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New Delhi, Monday,June 2, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 48 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International City report Times Sport Liz Hurley wants Has privatisation of Australia edge to buy a jet and power distribution past India for avoid prying eyes worked in Delhi? hockey crown Page 14 Page 5 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES Vajpayee breaks bread with world leaders who openly laud his Pakistan initiative AFP Domestic Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. In Kashmir, Peace rules the day, where Sonia hopes help kills reason rules the mind. — Wilkie Collins for peace 60-yr-old By M Saleem Pandit TIMES NEWS NETWORK woman Baramulla: Reiterating her stand on supporting the Cen- TIMES NEWS NETWORK tre’s peace initiative with Pakistan, Congress president New Delhi: A 60-year- Sonia Gandhi on Sunday said old woman was found her party believed the prob- murdered at her resi- lems could be resolved only dence in GK II, south through talks and not Delhi, on Saturday through the gun. night. The police sus- Addressing an impressive pect the involvement of public rally organised by the victim’s domestic ser- Congress-PDP combine here vant, 30-year-old Gauri on Sunday afternoon, Sonia Jena, who is said to be Gandhi complimented the absconding. NEWS DIGEST people of Jammu and Kash- According to the mir for defeating subversive deputy commissioner of Mayawati govt: Rashtriya Lok Dal forces by participating in the police (south), Vivek president Ajit Singh has said that the state assembly polls in large Gogia, two people who Mayawati-led government in UP has numbers. ‘‘It was the victory were known to be close lost its majority and its days are of democracy and the coun- to Gauri have been de- numbered. He has claimed that all try,’’ the Congress president tained for questioning. the major opposition parties in the remarked. She added that the The body of the vic- state have arrived on an under- situation was not so bad dur- tim, Meena Gupta, was standing over all issues. P9 ing the times of Indira Gand- found by her husband Phalcon sale: Pakistani President hi and Rajiv Gandhi. when he returned home Pervez Musharraf is expected to Prime Minister Vajpayee (extreme right) poses with world leaders for the traditional ‘family’ photo at the G8 summit in Evian, France, on Sunday. The Congress president re- from a party late Satur- make a last ditch effort to defer the called when people in Kash- day night, the police sale of Phalcon radar systems to In- mir observed a general strike said. The body bore two dia when he meets US President for three days against the stab wounds. Gupta was George W Bush in Washington later killing of 24 Kashmiri Pan- a housewife while her this month. P7 dits in Nadimarg in Pulwa- husband Harprakash Milli Council meet: The All-India Bush to pressure Musharraf ma district in March, 2003. Gupta is a consultant. Milli Council convention that con- Abhorring the gun culture, The police suspect cluded in New Delhi steered clear of By Manoj Joshi The conversation took place at Musharraf’s upcoming visit to the discussed India and Pakistan for Sonia lamented that the peo- robbery to be the motive the contentious Babri Masjid issue, TIMES NEWS NETWORK the head-table in the banquet given US where he will be feted in Wash- about six or seven minutes but the ple of Kupwara and Barmul- behind the incident. Gu- saying it should be left to the courts, by Russian President Vladimir ington and also spend quality time rest of the conversation was social la were the worst victims of pta had brought home a and instead focussed on the role of Lausanne (Switzerland): Prime Putin for leaders assembled in with Bush at the Presidential re- chit-chat,’’ said an official familiar terrorist violence during last large quantity of jew- the minorities in India. P9 Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has St Petersburg for its 300th anniver- treat in Camp David. with the event. 15 years. ellery a few days ago. He told US President George W Bush had allegedly shown the Route to Kailash: PM Vajpayee sary celebrations where the Prime According to senior officials, Va- Asked whether the matter of the She said that they faced it will urge China to allow Indian pil- that success in dialogue with Pak- Minister was seated next to the jpayee and Bush sat side-by-side at pending US request for Indian courageously. It is significant jewellery to Gauri tell- grims to visit Kailash Mansarovar via istan was not possible without an American president to facilitate a table along with Putin and his Army participation in the stabili- that this town was chosen ing her about her inten- Leh during his visit to Beijing, end to cross-border terrorism. the conversation. wife, Greek President Constantine sation of Iraq was discussed, the as the venue for Gandhi’s tions to distribute it am- Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani Authoritative sources said The sources also said that Bush Simitis who is the president of the official said ‘‘No, not yesterday rally as this was for the first ongst their two daugh- said in New Delhi on Sunday. P13 that Bush agreed with him and in- made ‘‘very laudatory’’ references European Union and Italian Prime (Saturday).’’ time since the advent of ters. The valuables have been found missing. RSS on common civil code: dicated that he would ‘‘talk’’ to to the Prime Minister’s initiative Minister Silvio Berlusconi who PM pushes for removal for visa militancy in 1989 that a polit- The Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece, Pakistan President Pervez on Pakistan. Bush is likely to make will succeed the Greek leader to ristriction: Page 17 ical leader had addressed a Watch out has in its latest issue revived the de- Musharraf later in June. good on his promise during the European presidency. ‘‘The two Protest peak, tight security: Page 17 public rally here. bate for the introduction of a com- •Police advise mon civil code by using the case of servant and tenant Farzana Zaki, the Delhi-based bride No smoking verification who refused to accompany her hus- Magadh Exp derails in Bihar, one killed band to his home because he and in Parliament, •Residents can fill his family demanded dowry. P9 TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI aged track near the accident site. ly to jump to the conclusion that the Poorva Express had derailed at out personal details The derailment took place the derailment was an act of sabo- the same site. and attach a picture YOU SAID IT by Laxman Buxar/Patna/New Delhi: One around 3.40 am. Ten coaches es- tage. It was not possible to cut the The injured have been admitted of the person even says Sushma passenger was killed and 23 were TOI Archives caped the derailment. The railway track with iron cutting blades, he to different hospitals in Buxar. on a plain piece TIMES NEWS NETWORK injured, eight critically, when 14 technical staff found some iron reasoned. But a source in the po- A 45-year-old man, who was of paper coaches of the New Delhi-bound cutting blades lying next to five lice said the recovery of an iron travelling on a Patna-Allahabad •This should be Kolkata: The Union health Magadh Express (2391 Up) de- metres of broken track at the acci- blade from the accident site gave ticket, succumbedto injuries at the submitted with the ministry plans to declare railed near Parasia village, about 6 dent site, senior public relations credence to the sabotage theory. Buxar Sadar Hospital. area police station both the Houses of Parlia- km from Buxar railway station, officer of Danapur Rail Division Incidentally, the outlawed PWG Special relief trains, with doc- ment, including their lobby •The drive, however, early on Sunday. Amrendra Das said. had blown up the Baruna railway tors and technicians, have been has been a failure and the main hall, as ‘public The injured included four track- Inspector general of police, Pat- station, close to the accident site, a rushed to Buxar from Danapur places’ so that no MP can men who were repairing a dam- na, A C Verma said it was too ear- few years ago. And five years ago, and Mughalsarai. smoke there, Union health minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Sunday. ‘‘We have proposed to con- struct small chambers for Drunk armymen hurt 11 smokers so that they can re- TIMES NEWS NETWORK main in their chambers and opposite Press complex. During the brawl between the continue harming them- Indore: Junior Army officials al- shopowner’s family and the Army of- selves and not others,’’ legedly went on the rampage and at- ficer, several other officers joined the Swaraj said at a function tacked several civilians and police fight and attacked the family with Earlier flattery would have been organised by Bhagirath jawans under the influence of liquor enough to be in his good books! Neotia Woman and Child late Saturday night. sticks, swords and iron rods. Care Centre. As many as 11 civilians and four Bystanders tried to calm the offi- cers, but they attacked other civilians indiatimes.com POLL The campaign against the police personnel were injured in the evils of smoking is not good incident. The police have registered including women, inflicting severe Is Pakistan serious about shutting enough, she said. ‘‘While ad- cases against seven Army officers un- injuries to some. A woman saw the down terrorist camps in vertisements which glorify der Sections 147, 148, 452, 323 and 354 whole scuffle said some Army offi- Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir this time? smoking are running every- on the Indian Penal Code. cers made lecherous advances to- wards a 13-year-old girl and passed Yes 16% No 84% where, those countering The incident occurred around mid- them with facts are just not night when about 30 junior Army obscene comments. VOTE NOW: Does cybersex amount to coming.’’ officers were returning from a A large posse of police force led by adultery? Despite pressure from all city hotel from Mhow on their bikes ASP Ansuman Yadav and G G Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 quarters, curbs against and scooters. Pandey soon arrived at the incident smoking in public places Police sources said one of the site, bashed up the Army officials could be successfully cleared Army officers picked up a fight with who created ruckus and arrested sev- in both the Houses of a tyre puncture repair shop owner en of them for indulging in rampage. Parliament. Football-playing beau for Condoleezza WEATHER Ajit Ninan By Sarah Baxter joy each other’s company. She can Max temp: 43.7oC/Min: 29.3oC relax with me. We’ve known each New York: As a girl, she vowed that Sunset on Monday – 7.15 pm other for so long she doesn’t have to she would marry a American foot- Sunrise on Tuesday – 5.23 am break me in.’’ The pair, who both baller, but she has ended up helping Moonset on Monday – 9. 23 pm grew up in Alabama, share a pas- to run the country instead. Moonrise on Tuesday – 7.40 am sion for football, which Rice learnt Now there is speculation that Mainly clear sky, with dust haze. Thunder from her father, a high school Condoleezza Rice may fulfil both accompanied by squall is likely in some teacher who also coached the sport. ambitions after she invited a hand- areas. Maximum relative humidity on Washington said she often com- Sunday 38% and minimum 18%. some sportsman not once but twice to the White House as her date. pared the game to war. In her view, The gossip began when Gene ‘‘football is about taking ground’’, he Washington, a former player with said. ‘‘The idea is to take more the San Francisco 49ers, turned up ground than you give up.’’ at a formal dinner for President Glo- Washington and Rice met in the ria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philip- 1980s at Stanford University in Cali- pines just over a week ago. fornia, where Rice, a professor of Noticeably, Rice, the US national political science, went on to be the security adviser, had also invited provost and Washington was a him to dine with the President of 57, laughed off reports that he and sports administrator.Antonia Felix, Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, Rice were dating each other, but author of a biography of Rice, claims that they dated briefly. Book your Classifieds last summer. there is no doubt that he is starry- They attend American football eyed about her talents. Washington is separated from his 24 hours service: “51-666-888” matches together, where Washing- ‘‘Condi’s phenomenal,’’ he said. wife, who lives in California, and Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” ton can always secure the best seats. ‘‘She’s so articulate, she never gets has two daughters, aged 27 and 15, The ATM of information Long retired from the game, he is di- ruffled, she can handle tough situa- and a son of 13. The Largest Classifieds Site rector of operations of the National tions with aplomb, she is as impres- A dedicated athlete who still Football League (NFL) in New York. sive a person as you’d ever meet.’’ works out every day,Rice toyed with Rice, a sports fanatic, has often said But are they dating? ‘‘We’re not,’’ becoming a professional ice-skater. she wants to be commissioner of the he insisted. ‘‘What else is there to She also considered a career as a * 24 + 8 pages of Delhi Times NFL one day. say? We’re great friends, we’re com- concert pianist, but decided she was + 16 pages of Education Times In his first interview Washington, fortable with each other and we en- not gifted enough. Sunday Times, London
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Prayer for peace: The Golden Age Foundation is organising a Kamaljeet Singh havan saptah from June 3 to 9 at Lodhi Road to usher in prosperi- 2 women killed for dowry ty through havan. The Times Foundation has invited experts to ex- plore the instrumentality of havan in enrichment of human life. TNN By Lalit Kumar were insisting on a motorcy- ago. TIMES NEWS NETWORK cle and Rs 50,000 in cash. ‘‘She often used to go to her maternal home in Buland- Ghaziabad: Bypassing cruel However, two days back, shahr as her in-laws troubled ways, like burning, hanging Ajay fetched her back after her for getting more dowry. or beating, to murder a bride Preeti’s parents assured him Even a month-and-a-half for dowry which are usually of fulfilling his demands. before she was killed, Nano easy to detect, a Ghaziabad Apparently, Ajay was not had gone home,’’ said the po- sweet shop owner, allegedly, convinced. So, he and his rel- lice. But her husband per- used a quack to kill his bride, atives conspired with a Mu- suaded her to return to Preeti (24). radnagar quack to give Preeti Ghaziabad. According to Ghaziabad a poisonous injection as On Saturday night, she police chief, Chandra ‘medicine’ for some minor was allegedly beaten up. Prakash, the guilty quack ailment. ‘‘Her in-laws turned on had been identified, and the But, one of Preeti’s neigh- the volume of a TV set so woman’s husband and 10 in- bour phoned her parents that that her shouting could laws have been arrested. her body was being hurriedly not be heard. She was A hunt is on to nab the disposed off. beaten to death,’’ Bano’s quack. ‘‘He will not be al- The parents phoned a top family told the police. Her lowed to get away with such a Ghaziabad official who had body had several injury diabolical a crime,’’ claimed the funeral procession inter- marks. the chief. cepted. Tahir and his mother, Awsari, were later arrested. Police said the bride’s hus- Preeti’s body has been sent band and in-laws were for an autopsy. nabbed when they were tak- In another incident of ing Preeti’s body for crema- dowry death, a 27-year-old tion at dawn. woman was allegedly killed Preeti, of Panipat, was on Saturday by her husband married to Ajay, of Nand- and in-laws for not bringing gram in Ghaziabad, in 1998. ‘‘enough’’ dowry. Since her marriage, she was The husband and his moth- regularly beaten up and ha- er, residents of D-319 Shahid rassed for more dowry, Nagar, were arrested for de- claimed the police. manding dowry and murder, The desperate woman had the police said. even went home to Panipat The deceased, Bano, had last week, saying her in-laws married Tahir eight years Relatives of passengers of Magadh Express checking out the list of injured at New Delhi railway station on Sunday. ‘I still don’t know if my husband is safe’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK surances by the authori- ‘‘The railway authorities ties. are not telling us the cor- New Delhi: Dr Nutan Ti- rect time of arrival either,’’ wari had been sitting in Mohammad Javed, still he complained. front of the assistance in his pyjamas, anxiously booth at the New Delhi awaited news of his cousin, With none of the injured Railway Station since the Mohammad Shakeel. being Delhi-based, the wee hours of Sunday morn- ‘‘He was probably in the crowd of relatives dis- ing. Her husband, Ravi S-9 coach, I’ve heard every- persed quickly. By 2 pm, a Shankar Tiwari was one of one is safe on that coach,’’ very relieved railway staff the passengers on board the he said with hope. could be seen taking a tea- Magadh Express which de- Ashok Goel, whose break. railed five kilometres from brother-in-law Ajit Kumar ‘‘Fortunately this was Buxar. was also on that train, not a high casualty acci- ‘‘I have been waiting for breathed a sigh of relief as dent like the one at Ludhi- information about my hus- he was informed Ajit was ana,’’ said Rajeev Saksena, band, I still don’t know if safe and had headed for Pat- senior divisional manager he’s safe,’’ she said visibly na in one of the relief (commercial), northern upset. trains. railway. Her only relief was the Apart from Tiwari, most However,the lack of a list that her husband’s name relatives of passengers of surviors and the nearly was not on the list of in- were actually waiting for 12 hour gap in information jured or dead. the announcement of the on passengers led to a At the assistance booth, arrival time of the relief familiar litany of com- later, she was told her hus- train. plaints. band would be on one of Pankaj Kumar’s cousin, ‘‘It would be really help- three special trains evacu- Suresh Prasad called up to ful if they could just list all ating passengers from the say he was safe. passengers on board, and site. ‘‘But he didn’t know whether they are OK or ‘‘Why can’t they just pre- which train he would be on, not,’’ pointed out Bipin Be- pare a list of survivors the one going to Patna, or hari Jha whose wife Janaki too,’’ she reasoned before the one en route to Delhi,’’ and three sons were on leaving on the repeated as- said Kumar. board the train. BIS sole packaged water licensing body, says HC TIMES NEWS NETWORK tices to the companies pack- Mehta stated that as the BIS aging mineral water on the prescribed norms specifical- New Delhi: In a major judg- ground that they were run- ly applied to the mineral wa- ment, the Delhi High Court ning the trade under unsani- ter segment, the civic law (HC) has stripped the Munic- tary and unhygienic condi- could not have operated in ipal Corporation of Delhi tions without a valid health the same field. (MCD) of its power to issue department licence. Accepting the contention licence for manufacturing Notwithstanding the valid of the companies, the HC ob- and processing ‘‘packaged BIS certificate with the man- served that the object of the drinking water’’ holding that ufacturers, the MCD had the Bureau of Indian Stan- legislation was to see that a asked them to close down proper product was made dards (BIS) was the sole com- their operations within 24 petent authority in this re- available to the public and hours of the receipt of the not to encourage ‘‘licence gard. notice saying civic laws re- ‘‘There is no purpose in raj’’ where more than one au- quired them to obtain addi- thority deals with the same two authorities scrutinising tional licence from the civic subject matter. the very norms for a premis- authorities in addition to ‘‘Thus, in my considered es where packaged drinking permission of the commis- view, both in respect of the water has to be manufac- sioner to establish the facto- tured and the more stringent ry. product and the premises, norms as prescribed by the The companies, challeng- the matter in issue is totally BIS are liable to be followed,’’ ing the jurisdiction of the an occupied field and it is not Justice S K Kaul said quash- MCD to regulate their trade, for the corporation to specify ing notices issued by the submitted before the court the nature of the premises,’’ MCD to 10 local mineral wa- through counsel Kamal the judge said rejecting the ter manufacturing plants. Mehta that as the BIS had al- MCD’s contention. ‘‘There would, thus, be no ready prescribed rules and The MCD had submitted purpose in the MCD trying to regulations for the trade, the that despite regulations on inspect and see the norms MCD could not have enacted quality control by the BIS in when the BIS itself has the additional norms for the respect of the product, it machinery in place for carry- same. would continue to have juris- ing out such inspection,’’ the Referring to the general diction to deal with any court held. nature of the Delhi Munici- premises falling within its The MCD had issued no- pal Corporation (DMC) Act, civic area. SHO transferred for favouring man accused of raping minor TIMES NEWS NETWORK diately and IO sub-inspector girl was kept there for Rajbala was suspended for three days in violation of law. New Delhi: In view of the al- neglect of duty, deputy com- On May 20, they produced legations made by a minor missioner of police (West) rape victim about police in- her before a magistrate to Satish Golcha confirmed. fluencing her to favour the record her statement in accused, Delhi police com- The steps were taken after which she did not identify missioner R S Gupta on a local court took cognizance the accused. Sunday transferred a station of the victim’s allegation She was then shifted to house officer to police and asked the police commis- Nari Niketan and four days lines, suspended an investi- sioner to look into the later, after some professional gating officer and instituted charges. counselling, she said she a vigilance inquiry into the The minor, who is from wanted to change her state- case. West Bengal and works as a ment. The investigation into the domestic help, had alleged In her subsequent state- case was also shifted to crime that her employer’s married ment, she alleged that offi- against women cell, the po- son had raped her for over cials at the police station had lice said. a year. She reported the influenced her first state- Paschim Vihar SHO L C matter to the police and ment. She told the court that Yadav has been asked to re- they allegedly took him into the accused had even got her port to the police lines imme- custody on May 18. The pregnancy aborted.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places in Andaman and Nicobar islands, at a few NATIONAL places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Mumbai: I-A 0700, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan CAS is okay, but end operators’ monopoly 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, West Bengal and Sikkim, Kerala and Lakshadweep and at isolated 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, places in Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Uttarnachal, Himachal By N Vidyasagar consumers from the Siticable (Zee), Hathway (Star) or Sumangali in need of a regulator to break the monopoly 2300 Jet Air 0650, 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maha- TIMES NEWS NETWORK grip of service (Sun) further muddy the field by not allowing of cable operators. 1935, 2030, 2200, rashtra, Marathwada, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. providers who have new operators to start business in the area The other option before the government is Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD New Delhi: What is common between Star 1520, 1800, 2025 created ‘either me or they operate in. to speed up the entry of MTNL or Prasar KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min India CEO Peter Mukerjea and Munirka res- no cable for your For example, Siticable or Hathway block Bharti in the cable business. Industry watch- 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 44 29 Guwahati 35 26 Amsterdam 26 12 ident Narayanaswamy? Both have more than Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 34 28 Dehradun 40 23 Bahrain 37 27 home’ situation. new operators in their area by not providing ers say licensing is an option, but very diffi- Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 39 29 Hyderabad 43 30 Bangkok 33 26 one cable operator providing services in While CAS will broadcast signals (Zee or Star bouquet cult to implement. CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 38 29 Indore 41 24 Beijing 29 16 their areas, but they don’t have the freedom bring freedom to 0640,0955★★★ boxes). At present, there are over 30,000 cable op- Bangalore 35 24 Jaipur 43 29 Chicago 22 11 to choose and continue to be at the mercy of choose channels, peo- 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 43 27 Lucknow 45 27 Geneva 28 13 It works the other way as well. Several in- erators in the country and they have played 0645,1900 one operator. ple won’t have the BANGALORE: T’puram 36 25 Patna 41 29 Hong Kong dependent cable operators grow big enough an important role in freeing us from the I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 42 29 Rajkot 40 25 London 28 16 This situation is as bad as those areas in freedom to choose to block competition in their areas. clutches of state monopoly of Doordarshan Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 41 29 Shimla 29 19 Los Angeles 23 16 Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai where service providers. Part Four Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 37 24 Srinagar 28 13 Moscow 21 09 Consumers can do very little to correct the 10 years ago. HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 there is no competition at all and are domi- Imagine if you did not situation. It is the government that should Now, DD can do the same by rising to GOA: I-A 1200, nated by cable monopolies. have the flexibility to move from Airtel to regulate and ensure proper competition the occasion by improving content and Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS KULU: Jagson 0630, It is like being forced to buy vegetables Idea to Hutch to Dolphin. among service providers. providing a viable alternative. Direct To 9arliest date on which berth / seats were available at 1400 hrs. on 0650, 1215 ★ from a particular vendor, despite more CAS may be good for consumers, but the If a stock broker fails in his commitment, Home (DTH) is yet another option. But that AHMEDABAD: 01.06.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. I-A 0600,1700★★1845, vendors with better variety selling in your existing single operator monopoly has to be the consumer has an option but to go to SEBI. will be costly and experts feel that monopoly Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl locality. destroyed to make the change meaningful IRDA regulates insurance industry and in that area will be more dangerous. The GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 08.06 17.06 24.06 17.06 So, the point is whether the introduction of for viewers. TRAI, the telecom sector. best option for now will be that cable ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 01.07 01.07 17.06 conditional access system (CAS) really frees Moreover, cable arms of broadcasters like Similarly,the cable and satellite industry is operators mend their ways. Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 06.06 28.06 27.06 26.06 Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 05.06 06.06 06.06 — 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 08.06 18.06 18.06 19.06 (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 09.06 16.06 17.05 23.06 Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 20.06 02.07 30.06 School ties come in handy in varsities INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 17.06 12.06 16.06 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 06.06 11.06 12.06 Neeraj Paul BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 03.06 05.06 09.06 09.06 By Nistula Hebbar every year. ‘‘We just try and Thai Air 0010 (TG- 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 07.07 07.07 TIMES NEWS NETWORK 316), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 25.06 30.06 03.07 give them as much assis- FRANKFURT: Lufthansa tance as we can,’’ he says. 2554 Vaishali Exp 02.06 19.06 18.06 18.06 New Delhi: At the assis- 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 19.06 25.06 18.06 Some outstation students AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 25.06 23.06 17.06 tance booth set up at the New in fact depend on seniors en- KLM 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 27.06 27.06 17.06 Delhi station after the derail- LONDON/NEW YORK: 4230 Lucknow Mail 04.06 07.06 11.06 16.06 tirely. When Tanuka ment of the Magadh Express British Air 0210 (BA- WEST Bhowmick landed in Delhi 142), A-I 0715 (AI-111) 2904 Golden Temple Mail 05.06 18.06 24.06 24.06 in Buxar, there was some from Kolkata, for post gradu- PARIS: Air France 0040 2926 Paschim Exp 12.06 18.06 25.06 26.06 cheer amidst the gloom. (AF-147) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 13.06 19.06 19.06 — ate studies, she had strict in- Friends of Pankaj Kumar, SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 17.06 16.06 17.06 — structions to go straight to Airlines 2315 (SQ- 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 26.06 26.06 19.06 a student of Motilal Nehru JNU where her seniors from 407), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 07.07 25.06 27.06 College who was travelling HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2916 Ashram Exp 12.06 24.06 24.06 16.06 Presidency College had in the train, were at the sta- A-I 2340 (AI-312) SOUTH arranged lodging. ‘‘It really ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 14.06 18.06 23.06 12.06 tion to find out about him. As A-I 0300 (AI-131) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 11.06 18.06 24.06 12.06 made my first month here so 2432 Trivandrum Raj 24.06 06.07 06.07 — soon as the news of his safe- AIR INDIA much easier,’’ she said. 2626 Kerala Exp — 24.06 23.06 18.06 ty came, they yelled in joy. But what is crucial is MUMBAI: 0315 (AI 2618 Mangala Exp — 30.06 26.06 17.06 ‘‘Pankaj and I were in school 2628 Karnataka Exp — 24.06 24.06 14.06 the moral support that 755), 0345 (AI 156), together, and now we’re to- 0615 (AI 146), 2330 2724 A P Exp 16.06 25.06 25.06 18.06 tacted months in ad- students get. ‘‘Our seniors 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 20.06 30.06 30.06 — (AI 112) gether in college. I’ve been vance, and admission have over the years prepared GOA: 1245 (AI 643) 7022 Dakshin Express — 22.06 — 11.06 here since 6 am in the morn- THE GREAT No. of passengers dealt on 31.05.2003 (Delhi Area): 56,172 (N. Rly. Area) short lists prepared for a kind of Lonely Planet guide A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,48,803. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all ing. My father Just called (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for new arrivals. to Delhi University,which we (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: saying Pankaj is safe,’’ said computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. COLLEGE RUSH R John Suresh Ku- 23323310, Singapore Airlines follow religiously,’’ says R 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) Navneet Kumar, who like mar, a former student Ganapathy,also from Loyola. Pankaj also hails from Bihar. sions. ‘‘We don’t want them Pulse Polio: Children under 5 years were administered polio to feel as lost as we did when of Loyola College, Chennai, This includes where the best Navneet and Pankaj call arranges a social for ‘new’ ar- dosas and idlis can be had for drops on Sunday under the Pulse Polio Immunisation Prog- themselves brothers. Land- we came here,’’ says Navneet. ramme. The medicine was available at over 7,000 polio kendras rivals from Loyola to Delhi next to nothing. ing in Delhi two years ago, The old school tie network in the city. About 300 mobile teams and 30,000 health personnel they both got admission in is alive and kicking, es- were deployed for the purpose. TNN the same college and live in pecially when it comes to DU the same flat in Kalkaji. ‘‘We admissions. Senior stu- were together in Vikas dents already in DU are con- Vidyalaya, Ranchi, and even in Delhi are living together with three other school- mates,’’ says Navneet. These friends are now readying a flat for their jun- iors from school who are to arrive in Delhi for admis-
