FRONTLINE ‘Govt to do away norms Ajmal wasn’t feeling Pranab Simbu sings PRINTERS 3 set in British era’ 6 effective enough: Coach 7greets Vasan 8 for Prashanth Huge loss PRIVATE LTD n AirAsia fl ight from Indonesia’s Surabaya airport to Complete Printing ASingapore lost contact with air traffi c control on Sun- day, a Transport Ministry offi cial said. The Airbus 320-200 Facilities under had 155 passengers and seven crew members on board. One Roof Transport Ministry offi cial Hadi Mustofa said the aircraft, M-7, Thiru-Vi-Ka fl ight number QZ 8501, lost contact with the Jakarta air Industrial Estate, traffi c control tower. Guindy, Singapore said on Sunday it has activated its air force Chennai - 600 032. and navy to help in the search and rescue operation for the AirAsia (AIRA.KL) jet that went missing on a fl ight & 2250 0111, 4202 1111 from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. Two C130s are already on stand-by for this purpose. Chennai’s No 1 English evening daily since 1982 www.newstodaynet.com We remain ready to provide any assistance to support the search and rescue effort, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said in a statement. A waiting area, and facilities and support have been set up for relatives at Changi Airport Terminal 2, it said. Malaysia today offered help in the search of missing AirAsia fl ight. Prime Minister Datuk Najib Razak said he had not been fully briefed on the aircraft’s disappearance, but acknowledged that the country may be facing its third aviation disaster in the year, after the loss of two Malaysia Airlines aircraft in March and July. I don’t have much detail yet on what happened, but there is a very big possibility that a tragedy has occurred. We NATIONAL DAILY FOUNDER EDITOR: T.R.R will do all we can to help fi nd out what happened, Strait VOL. XXXIII NO. 22 H CHENNAI H SUNDAY 28.12.2014 (EVENING) H OTHER STATIONS MONDAY 29.12.2014 (MORNING) H 8 PAGES Rs. 4.00 H Regd. No., TN/CC(S) Dn. / 223 / 12-14, RNI No: 33810 / 82 Times quoted Razak as saying. Girl eve-teased, beaten up by youths Air Asia fl ight to Muzaffarnagar, Dec 28 (PTI): A B.Com student was allegedly eve- teased by two youths and later beaten up when she resisted their attempt Singapore goes missing here, police said today. The accused, Arpit Jain and Vishal, started eve-teasing the girl who was q Loses contact with ATC q 182 were on board * Hectic search on on her way to home from college in Kirshna Puri locality here yesterday. Singapore, Dec 28 (PTI): The aircraft... was requesting devia- Malaysia Within a few minutes, she resisted An AirAsia flight with 162 people tion due to en route weather, it said. and protested against their activity, aboard went missing en route from In- Ten months Indonesian TV channels said there offers help they said. The two youths allegedly donesia to Singapore today after losing were 149 Indonesians, three Kore- ago...... The Malaysia government today beat up the victim when she voiced contact with air traffi c controllers. ans, one Singaporean, one Briton offered help in the search of miss- against their harassment, police said. There were unconfi rmed reports that The loss of contact with the and one Malaysian on board. ing AirAsia fl ight which lost con- A case was registered against the an aircraft has crashed in the waters AirAsia plane comes nearly 10 Search and rescue operations tact with air traffi c controllers be- accused on the directive of SSP Muz- off East Belitung, off the east coast of months after the disappearance have been activated by the Indo- tween Singapore and Indonesia. affarnagar after her family demanded Sumatra. However, the details of the of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH nesian authorities from the Pangkal Prime Minister Datuk Najib Ra- action against them, they said. aircraft were not known. 370, which dropped off radar Pinang Search and Rescue offi ce. zak said he had not been fully A transport offi cial said Flight QZ8501 over Southeast Asia on 8 March. The CAAS and Changi Airport (Indonesia) at 5.20 am local time and briefed on the aircraft’s disap- Huge haul lost contact with Jakarta air traffi c con- Group (CAG) Crisis Management was scheduled to land at Singapore’s pearance, but acknowledged that trol just after 7.24 am local time. statement. The aircraft was an Air- Centres have already been acti- of gold Changi Airport at 8.30 am. the country may be facing its third The aircraft was in the Indonesian bus A320-200 with the registration vated. A statement on AirAsia’s Facebook aviation disaster in the year, after Rameswaram, Dec 28 (PTI): Flight Information Region (FIR), more number PK-AXC. ‘We are working with the airline’s page said: AirAsia Indonesia regrets the loss of two Malaysia Airlines One kg of gold worth Rs 25 lakh than 200 nm southeast of the Sin- At this time, search and rescue op- crisis management team,’ it said. to confirm that flight QZ8501 from aircraft in March and July. was seized by customs offi cials and gapore-Jakarta FIR boundary, when Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact erations are in progress and AirAsia AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fern- is cooperating fully and assisting the two persons were arrested in this contact was lost, Civil Aviation Authority with air traffi c control at 0724hrs this andes has asked his company to stay ance in the search operation. AirAsia rescue service, the statement said. connection today. of Singapore (CAAS) said. morning.’ strong. is popular in the region as a budget Following a tip-off that some per- Contact with the plane was lost 42 At the present time we unfortunately Indonesian Transport Ministry of- Thank you for all your thoughts carrier. It has about 100 destina- sons were trying to smuggle gold minutes after takeoff. There were no have no further information regard- fi cial Hadi Mustofa said the plane had and prayers. We must stay strong, tions, with subsidiaries in several to Sri Lanka, offi cials conducted a Indian nationals on board. ing the status of the passengers and asked for an unusual route before it tweeted Fernandes, an ethnic In- Asian countries. Searchers are yet to checking in Dhanushkodi and ar- An Indonesian transport official crew members on board, but we will lost contact, local media reported. dian, who set up the budget airlines fi nd any debris from Flight MH 370, rested, Customs Superintendent confi rmed that seven crew and 155 keep all parties informed as more Air Asia said the pilot had requested which now fl ies to several coun- which offi cials believe crashed in the Pugazhendi said. passengers were on board. information becomes available,’ the deviation from the its fl ight plan be- tries. southern Indian Ocean. more assets He said two others managed to es- The plane took off from Surabaya Malaysia-based carrier said in a cause of bad weather. Malaysia has also offered assist- if required for the operation. cape on seeing the customs offi cials. J&K: Stalemate Raghubar Das sworn continues on next govt Srinagar, Dec 28: Mohammad Sayeed full six years Four days after the Assembly elec- term as chief minister, clarity on in as Jharkhand CM tions result, there are still no signs of article 370, revocation of AFSPA. government formation anytime soon Madhav said, We are not averse in Jammu and Kashmir. Governor to PDP’s demand of talks been q Pledges corruption-free governance N N Vohra has sent letters to both held at the highest level. The Prime the Peoples Democratic Party and Minister can also talk with PDP Ranchi, Dec 28: in the Shibu Soren government after Bharatiya Janata Party asking for leadership. Jharkhand, which has seen nine the 2009 Assembly Elections. their next step. PDP leader Naeem Akthar, how- governments in the last 14 years, has Das joined the Janata Party in The results on 23 December led to ever, said, ‘These are preliminary created history. Five time BJP MLA, 1977 and in 1980 he joined BJP as a fractured mandate with the PDP talks. They need to be taken to Raghubar Das, today took oath as one of its founding member. winning 28 seats, BJP 25, National another level.’ the fi rst non-tribal Chief Minister of He took part in BJP’s fi rst Nation Conference 15 and Congress 12 in Adding to the drama, the Con- the State. Committee meeting in Mumbai in the 87-member J&K Assembly with gress and NC stand by their offer BJP, which won 37 seats in recently 1980. He was then appointed as smaller parties and independents to the PDP. Meanwhile, Independ- held Jharkhand Assembly elections, Sitaramdera Mandal chief. He then bagging the rest. ents too have decided to support a is set to form a stable government became Jamshedpur city BJP sec- Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hus- secular alliance. in coalition with ally AJSU (5 seats) retary and then became the vice sain Beig and BJP’s Ram Madhav CPI (M) MLA Mohammed Yousuf in the 81 member Assembly which president. had done spade work for a possible Tarigami said, ‘I have spoken to was till date notorious for its political He won his fi rst election in 1995 alliance between the two, but the lat- two other Independents to come instability. from Jamshedpur East to become ter wants structured talks on conten- together and throw weight behind The oath taking ceremony held at an MLA in Bihar Assembly. He has tious issues like giving party founder PDP-Congress government.’ the Birsa Munda Football Stadium been winning from the seat ever Mufti Mohammad Sayeed full six Sources said the PDP is working in Ranchi. However, Prime Minister Raghubar Das since. years term as chief minister, clarity on on a common minimum programme Narendra Modi, who was to attend He became Jharkhand BJP chief in article 370 and revocation of Armed which it hopes the BJP would accept. the ceremony along with BJP chief ble government. Cabinet Minister sector, Scheduled Tribes and Sched- 2004-05. Under his leadership, the Forces Special Protection Act. The party is pushing for an alliance Amit Shah, took to Twitter today and Venkaiah Naidu was present during uled Castes and the poor,’ Das was BJP won 30 seats in Jharkhand As- No signs of PDP, BJP government with the BJP as after having come said that he will not be attending the ceremony. quoted as saying by the PTI. sembly in the 2005 election. He was in J&K; both NC, Congress stand by to power on the promise of quick the ceremony due to poor weather We will give good and corruption- Das, who became a BJP national again the BJP chief during the 2009 their offer development in the state, it wants to conditions. free governance and development vice president in August, has been Lok Sabha elections. He became a The PDP wants structured talks ally with a party which can give easy He also congratulated the people will pick up. We will also work for the twice the BJP president in Jharkhand. Vice President in the BJP National with BJP on issues like giving Mufti fi nancial assistance. of Jharkhand for electing a sta- 93 percent people in the unorganised He became the deputy Chief Minister Committee on August 16, 2014. Aggressive Kohli, Rahane tons lead India’s  ghtback Melbourne, Dec 28 (PTI): The visitors ended the day on 462 full use of the spill. Kohli, recording Debutant Lokesh Rahul (3) next as part of the mini-procession Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane for eight as they still trail by 68 runs his ninth Test ton, mixed the right failed to capitalise on a dropped and the No.8 batsman could only struck fl uent centuries and stitched at the end of Day 3. dose of caution and aggression in chance at mid-wicket off Lyon face four balls before being caught a record 262-run fourth-wicket Aided by fi ve dropped catches, his 272-ball stay, his innings laced only to play another similar stroke and bowled off Harris for a nought. partnership as India fought back India responded well only to lose with 18 boundaries. against the off-spinner on the Harris was supported by Lyon bravely before a late-order slide a bit of a momentum in the end Rahane, who got his centu- very next delivery as the ball (2-108) and Watson. The bowlers allowed a sloppy Australia to claw as new-ball bowler Ryan Harris ry in just 127 balls, hitting ORT took a top adge and settled gave away far too many runs but P S back in the third cricket Test, here returned with fi gures of 4 for 69. 21 fours in his three- S into the hands of Josh were disciplined in the sense that today. Pace spearhead Mitchell John- hours ten minute stay Hazlewood (0 for 75) at they conceded just 2 extra in the Resuming the day on 108 for son (1-133), who bled runs through in the middle. fi ne leg. innings so far. one in response to the hosts’ fi rst the day, also got Kohli caught Rahane was finally Skipper Mahendra Post-tea, the two batsmen had innings score of 530, India lost their behind to get a consolation wicket trapped lbw off Lyon P Singh Dhoni (11) fi ddled looked to increase their 189-run overnight batsmen early but Kohli as umpires called stumps. but not after maintaining L U S around for sometime but stand and did so quite well. They (169), registering his third ton in this Getting into heated exchanges a strike rate of 85.96. his tentative approach from crossed the 200-run partnership series, and Rahane (147) made with Johnson at different stages Rahane’s wicket opened up the the very start cost him his wicket mark in the 99th over of the in- sure that their stand is the highest of his innings, Kohli was dropped gates for the host, who struck back after Harris got the wicketkeeper- nings, becoming the fi rst batting for India in Australia at the MCG on 88 by Shane Watson (1-65) at with four wickets for 53 runs in the batsman caught behind. pair ever to put on a 200-stand for for any wicket. fi rst slip in the 85th over and made fi nal session of play. Ravichandran Ashwin was the the 4th wicket at the MCG. 2 SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER 2014 City Centre CHENNAI Card problems No service in this lane %Residents want ‘Aadhaar’ process to be streamlined % Commuters vexed with damaged road near

Aadhaar cards are back in the municipal corporations and news. With the Central government municipalities. Rangarajapuram  yover announcing the DBTL scheme for Currently, the centres are LPG cylinders and linking them to in the process of S lling the Aadhaar, residents are looking to NPR forms and the bio-metric apply for the same. However, they process is going on in full TTAMBARAMAMBARAM are confused as to how to go about swing. But residents lamented it. that the cumbersome procedure It can be said that getting a is slow at snail’s pace. Aadhar card still remains a Elaborating, a resident distant dream due to glitches in Somasundaram said, ‘Filling members of the public will be called the ongoing enrollment process application forms remain tedious for bio-metric process. happening in the locality. for many as they are available in Further, complaints like lack of According to ofS cial sources, the English and many here are facing preparedness among ofS cials and Directorate of Census Operations difS culty in S lling it. Besides, basic computer knowledge among has set up 18 permanent details like police jurisdiction and many residents are issues. About enrollment centres in 13 zones middle name, etc are not known to this, a resident Muthukrishnan said, and S ve unit ofS ces for residents many people living here.’ ‘People queue up from 9 a.m but to obtain the card. The Directorate The general public have to S ll ofS cials arrive late. It is disorganised has set up 268 enrollment centres up the NPR forms and submit and ofS cials take a long time to in the State. It also plans to set up them to the authorities concerned S nish the process. OfS ce-goers 50 permanent enrollment centres at the centres. Accordingly, after have to take a day off to undergo in Chennai and 469 in the State. completion of data entry process the cumbersome procedures’. The centres include taluk ofS ces, work (through S lled-in NPR forms), — NT Bureau

Service lane near Rangarajapuram T yover needs attention.

