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Established 1838 India’s tough Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Govt won’t foot All growth, including political growth, is the result of risk-taking. line on terror power VRS bill — Jude Wanniski By Himanshi Dhawan tised in 2002. It provides Rs NEWS DIGEST TIMES NEWS NETWORK 1,000 crore for pension and ter- minal benefits for 35,000 pen- New Delhi: Exactly 6,000 em- Mumbai DCP held: Mumbai’s sioners and employees when clinched deal ployees of private power dis- deputy commissioner of police they turn 60. Pradeep Sawant was arrested on tribution companies in Delhi According to sources, the Wednesday for allegedly shielding By Manoj Joshi were not looking good on the are opting for the Voluntary companies’ VRS plan was not Abdul Karim Telgi, the kingpin of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK joint statement. But then the Retirement Scheme (VRS). part of the privatisation stamp paper scam. Pakistani president directly They have been promised agreement. ‘‘There is no pro- New Delhi: India’s tough stand called for a renewed effort. Pre- medical, gratuity and other that there would be no dialogue vision for a VRS scheme in the sumably, he issued fresh in- benefits worth Rs 500 crore. tripartite agreement. The gov- till Pakistan made commit- structions to his team,’’ said the But who is going to foot the ments on terrorism helped ernment cannot give permis- the smart move official, expressing satisfaction bill is not clear.Officials of the sion now,’’ a senior power engineer the breakthrough in at the win-win outcome. companies say the money will official said. Islamabad. Cong raps Vaghela: Faced with The back-channel process come from a government The future benefits of the The turning point, however, opposition from a section of party had yielded a draft joint state- fund, but the government says remaining employees are also was the Vajpayee-Musharraf leaders, the Congress High ment before the PM’s visit, but it doesn’t know anything uncertain thanks to this pro- meeting, which helped break Command on Wednesday asked its it was not satisfactory.Negotia- about this. posal. ‘‘We have approached the impasse on the joint state- Gujarat unit president Shankersinh tions were resumed on January The government’s terminal Lt-Governor Vijai Kapoor re- ment outlining the India-Pak- Vaghela to immediately disband his 1 when national security advis- benefit fund can be used garding this injustice. The Shakti Dal outfit. istan peace deal. ‘‘It was at this er Brajesh Mishra reached Is- only on superannuation (at power companies cannot get meeting that Musharraf clearly lamabad. It became clear dur- age 60). In fact, officials say away without paying us our Vaiko case: The Jayalalithaa understood that unless terror- government in Tamil Nadu has con- ing the renewed negotiation using this fund for VRS dues. We opted for the VRS on tested the Pota Review Committee’s ism was in the picture there that the Pakistani officials were would mean other employees the assurance that we would jurisdiction to go into cases lodged was no question of a joint state- keen on a Vajpayee-Musharraf would be deprived, and gov- get the benefits,’’ Rajan Gupta, ment,’’ said a senior official. meeting and a joint statement. ernment reserves would be against MDMK chief Vaiko and TRAIN OF PEACE: Men at work on rail tracks at Attari station in prepa- Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh ‘‘Once he understood that, the But, according to the senior Nakkeeran editor R R Gopal under ration for the Samjhauta Express set to resume from January 15. drained, leading to a hike in member and former member the law. P7 rest was a matter of drafting.’’ official, the key decision to go power tariff. of the Delhi Electricity Con- But the official cautioned ahead with a meeting with Both BSES and North Delhi Bhattal case: A Chandigarh court sultative Council said. against claiming any victory, Musharraf was taken only on Eight steps to friendship has fixed January 10 for framing Power Limited (NDPL) have, Private companies, howev- since both sides played a role in January 4 after Jamali avoided however,denied this. They say charges against Punjab deputy Secret talks had been under Even on Monday morning, er, reiterate that all employees chief minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal the process. It began with the mentioning Kashmir or other 1 5 the scheme had their boards’ will get their dues. NDPL CEO in a case of misappropriation of PM’s April initiative and culmi- contentious issues while ad- way for months and work had just before the meeting, approval, and the boards each Anil Sardana said: ‘‘No prior funds. P7 nated in the ceasefire ordered dressing the inaugural session begun on a draft joint statement, things weren't looking too good for have a government nominee permission is required to by Musharraf in November. of the Saarc. ‘‘We now knew but neither side was satisfied the joint statement who would have been consult- avail of this facility. VRS was ‘‘When we went to Islam- that the Pakistani side was Then on Jan 1, Brajesh Then Musharraf called for ed if the government had de- approved by our board.’’ abad,’’ the official said, ‘‘we keen on doing business,’’ said 2 6 cided against using the termi- BSES director J P Cha- made it clear that we would like the official. ‘‘However, even at Mishra landed in Islamabad, renewed efforts, instructed nal benefit fund for VRS. lasani added: ‘‘The scheme to treat it as a multilateral event this stage there was no linkage; resumed negotiations his officials to keep trying But Delhi power minister has the approval of the board and if there was any meeting, it we had decided on the meeting, Haroon Yusuf said: ‘‘There of companies which includes but whether there would be a During these meetings it At the meeting, once the would be with prime minister 3 became clear Pak was keen 7 General realised there’d be have been no discussions be- nominees of the holding Jamali, who was the host. Sepa- joint statement was still an on a Vajpayee-Musharraf meeting, no joint statement unless terror tween us and the power com- companies.’’ rately, however, there had been open issue.’’ panies on this matter. They At BSES, 4,100 employees back-channel negotiations for Pak voices: P9 as well as a joint statement was part of it, things moved fast have not even approached us opted for the VRS and stopped several months for taking the Dubyaman: P12 Indians made it clear they Both sides were careful not on the issue.” work on December 31, 2003, indiatimes.com POLL peace process forward by issu- MORE ON OUR WEBSITE 4 were treating the visit as a 8 to claim it as a victory. The fund was formed to pro- while at NDPL, 1,900 employ- ing a joint statement.’’ multilateral event. If there was a Vajpayee's April initiative and tect the interests of the for- ees are leaving in a phased Can India trust Pakistan The official disclosed that by Indo-Pak Ties mer Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) manner between December this time? meeting, it would be with the Musharraf's November ceasefire the time the Vajpayee-Mushar- SAARC Sequel employees when it was priva- and March. host, Jamali were equally significant Yes 29% No 71% raf meeting took place, things visit www.timesofindia.com VOTE NOW: Were Ash to star in a Bond film, should she use a body double for sex scenes? Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 NDA poll ‘chintan’ today YOU SAID IT by Laxman TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The BJP will consult its Cong team for tie-ups; NDA partners at a meeting here on Thursday on advancing the dates of Sonia to meet Pawar the general elections and seeking a New Delhi: The Congress on vote-on-account in Parliament. Wednesday decided to form a The NDA meeting, to be chaired high-level committee to firm up by Prime Minister Vajpayee at his alliances with like-minded secu- residence, comes in the wake of lar parties, including the Na- meetings BJP leaders have held with tionalist Congress Party,for the individual allies on the subject. Lok Sabha elections. P7 The meeting will help the BJP’s national executive, which meets on January 11/12 in Hyderabad, take neously. Since, it has already dis- a final decision. solved the Andhra assembly, state Sources said NDA convenor and elections have to be held by April. defence minister George Fernandes The Shiv Sena, too, wants early rang up Shiromani Akali Dal chief polls in Maharashtra, but unless Parkash Singh Badal to invite him the NCP throws in its lot with Why so few people are seen in the for Thursday’s meeting. Badal, re- the BJP-Sena combine and pulls streets? Because most people in portedly, opposed holding elections out of the Congress-led government this town are involved in the stamp in March or April as it would incon- there, assembly elections will scam and are detained in police venience the farmers during the be held in the second half of the stations. harvest season. Badal, who will be year on schedule. represented by Union minister S S BJP chief Venkaiah Naidu met WEATHER Dhindsa in the meeting, suggested Fernandes on Tuesday over break- the polls be held in May. fast where all these issues figured Max. 20.1ºC/Min. 6.2ºC But early polls suit a key BJP ally and it was felt that an NDA meeting Moonset: Friday – 8.39 am — the TDP, which wants state and should be convened to sound out oth- Moonrise: Thursday – 6.14 pm general elections to be held simulta- er partners, sources said. Sunset: Thursday – 5.40 pm Sunrise: Friday – 7.15 am Mainly clear sky. Fog in the morning. Minimum temperature will be around 6ºC. Maximum relative humidity on Wednesday Govt says IIMs should cut 97% and minimum 47%. faculty or increase seats By Shivani Singh time programmes. A healthy teacher- TIMES NEWS NETWORK student ratio was a criteria for the ranking, besides personal develop- New Delhi: The Union HRD ministry ment and employment opportunities. and the Indian Institutes of Manage- But the ministry too has some statis- ment (IIMs) seem to be headed for an- tics up its sleeve. Officials say,“In Ger- other confrontation. Shastri Bhavan many, the student-teacher ratio is 30:1 mandarins have been telling IIM offi- Classifieds Booking (24 Hours) and the minimum teaching hours are “51-666-888” cials during discussions that the B- schools are overstaffed and under- 18 a week. But in India, we don’t seem Times Info Line: “51-68-68-68” to be following these standards. There The ATM of Information worked, so they should either down- size faculty or increase seats. is a huge demand for MBAs, but these institutes have simply shut the door on * 20 + 6 pages of Delhi Times According to the ministry, there is + 2 page Feature on Photofair one teacher for every five students at thousands of students.” IIM Ahmedabad. At IIM Bangalore, the ‘‘The IIMs don’t lack funds. The big- faculty-student ratio is 1:4. IIMs at ger IIMs have cash reserves of almost Kolkata and Lucknow have one teacher Rs 100 crore each. They can afford to for every seven students and IIM increase seats,’’ said an official. Kozhikode has one for six. Experts say that though it is not cor- The ministry seems to ignore the ra- rect to say the IIMs are overstaffed, it’s tio at the world’s top business schools. true that it is possible to increase stu- The London and Chicago business dent intake. M K Chaudhuri, director schools, among the top 20, have one of the Indian Institute of Planning and teacher for every three management Management and a former professor of students. At Stanford and Yale busi- IIM Bangalore, said the student-faculty ness schools (among the top five), the ratio at the IIMs was just fine. ‘‘The ratio is 1:4. Carnegie Mellon has a present faculty can do justice to the in- teacher for two students. creased number of students. But even Moreover, IIM-A was recently rated if they have to increase faculty be- 45th in the Economist Intelligence cause of more students, the IIMs can Unit’s list of the world’s 100 best full- afford it,’’ he said.
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SPEEDSTATS White or blue, Nirmal Sharma DDA launches 2 housing schemes Presidential scorecard President Bush’s latest performance ratings in a Harris poll are TIMES NEWS NETWORK been divided in two categories — A, B Their cost ranges between 17-20 lakh. remarkably similar to those of his predecessors in the last December and C — depending on the area of the DDA is trying to sell these flats what do we do? of their first terms in office (■ Positive ■ Negative ■ Unsure). New Delhi: Delhi Development Au- flat. Category A has flats with a working on high points like CP-Dwar- thority (DDA) has put on offer two By Smita Polite plinth area between 104 to 120 square ka metro line till 2005 and a number TIMES NEWS NETWORK Trashy problem George W Bush Bill Clinton new housing schemes — Jasola Janta metres at Rs 13-15 lakh. of wide road projects planned in 48% Re-election 49% Re-election Housing Scheme and Dwarka HIG In Category B, there are flats with a the area. New Delhi: One of Reena •NDMC advocated use Housing scheme. plinth area between 120 and 135 Jasola Janta scheme, which is open Singhal’s new year resolu- of white bins, while MCD Around 2,200 Janta flats and 400 square metres and costing Rs 15-17 till January 19, flats are available in tions was to be a good citizen said blue bins are to be Won HIG flats are available under these lakh. Flats with a higher plinth area the range of Rs 1.74 to 2.10 lakh. The and sort out household used. schemes. Dwarka housing scheme is between 135 and 160 square metres area of the flats ranges between 20.64 garbage. But when she 51% ? 50% open till January 30. The flats have have been kept in category C. to 24.31 square metres. set out to do it, she was •Environmentalists say confused. blue bin is meant for George H Bush Ronald Reagan While the MCD is saying bio-medical waste Re-election Re-election that blue bins be used for 48% 49% non-biodegradable waste, the NDMC stated that only blue bin is meant for nee- Lost Won white bins were to be used. dles, syringes, etc capable of ‘‘The only thing I’m sure t causing puncture and cuts,’’ 52% 50% is that bio-degradable waste he said. According to him has to be put in green bins. I the Municipal Solid Waste Source: Harris Interactive know that not sorting rules 2000 state that non- garbage is an offence. I have biodegradable waste must seen blue bins in my area, be put in white bins. but should I use them, or While NDMC medical offi- wait for white ones to ap- cer of health S K Garg said To chat on SMS send 'cchat'
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Thursday,January 8, 2004 3 CAS regulator being considered: Prasad DTC worker pays TOI By Pratyush Kanth sumer interest can never states to advice the centre. for telling truth TIMES NEWS NETWORK help the healthy growth of The same would have TIMES NEWS NETWORK the television industry been done for Delhi. Prasad February 1998. Sharma was New Delhi: A month after which otherwise is register- and Delhi chief minister then working with the bus the cable television contro- New Delhi: A DTC employ- ing a tremendous growth.’’ Sheila Dikshit would have operating on the Yamuna Vi- versy took over south Delhi ee has been punished for re- Reiterating the impor- met to decide the future har and Moradabad route. living rooms, Union infor- vealing the name of a senior tance of a viewer-friendly course of CAS in Delhi. Denying the charges, mation and broadcasting officer who allegedly took system, he said: ‘‘CAS is de- However, the assembly elec- Sharma claimed he was on minister Ravi Shankar money for not initiating ac- leave during the period. He, Prasad assured that con- signed for protecting con- tions postponed any talks tion against him. reportedly, approached the sumer interest would be the sumer interest. A degree of on legislation or consulta- Suresh Chander Sharma ‘‘top most priority’’. understanding, coopera- tion. Cable operators and had filed a complaint with manager to request him to Speaking to The Times of tion, co-ordination and con- MSOs used this opportuni- the DTC’s vigilance officer change the enquiry officer India, Prasad said: ‘‘The sumer-friendly gestures ty to press ahead with their in February 2002 alleging who he felt was biased. government will try its best which was expected of the demands. Two high court that the manager of the The manager, instead, to take adequate steps to stakeholders were found to rulings have now pushed Hasanpur Depot had forced asked Sharma to pay Rs protect consumer interest. be wanting. But there can the government in to a cor- him to give a bribe of Rs 35,000 with the promise of All options in this regard be no force used to buy set- ner. 35,000. A year and a half lat- getting him a minor punish- are being explored, includ- top boxes.’’ Prasad, however said: ‘‘It er, instead of initiating ac- ment. Subsequently on com- ing the establishment of a According to senior gov- was accepted that market tion against the manager, pliance, Sharma’s incre- regulator.’’ ernment sources, the gov- strategies should have been the DTC suspended Sharma. ment was stopped for a year. The statement assumes ernment lost precious time planned by the stakehold- Sharma has now ap- Meanwhile, the DTC is- in implementing a process ers, including the broad- proached the Delhi High significance as the imple- sued a circular on December for CAS in Delhi due to the caster, MSOs and cable op- Court which has issued no- mentation of the condition- 11, 2001, inviting its employ- state assembly elections. In erators. But there are divi- tices to the Union govern- al access system (CAS) in ees to complain against cor- south Delhi had a bumpy fact the minister had writ- sions between the stake- ment, the DTC and the Cen- Union I&B minister Ravi Shankar Prasad promises a consumer-friendly policy. rupt officers. Sharma made ride since December 1, 2003 ten personal letters seeking holders. It is of paramount tral Vigilance Commission. a representation on Febru- when it was first an- tors and multi-service oper- keep a check on the pricing rassment that residents advice from chief ministers concern that all these stake- They have been asked to file nounced. Residents have ators (MSOs) insist that of pay channels, set-top have been subjected to, in states like Maharashtra holders must have con- their replies by March 22. ary 8, 2002. A year and a half been able to watch pay they buy set-top boxes. boxes and to protect them Prasad added: ‘‘All the play- and West Bengal. The letter sumer interest in focus. According to Sharma, he later he sent another letter. channels only sporadically One of the primary de- against harassment at the ers, including the broad- spoke of setting up a state- And that would have led to was served a chargesheet in As if in reply,he received his or are faced with total mands of residents has hands of cable operators. casters, must understand level implementation plan the smooth implementation 1999 for committing an of- suspension letter on August blackouts as cable opera- been to set up a regulator to Speaking against the ha- that the sacrifice of con- and asking CMs of both of CAS.’’ fence between January and 5, 2003.
Pankaj Nangia Alert residents foil burglary attempt TIMES NEWS NETWORK ters in Nizamuddin. Afsa’s husband, Muzim, managed New Delhi: Alert residents to flee from the spot. in Munirka foiled a burglary A police officer said:‘‘Sai- attempt and caught two ni was admitted to the hospi- thieves who broke into a for- tal for medical aid. He was mer bureaucrat’s home on later discharged.’’ He Monday morning. claimed the police have also The three, including a launched a manhunt to nab woman, managed to enter Muzim. the house of N V Char,A-12C According to the police, DDA Flats, even though a po- the three broke into the lice team was patrolling the DDA flat of the former bu- area. Char is a consultant reaucrat on Monday morn- with the ground and river ing. Saini resides in the water management board. opposite flat. A resident was injured ‘‘Saini was leaving for while catching the thieves. work when he noticed Sanjeev Saini (35)sustained the entrance door ajar. minor injuries on his shoul- The lock was broken,’’ the of- der after the three thieves at- ficer added. tacked him with an iron rod. Saini got suspicious and Saini works as a sales repre- went inside calling for Char. sentative. He was taken aback on see- Despite the injury, Saini ing the three rummaging raised an alarm and nabbed through the belongings of two of the three thieves. the house. Saini immediate- Afsa (19) and Salim (32) are ly rushed out and started residents of the slum clus- shouting for help. A contingent of the paramilitary forces practises for the Republic Day parade on Wednesday morning. DU jittery about in-house exams Dubai gang threatens TIMES NEWS NETWORK Exam fever process. University author- businessman’s family ities have not worked out TIMES NEWS NETWORK with the gang while she was New Delhi: It’s testing ground level details like working in Dubai from 1996 times again for first year •DU reopens to exam season on Thursday maintaining fairness in New Delhi: The family of a to 1999,’’ the officer said. students of DU as the cam- •Internal exams compulsory for first year students this evaluation and ensuring south Delhi-based business- On coming to India, Jyoti pus reopens after winter year as they form a part of internal assessment exams are held seriously man has twice received started working in Banga- break on Thursday.With in- everywhere,’’ said presi- threatening calls from the lore. She started providing ternal exams starting in all •Colleges responsible for their own exams, no central dent of the Delhi universi- Fazl-ur-Rehman gang. details about her employer colleges in a few days, its monitoring from DU ty teachers’ association, The businessman’s secre- to Fazl-ur-Rehman (Fazlu) good bye to the post-holiday tary, Shalini Jyoti, was ar- •Teachers, principals and students remain sceptical Aditya Narayan Mishra. who made extortion calls to canteen gossip, and hello to While teachers and prin- rested in December 2002 by the businessman. ‘‘It seems over how fairness will be maintained the special cell for passing frantic last minute revision cipals ponder over logistics that the employer was in information about her em- for facchas this time. and implementation, stu- contact with another gang ployer to the Dubai-based In-house exams form preparing anxiously for the have been holding internal dent bodies of course have member and got the matter gang. part of internal assessment upcoming exams. We will exams for many years so it gone all out against in- settled,’’ said the officer. On Sunday, the business- which was introduced as have to attempt a 100 marks will be a routine exercise house assessment. Both the After she changed her job, man’s family in Rajasthan part of academic reforms paper and about 80 percent for them. However, there Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi she passed information to received the first of these earlier this year. Out of 25 of the course is being in- are many colleges where no Parishad (ABVP), and the Fazlu about her second em- threat calls. A day later, they per cent kept for internal cluded,’’ said Garima Aro- such system exists. Since Delhi University Students ployer who paid up. Next, Jy- received another call. The assessment, in-house ex- ra, a Hindu college student. there is no central regula- Union (DUSU) are opposed oti moved to Delhi and start- police said it was Jyoti who ams comprise 10 per cent, Though most teachers tion, one can only hope that to the concept. ed working with the south had passed on the telephone tutorials 10 per cent, while and principals have been in the exams will be conduct- ‘‘There can be unfairness Delhi-based businessman. number to the gang. the remaining five per cent favour of internal assess- ed fairly,’’ said Ramjas col- when 25 marks are left en- ‘‘The gang made an extor- ‘‘The gang is putting pres- is for attendance. ment, questions are now lege principal, Dr Rajendra tirely at the college’s dis- tion call in November 2002. sure on the businessman to While some colleges like being raised over imple- Prasad. cretion. Not only has this The caller demanded Rs 50 retract the case since Jyoti’s St Stephens, SRCC and mentation. Many feel that Many teachers also feel system increased burden lakh from the businessman bail application is pending Ramjas begin with exams without any central moni- that there are loop holes in on students, but the confu- in lieu of his safety,’’said the before the Delhi High on Thursday itself, exams toring by the university, the assessment process sion and discrepancies is officer. Jyoti was arrested a Court,’’ an officer said. will commence on Friday there is no way of ensuring that need to be plugged. making things very diffi- month later. According to the police, at Hindu college. that exams are held fairly ‘‘Though exams will start cult for freshers,’’ said Jyoti started working for ‘‘It’s crunch time right in all colleges. in a day, there is a lot of DUSU president, Rohit the Fazl-ur-Rehman gang in now and everyone is ‘‘Most campus colleges confusion surrounding the Chowdhury. 1999. ‘‘She came in touch Travel firm ordered to pay man Rs 5,000 By Pallavi Majumdar Failed promises New Delhi: Travel compa- nies can take you for a ride, •Tripathi was promised 5 literally,as it happened in the holiday packages in next case of Dr B K Tripathi. five years if he booked a Tripathi booked a package package tour in 2001 tour to Mauritius in May 2000 But the tour did not ma- with SOTC World Famous • terialise despite repeated Tours. The firm had adver- attempts on his part tised that if one took a paid tour to a certain destination that summer, one could be- stop-over at Singapore for on- come a member of the ‘Let’s ward and return journey, at Go Holiday Club’, and be en- his own expense. titled to five holiday packages in the next five years. In October, the firm asked In February 2001, Tripathi Tripathi to choose a destina- was invited to a tour mela to tion. He waited for this to ma- choose his destination in ad- terialise till December 2001, vance. He chose to go to Syd- when his membership ex- ney in October 2001. He was pired. He dragged the firm to given a dummy ticket and ad- court, seeking the restora- vised to confirm the exact tion of all five tours and a dates two months in advance. compensation of Rs 10,000. But when he approached The firm contended that, the firm in July, he was told according to terms and con- about various ‘‘add-on’’ pack- ditions, a passenger is sup- ages available on payment, posed to submit his booking which could be combined form alongwith Rs 10,000. with the free trip. When Tri- The Bench held the firm pathi refused the offer, he guilty of deficiency in serv- was asked to wait for a fur- ice and directed it to restore ther one or two months. the five holiday trips prom- The firm insisted on his ised and also to pay a com- taking a three-day tour with a pensation of Rs 5,000.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER Baby killed: A new-born baby girl was allegedly strangulated in Nabi Karim area. The baby was OF DELHI Rainfall likely at isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir and TN. Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of brought to Kalawati Hospital by three women. NATIONAL the country. Cold wave conditions prevailed in north According to the police, the baby was declared Mumbai: I-A 0700, Orissa and in some parts of northeast Rajasthan, Ut- 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, taranchal, Haryana, Punjab, HP and J&K and in some parts of West brought dead at the hospital. There were 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Deer Park faces closure threat UP and of MP. Night temperatures were appreciably below normal strangulation marks on her neck. TNN 2300 Jet Air 0650, Mohammed Ilyas 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, in Jharkhand, Bihar, north MP. By Prakriti Prasad 1935, 2030, 2200, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD 1520, 1800, 2025 KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min New Delhi: The Delhi Devel- 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 15 07 Guwahati 24 10 Amsterdam 07 03 opment Authority’s (DDA)fa- Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 28 19 Dehradun 20 07 Bahrain 22 17 Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 29 21 Hyd’bad 27 16 Bangkok 32 23 mous Deer Park in Haus Khas CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 19 11 Indore 23 10 Beijing 07 -6 faces the threat of closure as 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 27 18 Jaipur 22 07 Chicago -1 -15 the Central Zoo Authority’s 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 25 15 Lucknow 17 07 Geneva 03 -6 0645,1900 (CZA) three-month deadline to BANGALORE: T’puram NA NA Patna 19 07 Hong Kong 23 15 I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 14 09 Rajkot 28 14 London 11 02 clean up its act lapses on Jan- Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 25 12 Shimla 12 04 Los Angeles 18 05 uary 21. Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune NA NA Srinagar 05 02 Moscow -8 -20 HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 Overcrowding of animals at GOA: I-A 1200, the park appears to the major Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS KULU: Jagson 0630, concern with the regulatory ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on 0650, 1215 06.01.2004 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. body. A CZA team on an in- AHMEDABAD: I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl spection in October, had found Jet Air 0610 NORTH the Park housing more than GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 07.01 09.01 13.01 11.01 205 deer, 125 rabbits and one ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 19.01 19.01 07.01 Neelgai, besides its collection Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, EAST Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 07.01 12.01 13.01 — of ducks in the 17-acre land. Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2304 Poorva Exp 07.01 07.01 07.01 15.01 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 The number is feared to have Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2382 Poorva Exp 09.01 09.01 12.01 19.01 gone up in the current breed- (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 10.01 20.01 03.02 Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2392 Magadh Exp 07.01 09.01 07.01 07.01 ing season. INTERNATIONAL 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 08.01 08.01 08.01 08.01 According to the guidelines, BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 01.02 02.02 however, only three deer are Air 0010 (TG-316), 5622 North East Exp — 07.01 15.01 06.02 allowed in an acre of land, I-A 0050 (IC-855) 2554 Vaishali Exp 07.01 11.01 11.12 14.01 FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2816 Puri Exp — 07.01 07.01 08.01 with an acre alone for a Neel- 0305 (LH-761) 2802 Purshottam Exp — 14.01 12.01 13.01 gai. ‘‘We can allow them to ex- AMSTERDAM: North 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 09.01 13.01 09.01 hibit only 50 deer in that area. west 0140 (NW-037) 4230 Lucknow Mail 11.01 19.01 19.01 12.12 LONDON: British Air WEST They have to make instant 0210 (BA-142) 2904 Golden Temple Mail 09.01 08.01 19.01 29.01 arrangements to shift the rest PARIS: Air France 2926 Paschim Exp 07.01 13.01 19.01 06.02 elsewhere,’’ said scientific of- 0040 (AF-147) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 13.01 22.01 13.01 — SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 09.01 12.01 12.01 — ficer, CZA, Bipul Chakrabarty Airlines 2045 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 08.01 15.01 08.01 on Wednesday. (SQ-407), I-A 0050 1078 Jhelum Exp — 13.01 18.01 21.01 Infighting is reportedly a re- The Deer Park now faces closure due to poor management and over-population. (IC-855) 2916 Ashram Exp 08.01 19.01 12.01 08.01 A-I 1105 (AI-412) SOUTH current feature here, often It is precisely because of ‘‘Stern action will be taken they had begun to work on the MUSCAT: 2616 G T Exp 07.01 12.01 12.01 12.01 leading to casualties. ‘‘The these violations that the CZA even though it involves the instructions of CZA. ‘‘The A-I 1205 (AI-837) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 12.01 07.01 13.01 08.01 deer often end up breaking has decided not to renew the government agencies here,’’ conservator of forest, south DUBAI: 2432 Trivandrum Raj 18.01 10.02 27.01 — A-I 1515 (AI-727) 2626 Kerala Exp — 12.01 12.01 19.01 their horns and injuring each recognition to the Deer Park, said CZA member secretary P zone, has agreed to take about AIR INDIA 2618 Mangala Exp — 20.01 13.01 13.01 other while fighting amongst unless it complies the direc- R Sinha. ‘‘Nevertheless, we 50 deer. We’ve also requested 2628 Karnataka Exp — 12.01 12.01 11.01 themselves and sometimes the tions laid down by its inspec- can’t just put a lock here. The the Delhi Zoo director to take MUMBAI: 2724 A P Exp 07.01 13.01 12.01 11.01 0700 (A-I 172), 1885 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 17.01 20.01 19.01 — Neelgai also joins in,’’ re- tion team. The fact that the animals have to be first reha- some spotted deer from us,’’ (A-I 307), 2330 7022 Dakshin Express — 11.01 — 07.01 vealed one of the animal keep- park does not have a fulltime bilitated,’’ he added. said Singh. (A-I 112) No. of passengers dealt on 5.1.2004 (Delhi Area): 56,034 (N. Rly. Area) ers. ‘‘When they die, we just veterinary or no records of Deputy director, horticul- Ironically, the zoo itself is A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,14,230. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for dig a hole and bury them,’’ the births and deaths of the ture, Om Pal Singh confessed grappling with the problem of (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. said a cleaner on condition of deer has peeved the body fur- overcrowding was a ‘‘slight an overgrowing population of 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 anonymity. ther. problem here’’, but claimed deer.