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE: HAS PRIVATISATION WORKED? Here are the three main issues related to electricity supply that concern us directly: Is there enough power? Thefts and losses Bills and fault repairs Consumers: Smriti, Inderpuri resi- 20 transformer broke down this year Consumers: R N Gujral, represent- profits. So there is no freason why we Consumers: Raski Lal, an Moti Nagar in- be introduced in July. Fault management dent: ‘‘The power supply has gone worse due to our good maintenance.’’ ing the Federation of Rohini Co-op- should not go all out to minimise dustrial unit owner: ‘‘The private compa- is being improved. Cell phones have been ever since the mercury started rising. Anil Sardana, Tata Power (NDPL) erative Group Housing Societies: theft. But, it is not feasible to bring nies are here just to make profits. A Tata given to linesmen, 22 mobile tranformers There has been no respite as we have CEO: ‘‘All transformers and sub-sta- ‘‘Losses due to theft were reduced down theft losses drastically in the Power inspection team inserted a plastic have been commissioned and 24-hour mo- been living without power for almost tions have been overhauled. System only by 1.5 per cent. Why not more? initial years,’’ he said. film in my meter for falsely booking me bile maintenance crew deployed.’’ Why does the five-year privatisation three hours daily.’’ upgradation at grid levels will help con- Delhi government is a share hold- under theft case. I was handed an illegal Chalsani: ‘‘Over 250 mopeds and 25 model aim at Mohd Shuaib Ilyas, a resident of sumers feel better this summer.Twenty- er in Discoms. Power minister Ajay bill of Rs 12 lakh.’’ breakdown vans have been purchased or bringing Jama Masjid area: ‘‘We suffer load shed- one transformers have been overhauled Maken: It will be incorrect to assume Iva Nandi, an elderly resident of hired at a cost of Rs 1.2 crore per annum to down theft ding up to eight hours almost daily. We and 28 MVA capacity has been added to THE CITY that Discoms are intentionally not Greater Kailash-I: ‘‘My pleas for replacing improve fault repair. Almost 99 per cent of losses from want regular power supply and it does 11 KV network.’’ checking theft losses. A Discom a tampered meter have not borne 12,000 complaints received daily get at- 55 per cent to not matter if it is DVB or a private com- Critics: Former general manager, REPORT gains Rs 80 crore by checking one per any fruit. BSES officials are threatening tended. Average response time to attend 34 per cent pany which does this.’’ Delhi Electricity Supply Undertaking, cent of theft loss.’’ . me. They even tried to replace my faulty complaints is being gradually being only? Why can’t the model aim at 16 meter after I moved a consumer court for brought down from two to one hour.’’ Discoms: J P Chalsani, BSES direc- N S Vasant: ‘‘The Discoms have still a Critics: Gajendra Haldea, chief per cent as in Mumbai?’’ ‘‘Consumer redressal forums have been tor: ‘‘Most power cuts are caused due to long way to go before the distribution advisor, National Council for Ap- help.’’ Rohini councillor Vijender Gupta: set up in all the 21 district offices to resolve sick cables, old swithgears and over- networks become reliable. They haven’t plied Economic Research: ‘‘Discoms’ M M Tiwari, a Prasad Nagar resident: loaded transformers. We had spent really invested in the system. No atten- ‘‘Discoms are going slow on check- ‘‘The phone at our complaint centre re- grievances related to billing errors and is- ing theft because they don’t want to failure to check losses scientifically about Rs 200 crore by March on im- tion is being paid to service lines and in jacks up the average unit cost of mains off the hook when ever there is a sues like load enhancement.’’ provement of the system and increas- many areas the connections date back make investments. They are happy power cut. Thus, our complaints don’t get Critics: Vasant: ‘‘Fault repair is still making profits out of the Rs 3,450 power. If power costs more, either ing its reliability. This summer will be to the British era.’’ attended fast.’’ sloppy. Complaint centres don’t give au- crore government assistance prom- the consumers directly pay a high much better than last year. But it will An official of the Delhi government- Discoms: Sardana: ‘‘Billing errors were thentic information about reasons behind ised to them.’’ tariff or the taxes collected from take up to three years to reach a situa- owned Transmission company: ‘‘The them get spent on subsidising the as high as 3 per cent during DVB’s tenure. power cuts and the time needed for repair- tion of no power cuts. Compared to 120 Discoms haven’t done enough. They Discoms: Chalsani: ‘‘The more we power rate. In both the cases, the con- We have brought them down to 0.5 per cent. ing them. The field staff is rude.’’ transformer breakdowns last May,only started with low cost solutions.” bring down the losses, the better our sumers are at the receiving end.’’ A new, more informative bill format will — Rahul Chhabra Does the tariff really need revision? Neeraj Paul TIMES NEWS NETWORK ing in view the increasing cost of electricity purchased New Delhi: The Delhi Elec- by Delhi and the rise in tricity Regulatory Commis- Power play inflation.’’ sion (DERC) is about to re- A Transco official: The lease the new Electricity Tar- Number of bulk supply rate at which iff order. The exercise in- consumers: Discoms are purchasing pow- volves evaluating the peti- er from Transco needs to be tions of private distribution 2.2 million increased. If the retail tariff companies (Discoms) and the is increased by 12 per cent, government-owned trans- Peak demand mission company (Transco) the bulk supply rate should on their expenditures and expected in 2003: go up by 20 per cent. revenue requirements. 3,500 MW Delhi power minister Ajay Power tariffs were last re- Maken: If at all there is a tar- vised in June 2001. On that Peak demand met iff hike only the Transco will occasion, the DERC had ap- gain. Rival political parties proved a hike of 15 per cent in May 2003: are trying to mislead people in tariff. 2,950 MW in an election year. Technically speaking, a Critics tariff order may even bring Peak demand met Rajan Gupta, petitioner down the tariff paid by con- and a workers’ organisation sumers. This, however, is un- in 2002: 3,200 MW representative: ‘‘The Dis- likely in the current scenario coms’ are building a case for when the cost of power gen- Annual cost of tariff hike to make up for the eration has gone up. power purchase losses due to theft. The pri- Consumers vate firms’ claims on losses R N Gujral, representing and distribution: should be verified. Discoms the Federation of Rohini Co- Rs 9,339 crore. keep changing their stands operative Group Housing So- on losses to suit their re- cieties: ‘‘We should not be Administrative and quirement.’’ over-burdened with a tariff Haldea: ‘‘A hike of about 30 hike unless a better service is Technical losses: per cent in power tariff or a guaranteed. 55.2 per cent hike in government assis- We are already paying a tance may be needed to com- high price and still there is pensate Discoms for the no guarantee of uninterrupt- unit to consumers’’ matter is being considered by not asked for a tariff hike. Rs 2,579 crore loss may suffer ed supply. Private firms are in the current financial already saving a lot by buy- Discoms DERC.’’ The DERC has to strike a bal- year.If the Discoms demands ing power at Rs 1.50 per unit BSES director, J P Chal- Tata Power (NDPL) CEO, ance between the retail tariff are met the consumer will and selling it at Rs 4.15 per sani: ‘‘No comments. The Anil K Sardana: ‘‘NDPL has and bulk supply tariff keep- suffer.’’
A mega watt is ‘There’s very little improvement’ A unit of power which can run: TIMES NEWS NETWORK ty about a power problems during my though. •Single bulb and fan in blackout final exams this year. The Sunil Dutt Reena 1,500 dwellings for one still persists power cuts are getting longer Chemical unit owner hour. Housewife throughout with temperature rising. The power situation is a little The im- the day. We Jagjit Singh better than last year. •Over 400 air-condition- provement still need Auto financer Complaints of ers of 1.5 tonne for one over last help from The billing sys- faulty meter don’t hour. year is only touts for tem is the only PEOPLE get attended effi- marginal. simple tasks area where there ciently. The billing •Twenty light industries Power cuts like load has been some TALK system is still ineffi- with 50 KW connection still contin- enhancement. improvement. cient. At my unit at for one hour. ue to disrupt Nupur Now, there’s Jhilmil Industrial Area, the my daily routine. There is no Student proper ob- meter read- fixed schedule for load shed- It is difficult servation of ing is not ding. to say that meter read- taken for Mukesh Mathai the situa- ings. The months to- Marketing professional tion has im- power sup- gether. The The duration of power cuts proved dras- ply situation scare of a has come down after the en- tically. How- has not im- power cut try of private distribution ever, there proved gives me the company. But the uncertain- were fewer much jitters. Why DVB had to go? TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) was replaced by private com- panies, BSES and Tata Pow- er, because it could not live up to the expectations of con- sumers. These were its faults: Weak distribution sys- tem and poor mainte- nance: In power, a consumer is concerned directly only with distribution. A good quality power supply, with a healthy voltage, to a con- sumer’s residence largely de- pends on the quality of the distribution network. It starts at the power genera- tion unit and ends at your electricity meter. Thefts and other losses: Poor quality low-tension wires (which carry current in the distribution system) cause high systemic losses and frequent breakdowns. DVB used to lose power worth Rs 1,200 crore every year due to thefts. Almost 57 per cent of pow- er bought by DVB did not yield any revenue because it was lost due to thefts. Billing and fault repair: The best way of avoiding payment to DVB used to be to tamper with the meter. Me- ter-readers were often part- ners in crime. Nearly 15 lakh of the 2.2 million domestic meters are tampered with or worn out.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,June 2, 2003 7 Phalcon: Musharraf Bangladesh okays transit gas pipeline for Bengal By Biswajit Roy will plead with Bush TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata: Bangladesh has agreed to allow supply of nat- Islamabad: Pakistani Presi- ural gas from Myanmar and Tripura through its terri- dent Pervez Musharraf is ex- Flight manual pected to make a last ditch ef- tory to West Bengal, state government sources have fort to defer the sale of Phal- said. Bit it will be on the condition that the same con radar systems to India pipeline grid will be used by Petrobangla for domestic when he meets US President supply as well as gas export, if Dhaka decides to export George W Bush in Washing- to India and other countries. ton later this month. West Bengal industry minister Nirupam Sen said the The US, last month, state was looking for gas from Bangladesh to boost fuel- cleared the $1 billion deal, efficient and eco-friendly industries. ‘‘We have already giving the green signal to Is- told the Centre that West Bengal’s requirements have to rael to sell Phalcon planes to be met first,’’ he said. India. A US delegation was scheduled to visit Israel to • The Airborne Early • It is mounted either on the have ‘‘technical’’ discussions Warning Command and aircraft fuselage or on top on the deal. Control (AWE&C) radar of the aircraft inside a The sale of Israeli Phal- replaces the conventional stationary dome, cons will be on the agenda rotodome radar providing full 360° coverage when Musharraf meets Bush • The Phalcon AEW&C aircraft is based on four sensors : at Camp David on June 24, phased-array radar, phased array IFF (identify friend or Planet M performs Hat trick Pakistani foreign secretary foe), ESM(electronic support)/ELINT and CSM/COMINT Riaz Husain Khokhar, who is lanet M has scored a abad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, across the country are the (communication intelligence) currently on tour of the US, Hat trick by opening 3 Pune, Kolkata and Banga- by-word of mega entertain- P told the Pakistani media in • The aircraft communicates via its data link, with air stores all within the month lore have a Planet M. With ment. All the three new New York on Friday. defence HQ. Data from additonal air defence sensors of May. Planet M, Mulund the new store in Nagpur, stores carry forward the Musharraf will prevail are fused to create a complete spatial picture. opened on 1st May, Planet there are the 20 Planet M tradition of music, maasti, upon Bush to defer the sale of • It is more advanced than US E3 AWACS M, Faridabad on the 25th ‘Satellites’ ie shop-in-shop magic — keeping in mind AWACS radars to India on May and now Nagpur has stores across India plus specific needs and interests • The system has already been sold to Chile, where it is the ground that it will heavi- followed close on its heels to reach out to more of different groups of audi- designated “Condor” ly tilt the military balance in with a store launch on the customers. ences. More stores and favour of India on the con- 30th May. With this Planet M is well satellites are readying to ventional front, said retary of state Richard Ar- tween India and Pakistan. Planet M, the music re- on its way to becoming a open their doors in the com- Khokhar. mitage, held talks with top He briefed UN deputy sec- tail giant now has 14 stores neighborhood music and ing months. So the music Khokhar, who was sched- United Nations officials in retary-general Louise across the country. At pres- entertainment hangout. and entertainment magic uled to go to Washington next New York, especially on Frechette on situation in ent Mumbai, Delhi, Farid- The Planet M stores just goes on. week to meet US deputy sec- the new peace process be- south Asia. PTI
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INDIA DIGEST Vat misses June 1 deadline AFP RSS revives common code debate New Delhi: The contentious value-added tax missed the TIMES NEWS NETWORK that of Nisha a way through member of the National Commis- June 1 deadline with the Centre deciding to come up with New Delhi: The RSS mouthpiece, Sharma, who the stifling ten- sion for Women, and Maulana a ‘‘new roadmap’’ in consultation with political parties The Organiser, has in its latest is- refused to mar- tacles of Islamic Wahiuddin Khan, director of the and committee of the state finance ministers. PTI ry her fiance af- practices per- sue revived the debate for the in- Islamic Centre. Khan is a regular ter his family’s petuated by a writer in The Organiser.Ofthe troduction of a common civil code demands for medieval mind- three, only Hussain endorses the by using the case of Farzana Zaki, dowry grew. ed clergy and a idea of a common civil code; other the Delhi-based young bride who The article says reactionary so- two say this happened due to dis- refused to accompany her hus- while Nisha has ciety’’. tortions in the practice of Islam. band to his home because he and become a role The article is Nisha Sharma Farzana The implication by the article is his family demanded dowry. model for other then accompa- that Nisha has come through well The article, ‘‘Farzana’s bold girls, is receiving other marriage nied by interviews with Najma because she is a Hindu and step: Now what?’’ compares her offers, and is a generally a free in- Heptulla, deputy chairperson of Farzana’s case is difficult because case, rather unfavourably, with dividual, Farzana still ‘‘has to find the Rajya Sabha, Nafisa Hussain, she is a Muslim. Ajit Singh: Mayawati’s Congress president Sonia Gandhi hands an employment letter to militancy-affected Saleema days are numbered Begum in Baramulla on Sunday. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mayawati government fell. Hazare defamation cases: Singh said that the UP governor Bikaner: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) had invited the Mayawati govern- Maharashtra food and civil supplies president and former Union minister minister Suresh Jain, who has ment only after the RLD gave its letter Ajit Singh has said that the already sent a legal notice to anti- of support. Refuting the reports of corruption crusader Anna Hazare to Mayawati-led government has lost its the split in the RLD, Singh claimed withdraw allegations of corruptions majority and its days are numbered. that it was the BJP which was on the against him, has said that he would Singh was speaking to reporters verge of a split. Singh asserted that file two defamation cases against during his Bikaner visit on Sunday. the UP government would fall on the the latter. PTI He claimed that all the major opposi- floor of the assembly. Shetty case: Amidst reports that tion parties in UP have arrived on an Terming the BJP-led government Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s understanding over all issues, includ- at the Centre as anti-farmer, Singh father Surendra Shetty had gone un- ing the leadership of the alternative said that it was more interested in derground, a police team from Surat government. He, however, refused to giving benefits to the rich. He said it on Sunday left for Ambernath in give details of the understanding. He was the duty of the government to Thane to arrest him in a case of al- also did not disclose as to who would give more support to the unorganized leged extortion.PTI be the next chief minister if the sector. ICHR in news for wrong reasons By Mahendra Ved Bad to worse 1997, Kumar has had a run- vey to the court that under TIMES NEWS NETWORK ning battle with the council the rules governing the and has also gone to the ICHR, the member-secretary New Delhi: The murky go- •The HRD ministry gave court. is the chief executive officer ings-on in the Indian Council the go-ahead for Ku- The charges against him of ICHR and, hence, head of of Historical Research mar’s suspension after include insubordination, act- the department. (ICHR) have again come to a the court passed stric- head with the suspension of tures against him ing in an unauthorised man- Curiously enough, a team its director (research and ad- ner within the council and from the auditor-general’s of- Charges include insub- ministration), Sushil Kumar, • addressing communications fice that conducted the audit ordination and acting in on Friday by council chair- to various quarters, includ- chose to treat the director an unauthorised manner man M G S Narayanan. ing Prime Minister Atal Bi- (R&A), the office Kumar within the council, hari Vajpayee. held, as head of the depart- Those conversant with Ku- among others mar’s case say the HRD min- Kumar’s plea for being ment, while refusing to even istry could have acted earlier recognised as head of the de- meet the member-secretary. to stem the rot caused by ri- gain positions of advantage partment is pending before a The ICHR has filed a reply val groups and individuals in the field of education, court. As departmental head, stating that this was ‘‘a seri- claiming to be close to the with some ministry officials he could get an official resi- ous violation of the constitu- Sangh Parivar or to HRD themselves playing footsie. dence. His plea for an out-of- tion of the council’’. The au- minister Murli Manohar Narayanan is understood turn allotment for a house ditors’ approach had vitiated Joshi personally. to have acted on the go-ahead was rejected by Joshi him- the nature of their work and Sources say these mem- from the HRD ministry after self. had led them to base their bers of the ‘‘saffron brigade’’ a court passed strictures However, the HRD min- conclusions on ‘‘false infor- have been slugging it out to against Kumar. Employed in istry took a long time to con- mation’’. Jagannath IAF lifeline to remote N-E AFP By Rajat Pandit servitors TIMES NEWS NETWORK Vijaynagar (Arunachal get medical Pradesh): From the air, it looks like a tiny strip of road going nowhere. Moments lat- attention er, the AN-32 aircraft begins Bhubaneswar: Forty- descending towards the road four-year-old Narayan sharply, actually an ‘‘ad- Mohapatra, a servitor at vanced landing ground’’ Sri Jagannath Temple (ALG), cradled by densely- here, has been suffering forested majestic mountains silently for the last two on all sides. years. Burdened over ‘‘Welcome to the eastern- the years with tons of most inhabited place in In- ‘mahaprasad’, he can dia. Vijaynagar is not con- hardly bend these days. nected to civilisation by Two tribal women wait for a military plane at an airstrip in the A few doses of medi- road. Myanmar is just across remote eastern civilian post of Vijaynagar. cine prescribed by a lo- the mountains,’’ says Group cal doctor did not help. Captain P Ranabir Singh, af- runways. Moreover, in addi- manoeuvre the aircraft with- Though he is found ter skilfully piloting the AN- tion to limited communica- in the valley,’’ says Group within the precincts of 32 to a safe landing on the tion and fire-fighting facili- Capt Singh, who commands the temple regularly, he narrow ALG at 4,200 feet. ties, there are no navigation- one of the two AN-32 medi- is hardly active. Unlike normal airfields, al aids available at these um-lift transport squadrons When in good health, ALGs are semi-prepared sur- ALGs, some of which are lo- based at the Jorhat airbase. Narayan’s job was to faces in far-flung inaccessi- cated at elevations over 6,000 The IAF has been provid- carry huge loads of ‘ma- ble areas. They are uni-direc- feet. ing massive ‘‘air logistics’’ to haprasad’ prepared in tional runways, half the ‘‘Landing on them is very the entire North-East region, the temple kitchen to width and length of normal challenging... it’s tough to over the years. the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine which were later sold to devo- tees. Known as ‘suar’ in Securing consensus on temple parlance, these people cooked food and travelled a distance of nearly half a kilometre NJC will not be easy with loads of the steam- ing food in large earthen By Rakesh Bhatnagar NJC, the judiciary strongly ceeds with amendments in pots — a job they per- TIMES NEWS NETWORK feels that the proposed judi- the Code of Criminal Pro- formed round the year. cial panel will not serve the cedure, family laws and the Ailments caught up New Delhi: With the courts purpose for which it is be- Evidence Act. with them as they grew and Parliament on a break, ing conceived. But, Justice Malimath’s old. the pressure for injecting A senior lawyer and suggestion that an accused Narayan, however, certain reforms into the PUCL activist, Ravi Kiran woman, who is pregnant or looked a relieved man process of appointment Jain, has sent letters to all has a child below seven on Saturday. He had and termination of erring serving and retired judges, years of age should be kept been examined by an ex- judges and the justice deliv- MPs, ministers and the under house arrest rather pert and the remedy had ery system has increased. President, saying: ‘‘If the than being sent to jail with been suggested, he said. The recommendations of Bill is passed, it will have Narayan was among the Constitution Review a monitoring device at- the effect of destroying not tached to her ankle, is laud- scores of temple servi- Commission, which sub- only the independence of tors who were examined mitted its detailed report to able. This upholds chil- judiciary, but also the Con- dren’s right to life with dig- at a health check-up- Parliament several months stitution of India.’’ cum-treatment camp es- ago, are yet to be deliberat- nity. But The commission’s call for pecially organised for ed upon by the law-makers. Jain’s them by the state gov- But the Centre has setting up a national secu- LEGAL voice rity commission to decide ernment since Friday moved a Bill, which it may last. The camp, which claims to be in line with the on the transfers and promo- VIEW be lost tions of senior police offi- concludes on Sunday, CRC’s views, for setting up in the was organised after a re- a National Judicial Com- cers requires close scrutiny. din over an increasing The suggestion, by implica- port, claiming that mission for the appoint- number of cases against about 70 per cent of the ment of judges of the SC tion, leaves no one in doubt certain judicial officers and that favouritism has a ma- servitors suffered from and high courts and to take allegations of misconduct jor role to play in awarding neurological disorders, action against the erring and corruption against promotion to an officer or caught the attention of ones among them. some of the high court ordering his transfer. the administration. Though the Bill has al- judges. The chief minister ready been moved for dis- Malimath says: ‘‘Not all Naveen Patnaik, who cussion among the law- Close to reforming the ju- police officers are corrupt was concerned over the makers, it will be an uphill diciary, a former Supreme and inefficient, we have to report, had directed that task for the government to Court judge V S Malimath’s find a way to separate the the servitors should be secure a consensus on an is- report, suggesting radical good from the bad’’. Will the extended all medical sue which has been a point changes in the criminal law security commission, com- help, the minister for of debate for long. jurisprudence, is also prising bureaucrats, be ob- health and family wel- Contrary to the awaiting a meaningful de- jective in its decision? ‘‘You fare, Prafulla Chandra favourable views expressed bate, before the govern- have to trust someone Ghadei said. PTI by the protagonists of the ment accepts it and pro- somewhere,’’ he adds.