11.07 18.07 of Delhi government, only theft law,’’ he said. INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. N.A N.A. N.A. challenge for most con- the Union government can 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 04.07 07.07 04.07 sumers. Tata Power chief execu- BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 07.07 07.07 07.07 08.07 speed up the matter,’’ said tive officer, Anil Sardana, Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 02.08 24.07 Households across the city Delhi power minister Ajay A-I 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 13.07 21.07 29.07 will try to ration their power complained of lack of co- FRANKFURT: Lufthansa With an increase in power tariffs from Friday, consumers are trying to come up with ways to Maken. 2554 Vaishali Exp 06.07 09.07 10.07 14.07 consumption at least for the operation from the police 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 07.07 09.07 09.07 minimise their bills. He denied there would in lodging FIRs against AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 10.07 10.07 14.07 next few weeks. be any delay in the cre- KLM 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 11.07 11.07 16.07 ‘‘We will just have to cut lifestyle but necessity. ‘‘Al- power thieves. ‘‘In village LONDON: British Air ation of special courts for 4230 Lucknow Mail 07.07 10.07 12.07 12.07 down on the use of air-condi- though the rise in tariff will Poot Kalan, a commercial 0210 (BA-142) WEST power thefts due to the en- unit owner had illegally PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail05.07 07.07 11.07 16.07 tioners and probably use it make a tremendous impact suing Assembly elections 0040 (AF-147), 2926 Paschim Exp 04.07 10.07 16.07 21.07 only at night,’’ Geeta Nayar,a on my bill there is very little One ‘private’ year down tapped power from our A-I 0205 (AI-159) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 06.07 08.07 08.07 — in November. mains. But the local police Rohini resident said. Nayar I can do about it but shell out SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 04.07 07.07 08.07 — Delhi chief minister refused to accept our com- Airlines 2315 (SQ-407), 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 10.07 17.07 10.07 feels that it not so much the money,’’ Chandra Sahni, and power still eludes Sheila Dikshit recently de- plaint when we ap- A-I 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 21.07 16.07 15.07 about giving up options but a self-employed consultant DAHRAIN: 2916 Ashram Exp 04.07 09.07 09.07 09.07 fended a raid against Vas- proached them for action,’’ SOUTH more about sensible use. said. For most consumers the TIMES NEWS NETWORK ant Kunj residents who A-I 0245 (AI-818) he said. The matter has ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 04.07 08.07 09.07 08.07 Some feel that it will be a fare hike has been a disap- were stealing power to run 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 06.07 07.07 09.07 08.07 New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday ex- now been taken up with A-I 0300 (AI-139) tough call. ‘‘It is difficult to pointment. air-conditioners. Power HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2432 Trivandrum Raj 08.07 22.07 15.07 — pressed displeasure over the slow improvement in the the Delhi government 2626 Kerala Exp — 07.07 08.07 09.07 curtail your lifestyle. Just theft, even in well-to-do A-I 2340 (AI-310) ‘‘The power companies power situation in the city. The ground reality remains which has promised to co- 2618 Mangala Exp — 16.07 13.07 04.07 yesterday my son went off to colonies, will not be per- AIR INDIA 2628 Karnataka Exp — 14.07 13.07 08.07 and political masters have grim even a year after privatisation of distribution of ordinate with the police, sleep with the light and TV mitted, she said. AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: 2724 A P Exp 06.07 15.07 14.07 11.07 failed to check theft and they electricity last year. he said. 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 14.07 21.07 15.07 — on. We switched it off at 7 am. 0010 (AI 127) have taken the easy way out ‘‘Things have changed but there is a lot that is re- Union power secretary BSES chief executive of- MUMBAI: 2030 (AI 471) 7022 Dakshin Express — 07.07 — 07.07 It wasn’t intentional but by passing the burden on to No. of passengers dealt on 02.07.2003 (Delhi Area): 49,274 (N. Rly. Area) quired to be done. The speed of improvement should R V Shahi said the enforce- ficer, Himadri Banerjee, A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,16,498. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all these things happen,’’ us,’’ Anil Sood from Chetna have been better,’’ said ministry of power’s secretary, R ment of anti-theft legisla- admitted delay in complet- (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for Mehra, a Nizamuddin resi- said. (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. V Shahi, urging the private power distribution compa- tion in Delhi will set an ex- ing the ground work for 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) dent said. There are of course a few 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 nies to organise themselves in a better way and check ample for other states. ‘‘If keeping a check on power There are others who work who will remain unaffected thefts. power distribution losses thefts. We need two more Minor girl found murdered: An unidentified minor girl was from home and require com- by sheer force of habit. ‘‘We Addressing a seminar on ‘‘Delhi Power Reforms: Tak- cannot be checked through months to set up a system found murdered in the Sector 12 Town Park on Thursday morn- puters, air-conditioners and consume about 500 units be- ing Stock,’’ he said: ‘‘Tata Power, may be due to its small- enforcement in Delhi, to know what is the ing. The incident came to light within 48 hours of the double mur- other appliances and feel that cause we manage to use the er jurisdiction, has organised itself better than BSES where else can these be amount of energy flowing AC and computer only for a der in Chawal Colony. TNN their needs are not about (Rajdhani and Yamuna).’’ Shahi said distribution re- checked?’’ he said. ‘‘Every- into our system and what few hours at night,’’ O P forms in the power sector must lead to a drop in tariff. one is keenly watching the is being sent out (billed), Chabbra, Vasant Kunj Consumers land up shouldering the burden of losses. privatisation of power dis- he said. resident said. Isckon to feed MCD students TOI TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The new mid- day meal scheme for provid- ing cooked meals to students in MCD schools was kicked off on Thursday with the In- ternational Society for Kr- ishna Consciousness (Isck- on) distributing meals at the MCD school, Sarai Julena. A simple meal of dal- chawal and halwa was pro- vided to the 346 students of Sari Julena school. The ini- tial programme will cover five schools benefiting 2,483 students in the schools situ- ated at Sarai Julena, Masih Garhi, Bharat Nagar and Modi Mills. The food distri- bution was supervised by MCD commissioner Rakesh Mehta and Isckon temple president Maha Mantra Das. Mehta said that through the new programme more students would be attracted to MCD schools. This will also check drop-out rates and provide supplementary nutrition to poor children. Although Isckon is yet to The International Society for Krishna Consciousness will be feeding 1,500 students from sign a formal Memorandum MCD schools daily through the mid-day meal. of Understanding (MoU) with the MCD, they will be Isckon has also distrib- chairman Farhad Suri also cause. The MCD has 1,800 meeting with Mehta on uted steel plates and spoons appealed to other religious schools under its wing with Monday to work out the de- in the schools at its own ex- and charitable institutions over 900,000 students on its tails. pense. Education committee to come forward for the roll. Bomb hoax: An anonymous caller sent the police in a tizzy by claiming that a bomb had been planted No textbooks for you, at the Old Delhi railway station on Thursday after- noon. According to the police, the PCR received a call at 3.15 pm and the caller said that a bomb had been placed at the railway station which could blast just do with the board anytime. TNN TIMES NEWS NETWORK ing, of which Rs 5 crore has al- ready been spent this year. New Delhi: Over 5 lakh text- ‘‘Every year,schools reopen at a books, including those of English, particular time. Why can’t have not even been printed for dis- this be planned properly,’’ added tribution at the 1,800 MCD schools Arya. in the city. According to the MCD’s own These textbooks, which were to timetable the books should have be made available at the start of been available by April 1 this year. the school session on July 1 have ‘‘Children studying in MCD not reached majority of the schools do not travel out for vaca- schools according to the leader of tions. Summers are the time when the opposition at the MCD, Sub- they read through their new hash Arya. books due to sheer excitement. Figures made available from This time has been lost,’’ said the MCD’s department of educa- Arya. tion indicate that nearly 30 lakh MCDs education department books out of a total requirement has been at the receiving end of a of 37.66 lakh have been ‘lifted’ by lot of flak since the new academic the department but have not been session began. distributed. However, in another detailed On Wednesday, the commis- list nearly six titles, including two sioner MCD ordered an enquiry textbooks in English all number- on the non-supply of tents to MCD ing up to five lakh copies have not schools due to late submissions of even been printed. tenders. The MCD spends upto Rs 8 Hundreds of MCD schools had crore every year on print- to abandon classes midway due to lack of Fire in GK-I house tents. New Delhi: A first floor residence in Greater Kailash I caught fire early morning on Thursday af- ter an alleged gas leakage. A wall was completely damaged in the fire and parts of it fell down and caused damage to cars parked nearby. Deputy commissioner of police (south) Vivek Gogia said: ‘‘The furniture in at least three of the rooms was gutted.” TNN
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Friday,July 4, 2003 5 Two held for stealing hard Naina murder hearing Chopra is new Speaker New Delhi: Police today in- er of the restaurant, Keshav ‘‘both have identified the Mohammed Ilyas formed a city court that two Kumar on the night of 2 July, Maruti car used by Sharma TIMES NEWS NETWORK disk, extortion witnesses had seen former 1995, just before pieces of on that night and have de- New Delhi: Former Delhi Youth Congress leader and Sahni’s body were allegedly nied any tutoring by police TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pradesh Congress Commit- tandoor murder prime ac- put in a tandoor there, prose- during cross-examination.’’ cused Sushil Sharma at cution counsel A P The two witnesses, coun- tee (DPCC) president Sub- New Delhi: Two people have Baghiya restaurant when his Ahluwalia told additional sel said, were then employed hash Chopra was appointed been arrested by the crime wife Naina Sahni’s body was sessions judge, G P Thareja. at the restaurant. the new Delhi Assembly branch for trying to extort allegedly burnt. Questioned by the court Sharma and Keshav, who Speaker on Thursday. A sit- money from a company, ting MLA from Kalkaji, he Sharp Business System Lim- Philip and Nisha, both about the reliability of the are in judicial custody, was elected after Chaud- ited. stage performers reportedly testimonies of the two wit- were present during the hary Prem Singh vacated The two demanded Rs 2 saw Sharma and the manag- nesses, Ahluwalia said, proceedings. PTI the post last month. crore, through e-mails. They The newly-elected Speak- said that they had stolen 25 of er, Subhash Chopra, said: ‘‘I the company’s hard disks. will try to do justice to the To get these back, the com- responsibility given to me pany would have to part with wwith everybody’s help.’’ the said sum. The Speaker’s election, They claimed to have ac- took place after the legisla- cessed all of the stored data of tors from Bharatiya Janata the company through reading Party (BJP) were driven out the information stored in the on deputy speaker Kiran stolen hard disks. Chaudhary’s directions. Additional commissioner They were suspended from of police (crime) P Kamaraj the House as they were dis- said, ‘‘The accused sent the rupting the Assembly pro- mails from different cyber cafes. We kept a tab on these ceedings. The city’s new assembly Speaker Subhash Chopra being greeted by chief minister Sheila A voice-vote by Congress Dikshit and outgoing Speaker Chaudhry Prem Singh on Thursday. cafes and found that a former legislators decided the employee of the company,Su- Speaker. Chopra’s name was chosen unanimously, however, started on a Mukhi, raised a hue and cry jeet Kumar, was involved. He was proposed by Delhi chief Dikshit even escorted him stormy note. The BJP legis- over the power and water was arrested near his resi- minister Sheila Dikshit. He to the chair. The Assembly, lators, led by Jagdish problems in the city. dence in Dakshinpuri.’’ The other accused, Bhanu Singh, is also an ex-employee formed excellently in various of the company. 5-year-old raped entrance exams. Prakarsh He was arrested after ex- Rajpurohit of the school tensive interrogation of Su- TIMES NEWS NETWORK The victim lost conscious- topped in Delhi zone in jeet Kumar following his ar- ness. About an hour later,she AIEEE and IIT entrance rest. Ghaziabad: A five-year-old was spotted by a passer-by exam. He also bagged the The accused had allegedly girl, a resident of Dasna, was who took her home. 4th and 5th rank on the all- gained entry into the allegedly raped on Thursday Soon after she was admit- India level in IIT and CBSE office using a duplicate morning. ted to the hospital, police AIEEE, respectively. Nitin key and fled with 25 hard The girl who sustained se- questioned her about her as- Sharma topped UP engi- disks, two laptops and the mo- rious injuries has been ad- sailant. neering entrance exam. bile phone of the managing mitted in the district hospi- All that the girl could re- Other toppers in various director. tal. A case of rape has been member about him was that SCHOOL NEWS other competitive exams Their associates are report- were Jeevak Gupta (DPMT), registered at the Massoori he wore black clothes. edly still absconding. Results: The students of Shruti Bahl, Neha Jain (IP Police Station. Later, scores of Dasna res- According to the police, DAV Public School, university, B Tech) and He- idents demonstrated outside Dayanand Vihar, have per- mant Mudgal (DCE). the girl had been playing out- the office of the district po- side her house at about 9 am lice chief demanding the ar- on Thursday. rest of the culprit. From there, an unidenti- Police have drawn up a list fied man lured her away, of- of possible suspects and have fering her sweets. He report- started a manhunt to locate edly raped her in a field. the culprit.
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PTI Maya sacks Singhal asks Atal to quit over temple Thiruvananthapuram: In a fresh attack on Prime Minister CM under fire Vajpayee, VHP president Ashok Singhal on Thursday asked UP BSP chief him to quit for his government’s ‘‘failure’’ to bring in a legis- Jaipur: With a view to reor- lation to build the Ram Temple and rubbished Kanchi ganising the party in the Shankaracharya’s mediatory efforts. PTI on Taj project state before the assembly elections, UP CM and nation- By Royden D’Souza ticular Taj Heritage Corridor al vice-president of the BSP TIMES NEWS NETWORK component was neither Mayawati on Wednesday ef- cleared by the Government of fected a change in the organ- Lucknow: A day after chief India, nor were any funds isational set-up of. She ap- minister Mayawati attempt- sanctioned for it. pointed Bhojraj Solanki as ed to pass the buck to the Yes, the other components the new state unit chief, re- Centre in the Taj Heritage were cleared by the Centre placing Shivdan Meghwal. Corridor (THC) row, secre- and work on them has been According to party tary of the ministry of envi- on since 1999, but not the sources, Meghwal was re- ronment and forests (MoEF) THC component, which was moved from the post of presi- K C Mishra slammed the proposed by the Uttar dent after the party discov- state government for blam- Pradesh government. ered that he was sentenced ing the Centre. The THC component is by a court for three years on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray and his son Uddhav arrive for the concluding session of When asked to comment corruption charges. the party’s ‘Nirdhar Shibir’ in Thane district on Thursday. still being scrutinised by the on Mayawati’s statement on Centre and we have not The change of guard in the Wednesday that the Taj proj- allowed any work to party set-up is reported to ect was envisaged by the Cen- commence, neither has have been effected on tral environment depart- the Centre sanctioned any Wednesday after Shambhu Sena eyes dalit votebank ment and the ministry offi- Dayal, state convener, spoke money for it. cials were in the know, to Mayawati in Lucknow. Mumbai: In an effort to Uddhav Thackeray, mooted of the second rung of The Rs 37 crore that is be- Mishra said: ‘‘How can this Dayal said Meghwal was ap- widen Shiv Sena’s vote- the idea, party sources said. leadership among the ing claimed as sanctioned by be? We have not given any pointed party president after bank, the party on Thurs- Wooing the dalits, which dalits. the Centre must have been clearance for the Taj Her- the exit of BSP MLA Jagat day deliberated on Shiv comprise 11.5 per cent of Expressing that unity of sanctioned by the state.’’ itage Corridor component. Singh Dayma. TNN Shakti joining hands with the population, would ush- Bhim Shakti and Shiv The MoEF source intrigu- Bhim Shakti of dalits to er in ‘‘social renaissance’’ Shakti would add a new di- Even the Centre has not re- ingly added: ‘‘We have not re- contest the forthcoming in the state, the partici- mension to the state’s poli- leased any funds for it.’’ ceived any letter of com- crucial assembly polls in pants at ‘‘nirdhar shibir’’ tics, the party felt that tak- On Thursday, sources in plaint about the illegal con- Maharashtra. said. ing up the issue of atroci- MoEF said: ‘‘It is true that struction in the Yamuna un- The proposal for roping The party leaders, while ties on dalits on an aggres- the entire Taj project is our der the THC, from the ASI of- in the followers of Bhimrao making it clear that the sive scale would help in the mission, and this exercise ficials in Agra.’’ Ambedkar was taken up for prominent Republican Par- endeavour. has been taken up only after ASI officials claim to have discussion at the two-day ty of India leaders might Performance of MLAs obtaining the Supreme written numerous letters of ongoing Sena conclave at not be willing to join hands and seats lost by marginal Court’s direction. But the complaint to the MoEF since nearby Uttan after the par- with the Sena, said the par- votes in the last polls would plain fact is that there are January, 2003 about the ty’s executive president, ty may have to seek the help be discussed. PTI many components under this illegal reclamation of the Ya- entire Taj project. This par- muna bed. Sahib trips up on EPF homework, bonus not ‘legal’ By Akshaya Mukul default and falling interests.’’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK Then comes the question of New Delhi: At a time when in- how the shortfall of Rs 500 crore terest rates on deposits are taking on account of payment of bonus a tumble, Union labour minister interest would be met? Sahib Sahib Singh’s magnanimity in re- Singh claims that it would come taining 9.5 per cent interest on from the contingency fund. the Employees’ Provident Fund However, EPFO and labour by splitting it into two — 9 per ministry officials are unaware of cent interest for 2003-04 and 0.5 the existence of such a fund. A per cent bonus interest — might senior tax law expert M K Gand- have enthused the workers. hi, who has dealt with EPFO re- However, this decision has no lated matters for years, asks: ‘‘I legal sanction since the EPF Act would like to know what is this of 1952 makes no provision for contingency fund? How and from ‘‘bonus interest’’. where has it been established? Besides, the minister’s claim What is the legal sanction and that the shortfall of nearly Rs 500 whether it exists at all?’’ crore on account of payment of On his part, Singh explains the bonus interest would be met from contingency fund by saying: ‘‘The the contingency fund has caused difference between the interest surprise among EPF Organisa- which we estimate to get and the tion and labour ministry officials actual earning is huge and this since ‘‘no such fund exists’’. surplus forms the contingency Sahib Singh justifies the pay- fund. In the last five years, nearly ment of bonus interest on the Rs 2,000 crore has been accumu- ground that there is a prece- lated this way.’’ dence. Bonus was earlier given on But an EPFO official calls it a the occasion of the EPFO’s silver ‘‘bluff and a pure lie’’. According jubilee. Says Singh: ‘‘Since the to him, ‘‘The difference between Act is silent about bonus interest, the estimate and actual accrual of we went by the precedence. There interest is added to the next is nothing wrong with it.’’ year’s income. So there is no But officials do not agree. A question of a separate contin- senior EPFO official says: ‘‘Twen- gency fund consisting of surplus ty-five years ago, the EPFO was a money. How can it be claimed smaller and financially better or- that Rs 2,000 crore exists?’’ ganisation. Moreover, the bonus Gandhi has another question: interest then given was merely ‘‘If there is a contingency fund, 0.25 per cent. It was without polit- how is it being invested?’’ ical consideration. But since But Singh does not see anything then, the EPFO has grown wrong. ‘‘Why do you need manifold and so has its legal sanction for everything?’’ problems like mounting he asks. Court acquits Myanmarese hijacker Kolkata: Myanmarese student leader Soe Myint, who was on trial in West Bengal for ‘‘hijacking’’ a Thai Airways passen- ger plane to Kolkata, was acquitted on Wednesday. The unarmed pro-democracy activist, along with his com- rade Htin Kyaw,had forced the TG 305 aircraft to land at Dum Dum airport on November 10, 1990, camouflaging a bar of soap as a bomb. When the two came out of the plane with the passengers and crew unharmed, they held out a poster writ- ten in their blood calling for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar. TNN
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Militant killed: A Hizb-ul Mujahideen militant and a policeman were killed in an encounter in Pulwama district of J&K. PTI 4-star facilities for IIT Parents ‘caste’ aside Kolkata: An international IIT Kharagpur is the standard guest house with only IIT to have clinched four star facilities are such big developmental among the things that have projects from the Union govt mid-day meal been granted by the Union ministry of human re- By H M Aravind Human Resource Develop- source development. schools in Doddahinduwadi in Kol- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment department to IIT The institute will also legal taluk of Chamarajanagar dis- trict would have none of it. And Kharagpur to give it a build a hostel with 800 Mysore: Swallow this: Parents are they made sure their children had facelift. rooms for PG students. TNN refusing to allow their children to not a morsel. take the mid-day meals being pro- vided in government schools as the Incidentally,agriculture process- meals are prepared by dalit cooks. ing minister Raju Gowda hails The Karnataka government’s from Doddahinduwadi village. ‘Akshara Dasoha’ initiative, which On Tuesday,many children were got off to a good start on Tuesday, forced to return home hungry by has turned sour due to an odious their parents. ‘‘The number of chil- social prejudice. The objective of dren who had food in school in- the mid-day meal scheme is to pro- creased on Wednesday as compared vide nutritious food to children and to Tuesday,’’ Kollegal BEO Mahade- to reduce school dropout rates. vamma said. She said the authori- When the government hired dalit ties had visited the school and dis- cooks, it was merely honouring the cussed the problem with the man- reservation policy guidelines. agement and teaching faculty. However,parents of at least three The BEO admitted that the au- government schools in Kirangur, thorities will have to make alterna- Haravekallahalli and Tattekere in tive arrangements if the scheme Hunsur taluk and two government was to continue.
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TOI Iraq’s neighbours Negotiations are on with US cold to troops talk By Chidanand Rajghatta TIMES NEWS NETWORK By Siddharth Varadarajan Iraq, he said, adding that his govern- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment hoped India would act in such a Washington: US President George W Bush way as to ‘‘help the UN and the Iraqi stoked controversy at home on Wednesday by New Delhi: The government may people play a central role’’ rather taunting Iraqi fighters to throw what they have secured the backing of US allies than the foreign occupiers. have at American troops while promising a Kuwait, Jordan and the UAE, but vir- The view from a neighbouring cap- tually no major neighbour of Iraq — harsh response, even as India continued to ital is similar. ‘‘To go forward, you certainly not Saudi Arabia, Turkey weigh Washington’s request to commit troops have to have an international man- or Iran — appears enthusiastic about to Iraq. date under the UN. India cannot hope the prospect of Indian troops helping In language that echoed some of the slangy to contribute to the political process to enforce the US occupation. expressions he has used before, a testy Bush Perhaps for this reason — and con- in Iraq when it is part of an army of extended his hand and challenged “bring ‘em trary to stated policy — New Delhi occupation,’’ said an official. on,” while asserting that US forces in Iraq are has not made efforts to ‘‘consult’’ Diplomats also warn against the “plenty tough” to deal with the persistent at- assumption that deployment in Iraqi tacks that have claimed scores of American these or other key countries in the The Delhi-Lahore bus being renovated in New Delhi on Thursday. The bus service is expected to be resumed from July 11. region on the question of troop de- Kurdistan would be a soft option for troops since the war ended. ployment. ‘‘The fact is, none of us Indian troops. ‘‘Mosul and Kirkuk The Texan president has often used such has been asked to sound anyone out are hotspots. For the first time in a colloquialisms, most notably when he said he about anything,’’ a senior external century,the Kurdish groups feel they wanted Osama bin Laden “dead or alive” and have a real chance to push for their that he would “smoke the Taliban out of their Envoys may start work in tandem affairs ministry official familiar caves.” with the issue told The Times of In- own state,’’ said an Indian official fa- By Mahendra Ved normalisation of bilateral re- istry spokesman said the clear tests in 1998. Amid an- miliar with the area, adding, ‘‘‘Iraqi The latest display of machismo by the pres- dia. Diplomats confirmed that news TIMES NEWS NETWORK lations was accompanied by presentation of the creden- gry disapproval of the tests towns are strewn with the graves of ident set off a firestorm of rebuke, with some of a possible Indian deployment is sparring matches at different tials to the President will be by China, the credentials of Indian soldiers (from colonial times). Democrats charging that he was inviting at- known to iraq’s neighbours ‘‘only New Delhi: The acceptance levels. In this context, the worked out ‘‘in due course’’. the Chinese envoy were ac- That should be warning enough’’. tack on US troops. through the newspapers... there has of credentials of Pakistan’s presence of the envoys would The presentation of cre- cepted within days. The issue of Indian workers in “I am shaking my head in disbelief,” New been no consultation as such’’. high commissioner-desig- go a long way in smoothen- dentials is worked out be- Giving himself a break of West Asia is also emerging as a fac- Jersey Democrat Senator Frank Lautenberg In interviews with a cross-section nate Aziz Ahmed Khan, who ing the interaction between tween the MEA’s protocol di- less than a month, the new tor, with an Indian official familiar said. “When I served in the Army in Europe of regional and Indian diplomats arrived here Monday, and the governments. vision and the President’s envoy called on the then LS with the Gulf saying, ‘‘If we become during World War II, I never heard any mili- and officials in New Delhi and those of Shiv Shankar Khan called on the chief of secretariat. Speaker to condole deaths in an occupying army in Iraq, terror- tary commander — let alone the commander abroad, the picture that emerges is Menon, who is expected to protocol in the external af- In theory, ‘‘due course’’ a natural calamity. ists here will consider Indians a le- in chief — invite enemies to attack US crystal clear: All the neighbours be- reach Islamabad soon, is like- fairs ministry, P R could mean weeks. During Bangladesh sent a new en- gitimate target. Right now,we are the troops.” lieve the US is incapable of handling ly to take place more or less Chakrabarty, on Tuesday this period, an envoy-desig- voy soon after the change of safest community.” Presidential candidate Richard Gephardt the situation in Iraq and that to the simultaneously. and submitted a copy of his nate cannot act in public in government in October 2001 One West Asian diplomat com- said he had heard “enough of the phony, ma- extent to which an Indian presence Ruling out a deliberate de- credentials, the document any official capacity. that was not viewed with any pared the ‘‘Iraqi disaster’’ to the situ- cho rhetoric” from Bush. delays the inevitable US exit, the pro- lay by either government, that authorises him to repre- Two recent examples stand enthusiasm by India. The en- posed deployment may even have a ation in Afghanistan. ‘‘There, the UN Bush’s challenge came even as India’s for- sources said this would be in sent the Pakistan govern- out for their contrast. China voy had to wait five months negative impact on regional security. played the key role in working out a eign secretary Kanwal Sibal continued to keeping with the current ment. had just sent in a new envoy before he could present his ‘‘The US policy will lead to the rad- political roadmap through the Bonn seek clarifications from US officials about mood when the process of The external affairs min- when India conducted nu- credentials. icalisation of Iraqi society,’’ said a Agreement. So, today you have an possible Indian troop deployments in Iraq. diplomat from the region, ‘‘which Afghan face running the country. Primarily, India is seeking a more explicit will be worse for everyone’’. The only Karzai may not be the best, but at UN mandate and getting a feel of the ground way out is if the UN takes charge of least he’s better than Bremer,’’ the situation in Iraq, Sibal told reporters. BJP won’t let Jogi play host the stabilisation and rebuilding of US viceroy running Iraq. ● For more go to www.timesofindia.com By Law Kumar Mishra Singh said the state BJP will host the TIMES NEWS NETWORK union ministers. The Prime Minister and deputy Prime Minister will be ex- Raipur: The 36 Union ministers attend- ing the central executive empt from this decision due to security committee meeting of concerns. To bar or not to bar ‘bar girls’ PM Vajpayee and deputy PM L K Ad- the Bharatiya Janata TIMES NEWS NETWORK there are over one lakh women in higher than in other professions. Party here from July 18 vani will stay in a hotel on the airport these bars and the most worrying part ‘‘Why should girls be allowed to work will not accept the hospi- road and the executive committee will Mumbai: Girls working at beer bars is that many of them are minors. The in beer bars when we know that the tality of the Chhattis- meet at the neighbouring Dharmashal, held the centrestage. Not at the drink- number of such bars too has been in- possibility of them being harassed is garh government. where the VHP’s central executive met ing holes, as you might think, but at a creasing, they said. greater there?’’ she asked The ministers will do for five days last month. workshop discussing the Status of Social workers from across the state Another group felt it was a girl’s Ajit Jogi so as a mark of protest The state BJP has decided to prepare a Women in Maharashtra. participated in the workshop jointly choice, adding that like any other against the functioning of ‘‘charge-sheet’’ against the Jogi govern- The workshop was meant to delib- organised by the state and the nation- work place, she should be given pro- chief minister Ajit Jogi’s ministry, said ment and it will be released before the erate on the problems faced by the al commission for women. tection. However, many participants state BJP chief Raman Singh. executive committee meeting. The BJP women in general. It turned into a de- As a remedy to the increasing num- pointed out that the girls had been Singh said he had been informed will also start a week-long Kisan Satya- bate on the plight of girls working in ber of girls joining the profession, brought to the city on false pretests of this decision by BJP president M grah from July 7 to demand for payment the city’s numerous beer bars. some participants suggested a ban. and had not opted to join the profes- Venkiah Naidu. of crop insurance for farmers. Some participants said the only so- But there were those who felt such a sions. lution would be to ban women from knee-jerk reaction was not the solu- Poornima Advani, chairperson of entering such an exploitative profes- tion. They felt there were deep-rooted the National Commission for Women, sion. Others felt it was a personal social problems that had to addressed. said the commission was looking into choice. Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar, the rescue and rehabilitation of these But both groups on Tuesday ex- chairperson of the Maharashtra State girls. ‘‘We have met several organisa- pressed concern over the increasing Commission for Women, said those tions working on this issue and plan to number of women entering the pro- girls working in beer bars had a high present their suggestions to the gov- fession. According to social workers, chance of being harrassed. Much ernment,’’ she said.
