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Established 1838 Sushma fiat: No condoms, use abstinence Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. over Cong By Kalpana Jain programmes even when she nence and faithfulness had been Calamity is the perfect glass TIMES NEWS NETWORK was information and broadcast- How the Aids virus is passed on so saleable, we would not have wherein we truly see and ing minister. had so many babies. The thing is know ourselves. leader’s New Delhi: Union health minis- Though heterosexual trans- you can’t prioritise. Priorities — William Davenant ter Sushma Swaraj has had her mission is responsible for over are only in the minds of people, way. The ABC of Aids is up for 85 per cent of the infections, 85% 2.7% 2.8% 2.6% 6.9% not in the bedroom.’’ NEWS DIGEST revision: Abstinence and Being henceforth messages will list All states have been instructed brother faithful come upfront, while the this as only one of the modes of Sexual Mother Infected Intravenous Unknown to strike the right balance in the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Algeria quake: At least 770 peo- place of ‘C’ — the condom — as a transmission. All other trans- contact to child blood drug use reason ABC of HIV/Aids. ple were killed in the violent earth- method of prevention falls mission routes have to be clearly Not only would all scripts for New Delhi: In another case As on April 30, 2003; NACO quake that hit northern Algeria on way behind. mentioned in Aids prevention television or video need an ap- of road rage, the younger Wednesday. The death toll is ex- The Aids programme, which programmes in the new strategy. proval from the NACO, but com- brother of a Delhi Congress pected to rise. The quake measured so far had condom as its focus — Close to four million people in to one which emphasises equally availability and outreach of the munication would need to be leader was crushed to death 5.8 on the Richter scale. P15 as that is the only known means India live with this virus. other routes of transmission. condoms along with awareness sensitive to the ‘‘Indian social by a truck in the Azadpur EPF interest rate cut: Despite of keeping HIV away in sexually Project Director of the Na- The new approach is not at all generation, she says. cultural ethos’’. In Aids commu- area of north-west Delhi on the industrial strike on Wednesday active people — has gone tional Aids Control Organisa- about excluding condoms, but But activists feel such an ap- nication, A is for abstinence and Wednesday night. and resistance by labour minister through a major shift in its tion (NACO), Meenakshi Dutta about placing the condom pro- proach will set the programme B for being faithful and C for The police said Rajinder Sahib Singh Verma, the Centre on approach. The health minister Ghosh, says: ‘‘The shift is in pro- motion strategy in a more com- back. ‘‘It is disastrous,’’ says condoms. Singh (49), was killed follow- Thursday reduced the interest rate had raised objections to the grammatic emphasis — from a prehensive programme.’’ It Monalisa Mishra, project direc- Virus hits Surat sex workers: Page 7 ing an altercation with the on Employees Provident Fund condomcentric Aids prevention purely condomcentric campaign looks simultaneouly at issues on tor of Positive Life. ‘‘If absti- Bayer sold risky drugs: Page 15 driver of a truck having a from 9.5 per cent to 9 per cent. Himachal Pradesh registra- tion number. Jitendra Sharma The victim was the younger brother of Harcha- ran Singh Josh, a former Iraq may see MCD leader and currently the secretary of the All India Congress Committee. ‘‘The incident occurred around 10.30 pm when Rajin- Indian troops der and his son, Kunwar Pukhraj Singh (16), were re- By Aunohita Mojumdar pices. Thus, India did not join turning home from their Ja- TIMES NEWS NETWORK the International Security As- hangirpuri office in a Maruti sistance Force in car. Rajinder was an estate New Delhi: India may be Afghanistan, which is run by agent and a financier. When willing to offer troops for ‘sta- US Central Command. the two reached Sarai Pepal bilisation duties’ in Iraq even Official sources say this is Thana opposite Azadpur sub- YOU SAID IT by Laxman if they are not under the com- more a matter of precedent zi mandi, a truck hit the car mand of the UN. As things than rule. ‘‘Though we have while overtaking it,’’ said stand, they would have to op- only participated in peace- Ujagar Singh Josh, the vic- erate under the command of keeping operations under the tim’s brother. The truck was US general Tommy Franks. UN mandate with our troops taking a U-turn and hit the Sources said India was under the command and con- right side of the car, damag- postponing a decision on par- trol of the UN, there is no rule ing the windows. ticipating until the final blue- which forces us to adhere to The son of the deceased print of the force was avail- that’’ an official said. told the police that Rajinder able. While the final decision One obstacle the Vajpayee forced the driver to stop and will depend on the composi- government would face in asked for his driving licence. tion of the force and the com- sending Indian troops would He then made a call to the po- mand and control structure, be the Parliament resolution lice control room (PCR). official sources made it clear passed while the war was on. ‘‘An argument ensued and that the formal mandate of a Parliament not only unani- Rajinder tried to enter the UN peacekeeping force under mously deplored the aggres- driver’s cabin. The driver in Women’s rights activist Suhasini Ali was arrested while protesting on Thursday against the Delhi High Court the UN Charter would not be sion but also asked for the im- an effort to flee, pushed Ra- judgment which spoke of women abusing dowry laws. the sole criterion. mediate withdrawal of Anglo- jinder down and drove away A US-drafted resolution American forces. crushing him under the rear seeking to legitimise its occu- While the Indian govern- wheel,’’ said Inderpreet Our threat for a state-wide indefi- pation of Iraq was passed by nite strike is a flop! He has agreed ment will have to find a way of Singh, Harcharan Singh to all our demands even before we Woman killed for more dowry the UN Security Council on doing business with the ‘au- Josh’s son. The driver was al- served the notice! Thursday but the text states thority’ being set up in Iraq, legedly helped by some of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK gar, said, ‘‘Rajeshwari had called relatives of the victim met that any contributions to- sending its troops to patrol other truck drivers present. me and said that her in-laws want- senior superintendent, Rajiv wards the ‘‘stability and secu- Iraq may not be the easiest Josh claims that had the indiatimes.com POLL Noida: In an apparent case of ed Rs 50,000 and they would kill Krishna, of the Gautam Budh rity of Iraq’’ would be under way of squaring the issue PCR acted swiftly, the acci- Is the two-match ban for ball tampering dowry harassment, a 20-year-old her if they did not get it.’’ Nagar police station. the unified command of the with domestic public opinion. dent could have been averted. against Shoaib Akhtar justified? mother of two was strangled to Rajeshwari was found mur- ‘‘An autopsy was performed. But Occupying Powers, i.e. the Officials said India would Inderpreet, an advocate, death by her husband earlier dered at her Sadarpur Colony to register a case of dowry related US and UK. have to see whether the force said: ‘‘The PCR arrived only Yes 76% No 24% this week. at 6 pm on Monday.But a report of murder, we had to wait for the vic- Until now, the govern- was constituted as a ‘‘multi- after 11.10 pm.’’ The police, VOTE NOW: Would you prefer to see The victim’s paternal uncle, the incident was registered only tim’s family to arrive in town,’’ ment’s policy has been to par- national force’’. however, claimed that they Aishwarya Rai in traditional Indian attire Rakesh, who lives in Shastri Na- on Thursday evening, after said a police officer. ticipate in peacekeeping oper- UN votes to end Iraq sanctions, reached the spot within five at Cannes rather than in western outfits? ations only under UN aus- new envoy soon: Page 15 minutes of the call. Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Admission hassles? Let’s simplify it CBI arrests minister’s The nail-biting wait is over. The CBSE results are out. We tell you PA for taking a bribe WEATHER how to ease the frenetic TIMES NEWS NETWORK task of getting into a 1994 Indian Revenue Service officer o o (IRS), had approached Krishnamurthy Max temp: 39.1 C/Min: 31.6 C New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday ar- Sunset: Friday – 7.09 pm college. for his transfer to Mumbai, the investi- rested the personal assistant of a min- Sunrise: Saturday – 5.26 am Cliffhanger: Over 1.3 gating agency monitored the accused. Moonset: Friday – 12.21 pm ister for allegedly accepting a bribe of The CBI spokesperson said Krishna- Moonrise: Saturday – 1.45 am lakh students wait Rs 4 lakh from a deputy income tax murthy fixed a deal of Rs 5 lakh for him Partly cloudy sky, dust storm or thunder with bated breath for commissioner.The agency also arrested and asked him deliver the money to a storm accompanied by squall likely in some The Number On The the deputy commissioner. ‘tout’ on Thursday,a day after the trans- areas. Maximum relative humidity on Thurs- Board. The accused, R Perumalswamy, is a fer list was out. day 50% and minimum 25%. personal assistant of minister of state ‘‘The CBI was unaware of who the A matter of forms: The for finance Gingee N Ramachandran tout was,’’ the spokesperson said. Vard- where and when of and had demanded Rs 4 lakh from addi- han was asked to wait at his residence submitting applications tional commissioner Anurag Vardhan in Safdarjung Development Area where for getting him transferred to Mumbai. Perumalswamy was to collect Rs 4 lakh. Take heart: A disap- The CBI have also detained a Chen- Since Thursday morning the CBI pointing result is not nai-based chartered accountant, Krish- kept a surveillance at Vardhan’s resi- the end of the world. namurthy, who acted as a conduit and dence. They saw Perumalswamy enter- Friends and teachers introduced Vardhan to Perumalswamy. ing the house. pull students back from After the CBI raids, which continued Finance minister Jaswant Singh is- depression. till late on Thursday night, the govern- sued orders keeping ‘‘in abeyance’’ all ment put on hold the transfer of 54 in- the orders transferring 54 deputy and Book your Classifieds Reports on pages 4 & 5 come tax officials. assistant income tax commissioners is- 24 hours service: “51-666-888” Acting on information that Vardhan, sued on Wednesday. Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” The ATM of information The Largest Classifieds Site Answering a CAScade of questions By N Vidyasagar players — broadcasters, cable opera- of the consumer today are: What if TIMES NEWS NETWORK tors, advertisers — are scared to face they buy the set-top-box and all the * 24 + 8 pages of Delhi Times + 4 page Feature a new life in the CAS regime. pay channels go free-to-air? Where New Delhi: The drama over the im- Broadcasters have stepped up lob- is the guarantee that the cable plementation of Conditional Access bying and hope for a postponement operator will provide the channels System (CAS) has thoroughly con- of CAS. Neither have they an- they would like to watch? With fused the consumer. At the behest of nounced prices of pay channels nor what frequency can consumers pick the consumer, the troika of broad- have they spelt out how many chan- and choose pay channels? Will the casters, cable operators and the gov- nels will be pay. set-top-box work if a consumer ernment are fighting over whether Meanwhile, some cable operators shifts residence? CAS should be implemented want CAS to be rolled out on the There are no clear answers — yet. from July 14, 2003 or deferred for scheduled date. They are already Consumer groups fear that the the time being. approaching consumers with cable operators’ monopolistic With I&B minister Ravi Shankar various options. hold will get even stronger in the Prasad in London promoting the In- However, the upgradation re- CAS regime. dian entertainment industry, con- quired by the cable operator to en- The best thing that can happen sumers — especially in the four met- able the consumer to make the now is for the government to set ros — have no idea of what and who choices has not happened in large up a regulatory authority for the to believe. The result: Industry esti- portions of metro cities. cable industry. And make the mates that only 5 per cent of the 6.4 Instead of making things trans- features of the set-box clear to the million cable & satellite homes in parent, the government continues public. Only if the government can Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and to vouch that the CAS rollout deliver on all this will controversy Kolkata will go in for a set-top box. will be smooth. stop hounding CAS, which is to be What are the facts? For one, all the The biggest questions in the mind rolled out in the next 60 days.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Friday,May 23, 2003 3 Suspected LeT agent killed Another judge Illegal lift demolished Times graphic transfers DDA By Rahul Chhabra TIMES NEWS NETWORK target is however yet to be with his AK-47 when they fifth floor,’’ said a DDA offi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK identified. Terrorist track asked him surrender. cial. New Delhi: A team of spe- Officials said the builders About 28 rounds were fired ‘‘The police also fired in de- bail pleas New Delhi: The Delhi Devel- cial cell officers of Delhi Po- •Arif Mohammad was were finding it difficult to by him, while the police re- fence. The encounter took opment Authority (DDA) has lice shot dead an alleged trying to create a base in TIMES NEWS NETWORK sell commercial space on the taliated with 48. Kumar said place for about 45 minutes demolished an illegal eleva- Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, Muzaffarnagar fourth and fifth floor of the none of the team members following which Arif was New Delhi:The bail applica- tor shaft built in a communi- Arif Mohammad alias Abdul property which they got injured. •He influenced several tions of senior DDA officials ty centre in Paschim Vihar. Aziz, in Najafgarh area early killed,’’ Kumar said. When were marketing in the name The police got the lead to young men to support accused in the land scam on Thursday morning. An the cache of arms was shown The lift was allegedly in- of Rajindra Mahavira Arif from another LeT ter- LeT activities were on Thursday trans- AK-47 rifle, four magazines, to Mehboob, he said Arif had stalled in connivance with of- Towers. rorist, Mehboob, who was ar- ferred for the third time in a 92 live rounds and six hand He arrived in India with left the same at his house in ficials chargesheeted in the ‘‘Since there was no provi- rested in Delhi on Wednes- • period of seven days. Justice grenades were recovered Rs 3.5 lakh Loi five months ago. But four DDA Gate land scam. sion for lift within the build- from his house. day. A resident of Loi village days ago, he took away the O P Dwivedi declined to hear The builders of the shaft, the bail pleas, but refrained ing, the builders came up According to the joint com- in Muzaffarnagar, Mehboob • Two years ago, Arif cache, leaving the pistol and Pradeep Kapoor and Anil with this plan of building the from assigning any reason missioner of police (special had met Arif two and a half moved to Delhi, pur- cartridges. Wadhwa, had allegedly of- elevator shaft outside it. for the transfer. cell) Neeraj Kumar, Arif was years ago. chased land and built a Mehboob admitted in the fered a bribe of Rs 10 lakh to They decided to build the lift The bail applications of a Pakistani national and a He worked with him in house court of additional sessions former DDA vice-chairman, shaft along the external wall sacked DDA officials — vice- Illegal lift shaft sleeping agent for the terror- close association and got judge S N Dhingra that Arif Subhash Sharma, to save the of the building by laying the chairman Subhash Sharma, demolished by DDA ists. He had reportedly man- money for it. The alleged ter- were seized from Mehboob. had told him about a terror- illegal construction from foundations on a piece of commissioner (land dispos- aged to get himself a ration rorist apparently influenced During interrogation, he dis- ist strike in Delhi. He further demolition. government land,’’ said a al) Anand Mohan Sharan card, a driving license de- Mehboob to support LeT’s ac- closed his links with Arif. disclosed that some more ter- The demolition in the DDA official. and director (land) Jagdish claring him as an Indian. tivities in Delhi. Mehboob said he had rorists were to join Arif. building, registered in DDA CBI officials said Sharma Chander — came up for hear- DDAGATE On Wednesday, Mehboob arranged Arif ’s marriage Mehboob has been given 10 as Jaina Properties, started demanded Rs 20 lakh from ‘‘Arif had paid an old man ing for the third time today. reached Delhi to meet Arif. with a woman, Tabassum. He days in custody. Kumar said on Sunday. ‘‘Major portions Kapoor and Wadhwa are Kapoor and Wadhwa for ig- Rs 40,000 to pose as his father The matter has been post- and married a Delhi-based Kumar said they developed told the police that he could he would be taken to his vil- of the shaft which had been partners in a company called noring encroachment and ed to the chief justice who woman. His task was to pre- human intelligence on point out Arif ’s house. lage where they are search- built on government land APY Hoteliers and Develop- their illegal construction. will once again have to name pare a base for the terror- Mehboob and traced him At 4:30 am the police team ing for more of Arif ’s accom- was demolished on Sunday. ers. ‘‘The lift was built with “A demolition squad was a judge for hearing the bail ists,’’ Kumar said. According from his village. He was fi- reached Dinpur village in plices. He said people who The remaining portions were the intention of creating a di- forced to retract from the site applications of the accused. to Kumar, Arif had received nally nabbed near Wazirabad Najafgarh and at Mehboob’s helped Arif procure a driv- pulled over the last two rect access from the ground soon after the deal was Justice R C Chopra, who a cache of arms to help ter- at 11 am. A Chinese pistol instance cordoned off Arif ’s ing licence and ration card days,’’ said a DDA official. floor to commercial space on struck,’’ said an official. had granted interim bail to rorists strike in Delhi. The and eight live cartridges house. Arif shot at the police would also be arrested. former judge Shameet Muk- herjee, had refused to hear the bail applications on May 16. They were transferred Haze of no help, dry spell so far for the second time on May Neeraj Paul 19 by Justice B N Chaturve- TIMES NEWS NETWORK low so far,’’ Subramaniyam di. Both the judges had not said. Curiously, this spate of assign any reason. New Delhi: A dust haze from rain didn’t make last Wednesday night through year any cooler. Thursday noon, a thunder- While Wednesday storm and traces of rain lat- recorded a maximum of er, the city is dry as ever. Del- 43.7 degrees Celsius — hi is hopelessly short of the the highest so far this season’s rainfall average. season. The minimum ‘‘The season’s average (for temperature on Thurs- March, April and May) is 38.6 day shot up to 33.8 de- millimetres. We’ve received grees, seven degrees just 5.9 mm so far.That’s a de- above normal. ficiency of about 80 per ‘‘In fact, the night was cent,’’ said S K Subra- just about five degrees maniyam, deputy director- cooler than the day, general (cyclone warning), which was at 39.1 de- Northern Hemisphere grees Celsius. So we had Analysis Centre. a hot day and a very Compare this with the warm night,’’ a Met offi- city’s performance last year cial said. in May. The rainfall in the What caused Thurs- year’s hottest month was the day’s haze? The western 129.3 mm, way above the av- disturbance over Punjab erage of 17.9 mm. ‘‘It started and Haryana has moved raining from May 23 last year on northwards, giving and continued for a good way to southwesterly The city has seen dust haze and thunderstorm but little rain many days. This year, the winds that brought in this month. precipitation has been fairly dust and moisture. Tata firm made fake theft cases against clients By Rahul Chhabra Power play facts and circumstances that TIMES NEWS NETWORK we have to see to what extent the officers of NDPL can New Delhi: North Delhi •The inspecting team stoop to create false evidence Power Ltd, a power distribu- had cleaned the meter to book the innocent con- tion company owned by Tata, body and the glass using sumers with the theft of elec- has been accused of harass- a brush tricity,’’he said. ing consumers by booking They then hit the glass This court has had very them falsely in power theft • with a screwdriver and bitter experience with the de- cases. put a film in the meter teriorating management A Lok Adalat on Wednes- which was expected to be bet- day held officials of Tata •Raski Lal had said in ter than that of the Delhi Power, which distributes his petition that the Tata Vidyut Board. ‘‘Consumers power in north and north- Power inspection team are being harassed for no west Delhi, guilty of deliber- inserted the plastic film reason. Cases of bad man- ately tampering with the me- in his meter for falsely agement atrocious and irre- ter of a Moti Nagar industri- booking him with this sponsible behaviour on the al unit owner and sending theft case part of the officers of NDPL him an illegal theft bill of Rs resulting in repeated harass- 12 lakh. •The inspection report showed the seals of the ment of consumer are nu- Presiding judge, S M Ag- merous,’’ Aggarwal said. garwal, also ordered an in- meter in question were found intact ‘‘I am constrained to make quiry against an inspection some strong observations re- team of Tata Power, includ- flecting poor management of ery of theft bills,’’ he said. ing assistant engineer (en- NDPL, a Tata concern, whose forcement) D C Vashishta, for The court offered relief to integrity, uprightness and fabricating and tendering the Moti Nagar industrial business skill is well known, false evidence before the Lok unit owner, Rasik Lal, by as by such poor management Adalat. staying the illegal theft bill. the name of Tatas is being ‘‘In this court, Vashishtha ‘‘The petitioner need not pay tarnished ever since the DVB had stated that in one case he a single penny against the was unbundled,’’ he said. had deliberately inserted a prima facie illegal theft bill,’’ Body found: An unidenti- film to create a cavity to book Aggarwal said in his order. fied body was found in Kalin- the said consumer falsely in ‘‘It, therefore, very clearly di Colony, South Delhi, on theft case,’’ Aggarwal said. means that an inspecting Thursday. The decomposed ‘‘It is well-known to con- team had actually inserted a body was found in a flat by sumers and officers that the film in the meter body,which the owners Pawan and Romi management of NDPL has the inspecting team has no Mehra when they were on a set a target of Rs 2 crore per business to do, as that site visit. The New Friends month for recovery of theft would amount to tampering Colony police has sent the bills. Vashishtha had boasted the status-quo of the meter body for autopsy.The flat that that the department had by the inspecting team,’’ was under construction promised him an incentive of Aggarwal said. was guarded by two 10 per cent against the recov- ‘‘It is in the light of these security guards. DTC officer queried over inferior batteries By Shubhajit Roy equipment meant for the buses. TIMES NEWS NETWORK DTC purchases about 10,000 batteries every year for its fleet of buses. A bus re- New Delhi: A top Delhi Transport Corpora- quires four six-volt batteries at any given tion (DTC) official has come under scrutiny point of time. The corporation usually pur- after a vigilance raid seized inferior quality chases these batteries in bulk, in coordina- batteries meant for buses from a depot. The tion with Association of State Road Trans- official, alongwith others, is being ques- port Undertakings (ASRTU). tioned by the vigilance officers. ASRTU had found these batteries unfit on A raid by vigilance officials last week led to technical grounds. ‘‘There were no purchase the seizure of batteries, which were rejected orders for the batteries of the particular com- by a government body for not meeting the re- pany. Ideally, purchase orders are prepared quired standards. by the material purchase department but, in The six-volt batteries were recovered from this case, no such order had been placed,’’ an the premises of Banda Bahadur Marg depot official said. The role of depot manager is in north Delhi. They batteries had been de- also under scanner.‘‘Senior and middle-rung livered by the company executives only re- officials are found to be involved in the pur- cently.The seized batteries have been valued chase of these items,’’ the official said. at Rs five lakh. Sources said they were a part DTC chairman A J S Sawhney confirmed of the Rs 1.5 crore consignment to be pur- the raid. He said:‘‘I have asked for a report chased by the DTC. from the vigilance team. We are still examin- ‘‘These batteries were purchased even be- ing the matter.’’ He refused to name the offi- fore an approval was granted by the DTC cers involved though. board,’’ a source said. The official, suspected Sources said information about the pur- to be instrumental in the purchase of these chase of inferior quality equipment was re- batteries, is a deputy chief general manager. ceived by the vigilance department from one The official was entrusted with purchasing of the DTC officials only.
