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OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Friday,January 31, 2003 Capital 30 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Shekhar Kapur’s film Pota stays despite fear Aussies arrive in SA as on Nelson Mandela of misuse, says new law ICC sticks with is ready for the shoot minister Arun Jaitley Zimbabwe as venue Page 12 Page 7 Page 20 WIN WITH THE TIMES AP Air fares Established 1838 CBI will be Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. set to A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he is meant to be. under PM, go down — Frank A Clark By Byas Anand TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEWS DIGEST New Delhi: Determined not Advani to boost air travel, the Trouble in PoK: The Pakistan ministry of civil avia- government has decided to divest TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s ‘‘PM’’ tion will soon bring Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan of his New Delhi: The Centre has Jaswant gets FIPB down air fares for both powers. P7 formally clarified that the New Delhi: Within foreign and domestic Central Bureau of Investiga- travel. BJP versus BSP: The BJP and hours of Arun Jaitley tion — which normally func- taking over as the new On Friday, Air-India BSP’s decision to contest the Gauri- tions under the Department will announce a cut in ganj bypoll separately could affect commerce and industry of Personnel and Training minister, the important its fares that would be ties between the two allies in Uttar effective for three Pradesh. P11 (DoPT) — would not report Foreign Investment to Deputy Prime Minister Promotion Board was months beginning Backing Iraq war: Eight Euro- L K Advani. taken away from him March 15, minister of pean leaders made an impassioned Advani was given charge and given to finance state for civil aviation appeal for unity with the US on Iraq, of the key department in minister Jaswant Singh. Shripad Y Naik told The in a rebuff to France and Germany Wednesday’s cabinet reshuf- Detailed report on page 11 Times of India. which have led calls in favour of fle despite the fact that the The ministry has also diplomacy over war. P13 CBI is formally prosecuting proposed to abolish the him for his role in the De- Bharti in a special CBI court 15 per cent Inland Air Fraud complaint: The Securities at Rae Bareli. and Exchange Commission has filed cember 6, 1992 demolition Travel Tax (IATT) for all Sources said that both Vaj- a civil fraud complaint against Congress Seva Dal workers carry posters of Mahatma Gandhi during a function organised to pay homage to him of the historic mosque. Prior domestic carriers. If ap- KPMG, claiming that it knew for on his death anniversary at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. to the reshuffle, the DoPT payee and Advani felt this proved by the finance years that Xerox was improperly in- was headed by Vasundhara separation was desirable giv- ministry, this would re- flating profits. P15 Raje Scindia. en the appearance of a possi- sult in a 17.65 per cent A notification issued on ble conflict of interest. drop in air fares. Thursday says that the CBI Formally, the CBI is an au- For instance, the fare will come under the nodal ad- tonomous agency.Concerned for a Delhi-Mumbai ministrative authority of the at the erosion of its autono- flight — currently Rs Breach again on PM route my over the years, the cabinet secretariat. In effect, 6,600 — will come down Graphic: Neelabh Supreme Court sought in the TIMES NEWS NETWORK this means the premier in- to Rs 5,400. vestigating agency will Vineet Narain case to bolster Naik is meeting Air- New Delhi: The police on Thurs- continue to function under the CBI by mandating that its India officials on Friday day detained a motorcyclist who the overall control of the chief be selected by the Cen- to finalise the new fare unknowingly strayed onto the Prime Minister. tral Vigilance Commissioner package for the lean sea- route the Prime Minister was tak- The CBI has been separat- and be given a minimum son. The quantum of the ing through Delhi. ed from DoPT so as to avoid three-year term. fare cut would be fi- The incident took place on Sub- the legal and moral anomaly In the cabinet shake-up ef- nalised and announced ramanya Bharati Marg near Khan of Advani administratively fected by the Prime Minister the same day. Market in the heart of the capital. supervising an agency which on Wednesday, Advani, who As part of the new ini- This is the third breach in 10 has chargesheeted him in the is in charge of home affairs, tiative with A-I, the min- days. The