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WIN WITH THE TIMES 6 governors Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. 7,000 years gone in 48 hrs War is a poor chisel to carve AP needed, but out tomorrow. — Martin Luther King Iraq’s heritage NEWS DIGEST Delhi dithers ravaged as US By Bisheshwar Mishra Fire in Lajpat Nagar: A fire in La- TIMES NEWS NETWORK jpat Nagar’s Central Market gutted a ready-made garments showroom on troops watched New Delhi: Six governors are to Sunday evening. A short circuit is leave office at the end of April. likely to have caused the fire, divi- The Centre has not yet finalised their sional officer with the Delhi Fire Ser- By John F Burns replacements. vices (DFS) Atul Garg said. P3 Baghdad: The National Museum of Though the main consideration be- Samata in trouble: The Samata Iraq recorded a history of civilizations fore Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Party appeared to that flourished in Mesopotamia more Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani is be on the brink of a than 7,000 years ago. But it took only to provide jobs for the RSS old guard, split on Sunday, 48 hours for it to be destroyed. At the views of the BJP’s NDA partners with followers of least 1,70,000 artifacts carried were and — at least in the case of one state, railway minister Ni- away by looters. Jammu and Kashmir — of chief min- tish Kumar and de- The full extent of the disaster came isters are also being borne in mind. fence minister to light only on Sunday,as the frenzy of In normal circumstances, the ap- George Fernandes looting began to ebb. pointment of governors for J&K, Ra- slugging it out in As fires in a dozen government min- jasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Patna. The tussle is said to be an ef- istries began to burn out and looters Himachal Pradesh and Lt Governor of fort by Nitish to gain a firmer grip on Delhi — all of whose tenures end this the party. P5 tired of pillaging in the 90-degree heat, museum officials reached the hotels month — would have been decided by Fund for Sikkim airport: Prime where foreign journalists were staying now. But given the complexities of the Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on along the eastern bank of the Tigris. political situation, the PM and DPM Sunday promised an additional They brought word of what is likely have had to tread warily, sources said. amount of Rs 110 crore to Sikkim for to be reckoned as one of the greatest Talk of Girish Saxena’s replace- the construction of an airport at cultural disasters in recent Middle ment has been doing the rounds for Pakyong near Gangtok. He also Eastern history. over three years. This time a change promised Central help for the con- A full accounting of what has been seems inevitable as the presence of an struction of an alternative road link- ex-intelligence official in the Raj ing Gangtok with north Bengal. P5 lost may take weeks or months. The museum had been closed during Bhawan jars with the ‘‘healing touch’’ Guidelines for tourists: Follow- policy of state chief minister Mufti much of the 1990s, and as with many An Iraqi guard walks through the ravaged vault of the national museum in Baghdad on Saturday. ing the recent attack by a tiger on Iraqi institutions, its operations were Mohammad Sayeed. tourists in Bandhavgarh reserve in cloaked in secrecy under Hussein. Sources say Sayeed has suggested Madhya Pradesh, Project Tiger has It remains unclear whether some of THE TREASURES OF that the next governor should not be a asked all 27 tiger reserves to fit open the museum’s priceless gold, silver and former army, police or intelligence tourist vehicles with iron grills and BAGHDAD MUSEUM copper antiquities, its ancient stone DAY 25 man, and that the Centre should be sliding windows. P7 DAY 25 and ceramics and fabled bronzes and represented in the state this time by a N Korea changes stand: After gold-overlaid ivory, had been locked ● Fighting starts in the ‘‘civilian face’’. With Gen Padmanab- months of insisting on direct talks away for safekeeping elsewhere before outskirts of Tikrit han and former RAW chief A S Dullat with Washington, North Korea has out of the running, Delhi LG Vijai the looting, or seized for private display ● Saddam’s half-brother signalled that it would be willing to in one of Hussein’s myriad palaces. Kapoor has emerged as the front-run- accept US demands for discussions What was beyond contest was that Watban caught in Mosul ner. Both Advani and Sayeed are com- over its nuclear programme. P10 the 28 galleries of the museum and ● 7 US prisoners of war found fortable with him. However, the Con- vaults with huge steel doors guarding in Samarrah, N Baghdad gress, which feels Kapoor is too cosy YOU SAID IT by Laxman storage chambers that descend floor af- with the BJP, might prevail on Sayeed ter floor into darkness, had been com- INSIDE to oppose the name. For Delhi LG, two former home sec- pletely ransacked. ● Baghdad battles to restore retaries — B P Singh and K Padman- Officials with crumpled spirits officials cited a solid gold harp from the that littered the museum’s corridors to order, anti-US protests held abhaiah — are the contenders. fought back tears and anger at Ameri- Sumerian era. find the glossy catalog of an exhibition ● In Madhya Pradesh, BJP stalwart can troops, as they ran down an inven- Another was a sculptured head of a of “Silk Road Civilizations” that was Armed groups order Iraq’s Pyarelal Khandelwal is likely to take tory of the most storied items that they woman from Uruk, one of the great held in Japan’s ancient capital of top Shi’ite cleric to leave the place of Bhai Mahavir, and in Gu- said had been carried away. Sumerian cities, dating from about the Nara in 1988. Najaf, ransack his home jarat, party veteran S S Bhandari may The looting was carried out by thou- same era, and a collection of gold neck- Turning to 50 pages of items lent by ● 278 shells having suspected have to make way for BJP vice presi- sands, who poured into the museum af- laces, bracelets and earrings, also from the Iraqi museum for the exhibition, he chemical arms found dent Kailashpati Mishra. In Ra- ter daybreak on Thursday and re- the Sumerian dynasties and also at said none of the antiquities pictured jasthan, the Centre is looking for a mained until dusk on Friday,with only least 4,000 years old. remained after the looting. ‘‘All gone in SIDESHOW suitable person to replace governor one intervention by American forces, But an item-by-item inventory of the two days,” he said.NYT News Service ● US tanks in Kirkuk, Ansuman Singh. most valued pieces carried away by the Comment: lasting about half an hour, at More collateral damage of reassuring Turkey that Comment: With polls coming up in lunchtime on Thursday. looters hardly captures the magnitude the Iraq invasion, this time of incalcu- of what had occurred. Kurds will not run the city several states, this next round of gu- Nothing remained, museum officials lable cultural legacy. To many, this will bernatorial musical chairs assumes More powerful, in its way,was the ac- ● Last oil well fire doused by said, at least nothing of real value, seem as outrageous a vandalism as the more political significance than usu- from a museum that had been regarded tion of one museum official in hurry- destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas experts in Kuwait ing away through the piles of smashed al. A ‘friendly’ governor can often tilt as perhaps the richest of all such insti- by the Taliban in Afghanistan. ● Northern Kirkuk oilfield will the balance in a closely-fought elec- tutions in the Middle East. ceramics and torn books and burned- Dr Germ and Mrs Anthrax: Page 11 out torches of rags soaked in gasoline start production soon tion and beyond. VAT is coming! Don’t know what As examples of what was gone, the See Dubyaman on page 10 will be next. I got this to keep proper accounts and a chap to operate it!
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Max. 39.7oC/ Min. 28.2oC Moonset: Tuesday — 0502 hrs. Delhi’s maids get upwardly mobile Moonrise: Monday — 1609 hrs. Sunset: Monday — 1846 hrs. Ajit Ninan Sunrise: Tuesday — 0596 hrs. By Sanghamitra Chakraborty cooking lessons for Grace to get it TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mainly clear sky with dust haze. Thunder right. She saves up her Rs 4,000, a developments with squalls possible in some month’s salary ‘‘not for marriage, New Delhi: When Maggie came to but a house.’’ She prefers expats. areas towards afternoon. Max. relative hu- Delhi from Jharkhand, she was ter- midity on Sunday 37% and Min. 18%. Pamela Lal, whose English diction rified of traffic signals. will stump you, came from Jhansi After eight years — mostly with when her Anglo-Indian employers upper crust families — she’s on to a migrated. ‘‘In Delhi, people do not blue-chip, all-expenses-paid and no- know the meaning of housekeepers, taxes career. everyone is treated like a naukrani,’’ She speaks English, bakes bread she says. She is now a masseur. and takes messages from American teachers of her employer’s child. Then there are girls like Christi- She is a housekeeper, making Rs na, employed with an MP, whom we 6,000 a month. Pretty good, for some- tried to reach. ‘‘Call her mobile one who didn’t even get the chance to please,’’ said another staff-member. go to school. ‘‘I wouldn’t get married Actually, money, perks and mo- and blow it all up,” she says. biles are only part of it. The real mo- Book your Classifieds Step aside, Maid in Manhattan for bility is upwards. 24 hours service: “51-666-888” the Delhi Domestic. Elizabeth was with a family in Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” Maids from farway villages are ar- Sundar Nagar where Sonia Gandhi The ATM of information riving here to scale up their profes- and Priyanka were frequent visitors. The Largest Classifieds Site sion like never before. Artless, rural ‘‘They knew me by name and we girls are transforming themselves a learner when she came, today she even went for holidays together,’’she into smart and urbane professionals. makes excellent German potato sal- recalls. From serving their mistress- Check out Grace, who works for ad and pasta, knows her manners es, Elizabeth and her sisters are now * 18 + 8 pages of Delhi Times Anke Wagner, a young German and speaks English.’’ mistresses of their lives. + 10 pages of Education Times woman. Says Wagner: ‘‘She was still It took two months of Continental From Jharkhand to Jor Bagh: Page 4
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2 Monday,April 14, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi Baby gets two-inch cut during delivery TIMES NEWS NETWORK to operate on Rajwanti (20) ments, including general sur- stomach problem. who was admitted to the hos- gery. The 100-bed hospital in Such cases are not new to New Delhi: A gynaecologist pital on Sunday, when she Raghubir Nagar, west Delhi, this hospital. A few months at Guru Gobind Singh hospi- went into labour. is run by the city govern- tal injured a baby with a ago, another baby was in- This was her first delivery. ment. jured during a caesarean de- scalpel during a caesarean Rajwanti was able to feed her The incident has left Ra- To chat on SMS send 'cchat'
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,April 14, 2003 3 Mortuary has TODAY’S HURDLES Delhi, brace yourself for gridlock. no power, • Baisakhi traffic: Motorists, steer clear of roads Central Market showroom gutted around Majnu Ka Tila. A large number of people are expected to visit the Gurdwara 6 am onwards. Traffic Sanjay Sekhri TIMES NEWS NETWORK no storage is expected to be slow at Burari Chowk, Wazirabad, Timarpur, Chandgi Ram Akhara, Kashmiri Gate inter-state New Delhi: A ready-made gar- bus terminus (ISBT) and Majnu Ka Tila. Take diversions ments showroom was gutted in Laj- facilities as advised by police on duty. pat Nagar’s Central Market on Sun- day evening. The fire did not spread By Lalit Kumar • Ambedkar Jayanti to the adjoining showrooms. No one TIMES NEWS NETWORK procession: Red Fort to Ambedkar Bhawan on was injured. Ghaziabad: A few kilome- The three-floor showroom which Rani Jhansi Road, 12 pm tres away from the capital onwards. The procession has a basement, is located in the D city, death has no dignity. Block on the main road adjacent to will pass through Red Fort, Gautam Budh Nagar has no Chandni Chowk, Khari Baoli, Wimpy’s and housed garments and mortuary of its own. All au- shoes of various brands such as Qutab Road, Sadar Bazar, topsies are conducted at a Chowk Bara Tooti, Pahari United Colors of Benetton, Adidas, mortuary beside the Hindon Demeg Stores, Dockers and Acid. Dhiraj, Bara Hindu Rao, river in Ghaziabad, which Filmistan Cinema, Manakpu- The fire which started at around has no power connection, no 4.45 pm could be brought into con- ra, Shidipura, East Park sanctioned staff, not even a Road, Chowk Chapparwalan, trol only three hours later. security guard. Around six fire tenders were D B Gupta Road, Faiz Road, The deep freezers, which rushed to the spot. A short circuit is Karol Bagh Bus Terminal, have a capacity of 12 bodies, likely to have caused the fire, divi- Jhandewalan Chowk and lie locked in a room with no sional officer with the Delhi Fire Rani Jhansi Road. AVOID. power to run on. And the bod- Services (DFS) Atul Garg said. Transporters’ strike: ies are stored in a room out- • The showroom is owned by two Indefinite, starting 6 am, side the toilet, making for a brothers, Harminder and Gurvin- Monday. Police fear rioting. sordid sight. der Singh, residents of Jangpura. Motorists to follow diversion ‘‘Rats and mongooses often Though neighbouring shopkeepers as marked. nibble at the eyelids, ears and said goods worth lakhs had been other soft parts of the bodies damaged, the owners refused to kept overnight,’’ said a doc- comment. ‘‘It was a new showroom, tor who conducts autopsies built in 1995 and renovated only last here. ‘‘We have to use our ex- year,’’ said Amit Goyal, a shopkeep- A fire broke out at a United Colors of Benetton and Adidas showroom at Central Market in Lajpat Nagar on Sun- perience to decide which in- er who owns a neighbouring shop. day. It was confined to one showroomn and there were no casualties. juries were caused before On Sundays, it was usually jam- death and which were a re- packed, another shopkeeper added. the second floor which housed the over. And the space in front of the the firemen were ill-equipped to sult of poor storage.’’ He said that the staff did not get kids section of the United Colors of showroom was packed with cars. handle the emergency. ‘‘They did With not even a fan in the to know about the fire until about Benneton. Shopkeepers alleged that The tenders could access the show- not have adequate masks. And they room, the stench is unbear- an hour later when the showroom there was delayed response from the room after the cars were removed went about borrowing emergency able in summer. started filling up with smoke. fire services. ‘‘Though we made a with help of a crane,’’ a fireman at lights,’’ said a shop owner. The maintenance of the ‘‘Though Sundays bring huge call to the fire service at 5.15 pm, the spot said. The shopkeepers also initially mortuary is under the chief crowds, it was less crowded as there only one tender was sent 30 minutes The metal exterior of the show- went shop-to-shop asking for fire medical superintendent of was a cricket match going on,’’ said later. More tenders came in later,’’ room made it difficult for the fire- fighting cylinders. the district hospital, Dr A K Rashid Moosa, another shopkeeper. Goyal said. men to break into the showroom. ‘‘There were some shopkeepers Sharma. ‘‘There is no staff There were reportedly 15 staff in But according to firemen, the ten- They could enter the shop only two who refused to co-operate and we here,’’ said Sharma. ‘‘Some of the shop when the fire began. ders had a tough time accessing the hours after they reached the spot. took away the cylinders by force,’’ the district hospital’s doctors Spectators said the fire began in spot. ‘‘There were traffic jams all However, agitated shopkeepers said he added. conduct the autopsies. We also send three sanitation workers and the police send their pharmacist. 9 high-rises get fire department notices According to Sharma, the Municipal Corporation of TIMES NEWS NETWORK safety norms issued by the and Deep Shikha in Rajen- last year. during a fire. Ghaziabad had constructed department.’’ dra Place. There are about 35 fires The statistics also show a this ‘‘new’’ mortuary about New Delhi: Super Bazaar The Delhi Fire Service Sharma said: ‘‘Fire inci- reported daily, and between rise in fires in JJ clusters two years back. ‘‘It had no au- and the plush Sagar Apart- (DFS) had issued seal no- dents in high-rise buildings May and July the number and industrial areas. thorised power connection. ments in New Delhi area are tices to ‘‘highly unsafe’’ have shown a marginal de- rises to about 70 every day. The DFS has asked the So when some transmission among nine ‘‘highly unsafe buildings following which cline this year. Compared to The DFS has 36 fire sta- Delhi government to wires were stolen few buildings’’ in the city, if a the owners moved court, he 64 last year, 58 distress calls tions in the city and 34 more discourage more JJ clus- months back, the power cor- fire breaks out. said. were made this year be- are slated for comple- ters and resettlement poration did not restore the Chief fire officer, R C Other high- rises facing a tween April 2002 and March tionover the next five years, colonies as they are major supply. We have applied for a Sharma, said: ‘‘These build- fire threat are Deepak 2003.’’ Sharma said. fire hazards. regular connection. If it ings, out of the 68 unsafe Building, Siddhartha The chief fire officer said The DFS is also planning Most of the 65-odd fires doesn’t cost too much, we high-rise buildings in the House, Shakuntala Apart- this year the Delhi Fire Ser- four temporary fire stations reported during the sum- will avail of it,’’ Sharma said. metropolis, topped the list ment, Guru Angad Bhawan, vice (DFS) attended over that would be made mer are reported from con- On the lack of a guard, as they fail to conform to Sanchi Building and CCI 15,000 calls in all, which was operational this month to gested slum clusters and un- Sharma said, ‘‘I doubt if we even three of the 12-point House in Nehru Place area higher than 11,204 attended reduce the response time planned colonies. need one. Relatives of the de- ceased are always present.’’ No water, but can’t drill Residents’ only resort is to bribe police, municipal employees
By Saurabh Sinha tubewells. ‘‘Even further decision has been taken so TIMES NEWS NETWORK deepening an existing tube- far. well is banned,’’ said S B ‘‘The CGWB has sought New Delhi: The tubewell in Singh, state unit in-charge of our view on this issue. But the Chaddhas’ house in a CGWB. before anyone else, they south Delhi locality dried up But since these areas lie at should relax the ban on last week. With the Delhi Jal the fag end of the DJB supply drilling for the DJB. Last Board (DJB) supply down to line and receive very little year, the CGWB tried to file a trickle, Mohit Chaddha, a water, many people have no an FIR against us for drilling businessman decided to other option. in the banned areas,’’ said deepen the existing boring. ‘‘Everyday we receive a DJB chief P K Tripathi. ‘‘As soon as the work started, large number of calls from But what can people who both municipal employees people who complain about have who have very little and policemen started com- such harassment. They al- DJB water and need ground- ing and asking for money to lege the authorities are ask- water to meet their daily allowing the work to pro- ing for money to allow needs do? ceed,’’ said a harried Chad- drilling. Even for changing Tripathi said: ‘‘Ban is not dha. Finally after shelling an existing submersible the answer in a city like Del- out an undisclosed amount, pump, people allege they are hi. But there should be a the drilling began. being asked to pay up,’’ an- charge on using groundwa- Instances like these are other CGWB official said. ter so that people don’t empty common in south and south- The CGWB has been con- the reserve.’’ A bill that re- west Delhi where the Central templating to relax drilling stricts the use of groundwa- Ground Water Board for drinking water in south ter and puts a charge on it is (CGWB) has banned sinking and southwest Delhi. But no pending in the assembly. Humayun Tomb rises once again By Saurabh Sinha TIMES NEWS NETWORK Restored New Delhi: A centuries- •Humayun Tomb is a old marvel will come to life World Heritage on Tuesday evening. The Monument numerous fountains and •Its fountains had water channels in the 16th gone dry centuries ago century Humayun’s Tomb will have water flowing in •But from Tuesday, its them after 400 years. The fountains and water gardens have been re- channels will spring to stored to their pristine and life again original Mughal glory, •The gardens have thus erasing the colonial also been restored character it had wrongly acquired since 1860s. ical Survey of India (ASI) Acquiring contempo- collaborated with the rary relevance for the Geneva-based Aga Khan parched city, the 30-acre Trust for Culture that gave monument complex will house one of the largest US $ 6,50,000. On Tuesday, rain water harvesting sys- the Aga Khan will unveil tems in the entire country. the original glory of the As many as 128 recharge Tomb and its environ- pits and several ranney ment. wells will ensure that each ‘‘The aim of the project and every drop of the rain was to restore the garden is directed to the earth and and its associated water not lost. ‘‘The fountains systems, that are an inte- and water channels will gral part of the monu- spring to life without any ment. Unfortunately, gar- guilt of misusing or wast- den architecture has been ing water,’’ a source said. relegated to a secondary ‘‘Five ancient wells were place,’’ the source said. discovered while the work ‘‘The garden within the was on. They were desilted tomb enclosure has seen and now have fresh water many changes. By the ear- flowing in them now,’’ the ly 1860s, the British began source added. experimenting with differ- For restoring the gar- ent layout. Today it has dens of the World Heritage trees that are inappropri- Monument, the Archeolog- ate in historical terms.’’