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4 Friday,May 23, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi
FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places in Andaman and Nicobar islands; at a few Bomb hoax at police headquarters NATIONAL places in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Mumbai: I-A 0700, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal New Delhi: Panic gripped the Police Headquarters on Marks not the measure of success 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, and Sikkim and at isolated places in Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Ut- 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Thursday morning after a telephone caller said that a bomb tar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, By Himanshi Dhawan been many who have said. The children need a lot There have been numerous 2300 Jet Air 0650, Jammu and Kashmir, northern parts of Rajasthan, coastal Andhra had planted in the building. 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, TIMES NEWS NETWORK achieved success irrespec- of love and support at this examples where students 1935, 2030, 2200, Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep. Officials said the call was received by the PCR at 9.58 am, tive of their academic time, she added. who have not done well aca- Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD an hour before police commissioner’s fornightly law and or- New Delhi: He was a back- 1520, 1800, 2025 record. According to Springdales demically,even failed exams, KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min der meeting. The anonymous caller calimed that the bomb bencher and barely scraped ★★ Delhi 44 34 Guwahati 28 23 Amsterdam 14 09 Frantic calls and SMSs to school principal Amita Wat- prove their worth in jobs and 1600 ,1700,1945 would go off anytime. Bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs through his school exams. Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 34 29 Dehradun 39 16 Bahrain 38 28 classmates and teachers be- tal, constant interaction with businesses. They made their Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 43 28 Hyd’bad 42 28 Bangkok 36 27 were called and police personnel carried out a search in the That however didn’t stop him CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 36 23 Indore 43 26 Beijing 31 16 multi-storeyed building for over two hours, they said. How- from selling four million gin. ‘‘Students call me out of students and promoting al- mark later in life. 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 37 22 Chicago 20 08 Jaipur 43 30 ever, no explosive device was found.TNN sheer terror. They are afraid ternative professions for chil- ‘‘I studied science in Class 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 41 28 Lucknow 43 23 Geneva 15 09 copies of his first published 0645,1900 of failure and the embarrass- dren has been an important 12 and failed my board exam BANGALORE: T’puram 33 25 Patna 34 24 Hong Kong 33 27 work. I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 42 29 Rajkot 39 26 London 16 10 But till such a happy end- ment they will have to face,’’ factor in diffusing tension. ‘‘I but managed to clear one of Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 40 28 Shimla 29 19 Los Angeles 28 14 says a public school teacher tell students to relax and un- the toughest entrance exams Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 37 24 Srinagar 22 09 Moscow 25 17 ing has been scripted, the an- HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 nouncement of the Class 12 who spent Thursday evening wind. to get through Ahmedabad’s GOA: I-A 1200, results on Friday will be ac- calming agitated students Both students and parents Indian Institute of Manage- Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS KULU: Jagson 0630, companied by thundering ap- that called her. need to be told that it is not a ment,’’ Trishna Sinha said. Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on 0650, 1215 ★ plause for some and for oth- ‘‘Irrespective of how good big deal to score high aca- Sinha’s success story is not a AHMEDABAD: 22.05.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. I-A 0600,1700★★1845, ers the shattering of hope. a student is in academics, demically,’’ she said. But this solitary example. Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl Educators and experts in children are usually very has to be given in daily doses Wattal adds, ‘‘We have to GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 26.05 03.06 16.06 03.06 the field caution that results nervous. 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It’s a matter of forms ● Sale and acceptance of forms ...... June 4 to June 18 DU colleges tough on ● First cut-off list ...... June 25 ● Admission and submission of fee .... June 26 to June 28 Nail-biting wait to the finish ‘gap-year’ students ● Second cut-off list ...... June 30 Sanjay Sekhri By Pallavi Majumdar TIMES NEWS NETWORK with even one gap year, the ● Admission and submission of fee .....July 1 to July 3 TIMES NEWS NETWORK admission committee had ● Third cut-off list ...... June 4 New Delhi: Students with sent a letter to all college New Delhi: On Thursday, more than two gap years at ● Admission and submission of fee .....July 5 to July 7 principals suggesting that Rohit Kapoor turned down the time of seeking admis- ● Fourth cut-off list ...... July 8 an invitation for a party at they admit students with sion in Delhi University are upto two gap years. ● Admission and submission of fee...... July 9 to July 11 his friend’s place. He was in a jam. Most colleges do not just too nervous. ‘‘I am ex- Dean of students welfare, entertain their applications. Hema Raghavan, said the pecting over 85 per cent, but Manisha Aggarwal was I am keeping my fingers committee recommended one such student, who ap- that gap year students be giv- crossed. After all, we can’t plied to several prestigious question the CBSE results,’’ en admission if they present- DU colleges last year but was he said. ed genuine cases. The gap refused admission. She had Rohit had registered a re- year arises in three cases: If dropped two years. Despite the student is preparing for quest for his result with the having secured 84 per cent, CBSE website three days an entrance exam and did not she had to settle for a less ago. seek admission; the student popular college. prep-aring for entrances did Rohit is one of the nearly Spurred by complaints not take the college exams; 1.3 lakh students from Delhi from students that colleges the student failed in the col- who are waiting with bated were creating a problem in lege exam and tried to seek breath for the Class 12 granting admission to those admission elsewhere. CBSE results to be an- nounced Friday morning. For most, these results will Simplifying admissions decide their careers. Delhi University has opened these admission But the bigger worry is AN ANXIOUS WAIT: Class 12 CBSE results will decide the future course for many students. information centres. Centralised application forms college admissions. ‘‘If I don’t score well, I won’t get But there are others who will be sold here admission in the course of decided to keep the tension ● Dean students’ welfare office, main DU campus my choice,’’ said a worried at bay with a devil-may-care For help, contact... ● Joint-dean students’ welfare office, south campus Nisha Ahu- attitude. ‘‘I ja, a com- refuse to be New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Educa- ● Kirorimal College, north campus merce stu- CLIFFHANGER nervous. tion (CBSE) has begun its helpline services for stu- ● Janki Devi Mahavidyalaya, Rajinder Nagar dent who Exams are dents. The helplines will receive calls till June 4. Stu- ● Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Yamuna Vihar, wants to do her B Com from over. I’d rather party today dents can call on these numbers and consult psychol- Wazirabad Road a top college. because I know I will be ogists, trained counsellors and teachers. The helpline ● Vivekanand Mahila College, Vivek Vihar ‘‘What makes me more dead tomorrow,’’ said a network has been widened with the inclusion of cheery Ishita Bhattacharya, counsellors from Delhi government schools and more ● Rajdhani College, Raja Garden nervous are my parents ex- pectations. How will they a student of Convent of Je- principals and counsellors. ● Maharaja Agrasen College, Mayur Vihar Phase-I face our relatives if I don’t sus and Mary who attended Some contact numbers: ● Acharya Narendra Dev College, Govindpuri score well?’’ said a student the Delhi University’s open •Snehi: 26521415, 26521494, 26534422 ● Satyawati College, Ashok Vihar of Cambridge School. He is day on Thursday. •Sumaitri: 23710763 ● College of Vocational Studies, Sheikh Sarai particularly apprehensive Mahima Ahluwalia, a •Amity International School principal Bharati of his score in mathemat- student of Alcohn Public Sharma: 26523046 and 22500099 ● Dyal Singh College, Lodhi Road ics, a paper he didn’t do too School in Mayur Vihar, •Naval Public School counsellor Rupa Murghai: ● PGDAV College, Nehru Nagar well in. spent her Thursday shop- 26254006 ● Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Keshavpuram But what’s disturbing ping with friends and par- •Birla Vidya Niketan counsellor Aloka Bose: ● Swami Shraddhanand College, Alipur him most is the certainty. ents at the Tibetan Market. 26850636 ‘‘I live for the day. There’s ● Bharti College, C-4, Janakpuri ‘‘It has happened to me in my Class 10 examinations. I no point worrying about to- draprastha University. In- get through a law college in Students can contact dean, students’ welfare, thought I had done well in morrow,’’ she said. terview results are awaited. Pune,’’ she said. ‘‘I am more Hema Raghavan on 27667092, or her deputy, Hindi, but got only 56 per Of course, Mahima has a But anxiety,after all, can- nervous about the results of Venkat Subramaniam, on 24109832, in case of cent. I topped my school in reason not to be nervous. not be wished away. ‘‘If I the IP University interview queries or problems English, though. One can She has cleared the written don’t clear all law exams, I that will also be announced never tell...’’ law examination of In- will still need 85 per cent to on Friday,’’she said. Accommodation top concern By Nistula Hebbar TIMES NEWS NETWORK Clearing all your doubts, and some more New Delhi: Eighty-one years after Is maths Can business Delhi University (DU) came into ex- 3 required 4 maths, offered istence, its admissions process re- to apply for by ICSE, mains a challenge. economics substitute On the first ever ‘‘open day’’ held honours? for regular by the dean of students welfare Different mathematics office in DU’s Shankar Lal colleges have while applying Auditorium, about 800 students at- different criteria. for Economics tended four sessions on admission Sri Ram College (Hons) and information. of Commerce BCom (Hons)? (SRCC), for Some students were accompanied No. Business by equally anxious parents, while Will students have to visit example, does not require mathematics is a others came with friends and batch- 1 individual colleges even vocational course, mates. maths but does if they apply using a insist on special separately offered According to Hema Raghavan, centralised form? maths classes in in various colleges. dean of students welfare, this was a It cannot substitute Yes. There is no centralised the first year of preparation for the admission D-day for regular maths. place for submitting these forms. college. on June 4. ‘‘This is when forms will be avail- Will all education boards Do all colleges accept able in colleges and we don’t want 2 be given equal weightage? 5 centralised forms? any confusion,’’ she said. All boards will be treated at par Officially yes. But some colleges Queries came thick and fast after a with CBSE. refuse to fall in line. nearly one-hour presentation by sen- ior students of DU who had volun- whether I have to apply separately choice is law and second economics, teered for the job. for it,’’ he asked. will I be able to change streams?’’ she From where fine arts course are The answer, to his disappoint- asked. This year, students can get ad- available to the acceptability of cen- ment, was the latter. mission information from 16 booths tralised forms, the team from DU scattered across north and south was grilled extensively. ‘‘There are some hoary chestnuts campus. that pop up all the time, like the ques- THE GREAT Also, 16 post offices have been sup- tion on centralised forms,’’ said plied with centralised forms. Ragha- Anandana, a volunteer from Gargi COLLEGE RUSH van said these forms will be avail- College. able with over 400 schools as well. Colonel R Ahluwalia and wife Sud- ‘‘Students can check with their This year,however,apart from typ- ha accompanied their daughter schools if they have the forms,’’ she ical logistical questions, outstation Mahima to the open day. students turned up with a lot of said. queries on accommodation. Although Mahima has already However, it was left to a group of Saurabh Baheti, a student from made up her mind about pursuing thirsty students from St Thomas Kolhapur, wants admission in a resi- law,she wanted more information on School to pose the really important dential college. her options if she did not get her de- question: ‘‘Where are those hip and ‘‘I want to know whether admis- sired subject. happening college canteens we had sion guarantees a hostel seat or ‘‘I am a science student, my first heard so much about?’’
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INDIA DIGEST AP US ‘approves’ sale of Israeli Phalcon to India By Chidanand Rajghatta & blow at the time. under the ‘third country rule’ cials, referring to New Delhi’s But news agencies from Bei- and allies. As part of (this ef- Rajat Pandit India’s AWACS project in- which prohibits sale of weapons agonizingly slow decision-mak- jing quoted officials there as fort), the US will seek to elimi- Washington\New Delhi: volves the integration of the in which the US had a technical ing process with regards to the suggesting they were not partic- nate impediments to such coop- The United States has ‘‘cleared’’ Phalcon radar and communica- and financial input. But the re- advanced jet trainer and air- ularly alarmed over the US eration. We will review existing the sale of the Israeli Phalcon tion system with the Russian straining US hand on Tel Aviv craft carrier purchase, suggest- ‘‘clearance’’ and it was a matter policies and practices govern- airborne radar system to India Ilyushin-76 heavy transport mil- had been lifted following relent- ed it would still be a long while between New Delhi and Wash- ing technology-sharing and co- following a combined New Del- itary aircraft. AWACS can de- less lobbying by Israel and In- before India acquired the sys- ington. operation on missile defense, in- hi-Tel Aviv pitch and a shift in tect cruise missiles, low-flying dia. tem considering the Byzantine Israel, too, appears to have cluding US export control regu- Washington’s export control aircraft and other air intrusions Washington had okayed the procedures and time lag that ac- wanted to clinch the deal ahead lations and statutes with this regulations announced earlier much earlier than ground-based deal ‘‘in principle’’ more than a company Indian arms pur- of a possible visit to India soon aim in mind,’’ the White House this week. radars. year ago, but later prevailed on chase. of its prime minister Ariel said in a statement. The green signal comes in the Israeli sources say that the Israel to stall it because of re- India has yet to enter into a Sharon. The administration move wake of the visits to India of a problem has never been the gional tensions. formal contract for the pur- Several reasons are being ad- also clears the ground for con- high-powered Israeli delegation issue of American clearance, The US administration is chase of the Phalcon system vanced for the US clearance. sidering a ‘‘limited’’ arms pack- led by Maj-Gen Yosi Ben Han- but of Russian demands relat- expected to publicly affirm that could cost up to $ 1 billion, Primarily,the Bush administra- age to Islamabad ahead of the nan and of US deputy secretary ing to the use of their IL-76 air- the clearance later in the day. they said. tion announced earlier this visit to Washington in June by of state Richard Armitage. But frames. But defence ministry of- Officials said they do not see US sources also appeared to week a fundamental shift in Pakistan’s president Gen. Indian defence officials cau- ficials here say that the AWACS the Phalcon supply as a prelude relish the fact that India’s pur- American missile defense coop- Musharraf. tioned that the delivery of the project is proceeding as per to the sale of the Arrow chase of the Phalcon could tick eration with ‘‘friends and al- The administration has as- system was still at least five schedule. missile defence system, which off China — which was denied lies’’. sured New Delhi that any arms years away and the final specifi- Congressional and adminis- is more substantially a the same system because of ‘‘The United States will devel- supply to Pakistan will be of a cations might be subject to tration sources told TOI that product of joint US-Israeli coop- similar US pressure on Israel — op and deploy missile defenses non-lethal nature aimed at help- Policemen inspect the site where change depending on which Washington did not strictly eration. at a time when ties between capable of protecting not only ing the country fight terrorism a ragpicker was injured in a pipe way the political winds between have an ability to stop the Phal- In fact, while confirming the New Delhi and Beijing was the United States and our de- and will not constitute a threat bomb explosion, in Ellisbridge, Washington and New Delhi con sale because it did not fall US ‘‘clearance’’ some US offi- warming up. ployed forces, but also friends to India. Ahmedabad, on Thursday. Reuters MP’s transparency: The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday ap- proved the Madhya Pradesh Munici- Court asks ASI to replace Frontier Mail pal Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003, aiming at curbing corruption in fire: It could municipal corporations and involving head of Ayodhya team people in governance. Now, all major decisions to be taken by the urban TIMES NEWS NETWORK & PTI had carved ‘‘pillars’’ out of the excavat- be sabotage civic bodies will have to be approved ed floor to draw some inaccurate con- Lucknow: In a significant decision, the TIMES NEWS NETWORK by people through referendums.TNN clusion in favour of a contesting party. Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High The SCWB had, on earlier occasions, Lucknow: Rejecting the BJP-sponsored bandh: More Court hearing the Ram Janambhoomi- charged the ASI with being ‘‘biased and stove-burst and short than 630 BJP workers were arrested Babri Masjid title suits directed the Ar- partisan’’ and had demanded that Mus- circuit theories, the during the BJP-sponsored bandh in chaeological Survey of India (ASI) on lims be given equal representation in Bhupinder Singh In- Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. The Thursday to replace the leader of the quiry Commission, bandh was called in protest against team excavating the disputed site with a the excavating team and more Muslim the acute power crisis in the state.TNN probing the Frontier new official and report the findings of labourers be engaged in the digging Mail fire tragedy, has Amethi rechristened: Uttar the team every fortnight. work. broadly hinted at ‘‘sabo- Pradesh got its 71st district when the The court did not give any specific The court also directed the authorised tage’’. state government on Thursday reason why it wanted team leader Dr B person or district administration in The Commission carved a new district — Chhatrapati R Mani removed. It said he would con- charge of the acquired land not to inter- came to the conclusion Shahuji Maharaj Nagar. The five as- tinue to work in the ASI team digging fere in the ASI work and said it was not after holding a mock ex- sembly constituencies of Amethi Lok the disputed site at Ayodhya. entitled to raze any construction with- ercise, setting a coach Sabha seat will come under the new ‘‘It is not necessary to comment much out the permission of the court. on fire. A senior North- district.TNN upon the work of the team leader of the The court passed the order on an ap- ern Railway (NR) offi- ASI for the last two months. We think it plication moved by Nirmohi Akhara, Separate norms for probe: The cial said the fact that the proper that another team leader should another plaintiff in the case, seeking di- Rajasthan government has formulat- Recruits of the Central Reserve Police Force attend their passing-out parade in Srinagar on fire engulfed the three be appointed by the director-general of rective to the authorised person not to ed separate norms for police investi- Thursday. 17 militants, including 12 infiltrators, were killed in Nowgam sector of Kupwara. coaches within 10 min- the ASI,’’ the special/full Bench com- put any hurdles in some trenches at the gation into criminal complaints utes was unbelievable prising Justices Sudhir Narain, S R site and directions to the ASI to com- against religious heads including as the coaches were Alam and Bhanwar Singh said in its or- plete the excavation work by June 15 ‘‘sadhus’’ and ‘‘munis’’. The cabinet built of fire-retardant der. next. It was alleged in the Akhara’s ap- prescribed that if the arrest of a reli- Katiyar’s letter worries Cong material. The Sunni Central Waqf Board plication that the district administra- gious head was necessary, then the Keeping this in mind, police would have to take prior per- (SCWB) and other plaintiffs in the case tion had plastered some portions of the By Rajesh Ramachandran cal crisis which may not suit Congress leaders feel that a mock exercise was car- mission of higher authorities.PTI have accused ASI of flouting excavation walls of the makeshift temple at the dis- TIMES NEWS NETWORK the Congress. this is an attempt to create an ried out by commission- norms. They have charged that the ASI puted site about a fortnight ago. New Delhi: UP BJP chief Katiyar’s undated letter, atmosphere to introduce a er for railway safety Vinay Katiyar’s recent letter that was received by a Con- Bill during the next monsoon Bhupinder Singh. How- to the MPs — demanding en- gress leader here on Tuesday, session and to revive the Hin- ever, even after pouring actment of a legislation to requests all MPs to ‘‘take an dutva issues. kerosene oil and other HIV high among Surat sex workers inflammable material build the Ram temple — has initiative for the construc- An AICC general secretary on the coaches, burning By Amarendra Jha tests were conducted over a them were illiterate. Ninety- led Congress leaders to spec- tion of Shri Ram Janmbhoo- said: ‘‘If the BJP introduces Some facts the coaches proved a TIMES NEWS NETWORK ulate on the dissolution of mi Mandir...We are confident such a Bill, its allies will have period of eight months, after five per cent claimed that tough task. obtaining the consent of the they used condoms during the Lok Sabha and early gen- of our success with your ini- to take a stand on the issue. Surat: A staggering 43.2 per •Sex workers the ‘core’ Hinting at the possi- participants. sex. The number of partners eral elections. tiative. If anything untoward Some of them may even have cent of sex workers in Surat group for transmission bility of sabotage, offi- Out of 600 sex workers in varied between two and 25 Assessing the significance happens, we can enact a law to part ways with BJP. Then, have seroprevalence of HIV of sexually-transmitted cials pointed out that of Katiyar’s demand, most in the Parliament to pave the the BJP can go to the extent or are HIV-positive. diseases the red-light areas, 124 in the per day,stated the report. the stove may have burst way for construction of Ram of holding early general elec- These are the findings of a age-group of 16 to 50 — with Sex workers are one of the Congress leaders agree that after the fire broke out. • 80 pc covered by the about two-thirds being below ‘core groups’ for transmis- this may precipitate a politi- Janmabhoomi Mandir.’’ tions on the Ayodhya issue.’’ cross-sectional study of sex survey were illiterate workers in a health camp in 30 — opted for clinical tests, sion of STDs (sexually-trans- 2000, conducted by the De- •95 pc said they used the report said. mitted diseases) to the gener- partment of Community condoms during sex Notably, among the sex al population. They form a Medicine, Government Med- workers in the red-light ar- ‘bridge group’ for the trans- eas, only three were locals. mission of HIV. ical College in Surat, under a done secretly through behav- project sponsored by the De- Over 33 per cent were report- For the purpose of creat- ioural questionnaires fol- partment for International ed to be from Nepal and the ing awareness, 17 peer educa- Development (DFID) of the lowed by clinical examina- rest had migrated from other tors and about 34 link work- UK. tion of sexually-transmitted states, the report said. ers have been working Though the HIV tests were infections (STIs), laboratory In all, over 80 per cent of among the sex workers. SC dismisses plea against Arjun says his criticism Mulayam New Delhi: The Supreme was not aimed at Sonia Court on Thursday dis- missed a Uttar Pradesh gov- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Clarification hamper the party’s attempt ernment’s petition, challeng- to have a coherent action New Delhi: Troubles with- against the BJP-led NDA. It ing an Allahabad High Court in the Congress have come order. The order restrained ‘‘I can never think will hurt all efforts includ- to the fore with veteran ing the attempt to forge a the police from arresting leader Arjun Singh re- of questioning Samajwadi Party chief Mu- coalition.’’ asserting his lost promi- Soniaji or imagine However, his supporters layam Singh Yadav and in- nence by attacking faction- vestigating 148 FIRs lodged criticising her feel that at Wednesday’s alism in the party. function, Singh was merely against him for alleged mis- With general elections use of the chief minister’s style of expressing the concern of expected within a year, Ar- all Gandhi family loyalists discretionary funds. jun Singh spoke out against functioning’’ A Bench comprising Jus- and that there was no game factionalism at a function plan behind his utterances. tice N Santosh Hegde and here on Wednesday, Rajiv tioning Soniaji or imagine Justice Shivaraj V Patil dis- Gandhi’s death anniver- Even an AICC func- criticising her style of missed the government’s ap- sary. tionary said, ‘‘There is no peal, rejecting all arguments Asked how bad the fac- functioning.’’ dissidence. The attempt advanced by its counsel, who tionalism is, Singh told The Singh was one of the was only to make Gandhi even alleged that the Luc- Times of India, ‘‘It is not leaders who had brought take appropriate action know Bench of the Alla- about degrees. But it should the anti-BJP forces togeth- against leaders who are habad High Court had not be to the extent that it er in April 1999 to dislodge hurting the party.’’ ‘‘shown undue preference to clouds the decision-making the BJP government. And The real story apparently Yadav’’. The Bench said that process. You cannot meas- but for the anti-Congress is about the tight grip that it was not a proper practice ure it with a thermometer.’’ stand of Mulayam Singh the Ambika Soni ‘‘faction’’ to rush to the Supreme Court He cautioned that the Yadav’s Samajwadi Party, has over party affairs. for everything, which would coming months are ‘‘cru- Singh’s supporters believe Though Soni was removed amount to denuding the pow- cial’’ and that there are that Sonia Gandhi could from the post of political ers of the high court. shortcomings in the party have even made it to the secretary to the Congress It said the HC, in any case, because of factionalism. PM’s post in 1999. president in the recent or- would hear detailed argu- Yet, Singh made it very Now with the idea of a ganisational reshuffle, she ments on behalf of the state clear that he has never used grand coalition gaining and other general secre- in August, when the petition the word ‘‘coterie’’ adding: ground in the party, Singh taries exert influence in the filed by Yadav was posted for ‘‘I can never think of ques- said: ‘‘Factionalism can decision-making process. final arguments. PTI Foreign film-makers can shoot at ease TIMES NEWS NETWORK shoot will be given within mous Israeli film maker proval will be cleared within two to three weeks,’’ said Menecham Golan is expected three weeks and will be New Delhi: Now,it’s easy for Prasad while pushing India to shoot a film in India, deemed approved after this overseas film producers to as a preferred destination for along with tieing up with a period if the ministry does shoot films in India. I&B film shooting at the CII pavil- studio. not respond. minister Ravi Shankar ion. ‘‘All the archaic principles On recommendation from Prasad has announced relax- Prior to this announce- are now a passe. Irritant fac- the I&B ministry, the film ing of procedures and regu- ment, the visa clearing tors are removed. Now, after crew on submission of the lations regarding script process was long and tedious, clearance from the con- list of shooting equipment clearance and visa permis- involving I&B and the home cerned Indian Mission, visa will get a temporary exemp- sions, making India an at- ministry. The film script has clearances will be given with- tion from import duty. tractive shooting location. to be cleared locally. in 24 hours,’’ said a CII offi- Prasad said in exceptional Speaking at the Cannes Industry watchers said cial. cases, a completed film will film festival, Prasad said the this decision will help collab- However, if the film shoot- have be be submitted to the shooting crew needed needs orations from overseas stu- ing is to happen in the J&K Indian government before its to inform the I&B ministry dios with Indian production and North East, the applica- official release. This will ap- one month prior to the shoot houses. Film producers from tion will take more time and ply for films made on themes about filming details, cast Cananda, Italy, France, will be approved by the min- with politics or those with re- and the locations of shoot- Japan and Israel appreciated istry of home affairs. Other ligious and socio-cultural ing. ‘‘The permission to this move. 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T O The importance of being Mamata Shahnawaz By Anita Katyal polls and he believes that TIMES NEWS NETWORK Pros and cons marginalising Mamata would only end up helping may come New Delhi: Despite strong •PM feels Mamata is BJP’s best bet their opponents in West resistance from his party against the Left in Bengal Bengal. They maintain that B colleagues, Prime Minister •He believes nothing should be done if the Trinamul chief is ‘‘al- Vajpayee is pressing hard to push her into the Congress camp for the re-induction of Tri- lowed to decline’’, the field down to earth O namul Congress chief Ma- •Senior BJP leaders question her will be open for a straight mata Banerjee into the importance in view of her string of Congress-Left battle. By Smita Gupta by staying on in the party. O Union Cabinet. poll reverses. ‘‘The BJP stands no TIMES NEWS NETWORK Now Hussain looks des- He is credited with the chance in such a scenario,’’ tined for a less important New Delhi: Some allega- view that Mamata still re- ers are reported to have track record in making a remarked an NDA leader, portfolio, probably that of tions against civil aviation mains the BJP’s best bet in raised queries about the case for keeping her out of adding that if Mamata were sports and youth affairs. K minister Syed Shahnawaz fighting the Left in West ‘‘importance of Mamata’’, the Cabinet or, at least, to leave the NDA, the BJP As for the MDMK’s Ra- and the arrest of the person- Bengal. He also believes particularly in view of the denying her a plum ministe- will probably not be able to machandran, party sources al assistant of minister of nothing should be done to string of poll reverses to her rial portfolio. win even one seat. It is in said that on Thursday, NDA state for finance and compa- push her to the Congress credit. They cite her mercu- NDA sources said the PM, the BJP’s interest to revive convener and defence minis- ny affairs Gingee N Ra- camp. rial temperament, waning however, has set his sights Mamata by giving her a machandran on Thursday ter George Fernandes was Several senior BJP lead- credibility and electoral on next year’s Lok Sabha high profile at the Centre. Y derailed the finalisation of also summoned for the meet- the list of ministerial ing, attended by DPM L K Ad- O changes. The reshuffle is vani, finance minister Released prisoner scheduled for May 24. Jaswant Singh and BJP pres- The Prime Minister and ident M Venkaiah Naidu. U his senior colleagues were Fernandes has reportedly again in custody not able to finalise the list at been asked to check with their third meeting on MDMK supremo Vaiko, cur- Yamunanagar: The Jagadhri Sadar po- Thursday with opinion divid- rently in jail on POTA R lice have arrested Surinder Singh, one of ed on whether to drop Hus- charges, on whether he wish- the released prisoners from Pakistan, and sain and Ramachandran, giv- es to replace Ramachandran his father and mother for locking up police en that the BJP does not wish with someone else. officers. Their identity cards and other to give the Congress a handle Verma, who is from Mad- documents were also taken away. in the four key assembly elec- hya Pradesh which is going C Sources said three policemen, including tions at the end of the year. to the polls, may now either ASI Ranjor Singh, reached Surinder’s res- Sources added there will get communications. Or par- idence at Mehalawali village early be another meeting on Fri- liamentary affairs minister L Wednesday and asked Baljeet Singh, day to settle the issue. Sushma Swaraj may be asked brother of Surinder, to come along with Party sources said BJP to give her health portfolio to them to Ambala as he was wanted in one general secretary Mukthar Verma, and she may get com- A case. Refusing to comply with their orders, Abbas Naqvi, who was munications in its place. Jait- Surinder and his family forcibly locked sounded out on Thursday for ley will retain both law and S the policemen in a room of their house. a ministerial berth in place commerce, it is learnt. They refused to release the policemen of Hussain, turned it down. Rajnath Singh may be giv- even after the latter showed them their With about a year left for the en rural development, now S identity cards and documents relating to elections, he felt he could an additional charge held by the case. TNN make a bigger contribution Ananth Kumar. I F NIV told to do more I homework on SARS
By Chandrika Mago E TIMES NEWS NETWORK The objections New Delhi: Even before animal •NIV intended to use a D rights’ activists could get into the patient’s body fluids, believed act, differences within the official to contain the virus scientific community have tem- •It was decided to ask NIV to S porarily stalled a plan to research use a ‘cultured’ virus SARS by infecting Rhesus monkeys with the virus. •Tests on just six monkeys At a recent meeting, scientists may not be enough and officials on the panel which C controls animal research — the cussion’’, but asked the NIV team to Committee for the Purpose of Con- ‘‘reformulate’’ it. trol and Supervision of Experi- ‘‘That is the diplomatic way of A ments on Animals — returned a virtually turning down the plan,’’ proposal from the Pune-based Na- claims one of those present at the tional Institute of Virology (NIV) to May 9 meeting. L begin tests on six monkeys. NIV’s director could not be con- The aim of this two-month proj- tacted, but some accounts suggest ect, forwarded by the Indian Coun- rivalries within the scientific es- L cil of Medical Research and the tablishment proved a powerful un- health ministry, was to develop di- dercurrent as the new-look CPC- agnostic tests through experiments SEA examined the ‘‘shoddily-pre- at Bhopal’s animal diseases labora- pared’’ project on ‘‘something as tory. Once infected, these monkeys big as this’’. While some supported would ‘‘have to be sacrificed’’ as it, others questioned its very basis. 2 they could not be allowed out, given For one, it is not clear if SARS the possible complications. has hit India or not. NIV’s plan to The availability of gene se- use the clinical virus was the 3 quences was expected to enable sci- first point of criticism. Apparently, entists to develop diagnostic tests the team intended to use a patient’s 3 and vaccines. Officially, CPCSEA’s body fluids, believed to contain parent ministry,environment, says the virus. The consensus, it is the panel approved the proposal in agreed, was to ask NIV to use a ‘cul- 0 principle after ‘‘quite a lot of dis- tured’ virus. 2 Failed? 3 Blame it on 5 Tendulkar By Tina Parekh and Prathima Nandakumar 1 TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad/Vado- dara: Who do you blame when just one student in a 146-strong class passes 2 the examinations? Sachin Tendulkar, per- haps. 3 Principal of the Vib- hag School in Dabhoi, 3 Bharatbhai Patel, blames the cricket World Cup for the dis- 0 mal performance of his students in the board ex- aminations. State educa- 2 tion authorities, howev- er, attribute the poor re- sults to strict vigilance 3 against copying. Vibhag is one of the several schools in the 5 state that are finding it difficult to explain what the students were 2 taught the whole year. Some explanations of- fered by the school prin- cipals make for interest- ing reading. Geeta Nayak, princi- 2 pal of the A P Thakkar Girls’ School, where all the 75 students failed, 3 says the massive pres- ence of vigilance squads 3 at the examination cen- tres had frightened the students. ‘‘Some of my 0 students were so nerv- ous that they turned in blank papers,’’ she says. 2 Two other Sabarkan- tha schools had a 100 per cent failure rate. ‘‘All 30 3 students failed because they couldn’t cheat,’’ ad- mits principal, J M 5 Tanna School, Damub- hai Patel. 3
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Lucknow-Jeddah flight: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee flagged-off direct Air-India flight be- tween Lucknow and Jeddah on Grading system for IAS officers to change Wednesday.Besides travelling facili- ties,specially for Hajis,the twice-a- By Anita Katyal committee, headed by for- cise from the best practices ing to convey these adverse as is done in the armed week flight would open new oppor- TIMES NEWS NETWORK mer UPSC chairman of leading corporate hous- remarks and then respond services, may help in iden- tunities to mango-growers and food Surender Nath, to review es, the defence services and to representations filed tifying the really outstand- process units for export to the West New Delhi: It’s not just in the present system of An- the civil services of other against these entries. ing officers. Asian countries. Of the 14 lakh Indi- schools that ‘grade infla- nual Confidential Reports countries. There is also dissatisfac- In addition, there are ans living in Saudi Arabia, four lakh tion’ is a problem. Con- (ACRs) for officers and The new system is ex- tion with the present five- suggestions that instead of are from UP, Bihar and Madhya cerned that the unfailingly evolve a new system in its pected to ensure that an of- point grading system, as having just one person as- Pradesh. TNN outstanding grades scored place. It has also been asked ficer’s ACR reflects his or past experience shows that sessing many of his jun- by senior bureaucrats in to relook the current sys- her performance — or lack generally over 90 per cent of iors, it might be better to their annual assessments is tem of empanelment of of- of it — fairly and accurate- officers are being graded as have a board to review their actually a cover for under- ficers for joint secretary ly. The committee has been very good or outstanding. performance. Another view performance, the govern- and higher levels in order told about the need to bring As a result, it becomes diffi- is that a ‘‘360 degree system ment has decided to over- to inject greater objectivity about a culture among su- cult to identify an outstand- of reporting’’ be intro- haul its system of perform- in the process. perior officers so that they ing officer. It is being sug- duced so that an officer is ance appraisal. The committee has do not hesitate to record the gested that perhaps a more assessed not just by his sen- The department of per- specifically been directed weakness of an officer be- quantitative system of iors but also by his subordi- sonnel has asked a special to take a cue in this exer- cause of the ‘‘risk’’ of hav- grading, on a scale of 0 to 9 nates and peers. iDream brings joy for CRY with J2M2 TOI t was a dream come true chairman of iDream, said for underprivileged iDream hoped that this as- Ichildren. They met the sociation with CRY would cast of iDream’s latest of- deter viewers from watch- fering Jajantaram Maman- ing the film through a pi- taram (J2M2), which is slat- rated tape/VCD/DVD or ed to be released on May 30. through pirated cable. Javed Jaffery, along with He hoped that viewers, his co-stars Gulshan who watched the movie in Grover and Joy Fernandes, theatres, would be proud of and director Soumitra the fact that part of their Ranade were present at a money spent on the ticket special screening organised would be reaching an un- for the children by CRY derprivileged child. (Child Relief & You). CRY’s objective is to iDream has tied up with demonstrate that real, sus- CRY, a non-profit organisa- tainable change is possible tion working for underpriv- through the building of ileged children in India. It grassroot-level movements has committed to donate and through advocacy of Gulshan Grover, Javed Jaffery, (standing) director Soumi- two per cent of its domestic the basic rights of survival, theatrical revenues to CRY. tra Ranade and Joy Fernandes along with underprivileged children at a special screening of J2M2 organised by CRY. protection, development J2M2, which promises to and participation for chil- be a visual treat for audi- wakes up to eat children, taram Mamantaram is dren. Currently, CRY ences of all age groups, is and Jonathan Swift’s clas- available on Times Music. supports 163 child develop- based on Bakasura, the sic fable, Gulliver’s Travels. Speaking on the occa- ment initiatives across the sleeping demon God who The soundtrack of Jajan- sion, Shripal Morakhia, country.
