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Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Life is a gamble at terrible Fire on Frontier Mail kills 38 odds – if it was a bet, you Rajesh Bhambi wouldn’t take it. ● — Tom Stoppard Suspected: Stove NEWS DIGEST burst or short-circuit Weight-lifting team pulls out: ● India pull of the world junior No sabotage weightlifting championships be- cause of the 23 positive cases at the By Harpreet Kang & Raju William jnunior nationals in Chennai in Janu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ary. According to federation officials this was done to send a warning Laddowal (Ludhiana): Thirty-eight people across the lifting community. P20 were charred to death and 14 others injured Kalam meets Staines’ widow: when the Mumbai-Amritsar Golden Temple President A P J Abdul Kalam met Express (Frontier Mail) caught fire near Gladys Staines, the widow of slain Ludhiana around 4 am on Thursday. Three Australian missionary Graham Stuart coaches were completely destroyed and an- Staines, in Baripada. other partially damaged in the fire that broke out around 4 am. Cheaper fuel The fire started in S-4 coach, 10 minutes after the train left the Ludhiana station. It Petrol Old New soon spread to S-3 and S-5 coaches. Delhi 31.50 30.40 While railway minister Nitish Kumar re- Mumbai 36.43 35.25 fused to comment on the cause of the fire, of- Kolkata 33.00 31.91 ficials maintained that passenger negli- Chennai 34.40 33.22 gence could be the possible reason behind Diesel the disaster. Kumar said the commissioner of railway Delhi 20.13 19.18 safety had initiated a probe. Assuring that Mumbai 25.50 24.38 the probe would be completed within a Kolkata 21.51 20.57 Chennai 22.43 21.38 month, he said: ‘‘We will have to wait to know the cause of fire.’’ He announced an Rs per litre (Effective today) ex gratia amount of Rs 1 lakh for the fami- Rescue work goes on after three coaches of Frontier Mail caught fire at Laddowal near Ludhiana on Thursday morning. More pictures on pages 3, 11 and 12 lies of each of the death. Hinting at passenger negligence, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said parts of a burnt stove and a hookah were Excuses on track, found in S-4 coach. Cancer patient loses all Railway board member (electrical) S C Gupta, too, contended that a stove-burst may By Nistula Hebbar call from Shaji. ‘‘He said, good company.They had all be behind the disaster. Substantiating his TIMES NEWS NETWORK I’m alone now, Betty and booked their seats through accountability off claim, he said the window sills near the the children are dead.’’ Bet- the institute and were trav- burnt stove were distorted due to the impact New Delhi: In a tragic ty’s brother, Father Jose, elling in the same coach,’’ By Rajesh Ramachandran wiring on the coaches may have of the explosion. twist of fate, 40-year-old left for Ludhiana to bring said Father Mathias. TIMES NEWS NETWORK got damaged, causing a short cir- Railway Board sources said there were no Army officer B Shaji, who cuit. The train had already trav- back the bodies of his sister Sister Alphonso’s body New Delhi: The blame game signs of sabotage. It could be a case of short- has been battling oral can- and nephews. was so badly charred that it elled over 30 hours in the scorch- has begun. circuit or sparking or leakage of some in- cer for the past few months, The family was close- wasn’t possible to ascertain ing heat before it caught fire. Most major accidents are put flammable objects being carried by passen- survived Thursday’s rail knit and Shaji’s illness her age. ‘‘The railway peo- The wiring is done on the roof down to sabotage by rail officials gers, they said. tragedy only to lose his wife brought them closer. ple called us for details,’’ and some reports suggest that eager to shift responsibility Bhagwant Singh, a soldier, said he saw Betty and sons Johnny and ‘‘Through the five months said Father Mathias. Five the roof was damaged. from the Railways to the state smoke coming out of the S-3 coach when he Tony in the accident. of chemotherapy, the fami- people from Delhi have What is puzzling officials is government. But now that Prime YOU SAID IT by Laxman pulled the chain. Armymen and other rail- Shaji and his family were ly concentrated on beating been identified among the speed with which the fire Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee way officials rushed to the spot and delinked on their way to Ludhiana, the odds on death,’’ added those killed. Surinder spread from one coach to anoth- the three coaches. happy at the prospect of a Father Mathias. ‘‘When Singh, travelling in S4, has has suggested — from his Man- er, gutting three and affecting a Twelve fire tenders were pressed into holiday away from hospi- Betty and the children also been identified. ali retreat — that the fire could fourth. service but it took two hours before the fire tals. ‘‘Shaji was undergoing came here last week to say According to the North- have been caused by a cigarette Normally, coaches are built was brought under control. treatment at the Military goodbye, they looked happy. ern Railway,around 52 peo- or a short circuit, the Railways with fire retardant substances The fire had spread to S-6 coach, too, but it Hospital in Delhi and a part Shaji had responded well to ple have boarded a special may confirm this version. and even the positive and nega- was brought under control well in time. of his chemotherapy was the treatment,’’ he said. train to the site. MTNL em- Already, Northern Railway tive electrical points are isolated Ambulances shifted injured passengers to over. The family was going For the staff at the Don ployee Balwinder Singh officials — on whose territory to prevent short circuiting. But the Christian Medical College and the to Ludhiana to pick up Bosco Polytechnic, it has Sethi was one of the first on the accident occurred — are in this case, the fire engulfed the Dayanand Medical College in Ludhiana. their old furniture,’’ said been a multiple tragedy.Sis- board. Three members of blaming the passengers by coaches in minutes. Residents of nearby villages of Majh Fag- Father Mathias Vellap- ter Alphonso, a nun at the his family are reportedly claiming that the fire spread Of course, the wind blowing gowal, Barewal and Laddowal helped in the pallil, director, Don Bosco nearby Sacred Heart order on one of the four ill-fated from a burst stove. strongly on a train travelling at rescue operations. They even arranged tea Polytechnic Institute. was also killed. ‘‘Sister coaches of the train. The train had left Ludhiana 90 kmph had a role to play. and food for the shocked passengers. It was after morning Alphonso travelled on Says Father Mathias, station at 3.45 am and passen- According to senior Railways Law says pay Rs 4 lakh, Rlys evasive: Page 11 mass at the institute that Thursday thinking Betty ‘‘We will hold a prayer gers normally do not cook in the officials linked to safety, only Coach-makers baffled: Page 12 Father James received a and the children would be meeting on Friday.” wee hours. two per cent of rail accidents are Sacred Space: Prayers for Protection Rail Bhawan officials feel caused by fire.
Ah, elections must be round the corner! For the past 50 years I have seen them coming here like this! Rupee turns dollar dreams real indiatimes.com POLL By N Vidyasagar Yesterday’s results: Do you think TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cashing in on currency converting LoC into International Border will solve the Kashmir issue? New Delhi: As the rupee flexes its Rs.19.6 lakh: Cost of a year’s 50 Value of one US 48.9 muscle vis-a-vis the dollar, Indian college education in the US in ’02 dollar in rupees 45.5 Yes 38% No 62% consumers are reaping the bene- since liberalisation fits. A stronger rupee — at 47 to a Rs.17 lakh: Cost if the dollar • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose 42.1 to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. dollar, buying a dollar in rupees falls to, say, Rs 45 in 2003 has become cheaper — has made 40 47.10 Today’s question: Even after so many in The problems accidents, do you think the Indian international travel, studying May'03 Railways has failed to put up an effective abroad, consumer services and 33.4 • Only the dollar is down, the euro and sterling are getting stronger disaster management plan? products more affordable as com- 24.4 pared to last year. 30 Cast your vote on • You get less rupees for dollar www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 For the first time since liberali- payments coming in from the US sation, consumers are enjoying a 1991 '95 '98 2000 '02 '03 • Exports less competitive strengthening rupee. A year ago, it would cost you Rs 49 to buy a dollar — today you pay a little over Rs 47, Financial planners are now ad- Holidays abroad have never been an appreciation of nearly 3 per vising people to go in for medical as affordable.’’ cent. In fact, if you sell a dollar to- treatment and short-term execu- Any caveats? Well, the rupee has- day,it fetches just Rs 45. tive education courses in the US. n’t appreciated against the Euro Experts expect the rupee to ‘‘There are plenty of options,’’ says and the Pound Sterling. The rupee WEATHER strengthen further in the short- Rajiv Bajaj, MD of Bajaj Capital. has weakened vis-a-vis the Euro term and stabilise around the Rs 45 ‘‘There’s better value for money in from Rs 50 levels to Rs 54.90. At the travel abroad now. Studying Max temp: 40.8oC/Min: 25.3oC level over the next two quarters. same time, a weaker dollar has af- Sunset: Friday — 7.05 pm While this will make life tougher abroad has also become cheaper. ’’ fected families getting remittances Sunrise: Saturday — 5.30 am for exporters — as they will get Adds Neeraj Ghei, director, Se- from the US. Compared to a year Moonset: Saturday — 6.16 am less rupees for every dollar lect Vacations, ‘‘People are getting ago, an Indian family stands to lose Moonrise: Friday — 7.31 pm earned — consumers will benefit. better rates as the dollar has fallen. Rs 200 for every $100 received. Clear sky with possiblity of dust haze or strong surface winds in the afternoon. Max- imum relative humidity on Thursday 63% and minimum 12%. Even govt says TOI is Delhi’s No. 1 TIMES NEWS NETWORK penetration, has noted in its 2002 Print run Ad Rate* survey that almost 60 per cent of New Delhi: After being voted No. 1 The Times English daily newspaper readers in 6,57,909 Rs 131.26 by readers in Delhi in the last two In- of India New Delhi can be reached through dian Readership Surveys, The Times the TOI alone. of India has now been rated as the Hindustan The Times of India’s growth has city’s top newspaper by the Direc- 6,34,440 Rs 126.58 Times been possible due to the tremendous torate of Advertising and Visual *per sq cm support it has received from the mar- Publicity (DAVP) of the government. ket. Drawn by a combination of an The Times of India prints the the circular, the TOI has been as- all-colour product and up-scaled con- highest number of copies among signed the highest ad rate of all tent, a surge of new readers have be- Book your Classifieds all newspapers printed in Delhi, 24 hours service: “51-666-888” newspapers in the city. gun subscribing to the paper in the declares the DAVP. It leads the The government data backs the last four months. The advertising Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” Hindustan Times by a print run of findings of the Indian Readership world has also responded with great The ATM of information 23,469 copies. Survey (IRS-2002), which in its top- enthusiasm, and ad revenues in the The Largest Classifieds Site The DAVP made the declaration in line findings for the New Delhi mar- newspaper are growing at a very its recently issued circular on the ad- ket has noted that TOI is the highest healthy rate over last year. vertising rates it has fixed for vari- read English newspaper in the Capi- We take this opportunity to thank ous newspapers, based on the num- tal. IRS, widely acknowledged as the our readers, advertisers and now, * 22 + 8 pages of Delhi Times ber of copies they print in Delhi. In most dependable study on media the Government.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Friday,May 16, 2003 3 Hike tariff or subsidy, say experts Special train for victims’ kin Either govt or consumer will have to pay for the losses incurred by power firms Neeraj Paul TIMES NEWS NETWORK By Rahul Chhabra cessions in power rate. The ered due to thefts etc - would New Delhi: The scene at the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Delhi government-run trans- Who pays what stand at Rs 793 crore. New Delhi Railway Station mission company purchases Since the BSES and Tata New Delhi: One unit of elec- on Thursday afternoon was power from central govern- Domestic Power would need Rs 10,534 tricity may cost Rs 7 on an av- one of anxiety and chaos, as ment agencies and sells it at consumer crore in 21 months to break erage, if the burden of pri- news of the rail tragedy in- a lower rate to private com- even, they want to recover vate power distribution com- volving the Frontier Mail panies. the Rs 793 crore loss. This panies’ losses, is passed on to Units Now 2004* trickled in. The accident oc- The Delhi government’s would be in addition to Rs consumers. First 100 1.50 1.72 curred at 4 am. By 12.40 pm, subsidy to private companies 3,607 crore subsidy they are a special train carrying the The figures, calculated on Next 100 2.10 2.41 21 months of operation, are over a 21-month period will expecting from the govern- relatives of those on board amount to Rs 3,607 crore, ac- ment-run Transco during left for Ludhiana. based on documents submit- Next 200 3.00 3.45 ted by the BSES and Tata cording to the documents this period. *Balwinder Singh Sethi, filed by the private compa- Above 400 3.60 4.14 Thus, during an operation an MTNL employee in Delhi Power to the Delhi Electrici- ty Regulatory Commission nies and government-run of 21 months, the private was hoping that he would Transco. Industrial companies would spend Rs find his sister, her husband (DERC). consumer The 21-month period in- The private companies 10,534 crore and would man- and his sister-in-law safe on claim they need Rs 10,534 Now 2004* age to recover Rs 6,134 crore his arrival. ‘‘I found out cludes the last nine months and the next financial year. crore during the 21 months to 4.10 4.71 at the existing tariff. The bal- when I switched on the tele- reach a no-profit-no-loss situ- ance Rs 4,400 crore will have vision in the morning, I The average cost of one ation. ‘‘To recover this * 2004 projections are unofficial to be raised either through a called the helpline number, unit of power at present is Rs and based on the assumption of amount from customers at tariff hike, subsidy or a mix where I was asked to board 4.15. an average hike of 15 per cent the existing retail supply tar- of both. this train,’’ he says. The consumer is currently in all slabs. The final rates can iff, the average cost of one be higher or lower than the The DERC’s role now is to Gurdayal, an army jawan, paying less largely due to the unit would come to Rs 7,’’ projected figures. decide to what extent should along with three of his col- subsidy being provided by leagues, was on his way to the Delhi government to the said Gajender Haldia, chief the power tariff be raised for find out whether six of his private companies. In the ab- advisor of National Council manage to recover only Rs helping power companies to comrades have survived or sence of subsidy, the private of Applied Economic Re- 6,134 crore in 21 months of recover their investments. It not. ‘‘Their names are not companies would have search. operation. was in June 2001, that the on the injured list, and only charged more. To build a case for a tariff After recovering Rs 6,134, DERC has last approved a five people have been identi- The Delhi government of- hike, the power companies the private firms claim, their tariff hike. The average cost fied among those dead,’’ fers subsidy to private com- have told the DERC that at revenue gap - loss in money of one unit of power had Many anxious relatives were relieved to see the names of their kin on the list of injured put panies in the shape of con- the existing rates they would spent minus money recov- gone by 15 per cent. said a hopeful Gurdayal. up at the New Delhi railway station on Thursday. Till late evening, only five of the 38 dead According to the North- in Frontier Mail fire could be identified. ern Railway, they have set up 14 information hotlines, have been identified among L Meena, manager commer- three of them in Delhi. the dead. cial, Northern Railway. Helplines ‘‘The lines have been *About 35-40 relatives, The Chief Operating New Delhi Railway busy since morning. We and eleven media persons Manager of Northern Rail- Station: 23344128, decided to run the train at 9 left on the train. Among the way L R Thapar was also 23342954, 23341074 am , relatives were then railway staff were the gen- travelling on the Frontier told through the media eral manager,northern rail- Mail ‘‘Only five bodies have Delhi Junction: that the train woud be leav- way R K Singh along been identified till now, 18 23962389, 23967322 ing at 12 pm,’’ said Sandhu. with a group of railway bodies will be cremated en Hazrat Nizammuddin: In all, 67 passengers board- doctors. masse in Ludhiana as they 24356674, 24359748, ed the ill-fated train from ‘‘We have issued 21 passes are charred beyond recogni- 24355964 Delhi, of whom only five for the special train,’’ said R tion,” said an official. 80% treated waste water not used By Saurabh Sinha potable water is being used One of these plans is to TIMES NEWS NETWORK Down the drain for these purposes every day. supply treated waste water to New Delhi: About 80 per •Sewage generated daily: ‘‘The Najafgarh drain the Garden of Five Senses cent of the 380 million gal- Over 600 mgd alone has the potential of near Mehrauli, which is cur- lons of waste water treated meeting the secondary re- rently facing water shortage. every day is released into the •Sewage treated: quirements of a huge sub- Also, the water tank in Hauz river, as none of the city’s 380 mgd city like Dwarka if its waste Khas will be revived using civic agencies have the infra- •Recycle water used: is treated and used. The pres- treated waste water. structure to utilise it. 80 mgd for irrigation sure on groundwater will The Pragati Power station Being one of the greenest also reduce,’’ said Central has already started getting cities in the country,Delhi re- •The rest: released in river Ground Water Board Delhi 2.2 mgd of treated waste quires a lot of water for gar- (mgd: million gallons chief S B Singh. water. dening and treated waste wa- a day) According to Tripathi, the ‘‘According to the agree- ter suits this purpose city has no option but to start ment, they will pay for the perfectly. reusing treated waste water. treatment plant’s mainte- ‘‘Instead of laying treated water free of cost to ‘‘States that supply water to nance and power bill. We will pipelines for drawing the the agencies. Delhi have started asking not charge anything for sup- treated water to their areas, ‘‘Let them just lay the why they should give us more plying the water,’’ Tripathi civic agencies find it easier to pipelines. This water is full of if we don’t utilise our re- said. drill tubewells. The result is a nutrients and if used, would sources fully,’’ he said. ‘‘In Bangalore and Chen- massive fall in the water even help cut down on fer- ‘‘Several government agen- nai, the industrial units are table,’’ said a source in the tilisers,’’ he said. cies are now thinking of lay- supplied only treated waste Union water resource min- Apart from gardening, this ing pipelines for using treat- water. If we have assured de- istry. treated waste water can also ed waste water. But mand from the industry here, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) chief be used for flushing and these plans are yet to we can set up the infrastruc- P K Tripathi said the agency washing pavements. At pres- take shape,’’ a senior Delhi ture and supply good quality was willing to provide the ent, a huge quantity of government official said. treated water,’’ he said.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places in Andaman and Nicobar islands, coastal Andhra NATIONAL Hospital short of Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; at a few places in Orissa, Mumbai: I-A 0700, Telangana, Rayalaseem, Kerala and Lakshadweep and 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, at isolated places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, west Bengal and Sikkim, 2300 Jet Air 0650, 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Uttranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and south interior karnataka. vital medication 1935, 2030, 2200, Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD 1520, 1800, 2025 By Pallavi Majumdar Max Min KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min TIMES NEWS NETWORK Short supply 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 39 25 Dehradun 35 19 Amsterdam 13 07 Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 33 28 Hyd’bad 35 25 Bahrain 37 27 Ciprovid 500, Ciprovid Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 35 29 Indore 43 25 Bangkok 34 27 New Delhi: Kasturba Hospi- • CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 35 27 Jaipur 41 27 Beijing 19 14 tal is facing an acute short- TZ, Ampicillin, Amoxy- 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 32 22 Lucknow 40 26 Chicago 23 09 age of some essential drugs cillin kid are not available 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 44 29 Patna 39 26 Geneva 18 06 0645,1900 for the past two months. T’puram 33 26 Rajkot 42 25 Hong Kong 32 27 •These drugs are includ- BANGALORE: There are no calcium and I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 43 29 Shimla 25 14 London 13 04 ed in the list of essential Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 41 28 Srinagar 22 08 Los Angeles 23 14 iron tablets essential for medication of the MCD Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 35 24 Nagpur NA NA Moscow 25 16 pregnant women. HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 •These drugs are GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS The MCD-run 450-bed hos- Sahara 1200 pital is one of the largest ma- administered in treating KULU: Jagson 0630, several infections 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on ternity hospitals in Delhi. It AHMEDABAD: 15.05.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. handles close to 60 deliveries I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl in a day. she said clutching the card. GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH At least four antibiotics ★★ However, hospital medical I-A 0555 , 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 20.05 27.05 06.06 27.05 which are included in the es- ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 20.06 18.06 27.05 superintendent Dr Madhu sential drugs list of the MCD Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 23.05 04.06 10.06 09.06 Jain denied the shortage. ‘‘I Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST are in short supply here, forc- Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 17.05 23.05 13.06 — go on regular rounds and 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 ing patients to buy them Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 17.05 22.05 11.06 12.06 there is no such shortage of (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 19.05 26.05 16.05 16.06 from outside. medicines,’’ she said. Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 29.05 22.06 22.06 The drugs cost anywhere However, later on Tuesday, INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 26.05 28.05 29.05 between Rs 2 to Rs 8 per 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 20.05 26.05 28.05 she reportedly ordered the BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai tablet. Amoxycillin, for in- 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 16.05 21.05 21.05 26.05 store officials to make a Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 01.07 17.06 stance, costs about Rs 2 per A-I 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 16.06 23.06 17.06 list of drugs that were in FRANKFURT: Lufthansa tablet, Ciprovid 500 costs Rs 6 2554 Vaishali Exp 16.05 29.05 04.06 16.06 short supply and directed 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 02.06 16.06 05.06 per tablet and Ciprovid TZ AMSTERDAM: 2802 Purshottam Exp — 17.06 16.06 04.06 costs around Rs 8 per tablet. them to procure them at the KLM 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 22.06 17.06 27.05 earliest. LONDON: British Air 4230 Lucknow Mail 21.05 24.05 26.05 27.05 On Monday, Shashi Ku- 0210 (BA-142) WEST mari, a pregnant patient had MCD medical health PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail 27.05 12.06 16.06 17.06 officer Dr K N Tiwari said: 0040 (AF-147), 2926 Paschim Exp 27.05 16.06 18.06 17.06 come to the OPD for her A-I 0205 (AI-159) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 06.06 11.06 12.06 — check-up. ‘‘The contractor’s term was SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 03.06 10.06 11.06 — ‘‘The doctor said I need to extended for three months Airlines 2315 (SQ-407), 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 12.06 26.06 12.06 take iron and calcium tablets and such a shortage should A-I 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 24.06 16.06 12.06 DAHRAIN: 2916 Ashram Exp 24.05 16.06 16.06 05.06 to get over the weakness but not be there. I will look into A-I 0245 (AI-818) SOUTH they are not available here,’’ the matter,’’ he said. ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 03.06 09.06 16.06 03.06 A-I 0300 (AI-139) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 04.06 09.06 17.06 08.06 HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2432 Trivandrum Raj 24.06 01.07 29.06 — A-I 2340 (AI-310) 2626 Kerala Exp — 21.06 18.06 12.06 Woman found dead 2618 Mangala Exp — 26.06 19.06 09.06 AIR INDIA 2628 Karnataka Exp — 17.06 17.06 02.06 New Delhi: A woman was AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: 2724 A P Exp 09.06 16.06 19.06 09.06 found dead in Okhla indus- 0010 (AI 127) 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 14.06 28.06 27.06 — trial area on Thursday. The MUMBAI: 2030 (AI 471) 7022 Dakshin Express — 09.06 — 28.05 No. of passengers dealt on 14.05.2003 (Delhi Area): 69,540 (N. Rly. Area) police are hunting for the A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,69,057. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all (Air.)25652050, British Air: man she was living with. (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for 23323310, Singapore Airlines computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. Alpana (40), a mother of 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) two, had started living with Sukhen Mandal three years ago. Her body has wounds on Eco-initiatives meet the neck was recovered from Tughlakabad Extension at TIMES NEWS NETWORK ered an ideal platform for 9.20 pm. senior management levels, in The police said Alpana New Delhi: Times Founda- particular, to learn about us- was married to Powell tion and the Associated ing market mechanisms to Goswami in West Bengal. Chambers of Commerce and foster green initiatives, ISO The couple had two Industry of India (As- certification, green rating, children. TNN socham) are organising a the role of Eco- seminar to dis- mark in pursu- cuss green ini- ing quality tiatives as well products and as challenges the procedures and opportuni- and methodolo- ties of the Eco- gies to get an mark scheme. Eco-mark. The day-long seminar on Saturday, spon- The seminar will be based sored by the Union environ- on case studies and success ment ministry, is being or- stories from senior represen- ganised in association with tatives of the industry, Cen- the Indian Institute of Mate- tral Pollution Control Board, rials Management. The chief Bureau of Indian Standards, guest will be Delhi’s environ- Union environment ministry, ment minister D C Bandhu. NGOs and consultants. To be held at Assocham For registration and de- For booking & House, the seminar is consid- tails, call 9811413696. information, please call: 51-666-888 23302351 23302352
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Friday,May 16, 2003 5 Shah Rukh 1 held with pistol One dead, 14 ill chats on after consuming How Sunita case was cracked near Patiala Courts herbal drink By Bhadra Sinha cars in the areas of Shali- Radio Mirchi TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK mar Bagh, Prashant Vihar, TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A man died and 14 Rohini and Samaipur Badli. hey don’t call Shah New Delhi: This case of New Delhi: The Tilak Marg others fell ill after they con- This exercise is conduct- Rukh livewire Khan Bomb scare blind murder kept the sumed a herbal drink. The inci- ed from 5 am to 7 am and be- for nothing. police arrested a youth with northwest district police on T a locally made pistol outside at high court dent took place after the vic- tween 10 to 12 in the their toes for 11 days. Three The Devdas may be evening. They are specifical- the Patiala Courts premises tims purchased the drink from assistant commissioners of down right now, but he’s not TIMES NEWS NETWORK ly asked to lookout out for on Thursday afternoon. a vendor near a district park in police and more than 150 po- out. cars driven by those in the According to the police, New Delhi: The Delhi Rohini. lice personnel worked After delivering a resound- age-group of 20 to 30 years. Lalit (24), a resident of Sewa high court received two Sumit (18), a resident of Ro- round the clock to crack the ing hit, portraying Sarat The police zero-in on 12 Nagar, was arrested at 1:50 anonymous calls be- hini sector 9, died after con- Sunita Chadha murder Chandra Chatterjee’s immor- vehicles. One of them is a pm with one .315 bore coun- tween 1 pm and 1.05 pm suming the drink. The vendor case. Their hard work paid tal creation, SRK is now re- Ford Ikon owned by Ajay try-made pistol and two live saying three persons apparently used to set up shop off and the police nabbed cuperating after a back oper- Raj Kamal. Police probe re- cartridges. armed with bombs were near the park every evening. the killers. This is how it ation. veals that Kamal also owns Deputy commissioner of going to the court. The police have registered a happened: But, despite being out of a weapon. However, on police (New Delhi), Manoj ‘‘The call was made case of culpable homicide and ● May 2: On her way to her circulation, Shah Rukh is en- checking the records, the Lall, said: ‘‘Lalit had come from shop number 5 of dealing in poisonous sub- mother’s house in Rohini, suring that his home-produc- police does not find his with his younger brother, Khan Market. The identi- stances. Sunita Chadha intervenes tion Chalte Chalte is given name. His license was ap- Liladhar, to attend a court ty of the caller is yet to be in an altercation between HAPPIER TIMES: Sunita Chadha with husband Joginder. the final touches. parently issued from Ro- hearing. ’’ He said when ascertained. So far no ex- three men and a scooterist He is also making most of htak.Meanwhile the police Lalit and Liladhar were plosive or device has at 10 pm. Her attempt to me- police team in Ghaziabad number plate of the car was his spare time by spending it find his behaviour ‘abnor- coming out of the court, the been found. The security diate infuriates the drunk checks the records to short- not as low as that of Cielo. with his family. mal’ as Kamal visited his accused found himself sur- at the court has been men who shoot her. list black Cielo car owners. Police begin their investi- Shah Rukh told Radio home rarely and stayed for rounded by some persons. alerted,’’ DCP Lall said. ● May 3: The police find The bullet lead is sent to the gation afresh. Mirchi about how he is only half an hour. He knew two of them, James only one witness, a taxi- experts to find out the type Under the supervision of spending his days with his ● and Anees. alert policemen saw Lalit driver. They also recover a of weapon used. three assistant commission- May 10 to 13: Kamal’s children — Aryan and ‘‘Lalit took out his pistol taking aim and overpowered piece of lead from her car. ● May 5: A scooterist ers of police, including J S residence in Saraswati Vi- Suhana — and helping his and aimed at Anees. The him,’’ Lall said. Meanwhile, an anonymous comes forward after read- Deswal of Rohini sub-divi- har is put under surveil- wife in their day-to-day up- caller tells the police that ing the appeal. He is, howev- sion, a list of 2,100 licensed lance. bringing. the men were travelling in a er, unsure about the make weapon owners living in ● May 13: The police learn He also said this is the per- black colour Cielo bearing or the colour of the car. The northwest district is pre- that Kamal will be visiting fect time to think about his Uttar Pradesh registration experts tell the police that pared. his house. At They intercept next films. number. Teams are sent to the weapon was either a .32 Each station house offi- his car near Rohini jail. Ka- Shah Rukh has already Ghaziabad authority. revolver or a pistol. cer is asked to verify the an- mal is interrogated and he signed Ashutosh ● May 4: The police make ● May 6: The police take tecedents of the owners and admits to committing the Gowarikar’s Swades, and an appeal asking witnesses the taxi driver and the record their movements. murder. Kamal reveals that Farha Khan’s debut directo- of the incident to come for- scooterist to the spot at 10 ● May 6 to 9: The police re- his muscle man Deepak had rial Main Hoon Na is next on ward. They track down pm and they re-enact the peat the exercise over three fired the shot because he his list. 10,000 Cielo cars registered scene. Different makes of days. Sub-inspectors are de- could operate the gun. To find out more, catch in Delhi. Of these, 1,300 cars cars are used and the wit- puted to locate owners of The police arrest Deepak him on Hello Delhi, Radio are black. Meanwhile, the ness tell the police that the dark coloured mid-segment and Amit Kumar Bansal. Mirchi 98.3 FM between 10-11 am on Friday. Boards over, not testing times By Anuradha Mukherjee TIMES NEWS NETWORK Entrance exams New Delhi: Board examina- •IP College for Women tions may be over, but Class conducts entrance 12 students cannot relax com- exam for Bachelor in pletely. Not only because the Mass Media; it is the admission procedure is due only college to offer this to start in about 20 days’ course time, but also because of sundry entrance examina- •At least 12 DU colleges tions they have to write for conduct entrance tests getting into a college and for BA English course of their choice. •LSR and Ramjas And it not just the IIT aspi- conduct entrance tests rants who are slogging away. for subjects like political Even those planning to get science, English, eco- into some courses in Delhi nomics and journalism University are bracing up for written tests. This year, Gargi College is ago, when it realised that the introducing entrance exams course was becoming the last for BA political science hon- refuge for those who fail to ours. The college already get admission in any other conducts written tests for BA course. English honours and BA phi- Miranda House principal S losophy honours course. Suneja said the college was ‘‘For the past some years all set to introduce a Bache- we have been noticing that a lor in elementary education lot of science and commerce course. ‘‘We are just waiting stream students opt for polit- for the university’s ap- ical science as they can later proval,’’ said Suneja. join courses in international Indraprastha College for studies,’’ said Gargi College Women was among the first principal Hema Raghavan. to introduce an entrance for The college decided to in- English. But last year it de- troduce entrance examina- cided to admit students on tion for admission to BA phi- the basis of their CBSE losophy honours three years marks.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Friday,May 16, 2003 7 Dead Madhumita exposes Maya SP to tackle BJP-BSP TOI By Atul Chandra the foetus would have But the same chief minis- with Ram and Ganga TIMES NEWS NETWORK yielded clinching evidence. ter hesitates to sack Tripathi. However, the police have The answer probably lies Lucknow: Six days after the By Mohit Dubey He accused the BJP of been dragging their feet in in the fact that of all the cold- blooded murder of TIMES NEWS NETWORK ‘‘mortgaging the respect of this matter. MLAs with tainted back- young poetess Madhumita crores of Hindus just to con- Other irregularities such grounds, it is Tripathi who Shukla, an impression is Kanpur: Lord Ram and the tinue in power and mollify as the SIM card recovered has stuck with Mayawati gaining ground in Uttar Ganga are likely to be the Mayawati’’. from the crime scene being through thick and thin. Pradesh that the government central themes of the SP’s Mulayam said his party and the police are conspiring traced to the minister’s Hence she cannot be ungrate- strategy against the ruling was compiling utterances of to save those who plotted and staff and the disappearance ful to him. BJP-BSP combine. BJP leaders and their si- executed the murder. of a diary mentioning And it would be unreason- The party is locked in a lences and will release these Minister of state for Shukla’s links with the min- able to expect Tripathi to re- confrontation with the BSP at the right time. stamps and stationery ister have made the probe sign on moral grounds even over the Mayawati video cas- State in-charge of the BJP, Amar Mani Tripathi is murkier. to save the chief minister settes and CMDF (chief min- Kalraj Mishra, answered in allegedly involved in the Despite the chief minis- some embarrassment. ister’s discretionary fund) is- the affirmative when asked crime. ter’s claim that no one Mayawati’s way out of the sues. whether Mayawati’s state- His close association with was above the law, the police tangle was cleared when the SP supremo Mulayam ments on Ram and other Hin- chief minister Mayawati is are not even making a Samajwadi Party joined the Singh Yadav told Times News du deities had put the BJP in said to be the reason for the pretence of following up the Madhumita Shukla chorus for action against Tri- Network here on Wednesday a difficult position. police covering up evidence case. pathi. that his party will soon When Mishra was told in the case. The scene in UP is such duct an impartial inquiry. She insists she can’t drop launch an offensive against about the SP’s plans, he said Tripathi’s relationship that the police will not act At a dinner hosted by her minister at the SP’s the ‘‘thekedaars of Ram’’ his party ‘‘was expecting with Madhumita was well against the wishes of those Mayawati for senior journal- insistence. who were keeping silent something like this’’ and, known. in power, nor will the ists, she had pointed out Although she is getting her while UP CM and BSP hence, was ready to hit back. After her murder, police chief minister ask the that she had shifted UP way, the case has caused a leader Mayawati hurled ex- ‘‘We will also examine Mu- found she was pregnant and tainted minister to step down legislator Mukhtar Ansari to considerable dent in the chief pletives at Lord Ram and the layam’s statements on Ram,’’ in such a situation, a test of and enable the police to con- Tihar. minister’s image. Ganga. he added. BJP’s poll battle plans run into rough weather By Smita Gupta Taking a toll date. Both Raman Singh, TIMES NEWS NETWORK state president, and • Resistance towards Ramesh Bais are consid- New Delhi: The BJP is ered close to Deputy Prime finding the going tough as chief ministerial nomi- nees recommended by Minister L K Advani while it draws up its battleplans Dilip Singh Judeo, the for assembly elections later BJP’s central leaders in MP, Rajasthan, Delhi ‘‘conversion’’ man, is the this year in five states. RSS’ choice. Four of the states are ruled •Local leaders were In Delhi, central leaders by the Congress. not consulted before ranging from party presi- Dissidence, combined the party leadership dent Venkaiah Naidu to with the confusion in imposed its will general secretary Pramod Chhattisgarh over the chief Mahajan have been forced ministerial candidate, and from among party whole- to repeatedly scotch specu- the failure in Madhya timers to work for the elec- lation that their CM candi- Pradesh, Rajasthan and tions. Party MP Bal Apte date Madanlal Khurana is Delhi to get full acceptance has been put in charge of a being replaced. Earlier, for the centrally-imposed committee which is to go Union law minister Arun chief ministerial nomi- talent spotting, the dead- Jaitley’s name was being nees, are taking their toll. line being the forthcoming mentioned. Now, it is party The central leadership meeting of the central of- vice-president Harsh Vard- was keen to project new fice-bearers in Jaipur han. and young candidates for scheduled for May 25. In MP, the election man- the top jobs in MP, Ra- While in Rajasthan, Va- agement committee is jasthan and Chhattisgarh sundhara Raje is both par- working at cross purposes to counter the Congress’ ty president and chief min- with the state unit though ‘‘youthful’’ incumbents. isterial candidate, in MP, the two have been asked to Party sources say,it did not the CM nominee, Uma ‘‘coordinate’’ their activi- consult the local leaders, Bharati, is only the cam- ties. In the process, it is well-entrenched in these paign-in-charge. A sulking feared that the party could states, before imposing its Kailash Joshi remains fall prey to ‘‘friendly fire’’. will. state president but is not Worse, party sources say, Unable to enthuse its part of the 12-person state chief minister Digvijay cadres in these states to election management com- Singh’s ‘‘cordial’’ equation take on the Congress, the mittee. with all major state BJP BJP is now trying to In Chhattisgarh, the par- leaders has resulted in di- ‘‘raise’’ a parallel force ty has no official CM candi- vided loyalties. Third front for coming polls in four states
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A third front has emerged to take on both the BJP and the Congress in three of the four states going to the polls later this year. According to CPI leader A B Bardhan, the front will com- prise the two Left parties, Janata Dal factions, the Sama- jwadi Party, the Nationalist Congress Party, Naxalite groups and a few local outfits in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The com- bine will not contest the as- sembly elections in Delhi be- cause of its small size, sharp political polarisation and the front’s relative weakness as a force there. Since the setback to the unity efforts during the Gujarat assembly elections, this is the first move to bring together political parties op- posing both the BJP and the Congress on a single platform. ‘‘We do not accept the view that a third alternative will help the BJP by cutting into the Congress vote. We are sure to pick up a lot of votes other- wise going to the BJP,’’ Bard- han said on Wednesday. Picture still hazy in WB
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Kolkata: With the CPM de- claring that the Left Front would not try to form the board in the hung Maldah zilla parishad, the Congress is left with the unsavoury option of asking the BJP for support in forming the board. To com- plete the equation, the Con- gress will also have to ask the Trinamul Congress for their backing. The possibility of the Oppo- sition forming the board in Maldah after 20 years has fu- elled a clash between the Tri- namul Congress supremo and state Congress heavyweights with both sides insisting on Wednesday that the other should make the first move. The BJP, however, has made it clear it was ready to extend its support to the Congress in the interest of a fight against the CPM. The rider is that the Congress should ask.