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER READER’S GRIEVANCES OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at a few places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya concerned may please look NATIONAL and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,Tripura and at isolat- Pension raise Mumbai: I-A 0700, ed places in Andaman and Nicobar islands, west Ben- into the issue. 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, gal and Sikkim, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, From Jharkhand to Jor Bagh The railway ministry, — Hari Nandan Sharma, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, east Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Andhra H No 70, Shankar Vihar, 2300 Jet Air 0650, Pradesh,Tamil Nadu, interior Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep. through its letter (No PC- 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Mainly dry weather will prevail over the rest of the of the country. V/98/1/11/23) dated March Vikas Marg. 1935, 2030, 2200, Made-to-order maids make a difference to Delhi, themselves Sahara 0700,1800, 2025 INDIA WORLD 7, 2003, had approved of a KOLKATA: I-A 0700, TOI higher salary scale for its Insurance claim ★★ Max Min Max Min Max Min By Anuradha Mukherjee 1600 ,1700,1945 Amsterdam 09 02 Jet Air 0600, 1720, Delhi 40 28 Gangtok 19 14 accounts staff, as per the We owned a Santro car Bahrain 32 25 TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sahara 0620,1915 Mumbai Guwahati 28 19 fifth central pay commis- (DL-1CG-4009) which was CHENNAI: I-A Chennai 35 26 Dehradun 36 18 Bangkok 36 28 0640,0955★★★ Kolkata 37 27 Hyderabad 35 23 Beijing 14 06 New Delhi: Flyovers are sion. The grade for senior involved in a serious acci- 1645,1900 Jet Air Bangalore 35 22 Indore 41 23 Chicago 14 -02 meant to speed up journeys. section officer accounts at dent on December 17, 2002, 0645,1900 A’bad 39 25 Jaipur 40 27 Geneva 08 -01 But for Delhi’s domestic sr.no.3, which as per exist- BANGALORE: T’puram 34 24 Lucknow 42 27 Hong Kong 27 20 near police Chowki, Nan- I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 41 25 Patna 41 23 London 09 -01 help, the Def Col one is a ing pay scale is Rs 6,500- hera (Ambala). All passen- Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 41 25 Rajkot 37 21 Los Angeles 23 14 destination. On Sundays, 10,500, has been revised to gers, including my par- Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 38 18 Shimla 25 16 Moscow 03 -04 HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 maids, cooks and gardeners Rs 7,450-11,500. ents, in the accident. The GOA: I-A 1200, from all over the city gather I retired as traffic ac- vehicle was badly dam- Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS KULU: Jagson 0630, on the adjacent road.In a counts officer, northern aged in the accident. 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on mini-mela, it turns into a railway, on September 19, The car was insured AHMEDABAD: 12.04.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. place where sweethearts I-A 0600,1700★★1845, 1988 as senior section offi- with the New India Assur- Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl meet and relatives catch up cer,accounts, at a pay scale ance Co Ltd (DO No 311600) GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH with each other. ★★ of Rs 2,000-3,200. At the at Shakti Nagar Chowk in I-A 0555 , 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 19.04 21.04 27.04 21.04 Most of these workers are ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 22.05 15.05 21.04 time of retirement, my ba- Delhi (policy no 311600/ Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 20.04 28.04 28.04 04.05 Christians from the tribal sic pay was Rs 2,450 per 31/02/05296). All the docu- Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST areas of Jharkhand and month. As per the fifth cen- ments, including the FIR, Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 15.04 15.04 23.04 — 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 Orissa. And prayer service tral pay commission, my Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 16.04 23.04 16.04 18.05 have been submitted to the (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 18.04 22.04 21.04 19.05 at the Defence Colony basic pension was revised insurance company. An of- Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 15.04 14.05 24.05 church offers a good oppor- to Rs 3,654 with effect from ficial was deputed by the INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 20.04 20.04 23.04 tunity.‘‘We meet at the January 1, 1996 (as per my company for survey. But BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 14.04 17.04 22.04 church, but space is limited. Thai Air 0010 (TG- 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 17.04 14.04 14.04 18.04 revised PPO No O- my claims are yet to be set- 316), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 30.05 19.05 So we all collect near the fly- 189010239 dated 7/1999 in tled. The claim is payable FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 5622 North East Exp — 13.05 26.05 19.05 over,’’ said Lolanti (45), who the existing pay scale of Rs on the basis of insured’s 0305 (LH-761) 2554 Vaishali Exp 14.04 04.05 22.04 02.06 works as a cook nearby.. AMSTERDAM: 2816 Puri Exp — 17.04 23.04 24.04 ALWAYS ON A SUNDAY: Domestic help gather near the Def Col flyover. 6,500-10,500). Since the declared value. Since the KLM 0140 (KL-472) 2802 Purshottam Exp — 02.05 23.04 24.04 On two Sundays in a scale for senior section of- passenger’s risk is also LONDON/NEW YORK: 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 27.04 27.04 22.04 month, she is free to do ent in English and often ficer, accounts, has now covered under the policy, British Air 0210 (BA- 4230 Lucknow Mail 16.04 22.04 21.04 23.04 whatever she wishes to. In Money matters head a retinue of servants. 142), A-I 0715 (AI-111) WEST further been revised to Rs the claim needs to be an alien city,this becomes a ‘‘Most of these girls are PARIS: Air France 0040 2904 Golden Temple Mail 15.04 16.04 03.05 09.06 A fresher can earn up to Rs 1,200. Getting food and 7,450-11,500, my basic pen- expedited. (AF-147) 2926 Paschim Exp 14.04 01.05 11.06 11.06 means to reinforce roots. • from the northeastern 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 16.04 23.04 24.04 — clothing are optional extras sion should be raised ac- — Amit Dogra, (E-54), B- SINGAPORE: Sin’pore Lolanti found a job in the states,’’ said Shankar Singh, Airlines 2315 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 18.04 14.04 16.04 — cordingly. The authorities 1170, Shastri Nagar. (SQ-407), I-A 0050 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 01.05 17.04 17.04 city through an agency sup- • Most girls are recruited through agents from tribal an agency owner.They earn (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 28.05 09.06 25.05 plying domestic help. Often areas of Jharkhand, Orissa and the northeast anything between Rs 5,000 Readers should send their contributions addressed to Readers’ Grievances HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2916 Ashram Exp 16.04 01.05 16.04 16.04 prospective employers visit and Rs 7,000. c/o Metro Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. A-I 2340 (AI-312) SOUTH the area to look for recruits. • Most agents have worked as domestic help them- ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 14.04 15.04 23.04 16.04 selves earlier Job security, however, is A-I 0300 (AI-131) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 14.04 15.04 05.06 15.04 But most prefer to go still far away. ‘‘I may lose a 2432 Trivandrum Raj 15.04 N.A. N.A. — AIR INDIA through agencies or ac- • Rates vary according to the locality. In swanky south job even for breaking a 2626 Kerala Exp — 09.06 05.06 28.05 quaintances. MUMBAI: 0315 (AI 2618 Mangala Exp — 06.06 06.06 21.05 Delhi colonies, a trained worker can make anything plate,’’ said Taramani (20), 755), 0345 (AI 156), 2628 Karnataka Exp — 15.04 14.04 14.04 The 100-odd agencies in Art for the girl child between Rs 3,000 and 5,000, while in middle class who has been working here 0615 (AI 146), 2330 2724 A P Exp 15.04 08.05 21.05 22.04 the city send scouts to tribal localities they can expect up to Rs 2,500 for the past seven years. TIMES NEWS NETWORK (AI 112) 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 15.04 07.06 03.06 — areas in Jharkhand, Orissa tion, health care, hygiene and GOA: 1245 (AI 643) 7022 Dakshin Express — 22.04 — 14.04 But the good part is that free counselling to girls liv- and northeastern states like • Working hours remain unregulated with maids on New Delhi: Classical singer A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 No. of passengers dealt on 12.04.2003 (Delhi Area): 68,906 (N. Rly. Area) one job is easily replaced by ing in slums in and around 2,51,057. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all Arunachal Pradesh to find call almost round-the-clock Shubha Mudgal lent her (Air.)25652050, British Air: another. And, it works both Noida. (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for fresh recruits. voice to the cause of the girl 23323310, Singapore Airlines computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. ways. Maids can, and do, Members of the NGO have 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) While many claim they child by singing tracks from simply walk out on small also lent their voices to the al- provide trained personnel, While a fresher who is ‘‘Fresh recruits are only ex- new album, Sapna Dekha disagreements. It’s a sellers’ bum. Amity International they mostly ‘‘ get trained on not too fluent in Hindi can pected to assist,’’ he said. Maine, here on Saturday. As market. ‘‘Money is not a Schools chairperson Amita the job,’’ said B S Chaudhry, expect about Rs 1,200 a There is another category she sang, artist Manav Gupta problem here,’’ said Manju, Chauhan said, ‘‘The music who runs an agency from month, ‘‘trained’’ workers — those in supervisory po- painted the interpretation of South Extension. can earn up to Rs 3,000. sitions. These girls are flu- from Nadia in West Bengal. video is a vehicle to promote her album. the cause of the underprivi- The album has been leged girl child.’’ brought out by Amitasha, an Agreed Mudgal. ‘‘I hope Lover held for killing man Amity Humanity Founda- the message — nurturing a tion-backed NGO that works girl child is as important as a New Delhi: A man’s paramour and her four relatives were for the upliftment of the girl male child — will get con- arrested on Sunday for murdering him. Anil Kumar (26) was child. It provides free educa- veyed through this album.’’ killed on Friday and his body was recovered by the police af- ter interrogating the woman. A resident of DDA colony, Chakhandi in Tilak Nagar, Ku- mar was reportedly having an affair with Jaspal Kaur who used to live opposite his house before moving to Sant Nagar. Interrogation revealed Kumar had gone to her residence on Friday where he was allegedly killed, the police said. TNN
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,April 14, 2003 5 PTI Mayawati may Nitish, George at ‘war’ again hit back TIMES NEWS NETWORK shooter will take a knock- at Mulayam Fernandes’ men ing. Lucknow: Elaborate New Delhi: The Samata Without Nitish’s support, • Expelled: Raghunath Jha, P.K.Sinha, Brahmanand arrangements have been Party appeared to be on the it will also become difficult Mandal, Bhai Birendra, Ganesh Paswan made for the proposed BSP brink of a split on Sunday, for George to contest the with followers of railway • Removed: Umashanker Singh as legislative party next election from Bihar. ‘‘Pardafash’’ rally to be held minister Nitish Kumar and leader; Sinha as Legislative Council leader On the other hand, a here on Monday. defence minister George strengthened Nitish Kumar The rally at Ambedkar park Fernandes slugging it out will improve his ratings vis- has assumed added signifi- in public in Patna. in the day, Nitish’s support- Pro-George members cance following the release of ers announced the ‘‘re- held a parallel meeting in a-vis the BJP. The latest round in the in- Samata Party sources a CD by the Samajwadi Party moval’’ of George-loyalists Darbhanga, where they tra-party battle suggests said Fernandes is well (SP) which showed chief Umashanker Singh as vowed to ‘‘carry this battle that the divide this time is aware of all this and that minister Mayawati using sac- deeper than ever before. Un- leader of the Samata legis- to its logical conclusion’’. was precisely why he made riligious’ words against Hin- less the two factions arrive lature party and P.K.Sinha This ongoing tussle is es- strenuous efforts to avert a du gods and deities. at a last-minute understand- as head of the party’s group sentially an effort by Nitish split during a similar crisis Mayawati was expected to ing, the Samata crisis may in the legislative council. to gain a firmer grip on the launch a counter attack on Congress president Sonia Gandhi being escorted by party activists during her visit to last January. end up helping Rashtriya This was followed by a party. Though Fernandes is SP chief Mulayam Singh Ya- Jabalpur on Sunday. He had accepted Nitish’s Janata Dal leader Laloo resolution passed at a meet- the party president, it is Ni- demand for the removal of dav by revealing the alleged Prasad Yadav and the BJP’s ing of the party’s state exec- tish who enjoys greater sup- his loyalist Raghunath Jha misuse of discretionary Bihar unit, which will utive, seeking the expulsion port both among the MPs as president of the party’s funds during his two stint as Kerala Cong tussle over RS polls emerge as the RJD’s sole op- of party MPs Raghunath and in the party’s Bihar Bihar unit. In an effort to chief minister. ponent. Jha and Brahmanand Man- unit. A split in the party The railways has made By P K Surendran Balakrishna Pillai — to spite nominee, but also the 40 Op- send out a public signal that Till late Sunday night, re- dal and MLAs Bhai Biren- will end up hurting Fernan- two leaders had patched up, available three special trains TIMES NEWS NETWORK the high command for refus- position MLAs’ second pref- ports suggested that the dra and Ganesh Paswan and des, whose position at the to transport the rallyists ing him a ‘‘proper’’ place. erence votes would go to George and Nitish even ad- Samata crisis had reached a Sinha from the primary Centre as NDA convenor and enable them to return Thiruvananthapuram: A His group received a shot Nair. If this happens, one of dressed several public ral- point of no return. Earlier lies together. to their respective political crisis seems to be in the arm 12 hours before the two official candidates membership of the party. and the PM’s chief trouble- destinations. PTI developing in the United De- the election when the opposi- would be defeated. mocratic Front (UDF) gov- tion Left Front (LDF) an- The Karunakaran camp on ernment in Kerala. nounced that its surplus Sunday threw a direct chal- Karunakaran has fielded votes would be transferred to lenge at the party high com- rebel candidate Kodot Govin- those fighting against the mand with a vow to work for dan Nair for one of the two Antony government. The the victory of Nair. There Rajya Sabha seats against message is clear — not only were 26 of the 62 Congress the official candidates — the LDF’s four surplus votes MLAs at a solidarity meeting Vayalar Ravi and Thennala would go to the Karunakaran held at his residence. PM unveils aid package for Sikkim By Amalendu Kundu TIMES NEWS NETWORK Gangtok: Prime Minis- ter A B Vajpayee on Sun- day promised Rs 110 crore to Sikkim for the construction of an air- port at Pakyong, 28 km from Gangtok. This would be in addition to Rs 50 crore released by the 11th Finance Com- mission for the purpose. Addressing a public meeting here during his four-day holiday trip to the Himalayan state, the Prime Minister un- veiled an economic package for Sikkim. He promised Central help for construction of an alternative road con- necting Gangtok with north Bengal though he did not specify the amount. Pending the construc- tion of the road, the present NH 31A would be developed. He empha- sised that Sikkim should not miss the ben- efit of the corridor con- necting Ambala with Garo Hills. A major sore point is that Sikkim gets cut off because of fre- quent bandh calls in the Darjeeling hills, as a large part of NH31A passes through Kalim- pong sub-division. The PM also promised that the Gangtok gov- ernment hospital would be modernised with Central help. It would be linked to the All India Institute of Medical Sci- ence to provide telemed- icine facility. Army prepares for spurt in infiltration By Rajat Pandit TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: With summer round the corner and snow in the mountain passes be- ginning to melt, the Army is bracing itself for a fresh spurt in infiltration bids across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kash- mir. Latest military intelli- gence reports claim nearly 4,500 terrorists are waiting to cross over into J&K from ‘‘several launch pads’’ along the 740-km LoC. ‘‘These ter- rorists, with heavy weaponry, have been trained in jihadi factories in places like Muridke in Pakistan,’’ said an officer. The Army, on its part, has increased force levels along the LoC in a multi-tiered de- fensive-cum-counter-infiltra- tion posture. Apart from boosting surveillance through electronic sensors and thermal imagers, barbed wire and other fencing is also underway in some stretches. But completely sealing the LoC is impossible due to the treacherous terrain and ad- verse climatic conditions. The Army has also re- tained in J&K a division-lev- el formation, trained in jun- gle and mountain warfare, moved from the Indo-China border in the east during last year’s deployment as part of Operation Parakaram.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,April 14, 2003 7 Trees worth People in ‘cages’, tigers roam free lakhs gutted Right to privacy is not By Saurabh Sinha funds them partially. Its an- TIMES NEWS NETWORK New park rules nual budget is Rs 25 crore, said Gopal. in Dehra Dun New Delhi: No more open- • Iron grills a must in open tourist vehicles The last time the authori- Dehra Dun:Trees,worth absolute, rules SC jeep thrills in tiger reserves. ties acted after an incident lakhs of rupees, were gutted Following the recent attack • Keep a distance of 500m was about eight years ago in a forest fire which broke By Rakesh Bhatnagar gation is correct. It’s here terpretation of the phrase by a tiger on tourists in Band- from the vehicle ahead of when a tiger pulled out a out here even as an alert has TIMES NEWS NETWORK that Article 21 of the Con- ‘personal liberty’ — this havgarh reserve in MP, Pro- yours in a reserve stitution (right to life with right has been read into Ar- child through an open win- been sounded in vulnerable New Delhi: While the Con- ject Tiger has asked all 27 dignity), which also pro- ticle 21 — it cannot be treat- • And at least 30m distance dow of a bus in Banerghata areas, officials said. stitution provides every cit- tiger reserves to fit all open vides for right to privacy, ed as an absolute right’’. from any wild animal safari park, where animals Some forest areas were izen with the right to priva- tourist vehicles with iron comes into play. Thus, an order passed by move freely in a huge enclo- still under the grip of the cy, the Supreme Court has grills and sliding windows • Sign an indemnity bond Can a court order, direct- sure and people go in closed fire, officials said. ruled that the freedom is, the court in this context Accepting that ‘‘a certain before entering the reserve ing the vehicles, near Bangalore. Af- In Rajaji Park, the fire by no means, absolute. cannot be construed as an amount of risk is always in- ter this all vehicles entering broke out in Ramgarh range spouse to infringement of the Funda- The apex court has ruled go for a volved in jungle incursions,’’ are spaced out, animals can tourists sign an ‘‘indemnity safari parks got iron grills. on Saturday evening due to LEGAL mental Right. that once a person gets mar- medical Project Tiger director Rajesh roam freely and cross the bond’’ before entering the Wildlife experts, however, dry leaves and was brought Since the courts have ried, he/she cannot fall examina- Gopal has issued new guide- road if they want to,’’ he said. forest reserve. call such mishaps ‘aberra- under control without caus- VIEW been entrusted with the del- back on this constitutional tion, be lines to ensure safety. This bond will protect the tions’. Said P R Sinha, mem- ing much damage, the park’s The tourist vehicles will provision to conceal infor- negated by this constitu- icate power to enter into the The vehicles entering a re- authorities from any acci- ber-secretary of the Central director Samir Sinha said. also have to stay at least 30 mation in case of a matri- tional provision? The an- domain of one’s privacy, it serve will have to maintain a dent-related litigation. Zoo Authority: ‘‘The tiger is But smoke is emanating metres away from the monial dispute.In case di- swer is in the negative. is pertinent that it is exer- minimum distance of 500 me- The guidelines will have to the gentleman of the forest. from several areas in the wildlife they spot.Territorial vorce is sought on grounds A Bench, comprising cised sparingly. The court tres between them. ‘‘In Band- be introduced ‘‘at the earli- It is wary of humans, who Dehra Dun forest division. animals like tigers don’t tol- of unbearable mental ill- Chief Justice V N Khare, must have sufficient mate- havgarh, six vehicles were est’’ in all the 27 tiger re- erate anyone getting closer are not its natural prey. Un- Some areas in the Lachchi- ness or impotency, the rial to issue such an order. serves in India, failing which Justices S B Sinha and A R travelling together — three than this and can react in two like a leopard, it does not wala range were affected. courts will have no option ‘‘Exercise of such discre- their recognition or funding Lakshmanan, said:‘‘...There in two rows. The tiger, which ways — either they go away stray near human habitat. It Efforts are on to bring the tion would be subjected to may be withdrawn, a source but to seek medical opinion. is no right to privacy specif- had been attacked by other or they attack,’’ Gopal added. attacks man only if it is flames under control, the of- the supervisory jurisdic- said. The refusal to go for such ically conferred under Arti- big cats, got irritated as it Project Tiger has asked all handicapped or there’s too ficials said, adding, forest of- a medical examination will cle 21 of the Constitution tion of the high court,’’ the states to follow the Madhya Project Tiger issues guide- found the road blocked by the much human intervention in ficials in all vulnerable areas imply that the spouse’s alle- and with the extensive in- Bench said. motorcade. If the vehicles Pradesh example and make lines for these reserves and its habitat.’’ have been alerted. PTI Goa students to get PCs for Rs 1,000 By Vidyut Kumar Ta TIMES NEWS NETWORK Panaji: Call it a populist measure or a mission to promote information technology (IT) in a big way. The Goa govern- ment will provide Class XI students with person- al computers for just Rs 1,000 as part of its ‘Cy- berage Scheme’. The scheme is part of the state government’s ‘IT harvesting mission’, chief minister Manohar Parrikar said. A budgetary alloca- tion of about Rs 5.17 crore has been made for purchasingPCs, during 2003-2004, under the scheme. A 50 per cent concession has been ex- tended to students be- longing to the Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBC) category. The state government has already disbursed 2,390 PCs out of the total 2,787 applications. ‘‘Within a year, e-gover- nance and e-education will be realistic targets and the system will be substantially in place for aggressively pursuing the larger goal of evolving Goa as a brand product,’’ says Parrikar. Goa has developed an e-commerce master plan, besides a series of initiatives towards mak- ing the state an IT gate- way. The factors per- ceived to be barriers in the path of e-commerce here are limited access to computers and lack of software vendors. But with this scheme this gap will soon be bridged. Egypt opens wheat market to Indians TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Egypt on Friday agreed to import wheat from India, opening up its seven- million-tonne a year market to Indian exporters. The breakthrough came after Egyptian quarantine author- ity approved Indian wheat quality for imports. A five-member Egyptian delegation participated in the second session of the joint working group here. The Indian side welcomed the Egyptian suggestion to erect silos for storage of wheat in Egypt as well as for setting up of wheat flour mills in free zones there. Egypt consumes about 10 million tonnes of wheat an- nually. It locally produces three million tonnes and im- ports seven million tonnes. The Egyptian side also scotched rumours that the in- formal meeting of trade min- isters of key WTO members may not be held in view of the war in Iraq. ‘‘We will be holding the mini-ministerial in mid-June,’’ Kassem said. Egypt will host the WTO mini-ministerial in Cairo in a bid to remove roadblocks on contentious multilateral trade issues, ahead of the formal WTO inisterial in Cancun (Mexico) later in September. ‘‘We hope the mini-minis- terial will arrive at a consen- sus on two major issues of TRIPs (trade related intellec- tual property rights) and public health and market ac- cess in agriculture, enabling the multilateral negotiations to move forward,’’ he said.
