OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,January 27, 2003 Capital 38 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Nominated seven times, Modi advises farmers Wives out of bounds actor O’Toole will get to give drip irrigation for Indian players in an Oscar finally sets as dowry WC till Super Six Page 12 Page 9 Page 20 WIN WITH THE TIMES Mohammed Ilyas AP Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. PSUs can’t Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen. — John F Kennedy bid in oil NEWS DIGEST Nepal’s I-G killed: The chief of Nepal’s Armed Police Force, inspector-general Krishna Mohan sector sale Shrestha, his wife and bodyguard were killed on Sunday by suspected Maoist rebels in But Rs700 cr shares for staff Kathmandu. P13 By Sanjay Dutta strategic partner and 5 per Powell’s warning: US secretary TIMES NEWS NETWORK cent to the employees. of state Colin Powell However, the CCD decided warned on Sunday New Delhi: The govern- to include stiff conditions that Iraqi President ment on Sunday gave the dis- in the share purchase Saddam Hussein investment process a big agreement that would effec- could take advan- push by clearing the stalled tively give the government tage of international oil sector selloff and keeping powers to block the strategic inaction by using his other state-owned companies partner from taking any de- doomsday weapons out of the process. But it sug- cision without the govern- or sharing his tech- arcoated the decision by giv- ment’s nod. nology with terrorists. P13 ing the employees a Rs 600- 700 crore parting gift. These conditions would Poll outcome: The AICC reshuffle, From camels to missiles the Republic Day parade showcased a panorama of Indian military prowess. Related reports & pictures on pages 5 & 10 on the cards after the Gujarat deba- After months of bickering bar the new owners from cle, has been put off till after the Hi- between the oil and the disin- closing down, selling, leasing machal election result on which vestment ministries, the Cab- or disposing of the compa- hinges the fate of many Congress inet Committee on Disinvest- ny’s assets, without consult- leaders. P7 ment stuck to the compro- ing the government. There mise formula of selling would also bar them from Raja Bhaiyya: The UP police on Microsoft alert, S Korea limps back changing the share capital Hindustan Petroleum to a Sunday raided the residence of and articles of association or jailed Independent and dissident Seattle: Microsoft said on Saturday curity spending to try to prevent a 18 months, the worm known as Slam- strategic partner and take introduce new business not MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias that a virus-like attack against its repeat of the outrage that paralysed mer targeted a known weakness in the public float route for Raja Bhaiyya and seized jewellery key database software, which slowed broadband and mobile services on Microsoft’s software to shut down Bharat Petroleum. in line with HPCL’s area and silver utensils. P7 Internet traffic around the globe, Saturday afternoon. powerful server computers — clog- The decision to keep PSUs of expertise. could spread to its other less fre- South Korean systems engineers ging the pipelines of the worldwide out means exploration major However,it would retain 26 Shetty case: Four persons, owing quently used programs unless users raced on Sunday to repair Internet network. Networks across Asia, Eu- ONGC and fertiliser coopera- per cent in BPCL, offering allegiance to the Chhota Rajan tives Iffco-Kribhco cannot 35.2 per cent to the public and gang, have been arrested in connec- protected themselves with key soft- networks ahead of the start of the rope and the US were shut down. tion with the murder of Sharad ware updates. working week, after the country’s What happened ? Even though the worst of the dis- bid for HPCL. reserving 5 per cent for the Shetty, a Dubai-based businessman Although the spread of the com- system crashed thanks to the fast- ruptions appeared to have passed by The CCD raised the share employees. The public offer- and an associate of underworld don puter worm — dubbed Slammer — spreading computer worm. An unknown program, Saturday afternoon US time, more of equity earmarked for the ing would have both domes- Dawood Ibrahim. P13 had passed its peak and was coming ‘‘The problem is not completely re- Slammer, attacked the isolated network problems were like- employees to five per cent tic and foreign components. under control, Microsoft urged com- solved and we will have to have more Internet on Saturday ly to continue until Monday when from 2 per cent suggested by Comment: It is good that Dhaka