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8 Friday,May 16, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi T Tough ask again SERVICES O AIR, BBC talk swap By Bhaskar Roy Radio handshake in this country to carve out a TIMES NEWS NETWORK niche and familiarise audi- for INS Vikrant ences with the fare of its The plan: AIR fare on New Delhi: If all goes ac- • well-established brand. BBC’s FM channels, TIMES NEWS NETWORK cording to plan, Indians in ‘‘They are taking the same In tatters B Britain will soon be able to equal one-hr slot for route as MTV,CNBC, Discov- Mumbai: The fate of the de- hear desi numbers from All BBC on AIR’s MW ery and National Geograph- commissioned aircraft carri- •The Navy requires India Radio (AIR) on BBC’s •If the agreement gets ic; they all first used Door- er, ‘INS Vikrant’, appears to Rs 55 crore to relocate O domestic FM channels while signed, the swapping darshan as a platform and be doomed, with the Navy ‘INS Vikrant’ to Girgaum people here will be able to lis- will begin on Aug 15 later on launched their own stating that it will require a Chowpatty ten to entertainment and O channels; BBC will be no ex- whopping Rs 55 crore just to lifestyle programmes from •There’s a restriction on •The state govt, faced ception,’’ remarked a source locate it at Girgaum Chow- the Beeb courtesy AIR. BBC dishing out news with a debt of in Prasar Bharati. patty. An hour-long meeting be- and current affairs, no Rs 85,000 crore, is K Indeed, an AIR staff union Engineers from the Tata unlikely to spare the tween senior executives of such conditions for AIR functionary claims that the Consultancy had earlier rec- amount Prasar Bharati and BBC here programmes in the UK compulsion for the BBC to ommended that the ship, on Monday explored the pos- get a vehicle for broadcasting which is sought to be con- •Rs 5 crore urgently sibility of swapping airtime little cautious by pointing is the technological obsoles- verted into a full-fledged mu- needed to ensure the on each other’s home turf. out that no agreement has cence of its short-wave trans- seum, be located at Oyster ship’s survival for anoth- Y er year If the agreement both yet been clinched. ‘‘A meeting mission. Rock, off Colaba. However, sides discussed actually gets was held on Monday which The one-hour exchange the Vishakapatanam-based signed, the programme swap- dealt with a wide range of is- programme is, therefore, im- National Ship Design and Re- additional sum of Rs 5 crore O ping will begin on August 15, sues; no agreement was portant for the broadcaster. search Centre suggested it be is urgently needed. This will Independence Day. reached on any of these,’’ a ‘‘It is not money that they are located off Chowpatty. be a life-saving emergency The BBC will be given an BBC World Service now looking at,’’ the union Flag Officer (Command- fund. If this amount fails to U equal one-hour slot on AIR’s spokesperson said on functionary points out. ing), Maharashtra naval materialise, the ship will be medium wave. Wednesday. For the Indian diaspora in area, Nirmal Verma, told me- consigned to the scrapyard is While there is a restriction R Britain, Hindi music or Pun- diapersons on Tuesday that six months,’’ he warned. on BBC dishing out news and The Prasar Bharati board, jabi pop on the radio is not relocating the ship off Chow- The Navy threw open the current affairs, no such con- however, had announced re- entirely new. Some Indian patty will give the public easy aircraft carrier to the public ditions inhibit AIR pro- cently its acceptance of the FM radio stations there are access. during the Navy Week cele- grammes in the UK. proposal to allow BBC a already popular. ‘‘The proposal is being ex- brations in December 2001. ‘‘If we can raise money on foothold on the AIR platform What is new is the exten- amined by the state govern- Later, it was shifted to a spot the BBC programme, we can on an exchange basis. C sion of the AIR footprint. ment,’’ he said. However,con- off the Gateway of India. have it,’’ said a senior Prasar What seems to be the AIR is considering a pro- sidering the fact that the In April 2002, the state gov- BBC’s major concern at the L Bharati official. gramme to reach out to the state government is current- ernment floated global ten- However,the BBC sounds a moment is to find a platform Brits as well. ly burdened with a debt of Rs ders for maintaining the 85,000 crore, it is unlikely ship. ‘‘The response was poor A that it will shell out the Rs 55 and the sole bidder also with- crore needed to locate the drew his offer,’’ said Rear Ad- ship at Girgaum Chowpatty. miral Verma. S Rear Admiral Verma said On February 11, 2003, it after the warship was decom- was shifted to the naval dock- missioned on January 31, yard for maintenance work. S 1997, the state government He said that during the last gave Rs 5 crore for carrying one-and-a-half years, more out preliminary repairs. than a lakh visitors from dif- I ‘‘To ensure the survival of ferent parts of the country the ship for another year, an have visited the warship. F I E D S
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Friday,May 16, 2003 9 Kanpur farmers Centre to restrict recruitments New roadmap threaten suicide By Anita Katyal its staff strength. He admit- with resistance from the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cutting flab soon for VAT ted this was a slow process ministers concerned, who By Meena Misra Loan blues and would not result in any •UPSC instructed to have been making a strong TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Centre has immediate and dramatic case for retaining the staff. VAT problems decided to reduce its staff recruit one person for New Delhi: The finance min- •60 farmers in jail for not results, but would, never- every three vacancies Consequently, the task of Kanpur: Caught in a cycle of strength by cutting fresh theless, bring down the sur- identifying the surplus istry on Thursday said a new •Orginally to be debt and crop failures, hun- paying off loans introduced by all states recruitments by two-thirds. plus over a period of time. The Centre hopes to staff has turned out to be a roadmap would be drawn up dreds of farmers in and • from April 1, 2001 •Hundreds of other This decision follows the For several years now, abolish 30,000 posts in sensitive one. Several dead- for the implementation of around Kanpur have threat- Vajpayee government’s re- the value-added tax (VAT) defaulting farmers have the government has been a year lines have been set for the •Deferred three times ened to commit suicide. gone underground to sistance to cut flab by re- trying hard to cut down on completion of this exercise regime, which was to be in- The farmers, who face bur- ducing surplus staff troduced from June 1. as states don’t have escape arrest its massive expenditure bill but these have not been needed legisaltion geoning loans, are being through options like volun- problem is that if we make The roadmap would be by pruning its staff. The Ex- the VRS too attractive, we met. chased by tehsil revenue col- •They threaten suicide tary retirement. drawn in consultation with Only AP, Gujarat, penditure Reforms Com- will lose our best people,’’ ‘‘The fact is that you need • lection teams to pay up. De- if they do not get some The personnel depart- mittee (ERC), headed by political will to take such a political parties and the Em- Kerala, Karnataka, MP, remarked an official. Re- faulters are being carried off relief ment has instructed the former finance secretary decision and that is not powered Committee of state Maharasthra, Meghalaya sponding to a query, the to jail. UPSC to recruit one person Geetha Krishnan, had rec- forthcoming,’’ remarked a finance ministers. and West Bengal are personnel department told About 60 farmers, who have locked in various tehsil jails of for every three vacancies. ommended the abolition of senior official. For in- Though 15 states had ready to implement VAT defaulted on loans taken to Kanpur city and Kanpur de- This directive applies to all nearly 50,000 jobs in as the parliamentary standing stance, when she was the agreed to implement VAT,the purchase seed, fertilisers and committee that only 272 ministry has so far received hat for similar reasons. direct recruitments, from many as 17 ministries and information and broadcast- regime, replacing the sales other farm equipment, have staffers had been identified draft amendments to the VAT Hundreds of defaulting Class I to IV jobs. The Cen- departments. ing minister, Sushma tax in states. already landed in different farmers like Chunna Singh of tre hopes to abolish 30,000 Subsequently, the Union as surplus on the basis of Swaraj had made a strong Bill from only West Bengal. tehsil jails, including at Bidhnoo, who had taken a loan posts in a year through this cabinet even cleared a VRS the ERC’s suggestions. case for rationalisation of Maharashtra, AP and Kar- The Empowered commit- Rasoolabad, Hjatampur, of Rs 4,000 in 1995 and failed to ‘‘restrictive’’ policy. for the surplus government While the Centre is de- the ministry’s functions, nataka have conveyed their tee chairman and West Ben- Billhuar, Kanpur and Bhog- repay it, are living like Confirming that such a staff as per the ERC’s rec- vising ways and means of activities and structures. willingness to get the amend- gal finance minister Asim nipur. vagabonds. ‘‘I have not visited directive had been issued, ommendation. reducing its staff strength, Instead of abolishing de- ments legislated. Dasgupta had claimed after Hundreds others have gone my home for the last one week. personnel secretary S S But the government has the number of secretary- partments, the I&B min- The finance ministry said the recent meeting that 11 underground, spending sleep- I am seeking refuge in a rela- Dawra told The Times of In- been dithering over identi- level posts has gone up istry suggested that differ- the progressive taxation sys- states were ready with the less nights away from their tive’s house in the city. I am dia on Wednesday that re- fying the surplus staff and from 119 in 1997 to 129 this ent departments be merged tem would be implemented legislation and would be homes to avoid arrests. getting regular information ducing the intake would the VRS has remained year. Generally, the ERC’s for effective implementa- ‘‘only after full preparation’’ sending proposals to the Cen- The odds have forced them that the tehsil team is hunting help the Centre cut down unimplemented. ‘‘The recommendations have met tion. to enable all states to reap the tre for an early Presidential to contemplate suicide if the for me,’’ Chunna said. He now benefits of the new tax assent. government does not provide has to pay Rs 20,000 including them with relief. the interest. Raju, a farmer from Chandra Shekhar Krishi Khatharua village who is in Samiti head Anil Kumar Kati- Kanpur tehsil jail, told Times yar said about 15 farmers of News Network he had taken a Shivrajpur were arrested this loan of Rs 4,500 to buy a buffa- month for nonpayment of lo. ‘‘I incurred huge loss due to dues. the drought last year... how He said the government can I repay my loan when we should find a solution instead don’t even get the production of ‘‘throwing’’ farmers behind cost of our crops?’’ he bars. Katiyar said: ‘‘Shivra- laments. jpur lies in the potato belt. The Wahana, another farmer farmers here are incurring from Bidhnoo, took a loan of huge losses due to low returns Rs 25,000 about five years ago on their produce this year. and subsequently failed to re- How can you expect them to pay it. He is now in Kanpur repay their dues under such tehsil jail. circumstances?’’ ‘‘I was arrested at a time But district magistrate when I had to make arrange- Arvind Kumar said: ‘‘The gov- ments for my daughters’ mar- ernment had stayed recovery riage,’’ Wahana said. ‘‘This of dues from the farmers only has tarnished my image in the till March this year. Now the village and its neighbourhood. administration is free to re- I do not know what to do now, cover it. Crop growers were kill myself ?’’ given a deadline which has Scores of other farmers are lapsed.’’
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10 Friday,May 16, 2003 ENTERPRISE G The Times of India, New Delhi Ordnance units’ export PowerGrid move brings target pegged at $20 m IOC kicks off award scheme TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK anti- aircraft gun and ‘‘up- New Delhi: In a bid to re- gunning’’ the 130mm ar- respite to western states New Delhi: Indian ordnance ward its customers, oil re- tillery guns to 155mm. factories aim to export pis- tailer Indian Oil Corpora- By Sanjay Dutta grid,’’ Singh said. on AC similar to the one tols, rifles, ammunition, The L-70 guns, which are tion (IOC) on Thursday TIMES NEWS NETWORK He said the link was com- supplied to homes. All oth- rockets and mine-protected being upgraded in technical kicked off an award pleted 11 months ahead of er inter-regional grid links vehicles, among other arma- collaboration with Bharat programme for its cash New Delhi: State-owned schedule, resulting in a sav- work on high-voltage DC. ments, worth $20 million Electronics, will be given ‘‘in- customers. transmission utility Power ing of Rs 10 crore from the An AC link necessarily to ‘‘friendly countries’’ creased lethality and mobili- Grid Corporation of India Unveiling IOC Xtra, estimated Rs 236 crore cost. means tying up two region- this year. ty’’ as well as computerised chairman M S Ramachan- has brought electricity con- The link has stabilised al grids into one single sys- ‘‘Last year, we exported ar- firepower to increase their sumers in the western dran said that cash cus- the frequency in the west- tem, with a common fre- maments worth $13 million, range against aircraft states some respite from tomers would earn reward ern and eastern grids be- quency all the time. In high- 80 per cent more than the flying at high as well as medi- fluctuation and power points against purchases tween 49 and 50.3 Hertz. voltage DC links, the two year before that, to African um altitudes. ‘‘The first gun cuts by linking the surplus covering fuel as well as a Earlier, western grid fre- grids operate as two sepa- and Southeast Asian coun- will go for user-trial (by the eastern and starved west- host of items including lu- quency fluctuated between rate AC systems in which tries. We are also identifying Army and IAF) in June,’’ ern grids. bricants and other IOC (From left): Indian Oil Corporation director 48 and 50.5 Hertz and the their frequencies may dif- some Latin American coun- said Datta. PowerGrid chairman R P products. (marketing) P K Agrawal, Maruti Udyog managing director eastern grid between 48.4 fer. This link allows con- tries for exports,’’ said Ord- The OFB is also pushing Jagdish Khattar and IOC chairman M S Ramachandran at Singh said between 180 mw and 52.5 Hertz. trolled flow of power from nance Factories Board (OFB) The scheme would be for modernisation of ord- the launch of IOC Xtra. and 600 mw was flowing Both central and western one grid to another. chairperson D K Datta on open on a subscription ba- nance factories, better R&D, through the link that con- parts of the country experi- The AC link will now al- Tuesday. sis for a fee in 500 retail out- ceive a card to which re- hicles, electronics and bags. synergy with private sector nects Rourkela in Orissa enced blackouts last year low the eastern and west- Datta, after a two-day con- lets across 79 cities in the ward points would be added The programme, which car- and Raipur in Chhattis- when MP and Chhattisgarh ern grids to operate on ference of the general man- and tie-ups with foreign col- first phase, which could be every time the card is used ries with it free accident garh. ‘‘The flow of power drew more than their enti- same frequency and forms agers of ordnance factories laborators. ‘‘An investment of extended to over 2,000 out- at select outlets against cover up to Rs one lakh, fol- depends on the condition of tlement from the grid. part of PowerGrid’s efforts here, said the OFB had Rs 1,786 crore is earmarked lets later on. cash purchases. lows other initiatives aimed at credit card cus- the eastern grid as well as The Raipur link is a first to create a hybrid network achieved some major break- during the 10th Plan for mod- Customers enrolling for Points in turn could be tomers. the need of the western of its kind in that it works of inter-regional grid links. throughs recently by ‘‘up- ernisation of the ordnance the programme would re- redeemed for items like ve- grading’’ the decades-old L-70 factories,’’ said Datta.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Friday,May 16, 2003 11
INDIA DIGEST AFP Law says pay Rs 4 lakh, Rlys evasive Coach S-4 had 140 By Rakesh Bhatnagar Battle for dues dismissed her claim and upheld the Sahoo. Lauding the judgment, sen- TIMES NEWS NETWORK RCT’s order. She then approached ior Supreme Court lawyer R K Jain passengers, more the apex court. said: ‘‘The government must not New Delhi: The family of every •If an injured person dies due person killed in a train accident is to injuries, Govt still has to pay A Bench headed by Justice S N add to the miseries of victims. Once entitled to Rs 4 lakh as compensa- Rs 4 lakh as compensation Variava looked into the Act and held death has been established by the than double its that compensation in respect of government, it must not drive the tion from the rail ministry. That’s RCT’s role is only to look into what the law says. The Supreme • death in a rail accident must be Rs 4 victims to the courts.’’ those cases involving damage lakh. A senior government official Court on April 28 not only con- to goods normal capacity firmed this but ruled that no tribu- In case a person injured in a rail agreed. ‘‘The government’s ap- nal or high court could lower this accident later dies due to the acci- proach is not humane. The RCT’s By Harpreet Kang amount. the government is obliged to pay. dent, his or her family could claim role should be to determine cases TIMES NEWS NETWORK Yet, the railway ministry blatant- the same amount. where damage to goods is alleged. Sabitri Sahoo’s son, who was Majh Faggowal (Ludhiana): ‘‘Accidents don’t ly ignores the law, limiting itself to ‘‘We, therefore, cannot agree with working with the Army, was killed Not in deaths in railway accidents.’’ happen; they are caused.’’ An old maxim, related making ex gratia payments of Rs 1 in a railway accident about five the view of the RCT and the high Given the clear-cut nature of the to safety, rings so true. Clearly, Thursday morn- lakh and leaving it to the bereaved years ago. She had moved the RCT court that courts have a discretion SC ruling, there appears to be no ing’s accident reflects a neglect of norms and cal- families to knock on the doors of the for compensation under the Railway to prescribe a lower amount of com- reason why the entire sum cannot lousness. Railways Claims Tribunal (RCT) for Act. The tribunal awarded Rs 1.84 pensation,’’ the Bench said. be handed over promptly to the next Passengers on board the Frontier Mail bound their rightful due. lakh with 9 per cent interest. The court ordered the railway of kin along with the ex-gratia pay- for Amritsar told Times News Network that there Thus, they spend time and money Aggrieved by the RCT’s order, Sa- ministry to pay Rs 4 lakh with 9 per ments the railway minister usually were nearly 140 passengers in the S-4 coach, Elephants participate in the Id pro- trying to obtain compensation that hoo petitioned the high court which cent interest within three months to makes. which caught fire in the early morning hours cession in Bhopal on Thursday. here. Pak delegation criticised: BJP This is double its size. Thirty-three persons spokesperson Mukthar Abbas Naqvi were killed in the S-4 coach compared to three on Thursday assailed the Pakistani ‘There were sparks near the doorway’ killed in the S-3 coach and none in S-5. legislators, currently in India, for re- Army havaldar Bhagwan Singh, who pulled the portedly clubbing Kashmir with TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI AFP chain and helped dozens out of the burning Chechnya. He termed the remarks coaches also happened to be one such passenger ‘‘improper, absolutely misplaced and Majh Faggowal (Ludhiana): A who was on board without a reservation. He ex- in bad taste’’.TNN passenger travelling in the ill-fated plained that he along with his six Army col- Frontier Mail saw some sparks near leagues had boarded the train from Ambala, and Kalam’s speech: Addressing a a toilet of the S-5 coach of the train function after laying the foundation were bound for Amritsar. before fire engulfed four of its com- All the three coaches were second-class re- stone of the Biju Patnaik University partments. of Technology in Rourkela, President served sleepers. Sati Pitoliwali, travelling from A P J Abdul Kalam on Thursday said The death roll in train accidents is often high Swami Vivekananda was behind the Daund, noticed some sparks near because unreserved second-class carriages are birth of the steel industry in India. the toilet in the wee hours of the overcrowded with passengers hanging out of the Swamiji had advised JRD Tata, who morning. doors. Carriage S-4 had two open and two bolted was visiting America to obtain the ‘‘I raised an alarm and alerted doors when the fire broke out. Everyone rushed steel manufacturing technology, to others, but soon there was hue and towards the doors, and Bitty Shahji, along with get the processing and research cry all around and it was difficult to her two young boys shouted for help standing knowhow and bring it to the country, tell what had happened before we amidst the door with a lot of luggage. he said. PTI saw flames leaping out from S-4 She screamed for help, especially for her chil- coach,’’ he said. 2 security officers held: The dren, said AIG, Railways, S S Bawa, who wit- Jammu and Kashmir police, in two Another passenger A D Singh, an nessed the scene. He explained that she did not Army Havaldar travelling from Am- separate incidents, arrested two se- move even though she was charred, blocking the bala to Amritsar in S-3 coach, said curity officers for alleged extortion way for a lot of people behind her who had got he rushed to the S-4 coach and and thrashing of employees of the stuck. helped rescue a number of passen- general post office in Srinagar .TNN While it took the passengers a long time open- gers, many of whom were in deep ing the two bolted doors of the S-4 coach, the Hunger strike: A resident of Dan- sleep and caught unawares. Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) of all the three garpora in Central Kashmir, along Singh said a thick blanket of coaches were conveniently missing. The passen- with his family, on Thursday began a smoke had engulfed the worst-af- hunger strike near the official resi- gers and railway employees looked for them in fected S-4 compartment which dence of the J&K chief minister, vain till late in the morning. seemed to have more than its listed protesting against the government’s Interestingly, broken parts of a hookah and a number of 72 passengers, he said. failure to nab the culprits responsi- stove top were visible in one of the coaches. ble for the abduction and rape of his Another Army personnel Shahji 17-year-old daughter. TNN M K, going to Amritsar from Delhi, lost three of his family members in Remanded to custody: A special the tragedy. Residents of Phaguwal court on Thursday remanded to po- village, nearest to the site of the A passenger with her child after she escaped from the Frontier Mail which caught fire near Ludhiana on Thursday. lice custody till May 29 three per- tragedy,were the first to rush to the sons arrested from Padgha village in rescue of the passengers. from the small village rushed to the adding that the villagers immedi- and even flung their children from Thane district in connection with the burning train with whatever relief ately switched on a tubewell for the burning bogies. bomb blast in a local train at Mulund Sanjiv Sud and Manmohan Singh, station on March 13 and seizure of a residents of Phaguwal village, said material they could arrange. drawing water. They also arranged Some passengers pulled the chain ‘‘Initially we took water in buck- food and water for the passengers. to stop the train, after they saw cache of arms and ammunition. PTI they rushed to the spot after seeing leaping flames. Soon, 300 people ets but it was inadequate,’’ Sud said People screamed, shouted for help flames. Ministers fail to agree on law for shrines
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: State cul- ture ministers meeting here on Tuesday to dis- cuss the possibility of legislation to manage religious shrines and places of pilgrimage failed to reach any con- sensus. Chaired by culture minister Jagmohan, the meeting saw state min- isters agreeing with him on the need to take stock of the situation. But disagreements were obvious. While UP was not so willing, West Bengal supported the idea. Pun- jab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat sidestepped the issue saying they al- ready had a law. Bihar was willing. The meet- ing assumes importance since it was held in the backdrop of the recent war-of-words between the Union culture min- istry and MP govern- ment over the Bhojshala- Kamal Moula mosque.
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12 Friday,May 16, 2003 INDIA The Times of India, New Delhi Ball in Shinde’s court: Hazare PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK now the ball is in his court, ‘’ the activists in his anti-cor- providing any protection to Hazare said. ruption committee were ex- him, he alleged. Nagpur/Pune: Social ac- Hazare had recently de- torting money from people. Meanwhile, the Pune unit tivist Anna Hazare on Thurs- manded resignations of four Admitting to having re- of Hazare’s anti-corruption day turned down Maharash- DF ministers — Suresh Jain, ceived a legal notice from committee has warned that tra chief minister Sushil Ku- Padma Sinh Patil, Vijay Gav- Jain, Hazare advised him to Jain will not be allowed to en- mar Shinde’s offer to discuss it and Nawab Malik — all straightaway go to court in- ter the city. alleged corruption by four from the Nationalist Con- stead of wasting time on no- A statement released by K Democratic Front (DF) min- gress Party (NCP), accusing tices. D Pawar, president of the isters. them of corruption. ‘‘Jain is a stumbling block Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Hazare said he would now Jain, minister for food and in implementation of the RBI unit of the anti-corruption make public the ‘‘proofs’’ of civil supplies, has already and court orders for appoint- committee, and Shahaji graft by these ministers on slapped a legal notice on Haz- ing an administrator for the Shinde, head of the district ‘‘August Kranti’’ day (August are and challenged him to co-operative bank, of which unit, challenged Jain to 9) in Mumbai. prove his charges or else ‘‘go he is the chairman, ‘’ said prove his allegations. ‘‘The ‘‘I have already submitted to the Himalayas’’. Hazare. people of Maharashtra know enough evidence of corrupt He also alleged that it was A co-operation department Jain very well and we need practices by four of Shinde’s Hazare, who was ‘‘most cor- officer was terrorised by Jain not comment on the matter ministerial colleagues and rupt’’ and that 90 per cent of and the government is not further,’’ said the statement.