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All the wives AROUND THE WORLD Reuters Ryan is dating Cusack: at No. 10: American sweetheart Meg N Korea open to N-talks Ryan is Cherie Blair no longer Seoul/Washington: North any particular dialogue for- do not have formal diplo- said Seoul had expected single. In Korea has shifted signifi- mat,” the North’s KCNA matic relations, but ex- North Korea to shift its po- fact, the cantly toward US calls for news agency quoted a For- change messages through sition gradually. “Also, as writes a book You’ve multilateral talks on its sus- eign Ministry spokesman as diplomatic channels in New the Iraq war is coming to an Got Mail star has pected nuclear arms plans saying. Until now,North Ko- York. The US can also work end faster than expected, London: Cherie Blair,wife of British Prime Minister Tony been dat- and Washington voiced in- rea has insisted on bilateral through intermediaries North Korea has less op- ing actor terest, saying it would fol- talks. such as Russia and China. tions to take,” he said. Blair is writing a controver- sial history of prime minis- John Cu- low up through diplomatic Washington, which The North’s spokesman Roh told the Washington sack for channels. lumps communist North did not specify what would Post in an interview pub- ters’ wives, including inti- mate details of her own years five months now. The two The North Korean com- Korea in an “axis of evil” constitute a “bold lished on Friday the US-led first met while doing voices in Downing Street. ments on Saturday could with Iraq and Iran for seek- switchover” but the impov- Iraq war had had a pro- for the 1997 animated movie mark a breakthrough in the ing weapons of mass de- erished, energy-starved found impact on North Ko- She started work on the Anastasia. “They have amaz- nuclear standoff just days struction, wants talks that North has demanded secu- rean leader Kim Jong-il and book — which could pave the ing chemistry, and the timing after US-led forces removed also include regional play- rity guarantees and aid in other North Korean offi- way for a new and lucrative was right. No one would be Iraqi President Saddam ers South Korea, Japan, the past. cials. “Especially watching career — at the height of the surprised if John pops the so-called Cheriegate affair Hussein from power in a Russia and China. South Korean President the recent Iraqi war, I’m question,” a source told US when an Australian fraud- war the South Korean presi- “We noted the statement Roh Moo-hyun reiterated on sure they are very much Weekly. ANI ster helped her buy two flats. dent said had “petrified” with interest,” US State De- Sunday that he would make terrified... petrified by the It is stated to be the first Talking record: A Zimbab- the North. partment spokesman Philip every effort to solve North Iraqi war,” the paper quoted time that a prime minister’s wean man has talked his way “If the US is ready to Reeker said on Saturday, Korea’s nuclear crisis in a him as saying. into what could be a new wife has written an account make a bold switchover in adding: “We expect to follow peaceful manner. North Korea has said it Guinness world record with a of her life inside Downing its Korea policy for a settle- up through appropriate Kim Jung-roh, deputy will be the next US target af- speech lasting 36 hours. Jon- Street. ment of the nuclear issue, diplomatic channels.” spokesman at the South Ko- ter Iraq, something Wash- ah Mungoshi, a 35-year-old Blair has invited a string of the DPRK will not stick to The US and North Korea rean Unification Ministry, ington denies. Reuters father of three and bank ex- figures to Downing Street to ecutive, beat a 26-hour Reuters be interviewed as part of her record set by South African research. One was 84-year- John Trevor Walker on his old Lady Margaret Colville, way to a personal goal of 36 NASA selects Mars wife of Sir John Colville, hours of almost non-stop talk Winston Churchill’s private on Saturday. In his largely secretary. motivational speech, sites for exploration It is not known whether Mungoshi steered clear of di- she will personally benefit rect reference to the political Washington: NASA has se- The first of the two Mars from the sale of the book, or and economic crisis which many Zimbabweans blame lected two sites on Mars Exploration Rovers that will whether the proceeds will go on President Robert Mu- to one of the charities with Stars of Charlie’s Angels, (from left) Cameron Diaz, Drew where it plans to deploy ro- carry out the geological stud- gabe’s mismanagement, but which she is associated. Barrymore and Lucy Liu, at Nickelodeon’s 16th annual botic rovers early next year ies is set for launch by Delta admitted he was “deeply She is writing the book in Kids Choice Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday. to hunt for evidence of past II rockets from Cape concerned about the future of conditions supporting life on Canaveral, Florida, on May collaboration with Cate this country”. Mungoshi was only allowed woman Lisa Vega said her client had been the red planet, the US space 30, headed for the Gusev Haste, the second wife of “natural pauses” of not more than 30 sec- “viciously assaulted” and was treated at a agency said. Crater,some 15 degrees south South Bank show presenter onds and was permitted to take 15-minute hospital for injuries. She refused to charac- One site is a giant crater of the planet’s equator, Melvyn Bragg, who was breaks every eight hours to eat and go to the terise the injuries. If any charges are filed, that may have contained a where it is scheduled to land made a life peer by Tony toilet. Reuters they will be “on the low end of the misde- lake, while the other has de- on January 4, 2004. Blair in 1998. meanour scale,” Pasquariello said. AP posits of an iron oxide min- The second Rover will be Norma Major published Sex doesn’t turn on Mafia: Italy’s infa- mous men of honour may be macho but they Affleck follows J.Lo to Paris: Insecurity eral considered a “chemical launched on June 25 destined two books while her husband John Major was in power. are not too turned on by sex, Sicily’s pre-emi- got the better of US Oscar-winning actor Ben signature of past water,” the for the opposite side of Mars Affleck recently when he The first was a biography of nent specialist on the Mafia psyche said. agency said in a statement. to the Meridiani Planum, “The virile Mafia boss is a thing out of Ameri- accompanied his fiancee, Australian singer Dame Joan “Landing on Mars is very some two degrees south of can movies,” said Girolamo Lo Verso, who re- singer-actress Jennifer Sutherland. She later wrote a difficult, and it’s harder on the equator. Its landing is cently compiled the report La Psyche Mafiosa Lopez, to Paris where she some parts of the planet than scheduled on January 25. history of Chequers, the Ma- based on hundreds of sessions with Mafia was to shoot for Louis others,” said NASA’s associ- The tricky Martian land- jors’ country home in Buck- wives and children and even a few turncoats. Vuitton’s autumn cam- ate administrator for space ings will be slowed by para- inghamshire. PTI “We found that real mafiosi are more interest- paign with Spanish model science, Ed Weiler. “In choos- chutes and cushioned by ed in power and being in command than Andres Segura. Affleck ing where to go, we need to airbags in a method tested by Nepal parties skip sex,” psychoanalyst Lo Verso said from was in the studio with balance science value with the Pathfinder mission to Palermo. “They have hurried sex with their J.Lo, who is the new face engineering safety consider- Mars in 1997. The Rovers are meet on peace talks wives in order to have children and some of the French fashion ations at the landing sites. expected to complete their A couple bids goodbye after taking off their protective masks have lovers to prove their virility, but it’s not house, throughout, insiders were quoted as The sites we have chosen pro- primary missions over three at Hong Kong Airport on Sunday. Five more people died of Kathmandu: Major political really a situation of passion,” he said. Another saying by PeopleNews. Lopez also appeared SARS in Hong Kong. parties in Nepal on Sunday vide such balance,” he added. months. AFP Hollywood myth, he said, is the idea that mob with Segura in a recent GQ spread. ANI boycotted a meeting called by bosses would ever go to a shrink as Robert Notebook on lunar landing auctioned: Prime Minister Lokendra De Niro did in Analyze This. Reuters DUBYAMAIL Bahadur Chand to discuss A flight document carried to the surface of peace talks with Maoist Police probe Osbourne fight: Police say the moon during the first lunar landing on July I’m a regular reader of Dubyaman, not they are investigating an alleged fight be- 20, 1969, and signed by Astronaut Buzz a fan. Earlier I used to read Dubyamail, rebels, official said. but now it has lost its charm. But I nev- tween reality-TV star Sharon Osbourne and a Aldrin fetched nearly a quarter of a million er miss Dubyaman. It’s quite good! Leaders of the four main Hollywood agent. Osbourne, rocker husband dollars after an all-day auction on Saturday, a — Aradhya parties, including the Nepal Ozzy and their son, Jack, were dining at Koi spokeswoman for the Swann Galleries said. I used to be a great fan of Dubyaman, Communist Party-United Japanese restaurant when the alleged fracas Highlight of the auction was a Data Card but now the strip has become real Marxist and Leninist (NCP- occurred Thursday evening, police Sgt. John Book, essentially a navigational notebook trashy. The humour is totally slapstick. UML) and the Nepali Con- To make it more interesting I suggest Pasquariello said. The other woman allegedly that also bears smudges of moon dust that you introduce more characters and im- gress (NC), were not at the involved was Renee Tab of the talent agency was the property of Aldrin. The notebook sold prove your sagging humour. meeting, despite a threat by ICM. Sharon Osbourne “started with spitting for $222,500 to a unnamed Pennsylvania — Abhishek Chatterjee Chand to exclude them from on her and calling her names,” said Tab’s at- dealer specialising in 19th century art and au- torney, Nejila K Brent. Osbourne spokes- tographs. Reuters e-mail: [email protected] the peace talks if they did not attend. AFP
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The Times of India, New Delhi GULF WAR II Monday,April 14, 2003 11 AFP Elation wears off, Iraqis blame US Baghdad: Scores of Iraqis AFP protested in Baghdad on Sun- WAR DIARY day,accusing US forces of be- ing concerned only with oil and not with helping Iraq get We’ve Saddam’s back on its feet. American soldiers erected DNA, says US a barbed wire barricade to US General Tommy separate protesters from the Franks said on Sunday central Palestine Hotel that US had DNA of Sad- where most of the interna- tional media is based in the dam Hussein and would Iraqi capital. use it to check whether Protesters yelled that US attempts to kill him had troops were doing nothing to succeeded. “He’s either help restore power,water and dead or he’s running communications, or quell the alive,” Franks told CNN. looting which has hit parts of “He’ll simply be alive un- the city. til I can confirm he’s ‘‘They have operated some dead.” He said: “The ap- of the oil facilities, but they propriate people with are not operating the power the appropriate foren- and water systems because sics are doing checks... they are just after the oil,’’ in each of the places said a civil servant Ali where we think we may Zuhair. have killed regime lead- Mazen Mohammed, a taxi ership.” Reuters driver, said Baghdad resi- dents just wanted to live in Half-brother held peace now that US-led forces The half brother of Sad- had toppled Saddam Hus- dam Hussein has been A US soldier tries a huge chair on Sunday at Saddam’s sein. presidential palace near Baghdad international airport. captured in northern Protesters shouted slogans Iraq, a Kurdish televi- in praise of Iraq, denouncing sion station reported Saddam and warning against Children cover their noses to block out the stench as bodies of seven civilians are paraded through the streets of Baghdad Sunday.Watban al-Tikri- any attempt to set up a mili- on Sunday. Residents of the city held an anti-US demonstration to protest continued lawlessness. ti, a former interior min- tary or ‘‘foreign’’ govern- Tikrit wages a ister and one of Sad- ment. central Baghdad as part of ef- cast by radio to meet in cen- taken for combatants, the ers to register for work, in co- dam’s advisers, was The demonstration took forts to resume order and key tral Baghdad on Sunday as Iraqi police have left their pa- operation with the US troops found northwest of Mo- place as hundreds of Iraqi services to the capital. part of efforts to resume or- trols and stayed at home. now controlling Baghdad, sul in an apparent at- police and other civil ser- Hundreds of Iraqi police der and key services to the They joined health work- where most people have been last-ditch fight tempt to reach Syria, vants responded to US calls and other civil servants re- capital’s anarchic streets. ers, electricity and water without water and electricity said KTV,a station oper- broadcast by radio to meet in sponded to US calls broad- Fearing they would be mis- ministry employees and oth- for many days. Agencies Tikrit: Fierce fighting was Marines, Matthew Fisher, ated by the Kurdistan heard late Sunday on the told CNN 250 US armoured Democratic Party. The edge of Saddam Hussein’s vehicles had entered the station gave no other de- traditional northern city and quoted US com- tails. Kurdish officials stronghold of Tikrit after mander Brigadier John Wanted: Saddam’s Dr Germ and Mrs Anthrax could not immediately Iraqi tribal leaders offered Kelly as saying five Iraqi confirm the report. AP to surrender as coalition tanks had been destroyed By Chidanand Rajghatta lieved to be on the lam, having possi- Ammash was appointed to the 18- forces closed in. on the outskirts and at TIMES NEWS NETWORK bly escaped to Syria. member Revolutionary Command 7 soldiers found Exchanges of artillery least 15 people killed in The US counts her among the 55 Council in 2001 even though her own and automatic weapons firefights. Washington: Saddam Hussein and Seven American sol- most wanted Iraqis, and she features father Salih Mahdi Ammash is be- fire were taking place, wit- Earlier, no Iraqi troops secular Iraq may take pride in being diers were found safe as a “five of hearts” in the deck of lieved to have been killed by the Sad- nesses said, adding heli- or militia could be seen in home to the most emancipated and well in Iraq on Sun- cards Washington has issued in its dam regime because he was emerg- copters were overflying the centre of the city, only women in the Arab world, but the US day after their captors hunt. ing as an alternative power centre in the governor’s offices as a number of armed and ex- is not impressed. apparently fled from US According to western intelligence the Baath Party. US forces were preparing tremely agitated residents, Amid universal opprobrium over Marines advancing on sources, Dr Ammash, who earned a Also wanted by Washington but to attack. who said they wanted to lack of evidence on Iraq’s weapons of Tikrit. Only seven troops PhD in microbiology at the Universi- not figuring in the deck of cards is General Tommy Franks, prevent the looting that mass destruction, Washington is are listed as prisoners of ty of Missouri in the mid-1980s after Huda Ammash Rihab Taha Mrs Rihab Taha, who is nicknamed commander of the US has occurred in every looking for two Iraqi women scien- war, and relatives of a master’s degree from George The clips alarmed Washington, Dr Germ in US circles because she is forces in Iraq, meanwhile Iraqi city abandoned to the tists believed to be central to three of them said they Bush’s home state Texas, helped re- said to have kick-started Iraq’s bio- reported that some Iraqi coalition. Baghad’s bio-warfare program. which believed that it was a message had received official no- build Iraq’s bioweapons program in weapons program from the town of leaders had been captured US military officials They go by the fearful monikers of from Baghdad that Iraq was ready to tification that they were Mrs Anthrax and Dr Germ. the 1990. use bio-weapons on Coalition forces. Hakam in the early 1980s. safe. “Someone came up trying to flee the country. also said earlier they had She is married to Iraq’s oil minis- Tikrit is the last major met little resistance. Mrs Anthrax, also known as Her doctorate focused on the poi- A more mundane explanation, to our Marines moving soning effects of radiation, paraquat ter, Lt Gen Amir Rashid Mohammed Iraqi city not controlled by Fifteen Tikrit tribal “Chemical Sally” in western circles, now that the American panic has along the road headed and adrimycin, a chemotherapy Ubaydi, who figures in the Washing- US forces and one where leaders called for an end to is Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, the proved to unfounded, is that she is for Tikrit and said, ‘Here lone woman seen in several video drug, on bacteria and mammals. ton’s deck of cards. remaining members of coalition bombing of the the lone woman in the Iraqi high shortly you’re going to clips of Saddam Hussein meeting At the height of the US bombing of Dr Taha interviewed with UN Saddam’s regime have city of 100,000 people so a command, which contrary to US come in contact with a been expected to mount a peaceful surrender of pro- with his Revolutionary Command Baghdad, video clips released by the weapons inspectors several times in number of Americans, Council. Iraqi government often showed the propaganda, was a diverse group the 1990s and defended Iraq’s pro- last stand. Saddam militia there with Sunnis, Shias, Kurds, Chris- just so you know’,” US A Canadian journalist could be negotiated, one of Sitting demurely next to the Iraqi camera panning past Ammash, usu- gram, and according to one account General Tommy Franks dictator’s feared son Qusay in a room ally dressed in military uniform and tians and other minorities. angrily threw furniture during a tes- “embedded” with the US them said. AFP told Fox television. Reuters full of men, Dr Ammash is now be- covered with a headscarf. According to Iraqi exiles in the US, timony.