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AROUND THE WORLD Adnan Sami starts European tour AP Witherspoon joins By Rashmee Z Ahmed Says Ammar Hasanie, don’s 11,000-seat Wembley ‘‘Yes indeed and I was al- Queen of Sheba: Reese TIMES NEWS NETWORK events manager and co-pro- Stadium, he added. Sami’s ways in the scrum, though I Witherspoon moter of Sami’s two-week concert has no room for any wasn’t the size I am now at will star in London: Mumbai’s over- “Daughter of tour of Britain: ‘‘Sami’s con- more fans. the time,’’ he says, remem- sized, velvet-voiced export to the Queen of cert has made history. The Wags suggested it could be bering his six years at the the West, Adnan Sami, be- Sheba,” a public school attended by gins his first tour of the UK last sell-out show was part of Sami’s special British big-screen Salman Rushdie and other and western Europe on Fri- Amitabh and other stars to- connection, a point Sami adaptation of literary greats such as day, but he comes saddled gether. But Adnan, one man himself raises in conversa- Jacki Lyden’s with a difficult ratings- alone, has packed out a tion with this paper.‘‘The UK Matthew Arnold, Lewis Car- mother- record to maintain as he may house.’’ is very special to me,’’ he roll, Arthur Hugh Clough daughter memoir. Paramount be the only Bollywood per- Hasanie said it was the says, laughing as he de- and Walter Savage Landor. Pictures is in negotiations to acquire the project. No start sonality to have outsold first time in the 18-year, 350- scribes the rugby scrums at Sami, who describes him- date has been set, and no di- Hrithik Roshan in Britain, show career of the (UK-based school. self as ‘‘Canadian’’ with a Bollywood promoter) He agrees that he may al- mixed Indo-Afghan-Pak rector is attached. Karen weeks ahead of the show. Croner (1998’s “One True And as the product of Eng- Farhath Hussein that a most be seen as a South parentage, said he was look- ing forward to the eight con- Thing”) adapted the project, land’s premier, 16th-century ‘‘British show sold out weeks Asian version of the fictional based on Lyden’s memoir of certs he will put on through- public school, Rugby in the ahead’’. Tom Brown, who attended growing up with a mother west Midland’s region, he At the height of his fame, Rugby School in the classic out the UK. whom everyone labelled as has something of the flavour Hrithik Roshan sold just 87 Thomas Hughes book, Tom For more go to crazy but actually suffered of local-boy-made-good. per cent of the seats in Lon- Brown’s Schooldays. www.timesofindia.com from what is now known to AFP be manic-depression. Ly- den’s mother often would be- come convinced she was a woman with power, such as the Queen of Sheba or Marie Antoinette, then act out her delusions. Her mother’s es- From left: Miss Australia 2003 Ashlea Talbot, Miss Netherlands 2003 Tessa Brix. Miss capes from reality inspired China 2003 Wei Wu and Miss South Africa 2003 Petra Mokrosova pose in their swimwear Lyden to seek a career in ra- at the Hotel El Panama in Panama City. dio journalism, where she said in a release. Miura, 70 21. ‘‘Harry Potter and the Or- you’re beautiful as you are.’’ could ‘‘escape’’ to exotic years and 222 days old, der of the Phoenix’’, the next Apparently, playing mom to places like Baghdad to cover broke the record of Italian book in the series about a her two-year-old adopted son the Persian Gulf War, among Mario Curnis, who at 66 be- boy with magical powers, has Liam has taken a toll on Cal- other places. Lyden’s feelings came the oldest person to surpassed ‘‘Harry Potter and ista’s eyes, leaving them puffy of helplessness growing up, scale the 8,848-metre peak in the Goblet of Fire’’, the fourth and she’s believed to have her mother’s refusal to seek May last year. The profes- instalment, as the top new consulted two surgeons on a treatment and her mother’s sional Japanese skier, who product release on the site, ‘tightening procedure.’ ANI relationships with the oppo- site sex are among the com- reached the peak about www.amazon.com. Reuters Duet by Minnelli, plex issues explored in the 12:10 pm local time, first won All for Harrison Ford: Pavarotti: After a gap of 11 fame as the first person to ski script. Reuters Harrison Ford years, Liza Minnelli and Lu- down the South Col of Ever- is a lucky ciano Pavarotti will sing a 70-year-old climbs AFP est in 1970. man indeed duet together. The 10th annu- Everest: A 70-year-old because his al Pavarotti and Friends char- Japanese man became the Potter breaks Amazon lover, Calista ity concert later this month oldest person to conquer records: Internet retailer Flockhart, is will witness a duet between Mount Everest Thursday, Amazon says the latest instal- all set to un- the Oscar-winning US singer- reaching the summit of the ment in the Harry Potter book dergo a actress and the famed Italian world’s highest mountain with series has already become its 4,000-dollar tenor. The concert at Pavarot- his son and a team of other best-selling product ever, eyelid surgery to stay young ti’s hometown of Modena is climbers, his Tokyo-based with more than 250,000 pre- and beautiful. The 38-year- being held to raise money for support team said. ‘‘What orders on its British website old Ally McBeal star is so Iraqi civilians affected by war. was really a dream, came and a worldwide total of keen to remain the object of Among others to take to the closer, step by step, and I 875,000. The firm’s US web- the veteran US actor’s affec- stage include Grammy win- was finally able to stand on site Amazon.com has taken tions that she has even re- ners Elton John, Bono and Everest at the highest point in more than 500,000 copies or- jected his sensible advice. Bryan Adams. All proceeds the world,’’ Miura said in a dered in advance of the Harrison, 60, reportedly told will go to the UN High Com- Canadian zoologist Dave Salmoni plays with Ron, one of two endangered Bengal tigers being rehabilitated to live in the wild phone call to Tokyo, his office book’s publication on June her: ‘‘There’s no need — mission for Refugees. ANI at Tiger Moon Sanctuary in Philippolis in South Africa. US jittery as Fight against tobacco giants Jackson falls Ajit Ninan blast rocks ill a day before Yale varsity trips on a legal technicality deposition lorida appeals court ate in smoking and health New Haven: An explosion Two steps back Indianapolis Michael Jack- threw out a landmark cases,” Charles A. Blixt, gen- has rocked an empty class- F son was hospitalized with an $145 billion punitive damage eral counsel of the R. J. room at Yale University’s law •Comes after the WHO undisclosed illness, the same award against the nation’s Reynolds Tobacco Company, school, causing some damage adopted a landmark day he was to give a deposi- cigarette makers on Wednes- but no injuries, officials in anti-tobacco treaty said in a statement. tion in a copyright lawsuit, day, saying the case should New Haven and at the Ivy The other defendants in the Jackson family’s lawyer never have gone forward as a •The judgement will League school say. the Florida action, known as said. class-action lawsuit but boost the industry’s FBI Special Agent Mike the Engle case, were Philip Jackson was hospitalized rather as separate claims prospect in the market Wolf told reporters an ‘‘ex- Morris (now part of the Al- Wednesday in Indianapolis brought by individual smok- plosive device’’ had gone off. •Judges did not want tria Group), Brown & for observation and treat- The explosion, which ers against the tobacco in- the 300,000 smokers to Williamson, Lorillard Tobac- ment after falling ill before knocked out a wall between dustry. fight the case together co and the Liggett Group, as the deposition was to begin, two rooms, came a day after The original Florida deci- well as two industry organi- attorney Brian Oxman said. sion, which came in 2000, was the US government raised its against the industry in 1997. zations, the Council for To- Jackson, 44, ‘‘was not feel- the largest punitive damage terror alert status to ‘‘high’’ In addition, the panel was bacco Research and the To- ing well and was feeling award ever meted out by a from ‘‘elevated’’ because of sharply critical of the plain- bacco Institute, both defunct. weak,’’ Oxman said in a tele- jury and had hung heavily what officials said was a re- tiffs’ lawyer in the action, A receptionist at Mr. phone interview. ‘‘He can be- newed risk of terrorist at- over the tobacco industry, Stanley Rosenblatt of Miami, Rosenblatt’s office in Miami come very concerned and which has been hit in more tack in the United States. saying he had used “racially said that neither he nor his nervous at depositions. He recent years by other billon- Investigators from the charged” arguments to push wife and law partner, Susan doesn’t like lawsuits, and it dollar verdicts. Its reversal makes him ill to have to cope FBI’s Joint Terrorism a largely black jury into issu- Rosenblatt, was available for sharply buoyed the indus- with litigation that people Task Force were headed to ing a “runaway” award. comment. The Rosenblatts try’s financial outlook and seem to heap on him.’’ Yale, officials in Washington ‘‘The proceedings that pro- can appeal yesterday’s deci- said. sent the stock prices of all duced the findings of entitle- No further information on Gates’ mind goes past sion. cigarette makers higher. Jackson’s condition was im- President George W. Bush, ment and the $145 billion For opponents of smoking, who graduated from Yale, In a 68-page opinion, a award is irretrievably taint- mediately available. Neither three-judge panel of Flori- however, yesterday’s appeals Oxman nor Jackson spoke earlier on Wednesday ed by class counsel’s miscon- court decision was a major at the Coast Guard Academy da’s Third District Court of duct, and the award is bank- spokesman Stuart Backer- the chip, to cardgames setback because it means in New London, Connecticut, Appeal agreed with industry rupting under Florida law,’’ man knew which hospital that any Florida smoker who about 50 miles (80 km) east of arguments that a trial judge Judge David M. Gersten Jackson was taken to. By Arvind Vaidya and has devised a bridge soft- He replied that comput- wants to sue a cigarette mak- Pradeep Vijayakar New Haven, where Yale is should not have allowed an wrote in the panel’s opinion. Jackson arrived in Indi- ware which Gates uses of- ers, at the moment, are way er will have to bring that TIMES NEWS NETWORK based. estimated 300,000 smokers in “The fate of an entire indus- anapolis Tuesday for a depo- ten to play the game online. behind at bridge. claim individually, an under- sition in a lawsuit alleging Fred was in the foursome ‘‘Even I consider myself The president’s daughter the state to sue them as a try and of close to a million Mumbai: Bridge anyone? taking that is far less appeal- that the Jackson Five used when Gates played along a better player than most Barbara currently attends group because each one had Florida residents, cannot There’s at least one multi- ing to plaintiffs’ lawyers. It the name of another Gary with Sharon Osberg, twice computers at bridge. I have Yale University as an under- started smoking, and contin- rest upon such a fundamen- billionaire who will put his also relieves the tobacco in- band and two of their songs world champion and War- no plans to change that...’’ graduate student but was not ued to smoke, for different tally unfair proceeding. Our hand up to play the mental- dustry of a big source of fi- without license. ren Buffett in 1998. Buffett His business acumen has on campus at the time of the reasons. system of justice requires ly-stimulating card game — nancial pressure. The deposition was to be is a stock market king in helped him with some of blast. The panel also found that more.” Bill Gates, the Microsoft In typical stock market given in a meeting with an at- the US. the psychological aspects of Yale said in a statement the $145 billion punitive Tobacco industry officials maestro. gains yesterday, Altria’s torney representing Gordon The four men once un- the game — working with a the explosion caused “con- award was excessive and applauded the decision. Bridge is a passion for shares rose $3.39, to $38.30, Keith, who signed the Jack- dertook a train journey in partner,reading one’s oppo- siderable damage” to the barred by an agreement that “This decision should Gates. He plays it whenever classroom and to an adjacent the State of Florida signed prove, once and for all, that while Reynolds climbed son Five to his Gary-based 1998 and played bridge all nents, not letting emotions Steeltown Records in 1967. he finds time. During his lounge. Reuters when it settled a lawsuit class actions are inappropri- $1.57, to $33.28. NYT News Service the waking hours over two get in the way,says Gates. Keith has said he received no India visit, he had casually days. This single instance “My family played a lot of credit for tracks that ap- mentioned in an interview BRICKBATS amplifies Gates’ deep inter- card games, including some peared on a 1996 album, ‘‘Pre- to The Economic Times that est in the game. bridge, when I was young. I Are you paying a joke with us or what. History: The Lost Steeltown ‘‘playing better bridge’’ was You call yourself the largest read news- Gates plays socially and had a grandmother who paper but still give such a useless strip. Recordings.’’ Robert Meyer, one of his goals in life. The his wife has begun learning was very good at all card —Aditya who represents Jackson at Times of India caught him the game. Gates played in a games. Can’t you see there are people suffer- the Chicago law firm Swan- on that remark, probing ing because of this strip. Just sample mixed pairs event at the “When I was at Harvard, some of your mail to figure that out. son Martin & Bell, has de- further his passion for the Open World Champi- I played a few times, but Please stop this nonsense. Your fool- clined to comment on the game. onships in Montreal last mostly poker. After I start- ishness makes Bush look like a hero. copyright lawsuit. Facilitating the inter- —Siddhartha S year. ed Microsoft, I didn’t play Keith and musician Elvy view via e-mail was his There he was asked if cards much, until my For boquets go to Woodard, accuse Michael, friend Fred Gitleman, who computers could become as friend Warren Buffett drew www.timesofindia.com Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and once won the IOC Grand good at bridge as they are at me into it,” said the e-mail: [email protected] Marlon Jackson with infring- Prix in Salt Lake City and chess. Microsoft baron. ing on the trade name.AP
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AFP UN votes to end Bayer sent dated Iraq sanctions, drugs to Asia, new envoy soon Latin America United Nations: UN Secre- tary General Kofi Annan told division of the phar- Defence the Security Council on Trust fund for Amaceutical company Thursday he would appoint a Bayer sold millions of dol- •Its decisions based special representative to Iraq Iraqi oil sales lars of blood-clotting med- on best scientific infor- ‘‘without delay’’. icine for hemophiliacs mation at the time Baghdad: The US civil- medicine that carried a UN chief Kofi Annan ian administrator of spoke after the council voted high risk of transmitting •Were consistent with Iraq, Paul Bremer, has AIDS to Asia and Latin the regulations in 14-0 in favour of a resolution given orders to open a to lift UN sanctions on Iraq America in the mid-1980’s place trust fund in the Iraqi while selling a new, safer with immediate effect and US unit paid $300m central bank to receive product in the West, ac- • gave the US as part of the $600m the revenue of the coun- cording to documents ob- and British occupying forces paid by blood product try’s future oil sales, a tained by The New York broad control of its economy companies in 1997 coalition official said Times. and political future. Thursday. AFP The resolution asked An- The Bayer unit, Cutter •Analysts say report nan to appoint a special rep- Biological, introduced its won’t affect compa- tion, France is staying true to safer medicine in late Feb- ny’s shares resentative, to contribute to its principles: this text does setting up an interim Iraqi- ruary 1984 as evidence not legitimize war, it opens mounted that the earlier of these marketing deci- run authority and to take the way to a peace that we part in an advisory board au- version was infecting he- sions is difficult, if not im- must build together,’’ he told mophiliacs with HIV. Yet diting a new Development possible, to document. the French newspaper Le for over a year, the compa- Fund financed by Iraq’s oil Many patient records are Monde in an interview. ny continued to sell the old revenues. now unavailable, and be- The way was cleared for medicine overseas, There has been specula- cause an AIDS test was not the resolution’s passage prompting a United States tion at United Nations head- Residents and rescuers search the debris on Thursday after a powerful earthquake hit the Algiers region late on Wednesday. developed until later in the Wednesday,when de Villepin regulator to accuse Cutter quarters that Annan will epidemic, it is difficult to said at a joint news confer- of breaking its promise to name Sergio Vieira de Mello, pinpoint when foreign he- ence with his German and stop selling the product. currently the UN High mophiliacs were infected Russian counterparts, Josch- By continuing to sell the Commissioner for Human with HIV before Cutter be- ka Fischer and Igor Ivanov, old version of the life-sav- gan selling its safer medi- Rights. that ‘‘even if this text is not 770 killed in Algeria quake ing medicine, the records In Paris, speaking on state- cine or afterward. perfect, it takes into account Algiers: At least 770 people awaited residents returning which left a trail of destruc- ments by media and govern- show, Cutter officials were run France Inter radio before But in Hong Kong and our concerns’’. were killed in the violent to their homes on Thursday tion in nearby suburbs and ment officials. trying to avoid being stuck Taiwan alone, more than the vote, French foreign min- Back at the United Na- earthquake that hit northern after they fled in panic. also injured about 4,700 peo- Prime minister Ahmed with large stores of a prod- 100 hemophiliacs got H.I.V. ister Dominique de Villepin tions, the United States and uct that was proving in- after using Cutter’s old said: ‘‘We can consider that Algeria on Wednesday. The From open doorways in Al- ple. ‘‘It’s really surprising Ouyahia also warned that Britain told the Security creasingly unmarketable medicine, according to the UN is back, and at bottom death toll was likely to climb giers came cries of anguish, that these old buildings have the toll was likely to climb Council on Thursday they in the US and Europe. records and interviews. that is now the key issue: to higher. as well as prayers that their held up despite their age,’’ further because ‘‘there were would report every three Yet even after it began Many have since died. make sure that the UN can State-run television had lives had been spared. said an old man in Belcourt. still lots of people trapped months on their administra- selling the new product, Cutter also continued to resume its place in the han- announced that 707 people Women and children, who There was anger,too, at the under the rubble’’.AFP tion of Iraq. the company kept making sell the older product after dling of the Iraq crisis.’’ died in Wednesday night’s had spent a night of terror government, accused of leav- ‘‘We will undertake to in- Perspective: The worst the old medicine for sever- February 1984 in Malaysia, ‘‘We are convinced that the form the council on a quar- tremor, which measured 5.8 outside, timidly climbed the ing the old buildings to rot recorded earthquake in hu- on the open-ended Richter stairs of their apartments. since 1962. al months more. A telex Singapore, Indonesia, UN alone is capable of bring- terly basis,’’ US Ambassador man his]tory,which occurred from Cutter to a distribu- Japan and Argentina, ing its legitimacy,experience to the United Nations John scale. The worst damage was ‘‘If they had maintained in Shensi in 1556, was felt The town of Boumerdes, 50 caused to old, crumbling the buildings, there wouldn’t tor suggests one reason be- records show. and effectiveness on the Negroponte said. across half of China and hind that decision, too: kilometers from the Mediter- buildings in the heavily pop- have been so much damage,’’ The Cutter documents, ground,’’ he noted. The resolution asked the claimed 830,000 lives. An The company had several which were produced in ranean capital Algiers, had ulated districts of Belcourt said an old man, climbing the France, Germany and Rus- US and British occupying earthquake in Antioch (Syr- fixed-price contracts and connection with lawsuits been the hardest hit, where and Bab El-Oued as well as stairs with a bottle of gas af- ia) in 526 A D killed 300,000 sia all voted in favor of the forces to help form an Iraqi- believed that the old prod- filed by American hemo- 396 people died. Algiers had the old town of the Casbah. ter supplies were cut. people. The Kanto (Japan) new text, a position that de led interim administration uct would be cheaper to philiacs, went largely un- earthquake in 1923 claimed Villepin said did not run con- ‘‘until an internationally rec- the second-highest number But, there was also relief The toll was only provi- produce. noticed until The Times 130,000 lives. The Armenian trary to Paris’ pre-war ognized, representative gov- of fatalities, with 224 people in Algiers that the city ap- sional and likely to climb Nearly two decades lat- began asking about ernment is established by the killed, the report said. peared to have escaped the sharply,the television report earthquake in 1988 killed stance. er, the precise human toll them.NYT News Service ‘‘In voting for this resolu- Iraqi people’’.AFP Scenes of devastation worst of the quake’s fury, said, echoing earlier state- 100,000 people.