CBSE heritage quiz: The semi-final and final rounds of the Heritage India Quiz conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will be held on January 28 and 29 respectively. Both the rounds will be held at Apeejay School, Noida. TNN MCD hospitals wait for promised funds By Himanshi Dhawan TIMES NEWS NETWORK No relief New Delhi: It seems there is no •In October 2002, the MCD cure for this malady. The six had announced Rs 2 lakh hospitals run by the Municipal for hospital medical Corporation of Delhi (MCD) superintendents were promised funds for emer- • This was to be used for gency use and daily mainte- minor repair work and nance, but over a year later, emergency medicines they are yet to set sight on any greenbacks. • The six MCD hospitals are In October last year,the MCD yet to receive money had announced that medical superintendents of MCD hospi- The MCD has six hospitals tals would have powers to under its control including spend up to Rs 2 lakh for han- Hindu Rao, Swami Dayanand, dling day-to-day maintenance RBTB Hospital and Swami jobs. The funds were to be used Dayanand Hospital. Mean- for emergency medicines or while, the hospitals continue to maintenance work like faulty function in a rundown condi- tubelights, replacing taps or re- tion. pairing chairs and tables. Nor- The recent spell of cold mally, these tasks take months weather has only made matters because approvals are required worse. ‘‘There is a severe short- from the MCD headquarters in age of beds and blankets in our Town Hall. hospital. These days, it is too Though the proposal was cold to put people on the floor,’’ cleared by the MCD House, the a Kasturba Hospital doctor funds have not filtered down to said. the hospitals. According to a health depart- The situation at Hindu Rao is ment official, the delay has not any better where doctors been caused as the finance de- and nurses have to partment has not cleared the manage with makeshift required sum. ‘‘The file has not rooms with barely any chairs and tables. been cleared on the pretext that the funds will be misused by The doctors’ room the hospital authorities,’’ a does not even have any health department official said. lockers. ‘‘The state of Municipal commissioner toilets is really bad. Rakesh Mehta admitted to the They don’t even have delay saying, ‘‘There have been running water,’’ a some administrative problems source at Swami in releasing the money. But Dayanand Hospital these will be sorted out soon.’’ said.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Thursday,January 8, 2004 5 Reserved seats doubled in Samjhauta Exp Autopsy after 13 days, By Nidhi Sharma TOI not need checking of other doc- TIMES NEWS NETWORK uments like passport and visa. For Samjhauta the reservation what’s the use, ask docs New Delhi: The train to Pak- will be manual at the counters istan will carry more people By Abantika Ghosh at Old Delhi railway station.’’ this time when it resumes its TIMES NEWS NETWORK Criminal delay The official explained, ‘‘The journey across the border. As passenger will have to carry his New Delhi: It took the police al- •Woman’s body found on India and Pakistan have broken visa and passport. We will most a fortnight to conduct an au- Dec 23 in Vasant Kunj area ice over the South Asian Asso- check the documents and then a topsy on a woman’s unidentified ciation for Regional Co-opera- •Autopsy done 13 days later tion (SAARC), the railways of ticket will be issued.’’ The train body. The body was found in will not make any stops till At- Mahipalpur area under Vasant •Doctors say delayed both the countries have decided autopsy’s don’t reveal much to double up reserved coaches tari. ‘‘There will be no stops be- Kunj police station on December from two to four. cause of security reasons. No 23. The autopsy was conducted passenger is allowed to step off on Monday. Samjhauta Express will hit Alexander Khakha, who conduct- the tracks on January 15 amidst the train as they are officially The procedure should ideally bound for Pakistan,’’ added the be completed within days. But ed the autopsy. tight security and better facili- The body was first brought to ties. On the Indian side of the official. due to the police’s indecisiveness, The train will be manned by doctors fear they have lost valu- the Safdarjung mortuary on De- border, the reservation coun- cember 23. Permission was ters will open on January 14 at government railway police able evidence. The woman, about (GRP) and railway protection 20 years old, had two names — granted by the hospital authori- Old Delhi railway station. The ties to keep it there for the usual passengers will book tickets for force (RPF). At least 10 to 12 Rina Rani and Lakshman Singh armed policemen will be man- — tattooed on her arm. 72 hours. The police had to either Attari Special train, which will trace the deceased’s relatives, or carry them till Attari station, ning the coaches. During the autopsy,freshly cut wait for someone to identify it. and Samjhauta Express across The special train 4001 (Delhi- hair were detected on the body An entry (number 7A), dated the border. Attari Special) will depart from that lead the police to nearby bar- 23/12/2003, was made in the daily Earlier, there was only one Old Delhi station at 9 pm on ber shops and parlours in the diary, but no FIR was registered. counter at Old Delhi railway January 14 to reach Attari at area. The murder motive, howev- The police made little headway station, wherepassengers were 4.40 am the next day.Train num- er, could not be established as the issued reserved and unreserved ber 4607 Attari-Lahore autopsy was conducted too late. and the body remained in the tickets from the same window. Samjhauta Express will start ‘‘Such a delayed autopsy is un- mortuary.Nobody came from the This time Northern Railway from Attari after security likely to reveal much. The obvi- police station to get an autopsy done, nor was the permission to has been directed to keep sepa- A file photo of passengers boarding the Samjhauta Express at Attari. The train resumes on January 15. checks at 1.30 pm on January 15. ous issue to inquire into is rate counters for reserved and To begin with, Pakistan Rail- whether there was a rape. But keep the body renewed. unreserved travel. an increase in the number of the rush.’’ reservations online for ways has offered to run now, even though swabs have Deputy commissioner of po- A senior Northern Railway coaches. We will at least have Additional counters will also Samjhauta Express. The official Samjhauta with its coaches for been taken, any semen or sper- lice (southwest) Tajinder Luthra official said, ‘‘We will keep sep- two counters which can be in- be kept for inquiries. However, said, ‘‘We had opened online the first four months and five matozoa that might have been said: ‘‘In case of an unidentified arate counters as there will be creased to four or five to mind Indian Railways will not open reservation system as it does days. present, have been destroyed,’’ dead body,we try to keep it for as said a senior doctor. long as possible so that family The visceral organs of the vic- members can identify it. In this tim have now been sent for test- case, the doctor never indicated ing the possibility of poisoning, the possibility of a sexual as- Water level falls by 10 m Land for Sonia Vihar said Safdarjung Hospital forensic sault. But the delay will not affect medicine department head the investigation.’’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Surveys con- Drilling the earth dry project not acquired yet ducted by the Central By Nistula Hebbar Ground Water Authority •Unauthorised tubewells: 2 lakhs TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pipedreams (CGWA) suggest the ground •Tubewells fitted by DJB: 2,500 water level has gone down •Private tubewells registered New Delhi: Touted as a solution to DDA by as much as 10 metres with DJB: 90,000 Delhi’s water woes, the Sonia Vihar •An 11,000 sq metre plot owned over the past year in some •Average annual depletion of Water Treatment Plant (SVWTP), by DDA at Tughlakabad south Delhi areas. The low- continues to be a pipe dream for groundwater: 3-4 metres Northern Railway est level of water was no- •Water requirement: 850 mgd Delhiites. ticed in Lado Sarai. •Near Delhi Secretariat •DJB provides: 650 mgd For the Delhi government, the The depletion is also be- hiccups are caused not just by a •Bhairon road and Ring Road T- ing linked to the large num- •Groundwater extraction: ‘‘slow moving’’ Uttar Pradesh ad- junction ber of Delhi Jal Board 13-17 per cent ministration, but also closer home •Near Indraprastha Station (DJB) tube-wells. As much with the DDA and the Northern •Mathura track near Ashram as 17 per cent of the DJB’s only 650 mgd. Of this about tubewells are active in the Railway. crossing supply comes from ground 13-17 per cent is derived south and south-west dis- At a review meeting on Tuesday, water. The average rate of from ground water. tricts of Delhi.’’ Significant- Delhi government officials revealed approve the laying of pipelines depletion in Delhi is 3-4 me- However, an DJB official ly, the CGWA has declared that five plots of land required for near four important spots. tres per year. said, ‘‘Such small extrac- the two districts as the various activities at the water treat- These pipelines are crucial for Sumita Dasgupta, coordi- tion can’t be taken as the ‘dark zone’. The groundwa- ment plant have not yet been made supplying augmented filter water to nator, Centre for Science reason for depletion on a ter level varies between 20 available to them. parched south Delhi. and Environment (CSE), large scale.’’ A drive was and 50 metres below ground The DDA has not given permis- said, ‘‘Surface water for its conducted to check such il- level in these districts. Delhi Jal Board CEO P K Tri- sion for the acquisition of a 11,000 pathi, however, said the main prob- contamination and low legal practices, but nothing DJB spokesperson San- sq metre plot at Tughlakabad. availability,is proving unre- much could be gained. The jam Cheema said, ‘‘The lem was not just these spots, but According to DDA officials, the liable.’’ According to data result is that the city al- small chunk of water sup- transmission mains on certain formal allotment of land is held up provided by the DJB, the ready has over two lakh ply borrowed from ground stretches of DDA land, where the as the Ridge Management Board city requires 850 million unauthorised tubewells. water is a compulsion as MCD has been dumping garbage. has not cleared the allotment. gallons of water per day The official said, ‘‘90 per river water available is lim- ‘‘Negotiations are on with DDA and (mgd). But the supply is cent of these unauthorised ited.’’ The Northern Railway,too, has to the Northern Railway,’’ he said.
Pankaj Nangia Gangster held from Lajpat Rai Market TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Delhi Police have arrested an alleged gangster,Khalil, from Old Lajpat Rai Market. Khalil has 29 cases registered against him under various sec- tions including murder, attempt to murder, rob- bery and extortion. He also figures in the list of top 10 criminals of the city,the police said. Khalil was arrested Schoolchildren hold placards during a march organised by the Delhi Traffic Police at India by a team of inspector Gate on Wednesday as part of the Road Safety Week — January 5 to January 11. Jasbir Singh Malik and sub-inspector Manoj Pant. ‘‘The police also recovered one kilogram Showtime fruits, veggies of charas from him. A case under the Nar- cotics Drugs and Psy- chotropic Substance to hit city’s kitchens soon Act (NDPS) has been TIMES NEWS NETWORK registered,’’ the officer said. New Delhi: Have you often Graded greens A officer said: ‘‘The felt that the fruits look better •Integrated facility centre at businessmen in Chand- in advertisements than at Azadpur to bring in quality control ni Chowk area are ter- your local vendor’s? React- rorised by Khalil. He ing to consumer complaints •Sorting, grading, fumigation of had threatened and ex- over sub-standard quality fruits, vegetables will be done there torted money from sev- fruits and vegetables, the eral of them. In fact, state government will soon •The move will open up Rs 400-cr most of them are refus- introduce stringent checks export market ing to talk to the police to ensure the quality of for the same reason.’’ greens that you eat. •Low-calorie citrus fruits like keenu Khalil was recently Food and civil supplies in great demand overseas released from jail. ‘‘He minister Raj Kumar resumed his activities Chauhan said: ‘‘It will be scious consumer wants to tory checks, the violations as soon as he was re- made possible after Azadpur buy quality fruits and veg- continue,’’ an official said. leased,’’ the officer said. gets its new name, Market of etables, even if it means pay- Officials admitted that The police are also in- National Importance (MNI). ing a higher price. Senior of- due to lack of any stringent vestigating Khalil’s We will soon start an inte- ficials, however, admitted regulation, violators can not links with the under- grated facility centre (IFC) that the products reaching be penalised. ‘‘We get com- the consumers do contain world. here to ensure that the prod- plaints from consumers fungus, bacteria, residual uct reaches the consumers about poor quality,but there pesticides and are artificial- only after passing through a is no official record of these DU to discuss ly ripened by carbide. series of stringent quality- complaints,’’ he said. ‘‘These things are prohib- control checks.’’ No wonder, the city mar- common entrance ited under Prevention of The minister said the new kets receives the best quality New Delhi: Delhi Universi- Food Adulteration act (PFA), apples in the world, but it centre will be responsible but due to ineffective regula- ty has called an meeting of for sorting, grading, wash- has few takers overseas. its academic council (AC) to ing, drying and fumigation discuss the university grant of the fruits and vegetables commission’s (UGC) regula- brought to the agricultural tions on common entrance markets. The move will open examinations. While UGC’s up a Rs 400-crore export directives make it compulso- overseas market for the Del- ry for all universities to ad- hi Agricultural Marketing mit students to professional Board, which does an annual courses through common transaction worth Rs 4,000 entrance tests, DU has been crore in the city. opposing the move. TNN He said the health con-
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Thursday,January 8, 2004 7 Cong ready to ally with anyone opposing NDA Vaiko issue: TN counsel PTI By Mahendra Ved future NDA government. opposes Pota panel TIMES NEWS NETWORK Fresh approach There is little doubt about the Congress’ approach to NCP’s stand TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Open to al- Approach PMK of TN • the NDA’s challenge in ad- liances and electoral adjust- and former UP CM New Delhi: The hearing on Tamil Nadu’s preliminary vancing the Lok Sabha polls. ments with ‘‘anyone oppos- Kalyan Singh by January 14 objection to the Pota Review Committee’s powers to ‘‘We did not talk of coalition ing the BJP or the NDA’’, the before. Now we do, this is Kolkata: The NCP will look into the arrests of MDMK leader Vaiko and Na- Congress is all set to engage •Work out equations important,’’ Mukherjee told decide its course of ac- keeran editor R R Gopal began with a drama on in ‘realpolitik’ with the with Mulayam Singh reporters after CWC meet- tion at a meeting of the Wednesday. DMK in Tamil Nadu and the Yadav and Mayawati ing. working committee on Tamil Nadu’s counsel C S Vaidyanathan reiterated NCP in Maharashtra and •Form an election Fresh from an electoral January 14, former LS the state government’s oft-repeated plea that the com- elsewhere in the country. management committee defeat, the Congress, while speaker and NCP gener- mittee did not have powers to go into the Pota cases It is also ready to do busi- to oversee poll strategy engaging prospective allies al secretary P A Sang- against Vaiko and Gopal. ‘‘This is not a matter where ness with the PMK, the through an informal, but ma said on Wednesday. the committee would have jurisdiction to review the Induct experienced Tamil party that it once ac- • high-powered group headed He told TNN that his registration of FIR by the police officer concerned. people for poll cused of having been in- by Gandhi, is also attempt- party could either go When an information of an offence is communicated to management volved in the assassination ing to set its house in order. with the Congress or a police officer, he has to register an FIR. It would be of Rajiv Gandhi. An election management align with the NDA. contrary to public policy to have any committee sit Also likely is adjustment Pawar’s ‘‘nobody is untouch- committee will oversee the Past experiences have over registration of FIRs and would only spiral the with former UP CM Kalyan able’’ remark. However, NCP party’s poll strategy, it was shown that a third front crime graph,’’ Vaidyanathan said, refering to the no- Singh, leaving behind his leader Praful Patel told announced. has not succeeded, he tice sent by the committee to the state government ask- role in the demolition of the Times News Network, In what might mean dilu- said. With Mulayam ing if it had a fit case for lodging an FIR under Pota. Babri Masjid in 1992, now ‘‘There has been no discus- tion of the role of the AICC Singh opting out, the At the time of registering an FIR, Vaidyanathan that he has been engaged in sion with the BJP or Sena at general-secretaries, each of prospects of a secular said, a police officer did not have the power to decide BJP-baiting. But the Con- all.’’ whose portfolios include co- front with the Congress under which law the accused should be booked or gress has yet to work out its He ruled out the NCP go- ordination with the state appears to be remote, he whether there was any nexus between him and terror- equations with other ing the NDA way and indi- units, ‘‘experienced people’’ said. TNN ism, as was in the case of Vaiko’s and Gopal’s arrest. prospective allies — UP CM cated that a pre-poll alliance are being drafted for the poll Mulayam Singh Yadav and with the Congress was very management. Each leader Mayawati. much on the cards. A final would be assigned one big, Shiv Sena won’t Emerging from a meeting decision would be taken on or two or three smaller of the Congress Working January 14 at its working states. ally with Pawar Committee, party chief So- committee scheduled to Mukherjee was at pains to Mumbai: The Shiv nia Gandhi told TV channels meet here. explain that the general-sec- Sena on Wednesday that she was talking to the Curiously enough, sec- retaries would continue night decided against NCP.Sources said among the tions of Maharashtra Con- with their tasks, the new allying with the NCP. political allies who have en- gress, apparently unaware of team would tour the as- A decision to this ef- gaged NCP chief Sharad Gandhi’s statement, were signed states and be ac- fect was taken at Pawar pressing for a broad still lobbying against an al- countable. ‘Matoshree’, the resi- secular alliance is CPI gen- liance with the NCP. MPCC One interpretation of this dence of Sena chief Bal eral secretary A B Bardhan. president Ranjit Deshmukh, move is that there being lit- Thackeray. ‘‘We have Doubts have been raised who met senior leader tle time for major organisa- decided not to ally with about the NCP’s role (in the Pranab Mukherjee, told tional changes, Gandhi may the NCP,’’ leader of the alliance) following reports TNN that Pawar could opt not shake up her team, but Opposition Narayan may by-pass it by drafting that he was being engaged for ‘‘a state for himself and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on her way to the CWC Rane said. PTI by the BJP-Shiv Sena and also a Central ministry’’ in a others with ‘‘experience.’’ meet in New Delhi on Wednesday. Bihar bandh disrupts train services: Rail and highway Bhattal’s absence again traffic was disrupted as over 1,000 people including several Sangh outfit demands top leaders were detained dur- delays indictment ing the dawn-to-dusk Bihar bandh called by seven Left TIMES NEWS NETWORK parties on Wednesday to central rule in Gujarat protest against the alleged Chandigarh: Piqued over yet another plea for personal ex- politician-criminal ‘nexus’ and TIMES NEWS NETWORK interest, as also in the in- public money, giving emption from appearance in the court by counsel for Pun- rise in crime in the state. Top terest of the farmers. This anonymous advertise- jab deputy chief minister-designate, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Gandhinagar: The con- Left leaders including state CPI alone would free the farm- ments in the newspapers a special court on Wednesday reprimanded him while fixing fronta- secretary Jalaluddin Ansari, his ers from the government- the coming Saturday as the date for formal framing of tion be- against the farmers, arbi- CPM counterpart Ganesh sponsored terror on the charges against her in a corruption case. tween trarily cutting electricity Shanker Vidyarthi, CPI (ML) farmers,” the statement, Special judge RS Baswana directed she be present on that Gujarat connections for farmers, secretary Ramjatan Sharma signed by BKS state gener- date, caustically noting she’d been pleading illness each chief imposing commercial pow- and former CPI MP from Mad- time she was asked to appear. Bhattal is charged with mis- minister al secretary Maganbhai er rates on them, refusing hubani Bhogendra Jha were appropriating Rs 20 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Relief among those detained while Naren- Patel, said. to provide an objective ad- Fund during her short tenure as CM in 1996. trying to enforce the bandh. PTI dra Modi As already reported, ministration and so on. The state government now says it wants to file a supple- andstate BJP president Rajen- Modi had, last week, got mentary set of evidence and pending this, the court should Bhartiya drasinh Rana had asked Narendra Modi the head office evicted not go ahead with the framing of charges. This was object- Kisan central party leaders last from its state-owned quar- ed to by counsel for the complainant in the case — Bhattal Sangh, Sangh Parivar’s week to intervene to re- ters and, it is alleged, pow- is being indicted, because of the charge brought by a farmer wing, has taken an solve the increasingly wor- er connections of taluka Bhatinda-based advocate, BS Dhillon. unprecedented turn. The rying standoff. However, and district level BKS of- His counsel, SC advocate PN Lekhi, objected to the state BKS has actually demand- even he didn’t anticipate fice-bearers were being government coming in with this plea at this stage, contend- ed imposition of Presi- such a turn. snapped without any no- ing it was an effort to stop the framing of charges. The judge dent’s Rule in Gujarat. The BKS has given as tice from the Gujarat Elec- said he’d hear the state argument, to be allowed t file a sup- In a statement issued many as 16 reasons why it tricity Board. plementary chargesheet, also on Saturday. The judge said here on Wednesday, the wants President’s Rule. It “A definite procedure his decision to frame the charges — a formal finding of powerful farmers body said Modi had been break- has to be followed. The there being enough preliminary evidence to warrant a trial said Modi had systemati- ing elected municipalities — had already been made and there would be no going back. cally tried to bend and and panchayats, using po- GEB must first give notice Lekhi later said he apprehended the case would be sought break the democratic prin- lice to repress people, be- to the farmers. Only after to be weakened by the state government, given ciples of the Constitution. having in a high-handed the notice period is over Tuesday’s political compromise between Bhattal and CM State cabinet spokesman manner with different or- can the connections be Amarinder Singh. IK Jadeja refused to com- ganisations, refusing to en- snapped,” said Patel. He ment. ter into any dialogue with said, “Oral instructions “We request the Gujarat aggrieved groups and giv- from Modi were given to governor to use his consi- ing oral instructions to selectively snap power con- tutional powers by impos- suppress farmers. nections of the BKS office ing President’s Rule for a The statement further bearers. This is nothing short period in the general accused Modi of misusing but a terror-tactic.” Maya to decide on poll pact after a quiet birthday By Rajesh Ramachandran huge birthday cake and the TIMES NEWS NETWORK bash in Lucknow had made headlines. But this birthday New Delhi: No more cakes would be different for her for Maya- and the BSP.The party is not wati. If in power and Mayawati is be- Prime Min- ing hounded by investigat- ister Vaj- ing agencies. payee had More than turning her made up birthday into a political with his bete noire statement of the BSP com- Kalyan ing of age, this time around it seems the party’s priority Mayawati Singh and cut a huge is to get prepared for the birthday cake at Lucknow, electoral battle ahead. Ac- the BSP president Mayawati cording to BSP leaders, is expected to have a low-key Mayawati has decided to birthday celebration on Jan- turn her 48th birthday into a uary 15 and make an an- fund-raising event, though it nouncement about her polit- would still be celebrated as ical intentions the day after. ‘swabhiman diwas’ or ‘self- The Congress is looking respect day’ by the cadre. forward to an alliance with The BSP national treasur- the BSP in Uttar Pradesh er Ambed Rajan said, ‘‘This and party president Sonia time we have decided to keep Gandhi had made a call to the media and political lead- Mayawati last week, who ers away from the event. We agreed to meet Gandhi after would use the occasion as a her tour. According to party fund-raising event.’’ insiders, Mayawati is expect- Only party functionaries, ed to hold a meeting with her that too restricted to two or party bosses from various three from every state unit, states on January 16 and have been invited at the par- take a decision on poll pacts ty’s Gurudwara Rakabganj soon after. Road office here. The BSP is not particular- The first general elections ly enthusiastic about an al- without the party founder liance with the Congress be- Kanshi Ram actively getting cause going by the past expe- involved in devising BSP rience in UP, it feels only strategy is not expected to Congress would benefit from pose any insurmountable BSP’s support with no bulk challenge to the party. Party votes expected to be trans- insiders say Mayawati’s ferred by the Congress. Also, tough handling has stopped it is not sure how far the infighting and groupism. Congress would honour the They feel apart from UP, the alliance in Punjab and Mad- party would do better this hya Pradesh where the BSP time in Punjab and Madhya has around 10 per cent votes. Pradesh with or without a Last year, Mayawati’s Congress tie-up.
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Three abducted: Suspected NSCN (Khaplang faction) militants have kidnapped three people from Assam’s Cachar district along its borders with Manipur, official sources said here on Wednesday. PTI Tejas still not ready Development of Kaveri engine may take time Reuters By Rajat Pandit TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The indige- nous Light Combat Air- craft, christened Tejas by Prime Minister Vajpayee, is cruising towards cross- ing the milestone of 200 flights by March 31. But the IAF is worried the much- hyped fighter will again fail to meet the already re- vised deadlines. ‘‘Going by the current progress, it will be a mira- cle if we are able to induct two squadrons of the fully-operational LCA by 2010. The development of the Kaveri engine (sup- posed to power the fighter) is going to take even longer,’’ says a senior IAF officer. Quips another, ‘‘We FILE PICTURE: Light Combat Aircrafts during a display call it the Late Combat Air- in Bangalore. craft.’’ completed around 145 now fly on the American But defence scientists flights till now. ‘‘We are GE-404 engines. are optimistic of the LCA looking at 15 to 20 flights The defence ministry project, which was planned per month. PV-2 will join hopes the ‘‘initial opera- way back in the 1980s to re- the first three by mid- tional clearance’’ process place India’s ageing MiG 2004,’’ says Aatre. for the LCA will begin in fleet. The LCA project, which 2006 and will be completed They hold that develop- is now expected to cost in two years. ing a frontline multi-role over Rs 5,000 crore, in- It claims this tactical combat jet like the volves building of two TDs, fighter will be best of its LCA from scratch is an four PVs and a two-seat kind in the world, with ‘‘extremely complex task.’’ trainer. composite airframe, full- ‘‘We plan to complete 200 As for the much-delayed glass cockpit, advanced flights by March 31. By Kaveri, the first high-alti- combat avionics and op- then, the LCA would tude testing of the proto- tronics, and contemporary have crossed the 1.4 type engine in Russia has weapon systems. Mach speed barrier (it been found to be ‘‘very en- ‘‘With full-authority dig- went supersonic in August couraging.’’ ital electronic control unit 2003),’’ says Defence Re- ‘‘The Kaveri design is for engine control and in- search and Development now been fine-tuned and flight refuelling capability Organisation chief V K Aa- hopefully by September, it to enable long-range de- tre. will be on the flight test- ployment, the LCA will be Three LCAs—Technolo- bed,’’ says Aatre. the world’s smallest, light- gy Demonstrator-1, TD-2 Due to the frequent slip- weight and cheapest com- and Prototype Vehicle-1— pages, the first two pro- bat aircraft,’’ said an offi- are already flying and have posed LCA squadrons will cial. Helping Leh battle the scourge of silicosis By Sourav Sanyal TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chandigarh: While people of Leh have learnt to live with sub-zero temperatures, the summer months drive them to physicians in droves with symptoms similar to tubercu- losis. Six years ago, the Union health ministry sought the help of Ahmedabad-based National Institute of Occupa- tional Health to investigate the matter. It came to light that people of Leh suffer from a lung disease known as sili- cosis. Leh is the only place in the world to have cases of non-occupational silicosis. Subsequently,a detailed re- port was prepared and for- warded to the Union health ministry. Six years down the line the problem still persists. Having failed to initiate any follow-up action on the sub- ject till date, NIOH is now toy- ing with the idea of starting an intervention programme for the people of Leh. Talking to TNN at the 91st session of the Indian Science Congress which was inaugu- rated at Panjab University on Saturday, NIOH assistant di- rector B C Lakkad said, ‘‘Leh is the only place in the world to have cases of non-occupa- tional silicosis. This came to light when we carried out studies in three villages of Leh district about six years back. Unfortunately, since then we have not been able to initiate follow-up action as we have done in Gujarat and UP from where cases of occupa- tional silicosis have been re- ported.’’ He said the institute is thinking of planning out intervention programmes for people of Leh affected by sili- cosis and initiate some steps to reduce its occurrence. ‘‘During summers when snow melts on the western side of the Himalayas, storms start eroding stones. This generates fine silica dust which when inhaled leads to silicosis,’’ Lakkad said. A lung disease similar to tuberculosis, silicosis is caused by exposure to stone dust. ‘‘It is a very fast pro- gressing lung disease. Once the disease sets in, which takes about two to three years to surface, a person can die within three to five years. The X-ray picture is exactly similar to tuberculosis,” he added. 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INDIA DIGEST Second round of Sino-Indian AP Pak voices: Dissident and supportive border talks this month Ajit Ninan Beijing: China on Wednesday expressed confidence in re- By Manoj Joshi like the old warhorse Sardar Ab- solving the vexed boundary issue with India under a new TIMES NEWS NETWORK dul Qayuum, former chief min- framework to be discussed at the second round of border ister of Azad Kashmir, who told Islamabad: From the two gov- World applauds talks at the political level later this month. TNN that what was most impor- ernment’s point of view all may ‘‘The special representative of India will come to China tant was that a process had be- be over,barring the celebrations, Indo-Pak talks this month,’’ Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Kong gun. He said he was confident but there are important voices Quan told reporters and confirmed that national security that when it ended, the Kash- Washington: The interna- here that have reservations. advisor Brajesh Mishra will visit Beijing this month. miris would get their due. tional community has wel- Some are the usual suspects, ‘‘The two countries will, proceeding from the consensus Pakistani critics even charge comed the Indo-Pak move to the Jamiat-ul-ulema Islam, reached by the two leaders on the overall development of bi- resume a composite dia- whose spokesman described the the Jamaat-e-Islami with playing lateral relations, seek to explore new ways to solve the bor- logue, two years after com- meetings as being merely “a a double game, pointing out that der issue,’’ Kong said. While Kong did not announce the ing to the brink of war. handshake and photo opportuni- they had organised violent dates of the second round of meetings, he said the two spe- ty”. Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the demonstrations during the La- The US has said that the cial representatives — Mishra and his Chinese counterpart, decision had given the coun- head of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pak- hore visit of Vajpayee in 1999 but Dai Bingguo — will meet in Beijing in January. PTI istan and a leading constituent were keeping their cool this tries fresh opportunities to A Kashmiri woman looks at time. jointly combat terrorism kangris (fire pots) on display at a of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, Writing in The News on Sun- and achieve peace in the re- local market in Srinagar. has charged that the two govern- ments with sidelining the Kash- day, Farrukh Saleem, an inde- gion. mir issue. pendent analyst noted that the Besides the US, Germany, 7 hurt in clash: Seven persons, Both the hardliners claim that growing economic asymmetry Canada, Australia, Japan, including a policeman, were injured between India and Pakistan was China and Nepal have hailed they are not against dialogue most worried so his is the hard- in a clash between the Provincial a compelling reason to strike a the move. and talks, but both want Kash- est line, saying that merely sign- Armed Constabulary (PAC) jawans deal now, rather than later when UN secretary-general Kofi mir as the central issue. ing of a piece of paper cannot and villagers at Khalilabad of Sant the asymmetry would be even Annan said improved rela- Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, the po- Some speaking through the convince us to lay down our Urdu press have not been so re- greater.“Time is on India’s side,” tions between the South lice said on Wednesday. PTI weapons. strained. They charged that the he wrote, “Economic disparity Asian neighbours would Even moderate voices like Inspector held for torture: A whole move was a trap laid by between India and Pakistan will mean a lot for the region as leading analyst Hasan Askari police inspector attached to the Vajpayee and his ‘‘Chankaee be much greater a few years it would reduce political ten- Pudukottai police station in (sic) neeti (Chanakya niti)’’. The Rizvi emphasise the importance down the road than it is today.In- sion and lead to economic Tirunelveli district was arrested and Urdu press is in a class by itself, of the Kashmir issue but point dia’s military-strategic superior- development. PTI remanded till January 9, for disobey- with papers like the Nawa-e- out that this could possibly be ity is going to be much greater.” ing a court summon and not appear- Waqt and Jang maintaining a taken up in the coming month in Likewise, former minister the Line of Control as the inter- ing before the court in connection steady drum-beat of skewed re- the composite dialogue which Iqbal Haider wrote in Dawn on national border for all practical with a torture case. PTI porting on Kashmir and India. would result from the spirit of Monday: “It would be in the best purposes, at least for the time be- Jaya exempted: A fast track Sitting in nearby Muzaf- goodwill generated by the meet- interest of the people of Pak- ing.” Haider argued that there- court has exempted Tamil Nadu farabad, Hizbul Mujahideen ings. istan, India and Kashmir, that after agreements could be made chief minister Jayalalithaa from per- leader Syed Salahuddin is the But there are important voices both Pakistan and India accept to soften this border. sonal appearance in a defamation case against two DMK and an MDMK functionaries. PTI
5 militants killed: Five militants CCS discusses next step were killed and an Armyman hurt in TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pervez Musharaf and Prime separate militancy-related incidents Minister Zafarullah Khan Ja- in Doda and Poonch district, official New Delhi: The Cabinet Com- mali. Though there was no offi- sources said on Wednesday. PTI mittee on Security, chaired by cial briefing, it is understood Prime Minister Atal Bihari Va- that the meeting discussed the Salman salvo: Bollywood actor jpayee, on Wednesday dis- Salman Khan on Wednesday op- road ahead for Indo-Pak ties in cussed the strategy to be adopt- posed Maharashtra government’s the light of Musharraf ’s pledge plea, challenging the jurisdiction of ed for a composite dialogue that support to terrorism ‘‘in Bandra magistrate to try him in a hit- with Pakistan, slated to resume any manner’’ would not be per- and-run case, saying ‘‘the state was next month. mitted in any territory under trying to abuse the process of law The modalities for the dia- Pakistan’s control. and delay the trial’’. PTI logue to resolve contentious bi- The meeting was attended by lateral issues, including cross- Deputy Prime Minister L K Ad- Sugar mills told to pay: In an border terrorism and Kashmir, apparent move aimed at wooing vani, external affairs minister and the security situation in farmers, particularly in politically cru- Yashwant Sinha, finance min- cial Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Lok the region also figured in the ister Jaswant Singh, defence Sabha polls, the Centre on Wednes- 80-minute meeting called by Va- minister George Fernandes, day asked sugar mills to immediately jpayee, a day after his return national security adviser begin payment of the Statutory Mini- from Islamabad. Brajesh Mishra, Army chief mum Price (SMP) for cane for 2003- Vajpayee informed the com- Gen N C Vij and Navy chief 04 and clear all past dues. PTI mittee members about his talks Admiral Madhvendra Singh, with Pakistan President Gen among others. Reuters
An peace activist drops a box of sweets into the Chenab river, which flows to neighbouring Pakistan, in Akhnoor on Wednesday. Peace hopes Atal wins acclaim, flow along Chenab river but BJP cautious By Smita Gupta TIMES NEWS NETWORK party leader said: ‘‘Musharraf TIMES NEWS NETWORK made all the right noises, but Akhnoor: The first we need to wait and watch messages of peace were New Delhi: The BJP — despite the whether his government acts sent across the waters media hype — is responding to the on the promise of ending spon- of the Chenab river on Prime Minister’s just-concluded vis- sorship of terrorism. We are Wednesday after India it to Islamabad very cautiously. Its not very sure of Pakistan.’’ and Pakistan vowed to central organisational functionar- This skepticism was reflect- move ahead with a com- ies are meeting on Thursday to de- ed in BJP president M Venka- posite dialogue. cide on the official party line. iah Naidu’s terse statement on Thrilled with the step A party functionary said the Wednesday: ‘‘The BJP is of the towards peace, the meeting will discuss whether the view that talks with Pakistan Youth Association of visit merits a separate resolution at will be meaningful only if India (YAI), a non-gov- the BJP’s upcoming national execu- cross-border terrorism comes ernment body,set afloat tive in Hyderabad. The meeting will to an end. We are happy to... toy boats decked with also discuss if the visit needs to be note... that India has main- balloons to Pakistan included in the mandatory political tained its consistent position through the Chenab — resolution and used in the campaign during the meeting with the the river runs through for the general elections. Pakistani leadership that sus- the town, 30 km north of Senior party sources said the tained dialogue will be possible Jammu and Kashmir’s PM’s Pak visit could, at best, be used only after cross-border terror winter capital Jammu. in a carefully calibrated fashion: ‘‘In is brought to an end. We are Akhnoor is just 15 km general terms, the spirit of bon- happy to know that Pakistan from the Line of Con- homie generated by the visit, the has given this assurance and is trol (LoC) between the current ceasefire, the fact that we ready to move forward on the two countries. It has are not on the brink of war fuses road to peace with India.’’ been bruised by not well with the feel-good factor gener- It was also evident that the only Indo-Pak wars but ated by the eight per cent growth BJP was taking its cue from also by terrorism. It has rate and the message of develop- the RSS: The cover story in the also suffered the firing ment that we are sending to people.’’ latest issue of the RSS organ, along the LoC since the Sources said this message helped ‘‘Panchjanya’’ (January 11, Kargil war in 1999. ‘‘neutralise’’ the Muslim vote: ‘‘We 2004) entitled ‘‘Pakistan me On Wednesday, the don’t expect Muslims to vote for us, Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Aman ke YAI gathered 100 young but this could make them less keen Armaan’’ is deeply skeptical of boys on the banks of to defeat us — many of them may the visit: It says that each time the Chenab. Each toy not be motivated to vote at all.’’ leaders of the two countries boat was filled with But the flip side for the BJP is: meet to talk, it becomes news, sweets and placards How will the BJP’s core constituen- but it is not possible to believe reading: Peace, We cy respond to the visit? The party that there will be any material want to be friends. can hardly afford to alienate this improvement till the situation group, sources stressed. Indeed, as a on the ground changes.
