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15 June, 2003 Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. EU, US seek more for their banks Delhi You can only lead others By Priya Ranjan Dash consumption abroad and com- India’s position take or secure in the WTO nego- India has asked its trade part- where you yourself are TIMES NEWS NETWORK mercial presence; tiations. The government will ners for market access in data prepared to go. ● Remove restrictions on invest- settle only for a package that will processing of financial services. New Delhi: India’s major trade •Market access for foreign Kolkata — Lachlan Mclean ment by public sector enterpris- banks in India a political benefit the Indian economy, pro- This is perhaps the only area partners, including the US, EU es in foreign banks; tect Indian jobs and further the where India hopes to reap some and Japan, want it to throw open issue NEWS DIGEST ● Remove discrimination be- interest of Indian banks,’’ an benefit. India could be an attrac- Mumbai its banking sector and make a tween Indian and foreign banks •India will prefer protecting official said. tive location for major overseas Chennai number of concessions with re- in income-tax, solvency ratios home market rather than India too has made a number banks and financial companies Meet on women’s Bill: Hoping to gard to the way foreign banks and borrowing limits; prying open markets abroad of demands on its trade partners to outsource their data process- evolve a political consensus on the can do business in India. ● Remove requirement of lend- for securing better terms for ing. But for that their govern- • Monsoon has advanced controversial women’s reservation In the ongoing WTO negotia- •India has asked partners Bill, Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar ing for priority sectors; and its banking services in foreign ments must provide India full into more parts of Konkan tions to open up world trade in ● Remove restrictions on land ac- for market access in data markets. But India essentially market access and prescribe and Goa, Karnataka and Joshi has convened an all-party processing meeting on the issue on Monday. P7 services slated to conclude at the quisition by foreigners and ease has a defensive position in these policies which do not discrimi- Tamil Nadu end of next year, India has been the regulations on closure of of- negotiations to open up finan- nate against data processing in • It has also advanced into Poet murder: A day after UP CM requested to provide conces- ing services in India is also a po- fices and operations. cial services. India vis-a-vis the service most parts of Telengana Mayawati offered to sions in banking, including the litical issue, which could lead to Even with all kinds of exist- It would thus like to protect its availed locally. and coastal Andhra initiate a CBI inquiry following: ing restrictions, foreign banks a controversy, banking industry home market rather than ag- For a long time, India has al- into poet Madhumi- ● Allow full access to foreign have done good business in India officials here say. gressively go around prying lowed foreigners to provide • Heavy rain likely in ta Shukla’s murder if banking services to be ‘‘We will very carefully weigh Konkan and Goa, coastal her family members and have given Indian banks a open markets abroad in a busi- banking services here, but that the concessions and the interna- Karnataka and Kerala made a request for rendered through all three run for their money. Improved ness where the developed coun- has been subject to a plethora of this in writing, the modes — cross-border trade; market access for foreign bank- tional commitments we would tries have a clear advantage. restrictions. during next 48 hours mother of the victim said she was ready do so as the family was fed up with Kapil on Merc: the tardy pace of probe. P10 Troops to Iraq only after consensus at home Kidney scam kingpin: Former Sanjay Sekhri Muslim board principal of the Amritsar Govern- I have been ment Medical College, O P Mahajan, who is allegedly involved in the Rs 100-crore kidney scam, has been ar- dragged in rested and taken to Delhi. open to ideas TIMES NEWS NETWORK Potato on hold: GM potato, en- New Delhi: riched by a gene from the amaranth plant, cannot hit the market before ‘No talk on temple with seer’ Former India captain Kapil 2005. The final trials in the hills are Lucknow: Rejecting the per- Dev on Sun- on, while the last lot for the plains ception that it will stick to Changing tack day pleaded will be planted in October, and har- only a court-brokered solu- • Muslim Personal Law innocence on vested in February. P7 tion to the Ayodhya tangle, Board ready to consider his alleged the All-India Muslim Person- Karunanidhi wants probe: DMK any good proposal links with al Law Board (AIMPLB) on chief Karunanidhi has asked for a fraudster Za- Kapil Dev Sunday said it will consider Says it’s yet to receive probe into the treatment received by • heer Rana who according to Union minister Murasoli Maran at any worthwhile proposal to any proposal from the Gujarat police had gifted him the All India Institute of Medical Sci- resolve the issue. Shankaracharya of Kanchi a Mercedez Benz C 180 earlier ences in New Delhi and the Apollo ‘‘Though the matter is in Hopeful of an early this year. A distraught Kapil Hospital in Chennai. P10 the court and we have made it • court decision on the told Times News Network: “I clear that we shall abide by Lone murder case: Four police- mosque-temple tangle don’t know why I’ve been the court verdict, if a good men, including an SHO, have been dragged into this. Cricketers proposal comes to us from arrested for their alleged involve- are big stars and lots of fans any quarter, we shall consid- ment in the killing of the then J & K comes, I shall refer it to the keep rewarding us. It’s im- er it,’’ said AIMPLB president home minister Mushtaq Ahmed AIMPLB working committee possible to know about every- and noted Islamic scholar Lone and his brother. which will consider it,’’ said body’s antecedant.” Maulana Rabe Hasan Nadvi. the Maulana. Potter back to school: Harry The Maulana denied the Nadvi reacted sharply to The legendary allrounder Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has de- temple issue was discussed the statement by the Shahi contended that the “car was cided to retire from acting. He will gifted to me at a proper func- quit playing the famous role of the during his recent meeting Imam of Jama Masjid, Syed with the Shankaracharya of Ahmed Bukhari, that the tion in Mumbai.’’ school wizard, after the completion Rana was arrested a fort- of the fourth film of the series. P12 the Kanchi Peeth, Jayendra AIMPLB will not be allowed night back for defrauding in- Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Opposition leader Sonia Gandhi discuss the issue of sending troops Sarswathi. ‘‘The Shankar- to bargain on the Babri Mecca shootout: Five suspected vestors through a multiply- to Iraq in New Delhi on Sunday. Both agreed that there was need to consult other political parties and evolve acharya had come to inquire Masjid issue, saying Bukhari terrorists and the same number of your-money scheme. a consensus on the issue. Reports on page 11 about my health. We did not is in the habit of making ‘‘ir- Saudi security personnel were discuss the temple issue, responsible remarks’’. Meanwhile, PTI reported killed in a raid on an apartment in though he said he had some Maulana Nadvi said he from Ahmedabad that the car Mecca. P13 proposal to resolve the dis- hoped the court decision on in question was brought back Airbus’s India plans: Airbus In- pute,’’ said Nadvi. the Ayodhya issue would to Ahmedabad by the Gujarat dustrie is planning a technology Congress 6 am shock: Man loses ‘‘I asked him to send his come soon and he believed it police, according to sources. ramp up in India with a new aircraft proposals in writing,’’ he would put an end to the dis- A CID officer said the car engineering facility and an IT centre said, adding that so far, he has pute. Answering another was valued at Rs 24 lakh but in the country. P15 MLA held not received anything from question, he said there was was given to Zaheer to be gift- car on way to ‘mandi’ the Shankaracharya. no move to disband the Babri ed to the cricketer at a con- by Laxman YOU SAID IT for murder ‘‘If any written proposal Masjid Action Committee. PTI cessional rate of Rs 18 lakh. TIMES NEWS NETWORK tween Sunday’s incident and the earlier TIMES NEWS NETWORK cases. On Friday night, three persons New Delhi: Barely two days after an in- Tirupati: The police drove off with a couple’s car after firing cident of car-jacking in south Delhi, have arrested Congress at the owner near Siri Fort. three men drove off with the Tata Indi- MLA C K Jayachandra The couple was returning home ca car of a Paschim Vihar resident in Reddy on charges of ab- along with a friend in their Hyundai northwest Delhi on Sunday. duction and murder of Accent from Ansal Plaza when they According to the police, the the 22-year-old son of a were stopped by the three men. accused were involved in an argument Telugu Desam Party One of them fired at the owner of the with the victim before one of them leader in Chittoor. car, Ashish. got into his car and sped away. Jayachandra Reddy Leaving behind their Maruti, the Police said that the accused were also and his associates al- men then drove away with the Accent, legedly abducted Ravis- driving an Indica. with the couple’s friend Neena still in- hanker Chowdary, son Raj Pahwa, 32, was on his way to the side. She was later dropped at Shahpur of TDP district vice- Azadpur wholesale fruit market at 6 am Jat and the car was found abandoned president Y V Raje- when the incident took place. Pahwa near Red Fort. swari, from his resi- was confronted by the three accused A few hours before the incident, the dence on Saturday night near the Jahangirpuri traffic signal. assailants had stolen a Maruti car from We searched everywhere for that and burnt him to death. Deputy commissioner of police Defence Colony. The police are yet to lost letter. But couldn’t find it, Sir. According to reports, (northwest) Sanjay Singh said, ‘‘It’s a make any headway in the case. Finally we discovered it! It was Ravishanker Chowdary case of robbery. An argument ensued The Central Forensic Laboratory is lying right on your table, Sir! and Sudeep, the nephew after which one of the accused got into scheduled to initiate investigations on of Jayachandra Reddy, Pahwa’s car and drove off. The two oth- Monday when they will scrutinise the had a fight over a er accused left in their car.’’ fingerprints of the accused. Mean- petty issue at a hotel in A case of robbery has been registered while, the police have mounted surveil- Chittoor on Saturday. in the Jahangirpuri police station. lance in and around the Red Fort area Singh, however, denied any link be- from where the car was found.
indiatimes.com POLL Deodorants smell of breast cancer? Does Hillary Clinton’s biography imply Ajit Ninan that women are more forgiving than men? By Lois Rogers ry experiments have indicated London: A possible link between in- that chemical compounds in deodor- Yes 61% No 39% creasing use of anti-perspirants and ants derived from zirconium and VOTE NOW: Do you think shopping malls rising rates of breast cancer is being aluminium may be linked to near heritage monuments will destroy investigated by scientists. hormone disruption. The chemicals their pristine beauty? Links have been discovered be- are not only absorbed through the Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 tween some of the ingredients found skin, but can also have damaging in common anti-perspirants and the effects on DNA. WEATHER development of tumours. The scien- Deodorants were introduced at tists are now demanding more mon- the beginning of the 20th century. Since then their use has spiralled, Max. 42oC/Min. 28.5oC ey for research into chemicals that Moonset: Tuesday – 8.01 am may be to blame. with heavy advertising of products Moonrise: Monday – 9.35 pm New cases of breast cancer aimed at both men and women. Sunset: Monday – 7.20 pm have doubled from about 20,000 a Darbre, whose review is pub- Sunrise: Tuesday – 5.23 am year in the late 1970s to almost 40,000 lished in the Journal of Applied Partly cloudy sky, duststorm or thunder- a year now. Toxicology, pointed out that breast storm is likely in some areas. Maximum Britain has one of the world’s cancer in men had doubled over the relative humidity on Sunday 54% and highest rates of the disease and past three decades to about 300 minimum 32%. every year almost 13,000 British Chris Flower, spokesman for the cases a year. women die from it. Per head, Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Most tumours in both sexes occur in the upper-outer section of the left Book your Classifieds Britons are also among the biggest Association, said manufacturers were confident that deodorants breast, the proportion in that area 24 hours service: “51-666-888” users of deodorants. Philippa Darbre, a senior cancer were safe. having increased from 31 in 1926 to Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” researcher in the department of cell “It is easy to show some of these 61 in 1994. The ATM of information and molecular biology at Reading ingredients have potential in-vitro “More research is urgently need- The Largest Classifieds Site University,has just published a com- (test-tube) effects, but there is no ev- ed. There are no instructions about prehensive review of research on idence to show that translates into amounts to be applied or frequency the issue. in-vivo (real-life) effects,” he said. of use, and the trend for uncon- Her conclusions point to a con- The formation of malignant trolled usage of these chemicals * 20 + 8 pages of Delhi Times nection between “underarm cosmet- breast tumours is known to be well before puberty should be a + 14 pages of Education Times ics” and breast cancer. linked to hormone levels. Laborato- cause of concern.” Sunday Times, London
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2 Monday,June 16, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi New buildings for MCD schools
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi : The operations of e- governance counters of Munici- pal Corporation of Delhi have raised a storm with the opposi- tion BJP accusing these of over- charging customers. Leader of opposition in MCD, Subhash Arya, alleged that the company hired by MCD for com- puterisation and running of the counters was illegally charging Rs 50 as transaction fees instead of Rs 5 from applicants for re- newal of trade licences. ‘‘The computerisation compa- ny is fleecing people due to slack supervision by MCD officials,’’ he said. The company is charging Rs 200 as fees for renewal of trade li- cence where as the MCD never fixed any such fees. ‘‘The late fee has also been increased from Rs 15 to Rs 215,’’ he said. Leader of opposition in Stand- EXAMINATION ALERT ing Committee, Vijender Gupta, alleged that a big conspiracy was BIOINFORMATICS being hatched within the MCD, 21.06.2003: Entrance Test for Advanced Diploma as a result of which, excess mon- Course in Bioinformatics at Madurai ey collected by the e-governance Kamaraj University, Palkalainagar, counters, also called the citizen Madurai-625021 service bureau, was being mis- appropriated. BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES ‘‘The funds are being credited 23.06.2003: Entrance test for BSc (Honours) in Biomedical Science at to a fictitious account head bear- Acharya Narendra Dev College, Govindpuri, Kalkaji, ing number 12-II (B). Such a head New Delhi-19 www.andcollege.net does not exist at all, so that, the BIOTECHNOLOGY accounts of this head will never be available for scrutiny by audi- 21.06.2003: Entrance test for M Sc Biotechnology of Banasthali tors,’’ said Gupta. Vidyapith www.banasthali.org He complained about alleged CIEFL delay in computerisation of the property tax department. ‘‘The 22.06.2003: Entrance Exams for MA English & Foreign Languages at delay is helping corrupt officials CIEFL, Hyderabad www.ciefl.ac.in who have been harassing the COMPUTER/IT public due to the lack of trans- 22.06.2003: Entrance Test for 3-year BSc (Honours) Computer parency in the present system,’’ Science, Dept of Computer Science, University of Delhi, he said. Arts Faculty Extn Building, Delhi-110007 Leader of the House and Con- gress chief, Ram Babu Sharma, COMMUNICATION countered the Opposition’s alle- 20.06.2003: Entrance exam for Master of Communication Studies, gation and said no extra charges University of Pune www.unipune.ernet.in/dept/emrc were being collected from li- 21.06.2003: CET 2003 for 3-year Bachelor of Journalism (Mass cence renewal applicants. ‘‘The Communication) of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha fees are based on the recommen- University, Delhi http://ipu.ac.in dations of a committee set up to 23.06.2003: Entrance test for 3-yr Bachelors degree in Mass Media determine the different transac- and Mass Communication (BMMMC) at Indraprastha tion charges,’’ Sharma said. College (University of Delhi), 31 Sham Nath Marg, New Delhi-54 7 criminals CSIR-UGC 22.06.2003: CSIR-UGC Test for JRF and Lectureship arrested in http://csirhrdg.res.in DAIRYING Ghaziabad 18.06.2003: Entrance Examination for PhD Dairying at National Dairy Research Institute, Deemed University, (ICAR), By Lalit Kumar Karnal-132001 TIMES NEWS NETWORK 19.06.2003: Interview for PhD Dairying at NDRI 19.06.2003: Interview for Master in Dairying (for In-service Ghaziabad: The city police on candidates only) at NDRI Engineering Saturday night arrested seven 21.06.2003: CET 2003 for Lateral Entry to Engg Degree programmes persons, wanted in several cases (2nd year) of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, of murder and dacoity and re- Delhi (http://ipu.ac.in) for Diploma holders covered over Rs five lakh in cash, 22.06.2003: Selection Test for Engineering Executive Trainee and jewellery and a jeep. The arrests Executive Trainee (Finance) in NTPC Ltd. of the seven accused, reportedly (www.ntpc.co.in) Information Science 18.06.2003: members of a former criminal Admission test for Associateship in Information Science tribe, followed an armed en- at National Institute of Science Communication and counter in a graveyard close to Information Resources (NISCAIR), New Delhi the Hindon river barrage. www.niscair.res.in Ghaziabad superintendent of police (city), Gyaneshwar Ti- LAW wari, claimed the dacoits were 22.06.2003: Entrance Test for 5-year Integrated Law programme at dividing the cash and goods they MDU National Law College, Sector-40, Gurgaon had stolen through several da- 22.06.2003: Entrance test for LLB (3 year course) at Faculty of Law, coities in Uttar Pradesh and Ra- University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Management jasthan. These included gold and 22.06.2003: CET 2003 for 3-year BBA of Guru Gobind Singh silver jewellery, cameras, video Indraprastha University, Delhi http://ipu.ac.in disc players, television sets and 22.06.2003: CET by DTE, Maharashtra State (www.dte.org.in ) for other items. MBA/MMS admissions According to Tiwari, Vijayna- 22.06.2003: Entrance Exam for Masters in Hospital Management at gar police station incharge, SKS Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration, Hyderabad Pratap, was told by an informer www.apolloiha.ac.in that the gang members were di- (This is an indicative guide. The dates may change.) viding the loot in an abandoned room by which the jeep was turning parked. Pratap led a police party point there and, after an exchange of fire, arrested the gang members.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,June 16, 2003 3 Gang of burglars busted Servant drugs employer, robs her TIMES NEWS NETWORK six to seven burglaries a day special staff developed intel- in Delhi and neighbouring ligence that Saleem and his TIMES NEWS NETWORK with cash and valuables. The family was drugged by New Delhi: With the arrest states. The gang members associates would be coming Deputy commissioner of Some past cases their servant, who had been of three persons on Saturday, New Delhi : The wife of a hail from neighbouring dis- to Hill View Apartments op- police (west), Satish Golcha, working with them for five the southwest district police timber trader in Punjabi •October 2002: An East Lajpat Nagar tricts of Uttar Pradesh, in- posite Vasant Lok in Vasant said: ‘‘Paramjeet Singh, left days. The servant later de- claimed to have busted a cluding Ghaziabad and Vihar. Bagh was drugged by her his Punjabi Bagh home at of Kailash exporter was camped with over Rs 8 lakh •February 2003: An old gang of burglars, allegedly Meerut.’’ The police spotted a Maru- servant, who later de- around 11 am on Saturday murdered by his servants, in cash and jewellery worth woman was killed by her involved in over 150 cases. The DCP said the notori- ti car with three occupants camped with cash and valu- for his shop in Kirti Nagar. who decamped with Rs 5 lakhs. servant in Rajinder Nagar. The police seized a Maruti ous criminal, Saleem, was ar- and signalled it to stop. The ables worth over Rs five When he reached his house lakh Cases of servants’ in- She used to frequently car, a loaded locally-made rested alongwith his two as- accused tried to escape, but lakh on Saturday afternoon. for some work at around 1 volvement in city’s crime change her servants pistol, a knife and house sociates. Saleem is a pro- were overpowered. The family had employed pm, he found his wife, Ra- January 2003: A servant are many. According to po- • breaking equipment from the claimed offender in cases of During interrogation, the Nepalese servant barely minder Kaur (47), lying un- killed another minor ser- •May 2003: A 60-year-old lice figures, over 300 cases of 10 days ago. accused, who were arrested murder, attempt to murder Saleem reportedly confessed conscious. His servant, vant and injured his em- woman was killed by her crimes involving servants in Vasant Vihar area. The The incident is the third Gopal (20), was missing.’’ are reported every year. In and burglaries. that he is a member of the ployer’s two daughters in servant in GK-II gang has been active in Del- of its kind in the west dis- Singh later found out that 2002, over 275 cases were re- His two associates were gang involved in 150 cases of hi, Noida and Ghaziabad. trict in the last two months, cash worth over Rs 2.5 lakh ported as against 300 in 2001 identified as Mohammed Sa- burglaries and thefts. where employers were was missing from the house. home. When he reached ily had employed Gopal and over 385 in year 2000. Deputy commissioner of gir and Inderjeet. The members, he said, are drugged by their servants. The family is yet to estimate there he came to know that about 10 days ago, but did These cases are reported police (southwest), Tejinder The police admitted that quick to dispose off the According to the police, in the jewellery stolen, but Gopal had drugged Kaur not get his antecedents veri- from south, southwest, east Luthra, said: ‘‘The gang there had been increase in stolen property to their per- May, two families, one in hinted to the police that it while serving her tea and fied by the police. Gopal was and west districts. which consists of 27 mem- day-light burglaries in south- manent receivers in Hapur, Punjabi Bagh and the other must be worth about Rs 3 later took away cash and employed on the recommen- Senior police officers said bers used to commit at least west and other districts. The Ghaziabad and Meerut. in Patel Nagar, were lakh. valuables. dations of a local chaukidar, that such incidents happen drugged by their Nepalese Singh reached his shop Kaur is unfit for state- but the latter denies it. because despite repeated servants. In a modus and found that his partner, ment and is admitted in a A case similar to Punjabi warnings, families don’t get operandi similar to the pres- who keeps the keys, was yet private hospital in Punjabi Bagh was also reported in their servants’ antecedents ent one, both servants fled to arrive. So he went back Bagh. The DCP said the fam- Preet Vihar in April 2003. verified by the police. Entrance tests: Another hurdle to cross Neeraj Paul By Nistula Hebbar TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: With the en- trance exam for English and Journalism around the cor- ner, there seems to be torrid activity around book stores and libraries across the city. Parul has applied for Eng- lish honours in Hindu and for Journalism in LSR. Her bed time and, possibly, day time reading includes Amit Choudhury’s ‘‘A New World’’, Anurag Mathur’s ‘‘Inscrutable Americans’’ and ‘‘The Fiction of St Stephen’s ‘’ edited by Aditya Bhattacharjee and Lola Chatterjee. However, Sanjana Gupta, also appearing for the same exams, is concentrating on classics. ‘‘I’m reading Shakespeare and Jane Austen. I’m really tempted to rent some videos of movies made on classics,’’ she says. Preparing for her journal- ism test, Parul catches a lot of television news picking up tips from them. ‘‘I’m trying to grasp the jargon used in journalism. I read two to three newspa- With admission fever at its peak, many students are preparing for their entrance exams to many courses. pers everyday, especially sages tend to test a candi- the editorial pages,’’ she date’s power of expression Campus meter adds. and understanding. Studying for an exam These are the two things we Entrance test schedule for colleges without mainly English Hindu: 9 am to 10.30 am June 23 any pre- look for,’’ Miranda house: SPM college for Women: scribed THE GREAT she points June 18 11.30 am to 12.30 pm 9.30 am to 11 am text out. Suni- Rajdhani: 12 pm to means Gargi: 2 pm to 4.30 pm COLLEGE RUSH ti Dhawan 1 pm June 26 students June 19 has been Lady Shri Ram college have to lap up whatever in- mugging up on Wren and Gargi: 9.30 am to 3 pm Maharaja Agrasen: 11 am for women: 3 pm to formation they get. Martin, the grammar bible. Kamala Nehru: 9.30 am to 12 pm 4.30 pm ‘‘I have a friend whose sis- An exercise in futility, ac- to 10.30 am June 27 ter took the English entrance cording to Dr Aruna Sitesh, June 20 June 21 last year. She told me that principal of I P College. Ramjas: 10 am to 11 am the paper has lot of compre- ‘‘It’s a little too late to be Janki Devi Mahavidyalaya: Janki Devi Mahavidya- Daulat Ram: 12.30 pm to hension passages,’’ says reading Wren and Martin at 10 am to 11.30 am laya: 10 am to 11.30 am 1.30 pm Seema Jain, also appearing this stage. Grammar is given for the exam. when you apply for sages,’’ she adds. Seema seems to have been English honours. There will well advised. be no tests for grammar or Her advice: You just For, according to Dr M even fill in the blanks,’’ she cannot prepare for the en- Subramaniam, principal claims. trance, either you have a Daulat Ram College, the ‘‘The idea is to see how the feel for the language or mainstay of the exam will be candidate responds to the you don’t. And Wren and unseen passages. English literature through Martin will certainly not ‘‘The comprehension pas- the comprehensive pas- help. Admission to IGNOU IT courses begins
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Open University has invited applications for admis- sion to Bachelor of Infor- mation Technology (BIT) and advance diplo- ma in Information Tech- nology (ADIT). The two programmes will commence from September 2003 through an entrance test to be held on August 3. BIT is a three-year de- gree programme incor- porating curriculum of BTEC/HND from United Kingdom. On comple- tion of BIT, students will be eligible to enter IInd year of MCA pro- gramme of IGNOU. Eli- gibility for admission to BIT is 10+2 pass of any recognised board. ADIT is a one-year programme partly fund- ed by the ministry of in- formation technology of the government of India. On completion, students will be eligible to enter IInd year of MCA. Eligi- bility for admission to ADIT will be a bachelor’s degree from any recog- nised university. The application form is also available on the website at www.ignou.ac.in. Filled in form for entrance test must reach on or before June 30.
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4 Monday,June 16, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi
FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to Occur at many place in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, NATIONAL Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, sub-Himalayan Mumbai: I-A 0700, West Bengal and Sikkim, Konkan and Goa, Andhra Gear up for a tough time on city buses 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Pradesh, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Kerala and TOI 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Lakshadweep; at a few places in gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, By Shubhajit Roy and 2300 Jet Air 0650, 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Himanshi Dhawan Chattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and north interior Karnataka. 1935, 2030, 2200, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD 1520, 1800, 2025 KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min New Delhi : When Calvin’s 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 43 29 Guwahati 31 23 Amsterdam 22 11 father said ‘suffering builds Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 31 25 Dehradun 39 25 Bahrain 38 27 Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 35 27 H’bad 35 24 Bangkok 35 26 character’ he had no idea CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 36 27 Indore 37 26 Beijing 25 13 what travelling in a Delhi bus ★★★ 0640,0955 Bangalore 30 21 Jaipur 43 32 Chicago 21 14 would be like. For those stuck 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 41 29 Lucknow 40 28 Geneva 31 20 0645,1900 in this daily grind, it only BANGALORE: T’puram 28 22 Patna 36 26 Hong Kong 28 23 I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 38 25 Rajkot 40 28 London 22 12 seems to build sore feet and Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 41 26 Shimla 29 20 Los Angeles 22 15 resentment. ati a regular commuter said. Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 32 23 Srinagar 31 13 Moscow 17 06 Road safety experts agree HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 Between the 2,600 DTC and GOA: I-A 1200, TRAIN RESERVATIONS 4,000 private buses, for sever- that buses are designed with- Sahara 1200 out keeping in mind certain KULU: Jagson 0630, al years now, there is a yawn- ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 1400 hrs. on simple safety precautions. 0650, 1215 15.06.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. ing gap in safety and comfort AHMEDABAD: ‘‘Forget a ramp for different- I-A 0600,1700★★1845, Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl levels. The callous attitude of ly- abled passengers, the bus- Jet Air 0610 NORTH the staff, unsafe bus-stops GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: 4033 Jammu Mail 21.06 29.06 30.06 29.06 and rundown vehicles have es on Delhi’s roads are not I-A 0555★★, 1010• ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 10.07 13.07 28.06 made the most common even comfortable for chil- 2403 Jammu Exp 26.06 30.06 01.07 02.07 Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, means of public transport in dren or the elderly,’’ S M Sa- Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 17.06 20 .06 20.06 — the city, its worst reflection. reen, former head of depart- 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 18.06 22.06 25.06 02.07 Unlike Mumbai or Chen- ment, road safety, at the (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 20.06 23.06 27.05 07.07 Central Road Research Insti- Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 23.06 10.07 09.07 nai where buses both govern- 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 26.06 25.06 23.06 ment and private adhere to tute said. INTERNATIONAL 2402 Shramjeevi Exp - 18.06 23.06 19.06 certain norms, Delhi is far The main reason for the 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 17.06 19.06 18.06 19.06 BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai behind in the race to provide sorry state of our buses is Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 16.07 17.07 I-A 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 30.06 15.07 17.07 a cheap and comfortable lack of regular maintenance, FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 17.06 29.06 24.06 24.06 means of public transport. Rohit Baluja, president, In- 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 25.06 26.06 23.06 stitute of Road Traffic AMSTERDAM: KLM 2802 Purshottam Exp — 30.06 30.06 26.06 The vehicles: The gods 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 29.06 27.06 22.06 must be crazy or we’ve just Education (IRTE) said. LONDON/NEW YORK: 4230 Lucknow Mail 17.06 23.06 25.06 27.06 So even though each bus is WEST learnt to live with danger. British Air 0210 (BA- fitted with indicators, head- 142), A-I 0715 (AI-111) 2904 Golden Temple Mail20.06 27.06 30.06 01.07 Most of the buses, whether PARIS: Air France 0040 2926 Paschim Exp 17.06 30.06 01.07 02.07 DTC or private, lack certain lights and fire escape routes, (AF-147) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 24.06 26.06 26.06 — these items rarely perform at SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 22.06 24.06 25.06 — basic safety measures. Right Airlines 2315 (SQ- 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 03.07 03.07 26.06 from when you enter the bus the optimum level. In fact a 407), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 09.07 06.07 09.07 to reaching your destination survey done by the IRTE HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2916 Ashram Exp 20.06 02.07 30.06 25.06 shows that 60 per cent of the Bus operators in Delhi openly flout regulations by allowing overcrowding that can cause fatal accidents. A-I 2340 (AI-312) SOUTH the journey feels like a one ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 16.06 24.06 30.06 23.06 way ticket to hell. Narrow windscreen wipers on buses not need statistics to prove slow reflexes. egging on drivers to move have no DTC buses to speak A-I 0300 (AI-131) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 19.06 23.06 01.07 22.06 floorboards, metal sheets jut- do not work. This not just dis- that Delhi’s roads are ruled Conductors also have to ad- faster and outrun another of,’’ Anil Sood from NGO 2432 Trivandrum Raj 24.06 08.07 08.07 — rupts the driver’s visibility AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 29.06 25.06 24.06 ting out of the main body by callous drivers. here to standards by which bus on the same route. Chetna said. MUMBAI: 0315 (AI 2618 Mangala Exp — 03.07 01.07 24.06 and lack of cushioned hand- but makes him a public In a study carried out by they ‘manage the bus’. ‘‘They Bus-stops: Badly planned St. Columba’s school stu- 755), 0345 (AI 156), 2628 Karnataka Exp — 30.06 30.06 22.06 bars are just the tip of the hazard. Indian Drivers Training and are supposed to help the driv- bus-stops and routes have dent, Tejaswi Kumar lost his 0615 (AI 146), 2330 2724 A P Exp 26.06 29.06 03.07 24.06 (AI 112) 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 30.06 07.07 08.07 — ice-berg. The drivers: Army Public Research Institute (IDTR) it er navigate the bus, provide proved to be a bane for the life because of a bus-stop that GOA: 1245 (AI 643) 7022 Dakshin Express — 26.06 — 18.06 ‘‘It is very scary to hang School student Sonam was was discovered that one- tickets and generally main- commuter. was placed immediately after No. of passengers dealt on 14.06.2003 (Delhi Area): 53,729 (N. Rly. Area) on to the bus with just one the unfortunate victim of a third of the drivers were un- tain order,’’ Gautam Chatter- ‘‘Either there will be too a traffic light. Though Ku- A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,42,495. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for hand, trying to push yourse hit and run where the bus fit for driving with several jee, road safety expert said. many buses in the same mar’s father plans to take le- (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. lf in without even a driver’s negligence was the plagued with severe prob- But, usually all the conduc- route or there are sections in gal action, there are innu- 23323310, Singapore Airlines (Information supplied by Indian Railways) 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 foothold,’’ Avantika Prajap- main cause. Her parents do lems like poor vision and tors seem to be doing is the city like Dwarka which merable such instances. A daily ride is a constant battle R Burman travel from Nehru Place other bus on the to ITO for work. No one same route. Old I bus ride is ever the people, young same. Usually, it is just a children just got battle between pushing my pushed helter- way into the bus and getting skelter every time inside safely. If I am late, the bus screeched that means hanging on on a turn. If the to the bus railing for speed, heat and dear crowds don’t get life, be- to you then bad PEOPLE cause behaviour will. So For booking: by 9 my friends sug- TALK am the gested that I carry Remembrance rush a safety pin and (with photo): hour begins. Getting a seat just poke at those Rs. 1200/- for 10 lines; is impossible which means getting overly- each extra line swinging like a monkey for friendly. It works Rs. 250/-. the 30-minute ride. like a wonder af- Shikha Malhotra on her daily commute. Obituary, Ceremony, Just yesterday every- ter you get over In Memoriam thing was going fine till the your initial hesi- cause the lights are so low . when I get back home, tired (all without photo): driver decided to race an- tation to hurt other human I often read about the and bruised every evening, Rs. 275/- for four lines; beings. improvements that the when was the last time each extra line Rs. 50/- I don’t try government has made on you travelled in a bus, For information, this on my buses. Mr Minister? call: 23302351, way back be- So all I want to know As told to Himanshi Dhawan 51-666-888 The experiment that went bust By Snigdha Sen cess drive and highly remu- TIMES NEWS NETWORK nerative. So what happened to the New Delhi: In September ‘ideal’ bus? The trial vehicle 2001, the Delhi Transport went back to the manufac- Corporation received an un- turers and so did the idea. usual experimental gift from With the entire fleet in the a bus manufacturing firm. city converting to CNG, low- An air-conditioned, low-floor floor buses were out, for the bus with wide doors. A bus time being at least. totally accessible to all — the The technical snag: sick, the old, pregnant ‘‘The low-floor wide-doored women, children, wheel- bus is the ideal for public chair users, accident victims transportation,’’ said trans- and people with all kinds of port commissioner Sind- physical handicap. The hushree Khullar. ‘‘But with idea was to put the bus to CNG cylinders being tucked six months of trial and see under the chassis, the floor if it caught the Delhiite’s cannot be lowered below a imagination. point. The new buses we And route 56, between Vas- have ordered for, are two- ant Kunj and New Delhi Rail- step buses. Also, the disabili- way Station, became a hit. ties commissioner has ruled With tickets priced at Rs 5, that we put 12 accessible bus- Rs 8 and Rs 12, this 36-seater es on the city’s roads. did good business for the Is there a way out? Yes, DTC. According to a senior says Sanjeev Sachdeva of DTC official, this was a suc- Samarthya, a voluntary group working for the dis- abled. The group has worked with the Metro rail authori- ties and Delhi Tourism on accessibility. ‘‘The DTC is planning to buy 700-odd new buses. All we need to do is place a light-weight compos- ite CNG cylinder above the bus. A manually-operated ramp can be attached to the false flooring which will take less than a minute to operate when the bus comes to stop. This is much more conven- ient and cheaper than equip- ping a few buses with hy- draulic lifts.’’ Of course, this will re- quire some changes in the bus stops as well as the atti- tude of the people, said Samarthya executive direc- tor Anjlee Agarwal. The hitch: Composite, light-weight cylinders are not manufactured in India. They have to be imported from the US. Indigenous cylinders are a possibility but are in nascent stage. And with the current duty structure, the cost of putting such a bus together could go up three-four times the current price of Rs 17 lakh-Rs 18 lakh.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,June 16, 2003 5 Sanjay Sekhri Say no to quacks, Powercuts unabated appeal doctors Holistic events New Delhi: The city continued to be plagued by loadshedding. New Delhi: Deaths from Jai Mazoomdar, a resident of Chittaranjan Park, said, ‘‘Power heart attack and paralysis can cuts have become a regular feature. Every day we go without only be avoided if the treat- electricity for at least four hours.’’ for all ages ment is started within 60 to 90 Private power distribution companies’ claims about im- minutes. Can a quack diag- provement in the supply network were belied with residents In collaboration with anetics presents success nose the same in the short of Gulmohar Park, Malviya Nagar, Panchsheel, Shakti Nagar, Times foundation, Khilona through communication. time? Ambedkar Nagar, Baljit Nagar, R K Puram, Patparganj, Theatre Group, the first In- Scientology, its new tech- Quackery was one of the Naraina Vihar, Gopi Nath Bazar, Sarawati Garden,Inder- dian company of adults to nique, claims to bring primary concerns raised at puri,and Mayur Vihar suffering blackouts. perform with children, is about a new state of being Delhi Medical Association’s ‘‘We have lost count of the number of times we need to start conducting a 15-day the- in a human being. Mr 46th annual conference which our generator daily,’’ said Cherry Sinha, a resident of South atre workshop with the Horstt, who will be con- concluded on Sunday.Over 100 Extension Part-II. TNN purpose to help young ducting sessions on Scien- specialists interacted with pri- ones express themselves at tology, on June 30 and 21, vate practioners during the all levels and in different maintains that the solu- conference. situations. The workshop tions to man’s problems The association condemned will begin from June 15 for are basically simple and the city government’s stand of children in the age group within every man’s reach. deferring the Anti-quackery of 6 to 16 years. It will be Scientology deals with lib- Bill and not bringing it in the conducted from 4.00 pm to eration from difficulties current session. TNN 7.30 pm and will contin- with communication ue until June 30. and inter-personal re- It’s fun time for lationships, self- children who will doubt and despair. Delhites may have to pay more to see animals like the Sambhar deer at Delhi Zoo as be taking acting According to authoroties plan to hike entry fees. lessons and at Horstt, each the same man innately time learn- possesses ing about the poten- Woman assaulted at home the essence of value edu- tial to be free from such By Sachin Parashar that the men had tried to up. She is in hospital with cation. The aim of this ex- negative human traits. TIMES NEWS NETWORK rape her mother. Attempts fractures in her legs and clusive theatre workshop Other events that con- were underway to nab the hands. Even her son received is to motivate participants tinue to be a part of Times New Delhi: Three persons culprits, police said. head injuries, but there was to be aware of their inner Foundation activities, are beat up a 52-year-old woman Deputy commissioner of no rape attempt.’’ selves and the world Astrology workshop by Va- and allegedly tried to rape police (east), Nuzhat Hassan, The police said a running around. sudev Tripathi, Neu- her at her Pandav Nagar res- said: ‘‘We have registered a property dispute could be the Santosh Babu, who will rolearning Programme for idence in east Delhi. Police case and are going all out to reason for the attack. also be holding a workshop personal effectiveness by denied the rape allegation ensure that the accused are According to the police, with Times Foundation, is Santosh Basu, Meditation brought by the woman’s 17- brought to book.’’ the assaulters, who have aimed at focusing on the by the Golden Age Founda- year old daughter. The DCP said: ‘‘The old been identified, have a past discovery of personal as- tion, talk on inner peace by The daughter had alleged woman was indeed beaten record of crime. sets for building a personal Divya Jyoti Jagrati brand. This Brand U fa- Sansthan, Suryayog by mous management guru, Suryayog Foundation and is a sought after corporate Osho meditation. A Tap- trainer and is all set to ping mediation follow up teach you how individuals with Rohini Chopra is can create a brand for scheduled for June 20 and themselves. 21. As part of Times Foun- For information and dation activities, in anoth- registration, please con- er attempt to find solutions tact Times Foundation at to every day problems, Di- 23014077, 23782396. 76 cholera cases in city By Himanshi Dhawan ing. S P Aggarwal, principal TIMES NEWS NETWORK secretary (health) said, ‘‘Due to lack of potable water,shal- New Delhi: Monsoons a low hand pumps are used.’’ month away, cholera has left DJB’s CEO P K Tripathi, its stamp on Delhi. The city recorded 76 cases since Janu- said, “when it was brought to ary, 50 per cent of which are our notice, we switched off from the Civil Lines zone. supply. Chlorinator was put Central and Civil Lines zone in place within two days.’’ alone account for 75 per cent Areas including Okhla, of reported cases. Bhogal, Govindpuri, Sangam Nearly 25 cases were re- Vihar,Tughlaqabad, Sant Na- ported in two weeks because gar, Burari, Surender Colony of Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) and Julaha Basti colony have negligence. also been affected. In a letter written by According to MCD health health officials in the Munic- officials, lack of piped water ipal Corporation of Delhi and a heavy dependence (MCD), it was noted that the on shallow hand pumps chlorinator in ranney well no have led to the high instance 4 in Burari was not function- of cholera.
