OID‹‰‰†‰KOID‹‰‰†‰OID‹‰‰†‰MOID‹‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Saturday,August 9, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 40 pages Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Myanmar quiet, but Passport to Pakistan: Dipendu’s boys the world asks for SC gives Laloo Yadav eyeing Fed Cup Suu Kyi to be free the green signal glory at home Page 13 Page 11 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES SC takes Best PTI Chanakya to Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. make way There may be times when care, to monitor we are powerless to prevent for multiplex injustice, but there must By Bhadra Sinha never be a time when we TIMES NEWS NETWORK fail to protest. all riot cases — Elie Wiesel New Delhi: The Delhi By Rakesh Bhatnagar High Court on Friday TIMES NEWS NETWORK gave a go-ahead to the NEWS DIGEST New Delhi Municipal New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a Council to take over the notice to the Gujarat government on the National 30-year-old Chanakya Human Rights Commission’s petition seeking cinema hall and re-devel- TIMES fresh investigation and retrial — outside Gujarat — op it as a multiplex. Jus- of the Best Bakery and other riot-related cases, in- tice Mukul Mudgal has cluding the Godhra train carnage. ordered the present own- Indicating that it would possibly monitor the tri- ers, Aggarwal and al of these cases, the court asked the Gujarat gov- Modi Enterprises to va- Rising deaths: Shoddy med- ernment to provide security to the witnesses. At cate the premises by Sep- ical care has seen a sharp in- least 41 witnesses had turned ‘‘hostile’’ in the Bak- tember 30. crease in post-operative deaths ery case, resulting in the acquittal of 21 persons ac- The company had at G B Pant Hospital. P5 cused of burning alive 14 persons in Vadodara on moved the high court March 1, 2002. against the NDMC’s deci- Another warrant for RJD MP: During the proceedings in a crowded court room, sion not to renew its li- Bihar director general of police Zahira Sheikh — a key witness in the Bakery case cence. Justice Mudgal D P Ojha ordered arrest of RJD MP who had turned ‘‘hostile’’ under pressure — also dismissed the applica- Shahabuddin and his six associates sought retrial of the case outside Gujarat, alleging in another case on Thursday. P11 tion and held that the that ‘‘crucial evidence was shut out through council’s decision was Star gets 2 more weeks: The threats and intimidation’’ given on behalf of not discriminatory. government on Friday gave Star two accused. Justice Mudgal said: more weeks’ extension for tempo- Converting the NHRC’s special leave petition as ‘‘It is always better if rary uplinking of its news channel. a petition in the public interest, a Bench of Chief there is an auction for a Also, On Saturday, an inter-ministeri- Justice V N Khare, Justices S B Sinha and Arun Ku- public property.’’ al group is expected to meet to fi- Police try to snatch a coffin from Youth Congress activists demonstrating against defence minister George Fernandes mar asked the state government to submit within and the ‘coffins scam’ near his residence in New Delhi on Friday. Reports on page 6 On November 13, 2001, nalise its recommendations on Star’s two weeks details of the statements made by the uplinking from Indian soil. P11 the NDMC had passed an witnesses in the Bakery case both before the police order stating that beyond Pak boy home-bound: Prime and the trial court. September 30, 2000, the Minister Vajpayee on Friday directed It also sought details of the grounds on which the status of Aggarwal and the authorities concerned to release state government had challenged the Bakery case Modi Enterprises was a 13-year-old Pakistani boy from a Yet another judgment by a Vadodara fast track court. Still mix rum ’n’ Coke? that of an unauthorised juvenile centre in Rajasthan and Though the NHRC counsel said the Gujarat gov- occupant. The council is- ensure his safe return to his parents By Diya Koshy While most proprietors ernment’s appeal on the eve of the hearing of the cloudburst, sued a notice to the com- in Islamabad. P11 TIMES NEWS NETWORK agree that the hype has been NHRC’s petition was ‘‘an eyewash’’, the Supreme pany asking it to vacate Pepsi moves HC created by the media and will Yashodhara Raje ‘quits’ BJP: Court said ‘‘we cannot undermine our courts and New Delhi: There is a new the premises. 