he service lane adjacent to authorities. The stretch was attended TRangarajapuram T yover at to after numerous representations by Mambalam is inconveniencing residents, but it is a half-done job. They commuters with its damaged road and (civic staff) simply S lled the portion associated dangers. The condition without adding bitumen. As a result, the of the pathway has raised safety condition of the lane worsened after the concerns among two-wheeler riders recent rains’. and pedestrians, particularly during the It may be noted that ever since the MAMBALAM dark hours. T yover on Arcot Road was closed, this Contributing to the existing problems stretch is frequented by many to reach SMOOTH on this stretch is the recently-opened destinations like Kodambakkam and two-wheeler subway which, commuters Vadapalani. The lane, being relatively RIDE allege, has resulted in additional trafS c trafS c-free, has proved to be an The recent on the service lane. added advantage, but for its poor civic Speaking on the issue, residents Raja, conditions, it is learnt. concrete road relaid Rajasekar, Srinivasan and few others of Savithri Ganesan, a commuter states, are giving commuters the at Jaishanker Street nearby Giri Street say, ‘Although the ‘The lane is a useful one to reach jitters. is expected to subway was opened several months Kodambakkam railway station without An immediate re-lay of the road which would facilitate facilitate easy ago, the service lane was not properly trafS c snarls. However it is difS cult to laid. There is a huge portion on the drive on the jerky road’. smooth commuting is the commuting. northern side of the lane which has Apart from the damaged surface, need of the hour, feel been completely left untouched by civic the numerous potholes on this stretch — NT Bureau Photo: B ANAND

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Coimbatore, Dec 28 (PTI): As part of its efforts to improve Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance ease of doing business in the coun- try, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Arun Jaitley have convened a Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government meeting of State Chief Secretaries and Cleveland V V Sundaram presenting Tiruvarur Rajagopala Iyer Memo- was in the process of weeding out Secretaries of various departments on rial Award to musician N Ramani at a function organised by Tiruvarur unnecessary and unwanted rules Tala Vadya Vidyalaya Trust in Chennai recently. and regulations which prove to be 29 December to elicit their opinions and impediments. ascertain the problems faced by the states in The rules and regulations, some enacted during the British era, were implementing the ‘Make in India’ project becoming stumbling blocks for doing business and the government was she said. The Cabinet this week had spinning and autoloom. on FTP, which has fi nancial commit- working on removing unnecessary rules as it wanted to simplify the worked out a procedure in the medi- Replying to a question, she said ments among other things. procedures, she told reporters here. cal and diagnostic equipment sector. major part of works had been She also said Modi and Finance ‘We actually wanted to put an end The Minister was on a visit to the completed with regard to Foreign Minister Arun Jaitley had convened to the control mechanism or licence city and nearby hosiery town of Trade Policy while her Ministry had a meeting of State Chief Secretaries quota Raj and totally remove the Tirupur to highlight Prime Minister reviewed Free Trade Pacts, par- and Secretaries of various depart- residual impact of such Raj, as done Narendra Modi’s ambitious project ticularly with European Union, and ments on 29 December to elicit in the Defence sector,’ she said. ‘Make in India’ and to know the Special Economic Zones, the two their opinions and ascertain the Neyveli Lignite Corporation Managing Director B Surendar Mohan There were hundreds of such rules problems and issues being faced issues raised by the industrialists. problems faced by the states in inaugurating the lift facility for patients at NLC General Hospital, and some 60 to 70 decade-old ar- in the manufacturing and textile She, however, added that no implementing the ‘Make in India’ Neyveli recently. chaic laws, which had to be removed, sector, including knitwear, hosiery, specifi c time frame could be given project. Certificate ‘Docu  lms should course in learning disabilities NT Bureau Chennai, Dec 28: Care Institute of Behavioural Sci- educate people’ ences is conducting a certifi cate course in learning disabilities (Dyslexia) from 19 January, 2015. NT Bureau According to a press release, parents, Chennai, Dec 28: teachers and health professionals can Documentary fi lms produced should get orientation training to identify and inspire and educate people, said help children with Learning Disability Tamilnadu Governor K Rosaiah. (Dyslexia). The minimum eligibility is Plus Participating at the golden jubilee Two standard. The last date for regis- celebration of noted documentary tration is 12 January 2015. For details fi lm making company ksrishnaswamy about admission process contact the associates here yesterday, he said institute at #1, 5th Street, Dr Thirumurthy documentary fi lms should establish Nagar, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 34. in such a way that their messages Ph: 2821 2828/ 98439 74984. Email : Madras School of Economics chairman C Rangarajan lighting the get implanted deep in the minds of its [email protected] traditional lamp during the launch of the book ‘Thalaivali’ in Chennai viewers. Putting expansive insights to yesterday. Adyar Cancer Institute chairperson Dr V Shanta and author its central theme and ensuring that it Renewal of of the book Dr J Bhaskaran are present. reaches a wide range of audience is job registration necessary, he said. krishnaswamy associates’ efforts to NT Bureau Doc releases book produce independent documentary Tamilnadu Governor K Rosaiah at the golden jubilee celebrations Chennai, Dec 28: films and make them reach large of krishnaswamy associates in Chennai yesterday. The associates Chennai District Collector A Sundar- masses by releasing them even in founder and managing director S Krishnaswamy and Justice Ramas- avalli has announced that people who on headaches theatres are laudable, the Governor ubramanian are present. missed renewing their employment said. ethnicity, krishnaswamy associates wamy welcomed the gathering. exchange status in the last three NT Bureau care.’ Madras School of Economics Justice V Ramasubramanian said was a company that made efforts to The associates chairman Mohana years can now do so before 7 March, Chennai, Dec 28: chairman C Rangarajan said that amidst a situation where writing a document the history of this country, Krishnaswamy, educationist Mrs Y 2015. Such people may approach the To bring relief to headache, which is though awareness of headache has cohesive history of this nation was which is admired by everyone. G Parthasarathy and Prince of Arcot exchanges where they registered with emerging as a common medical ali- increased, only very few go to the an uphill task owing to its vaired krishnaswamy associates founder Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali were the employment ID card and renew ment, a city-based doctor J Bhaska- doctor. And most of them are aware their status, she said. cultures, religions and diversity and and manging director S Krishnas- among others present. ran turned into an author and has of the pain but do not know the written a book addressing the issue. cause behind it. This book will help Take steps to lift Members of the Savithri Foundation such people where the symptoms, released the book titled ‘Thalaivali’ cause and the treatment plans are ban on Jallikattu: Lawyer invents new here on Saturday. clearly jotted down, he said. Adyar Cancer Institute chairperson In a bid to build a healthier so- Vasan to govts Dr V Shanta, who was present on ciety, Rangarajan said that the Chennai, Dec 28 (PTI): the occasion pointed out that medi- country has to grow faster and Ahead of Pongal festival celebrations cal care these days are becoming more should be spent towards next month in Tamilnadu, former Union engine, seeks help costlier. health and education. He pointed Minister G K Vasan on Saturday asked Stating that earlier doctors used to out that at present 1.4 per cent of the Centre and State governments to NT Bureau heats water and oil to push and pull talk to patients and diagnose them, the GDP is spent on health which has to increase to 2.5 per cent. make efforts to get permission from the Chennai, Dec 28: the piston and thus runs the engine. she said, ‘these days they lack com- Supreme Court for continuing the tradi- To achieve this goal more private Chennai- based High Court lawyer Elumalai claimed that the engine munication and even to diagnose tional bull taming event ‘Jallikattu’ in the and public partnership should be M Elumalai is seeking help to bring design has the capacity to withstand the problem, the doctor makes use state. The apex court had on May 7 this encouraged, he added. out his innovation work ‘a closed type the possible induction heating range, of technologies. This effects patient year banned bull fi ghts and bullock-cart electrical heat engine’ that promises temparature of fl uids and pressure racing in Tamilnadu and other states. to generate power without using pet- of steam. The Centre and the State govern- rol, diesel, LPG gas or coal. ‘I have brought out the innovation ments should take steps to conduct NIOT retrieves lost The engine can be used to run after a research of 10 years, which I Jallikattu this year itself in a way that took up at my ad-hoc labs in Chennai doesn’t injure the bulls much and anything, right from a car to a car factory, he claimed at a press meet and Puducherry while pursuing law. also ensure safety of the participants M Elumalai here on Friday. I am now seeking support of indi- heavy-weight torpedo and audience after getting permis- viduals, government or private sector sion from the Supreme Court, Vasan, The closed type electrical engine ing thermodynamic cycles of heating, is like a steam engine that uses the undertakings to bring it into limelight Chennai, Dec 28 (PTI): The Naval Science Tamil Maanila Congress Chief, said in expansion, cooling and compression for which I need an investment of Rs play of heat on water and oil follow- In a fi rst, a heavy-weight torpedo a statement. to operate the piston. The engine 10 to 15 crores.’ and Technological lost by a Naval laboratory during a technology demonstration trial off Laboratory under Visakhapatnam has been retrieved Defence Research and from the sea by the National Insti- ‘Docs working on integrating tute of Ocean Technology’s Deep Development Organi- Sea Technology team, a top NIOT sation (DRDO) lost the offi cial said yesterday. The Naval Science and Techno- torpedo ‘Varunastra’ logical Laboratory under Defence which had ‘vital’ data modern & traditional medicine’ Research and Development Or- ganisation (DRDO) lost the torpedo on 6 November off NT Bureau ‘Varunastra’ which had ‘vital’ data Visakhapatnam coast Chennai, Dec 28: Delivering the Neurokish Lecture, on 6 November off Visakhapatnam and sought NIOT’s In a bid to provide holistic treat- S H Subramony, professor of coast and sought NIOT’s help in ment for the patients, doctors are its recovery. help in its recovery. working towards integrating modern Neurology and Paediatrics at the ‘Our Deep Sea Technology team medicine with traditional system like retrieved the torpedo. Earth Sci- December off Visakhapatnam Ayurveda and yoga, said TRIMED MC Knight Brain Institute at ences vessel ORV Sagar Nidhi coast,’ he said adding a deep sea founder and director Ennapadam S University of Florida said that was used for the purpose,’ Di- search operation was conducted Krishnamoorthy. rector, Earth Systems Sciences at a depth of 180 meters using Participating in the fourth anni- more focus has to be given to Organisation of the city-based ship-based multi-beam sonar and National Institute of Ocean Tech- versary celebrations of TRIMED, a TRIMED founder and director Ennapadam parametric echo-sounder. prevention of genetic disease along nology M A Atmanand told PTI. Chennai- based healthcare start-up S Krishnamoorthy at fourth anniversary cel- The NIOT team located the torpe- ‘Something like this has not hap- focused on chronic diseases, here with fi nding a cure for it ebrations of TRIMED in Chennai yesterday. do embedded in the seabed verti- yesterday, Krishnamoorthy said, pened before. No lost torpedo has cally at a depth of 168 meters. The been recovered so far,’ he said. ‘We are trying to integrate both the Knight Brain Institute at University early with their genetic disease, people with medical disability. A team devised a method to release The team was joined by Na- medicine and looking at tying up with of Florida said that more focus has then it is possible for them to decide team of artists worked with spastic the torpedo from the sea bed and val lab scientists and a Naval doctors to provide overall treatment.’ to be given to prevention of genetic to have children, as the disease will children to develop these paintings after repeated attempts succeeded Commander at Visakhapatnam Delivering the Neurokish Lecture, disease along with fi nding a cure be passed on to the child. over a two-day period. The artists in retrieving the torpedo, he said. Port in the retrieval mission. S H Subramony, professor of Neu- for it. TRIMED and NEUROKRISH themselves donated some work of The torpedo was brought on- ‘We retrieved this torpedo on 23 rology and Paediatrics at the MC He pointed out if people are tested conducted an exhibition by and of art of their own for the cause. board Sagar Nidhi, he added. 4 SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER 2014 Blend CHENNAI