Two killed near Ahmedabad: A 90-year-old man and his wife were killed by some unidentified persons in Bavla village near Ahmedabad on Wednesday, the police said. ‘‘Prima facie it seems the murder was done with an intention of looting,’’ district superintendent of police (Ahmedabad rural) Manoj Agrawal said. PTI
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10 Friday,July 4, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Best Bakery case: NHRC to send team Advani slams New Delhi: Stepping up its action on the acquittal of 21 ac- cused in last year’s Best Bakery case, the National Human Court sets five-week deadline for ASI Amarinder’s Rights Commission on Thursday decided to send a three-mem- ber team to Vadodara to ‘‘inspect the records, examine the judg- TIMES NEWS NETWORK pile its report. Digging Ayodhya The board had also object- from the five week period. The final report should be ed to ASI’s plea for more The chief engineer of the ment and other relevant material’’. Lucknow: Rejecting the plea action against submitted on or before Au- time to complete excavation state public works depart- The team will consist of Ajit Bharihoke, registrar, NHRC, of the Archaeological Sur- •ASI had asked for three gust 22, the court said. saying ‘‘it was without any ment would have to certify if Sudhir Chowdhary, deputy inspector-general (investigation), vey of India for a three months to submit report It also asked the ASI dir- congent reason’’. the excavation work had to Badal, family NHRC, and the commission’s special rapporteur, P G J Nam- month extension to complete Holidays, days when tector general to depute • The ASI had on Tuesday be suspended on any day,the TIMES NEWS NETWORK poothiri. It will give its report within a week. excavation in Ayodhya, the excavation is suspended within three days four addi- pleaded the court to give it court said. Digging is sus- The commission will decide its next course of action after it Lucknow Bench of Alla- excluded from deadline New Delhi: Deputy Prime tional superintending ar- three more months from Oc- pended on Mondays which is studies the report. TNN habad High Court on Thurs- Minister L K Advani on day granted it five more chaeologists to expedite the tober to Decemeber to com- a weekly holiday. Board had objected to the Thursday criticised the weeks and asked it to submit excavation work. plete the digging in view of The court also directed views expressed by the ASI Amarinder Singh-led Con- its final report by August 22. The court said there was the approaching rainy sea- Faizabad Commissioner, gress government of Punjab in its progress reports sub- The Bench comprising no need for the ASI to submit son. who also is the authorised for its alleged vendetta Justice Sudhir Narain, Jus- progress report and only the mitted to the court since the The court, however, said person of the acquired land, against Akali Dal leader and tice S R Alam and Justice views expressed in its final excavation started on March holidays and other days to make necessary arrange- former chief minister Bhanwar Singh gave the ASI report would be taken into 12 accusing it of ‘‘working on when the excavation re- ments to safeguard the Prakash Singh Badal and his five weeks to complete exca- consideration. the diktats of its political mained suspended owing to trenches from being flooded family. vation and two weeks to com- The Sunni Central Waqf masters in Delhi’’. rains, would be excluded in the rains. Advani’s reaction came in the wake of Badal’s unhappi- TOI ness over the NDA govern- ment’s ‘‘silence’’ on the vigi- lence department raids tar- geting Badal and his family members. Calling the state govern- ment’s actions ‘‘improper’’, Advani said: ‘‘Whatever is happening in Punjab is wrong. This is sheer intoler- ance against the opposition and against the values of democracy.’’ Advani made these re- marks to reporters after meeting some top BJP and Akali Dal leaders here. Advani said the Congress government in Punjab should realise that its actions were against the concept of federalism and it could not Entrepreneur Ebrahim Kaskar, Suniel, Ajay, Celina on the sets of Khel in Cape Town. treat the Akali Dal, which was in power earlier, as its enemy. ‘‘In a democracy, no one in Destination South as Africa power should resort to any action with a feeling of re- venge. There should be no ill fever grips Bollywood will against a party in oppo- sition.Otherwise democracy TIMES NEWS NETWORK As Sunil told us, ‘‘You cipient of Kaskar’s super and federalism will not be ef- It’s the new ‘reverse-Exo- want white sands, you got service. Andaaz actors Ak- fective,’’ he said. dus’! Suddenly, South it. Swing the angle, you get shay, Lara, Priyanka; The BJP-Akali Dal delega- Africa seems to be the mountains. Shift again, its Aankhen stars Amitabh tion, which called on Advani, hottest new destination for either the Atlantic or Indi- and Akki, etc., and a host of included Vijay Kumar Mal- our filmi location hunters. an Ocean. You have huge Bollywood’s best were hon- hotra, Madan Lal Khurana While, New Zealand, malls, cliffs, beaches, be- oured likewise. and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. Switzerland and Amster- sides great hospitality. As Kaskar said: ‘‘Indian In his remarks, Advani dam either seem too far, Also, it’s close and cheap. I movie personalities are a said at present a large num- too expensive or just, too certainly bet on South superstitious bunch. And ber of states are being ruled repeated, SA is the hotspot Africa.’’ just because a few movies by opposition parties and the of our movie ‘Explorers’, It was Dil Ka Rishta pro- filmed here earlier (possi- NDA government at the Cen- and their Arriflexes. ducer Shabbir Boxwala ble reference Prem Granth) tre has cordial relations with Last week, the locations who introduced Suniel to didn’t do well, we were cast all the states. of Cape Town was on dis- local entrepreneur busi- aside. But in terms of pure ‘‘Governments come and play for Suniel Shetty’s nessman and promoter natural beauty and diversi- go but the path of intoler- Popcorn Entertainment Ebrahim Kaskar; after the ty of locations, South ance is not right.’’ maiden production Khel, terrific hospitality his Africa scores. On good However, the state Con- which debuts Ajay Jadeja stars, Aishwarya and Ar- days, we have almost forty gress condemned Advani’s along with Celina Jaitley jun, enjoyed. And DKR shoots a day (including ads defence of Badal who, it said, and Shetty. wasn’t the only lucky re- and Hollywood).’’ is facing ‘‘highly serious charges of corruption’’. Naxals attack Gaya police, kill 2 By Abdul Qadir admitted to the Magadh Hos- a large number of Naxalites TIMES NEWS NETWORK pital, where he is said to be raided the police station out of danger. shortly after Wednesday mid- Gaya: In their first joint op- eration, Naxalites belonging The Naxalites burnt police night. The invaders used the to the MCC and the PW at- station records and a sum of public address system to di- tacked the Paraiya police sta- about Rs 1 lakh in cash. Six rect the policemen to surren- tion in Gaya district of Bihar other policemen received mi- der as they did in Lodipur a on Wednesday night and nor injuries and they were few months back. killed three persons, includ- discharged from the hospital When contacted, IG (opera- ing two policemen. after first aid. tions) Neelmani said that a One of the constables, who According to the policemen high-level meeting was on to sustained injuries, has been deputed at the police station, take stock of the situation.
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AFP Crores on tracks, but Shanta meets Vajpayee TIMES NEWS NETWORK note nor written any letter about any financial bungling in the rural devel- New Delhi: BJP leader and former opment ministry during Naidu’s Union rural development minister tenure. There were reports in a sec- safety gets derailed Shanta Kumar met Prime Minister tion of the media that Shanta Kumar Vajpayee on Thursday evening to had prepared a note detailing such fi- By Rajesh Ramachandran clarify that he was not involved in nancial irregularities and had even TIMES NEWS NETWORK any campaign against BJP president ordered an inquiry into these cases Station master did M Venkaiah Naidu as was being when he was the minister. New Delhi: Railway minister Nitish Kumar made out in the media. Naidu, who was abroad when these considers getting Rs 17,000 crore for the re- He is understood to have told the reports were published, spoke to the placement of overaged equipment one of his not respond: Driver PM that he had neither circulated a PM and offered to face any inquiry. greatest achievements. But despite taking the money recommend- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ed by the Khanna committee, and spending Warangal: Mohammad Rasheed, 45, the it, the Railways has not made a ‘‘comprehen- driver of Golconda Express, which met sive corporate safety plan’’ which too the with an accident in Warangal on committee had insisted on. Wednesday,claims the station master of While recommending the amount, the Warangal did not respond properly to committee had stated: ‘‘We would like to con- the several efforts he made to inform clude Chapter II with the recommendation him that the brake of the train had A social activist displays a placard during a “tree peace rally” in Bangalore on that the Railways should immediately make failed. Thursday. People from all walks of life took part in the march to urge civil out a comprehensive safety plan which will The investigation into the accident authorities and citizens to act against rampant felling of trees in the city. interalia: clearly state the safety policy/ob- had faulted Rasheed on many counts jectives and strategies for achieving them; and his account adds a new dimension unambiguously enunciate the basic tenets to the case. and requirements of safety; prioritise the Rasheed spoke to Times News network safety related works and indicate the time- exclusively on the harrowing experi- PSU employees have frame as also investments proposed; and set ence he had on Wednesday.‘‘As I was ap- benchmarks for safety achievements.’’ proaching Warangal from Nekkonda, I Soon after the report was presented in Au- noticed that the brake system had failed. gust 1999, an in-house follow-up report was I tried to contact the station master over to wait for their dues drawn up and presented to the Railway the wireless set. TIMES NEWS NETWORK given assurances on the issue in Par- Board. This report claimed that what was He did not respond. I tried again when liament; MPs have regularly put the lacking was will power and explained that New Delhi: Employees of 60 public the train was just 2.5 km from Warangal. government on the mat. around 40 per cent of the assets were being sector undertakings will have to wait Again he did not respond,’’ Rasheed On Thursday, Pant said: ‘‘A clear prematurely condemned. It also wanted each another year to get their wages and said. roadmap has emerged covering all case of premature condemnation to be inves- other statutory dues totalling Rs He continued, ‘‘At that point of time, units.’’ Each has given commitments tigated and the responsibility fixed. 1,900 crore. the train was speeding at about 110 on a strategy and a timetable ranging A senior Railway Board official said, ‘‘The So says Planning Commission kmph. I managed to bring the speed from a month to a year. board was not ready to accept it because the down to 75 kmph. Suddenly, there was deputy chairman K C Pant, who report wanted the the chairman, members of another technical failure in the system, heads the group of ministers formed In cases where firms need to dis- the board and the heads of the department to which made it difficult for me to apply three years ago to examine the pose of assets, Pant indicated the be held directly responsible and accountable pressures to check the speed further.’’ problem. way out: Borrowing money from the for safety. The board and each department The group, set up in February 2000, market, with the government stand- wanted the draft to be diluted and in the Accident toll reaches 21 had its final meeting Thursday, ex- ing guarantee. A 50 process it never got approved.’’ amined each case, established what per cent interest sub- sidy is being spoken In fact, the report envisaged that the heads Warangal: Three more bodies were re- Pant termed a ‘‘concrete, precise, of. In the case of four of departments would be personally ac- covered on Thursday taking the toll to 21 monitorable approach’’ and hoped PSUs which are fight- countable for the truthful reporting of equip- even as efforts were on to restore rail that the dues would be cleared ‘‘with- in a year’’. It will now report to the ing court cases, it is ment failures to their superiors. All this en- traffic in the section. cabinet with its recommendations on learnt the attempt sured a chain of accountability which if cod- ‘‘Three more bodies have been re- a strategy. will be to try for out- ified would have brought in punitive action trieved — two of them crushed under In the past, the Prime Minister has of-court settlement. when things went wrong. the engine and another from the muti- Similarly,after the Rafiganj accident when lated coach,’’ the general manager of several people died because they could not be South Central railway Stanley Babu told rescued in time, the minister called a confer- reporters here. The engine and two bo- ence of general managers and announced a gies of Hyderabad-bound Golconda Ex- disaster management plan on the lines of the press had jumped off the tracks. PTI national disaster management plan.
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12 Friday,July 4, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi
Nursing a AROUND THE WORLD Losing a little brings big gains loved one can Reuters NYT By Leslie Berger the first 10 that’s the impor- tant 10.’ make you ill n increasing number “People drive themselves of nutrition and insane trying to be perfect, Washington: Caring for a A weight experts are of- and to get to better health, loved one who is ill can make fering what may seem sur- you don’t have to be perfect,” the caregiver sick, too —pos- prising advice: Never mind Dr. Aronne said. sibly by aging the immune thin just get real and lose a The new wisdom holds system, U.S. researchers said little weight. true for men, too, but it is es- on Monday. It could be called the 10 per pecially important for They found evidence that cent solution: in recent years women, who tend to be both the stress of nursing a family a steady stream of research heavier and more vulnerable member — in this case, pa- has found that losing as little to some of the chronic ill- tients with Alzheimer’s dis- as 10 per cent of body weight, nesses associated with fat. ease — can damage the im- or sometimes even less, has a According to the Centers mune system, leading to dis- disproportionately positive for Disease Control and Pre- ease and early death. effect in improving health. vention, more men than In particular, a chemical Small weight losses signifi- women are overweight or called interleukin-6 goes into cantly reduce the risk of a Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones in the film “Bridget obese: 67 per cent compared overdrive in stressed-out wide range of illnesses that Jones’s Diary” ponders over weight gain. Losing just 10 per with 62 per cent. But obesity caregivers, the team at Ohio have been linked to obesity, cent of the body weight can bring down blood pressure, as is more prevalent among State University College of from heart disease and dia- well as glucose and cholesterol levels. women. Medicine and University of betes to some kinds of can- per cent weight loss. Similar their hips. “I always get Is the 10 per cent solution a North Carolina report in this cer. improvements have been asked by women’s maga- surrender, then, to a problem week’s issue of the Proceed- In one US study, for exam- documented for hyperten- zines, ‘How do you lose that that is incredibly difficult ings of the National Acade- Ludivine Sagnier in a scene from director Francois Ozon’s new film “Swimming Pool”. ple, patients who lost a mere sion and even sleep apnea. last 10 pounds?’ “ said Dr. to control? my of Sciences. Your worst nightmare: A Howard’s ‘‘The Missing,’’ said his girlfriend, “involving a lot 7 per cent of their total body Armed with these results, Louis J. Aronne, an obesity “It’s a compromise,” Dr. “Overproduction of IL-6 ... German man woke up to find the donation was made on of profanity”, and then be- weight reduced their risk for weight-loss experts have con- specialist at the New York Obarzanek said, “but if re- is associated with a spectrum himself stark naked in the behalf of the cast and crew came more unruly. Reuters diabetes by 58 per cent. A cluded that dieters might Weill Cornell Center in Man- search has shown it works, of age-related conditions in- middle of a street after sleep- ‘‘to help preserve the state’s study in Finland found the have better luck focusing on hattan. “And I always say: then why not stress that?” NYT cluding cardiovascular dis- walking from home, police natural splendor for genera- Rusty returns: Rusty the same benefit with only a 5 their hearts instead of on ‘Never mind the last 10. It’s News Service ease, osteoporosis, arthritis, said Thursday. The 37-year- tions to come.’’ Reuters cat just can’t seem to forget type 2 diabetes, certain can- old man called police in the where he came from. In the Paying for profanity: A cers, periodontal disease, southern town of Buchen at past two years, he’s navigat- Singapore Airlines flight frailty and functional de- around 6 a.m. after discover- ed more than three miles of ing he had left his house keys made an unscheduled stop cline,” the researchers wrote. hills and busy streets to visit Sex appeal of men lies in their cheeks at home. “The man waited to eject a passenger who be- The researchers, led by the old neighborhood 33 naked for police at the phone came unruly after a heated times. When the Beidler fami- London: The secret of a man’s sex ap- male peahens and mice, which also with a good mix of genes were most Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, stud- booth, who gave him a rain- argument with his girlfriend, ly moved to Key West from peal may lie in his cheeks. Re- use appearance to size up a male’s ge- likely to have been ranked as attrac- ied 225 people with an aver- searchers at the University of netic qualities. Professor Morris tive, the report said. coat to wear,” said a police and the man may have to Dubuque, they kept Rusty in- age age of 70. A total of 119 of spokesman.Reuters Newcastle have found evidence to sug- Gosling and colleagues based their This genetic variation was found in pay the 10,000 pounds bill. side to help him adjust to his them were taking care of a gest a quick glimpse of a man’s findings on a study of 90 women. They the part of the genome that is respon- Cate goes green: Cate An airlines spokesman said it new digs. But that did not spouse with Alzheimer’s or cheek is enough to tell women if he is were each asked to assess the facial at- sible for the immune system. “Their Blanchett has given a ‘‘sub- was exploring ways to get stop Rusty from visiting his had taken care of someone attractive. tractiveness of 76 men. assessments of healthiness and at- stantial’’ donation to a Santa the man to pay the additional old home. Rusty endures a who had died of Alzheimer’s. They also believe a man’s complex- They were then shown a small area tractiveness were related to the genet- Fe-based environmental costs, such as landing flea bath when he returns ion may somehow give clues as to of these men’s faces and asked to rank ic composition of these men”, Gosling They tracked levels of IL-6 group, Forest Guardians. charges, caused by the un- and usually hangs around for expected stop in Darwin dur- whether he has “good” genes, which their attractiveness again. The rank- said. He said the findings suggested in both groups for six years. John Horning, director of a few weeks. Then he starts ing a flight from Singapore to women unconsciously desire, accord- ings were the same in both tests. The the women were looking for healthy “Caregivers’ average rate Forest Guardians, wouldn’t sniffing the air as if getting Brisbane. Michael Donovan, ing to a report in the BBC. researchers then carried out DNA partners with genes that would com- of increase in IL-6 was about disclose the amount. his bearings. ‘‘When we see four times as large as that of Blanchett, who was in New an Australian, had been hav- Women had a lot in common with fe- tests on the men. They found that men pliment theirs, the report added. ANI that, we know he is ready to non-caregivers,” they wrote. Mexico recently filming Ron ing a heated discussion with leave again,” Beidler said. Former caregivers contin- Rusty’s longest trip lasted BRICKBATS ued to have elevated IL-6 more than six months. Reuters rates for up to three years af- You guys have guts, carrying on with Lucy Liu’s love life gets ignited Land of smiles: Not satis- this third rate cartoon stripe that has ter the spouse’s death, they fied with being dubbed the outlived its sense of humour. added. Once upon a time she scared men with — Misha Dastur her bitchy image in “Ally McBeal”. Now “land of smiles”, Thailand’s “This is key evidence for culture ministry is launching a The Dubyaman comic strip is unimag- one pathway through which Lucy Liu has to fend them off with a inative and the characters are hardly stick, all thanks to her pin-up role in campaign to encourage chronic stress may pose po- amusing. It should be discontinued. “Charlie’s Angels”. Lucy - who plays Thais to smile even more, the tent health consequences in — Raj Tawalkar high-kicking Alex Munday - said: “In Bangkok Post reports. “Smil- older people. It may well ac- movies like Charlie’s Angels I show my ing is a good habit as well as For bouquets log on to celerate the risk of a host of softer side. Actually men have started a good welcome gesture to www.timesofindia.com age-related diseases as well approaching me and asking me out.” ANI tourists,” a ministry spokes- e-mail: [email protected] as deaths,” Kiecolt-Glaser woman said. Reuters said in a statement. Reuters Do you talk while driving? Shemale embryos By John O’Neil and the Complutense Univer- tion, as they would be asked sity in Madrid. Twelve young about them later.Some of the istening while driving adults with good driving messages related concrete in- seems to be safe, even if records were sent on a four- formation, including descrip- the listening is absorb- trigger ethics row L hour highway trip in a Cit- tions of objects, while others ing much of the driver’s at- rokn fitted with a camera concerned more abstract tention. But talking while Paris: Hermaphrodite human em- troversial branch of medicine. that tracked their eye move- data, like a narrative. The re- bryos, with a mixture of male and Under gene therapy, a vehicle, driving, it seems, is a differ- ments to gauge how much at- searchers found that this female cells, were created in a US usually a disabled virus, is used to ent matter. tention they were paying to kind of intent listening had laboratory, according to research transport a healthy gene around A new study measured how much of the visual field. almost no effect on how close- unveiled this week that has un- the body to replace a defective one what happened when drivers The dashboard was also ly the drivers paid attention leashed a fresh ethical storm over which causes illness. were sent out into traffic and equipped with lights that to the road and the dash- biotechnology. But the technique, still experi- given a variety of mental would turn on periodically; board. Austrian-born US gene scientist mental, has been dogged by safety tasks to perform. The re- the drivers could turn them But when the drivers were Norbert Gleicher took cells from a fears, including the death of a searchers found that internal off by pressing buttons near asked to talk about what they three-day-old male embryo and young American teenage volun- distractions that is, what was the steering wheel. had heard, their ability to added them to early female em- teer and the emergence of cancer going on inside the driver’s The researchers divided pay attention dropped by as bryos in order to test a theory among children treated for a rare head could impair visual the mental tasks into two cat- much as a third. Even rela- about an alternative to gene thera- immune deficiency disorder. skills while driving as much egories: receptive, meaning tively simple production py. Gleicher wanted to see if he as external distractions, like passively absorbing informa- tasks, like relating where The merged embryos were not could introduce genes into an em- a baby crying in the car. But tion, and productive, in they were and what they intended to develop into a child, bryo, the idea ultimately being to they also found big differ- which the drivers were asked were doing, had about as big and were destroyed after a few reverse a single-gene defect in a lab ences in the amount of inter- to give answers to defined re- an effect as requests that the days. But fellow experts have blast- dish and then reimplant the em- ference caused by different quests. The drivers’ perform- researchers considered more ed the work as scientifically flawed bryo in the uterus. kinds of mental activities. ance in between these tasks complicated. and an ethical breach. He extracted young cells called The study, published in was measured for purposes The study found that Gleicher, who presented his blastomeres from 16 human male The Journal of Experimen- of comparison. the distraction levels were study at a conference in Madrid, cells and added one, two or three of tal Psychology: Applied, was For the receptive tasks, the equally high when the wanted to explore an alternative to these cells to each of 21 donated conducted by researchers at drivers listened to two- driver was talking to a pas- the Public Administration minute taped messages and senger or into a hands-free gene therapy, a promising but con- three-day- old female embryos. PTI for Traffic Safety of Spain were told to pay close atten- cellphone. NYT New Service