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12 Monday,April 14, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Continuing Casualties Making News A THOUGHT FOR TODAY New Delhi Television (NDTV) president the United Front. We are used to it. We are No Woman Should Die Giving Life Prannoy Roy has donned a new corporate not affected by it. We have never been You don’t see me wearing a mask, do you? hat. From being a television content provider, pressured by anybody. Our biggest strength Shanghai is completely safe. By Shabana Azmi vulnerable — women who are older, with he’s set to become a broadcaster.On the eve of is our independence. In the end, we want many children, from scheduled castes/tribes — Chinese doctor ‘Collateral damage’ — a callous term for the the launch of NDTV’s two news channels, respect from the viewers. and the poor. Ante-natal check-ups con- Mr Roy spoke to N Vidyasagar: killing of women and children in Iraq as ducted by skilled health personnel provide Is there enough scope for so many new bombs fell indiscriminately in civilian areas an opportunity to detect and treat medical news channels? There is a great proliferation of new news WHO’s Health and maternity hospitals. In any situation, conditions that can affect adversely the There is scope for everyone. As more channels on TV.How will yours be different? whether in conflict or otherwise, women health of the mother and the unborn child. players enter, the market will expand. News The Chinese, it would seem, have a lot to answer for in and children are the first casualties. We the context of the spread of the killer Severe Acute Second, less than half the deliveries are I think we will be very different. Our is a very important genre for us. There is ‘celebrated’ Safe Motherhood Day last week, anchors are experienced journalists, not Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus. Not because it attended by skilled health personnel and in room for more players. This country is but India is facing another kind of war, one just newsreaders... This experience helps in originated in that country, but because of Beijing’s many remote rural areas this falls to as low obsessed with news. Over 80 per cent of news in which a woman dies every five minutes. as five to 10 per cent. many ways. For instance, in the rush for in our newspapers is still hard news. efforts to suppress the nature of the disease. Evidence The annual toll is unimaginable at 1,00,000 breaking news, experienced journalists What is your view of the Iraq war coverage by has now surfaced from Chinese doctors that the women dead, 6,00,000 disabled, and an In Kerala, where the maternal mortality know when to run with a story and when the western media? authorities consciously sought to hide facts, facilitating estimated 3,50,000 children orphaned. These ratio is as low as some of the developed coun- to wait for more information. Moreover, the spread of the virus to neighbouring countries and are the stark realities of the life and death tries, almost all deliveries are conducted by our strength is also our programming. International news coverage on the farther,mainly through infected airline passengers. The struggle women are engaged in during preg- skilled health personnel. However, in many We are a 24-hour news channel with some Iraq war was disgraceful and very much damage has been immense both in terms of human nancy,childbirth and post-partum. Any preg- northern states where maternal mortality is outstanding shows. one sided. We are bringing back The lives and the economy, sending medical systems, the nancy or delivery can take a sudden turn for at the highest levels, skilled health personnel World This Week in our network. It’ll conduct only one out of three deliveries. What is your vision of NDTV and how do airline industry and the tourism trade into a tailspin the worse and escalate into a life-threatening you see it in the next five years? report on every major world event, from emergency. Immediate medical treatment is Studies have shown that the majority of an Indian perspective. in affected countries. In withholding such crucial I’d like to see NDTV become a significant the only hope. Yet, for far too many poor women and their family members are un- information, Beijing has contravened the World Health news force not just in India, but inter- What changes do you see in Prannoy Roy and marginalised women, help is a distant aware of the signs of pregnancy-related com- Organisation’s convention that it be notified of any nationally too. It’s perhaps time that the donning a corporate hat? Where do you mirage and death comes veiled in silence. plications. Thus, it is not surprising that infectious epidemic so that it may issue health alerts. dominance of western news organisations draw the line between driving business and Maternal deaths have not declined in the when a life-threatening emergency occurs, Why, then, did China flout this norm? Simple, like the ended. We have, in India, the people, the driving content? last decade and today account for one out of they are caught unprepared. This unprepa- United Nations which has stood by helplessly as the war software, the imagination and the energy Fortunately, we have an excellent every five deaths to mothers globally. The redness leads to delays in seeking and reach- in Iraq was prosecuted, WHO can do little beyond to be among the best in the world. But management team... so I shall spend very rate of maternal mortality estimated at ing medical care. Kamala, a slum-dweller in issuing guidelines, especially when it comes to the we don’t quite have the funds that inter- little time on that aspect of work... Radhika 407 per 100,000 live births persists at unac- a north Indian state, delivered at home. national news chan- and I are primarily big powers. As in the case of other international ceptably high levels. Stunningly,a woman in Within a few hours of delivery, she started nels have. Fortunate- journalists... and we bodies, here too major powers have demonstrated India is 40 times more likely bleeding but no one at home ly, capital costs are will spend most of repeatedly that they call the shots. to die from maternity compli- recognised that this was ab- coming down in the our time in the news- The US, for example, in brazen violation of inter- cations than a woman in normal. By the time they re- Q&A digital era and with room... we enjoy that national treaties, has retained small amounts of the developed countries, such as alised something was wrong, it the international It’s perhaps time that the most. smallpox virus, ostensibly to conduct further research. Japan. What greater injustice Kamala was in danger. It was barriers to entry the dominance of Beijing, as we know, has refused to help in identifying can a woman face than dying too late. She died a few yards How do you plan are dropping for western news organi- the SARS virus. But the fact that SARS is spreading as she brings forth life? Sadly, from her home in a rickshaw to market the two an Indian news sations ended. We have, rapidly in China demonstrates how counter-productive when a woman dies, her on way to the hospital. channels, given your organisation. in India, the people, this attitude is. Environmental globalisation has newborn baby has six to This is not an isolated inci- the software, the lack of experience evolved at such a rapid pace that no one can afford to 10 times greater chance of dent. Similar scenarios occur Aren’t you taking a imagination and the in the area? be insular any more. Viruses and bacteria are no dying as well. These shocking every day. It is critical that risk in launching energy to be among the NDTV has now statistics featured at a confer- every pregnant woman and both Hindi and best in the world. put together a team respecters of geographical boundaries, as we have Udayshankar ence held a while ago under her family have a birth pre- English channels in of some of the best realised to our detriment with HIV/AIDS. It would be one go? immensely beneficial for all countries proactively to the aegis of UNICEF and the paredness and complications marketing professio- MacArthur Foundation among others. contribute to WHO’s new global alert network to fight readiness plan. They need to find out well in Not really. For all practical purposes, nals in the television business with offices Despite huge investments made in deve- we were running both an English and a all across the country. They have already epidemics. If the SARS virus could go from China to as advance the closest health facility that has loping countries since 1987 when the Safe emergency services such as surgery and Hindi service for the last five years. Now done a fantastic job in selling time on far as Canada, Beijing should realise that it is equally Motherhood Initiative was launched globally, blood transfusion, identify a source of trans- each language will get the space it missed both channels. Raj Nayak will head the vulnerable to diseases from other parts of the world. there are still wide disparities between the port and set aside funds for medical care and all these years. Our two news channels organisation. He won’t join us for a while Today, we are facing newer mutant strains of viruses rich and poor in the use of safe and life-sav- transport. They need to learn the signs of will be independent of each other in because of a legal hurdle. But once that’s about which we know little. Unless we pool our ing maternity care services. Poor, illiterate any obstetric emergency that can occur dur- functioning and will have a distinct sorted out, he will add a major additional resources and knowledge, these organisms will stay a women continue to have very limited access ing pregnancy,delivery and following delive- identity. Our Hindi channel will primarily thrust to the marketing set up. step ahead of us. This is particularly applicable to to quality services. Even those living within ry — haemorrhage, high fever, convulsions, target north India and the English channel, Will you be able to retain the audience share India where the authorities tend to treat all medical reach of health facilities, do not always avail and labour that lasts more than 12 hours. the south. which you’d built over half a decade? information as classified. Even now,with possible cases of these services when they experience life- For many rural women, health facilities We are also bringing with us the very We hope to increase our viewership of SARS being reported from different parts of the threatening emergencies. When they die, no capable of managing emergencies are far latest technology. The introduction of substantially. In the earlier 50:50 Hindi- country, the public is still in the dark about effective one is held accountable. Safe motherhood from home in the district centre; whereas the opt-out technology will allow viewers in English format, many Hindi viewers would has gone beyond being a health issue, it is a closer rural referral units often lack the precautions and treatment. one city to watch a local programme. For leave us when the channel switched to fundamental human right for every woman. necessary medical personnel, equipment example, viewers in Maharashtra will be English and vice versa. We have been What is causing these deaths? A major and supplies required to save lives. For ex- able to watch local Marathi news for an wanting to separate Hindi and English into reason is lack of political will. Health ample, blood supply for transfusions is found hour in the evening while the rest of the two channels for many years now. Finally, features low down on the political agenda only in a few hospitals; in all of India there Birds of Paradise country watches national news. that dream has been realised. and women’s health even less so. The Centre are a mere 350 certified blood banks. Invest- Will aviation be robbed of its romance? Maybe not, but blames the failure of delivery mechanisms ing in emergency obstetric care services for You were accused of biased coverage Can NDTV become the Infosys of the global the Anglo-French decision to shelve the Concorde on the states, the states, in turn, say they rural women will result in large dividends in during the Gujarat riots and the subsequent media business? aircraft after 25 years will signal the closing of a have no funds. Social factors compound the women’s lives saved. It is high time we did state elections. Infosys has proved that Indian talent significant chapter in the history of aviation. The failures. Rural women do not think they are more for mothers in this country.We all have We were not biased. We reported what we can be as good as, and better than any high-flying ‘Iron Bird’ that first took off in 1976 was an important enough to deserve the required a role to play, be it the pregnant woman, her saw. We were objective. I still remember the international standard. That is certainly apt symbol of economic boom. The gas-guzzling flying care — one out of three do not receive family members, the community she lives in, word — landslide — I used in our opinion something NDTV would like to aspire machine was all glam and glitz — its passenger list any ante-natal check-up. the health providers, NGOs and the govern- polls to say that Modi will win. We were the to. We’d love to be the Infosys of Indian included such names as Madonna, Queen Elizabeth II, Unfortunately, those women who do not ment. With increased commitment from all, first channel to say that. We’ve been accused television, but we’ve got some way to go Tiger Woods, Sting, Diana Ross and Mick Jagger. The receive ante-natal care are often the most many maternal deaths can be prevented. of being biased by the BJP,the Congress and before we achieve that. world’s first and only supersonic passenger jet, the Concorde, could cross the Atlantic in just under three hours, travelling at twice the speed of sound. No one worried much about the price of aviation fuel, much Four Ways of Showing less agonise about its availability. Environmental Alive & Knocking concern was still in its infancy and few were conscious By Phillip Ninan men’’, an American voice was a pause. Electric guitar Devotion to God of noise pollution. For British Airways and Air France, intoned, ‘‘please welcome... was swapped for acoustic. ‘‘Bob Dylan? Isn’t he dead?’’ the magnificent flying machine symbolised economic Bob Dylan’’. There was a What followed was a superb By S Manoj Kumar Moment of Silence My friend’s incredulous prowess and innovative power.They had stolen a march roar from 30,000 people, new cut of Tangled Up in This is a poem response had a mild sting The Bhagavad Gita recom- Gajendra, the elephant that over America. But it was too good to last. and then the man himself Blue. This was the origi- for every date that falls to it. All I did was read mends Bhakti Yoga towards was saved by the Lord appeared. He was clothed nal Dylan. To sustain the to the ground in ashes Two developments cut short the glorious flight path of aloud an inconspicuous ad attaining moksha. Krishna from the mouth of the fully in black, hair in a acoustic high, he unleashed This is a poem for the Concorde: One was the increasingly fragile state of in a rather nondescript tells Arjuna that a person crocodile, was aartha. the world economy,and the other was the post-9/11 fear mess. Aged, but not weath- a mind-blowing version who thinks of Him at least at Sudama, Krishna’s friend, the 110 stories British newspaper which that were never told factor with its enduring and terrifying images of the said: ‘‘Bob Dylan and er-beaten. The only thing of Knocking on Heaven’s the time of his death is exchanged beaten rice for two airplanes crashing into New York’s Twin Towers. If missing was the radical Door,a song copied so much liberated of all his sins. richness, displaying artha- The 110 stories Van Morisson on tour’’. No that history the Concorde’s take-off a quarter of a century ago fuss. No hype. None of the headgear (usually a top that many do not know Dy- A surprised Arjuna asks arthi devotion. The devotion represented the hopes and aspirations of a growing hat). He just stood there, lan is its author. Even dis- Krishna how one could of Gora Kumbar, the ardent chose not to write jazz you would associate in textbooks global economy,its grounding today is symbolic of just with mediocre rock tours singing and playing guitar. passionate Bob seemed to foresee the time of his death. devotee of Panduranga Vittal No emotion. No swaying. be enjoying it now. He was Krishna tells Arjuna, he was of jijnaasu, thinking The 110 stories that the opposite: Worldwide economic slowdown, and a in India. Ten minutes later CNN, BBC, conscious shift from consumption to conservation. The I had secured a confirmed The drawl — unmistakable. truly back from the dead. should think of Him while of the Lord always, knowing After a couple of warm- As Dylan and his band carrying out his prescribed that He is present to look The New York Times, huge and expensive-to-run American cars had to give concert ticket at Birmin- and Newsweek ignored. way to the more economical and fuel-efficient Japanese gham city’s National Enter- ers he belted out some walked out, a huge encore duty. With his activities after his and his family’s This is a poem vehicles. Big was no longer viable — small came to be tainment Centre. classics. But there was a followed. And then he came dedicated to Him and his welfare. Prahalad was a mind and intelligence fixed jnani who saw the Lord for interrupting considered beautiful. Spiralling maintenance costs and Bob Dylan. A career difference. All the ‘cuts’ back. It was to be Blowing were new. With new instru- in the Wind. The final cut upon Him, he would in all things and surren- this program. dwindling passenger revenues transformed the Iron spanning over 40 years and ments (cello and mandolin was sharp and sweet. And attain Him. dered himself completely to And still you want Bird into a White Elephant. High costs, the Concorde’s more than 500 original accompanying guitar), and then, His Bobness made a the Lord. a moment of silence Paris crash in July 2000, and finally 9/11 sealed the fate tracks. In 1998, pundits at Krishna explains the four different chords, oldies like few awkward curtsies and types of devotional service Devotion is not only a way for your dead? of a technology that many believed was going to be the the Cheltenham Literary Festival (UK) debated Highway 61 Revisited and walked out. rendered to Him: One who of asking for material gains We could give you future of the aviation industry. Today, airlines all over whether he was a greater Desolation Row sounded... There was no place to thinks of Him at the time or the answer to unlimited lifetimes of empty: the world are reeling under the effects of the war in bard than John Keats. And well, new. The crowd sleep that night for me. of distress is the aartha. wants. It can also be a ✥ Iraq, with the latest SARS epidemic crisis eating further all that stood between him wanted to hear the old But I was not sleepy. One who is worried by thanksgiving for all the good The unmarked graves into travel and business spending. Even American and me was a coach ride. I songs. But the artist in Walking the streets of the struggle for prosperity, He has given us. He would Airlines, the world’s largest airline, has only just The lost languages could scarcely believe it. Dylan had to evolve. Birmingham I hummed power, self and property give us what we deserve. A The uprooted trees teetered back from the brink of bankruptcy. Others 7.30 p.m. The lights went After a couple of hits (es- Dylan tunes till 7 a.m. Tales is the Artha-arthi. A third prayer that is done without and histories have not been so lucky. So what’s the good word for out. ‘‘Ladies and gentle- pecially Love Sick), there for my children, someday. who yearns for the realisa- any expectation or desire The dead stares aviation? Perhaps a mix of amalgamation, aircraft tion of the atman, reads is indeed the best. on the faces redeployment, route rationalisation and innovative CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS the scriptures Prayer lightens of nameless children pricing. And, ironically,learning to make haste slowly. and sacred texts, the heaviness of Before I start this poem VAT Confusion there is no indirect tax on these items. moves in the our heart by mak- We could be — Prafull Goradia, New Delhi company of spiri- ing it receptive to silent forever It is unfortunate that the introduction of tual practitioners, God. Prayer is Or just long enough Poetic Fix and is always expecting God to VAT has been postponed. There is little Deplorable Dithering to