DoT's strong yes to NOFN Date with fate DECADE OF DISASTER

The Department of Telecom has asked ofS cials to Survivors of the Boxing Day tsunami are gathering fast-track the national optical S bre network (NOFN) for commemoration ceremonies to remember the trag- project and warned of action against those who are not edy 10 years ago that left an estimated 230,000 people taking decisions or delaying it. dead on 26 December. Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg has stressed upon The tsunami was triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earth- the need to improve decision making and directed that quake, which struck off the west coast of Sumatra, In- administrative action be taken against ofS cials delaying donesia, and hit coastal communities across the Indian the project. Ocean. Thousands of Indonesians gathered in Banda He emphasised at a recent review meeting of the NOFN project that it is being monitored at the highest Aceh, the capital of Aceh province on Sumatra, to hold Survivors of tsunami paying T oral tributes at Besant Nagar beach on Friday, on its 10th anniversary a memorial service. level and every possible measure should be taken to Banda Aceh was largely T attened by the earthquake Photo: A R JAYAKUMAR make it a success. and subsequent waves and around 170,000 people The project aims at providing the basic infrastructure died. Earlier, a Muslim prayer service was held at the for the Digital India programme. 19th century Baiturrahman Mosque, one of the few Senior Police Inspector Anil Akade of the Narpoli Police NOFN aims to provide high-speed broadband con- buildings in Banda Aceh that remained standing. Station in Bhiwandi said. nectivity to 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by December A woman at the service shared her thoughts on the Soon after, at least a dozen S re engines were rushed to 2016 and the estimated cost of the project is over Rs lasting impact of the tsunami. the scene. Firemen are still S ghting the blaze, Chief Fire 20,100 crore. 'The prayer session makes us remember the tsunami OfS cer of Bhiwandi Fire Station, Nitin Chavan said. Government had set a target to roll out optical S bre and be thankful that we're safe,' she said. 'The tsu- The cause of the S re is not yet known and investiga- network across 50,000 village panchayats by the end of nami destroyed the city, but it also blessed us. God tions are underway, he said. The injured have been ad- IAS officials this S nancial year, one lakh by March 2016 and another has brought love among the people and Aceh received mitted to a local hospital and one them has been shifted one lakh by end of 2016. so much help from the outside world because of the to Sion hospital. reshuffled in TN disaster.' The Tamilnadu government transferred many IAS of- S cials, including Collectors of some important districts. In a statement here, Chief Secretary K Gnanadesikan Sun TV COO in trouble said Registrar of Co-operative Societies R Kirlosh Ku- The chief operating ofS cer (COO) of Sun TV network mar was transfered and posted as Director of Town and Clarke unlikely to Jharkhand: Raghubar Das was taken for inquiry by the police, after a former col- Country Planning. be fit for WC start league S led a sexual harassment complaint against him. Tiruchirapalli Collector Jayashree Muralidharan has is first non-tribal CM According to police sources, Additional Deputy Com- been transfered as Registrar of Co-operative Societies, After 14 years since Jharkhand was carved out of Bi- missioner (ADC) Shyamala Devi of Central Crime while Theni Collector K S Palanisamy has been posted har on the question of a distinct tribal identity, the State Branch (CCB) picked Praveen from his house in Anna as Tiruchi Collector. is set to get its S rst non-tribal Chief Minister. Nagar. The Bharatiya Janata Party legisla- Dindigul Collector N Venkatachalam will take charge Deepthi Sivan who was an employee of Surya TV, a as Theni Collector, while Virudhunagar Collector T N tive party elected Raghubar Das as its channel of Sun Network, has alleged in her complaint Hariharan has been appointed as Dindigul Collector. leader paving way for him to be that Praveen had been sexually harassing her and had Jharkhand's next Chief Minis- deferred in paying her salary. Sivagangai Collector V Rajaraman will be the new Col- ter. Deepthi, a native of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, lector of Virudhunagar, while Nagapattinam Collector T The party, which has an ab- was the head of the channel's production unit and had Munusamy has been posted as Sivagangai Collector. solute majority in the 81-member reportedly resigned following Praveen's harassment. Deputy Secretary to government, School Education Jharkand As- sembly along with its She is reported to have asked for her settlement Department, S Palanisamy will be the Nagapattinam ally All Jharkhand Students Union Party, amount (Rs 30 lakh), which he refused to give and had Collector. with will now claim the stake to form its S fth and the also subsequently threatened her. 10th government of Jharkhand. Source say that although Deepthi had S led a complaint Australia captain Michael Clarke doubts he will be S t for Das, who won the Jamshedpur East seat with a huge S ve months back with the Anna Nagar police and with Cop commits the start of the World Cup in February but hopes to be margin of 70,000 votes, will be the S rst non-tribal Chief the Commissioner's ofS ce, no action was taken. back at some stage during the tournament. Minister of the State which has seen S ve people from suicide Clarke had surgery on his injured hamstring after strain- the tribal community occupying the top spot in the state. Producers Council polls: A police constable who was reportedly under stress, ing it for a fourth time in as many months during the S rst A strong section of the BJP backed by party President 3-cornered contest likely ended his life at his residence in Thirumullaivoyal. test against India in Adelaide. Amit Shah had pushed for a non-tribal CM in the State. According to police sources, Balamurugan (36) from Clarke came out of the surgery feeling positive but con- The elections to Tamil Flm Producers Council (TFPC) ceded on Saturday he would struggle to be S t for Aus- The BJP won in 37 constituencies while the AJSU slated for 29 January will witness a three-cornered con- Kalaignar Nagar, lived with his wife Lavanya and two bagged S ve seats. children. tralia's opening match against England on 14 February. test. Apart from veteran producer Kalaipuli S Thanu, 'I'm really conS dent that the way things are progressing He worked in the police control room of the CB-CID Kameela Nasser and actor Mansoor Alikhan are also in at the moment, that if I continue ticking the boxes, I'll be department and was said to be suffering from an acute Eight killed in the fray. a really good chance for the World Cup,' Clarke told host wheezing problem for the past six months. timber mart fire Following a High Court order, the team led by Keyar, broadcaster Channel Nine. which was in charge of day-to-day activities, was dis- Police said he was undergoing treatment at a hos- 'I think I'll certainly be S t and available for the majority At least eight persons were today charred to death banded and Justice A K Rajan, a retired judge of the pital in Anna Nagar. Two days ago, he sent his wife of the World Cup. and three others seriously injured in a S re in a timbre Madras High Court was appointed as receiver to take and children to his sister-in-law's place, during which 'I'm hoping the selectors will give me the opportunity (to mart in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi here, police charge and administer the council and maintain ac- he contemplated suicide. come back).' and S re ofS cials said. counts. He was found hanging from the ceiling of his house, Steven Smith has been leading the Test side in Clarke's The inferno began around 2.30 am when a S re broke The judge-receiver was also instructed to conduct following which his neighbours reported the incident to absence while George Bailey led the one-day inter- out in a wood godown of Madvi compound in Rahnal fresh elections for the council as per the bye-laws of the the police and his family. national team during the recent series victory at home and spread to at least three other adjacent godowns Council by following principles of natural justice on 29 against South Africa. including that of a scrap dealer, killing eight persons, January. New non-invasive method First hybrid-electric airplane can detect Alzheimer's early tested in the UK Researchers, including plaques are detected. An aircraft with a parallel ies, similar to what you'd S nd those of Indian origin, 'Non-invasive imaging by hybrid vengine - the S rst in a laptop computer, hybrid have developed a nonin- MRI of amyloid beta oligo- ever to be able to recharge aircraft - albeit at a small scale vasive method that can mers is a giant step forward its batteries in T ight - has - are now starting to become detect Alzheimer's dis- towards diagnosis of this de- been successfully tested in viable,' he said. ease in a living animal, bilitating disease in its earli- the UK, an important step The hybrid power system in well before typical symp- est form,' said Dravid, the toward cleaner, low-carbon the Cambridge demonstrator toms appear. Abraham Harris Professor air travel. is based on a Honda engine, An interdisciplinary of Materials Science and En- Researchers from the Uni- in parallel with a custom light- team of Northwestern gineering at the McCormick versity of Cambridge, in asso- During take-off and climb, weight motor. University scientists and School of Engineering and ciation with Boeing, tested the when maximum power is re- A power electronics module engineers have devel- Applied Science. S rst aircraft to be powered by a quired, the engine and motor designed and built in the En- oped a noninvasive MRI and improve health,' Klein said. 