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Friday,July 4, 2003 13 $25 m reward AFP for Saddam, Al-Qaida’s N-nexus with Pak dead or alive By Chidanand Rajghatta even at the risk of endangering Amer- tled Terrorist CBRN: Materials and TIMES NEWS NETWORK ican national security — to “forgive” Effects, believe Al-Qaida and other Baghdad: The United States Pakistan for its proliferation activi- lesser-known terrorist groups to be ca- is offering $25 million for any Washington: The terrorist group Al- ties, including enabling North Korea pable of making an “improvised nu- information that leads to the Qaida was working with former scien- to go nuclear. In interviews with the clear device” that would be “intended capture of ousted Iraqi Pres- tists of Pakistan’s nuclear establish- American media during his recent to cause a yield-producing nuclear ex- ident Saddam Hussein or ment to produce crude weapons of visit to the US, Pakistan’s military plosion”. The report claims that the proves that he is dead, a mass destruction, the CIA has said in ruler Pervez Musharraf glossed over group’s experts could make such a spokesman for Iraq’s US-led a new report. issue, suggesting that the matter be- weapon with “diverted nuclear- administration said on Despite repeated Pakistani denials longed to the past. weapons components”, by modifying Thursday. on the matter and claims that such Some reports indicate that Pakistan an already assembled nuclear weapon “(Administration head) knowledge is available in public do- was collaborating with North Korea or by using a self-designed weapon. ambassador (Paul) Bremer main, the CIA says in a May 2003 re- on nuclear matters even after 9/11 and The report did not say where the will be announcing a new $25 port that handwritten documents un- as recently as last year when it report- Bush administration believes such an million reward for informa- covered in Afghanistan suggest that edly used US-supplied C-130 transport attack might be launched, but that it tion leading to the capture of the Al-Qaida’s specialists did have nu- planes to ferry material. was “a high probability” that it would Saddam Hussein or informa- clear physics and weaponisation US officials, most notably Secretary be in the next two years, according to tion confirming his earlier knowledge that exceeded the type of of State Colin Powell, have also indi- Jane’s. The US assessment claims that death,” the spokesman told information available via open and de- cated that Pakistan has been forgiven any such CBRN attack would probably reporters. He said $15 million classified sources. for its transgressions following assur- be “small-scale”, incorporating rela- was being offered for similar The CIA study, reported in Jane’s ances that it will not go the prolifera- tively crude delivery means and easily information about either of Intelligence Digest, names former sci- tion route again. produced or obtained chemicals, tox- Saddam’s two sons, Uday and entists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Powell has said such activities will ins or radiological substances. Qusay. Commission, Bashir Ud-din Mah- have “serious consequences,” in the The Al-Qaida is also claimed by More than three months mood and Abdul Majeed, as the Al- future, although from all accounts, the CIA report to have “crude after a US-led war on Iraq Qaida corroborators. Pakistan has already allowed the nu- procedures” for making mustard toppled Saddam, there is still The CIA report comes amid the clear horse to bolt. agent, sarin and VX, as well as access Former US President Bill Clinton and former South African President Nelson Mandela during no sign of the former Iraqi Bush administration’s decision — The authors of the CIA report, ti- to toxic cyanides. a gala night to mark the centenary of the Rhodes Trust and the establishment of the Mandela president — who ruled over Rhodes Foundation at Westminster on Wednesday. AFP Iraq for a quarter of a centu- ry — or his sons. US-led forces have come Israel blocks under attack increasingly in recent weeks, and US defence Tough riders attached Gaza highway secretary Donald Rumsfeld has blamed the resistance on Qalqilya, West Bank: Is- die-hard Saddam loyalists, raeli troops shot dead a mili- unspecified foreigners and to Pak’s $3-bn aid tant and temporarily blocked people he has said were “in- Palestinian traffic on Gaza’s By Chidanand Rajghatta fluenced by Iran”. could clear aid. That law,which was re- main road on Thursday, an- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Rumsfeld said on Monday cently overwritten, hamstrung Ameri- gering Palestinians who as- can aid to Pakistan for a full decade af- that remnants of Saddam’s Washington: Pakistan’s $3 billion bo- sailed the actions as a threat ter US intelligence told Bush Sr in 1990 ousted government, Baath nanza from the Bush administration is to US peacemaking. party and Fedayeen paramil- not what it is really made out to be. A that Pakistan had gone nuclear. The killing in the West itary units had faded into the week after military ruler Pervez Now the new proposal could well be Bank — and the road closure population and reverted to a Musharraf ’s ballyhooed visit to the named after Eni Faleomavaega, a law- only three days after the “terrorist network” since US, it now transpires that the aid will maker from American Samoa, who in long-blocked highway was re- Saddam was ousted by US-led be so tightly controlled that Islamabad May this year moved a resolution in a opened — followed attacks by forces on April 9. will have to fundamentally alter its be- Congressional foreign relations com- Palestinian militants, Israel At least 23 US and six haviour and course if it is to get even a mittee, enjoining the US administra- said. British troops have been cent — or scent — of it. tion to certify that Pakistan shut down Palestinian lawmaker killed by hostile fire since In fact, it now appears that any aid terrorist camps on its soil and halted Saeb Erekat called for more US. President George W. flow will require an annual Presiden- proliferation of nuclear technology be- US intervention before the Bush declared major combat tial certification much on the lines of fore any aid could be given to it. In- peace plan — known as the in Iraq over on May 1, and the Pressler Amendment, a 1990 law nocuously titled Section 708, the reso- road map — collapses, say- Iraq remains awash with that enjoined President Bush Sr to at- lution was hardly created a ripple. Un- ing: “Israel until now has not guns despite a mid-June test that Pakistan had not made nu- til last week. declared a full cessation of arms surrender deadline set Members of the Youth Initiative for Peace, an organisation of Indian students, practice singing in clear weapons before US lawmakers ● For more go to www.timesofindia.com violence as stated in the by US forces. Reuters Karachi on Thursday. They are participating in a cultural festival. roadmap.” AP Berlusconi’s jibe annoys Schroeder Berlin: Chancellor Gerhard misstep in both content and al criticism of Berlusconi that terest in the days leading up to Schroeder on Thursday de- form, and completely unac- prompted his outburst. Italian Italy’s assumption of the Euro- manded an apology from Ital- ceptable.’’ news reports, however, also pean Union presidency. ian premier Silvio Berlusconi ‘‘I expect the Italian premier quoted Berlusconi as saying he Berlusconi infuriated the for saying a German member to formally apologise for this planned to speak to Schroeder. German government with his of the European parliament unacceptable comparison,’’ ‘‘It was adequately prepared jibe, directed at a German would make a good Nazi con- Schroeder told parliament be- by the opposition,’’ Berlusconi centration camp guard in a fore giving an economic policy said Thursday in Rome. He has member of the European Par- movie. speech. blamed the center-left opposi- liament during an appearance Schroeder raised the ante on Berlusconi showed no sign of tion for having inspired a host Wednesday to mark the start of the diplomatic crisis, calling apologising, accusing the of negative criticism about his Italy’s presidency of the Euro- Berlusconi’s comparison ‘‘is a Italy’s left inspired the person- legal woes and conflicts of in- pean Union. Agencies
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14 Friday,July 4, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Chinese Rope Trick Gold Rush A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Charles Devenish, chairman, Australian small investors. Remember, your stock Democracy as Scapegoat for India’s Ills Indian Resources PTY, is opportunistic, exchanges at times have up to 40 million China wants to have a win-win situation with all passionate and an Indophile to boot. He is traders, and that’s a phenomenal number. its neighbours, especially with India. By Mahesh Daga should be possible for an enlightened leader- in the gold mining business and believes Your company — Deccan Gold Mines — is ship to overcome the opposition of miniscule — Hua Junduo, China’s ambassador to India Expressways. Skyscrapers. Shopping malls. that India offers the possibility of strong apparently the only listed gold mining Flashing lights. Designer labels. Brighter minorities, however entrenched. But for growth in this sector.Excerpts from an company in India. What are its activities? sun. Cleaner air. Sweeter water... China’s that, our leaders must believe that demo- interview by Aditya Chatterjee: I’m the chairman of Australian Indian charms are endless. Every time an Indian cracy is, as the textbook says, truly about the Resources PTY,which is owned by a group of Bhai-Bhai Business finds himself in heady Beijing or Shanghai people rather than a chosen few: Urban What makes you so bullish on India’s gold individuals engaged in the mining business — think of Atalji’s entourage — the glitz middle classes, countryside kulaks, CII and mining prospects? in Australia. That company, through its Cut the red tape, so India-China and glamour so dazzles the eye that it FICCI. If he understood the spirit of demo- I feel India is going to experience a major Mauritius-based subsidiary, Rama Mines, cracy half as well as he does Hindutva, Atalji trade can take off produces instant awe and wonder. Followed, mining boom and should — in the next acquired BSE-listed Wimper Trading, whose as unfailingly, by a lament: On the road to would simply ignore the next self-serving 20 years — be the dominant mining country name was subsequently changed to Deccan Even as Atal Behari Vajpayee’s recent visit to China is riches, the red dragon has left us for dead. clamour of protest. (Charting the right eco- in the world. To start with, on the supply Gold Mines. Deccan is engaged in later stage being hailed as a political and economic success, the Our half-reformed quota raj is no match for nomic course admittedly requires much else side, India possesses virgin, unexplored exploration and drilling. Another group famed Indian bureaucracy is on an overdrive to scuttle their miracle economy. beside: Statesmanship, conviction, farsight- mineral resources. On the demand side, company — Geomysore Services — directly prospective Chinese investments. So much so, Chinese In between these high-voltage emotions, edness of vision, etc. But neither democracy it has a population that spends $7 billion on owned by Australian Indian Resources PTY, ambassador to India Hua Junduo has recently gone on there is, inevitably, historical digression. nor totalitarianism has as yet found a for- gold each year. is involved in early stage exploration. record to say that Chinese firms are still finding it tough Barely 25 years ago, so runs the rueful mula to ensure these qualities in its leaders.) There are some people here, who ask me Deccan is applying for prospecting to do business here. To quote, ‘‘Chinese companies have refrain, the two South Asian giants were The lack of political freedom has played about the viability of gold mining business permits in four areas. Of these, there’s one not got a very good arrangement’’ in India. The envoy’s almost at par, equitably sharing the tag of rather a small part in the dragon story.Look in India. I tell them that all this talk of India location in Maharashtra, two — Hatti and disenchantment is not surprising. That Chinese firms have being the world’s two great partners in at it this way. If the absence of democratic having little gold in its mines is bogus. Actu- a site near Kolar region — in Karnataka, been up against India’s babudom hardly needs stating. In poverty.But look how they have leap-frogged freedoms was such a winner, then a vast ally, the misreporting of certain statements and Ramagiri in Andhra Pradesh. We’ve the recent past, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board ahead of us since: FDI, GDP,growth rate, you majority of the world — there are but a hand- made by a Russian team that visited the spent close to $9 million in these projects (FIPB) has received at least two dozen Chinese proposals to name it. The better-informed admit that the ful of democracies outside the western hemi- Kolar mines of Karnataka gave the impres- so far, and are in the process of raising invest in India, but not one of these has received the Chinese might just be as proficient at manu- sphere — wouldn’t be where they are. Those sion that India does not have enough gold in another $7 million through a rights issue green signal. In many cases the FIPB has forwarded the facturing economic numbers than at worldly who credit China’s growth to the absence of its rocks. The fact is quite the contrary. in the next couple of months and a public applications to MEA for security clearance but to no luck. things, but the gloom does not go away.In this democracy should perhaps ponder that for I’d reckon that India has the potential to issue next year. If this is the handiwork of an over-zealous bureaucracy catalogue of our shame, one ‘factor’ stands every one authoritarian or quasi-authorita- mine about 300 to 400 tonnes of gold every You see, exploration and intensive drilling which feels threatened by Chinese competition, then, out above all others — the supposed ‘cause’ of rian regime — notably in East Asia — that year — up from the current two tonnes. Even are capital intensive businesses with each the logic is extremely misplaced. In today’s globalised China’s super achievement: Totalitarianism. has been a relative success, there are rough- an idiot can tell you what a huge opportunity site costing about $200,000. So, it’s imperative environment, economic co-operation and win-win business Being a one-party state makes ly a dozen others that are ab- that offers. Then, that we approach propositions are the buzzwords. it easier for China to take solute failures. Think no far- there is the issue of the primary mar- local talent and ex- kets. The company If India indeed wants to set up industry in China or tough economic decisions. ther than our neighbourhood. Q&A India’s messy democracy, on Much of South Asia has not pertise. Here, highly- has set a timeline of wants to sell its produce to that country, it has to be the other hand, leaves little been ‘hampered’ by demo- trained geologists, 2005-06 for commenc- prepared to offer a quid pro quo deal. If the Chinese are Complex metallurgy like room for reforms. It’s this cracy for any great length of on the government’s ing commercial pro- offering huge incentives to Indian investors — including extracting zinc was political difference, alas, that time, but you would hardly pay roll, sit idle and mastered by Indian duction of gold. tax holidays, reduced land rentals and lower import duties explains why our eastern envy it for its economic fate. do nothing. All this craftsmen 2,000 years What can the govern- — India should try and find the means to reciprocate such brethren are doing so much The Chinese tale is evident- has to change. back. It’s time India ment do to facilitate offers. A lesson from the Chinese in this matter will better. (This is assuming ly a complex one. But it can’t I’m not just bull- pays back the debt of a gold rush? certainly come in handy.Till the ’70s, China hadn’t warmed that the recipe for economic be told through starry-eyed ish on India’s min- those ancient scientists Central and state up to the idea of foreign companies. But as soon as it success is no longer a matter envy and facile political ing prospects. The by investing in the governments have to realised the wealth generation and percolation effects of of debate. ‘We know what’s to binaries. Just to take one economic impact of mining sector. assist and encourage new investments and industries, it threw open the doors. be done, except democracy wouldn’t let us illustrative strand. Unlike democratic India, it will be even more Udayshankar mining exploration Consequently,Chinese citizens have been the biggest bene- do it’.) Democracy, in other words, has a communist China has shown an exemplary interesting. Take the and development. ficiaries of this policy. In 2001, China’s per capita income price. In our case, it’s our ability to prosper. historical commitment — and in this it has example of Australia. Today, western They should realise that exploration is high was $890, nearly double that of India’s $450. Adjusted for This democratic ‘tribute’ to communist followed Japan and other East Asian tigers Australia is a mining power house. But risk and requires considerable risk capital purchasing power, the Chinese were 70 per cent wealthier unfreedom would be deeply ironic, were it — in the social sector. From a well-developed all this started in I969 with a major dis- and expertise. I also feel that the government than Indians. Currently, only 5 per cent of Chinese live not so tragic. Yet, you have to be a fool to deny system of elementary education — China covery of nickel, which led to an enormous mustn’t unfairly compete through state- below the national poverty line, compared with 29 per cent that it has a certain superficial plausibility. has only a sixth of our university graduates mining boom. owned enterprises... there must be a level of Indians. Today, the Chinese are definitely speaking the From one-child norm to restrictions on but it is much closer to universal literacy — Small investors there invested heavily in playing field. The Central government can language of investment, collaboration and exploring internal travel, from stringent labour laws to to land reforms and health care. These small start-up nickel exploration companies. help by rewriting the Mining Act and synergies with Indian companies. In particular, they are suppression of dissent, the politburo is the “inclusionary” arrangements, in Amartya Many of these companies failed over the making it investor friendly. Removing highly impressed by our information technology and soft- master of all it surveys. Contrast this with Sen’s famous phrase, have facilitated wide- next 30 years, but many succeeded — and many of the discretionary powers of the ware services. So, instead of creating a maze of red tapes, the troubled fate — just in the last six months spread economic participation, laying the grew into medium and large-sized compa- ministry concerned is another good idea. why not forge tie-ups that would be mutually beneficial? — of our democracy. From tax reforms to basis for long-term growth. nies. The same events took place in Canada It should also look at introducing tax fertiliser price hike, from VAT to disinvest- If India has something to learn from the a few years later. incentives for high-risk exploration. ment. No sooner is a major policy decision so-called Asian way, then, it is not that we Today, Australian and Canadian compa- I also feel that bringing the research Today’s young are dismissed announced, than the government is forced need less of democracy (indeed we need nies compete all over the world on mineral data of Geological Survey of India (GSI) out as the ‘me’ generation to put it on hold, thanks to the perennial more), but that we need something else too. projects. India’s advantages are actually of the closet and making it available to democratic fear — losing votes. Universal vote doesn’t guarantee universal much greater than Australia or Canada exploration companies is a must. The GSI VIEW So what’s the catch? For a start, you can’t economic participation. With one-third of because it has such a large potential retail has done a very good job over the past really put the ‘failures’ of the government Indians illiterate and nearly half without investor base. 100 years. Now is the time for this good work at the doorstep of democracy. From VAT healthcare, there are strong structural It’s my feeling that the path to successful to be capitalised on. No Disconnect Between to fertilisers, Atalji’s hand has been forced impediments to how quickly we can grow. mining in India will be through the listing of I’m absolutely distressed at the way not by India’s mutinous multitudes but Truth is, there is little hard empirical a number of junior exploration companies mining and metallurgy have been ignored in Career & Social Obligations small and powerful sections of its populace. evidence to support the belief that demo- on the bourses. Some regulations will have India for centuries. Do you know the Hatti ver wondered why Diwali is not the deafening Rich farmers, middle class salariat, labour cracy is usually a drag on economic growth. to change to allow this to happen. The gold mines in southern India predate the Eenvironmental nightmare it once was? Or why aristocracy, government employees. India’s If many still want to blame it for our failures, government and the stock exchanges also Ashokan times? Or, that complex metallurgy the campaign against plastic bags is gathering democracy — particularly in the economic the reason for that lies not in economic must go out of their way to encourage the like extracting zinc was mastered by Indian momentum? It’s because schoolchildren across the sphere — is increasingly a democracy of the theory, but in a mindset which is increa- Indian investor to invest in the country’s craftsmen 2,000 years back? It’s time India country have taken to these causes with a passion not few rather than the many. singly suspicious of democratic politics for resources. Once that happens, these listed pays back the debt of those ancient scientists seen before. Never mind that they are derisively In a country of half a billion voters, it opening the door to the many. companies will surely get the support of by investing in the mining sector. dismissed as the ‘me’ generation by their so-called intellectually and socially aware elders. Certainly, today’s young are more focused on acquiring the right Think Positive, educational qualifications and pursuing lucrative Tolkien Tales careers, but what is so wrong with being clear-headed about one’s future? Surely,they can’t be whiling away By Vivian Coutinho stories come into existence. Judy Garland, who immor- Reap Benefits their time in coffee houses discussing the ills of the Tolkien used mythical talised the song Somewhere If someone were to ask you Upholding the Law world when their global counterparts are enthusiasti- creatures like elves and Over the Rainbow. where ‘Middle Earth’ was By B K Sushant cally preparing for a job market that is increasingly dwarfs and invented some And there exists a whole Deliberate well and located, my guess is you In the Mahabharata, when way of thinking and living competitive and specialised? Let’s face it, today’s cor- like hobbits and balrogs. bunch of unknown story- lean not wouldn’t have the foggiest Dharmabaka asked ‘‘Who is upsets and even uproots porate leaders are getting younger and younger.Think He apparently drew inspi- tellers — parents who gift to either side; idea. You wouldn’t be able a true Brahmin?’’ Yudhis- them from their vain and Bill Gates, Steve Case and our own Anil Ambani. All ration from ancient Anglo- their children love in great be impartial super-achievers and all in the prime of their youth to put your finger on it. Saxon, Roman and Scandi- thira answered: ‘‘The one illusory pursuits. and consult with measure by spending time who always harbours good- Positive people are strong- when they took over their mega-corporations. But you could do the next navian myths to arrive at the men of telling them stories. Often, will and good wishes for all ly rooted in the original Worldwide, the profile of professionals is changing best thing. If you placed names like Frodo Baggins law; that is the way to when they have run beings in the universe is a nature or qualities or reli- with the accent on youth and enterprise. The young your finger in the region and Gandalf. administer justice. called Down Under, in through the usual lot of true Brahmin.’’ This is the gion (Swadharma) of the are achieving a lot and achieving very fast. Leisure is His creation is reminis- tales that make up the Tiruvalluvar, a luxury that few can afford or indeed desire, given the particular on New Zealand, cent of The Wizard of Oz, power of positive thinking — self such as peace, purity, staple diet of children, they The Kural 541 single-minded dedication that their professions call you wouldn’t be off the which has mythical cha- it can bring about welfare love, wisdom and happiness. mark. Because that’s resort to creating their for all, create and sustain Nothing can uproot them ✥ for. Yet, it is not as if that they are unmindful of their racters like ‘munchkins’ own. They may be lesser social environment. Take the trend of overseas young where the international and witches. The author better quality of life and from their position of peace, Firm-seated are the mortals than Tolkien, but Indians wanting to invest in their alma maters or in blockbuster movie series, L Frank Baum was once relationships. tranquillity and equanimity foundations of some probably only be- charities. The business school in Hyderabad is an NRI The Lord of the Rings based telling children a story When the Buddha was by virtue of which they remit Eternal Law; cause they failed to write asked how to sustain a strong vibrations of spiritual contribution as are many medical institutions around on J R R Tolkien’s trilogy — about a wizard but did not in its lovely form them down. If you want to positive attitude towards energy, solace, bliss and the country.The same urge to repay is evident in more depicting a mythical battle have a name for him. The are many those who bear ill-will, he contentment. The power of and more schoolchildren. Whether it was the Gujarat between good and evil — story goes that he happened know a secret, I used to do splendid beauties. this too. And my stories answered: “If you don’t take positivity is not something earthquake or the violence that followed Godhra, the was filmed. to spot on a shelf, a pair By Eternal Law couldn’t have been all the ill-will people intend to which is god-gifted or which young have been the first to respond generously with The second movie in the of folders containing alpha- they give us that bad, considering that inflict upon you, then that can be attained by a chosen their time and material resources. Let us not condemn series, The Two Towers, like betically-arranged corres- long-lasting nurture; whenever I fell off to sleep remains with them and you few only. Rather it is the the young. As global citizens they are acutely aware The Fellowship of the Ring, pondence. On the spines of by Eternal Law in the midst of one of them, stay unaffected.” innate nature or quality of that they need to invest in the well-being of the planet has captured the imagina- these were written the have the worlds I was promptly woken up In two ways a person can the self in every human and they’ve done more than their fair share. tion of viewers, transport- letters A-N and O-Z. It entered the ing them into another was from the latter that he and implored to continue. remain uncontaminated by being which can be brought negativity: By physically or to the fore through proper universal order. COUNTERVIEW realm. This can sometimes arrived at Oz. His story But now they are lost be quite a spiritual — and went on to become one of forever. Some of them mentally dissociating the self and regular cultivation and Rig Veda IV.23-9 even cathartic experience, the most enchanting fairy might have got published. from undesirable vibrations practice of our rich and ✥ providing a respite from the tales of all time, as well And who knows, one or two through practice, penance ancient spiritual knowledge, God does command They’re Uninteresting and austerity, achieving a universal values and divine stressful world we live in. as an MGM movie fea- might even have made it to you to mental state of contemplation or It is curious how such turing the actress-singer becoming blockbusters. render back your And Unidimensional detachment and meditation on trusts to hose were the days, my friend! Journey back to the dispassion. The one’s inner self T’70s and ’80s, to that golden time when the evenings CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS second option is and on the Sup- those to whom they stretched endlessly and the young crowded the simple: By incul- reme Soul. are due; university coffee houses. No, not for a takeaway meal Faith Accompli Indo-Pak partition riots, bloodshed in cating positive The real source and when you or a quick snatch at a vanishing fast food item, but for Kashmir or Gujarat, religious differences values like peace, and sustainer of judge between the sheer joy of spending hours in passionate debates. This refers to the edit page article ‘Flimsy have been exploited to create conflicts. Reli- love, compassion positive and heal- man and man, There was nothing that was left uncritiqued, from Foundations’ (Jul 2). Whatever might be gion has not only failed to teach right values and cooperation, thy thinking, out- that you judge Indira’s socialism to the communist revolution to said in defence of religion, the fact of the to people, but it has, in fact, stunted their by broadening THE look, values and with justice: verily how American imperialism. There was no breathless matter is that the bloodiest battles in our thinking faculties by making them narrow- one’s attitude, per- powers are spiri- excellent is the teaching rush to get home, and even less to make it to the now- written history have been fought over minded. Perhaps the time has come to free ception and mind- SPEAKING tual wisdom and He gives to you! ubiquitous coaching class. Youth was synonymous religion. Whether it is the ancient Crusades, our minds from such prejudices so that we set. You have to TREE Rajyoga medita- For God is He with rebellion, with righteous anger. Indeed, youth the Arab-Israel wars, the Holocaust, may look at things in the right perspective. lift the mind from tion which facili- who hears and sees was the time to protest — against the family, against — Group Captain S N Sharma, Gurgaon narrow distinctions of mine tate and foster the process all things. the system, against the world. More importantly,youth From timesofindia.com and thine, caste, creed, com- of understanding and experi- O ye who believe! was when you absorbed values and conscientised your Iraq Dilemma munity, race and religion. encing the holy communion Obey God, soul. There would be time enough later to conform, to It also involves going beyond of one’s inner self with the Any decision to send Indian troops to Iraq and obey the Apostle, justify the pragmatism and practicability of the adult The Real Issue will negate all the values we have cherished servitude to sense organs supreme soul. world. The contrast couldn’t be more glaring. The and those charged The opposition against the initiative of from our struggle for independence. We and sensual pleasures. It From such daily doses of young today are so focused, so driven by practical with authority the Shankaracharya of Kanchi to solve cannot become identified as an occupying requires self-regulation and divine introspection and considerations that they might have been born with among you. If you the Ayodhya imbroglio is irrational. The imperialist force. It will be a mission for self-control over your meditation, eight main posi- their futures mapped out to the last detail. differ in fact that he has risen to the occasion in war-making, not peace-keeping. We will be emotions and passions. tive powers emerge and flour- The 21st century youth worships conformism. When the mind is peaceful, ish in the self. These are the anything among the larger interests of the country should sending a wrong message to the people not yourselves, Forget running away and making a bad marriage, be welcomed, not only by Hindus but by only in the Arab countries but also our content and full of positive powers of tolerance, adapt- refer it to God and marriage today is increasingly the culmination of two everyone else. However, any solution friends around the world, including in feelings for all beings, then ability, discernment, deci- His Apostle. compatible social rankings, not to mention bank to the problem might undermine the Europe and the US. The Indian public is no amount of negative stimu- sion-making, courage, coope- balances. If the youth are driven by ideology, it is the Singhals and the Togadias and force them overwhelmingly against the dispatch of lation can disturb or distract ration, patience and humility Qur’an iv.58-59 ideology of convenience. With job aspirations setting to shut shop. Understandably,they might troops to legitimise an act of sheer aggres- it from its benign state. which are essential to realise ✥ in early, life for the young student has become a Even wild animals like lions, and restore holistic health, want the talks to fail, so that an amicable sion. We should heed the voice of our own Law and order is like swirling journey from one coaching class to another. tigers, serpents are known to harmony and happiness in solution is never reached. By now the people, if not the people of the world. We patriotism. Anyone And no doubt because of the heavy investment people have understood that politicians can render assistance to the Iraqi people in have lived peacefully in the our life and society today. that has gone into making her career, the young habitats of hermits in anci- To reinforce and strength- who comes on strong don’t want any solution to Ayodhya, so various other ways, like setting up hospi- about patriotism has professional develops a blinkered, one-dimensional that they can go on milking it for votes. In tals, sending health workers and medicines. ent times because of the pow- en these powers of positivity outlook towards life. Needless to say,she misses out on erful spell of pure and posi- and spirituality as a natural got something fact the Singhals and the Shahabuddins — G K Chadha, V P Dutt, Bipin Chandra, the liberal grounding that would have given her a tive vibrations emanating force and flow in one’s con- to hide, it never fails. are two sides of the same coin. Such Mridula Mukherji and others, New Delhi They always turn more rounded personality. True, career choices have disputes enhance their political from those meditating sages. sciousness, character and out to be a crook increased, but the accent is on the paths which ensure, prospects. The media would be doing a Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page A person with positive conduct, the habits of having you’ve guessed, a fat pay cheque and the all important Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New thoughts is selfless, fearless holy companionship, godly or... a traitor yeoman service by switching off their Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] social status. So we have the swish young set, its and eager to serve, share and knowledge, self-control and or something. cameras instead of focusing on such self- No. 158 Vol. 54. 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Win-win deal Money talks It’s a merc SAP CEO Henning Alan Greenspan (left), DaimlerChrysler’s new Kagermann (left) and Fed chief and Philadel- C-class Kompressor Sharp v-p Shigeo Misaka phia Fed president will phase out the will partner in technology Anthony Santomero at existing C180 car in development aimed at a conference on India. It will be available corporate users money and banking in two versions
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L&T to build TRACKING THE Fiat to ‘nullify’ losses in India AIRWAVES assemblies for TIMES NEWS NETWORK Meanwhile, company MD launch of Palio. ‘‘This is a clear Licences choke Alebrto Montanari, who re- Full throttle indication that the company’s New Delhi: Finally, some good cently returned from Italy after performance moved in the Fiat may write off losses news for Fiat India Ltd. Its Ital- the group’s restructuring plans • right direction.’’ of the Indian venture choppers, planes ian parent has decided to ‘‘nul- were announced, sought to al- Besides, the India unit, he FM radio: CII lify’’ the Indian arm’s accumu- lay dealer and customer fears •It will be rationalised to said, plays an integral role in By Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla By Byas Anand lated losses which, sources in- by saying that Fiat Italy will hike efficiency terms of supplying compo- TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK Airborne desires dicate, is an assurance that Fiat continue to provide it with the nents to other Fiat facilities India has not been included in necessary support. •New launches on worldwide. Fiat India exports Mumbai: Imagine a scenario where it New Delhi: Engineering and •L&T seeks industrial the list of 12 overseas units to ‘‘The company has already schedule, starting with a components to Italy, Morocco, takes a growing industry ten years to cob- construction conglomerate license to make be closed down. decided to restructure its capi- new petrol Palio shortly South Africa and Poland. ble together a profit of just Rs 1.89 crore, Larsen and Toubro Ltd (L&T) assemblies, systems and While company officials said tal...Our immediate focus will ‘‘When the Palio was intro- even as cumulative losses mount to Rs 861 is now planning to be air- equipment for aircraft, the route for ‘‘nullifying’’ the be on instilling confidence in Kurla plant and ‘‘we are on duced in India, Fiat had already crore. According to the Confederation of borne. L&T is preparing to helicopters losses has not been indicated as our dealers, vendors and cus- schedule for the launch of a attained 75 per cent localisa- Indian Industry (CII), most FM radio design, develop and manufac- •Plans to tap the yet, sources said writing them tomers,’’ he added. new petrol variant of the Palio, tion. Today, it stands at 87 per channels are facing rough weather as ture airborne assemblies, recently privatised off would be the ideal route. Be- Reaffirming Fiat’s committ- to be unveiled shortly’’. cent for Palio and 80 per cent they battle the controversial issue of ex- systems and equipment for defence sector sides, the firm is also planning ment to the Indian market, He said the unit has managed for Siena making it competitive orbitant licence fees levied by the aircraft and helicopters. to rationalise its operations in Montanari said work has been to reduce its losses by 65 per in other neighboring markets government. Products for the The firm has applied for an • India to improve efficiencies. proceeding as usual at the cent year-on-year following the also.’’ A CII study shows that the private FM industrial license for going military aviation sector radio industry in the country has in- ahead with these activities, would be manufactured AFP curred combined losses of Rs 120 crore in which are aimed at catering at its Maharashtra and 2002-03, the first year of operations. And, to the burgeoning Indian de- Gujarat plants with the present licence-fee structure, fence market, sources told •It will design and build Coke to focus on 200ml, leading FM operators would soon have to The Times of India. warships, submarines, take a severe hit on their profit curve. ‘‘The foray has been high-speed boats and The only way out is the government re- planned in pursuance to the armoured vehicles Gupta takes charge placing the licence fee system with a rev- government’s decision to al- enue-sharing model or another mutually- low private sector participa- TIMES NEWS NETWORK east and south Asia group. ‘‘This is acceptable formula. If done, FM opera- ture of components, sub-as- tion in the defence sector. We the cheapest price of Coke across the tors could break-even within a couple of will also look at producing semblies and sub-systems New Delhi: Coca-Cola India says its world. And, the benefit of any cut in years, the study says. assemblies for uninhabited and provide product support future growth path rests on pushing the excise duty will be passed to the The analysis says that in the first year aerial vehicles and equip- and service,’’ the sources the smaller, 200ml bottle size. Ac- consumers,’’ Siewart added. of operations (2002-03), with the total ex- ment for the aviation sector added. cording to Sanjiv Gupta, who took He further said that in 2004, Coke penditure of Rs 169 crore, private radio on the whole,’’ the sources L&T is the latest to join the over on Thursday as president of will invest more to increase bottling companies generated revenues of only Rs added. bandwagon of large business Coca-Cola’s Indian operations, “Fo- capacity and distribution network to 48.10 crore, leaving a deficit of over Rs 120 crore. The defence equipment, houses eyeing a share of the cusing on 200ml is a long-term, sus- take this volume growth further In Mumbai alone, five private players the sources added, would be defence market. tainable, profitable growth strategy.” ahead. The details of the investment had a shortfall of Rs 54 crore on expendi- manufactured at L&T’s Prior to Larsen & Toubro, The smaller version — priced at are being charted out. Siewart said ture of Rs 80 crore. The licence fee, for plants located in Powai Ashok Leyland, Mahindra & Rs 5 — has triggered tremendous that India was fast catching up with Mumbai, was a staggering Rs 48 crore. (Mumbai), Hazira (Surat), Mahindra and a host of other volume growth, the company says. China in per capita consumption of In its ten-year analysis for the sector, Ranoli (Baroda) and Mahape firms have also announced However, industry observers feel cola. At present, a Chinese citizen CII has assumed revenues will rise 25 per (Navi Mumbai). forays into producing vari- that this low-price focus — topped drinks double the cola than its Indi- cent annually,licence fee will go up by 15 ous defence-related products with a recent series of price cuts — an counterpart. Besides, the firm also in- per cent every year but expenses will re- tends to get into design and and equipment. has put pressure on the bottomlines Gupta said 200 ml will co-exist While M&M has already and margins of both the coal majors main the same. At these rates, revenues construction of warships, with 300 ml glass bottle. While 300 ml and expenditure in the tenth year could commenced manufacture of (Coke and Pepsi). submarines and weapon plat- has a market in metros, in rural be Rs 358.41 crore and Rs 356.52 crore, re- a range of military vehicles, But Gupta feels the firm is on the forms, including high-speed markets, 200 ml is preferred. He spectively, giving a net profit of Rs 1.89 Ashok Leyland is still await- right track towards profit and boats and even armoured added that Coke’s ready-to-drink tea, crore. But the cumulative loss could ing the government nod for growth-oriented pricing. “Coca-Cola vehicles. coffee venture in select metros is do- touch Rs 861.05 crore by then. ‘‘We will undertake all pre- building armoured vehicles. India can’t always get back and ask ing well and will be given further The CII report states that the problem manufacturing activities, Besides, a host of multina- for money from the parent company. push in near future. has been compounded by low advertising from design drawings to pro- tional firms, including GM 200ml is a profitable venture.” Gupta replaces Alex Von Behr, revenues accruing to the FM channels. curement of raw materials Defence, have also shown in- Coca-Cola India’s objective is to in- who is taking over as president of The current ad spend on radio accounts and even establishing weld- terest in garnering a slice of RAISING A PROTEST: Parliament staff try to restrain a man who crease per capita consumption of Coke’s Philippine’s operations. Ap- for less than one per cent of the country’s ing processes. Besides, we the pie in the defence market interrupted German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s keynote cola on an affordable plank, adds pointment of the deputy president total ad pie of Rs 8,600 crore. will also undertake manufac- in India. address to the Bundestag about economic reforms in Berlin. Patrick Siewart, Coke’s president of will be made next week, he added. I-flex’s Hukku survived tech crash: Time Bangalore: I-flex Solutions ary contribution in scripting thriving. Their tales of sur- Ltd chairman Rajesh Hukku India’s first truly global soft- vival may even help the rest has been named by Time ware product a success story. of the tech sector get through magazine as one of the tech ‘‘This year, the magazine’s the century’s next 97 years,’’ leaders who have survived survey of global tech leaders the magazine said. the technology crash. salutes the survivors: Those ‘‘India exports $ 9.5 billion According to I-flex, Time in executives who’ve made it in code annually, but all of it its special feature, ‘‘Sur- through all the punishment is written for outsiders such vivors of the tech crash’’, and came out with their busi- as Microsoft. I want to said Hukku has made vision- I-flex chairman Rajesh Hukku nesses not just intact, but change that,’’ Hukku said. PTI
EXECUTIVE DIGEST Oracle chief to address NATIONAL Indian audience: Oracle chairman Larry Ellison will ad- ICRA takes 33% stake in dress an Indian audience for Indiacapital.Com: Rating the first time in an interactive agency ICRA has picked up a session, via satellite, at the 33 per cent stake in online In- Another victory for Merrill: A federal judge formal launch of the Oracle- diacapital.Com, a Mumbai- Hewlett Packard e-gover- based promoter of Mutual- handed Stan O’Neal- managed Merrill Lynch nance centre of excellence, fundsindia.Com for Rs 50 the first ever of its kind in lakh on Thursday. The com- its second court victory in as many days on APac region and the second pany has also an option to in the world, on July 10 in take additional 18 per cent Wednesday, dismissing New Delhi. TNN stake to take its holding to 51 a case by investors per cent. The venture was who claimed they StanChart Equity to in- started by Sanjaya Gupta, were duped by biased vest $11m in NDTV: Stan- Aditya Agarwal and Anurag research into investing Chart Private Equity Ltd will Garg. The three promoters to- in a technology fund. invest $11 million in New Del- gether own 67 per cent and hi Television (NDTV), promot- the balance 33 per cent is Ajit Ninan ed by Prannoy Roy. Both the owned by SIDBI Trustee companies have entered into Company. With ICRA taking an agreement towards this the stake, the promoter end. Lazard India acted as group’s holding will come advisor to NDTV for this down to 34 per cent. TNN transaction. The agreements are subject to regulatory ap- Perot Systems acquires provals of the concerned au- Vision Health for $10m: has a client base of 25 US hopes the demerger would in- thorities and other closing Perot Systems, the US-based companies. The revenues of crease shareholder value conditions. TNN $1.3 billion IT firm has en- Vision for 2002 was around through increased profitability tered into an agreement with $2.4 million. TNN) in future and help it to lever- PNB revises FCNR(B) the Chennai-based Vision age the emerging global auto rates: PNB has revised the Healthsource India and Vision Majestic to demerge components outsourcing interest rates on foreign cur- Healthsource Inc, to acquire engine unit: Majestic Auto, business. “The implementa- rency non-resident scheme for the latter for a consideration a part of the Hero group, has tion of the demerger will im- the US dollar, UK pound and of $10 million. Vision was set decided to demerge its prove the performance of the euro accounts, a few days up in 1997 and is one of the Ghaziabad plant into Hero basic business and will pur- after the US Fed slashed largest healthcare claims pro- Auto Pvt Ltd, an engine man- sue value-adding acquisitions refinance rates by 0.25 per cessing company in India and ufacturing company. The firm as they arise,” it said. TNN cent. PTI