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16 Friday,May 23, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Friends Not Masters Bihar’s Supercop A THOUGHT FOR TODAY Patna: Bihar’s new director general of take our own decisions. By law, the police is A Lesson from Pakistan’s Past police D P Ojha is a physics major,who was supposed to be autonomous. In 1979, the Parliament passed the law. People have misgivings. By Manoj Joshi which led to the exposure and elimination of recently in the news for planning the rescue Police Commission under Dharamvir pro- We want to study everything. the peace party in the organisation. of an eminent neurosurgeon kidnapped for duced a voluminous report endorsing this. In May 1998, prime minister Vajpayee’s — Venkaiah Naidu To its credit, the government did begin ransom by a politically connected gang. He But not a word of it has been implemented by government took India across the nuclear has the reputation of being dynamic and any government. As a result we are not able threshold creating a diplomatic firestorm the biggest-ever overhaul of the national security apparatus following the recommen- fearless and is perhaps the state’s first police to fulfil people’s expectations and they’ve abroad. But government officials boldly chief to openly resist political interference. begun to distrust and even hate us. No Case for CAS declared that nuclear weapons were dations of a group of ministers’ report. By almost all accounts, its implementation has Mr Ojha spoke to Sohaila Kapur about the How do you deal with politicians who With less than two months to go for July 14, the deadline for essential to provide India strategic auto- been stalled and the system goes on as before. challenges of policing a crime-prone state: are law-breakers? the implementation of the conditional access system nomy in today’s world. Despite verbal flourishes, India’s Pakistan When law-makers turn law-breakers, there (CAS), the general mood appears to be one of doubt and Five years later, that valiant posturing Do you agree that Bihar is the most lawless is no respect left for the rule of law. The is forgotten. Official policy seems reduced policy is drifting: India won’t talk to Pakistan apprehension. Though the information and broadcasting till it ends cross-border terrorism, and it state in the country? police then becomes powerless. Unfortu- ministry insists that everything will proceed smoothly, to keeping one step ahead of Pakistan in It is certainly not the worst. There is no nately, the politicians are chosen by the kowtowing to the US. Instead of autonomy, lacks the military ability to bend Pakistan to there are few takers for this optimistic outlook. No one can its will. Diplomacy without the strength dearth of murders, dacoities and kidnap- people themselves. It becomes very difficult quibble with the basic idea of bringing some order and Indian policy is showing an alarming degree pings in states like UP and Karnataka. for us to apprehend them and we need hard of dependency on Washington. to deter and chastise bad behaviour remains regulation into the utter chaos that marks the cable a formal exercise. Veerappan in Karnataka probably carried evidence before we can book them. But we’ve television industry in India, but there is little conviction The first signs came in 2001, when India out the century’s biggest kidnap case, and had success. For instance, we proved that The result is an unseemly dependence on that a CAS rollout would actually achieve this objective. embarrassed even the Bush administration is still at large, in spite of Central forces a certain state minister was indulging in the US to modify Islamabad’s behaviour.Now Indeed, many fear that over-hasty implementation could by hailing the National Missile Defence. attempting for years to apprehend him. kidnapping and extortion and went after US deputy secretary Richard Armitage has further confound the existing confusion. Consumers are Then, in the wake of 9/11, determined to It’s just that we have the worst reputation. him. We are also investigating a gang that clarified that Washington will not provide aghast at the prospect of shelling out between Rs 3,000 and best Pakistan, India made a valiant bid to But I agree that there is great scope for im- has connections with a powerful political any assurances on anyone else’s behalf. 7,000 apiece to install set-top boxes, and then seeing their co-opt the US in its war against terrorism. provement, for crime has reached epidemic lobby... However, not all ills should be Pakistan may be giving grief to India, but it monthly cable bill rise further — all to view channels that That showdown couldn’t be won: Geography proportions here, just as it has in UP. blamed on politicians. After all, which is cooperating with the US in its war against are already available to them. And will they really get the made Pakistan contiguous to Afghanistan, What have you done to check it? government would encourage its police to Al-Qaida. So in June, Gen Musharraf will channels they want? Most of us have had the experience of and Pakistan’s rulers, with far more flexible I’ve been here for just over three months, indulge in lawlessness? be given special treatment in Washington, in- being told by the local cable operator that the requisite spines, ditched their Taliban proteges and have less than a year before I retire to So the police indulges in lawlessness on cluding a summit at the presidential retreat signals for a channel are not being made available by the without much ado. clean up as much as possible. The Bihar its own? at Camp David. Who knows, at this price, the multicable system operator, in which a rival channel The government that took India over the police has re-opened files of unsolved kidnap Yes, there have been cases where protec- general may even pull Osama out of the hat? owner may have a stake. There is nothing to suggest that nuclear threshold must get credit for the cases of the last 10 years and is trying to tors have turned predators. Recently,a police this will change once CAS comes into force. boldest steps ever taken in resolving internal Policy advisers have taken the country on prosecute the crimi- escort in a train Broadcasters should have been pleased at the prospect of and external disputes that have triggered the path of excessive reliance on Washing- nals involved in robbed the passen- the problem of under-reporting being remedied. Unfortun- insurgencies. Mr Vajpayee’s ton. On the rebound from the them. It’s also inves- gers. The entire ately,the ‘last mile’ to the consumer’s home will still be con- Lahore journey and the cold war era when it was on the tigating politicians Q&A escort was sent to Agra summit with General wrong side of the US, India, trolled by the local cable operator, who will probably keep who they’ve received By law, the police is sup- jail. In spite of this, I fiddling with the numbers. Then there’s the very real con- Musharraf are part of the like many East and Central protection from. In would say 90 per cent historical record, as are his European countries, now goes posed to be autonomous. cern of whether 6.7 million boxes will be in place by July 14. the last three mon- The Police Commission of the cops in Bihar But the most fundamental objection is that consumers may attempts to negotiate settle- out of its way to prove its ths, some high- faithfully stick to ments with militant groups in loyalty and dependability. under Dharamvir pro- be forced to adopt a technology that is already obsolete. Di- profile and well-con- duced a voluminous the system and just rect-to-home (DTH) services, which bypass the cable opera- Kashmir and Nagaland. India now sees a commit- nected gang mem- 10 per cent are delin- Yet, as the government ends ment of forces in Iraq as one report endorsing this. tor, are already commonplace in several countries and are bers have been But not a word of it has quent. It is this likely to become available in India early next year.Contrary its tenure, a closure seems way of regaining Washington’s arrested. We’ve tried minority that should elusive. India is respected in grace. Governments have been been implemented by to initial expectations that they would be prohibitively to reduce kidnap any government. be pulled up, but expensive, recent reports indicate that it may not cost view- foreign capitals and, after 9/11, using the Indian military as cases by restoring Udayshankar other changes are ers much more than the CAS set-up to avail of DTH servi- they are sensitive to the terrorist challenges pawns in their diplomacy with the US. our chain of com- required too. For ces. If the purpose of CAS is indeed to give consumers the the country faces. But there is little real Indian-American military-to-military coop- mand and also through sleuthing and instance, the pay structure is appalling. power of choice, then doesn’t it make sense to defer its im- support for the Indian position on Kashmir. eration has far outpaced other areas of prosecutions. We have also tried to get Policemen work for a minimum of 10 to 12 plementation till DTH simultaneously becomes available? Again, India has come close to the US, but official contact and created a disturbing the people to cooperate with us, but, hours a day and are paid only half of what Consumers who want to see only free-to-air channels could despite the periodic hype, there is something imbalance. A close look at the interaction unfortunately,without much success. civilians get paid for the same number still lacking in the relationship. reveals that while the US sees a role for still do so; others could decide for themselves whether they We have transferred 10,000 police officers, of hours. They don’t have proper living quar- want to go with CAS or DTH. In this CAS, at least, the In part, this is because of the failure of the Indian forces in its security planning, this is ters; 80 per cent of them live away from their government on the security front. Its biggest strictly a one-way street. The US envisages who had stayed more than six years at one sensible thing to do would be to make haste slowly. place. Also, the police is now registering families in barracks, leading to emotional manifestation was the futile Operation no role in assuring India’s security. instability.They don’t have proper uniforms Parakaram in 2002. After the terrorist attack For the past decade or so, Washington has more cases than before. This may give the impression that crime has increased in or adequate ammunition and many are VIEW on Parliament, Indian forces were hurriedly kept India out of any Persian Gulf-related killed in encounters every year. If society massed on the border, ready to go to war. exercise or activity. Now it’s own pressing Bihar, but actually each complaint is being registered now, whereas it wasn’t previously. demands protection from the police, it must They remained there through most of need has led it to change its policy. But provide for the basic needs of policemen. C’wealth Snub to Pak the year. Then despite the massacre of the are there good reasons for India to shift its What happens after you leave? families of military personnel at Kaluchak position? Realists will argue that nothing These are institutional changes that will Is frustration in the force responsible for the cantonment, they were pulled back without matters at this juncture but to be aligned outlast my tenure here. high number of fake encounters that take Doesn’t Make Sense firing a single shot. with the US, but commonsense would How are you combating dacoities and place in Bihar? suggest that that is a very limited view of highway robberies? ew Delhi will perhaps like to project the recent The government’s handling of December True, there are a high number of fake India’s options, leave alone self-image. These crimes are normally committed by decision of Commonwealth foreign ministers not 13 shows it had not learnt from its past encounters in Bihar... Perhaps one of the N Friends not Masters, field marshal Ayub radical youth in the countryside. We have to restore Pakistan’s suspended membership as a failures. In 1998-99, inexperienced in securi- reasons for these so-called ‘encounters’ is the Khan’s bitter-sweet memoir provided consi- several extreme left organisations like the great feather in the cap of Indian diplomacy. The ty issues, senior government figures believed prestigious gallantry award given to police- derable insight into Pakistan’s relations with PWG and the MCC working here. Unless hectic behind-the-scenes lobbying that resulted in that nuclear weapons would change Pakis- men who kill militants. The award ensures the US in the 1950s and 1960s. Pakistan’s most there is economic development in rural areas Islamabad’s continued exclusion was after all led by tan’s behaviour. Instead, it made our neigh- that the person who gets it will enjoy life-long important lesson was not to put all its eggs and employment is generated, these youth none other than our foreign minister Yashwant Sinha. bour more dangerous, as shown by the May privileges of free rail travel, tax-free income, 1999 Kargil war. Later that same year, terror- in the American basket. It was Ayub who will continue their disruptive activities. But let’s face it: New Delhi’s argument, that Islama- air-conditioned accommodation, out-of-turn ists hijacked an Indian Airlines aircraft to led his country into a parallel and highly They have to be put to productive work. bad’s request for restoration of membership was promotions, etc. So many officers vie for Kandahar, faced down the government and successful relationship with China which So this is not just a police problem. It is a premature because it has not returned to full demo- these ‘encounters’ in which innocents and secured the release of three key terrorist has helped Islamabad gain the strategic socio-economic problem. cracy, is a lesson in classic diplomatic doublespeak. ordinary criminals are gunned down. Since leaders. In 2000 came the fiasco of peace autonomy it would never have had, had There can be any number of reasons why New Delhi What about political pressures on the police? the award was instituted in ’89, the incidents negotiations with the Hizbul Mujahideen, it chosen to remain an American surrogate. Yes, there is pressure. We are not free to of fake encounters have definitely increased. doesn’t want an early return to the fold for Islamabad, but it’s difficult to count ‘a lack of genuine democracy’ among them. Of the Commonwealth’s 50 plus current members, there are no more than a handful that Three Principles to would qualify as genuine democracies in any accepted Fitting Affair meaning of the term. Most others — from Singapore to Malaysia to Nigeria — are democracies only in By Vincent Rocha ourselves in animated dis- checked cotton piece on cussions around them. his table. He noted down Unite the World name. Besides, if democracy is such a pressing Appeal to Ganesha Poets would have us believe Our haunts were two my measurements in a concern, how is it that almost all Commonwealth that if you haven’t commit- A Baha’i Perspective members continue to have full bilateral relations with Irani restaurants in Dadar. ledger-like book and told Lord, I do not weep ted follies in love, then you Sometimes, we huddled in me to come the following During the mid-19th century, like in person? Edward Gran- for myself, Islamabad outside the multilateral forum? haven’t loved. But veterans Baha’u’llah proclaimed three ville Browne, the renowned Atalji took the moral high ground immediately front of friendly shops like Monday. ‘‘She too will be No, not I; of life, who can call upon we did on one fateful after- there,’’ he smilingly added. cardinal principles: The Orientalist from Cambridge I have a glimpse in the wake of Musharraf ’s bloodless coup, by oneness of mankind, one- University,who went to meet wisdom earned the hard noon. We were discussing I was swept off my feet. of your face announcing that India will have nothing to do with ness of God and oneness with Baha’u’llah in the Most way,may be less inclined to the sword-fighting skills of For the first time, I began As a bashful bride’s the new Pakistani ruler. But he was quite happy to of religion. He provided the Great Prison has left his surrender to Cupid’s wiles. film stars of yesteryears to feel strange tinglings in sideways glance invite the same “dictator” for a high-profile summit blueprint for a New World account for posterity: “The Though we all succumb at (like Errol Flyn, Douglas my body. The arrow had At the man in her life meeting in Agra. What makes New Delhi’s current Order which would help face of him on whom I gazed least once. The first time, in Fairbanks and Tyrone Pow- struck. My psyche was As an old man’s effort to keep Islamabad out even more ironical is reduce human suffering. I can never forget, though I my case, was when I was er) outside Lobo’s tailoring going haywire and friends faint recall that it comes at a time when Atalji is once again trying Baha’u’llah revealed: “The cannot describe it. Those in my teens. outfit. Lobo was a nice old were beginning to hint that Of his mother’s moving to normalise relations with our western neighbour, All-Knowing Physician hath piercing eyes seemed to read In 1952, I had appeared guy and had known some I was not my usual self. lullaby lips after a long period of diplomatic freeze. As for the His finger on the pulse of one’s very soul; power and for the SSC examination of us even before we had Folks at home, mercifully, As the shivering delight Commonwealth, it urgently needs to consider what mankind. He perceiveth the authority sat on that ample and was awaiting results learnt to button our pants. put it down to ‘pre-results In the snowflake’s virgin kind of multilateral identity it ultimately wants to disease, and prescribeth, in brow... No need to ask in along with other class- Suddenly,a sprightly lass syndrome’. kiss on cheek. have. In other words, whether it is happy to remain as His unerring wisdom, the whose presence I stood, as I mates. We had formed a stepped into his shop. She When D-day came, I was Computers, connectivity, a sentimental old club, high on hypocrisy and the remedy.” The entire focus of bowed myself before one who coterie, and since the rage was cute and held our Lobo’s first caller. I greeted Internet, mobiles, atoms, wrong kind of nostalgia, or whether it wants to evolve, Baha’u’llah’s revelation is is the object of a devotion for ‘special vacation class- attention for a while, but we him with a coy ‘‘Good anti-matter, black in keeping with the changing times, into a group based the well-being of humanity, and love which kings might es’ had not hit our genera- soon resumed our debates. morning, Uncle Lobo’’. He holes... dharma and on strong material and economic links among its mitigation of man’s suffer- envy and emperors sigh tion, there was plenty of Something prompted me to gave me a sardonic look and karma, F-14 stealth members. By selectively raising issues of democracy ing in this world and the for in vain!” time to unwind. Besides turn back and I noticed the said, ‘‘What man, you fighters, nanotube and human rights, the Commonwealth has only progress of his soul both “The winds of despair,” sporting activities, we had a girl had gone, but saw Lobo have come for the shirt. I In this and more, increased its present irrelevance. in this world and in the writes Baha’u’llah, as he sur- particular fondness for for- signalling to me to come in. didn’t know you were that I beat to your blood world to come. veys the immediate destinies eign movies (Indian cinema He drew me aside and whis- dumb. The shirt was meant I dance your tune, Lord. COUNTERVIEW Born in 1817 in Nur, in of mankind, “are, alas, blow- had not come of age then). pered, ‘‘That girl likes you, for her boyfriend who is Lord, now I have left it Iran’s Tihran province to a ing from every direction, and If we were not enjoying she has asked me to tailor a of your size’’. That shook all behind me vazir in the court of the king, the strife that divides and them in one of the low-cost shirt for you from that me. My first romantic I have shed my skin Undemocratic Pakistan Baha’u’llah gave up most of afflicts the human race is cinema houses, we engaged material’’ pointing to a blue dream was shattered. Nothing is written his material wealth for the daily increasing. The signs of on the secret scroll Deserves Exclusion welfare of the poor early in impending convulsions and of my soul he Commonwealth’s decision to shut out Pakistan CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS his life. He declared his chaos can now be discerned, I am a new, shining Tfor another extended spell is the best piece of news mission in 1863 inasmuch as the clean pin. India has heard in years. For all that the Common- Ground Realities Road Rage and founded the prevailing order Lord, judge us not, wealth is fashionably decried, it was and remains the principle of one- appears to be We will fall only democratic collective of its kind. Its member In Budget 2001-2002, when the then finance This is with reference to the article ‘Cantt ness of the world lamentably defec- Clatter to pieces countries have all consciously adopted democracy minister Yashwant Sinha announced educa- off limits for traffic’ (May 22). The closure of of humanity ad- tive.” He has also Peace does not come over other forms of governance, and that lends moral tion loans for poor and meritorious stu- roads in the Delhi Cantonment area for vocating equality written, “all the from, or in, pieces. weight to any decision they take. Indeed, rather than dents, I dreamt of a successful career. Two vehicles belonging to civilians has resulted and justice for all. governments on Listen, Lord, listen, always look to the US for patronage and help, India years later, having secured admission in a in massive traffic jams in areas like Dhaula “So powerful is earth will change. I am really after needs to pursue smaller successes in forums where B-school, I face the ground realities. The Kuan and Kirby Place over the past few the light of unity Oppression will Your magic casements of it has a decisive role to play. The Commonwealth is State Bank of India and Canara Bank de- days. My daily one-way commute time has that it can illu- THE envelop the world. grace ‘kripa’, ‘meher’ clearly one such place. After all, it was India’s manded security along with the application. increased from an hour to over 90 minutes. minate the whole And following a Whether we deserve strenuous effort that saw Pakistan exit from the When I informed them that the Reserve If the army authorities feel that civilians earth,” he procla- SPEAKING universal convul- it or not. Commonwealth in the first place. Back then our case Bank of India’s website explicitly states that are ‘‘unnecessary and unauthorised imed. “The earth TREE sion, the sun of Free-fall us in your light was that as an organisation pledged to fostering the no security is required for education loans people’’, then let the civilians block the is but one country justice will rise and compassion spirit of democracy, the Commonwealth had to expel of up to Rs 4 lakh, the bank officials replied army personnel’s vehicles from plying on and mankind its citizens.” from the horizon of the Let us walk the wisdom Pakistan which had moved from elected democracy that the RBI has nothing to do with the all of Delhi’s non-cantonment roads. He further enunciated the unseen realm.” of understanding to military dictatorship. The so-called reforms matter and they enjoy full discretion on the Perhaps, that will give them a taste of principles of equality of Contemplating the distant and forgiving Musharraf has initiated since are simply not good issue. Both applications were turned down. their own medicine. men and women, scientific future of mankind, he emph- Let us be the living enough. During the same period that Atalji conducted My application is now being examined by — Amit Batra, New Delhi investigation of truth, uni- atically prophesied: “These affirmation of your what is considered the freest election in Kashmir, the yet another public sector bank. While I versal education and aboli- fruitless strife, these ruinous divinity,peace general appointed himself president and rigged a await a response, I would request the RBI II tion of extremes of wealth wars shall pass away, and Let us smile your love referendum to rubber-stamp that dubious decision. and the finance ministry that if they can’t and poverty. the ‘Most Great Peace’ shall and shine your hope Liberals will argue that who heads the government fulfil promises, they shouldn’t make them. While questioning the authority of the Baha’u’llah wrote to all come... These strife and this Lord, just make us in Pakistan is irrelevant to our relationship with that — Sudhir Agrawal, via e-mail Cantonment Board to divert traffic in its kings and heads of state bloodshed and discord must your own, very own, country. Further that, which form of government a area, the joint commissioner of police encouraging and advising cease, and all men be as one Sunflowers country adopts must be left to its people and treated From timesofindia.com (traffic), Maxwell Pereira has said that them to establish universal kindred and one family.” Swaying to an as a strictly internal matter. That’s absurd. People’s ‘‘DCP (traffic) is the only person who has peace through disarmament Baha’u’llah unequivocally inner windchime revolution and the like are romantic fantasies that the powers to close any road in the city’’. and arbitration. Not unex- upheld the principle of Laughing in the bliss of have no bearing on ground reality. Citizens in Strange Policy This is not plausible. Service commanders pectedly,the kings and clergy fundamental unity of all Your being. would be fully competent to regulate/divert rose against Him for they religions, so important for dictatorships are rarely in a position to overthrow This is with reference to your edit ‘Alma Bejan Daruwalla traffic in cantonment areas in order to did not find his teachings establishing communal har- their rulers, and any number of examples prove it, Matters’ (May 21). Evidently,the ministry protect military installations and personnel conducive to their narrow mony. Baha’u’llah taught ✥ from Myanmar to China to Iraq to North Korea. of human resource development is not in under their charge, more so in the existing personal and national inter- that religion is the chief Truths contained in Besides, it is only an elected government that will be favour of the alumni directing research security environment. ests. Baha’u’llah answered foundation of love and unity Vinayaka are profound. accountable, and bound by the commitments of its in a particular area and is furnishing this all their questions. Yet, they and the cause of Oneness. If The more we delve into predecessor. Atalji boarded a bus to Lahore, embraced as a reason for the setting up of a Bharat — S C Kapoor,Noida persecuted him and sent a religion becomes the cause it, the more there is to Nawaz Sharif and signed an agreement with him. Shiksha Kosh. But how can the alumni Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page him to prison. Then he was of hatred and disharmony, know. Trying to know Musharraf undid all of that and, worse, plotted the give their hard-earned money to people Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] banished from Tihran to it would be better that it Ganesha is like equating Kargil invasion. 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Plug & print Good governance, please Sounding an alert Matsushita’s thermal Yoshiaki Murakami, leader of Japanese Federal Reserve chairman Alan mobile printer SV-P25 investment group M&A Consulting, has Greenspan while testifying to the can print pictures taken demanded that apparel giant Tokyo Joint Economic Committee said by a mobile phone Style improve its corporate governance he was on alert for deflation in the directly. It’s now on standards. M&A Consulting is a major US economy and warned that the sale at a price of $250 shareholder in Tokyo Style potential consequences were massive
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DOT COM Govt watches rupee rise, reduces export target BUBBLE By Priya Ranjan Dash even further. Impact of weaker dollar commerce ministry had an ex- 18 per cent”, a top commerce TIMES NEWS NETWORK The government’s helpless- port growth target of 12 per ministry functionary said. Happy days are ness to manage the exchange cent. The export growth target for New Delhi: Even though the •Imported goods in the US become more expensive and rate — that is to keep the rupee demand for them drops. In actual performance, the merchandise goods at 12 per RBI continues to intervene from appreciating against the target far exceeded that de- cent which will translate into here again? timidly in the foreign ex- dollar — was reflected on •Consumers will switch from Indian products to goods from spite the global slowdown and exports worth $57.8 billion in change market, the authorities Thursday in the fixing of the countries like Sri Lanka, whose currencies have not the 4 per cent rise in the value 2003-04 against $51.7 billion last nternet investors are partying like it’s are in fact quite helpless about export growth target for 2003- appreciated against the dollar much. of the rupee against dollar. year. 1999 — again.Since the beginning of the rise of the rupee against 04. Despite a robust 18 per cent “Last year’s performance The commerce ministry said I 2003, shares in some of the internet’s The government has revised downwards the target export the dollar. Finance and com- export growth last year, the • against the odds showed that the target has been fixed biggest names — Yahoo Inc eBay, Ama- growth rate from 18 to 12 per cent. merce ministry sources on commerce ministry pegged the our exporters had acquired a against the backdrop of weak- zon.com Inc. Expedia Inc — have posted Thursday acknowledged that growth target for 2003-04 at a certain degree of export com- ening global activity and ap- dramatic gains. in view of the worsening state less ambitious 12 per cent. same extent. This holds partic- safe. The difficulties facing the petitiveness. But if factors re- preciation of the rupee vis-a- Those four stocks alone have added of the US economy and the bat- The rise of the rupee against ularly true as the bulk of Indi- US economy, India’s single main unfavourable this year vis the dollar. nearly $29 billion in market capitalisation tering that the greenback is the dollar makes Indian goods an export contracts are denom- largest export market, and the and the rupee appreciates Finance ministry sources this year, about $10 billion more than the getting vis-a-vis other world expensive in those foreign inated in dollars. appreciation of the rupee against the dollar by another 4 maintained that the RBI does current value of the world’s largest au- currencies, it will be virtually markets whose currencies In setting the 12 per cent ex- against the greenback have per cent or more, it would be not aim at any particular tar- tomaker, General Motors Corp. impossible for the government might not have appreciated port growth target, the com- definitely dampened export too much to expect another get of the rupee’s exchange In the last week, all four stocks have to stop the rupee from rising vis-a-vis the greenback to the merce ministry chose to play confidence. Last year too, the year of high export growth of rate against the dollar. traded at or above the average 12-month price targets set by Wall Street analysts, AP signaling the stocks have already sur- passed analysts’ best hopes for the year. Mukesh Ambani Investors and analysts say it’s a case of Stronger rupee the markets rewarding companies that struggled through the dot-com collapse gives Ram Naik with their business models intact, though they also caution that valuations may be hits tech stocks stretching past reasonable limits. “I’m nervous, but would I say at some Rs 613 cr bill TIMES NEWS NETWORK ble over the next three years, level it’s about time,” said Safa Rashtchy, margins will remain under Mumbai: Weak investor sen- an analyst at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray. TIMES NEWS NETWORK severe pressure,’’ explains timent continues to haunt On Friday, Yahoo, which trades at 57.8 DSP Merrill Lynch head of New Delhi: Reliance Industries chairman tech stocks as the Bombay times next year’s projected earnings hit a research Jyoti Jaipuria. Mukesh Ambani has forwarded to oil minis- Stock Exchange benchmark 27-month high of $28. EBay broke The sector continues to ter Ram Naik a Rs 613-crore bill that the state- Sensex fell by 16.30 points to through $100 for the first time in 38 face pressure with competi- owned oil marketing companies have refused close at 3,040.79 points while months. tion from MNCs like IBM and to pay for cooking gas and kerosene bought the NSE S&P CNX Nifty In- With market capitalisations of $31.15 Accenture and a squeeze on from the company’s Jamnagar refinery. dex closed down at 963.25. billion and $16.59 billion eBay and Yahoo their margins. are more highly valued than internation- Ambani told Naik on Wednesday that the An appreciating rupee has ‘‘Fundamentals show no al media conglomerate News Corp, with a amount was pending after the oil marketing cast its shadow on tech stocks market capitalisation of $15.48 billion. companies had refused to pay import parity and market observers feel signs of improvement. Key “There is interest out there in Internet price for cooking gas since November last that the going would get trends in the sector continue survivors — companies that have sur- year and kerosene since January. tougher for Indian software to be negative. Price competi- vived the dot-com crash and have found According to Reliance, oil companies owe companies if the currency tion among Indian compa- their little place in the world to build a it Rs 199 crore for kerosene and Rs 414 crore continues to strengthen nies continues. MNC compe- franchise on the Web,” Jefferies & Co. an- for cooking gas. For kerosene, Rs 111 crore is against the dollar. tition is already having an alyst Richard Klugman said. outstanding for the January-March period impact on costs. ‘‘When rupee appreciates Martino Perkmann, manager of tech- and Rs 88 crore for April. For cooking gas, Rs Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (right) answers a question from the media about the seventh A stronger rupee is likely by one per cent, margins of nology and Internet funds at Frankfurt- 313 crore is outstanding for the November- annual Microsoft CEO Summit held on Wednesday in Redmond. Microsoft chairman Bill to be an additional problem. tech companies get squeezed based Deka Investmentfond, said that in March period and Rs 101 crore for April. Gates (C) and billionaire investor Warren Buffett were also present at the conference. Our economist forecasts a by about 1.5 to 2.0 per cent. the second half of last year the group be- Last November, the oil companies had March 2004 exchange rate of Many tech companies had gan adding dot-com shares, including frozen the cooking gas price at the October pegged their next year’s esti- Rs 45.8/dollar against last year’s average rate of Rs Amazon.com and Yahoo, to its portfolio. 2002 level and kerosene at the January 2003 CNBC Asia picks stake in TV18 mated earnings with rupee The move paid off as its $117.1 million) in- level. The state-owned oil firms had told Re- hovering around the 47-mark 48.3,’’ says a UBS Warburg re- port. UBS downgraded major ternet fund is up 6 per cent this year, out- liance that they could not pay import parity TIMES NEWS NETWORK channel to comply with Indi- owned by CNBC Asia while to the dollar. However, if ru- performing its $1.41 billion technology IT stocks like Infosys, Wipro as the government had not raised the subsidy an government guidelines,’’ the remaining 49 per cent is pee continues to strengthen, fund. New Delhi: City-based and Satyam and cut their tar- on both the products despite flaring interna- said a joint statement. held by a Mauritius based tech companies may have to An investor who bought Yahoo at its Raghav Bahl-promoted TV 18 get price expectations signifi- tional prices ahead of the Iraq war build-up. ‘‘CNBC Asia could take a subsidiary of TV18. Compa- revise their next year guid- post-bubble nadir of $8.02 has seen a 232 on Thursday said its current cantly. The government gives subsidy of Rs 68 on less than 26 per cent stake in ny officials said that it is ance,’’ says Taib Securities per cent gain, while Amazon investors joint venture partner CNBC each cooking gas cylinder and Rs 2.50 on a TV18 or any other company most likely that this compa- analyst Aman Chowhan. Infosys lost 3.53 per cent to who got in at the post-bubble bottom of Asia Pacific will take a stake litre of kerosene. But the oil companies lose which is a part of TV18,’’ ny will cease to exist. Analysts say there is still close at Rs 2,689.05 while HCL around $5.67 have seen the stock rise (under 26 per cent) in the money as they sell the product at a price low- said Raghav Bahl, MD, TV 18. TV18 recently got an up- room for tech stocks to cor- Technologies was down 4.66 about 460 per cent. er than international prices, at which they company,conforming to new He said TV18 would reorgan- linking licence. CNBC India rect and prices of such stocks per cent to Rs 122.75 and Some stocks seem resistant, like Yahoo, buy.For example, IndianOil Corporation lost rules regarding foreign own- ise its business and ‘‘the re- was uplinked so far from are likely to be under pres- Satyam Computer down 3.47 which has been climbing steadily despite about Rs 3,300 crore on unrealised cost of ership in news channels. organisation shall be done in Hong Kong. This will mark sure over the next few days. per cent to Rs 160.10. warnings from some analysts that the LPG and kerosene in 2002-03 as the govern- Company officials said a manner to capture 100 per the emergence of TV 18 as a ‘‘There could be 10 per cent There was a clear shift stock has become too expensive. ment refused to raise cooking gas prices. their joint venture in India cent of the channel’s en- full-fledged broadcaster. The fluctuation in the current from tech firms to old econo- “There’s real valuebeing created. The The government subsidy on LPG fell short complies with a government hanced value for existing company will invest $1.5 mil- valuations of major IT stocks my and PSU banks due to an- Internet does provide exactly what people by about Rs 140 per cylinder and close to Rs 2 regulation limiting foreign TV18 shareholders.” lion in broadcasting facili- as there is still room for cor- ticipation of a normal mon- said it would: It’s a low-cost way of doing per litre on kerosene. The oil companies told holdings in news channels CNBC India owns news ties. It will be jointly brand- rection. This is because pric- soon and cleaning of balance a lot of transactions,” said D. Quinn Reliance that it was not singled out as they operating in India to less channel CNBC in the coun- ed and be known as CNBC- ing pressures still remain a sheet by many banks. Heavy- Mills, a professor at Harvard Business had frozen the prices of products sourced than 26 per cent. ‘‘CNBC In- try. Domiciled in Mauritius, TV18. TV18 closed at Rs 85 at big concern. While software weights like ITC and HLL School.Reuters from ONGC and GAIL India also. dia today became the first CNBC India is 51 per cent BSE on Thursday. exports are expected to dou- also led to fall of the Sensex.