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10 Thursday,January 8, 2004 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Filing returns easier Cabinet approves pilot TIMES NEWS NETWORK Swarup said the online system would be operational by April 1, New Delhi: The era of attaching 2004. Tax-payers opting for the serv- your TDS (tax deducted at source) ice will have to file the returns certificate (Form 16) while filing in- social security scheme through a chartered accountant. come-tax returns has come to an TIMES NEWS NETWORK end. Now on, all companies have to Swarup said the revenue depart- Planning a Bill? pilot project functions.’’ electronically file employees’ TDS ment was developing an all-India The scheme claims to pro- electronic network connecting 500 New Delhi: The Cabinet on vide triple benefits to the data to the National Securities De- Two months ago, a cities at a cost of Rs 252 crore. With Wednesday approved a pilot • workers. It envisages a flat positories Ltd (NSDL), which will social security scheme for proposal to convert the this a tax-payer could file his re- rate registered pension of sort out the data on the basis of per- people working in the unor- scheme into a Bill was turns online, and check the status of Rs 500 per month on retire- sonal account numbers (PAN). ganised sector. rejected a refund or TDS too. The system will ment at the age of 60 years B Swarup, member, central board Two months ago the be ready in December 2004. • The pilot scheme will and total disablement and of direct taxes (CBDT), made the an- Cabinet had turned Thanks to the revival in the econ- be implemented in the family pension in case of nouncement on Wednesday, adding down this scheme proposed omy, direct tax collections in the capital cities for two yrs death of the worker. It aims that TDS payments will now be au- by the labour ministry say- tomatically adjusted against tax lia- first nine months of 2003-04 went up at a personal accident insur- ing it was too ambitious and • Feedback from states ance cover for Rs 1 lakh and bilities. Refunds, if any,will be cred- by 22.4 per cent to Rs 64,230 crore will be considered before preposterous to think convergence of the Univer- ited to the tax-payer’s bank account (against Rs 52,428 crore in the year- that it could be converted it is made into a Bill within 120 days of filing the return. ago period). sal Health Insurance into a Bill and enacted in Scheme for a worker and his Parliament. workforce of the country. family at the cost of Rs 548 Asked to re-work the Bill The 3.5 crore labour force in per annum for a family of and suggest ways to finance the organised sector are al- five members, or Rs 365 per the scheme at a smaller ready enjoying social securi- annum for a family of three scale, the labour ministry fi- ty schemes being imple- members. nally gave up its ambitious mented by the Employees The scheme will cover all plan of pushing it as a Bill, Provident Fund Organisa- the workers in the unorgan- and has come up with the tion (EPFO). Incidentally, ised sector earning not more idea of implementing ‘‘a pi- the pilot scheme will also be than Rs 6,500 per month. The lot scheme’’ for two years in implemented by the EPFO scheme will be financed by the capital cities and in con- network. contributions from workers sultation with state govern- Briefing the Cabinet’s de- at the rate of Rs 50 per ments. ‘‘A feedback will be cision, Union parliamentary month in the age-group of taken from the states minister Sushma Swaraj 18-35 years and Rs 100 per and only after this any pro- said on Wednesday that the month in the age group of posal to make it into a Bill scheme was coming in place 36-50 years. The contribution will be taken up,’’ a senior of a proposed Central legis- from the employers will be official said. lation that could have en- Rs 100 per month and gov- The re-worked scheme tailed a cess on petrol. Asked ernment contribution promises to provide social if the legislation proposed will be at the rate of 1.16 per security to 50 lakh labour by labour minister Sahib cent of the monthly wages of force in the unorganised sec- Singh Verma was not being the worker. tor. Earlier, the ministry had brought as the government The Cabinet also approved claimed that it would pro- wanted to go in for early guidelines for negotiation of vide social security to 37 polls, she said, ‘‘We would wage revision for public sec- crore labour force in the un- definitely like to give a statu- tor employees on the condi- organised sector,which com- tory shape, but before this, tion that there would be no prises 98 per cent of the we would like to see how the budgetary support. Salt at 25p for poor families AMU defies Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday de- cided to launch the subsidised salt distribution scheme from UGC directive January 26. About 7.30 lakh TIMES NEWS NETWORK sion on admission tests families living below the for other technical cours- poverty line will be benefited. New Delhi: Defying the es offered by the Delhi The decision was taken at a University Grant Com- University will be taken Cabinet meeting chaired by mission’s (UGC) directive by the academic council chief minister Raman Singh to conduct a common en- on Thursday,’’ said here on Wednesday. The trance exam for profes- Jaswinder Singh, secre- scheme will be known as sional courses with other tary Federation of Cen- ‘‘Chhattisgarh Amrit’’ and the universities in the coun- tral Universities Teach- poor in Dantewara, Kanker, try, the Aligarh Muslim ers Associations. There Bastar, Korea, Jashpur, University (AMU) has de- are 18 central universi- Raigarh and Surguja districts cided to go ahead with its ties in the country. will get 2 kg of salt per month own admission test. On January 4, the FE- at 25 paise per kg, parliamen- The entrance exams CUTA had rejected the tary affairs minister Ajay for professional and tech- UGC’s decision on joint Chandrakar said. nical courses like BTech, entrance exam, calling it Chandrakar said the govern- MBBS, MCA, MBA and undemocratic and an en- ment will bring salt from Bachelors in Architec- croachment on the auton- Gandhidham in Gujarat ture will be conducted by omy of universities. The through its marketing agency. the AMU from April on- Aligarh Muslim Univer- The cost of the salt will be Rs wards. AMU vice-chan- sity is the first to oppose 2.25 per kg after it reaches cellor Nafeez Ahmad said the UGC directive. here. The salt will be sent to the academic council had ‘‘Although we are part district headquarters and rejected the UGC direc- blocks from here. The govern- of FECUTA, our status is tive and there was no different than other cen- ment will bring 18,000 tonne of question of conducting a iodised salt every year under tral universities. We are a common entrance exam. minority institution cre- the scheme, he added. TNN Other central universi- ated by an act of Parlia- ties, including Delhi Uni- ment. UGC cannot make versity (DU), Jamia Mil- changes in our admission lia Islamia and Hamdard process without getting it University, are also plan- ratified by Parliament,’’ ning to conduct their own said Wasim Ahmed, for- exam instead of having a mer Rajya Sabha MP and joint entrance test with member of AMU’s execu- other universities. tive council. The Faculty of Man- Ahmed said the HRD agement Studies, under ministry had misinter- DU, will soon have its en- preted the Supreme court trance exam. ‘‘The deci- judgment. In wildlife institute, director goes extinct By Chandrika Mago TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: In what one conservationist describes as the messiest story of academia, the government’s prestigious Wildlife Institute of India has been with- out a full-time director so long the post has been deemed abolished. In addition, some of its faculty is in court, fighting a battle on the rules of consultancy money sharing. ‘‘It’s a headless chicken,’’ says a conservationist who doesn’t want to be identified. ‘‘A horror story of cliques, political rivalries, very little academia, prob- ably the most depressing story of Indian wildlife.’’ Some scientists have fled what conservationists de- scribe as a unique institution, one of the few such in a developing country. This Dehra Dun-based institute, formed in 1982, was tasked with the job of producing a cadre of wildlife managers and field biologists. The institute society is headed by none other than the Union envi- ronment minister while the governing body is head- ed by the ministry’s secretary. In recognition of its potential, Unesco identified it as the regional train- ing centre for south and south-east Asia. Yet, for nearly two years, this institute has been allowed to slide. It has had no full-time director, the leadership being left to people merely holding additional charge. Salary hasn’t been drawn against the post. Government rules stipulate that any post vacant for more than a year will be deemed abol- ished, says a source. So, after finally selecting a can- didate nearly six months ago, the ministry is unable to appoint him. It says it has written to the finance ministry to re- vive the post and is hopeful of getting the green sig- nal soon. Faced with this absurd situation, ministry mandarins condemn the ‘‘unnecessary bureaucracy’’ which has forced them to move the finance ministry. Why, they wonder, should the abolition rule apply when the process for filling up the post has been on and someone has been holding additional charge. Conservationists, however, are unsparing, unable to understand why the government dragged its feet so long. ‘‘What was the difficulty in finding a candidate for an institution which was the pride of India?’’ asks conservationist Ashok Kumar. Nobody is willing to answer.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Thursday,January 8, 2004 11 Tourist raped 24 CBI chargesheet in Gujarat riot case No threat in Myanmar: Rebel group New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against several yrs ago, accused people pertaining to the post-Godhra riots. Following the Gangrape victim Guwahati: Amid reports that the do anything and everything to de- Supreme Court direction the agency has decided to investi- acquitted now country has launched a military fend ourselves,” K Mulatonu, sen- gate the role of Jaswant Nai, Govind Nai, Naresh Moriya offensive on militant camps, the ior rebel ‘minister’ of NSCN (Kha- and others in alleged murders, rapes and rioting as com- By Rakesh Bhatnagar National Socialist Council of Na- plang) said. plained by Bilkis Yakub Rasul. commits suicide TIMES NEWS NETWORK galand (NSCN - S S Khaplang fac- He was speaking from an undis- In her FIR at the Limkheda police station, Bilkis Begum al- TIMES NEWS NETWORK teams have been sent to Delhi New Delhi: The suspected tion) said on Wednesday that its closed location along the India- leged that when she along with her relations had been fleeing and Jaipur to nab the two, said rapists of a German tourist bases inside Myanmar were safe. Myanmar border. after riots broke out, they were chased by a mob. The mob, Ahmedabad: Unable to get over assistant commissioner of po- who was raped near the Taj “We see no threat to our camps The NSCN (Khaplang) is fight- she said, had raped her sisters and murdered a few others.TNN her trauma, a 24-year-old, gan- lice S P Oza. Mahal in Agra about 24 years in Myanmar, although we have ing for an independent tribal graped by her lover and his Sajal and the girl knew each ago have been acquitted, but enough strength and capacity to homeland in Nagaland. IANS friends at a city hotel on New other for the past 18 months and the Supreme Court lashed out Year’s eve, committed suicide on kept in touch on the telephone, at the UP police for commit- PW guerrillas blow up railway station: Tuesday morning. said the police. ting ‘‘serious flaws’’ in the in- Maoist guerrillas have blown up a railway sta- The girl hanged herself to The girl had been invited to a vestigation. tion in Jharkhand, blasting the station building death with a dupatta at her party by Chandar, who was also ‘‘It is very unfortunate that and destroying everything in its vicinity, the po- house in Panchsheel locality of known to her. in a case where a foreign lady lice said on Wednesday. The incident took Naranpura here. The girl first went to a farm- was allegedly raped, the po- place late on Tuesday night at the Ramuna rail- She was raped in a room at the house in the Sarkhej suburb lice did not take any urgent way station in the state’s Garwah district, 160 Ashok Palace hotel in Shahibaug with a group of friends for a New action,’’ said the apex court km from here. There were no immediate reports area on December 31 night. Year party. Later, she left for while upholding the acquittal of any casualties as scared railway employees In a police complaint, she had Ashok Palace Hotel to meet Sa- of one Babu Khan and Foran fled from the scene to save their lives. IANS named five persons for the jal. Singh. crime, including Sajal Jain, a The police believe she was ‘‘The utter callousness on Delhiite, who she was in love lured into a trap set by Sajal. She the part of the police allowed with. was taken to a room, where she the accused to escape,’’ the Three of the accused — Chan- was allegedly forced to drink court said while rejecting the der Jaiswal, son of the hotel’s beer, slapped and gangraped by state’s appeal. owner, Mandan Jaiswal and Sug- the five. However, the Bench said am Jaiswal — have been arrest- The girl was reportedly in a this court would be slow in re- ed. All three are local residents. state of shock for the past week. versing the acquittal order Sajal Jain and the fifth ac- Her brother, who deals in print- unless the HC judgment was cused, Karan Jain of Jaipur, are ing machinery,found the body at perverse and unreasonable still at large. Separate police 10.45 am on Wednesday. and caused a serious miscar- riage of justice. High court admits Sharma’s petition Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday admit- ted a petition filed by former police commissioner R S Sharma, challenging his ar- rest under MCOCA in the stamp paper scam. The court deferred till Jan- uary 15 his plea for interim relief to restrain the SIT from extending his custody. Justices V G Palshikar and P V Kakade, while directing Maharashtra to file a detailed affidavit in reply to Sharma’s contention, said that on Janu- ary 15 they would fix an early date to hear the matter. PTI
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12 Thursday,January 8, 2004 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi Kidman, Zeta-Jones join Oscar presenters AROUND THE WORLD AP Los Angeles: After walking for her role as a murderous tremes in the past two years, 1980s in “42nd Steet.” Bad hair day: An attempt pore’s government. In an ear- lier case detailed in the away with Oscar statuettes cabaret performer in the reinventing herself as a Hol- by a German thief to change Oscar nominees for this his appearance after a rob- Straits Times, a wife tried to last year, Catherine Zeta- jazzy musical “Chicago.” lywood heavyweight. year’s awards will be an- bery backfired Monday when punish her unfaithful hus- Jones and Nicole Kidman Kidman took the Oscar for Zeta-Jones has been tread- nounced on January 27. The a hairdresser tipped off the band by performing oral sex will join the ranks of pre- best actress for her portray- ing the boards since the age ceremony to award the police. German police said in on him and then reporting senters at Hollywood’s high- al of novelist Virginia Woolf of 12, when she was belting him to the police. Reuters Academy’s famous golden a statement Tuesday they est honours next month, or- in “The Hours.” Kidman, 36, out songs in the musical “An- had detained a man and his ganisers said. was once criticised as bland. nie.” Born in Wales on Sep- statuettes takes place at the 23-year-old female accom- Prostitutes sue pimps: Zeta-Jones won the Oscar But the Australian superstar tember 25, 1969, she became Kodak Theatre in Los Ange- plice on suspicion of robbing Nine former South Korean prostitutes have filed for best supporting actress has taken versatility to ex- a hit in London in the late les on February 29. AFP a store in the Berlin suburb of Spandau and attacking the lawsuits against their pimps 59-year-old shop assistant. seeking damages in a land- LUV2HATE MAIL “Afterwards they both fled mark legal case, their This is a very interesting and sponta- with their loot to a nearby lawyers said on Tuesday. Seven of the women say neous comic strip with the right hairdressers. Reuters amount of humour and satire. Those they were lured into prostitu- who send brickbats should get their Singapore’s sex laws: tion rings as minors under sense of humour checked Singapore may decriminalise the age of 18 and never re- — Reena oral sex between men and ceived promised up-front Now its enough. Can’t tolerate Dubya- man anymore. Please stop. women, a government minis- payments of as much as 10 — Kishor Mahto ter said on Tuesday, but ho- million Won ($8,400) in addi- mosexual oral sex looks set tion to room and board. For more mail go to to stay illegal. The move fol- Prostitution is illegal in www.timesofindia.com lows a highly publicised case South Korea but flourishes in e-mail: [email protected] of a 27-year-old policeman myriad forms — in large jailed for two years in No- brothel zones, barber shops, vember for receiving consen- bathhouses and “ticket Courteney expecting first sual oral sex from a 15-year- US actor Tom Cruise with his girlfriend, Spanish actress coffee shops” which send child: ‘Friends’ star Courteney old girl. That case provoked Penelope Cruz, in London’s Leicester Square, to attend the prostitutes bearing hot Cox is expecting her first child, rare public criticism of Singa- British Premiere of his latest film, The Last Samurai. drinks on house calls. Reuters her publicist said. AP Dentures for elephant: An aging elephant in Thailand has Local girl leaves gotten a new lease on life af- ter a veterinari- an fitted the an- town, makes good, imal with cus- tom-made den- tures, a news- breaks heart paper reported. Morakot, an 80- Kentwood: They forgave star and year-old pachy- the short shorts, the tart son of derm in captivi- tops and even the juicy an auto ty at a park in smooch with Madonna. mechan- the province of But this time, enough is ic, has Kanchanaburi, enough. Many of the good been had been un- folk of Kentwood say they cooped able to chew are severely disappointed up in his her food be- cause she had after the pride and joy of house, lost her teeth, their town, the pop idol ringed the Bangkok Britney Spears, married a Britney Spears by Post quoted hometown boy last Satur- tabloid Dr Jitniyom day and then cut him loose reporters from across the saying. AP after 55 hours. planet, occasionally stick- She, like, broke his ing his thick neck out the heart. And now, while Ms door to shoo people away. Spears slinks behind a “He’s getting all stressed wall of publicists, her erst- over this,” said Robert while husband, Jason Stewart Jr, a Kentwood Allen Alexander, is left scrap collector who knows with the paparazzi on his both the Spearses and the front lawn. Alexanders. “That boy’s “I’m getting really ag- going to lose his mind.” gravated with all this!” Mr “Man,” Mr Stewart said, Alexander shouted this “what was Britney think- week to a gaggle of jour- ing?” A lot of people are nalists hanging around for asking that. a quote. “I want y’all off When it came to Ms my property!” Spears, Kentwood used to So much for Britney be loyal, protective and for- Alexander. giving. She was born and Ever since Ms Spears raised here, just south of got an annulment on Mon- the Mississippi state line. day for the impulsive cere- And until she went plat- mony at the Little White inum and beyond, the most Wedding Chapel in Las Ve- profitable thing to come gas, in which she wore out of Kentwood was the ripped jeans and a baseball spring water or fluffy cap, Mr Alexander,football white chickens. NYT News Service Mars site to be named after Columbia crew Washington: Nasa has an- dure” via the International nounced it would name the Astronomical Union, the spot where the robot probe Nasa chief said. Spirit landed successfully at The seven astronauts the weekend in memory of aboard the Columbia, includ- seven astronauts of the ing the India-born Kalpana doomed space shuttle Colum- Chawla, died on February 1, bia, including India-born 2003, when the shuttle carry- Kalpana Chawla. ing them disintegrated upon “The area in the vast land reentry into the Earth’s at- of the Gusev Crater where mosphere following a scien- Spirit landed this weekend tific mission into orbit. will be called the Columbia An aluminium plaque to Memorial Station,” Nasa the memory of the dead Co- boss Sean O’Keefe an- lumbia team was attached to nounced at a press briefing. the robot Spirit before its de- The naming will be done parture to Mars. It landed on “through the formal proce- the red planet on Sunday. AFP
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Bali bomber: Indonesia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday up- Bush woos immigrants Diana wasn’t pregnant, held the death sentence on Amrozi for the Bali bombings. AFP AFP Washington: Millions of illegal migrant farmers, hotel maids and says UK royal coroner others working in the shadows of American society would be freed By Rashmee Z Ahmed tress. A tabloid from the threat of deportation for TIMES NEWS NETWORK newspaper, the scourge of the at least three years and could get a London: Six years, an unstop- royal family, pub- chance at permanent legal US sta- pable worldwide media frenzy lished the sensa- tus under an election-year propos- and 10,000 conspiracy websites af- al President George W. Bush is tional letter. ter her death, at least one mystery London’s Metro- asking Congress to approve. surrounding Britain’s iconic roy- Bush was to promote a major politan Police may al princess, Diana, is finally and now question Charles and his overhaul of American immigra- authoritatively cleared up: Diana tion policy — and break a virtual two sons as part of a lengthy 12- was not pregnant by Egyptian to-15 month investigation into Di- silence on the issue since the Sept playboy Dodi al-Fayed. Princes 11, 2001, attacks — before scores of ana’s death. The police inquiry William and Harry were not des- comes as Britain’s royal coroner immigration-rights advocates in tined to have a succession of little, somewhat bizarrely and unex- the East Room on Wednesday. half-Arab Muslim siblings. pectedly ordered Scotland Yard The president was to argue that The revelation, splashed to investigate because “there is his plan would make America An Air Tahiti flight attendant looks into the camera as a US Customs and across Wednesday’s London speculation that these deaths safer by giving the government a Border Security officer prepares to photograph her at immigration as part of the new US-VISIT program at Los Angeles International Airport. Times, comes just hours after were not the result of a sad but better idea of who was crossing Britain’s future king and Diana’s relatively straightforward road- US borders, bolster the economy the president’s speech were the a top priority of the business com- divorced husband Prince Charles traffic accident in Paris”. by meeting employers’ need for political dividends White House munity while making his most ag- was posthumously accused of On Wednesday, an inscrutable willing low-wage workers, and ful- advisers hoped the proposal gressive move yet to court Latino plotting to kill her. The accusa- Charles ignored the rising chat- fill a mandate for compassion by would pay. voters. tion comes in a letter Diana her- ter and often-risible conspiracy guaranteeing the rights and legit- By dangling the prospect of le- He won just over one-third of self wrote 10 months before her theories to make a public visit to imacy of illegal workers, accord- gal status to some 8 million illegal that constituency in 2000 but death. The Princess alleged that a British cancer charity. ing to senior administration offi- immigrants now estimated to be wants to expand his support in the Charles wanted to murder her in For more go to cials who briefed reporters Tues- in this country, about half of community to better his chances order to marry his long-time mis- www.timesofindia.com day.Likely to be left unsaid during them Mexican, Bush was granting for re-election in November. AP AFP Lanka truce: Ranil mounts pressure on Chandrika Colombo: Holding President Chandrika Ku- maratunga responsible for “damaging” the peace process in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday mounted pressure on her to enter into a fresh ceasefire deal with the Tamil rebels. “The action of the President has damaged the very foundation of our talks. Certain This image released by the Lower Manhattan Develop- clauses of the ceasefire agreement have be- ment Corporation shows “Reflecting Absence” by come invalid today,” Wickremesinghe said architect Michael Arad. The design won the World Trade referring to the November 4 action of the Centre Site Memorial competition. President when she wrested control of the key ministries of Defence, Home and infor- mation and imposed a brief emergency. Design for WTC Addressing a public rally,he said his cease- fire agreement with the LTTE was on the ba- sis that he had total control over the military. memorial selected However, with President Kumaratunga tak- ing over the key ministries, that foundation By Glenn Collins entry Reflecting Absence of the ceasefire agreement was shattered, he New York: The memorial by Michael Arad and Pe- said adding “We can’t go against the agree- at ground zero will be a ter Walker has undergone ment. If we do that, there will be a war again. teeming grove of trees “significant” changes “If the President wants to keep the three above two deep reflecting since its initial version ministries she took over and at the same time pools within the outlines was revealed in Novem- carry on with the peace process, she must ei- of the twin towers. ber, according to Kevin M. ther re-negotiate or enter into a fresh agree- At least that was the ini- Rampe, the development ment with the LTTE. It is her responsibility,” tial concept. For though corporation president. he said making it clear that his government the Lower Manhattan De- The memorial jury of 13 wanted the ceasefire to continue. velopment Corporation had requested so many re- Diplomats said the remarks were in line yesterday announced the visions and enhance- with what Wickremesinghe had been articu- winner of the competition ments during its six lating, but the timing was aimed at mounting to memorialise those slain weeks of deliberations pressure on Kumaratunga to make a at the World Trade Centre that it required a new set fresh move in what had become a political on September 11, 2001, and of models and substantial- impasse. PTI February 26, 1993, it de- ly different drawings. The layed a complete descrip- selection from eight final- tion of the design and its ists’ designs was made on image, as well as access to Monday night. its creators, until a high- The plan was some- profile unveiling planned thing of a dark horse, for next week. edging out two other It took that step, the de- designs considered velopment corporation informal semifinalists said, because the winning last week. NYT News Service
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14 Thursday,January 8, 2004 The Times of India, New Delhi Not Up to the Grade Return of the Prodigal A THOUGHT FOR TODAY The second Pravasi Bharatiya Divas — an Canadian immigration policy is based Bonsai Effect in Basic Education event which felicitates the Indian diaspora on several factors but immigrants with Even if the markets fall, it is not as if the Sensex By Sanjiv Kaura — gets under way in the Capital this professional skills and entrepreneurial will go down to 4,500. continuation of the earlier approach to education. Contrary to popular perception, Friday. Pradeep Sood, president of the abilities are now preferred, as Canada’s — IIM-Ahmedabad director Bakul Dholakia Apologies for bringing bad news in the CSS does not mean a uniform type of educa- Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, economic growth depends greatly on inno- New Year. Advertisements during 2003 tion across the country. Rather, the word better known as the ICCC — one of North vation and knowledge-based industries. featuring the president, prime minister and common guarantees a common equal quali- America’s most prominent ethnic business Canada, like America, is experiencing a HRD minister repeatedly promised to send ty of education to every child from Kashmir bodies — discloses the NRI community’s peculiar phenomenon, of reverse immigra- Third Time Lucky every child to school under the Sarva to Kanyakumari. Every child here means hopes and fears to Sohaila Kapur,on tion, thanks to the discrimination faced by Shiksha Abhiyan scheme by 2003. With 35 to every child. And this is irrespective of her the eve of the conference: many South Asians, post-9/11, in North In 2004, let’s have synergy between 75 million children still out of school, that economic class, caste, gender,disability,reli- America. Many have given up flourishing politics, economy and the market promise stands broken. Paradhi is a Dalit gion or any other discriminatory factor. The Has the government fulfilled the promises businesses and careers to return to India. tribe, still officially branded as a thief caste, instrumentality of CSS is the neighbour- it made to the NRIs last year? But these are really isolated incidents. In The BSE Sensitive Index celebrated the New Year by in Marathwada. Their literacy rate is hood school funded solely by the govern- Yes, there has been progress on some Canada, a lot of progress has been made closing at an all-time high of 6,027 on January 2. Since eight per cent. They often bear the brunt of ment but controlled by the neighbourhood. issues that were discussed in January 2003. since the 70s and early 80s, when South then, the market has seen some correction, but that was brutality from suspicious police. Interest in There is decentralisation of real powers Notably,on the question of dual citizenship. Asians were actually discriminated against. only to be expected given the almost vertical rise of the education amidst such daily life battles to such a school as opposed to mere decen- With the introduction and passage of the It’s a different picture now, with a majority Sensex from early December.The present situation augurs would be expected to be low. well for the IPOs that plan to raise Rs 25,000 crore in 2004; tralisation of instructions from Delhi. Thus Bill in both Houses of Parliament, the gov- of Indians educated and prosperous, Yet when Bal Huqq Abhiyan activists led their targets might seem ambitious but the primary the school decides budgets which are duti- ernment has clearly shown its intention of and only a minority still poor because of by Dalit leader Eknath Awadh entered a market has not looked better in years. The euphoria on the fully paid by the state; the community has a fulfilling this promise. The Bill is, I believe, underemployment and unemployment. small village, Kalambh, this is what a markets underscores the feel-good spirit in the economy, say in the hiring of teachers, the curricu- now awaiting the president’s assent. Canadian NRIs are second to their American 12-year-old boy Pistaulia said, ‘‘We have with second quarter GDP rising by an impressive 8.4 per lum content and other issues critical to the What are you focusing on this year? and British counterparts in the Indian only one candle for 30 children. Can we get cent at constant prices and the manufacturing sector by running of the school. Most important, the government’s list of priorities. What can you one more candle so that we can study once The ICCC is very interested in exploring 7.3 per cent. The rally on the markets has been broad based quality level in each neighbourhood school do to improve the situation? the embers of our dinner fire cease to give business opportunities in India in the fields and therefore more inspiring than the earlier episodes of in CSS is such that ordinarily a parent does light?’’ Welcome to the social change not feel the need to send her child to expen- of healthcare, infrastructure, tourism and The situation is much better now. Both 1992 and 2000, which ended ignominiously in scandal. happening in India — an India hungry for sive private schools outside the system. information technology. We will also be the Indian and Canadian governments This time, the finance ministry and Securities and education, not mere literacy. Breaking What is most ironical is that CSS is easily looking at business networking within recognise the important role that the Indo- Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have successfully kept promises in such a resurgent India can be affordable. Government reports comprising the Indian diaspora, with the objective of Canadian community plays in business out the likes of Harshad Mehta and Ketan Parekh. It was politically dangerous. India’s political civil servants as well as politicians have increasing its global trade turnover. and trade between the two countries. necessary for the government to tell the world that with leaders dare not say no to basic education repeatedly broken the myth that the The ICCC is perhaps There have been the right institutional and regulatory environment, India because it is now a fundamental right. government cannot afford equal quality the only business joint agreements can make its markets work. Instead, they are simply of education for all children. body of the diaspora which acknowledge Foreign institutional investors have been a major force Q&A diluting it. The dilution is so Parliament itself has enshri- worldwide, which the fact. Even in in the current rally, pouring in a record $7 billion in 2003 severe that it is making bon- ned the implementation of is working towards Canada, like America, is the field of educa- and $1 billion in December alone. The government sais out of India’s children by CSS in every National Policy developing such experiencing a peculiar tion, there is a has, however, been watching their participation with a networks and will mutual agreement permanently stunting them of Education made after phenomenon, of reverse degree of circumspection. FIIs are known for their be happy to liaison to introduce Canadi- through a process akin to the Independence (1992, 1986 and immigration, thanks to propensity to pull out in double quick time in the event of with FICCI in meet- an studies in chosen bonsaification of education. 1968). The solution lies in the discrimination faced political or financial instability. Should the government ing the challenges Indian universities. The bonsaification of edu- putting life back into the by many South Asians, in this area. set up a fund or cushion to deal with such eventualities? cation has caused damage on government school system. post-9/11. Many have If the governor- To the extent that FII flows represent a return of Indian many fronts. Like allocating Time-bound (say 24 months) Bobby Jindal and given up flourishing busi- general of Canada, funds parked overseas, they are welcome. But for the nesses to return to India. a mere 15 per cent of what upgrading of EGS centres to Kamala Devi Harris Udayshankar your constitutional markets to become rock solid in the long term, the return Parliament actually prom- a functional, vibrant formal in the US... Ujjal head, can be an eth- of the retail investor is the key.The latter needs more than ised for basic education. Try school is the first step. The Dosanjh and Herb nic Chinese woman tax sops on dividend income and long-term capital running your household at 15 per cent of decentralisation of school-running powers Dhaliwal in Canada; South Asians are (Ms Adrian Clark), do you think a gains to invest in the market. For him, confidence in the your normal budget and you will soon (financial as well as non-financial) to a duly making a name for themselves in North future prime minister of Canada can be of functioning of the markets is of utmost importance. discover how difficult it is. Further, bon- elected body of people as articulated in the America’s political mainstream... Indian origin? The return of the retail investor would strengthen saification has evolved spurious definitions 1992 CABE report should follow. Absolutely. Ontario is one of the largest Your question is as hypothetical as the linkages between markets and the economy by generating of a school. The best on offer is the official People rarely like solutions imposed and most important provinces of Canada speculation whether a Muslim can become the ‘wealth effect’. Increased wealth would spur middle- primary school with twin rooms and two from outside, they relish an opportunity to and its newly elected provincial parliament the prime minister of India. Keep in mind class consumption and investment, infusing some teachers miraculously running five classes build from within. Among the non-financial boasts of four South Asian members, one the fact that while Canadians of Indian buoyancy in the languishing consumer durables sector simultaneously.Then there is a single room powers are curriculum design and content of whom has been appointed minister of origin at present constitute a little over and adding to the feel-good sentiment in the economy.The facility (often a shack), irregularly manned and language of instruction. transport, a first for the province. three per cent of the country’s population, government should strive to keep chauvinism at bay by an eighth class pass or 10th class pass After the empty rhetoric of more than Why has Indo-Canadian trade not picked up Muslims in India constitute more than and commit itself to internal and regional peace, in the person who ‘guarantees’ education. half a century,isn’t it time that the financial in recent years? 