hunger, In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/ a stately pleasure dome doubt that the scheme of taxation in Two precious days were lost while the motivated by ea- decide what is For the dust to bury us decree:/ Where Alf, the sacred river, ran/ through India needs to be reformed. VAT has been Indian government dithered over the Eng- gerness to reach best for us when And you would caverns measureless to man/ down to a sunless sea”, successfully adopted in Britain and other lish word to criticise the US’s action against the lotus feet of we are in a dilem- still ask us the romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in European countries. The question is Iraq. The government would have been well the Lord is the jij- THE ma. Prayer is not For more of 1797 in what some described as a revelation induced by whether this can be done in India too. The advised in standing for the principles of naasu. The fourth asking, but a com- our silence... is the jnani.He SPEAKING munion with God an anodyne for a slight indisposition. The anodyne was retail trade in India is mostly in the hands Gandhi and Nehru and ‘‘condemning’’ the ✥ of traders and shopkeepers. Most retail act instead of pussyfooting and opting for is immersed in through single- much lighter than laudanum which the poet was TREE You want a moment shops are small and their turnovers do not the word ‘‘deplore’’. The US has already the Brahmathath- minded devotion; addicted to. Some 190 years later, Coleridge’s poem was of silence justify the kind of mechanised accounting shown its hand by wiping out Pakistan’s $1 wam and looks for the Lord it helps us to be disciplined. recited chapter and verse by the celebrated travel-writer Then take it that is necessary for VAT. India also has the billion debt. What is it that we hope to gain? in all possible places; he It is a tuning of the mind William Dalrymple while standing on the ruins of Now, doubtful privilege of harbouring an ‘inspec- Some post-war contracts? India must stand yearns for nothing. through meditation. Prayer Kubla Khan’s palace which he had managed to finally Before this tor raj’ which is reputed to harass more and by the ideals of an ethical foreign policy. The aartha worships Him is surrendering oneself to reach after an odyssey lasting months and just in time poem begins. inspect less. This is why experts have sug- — Melanie P Kumar,Bangalore only when he is in difficulty. God completely, and letting to return from China for the post-vacation term at gested that in India, the fiscal thrust should When he prays to Him, the mind and ego merge in ✥ Cambridge. The 19th century Coleridge was not alone in be on tax deducted at source (TDS). An Wily Virus the Lord hears it and silence. Prayer represents Here, in the echo seeking drugs to enhance creativity. Much before him, outstanding example of TDS has been the In ‘SARS: Well Prepared — Sick of it All’ satisfies him only in relation a mystic state when the of my voice, Quincey had written his Confessions of an Opium Eater. way sugar, textiles and tobacco have been (Times Samvad, Apr 5), Lalita Panicker has to that particular difficulty. individual consciousness is In the pause between More recently, the Beat writers and poets like Jack taxed for decades. There is an additional rightly pointed out the dangers of smugness So too, when the artha- absorbed in God. It is an act goosesteps of the Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg experimented with drugs excise duty which is charged along with the and complacency in tackling the dreaded arthi prays for riches, of uplifting the soul through second hand and verse. The good news for those who say no to drugs Central excise duty before clearance from SARS. Because it is an airborne viral power or high status, He love and adoration for Him. In the space the factory and then credited to the states listens and awards him is that poetry is now being perceived by some sections infection, it has been able to spread with Devotion to God is tonic between bodies of the British judiciary as an antidote to addiction. concerned in lieu of sales tax. Thereafter, unimaginable rapidity.The wily virus meta- only the particular thing in embrace. he craves for. for the soul. When the mind Reports say that heroin-addict Mark Patterson escaped morphoses into deadlier varieties, thereby becomes pure through the ✥ prison on a burglary charge in January when judge making it almost impossible to treat. The jijnaasu is blessed From timesofindia.com with the chance to work power of prayer, the intellect Here is your silence. Simon Goldstein decided not to jail him and instead Enforcement of strict quarantine measures without expecting the fruit of becomes sharp and keen. Take it. prescribed a drug-treatment order. Since Patterson had has somewhat contained the disease. But in It elevates the mind and But take it all Salaam Sam India, there is no evidence of even an aware- activity, with a Guru as stated that writing poetry had helped him overcome the guide, with an intellect exempts us from the fear of Don’t cut in line. ness programme to introduce the populace death and brings us closer addiction, the judge had expressed the hope that this Apropos of ‘Sam Manekshaw, 90, and that is sharp enough to Let your silence begin to the dangers of this potential epidemic. to God. Prayer can work creative pursuit would help him kick the heroin habit. still Bahadur’ (Apr 4), it was heartening discriminate between atma at the beginning — Savithri Alladi, Hyderabad wonders. Healing by prayer However, when Patterson failed to keep the therapy to read about Field Marshal Sam and anatma, and so is helped of crime. Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page is not uncommon. Mahatma appointments, judge Paul Focke sentenced him to a Manekshaw going strong at 90. I am an to achieve his goal. The jnani But we, Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Gandhi says: “Prayer is the 42-month sentence. “A judge gave you a golden opportu- ex-serviceman and to the best of my Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] needs His help to be saved Tonight we will keep key of the morning and the right on singing nity to rid yourself of drugs. Sadly, you have failed to knowledge, Sam Bahadur was also the No 88 Vol. 54. Air charge: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai ,Cochin, Chennai & via from distractions and is able Rs.3, Indore and via 50 paise. National edition: No aircharge.Price in Nepal: NEP Rs 5, except bolt of the evening, there is For our dead. comply,” judge Focke said. Patterson has more than 50 Colonel of 8, Gorkha Rifles from 1953 to Sunday: NEP Rs 7. RNI No. 508/57 MADE IN NEW DELHI REGD. NO. DL-25002/92. Published for to concentrate on the single the proprietors, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd., by Balraj Arora at Times House, 7, Bahadur Shah no peace without the grace of convictions, having committed his first crime when he 1973 — an honour that no other army Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002 and printed by him at 13, Site IV Industrial Area,Sahibabad (UP), aim of liberation. Emmanuel Ortiz, MNS Printers Pvt. Ltd., Industrial Area, Phase II, Panchkula, Haryana - 134109 and Vasundhara God, and there is no grace of was just 11 years old. However, the last stanza of the 42- officer has held for such a long period. Printers Ltd., Tiwari Ganj, Faizabad Road, Chinhat, Lucknow. Regd. Office: Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Lord Krishna regards Estacion Libre Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Editor (Delhi Market): Bachi Karkaria-responsible for selection of news God without Prayer.” Rajpal Bharadwaj, via e-mail under PRB Act. Executive Editor: Shekhar Bhatia. © All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or the jijnaasu and jnani as year-old Patterson’s fight against addiction may not yet in part without written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Postal Registration No.: TN/Chief have been written if the Muse comes to his aid again. PMG/399/2002 the ideal. The devotion of http://spirituality.indiatimes.com
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,April 14, 2003
Funding focus Seeking loans Hasten reforms No good for fare International Monetary Fund IOC is seeking $ 60 million in loans from Leading NRI industrialist Lord New York subway tokens managing director Horst the US Exim Bank for its Rs 5,104-crore Swraj Paul said it was time India will no longer be accepted Kohler addresses the Fund’s integrated paraxylene and PTA project in hastened economic reforms, after May 4, its long career annual spring meetings in Panipat. The project, which has seen a particularly the privatisation of as the currency of city life Washington, which are Rs 876 crore cost overrun, is now being public sector undertakings, to ended with fiscal and focusing on aid to Iraq targeted for completion by July 2005 make the industry competitive technology problems
TELECOM Market mayhem Investors trust US-64 bonds TARIFFS sign of weakness By Vinu Lal Market sources said that this develop- or whether to opt for cash redemption. Out More choice, TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment would have a positive impact on the of this, 21.5 lakh investors opted to remain By Jay Bhattacharjee Infosys is allegedly much Mumbai: The Union government has stock markets as fund managers and ana- with UTI as bondholders. They constitute lower than the benchmark lysts had factored in major selling pressure corporates, individual investors and he business editions in averted the need to pay Rs 6,500 crore to confusion? figure, the operators launch on those blue-chip stocks where UTI has banks. the Indian press must bail out the Unit Trust of India as its strat- their version of shock and substantial holdings. UTI chairman M Damodaran was un- have had their work egy to offer tax-free bonds to US-64 in- ultiple telecom tariff plans T awe that almost demolishes UTI has major holdings in companies available for comments. cut out last Thursday and vestors, instead of cash, seems to have paid seemed largely the privilege of Friday,while trying to decide the share price structures of off. like Reliance Industries, ITC and HLL, and Meanwhile, UTI officials refused to di- Mcellular subscribers. For fixed on appropriate captions for some companies. Mastek, ad- As on April 10, the deadline for investors analysts had warned major selling pres- vulge the details on how the Trust would line phones, tariff choices have been their market coverage. Ex- mittedly not in the alpha- to opt for bonds or to redeem their units, sure on these stocks to meet the possible re- raise Rs 1,700 crore as on May 31. Sources largely limited to bulk discounting for tensive allusions were made plus category. only Rs 1,700 crore worth of redemptions demption pressure. said that the chances of direct budgetary corporate users. to the actual military hard- There is no doubt that ex- had been reported. This means that the ‘‘We have the assurance from the gov- support from the government were quite No longer. Come May 1, MTNL and ware unleashed by Messrs. pectations play a large role in Centre has to cough up only about Rs 800 ernment that the Trust need not sell in the unlikely since UTI had lines of credit com- BSNL customers will be able to choose Bush and Blair on the hap- determining prices in an crore towards the shortfall of the re- open market even to meet the redemptions mitments from nationalised banks to meet from tariff plans for fixed line phones. less Iraqis. However, since open market environment. deemed units against a provision of Rs as on May 31, that too when the markets are the US-64 shortfall against a sovereign MTNL, which provides services in Delhi American phraseology is the However, the role of expecta- 6,500 crore. quite depressed at this point,’’ the official guarantee issued by the Centre. and Mumbai, has come up with three flavour of the century, an tions is something that we in Confirming this, a top UTI official told said. ‘‘We still expect some amount of selling plans. BSNL, which operates elsewhere equally apt phrase would this country should analyse this newspaper that about 84 per cent of US-64 has an asset base of Rs 10,800 crore on those stocks where US-64 has large hold- in the country, will have five plans. Like much more carefully. the unitholders (in value terms) had opted and UTI had sent option letters to 26.5 lakh ings, although this may not be substantial these two state-owned companies, private Market rules The major questions that to remain with the Trust by converting unitholders seeking their choice on to ignite selling pressure,’’ the fund man- telecom service providers Touchtel, Indi- need to be answered and is- their units to 6.75 per cent tax-free bonds. whether to convert their units into bonds ager added. com and Reliance are also expected to of- •Indian bourses have sues assessed are four. What fer subscribers a wider choice of tariffs. been witnessing sense- was the logic of the market AFP So much choice usually leads to confu- less melancholia expectation of Infosys? Did sion. Look no further than the myriad •Market expectations some operators exaggerate ‘Normalcy back plans on offer from the cellular firms. play a major role in expectations, so that any ob- What should consumers do? determining prices jective and impartial forecast To start with, pull out the last 6-8 phone by the company would be at ICICI Bank’ bills and work out a monthly average. Af- •Bourses are dependent akin to a doomsday scenario? ter comparing it with current offers, one on a few players (mostly This analyst has written on a TIMES NEWS NETWORK should factor in expected rise in usage on FIIs) and an ordinary number of earlier occasions account of, say,growing children or fami- domestic investor is a that the unrestrained tenden- New Delhi: ICICI Bank ED Chanda Kochar ly members working out of home. passive spectator cy to pontificate by certain said that normalcy has been restored at all It will also be crucial to factor in how TV pundits on the likely its branches on Sunday. She claimed that much one has been calling cellular con- have been the opposite of price movements of shares many people in Gujarat, who had with- tacts. Under new tariffs, one may end up Alan Greenspan’s ‘‘irrational needs to be stopped at the drawn their money in the past two days, paying more for calling cellphones and exuberance’’ that was so rele- earliest. The second query came to deposit it back. Many new cus- WLL-M phones because the call duration vant during the boom three pertains to market prices of tomers came to open their accounts also, has been reduced to 60 seconds and 90 sec- years ago. What the Indian companies like Mastek. Was she added. onds for MTNL users instead of three bourses have been witness- this a sandcastle phenome- The bank had faced a near run like situa- minutes for fixed to fixed phones. Simi- ing recently is nothing short non ? How can a dip in the tion on Friday and early Saturday when larly,for BSNL users, it’s down 30 seconds of senseless melancholia or earnings forecast of the in- large number of depositors turned up to and 60 seconds respectively. neurosis, in a stricter sense. dustry leader wipe out half withdraw their money because of a rumour Take for instance MTNL’s tariffs. The When we look at hard data, the share price of another? that the bank was facing a tough financial three plans on offer have monthly rentals the whole thing becomes The third issue is the lack condition and was about to collapse. The sit- of Rs 250, Rs 280 and Rs 2,000. While there even more surreal. Infosys, of depth in the Indian bours- uation was so alarming that the Reserve are just 30 calls free (one three-minute one of the most respected es. The entire functioning is US treasury secretary John Snow (centre) with Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Bank of India intervened to assure the de- call a day on average) for the first two names in information tech- dependent so heavily on a Brown (left), EU president Nikoslaos Christodoulakis (2nd-right), and German finance positors. RBI issued a statement saying that plans, the third plan has 2,000 calls free, nology worldwide, sends out few players (most of them minister Hans Eichel (right) at the G7 finance ministers meeting in Washington, DC. ‘‘ICICI Bank is a sound bank.” which is 6,000 minutes of talk time, or 3 a profit warning for the cur- FIIs) that the ordinary do- Kochar said that though the bank had hours and 20 minutes a day. rent year (2003-2004) that is mestic investor and the Indi- kept all its branches open in Gujarat, Mum- It would also be prudent to find out alleged to be lower than what an institutional investors are bai, Delhi and other areas which were af- what kind of services — call transfer,hot- G-7 leaders focus on Iraq line, three party conferencing, calling is euphemistically termed largely passive spectators. In fected by the rumour,not many transactions ‘‘market expectations’’. Now, an environment like this, Washington: Global finan- won approval to begin talks Bank’s policy-setting devel- took place. Customer turnout was much be- line identification — are being bundled this omnibus concept is bush fires can spread at cial leaders papered over dif- on reducing Iraq’s massive opment committee. On the low normal, she added. with higher tariffs and whether one something that one needs to lightning speed. ferences on rebuilding Iraq foreign debt burden, estimat- table were debt relief for To reassure its customers, she said, ICICI needs them at all. study much more closely and The last element that o ne at their weekend meetings ed at between $ 60 billion and poor countries and increas- Bank would open its branches in Gujarat The choice becomes easier for those we will touch upon it later. needs to look at is the possi- and pledged to attack slug- $ 100 billion. ing African representation and Mumbai as announced earlier on Mon- working from home and regular users of Having said that, Infosys also ble impact of gradually di- gish economic growth rates Resolving Iraq differences on the executive boards of day despite it being a holiday. the dial-up Net (at least 1 hour a day). released its financial results minishing settlement cycles their countries and poverty allowed the finance minis- IMF and World Bank. In Delhi, Kochar said, on an average only Such users are likely to have heftier for the year ended March on the participation of ordi- worldwide. ters and central bank gover- IMF’s policy-making pan- 6 to 7 people visited the branch offices. As monthly bills and might find the top-end 2003 that showed significant- nary investors. It is all very The agreement to support nors to turn their attention el, chaired by British chan- per the existing feedback, she said, the bank scheme attractive. That’s of course if ly improved results com- well to emulate US and Euro- a new UN Security Council to what World Bank presi- cellor of the exchequer Gor- might not open its branches in Delhi on they see any use in all the free services. pared to fiscal 2001-2002, with pean bourses, but it is high resolution to rebuild Iraq dent James Wolfensohn has don Brown, had already ad- Monday. However, it would keep on servic- For lower usage, there’s the bit about total income and profit after time we look at these aspects came after the US dropped its called the other war, alleviat- dressed industrial nations’ ing its customers through ATMs. choosing between MTNL’s Rs 250 and Rs tax recording increases. once more or we run the risk insistence that no such pre- ing poverty in developing sluggish economies. “We Kochar said that the bank has made extra 280 plans. For Rs 30 extra, a consumer Now, the market complete- of being hit by wayward mis- requisite was needed to initi- countries. must remain vigilant with arrangements to replenish the cash in will pay half (Rs 10 a month) for the val- ly overlooks the second de- siles at any stage. ate International Monetary Wolfensohn and South each of us asking what con- ATMs. “Though, ATMs not having cash on a ue-added services mentioned above. But velopment and zeroes in only (The author is a DSE Fund and the World Bank ac- African finance minister tributions we can make to holiday is a normal phenomena, but when do your research before walking the tariff on the first. Then, since the member) tion. Trevor Manuel were to pre- achieve greater stability and the situation is so fluid, the bank does not tightrope. Sanjay Anand profit outlook mentioned by jbinvestfin @indiatimes.com In turn, the Americans side over a meeting of the growth,” he said. Reuters want to take a chance.”