ahead of the US non-farm electronics group Siemens as a tumble in Japanese gov- INTERNATIONAL payrolls numbers kept deal- AG after the firm’s better- ernment bond prices stoked ings subdued. Cash-starved than-expected performance concerns about banks’ mas- Swiss Re, Daimler, CS Alstom rose 0.6 per cent to in the last two quarters. Gold- sive bond holdings. Analysts lift eurostocks: Swiss Re, 3.01 euros after the French man said it increased its said the falls came at a time Credit Suisse and Daimler- engineering firm was given a earnings per share (EPS) when the overall market Chrysler led European shares shot in the arm late on forecast for the 2003/2004 needed a breather. Reuters higher on Thursday, fueled by Wednesday when its business year to 2.79 euros optimism over the economy shareholders agreed to a 600 per share from 2.52 euros and bullish broker comment. million euro rights issue. and kept its ‘‘outperform’’ ET INSTA POLL A rally on Wall Street gave Economy-sensitive autos, rating for the stock. Reuters Yesterday’s results: Do you bourses extra tailwind, basic producers, retailers though weaker US stock Nikkei clings to gains prefer to use cash or credit and consumer cyclicals led cards when shopping? index futures and caution on the upside, while by close: Japan’s Nikkei average clung to small gains Cash Credit Card Can’t say investors took some cash 54% 43% 03% out of oils, utilities, and by the close on Thursday af- ter a roller-coaster ride that • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users telecoms. Reuters who chose to participate, and not necessarily of saw the market’s greatest ac- the general public. Goldman Sachs ups tivity in 14 years. It rose over Today’s question: Does your Siemens’ EPS view: Gold- three per cent to a 10-month family influence your choice of man Sachs said on Thursday high before falls in bank brands when shopping? it raised its profit forecast for shares pulled it back. Shares To vote, log on to German engineering and in banks fell in the afternoon http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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16 Friday,July 4, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
Videocon Int 33.75, 34.50, 31.95, Binani Inds. 18, 18.45, 17.55, 17.80 Esab (I) 44, 46.50, 44.30 Helios & Mat 17.80, 17.10, 17.70 10.75 32.10 Biopac (I) 7.75, 7.37 45, 46.45, 43.80, 44.45 Henkel Spic 22.05, 23, 22, 22.30 Khoday (I) 15, 15.60, 14.35 33.55, 34.50, 31.80, 32.10 Birla Corp. 35, 36, 29.75, 30.10 ESI 26.60, 28, 26.30, 27.50 Heritage Fds 58, 58.40, 57.10, 58 Kinetic Eng. 96, 97.95, 86, 90.40 Vijaya Bank 18.90, 20.55, 18.55, 34.25, 34.90, 29.75, 30.15 28, 28.70, 27, 28.25 59.75, 59.75, 56.50, 59 Kinetic Moto 36.20, 34.10, 34.40 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Sensex rises 39 points 20.40 Birla Eric. 18, 16.90, 16.95 Eskay K’N’It 4, 3.95, 4.48 Hi-Tech Gear 128, 131, 125.30, 129 Kirloskar Br 129.95, 137.40, 125, 19, 20.65, 18.60, 20.40 17.60, 17.80, 16.90, 17.05 Essar Oil 9.25, 9.70, 9.10, 9.55 128.05, 128.05, 128.05, 128.05 132.90 1175 3800 Visual Soft 136.45, 137.85, 129.30, Birla Glob.F 20.65, 21, 19.45, 19.70 Essar Ship. 13.97, 15.74, 13.26, Hikal 223.50, 209, 211.25 Kirloskar Oi 131.35, 118.10, 130.60 Mumbai: Led by pharma shares, prices recovered smartly on 132 21.90, 21.90, 19.55, 20 15.52 212.15, 218, 210, 212.55 132.25, 132.25, 111.50, 127.90 1144.65 1150 3700 3639.89 Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday on emergence of heavy buy- 136.40, 137.60, 129, 131.90 Birla Yamaha 21, 21.45, 20.05, 20.60 Essar Steel 19, 19.20, 17.25, 17.50 Himat. Seide 150.50, 141 Kit-Ply Ind. 5.90, 6.35, 5.78, 6.12 1130.70 3604.03 VSNL 127.25, 128.40, 125.35, BITS 0.74, 0.58, 0.71 18.45, 19.25, 17.25, 17.50 144.45, 145, 142, 143.50 6, 6.40, 5.85, 6.10 3600 ing by bull operators along with foreign institutional investors and 126.75 BLB 7.34 ETC Networks 60, 64, 56.35, 57.60 Hind.Constn. 84.50, 86, 82, 82.05 KLG Systel 32.50, 33, 31, 32.25 1125 127.85, 128.90, 125.15, 126.70 7.80, 8.75, 7.80, 8.05 Eternit Ever 67.80, 69.75, 63.40, 83.65, 85.25, 81.30, 82 32.55, 33.20, 31.15, 32.75 1133.80 3500 3601.39 closed with sharp gains, pushing the Sensex up by an impressive Whirlpool 24.80, 25, 23, 23.05 Blow Plast 14.70, 14.95, 14, 14.50 64.25 Hind.Inks&Re 249.95, 257.95, 248, Kopran 52.80, 55, 50.70, 52.65 1100 24.90, 25, 23, 23.10 Blue Dart Ex 85, 88.80, 82.50, 83 69, 69, 63.70, 64.30 252.20 52.10, 55.20, 51, 52.80 38.50 points. The market opened on a firm note and continued to Wipro 926, 937.90, 873.10, 909.55 87, 88.50, 81, 83 Eurotex Inds 16.40, 15.15, 15.33 247.90, 259.95, 247.90, 251.90 Kothari Prod 180, 179.25 3400 rally and apart from pharma shares, scrips belonging to IT sector 930.60, 934, 870.60, 907.80 Blue Star 120, 124, 121.80 16.25, 16.25, 14.80, 15.10 Hind.Motors 15.50, 15.65, 14.50, 180.50, 180.50, 180, 180.50 1075 Wockhardt 363, 380, 358, 368.80 126, 126, 120.60, 121.65 Eveready Ind 24.25, 24.40, 22.65, 14.91 KPIT Cum.Inf 168.70, 171.05, 3300 as well old economy also rallied on heavy support. 364, 379.70, 358.60, 369.15 Blue Star In 136.50, 133.60, 134.25 23.80 15.40, 15.70, 14.45, 14.90 157.05, 158.85 1050 The rally in pharma shares was spearheaded by Ranbaxy, Zee Telefilm 96.05, 97.80, 94.05, 134.70, 137, 133, 134.60 24.25, 24.50, 22.65, 23.85 Hind.Org.Chm 24.50, 25.30, 23.60, 167.60, 171.90, 155.30, 159.40 3200 94.30 BOC 40.75, 41.50, 39, 39.15 Excel Inds. 123, 129.20, 119, 127.65 23.85 KRBL 22.80, 23, 21, 22.25 1025 Dr Reddy and Cipla. Bull operators were also active in buying some 96, 97.90, 94.10, 94.50 40, 41, 39, 39.10 121.85, 128.80, 119, 126.35 24.50, 25.20, 23.55, 24 22, 22.50, 20.55, 22 3100 Zensar Tech. 80.70, 81.70, 77.60, Bombay Burma 41, 41.05, 41 Hind.Power 41.25, 45, 40, 40.35 Krebs Bioche 155, 158.30, 146, of the heavy-weighted stocks like Infosys Technologies, Satyam 78.10 41.20, 41.20, 40.65, 40.65 F Hind.Sanitar 80, 80.60 146.70 1000 3000 Comp, HCL Tech, RIL, HLL and Grasim. The sentiment was also 80.85, 81.70, 77.10, 78.35 Bongaigaon R 42, 44.90, 41.50, 80, 81.05, 80, 81.05 Krishna Life 2.50, 2.70, 2.16, 2.54 43.80 FAG Bearings 71.90, 68.50, 69.25 Hind.Spg &Wg 12.35, 12.96, 12.10, Krone Comm 75, 78.50, 76 July 1 July 2 July 3 July 1 July 2 July 3 boosted up by sharp rise in the Dow Jones industrial average and B1 - GROUP 41.40, 45, 41.40, 44.05 71.25, 71.25, 69, 69.25 12.28 KSB Pumps 105.95, 107, 103, BPL 36.30, 37, 35, 35.20 Fairfield At 4.11, 4.80 Hitachi Home 24.30, 24.80, 23.80 103.55 Nasdaq composite index which closed higher by 96.85 points and FCGL Inds. 3.60, 3.75, 2.81, 3.13 +0.95% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING +1.06% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING 3 36.65, 36.70, 35, 35.35 25.60, 25.60, 24, 24.20 105, 107, 103, 104.85 32.5 points respectively.The total turnover rose further smartly to BPL Engg. 6.85, 6.95, 6.67, 6.71 FCI OEN Con. 101, 104.50 Honda SIEL P 139, 132.50, 147.65 6.75, 7, 6.60, 6.75 110.95, 110.95, 101, 104.95 138.85, 147.70, 138.85, 146.70 L 3M India 363, 367, 345, 346.55 FCL Techno. 26.05, 28.50, 26.80 Rs 1804.28 crore from Wednesday’s level of Rs 1429.13. Infosys Tech 360.25, 361, 347.50, 350.40 Brijlax. Le. 107.50, 107.90, 107.80 Hotel Leela. 22.60, 23, 22.75 Noble Explo. 7.40, 7.10 Sandesh Ltd. 127, 130.70, 125, 8, 8.20, 7.90, 7.95 BSEL Inform. 12, 11 26.80, 28, 26.70, 27.05 22.55, 23.20, 22.55, 22.85 Lakhani (I) 89.05, 81.30, 85.95 NOCIL 13.48, 13.87, 11.51, 11.95 125.60 Tata Yodogaw 51.25, 53, 48.60, 49.40 was on top with a turnover of Rs 232.12 crore, followed by Satyam A 11.50, 11.50, 11, 11 FDC 44.70, 45.90, 43.15, 43.60 Lakshmi Au.C 97, 98.95, 96.30 15, 15, 11.20, 12.05 132, 132, 123.70, 125.60 Tele Data In 30.70, 33, 30.20, 32.60 Comp Rs 116.94 crore, Reliance Rs 101.12 crore, SBI Rs 83.73 crore BSL 40.65, 42, 40.65 46.25, 46.25, 43.10, 43.75 I 97.65, 99, 96.50, 97.05 Noida Toll 7.45, 7.50, 6.75, 6.81 Sangam (I) 29.50, 30.90, 30.30 Texmaco Ltd. 46.90, 50.40, 45.05, A Sarabhai 7.25, 7.80, 7.10, 7.54 Burrough Wel 374.80, 490, 436.70 Fert.&Chem-T 32.65, 34, 32.60, Lakshmi Elec 46.50, 45, 46.05 7.70, 7.70, 7.10, 7.10 30.80, 30.95, 29.75, 30.10 46.60 and Bank of Baroda Rs 67.39 crore. PTI Aarti Drugs 45, 47, 40.30, 41.65 32.90 I-flex Solu 1095, 984.50, 1006.90 Lakshmi Mach 2179.60 Nova Petro. 35.55, 36 Sanwaria Agr 23.50, 22.75, 22.80 Themis Medic 44.20, 46.50, 43.05, Aarti Inds. 94, 92.25, 96.75 C 33.50, 34.10, 32.15, 32.95 1035, 1035, 975.20, 1007.50 2170.25, 2170.25, 2170.25, 40, 40, 36.05, 37.95 Saregama (I) 57.30, 57.95, 54, 55 43.70 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- 97.30, 97.30, 93, 97.05 First Leasin 20.10, 20.55, 20.20 ICICI Premie 12.65, 12.89 2170.25 Novopan Inds 31.20, 34 56.05, 58.50, 54.50, 55.35 Thiru A.Sug. 25.30 Aarvee Denim 24.55, 22.50, 23.40 Camlin 75, 78, 72, 72.30 20.45, 20.50, 20.10, 20.30 IFCI 10.37, 10.55, 9.71, 9.82 Lanco Inds. 13.55 ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, 33, 33, 33, 33 SAT Invest. 14.60, 14 26, 27.50, 26, 26.25 Aban Loyd 309, 319.95, 295, 296.20 Camph.& All 31.20, 31.95, 31, 31.40 Flat Product 101.90, 102.90, 99.50, 10.35, 10.65, 9.65, 9.80 Landmarc Lei 12.35, 14.10, 12.20, NRB Bearings 91.75, 88, 88.50 Satnam Over. 20 Thirumalai 83, 83.50, 79.50, 81.05 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last 315, 323.70, 293.30, 297.65 Canara Bank 98.60, 106, 97, 104.70 101.40 IL&FS Invt.M 22.90, 23.75 12.32 90, 90.60, 87.05, 89.05 20.45, 20.45, 19.80, 20.05 92, 92, 79.70, 81.50 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. ABC Bearings 15.80, 14.50, 14.73 98.20, 105.80, 97.10, 104.80 Flex Enginer 18.50, 17.50, 17.65 22.30, 24.30, 22.30, 23.20 LCC Infotech 4.35, 4.50, 3.75, 4.10 NRC 15.75, 17.85, 16.04 Satvah.Ispat 12.80, 12.93, 12, 12.74 Tide Water O 1285, 1300, 1260, ABG Heavy In 18.95, 20.50, 18.80, Canfin Homes 37, 37.90, 35, 35.30 19, 19, 17.50, 17.75 Ind.Swift 75.50, 77.40, 73.10, 73.40 LG Balkrish 107.50, 110 16.50, 18, 15.85, 16.05 Saurash.Cem. 11.60, 11.89, 11.40, 1260.05 364.30 Merck 309.80, 295, 298.10 18.90 36.50, 38.10, 35.50, 36.40 Flex Foods 7.75, 8.10, 8.09 Ind.Swift La 27.45, 28.95, 26.90, 112.10, 114.95, 111.50, 112.05 Nucleus Soft 83, 76.05, 80 11.41 TIL 13.81, 15, 14.90 BSE SPECIFIED 370.10, 374, 351.50, 363.60 302, 309, 293.10, 296.85 Abhishek Ind 11.45, 11.10, 11.90 Caprihans(I) 20.15, 21.95, 19.85, 20 Flex Inds. 27.25, 28.25, 26.50, 26.55 28.20 Liberty Shoe 66, 63.50, 64.20 83.10, 83.40, 77, 80.65 Savita Chem. 78, 79, 75, 76.70 13.70, 14.80, 13.70, 14.80 German Remed 299.80, 306.65, MIRC Electr. 392, 403, 390, 395 11.85, 11.85, 11.80, 11.85 Carborundum 173.55, 182, 170, 178 27.70, 28, 26.80, 26.90 27.70, 29.05, 27, 27.90 64.70, 66.60, 64.60, 65.10 80.50, 80.50, 74.35, 75.75 Timex Watch 12.57, 13.80, 12.50, & NSE INDEX 295.05, 296.25 395, 400.80, 390, 398.25 Adam Comsof 6.10, 6.50, 6.05, 6.30 171, 184, 170, 177.70 Floatglass 27, 27.40, 26, 26.10 India Foils 10, 11.33, 11 Lloyds Steel 5, 5.55, 4.90, 4.92 O SBI Home Fin 14.90, 16, 14.80, 14.90 13.17 295, 304.95, 283.20, 296.70 Moser-Baer 372, 375, 352, 355.10 Addi Inds. 23.05, 25, 24.60 CCL Products 18, 18.50 26.50, 27.50, 26, 26 10, 11.20, 9.60, 10.95 5.05, 5.55, 4.85, 4.90 15.50, 16, 14.70, 14.95 Timken India 39.90, 40, 38.55, 38.75 ABB 392, 395, 380, 380.70 Gillette (I) 377, 390.10, 385.70 370.50, 380, 351.25, 355.65 Advani Oerli 41, 38.25, 39 Ceat 44.50, 46.80, 43.65, 44.15 Forbes Gokak 77, 73.50, 74.05 India Gelat. 18.80, 19.70, 18.75, Logix Micro. 14.20, 15.90, 15.05 OCL (I) 102, 110.30 Schenec.Beck 85.15, 88.80, 85, Tinplate Co. 19.50, 21.60, 20.85 393.90, 395.95, 376.30, 380.50 374, 390.95, 374, 387.95 Mphasis BFL 350, 322, 326.55 38.80, 40.05, 38.50, 38.95 45, 47, 44.05, 44.60 Fortune Info 33.45, 31.10, 31.80 19.30 Loy.Tex Mill 78, 82.95, 74 Odyssey Tech 9.40, 9.57, 8.95, 9.15 86.75 Tips Indus. 41.90, 44, 41.75, 42.30 Abbott (I) 305, 314, 304.05, 307.75 GlaxoSmith.C 279, 270, 270.05 365, 365, 320, 323.50 Advik Lab. 17.10, 17.70, 17.30 Centur. Bank 11.35, 13.30, 11.11, Foseco (I) 142, 145, 141, 143.10 India Glycol 53, 54, 51.95, 52.10 Lumax Ind 46, 43.75, 45.45 Oil Country 13.50, 14.25, 13.28, Schenec.Herd 39.95, 40.35, 38.25, 42, 44, 41.80, 42.20 ACC 166.35, 170.25, 165.50, 168.65 263.10, 274, 263.10, 270.05 MRF 1388, 1454, 1360, 1425.90 Aegis Logis. 11.65, 12, 11.25, 11.40 12.74 143.50, 145.50, 143.50, 144.55 India Gypsum 26, 26.95, 24.75, 44.30, 44.75, 44.10, 44.20 13.50 39.70 TN Telecom 13.01, 13.40, 13, 13.05 168.25, 171, 165.60, 168.55 GlaxoSmith.P 394.80, 396.75, 374, 1387, 1475, 1360, 1427.85 12.20, 12.45, 11.25, 11.55 11.35, 13.30, 11.10, 12.65 Frontier Inf 4.15, 3.97, 4.07 26.85 Lyka Labs 35, 36.35, 34.50, 34.60 13.55, 14, 13, 13.55 38.55, 38.55, 38.55, 38.55 12.50, 13.50, 12.50, 13 Adani Export 199.10, 208.90, 202.90 377.25 MTNL 118.10, 121, 117, 119.55 AFT Inds. 59, 50, 52.30 Cerebra Inte 5.25, 5.50, 5.02, 5.12 Fulford (I) 138.60, 145, 136.40, 22.45, 24.75, 22.45, 24.75 36, 37.70, 34.50, 34.70 Omax Autos. 48.25, 48.90, 47.10, Search Chem. 20, 20.40, 19.15 Todays Writi 19.25, 20 201, 208.90, 200, 201.15 397, 397, 376.60, 383.40 119.90, 121.40, 117.10, 119.60 Aftek Infosy 286.40, 294, 268.65, CESC 45.80, 46.90, 45.25, 45.45 139.35 India Nippon 245, 263.90 M 47.35 19.90, 20, 19, 19.05 19.75, 20.20, 19.50, 19.50 Adlabs Films 60.75, 63.80, 60.05, GNFC 37.20, 36.15, 36.30 Mukta Arts 56.80, 57.50, 54.40, 290.65 46, 46.85, 45.30, 45.45 Futura Poly. 11.41, 10.80, 11 246, 265, 246, 260 48.70, 48.90, 47.25, 47.90 Selan Explor 17.25, 14.10, 14.20 Torrent Guja 11.20, 11.35, 10.80, CG Igarshi M 61.50, 66, 59.30, 60.15 India Online 5.50, 4.80, 5.49 Ondeo Nalco 325, 340, 335 60.80 36.90, 37.25, 36, 36.45 54.65 285.60, 294, 269, 289.60 G Maars Soft 10.10, 10.50, 9.95, 10.07 Sesa Goa 167.70, 169.50, 162.55, 10.85 57.20, 63.80, 57.20, 61 Grasim Inds. 510, 515, 498, 502.75 56, 57.90, 54.40, 54.90 Agro Dutch I 16, 16.30, 15.35, 15.85 61.45, 63, 59, 59.50 India Polyfi 6, 6.40, 5.90, 6.05 Onward Techn 26.70, 24.70, 25 163.60 Tourism Fina 11.25, 11.55, 11, 11.39 Chemfab Alk. 33.55, 37, 33.50, 36 Indian Card 57.90 10.70, 10.80, 10.05, 10.20 25.80, 26.35, 24.70, 24.95 Alstom Proj. 130.35, 133.95, 128.75, 515, 515, 498, 503.50 National Alu 111.50, 114.20, 108.15, 15.90, 16.15, 15.50, 15.75 Gabriel (I) 113.40, 117.90, 113, Macmillan (I 190.20, 199, 188.10, 169.45, 170, 163.35, 163.75 11.40, 11.60, 11.20, 11.30 130.20 GSFC 24.90, 25.25, 24.40, 24.95 109.25 Agro Tech Fd 54, 54.50, 50.30, 51.85 Chemplast Sa 33.25, 33.85, 31.55, 58.40, 58.40, 56.55, 57.20 Opto Circuit 45, 45.45, 43.30, 43.70 Sesha.Paper 57.10, 55, 56 Transnat.Sec 31 32.75 113.20 Indian Hume 875, 903 194.90 Orbit Multi 0.62, 0.61, 0.62 132, 132.65, 128.10, 130.30 25.80, 25.80, 24.35, 24.80 111.70, 112, 108.20, 109.50 53.50, 54, 50.10, 50.45 Galaxy Enter 20.15, 21, 17.55, 19.05 191, 198.50, 190, 195.10 57.35, 57.45, 54.75, 55.85 Transpek Ind 16, 17.20, 16.50 Andhra Bank 31.30, 33.40, 30.90, GTL 70.75, 71, 67.55, 68.75 Nestle (I) 560, 563.50, 546.70, Ahmed.Elect. 69.40, 67.15, 67.40 32.50, 33, 32.05, 32.35 880, 903, 872, 902 Orchid Chem 182, 185.45, 175.30, Sh.Cements 83.80, 87.50, 80.30 Transport Co 25.10, 25, 25.40 Chettinad Ce 57.75, 54, 54.70 Indian Resor 55, 52 Madhav Marb. 17.65, 17.75, 17.25, 178.35 33.10 70.80, 71.05, 67.30, 68.70 548.65 69, 69.75, 67.50, 68.35 17.55 102, 102, 81, 81.20 24.50, 25.80, 24.50, 25.10 31.20, 33.35, 30.90, 33 Guj.Amb.Cem. 203.55, 207.45, 570, 570, 549, 550.60 Ahmednagar F 36, 37.65, 37.50 Cheviot Co. 121.50, 122, Indian SeamM 19.50, 19.85, 185, 185, 175, 178.45 Sh.Digv.Cem. 28, 29 TRF 40, 40.05, 38.35, 39.10 117.50, 117.90 18.25, 18.40 Madhucon Prj 71, 68, 68.50 Orient Info. 35.60, 36.90, 34.50, Apollo Hosp. 134.75, 147, 129.95, 202.25, 204.45 Neyveli Lign 41.45, 47.75, 40.55, 36.15, 37.80, 36.15, 37.15 Madras Alum 92, 97, 94.45 Sh.Rama Mult 8.40, 8, 8.09 Trigyn Tech. 17.75, 18.05, 16.50, 145.85 202, 207, 202, 203.95 45.55 Ajanta Pharm 37, 41.70, 35.50, 40.95 Chola.Inv&Fi 48, 48.50, 46.30, Indo Gulf Fe 70, 71.45, 69.50, 34.90 8.50, 8.70, 8, 8.10 16.75 47.95 69.85 Madras Cem. 5650, 5735, 5555, 36, 36.30, 34.25, 34.80 134.65, 147.40, 129.50, 145.35 Guj.Gas Co. 468.70, 455, 461 41.45, 47.50, 40.90, 45.55 35.90, 41.90, 35.90, 40.80 5656.15 Shah Alloys 40.40 18.50, 18.70, 16.55, 16.75 Apollo Tyres 187.90, 192, 185.55, 465, 465, 452.10, 459.30 Nicholas Pir 377, 357.10, 359.25 Aksh Optifib 29.15, 30, 28.15, 28.50 48, 48.60, 47.45, 47.95 69, 72.40, 69, 70.10 Orient Paper 29, 29.50, 27.70, 27.90 Shalimar Pai 33.60, 34, 33, 33.50 TTK Healthca 32, 34.80, 32.50 Chowgule Stm 7.55, 8, 7.10, Indo Mat.Car 81.50, 83, 81.10, 5555, 5675, 5500, 5635.65 29, 29.50, 27.55, 27.80 186.95 Guj.Mineral 122.70, 128.40, 120.80, 383.50, 383.50, 356.60, 359.75 30, 30.35, 28, 28.30 Madras Fert. 21.95, 20.65, 20.75 Shamken Mult 11.20, 12.75, 10.30, TTK Prestige 10.99, 10.22, 10.60 189.70, 192, 184.25, 186.10 125 NIIT 151, 151.90, 143, 143.80 Albert David 43, 44.25, 41.85, 42.35 7.68 81.60 Oriental Con 36.25, 33.65, 33.75 11.84 10.20, 10.65, 10.15, 10.30 Ciba Sp.Chem 128, 132, 127, Indo Nationl 349.90, 357.50, 21.45, 21.70, 20.55, 20.70 Oriental Hot 73, 78.50, 69, 75.10 Arvind Mills 43.85, 47.15, 43.25, 122, 128.80, 120.10, 124.75 150.20, 151.95, 143, 143.90 Albright & W 190.05, 209.95 Mah.Scooter 99, 98.90, 102.15 12, 12, 10.30, 11.65 Tube Invest. 137, 138, 134.25, 46.20 HCL Infosys. 143.40, 144.50, 136.25, Nirma 339, 327.25, 330.85 Alembic 288.80, 325, 308.95 131.95 335.50, 350 76.75, 80, 74, 77.45 Shamken Spin 6.02, 6.80, 6.50 137.10 Cinevistaas 35, 36.75, 32.90, Indo Rama Sy 36.90, 39, 36.40, 101.50, 102, 100.50, 102 Oswal Chem. 6.39, 6.10, 6.17 44.25, 47.15, 43.95, 46.45 136.95 339.90, 339.90, 326.50, 329.30 280.25, 324.70, 280.25, 308.30 Mah.Seamless 177.10, 181.40, Shanti Gear 115.35, 122.50, 120.75 138, 139, 136, 137.55 Ashok Leylan 137.50, 140, 128.55, 143.45, 143.75, 136.55, 137.35 Novartis (I) 250, 255, 245, 246.10 Alfa Laval 330, 310 33 38.05 6.40, 6.40, 6.10, 6.15 124, 124, 119.35, 122.10 Tudor India 13.80, 14.50, 13.30, 35, 36.80, 33, 33.45 36, 38.60, 36, 38 173.15, 176.05 129.30 HCL Techno. 151, 154, 144.30, ONGC 480, 483.90, 473.80, 476.25 324, 325, 313.50, 313.95 181.50, 183.80, 173, 175.55 P Shasun Chem. 228.10, 234, 225.10, 13.75 135.90, 142, 128.70, 130.50 146.60 476, 483, 473, 476.95 Alka (I) 0.44, 0.45, 0.41, 0.44 City Union B 46.55, 47.70, 46, Indraprast.M 15.90, 16.49, 226.10 Tuticorin.Al 6.25, 5.75, 5.93 46.45 15.30, 15.85 Mahavir Spg. 91, 92.75, 89.10, 90.15 Asian Paints 385, 402.95, 382.50, 152, 154.50, 144.10, 146.65 Oriental Bnk 154.85, 167.45, 152.30, Alkyl Amines 30, 26.10, 26.15 90.50, 92.90, 89.20, 89.95 Panacea Biot 45.10, 47, 42, 42.15 228, 234.95, 225.10, 226.85 TV 18 97, 104, 95.10, 102.55 397.45 HDFC 391, 431, 386, 417.20 163.55 Allahabad Bk 16.95, 18.45, 16.65, 45.80, 47, 45.50, 46.45 15.60, 17.70, 15.25, 15.95 Shaw Wallace 46, 44.50, 45.40 96, 103.75, 94.65, 102.50 Clariant (I) 148, 157, 149.90 Indus.Inv.Tr 18.90 Mahind.Gesco 16.60, 19.20, 16.55, 44.60, 46.70, 42, 42.50 383.50, 403.90, 383.50, 397.25 400, 435, 385, 418.10 154.05, 168, 152.05, 163.70 18.10 18.40 Pantaloon Re 98.50, 102, 96.15, Shirpur Gold 29.75, 27, 27.75 TVS Autolec 105, 106, 100, 100.30 Aurobindo Ph 406, 415, 404, 406.45 HDFC Bank 266, 301.80, 289.85 P&G Hygiene 454.90, 457, 446, 16.95, 18.40, 16.70, 18.05 153, 154, 150, 151.50 Indusind Bnk 19.90, 21.50, 29.90, 29.90, 28.10, 28.35 TVS Srichakr 55.30, 56.95, 54.55, Classic Diam 43.10, 45.40, 19.55, 21.25 17.55, 19.40, 17.55, 18.95 96.65 405, 415, 402.60, 405.45 267, 302.10, 267, 289.85 448.65 Alok Inds. 24.20, 24.80, 22.50, 23.20 Mahindra Ugi 15.10, 15.25, 13.60, 98.80, 101.40, 96.20, 97.20 Shiv Vani Un 22.50, 23, 22.25, 22.80 56.20 Aventis Phar 379.95, 389.90, 370.50, Hero Honda 256, 261, 253, 254.35 Padmalaya Te 82.60, 88.30, 81, 24.05, 24.80, 22.50, 23.25 43.05, 44.85 19.85, 21.40, 19.45, 20.95 Shrenuj & Co 37, 37.90, 36.25 Clutch.Auto 12, 11.90, 12.62 ING Vysya Bk 294, 322, 314.20 13.73 Paper Prod. 140, 134.10, 135.95 379.90 255.05, 260.10, 253.05, 254.60 81.95 Alps Inds. 23 15, 15.20, 13.75, 13.80 146, 146, 134.50, 134.80 38.40, 38.60, 36.90, 38.30 U 379.90, 390, 370, 378.90 Hexaware Tec 127.10, 128.80, 120, 83.25, 89, 81.60, 82.70 23.30, 23.30, 22.55, 22.70 Coates (I) 106, 109, 108.30 294, 322, 290, 314.85 Shriram Inv 16.50, 17.90, 17.80 108.10, 109.50, 107.25, Innovis.E-Co 0.41, 0.40 Majestic Aut 39.90, 42.45, 39, 39.80 Paramount Co 8.51, 9.45, 8.70 UB Holdings 30.50, 32.40, 26.25, Aztec Soft. 17.80, 18.05, 17, 17.60 121.75 Pentamedia G 11.25, 10.50, 10.77 Alstom 34.80, 35.25, 33, 33.35 Malwa Cotton 41, 42.85, 39, 39.90 Parekh Plati 11, 10.53, 10.55 Shriram Tran 16.90, 17.55, 16.55, 18, 18, 17.25, 17.60 127, 127.85, 119.70, 122.30 11.10, 11.25, 10.50, 10.75 Amara Raja B 77.80, 73.15, 73.75 107.60 Insilco 17.10, 17.50, 17.05, 17.20 28.65 Cochin Minrl 14.50, 13.80, 17.20 41.50, 43, 39.25, 40.05 11.95, 11.95, 10.50, 10.55 Ucal Fuel 242, 244, 238, 239.35 Bajaj Auto 562, 572, 550, 553.25 Him.Fut.Comm 31.80, 32, 30.45, Pfizer 407, 415, 400, 402.60 70, 77.90, 70, 73.55 Man Inds.(I) 59.50, 61, 56.05, 60.40 Parry Agro 88, 88.10, 88 16.50, 17.50, 16.50, 17 563, 569, 550, 556.05 30.90 414.90, 415, 400.70, 404.15 Ambica Agarb 44, 43.05, 43.70 13.85 Inter.Travel 36.50, 37.20, 36.25, Siemens VDO 53.45, 53.25, 56.45 241, 248, 238.15, 238.45 Color Chips 9.44, 9.60, 9, 9.14 36.75 Mangalam Cem 12.45, 12.60, 11.60, Parry’s Conf 121.10, 121 Ugar Sugar 50, 47 Balaji Tele. 70.40, 71, 67.30, 67.90 31.60, 31.95, 30.45, 30.90 Philips (I) 103, 100.50, 101.25 Ambuja Cem.R 4.75, 5.69, 4.45, 5.05 12.25 127, 130.25, 125, 129.55 Siltap Che. 65, 68.50, 64.15, 65.50 70.50, 71, 67, 67.80 Hind Lever C 192, 195.70, 185, Pidilite Ind 265, 269, 265.50 5.50, 5.60, 5, 5.10 9.45, 10.50, 9, 9.20 Invest.Trust 18.55, 18.85, 17.60, 65.75, 68.05, 64.90, 65.60 Ultramarine 75.75, 73.10, 73.65 Colour Chem 238.50, 235, 235.20 Gammon (I) 140.80, 134.10, 135 17.85 12.05, 12.75, 12.05, 12.20 Patel Engg. 168.90, 180, 177.90 Unichem Lab 227, 229.90, 224, Ballarpur In 54, 55.55, 51.75, 52.05 187.65 265, 270, 265, 268.70 Amex Info. 20.85, 21.25, 19.35, 137, 139.75, 134.30, 135.05 Manglr.Chem 7.39, 7, 7.07 Patspin (I) 14.51, 15, 14.30, 14.32 Simbh.Sugar 10.50, 10.51, 10.50 54.40, 55.65, 51.55, 52.05 192.10, 193.75, 186.35, 187.50 Polaris Soft 111, 112.10, 106.25, 19.55 235, 239.90, 235, 236.50 Ion Exchange 34.50, 35.80, 34.10, Simplex Conc 34, 32, 32.55 225.30 Compucom Sof 19.60, 20, 19.50, Gandhi Sp.Tu 21, 22.10, 20.10, 21.50 34.15 Manugraph In 30.25, 30.90, 30, 15.05, 15.45, 14.30, 14.55 227, 230.90, 223.20, 224.15 Bank of Baro 116.10, 135.20, Hind.Oil Exp 32.70, 33.40, 32, 32.15 107.95 Amforge Inds 36.30, 37.55, 37 Garden Silk 37.50, 38, 35.15, 35.70 30.45 PCS Inds. 25.50, 24.50, 24.55 Sintex Inds. 54.20, 54.90, 52.10 114.75, 133.50 32.75, 33.45, 31.90, 32.35 111.40, 112.75, 106.10, 107.95 Amrutanjan 93.95, 100.50, 90.05, 19.70 IP Rings 59, 60, 57.50, 58.45 52, 53, 51, 52.60 Uniflex Cabl 8, 7.20, 7.62 Compudyne Wi 16, 16.40, 15.05, 37, 38, 35.10, 36.05 IPCA Lab. 363.70, 373, 357, 360.45 Maral Overs 22.50, 23.45, 21.15, Pennar Alum. 4.31, 4.85, 3.66, 3.69 Union Bank 34.35, 36.60, 34, 36.15 116.05, 134.90, 114.50, 133.35 Hind.Zinc 34.05, 35, 33, 33.35 Pun.Tractors 170.25, 178, 172.80 98.50 Garware Poly 35.85, 36.30, 32.55, 21.40 Pentagon Glo 2, 2.01, 1.75, 1.77 Sirpur Paper 63.30, 63.75, 62.05, Bank of Ind. 48, 51.65, 45, 50.65 Hindalco 738, 716.05, 721.45 174.70, 178.70, 172.05, 173 Amtek 60.80, 61.50, 59, 60.20 15.35 364.90, 373.40, 356, 362.10 62.85 34.45, 36.60, 34, 36.15 16, 16.40, 15.25, 15.40 32.65 Ispat Inds. 13, 13.80, 12.26, 12.43 23, 23.55, 21.35, 21.50 Pentasoft Te 7.70, 7.83, 6.55, 7.33 Unitech 47.60, 52.95, 47.55, 51.10 48.50, 51.65, 48.10, 50.65 720, 737.50, 715.10, 720.80 Ranbaxy Lab. 805, 865.10, 800, Amtek Auto 195, 191, 192.85 Garware Wall 25.10, 25.50, 24.50, Mascon Globl 11.10, 11.15, 10.70, 7.75, 7.80, 7.25, 7.40 62.80, 64.95, 62.50, 63.50 BASF 126, 130, 124.50, 125.05 Hinduja TMT 248.95, 255, 240.15, 841.50 Andrew Yule 16.30, 16.90, 16.15, Computech In 5.88, 5.95, 5.60, 5.67 12.90, 13.85, 12.25, 12.45 Siyaram Silk 48, 49.85, 47.10, 48.75 50.35, 57, 50.35, 54.05 5.90, 5.95, 5.60, 5.70 25.10 IT & T 13, 12.45, 12.46 10.98 Pharmacia He 122, 126.90, 124.85 United Brew. 120, 107, 108.95 127.15, 128.40, 124, 125 250.80 809, 874.70, 805, 844.15 16.45 Gati 49.80, 46, 46.75 Matrix Lab. 587.95, 594.90, 566.50, 124, 125.75, 122.20, 123.70 Skanska Ceme 241, 260 Bata (I) 46.70, 48.40, 45, 45.40 247.25, 255, 241.10, 251.75 Raymond 139, 142.55, 132, 132.90 Ankur Drugs 10, 12.30, 9.80, 11.78 Cont.Const. 11.25, 11, 11.50 12.90, 13, 12.30, 12.40 280, 280, 260, 260 United We.Bk 25, 27.90, 27 Control Prnt 20.50, 21, 20.50 Genesys Intl 45, 38.80, 39 ITC Hotels 59.50, 57.50, 57.55 588.15 PHIL Corpn. 