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OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Friday,October 17, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 38 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Catherine, Julianne Sonali’s Anaahat Big clubs make campaign against is sensual, on winning starts teen anorexia women’s terms in UEFA action Page 12 Page 5 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES Mulayam Singh Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Police hunt for Siri Fort rapists blinks first on Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. Pankaj Nangia We have guided missiles VHP Sammelan and misguided men. Dragnet out, TIMES NEWS NETWORK — Martin Luther King neighbourhood New Delhi: Under relentless pres- NEWS DIGEST sure from the BJP-led NDA govern- ment and assorted members of the being combed Sangh Parivar, UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav blinked on the TIMES NEWS NETWORK eve of the VHP’s proposed Sankalp New Delhi: The Delhi Police Sammelan in Ayodhya. have released computer-gen- Borrowing the Sangh vocabulary erated pictures of two men by referring to the VHP activists as who abducted and raped the ‘‘Rambhakts’’, he said, ‘‘We will not Swiss diplomat on Tuesday fire a single bullet on Rambhakts. night. They were made from They will be allowed to perform their descriptions the diplomat pro- puja peacefully.’’ Before leaving for CRICKET SPECIAL vided the police. Ayodhya, Mulayam stressed he was The Delhi Police believe the not for any confrontation with the men may have also attacked Centre. BJP sources said the site for Rahul Dravid’s debut as India the puja would be ‘Ramsevakpuram’, an Indian filmmaker at the captain couldn’t have been worse. some three km from the site of the He lost the toss and then toiled on same parking lot an hour later now demolished Babri Masjid and the field along with his hapless the same night. The modus that ‘‘only individuals will go up to bowlers on a batting beauty. New operandi was similar, and the the disputed site’’. Zealand raised an opening police’s suspicions became Meanwhile, BJP president Venka- partnership of 231 runs and were stronger when a foreign jour- iah Naidu, denying there was any 247 for one by close of day one in nalist who helped the film- ‘‘understanding’’ between the BJP the second Test at Mohali. maker after she was attacked and the SP, stressed that cooperation Full report on page 19 said he recognised one of the between state governments and the men from the police portraits. Centre in a democracy was essential. The journalist confirmed that So, he appealed to the UP govern- one of the two was wearing a ment to release all arrested VHP ac- white T-shirt. THE DAY AFTER: Some makeshift lights and extra security in the car park outside the Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi on Thursday. tivists to create a ‘‘proper climate’’. To add to this, both women He also asked the VHP to cooperate were told identical things with the state government. (“I’ll pump six bullets into Referring to VHP leader Pravin To- you”). The police feel the two Diplomat leaves, gadia’s statement that if there were men may have come back to any obstacles placed in the way of the the parking lot after leaving VHP, there could be riots, he said, the diplomat in Safdarjung ‘‘Some statements made by the VHP Enclave that night, and then PEOPLE POWER embassy copes are not good for the cause of the tem- attacked the filmmaker. ple movement.’’ Speak your mind—loud and free. Investigators have lifted fin- TIMES NEWS NETWORK He said the embassy was More on page 10 Question of the week: ger-prints from the Toyota very impressed with the pace ● Has the police failed to make Delhi a Qualis of the diplomat, a New Delhi: The diplomat who safe place for women? of the police investigations lighter the attackers dropped was abducted and raped on ● What should be the punishment and was especially grateful for in the vehicle and the Maruti October 14 left for Switzerland for rapists? the messages of sympathy 800 of the filmmaker; but they on Wednesday night. Reliance buys UK Call today at 23492136 (between 12.30 pm and that were pouring in from or- 1.30 pm). You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 are yet to be matched. ‘‘She is still badly shaken, e-mail: [email protected]. Your Police believe the crimes as you can imagine,’’ Lorenzo dinary Delhiites. response, along with your name, will be published in firm for Rs 940cr may be the work of local mis- The rapist The driver Amberg, deputy head of the Amberg also said the vic- tim’s family appreciated the SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA creants, and they may be on About 5 feet 8 inches tall, fair, About 5 feet 6 inches tall, dark, Swiss embassy in New Delhi, New Delhi: In what is being October 19, 2003 sensitive manner in which the the police files. The police clean shaven, muscular; spoke clean shaven, muscular; spoke told The Times of India on billed as the largest acquisition have also lifted semen sam- fluent English. in Hindi. Thursday.