EXECUTIVE DIGEST NATIONAL Alembic to expand bulk chartered accountant to carry Maruti IPO gets SEBI nod: drugs business in US: As out investigations, official Maruti Udyog MD Jagdish Khattar part of its strategy to expand added. PTI Infrastructure sector has announced 30 per cent bulk drugs business in the STPI posts 26% growth grows 3.9% in April: Infra- dividend for the shareholders US, Alembic Ltd has filed four structure sector grew 3.9 per while market regulator SEBI drug master files (DMF) with in software exports: Soft- cent in April, down from a rise chief has cleared auto major’s the US FDA and plans to tie ware Technology Park of India of 5.4 per cent in the same IPO. The IPO has also got up with some US-based units have posted a 26 per month a year earlier, as go-ahead from BSE and NSE. formulators. The Vadodara- cent growth in software ex- cement output fell sharply, based entity is planning to file ports in 2002-03 at Rs 37,176 government data showed on more such applications with crore compared to Rs 29,523 Thursday. Growth in April was the US-based drugs authori- crore in 2001-02. This is near- dragged down by a dismal ties for the next two to three ly 80 per cent of the country’s showing by the cement sector years, the company informed total software exports, an offi- which declined by 2.9 per cial statement said, adding cent compared to robust the Bombay Stock Exchange. Besides US, the company this growth represents a 26 growth of 10.6 per cent a year per cent rise over the 2001-02 earlier. The petroleum refining was also looking at UK and Latin American markets for software exports revenue sector grew 6.6 per cent while which stood at Rs 29,523 the electricity sector grew a expanding its bulk drugs business. PTI crore. Karnataka led the scant 2.0 per cent. Reuters march with a software export PeopleSoft to set up BSE suspends debt revenue of Rs 12,350 crore centre in Bangalore: Ap- segment director: The during 2002-03, posting a plication software provider Bombay Stock Exchange has growth rate of 25 per cent. PTI suspended G L Gera, director PeopleSoft Inc will set up, in Ajit Ninan collaboration with Hexaware of the debt segment, with Hyundai rolls out new Technologies, an offshore de- immediate effect following Santro variant: Hyundai decreased to Rs 24.60 crore velopment centre (ODC) in In- Thomas Cook group net alleged administrative and Motor India launched a new dia, for which it is planning to down 55%: Thomas Cook as against Rs 26.64 crore in financial irregularities. A three version of its small car Santro invest $30-40 million, execu- India Group has reported a Q2 of last year, the company member enquiry committee — Xing — and announced tive vice-president Ram Gup- 54.77 per cent decline in con- said. On a standalone basis, has been set up to look into plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore ta said. The investment in the solidated net profit at Rs 2.65 Thomas Cook India Ltd’s net the alleged “large scale irreg- in the next 15 months to centre, planned to be located crore for the second quarter profit fell by 57.97 per cent at ularities”, a senior BSE official augment capacity to 2.5 lakh at Bangalore, would be made ended April 30, 2003, com- Rs 2.32 crore (Rs 5.52 crore said. This action was part of units. The base version of in a phased manner over 3 pared to Rs 5.86 crore posted in Q2 of last year), it said. The clean-up operations at the Xing would be priced at Rs years; Hexaware has been in same period previous fis- income from operations de- exchange, the official added. 3.29 lakh. It is also planning entrusted the responsibility cal. Income from operations creased from Rs 25.48 crore The bourse may commission to introduce the SUV Terracan of setting up the centre. PTI for the period under review to Rs 23.48 crore in Q2. PTI an outside professional like a by July-end. TNN
reported a 6.3 billion pound would invest a “double-digit no immediate comment on INTERNATIONAL ($10.4 billion) gap in its pen- million euro” sum in setting the story. An alliance allows sion fund. Underlying pre-tax up a drugs unit to carry out airlines to share networks and BT annual profit surges profit rose 44 per cent to contract manufacturing for marketing costs to boost 44 per cent: Britain’s domi- 1.829 billion pounds in the other companies. BASF said traffic and cut costs while it nant telecoms group BT year to the end of March. in a statement that the unit to allows a stronger negotiating Group Plc delivered strong Underlying earnings per share make pharmaceutical active position with aircraft manu- full-year profits and a better- also hit the top end of fore- ingredients — the chemicals facturers and banks. Reuters than-expected dividend on casts at 14.2 pence per that go into finished Thursday, while also putting share. Revenue rose two per drugs — would be located in some fears to rest about its cent to 18.727 billion pounds, Minden, Germany and was ET INSTA POLL massive pension fund deficit. in line with forecasts. The expected to start operations Yesterday’s results:Will your Under the new FRS17 company pleased investors in late 2004. Reuters personal finances be affected by with a 4.25 pence final divi- accounting standards, BT KLM selects Air France the strengthening of the rupee? dend per share, raising the Yes 44% No 51% Can’t say 05% total payout to 6.5 pence as partner: Dutch airline KLM has selected Air France • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users from 2.0 pence last year. Reuters who chose to participate, and not necessarily of Air Canada president and as its alliance partner and will the general public. BASF to set up unit for CEO Robert Milton wants announce the decision soon, Today’s question: contract manufacturing: to lay off several thousand best selling Dutch daily Do you expect CAS to be Germany’s BASF AG, the employees over three De Telegraaf reported on postponed? world’s largest chemicals years to restructure under a Thursday, citing sources To vote, log on to company, said on Thursday it bankruptcy-court protection. inside both airlines. KLM had http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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18 Friday,May 23, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi After Claridges, Nanda is Bangla, beauties and BMW CFL leads race for AFP Godavari Fertilisers on the prowl in Mumbai TIMES NEWS NETWORK However, CFL has in- By Byas Anand pared by the hotel’s new Nanda had recently ac- formed exchanges that the Hyderabad: Having ac- company has increased its TIMES NEWS NETWORK management and he expects quired the Claridges chain of quired 14.26 per cent stake in the Delhi property to mark a hotels from the Khanna fam- stake in Godavari from the New Delhi: Suresh Nanda, Godavari Fertilisers and earlier 13.71 per cent to 14.26 turnaround with Rs 5 crore ily. While Nanda owns 20 per Chemicals Ltd, the Chennai- the new owner of the capi- profit this fiscal itself. “The cent holding in the chain, the per cent. Coromandel also in- tal’s landmark Claridges Ho- based Coromandel Fertilis- formed stock exchanges that hotel had been in losses for remaining is with a consor- ers Ltd (CFL) is emerging as tel, is on the prowl all over some time and even last fis- tium of overseas investors. it had purchased 3 lakh a strong contender to acquire again. Nanda is now plan- cal it had posted a loss of Rs “One of the first things shares on January 7, 1.5 lakh majority stake in the state- ning to acquire hotels in 1.5 crore. But we are now ren- that hit me when I acquired shares on January 27, 1 lakh owned fertiliser major. Mumbai, Bangalore and ovating the hotel and taking this property was that the ex- shares on February 14 and 3 CFL, a Murugappa group Chennai as part of a plan to off around 40 employees who isting staff was not trained lakh shares on February 25. extend the Claridges chain to have already achieved the su- enough and the restaurants company, is slowly inching It has acquired another these cities. perannuation stage. They are were full of old people who towards the 15 per cent mark 1,50,000 of Godavari shares to Besides, Nanda is also being replaced with new were past retirement. We are to trigger an open offer ac- up its stake to 14.26 per cent. preparing to tap the capital managers and an entirely changing that entirely by re- cording to market regulator The state government re- markets by 2005 to coincide new marketing team.” training the younger lot and SEBI’s substantial acquisi- cently announced the sell-off with the brand’s internation- Nanda will commence re- marketing the property as a tion norms, market sources plans for GFCL. In response al foray. “I intend to make vamping the Delhi property boutique hotel for business said. However, officials at to the implementation secre- Claridges a global brand and next summer and alongside travellers,” he added. CFL are tightlipped on the tariat — a state government have already identified finalise acquisition targets in The management is short- whole exercise. “Under the arm to restructure public en- Dubai, Sri Lanka, Mauritius Mumbai and Bangalore. But listing an international de- pre-condition clauses, we terprises — announcement, and Malayasia as the proba- Nanda does not intend to join signer to remodel the proper- cannot comment on any as- CFL, Kribhco, Krebs Bio and ble sites for expanding the hands with any of the inter- ty. The plans include land- pect regarding GFCL,” CFL SA-based Fosker expressed brand. Unlike the Indian national hotel chains to fund scaping the swimming pool MD R S Nanda told The interest in GFCL’s equity. Of market, we will set up new his expansion programme. area and relocating all its Times of India. He refused to these, Coromandel and Krib- hotels in these markets,” “We would not like to let go of food and beverage outlets Bangladeshi models drape over the display model of a BMW 735 LI car in Dhaka on divulge details on whether hco, an Iffco-promoted com- Nanda said. the Claridges brand. The around it. Nanda has ear- Thursday. Car importers are to showcase more than 20 brands, including Alfa Romeo the company has informed pany, have a better chance to He said the time-bound funds will come from the cap- marked Rs 50 crore for the and Mercedes Benz, in the first auto show starting in Dhaka next week. SEBI on Coromandel’s fur- compete for GFCL’s control- business plan has been pre- ital market in 2005.” exercise. ther acquisition plans. ling stake, sources said.
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The Times of India, New Delhi BUSINESS TIMES Friday,May 23, 2003 19 Buffett now says tech bonds are fine illionaire investor Warren reflect the company’s exercise of Buffett, famed for spurning convertible bonds. ‘‘So, in all cases, B technology stocks during I have not felt confident enough the boom of the 1990s, said on about understanding the business Wednesday he still does not under- to place a valuation on the equity. stand tech companies enough to But I have felt confident enough to buy their shares but knows a buy the bonds,’’ Buffett said. cheap bond when he sees one. Buffett also put the blame for the Buffett, who compared his com- dollar’s weakness squarely on the puter skills to those of a chim- wide US current account deficit on panzee, was speaking to investors Wednesday. ‘‘I think what is hap- at a conference for top business ex- pening with the dollar is not a ecutives hosted by software titan product of administration policy. Microsoft Corp. He was asked how It is a product of what has been tech holdings have entered his happening with our balance of portfolio recently. payments,’’ he said, when asked by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reporters about his opinion of the Inc. listed 1.6 million WilTel Com- Bush administration’s abandon- munications shares and 879,000 ment of the strong dollar policy. Level 3 Communications shares Currency traders have taken US among its $28 billion in stock in- Treasury Secretary John Snow’s vestments. Berkshire also invested remarks earlier this week to mean profitably in the 10-per cent senior that the so-called strong dollar pol- notes that Amazon.com Inc. is re- icy espoused by former Treasury deeming this month. Secretary Robert Rubin has been ‘‘Well, I try to stick with things I replaced by tacit tolerance of a understand. Just take Amazon. I controlled dollar decline. The mean, I can understand a company greenback has hit four-year lows that has made it in the consumer against the euro, and the single Eu- field,’’ Buffett said. ‘‘I don’t under- ropean currency came within a stand it well enough to evaluate it, whisker of its January 1999 launch but the bonds were extraordinari- level of $1.1747 on Wednesday. ly cheap a year, a year-and-a-half- The greenback has lost some 12 ago, and it was very clear to me per cent against the euro this year that they would not only survive, to date. Unless the underlying con- but thrive.’’ ditions change that have been Berkshire’s WilTel and Level 3 hurting the dollar, it will continue Communications stock holdings to decline, Buffett said. Reuters MS database sales up, IBM, Oracle fall By Siobhan Kennedy New York: Microsoft Corp Stacking up was the only company to Microsoft was the show significant growth in • only company to show database software sales in growth in database 2002, even though the mar- software sales in 2002 ket itself declined, indus- try research firm Gartner •MS saw sales of its Inc has said. The world’s database soar by 17% largest software maker saw despite a rack down in sales of its database — or technology spending software used to store and manage corporate informa- •Rival Oracle showed tion — soar by almost 17 a decline of 20% and per cent despite a massive IBM’s revenues rack down in corporate dropped 0.8% technology spending. Rival Oracle Corp. database market. showed a decline of 20 per ‘‘I think what’s happened cent and IBM’s database is more a reflection of Ora- revenues dropped 0.8 per cle struggling in the mar- cent. ket,’’ said Gartner database The overall database analyst Colleen Graham, market fell 7 per cent. Al- who said IBM’s sales were though Microsoft is still in basically flat to slightly up third place overall, with from a year ago. 18.8 per cent of the total ‘‘IBM was able to take the market — IBM is first with number one spot by staying 37 per cent and Oracle is exactly where they were second with 27 per cent — last year ... because Oracle analysts say the software had such a difficult time,’’ giant is the biggest force to she said. be reckoned with because In addition, IBM has its products target small managed to gain overall and medium sized busi- market share because a big nesses and are much cheap- chunk of its database sales er than rival systems. are tied to its proprietary Traditionally the big mainframe computers, database race has been be- where Oracle does not com- tween Oracle and IBM, pete. with both companies rush- Oracle easily retaind its ing to do down the other the top spot in the Unix operat- second market research is ing system market, with 62 published. per cent market share, IBM won a huge victory while IBM has just 26.7 per last year when it knocked cent. Oracle off the top spot in But Redwood Shores, Cal- terms of overall database ifornia-based Oracle lost sales. ground in the Windows sec- And this year, the Ar- tor, where its market share monk, New York hardware, fell to 26.6 per cent from 33.5 software and services giant per cent last year. also surpassed Oracle in Microsoft holds the top the relational database sec- spot with 45 per cent share tor, which comprises 80 per and IBM comes in third cent of the total $8.3 billion with 21.8 per cent. Reuters
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20 Friday,May 23, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
94.25, 99, 93.55, 95.30 125.10, 128.50, 124.65, 125.25 Siemens 365, 369, 360, 361.80 19.30, 19.30, 18.75, 18.85 Apcotex Lat. 33.40, 33.60, 32.65 HCL Infosys. 102.50, 105.50, 99.75, Marico Inds 160.50, 155, 156.15 371.95, 371.95, 359.90, 362.50 Visual Soft 130, 119.75, 120.65 33, 33, 32.25, 32.25 100.40 160, 160, 157, 157.25 Silverline T 6.45, 6.05, 6.15 129.40, 129.40, 120, 120.80 Aplab 22.75, 24.90, 23.90 103, 105.70, 100.10, 101 Mascot Systm 100.90, 102.70, SKF Bearing 52.95, 53.25, 52.10, VSNL 82.30, 82.40, 80, 80.40 Aptech 29.15, 30, 28.80, 29 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Sensex down 16 points HCL Techno. 130, 122, 122.75 99.25, 99.60 52.40 80.05, 82.10, 79.85, 80.40 30, 30, 28.40, 28.95 1075 129.90, 129.95, 121.25, 123.05 101.85, 104, 99.10, 99.75 53, 53.25, 52.05, 52.30 Whirlpool 19.85, 20.20, 19.80, 19.90 Archies 58.25, 55, 55.85 3600 HDFC 345, 352, 344.90, 347.30 Mastek 292.10, 293, 281.15, 283.05 Sonata Soft. 12.35, 12, 12.05 20.20, 20.20, 19.80, 19.85 56.50, 57.75, 55.10, 55.55 Mumbai: IT majors, that get major part of revenue earnings from 330.10, 351, 330.10, 346.35 293.90, 293.90, 281.10, 283.30 12.30, 12.45, 12, 12.05 Wipro 800, 876, 824.05 Arvind Rem. 3.70, 3.55, 3.65 1050 3500 HDFC Bank 253, 254, 241.10, 241.45 Mastershare 10.55, 10.60, 10.55 SPICE 30.26, 30.70, 30.49 863.90, 864.80, 818, 826 3.70, 3.75, 3.55, 3.65 3400 exports, dropped further sharply pushing the Sensex down by an- 249.50, 253, 240.20, 241.10 10.65, 10.65, 10.55, 10.60 SSI 64.85, 62.35, 62.70 Wockhardt 354, 359.90, 353.50, Asahi (I) Gl 47.45, 49.50, 48.45 1025 Hero Honda 231.30, 234.50, 221.75, Max (I) 79, 81.70, 78.20, 79.75 65.80, 67.50, 62.50, 63 357.80 47.20, 49.45, 47.20, 48.25 other 16 points at close on the stock exchange here on Thursday on 222.75 78.40, 81.65, 78.15, 79.65 STC India 86.50, 89.50, 82.35, 87.05 355.25, 358.70, 352.25, 355.30 Ashapura Min 93, 93, 92.30, 92.30 3300 consistent selling pressure from hedge funds and domestic insti- 234, 234.90, 221.65, 222.80 Mcdowell Co. 42, 44.15, 43.80 87, 89.90, 87, 88.75 Zee Telefilm 80, 80.45, 77.40, 79.05 Ashima 18.05, 19.80, 17.60, 18.65 1000 Hexaware Tec 115, 124.40, 111.10, 41.90, 44, 41.80, 43.65 Sterl.Biotec 46.95, 47.60, 44.75, 80, 80.70, 77.35, 78.95 17.50, 18.40, 17.50, 18.25 968.00 3200 tutions. Select blue-chip counters, however,rallied smartly helping 112.05 Merck 273, 275, 264, 268 45.65 Zensar Tech. 72.10, 72.90, 70.95, Ashok Ley.Fn 52.50, 53.20, 52.10, 975 3062.92 3057.09 the Sensex mitigate its downslide. The BSE benchmark 30-share in- 119, 119.45, 111.10, 112.20 270, 275, 263.20, 266.35 46.95, 47.50, 45, 45.70 71.20 52.95 3100 Him.Fut.Comm 21.15, 21.70, 20.80, MIRC Electr. 411, 415, 404.50 Sterl.Optica 31.60, 31.80, 30.40, 73, 73, 70.20, 71.05 52.75, 53.50, 52.50, 53.15 950 dex opened marginally lower at 3055.20 and later fluctuated irreg- 21.05 409, 412.95, 409, 409.15 30.55 Asian Elect. 30.20 966.55 963.25 3000 21.25, 21.70, 20.85, 21 Moser-Baer 275, 278, 271.95, 31.20, 32, 30.30, 30.60 B1 - GROUP 30.65, 30.65, 30.65, 30.65 3057.09 ularly in a narrow range between 3067.12 and 3032.91 before ending Hind Lever C 177, 177.10, 175.60, 275.55 Sun Pharma. 285, 283.50, 283.90 Asian Hotels 81, 81.80, 79.55, 81.50 925 2900 at 3040.79 as against Wednesday’s close of 3057.09, netting a loss of 176 275, 280, 272, 275.35 275.15, 285.95, 275.15, 284.65 3 84, 84, 79.25, 80.05 175.50, 179, 175.50, 176.35 Mphasis BFL 577, 583, 575, 576.05 Syndicate Bn 23.15, 23.65, 22.60, Assam Co. 14.30, 15.80, 15.50 900 2800 16.30 points or 0.53 per cent. Hind.Oil Exp 25.40, 25.80, 24.75, 586.90, 586.90, 571.30, 575.60 23.25 3M India 311, 315, 309, 312.20 Astrazen.Ph. 350, 345.10 25.55 MRF 1183.05, 1220, 1182, 1191 23.25, 23.65, 22.50, 23.25 301.55, 315, 301.30, 308.60 348, 352.75, 348, 352.75 MAY 20 MAY 21 MAY 22 MAY 20 MAY 21 MAY 22 The broad-based BSE-100 index finished fractionally low- 25.50, 25.85, 24.75, 25.65 1183.05, 1220, 1180, 1191.80 Syngenta (I) 123.45, 126, 120, Atcom Techno 9.50, 9.95, 9.60 er at 1552.03 from previous close of 1552.75. Attributing fresh loss- Hind.Zinc 22, 22.70, 21.85, 22 MTNL 93.45, 93.50, 92.50, 93.05 122.50 A 9.70, 9.90, 9.55, 9.60 -0.49% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING +0.00% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING Hindalco 662, 687.65, 653, 685 93.10, 93.70, 92.50, 93.30 Tata Chem 74, 75.40, 74.65 Atlas Copco 318.60, 325, 318.10, es in IT majors like Infosys Tech, Satyam Computers, Wipro and 655.05, 686.90, 655.05, 683.85 Mukta Arts 52.10, 52.40, 50.85, 51 73.70, 75.40, 73.70, 74.85 A Sarabhai 4.80, 5, 4.90 318.75 Hinduja TMT 188, 180.25, 181.45 52.75, 52.95, 51, 51.10 Tata Elxsi 68.50, 69.80, 67.15, 67.50 Aarti Drugs 29, 28.80, 28.85 Atlas Cycles 74.85, 75.30, 72.10, others to the rupee’s sharp appreciation by 2-1/2 per cent in the Aarti Inds. 63.25, 65.20 183.55, 185, 180, 181.25 National Alu 88.90, 89.30, 86.85, 68.10, 69.50, 67.45, 67.75 72.85 Blue Eveready Ind 14.95, 15.40, 14.85 6.55, 6.70, 6.35, 6.40 HLL 149, 146.50, 146.90 87.70 Tata Power 126.10, 130.10, 126.05, 65, 65, 63.20, 63.20 74, 75.45, 71.50, 71.65 past couple of weeks, brokers said hedge funds as well as local fi- Aarvee Denim 13.60, 13.95, 13.30, Star 100.10, 101, 98, 99.10 14.25, 15.30, 14.20, 14.95 India Gelat. 