EXECUTIVE DIGEST Taj airport a distant dream NATIONAL West should lower agri By Byas Anand general of civil aviation finds have already started celebra- subsidies, says CII: CII on TIMES NEWS NETWORK the space they have ear- tions at their end, as also Sunday said the Doha round marked suitable for setting ground work on the airport. FIIs are net buyers of BOSS of the WTO would be suc- New Delhi: It’s not celebra- up an airport project. It does- “We have got the technical INC equities: The Foreign Insti- cessful for India only if the tion time yet for UP’s resi- n’t mean that the project has clearance and will invite bids tutional Investors (FIIs) were developed countries removed dents and authorities. If civil been approved and the air- by November-end. And the net buyers in equities at Rs Disconnected, the many distortions in inter- aviation ministry officials again: Telecom port would be operational airport would be operational 184.2 crore while recording national trade including the are to be believed, the much anchorman Arun soon,” civil aviation secre- in three to four years,” says a net sales of Rs 48.3 crore in issue of domestic subsidies publicised Taj International tary K Roy Paul told The state government official. UP debt during the trading week Shourie decides to agriculture. “India should to move the Airport and Aviation Hub Times of India. has even decided to let a pri- ended April 12. The mutual consider the current negotia- is still a dream, and a funds netted outflows of Rs Supreme Court tions under the Doha round of The project has to be first vate developer build the air- against the tribunal’s distant one. approved from the civil avia- port on a build-operate-trans- 50.52 crore in equities during the WTO to be successful While state officials have the three days ended April 9 order asking the only if they result in devel- tion ministry and then sent fer (BOT) basis. been going to town about the and netted purchases of Rs communications oped countries giving lesser for final clearance from the Well, that’s not all. The 402.92 crore in debt market, ministry to make domestic subsidies to agricul- so-called clearance from the Union Cabinet. “Merely get- state official also adds that according to the Securities internal notings ture or even eliminating these Union government to set up a ting a techno-feasibility this new airport would not and Exchange Board of India. in the ongoing subsidies,” CII said. new international airport in clearance is not enough,” he pose a threat to the existing FIIs were net purchasers in WLL-M case the Taj Economic Zone, offi- added. Other officials in the Indira Gandhi International equities at Rs 95.3 crore on public. Allow cross-holding of cials at the Centre say the MTNL, BSNL, says HSBC: ministry and the Airports airport, which is just 72 km April 8 followed by Rs 64.1 ground reality is totally dif- Authority further pointed apart. “We will not compete The government should con- crore and Rs 36 crore on April ferent. sider the option of cross hold- out that the ministry is yet to with IGI. In fact, we will de- 9 and 7 respectively. Infy bleeds markets: “The state government has receive the project report. velop our own traffic and fill The SARS factor: ing of equity between the two IDBI Bank to hike IT Infosys’ lower than telecom PSUs, Mahanagar just received a techno-feasi- But oblivious of these pro- the gap between Europe and expected earnings and Civil aviation minister bility clearance, which just cedural requirements, the South-East Asia,” says the spending: IDBI Bank will in- Shahnawaz Telephone Nigam and Bharat crease its IT expenditure for a gloomy forecast Sanchar Nigam, instead of means that the directorate state government seems to official. for the year ahead Hussain cut A-I fiscal 2003-04 to Rs 40-45 operations to merging them into one entity. crore from the Rs 25 crore saw the BSE This is one of the suggestions Sensex crash Hong Kong to outlay of the previous fiscal to two flights a week given by the international facilitate new e-initiatives. by 143 points merchant banker, HSBC, in a SARS not all bad for business after air traffic “The expenditure for IT will be in two days. report to the communication How will dropped and hiked by 60 to 80 per cent as pilots refused and IT minister, Arun Shourie, Singapore: Airlines, hotels, see about a 40 per cent in- chain, Pizza Hut, also report- part of our plans to set up a chief mentor sources said, adding that the shopping malls and restau- crease in online sales. This is ed increases in home-deliv- Narayana to fly as the centralised call centre, imple- deadly flu government was yet to take a rants are being hit hard by a definitely unusual.” ery requests. “Yes, in this pe- ment CRM solutions and offer Murthy now take view on the matter. According To cope with increased de- riod we have seen many more Infy back to its spread its terrifying viral outbreak a ‘single sign-up password’ to HSBC, merger of two PSUs mand, NTUC Fairprice has orders for delivery,” said one glory days? tentacles across across East Asia, but other customers,” IDBI Bank CTO the region. would result in a financial loss deployed more staff to assist Pizza Hut manager, Yoga Lo- Neeraj b Bhai said. to BSNL businesses are enjoying an in sorting goods for delivery, ganathan. “I think the unexpected boom. Ong said. “For the past two to restaurant has seen a drop in Fast food delivery boys are three weeks, on average, we customers, but home deliver- The World cruise inventories have prompted newspaper said on Sunday, zipping across town deliver- get about 100 new customers ies are higher than normal.” INTERNATIONAL ship arrives into automakers General Motors quoting the International Air ing orders of Singaporeans registering with us per day, On March 27, over 600,000 Sydney as it and Ford Motor to announce Traffic Association. Prelimi- staying home for fear of OECD cuts growth nary IATA data showed that as compared to an average of students up to pre-university returns to the city production cuts for the sec- catching the Severe Acute forecast: OECD trimmed its after departing just March European air traffic 20 customers per day before level were given a break in ond quarter. If the lower build Respiratory Syndrome forecast for industrial nations’ a few weeks ago. was down 4 per cent from a the SARS outbreak.” Singapore, lasting up to three rates continue, suppliers — (SARS) bug in crowded or en- growth in 2003, warning that The company who which make everything from year ago, transatlantic traffic The local McDonald’s fran- weeks for primary schools.. closed places. war and a lethal pneumonia owns the ship chassis and interior assem- fell 12 per cent, and transpa- chise said it has expanded its This unexpected break for Mobile phone and Internet disease were delaying a glob- decided that she blies to steering, braking and cific traffic fell 11 per cent. home-delivery services at students is believed to have al recovery. The organisation would not continue electrical systems — will feel usage is on the rise, and around 120 outlets since late contributed to increased In- for economic cooperation and into Asia due to the NTUC Fairprice, Singapore’s March. “We believe that this ternet traffic and mobile development forecast growth the squeeze. “If we stay at ET INSTA POLL spread SARS. that level, there are going to leading supermarket group, jump in orders has a lot to do phone usage, according to among its 30 industrialised Yesterday’s results: has seen online grocery sale with the SARS outbreak as telecom companies. country members of 1.9 per be problems,” said David Would you like to receive adver- 2.2 per cent forecast last No- Tough times ahead for volumes increasing by 300 more people are choosing to SingTel spokesman Fran- cent this year, down from a Leiker, equities analyst at tisements on your mobiles? vember. OECD secretary gen- US automakers: US auto Robert W. Baird & Co. per cent since the SARS out- stay indoors and avoid cis Huan believes that since eral Donald Johnston, speak- suppliers burdened with Yes 15% No 85% break began. crowded public places and the school break, “we have Air traffic down in ing to International Monetary heavy debt loads risk credit • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users “This is dramatic,” said restaurants,” said Jowena seen a 20 per cent increase in March, says IATA: Air traf- who chose to participate, and not necessarily of Fund policymakers, said the downgrades and breached the general public. Pansy Ong, a spokesperson Liang, a marketing manager Internet traffic, which can be global economy has been hit bank covenants if Detroit’s fic slumped in many regions for NTUC Fairprice. “Even of the US hamburger giant in attributed to the fact that during the run-up to the war Today’s question: by a slew of problems since vehicle production levels con- Are you happy with the new during Chinese New Year, Singapore. children are using the Inter- the last IMF meeting in Sep- tinue to shrink, analysts said. in Iraq and the spread of the landline tariffs? our busiest period, we only Another popular fast-food net more at home”. AFP tember. Slowing auto sales and rising deadly SARS virus, a German
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14 Monday,April 14, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi Corporate woes to deepen after a long war By J Mulraj 148 billion. Last year, 120 no longer an asset! It was an Last week saw the col- fall in oil prices, which stock price fell 18 per cent. old hearted orb that (that is, 24 per cent) made to- illusion! But WE decide lapse of the Iraqi regime would help boost a sagging But both paled in compari- rules the night’, tal losses of $ 297 billion! which is right. and the capture of Baghdad global economy, and thus son with the fall in Mastek, ‘C goes a Moody Blues The profitable 380 compa- Administaff, which was by allied troops, amidst the markets. The reality which halved in price caus- song, ‘removes the colours nies made total profits of $ ranked 376 last year, was not scenes of much public jubi- turned out different. ing a wag to comment that it 367 billion, thus netting $ 70 anywhere on the list. It lation that suggested deep Indian markets then got may now be half-mast ek! from our sight, red is gray billion for the largest 500 US seems it included as its rev- rooted hatred against the its own wake up call after re- Again, this is partly due to and yellow white, but WE corporations. enue not just fees the clients regime. Was it real? Thus sults of technology compa- over expectations by institu- decide which is right, and The largest loss was de- paid to it, but also the pay- seemingly justifying the nies and guidance for the tional investors who then which is an illusion.’ clared by AOL Time Warner, rolls of the client’s workers! need for its removal by an first quarter of the current rush for the exit each time There are plenty of illu- of $ 98 billion, which is more An accountant’s abra- external power. Or was it il- year disclosed a lower-than- these are not met. But WE sions around. The April 14 than the GDP of several cadabra helped it boost rev- lusory? Based on selective expected growth in top line. decide which is right. issue of Fortune carries the countries. This was thanks enue and, perhaps, its stock broadcast. But WE decide For the year to March 2003, Other corporate results list of 500 largest US compa- to write-off of goodwill paid price. The investment com- which is right. Infosys turnover was up 39 were good, indicating that at nies. It is shocking! In 2000, on acquisition of Time munity chipped in, justify- Global stock markets fell per cent and its PAT rose 19, least the leading companies 53 of the top 500 US compa- Warner and accounted for ing stock prices as multiples after the conclusion of the but its stock price collapsed have become trim and slim. nies made combined losses as an asset, not an expense, of revenue, instead of earn- war. Oil prices, too. Earlier 27 per cent, dragging down Another encouraging sign is of $ 18 billion. The next year, after the accounting body ings. But WE decide which the expectations were that a the Sensex in which Infosys in the number of upgrades 97 of them made losses of $ ruled that the goodwill was is right. short war would lead to a is a heavyweight. Wipro’s and downgrades by CRISIL. Prasar Bharati to Inflation at invest Rs 11,000cr Gujarat plans to Hyderabad: The Prasar 6.24 per cent Bharati has decided to re- New Delhi: Inflation rate vamp the All India Radio and slash tax on gas surged to a two-year high at Doordarshan with an invest- 6.24 per cent during the week- ment of Rs 11,000 crore dur- By Sanjay Dutta Tandon, British Gas India’s ended March 29 from about ing the Tenth Plan, CEO KS TIMES NEWS NETWORK finance director. Sarma said. This includes 1.6 per cent an year ago, as ‘‘Industry has been de- the Iraq war pushed up input modernisation and digitali- New Delhi: Gujarat is plan- manding that sales tax be re- costs and prices of manufac- sation of operations which ning to reduce sales tax on duced to 4 per cent as has tured items. Price level also will give top status to Air and natural gas from 22 per cent been done for coal and crude rose 0.25 per cent from 5.99 DD among the channels.PTI to 12.5 per cent under the oil, which have declared per cent in the previous week VAT (value-added tax) sys- goods status,’’ Tandon said. as prices of primary essen- tem as part of the Narendra ‘‘But even a 9.5 per cent re- tial items started rising after Modi government’s strategy duction will certainly benefit the drought-hit kharif and to promote a gas-based econ- the industry.” flat rabi harvests. omy in the state, officials He also saw the reduction The WPI, based on all com- based in Ahmedabad said. as a boost for the LNG proj- The officials said the pro- ects coming up in the state. modities, rose by 0.2 per cent posal is nearly final and the British Gas, Shell and to 171.9 points from 171.6 in file was awaiting the state fi- Petronet are in various previous week, mainly due to nance secretary’s approval. stages of implementing LNG 0.3 per cent rise in prices of Then, it will be placed before projects at Hazira and Dahej, both primary articles and cabinet for approval. respectively. manufactured products, al- A long pending demand of The projects are finding it though domestic fuel prices the gas industry, the move is hard to find buyers as high remained static. expected to spur consump- sales tax is making it diffi- The final inflation rate was tion and come as a relief to cult to meet the $3 to $3.5 per 5.29 per cent during the week- the upcoming projects. mmbtu tag being sought by ended February one, as Gujarat has the highest consumer industries. against the provisional fig- sales tax on natural gas, Tandon, however, denied ure of 4.86 per cent, while the which has stifled demand that the sales tax reduction final WPI was at 169.1 points growth. This has forced would come as a pricing ad- compared to provisional multinational promoters like vantage. Power and fertiliser 168.4 points. Economists re- British Gas and Shell to go sectors are the major con- late the surge in prices to the slow on projects in the state. sumers of gas and are price- war in Iraq, which resulted ‘‘It will be good for the en- sensitive because subsidy is into rise in international oil tire gas industry, including involved. NTPC is seeking 3 prices since January and in- for the LNG (liquefied natu- mmtpa of LNG delivered to put costs of the manufactur- ral gas) sector,’’ said Praveen its units at $3 per mmbtu. ing sector. PTI.
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,April 14, 2003
Schmeichel to quit Moyes may face FA rap Gibbs vs Gibbs Manchester City goalkeeper Peter Schme- Everton manager David Moyes may face Football Hershcelle Gibbs is fighting hard with his ichel has announced he will retire at the end Association punishment after he was sent to the old man. His father, a sports reporter of the season. The 39-year-old has been frus- stands during the win at West Bromwich Albion. who specialises in rugby, has tipped Kiwi trated by a persistent calf injury which has An 18th-minute penalty awarded against Alan All Blacks to win the rugby World Cup disrupted his season. Schmeichel believes he Stubbs after a late challenge on Wayne Rooney later this year. But Gibbs junior is arguing cannot maintain the levels of fitness led Moyes confronting referee Steve Bennett a case for resurgent Springboks Paula Radcliffe breaks world record at London Marathon
My body is not happy any- more. I always promised I’d move on when this moment Australia win arrives. It’s time to end my playing career Dada & Boys bury SA — Peter Schmeichel, AP Manchester City goalkeeper Dhaka: Young Mohammed Kaif in fine style led a merciless batting onslaught SPORTS DIGEST with an unbeaten 95 as India put Georgetown: Australia men Shivnarine Chander- up a commanding show to steam- crushed the West Indies by paul and Ridley Jacobs re- AFP roll South Africa with a compre- nine wickets in the first Test quiring runners. Vasbert hensive 153-run victory in the TVS on Sunday, celebrating cap- Drakes was trapped lbw low Cup triangular series here on Sun- tain Steve Waugh’s world down on the last ball of Gille- day. record 157th Test appear- spie’s opening over of the day Kaif (95) and left-handed Dinesh ance. They attained the tar- to be out on his overnight Mongia (55 not out) plundered get of 147 before tea on the score of 14. runs at will in the slog overs to fourth day, opener Justin Gillespie removed Mervyn steer their team to a mammoth 307 Langer following first in- Dillon lbw for 0, his 24th duck for four after electing to bat on a nings’ 146 with a 78 not out. in Test cricket, and then good batting track. Captain Sourav Ricky Ponting was unbeaten grabbed the key wicket of Ganguly provided the early sparks on 42. first-innings centurion Chan- with a controlled 75. Earlier, the Australians derpaul. Required to score at more than took just 41 minutes to wrap Chanderpaul, who was in- six runs per over, the South up the West Indian second in- convenienced by a knee in- Africans never recovered from the nings with paceman Jason jury after being struck on the early jolts and were bundled out Gillespie finishing with 5-39 joint in the first innings, tick- for 154 in 34.5 overs to give the In- for his seventh five-wicket led a Gillespie delivery just dians their second consecutive vic- haul in Test cricket. wide of offstump to wicket- tory in the series. A blistering Gillespie keeper Adam Gilchrist for 31. Paula Radcliffe reacts after The Indian bowlers kept the claimed four wickets for four Jacobs, who is unlikely to breaking her own world record in 2 pressure on the Proteas by bowling runs off just 4.2 overs as the play in the next Test after hr 15 min and 25 sec in the London a nagging line and length under West Indies added just 17 tearing a groin muscle bat- marathon on Sunday. floodlights to supplement the good runs and lost their last five ting in the first innings, last- work done by the batsmen. wickets in 8.2 overs on the ed 19 balls in great discom- Radcliffe breaks world Kaif and Mongia set the Banga- Sunday morning. fort for 11. Australia have the marathon record: Britain’s Paula bandhu Stadium ablaze with an Amidst all this, there was remainder of Sunday’s play Radcliffe broke the women's world amazing display of strokeplay dur- also a bizarre sight of four and all of Monday’s final day marathon record with an time of two ing their rollocking unbeaten 110- batsmen on the field at the to get the runs to go one-up in hours 15 minutes 25 seconds in Lon- run fifth wicket partnership which same time with injured bats- the four-Test series. Agencies don on Sunday. The previous record left their opponents in a daze. was held by Radcliffe at 2:17:18, set Kaif struck seven boundaries SCORE BOARD at the Chicago Marathon last Octo- and three sixes in his knock which ber. Radcliffe had said before the West Indies, 1st innings 237 303, 5-354, 6-382, 7-384, 8-391, 9-397 Australia, 1st innings 489 Bowling: MacGill 31-5-140-3, Hogg race that she wanted to move came off 103 balls while Mongia was more severe as he scored his West Indies, 2nd innings 15-0-68-1, Lee 14-4-57-0, Gillespie straight into the lead from the gun, W Hinds lbw b MacGill 7 20.2-5-39-5, Bichel 13-4-40-0, Waugh flanked by her