16 per cent of the population. Besides, the interest of the markets and the economy. A coordinated The worst is delivering education to a allocation for basic education came straight Till recently,both Canada and India were Chinese are the largest ethnic minority in approach towards politics, economy and the markets child’s doorstep by post obviating any need from the Consolidated Fund of India? On Canada... They are also more homogeneous should be the underlying theme of 2004. in disagreement over issues of nuclear for her to attend school. Last, bonsaification December 15, 2003, the education secretary non-proliferation and India’s missile deve- than the Indian community, which is has lulled the country into a false sense valiantly promised us that cheap, second- lopment programme. Besides, Indian bu- fractured in terms of language, caste and US begins screening programme of complacency by equating the oft-quoted track options like the EGS centres would be reaucratic controls in the pre-reform era religion. But the spirit of overall unity is for monitoring foreign visitors literacy figure of 65 per cent to education. removed completely from the Indian educa- discouraged investment and development of very much evident and there are several Sadly, the draft Free and Compulsory tion scene (albeit within a specified period trade. But things are changing rapidly now. Indian and South Asian organisations Education for Children Bill 2003 to be tabled of time). He also promised to re-draft the that are doing very useful social and VIEW Is business outsourcing to India reducing in soon in Parliament is another tool that Bill. He could consider re-drafting it on the humanitarian work within the community. Canada, as it is in the US and Britain? will be used permanently to legalise this lines of the Parliament-mandated CSS. That Of course, all these activities could be better Post-9/11, there’s no such bonsaification. This Bill contravenes the would be a useful gift in the New Year from Somewhat. But to remain competitive, coordinated and organised. core equality of opportunity principle the government to 12-year-old Pistaulia. Canadian companies will need to outsource, How is India’s current feel-good sentiment thing as too much security enshrined in our Constitution. The only sys- We know that CSS is implementable and else Canada will be forced to go back to the being seen in Canada? tem of education sanctioned by our Consti- affordable, but is the government listening? old protectionist policies. India’s achievements are being acknow- ne 9/11 should be enough for the world to realise tution is the Common School System (CSS). (The author is the national convenor of Are the new immigration laws in Canada ledged in Canada. But true appreciation will Othat there is no such thing as too much security. But whatever the difficulties we may NAFRE, a coalition of 2,400 NGOs working more relaxed? Not too long ago, they only come from consistency and quality. India The US’s latest move to fingerprint and photograph encounter, none of us can allow the in elementary education) preferred blue collar workers from India... has yet to strengthen itself in that area. foreign visitors arriving at any of its 115 airports and 14 major seaports is tough measure for tough times. Today’s terrorist is a daredevil who will mount surprise assaults and who will mingle with the See the World in ordinary people. Though frisking, baggage X-rays and Metrosexual Party other such manual checking are now mandatory By Manjul Bajaj every time I mention don’t say no.’’ at most airports, that has clearly not put an end growing my hair. It’s so ‘‘What is it?’’ Hushed whispers, giggling, A Grain of Salt to terrorist strikes. A more scientific screening unfair yaar.’’ ‘‘Could we er... borrow bantering. ‘‘She likes Creatures programme will, in fact, minimise hardship to immi- ‘‘Did we do this when your highlighters?’’ By Akhil Chandra him, swear she told me!’’ Great & Small grants who might otherwise face the unpleasant we were young?’’ I mused ‘‘Sure,’’ I responded with Advances in science conti- doing; rather, the act of ‘‘No, she likes him’’. The prospect of questioning and detention. Indeed, aloud. aplomb I did not feel and nue to reveal to us the working itself was really The charger, whirling room down the hallway with only an estimated minute spent to complete the ‘‘Certainly not at 1 a.m. fetched the desired stuff. fascinating beauty of God’s a form of worship. They up the dust, does not was a hotbed of feverish formality of these processes on arrival, passengers in some decent folk’s After they left I collasped creations — be it a small were perfectly happy to reach them, they never activity — the end of are unlikely to feel any inconvenience. A ‘wasted’ house’’, he responded on the bed and almost wept grain of salt or a huge and remain anonymous, taking make their way to the examinations was being minute, after all, is better than a lost life. Unlike dryly. thinking of the wasted distant star. We now know care only to ensure that slaughtering stool, body searches which can be a cold, humiliating and celebrated by my 12-year- that even an innocuous the work they did was The cows of the old son with a sleepover Suddenly, the whoosh of years. For 12 long years I repulsive ‘touch’ experience, being photographed or spray cans assaulted the had bemoaned the lack of a looking salt grain contains flawless and reflective of the worshipping man party for his school roam about over the getting fingerprinted is at worst a minor bother. peace of the night. Deodo- daughter, for over a decade millions of atoms of sodium intensity of their feeling. friends. Discussions had widespread pastures, The angry reaction to this and other measures like rants were being tried out, I had wondered who I and chlorine arranged three- In the process of their introducing sky marshals in airplanes has more to do veered to the opposite sex. dimensionally in a magni- search for excellence, artists free from all danger... There was much laughter tested and rated on the cool would share my curlers with a perceived sense of national hurt. A country ficent and artistic manner. gained spiritual knowledge Ye cows, you fatten the and ribbing and perhaps quotient. This done, it was and confidences with. In like Switzerland has used air marshals since 1970. Anyone viewing this beauti- through their work, attain- emaciated, and you some squirming too. styling time — hair was vain those tears and fears. No hue and cry was raised at that time. Israel too has ful sight through a micro- ing to a state of bliss, coming make the unlovely I rolled my eyes ceiling- experimented with, brands All along God Almighty had sky marshals since the early 70s after many scope can only feel captivat- closer to a state of self- look beautiful, wards and questioned of gel and mousse being had a plan for me. Decreed hijackings of its planes. Germany,of its own volition, ed by the beauty of Creation realisation. This realisation Make our house happy, helplessly ‘‘Already?’’ compared, tips exchanged. by God Himself, spearhead- has been using these marshals post-9/11. Surely, and the intricate mechanism was nothing less than being you with pleasant ‘‘Hormones kicking in’’, ‘‘Ma I’m just borrowing ed by David Beckham, the America which has been at the receiving end of by which the atoms keep in oneness with God. In lowings, your power said the husband know- your hairdryer,’’ said a metrosexuals had arrived. the worst airline terror the world has known themselves together. Sanskrit this is called anand is glorified in ledgeably. voice across the hallway. Almost on cue, the should be allowed to put in place some stringent Revelation of this excel- or paramanand, a state of our assemblies. The conversation had A low moan emanated younger of my two sons, security measures. And for once, France, America’s lence in God’s creation has extreme condition bliss. May you have moved on to what to wear from my throat in feeble a pre-schooler yet, mum- most stringent critic in recent times, agrees been the constant endeavour The scientist derives many calves, graze for the next day’s movie response. I had not thought bled through his sleep, wholeheartedly. French interior minister Nicolas of science right from the anand in other ways, too. on pastures show, ‘‘I don’t have any- it would come to this. But ‘‘Mummy,can I put mehndi Sarkozy last Friday said, “I prefer that we are days of Aristotle, Newton “The scientist does not study and drink pure water thing to wear.’’ ‘‘My mum the worst was still to on my hands for the reproached for having too many security measures and Einstein to the present nature because it is useful; at drinking places; never lets me buy anything come. There was a tenta- movie show?’’ than too few.” America couldn’t agree more. day. Realising God’s excel- he studies it because he May not the thief half-way decent.’’ The tive knock on the bedroom Yes, the age of the lence in nature only brought delights in it, and he delights master you, nor the door and two sheepish metrosexuals was truly COUNTERVIEW tyranny of mothers was these scientists closer to in it because it is beautiful. If wicked, and may the being universally decried. youngsters walked in. upon us and who was I God — some of them even nature were not beautiful, darts of the fierce Lord I sat up as another one ‘‘Er... mom... is it ok... to protest if my humble expressed a feeling of deep it would not be worth leave you aside. Terror cannot be countered joined the complaints er... if ’’ abode had been chosen as religiosity. Ein- knowing, and if Rig Veda 6.28.4,6,7 choir — ‘‘Mine gets hyper ‘‘Auntie please, please, its breeding ground. stein said: ‘‘Sci- nature were not ✥ with more terror ence without reli- worth knowing, Come back, O Tigers, n its new avatar as international terror-squasher, CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS gion is lame; life would not to the woods again, and Bush-led America is only unleashing more terror religion without be worth living”, let it not be levelled I the death penalty,the enforcement and anxiety on an already stressed-out world. science is blind”. said Jules-Henri with the plain, For Wrong Prescription authorities should concentrate on the ways First, there was the absurd demand for armed air Apart from Poincari. without you, the axe and means of breaking the nexus between marshals. Then came the fingerprint diktat for the This is with reference to your edit (‘Faulty science, ancient There seems to will lay it low. You, the manufacturer of spurious drugs, the 24 million visitors who come to the US annually. Prescription’, Dec 27) and the subsequent civilisations the be a very strong without it, forever distributor, the retailer and the doctor who However,visitors from 28 countries, mostly European Conversations with Readers (‘Death Pill’, world over — in- THE relationship bet- homeless go. recommends only a particular outlet for — who currently do not require a visa to visit the US Dec 31). I differ with the view that the cluding those of ween excellence, Khuddaka Patha drug purchase. Active help from the states’ — were exempt from the draconian biometric drill. threat of hangman would curb the menace the Greeks, Ro- SPEAKING truth and divi- ✥ drug controllers, local drug inspectors Oxymoronically code-named US Visit (United States of spurious drugs. Fear of the gallows mans and Hindus nity. In fact, One should not injure, and approved laboratories would reduce TREE Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology), has not acted as a deterrent even for those — believed that achieving excel- subjugate, enslave, the menace to a bare minimum, if not the new security system is anything but secure. crimes where penal provisions exist for pursuit of excellence in the lence selflessly is equivalent torture, or kill any eliminate it altogether. Besides being a source of humiliation and inconve- awarding the death penalty.The reason field of fine arts leads to to pursuing the truth which, animal, living being, nience to the average traveller, it is racist and being that capital punishment is given — R K Malhotra, New Delhi holy communion with God. in turn, takes one closer organism, or sentient discriminatory.And it’s not even foolproof. only in the rarest of rare cases. It would be The Greeks and the Romans to realisation of God. One being. This doctrine The US has in fact played right into the hands of the fair to ask that during the last 10 years as II worshipped Apollo, the can say that any selfless of non-violence is im- terrorists who have achieved exactly what they’d to how many homicide cases finally got It is likely that Gaurav Verma and Philip Sun-god, who was also action performed with maculate, immutable, hoped to: Throw normal life out of gear for America life-for-life dispensation from the courts? Verghese Ariel (‘Death Pill’, Dec 31) have revered as the patron of perfection brings us closer and eternal. Just as music, poetry, and all other to God because perfection is by creating an environment of fear and uncertainty. Of course, no one would deny the seen too many vigilante shoot’em-up Hindi suffering is painful to fine arts. Hindus on the God’s attribute. And all the while, as millions are subject to invasive seriousness of the crime, but rather than movies. Nothing else can explain the feli- you, in the same way it protocol, the real criminals will remain unaffected, city with which they recommend the death other hand worshipped Pursuance of quality is painful, disquieting, anonymous and networked, strengthening their penalty.Just a couple of months ago it was Saraswati as the goddess of through practice of karma and terrifying to all mission of hatred for all that the US now stands From timesofindia.com death penalty for rapists; now it is death knowledge and fine arts. is the main theme of Zen. animals, living beings, for: Oppression and unilateralism, racism and penalty for makers of spurious drugs. Soon In the Indian tradition, Japanese seekers, inspired organisms, and intolerance. Trans-Atlantic travel, far from being a No Politics Please it will be recommended for brewers of illi- each field of art — classical through the Buddhist sentient beings. cit liquor, child molesters, rash drivers and music, dance, sculpture or philosophy of Zen, aspire pleasurable experience, has now become synonymous IIMs have a global reputation. But the Acarangasutra 4.25-26 so on. This is a slippery slope with no exit literature — evoke the won- for quality, excellence and with harassment and insecurity. The US reaction to government’s step to intervene in IIMs’ ✥ route. Vigilante justice across the board ders of creation in their own perfection towards achie- terror indicates its paranoia; there’s no evidence of finances and admissions will surely We have enslaved the would not let society survive. One must re- way.The exquisite paintings ving the final state of bliss. a well-thought-out strategy to deal with the issue. harm rather than help. The view that if rest of the animal cre- sort to slow but sustained progress towards and sculptures of Ajanta Modern business manage- Already, Brazil has retaliated by insisting on a ‘government subsidised student’ at IIM ation, and have treated developing society’s mores while at the and Ellora caves and many ment studies teach similar similar screening for American visitors to the joins a global corporate it is a loss, is our distant cousins in country. Terror doesn’t have to be countered by same time protecting vulnerable groups. other temples renowned for principles of excellence absurd in today’s scenario. Also, figures their architectural grandeur through total quality mana- fur and feathers so another form of terror: Irish terrorist activities reveal that not even 25 per cent (all IIMs — Raghuram Ekambaram, New Delhi badly that beyond did not make the UK view every Irish as a potential are really prayers in stone, a gement and six sigma, which considered) IIM graduates join foreign Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page thanksgiving to the Creator are the by-products of the doubt, if they were able threat; nor was Ireland invaded to “smoke-out” companies. To ensure a competitive India Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New to formulate a religion, Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] of all things so beautiful. same principle of excellence the terrorists. No amount of security measures in a global environment, the government they would depict the No. 7 Vol. 55. 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RIL to take over INFOTECH & Nocil petrochem, Stage is set, let’s invest, says RBI TELECOM TIMES NEWS NETWORK Vivek Paul with plastics divisions New Delhi: Lending rates by banks could go down further, RBI Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd said governor Y Venugopal Reddy indi- the world’s best on Wednesday it would take over the cated here on Wednesday,contrary Reddy said... TIMES NEWS NETWORK petrochemical and plastic products divi- to expectations in some quarters sions of National Organic Chemicals Indus- that rates may have bottomed out. ● Growth rate revised to 7%, from New Delhi: Wipro’s Vivek Paul is in ex- tries Ltd (Nocil). On the back of a record 8.4 per 6.5-7% in November; Strong alted company. Alongside Apple’s Steve Sunbright, a business associate of Re- cent growth in the second quarter, fundamentals have ensured Jobs, NBC chairman Bob Wright, Craig liance, has signed a memorandum of under- RBI revised upwards the overall upward bias for growth Barret of Intel and Starbucks CEO Orin standing with Nocil. growth for this fiscal to “around 7 Smith, BusinessWeek magazine has rated According to the proposal, assets of per cent with an upward bias” and ● Inflation growth is unexpected Paul as one of the best managers of 2003 Nocil’s petrochemicals division, certain lia- promised to contain inflation de- but no adverse impact is seen in in its latest issue. bilities of the company, and businesses and spite unexpected surge in recent the future. The central bank is The Wipro vice-chairman has been undertakings of the plastic products weeks. He added that RBI expected closely monitoring prices and lauded for taking the company to where division as a going concern basis would the growth momentum to be rein- they will be contained at 4-4-5% it’s today.When Paul joined Wipro in Au- be demerged from Nocil and be vested in forced, inflation to be contained gust, 1999, it was just a $150 million com- wholly owned subsidiary Nocil Petrochemi- within 4.4.5 per cent, financial sta- ● Forex reserves comfortable; pany. Today, it is almost $1 billion. His cals Ltd (NPL). bility to be maintained and the ex- economy has enough liquidity strategy of growth by acquisition has Sunbright will invest in equity of NPL af- helped Wipro steal business from the ternal sector to perform well. ● Co-operation between the ter the process of demerger is complete. The finance ministry, in its mid- likes of IBM Global and Accenture. The company did not give financial de- year review, has already projected Reserve Bank and commercial Paul joined Wipro as the CEO of tails of the takeover. GDP growth to top 7 per cent this banks should be intensified Wipro’s global IT, product engineering, Reliance said the proposed takeover of fiscal. RBI had forecast a 6 per cent ● and business process services segment. Nocil’s petrochemical and plastic products Present stance will be continued growth in April which it revised to till the next credit policy in April Under Paul, Wipro’s global service seg- divisions would provide significant syner- 6.5-7 per cent in November. ment has grown at over 45 per cent a gies with existing petrochemicals business- Asserting that overall develop- ● Investment should pick up with year. It became a globally recognised es of RIL and Indian Petrochemicals Corpo- ments in the economy are feel-good factors in place brand name. The company went for an ration Ltd (IPCL). favourable and provide “the main IPO on the NYSE in 2000 and currently The Nocil board has approved the springs” for a revival of invest- ● South Asian Free Trade areas will has a market cap of $6 billion. restructuring proposal and the order of ment by industry,he said, the forex boost economies in that region When Paul joined Wipro it was ‘an ob- Sunbright. reserves are at a more comfortable scure, $150-million Indian software serv- Nocil will shortly be filing a petition in level than ever before and there is ices and hardware company’ which ‘to- the Bombay High Court to give effect to the adequate liquidity in the system. ing here, Reddy promised that the operation from banks, will have to nance with policy expectations. day it is a $1-billion giant’, it observed. proposal after obtaining the necessary ap- He added that RBI would main- central bank will push ahead with be intensified”, he said. Banks, Reddy said, must make Paul, 45, born and educated in India proval of shareholders and creditors. tain the status quo in the monetary the announced reforms. Reddy said this year’s monetary intensive efforts to remove the with an MBA from the University of Reliance said Nocil’s petrochemicals divi- and credit policy measures, which “There is scope for further im- and credit policy had served the “procedural and transactional Massachusetts, set an audacious goal: To sion, which was currently not in operation, have a soft interest rate bias, up to provement regarding both credit economy well. The progress in rigidities” in the delivery of credit. be among the top 10 global technology would gain from the former’s technical and the next the policy due in April. pricing and credit delivery”, Reddy movement of interest rates by borrowers must stick to their con- and services companies in four years. manufacturing expertise. PTI Addressing the Ficci annual meet- said. “Efforts by RBI, with close co- banks has been largely in conso- tractual obligations. Sebi to launch margin Set up ombudsman Hero to enter for grievances: Trai trading from Feb 1 Kalam floors India Inc with PURA TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: To make available finance and im- KK Laskar retail market TIMES NEWS NETWORK other is not sufficient. We New Delhi: Trai has floated a consulta- prove liquidity in stock markets, Sebi will By Byas Anand have to achieve a sustained tion paper on setting up an ombudsman. introduce margin trading and securities New Delhi: Sporting a lap- TIMES NEWS NETWORK 10 per cent GDP growth con- Over the past few years the sector has lending scheme in the bourses from Febru- top and spouting new tinuously for five years to a grown at a rapid pace and so have the ary 1, 2004, even as it expressed concern over acronyms, the country’s first New Delhi: The Rs 3,000 decade,’’ Kalam said at the number of difficulties faced by con- sharp rise in the sensitive index. citizen made an informed, crore Hero group is finalis- 76th annual general meeting sumers. Although there are several pro- The corporate broking entities would be state-of-the-art presentation ing plans to set up a chain of of Ficci. He maintained that retail outlets, on the line of visions for consumer redressal — a tri- able to directly lend funds to investors to fi- to pleasantly-surprised cor- bunal, consumer courts and Trai’s own the syllabus at the schools global 7-11 stores, within nance their trading in cash market subject porate honchos in Delhi on quality-of-service norms — they have has to change and entrepre- the next 12 months. to certain regulations while any person Wednesday. their limitations. neurship should be part of This foray will via Hero’s holding securities (shares) would be able to President APJ Abdul Recognising these, Trai said on institutions’ curriculum to bill collection arm, Easy lend them in market through stock ex- Kalam spoke extempore for Wednesday, “It is evident that there is prepare 3 million people who change mechanism. over an hour to a packed au- Bill. “The idea is to set up a need to establish an internal mecha- graduate every year and “The Sebi board has cleared the proposals dience at Vigyan Bhavan — a one-stop convenience store nism, as in the insurance and banking and we will come out with detailed notifica- far cry from prepared look for jobs. chain,” Easy Bill CEO sectors, to deal with individual con- tions soon. We hope to commence working speeches by earlier Presi- Kalam asked banks to pro- Rahul Munjal said. On sumer grievances.’’ The paper notes that on the scheme from February 1,” Sebi chair- dents. The President’s topic President APJ Kalam giving a tech-powered presentation. vide venture capital to entre- brandname, Munjal said, there are telecom adalats at various lev- man G N Bajpai said. of discussion was ‘‘Evolu- preneurs at the village-level “It will carry the ‘Easy’ els across the country, but they cover This is a step for development of the mar- tion of a PURA enterprise.’’ cent GDP growth, Kalam was the only way to improve for creating employment. tag... something like ‘Easy only the public sector BSNL. There is no ket, Bajpai said, adding the proposed mar- In Kalam-speak, that trans- asked business leaders and living conditions of 700 mil- ‘‘Banks have to be proactive. Store’.” “We are including such mechanism for the private sector. gins trading and lending scheme did not lates into Providing Urban banks to spearhead a move- lion people living in 600,000 Out of 100 loans, 25 will fail, mobile card renewals and Trai has cited the example of Aus- have any resemblance with previous badla Amenities in Rural Areas. ment encouraging entrepre- villages. but banks will have to take online money transfers,” tralia and the UK, which have ombuds- system as new mechanism would have strict To build a developed India neurship. Besides eliminat- ‘‘A ten per cent growth calculated risks,’’ said said Sandeep Vij, business men in place. disclosure standards. PTI and achieve sustained 10 per ing poverty, Kalam said this here in one quarter or the Kalam. head, of Easy Bill. HPCL looks at EXECUTIVE DIGEST Shell to source petro Jagson Airlines to add Rs 2,200 cr Gas prices hike NATIONAL Operation relaunch: products from MRPL: destinations: Jagson PepsiCo Inc chairman and Royal Dutch/Shell will source Airlines has announced plans Probe on MBPL licence CEO Steven S Reinemund petrol and diesel from Manga- to start flights to Rajasthan from MRPL pact for Radio City: The is re-launching Pepsi cola in lore Refinery and Petrochemi- and unveiled an advance pur- ruled out, oil department of company af- Iraq. The firm has reached cals Ltd for its upcoming chase scheme on the sector stake sale fairs (DCA) is still examining a pact with one of its former 2,000 petrol stations in the under which a Delhi-Jaipur the matter of alleged violation bottlers — Baghdad Soft country. “The two companies ticket would be available for By Baiju Kalesh of terms and conditions of li- Drinks. The firm left Iraq will work out the pricing and Rs 1,500. “The Apex fare will TIMES NEWS NETWORK reserve on cence agreement by PK Mittal after the UN economic other terms,” they said. “Shell be on first-come-first-serve group firm Music Broadcast Mumbai: Government- sanctions in 1990. India will indicate to MRPL basis and will be available for TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pvt Ltd (MBPL) and has not owned Hindustan Petroleum their requirement of products tickets being purchased even conveyed any decision to the Corporation Ltd (HPCL) New Delhi: The Cabinet on a quarterly basis and pric- one day before the travel Central law government as yet. While could rake in anywhere be- on Wednesday put off a MBPL is the FM radio licens- ing decided on the basis of a date,” Jagson Airline chair- formula to be worked out be- man J P Gupta said. On the tween Rs 2,000 and Rs 2,200 proposal to raise gas ee for Radio City, Rupert Mur- crore from the sale of its 16.7 prices to avoid the ire of for SEZs doch’s STAR does the adver- tween the two,” sources said Rajasthan route, it will oper- per cent stake in Mangalore consumers ahead of elec- TIMES NEWS NETWORK tising, sales and marketing for adding quality of the products ate flights from Delhi to will be governed by the speci- Jaipur, Udaipur Jaisalmer, Refinery and Petrochemi- tions but approved the cre- the FM radio business, be- cals Ltd (MRPL) to oil and ation of a strategic oil re- New Delhi: The Cabi- sides also providing “pro- fications laid down by the Jodhpur, and Rajkot from Ajit Ninan PTI TNN gas giant ONGC. serve as an assurance that net cleared the com- gramming expertise”. PTI Bureau of Indian Standards next week. Although company offi- the kitchen fires will not merce ministry’s pro- Mercedes launches new GOPIO Convention from cials remained tight-lipped, be affected by the reforms posal for a central leg- Plan panel sees growth C-class car: Daimler- Jan 7: The Global Organisa- industry sources said the in the petroleum sector. islation on SEZs pro- Chrysler India, makers of tion of People of Indian Origin at 9%: The economy is ex- country’s third largest refin- A ministerial panel had viding legal guaran- Mercedes Benz cars, on (GOPIO) announced the pected to log 9 per cent er had decided on a price of recommended raising nat- tee on stability of tax Wednesday launched a new schedule of the GOPIO growth in the second half of Rs 57-60 per share for its ural gas prices by Rs 350 and other policy in- 2003-04, deputy chairman of while the top-end DLX version diesel C-class model — Convention 2004 to be held Tata hikes Indica prices 297.2 million MRPL shares. per thousand cubic me- centives for private the plan panel, KC Pant, said. by Rs 8,000: Tata Motors has been repriced at Rs 4.02 C220-CDI. Powered by a in New Delhi on January 7th promoters of these common-rail direct injection and 8th in conjunction with The MRPL stock jumped 5.4 tres. Implementing the Pant told a business confer- on Wednesday hiked the lakh. Its petrol versions — LEI zones as well as in- and LXI — are now priced at diesel engine, the car boasts Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. The per cent on the Bombay recommendation would ence here that the country price tag of its fast-selling vestors in SEZ units. seemed well poised to Rs 3.27 lakh and Rs 3.90 lakh of 22 per cent more power program will be held at the Stock Exchange on Wednes- have pushed up the prices small car Indica by an aver- Commerce and in- achieve annual growth of 8 age Rs 8,000 citing rising respectively. The price rise over the outgoing C200-CDI Ficci auditorium in New Delhi. day to close at Rs 57.40. of cooking gas, fertilisers dustry minister Arun per cent in its Tenth Five-Year input costs. The prices, it was due to the continuous and is priced at around About 300 delegates from 25 HPCL has decided against and power, a move that Plan, aided by a revival in added, have been increased rise in input costs through Rs 25 lakh. The C-Class was countries are expected to demanding a premium to the could have been electoral- Jaitley said the pro- manufacturing. GDP grew by an average of 1.9 per cent 2002 and 2003 which, could launched in April 2001 and attend. The theme of the current market price, con- ly disastrous for the rul- posed law will pro- 8.4 per cent between the at the showroom level. With not be absorbed fully any clocked sales of 746 units in convention is “India and sidering that the transaction ing coalition seeking an- vide duty-free envi- third quarters of 2002 and this, the Indica diesel DL is further and had to be partially 2003, as compared to 620 NRIs/PIOs Role, Relationship involves government firms, other term at the Centre. ronment, single win- 2003. Reuters now priced at Rs 3.19 lakh, passed on to the market. TNN units in 2002. TNN and Responsibility.” PTI the sources said. Besides, auto, bus and taxi dow clearance and However,it is asking for 52 fares in Delhi and Mum- more tax incentives to per cent more than the Rs bai would have also gone SEZs. It aims at pro- INTERNATIONAL China looks to investors ment will transform some of Judge sets stage for technology on Thursday, 37.50 per share offered by up as CNG prices would viding competitive to bail out PSBs: China the public sector banks into Enron creditors: Enron while the business daily Nihon ONGC, which already owns have increased by up to Rs fiscal package both at has indicated it is ready to put public shareholding firms, Corp’s roadmap for emerging Keizai Shimbun reported the 71.23 per cent in MRPL. At 2 per kg. central and state level Investment banks under up to $100-bn into its ailing paving the way for the intro- from bankruptcy has received capacity will be about 40 this price, HPCL will get with mimimum regu- scrutiny: Wall Street’s in- The Cabinet also ap- banking sector to clear the duction of outside investors, a New York judge’s initial hours, or 30 times the current only Rs 1,130 crore from the latory regime and vestment banks are under proved a proposal to spend banks’ huge NPAs, which will Liu Mingkang, chairman of blessing and will be sent to level of 80 minutes. Sony will sale. The paid-up capital of quality infrastruc- government lens in the Par- urge rivals to adopt the tech- Rs 1,650 crore on creating also be allowed to seek for- the China Banking Regulatory creditors to accept or reject MRPL, which operates a 9 ture. malat case as investigators nology as a new standard. AFP a strategic reserve of five eign investment. The govern- Commission, said. AP the plan that will pay them a million tonne refinery, is Rs million tonnes of crude examine the their role in help- fraction of what they are 1,760 crore. oil, expected to keep the lines of those maintained ing the firm sell bonds and owed. The plan proposes ET INSTA POLL The government has supply lines going for a by the US and Japan as an questioning whether they paying most creditors about cleared ONGC’s proposed fortnight in case of any insurance against supply turned a blind eye to irregu- one-fifth of the approximately Yesterday’s results: Should the government be purchase of HPCL’s stake in disruptions. The reserves larities. The Securities and $66.4 billion they are owed in disruption. Exchange Commission, which allowed to slash IIM fees? MRPL. If the transaction Oil minister Ram Naik will be in addition to the cash and stock. AP charged Parmalat with “one Yes 56% No 40% Can’t say 04% goes through at the price de- said the stockpile, to be 60 days stocks of crude of the largest and most Sony develops super- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users manded by HPCL, it will stored in rock caverns at and petroleum products who chose to participate, and not necessarily of brazen corporate financial capacity MD format: the general public. dwarf the 2002 deal in which two locations near Manga- maintained by the the re- frauds in history” is also Sony has developed a new Today’s question: the AV Birla group sold its 16 lore in Karnataka and fining companies. At cur- investigating the possible minidisc (MD) format with a Can India Inc ever match per cent holding in MRPL to Visakhapatnam in rent prices, the crude oil role of US banks in the firm’s massively expanded record- salaries paid abroad? ONGC at just Rs 2 per share Andhra Pradesh, respec- stocks will cost Rs 5,000 sales of nearly $1.5-bn in ing capacity. The company To vote, log on to for a total consideration of http://economictimes.indiatimes.com tively, will be built on the crore. bonds and notes. AP will announce details of the Rs 59 crore.