'This MRI method could be parallel hybrid-electric propul- work together to power the gineering Department controls (magnetic resonance imaging) probe The new MRI probe technology is used to determine how well a new drug sion system, where an electric plane, but once cruising height the electrical current to and that pairs a magnetic nanostructure detecting something different from is working. If a drug is effective, you motor and petrol engine work is reached, the electric motor from the batteries - a set of 16 (MNS) with an antibody that seeks out conventional technology: toxic amy- would expect the amyloid beta signal together to drive the propeller. can be switched into generator large lithium-polymer cells lo- the amyloid beta brain toxins respon- loid beta oligomers instead of plaques, to go down,' Dravid said. The demonstrator aircraft mode to recharge the batteries cated in special compartments sible for onset of Alzheimer's disease. which occur at a stage of Alzheimer's The nontoxic MRI probe was deliv- uses up to 30 per cent less fuel or used in motor assist mode built into the wings. The accumulated toxins, because of when therapeutic intervention would be ered intranasally to mouse models with than a comparable plane with to minimise fuel consump- The petrol engine is optimally the associated magnetic nanostruc- very late. Alzheimer's disease and control ani- a petrol-only engine. The tion. sized to provide the cruise tures, show up as dark areas in MRI Amyloid beta oligomers now are mals without the disease. aircraft is also able The same principle power at its most efS cient op- scans of the brain. widely believed to be the culprit in the In animals with Alzheimer's, the tox- to recharge its bat- is at work in a hy- erating point, resulting in an 'We have a new brain imaging meth- onset of Alzheimer's disease and sub- ins' presence can be seen clearly in teries in T ight, the brid car. improved fuel efS ciency over- od that can detect the toxin that leads sequent memory loss. the hippocampus in MRI scans of the S rst time this has 'Although hy- all. brid cars have to Alzheimer's disease,' said neurosci- In a diseased brain, the mobile amy- brain. No dark areas, however, were been achieved, re- While the Cambridge dem- been available entist William L Klein who led the re- loid beta oligomers attack the synaps- seen in the hippocampus of the control searchers said. onstrator is an important step for more than a search team along with materials sci- es of neurons, destroying memory and group. The demonstrator in the development of hybrid decade, what's entist Vinayak P Dravid. ultimately resulting in neuron death. Researchers Ruchi Sureka, Mrinmoy is based on a com- or fully-electric aircraft, more been holding back 'Using MRI, we can see the toxins As time progresses, the amyloid beta De, Shaleen Vasavada, Sreyesh Satp- mercially-available research is required before builds up and starts to stick together, the development of attached to neurons in the brain. We athy, Summer Wu, Hrushikesh Joshi single-seat aircraft, and commercial airliners will be forming the amyloid plaques that cur- hybrid or fully-electric expect to use this tool to detect this and Pottumarthi Prasad also worked its hybrid engine was designed powered entirely with electric rent probes target. Oligomers may aircraft until now is battery disease early and to help identify drugs on the study published in the journal and built by engineers at Cam- motors, researchers said. that can effectively eliminate the toxin appear more than a decade before Nature Nanotechnology. technology,' said Dr Paul Rob- bridge with Boeing funding ertson of Cambridge's Depart- Test T ights for the project support. ment of Engineering, who led took place at the Sywell Aero- The aircraft uses a combina- the project. drome, near Northampton. tion of a 4-stroke piston engine 'Until recently, they have These tests consisted of a se- and an electric motor/genera- been too heavy and didn't ries of 'hops' along the runway, HEALTHEALTHTH TO ODAYDAY tor, coupled through the same have enough energy capac- followed by longer evaluation drive pulley to spin the propel- ity. But with the advent of im- T ights at a height of over 1,500 ler. proved lithium-polymer batter- feet. SUNDAY CHENNAI Enterprise 28 DECEMBER 2014 5 Durables makers for reduced excise duty M S Raghavan, chairman and managing director of IDBI Bank, inau- gurating the bank’s Poonamallee branch in Chennai recently. Nagaraj q ‘Higher tax would increase product prices’ Garla, chief general manager - South I and V Venkatakrishnan, general manager, Regional Head, Tamilnadu I are also present. New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): concession will be extended, and we erators would go up from January 1, Consumer durables industry wants ‘Demand for consumer hope that it will be for a longer period. 2015. It would mean that for the star the government to extend the re- durables is very slug- Similarly, we will closely watch the bands ranging from 1 to 5, compa- EPFO: Digital life duced excise duty beyond December movement of currency over the next nies will 31, stating a higher tax could lead to gish and the industry fortnight before taking a decision.’ have to decrease the energy con- increased product prices that may needs excise duty bene- In its interim budget in February sumption for each of the rating in- certi cates for pensioners affect already sluggish sales. 2014, previous UPA government had creasing costs in turn. We have asked the government to fi t to support growth’ announced 2 per cent cut in excise The companies have been already New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): The Employees’ Provident Fund extend the excise duty benefi t failing duty on consumer durables at 10 per up against high input costs due to Shantanu Das Gupta said demand Retirement fund body EPFO has Organisation (EPFO) has started two which we will be forced to increase cent. This was extended by another weakening rupee. for consumer durables is very slug- launched pilot projects that will even- pilot projects at Chandigarh and Delhi prices. Our costs have gone up. Ru- six months by the current govern- gish and the industry needs excise While Panasonic India did not tually lead to a nationwide facility for (North) for testing the facility for submit- pee has weakened and there is addi- ment in July and ends on December duty benefi t to support growth. comment on hiking prices, its MD pensioners to submit digital life ting digital life certifi cates by pensions, tional cost to comply with new energy 31, 2014. Manish Sharma said: For Panasonic, The belief that we were beginning certifi cates through mobile phones. a senior offi cial said. norms for refrigerators, Haier India Another issue that consumer du- consumer satisfaction is of utmost im- to see the revival of growth has been The two regional offi ces have been President Eric Braganza told PTI. rables makers are facing is new portance, we try and absorb as much The pilots have been started in Delhi proved wrong with poor sales in No- asked to prepare a report on the test- He is also Secretary of industry energy effi ciency norms that direct cost as possible so that consumers and Chandigarh. Once implemented vember and December, Das Gupta ings and submit it by January 26, he body Consumer Electronics and Ap- cool refrigerators manufacturers to don’t feel the pinch. across the country, the facility will allow said. about 47 lakh pensioners to submit dig- said. It will reveal as to how the pliances Manufacturers Association comply with from January 1, 2015, However, he added: We hope that When asked if Whirlpool will con- ital life certifi cates using their mobiles. facility works using EPFO database (CEAMA). which would increase their cost. further extension will be considered sider increasing prices in January, and applications software and whether Agreeing with Braganza, Whirlpool As per the Bureau of Energy Ef- by the government with regard to Currently, pensioners are required to he said: ‘We will wait till we see the any glitches need to be fi xed before the of India Vice President (Corporate fi ciency, the energy effi ciency ratio excise duty benefi ts resulting in a submit a life certifi cate every year in announcement from the Ministry of fi nal launch, he added. Affairs and Strategy Asia South) for all star bands in direct cool refrig- growing economy.’ November. Finance. We are hopeful that the RBI targeting infl ation ‘Insurance Ordinance to help fi rms raise funds’ New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): in the country to achieve the various The Finance Ministry said the Ordi- goals related to enhanced investment, over medium term: Rajan nance for insurance sector reform will economic growth and job creation in Udaipur, Dec 28 (PTI): (CPI) by March 2015 and 6 per cent help companies raise capital through the economy, the Ministry said. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Rajan said no by March 2016. new and innovative instruments, be- There are 52 insurance companies said the central bank would like sides promoting economic growth and operating in India, of which 24 are in to focus on medium-term infl ation ‘I do believe RBI still has a role in country in the controlling infl ation. We are not going job creation. the life insurance business and 28 in targeting and will not chase the The content of the Ordinance is also general insurance business. In addi- to close shop and go home.’ short-term goals. world chases short- aimed at allowing insurance compa- tion, GIC is the sole national reinsurer. RBI has kept interest rate (repo) un- The medium term is what gives nies to raise capital through new and in- Insurance penetration in India is very you time to let the economy adjust term in ation changed at 8 per cent since January novative instruments, which would help low compared to the global average. to the changes that are happening. target ignoring despite industry and government urg- capital intensive insurance industry to The sector requires capital to expand This is the sensible infl ation target- ing it to cut the rate. The Wholesale garner resources for business growth,’ and ensure better access to insurance ing that we have to debate about, domestic and global Price Index (WPI) based infl ation is on the Ministry said in a release. services, especially in rural areas and he said at the annual conference of a decline and in November dropped The Insurance Laws (Amendment) for economically weaker sections. Indian Economic Association. developments. to zero level, the lowest in about Ordinance 2014, which was promul- Enhancement of the foreign equity Rajan stressed no country in the fi ve-and-a-half years. Retail infl ation, gated by the President, will be taken cap to 49 per cent with the safeguard of world chases short-term inflation too, fell for the fi fth straight month in up for consideration and passage in Indian ownership and control is a criti- target ignoring domestic and global are going to give a time to reach that but I have to try and get back to it November at 4.38 per cent. the next session of Parliament, begin- cal aspect of the Ordinance, which will developments. objective. And if we go off track we over the medium term, he said. ning February. potentially enhance capital availability, RBI will be announcing its next What typically done is ... medium- will recalibrate to reach that objective The RBI-appointed Urjit Patel panel The amendment is aimed to enhance the Ministry added. The government bi-monthly monetary policy on 3 term fl exible infl ation targeting ... We within the medium term. So, I don’t has suggested that the central bank the FDI cap in an Indian insurance further said the Ordinance will also sub- want to achieve this objective and we have to achieve tomorrow should aim at 8 per cent retail infl ation February. company from 26 per cent to 49 per stantially enhance penalty provisions cent with the safeguard of Indian own- to ensure compliance with Insurance M&A, PE deals ership and control. Laws by companies, which is essential by Indian cos The hike in foreign investment limit in to uphold the consumer interest. ‘Power situation the insurance sector has potential to The Insurance Laws Amendment surge 26 per cent attract up to USD 7-8 billion (about Rs Bill, 2008 could not be taken up for 50,000 crore) from overseas investors, discussion despite being approved New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): giving a major boost to the segment. by the Select Committee of the Upper Resurgence in business senti- The proposed step, the Ministry said, House because of the uproar over the has improved a lot’ ment following the new govern- is also for furtherance of the broad conversion and other issues. ment at the Centre pushed up the objective of deepening the reform proc- The total capital deployed in the NT Bureau value of M&A as well as private ess in the economy in general and the private life insurance sector is close Chennai, Dec 28: The Centre has equity deals involving Indian insurance sector in particular. to Rs 35,000 crore. With FDI at 26 per cent, foreign equity is close to Rs Tamilnadu has an installed ca- fi rms by 26 per cent to USD 48 This is of paramount importance to create an investor friendly environment 8,700 crore. pacity of 12,484 MW and we are sanctioned a 4000MW billion this year, says a report. expecting an additional 1900MW worth projects to be commissioned, mega power project said director projects, Tamilnadu CREDAI chief calls for PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE My client Mr.R. Raja residing at This is to inform the general public that Generation and Distribution Cor- at Cheyyur of which my clients 1) Mr.N.Ganesh, 2) N.Vignesh, & poration Limited (TANGEDCO), RS political will with spine No.55/26, Akbar Sahib Street, 2nd 3) N.Sabarish all sons of Thiru Nithyanandha Lane, has lost his Original partition represented by their power agent Mr.Kumaravel Alagappan in Chennai yesterday. 