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,June 2, 2003 13 Ensure a better deal for More rail accidents waiting to happen Bihar, Laloo tells Kalam By Raj Kumar PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK har as its colony, Laloo said the Cen- tre has neglected the state in all its Patna: Railway authorities are yet to Patna: RJD chief Laloo Prasad Ya- five-year Plans. The Union govern- identify the reason for the derailment of dav has complained to President A P ment has invested little fund in Bi- 14 coaches of the Patna-New Delhi Mag- J Abdul Kalam about the Centre’s har, the memorandum said. adh Express near Buxar. discrimination against Bihar in the Laloo, however, praised and However, indications are that more matter of extending financial help. thanked Kalam for visiting Bihar. such accidents could occur. A confiden- Laloo, in a 10-page memorandum ‘‘Your visit has rekindled hopes tial report by a railway police officer to submitted to the President on Satur- among the people of the state,’’ the the state police headquarters states, day,requested him to initiate steps to RJD chief was quoted as having told ‘‘The local mafia have established a mo- stop the Centre from discriminating Kalam. He requested the President to nopoly over railway contracts and the against Bihar. The Centre has been use his good offices to ensure that Bi- quality of work has suffered.’’ ignoring the state for the past several har got a special package as it has The report added that railway tracks, years, the memorandum said. been deprived of its mineral rich ar- bridges and overbridges in the region Accusing the Centre of treating Bi- eas following creation of Jharkhand. may collapse any moment, leading to tragic mishaps. The report, sent to the police headquarters on April 12 this year by the then superintendent of rail- way police (SRP) Amitabh Das, said ‘‘mafia elements’’ have divided the area among themselves. The report said contracts for the Pat- na-Mokama section have been grabbed by supporters of MLA Suraj Bhan. Sup- porters of MLA Sunil Pandey control the Patna-Mughalsarai section, it said. Both these MLAs are serving prison Firefighters try to douse the flames of a stationary coach at the Amritsar railway station on Sunday. Eyewitnesses said the fire sentences for their alleged involvement broke out at around 10.35 am and was brought under control by around 11.15 am. No casualties have been reported. in criminal cases. The report said in December 2001, two workers were killed between Potahi and Nadawa, while two dumper-con- Magadh passengers feared a Godhra tainers were blown up near Neema rail- By Sanjay Singh daughter-in-law and a family perience,’’ Ashok Bhargav, cause of God’s blessings.’’ way halt in June 2002. One person was TIMES NEWS NETWORK friend. Suddenly, Nilotpal who was travelling in S-7 Survivors said many pas- shot at and four tractors were set ablaze emerged from the crowd and coach of the ill-fated train, sengers jumped out of the on Fatuha-Islampur line in February Patna: As the relief train ar- emotions flowed. Hugging said, ‘‘I heard a deafening moving train on seeing 2002. In January, a shootout took place rived at Patna junction from his son profusely, Nilotpal sound. Then I saw sparks smoke emanating from their at Beledari Chak. Another shootout the accident spot, Pratima, touched his mother’s feet and coming out from near the coaches. ‘‘As darkness had set took place at Mahendru Ghat in Febru- with her grandson in her lap, embraced his wife, as they wheels of my coach. I feared in, one didn’t know what ex- ary this year. The report said probe re- ran helter and skelter to lo- moved towards the exit. a Godhra was going to take actly was happening,’’ said vealed these incidents were connected cate her son Nilotpal. Shar- Recalling the ‘‘horrible ex- place. But look! I am alive be- another passenger. with the war for railway contracts. ing her anxiety were her
PTI Mumbai PM to raise Kailash route issue: Advani disc jockey Leh: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will urge China to allow Indian pilgrims to rides into visit Kailash Mansarovar via Leh, during his visit to Beijing, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said here on Sunday. the finals Speaking at the annual ‘‘Sindhu Darshan’’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK festival here, Advani said he will request Vaj- payee to tell Chinese leaders to permit jour- Mumbai: As the night ney to Kailash Mansarovar from Leh along progressed under crazy- Sindhu river to cut down the conventional lights, Mikanos the pub journey time drastically. stretched decibel-by- Advani said defence minister George Fer- decibel with music, like nandes had taken up the matter with Chinese an animal shedding leaders during his recent visit and the latter sleep. Eyes narrowed, had agreed to look into it. claws grew, and every- Advani said he will request Vajpayee to en- thing from funk to fu- sure that the matter is carried forward. The sion was freely used at journey,at present, takes 27 days, he said and the Mumbai round of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani pours water collected from different rivers of the country added that if one trekked along river Sindhu, Director’s Special as a part of the inauguration of Sindhu Darshan festival in Leh on Sunday. it will take only four days. PTI Black-Times Music ‘War of the DJs’ on Thursday. At the end, a 26-year- old from Mira Road China keeps mum on Vajpayee’s visit came out the fittest. DJ Freeze, or Yash Dham, By Harvey Stockwin which would hardly be used if, as ing was only briefly reported, be- overcame keen competi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Advani has suggested, the visit is Great wall ing given roughly one-third the tion from six others to Hong Kong: Prime Minister Atal due to take place in three weeks’ •There may still be some time allotted to Hu’s meeting win the round and reach time. Repeating the invitation with Japanese Prime Minister the final, which will Bihari Vajpayee and Chinese issue holding up the President Hu Jintao did not use meant it was yet to be accepted. finalisation of the visit Junichiro Koizumi. take place in the same Xinhua also reported that Vaj- The CCTV report made it pub on June 7 in front of their meeting during the St Pe- payee said he was looking for- •Signals from China fail to sound as if Vajpayee was the one 3,000-odd people. tersburg tricentennial celebra- tions to dispel all uncertainty ward to visiting China, but he did justify high hopes being to raise the border issue. The Chi- With a master- attached to the visit blender’s ease, Yash about Vajpayee’s projected visit not mention any date, or indicate nese leader spoke in a more com- mixed ‘Kaliyon ka to China this month. that the visit was imminent. The plex way: ‘‘On the border issue, Chaman’ with bhangra, China’s nationwide CCTV and vagueness by both leaders means Coverage of the St Petersburg Hu said the two countries should which rolled on to the the Xinhua news agency reported there may still be some issue meeting in China’s controlled proceed from the friendship be- evergreen ‘Staying that Hu has invited Vajpayee to holding up the finalisation of the media has been quite restrained. tween (the) two countries and Alive’ and then to some visit China, a bald statement arrangements. On CCTV, the Vajpayee-Hu meet- properly handle it.’’ Latin and the filmi num- ber ‘Yaar Bina Chain Highest polling booth: Voters will cast their ballots in the Kahan Re’. Milli Council stays country’s highest polling booth, at 15,500 feet, on June 8, offi- DJ Praveen was the cials said. ‘‘In all, 305 voters will be eligible to cast their ballot first runner-up while DJ at Hikkim polling station in the Spiti valley,’’ they said. IANS G and DJ Shiva were ad- judged second runner- clear of Babri issue up. The winner of the fi- By Smita Gupta Farooqi told TNN: ‘‘The time nal will be given a TIMES NEWS NETWORK for complaints is over; Mus- recording contract with lims must stop delving into Times Music apart from New Delhi: Topping the the past and instead work to- loads of prizes from De- agenda of the All-India Milli wards a common future non. Director’s Special Council, the organisation along with all other commu- Black of Shaw Wallace that includes members of the nities in unity and peace.’’ in association with Zod! All India Muslim Personal The meet steered clear of Clubwear are the princi- Law Board, and advises the the contentious Babri Masjid pal sponsors for the War community in times of crisis issue — saying it should be of the DJs. The event is and elections, was the politi- left to the courts — and in- hosted by Dj Keith and cal empowerment of the stead focussed on the role of Ishita. B4U is the official Muslims and looking for the minorities in India. channel and Denon ways to sort out the commu- As forcefully articulated Sahil is the co-sponsor nal question. by the younger elements of the event. The contest Commenting on the con- among its members, the partners are Indiatimes vention, ‘‘Challenges before AIMC intends to persuade and Planet M. The event the nation and the minorities secular parties to give is managed by 360 De- in independent India’’ that grees, a part of the greater representation to Times Group. concluded here on Sunday, Muslims, for which it hopes AIMC spokesperson Kamal to create a political platform. Major fire at Army depot Jaipur: A large number of mines recently removed from the Pak- istan border and other ammuni- tion were destroyed in a major fire at the Gurda Army depot, 65 km from Jaisalmer, though no casual- ty was reported. Army officials said the fire broke out on Sunday morning at four technical sheds where the scrapped mines recently removed from the Pakistan border were stored. They said the fire started from one shed and spread to all others, destroying almost 70 per cent of the mines and other ammunition stored there. The officials said civil and Army fire tenders were battling the fire and it was being brought under control. Officials said a court of inquiry had been ordered into the cause of the fire. This is the third major fire in an ammunition depot in Rajasthan over the last two years. PTI
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Experiment gives hope for hearing AROUND THE WORLD Scientists successfully conducted an experiment on guinea pigs Reuters where the animals regenerated cells in the ear needed for hearing. Soldier of the future Robbie hunts for alter They hope the results lead to a procedure that will eventually help ego: Robbie Williams has humans. enlisted his father to help Math1 DNA strand search for someone to play A solution containing a virus that the top-selling pop star in his delivers a gene called Math1 is drops extra burden new video. Club singer Pete injected into an adult guinea pig s AP Conway will join a panel of cochlea, located in the inner ear. New York: Dennis Birch compares the US selectors at open auditions in soldier to a Christmas tree: Whenever im- London on Saturday in The Math1 gene provements in technology help lighten a sol- search of a fan to appear in stimulates cell growth of hair cells in the dier’s load, someone else wants to hang on a the video for his son’s new Adenovirus cochlea that help new piece of gear like an ornament. single, Something Beautiful. convert sound waves The result is ‘‘100 pounds of great ideas “Robbie felt that his dad Pete to impulses perceived would be superbly qualified Cochlea hanging off him in all different directions,’’ by the brain. Birch said. to help the directors with So in its prototype for a high-tech uniform their selection,” a spokesman One and two months of the future, researchers at the US Army for Williams said. Producers want to find someone who later, researchers Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachu- check the cochlea of has the “essence” of the 29- setts, have shaken all gear from the soldier year-old star to perform the 14 treated animals and started from scratch. for new cell growth. new track in the video — and In the researchers’ designs, soldiers of 2011 they say it could even be a will step into wired uniforms that incorpo- woman. “We will not neces- SOURCE: University of Michigan, Department of Otolaryngology AP rate all the equipment they need. The uni- sarily be looking for a Robbie forms will monitor vital signs and plug them sound-alike or a look-alike into a massive network of satellites, un- but we are looking for some- Reuters manned planes and robotic vehicles the mili- one who has Robbie’s tary has planned. charisma, energy and atti- When dressing for battle in the so-called tude,” said producer Gillian ‘‘Scorpion ensemble,’’ soldiers will don no Nisbet. “They need to prove more than 22.5 kg, making them much more that they can capture the mobile than today’s troops, who carry up to essence of a Robbie Williams 54 kg of gear, Birch said. performance.” Reuters The ensemble will plug the soldier into the Techno ravers dance in military’s planned Future Combat System, summer sun: Bikinis, for which the Pentagon recently earmarked shorts and mini-skirts were Future battle dress for US soldiers is expect- $15 billion to develop. the standard uniform as ed to be ready by 2011. It will weigh about 50 100,000 techno fans danced That system envisions lighter tanks, pow- pounds and will include communications, the sunny day away at the erful computer networks and larger fleets of night vision gear and body senors. remote-controlled airplanes and robotic “G-move” music event in ground vehicles. semitransparent screens attached to their Hamburg. The ravers, mostly The first battalion could field the system helmets. Every soldier will eventually be able decked out in sparse orange by late 2010 — about when the Scorpion en- to view thermal images from uncooled in- and green clothing, strutted Miss Iceland Manuela Osk Hardardottir takes part in the semble would be ready to plug human sol- frared cameras, which are only in limited use their stuff behind 18 sound opening round of the 2003 Miss Universe presentation trucks that wound their diers into the network. show in Panama City on Thursday, moments before being today. Firefighters have been using similar through the northern German As currently envisioned, soldiers will first taken to the hospital due to dehydration. She will be cameras to see through smoke, and some city to the port area where unable to compete in the finals on June 3 since she has wear an undershirt netted with sensors that Cadillacs use them to see through fog. the party was to go on all missed most of the preliminary rounds. monitor heart rate, body temperature and Soldiers who get lost — a problem in Iraq night. “There are less people respiration. and other wars — will view maps, global-po- than in previous years but we the Ethnic Multicultural Me- received a special lifetime Liz Hurley with Arun Nayar in Cannes. Then comes a uniform with built-in sitioning coordinates and other data on their will still party until morning,” dia Academy award for best achievement award for excel- tourniquets that one day might be tightened location. The same sort of data could be used 29-year-old Andre said British music act to her lence in the music industry bulging collection of music over four decades. US pop and loosened remotely. Body armor is built to call in air strikes. dressed in camouflage industry trophies. Ms Dyna- heartthrob Justin Timberlake into a load carriage that holds water, ammu- Images from drones, robotic vehicles or shorts. AFP mite, who is heavily preg- won in the best international Hurley wants a nition, batteries and circuits to keep the sol- other members of the unit also may appear Ms Dynamite steals the dier plugged into the network. nant, won two Brit awards in music category. Salma on screen. show: R&B star Ms Dyna- February, three Music of Hayek’s portrayal of the tor- The most high-tech component will be the The headgear will contain a laser-engage- mite has picked up a top Black Origin (MOBO) awards tured Mexican painter Frida helmet, with tiny,built-in cameras to spot en- ment system to identify friends and foes — prize at a British award cere- last October and the Mercury Kahlo in the movie Frida won jet of her own emies lurking in the dark or concealed by and serve as a ‘‘laser tag’’ training device, mony honoring multicultural- Music prize last September. her the best film actress bushes. The cameras’ images will appear on Birch said. AP ism. The 21-year-old added Soul legend Stevie Wonder award. Reuters London: Piqued by a spate Airways. of embarrassing revela- She will pay 200,000 Reuters McCartney returns to tions about her, British ac- pounds to join a ‘flexitime’ Liverpool: Former Beatle tress Liz Hurley, the girl- scheme, entitling her to 25 3D way to detect breast cancer Sir Paul McCartney returned friend of Indian million- hours of flight time aboard to his hometown Liverpool to Chicago: Detecting breast The images are broken ies showed it increased visi- aire businessman Arun a 17-million-pounds Falcon play at the Cavern Club, the cancer tumours is about to down into “slices,” making bility of breast lesions and Nayar, is planning to buy a 2000. Mostly she will be crowded and smoky base- make a technological leap embedded tumours easier to reduced the number of pa- stake in a ten-seater jet so able to fly whenever she ment venue where the “Fab into three dimensions, but spot, said Daniel Kopans, di- tients who needed to have a she can fly as she wants chooses, unless it is short Four” cut their musical teeth, finding doctors willing to in- rector of breast imaging at second mammogram be- without being “spied on”. notice and a plane is not organisers said Saturday. terpret mammograms is get- Massachusetts General Hos- cause the first was unclear, McCartney performed at the According to a report in available from the pool. ting more difficult. pital. “I liken it to a birch tree Kopans said. club Friday night during a pri- the Mail on Sunday, the 36- Then, she might find her- vate party to celebrate the year-old actress is said to self sharing. Researchers at Massachu- in a pine forest,” he said. The TOMO still must be ap- setts General Hospital in birch tree is the cancer and if proved by the US Food and end of his world tour ahead be incensed after a string By going private, Hurley of the final concert in Liver- of disclosures, including will join a number of A-list Boston are refining a tech- you could just tear away the Drug Administration. nique that creates three-di- pine trees, you could see it.” Kopans said he hopes pool on Sunday. “It had a claims that she engaged in stars, including singer special meaning for him to be heavy petting under her Justin Timberlake, Tom mensional X-rays that make The device was built by GE TOMO will help alleviate a back in Liverpool,” venue boyfriend’s blankets in Cruise, Nicole Kidman tumours much easier to see. Medical Systems to specifica- shortage of radiologists will- manager Alex McKechnie first class when she trav- and Jennifer Lopez, who Full-field digital tomosynthe- tions provided by Massachu- ing to analyse mammograms The new Sony entertainment robot Aibo on display in said. McCartney played three elled recently from New use the Marquis Jets sis takes multiple pictures at setts General Hospital, which as the demand for screening Tokyo on Saturday. The four-legged robot, which can be songs, including the Beatles different angles as the X-ray holds the patent and has the increases as the population York to London on British scheme. PTI controlled via e-mail commands, costs about $1,300. classic Let it Be. Reuters tube rotates in an arc. only prototype. Initial stud- ages. Reuters
BRICKBATS Even communist leaders would yield to Virtual characters dominate MTV awards so much of public pressure! But TOI seems to be adamant at continuing Dubyaman. Make a fresh strip instead. Los Angeles: You don’t have to exist to Elijah Wood and Sean Astin. Yoda ap- formed the movements for its computer — Tony get an MTV Movie Award. peared on a giant screen to accept the animation — appeared on screen to Please stop this nonsense. Why don’t The irreverent ceremony honoured honour and spoke in his signature cir- thank the filmmaker and special effects you conduct an indiatimes poll to find whether you should continue it or not ? the little green Jedi, Yoda, for best fight cuitous manner.“Hmmm ... grateful am crew for their work in bringing the Are you ready for the poll? scene from Star Wars: Episode II-Attack I to this award receive. To win, I did not monster to life. — Pradeep Bhat of the Clones, while the raspy creep Gol- expect,” he said. “Promise myself cry I Rapper Eminem claimed the Break- For bouquets go to lum from The Lord of the Rings: The would not.” through Male trophy for his work in the www.timesofindia.com Two Towers won for “virtual perform- After the virtual performance award drama 8 Mile. Spider-Man’s Kirsten e-mail: [email protected] ance” and for best on screen team for its went to Gollum, actor Andy Serkis — Dunst was named best female star, performance alongside human co-stars who voiced the character and per- while Eminem won best male award. AP Do honey and water enhance virility? British researchers are verifying whether mead, an alcoholic liquor made by ferment ing honey and water, increases virility and fertility. It is said that in ancient times the alcoholic drink was offered to the newly weds so as to increase their fertility level.Scientists at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London are busy in determining whether there is any truth in the myth that mead is the key to a healthy sex life. ANI
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AFP DIASPORIUM Dalai Lama got Bush, Putin agree many marriage Some like it hot proposals Two of the three K’s of European to forget Iraq spat Berlin: Numerous wo- multi-culturalism: khurpi and AFP men have over the years karahi. The first, described as a St Petersburg: US President Bush and “traditional Indian implement” is, offered to marry the Russian President Putin said Sunday Dalai Lama, the celibate believe it or not, being imported their friendship was as strong as ever, into the UK from Hyderabad. It is Tibetan spiritual leader laying aside a dispute over the Iraq war, told a magazine. selling to a select green-fingered but barely concealing a simmering row band for the princely sum of 14.99 The Nobel Peace Prize over Iran’s nuclear program. winner told the weekly pounds. That translates as roughly After talks in St Petersburg’s grand Die Welt am Sonntag Rs 1,300, which is not bad going for Konstantinovsky Palace, they also that many women have our homegrown mali’s dirt-en- warned North Korea to abandon its nu- followed him on his crusted tool. Likewise the karahi, clear aspirations and signed documents travels and “lots of them newly manufactured by the implementing the Moscow Treaty, have said they wanted to French firm Le Creuset. The com- which mandates sharp cuts in Cold War marry me.” pany’s cast-iron pots and pans are nuclear weapons stocks. The Dalai Lama ad- a byword for excellence. They’re Swapping smiles, handshakes and dressed an ecumenical normally priced so buyers don’t hugs at a joint press appearance, Bush gathering of Germany’s get much change from a couple of and Putin set out to recreate the buddy young Christians in 50-pound notes. So, the humble atmosphere of their previous Berlin on Friday. Palestinians line up for ID check at the Kalandia checkpoint on the road between Jerusalem karahi retailing in Europe at just encounters. He said he did not and Ramallah on Sunday after Israel eased its closure of the Palestinian territories three days under Rs 10,000. Small wonder “Our relations are stronger than the watch all the films that ahead of a US-convened peace summit. wags say the third k of the multi- events that tested it,” said Putin, stress- Bush got a short handshake and stiff have been made about cultural stew will ultimately be ing that despite diverging over Iraq, smile from French President Chirac in him. “We are subjected kaos konfounded spelt with an Russia and the US had many common Evian on Sunday as the two leaders met to so many deceptions American disregard for lexico- for the first time since they locked Junta closes Suu Kyi’s offices interests. and illusions, there is no graphical accuracy. horns over the Iraq war. “It is precisely these things that en- need to impose supple- Yangon: The military gov- four people dead and another leges on Sunday,a day before able me to call President Bush my But both men observed an uneasy mentary ones,” he said. ernment closed offices of 50 injured in northern Myan- the start of a new semester. Passage to England friend, not only personally,because I do truce over US concerns about Russian The Dalai Lama, a Aung San Suu Kyi’s party mar on Friday. The junta said Saturday like him a lot, but as my counterpart aid to the nuclear program of Iran, vegetarian, said he pre- and ordered universities Top leaders of Suu Kyi’s that it had placed Suu Kyi Just weeks ago, Parminder Nagra, and the president of a friendly whom Bush has labeled part of an “axis ferred watching animal shut across Myanmar on National League for Democ- and 19 members of her party the sallow,football-fiend heroine of nation,” he said, earning a grin of evil” that also included Iraq and documentaries that Sunday after detaining racy party were being held into ‘‘protective custody’’ af- Bend it like Beckham, starred in an from Bush. North Korea. AFP “show true life,” and the pro-democracy leader, under house arrest in the ter Friday’s violence. updated Othello that featured asy- that he sometimes was sources said. capital, according to party Officials said she had been lum-seekers. Then there was Kittu afraid that in his next The crackdown followed a members. detained in Ye-U, a town near Gidwani starring in an Indian the- WMDs will be found: Blair life he would be reincar- violent clash between her Meanwhile, professors the scene of the violence, but atrical export to Blighty. The the- nated as an animal. AFP supporters and thousands of said they had been told to her exact whereabouts were atrical floodgates have apparently By Rashmee Z Ahmed minister Clare Short accused him of pro-junta protesters that left close universities and col- unknown. AP opened. Now, BBC journalist Per- TIMES NEWS NETWORK “duping” the nation and “misleading vaiz Alam has embarked on alto- world opinion” about WMD. A section of London: Tony Blair launched a mas- gether longer journey — up and the Sunday press is now claiming sive media damage limitation excerise down Britain — with his play, Sa- Britain’s most senior intelligence offi- far. Predictably, it’s all about mul- on Sunday to assure the world he had cer was forced to support Blair’s unsub- tiple and diverse passages to Eng- seen classified evidence that Saddam stantiated comments on Saddam as a land. Less obvious is Alam’s con- Hussein had weapons of mass destruc- threat to the world. clusion, notably that the exiles’ tion and Gulf War II was justified. But a defiant Blair challenged a omnipresent myth of return may But nearly two-thirds of Britain’s vot- doubting world on Sunday. In an inter- sometimes be exaggerated. Many ers believe Blair misled them, the first view with Sky TV, he said: “Those peo- are actually happy to wallow in of a damaging series of opinion polls re- ple who are sitting there saying: ‘Oh, it’s memories while living away from vealed on Sunday. Blair’s assurance all going to be proved to be a great big the Motherland. Reality bites. came after days of his government be- fib got out by the security services, ing accused of exaggerating claims that there will be no weapons of mass de- ● Rashmee Z Ahmed in London Baghdad had WMDs. struction’ — just wait, and have a little On Sunday, Blair’s former cabinet patience.”