Firemen try to douse the flames that engulfed the Frontier Mail at Laddowal in Ludhiana on Thursday. Accident baffles coach-makers By Rajesh Ramachandran ities.“Even iron melts at a TIMES NEWS NETWORK Rare instance certain temperature. So all that matters is the tempera- VICTIMS New Delhi: Apart from rail ture prevalent in the coach. officials, coach manufactur- “The PVC flooring, the ers, too, are baffled at the processed wood, the false Dead way the fire engulfed the ceiling and even the rexin Sister Alphonsa (Mari- coaches of Frontier Mail used in the upholstery, are matha Ayurvedic Hos- near Ludhiana, turning it made of substances that are pital, Goonithura, Er- into a moving inferno on fire proof to a certain ex- nakulam), Betty, Johny Thursday. tent, but again the key is the and Tony (all from Don There have been only two temperature,’’ said the offi- Bosco Polytechnic, major fire accidents involv- cial. Okhla, Delhi), ing railway coaches in the The two scenarios pre- Surinder Singh (Cap- last decade. sented by officials are, one, tain Tyres, S P Mukher- According to initial re- •There have been only sabotage, wherein highly jee Marg, Tilak Bazar, ports, the fire spread within two major fire accidents inflammable substances are Delhi) and Vinayak 15-20 minutes over three to involving railway coach- used to light the fire and Ganapati. four coaches. The fire start- es in the last decade two, an accidental fire in- ed merely 10 minutes after volving fuel oil, gas or such Injured the train left Ludhiana. •Each material used to materials. build a coach is tested Sangeeta, Ravinder A senior engineer, in a According to the official, and Satpal (all from coach manufacturing unit and accepted on its fire ‘‘A lit cigarette being retardant capabilities Meerut), Vikram and of the railways told The thrown into a stove with Ashok Bhatia, D S R Times of India: ‘‘This is •The key is the temper- spilt kerosene on it or a Murti, D S Shastri, mindboggling. Even we can- ature prevalent in the spark from a short circuit Uday,Padmawati and D not make out what could coach lighting up oil or gas V Sharma (all from have prompted the fire to could be a reason for such Kalya Puri, Hyder- spread fast. This cannot a fire. abad), Ajit Kumar (Hy- happen in ordinary circum- cannot normally start a fire “But a burning cigarette derabad), Anil Kumar stances.’’ in a coach because each ma- or sparks from a short cir- and Nishita (BSF/JRC) According to the engi- terial used to build a coach cuit on their own can never and Tasneem. neers, a lit cigarette or a is tried, tested and accepted result in such a terrible Source: Northern Railway spark from a short circuit on its fire retardant capabil- fire’’. TN takes top slot, beats Kerala in literacy drive TIMES NEWS NETWORK Inside story New Delhi: Tamil Nadu has acquired the top slot in the country’s literacy •Tamil Nadu has been able to curb drive, leaving Kerala in the second place. dropouts, but in Kerala the number This is mainly due to the rising number is rising of dropouts in Kerala, which Tamil •The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan has Nadu has been able to curb, according to been successful in the country the latest HRD ministry statistics. While the ability of Kerala, Tamil •In Andamans, the admn may soon Nadu and other southern states to be in make all children in the six to 14 age the forefront in this sphere is not in group literate doubt, the general problem, according to a senior Union government official deal- best. However, the number of children ing with the subject, is that the statistics dropping out at the elementary (six to 11 do not reveal the full story. years) stage is rising. The state’s annual ‘‘The government ends up producing plan for 2003-04 has announced the open- statistics, rather than students, and chil- ing of an Educational Guarantee dren are at times promoted without ex- Scheme to enrol the left-outs and the amination to achieve this,’’ the official dropouts, while concentrating on quali- said on conditions of anonymity. ty education. However, when viewed at the micro Tamil Nadu, on its part, has utilised level, the achievement of the Sarva Shik- the SSA, is providing its 64,000 habita- sha Abhiyan (SSA), launched last year, tions with primary schools within a ra- has been quite satisfactory. In an isolat- dius of one km or a population of 300. ed place like Andaman and Nicobar Is- The 741 habitations, or 1.1 per cent of the lands, the administration is close to total, which do not have primary achieving cent per cent success in bring- schools, would have them by this year. ing all children in the six to 14 age group The upper primary level access rate is into the literacy mainstream. 97.3 per cent, leaving 1,078 habitations Children of the Onge tribe, who con- without a school within 3 km. stitute 6.5 per cent of the total child pop- TN can boast of 83 per cent enrolment ulation of the islands, have for the first in the six to 11 age group and 90 per cent time been covered. Sixty three Onge in the 12 to 14 age group. This covers children are in school, but 462 remain. scheduled caste (SC) children, where the The administration is striving to retain rise is from 82 per cent, when the SSA them in schools. was launched in 2001, to 89 per cent now Kerala has nearly 99 per cent enrol- at the primary level and from 80 to 87 per ment at the primary level, the nation’s cent at the upper primary level. Bangalore couple are suspected to have SARS
TIMES NEWS NETWORK will also screen 45 employ- ees at the HRD office in Ra- Bangalore: A couple who jajinagar, where the male won a free trip to Singa- victim works. pore in an Indian Airlines He developed the symp- frequent flier contest have toms after he returned returned to the city with SARS symptoms. from work on May 12. The couple has been ad- The man along with his mitted to an isolatiom wife was hospitalised the ward in a city hospital. following day. They are suffering from Meanwhile, the first sus- symptoms like high fever, pected SARS patient is redness on the respiratory ready to be discharged, re- system, state officials mon- vealed Dr R K Ku- itoring SARS said on maraswamy, the state Thursday. nodal officer monitoring The couple, who trav- SARS. elled through Singapore Their blood samples and Thailand, started their have been taken and will journey on April 29. soon be sent to the Nation- They returned to their al Institute of Virology Jayanagar residence on in Pune or the Tuberculo- May 11. sis Research Institute in The state authorities Chennai.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Friday,May 16, 2003 13 Confusion over Kalam meets widow of Graham Staines ownership of TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mayurbhanj leprosy home, where Graham Staines Bhubaneswar: President A worked in the capacity of P J Abdul Kalam met the secretary-cum-superintend- wildlife products widow of Graham Staines, ent for nearly 34 years. Gladys Staines, during his As the first President to By Chandrika Mago Nagging doubts two-day visit to Orissa on visit Orissa in 20 years, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Thursday. She apprised him Kalam had a packed sched- about the Rs 3-crore leprosy ule. Flying from Baripada to New Delhi: If there is an •Owners of wildlife cure project, she had planned Rourkela then to Jaipur and ‘‘amnesty period’’ for shah- products made inquiries to launch in Baripada in back here, in a span of less toosh shawls and other on how to legalise their memory of her husband. than 12 hours. Before giving wildlife products, can the au- possessions She also handed him a two- finishing touches to his visit thorities conduct raids or •In Delhi, applications page note, highlighting the to the state on Thursday, he nab those breaching the law? are available on the net salient features of the project also released a book by Gov- Worried by these anom- If the ownership of an and the history of the ernor M M Rajendran. alies, conservationist Ashok • item is not approved, the Kumar suggested caution as government gets to keep confused owners of wildlife that item products made frantic in- quiries on how to legalise their possessions. director-general (wildlife), There is obviously no clar- says people will not be pe- ity. Nobody in the Union en- nalised. But declaration and vironment ministry was strict action against those available to shed much light who hold back should be si- on the issue. Feedback from multaneous or nobody will some states suggests the go in for a declaration, he April 18 notification laying says. For conservationists, down the rules for a six- there is another problem— month ‘amnesty’ to declare how do you ensure traders and legalise wildlife products don’t misuse a scheme meant hasn’t reached all the offi- to give individuals a chance cials concerned. to come clean? In Delhi, application forms Delhi environment secre- are being collected or down- tary Naini Jayaseelan says loaded from internet but peo- she does not visualise any ple continue to be plagued by problem. Kumar, less san- doubts. For one, if they de- guine, speaks of ‘‘ambigui- clare an item and their own- ties’’, the ‘‘untrammelled ership is not approved, the power’’ given to state chief government gets to keep that wildlife wardens to decide item. ‘‘It’s better not to de- cases. clare a shawl and just pass it Theoretically, the possibil- off as pashmina if you’re go- ities are many.What if a trad- ing to be harassed so much er just keeps an application for something your family form and if raided, says he bought three decades ago,’’ was planning to declare his says one disgusted owner. haul? There is no ceiling on This is the kind of fear of- the number of shahtoosh ficials have to address. But S shawls, for instance, which C Sharma, former additional may be declared. Indiatimes launches hunt for Golden Voice ndiatimes, India’s pre- Imier web portal, and Zee TV have partnered togeth- er to launch Indiatimes powers Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Golden Voice Hunt, a music talent search across India to recognise and promote fresh talent in the field of Indian classical music. The winner of the mega-talent hunt will get a chance to sing for a Bolly- wood film. Commenting on the mu- sic talent hunt, Apurva Purohit, President, Zee TV explains, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa has become a vital element in every music aspirants roadmap to success. The initiative is our effort to channelise deserving tal- ent and contribute to the cause of the Indian music industry and music lovers. As part of the promo- tion, Indiatimes has launched an exclusive mi- cro-site www.saregamapa.india- times.com, where aspi- rants can get to know the details about the talent hunt. Says Mahendra Swarup CEO, Times Inter- net Limited, Indiatimes Promo Power is a compre- hensive media option and the first platform of its kind in India for marketing partnerships with a brand or a promotion or a proper- ty that helps enhance brand salience, and user base with equal mileage and contribution from both partners. For the Golden Voice Hunt as well, we aim to throw open this window of opportunity online for aspiring classical music lovers to realise their dreams. Violence rocks Kheda on Id
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: At least six people were injured and about 15 shops set ablaze in Kheda district on Thurs- day afternoon during an Id- e-Milad procession in Sand- hana village in the district. Police opened eight rounds of fire and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the 4,000 strong mob which began setting shops, carts and kiosks on fire as two communities threw stones at each other as the proces- sion was returning. The village, about 10 kms from Nadiad town, is among the communally sensitive ar- eas of this district. When contacted, DIG (Ahmedabad range) A K Sharma said: ‘‘It is not known what sparked off the violence, but it hap- pened when the procession was returning.’’ But some arrests have been made in this connection.
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14 Friday,May 16, 2003 INTERNATIONAL The Times of India, New Delhi
Supermodel AROUND THE WORLD Reuters Britney settles lawsuit: Games women fighters play Schiffer, son Lawyers for Britney Spears and the NYT By Michel Marriott Such characters are prominent in Mi- Skechers crosoft’s Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, a unhurt in footwear Los Angeles: In a futuristic pent- company house with floor-to-ceiling windows recent release featuring the hulking Exile, and in several games being un- accident have settled and holographic artworks, two fierce competing combatants stare each other down. veiled from May 14 to 16 at the Elec- tronic Entertainment Exposition in London: German Super- federal law- Muscles ripple and hands clench with suits over a Los Angeles, an annual multimedia model Claudia Schiffer, her menace before the first blow — whack! film producer husband deal for the showcase. — is thrown. Matthew Vaughan and their pop star to market a line of Even Lara Croft, the heroine who A heavily tattooed brute named Ex- three- month-old son Caspar roller skates and accessories, made the leap from video console to ile, whose neck is thicker than his escaped unhurt after their court documents state. Hollywood film as a sort of female In- clean-shaven head, vaults his 6-foot 8- car was in an accident in Spears filed a $1.5 million diana Jones, is getting a makeover in inch, 300-pound frame into the air, west London, a statement re- breach of agreement lawsuit a new game emphasising her martial- against Skechers in Decem- sailing boot-first into the jaw of his op- leased on their behalf said. arts prowess. For author Jennifer ber, claiming the Manhattan ponent, who is slammed into a win- Schiffer’s assistant, who was Bau-mgardner, watching women do Beach-based company failed dow that shatters on impact. driving the car — a Range combat in video games is empower- to pay her adequately for It doesn’t matter that Exile’s oppo- Rover — and her baby’s nan- ing. ‘‘I love having images in popular marketing a line of skates nent is 16 years his junior, less than ny,who was a passenger, also and accessories. The 21- half his weight and more than a foot culture; these games include women escaped uninjured, the state- as fighters,’’ she said. year-old pop star also claims shorter — and a woman. ment said, adding that no- Skechers failed to find out- While popular tastes and tradition She suggests that that casting body was hurt in another ve- side businesses to make ac- have so far mostly kept the sexes apart women as gladiators challenges im- hicle involved. cessories for her line, and in the wrestling and boxing arenas, ages of women as passive targets of “Their car was being driv- used her presence in ads to the same can hardly be said for the violence. “I do not think playing these en by Claudia’s assistant increase sales of its own video game world that Exile inhabits. games encourages women to be vic- when they hit another vehi- skate products. Skechers re- Female character from the game, As vastly improved technologies en- tims,” said Baumgardner, 32, co-au- cle. Claudia, her husband sponded with a $10 million Deux Ex 2: Invisible War. able electronic game characters to thor of “Manifesta: Young Women, Matthew,baby Caspar,nanny lawsuit, accusing Spears of look, sound and move in a more life- They can also, depending on the play- Feminism, and the Future”, whose and assistant were all in the fraud and breach of the three-year, worldwide licens- like way than their forebears, action- er’s ability and the game’s design, be central theme is a celebration of “girl car. No one was hurt in the adventure and fighting games are tak- victims of breathtakingly violent as- culture’’. ing agreement she signed in incident,” it said. January 2002. The company ing on new sexual dynamics, mes- saults by men with fists, feet, knives or Ed Fries, Microsoft’s vice president Schiffer, 32, gave birth to merising some people and disturbing bullets. for game publishing, said that most of claimed Spears refused to Caspar by Caesarean section cooperate with designers others. The fighting women are emerging the female characters joining the cast in a London hospital in Janu- and marketers in rolling out The new female characters may be as game developers look for profitable of regulars in video games this year ary,six months after she mar- her products. ANI clever, karate-kicking protagonists new directions in the highly competi- were strong, the sort of characters ried Vaughn near Coldham Actress Andie MacDowell (right) and top model Noemie controlled by players of either sex. tive $10 billion video game industry. that players can “respect”. NYT News Service Hall, their mansion in Law- Jude keen to play Errol: Hollywood hero Jude Law Lenoir pose during red-carpet arrivals at the 56th shall, eastern England. AFP will be play- International Film Festival in Cannes Wednesday. ing swash- grabs. Victoria is auctioning home in Bergamon, has only A PLAN TO MAP THE EARTHS CORE Two Indians buckler Errol all the stuff she doesn’t want taken 12 items and told them Flynn in the from their new chateau. The to keep the rest. But Victoria Matrix Reloaded Discovering the unknown movie titled massive list of items, includ- doesn’t like the cast-offs Geophysicist David Stevenson from the California Institute of get Young “The Avia- ing a dozen cut- glass chan- and, instead of dumping Technology wants to send a recording device in a probe to the tor”, a film deliers and ornate door them, is getting them auc- Earths core to examine its origin and activity, most of which is about the knobs, were left in their new tioned, says a report in The unknown. Investigator late movie wows Cannes mansion by the old owner. Sun. ANI producer Howard Hughes. The lady, who sold the Beck- Cannes: “The Matrix Re- which humans are enslaved Blasting Monitoring Martin Scorsese, who is di- hams the 1.5 million pound Rolling Stones cancel loaded”, the sequel to the within the Matrix — a virtu- Equivalent to a magnitude Data will be awards in US recting the film, has cast concert: The Rolling Leonardo DiCaprio to play Reuters Stones have canceled a con- smash- hit sci-fi film that al reality that looks very 7.0 earthquake on the Richter received, monitored Washington: The Office of scale, it will open the Earths Hughes, and Nicole Kidman cert in Zagreb set for August added a new dimension to ac- much like Los Angeles today. and later analyzed Naval Research has named crust for the probe. for practical uses. as Ava Gardner, according to because insurance compa- tion films, generated an en- This time, though, his mas- Rajesh P.N. Rao of the de- a report in People News. The nies refused to cover the thusiastic buzz when it pre- tery of the Matrix as a sort of partment of computer sci- hunk seems to be very keen event, organizers said. The miered at the Cannes film messiah bent on saving the CRUST ence and engineering at the to play Errol and is desper- decision came shortly after festival Thursday in the pres- human race gives him Super- University of Washington in ately looking for a meeting the rock group cancelled Drilling ence of Keanu Reeves and its man-like powers, including Seattle, Washington and with the film’s producers next their concert in the Serbian other stars. flying — something he de- The process Christopher M. Reddy of the week. What seems to suit capital of Belgrade due to The dark fantasy,which re- scribed as “really fun”. takes about a marine chemistry and geo- Jude the most is the fact that week of boring security reasons after the tains the mix of pseudo east- “Most of the time I had a MANTLE chemistry department, the filming will take only three March 12 assassination of 1,800 miles to days, and according to a ern philosophy and Western wire up my back and I was the top of the Woods Hole Oceanographic prime minister Zoran Djindjic. mythology, spectacular fight taken up 25 or 30 feet (7.5 to Findings Institution, Woods Hole, source close to the actor, “Due to the high demands of core. ‘with his marriage on the scenes and lavish special ef- nine metres),” he said, ex- Mass., among 26 Young Inves- the concert and the wors- The probe will rocks, Jude doesn’t want to fects that made the 1999 orig- plaining the technique be- Probe measure tigator awardees for 2003. ened security situation in the commit too far into the fu- inal such a hit, opens around hind the stunt at a media con- A grapefruit-sized temperature, Rao’s winning proposal region and world,” the band device encased in electrical ture.’ Flynn was perhaps the world this month. ference. was entitled “Probabilistic more famous for his behav- had sought comprehensive iron would activity, Neuromorphic Systems,” insurance coverage for the All signs point to it becom- In “Reloaded”, Neo and his chemical iour off the movie set: like withstand the whereas Reddy’s proposal trip, Croatian organizer Kajda ing a monster moneyspinner comrades, led by Morpheus intense pressure composition Law his love life is often de- A decorative urn containing for the US studio Warner (Laurence Fishburn) must and 7,000-degree and record was titled “Probing Micro- scribed as “colourful”. ANI the remains of Buddha is said. However, no local or in- Bros., especially as it is to be enter the Matrix to find its F heat of the data as bial Degradation of Petrole- shown in Bangkok Thurs- ternational insurance compa- followed up with the final in- computerised core before Earths core. The encoded um Hydrocarbons at the Mol- Artefacts from Beck- day during celebrations to ny was ready to issue the hams’ villa: Household stalment in the trilogy, “The hundreds of thousands of amount of iron OUTER sound waves ecular Level.” honour Buddha’s birth, en- policy and “guarantee an ex- CORE to a surface items from the Beckhams’ Matrix Revolutions”, in No- tentacled robots burrow needed to reach The Young Investigator lightenment and death traordinarily high insurance detector. new French villa are up for the core is about Program aims to identify and more than 2,000 years ago. amount,” it added. ANI vember, and will be support- through earth to destroy the the same amount ed by a computer game last hold-out of humanity. produced in an support academic scientists voiced by the actors. Needless to say,with the fi- hour across the and engineers who have re- Drawing is world. CORE cently received Ph.D or Reeves, who plays the se- nal film yet to come, “Re- schematic ries’ Kung fu kicking, shades- loaded” poses more ques- equivalent degrees and who A protein that helps hair grow wearing hero, Neo, is back as tions than it answers, and show exceptional promise for part of the band of rebels most are couched in the SOURCE: Nature AP doing creative research. The Washington: A researcher at the University tivation of beta-catenin in resting hair folli- who battle intelligent ma- opaque language of mysti- objectives of the program are of Michigan noticed stubble on the shaved cles could be enough to trigger the complex chines in a future world in cism. AFP to attract outstanding faculty skin of experimental mice in his laboratory, series of changes it takes to produce a nor- members of institutions of instead of the tumours he had originally ex- mal hair”, said Andrzej A Dlugosz, an associ- higher education to the De- pected to see. ate professor of dermatology in the U-M BRICKBATS partment of the Navy’s re- David Van Mater had stumbled on the dis- Comprehensive Cancer Center. You people are stupid to go on printing search program, to support covery that beta-catenin, a signalling protein The original purpose of the study was to something as demented as Dubyaman. their research, and to en- involved in embryonic development and sev- learn how the Wnt signalling pathway and The strip was good in the beginning when it was true. courage their teaching and eral types of cancer, also triggers changes in beta-catenin are connected to cancer devel- — Ashutosh research careers. adult mouse hair follicles that lead to the opment. “Beta-catenin carries signals from This strip is useless. The strip showed As Young Investigators, growth of new hair. growth factors called Wnts to the cell’s nu- PM Vajpayee with toilet fittings. This is extremely ridiculous. TOI should stop Rao and Reddy will each re- The discovery will be published in the lat- cleus. If beta-catenin expression in the cell publishing this useless strip. ceive $100,000 per year for est issue of Genes and Development. “Other isn’t adequately controlled and regulated, it —Rajesh three years with the possibil- researchers have shown that beta-catenin changes normal patterns of gene expression. For bouquets log on to ity of greater support for and other genes in the Wnt pathway are im- This can lead to several types of cancer, es- www.timesofindia.com equipment or to support ad- portant for normal development of hair folli- pecially colon cancer”, according to Fearon, e-mail: [email protected] ditional research with a cles in embryos and after birth. What’s new the Emanual N Maisel Professor of Oncology Navy laboratory. India West about our study is the finding that a brief ac- in the U-M Cancer Center. ANI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Friday,May 16, 2003 15 Now the Net falls for Sanskrit US watchful before Musharraf trip NYT By Chidanand Rajghatta AP TIMES NEWS NETWORK Masood Azhar Washington: Pakistan has begun to squeeze down on defies ban, terrorist activities ahead of a crucial meeting between General Musharraf and goes to PoK President Bush next month. Musharraf is expected to Islamabad: Defying govern- arrive in the US in the third ment orders banning his en- week of June — shortly af- try, outlawed Jaish-e-Mo- ter a visit here of deputy hammad leader Masood prime minister L K Advani Azhar on Thursday reached — and call on Bush on June Kotli town in Pakistan-occu- 24, according to reports in pied-Kashmir, a private tele- the Pakistani media. US of- vision chennel, Geo TV, re- ported. ficials broadly confirmed Sanskrit has entered cyberspace. The Herculean task of putting works created over the the visit but offered no pre- However,local officials de- last 3,000 years onto the web has been accomplished by Sanskrit Lives, a software that cise dates. nied that the Jaish leader, provides on-screen transliteration to Roman characters. The White House is ex- blamed for masterminding pected to walk Pakistan fur- the December 2001 attack ther along the road to peace on the Indian parliament, by persuading it to forsake had managed to enter its militaristic outlook in PoK in connection with the US to revise UN resolution the region, including in the birthday celebrations of AFP Afghanistan, Kashmir, and Prophet Mohammed. Baghdad: Washington and backed by its supporters in the nuclear front. Attackers set off a series of explosions Thursday at 18 Shell gas stations in Karachi. The TV channel said London prepared to submit the war Britain and Spain, to the UN on Thursday a re- sought to immediately lift the Preparatory to the visit, and elsewhere, say reports cial told this paper. Bush-Musharraf meeting Azhar appeared in Kotli vised draft resolution to lift economic sanctions imposed Pakistan is also cleaning up from Pakistan, amid ac- In Washington on that comes nearly a year af- much to the surprise of offi- sanctions against Iraq and on Baghdad after its 1990 in- its act on the terrorism front knowledgement from the Wednesday, Pakistan’s ter Washington guaranteed cials there. after having lost its denia- Indian side that levels of foreign minister Khurshid tempering of Pakistan’s be- The Pakistani govern- place its vast oil riches under vasion of Kuwait. bility posture following a se- infiltration have come Kasuri once again pledged haviour towards India but ment on Wednesday banned their control for a year, amid Suspension would mean ries of disclosures about its down. to act against terror instead found itself frustrat- his entry into PoK and had stepped-up criticism in Iraq the sanctions remain in legal official negligence, if not “We are seeing some groups “if they are pointed ed by its ally’s continued ordered setting up of pickets of the expanding US grip on force but would not be ap- complicity. progress on that front, but to us, with evidence.” belligerence. to prevent Azhar from ad- the country’s future. plied. Lifting would mean Islamabad has also begun there is no need to gush The actions appear aimed For more go to dressing a public rally in The revised UN resolution their complete disappear- dismantling camps in PoK yet,” an administration offi- at preparing ground for the www.timesofindia.com Kotli. PTI aims to avoid another show- ance. Powell, who was in down over Iraq at the Securi- Moscow this week to lobby AFP ty Council, where the inter- for support, said Washington national community found it- was working to satisfy Rus- self in a bitter standoff two sia’s concerns by changing Maoists threaten to Film bridges months ago prior to the start the resolution. of the US-led war to oust Sad- Notably, Powell said that Korean divide dam Hussein. the future Iraqi administra- quit Nepal talks Seoul: A South Korean- In a conciliatory move, sec- tion would “take fully into ac- retary of state Colin Powell count” Baghdad’s debt obli- By Suman Pradhan Pandey’s remarks and call made film is set to open Secretary of state Powell said the US would consider gations to Russia, a major TIMES NEWS NETWORK for his sacking. “If the minis- next week in communist said the US has no plans to accepting a mere suspension Kremlin concern. ter was just airing his per- North Korea for the first take military action to stop Kathmandu: The peace of sanctions, sought by anti- Baghdad owes Moscow at sonal opinion, then I call on time since the two bitter Iran’s nuclear programme. process in Nepal took a pre- war countries like France least eight billion dollars in the government to sack him. foes split amid civil war carious turn on Thursday af- and Russia. to lift the sanctions,” Powell Soviet-era government debt But if he was airing the opin- a half century ago. ter the top Maoist negotiator Washington would “look at said in Sofia, during a visit to and Iraq reportedly owes ion of the negotiating team, The movie, Arirang, threatened to pull out of the idea of initially suspend- Bulgaria. Russian oil companies tens then the government must is a remake of a film peace talks if the govern- ing sanctions” even though In the original resolution of billions of dollars in pend- change its entire team or else based on a classic na- ment failed to fire one of its tionalistic tale that de- “we think it is much cleaner submitted last Friday,the US, ing contracts. AFP top negotiators. we will not sit down for the third round of talks,” Bhat- picts Korean resistance The developments came in to Japanese colonialists, tarai threatened. the wake of controversial re- who occupied the Kore- In a joint press conference marks made by the minister an Peninsula from 1910 last week after the second China warns SARS offenders for information and commu- to 1945. round of talks here, both nication, Ramesh Nath South Korean Lee sides had said that the gov- Beijing: China, haunted by the spread of lic security or serious personal injury, Pandey,a member of the gov- Doo-yong, who directed ernment had agreed to the SARS in its vast countryside, is threaten- death or heavy loss of public or private ernment negotiating team the latest film version, ing to execute or jail for life anyone who in- property will be punishable by from 10 Maoists’ proposal to limit who told the BBC Nepali Ser- said he took his version tentionally spreads the killer virus. years to life in prison or the death penalty,” army patrols to within a five vice on Wednesday that the of Arirang to North Ko- China, which has reported 267 deaths the official Xinhua news agency said. kilometre perimeter from government may not honour rea in October, and cen- and about two-thirds of the world’s 7,600 Meanwhile, a doctor has been arrested their barracks. an agreement struck with sors there agreed to known SARS cases, issued a harsh inter- over accusations that he carried the SARS the rebels last week to limit On Thursday, the influen- screen it in two cinemas pretation of its laws on contagious disease virus to a city in northern China, violated army patrols to within five tial Kathmandu Post newspa- in Pyongyang from May after reports that people were violating a quarantine and started an outbreak that kilometres of their barracks. per quoted the senior army 23. Admission to the quarantine orders or refusing to admit to infected more than 100 people, police said The chief Maoist negotia- spokesman that the Royal The world’s first inflatable church on display at the National movie will be free. It is the symptoms. Thursday.Authorities in the city of Linhe tor, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, Nepal Army would not re- Christian Resources Exhibition at Sandown Park near Lon- set to open in Seoul at “Intentionally \spreading sudden conta- are preparing to charge Dr Li Song with vi- hastily called a press confer- strict its movement despite don. The 47-foot high church has a blow-up organ, a poly- the same time. AFP gious disease pathogens, endangering pub- olating infectious disease law. Agencies ence Thursday to denounce the agreement. vinyl pulpit, an air-filled altar and fake stained glass windows.