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103, 107.90, 103, 105.25 99, 99, 94.05, 94.90 150.50, 151.30, 142, 147.20 Jagatjit Ind 35.30, 35.95, 33.50, 35 Sterl.Inds. 1424, 1442, 1405, Atul 57.50, 61.30, 59.80 D Global Tr.Bk 31.60, 31.75, 29.80, Jagsonpal Ph 160, 161.85, 156, 1428.50 59.70, 61.90, 59, 59.75 Daewoo Motor 7.29, 6.75, 6.82 30.45 156.60 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Sterl.Optica 77.80, 78.85, 75.75, Auto Axles 276, 279.75, 266.65, 267 Dalmia Cemen 325, 334.85, 319, 31.50, 31.80, 29.75, 30.55 164.10, 164.10, 156, 157.15 76.55 280, 280, 266, 267 GMR Techno. 20.20, 21.50, 20.05, Jai Corp 132, 137.50, 131, 134.45 Sensex at 5,957 pts 323.30 2000 6300 78.90, 78.90, 75.85, 76.70 Auto.Stam&As 76.15 316.25, 335, 315, 321 21.30 134.70, 136, 130, 133.75 Sun Pharma. 603, 609, 586, 589.75 76.20, 76.20, 76.20, 76.20 Goa Carbon 70, 71.70, 65.40, 67.75 Jain Irrig. 100, 100.50, 94.80, 95.65 Danlaw Tech. 67.30, 55.55, 56.70 6200 Mumbai: After a strong overnight correction, the BSE Sensex 610, 610, 585.05, 589.60 Avanti Feeds 55.05, 51.40, 53.15 Datanet Sys. 6.70, 6.50, 7.50 Godavri Fert 67, 63.55, 65.20 98.25, 99.80, 94.50, 95.50 1975 Syndicate Bn 41.50, 42.25, 40, 40.45 Avery (I) 50, 54.10, 47, 50.90 69.90, 70.85, 64.80, 65.35 Jain Studios 25.65, 27.80, 25, 25.05 1955.00 Datapro Inf. 1.30, 0.95, 0.97 6100 ended 13 points higher even as the market remained choppy for 41.80, 42, 40, 40.55 Avon Organic 56, 56.90, 52.65, 53.80 DCM 18.50, 17.70, 18.50 Godfrey Phil 436, 443.20, 423, 26.60, 28.45, 24.50, 25.05 1950 6039.00 Syngenta (I) 227, 230, 216, 221.15 Aztec Soft. 34.40, 32.40, 33.05 18.50, 19, 17.85, 18.75 439.65 Jaipan Inds. 9.97, 9.15, 9.46 the second successive session on the Bombay Stock Exchange Tata Chem 167, 159, 162.20 33.90, 34.30, 32.50, 33.35 432, 442.50, 425, 437.90 Jay Bh.Marut 75.50, 80, 74.50, 79.65 6000 DCM Shr.Con 245, 257, 235, 254.55 1925 (BSE) on Wednesday on alternate bouts of buying and selling. 170, 170, 158.60, 162.05 B 257.85, 257.85, 231.30, 252.15 Godrej Inds. 64.80, 62.25, 64.25 75.60, 79.50, 75, 78.40 The volatility ahead of announcements of third quarter results Tata Elxsi 122, 122.80, 116.75, DCW 37, 34.50, 35.40 62.85, 65.10, 62.85, 63.75 Jayant Agro 55.15, 60, 55, 58.80 1926.70 5900 118.85 35.80, 36.90, 34.10, 35.10 Goetze (I) 89.10, 89.50, 84.15, 88.10 56, 59, 55.35, 58.05 1900 5943.64 5957.02 122.20, 122.70, 117, 118.85 BAG Films 12.75, 13, 12, 12.27 88.20, 89.75, 84.05, 86.80 Jaypee Hotel 20, 20.90, 19.50, 19.95 1916.75 by blue chip companies in next two to three weeks, was attributed 12.95, 12.95, 12.10, 12.35 Deccan Cem. 58, 59.85, 56.40, 58.55 5800 Tata Infotec 499, 482.10, 491.75 Deepak Fert. 44.95, 45.75, 42.50, Goldiam Int. 49, 45, 45.90 Jayshree Tea 78.50, 79.90, 75.50, Tata Motors 455.50, 438.25, 447.35 Bajaj Auto F 91.50, 94, 89.10, 89.50 Goldstn.Tech 32.35, 33.45, 31, 32.15 76.90 1875 to cautious approach by bull operators which have built up large 93, 95, 88.50, 90.20 43.30 5700 451.40, 454.70, 438.10, 446.45 46.10, 46.75, 42.35, 43.25 32.80, 33.40, 31.80, 32.40 77.05, 77.50, 75, 75.85 positions in the past few sessions. Tata Power 354, 374, 349.25, 371.90 Bajaj Elec. 65.50, 66.70, 64, 64.20 Goldstn.Tele 8.55, 8.11, 8.48 JBF Inds. 64.50, 65.20, 60.50, 63.95 1850 Bajaj Hindus 334, 339, 309.60, Deepak Nitr. 74, 74.80, 72.50, 73.65 5600 The BSE benchmark 30-share index opened on a promising 353, 373, 349.10, 370.65 Denso (I) 60.40, 62.50, 60, 60.35 8.85, 8.85, 8.35, 8.45 JCT 7.75, 7.94, 6.81, 6.98 Tata Tea 375.05, 383.90, 369, 374.65 327.25 Gonter Peip 10.90, 9.55, 10.13 Jenson&Nicho 6.05, 6.20, 5.71, 5.91 337, 340, 311, 328.60 Dewan H.Fin. 33.75, 29.70, 30.10 1825 5500 note at 5,970.35 and later fluctuated erratically in a wide range be- 377.80, 383.80, 368.60, 374.90 32, 32, 29.50, 31.05 Goodlass Ner 446, 452, 445, 446.75 6.45, 6.90, 5.85, 6 Thermax 421.05, 432.90, 407, Bajaj Tempo 355, 364.90, 354, 362 448.05, 464.45, 445, 450 JIK Inds. 13.50, 12.23, 12.48 January 5 January 6 January 7 January 5 January 6 January 7 tween 5,985.30 and 5,870.55 before ending at 5,957.02 as against Bal Pharma 55.55, 58.10, 53, 56.35 DFM Foods 7, 7.50, 7 414.85 DGP Windsor 6.30, 6.10, 6.50 Goodricke 58.50, 60.10, 56, 56.45 12.75, 13.35, 12.25, 12.50 425.10, 489.45, 406.05, 416.65 Bal.Law.Vanl 21.10, 21.15, 19.75, Goodyear (I) 52.70, 48, 51.85 Jindal Drill 115.10, 122, 119.95 Tuesday’s close of 5,943.64, a net gain of 13.38 points or 0.23 per 20.45 6.40, 6.70, 6.20, 6.55 Thomas Cook 421, 441.90, 435.50 Dhampur Sugr 30.45, 30.50, 27, Graphite Ind 128, 118, 125.25 Jindal Photo 73, 66.20, 67.85 -0.51% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING +0.22% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING cent.Domestic financial institutions led by UTI coupled with 445, 450, 426, 433.55 Balaji Dist. 6.90, 6.99, 6.12, 6.54 130.70, 130.70, 116, 125.30 66.20, 68.70, 66.10, 67.65 6.20, 6.70, 6.20, 6.65 28.05 TISCO 434.90, 443.60, 425.80, 30.75, 30.75, 27.40, 28 Grauer & Wei 60.40, 64.50, 59.25, Jindal Poly. 354.15, 371.15, 350.05, some private banks were continued sellers in a number of blue 442.45 Balkrish Ind 379.65, 370, 385.40 62.80 363.70 Balmer Law.I 58.90, 55.50, 57 Dhanalak.Bnk 30.55, 31, 28.75, Manugraph In 61.50, 63, 62.35 43.20 Taj GVK Hotl 134, 142, 129 chip stocks. However, foreign institutional investors, which are 431.25, 443.85, 425.55, 441.65 29.10 Gravity (I) 18.25, 18.95, 18.05, 18.35 357.75, 372, 354, 364.95 Maral Overs 25.95, 26.70, 24.25, 44, 44, 41.40, 43.50 137, 143, 130, 131.90 Titan Inds. 127, 130, 121.10, 128 Balmer Lawri 148, 141, 144.45 Greaves Cott 42.50, 44.95, 42.05, Jindal Strip 275, 245.10, 249.55 believed to have slowed down activity since January 6, reported- 141.55, 146.50, 141.55, 144.05 Dharamsi Mor 12, 12.35, 11.90, 24.80 Rajesh Exp 122.35, 123.50, 120.85 Tanfac Ind. 30.50, 32, 30, 30.95 126, 129, 121, 127.10 12.24 44.10 260, 267.85, 246.50, 249 25.70, 26.95, 24.15, 24.60 122.10, 123.90, 119.75, 119.75 TASC Pharma. 52.05, 49.50, 50 TN Newsprint 96.50, 92, 93.70 Balrampur Ch 258.10, 262.45, Grind Norton 238, 242, 231.60, 240 JJ Exporters 46.80, 46.90, 45, 45.55 ly made selective purchases during the session.Bajaj Auto, Dr 250.35, 259.20 Dhunseri Tea 34, 32.20, 33.80 Mascon Globl 15.90, 14.90 Rajshree Sug 25.55, 26.35, 24.75, 50.50, 52, 49.40, 49.80 95.10, 96.95, 92.10, 93.75 DIL 239, 228.15, 231.95 Gruh Finance 37, 37.65, 35, 36.75 JK Corp. 15.05, 15.55, 14.60, 14.90 Matrix Lab. 1729.45 Tata Coffee 171, 160, 165.50 TN Petro 31.90, 33, 30.50, 31.35 258, 260, 251, 257.50 GSFC 53, 55, 51.05, 52.20 JK Inds. 80, 74.60, 76.65 25.50 Reddy’s Lab, Bharti Televenture, HDFC, HLL, ICICI Bank, MTNL Banco Prod. 141.80, 135, 137.05 Divi’s Lab 1530, 1408, 1449.95 Matsush.Tele 14.60, 14.05 22, 28.50, 22, 25.80 170.80, 172, 162, 166.65 32.90, 32.90, 30.45, 31.15 1520, 1527.90, 1405, 1443 48.15, 55.50, 48.15, 52 JK Synthetic 8.59, 9.09, 9 14, 14.75, 14, 14.60 Tata Finance 56.50, 53, 53.75 and Tata Motors lost substantial ground on fresh selling pres- Torrent Phar 405, 390, 396.40 Bank of Punj 31, 31.50, 30.25, 30.55 GTC Inds. 25.90, 26, 23.75, 25.15 JL Morison 150, 157.90, 151.30 Rallis India 115.50, 111.10, 112.05 31.60, 31.60, 30.30, 30.60 Dolat Inv. 5, 4.55 Matsushita L 59.20, 61, 59.70 115, 115, 110, 111.90 56.30, 56.30, 53.10, 53.60 sure.The market is expected to undergo correction in continued 408.90, 408.90, 390.05, 396 Dolphin Off. 22.70, 21.40, 22.25 26.20, 26.30, 23.60, 24.95 JMC Projects 26, 27, 25, 25.85 Max (I) 174.90, 195.90, 174, 186.15 Tata Honeywl 412, 415, 405, 409.80 Trent 255, 271, 262.95 Bank of Raj. 38.45, 40, 37, 37.35 GTN Textiles 48.25, 47.15, 47.25 Jog Engg. 11.50, 11, 11.10 Rama Newspri 12.40, 13.32, 11.95, 38.80, 38.80, 37, 37.55 Donear Inds. 308.05, 314.70, 295, 175, 195.35, 173, 187.25 13.14 413, 415.45, 402, 409.70 volatility before quarterly corporate results are announced dur- 268, 273.80, 262.50, 263.35 314.65 47.65, 49.70, 47, 47.10 Jubilant Org 848.25, 860, 851.65 Mefcom Capit 3.81, 3.30 Tata Infomed 180, 180.70, 170.40, TVS Motor Co 112.75, 107, 109.35 Bannari Aman 316, 318.50, 306, Gufic Bio Sc 30.50, 29, 29.50 846.60, 863, 846.60, 854.65 12, 13.35, 11.90, 13.05 ing the month. PTI 314.90 DSJ Comm. 0.85, 0.86, 0.76, 0.79 Mega Corpn. 4.50, 4.56, 4, 4.40 Ramco Inds. 345.10, 345.05, 354 173 112.45, 112.50, 107.70, 109.60 0.85, 0.85, 0.75, 0.80 Guj.Alkalies 69, 69.65, 64, 67.30 Jupiter Bios 156, 156.90, 145, Megasoft 44.80, 44.85, 43 188, 188, 171, 173.55 Union Bank 53, 50.35, 51.05 312.60, 322.90, 308.50, 313.90 85.15, 102.95, 85.15, 101.80 150.15 355.25, 356.90, 341, 356.55 Bata (I) 62, 62.20, 59.95, 60.80 DSP Merrill 480, 475 Melstar Info 20.20, 18.05, 19.30 Rane Brake 585, 600, 575, 582.35 Tata Invest. 268.70, 255, 261.75 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- 52.75, 53, 50.30, 51.05 Guj.Amb.Exp. 23.20, 24.70, 23.50 Jyoti Struct 108, 102.50 269.35, 269.35, 255, 260.85 UTI Bank 142.90, 147, 136, 138.05 62.90, 62.90, 60, 60.60 24.35, 25.25, 23.55, 24 106.20, 108.80, 102.50, 102.50 19.65, 19.85, 19.05, 19.50 580, 595, 563, 578.90 ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, Bayer (I) 285, 295, 283.50, 293.10 E Mercator Lin 248, 249.90, 238, Rane Madras 142, 142.05, 133.10, Tata Metalik 104.85, 104.90, 99.15, 143.65, 143.95, 138.20, 140.50 Guj.Apollo E 84.20, 88.60, 82, 83 101.15 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last Videocon Int 71.50, 73, 69.40, 70.30 Bayer ABS 138.80, 139, 131.05, Eicher 109.80, 115, 109, 114.85 Guj.Flouroch 162, 154.05, 159.95 K 244.75 141.15 133.50 Metroche.Ind 27.30, 26, 26.45 149, 149, 139, 143.10 102, 104.90, 100, 101.70 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. 72.35, 72.60, 69.40, 70.20 115, 116, 108, 115.25 161.50, 164, 153, 161.20 139, 139, 131, 134.40 Eicher Motor 258, 241, 250.50 Kaashyap Rad 2.95, 3, 2.62, 2.78 Mid-Day Mul. 43.75, 43.80, 39.05, Ravalgaon Su 2620.10, 2695, Tata Sponge 137.05, 139, 131, Vijaya Bank 50, 51.50, 45.70, 47.15 Guj.Ind.Pow. 70, 70.95, 68.20, 69.05 136.50 49.85, 51.40, 45.85, 47.30 Bayer Diagno 389, 370.50, 377 260, 260, 240, 252.05 71, 71.20, 68.10, 69.30 Kabra Extr 182, 176.10, 178 39.70 2617.30, 2669.50 E-Serve Intl 777.60, 751, 770.05 586.65, 625.10, 586.65, 609.35 Beck India 75.05, 76.50, 75, 75.25 185, 185, 179, 180.05 42.05, 42.70, 38.60, 39.75 Rayban Sun O 60, 60.70, 59.20, 60 135.05, 141, 130.65, 135.70 BSE SPECIFIED 748, 780, 748, 772.30 IPCL 225.75, 226, 215.65, 220.40 Visual Soft 250, 252, 244, 246.20 EID Parry 200, 192, 194.40 Guj.Sidh.Cem 8.60, 8.05, 8.14 Berger Paint 160, 165, 156, 164.85 200, 204.50, 190.10, 194.70 Kajaria Cer 85, 81, 82.50 Mindteck 22, 19.20, 19.45 Reg.Ceramic 55.25, 57.90, 54.30, Tata Telcom 241, 247.50, 236.10, EIH 293.25, 298, 284.50, 286.05 226, 226.20, 215.15, 220.15 250, 252, 243.40, 246.70 8, 8.50, 8, 8.20 242.90 & NSE INDEX VSNL 182.50, 184, 173.80, 175.55 161.90, 165, 155.75, 164.20 EIH Asso.Hot 27, 25.25 Gulf Oil Cor 120, 123, 121.75 82, 86, 80, 82.85 Mirza Tanner 75.50, 76, 72, 74.05 55.50 291.20, 295.50, 285, 288.15 ITC 1030, 1035, 1005.50, 1022.50 BF Utilities 29.60, 30, 27.70, 28.05 Kakatiya Cem 49, 50.45, 48, 49 77, 77, 72.95, 74.55 55.80, 57, 55.25, 55.65 242.30, 247.80, 235.20, 242.15 Engineers (I 410, 414, 400, 411.80 1021, 1035, 1005.50, 1025.10 185, 185, 173.10, 175.90 Eimco Elecon 96.25, 95, 96.50 Bhansali Eng 166.10, 171.50, 171.30 97.70, 100.80, 96.25, 97.30 H 50.10, 50.10, 48.15, 48.50 MM Forgings 190, 180, 186.95 Rel.Ind.Infr 76.50, 78, 71.30, 71.85 Tata Teleser 22.75, 21.25, 21.75 ABB 669.60, 700, 686.05 410.90, 417.45, 400.05, 411.75 J&K Bank 387.80, 399, 370, 372.85 Whirlpool 29, 30.90, 28, 29 22, 22.45, 21.30, 21.70 Wipro 1700, 1720, 1665, 1692.70 Bharat Bijle 777.15 Elder Pharma 166, 158, 159.70 Kale Consul. 56.10, 57.50, 54.70, Mobile Tele 10.90, 11.60, 10.10, 76.55, 77.65, 71.70, 72 694, 719, 672.20, 687.15 Escorts 97.50, 100.30, 95, 96.90 397.80, 397.80, 370, 375.05 Bharat Rasay 36.60, 37.05, 36.65 Harr.Malayal 48.40, 48.95, 45.25, 55.85 10.63 Relaxo Footw 35.15, 37.30 Tayo Rolls 56.90, 53.85, 55.55 Abbott (I) 470, 445, 449.85 96.50, 100.40, 95, 96.75 Jaiprakash I 113.40, 115.70, 110.15, 1710, 1720, 1665.60, 1695.55 165, 165.15, 157.05, 160.15 36.85, 39, 36.50, 36.55 Elecon Engg. 43.40, 41.40, 43.95 47.50 56.60, 57.70, 55, 56 Modipon 60.75, 58.45, 60.75 Revathi Equ. 178, 171.05, 173.50 Tele Data In 24.25, 25, 23.65, 24.35 ACC 264.50, 268, 260.10, 266.35 Essel Propac 272.50, 274, 265, 114.60 Wockhardt 724.95, 672.15, 676.15 Themis Medic 64, 67.20, 62.50, 710.50, 710.50, 672.20, 677.10 Bhartiya Int 56.90, 53, 53.75 Elect.Kelvin 13.90, 14.40, 13.25, 45, 51, 44.85, 47.50 Kalpa.Power 98.10, 94, 94.10 Monalisa Inf 0.38, 0.42, 0.35, 0.39 Rico Auto 368.95, 319, 329.60 263.80, 268, 260.55, 266.20 268.30 113.60, 115.80, 110.90, 114.40 54.20, 56.05, 52.55, 53.60 Hathway Bhaw 12.60, 12.99, 12.50, 98, 99.90, 95.05, 96.65 Monnet Ispat 99, 100.50, 95.05, 330, 332.90, 320.10, 331.20 66.40 Adani Export 395, 407, 381, 387.80 270, 274, 265, 268.05 JB Chemicals 365, 348.25, 359.05 Zee Telefilm 158.10, 159.90, 154.55, 13.95 Bhushan Stl. 98.25, 99.95, 93.55, Electro.Cast 376.05, 380, 365, 12.78 Kalyani Brak 561, 545.30 99.55 RPG Cables 18.75, 16.55, 17 Thiru A.Sug. 34.30, 35, 34.10 403.90, 409, 380.15, 386.80 Exide Inds. 147, 147.15, 141.50, 358, 361.45, 348, 358.10 157.25 33.20, 36, 33.20, 35.65 157.30, 159.55, 154.40, 157.05 94.30 368.30 Hatsun Agro 77.50, 74 520.20, 550, 520, 520 Morarjee Goc 42, 43.40, 42.50 17.90, 17.90, 16.55, 16.95 Alfa Laval 556, 538, 570 144.95 Jindal Iron 283.90, 288, 279, 286.65 100, 100.65, 93.20, 94.25 Havell’s (I) 158.85, 158.90, 151, Kalyani Shrp 9.90, 10.25, 9.17, 9.31 44, 44, 42.50, 43.10 RPG Life Sci 43.10, 48.70, 46.10 Thirumalai 90.80, 91.35, 85.70, 561, 575, 530, 569.55 148.20, 148.50, 135, 145.05 280.10, 288, 278.50, 286.20 379.95, 380, 362, 369.80 B1 - GROUP Bihar Caustc 39.55, 39.70, 37.10, Elgi Equip 63, 63.85, 61.60, 62 153.25 Kalyani Stel 76, 76.25, 71.50, 73.95 Morepen Lab 11.10, 10.40, 10.48 42.35, 49.25, 42.20, 46.50 88.50 Alstom Proj. 127, 129, 125, 126.50 Federal Bank 269.90, 275, 258.65, Jindal Stain 442, 492, 489.05 38.20 159.60, 159.60, 150.30, 152.60 Kanoria Chem 75.50, 78.10, 74.50, 10.60, 10.95, 10.40, 10.50 RS Software 27.40, 29, 27.35, 28.20 89.25, 91.95, 86.10, 88.80 128, 129, 125, 126.90 261 463, 495, 455, 486.80 63.50, 64.45, 61.80, 62.20 Bilcare 148.05 Elgitread (I 250, 280, 270 Hawkins Cook 27.90, 28.50, 27, 76.25 Morgan Stan 17.58, 17.89, 17.67 28.50, 28.70, 27, 27.90 Tide Water O 1610, 1624, 1555.05, Andhra Bank 54.10, 55.40, 52.30, 272.50, 275.15, 259, 261.20 Jindal Steel 601, 624, 612.70 3 Bimetal Bear 245, 248.85, 230.15, 27.55 74.10, 76.90, 72.30, 74.85 17.80, 18, 17.60, 17.70 1596.70 52.90 Fert.&Chem-T 39, 37, 37.35 620.05, 628, 599.10, 612.65 Ruchi Soya 114, 104, 109 234.55 Hazoor Media 6.45, 6, 6.17 Karnatak Bnk 128, 129.90, 122, Motherson SS 329, 339.95, 315.25, 109.30, 110.20, 105, 108.30 TIL 35.40, 36.35 54.50, 54.75, 52.25, 52.90 41, 41, 36.75, 37.95 Kochi Refin. 192.80, 195, 180.10, 3M India 480, 499.95, 489.05 Binani Inds. 32.75, 33.55, HBL Nife Pow 31.15, 32, 31, 122.95 324.05 35, 36.40, 35, 36.40 Apollo Hosp. 175, 182, 160, 177.40 Finolex Cabl 171.70, 161, 166.45 183.60 487, 491.20, 486.05, 490.40 31.25, 32.35 31.30 127.75, 128.95, 122, 123.45 322.10, 330, 312.55, 327.65 S Timex Watch 18.50, 20, 18, 19.15 174.05, 181, 168.20, 177.70 169, 170, 163.60, 166.05 193, 195, 180.20, 185.20 A Birla Corp. 71, 66.20, 69.70 HEG 109, 109.40, 103.30, Karur Vysya 381, 386, 370, 378.55 Moving Pictu 8.30, 8.61 Timken India 60.30, 61.10, 59.10, Apollo Tyres 264.30, 270.80, 261, Finolex Inds 82.50, 83, 75.35, 78.25 Kotak Mah.Bk 370, 378, 361.55, 70.85, 70.85, 66.30, 69.70 106.85 386, 389.80, 372, 377.95 Mro-Tek 19.50, 19.75, 18.55, 19 S.I.Bank 82, 84, 78.05, 79.20 59.70 269.10 76, 83.25, 75.50, 78.40 371.90 A Sarabhai 8.01, 9.15, 8, 8.41 Birla Eric. 25.80, 24.50, 25.30 108.90, 109.85, 103.15, KDL Biotech 25.50, 31.90, 30.65 20.40, 20.40, 18.50, 18.95 80.10, 81.80, 78.05, 78.85 Tinplate Co. 54, 50, 52.50 270, 270, 261.25, 267.65 Gail (I) 282, 286.35, 267.45, 273.20 350, 376.95, 350, 370.90 Aarti Drugs 102, 102.50, 96.25, 26, 26.25, 24.50, 25.25 106.35 30.55, 31.80, 28.80, 30.50 MRPL 55.70, 58, 55, 57.40 S.I.C.Agency 23.05, 23.90, 22.10, Tips Indus. 52.80, 49, 50 Arvind Mills 66.90, 64.05, 65.35 280, 288.30, 267.50, 273.50 L&T 527, 539, 514, 534.55 97.35 Birla Glob.F 43.50, 44.20, Helios & Mat 137.80, 138.05, KEC Inter. 82.60, 82.85, 78, 78.60 55.50, 65.50, 55, 57.25 22.15 51.75, 51.80, 49, 49.85 66.30, 66.45, 64.15, 65.35 GE Shipping 163.70, 164, 154, 530, 539.45, 513.10, 534.10 99.50, 103, 96, 97.90 40.60, 42.35 134.35 83.50, 83.60, 78.60, 79.65 Mukand Engrs 13.75, 14, 13.05, 22.30, 22.70, 22.20, 22.25 TN Telecom 12.80, 9.80, 11.21 Asahi (I) Gl 135.05, 138, 129, 135.30 163.30 LIC Hsg.Fin. 222, 223.90, 217.50, Aarti Inds. 225, 213, 213.75 44, 44, 41.05, 42.45 Henkel Spic 31.10, 32.10, Kenna. Widia 232.90, 235.75, 222, 13.35 Sabero Org. 22, 19.05, 20.10 11.70, 11.80, 11.15, 11.55 135, 137.80, 129.15, 134.90 163, 164.10, 154, 162.45 219.55 220, 225, 212, 213.30 Birla Yamaha 30.10, 30.90, 29.60, 30.30 235 13.80, 13.80, 13.50, 13.70 21, 22.85, 19.35, 20.15 Todays Writi 49.10, 53 Ashok Leylan 288.25, 290, 274, Geometric So 540.20, 548, 523.25, 221, 223.50, 217.05, 219 Aarvee Denim 22.55, 23, 20.95, 21 28.95, 29.75 Heritage Fds 100.30, 102, Kerala Ayurv 13.55, 12.70, 13.39 Munjal Auto 94.40, 97, 91.50, 96.15 Saint-Gobain 23.55, 23.75, 22.50, 48, 53.85, 48, 52.35 276.60 529.95 M&M 390.80, 394, 380.30, 391.95 Aban Loyd 500, 465, 469.90 BITS 1.23, 0.95, 1 96.30, 99.05 Kerala Chem. 30.70, 31.80, 30.50, 95, 97.90, 92, 95.60 22.85 Torrent Guja 15.20, 15.35, 14.30, 289.70, 292.40, 274, 277.40 548, 548.70, 524.50, 530.35 390, 392, 381.20, 389.85 482.10, 490, 465, 472.35 BLB 8.11 101, 104.80, 97.10, 99.75 31.70 Munjal Showa 284, 272.60, 279.95 Sakthi Sugar 47, 49.70, 45.55, 47.25 14.55 Asian Paints 332, 333, 325.20, Gillette (I) 703, 709, 682, 690.10 Marico Inds 236.50, 225.10, 234.20 ABC Bearings 24.50, 24.95, 22.25, 8.75, 8.75, 8.75, 8.75 HFCL Infotel 18.50, 18.90, KG Denim 31, 33.70, 32.40 281.60, 281.60, 273, 277 49.75, 49.75, 45.80, 46.90 Tourism Fina 15.85, 16.90, 14.76, 328.30 700, 705.50, 681, 691.55 235, 239, 226.40, 231.85 23.90 Blow Plast 34, 36.50, 33, 35.15 17.85, 18.50 Khandwala Se 11.01, 10.99, 11 Murd.Ceram 51, 53, 48, 52.25 Salora Int. 124.10, 121.25, 127 16.20 332, 333.50, 326, 328.95 GlaxoSmith.C 321, 323, 319.20, Maruti Udyog 365, 384.90, 364.20, ABG Heavy In 34, 35, 33.10, 33.75 Blue Dart Ex 145.20, 153, Hi-Tech Gear 207.85, 197, 11.35, 11.35, 11.35, 11.35 Mys.Cement 12, 12.24, 11.50, 11.95 125, 128.35, 122.05, 127.15 15.40, 16.60, 14.80, 16.15 Aurobindo Ph 434.95, 441.40, 321.75 383.50 Abhishek Ind 23.45, 22.35, 22.60 150.10 201.25 Khoday (I) 21.10, 22.80, 22.55 11.25, 13, 11.25, 11.90 Samkrg Pist. 64.25, 65, 62, 63 Transnat.Sec 33.55 418.70, 431.20 319.15, 323, 319, 322.50 372.70, 385, 364.50, 382.05 23.90, 23.95, 22.50, 22.70 148.05, 152, 146, 150.30 202.25, 202.25, 197.25, Kinetic Eng. 120.15, 123, 110.50, Samtel Color 62.75, 68.50, 61.50, Transpek Ind 38, 40.50, 37.55, 38.65 434, 444, 419, 431.65 GlaxoSmith.P 607, 609, 586.60, Mastek 314.40, 316, 306.50, 313.15 Adam Comsof 13.25, 13.90, 13.05, Blue Star 165, 166.60, 165 201.20 114.85 N 62.75 Transport Co 44.80, 53.70, 47.15 Aventis Phar 715, 730, 711, 720.60 589.70 312.70, 316.40, 308.05, 312.95 13.80 160, 166, 160, 165.05 Hikal 348.10, 334, 339.15 Kinetic Moto 39.70, 40.20, 38.10, 65, 68.70, 62, 63.15 48.50, 51.50, 48, 49.90 730, 732.95, 717, 725.55 607, 611, 585.05, 589.65 Mcdowell Co. 67.10, 64, 64.80 Blue Star In 214, 217, 211, 340, 345, 338.25, 344.05 38.85 Nagar.Agrich 51.50, 48, 48.95 Sandesh Ltd. 142.05, 144, 140.25, TRF 84.90, 78.05, 80.25 Addi Inds. 31.75, 34.75, 31.75 Nagar.Const. 178, 179, 165, 169.50 Bajaj Auto 1106, 1111, 1047, GNFC 71, 71.75, 68.10, 70.50 66.50, 66.50, 63.80, 64.60 Adlabs Films 122.85, 126.80, 117, 213.40 Himat. Seide 322.50, 332, 325 Kirloskar Br 362.55, 340, 347.35 140.45 Trigyn Tech. 21.80, 22.45, 21, 21.90 1060.20 70.55, 71.75, 61.60, 70.95 Merck 410.25, 422, 420.15 215, 218.85, 209.15, 212.10 329, 330, 325, 326.70 Kirloskar Oi 333, 340.10, 339 175.05, 180, 165, 169.75 145.50, 145.50, 139.75, 141.15 22.25, 22.40, 21.05, 21.70 124.50 Nagar.Fertil 10, 10.20, 9.62, 9.89 1050.20, 1125, 1047, 1062 Godrej Cons. 176.25, 188.90, 179.90 421, 421, 414.25, 418.90 122.05, 127.30, 117.10, 124.70 BOC 54, 55.45, 52.50, 54.10 Hind Lever C 359.10, 369, 335, 342, 332, 340.50 Sangam (I) 31.50, 32, 30.10, 30.40 TTK Healthca 31.10, 33, 31, 32 Balaji Tele. 105, 109.90, 96, 106.30 188.50, 189.50, 179, 179.85 MICO 15100, 15200, 14650, 53.55, 55.55, 52.65, 54.25 355.35, 367.65 Kit-Ply Ind. 7.05, 7.30, 6.62, 6.82 10.20, 10.20, 9.65, 9.85 33.70, 33.70, 30.10, 30.30 TTK Prestige 17.50, 18.40, 16.40, Ador Welding 44, 45.50, 41.50, 42.80 Nahar Export 36.05, 40.50, 37.55 107.90, 110, 104.10, 105.95 Grasim Inds. 1010, 1060, 995.25, 14928.05 45, 45.90, 43, 44.15 Bombay Burma 103.90, 99.35 360, 372.80, 360, 368.90 7, 7.20, 6.55, 6.85 Sanwaria Agr 43, 44.90, 42.25, 42.80 17.10 Ballarpur In 79.15, 76.20, 76.90 1050.25 15398, 15398, 14600, 14949.50 38.25, 39, 37, 37.50 Saregama (I) 93, 95.45, 90.10, 92 Advik Lab. 28.20 99.65, 100.10, 99.55, 99.55 277.50, 277.50, 261.10, 264.25 Hind.Motors 19, 17.75, 17.85 KLG Systel 50.35, 52, 49.50, 50.45 16.75, 17, 16.50, 16.90 79.85, 79.85, 76.40, 76.80 1000, 1059, 980, 1047.20 MIRC Electr. 39, 39.90, 37.20, 37.50 BPL 52, 52.50, 50, 50.55 18.50, 18.55, 17.75, 17.90 44.50, 52.60, 44.50, 50.55 Nahar Indl.E 41.50, 42.50, 40.10, 95, 95.85, 88, 92.10 Tube Invest. 215, 205.60, 207.05 Aegis Logis. 31.90, 32, 25.15, 29 Elpro Inter 34, 34.50, 32, 34 40.25 Bank of Baro 227, 230, 220.25, GTL 131.90, 135.55, 129.40, 133.80 38.65, 39.50, 35.10, 37.55 30, 31.85, 27, 28.55 51.70, 52.65, 49.75, 50.75 Hind.Oil Exp 53.50, 54, 51.40, 52.10 Kopran 77, 78, 73, 76.05 SAT Invest. 10, 10.30, 9.20, 9.21 213, 213, 208.10, 208.55 223.30 132.70, 135.50, 129.25, 133.60 Moser-Baer 348.50, 350, 336.05, Emco 90, 90.50, 84.65, 85.50 Nahar Spg. 155.90, 157.70, 150.10, Satnam Over. 102.05, 103.10, 98.85, AFT Inds. 95.05, 97, 91.50, 93.85 BPL Engg. 6.01, 6.80, 6.77 Encore Soft 13.85, 12.60, 12.95 53.35, 53.80, 51.50, 52.20 77.40, 78, 72.70, 75.85 Tudor India 18.75, 19, 18, 18.40 227, 229.75, 220.25, 223.30 Guj.Amb.Cem. 314.50, 316.75, 343.10 6.60, 7.20, 6.50, 6.65 Hind.Org.Chm 27, 27.45, 26, 26.80 Kothari Prod 204.30, 208.45, 201.20, 154.05 100 Tuticorin.Al 10.25, 8.15, 9.54 Aftek Infosy 458, 461.95, 436, Eonour Tech. 5.12, 5.40, 4.92, 5.15 159.80, 159.80, 150.55, 154.60 Bank of Ind. 71.50, 72.65, 69.30, 305.55, 314.60 340, 346.70, 336.60, 343.20 439.05 BSEL Infra. 34.50, 37.40, 36.25 27.20, 27.40, 26.05, 26.80 207.55 101, 103.75, 98.70, 101.15 TV 18 187.20, 193.50, 186.05, 70.20 312.40, 316.35, 305.50, 314.40 Mphasis BFL 780, 725, 732.05 Epic Enzymes 21, 21.65, 20.10, Narmada C.Pe 27, 24.60, 25.40 Satvah.Ispat 32.55, 33, 32.55 459, 462, 435, 440 36, 37.20, 35, 36 20.30 Hind.Power 53.65, 52, 52.75 205, 207.95, 201, 205.65 187.85 73, 73.10, 69.35, 70.25 Guj.Gas Co. 585, 568, 568.90 770, 787.95, 720, 729.45 BSL 36.25 Hind.Sanitar 230, 237, 225.55, 230 KPIT Cum.Inf 313.70, 300, 302.40 26.50, 26.75, 25, 25.95 Saurash.Cem. 18.25, 16.85, 17.50 194.90, 197.80, 186, 187.50 Agro Dutch I 40.10, 40.95, 38.50, Esab (I) 68.50, 69.95, 66.35, 69.20 Nat.Steel &A 20.15, 18.20, 19 BASF 172, 172.50, 166.50, 167.45 590, 590, 560, 564.75 MRF 2324, 2221, 2259.60 40.70 36.30, 36.95, 36.30, 36.30 227.05, 232, 227, 229.85 311.70, 314.80, 300.10, 302.60 Savita Chem. 130, 135, 127, 131.25 TVS Autolec 149.95, 155.45, 140.65, 173.10, 173.10, 165.80, 168.05 Guj.Mineral 265, 266.50, 245, 248.75 2390, 2390, 2230, 2267.95 68.95, 69.40, 66.50, 68.70 20.50, 20.80, 18.35, 18.95 139, 144.80, 130.05, 130.85 41.80, 41.80, 38.20, 40 Burrough Wel 856.25, 860, 831.25, ESI 90, 90.50, 85.20, 88.65 Hind.Spg &Wg 21.30, 22.95, 21.40 KRBL 59.80, 60.50, 55.55, 56.45 150.10 Bh.Earth Mov 235, 236, 224, 229 260, 267, 246.25, 249.55 MTNL 149.50, 139.55, 142.20 839.95 23.60, 23.60, 21.75, 21.80 60.50, 61.20, 55.60, 56.25 Natco Pharma 128, 120.50, 122.20 SBI Home Fin 23, 23.20, 22, 22.85 TVS Electron 106.50, 108, 100.15, Ahmed.Elect. 106.95, 108, 104, 92, 92, 85.50, 87.80 127, 127, 121.30, 123 236.65, 236.65, 223, 229.35 HCL Infosys. 384, 391.90, 381.50, 148.60, 148.60, 139.25, 142.25 104.90 Hitachi Home 29.05, 29.65, 28.65, 29 Krebs Bioche 240, 221, 221.90 23.30, 24.25, 22, 22.95 101.85 Bharat Elect 627, 629, 582.15, 388.35 National Alu 194, 185.25, 189.95 Essar Oil 18.90, 19.50, 17.55, 18.25 Nath Seeds 13.98, 14.10, 13.40, Schenec.Herd 62.50, 64, 61.60, 105.90, 107.95, 102.10, 105 C Essar Ship. 28.45, 29.15, 27.30, 28, 29.40, 28, 29.15 Krone Comm 119.75, 120, 111, 107, 110.50, 101.10, 102.05 589.45 373.20, 393.90, 373.20, 389.10 192.90, 192.90, 185.20, 190.20 Honda SIEL P 157.50, 147, 150.15 118.80 13.59 63.95 TVS Srichakr 70, 66.10, 67.55 Ahmednagar F 96.90, 98.80, 95, Camlin 98, 101, 94, 96.85 28.35 14.10, 14.10, 13.40, 13.60 600, 613, 583, 590.45 HCL Techno. 