‘‘She has gone back case had been reported by the in the services sector by an Indi- ples from the Qualis. to her parents.’’ Asked media, respecting the diplo- an firm, Reliance has signed an Though the police now as- night, the policemen on duty er present at the parking lot whether the diplomat would mat’s privacy. agreement to acquire UK-based sure that they are going all out had left early for Karva that night had been ques- return, Amberg said it was en- Meanwhile, the Swiss am- Flag Telecom in a $ 207 million to catch the culprits, speaking Chauth. tioned so far. tirely up to her, but it was pos- bassador, Walter Gyger, met (Rs 940 crore) deal. to people at Siri Fort has re- In any case, he said, the po- However, the police have sible that she would come with the external affairs sec- Buying the global bandwidth vealed that the police had def- licemen on duty at Siri Fort questioned about 250 known back, especially if her pres- retary on Thursday. ‘‘The sec- provider — which had filed for initely been lacking in zeal usually leave their post to miscreants who live in sur- ence was required in the case. retary conveyed the govern- bankruptcy last year during the the night of the two crimes. watch the films being rounding areas. A list of all Despite her trauma, Am- ment’s deep regret at the un- global telecom meltdown — will A senior official of the di- screened inside. The security south Delhi residents who berg said the diplomat man- fortunate incident,’’ an MEA give Reliance global reach to rectorate of film festivals in guards at the auditorium are have ever been accused of aged to sit with the Delhi Po- source said. offer voice, video, data and indiatimes.com POLL India — which organised the too scared to stop them from rape is also being prepared. lice’s crime records bureau on ‘‘The ministry is deter- Internet services at high Do you see the Ayodhya build-up as International Film Festival — walking in. Rapist held forth on values: P3 Wednesday and produce a mined to ensure that the per- speeds to corporates as well as a poll gimmick? said a policeman had admit- The official also said that Shockwaves felt at Iffi: P3 computer generated portrait petrators are brought to book consumers. ted to him that on Tuesday surprisingly,not a single driv- Park with abandon? P3 of the two suspects. and full justice is done’’. Detailed report on page 15 Yes 78% No 22% VOTE NOW: What is making rape rampant on Indian streets? a) Law not stringent b) Low conviction rate Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Monsanto takes a big step back By Rashmee Z Ahmed Monsanto spokesman Tom Mc- European seed business and reduc- YOU SAID IT by Laxman TIMES NEWS NETWORK Dermott said, the decision was ‘‘to- ing production costs for a herbicide tally unrelated to the EU’s five-year popular in India and elsewhere. London: In what could have impli- de facto moratorium on (the com- But analysts said Monsanto’s cations on genetically-modified mercial production of) bio-tech partial withdrawal from Europe food production in south Asia, US crops’’. GM crops are notoriously was a sign that international bio- bio-tech giant Monsanto has an- reviled as ‘‘Frankenstein’s food’’ in tech companies had been despaired nounced a partial withdrawal from Britain and other parts of the EU. by the continent’s anti-GM stance Europe. The announcement comes within and this would automatically lead Monsanto, which pioneered GM hours of Britain releasing the re- the big players to look for markets crops in the West and brought hy- sults of the biggest environmental- elsewhere, in south and east Asia, brid cotton, sunflower and corn to impact study of GM crops any- China and South America. India despite negative publicity, where in the world. McDermott in- McDermott denied it meant ‘‘any said it was withdrawing from four sisted that Monsanto was paradoxi- new strategies for India and south- European cereal seed development cally planning to ‘‘focus more of east Asia’’, adding that ‘‘our seeds stations in the UK, France, Ger- our energies’’ on GM technology by and (bio-tech) traits business in In- many and the Czech Republic. cutting loose from its loss-making dia will continue’’. Sanjay Sekhri Come on, make up your mind! You How did I fail as want to give the resignation letter or withdraw it? a bahu, Sonia WEATHER asks at rally Max.