1600MW would NT Bureau deed registered as Document son of Thiru T.C.Manikam, Sole Proprietor Speaking at the conference ‘En- No.625/1966 and Settlement deed of Mars Foundation having offi ce at No.5/20, Chennai, Dec 28: Temple Avenue, Sri Nagar Colony, Saidapet, ergy ‘14’ on the theme ‘Creating an registered deed registered as belong to the TNEB’ Document No.160/2004 before the Chennai - 600 015 are the joint owners of Energy Driven Economy’ organised Realtors’ apex body CREDAI Chairman and CMD of the property which is morefully described in Kumar Urban Development Pvt Ltd Lalit Kumar Jain SRO Triplicane while proceeding the schedule hereunder. The original parent FICCI, he said,’We face a defi cit of continues to increase it every year.’ gap between demand and supply.’ from Triplicane Post Offi ce Stopping deed i.e. Sale Deed Doc.No.2562 of 1962 10 per cent but we have improved has called for ‘political will with spine’ to bring about real to Broadway in Route No.32-A, Bus. duly registered at S.R.O. Saidapet, Joint II, Head-Engineer, PC Boilers, Isgec He also said the delay in com- estate reforms and revive the crisis-ridden industry to It is found that the bag contained the Chennai South Chennai which stood in the in the recent past.’ document missed. name of their grandmother Mrs.G.Ganga wife Heavy Engineering Ltd, L Viswa- missioning of projects, acute cor- of Thiru.Venkatakrishna Rao is lost in transit on He also said that the Central Gov- rejuvenate the economy. If anybody found the documents nathan said, ‘After the southern ridor constraint for transmission of 24/11/14 last month. It is advised not to deal Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Cabinet handover the same either to the with anyone other than my clients in respect of ernment has sanctioned a 4000MW grid was connected to the national power, etc., are the other factors colleagues for their ideas, Jain said ‘we need fast imple- undersigned or to my client. If anybody the schedule property Further, whoever fi nds mega power project at Cheyyur of grid in December 2013 we thought attributable for power shortage. tried to create any encumbrance, it will the said Original sale deed may hand it over the which 1600MW would belong to mentation; else there is a risk of losing steam.’ not bind on my client. same to the undersigned immediateliy. it would reduce the power defi cit The event focused on implying the TNEB. ‘The tender has been ‘I see lack of energy expected in some bureaucrats Schedule of property Schedule but we received only 800MW of the the fact that the energy sector in All that piece and parcel of land and Building, fl oated,’ he said. The part and parcel of land and 1800 MW.’ crucial for a thriving economy. The which is a matter of worry. Yet, we see the glass half house situate at No.55/26, Akbar bearing old No.2 and new No.6, East Mada Convener, Energy Pannel FICCI Sahib II Lane, Triplicane, Chennai - Street, Sri Nagar Colony, Saidapet Chennai full and the remaining half is fi lled with hope,’ he said - 600 015 situated at Venkatapuram Village, Advisor to FICCI President, P conference dealt on important is- 600 005, bearing old Survey No.1258, TNSC, M Nandakumar said, ‘76 per Murari said, ‘Increase in per capita sues such as the efficient modern in a press note. comprised in paimash No.79, the New Town cent of the coal consumed in the R.S.No.2652/16 part, within the Sub Survey No.17, Block No.5, measuring an consumption pattern due rise in technologies for power production, ‘The continuous fall in fuel prices is not translating into Registration District of Triplicane extend of 2400 sq.ft or there abouts and the world is by three countries United the number of consumers and their innovation for self reliance in en- price reduction of inputs like cement, steel and even and Registration District of Chennai land being bounded on the; North by: Babuji States, China and India. While both Central. House, South by: 4th Street Rangarajapuram, consumption pattern on one side ergy, techno economic focus in transport. The Government needs to regulate steel and Bounded on the North by : Passage, East by: Farradhin House, West by: East Mada the countries have started reduc- Street. Situated within the registration district and capacity addition on the other energy sector and achieving self cement prices just as the power regulators monitor tariff,’ South by: Akbar Sahin Street II Lane, ing their coal consumption, Indian of south Chennai and sub registration district have resulted in widening of the sufficiency in energy. he said in his thoughts for the New Year West by: Mahalinga Iyer house, East of Joint II Saidapet Chennai - 600 015. by: Part of Partitioned property. K. BHASKER Yours sincerely Advocate (P.KOTHANDARAMAN, B.A.,B.L.,) No.44, Moore street, Parrys Corner, Chennai - 600 001 PUBLIC NOTICE Advocate BPL eyes big in Mobile: 94440 12800 Public to note that my client Mr.P.Selvaraj, 9840207374 Stocks to trade sideways Son of Late T.S.Poochi Chettiar, residing LED segment at TAAS VILLA’’ Flat NO.1D, First Floor, Door No.17, Halls Road, Egmore, Chennai PUBLIC NOTICE 600 008, is the absolute owner of the land New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): [Pursuant to rule 30 the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014] Consumer electronics maker BPL is building bearing Door No.64, Old Door No.62, NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 13(4) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 Ponnappa Chetty Street, Park Town, Chennai AND RULE 30 (6) (a) OF THE COMPANIES (INCORPORATION) RULES, 2014 looking to expand its product offerings next week, say experts - 600 003, measuring an extent of 875 Squre BEFORE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR, in the LED lighting segment after hav- Feet, comprised in Old Survey NO.973, Re- SOUTHERN REGION BENCH, TAMIL NADU AND New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): 2015. Besides, auto and cement Amidst lack of fresh cues, we Survey No.9377/1, Collector’s Certifi cate IN THE MATTER OF M/S JAYAMKONDAM POWER LIMITED ing started with solar lanterns about a No.5396. He had lost his Original Title Deeds HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT KOTHARI BUILDING, Stocks may trade sideways next companies also are expected to expect the markets to remain in the and Parent documents relating to the said year back. 115, MAHATMA GANDHI ROAD, NUNGAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI 600 034 week as investors prefer to hold be in limelight as these companies range of 8,100-8,550 levels in the property, namely 1) Sale Deed Dated 28-03- ...... PETITIONER BPL intends to add more products 1935 registered as Document No.379 of 1935 Notice report their monthly sales figure, medium term and remain sideways at SRO Sowcarpet, executed by Singarammal is hereby given to the General Public that the company proposes to through introduction of more effi cient lighter positions as the year draws to an end while caution is likely to pre- said Jayant Manglik, President-retail for the coming week, said Rakesh and others in favour of Devaki Bai. 2) Sale make application to the Central Government under Section 13 of the and superior LED light sources, BPL Deed Dated 07-05-1947 registered as Companies Act, 2013 seeking confirmation of alteration of the Techno Vision CEO K Vijaya Kumar vail ahead of monthly sales data for distribution, Religare Securities. Goyal, Senior Vice President, Bo- Document No.462 of 1947 at SRO Sowcarpet, Memorandum of Association of the Company in terms of the special nanza Portfolio. executed by Devaki Bai and others in favour of told PTI. cement and auto fi rms, say experts. 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Mutual Fund. 9444110131 28th December, 2014 SUNDAY 6 28 DECEMBER 2014 Sports CHENNAI Ganguly backs captain Dhoni Ajmal wasn’t feeling Melbourne, Dec 28 (PTI): Former India captain Sourav Ganguly feels that current skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not been able to get the best out of effective enough: Coach the team at the Test level for quite some time despite being the leader % for close to 60 matches. ‘No Indian conspiracy behind pullout’ Ganguly, who has been an expert commentator in the ongoing Test Karachi, Dec 28 (PTI): on playing without problems. Now thinks like a champion. He himself his effectiveness before taking any series between India and Australia, Rejecting suggestions with new protocol in place things wants to work further on his bowling tests,’ Akram said. The PCB after termed Dhoni’s record as an ODI of an Indian conspiracy have changed,’ Akram told ‘Ary News so that he is as effective as before. a high level meeting on Saturday captain has been exceptional but in Saeed Ajmal’s pull- channel’. He is facing issues with the elbow agreed that Ajmal still needs more said the veteran wicketkeeper- batsman has been struggling for out from next year’s ODI Akram, who is one of the experts extension while bowling the Doosra time to work on correcting his bowling some time as the skipper at the cricket World Cup, Paki- working on correcting Ajmal’s bowl- delivery. But even otherwise action in order to pass the ofS cial ICC S ve-day format. stan’s bowling coach Mu- ing action, also made it clear that the he has developed a carrom bowling action test. But it conS rmed ‘It’s not just these two matches, hammed Akram has said decision to pull out of the World ball and also seam up delivery that all-rounder, Muhammad Hafeez it’s for a while now (that Dhoni has to improve his effectiveness,’ would T y to Chennai next week for an the off-spinner withdrew Cup was taken by the sus- struggled). He just has not really as he did not feel ‘effec- pended off-spinner himself. Akram said. informal test and if that was cleared, got the team going at Test match tive enough’ after rework- ‘It was purely a decision by The academy’s head coach said he would then be sent for the ICC of- level. That’s up to the selectors but ing his suspect bowling Saeed who felt his bowling that Ajmal himself will now decide S cial test to enable him to bowl in the he has had a lot of time as captain, action. after modiS cation was still not when to take the ICC test. World Cup. The PCB decision comes close to 60 Test matches. I think he Akram strongly re- effective enough for interna- ‘Life does not end with the after a lot of delay in taking a decision has had a lot of time,’ Ganguly said. futed assertions that tional cricket,’ Akram, who World Cup and there is lot of by the PCB which gave every facility ‘I think Dhoni is a good captain. India was behind is also the head coach cricket after the tournament to the off-spinner to correct his bowl- The record he has in one-day the crackdown of Pakistan’s National and Saeed also realises this ing action since he was suspended cricket, he is a good captain. But against bowlers Cricket Academy, said. and is accordingly working more on from bowling in international cricket in Test conditions overseas, it’s with illegal actions The PCB announced yesterday that his modiS ed action,’ Akram said. in September by the ICC. The PCB just fallen away a bit. This series is to target Ajmal and Saeed would continue remedial work Akram was also asked about the said it had taken a decision on Ajmal not over yet so maybe we can talk differently at the end of this series. Saeed Ajmal Muhammad Hafeez. on his bowling action and would not reasons for not sending Ajmal for based on reports from Pakistan’s ‘First of all I don’t think be sent for further biomechanic tests the informal bowling test in Chennai. former Test spinner Saqlain Mushtaq Hopefully he can reinvent himself anyone is involved. Un- to Chennai until he is conS dent him- ‘There were issues there S rst of all and the national team bowling coach and S nd a way to lead this team til the ICC allowed it self about his action. the visas came late and secondly now Mushtaq Ahmed and the head coach forward,’ he added. Saeed and others kept ‘Saeed is a champion bowler and even Saeed wants to S rst improve of the national cricket academy. Ganguly spoke highly of combat- ive vice-captain Virat Kohli, whom he termed as the ‘future’ of Indian cricket. CITY SPORTS ‘I think he (Kohli) is the future. Banned Ojha set for He will be captain of India. You need positivity. You need positive captains. MS will captain at the Saranya held World Cup, then we’ll have to see what happens after that,’ the former tests in Chennai left-handed batsman said. to a draw ‘I like his (Kohli’s) passion. You’ve New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): correction. However, they haven’t NT Bureau P Shet Prajwal (4) bt K Keerthiv- got to have passion. It should The BCCI has S nally banned dis- intimated us about the timeframe. mean something to you, any job Chennai, Dec 28: asan (3); K U Marthandan (3.5) carded India left-arm spinner Pragyan Pragyan is still in Hyderabad but will you do. I like him, I like what I