13.60, 13.25, 14.30 147.50, 148.05, 146.40, 146.95 86.10, 89.45, 86.10, 87.60 129.85 Atul 41.75, 43.50, 41.30, 42.40 98, 99.75, 97, 98.20 Excel Inds. 81, 83.65, 80.55, 81.40 India Glycol 41, 42, 41.10 nancial institutions were heavy sellers in the sector.uforefront HMT 17.90, 18.80, 18.20 Nestle (I) 545, 547.50, 541, 545.40 128, 130.25, 127.80, 129.90 13.60 41, 43, 40.80, 42.50 Aban Loyd 170, 178.80, Blue Star In 124, 124.50, 120.60, 82.75, 83.45, 80, 80.85 India Gypsum 21.45 (PTI) 17.90, 18.90, 17.80, 18.10 545, 547.85, 535, 546.55 Auto Axles 110, 111.50, 107.50, 109 121.15 20, 21.70, 20, 21.70 scoring impressive gains on fresh buying support. HPCL 293, 295, 285.20, 287.45 Neyveli Lign 34.60, 35.50, 175.30 Avanti Feeds 22.50, 24.25, 23.70 175, 178, 171, 174.30 123.30, 125.80, 119.10, 121.05 F India Nippon 195.15, 200 291.20, 295.40, 285.10, 287.70 33.75, 34.35 Avery (I) 20, 20.80, 19.25, 20.50 BOC 30.50, 31.95, 30.75 201.10, 201.10, 201, 201.10 Hughes Soft. 212.15, 219, 201.75, 34.95, 35.60, 33.75, 34.35 ABC Bearings 8.50, 8, 8.30 Avon Organic 32.25, 33.45, 31.80, FAG Bearings 62.30, 62.50, 60.75, ABG Heavy In 13, 13.50, 31.40, 31.85, 30.40, 30.70 India Online 8.25, 8.40, 7.80, 7.90 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- 203.25 Nicholas Pir 282, 284, 275.05, 32.90 Bombay Burma 39.70, 40, 39.75 62.25 India Polyfi 4.10, 4.25, 4.20 217, 217.70, 202.15, 203.70 275.95 12.55, 13.20 62.10, 62.20, 60.10, 62 ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, Abhishek Ind 7.75, 7.30, 7.50 Bongaigaon R 33, 29.65, 30.30 Indian Card 42.65, 43, 42.20, 42.70 IBP 261, 287.95, 280.60 280, 283, 274.60, 276.05 B 32.80, 32.90, 29.65, 30.30 Fairfield At 4.40, 4.25, 4.40 42.70, 43.25, 42.25, 42.90 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last 269, 288, 265.10, 280.45 NIIT 124.50, 124.60, 118.50, 7.50, 7.55, 7.30, 7.50 FCGL Inds. 1.55 Adam Comsof 4.50 Bajaj Auto F 53.45, 56.30, 55.90 BPL 27.30, 28, 27.65 Indian Hume 675, 673, 675 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. ICI (I) 145.50, 141.10, 142.75 119.50 27.50, 28, 27.35, 27.60 FCI OEN Con. 83, 82.50 672, 674, 672, 674 144, 144, 140.25, 142.45 123, 123.80, 118.10, 119.80 Addi Inds. 18.50, 20.05 51, 55.80, 51, 55 84.95, 84.95, 82.60, 82.85 Advani Oerli 38, 39, 37.25, Bajaj Elec. 26.85, 24.35, 25 BPL Engg. 5.85, 4.80, 5.20 Indian SeamM 10.05, 10, 10.50 165.10, 168, 161.30, 162.70 Dr.Reddy’s 831.25, 812.20, 818.40 ICICI Bank 139.70, 140, 130.50, Nirma 303, 308, 285, 286.15 5, 5.20, 4.80, 5.15 FCL Techno. 24.50, 24 Indo Gulf Fe 50.50, 51, 50.25, 50.55 Bh.Earth Mov 80.75, 83, 80, 82.30 833, 833, 813, 818 131.15 301.05, 306, 282, 290.60 37.35 Bajaj Hindus 83 25, 25.50, 25, 25.50 BSE SPECIFIED 38, 38.20, 37.25, 37.45 87.50, 87.50, 86, 86 Brijlax. Le. 104.15, 103.85 51.90, 51.90, 50.10, 50.60 80.50, 82.95, 79.90, 82.30 Dredging Cor 299, 284.05, 287.05 138.50, 139.90, 130.40, 131.50 Novartis (I) 270, 271.90, 266, BSEL Inform. 10.75 FDC 29.60, 30.70, 29.20, 30.45 Indo Mat.Car 77.25, 77, 78 & NSE INDEX Bharat Elect 282, 294.50, 277.10, e-Serve Intl 505.05, 515, 501.10, IDBI 22.95, 23.95, 22.20, 23.75 266.65 Aegis Logis. 9.45, 10.30, Bajaj Tempo 109, 111, 108, 109.50 29, 30.60, 28.05, 30.15 10.05 Bal Pharma 19, 18 BSL 28.20, 28.20, 28.10, 28.10 Indo Nationl 379, 380 290 502.95 22.95, 24, 22.20, 23.70 ONGC 425, 445, 434.85 Burrough Wel 306.45, 311, 297, Fert.&Chem-T 31.70, 33.80, 30.40, 370, 370, 370, 370 ABB 328.50, 338.90, 335.65 278, 295, 278, 287.85 507, 515, 490, 509.60 IDBI Bank 26, 26.45, 25.35, 25.50 425, 445.50, 425, 436.10 9.60, 10.60, 9.60, 9.75 Bal.Law.Vanl 18.25, 18.60, 17.20, 31.30 AFT Inds. 65, 67, 65.80 17.60 302.55 Indo Rama Sy 29, 30, 27.75, 28 332, 339.90, 313, 335.30 Bharat Forge 305, 306, 300.15, EIH 158, 170, 166 26.30, 26.50, 25.40, 25.60 Oriental Bnk 134.85, 141.70, 31.25, 33, 30.15, 31.25 Indraprast.M 12.75, 12.95, 12.70 Abbott (I) 278.25, 279, 273, 273.65 302.50 158, 163, 157, 160.75 India Cement 17.30, 17.70, 17.10, 132.15, 134.30 Aftek Infosy 212.90, 215.25, Balaji Dist. 6, 6.30 C First Leasin 19.75, 19.90, 19.70, 209.05, 213.65 6.10, 6.30, 6, 6.15 12.80, 13, 12.70, 12.75 ACC 136, 137.35, 135, 135.35 303, 306, 299.15, 302.60 Engineers (I 255.10, 256.90, 246.60, 17.20 134, 141.80, 132.30, 134.15 19.75 Indusind Bnk 18.65, 18.75, 18.30, 136.30, 137.45, 135, 135.55 Bharti TeleV 35, 35.45, 34.60, 35 247.70 17, 17.60, 17, 17.15 P&G Hygiene 415, 425, 420 211, 215, 209, 213.75 Balkrish Ind 57.50, 59.35, 59.10 Camlin 58, 56.80, 57.25 19.80, 20.10, 19.75, 19.80 Agro Dutch I 17.40, 17.70, Balmer Law.I 44, 43.25, 43.60 Camph.& All 23.70, 24.55, 24.50 18.45 Adani Export 176.50, 178.90, 177.95 35.45, 35.50, 34.50, 35 260.90, 260.90, 246.10, 247.80 Indian Alumi 120, 120, 119.10, Padmalaya Te 68.50, 68.55, Flat Product 39.95, 41, 39.25, 39.50 18.55, 18.90, 18.30, 18.45 179, 179.60, 176.15, 177.65 BHEL 253.15, 261, 257.85 Escorts 46.90, 49.25, 46.10, 47.90 119.20 66.50, 66.80 15.65, 15.75 Balmer Lawri 86.15, 84.15, 85.90 Canara Bank 108.10, 109.40, 100.50, Flex Enginer 12.50, 12.70 17.05, 17.95, 15.60, 15.80 87, 88.45, 83.50, 83.90 102 ING Vysya Bk 304, 308, 294, 296.85 Adlabs Films 46.50, 47, 44.50, 44.70 255.45, 261.35, 254.25, 257.85 37.65, 49.50, 37.65, 47.90 Indian Hotel 192, 194, 186, 186.80 68.25, 68.25, 66.20, 66.65 12.65, 12.90, 12.65, 12.80 303.10, 307, 294, 299.50 46.10, 49.70, 44.50, 44.80 Bombay Dyein 66, 70.05, 68.75 Essel Propac 151.10, 148.10, 149 176, 194.80, 176, 187.35 Pentamedia G 8.80, 8.85, 8.50, Agro Tech Fd 30.80, 32, 30.50, Balrampur Ch 115.50, 117, 114.50, 106.90, 109.40, 101, 102.30 Flex Foods 6.10, 6.20, 6.15 30.95 115.50 Canfin Homes 33.30, 34.50, 34 Insilco 14.65, 14.85, 14.30, 14.75 Alstom Proj. 80.80, 81, 76, 76.80 66.85, 70.50, 66.85, 69 146.75, 151.50, 146.75, 148.30 Indian Oil C 297.40, 307, 295, 302.25 8.60 Flex Inds. 24.90, 23.40, 23.75 Inter.Travel 30.10, 32, 30.05, 31.10 81.40, 81.40, 76.50, 77.35 BPCL 243.50, 246.10, 241.30, Exide Inds. 120, 131.50, 119.70, 296, 308.40, 296, 302.45 8.85, 8.85, 8.50, 8.55 31.45, 32.90, 30.50, 31 114.50, 117, 114.50, 115.45 33.90, 34, 33.05, 33.85 23, 24.70, 22.95, 23.65 Ahmed.Elect. 50.75, 53.80, Banco Prod. 57, 57.90, 55.35, 56.45 Caprihans(I) 16.05, 16.50, 15.80, Invest.Trust 21.10, 22.40, 21, 21.95 Andhra Bank 34.90, 35.20, 34.15, 243.50 127.40 Indian Ov.Bk 20.45, 24.65, 24.50 Pfizer 370, 387, 368, 384.45 Floatglass 22.75, 23.90, 22.05, 22.55 Ion Exchange 32.50, 37.90, 31.75, 34.55 243.20, 246.40, 241, 243.30 119.80, 132.90, 119, 128.25 24.40, 24.75, 24.20, 24.50 356.15, 387.55, 356.15, 50.70, 52 Bank of Punj 16.65, 16.85, 16.45, 16.05 22, 23.60, 21.75, 22.75 50.60, 53.90, 50.60, 52.30 16.50 Carborundum 138.75, 140, 136 36.40 34, 35.20, 34, 34.55 Britannia 535, 537, 531, 531.10 Federal Bank 131, 132.80, 126, Indian Rayon 96.60, 98.50, 93.90, 383.80 Tata Tea 222.50, 223.70, 216.30, Forbes Gokak 68 IP Rings 49.60, 50.75, 49.10 Apollo Hosp. 106.45, 106.50, 103.30, 526, 538.95, 526, 534.20 130.45 94.75 Philips (I) 101.50, 103, 100, 100.75 220.70 Ahmednagar F 36.65, 39, 36.50, 16.25, 16.85, 16.25, 16.50 139.25, 140, 135.50, 135.65 Fortune Info 35.50, 36, 33.75, 33.80 Bank of Raj. 19.60, 20.25, 19.45, IPCA Lab. 240, 244.50, 238.15, 103.70 BSES 230, 232.40, 229.60, 231.10 129.55, 132, 126.35, 130.05 96.75, 98, 94, 94.50 Pidilite Ind 252, 253, 252 221.25, 224, 216, 220.05 36.80 Carrier Air. 89.05, 91, 90.30 Foseco (I) 114.30, 117, 116 36.55, 37.95, 36.30, 36.70 19.70 CCL Products 17.70, 18.05, 17.15, 243.25 105.75, 106.85, 103.25, 103.80 225.25, 232.30, 225.25, 230.90 Finolex Cabl 80, 79.50, 79.85 Infosys Tech 2795, 2799, 2670, 249.05, 254, 249.05, 252.25 Tata Telcom 124.10, 125.90, 122.70, 116.50, 116.50, 113.35, 114.35 241, 245.50, 238.05, 243.70 Apollo Tyres 153, 157.50, 152, Cadila Healt 120.80, 119.20 80.75, 80.75, 79.50, 79.60 2689.05 Polaris Soft 123, 123.90, 112.60, 125 Ajanta Pharm 28.05, 28.75, 27.60, 19.50, 20.20, 19.45, 19.60 17.60 Bannari Aman 113.10, 118.50 Frontier Inf 3.40, 3.65, 3.30, 3.55 Ispat Inds. 4.85, 5.10, 5 152.40 119.45, 120.80, 119.05, 119.25 Finolex Inds 38.10, 39.20, 38.90 2780, 2780, 2669.95, 2690.70 113.45 124.75, 126, 122.60, 125 28.70 Ceat 31.95, 33.20, 31.70, 32.40 Fulford (I) 89.90, 99.50, 86.50, 94.60 28.20, 28.95, 28, 28.10 Bayer (I) 1101.10, 1130, 1035, 1050 32.50, 33.45, 31.70, 32.45 4.90, 5.10, 4.90, 4.95 153.60, 157.40, 152, 152.45 Castrol (I) 201, 204.20, 198.75, 38.40, 39.10, 38.40, 38.95 Infotech En. 99.90, 101, 94.60, 95.80 123.50, 123.50, 112.65, 113.85 TELCO 162.10, 167, 166.20 Futura Poly. 7.85, 8.35, 7, 7.10 IT & T 15.40, 17.40, 16 Arvind Mills 37.35, 39.45, 37.10, 199.80 Gail (I) 88.25, 93.50, 91.05 99, 100.25, 95.15, 96.90 Pun.Tractors 141.95, 142, 138, 166, 167, 162.55, 166.05 Aksh Optifib 15.60, 16.15, 15.55, Bayer ABS 78.50, 85, 77.65, 84.15 Centur. Bank 11, 10.55, 10.80 15.80 79, 85, 78, 84.15 10.90, 10.90, 10.55, 10.75 16.20, 17.50, 15.50, 16 38.40 Century Enka 91.75, 96.50, 93.40 88.50, 93.50, 88, 91.20 Ingersoll R 242, 247.50, 239, 240.40 139.05 Thermax 184, 193, 175, 178.70 G ITC Hotels 45, 46, 45.80 37.10, 39.50, 37.10, 38.80 92.75, 96.25, 92.30, 93.30 GE Shipping 45, 45.25, 44, 44.70 240.15, 248.20, 239.10, 240.65 141.25, 142, 137.10, 138.40 186.50, 192, 175.25, 178.95 16.65, 16.65, 15.60, 15.95 Bayer Diagno 202, 205, 199, 203.20 Cerebra Inte 5.30, 5, 5.15 Albert David 26.40, 27.65, 27.40 Berger Paint 86, 86.50, 85.50 CESC 20, 22, 19.70, 21.75 Gabriel (I) 99, 101.55, 94.60, 95.15 45.20, 46.70, 45.20, 46.05 Ashok Leylan 112, 114.40, 111, Century Text 63.95, 66, 63.60, 64.20 44.25, 45.20, 44.25, 44.70 IPCL 87.80, 88.80, 87.05, 88.25 Ranbaxy Lab. 643, 649, 639.50, Thomas Cook 207, 212.45, 203, IVP 25.80, 18.10, 18.70 111.25 64.65, 66.05, 63.60, 64.15 Geometric So 379.85, 382.40, 87.50, 89, 87.05, 88.20 640.25 204.95 Albright & W 210.55, 220, 213 87.10, 87.10, 85, 85.05 20, 21.90, 19.80, 21.60 Galaxy Enter 19.45, 18 Alembic 196.70, 215, 208.65 BF Utilities 8.20, 8.65, 8.05 CG Igarshi M 40.60, 40.70, 38.05 Gammon (I) 115, 116 20.90, 21.50, 18.50, 18.70 114.80, 114.80, 111, 111.55 Chambal Fert 15, 15.25, 15.20 362.10, 366.85 ITC 702.35, 717, 691.05, 693.55 641, 649.50, 639, 640.90 206.05, 212, 202.60, 206.20 IVRCL Infras 53.35, 53.40, 51.05, Asian Paints 364, 353, 361.25 17, 17, 15, 15.15 381, 382.70, 363.25, 367.30 710, 725, 691, 693.85 Raymond 116.95, 123.35, 116.30, TISCO 142.20, 144.10, 141.35, 202, 216.10, 195.90, 209.05 Bhansali Eng 19.70, 22.90, 19.30, 40.55, 40.80, 38.05, 38.90 114.50, 117.85, 114.50, 116.10 Alfa Laval 304.90, 305, 300, 300.50 19.60 Chemfab Alk. 19.60, 20, 19.90 Gandhi Sp.Tu 16, 17 51.10 365, 368.40, 359.20, 361.90 Chennai Pet. 57.95, 58.30, 54.30, German Remed 205.10, 225, 221 ITI 16.80, 18.40, 16.35, 17.85 122.60 142.95 54, 54, 51, 51.55 Aurobindo Ph 270, 272.90, 267.55, 55.95 221.55, 226, 221.55, 223.65 16.75, 18.40, 16.35, 17.60 115.10, 123.30, 115.10, 122.25 141.80, 144, 141.35, 142.90 304, 305, 295, 297.75 Bharat Bijle 225, 220, 225.50 Chemplast Sa 30, 30.50, 29.50, Garden Silk 29.25, 29.40, 28.50, 29 269.65 58.35, 58.85, 54.50, 55.75 Gillette (I) 357, 359.75, 345.05, J&K Bank 196, 209, 194, 207.80 RCF 23.65, 26.55, 25.30 Titan Inds. 63, 63.40, 60.75, 61.30 Alka (I) 0.35 Bharat Rasay 28.50, 26.65 29.95 29, 29.70, 28.55, 29 J 270.10, 272.80, 268.60, 270.60 Cipla 652, 645, 647.90 351.85 194.90, 208.50, 193.50, 205.85 24.50, 26.60, 24.50, 25.35 61.95, 63, 58.05, 61.20 Alkyl Amines 17.90, 18.60, 17.80, Bhartiya Int 25.60, 25.65, 25.05, 29.40, 29.95, 29.40, 29.70 Garware Poly 34.25, 32.30, 33.25 Aventis Phar 321.25, 331.85, 320, 640, 653.70, 630, 649.65 354.90, 359.95, 349, 351.55 Jaiprakash I 37.40, 37.70, 36.10, Rel Capital 56, 54.65, 54.85 TN Newsprint 48.65, 51.80, 48.40, 18.35 25.45 Chettinad Ce 39.80, 38, 38.80 Garware Wall 23.70, 23, 23.05 Jagatjit Ind 20.05, 20, 21 329.60 CMC 470, 481, 459.50, 459.80 GlaxoSmith.C 235, 250, 243 36.75 55.75, 55.75, 54.70, 54.90 51.50 Allahabad Bk 16.90, 17, 16.65, 16.75 25.15, 25.75, 25.15, 25.50 Cheviot Co. 52.50, 51.50, 57 Gati 44.90, 41.60, 43 Jagsonpal Ph 86.25, 89.85 333.90, 333.90, 315.05, 330.30 471, 477.70, 457.05, 459.85 220, 248.85, 220, 243.60 37.65, 37.85, 36.05, 36.80 Reliance Ind 272.20, 275.10, 269.95, 48.80, 51.80, 48, 51.20 16.90, 17.20, 16.60, 16.70 Bhushan Stl. 30.10, 31.45, 30.05, Chola.Inv&Fi 39.70, 39, 39.40 Genesys Intl 35.95, 36, 32.70, 32.90 86.75, 89.40, 85.90, 88.35 Aztec Soft. 17, 16, 16.40 Colgate 132.85, 133.10, 131.50, GlaxoSmith.P 358, 365.60, 355, JB Chemical 186, 190, 188.85 274.05 TN Petro 24.50, 25.15, 24.10, 24.85 Alok Inds. 16.60, 16.70, 15.80, 16 31.10 39, 39.70, 38.85, 39.10 35.80, 36.20, 33.10, 33.30 Jai Corp 37.50, 39, 38.70 16.50, 16.75, 16.20, 16.45 132.25 364.95 186, 190, 185.50, 188.15 270.60, 275.20, 269.50, 274.60 24.30, 25.20, 24.10, 24.85 16.50, 16.85, 15.80, 16 BI 72.45, 70 Chowgule Stm 4.10, 4.35, 4.10 Geodesic Inf 88.90, 80.75, 84.90 Jain Irrig. 63.70, 64.50, 62.10, 63.05 Bajaj Auto 479, 471.25, 475.70 131.05, 133.95, 131.05, 132.55 358, 367, 355, 365.05 Jindal Steel 398, 407, 390.25, Rolta (I) 60.50, 58.20, 58.70 Torrent Phar 194, 195, 188, 189.90 Alps Inds. 21, 21, 18.25, 19.40 Bihar Caustc 14.35, 15.25, 15.20 Ciba Sp.Chem 107, 108, 106 George Willi 73, 73.75, 71.95 63, 64, 62.15, 62.75 476, 479.90, 470, 475.25 Container Co 280.20, 290.90, 285.85 GNFC 32.70, 33.90, 32.65, 33.30 398.15 60, 60.40, 58.05, 58.75 192, 194, 187.10, 189.75 Alstom 30, 30.65, 29, 30 Bimetal Bear 125, 116.35, 119 Cinevistaas 26.80, 26.85 73.85, 74.25, 71.80, 71.95 Jain Studios 12.75, 12.60 Balaji Tele. 57, 57.70, 56, 56.40 284, 289.75, 282, 287.30 34.50, 34.50, 32.70, 33.10 396, 410, 390, 397.40 SAIL 10.65, 11.05, 10.55, 10.95 Trent 159.85, 159.95, 157, 157.10 Amara Raja B 64.20, 66.75, 65.25 Binani Inds. 14.20, 14.65, 14.20 29.80, 29.80, 26.75, 26.80 GIC Housing 13.35, 13.90, 13.30, 12.30, 13, 12.30, 12.70 57, 57.75, 55.90, 56.50 Corpn. Bank 161.40, 163.80, 155.50, Grasim Inds. 380, 388.50, 378, Kochi Refin. 78.40, 79.80, 78, 78.35 10.60, 11.10, 10.60, 10.85 129.70, 163.70, 129.70, 157.25 65.50, 66.35, 64.75, 65.10 Biopac (I) 6.50, 6.65 City Union B 44.45, 43.30 13.50 Jaipan Inds. 12.50, 13, 11.25, 12.80 Ballarpur In 44.50, 46.90, 46.60 156.55 383.40 78.90, 79.70, 78.05, 78.35 Satyam Comp 165.20, 159.10, TVS Electron 70, 70.30, 67.50, 67.90 Ambica Agarb 47.50, 48, 45.15, Birla Corp. 17.35, 18.05, 17.70 44, 44.50, 43, 43.15 13.35, 13.65, 13.10, 13.25 Jay Bh.Marut 37, 34.90, 35 44.80, 46.90, 44.50, 46.50 161.45, 163.80, 155.10, 156.20 380, 388.50, 380, 383.30 Kotak Mah.Bk 160.90, 161, 155, 160.10 69.30, 70.25, 67.80, 68.10 45.55 17.75, 18.20, 17.45, 17.80 Clariant (I) 147.50, 152.50, 152 GIVO 4, 4.10, 3.30 35.40, 36, 34.40, 34.45 Bank of Baro 124.45, 130.30, Crompton Gr. 64.05, 66.50, 62.40, GSFC 20.90, 22.50, 20.55, 22.15 155.80 165, 165.40, 159.10, 160.35 TVS Motor Co 476.05, 488, 476, Ambuja Cem.R 3.50, 3.35, 3.40 Birla Eric. 11.35, 11.40, 11.20 148, 152, 148, 151.45 Glenmark Pha 252.90, 250.05 Jayant Agro 50, 50.50, 50 121.75, 128.35 62.65 21.25, 22.40, 20.70, 22.05 161.50, 162, 155.10, 156.20 Saw Pipes 106.70, 110.95, 103.30, 484.35 3.40, 3.45, 3.40, 3.40 11.70, 11.70, 11.05, 11.15 Classic Diam 40.90, 41.70, 40, 41.50 250, 255, 250, 250 49, 51.50, 49, 49.90 123, 130.40, 121.65, 128.30 63.50, 66.40, 62.35, 62.70 GTL 70.40, 71.65, 67.20, 68 L&T 207.95, 209.65, 205.75, 207.60 105.10 478, 487, 475, 484.60 Amex Info. 15.90, 16, 14, 14.30 Birla Glob.F 14.50, 14.20, 14.30 Clutch.Auto 8.45, 9.10, 8.70 Global Tr.Bk 16.20, 16.80, 16.05, Jaypee Hotel 10.50, 10.75, 10.15, Bank of Ind. 45.40, 48.50, 45, 48.15 Cummins (I) 66.90, 70, 66.65, 68.50 70.65, 71.80, 67.10, 68.25 240.10, 240.10, 205, 207.95 106, 110.70, 103.25, 105.40 United Phosp 162.80, 167.45, Amforge Inds 28.75, 27.25, 27.45 14.90, 15, 14, 14.25 Coates (I) 108.40, 106, 106.80 16.40 10.40 45.40, 48.50, 44.90, 47.70 68.25, 69.90, 66.60, 68.30 Guj.Amb.Cem. 178, 178.75, 175.75, LIC Hsg.Fin. 91, 92.40, 88.15, 90.20 SBI 326, 330.55, 322.30, 328.15 159.50, 161.85 Amrutanjan 74, 70, 70.50 Birla Yamaha 14, 15.40, 13.25, 15.10 105.25, 107.65, 105, 105.10 16.30, 16.80, 16.10, 16.35 Jayshree Tea 39.20, 42, 38.60, 41.70 BASF 108, 112, 107.30, 111.10 D-Link (I) 51, 51.10, 48, 48.25 177.15 89.50, 92.60, 88.20, 89.05 326.10, 330.70, 322.10, 328.05 163.25, 167.50, 159.20, 160.85 Amtek 58.80, 60.50, 57, 58.35 BITS 0.45, 0.40, 0.45 Cochin Minrl 14.45, 14.80, 14.10, GMM Pfaudler 89.05 39.80, 42, 38.60, 41.70 108, 111.40, 106.55, 110.75 51, 51, 48.20, 48.45 175.10, 178.90, 175.10, 176.55 LML 34.50, 36, 34.30, 34.90 Shipp.Corpn. 69.50, 71.70, 68.70, UTI Bank 45.75, 45.90, 45, 45.30 Amtek Auto 198, 193, 195.55 BLB 4.25 14.25 GMR Techno. 9, 8.90, 9 JBF Inds. 11.40, 11.50, 10.40, 10.50 Bata (I) 33.40, 35.50, 35 Dabur (I) 40.95, 41.05, 40.20, 41 Guj.Gas Co. 385.65, 403.70, 381, 34.50, 35.90, 34.50, 35.05 70.90 45.10, 45.95, 45, 45.60 Andrew Yule 15, 14.20 4.75, 4.75, 4.05, 4.75 Color Chips 7.10, 7.55, 6.90, 7.20 Goa Carbon 36.30, 37.85, 36, 36.10 JBM Tools 29.75, 29.80, 29.25, 29.65 33.70, 35.25, 33.40, 34.90 40.10, 41.05, 40.10, 41 392.35 Lupin 166.95, 171, 164.50, 165.15 69.40, 71.75, 68.55, 70.40 Videocon Int 25.50, 26.40, 25.95 Ankur Drugs 7.10, 7.25, 7 Blow Plast 13.15, 12.80, 13.05 7, 7.45, 6.85, 7.10 Godavri Fert 40.10, 41, 40 29.70, 29.70, 29.65, 29.70 Bayer Cropsc 168, 168.90, 161, Digital Glob 518, 522, 501.15, 506.80 378.05, 405, 378, 395.85 168.50, 170.50, 164.70, 165.45 Shyam Teleco 31.50, 30.10, 30.25 25.25, 26.40, 25.25, 25.95 Ansal Prop. 10.45, 10 Blue Dart Ex 66.50, 68.10, 66, 68 Colour Chem 237, 237.90, 236.05, 40.60, 40.80, 39.50, 40.20 JCT 5.65, 5.95, 5.35, 5.50 161.60 517, 521.80, 501, 507.90 Guj.Mineral 94.50, 99, 94.40, 95.40 M&M 127.80, 128, 124.55, 125.05 31.50, 31.50, 30.20, 30.40 Vijaya Bank 19, 19.50, 18.50, 18.85 AP Paper 49.75, 52, 51.85 67, 68.50, 66.50, 68.20 236.55 Godfrey Phil 325, 340, 332.05 Jenson&Nicho 5.40, 5.45, 5.20 240.25, 240.45, 235.50, 237.90 334, 340, 327.25, 338.60 5.60, 5.60, 5.25, 5.35 Compucom Sof 16.50, 15.55 Godrej Cons. 109.25, 110.80, 109, JIK Inds. 19, 17.65, 18 Compudyne Wi 13.50, 15.05, 14.55 110.60 18.95, 18.95, 17.80, 17.85 15, 15.30, 14.30, 14.55 108.90, 110.50, 108.05, 110.05 Jindal Drill 112, 105, 109.90 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Computech In 5.05, 5.10, 5, 5.05 Godrej Inds. 18.25, 18.90, 18.80 Jindal Iron 90.40, 94.25, 89.25, 93.25 MUTUAL FUNDS 4.95, 5.20, 4.95, 5.10 19, 19, 18.30, 18.70 90.35, 94.20, 89, 93.25 (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase Cont.Const. 9.75, 10.75, 10.45 Goetze (I) 29, 29.25, 28.80, 29 Jindal Photo 32.20, 34.45, 33.65 Open-ended Schemes Control Prnt 21.60, 20.25 27.25, 29.45, 27.25, 28.70 32.75, 34.45, 32.40, 33.75 Technology.Com 4.00 4.08 4.00 L.Time Pension Prot.(I) 11.61 — — Equity Fund 6.00 6.00 6.00 Select Debt STAP (W) 10.21 10.21 10.21 Core Health. 4.85, 4.65, 4.70 Goldiam Int. 24.25, 24.90, 24.05 Jindal Poly. 103, 105, 103, 105 Top 100 10.75 10.97 10.75 L.Time Protector (I) 12.97 — — Govt.Sec. (D) 11.06 11.06 11.06 Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.20 10.20 10.20 4.75, 4.85, 4.60, 4.75 Goldstn.Tech 24.85, 25.80, 24, 24.15 Jindal Strip 155, 159.25, 157.05 Escorts Mutual Fund IDBI-PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund Govt.Sec. (G) 16.42 16.42 16.42 Select Focus 12.02 12.26 12.02 Corom. Fert. 72, 71.90, 72.55 25.50, 25.70, 24.15, 24.40 156.90, 158.90, 156, 157.10 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Balanced (D) 11.57 11.72 11.57 Balanced (D) 10.60 10.80 10.60 Index Nifty 9.23 9.32 9.23 Select Focus (G) 12.02 12.26 12.02 71.85, 73, 71, 72.30 Goldstn.Tele 8.05, 8 JJ Exporters 31.50, 32.50, 30.70 (Rs) Sales Purchase Balanced (G) 12.83 12.99 12.83 Balanced (G) 10.50 10.70 10.50 Index Sensex 9.32 9.41 9.32 Select Mid Cap 11.93 12.17 11.93 Cosmo Ferr. 8.30, 8.35, 8 8.25, 8.25, 7.95, 8 JK Corpn. 11.65, 12.40, 11.60, 12 Gilt (D) 12.07 12.07 12.07 Benefit Debt (QD) 10.50 10.50 10.35 Index Sensex Adv. 9.44 9.54 9.44 Select Midcap (G) 11.93 12.17 11.93 Cosmo Films 87, 83.25, 84.30 Gonter Peip 4.45, 5.35, 5.20 JK Inds. 27.75, 28.50, 27, 27.55 Gilt (G) 13.20 13.20 13.20 Benefit Fund Debt (AD) 10.98 10.98 10.81 Liquid (D) 10.67 10.67 10.67 Tax Saver 9.37 9.37 9.37 86.20, 87.75, 83, 83.85 Goodlass Ner 195.40, 199, 196 JK Synthetic 3, 3.15, 2.90, 3 As on 21/05/2003 Growth (G) 11.95 12.13 11.95 Benefit Fund Debt (HYD) 10.50 10.50 10.35 Liquid (G) 10.84 10.84 10.84 Standard Chartered Mutual Fund Creative Eye 13.55, 16.50, 15.50 199, 199, 195, 196.05 JL Morison 76.10, 80 Alliance Mutual Fund Growth (D) 10.94 11.10 10.94 Benefit Fund Debt(G) 10.97 10.97 10.80 Tax 7.41 7.55 7.41 Cash-Plan B (D) Instnl. 