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16 Friday,May 16, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi The Last Hurrah Trade over Terror A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Prime minister Vajpayee’s latest initiative of The apprehension is misplaced. As a US Triumphalism is Premature friendship with Pakistan has brought a signatory to WTO, Pakistan should not deny You can never be too rich or too thin. ray of hope to the business community in MFN status to India. Extension and opening By Gautam Adhikari Krauthammer asserted as much recently at a — Wallis Simpson both countries. A high-level delegation of up of bilateral trade would help Pakistan seminar, though this is not the view of the Pakistani businessmen is arriving in New improve its overall balance of payment posi- Washington DC: A round of triumphalist Bush administration which sees Iraq as a Delhi next month. The secretary-general of tion, not to mention the health of its econo- applause is doing the rounds here. It is mere battle in a larger war. already making debate difficult for those Federation of Indian Chambers of Com- my,for the simple reason that a large number Million Mobilities who look upon America as an admirable Terrorism, even terrorism against Ame- merce and Industry (FICCI), Amit Mitra, of products which it currently imports at a If reports are to be believed, Lakshmi, the goddess of society — whose influence has been, on rica, did not begin with 9/11 or end with the is enthusiastic about the move. In an high cost from far off countries like Europe, wealth, is alive and bestowing largesse on the emigre balance, good for the world — and who have fall of Baghdad. It has been a global scourge interview to Andalib Akhter, he says the USA and Africa can be obtained at a much Indian community in the US. According to a Merrill Lynch argued for years against the knee-jerk anti- for much longer and is likely to remain one initiative will give a new thrust to Indo-Pak lower price and transaction cost from India. survey,there are 200,000 millionaires of Indian origin in the Americanism of radicals and ideologues unless its ideological, social and financial commercial ties. Excerpts: Let me give two examples. The price of country. This means that one out of every nine NRIs or across the globe. resources are tackled. These resources lie Maruti 800 in India is about Rs 2.13 lakh. But PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin) in America is a millionaire With the swift outcome of the war in Iraq, mostly outside the so-called axis of evil, a How do you see Mr Vajpayee’s offer of friend- the same car costs between Rs 2.45 lakh to as compared to only two per cent of millionaires for the dizzy triumphalism appears to be affecting lot in countries allied to the US, such as ship with Pakistan? Will it help improve trade Rs 2.85 lakh in Pakistan. Similarly, the price total population of the US. Cause enough for us to raise people here in at least three forms. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and in the relations between the two neighbours? for the same model of Hyundai Santro is two cheers for our well-heeled pravasis. Only two cheers One strain goes like this: The war in Iraq official banking networks, as well as It is, I think, a great gesture by Mr Rs 3.20 lakh in India whereas it costs between because the survey has certain areas which are more grey has left America standing tall as the mighti- unofficial hawala channels of finance, in Vajpayee, which has been well reciprocated Rs 4.10 lakh to Rs 4.28 lakh in Pakistan. than green. For one, the survey is based on statistics est superpower in history. Its military and certain Gulf countries. Tackling terrorism by his Pakistani counterpart, Zafarullah In case of medicines like Zinetac-Glaxo, obtained before the IT boom went bust, and considerably economic reach, resources and technological has a long way to go. It, too, will require hard Khan Jamali. It will certainly give a new the price in India for 10 tablets is Rs 7.20 diminished the wealth of many NRIs in Silicon Valley.For sophistication are greater than those of the diplomacy and a discreet use of economic thrust to India-Pakistan commercial ties. whereas the same costs Rs 80 for 10 tablets another, the methodology used for the survey is ambiguous other major powers put together.No one dare levers in cooperation with a large number of The current level of official trade is patheti- in Pakistan. In addition, bilateral trade in that it confuses ‘median’ — defined as the most challenge it and it can do what it wants in its nations across the globe. cally low at $204 million, despite the two will lead to investment and technology commonly occurring variable in a frequency distribution national interest, unilaterally if necessary. A third group of triumphalists talks about countries being the largest economies of cooperation, giving a further boost to — with average or ‘mean’ earnings, a substitution which True, only with important caveats. Even empire: Yes, they say, it is now time for South Asia. Interestingly, India’s official Pakistan’s economy. could significantly skew the real picture. Finally, the without peering far down the long and the American empire and Empire is Good. trade with Bangladesh is touching one In 2001, an Indian business delegation definition used to categorise a millionaire embraces disturbingly rough road to peace that seems A smart young British historian, Niall billion dollars. Even the trade with neigh- visited Islamabad to attend a meeting of all assets, including home ownership. Nonetheless, it’s to stretch ahead in Iraq, what must not Ferguson, has argued in his latest book that bours like Sri Lanka and Nepal is much the Indo-Pak Chamber of Commerce and a creditable achievement for our professionals and be overlooked is the reality that the just the erstwhile British empire — despite its higher and close to $600 to $700 million. Industry or IPCCI and made remarkable entrepreneurs, who’ve sought greener pastures in the ‘land concluded war was like a World Cup numerous drawbacks and sins — was, on the What are the major hurdles facing bilateral progress on the trade front. But the Agra sum- of the free’. At the same time it’s an achievement that champion knocking flat a school football whole, beneficial for its colonies and good trade and how can mit put paid to all should give us a pause for reflection. team. That game cannot be re- for the world at large and they be overcome? that. Will you try and While the concept of the brain drain may be obsolete peated against other possible that Americans should study The biggest hur- revive the IPCCI? in an increasingly globalised economy, the fact that India challengers like, say,China or its history in order to develop dle is that Pakistan Q&A The Indo-Pak cha- could not retain such potential money spinners because Russia or even tiny North a capacity for running an has restricted bilat- mber was jointly Opening up of bilateral of its infrastructural inadequacies should spur us to Korea. And, may we suggest, empire for the greater good eral trade to a list of formed by FICCI and trade would help Pakis- remedial action. But far from this, even our recent schemes India. If ever the need arises of humankind. 600 items that can FPCCI (Federation tan improve the health of to invite investment by NRIs and PIOs are fraught with to force any of those countries Mr Ferguson’s thesis on be imported from of Pakistan Cham- its economy... The price bureaucratic hurdles. High-end earners will take advan- into military submission, imperialism being good for India. Pakistan must bers of Commerce of Maruti 800 in India tage of globalisation to go to the most lucrative destina- questions of size and strategic the colonies can be severely accord a non-dis- and Industry) in tions. What the government should be doing is to work out feasibility will vastly compli- contested if anyone cares to criminatory treat- is about Rs 2.13 lakh. April 1999, following a policy whereby it can effectively mobilise the many cate war considerations, to go outside his selective biblio- ment to India and But the same car costs Mr Vajpayee’s his- millions of semi-skilled and unskilled people — from arti- say nothing of their retalia- graphical sources and exam- grant it the most between Rs 2.45 lakh to toric bus ride to sans and mechanics to plumbers and domestic help — and tory capacities with weapons ines economic history written favoured nation Udayshankar Rs 2.85 lakh in Pakistan. Lahore in February channelise them to places where they can find gainful em- of mass destruction. by other scholars. Take one (MFN) status. This that year. Two ployment on fixed-term contracts. This would obviate the Not that China, Russia, or India are likely fact involving the supposed jewel in the would imply open- meetings have since travails of those who go to local scalp-hunters in hopes of a to threaten America, but Iraq was probably British crown. He doesn’t explain why and ing up of trade with India on all items, been held under the auspices of IPCCI in foreign job and are often fleeced of all that they own. Many an exception. In most other situations of how it was good for the Indian people reserving of course the right to have a New Delhi and Islamabad. developed societies are today facing increasing labour having to deal with challenges to the that India’s economy, which along with small negative list which might include We have developed strong links with the shortages as their citizens are either reluctant or too old to exertion of its power, America will have to China’s was one of the world’s two leading defence-related and other sensitive items. business community of Pakistan through work, particularly when it comes to physically demanding rely not on unilateral force but on skilled performers around the late 18th century Lack of proper infrastructure, including the FPCCI. In the last week of June, we expect a tasks. If our economy cannot provide everyone a job here, diplomacy, combined with a judicious use of when the British began their Indian current suspension of road, rail and air strong delegation from Pakistan to visit New let our sarkar at least help a million mobilities now. economic levers, rather than outright war to adventure, became one of the worst, by 1947. links between the two countries, is also a Delhi for the third meeting of IPCCI. As the achieve desired outcomes. Even the pulling That apart, Mr Ferguson himself is major hurdle. political climate improves and the two of economic strings by the world’s largest sceptical of the American ability to with- While rail connectivity between India governments start talking, FICCI and FPCCI VIEW debtor nation, which the US has become stand the rigours of imperialism. In a and Pakistan for cargo movement is highly will make all efforts to resuscitate the since the 1980s, will require cooperation, piece written for the New York Times irregular and suffers from shortages of activities of IPCCI and carry forward its to say nothing of sustaining the strength of Magazine on April 27, he lists a number wagons, the road route is practically non- economic agenda. Like it or Not, US the dollar at a level that can keep the of well-argued reasons why he suspects existent. Similarly, shipping links are very Illegal trade between India and Pakistan faith of the rest of the world in America Americans of lacking the attention span expensive and inland water transit possibili- has always been higher than officials trade. as an investment destination. With the euro and staying power necessary to sustain ties are yet to be explored. Resumption of How can we check that? Will ‘Solve’ Kashmir climbing sharply in recent months against imperial ambition. What could be added to the road link through Wagah border and Even today, informal trade between ome two weeks ago, reports of an American “road the dollar, there are signs that some of that his reasoning is that in a 21st century world, the start of container services can greatly India and Pakistan is estimated to be Smap” on Kashmir predictably raised a storm in confidence is ebbing. America today looks shaped as it is by ideas of democracy, facilitate the movement of high bulk, one billion dollars annually. This trade New Delhi and led the US mission in the Capital to strong militarily but its economic credibility civil liberties and human rights, and linked low-value cargo. The overly strict visa rules includes chemicals, industrial machinery, issue a quick and complete denial. But make no mis- might need buttressing soon. by global television and Internet access, it are also an irritant. The most basic require- cement, tyres, tea, medicines, video tapes, take: This time around, Washington is dead serious A second strain of triumphalist thinking is well nigh impossible for any power, ment for developing business links is the cosmetics and viscose fibre. These goods about resolving Kashmir, and doing it in double quick is that with the fall of Iraq, the war against super or hyper, to build and control a 19th ability of people to move freely.There is thus find their way either through third time. The talk about a road map may be a bit prema- terrorism will soon be over. Only Syria, century-style empire. a need for both governments to liberalise markets such as Dubai and Singapore ture but there’s no doubting the post-Iraq American Iran and North Korea will have to be Perhaps they should hold the applause the visa regimes. or through smuggling. This practice could mood: To redraw the geopolitical map of the world — made to toe the line — military force a while. How do you view Pakistan’s apprehension be curbed by lifting the restrictions on by pressure if possible, force if necessary — and push may not even be necessary — and that’ll (The author is a visiting fellow at the Ameri- that its economy will crumble if it grants official trade, lowering import duties and for time-bound “settlements” to complex and long- be it. Neo-conservative columnist Charles can Enterprise Institute, Washington DC) MFN status to India? improving the trade infrastructure. standing strategic “disputes”. It’s already done that in West Asia. And Kashmir, like it or not, is next only to the Israeli-Palestinian stand-off in the American list of priorities. Critics might argue that the problems in A Life in the Day Iraq or Afghanistan are very far from being resolved, Warring Buddies but that is not a view shared by Washington. Ironically, New Delhi has only itself to blame for By Bimal Bhatia alike. In contrast the that they responded with Of the Buddha Americans on the scene in numbers such as ‘‘12’’ or this. Pre-Pokhran II, one could argue that Kashmir When the US entered World Prayers for Protection was just another local bilateral irritant, with little or England were compara- ‘‘15’’, implying the number By S Krishna War II, their British coun- no strategic global significance. But with two of the tively well paid and, of months they were away We seek Thy protection terparts had already tasted Pilgrims visit Bodh-Gaya complete liberation. world’s bitterest foes going nuclear, it’s become the therefore, better off in from their families. and grace, O Lord. more blood in battle. To on Vesakha Purnima day as The Eightfold Path inclu- business of everyone. The question, therefore, is no more ways than one. Back in England, the Though knowing that defeat and push back the it marks the three major des “right understanding, longer whether American intervention is justified or Quick to take the cue Yanks were having a gala Thou rulest over advancing German forces events in the Buddha’s life: right thoughts, right speech, desirable, the question is: How do we make the best of were young English ladies. time compared to the earth and sky in Europe a massive opera- His birth, enlightenment and right action, right livelihood, a bad deal? Let’s admit too that for all our ‘principled’ They eyed the Yanks who British soldiers who felt And commandest the tion through Normandy in passing away. right effort, right mindful- talk of no third-party mediation on Kashmir, India were able to date them for sidelined. The British Born as Siddhartha Gauta- ness and right concentra- waves and the clouds France was planned by the and Pakistan have willy-nilly allowed the US the role an evening. In times of troops were demoralised to ma on a Vesakha full moon tion”. He said: “Birth, decay, we are often gripped by allied army. This required of an arbiter in bilateral relations in the last two power cuts and blackouts, find their women being day, he married Princess disease, death, attachment, panic and despair. the Americans and British years. From Musharraf ’s televised addresses to his these ladies provided the openly wooed by the Yashodhara when he turned unfulfilled desires — all lead Mayest Thou ordain to train jointly for a pro- promises, from Atalji’s friendship initiative to his Americans entertainment Americans. This prompted 16 and 12 years later, a son to suffering.’’ Further, he all fierce forces tracted period in southern coercive diplomacy,Washington has been the implicit that they sought hundreds Montgomery to tell allied was born to them. Soon preached that “It is this to be benign England to perfect their addressee as well as the court of final appeal for both of miles away from their supreme commander Gene- after, he renounced the world craving which produces and merciful coordination for an opera- parties. Unlike Islamabad — which has openly home. It relieved these ral Eisenhower: ‘‘The prob- and practised austerities rebirth, accompanied by towards us. tion that was high-risk and stressed the need for a “meaningful” American role in soldiers from the harsh lem with you Americans and mortifications for six passionate clinging, welcom- May nothing evil equally critical. resolving bilateral tensions — New Delhi has, for the training schedule and is that you are over-paid, years. He was disappointed ing this and that (life). It is and untoward befall us sake of false nationalist pride, chosen to hide behind Known for their compa- the uncertainty of what over-sexed and over here’’. for he found no solution to the craving for sensual plea- And may we all old diplomatic platitudes. Finally, the idea of India ratively lavish lifestyle as lay ahead. Quick to cash in on this human suffering. sures, craving for existence prosper always. and Pakistan resolving their dispute bilaterally is compared to their British If this temporary dal- were the Germans. They Siddhartha meditated un- and craving for non-exis- Yajur Veda a fine one in theory, but in the divided polities of counterparts, the Ameri- liance had been confined to launched a propaganda der a Pipal tree on a Vesakha tence...” It is the complete ✥ the subcontinent only a settlement brokered by can soldiers got frequent marriageable young ladies, campaign through posters full moon day. Spending the separation from and destruc- O Divine Architect Washington can hold against the inevitable pressures rest and recuperation the matter might have just depicting British soldiers night in deep meditation, he tion of this very craving, its of Creation, from hardliners in both countries. (R&R). Even the daily passed off. Now there were in trenches while their discovered the technique of forsaking, renunciation, the the Dextrous Doer, routine of the Yanks many other young women women back home were Vipassana and the law of liberation therefrom, and appeared to be soft as whose husbands were fight- flirting with open arms. The Possessor of COUNTERVIEW dependent origination. He non-attachment thereto. Wisdom, the Observer compared to the British ing in far-flung places such This proved to be highly realised that there was Imparting the Dhamma for who, apart from their con- as North Africa or Burma effective in further batter- of Truth, suffering in the world, and 45 years, the Buddha herald- Bestow upon us American Arm-twisting servative outlook, were also and who had not the ing the morale of a sizeable that we had to find a way to ed a social and spiritual facing economic hardship. opportunity to visit home number of British troops, those things which remove this suffering. He dis- revolution by opening the are necessary for Food coupons, grocery, for long periods. It’s record- and stands out as an covered that the doors of Bhikkhu Just Won’t Work cigarettes and even liquor ed that in Burma when example of creative mili- our preservation. body was made Sangha to all O wise sages, associat- he United States as an arbiter between India and was hard to obtain and general Slim visited his tary strategy. This was, up of astacalaps people. At the age available only at a premi- troops in the trenches and perhaps, the first instance ed with vital elements, TPakistan? Forget it. Quite aside from the fact that — the entire mass of 80, he visited make us joyful. imposed peace is repugnant to the idea of national um. This affected the asked them their names, in recent history of ‘strate- of body and mind Pava and stayed Rig Veda sovereignty,it is not even practicable. First, it is in the British public and soldiers the men were so cynical gic information warfare’. is in a continuous in the mango ✥ nature of an externally-enforced truce to unravel once flux and flow grove of Cunda. the pressure eases. Worse, in such situations, the of vibrations. An Falling ill after O Goddess, who former belligerents move directly from peace to CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS ignorant mind his last meal, he removest the suffering of thy suppliants, conflict. For proof, look at how quickly Kargil contractors at the UN cafeteria. Hence reacts to pleasant THE travelled to Kusi- succeeded the supposedly historic Lahore bus journey. Annan got Coffee and unpleasant nara, where he in- be gracious! it was notified that the cafeteria would close SPEAKING Be gracious, O Mother And again how quickly the forced conviviality of at 3 p.m. but the company announced sensations gene- structed Ananda Agra dissolved into another prolonged tussle. In each In response to the item about rioting, loot- rated in the body, to spread his up- of the whole world! ing and malfeasance in the UN cafeteria on at 1 p.m. that staff could come and not pay TREE Be gracious, O Queen instance, ‘peace’ was less a result of a mutually- for meals. and this produces per robe between expressed desire than because India and Pakistan May 2, I would like to set the record straight. defilements. Once the mind twin Sal trees, and informed of the universe; The situation was complicated by an had been arm-twisted into talks by the US. But there is That afternoon, there was a change of stops reacting to these sensa- him that the end of his life safeguard the universe! apparent dispute about labour conditions a larger point. And that is the US’s uninspiring record tions, generation of new de- had come. A large number of Markandeya Purana, involving the previous and present as a peace-maker. Consider the battle zones where filements is arrested. When monks and followers assem- Chandi Mahatmya 10 From timesofindia.com contractors. The UN plays no role in the Big Brother has a looming presence, starting with the accumulated defilements bled around him to pay their ✥ negotiations between the contractors and emerge, they disappear and last respects. He explained to still unsolved West Asia. Peace has eluded the region God, the Lord, cafeteria staff. the mind becomes free of them that the Dhamma despite such landmark achievements as Camp David ...by the People is my strength; In any case, staff have been working them. Attaining supreme En- would be their guide. He said: and the celebrated Rabin-Arafat handshake. he makes my feet I am reluctant to accept the solution under normal conditions since May 3. UN lightenment, Siddhartha be- “Vaya-dhamma sankhara, Cut to Afghanistan, which was liberated with much like hind’s feet, offered by Omar Abdullah despite the security informed us on May 5 that the came a Sammasambuddha. appamadena sampadetha’’ — fanfare after a war fought allegedly against Osama he makes me tread fact that the referred compromise vendors did not complain about missing The Buddha became libe- Decay is inherent in all and his terror network. Of Osama, there has been no upon high places. sign. The Al-Qaida still freely operates, as it reported- with Pakistan seems to be highly silverware as reported. rated from suffering due to component things, work out ly did in Riyadh. Kabul is heading for fresh chaos, sensible in the given circumstances. The report that the Security Council disease, old age, attachment, your own salvation with Habakkuk 3.19 with the US-imposed government caught between My heart says that Pakistan must luncheon in the delegates’ dining room was death and decay. He now diligence. The Buddha at- ✥ internecine tribal warfare on the one hand and infu- vacate PoK. Kashmir is a part of interrupted and that the secretary-general discovered the noble eight- tained Mahaparinibbana on O Allah, I praise You sion of terrorism from across Pakistan on the other. India and India (as distinct from Indian never got his coffee seems to be totally fold path. His first disciples a full moon day of Vesakha for all the blessings Or go to Iraq, the newest bastion of ‘made-in-America’ government or Indian Parliament) untrue. There was an interruption in were the Panccavaggiya between 500-350 BC. You have given me. freedom. Washington’s original targets, Saddam and should decide on this. service, but it shifted from the staff to Bhikkhus. Addressing them Buddha Purnima assumes O Allah, I have his WMD, are nowhere to be found. Instead, the much- In other words any proposed management and the Council members at Sarnath, the Buddha great importance especially submitted to You. feted Jay Gardner has had to beat a hasty retreat, compromise with respect to this issue enjoyed a full meal and a fruitful discussion. said: “There are these two when the world faces I know You will thanks to rising anti-US feelings among the Iraqis. The should be decided by a referendum — Fred Eckhard, spokesman for the UN extremes which should be challenges of violence and help me. in India. In my opinion the Indian gov- US also faces another formidable challenge in the Secretary-General, New York avoided by one who has terrorism in various forms. 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AUTOMOBILE London court 4,000 Jet Air staff may have to go UPDATE By Byas Anand this (ground handling) decision However, Jet feels these com- and adds value to it. We are as- TIMES NEWS NETWORK is implemented,” a senior Jet panies would not be in a position sessing how best we can get in- releases Dutch Airways official said. to immediately re-hire the entire volved in the airport privatisa- Hero Honda to Mumbai: Around 4,000 employ- The controversy had arisen af- retrenched workforce. “It would tion exercise, either by building ees of Naresh Goyal’s Rs 3,000 ter the Cabinet recently an- not be economical. IA and A-I al- terminals or other activities.” crore Jet Airways are staring at nounced that only IA, A-I and ready have their own ground Jet will also revive its now- invest Rs 100 cr CEO of I-flex a potential job loss, thanks to the AAI would be allow ground han- handling staff who need to be ac- buried plan to go public after two recent decision by the Centre to dling at airports. The home min- comodated in the new JVs.” years. “We had dropped the plan ero Honda Motors Ltd is planning London: Senthil Kumar, the mar and said it is unfortu- allow only government agencies istry had rejected the civil avia- Jet Airways CEO Naresh Goy- due to the poor market condi- to infuse Rs 100 crore to develop London-based chief of Dutch nate that he had to spend to handle ground activities at tion ministry’s plea to allow the al said: “I am optimistic that the tions. I feel it can be revived after Hnext generation direct-injection subsidiary of Indian soft- time in custody. ‘‘It is indeed airports across the country. private domestic carriers — Jet government would not allow this two years. Besides, next year, we engines, that would power all bikes to be ware giant I-flex, was on unfortunate that he had to Jet employs almost 6,000 peo- and Sahara — in ground han- to happen. I have not officially will also revive plans to acquire produced from next fiscal. The country’s Thursday discharged by a spend time in custody in the ple, of which slightly over 4,000 dling, citing security concerns. heard anything from the govern- Embraer 175 jets that would used largest bike maker also rode into the pow- court here after the Nether- UK for what, or worst, may be are engaged in ground activities Civil aviation ministry offi- ment or the ministry as yet.” to service regional sectors.” er segment of the motorcycle market on lands government failed to technicalities on types of at the airport, including ticket- cials reason that even if some job Goyal is now contemplating He urged the government to al- Thursday,with the launch of 223cc Kariz- convince Britain to launch visa needed by i-flex employ- ing, ushering passengers, securi- losses take place, the same peo- moving ahead and venturing low domestic private carriers to ma at Rs 79,000. extradition proceedings ees in the Netherlands, Kiran ty, cleaning and even towing of ple can be hired by IA, A-I and into the airport privisation pro- fly abroad. “We have urged the Company chairman Brijmohan Lall against him. Karnik, president, Nasscom aircraft. “I won’t be suprised if a the Airports Authority of India gramme as well. “I want to get government to allow us use the Munjal said the JV will invest Rs 100 ‘‘You stand discharged to- said in a statement, adding good number of these 4,000 peo- (AAI) for their respective joint into every related activity that unutilised bilateral air traffic crore in the current fiscal to develop the day,’’ the Bow Street magis- that the association is grate- ple have to go without jobs once venture companies. complements our core business rights.” new engine technology. “We are not set- trate’s court judge Workman ful to UK government for its ting up a separate engine plant but are in Neeraj Paul told Senthil Kumar as the so- ‘‘helpful attitude’’. dialogue with Honda Motor to produce licitor representing the Nasscom also appreciated next generation engines.” Netherlands government in- the understanding that the Bharti, BSNL set The new engines, he said, would cover formed the court that the Dutch government has all segments ranging from the basic 100cc British home secretary shown in this regard after to the power segment. “We will also look David Blunkett has not given the issue was taken up with up new price war at how best to use these engines on our ex- his authorisation to go ahead them, Karnik said. isting bikes,’ he added. with the extradition case. It may be recalled that Ku- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Meanwhile, unveiling the Karizma, Hugo Keith, barrister rep- mar was arrested and sent to Munjal said the bike would be available resenting Kumar, said the i- Brixton prison for a week in New Delhi: The country’s top two cellular from June in a phased manner across the flex chief was arrested on the March, following an Interpol operators — Bharti’s Airtel and BSNL’s Cel- country. Karizma is the most expensive basis that the British home alert over a complaint filed lOne — entered a new round of tariff wars bike in Hero Honda’s product portfolio secretary would grant per- against his company in Ams- on Thursday, with both companies each in- and comes within a month of the launch mission for his extradition terdam that 14 of his employ- troducing a new plan. of CD-Dawn, priced at Rs 31,800. and that the permission has ees were working in the By and large, for comparable plans, the “We have introduced two motorcycles been refused now. Netherlands without proper companies have kept tariffs within a close this fiscal and two more variants will also ‘‘Kumar’s stand has been work permits. Kumar was ac- range with one offering a benefit in one seg- be offered this year itself. The new ver- vindicated and there are no cused of involvement in pro- ment and the other in the some other seg- sions will be introduced keeping in mind proceedings against him in viding false references for a ment. the customer feedback,” Munjal said. this country,’’Keith said. number of the company em- BSNL, however, cut overall cellular rates Hero Honda expects the motorcycle de- Kumar said, ‘‘I feel good. I ployees in the Netherlands. ranging from 8-65 per cent in three post pay mand to revive this fiscal, helping it end am relieved for the moment.’’ I-flex claimed that the visa and one pre pay plans. The big cuts were the fiscal with double digit growth. Mo- Indian high commission documents of all the employ- largely in the STD segment. Besides, it torcycle and step-thru sales fell 3.3 per spokesman, Navdeep Suri, ees in Amsterdam were in or- slashed SMS rates to Rs 0.60 per message. cent in March 2003 and posted a 6 per cent expressed satisfaction over der. They were on business BSNL’s new post-pay plan is for Rs 525 a growth in April. the fact that Kumar’s ‘‘ordeal visa while their work per- month with cell-to-cell outgoing call at Rs GM launches Corsa hatchback: Gener- is finally over’’. In New Del- mits were being processed. 0.40 a minute and cell-to-fixed/WLL-M cost- al Motors on Thursday drove into already hi, apex software association All the employees had re- ing Rs 20 a minute. All cell-to-cell STD calls overcrowded and highly competitive B- Nasscom expressed happi- turned to India since the in this plan will cost Rs 1.80 a minute, while segment market in India with a hatch- ness at quashing of extradi- Dutch government lodged Pakistan legislator MP Bhandara (left) and CII economic affairs committee chairman Satish cell-to-fixed/WLL-M rates are Rs 1.80, Rs back version of its mid-sizer Corsa. tion proceedings against Ku- the complaint. PTI Kaura are participating in an interactive session in CII on Thursday. 2.40 and Rs 3.60 for 200, 500 and above 500-km Christened Corsa Sail, the car would be slabs. available in two versions — 1.4 litre (Rs Airtel’s comparable plan is worth Rs 599, 4.39 lakh) and 1.6 litre (Rs 4.65 lakh). The with slightly higher outgoing and costlier firm is now preparing to launch another Diesel import by Essar puts oil PSUs in a bind STD call charges. Airtel’s ISD rates, howev- offensive in this segment with a model er, are more competitive. from its recently-acquired Daewoo sta- By Sanjay Dutta ment is expected to reach by Smart move marketing companies at a make their products uncom- TIMES NEWS NETWORK the month-end and the diesel disadvantage as they do not petitive in coastal areas. Airtel’s new plan announced Thursday is bles — Matiz. To be christened Chevrolet for Rs 399 a month (with Rs 100 free airtime) will be unloaded at Mumbai enjoy full import parity These firms now recover half Spark, the once-popular car is expected to New Delhi: State-owned oil •Essar will sell diesel and has outgoing call rate Re 1 a minute for hit the Indian roads again this year, com- and Mundhra ports, industry pricing in which products of the upcountry transporta- marketing companies are cheaper by 40 paise a cell-to-cell calls and Rs 2 a minute for cell-to- pany sources said. sources said. cost more in upcountry tion costs through their facing the risk of losing a litre with import parity cell STD calls. For calls to fixed lines/WLL- It is also planning to roll out a multi- Essar is unlikely to move areas than in coastal regions coastal sales to keep prices major chunk of their bulk M, the local call rate is Rs 2, while STD will utility vehicle Panther under the Chevro- the diesel inland as it is yet to •State-owned oil mar- owing to transportation near-uniform. consumers of diesel, with Es- cost Rs 3 for up to 200 km and Rs 4 for over let brand. The firm will be infusing Rs 180 set up its retail chain and will keting companies’ prod- charges. Essar had sought product sar Oil set to become the first ucts will become uncom- 500 km. crore into its wholly-owned subsidiary — sell the consignment at the IndianOil Corporation supplies from IndianOil to private firm that can under- petitive in coastal areas For a comparison, BSNL’s plan of Rs 325 GM India — to build up capacity at its cut them through cheaper port itself to bulk consumers could be the biggest loser as feed its retail network. comes closest to Airtel’s 399, which is about Halol plant in Gujarat. With this, GM’s to- imports. in the power, fertiliser and •IOC will be hit hard as industries in coastal areas Though IndianOil had Rs 26 cheaper, taking into account free calls tal investment in India would touch Rs Essar Oil contracted 20,000 manufacturing sectors. it will lose coastal buyers account for half of its six agreed in-principle to supply worth Rs 100. Call rates in the plan are Rs 1,380 crore by 2003-end. tonnes of diesel after the new This will allow the compa- million tonnes’ direct sale of products, a deal was yet to be 1.40 and Rs 1.80 a minute for outgoing cell-to- Meanwhile, unveiling the Corsa Sail, export-import policy allowed ny to price its diesel cheaper umes, even this difference diesel. firmed up. Both the compa- cell and cell-to-fixed/WLL-M calls. GMI president Aditya Vij said GM’s Indi- oil firms with marketing li- by at least 40 paise a litre on will turn into big savings for The oil ministry’s refusal nies declined to comment, Both the companies claimed that their an arm aims to double sales of the Corsa cences to directly import the basis of import-parity. the consumers. to allow differential pricing saying talks were an ‘‘ongo- rates offered better deals/options to cus- brand from 7,000 units now. TNN petroproducts. The consign- Considering the high vol- This puts state-owned oil by the state-run firms will ing process’’. tomers.