see,’ J Saranya was held to a draw by drew with P Bala Kannamma (3.5); Ojha from bowling in competitive head for Chennai soon,’ Agarwal he was quoted as saying in Daily K K Gowtham in the fourth round matches due to suspect action as he told PTI yesterday. Ojha’s action has S Vigneshwaran (3.5) drew with S Telegraph. of the second Arrvindurga all-India will be heading to Chennai for taking been under cloud for quite some time Raghul (3.5); R Dileep Kumar (3.5) Dhoni, 33, has played 90 Tests, Open FIDE-rated chess tournament, corrective measures. now despite being the quickest Indian drew with A Harshini (3.5); S Sivaji but Ganguly said that he should organised by Arrvindurga School The BCCI has ofS cially informed bowler to reach to 100-wicket mile- Baskar (4) bt G B Harshavardhan continue to play on under Kohli if of Chess at Valluvar Gurukulam Ojha’s home State association Hy- stone. He has taken 113 wickets from (3); B. Vinodh Kumar (4) bt J Shakthi a captaincy change was decided School, Tambaram. derabad about his action needs re- 24 Test matches and 21 wickets from Vishal (3); Prasant N Nayagam (3) upon. Results (fourth round): Vinay Vi- medial measures and accordingly he 18 ODIs. He also played 6 T20 Inter- lost to C M N Sunyuktha (4). ‘Absolutely. When Sachin S nished jaykumar (3) lost to R Balasubrama- was withdrawn from team’s Ranji Tro- nationals in which he got 10 wickets. Cricket tournament as Test captain, he played under Ojha has been at times criticised for niam (4); J Saranya (3.5) drew with phy home encounter against Services South Madras Cricket Academy me. When I S nished as Test cap- starting today. HCA joint secretary wearing full sleeves while bowling in K K Gowtham (3.5); Osama Salim Pragyan Ojha will be conduct Champions Trophy tain, I played under Dravid. Dravid Purushottam Agarwal admitted hav- order to hide the elbow kink which is (4) bt R Akash (3); Narayanasamy tournament from the third week of played under MS. Ricky Ponting ing received a letter from the BCCI. above permissible limit of 15 degrees. Prasanna (3.5) drew with P Balaji played under Michael Clarke. I do January, open to all clubs. ‘Yes, the BCCI did sent us a letter Ironically, in his last Test match (3.5); H Balasubramaniam (3) lost not think that’s a problem,’ he said. to Rajarishi Karthi (4); Sa Kannan For details, contact, secretary, informing about their decision that against West Indies in Mumbai, he ‘As you long as you keep perform- Pragyan needs to undergo rehabilita- got man-of-the-match award for his (4) bt H Azeezuddin (3). SMCA, at 98843 02787. ing, captaincy is just one role. Your tion programme in regards to action match-haul of 10 for 89. major role should be to contribute to the team.’ Ronaldo keen to Sarita keen to win improve on 2014 Japanese coach Misbah needs Madrid, Dec 28: time for full medal at Rio Not content with four titles in 2014, including his second Champions denies S xing claims fitness: PCB League, proliS c Real Madrid forward Tokyo, Dec 28: I have never done anything unethi- Karachi, Dec 28 (PTI): Cristiano Ronaldo is determined Japan coach Javier Aguirre de- cal or unprofessional,’ Aguirre told Pakistan Cricket Board has said to make next year an even bigger nied on Saturday any involvement reporters at the JFA’s headquarters that Test and ODI captain Misbah- success. in match-S xing in Spain and called in Tokyo on Saturday. Sarita Devi ul-Haq has made improvement Ronaldo netted 51 goals in 47 for calm from the ‘I would like to tell on his hamstring injury but still appearances last season, setting a team’s support- our supporters to required more time to be 100 per record of 17 goals for one edition of ers during their stay calm during cent S t. Europe’s elite club competition, as Asian Cup de- this investigation. In a statement on the fitness Real secured a record-extending 10th fence. We need their status of Misbah, left-arm pacer continental crown and the King’s Cup. The Mexican support to take Junaid Khan, batsman Sohaib The Portugal captain continued was among 41 the Asian Cup ti- Maqsood and all-rounder Ehsan where he left off in 2014-15 as people named by Javier Aguirre tle. Adil, the Board did not make it the world’s richest club by income Spain’s anti-cor- ‘I will be con- clear when these players would be claimed the European Super Cup and ruption prosecu- centrating and available to play again. Club World Cup and he has amassed tor in court this preparing for the The statement, full of medical an incredible 32 goals in 25 games in month following Japan team to win terms and explanations, and pre- all competitions. a probe into Real the Asian Cup.’ Kolkata, Dec 28: Incheon in October, said here. pared by the GM Medical in the His haul of 25 in 14 La Liga matches Zaragoza’s 2-1 win at Levante on the The 56-year-old Aguirre replaced PCB, Dr Sohail Saleem stated Overwhelmed by the support she Here in the city for a felicitation is a Spanish record and he looks set S nal day of the 2010-11 campaign. Italian Alberto Zaccheroni, who received from Boxing India and her that Misbah needed more time for programme, the Manipuri boxer said to smash the biggest total for a sea- The victory ensured Zaragoza, stepped down after Japan were elimi- fellow countrymen including cricket a complete recovery. she wants to forget the past and start son in Spain’s top T ight of 50 scored coached by Aguirre, avoided relega- nated in the S rst round of this year’s icon Sachin Tendulkar while facing Initially, it was said that Misbah a new life. by Lionel Messi in 2011-12. tion. World Cup in Brazil. the prospect of a life ban, boxer L required four to six weeks to make ‘I don’t want to talk about what hap- ‘It would be a dream if 2015 was like The Japan Football Association has The prosecutor in Spain alleges the a complete recovery from his ham- Sarita Devi hopes to make it count pened. I was very much mentally dis- sent a delegation to Spain to conduct Levante players were paid a total of by winning a medal at the 2016 Rio 2014 or even better,’ Ronaldo said in string problem. turbed and I’ve forgotten every bit of a probe into the case but said Aguirre 965,000 euros to deliberately lose Olympics. an interview published in sports daily Misbah strained one of his ham- it. All my focus is now on earning my will remain in charge for next month’s the game. ‘I really thank Sachin Tendulkar, As

on Saturday. strings while S elding against New country an Olympic medal in 2016,’ Asian Cup in Australia. ‘I will be cooperating with the Span- Boxing India and my fellow country- ‘It is possible to do it because Ma- Zealand in the recently concluded the 29-year-old said. drid is always a candidate to win the Speaking through a translator, ish authorities and seeing this case ODI series. men who stood behind me and gave Aguirre said he believed Spanish soc- through to the end,’ Aguirre added. me a second chance. I don’t want to The lightweight pugilist was furious competitions it is playing in,’ added ‘Fresh scans done on Misbah cer was clean and the investigation Defending champions Japan open let go their support in vain and win an after losing her semiS nal to local fa- the 29-year-old. suggested that the swelling/edema would not impact Japan’s prepara- their tournament against Palestine on Olympic medal,’ Sarita Devi, who was vourite Park Ji-na and she refused to ‘We have a team spirit that can help around his strained muscles has tions for the tournament. 12 January and also have Iraq and handed a one-year ban by AIBA for accept the bronze medal, prompting us win the most titles possible and reduced to a great extent. His ‘I worked in Spain for 12 years and Jordan in their group. showing dissent at the Asian Games the AIBA to suspend her indeS nitely. we will S ght to the death to get them.’ scans suggested a Grade II strain of the hamstring. Misbah thus progressed on to phase two of his rehabilitation, after the criteria for Terry is all gold for Mourinho & Chelsea this progression were met,’ the statement said. London, Dec 28: up their 100 per cent home Mourinho, who led Chelsea with the people that surround me, it’s ‘He now has a normal walking Former England captain John Terry record in the league this to the league title in 2005 something I missed for a while.’ stride without any pain, jogging too is performing as well in central season to stay three points and 2006 and returned for Chelsea, who are also through to is pain-free and his resistance test- defence as he was a decade ago, clear at the top. a second stint in charge 18 the Champions League last 16 and ing against 70 per cent of manual according to Chelsea manager Jose ‘I see my John of 2004, months ago, said the upbeat League Cup semi-finals, narrowly resistance is pain-free. Mourinho. 2005 and 2006, I don’t see mood at Stamford Bridge missed out on the Premier League ‘Apart from other criteria, Misbah Terry scored for the second time any difference. The only dif- was in stark contrast to the title last season but Mourinho be- needs to achieve pain-free full in S ve days when his S rst-half goal, ference is seeing his twins atmosphere that character- lieves there is a big difference in his strength and range of motion and the 61st of his club career, paved when they go to the training ised the end of his time with side now. replicate his sports speciS c move- the way for Premier League leaders ground, they had only just previous club Real Madrid. ‘We are a much better team when ments near maximal speed without Chelsea to beat London rivals West been born in that period but ‘Our results are good and we have the ball,’ he added. ‘Last year pain, before he is declared as S t to Ham United 2-0 on Friday. now they are running around the players are happy,’ he we were very strong defensively and take the S eld in Pakistan colours,’ Just as pleasingly for Mourinho, the and kicking balls. explained. ‘I’m happy as a very well organised but we lacked a the statement added. coach because the team is 34-year-old gave a masterclass in the ‘John is playing so good but bit of creativity when we had the ball. About Junaid who suffered a I always say the same, when playing well. art of defending as he subdued West John Terry ‘The challenge this year was to bring knee injury, the statement said that Ham’s in-form striker Andy Carroll. the team is playing so well ‘I’m happy as a guy be- that creativity and dynamic without he was recovering well and has ‘He is full of conS dence,’ Mourinho it’s easy for individuals,’ the cause I love my players. losing the defensive qualities of the started bowling in the nets. told reporters after Chelsea kept Portuguese added. It’s important to feel happy team.’ SUNDAY CHENNAI Mixed Bag 28 DECEMBER 2014 7 Saradha, Sinha and SC kept CBI in limelight New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): frequent meetings with the suspects closed the cases fi led in this connection the CBI to take over probe in the over while kept registering cases and mak- The modus operandi was similar Controversy surrounding its chief in the scams at his residence, and the by NGOs Common Cause and Centre Rs 2,000 crore Saradha scam in which ing arrests with the probe reaching the as people were promised attractive Ranjit Sinha, the Supreme Court and letter written to the then Attorney Gen- for Public Interest Litigation. about 25 lakh gullible investors were doors of West Bengal government as returns and a piece of land for their the Saradha scam kept the CBI in head- eral allegedly seeking re-investigation Sinha was replaced by Anil Sinha, a duped of their hard earned money by state Transport Minister Madan Mitra investments. With over five crore lines during the year as it tried hard to of 2G case brought forth the ire of the 1979-batch soft-spoken IPS the group. was arrested by the CBI in connection investors, the company’s business maintain its reputation amid reprimands Supreme Court on him. offi cer from Bihar cadre, as Even though it with the scam recently. interests were spread across India, from courts over closure Sinha, an IPS offi cer with over four CBI chief on 2 December. was ordered by So far, the CBI has registered six Australia and other countries. reports and charge sheets in the coal decades of policing career, was asked The selection was made the apex court, cases against the Saradha group Nirmal Singh Bhangoo, Managing scam. by the apex court to recuse himself through collegium compris- the probe done of companies, 44 cases in Odisha Director of the Pearls group, who was booked by the CBI in February is yet Sinha, who retired this month, kept at- from the 2G scam probe with Additional ing Prime Minister Naren- by the Special In- against the other chit fund companies to be arrested, as the agency claims