OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C In celebration of Independence Day New Delhi, Friday,August 15, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 42 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Keanu turns singer, Digvijay Govt defies Hussain, Butcher to record a single EC order with 3 new hit centuries to with Anthrax districts from today rescue England Page 14 Page 8 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES No-trust move Established 1838 catches Govt Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Supreme Court bans capitation fee Why should we subsidize by surprise intellectual curiosity? By Rakesh Bhatnagar academic year, the court said Order, order will be fixed by the committee TIMES NEWS NETWORK that for the 2003-04 session, the keeping in mind the require- By Smita Gupta — Ronald Reagan management quota and the state ment of the area in which the in- TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Supreme Court SC says: The rates: Private colleges quota would be 50:50 and it States and charged Rs 10 lakh for a medical stitution is functioning. on Thursday ruled that no pro- New Delhi: Leader of Oppo- would be determined by the four- college manage- seat and Rs 4 lakh for engineering However, if the seats under fessional institution can charge sition Sonia Gandhi’s notice member committee. ments to allot the linguistic or religious minor- capitation fees from students for a vote of no-confidence Independence Day celebrates India’s A Bench headed by CJI V N 50% seats each Colleges: In Maharashtra, 137 ity quota are not filled, then tryst with destiny—the day when we seeking admission, saying: ‘‘Im- Khare clarified an earlier judge- private engineering colleges and 16 those left vacant should be filled against the Vajpayee govern- gained freedom from foreign rule. parting of education is essen- ment. Justice Sinha delivered a Those hit: private medical colleges by candidates passing the com- ment — the first in the 13th tially charitable in nature.’’ separate 126-page verdict on the Engineering, medical, architecture mon entrance test (CET) con- Lok Sabha — caught the gov- The court also said that pri- issue. Dealing with the menace and management colleges mainy in The barons: Among Maharash- ducted by that particular state. ernment by ‘‘surprise’’ on NEWS DIGEST vate unaided or minority insti- of capitation fees, the Bench Maharashtra and Karnataka, tra’s ‘shiksha samrats’ are 16 The fee scrutiny committee Thursday, parliamentary af- ministers and politicians tutions imparting technical and said ‘‘governments should con- admissions frozen would include a chartered ac- fairs minister Sushma Cong’s coup: The Gujarat Con- medical education could decide sider framing appropriate regu- countant of repute, an eminent Swaraj admitted. gress has taken the propaganda their own fee structure which lations and cancel the recogni- would be implemented under leges are not on the same footing doctor or an engineer depending And while she said the gov- battle to chief minister Narendra must be scrutinised by a com- tion as well as the affiliation giv- Article 141 of the Constitution as unaided minority educational on the nature of the college, the ernment was ‘‘100 per cent Modi’s court by declaring that slain mittee headed by a retired high which mandates every authority, institutions (UMEIs) in view of secretary of medical education confident’’ the motion would minister Haren Pandya’s father, en to a professional college if it court judge in each state. or technical education of the be defeated, the notice has Vitthalbhai Pandya, will hoist the is found charging capitation fees civil and military, to ensure im- Article 31 of the Constitution. sent the government scurry- national Tricolour at the party’s Considering that very little or indulging in profiteering’’. plementation of the apex court’s The UMEIs have a right to admit state government and an emi- flag-hoisting programme in Patan, time is left for completing the ad- Until the Parliament enacts a orders. The Bench also said that students of their community or nent personality of the state. ing to mobilise its NDA al- the ancient capital of the Solanki mission process for the current law to this effect, the judgement non-minority professional col- linguistic group but the quota Edit: Decapitated Colleges lies. Indeed, an NDA meeting dynasty, on Friday. P11 will be called soon to discuss the motion, which is to be Backlash abroad: Union minister taken up on Monday at 12 Arun Shourie told the Rajya Sabha noon to culminate the follow- on Thursday that though the infor- Far from the Ferrari, training time now 5 expelled ing day with voting at 6 pm. mation technology industry regis- AFP Bury politics of The vote of no-confidence, tered a growth of 26 per cent during the Congress admits private- 2002-03, there is now a backlash for ragging abroad, with other countries taking ly, poses no threat to the gov- protective