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NATIONAL IOC kicks off award IBM India, Safescrypt RBI indicates lower programme: In a bid to in alliance: IBM India and inflation: RBI Governor reward its valued customers, Safescrypt announced a TRAI to review new Bimal Jalan hopes that oil retailer Indian Oil Corpora- partnership for issuing digital phone charges: Telecom inflation would turn soft tion launched an award certificates based on the regulator TRAI on Thursday from the second quarter programme for its cash latter’s web-based products initiated a review of various of the current fiscal. customers. Unveiling IOC and services. IBM will offer its elements behind new phone ‘‘We should see some Xtra, chairman MS Ra- customers the option of charges and the process will relief on inflation in machandran said cash procuring web server certifi- cover all services — fixed the second quarter, customers would earn reward cates issued by Safescrypt to line, WLL-M and cellular. The but obviously it is not points against purchases allow encrypted SSI (secure three month long consultation possible to be very covering not just fuel but a process may impact STD/ISD sockets layer) sessions, a definitive, we have to host of other items including press release said. IBM WIll rates, call durations, free in- watch the situation.’’ lubricants and other IOC coming calls and tariffs plans. also offer Safescrypt’s digital products. PTI The review follows strong crit- trust and security solutions icism of new tariffs from con- NHPC 2002-03 net profit along with its messaging sumers and legislators alike up: National Hydroelectric platform Lotus Notes so that led to partial roll-back by Power Corporation posted a that users can use digital BSNL/MTNL. TNN net profit of Rs 511.4 crore in certificates and encrypt Ajit Ninan 2002-03, up from Rs 470.9 their e-mails. PTI LG to launch new Linux crore a year ago and said it Syndicate Bank net up at PC models: LG will launch a would add 18789 MW by Rs 344.13 crore: Syndicate slew of models under its ‘LG 2012. However, its turnover Bank reported a net profit of My PC’ brand by the end of declined marginally to Rs Rs 344.13 crore during 2002- May to expand its personal 1327.45 crore. PTI 03, an increase of 37.35 per computers portfolio in India. Maruti IPO by June, says cent over Rs 250.55 crore in ‘‘We will launch Linux-based Fadzir on Thursday said the Malaysia to offer Indians Khattar: The much-awaited the previous year. Syndicate PCs on Intel Celeron, Pentium country was ready to invest in visa on arrival: The public offering of shares for Bank CMD Michael Bastian and AMD Athlon to cater to all Malaysian government is now tourism packages with Indian auto major Maruti Udyog will said the bank had come segments — home, SOHO, rolling out the red carpet to Airlines to attract more hit the market by early June under the regular tax liability SMEs, corporates, retail and Indian tourists almost six tourists, as also grant visas this year, a top company for the first time after a government,’’ DGM, IT, R months after the incident of on arrival to those Indian official said. Speaking to re- decade and the bank’s profit Manikandan said. The com- harassment involving Indian travellers who have visas for porters, the company’s man- would have been much higher pany’s IT division is expected IT professionals in Malayasia. Thailand and Singapore. aging director Jagdish Khattar but for the income-tax of to contribute 15 per cent to Apologising for the arrests, Fadzir also sought additional around Rs 112.50 crore. the projected turnover of Rs said the initial public offering Malaysian tourism minister flights by Indian carriers to of shares would take place in The bank’s total business 4,500 crore of LG India. PTI Abdul Kadir bin Haji Sheikh Malaysia. TNN the first half of next month. PTI crossed Rs 47,687 crore. PTI
Ceske Radiokomunikace is conventional mobile phone depreciation and amortisation INTERNATIONAL the second largest Czech market close to saturation. rose 10.6 per cent to 110.8 mobile operator. It said But demand for its handsets million euros. Sales rose 6.9 T-Mobile Q1 profit higher first-quarter net profit rose 20 had been tepid until recently per cent to 429.4 million than expected: Czech per cent to 1.04 billion crowns due to poor battery life, euros. A poll of analysts T-Mobile showed a higher ($37.94 million). Reuters limited coverage area and forecast first-quarter sales at than expected first-quarter high prices. Reuters 426 million euros. Reuters net profit on Thursday as DoCoMo sees 6 m 3G revenues stayed strong, but users by March ’05: Fraport Q1 profit rises on the firm warned a saturated Japan’s top mobile phone dividend income: German ET INSTA POLL market and the thin contribu- operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc, airport operator Fraport AG Yesterday’s results: tion from data services limited said on Thursday it expected posted first-quarter core profit Can filmstars improve the income growth. The 61-39 six million users for its high- that beat analysts’ expecta- ratings of TV channels? per cent joint-venture of speed third-generation (3G) tions on Thursday, boosted Yes 50% No 48% Can’t say 02% T-Mobile International and • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users service by March 2005, up Loaded trucks roll out in by dividend income from a who chose to participate, and not necessarily of from a forecast 1.46 million Busan, South Korea, after Turkish joint-venture, and the general public. users by March 2004. truck drivers agreed to end a kept its forecasts for 2003. Today’s question: DoCoMo hopes its 3G strike which had idled the The company, which runs Should separate mobile and ser-vice, which offers video port for 6 days. The truckers’ continental Europe’s largest fixed line licences be replaced conferencing and fast access union won major conces- passenger and cargo hub in with one universal licence? to the Web, will be its next sions from the government Frankfurt, said earnings To vote, log on to growth driver, with the such as tax cuts. before interest, taxes, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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18 Friday,May 16, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
Him.Fut.Comm 22, 24, 21.50, 23.40 41.65 352, 352, 341, 342.90 142.40, 148, 138.05, 143.15 Archies 49.85, 54, 53.40 21.70, 24, 21.50, 23.50 41.50, 42.30, 41.25, 41.75 Silverline T 6.20, 6.30, 6.05, 6.15 VSNL 81.30, 83.40, 83.10 49, 54.25, 49, 52.60 Hind Lever C 166, 167.70, 165.30, Merck 234.90, 239.95, 232.25, SKF Bearing 53.25, 54, 51.80, 52.15 82, 83.80, 82, 83.15 Arvind Rem. 3.50, 3.65, 3.40, 3.55 166.60 236.75 53.25, 53.90, 51.65, 52.30 Whirlpool 18.95, 19.40, 18.85, 19.25 4, 4, 3.35, 3.65 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX 166, 169, 165.15, 167.20 234.75, 240, 234.65, 236 Sonata Soft. 12, 11.70, 11.85 18.65, 19.30, 18.65, 19.25 Asahi (I) Gl 46.90, 45.50, 45.80 Sensex up 19 points Hind.Oil Exp 26.95, 24.60, 24.90 MIRC Electr. 411, 415, 410, 411.25 11.80, 11.95, 11.55, 11.85 Wipro 910.25, 890.60, 905.90 46.10, 46.75, 45.50, 45.95 1075 3600 26.60, 26.90, 24.50, 24.85 413.90, 414, 410, 411.25 SPICE 30.49, 30.59 898.80, 910, 890, 905.05 Ashapura Min 96, 96, 96, 96 Mumbai: The BSE benchmark 30-share index opened moderately Hind.Zinc 20.20, 21.25, 20, 20.80 Moser-Baer 297, 298.50, 290, SSI 63.20, 64.85, 63.10, 64.10 Wockhardt 343.30, 348, 343.10, 346 Ashima 17.50, 18.75, 18.30 1050 3500 Hindalco 624.80, 645, 640.75 293.20 64.35, 64.95, 63.15, 64.25 345, 350, 341.15, 345 18, 19.25, 18, 18.15 higher at 2996.67 and later improved further in narrow movements 629.95, 645.95, 625.55, 641.80 297.50, 299.90, 287, 294.10 STC India 83, 89, 82, 88.20 Zee Telefilm 76, 77.40, 74.25, 74.60 Ashok Ley.Fn 53.40, 52.70, 53.30 3400 Hinduja TMT 200.70, 204.10, 196.70, Mphasis BFL 571.50, 582, 571, 89.85, 89.85, 87.10, 89.20 76.15, 77.50, 74.25, 74.80 53, 53.40, 52.30, 52.75 1025 to end at 3012.97 as against Wednesday’s close of 2993.94, netting a 202.10 573.05 Sterl.Biotec 47.70, 48.75, 46.50, Zensar Tech. 70, 70.80, 69.70, 70.50 Asian Elect. 27.65, 27.90, 26.55, 3300 gain of 19.03 points or 0.64 per cent. The broad-based BSE-100 index 201, 204, 196.60, 202.60 570, 584, 570, 572.45 47.80 70.50, 70.90, 69.55, 70.45 26.70 1000 firmed up by 13 points to 1527.90 from previous close of 1514.90. HLL 147, 147.95, 144.30, 145.10 MRF 1190.50, 1210, 1175, 1186.60 47.80, 48.75, 46.40, 47.80 B1 - GROUP 26.55, 28, 26.50, 26.70 3200 147, 148.25, 144.30, 145.25 1195, 1215, 1175, 1188.70 Sterl.Optica 29.80, 31, 29.55, 30.70 Asian Hotels 80, 78.50, 82 975 959.85 HMT 17.45, 18.20, 17.10, 17.85 MTNL 96.50, 97.90, 96.10, 96.95 31, 31.70, 29.50, 30.70 79, 83, 78, 81.40 3100 Brokers said Indian financial institutions have been continuous 17.25, 18.15, 16.50, 17.80 95.60, 97.90, 95.60, 96.90 Sun Pharma. 286.05, 282.50, 284 Assam Co. 14.10, 14.80, 14, 14.40 944.20 3012.97 3 950 buyers in select blue-chip counters, as a result, operators were at- HPCL 296, 305.25, 302.50 Mukta Arts 51.20, 54.05, 50.70, 52 288.85, 288.90, 282.10, 284.35 Atcom Techno 8.65, 9.35, 8.40, 9.25 3000 2960.62 tracted to make fairly good commitments in second-line stocks. 296.45, 305, 295.60, 302.60 51.05, 54.45, 50.45, 52 Syndicate Bn 25.40, 26.40, 25.05, 3M India 314.90, 303.05, 309.90 8.40, 9.40, 8.40, 9.15 952.15 Hughes Soft. 220.40, 223, 217.05, National Alu 91, 92.50, 89.50, 89.90 25.30 301.95, 310.15, 301.95, 307.80 Atlas Copco 295, 300, 290, 296 925 2900 2993.94 Adani Exports, Tata Telecom, Adlabs, Arvind Mills, Himachal Fu- 220.85 90.45, 92.50, 89.50, 90.05 25.55, 26.45, 25.10, 25.35 Atlas Cycles 69, 74.80, 74.65 219.60, 223.70, 216.55, 221.60 Nestle (I) 537.50, 540.20, 534.95, Syngenta (I) 119, 118, 118.25 A 70.25, 74.80, 68.35, 74.75 tur, GSFC, Titan Ind, Gujarat Mineral Development and Century IBP 228, 232, 227.50, 229.95 540 Tata Chem 71.50, 72.25, 71.05, Atul 32, 35.10, 34.95 900 2800 A Sarabhai 4.45, 5.15, 5.10 224, 230.50, 224, 228.50 541, 543.70, 535.55, 540.85 71.90 34.50, 34.70, 33.75, 34.65 MAY 13 MAY 14 MAY 15 MAY 13 MAY 14 MAY 15 Textiles were among the top ten gainers. The banking sector wit- ICI (I) 136.85, 132.50, 133.05 Neyveli Lign 31, 32.25, 31.65 71.40, 72.30, 71.10, 71.90 Aarti Drugs 28.60, 29.55, 29.50 Auto Axles 103, 108, 100.75, 107.55 Aarti Inds. 61.90, 62.50 nessed a mixed trend with Federal Bank, Oriental Bank and BOB 136.40, 136.90, 131, 132.25 31.15, 32.25, 30.95, 31.80 Tata Elxsi 67.90, 66.50, 67.35 Avanti Feeds 22, 21.50, 22.50 CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING ICICI Bank 128.50, 131.90, 127.60, Nicholas Pir 255, 270, 253.30, 67, 67.50, 66.50, 67.40 63, 63, 63, 63 Avery (I) 19, 18.35, 19.40 +0.81% +0.63% ending strong while Corp Bank, JK Bank and Punjab National 130.60 267.90 Tata Power 124, 128.40, 127.80 Aarvee Denim 11, 11.50, 11.40 Avon Organic 34.45, 33, 33.15 130, 131.90, 127.50, 131 252.30, 268.95, 252.30, 266.70 125, 128, 124.60, 127.65 Aban Loyd 178.80, 165, 169.80 Bank falling back substantially. PTI IDBI 18.35, 18.65, 18.30, 18.50 NIIT 129.10, 130.90, 127.30, 130.15 Tata Tea 211.15, 216.25, 210.50, 167, 179, 164, 170.40 B 18.40, 18.60, 18.35, 18.45 129.25, 130.80, 127.40, 130.30 215.95 ABC Bearings 8, 7.65, 7.90 BOC 28, 28.95, 26.85, 27.15 58.80, 59.40, 56.50, 58.20 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ABG Heavy In 12.50, 13.20, 12.95 Bajaj Auto F 57, 56.05, 56.60 640, 647, 631, 647 IDBI Bank 25.15, 25.65, 24.95, 25.45 Nirma 322.40, 333, 318.50, 330.20 209.95, 216.40, 208.30, 215.55 29.60, 29.60, 26.75, 27.15 Fairfield At 4.45 Indian Resor 43.05, 41.05, 43 italics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s 25, 26, 24.75, 25.45 317, 334, 317, 330.15 Tata Telcom 111, 128.10, 109, Abhishek Ind 7.50, 7.15, 7.30 58, 58, 56.30, 56.40 Bombay Burma 40, 42.40, 42.35 FCGL Inds. 1.60 7, 7.40, 7, 7.35 Bajaj Elec. 25.80, 26.80, 24.80, Indian SeamM 9.70, 9.75 opening, high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls India Cement 16.15, 16.20, 15.90, Novartis (I) 240.85, 243, 238.50, 126.55 Bongaigaon R 23.25, 24.25, 23.10, FCI OEN Con. 77, 81.40, 79 Indo Gulf Fe 49, 49.50, 48, 48.25 16.05 241.20 109, 128.70, 109, 127.15 Adam Comsof 3.95, 3.70, 4.45 25.55 23.95 78.40, 79.95, 75.65, 79.50 Advani Oerli 38.90, 40.50, 37.35, Bajaj Hindus 84.50, 89.50, 84.45, 49.25, 49.40, 48, 48.45 below its “last offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. 16.35, 16.35, 16.05, 16.10 ONGC 374.80, 395, 374.40, 388.85 TELCO 156.50, 159.45, 156, 158.65 23.20, 24.25, 23.20, 24 FCL Techno. 24.90 Indo Mat.Car 70.50, 78.90, 75.55 Indian Alumi 120 376.80, 395, 375, 389.05 157, 159.60, 155.55, 158.65 39.80 88.50 BPL 25.75, 28.70, 28.20 21.05, 24.80, 21.05, 23 Bharat Forge 303, 308, 300, 300.45 42, 43.75, 41.55, 43.25 39.50, 40.50, 37.70, 40 85, 89, 83.40, 88 Indo Nationl 360, 372, 358, 364.85 BSE SPECIFIED 119.90, 119.90, 119.40, 119.40 Oriental Bnk 124.90, 132, 124, Thermax 177.45, 177.50, 167.30, 25.95, 28.85, 25.95, 28.40 FDC 31.75, 32, 29.70, 30.05 Indo Rama Sy 28.70, 30.50, 28.40, 305, 308, 300, 300.70 Essel Propac 149.70, 156, 148, Indian Hotel 193.50, 200.50, 192.10, 130.25 168.35 Advik Lab. 20.75, 20.70 Bajaj Tempo 109.40, 109.90, 105, BPL Engg. 4.35, 4.15, 4.85 30.50, 30.90, 29.25, 30.25 & NSE INDEX Bharti TeleV 34.20, 34.75, 33.95, 154.30 Aegis Logis. 8.50, 10 107.30 29.45 199.95 124.80, 131.75, 123.10, 129.65 175, 177, 167.10, 168.40 4.50, 5, 4.50, 5 Fert.&Chem-T 25.20, 27, 25.50 28.80, 30.30, 28.40, 29.60 34.05 150, 156, 148.55, 154.85 194.50, 201, 194, 199.90 P&G Hygiene 410, 417.50, 398, Thomas Cook 201, 202, 197, 200.45 9.40, 10, 9, 9.95 Bal Pharma 19.70, 19.50, 20 Brijlax. Le. 104.55, 104.95, 104.65 24.75, 26.35, 24.75, 25.65 ABB 323.45, 331, 318.10, 327 35, 35, 34, 34 Exide Inds. 118.90, 121, 115, 115.45 AFT Inds. 61.20, 63.75, 61.05, 62.85 Bal.Law.Vanl 15.90, 14.80, 15.30 Indraprast.M 12.45, 13.25, 12.35, Indian Oil C 268, 270, 267, 268.80 404.85 198.10, 203, 198, 200.30 BSEL Inform. 9.05, 9.45 First Leasin 19.35, 19.65, 19.40 13.15 322, 328, 318.10, 322.90 BHEL 240, 245.60, 239.55, 243.75 120, 120, 115.25, 116.15 267, 270, 267, 268.25 Padmalaya Te 68, Aftek Infosy 220, 223.70, 218.55, Balaji Dist. 5.50, 6.40 10.40, 10.90, 9.50, 9.50 19.40, 19.50, 19.15, 19.40 Abbott (I) 263.25, 265, 260, 263.90 240, 245.80, 239.65, 244.05 Federal Bank 121.70, 131.40, 127.15 221.85 5.25, 6.40, 5.25, 6.40 12.65, 13.30, 12.35, 13 Indian Ov.Bk 23.45, 24.60, 23.40, 71.65, 67.35, 70.55 BSL 26.60 Flat Product 38.55, 39.75, 39.35 Indus.Inv.Tr 19.50, 17.40, 17.85 ACC 132.30, 134.40, 132.10, 134.15 Bombay Dyein 58.85, 61.60, 56.60, 123, 131.35, 122.65, 127.70 24.35 67.15, 72, 67.15, 221.35, 223.40, 218.25, 221.55 Balkrish Ind 56.55, 59.50 27.05, 27.05, 27.05, 27.05 Flex Enginer 11, 12.90 132.40, 134.50, 132.40, 134.20 61.25 Finolex Cabl 81.05, 81.25, 80.10, Agro Dutch I 10.50, 10.95, 10.30, Balmer Law.I 42, 44, 43.75 Indusind Bnk 18.50, 19.30, 18.95 23.80, 24.60, 23.50, 24.35 71.40 Burrough Wel 277, 287, 275, 282.95 11, 12.70, 10.95, 12.70 18.45, 19.35, 18.40, 18.90 Adani Export 129.90, 152.30 57.60, 61.50, 56.50, 60.90 80.30 Indian Rayon 92, 92.30, 89.70, 92 Pentamedia G 7.50, 10.80 Balmer Lawri 80, 82.50 Flex Foods 6.25, 6.50, 6.15, 6.40 129.85, 151.70, 129.70, 151.70 BPCL 234.50, 242, 240.45 81, 81, 80, 80.65 10.20, 10.95, 10.20, 10.90 78.90, 82.80, 78.90, 82.50 C ING Vysya Bk 265.50, 275, 264, 91, 92.30, 89.40, 91.85 8.10, 7.95 Flex Inds. 19.50, 21.10, 20.75 271.50 Adlabs Films 43.50, 48, 42.85, 47.20 237, 242.35, 236.25, 240.70 Finolex Inds 38.70, 38 Infosys Tech 2860, 2892, 2837, 7.70, 8.10, 7.60, Agro Tech Fd 31.50, 31.40, 33 Balrampur Ch 109.50, 111.45, 19.50, 20.90, 19.45, 20.60 43.45, 47.65, 42.65, 46.90 Britannia 542, 550, 544.95 38.25, 38.40, 38, 38 32, 33, 31.15, 32.95 107.50, 108.20 Camlin 50.75, 52.75, 50.50, 52 268, 275, 264.05, 271.70 2884.35 7.95 Camph.& All 23.50, 24, 23.45, 23.90 Floatglass 21.70, 22.35, 21.60, 21.85 Innovis.E-Co 0.60 Alstom Proj. 70.40, 74.90, 72.60 547.60, 555, 542, 544.80 Gail (I) 80.90, 84, 81.50 2880, 2893.70, 2835, 2883.60 Pfizer 349.30, 350, Ahmed.Elect. 52.45, 52.80, 49.05 101, 111.50, 101, 107.75 21.80, 22.50, 21.70, 22 70, 73.85, 70, 72.60 BSES 218.90, 220, 217, 219.40 80.50, 83.80, 80.50, 81.65 50.85, 53, 50.55, 50.80 Banco Prod. 54, 57.90, 56.30 Canara Bank 103.90, 109.50, 103.50, Insilco 14, 14.90, 14.55 Infotech En. 105.25, 103.20, 104.20 345, 345.95 108.20 Forbes Gokak 67.35, 68, 65.25, 67.15 Inter.Travel 29.25, 29.40, 28.65, Andhra Bank 35.85, 36.40, 35.30, 218.40, 220.90, 216.70, 219.85 GE Shipping 43.75, 44.40, 43.70, 105, 105.50, 103.10, 104.55 348, 350, 343.10, Ahmednagar F 42.95, 45.55, 44.45 Bank of Punj 16.45, 17.30, 16.30, Fortune Info 35.65, 36.85, 35.25, 35.60 Cadila Healt 118, 124, 116.60, 44.05 45.40, 45.60, 44.15, 45.20 16.70 103.70, 109.90, 103.70, 108.80 29.15 Ingersoll R 221, 226, 225 345.90 Canfin Homes 33, 34.10, 32, 32.95 36.60 Invest.Trust 22.40, 20.55, 21.85 35.60, 36.40, 35.20, 35.60 120.95 44.90, 44.90, 43.75, 44.10 222.10, 229, 222.10, 226.10 Philips (I) 105, 98.10, Ajanta Pharm 29, 29.25, 28.50 16.55, 17.35, 16.50, 16.70 Foseco (I) 111, 118.80, 116.75 Apollo Hosp. 105, 110.60, 104.75, 119.50, 121.90, 116.80, 120.50 Geometric So 396, 398.45, 387.10, 28.50, 29.40, 28, 28.60 Bank of Raj. 17.60, 18.50, 17.40, 32, 34.50, 31.75, 33.25 Ion Exchange 26.50, 27.55, 26.25, IPCL 83.20, 83.50, 82.70, 82.90 98.25 Caprihans(I) 16, 16.10, 15.15, 15.50 110.80, 119.40, 110.50, 116.70 27.15 109.25 Castrol (I) 192.10, 195.50, 195.25 390 83.10, 83.50, 82.70, 83 Pidilite Ind 235, 242, Aksh Optifib 15.90, 17.40, 15.75, 17.80 Frontier Inf 3.25, 3.10, 3.35 104.85, 110, 104.35, 109.30 Century Enka 87, 89.90, 85.50, 87.75 397.40, 398, 387.10, 390.85 16.90 17.50, 18.45, 17.25, 17.80 Carborundum 130.50, 139, 128.50, IP Rings 52.95, 53.50, 48, 48.25 ITC 672.50, 675, 668, 672.90 238.55 136.10 Fulford (I) 87.25, 93, 87, 87.20 IPCA Lab. 211, 225.50, 222.85 Apollo Tyres 144, 153.70, 152.10 85.65, 90.40, 85.20, 88.20 German Remed 208, 207, 210 668.05, 675, 668, 672.40 238.25, 240, 237.80, 15.55, 17.55, 15.30, 16.75 Bannari Aman 115, 115, 115, 115 Futura Poly. 6.45, 7.85 144, 153.50, 144, 152.25 Century Text 58.50, 63, 62.65 204.50, 212, 204.50, 212 Albert David 26.50, 27, 26.85 Bayer (I) 1088, 1120, 1058.10, 1104 135, 138.90, 128.50, 136.10 214.05, 226, 212.05, 223.95 ITI 15.50, 16.50, 15.35, 15.85 239.15 Carrier Air. 88, 90 Ispat Inds. 5, 5.10, 4.85, 5.05 Arvind Mills 31.10, 34.35, 34.10 59, 63.10, 58.65, 62.70 Gillette (I) 329, 336, 327, 332 15.50, 16.60, 15.35, 15.90 Polaris Soft 135, Albright & W 214, 211.05 Bayer ABS 73.80, 78.60, 72.90, G 31, 34.40, 31, 34.05 Chambal Fert 14.80, 15.25, 14.55, 317.05, 333, 302, 330.95 Alembic 191, 204, 189.90, 200.05 77.65 CCL Products 16.95, 16.50, 17.95 4.95, 5.10, 4.80, 5.05 J&K Bank 197, 198.90, 189.50, 138.15, 136.70 Ceat 33.50, 33.75, 31.75, 32.05 Gabriel (I) 102.25, 104.90, 101, IT & T 10.55, 11.60, 11.40 Ashok Leylan 107, 114, 110.85 14.75 GlaxoSmith.C 231, 239.70, 237.85 190.75 135.70, 138.20, 134, 195, 204.80, 190, 201 73.75, 78.50, 73.05, 77.80 107.35, 114.25, 107.35, 111.55 14.80, 15, 14.50, 14.75 234.85, 240, 229, 238.30 Alfa Laval 275.80, 277, 271.10, Bayer Diagno 192, 194.90, 193.10 33.40, 33.55, 31.75, 32.05 101.40 10.65, 11.70, 10.65, 11.55 199.90, 199.90, 189.10, 190.50 137.10 Centur. Bank 10.10, 11.40, 10, 11.05 Gammon (I) 110.20, 110.15, 113 ITC Hotels 46.60, 47.50, 45, 46.20 Asian Paints 336.95, 342, 340.45 Chennai Pet. 46, 46.50, 45.85, 46.15 GlaxoSmith.P 347.75, 359, 347.15, Jaiprakash I 33.35, 34.75, 34.20 Pun.Tractors 137, 274.65 Berger Paint 75, 76, 75.50 337, 343, 337, 341.85 46.10, 46.85, 45.75, 46.10 348.90 274, 277, 271, 271.50 77.95, 77.95, 75.25, 76.20 10.05, 11.50, 9.95, 11.15 115, 115, 110.55, 111.50 45.25, 47.90, 44, 46.45 33.30, 34.80, 33.30, 34.25 146.50, 145 Cerebra Inte 5, 5.30, 5.15 Gandhi Sp.Tu 16.20 IVP 19.15 Aurobindo Ph 262, 272.50, 260, Cipla 645, 662, 651.80 351, 358.85, 346.25, 350.65 JB Chemical 173.40, 178.70, 171.50, 138.35, 148, 137.20, Alka (I) 0.25 BF Utilities 9.10, 9.20, 8.50, 8.85 270.30 645, 664, 642.25, 652.60 GNFC 31.60, 32.80, 31.20, 32.25 Alkyl Amines 19, 18.10, 18.40 Bhansali Eng 14.85, 14.80, 14.85 CESC 19.90, 20.85, 20.60 Garden Silk 32.50, 33.25, 30, 30.40 18.50, 20, 18.50, 19.15 176.25 145.45 19.90, 20.40, 19.90, 20.30 33, 33, 30, 30.25 IVRCL Infras 47, 54.90, 53.50 262.40, 273, 258.25, 269.65 CMC 499, 505, 465, 492.20 31.75, 32.75, 31.20, 32.30 172.30, 178.95, 171.75, 176.40 Ranbaxy Lab. 634.10, Allahabad Bk 17.80, 18.40, 17.65, Bharat Bijle 199, 185 Aventis Phar 298, 299.90, 294.50, 500, 502.65, 490.15, 493.10 Grasim Inds. 354.55, 359, 350, 18.10 Bharat Hotel 28, 28, 27.60, 27.60 CG Igarshi M 39.55, 41.40, 39.20, Garware Poly 28.10, 28, 33.50 46.70, 54.95, 46.25, 53.80 Jindal Steel 379.75, 384, 376, 639.90, 632.25, 639.25 39.95 Garware Wall 22.50, 22.60, 22, 22.15 295.80 Colgate 131, 133.50, 133.20 351.40 377.75 633, 639.90, 632, 638.90 TISCO 137, 139.70, 136.80, 139.40 17.80, 18.40, 17.65, 18.10 Bharat Rasay 25.60 J 298.95, 299, 295, 295.75 128, 133.90, 128, 133.35 353, 355, 350.55, 352.35 Alok Inds. 14.75, 15.60, 14.35, 15.45 25.10, 26.30, 25.10, 26.30 42.20, 42.35, 39.15, 40.05 Gati 44.20, 39.60, 42.30 371.10, 384, 371.10, 378.05 Raymond 100.50, 106, 99.65, 104.50 137, 139.75, 136.50, 139.30 Chemfab Alk. 19.40, 21.25, 20.60 Genesys Intl 35.85, 34, 34.05 Aztec Soft. 15.30, 16.15, 15.25, Container Co 269, 280, 278.65 GSFC 18.40, 19.85, 18.10, 19.60 Kochi Refin. 73.85, 72.25, 72.90 101.20, 106.40, 99.90, 104.25 Titan Inds. 60.35, 65.90, 64 15.05, 15.60, 14.30, 15.40 Bhartiya Int 25.75, 26.85 Jagatjit Ind 20, 20.65, 20.60 15.40 268.30, 279.90, 268.25, 278.35 18.10, 19.80, 18.10, 19.65 Alps Inds. 21.50 26.95, 26.95, 26, 26.95 Chemplast Sa 27.50, 29 34.50, 35.75, 34.35, 34.70 Jagsonpal Ph 79, 82.50, 76.05, 76.10 73, 73.40, 72.10, 72.85 RCF 24.45, 25.45, 24.10, 25.20 60.25, 65.65, 60.25, 64 28.25, 28.75, 27.75, 28.70 Geodesic Inf 71.10, 74.20, 73.65 15.50, 16, 15.05, 15.50 Corpn. Bank 170.50, 172, 162, GTL 67.50, 69.05, 65.10, 66.65 Kotak Mah.Bk 152, 159, 151, 158.45 24.40, 25.50, 24, 25.25 TN Newsprint 43.95, 44.85, 43.50, 19.90, 19.95, 19, 19.25 Bhushan Stl. 30.10, 30.85, 29, 30.30 82, 82, 82, 82 Bajaj Auto 476, 478, 459.40, 464.35 163.20 67.30, 69, 65.20, 66.70 Alstom 29, 31.40, 31.10 BI 77.85, 70.45, 71 Chettinad Ce 38, 38.85, 38.70 George Willi 68, 69.90, 69.15 Jai Corp 36.50, 35.80, 36 152, 159.90, 150.50, 158.70 Rel Capital 57.20, 57.80, 56.10, 43.75 Cheviot Co. 58.40, 47.70, 54 70, 70, 68.60, 69.25 472, 477, 459.50, 464.90 170, 172, 161.30, 163.95 Guj.Amb.Cem. 170.30, 172.45, L&T 204.50, 206.95, 203.05, 204.75 56.35 44.75, 44.80, 43.60, 43.90 Amara Raja B 67.10, 69.65, 67, Bihar Caustc 15, 15.85, 14.80, 15.55 Jain Irrig. 57, 50.50, 51.40 Balaji Tele. 59, 61.70, 58.50, 58.75 Crompton Gr. 62.50, 65, 62.70 169.70, 171.55 67.15 Bimetal Bear 123, 126, 125 Chola.Inv&Fi 37.90, 39, 38.45 GIC Housing 12.70, 13.20 57, 58, 51.05, 52.05 203.50, 207, 203, 205.50 56.70, 57.95, 56.20, 56.45 TN Petro 21.85, 22.80, 21.80, 22.55 38, 38.50, 37.50, 37.85 12.90, 13.15, 12.75, 13.15 59.05, 61.80, 58.60, 58.95 62.50, 64.90, 62.50, 62.70 171.85, 172.10, 169.50, 171.60 LIC Hsg.Fin. 83.50, 85.55, 83.20, 85 Reliance Ind 266.80, 268.50, 265.10, 21.65, 22.95, 21.60, 22.70 67.50, 69.80, 66.75, 67.35 Binani Inds. 13.85, 14.50, 13.50, Jain Studios 12.60, 13.95, 13.45 Ballarpur In 42.75, 43.25, 42.50, Cummins (I) 66, 68.25, 65.50, 67.90 Guj.Gas Co. 378.95, 375.55, 375.95 Ambica Agarb 36.45, 37.35, 35.20, 14.25 Chowgule Stm 4.20, 4.30, 4, 4.10 GIVO 2.20 11.95, 13.45, 11.80, 12.85 83.55, 85.50, 83, 85 267.25 Torrent Phar 198, 192.25, 193.50 Ciba Sp.Chem 106, 106.85, 105.25, Glenmark Pha 240.10, 244.80, 42.95 66.90, 68.50, 65.70, 68.05 378.90, 378.90, 375, 376.15 LML 31.50, 33.15, 31.35, 32.30 266.65, 268.40, 265.10, 267.35 197.80, 199.50, 193, 194.95 37 Biopac (I) 5.20, 5.10, 5.80 Jaipan Inds. 10.25, 9.40, 10.10 42.10, 43.20, 42.10, 42.95 D-Link (I) 52.80, 53, 51.60, 52.15 Guj.Mineral 90, 94.95, 88.50, 93.90 Ambuja Cem.R 3.25, 3.40, 3.35 Birla Corp. 16.80, 17.70, 17.30 105.50 239.15, 239.90 Jay Bh.Marut 37.50, 38.50, 37.20, 31.80, 33.25, 31.30, 32.25 Rolta (I) 58.10, 59.10, 57.65, 58.40 Trent 163.90, 159.20 Cinevistaas 25, 27.70, 27.30 240.15, 244.80, 238, 241.30 Bank of Baro 106.40, 121.55, 111.05 52.50, 53, 51.70, 52.10 88, 94.70, 88, 93.55 Lupin 171.45, 175.25, 169, 170.15 58, 59, 57.85, 58.45 161, 162.80, 159.20, 159.30 3.35, 3.40, 3.30, 3.35 16.60, 17.65, 16.60, 17.35 37.75 107, 121.50, 106, 112.05 Dabur (I) 38, 39.60, 37.85, 38.95 HCL Infosys. 95.95, 98.90, 94.80, Amex Info. 13.50, 13.80, 13.40 Birla Eric. 10.80, 11.90, 11.65 26.40, 27.45, 24.75, 27.15 Global Tr.Bk 15, 16.15, 16.05 39, 39, 37.30, 38.40 172, 175, 169.10, 170.90 SAIL 9.80, 10, 9.85 TVS Electron 75.80, 71.25, 71.50 City Union B 44.50, 43.50, 43.95 14.90, 16.15, 14.85, 16 Bank of Ind. 46.50, 48.60, 45.75, 38, 39.50, 37.75, 38.95 95.40 M&M 116.50, 118.80, 117.90 9.85, 10, 9.75, 9.80 74.85, 74.90, 71.05, 71.75 Amforge Inds 29.55, 29.60, 28, 28.75 10.60, 11.90, 10.60, 11.75 Jayant Agro 49.60 47.60 Digital Glob 551.50, 532.50, 537.50 96, 99.20, 94.60, 95.55 Amrutanjan 65.50, 68.50, 68.30 Birla Glob.F 14.50, 14.80, 14, 14.40 43.75, 44.25, 43.50, 43.95 GMM Pfaudler 85.65 49.40, 50, 49.40, 50 119, 119, 117.05, 118.05 Satyam Comp 172, 176.30, 169.75, TVS Motor Co 471, 474, 450, 456.40 Clariant (I) 140, 145.95, 145.10 46.40, 48.60, 45.95, 47.60 544.70, 549, 533.15, 539.20 HCL Techno. 140.45, 141.90, 138.65, Marico Inds 162.95, 163.90, 160.50, 175.50 466, 473, 441.50, 463.45 Amtek 59, 60.45, 56.60, 56.75 14.65, 14.65, 13.90, 14.45 GMR Techno. 9, 8.80, 9.05 Jaypee Hotel 9.55, 9.70 BASF 100.80, 102, 99.50, 100.70 Dr.Reddy’s 856.10, 857.25, 847.20, 141.15 Amtek Auto 193.75, 195.90, 192.85, Birla Yamaha 15.35, 16.40, 15.75 139.50, 147, 139.50, 143.65 Goa Carbon 39, 39.50, 37.25, 38 Jayshree Tea 36, 36.60, 36.55 161.25 170.80, 176.40, 169.70, 175.45 United Phosp 155, 159.80, 151.50, Classic Diam 37.20, 39.50, 38.25 99.70, 101.45, 99.20, 100.60 848.40 140.25, 142.10, 136.10, 141.45 160, 163.25, 159.65, 162.05 Saw Pipes 86.25, 89.90, 88.15 153.15 195.30 BITS 0.45, 0.35, 0.40 Godavri Fert 36.75, 40.90, 36.65, 35.25, 36.95, 35.25, 36.50 Bata (I) 28.50, 30.80, 30.30 865, 865, 847.20, 849.40 HDFC 333.80, 344, 332.85, 338.30 Andrew Yule 14.25, 14.10, 15 BLB 3.15, 3.95 Clutch.Auto 9.60, 10.40, 8.90, 9 39.55 JBF Inds. 9.50, 9.95, 9.80 Mascot Systm 102.70, 103.60, 87.40, 89.95, 86.85, 88.65 155.80, 159.85, 152, 153.15 Coates (I) 108.50, 105.75 28.60, 30.70, 28.55, 30.35 Dredging Cor 277.50, 270, 274.45 333.95, 344, 331.10, 338.25 101.90, 102.90 SBI 301.70, 309.20, 306.55 UTI Bank 45.55, 46.85, 45.40, 46.70 Ankur Drugs 6.70, 7.35 Blow Plast 12.30, 13.20, 13.15 37, 40.25, 37, 39.50 JBM Tools 25.50 Bayer Cropsc 134.05, 134, 136 e-Serve Intl 520, 524, 518 HDFC Bank 244, 249.80, 243.20, 249 Ansal Prop. 11.25, 9.80, 10 Blue Dart Ex 66.50, 67.75, 66.05, 108.10, 109, 108, 108.60 Godfrey Phil 310, 304, 308.45 24.35, 24.35, 24.35, 24.35 102, 103.75, 101.60, 102.85 302.05, 309, 302.05, 306.85 45.75, 46.90, 45.35, 46.65 Cochin Minrl 14.55, 15.40, 14.50, 136, 137.80, 135, 136 529, 530, 515.25, 519.20 244, 250, 242.60, 249 Mastek 305.25, 312.50, 307.95 Shipp.Corpn. 