7.55, 8.34, 8.04 26.70, 28, 26.05, 26.80 46.40, 48.40, 44.35, 45.15 HLL 176.70, 179.80, 176.60, 178.20 141.50, 144, 134, 135.10 Ansal Prop. 13.30, 12.55, 12.68 41, 43, 38.75, 39.75 Matsush.Tele 7.70, 8, 7.60, 7.76 8, 8.55, 7.90, 8.15 Snowcem (I) 20.50, 20.80, 19.85, Bayer Cropsc 181, 186.95, 180.15, 177.50, 179.65, 177, 179 RCF 39, 40.90, 38.55, 39.50 AP Paper 72, 68.25, 68.75 Core Health. 9.85, 10, 8.90, 9.03 56, 59.90, 56, 57.95 19.95 Univer.Cable 16.49, 16.70, 16 9.40, 9.60, 8.80, 8.95 Geodesic Inf 195.35, 180, 185 IVP 32.10, 32.70, 31.50, 31.60 8, 8, 7.60, 7.70 Phillip Carb 41.85, 41.90, 39.25 16.90, 16.90, 15.80, 16.15 182.80 HMT 22.95, 23.95, 22, 22.60 38.70, 40.90, 38.50, 39.75 Apcotex Lat. 33.10, 33.30, 31.55, 32 George Willi 52.50, 56, 52, 55 Matsushita L 43.70, 45.45, 45 41.85, 43, 39.50, 40.05 20.25, 20.75, 19.85, 20 184, 186, 182, 183.70 22.80, 23.90, 22.15, 22.70 Rel Capital 74, 75.20, 72.05, 74.50 34.50, 34.50, 31.35, 32.15 Corom. Fert. 71, 72, 70.55, 71.05 31.35, 32.45, 31.35, 32 Soffia Soft. 17.50, 16, 17 Upper Ganges 17.05, 18, 17.80 73.50, 74, 71.45, 72.20 52, 55.50, 51.70, 54.65 IVRCL Infras 62.75, 64.50, 61, 62.35 Mega Corpn. 3.60 Phoenix Lamp 15.60, 14.80, 15.05 17, 18.50, 17, 17.30 Bh.Earth Mov 92.90, 93.25, 91, 91.35 HPCL 350, 359.10, 345, 349.75 73.50, 75.30, 72.10, 74.25 Aplab 24.25, 26.50, 25.30 GIC Housing 21.50, 22.40, 20.75, Melstar Info 16.10, 16.40, 15, 15.25 Pioneer Embr 33.10, 34, 33, 33.05 18.25, 18.25, 16.50, 17.30 93.15, 93.50, 91.05, 91.45 349.35, 359.20, 345.05, 350.20 Reliance Ind 330, 335.30, 327.45, Aptech 57, 58.50, 52.25, 54.35 Cosmo Ferr. 9.95, 10, 9.25, 9.99 62.40, 64.70, 61.50, 62.05 Softsol (I) 11.99, 13.02, 11.50, 12.99 Usha Martin 42.40, 43, 38.55, 39.20 Cosmo Films 100, 102, 98, 99.65 21.10 16.40, 16.55, 15, 15.35 Plastiblend 40.30, 44.65, 44.50 41, 42.90, 38.50, 38.90 Bharat Elect 370, 381, 351, 353.05 Hughes Soft. 221.70, 223.70, 212, 330.90 57.10, 58.50, 52, 54.90 21.90, 22.45, 20.85, 21 J Mercator Lin 37.35, 40.35, 38.55 PNB Gilts 22.90, 23.95, 22.75, 23.50 Software Tec 13, 12.54, 12.60 369, 381, 350.30, 353.40 218.95 329.75, 335.45, 327.30, 330.75 Archies 64.50, 65.70, 64.10, 65 101.40, 101.70, 98.10, 99.60 12.95, 13.05, 12.50, 12.50 Usha Mat.Inf 6.69, 6.90, 6.30, 6.33 Creative Eye 16.10, 16.69, 15.50, GIVO 3.80, 4, 3.75 Metroche.Ind 23.25, 24.15 22.80, 23.75, 22.70, 23.65 6.50, 6.80, 6.20, 6.45 Bharat Forge 339, 365, 361.80 222, 223.70, 211.65, 218.45 Rolta (I) 70.95, 71.70, 68.50, 68.70 66.50, 66.50, 64.40, 64.55 Glenmark Pha 340, 314.25, 316.15 Jagatjit Ind 29.50, 29.80, 28.30 MICO 5799, 5800, 5558, 5719 Polyplex 64, 64.50, 60.60, 61.30 Solectron Ce 42.50, 43.95, 43.20 337, 365, 336.50, 360.70 IBP 577.55, 595, 574.25, 586.50 71.15, 71.90, 68.10, 68.85 Arvind Rem. 7.85, 8.42, 7.65, 7.97 16.05 Solvay Pharm 162.50, 175, 160, Uttam Galva. 14.94, 15.19, 13.80, 16.45, 16.70, 15.50, 16.05 337, 337.60, 316.70, 317.65 Jagsonpal Ph 126.10, 126.50, 122 5620, 5774, 5521, 5710.25 64, 64.40, 61.05, 61.30 14.03 Bharti TeleV 39, 39.50, 38.75, 39.20 574.90, 597.50, 572.90, 588.20 SAIL 19.45, 19.85, 18.65, 18.85 7.85, 8.35, 7.60, 7.80 Global Tr.Bk 17.75, 19.40, 17.65, 128.05, 131.50, 124.05, 126.05 Mid-Day Mul. 19.65, 20.90, 19.30, Porrits&Spen 85, 88.45, 84.15 166.65 39.20, 39.40, 38.85, 39.10 ICI (I) 152, 152.25, 149, 149.70 19.55, 19.85, 18.75, 18.85 Asahi (I) Gl 60.95, 61.90, 57.50, Crest Comm. 33.05, 34, 32.25, 32.45 Sona Koyo St 135, 137.50, 127, 14.95, 15.25, 13.70, 13.95 37.40, 37.40, 32.15, 32.45 18.80 Jai Corp 49.20, 50.85, 47.10, 48.25 19.75 Praj Ind. 72.90, 67, 67.70 BHEL 279, 284.70, 277, 277.40 149.60, 152.25, 147.65, 148.20 Satyam Comp 190.40, 194.10, 58.35 17.85, 19.40, 17.70, 18.70 Jain Irrig. 80, 82.90, 75.60, 76.50 20, 20.85, 19.50, 19.95 69, 70.25, 67.50, 68.95 134.75 V 279, 284.70, 276.85, 277.70 ICICI Bank 146.85, 149.15, 144, 178.30, 186.40 61.45, 62, 57, 58.25 CRISIL 328, 324.95, 335.70 Spel Semicon 4, 3.80 307.50, 341.80, 307.50, 341.80 GMM Pfaudler 102.45, 102.50, 79, 81.90, 76, 76.75 Mindteck 18.50, 17, 17.50 Precision Wr 37, 35.10, 37.45 Bombay Dyein 78.70, 79, 74.05, 145.70 190.65, 194.25, 178.65, 186.25 Ashapura Min 96.50 100.50, 101 Jain Studios 18.45, 18.90, 17.60 Mirza Tanner 39.25, 39.70, 38.90, 39 35.75, 37.50, 35.50, 37.50 SPIC 8.50, 9.10, 8.28, 8.81 Vaibhav Gems 24, 25.30, 24.90 74.65 145.50, 149, 144, 145.75 Saw Pipes 159.10, 164.40, 158.50, 99, 99, 95.15, 95.15 Cybertech Sy 8.56, 9.50, 9.30 8.75, 9.30, 8.25, 9 9.90, 9.90, 9.25, 9.30 GMR Techno. 9.65, 10.86, 9.30, 17.10, 18.75, 17.10, 17.90 40, 40.50, 39, 39.15 Premier Auto 6.50, 6.98, 6.50 Vanavil Dyes 51, 52.95, 50, 52 80, 80, 73.90, 74.80 IDBI 34.20, 36.25, 34.10, 34.90 160.35 Ashima 24.85, 22, 23.75 10.80 Jaipan Inds. 11.70, 12, 10.65, 11.77 MM Forgings 120, 122.80, 120.55 Premier Inst 272.50, 279, 271.35, SPL 25.20, 25.85, 24.85, 24.95 Vardhman Pol 52, 53, 51.50, 52 BPCL 285.50, 288.30, 279, 282.55 34.15, 36, 34.15, 34.80 160.20, 164, 159.05, 159.95 24.45, 24.80, 18.10, 19.75 D Goa Carbon 80.10, 83, 75, 76.40 Jay Bh.Marut 40.50, 44.10, 43.80 Mobile Tele 7.75, 7.80, 6.81, 6.99 275 24.50, 25.80, 24.40, 25.40 52.70, 52.70, 51.30, 51.85 284.90, 288.50, 279.20, 283 IDBI Bank 26, 28, 27 SBI 391, 402, 386.75, 399 Ashok Ley.Fn 64, 62.55, 63.80 Godavri Fert 94.15, 85.30 41, 45, 41, 44.40 Modipon 21.55, 22.10, 21, 21.05 275, 279.85, 271.50, 275.25 SQL Star Int 9.66, 9 Vardhman Spg 88.75, 84, 84.20 Britannia 524, 536, 520.05, 535.15 26.10, 27.90, 26, 26.95 391.50, 400, 390, 398.20 65, 65.75, 63.15, 63.35 Daewoo Motor 3.60, 4, 3.77 93.50, 96, 86.95, 86.95 Jayant Agro 49.05, 52, 48.75, 49.55 Monalisa Inf 0.27, 0.26 Premier Tyre 11.60, 10.50, 10.70 SREI Int.Fin 10.88, 10.70, 11.25 87, 87.60, 84.50, 84.60 520.50, 537, 516.05, 533.15 India Cement 24.50, 24.90, 23.55, Shipp.Corpn. 73.60, 71, 71.25 Asian Elect. 74, 74.50, 71.40, 73.35 Dalmia Cemen 186, 184.90, 185 Godfrey Phil 370, 377, 365.55, 374 48.60, 52, 48.60, 50.50 Monnet Ispat 42.40, 42.90, 39.50, Prism Cement 7.45, 7.50, 7.05, 7.14 10.75, 11.40, 10.65, 10.95 Varun Ship. 13.50, 13.60, 13.21, BSES 284.90, 285.90, 281, 281.65 23.70 73, 73.40, 71, 71.35 74.50, 74.50, 71, 73.15 190, 193, 181.10, 181.10 366.55, 372, 365, 368.75 Jaypee Hotel 11.80, 12, 10.95, 11.60 40.60 7.20, 7.30, 7, 7.15 SRF 29.70, 30, 28.70, 28.95 13.28 282.05, 285.95, 280.65, 282.30 24.50, 24.70, 23.50, 23.70 Shyam Teleco 44.80, 45, 43.25, Asian Hotels 93.50, 102, 100.25 Danlaw Tech. 32, 34.35, 31.50, 33 Godrej Cons. 122.25, 120, 120.70 Jayshree Tea 43.95, 44, 42.60, 43.25 Monsanto (I) 625, 656.35, 616, Pritish Nand 34, 36.50, 33.30, 33.85 29.50, 30, 28.55, 28.90 13.45, 13.60, 13.25, 13.30 Cadila Healt 190, 193, 184, 185.30 Indian Alumi 131, 129, 132.50 44.45 98, 102, 97.10, 100.80 Datanet Sys. 10, 7.25 122, 124, 120.05, 120.05 42.90, 44.50, 42.60, 43.55 636.55 34.95, 36.40, 33.50, 34.05 SRF Polymers 24.75, 25, 24.15, Vashisti Det 14.20, 14.40, 13.85, 191, 193.30, 184.65, 185.90 132.75, 132.75, 125.05, 128.40 44, 44.85, 43.25, 44.30 Assam Co. 18.25, 18.50, 17.60, Datapro Inf. 0.65, 0.62, 0.67 Godrej Inds. 32.50, 33.45, 32.25, JBF Inds. 14.50, 15.40, 14.25, 14.52 610.10, 658, 610.10, 632.20 Priyad.Cemen 10.50, 13 24.65 13.90 Castrol (I) 214.40, 223, 208, 208.30 Indian Hotel 251, 265, 262.30 Siemens 370, 385, 367, 374.85 17.95 DCM 10.15, 10, 10.10 32.45 JBM Tools 42.40 Morarjee Goc 20.45, 20.65, 18.25, 12.50, 12.95, 12.35, 12.75 SRG Infotech 1, 1.03, 0.97, 0.98 14.05, 14.65, 13.85, 13.95 Century Enka 97, 105, 94.35, 103.70 253.70, 265, 251.05, 260.70 363.50, 384, 363.50, 375.50 Astrazen.Ph. 390.45, 387.95 10.05, 10.40, 10.05, 10.15 32.95, 32.95, 31.60, 32.15 42.45, 42.45, 41, 42.45 19.10 Prraneta Ind 3.71 1, 1.15, 0.95, 1 Venky’s (I) 54.05, 57, 56.50 95, 105.85, 94, 103.20 Indian Oil C 403, 404.50, 390.25, 392 Silverline T 8.10, 7.70, 7.72 380, 381, 377.05, 381 DCM Shr.Con 84, 90 Goetze (I) 40.25, 43.50, 40, 41.80 JCT 8.14, 8.50, 7.80, 7.94 20, 20, 18.45, 19.10 PSI Data Sys 74, 75, 71.80, 72.25 Sri Adhikari 81.40, 87.65, 81, 82.50 57.05, 57.05, 56.50, 56.90 Century Text 81.20, 81.80, 77.50, 402, 405.50, 390, 391.70 SKF Bearing 73.90, 74.65, 70.50, Atcom Techno 13.30, 13.42, 12.50, 86, 88.90, 85.30, 88.50 41, 43.20, 41, 42 Jenson&Nicho 7.10, 7.01, 8.37 Morepen Lab 14.98, 14.25, 14.34 75.95, 75.95, 70.20, 72.60 81.50, 87.50, 81.50, 82.40 Veronica Lab 9, 9.19, 8.50, 8.64 78.80 Indian Ov.Bk 22, 24.50, 21.85, 23.80 71.20 12.78 DCW 21.25, 19.70, 19.75 Goldiam Int. 33, 30 7.20, 8.50, 6.95, 8.35 14.75, 14.95, 14.25, 14.35 PSL 66.35, 66.50, 61.25, 61.95 Star Paper 18, 17.95, 18.56 Vesuvius (I) 102, 103.75, 98, 98.40 82, 82, 77.70, 79 22.20, 24.10, 22, 23.75 73.80, 74.60, 70.50, 71.25 13.65, 13.65, 12.50, 12.80 20.25, 21, 19.60, 19.90 Goldstn.Tech 27.25, 23.50, 23.75 JIK Inds. 28.10, 28.35, 25.80, 26.45 Morgan Stan 10.05, 10.30, 10.01, 65.60, 66.40, 61.10, 61.95 17.95, 18.50, 17.50, 18.50 101.90, 103.85, 98.55, 99.45 Chambal Fert 17, 17.20, 16.90, 17.05 Indian Rayon 157.40, 162.40, Sonata Soft. 13.35, 13.40, 12.75, Atlas Copco 275, 281, 272, 274.65 Deccan Cem. 38.50, 40.95, 35.25, 40 25.20, 25.50, 23.75, 23.95 27.30, 27.35, 25.45, 26.25 10.22 Pudumjee Pul 26.50, 28.45, 26.10, State Bnk Bi 867, 909.40 Viceroy Hot. 11, 10.60 17.25, 17.25, 16.95, 17.10 150.15, 153.10 12.95 Atlas Cycles 75, 73.85, 76 Deepak Fert. 27.05, 25, 25.55 Goldstn.Tele 8.50, 11.20, 10.77 Jindal Drill 142, 145.50, 127.40 10, 10.35, 10, 10.20 26.65 State Bnk My 858.35, 853.35, 858.35 Videocon Apl 12.95, 12.25, 12.28 Chennai Pet. 53, 56, 52.35, 54.70 159.70, 166, 150, 153.25 13.50, 13.50, 12.85, 12.95 75.55, 76.75, 75, 75.15 26.50, 26.50, 25.40, 25.65 11.40, 11.40, 10.60, 10.80 Jindal Iron 124.10, 130.20, 123.80, Motherson SS 160, 185, 170.15 27, 27.75, 25.15, 26.30 State Bnk Tr 764, 783.30 12.70, 12.85, 12.25, 12.35 52.95, 55, 52.40, 54.25 Infosys Tech 3200, 3225, 2866, SPICE 35, 35.10, 34.50, 35.06 Atul 61.80, 62.60, 55.60, 56.40 Deepak Nitr. 64, 65.55, 62.30, 63.35 Gonter Peip 7.40, 7.60, 7, 7.07 124.30 160, 175, 158, 170.10 Pun.Alkali 11.25, 11.55, 10.85, 10.97 Std.Indust. 7.85, 8.20, 7.40, 7.46 Videocon Fin 17, 16.50 Cipla 790, 816, 780, 788.40 3122.10 SSI 108.95, 111, 102.70, 104.25 58.75, 62, 55, 56.25 Dena Bank 19.45, 20.30, 18.75, Goodlass Ner 229.50, 235, 226, 124.35, 130.20, 123.55, 124.30 Moving Pictu 6.65, 5.45, 6.50 Pun.Chemical 110, 119, 115 8.30, 8.30, 7.40, 7.45 17, 18.20, 17, 17 784, 815, 780, 790.20 3300, 3300, 2866, 3118.60 109, 111, 102.60, 104.50 Auto Axles 129.55, 135, 131.45 19.95 234.10 Jindal Photo 45.25, 46.60, 45, 45.15 Mro-Tek 15.45, 14.35, 14.77 Pun.Communi. 52.30, 53.80, 51.45, Sterl.Inds. 324.90, 329, 302, 311.90 Vidhi Dyestu 16.50, 16.70, 16.20 CMC 443, 447.90, 428, 429.95 Infotech En. 109, 111, 104.50, STC India 106.30, 111.90, 106.15, 135.50, 137.50, 131.80, 132.60 19.25, 20.20, 18.50, 19.55 224, 234, 224, 231.60 53, 53, 45.05, 45.40 14.55, 14.95, 14.45, 14.80 52.45 Sterl.Tools 53.50, 52, 53.80 Vikrant Tyre 15.50, 16.10, 15.05, 445, 445, 426.25, 429.80 107.20 108.90 Avanti Feeds 23.75, 23.45, 23.50 Denso (I) 33.40, 33.90, 32.30, 32.75 Goodricke 33.90, 41.55, 32.75, 37.40 Jindal Poly. 112, 115, 110, 110.05 MRPL 23.50, 23.90, 22.65, 23.15 Pun.Nat.Bank 154, 166.40, 152.50, Stl.Strips W 13.55, 14 15.30 Colgate 140.40, 142, 138.40, 138.70 103.50, 111.20, 103.50, 107.35 108.05, 111, 108, 108.90 Avery (I) 26, 25, 25.25 Dewan H.Fin. 24.10, 24.70 Goodyear (I) 42.50, 43.20, 40.90, 107, 114.90, 107, 113.90 23.45, 23.85, 22.55, 23.15 163.85 Su-raj Diamn 16.70, 17, 16.10, 16.40 Vinati Org. 17.90, 17, 18 140.50, 141.90, 138.10, 138.50 Ingersoll R 250, 254, 245, 246.80 Sterl.Biotec 42.75, 44.90, 42, 44 Avon Organic 36.90, 39.50, 34.50, 22.75, 25.15, 22.75, 25.15 41.10 Jindal Strip 206.25, 215, 206.10, Mukand 30.10, 30.40, 26.25, 28.05 154.60, 165.75, 152.80, 163.85 18.70, 18.70, 16.15, 16.30 Vindhya Tele 30.75, 30.80, 29.35, Container Co 355, 358.90, 354.05, 252, 254.90, 245.15, 247.65 42, 44.50, 42, 43.55 34.75 DFM Foods 8.70 Grabal Al.Im 24.65, 24.85 213.50 30.30, 30.50, 27.70, 28 Suashish Dia 21.10, 22.25 29.80 357.75 IPCL 117.45, 121, 115, 116.25 Sterl.Optica 54.50, 56, 52.95, 53.10 B DGP Windsor 7.16, 7.40, 6.80, 7 Graphite Ind 48.25, 49.65, 46.65, 209.05, 214.90, 205, 213.50 Mukand Engrs 13.01, 14, 12.50, R Subex System 133.40, 127.10, 31.40, 31.75, 29.20, 29.85 359, 359.95, 353, 358.25 117.90, 119, 115.20, 116.20 54.60, 57.45, 52.80, 53.05 7.25, 7.35, 6.65, 6.85 48.60 JJ Exporters 38, 38.50 13.01 129.70 Vintage Card 9.29, 9.90, 8.97, 8.99 Rain Calcing 19.40, 20.35, 18.30, Corpn. Bank 158.50, 166.10, 157.60, ITC 763, 772.40, 753.30, 755.80 Sun Pharma. 365, 380, 361, 369.95 Bajaj Auto F 64.80, 62.50, 62.95 Dhampur Sugr 16.25, 17.70, 15.10, 47.50, 49.90, 46.75, 48.55 JK Corpn. 15.48, 15.95, 14.12, 14.74 13.95, 14, 13.15, 13.35 Subhash Proj 27.10 9.35, 9.40, 9.05, 9.10 164 755.15, 772.80, 754, 757.15 366.80, 381, 362, 369.05 16.35 Grauer & Wei 26.50, 27.50, 26.85 JK Inds. 37.55, 40.75, 36.55, 37.15 Munjal Auto 48.50, 49.25, 48, 48.10 19.35 25, 25.50, 25, 25.50 Vinyl Chem. 11.10, 11.48, 10.27, 63.85, 64.20, 62.50, 62.55 18.60, 20.40, 18.40, 19.30 160.70, 166.30, 157, 163.15 ITI 22.50, 23.10, 21.70, 22.10 Syndicate Bn 24.75, 28, 24.30, 27 Bajaj Elec. 30.35, 32.90, 32 15.25, 17.50, 15.25, 16.30 Gravity (I) 16.03, 15.55, 16.06 JK Synthetic 7.25, 7.44, 6.25, 6.44 Munjal Showa 157, 160, 155, 159.85 Subros 69.50, 59, 61.50 10.55 Crompton Gr. 80, 84, 78, 80.20 22.40, 22.90, 21.65, 22 24.75, 27.90, 24.35, 26.85 Dhanalak.Bnk 18, 19, 17.25, 18.45 Greaves 24.90, 26, 23.55, 24.20 JL Morison 113, 126, 101.55, 104.85 154, 168.80, 154, 160.20 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 30.05, 33, 31.70 Sulzer (I) 150.95, 159.90, 148, 10.85, 11.75, 10.25, 10.40 Bajaj Hindus 115, 111.90, 112 30.40, 32.50, 29, 31.80 76, 84.40, 76, 80.30 J&K Bank 211.30, 227, 207.65, Syngenta (I) 130, 127, 129.75 112, 113, 112, 113 Dharamsi Mor 8.60, 8.75, 8.41, 8.50 Grind Norton 139.70, 151.40, 135.05, JMC Projects 22, 23.50, 21.95, 22.90 Murd.Ceram 16.60, 17 158.35 VIP Indus. 22.70, 23.45, 23.30 Cummins (I) 70.50, 73.80, 69, 70.05 222.75 Tata Chem 82.20, 82.30, 78.10, Dhunseri Tea 17.90, 17.95, 17.10, 137.65 Jog Engg. 10, 10.05, 9.50 Mys.Cement 9.75, 9, 9.45 Rajesh Exp 80.10, 80.50, 75.75, Sundaram Cla 331, 333.95, 323.05, 23.10, 23.40, 22.80, 22.95 Bajaj Tempo 165, 167.90, 157.50, 77.90 71, 73.50, 68.55, 70.25 211.70, 226.90, 206.65, 222.85 78.55 159.30 17.30 Gruh Finance 23.50, 24.60, 22.60, Jubilant Org 266, 290, 284.70 9.80, 9.80, 9, 9.50 325.05 Visaka Ind. 30, 32, 29.95, 31.05 D-Link (I) 56, 56.70, 55, 55.30 Jaiprakash I 52, 53.10, 50.40, 50.60 82, 82.50, 78.40, 78.65 Divi’s Lab 567.10, 581.35, 559, 24.20 299.95, 299.95, 278.35, 282.15 80.75, 81, 76.50, 79.95 330.05, 330.50, 327, 327.20 29.50, 32.50, 29.40, 31.05 Bal Pharma 28.90, 29.95, 26.50, Rajshree Sug 17.05, 18.65, 18.25 56.40, 56.50, 55.15, 55.30 52.40, 52.85, 50.35, 50.65 Tata Elxsi 86.10, 87.80, 80.80, 83.15 28.15 568.10 GTC Inds. 21.50, 18.20 Jupiter BioS 70.35, 75, 69, 70.15 N Sundaram Fst 501.10, 490, 490.20 Visesh Info 5.12, 6.15, 5.77 Dabur (I) 57.85, 58, 54.05, 54.60 JB Chemical 228.50, 233, 223, 86.50, 86.70, 80.60, 82.95 578.60, 582.10, 560.20, 568.40 21.30, 21.30, 18.70, 18.70 Jyoti Struct 38.05, 40.40, 36.40, 17.95, 18.70, 17, 18.40 510, 510, 487.05, 488.80 5.90, 5.95, 5.60, 5.60 Bal.Law.Vanl 17, 17.65, 17.60 Nagar.Agrich 16.35, 16.55 Rallis India 70.15, 71.95, 69.40, 58.40, 58.40, 54.05, 54.40 225.20 Tata Power 164, 166.75, 163, 165.20 Balaji Dist. 8.58, 9.45, 8.91 Dolat Inv. 5.50, 5.60, 5.20 GTN Textiles 38.50, 35, 36 37.45 Sunflag Iron 8.60, 9.08, 7.80, 7.84 Vision Organ 2, 2.08, 1.90, 1.95 Digital Glob 431.10, 435.70, 413, 229.70, 233.80, 223.05, 225.35 164.90, 166.60, 163.10, 165.35 Dolphin Off. 15.80, 16, 15.60, 15.90 37.90, 37.90, 35.35, 35.80 38.65, 39.50, 36.50, 37.45 Nagar.Const. 68, 65, 67.85 69.80 Super Spin. 90.25, 92, 89.30, 90 1.95, 2.10, 1.85, 1.95 8.80, 9.40, 8.60, 8.95 Nagar.Fertil 8, 8.19, 7.81, 7.86 72, 72, 69, 69.40 424.85 Jindal Steel 500, 518, 499.05, Tata Tea 225, 229.95, 222.10, 225.85 Balkrish Ind 160, 160.10, 132.25, Donear Inds. 133, 139, 125.10 Gufic Bio Sc 33.60, 34.95, 31.95, Supreme Inds 135.60, 139, 133, VJIL Consult 7.05, 7.44, 6.90, 7.20 432, 433.50, 412.25, 423.95 502.55 223, 229.95, 223, 226 DSJ Comm. 0.66, 0.75, 0.65, 0.70 32.75 K 8, 8.25, 7.80, 7.85 Rama Newspri 6.20, 6.42, 5.65, 5.72 133.80 Voltas 85, 86.90, 83, 83.60 137.30 Nahar Export 27.90, 28.95, 25.05, 6, 6.25, 5.65, 5.75 Dr.Reddy’s 1093, 1206, 1092, 503.10, 517.85, 498, 503.10 Tata Telcom 125.70, 121.10, 123.25 Balmer Law.I 46, 47, 45.90, 46.15 0.70, 0.80, 0.65, 0.75 Guj.Alkalies 37.20, 38.60, 37.05, 138.05, 139.75, 132.10, 134.90 84.50, 87, 83.35, 83.75 1189.20 Kochi Refin. 68.75, 70, 68.20, 68.45 125, 125.50, 123, 123.55 Duphar-Inter 144, 153.50, 143.10, 37.40 Kaashyap Rad 1.92, 1.95, 1.77, 1.78 26.50 Ramco Inds. 180, 177.25, 178.05 Supreme Petr 18.05, 19.35, 17, 17.26 VST Indus. 140, 140.05, 140 Balmer Lawri 90.60, 93, 90.50, 92.05 Kabra Extr 43.15, 45.50, 44.10 28.70, 28.90, 25.70, 26.55 181.85, 182, 173.70, 180 1093, 1206.85, 1093, 1193.60 69.50, 70, 68, 68.25 TELCO 208, 203.10, 204.05 92, 93, 91.30, 92.40 148.60 37.75, 38.70, 37, 37.25 18.50, 19.35, 17.20, 17.45 143.90, 144, 140, 140 Dredging Cor 330, 334, 320, 327.05 Kotak Mah.Bk 174.90, 179, 168.65, 208, 208, 203.10, 204.15 Guj.Amb.Exp. 14.50, 14.65, 14.35 43.55, 47.65, 43.55, 44.25 Nahar Indl.E 19.75, 19.95, 18.50, Ramco Systm 336, 346, 324, 325.40 Surana Tele 18.25, 18.40, 16.85, VST Tillers 26.55, 29.95, 26.50, 26.90 Balrampur Ch 137.40, 142, 140 Kajaria Cer 30.05, 33, 31.70 18.80 337.40, 338.75, 325, 327.10 E-Serve Intl 555, 522, 541.75 169.85 Thermax 271.70, 275, 261, 266.45 132, 141.65, 132, 139 E 14.95, 17.50, 14.50, 14.55 17.05 VXL Instrum. 26.75, 27.75, 26.50, 545, 550, 536.15, 544.20 179.15, 180, 169.40, 170.10 268.90, 277, 260.05, 265.40 Guj.Apollo E 62, 60 34.80, 34.80, 31.05, 31.95 Nahar Intl. 9.85, 10.45, 9.05 Rane Brake 198.50, 203.90, 196, 18.50, 18.50, 16.55, 17.30 26.75 Banco Prod. 73.90, 77, 73, 75.75 Eicher 41.30, 42.20, 40.05, 41.70 Kakatiya Cem 34.10, 39.70, 39 9.60, 10.10, 8.95, 9 199.15 EIH 174.40, 178, 177.50 L&T 250, 254, 246.15, 248.95 Thomas Cook 234, 255, 227, 229.55 Bank of Punj 18, 19.30, 17.55, 18.85 Guj.Flouroch 79, 80.90, 78, 78.75 Surat Elec. 126, 128, 124.35, 126.65 175.95, 178.95, 174.50, 177.60 251.40, 254.85, 246.15, 249.45 232, 244.85, 226.10, 230.10 40.20, 41.90, 40, 40.05 80.25, 82, 78, 78.35 34.25, 38.70, 34.20, 38.30 Nahar Spg. 102, 103.95, 95.10, 97 Rane Madras 89, 92, 86, 91.50 Surya Roshni 16.95, 17.10, 16.50, W 18, 19.40, 17.50, 18.85 Eicher Motor 155, 150, 152.90 Kale Consul. 37.40, 38, 36.25 102.75, 102.80, 96, 97.10 89.50, 92, 89.50, 90.95 Engineers (I 320, 327.40, 311.05, LIC Hsg.Fin. 126.50, 130.60, 125.55, TISCO 176.50, 176.60, 171.10, Bank of Raj. 23.55, 25, 23.05, 24.60 Guj.H.Chem 21.90, 21.95, 21.40, 16.75 315.25 129.20 172.35 150, 157, 150, 152.40 21.50 39, 39, 36, 36.55 Narmada C.Pe 15.55, 16.10, 15.70 Ravalgaon Su 2050, 2085, 2027, 16.05, 17.25, 16.05, 16.80 Walchandngr 42.75, 43.70, 41.60 23.30, 25, 23.05, 24.40 EID Parry 132.50, 132.90, 126, Kalpa.Power 48, 45, 46 16.05, 16.15, 15.45, 15.60 2060.95 41.60, 42.90, 41.60, 41.95 320, 324.90, 313, 315.70 124, 130, 124, 128.55 175.40, 176.70, 171.15, 172.35 Bannari Aman 130, 128, 128.10 21.90, 21.90, 21.40, 21.45 Surylak.Cott 33.95, 30.55 Escorts 55.90, 56.40, 54, 54.45 LML 46.90, 48, 44, 45.55 Titan Inds. 74, 74.60, 70.80, 71.40 126.70 Guj.Ind.Pow. 29, 29.90, 28.40, 28.65 48.50, 48.50, 45, 45.80 Natco Pharma 77.95, 83, 75.50, 76 Rayban Sun O 56.50, 57.95, 55.50, 32.75, 33.95, 30.25, 30.25 Warren Tea 44.10, 46, 43.70, 45.50 130, 130.95, 129, 130.75 133, 133.50, 124.90, 126.70 Kalyani Brak 325, 325, 320, 321.65 79.75, 83, 76.15, 76.70 55.95 Wartsila (I) 119, 120.90, 120 55.80, 56.45, 54.15, 54.55 47.10, 47.90, 44.95, 45.35 73.55, 74.80, 71.10, 71.70 Bayer (I) 1248.90, 1275, 1235, 28.30, 29.70, 28.30, 28.60 Sutlej Inds. 58.75, 57 Essel Propac 188.40, 194.80, Lupin 290, 319.50, 275, 307.45 TN Newsprint 63.75, 58.55, 58.80 EIH Asso.Hot 14, 15.50, 14.63 Guj.Sidh.Cem 6.40, 6.66, 6.22, 6.29 Kalyani Shrp 6.63, 7.39, 6.90 Nath Seeds 12.75, 13.15, 12.05, Reg.Ceramic 29.50, 32.95, 32.05 60.85, 60.85, 57, 58.70 119.85, 119.85, 116.05, 116.10 1273.60 Eimco Elecon 54.10, 55, 54.05, 54.25 Kalyani Stel 32, 32.50, 29.80, 30.05 12.31 29.90, 32.75, 29.65, 32.05 Wellwin Ind. 14, 13.20, 13.30 186.10, 187.85 297, 318.90, 295, 307 62.90, 63.10, 58.35, 58.75 Bayer ABS 123.90, 117.05, 118.05 6.45, 6.60, 6.20, 6.35 Suven Pharma 185, 174, 180 189.40, 194, 185.10, 187 M&M 165, 168.90, 160.50, 163.95 TN Petro 21.65, 21.70, 21, 21.05 55.95, 57, 52.80, 57 Gulf Oil Cor 69, 78.85, 76.75 Kanoria Chem 45.90, 46, 44.50 12.70, 13.25, 12.05, 12.25 Rel.Ind.Infr 51.90, 52, 50, 50.15 Swaraj Engin 229, 229.95, 218.25, 13.30, 13.50, 13.10, 13.30 122.90, 123.45, 117.35, 118.20 Elder Pharma 56, 58.40, 53.65, 56.65 42.25, 44, 41.55, 44 National Fer 58, 59, 54.75, 56.65 51.90, 52.80, 50, 50.55 Welspun (I) 33.90, 34, 33.10, 33.90 Exide Inds. 77.05, 78.50, 75.15, 164, 168.65, 162, 164.20 21.60, 21.80, 21.10, 21.15 Bayer Diagno 234, 223.50, 227.55 224.95 76.70 Marico Inds 177.25, 180, 175.10, Torrent Phar 273.70, 278, 263, 54.75, 58.55, 54.20, 57.15 H Karnatak Bnk 70.90, 74.80, 69.80, National Per 1070, 1001, 1010 Relaxo Footw 17.80, 18.70, 18.45 223, 225, 218, 224.30 Welspun Guj. 22.20, 23.55, 21.25, Berger Paint 90, 91, 89.50 Elecon Engg. 15.30, 16.25, 15.25, 74.25 National Ste 11.75, 12.10, 10.90, Revathi Equ. 118, 124, 122.50 21.40 77.30, 79.95, 75.20, 77.70 176 264.50 91.50, 91.75, 89.75, 90.05 Swaraj Mazda 132, 134.50, 130, Federal Bank 148.40, 153.25, 141, 177, 177, 175, 175.15 274.70, 277.70, 261.50, 265.30 15.35 Harr.Malayal 16.10, 16.90, 16.50 70.15, 74.30, 69.80, 73.30 11.05 Rico Auto 155, 163, 161.40 130.55 Wendt (I) 367, 375, 366.05, 370 BF Utilities 9.12, 9.75, 9.38 Elect.Kelvin 10.15, 9.20, 9.72 16.50, 17.45, 16.05, 16.10 Karur Vysya 190, 209.35, 188, 12.05, 12.10, 10.90, 11 153, 163.75, 153, 159.50 West Coast P 177, 170.50, 171.45 148.25 Mascot Systm 119.70, 121.50, Trent 190, 197.85, 195.75 Bhagya.Metal 28.15, 28.65 130.55, 135, 130, 130.75 149.95, 153, 144.50, 147.95 112.60, 115.05 184, 198, 184, 196.05 Electro.Cast 320, 364, 342.55 Hathway Bhaw 13.02, 13.35, 12.50, 204.50 Nava Bh.Ferr 73.50, 75.50, 74 RPG Cables 13.80, 13.84, 13.25, Syncom Form. 27.25, 27.80 170, 176, 170, 171.80 Bhansali Eng 35.10, 36, 35.50 319.90, 363.90, 315, 343.55 12.79 187.50, 209.90, 187.50, 204.05 75, 76, 74.10, 74.65 13.58 Widia (I) 92, 95 Finolex Cabl 120.70, 122.95, 116.20, 119.70, 121.20, 113.25, 115.40 TVS Electron 73.85, 74.40, 71.15, Bharat Bijle 387.50, 393, 387, 391.55 Synergy Log 7.82, 8, 7.66, 7.80 118.05 Mastek 288.70, 291.60, 276, 282.90 71.80 Elgi Equip 32.50, 33, 30.60, 30.85 Hatsun Agro 59.05, 59 KDL Biotech 21, 21.50, 20.15, 20.45 Navneet Pub. 154.40, 154.70, 148, 13.75, 13.80, 13.25, 13.35 Wim Plast 40.25, 39.50, 39.75 Bharat Rasay 38.10, 39.50 32.50, 33, 30.70, 31.10 Havell’s (I) 111, 110.05 20.75, 21.50, 20.15, 20.50 149.65 RPG Life Sci 35, 36.90, 35.80 Wimco 31.95, 32, 30.90, 31.45 122, 122.25, 116.50, 117.85 288.15, 290, 276.15, 282.65 68, 74.95, 68, 72 38, 40, 38, 38.55 T Finolex Inds 45.85, 50.50, 45, 45.05 Mastershare 11.75, 12, 11.95 TVS Motor Co 580, 596, 592.80 Elgitread (I 192.05, 203.50 112.50, 113.95, 110.10, 113.95 KEC Inter. 24.55, 23, 23.10 155, 156.90, 145.15, 147.45 37.90, 38.50, 36.05, 36.30 31.90, 32.25, 31.10, 31.15 Bhartiya Int 33.35, 30.60, 31.50 203, 207.75, 201, 207.75 Hawkins Cook 20.25, 20.35, 19.20, 23.80, 24.30, 23.15, 23.30 NCL Inds. 6.50, 7.01, 6.89 RPG Transmi. 9.10, 9.50, 8.55, 8.58 T Spiritual 178.20, 178.70, 178.50 Wockhardt Lf 28.50, 29.60, 28, 28.75 42, 49, 42, 45 11.65, 11.90, 11.65, 11.85 580, 595, 580, 586.20 31.50, 32, 30.10, 31.40 Gail (I) 110.90, 111, 107.20, 108.05 Max (I) 81.05, 81.95, 79.35, 79.85 United Phosp 265, 275.60, 263.05, Elpro Inter 24.20, 24.50, 23.50, 24 20 Kerala Ayurv 17, 17.35, 15.21, 15.41 Nelco 37.10, 37.50, 35.50, 35.95 9, 9.20, 8.75, 8.75 Taj GVK Hotl 53.80, 54.90, 51.60, 29.40, 29.50, 28, 28.75 Bhushan Stl. 46.50, 48.30, 45.10, Emco 47, 48.50, 45, 45.25 Hazoor Media 6.50, 6.60 Kerala Chem. 30, 25.75, 25.80 37, 37.40, 35.50, 35.85 RS Software 23, 22.50, 22.70 54.40 Wyeth 286, 275, 281.10 112.35, 112.35, 107.25, 108.15 82.25, 82.25, 79.75, 80.20 266.25 45.50 GE Shipping 52.85, 54.85, 52, 53.10 Mcdowell Co. 55.40, 56.45, 52.15, 264, 275.30, 263, 267 Encore Soft 19.40, 16.68, 16.81 HBL Nife Pow 40, 42.95, 38.60, Kesoram Inds 41.30, 42, 39, 39.40 Neuland Lab. 96, 93.55, 97.10 24.80, 24.80, 22.75, 23.15 51.90, 54.50, 51.30, 54 278, 287.90, 273.25, 279.90 BI 82.95, 77, 79.20 Eonour Tech. 4.18, 3.80, 3.85 39.20 37, 42.40, 37, 39.40 NHN Corpn. 12.69 Ruchi Soya 37.80, 38.50, 38.20 Tanfac Ind. 20, 18.65, 19.80 53, 54.20, 52.50, 53.15 52.85 UTI Bank 48.30, 48.25, 57.65 Bihar Caustc 24.50, 26.25, 25.10 Geometric So 368, 373.90, 352, 55.70, 56, 52.30, 53 48.50, 57.80, 48.30, 57.80 Epic Enzymes 12.99, 13.90, 12, HEG 56.90, 60, 56, 56.80 KG Denim 27.90, 28.70, 26.50, 27.05 Nilkamal Pls 35.55, 36, 34.55, 35.25 38.15, 39, 37.50, 38 TASC Pharma. 