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16 Monday,June 2, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi The Iraqi Challenge Perfect Host A THOUGHT FOR TODAY At 65, most people look forward to a well- to be a stumbling block? Coke, Burger & Democracy earned retirement rather than launch into a Entrepreneurship comes with its own Reservation is like a train compartment: Those new business. But not C K Krishnan Nair. hazards. One has to find one’s own solutions By K Subrahmanyam who are inside are always in conflict technological power. In all these spheres A textiles man all his life, he plunged into the to them. I would’ve set up a hotel at with those who want to get inside. the US must have a surfeit of power as hospitality business at that age. Seventeen Ansal Plaza in Delhi. I got land from the Finally,Washington has given up pretending against the rest of the world combined. — Anonymous years later,he is the proud owner of government for it when it was auctioned, that the Iraq war was about weapons of In addition, the US would be able to exercise mass destruction. Indeed, official American three world-class hotels, which are perhaps but I was not given permission to construct. its soft power — influence of its culture collectively worth over Rs 1,000 crore. Now I’m in the process of getting my money pronouncements now admit that Iraq is and way of life. the first step in redesigning the political Umesh Anand caught up with the back after all these years. Reserved Signs architecture of West Asia. The neo- According to this script, the US should be 82-year-old promoter of the Leela group Would you rather be known as a hotelier conservatives in the US seem convinced able to set up a democratic government in to find out the secret of his success. or as someone who has a Rs 400-crore Politicians can only offer job quotas this is necessary to ensure that this will Iraq in the next few months and withdraw its Excerpts from the interview: textile business? be the American century. Following the forces. The Americans were able to do this in That is difficult to say. The textiles but no actual jobs spectacular American military victory in West Germany and Japan. Iraq is therefore a What does the government need to do for the business has given us a lot, but the hotels laboratory to test whether this approach From competitive farce, reservations have been reduced to Iraq, veiled threats are being held out to hotel industry? have brought recognition and awards. The would work in West Asia. street-level tamasha. Affirmative action has a justified the rulers of Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia It should be thinking in terms of quadrup- Ultimate Service award which we received place in a democracy with its professed commitment to to mend their ways. Some US analysts The experience of the US and European ling room capacity. After almost 30 to 40 in Berlin this year is global recognition for promoting social equity. But to freely distribute the have drawn comparisons between the nations in the Balkans would indicate years, the ministry of finance under the our outstanding service. The two awards largesse of reservations, as the Congress and the BJP present confrontation between the US and that the transition from an authoritarian stewardship of Jaswant Singh has granted which have really made me happy, however, have been doing, is to stand the concept on its head. the West Asian regimes and the Cold War. to stable democratic framework would infrastructure status to the hotel industry. are the National Tourism Award, which Worse, increasingly, there are no jobs to be had. Take The US was able to win against the ‘evil take a significant time. When the British This in itself will give an immense fillip to was given to us for the seventh consecutive the BJP’s offer to include Muslims in reservations. empire’ and bring about regime changes decolonised they departed leaving behind a the industry. But we also need long-term year, and the Global 500 award. For all that they are grossly under-represented in in the former Soviet Union and Eastern democratic constitution for the colonies credit at concessional rates of interest — What does money mean to you? employment, Muslims are unlikely to jump at this sop. Europe. If that could be achieved in spite of except in South Asia. Most of the ex-colonies 3 to 4 per cent over 12 to 15 years. You can’t set You need money, but it is not everything. First, there’s the BJP’s image as a minority-baiting the military capabilities of the Soviet bloc, very soon slid back into authoritarian rule. up hotels by borrowing at 18 per cent. We It should be there, but it cannot be the party. Successive party presidents have urged Muslims the task of effecting changes in regimes in The Americans had to make deals with also need concessional leasing rates for only thing that matters. We, for instance, not to view the BJP with suspicion but to embrace West Asia should be comparatively easier. various Afghan warlords and persuade them building space for hotels and related tourism live together as a family — my sons, their it in a spirit of accommodation. Such fervent calls, Or so argue the neo-conservatives. to accept Hamid Karzai as the nominal head activities, wherever government and public wives and children. Beyond a point, what however, need to be matched by action on the ground, They are encouraged in this view by of Afghanistan even while they conceded sector land is involved. do we really need? Hardly anything. authoritarian powers to the warlords. While which, as Gujarat-2002 demonstrated only too graphically, the poor performance of the Iraqi armed As the hotel industry’s challenges become You are a first gene-ration entrepreneur.Have there has been a regime change at the top is far from being the case. Secondly, what is being forces and the near-total absence of any mass more complex, what you known poverty? in Kabul there has been no attempted here is a communal quota, an idea that is upsurge in the Islamic world. do Indian hoteliers I came from an change in the culture of bound to be opposed by the BJP’s own affiliates, including There were more popular need to do to stay agricultural family. governance in Afghanistan. most importantly the RSS. demonstrations in Europe competitive globally? Q&A My father was a poor In Iraq, too, there are no What reduces the exercise to a huge mockery is the and North America against To stay globally farmer in Kerala. signs of early formation of a To stay globally sharp drop in public sector employment: Where, indeed, the war than in the Islamic competitive, the ho- It was a matter of representative government. competitive, manage- are the jobs that parties are vying with each other world. France, Germany and tel industry should coincidence that I Iraq has Shias in a majority, ment control in the to distribute? By the government’s own admission, we Russia, which vehemently be run by Indians went to pick up a and minorities of Sunnis, Indian hotel industry are facing the worst job situation in years. According to opposed the war, finally came themselves. Manage- bottle of pickle from Kurds and Turkomans. The should stay with the latest National Sample Survey (NSS) findings, the around and lent their support ment control should V P Menon’s home. long-suppressed Shias and Indians... Because rate of growth of employment for India as a whole has to US-UK resolution 1483 in stay with Indians. My mother had sent Kurds are determined to have most collaborations are fallen from 2.7 per cent per year during 1983-94 to 1.07 per the Security Council, and This is because most the pickle for me. thereby, for the first time their voices heard in the new hugely biased in favour cent per year during 1994-2000. The figures are starker collaborations are of foreign partners. It was a chance Iraqi dispensation. Before the Udayshankar still for the public sector where the decline is from 1.52 conferred UN legitimacy on hugely biased in meeting. But he war started, the US chief of army staff per cent for 1983-94 to –0.03 per cent for 1994-2000. A the occupation of a member of the UN by favour of foreign became my patron General Shinseki told the Congress that it labour ministry document attributes the decrease to a coalition of powers headed by the US. partners. Marketing arrangements with and treated me like a son. I owe much to would take two years and the presence of “the ban on recruitment in many state departments/ The terrorist attacks in Riyadh and international chains are okay, but manage- him. For the rest, it was my own hard 2,00,000 US troops to stabilise Iraq. He was institutions as part of the economic drive to reduce Casablanca may not necessarily have a ment control should not change hands. We work and the ability to seize opportunity. government expenditure.” In other words, the BJP — and chastised for expressing such views. It is causal relationship with war on Iraq. Such have seen that most agreements tie down You were in the army for a while. the Congress — are building mammoth castles in the quite possible he may be proved right. attacks by the Al-Qaida and its associated Indian entrepreneurs for far too long. Yes. But after five years, I left and air in the name of reservations. Perhaps the time has While the US has not paid adequate organisations are to be expected in various This siphons off profits and leaves nothing joined my wife’s family in their handlooms come to shift the emphasis of affirmative action from attention to Afghanistan’s stabilisation, it parts of the world, including the US itself, so for expansion and debt servicing. business. I helped set up the handloom quota to market participation. Significantly, the idea cannot afford to adopt an equally cavalier long as the war on terrorism is not brought Hotels also need to come together as an development board, which has done much of democratisation of capital was mooted by Dalit attitude towards Iraq since this region to a successful conclusion. Clearly, this is industry and make sure their needs are to boost the handloom sector through leaders and intellectuals at a conclave in Bhopal a involves oil. Therefore, the neocons in what motivates the neo-conservatives to addressed by the government. For this we modernisation of machinery and better while ago. Promotion of supplier diversity may well be Washington may learn that assertion of US press on with their agenda of carrying out now have the Hotel Association of India, marketing. Today, we have eight units the alternative to jobs that are simply not there. dominance over the world cannot be only regime changes in West Asia with coercive which is a platform for hotels only.It does not in Karnataka and two in China. Besides, we through winning military campaigns with diplomacy to the extent possible, and use of confuse big hotels, whose requirements are have stores and a brand name in the US. force if and where necessary. smart weapons. Further that democracy can- very special, with restaurants. Where do you see India five years from now? Whether they will be able to go ahead with not be introduced like coke and hamburgers. Companies Bill says directors Leela has become a brand to reckon with in a their plan will to a large extent depend upon Meanwhile, US troops in Iraq are subjected I see much development taking place very short time. What has been your mantra? must retire at 75 what happens in Iraq in the next year or two. to attacks by local population who resent and the Indian market growing rapidly. There is a strong US view that Americans the American presence. Uncompromising attention to quality and We need to prepare for this and VIEW are not classical imperialists who will keep Occupying, stabilising and democratising service. Our hotels are constructed with simultaneously speed up the process of territories under their physical occupation. a developing country not used to representa- the help of the best available international growth. To my mind, education and the This is perhaps true. Which is why it is tive governance and belonging to a different expertise in architecture, engineering and empowerment of women are the two most important to understand that the neo- civilisation is a new experience to the sole planning. We don’t believe in cutting important things. Wisdom is Knowing conservative plan for the American century superpower. The strategy and methodology corners. And yet our hospitality and mana- In an uncompromising way, India does not envisage occupation of other coun- for this cannot be worked out in the Penta- gerial skills are homegrown. Our mantra, must show the world that it can treat When to Quit tries and subjugation of other populations. gon. The credibility of the neo-conservative first and foremost, is: Atithi devo bhava. women as equals in all walks of life. What is being planned here is domination plan to effect regime changes will depend In addition, we add value to the money Woman power will revolutionise India eware of people who tell you they’ve had 40 years over the rest of the international commu- upon how successful the US is in stabilising spent by our guests. by driving out corruption, injustice and Bof experience of doing their job. Chances are, nity through military, economic and and democratising Iraq. How often have you found the government the lack of hygiene. they’ve had one year of experience, repeated 39 times. The real problem about age is not that people grow older, it is that in many cases they refuse to shed old ways of thought and action. In today’s world, Enter the Temple particularly in a country like India, with its youthful Crowning Glory population, such speed-breakers can only be an By Noel Lobo obstacle to progress. More than ever, we need new murmur at first light? and the diminutive man Of Inner Beauty Too early surely for next to her scorned the use minds and new ways of thought to solve the The murmur resembled, in any of the crowned and un- of an umbrella against the Creatures Great & Small complex new problems that the environment keeps a fanciful way, a small By Shahnaz Husain crowned heads to emerge rain. Noel Coward, asked throwing up at us. Today, nothing fails more than avalanche in its speed and A beautiful woman is one about tranquillity. Remem- The charger, whirling from Westminster Abbey. who was the gentleman, already accomplished success, and nothing succeeds roar as it swept along who values herself physi- ber, silence and tranquillity up the dust, does not more than a hungry aspiration for achievement. Then the cries of the is supposed to have said: cally, mentally, emotionally already exist within you. reach them, the ranks. It came from newspaper boys told all: ‘‘He is her lunch’’. He was Yesterday’s hero is today’s has-been. And he’s Admiralty Arch to our left, and spiritually. Beauty is You just have to discover it. they never make probably standing in the way of someone leaner, ‘‘Read all about it. Everest Pandit Nehru. the total impact of all these Relaxing your body and mind their way to the growing in volume as it got conquered.’’ A pity I did Our own lunch that meaner and keener than he. It is not just technological aspects. Mind and body are helps in the endeavour. slaughtering stool, to us at the Duke of York not keep that historic issue memorable day was at the change or whimsical fashion that places the inter-related; the state of one Breathing helps. You do The cows of the steps, hurtling along, up of The Times with the Chinese restaurant over- emphasis on youth. Today, the entire concept of a reflects on the other. not need to adopt a yogic worshipping man the Mall all the way of Kathmandu despatches — looking Piccadilly Circus. working career has been completely transformed Yet another dimension is posture. You may sit in a roam about Buckingham Palace. held over so as to coincide Pubs were allowed to stay at the high end of the market. the soul, the inner beauty. It comfortable chair.Close your over the widespread Our final exams over and with the coronation — from open as long as they Whether you’re a pop icon, a software wizard, is more a part of us than eyes and begin breathing, pastures, free from done with. Tony Hart John Morris. wished; the crowds were in a financial arbitrageur, or an advertising creative mere body and mind; it is in- slowly and with ease. Allow all danger... invited three of us to Twenty years later I was a festive mood as we min- director, you’re only too aware that you have a short destructible. Beauty includes your mind to follow your Ye cows, you fatten drive down to London for to meet one of the two he- gled with them on the way and extremely intense working life before the inner beauty. To be a breathing as you inhale and the emaciated, the coronation on the roes. Tenzing Norgay was to Dirty Dick’s. A few pints inevitable burnout. So, the idea is to make your complete person, you have exhale. You can continue and you make the morrow. We arrived in the always stylishly dressed — of beer later we were on our bucks and your mark as fast and furiously as you afternoon of the first day of to work on not only your breathing this way for unlovely look beautiful, I remember a Tyrolean out- way back to Cambridge, external beauty; you have two minutes, normally and can, and then lie back in a hammock in Hawaii, June 1953 and joined the Make our house happy, fit — whenever he came up happy to have witnessed to develop your inner easily, focusing your atten- or on your personal yacht in the Caribbean, and crowd already three deep you with the hill to St Paul’s school the event; and having been beauty also. tion on your breath. If leisurely enjoy the fruits of your labours. Renouncing on the pavement. pleasant lowings, in Darjeeling. And he came among the first to hear the When we look around you begin to feel relaxed, the workaday world and taking sanyas are part I cannot recall the your power is glorified up quite often to visit his dramatic news of Everest us, we find that all creation continue for another few of the Indian tradition. Henry Ford almost wrecked passage of the hours till three sons, two grandsons having been climbed (never in our assemblies. his mega corp by staying on too long in the is filled with the beauty minutes. You will notice May you have many dawn broke except for and his eldest daughter say conquered). of the soul. Look at the that your mind and body saddle. Many Indian companies have faced similar the general bonhomie who was a matron. As a final touch to this calves, graze on pastures problems of their founders staying on too late colours of nature and see have relaxed — and you and drink pure water around us and the intermit- One memory of that Everest cameo, Tony Hart how the different greens may even find that your and too long. If wisdom is supposed to come with tent drizzle. These were coronation 50 years ago is who gifted me this once at drinking places; age, surely the final wisdom is to know when blend together. Look at mind is much quieter. May not the thief only to be expected in the queen of Tonga, a in a lifetime opportunity, the setting sun — how the Focus your attention on to quit gracefully, and not to hang around till that blessed isle; but what Junoesque figure, being settled in New Zealand master you, nor the one is shown the door. different hues of orange, breathing, pushing away wicked, and may the on earth was the cause of driven past us to the palace where he grew kiwi fruit yellow and red blend in all other thoughts away the unexpected rippling in an open carriage. She for many years. darts of the fierce Lord harmony. So too a harmo- for a few minutes. leave you aside. COUNTERVIEW nious combina- Breathing exer- CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS tion of body,mind cises and medita- Rig Veda 6.28.4,6,7 and soul makes tion are like put- ✥ Age can be an Asset, Bank Bungle Senegalese embassy,is yet another incident us more complete ting on make-up. One should not injure, involving the representatives of foreign and at peace. You have to keep subjugate, enslave, With reference to your news story,‘Bank states, whose conduct is anything but When I talk of improving upon torture, or kill any Not a Liability asked to pay up for overcharging’ (May 26), I diplomatic. It appears that the immunity the soul or the your skill. As animal, living being, feel that your newspaper has done a service ou’re only as old, or as young, as you’re extended to them, with the aim of ensuring spiritual aspect, I you practice your organism, or sentient to the public by exposing Citibank which bold enough to be. This is why the proposal to that the work of the official mission is not refer to the inner conscious breath- being. This doctrine Y has become notorious amongst small cus- forcibly retire company directors, who otherwise hampered by the local laws, is being mis- self and its dis- THE ing everyday, you of non-violence is tomers for its high-handed ways. Important- are perfectly competent to do their jobs, when they used to indulge in unlawful behaviour. What covery. When you will get better immaculate, immutable, ly,it also shows that a vigilant customer can reach 75 is not a good idea. It is one of the more is also shocking is that there was no word find it, you will SPEAKING with it, find relax- and eternal. Just as obtain remedy.This is a lesson to all cus- obvious ironies of Indian political life that while of regret or apology from the Senegalese also discover that ation, calm and suffering is painful to tomers who have been affected in some way ambassador, whose son was involved in the TREE we have one of the youngest electorates in the inner beauty is peace. To go you, in the same way it or the other in the past and suffered quietly. world, we also have the oldest netas of any democracy. incident. One way of handling all such far more impressive than deeper into pranayama, it There are instances of Citibank charging a is painful, disquieting, Not a few of our leaders are into their 80s, and cases in future would be for New Delhi to external beauty. Then you is best to learn it from a customer automatically for a service it is and terrifying to all the average age profile makes a mere 55-year-old declare such persons as persona non grata, will find that make-up, qualified teacher. Swami extending and asking those not wishing to animals, living beings, look like a stripling in comparison. However, and request the respective governments to grooming, clothes, jewellery, Vivekananda has said, “The take the service to call up the bank and in- organisms, and when charged with hanging on to office for too recall their erring representatives. and etiquette are all superfi- science of breathing is the form it accordingly.It has also been known sentient beings. long, our never-say-die netas are likely to reply that — Navneet Dhawan, New Delhi cial. In fact, there is no need working through the body to charge the credit card customer’s renewal Acarangasutra 4.25-26 like good wine, political sapiency improves with for these. Your inner beauty to reach the mind.” fees prematurely.The bank, and other com- ✥ maturity. But if this is true of the political world, Right Step is actually the foundation When you have practised panies, need to remember that technological why shouldn’t it be equally valid for the corporate I would like to congratulate the PM on his of your personality and breathing and meditation for We have enslaved the advancement alone will be of little avail realm? Ours is simultaneously a society in swift bold step to resume talks with Pakistan, and external beauty. In fact, the some time, your mind will rest of the animal unless they build and nurture relationships and often bewildering transition which yet to restore ties between the two countries discovery of the inner self is become much more alert and creation, and have with the customer. In the end, they only retains a growing desire for the ballast of once again. It’s a good opportunity for in itself a kind of empower- clear. You will have more treated our distant hurt themselves through such practices. tradition. Which only age-old experience can bring Pakistan to forget mutual differences and ment. Inner beauty creates physical and mental energy. cousins in fur and to the table. — Anil Kalaga, Gurgaon to come together with India for a new era of harmony; it balances the Your dealings with people feathers so badly that Thanks to dramatic advancements in healthcare, peace and prosperity.Indeed, the PM has inner and the outer self. improve. As your perspec- beyond doubt, if they and social perceptions regarding age, yesterday’s Immunity Imbroglio proved his political mettle. Pakistan must Beyond the cacophony of tives change, you begin to were able to formulate old folk are today’s ‘more mature’ citizens. In fact, The death of the driver employed by the not drag in Kashmir, this time round, to the mind, there is a silence look at problems and issues a religion, they would in America, where life management experts are scuttle the talks. After years of bloodshed, within which is the key to the differently,with more clarity depict the Devil in already predicting a brave new world where hitting a give peace a chance to return to the Valley. self, harmony and peace. and less ego. You will become human form. From timesofindia.com more calm, regardless of century will be the norm rather than the exception, — Sahahuddin Katihari, Darul Uloom, Ancient Indian sages advo- William R Inge circumstances. Indeed, medi- there is radical rethinking on how to harness the Deoband cated yoga, pranayama and ✥ economic and creative energy of those of advanced Flying Colours meditation to find this inner tation is the way to the Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page fountain of youth and it is Animals are such age. 