305, 306, 291.50, National Fer 58.70, 59, 55.25, 56.50 95.95 151.75, 152, 148, 150.10 KSB Pumps 119, 120.95, 115.40, 65, 65, 62, 64 Bharat Forge 752.10, 754.95, 298.95 Nestle (I) 711.90, 720, 698.50, Camph.& All 50, 40.50, 47.45 Essar Steel 24, 24.30, 23.40, 24 National Per 2357, 2309.85 Selan Explor 20.47, 15.80, 17.94 U 96, 99.85, 95.90, 96.55 24.10, 24.35, 23.45, 24.05 Hotel Leela. 61.75, 62.50, 59.05, 116.60 725.50, 742.60 304.40, 304.40, 291, 298.60 704.60 Canfin Homes 47, 48, 46, 46.50 59.85 119.10, 119.10, 115, 115.70 Nava Bh.Ferr 200, 201, 196.95, Sesa Goa 580, 602, 570, 586.20 Ajanta Pharm 67.10, 67.15, 64.50, 47.55, 47.80, 46, 46.65 ETC Networks 59.80, 55.40, 56.65 197.35 UB Holdings 53.40, 47.90 742, 753, 725, 742.40 HDFC 650, 633, 636.45 Neyveli Lign 77.20, 77.45, 73.05, 65.10 61.50, 62, 59.10, 60.05 585, 603, 567.75, 585.35 Bharti TeleV 112.50, 116.50, 109.10, 650, 650, 632.20, 636.95 75.10 Caprihans(I) 27.10, 28.05, 26.55, 58.60, 59.60, 56, 56.65 L 201, 201, 196.90, 197.60 Sesha.Paper 113, 114, 109.50, Ucal Fuel 339, 353.80, 333.50, 351 67.90, 67.90, 64, 65.30 26.70 Eurotex Inds 29.30, 29.95, 28.50, Navneet Pub. 220, 211.10, 216.05 339, 356, 331.50, 350.05 111.95 HDFC Bank 362.70, 365.75, 358.05, 75.85, 77.60, 73.10, 75.35 Aksh Optifib 24.05, 24.75, 23, 23.55 I 112.95 115.40, 116.60, 109.30, 111.60 360.95 Nicholas Pir 805, 795, 800.25 Carborundum 250, 240.40, 241.15 29.65 Lakhani (I) 74, 73 218.15, 220, 211.15, 217.70 113, 115.80, 108, 113.40 Uco Bank 23.20, 23.25, 22.10, 22.60 24.90, 24.90, 22.65, 23.65 245, 248, 241.10, 241.35 29.95, 29.95, 28.80, 29.45 IFCI 17.95, 19.60, 17.30, 19.30 Lakshmi Au.C 138.20, 134, 136.20 NCL Inds. 9, 8.05, 8.26 23, 23.25, 22.15, 22.60 BHEL 539.95, 554.45, 533, 550.65 363, 370, 357.30, 360.90 810, 810, 798, 800.90 Albert David 80.10, 83.50, 78.60, Sh.Cements 142.85, 134.20, 138.65 535.35, 554, 532.25, 548.65 Hero Honda 449.90, 450, 431, NIIT 260, 262, 239.90, 245.55 Carol Info 37.75, 39, 36.15, 37 Eveready Ind 51.90, 49, 49.65 17.80, 19.70, 17.40, 19.25 138.50, 138.50, 134.20, 135.30 Nelco 59.95, 60.50, 57, 57.85 141, 142, 135.25, 138.65 Ugar Sugar 57.80, 55.50 79.80 37.05, 39, 36.30, 37.10 52.40, 52.40, 49, 50.10 Igarashi Mot 96, 99.90, 94, 97.65 Lakshmi Elec 87, 76.55, 77.90 60.90, 60.90, 57.15, 58.25 Ultramarine 123, 126.90, 120.50, Bombay Dyein 160.50, 163.15, 447.85 261, 261.90, 239.30, 244.65 Albright & W 229.90, 210.05 Sh.Digv.Cem. 26.50, 26.35, 27.50 155.20, 157.75 449.95, 450, 431.25, 446.85 Nirma 440, 447, 425, 441.90 CCL Products 38.50, 37.50, 38.10 Everest Inds 110, 104.10, 106.80 98.95, 99.90, 93.50, 97.95 Lakshmi Mach 4700, 4800, 4774.35 Neuland Lab. 197, 200, 190, 191.85 Sh.Rama Mult 11.75, 10.65, 10.92 125.40 Alembic 367.80, 370, 353.50, 367.65 Ceat 68.25, 64, 66.20 110, 110, 105, 107.10 IL&FS Invt.M 66.55, 69, 66.50, 67.70 4800, 4800, 4750, 4785.25 Nilkamal Pls 61, 58.50, 58.65 Unichem Lab 375, 382.95, 373.20, 161, 163.90, 155.05, 158.40 Hexaware Tec 395, 397, 368, 374.10 441.30, 447, 428.10, 439.95 352.60, 369.85, 352.60, 366.70 11.50, 11.50, 10.45, 10.85 Bongaigaon R 88, 88.80, 84.20, 397.70, 397.70, 369, 376.85 Novartis (I) 415.15, 420, 407, 415.05 65.20, 67, 62, 66.20 Excel Inds. 123, 127, 116, 119.25 64.70, 69.50, 64.50, 67.45 Lanco Inds. 12.21, 12.45, 11.55, 61.95, 61.95, 58.65, 59.45 Shah Alloys 86.50, 78.80, 82.95 376.75 Alkyl Amines 30.70, 34.80, 33.10 Centur. Bank 18, 18.05, 17, 17.85 Ind.Swift 160, 152.25, 155.45 12.05 Noble Explo. 7.15, 7.98, 7.63 379, 379.40, 372.15, 376.60 85.25 Hind.Inks&Re 735, 671, 688.75 ONGC 900.20, 920, 885, 902.15 Allahabad Bk 26.50, 26.90, 25.85, F Shalimar Pai 63, 63.50, 57.30, 57.50 88.50, 88.65, 84.15, 85.15 725, 730, 676, 692.90 895, 920, 886.30, 902.40 17.80, 18.45, 17.10, 17.95 Ind.Swift La 47.25, 47.80, 45.85, Landmarc Lei 11, 11.85, 10.50, NOCIL 23.80, 25.10, 22.50, 24.90 Shamken Mult 7.10, 6.76, 6.98 Uniflex Cabl 17.10, 17.80, 16.50, 26.15 Cerebra Inte 6.70, 7, 6.45, 6.72 46.25 11.15 23.50, 25.10, 22.45, 24.75 16.75 BPCL 510, 520.70, 499.05, 516.40 Hind.Zinc 131.50, 132.45, 125.05, Oriental Bnk 254, 259.50, 249.10, 26.85, 26.90, 25.90, 26.20 FAG Bearings 130, 124, 125.15 7.15, 7.20, 6.75, 7 506, 524.70, 499.35, 514.75 127.25 251.95 CESC 146.90, 150.30, 138.25, 127, 127.90, 123.80, 125.35 47.95, 48, 45.70, 46.35 LG Balkrish 25.25, 25.30, 24.65, Noida Toll 7.07, 7.14, 6.50 Shamken Spin 5.10, 4.75, 4.90 Unitech 120, 126, 123.55 Alok Inds. 59.25, 60.85, 58, 58.60 140.60 India Foils 14.20, 14.90, 13.70, 14.18 24.70 7.50, 7.50, 7, 7 127.15, 127.90, 116, 125.20 Britannia 680, 688, 665, 678.15 Hindalco 1431, 1463.70, 1420, 258.85, 259.75, 248, 252.15 60, 60.50, 58, 58.65 Fairfield At 17.65, 18, 17.45 Shanti Gear 212.25, 219, 218 672.15, 693, 662.05, 678.40 1459.45 P&G Hygiene 463.50, 465, 458, 146.55, 150.60, 138.15, 140.90 FCGL Inds. 2.98, 2.99, 2.93 13.90, 15, 13.60, 14 26.10, 26.10, 24.70, 25.15 Nova Petro. 68, 63.80, 64.50 219.50, 219.50, 200.80, 213.65 United Brew. 120, 124, 117.10, Alps Inds. 45.50, 47.50, 45.10, 46.40 Chemfab Alk. 62.70 India Gelat. 18.90, 19.65, 18.55, Liberty Shoe 131, 134, 127, 133.15 67.10, 68.25, 65.10, 66.60 120.20 BSES 510, 520, 506.90, 516.10 1450, 1465, 1418, 1459.35 459.05 45, 46.95, 44, 44.25 FCI OEN Con. 213, 202.65, 204.65 Shasun Chem. 390, 396, 385.15, 508.15, 518, 505.05, 515.10 Hinduja TMT 364.20, 370, 352.35, Pfizer 550, 551, 541, 543.55 Chemplast Sa 39.65, 40, 38.15, 210, 210, 203, 204.15 18.60 135, 137.85, 131.60, 134.80 Novopan Inds 40, 40.50, 40 389.60 United We.Bk 33, 34, 32.80, 33.20 Alstom 59, 61.25, 56, 56.90 38.95 India Glycol 114, 117.50, 110, 111.35 Lloyds Steel 6.65, 6.84, 6.15, 6.51 40, 40.10, 40, 40 33.50, 34.25, 32.95, 33.05 Cadila Healt 387.70, 374, 377.15 353.95 550, 550, 541.10, 542.95 Amara Raja B 91.80, 92, 88.05, FCL Techno. 33.20, 30.55, 30.95 399, 399, 385, 388.20 384, 387.95, 374, 377.30 363, 369.90, 350.15, 353.95 Pidilite Ind 358, 364.75, 355, 363.55 39.10, 39.95, 38.20, 38.90 32.50, 32.50, 30, 30.15 India Gypsum 96.90, 90, 93.75 6.80, 6.80, 6.20, 6.50 NRB Bearings 162.50, 170, 162, Shirpur Gold 32.10, 32.20, 31.10, Univer.Cable 30, 27.75, 29 88.90 Chettinad Ce 94, 86.40, 88.70 90.25, 93, 89.50, 92.10 LML 60.05, 61, 56, 57.15 168.35 27.25, 28.90, 27.25, 28.15 Canara Bank 141, 142.80, 136.55, HLL 215.10, 206.20, 209.85 351, 365, 351, 360.85 91, 92.05, 88.50, 89.25 FDC 83.50, 85, 82.10, 83.65 31.15 138.40 213.70, 213.70, 206, 209.95 Polaris Soft 244.50, 248, 240.50, Cheviot Co. 203, 206.30, 198.80, 86, 86, 82, 83.85 India Nippon 465, 437, 440 59.05, 60, 56, 57.10 167.20, 170, 166.50, 168.40 32.85, 33, 31.55, 31.65 Upper Ganges 28.50, 28.95, 27.50, Ambuja Cem.R 7.15, 7.75, 7.44 199.25 455, 459.50, 439, 440 Logix Micro. 42, 42.50, 38.25, 39.85 NRC 34.95, 35.20, 34, 34.45 28.35 141, 142.50, 136.75, 138.60 HMT 27.55, 25.30, 26.35 245.70 7.85, 7.90, 7.30, 7.50 Finan.Techno 55.85, 59.50, 55.05, Shiv Vani Un 39, 40, 38, 38.05 Castrol (I) 234, 235.40, 227, 228.90 27.60, 27.60, 25.50, 26.40 245.90, 248, 240, 245.30 Chola.Inv&Fi 88, 90, 84, 88.15 58.55 India Polyfi 6.51, 6.90, 6.27, 6.79 Loy.Tex Mill 94, 95, 93.15, 94.15 35, 35.25, 34.30, 34.90 Shrenuj & Co 47.15, 47.20, 43.80, 28.20, 28.45, 27.10, 28.10 Amex Info. 23.05, 25.50, 22.60, 89, 90.50, 83.20, 88.10 Indian Card 106, 108, 99.15, 101.25 Lumax Ind 78, 74.10, 77.45 Nucleus Soft 137.25, 140, 136, Usha Martin 58.50, 51.60, 52.45 Century Enka 171, 175.90, 165.40, HPCL 455, 460, 443.60, 450.25 Pun.Nat.Bank 242, 248.10, 238.30, 23.15 First Leasin 27, 26, 26.40 44.05 166.35 400.10, 456.95, 400.10, 451.70 240.95 Chowgule Stm 19, 16.70, 17.70 26.50, 28.80, 26.10, 26.35 105.10, 107.50, 98.05, 101 78, 78.55, 74.25, 77.80 137.35 44, 49, 43, 44 53.10, 53.95, 51.75, 52.70 Amforge Inds 154, 144.75 Ciba Sp.Chem 153, 150.20, 155 Indian Hume 2950, 3000, 2892.45, Lyka Labs 67, 62.85, 63.65 142, 142, 136.20, 138.30 Usha Mat.Inf 4.03, 4.35, 3.88, 4 171.50, 174.70, 165.10, 167.90 Hughes Soft. 569.85, 545, 552.15 235, 248.35, 235, 240.90 Amrutanjan 120, 125, 115, 118.50 Flat Product 140, 130, 134.75 Shriram Inv 36.30, 37, 31.40, 34.65 Century Text 137, 138, 131.60, 569, 570, 542, 552.35 Ramco Systm 370, 349.10, 354.05 Cinevistaas 45, 45.05, 43, 44.20 Flex Enginer 25, 22.50, 23.15 2974.75 66.75, 66.75, 62.90, 63.65 Shriram Tran 37.85, 39.10, 36.10, 4, 4.45, 3.95, 4.05 Amtek 133.05, 140, 138.70 46.70, 46.75, 43.25, 44 3033.50, 3033.50, 2915, 2942.80 O Uttam Galva. 17.30, 18, 17.05, 17.55 134.75 I-flex Solu 850, 800, 808.80 365, 365.50, 346.30, 354.15 Amtek Auto 410, 449.90, 440.20 24.50, 24.50, 22.75, 23.15 36.70 137, 137.50, 131.55, 134.35 848, 850, 800.35, 813 Ranbaxy Lab. 1070, 1085, 1039, City Union B 80, 81.95, 74.75, 76.25 Flex Foods 13, 11.25, 12.05 Indian Resor 114, 117, 113.15, M 37.50, 38.70, 36.05, 36.80 17.20, 17.95, 17.10, 17.45 400, 441, 400, 436.50 77, 79.90, 75, 76.65 113.55 OCL (I) 239, 243, 237, 242.65 Chambal Fert 23.70, 23.90, 22.60, 23 IBP 870, 840, 842.40 1069.50 Andrew Yule 29.50, 33, 30.25 Flex Inds. 46.50, 49.05, 46, 48.30 Macmillan (I 257.05, 257.75, 250.35, Siemens VDO 89, 90, 86.55, 87.05 23.55, 23.75, 22.60, 23 885, 885, 835, 840.95 1084, 1086.95, 1038, 1069.95 Clariant (I) 214.15, 216, 209.15, Indian SeamM 21.65, 20.45, 21.50 Odyssey Tech 34.50, 35.50, 32.10, 33 V Ankur Drugs 29.50, 33, 31.95 49.85, 49.85, 47.50, 48.30 255 Oil Country 17.50, 16.15, 16.60 Simbh.Sugar 13.11, 13.25, 12.07, Chennai Pet. 91.10, 91.90, 86.60, ICI (I) 187.30, 190, 184.15, 185.10 Raymond 229, 230, 221, 225.30 215.20 Forbes Gokak 135.90, 141, 137.60 Indo Gulf Fe 114.10, 115, 111.55, 12.92 Vaibhav Gems 61.40, 57, 57.45 Ansal Prop. 39.95, 33, 33.45 212.05, 221, 211, 218.20 113.35 264.70, 264.70, 252.05, 254.85 17, 17.45, 16.25, 16.70 90.40 195, 195, 184.05, 185.65 230, 231.75, 221.50, 225.80 AP Paper 117, 112.10, 113.35 Fortune Info 30.50, 28, 29.70 Madhav Marb. 30.75, 31.05, 30.40, Simplex Conc 90, 90.80, 88.05, 90.75 Vanavil Dyes 48.30, 50, 49.30 90.10, 91.40, 87.05, 89.65 ICICI Bank 310, 313.50, 300.25, RCF 58.50, 61.60, 54.50, 56.55 Classic Diam 91.25, 94.50, 87.50, 115.95, 115.95, 112, 113.70 Omax Autos. 104, 105.55, 99, 99.95 Apcotex Lat. 48.25, 49, 48.20 Foseco (I) 270, 262, 270 30.70 105.55, 105.55, 99.05, 99.70 Sintex Inds. 130, 136.50, 128, 135.15 Vardhman Pol 66.40, 67, 65.40, 66 Cipla 1330, 1298, 1311.10 304.95 57.10, 61.60, 54.25, 56.55 94.40 265.10, 269.65, 261.25, 267.35 Indo Mat.Car 128, 125.10 133.95, 137, 127.55, 133 67, 68.10, 64.55, 65 49.50, 50.90, 47.40, 47.55 Clutch.Auto 20.95, 19, 19.50 Indo Nationl 450.05, 494.50, 483.15 Madhucon Prj 128.20, 128.25, Ondeo Nalco 315, 335, 321.40 1335, 1335, 1298, 1310.75 312.70, 313, 300.15, 304.05 Rel Capital 137.70, 138.35, 133.10, Aplab 38, 38.50, 37.30, 37.70 Frontier Inf 5.80, 5.41, 5.61 128.20 Sirpur Paper 99, 95.05, 96.80 Vardhman Spg 160, 150, 152.05 CMC 637.50, 639.90, 623, 635.25 IDBI 58, 64.40, 57.60, 63.85 135.85 Coates (I) 139.95, 136.10, 136.20 475, 497.85, 455, 492.70 Onward Techn 31.70, 31.75, 30.05, Aptech 82.25, 86.75, 80, 81.60 Fulford (I) 458, 465, 435, 458.40 Madras Alum 190, 194.80, 186.05, 30.85 98.90, 100, 97, 97.90 155, 157, 150.60, 152.55 620, 639, 619, 634.05 57.70, 64.45, 57.60, 63.40 137.95, 138.50, 133.10, 135.85 137.10, 138, 134.25, 135.25 Futura Poly. 27, 25.50, 25.60 Indrapr.Gas 125, 132.25, 120.55, Siyaram Silk 132.50, 138, 125, Varun Ship. 27.50, 27.90, 26.85, 83, 86.50, 81, 82.40 Cochin Minrl 18.50, 17.25, 18 129.25 191.15 30.80, 31.60, 30.20, 30.75 Colgate 163.50, 165.80, 160.50, IDBI Bank 53.55, 53.60, 51.50, 52.30 Reliance Ind 571, 582.45, 567, Archies 87.95, 88, 82.30, 83.60 Madras Cem. 815, 810, 830 129.15 27.65 161.55 53.80, 53.85, 51.50, 52.60 579.65 Color Chips 14.15, 12.39, 12.79 125, 132.20, 120, 129.05 Opto Circuit 75.50, 77, 72, 73.25 85.10, 86.95, 82.10, 83.25 G 822, 834, 816, 822.90 76.50, 76.50, 72.50, 73 Skanska Ceme 325, 317.40 27.80, 27.95, 26.90, 27.65 175.05, 175.05, 160.40, 161.65 India Cement 46, 44.05, 44.95 570.20, 582.50, 567, 580.15 14.25, 14.25, 12.60, 12.80 Indraprast.M 19.80, 19, 19.75 321.25, 322, 316, 316 Vashisti Det 17.25, 16.50, 16.95 Arvind Rem. 3.67, 3.74, 3.45 Colour Chem 258.05, 266, 262.80 Gabriel (I) 200, 201, 188.20, 197 19.80, 20.25, 19.50, 19.80 Madras Fert. 24.75, 24.80, 23.10, Orbit Multi 0.10 Container Co 655, 645, 650.65 45.85, 45.85, 44.10, 44.95 Rolta (I) 114.25, 115.75, 111, 112.90 3.55, 3.55, 3.55, 3.55 23.85 Snowcem (I) 18.10, 18.50, 17.65, 17.45, 17.90, 16.60, 16.95 645, 660, 645, 654.40 Indian Hotel 439, 455, 425, 449.80 115.50, 115.75, 110.55, 112.70 262.50, 265, 261.05, 263.50 Galaxy Enter 32.80, 32.95, 28.75, Indus.Inv.Tr 31, 31.90, 30.10, 30.50 Orchid Chem 264, 254.30, 258.70 Ashapura Min 155.50, 149.35, 29.50 25.10, 25.10, 23.35, 23.80 265, 265, 254.10, 258.55 17.70 Venky’s (I) 80.20, 81.90, 79.25, 80.90 Corpn. Bank 260, 262, 250.10, 437.95, 450, 423.20, 445.85 SAIL 51, 48.80, 49.75 Compucom Sof 49.95, 50, 47, 49.25 Innovis.E-Co 0.58 18.50, 18.55, 17.65, 17.85 78, 82.80, 77.30, 81.25 150.75 Compudyne Wi 16.50, 17, 16, 16.65 Gammon (I) 472, 475, 446, 451.25 Insilco 21, 21.50, 19.80, 20.35 Mah.Scooter 180, 188.90, 188.75 Orient Info. 63.40, 63.50, 60, 61.45 251.30 Indian Oil C 518, 528.60, 507, 516 50.10, 50.50, 48.75, 49.85 161.95, 162, 149.90, 151.20 182.55, 188.90, 182, 185.90 Soffia Soft. 45, 47, 44.15, 45.65 Veronica Lab 14.45, 13.05, 13.62 264, 264.70, 249.60, 251.30 511, 529, 507.50, 516.20 Satyam Comp 355, 361.95, 349.50, 16.65, 17.10, 16.20, 16.80 460, 460, 443, 446.10 Inter.Travel 70.05, 72, 68.15, 69.90 63, 63.55, 57.90, 61.85 Ashima 24, 22.85, 23.10 Gandhi Sp.Tu 38.40, 35.45, 37 Mah.Seamless 235, 235.05, 225.10, Orient Paper 38.75, 40.50, 38, 39.10 48.95, 49, 44, 45.80 Vesuvius (I) 138.75, 141.30, 136.70, Crompton Gr. 164.20, 165, 158.50, Indian Ov.Bk 39, 39.20, 37, 37.55 357.90 Computech In 12.85, 13.48, 12.25, IOL Broadban 7.60, 7.23 Softsol (I) 16, 15.35, 16 138.05 24.90, 24.90, 23, 23.25 12.39 Garden Silk 67, 63, 63.95 Ion Exchange 44.50, 45.90, 43.50, 232.65 40.55, 40.95, 38.50, 39.15 161.35 38.75, 39.50, 37.05, 37.55 361, 361, 349.50, 357.50 Ashok Ley.Fn 93, 93.45, 91.05, 93.20 233, 236.65, 231, 231.90 Software Tec 16.70, 12.90, 13.41 139.90, 141.80, 136.80, 138.65 163.70, 166, 158.50, 162.20 Indian Rayon 264, 270, 251, 263.20 Saw Pipes 291.45, 298.70, 284.50, 12.50, 13.30, 12.30, 12.55 66.85, 66.85, 63.35, 64.15 44.45 Oriental Con 56.15, 57, 55.35, 55.45 95.25, 95.25, 91.30, 93.15 Garware Poly 52.30, 52.90, 50.10, Mahavir Spg. 167, 173, 165.05, 170 Oriental Hot 138.20, 147 15.90, 15.90, 13.25, 13.60 Viceroy Hot. 21.50, 22.25, 20.45, Cummins (I) 120, 124, 116.50, 259, 267.50, 251, 265.70 288.80 Cont.Const. 25.80, 26.45, 24.30 IP Rings 100.50, 104, 97, 100 Solectron Ce 104.10, 107.50, 97, 21.25 Asian Elect. 78.55, 80.50, 75.50, Control Prnt 28.55, 28.70, 27.80 51.50 Isibars 11.31, 11.50, 10.71, 11.03 173, 174.50, 165.10, 170.10 141, 148.90, 141, 148.90 122.50 Indo Rama Sy 93, 90, 92.60 291.20, 298, 285.65, 291.15 78.10 Mahind.Gesco 31, 31.80, 30.50, 104.20 Videocon Apl 20.05, 20.15, 18.10, 119, 123, 116, 121.65 92.10, 92.95, 90.05, 92.35 SBI 602.10, 605, 584, 596.25 Core Health. 6.51, 7.25, 6.26, 6.98 Garware Wall 33.15, 34.40, 33.10, Ispat Inds. 14.75, 14.85, 13.90, Oswal Chem. 7.75, 8, 7.40, 7.56 77.65, 79.80, 76.10, 77.55 33.85 31.10 7.65, 7.95, 7.40, 7.60 106, 107.50, 97.95, 104.30 19.05 D-Link (I) 192, 195, 184.50, 189.05 IndusInd Bnk 43, 44.50, 41.80, 42.50 612.70, 612.70, 584.25, 596.60 6.65, 7.35, 6.65, 7.05 14.45 Solvay Pharm 240, 243, 225.55, 20.20, 20.40, 18.55, 18.90 Asian Hotels 176, 170, 170.45 Corom. Fert. 170, 157.50, 162.10 Gati 55.85, 60, 58.40 14.75, 14.75, 13.95, 14.45 31.30, 32, 30.10, 31.15 193, 195, 183.90, 189.55 43.50, 43.90, 41.90, 42.45 Shipp.Corpn. 180, 183, 174, 178.35 179.95, 179.95, 169, 172.05 Mahindra Ugi 38, 38.50, 34.50, 35.40 P 228.70 Videocon Fin 31.95, 34.25, 31.05, Dabur (I) 93, 93.90, 89, 89.75 Infosys Tech 5690, 5791, 5592, 183.60, 183.60, 173.05, 178.20 170, 170, 157.25, 157.90 Geodesic Inf 432.80, 443.40, 426, IT & T 17.20, 17.30, 16.55, 16.70 Assam Co. 36.40, 38.25, 36.20, 439.40 38.80, 39.80, 34.75, 35.60 Sona Koyo St 230.50, 232.50, 220, 31.55 94.40, 94.40, 89, 90.10 5674.05 Siemens 1020, 965, 984.50 Cosmo Ferr. 13, 13.25, 12.06, 13.22 18, 18, 16.55, 16.75 Padmalaya Te 109, 103.50, 104.50 30, 31.95, 30, 30.95 37.25 Cosmo Films 109, 110, 106, 107.90 George Willi 111, 115, 113.20 ITI 25, 25.40, 23.05, 24.05 Majestic Aut 48, 50, 47.50, 49.95 225 Dena Bank 31.40, 29.50, 30.20 5748, 5797, 5593.25, 5693.20 1020, 1025, 965, 983.60 Astrazen.Ph. 1209, 1210, 1055.55, Malwa Cotton 54, 55, 51, 51.50 109.05, 109.10, 103.40, 104.30 Sonata Soft. 19, 21, 17.05, 17.35 Vidhi Dyestu 19.55, 21.65, 21.25 30.55, 31.10, 29.50, 30.25 Infotech En. 218, 223.70, 214, Silverline T 10, 10.09, 7.95, 9.26 109.60, 110.35, 106.25, 107.70 117.95, 117.95, 112, 113.75 24.95, 25.30, 23.40, 24.15 Panacea Biot 51.20, 51.45, 49.10, 1120 GHCL 29.95, 30.65, 28.60, 28.90 54.60, 54.60, 52.05, 53.35 18.05, 18.10, 17.10, 17.35 Vinati Org. 23.40, 21.30, 22 Digital Glob 743, 754.90, 742.50, 218.80 SKF Bearing 108.40, 110, 102, Crest Comm. 46.50, 47.50, 44, 45.05 IVP 42, 40.60, 40.80 50.15 Vindhya Tele 34.10, 33.20, 34 1220, 1220, 1060, 1142.50 47.85, 48.40, 43.05, 45.10 29.85, 30, 28.55, 28.85 41.25, 42.65, 41.20, 41.55 Man Inds.(I) 128.30, 131, 121.25, SPIC 12.40, 13.50, 12.22, 13.26 747.55 215, 223, 214.20, 219.15 105.15 Atcom Techno 15.44, 15.45, 14.30, 126.95 50.35, 51.90, 49.05, 50 12.45, 13.55, 12.10, 13.15 33.55, 34.60, 33, 33.80 735, 753, 735, 747.40 ING Vysya Bk 560, 550, 550.65 109.90, 110.65, 103.70, 105.15 CRISIL 520.05, 522, 502.75, 515 GIC Housing 38.95, 39.25, 37.65, 38 IVRCL Infras 158, 169.35, 157, Pantaloon Re 275, 278.90, 266.15, 14.52 38.15, 39, 38, 38.35 Mangalam Cem 16.30, 16.75, 15.20, SPL 40.50, 40.15 Vintage Card 10.60, 11.50, 10.20, Dr.Reddy’s 1431, 1447, 1395, 570.05, 577.95, 550, 550.30 SPICE 58.50 520.20, 524, 507.60, 521.65 166.50 274.45 10.74 14.75, 15.10, 14.30, 14.50 Cybertech Sy 8.60, 9.30, 8.55, 8.60 GIVO 4.25 157, 169.20, 156.50, 166 15.85 40.80, 41.40, 40.05, 41.35 1411.65 Ingersoll R 290, 282.55, 286.75 STC India 155, 161, 146.50, 148.30 Atlas Copco 400, 387, 387.05 17.25, 17.25, 15.75, 16.20 275, 280, 270, 273.75 SQL Star Int 9.01, 10.94, 9.81 11, 11.05, 10, 10.40 1446, 1450, 1395, 1413.60 293, 293, 283.10, 286.60 158.95, 163.70, 145.10, 151.05 9, 9.55, 8.55, 8.75 Glenmark Pha 151.35, 152, 142.55, Paper Prod. 187, 184 Atlas Cycles 92, 97.95, 94.65 148.10 J Manglr.Chem 8.11, 7.75, 7.95 SREI Int.Fin 16.50, 17.80, 15.75, VIP Indus. 40, 40.85, 39.75, 40.50 Dredging Cor 538, 502, 520.80 IPCA Lab. 620, 625, 605, 609.05 Sterl.Biotec 108.65, 104, 105.40 187.10, 187.65, 177.65, 180.70 17.72 40.75, 41, 40, 40.70 Paramount Co 9.50, 8.65, 8.93 16.50, 17.50, 15.50, 17.45 Visaka Ind. 75.15, 77, 72.25, 75.10 Parekh Plati 15.22, 15.70, 14.90, SRF 55, 56.25, 52.70, 54.40 78.45, 78.45, 72, 73.90 14.97 Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs Name NAVs 51, 56.85, 51, 54.55 Visesh Info 7.05, 7.48, 6.77, 7.25 15.10, 15.85, 14.70, 14.95 SRF Polymers 37, 39.30, 38.55 7.10, 7.50, 6.90, 7.45 MUTUAL FUNDS (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) (Rs) Parry Agro 219, 205 SRG Infotech 1.50, 1.12, 1.26 Vision Organ 2.04, 1.65, 1.67 Open-ended Schemes Bond Plus Retail (G) 11.66 Freedom In.-STF-Cum-Inst. 18.29 Short Term (WD) 10.11 SIP 25-Apr-05 10.46 Income Premium Plus (G) 15.71 Bond (D-Y’ly) 10.44 Parry’s Conf 201, 200 1.50, 1.50, 1.15, 1.25 2, 2.10, 1.70, 1.80 Cash Plus Inst.(G) 16.95 Freedom In.-STF-Inst-M-D 10.05 Short Term(D) 10.18 SIP A Medium 19-Nov-04 10.08 Income-Premium (D) 10.79 Bond (G) 17.14 193, 218, 193, 204 Sri Adhikari 95, 100.50, 94.10, 99.25 VJIL Consult 18, 18.90, 15, 17.99 Cash Plus Inst.(MDP) 10.01 Freedom In.-STF-Reg.-M-D 10.05 Technology.Com 8.22 T Children’s Asset 19.40 Income-Premium (G) 15.67 Bond Fund-Inst.(AD) 10.99 Patel Engg. 326, 281, 290.10 94.60, 101, 94.30, 98.90 Voltas 148, 142, 142.45 Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.35 Freedom In.-STF-Reg.Cum 18.23 Top 100 Equity-(D) 17.51 T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.17 Liquid (D) 10.07 Bond Institutional (D) 11.79 Patspin (I) 20.25, 19.50, 19.75 SSI 192.90, 185, 187 145.50, 150, 142, 142.65 Name NAVs Cash Plus Retail (G) 16.91 Gilt Investment-Cum 17.77 Top 100 Equity-(G) 22.64 T Floating Rate In LT (G) 11.31 Liquid (G) 12.47 Bond Institutional (G) 17.23 19.60, 20.50, 19.50, 20.25 191.80, 192.75, 184.55, 187.65 VST Indus. 195, 197.50, 192, 196.90 Cash Plus-Inst.(D) 10.79 Gilt PF-Cumulative 10.03 Escorts Mutual Fund T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.00 Liquid-Premium (D) 11.98 Bond Short Term (D) 10.04 PCS Inds. 30, 31.90, 30.50 (Rs) Star Paper 33.50, 32.35, 32.75 193.40, 199.95, 193.40, 198.85 D Yield Plus(Div) 12.94 Gilt PF-Quarterly (D) 10.03 Balanced (D) 15.58 T Floating Rate In ST (G) 11.29 Liquid-Premium Plus (D) 11.97 Bond Short Term (G) 11.52 Pennar Alum. 4, 4.10, 3.76, 3.95 33.85, 33.95, 32.30, 32.65 VST Tillers 41, 39.15, 39.40 D Yield Plus(G) 23.22 Gilt Series-Cum 13.60 Balanced (G) 22.91 T G Sec Tr (D) 10.68 Liquid-Premium Plus (G) 12.50 Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.05 Pentagon Glo 2.69, 2.25, 2.44 State Bnk Bi 1817, 1819, 1789, VXL Instrum. 39, 40.50, 40 As on 06/01/2004 Equity Plan 30.83 Gilt Series-Reg 13.60 Gilt (D) 12.45 T G Sec Tr (G) 12.07 Liquid-Premium(G) 12.49 Bond Short Term-Instnl.GD 11.54 Pentasoft Te 6.15, 5.77, 6.11 1797.60 Alliance Capital Mutual Fund FMP Quarterly Group 1 (D) 11.25 Gilt-Investment-Q(D) 10.26 Gilt (G) 13.61 T IBA (D) 11.78 Liquidity - Call (Dd)(Z) 10.43 Dynamic Equity Fund (D) 13.29 5.50, 6.10, 5.50, 6.10 State Bnk My 2251, 2222.40 W 95 (D) 45.10 Float.Rate Long Term(D) 10.32 Growth Fund-Cum 26.14 Growth (G) 22.31 T IBA (G) 23.28 Liquidity - Call (G)(Z) 10.94 Dynamic Equity Fund (G) 14.87 Pharmacia He 160, 163, 153.50 State Bnk Tr 1651, 1700, 1684.35 95 (G) 83.48 Float.Rate Long Term(G) 10.32 Growth Fund-Q(D) 12.64 Growth (D) 12.04 T IBA (H-Y’ly) 15.18 Liquidity -IP(D)(Z) 11.42 E-Com (D) 4.37 160.55, 160.55, 154.60, 157.15 Walchandngr 95, 92, 93.50 E-Com (G) 4.37 Sterl.Tools 118, 112.10, 114.75 95, 95, 91.50, 92.90 Basic Inds.(D) 25.20 Float.Rate Short Term(D) 10.29 Liq.Fund-Cum-Inst.Plus 12.70 Income (D) 10.51 T IBA (Instl Plan) 11.80 Liquidity -IP(G)(Z) 13.61 PHIL Corpn. 6.10, 6.75, 6.06, 6.50 Stl.Strips W 40.75, 39.35 Basic Inds.(G) 29.07 Float.Rate Short Term(G) 10.29 Liq.Fund-Inst.Plus-W(D) 11.40 Income (G) 19.66 T IBA (M’ ly) 15.10 Liquidity -SP(D-W’ly)(Z) 10.63 Floater Fund-STP (D) 10.01 7.25, 7.25, 6.40, 6.40 Warren Tea 72.05, 73, 71.15, 71.75 Liquid Fund-Apr-06-Reg 12.53 Income Bond (D) 11.41 Liquidity -SP(G)(Z) 13.02 Floater Fund-STP (G) 10.17 Su-raj Diamn 27.65, 27.85, 25.95, Wartsila (I) 202.10, 206, 199.10, Buy India (D) 9.17 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(A)(D) 10.54 T IBA (M’ly B) 20.15 Phillip Carb 114.25, 116, 112.10, 26.50 Buy India (G) 9.18 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(B)(G) 15.42 Liquid Fund-Reg.Cum 12.66 Income Bond (G) 13.52 T IBA (Q’y) 14.91 Liquidity-Sp(D-D’ly)(Z) 10.64 Gilt LTP Prov.(D) 10.12 115.45 203.95 Liquid Fund-Reg.W’ly(D) 11.39 Opportunities (D) 13.87 T Income (D) 11.26 MF MIP LTP-(G) 10.28 Gilt LTP Prov.(G) 10.12 28.05, 28.05, 26.15, 26.35 205, 209, 197.30, 202.85 Capital Tax Relief’96 117.31 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(C-AD) 10.27 115.05, 118, 112, 114.50 Suashish Dia 39.50, 34.65, 36.15 Cash Manager (D) 10.01 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(A)(D) 11.63 Liquid Instl. Cum 10.01 Opportunities (G) 17.59 T Income (G) 23.60 MF MIP LTP-Monthly (D) 10.28 Gilt LTP Prov.(PAAR) 10.12 Phoenix Lamp 29.05, 29.50, 27.75, Wellwin Ind. 18.60, 17.50, 17.80 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(B)(G) 19.13 Liquid Instl.(D) Payout 11.29 Tax (D) 20.04 T India Growth 31.56 MF MIP LTP-Qrtly (D) 10.28 Gilt LTP Prov.(PDAR) 10.12 Subex System 387, 390, 378.15, 18.40, 18.85, 17.50, 17.95 Cash Manager (G) 15.44 28.30 385.15 Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 Gilt Plus-PF-(C-AD) 19.13 MI- Regular -M(D) 10.45 Tax (G) 20.04 T India Growth(D) 28.38 MF MIP STP-Growth 10.23 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.74 Pioneer Embr 91, 96, 90, 91.40 Welspun (I) 113.90, 114, 105, 107.35 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(AD) 11.99 MI- Regular- Bonus 10.85 First India Mutual Fund T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 MF MIP STP-Monthly (D) 10.23 Gilt Long Term (G) 13.74 387.05, 394, 381.20, 385.05 111.30, 113, 105, 107.35 Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.39 Plastiblend 98, 101, 90, 92.55 Subhash Proj 49.90, 50.65, 48, 49.10 Cash Manager Instnl. (DD) 10.00 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(BG) 20.98 MI-Regular - Cum 10.85 Gilt 11.52 T Liquid (D) 10.00 MF MIP STP-Qrtly (D) 10.23 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.86 PNB Gilts 32, 30.60, 30.85 Welspun Guj. 48.40, 45.25, 47.05 Equity (D) 30.24 Gilt Plus-Regular-(C-AD) 21.02 MI-Regular - Q(D) 10.44 Gilt Fund - (D) 10.53 T Liquid (G) 15.56 Prudence (D)(Z) 21.09 Gilt Short Term (G) 12.90 49.25, 49.30, 47, 49.25 47.75, 48.50, 45.20, 46.90 31.45, 32.20, 30.50, 30.70 Subros 142.95, 143, 136.50, 138.95 Equity (G) 57.12 INDEX (Div) 13.06 Opportunities Fund (Cum) 12.36 Growth 21.17 T Liquid Plus 11.66 Prudence (G)(Z) 46.55 Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 18.55 Polyplex 209, 218, 206.05, 215.30 Wendt (I) 320, 312.25, 320 Growth & Value (G) 28.25 Sulzer (I) 206, 196 Frontline Eq(D) 18.60 INDEX (G) 20.04 Opportunities Reg-QD 8.03 Growth Fund (D) 16.97 T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 Short Term (D) 10.13 214, 216.50, 206, 214.45 West Coast P 219.95, 222.75, 215 Triple Ace-Inst Reg 10.88 Income 11.64 Short Term (G) 11.43 Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 19.51 Sundaram Cla 570.25, 585, 564.95, Frontline Eq(G) 19.97 Income Plus Inst. A(D) 26.59 T MMA 1.00 Porrits&Spen 152, 154, 145, 151.25 220, 224, 214.30, 222.10 G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.26 Income Plus Inst. B(G) 28.10 Triple Ace-Inst.