tracting media attention as the Supreme Director R K Dutta given charge of the dra Modi, leader of largest vestigation Team and four more cases in West Bengal that he is ‘cooperating’ in the probe Court made scathing observations case till the CBI chief’s retirement. Opposition party Congress of the CBI got into against the non-Saradha chit fund even as it maintains that with over The Supreme Court had also asked Mallikarjuna Kharge and a political blame companies. Even as the CBI was against his purported meetings with 1000 bank account of the company, game with the ruling Trinamool Con- grappling with mammoth investigation the suspects in the 2G scam and coal the CBI not to take any fi nal decision Chief Justice of India H L Dattu. This the probe is taking time to conclude. on coal scam cases after the allega- gress in West Bengal accusing the cases and even directed him to recuse was the fi rst-ever selection of the CBI into the Saradha scam spread across In a similar case, the CBI also started BJP of turning the agency into its from the crucial 2G scam probe- a fi rst tions against Sinha were leveled by two chief through the new process given multiple states, it started probe in anoth- probe against Jignesh Shah, promoter in the history of the agency. NGOs. The apex court, however, did under the Lokpal Act which came into ‘political tool’. er huge scam of over Rs 47,000 crore of the NSEL and his company for al- The issue of the purported visitors’ di- not take any adverse action being this year. The Special Investigation Team un- spread across Punjab, Haryana and legedly duping the investors and the ary, which carried details of his alleged against him in the fi nal orders and In May, the Supreme Court ordered der Joint Director Rajiv Singh mean- Rajasthan involving the Pearls group. state run companies Boult double gives Early strikes peg TN back Kiwis the edge Christchurch, Dec 28 (AFP): duck in his opening bat when Sri Lanka Steady Abhinav holds fort for host Two late wickets by Trent Boult put were rolled for a paltry 138 in reply to New Zealand back in control of the New Zealand’s 441 and were forced to NT Bureau on 35 and Indrajith on 15. Tamilnadu fi rst Test against Sri Lanka today after follow on. Chennai, Dec 28: brought in ODI captain R Sathish in a maiden Test century by Dimuth But he handled the occasion with It was slow progress for host Tamil- place of the rested Laxmipathy Balaji Karunaratne had briefl y given the aplomb as he easily surpassed his previ- nadu on a rather gloomy opening day for this game. tourists a glimmer of hope. ous Test best of 85. of their Group ‘A’ Ranji Trophy en- It is a crucial match for former Sri Lanka were closing in on wiping Sri Lanka were in trouble when they counter against Railways at the M A champions Tamilnadu, who started out their 303-run fi rst innings defi cit lost two quick wickets at the start of the Chidambaram stadium here today as the 2014-’15 Ranji campaign poorly with seven wickets in hand when Boult third day, including another failure by they reached 97 for 3 after 35 overs. after being brushed aside by holders brought their cautious progress at the world’s top ranked batsman Kumar In fact play was stopped for a brief Karnataka in the opening match in Christchurch’s Hagley Oval to a halt. Sangakkara. But if New Zealand’s hopes while owing to bad light a little while Bangalore. They, however, bounced He removed the defi ant Karunaratne were up with Sri Lanka at 94-2 and after the fall of the fi rst wicket. back strongly by crushing Jammu & for 152 and Niroshan Dickwella for four trailing by 209, Karunaratne had other Tamilnadu captain R Prasanna Kashmir at Dindigul thanks to the ideas. With survival foremost in as Sri Lanka were reduced to 293 for won the toss and chose heroics by the spinners Malolan Ran- his mind he was in the middle 5 at stumps, still 10 runs from making to bat fi rst and it was a garajan and Aushik Srinivas. New Zealand bat again. for a shade over eight hours sedate start as the home The previous game against Madhya Angelo Mathews is not out 53 with and faced 363 deliveries in Pradesh at the MAC saw Tamilnadu his marathon stand which side lost opener K Bhar- Tharindu Kaushal on fi ve while Boult, share honours though they conceded included 17 fours. ath Shankar early, when he New Zealand’s chief wicket taker, has a huge fi rst innings lead before hitting three for 62. Before being bowled by Boult fell to Arnab Arun Nandi for back on the fi nal day and forcing the Karunaratne’s wicket was vital for he had offered one opportunity 17 runs 4 with the score on 5. Tamilnadu batsman B Aparajith is dismissed by Arnab Nandi on visiting team to fi ght for a draw. New Zealand after the 26-year-old earlier but the nick off spinner Mark B Aparajith, who joined India dis- the opening day of the Ranji Trophy match against Railways in had stood in 87-run partnership with Craig went through Ross Taylor’s left card Abhinav Mukund in the middle, Chennai today. Mumbai takes control hand at fi rst slip. then began to play some strokes and In other Ranji games being played Lahiru Thirimanne (25) for the third Karthik, who scored a blistering Aparajith’s twin brother Indrajith, put on 35 runs with the left-handed across the country, former champion wicket and then a 97-run stand with Karunaratne started the day on 49 hundred in the last game against who joined Abhinav in the middle, Angelo Mathews. with Sri Lanka 84-0 and reached his opener, before falling for 27, which Madhya Pradesh, didn’t last too ensured that Tamilnadu didn’t suffer Mumbai was 158 for 2 against Ben- The left-hander had been under enor- fi fth half century with a single off the included two fours and a six. long as he was dismissed by Ashish more jolts as they took the total close gal, while Jharkhand was 161 for 4 mous pressure after making a four-ball second ball. Former Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Yadav for 15. to the 100-mark. Abhinav was batting against Kerala. Pranab Babus have to declare greets Vasan Passengers suffer as NT Bureau Chennai, Dec 28: foreign account details TMC(M) president and former New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): be reported individually. Investments Union Minister G K Vasan turned All Central government employees below Rs 2 lakh may be reported bus workers strike work 50 today. President Pranab will now have to declare details of de- together,’ it said. Earlier, the limit Mukherjee, actor Rajinikanth and posits in foreign bank accounts which was Rs 1 lakh.  leaders of various political parties includes those of their spouses and In the latest form, employees need CM holds emergency meet greeted him children, as per the new rules notifi ed to declare expensive furniture, fi x- NT Bureau on the occa- under the Lokpal Act. tures, antiques, paintings and elec- sion. Chennai, Dec 28: The Department of Personnel and tronic equipment also. A day ahead of their scheduled Party cad- Training (DoPT) has notifi ed a new As per the Public Servants (Fur- agitation, several employees of res organ- form for the employees to declare nishing of Information and Annual Tamilnadu State Transport Corpora- ised celebra- details of their assets and liabilities, Return of Assets and Liabilities and tions struck work today pressing for tions across along with that of their spouse and the Limits for Exemption of Assets various demands, including hike in the State dependent children, which is manda- in Filing Returns) Second Amend- salary and bonus. and special tory under the Lokpal Act. ment Rules, 2014, a public servant Police personnel were deployed in prayers were ‘Details of deposits in foreign bank(s) shall fi le the returns of his assets all bus depots across the city. Mean- organised at to be given separately,’ the notifi ca- and liabilities, including that of while, Tamilnadu Chief Minister O Pa- various temples, churches and tion said. his spouse and dependent family neerselvam convened an emergency mosques. The new form has been issued members, for the current fi scal by meeting to take stock of the situation. Various welfare measures after concerns were raised by some 30 April, 2015. Earlier, on 22 December, transport were also distributed. employees regarding putting details As per rules, all Group A, B and employees announced that they Among others who wished of their assets and liabilities in public C employees need to declare such would go on strike from 29 December. Vasan were former Union Min- domain. However, the government details as on 31 March every year Meanwhile, talks held between isters A K Antony, Milind Deora, is still mulling whether such details on or before 31 July of that year. For Transport Trade Unions and Tamil- Praful Patel, Supriya Sule from should be made available to public, the current year, the last date for fi l- nadu Labour Welfare Board (TN- NCP, DMDK chief Vijayakanth, offi cial sources said. ing these returns was 15 September, LWB), regarding withdrawal of strike Workers belonging to various trade unions of State Transport BJP leader L Ganesan, CPI The employees will also have to which was later extended to Decem- ended in a stalemate. Corporation protesting in front of T Nagar Bus depot. leader D Raja, CPI(M) leader T inform separately in case of any ber-end and now till April next year. The meeting was chaired by Spe- K Rangarajan, TMC leaders S investments of over Rs 2 lakh made The declarations under the Lokpal cial Deputy Commissioner, TNLWB, like Anna Thozhir Sangam, CITU, menced their strike today itself. R Balasubramaniam, B S Gnan- in movable assets, insurance, bonds, Act are in addition to similar ones Yasbeen Begum and attended by AITUC, PMS, MLF, AALF attended Being a holiday, those visiting adesikan and Peter Alphonse shares and mutual funds in the new fi led by the employees under vari- offi cials of Chennai City Transport the meet. various places with their families among others. form. ‘Investment above Rs 2 lakh to ous services rules. Corporation and Salem Transport In some parts of Chennai, trade were worst hit. Several roads wore Corporation. Various trade unions unions of opposition parties com- a deserted look. RUSA at CBI to  le case against India sees 40 % rise slow pace New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): Dera chief tomorrow The Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): doctors employed in his hospital. in cyber crimes Abhiyan (RUSA), which seeks to CBI is likely to register a case Chauhan had said in the petition improve overall quality of higher edu- against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh that they were assured that those cation in the country, is progressing New Delhi, Dec 28 (PTI): phishing, scanning, spam, mali- tity of the actual system from which of Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda who would get castrated will be at a very slow pace and still ‘way of Hacking, publication of obscene cious code and website intrusions. the attacks are being launched. tomorrow in connection with the al- able to meet the God through the the mark’ in infrastructure contents, credit card and banking There has been an annual in- Cyber space is virtual, borderless leged forced castration of his follow- Dera head. augmentation, creation of universi- frauds among other cyber crimes crease of more than 40 per cent in and anonymous due to which it ers inside his Dera. Justice K Kannan of the High ties and faculty recruitment support. have registered an annual in- cyber crime cases registered in the becomes diffi cult to actually trace CBI sources said the FIR was to be Court passed the order on the peti- crease of more than 40 per cent in country during the past two-three the origin of a cyber attack, the As against the plan of creating registered yesterday but could not tion ordering a CBI inquiry into the the country in the past two years. years, a Home Ministry official offi cial said. 45 varsities by upgrading existing be done because of some technical incident. Taking cognizance of the According to Home Ministry sta- said. As per the cyber crime data main- autonomous colleges during the issues and is likely to be registered to- petition, the HC had earlier ordered tistics, as many as 71,780 cyber India with a fast growing econo- tained by National Cyber Records 12th Plan, only one could see the morrow. They said the agency move medical examination of petitioner frauds were reported in 2013, while my is susceptible to international Bureau, a total of 1,791, 2,876 and light. Similarly, only fi ve universities is the result of a Punjab and Haryana Chauhan from the government 22,060 such cases were reported and domestic cyber attacks and 4,356 cases were registered under have been created