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Regional cooperation Street sale Supporting the poor Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Chinese retailers are Ghulam Nabi Farahi, deputy trade Koizumi (right) and Hu Jintao, the moving out of the stores minister of Afghanistan, is attending new president of China, are trying to and selling goods outdoor a meeting of ministers from some of promote economic cooperation and to attract consumers who the world’s poorest nations in finding ways to contain the deadly are still nervous to enter Bangladesh to thrash out a unified outbreak of SARS malls due to SARS scare position on trade concessions
MONDAY FACEOFF PM to discuss developing economies at G-8 Penning a new AFP Evian: Prime minister Atal peacefully. velopment, the need for busi- Bihari Vajpayee on Sunday The meet assumes signifi- ness corporations to display a take-off plan joined world’s most powerful cance in the context of the up- spirit of responsibility in the leaders here for an informal coming ministerial meeting of financial, social, environmen- Peter Lethi took over as G-8 summit to discuss issues the WTO in Mexico which will tal and ethical spheres. COO of Jet Airways early relating to less-developed and carry forward the recommen- Chirac says G8 is not the last month. And, industry developing countries, the fight dations of the ministerial world’s management board thinks Peter is stepping on against international terror- meeting in Doha. and its purpose is to provide a runway of roses, like his ism and ways to shore up a The Prime Minister is ex- momentum and its activities earlier experience with the fragile global economy. pected to voice the aspirations must be carried out in the con- Swiss Airline. However,Pe- The summit is organised by of the developing world as re- text of the international insti- ter disagreed and told the French president Jacques flected by the views expressed tutions and a wider dialogue. Peter Lethi Byas Anand that this as- Chirac ahead of the two-day in fora like G-77 and NAM for a His objective was to discuss signment is more challenging compared to conference of the eight indus- legitimate share for the devel- how globalisation could be any in the past. trialised nations. oping and the LDCs through made to benefit all and pro- What will be your strategy? And, tens of thousands of increased access to develop- posed to address the theme of We are in the process of preparing a busi- anti-globalisation activists ment funds and protection “responsibility” by addressing ness plan aimed at helping the airline prepared to disrupt the sum- against protectionist meas- the question of indebtedness grow in terms of reach and marketshare, mit of the world’s richest na- ures of the developed West in of middle income countries by by optimising operations like drop things tions here. To counter the matters like agriculture. invoking the responsibility of that are redundant and have a clean base. threat, some 25,000 police and France, which is holding the industrialised nations for Organisation should have a strong struc- military personnel have been G8 presidency for the fifth ensuring development. ture with a clear decision-making process to keep us ahead of competition. deployed in Evian and just time, has outlined four broad And, the protestors were air- What will be the basis of identifying the re- across the Swiss border in conceptual themes as priority ing a multitude of grievances dundant areas? Geneva to try to ensure the like solidarity with emphasis against the world’s invitation- It will not necessarily be the ones that are high-profile summit passes off on partnerhsip for Africa’s de- Tens of thousands of anti-globalisation activists joined cross-border protests against G-8 summit. only rich club. Agencies not making profits butstreamlining the operations to make things move faster. It’s something I have done in the past. We are still in the planning stages with the ONGC credit to business plan. To give a few examples, to- Govt mulls ADR for MUL Pathak is India’s day Jet has full-fledged departments for everything and have units that function By Byas Anand HPL under probe very well individually. We will look at TIMES NEWS NETWORK Looking ahead with ambitious plan harmonising them and avoid duplication face at Cannes By Sanjay Dutta New Delhi: Maruti is going of duties. •ADR issue will depend on TIMES NEWS NETWORK global again. Close on the the condition of the global TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bombay will sponsor Pathak, Will there be downsizing of workforce? heels of having bagged its markets who gets an all expense paid New Delhi: The oil ministry is in a knot No. The idea is to increase productivity parent Suzuki’s nod to start Mumbai: It was a close fight over the helping hand extended by two of its with the existing workforce. We do not in- Objective is to broadbase seven-day trip to the Cannes exports to the southeast • to the finish and at the end of flagship firms to the ailing Haldia Petro- tend to give a golden handshake to the the shareholding Advertising Festival as well Asian markets on its own, four rounds, Ashish Ra- as the Cannes Lions BA chemicals Ltd (HPL), even as the TCG (The employees but then it all depends on the Maruti Udyog is now ready- •Offers size of Maruti IPO jyawardhan Pathak was the Scholarship involving one Chatterjee Group)-promoted venture is kind of importance that particular staff ing for an international list- might be hiked chosen one. Pathak has been week of training under dragging its feet on clearing dues to anoth- has and if they can be redployed some- ing. The government is con- selected by The Times Group, Michael Conrad, the former er Navaratna. where else. Floor price of of Rs 115 per templating an ADR issue • the official representative of Worldwide chief creative of- At a meeting convened by oil minister Why is Jet now in favour of discounts? Osamu Suzuki share can be hiked with the country’s largest car Cannes Lions in India, along ficer of Leo Burnett. Ram Naik last week to scrutinise GAIL In- The market’s changed and demand is not maker in its second round of with The Advertisisng Club, The Advertising Club, dia’s recent product swap deal with HPL, a growing. We have to diversify clientele sell-off, slated for next year. ADR issue is among the ny’s strong financial per- Bombay, as the only Indian Bombay had invited the ap- top ministry official questioned the deci- and find new markets. The Apex and Su- According to banking plans being considered, “but formance. Though banking participant in the prestigious plications from student in sion of ONGC to extend credit line to HPL per-Apex fares are just aimed at that. sources, who are managing nothing has been finalised as sources stated that the offer Cannes Lions Academy May first week of Applied for supplying naphtha. How much of it is driven by competition? the firm’s IPO set to open on yet. Our idea is to broadbase price can be hiked to any- workshop for students. Commercial Art Course, ONGC has offered HPL to supply 60,000 You always have to watch competition. June 12, the final decision on the shareholding in Maruti where between Rs 125-140, As the Lions turn a glori- BMM, B.Com (vocational ad- tonnes of naphtha worth about Rs 60 crore The customer looks at what’s there for the ADR issue would depend as much as possible and al- the government officials said ous fifty,the Cannes Lions In- vertising) and Fine Arts De- on a three-month credit. him and Jet will lose everything if we do on the state of the interna- low the general public to own such a move was unlikely. ternational Advertising Fes- gree Courses. The contest re- The official pointed out that HPL was yet not react. And we have no intention of do- tional markets a year from Maruti shares.” Even at the floor price of tival has introduced a ‘Lions ceived several entries. The to clear Rs 300 crore dues for naphtha ing that. We do have a premium service now. With that intent, the gov- Rs 115, 7.2 crore shares put on Academy’ as a part of the participants then had to take bought from IOC over a year ago. The image and our clients also want that lev- “They (government) are ernment, he said, may also the block would fetch the gov- Festival’s 50th Anniversary an hour-long written test on ONGC move, soon after GAIL’s product el of service, and the fact remains that de- exploring three options now: look at hiking the offer size ernment about Rs 830 crore. celebrations. This Academy the topic ‘Print Ad to launch swap deal and a promise to pump Rs 200 spite these lower fares, we are not com- either to exit Maruti four in Maruti’s initial offering it- The offer is being made will provide a one-week a 24-hour news channel (Eng- crore for minority stake, will give HPL lee- promising on the service. months after the IPO by ne- training and educational pro- self. “We have the option to through a 100 per cent book lish) Language to be aired all way to delay in financial recast. Will Jet plan a low-cost no-frills airline gotiating a deal with Suzuki, sell another 10 per cent hold- building route, where upto 60 gramme to the best students over India’. IOC started supplying naphtha to HPL with its ATR fleet? launch another public offer ing in Maruti in case of over- per cent would be offered to from all over the world, who These creatives were as- only for cash after two cheques for Rs 37.31 A no-frill airline can only succeed on an after the mandatory one-year subscription. A final deci- institutional buyers. At least are already studying adver- sessed by Creative Directors crore bounced in October-November 2001. intensive traffic route, and the passen- lock-in period or seek an sion on this would also be 15 per cent of the offer would tising, marketing, communi- of three top advertising agen- Though HPL had revalidated those cheques, gers using such airlines do not care about ADR issue after the lock-in taken only after the IPO is be given to wholesale bidders cation or design. cies. Ten students were then it had requested IOC to delay encashment. the on-board service. They, in fact, buy a period. A lot will depend on launched,” Narad added. and 25 per cent to retail bid- In a one-week training pro- short-listed for round two of The meeting also questioned GAIL’s prod- drink before boarding. If India goes that the success of this issue,” the Meanwhile, the govern- ders. Individual investors gramme at the Festival, stu- group discussions. The con- uct swap deal with HPL. The ministry has way,I’ll be surprised because Indians are sources added. ment also has the option of can buy a minimum of 100 dents will be a part of an in- testants were then reduced to asked GAIL chairman Proshanto Banerjee the most service conscious and demand- Naresh Narad, secretary, hiking the offer price from shares. The roadshows were tense programme of semi- four finalists who all had to to explain how the deal is revenue-neutral ing people. But we have to strike a healthy department of heavy indus- the floor value of Rs 115 a flagged off in Mumbai and nars, ad viewing and tutori- face interviews conducted by and does not benefit HPL. It feels that the balance somewhere. tries, confirmed that the share, in view of the compa- New Delhi late last week. als. The Advertising Club, a panel. difference in freight rates may benefit HPL. EXECUTIVE DIGEST Spiced ham to spam: Net Anil Ambani elected NATIONAL safety council chairman: Reliance Industries vice chair- Fiscal opens with 8.7% man Anil Ambani has been kicks off a new lifestyle rise in exports: India’s ex- INC elected as the chairman of ports grew 8.71 per cent to $ the National Safety Council, By Tom Zeller 4.34 billion in April, the first constituted by the labour min- n 1937, an Austin-based month of the current fiscal, Topsy-turvy: istry. Ambani would hold the company called Hormel from $ 3.99 billion in the pre- Ratan Tata’s Tata office of NSC chairman for I Foods held a contest. vious corresponding period. group had mixed three years with effect from Hormel’s Spiced Ham, it The growth came despite fortunes last week. May 23, according to a recent seems, needed a new name While VSNL lost negative factors like the Iraq government notification. NSC, something “as distinctive as about 40% profits in war and SARS. Imports set up as an autonomous the taste,” the company’s of- jumped 39.44 per cent to $ the new ISD busi- body by ministry of labour in ness, there was ficial history goes. 5.86 billion in April 2003 from 1966, was aimed at generat- The winner was one Ken- $ 4.21 billion a year ago. Ac- comfort from Telco, ing, developing and sustain- neth Daigneau, a Broadway cording to provisional foreign which was back in ing a voluntary movement on trade data, trade deficit for the black, and Tisco health, safety and environ- actor and, ahem, brother to a Hormel executive. He took April 2003 was estimated at $ multiplying its profits. ment at the national level. PTI 1.52 billion, which is higher home $100 and gave the world than the deficit of $ 212.55 IT-enabled services Spam. exports grow 44%: Not- million last year. PTI Sixty years later, Hormel For a smooth sale: Suzuki chief Osamu CAS on time: withstanding the proposed was trying to prevent the TCS to set up Linux Lab The government cut Suzuki drove into India to flagoff Maruti’s ban on outsourcing by some name of its product from in Delhi: Software major duties on set-top American states, IT-enabled Rs 830 crore IPO, billed as the largest in leaking into the popular lexi- Tata Consultancy Services is boxes to ensure that services exports from India recent years. Maruti is revving up with con as a label for, of all planning to set up a centre of high-profile roadshows, TV ads, a record TV viewers get the have grown 44 per cent in things, electronic junk mail. excellence Linux laboratory in turnaround and dividend. gadgets at cheaper 2002-03 over the previous its Delhi facility where it will rates and on time. year figures and were forecast In a 1997 letter, Hormel de- showcase Linux-installed ma- Information and to touch Rs 72,900 crore by manded that Sanford Wal- chines to demonstrate the ca- broadcasting minister 2008, ESC said on Sunday. lace, who ran a huge bulk e- pability of open source soft- RS Prasad, however, Export of ITES have gone up mailing business under do- ware. IBM and Computer As- still needs to sort a to Rs 10,500 crore in 2002-03 main names like Hormel is seeking to protect its brand Spam from net firms sociates are already on board few things before from Rs 7,300 crore in the spamford.com and spam- for the lab and it will be oper- stakeholders take previous year, it said in a ford.net, “cease and desist So how did Daigneau’s Foundation. ational in July this year, Gau- the plunge. statement. The ratio of rev- from all further use of the catchy contest-winning Which is probably why the tam Shroff, head, architecture enue from ITES exports to trademark Spam.” name, six decades later, come comedy writers of Monty and technology practice, the total IT exports is going “You can more responsibly to be invoked in Congress? Python created a TV sketch TCS, said. PTI up, it added. PTI refer to your business as bulk The haphazard, organic in 1970 that hinged on repeti- e-mail or by similar long- spread of the Internet makes tion of the word: “What you lows the company to reach its crucial account, and analysts Media Group for 80 million standing terminology,” the it difficult to trace things pre- got?” a restaurant customer INTERNATIONAL overall labour cost reduction say a list of possible bidders yuan ($9.6 million). “As a re- letter said. cisely. As early electronic asks. “Well,” the waitress re- target and continue to re- would have France’s Publicis sult of the emergence of more The spammer was un- bulletin board systems and sponds, “there’s egg and ba- Air Canada pilots agree structure under creditor pro- near the top, with WPP and foreign satellite channels, Sun moved. “If your client objects chat networks merged and con; egg, sausage and bacon; to cost-cutting deal: Air tection. No details of the U.S. advertising group Omni- TV needs an allia-nce to bol- to the use of ‘spam’ to refer to overlapped, their cliquish egg and Spam; egg, bacon Canada’s 3,400 pilots agreed agreement were disclosed. com further down. Reports ster its programm-ing, capital my client’s business,” Wal- slang mingled along the way, and Spam; egg, bacon, on Sunday to a cost-cutting Air-Canada has said it needs have also linked U.S. hedge and advertising,” chairwoman lace’s lawyers responded, creating a lexicon that the sausage and Spam; and so deal crucial to the insolvent to cut C$770 million ($560 fund Cerebrus Capital Man- Yang Lan said. Reuters “it’s far too late to change the mainstream now takes as forth. airline’s survival, only hours million) from its annual labour agement with a possible vocabulary of 25 million In- route. Some creative sorts By the mid-to late 1980’s, before a judge was to impose costs and lay off 10,000 of its takeover of Cordiant. Reuters ternet users.” have suggested that net spam the fan base of Monty Python a settlement that could have ET INSTA POLL 40,000 employees. Reuters Today, spamford.net and is actually an acronym, for and those who frequented grounded the country’s Sun Media sells 70% Yesterday’s results: Will big spamford.com are gone, but something like Simultaneous emerging chat networks largest airline. Air Canada WPP casts eyes over stake in TV unit: China-fo- budget Hindi movies work in the lawyers were right. The Posting and Mailing, or, with called MUDs (for multi-user said the pilots agreement al- UK’s Cordiant: WPP Group cused broadcaster Sun Media India anymore? term like junk e-mail is more of a wink, Send Phe- dungeons) had sufficiently Plc, one of the world’s largest International Gas Union Group said on Sunday it has Yes 32% No 56% Can’t say 12% everywhere, including on the nomenal Amounts of Mail. merged. “We’re not talking advertising firms, has joined a president Hiroshi Urano agreed to sell a majority stake • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users But most Internet folklorists about people who were out speaking at the opening cer- who chose to participate, and not necessarily of lips of legislators. In the last group of potential bidders for in its TV unit to a mainland the general public. point to Monty Python. kayaking in their free time,” smaller British rival Cordiant emony of the five-day 22nd production firm in a bid to two months, three separate Today’s question: Are Indian “First of all, people actual- said Joel K Furr, one of those Communications Plc, British World Gas Conference in boost its competitiveness in anti-spam bills, including the techies’ visa problems being ly like the word,” said Brad early non-kayakers and now Sunday newspapers reported. Tokyo on Sunday. It is being China. The firm would sell a exaggerated? RID Spam Act submitted two Templeton, the chairman of a technical trainer for IDX Cordiant saw its share price attended by about 4,800 par- 70 per cent stake in its satel- To vote, log on to weeks ago, have been intro- the Electronic Frontier Systems. NYT News Service plunge in April after it lost a ticipants from 72 economies. lite TV unit, Sun TV, to Stellar http://economictimes.indiatimes.com duced in Congress.