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AFP INDIA DIGEST Women’s Bill AFP Protein-rich potato meet today New Delhi: Hoping once again to evolve an elusive po- litical consensus on the con- still on the couch troversial women’s reserva- tion Bill, Lok Sabha Speaker TIMES NEWS NETWORK Manohar Joshi has convened GM debate an all-party meeting on the New Delhi: The news from the Indi- issue Monday. GM potato will have only 0.5% an Council of Agricultural Research, • The meeting will discuss more protein than ordinary one which is conducting limited field tri- proposals from various par- als, is that GM potato, enriched by a ties. The effort, it is said, will It may lead to iron, calcium gene from the amaranth plant, cannot • be to ensure passage of the deficiency in children, says NGO hit the market before 2005. The usual Bill, in its present form or a potato has two per cent or less pro- modified one, in the 13th Lok Why not focus on pulses or Spectators enjoy a cockfight tein; the transgenic one would have • Sabha itself. When the Bill amaranth which are much competition in Bhopal on Sunday. about 2.5 per cent. was stalled in the lower These competitions are mainly more nutritious? But scientists expect the full data House for the fourth time in held in the rural areas. on performance only by early next the last budget session, the year. Asis Datta, whose team at Jawa- eties into which the amaranth gene task of evolving a consensus Top CBI officer to depose: A harlal Nehru University worked on has been introduced are performing was left to the Speaker. top CBI officer, O P Chhatwal, would using the amaranth plant gene, does- well. Since these are traditionally-ac- Among the proposals depose on Monday before a special n’t want to comment. Department of cepted varieties, large-scale trials which may come up for dis- court to throw light on the alleged biotechnology (DBT) secretary Manju may not be necessary,he indicated. cussion is the EC’s sugges- role played by bomb blast accused Sharma, whose remarks abroad Ejaz Pathan in the conspiracy Environmentalists were quick to tion on ensuring that parties raised a storm, could not be contacted give the ticket to 33 per cent hatched by Dawood Ibrahim and but she is quoted as implying a quick- react to suggestions that this GM po- People being ferried to safety as rain continues to lash Rangia in Assam on Sunday. of women. TNN others that led to a chain of explo- er schedule of evaluation, toxicologi- tato would be the magic wand in the sions in Mumbai 10 years ago. PTI cal and nutritional studies. fight against malnutrition. Why not 85 summoned in blasts case: But there are hints of a tussle be- focus on pulses, asked Devinder Shar- ma, which contain more than 20 per A special court has summoned 85 tween DBT and ICAR, between JNU people accused in the 1993 bomb and ICAR, and even suggestions of an cent protein. River-cleaning? But cash drying up blasts case to appear on Monday attempt to shortcircuit the approval He saw this as a move to promote and reserved its order on joining co- process. The final approving authori- GM food in India. While Khurana TIMES NEWS NETWORK jor rivers by 2007. Towns like Haridwar, Kan- mir chief minister Mufti accused Mustaffa Majnu in the trial. ty, the Genetic Engineering Approval agreed that protein increase in GM New Delhi: When the Na- But the environment min- pur, Allahabad and Varanasi Sayeed a special invitee. The court has, however, exempted Committee (GEAC) housed in the potato is not very high, he said that tional River Conservation istry says a financial crunch alone need Rs 500 crore more. In 2001, the authority had actor Sanjay Dutt from appearance Union environment ministry, has not potato is full, wholesome food. Authority meets after a two- has forced it to prioritise The Yamuna needs Rs 1,500 decided that future work will till June end. PTI been approached yet. It’s a hoax, said Vandana Shiva’s year gap on Monday, under work and though just one crore more if its pollution be shared on a 70:30 ratio be- Top Pak militant killed: A top ICAR’s Central Potato Research In- Research Foundation for Science, the chairmanship of the year of the 10th Plan has load is to be tackled. tween the Centre and state Pakistani militant belonging to the stitute chief S M Paul Khurana, who Technology and Ecology. It would a Prime Minister,it will find it- passed, ‘‘it will not be possi- This, says the ministry, governments. It had also di- Tehreek-e-Jehad outfit, Ghulam maintains the work is being done in smarter option to promote amaranth, self wrestling with a problem ble to take up new projects’’. will call for a review of the rected that lakes should get Mustafa Jatta alias Khalid, who was collaboration with JNU, said field tri- which has other nutrients not avail- which is only getting worse: Amid speculation that the 10th Plan if work is to be the same priority as rivers. on a mission to float a new organiza- als have been on for over two years. able in potato. The list of polluted rivers PM may announce some re- completed during this Plan. Among the lakes, one of tion in J&K to give ‘‘local colour’’ to The final trials in the hills are on; the Using this genetically-engineered and lakes is growing at a time lief, government estimates The authority’s 11th meet- the first projects envisaged activities of Pakistani militants, was last lot for the plains will be planted in potato may, in fact, spread iron and when the money to clean indicate that Rs 2,000 crore ing is to be attended by cabi- was conservation of Dal lake. shot dead by the BSF on the out- October, and harvested in February. calcium deficiency in children, the them is drying up. more will be needed just to net ministers, chief minis- The state government took skirts of Srinagar. PTI So far, the seven Indian potato vari- foundation said. The government has given finish the work on cleaning ters of 18 states, MPs and ex- three years to clear the de- Celebratory firing kills one: Bri- itself a target of cleaning ma- the Ganga and Yamuna. perts, with Jammu and Kash- tailed project report on it. jesh Kumar, a 17-year old gardener BJP won’t play Hindutva card, says Naidu: was killed when some members of a marriage party, allegedly under the Though the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will never influence of liquor, fired in the air dur- give up its Hindutva ideology, it won’t use it as a poll ing the reception in Kanpur.PTI plank or deviate from the NDA government’s agenda, party president Venkaiah Naidu said here. PTI Maya must prove her majority: Ajit New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal on Sunday said the Uttar Pradesh governor should ask the Mayawati government to prove its majority on the floor of the house following withdrawal of support by it. RLD chief and former Union minister Ajit Singh told reporters here that his party will ask the president to appoint an observer in the likelihood of Mayawati seek- ing a confidence vote. ‘‘The governor should do his duty and ask the govern- ment to prove its majority in the assembly now that RLD has withdrawn support to the coalition government,’’ Singh said. On moves to top- ple the UP government, he said the opposition unity is a positive sign. PTI
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AP Reality TV risks: An Irish William’s romance in Africa reality television show nearly sank without trace after the Reuters ship carrying contestants London: Prince William, around the country’s treach- eldest son of Prince Charles erous coastline hit the rocks and Lady Diana, has fallen and broke up. Terrified con- in love with a girl from testants taking part in state Kenya and even had a ‘‘pre- broadcaster RTE’s “Cabin tend engagement’’ to her, Fever” programme were the media reported Sunday. winched to safety by helicop- Despite living 6,400 km ter after the boat they were apart, William and 21-year- supposed to stay aboard for old Jessica Craig have en- eight weeks ran aground joyed a secret long-distance near Tory Island, Donegal, in relationship for the past two northwest Ireland. A produc- er with the company making years. the programme — flagged as This weekend Jessica, the Irish television event of daughter of a wealthy the summer — said all pre- Kenyan conservationist, is cautions had been taken, the staying with William at ship thoroughly checked be- Highgrove as he prepares fore setting out and the crew for his 21st birthday party trained in sea survival. AFP at Windsor Castle where he will introduce her to the Public service for Peck: Queen. Significantly, the A public memorial service for theme for the celebrations the late Gre- is ‘‘Out of Africa’’. gory Peck According to the report (news) is set in the Mail on Sunday, for Monday at William is also planning to the Cathedral Actress Pamela Anderson unveils her new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals poster on Friday in Florida. return to Kenya after com- Britain’s Princes William (R) and Harry arrive for the annual Trooping the Colour Parade of Our Lady of pleting university to be with held to mark the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II in central London on Saturday. the Angels. agreed to deliver the eulogy. thing Myers from a stream of noted that progress reports his first serious love, and Peck, 87, died Peck publicist Monroe Fried- sexy gals who stopped at his “were all positive,” revealed has told his father he is has also travelled to the UK The prince hinted at his Charles. Thursday. He man said the actor would be table to say hello. The middle no details of the allegation. thinking of buying a home several times. Earlier this plans to return to Africa won the best-actor Oscar for buried during a private serv- aged actor is showing off his The 62-year-old actor, who ‘‘They also ask for the me- playing the noble Atticus in there. month she attended a when he revealed in a re- ice in Los Angeles. AFP shiny muscles in the wake of said nothing during the ap- dia to leave her and her fam- 1962’s “To Kill a Mocking- Since meeting Jessica in fundraising dinner in Lon- cent interview that he is ily alone,’’ she added, on the publicity surrounding his pearance Friday, told re- don in aid of the Conserva- learning Swahili. bird” and also appeared in Bruce shows off muscle: ex-wife Demi Moore’s porters on the way into the May 2001, during his gap customary condition of “Twelve O’Clock High,” “The Hollywood Actor Bruce Willis tion Charity Tusk. Royal officials denied the boyfriend Ashton Kutcher. ANI courtroom: “I haven’t been year, William has secretly anonymity. Boys From Brazil,” and is currently seeing software returned on three occasions She has also been staying reports. ‘‘St. James’s Palace drinking. Nothing, nothing.” St. James’s Palace denied “Moby Dick.” Cardinal Roger executive, Gail Myers. Willis Nolte violated probation: Nolte was ordered in Decem- to Lewa, a remote area close at the remote cottage on the denies that there is or ever Mahony planned to preside met Myers at the nightclub A judge told actor Nick Nolte Craig was staying at High- ber 2002 to refrain from driv- to Mount Kenya, where her Balmoral estate that the has been any romantic liai- over the memorial, and Taj after which he took her to there was an allegation he vi- father, Ian, runs a safari re- Queen granted her grand- son between Prince William grove, Prince Charles’ coun- ing with drugs or alcohol in Peck’s longtime friend Brock the Nets game a a night later. olated his probation in a driv- his system after his Mer- serve. son as a bolthole from his and Jessica Craig,’’ said a try home, before the birth- Peters, who played the black According to New York Post, ing-under-the-influence case cedes-Benz was seen swerv- Jecca, as she is affection- studies at St Andrews Uni- spokeswoman for the office day party at Windsor man Atticus Finch defended the hairless Hollywood he- but that more investigation ing near his Malibu home. AFP ately known by her friends, versity. of William’s father, Prince Castle. PTI in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” man selected the 20-some- was needed. The judge, who Casanova Wives bend to Vaccine slows progress of diabetes Potter star wants macho man’s By Deena Beasley or by the body’s failure to respond to it. the university to Sweden’s Diamyd Med- US officer Los Angeles: An experimental vaccine In Type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune ical AB, which conducted a trial of 47 system attacks cells in the insulin-mak- adults recently diagnosed with late onset to quit acting political views may be able to stop the progression of Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes, according ing parts of the pancreas. The body is Type 1 diabetes. offers an arried women gradual- then unable to control blood sugar levels The study results were unveiled a Washington: “Harry Pot- to results from a mid-stage clinical trial ter” star Daniel Radcliffe, Mly conform to their hus- of the injected drug presented on Satur- and insulin must be injected daily.Juve- meeting of the American Diabetes Asso- apology bands’ political opinions the nile diabetes affects about one in 300 peo- ciation in New Orleans. has decided to retire from day. acting. He will quit playing longer they stay together, ac- “The vaccine prolonged what little ple, with the average onset age of 12. The vaccine, injected at four different Fayetteville (North cording to a study on family Type 2 diabetes, which is more com- dose levels up to three times over a six- Carolina): Through the role of the school wizard, ability people with advanced diabetes after the completion of the “kitchen cabinets”. mon, arises when the body becomes re- month period, successfully prolonged his lawyer,a US Army had to make insulin. We are optimistic of fourth film of the series. The trend is strongest sistant to insulin, often as a result of patients’ ability to make insulin, com- officer accused of better efficacy in younger people, who The 13-year-old says that among wives who stay at obesity. pared with patients who received a proposing to dozens don’t have full-blown disease,” said he wants to concentrate on home. Career women are The UCLA researchers discovered the placebo, the researchers said. of women has apolo- Daniel Kaufman, professor at the Uni- his studies. He had enrolled more likely to retain political autoimmune response that causes Type Kaufman said the vaccine worked best gised for his behav- versity of California, Los Angeles’ de- at the private City of London as well as financial independ- 1 diabetes may be due to the immune sys- at a low-to-medium dosage and the trial iour. But at least one partment of molecular and medical School last year, where he ence but they still drift to- tem attacking a protein called GAD in showed no safety concerns. of his alleged victims pharmacology, whose research team now plans to complete his wards their husbands’ views. first developed and tested the vaccine in the insulin-producing cells in the pan- “The study shows that it is possible to say that’s not enough. Men tend to stick to their Col. Kassem Saleh, GCSE. His friend says, “”He diabetes-prone mice. creas. They then developed a diagnostic inhibit the autoimmune attack on the political stance, according to stationed at Fort really just wants to get back Diabetes, which can lead to heart dis- test for identifying individuals who were cells that make insulin, thereby slowing a study at Oxford University. Bragg, is under inves- to his ordinary life, he does- ease, kidney failure and blindness, is developing Type 1 diabetes based on an- the progression of type 1 diabetes,” said Even if the wife is the main tigation by the Army n’t like the attention and just caused by a shortage of insulin, a hor- tibodies to that protein in their blood. Kaufman. Further studies are planned, breadwinner, husbands as- over allegations that wants to concentrate on his Daniel Radcliffe mone that regulates blood sugar levels, The vaccine research was licensed by the researcher said. Reuters sert their masculinity by not he simultaneously ro- exams.” tor’s decision. Reports also changing their views. manced dozens of According to a report, BRICKBATS Daniel earned almost $ 5 mil- say that a series of informal The authors of the study women on the Inter- casting sessions with young This strip is funny without humour just lion per film and was the best believe the trend might large- net and by phone and actors has begun. like a day without sun,a night without among 40,000 other actors, to ly be explained by men being moon proposed to them. But — Kinshuk Saleh’s lawyer said have played the most coveted This change in the lead more interested in politics, I can’t understand why are you pub- about 30 women are role in cinema. Still he has role casts doubt on the future despite the advancement of lishing this section.When you have de- never been a huge fan of the women in the political world. cided to publish the strip in spite of conspiring to unfairly of the films’ other child stars, haitmails, there seems to be no reason get him kicked out of stories. Rupert Grint and Emma Wat- “There is a process of give to continue publishing Brickbats. The actor’s decision has son, who play Ron Weasley and take in a marriage, with — Varun the Army. ‘‘He is sincerely ended months of speculation and Hermione Granger. The partners likely to defer to the For bouquets go to apologetic,’’ Fayet- over his future, which had trio had been under contract one who cares most about an www.timesofindia.com teville lawyer Mark begun surfacing after the for the first three films of the issue, and in the case of poli- premiere of the second film, e-mail: [email protected] Waple told The New series, the third of which, tics it tends to be men,” said York Times. ‘‘He “Harry Potter And The “Harry Potter And The Pris- Professor Anthony Heath of didn’t intend to harm Chamber Of Secrets.” It is oner Of Azkaban”, is now be- Oxford’s sociology depart- them in any way. said, however, that the Warn- ing filmed. The new Potter ment, one of the authors of But enough is ers group, which has made book is going to be delivered the study, The Political Atti- enough.’’ AP the films based on J K Rowl- to Australian bookshops un- tudes and Choices of Hus- ing’s books, knew of the ac- der tough security. ANI bands and Wives. The Sunday Times Father’s Guinness record bid Dubai: An Emirati who has 63 children has married for the 12th time in a bid to ensure his place in the Guinness Book of Records with 100 offspring. And his name is Dad. Dad Mohammad Murad, 53, wed an 18-year-old on Friday in the emirate of Ajman, just north of Dubai, Al-Bayan newspaper reported Saturday.In line with local tradition, the girl was not named. Ajman ruler Sheikh Hamid bin Rashid Al-Nuaimi attended and paid for the festivities. Murad told the daily that he had divorced four of his wives while four others had died. AFP Tolstoy Farm renovation on the anvil Durban: The long aban- doned Tolstoy Farm in Johannesburg, estab- lished by Mahatma Gandhi to promote the philosophy of satyagra- ha, peace and harmony, is to get a fresh lease of life with a group of Indi- an-origin youth volun- teering to restore it. The farm, situated about 45km east of Jo- hannesburg, has become run down and aban- doned after the new own- ers took over the farm in the 1960s. ‘‘The renova- tion committee was es- tablished after it was found that very few chil- dren of people of Indian origin knew anything about Gandhi or the fa- mous farm,’’ member of the Gandhi resemblance committee, Sandra Singh said. The committee is made up of 10 people comprising Hindus, Chr- istians, Muslims, and one Black African. ‘‘It has come as a shock to us that this site is going to ruins despite the fact that the government has declared it a historical site,’’ she said. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Monday,June 16, 2003 13 DIASPORIUM US steps up battle against Saddam Advani may keep Bombay Dreams AFP Baghdad: US forces stepped up Iraq off agenda Bursting with a nightmarish mix their battle against pro-Saddam of ingredients, the Bombay Hussein loyalists and other oppo- By Rashmee Z. Ahmed Sources said India was Dreams cocktail becomes reality. nents of their occupation, as a TIMES NEWS NETWORK keen not to “overplay” the One whole year after the epony- deadline for Iraqis to surrender UK’s growing concerns over mous Andrew Lloyd-Webber-A R weapons ran out Sunday with London: L K Advani is ex- the import of Indian IT pro- Rahman collaboration thrust its meagre results. pected to try and resolutely fessionals. way into a doubting London the- US troops unleashed a new op- keep Iraq off the agenda in On Iraq, said sources, atreland. The cocktail is that ulti- eration, codenamed Desert Scor- talks with Tony Blair on “There is no reason why we mate abomination — a vanilla vod- pion, overnight against forces in Tuesday, in an indication of should bring it up.’’ However, ka-cognac-lassi, for God’s sake! A northern Iraq loyal to the ousted the BJP-led government’s its thought unlikely Advani sunset-yellow drink, created in ho- president, a coalition spokesman growing discomfiture with will leave London without nour of the hip-thrusts and wig- said. the prospect of Indian troops further pressure from Blair,a gling of the Rahman-composed “It started last night, it is still policing a country invaded leading member of the An- musical extravaganza. But the at- ongoing,” Sergeant 1st Class Bri- by the US and UK without a glo- American coalition, to tempt to serve up Mumbai in a an Thomas said. UN mandate. despatch Indian troops for an glass may be harder than Lloyd- The operation came on the But in a sign that the Indi- Iraqi “stabilisation force”. Webber’s groundbreaking attempt heels of Operation Peninsula an-jawan-for-Iraq issue will Observers said Iraq was to convert mainstream British mu- Strike, a massive six-day US mili- not go away, the deputy becoming a hot-button issue sicals to Bollywood ways. The real tary assault in north-central Iraq prime minister faces pickets for New Delhi anyway,with a Bombay Dreams continues to do to clamp down on pro-Saddam and protests by several South Pentagon team arriving in good business in London. fighters that was brought to a Asian civil rights groups op- India on a day-long visit on Sylhet on Thames close Thursday. posed to potential Indian de- Sunday. It left at least 113 people dead, ployment in Iraq. The British South Asia Little-Sylhet-on-Thames aka Brick including at least one foreigner, Advani, who arrived here Solidarity Group, which Lane, down in London’s East End, according to a tally from Iraqi early on Sunday, is expected arranged protests outside the just got a whole lot richer. English witnesses and US officials. to discuss issues closer to venue of Advani’s Sunday Heritage, the body responsible for The US military’s Central home with Blair, his deputy night meeting with an esti- regenerating historic areas and Command (Centcom) said Penin- John Prescott, foreign secre- mated 700 members of the tary Jack Straw and home buildings, has just pledged a cool sula Strike resulted “in the cap- An Iraqi boy tosses a soccer ball to a US soldier sitting on an armoured vehicle in Fallujah on Sunday. British Indian community, 2.5-million pounds to help keep ture of approximately 400 de- secretary David Blunkett said Iraq was an increasingly Brick Lane’s predominantly Ben- tainees and the seizure of nu- Bush declared on May 1 that ma- Aziz, imam of the main mosque towards the area, it said. during the course of a urgent issue. gali community in business. The merous weapon systems and am- jor combat was over in Iraq. at Rawa. Asked about the reports, Iraqis snubbed a coalition packed and high-profile four- Amrit Wilson of the Soli- whole point is apparently to pre- munition”. On Saturday a Muslim leader Sergeant Thomas said: “We don’t deadline to surrender their day visit. darity Group said: “Despite vent them being priced out of “Approximately 60 of the de- from Rawa, a village close to the have anything. I can’t comment weapons by June 15 with the US- The focus will be “India’s widespread opposition in In- their valuable, central location. tainees remain in custody,” it border with Syria, said that US on it.” led forces reporting Sunday that concern on terrorism, dia, the government looks set London’s property market, it’s said. forces killed 82 combatants at a Elsewhere, Arab satellite TV only a few hundred arms had whether the British are do- to give into US pressure to feared, could have done to the Ben- American military officials desert training camp at nearby Al-Jazeera reported Sunday that been handed over. About five mil- ing enough and whether Pak- send at least one division of galis what it did to Brick Lane’s said 31 fighters had been killed Sahl on Thursday. the headquarters of US forces in lion weapons are believed to be in istan will create an atmos- up to 20,000 Indian troops to earliest residents — the French but reported no US deaths, fol- Some of the fighters appeared the central Iraqi city of Ramadi circulation in Iraq where law- phere conducive to Prime central Iraq where the Amer- Huguenots and Jewish migrants. lowing the largest military as- to have been summarily execut- had come under mortar attack. lessness has taken root since the Minister Vajpayee’s peace ican occupying forces are un- Rashmee Z Ahmed in London sault since President George W. ed, said Sheikh Gharbi Abdul Ambulances were seen heading ouster of Saddam’s regime. AFP initiative,” Indian diplomats der siege from the people of told TNN. the country. Reuters Five terror suspects die in Mecca shootout Dubai: Five suspected ter- rorists and an equal num- ber of Saudi security per- sonnel were killed in an overnight raid on an apartment in the holy city of Mecca, which also led to the arrest of seven “wanted” men, including one wearing a suicide bomb belt. Five security officers were also injured in the fighting that started when a group of men in a car ig- nored police orders to stop and took refuge in a build- Palestinian women look out the window as Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas arrives at his ing in Khaldiya district, office to attend the weekly cabinet meeting in the West Bank City of Ramallah on Sunday. Arabic daily Okaz report- ed. Saudi troops and securi- ty agents evacuated the Talks resume in W Asia building and stormed the apartment where the sus- Jerusalem: Israel and the lation in violence over the army would go back in and pects were holed up, the Palestinians have resumed past week after American take over the area again. report said, adding a large high- level security talks af- President George W Bush Prime Minister Ariel cache of arms and explo- ter a week which saw some of launched the road map at Sharon said Sunday that Is- sives was found. One of the worst bloodshed in the 32 Aqaba summit in Jordan two rael will continue to take pre- the arrested persons was months of Palestinian upris- weeks ago. emptive actions to curb wearing a suicide ing. The Israeli side was repre- Palestinian suicide bomb- bomber’s belt, it reported. Following the high-level sented by Israeli Defence ings, the public radio report- The dead included a security talks between the Force (IDF) Major General ed. captain in the security two sides Saturday night, Amos Gilad, coordinator of ‘‘Israel will continue to act forces, while a lieutenant- which went on for three government activities in the against targets identified as colonel and three ser- hours at a venue in the West territories and Palestinian human bombs, and unless geants were among the in- Bank town of Ramallah, the authority minister responsi- the Palestinians decide to de- jured. Israeli defence establishment ble for security affairs Mo- stroy the infrastucture of ter- Okaz said those killed is preparing to withdraw hammed Dahlan. rorist organisations, Israel or arrested were later from the northern Gaza During the meet, Gilad will take care of it,’’ he told a identified as “wanted ter- Strip, Army Radio reported told Dahlan that violence by weekly cabinet meeting. rorists”, but did not di- vulge their nationalities. Sunday. Israel would also Palestinian militants had to The radio did not specify if However, the London- handover security control to be stopped and before Israel Sharon was referring to based opposition Move- the Palestinians following could begin withdrawing Hamas militants or leaders ment for Islamic Reform talks. from the occupied territo- of the Islamic radical group in Arabia (MIRA), citing “ Saturday night’s meeting ries. such as Abdul Aziz al-Rantis- sources” in Saudi Arabia, was realised after the US He reportedly also warned si, who survived an Israeli as- said eight security officers pushed for it and was the that should a terror attack sassination bid Tuesday in and three civilians were first public contact between originate from an area where which three Palestinians killed in the clash. the two sides since the esca- Israel had withdrawn, the died. Agencies According to MIRA, po- lice were sent to carry out searches. It was not clear whether the suspects were linked to the May 12 sui- Looters return treasures cide bomb attacks on resi- dential compounds in of Baghdad museum Riyadh. PTI AP he red Toyota splut- tered to a halt in T front of the Iraq Mu- seum and three men in their early twenties jumped out. As they struggled to lift a large object wrapped in a blanket out of the boot, the American guards on the gate raised their weapons. For a moment, a priceless 5,000-year-old vase thought to have been lost in looting after the fall of Baghdad seemed about to meet its end. But one of the men peeled back the blanket to US troops guard the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad. reveal carved alabaster The sacred Vase of Warka, a centerpiece of the museum’s pieces that were clearly collection, was returned to the museum. something extraordinary. “Every day people are of the war. Some 170,000 Three feet high and bringing things back,” said items were reported stolen weighing 600lb intact, this Donny George, the muse- from the museum. was the Sacred Vase of um’s director of research. However, the return of Warka, regarded by experts Only an hour before the re- the Warka vase means the as one of the most precious turn of the Warka vase on number of prized exhibits of all the treasures taken Thursday,he had described missing from the museum during looting that shocked its loss as one of the things is now only 32. About 3,000 the world in the chaos fol- he was most upset about, artefacts are believed to lowing the fall of Baghdad. calling it “one of the real have been taken from store Broken in antiquity and masterpieces of the world”. rooms. “This is a classic ex- stuck together, it was once The failure of US troops ample of how you can say again in pieces. to stop the plundering of anything bad about the Having handed it over, antiquities while at the Americans and people will the men jumped back into same time sending tanks to believe it,” said a spokes- their car and drove off into guard the oil ministry was man for the US-led Iraq ad- the heat of the afternoon. seen as one of the scandals ministration. The Sunday Times
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14 Monday,June 16, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Mandir & Masjid Master Planner A THOUGHT FOR TODAY A K Jain, Delhi Development Authority be developed by builders. A developer needs Ecumenical Solution to Ayodhya Commissioner (Planning), has some daringly to submit a comprehensive scheme to local India is an opportunity, not a threat. By Firoz Bakht Ahmed re-emerged with some old and some new different ideas on the concept of urban bodies and only after they give it the green — Jim Collins faces to fill their coffers at the expense of planning in India. Involved at present in the signal, should he be allowed to start work. At long last, there appears to be a ray of hope Muslims who already face enough social unenviable task of restoring the credibility of To give examples of the kind of develop- that the nation may finally be able to resolve and economic problems. DDA and giving teeth to its planning process, ment activity that I envisage, I feel we need the Ayodhya dispute and move forward Today, the Muslim community in India he spoke to Rashme Sehgal about the need to put areas such as the Pusa Agricultural Jobs’ Comforters in harmony. Unfortunately, encouraging needs a new leadership, which is imbued for decentralised urban planning in India: Institute, the Walled City and Safdarjung statements made by the Shankaracharya of Airport in Delhi to better commercial use. Despite the current backlash, US will soon with vision, courage and perspective. It Kanchi and prime minister A B Vajpayee needs leaders in the mould of Maulana Azad, Is there a need to rethink the concept of We are also working towards allowing have to recruit 10 million foreign workers have already been opposed by certain Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Dr Zakir Hussain and urban planning? commercial retail shops to operate in resi- ‘All-India’ bodies, which claim to represent Every day seems to bring fresh headlines about an Ataullah Shah Bukhari, to name a few.These I think it is important to understand the dential areas: From tailor and garment Muslims in this country. In fact, these men believed that minorities have as much pitfalls of over-centralised planning. We in shops to banks, guest houses and nursing anti-outsourcing backlash in developed countries. Simul- organisations have hardly any following, and taneously, foreign governments are making it harder and responsibility in a secular democracy as the India have borrowed the concept of a single homes. This greater liberalisation will, I am certainly do not represent the community’s majority. Their vision led to Muslims being use zoning system as against the popular sure, be accepted in most other cities also. harder for Indian professionals to work abroad, with visa desire for a just, peaceful solution. quotas being drastically slashed. Indian industry has been called not a minority, but India’s second mixed-use syndrome. Small enterprises, True, cities ultimately have their own trying hard to correct the perception that outsourcing It would be best for Indian Muslims grace- majority. Such a leadership may yet arise which traditionally operate from living specific master plans but they will, I am sure, and onsite services pose an economic threat to the home fully to offer the disputed patch of land in Ay- from the educated lower middle class — a places, are required to be shifted to commer- follow a flexible approach. countries of their clients. Even so, it is still not common odhya to their Hindu brethren, rather than group until now suppressed by the nation’s cial/industrial areas that are beyond the What other measures do you suggest? knowledge that — to cite the case of just one country — allowing the issue to be misused by political- elite and the traditional Muslim clergy. affordability of the masses. Again, shifting of Studies indicate that to get a group Indian infotech companies employed nearly 60,000 people ly ambitious elements in both communities. In all of this, the Muslim intellectual’s role offices and industries due to zoning results housing project passed in Singapore takes in the US in 2001; and that these 60,000 people paid nearly As the next step, Hindus and Muslims is of paramount importance. He must inter- in a loss of jobs. We must not forget that between 4-8 weeks, whereas in India it $810 million in American federal and local taxes that year. should build both a Ram mandir and a vene to thwart the stratagems of politicians the bulk of the workforce in Indian cities is takes several years and involves dealing Nor is it adequately well known that Indian IT company masjid through a joint kar seva. The super- and give his community a chance for change. constituted by the ‘informal or unorganised with at least 30-40 organisations. So much employees buy goods and services worth over $1 billion in vising body ought not to be any political Iqbal once wrote: ‘‘Hai Ram ke wajood par sector’. In Delhi, for example, it constitutes crucial time is lost in these delays. Official the US annually. Most people, particularly Americans, organisation but an inter-faith ecumenical Hindostan ko naaz, Ahl-e-nazar samajhtey 40 per cent of the population. In other cities, planners are often afraid to take a positive would also be surprised to learn that US banks, financial committee, consisting of people from all hein us ko Imam-e-Hind!’’ Truly, Ram is not this figure is even larger. decision, largely because they want to avoid services and insurance companies have saved $8 billion walks of life. Even the Prayag Peeth Shan- just Maryada Purushottam but the Imam Most master plans recommend that rural allegations of corruption and favouritism. in the past four years by outsourcing to India. Helped by karacharya Swami Madhawananda Saras- (spiritual representative) of India. migration to our cities be curbed. This There are public hearings going on vis-a-vis these savings, the companies were able to add 125,000 wati has agreed to the building of a temple Some time ago, the Sikh community in stems from the belief that rural migrants the Delhi master plan? new jobs. Publicising such facts would probably reduce and a mosque within the 67-acre area in Ayo- Punjab offered to return an occupied mosque create housing and Yes, the hearings the growing resentment against Indian professionals, dhya. The Shankaracharya’s to Muslims. This created a services problems are at a crucial for now. But the Indian government and industry must suggestion should be taken feeling of fraternity between by utilising the in- Q&A stage. We are deter- also look ahead to a period when demographics will be seriously if the country is to the two communities that still frastructure without mined to make the working in this country’s favour, and be ready to seize be spared further strife in the exists. Surely,the Muslims too paying taxes. This Why should inspectors Delhi plan more that opportunity when it arises. name of religion. Of course, are capable of such a magna- again is very short- go around checking plan- ‘people friendly’. According to projections by the US bureau of labour political parties which have nimous gesture? Goodwill sighted thinking as ning deviations down to The hearings are statistics, by the year 2010, the American economy will made the Ram mandir a major is invariably reciprocated. If the cities cannot be the last centimetre? This being held in com- offer 167.75 million jobs, but there will only be 157.72 million issue may never want the Muslims relinquish the looked upon as the should be left to private munity halls to people available to fill them. In fact, shortages of skilled problem to be resolved, so that disputed land to pave the way exclusive preserve of architects. We should ensure the widest labour are already being felt in sectors like pharmaceuti- they can continue to cash in on for a temple, surely their the rich. promote greater decen- possible participa- cals and steel. This is a trend that is likely to pick up it for political gains. Politi- Hindu brethren will have no What are the other tralisation and more tion of people. cians are not part of the solu- objection to the construction shortfalls? community participation. This is not always momentum in developed nations, where the bulk of the Udayshankar population is ageing and will eventually have to retire. tion, they are part of the prob- of a nearby mosque. Integrated plan- easy because at Millions of youngsters in India will simultaneously be lem. Because once a problem is solved, they Let us not forget that ours is a composite ning can be brought present there are entering the workforce. As outsourcing contracts pour in, could find themselves without a platform. heritage. Can we drown out Amjad Ali about only if co-operatives, together with 136 land use zones in the Delhi plan, all of the industry will boom in India, even as demand will rise The so-called Muslim leadership is Khan’s sarod, Bismillah Khan’s shehnai, the the private sector, come forward in a major which have to be given due weightage. In for workers in countries facing a labour shortage. Indian responsible for allowing the Babri masjid to Dagar brothers’ ragas or Begum Akhtar’s way to augment the entire housing and order to ensure greater decentralisation, we professionals could benefit hugely from this situation — snowball into a national issue and become a thumris? Should we forget the Sufi teachings development process. For example, why need to embark on several key changes in and their remittances back home would boost the national symbol of the community’s status in India. that enriched our lives, the preachings of should DDA inspectors go around checking our planning approach. economy. To fully exploit this opportunity, we must invest After the mosque’s demolition in 1992, Mus- Swami Vivekananda, Kabir, Ramakrishna planning deviations down to the last After the spate of scandals that have hit in education and developing our human resources. And lims suffered a collective humiliation. This Paramahansa, Amir Khusro, Moinuddin centimetre? This should be left to private the DDA, what specific steps are being taken simultaneously, we must insist in trade negotiations that humiliation was in no small measure due to Chishti, Nand Rishi, Dehat Bibi, Lallan architects. The DDA should concern itself to clean up the organisation? with allowing for greater decentralisation free movement of goods is meaningless, unless accompa- the impotency of their representatives. Faqir, Guru Nanak, Baba Farid? Should we We are trying to introduce much greater and more community partnership. They nied by free movement of labour. People are potentially Muslims in India suffer due to poor educa- ban the bhajans sung by Mohammed Rafi? transparency, including doing away with should set up a one window system and place India’s most lucrative export; we must do everything in our tion, religious orthodoxy and economic back- Should we pretend that Ghalib, Mir, discretionary quotas. We need to resimplify time limits for all kinds of approvals. power to leverage this competitive advantage. wardness, but their worst affliction may well Momin, Zauq, Firaq, Majrooh, Kaifi, Jafri procedures to generate greater public be the opportunistic top echelon that cries and Sahir never existed? What will remain of I am also opposed to large-scale land confidence in us. There is no doubt that itself hoarse about minority rights, without us? A body without a soul. We are privileged acquisition for urban growth which has both the MCD and the DDA are corrupt The US wants India to commit trying to address the community’s real prob- to have such a rich, varied cultural heritage. been a favourite pipe dream of our planners. organisations. One of the key ways of its troops to Iraq lems. Few of them