26 killed New Delhi: Pepsico In- blow over eventually, they Yashodhara Raje, youngest daugh- the high court in Gujarat’’. However, CJI Khare kind of Cola War brewing. The company’s owner, TIMES NEWS NETWORK are divided in their opinion ter of the late Rajmata Vijayeraje said that the state government’s appeal in the Bak- dia Holdings Ltd, Pearl Aditya Khanna, however, Only this time, it is not the of how these revelations Scindia and MLA from Shivpuri in ery case would not be allowed to be an ‘‘eyewash’’. Drinks and its director, C challenged the order on Shimla: Twenty-six bigwigs of fizz who are fight- have affected sales. Juneja, MP, has resigned from the BJP. P10 ‘‘Furnish the grounds of appeal before us. If we K Jaipuria, on Friday January 30, 2002. He people, mostly women, ing each other. With recent who also owns a couple of find that it was a mere eyewash, we will allow the filed a writ petition in the claimed before the court by Laxman children and migrant findings by the Centre for Subway franchises, says that YOU SAID IT NHRC to intervene in the appeal before the high Delhi High Court seek- that he wanted to con- labourers, were killed Science and Environment the sales here have not been court,’’ said the Bench. ing withdrawal and an struct a multiplex and after a cloudburst near (CSE)charging that the soft affected all that much. ‘‘Peo- independent evaluation that the NDMC had tur- Solang Nullah in Kullu drinks contained ‘deadly pes- ple are still choosing Pepsi of the ‘‘damaging’’ CSE ned down his proposal. Other cases district on Friday. ticides’ that far exceeded the over the iced teas and fruit report. P8 While arguing for the There was a sudden European norms, many Del- juices that are served here.’’ council, senior advocate and steep rise in the wa- hiites seem to be crying foul Food chains like McDon- Godhra 59 passengers were burnt Most people seem to choose Arun Mohan said that ter level of the nullah and chickening out of taking ald’s say that sales have not alive aboard Sabarmati mocktails with fruit juices in the tender was granted to following the cloud- that sip. been affected at their outlets. carnage Express at Godhra them. The younger crowd Aggarwal and Modi En- burst, which washed With schools like Mother’s An official said, ‘‘We never does not seem to be affected terprises for 10 years away the tents along the International already remov- serve bottled drinks at our at all. We think this decline along with just one re- Sardarpura 33 persons were banks. ing their cola vending ma- outlets. We get the concen- District police offi- will continue for about a fort- newal. The returns cou- asphyxiated to death in a chines, Delhi is divided over trate from Coke and use our case cers, who are supervis- night or so.’’ ld exceed Rs 25 lakh a room in Mehsana district staying true to rum-and-Coke own water at the vending ma- ing the rescue and relief month and also generate or adopting a ‘run-or-choke’ Tejinder Sodhi of the Opus chines.’’ Even hotels seem to work, fear the toll could revenue for the State in attitude in the matter. Lounge, said, ‘‘The dust has be maintaining a status quo Gulbarg 39 persons, including go up to 40. the form of taxes. Bars and restaurants in not settled yet. We are follow- on the matter. According to ex-MP Ehsan Jafri, This is the second The NDMC claimed Society case the city also seem to be feel- ing a wait-and-watch policy. Ravi Dubey, vice-president, were killed such tragedy in Kullu that Khanna was paying There are still people who oc- corporate communications, district in a month. Last ing a bit of a pinch. Praveen just Rs 14.5 lakh every casionally ask for Pepsi and Taj Group of Hotels, ‘‘As of Naroda 87 persons were killed month, a cloudburst in Juneja of Suede, a restobar year to it while he earned Shut up, you fool, I’m also fighting now we have received no for- in a mob violence Gursa valley had in the city said, ‘‘There has drinks with cola in them. I more than Rs 1 crore for the same cause; unanimity, mal intimation. ’’ Patia case claimed about 30 lives. been a slight decline by about think the whole thing will from his business. mutual agreement, friendly 10 per cent to 15 per cent. blow over in 10-15 days.’’ More reports on page 8 settlement, etc., London calling for fisc facelift By Sanjay Dutta nancial Dynamics as to how much Financial Dynam- TIMES NEWS NETWORK director David ics’ services would cost the ex- indiatimes.com POLL Lloyd would be in chequer or how long it has been re- New Delhi: At a 5 per cent aver- the country for at tained. Will ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ reinstate Hrithik as the age, annual economic growth has least 10 days, be- According to government data, top actor in Bollywood? not been what the government ginning August 24, India exported goods worth Rs Yes 49% No 51% promised.