69.25, 71.25, 68.50, Videocon Int 25, 26.65, 26.35 AP Paper 46.10, 47.75, 45.75, 47.50 67.55 307, 310, 304, 304.80 JCT 4.30, 4.65, 4.25, 4.60 Bh.Earth Mov 71.55, 74.75, 70.95, EIH 156.50, 158.95, 155.75, 156.95 Hero Honda 220, 221.45, 216.90, Apcotex Lat. 29.05, 29.75, 28.35, 66, 68.25, 65.75, 67.30 15.35 Godrej Cons. 107, 109.20, 107.60 Jenson&Nicho 4.85, 5.35, 5.30 308.95, 312.95, 306.05, 308.70 70.10 25, 26.70, 25, 26.50 Color Chips 5.05, 5.85, 5.80 73.60 156.80, 157.80, 154.50, 157 219.20 Mastershare 10.35, 10.50, 10.45 68.80, 71.10, 68.40, 70.25 Vijaya Bank 19.40, 19.95, 19.30, 28.45 Blue Star 90, 91.45, 89.50, 91.10 110, 110, 107.10, 108.60 4.55, 5.50, 4.55, 5.40 71.40, 74.90, 71, 73.75 Engineers (I 265, 268.90, 263, 218.60, 220.90, 216.75, 219.55 29.50, 29.90, 28.35, 28.65 91.70, 93.50, 90.75, 91.70 5.90, 5.95, 5.50, 5.75 Godrej Inds. 16.70, 17.50, 17.15 JIK Inds. 19.70, 19.80, 17.75, 17.90 10.35, 10.50, 10.35, 10.45 Shyam Teleco 33.50, 34, 32.75, 19.65 Colour Chem 249, 237, 237.85 Bharat Elect 265, 269, 260.25, 263.50 Hexaware Tec 108.80, 109.70, Max (I) 74.75, 77.50, 74.15, 75.65 33.05 19.55, 19.90, 19.30, 19.60 Aplab 19, 22.95, 22 Blue Star In 124.60, 127.50, 124.55, 16, 17.50, 16, 17 19.50, 20.75, 17.90, 17.95 265.20 266.35, 267.90, 262, 264.30 105.80, 107.20 Aptech 30.40, 30.50, 29.90, 30.05 126.85 237.85, 238.40, 235.05, 235.95 Goetze (I) 29.95, 30.95, 28.75, 29.10 Jindal Drill 100, 109 74, 78, 73.60, 74.80 33.50, 34.20, 32.55, 33 Visual Soft 139, 144.40, 138.50, Compucom Sof 14.20, 14.05, 14.20 261, 268.80, 260.20, 265.10 Escorts 41.80, 43.65, 41.45, 43.40 109.70, 109.70, 105.65, 107.50 Mcdowell Co. 41.45, 42.25, 41.30, Siemens 346, 349, 338.05, 340.50 142.60 29, 30.60, 29, 30.05 127.25, 127.25, 125.25, 126.30 30.25, 31, 28.70, 29.15 Jindal Iron 87.10, 88.70, 85.15, 85.65 Compudyne Wi 14.90, 15.50, 14.50, Goldiam Int. 24.15, 25.40, 23.90, 87, 88.75, 85.40, 85.95 14.85 24.75 Jindal Photo 30.90, 32.50, 30.70, 14.95, 15.55, 14.45, 14.95 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Goldstn.Tech 25, 25.25, 24.55, 25.10 31.55 MUTUAL FUND Computech In 4.75, 4.80, 4.65, 4.75 25, 25.45, 24.60, 25.20 27, 32.55, 27, 31.60 (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase 4.90, 4.90, 4.65, 4.85 Goldstn.Tele 8.35, 7.95, 8 Jindal Poly. 104.90, 103, 104 Open Ended Schemes Cont.Const. 10.90, 10.20, 10.35 8.15, 8.15, 8, 8.05 106.75, 106.75, 103.50, 105.75 Control Prnt 21.45, 19.40 Gonter Peip 4.10, 4.60, 4.40 Jindal Strip 143.10, 145.95, 143, Income (G) 18.55 18.55 18.55 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 12.01 12.01 12.01 FMCG (D) 7.04 7.20 7.04 GGSF-IP (D-Half-Y’ly) 10.77 10.77 10.77 Core Health. 3.70, 4.70, 4.65 Income Bond (D) 9.59 9.59 9.59 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (MD) 10.02 10.02 10.02 FMCG (G) 7.67 7.84 7.67 GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly) 10.75 10.75 10.75 Goodlass Ner 197, 198.70, 194, 144.45 3.90, 4.70, 3.90, 4.50 194.85 143, 146, 142.25, 144.15 Income Bond (G) 11.35 11.35 11.35 Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 10.11 10.11 FMP - D-Y’ly 10.90 10.90 10.68 GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.43 10.43 10.43 Corom. Fert. 67.50, 67 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Opportunities (D) 10.39 10.39 10.39 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 FMP - Half Y’ly 11.97 11.97 11.85 GGSF-IP (G) 11.59 11.59 11.59 197.90, 197.90, 193.50, 194.95 JJ Exporters 31.85, 31.90, 30.50 67.45, 69, 67.10, 67.85 Goodricke 26.05, 29, 28.50 JK Corpn. 10.55, 11.75, 10.50, 11 (Rs) Sales Purchase Opportunities (G) 12.15 12.15 12.15 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.79 11.79 11.79 FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.94 10.94 10.83 GGSF-IP Plan B (DA)(Inst) 10.43 10.43 10.43 Cosmo Ferr. 7, 7.70 Tax (D) 9.60 9.60 — Child (CB) 16.33 16.64 15.84 FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D 10.64 10.64 10.54 GGSF-IP Plan B (DH)(Inst) 10.77 10.77 10.77 Goodyear (I) 32, 32.75, 31.50, 32.10 JK Inds. 28, 28.50, 27.25, 27.55 Cosmo Films 74.05, 74.50, 72, 72.90 Grabal Al.Im 16, 14.15, 15 JK Synthetic 2.90, 2.80, 3.35 Tax (G) 9.60 9.60 — Child (FG) 16.12 16.43 15.64 FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G 11.49 11.49 11.37 GGSF-IP Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.75 10.75 10.75 75, 75, 72, 72.55 As on 14/05/2003 First India Mutual Fund Deposit-54 EA 15.14 15.14 15.14 FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.75 10.75 10.69 GGSF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.59 11.59 11.59 Graphite Ind 32.60, 31.85, 34.50 JL Morison 75, 74.80, 75 Alliance Mutual Fund Creative Eye 11, 13.10, 12.70 32.80, 34.65, 32.65, 34.50 JMC Projects 17.90, 17.60, 18.40 Gilt 10.37 10.37 10.37 Deposit-54 EB 15.14 15.14 15.14 FMP - Q’ly (G) 12.00 12.00 11.94 GGSF-ST (D-M’ly) 10.86 10.86 10.86 11.85, 13.10, 11.85, 12.80 95 (D) 26.81 27.35 26.81 Gilt Fund - Dividend 10.87 10.87 10.87 Equity (D) 10.15 10.34 10.15 FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 11.81 11.81 11.75 GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly) 10.53 10.53 10.53 Grauer & Wei 17.40, 18 Jog Engg. 7, 6.55, 7.90 95 (G) 48.38 49.35 48.38 Growth 10.07 10.27 10.07 Equity (G) 9.63 9.81 9.63 FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.66 10.66 10.61 GGSF-ST (G) 11.05 11.05 11.05 Crest Comm. 27, 28.90, 26.50, 27.90 Gravity (I) 7, 7.70 Jubilant Org 177, 179, 177.05 Basic Inds.(D) 13.58 13.85 13.58 Income 10.90 10.90 10.90 Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.40 11.40 11.40 FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D) 10.56 10.56 10.51 GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly) 11.54 11.54 11.54 27.50, 28.65, 26.25, 27.90 Greaves 11.70, 12.60, 11.60, 12.40 178, 180, 177, 177.60 Basic Inds.(G) 13.59 13.86 13.59 Income Fund (D) 10.23 10.23 10.23 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.38 11.38 11.38 FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G) 11.78 11.78 11.73 GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly) 11.08 11.08 11.08 CRISIL 273.10, 275 Grind Norton 117.60, 117.50, 120 Jupiter BioS 43, 44.50, 42.60, 43.50 Buy India (D) 4.39 4.48 4.39 Liquid (D) 10.17 10.17 10.17 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.47 13.47 13.47 FMP - Y’ly 12.05 12.05 11.80 GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.37 10.37 10.37 275, 279.75, 275, 276 Gruh Finance 18.80, 20.10, 19.80 Jyoti Struct 16, 17.45, 17.25 Buy India (G) 4.39 4.48 4.39 Liquid (G) 10.87 10.87 10.87 Govt.Sec.-Savings 11.97 11.97 11.97 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 11.84 11.84 11.60 GSSIF-IP (G) 14.73 14.73 14.73 Cybertech Sy 7, 7.50, 7.45 GTC Inds. 5.80, 6.70, 5.70, 6.40 15.60, 17.75, 15.50, 17.10 Capital Tax Relief’96 56.56 57.13 56.56 Short Term 10.54 10.54 10.54 Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.46 10.46 10.46 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.74 10.74 10.53 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DA)(Ins) 10.38 10.38 10.38 7.10, 7.65, 7, 7.40 5.80, 6.80, 5.80, 6.55 Cash Manager (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Short Term (D) 10.17 10.17 10.17 Growth (D) 9.84 10.03 9.84 FMP - Y’ly Sr.3 11.58 11.58 11.35 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DH)(Ins) 11.54 11.54 11.54 GTN Textiles 30.90, 31.90, 30.60, 31 K Cash Manager (G) 14.94 14.94 14.94 Tax Gain 34.48 35.17 34.48 Growth (G) 9.88 10.07 9.88 FMP - Y’ly Sr.4 11.21 11.21 10.99 GSSIF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 14.74 14.74 14.74 D 36.80, 36.80, 30.50, 30.80 Kaashyap Rad 0.55, 0.60 Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.92 10.92 10.86 FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.91 10.91 10.69 GSSIF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 11.08 11.08 11.08 Daewoo Motor 1.35, 1.50, 1.30, 1.40 Gufic Bio Sc 28, 26, 26.70 Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.04 10.04 10.04 FT Asset Allocat.Bal Gr. 10.04 10.04 10.24 Income (D-Q’ly) 10.88 10.88 10.83 FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 10.72 10.72 10.51 GSSIF-ST (D) 10.32 10.32 10.32 Guj.Alkalies 25.50, 27.60, 26.95 Kabra Extr 33.65, 36.40 Equity (D) 14.65 14.94 14.65 Dalmia Cemen 135, 145 35.10, 35.80, 35, 35.80 FT Asset Allocat.Cons Gr. 10.32 10.32 10.52 Income (G) 14.53 14.53 14.46 FMP Q’ly Instnl (D) 10.75 10.75 10.70 GSSIF-ST (G) 12.18 12.18 12.18 147, 151.10, 135.60, 151 26, 27.55, 25.35, 26.85 Equity (G) 26.48 27.01 26.48 FT Asset Allocat.Infl 10.54 10.54 10.75 Income-Inst.(G) 10.03 10.03 10.03 FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.14 10.14 9.94 GSSIF-ST B(D)(Inst). 10.32 10.32 10.32 Kajaria Cer 22.20, 22.70, 22, 22.10 Frontline Eq(D) 10.52 10.73 10.52 Danlaw Tech. 23, 23.10, 23 Guj.Amb.Exp. 13.50, 14, 13.25, 13.95 FT Asset Allocat.Pure Gr. 9.62 9.62 9.82 Income-Inst.(QD) 10.03 10.03 10.03 FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.13 10.13 9.93 GSSIF-ST B(G)(Inst). 12.13 12.13 12.13 14, 14, 13.55, 13.70 22.60, 22.70, 22.35, 22.60 Frontline Eq(G) 10.53 10.74 10.53 FT Asset Allocat.Steady G 9.86 9.86 10.06 Index 7.36 7.43 7.36 FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G) 10.36 10.36 10.16 Sun F&C Mutual Fund Datanet Sys. 4.35 Kakatiya Cem 24.30, 25.40 G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.48 11.48 11.48 Datapro Inf. 0.50, 0.40, 0.50 Guj.Apollo E 53, 54.60, 54.05 FT Balanced (G) 9.45 9.45 9.64 M’ly Income(G) 11.35 11.35 11.29 Flexible Income 11.14 11.14 11.14 Balanced (G) 6.55 6.65 6.55 Guj.Flouroch 64.20, 70, 69.90 26.50, 26.50, 25.30, 25.80 G-Sec Long Term (G) 17.07 17.07 17.07 FT Gilt Invst (G) 13.09 13.09 13.09 M’ly Income(MD) 10.49 10.49 10.43 Floating Rate 10.06 10.06 10.06 Bond (G) 18.80 18.80 18.80 DCM 7.50, 7.20, 7.80 70.50, 71.90, 70, 71 Kale Consul. 28.60, 29.20, 28.40, G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.25 10.25 10.25 FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.17 12.17 12.17 M’ly Income(QD) 10.56 10.56 10.50 Gilt Invst. (D) 12.07 12.07 12.07 Bond (I) 10.62 10.62 10.62 7.50, 7.95, 7, 7.70 28.80 G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.91 13.91 13.91 FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.29 11.29 11.29 PRIN. Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.11 10.52 9.92 Gilt Invst. (G) 18.70 18.70 18.70 Emerging Tech.(G) 2.57 2.62 2.57 DCM Shr.Con 75.60, 78.75, 72, 74.45 Guj.H.Chem 20.95, 21.20, 20.65, 21.05 28.50, 29.30, 28.35, 28.65 Income (D) 11.01 11.01 11.01 FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.25 11.25 11.25 PRIN. Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.11 10.52 9.92 Gilt Treasury (D) 11.04 11.04 11.04 FIS-Intl. Plan 10.35 10.35 10.35 76, 77, 72.55, 72.90 Kalpa.Power 42.75, 38.55, 40.50 Income (G) 21.58 21.58 21.58 FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.30 10.30 10.30 Short Term (D) 10.18 10.18 10.15 Gilt Treasury (G) 14.79 14.79 14.79 FIS-Long Term 11.34 11.34 11.34 DCW 13, 14.20, 12.90, 14.05 20.70, 21.10, 20.70, 20.95 Guj.Ind.Pow. 20.20, 20.95, 19.90, 40.40, 40.40, 40, 40 Income 54EA (D) 11.02 11.02 11.02 FT Index - BSE 9.03 9.03 9.12 Short Term (G) 10.85 10.85 10.83 Growth (D) 9.34 9.55 9.34 FIS-Medium Term 10.84 10.84 10.84 13, 14.40, 12.95, 14.10 Kalyani Brak 264, 273.90 Income 54EA (G) 21.57 21.57 21.57 FT Index - Nifty 9.39 9.39 9.48 Short Term Inst.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Growth (G) 19.23 19.66 19.23 FIS-Short Term 10.68 10.68 10.68 Deccan Cem. 34.80, 36, 35.55 20.45 20, 21, 19.95, 20.35 Kalyani Shrp 5.25, 5.50 Income 54EB (D) 11.03 11.03 11.03 FT Monthly Income (G) 13.44 13.44 13.44 Short Term Inst.(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Income (D) 10.61 10.61 10.61 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D) 10.04 — 9.96 Deepak Fert. 22.55, 22.75, 22.20 Kalyani Stel 16.50, 17, 16.95 Income 54EB (G) 21.44 21.44 21.44 FT Monthly Income (M’ly B 12.40 12.40 12.40 Tax Savings 13.96 14.24 13.96 Income (G) 18.48 18.48 18.48 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G) 10.90 — 10.81 22.50, 22.85, 22.25, 22.35 Guj.Sidh.Cem 5.20, 4.25, 4.30 Income Q’ly (D) 10.67 10.67 10.67 4.85, 4.85, 4.20, 4.25 Kanoria Chem 41.95, 43 FT Monthly Income (M) 10.71 10.71 10.71 IL&FS Mutual Fund Income Instnl.(G) 18.50 18.50 18.50 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2 10.61 — 10.53 Deepak Nitr. 46, 47.40, 45.55, 46.60 42.80, 46, 42.80, 44.05 Monthly Income (G) 17.08 17.08 17.08 FT Monthly Income (Q) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Bond (B) 10.76 10.76 10.76 Income-Dividend-(Q) 11.29 11.29 11.29 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D) 10.09 — 9.99 Dena Bank 17.25, 17.45, 16.80, Gulf Oil Cor 50, 50.50, 49 Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.38 10.38 10.38 Karnatak Bnk 67.70, 71.50, 67.10, FT PE Ratio 8.55 8.55 8.72 Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.55 10.55 10.55 Income-Inst.(DQ) 11.30 11.30 11.30 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G) 10.72 — 10.61 17.05 68.90 Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.54 10.54 10.54 Franklin Balanced(D) 10.50 10.66 10.50 Bond (D-Y’ly) 11.71 11.71 11.71 Income-Instnl (D) 10.62 10.62 10.62 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2 10.65 — 10.55 17, 17.50, 16.75, 16.95 H New Millennium (D) 3.65 3.72 3.65 Franklin Balanced(G) 10.93 11.09 10.93 Bond (G) 16.14 16.14 16.14 Index 8.23 8.23 8.23 FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4 10.71 — 10.39 67.50, 71.50, 67.15, 69.65 Denso (I) 31.60, 32.25, 30.25, 30.65 Harr.Malayal 13.40, 15, 13.75 Karur Vysya 207, 214, 211.20 New Millennium (G) 3.65 3.72 3.65 Franklin Bluechip (D) 12.09 12.09 12.33 Bond Short Term (D) 10.13 10.13 10.13 Liquid (D) 11.83 11.83 11.83 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 11.05 — 10.72 Dewan H.Fin. 17.25, 18.25, 17.25, Short Term (D) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Franklin Bluechip (G) 23.79 23.79 24.27 Bond Short Term (G) 11.06 11.06 11.06 Liquid (G) 14.97 14.97 14.97 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 10.76 — 10.44 13.55, 14.85, 12.95, 13.60 209, 213.70, 209, 211.65 18.25 Hathway Bhaw 7.90, 7.50, 7.65 KDL Biotech 11.05, 12.70 Short Term (G) 10.81 10.81 10.81 Franklin FMCG 10.34 10.34 10.55 Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.13 10.13 10.13 Liquid - Daily (D) 11.85 11.85 11.85 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5 10.39 — 10.08 DFM Foods 9.55, 10 Short Term Fund Instnl(D) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Franklin Growth 5.66 5.77 5.66 Bond Short Term-Instnl.G 11.07 11.07 11.07 Liquid Instnl.Mon.(D) 11.86 11.86 11.86 FMS (Y’ly)YFMP1(G) 10.99 — 10.66 Hatsun Agro 69.60, 69.55 11.85, 12.50, 11.85, 12.50 DGP Windsor 3.80, 4.35 KEC Inter. 14.15, 14.60, 14.40 Benchmark Mutual Fund Franklin Index 7.27 7.34 7.27 Bond-Institutional (D) 11.71 11.71 11.71 Liquid- Inst.(MD) 11.94 11.94 11.94 M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.19 10.19 10.19 3.75, 4.50, 3.75, 4.50 Havell’s (I) 110.50, 117.50, 116 Nifty BeES 95.83 — — Franklin Index Tax 7.44 7.51 7.44 Bond-Institutional (G) 16.15 16.15 16.15 Liquid- Instnl. (DD) 11.85 11.85 11.85 M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.19 10.19 10.19 109.50, 110, 109.50, 109.95 14.15, 14.60, 14.10, 14.25 Dhampur Sugr 11.25, 12.20, 11.70 Kerala Ayurv 7.25, 7.60, 7, 7.50 Nifty Junior BeES 148.38 — — Franklin Infotech (D) 7.58 7.58 7.73 E-Com (D) 2.44 2.49 2.44 Liuid- Instnl. (D) 11.84 11.84 11.84 M’ly Income (G) 12.96 12.96 12.96 12.15, 12.30, 11, 11.50 Hawkins Cook 19.65, 19.60, 19.65 Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund Franklin Infotech (G) 11.09 11.09 11.31 E-Com (G) 2.44 2.49 2.44 Long Term 11.70 11.70 11.70 MVB (D) 10.55 10.55 10.55 Hazoor Media 3.55, 3.50 Kerala Chem. 17.60, 19.85 Advantage (A) 25.35 25.60 25.35 Dhanalak.Bnk 19.50, 20, 19.40, Kesoram Inds 30.10, 30.50, 29.95, Franklin Internet Opp 4.40 4.40 4.49 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.77 10.77 10.77 MIP - (D-M’ly) 10.37 10.37 10.37 MVB (G) 17.40 17.40 17.40 19.60 HBL Nife Pow 42, 43.75, 40.60, 42.20 Advantage (B) 25.35 25.60 25.35 Franklin Pharma 8.52 8.52 8.69 Gilt Long Term (G) 12.62 12.62 12.62 MIP - Cum. 12.94 12.94 12.94 MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 10.00 10.00 HEG 32, 32.65, 31.50, 32.15 30.20 Balanced (D) 9.30 9.39 9.30 Dharamsi Mor 5.80, 6.30, 6.10 30.40, 30.55, 30.10, 30.30 Franklin Prima (D) 17.38 17.38 17.73 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.66 10.66 10.66 MIP - Half Y’ly 10.48 10.48 10.48 MVL (Dp) 10.91 10.91 10.91 Dhunseri Tea 16.50, 16.70 32, 32.40, 31.50, 31.80 Balanced (G) 9.30 9.39 9.30 Franklin Prima (G) 33.91 33.91 34.59 Gilt Short Term (G) 11.84 11.84 11.84 MIP - Q’ly 10.52 10.52 10.52 MVL (Np) 14.16 14.16 14.16 Helios & Mat 15.60, 16.40, 15.45, KG Denim 9.90, 10.45, 9.80, 10.05 Bond Plus (D) 10.48 10.48 10.48 Franklin Prima Plus (D) 13.28 13.28 13.55 Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 10.86 11.08 10.86 Power 14.22 14.54 14.22 Personal Tax Saver 41.51 41.51 41.51 Divi’s Lab 286.40, 325, 319.65 Khandwala Se 9.45, 9.45, 9.45, 9.45 278, 319.95, 252, 316.70 15.50 Bond Plus (G) 11.22 11.22 11.22 Franklin Prima Plus (G) 24.35 24.35 24.84 Growth & Value (G) 12.15 12.39 12.15 Power (D) 14.98 14.98 14.98 Resurgent (I) Equity 14.00 14.28 14.00 Henkel Spic 18.50, 19.35, 18.25, Khoday (I) 11, 11.45, 10.55, 11.40 Bond plus Inst. (G) 11.22 11.22 11.22 Franklin Taxshield (D) 11.65 11.65 11.88 Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.62 9.81 9.62 PruICICI Short-Inst.(G) 11.38 11.38 11.38 Value (D) 8.07 8.23 8.07 Donear Inds. 90, 95, 91.10 Kinetic Eng. 67.90, 67.05, 67.25 DSJ Comm. 0.45, 0.40, 0.45 18.90 Bond plus Retail (D) 11.22 11.22 11.22 Franklin Taxshield (G) 24.79 24.79 25.29 Index BSE Sensex 8.42 8.51 8.42 SPICE 29.95 29.95 29.95 Value (G) 15.88 16.20 15.88 Heritage Fds 57.95, 59, 56 Kinetic Moto 29.20, 30, 29, 29.50 Cash Plus (G) 16.40 16.40 16.40 T Children’s Asset 18.30 18.30 18.30 Index Nifty 8.34 8.43 8.34 Short Term 11.37 11.37 11.37 Tata Mutual Fund 0.45, 0.50, 0.40, 0.45 Kirloskar Br 101.25, 104, 100.55, 103 Duphar-Inter 115.10, 115, 117 57, 58, 53, 55.95 Cash Plus (Reinv) 10.79 10.79 10.79 T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.20 10.20 10.14 Liquid Account Call 10.69 10.69 10.69 Short Term (D) 10.60 10.60 10.60 Balanced 13.94 14.18 13.94 Hi-Tech Gear 113.80, 111.90, 113.80 Kirloskar Oi 74.25, 75.05, 75 Cash Plus Inst. (G) 16.40 16.40 16.40 T Floating Rate In LT (G) 10.94 10.94 10.88 Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Equity Opp.(Appreciation) 8.25 8.39 8.25 E 98.40, 98.40, 98.40, 98.40 72.75, 76, 72.75, 75.10 Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.36 16.36 16.36 T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Lq. A/c (G) 11.30 11.30 11.30 Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.84 10.84 10.84 Equity Opp.(Regular) 9.23 9.39 9.23 Kit-Ply Ind. 3.70, 4.30, 3.65, 4.15 FMP 1Yr 5A(D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Hikal 115, 117.65, 114.10, 116.10 T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.91 10.91 10.91 ING Mutual Fund Short-Fortnightly(D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Fixed Horizon Annual 1 (R 10.07 10.07 9.76 Eicher 30.75, 32.20, 31.50 115, 116.90, 115, 116.55 3.75, 4.35, 3.70, 4.20 FMP 1Yr 5A(G) 10.58 10.58 10.58 T G Sec (D) 11.63 11.63 11.57 Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.15 6.24 6.15 Sweep 10.60 10.60 10.60 Fixed Horizon Annual 1 Re 10.09 10.09 9.79 FMP Q’ly Group 1 (D) 10.99 10.99 10.99 30.85, 32.35, 30.25, 31.60 Himat. Seide 119, 123, 122.45 KLG Systel 25, 25.35, 24.60, 24.85 T G Sec (G) 20.51 20.51 20.41 Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.15 6.24 6.15 Tax (D) 9.38 9.59 9.38 Gilt Sec. (App) 20.14 20.14 20.14 Eicher Motor 98, 102.35, 95.10, 24.50, 25.50, 23.90, 25.10 FMP Q’ly Group 1 (G) 11.22 11.22 11.22 T G Sec Tr (D) 10.53 10.53 10.53 Capital Portfolio 10.96 10.96 10.96 Tax (G) 12.85 13.14 12.85 Gilt Sec. (Reg) 12.79 12.79 12.79 119.75, 123.50, 118.75, 122.45 FMP Y Group 1(G) 10.74 10.74 10.74 97.65 Hind.Constn. 73.90, 76.50, 72.65, Kopran 22.55, 23.90, 22.50, 23.75 T G Sec Tr (G) 11.42 11.42 11.42 Gilt Portfolio 10.54 10.54 10.54 Technology 2.59 2.65 2.59 Gilt Short Muturity (A) 10.04 10.04 10.04 23, 24, 22.65, 23.80 Gilt Plus Invst.(A-D) 11.48 11.48 11.48 T IBA (D) 11.09 11.09 11.09 Growth Portfolio (D) 4.93 5.03 4.93 Reliance Mutual Fund Income (App) 20.24 20.24 20.13 99, 102.50, 95, 98.05 74.40 Gilt Plus Invst.(B-G) 17.69 17.69 17.69 T IBA (G) 21.91 21.91 21.91 Growth Portfolio (G) 5.91 6.03 5.91 Growth (D) 21.72 22.15 21.72 Income (D-App) 11.69 11.69 11.63 EID Parry 88.50, 92, 88, 90.20 72, 76.50, 72, 74.10 Kothari Prod 176, 173.50 Gilt Plus Long (A-D) 11.80 11.80 11.80 T IBA (H-Y’ly) 14.78 14.78 14.78 Income Portfolio (G) 15.79 15.79 15.79 Growth (G) 31.90 32.54 31.90 Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.56 10.56 10.51 87.10, 95, 86.50, 91.80 Hind.Inks&Re 232.75, 233, 230, 170.05, 175.75, 170.05, 174.30 Gilt Plus Long (B-G) 19.41 19.41 19.41 T IBA (Instl Plan) 11.04 11.04 11.04 Income Portfolio (I) 10.39 10.39 10.39 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 11.09 11.09 11.09 Income (Q’ly-Reg) 10.42 10.42 10.37 EIH Asso.Hot 12.40, 10.70, 10.75 230.80 KPIT Cum.Inf 153.80, 155, 149.75, Gilt Plus Lq.(A-D) 10.57 10.57 10.57 T IBA (M’ ly) 14.88 14.88 14.88 Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.40 10.40 10.40 Income (D-M’ly) 11.05 11.05 11.05 Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.47 10.47 10.37 Eimco Elecon 43.10, 50 235.50, 235.50, 230, 231.45 153.90 Gilt Plus Lq.(B-G) 14.87 14.87 14.87 T IBA (M’ly B) 19.62 19.62 19.62 Income Short Term 10.55 10.55 10.55 Income (D-Y’ly) 10.87 10.87 10.87 Income Plus Fund-A(G) 10.46 10.46 10.35 49.90, 50.85, 49.90, 50.75 Hind.Motors 9.40, 9.90, 9.80 153.90, 155, 149.55, 154.10 IT A (D-Payout) 10.65 10.76 10.65 T IBA (Q’y) 14.77 14.77 14.77 Invst. Portfolio 8.32 8.49 8.32 Income (G) 19.10 19.10 19.10 Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.47 10.47 10.47 Elder Pharma 34.95, 35.80, 34, 35.25 9.05, 9.90, 9.05, 9.75 KRBL 18.90 IT A (D-Reinv) 10.65 10.76 10.65 T Income (D) 11.26 11.26 11.21 Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.75 10.75 10.75 Income Growth (B) 11.24 11.24 11.24 Income Plus Fund-B(G) 10.47 10.47 10.47 35, 35.85, 34.25, 35.45 Hind.Org.Chm 18.15, 19.45, 18.95 18, 18.65, 18, 18.50 IT B (G) 12.38 12.50 12.38 T Income (G) 22.29 22.29 22.18 Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.90 12.90 12.90 Income Q’ly (D) 11.14 11.14 11.14 Index Fund - Sensex 9.10 9.20 9.10 Elecon Engg. 10, 11, 10.75 18.35, 19.40, 18.10, 18.90 Krebs Bioche 107.55, 109, 104, Income Plus (A-D) 10.70 10.70 10.70 T India Growth 13.39 13.66 13.39 JM Mutual Fund Liquid - Cash (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78 Index Fund - Sensex 9.11 9.11 9.11 Elect.Kelvin 7.75, 7.95, 7.65, 7.80 Hind.Power 29.90, 31.50, 30.50 104.85 Income Plus (B-G) 26.37 26.37 26.37 T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Balanced (D) 9.26 9.40 9.26 Liquid - Treasury (GG) 14.77 14.77 14.77 Index Fund-Nifty A 9.01 9.10 9.01 Electro.Cast 280, 280.50, 275.50, Hind.Sanitar 48.25, 51, 49.50 Krishna Life 1.75, 1.95, 1.65, 1.80 Income Plus Instnl B(G) 26.45 26.45 26.45 T Liquid (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Balanced (G) 16.17 16.41 16.17 Liquid Super Cash(G) 10.42 10.42 10.42 Index Fund-Nifty B 8.99 8.99 8.99 278 49.85, 50.45, 48.20, 48.85 Krone Comm 66, 66.40, 63.50, 65 Income Plus Instnl. A(D) 26.45 26.45 26.45 T Liquid (G) 15.08 15.08 15.08 Basic 11.35 11.52 11.35 Liquid Tresury (GB) 10.55 10.55 10.55 Life Science & Tech. 8.14 8.28 8.14 275, 280.50, 275, 277.70 Hind.Spg &Wg 12.50, 12.40, 12.65 KSB Pumps 79.50, 80.90, 77, 77.05 Index Fund (D) 9.75 9.80 9.75 T Liquid Plus 11.35 11.35 11.35 Equity (D) 7.82 7.94 7.82 Lq. Treasury W’ly 10.36 10.36 10.36 Liquid (App) 14.12 14.12 14.12 Elgi Equip 23.80, 24.30, 23.60, 24.25 Hitachi Home 22, 23.75, 21.60, 23.55 79, 81, 76.35, 77.70 Index Fund(G) 9.75 9.80 9.75 T Liquid Plus (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Equity (G) 7.38 7.49 7.38 Medium Term Fund(D-M’ly) 10.59 10.59 10.54 Liquid (Reg) 11.10 11.10 11.10 23.65, 24.35, 23.65, 24.25 22, 23.40, 22, 22.95 MIP A (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 T MMA 1.00 1.00 1.00 G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.33 10.33 10.33 Medium Term Fund(D-Q’ly) 10.60 10.60 10.55 Liquid High Invest (A) 10.12 10.12 10.12 Elgitread (I 180 Honda SIEL P 129, 134 L MIP B (G-Payout) 13.55 13.55 13.55 T Monthly Income (G) 13.57 13.57 13.50 G-Sec (G-Reg) 18.03 18.03 18.03 Medium Term Fund(G) 13.45 13.45 13.38 Liquid High Invst (R) 10.05 10.05 10.05 169.90, 180, 169.90, 174.25 130.35, 135.80, 130.35, 134 Lakhani (I) 95, 95.50, 89, 92.25 MIP C (G-Payout) 13.55 13.55 13.55 T Monthly Income (H-Y’ly) 10.50 10.50 10.45 G-Sec Fund - PF Plan -(G) 18.55 18.55 18.55 Short Term 10.31 10.31 10.31 M’ly Income 10.79 10.79 10.73 Elpro Inter 19.50, 19, 19.60 Hotel Leela. 17.25, 17.50, 17, 17.25 MNC A (D-Payout) 23.68 23.92 23.68 T Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.32 10.32 10.27 G-Sec PF 16.99 16.99 16.99 Short Term Fund-(D-Re) 10.08 10.08 10.08 Pure Equity 9.62 9.79 9.62 Lakshmi Au.C 88, 90, 85.60 Emco 32, 33.80, 31.95, 33.05 17.40, 17.50, 17, 17.25 88.75, 89, 87, 87.20 MNC A (D-Reinv) 23.68 23.92 23.68 T Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.31 10.31 10.26 G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.39 10.39 10.39 Vision 29.22 29.80 29.22 Select Sector 7.48 7.61 7.48 Encore Soft 10.10, 10.05, 12.25 MNC B (G) 29.66 29.96 29.66 T Pension Plan (D) 11.68 11.68 11.86 High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.54 10.54 10.54 Vision (D) 26.02 26.54 26.02 Short Term Bond (App) 10.65 10.65 10.65 Lakshmi Mach 1025, 1082.55 Eonour Tech. 3.60, 3.70, 3.35 I 1036, 1089.30, 1036, 1089.30 Midcap (D) 10.60 10.71 10.60 T Pension Plan (G) 20.25 20.25 20.55 High Lq. (D) 12.01 12.01 12.01 SBI Mutual Fund Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.61 10.61 10.61 Epic Enzymes 7, 6.60, 7 Midcap (G) 11.15 11.26 11.15 T ST Income (G) 1109.82 1109.82 1109.82 High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.41 10.41 10.41 MSFU Contra 10.54 10.72 10.54 Tax Savfund 10.91 11.10 10.91 i-flex Solu 888, 899, 885, 885.30 Lanco Inds. 9.95, 10.55 Sweep Plan (D) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Esab (I) 40.50, 39.20, 39.75 Landmarc Lei 13.20, 13.50, 12.75 T ST Income (M’ly) 1022.01 1022.01 1022.01 High Lq. (G) 16.86 16.86 16.86 MSFU FMCG 5.81 5.91 5.81 Young Citizen’s 10.73 10.89 10.41 40.85, 41, 39.40, 39.60 895, 899, 885, 886.30 Sweep Plan (G) 10.29 10.29 10.29 T ST Income (Q’ly) 1021.15 1021.15 1021.15 High Lq. Inst.(G) 10.06 10.06 10.06 MSFU IT 4.62 4.70 4.62 Taurus Mutual Fund ICICI Premie 12.40 LCC Infotech 2.80, 2.80, 2.55, 2.70 Canbank Mutual Fund ESI 17.80, 19.40, 17.75, 19 LG Balkrish 81.50, 83.70, 80, 83.50 T ST Income (W’ly B) 1044.24 1044.24 1044.24 High Lq.Inst.(D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 MSFU Pharma 8.62 8.77 8.62 Bonanza Ex.(G) 10.70 10.89 10.67 18, 18.90, 17.20, 18.45 IFCI 4.15, 4.85, 4.70 Canbonus 7.42 7.56 7.42 T ST Income (W’ly) 1091.66 1091.66 1091.66 Income (D) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Magnum Gilt ST(D) 10.21 10.21 10.21 Discovery Stock 3.68 3.74 3.67 4.20, 4.80, 4.15, 4.70 80, 81, 78, 78.60 Cancigo 11.17 11.17 11.17 T TMA (G) 1515.53 1515.53 1515.53 Income (G) 24.82 24.82 24.82 Magnum Gilt ST(G) 12.70 12.70 12.70 Libra Bond (D) 11.12 11.12 11.10 Eskay K’N’It 2.80, 3.20, 3 Liberty Shoe 56.25, 59.90 Essar Oil 4.90, 5.45, 4.65, 5.25 IL&FS Invt.M 20.15, 20, 20.20 Cancigo (G) 11.84 11.84 11.84 T TMA (W’ly) 1244.81 1244.81 1244.81 Income 2004-GRO 12.01 12.01 12.01 Magnum Global 6.83 6.95 6.69 Libra Bond (G) 11.45 11.45 11.43 19.95, 20.85, 19.30, 20.85 58.45, 61, 58.45, 60.40 Canequity Tax Saver 9.42 9.49 9.42 T TMA (Wkly B) 1401.90 1401.90 1401.90 Income Bonus 11.04 11.04 11.04 Magnum IC (Cash) 13.65 13.65 13.65 Libra Gilt (D) 11.31 11.31 11.28 Essar Ship. 6.55, 6.60, 6.35, 6.50 Lloyds Steel 1.95, 2.15 Canexpo 11.28 11.49 11.28 Essar Steel 8.10, 7.70, 7.90 Ind.Swift 53.90, 55.45, 53.80, 55.15 T TMA (Y’ly) 1152.04 1152.04 1152.04 Income Serial 00 (D) 10.84 10.84 10.84 Magnum IC (D) 10.52 10.52 10.52 Libra Gilt (G) 11.65 11.65 11.62 Ind.Swift La 16.70, 17, 16.15, 16.55 2, 2.20, 1.95, 2.15 Canexpo (G) 11.28 11.49 11.28 GIC Mutual Fund Income Serial-2004(G) 10.11 10.11 10.11 Magnum Index 8.68 8.77 8.68 Libra Tax Shield 8.87 8.87 8.87 7.95, 8.10, 7.70, 7.90 Logix Micro. 