two Kenyan male 55 in just 38 balls. D Smith c Gilchrist b Gillespie 62 8-1-29-0, Lehmann 4-0-6-1 pacemakers. Kenya's Catherine The South African run chase be- D Ganga c Lee b Lehmann 113 Australia, 2nd innings (target: 147 Nderaba, who preceded Radcliffe as gan on a disastrous note as they B Lara hit wicket b Hogg 110 runs) lost skipper Graeme Smith in the M Samuels c Ponting b MacGill 7 M Hayden c Deonarine b Lawson 19 the world record hodler for the clas- S Chanderpaul c Gilchrist b Gillespie 31 J Langer not out 78 sic distance, finished second in very second over of the innings V Drakes lbw b Gillespie 14 R. Ponting not out 42 2:19:54.AFP with Ajit Agarkar providing the M Dillon lbw b Gillespie 0 Extras: (b1, lb2, w2, nb3) 8 vital breakthrough. D Smith, the R Jacobs c Lehmann b MacGill 11 Total (for 1 wkt, 42.1 overs) 147 Valderrama retires: Colombia’s P Collins not out 1 Fall of wkts: 1-77 youngest ever South African cap- top footballer of the 1990’s Carlos J Lawson lbw b Gillespie 0 Bowling: Dillon 6-0-21-0 (1nb, 1w), Valderrama announced his retire- tain, edged an incoming delivery Extras: (b 6, lb 13, w 1, nb 22) 42 Drakes 8-0-28-0 (1w), Collins 6-2-14-0 on to his stumps after scoring just Total (all out, 105.2 overs) 398 (2nb), Lawson 9-2-31-1, Samuels 9.1- ment on Sunday at the age of 41 af- Fall of wkts: 1-52, 2-110, 3-295, 4- 1-41-0, Ganga 4-0-9-0. ter a career dating back over 20 one run. AP years.Famous for his outlandish can- Jacques Rudoph, who joined the dy-floss hairstyle, Valderrama played action after his captain’s depar- in three World Cups from 1990 and ture, did not survive long falling at his prime was rated one of the prey to the wily Agarkar with Indian captain Sourav Ganguly (left) celebrates the dismissal of South African batsman Boeta Dippenaar with finest midfielders in the game. He Virender Sehwag taking a brilliant Mohammed Kaif during their One-day International match in Dhaka on Sunday. said that he had taken the decision catch at first slip. to call it a day after failing to agree The two quick wickets left South pavilion soon after with Ganguly on a new contract with his American Africa gasping at 13 for two by the taking the wicket as the Proteas SCORE BOARD club side Colorado Rapids. Valderra- fifth over forcing Herschelle Gibbs slumped to a precarious 57 for four India J Rudolph c Sehwag b Agarkar 4 ma played 110 times for his country and Boeta Dippenaar to play cau- by the 15th over.Neil McKenzie (12) Gautam Gambhir c Boucher b Ntini 18 B Dippenaar c Yuvraj b Ganguly 22 Virender Sehwag c Rudolph b Dawson 37 N McKenzie c Patel b Mishra 12 scoring 12 goals. He retired from in- tiously against the Indian speed- and Shaun Pollock (2) also joined ternational football in 1998 after Sourav Ganguly c McKenzie b Dawson 75 M Boucher c Kaif b Sehwag 48 sters. The two put on 42 runs for the list of early casualties, falling Mohammed Kaif (not out) 95 S Pollock c Mongia b Harbhajan 2 playing in the World Cup finals in the third wicket before the the to the spinners. Yuvraj Singh run out 11 R Peterson lbw b Ganguly 12 France. AFP South African batsmen made a bee- Debutant leg-spinner Amit Dinesh Mongia (not out) 55 A Dawson not out 7 Maher called-up: Jimmy Maher, line back to pavilion even though Mishra captured his first wicket in Extras: (lb-3, w-8, nb-5) 16 M Ntini b Sehwag 5 One-day Internationals when he Total (for 4 wkts, 50 overs) 307 C Willoughby st Patel b Sehwag 0 Australia’s reserve wicket-keeper at Zaheer Khan had pulled out of the Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-89, 3-175, 4-197 Extras (b-7, lb-3, w-2, nb-3) 15 the recent World Cup, will join the attack with a hamstring injury. had Mckenzie caught behind by Bowling: Willoughby 10-0-77-0, Ntini 10-0- Total (all out, 34.5 overs) 154 national Test squad on their tour of Harbhajan Singh, who was in- Parthiv Patel while Harbhajan 51-1, Dawson 10-2-46-2, Peterson 8-0-56- Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-13, 3-55, 4-57, 5- the West Indies, the Australian Crick- troduced into the attack in the 14th Singh accounted for Shaun Pol- 0, Pollock 9-0-54-0, Smith 3-0-20-0. 86, 6-89, 7-129, 8-148, 9-154. et Board announced on Sunday. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 4.5-1-8-0, Agarkar over, struck in his very first over lock. The remaining batsmen South Africa Maher has been selected to cover tried to hang in for the remaining 6-0-27-2, Ganguly 8.1-0-30-2, Harbhajan West Indian batsman Ridley Jacobs falls to the ground after by getting rid of dangerman Gibbs G Smith b Agarkar 1 Singh 7-0-22-2, Mishra 5-0-29-1, Sehwag for regular keeper Adam Gilchrist (26) who offered a simple return overs but could only succeed in de- H Gibbs c and b Harbhajan 26 hitting a boundary on the 4th day of the first Test match during Australia’s three-day tour 3.5-0-28-3. catch. Dippenaar joined him in the laying the inevitable. PTI against Australia at the Bourda Cricket Ground on Sunday. match against a University of West Indies XI in Barbados beginning on Ajit Ninan April 26.AFP Wright back Three cricketers for counties: Three top-notch Indian cricketers will represent various sides in the Frizzell in business county championship commencing Dhaka: Indian coach John on Friday. Virender Sehwag will play Wright joined the team in for Leicestershire while off-spinner Dhaka on Sunday a few hours Harbhajan Singh will represent Lan- before their match against cashire. Medium-pacer Javagal Sri- South Africa in the TVS Cup nath will play for Durham besides as- triangular series. sisting the side as a bowling coach. Srinath, who played for Leicester- Wright did not travel with shire last season, will be reaching the team due to the death of here on April 21. Sehwag and Harb- his father. The Cricket Board hajan, currently playing in a tri-series has appointed Ashok Malho- one-day tournament in Dhaka, will tra, the coach of India ‘A’ also arrive here around the same team, as the in charge of the time as Srinath.AFP national squad in the absence of Wright. Malhotra will, Symonds hits century: Aus- however, stay with the team. tralia’s World Cup till the end of the tourna- winning team member Andrew ment.PTI Symonds scored a cavalier half-centu- ry, but South Africa A were well placed Sunday is lucky for Indian teams at stumps on Day One of their three- By B Srikant good victories, and India’C’ blanked Vijayalakshmi was held by day match against TIMES NEWS NETWORK lowly Macau 4-0, with Pravin Thip- Pourkashiyan Atousa but Dronaval- Australia a at Adelaide Oval on Sun- say, Sandipan Chanda, R B Ramesh li Harika put India ‘A’ ahead by beat- Jodhpur: It seems just like a lucky day. When bad light stopped play, and Tejas Bakre winning their ing Mahini Mona Salman on the loser going all the way to claim the South Africa A were 66 without loss games without much trouble. third board. However, Shadi Paridar title. Though there’s still some dis- in their first innings, with Ahmed With three rounds to go, China led capitalised on a good plan and some tance to go for the title, even finish- Amla on 38 and Adam Bacher on 20, the standings with 16 points but the mistakes by R Aarthi to even things ing among medals in the Asian in reply to Australia A’s 263 all out. margin was cut down as Vietnam out. Symonds top-scored with a hurri- Teams Chess Championships would moved up to 15 points thanks to a 3-1 China was leading the tally with cane 78 from 79 balls, including 12 be a great achievement for India ‘C’. victory against Turkmenistan on 13.5 points with Vietnam at 11.5 fours and two sixes. Lucky to be included in the field be- Sunday. India ‘C’ and India ‘A’ were cause of late arrival of few teams, points and India ‘A’ at 11. India Cricket camp in Kanpur: For- sharing the third spot at 14.5 points India ‘C’ has kept the hopes high ‘B’and India ‘C’ were close behind at mer Test player Parthsarthi Sharma each with India ‘B’ and Kazakhstan, 10.5 points each. will help budding cricketers of Cen- with some good performances. 3.5-0.5 victors against Kyrgyzstan in tral Zone hone their skills at the Kan- On Sunday, they continued their the sixth round, clubbed together at Results (round 6):Men:India ‘C’ drew with China pur Zonal Cricket Academy from impressive run by holding overnight 2-2; Vietnam bt Turkmenistan 3-1; Uzbekistan lost 14 points each. to India ‘A’ 1-3; Kazakhstan bt Kyrgyzstan 3.5-0.5; April 21. The two-month long camp leaders and favourites China to a creditable 2-2 draw in the 6th round Macau lost to India ‘B’ 0-4; Malaysia bt Sri Lanka will be headed by former medium- 3.5-0.5; Iran bye and maintained their chances of ASIAN TEAM CHESS pacer Kailash Gattani. Right arm Women: China bt Kazakhstan 2.5-0.5; Vietnam spinner Vibhore Mathur and middle winning a medal ahead of the first In the women’s section, China ex- drew with India ‘B’ 1.5-1.5; India ‘A’ drew with order batsman Punit Yadav will be two Indian teams. tended their lead to two points with Iran 1.5-1.5;Bangladesh bt Malaysia 2-1; Turk- the two players from Rajasthan in Neelotpal Das held Ye Jiang a 2.5-0.5 victory over Kazakhstan in menistan lost to India ‘C’ 3-0; Sri Lanka lost to the camp. TNN Chuan, the highest ranked player in which reigning World Champion Kyrgyzstan 0-3. the field, to a quick, 16-move draw. Standings (after 6th round):Men: 1. China 16 Zhu Chen had to settle for a 17-move Lanka Ravi and Dinesh Kumar Shar- pts; 2. Vietnam 15 pts; 3-4. India’C’and India ‘A’ BETTING METER draw with Maria Sergeeva. Xu ma also didn’t face much problems 14.5 pts each; 5-6. Kazakhstan and India ‘B’ 14 FORMULA ONE Yuhua and Wang Yu scored easy vic- in holding their rivals on equal pts each; 7. Turkmenistan 12.5 points; 8.Malaysia tories to keep the momentum going World Drivers Championships terms and only Sriram Jha was in 12 pts; 9. Uzbekistan 11.5 points; 10. Iran 11 pts; for the hot favourites. M Schumacher 10/11 slight trouble but managed to come 11. Kyrgyzstan 10 pts; 12. Sri Lanka 7 pts;13. Macau 4. K Raikkonen 5/2 out unscathed after a lengthy duel India ‘B’ also continued their good D Coulthard 4/1 Women: 1. China 13.5 pts; 2. Vietnam 11.5 pts; with the impressive Zhang Zhong. run with a 1.5-1.5 draw with Vietnam R Barrichello 10/1 3.India ‘A’ 11 pts; 4-5. India ‘B’ and India ‘C’ 10.5 JP Montoya 20/1 On a good day for Indian men, In- while India ‘A’ will rue the 1.5-1.5 pts each; 6. Iran 9.5 pts; 7. Kazakhstan 9 pts; R Schumacher 33/1 dia ‘A’stunned defending champions draw with Iran as a victory could 8.Bangladesh 8.5 pts; 9. Kyrgyzstan 8 pts; 10. as per ladbrokes.com Uzbekistan 3-1, with Abhijit Kunte have helped them move to the second Malaysia 6.5 pts; 11. Turkmenistan 6 pts; 12. Sri and Dibyendu Barua registering spot behind China. Lanka 3.5 pts.
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16 Monday,April 14, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
of the Jan Sangh, the original incar- Udayshankar nation of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He went along with some directors President’s masterstroke who didn’t want the stadium’s name to resident A P J Abdul Kalam be changed from Ferozeshah Kotla has done a great favour to the which has history behind it. P Indian cricket team by host- Anyway, the Willingdon Pavilion ing a reception for them at Moghul had been named after Syama Prasad Gardens on their return from the Mukherjee some three decades ago to World Cup, even if they had not ac- curry favour with the Delhi adminis- tually won the cup. At least, the tration, then controlled by the Jan President, it appears, was curious to The name game at Kotla Sangh. Later, a Congress patron of the know what went wrong in the final. DDCA wanted it named after Sanjay Just as well, the President made an you believe it? The Delhi and Gandhi when the latter died in an air sure that the players didn’t have to District Cricket Association di- crash. go around circus-like meeting dig- C rectors are actually interested The directors would rather invite nitaries in the Capital. The Prime in seeing a brand new stadium come various public and private sector agen- Minister and the Deputy Prime up at Ferozeshah Kotla. The bulldozers cies to buy corporate boxes and get Minister and their cabinet col- have already done their demolition job some soft loan from the cash-rich leagues were all there to greet the and a public-sector construction com- cricket board to raise the Rs 25 crores players. pany is going to get the work contract. needed for the stadium. Some influen- Mercifully, no-one came up with Thanks to DDCA president Arun tial directors might lose their patrons any more announcements like mak- Jaitley there appears to be a semblance in the process! ing life tax free for cricketers. of transparency too. When it came to the question of Trouble under the umbrella funding, he saw it prudent not to be simple explanation of being the the nomination of sportsmen to the while dad Vicky was one of the pio- tempted by offers from any industrial usty strokeplay had made Kirti ‘‘recognised unit of the Asian Football Rajya Sabha. “The deputy PM was Remember Nambiar Sir? neers of road racing in the country house even if it was willing to under- Azad favourite of the fans at the Confederation and the International quite responsive to what I said and has othing can separate this man who set the track ablaze at write the entire cost of construction of LKotla over two decades ago. It Football Federation.’’ promised to consider the proposal,” Sholavaram. Karun showed his prom- the new stadium in return for naming came as a surprise when last week the from his passion — coaching. All this at a time when Indian foot- Milkha revealed to Wanderer. He went for a short family trip ise when he won the JK Tyres national it after a member of its family. former World Cup cricketer took up ball hardly causes a ripple apart from N road racing championship in 2000 and to Abu Dhabi, but he stayed there for The DDCA chief, who is also the the cause of a section of women foot- a couple of centres in the east. The A hatful of memories then went on to claim the 2001 Formu- Union minister for law, justice and ball players suffering on ‘‘administra- almost two months. Reason? He was state of affairs was reflected not long asked to coach at some schools there. la Asia championship with a whop- commerce, seems to have had reserva- tive and financial’’ fronts at the hands ago when the physical director of the andit Nehru was inseparable tions about accepting a similar offer of the ruling national federation head- Jankidevi Mahavidyalaya, Mrs Amrit from his rose in the buttonhole, O M Nambiar, P T Usha’s personal even from his own government provid- ed by another political figure. Bose, pointed out, ‘‘Our athletes and P Winston Churchill from his ci- coach for 14 years, revealed during a ed the stadium was named after Syama Even a dharna was staged to draw hockey girls offer to wear football gar, and the Delhi Golf Club’s former professional chat with Wanderer: “I Prasad Mukherjee, founder president the attention of the government. The boots when an occasion demands once APGA chief referee, Col. Jiti Chaudhri had to cut short my visit because I had ruling group countered by offering the in a year.’’ from his famous highly decorated hat, gone on a tourist visa for a stipulated period.” The excitement in his voice Critics of the ruling group also al- with every inch of space covered with AFP could be felt as he spoke over the phone lege favouritism, citing the instance of the colourful pins golfers and golf offi- from Koilandi, Kerala. the AIFF chief sending his personal cials from different countries ex- assistant as manager of the national change when they meet at events all His experience as a coach is too well team to China. over the world. Jiti’s prized memora- known not to have travelled to the Gulf Once separate entities, a FIFA rul- bilia went back at least 25 years to ahead of him. There he was ap- ing some years ago made it mandatory the first-ever Queen Sirikit Cup Cham- proached by three schools — VIP for the men’s and women’s federations pionship, celebrating its silver an- School in Abu Dhabi, Millennium to function under a single umbrella niversary in May this year,and the pre- School in Dubai and DPS in Sharjah — but in certain parts the arrangement cious collection brought back memo- to give some training tips to budding has not clicked smoothly. ries of the Asian Games, the APGA’s athletes. “It’s nice to know that they infancy years, SAARC and much more. still remember me as a coach with re- Milkha meets Advani Travelling friends added to the collec- spect and it was really exciting to be ping 9 wins and 11 out of 13 pole posi- tion and the hat was the Chaudhri among the kids there,” he said. But did tions. At the time he was actually not ive it to the ‘Flying Sikh’ to set trademark. he come across another PT Usha old enough to get a driving license and aflight novel ideas to better the Alas, on the third day of the Indian there? Who knows? could only drive on racing tracks! Glot of sportspersons. Last week Open last month, the unthinkable As of now it is quite a financial Milkha Singh met Deputy Prime Min- happened. The hat was stolen, ironi- Chandhok delivers again struggle for Karun who has to shell out ister L K Advani, and voiced concern cally, from the hospitality enclosure. 2.5 crores just in order to be able to about the fact that sportsmen are not Nazar lag gaee perhaps, an irreparable ndian motorsports enthusiasts race in Britain. But then like dad being appointed to honorary posts. He loss with all its evocative memories for were not really too surprised when Vicky says, “It’s not an expenditure, felt that sportsmen are anyway great the inconsolable owner who has of- I Karun Chandhok bagged the open- but an investment.” ambassadors of the nation and, there- fered a reward, so far with no luck, ing race of the British Formula 3 last Competitors at the start of the fourth and longest (82km) stage of the 18th fore, could actually perform the role of for its recovery. For the thief, who cer- weekend. Speed is in the 19-year-old’s endurance walk “Marathon des Sables” (Sands Marathon) about 350km being real ambassadors just as well as tainly cannot wear it, just a bauble. blood. His grandfather Indu was one of south-east of Ouarzazate, Morocco. the many who occupy these positions. For its owner a piece of personal the founding members of the Federa- Milkha also urged Advani to consider history. tion of Motor Sports Clubs of India