travel extensively, and If it is to be safeguarded, then we need both Basing themselves on Delhi’s game plan, getting rid of this corruption would be to only rarely do they meet anybody outside a a mandir and a masjid at Ayodhya. other states and urban bodies have taken de-control and de-regularise the entire VIEW small section of Muslim society. How many Indian Muslims should desist from upon themselves the role of developers process of getting planning permissions. imams, intellectuals or Muslim politicians agitating on non-issues and concentrate while completely excluding the private and The planning process all over India is have commented upon the terrible state of on two major problems — educational unorganised sector.Once the system changes undertaken by government authorities If We don’t Oblige the community’s educational facilities? backwardness and economic deprivation. If in the Capital, it is bound to have a fallout operating under all kinds of bureaucratic These fundamentalists are responsible for the ills that afflict Indian Muslims are in other cities as well. constraints. This results in long delays, the negative image of Islam that is gaining properly articulated, there is little doubt that Present plan policies, bye-laws and zoning arbitrary decisions and discretionary Pakistan Will ground. Their obscurantism is leading the the Hindu response would be positive. This regulations fail to accommodate most of interpretations of plans. Government con- nternational security operations are broadly community backwards. The same leadership would not only help remove prejudice and the sub-standard, self-help and community trolled planning continues to operate with Idivided into three categories: Peace-keeping, which exploited the Muslim community — tension between the two communities, but dwelling units which are being built every a colonial mindset, resulting in a dull peace-enforcement and stabilisation. Those who with the connivance of the state — at the also create the proper environment for a year. I think we need to go in for free deve- uniformity which fails to respond to the oppose the sending of Indian troops to Iraq must time of the Babri masjid demolition, has now meaningful and lasting understanding. lopment zoning so that dilapidated areas can needs of different income groups. realise that India has a fair measure of experience in all three categories. Stabilisation, which follows a war, whether unilateral or civil, aims at restoring law and Metta Bhavna for order and maintaining it till such time as a legitimate government is able to consolidate itself. It is crucial to Nizam’s Treasure understand that our help has been sought to stabilise By Sunipa Basu Sahebzadi. There was the best chandeliers in the the situation in a developing country. Except in nothing ostentatious about house, he knew all about Good Health the case of the Balkans, most international security The Nizam’s jewels were Open Your Mind the house though history the mechanics of his By S Krishna problems have occurred in the developing world on display in Hyderabad dripped from the ornate numerous cars and did not and will continue to do so. In all such cases, it is and though we had heard furniture, the portraits hesitate to touch oil and Metta Bhavna is a Pali temporary relief for these ill- quite customary for developing countries like so much about them, the hanging from the walls and grease when attending to word meaning meditation of nesses through medication, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and others to treasure trove of diamonds, the intricate chandeliers them. “I will show you loving kindness. The Buddha they recur because the cause be asked to provide troops. Refusal by developing emeralds and rubies did not dangling from the high ceil- something that we value taught this meditation in remains within our minds. countries will allow the operations to become the fail to dazzle. We were ing. We had a multi-course very much,” said the Saheb- Metta Sutta to 500 monks to Whenever we feel negative sole monopoly of the developed nations, which is not however lucky to have lunch at the massive dining zadi as tea was served. cure them of their ailments emotions, they are first felt at in the interests of the former. witnessed another treasure table along with Ma Saheb A big steel trunk was and to protect them from the outer section of the True, the Iraq war did not have the sanction of the trove of the Nizam which Basheerunnissa Begum, brought out from one of the evil spirits. brain, the cerebral cortex. UN. Yet, the subsequently passed UN resolution 1483 I believe has never been the daughter of the Nizam. rooms. Lo and behold, it Stanzas 4-8 of the Metta About 13 billion nerve cells confers that legitimacy on the stabilisation operation. witnessed by other com- Our talk naturally veered was full of dolls’ furniture Sutta say: “Whatsoever get activated on receiving I think, therefore I am. living beings there are; feeble these feelings and about Nor is there a contradiction between the Indian moners. This was courtesy to the past, to the last phase made of wood, exquisitely Descartes or strong, may all beings, 10 billion of these nerve disapproval of the war and India’s participation in our service mate Parveen of the British rule, to Mir crafted, perfect in every ✥ the stabilisation process. The first did not have the who was the first Muslim Osman Ali, the last Nizam. detail beds, sofas, almirahs, without exception, be happy cells are within the brain. approval of the UN, the second does. If India does not woman to enter the civil The Sahebzadi had in the dressing table, even a minded. Let not one deceive Messages run across the ner- I think, therefore seize the opportunity swiftly enough, there are others services. Parveen had come recent past helped to set up card table complete with another nor despise any ves at a speed of 400 kmph. I think I am. who will. All General Musharraf needs to send to Hyderabad on a holiday the Nizam’s museum that cushions, drawers, handles person whatsoever in any Immediately after receiving Our rejoinder Pakistani troops to Iraq is an invitation, which he will and was our guest. As a mirrored the life and time and fixtures. place. In anger or ill-will, let such a message, it gets trans- to Descartes get, if India passes up the chance. All our external distinguished lady of her of the Nizams and especial- “These have all been him not wish any harm to mitted to the hypothalamus, ✥ another. Just as a mother and to the nervous system, to problems, Kashmir included, originated during community who had stu- ly the contributions of her made by his royal highness, “Think!” the Cold War when Pakistan enjoyed the advantage died in Lucknow with some grandfather to the city of my grandfather, from would protect her only child the medulla of the adrenal in IBM of close military ties with the United States. A repeat of the girls of the royalty Hyderabad. She spoke in imported cigar boxes for at the risk of her own life, the kidneys. The secretion of ✥ of that mistake could be costly,more so in the absence she was invited to lunch by glowing terms of the sim- his children,” said the even so let him cultivate the four types of hormones of the countervailing influence of the USSR. Let Sahebzadi Rasheedunnisa plicity and human touch of Sahebzadi. Imagine the a boundless heart towards starts immediately, which “Think Differently!” all beings. Let thoughts of makes the body sick. us not allow Pakistan yet another chance to cosy Begum, the grand-daughter the former ruler who to her Nizam, ruler of one of the Apple Computers boundless love pervade the These hormones are pro- up to Washington under the guise of fulfilling an of the last Nizam, Mir was more of a father and biggest princely states, the ✥ international security obligation. Osman Ali, and we as her grandfather than a king. richest man in the world, whole world; above, below duced automatically, when- As we know, hosts were also invited. The last Nizam, we were playing carpenter for his and across without any ever we feel anger, hatred, There are known We entered the Osman told, was austere in his children, taking pleasure obstruction, without any jealousy, lust, greed and COUNTERVIEW knowns. Cottage inside Purani habits and especially good in crafting miniature furni- hatred, without wrath. Thereafter There are things Haveli to the warm greet- with his hands. He had ture with his own hands any enmity.” glucose is relea- we know we know. ings of the tall and gracious himself assembled some of from empty cigar boxes. Several accou- sed from the liver Indian Troops will be nts illustrate the to provide energy We also know CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS fact that by show- for activities such There are known Used as Cannon Fodder ing love and kind- as fighting and unknowns. the people who man the organisation. ness, or simply by running. Heart- That is to say he debate around sending Indian troops to Iraq has IRS Issue exuding thoughts beat rises to incre- We know there are been projected in terms of a race with Pakistan — K Rangabhashyam, President, All-India T With reference to the news report ‘For of love and com- ase the flow of some things in a game of one-upmanship. On the one hand, Unit of Indian Revenue Services many,IRS is I Rob Service’ (May 24) by passion, the vio- blood to provide We do not know. New Delhi talks of a larger vision and yet South THE Pratyush Kanth, it is painful to note the way Pratyush Kanth replies: My report was lent natured can strength in the But there are also Block’s diplomacy is confined to measuring India’s the reporter attempted to attribute the filed after extensive interactions with IRS be made to be- SPEAKING body. Water from unknown unknowns, place in the world with reference to Pakistan. New faults of a few individuals to an entire cadre officials of different ranks. It did not say come calm. The the skin and lips The ones we don’t know Delhi should rid itself of this Pakistan-centric of officers. The parameters mentioned for that all IRS officials are corrupt, but that Buddha calmed TREE too is drawn into We don’t know. approach and play its diplomacy in a way best suited accessing the boss could fit in any field — corruption was assuming dangerous the dreaded robber Anguli- the blood. Many people Donald Rumsfeld, to its interests. First, sovereignty, democracy, human politics, journalism, academics etc. There levels in the IRS. In the past two years, the mal and a mad elephant experience dryness of mouth US Secretary of Defence rights and such are but instruments to subserve the CBI made more arrests in the IRS than are over 4,000 IRS officers all over India. called Nalagiri by medita- after anger and feel thirsty. ✥ goals of the current Washington-led world order. Most of them are honest — and may be de- in any other civil service. tion of loving kindness. A Frequent anger and hatred Forget India, this ‘new imperialism’ has no respect moralised by such reports. Over 90 per cent German baroness Else produce a chemical which He who knows and for even the United Nations, which has been reduced of the work done by us, doesn’t involve in- Unreal Hopes Buchcholz, who became a reduces our immunity to knows he knows he is a wise man — seek him. to irrelevance following the war on Iraq. It is against teraction with tax-payers, which reduces the Your editorial ‘Faith Healing’ (Jun 10) is an Buddhist nun in 1919, tamed illnesses. When we lose our He who knows and this background that one needs to view India’s chances of corruption. Revenue collection example of the elite in India getting carried a leopard and a wild elephant kind thoughts and develop knows NOT he knows he standing as the third largest supplier of peacekeeping by the income tax department has risen to away with the prospects of talks with in the jungles of Sri Lanka anger and hatred, immu- is asleep — wake him. troops to UN-mandated missions. The list is headed by Rs 80,000 crore from a mere Rs 30,000 crore Pakistan. What amazes me is the naivete of by radiating energy of loving nity falls. Due to frequent He who knows not and Pakistan which is followed by Nigeria. In the fourth a decade ago. Let us give some credit to the Indian politicians and columnists in kindness towards them. negative thoughts the mucus knows he knows NOT, he and fifth place are Bangladesh and Ghana. promoting the idea that settlement with Metta Bhavna is also membrane in the stomach is a child — teach him. The UN itself has observed that out of 89 member- Pakistan will bring Indians and Pakistanis practised to purify our mind dries up, hormones are He who knows NOT and states that contribute to peacekeeping operations, From timesofindia.com out of economic misery.They have ignored of defilements like anger, activated and excess pepsin knows NOT he knows only a small group of developing countries bear the the long-term objectives of the army and the jealousy, hatred and self-pity. enzyme is released into the NOT — SHUN HIM. “greatest burden”, thanks to the reluctance of the Caste Away mullahs in Pakistan. They have also failed We cannot stop the suffering stomach. The result? Ulcers. developed world to commit their troops. While the of the world. We can only Our brain is hardly two Our rejoinder Hindus should dump the caste system to address how secular democracy in India developed countries create conflicts to serve their stop it in our mind, because per cent of our body size. But to Rumsfeld and accept all people of the religion as will survive if the Islamists are given even own economic and strategic interests, peacekeeping we know our minds and we it uses 20 per cent of oxygen. ✥ just Hindus. Initially the caste system greater freedom to move across borders to remains a chore to be left to the care of the developing generate anger, hatred, and Negative emotions have was based on professional groups. achieve their long-term goals. Don’t we Before sujagi or countries. The benefit to India from taking part in jealousy in our own mind. been found to use up more Imagine the number of castes with new already have enough terrorists from across awareness, such operations is negligible compared to the risks The only way we can still blood and frequent anger and and varied professions like scientists, the border targeting and killing Hindus? I know more. and loss of lives that we will surely suffer.If anything, our minds is by practising hatred cause psychological astronauts, computer specialists, sports- — D K Gupta, via e-mail After sujagi, I no more. the demand to send our troops reflects poorly on Metta Bhavna. ageing. Practice of medi- men etc. Hindus and followers of other Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page Home-grown wisdom our international standing. 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KAUTILYA WALL STREET Firms bullish on China deals WATCH By N Vidyasagar 2008 to be held in China. to shop for deals in engineer- 7 years of life TIMES NEWS NETWORK Beyond the wall There is a long list of busi- ing, auto components, phar- ness and economic meetings •Indian firms eye ma, textiles, steel, IT and ma- Why so cheery New Delhi: Indian Inc has planned between senior min- chine tools. CII’s India Club great expectations from PM construction deals for isters and officials, accompa- Olympics will work as a springboard for in insurance AB Vajpayee’s visit to China. nying the PM. firms that can’t afford to be on about IBM? Business leaders hope that a Over 70 top firms under CII, •China may signal that their own but have business By Jairam Ramesh IRDA regulate the important string of feel-good steps Ficci and Nasscom will ac- SARS is not a deterrent interests in China. It will help BM shares popped last Wednesday The liberalisa- pension sector also. That was planned for the visit — from company PM on 7-day trip to for business them finding partners. when Steven Milunovich, technology tion of India’s the original idea. But the setting up India Club to sign- Beijing and Shanghai, begin- The government will open a strategist at Merrill Lynch, added the India to set up a tourism I insurance indus- government is going ahead with ing business treaties — would ning June 22. PM will address • tourism office as part of the company to the firm’s list of most prom- office in China try has been a a separate pension regulatory bring together the world’s two a joint business meet of Indi- India Club. Ficci will organise ising stocks. The shares rose 2.8 per cent. notable success authority. fastest growing economies. an and Chinese trade bodies with Business Week a CEO Fo- Merrill’s support came nine days after story so far even The ministry is also question- For now, the trade between on June 24. will signal that SARS is no rum in Shanghai on how the IBM disclosed that how it recognises rev- by international ing the association of the AP the two is about $5.2 billion ‘‘The visit will boost com- longer a big concern. And, it two countries can together enues is the subject of a formal SEC in- standards. New government in the setting up of and needs to grow to a re- mercial relations. We will would like to reinforce a need contribute to Asia’s growth. vestigation. From that disclosure until jobs are being created in sub- the Institute of Insurance and spectable figure. It is expected move closer to understand for strong business ties with Ficci officials said that the Merrill recommendation, IBM stock stantial measure. Consumers Risk Management at Hyder- to double in three years. each other’s strengths,’’ said India. It has recently cleared a because of the Olympics 2008, was down 6.4 per cent. are benefiting, and public sector abad, IRDA’s headquarters. During the visit, specific Piyush Bahl, CII head in proposal to hold a ‘Made in In- there was a But Milunovich advised investors not behemoths have become serv- To make matters worse, the fi- deals would be welcome. Like, Shanghai. China too is look- dia’ business fair at Beijing in construction boom in China, to worry. He acknowledged that the out- ice-conscious. In 2002/2003, pri- nance ministry now wants to Indian firms tapping con- ing forward to the visit be- October 2003. and Indian firms should tap come of the investigation is unknown but vate players captured 8 per cent bring in a joint-secretary deal- struction deals for Olympics cause, among other things, it Indian firms will also like that opportunity. said its harsh effect on the shares had of new business in life insur- ing with insurance on IRDA’s made them a better value. ance as compared to 2 per cent board to ‘‘scrutinise’’ its func- Reuters It is a Wall Street tradition, of course, the previous year. tioning — a clear case of conflict for analysts to line up in defence of com- In non-life, new firms gar- of interest since this individual panies that receive unwanted attention nered a 9.5 per cent share of the is also ‘‘responsible’’ for LIC from the SEC. Brokerage settlement or market in 2002/03 up from 3.5 and GIC. no, the need to accentuate the positive is per cent last year. Successive While the growth of the in- still in many of these folks’ genes. finance ministers during 1995- surance through competition John Gavin, president of SEC Insight, 2002 can take credit, but the role will throw up new issues like is not so disposed. He questioned of one man has been crucial — pricing, IRDA must focus on two Milunovich’s optimism. Gavin said im- that of N Rangachary who re- vital areas. First, social and ru- proper revenue recognition was a major, tired last Monday as chairman ral insurance needs major ex- if not the primary, cause of earnings re- of the Insurance Regulatory and pansion in the strict risk-adjust- statements in the technology sector. Development Authority (IRDA) ed premium sense of the term — Until investors get more details from after a momentous and highly this is as true for the new as for IBM on the investigation, Gavin has told acclaimed seven-year tenure. the old companies. Today, the his clients to avoid the shares. The lan- Rangachary was chairman of ‘‘social obligations’’ of the LIC guage that IBM used in its terse disclo- the Central Board of Direct Tax- and the GIC are actually sure, Gavin said, seemed deliberately es under Dr Manmohan Singh schemes funded by government vague. “It meets the threshold for disclo- who first thought of him as the with public sector companies sure but not openness.” insurance regulator in March acting as executing agencies. IBM said the investigation arises from 1996. P Chidambaram con- Rural and social insurance another SEC inquiry into a customer of firmed and fully backed him as will call for innovative distribu- IBM’s retail store unit. That division sells did Yashwant Sinha. tion through the use of post of- point-of-sale products and, with around It was Rangachary who pre- fices, banks and outlets like $500 million in revenue, is a small part of pared the roadmap of the open- ITC’s e-choupal. Second, health IBM’s overall business. ing-up, drafted 27 regulations so insurance coverage must deep- Gavin said because IBM stayed quiet as to promote competition and en beyond the 7.7 million or so in 2002 when it was the subject of an in- protect consumer interests, en- Indians covered presently. In formal inquiry into its accounting by the gaged with prospective en- 2002/03, health insurance pre- SEC, Gavin said he can only conclude trants, lobbied with MPs for sup- ACE UP HIS SLEEVES: Robert Pollack, vice-president, Boeing, presents a model of the new 7E7 