14.50, 16.80, 15.90 Canganga 7.72 7.86 7.72 ETC Networks 44.35, 49.30, 44.05, 18, 18, 16, 16.45 Balanced 10.36 10.57 10.26 Short Term 10.35 10.35 10.35 Magnum M’ly In.(D-M’ly) 10.23 10.23 10.23 The Starshare 5.99 6.09 5.98 India Foils 5.95, 6.10, 5.70, 6 Loy.Tex Mill 42, 45.50, 44.10 Cangilt PGS (D) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Short Term (G) 10.79 10.79 10.79 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.20 10.20 10.20 UTI Mutual Fund 47.35 D’Mat 7.63 7.78 7.63 5.50, 6, 5.50, 5.85 Lumax Ind 38.10, 39.50, 39.35 Cangilt PGS (G) 16.14 16.14 16.14 Debt (G) 10.52 10.52 10.52 Short Term Fund Inst.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly) 10.23 10.23 10.23 Bond (G) 17.82 17.82 17.73 Eternit Ever 39, 38.25, 39.50 39.25, 39.75, 38.60, 38.95 Canglobal 4.58 4.66 4.58 Fortune 94 7.16 7.30 7.16 Short Term Fund Inst.(G) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Magnum M’ly In.(G) 11.99 11.99 11.99 Bond (I) 11.09 11.09 11.03 39.20, 39.25, 38.50, 39.10 India Gelat. 13.90, 14.20, 14 Canincome (B) 10.36 10.36 10.36 India Glycol 40, 40.80, 39.50, 39.90 Lyka Labs 22.25, 26.40 G Plus II 9.99 10.19 9.89 Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund Magnum Mult. Plus 93 7.76 7.90 7.76 Brand Value 7.46 7.46 7.31 Eurotex Inds 12.75, 11.55 23.05, 26.60, 23.05, 26.55 Canincome (I) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Gilt (G) 10.46 10.46 10.46 K Bond Whole.(B) 10.71 10.71 10.71 Magnum Tax Gain 12.00 12.21 12.00 CCP 12.82 12.82 12.30 11.95, 12.40, 11.75, 12.10 India Gypsum 19.80, 19.75 Canincome(G) 10.67 10.67 10.67 Liquid (D-Reinv) 10.00 10.00 10.00 K-30 (D) 11.91 12.12 11.91 Sundaram Mutual Fund CRTS 90.88 90.88 88.15 Eveready Ind 15.35, 15.40, 15, 15.10 19.05, 21, 19, 21 M Canliquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05 Liquid (G) 10.78 10.78 10.78 K-30 (G) 11.91 12.12 11.91 Balanced (App) 10.70 10.86 10.70 Equity Tax Savings 10.08 10.08 9.98 15.50, 15.50, 15, 15.15 India Nippon 205, 207, 202 Canliquid (G) 10.99 10.99 10.99 HDFC Mutual Fund K-Balance 10.59 10.77 10.59 Balanced (D) 10.70 10.86 10.70 G-Sec (G) 16.61 16.61 16.61 Excel Inds. 77.80, 73.55, 74.45 205.95, 206, 200, 200 Maars Soft 8.40, 9, 8.05, 8.95 Canpremium 12.96 13.19 12.96 Balanced 10.52 10.68 10.52 K-Bond Depo(D) 11.03 11.03 11.03 Bond Saver (App) 20.22 20.22 20.22 G-Sec (I) 10.69 10.69 10.69 79, 79, 74.10, 75.20 India Online 9.40, 9.50, 8.60, 9.40 8.15, 9, 8.10, 8.85 Canpremium (G) 13.74 13.98 13.74 Childrens Gift-Invst. 11.95 12.07 11.95 K-Bond Depo(G) 15.72 15.72 15.72 Bond Saver (B) 10.64 10.64 10.64 Grandmaster 93 8.82 8.82 8.64 India Polyfi 3.85, 3.75, 4 Macmillan (I 166, 173.95, 172.75 Cantriple 19.24 19.58 19.24 Childrens Gift-Savings 12.96 13.09 12.96 K-Bond Institutional (D) 10.81 10.81 10.81 Bond Saver (D) 10.52 10.52 10.52 Index Select Eq. 12.36 12.61 12.36 F Indian Card 40.95, 43.55 169, 174, 165.15, 171.90 Chola Mutual Fund FRI-(L) 10.17 10.17 10.17 K-Bond Institutional (G) 16.06 16.06 16.06 Gilt (App) 11.85 11.85 11.85 Mahila Unit Scheme 12.49 12.49 12.11 41.40, 43.70, 41.40, 43.50 Madhav Marb. 17.40, 17.95, 17.20, FMP Q’ly (D) 10.06 10.06 10.01 FRI-(S) 10.18 10.18 10.18 K-Bond Short Term (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08 Gilt (D) 10.22 10.22 10.22 Master Growth-1993 13.74 13.74 13.47 FAG Bearings 56.45, 58.60, 57.85 Indian Hume 630, 647.50, 643.95 17.40 FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.69 10.69 10.69 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.61 10.61 10.61 K-Bond Short Term (G) 10.85 10.85 10.85 Growth 11.03 11.25 11.03 Master Index 9.19 9.19 9.15 FMP Y’ly (D) 10.07 10.07 9.87 Gilt Long Term (G) 14.03 14.03 14.03 K-Bond Whol.(D-Y’ly) 11.47 11.47 11.47 Growth (G) 13.13 13.39 13.13 Mastergain 92 9.31 9.31 9.12 Freedom Tech.(Cum) 7.78 7.93 7.78 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.24 10.24 10.24 K-Bond Whole(D) 10.84 10.84 10.84 Income Plus - App 10.95 10.95 10.95 Masterplus 91 15.93 15.93 15.61 Freedom Tech.(Reg) 4.93 5.03 4.93 Gilt Short Term (G) 11.74 11.74 11.74 K-Bond Whole(G) 16.06 16.06 16.06 Income Plus - Div 10.42 10.42 10.42 Money Market (G) 17.09 17.09 17.09 Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.75 15.75 15.75 Growth 8.87 9.05 8.87 K-Gilt Invst. (D) 11.02 11.02 11.02 Money (App) 12.75 12.75 12.75 Money Market (In) 16.98 16.98 16.98 Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Idx-Nifty(FV 10.33) 9.57 9.57 9.47 K-Gilt Invst. (G) 20.01 20.01 20.01 Money (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08 Nifty Index 5.83 5.83 5.80 Gilt Series (Cum) 13.24 13.50 13.11 Idx-Sensex(FV 32.16) 30.03 30.03 29.73 K-Gilt Savings (D) 10.44 10.44 10.44 Money-Daily (D)Reinvst. 10.08 10.08 10.08 PEF 12.10 12.34 12.10 Gilt Series (Reg) 13.24 13.50 13.11 Idx-SensexPl(FV 32.16) 31.24 31.24 30.93 K-Gilt Savings (G) 15.06 15.06 15.06 Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.35 10.35 10.35 Petro 12.96 12.96 12.70 Growth (Cum) 12.46 12.71 12.46 Income (D) 10.92 10.92 10.92 K-Gilt Serial 03 (D) 10.50 10.50 10.50 Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.35 10.35 10.35 Pharma & Healthcare 9.65 9.65 9.46 Growth (Reg) 10.44 10.65 10.44 Income (G) 14.76 14.76 14.76 K-Gilt Serial 03 (G) 14.21 14.21 14.21 Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.12 10.12 10.12 RBP 1994 18.29 18.65 17.37 Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.84 10.84 10.84 Income Premium Plus (D) 10.93 10.93 10.93 K-Gilt Serial 05 (D) 11.44 11.44 11.44 Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Regular Income 10.23 10.23 10.18 Lq. (Reg) 11.34 11.34 11.34 Income Premium Plus (G) 14.78 14.78 14.78 K-Gilt Serial 05 (G) 13.98 13.98 13.98 Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Regular Income Scheme (G) 10.49 10.49 10.43 Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 11.97 11.97 11.97 Income-Premium (D) 10.93 10.93 10.93 K-Gilt Serial 07 (D) 12.45 12.45 12.45 Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Service 13.14 13.14 12.88 Deutsche Mutual Fund Income-Premium (G) 14.77 14.77 14.77 K-Gilt Serial 07 (G) 16.43 16.43 16.43 Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Software 6.19 6.19 6.07 385DAYS - 260303 10.10 10.10 10.05 Liquid (D) 10.05 10.05 10.05 K-Gilt Serial 11 (G) 15.19 15.19 15.19 Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.09 10.09 10.09 UGS 10000 10.40 10.61 10.40 Alpha Equity 9.45 9.59 9.45 Liquid (G) 12.10 12.10 12.10 K-Gilt Serial 13 (D) 11.95 11.95 11.95 Select Debt DAP (App) 11.19 11.19 11.19 ULIP 12.57 12.57 12.38 Insta CP-Reg.(D) 10.14 10.14 10.14 Liquid-Premium (D) 11.91 11.91 11.91 K-Gilt Serial 13 (G) 16.26 16.26 16.26 Select Debt DAP (HYD) 10.57 10.57 10.57 US 2002 5.73 5.73 5.64 Insta CP-Weekly(D) 10.13 10.13 10.13 Liquid-Premium Plus (D) 11.91 11.91 11.91 K-Gilt Serial 19 (D) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.59 10.59 10.59 US 64 5.85 — 5.73 Insta Cash Plus 10.18 10.18 10.18 Liquid-Premium Plus (G) 12.11 12.11 12.11 K-Gilt Serial 19 (G) 15.71 15.71 15.71 Select Debt DAP (YD) 10.57 10.57 10.57 US 95 (G) 19.28 19.28 18.89 Premier Bond (Reg) 10.22 10.22 10.17 Liquid-Premium(G) 12.11 12.11 12.11 K-Liquid (D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.34 10.34 10.34 US 95 (I) 12.18 12.18 11.94 Premier Bond Instt. 10.24 10.24 10.24 Short Term (D) 10.13 10.13 10.11 K-Liquid (G) 12.17 12.17 12.17 Select Debt LTAP (HYD) 10.06 10.06 10.06 Variable Invt.(ILS) 9.47 9.59 9.47 Short Maturity Fund 10.21 10.21 10.21 Short Term (G) 11.02 11.02 10.99 K-Liquid Instnl.(D) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.08 10.08 10.08 Zurich India Mutual Fund Short Maturity MD 10.17 10.17 10.17 Short Term-Prem. (D) 10.83 10.13 — K-Liquid Instnl.(G) 12.18 12.18 12.18 Select Debt LTAP (YD) 10.06 10.06 10.06 Capital Builder (D) 9.61 9.80 9.61 Short Maturity Weekly (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Short Term-Prem.(G) 11.03 11.02 — K-MNC 8.01 8.15 8.01 Select Debt STAP (App) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Capital Builder (G) 11.22 11.44 11.22 DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Short Term-Prem.Plus (D) 10.83 10.13 — K-Tech 2.51 2.56 2.51 Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Equity (D) 13.58 13.85 13.58 Balanced (D) 9.71 9.71 9.56 Short Term-Prem.Plus(G) 11.03 11.02 — LIC Mutual Fund Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.20 10.20 10.20 Equity (G) 24.84 25.34 24.84 Balanced (G) 10.85 10.85 10.69 Tax 2000 (D) 12.50 12.74 12.50 Bond (D) 10.96 10.96 10.96 Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.18 10.18 10.18 High Int. (D-Half Y’ly) 11.82 11.82 11.82 Bond (D) 11.13 11.13 11.13 Tax 2000 (G) 15.44 15.74 15.44 Bond (G) 17.02 17.02 17.02 Select Focus 11.91 12.15 11.91 High Int. (D-Q’ly) 11.56 11.56 11.56 Bond (G) 21.47 21.47 21.47 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Children’s Fund 11.69 11.69 11.69 Select Focus (G) 11.91 12.15 11.91 High Int. (D-Y’ly) 11.06 11.06 11.06 Bond Fund Inst. 10.33 10.33 10.33 L.Link Balancer 12.15 — — Dhanaraksha 89 11.10 11.21 10.77 Select Mid Cap 11.57 11.80 11.57 High Int. (G) 21.62 21.62 21.62 Equity 14.18 14.46 14.18 L.Link Maximiser(G) 11.14 — — Dhanasahayog A 7.84 7.92 7.68 Select Midcap (G) 11.57 11.80 11.57 High Int. Stp (D) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Floating Rate Fund 10.00 10.00 10.00 L.Link Pension Balancer 11.25 — — Dhanasahayog B 7.84 7.92 7.68 Tax Saver 9.18 9.18 9.18 High Int. Stp (G) 11.12 11.12 11.12 Govt.Sec. (A-D) 11.58 11.58 11.58 L.Link Pension Max.(G) 10.93 — — Dhanasahayog C 17.23 17.41 16.89 Standard Chartered Mutual Fund Liquidity - Call (Dd) 10.43 10.43 10.43 Govt.Sec. (A-G) 19.65 19.65 19.65 L.Link Pension Protec.(I) 11.54 — — Dhansmriddhi 2.42 2.44 2.42 Cash-Plan B (D) Instnl. 10.58 10.58 10.58 Liquidity - Call (G) 10.67 10.67 10.67 Govt.Sec. (B-D) 10.59 10.59 10.59 L.Link Protector (I) 12.89 — — Equity Fund 5.88 5.88 5.88 Cash-Plan B (G) Instnl. 11.33 11.33 11.33 Liquidity - IP(D) 11.43 11.43 11.43 Govt.Sec. (B-G) 14.01 14.01 14.01 L.Time Balancer 12.15 — — Govt.Sec. (D) 10.99 10.99 10.99 Dynamic Bond(G) 11.23 11.23 11.23 Liquidity - IP(G) 13.25 13.25 13.25 Liquidity (D) 12.41 12.41 12.41 L.Time Maximiser (G) 11.14 — — Govt.Sec. 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The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,May 16, 2003
With love, from Queens’ Taylor slams ex-boss Vieira ready to sign but... Former Wimbledon champions Richard Graham Taylor says Aston Villa will not Patrick Vieira is ready to commit to Arsenal Krajicek and Goran Ivanisevic have been improve as long as Doug Ellis is for a longer time but only if the squad is given wild cards for the Queen’s Club chairman. Taylor, who resigned as Villa strengthened. He says the present squad is tournament, one of the warm-up events for manager recently, has questioned Ellis’ low on fighting spirit. “Sometimes we have the grass-court tournament. Both of them are opposition to off-load some players to to look at ourselves and say that we did not making their comeback after long layoffs make peace in the dressing room perform — that we did not give our best” Juventus to meet AC Milan in Champions League final
It has affected me. I feel like I THE FALLOUT am more quiet than I normally am...I would like to have a time machine and change it By Juve! It’s all over for Real Reaction at home — Glenn McGrath on his AFP confrontation with Sarwan London:Juventus ended Real Madrid’s reign as European cham- SPORTS DIGEST pion and set up the first all Italian stuns McGrath Reuters Champions League final. Sydney: said prompted Australian Serie A champion this season Glenn Mc- Cricket Board chief execu- and last, Juventus will face five- Grath has tive James Sutherland to time winner AC Milan in the May expressed tell captain Steve Waugh to 28 final at Old Trafford, home of remorse rein in his players’ emo- Premier League champion Man- over his tions. chester United. much-pub- “I’ve felt pretty terrible Although there have been four licised rage so I don’t want to feel it UEFA Cup finals to involve two at West Indian batsman again,” McGrath told Aus- Italian clubs, this is the first time Ramnaresh Sarwan and tralian Associated Press in two from Serie A have made it to vows it won’t happen the West Indies on Thurs- the Champions Cup final. The 2000 again. day. “It’s not something final was an all Spanish con- The premier Australian that just happens and then frontation with Real Madrid beat- fast bowler was widely that’s finished. It’s some- ing Valencia 3-0 and no other final condemned for his mid- thing that I do go on think- has involved teams from the same pitch rant at Sarwan dur- ing about. I have worried country. ing the fourth Test in An- about it quite a bit over the Marcello Lippi’s Juve wiped out tigua, won by the West In- last few days.” Japan coach Zico speaks at a Madrid’s 2-1 first leg advantage dies on Tuesday by three “It has affected me. I feel press conference in Tokyo on with a David Trezeguet strike only wickets to avoid a series like I am more quiet than I Thursday after tournament organ- 12 minutes into the second leg at whitewash. normally am. I would like isers said the East Asian Champi- the Stadio Delle Alpi. McGrath said he had to have a time machine onship, due to begin in Yokohama Alessandro Del Piero, who had overstepped the mark with and change the things I on May 28, has been postponed. set up the first, added the second his foul-mouthed tirade at haven’t been happy with. I just before half time and Pavel Sarwan as the Windies just have to keep working Good news for Chandhok: In- Nedved broke away to take a su- were charging toward at it. The way to do that is dia’s motorsport whizkid Karun perbly weighted through pass by their record victory. to not put myself in that Chandhok will benefit from a new tel- Gianluca Zambrotta to add the The images of McGrath situation. If you don’t evision deal struck by JK Tyre and third in the 73rd. finger-pointing and work on something you DD Metro to telecast Formula One screaming at Sarwan over might as well give the races in India. The entire ad revenue Although Madrid had sent on something he apparently game away.” AFP generated from the telecast would Ronaldo early in the second half, MAD RID: Juventus’ captain Alessandro Del Piero jubilates after scoring the second goal for his team during the go towards financing Chandhok at the Brazilian World Cup star clear- second leg semifinal match against Real Madrid in Champions League on Wednesday. the British F3 championship. “Out of ly hadn’t recovered from the calf The one downside for Juventus with Milan. There is no favourite.” Piero. The 28-year-old Italy inter- Karun’s total budget of Rs 2.5 crore, muscle injury he suffered in the was the booking of Nedved, mean- His Real counterpart Vicente del national outjumped his marker at we hope to generate around Rs one first leg last week. However he won ing he will miss the final. Bosque was gracious in defeat but the back post to nod the ball down A century boost for crore with this association,” said a penalty for the visitors in the Marcello Lippi saluted his play- refused to accept that he sohuld for Trezeguet, who took advantage Sanjay Sharma, chief of Motorsports, 65th minute when Paolo Montero ers, who looked anything but final have played three central defend- of Casillas’ hesitation to poke the JK Tyre in a press release. PTI brought him down in the box. candidates when they were ers as Ivan Helguera and particu- ball home from six yards. A touch Vaughan before Test Van Nistelrooy wins award: But Figo’s spot-kick was poorly thumped 3-0 at home to Manches- larly the aging Fernado Hierro of magic from Del Piero doubled London: England opener Azhar bags five: Pakistan Manchester United striker Ruud van struck and Buffon palmed the ball ter United earlier in the competi- were exposed time and again. Juventus’ advantage two minutes Nistelrooy was named Barclaycard away with ease to rescue the tion. “This has been a vintage “We must accept the defeat and before half-time. Michael Vaughan warned up all-rounder Azhar Mahmood player of the year by the Premiership Italians. year,” he said. “Now we go to Man- go on from here.” Juventus increased their lead 17 for next week’s first Test took a season’s best five for 78 sponsors on Wednesday after losing “I believe it was a decisive save,” chester to face Milan. Trezeguet’s strike on the 12th minutes from time. Gianluca Zam- against Zimbabwe at Lord’s as county champions Surrey with 103 for Yorkshire in their took control on the opening out to Arsenal forward Thierry Henry Buffon said. “La Juve played an “They have played some superb minute send the home fans deliri- brotta’s 40-yard pass reached Second Division county day of their first division for the English players and football impressive match and deserved to football on the way to the final, es- ous.Nedved broke free on the right Nedved, who ran in between two championship match away to match against Leicestershire writers’ awards. Dutch forward van reach the final. Now I hope we can pecially their home win against wing and delivered an inviting defenders to rifle the ball beyond Nistelrooy scored 44 goals in all Northamptonshire on at the Oval on Wednesday. At take the Cup to Turin.” Real Madrid. We go there as equals high ball into the box aimed for Del Casillas.Agencies competitions this season, his 25 in Wednesday. Vaughan’s in- stumps Surrey were 182 for the league a major part of the reason Ajit Ninan nings was the cornerstone of two — 18 runs short of the vis- why United regained the Premiership Yorkshire’s 360 for nine on the itors’ 200 all out with England title from Arsenal for whom Henry Streak gets doctor’s nod opening day and afterwards duo Mark Ramprakash 59 not scored 24 goals in the campaign.AFP the newly-appointed England out and Alec Stewart unbeat- Sport knocks soap: David Beck- London: Zimbabwe captain Heath Zimbabwe in England One-day captain said it had en on 58. His first victim was ham, rated the world’s most famous Streak has been cleared to play in felt good to get a big score. India’s Virender Sehwag.Dar- sportsman, has helped knock soap the tourists’ final match before next attack which also includes the two “It’s obviously good to ren Stevens (0) became operas off the top of the ratings war week’s first Test against England all rounders Sean Ervine and Andy make some runs ahead of a Azhar’s next victim when he on television screens world-wide.Eu- at Lord’s. Blignaut, and Mluleki Nkala,” the Test match, and to feel a bit of edged a ball to the slips. AFP rodata TV Worldwide, which moni- Fast bowler Streak, 29, will lead former Australia opening batsman rhythm with the bat,” Vaugh- tors TV audiences of 600 networks in Zimbabwe in their four-day match and coach added. The only batting an, 28, said. “I’ve felt good all Indians in county 72 countries, said Thursday sport against Sussex at Hove starting on change is Douglas Marillier, who year, even when I wasn’t had proved more popular than films Thursday after sustaining a back scored 175 in a club game at the making too many runs,” Virender and soaps in 2002. World Cup soc- strain in his team’s last outing weekend, in place of Barney Rogers. added Vaughan currently Sehwag, cer tournament in Japan and South against Worcestershire. Ervine replaces Travis Friend ranked as the number one making his Korea, world basketball champi- Streak secured his place in the while Nkala lines up for his first Test batsman in the world Leicester- onships in Indianapolis, USA, and team after bowling in the nets and game of the tour,in place of Douglas ratings. shire debut Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, also Zimbabwe coach Geoff Marsh said: Hondo, who is rested after taking 12 Vaughan’s innings was his against Sur- in the USA, tipped the balance “Heath Streak is fit and keen to go af- wickets in his first two games in first Championship hundred rey was out for two, sport’s way.AFP ter missing most of the Worcester England. Marsh was hopeful that all since 200l. He faced 169 balls, caught in the slips off Japan cancels SE Asia ties: game with a back problem. his team would be given a thorough recahing both fifty and three Azhar Mahmood. The Japan badminton association “He will lead a four pronged pace workout by Sussex. AFP figures with a six. said on Thursday it will not send players to tournaments in Southeast Asia this summer due Sars. Berths in Chanderpaul to Athens Olympics are at stake in tour- ‘No pressure on Shoaib’ naments in Singapore and Indonesia in June and Malay sia in July but the Colombo: Star Pakistani fast The fast bowler responded well in miss One-dayers association said the health of its bowler Shoaib Akhtar is not feeling his first match of the current series, Kingston(Jamaica) Shivnarine players is the top priority. AFP the pressure in the triangular One- grabbing two crucial wickets for 19 day cricket series despite being runs in eight overs to set up his Chanderpaul, who hit a century in BETTING METER threatened with the axe, skipper team’s 79-run victory over Sri Lan- the West Indies’ historic victory over Rashid Latif said. ka. Akhtar, 27, bowled well in the Australia this week, will miss the TENNIS “I don’t think he (Akhtar) is feel- second game also, against New ODI series because of a fractured fin- French Open ing any pressure in this series. Oth- Zealand, but failed to get a wicket. ger on his left hand, West Indies J Ferrero 5/2 cricket board officials informed on A Agassi 6/1 er players have taken the pressure “He has bowled impressively in C Moya 6/1 off him,” Latif said here on Thurs- both the matches and proved that he Thursday. He had a surgery on (as per ladbrokes.com) day.Akhtar was warned by his coun- is still one of the best strike bowlers Wednesday night and had been ad- try’s cricket chief Tauqir Zia that in the world,” said Latif of Akhtar, vised rest for the next six weeks. No LIVE ON TV the Sri Lankan tri-series would be who has been dogged by bowling replacement has yet been named. SQUAD: Brian Lara (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan Star Sports: 1300 hrs: World Wide Rugby: Super the last chance to revive his career. rows, injuries and disciplinary He was one of the eight players problems. “This tour could be the (vice-captain), Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Marlon 12’s Rugby. 1725 hrs: Formula One Qualifying: Samuels, Ricardo Powell, Ryan Hurley, Carlton Baugh, 2003. dropped after Pakistan’s early exit turning point of his career,” said Omari Banks, Vasbert Drakes, Mervyn Dillon, Corey ESPN: 0430 hrs (Saturday): NBA Playoffs. from the recent World Cup in South Latif. “He is a match-winner and Collymore, Jermaine Lawson, David Bernard. Coach: Africa before being recalled. we’d like him to keep low profile.”AFP Gus Logie. Manager: Ricky Skeritt. AFP Pride and prejudice: Why I didn’t want Jeev to play By Milkha Singh An icon in Indian sport, Milkha Singh, did not want his earn money by checking tickets at In days gone, sport was this nether only son to suffer the travails of the sporting world. football games. But he worked hard land where only the and soon the results started flowing. most faithful ven- But Jeev defied dad to chart his own course. This is the Whenever he came home, we tured. It was all about story of a man whose overwhelming passion defied all would spend hours on the course pain and glory with odds to make him one of the best in the field. practicing. The calluses on his hands hardly any tangible to work hard to achieve that was not (can’t really recall, it was so long would begin to bleed but Jeev never benefits. It rarely lost on me. I began to realise that he ago) he asked my permission to take stopped till he had the stroke just the seemed to match the had inherited my part in a junior way he wanted it. I began to see my unending struggle never-say-die atti- tournament in Del- own youth reflected in his ardour. and hard work that we put in. INDIAN SPORT tude. It was the hi. I thought a little With success came unbridled enthu- So, me and my wife Nirmal, who same kind of zeal competition would siam and joy in Jeev’s life. represented the nation in volleyball, that had seen me SLEEPING be good for his all- Yes, I tried very hard to keep Jeev were adamant that our children vomit blood as I round development off the greens. But now I am glad would not pursue sport as a profes- frequently ran GIANT and let him go. things did not shape out as I had sion. I wanted my son Jeev to em- planned them. I am glad destiny that extra mile The cheeky tyke brace a more paying and respectable chose to prove me wrong. during practice sessions to continue actually won the tourney and bagged profession, like engineering or med- As told to Sukhwant Basra my dominance. icine. But then destiny has this way a three-week sponsored training trip But I had no desire to see my prog- of putting us in our place as it flows to London. I again let him go. Now Milkha Singh earned the sobriquet eny suffer, like a number of sports- its own course. that I look back, I realise that had be- Flying Sikh for his stunning runs. men in the country. I knew it was come a mere pawn in destiny’s game- But his conquests, which won him By the time Jeev had become a tod- time to sever Jeev from golf, before it plan. A third place finish in the jun- admirers wherever he went, hardly dler I had taken to golf and he start- consumed him like athletics had pos- ior world championship and a schol- made life easy for him. He had to ed tagging along with me. For his sessed me. arship to a US university followed fight every inch to maintain his dig- amusement, I procured special mini I and Nirmal decided to shift him soon after.By then, I had given up try- nity and pride. He believed that sport clubs for him. To be honest, that was from the local Chandigarh school to ing to rein him in and began to ac- could give nothing but pain and mainly to keep him out of my hair a boarding house in Shimla. I tively support his passion. hardship in our country. Many top while I pursued a serious game. Soon thought the fire would cool down in America was no walk in the park, sportsmen and sportswomen of In- he insisted on competing with me. I, the serene environs of the moun- of course. He had to maintain high dia still believe this. Will this notion of course, beat the enthusiastic little tains, far from the lure of the course. grades as well as set the course ever be wiped out from our minds? fellow most of the times. And he How mistaken I was! The moment he ablaze to continue there. Those were Will sport ever be first in our list of would be inconsolable after losing. came back on vacations, he’d rush to times of big struggle for him and the career options? He would begin practicing on his the call of the fairway. family. His mother just could not Readers are invited to write in their putting with a vengeance; it was al- I indulged his initial forays as I felt bear the prolonged separations from thoughts and solutions to timess- most frightening. I had managed to stifle his urge to a her only son. I used to send her over [email protected]. Or even fax His passion for victory and desire great extent. When he was 12 or 13 for two months. At times, Jeev would them at 23323346 or 23324173.