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18 Monday,June 2, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi IOC-RIL pact for product offtake New Delhi: State-run Indian Oil Corporation on Sunday said India Inc bullish: CII it would lift petroleum products from the Jamnagar refinery TIMES NEWS NETWORK 66 per cent said they were ex- of Reliance Industries for sale through its retail network till Confidence vote pecting demand, in volume March 2009 as per agreements with the private sector refiner. New Delhi: India Inc is bull- terms, to increase in next six “We have signed two sets of agreements with RIL and will ish on the improvement of •GDP will grow at 5-6% months. honour both of them. We will lift RIL products for sale business prospects in the In the past six months, 15 through our retail network for the entire agreement period •Export performance next six months, reflecting per cent realised lower val- (ending March 2009),” IOC chairman M S Ramachandran will remain same moderate confidence in the ues for their exports in rupee said. RIL, which at present does not have a retail network, had economy, according to the •Rupee correctly valued terms. Over 17 per cent fore- in March 2002 signed a 2-year agreement with IOC, BPCL and CII’s business confidence in- see a decline in the value of HPCL for selling its 13.1 million tonne produce annually. PTI dex. The survey, conducted •Power situation is the exports in rupee terms in the after the Iraq war, relates to most vexing problem next six months. the actual performance of Majority of respondents the industry during October indicates strong positive con- (58 per cent) felt that the ex- 2002 and March 2003 and fore- fidence. The survey gathered change rate over the last six cast for April and September responses from 186 member months was correctly val- 2003. companies across a spectrum ued. Those (20 per cent) who Titled “CII business confi- of industries, covering pub- opined that the rupee was not dence index for April-Sep- lic and private sectors. valued correctly said the cur- tember 2003 - a weighted ag- Majority of respondents rency should be valued gregate of the current situa- felt GDP growth would range against the $ at Rs 42-45. tion index and the expecta- between 5-6 per cent while 26 Only a small percentage of tion index”, the survey per cent felt growth would ex- firms are expected to witness notched up 61.6 points. ceed 6 per cent. Over 91 per a decline in profits while 40 Respondents were asked to cent of the respondents en- per cent are expected to expe- rate the current and expected visaged a growth in produc- rience no change in their bot- performance on a scale of 0 tion. On the export front, the tomlines. Power situation to 100. A score of above 50 in- survey noted performance was rated as the most vexing dicates positive confidence would be similar to that seen problem for industry with a while a score above 75 points in the last six months. About rating of 1.8 on a scale of 1-6. Should finance ministry shoot its mouth off? By J Mulraj ad it happened in a private company, H there would have been a clamour for investiga- tion. On May 29, Bloomberg quoted a statement from a spokesperson in the finance ministry to the effect that the government would not be seeking market related prices when public sector banks returned excess capi- tal to them. Those fortunate enough to have a Bloomberg terminal and smart enough to transact, witnessed a spurt in price on high volumes in several bank counters. Inci- dentally, the price sensitive information appeared during market hours. Two days later, another statement (issued af- ter Friday closing; the impact of which would be felt only on Monday) stated that the government would, in fact, ask for market prices. This incident raises quite a few is- sues. One relates to market sen- sitive information, at least for the larger companies, in- cluding declaration of re- sults and earnings guidance. It would be worth consider- ing a move to declare results, at least of the larger compa- nies, on a Saturday morning, when global markets are closed. In fact, the corporate sector should do this suo moto, in the interest of trans- parency. Other price sensi- tive news, whether released by companies or by officials, should be after market hours, so that no investor is disad- vantaged. A few years ago, the gov- ernment had pumped in ex- tra capital to recapitalise public sector banks which fell short of the norms re- quired by the Basle accord. This was done without any cash outflow; the govern- ment issued 10 per cent Re- capitalisation bonds to the banks, and took equity capi- tal of equal value in ex- change. Subsequently, the banks performed well and their capital adequacy ratios are healthy (e.g. Corporation Bank 18.5 per cent, Oriental Bank of Commerce 14.0 and Bank of Baroda 12.6). During the past two years, some banks returned capital, at a price which took into consideration both the inter- est earned by the bank at 10 per cent and the dividend paid out by them. This for- mula still persists; why,then, was the statement issued that the government seeks mar- ket prices? India 2nd best exotic tourist spot: Survey Bangkok: India has been listed as the second best “exotic tourist des- tination” that people would like to visit, ac- cording to a recent sur- vey. The country also ranked third amongst the nations truly repre- senting Asia, the survey conducted by Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern Uni- versity in the US and Sasin School of Busi- ness Administration of Thailand, said. Thailand topped the list of “exotic” holiday spots followed by India, China and Egypt, it said. Thailand was the only Asian country, ranked at third position, among top 10 tourist destina- tions in the world as the first places that came to people’s mind, said the survey. Agencies
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VSNL IPLC volumes tripple in FY03: Videsh Sanchar Nigam SBI networks ATMs: SBI has completed the networking of Ltd’s (VSNL) Internet private leaseline circuit (IPLC) bookings trippled 1,600 ATMs of the State Bank group comprising SBI and its sev- in the financial year ended March 31, 2003, with data traffic account- en associates. The facility becomes operative Sunday. The group ing for over 25 per cent of its revenue. The Internet private leaseline ATM network, available free of charge to its customers, covers circuit segment has grown significantly during the fiscal, due to an more than 460 cities across the country, it said. PTI Dossier fuels speculation increase in call centre operations and software developments in In- dia, apart from the country becoming a back office for outsourcing operations”, VSNL head for corporate business VS Shridhar said on Sunday. The Tata group firm’s 64 Kbps equivalent IPLC circuit on sale of Fayed’s Harrods bookings grew to 35,712 circuits in the fiscal 2003. PTI By William Lewis and due-diligence and an accurate reflec- Matthew Goodman tion of Harrods’ trading perform- secret due-diligence document ance. The document is unsigned. Over the past few months there on Harrods has valued the have been a number of reports about Knightsbridge department A talks between Fayed and retail and store owned by Mohamed al-Fayed at property companies. The most re- no more than £552m. cently published accounts for Har- Using the code name Project Hon- rods are for the year to February 2, eydukes, the document, which is cir- 2002, and the leaked document shows culating among potential acquirers how it has continued to operate in a of or investors in Harrods and has tough trading environment. been seen by the Sunday Times,says The document focuses on a partic- that the store’s value could be as low ular measure of financial perform- as £112m. The seven-page detailed ance known as EBITDA. It found that analysis was put together by a bank- for the 52 weeks to August 31, 2002 ing team given access to Harrods and EBITDA was £12.8m behind budget, its accounts for three days. and the forecast for the year to Janu- The revelation of the document is Harrods in London, called by many as ary 2003 was £44m , £ 4.7m less than the most serious indication yet of the best store under the Sun. budgeted. Putting this £44m of EBIT- Fayed’s desire either to sell the com- DA on a multiple of ten times, less pany or raise new finance. A of this report.’’ However, sources net debt of £327.2m, values Harrods spokesman said, ‘‘We have not com- who have been passed the due-dili- at £ 112.8m. On a multiple of twenty missioned anyone to prepare a valu- gence document say that it was pre- times, the company is worth ation of Harrods. We know nothing sented to them as Fayed-authorised £552.8m. The Sunday Times, London
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Anwar-ul-Haq, governor of Afghanistan Bank, addresses a news conference in Karachi on Saturday. Afghanistan’s Central bank plans to allow foreign commercial banks to open branches as it strives to reorganise the country’s battered financial sector. Mobile firms make money, but not from 3G fter the battering that comes on stream. the share prices of A key question in Europe Amobile-phone compa- is whether the correct 3G nies have received, their lat- standard was chosen. Dur- est financial results have ing the 1990s, Europe sped been more encouraging. ahead of the US in mobile- Vodafone, a British-head- phone usage because all quartered company with op- countries adopted the same erations in 28 countries, technology, making it possi- recorded a 33 per cent jump ble to roam using one hand- in revenues for the year end- set, something that can still ing in March of $50 billion. be frustratingly difficult in Japan Telecom returned to the US. Europe decided to profit thanks to good results follow the same approach in at its J-Phone mobile arm. moving to the third genera- And revenues at mmO2, for- tion of mobile-phone tech- merly the mobile arm of nology. But Telefsnica has Britain’s BT, rose 14 per said that the 3G standard cent. But all three have chosen does not allow a sys- made money by pushing tem that is stable or cheap more services through ex- enough to compete with ex- isting phone technology. isting technologies. Eu- The so-called third-genera- rope’s 3G is based on a tech- tion (3G) technology, on nology called W-CDMA, which mobile operators whereas experience in have spent $100 billion on li- Japan suggests that a rival cence fees alone, has proved technology, CDMA may difficult to implement. have the edge. The 3G serv- Some operators have ice of Japan’s NTT DoCo- recognised that they will Mo, using W-CDMA, was never recoup the vast sums slow to take off, while its squandered on 3G licences competitor KDDI, using and have either written off CDMA, gained customers the amounts spent or simply more easily. withdrawn from the market. Emerging from America In its annual figures, an- are signs that what is loose- nounced on May 21st, ly called 4G technology — mmO2 wrote off pound6 bil- basically a form of wireless lion relating to the cost of broadband could allow mo- its licences in Britain and bile users to leapfrog 3G. Germany. Last year, Even before voice capabil- Deutsche Telekom wrote ity is added, 4G offers the al- down euro2.2 billion related lure of really fast web surf- to the 3G licences. ing and e-mail. Cellphone Vodafone has yet to write operators and handset down any of its 3G licence markers are already fight- fees. Its existing data servic- ing off an attack on another es, including text messag- front, from Microsoft. The ing, are doing well, generat- software giant is trying to ing a 73 per cent jump in rev- establish the sort of domi- enue in the year to March. nant position in the market It is now pinning its hopes for cellphone software that on Vodafone live!, a new it enjoys in the PC market. range of multimedia hand- Mobile operators are un- sets offering services such der intense pressure from as picture messaging, ring- each other, from Microsoft, tones and game-download and, especially in Europe, services. This does not run from regulators eager to cut on 3G technology. Voda- the cost of roaming. They fone’s thinking appears to will not be able to continue be that customers have no the sort of revenue growth idea what 3G stands for, so it they have enjoyed recently, is better simply to sell them without offering something the add-on services that new for which consumers they want, and then en- are prepared to pay a hance these as and when 3G premium. The Economist
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20 Monday,June 2, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi Indian shares steady ahead APEC meet to AP Mumbai: Shares in consumer goods firms and auto makers are expected to gain this week as traders hope for improved revive tourism Russians prefer monsoon rains, which are crucial for strong demand in the farm-dependent economy,brokers said on Sunday. Khon Kaen (Thailand): ‘‘Most negatives are out of the way and if we are blessed Trade ministers of Asia-Pa- with sufficient rains, it could spur a rally,’’ said Vipul Dalal, cash over cards cific countries meet this the CEO with brokerage IL&FS Investsmart India. Offshore week to sign off on an emer- funds have started to build positions on hopes that adequate gency plan to revive the re- Moscow: Bank card use in Poland, where twice the Russia has skyrocketed in number of people hold rains in the four-month southwest monsoon. Reuters gion’s tourism industry and the past year, but analysts Visa cards and used them other businesses that have here say that is not neces- to spend $989 billion last been hard hit by the SARS sarily a sign that Russians year, Visa’s Huckett said. outbreak. have been able to wean And while international Ministers from the 21- themselves from the secu- groups Mastercard and member Asia Pacific Eco- rity offered by hard cash. Visa hold half of the Russ- nomic Cooperation (APEC) State-owned Sberbank, ian market, the other half will also discuss ways to pay Russia’s largest bank in belongs firmly to domestic for increased security in which two-thirds of the Russian cards, mainly shipping and air travel be- country’s population keep used for cash withdrawals. cause of terrorism fears. private accounts, issued 57 But even that was a rari- Growth rates across Asia per cent more bank cards ty in Russia just a couple of have dropped because of the over the past 12 months, years ago, with Russians disease — Hong Kong by 1.8 reaching some five million still reeling from the 1998 per cent, Singapore by 1.1, people. financial meltdown. Taiwan by 0.9 and China by There are some 15 mil- Russians are thought to 0.2 per cent. lion cards currently circu- stash an estimated 75 bil- Fears of SARS have even lating in Russia and half of lion dollars and most con- affected countries that have them are international tinue to pay for property Visa or Mastercards, ac- and large purchases in not had major outbreaks. AP cording to Andrew Keeley, cash, while banks hold just an analyst with the Re- 30 billion dollars in private naissance Capital invest- accounts. South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun (right) and US commerce secretary Donald Evans ment bank. Russian businesses, said in Seoul on Saturday that the US and South Korea are ‘highly unlikely’ to negotiate a “Banks issued Visa such as mining giant No- deal that could prevent tariffs on exports from two South Korean computer-chip makers. cards with a frantic speed” rilsk Nickel, often gave over the past year, said their employees ATM Brian Huckett, deputy cards to retrieve their head of Visa Internation- salaries, aiming to simpli- Mahindra profit surges 50% al’s development depart- fy accounting practices TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment. The number of Visa and save money by making Its gross sales and income On a high from operations for the year cards issued in Russia in redundant workers who New Delhi: The spiralling stood at Rs 4,517.14 crore as 2002 doubled reaching 5.1 manned cash registers demand for its home-grown •Spiralling demand for against Rs 3,949.52 crore a million cards. handing out pay. sports utility vehicle Scorpio its SUV Scorpio and year ago, while net sales and But for a country with a A Baltisky bank official and a host of cost-cutting ini- cost-cutting measures operating income during the population of 145 million says that this system is the tiatives helped the country’s have pushed profits up year was Rs 3,732.12 crore, “this is still just a drop in main reason why card use oldest surviving utility vehi- registering a growth of 14 the ocean,” noted Maxim in Russia has increased. cle maker Mahindra and •The board of directors Buylov, a specialist on the The government is also Mahindra (M&M) post a 50 has recommended per cent year-on-year. issue for respected busi- pushing citizens towards per cent surge in profits for 55% dividend for the Though its automotive ness daily Kommersant. using cards, paying state the 2002-03 fiscal. year with a total outgo business recorded major While credit card use workers directly and The company posted a net of Rs 71.98 crore gains, the agri-equipment shot up to $6.8 billion dol- handing over student profit of Rs 145.53 crore dur- and tractor business was af- •Despite major gains, fected due to adverse factors lars last year, that is still grants through bank ing the year as against Rs its agri-equipment and like low farm incomes, un- nothing compared to accounts. Reuters 96.91 crore a year earlier, tractor business was hit favourable terms of trade while its total income rose to by low farm incomes, Rs 3,811.78 crore from Rs unfavourable terms of and a truant monsoon. As a State Bank of 3,320.31 crore. trade and a truant result, the company’s tractor Buoyed by the surge in per- monsoon sales during the year slipped Indore net up formance, the board of direc- to 47,028 units from 58,006 tors of the company recom- tractors sold a year earlier. New Delhi: State Bank of In- mended 55 per cent dividend from Mahindra British Tele- But exports, particularly dore targets almost 30 per for the year with a total outgo com Ltd and M&M Financial to the US, registered a cent growth in business this of Rs 71.98 crore. Services Ltd. It also posted healthy growth during the fiscal after posting a net prof- Besides a growth in overall an exceptional profit of Rs year. It expressed confidence it growth of 60 per cent at Rs sales, the company’s finan- 57.66 crore during the cur- that the healthy trends of 200.32 crore in the last fiscal. cials got a boost from a divi- rent year, primarily from the 2002-03 in its auto business Its deposits grew by 16.40 dend income of Rs 58.72 sale by its share holding in will continue in the current per cent to Rs 8,217 crore crore during the year.The in- Mahindra Sintered Products fiscal, though the state of while advances was up by 21 crease was mainly due to sig- Limited to its joint venture agricultural economy is not per cent to Rs 4,285 crore. PTI nificant dividends received partner GKN Plc. expected to improve. Handicrafts target $3.5 b exports by ’08 New Delhi; Envisaging ex- ports of $3.5 billion by 2007- 08, the handicrafts industry has devised a long-term plan for development and exports in the sector. The plan also aims at an integrated mar- keting approach including use of different handicraft materials to prepare com- posite articles for exports. “Various strategies have been outlined to achieve the $3.5 billion annual export target in five years includ- ing filling up of critical in- frastructural gaps, updating of marketing techniques and improvement in packag- ing,” executive director of Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH), Rakesh Kumar said. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,June 2, 2003
Zaheer getting ready Srikkanth’s debut Barca’s bid for Becks Zaheer Khan is getting ready to Kris Srikkanth will make his silver Barcelona are hoping to lure David tackle the Australian “onfield screen ‘debut’ as a coach in the Beckham to the Nou Camp by putting aggression” when they visit India in Tamil film Periyamana Tozhi, starring a $49.4m price tag on the Man United December. The Baroda speedster Madhavan which will be released star. United have accepted the offer plans to do that by undergoing a next month. He says, it would be his but a formal bid will be put only after special fitness programme “first and last” appearance in films the election of club’s new president Serena, Mauresmo to meet in French Open women’s singles quaterfinals
I am exhausted at having We have a score to go to and fro between Milan and Madrid. I hardly see Ronny. We virtually Aussies tame fighting India to settle with the live separate lives. AP — Ronaldo’s wife Milene Perth:India squandered an early lead game throughout the first half and Domingues and conceded two goals in the last five most part of the second half. Just be- Kiwis, says Wright minutes to suffer a 1-2 defeat against fore Dhillon’s goal, India muffed up an SPORTS DIGEST Australia in the final of the three-na- opportunity to take the lead when Bangalore: Serving a warning to New AFP tion invitational hockey tournament Gagan Ajit Singh shot straight at goal- Zealand ahead of their here on Sunday. keeper Mark Hickman. tour to India in September, Dominating the proceedings from Australia also came close to scoring cricket coach John Wright the beginning, India took the lead in when Dwyer hit wide after Eglington on Sunday indicated that the 12th minute when veteran striker had done all the spadework. Sourav Ganguly’s boys Baljit Singh Dhillon converted a short The hosts had to wait for 53 minutes were keen to avenge the corner. to get the equaliser. Their increasing- thrashing they received at the hands of the Kiwis Despite outshining the hosts for ly frantic search ended when a short during their last series. most part of the game, the visitors corner routine gave Dwyer the chance “We have got a few failed to hold their nerve when it mat- to hit high over keeper Devesh scores to settle (with New tered most — conceding two goals in a Chauhan. Wright Zealand). We are looking span of five minutes in the dying min- The two teams will proceed to Syd- forward to it,” Wright said utes. ney along with Pakistan and Aus- on India’s two Test series against New First it was Jamie Dwyer who tralia ‘A’ for the second leg of the meet, Zealand at home. equalised from a short corner in the which will begin on Wednesday. “Obviously,lead-up will be given. Sure, we 65th minute before Michael McCann The Indian coach said he was confi- dent of his team performing better at will be well prepared. I have to talk to the scored an opportunistic goal a minute (BCCI) President (Jagmohan Dalmiya) about before the final whistle to notch up a Sydney. Michael Ballack of Bayern Munich the lead-up programme along with the selec- thrilling win for the home side. “I am satisfied with the perform- celebrates after scoring from the ance today though we lost the match. tors. I am looking forward to the lead-up penalty spot against Kaiser- The rain-marred match witnessed progamme and playing programme,” he much drama in the dying moments The players are playing really well at slautern in the German Soccer the moment but we need to improve in said. Cup final in Berlin on Saturday. when a charging Kanwalpreet Singh Pointing out that India had a good record failed to clear a Nathan Eglington certain areas. We are working on that aspect. at home, Wright said his team would work Dravid joins Scottish side: shot near the goalmouth as he slipped hard and be well prepared. “Obviously the in a bid to stop the ball. “The boys are performing better Dravid scored 25 on his debut for with every outing. And we will defi- boys had some time off (after the World Cup) Scotland against Hampshire in the McCann, waiting near the post, and they should be hungry (for runs and tak- wasted no time in banging in the win- nitely play better in Sydney,” said Ra- Sunday league before being caught jinder Singh. ing wickets)”. off former England bowler Alan Mul- ner much to the delight of the home On India’s four Test series against Aus- India, who have come to the tourna- laly. Wasim Akram bowled eight tight crowd. tralia in December-January,Wright said “We ment to experiment with a few things overs for Hampshire claiming two for A disappointed Indian coach Rajin- are going to have to raise the level of game. including reverting to the attacking 23. The Scots were 181 for seven in der Singh said after the match that de- We need to get results”. style of hockey, are using the matches the 43rd over. Dravid arrived in Scot- spite the loss his team deserves praise Asked how he feels when India takes on land on Wednesday accompanied here to fine-tune their skill for the up- for playing brilliantly throughout the New Zealand, the former Kiwi captain said, by wife Vijeta and will play 12 One- coming Champions Trophy in Ams- tournament. “My job is to coach India. My job is on behalf day games for Scotland. “I suppose terdam and next year’s Athens “We played really well though we of the (Indian) team and people here to get you could call (the summer with Olympics. were unfortunate to concede the goal results for India. That’s the only way I have saltires) an extended honeymoon, Earlier, Grant Schubert scored with a bit of work as well. Everyone in the last moment. I am quite happy to think about it”. twice for Australia ‘A’ as Pakistan tells me Scotland is beautiful and with the way the boys played today,” Regarding reports that Javagal Srinath hopefully we will get a chance to see he said This was India’s second loss crashed to their fourth successive de- was mulling retirement from Test cricket, it,” the Indian vice-captain said. “I against Australia in the four-team feat to finish last in the tournament. Wright said it was the fast bowler’s personal am also looking forward to meeting competition, which also featured Pak- In the third place play-off at the decision. everyone and getting to know the istan and Australia ‘A’. Perth Hockey stadium, Pakistan “At the end of the day, Sri is big enough culture,” Dravid, with a Test average India, looking confident after their squandered a 1-0 lead to lose the tie 2- and old enough to make the decisions him- of more than 50, was quoted as say- 2-0 win against arch-rivals Pakistan 1 after Schubert scored his goals self”, said Wright, who was here to assist ing in The Independent on Sunday. Australia’s Bevan George(R) and India’s Dhanraj Pillay vie for ball during the final on Saturday, called the shots in the of the three-nationa hockey tournament in Perth on Sunday. within two minutes late into the sec- Sandeep Patil, coach of the India ‘A’ team PTI first half as they denied their rival ond half. Pakistan took the lead in which is touring England from June 22 to Au- Johnson gets England call: strikers, particularly Tory Elder and did their job pretty well. They gave jinder Singh. the 50th minute through Mohammed gust three. Somerset seamer Richard Johnson Eglington, any space to play. the confidence to the strikers to make The visitors, playing an attacking Saqlain before Schubert settled the The 18-day coaching camp for Shiv Sundar was called into England’s 12-man “Though we are putting stress on their move without worrying much game from the beginning, created few issue with two goals in the 65th and Das-led India A began in Chinnaswamy Sta- squad on Saturday for next week’s playing aggressively, the defenders about the counter-attacks,” said Ra- opportunities and dominated the 67th minutes.PTI dium on Sunday. PTI second Test against Zimbabwe at the Riverside. Johnson and James INDIANS IN PARIS Kirtley - who was in the squad for England’s innings and 92 run win in the first Test at Lord’s but did not Paes to face play - will compete for the place left Serena survives a scare; Agassi wins vacant by Matthew Hoggard’s injury. AP Bhupathi in Squad: Nasser Hussain (Essex, capt), James An- Paris:Defending champion Sere- sore muscle in his rear, and he derson (Lancashire), Mark Butcher (Surrey), Ashley na Williams twice required treatment during Giles (Warwickshire), Stephen Harmison (Durham), Robert Key (Kent), James Kirtley (Sussex), Richard emerged un- changeovers. The injury left quarterfinals Johnson (Somerset), Anthony McGrath (Yorkshire), scathed from Saretta with little chance Alec Stewart (Surrey, wkt), Marcus Trescothick a first-set against Agassi, who was so New Delhi: Former team- (Somerset), Michael Vaughan (Yorkshire).AFP scare and a sharp that in one game he land- mates Leander Paes and Ma- Vengsarkar to continue: Buoyed nasty spill to ed winners not just in both cor- hesh Bhupathi will face off by their recent Ranji Trophy triumph, beat Japan’s ners, but on them. in a quarter-final showdown the Mumbai Cricket Association Ai Sugiyama Saretta, forced far out of posi- of the men’s doubles event of (MCA) has decided to continue with 7-5 6-3 on tion during one rally,offered his the French Open after both of former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar Sunday in racket to a spectator even before them comfortably won their as the chairman of the selection the fourth round at the French Agassi finished off the point. third round matches today committee for Mumbai team. “The Open. During the ensuing changeover, with their respective part- other three selectors would be former The match was much more ar- the colourful Brazilian kept the ners. Indian paceman Raju Kulkarni and duous than Williams’ 6-0 6-0 vic- ball in the air by repeatedly Bhupathi combined with ex-Ranji players Abdul Ismail and tory over Barbara Schett in the bouncing it off the top of the Max Mirnyi of Belarus to Sanjay Patil, MCA joint secretary Prof previous round. This time feet, desperate to give the centre- beat the Czech pair of Fran- Ratnakar Shetty said. Vengsarkar is Williams was down a service court crowd its money’s worth. tisek Cermak and Leos Friedl also the vice-president of MCA.PTI break twice in the first set but On another sunny,steamy day, 6-3 6-2, according to informa- Zimbabwe struggle: Middlesex rallied from a 4-2 deficit. with temperatures passing 30 tion received here. piled on the agony for struggling Andre Agassi advanced to the degrees Celsius, Williams Earlier Leander Paes and Zimbabwe on Saturday by piling up quarter-finals by beating Flavio worked harder than she wanted. his Czech Republic partner, their highest-ever score against a Saretta 6-2 6-1 7-5. After winning every game in Rikl, beat the US pair of Rick touring team in Shenley, England. A Williams was down a service her previous match, the top- Leach and Brian MacPhie 3-6 combination of sultry conditions and break twice in the first set but seeded American lost seven of 6-2 6-1 to enter the third round a flat track saw the Zimbabweans’ rallied from a 4-2 deficit. She es- the first eight points against on Saturday. Later, the fifth attack punished for a second day as caped injury in the sixth game Sugiyama, a 10-year tour veteran seeded pair of Paes and Paul Weekes became Middlesex’s when she slipped on the clay seeded 16th.AP David Rikl defeated the team second centurion of the match.AFP chasing a shot and tumbled into of Joshua Eagle of Australia the net, landing hard on her left Results and Jared Palmer of United BETTING METER side. Results: States, the ninth seeds, 6-2 6-0. The victory was the 32nd in a Women’s singles (4th round): 1-Serena Paes and Bhupathi had to- TENNIS row in Grand Slam events for Williams (USA) bt 16-Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 7-5, gether won this tournament French Open: Men’s Singles Williams, who has beaten sister Serena Williams slips during her match against Ai Sugiyama in the fourth round of the French Open at 6-3; 4-Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) bt 19- in 1999 when they reached Juan Carlos Ferrero 6/4 Roland Garros stadium on Sunday. Patty Schnyder (SWI) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; 5-Amelie Andre Agassi 4/1 Venus in the past four major fi- Mauresmo (FRA) bt Magui Serna (ESP) 6-1, 6- the finals of all the four Carlos Moya 9/2 nals. Her opponent in the quar- seeded eighth, reached the quar- match, three-time champion vak 7-5 6-3 6-2. He’ll next face 2 Grand Slam events. India’s G Coria 7/1 ter-finals on Tuesday will be ter finals at Roland Garros for Gustavo Kuerten beat No. 21 Dutchman Martin Verkerk, who Men’s singles (4th round) challenge in the girls section Gustavo Kuerten 8/1 Martin Verkerk (NED) bt 11-Rainer Schuettler (as per ladbrokes.com) Frenchwoman Amelie Maures- the third time by beating Petra Gaston Gaudio 7-6 (7/1) 7-5 5-7 6- upset No. 11 Rainer Schuettler 6- (GER) 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 (junior) at the Roland Gar- mo, who upset Williams in the Mandula 4-6 6-2 7-5. Rubin next 3. The match was suspended 3 6-3 7-5. Verkerk had never won 3rd round: 15-Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) bt 21- ros, however,got off to a poor plays No. 4 Justine Henin- midway through the third set a Grand Slam match coming Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 7-6 (7/1), 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; start with Sanaa Bhambri LIVE ON TV Rome semi-final May 17. Carlos Moya (x4, ESP) bt Jiri Novak (x13, Cze) Ten Sports: 1530 hrs: French Open Tennis Champi- Mauresmo, seeded fifth, ad- Hardenne, who defeated No. 19 yesterday because of darkness. into the tournament. 