Dream Liner at the Bourget Air miums at Rs 1,045 crore ac- Show. Boeing is pinning its hopes on the 7E7 to win back lost ground from rival Airbus. that the inquiry must be more serious porting legislation, carried out counted for just 7 per cent of all this time. The commission closed the pre- an extensive awareness cam- non-life premiums. vious inquiry. Milunovich said he would paign and laid the basis for the Expenditure on health is Top US officials opt be surprised if there was a systemic prob- professionalisation of actuar- probably the single most impor- Airbus charts India plan lem in revenue recognition at IBM. ‘‘It’s ies, agents, brokers and survey- tant reason for indebtedness of By Byas Anand possible, but I doubt it.” ors. He was also not averse to footprint in India. I feel bus information system out of Paris air show rural families. For rural and TIMES NEWS NETWORK Others aren’t so sure. The aroma still taking on both government and India will have a greater activities. health insurance to expand, role to play in Airbus’s “We are looking at an Le Bourget (France): The 45th Paris Air wafts around IBM’s secretive decision in PSUs in his bid to create a true Le Bourget (France): dairy and sugar cooperatives future development and increased production Show kicked off without the presence of a the final days of 2001 to use the proceeds ‘‘level-playing field’’. and organisations like SEWA Airbus Industrie has of an asset sale to offset its sales, general growth,” Gustav Hum- work, even with our next single top executive from a leading US de- It was only over the past year must be encouraged through lib- charted out a robust In- and administrative expenses. That ma- bert, COO, Airbus said. generation A380, to be fence contractor. Lockheed Martin con- that the tide turned, with even eral capital and dia plan. This includes a “We have an engineer- firmed last week that its chairman Vance noeuvre went against SEC rules and rat- Jaswant Singh strangely acqui- commercially launched solvency norms. new aircraft engineer- ing centre in Russia and Coffman had pulled out of the show, cit- tled investors. But the SEC never moved escing in the emasculation of in three years,” Of all the regulatory bodies, ing facility in Bangalore, one in the US. I could ing scheduling conflicts. against IBM. IRDA’s independence. The battle Humbert said. IRDA has established the most an information technol- very well think of a new Lingering US resentment over France’s While it is impossible to say how the for control of the Rs 35-40 crore Airbus CEO Noel enviable record for competence ogy centre and an in- engineering centre in opposition to the Iraq war has led the de- current investigation into IBM’s account- revenue accruing annually from Forgeard said the air- and transparency.Rangachary’s creased production con- Bangalore within two fence department to scale back sharply on ing will play out, to pooh-pooh it seems levy on insurance firms is on. craft maker will reduce successor, also a distinguished tract with Hindustan years. We are talking to its participation and put pressure on US odd. Wasn’t one of the lessons of the late Since insurance companies civil servant, should be allowed Aeronautics. partners there.” costs by 1.5 billion euros companies not to attend. US exhibitors great market mania that rose-coloured are in the annuities business as to carry on in that mould. by 2006. glasses, while providing a pretty view, “We have plans to in- India has the capabili- The correspondent is in France at the will total 183, down from 350 at the last can also blind you? NYT News Service well, it is only appropriate that [email protected] crease our industrial ty to take charge of Air- invitation of the EADS Group Paris show in 2001. Reuters
EXECUTIVE DIGEST Amrit Banaspati in talks NATIONAL for JVs: The Amrit Banas- pati group has said it was in HMSI plans to pump in INC talks with leading European Rs 300 cr for expansion: dairy majors for forging a joint India’s largest scooter maker At 100, Ford is venture to manufacture and Honda Motorcycle and up against it: Ford sell high-quality milk and Scooter India (HMSI) would Motor turns 100 next milk-based products. Amrit invest Rs 300 crore in the week, but it has rarely Foods, a division within the next two years to double pro- seen such trying times. group, has already conducted duction capacity to six lakh Despite a sagging share several rounds of negotiations units, a top company official price & marketshare, with international dairy majors said. HMSI, which made net CEO Bill Ford Jr is for forging a technical alliance profit within two years of its upbeat, as he tries for products including UHT inception in 2000, would also cutting costs while still (ultra heat treatment) cream, double its turnover this fiscal making great cars. ready-to-eat desserts, pud- from Rs 500 crore last year dings and shakes, joint man- due to growing sales, HMSI aging director of Amrit Banas- president Haruo Takiguchi pati Ashwini K Bajaj said. PTI said. HMSI also plans to dou- ble its sales this year from Inflation falls further to 1.60 lakh units last year. PTI Best-seller: Disinvest- 5.44%: Inflation continued ment anchorman Arun to fall for the second consec- Regional bourses favour utive week, going down by consolidated Indonext: Shourie must be a happy man after Maruti’s initial 0.21 per cent to 5.44 per cent Regional bourses are in for the week ended May 31 favour of consolidation to public offer was oversubscribed. although manufactured items form Indonext Exchange hav- Not for sale: PeopleSoft The IPO’s success and food articles became ing a common trading plat- CEO Craig Conway rejected could revive investor costlier. The wholesale price form and settlement system, Oracle chief Larry Ellison’s confidence index (WPI), however, rose by either with the inter-connect- $5.1 billion hostile takeover in the market 0.2 per cent to 172.5 points in ed stock exchange or BSE, bid, calling it pathetic. and give the latest reported week even and a final decision is expect- PeopleSoft’s board cited disinvestment as prices of primary articles ed to be taken by July 26. anti-trust concerns and a further boost. and fuels were stuck at the “We got positive response on rejected the bid. Analysts, previous week’s level. The Indonext from regional bours- however say it was Oracle’s index was 163.6 in the es. BSE has presented its attempt to take on Microsoft in year-ago period. The final views in details,” FISE presi- the business applications market. WPI stood at 172.9 for the dent Vijay Bhushan said. PTI week ended April 5. PTI
£246 million ($410 million), US oil-major Conoco Phillips Sunday. Israel would sell its INTERNATIONAL said Cerberus Capital said on Sunday. The project 40 per cent holding in Bank Management was able to involves a gas pipeline from Leumi and its 57 per cent WPP offer for Cordiant block the deal because it Bayu-Undan in the Timor Sea stake in Israel Discount Bank, blocked by rival: An offer owns a large chunk of between Australia and East the Ha’aretz daily cited by British advertising giant Cordiant’s debt. The paper Timor to Darwin, in Northern Netanyahu as saying at a WPP Group Plc to buy ailing said, at a meeting late on Australia, and a liquefied meeting at Lehman Brothers British minnow Cordiant Friday, Cordiant had been natural gas (LNG)facility locat- in New York. Reuters Communications has been ready to accept WPP’s offer ed at Wickham Point, Darwin. blocked by a US hedge fund which would have seen The venture has a deal to set to make a counter offer, ET INSTA POLL Sunday newspapers reported. bondholders like Cerberus supply the entire reserves of being repaid around 90 the field to Tokyo Gas and Yesterday’s results: Is mileage The Sunday Times paper, more important than looks for pence for the pound. Reuters Tokyo Electric Power. Reuters which valued WPP’s offer at you when buying a car? $1.5b Bayu-Undan gas Israel to sell off stake in Yes 73% No 26% Can’t say 1% project gets approval: People at a property estate two banks: Israeli finance • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose to participate, and not necessarily of The US$1.5 billion Bayu- fair in Beijing. The Chinese minister Benjamin Netanyahu the general public. Undan liquefied natural gas capital is experiencing a has pledged to complete the Today’s question: Is a single (LNG) project in the Timor building boom fuelled by a privatisation of the country’s telecom licence better than Sea had been given final push to modernise the city second and third largest multiple telecom licence? approval and construction in time for the 2008 Olympic banks within a year, Israeli To vote, log on to would begin immediately, Games. newspapers reported on http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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16 Monday,June 16, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi Smart card market set for growth New RBI norms RSEs may get Chennai: The smart card market in India is posied to see a greater growth in may push up NPAs volume and and maturity in terms of technology upgrade in the next two New Delhi: Bankers fear own trading years, according to a Frost and Sullivan study. In 2001, smart card unit ship- Men’s work? Why fewer that RBI’s proposal to change ments of the Indian market were approximately 3.7 million with a CGAR of the definition of bad loans platform 52.2 per cent, the study says adding that the unit shipment expected to reach from March 2004, may shoot 21.7 million units in 2005. PTI up their NPAs by at least 3.0 By Swati Bharadwaj-Chand per cent to 10 per cent of net women go to biz school TIMES NEWS NETWORK advances in the next fiscal. Net NPA is likely to be 8.5- here have all the women MBAs typically earn less Ahmedabad: In a move to 10 per cent once the change in women gone? Plenty to The female form than their male counterparts do. connect regional stock ex- definition of classification of W law school and medical 1st year MBAs, 2002-03, women % of total Women seem to drop out of changes (RSEs), the BSE has bad loans becomes effective school, where they typically 010203040business careers in their 20s. At proposed a separate trading from April, 2004. equal, at least in the US, the Stanford IMD in Lausanne, which usually platform by creating a Apprehending higher pro- number of men. But business Harvard takes students aged about 30 separate ‘S group’ for small visioning for NPAs, top bank school? Here is an oddity. Busi- Columbia rather than 26, only 16 per cent of cap scrips to be traded officials said there was a need ness schools have bust a gut to Wharton those on the one-year MBA pro- exclusively on RSEs. The BSE proposal, put for change in the strategy to persuade women to take MBAs, Yale gramme are women. tackle this problem. PTI but with disappointing results. Business also seems to have an forth at the Federation of In- Tuck dian Stock Exchanges meet- In 1988-89 women accounted for Kellogg image problem with women. 28.6 per cent of first-year stu- ing in Mumbai on Saturday, Chicago They worry that business is not dents enrolled on MBA pro- proposes to transfer all BSE- Berkeley a caring profession, says Con- grammes at the 20 schools that stance Helfat, Tuck’s professor listed companies having a Cornell topped Business Week’s annual of strategy and technology. But market cap between Rs 5 ratings; in 2002-03, 30.3 per cent. UCLA then, neither is law. Wilt says crore and Rs 20 crore to the Source: Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth This year, says Kristine Laca, that women worry about long proposed ‘S group’. head of admissions at the Tuck and companies has reacted by working hours, a lack of ethics Regional firms listed on business school at Dartmouth, setting up the Forti Foundation, and an absence of role models. RSEs and meeting market women’s enrolments are down based at the University of Michi- But could it be that women know capitalisation requirements, right across the industry. gan, to try to discover why more something that men don’t? After but are not trading on BSE, The disappointing numbers women do not apply. One issue all, women get 30 per cent of too are proposed to be listed are not confined to the US. At the seems to be cost, says Jeanne MBAs, but they own 38 per cent on the proposed group. London Business School, 26 per Wilt, who established the foun- of US businesses. And they may ST Garela, director of cent of current first-year MBAs dation. A two-year MBA course soon own more. Helfat thinks business development at and 29 per cent of second years at a top school typically costs that women in business are more BSE, said that trading vol- are women. Everywhere, num- about $100,000. likely than men to start their umes of such scrips on BSE bers are low despite strenuous Some women will forgo a place own firms. Maybe the truth is was only around Rs 15-20 efforts by many business schools at a top school for a full scholar- that you can be a good business- crore daily,which could grow to attract more women. ship at a lesser school. Moreover, woman without an MBA, but not to over Rs 30 crore once re- gional scrips too get into the A group of business schools three to five years after leaving, a good businessman. The Economist proposed group. M&A norm review needed By J Mulraj Valuation problems and their better trained ana- lysts who could. In order that hereas in other coun- tries, M&A may •Only a short version of shareholders cast their votes mean mergers and valuation report is after considering such opin- W ion, therefore, the valuation acquisitions, in India it could available very well mean murders and report ought to be made pub- acquittals. Merger ratios are •Individuals cannot licly available for media com- manifestly unfair to minority understand complexities ment much in advance of the shareholder interests, partly of valuation meeting. because company law allows In order to ensure proper • Reports should be casting of votes, the court clever corporate management available well in advance advised by cleverer which conducts the EGM lawyers/accountants, to get must, by way of mandate, also away with them. Concerned too, a short version which provide the option of postal about this, the department of does not (for reasons of confi- ballots. Several firms have company affairs has set up a dentiality of information) re- shifted their offices to remote committee, which has consid- veal the workings of how the locations which make it cost ered these aspects, especially valuation has been done. It ineffective for most individu- relating to the conflict of in- would be a good idea to have als to attend. SEBI may also terest inherent in the appoint- such information as may be consider, now that technology ment of valuer by the compa- mandated necessary for an in- permits, casting of votes elec- ny itself. formed judgement, to be made tronically. It must not be de- Over and above this, the available in a more wide- terred by the bogey that this regulatory body would also spread manner. It could, for could lead to malpractice; if like to look at and suggest example, be sent for display to billions of dollars of transac- changes to ensure better pro- all stock exchanges in India, tions take place daily on the vision of information to as well as on a website. Internet, surely the level of shareholders, and better exer- Most individual sharehold- security is adequate. cise of their rights. Under ers would not be in a position SEBI must put on its think- current law, the valuation re- to appreciate the niceties of ing cap to ask GoI to have a port is available to sharehold- valuation; it would be mainly relook at its policy to permit ers only for inspection, that, the institutional investors companies to go private. Cheap labour a challenge for India too Bangalore: Software major Wipro Ltd, which leveraged In- dia’s low-cost high skilled man- power to establish itself as a major IT powerhouse, now ex- pects competition by firms replicating its model from countries that have lower wage costs than India. ‘‘We expect that further com- petition will increase and po- tentially include companies from other countries that have lower personnel costs than those currently in India,’’ Wipro said in its recent filing to the US SEC. Though the NYSE-listed Wipro did not specify the coun- tries, China and Russia, with a large engineering pool are the potential competing nations. Wipro said wage costs in India are presently increasing at a faster rate than those in the US. India’s ability to compete ef- fectively will become depend- ent on the ability to provide high quality, complex deliver- ables that depend on increased expertise in certain technical areas. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,June 16, 2003
Owen’s hot Thanks Ravi Back to court Michael Owen is the no. 1 hitman. So Wonder if it was as crisp as his No silly, this court is not the one says England coach Sven-Goran famed chappati shot but Ravi with the smell of the greens. Eriksson. The Liverpool striker raised Shastri’s pep talk to the SA boys Becker is headed towards the his goal tally to 22 from 50 games in the on media relations has got them courtroom again. The charges: 2-1 Euro 2004 win over Slovakia. The going. “Ravi was very helpful,” He failed to pay $1.78 m to clear coach says he will only get better said the skipper Graeme Smith the debts of a bankrupt website Yuvraj Singh helps Yorkshire to victory in their first Twenty20 match
I called them (players) to swear on the holy Koran; they said they knew Bindra shoots down nothing Dravid hits a hurricane ton — Javed Miandad on the bribery issue of 1999 London: Finally, Indian crick- INDIANS IN COUNTY land lost by one wicket, Dravid In reply, Derbyshire could only an Olympic berth eters, who are playing in the coun- played with confidence to com- make 141 in 18.1 overs despite a SPORTS DIGEST TIMES NEWS NETWORK and five shooters had a ty circuit in good numbers after against Somerset in a National plete his century in 89 balls. He put brilliant 67, studded with 11 fours, similar score of 596 going AFP many years, courted good success Cricket League Division II match on 100 runs for the fourth wicket by Di Venuto. Kaif, playing for Der- New Delhi: Abhinav into the final. in their England sojourn. After a at Taunton on Sunday. with J Kent (48) to help his side fin- byshire, was out for nought on the Bindra an- Parker won the gold with week of average to poor perform- Displaying a tremendous array ish on 296. Somerset needed 297 second ball he faced. swered his a total of 702.5 while ances, Rahul Dravid struck the of strokes, Dravid hit 10 fours and runs at 6.7 to win the match. At Grace road, Sehwag’s score of critics well by Prikhod Tchenko scored first ton by an Indian in the ongo- three sixes during his 126 minutes Against Derbyshire at Heading- 19 proved another disappointment winning a 700.5 for the silver. Since ing season while Yuvraj Singh also knock to put Scotland in a com- ley, Yuvraj was also in his ele- from Leicestershire’s principal im- quota place for both already had quota did his reputation a world of good fortable position. Coming to the ments. An elegant 44 off 41 balls by port as they lost to Pakistan by five Athens places, Bindra was award- with a sterling performance to crease at the fall of John the southpaw and a bristling 42 off wickets in their one-day match. Olmpic Games ed the quota place. guide Yorkshire to victory in their Williamson (0), Dravid added 117 22 balls by Michael Lumb, who hit The Nawab of Najafgarh,who and a bronze medal in the Bindra had finished opening Twenty20 Cup match. runs with opener R Watson for the three sixes, including two off con- raised 53 runs for the opening part- men’s 10m air rifle at the poorly at the World Cup in However, the bad run continued third wicket to take the score to 166 secutive deliveries off Tom Lung- nership with J K Maunders (25), ISSF World Cup in Munich Fort Benning, Georgia, US, for Virender Sehwag and Md Kaif, before the latter was trapped leg ley,helped Yorkshire amass an im- was first to go for 19, caught by Atif on Sunday. and World Cup Zagreb, who could not make much contri- before by Simon Francis for 75. pressive 186 for five in 20 overs. Yu- at the wicket off the swing bowling He shot a total of 699.9 Crotia. But with this feat, butions and their teams lost. Putting behind the disappoint- vraj and Lumb added 58 in six of a skinny 19-year-old Umar Gul. (596+103.9) to finish third Bindra became the first In- Playing for Scotland, Dravid hit ment of a first-ball duck against overs for the third wicket before He moved the ball both ways and in a field of 211 shooters, dian to secure a birth in an an unbeaten 97-ball 120 to propel the touring Pakistan side in a one- they were dismissed by Michael Di had Sehwag playing and missing which included some of individual event for the his team to 296 for four in 45 overs day match last week, which Scot- Venuto (3/19). and edging to the leg side. Agencies the best in the world. One Olympics 2004 in men’s cat- Chinese football player Sun Wen AP plays table tennis during a break in can imagine the quality of egory. training in Bangkok, on Sunday. WC FALLOUT the field from the fact that India had already se- Malhotra five of the eight finalists cured a birth in the Mahesh-Max lose: India’s Ma- Sponsors had already earned quota women’s category previ- hesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi went places for the 2004 Games. ously through shooter An- down to Mark Knowles and Daniel re-elected Entering into the final, jali Bhagwat. Nestor 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the final of seek £50m as having finished 7th after Bindra had represented the Queen’s Club Championship in the Abhinav displayed in Sydney Olympics 2000 London on Sunday. TNN GANSF chief nerves of steel and shot a and had taken the 11th po- Rain ruins Lanka’s match: Sri compensation brilliant 103.9 in the final sition in the event. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Lanka’s preparations for the upcom- London: The International and rose to the third spot. Bindra, who is now ing Test series against the West In- New Delhi: Prof Vijay Ku- Cricket Council faced a 50- The top three - American training in US, will now be dies suffered a setback as run cur- mar Malhotra has been million pound compensation Jason Parker (599/600), leaving for Seoul (Korea) tailed play in their warm-up cricket unanimously re-elected pres- claim from its sponsors Glob- Russian Prikhod Tchenko with the Indian shooting match in Arnos Vale on Saturday. ident of the General Associa- al Cricket Corporation, re- (599/600) and German team on the 28th of June Scores: Sri Lanka 46-1 (K. Sangakkara 26 n.o., M. tion of National Sports Fed- ports said. Torsten Krebs (598/600) this month. Atapattu 16 n.o.) v WI Board President’s XI. AFP erations (GANSF) for anoth- GCC, the rights holders for Mahesh-Nitin 8th: R Mahesh and er term of four years at its ICC Cricket World Cup, have Nitin Mongia, sailing in the Star annual general meeting held asked for a ninth of the $550- Tough work-out for England class, finished eight out of 25 boats at the National stadium here million they paid citing Cardiff: England’s new One-day captain Michael Vaughan in the Pfingsbuch Sailing Regatta in on Sunday. breach of contract by teams hailed a tough work-out from Wales as ideal preparation for Germany out of 25 boats. The 470 Malhotra will decide on — England and New Zealand this week’s One-day series with Pakistan. England survived team (Farokh Tarapore-Amit Arvind) the composition of other — who forfeited matches in a scare at the hands of Australian Test bowler Michael is leaving for Germany on June 19 to committees in consultaion Zimbabwe and Kenya and Kasprowicz before pulling through to win by eight runs participate in two events - the Kiel with the senior members of conditional signing of Player against a side who had inflicted an eight-wicket defeat on Olympic Classes Regatta and 470 the federations within a Terms by India, The Indepen- their big-brother neighbours last summer. European championships. The week. GANSF is the national sailors are preparing for the Athens dent reported here on Sunday. “It was a tough game in front of a lively crowd and that is body of the national federa- Olympics qualifiers.TNN The ICC convenes here for exactly what we are going to get on Tuesday night against a tions including Olympic and a week-long annual meeting very good Pakistan side so this was the perfect preparation,” non-Olympic disciplines. BETTING METER where the damage claims by said Vaughan. England face Pakistan at Old Trafford, Man- The meeting decided to the GCC and other issues will chester on Tuesday in the first leg of their three-match One- TENNIS hold a National Games for be discussed. day series. Wimbledon Men’s Singles non-Olympic disciplines, in- Andre Agassi 4/1 ICC conceded they would Vaughan’s side made 235-8 from their 50 overs before bowl- cluding indigenous games Lleyton Hewitt 4/1 have to forfeit some money ing out their hosts for 227 in 48.4 overs to secure a debut vic- Andy Roddick 5/1 and martial arts in an effort but were unhappy with larg- Roger Federer 7/1 tory for the new captain. to popularise it. A committee er sections of the GCC’s Tim Henman 10/1 will be formed to finalise Brief scores: England 235 (M. Trescothick 55, A McGrath 50, M. Kasprowicz 3-38) v (as per ladbrokes.com) claim, the report said. PTI Wales (227 all out, 48.4 overs, R Croft 59). dates, venue and format of the Games. MATCH-FIXING SAGA Malhotra clarified that the cash prize announced by the government for the medal ‘Pakistan may have winners of the Common- wealth Games and Asiad will lost deliberately’ remain as announced- ie Rs 20 lakh for gold, Rs 15 lakh for London: Raking up the match-fixing silver and Rs 10 lakh issue all over again, for bronze. The first instal- Javed Miandad has ment were being presented to said Pakistan may have Second round co-leader Jim Furyk hits out of the rough on the first hole during the winners. third round of the U.S. Open at the Olympia Fields Country Club. deliberately lost a One- dayer to England in Sharjah prior to the 1999 World Cup. In his autobiogra- phy, ‘Cutting Edge’, Solid Furyk forges ahead Miandad Miandad, no stranger Olympia Fields (Illinois): Not lapse. He bogeyed the next two holes few other players have known. to controversy, claims that concerns since Tiger Woods has anyone been for a 72 and was five strokes behind. Furyk will be paired on Sunday over the conduct of his team in the under par by double digits at a US ‘‘I got to this position with a cer- with Leaney, a 34-year-old Aus- match on April 12, 1999, led him to re- Open. Not since Woods has anyone tain type of strategy,’’ Furyk said. tralian who has never been in con- sign as coach just a month before the looked as much in control as Jim ‘‘And I’ve got to continue to do that tention in a major and is playing World Cup. Furyk. While Woods, Vijay Singh tomorrow.’’ only his second US Open. He recov- Now back in charge and preparing and everyone else around him fell The strategy is fairly simple - fair- ered from a double bogey on No. 10 to for Pakistan’s three-match NatWest Se- apart, Furyk surged ahead on Satur- ways and greens, the strength of his shoot 68 and was at 203. ries opener with England at Old Traf- day at Olympia Fields with a 3-under game. On an Olympia Fields course Nick Price had the lead at one ford on Tuesday, Miandad’s claim 67 to shatter the 54-hole scoring that ranks as one of the easiest in US point with five birdies in his first six backs up allegations about the Sharjah record at the US Open. Open history,Furyk has done things holes, but gave all but one of those game made earlier by current captain More importantly,Furyk will take shots back and wound up with a 69, Rashid Latif. a three-stroke lead over Stephen US Open scores five strokes behind. Pakistan lost to England by 62 runs Leaney into the final round, thanks Barring the greatest comeback — five days after thrashing them by 90 to a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th (After 54 holes (US unless stated): ever in a Grand Slam event, Woods runs — and Miandad says in his book hole that capped off a remarkable 200 - Jim Furyk 67-66-67; 203 - Stephen won’t have a major championship that he was “concerned that our per- Leaney (AUS) 67-68-68; 205 - Nick Price (ZIM) day. 71-65-69, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 70-63-72; 206 - trophy on his mantle for the first formance may have had little to do with Furyk finished at 10-under 200, Dicky Pride 71-69-66, Ian Legatt (CAN) 68-70- time since he captured the ‘99 PGA cricket”. breaking the previous 54-hole record 68, Eduardo Romero (ARG) 70-66-70, Jonathan Championship at nearby Medinah. According to a report in the Mail On Byrd 69-66-71; 207 - Mark O’Meara 72-68-67, of 203 last matched by Lee Janzen in Mark Calcavecchia 68-72-67, Billy Mayfair 69- He took 35 putts, spent too much Sunday, Miandad claims that during 1993 at Baltusrol. 71-67; 208 - Mike Weir (CAN) 73-67-68, Ernie time in the rough and wound up with the interval between innings, he re- Singh, tied with Furyk most of the Els (RSA) 69-70-69, Justin Leonard 66-70-72 ; his worst score in a US Open as a pro- ceived telephone calls which suggested 209 - Chad Campbell 70-70-69, David Toms 72- sunny, warm day south of Chicago, 67-70, Tim Petrovic 69-70-70, Tom Byrum 69- fessional, a 5-over 75 that left him 11 his players may have been bribed to missed a 3-foot par putt on the 16th 69-71, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 69-67-73 shots out of the lead. Still, the lose the match. PTI hole that sent him to a stunning col- biggest collapse belonged to Singh. AP Aussie scheme can help Indian swimming read the recently pub- We are indebted to the readers who have been supporting the The comments and observa- Ilished article ‘‘Swimming Sleeping Giant column through regular interaction. We are pleased tions of Lalit Bhanot, secre- can usher in a sports revolu- tary of the Amateur Athlet- tion’’ with great interest. I to publish some more letters from them ics Federation of India made am the Executive Director of I would suggest that Aus- popularise the game. interesting reading. Like, Swimming Victoria, one of tralia is a good programme INDIAN SPORT Prateek Sharma, “we are at least 20 years be- the states affiliated with Aus- for you to follow as our struc- SLEEPING Panchkula hind the rest of world,’’ and tralian swimming. We will ture is based around the One can understand women ‘‘we will be among medals at be hosting the 2006 Common- work of volunteers within GIANT wrestler Kiran Sihag’s feel- the Athens Olympics.’’ wealth Games. As part of community clubs and it suits ings. But to be a women was There is no denying the fact our build up to the Games we most communities. I would tive is necessary. never, is never, and will nev- that AAFI’s plans have pro- are making contact with expect that India could only Siddhartha Raj Guha, er be a curse. She is more duced some athletes of the each of the Commonwealth Asian level, but not of the be successful if a similar Jabalpur bothered about the behav- national federations to see if world level. It’s heartening to structure is developed. I agree with the views of the iour of males rather than we can help them with their learn that some of our ath- Ron Bongetti, Indian star Baichung Bhutia family support. Russian ten- preparations. letes figure among the top 20 Victoria, Australia that the root cause of the nis player Anna Kournikova in the world. This shows the Over the past few years Much has been written lack of popularity in India of is known for her looks rather improvement of our ath- Swimming Victoria has de- about the callousness and in- the most popular game in the than her playing abilities. letes. We should not focus on veloped a relationship with efficiency of our sarkari world is poor marketing. The But this doesn’t mean that the final result alone. We Swimming South Africa and babus for bringing Indian sponsors are not willing to boys keep thinking wrong should also recognise the im- has been working with them sports to such a low.Now it is invest in football because of about her. It is only natural provement, even if we miss to introduce a better struc- time our top players, who the poor coverage on TV that opposite sex attracts the target. ture to their programme. have earned millions, take channels. National Football each other. But at the same They have adopted our some initiative for setting up League matches should be time it becomes a sin when it Saurabh Duggal, AUSTSWIM programme and academies for different disci- telecast live on popular chan- crosses its limit and hurt Faridabad also our ASCTA coaching plines, where deserving tal- nels rather than the high- somebody’s feelings, and in Readers can write their views courses. We are interested in ent can be nurtured. If India lights of important matches that case one should fight it. to timessport@india- developing similar relation- are to figure in the world being aired on Doordarshan. Chitranjan Dev, times.com or fax to (011) ships with other nations. sporting map such an initia- This would certainly help Rohtak 23323346, 23324173.
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18 Monday,June 16, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
lambasted the three-month-old presi- ter shaking hands and wait for Malik member him for that. FEERREE dent. All this is set to change with to finish his speech. While the Iranian A triathlete and distance IIFFF NNTT Vicky taking a personal interest in en- remained undisturbed, Cheema lost runner,Le Roux was training DD suring that the interests of the com- his focus, the bout and the medal. for the Comrades Marathon. The perfect hosts petitors are paramount. Unfortunately, he will not be Udayshankar FMSCI has further decided to send Question of attitude able to run as he will be ar- an additional three riders to represent riving in the United King- he chief guest at India in events abroad. It already sup- he Indian hockey fraternity often dom with the national squad the senior Asian S ports C Vijayakumar of Team TVS, complains about the dispropor- on June 16. wrestling champi- T S tionately large media coverage ROKE but Vicky feels that it is essential for T But the Indians need not T onship, Haryana the new crop to test their skills against cricket gets. But when the reporters be disheartened at all. They chief minister, Om foreign competition. He should know. went to meet the victorious Indian just need to ensure that they Prakash Chautala, had a After all, he’s raising two crores plus to hockey team at the IGI airport on their carry on the good work that better way of describing Hot riding put his own son, Karun Chandhok, return from Australia, some of the of- Le Roux started. India’s failure in the com- ficials, who had come to receive the t’s a blistering 46 degrees and all through the rigours of the British For- That would be a perfect petition. “It wouldn’t have team, tried to act tough and asked the sane beings rest in the scant shade mula 3 championship. farewell gift for the man who looked nice if we let our waiting reporters not to trouble the I the otherwise Pink but now gone insists that “I believe my suc- guests go home empty- team as the players were tired. red-hot city of Jaipur can provide. But cess with the Indian team handed,” was how he Brevity is best They tried to whisk the team away then whoever said that motorsports has been greatly exaggerat- reacted after Indian from the airport in a hurry without let- enthusiasts and sanity went together. he senior Asian wrestling champi- ed. Obviously, I’d like to wrestlers failed to grab ting newspersons talk to them. It was a In the peak of summer the MRF na- onship was full of action and dra- think I made an impression gold medals in the champi- good opportunity for the team to get tional motocross chose to come to T ma. The Wrestling Federation of and was able to help but they onship. publicity,but the officials thought oth- Jaipur and the riders were game to do India (WFI), in order to entertain the were in pretty good shape India won four silver erwise till the reporters told them what they did best — set a blistering spectators and their foreign guests, or- when I arrived. They are not medals and six bronze. “It firmly that with this kind of attitude, pace. But one man who was not ganised an elaborate function which amateurs!” is good that they are tak- they cannot complain against cricket. amused by the conditions was the pres- saw long speeches by the officials and ing good memories from ident of the Federation of Motor dignitaries, followed by dances by Phoren or desi India,” he added. Sports Clubs of India, Vicky Chand- school children. The noise obviously Welcome home,Adrian hile the debate raged if hok. The former rallyist was furious distracted the foreign wrestlers from the important job in hand — wrestling. or a change, the South African Indian hockey needed only missed one cut, the first event out that riders should be subjected to such cricket board did something right Board’s brainwave In one instance, WFI president MS W foreign coaches or not, cricket of the five he played. harsh conditions. “There were no ade- F when it recruited its own country- took the plunge thanks to former He likes Japanese food, so no prob- quate arrangements for refreshments. Malik was in the midst of his speech f the England and Wales Cricket man Adrian le Roux as the chief cricket board president A C Muthiah, Even finding water was difficult for when the referee called for the start of Board has allowed the counties to lems there, and he had cousin Bunty fitness trainer on a two-year contract. who, at the prompting of his Randhawa, as caddie and travelling the riders. And on top of that they the bout between India’s Palwinder Though working for the Indian I hire overseas professionals, the In- predecessor, Raj Singh Dungarpur, were not sticking to the schedule while Cheema and Iranian Rezai. But both dian board is toying with the idea of companion so there was always some- team on an extended contract, Le brought in foreign experts to end the the riders waited in the baking sun,” the wrestlers had to get off the mat af- getting an entire foreign team to play one to talk to, somewhat of a problem Roux found the call too joke of former players getting jobs as AFP in the Duleep Trophy! This brainwave where almost everyone else speaks hard to resist. His immedi- coaches for a consideration and comes in the wake of an India A team only Japanese. ate assignment is to ensure quacks accompanying touring teams playing in a domestic tournament in Travel between golf courses was that the team is fit for the as physical conditioning experts, the West Indies. extraordinarily efficient. Players trav- England tour. though the superstars of Indian crick- Board chief Jagmohan Dalmiya has elled a couple of hours by bullet Ironically, Le Roux, who et could never stomach the idea of get- trains with hand baggage, their was Free State Eagles’ fit- ting foreign coaches over at fancy been having brainstorming sessions with former and present players, cap- suitcases and clubs taken care of in ness trainer from 1995 to salaries and perks. takubin , which meant you arrived at March 2002, was consid- The present board chief Jagmohan tains and coaches of Ranji Trophy teams in the last couple of weeks in an your hotel, your bags were there ered surplus to the nation- Dalmiya admitted that he, too, was waiting, and your golf clubs were at al requirements just 16 convinced of the need for a foreign effort to improve the image of domes- tic cricket. the club. months ago. coach, physio and trainer. Senior play- The golf courses were immaculate, If ‘‘foreign’’ team here is to be read India took advantage ers eventually got Dalmiya around to the greens lightening fast, pin posi- as Bangladesh, then the idea is hardly and the results are there agree to change his mind. tions tight. worth considering. Even if it is an for all to see, specially after He went one step further by getting Even the weather was perfect, like English county team, it would still not the World Cup perform- a full-time physical conditioning ex- February-March in Delhi. Facilities make the Indian domestic cricket cal- ance this year. pert from South Africa. Ironically, it were perfect, even better than the endar more competitive. The board While the Indian team was trainer Adrian Le Roux who chose American Tour with all the golf equip- should rather apply its mind to find has made no secret of the to quit, not coach John Wright or ment big names at every venue. ways to get the Test stars to play in do- fact that Le Roux has con- physio Andrew Leipus. Best of all as far as Jyoti is mestic cricket. tributed tremendously to Looking at the lengthening list of concerned, on the first day of the their cause, the Proteas injured players and their preference fifth event he played 8-under par and trainer prefers to stay for seeking treatment overseas, the day Japan beguiles Jyoti led the field. ‘‘I thought I might win,’’ modest. Le Roux says he is not far when one could begin count- he says with a grin. And that’s what “basically tried to intro- ing the fit players on the fingers yoti Randhawa’s first taste of the he plans to do when he goes back at duce a culture of fitness of one’s hand. Japanese Tour has left him asking the weekend. and training so that the Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is in J for more. Back home for a little R & players accepted it as a the queue, having damaged the spin- R, a confident, positive Jyoti is all set to Alka Tomar (top) tries to pin Taiwanese Hung Yutuning during their 59kg women’s freestyle normal part of their day.” ning fing ers, after Sachin Tendulkar’s return for another seven events bout in the Asian Wrestling Championship. The Indians will always re- surgery to his finger. through the rest of the year having