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18 Friday,May 16, 2003 TIMES SPORT/LEISURE The Times of India, New Delhi Lifters skip world Indian colts to play United Jr Kolkata: Budding Indian section of the tournament Confirming participation footballers are all set for an for under 16 boys, has been in the high profile tourna- meet to avoid dope experience of a lifetime — a selected for the under-18 pre- ment, All India Football Fed- chance to play alongside soc- mier category where they eration secretary Alberto Co- cer giants like Manchester would lock horns with laco said that the junior Indi- embarassment United and Dinamo Kiev in youngsters of heavyweight an side would be selected from Northern Ireland’s ‘Milk outfits like Bayern Munich, among 72 youngsters who New Delhi: Afraid and May 10. Cup’ to be held in mid July. Leeds United, Manchester would undergo a 45-day train- ashamed of getting caught The World Juniors, results The Indian team, original- United, Dinamo Kiev and ing camp under chief coach for doping, India has decided of which will go into the ly slated to play in the junior River Plate. Stephen Constantine. PTI to skip the World Junior Athens Olympics qualfica- Weightlifting Champi- tion ranking lists, will be onships beginning in Mexico held from May 29 to June 7 at on May 29. Hermosillo, Mexico. “Some of our best lifters “The thinking in the Fed- have tested positive and so eration is that we should first we are afraid that despite our set the house in order before best efforts if some one tests leaving the shores to compete positive it will be a big abroad. shame,” said an informed “The executive committee source in the Weightlifting meeting of the newly elected Federation of India. Weighlifting Federation of In the National Junior India will be held soon and Championships held in will take stock of the situa- Chennai in January this tion,” the source added. year, 23 weightlifters includ- The source also said that ing Commonwealth gold none of the Indian medallist Shailja Pujari had weightlifters, who returned tested positive. with a bagful of medals, were “Dogged by all these posi- dope tested at the recent tive tests, we have not sent Commonwealth Weightlift- any entry,” the source said ing Championships in the confirming that India delib- Kingdom of Tonga. erately missed the deadline “None of our lifters were for making an entry. tested in Tonga. But before The preliminary entry they left to compete every forms for the Mexico Cham- one was tested and then only pionship were to be submit- cleared. We are unable to fig- ted before March 31 and date ure out as to what actually for the final entry passed on happened. ” PTI THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE
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Juventus' Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved (L) vies with Real Madrid's midfielder Flavio da Flavio Conceicao during the second-leg Champions League semifinal in Turin on Wednesday. FOOTBALL 6-2, (8) David Nalbandian (Arg) beat An- UEFA Champions League Semi-Final, thony Dupuis (Fra) 5-7 6-2 6-3, Gaston Second Leg: Juventus 3 Real Madrid 1 Gaudio (Arg) beat David Sanchez (Spa) (Agg 4-3). 6-7 (8-10) 6-3 6-1, (1) Lleyton Hewitt UEFA Under-17 Championship Semi-Fi- (Aus) beat Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-7 (7- nal (London): Portugal U17 2 England 9) 6-4 7-6 (8-6), (15) Fernando Gonza- U17 2 Portugal win 3-2 on penalties, lez (Chi) beat Felix Mantilla (Spa) 6-2 6- Spain U17 5 Austria U17 2 1, Mark Philippoussis (Aus) beat Xavier Copa Libertadores Second Phase: Malisse (Bel) 6-3 7-6 (7-5), Olivier Deportivo Cali 0 Cruz Azul 0 (Agg 0- Rochus (Bel) beat (5) Albert Costa (Spa) 0)Cruz Azul win 3-2 after penalties, 3-6 6-3 7-6 (7-3), (3) Roger Federer Racing Club 0 America Cali 0 (Agg 1- (Swi) beat Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-1 6- 1)America win 6-5 after penalties 1, Agustin Calleri (Arg) beat (4) Andy Bank of Scotland, Scottish Premier Roddick (USA) 3-6 6-2 6-3, Rafael League: Celtic 6 Dundee 2 Nadal-Parera (Spa) beat (2) Carlos SQUASH Moya (Spa) 7-5 6-4. Brit Insurance Super Series Squash Sanex WTA Tour Telecom Italia Mas- Final: Broadgate Arena, London ters, Rome: (2nd rd): (4) Amelie Mau- Thierry Lincou (Fra) beat Lee Beachill resmo (Fra) beat Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Eng) 15-13 13-15 15-6 15-11. (Rus) 6-2 7-6 (7-5), (17) Patty Schnyder BASKETBALL (Swi) beat Barbara Schett (Aut) 6-4 6-2, National Basketball Association Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) beat (12) Western Conference play-offs: Dallas Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-3 6-2, Nadia 112 Sacramento 93 (Dallas lead series Petrova (Rus) beat (10) Monica Seles 3-2), LA Lakers 94 San Antonio 96 (San (USA) 6-3 4-1 ret, Cara Black (Zim) beat Antonio lead 3-2) Laura Granville (USA) 7-5 1-6 6-4, (7) TENNIS Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) beat Magui ATP Tennis Masters Series, Hamburg Serna (Spa) 7-6 (7-4) 1-6 6-4, (8) Anas- (2nd rd): (11) Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) tasia Myskina (Rus) beat Maja Matevz- beat Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 7-5 6-0, ic (Slo) 6-2 6-3, (5) Jennifer Capriati (12) Guillermo Coria (Arg) beat Jarkko (USA) beat Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-3 6- Nieminen (Fin) 6-3 6-4, Wayne Ferreira 4,Tina Pisnik (Slo) beat (11) Magdalena (Rsa) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-1 6- Maleeva (Bul) 4-6 6-4 7-5, Conchita 2, Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) beat (14) Martinez (Spa) beat Emmanuelle Tommy Robredo (Spa) 3-6 6-3 6-1, (9) Gagliardi (Swi) 6-4 6-3, (16) Anna Pis- Rainer Schuettler (Ger) beat Lars tolesi (Isr) beat Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-4 Burgsmuller (Ger) 6-4 4-6 6-4, Mikhail 7-6 (7-4), (13) Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) beat Youzhny (Rus) beat Karol Beck (Svk) 6- Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-0 2-6 6-4, (2) Kim 7 (7-9) 6-4 6-2, Tim Henman (Gbr) beat Clijsters (Bel) beat Virginia Ruano Pas- (10) Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 6-0 3-6 cual (Spa) 6-1 6-0.
THE DAILY CROSSWORD
BOL TARA BOL Shelly von Strunkel
ARIES: Few things are more difficult than disappoint those you care LIBRA: However rewarding the time you spend doing the things you about, especially when they’re already excited about plans. But obli- enjoy and with those you love, you seem to be short-changing your- gations of a practical or monetary nature are increasingly pressing. If self. Perhaps it’s no surprise that you, who were born under the sign you continue with arrangements, you’ll soon be paying a high price. of the scales, must frequently address the issue of balance in your life. TAURUS: Now that your ruler, the planet of charm, Venus has finally This is just such a time. moved into Taurus it should be easier to win others over to certain SCORPIO: For weeks you’ve been putting up with the erratic moods plans. Think twice before you begin your campaign, however, since and uncommunicative attitude of those closest. You’ve known that, you’re could soon be substantially revising exactly those schemes that sooner or later, you’d discover exactly what was causing this difficult you’ve just convinced others are ideal. cycle. Now not will they only explain the whys and wherefores of their GEMINI: For several weeks now you’ve avoided even discussing cer- behaviour, they’ll apologise profusely for all you’ve suffered. tain tricky issues, hoping they’d simply vanish. In fact, if anything, SAGITTARIUS: It’s tempting to put off dealing with seemingly unim- they’ve become more worrying. portant details and difficult individuals. But it would be unwise to let CANCER: As much as you’d like to end tensions with others, you feel these wait. Not only will these dilemmas only become more compli- that in giving in you’d be giving up as well. At the moment, there’s cated, tricky planetary activity over the next week indicates that you’ll nothing better you could do, since once Mercury’s retrograde cycle be facing more of the same. ends on Tuesday, everybody would be proven wrong. CAPRICORN: Few things are more difficult than watching those you LEO: You loathe making excuses or dwelling on past mistakes, so are care about facing a crisis.You’d do anything to make it easier for them. likely to give short shrift to those who raise certain problems. Howev- You are, however, right in thinking that they wouldn’t thank you for er, it’s worth reviewing these issues. your assistance. VIRGO: If you’ve been dwelling on your past actions or worrying about AQUARIUS: When you begin the week you probably weren’t planning future plans, it’s no surprise. This has little to do with the situations in to reorganise anything. But now that you’ve tackled certain areas of question, and everything to do with the doubts kicked up by your ruler your life that weren’t exactly thriving, you realise that a good clear up Mercury’s retrograde cycle. was long overdue.
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Reuters Easy for Hewitt, Kuerten Hamburg: Top-ranked Lley- lied for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win. ton Hewitt rallied to outlast Defending champion Arnaud Clement of France 6- Roger Federer beat Sargis 7 (7/9), 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) but sec- Sargsian 6-1, 6-1 and Gustavo ond-seeded Carlos Moya was Kuerten rolled into the third upset by a 16-year-old in the round with a 7-5, 6-0 victory second round of the Ham- over Nikolay Davydenko. But burg Masters. Rafael Nadal, a fourth-seeded Andy Roddick qualifier, stunned the former was upset 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 by Au- No. 1 in the world 7-5, 6-4. gustin Calleri of Argentina. Costa, the fifth-seeded Chang ousted: Tripp Spaniard who will be defend- Phillips upset Michael Chang ing his French Open title, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quar- went out against Olivier terfinals of the Forest Hills Rochus of Belgium, who ral- Classic in New York. AP
Arnaud Clement reacts during his match against Lleyton Hewitt at the Hamburg Masters on Wednesday. Capriati wins, Seles out Rome: Monica Seles’ hopes Colombian qualifier Fabiola of giving new life to her ca- Zuluaga 6-3, 6-4. reer have been checked by Amelie Mauresmo ad- the return of a lingering foot vanced with a 6-2, 7-6 (5) win injury. The 10th-seeded over Lina Krasnoroutskaya. American pulled out of her Mauresmo will play 16th- second round match with seeded Anna Pistolesi of Is- Russia’s Dinara Petrova at rael, who beat Flavia Pennet- the $1.3 million Italian Open. ta 6-4, 7-6 (4). Second-seeded Seventh-seeded American Kim Clijsters cruised past Jennifer Capriati won a spot Virginia Ruano Pascual of in the third round by beating Spain 6-1, 6-0. AP
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22 Friday,May 16, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Soccer boot Thirteen years on, Czech with built-in Tyson’s in trouble again Las Vegas: It’s never easy being Mike both King and Tyson at the same time paid Tyson. It’s even harder — no, make that im- $20 million to settle its portion of the suit. suspension possible — to try and figure him out. And that’s why King has put on a full-court Just when there was a glimmer of hope press to win Tyson back, reportedly promis- London: A soccer boot with that Tyson might somehow resurrect his fad- ing him a $20 million signing bonus and lu- star comes down crashing built-in stud suspension has ed career, he’s found a way to make a mess of crative future fights if he drops the suit and been designed to help stave Turin: The Stadio Delle Alpi has Madrid and a 4-3 triumph on aggregate stage of the match the referee (Urs things once again. comes back to the fold. off foot injuries in players. proved a curse on brilliant creative to make the final in a fortnight’s time Meier) would have been better advised This time, it had nothing to do with a weird King, of course, can be very persuasive. The boot has ‘‘springy’’ studs players and on Wednesday it was the against AC Milan. to have let play carry on.” facial tattoo. And this time, Don King de- And he has his own way of doing business. which act like a car’s suspen- turn of Juventus’ most innovative tal- “I feel sorry for Pavel but I have to Nedved, for his part, said he had not serves at least a share of the blame. A lawsuit filed by Lewis last week claimed sion system. ent Pavel Nedved to be booked and end a query why at such a stage in the match, hesitated in making the tackle. “I was in Eight million dollars to fight a stiff next King conspired with a female friend of The studs press into the match in tears with the knowledge he when we were winning 3-0, he went in trouble in making the tackle so I just month on the same card with Lennox Lewis Tyson’s to keep him in the hotel and away boot on flexible plates, ab- would miss the Champions League final on Steve McManaman as he did. It does- jumped in,” he said. “It’s a shame I will wasn’t enough to get the nearly 36-year-old from manager Shelly Finkel so they couldn’t sorbing energy and reducing in a fortnight. n’t make sense for such an experienced miss the final but I am not thinking of Tyson back into the gym where he desper- talk about the June 21 fight. pressure on the foot at that The 30-year-old Czech international player to do that,” said Lippi. whether by not playing in it it will affect ately needs to be. It also alleged that King threatened to point, New Scientist maga- emulated England’s then creative maes- Defender Alessandro Tacchinardi my chances of winning the European Instead, he was in New York, where King shoot Los Angeles agent and Tyson adviser zine reported. tro Paul Gascoigne in winning the also wondered why the former Lazio Footballer of the Year award (which he put him up in a fancy hotel for a week to keep Jeff Wald if he interfered. ‘‘Many professional foot- match but losing out on the big one as star, who scored in the Rome side’s vic- has been hotly tipped for). I am only him from signing to fight on a June 21 card King convinced Tyson that he would be ballers have foot pain in ar- Gazza’s booking in the 1990 World Cup tory over Real Mallorca in the last ever thinking of the Cup and that in my topped by Lewis and Kirk Johnson in Los An- humiliating himself to fight on the under- eas where studs are located, quarter-final against Cameroon led to Cup Winners Cup final in 1999, had lost mind Juventus will still win it. I will go geles. The week’s stay cost King $86,000 plus card of the Lewis-Johnson fight, even though like under the big toe and un- his being suspended from the semi-final his head. to the final and play my part by sup- a new car he gave Tyson, but the potential re- the fights were being billed as co-main der the ball of the foot,’’ said against West Germany. “He told us afterwards that he wasn’t porting them from the stands,” he ward for the wild-haired promoter was much events. Mark Lake, an expert in Like Nedved, Gascoigne cried freely really thinking about the ramifications added. greater. By agreeing, Tyson threw away an easy footwear biomechanics at only adding to his legend — whilst Ju- of what might happen when he charged Juventus will be hoping that history King isn’t just interested in promoting payday for what would likely have been a John Moores University in ventus team-mates and manager Mar- in on McManaman,” said Tacchinardi. does not repeat itself two-fold as with- Tyson once again, six years after the fighter knockout win against Oleg Maskaev. He also Liverpool. Lake is also an ad- cello Lippi praised the Czech for his su- “It is a real blow that one of our most out Gascoigne England lost the vowed he would never, ever, have anything to cost himself some much needed work and viser to the Football Associa- perb goal, their third in the 3-1 Champi- experienced players should commit 1990 semi-final on penalties to do with King. any chance of a lucrative rematch with tion. ons League semifinal victory over Real such an error. However, I think at that the Germans. AP Tyson, you see, has a $100 million lawsuit Lewis. In conventional six-stud- pending against King that goes to trial in Sep- Tyson has fought only once since being ded boots, the stud pattern fo- tember. The suit claims King conspired to knocked out by Lewis last June. That fight cuses pressure on particular London bids for steal that much money from Tyson after he lasted only 49 seconds and almost didn’t areas of the sole of the foot. got out of prison in 1995 and went back to come off because Tyson was busy getting a Some of the pressure points With two teams in final, fighting for King. tattoo on his face and didn’t feel like getting 2012 Olympics coincide with the position of London: British premier ‘‘He didn’t have to steal all that money,’’ in the ring. key joints. After a while, the Tony Blair said on Thursday Tyson said a few months ago. ‘‘I was giving Who knows now when Tyson will fight repetitive trauma could London would bid to host the him enough anyway.’’ next. He says he needs three more fights be- cause joints to lose mobility. Italian fans start gloating If you believe Tyson’s lawyers, it’s a slam- fore he meets Lewis, but at the pace he’s fight- 2012 Summer Olympics. Cul- The boot was developed at dunk of a case that could end up bankrupting ing, Lewis will be long retired before they ture Secretary Tessa Jowell Rome: Italians brimmed with pride while “To Spain. Soccer Lessons,” said the head- technology company Gener- King. Already, a law firm that represented could meet again. AP made the official announce- their newspapers gloated Thursday,celebrat- line of a particularly forceful Gazzetta col- ics Group in Cambridge, cen- ment of a campaign to bring ing the accomplishment of a first-ever all- umn, which described Real as “going off the tral England. Generics con- the Games to London for the Italian final of the Champions League. field on their knees” after learning a lesson sultant Matthew White said first time since 1948 after a Juventus and AC Milan will face off for the from “what they had called the ‘country of the sportswear industry had meeting of the Cabinet. Cup later this month, so an Italian club is soccer troglodytes.’’’ continually made footwear Confident Schumacher Blair ended months of guaranteed to win after six years of nothing In fact, Italian soccer had also taken much lighter, usually by making speculation by giving his in the top European competition—and a re- flack domestically, notably after the nation’s soles thinner. backing to the bid which cent crisis of soccer confidence in a country weak performance at last summer’s World ‘‘There’s now very little pitches London into an inter- that loves nothing more. Cup, when Italy went out in the second round cushioning between the warns of McLaren threat national competition against studs and your feet,’’ White Every major newspaper boasted Thursday to South Korea. Zeltweg (Austria): Michael and eventually finishing sec- third in the title race, seven rivals headed by New York, said. about the Italian final. The last Italian winner of the Champions Schumacher expects world ond. points behind leader Raikko- Madrid and Moscow. The spring-loaded design “Juve-Milan, Italian Champions,” Rome’s League came in 1996, when Juve took the ti- championship leaders The young Renault driver, nen, but the A1-Ring circuit Blair and his Cabinet had uses a plastic stud bonded to La Repubblica newspaper wrote gleefully. tle. Since then, Real has won three times, Ger- McLaren to come out fight- only in his second year of has not traditionally been a a pressed steel spring plate. been due to decide on a The country’s largest sports daily, Gazzetta man teams twice and an English team once. ing in this weekend’s Austri- Grand Prix racing, has successful circuit for Renault Any force on the stud causes British bid earlier this year dello Sport, raged at the Spanish, whom “The nightmare is over,” wrote Gazzetta del- an Grand Prix after their dis- claimed three podium finish- and Schumacher, who is cur- the plate to flex into the boot. but the war in Iraq put the many here have accused of deriding lo Sport.”Whatever happens May 28 at Old appointing performance in es in the first five races of the rently three points ahead of At the same time, the ends of subject on the back-burner. AFP Italian soccer. Trafford, it will be Italy.’’AP Spain ten days ago. year and is confident he can Alonso, suggested that the the plate bend downwards, Ferrari driver Schumach- continue his good form. Anglo-French team could bringing secondary studs er closed to within four “In my view this is the struggle this weekend. into contact with the ground. points of Kimi Raikkonen at most straightforward For- He warned the champi- This provides extra grip and the top of the drivers’ cham- mula One circuit there is,” onship is likely to end up as a Sorenstam believes she can win AP helps to spread the load. pionship table after winning said Alonso. “I am feeling two horse race - between his Galloway Township (New speak their minds, and that’s thing like this.” nial Country Club course, in Barcelona when the young very good and confident for Ferrari team and McLaren. Jersey) Without ever men- just where I want to leave it,” Singh had said that Soren- but thinks she can shoot par Skipper Viera Finn crashed out on the first the future. With every race I “I do not think that Re- tioning his name, Annika she said. “I don’t hold any- stam had no business playing if the weather holds. She has lap. get to know the team and the nault has made this jump be- Sorenstam brushed off Vijay thing against anybody. in next week’s Colonial and played the course once but joins Wenger in The title race is delicately car a bit better. Today, I feel cause the running before Singh’s comments about her “I was maybe a little naive said that on the odd chance didn’t keep score. poised as the teams head to stronger when I come up Barcelona showed the Re- playing in the Colonial, say- when I didn’t think about he gets paired with her, he’d ‘‘I’m doing this because I anti-United tirade the Styrian Alps for the sixth against other driv- nault was already good ing he was entitled to his this,” she said. “I’m still withdraw. Nick Price, the want to test myself. I’m com- round of the championship ers. These first there,” said Schumacher. opinion. amazed by all the attention, Colonial’s defending champi- ing to a stage that’s totally London: Arsenal were an- and although Schumacher few races have “I assume McLaren will be She also said she thinks all the opinion, all the ex- on, has said Sorenstam’s ap- different than I’m used to: gered when labelled arrogant expects McLaren to fight taught me a the closest competitor again. she can win the tournament. perts on my pearance ‘‘reeks of publici- tougher course, tougher by Manchester United man- back he is confident his team I think it will be inter- “I believe so, if all the stars game. It’s ty.’’ competitors, all the atten- ager Alex Ferguson during can continue their winning esting it to see at the are lined up right,” she said really ‘‘The people that say that, tion. It’s just going to be so the Premiership season and run. next race how Re- Wednesday. funny. they don’t know me,’’ she different,’’ Sorenstam said. Gunners captain Patrick The team had a successful nault does and how Speaking on a conference I nev- said. ‘‘When I started playing ‘‘It’s just a test for me. I Vieira added to the strained test last week with the new Williams develops call to promote next er ex- golf many years ago, I was want to see what it’s all relations between the two F2003-GA car following its further.” month’s ShopRite LPGA pect- afraid of the limelight. My about, I want to see how good sides by declaring the newly victorious debut in McLaren are Classic, Sorenstam was edgame has changed, but me my game is. I’m sure I would crowned champions had Barcelona and Schumacher still racing with surprised at the stir any- personally has not changed.’’ perform better if I get more played “rubbish” football. said: “After all the work last a development created by her deci- By accepting a sponsor’s chances, but this is just a The French international week and the promising re- of the car sion to play in the exemption, Sorenstam will one-time opportunity,’’ she midfielder’s comments echo sults we can travel to Austria they used PGA Tour become the first woman in 58 said. those of Arsenal manager with a good feeling. I hope last year. event. years to compete on the PGA Tiger Woods thinks it Arsene Wenger, who claimed that we can shorten our AFP “I think Tour. The last woman to do would be terrific if Soren- his side were the best in the championship deficit further everybody’s so was Babe Zaharias, who stam makes the cut. championship despite letting or even turn the situation to entitled to qualified for the 1945 Los ‘‘I would think it was a fan- an eight point lead turn into our advantage. That would be their own Angeles Open. tastic performance _ no such a deficit that they sur- the ideal result for us. But I opinion, Sorenstam won 13 doubt about it,’’ he said in rendered their title with two see the main competitors be- and ob- times Alveslohe, Germany, where matches remaining. ing McLaren on a long-term vious- around he’s playing in the PGA Eu- However, it didn’t deter basis and I expect they will ly theropean Tour’s Deutsche Vieira, who will turn 27 in return.” they world Bank Open. June, from telling the Daily “Kimi is leading the world last year, In Irving, Texas, where the Mirror that from what he had championship and he is a the most PGA Tour’s Byron Nelson seen of United, they won the good driver at the moment. lot by a Championship starts Thurs- title by playing “rubbish foot- Things are quite close at the and I woman in day, some players admitted ball” with a star turn from moment. It is very open for think I am nearly 40 they were eager to find out one individual or another. many drivers and I believe now becom- years. She’s how she’ll fare. Despite winning two do- that this season will see a ing more the only ‘‘Everyone is extremely mestic doubles under Wenger, hard fight right to the end.” and more ca- woman to curious to she how she’s go- Arsenal are still behind Unit- pable of ex- shoot 59. ing to play, and we really ed in terms of trophies with Spaniard Fernando Alonso ploiting the She acknowl- don’t know what’s going to the latter having claimed 8 ti- came to the fore in his home car’s poten- edged she will be come of it,’’ Ben Crane said. tles in 11 years and the holy race with an impressive per- tial.” nervous playing the ‘‘I’ll be very interested to see grail of the Champions formance that saw him fight- Alonso is 7,080-yard, par-70 Colo- how she plays.’’ AP League in 1999. AFP ing Schumacher for the lead currently
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