complains: Bangladesh’s panies, the main buyers of its SQL of a sense of the importance of se- The Impact businesses return to work and more the disinvestment depart- ONGC has been kept out of foreign office on Sunday summoned (pronounced ‘sequel’) Server 2000 curity,’’ information and communi- damaging variants could emerge. ment. Depending on the the bidding since this would India’s deputy high commissioner Did not impact desktop and other related programs, to down- cation minister Lee Sang Chul said. About 150,000 to 200,000 servers stock price at the time of have meant a back door entry and lodged a formal complaint of PCs, but slowed load security patches from the Officials said widespread use in Reuters the sale, this means a gain by another government enti- the ‘‘push in of Indian Muslims’’ into Internet speeds have been compromised so far. its territory. world’s largest software maker’s South Korea of Microsoft’s Windows Comment: Since viruses are often of Rs 600-700 crore for the ty.Now the government must website. programmes had left its systems par- Is it over ? spread by cheap pirated software, employees. carry its critics and its allies IIT party: The IIT50 gala in Meanwhile, South Korea, the ticularly vulnerable. Expect more problems which is commonly available in In- The government would re- along with it to ensure that Silicon Valley, US, last week was a world’s most wired country, said its In what experts called the most on Monday dia, we should be particularly mind- tain 12 per cent in HPCL, of- the stalled disinvestment time of celebration, a paean to Internet companies would boost se- damaging attack on the Internet in ful not to be hit by ‘Slammer’. floading 34.01 per cent to a process gains pace. remembrance and nostalgia, AFP besides the larger goal of ‘‘making a difference’’ and ‘‘giving back to 3 schoolboys India’’. P15 Anand wins: Vishwanthan Anand won the Corus chess tournament in arrested for Wijk Ann Zee on Sunday after set- tling for a quick draw against girl’s murder Evegeny Bareev in the 13th and the final round. P20 By Bhadra Sinha Cup venue under cloud: Eng- TIMES NEWS NETWORK land’s cricketers will insist that their New Delhi: Three boys have controversial World Cup match in Zimbabwe next month be switched been arrested for allegedly murder- away from Harare, a report claimed ing a 16-year-old girl and burning in London on Sunday. P20 her body on Tuesday evening in east Delhi. Megha Rohatgi’s body was found in Anand Vihar after patrolling po- licemen spotted smoke billowing out of a heap of rubber tyres. She had been strangled. One of the three boys was the vic- tim’s classmate at St Lorens school in Anand Vihar. The other two are his friends who study at Ryan Inter- national school in Mayur Vihar Phase-III. The police said Megha met the two boys for the first time when she was killed. They said Megha had come to trust her classmate. ‘‘When he introduced her to his friends, she went with them in a car.’’ At some point they tried to be in- indiatimes.com POLL timate with her. When she began to scream, they tried to silence her Yesterday’s results: Has Bipasha Basu with her dupatta and in the process, emerged as Bollywood’s heroine No. 1? strangled her. Yes 33% No 67% Then they burnt the body after dousing it with petrol. • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose The boys have been arrested and to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. sent to an observation home. Today’s question: Do you think BCCI is A senior officer said a post- justified in banning cricketers from tak- Martina Navratilova and Leander Paes are jubilant after winning the mixed mortem ruled out any sexual ing their spouses on the World Cup tour? doubles at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Sunday. Report on page 21 assault. Cast your vote on www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 AIIMS may lose yet another top doc By Kalpana Jain Some others who quit ed to extend his leave but this was re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK fused by the ministry.’’ Reddy had declined a posting to New Delhi: The All India Institute •A K Banerji — neurosurgeon Geneva, instead choosing to work in of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) could •Upendra Kaul — cardiologist India and using the grant for more. well be in the process of losing one WEATHER of its top-ranking doctors — all in •Ravi Bhatia — neurosurgeon His case has only increased the ‘‘frustration and anguish’’ of several the name of rules which have been •A N Malviya — rheumatologist Max. 26.4oC/ Min. 6.8oC flouted in most other cases. faculty members, who feel there is Moonset: Monday — 1311 hrs.