-H(D) 14.26 Income Fund (D) 10.48 T Monthly Income (G) 15.70 Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.85 Index BSE Sensex 11.47 579.05 Wim Plast 47, 45, 45.25 Triple Ace-Instl. Cum 22.82 Liquid (D) 10.23 Short Term-Prem.(G) 11.45 Index Nifty 11.69 Praj Ind. 95.60, 97, 91.50, 96.45 G-Sec Long Term (G) 18.46 Income Plus Plan A(D) 10.59 T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 11.73 98.90, 98.90, 91.55, 94.40 570, 596, 565.10, 575.80 Wimco 32.05, 32.90, 31, 32.35 G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.04 Income Plus Plan B(G) 27.92 Triple Ace-Reg.-Cum 22.69 Liquid (G) 11.24 T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.34 Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.84 Liquid Account Call 10.97 Sundaram Fst 1035, 1090.10, 1010, Triple Ace-Reg.-Q(D) 10.85 Short Term 11.05 Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 11.46 Liquid Inst. (D) 10.00 Precision Wr 52.05, 53.10, 50.65, 32.10, 32.80, 30.85, 32.35 G-Sec Short Term (G) 14.42 MIDCAP (Div) 12.48 T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.24 52.30 1061.80 Wyeth 412.05, 417.75, 401.25, Income (D) 10.48 MIDCAP (G) 23.15 Triple Ace-Reg.Bonus 12.61 Short Term (D) 10.36 T Pension Plan (D) 14.96 Sovereign Gilt-IP(D)(Z) 10.89 Liquid Inst. (G) 11.67 1030, 1098, 1005, 1066.70 Triple Ace-Semi-Y(D) 14.14 Tax Gain 73.35 Sovereign Gilt-IP(G)(Z) 15.29 Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 57.90, 57.90, 51.30, 52 409.05 Income (G) 22.79 MIP Plan A (D) 11.36 T Pension Plan (G) 28.32 Premier Auto 11.96, 12.10, 11.70, Sunflag Iron 10.20, 10.30, 9.50, 415, 418, 400.05, 405.95 Income 54EA (D) 10.48 MIP Plan B (Payment/G) 15.43 Deutsche Mutual Fund Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund T ST Income (G) 1154.73 Sovereign Gilt-PP(D)(Z) 11.12 Lq. 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I don’t like bullies and I WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY don’t like being bullied. That is why we are determined to hang on to ‘Kumble simply the best’ Louis Saha! —Fulham manager Chris Warne’s guru Kerry O’ Keefe feels Indian leggie is the best spinner to tour Australia in 25 years Coleman on Man United’s chase of Saha Melbourne: Anil Kumble, who played a signif- was. It’s been inspirational, the long sustained methods against the Austsies has made him a very icant role in India’s 1-1 Test series draw against spells and variation-based bowling,” he said. crafty bowler at the peak of his prowess. PTI SPORTS DIGEST Australia, has been rated as the “Kumble has used that 101-102k Ajit Ninan best slow bowler to tour Down slider, his two-three variations of SPIN DOCTORS DOWN UNDER Under in the last quarter centu- googly which either opened the Following are details of performance of successful spinners from visiting sides in a Test ry by spin guru Kerry O’ Keefe. gate or had batsman hitting back series Down Under over the last 25 years “It is one of the most cleverly catches,” he said referring to Spinners Season T Overs M Runs Wkts Avg Best 5/10 orchestrated campaigns of leg- Kumble’s success on the batting A. Kumble (Ind) 2003-04 3 206.1 27 710 24 29.58 8-141 3/1 spin bowling in this country tracks in Australia. that I have ever seen,” O’ Keefe “When he got Ponting with that D.L. Vettori (NZ) 2001-02 3 131.2 23 440 13 33.84 6-87 2/0 Saqlain Mushtaq(Pak) 1999-00 3 94.5 24 251 10 25.10 6-46 1/0 Anil Kumble said on the Indian leg-spinner spearing stuff, he found the bats- who was the most successful man looking to work him on the on- P.M. Such (Eng) 1998-99 2 116.5 24 323 11 29.36 5-81 1/0 bowler in the four-Test series with 24 wickets. side. He just kept slowing a couple Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 1995-96 2 134.2 26 384 18 21.33 5-95 2/0 O’ Keefe enjoys a unique reputation in Aus- up, setting it up, and then the 101k P.C.R.Tufnell (Eng) 1994-95 4 207.4 45 442 10 44.20 4-79 - tralia as an outstanding leg-spin coach whom slider just got his man. The emotion P.H. Edmonds (Eng) 1986-87 5 261.4 78 538 15 35.86 3-45 - Shane Warne speaks to a lot even though Terry he showed at Ponting’s dismissal J.E. Embury (Eng) 1986-87 5 315.5 86 663 18 36.83 7-78 2/0 Jenner is the spin wizard’s official mentor. means that is exactly what he want- R.J. Shastri (Ind) 1985-86 3 205 71 386 14 27.57 4-87 - He is a leg-spin coach with the Australian Crick- ed. It was a triumph of thinking out et Academy. “When Kumble arrived, he claimed a very fine player of spin.” G.Miller (Eng) 1982-83 5 171 50 397 13 30.53 4-70 - he had worked out a plan. Nobody knew what it O’ Keefe feels that Kumble’s new Graphic-Satish Patel -Stats Anant Gaundalkar Sachin’s innings will help AFP him conquer new heights By Allan Border
he debate whether India should have asked Aus- tralia to follow-on will linger. Fourth afternoon T of the match, India had a chance to give Aus- No takers for WI flop show: The tralia nearly five sessions to bat out the match. They utter dominance of the their cricket chose not to do it. Were they defensive? team in the ongoing Test series There are no easy answers. I can see for and against against West Indies may have done point of views. India might have been struggling with every South African proud but this fresh bowlers. Kumble had bowled a lot many overs in performance has failed to attracted the match and must have been tired. Australia could the fans to the match venues. Con- have quickly got about their second innings and set up cerned with the low attendence at the game. May be any hard-nosed captain would have the venues of the first three Test done what Ganguly chose to do on the fourth day. But matches - Durban, Cape Town and when you are chasing a dream, you need to be bold. The Johannesburg - the United Cricket history of over half a century waited to be revised. Board of South Africa has decided to Sachin Tendulkar gave a hard-nosed performance of “look” into the matter. The UCB has a modern icon. There was an inevitability about his asked for reports from Johannesburg success in this game. We knew it was coming. To me and Durban about the low atten- this innings could be the defining moment of rest of dances at the two venues, its CEO Tendulkar’s career. The bowlers have been warned the Gerald Majola said. little master is willing to play within his limitations. In the past, he has been exuberant and victim of his WEIGHTLIFTING RANKINGS own eagerness. Now he is willing to harness strike, Top 10 Women — 48kg bide his time and play only when the possibility of dis- missal has been eliminated. He is set to conquer new 1. Li Zhuo (CHN) 207.5 2. Wang Mingjuan (CHN) 200.0 peaks. 2. Thi Win Kay (MYA) 200.0 Kumble to me was the key man. He has proven 4. Wei Gao (CHN) 195.0 wrong a lot of detractors, those who believed he was no 5. Aree Wiratthaworn (THA) 190.0 force on foreign soil. His confidence was amazing and 6. Un Sim Choe (PRK) 187.5 his intensity immense. He is a born-again bowler and 6. Xiaomei Jie (CHN) 187.5 given himself a new lease of life. He now has good 6. Taylan Nurcan (TUR) 187.5 years ahead as a spin bowler. PTI Pakistan wicket-keeper Moin Khan attempts to run out his Kiwi counterpart Brendon McCullum during the second One-day-International at 9. Izabela Dragneva (BUL) 185.0 Queenstown on Tuesday. McCullum scored 56 not out but Pakistan won by six wickets. 10. Kunjarani Devi (IND) 182.5 10. Rosmainar (INA) 182.5 India can now stand up to source: www.iwf.net Farhat, Youhana star in Pak win Williams to replace Bracken Sydney: Australian paceman Brad Williams will replace an any team in the world BETTING METER Queenstown (New Zealand): Imran SCOREBOARD injured Nathan Bracken in the opening match of the trian- The morning after a very CRICKET Farhat and Yousuf Youhana guided Pak- New Zealand: C.Cumming lbw Mohammad Sami 0, SKIPPER SPEAK S.Fleming c Mohammad Sami b Shoaib Malik 43, H.Mar- gular One-day cricket tournament, starting at Melbourne on emotionally charged day Top Indian batsman in VB Series: istan to victory in shall c Yousuf Youhana b Shabbir Ahmed 10, S.Styris c Friday. Steve Waugh has been pretty relaxed. S Tendulkar 5/2 the second One- Yousuf Youhana b Azhar Mahmood 10, C.McMillan c Moin Bracken, who was named in the One-day squad for the first Today, as I look back on V Sehwag 4/1 SECOND day International Khan b Shoaib Malik 25, C.Cairns b Abdul Razzaq 9, four matches of the VB Series, has been ruled out due to a hip my decision, I think I have timed it well. R Dravid 5/1 against New J.Oram b Mohammad Sami 54, B.McCullum not out 56, injury, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday. Bracken This is the right time for me to move on S Ganguly 5/1 ODI Zealand on Tues- D.Vettori b Mohammad Sami 9, D.Tuffey not out 3 suffered a grade-one strain of the left hip muscle while field- simply because Ricky Ponting is ready V V S Laxman| 6/1 day to level the Extras (lb-2 w-13 nb-1) 16 Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 235. ing on the first morning of the Sydney Test, but continued to to take over, the Australian team is the H Badani 8/1 five-match series at 1-1. Pakistan posted Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-25, 3-53, 4-79, 5-104, 6-112, 7- take part in the match. best in the game right now, and I could as per ladbrokes.com a total of 236 for four in 47 overs with 203, 8-218. It is not a major injury and we are confident that he will not have thought of a better farewell Youhana 88 not out. Bowling: Mohammad Sami 10-0-52-3 (nb-1 w-7), improve quickly,but it would be unwise for him to carry this personally. TODAY’S ACTION Earlier a 91-run seventh wicket part- Shabbir Ahmed 10-1-43-1 (w-4), Azhar Mahmood 10-0- injury into a fairly intense round of matches,’’ Australian As I handed over the mantle of cap- nership between Jacob Oram (54) and 69-1, Abdul Razzaq 10-1-24-1 (w-2), Shoaib Malik NATIONAL physiotherapist Errol Alcott said in a statement. taincy to Ricky last evening, I told him to follow his in- Brendon McCullum (56 not out) helped 10-0-45-2 (w-2) Cricket: Ranji Trophy (various venues). Pakistan: Yasir Hameed c Oram b Butler 2, Imran Farhat c A disappointed Bracken said he was hopeful of a speedy re- stincts and do it his way. I know he is the man for the Football: National league (various venues). New Zealand to 235 for eight. McMillan b Vettori 87, Salim Elahi c McCullum b Oram 14, covery. “Obviously I am disappointed because it’s always a job, and the timing is right for him as well. Pakistan cruised home with three INTERNATIONAL Yousuf Youhana not out 88, Inzamam-ul-Haq c McCullum thrill to represent Australia and I was keen to play One-day I would be lying if I claimed that I did not want to overs to spare, when Shoaib Malik hit- b Tuffey 14, Shoaib Malik not out 9 Tennis: Tata Open (Chennai): Live on Star cricket again after our great tour of India,’’ Bracken said. win my last series as captain, but at the end of this edi- ting two boundaries in the 46th over to Extras (lb-8, w-13, nb-1) 22 “But this is just a minor setback and having spoken to physio tion of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, I felt no regrets Sports, 5.00 pm. Total (four wickets, 47 overs) 236 Hockey: Azlan Shah Cup: Korea v Pakistan, bring victory. Errol (Alcott), I am hopeful that the injury can heal quickly about the way things shaped up. The Indians are a qual- The third One-dayer is at Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-52, 3-195, 4-224. 1.00 pm; India v Germany, 3.00 pm, Bowling: Tuffey 10-3-28-1(w-2), Butler 10-0-49-1(w-5), and that I will be back playing sooner rather than later.’’ ity side, and man-to-man they can stand up against any Malaysia vs Spain (Live on Ten Sports). Chistchurch on Saturday.New Zealand Oram 9-0-37-1(w-2), Cairns 4-0-28-0(1-nb) , Styris 3-0- Australia will play India in the first match of the tourna- team in the world right now,especially from the batting won the first One-dayer in Auckland. 16-0(3-w), Vettori 10-0-58-1, McMillan 1-0-12-0. Reuters. ment, which also features Zimbabwe. PTI point of view. This is much the same batting line-up that came here in 1999, and one can see that the potential that was evi- dent then has been realised now. Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman always 25 years hence,Waugh will recall the great Indian fright formed a formidable middle order at home, but with AFP this performance, they have proved that they are a force By Ayaz Memon all through the series. standing batting. outside their territory as well. This series marks a ma- “Did THEY want to win? Des- “Kumble, with 24 wickets, was wenty-five years later, sitting jor improvement for all perately.On the last day,Ganguly’s at times unplayable and at all in his drawing room by the of them as far as tech- T eyes smouldered with hunger and times a threat. With runs to back fireplace on a wintry Aussie nique, approach and ambition. And Kumble, who went him, he bowled with remarkable evening, Stephen Rodger Waugh concentration while on and on untiringly,stalked every control and variation. They lacked playing outside famil- will wave batsman with the ferocity of a his trade- one more wicket-taking bowler, iar conditions is con- tiger.Dravid at slip was eagle-eyed mark red which was perhaps our good cerned. TODAY’S and attentive to every flaw, rag and tell fortune. The other crucial every weakness in the batsmen, his grand- “But their batting brought alive difference was the way SPECIAL relaying this to the bowlers. Ten- children the series. Sehwag cut, drove and the openers, Virender dulkar, mind ticking, seemed to about his farewell Test, against In- hooked often without moving his Sehwag and Akash come up with two options for dia at Sydney circa 2004. “That feet till he drove the bowlers mad. Chopra, invariably every situation. was one helluva game,’’ he will Laxman was like a minstrel, his provided a good start “They did not win, because the say,“and that was some series.’’ bat weaving a wonderful ballad of to the innings so as to track stayed true. And we stood Given the Waugh lineage, the strokes. We thought we had sub- ensure that the quality firm. They could have done a few grandchildren will understand dued Tendulkar, but he came back middle order was not things differently perhaps. what he means. Stephen Roger with an awesome double in the fi- exposed too early. Declared a little earlier and forced was more a man of deeds than nal Test. Ganguly was a scrapper As far as our side is concerned, we were not with our us to take more risks, perhaps words. And if he expended words right through, his hundred in the full-strength bowling, and that did make a difference. brought on Tendulkar or Sehwag of praise, then it must have been first Test giving the team direction However, we must resist the temptation of comparing earlier than they did, perhaps truly well deserved. Cricket histo- and momentum and he matched the likes of Brad Williams and Nathan Bracken with trusted young Pathan — who rians record that this was one of Glenn McGrath. It also did not help that we dropped was making the ball swerve, swing me tactic for tatic. And then there the most exciting Tests ever catches at crucial moments right through the series. and talk — a little more. Just per- was Rahul Dravid, the Indians call played, though there was only a At the start of this Test I really wanted to play well in haps been more used to winning him The Wall. He was the best of draw at the end of five days. But Steve Waugh with daughter Lily (left) and Austin at the Sydney Cricket my last innings. I came in when the situation was po- matches.’’ them all. We waited for him to fall. each day had been full of extraor- Ground on Tuesday. tentially dangerous for us. I have always enjoyed a chal- The kids now to grandpa And waited, and waited. dinary events and performances, lenge, and playing to save a game in my last Test was a The grandkids, now in rapt at- elling hours.’’ Waugh. “Would you say they were “Yes, it was a great contest. I revealing the myriad and wonder- great challenge. tention, will tug at the red rag for “Did we play for a draw?’’, a great team?’’ desperately wanted to go out on a ful facets not only of cricket skills, The moment of my dismissal will always stay with more. “This was one match where Waugh, now on a roll, will pose a “We were the best side, and they winning note but this game is a but of human character too. me because it was a rare occasion on which I let the I almost changed my red rag for a query to the kids. “Of course not! had our measure, so logically they great leveller and at the end of it “They had us, almost did us in’’ crowd sway my shot selection. But with 40,000 people white handkerchief, so great was It was a very stiff target but I were one too,’ Waugh will deduce. all I was happy that we could keep Waugh will tell his grandchildren. chanting behind me, I went for the shot and Tendulkar the pressure on us right from the wanted to go out on a high and we “They had come Down Under with the magic of Test cricket alive. “We only survived by the skin of took the catch. He may have become the hero of Sydney time I lost the toss,’’ S R Waugh sniffed around for a win every now That perhaps was the most impor- our teeth. The scoreboard may everybody expecting them to be if he had dropped it. The series has once against raised will continue, “We were on the and then, hoping that the Indians tant thing.” With that SR Waugh show a facile draw in the end. But whipped 0-4, and returned with a the profile of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to another backfoot from the first ball would wilt under our aggression, dabbed at a tear with his red rag. scoreboards can lie. They can nev- 1-1 draw, but clearly victors on level. I am sure the tradition of tough, entertaining through to the final day when I or surrender to our feigned cocki- Unknown to many, cricket’s er reveal the tension, the anxiety points. And they produced per- cricket will be continued in the series in India later had to bring all my experience, all ness. But they kept coming back most ruthless captain after Dou- and the astonishing drama of a haps the better quality cricket, this year, and it remains to be seen whether Ricky my resolve, pray for all the luck in every time it looked like we would glas Jardine had all along been a see-saw contest.’’ with better fielding, one monu- Ponting and his men will realise my unfinished dream the world to see through four gru- break free, just as they had done mental bowling feat and truly out- romantic at heart. of beating India in India. Gameplan
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Puerta banned: Argentine tennis player Mariano Puerta has Mayflower been banned from the sport for nine months, fined and stripped More seeds fall by wayside of ranking points after testing AFP set to bloom By Akshay Sawai lights from each of the four tow- positive for a banned drug. Puer- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ta, a promising claycourter once ers on Centre Court went out, TIMES NEWS NETWORK forcing a five-minute delay. ranked as high as 18 in the Chennai: The virus of upsets New Delhi: Mayflower world, tested positive for the ‘‘All credit to our opponents has entered the ATP Tour Tata should annex the Tulipa class one substance clenbuterol but we got a little unlucky when Open system. On Tuesday at Trophy at the Mumbai races during the 2003 ATP event in the lights blew out,’’ Prakash Nungambakkam Stadium here, scheduled for Thursday. Vina del Mar, Chile, the ATP said. said. ‘‘We lost momentum, they it was sixth-seeded Rafael Nadal got their focus back.’’ Selections: Air Wolf Plate: 1,000m: who lost a first-round dust-up Coming back to the singles, 2.30pm: Montana 1, Speedster 2, Hiccup 3. Tulipa Trophy: 1,800m: Mayflower 1, Sug- against Frances Thierry As- better mobility and stinging cione 7-6 (5), 6-4. Wednesday saw ar Babe 2, Melliflous 3. Flaming Star Plate; groundstrokes were among the 1,200m: Statuesque 1, Raphaela 2, Venus number seven David Ferrer of factors responsible for Lisnard’s Arising 3. So Modest Plate: 1,400m: Sixty Spain and number eight Antho- Seconds 1, zante 2, Queen’s Message 3. victory in the match, a baseline Sea Mist Trophy: 1,800m: Amaron 1, Dud- ny Dupuis of France slip. battle played on Court One. ‘‘I In an all-Gaul second round leys 2, Party Girl 3. Caspian Plate: 1,200m: went for more on crucial Adam’s Beauty 1, Peronda 2, Scrub 3. W duel, Jean-Rene Lisnard beat points,’’ said the 24-year-old who Buckley Plate: 1,000m: 5.30pm: Dancing Dupuis 7-5, 6-3. Russia’s Igor An- reached the semifinals here last Greens 1, Ice Magic 2, Silver Lancer 3. dreev lassoed Ferrer 6-2, 6-3. Sec- year. ‘‘That is why I won.’’ Romantic Forever pleases: ond seed Paradorn Srichaphan Dupuis, a strapping man with Romantic Forever was in im- of Thailand, however, marched short hair and a rectangular pressive form in the morn- to the quarterfinals, crushing Is- Thai star Paradorn Srichaphan face, can pass off as a bodyguard ing test-trials held here on rael’s Harel Levy 6-2, 6-2. greets the crowd after winning at an East European govern- Wednesday. Meanwhile, India’s Mahesh against Harel Levy in the Tata ment building. And his game Inner-sand: 200m: 3 Y-O Venice (Shah) and Open on Wednesday in Chennai. Destined Path (Pawan) - 13 secs: pair was Bhupathi and his Russian part- was suitably uncompromising. ner, Dmitry Tursunov, tumbled fully in hands. Romantic Forever (Ram- pathi type of energy in the dou- But the pacy Lisnard looked pravesh) - 13 secs: maintaining form. out of the doubles event. Top bles first round against more likely to win a point. While Supreme Crown (Rampravesh) - 13 secs: seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Spaniards Albert Portas and Dupuis kept a handshaking dis- has come up a lot. Poras (Shahid) - 12 secs: pleased. Global Princess (Rampravesh) - 12 Ram of Israel defeated them 6-3, Alex Lopez Moron. Not for long tance between him and the base- 6-1 in the first round. secs: handy. Laila (Shahid) - 14 secs: easy. enough, however. The cousins line, Lisnard hugged it. He got Black Fighter (Pramod) - 15 secs: on the bit. Prakash and Stephen Amri- lost 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3. They played into position with alacrity and 3 Y-O Sword of Honour (Narender Singh), 3 traj of India, though, generated inspiring tennis in the second his execution was smooth, signs Y-O Classofeightytwo (Neeraj) and 3 Y-O some of the Leander Paes-Bhu- Dazzling Wish (R Kumar) - 14 secs; trio was set tie-break, but after that two of a man who has practised well. hard held. Chaubey keeps JCT at bay By Sanjeev Samyal lack of ambition, hence the sec- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ond factor is more in question. JCT had only a couple of estab- Mumbai: For a team with ambi- lished names in IM Vijayan, tion, the attitude is all about win- Stephen Abrowei and Jo Paul An- ning. For Mumbai’s top football cheri. But all proven match-win- club, Mahindra United, it seems a ners. Ancheri was battling an in- case of either a lack of ambition jury, but the ageing Vijayan and or lacking a ‘match-winner’. At Stephen left their impression on least this was the impression cre- the game. Only Chaubey’s bril- ated by their performance against liance denied them from a win. JCT, Phagwara, in an 8th round After eight rounds, Mahindra match of the Coca Cola National have 13 points while JCT are on 12. Football League played at the Cooperage on Wednesday. Close win for Salgaocar: In Mar- The team disappointed for the gao, Salgaocar survived a late second consecu- charge before scoring a narrow 3-2 tive time and only win over Indian two ‘million-dol- Bank to register lar’ saves by keep- their fourth win. er Kalyan Salgaocar, who Chaubey helped led 1-0 at half-time them hold JCT to a after thanks to IB goalless draw in own-goal, scored their eighth match twice in the sec- of the NFL. ond half through Given the zeal Felix Ibrebru and and the tremen- Bello Rasaq to dous support pro- lead 3-0. However, vided to the team, Indian Bank re- the Mahindra duced the margin management can- through Sabio not be faulted for and Jaysuriya.