7-5, 6-3, 6-2. Andre Agassi (x2, US bt Flavio crashing to Marine Giraud onships (Day 8). vanced by beating Magui Serna Patty Schnyder 6-3 2-6 6-2. No. 4 Carlos Moya, the 1998 Saretta entered his match Saretta (BRZ) 6-2, 6-1, 7-5. of France in the first round. 6-1 6-2. American Chanda Rubin, In the final third-round champion, beat No. 13 Jiri No- against Agassi bothered by a The local girl won 7-5 6-2.AP WI restrict ICC ponders World Why won’t I carry on in my chosen sport? Australia Why won’t I carry on in my Players, parents, administrators and enthusiasts have all respond- managers at national and chosen sport? I am a nation- international levels to get St George’s (Grenada): Cup games for US ed to Times Sport’s campaign to understand why the giant contin- Darren Lehmann scored un- al level swimmer studying sponsorship for organising New York: The ICC is look- drew Eade, the ICC’s Global in the 11th standard and will ues to slumber. We have received views ranging from the radical to and rewarding sportsmen. beaten 70 as Australia were ing into the possibility of Development Manager said . definitely pursue it. Confi- the reserved. A few of these are carried below. An autonomous Sports 160 for five after 39 over America hosting some games The ICC Executive, which dence building, competitive Fund Organisation should against West Indies in the 7th blooming. Being an expen- basis for community sport at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. has 13 members, will meet on spirit and team work are INDIAN SPORT be mooted. and final One-dayer here on sive and time consuming and you will see elite The West Indies will be the June 20 in London to discuss traits that I have learnt —H.R. Bangia Sunday after Australian cap- game, the masses can not be SLEEPING sport improve by leaps and official host of the 2007 World the meetings held here. through sports and I am bounds. tain Ricky Ponting won the tapped easily. The case in Cup. Nine members of the “The ICC believes cricket sure they will act as a boon In nutshell, our sportsper- toss and decided to bat. point is Manipur where the GIANT —Karrinjeet Singh-Mahil ICC Development Committee has a lot of potential in the for me in the long run. Richa game is played like any oth- sons lack absolute passion Australia, who have already Mishra, the golden dolphin, to realise their highest po- won the series 4-2, made and seven delegates from the US. It has about 8,000 playing er game in villages on local USA Cricket Association, in- the games,” said Eade. who won more than Rs. 30 ponies. If we bring in excel- Politics should be kept at tential and the intense de- three changes to their team, lakhs at the recently con- Facilities and elite coaching bay while dealing with sire required to excel. Our beaten by three wickets in cluding president Atul Rai, The ICC is anxious to de- lence, the question of the from Los Angeles, met here velop cricket in the US and is cluded National Games in game being a paying one alone will not create the sports activities. Appropri- sport administrators fail to the sixth match here on Fri- Hyderabad and is presently great sporting nation people ate environment, trans- inspire and encourage the day. over the past two days dis- prepared to help provide will be taken care of sooner cussing the potential growth coaches and inject funds to undergoing training in Hun- or later.Talent hunting from want. What builds a sporting parency in selection, good best out of our sportsper- Batsman Jimmy Maher, of cricket in the United improve facilities and venues. gary, and Rakhi Mehra who the remote areas of Ma- nation is the recognition training, giving respect to sons. We lack an enviro- spinner Nathan Hauritz and States. Former American cricket is on a Rhodes scholarship nipur and exposing them to that sport is an essential part sportsmen are some of the ment that promotes team paceman Andy Bichel were to Oxford are role models for left out making way for “The ICC has been looking captain Zamin Amin, of New standard horses should be of life for the whole commu- areas where its managers spirit while encouraging all of us to emulate. Michael Clarke, Ian Harvey at the option of fast tracking York, was excited about the the first step to resurrect the nity and brings with it have to play a pivotal role to freedom of expression. And —Manasi Pritam and Glenn McGrath. cricket development in the US prospect of the ICC helping quality of the game to begin health, entertainment as ensure development. In- we lack innovative thinking well as social benefits. Start and knowledge sharing to The West Indies were un- and this includes the possibil- cricket grow and the possibil- with. stead of depending on gov- The elitist nature of polo investing in school sport pro- ernment support, there is achieve excellence. changed in their quest to win ity of some 2007 matches be- ity of 2007 World Cup games has prevented talent from —Poornima Konsam grammes, provide a strong need to have true marketing —Balaji K. the last three games. AFP ing played in the US,” An- being played here. AFP
TOID20603/CR1/21/M/1TOID20603/CR1/21/C/1TOID20603/CR1/21/K/1TOID20603/CR1/21/Y/1 CMYK OID ‰ ‰ † K OID ‰ ‰ † OID ‰ ‰ † M OID ‰ ‰ † C
22 Monday,June 2, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
gether a spinners panel to revive the India senior team, it won’t be a bad might not be enough for FFEERREENN art of spin in the country. idea if he conducts sessions for the the officials to punish the IIFF TT The dearth of quality spinners youngsters. Till then let’s keep the errant sportspersons. Unforgettable, incredible, enjoyable! DD seems to be spreading across the globe. flight going. They need to take proac- May be faster than the race to acquire tive steps like the Aus- Sportingly yours tralians who have decided hat’s the way Annika done her best, and the pres- that she felt “totally sophisticated arms has! Shane Warne, Sorenstam recalls her sure was so great — that drained”, having given her Stuart MacGill, Muthiah Muralitha- he century-old Mohammedan that all members of the Athens Olympic contin- super-hyped week week and the previous best, adding though that it ran, Harbhajan Singh, Daniel Vettori, Sporting club is trying to net the when she played the months — and the emotion was the best week of her S Saqlain Mushtaq are just a handful. gent will have to undergo T T S T Devdas, but not with the alcohol PGA Tour. But she is cate- so built up. “Who knows if I life. R E testing. OK Okay, that can be swollen with the that kept him going in life without gorical in saying that play- would have been able to The support from indi- Kenyan fledgling Collins Obuya. Paro! The rejuvenated Kolkata giants Meanwhile, a laboratory in France has devised a ing at the Colonial was a play Satur- viduals, the crowds, her fel- With people as illustrious as Bishan have decided not to entertain alcohol test to detect blood doping, “one time opportunity”, day and low women players has Singh Bedi, S. Venkataraghavan, Era- companies as a sponsor,but are keen to Spinners’ yarns which helps endurance that she just wanted Sun- meant everything. Nancy palli Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar instal the legendary Bollywood Dev- athletes to raise the levels to test her game day..” Lopez called to say she on the panel, hopefully India can see a dases, Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh t’s not always that the authorities of oxygen in the blood. The against the best She wished she had had the op- new breed of trundlers who can be Khan, as their patrons. come out proactive. Mostly they test is currently being val- men in the world. con- portunity 25 years ago, and trusted to use flight, spin and guile to I wake up at the eleventh hour or Dilip Kumar was patron of the idated and will be ready in This she has fessed on the Friday fellow com- get the batsmen out. Besides, the board even later. And remind us of the Bolly- Sporting during the 60s, while time before the Athens done and now petitors at the Colonial in- also needs someone who can freshen wood flicks where cops invariably ar- Shahrukh was aregular at the Ambed- Olympics. she “wants troduced themselves rive after all the action is complete. up the mindset of a budding spinner. kar Stadium in Delhi for the club’s to move and said they hoped Anyway,reserve your kudos for the In- With sports psychologist Sandy Gor- matches in the Durand Cup. Going places on” and she’d be back. dian cricket board who have strung to- don proving of immense worth to the Meanwhile, the club has amended get back But Annika its constitution to include ow that the cricket to win- recognises that it a non-Muslim in the execu- board is planning to ning was a big step for tive committee. By a land- N expand its areas of tourna- her, that it’s a A matter of footwork mark decision Vipin Vora, activity to the far-flung ments. “different north-eastern states and Udayshankar a Punjabi industrialist, There league”. re the courts an an- has been named vice-presi- the Union Territories, it are three “majors” to play She hopes swer for sporting dis- dent of the club. might think of banishing and her goal is to win them that if she putes? Sportsper- Life is truly stranger errant players to the An- all. But it was an experi- can take her sons, generally, stay than fiction. A year ego the daman and Nicobar or ence. “..the more I think game to a dif- A Lakshwadeep islands to away from the courts for Sporting were gasping for about it, the more I smile,” ferent level, it fear of retaliation from ad- life and today they are spend a season or two pro- she says “I wasn’t afraid. I will con- ministrators and the courts coming up with a lot of moting the game there as just went out there with tribute to the refrain from sitting in judg- path-breaking ideas. The punishment! the best guys in the world growth of ment over matters of selec- club is all set to sign a joint Jokes apart, the board’s and loved it.” She has no women’s golf tion because its subjective. venture with a Premier idea of spreading the game regrets. in general. But, when six Indian Test League club of England. can’t be faulted even When an interviewer There, if her stars challenged the deci- The club had appoin-ted though some might see it took it for granted that she Colonial experi- sion of the cricket board to London-based FMM Inter- as a ploy to expand its vote regretted missing the cut, ence plays a part, ban them for wanting to national as its agent and bank. Who knows there she told him that was not it will add to her play in the US, the then consultants, which, among could be talented young so, that she knew she had satisfaction. Chief Justice of India E S other things, would look cricketers in places like Manipur or Nagaland, Mi- Venkataramaiah asked the for a sponsor. less it emulates the Indian Hockey Fed- in his hands, making the goalkeeper board to explain as to who zoram or Meghalaya? If Manipur can produce brilliant eration which in one stroke affiliated fall inside the line. Referee A.N.Ja- gave it the authority to se- Proactiveness pays all public sector units and banks by yaraman treated it as a fair charge and lect or ban players. hockey players and hardy boxers then t was delayed a little, but asking them to cough up a tidy capita- awarded a goal. In its wake the stands The board thought it pru- why not batsmen and bowlers and the Indian Weightlifting tion fee. erupted and lawlessness spread. dent to go for an out-of- fielders of superb fitness and reflexes. I Federation sent the If the craze for cricket catches on in Pratul Chakraborty,India’s first ref- court settlement with the right message last week Memories of Musa eree to earn a FIFA badge, had once players by lifting the ban. A these regions insurgency and terror- when it suspended as narrated another incident when in a decade later, the board was ism may be a thing of the past. Who ertain players leave a deep impact many as 35 weightlifters match in Kolkata Musa was pulled up again dragged to the court knows? Also, the surplus cricketing on the minds of the fans and their for using drugs and testing for a foul inside the rival area. Within by Mohammad Azharud- provided he fulfilled the ja throws some light. talent in major centres in search of C deeds are recalled long years later. positive, an all-time record whispering distance of the man in din, who was also party to norms and criteria for se- When the judges report- greener pastures will then have wider Musa, a former Pakistani footballer for any Indian federation! black he uttered that ‘‘this referee has the earlier litigation, and lection. But the court edly asked if Jadeja was se- options to choose from. who had played for leading Kolkata no one but me to watch.’’ The referee Ajay Jadeja, challenging wouldn’t give him the green rious about dancing or Even a junior weight- Of all the Union Territories, the one clubs in the 1950s, could be counted chose an occasion a few minutes later the ban on their playing signal to play in the Lan- playing cricket, the advo- lifter who failed to appear place where cricket is really flourish- among them. to retort: ‘‘Musa, who else is here to cricket following match-fix- cashire league. cates were quick to point for a drug test was handed ing is Chandigarh which has produced Dash and dribble, penchant for watch but you?’’ ing charges. This time How motivated is Jadeja out that their client was out the same punishment, a number of international stars, in- poaching goals and showmanship all around, the board decided to play cricket now that he dancing to prove that he a two-year ban, as his 23 cluding Kapil Dev, Ashok Malhotra, formed part of his varied qualities. In- It will be difficult to forget players to defend its decision. is a keen golfer and a film was fit to play cricket. Well, other colleagues who test- Chetan Sharma, Yograj Singh and his cidents packed his tenure on the foot- like Musa in a hurry. He was reported The Delhi High Court, star in the making? The ex- footwork is a prerequisite ed positive while partici- son Yuvraj and Dinesh Mongia and ball fields of the country. Wanderer to have passed away a few days ago. where Jadeja filed his plea, change between the judges for both good dancing and pating in the junior na- any number of top-rated first-class was witness to one in the capital when eventually allowed him to of a division bench and batsmanship. tionals. At last, the other cricketers. But the board’s constitu- with his chest he charged the Mohun play in domestic cricket, counsel representing Jade- federations have some ex- tion is such that Union Territories can Bagan goalkeeper standing on the ample to follow.However,it never hope to be units of the board un- goalline with the ball firmly gathered Heat flattens Mongolians Montoya ends Williams’ long wait Mohammed Ilyas By Vineeta Pandey AFP TIMES NEWS NETWORK Monaco: Colombian Juan finished third for Ferrari. Pablo Montoya claimed the Montoya’s Williams team- New Delhi: Wrestling is second Formula One win of mate Ralf Schumacher fin- Mongolia’s national sport his career and ended his ished just off the podium in and they take it very serious- Williams team’s 20-year fourth place after starting ly.The result is the country is Monte Carlo jinx with victo- from pole but recovering from one of the superpowers at the ry in the Monaco Grand Prix a bump with the barriers dur- continental level. here Sunday. ing the race. Spaniard Fer- So it came as no surprise Montoya, who had not won nando Alonso moved back up that the Mongolian wrestling since Monza in 2001, resisted to third in the drivers’ world team was the first to arrive in late pressure from the championship behind Schu- the Capital for the senior McLaren of second-placed macher after finishing fifth, Asian Wrestling champi- Finn Kimi Raikkonen to fin- one place ahead of his Italian onship to be held here from ish just 0.6 seconds ahead. Renault team-mate Jarno June 5. And barely few hours He delighted Williams Trulli. Scot David Coulthard after landing, the team was at team chiefs Frank Williams finished seventh ahead of the Indira Gandhi Indoor and Patrick Head by securing championship lead to four Brazilian Ferrari driver Stadium, the venue for the their first win around the points after world champion Rubens Barrichello to ensure championship, for their first streets of Monte Carlo since Michael Schumacher, who his McLaren team moved practice-session. Finn Keke Rosberg, watching closed on the lead pair at the back ahead of the Italian gi- The session was a hectic here on Sunday,in 1983. Colombian Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya end of the race after starting ants in the constructors’ affair, starting with a well- Raikkonen extended his celebrates his victory in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. from fifth on the grid, only world championship. AFP contested game of basketball followed by exercises and CAPITAL SPORT bouts. But throughout the session the wrestlers ap- Jadeja shines: An unbeat- Bansal 50) St. Columbus: 49 in 14.3 Patil takes charge as coach overs (Prateek 3 for 11) Gaurav Jangra peared hassled by the Delhi en century by Jadeja en- 3 for 19). heat. It felt worse since the A Mongolian woman wrestler grapples with her coach during Bangalore: After guiding pened in the past”. tion will be drawn after the abled ONGC beat Sonnet by a warm-up session at the Indira Gandhi Stadium on Sunday. IGI stadium air conditioners the Kenyans to a new high in But he hastened to add that meeting,” BCCI president 93 runs to enter the fiinal in Hot weather cricket: the Lala Raghubir Singh were not put on and the con- The competition is fierce and be among the top contenders the World Cup, Sandeep Patil he got tremendous joy coach- Jagmohan Dalmiya said on Nischal Gaur’s strokes rose cricket tournament. ditions were suffocating. players prepare for months in in their respective sections. took a fresh guard here on ing Kenyans. “That hap- Sunday. higher than the mercury in ONGC 294 for 5 in 40 overs (Jadeja 101 the celcius scale en route to Though the obvious reason advance. This festival in- N. Bayarmagmai (66kg) is a Sunday on home soil with his pened in the past. I don’t give The Board, which con- not out, Sunil Joshi 53 not out, Sandeep behind reaching Delhi early volves a lot of players and is gold medalist in 2001 Asian new assignment as coach of importance to the past. vened the meeting as part of Sharma 51, Gagan Khoda 33) beat Son- an unbeaten 104 in a pre- was to get acclimatised to the considered as of the reason Championships while B. Bat- the India A side. What’s important for me is its ambitious project chris- net 201 in 39.5 overs (Mayank Sidana quarterfinal match of the 58, Salil Oberoi 32,, Rajeev Rathore 4 for DDCA Hot Weather cricket heat, the players couldn’t help behind Mongolia’s success in bayar (84kg) won a silver “It’s a new challenge and tomorrow. What happened is tened ‘New Areas develop- 25, Sunil Joshi 3 for 36). tournament here. His century complaining. “In Mongolia it the sport. there. Dgarhuyag (120kg) is a responsibility. I have started gone”. PTI ment Programme’, has decid- propelled Bright Club to a 7- is around 20 degree Celsius. For the Senior Asian Cham- silver medalist in East Asian afresh like any newcomer on ed to bear all direct expenses Anshul claims three: In the Laxman Dass memorial wicket victory over RCN. Delhi is boiling,” complained pionship, Oyunbileg Games held in Japan 2001. the first day today. I hope at such as cost of basic cricket RCN: 174 all out in 39 overs (Ankit 46, B. Batbayar, the Mongolian Purevbaatar, the most suc- Four women wrestlers too the end of the day, I will do a Board conclave practice equipment, fees and cricket tournament, Anshul Firasat 44; Sanjay 3/35), Bright Club: Lamba bowled a deadly spell champion in 84kg freestyle. cessful wrestler in the side, is are in the squad — Enkjargal decent job,” the India A Kolkata: In an unprecedent- travel of coaches and con- 175 for 3 in 27.1 overs (Nischal Gaur Talking about the coun- Mongolia’s best bet in 60kg (48kg, bronze winner in Bu- coach said. sultants as well as ground of 3 for 22 to guide Air Sahara 104 n.o, Siddharth 37, Nishant 30 n.o.) ed move to spread cricket to to a convincing 60 run victory try’s favourite past-time, Bat- category.Purevbaatar won the san Games), Otgorjargal equipment and fitness equip- Assisted by John Wright, all parts of the country, the over Rajdhani Sports. South Delhi win: South bayar said archery and horse- gold at Busan and silver in the (55kg, bronze in Busan), Hyag- Patil kickstarted the 18-day Cricket Board has decided to ment, he said.PTI Air Sahara: 218 in 39.3 overs (Suren- Delhi Club scored a 48 run racing are also passionately 2001 World Championships. In mersumer (59kg, bronze in coaching camp here for Shiv chalk out a plan and offer all der Dyma 58) Rajdhani Sports: 158 in victory against Patel Nagar followed but wrestlers are the 2000 Sydney Olympics Busan) and O. Burmaa (72kg). Sundar Das-led India A who assistance to 12 states and 35.5 overs (Sanjay Verma 47, Anshul Gymkhana in a first round Kalyani Lamba 3 for 22, Jagjeet Singh 3 for 27). most respected ones. Apart Purevbaatar had finished fifth With such good results be- would be touring England union territories participat- retires match of the Madhao Rao from the regular national but was disqualified following hind them, no doubt the Mon- from June 22 to August three. ing at a conclave of sports Kolkata: Shrikant Kalyani, Omant hits ton: Omant Scindia memorial cricket tournaments under the FILA a positive drug test. golians are a confident lot On his coaching stint with ministers and officials. the seasoned middle order Jaysingh hit a century as tournament here. rules, the most popular event Apart from Purevbaatar and are raring to earn some Sarojini Nagar Gymkhana South Delhi Club: 226 for 9 in 30 Kenya, which became the “We will seek to know the batsman from Maharashtra overs (Narender Bhandari 65, Sunil Ku- is Naadam festival — famous the other wrestlers have also respect in the land of malla first non-Test playing coun- kind of assistance they want who made this city his home scored a thumping 337 run mar 62, L Kant 60; Sandeep Kumar for tradition folk wrestling. done well recently and will yudha. try to reach the semi-finals of for developing cricket infra- since late ‘80s, has decided to victory over St. Columbus in 3/22, Daulat Ram 3/26, Rajesh 3/34), the World Cup in South structure and the expertise bid adieu to first class crick- the DDCA U-15 tournament. Patel Nagar Gymkhana: 178 all out in Sarojini Nagar Gym: 386 for 8 in 40 21.3 overs (Sandeep Kumar 45, Kamal Africa earlier this year, Patil they need to identify and et. The cricketer will be an- overs (Omant Jaysingh 102, Prateek Kumar 36; Tej Pal Singh 4/29, Narender said he had “dumped” the as- groom the talents in those re- nouncing it formally early Vadera 78, Rahul Yadav 51, Neeraj Bhandari 3/24). A journey on time machine TNN signment and “it all hap- gions. A detailed plan of ac- next week. AFP By Ashish Ray TENNIS TRAIL In the journey on the time oland Garros, in a leafy, machine, the milestones are Rsouth-western suburb of 1920s; immeasurably because many and lessons lucid. No American prevailed in the Sanjay, Soma finish 3rd Paris, home of the greatest of the mushrooming of the Musketeers — Henri Cochet, men’s singles between Tony tennis show in clay, not only Colombo: Olympic medallist Susanthika Jean Borotra and Rene La- Trabert in 1955 and Michael ASIAN GRAND PRIX presents an efficiently yet el- Jayasinghe and Asian Games triple gold egantly administered Grand coste, later of leisurewear Chang in 1989. In contrast, Australians — also better medallist Damayanthi Darsha won the former Asian Games gold medallist Slam tournament, but is, fame. The trio captured the known for their grass court women’s 100-meter and 400-meter events Sugath Tillakaratne, who took second now, more than ever before, a men’s singles title every time bar one between 1922 and prowess — triumphed as respectively, as host Sri Lanka dominated place. Fernando clocked 46.31 seconds. complete experience. 1932; and posed the biggest many as 10 times between 1953 the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Fellow teammate Prasanna Ama- It is not merely an en- challenge to the redoubtable and 1969, with Ken Rosewall, Sunday. rasekara (46.81) came third in the 400-me- counter with the sport exhibit- American Bill Tilden, not just Lew Hoad, Mervyn Rose, Rod Besides Jayasinghe and Darsha, two ter.Sri Lanka also won the first five places ed by the current, leading ex- on clay, but on the grass Laver, Roy Emerson, Fred other Sri Lankan athletes secured first in the men’s 3,000-meter event. ponents. But a connoisseur’s courts of Wimbledon and For- Stolle and Tony Roche proving places - Rohan Pradeep Kumara Fernando Results: Men: 100: 1, Chernivol Gennaidy, Kazakhstan, delight for anyone attracted to est Hills. Equally pertinent in their ground shots were in no (men’s 400m) and J.M.S. Jayaweera (men’s 10.60 seconds. 2, S.P.N. Hemantha, Sri Lanka, 10.84. 3, San- the archives of the French 3,000m). jay Ghosh, India, 10.86. 110 hurdles: 1, Narongdech Janjal, the same decade was the dom- way inferior to their volleys. Thailand, 14.35 seconds, 2, Mohammed Muhd Faiz, Malaysia, Open, the legends of the stadi- inance of the Frenchwoman, The 1970s and 1980s are Indians Sanjay Ghosh (100m), Soma 14.43, 3, Indika Kumara de Silva, Sri Lanka, 14.45. 800: 1, Mo- um complex or the gastronom- Suzanne Lenglen, after whom best remembered for an ice- Biswas (100m hurdles) finished third in hammed O.A. Al Sathi, Saudi Arabia, 1:47.98 seconds, 2, Kol- ic and shopping variety at the one of the show courts at cool Swede, Bjorn Borg. The their respective events. gnov Mikhail, Kazakhstan, 1:48.16, 3, P.W.G.M. Pushpakumara, venue. This appeal has been But the determined 28-year-old sprinter Sri Lanka, 1:48.31. 3,000: 1, J.M.S. Jayaweera, Sri Lanka, 8 Roland Garros is named. Be- walk down the women’s his- minutes, 18.38 seconds. 2, K. Chandradasa, 8:22.54, 3, G.S.P. augmented in the past week by tween 1920 and 1926, she tory is no less enjoyable. The got off to an impressive start and ran the Mendis, Sri Lanka, 8:25:89. the unveiling of a Tenniseum, swept the singles crown six American, Helen Mills was last 50 meters unchallenged, to win her Women: 100 hurdles: 1, Roberts Triscia, Thailand, 13.42 sec- which transports one to all times. Now,riveting black and the next star after Lenglen. second title in the series. She clocked 11.53 onds. 2, Sriyani Kulawansa, Sri Lanka, 13.59. 3, Soma Biswas, eras of the 112-year event. white newsreels of Lenglen She became champion four seconds. Uzbekistan’s Khubbieva Guzel India, 14.68. 800: 1, Roslanova Tatyana, Kazakhstan, 2 minutes, 3.80 seconds. 2, Borisov Iatyana, Kargykistan, 2:04.28. 3, The French Champi- delectably pirouetting on times between 1928 and 1932. (11.70) finished second. Amireva Zanura, Uzbekistan, 2:06.63. Shot put: 1, Du Xianhui, onships emerged as an inter- court like a puppet on a string Next Monday: Inside Asian championship double gold Singapore, 18 meters, 7 centimeters. 2, Zhang Guirong, Singa- India’s Soma Biswas (left) on her way to a third place finish in the national phenomenon in the are on offer at the Tenniseum. Queen’s Club. medallist Fernando beat compatriot and pore, 17.47. 3, Karaeyan Juthaporn, Thailand, 16.27. AP 100m hurdles at the Asian Gran Prix in Colombo on Sunday.