REUTERS CAPITAL SPORT Elite ‘C’ triumph Chaudhary bags five: Deadly bowling by left-arm Kochi: Elite ‘C’ clinched the Elite ‘C’ scoring 50 consisting spinner Umesh Chaudhary prestigious Duleep trophy by of seven boundaries while (5/20) enabled Air Sahara virtue of its 104-run first in- Jyoti Yadav contributed 23, XI beat Gush Cricket club nings lead against Plate ‘B’ Dharmani 23 and Hemang beat by two wickets to en- after their match had ended Badani 23. ter the quarter-finals of the in a tame draw at the Jawa- Elite ‘C’ had accumulated 13th All India Om Nath harlal Nehru International a tally of 21 points from as Sood Memorial cricket Stadium here on Sunday. many matches in the five- tournament being played here on Sunday. Resuming at the overnight team league while Plate ‘B’ Gush cricket club 187/9 in 40 score of 309 for 9, Plate ‘B’ who finished runner-up gar- overs: (Gursharan Singh 56, Umesh batted for 13 more minutes nered 19 from four. Chaudhary 5/20), Air Sahara XI this morning before being all Scoreboard: Elite ‘C’ 1st innings 426, 190/8 in 40 overs: (Dinesh Yadav 33 Plate ‘B’ 1st innings (overnight n.o., Sunil Sharma 30, Ravi Kant out for 322. Vijay Bharadwaj, Sharma 30, Aprajit Singh 2/28, who waged a lone battle to re- 309/9): V Bharadwaj c Dharmani b Amardeep 2/34). main overnight unbeaten on Trivedi 105, N Hirwani not out 1, Ex- 94, completed a well deserved tras: (lb-5, b-2, nb-4, w-5) 16, Total Ali, Chandan shine: century with a six off (all out, 122.5 overs) 322 Firasat Ali (100) and Chan- dan Kumar (6/35) helped Siddharth Fall of wickets: DULEEP TROPHY 10-322. R.C.N. club beat Essex Trivedi. Bowling: Trivedi Farms by 39 runs in the However, Trivedi had the 24.5-6-72-2, Yadav 3-0-12-0, Kulka- DDCA A-II division super last laugh when he had the rni 41-8-103-4, Parida 44-10-100-3 league at Jamia Millia batsmen edging to wicket- Goud 1-0-4-0, Pawar 9-2-24-1. grounds here on Sunday. keeper Pankaj Dharmani. Plate ‘B’ 2nd innings: S Parab c Ra- R.C.N. club 198/9 in 40 overs: (Fi- Bharadwaj’s knock of 105 rasat Ali 100, Ravish Gulati 37, tra b Nair 15, J Yadav c Bharadwaj b Chanchal Sharma 3/03, Rajesh Ku- had consisted of ten bound- Hirwani 23, N Doru c Ratra b Hirwani mar 3/35), Essex Farms 159 in 35 aries and a six. Plate ‘B’in- 1, K Pawar c Bundela b Hirwani 50, P overs: Mukesh Marwah 41, Chan- nings ended at 322 conceding Dharmani c sub (Atram) b Dhruv 23, dan Kumar 6/35). H Badani c Ratra b Nair 23, Y Goud c a first innings lead of 104 Sidhu excels: A fine all- Hemanthkumar b Hirwani 20, S S Das runs. round performance by not out 1, N Kulkarni not out 0, Ex- Jaswinder Sidhu (2/25 With the match becoming tras: (lb-6, nb-5) 11, Total (for 7 and 36 runs) and good a mere formality after the wkts decl., 77.1 overs) 167 bowling by Rakesh Thap- first innings lead was decid- Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-44, 3-46, 4- liyal (3/25) helped Delhi ed, Elite ‘C’ in their second 114, 5-125, 6-147, 7-167. essay scored 167 for 7 before Bowling: S Sreeshanth 9-4-15-0, J Sports Journalist Associa- tion (DSJA) beat Sona declaring the innings in the Arunkumar 2-1-1-0, Bundela 4-2-4- 0, Somasundar 3-0-19-0, Hirwani Jewellers in Sona Cup sixth mandatory over and cricket tournament. the match was called off. Ki- 23-7-49-4, Nair 25-8-43-2, Dhruv DSJA 148/9 in 20 overs: ran Pawar batted fluently for 10-3-30-1, Bharadwaj 0.1-0-0-0. PTI Elite men lead the field at one of the starts of the 26th London Marathon from Greenwich Park in south east London on Sunday. (Jaswinder Sidhu 36, Anil Mehra 3/22, Mayank Aggarwal 3/22, Pradeep Aggarwal 2/14), Sona Jew- ellers 147/9 20 overs: (Rakesh Ljungberg’s Thapliyal 3/25, Jaswinder Sidhu It’s all about striking the right balance Okoro’s brace in 2/25). TIMES NEWS NETWORK second but it was unable to overtake Results: Forward Thrust Plate: handsome Lad 1, Living strike puts Namdhari cricket: Logic 2, Emerald Park 3. Cursetjee Dhunjishaw Trophy: Ip- Ashish Ranjan (61 n.o.) New Delhi: The equation in handicap Forest Fragrance finishing a close sixth. podamia 1, Criollo 2, Cacophony 3. Track Star Plate: Cats (weight) and brilliance of riding does Sexy Gal, who finished an impressive East Bengal’s romp and Akash Kumar (53) Whiskers 1, Zante 2, Absolute Dominance 3. Indian Navy Tro- Arsenal in final matter in a horse’s performance. The lack second, could have won the title easily if phy: Daol 1, Secret Halo 2, Star Look 3. AFS Talyarkhan Tro- help Wonder club beat of balance can cost dearly. The favourite jockey Rajinder had not opted for the phy (DivII): Dazzling Queen 1, Starboard 2, Trace of Magic 3. Manchester: Freddie Ljung- Kolkata: Mike Okoro struck last match due to double Priya Academy by 37 runs Maharaja Harisinghji Trophy: Noble Eagle 1, Shamaal 2, berg’s controversial goal saw a brace and Douglas Silva booking, showed his class as in the junior section of the Browning met the same fate when it mighty weight carrier, The Proletarian Name of Love 3. Girl From Ipanema Plate: Track Fury 1, Arsenal beat Sheffield Unit- scored once as East Bengal his left footer found its way 4th Namdhari Cup cricket flopped in the Jawahar Lal Nehru memo- (69.5 kg), who was pipped by Dhamma- Makramah 2, Race the Moon 3. AFS Talyarkhan Trophy tournament at Sainik Vihar rial cup, where Forest Fragrance pada for the third place. The way The (div.I): Orion 1, Strike Zone 2, So Shocking 3. Beat The Clock ed 1-0 in the FA Cup semifinal drubbed minnows Indian past the defence wall and Plate: Aerosat 1, Rigged 2, Shakespeare 3. ground. emerged victorious, here on Tuesday. Proletarian performed, he can win a at Old Trafford on Sunday to Bank 3-0 to move closer to the swung into the net, stunning Wonder club 195/9 in 30 overs: Regarded as one of the fastest Delhi- Class I race next season on weight re- Posen impressive: Posen caught the keep their hopes of a ‘double title in a National Football rival citadel. (Ashish Ranjan 61 n.o., Akash Kumar based runners, bay gelding Browning laxation. But to cash in on its stamina, eye in the Morning try-outs on Sunday. Double’ alive. League match on Sunday. Not satisfied with a 2-0 mar- 53, Kunal Chauhan 4/22, Sarthak Inner-sand: 800m: 3 Y-O Posen (Shah) - 48 secs: moved But it needed a brilliant Okoro, topping the scorers’ gin, East Bengal continued Gautam 2/24), Priya academy 158 was expected to make every post a win- the best place for it to shine is either attractively. 3 Y-O Black Fighter (Pramod) - 56 secs: easy. 3 Y- in 27.5 overs: (Bharat Rana 3/17, ning one over six furlongs. But it was the Mumbai, Pune or Bangalore. O Scrooge (D Singh) and Arabian Steps (Narender Kumar) - 53 save from England goalkeep- list with 16 goals, netted their onslaught and reaped Habib 2/18, Kukreja 2/10). apprentice jockey Pawan Sharma Noble Eagle wins: Noble Eagle (P secs: former was better. 3 Y-O Hopes are High (Amjad) and Re- er David Seaman, in his twice in the 15th and 85th the fruit of their endeavour in astride, the second best young rider,who Shroff astride) pipped Shamaal in the spectful (Rajinder) - 52 secs: former aws kept on atight leash, 1,000th professional match, minute while NFL the 85th Teri badminton: DDA while latter was pushed. maru (narain) - 57 secs: keep an eye. to deny First Division United Brazilian Dou- minute when defeated CR Infotech failed to get the gelding going at the maharaja Harisinghji Trophy at the 3 Y-O Bulls Eye (D Singh) - 52 secs; extended. Prince Honey start. Initially, Browning was running Mumbai races held on Sunday. (Saleem) and Bouncey (D Singh) - 48 secs: duo caught the eye. an equaliser six minutes glas nicely converted a free Malsawm Tluanga paved way while Siemens got past from time and ensure the kick in the 53rd minute of for Okoro to strike his second, Airports Authority of India London giants third succes- the one sided encounter at the third of his team. in the Teri badminton tour- sive Cup final. the Salt Lake stadium. nament. ‘Anand should have a rethink on team events’ With this win, which fol- Results: DA bt CR Infotech: Nand United subsitute Paul Vasco thrash ITI Lal (DDA) b Arun Kumar (C R In- Peschisolido’s header inside lowed two reverses against Margao: A hat-trick by Rui fotech) 15-7, 15-2; Kishan Maharaj By B Shrikant gling to match the might of teams like He should have a rethink on this ,” Koya the box was all but in the goal JCT and Mahindra United, Wanderlei Weis helped Vasco (DDA) b Rajiv Sudan (C R Infotech) TIMES NEWS NETWORK China and Vietnam at the Asian Team’s told Times News Network here. 15-1, 15-1; Siemens b Airport Au- when out-of-position Seaman the red and yellow brigade thrash ITI 5-0 and keep their Chess Championships here. The feeling About Anand’s objection to the for- thority of India: RK Jaiswal Jodhpur: It would be a dream scenario readjusted and clawed the consolidated further their title hopes alive in the Na- (Siemens) b Parul Chhabra (AAI) 15- — Viswanathan Anand playing for In- gaining ground is that the Indian team mat, Koya, who is also the vice-presi- ball away from danger after it stand at the top with 46 tional Football League match 13, 15-12; Rohit Khurana (Siemens) dia on the top board at the Olympiad or would rule the continental event with dent of the world chess body FIDE, said had passed him. points from 20 matches. played at Nehru stadium. lost to R K Sinha (AAI) 12-15, 10-15; Anand at the helm. Anand might also not leading GM Sasikiran has been partici- Rohit Khurana & R K Jaiswal b R K any other big team event with the likes Reigning Premiership Nigerian striker Okoro, Vasco, who led 2-0 at half Sinha & S M Ekka 15-9, 15-5. of K Sasikiran, P Harikrishna, S S Gan- lose points as he can pick and choose the pating in the National championship champions and FA Cup hold- who has been a prized pos- time, scored through Rui games he would like to play and let the for the last few years despite losing out session for the city giants New Holland Tractors win: Hero Hon- guly,Dibyendu Barua and Abhijit Kunte ers Arsenal scored the deci- Wanderlei Weis (22nd, 41st, da Motors 161 in 25 overs lost to New taking guard on the other boards. others tackle the lesser ranked teams. on rating points because of the inferior sive goal in the 34th minute this season, drew the first 90th), Agnelo Gomes (53th) Holland Tractors 163 in 24.2 overs in But the dream, in all likelihood, does In the light of this, the All India strength of the field. “That has really but only after England cen- blood as he chested a diago- and Jules Alberto Dias (60th). New Holland-Luxor Parker Cup. Chess Federation is not exactly happy helped other upcoming players. We not look possible for the next few years be- tre-back Sol Campbell nal aerial pass from Chandan The winners will meet East AIGMCA cricket: Hansraj Academy, cause of Anand’s reluctance to appear in with Anand’s decision to pull out of the think Anand’s presence would really in- appeared to foul United strik- Das inside the box and gently Bengal on April 25 at Kolkata 149 in 40 overs: (Tarun Chaudhary team events. His objection is to the format Jodhpur meet. Though the AICF does spire others,” he added. er Wayne Allison from pushed the ball past an ad- which will decide their fate. 33, Saurabh Srivastava 6/13, Suren- not want to burn the bridge, its secre- Despite another rejection from Anand, vancing Indian Bank custo- der Bansal 2/33), East Point Sumit where stands to lose rating points by play- behind. Vasco, who collected 40 points Dogra Academy 150/2 in 27.2 overs: ing against lower ranked players. Citing tary P T Ummer Koya minced no words Koya said AICF would continue to invite And there was further con- dian Sebastian Netto. from 20 matches are six (Eklavya Dwivedi 92). this as one of the major hitches, Anand in criticising Anand. Anand for team events. He cited Koneru troversy when later in the East Bengal upfront, who points behind East Bengal. “Anand’s decision was very disap- Humpy’s participation in the Asian move referee Graham Poll were on the prowl from the They now need to win both Reebok cricket: Lucent Technologies had pulled out of the Indian team for the 113 in 25 overs: (Mohit Kanchan last Olympiad. During his recent visit to pointing. When players like Garry Kas- Teams Chess Championship as an exam- collided with Michael Tonge very beginning, made the their remaining matches and 2/18, Yogesh Mehra 2/21, Abhishek the country,the Indian wizard would only parov, Anatoly Karpov and Vladimir ple of AICF’s willingness to be accom- as the United midfielder scoreline 2-0 by converting a pray East Bengal lose their Sharda 2/18), HCL Technologies say that he would give it a thought in 2005. Kramnik represent their countries modative — the Vijayawada girl had went to intercept before the free kick from just outside remaining two matches to 114/6 in 14.3 overs: (Yogesh Mehra the opponent’s box. win the title on better goal 35, Rajesh Kaushal 3/21, Rajesh However, the issue has cropped up without thinking of points, Anand has pulled out of the Olympiad team at the ball eventually fell to Sweden Singh 2/29, Dev Prasad 2/23). once again with the Indian teams strug- consistently refused to play for India. last moment. midfielder Ljungberg. Agencies Douglas, who missed the difference. PTI
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AP AC Milan win derby, revive hopes AP Rome: AC Milan rekindled their title hopes while dampening those of Inter Milan after defeating their local rivals 1-0 at the San Siro on Saturday. Filippo Inzaghi scored the winner 17 minutes after half-time of the 253rd Milan derby, latching on to Manuel Rui Costa’s defence-splitting pass to tuck home his 15th league goal of the season. Inter’s chances of pegging Milan back receded in the 67th minute when Colombian defender Ivan Cor- doba was sent off for a wild tackle on Brazilian Sergin- ho. A win for Milan saw the 1999 champions go second in Serie A above Inter on goal difference, five points behind league leaders and title holders Juventus, who play away to Bologna on Sunday. Milan settled into their stride early and threatened Inter’s goal in the sixth minute. Monaco keep tabs on Lyon: Monaco’s 4-2 win over Ajaccio kept the pressure on French league leaders Lyon after Marseille failed to capitalise on a trip to bot- tom club Troyes. Didier Deschamps’ Monaco ran riot in the first half an hour’s play to leave the Corsican port awash with goals — a perfect riposte to Lyon’s 1-0 defeat of Bordeaux on Friday night. That left Monaco in clear second on 56 points, two behind the reigning champions Lyon with five games to go. Marseille are placed third, four points adrift, af- ter squandering a golden opportunity in the Loire. On the back of last week’s humbling home defeat at AC Milan’s Filippo Inzaghi celebrates after scoring the hands of Guingamp Marseille really needed against Inter of Milan during the Italian Serie A top maxmimum points here to keep the wheels firmly on league match in Milan on Saturday. their title challenge. Sochaux climbed two spots into kept up the pressure on league leaders Real Madrid fifth with a 2-0 success at Montpellier to leave them en- with a comprehensive 4-2 win over struggling tertaining realistic hopes of a place in Europe next Barcelona. In another game, Seville defeated Villar- season while early season leaders Nice moved into real 3-1 with two late goals from substitute Niko Mach- sixth with a 1-0 verdict over Guy Roux’s Auxerre. las, his first two since being bought during the last Tiger Woods hits out of the bunker on the 8th hole during third round play of the 2003 Masters at Augusta on Saturday. Deportivo crush Barcelona: Deportivo La Coruna transfer window. AFP Augusta Masters Scores: Round 3 Jeff Maggert 72-73-66_211; Mike Weir 70-68-75_213; David Toms 71-73- Maggert takes lead but 70_214; Vijay Singh 73-71-70_214; Jose Maria Olazabal 73-71-71_215; Tiger Woods 76-73-66_215; Phil Mickelson 73-70-72_215; Jim Furyk 73-72- 71_216; Len Mattiace 73-74-69_216; Jonathan Byrd 74-71-71_216; K.J. Choi 76-69-72_217; Ernie Els 79-66-72_217; Rich Beem 74-72-71_217; Mark O’Meara 76-71-70_217; Fred Couples 73-75-69_217; Nick Price 70-75- 72_217; Paul Lawrie 72-72-73_217; Tim Clark 72-75-71_218; Angel Cabrera Tiger is back on prowl 76-71-71_218; Chris Riley 76-72-70_218; a-Hunter Mahan 73-72-73_218; a- Ricky Barnes 69-74-75_218; Retief Goosen 73-74-72_219; Davis Love III 77- Augusta (Georgia): Jeff Maggert overcame and another chance to win his first major. 71-71_219; Phil Tataurangi 75-70-74_219; Scott Verrplank 76-73-70_219; a double bogey on No. 11 with five birdies over Cheers crisscrossed Augusta National, but Rocco Mediate 73-74-73_220; Scott McCarron 77-71-72_220; Justin Rose 73- his final six holes for a 6-under 66 after three they were never far from Woods. He started 76-71_220; Darren Clarke 66-76-78_220; Bob Estes 76-71-74_221; Sergio rounds at the Masters on Saturday,giving him the third round at 5 over par with 42 players Garcia 69-78-74_221; Charles Howell III 73-72-76_221; Loren Roberts 74-72- 76_222; Craig Parry 74-73-75_222; a-Ryan Moore 73-74-75_222; Shingo a two-stroke lead over fast-fading Mike Weir. in front of him. When he played the last of Katayama 74-72-76_222; Nick Faldo 74-73-75_222; Billy Mayfair 75-70- ‘‘This is a position you dream about,’’ said his 26 holes, he was in a tie for fifth. 77_222; Jeff Sluman 75-72-76_223; Robert Allenby 76-73-74_223; Brad Fax- Maggert, who has never held the 54-hole lead Woods proved to be a prophet. ‘‘If I can be on 73-71-79_223; Adam Scott 77-72-74_223; John Rollins 74-71-80_225; in a major championship. even par or under par, I’ll be right where I Jerry Kelly 72-76-77_225; Kevin Sutherland 77-72-76_225; Kenny Perry 76- Tiger Woods, fighting for the right to keep need to be,’’ he said after walking off the 72-78_226; Pat Perez 74-73-79_226; Craig Stadler 76-73-79_228 playing, made the cut on the number and then ninth green, relieved to have made his 102nd blitzed Augusta National for a bogey-free 66 consecutive cut. that left him only four shots behind. No one He is right there, four strokes and four has ever won three straight Masters. No one players separating him from slipping on the has ever trailed by 11 shots after 36 holes and green jacket for the third straight year. gone on to win at Augusta National. People will probably pay top dollar for a None of this seemed plausible when Woods Masters ticket on Sunday. stood behind a small pine tree in the ninth While Woods commanded most of the at- fairway on his final hole of the second round. tention, he was among 16 players within six He managed to squeeze a shot under the shots of the lead going into the final round. shoulder-high branches and scratch out a par Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria just to make the cut. That was only the appe- Olazabal, a forgotten man in golf this year, tiser on a spectacular day of sunshine and quietly crept into contention with a 71 and golf, which proved to be far more appealing also was at 1-under 215. Len Mattiace (69), Jim than a tepid protest against Augusta Nation- Furyk (71) and Jonathan Byrd (71), who grew al’s all-male membership that took place a up about 50 kilometres away in South Caroli- half-mile down the road. Maggert has won na and is playing his first Masters, were at 216. only once in the previous nine times he has Woods finally found some momentum at No. led going into the final round, and there were 11 by holing a 50-foot birdie putt that made a left plenty of stars lurking behind. turn as it got to the hole and dropped. On the Weir, who had a six-stroke lead at one par-5 13th, his second shot somehow stayed out point, staggered home with a 39 on the back of the water and he chipped close for birdie. for a 3-over 75 and was at 213. Vijay Singh, Others were not so fortunate. Former British who won the Masters three years ago, and Open champion Paul Lawrie was four strokes former PGA champion David Toms each had out of the lead until Amen corner left him curs- 70 and were another stroke back. ing __ a double bogey on No. 12, a triple bogey Woods had some familiar company at 1-un- on the 13th. US amateur champion Ricky der 215 __ Phil Mickelson, who made crucial Barnes, the first amateur in 42 years to play in par putts on the final three holes, the last the final two groups on the weekend at the Mas- from 20 feet that suspended on the back lip of ters, was also at 2 under and zeroing in on the the Cup before falling. That gave lefty a 72 lead when he took double bogey on the 12th. AP Bhupathi-Mirnyi clinch Estoril title in style
New Delhi: India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus won the men’s doubles title of the $665,000 ATP Tour tennis event in Estoril, Portu- gal, defeating Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood of Argenti- na 6-1, 6-2 in the final, accord- ing to information. Besides the prize money of $25,300, the winners also gain 35 Race Points which should help them move up from the abysmal po- sition of 41 in the Double Race. The win gives Bhupathi his 27th career title and the second partnering Mirnyi af- ter the US Open win last year. Incidentally,this is also Bhu- pathi’s first title after the Grand Slam crown. So far, Bhupathi has paired with Mirnyi on 13 occasions and reached the finals six times. He began the current season with Joshua Eagle of Aus- tralia but soon realised that they were not gelling and talked Mirnyi back to their successful bonding. In the men’s singles, Russ- ian Nikolay Davydenko de- feated Agustin Calleri of Ar- gentina 6-4, 6-3 to clinch the title. Spain’s Magui Serna won the Estoril Open defeat- ing an under-par Julia Schruff of Germany 6-4, 6-1. Schruff, a 20-year-old qualifi- er who played eight gruelling matches in nine days, finally ran into injury trouble as the week’s work took a toll. Williams advances: In Charleston, top-ranked Serena Williams remained undefeat- ed in 2003 and stayed on course for her fourth title of the year at the Family Circle Cup. Williams held off third seed Lindsay Davenport of the United States 6-1 7-5 in the semifinals of the 1.3 million- dollar claycourt event. She will face second-seeded Jus- tine Henin-Hardenne of Bel- gium in final. Justine routed American wild card Ashley Harkleroad 6-2 6-1 to advance to her second championship match of the year. Agencies
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