CROSS COUNTRY Virk putts to top Pune: Even the gaping water hazard guarding the front of the 18th green bowed to the magic of Jaiveer Virk, as the Delhi pro put up a brilliant putting exhibition to lead the Hero Honda Open West after the opening round on Wednesday. Virk needed just 24 putts on the tricky Poona Club course green, as he shot a five-under 66 to lead by a single shot ahead of Kolkata’s Yusuf Ali and the promising C Muniyappa of Bangalore. Veteran Md Islam of Patna was alone at fourth place at three-un- der 68. Scores (after 18 holes): 66 - Jaiveer Virk; 67 - Yusuf Ali, C Muniyappa; 68 - Md Islam; 69 - Vijay Kumar, Amritinder Singh, Shiv Prakash, Ajay Kumar Yadav; 70 - Feroz Ali, Rafiq Ali, Ajay Gupta, Randhir Ghotra; 71 - SSP Chowrasia, Arjun Singh, Digvijay Singh, Rahul Ganapathy, Chini Ali, Rezwan Ali, S Stanley. TNN Simarjeet takes lead Mumbai: Consistent play for the sec- ond-day running saw Noida’s Simar- jeet Singh take a four-stroke lead in the Senior Western India Amateur Golf Championships at the Bombay Presi- dency Golf Club course here on Wednesday.Simarjeet carded a two-un- der 68 to follow up his opening day’s one-under 69 to lead with 137. Chandi- garh’s Sandy Lehal also returned a score of two-under 68 to tally 141 and occupy joint second spot along with Noida’s Karamjit Singh and Delhi’s Anitya Chand. Scores (after 36 Holes): 137 Simarjeet Singh; 141 Karamjit Singh, Anitya Chand, Sandy Lehal; 143 Jasjeet Singh; 145 Manav Jaini, Jaideep Patwardhan; 146 Aditya Singh, Shau- rya Singh. PTI Goenka’s team ahead Aurangabad: J P Goenka’s team from Kolkata was leading with 123 VPs at the end of the sixth round in the pre- quarterfinal matches for the Ruia Tro- phy in the National bridge champi- onship here on Wednesday. After re- maining unbeaten in six matches, the Goenka’s gave a dominant display which included two important wins against yesterday’s leaders, the Formi- dables from Delhi, by 25-1 and Railways ‘B’ by 24-6. Alok Daga’s team, also from Kolkata, is on the second spot with 111 VPs while India Blues from Mumbai and Trambak Rubber from Kolkata are joint third with 108 VPs apiece. PTI Abhay earns Olympiad berth Kozhikode: T Abhay, Rajadarshini and N Raghavi of Tamil Nadu joined Arun Prasad (TN) and Mary Ann Gomes (Goodricke), who had already won the National sub-junior super league chess championship on Tues- day, for a berth in the Youth Olympiad to be held in the country in July. Arun settled for a draw against state- mate Navin Kanna to take his tally to 8.5 points, while G N Gopal (Ker), Rahul Sangma (Goodricke) and Vijay Keerthi (Kar) all finished with 6.5 points each to take the next three spots. The truce be- tween Gopal and T Abhay proved cru- cial for the latter to garner six points and qualify for the Olympiad team. Among the girls, P Sivasankari, Ra- jadarshini and Raghavi collected seven points each to finish among top five. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Thursday,January 8, 2004 19 CAPITAL SPORT Saurav wins British U-19 title DSA trials: The Delhi Milan snap Roma’s dream run Chennai: Saurav Ghosal became the Soccer Asociation is hold- INDIANS ABROAD Reuters first Indian ever to win the coveted ing an open trial cum British Junior Open U-19 Squash ti- Pakistan in the quarterfinals, was coaching camp for the se- SOCCER ROUNDUP made to look a pale shadow of him- lection of the Delhi U-21 tle, defeating Adel El Said of Egypt in Milan: European champions AC Milan the final at Sheffield in England. self. team for the M Dutta Roy ended Serie A leaders AS Roma’s unbeaten Saurav is based at the ICL squash trophy scheduled to kick- Aaccording to information re- run on Tuesday, Andriy Shevchenko scor- academy in Chennai. It was also the off in Haryana. Players can ceived from the Squash Rackets Fed- contact the DSA office- ing both goals in an impressive 2-1 victory eration of India here on Wednesday, first time that India had finalists in bearers at the venue after in the capital. 17-year-old Saurav beat his Egyptian both boys (U-19) and girls U-19 sec- 3.30pm. A thundering 25-metre strike from Euro- rival 9-0, 9-6, 9-1. tions. pean footballer of the year Pavel Nedved Saurav, seeded five, broke the In the girls final, India’s top player TT rankings: Rajiv Ghai gave Italian champions Juventus a 1-0 win stranglehold of Egypt and Pakistan Joshna Chinappa, seeded three, of Indian Oil and Neha Ag- over Perugia moving them within three at this championship with the em- fought hard against Egyptian top garwal of Manav Sthali points of AS Roma. phatic win over Adel El Said and be- seed Omneya Abdel Kawy but lost 4- have been top ranked in Roma, who were unbeaten in their previ- came the first Indian to win the title 9, 0-9, 7-9. the men’s and women’s ous 14 games this season, still lead Serie A since its inception in 1980. ‘‘We ended last year with outstand- singles respectively in Delhi on 36 points from Juventus and Milan on 33, The 17-year-old Saurav outplayed ing results in the Scottish Junior for the year 2003. Neha although Milan have a game in hand. his six-foot opponent who was caught Open in December and have started has also been top ranked Fourth-placed Inter Milan came from be- on the wrong foot time and again. the year with an incredibly fine in sub-junior girls and girls hind to beat Lecce 3-1 at the San Siro with Adel El Said, who had accounted achievement’’ Ramachandran, SRFI section, a DTTA press re- second-half goals from Julio Ricardo Cruz, for the top seed Khalid Atlas of Secretary General, said. PTI lease informed on Tuesday. Ivan Cordoba and Christian Vieri’s 100th The following are the complete strike for the club. seedings: Men’s singles: 1. Rajiv Ghai, 2. Himansh P Kala, 3. Nitin Ma- But Lazio, who had won their last three hajan, 4. Rajat Chopra; Women’s sin- games, suffered a setback, losing 2-1 to Reg- gles: 1. Neha Aggarwal, 2. Ekta gina after taking a first-half lead through Bhambri, 3. Shikha Sharma, 4. Esha Bhambri; Boys singles: 1. Sunal Fabio Liverani. Jain, 2. Nishank Bajaj, 3. Varun Jin- Former European player of the year dal, 4. Vishal Aggarwal; Girls singles: Roberto Baggio scored twice for Brescia in 1. Neha Aggarwal, 2. Shikha Sharma, 3. Esha Monga, 4. Jeshita Bhushan. their 4-2 win over Siena. Villa jump to sixth spot: Aston Villa Archery team: Rajeev jumped to sixth in the English premier Kumar Rana of Satyawanti league on Tuesday after beating promoted College will lead the Delhi Portsmouth 2-1 with goals from Juan Pablo University team in the All Angel and Darius Vassell. India inter-varsity archery Angel scored in the 22nd minute, heading (men and women) champi- home a cross from Gareth Barry. onships to be held at the Osmania University, Hyder- Lively Portsmouth looked likely to steal a abad from January 10-14. point after equalising in the 49th minute Aston Villa’s Peter Crouch (L) challenges Portsmouth’s Linvoy Primus (R) during their Team: Men: Indian Round: Rajeev through Yakubu Ayegbeni. English Premier League match at Villa Park on Tuesday. Kumar Rana, Pradeep Sharma, Hari- But Darius Vassell claimed Villa’s winner nath Tiwari, Harvinder. Fita Round: main fifth from bottom a point clear of the lieved to be 8 million pounds - for the Ravinder Sharama, Jayanti in the 83rd minute after a goalmouth melee Lal,Preetinder Singh, Rajwant Singh. during which the ball rebounded off sever- relegation zone. French striker. But Coleman claims United Women: Indian Round: Meena Ku- al players. Coleman blasts Ferguson: Fulham man- manager Alex Ferguson is trying to unset- mari, Kiran, Pratibha, Champa.Fita ager Chris Coleman has accused Manches- tle his player.“You get that feeling that we Round: Manisha, Mannu Kumari, Vid- The result allowed Villa to leapfrog city hata, Shalini. rivals Birmingham, Southampton, Newcas- ter United of trying to “bully” them into are being bullied into selling one of our tle and Liverpool who all play on Wednes- selling 14-goal French striker Louis Saha. players, I don’t like bullies and I don’t like Fulham chairman Mohamed al Fayed has being bullied, that is why we want to hang Under-14 soccer: The day in the premier league. inaugural Kangaroo Cup in Harry Redknapp’s Portsmouth side re- already ruled out a renewed approach - be- on to Saha,” Coleman said. Agencies the U-14 and U-17 section will be held at the Ambed- kar Stadium from January Beckham may sit out 15-30. Interested teams are requested to be in Madrid: David Beckham is day’s home win over Murcia touch with DSA secretary doubtful for Real Madrid’s in a collision with Argentine NK Bhatia at 9811447274. league game with Real So- midfielder Jose Luis ciedad this weekend after Acciari. BL Kashyap in finals: his gashed right ankle be- The injury has already BL Kashyap & Sons de- came infected, the club said ruled the star midfielder out feated HUDCO in the semi- Wednesday. of Madrid’s Copa del Rey finals of the 7th DG Phad- Madrid said on its Web visit to second-division kar Memorial cricket tour- site that Beckham was being Eibar on Wednesday. Agencies nament by 10 runs to enter treated with antibiotics, the final. Brief scores: BK Kashyap & Sons: adding the four stitches in 110 all out in 19.5 overs (Godwin his ankle had yet to be re- Toppo 2/11). HUDCO: 100 for 9 in 20 moved. Beckham suffered overs (Ramesh Negi 47). the wound during Satur-
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GRAFFITI AFP Gilchrist is the key, feels Laxman Melbourne: Batsman VVS us. It was unfortu- “It is unfortu- Laxman says Adam nate we lost the nate that we are Gilchrist is the man India World Cup final missing Harbha- must stop if it is to repeat its but I felt the Aus- jan Singh and Indians hope to winning Test performance tralians played re- paceman Zaheer in the triangular One-day se- ally well there,” Khan due to in- ries that begins on Friday at Laxman said. juries but the ‘dress up’ for ODI the MCG. He was coy on bowlers over here Gilchrist was a key factor the use of a limit- are looking for- Melbourne: The Indian function attire were stolen in Australia’s World Cup ed bowling attack ward to perform- cricket team is hopeful it from the courier’s ware- win and international series in the series. Spin- The dangerman ing for the team.” would tide over the crisis house by thieves in Syd- win in India in 2003. With ner Anil Kumble Zimbabwe had of stolen coloured cloth- ney on Monday. both Australia and India en- opened the bowling in the the best preparation of the ing ahead of the One-day Remarkably, by the tering the One-dayers Sydney Test and, asked if he three countries for the up- series starting here on same evening police had against Zimbabwe with may do so in the limited- coming series, having a suc- Friday. recovered three boxes of injury-depleted bowling overs matches, Laxman said, cession of One-day tune-up The Indian team manage- Indias’ consignment, clos- attacks, batsmen could hold “That is something that is games. ment on Wednesday said ing in on three suspicious the key. the team will be working But Laxman felt Australia it was expecting the new looking men of Middle “There are some key bats- on.” and India’s disadvantage in set of cricket uniforms, Eastern appearance, ac- men in the Australian team terms of preparation was training gear and other re- cording to a New South and especially Adam, he is a VB FIXTURES balanced by having played lated items would reach Wales police spokesman. very attacking player and a Tests against each other them by Thursday The spokesman said Jan 9: Aus v Ind, Melbourne very positive player, so it is over the past month. morning. they had recovered some Jan 11: Aus v Zim, Sydney important to get him early “We are tuned up in the “They are on their way. boxes full of training gear Jan 14: ★ Ind v Zim, Hobart on,” Laxman said ahead of sense that when you play Jan 16: ★ Aus v Zim, Hobart They are being specially and other clothing. Friday’s opener against Test cricket, you play Jan 18: Aus v Ind, Brisbane flown in and the agency is “It does not appear that Yokozuna sumo grand champion Asashoryu (R), accompanied by fellow sumo wrestler Australia. against a similar attack that Toki (L), demonstrates the ceremonial performance for the entrance of the ring Dohyo-iri Jan 20: Ind v Zim, Brisbane sending it under personal all the property has been India has unfinished busi- is going to play in the One- at the Meiji shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday. Jan 22: Aus v Ind, Sydney supervision rather than recovered but the uni- ness after heavily losing two Jan 24: Ind v Zim, Adelaide day series. That’s a great leaving it to any courier forms recovered are the Roof over Wimbledon: Parma crisis: A severe cri- Wedding headache: finals to Australia in 2003, Jan 26: Aus v Zim, Adelaide advantage,” Laxman said. agency,” said manager real deal.” Wimbledon tennis organisers sis-hit Serie A club Parma. South Africa fast bowler An- including the World Cup.In- Jan 29: Aus v Zim, MCG "It was a great team-effort Shivlal Yadav, harassed A courier agency would The Italian giants will hold a dre Nel is facing a last-minute confirmed the All England cidentally,it may be recalled Feb 1: ★ Aus v Ind, Perth in the drawn Test series and over the episode. have taken at least four board meeting on Wednes- rearrangement of his wedding Club’s famous Centre Court that Laxman was left out of Feb 3: Ind v Zim, Perth we are looking forward to Midway through the days to deliver the next day with under-pressure plans, having booked a Janu- will be covered by a re- the Indian squad that fin- Feb 6: First Final, Melbourne carrying that into the One- president Stefano Tanzi’s po- ary 17 date which clashes historic fourth Test in consignment to the Indi- tractable roof by 2009. All ished as runners-up to Aus- Feb 8: Second Final, Sydney dayers. And there’s no rea- Sydney, the Indian team ans in Melbourne and the England Club officials have sition under discussion. with the Saturday of the traia in the South Africa Feb 10: 3rd Final (if needed), son why we can’t,” the styl- learnt their One-day crick- only option left for the vis- resisted the call for a rain Parma, caught up in the fourth Test against West In- World Cup. ish Hyderabadi who hit two financial scandal that has af- dies at Centurion. Nel fi- Brisbane et uniforms, training gear itors was to fly-in the re- shelter for years but they “Winning in a crunch sit- ★ INDICATES DAY MATCHES centuries in the Test series flicted their owners dairy nalised plans to marry his fi- and other items including placement. PTI have now bowed to the de- uation is very important for added. AP mands of television to shield producers Parmalat, are ancee Deanne several AFP the most famous venue in struggling to find funds to months ago when he did not tennis from Britain’s unpre- cover losses of $97.97 million consider himself part of the dictable rain. The roof should and avoid liquidation. Stefano national team set-up. Howev- be in place for the 2009 Tanzi is son of Parmalat’s er his impressive performanc- founder Calisto Tanzi, who es in the four-match series ‘A hero to the end’ championships after a rede- velopment plan which will has been arrested along with against West Indies have Melbourne: Steve Waugh’s last newspaper said. “A Hero To the also increase the show seven other people as changed the picture entirely. game as Australia captain delayed End,” said on the paper on its front court’s capacity to 15,000 government investigators try “We’re kind of in between at television news bulletins on Tues- page headline on Wednesday, carry- from 13,800. Although flood- to track billions of Euros the moment,” SA coach Eric day night and tributes to the nation- ing a large photograph of a smiling missing from the accounts Simons said of Nel’s wedding lights are to be included, this al hero dominated the front pages of Waugh surrounded by adoring fans. is not anticipated to prompt of the Parma-based plans after the third Test at the daily newspapers on Wednesday. “And when Waugh brought up his 50 night play. company. Newlands ended in a draw. A crowd of 27,506 that included at 5.07 p.m., boats on Sydney Har- Waugh’s tearful wife Lynette and bour sounded their horns to mark their three children and Prime Min- the moment,” the newspaper said. ister John Howard stood to applaud Melbourne broadsheet daily The Olympiad: Return of the King during the final lap. The player’s Age said: “Defiant to the end, the By Amit Karmarkar top two boards, even consis- manager Robert Joske threw a party master captain goes out swinging.” TIMES NEWS NETWORK tent draws on the remaining on Tuesday night for one of the The newspaper’s editorial said Aus- two boards will take India to country’s most admired sports he- tralians had taken Waugh to their Pune: After skipping five the medal range. roes with entertainment provided hearts in much stronger fashion than Olympiads, India’s chess Anand’s last Olympiad by two of Waugh’s favourite per- other captains. “Waugh embodied the king V. Anand will play the was at Manila in 1992. Since formers, country and western qualities Australians celebrate in biennial event in Calvia, Ma- then he has been skipping singer John Williamson and rocker themselves — tough, taciturn and de- jorca (Spain) from October the event citing unjust for- Jimmy Barnes, The Australian void of pretension,” it said. Reuters 14 to 31 in 2004. The decision mat of the championship has given India a real shot at which can take a fifth placed winning their first team team to the 15th spot due to a medal. bad result in the last round. Mumbai have it easy According to an email However, many chess ob- TIMES NEWS NETWORK message from Anand’s wife servers believe that Anand’s Aruna to TNN, “As the cat is RANJI ROUNDUP absence also had a genesis in Rajkot: Opener Nishit Shetty ham- out of the bag, Anand will be Mumbai, on the other hand, will All India Chess Federation’s mered an unbeaten 107 to guide playing the Olympiad. An of- have a few tired bodies and minds as (AICF) unprofessional ap- Mumbai to a six-wicket victory over ficial announcement to that proach. they will be playing their fourth effect will be made soon.” Gujarat in the Ranji One-dayer on match in four days. If there’s one Anand’s entry would edge The AICF announced Wednesday. thing going in their favour, it’s expe- out his good friend Dibyen- Anand as captain of the With 12 points in their kitty,Mum- rience, and of the highest order. du Barua from the six-player team in 2002 without con- bai take on Baroda, who also have 12 On Wednesday, Gujarat were let team as the Kolkatan fin- sulting him. Anand refused points from three wins, in the final down by some poor middle order bat- league match of the West Zone lim- ished fifth in the recent Na- Anand to represent India to budge then. This time ting after an outstanding start. Mum- tional ‘A’at Kozhikode. Inter- around, the AICF has kept ited overs Ranji Trophy tournament bai, needless to say,bowled their slog estingly, last year Barua has apart from P. Harikrishna, mum and Anand responded on Thursday. overs magnificently. The last six questioned Anand’s contin- Surya Shekhar Ganguly, positively. The winner of this contest will overs saw them give away 14 runs. ued absence from the Sandipan Chanda and Abhi- Anand’s decision to play not only end up as top cats of the re- In another match played on the Olympiad. Now, Anand’s jit Kunte. for India can be attributed to gion, they will also lay their hands day, Maharashtra beat Saurashtra change of heart has taken The average age of the a combination of reasons: a on the magnificent Ramakant Desai by 53 runs. away his place. team is around 23 and aver- strong team and suitable Trophy and then move on to the Scores: Gujarat 209/10 in 48.5 overs (N.Patel 83, India’s all Grandmaster age rating in the region of dates of the Olympiad. More championship round. M.Patel 3/27, S.Bahutule 4/36, N. Kulkarni 2/29). Mum- (GM) team for the Olympiad 2600. This is by far India’s importantly, the event is in Although Baroda have a young bai 212/4 in 45.5 overs (N.Shetty 107 not out). now include two Super GMs strongest team for the world Spain. And Anand being in side, the odds are in their favour as Maharashtra 305/4 in 50 overs (N.Godbole 97, D.Mohan 76, H.Kantikar 94. Saurashtra 252/9 in 50 Steve Waugh packs his bags in the Australian dressing room after the final in world No. 3 Anand and team event. With Anand and Madrid, it would have been they’ve had a day’s break on Wednes- overs (S.Kotak 67, P.Bhatt 40, R.Dhruv 35, I.Siddiqui world No. 24 K. Sasikiran Sasikiran taking care of the odd had he not played. day to recharge their batteries. 3/28, R.Khirid 3/45). day’s play of the fourth Test against India at the SCG on Tuesday. AZLAN SHAH HOCKEY New-look India take on mighty Germany Kuala Lumpur: An under- Singh Dhillon whom the strength Indian team would younger players would be be tested to the hilt when looking upto for guidance they take on formidable op- and inspiration throughout ponents in the seven-nation the tournament. Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hock- Though the younger lot ey tournament, commencing has had a taste of interna- at the National Hockey Stadi- tional competition, for most um here on Thursday. though it would be a debut at India, fielding a new look the highest level. In the side in a bid to experiment event, they would be on a with new combinations be- learning curve. When viewed fore the Olympics qualifiers, in this light, India’s chances would face Germany in their of figuring on the podium, opening match, the outcome much less winning the com- of which would give enough petition under coach Haren- indication of things in store dra Singh, are not bright. for the in-experienced side in Harendra, standing in for the prestigious 11-day tourna- chief coach Rajinder Singh ment. who is here as an IHF Ob- Few would readily back In- server, will have his task cut dia to win the event that also out, though he exuded opti- serves as a dress rehearsal for mism of a good outing. “We four of the teams — India, have a young side and I am Pakistan, Malaysia and Spain, hopeful of a strong showing who would be travelling to in this tournament,” said the Madrid in March for the coach. The guarded opti- Olympic qualifying competi- mism is not misplaced con- tion. sidering the strength of the While the Indians have opt- other teams. Germany, ed to bring a side consisting coached by Bernhard Peters, predominantly of junior play- are on a high. ers, the others — World Cup They qualified for the champions Germany, Asian Olympics by winning the Eu- Games gold medalists Korea, ropean Cup and also are play- World Cup silver medalists ing at the same venue where Australia, Pakistan, Spain and they annexed the World Cup Malaysia — will be at full in 2002, beating Australia in strength. the final. In fact, Germany, The Indians have obvious- led by sweeper-back Florian ly viewed the Azlan Shah Kunz, have 14 players who Cup tournament, which they were part of the 2002 World have won thrice (1985, ‘91, Cup squad. As such, they ‘95), as part of their prepara- would not be lacking in expe- tions for the Madrid outing rience or craft. and from there on to the Germans, with such a Athen Olympics in August. strong line-up, would fancy With the Indian Hockey their chances of winning the Federation (IHF) resting sev- Azlan Shah Cup. eral key players, Indian Thursday’s matches (all timings in IST): hopes here would rest Korea vs Pakistan (1.35 pm); India vs Ger- squarely on the experience of many (3.35 pm), Malaysia vs Spain (5.35 Dhanraj Pillay and Baljit pm). PTI
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