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Monday,June 2, 2003 23 Wife Milene hints at Aarthie goes down to Wang Yu Double whammy for AC Milan Chennai: Woman Grandmaster next month, lost the first match and AFP divorce from Ronaldo Aarthie Ramaswamy lost by 0.5 then drew the next with Yu. points to China’s Wang Yu in an in- In the match, organised by the In- London: Three years after their marriage, ternet online two-game match which ternet chess club (ICC) based in New Brazilian soccer superstar is catching up through out the world. York, the current Indian national Ronaldo’s wife Milene Aarthie is the second Indian after champion got white colour, as decid- Domingues is fed up with his Viswananthan Anand and first Indi- ed by Zak, the administrator of ICC. off the pitch adventures and an woman to play an international In the first game, Aarthie surren- wants a divorce. “It is difficult online match. Aarthie, whose mar- dered after 53 moves while in the sec- for us to stay together as we riage with R B Ramesh, the current ond, she agreed to a draw by forcing see life in different ways,” Mi- lene, herself a professional British Open champion, is fixed for perpetual check on her 32nd move. AFP footballer and ex-model, said in an interview published in Sunday Mirror. “We are discussing divorce and it is only a matter of time after we get things sorted out. It is the end and I mean it,” she said. Party- loving Ronaldo, who earns four million pounds per annum with Real Madrid and considered worth 50 million pounds is renowned for his wandering eye. Milene, 23 and Ronaldo, 26, married three years ago, but the couple have been leading almost separate lives. She spends half the week in Italy,leaving their son Ronald, three, in Spain with his dad and mum Lucia. Ronaldo’s move from Inter Milan to Madrid upset Milene, who did not want to leave. “I am exhausted trevelling between Milan and Madrid,” said Milene. “I have reached the point where I do not know where I belong. I hardly see Ronny. We both have training and matches and are never to- AC Milan team poses with the Italy Cup after the second-leg match against AS Roma at Milan’s Meazza Stadium on Saturday. gether at weekends.”PTI Milan: European champions SOCCER ROUNDUP PSG go down: Two late AC Milan won their second goals from Djibril Cisse and trophy in four days after lift- Setback for Madrid: Real Jean-Alain Boumsong ing the Italian Cup here at Madrid could only draw 1-1 at spurred Auxerre to French the San Siro on Saturday.Mi- home to Celta Vigo on Satur- Cup glory against 10-man lan, who defeated Juventus day night leaving Real So- Paris Saint Germain here on on penalties to win the ciedad in the driving seat in Saturday. At a sell-out Stade Champions League on the Spanish League title race de France, veteran coach Wednesday, drew a gripping this weekend. Madrid conced- Guy Roux’s side came from second leg 2-2 with Serie A ri- ed a point to Celta although behind to win 2-1 against vals AS Roma to secure a 6-3 the visitors to the Santiago- PSG for whom the Cup was aggregate score. Bernabeu stadium were hap- their only salvation after a Two spectacular free-kicks py to sit back in defence and season laced with mediocrity. from Francesco Totti gave were even ahead at the break. Santos lift Cup: In Roma a two-goal lead before Aleksandr Mostovoi headed Capetown, Santos took a leaf Brazilian World Cup winner home 10 minutes before half- out of the Italian football Rivaldo and Filippo Inzaghi time to put Vicente Del copybook to beat Ajax Cape struck to level the scores. Bosque’s men up against it. Town 2-0 and raise the South All the goals came in the sec- Raul, the darling of Real African Cup on Saturday. ond half. Madrid, also headed home mid- Early goals by midfielder Roma’s misery was com- way through the second half to Tyren Arendse and Fees pounded in the final 20 min- earn a point and put them level Moloi did the damage. utes when Totti and fellow with leaders Sociedad on 72 Goalies test positive: Fer- striker Antonio Cassano points but they remain in sec- nando Buttenberder Pass, a were sent off. Totti saw red ond place because they come 25-year-old goalkeeper with for a second bookable of- out worse in matches between Meridional de Coritiba and fence, while Cassano was the two sides. Should Sociedad Harley de Menezes Silva of sent for an early bath for dis- win at home to Valencia on Goias tested positive for the sent. Milan’s Cup triumph Sunday, they would go three diruetic furossmide, The was their fifth success and points clear with just two Brazilian Football Federa- their first since 1977. matches left to play. tion informed. AFP AFP Fergie’s wish London: Sir Alex Ferguson is not ruling out emulating Sir Bobby Robson and stay- ing on as manager of Man- chester United until he turns 70. The 61-year-old Ferguson, halfway through a 2 year ex- tension to his contract, said : “Would I want to be doing the job at Bobby’s age? Would I want to be a manager at 70? I couldn’t rule it out.”AFP
Cyclists ride in Cantu during the 20th stage of Tour de Italy between Cannabio and Cantu. Giovani Lombardi won the stage. THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE
FOOTBALL Italian Cup — Final (2nd leg): AC Milan 2 (Rivaldo 65, Filippo Inza- ghi 90+3) AS Roma 2 (Francesco Totti 56 & 64); Milan won 6-3 on aggregate. German Cup: Final: Bayern Munich 3 (Michael Ballack 3 & 10-pen, Claudio Pizarro 50) Kaiserslautern 1 (Miroslav Klose 80). French Cup: Final: Paris St Ger- main 1 (Hugo Leal 21) AJ Auxerre 2 (Djibril Cisse 77, Jean Alain Boum- song 89). Scottish Cup: Final: Dundee 0 Rangers 1 (Lorenzo Amoruso 66). Spanish Primera Liga: Real Madrid 1 (Raul 67) Celta Vigo 1 (Mostovoi 34). Turkish Brinci Lig: Samsunspor 3 Besiktas 4; Ankaragucu 1 Deni- zlispor 1; Bursaspor 3 Genclerbirligi 1; Diyarbakirspor 1 Elazigspor 2; Goztepe 1 Fenerbahce 1; Istan- bulspor 0 Altay 0; Kocaelispor 1 Adanaspor 2; Trabzonspor 0 Malatyaspor 2. GOLF USPGA Memorial Tournament, Ohio (Par 72): 203 Kenny Perry (65, 68, 70); 205 Lee Janzen (67, 67, 71); 208 Retief Goosen (67, 67, 74), Vijay Singh (67, 69, 72), Jose Maria Olazabal (73, 69, 66); 209 Mark Calcavecchia (69, 70, 70); 211 Chad Campbell (67, 70, 74), Stewart Cink (70, 69, 72); 212 Jeff Maggert (68, 73, 71); 213 John Rollins (70, 69, 74), KJ Choi (70, 73), Mike Weir (72, 70, 71), Enie Els (73, 70, 70), Jim Furyk (68, 70, 75) Robert Gamez (70, 68, 75); 214 Ben Crane (73, 68, 73), Jeff Sluman (70, 72, 72), Tiger Woods (67, 71, 76), Padraig Harrington (70 71 73), Jesper Parnevik (70, 71, 73). LPGA Kellogg-Keebler Classic, Illinois (Par 72): 128 Annika Sorenstam (62-66); 130 Mhairi McKay (66, 64); 133 Rosie Jones (62, 71); 135 Juli Inkster (68, 67); 136 Angela Stanford (65, 71), Becky Morgan (67, 69); 137 Mi Hyun Kim (66, 71); 138 Christina Kim (68, 70), Heather Bowie (67, 71), Tracy Hanson (70, 68) Catriona Matthew (69, 69); 139 Natalie Gulbis (72, 67), Kate Golden (70, 69), Hiromi Kobayashi (66, 73), Hee-Won Han (69, 70), Laura Davies (68, 71), Pat Hurst (68, 71). SQUASH Women’s Heliopolis Open, Cairo: Quarterfinals: 1-Carol Owens (NZ) bt 5-Rebecca Macree (Eng) 9-4, 9-1, 9-7; 4- Cassie Jackman (Eng) bt 6-Fiona Geaves (Eng) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1; 3- Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt 8-Om- neya Abdel Kawy (Egy) 9-2, 8-10, 9- 2, 9-1; 2-Linda Charman (Eng) bt 7- Stephanie Brind (Eng) 9-1, 9-5, 9-0.
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24 Monday,June 2, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
FRENCH FRIES India pull out Ajit Ninan Reuters of pool meet By Sanjib Guha TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata: The APBU-ESPN nine-ball Asian pool champi- onship in Manila is sched- uled to start on Saturday, but it will have to do without the Indian contingent of Dharmendra Lilly and Mukesh Rehani. No prizes for guessing: Its the SARS scare again ! Though India received the invitation some two months back and the Billiards & Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) had shortlisted the duo, it later withdrew be- cause of the SARS factor. “After receiving the invita- tion, we had thought of send- ing both Lilly and Rehani to represent the country but had to withdraw for the play- Spanish matadors charge ers’ sake,” C. Kapur,the BSFI secretary told The Times of India on Saturday. India would have been one through red dirt in Paris of the direct entrants in the second stage of the meet Paris: Spain led the way into the last 16 of Two unseeded players have made it alongwith Chinese Taipei the men’s singles with five players making it through - giant Dutchman Martin Verkerk FRENCH KISS: French former tennis champion Henri Leconte (L) kisses his new girlfriend in the box as they watch the and the hosts. Few of the into the fourth round. and Brazilian newcomer Flavio Saretta who third round French Open match between Tim Henman and Juan Carlos Ferrero at the Roland Garros on Saturday. other Asian countries had to Title-holder Albert Costa, tournament may be joined later by his compatriot and Caught between the Venus out of hiberna- Money not a priority: Navratilova sniffs Graf’s go through the qualifying favourites Juan Carlos Fererro and Carlos three-times former winner Kuerten. continents: Vera Zvonare- tion: Venus Williams says Lindsay Davenport, with three record: For her Grand round of the meet held earli- Moya, Lleyton Hewitt’s conquerer Tommy Pick of the fourth round matches looks va, the Russian 22nd seed she’s the quiet one compared Grand Slam titles to her name Slams had been a day-to- er this year. Robredo and Hamburg Masters winner Felix like being a centre court showdown between who will face Venus Williams with younger sister and reign- - though she has yet to lift the shopping affair. Never tired Mantilla all went through. marathon man Costa of Spain and battling for a place in the women’s ing champion Serena. But French Open - says she’s not and never quitting. At the They now form a formidable wall of clay- Clement of France. Costa has drawn on huge quarter-finals, is caught on she’s ready to come out of hi- counting the money these grand old age of 46, Martina Name and court expertise that second-seed Andre Agas- taps of energy to get this far winning three the horns of a geographical bernation if it means she can days, unlike when she first Navratilova, playing mixed si will have to knock down if he is to win his five-setters and coming back from two sets dilemma. The 18-year-old grab her first Paris crown. started off. Davenport, 26, doubles with India’s Leander Fame wins second crown in Paris and make it halfway to down in two of them. hails from Moscow - but her Tennis reporters have been has won almost 16 million Paes, could yet overhaul the a clean sweep of the 2003 Grand Slams. “I don’t know how I managed to get out of coach Julia Kashevarova is keen to tease out of both sis- dollars in stacking up 38 titles retired Steffi Graf as the all- TIMES NEWS NETWORK And with only Ferrero and Mantilla drawn that one,” said Costa after his knee-buckling based in Maryland, meaning ters the differences in their - but these days she’s looking time money leader on the against each other, there could be four 4hrs 39mins win over Nicolas Lapentti of the teen faces having to character, with Serena saying after the points rather than women’s circuit. Navratilova New Delhi: Name and Fame Spaniards in the quarterfinals. Ecuador in the third round. make a trans-Atlantic move she’s definitely the extrovert. the pennies. “When you start has $20.6 million to her credit (B Prakash astride) won the Their great Argentine rivals have fared “Clement will be another tough nut to to further her career. Asked if “I guess the biggest differ- off it’s quite a shock to get to date and Graf leads by 1.3 Karnataka Cup (Grade III), less well with only fancied seventh-seed crack but I am relaxed about that one,” said she would make the move ence is that I’m Venus and your cheques. I definitely million - but Navratilova has the main event of the Banga- Guillermo Coria and Mariano Zabaleta sure the 27-year-old from Lerida, who came to Stateside Zvonareva, who as she’s Serena. I guess maybe thought about it when I was already bagged doubles titles lore races held on Sunday. of their places. And they will play each other Paris not having won a tournament since his a qualifier took Serena she’s more active and I’m a 16 or 17 - ‘oh, if I win this at the Australian Open and in Melbourne Plate: 1. Inquisitive 59; 2. Silver for a place in the last eight. final win over compatriot Ferrero here 12 Williams to three sets in last little more of a hibernator. I match it’s that much money’. Dubai this year and is closing Cat; 3. Different Story. Fire Haven Plate: 1. year’s fourth round said: “I stay home a little bit more. I “But I think the better you get the gap. “I’ll have to hurry up Tashann; 2. Wishbone; 3. Aretino. Sir M Argentina’s other remaining representa- months ago. The French are desparate to see don’t want it - but if there is a told her not to hang around it becomes a non-issue. Win- and win a few more matches Visvesvaraya Memorial Cup: 1. Genuine tive Gaston Gaudio is locked in a third round a first home win in this tournament since Article; 2. Suraj Narredu; 3. Bernstein. Kar- battle with Gustavo Kuerten which was held Yannick Noah’s emotional triumph 20 years tournament over there I me too much - I’ll get her ning a Grand Slam far or the Williams sister will get nataka Cup (Grade III): 1. Name and Fame; should do this.” She ex- down. She won’t get to do eclipses the money you get there before me,” joked the 2. Adolfito; 3. Rose Garden. Baraloy Plate: over after the light faded with the Brazilian ago when he beat Mats Wilander in the final. plained her coach, who has the things she needs to do in for winning it,” said the Amer- Czech-turned-American. 1. Chant Royal; 2. Barroness Orczy; 3. Na- two sets ahead. Agassi, the highest seed left, looks to have a young children, is predomi- her life because I’ll be at ican, who has pocketed Right however Navratilova is tional Tiger. Mammas Mink Plate: 1. Per- In contrast Agassi is the sole American clear run into the quarter-finals as he goes up sian Goddess; 2. Authentic Power; 3. Dia- survivor and bantamweight Arnaud Clement againt Saretta who is untested at this level nantly working at Maryland’s home watching the Golden 53,300 euros for making the looking at the mixed doubles mond Rock. Sir M Visvesvaraya Mmemo- Park. Girls!” last 16. title.AFP rial Cup: 1. Rezeppelin; 2. Anchor; 3. So is alone to carry the French flag into the sec- and made it through when third round oppo- Supreme. ond week. nent Galo Blanco was forced to abandon. AFP ‘Sponsors created F-1 hype’ By Sukhwant Basra With me- F-1. It’s not just a sport, but is TIMES NEWS NETWORK dia interest more of a business and mar- now fo- keting game. You buy seats New Delhi: It’s been two years cussing on with the sponsorship you since Narain Karthikeyan was Karun bring in. Even Kimi Raikko- said to be on the verge of ac- Chandhok nen got his first break on ac- celerating into the rarefied as well, count of Absolut vodka’s sup- zone of Formula One. He’s Narain feels port,” Narain outlines. But he hopped around in the second that things stays optimistic: “With the rung Formula Nippon and have eased out a bit for him. support of the Tata group, I World Series but his bid for the “But don’t forget that Karun have four more years of rac- crown jewel of racing does not is racing in the Scholarship ing assured. Anything can seem to be taking off. Arm- Class of Formula 3. If he is happen in that time.” chair pundits have begun to unable to perform in the Till then it is a spartan life question his ability to be the Championship Class next style. No night life, marriage first Indian to break into the year, and that’s where the big big league. “If not me, then boys are, then he too will face plans on hold and gulping who?” is the instant retort the questions I do now,” he down carbohydrate-rich diet from the, still, fastest Indian. warns. “And he too will find that his spice-loving palate “My September 2001 that it’s not all that easy.” rebels against. It’s about yog- Jaguar F-1 test drive was But, at 26, isn’t Narain get- ic paranayam (breathing hyped up to suit the interests ting a bit old for life in the techinque) every day and two of the sponsors. It was made fastest lane in the world? hours of strength and cardio- out that F-1 is around the cor- “Rubbish,” he dismisses, vascular training. Sounds ner. I knew it wasn’t going to “Christiana Damata is 31 an d boring doesn’t it? “If the be easy,” says a bitter sound- Ralf Ferman is 29. Both made price for the most exciting job ing Narain here on Sunday. their F-1 debut this year.” So, is to live like a hermit, so be “Since then I have shouldered how long will he continue to it. And, hey, don’t anybody this immense burden of ex- wait for that elusive moment? dare to write me off. I am still pectation and it cramped me.” “Very few people understand going places,” he growls. Perry on course for 2nd title in-a-row Dublin (Ohio): Overnight leader Kenny Per- However, it wasn’t such a good day for ry shot a two-under-par 70 to remain clear of three-time Memorial winner and world num- the Memorial Tournament field on Saturday ber one Tiger Woods who could only card a as he bids to wi n for the second week run- four-over-par 76 to slip back into a tie for 16th ning. at two-under. Woods is playing his first event The 42-year-old, who cruised to victory at on the PGA Tour since last month’s Masters last week’s Colonial, stands on as he restricts his playing 13-under 203 after three rounds GOLF schedule to help recover from and leads two-time US Open winner Lee knee surgery in December. Janzen (71) by two strokes. Spain’s Jose Maria Leading by a single shot, Perry began his Olazabal shot the day’s lowest round (66) in round with 11 straight pars before birdies at blustery conditions to move into tie for third on the par-three 12th and par-four 14th hole. 8-under 208 with Fiji’s Vijay Singh (72) and Perry is seeking his second victory at this South African Retief Goosen (74), all three be- event after winning it in 1991 and also stands ing formermajor winners. to become the 39th back-to-back winner on the CROSS COUNTRY Panja makes it to main draw Mumbai: Talented young- ster Saurav Panja made it to the men’s singles main draw with a 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 win over Moti Maaravi of Isreal in the final qualifying round of the MSLTA-ITF satellite tennis meet here on Sunday. Va- sudeva Reddy and Kedar Tambe lost their matches. Results: (final qualifying round): Men’s singles: Richara Crabtree (Gbr) bt Vasudev Reddy (Ind) 6-3, 6-2; Takishi Itoh (Jpn) bt Abeain Sham (Ind) 6-3, 6-1; Danial Kiernan (Gbr) bt Henry Susilo Pramono (Indonesia) 7- 5, 6-0; Yew-ming Si (Mal) bt Sourabh Kohli (Ind) 6-3, 4-6 7-6 (7-5); Saurav Panja (Ind) bt Moti Maaravi (Isr) 7-6, (7-4), 6-4; Dong-hi Choi (Kor) bt Kedar Tembe (Ind) 6-4, 6-1. PTI Four players lead: Three players including seasoned Bhagyashree Thipsay led the table with three points each while top seed Swati Ghate faced an upset defeat in the third round of the National Women B Chess champi- onship on Sunday. Along with Bhagyashree Thipsay overnight leaders Anupama Gokhale, Priya- darshini M and Kerala’s Sandhya emerged at the top with clean victories while 16 players were tied on 2.5 points behind the leaders. PTI
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