by conversion of High Court order directing it to take multi-speciality hospital which found in 2012. There have been 62,189 there is a need to ensure cyber the Information Technology Act in colleges in a cluster as against the action against the Dera chief, who is that he has been castrated. incidents of cyber frauds till June crime-free environment, the of- 2011, 2012 and 2013, respectively. target of 35. soon going to make his movie debut Besides, in a report submitted this year. ficial said. A total of 422, 601 and 1,337 cases Though the mission is just over a with ‘Messenger of God’. before the High Court, the State In 2013, a total of 28,481 Indian The cyber attacks have been ob- were registered under cyber crime year old with the mandate of fulfi ll- A former Dera follower, Hansraj government said that it has recorded websites were hacked by various served to be originating from the related sections of the Indian Pe- ing the target by 2017, the progress Chauhan, had approached the the statements of seven persons, hacker groups spread across the cyber space of a number of coun- nal Code in 2011, 2012 and 2013, achieved so far is still ‘way of the High Court alleging that he, along associated with the Dera head, and globe. The number of hacking in- tries including the US, Europe, respectively. mark’, admitted offi cials in the HRD with around 400 saints of the Dera, all of them have confi rmed that they cidents were 27,605 in 2012 and Brazil, Turkey, China, Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has Ministry. was castrated inside the ashram on have been castrated, Singh said. 21,699 in 2011. Bangladesh, Algeria and the UAE. said in Parliament recently that Recently, in a written reply to the the orders of Gurmeet Ram Rahim The Dera chief, who is going to hit Obscene publication, transmis- It has been observed that the there was a need to strengthen Lok Sabha, HRD Minister Smriti Irani Singh. the big screen next month with his sion of unauthorised contents, attackers compromise systems lo- cyber monitoring in the wake of said while RUSA provides faculty Seeking a CBI probe, Chauhan fi lm ‘Messenger of God (MSG)’, has credit card and banking frauds are cated in different parts of the world growing use of Internet and social recruitment support for 5,000 posi- has claimed before the bench that already courted controversy with Sikh the widespread cyber crime faced and user masquerading techniques media by global terror outfi ts like tions, the target achieved so far has castration process of Dera followers organisations, including Akal Takht, worldwide. Other cases include and hidden servers to hide the iden- ISIS to indoctrinate the youth. been only 156. is being done by the chief through seeking a ban on it. SUNDAY , CHENNAI 828 DECEMBER 2014 Licensed to post without prepayment under WPP. No. TN / PMG / (CCR) / 470 / 12-14 Margazh Melangei SUPER SHOW

TOMORROW IN SABHAS Vocalist Gayathri Girish performing at the December Art Festival in Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium organised by Brahma Gana Sabha MUDHRA INFOSYS HALL, T Nagar in Chennai recently. (Right) Vocalist Varaki Vijayaraj performing at the annual music festival of Tiruvarur Tala Vadya Vidyalaya Trust O S Thiagarajan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), Mannargudi A Easwaran (Mridangam), in Chennai recently. Photo: B ANAND Udupi Sridhar (Ghatam), 6.15 pm THE MYLAPORE FINE ARTS CLUB, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore Seeking solace in songs Subha Ganesan, V V Srinivasa Rao, B Sivaraman, 9.30 am What’s special G Abhilash, Kamala Kiran, V S Raghavan, 12 pm (Vyasaraya) Arvind Sridhar, Tirucherai Karthik, Krithivasan, 1.30 pm Also called Vyasaraja or Vyasaraya or Vyasacharya, he V Sankaranarayanan, B U Ganeshprasad, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam, w a s acclaimed as one on the three spiritual lights G Chandrasekara Sharma, 4 pm THE L of Vedanta. He was a scholar of very Sambo Mahadeva, Visaka Hari (Sangeetha Upanyasam), B Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S W EG in Sabhas? O E N N high order with a judicious defence of J Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam and Konnekol) D K the Dvaita Vedanta against all rival Sabhas in Chennaiy have Gopalnath (saxophone), RUKMINI ARANGAM, Kalakshetra schools of thought. Vyasatirtha was a received a thundering re- Gayathri Venkataragavan, Kalakshetra Foundation (Sabari Moksham), 6 pm multi-faceted personality. It was under sponse from rasikas. The O S Arun in the days to come. SRI THYAGA BRAHMA GANA SABHA VANI MAHAL, T Nagar his guidance that Carnatic music younger lots have joined the Seasoned dramatists like S Madav Iyengar (Vocal), Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), L Subramaniam (Mridangam), 1 pm revolution started in south-ern India. seniors and making a beeline Ve Shekar, Crazy Mohan R Kashyapmahesh (Vocal), T V Sukanya (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam), 2.15 pm He also brought the Haridasa religion, to watch concerts. and TV Varadarajan will also A Narayanan (Vocal), C N Srinivasamurthy (Violin), Aswin Sridhar (Mridangam), G Ravi- historically be-lieved to be propagated by Sri stage their plays in the com- Vocalists such as Malladi chandran (Ghatam), 4 pm Narahari Tirtha, into limelight. He belonged to the Dvaita brothers, O S Thiagarajan, ing week. Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), M A Sundareswaran (Violin), Trichur school of Madhvacharya. Vyasatirtha’s genius lay in his clear Sikkil C Gurucharan will per- cians and scholars will be The ongoing Chennai Cul- Mohan (Mridangam), D V Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam), 6.30 pm understanding and exposition of all his opposing schools of form at Mudhra Fine Arts held. Renowned musician K J tural Academy’s music fes- thought, for which even his Vyasaraya opponents admired him. festival happening at Infosys Yesudas will stage a concert tival at Rama Rao Kalyana SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA DR NALLI GANA VIHAR, T Nagar His noted debate was with Basava Bhatta of Kalinga which was Hall, Bazullah Road, T Na- on 30 December at 6.30 pm Mandapam, Habibullah Road Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar (Maha Bhaktha Vijayam), 7 am won comprehensively after a thirty day -debate. It was during gar. Harikatha by Dhusy- in Bharat Kalachar, YGP will see a combination of vo- Shobha Korambil (Kutchipudi), 1.30 pm the time of Krishnadevaraya that Vyasatirtha saw the peak of anth Sridhar, rendering of Auditorium, Thirumalai Road. cal, instrumental and Bhara- Neyveli Santhanagopalan, H K Venkatram, K Arun Prakash, B S Purushothaman, 4 pm his infl uence over the empire. Vyasatirtha was the Rajguru of pancharatina kritis, Y Gee Also seasoned vocalists tanatyam concerts of sea- Padma Subrahmanyam’s troupe (Bharathanatyam), 7 pm Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara empire. It was under his Mahendra’s skit, thematic O S Arun, Mala Ramadurai soned artistes like Madurai SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA VIDYA BHARATHI, Mylapore tutelage that the great king took the empire to its zenith. The dance presentation will also (Hindustani Vocal), Aswath T N Seshagopalan, Madurai K Gayatri, Charulatha Ramanujam, Poongulam Subramaniam, K V Gopalakrishnan, 10 am king’s admiration for the saint was so high that he regarded be held this week. Narayanan, Bombay Sisters, R Muralidharan will perform Hariharan Ravi, Kamal Kiran, Akshay Venkatesh, 12.30 pm Vyasatirtha as his Kuladevata or family God, as evidenced S Mahati, M Narmada (violin) At Sri Krishna Gana Sabha during this week. D B Ashvin, M Rajeev, R Ramkumar, Nanda Masti, 2 pm by many writings attributed to the great king. It was under his will entertain the rasikas in in Maharajapuram Santhan- Andal Ramanthan, an NRI Papanasam Ashok Ramani, Mysore Nagaraj, Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan, guidance that Carnatic music revolution started in southern am Salai, a range of con- this season. and ardent music lover, says, Trichy Krishnaswamy, 4 pm India. Both Purandaradasa, the father of Carnatic music, and certs including Kuchipudi, At Thyagara Brahma Gana ‘I take breaks during the Kanakadasa were his students. Krishna Nee Begane Baaro is Kathak,Bharatanatyam, violin Sabha, rasikas can listen to music season, to enjoy the S Sowmya, Parur M S Ananthakrishnan, Poongulam Subramaniam, Chandrasekara one of his famous Kannada compositions. He also composed duet, lectures, Oddisi, fl ute, music from seasoned musi- music thoroughly. This year Sharma, 6.30 pm the Prameya shloka which brings out the nine fundamental Saxophone, Veena, dis- cians such as S Sakethara- programmes are aplenty and Sangeetha Swarangal tenets of Dvaita philosophy in a single shloka. courses by eminent musi- man, Trichur brothers, Kadri spoilt with options’. Mambalam Sisters (Vocal), 5 - 6 pm on Vasanth TV

Na Muthukumar Simbu sings reigns supreme et again, lyricist Na Muthuku- Yamar has topped the list. This year too he has emerged the lyricist, for Prashanth who penned most number of songs. opular actor Simbu has sung a song In 35 fi lms, he has written over 100 PDesi Desi Girl in the action-comedy songs. A record that he been main- fl ick Saahasam, a remake of Telugu hit taining for the past few years. It may Julayi. be recalled that Na Muthukumar Actor Prashanth is playing the lead was recently awarded a doctorate role in the movie, produced by his father by the International Tamil University actor-director Thiagarajan. The movie is in the United States for his contribu- directed by debutante Arun Raj Varma. tion to Tamil literature and fi lms. Desi Desi Girl is penned by Karki He already holds a doctorate de- Actors Vishal, Arya, Sathish, Vaibhav, director S A Chandrasekar Vairamuthu. The movie would see gree from the Madras University. and actresses Kushboo and Hansika at the audio launch of Prashanth and Bollywood actress Nargis This was awarded to him in 2006 for Ambala Fakhri dancing to the tunes, a press his research on Tamil songs. Ambala release said. —NT Bureau ‘ will be Fakhri is making her debut in Tamil fi lm industry through this song. The female version of Desi Desi Girl is released for Pongal’ sung by another actress Lakshmi Menon. S Thaman has scored the music for the ishal-Hansika-starrer Ambala boo, said, ‘My husband (Sundar C) movie. —NT Bureau Vwill be released this Pongal. It and Vishal share a good rapport. Thaman, Prashanth and Simbu is a fi lm that will entertain families, Both of them work hard. We are says producer-actress Kushboo. planning for a release this Pongal’. Ambala is produced by Kusb- On his part, Vishal, said, ‘It is a hoo’s Avni Films in association holiday family entertainer. Sundar with Vishal Film Factory. Directed C completed the movie in quick by Sundar C, it has music by Hip time. The quality is amazing’. SamantSamanthaha Hop Thamizha. All the speakers at the event The audio was launched in a gala heaped laurels on Hip Hop manner in Chennai on Saturday. Thamizha for catchy tunes. The fi rst copy was released by di- Those who took part in the audio rector Suseenthiran and producer launch include actress Hansika, oppositoppositee Anbu Chezhiyan. It was received producers T Shiva, Subash Chan- by fi lmmaker S A Chandrasekar dra Bose, directors Selvamani, and actor Arya. Mansoor Ali Khan among others. Dhanush Na Muthukuamar Speaking on the occasion, Kush- —NT Bureau

amantha is the latest addition to SDhanush’s next fi lm with Velraj. The actress will join the team next Ode to friendship year and will start fi lming from Febru- he audio of the fi lm Ore Oru Mokkai Raja was released ary 2015. Tat a function held in Chennai on Saturday. The fi rst copy The movie already has Amy Jackson was released by noted playback singer Chitra. as Dhanush’s love interest. Velraj has Directed by newcomer Santosh Gopal, the movie has written the script and will also direct Sanjeev Murali and Sriraksha play the lead roles. Veteran the fl ick while Anirudh Ravichander actor Ranjith and Sagar are also in the cast’. composes music. Produced by Devikala Films, the movie is about an in- Samantha is currently shooting for nocent youngster in a village who wants to have friendship the climax portions of 10 Enradhukulla. with a local dadha. It lands him in trouble. The movie has music by Suman Pichu and camera by Ayyappan. — NT Bureau Speakers at the event lauded the songs and expressed Playback singer Chitra, director Santhosh confi dence that the humourous entertainer will make it big. Gopal and music director Suman Pichu at — NT Bureau the audio launch of Ore Oru Mokkai Raja

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