16.50, 15, 15.05 Y Bimetal Bear 135, 140, 134, 136.05 12.13 57.80, 60, 56.60, 57.15 Khandwala Se 10.50, 10.75, 10.50, 35.80, 36.35, 34.60, 35.10 16.95, 16.95, 16.95, 16.95 S Tata Coffee 92.05, 97.90, 97.65 Yokogawa Blu 62, 62.50, 61.20 99, 100.50, 96, 98 62.70, 64.50, 62.70, 64.50 S Kumars Nat 7.30, 7.79, 7.01, 7.05 Tata Finance 24.10, 23, 23.30 8, 8, 6.70, 6.95 24.60, 24.60, 23.30, 23.40 Z Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) S.I.Bank 48.75, 51, 47.25, 49.55 Tata Honeywl 270, 284.50, 262.20, Zandu Pharm 1900, 1825, 1837.50 MUTUAL FUNDS 48, 50.45, 47.15, 49.35 281.50 (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase S.I.C.Agency 10.26, 11.84, 11.75 1844, 1889, 1816, 1820 Open-ended Schemes 263, 282.80, 255.15, 278.75 Zenith Comp. 8.01, 9.40, 9.25 10.75, 11.75, 10.35, 11.75 Tata Infomed 92.50, 94, 91, 91.05 Sabero Org. 10.10, 8.83, 9.07 9.55, 9.60, 9.20, 9.30 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(A)(D) 11.44 11.44 11.44 Triple Ace (Reg) 10.91 10.91 10.91 Short Term 10.64 10.64 10.64 T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.31 10.31 10.31 92, 94, 91.50, 91.80 Zenith Exp. 38.60, 40, 38.60, 40 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(B)(G) 18.09 18.09 18.09 Triple Ace Inst Cum 21.70 21.70 21.70 Short Term (D) 10.23 10.23 10.23 T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.23 10.23 10.23 10, 10, 9, 9.20 Tata Infotec 172.60, 178.80, 168.10, Saint-Gobain 13.95, 15.40, 14.48 Zenith Info. 12, 13.70, 12.80 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Gilt Plus-Reg.-(AD) 11.79 11.79 11.79 Triple Ace-Inst Reg 10.91 10.91 10.91 Tax Gain 39.99 40.79 39.99 T Pension Plan (D) 12.63 12.82 12.63 169.45 13.70, 13.80, 12.85, 13 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(BG) 19.89 19.89 19.89 Deutsche Mutual Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund T Pension Plan (G) 21.89 22.22 21.89 Sakthi Sugar 10.30, 9.15, 9.28 Tata Invest. 116, 116.50, 113.60, INDEX (Div) 11.72 11.78 11.72 385DAYS - 260303 11.00 11.00 10.94 FT Balanced (G) 10.79 10.95 10.79 T ST Income (G) 1120.04 1120.04 1120.04 9, 9.70, 8.65, 9.40 ZF Steering 103.05, 105.40, 105.25 (Rs) Sales Purchase 115.80 Zicom Electn 32.80, 33.15, 31.10, 32 INDEX (G) 11.72 11.78 11.72 Alpha Equity 11.00 11.16 11.00 FT Gilt Invst (G) 13.50 13.50 13.50 T ST Income (M’ly) 1021.87 1021.87 1021.87 Salora Int. 49, 47.50 118.95, 118.95, 114.10, 115 IT Plan A (Div Payout) 11.62 11.74 11.62 Insta CP-Reg.(D) 10.13 10.13 10.13 FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.35 12.35 12.35 T ST Income (Q’ly) 1015.87 1015.87 1015.87 48.25, 49.50, 47.50, 47.70 Zigma Soft. 3.95, 4.15, 4.01 As on 02/07/2003 Tata Metalik 50.95, 55, 49.50, 54.35 Zodiac Cloth 100.90, 99.05, 101.35 IT Plan A (Div Reinv) 11.62 11.74 11.62 Insta CP-Weekly(D) 10.13 10.13 10.13 FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.34 11.34 11.34 T ST Income (W’ly B) 1046.50 1046.50 1046.50 Samkrg Pist. 40.80, 42, 40.20, 40.50 51.50, 54, 49.10, 52.10 Alliance Capital Mutual Fund IT Plan B (G) 13.49 13.62 13.49 Insta Cash Plus 10.25 10.25 10.25 FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.33 11.33 11.33 T ST Income (W’ly) 1090.67 1090.67 1090.67 Samtel Color 32.40, 32.80, 30.80, 101.95, 102.15, 99.30, 101.05 95 (D) 30.49 31.10 30.49 Income Plus Inst. A(D) 26.59 26.59 26.59 Premier Bond (Reg) 10.25 10.25 10.20 FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.29 10.29 10.29 T TMA (G) 1526.66 1526.66 1526.66 Tata Sponge 56.90, 57, 54.65, 55.75 Zuari Inds. 29.90, 31.80, 29.05, 30.50 31.70 54, 56.90, 54, 56.15 95 (G) 55.02 56.12 55.02 Income Plus Inst. 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The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,July 4, 2003
Perec not for Paris The Holy vow Age catching up Regular bouts of sciatica have meant Four-time heavyweight champion World’s best-known Olympic champion Marie-Jose Evander Holyfield married Candi women soccer star Mia Perec will almost certainly miss Smith, 24, at the Fayette county Hamm of US will have just one more out on the World Athletic courthouse. Smith wore a nurse’s chance to add to her World Cup resume meet in August. “I can’t see uniform and Holyfield was dressed later this year. ‘‘I’m getting too old for all a way out of this,” she said casually for his third marriage this,’’ the 31-year-old feels Yuvraj fails again with bat for Yorkshire
I played really well today. INDIANS AT WIMBLEDON I was really focused, I mean I had to be Leander, Bhupathi to Serena Williams Serena buries Henin SPORTS DIGEST AFP face each other again Reuters London: A vengeful Serena Williams demolished Belgian rival New Delhi: India’s Mahesh Bhuapathi and Max Mirnyi Justine of Belarus entered the semifinals men’s doubles event at Henin- Wimbledon beating Martin Damm and Cyril Suk of Hardenne 6-3, Czech Republic in straight sets in a rain-delayed match 6-2 in their on Thursday. grudge re- Serving for the match when rain suspended their match to quarterfinal match on Wednesday, the top seed duo of reach her sec- Bhupathi and Mirnyi easily won the ninth game of the ond succes- third set to complete a 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 victory, ac- sive Wimble- cording to information received here. don final on Thursday. The victory set up a semifinal clash with fifth seeds In a display of brute force that Leander Paes and David Rikl of Czech Republic in a re- left Centre Court gasping, the de- peat of French Open quarterfinal showdown. PTI fending champion buried the mem- ory of her bitter French Open semi- Important results final defeat by the Belgian with a barrage of ferocious winners. Men’s singles (quarterfinals): Mark Philippousis (Aus) beat Alexander Popp (Ger) 4-6, But British hopes of a first men’s 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 8-6; 13-Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) beat 10-Tim Henman (Gbr) 7-6 (10/8), title in 67 years evaporated when 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; 4-Roger Federer (Swi) beat 8-Sjeng Schalken (Hol) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; 5-Andy Roddick (US) beat Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean out- Women’s singles (semifinals): 1-Serena Williams (US) beat 3-Justine Henin-Hardenne Four-time Tour de France winner classed 10th seed Tim Henman in (Bel) 6-3, 6-2; 4-Venus Williams (US) beat 2-Kim Clijsters (Bel) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Lance Armstrong adjusts his hel- their held-over men’s quarterfinal. Men’s doubles (3rd round): 1-Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind)/Max Miryni (Blr) beat Martin met before a training run near Leading two sets to one Damm (Cze)/Cyril Suk (Cze) 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. Paris on Thursday. The 100th Tour overnight, Grosjean won the de France starts on Saturday. fourth set 6-4 with some shot-mak- ing to seal a 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory. Last respects for Foe: Last re- Serena will face sister Venus Read and Giles spects were paid to Marc-Vivien Foe who defeated Belgium’s Kim six days after the Cameroon interna- Clijsters 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the oth- tional midfielder collapsed at a Con- er rain-interrupted semifinal. federations Cup match and died “I played really well today — I shortly after. About 100 people in- rescue England was really focused, I had to be,” cluding family members, friends, said Serena, who had accused Manchester: Chris Read and behind off an off-cutter. And Cameroonians living in France and Henin of “lying and fabricating” Lyon supporters bade their final Ashley Giles’ unbroken Vaughan (3), who came in his at the French Open semifinal last eighth wicket stand helped usual number three position, farewell to a great player and a pop- month. ular character in a sport not known England to a defendable 223 after saying he would bat for its warmth. They filed past an for seven in their triangular four, was then caught behind open coffin in a chapel until late af- Serena Williams celebrates after her semifinal victory over Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium at Wimbledon series day/night One-day In- off Pollock. ternoon. Foe’s body is due to be on Thursday. Williams won 6-3, 6-2. ternational against South Somerset left-hander flown to Cameroon on Friday. AFP Africa at Old Trafford here Trescothick, who made an Roddick cruises: In his first when Henman tamely netted a Play on all courts was delayed by on Thursday. unbeaten 114 in England’s Crore for Special Olympics Wimbledon semifinal Grosjean backhand return. two hours, 40 minutes due to rain six-wicket win over the Pro- team: Ram Naik, the minister for will face unseeded Australian “Especially against Tim here at but Roddick was unflustered as he Wicketkeeper Read (30 not out) and left-arm spinner teas at The Oval on Saturday, petroleum and natural gas an- Mark Philippoussis, who complet- Wimbledon. I started pretty well, won 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to book his first then took charge. nounced a bonus of Rs. one crore Giles (20 not out) put on 47 in ed a thrilling comeback from two Tim missed a few shots and that Wimbledon semifinal, where he Trescothick faced 92 balls for the India’s Special Olympics 35 balls to break a strangle- sets down to beat German Alexan- helped me to finish the match.” will play Swiss fourth seed Roger including seven fours. AFP team. India won 34 gold, 36 silver der Popp 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 8-6 on Earlier on Court One, the book- Federer. hold established by paceman and 40 bronze in the recently con- Court One. The pair had been level makers’ favourite for the men’s ti- Federer shrugged off his back Shaun Pollock’s miserly one SCOREBOARD cluded Special Olympics at Dublin, at two sets all and 2-2 overnight. tle, American fifth seed Andy Rod- complaint to defeat Dutchman for 21 from 10 overs. Ireland. TNN “It is never easy to come back dick, made light work of experi- Sjeng Schalken, who was strug- England: Marcus Trescothick (60) Trescothick c Boje b Van Jaarsveld 60 Book on Indian soccer the day after,” said a beaming enced Swede Jonas Bjorkman in gling with a foot problem, 6-3, 6-4, 6- and Anthony McGrath (53), V Solanki c Boucher b Ntini 4 released: Indian footballers’ bare- Grosjean, who sealed his victory their men’s quarterfinal. 4 on Court Two. Reuters who shared a third-wicket M Vaughan c Boucher b Pollock 3 foot appearance in the London stand of 114 in 159 balls laid a A McGrath st Boucher b Boje 52 Olympics and the latest attempts to A Flintoff c Smith b Kallis 12 CRICKET UPDATE solid platform before Eng- J Troughton c Gibbs b Ntini 5 reclaim some of the past glory at the land suffered another mid- C Read not out 30 Asian level are just two of the ‘Sto- dle-order slump. R Johnson b Ntini 10 ries from Indian Football’, a new Board’s thrust on future A Giles not out 20 After captain Michael book on soccer which hit the stands Bangladesh on backfoot Extras: (b 4, lb 10, w 10, nb 3) 27 on Wednesday. The author, Jaydeep Brisbane: Matthew Innes blasted an unbeaten 128 TIMES NEWS NETWORK though the modalities were Dalmiya said: “These two Vaughan won the toss and Total: (For 7 wkts, in 50 overs) 223 being worked out but it had teams won’t be national sides chose to bat first in overcast Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-7, 3-121, 4- Basu, a noted football journalist, de- and Rhett Lockyear compiled 90 runs before the New Delhi: In their bid to 140, 5-162, 6-162, 7-176. scribes the ‘triumph and disaster’ of been decided in principle but like English county conditions, England lost ear- Australian Academy declared at 258 for three and improve the supply line of fu- Bowling: Pollock 10-4-21-1 (2 nb), Nti- India’s gold medal win at the inaugu- then restricted Bangladesh to 53 for one on the that the points system for the chamions or West Indian ly wickets. ni 8-0-38-3, Hall 7-0-43-0, Langeveldt ture cricketers, the Indian 6-0-25-0 (1 nb), Boje 10-0-46-1 (2 w), ral Asian Games in Delhi in 1951 and opening day of their cricket tour match here. Ranji Trophy would be am- Busta Cup champions.” Makhaya Ntini, (3/38), the crushing 1-10 defeat to Yu- board (BCCI) on Thursday Although India coach John struck first when he had Van Jaarsveld 5-1-18-1 (2 w), Kallis 4- Innes and Lockyear shared a 180-run third-wicket decided to stop all one-day mended. 1-18-1. goslovia in the very next year. PTI stand after the Bangladeshis had the young Aus- “The recommendations Wright has urged for faster Vikram Solanki (4) caught matches for the under-17 age wickets around the country, tralians struggling at 20 for two with Tareq Aziz and group and under.Also, to bol- made by the captains and the BETTING METER Mashrafe Mortaza snaring a wicket apiece. Lock- Dalmiya was satisfied with ster the fitness of future coaches will be forwarded to Formula One story so far year was caught behind off Mohammad Rafique the job done by the Grounds WIMBLEDON cricketers the state associa- the Technical Committee.” with the total at 200 and left-hander Innes, a day shy and Pitches Committee. Defending champion Michael Schumacher is leading the tions lacking a gymnasium The Working Committee Men’s (Eventual champion) of his 20th birthday, continued with Callum Fergu- “We got their report and drivers’ championship but only just. With the French GP and a fitness trainer will also ratified the participation A Roddick 11/8 son (18) in an unbeaten 58-run stand for the fourth also from the experts in New coming up on Sunday, we take a look at the past races. soon have both. of two foreign teams in the M Philippoussis 7/2 wicket. Zealand. Based on that we Announcing this after the next season’s Duleep trophy. have concluded that these re- Australian Grand Prix, MARCH 9 R Federer 4/1 Brief scores: Australian Cricket Academy: 258/3 decl (M. Innes 128 not Melbourne S Grosjean 11/2 out, R. Lockyear 90); Bangladesh 53/1 (H. Shakar batting 32, H. Bashar bat- second and final day of Indi- laid pitches will need about ting 13). AFP Scotland’s David Coulthard, in a McLaren, (as per ladbrokes.com) an board’s Working Commit- NZ’s tour of India an year to show their true na- tee meeting here Thursday ture. So we’ll wait till then,” won the season-opener. LIVE ON TELEVISION Sehwag scores quick 30 the board chief Jagmohan September 23: Arrival he said. 1. David Coulthard (GBR) McLaren, 2. Dalmiya told reporters: “The September 26-28: v Board So New Zealand, who are Juan Pablo Montoya (COL) Williams, 3. London: India’s dashing opener Virender Sehwag DD Sports: 1500 hrs: Junior badminton ban on one-day matches upto President’s XI, Vizag slated to tour India this year, Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) McLaren played a cameo knock of 30 off 21 balls to enable championships final (Chennai). the under-17 age group is one October 2-4: v India ‘A’, Rajkot can well expect the nature of Malaysian Grand Prix, MARCH 23 Leicestershire score 72 for one in reply to War- October 8-12: 1st Test, Mohali ESPN: 0130 hrs (Saturday): US women’s of the three recommenda- the wickets for their two Test Sepang wickshire’s first innings score of 253 at close on the or Kanpur Open golf. tions made by the newly- matches and the triangular opening day of their four-day Frizzell County October 16-20: 2nd Test, Mo- Finland’s Kimi Raikkonen, in a McLaren, Star Sports: 1725 hrs: F-1 - Friday formed spinners’ panel. We series with Australia, to be Championship tie at Grace Road on Wednesday.In hali or Kanpur posted first F1 victory of his career. qualifying. have also accepted the other typically slow. another match, Yuvraj Singh continued with his Tri-series : 1. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) McLaren, 2. Ten Sports: 1930 hrs & 2105 hrs: European two — to conduct regular The Kiwis, who are to ar- lean patch scoring only six runs for Yorkshire who October 23: India v New Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari, 3. Fer- PGA Golf: Smurfit European Open Day 2. rive in India on September made 314 for seven against Derbyshire on the open- workshops for spinners and Zealand, Chennai (d/n) nando Alonso (SPA) Renault invite former spinners to October 26: India v Australia, 23, will play two three-day ing day of their division two tie.PTI Brazilian Grand Prix, Interlagos APRIL 6 train the youngsters.” Gwalior (d/n) matches before the back-to- Dalmiya, though, was October 29: Australia v New back Tests in Mohali and Jordan’s Giancarlo Fisichella was declared the winner - Afzaal hundred Don’t overdo things: Chappell quick to add that India will Zealand, Faridabad Kanpur from October 8, five days after rain-affected race. The FIA accepted there November 1: India v Australia, had been a timekeeping error in the chaotic finish. New Delhi: Former Australian captain Greg Chap- particpate in the under-17 Dalmiya said. Asia Cup to be held later this Mumbai (d/n) 1. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Jordan, 2. Kimi Raikkonen pell believes the role of the coaches should be lim- November 3: Australia v New It’ll be decided later frustrates India A year. “We are the hosts of (FIN) McLaren, 3. Fernando Alonso (SPA) Renault ited to honing the natural skills of a cricketer and Zealand, Pune whether Mohali or Kanpur London: The touring India ‘A’side was warns that “excessive coaching” can ruin a play- this one-day tournament and November 6: India v New will host the first Test. San Marino Grand Prix, APRIL 20 literally sent on a leather hunt as Not- er’s career.Chappell, who is in Chennai these days, can’t go back on our commit- Zealand, Cuttack (d/n) The tri-series will com- Imola tinghamshire notched up 265 for three also feels that too much dissection of a technique ment. But after the tourna- November 9: Australia v New prise of ten matches with all Michael Schumacher, claimed an emotion- at close, with showers reducing the to put a point across to the player does not prove ment we’ll request the Asian Zealand, Guwahati three teams playing each oth- al victory, on the day his mother died. day’s play to only 80 overs, on the open- useful. “I am not saying coaching is not required. Cricket Council that in fu- November 12: India v Aus- er thrice, according to the 1. Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari, 2. ing day of their three-day tie at Trent But excessive coaching can hurt,” Chappell, who ture this tournament be tralia, Bangalore (d/n) schedule announced by Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) McLaren, 3. Rubens Bridge thanks to a brilliant unbeaten attended the coaching seminar in Chennai organ- played on a two-day format,” November 15: India v New Dalmiya. Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari ised by MRF “Excessive coaching is doing more Dalmiya said. Zealand, Hyderabad (d/n) All of India’s six matches century by Usman Afzaal. November 18: Final, Kolkata Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona MAY 4 In front of a smattering of specta- harm than good. A lot of careers can be ruined by There was more on domes- and the final in Kolkata will a single instruction from the coach,” he said. PTI tic front. Dalmiya said that be a day-night affair. Michael Schumacher, wins his second race in a row and tors, medium pacer Lakshmipathy Bal- gives the new Ferrari F2003-GA a winning start. aji struck early for the Indians clean 1. Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari, 2. Fernando Alon- bowling Guy Welton for 25, with the to- so (SPA) Renault, 3. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari tal on 53. But that was their only suc- cess until shortly before tea as Afzaal Strike force: Gagan owes it to the seniors Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, MAY 18 and Darren Bicknell (52) added 89 for Michael Schumacher survived a pit-lane fire to claim his the second wicket before the latter be- By Darryl Crasto flex hits and quick a lot of time practising, shooting statemate Prabjhot Singh, Gagan third successive victory for Ferrari . came Balaji’s second victim. & Sanjeev Samyal shots are the name from every angle. Right now I want says it is nothing new. ‘‘We have 1. Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari, 2. Kimi Raikkonen Nottinghamshire (1st innings): D Bicknell c Bhandari b TIMES NEWS NETWORK of the game,’’ he to improve my receiving a bit been playing together for quite a (FIN) McLaren-Mercedes, 3. Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari Balaji 52, G Welton b Balaji 25, U Afzaal batting 114, B Mumbai: Hockey is probably one adds. more,’’ says the Punjab Police offi- few years now, starting from the Shafayat c Jaffer b Kartik 6, G Clough batting 39; Extras: As for the award, cer. days at the Air-India Academy, Monaco Grand Prix JUNE 1 (lb-12, w-1, nb-16) 29; Total: (For 3 wickets, in 80 of the fastest ball-games today. It overs) 265; Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-140, 3-154. becomes even more demanding if Gagan gives all the As for Dhanraj Pillay’s new role through to the junior India ranks Pablo Montoya clinched only the second Bowling: Balaji 19-1-82-2,Bhandari 14-1-51-0, Pathan you happen to be a striker: there’s credit to his team- as feeder and Gagan taking over and now with the senior national win of his career to end Williams’ 20-year 15-7-36-0, Kartik 26-5-56-1, Bharadwaj 3-0-13-0, just a split-second to make your de- mates. ‘‘The feeding the skipper’s role of striker,Gagan team. Our understanding is sim- wait for another triumph. Gavaskar 2-0-9-0. Rayudu 1-0-6-0. PTI cision. was excellent. That was the main says: ‘‘Dhanraj has a wealth of ex- ply terrific.’’ 1. Juan Pablo Montoya (COL) Williams, 2. India spearhead Gagan Ajit reason for my success. Good goals perience and is doing an excellent Gagan’s exploits have not gone Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) McLaren, 3. Michael Vancouver’s Olympic Singh agrees. ‘‘Quick thinking and come from good passes. We have job as a playmaker. In fact, all my unnoticed and he has been flooded Schumacher (GER) Ferrari. swift action are the keys to becom- developed a very good understand- best goals have come from Dhan- with offers from clubs in Italy, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, JUNE 15 ing, formed a nice combination success delights India ing a good goalscorer. My father raj’s passes.’’ Malaysia and Holland. But be- Michael Schumacher won. Registered the top spot in the and the team spirit is great. (Olympian Ajit Singh, who is the But if the goalscorer walks away cause of India’s busy internation- championship standings for the first time this season. New Delhi: Vancouver’s successful fastest goalscorer in Indian ‘‘The award definitely makes me with all the kudos, isn’t there a al calendar he is not interested 1. Michael Schumacher (GER) Ferrari, 2. Ralf Schumach- bid to host the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic history — inside 15 sec- feel very nice as there were some feeling of jealously among the sen- right now. ‘‘I want to focus totally er (GER) Williams, 3. Pablo Montoya (COL) Williams brought a smile to the faces of Indian onds against Argentina in 1976) very big names in the tourna- iors? ‘‘There is absolutely nothing on playing for the country,’’ he sports officials on Thursday.The Cana- keeps drilling these points into my ment.’’ of that sort. The goalscorer don’t says. European Grand Prix, JUNE 19 dian city’s victory on Wednesday head,’’ he says. Gagan Ajit Singh With both, his father and uncle get all the credit; the playmakers As for his immediate goal, Nurburgring means the Indian capital of New Delhi was named the player of the four- (Hermik Singh, Indian captain at also have an equal hand in it. After Gagan is training his sights on the Ralf Schumacher claimed his first win of is almost certain to host the Common- nation hockey tournament in Ger- the 1972 Olympics) being stalwarts all, everyone is working towards Champions Trophy, and his ulti- the season. wealth Games the same year. Conven- many earlier this week. He, inci- of the game, hockey was a passion the success of the team. In fact, the mate dream is ‘‘to help India win 1. Ralf Schumacher (GER) Williams-BMW, tion dictates that one country will not dentally,scored in all the matches. for Gagan right from the begin- seniors keep on guiding us.’’ medals in big tournaments, espe- 2. Juan Pablo Montoya (COL) Williams- host two major sporting events the ‘‘You have to decide your move ning. And he wanted to be a strik- Dwelling on his lethal and now cially by scoring the winning BMW, 3. Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Ferrari same year. AFP even before receiving the ball as re- er ever since he can recall. ‘‘I spent feared combination with Punjab goals.’’