last one was on Monday Babri case. has also been given person- istry is also planning to when the Special Protection Group Criminal proceedings have nel, public grievances and prepare special pack- had to open fire on a speeding Es- and put up barricades. because of the large number of long been delayed but the pensions. The personnel de- ages in alliance with ho- PEOPLE POWER teem which had almost reached ‘‘In the current security sce- important people who are based Supreme Court last year partment, which traditional- tels and tour operators, Speak your mind—loud and free. the Prime Minister’s vehicle. nario, it has become imperative to in the city and the high-flying cleared the formal prosecu- ly used to be under the home offering a cheaper travel Earlier a motorcycle banged into close both sides of the road to visitors it receives. tion of Advani and other sen- ministry, was shifted to the Question of the week: and holiday option to Is VIP security too oppressive for the one of the cars in the Prime Minis- avoid intrusions, the likes of A suggestion given by the secu- ior BJP leaders like Murli PMO during the days of Indi- consumers. common man? What is the way out? ter’s cavalcade. which have been happening in the rity agencies, which would be wel- Manohar Joshi and Uma ra Gandhi. Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and It has now been decided to tight- past 10 days,’’ said a senior Special comed by commuters, is that the 1pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 en security when the Prime Minis- Protection Group (SPG) official. Prime Minister should use heli- e-mail: [email protected]. Your ter travels by road in Delhi. The barricades, it is felt, are es- copters to travel within the city response, along with your name, will be published in Special commissioner of police sential. ‘‘Till now, we have been and to adjoining places. ‘‘But there SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA (security) S K Kain told TNN posting armed security personnel are two hitches with that. One, it February 2, 2003 the number of policemen deployed who stop traffic from moving to the can’t be used after dark and in fog. on VVIP routes will not be in- VVIP route. Since its easy to So its hours of operation would be by Laxman creased as of now but their ‘‘effec- breach this arrangement, we will very limited,’’ the official said. YOU SAID IT tiveness would be improved.’’ He put barricades which no vehicle Comment: The Prime Minister said special care would be taken to can drive past. But we are also might consider whether the over- beef up protection for the rear of aware that this exercise will be zealous bandobast on his behalf is the carcad. tough,’’ the official said. not making him a prisoner of his It has also been decided to stop Delhi is particularly badly own security — which also poses a traffic on both sides of the road hit by VVIP traffic movement hazard to other citizens. Wet weekend ahead Use plastic abroad TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The city seems all set to beat its more freely now rainfall average this January. After having recorded 24.1 mm rainfall till Tuesday — Mumbai: The Reserve Bank Bank under the Foreign Ex- which is above the 22.6 mm average for the of India (RBI) on Thursday change Management Act on month — the Delhi Meteorological department eased rules governing for- expenditure incurred is expecting light rain and cloudy skies on Fri- eign exchange payments that through use of credit cards I’m sorry he has nothing to do day and Saturday as well. Indians travelling abroad can outside or within India.’’ with that ministry any more. Now But, the rain gave the city a miss on Thurs- make via international cred- This law governs all for- he is busy devoting all his time to day as forecasted. However, if it rains on Fri- it cards. eign exchange transactions party work. day then the temperature may go down down Until now, they had to seek undertaken by Indian citi- from the average 22 degrees Celsius. permission from the RBI to zens and companies. The clouds over the city kept the night warm make forex payments of But the RBI said that inter- indiatimes.com POLL at 12.7 degrees Celsius, five degrees above nor- more than $10,000 in a calen- national credit cards could mal, while the day was cooler than expected at dar year while on a private not be used on the Internet or Yesterday’s results: Do you think the 20.4 degree Celsius on Thursday. trip and more than $25,000 otherwise to buy lottery tick- Cabinet reshuffle will improve BJP’s ‘‘This kind of weather is typically associat- while travelling on business.