CAPITAL SPORT Grosvenor wins MOTORSPORT CORNER Himansh in final: Himansh Results of other events: 2nd Gyan Bharti Who will move South Delhi (under 13) cricket:NSCC (1st New Delhi: Grosvenor Square P Kala of Central Bank of India innings) 194 in 62 overs (Shivam Sharma will clash with Nitin Mahajan of (David Badel astride) registered 75, Hitesh Rai 50, Mohit 3 for 39, Gaurav an emphatic victory in the Colts Williams grab first two FCI in the men’s singles final in Dahiya 3 for 67) and 2nd innings 135 for 6 Trial Stakes (GR I) at the Banga- into Paes’ shoes? AP the 41st Summer Open Table in 50 overs (Hitesh Rai 41, Shivam Sharma Montreal: Ralf Schumach- 35, Karna Khurana 3 for 41) drew with Son- lore races held on Sunday. Tennis Torunament. After win- By Ashis Ray er and Juan Pablo Montoya ning the quarter-finals Tina net 1st innings (226 for 7 in 70 overs (Sahil Results: Galilee Plate (div.II): 1,400m: Bajo Kher 108, Shaleen Baweja 49, S Aggarwal Grande 1, Daughteroffortune 2, Nationality 3, omorrow, Leander Paes, on whose enthusiastic put Williams-BMW on the Khurana (Montfort School) lost 3 for 61). Sonnet 11 points. NSCC 8 points. to Sanya Sehgal in the semis. Mothers Memory 4. His Majesty Plate (div.II): Tshoulders has rested India’s Davis Cup fortunes front row for the Canadian I.D. Paul memorial cricket: DUCC 217 for 1,200m: Ne Tlus Ultra 1, Pleasantries 2, Star of Grand Prix on Saturday as Other results: Cadet girls: Esha Monga Wonder 3, Princess Chand 4. Mahalakshmi for over a decade, turns 30. After Mahesh Bhupathi, beat Sanya Sehgal 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Cadet 8 in 30 overs (Raman Gujral 67, Lokesh Ku- the teammates qualified mar 30, Rajan Gupta 3 for 25) lost to LB Plate: 1,400m: Win Ameen 1,Aldora 2,Argentum who is only a year younger, faded from the singles Boys: Sartak gandhi bt Kartik Kukreja 11-5, Blue 3, Red Flame 4. His Majesty Plate (div.I): first and second. 14-12, 11-8; Kids: Monica Batra bt Vivek Shastri 221 for 4 in 24.3 overs (Rajan Gup- scene, following a shoulder injury,Paes has rather un- ta 106, Prem Prateek 56 not out) by 6 1,200m: City of Angels 1, Amazing Ability 2, Dra- Schumacher ran a clean Bhargav 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5. matic Heights 3, Gypsy King 4. nervingly, been required to win both his singles and wickets. Handicaps for the Mysore races scheduled for the doubles to clinch a Davis Cup tie for his country. lap around Circuit Gilles DSA League: Delhi Transport Madhav Rao Scindia memorial cricket: Wednesday: Nagamangla Plate: 30&above: This, he has accomplished with aplomb in the Villeneuve, posting a time of Corporation scored a 3-1 win New South Delhi Club 223 in 24.5 overs 1,200m: Pride Estates 64,Almond 60, King’s Star Asia/Oceania Zone, but failed to achieve beyond the 1 minute, 15.529 seconds on over Bank of India while Pun- (Ashok Khanna 67, Pankaj Malik 54, Sushil 58.5, Frontier Hero 55, Heroic 52.5, Telegram 52.5, Ronson 51.5, Royal Salute 50, Valencia 49. World Group Qualifying Round since 1998. Of course, the 4.36-kilometer, 15-turn jab National Bank held North- Dogra 3 for 23, Sanjay Singh 3 for 30) beat Andrews Ganj XI 154 in 23.3 overs (Sushil Kolar Plate: 20-35: 1,400m: Sher Khan 62, Echo to his dismay, India have been drawn away that, too, track. Montoya, who started ern Railway to a goalless draw Dogra 45, Sanjay Singh 42, Sanjay Suraj 4 Star 61.5, Concur 59.5, Renzino 59.5, Stingaroo against some of the most powerful teams, like Swe- from the pole here last year in the DSA Institutional League. for 24, Ashok Khanna 3 for 44) by 69 runs. 59, Crystal Delight 57.5, Krugar Park 57.5, Soul and won two weeks ago in of Gold 57, Tulsa Time 56.5. TNN den, the USA and Australia, in the past three years. In September, it will, again, be a unenviable assignment Monaco, was second with a in Holland. Paes’ admirable Davis Cup record lap of 1:15.923. notwithstanding, he, now,lacks match practice in sin- Five-time Formula One gles to produce consistency and court-craft against champion Michael Schu- better opposition. However, he has kept himself suffi- macher, the defending race winner, was third for Fer- TENNIS TRAIL rari with a time of 1:16.047. Fernando Alonso was ciently fit not to disgrace himself in singles for an- fourth for Renault and Fer- other 2-3 years; and, arguably,much longer in doubles. rari driver Rubens Bar- India’s win/loss record is the 9th best among 140 odd richello, fastest in Friday’s Davis Cup playing nations, with a current world rank- pre-qualifying session, was ing of 16. After Mohammed Sleem in the 1920s, in Ghaus fifth. It was a fitting quali- Mohammed, who qualified for the quarterfinals at Wim- fying session on a weekend bledon in 1939, Ramanathan Krishnan, who reached the dominated by talk of the fi- last four in the same championships in 1960 and 1961, Vi- nancial disparity between jay Amritraj, who featured in the quarters in 1973 and the big-budget teams and 1981, and Ramesh Krishnan, who figured at the same the cash-strapped inde- stage in 1986, India have possessed at least one interna- pendents. tional quality singles player in most generations. Minardi boss Paul Stod- India desperately need singles exponents. Rohan dart complained Friday he Bopanna, currently at 202 in the ATP Champions’ could not compete with Fer- Race, has steadily moved up the ladder. But there is rari, Williams-BMW and Members of the McLaren pit crew practice refuelling on David Coulthard’s car in Montreal on Thursday. no indication yet that he can fill Paes’ shoes. One can McLaren. AFP only hope US-born Prakash Amritraj, son of Vijay, will deliver; and be deemed eligible to sport India’s colours. At 16, Karan Rastogi is promising; but he has Vijay asserts dominance to make the cut. Next week: Inside Wimbledon By RK Tiwari unrelenting heat, witnessed some gripping TIMES NEWS NETWORK action, when seasoned riders, C Vijay Ku- CROSS COUNTRY mar (TVS Racing) and Y Barguje (Team Jaipur: Sunday morning, the peace and Yamaha), brought the track alive with Manipur win, Orissa held quiet of the sleepy suburb of Jaipur was some excellent manoeuvring around the shattered by high-powered thrills and tricky 600-metre track. Eventually the de- spills of the second round of the MRF Na- Chennai: Defending champions Manipur managed fending champion C Vijay Kumar of Team tional Motocross championship as TVS to beat Karnataka 1-0, while last year’s finalists Oris- TVS Racing stole the thunder at the end of Racing took a chunk of honours in all sa were held to a goalless draw by Goa in the quarter- the second leg with a haul of 37 points. classes. final league of the 11th national women’s football Results: Upto 250 CC: C. Vijay kumar (TVS), 2. Y. Barguje The Chitrakoot stadium was trans- (Yamaha), 3. Sayyed Rahman (TVS). 80-150cc: 1. Sayed Ehet- championship here on Sunday. formed into a dirt track where novices on sham (Yamaha), 2. Sayed Rahman (TVS), 3. Y. Barguje (Yamaha). Karnataka showed superb defensive strategy,with 110-250cc: C. Vijay Kumar (TVS), 2. Rustam Patel (TVS), 3. G. Yamahas and TVS and experts on import- about seven players denying the Manipur strikers. Prasad (TVS). 80-150cc 2/4 stroke: 1. M. Saeed (Jaipur), 2. ed Suzuki RM-125s showed off their skills. Sunil Moete (Pune), 3. Ravi Kant Sharma (Jaipur). 4 stroke 80- But a lapse in the 71st minute proved costly for them, The sun was blazing hot and the atmos- 110cc: 1. C.D Jinan (TVS), 2. Shiva (Yamaha), 3. Suresh (Yama- when hardworking Phajabi Devi drove home a pass ha). 4 stroke 110-180cc: 1. Sayed Rahman (TVS), 2. Shiva Ku- off Manitombi Devi. phere electrifying as riders were firing all mar (Yamaha), 3. B.V Suresh (TVS). Locals: 2/4 stroke: 110- In Group B, a technically sound Orissa looked all cylinders. The large gathering braving the 180cc: 1. Ravi Kant Sharma, 2. M.Saeed, 3. Kuldeep. set for a win, with forwards Sudipta Das, Aruna Dibyadarsini and Pinky Bampal Magar in full form. However, the Goan defense withstood the attacks all Sangha wins autocross event through the match. PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK mandatory in such off-road activities. “The event had been granted an FMSCI New Delhi: The best bit about the The Race permit but looking at the arrangements I Two share lead of Champions autocross event at Jaypee had to withdraw that and make it provi- Kochi: Defending champion O T Anilkumar of Ker- Greens, Greater Noida, was the participa- sional,” remarked Vicky Chandhok, presi- ala and Vinothkumar of Tamil Nadu shared the lead tion of cars like Mercedes, Toyota Qualis dent FMSCI. with five points each after the completion of five and Hyundai Accent apart from the regular It is impossible for newcomers to match rounds in the 15th Cusat international rating open stalwarts in their Marutis. The event re- up to the modified cars of regular rally chess tournament at the Cochin University’s SMS au- flected the growing interest in motorsports drivers. As such the first prize of a ticket ditorium here on Sunday. across the spectrum of automobile owners. Results (fifth round): O T Anilkumar (5) bt U C Mohanan (4); Konakanchi Ni- to Malaysia had to go to one of them and it Apart from that the usual ills of a certain nad (4.5) drew with K Haridas (4.5); Vinothkumar (5) bt P D S Girinath (4); Pran- was Bhalinder Sangha this time around. jal Phukan (3.5) lost to Soumya Ranjan Mishra (4.5); Sukhpal Singh Kalsi (4) drew bunch of veteran drivers dominating and “The only way to ensure a level playing with K R Madhusoodhan (4); P Ramakrishan (4) drew with Muthu Prakash (4); M loose conduct with limited adherence to B Muraleedharan (3.5) drew with Kumar Dip Chkraborthy (3.5); Projjwal Pra- field is to allow only stock cars. That way FMSCI regulations were obvious. manik (3) lost to Ram S Krishnan (4); Chakravarthy S V C (3) lost to Alex Thomas the best driver wins and not just the best (4); Unas K A (3) lost to P Sreekumar (4); Sardar Amitpal Singh (4) bt N Sandhya The speed game is inherently dangerous machine,” opined Vicky. Despite its presi- (3). 4th round: K R Madhusoodanan (3.5) drew with P D S Girinath (3.5); Ganesh and bypassing safety norms makes it that Bhat (3) lost to O T Anilkumar (4); Alex Thomas (3) lost to M Vinothkumar (4); K dent’s assertion, the FMSCI has not taken Haridas (4) bt Stanley Samson (3); P Srikanth (3) lost to U C Mohanan (4); N Sand- much more dicey. The presence of an am- hya (3) lost to K Ninad (4); M B Muraleedharan (2.5) drew with Pranjal Phukan bulance and ensuring that speeds do not any remedial action despite many events. (3.5); Ram S Krishnan (3) drew with Sridhar (3); Kumar Dipchakraborty (3) drew The winners: 800 cc: Sunny Sidhu, 800-1000: Vikas Saluja, with Shanmugananthan (3); Soumya Ranjan Mishra (3.5) bt Bindu Saritha (2.5); exceed 60 kph in cars without protective 1000-13000: Aman Ahluwalia, 1300-1500: Bhalinder Sangha, P S Ameer (2.5) lost to Sukhpal Singh Kalsi (3.5); Merryston David (2.5) lost to roll-cages and four-point seat belts are 1500+: Gaurav Gill, SUV: Sunny Sidhu, Ladies: Gurmeet Soni. Ramakrishna (3.5); and K M Nisam (3) drew with Sheshu P V V (3). PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Monday,June 16, 2003 19 Approach Shots: Countdown-1 Ivanisevic, Beckham back home to mull future his is the first Seles pull out London: David Beckham ar- But the England captain mous white shirt. ham. The Sunday Telegraph Tof a rived home from the United gave a waiting pack of re- Beckham’s brief time back reported that “a preliminary five-part count- Wimbledon: Former Wim- States on Saturday as specu- porters and photographers a home is expected to be devot- inquiry” has been launched down to the world’s greatest bledon champion Goran lation mounted that he could deft body swerve by skipping ed to intensive discussions by the Financial Services Au- tennis tournament, Wimble- Ivanisevic has pulled out of be a Real Madrid player in a out of the terminal through a with his advisors on his fu- thority (FSA) after United don, which begins in London the tournament for the sec- on June 23. Here we will fea- matter of days. side entrance. ture. said publicly that they had ond year in a row, champi- Beckham, who had com- Real are due to play a Financial probe: Manches- reached an agreement with ture 10 exciting matches (five onship officials said. bined a promotional tour friendly in Japan in early Au- ter United are to be investi- Barcelona without informing women’s and five men’s) at The big-serving left- the All England Club in the with a family holiday, flew gust and are aware of the gated by financial watchdogs the stock market first. hander, who had a story- last decade. Alongside will be into London’s Heathrow air- enormous promotional spin- following the club’s an- The report, claimed that club book victory two years ago snippets that reveal the port with his popstar wife offs that would be generated nouncement that they had chief executive Peter Kenyon as the first wild card to win lighter side of the serious Victoria and young sons, if they could make that Beck- reached an agreement to sell has been asked for a “written a Grand Slam tournament, business that is tennis. So, Brooklyn and Romeo. ham’s first match in their fa- England skipper David Beck- explanation”.AFP get ready to receive! sustained a knee injury while practicing with Croa- SPANISH LEAGUE Men’s final, 2001: tian teammate Mario Ancic Goran Ivanisevic earlier this week. beat Patrick Rafter That came after he had No end to Rayo 6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 9-7 lost to Jan Vacek at the Queens Court grass court After Wimbledon’s best final since the 1980 Borg-McEn- championship in London Vallecano’s woes roe sonata went the way of on Monday. Ivanisevic, people, for once, Wimbledon starts on Madrid: The humiliations of Rayo Valle- thought life was fair. The June 23 and the colourful cano continued on Saturday when the bot- Croat had been a losing final- Croatian star, whose career tom club in the Spanish first division went ist thrice. Obsessed with the has been plagued by shoul- down 2-0 at Valladolid. tournament, he had entered der, knee and foot prob- Rayo have now gone 12 games without a the 2001 edition on a wild Ivanisevic soaks up the feeling after realising his dream. lems, doesn’t think he will win and their latest set back came against a card and had negotiated a be fit in time. His with- team who have nothing left to play for this snakepit draw to earn one for Goran. Graf had fearsome fore- drawal puts a question season. Centre Court had not seen hands and awesome athleti- more swing at the title. mark over his career and Valladolid opened the scoring eight min- When he won, everybody, the kind of atmosphere it saw cism. Venus had fearsome might bring forward his re- utes after the break when on-loan Real Rafter included, was happy that Monday. Given the pop- everything and even more ularity of both players, the awesome athleticism. tirement at age 31. Madrid striker David Arganzo ran onto a stands were divided in sup- Graf, how- Former women’s world deep ball from the midfield which left the Laugh-volleys port but seemed to agree on ever, was a number one Monica Seles Rayo defenders stranded. being cacophonic. You proud has also withdrawn due to Eight minutes from time, Antonio Lopez Tim this Tim that could have thought you champion continuing problems with got Valladolid’s second from the penalty were in Kinshasa for the Ali- on the her foot. spot after rayo’s Mauro Garcia had brought After losing to Tim Hen- Foreman Rumble in the Jun- down Oscar Gonzalez. man in 1997, a result verge of The American, runner- gle. retirement up to Steffi Graf at Wimble- At the other end of the table, the Spanish which saw Henmania Even after almost a fortnight championship could be decided on Sunday. reaching its peak, friend- wanting to don in 1992, lost in straight of high-pressure work, Ivani- put a few Real Sociedad lead the league with 73 ly Dutchman Richard sets to Russia’s Nadia sevic maintained the pop in newcom- Petrova in the first round of points and two games to go and have a one Krajicek said: “All I know his serve. Rafter, the serve- ers in their the French Open three point advantage over Real Madrid. is that I am not calling and-volleying Australian, place. Cov- Steffi Graf weeks ago. However, standing in the way of the my kid ‘Tim’. I hate that was like a khadoos customs ering the Basques’ bid for their first title in 21 years name.” officer at the net — he didn’t Argentina’s Mariana Diaz- court with grace and pace, Olivia and Anne Kremer of is Celta Vigo and Sociedad. let much go by. His second hitting with nip, the German Candy Mom Luxembourg have also Albacete, Real Zaragoza promoted: Al- serve, snarling up high after cornered her relatively inex- withdrawn and former bacete and Real Zaragoza, second and third Superstition was as bouncing, was exemplary. perienced American rival. Ivanisevic, though, had the men’s world number one respectively in the Spanish much a part of Bjorn Centre Court was new to edge because his baseline Venus but like home to Graf, Marcelo Rios, who dislikes second division, were as- Borg as headbands. In game held and because he, who had been a champion grass tournaments, has sured of playing in the top fact, it was a family trait. perhaps, wanted the crown seven times. The historic also pulled out. AP flight next season. AFP During a match of his, more than Rafter. Borg’s mother spat out a arena resonated with the sweet she had been Women’s quarterfi- thunder of their strokes. sucking. Soon, Borg’s nal, 1999: Steffi When the match stretched opponent started play- Graf beat Venus to the decider, it symbolised ing better. “It’s the Williams 6-2 3-6 6-4 Graf’s career, which too was darned candy,’’ Mrs in it’s last stage. It proved to Borg perhaps thought. This was one of those pass- be a glorious twilight for Fraulein Forehand. Because Because she picked up ing-the-torch deals. When when the players shook the discarded sweet and the two battled for a memo- rable couple of hours on hands at the net, it was Graf, popped it back in her Centre Court, Graf was on at 30 eleven years older than mouth. Borg won. her way out and Venus in. Venus, who was the victor. Roddick is new king of Queen’s London: Andy Roddick of the semis of this Wimble- the United States beat don warm-up event. France’s Sebastien Gros- There was nothing in the jean in straight sets to win previous head-to-head to the ATP Queen’s Club tour- suggest such a convincing nament here on Sunday. win for Roddick — in their Roddick, 20, won 6-3 6-3, only two other matches Rod- without dropping his serve dick and Grosjean had one in a final played in hot and victory each, neither in sunny conditions that last- straight sets. ed just 59 minutes. Roddick, began in trade- Both men were appearing mark style serving two pow- in their first Queen’s final erful aces in the first game. with third seed Roddick But neither was as quick having knocked out fellow as his record equalling 149 American Andre Agassi — mph delivery against Agas- after saving match point — si in the semi-final — a in the semis of this grass- serve that matched Greg court event. Rusedski’s mark for the Meanwhile 25-year-old fastest serve ever recorded Grosjean, a wildcard, dis- in professional tennis. posed of Wimbledon cham- But sixth seed Grosjean, pion and three-time scrambling well and occa- Queen’s defending champi- sionally frustrating Rod- on Lleyton Hewitt in the dick with the depth of his quarters before beating groundstrokes was not Britain’s Tim Henman in overpowered early on. AFP
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Roger Federer holds the trophy after winning the the ATP Gerry Weber Open final on Sunday. Federer’s first win on grass Halle (Germany): Top seed Roger Federer ousted home hope Nicolas Kiefer in straight sets to join the elite of tennis with his first title on grass at the $800,000 ATP tournament here on Sun- day. The Swiss player won through 6-1, 6-3 in 67 min- utes to avenge his defeat to the German in the semi-fi- nals here last year. And the 21-year-old joins the ranks of the likes of American great Pete Sam- pras, the last player to win tournaments on all surfaces in the same year in 1998, af- ter winning indoors in Mar- seille, on hardcourt in Dubai, clay at Munich, and here on grass. It was the eighth career ti- tle for the Swiss star. AP
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20 Monday,June 16, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi France look for World Cup redemption Paris: The 2003 Confedera- tions Cup represents the first real test for hosts France to prove that they have recov- ered from their pitiful show- ing at last year’s World Cup. A first round exit in Asia without a single goal scored was nothing short of a humil- iating disaster for the 1998 champions, resulting in a con- sidered clear out of the old guard by new coach Jacques Santini on the return home. Under Santini’s guidance France has put together a string of decent results in their qualifying group for Euro 2004 yet admittedly against low key opponents. Coming up against the likes of World Cup winners Brazil, Turkey and the Unit- ed States will be a different ball game altogether. France are drawn in Group A against Japan, Colombia and outsiders New Zealand. Group B is headed by a Brazil squad virtually un- recognisable from the one that triumphed over Germany in the World Cup. It also has Turkey, Cameroon, and the United States. US coach Bruce Arena believes his team’s World Cup showing has left an important legacy. Japan’s coach Zico has had to contend with a wave of setbacks as he attempts to develop his team towards 2006 World Cup. AFP Confed Cup fixtures Group A France, Japan, Colombia, New Zealand Group B Brazil, United States, Cameroon, Turkey First round Wednesday, June 18 New Zealand v Japan (Paris) France v Colombia (Lyon) Thursday, June 19 Turkey v United States (Saint Etienne) Brazil v Cameroon (Paris Friday, June 20 Colombia v New Zealand (Lyon) France v Japan (Saint Etienne) Saturday, June 21 Cameroon v Turkey (Paris) Brazil v United States (Lyon) Sunday, June 22 France v New Zealand (Paris) Japan v Colombia (Saint Etienne) Monday, June 23 Brazil v Turkey (Saint Etienne) United States v Cameroon (Lyon) Semi-finals Thursday, June 26 Leader Group B v runner-up Group A (Lyon) Leader Group A v runner-up Group B (Paris) Saturday, June 28 3rd-place play-off (Saint Etienne) Sunday, June 29 Final (Paris)
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