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18 Friday,July 4, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
AFP Boxers ready for the big challenge Ganguly, Hari falter Nakchivan (Azerbaijan): bronze went to Alexander By Indraneel Das THE INDIAN QUARTET Drawing inspiration from The Indian contingent would Zubov of Ukraine who won TIMES NEWS NETWORK great Indian boxers like Gur- return empty handed from his final round against Ramanand Akhil Kumar charan Singh, Jitender Ku- New Delhi: For Common- the World Junior chess cham- Kanep Meelis of Estonia (Light; Ser) (Fly; Rlys) mar, Dingko Singh, Ra- wealth Games gold medalist pionships with none of the with black pieces. 25, Jabalpur 22, Gurgaon manand is looking forward Mohammad Ali Qamar this competitors from the coun- India had to face disap- •1996-97 •2003 Edua to reaping rewards for his pointment in the girls’ sec- will be not only be a radical try finishing in the medal •Asian Champ. Garcia gold tion too with Dronavalli test of his boxing skills but steely resilience; a zeal to do bracket after the conclusion bronze •2002 Natl. Harika failing to win her fi- also his character. A test he justice to the name of his of the 13th and final round •5-time Natl champ nal round game against needs to come with smoothly. peers. on Thursday. champ Shukurova Meihriban of After all, the World Champi- Mohd Ali Qamar (Lt-fly; Rly) V Harikrishna (Lt-welter; Rly) The other two, Akhil Ku- Grandmasters Surya Azerbaijan. She had to nar- onship attracts the Goliaths 23, Kolkata 22, Chennai mar and V Harikrishna, are Sekhar Ganguly and Pentyla rowly miss out on a medal of the planet. And with an •2002 CW •2000 Junior first timers in the amateur Harikrishna could only man- finishing fourth with seven eye on the Athens Olympics, Games gold World champi- circuit. The former is a firm age to draw their games and believer in kismat and the tallied eight points each from points. Qamar wants to add as much •2002 Asiad onship quarters Top final standings: Boys: 1. punch in his fists as possible quarters •2002 National latter in karma. National a possible 13 to finish eighth Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov (10); 2. Sergei from the Worlds. He is one of •2001 Worlds Games gold coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu and ninth respectively. The Azarov (9.5); 3-5. Alexander Zubov, Kadir the four Indian boxers picked quarters medal felt Akhil was the boxer of gold medal was won by top Guseinov, Vugar Gashimov (8.5 each).... 8- for the big event. •4-time Natl •2003 National the future. “He was excep- seeded Grandmaster 9. Surya Shekhar Ganguly, P Harikrishna (8 champ champion each); 17. G Rohit (7.5); 18-19. P Mahesh “I’ll have to do well,” said tionally good in Cuba,” said Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov of Chandran, Deepan Chakravarthy (7 each)... Qamar a couple of days Sandhu. For the first time an Azerbaijan who played a 33. S Arun Prasad (6); 35. Abhijit Gupta ahead of the trip to Bangkok tive pugilist from Kolkata. in this third-time-lucky Indian boxer was adjudged quick draw in his last game (5.5) Girls: 1. Nana Dzagnidze (9.5); 2-3. (Friday) for the July 6-12 “Let’s hope, I get third time frame of mind. 25-year-old the best boxer of the tourna- to finish on 10 points. Sergei Cristina Calotescu, Zeinab Mamedjarova lucky,” he said with an imp- Ramanand, too will be par- (7.5 each); 4-5. D Harika, Ekaterina Ubien- championship. The recent ment in Edua Garcia where Azarov of Belarus secured nykh (7 each); 6-7. Tania Sachdev, Eesha Cuban training jaunt had ish smile. ticipating in a World Cham- pugilists from Cuba and the silver medal after he too Karavade (6.5 each); 13. Saheli Nath (5.5) reinvigorated this diminu- Qamar is not the only one pionship for the third time. Brazil also participated. drew his game while the 24. Mahima Rajmohan (4). PTI Barca set deadline for Kluivert Ballet Master proves merit Port upset Sporting Barcelona: Barcelona have given Dutch star Patrick Kluiv- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Camino Plate: 3 Y-O Only: 1,600m: Stornoway 56, Se- Kolkata: Kolkata Port Trust pulled off the ert until July 17 to sign a new contract or leave. Kluivert has cret Valour 56, Star Again 56, Rubik 56, The Big Fight first major upset of the Kolkata super divi- been linked with a move to join team-mate Ruud van Nistel- New Delhi: Ballet Master (K Kariap- 54.5, Cats Affair 54.5,Astor 54.5, Rivendell 54.5, Birth- sion football league, upstaging formidable day Present 54.5, Sedgemere 54.5. Kumararajah rooy at Manchester United and with Arsenal. pa atop) pipped Moon Mission (Gajen- Mohammedan Sporting 2-1 on Thursday.The Barcelona Director of Sport Txiki Begiristain said Kluiv- der Singh astride) by a whisker in the MAM muthiah Cup: 20-35: 2,200m: Trajan 60, The Complete Man 57.5, Indian Native 56.5, The Soothsay- portmen took the lead through Pradip Indu ert’s agent, Sigi Lens, had been unable to contact him at his Turf Hawk Cup at the Kolkata races Arjun Atwal of India watches his shot off the 10th tee during er 55, Global Princess 54.5, Annapolis 52.5. HB Gun- while Rahim Nabi restored parity before Sri- the first round of the European Open at The K Club in Straf- holiday hideaway. Barcelona have told Kluivert they plan to on Thursday. dappa Gowda Memorial Cup: 40 & above: 1,200m: fan, west of Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday. cut his wages and the player is now free to activate a clause Results: Hydrofoil Handicap: Bigshow 1, Altigraph 2, Tide of Fortune 62, Soviet Bay 56.5, Almond 52, Impe- manta Das struck the winner. PTI Destiny Dance 3. Everynsky Cup: Smart Charmer 1, rial Legend 51, Brunswick 49,Winelight 47. Royal Tern which would let him leave for a cut-price 1.8 million Euros. Bay Dragon 2, Cariappa 3. Young Lady Handicap: Gal- “We can wait until 17th July. If it gets really tight, we’ll Plate (Div.I): 10-25: 1,200m: Braid Hills 62, Hamilton lant Romeo 1, Flossy 2, Sergeant Slipper 3. Sweet Ellar 62, Ek Ek Ek 61, Katina 61, Pelf 60, Poem 60, I Am start to look at other options, but I’m still optimistic,” Be- Handicap: April Ace 1, Kings Crest 2, Software Classic Beautiful 59.5l, Bin Tin Tin 59, Kingley 59, Combat Way ‘NRIs can help Indian soccer greatly’ giristain told the club’s website. “Our position is crystal 3. Turf Hawk Cup: Ballet Master 1, Moon Mission 2, 58.5, Parisien Belle 58.5, Astigmatic 57.5. Noble clear: either he accepts our conditions or he can exercise the Kargil Soldier 3. Contralto Handicap; Schumacher 1, Princess Plate: 10-25: 2,200m: Turbnator 62, Bar- TIMES NEWS NETWORK It means players of Indian ori- currently training under Stephen Brave Venture 2, Idolize 3. Bright Hanovar Handicap: roness Orczy 61, Real Power 59, Agnivarsh 57.5, Sun- gin, currently plying the trade in Constantine for the Milk Cup, Das buy-out clause.” Barcelona are also interested in Leeds Unit- Followme 1, Bright And Clear 2, Onewonone 3. dial 57.5, Lion Hunter 55, Triple Treasure 53.5, Beauty Kolkata: The All India Football any part of the world, will be eli- Munshi said, “If the young man ed’s Australian international Harry Kewell. AFP Bangalore acceptances: Following Mission 47. Manitou Plate: 3 Y-O Only: 1,400M: Initi- Federation president is expectant- gible to don national colours. impresses Stephen (Constantine), are the acceptances for the Bangalore ation 56, Accolade 56, Red First Point 56, Royal Lega- ly looking forward to the monsoon Apart from other possiblilities, I then he may be seen playing in the races scheduled for Saturday: cy 56, Torodoro 56, Water Brook 56, Smooth Criminal session of the Parliament. Priya Chantille Plate: 0-15: 1,600m: 2.30pm: Brilliant Dia- 56, Amazing Ability 56, Pine Forest 56, Cybergenic 56, hope this particular aspect will be Milk Cup for India.” mond 62, Caape City 61.5, Dream Coat 61, Alto 58.5, Don Minstrel 54.5, Unrestrained 54.5. Royal Tern Plate Ranjan Das Munshi, an elected a shot in the arm of Indian foot- The date, July 16, is currently at Auchterarder 58.5,Towering Success 57.5, Zhanna 57, (div.II): 10-25: 1,200M; 6.00pm: Galaxie Dust 61.5, In- member of the highest policy- ball,” said Das Munshi, who was the foremost of the AIFF presi- Solace 56.5, Simple And Sweet 52, Quest For Peace 49. quistive 56.5, Abyssinia 56, Blushing Star 55.5. making body in the country, will in the city on Thursday to inaugu- dent’s agenda. “All our future be there to cheer the amendment rate a website launched by Mo- plans will get the seal of approval of the citizenship act. “The hammedan Sporting Club. in the AFC meeting on July 16. It amendment of the act will allow a When pointed out that Simran includes our long-term projects as person to have dual citizenship. Singh, a Denmark-based Indian is well as short-term ones.” CAPITAL SPORT Delhi boys for NCA: Delhi under-17 captain Gau- rav Chhabbra, Gaurav Shar- ma, Punit Bisht and Ankur Garg, Delhi under-15 cap- tain Karan Harit have been selected to undergo training for the under-17 camp at National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. The training will be for a month from August 2 to 31st. DSA league: Rohini F.C., Ajmal Khan F.C., Nivia F.C. Venus F.C. registered wins in the group -II, III and I of the Delhi Soccer Associa- tion (DSA) ‘B’ division annu- al open clubs football league championship being held at Dr. Ambedhkar Sta- dium and Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium (east) grounds here on Thursday. Result: Rohini F.C. b New Friends F.C. 1-0; Ajmal F.C. b Union F.C. 3-0; Nivia F.C. b Lodhi Athletic Club 1-0; Venus F.C. b Young Bengal Association 2-1.
Balwinder shines: A fine 55 by Balwinder Singh helped KG Colts beat Young Friends by two runs in the DDCA under-15 cricket tournament at East Point School grounds. KG Colts 169 in 39.4 overs: Bal- winder Singh 55, Ankit Maini 3/36, Amanjeet Singh 3/40), Young Friends Club 167/9 in 45 overs: Avnit Gupta 39, Surender Singh 2/23.
Jadeja scores ton: A brilliant century by banned India batsman Ajay Jadeja (101 n.o.) helped Air Sahara beat Indira Gandhi Stadium by four wickets to lift Dr. Za- kir Hussain memorial cricket tournament at Jamia Millia grounds on Thursday. Indira Gandhi Stadium 206/8 in 40 overs: Siddharth Verma 89 n.o., Ajit Chandela 3/32, Vikas Chandan 2/23, Kapil Mehta 2/37. Air Sahara 210/6 in 39.1 overs: Ajay Jadeja 101 n.o., Sourav Saxena 2/29.
RR Gymkhana wins: A fine knock by Onant Jai Singh helped Rohtak Road Gymkhana beat Little Mas- ters Club by 28 runs to enter the final of Madhur Vihar un- der-15 cricket tournament. R.R. Gymkhana 204 in 33.5 overs: Onant Jai SIngh 44, Mayank Kapila 4/36, Baby Sham 3/14. Little Mas- ters Club 176 in 34.3 overs: Ananya Sen 79, Rahul Kumar 3/17).
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Friday,July 4, 2003 19 Ronaldinho could end up with Real Paris: Brazilian World Cup the moment Real Madrid Beckham shirts, see how they go winner Ronaldinho is more have the advantage. I spoke AP Madrid: England captain likely to sign for Real about it with (Real Madrid David Beckham broke all FIFA’s no to Madrid than Manchester President) Florentino Perez records for replica shirts United, the president of his again on Tuesday.” sales on his first day as a French club Paris St Ger- Despite the signing of Real Madrid player, the club ‘striptease’ main said on Wednesday. David Beckham, Graille Francis Graille met Unit- claims Real want to recruit said on Thursday. Geneva: In a move, FIFA has ed chief executive Peter 23-year-old Ronaldinho in a Club officials said its ordered football players to Kenyon during the day but deal worth 35m euros that main souvenir shop along- keep their shirts on during said a move to United was would see him stay at PSG side the Santiago Bernabeu matches and banned all cele- no closer to completion de- for another season before stadium sold 8,000 shirts bratory post-goal stripteases. spite their talks. “Manches- moving to Spain. with the No 23 that Beckham FIFA boss Sepp Blatter ter United have made us of- United meanwhile, an- will wear in little more than said on Wednesday that the fers, but the deal has not nounced on it had captured the seven hours on Wednes- decision taken by FIFA’s ex- made any progress,” said Cameroon midfielder Eric day. ecutive committee in Paris Graille. Djemba-Djemba from Two hundred were sold in was designed to restore ‘‘or- “We are also in contact Nantes. The Reds have paid the first hour after Beckham der and discipline’’ to the with another club, but for Nantes $ 5.88 million. AFP had formally been presented game, saying that simply too with his new jersey by Real much flesh had been on dis- Madrid’s honorary presi- play at the Confederations dent and legendary striker Cup. “There were several Alfredo di Stefano. awkward situations,” he told But then the numbers the Swiss newspaper Blick. started to rocket once news Players who ignore the spread around the Spanish new regulation risk the yel- capital that Beckham’s shirt low card for baring their was in stock. chest — or bra, as with Bran- Real said that by the close di Chastain who pulled off of trading on Wednesday, her shirt after scoring US’s the shop had exhausted its winner in the Women’s initial supply of Beckham’s World Cup final against Chi- shirt. na four years ago. AP To put Beckham on your A fan looks at the last two David Beckham shirts left on sale back is not cheap. at the official Real Madrid shop soon after Beckham was un- Real Madrid’s replica veiled on Wednesday. Over 8,000 shirts sold in seven hours. shirts are the most expen- livery from the manufactur- the official version. sive of any club in the Span- ers. Becks thanks United fans: ish first division and cost 78 Beckham’s shirt sales will In Manchester, Beckham said euros each, which is 54 please Real Madrid presi- a televised farewell to Man- pounds for any English visi- dent Florentino Perez, who chester United fans, and tor. has always admitted that he thanked them for saving his Beckham’s first day sales signed the former Manches- career after France ’98. put all the other recent big ter United player as much Beckham became the most signings in the shade. for his commercial pulling- hated player in English soc- Brazilian World Cup win- power as his ability with the cer after he had been sent off ner Ronaldo sold 2,000 shirts ball at his feet. in England’s game against on the first day after he Counterfeit shirt manu- Argentina. Only the support joined Real Madrid from In- facturers were also quick off of the United followers main- ter Milan last summer. the mark. Shirts with Beck- tained his confidence when In 2001, only 300 shirts ham’s name and number he was jeered by opposing with Zinedine Zidane’s were already on sale by fans wherever he travelled, name and number were sold Wednesday evening in he said on Wednesday. on the first day after the tourist traps such as “The fans were one of the Frenchman’s world record Madrid’s Puerta Del Sol, reasons why I kept going af- transfer from Juventus was where street traders — usual- ter the World Cup of ‘98. It formally completed. ly illegal immigrants — dis- was a difficult time for me,’’ Not a single Luis Figo play their wares on blankets Beckham said. shirt was sold in July 2000 strewn across the pavement. “I had strength with my on the first day after the Por- One street trader was pre- family and the manager. But tuguese international pared to sell — after some out on the field, while I was moved from bitter rivals haggling — a slightly flawed not alone, I needed a lift and Barcelona owing to the fact pirate copy of Beckham’s the fans did that for me. that they were none in stock replica shirt for 18 euros, less That season totally turned after problems with the de- than a quarter of the price of my life around.” Agencies Woods knows who is ‘hot’ Lemont, (Illinois): The PGA Tour’s decision to start testing for illegal equipment is a good first step, Tiger Woods says. But he wishes more could be done. “The PGA Tour has tak- en a step in the right direc- tion and I’m happy about that,” Woods said on Wednesday after playing a Pro-Am at the Western Open. “It’s just a matter of making sure that the game is preserved, it’s policed. “It’s the greatest game in the world, and I want to see it stay that way.’’ The No. 1 player in the world has been the most vocal on the question of ‘‘hot’’ drivers, saying he thought there were illegal clubs on the tour.On Wednesday,he went a step further, saying he personally knows one player who uses an illegal club. ‘‘Just watching his ball come off the face, you can just tell,’’ Woods said. Woods hasn’t reported the player,but he has talked to him about it. AP
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20 Friday,July 4, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
GRASSHOPPER Asia too big to accommodate Oceania, says Velappan AFP Rain is good for business: Rain or Sydney: Socceroos coach tion general secretary Peter FIFA had promised the the deal following pressure no rain, Wimbledon fans are used to Frank Farina might regret Velappan has said Asia, em- champion of Oceania, the from the powerful South buying wet-weather gear. Just ask Char- inviting himself and Aus- bracing 44 federations, is too smallest of its six continen- American confederation, lotte Pavry, a vendor who was selling tralia into Asian World Cup big already and there’s no tal confederations, an auto- which had had its World Cup plastic rain capes alongside Court No. 1 qualifying and calling for the room for Oceania, which was matic berth at Germany 2006 allocation cut from 5 berths on Wednesday.”We sell many of them Oceania confederation to be stripped of direct entry to in a landmark decision last to 4 1/2 to accommodate even when it’s dry,” she said. “Because abolished. the World Cup during a FIFA December. But the sport’s Oceania in the quadrennial, people think it’s going to rain. And that’s Asian Football Confedera- meeting last weekend. governing body reneged on 32-nation tournament. AFP the British sense of humour.”It did pour yesterday, and Pavry said she sold about 150 capes - at $5.60 each - in the space of a few hours.The rain many be bad for players and fans, but it’s good for business.Waterlogged fans jammed The Wimbledon Shop tucked under Court No. 1 to stock up on a few sou- venirs - all carrying the Wimbledon logo.So soaked fans could only read the prices and weep:Men’s neckties $40-62, hooded sweatshirt $72,basic T-shirt $37, cricket-style sweater $78, silver business cardholder $48, wine decanter and two glasses $148 Dominating Russians: Shamil Tarpishchev is predicting great things from his young Russian women. Five Tennis fans wait out a rain delay during the quarter final match between Tim Russians made the final 16 this year: Henman and Sebastein Grosjean at Wimbledon on Wednesday. 21-year-old Elena Dementieva, 21-year- ing to dominate women’s tennis in the bledon as he tries to become the first old Anastasia Myskina, 16-year-old future.” Maria Sharapova, 18-year-old Svetlana Englishman to win the men’s title in 67 Kuznetsova, 18-year-old Vera Zvonare- From Henman Hill: Two of Wimble- years. “We had thunder and lightening va.”I think it marked a great success for don’s most dominant themes over the at one point and the British don’t move, our tennis,” said Tarpishchev, who last few years came together on we just sat there and suffered,” said heads the Russian tennis federation, Wednesday on Henman Hill.First, spo- Englishman Bill Henry, who was sitting “just wait until next year. They will have radic rain stopped play three times.Sec- among several thousand fans on the matured by then and that is why I be- ond, Tim Henman was playing for the hillside named in Henman’s honour be- lieve they will win Wimbledon. We’re go- seventh time in the quarterfinals at Wim- hind Court No. 1. Now, Brazilian Stars call for smaller racquets dies on pitch By Akshay Sawai Whereas in the 80s there easier to wield and have a TIMES NEWS NETWORK were many men players who much larger sweet spot com- Rio De Janeiro: 21-year-old would serve and volley on fast pared to wooden racquets. Brazilian soccer player col- London: John McEnroe, surfaces, today it would be lapsed and died on Wednes- Boris Becker, Martina difficult to name ten. Conse- day,apparently from a stroke, Navratilova and Pat Cash are quently,our sport has become while training with his Sao among the former players unbalanced and one-dimen- Paulo league club Botafogo. who signed an open letter sional. We see few matches in- His death comes a week af- written to Francesco Ricci volving players with contrast- ter Marc-Vivien Foe died Bitti, the International Ten- ing styles. Instead we have while playing for Cameroon nis Federation president, countless baseliners using in the Confederations Cup in venting worry that serve-vol- western grip forehands and France. ley tennis was dying. They two-handed backhands hit Third division Botafogo have asked to reduce the size with fierce topspin. club doctors tried to revive of racquets. We are con- The letter, also signed by Maximiliano Patrick Fer- cerned about the changes India’s Vijay Amritraj, reira — known as Max — that have taken place in the blames modern racquets and when he collapsed. He was nature of tennis over the past coaches. Modern technology taken to hospital where he 15-20 years,’ the letter, sent on has developed powerful, light, was pronounced dead. Thursday,says. wide-bodied racquets that are Botafogo’s doctor Alexan- dre Veja said today the cause of death had yet to be deter- mined. He said the player had no history of medical problems. The club is based in the provincial city of Ribeirao Preto around 400 kilometres from Sao Paulo. Foe was the first footballer to die during an official tourna- ment and the first to die in a full international since Nige- ria’s Samuel Okwaraji col- lapsed on the pitch in a World Cup qualifier against Angola in 1989. AFP
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