10.59 10.59 10.59 14.50, 16.25, 13.90, 15.40 Goodricke 27.05, 28, 27, 27.30 JMC Projects 18.10, 18.30, 18, 18.25 95 (D) 27.12 27.66 27.12 Income (D) 10.64 10.64 10.64 Cash M-Liq.Inst.(MD) 10.02 10.02 10.02 PNB Mutual Fund Cash-Plan B (G) Instnl. 11.34 11.34 11.34 Crest Comm. 28.55, 29.20, 28.25, Goodyear (I) 32.95, 33, 32.25, 32.40 Jog Engg. 6.80, 6.75, 7.40 95 (G) 48.94 49.92 48.94 Income (G) 18.59 18.59 18.59 Cash M-Liq.Inst.(WD) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Balanced Growth (G) 12.94 12.94 12.74 Dynamic Bond(G) 11.29 11.29 11.29 28.65 Grabal Al.Im 16.10, 14.80 Jubilant Org 175.25, 178.25, 178 Basic Inds.(D) 13.84 14.12 13.84 Income Bond (D) 9.69 9.69 9.69 Cash M-Liq.Inst.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00 Balanced Growth (I) 10.13 10.13 9.98 Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(A) 10.73 10.73 10.73 29.05, 29.15, 28.55, 28.75 Graphite Ind 34.50, 35, 34.20, 34.95 175.25, 177.30, 175.25, 176.30 Basic Inds.(G) 13.85 14.13 13.85 Income Bond (G) 11.52 11.52 11.52 Cash M-Liq.Inst.Growth 10.02 10.02 10.02 Debt (G) 18.70 18.70 18.60 Dynamic Bond(Q’ly)(D) 10.72 10.72 10.72 CRISIL 280, 290, 286.70 33.60, 35, 33.60, 34.90 Jupiter BioS 42.70, 42.85, 41, 41.25 Buy India (D) 4.51 4.60 4.51 Opportunities (D) 10.46 10.46 10.46 Cash M-Mon.At Call.Ins(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Debt (I) 12.77 12.77 12.70 Floating Rate (D) 10.08 10.08 10.08 280, 290, 274, 287.30 Grauer & Wei 17.60, 18.45, 17.50, Jyoti Struct 17.45, 17.50, 17, 17.20 Buy India (G) 4.51 4.60 4.51 Opportunities (G) 12.23 12.23 12.23 Cash Manag.Liq.DD 10.00 10.00 10.00 Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Floating Rate (G) 10.14 10.14 10.14 Cybertech Sy 8.90, 7.50, 7.70 18.35 17.65, 17.65, 17.15, 17.35 Capital Tax Relief’96 57.35 57.92 57.35 Tax (D) 9.68 9.68 — Cash Mngt.-Liquid (G) 12.03 12.03 12.03 Balanced (D) 9.27 9.48 9.27 GCF (D-D’ly ) 10.58 10.58 10.58 8.55, 8.55, 7.10, 7.85 Gravity (I) 7.65, 7.30, 7.95 Cash Manager (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Tax (G) 9.68 9.68 — Cash Mngt.-Liquid (MD) 10.03 10.03 10.03 Balanced (G) 10.04 10.27 10.04 GCF (D-W’ly) 10.20 10.20 10.20 Greaves 14.50, 14.85, 14.25, 14.60 K Cash Manager (G) 14.95 14.95 14.95 First India Mutual Fund Cash Mngt.-Liquid (WD) 10.11 10.11 10.11 Child Care Gift 11.72 12.01 11.43 GCF (G) 11.34 11.34 11.34 D Cash Manager Instnl (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Grind Norton 120, 122, 118, 120 Gilt 10.45 10.45 10.45 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Child Care Study 11.91 12.09 11.61 GCF-Plan B(D-D) (Inst.) 10.58 10.58 10.58 Gruh Finance 19.75, 20.25, 19.45, Kaashyap Rad 0.75, 0.80, 0.65 Cash Manager Instnl (G) 10.05 10.05 10.05 Gilt Fund - (D) 10.95 10.95 10.95 Cash Mngt.-MoneyAtCall(G) 11.80 11.80 11.80 Dynamic Plan 11.09 11.34 11.09 GCF-Plan B(D-W) (Inst.) 10.31 10.31 10.31 Daewoo Motor 1.50, 1.55, 1.40, 1.50 Kabra Extr 35.20, 36, 35.20, 36 Equity (D) 14.85 15.15 14.85 Child (CB) 16.50 16.81 16.01 FMCG (D) 7.38 7.55 7.38 GDBF-Plan B (DA)(Inst) 10.73 10.73 10.73 Dalmia Cemen 148, 149.50, 141.50, 20.20 Growth 10.34 10.55 10.34 GTC Inds. 7.50, 7.75, 7.10, 7.20 Kajaria Cer 22.25, 23.40, 23 Equity (G) 26.83 27.37 26.83 Income 10.96 10.96 10.96 Child (FG) 16.28 16.59 15.79 FMCG (G) 8.04 8.22 8.04 GDBF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.72 10.72 10.72 142.15 22.60, 23.35, 22.40, 22.55 Frontline Eq(D) 10.64 10.85 10.64 Income Fund (D) 10.29 10.29 10.29 Deposit-54 EA 15.16 15.16 15.16 FMP - D-Y’ly 10.91 10.91 10.69 GDBF-Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.30 11.30 11.30 157.40, 157.40, 144.05, 145 7.65, 7.75, 7.15, 7.20 GTN Textiles 29.05, 31.15, 30.55 Kakatiya Cem 28, 27.10, 27.40 Frontline Eq(G) 10.64 10.85 10.64 Liquid (D) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Deposit-54 EB 15.16 15.16 15.16 FMP - Half Y’ly 11.98 11.98 11.86 GFRF (Dividend-Weekly) 10.08 10.08 10.08 Datanet Sys. 4.35 28.70, 28.70, 27, 27 G-Sec Long Term (D) 11.56 11.56 11.56 Liquid (G) 10.88 10.88 10.88 Equity (D) 10.37 10.57 10.37 FMP - Half Y’ly (D) 10.95 10.95 10.84 GFRF (Dividend-daily) 10.07 10.07 10.07 Datapro Inf. 0.70, 0.50, 0.55 31.80, 31.80, 30.10, 30.55 Gufic Bio Sc 26, 26.85, 26.55 Kale Consul. 34, 34.60, 32.70, 32.95 G-Sec Long Term (G) 17.18 17.18 17.18 Short Term 10.55 10.55 10.55 Equity (G) 9.84 10.03 9.84 FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2D 10.65 10.65 10.54 GFRF-Plan B(D-D)(Inst) 10.07 10.07 10.07 DCM 7, 7.10 34.50, 35.20, 32.75, 33.05 G-Sec Short Term (D) 10.29 10.29 10.29 Short Term (D) 10.19 10.19 10.19 Govt.Sec.-Invst. 11.48 11.48 11.48 FMP - Half Y’ly Sr.2G 11.50 11.50 11.38 GFRF-Plan B(D-G)(Inst) 10.13 10.13 10.13 7, 7.25, 7, 7.25 Guj.Alkalies 26.50, 26.90, 26.10, Kalpa.Power 41, 42, 41.30 G-Sec Short Term (G) 13.97 13.97 13.97 Tax Gain 35.48 36.19 35.48 Govt.Sec.-Invst.(D) 11.45 11.45 11.45 FMP - Q’ly (D) 10.76 10.76 10.71 GFRF-Plan B(D-M)(Inst) 10.08 10.08 10.08 DCM Shr.Con 75, 72.05, 73 26.25 41, 42.45, 41, 41.40 Income (D) 11.07 11.07 11.07 Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund Govt.Sec.-Invst.(G) 13.55 13.55 13.55 FMP - Q’ly (G) 12.01 12.01 11.95 GFRF-Plan B(D-W)(Inst) 10.09 10.09 10.09 72.70, 73.80, 72.50, 73.30 31, 31, 26.25, 26.45 Kalyani Brak 269, 270, 265 Income (G) 21.69 21.69 21.69 FT Asset Allocat.Bal Gr. 10.21 10.21 10.37 Govt.Sec.-Savings 11.99 11.99 11.99 FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 11.82 11.82 11.76 GGSF-IP (D-Half-Y’ly) 10.85 10.85 10.85 DCW 14, 14.15, 13.75, 14 Guj.Amb.Exp. 13, 13.75, 13.60 Kalyani Shrp 5.05, 5.50 Income 54EA (D) 11.07 11.07 11.07 FT Asset Allocat.Cons Gr. 10.45 10.45 10.61 Govt.Sec.-Savings 10.48 10.48 10.48 FMP - Q’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.67 10.67 10.62 GGSF-IP (D-Q’ly) 10.83 10.83 10.83 14.05, 14.25, 13.75, 13.90 13.20, 13.65, 13.20, 13.40 Income 54EA (G) 21.68 21.68 21.68 Kalyani Stel 15.75, 16.50, 15.55, FT Asset Allocat.Infl 10.64 10.64 10.80 Growth (D) 10.10 10.29 10.10 FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (D) 10.57 10.57 10.52 GGSF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Deccan Cem. 34.25, 35 Guj.Apollo E 60 15.85 Income 54EB (D) 11.09 11.09 11.09 FT Asset Allocat.Pure Gr. 9.88 9.88 10.02 Growth (G) 10.14 10.33 10.14 FMP - Q’ly Sr.3 (G) 11.79 11.79 11.74 GGSF-IP (G) 11.67 11.67 11.67 Deepak Fert. 22.90, 24.70, 23.50 Guj.Flouroch 71, 72.80, 72 Income 54EB (G) 21.55 21.55 21.55 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.98 10.98 10.92 FMP - Y’ly 12.06 12.06 11.81 GGSF-IP Plan B (DA)(Inst) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Kanoria Chem 38 FT Asset Allocat.Steady G 10.07 10.07 10.23 23.20, 24.85, 23.20, 23.80 70.90, 72.80, 70.90, 71.75 42.95, 43, 42.95, 43 Income Q’ly (D) 10.73 10.73 10.73 FT Balanced (G) 9.67 9.67 9.86 Income (D-Q’ly) 10.94 10.94 10.89 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 11.85 11.85 11.61 GGSF-IP Plan B (DH)(Inst) 10.85 10.85 10.85 Guj.H.Chem 21.20, 21.45, 21.10, Monthly Income (G) 17.16 17.16 17.16 Deepak Nitr. 48.90, 50.50, 48.05, Karnatak Bnk 77, 80, 79.40 FT Gilt Invst (G) 13.22 13.22 13.22 Income (G) 14.61 14.61 14.54 FMP - Y’ly Sr.2 (D) 10.75 10.75 10.54 GGSF-IP Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 10.83 10.83 10.83 50.30 21.30 Monthly Income (M’ly) 10.43 10.43 10.43 Income-Inst.(G) 10.08 10.08 10.08 FMP - Y’ly Sr.3 11.59 11.59 11.36 GGSF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 11.67 11.67 11.67 77.50, 79.90, 77, 79 FT Gilt Invst (M’ly B) 12.28 12.28 12.28 Dena Bank 16.65, 15.85, 16.20 21.20, 21.40, 21.05, 21.30 Karur Vysya 207.40, 214, 210.20 Monthly Income (Q’ly) 10.58 10.58 10.58 FT Gilt Invst (Q’ly) 11.40 11.40 11.40 Income-Inst.(QD) 10.08 10.08 10.08 FMP - Y’ly Sr.4 11.22 11.22 11.00 GGSF-ST (D-M’ly) 10.92 10.92 10.92 Guj.Ind.Pow. 20.50, 21.45, 20.40, New Millennium (D) 3.58 3.65 3.58 Index 7.47 7.55 7.47 FMP - Y’ly Sr.5 (G) 10.92 10.92 10.70 GGSF-ST (D-Q’ly) 10.58 10.58 10.58 16.65, 16.65, 15.90, 16.10 210, 215, 207.75, 210.25 FT Gilt Liquid (G) 11.28 11.28 11.28 Denso (I) 29.80, 26, 26.85 21.05 New Millennium (G) 3.59 3.66 3.59 FT Gilt Liquid (M’ly) 10.34 10.34 10.34 M’ly Income(G) 11.41 11.41 11.35 FMP - Y’ly VI (G) 10.73 10.73 10.52 GGSF-ST (G) 11.11 11.11 11.11 KDL Biotech 13.10, 13.15, 12.80, Dewan H.Fin. 18.50, 17.35, 18.45 20.50, 21.50, 20.50, 20.95 12.90 Short Term (D) 10.07 10.07 10.07 FT Index - BSE 9.22 9.22 9.31 M’ly Income(MD) 10.54 10.54 10.49 FMP Q’ly Instnl (D) 10.77 10.77 10.71 GSSIF-IP (D-Half Y’ly) 11.61 11.61 11.61 Guj.Sidh.Cem 4.05, 4.15, 4 Short Term (G) 10.84 10.84 10.84 FT Index - Nifty 9.54 9.54 9.63 M’ly Income(QD) 10.61 10.61 10.56 FMP Y’ly Ser.12 Intnl.(G) 10.16 10.16 9.96 GSSIF-IP (D-Q’ly) 11.14 11.14 11.14 18.60, 18.60, 18.60, 18.60 13, 13.45, 12.70, 12.80 Short Term Fund Instnl(D) 10.07 10.07 10.07 DFM Foods 9.35, 9.50 4, 4.15, 4, 4 KEC Inter. 17.05, 17.30, 16.45, 16.95 FT Monthly Income (G) 13.52 13.52 13.52 PRIN. Deposit 371DD Mar03 10.13 10.53 9.94 FMP Y’ly Ser.12(G) 10.15 10.15 9.95 GSSIF-IP (D-Y’ly) 10.43 10.43 10.43 Gulf Oil Cor 52.50, 52, 52.90 Benchmark Mutual Fund FT Monthly Income (M’ly B 12.47 12.47 12.47 PRIN. Deposit 371DG Mar03 10.13 10.53 9.94 FMP Y’ly Sr. 7(G) 10.37 10.37 10.17 GSSIF-IP (G) 14.81 14.81 14.81 DGP Windsor 5.25, 5.35, 5.10 16.20, 17.35, 16.20, 16.95 Nifty BeES 97.43 — — FT Monthly Income (M) 10.77 10.77 10.77 Short Term (D) 10.20 10.20 10.17 Flexible Income 11.20 11.20 11.20 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DA)(Ins) 10.44 10.44 10.44 4.95, 5.35, 4.95, 5.15 H Kerala Ayurv 8.10, 8 Nifty Junior BeES 154.01 — — FT Monthly Income (Q) 10.88 10.88 10.88 Short Term (G) 10.87 10.87 10.85 Floating Rate 10.07 10.07 10.07 GSSIF-IP Plan B (DH)(Ins) 11.61 11.61 11.61 Dhampur Sugr 13.90, 12.90, 13.05 Kerala Chem. 17.50, 18.90, 18.40 Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund FT PE Ratio 8.68 8.68 8.81 Short Term Inst.(D) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Gilt Invst. (D) 12.16 12.16 12.16 GSSIF-IP Plan B (G)(Inst) 14.82 14.82 14.82 13.50, 13.80, 13, 13.10 Harr.Malayal 12.20, 12.50, 12.10, Kesoram Inds 30, 30.40, 29.75, 29.85 Advantage (A) 26.00 26.26 26.00 Franklin Balanced(D) 10.70 10.86 10.70 Short Term Inst.(G) 10.04 10.04 10.04 Gilt Invst. (G) 18.84 18.84 18.84 GSSIF-Plan B (DQ)(Inst) 11.15 11.15 11.15 Dhanalak.Bnk 19.50, 19, 19.15 12.35 30, 30.40, 29.60, 29.80 Advantage (B) 26.00 26.26 26.00 Franklin Balanced(G) 11.13 11.30 11.13 Tax Savings 14.28 14.57 14.28 Gilt Treasury (D) 11.07 11.07 11.07 GSSIF-ST (D) 10.34 10.34 10.34 Dharamsi Mor 6.10, 6.15 12.30, 12.50, 11.90, 12.20 KG Denim 10.25, 11.20, 11 Balance (D) 9.51 9.61 9.51 Franklin Bluechip (D) 12.50 12.50 12.75 IL&FS Mutual Fund Gilt Treasury (G) 14.83 14.83 14.83 GSSIF-ST (G) 12.20 12.20 12.20 Dhunseri Tea 16, 16.50, 15.70, 15.85 Hathway Bhaw 8, 8.20, 7.60 Khandwala Se 9.35 Balance (G) 9.51 9.61 9.51 Franklin Bluechip (G) 24.60 24.60 25.09 Bond (B) 10.82 10.82 10.82 Growth (D) 9.56 9.78 9.56 GSSIF-ST B(D)(Inst). 10.34 10.34 10.34 Divi’s Lab 320, 335.25, 316, 331.85 Hatsun Agro 68 10.50, 10.50, 9.75, 10.20 Bond Index Fund ( Div) 10.07 10.07 10.07 Franklin FMCG 10.68 10.68 10.89 Bond (D-Q’ly) 10.60 10.60 10.60 Growth (G) 19.69 20.13 19.69 GSSIF-ST B(G)(Inst). 12.16 12.16 12.16 325, 335, 316, 331.10 Havell’s (I) 111.95, 110 Khoday (I) 12, 11.65, 12.10 Bond Index Fund (G) 10.07 10.07 10.07 Franklin Growth 5.80 5.92 5.80 Bond (D-Y’ly) 11.77 11.77 11.77 Income (D) 10.67 10.67 10.67 Sun F&C Mutual Fund Dolat Inv. 2.75 Kinetic Eng. 66, 63, 63.25 Bond Plus Inst.(G) 11.25 11.25 11.25 110, 110, 109.10, 109.25 Franklin Index 7.39 7.46 7.39 Bond (G) 16.22 16.22 16.22 Income (G) 18.58 18.58 18.58 Balanced (G) 6.66 6.76 6.66 Dolphin Off. 12, 13.50, 11.75, 12.35 Hawkins Cook 20.05, 20.15 Kinetic Moto 31.50, 28.30, 28.50 Bond Plus Retail (D) 11.25 11.25 11.25 Franklin Index Tax 7.56 7.63 7.56 Bond Short Term (D) 10.16 10.16 10.16 Income Instnl.(G) 18.60 18.60 18.60 Bond (G) 18.88 18.88 18.88 Donear Inds. 98, 99.90, 95.50, 95.55 Kirloskar Br 115, 109.95, 110 Bond plus Inst.(D) 10.51 10.51 10.51 Hazoor Media 3.35, 3.20 Franklin Infotech (D) 7.32 7.32 7.47 Bond Short Term (G) 11.09 11.09 11.09 Income-Dividend-(Q) 11.35 11.35 11.35 Bond (I) 10.66 10.66 10.66 DSJ Comm. 0.50, 0.45 HBL Nife Pow 43.95, 40.10, 41.10 Kirloskar Oi 91.50, 89, 89.60 Bond plus Retail (G) 11.25 11.25 11.25 Franklin Infotech (G) 10.71 10.71 10.92 Bond Short Term-Inst.(D) 10.16 10.16 10.16 Income-Inst.(DQ) 11.36 11.36 11.36 Emerging Tech.(G) 2.50 2.55 2.50 0.50, 0.50, 0.50, 0.50 Cash Plus Inst.(D) 10.79 10.79 10.79 HEG 32, 32.85, 31.60, 32.55 97, 97, 88.05, 91 Franklin Internet Opp 4.37 4.37 4.46 Bond Short Term-Instnl.G 11.10 11.10 11.10 Income-Instnl (D) 10.68 10.68 10.68 FIS-Intl. Plan 10.35 10.35 10.35 Duphar-Inter 119.90, 120, 115.15, Kit-Ply Ind. 4.55, 4.65, 4.30, 4.35 Cash Plus Inst.(G) 16.42 16.42 16.42 Bond-Institutional (D) 11.77 11.77 11.77 Index 8.24 8.24 8.24 FIS-Long Term 11.35 11.35 11.35 32, 32.50, 31.70, 32.10 Franklin Pharma 8.75 8.75 8.93 115.50 Helios & Mat 15.30, 15.50 5, 5, 4.35, 4.40 Cash Plus Retail (D) 16.36 16.36 16.36 Franklin Prima (D) 18.03 18.03 18.39 Bond-Institutional (G) 16.24 16.24 16.24 Liquid (D) 11.83 11.83 11.83 FIS-Medium Term 10.87 10.87 10.87 Cash Plus Retail (G) 16.41 16.41 16.41 Henkel Spic 20.90, 19.80, 20.20 KLG Systel 27, 28.40, 26.80, 27.40 Franklin Prima (G) 35.18 35.18 35.88 E-Com (D) 2.39 2.44 2.39 Liquid (G) 14.99 14.99 14.99 FIS-Short Term 10.70 10.70 10.70 E 27.05, 28.50, 27, 27.15 D Yield Plus(Div) 11.14 11.25 11.14 Franklin Prima Plus (D) 13.60 13.60 13.87 E-Com (G) 2.39 2.44 2.39 Liquid - Daily (D) 11.85 11.85 11.85 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(D) 10.05 — 9.97 Heritage Fds 58, 64.90, 57.50, 61.25 D Yield Plus(G) 11.14 11.25 11.14 Gilt Long Term (D) 10.86 10.86 10.86 Liquid Instnl.Mon.(D) 11.87 11.87 11.87 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP1(G) 10.91 — 10.82 Eicher 33.80, 32.90 57, 61.70, 57, 60.20 Kopran 23.70, 25, 23.65, 24.15 Franklin Prima Plus (G) 24.95 24.95 25.45 23.70, 24.95, 23.30, 24.20 Equity Plan 14.41 14.41 14.41 Franklin Taxshield (D) 11.97 11.97 12.21 Gilt Long Term (G) 12.72 12.72 12.72 Liquid- Inst.(MD) 11.95 11.95 11.95 FMS (M’ly)-MFMP2 10.62 — 10.53 36.50, 36.50, 32, 32.25 Hi-Tech Gear 128.30, 130, 121 FMP 1 Year Group 3 10.77 10.77 10.77 Gilt Short Term (D) 10.70 10.70 10.70 Liquid- Instnl. (DD) 11.85 11.85 11.85 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(D) 10.10 — 10.00 Eicher Motor 112.50, 113, 107.30, Hikal 124.95, 127, 122.20, 125.35 Kothari Prod 180.45, 186, 180.40, Franklin Taxshield (G) 25.47 25.47 25.98 182.90 FMP 1 Year Group 5 A (D) 10.59 10.59 10.59 T Children’s Asset 18.37 18.37 18.37 Gilt Short Term (G) 11.89 11.89 11.89 Liquid-Inst.(G) 14.99 14.99 14.99 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP1(G) 10.73 — 10.62 110.80 127.30, 128, 123.30, 125.70 FMP 1 Year Group 5 A (G) 10.59 10.59 10.59 Growth & Value (D-Y’ly) 11.23 11.45 11.23 Liuid- Instnl. (D) 11.84 11.84 11.84 FMS (Q’ly)-QFMP2 10.66 — 10.55 112, 113.75, 107.40, 111.20 Himat. Seide 126, 127, 125 182, 186.85, 180.50, 182.70 T Floating Rate In LT (D) 10.21 10.21 10.16 KPIT Cum.Inf 146.70, 147.40, 136, FMP Quarterly Group 1 (D) 11.00 11.00 11.00 T Floating Rate In LT (G) 10.95 10.95 10.90 Growth & Value (G) 12.56 12.81 12.56 Long Term 11.77 11.77 11.77 FMS (Y’ly)-FYMP4 10.73 — 10.40 EID Parry 95.50, 100, 98.65 127.70, 127.70, 125, 126.95 FMP Quarterly Group 1 (G) 11.22 11.22 11.22 T Floating Rate In ST (D) 10.01 10.01 10.01 Growth & Value(D-Hf Y’ly) 9.94 10.14 9.94 MIP - (D-M’ly) 10.43 10.43 10.43 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP2 11.06 — 10.73 96.50, 100, 96, 98.45 Hind.Constn. 83, 77.60, 78.30 138.50 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(A)(D) 10.63 10.63 10.63 T Floating Rate In ST (G) 10.92 10.92 10.92 Index BSE Sensex 8.60 8.68 8.60 MIP - Cum. 13.01 13.01 13.01 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP3 10.78 — 10.45 EIH Asso.Hot 10.90, 10.15, 10.25 81.40, 82.95, 77.20, 78.35 146.10, 147.45, 135.25, 138.40 Gilt Plus-Liquid-(B)(G) 14.94 14.94 14.94 T G Sec (D) 11.72 11.72 11.66 Index Nifty 8.48 8.56 8.48 MIP - Half Y’ly 10.53 10.53 10.53 FMS (Y’ly)-YFMP5 10.40 — 10.09 Eimco Elecon 51 Hind.Inks&Re 252, 238.10, 239.50 Krebs Bioche 107.80, 106.05, 107.10 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(A)(D) 11.57 11.57 11.57 T G Sec (G) 20.67 20.67 20.57 Liquid Account Call 10.69 10.69 10.69 MIP - Q’ly 10.57 10.57 10.57 FMS (Y’ly)YFMP1(G) 11.01 — 10.67 53.80, 53.80, 47.30, 49.20 248.75, 248.75, 235, 238.75 Krishna Life 1.85, 2, 1.80, 1.85 Gilt Plus-PF Plan-(B)(G) 17.82 17.82 17.82 T G Sec Tr (D) 10.56 10.56 10.56 Lq. A/c (D) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Power (G) 14.74 15.07 14.74 M’ly Income (D-M’ly) 10.24 10.24 10.24 Hind.Motors 9.30, 9.45, 9, 9.30 Krone Comm 71.60, 73.05, 71, 71.50 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(AD) 11.89 11.89 11.89 Elder Pharma 34.50, 35.25, 34 T G Sec Tr (G) 11.45 11.45 11.45 Lq. A/c (G) 11.31 11.31 11.31 Power (D) 11.82 12.09 11.82 M’ly Income (D-Q’ly) 10.24 10.24 10.24 35, 35, 33.80, 34 9.05, 9.40, 9.05, 9.30 KSB Pumps 76.25, 79.40, 77.90 Gilt Plus-Reg.-(BG) 19.56 19.56 19.56 T IBA (D) 11.17 11.17 11.17 ING Mutual Fund PruICICI Short-Inst.(G) 11.41 11.41 11.41 M’ly Income (G) 13.02 13.02 13.02 Hind.Org.Chm 18.75, 19.75, 18.70, 76.60, 78.80, 76.60, 77.30 INDEX (Div) 9.91 9.96 9.91 Elecon Engg. 11.05, 12.30 T IBA (G) 22.07 22.07 22.07 Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.23 6.32 6.23 SPICE 30.58 30.58 30.58 MVB (D) 10.59 10.59 10.59 Elect.Kelvin 7.80, 7.95 19.15 INDEX (G) 9.91 9.96 9.91 T IBA (H-Y’ly) 14.88 14.88 14.88 Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.23 6.32 6.23 Short Term 11.40 11.40 11.40 MVB (G) 17.48 17.48 17.48 L IT Plan A (Div Payout) 10.38 10.48 10.38 Electro.Cast 280, 282, 277.25, 18.50, 19.80, 18.50, 19.10 T IBA (Instl Plan) 11.12 11.12 11.12 Capital Portfolio 10.98 10.98 10.98 Short Term (D) 10.63 10.63 10.63 MVL (D’ly Dp) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Hind.Power 30.50, 30.10, 31.40 IT Plan A (Div Reinv) 10.38 10.48 10.38 Gilt Portfolio 10.54 10.54 10.54 Short Term Instnl. (FD) 10.85 10.85 10.85 MVL (Dp) 10.93 10.93 10.93 278.50 Lakhani (I) 95, 92.55 T IBA (M’ ly) 14.99 14.99 14.99 278.50, 283, 278.50, 279.95 Hind.Sanitar 49.50, 50 IT Plan B (G) 12.06 12.18 12.06 T IBA (M’ly B) 19.76 19.76 19.76 Growth Portfolio (D) 4.88 4.98 4.88 Short Term Instnl. (MD) 10.87 10.87 10.87 MVL (Np) 14.18 14.18 14.18 Lakshmi Au.C 85.50, 87.25, 86.65 Income Plus Inst. A(D) 26.61 26.61 26.61 Growth Portfolio (G) 5.86 5.98 5.86 Short-Fortnightly(D) 10.61 10.61 10.61 Personal Tax Saver 41.96 41.96 41.96 Elgi Equip 25.40, 25.55, 25, 25.35 49.20, 50.95, 48.60, 50.65 87, 90.50, 86, 86.65 T IBA (Q’y) 14.87 14.87 14.87 25.25, 25.75, 25.10, 25.40 Hind.Spg &Wg 13, 12.35 Income Plus Inst. B(G) 26.61 26.61 26.61 T Income (D) 11.32 11.32 11.27 Income Portfolio (G) 15.87 15.87 15.87 Sweep 10.61 10.61 10.61 Resurgent (I) Equity 14.51 14.80 14.51 Lakshmi Elec 36.25, 37.85, 36.10, Income Plus Plan A(D) 10.76 10.76 10.76 Income Portfolio (I) 10.44 10.44 10.44 Tax (D) 9.99 10.21 9.99 Value (D) 8.28 8.45 8.28 Elgitread (I 190.05, 190.05, 178, 178 12.40, 12.40, 12.40, 12.40 T Income (G) 22.41 22.41 22.30 Elpro Inter 19.10, 19, 21.05 Hitachi Home 23.05, 23.50, 23.15 36.55 Income Plus Plan B(G) 26.52 26.52 26.52 T India Growth 13.79 14.07 13.79 Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.46 10.46 10.46 Tax (G) 13.69 14.00 13.69 Value (G) 16.30 16.63 16.30 Lakshmi Mach 1285, 1276, 1295.40 MIDCAP (Div) 11.05 11.16 11.05 Emco 34.25, 35.70, 33.25, 33.45 23.80, 23.80, 23.30, 23.55 T Liquid (D - D’ly) 10.00 10.00 10.00 Income Short Term 10.59 10.59 10.59 Technology 2.59 2.65 2.59 Taurus Mutual Fund 1235, 1302.05, 1235, 1302 MIDCAP (G) 11.63 11.75 11.63 Invst. 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The Times of India, New Delhi, Friday,May 23, 2003
Mum’s the word Chasing Batigol Botham for rugby league Andre Agassi’s a happy man. First he Gabriel Batistuta’s striking Not all folks like the willow and flannel became the oldest to mount the men’s prowess may be on the wane but game, no matter what their pedigree. Liam rankings, and now wife Steffi is expecting that has not stopped Chelsea from Botham chose to dump father Ian’s again. But fans have reason to be sad as the chasing the 34-year-old for their sport for rugby union way back. Out of proposed mixed doubles husband-wife combo line-up. They want his experience contract there, the 25-year-old’s now at the French Open will not happen now to bolster the side’s confidence headed for rugby league FC Porto down Celtic to win the UEFA Cup