steps to guard against ernment, nor is it intended India’s dominance. P8 IIT fresher religion: Kalam to. A senior Congress MP said, ‘‘A vote of no-confi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK spoke of dence has two purposes — his interac- one, to replace the govern- PEOPLE POWER New Delhi: Five stu- New Delhi: In his second In- dents of IIT Delhi, all tions with ment; the other to place on Speak your mind—loud and free. dependence eve address to residents of Aravalli citizens record the anger and anguish Question of the week: the nation, President Abdul of the people. Our purpose is ● Has the ban on ragging been effective? hostel have been ex- across the Kalam hit out at advocates of ● Where do you draw the line between pelled from the hostel on country in the second.’’ harmless fun and harassment? religious bigotry and vio- charges of ragging the past Indeed, it is a device to lence. He declared that the Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and Prakash Rajpurohit. Ra- year and help the opposition achieve 1 pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 country would be better e-mail: [email protected]. Your jpurohit, a first year stu- said the its goal, sources said, of get- served by giving its children response, along with your name, will be published in dent had lodged a com- country ting the Prime Minister to re- ‘‘a prosperous and safe India’’ plaint with the police, should ply to a variety of issues, in- SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA rather than additional places Abdul Kalam August 17, 2003 on the basis of which ‘‘prioritise cluding defence purchases, of worship. the Delhi police had con- our thoughts on national de- which the government had Kalam called for a ‘‘mora- tacted the IIT discipli- velopment and make all other refused to agree to when the YOU SAID IT by Laxman torium’’ on all issues ‘‘which nary committee. issues non-issues.’’ discussion had focussed sim- are an impediment to the de- The police had also The President recited a ply on that subject. It also asked all residents of velopment of the nation’’. poem he said he had written brings to an ‘‘honourable’’ Aravalli hostel to line Though he did not mention after a function in Srinagar end the impasse in the Lok up for identification of any specific controversy, the where three students — one a Sabha over the PAC issue. the culprits. The five reference to contemporary Hindu, one a Muslim and one Indeed, the notice appears boys were identified India’s most diversionary po- a Sikh — came up to him and to be the logical culmination by Rajpurohit, on the ba- litical dispute was clear. said they wanted to ‘‘go on a of the growing confrontation sis of which the com- The President said future mission to penetrate the between the government and mittee gave the expul- generations would not re- minds of the extremists and the opposition, witnessed sion orders. member us for ‘‘how many bring about unity of minds’’. during the current session of The Delhi police said churches, mosques, temples The students’ questions en- Parliament. With elections in that they would also or gurudwaras our genera- gulfed me, said Kalam, ‘‘re- the air, Parliament has seen investigate the matter, tion has added’’. ‘‘We will be sulting in a poetic verse’’. an aggressive opposition put- as a case had been remembered only if we give One of the stanzas was: ‘‘Oh ting the government on the registered. our younger generation a Almighty... Light the mind of mat on issues varying from Earlier, taking a seri- prosperous and safe India, re- the religious leaders to evolve Ayodhya, to the CBI’s appar- ous view of the ragging sulting out of economic pros- a bridge among religions ent ‘‘burial’’ of the Babri incident, HRD minister perity coupled with our civil- with compassion and love’’. Masjid demolition case You must get a new dress. Strike Murli Manohar Joshi isational heritage’’. Referring to the country’s against senior members of is banned for government employ- had directed the insti- In down-to-earth and direct relations with neighbours, he the BJP-led government, the ees, I know. But you can request tute authorities to take language replete with his said, ‘‘India has definitely ta- Taj corridor controversy and for a small increase in your salary. action against the guilty, trademark references to tech- ken a significant peace initia- finally defence purchases. Or, is that also prohibited? failing which, he nology and children, Kalam tive with all its neighbours.’’ PAC impasse continues: P8 warned, the ministry ‘‘may even go to the ex- tent of closing down the hostel.’’ Official sources told The Times of India on Thursday that Joshi indiatimes.com POLL spoke to the IIT regis- Will the flurry of people-to-people initia- trar during the day and tive really result in better Indo-Pak ties? made it clear that the guilty should be brought Yes 41% No 69% India’s cricket season formally began with the probables camp in Bangalore to book.