We are now doubly determined to win this title, Pak want to do it we want to win it for Akhtar — Rashid Latif Australia 20 not out for Akhtar now AP SPORTS DIGEST Dambulla: New Zealand are AFP eyeing a rare overseas One- day triumph when they take Relaxed Akhtar on Pakistan in the tri-series title contest on Friday, but joins practice Pakistani skipper Rashid Latif says his young team is Dambulla: more determined than ever Pakistan’s after the ban on star pacer star pace Shoaib Akhtar. bowler Latif said his team wants Shoaib to clinch the title and dedi- Akhtar is cate it to Akhtar. ‘‘We are not displaying frayed now doubly determined to nerves despite the Inter- win this title, we want to win national Cricket Coun- it for Akhtar,’’ Latif said on cil slapping a two-match Thursday, adding his team ban on him for ball tam- can overcome the handicap pering during the ongo- of missing its star bowler. ing tri-series. ‘‘One will obviously miss a A day after becoming bowler of his class, but his only the second player FC Porto’s Derlei holds aloft UEFA absence has charged up the in the game’s history to Cup at the Olympic Stadium in boys,’’ Latif said. ‘‘It’s our be banned for ball tam- Seville on Wednesday. bad luck that Shoaib won’t be pering, Akhtar joined playing in the final. All of us his teammates at prac- Damien Fleming retires: For- support him and the team tice session. mer Test seam bowler Damien Flem- morale is high.’’ Managing to crack a ing retired from cricket to take up a Akhtar will be replaced by few jokes with his team- coaching role at the Australian Crick- pacer Shabbir Ahmed. Pak- mates, Akhtar had a long et Academy, the Australian Cricket istan will also drop opener bowling stint at the nets Board said. 33-year-old Fleming, Taufeeq Umar and give rook- to provide practice for agreed to a two-year contract to join ie opener Faisal Athar his the Pakistan batsmen. the Adelaide-based academy, replac- He later had an exten- ing Wayne Phillips, who was earlier first international cap. New Zealand skipper sive batting session. this month appointed coach of South Practicing his reflexes, Australia. He will join head coach Stephen Fleming down- played the importance of Akhtar stood in the mid- Bennett King and John Harmer and dle of the pitch as play- David Moore at the academy. AFP Akhtar’s absence, saying Pakistan had shown the ers hurled balls at him. AP Dinesh Mongia to wed: India threat it poses during the batsman Dinesh Mongia is to wed league matches. Teams Aarti Chandak in Chandigarh on May ‘‘Things seem to be even. 27. The 23-year-old Aarti, a manage- We’ve lost our main strike Pakistan (from): Rashid Latif (capt), ment student, and Mongia were en- Australian Andy Bichel does a somersault after bowling out Brian Lara during a One-Day International in Castries on Wednesday. bowler (Shane Bond), so it Mohammad Hafeez, Faisal Athar, gaged on last Dushera and the mar- Castries (St Lucia): Young- and taking three catches in game series and needing Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, You- riage was slated to be held on April SCOREBOARD will be a fairer reflection,’’ nis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Abdul Raz- ster Michael Clarke and An- the West Indies innings. just one more win in the Fleming said. Pakistan have zaq, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir 23. The ceremony, however, was drew Symonds each scored Symonds smashed nine last four games in Port of postponed as Mongia was selected Australia: R. Sarwan c Gillespie b Hauritz 15 won eight out of their last Ahmed, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, half-centuries as Australia fours in his 75 off 82 balls as Spain this weekend and the J. Maher c Smith b Banks 17 B. Lara b Bichel 4 nine matches against the Taufeeq Umar, Umar Gul. to play the tri-series in Dhaka. PTI M. Hayden c Baugh b Dillon 20 W. Hinds run out (Bevan) 42 New Zealand (from): Stephen stretched their unbeaten Australia scored 258 for following weekend in R. Ponting run out (Collymore) 32 M. Samuels c Clarke b Gillespie 37 Black Caps, but Fleming said Arjuna vows to fight: Sri Lanka’s Fleming (capt), Chris Nevin, Lou Vin- One-day international win- four off 50 overs after being Grenada to take the series. A. Symonds b Gayle 75 R. Powell c Clarke b Gillespie 26 his team possessed big-match cent, Scott Styris, Chris Cairns, Chris former World Cup-winning captain ning run to 20 games with a sent into bat. Clarke has been sitting M. Clarke not out 75 O. Banks run out (Hogg) 3 players. Harris, Brendon McCullum, Kyle Arjuna Ranatunga refused to accept M. Bevan not out 32 C. Baugh not out 24 Mills, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori, 25-run defeat of the West In- The Windies had their in the stands for most of Extras: (lb2, w2, nb3) 7 M. Dillon run out (Symonds) 4 ‘‘We’ve got the experience defeat as his bid for the top job in the dies in the third ODI match chances yet again to be 150 the Caribbean Test and Daryl Tuffey, Paul Wiseman, Andre Total: (for 4 wkts, in 50 overs) 258 C. Collymore not out 9 and that’s got to count for Adams, Matthew Horne. country’s cricket administration Fall of wkts: 1-25, 2-48, 3-79, 4-178 Extras (lb3, w13, nb1) 17 at Beausejour Stadium on for four after 35 overs but One-day tour watching his something,’’ Fleming said. AP looked doomed to failure. Claiming Bowling: Dillon 10-1-36-1, Collymore Total: (9 wkts, in 50 overs) 233 Wednesday. again self-destructed with Australian teammates and 10-0-52-0, Banks 7-0-38-1, Hinds 7- Fall of wkts: 1-20, 2-67, 3-70, 4-85, that he lacked cash to fund an elec- Clarke, 22, and playing in three run outs to play out finally got his chance on Reuters tion campaign, Ranatunga launched 0-42-0, Gayle 10-0-50-1, Samuels 6- 5-150, 6-181, 7-181, 8-186, 9-197 only his second One-day in- the final overs with no win- Wednesday when vice-cap- 0-38-0 Bowling: McGrath 10-1-35-1, Gille- a scathing attack on his opponent, ternational, was named ning chance at 233 for nine. tain and wicketkeeper West Indies: spie 10-1-48-2, Bichel 10-1-44-1, Colombo businessman Thilanga C. Gayle c Clarke b Hauritz 43 Hauritz 10-1-50-2, Hogg 10-0-53-0 Sumathipala, who is almost certain man-of-the-match after his The victory put Aus- Adam Gilchrist was rested D. Smith c Maher b McGrath 9 Man of the match: Michael Clarke unbeaten 75 off 100 balls tralia 3-0 up in the seven- from the St Lucia match. AFP to become the head of the board. AFP Top-seeds knocked out: Preeti Subramanium and J Grace Hanna, INDIANS ABROAD both of Tamil Nadu, knocked out top- Indians go down without a murmur seeds Kartiki Bhat and Parija Maloo Yuvraj unimpresive AFP of Maharashtra in the girls under-18 New Del- England batsman Marcus Trescothick dives to escape a run event to enter the quater-finals of the London: It was a none-too-hap- hi: The In- out on the first day of first Test against Zimbabwe at Lord’s National Junior Tennis tournment in py county debut for Yuvraj dian chal- China rule on Thursday. Pune. Preeti, who is from Coimbat- lenge at Singh as he made just 11 runs Paris: In a sign of the ore, defeated Kartiki 6-3 2-6 6-3. J for Yorkshire on the opening the world Grace Hanna also had a tough match table ten- times Asia accounts for day of its four-day Frizzell all bar four of the pair- when she lost the first set, but man- County Championship against nis cham- Marcus provides aged to defeat Parija 5-7 6-2 6-2. PTI pionship ings to make it through Glamorgan at Headingley. Bat- to the men’s and Waqar replaces Bond: Waqar ting at No.3, Yuvraj, playing being played in Paris came to a tame end women’s doubles quar- Younis has joined Warwickshire on a barely 24 hours after landing ter-finals after early ac- one-year contract as replacement for when all four paddlers, the early impetus from India, lasted just 14 balls. who made it to the main tion on day four of the New Zealander Shane Bond who has But the one-day specialist did draw, bowed out to table tennis world cham- London: Marcus Trescoth- lawmakers joined a small suffered a suspected stress fracture provide some tantalising higher ranked oppo- pionships. ick returned to form with a group of protesters outside of the back. AFP glimpse of his stroke-play, nents in the first round. And as if that was not half century but Zimbabwe the famous Grace Gate in a drawing warm applause for a Krajicek out: Former Wimbledon India’s top player trouble enough Europe removed Michael Vaughan peaceful demonstration. sumptuous square drive, before champion Richard Krajicek of the Chetan Baboor had no has no representation at for just eight on Thursday to Both invaders face prose- Netherlands and struggling Russian he edged Mike Kasprowicz to answer to the attacking all now in the mixed dou- justify a decision to bowl first cution for trespass and face Anna Kournikova have both with- slip.Yorkshire managed to game of Japan’s Toshio Japan’s An Konishi (L) shares a joke with team- bles, with the quarter-fi- in the first Test at Lord’s. fines up to £1,000 each. Al- drawn from the French Open Grand make 190 for nine.Yuvraj’s Tasaki, ranked 41st in mate Ai Fukuhara during the women’s doubles of nal cast-list comprising The seamers extracted though the two protestors Slam tournament. AFP teammate Virender Sehwag too the world, and was the Table Tennis World Championships at the six teams from China much sideways movement in might have distracted Vaugh- BETTING METER fared poorly. PTI thrashed in straight Paris Bercy Stadium on Wednesday. The Japan- and two from Korea. cloudy conditions but Eng- an, Trescothick stood firm in ese pair won 4-1. Wang Nan and Zhang land ended the day 184 for difficult conditions against BASKETBALL games 6-11 9-11 6-11 8-11 Indian boys lose on Wednesday. 13 11-6 to advance to the 12-10 11-6 11-3 11-5. In Yining dropped the first three following an 80-minute some spirited new ball bowl- NBA League, Championship winner and fourth sets against delay at the start. ing to hit early form. This San Antonio Spurs 4/6 New Delhi: Indian boys fal- Young Achanta second round, accord- the women’s doubles, the Romanian duo Adri- The tourists were unlucky was after he had struggled Dallas Mavericks 2/1 tered at the quarterfinals stage Sharath Kamal made a ing to information. Mauma Das and Mantu New Jersey Nets 4/1 ana Nastase and Mi- not to dismiss Mark Butcher, during the winter in Aus- of the Asia-Oceania world jun- promising start against In the women’s sec- Ghosh went all out for a Detroit Pistons 50/1 haela Steff before pre- when Sean Ervine dropped tralia when he managed a as per ladbrokes.com ior tennis championship to miss 57th ranked Christophe tion, Mouma Das went win as they streched vailing 4-2 in the the England No. 3 at second solitary half century in 10 out on a world group berth. Legout of France as he down fighting against the Singapore pair of LIVE ON TV won the opening game Hungary’s Georgina Xueling Zhang and women’s third round. slip off skipper Heath Streak Ashes innings during Eng- They lost 2-0 to Indonesia. In the Chinese No. 2 seeds land’s 4-1 series defeat. ESPN: 1510 hrs: England vs Zimbabwe (1st Test, 11-2. But the French- Pota 10-12 11-9 9-11 12-14 Paey Fern Tan till the in his second spell. girls section the Indian tie Niu Jianfeng and Guo Day 2). man overcame the early 8-11, while Yao Lin Jing decider, but eventually Butcher, who helped Vaughan struggled for 72 Ten Sports: 1330 hrs: Triangular series final: New against Japan was poised at 1-1 Yue beat Koreans Kim minutes while managing just hiccups to take the next of Malaysia defeated lost 11-8 7-11 5-11 2-11 11- Trescothick add 76 runs for Zealand vs Pakistan. before rain postponed doubles. Kyung-Ha and Jun. AFP three scoring shots. AP four games 11-6 11-6 15- veteran Mantu Ghosh 8 7-11. PTI the second wicket, was un- beaten on 52 at stumps. Eng- land lost the wicket of skip- SCOREBOARD per Nasser Hussain shortly England 1st innings: M. Trescothick c Ervine b Blignaut 59 after tea. Hussain scored just M. Vaughan b Streak 8 Need of the hour: World class sports facilities 19 runs. The opening two ses- M. Butcher not out 52 sions of play were marred by N. Hussain c Hondo b Friend 19 By Pullela Gopi Chand body which was responsible for the Indian parents often scold children for ‘wasting’ will have to think about the re- pitch invasions by a woman R. Key not out 11 development of sport, we could quirements of potentially top per- and then a man carrying ban- Extras: (b 8, lb 11, w 14, nb 2) 35 hy does a country of more their time playing games. Gopi Chand was fortunate Total (3 wkts, 59 overs) 184 have talked about its policies. At formers. ners to protest against Zim- than a billion people to have a family that spotted and groomed his talent. Fall of wkts: 1-45, 2-121, 3-165 strug- the moment, we have far too many: To produce the world’s best we babwe president Robert Mu- Bowling: Streak 20-5-55-1, Blignaut W 17-4-37-1, Hondo 11-3-36-0, Ervine SAI, IOA, dozens of sports associa- But then he had to contend with other obstacles as gabe’s regime. gle to produce need to put in the best ingredients: 7-1-25-0, Friend 4-1-12-1. even a handful of tions, sports councils, private acad- he made his charge towards the top. He recounts his good physios, top psychologists, the This was while British emies, clubs, corporates. All are on world-class ath- success story and also what needs to be done to best coaches, nutrition and lots of AP letes? The an- the sportswagon without clear de- make it all work in India research. Only then can we think swer, my friend, marcation of responsibilities. The about results on the world stage. is hidden in an- question of who is responsible for Abroad, children can play till their ment of the game, were available in Things have improved over the other question: development of different sports at youth and if they do not make it, limited numbers and as such years but that doesn’t mean much. How many Indi- the grassroots level, for example, they can still go to college, at a lat- smashing, such a crucial stroke in Where are we in comparison to ans actually play remains largely unanswered. In er age and study. the modern power game, remains world standards (especially in sport or think of fact, we are not even close to creat- I come from a middle class fami- largely undeveloped. Even today, terms of facilities)? We have to start it as a career? ing a viable plan to resolve this ly.Everybody was concerned about our national-level players have to in a big way somewhere if we really problem. my career. I wasn’t buy their own shut- If our numbers are taken into ac- want to produce world champions. sure what I would tles and they still re- count, I’m sure we would rank The early years of my career in- INDIAN SPORT — As told to C. Shekhar Luthra be doing till I was main quite expen- highly among those countries that volved juggling between studies 17. Although I was SLEEPING sive. Pullela Gopi Chand reached the don’t participate in sport at all. and sports. Most sportspersons are clear I wanted to be I spent most of pinnacle in the shuttle game by Sports as a culture and as a way of not able to spend enough time on GIANT sport during their formative years a sportsman, I was- my prize money winning the All-England Bad- life has to be nurtured in a country. because of studies. I, in my career, n’t sure I could buying shuttles and minton Championships in 2001, 21 Cricket, in a way,has managed that have seen many a promising talent carve a career out of it. My first job equipment during my early years years after Prakash Padukone had to a large extent. But the others are opt for professional colleges as with Tatas at 18 sealed the decision on the international circuit. I done it. He overcame a career- still far behind. We need numbers, sports in India is still very risky. I for me. would carry back old shuttles from threatening injury and many ob- a lot of them, to make sport count. call it risky because sportsmen Badminton, unlike generaly be- international tournament for prac- stacles on his way to the top. The The government, I must confess, spend their best years of their lives lieved, is also an expensive sport. tice back in India. In India, we are need of the moment, he says, is top has done well over the last few practicing or training for sports My parents had to spend all their still not being able to provide basic facilities. years. But we spend too little on but they can’t make it to the very savings and my family had to make facilities, like infrastructure, Readers can send their views on Henry Olonga, 2nd left, is greeted by his Zimbabwe team- sport to produce world-class top (or are hit by injuries) their many sacrifices to support me. equipment and coaching to our [email protected] or mates and coach Geoff Marsh, left, when he visited them on sportspersons. If there was just one very survival becomes a problem. Shuttles, one of the basics require- players. Once these are in place, we fax at 23323346, 23324173, 23715832. the practise ground at the Lord’s cricket ground.
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22 Friday,May 23, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Ramesh in lead Chennai: British Champion FC Porto win UEFA Cup and the International master from Indian Oil Corporation Seville: Brazilian striker Celtic goalkeeper Rab Dou- ers, who appeared to be div- R B Ramesh emerged as the Derlei shattered Celtic’s glas failed to hold a shot from ing and exaggerating the ex- sole leader with seven points UEFA Cup dream with a Porto’s impish playmaker tent of their injuries, after when defeated South Central 125th minute winner as FC Deco and, for the second time his side were denied their Railway’s J Rama Krishna in Porto announced their re- in the evening, Derlei first European trophy 32 moves in the crucial en- turn to the upper reaches of pounced on a rebound to give since 1967.AFP counter of the eighth and the European football with a Porto their first European penultimate round of the thrilling 3-2 victory here on trophy since they won the Eu- FIFA RANKINGS ropean Champions Cup in third Adayar Times FIDE Wednesday. Top 20 FIFA rankings for May rated open chess meet.PTI Outclassed for long peri- 1987. “Despite the many diffi- 1. Brazil, 2. France & Spain (tie), ods, Celtic had twice come 4. Germany, 5. Argentina, 6. from behind through Henrik culties which we had to face we managed to score goals Netherlands, 7. England, 8. Larsson headers to force the Turkey, 9. Mexico, 10. United match into extra-time. and emerge victorious,” said Derlei, a Brazilian. States & Denmark (tie), 12. Italy, But after being reduced to 13. Czech Republic, 14. Portu- ten men by the sending off of “This was not a victory for gal, 15. Ireland, 16. Belgium, 17. Bobo Balde, Martin O’Neill’s me, it was a victory for this Costa Rica, 18. Cameroon, 19. side were finally killed off af- fabulous team.” Paraguay, 20. Sweden. ter getting to within six min- O’Neill criticised the be- India ranked 126. utes of a penalty shoot-out. haviour of some Porto play- CROSS COUNTRY EB, JCT win Kolkata: East Bengal and JCT Mills, Phag- wara, carved out con- trasting victories in the second Junior (under-19) National Football League outings here on Thurs- day. East Bengal, who drew goalless with Tollygunge Agragami in their open- er, blanked Indian Bank, Chennai, 3-0, on their home ground to move to the top of the table on better goal difference than JCT. In the other match, JCT pipped Tollygunge 1- 0, riding on a opening half strike by Mandeep Kumar at the Mo- hammedan Sporting ground. PTI Boxing title for Gorkha Centre Shillong: Army’s 58 Gorkha Training Centre has won the Gorkha Brigade boxing champi- onship held here. In the finals held on Tuesday, GTC boxers dominated the proceed- ings winning nine gold medals. They also won the boxer title, a press re- lease said here on Thurs- day.The Training Centre boxers had recently won the East Zone All India Invitation Boxing Cham- pionship held in Kalimpong, West Bengal and also the Eastern Command Boxing Cham- pionship of the Army, the release said. PTI J&K beat Assam Huvina Hadagali (Bel- lary District): Jammu and Kashmir staved off a tough challenge from As- sam before prevailing over the North-Eastern State in a Group A en- counter in the boys sec- tion of 11th Mini Nation- al Volleyball Champi- onship being held here on Thursday. Results: Karnataka bt Chhatisgarh 25-11, 25-7, 25-19; J & K bt Assam 25-23, 20-25, 10-25, 25-20, 25-9; UP bt Rajasthan 25-7, 25-11, 25-14; Ma- nipur bt Assam 25-20, 23-25, 25-15, 25-20; UP bt Manipur 25-12, 29-27, 28-26; Pondicherry bt Chattisgarh 25- 20, 25-14, 25-21; TN bt Tripura 25-9, 25-6, 25-11; Haryana bt Maharashtra 25-22, 25-18, 25-13; WB bt Goa 25- 15, 25-21, 25-18; Kerala bt Andhra Pradesh 25-15, 25-20, 25-22. PTI Archana advances New Delhi: Third seed Ankita Bhambri’s indif- ferent run of form con- tinued as she fell to the guile of Archana Vankataraghavan in the $5000 ITF women’s mas- ters at DLTA on Thurs- day. Fifth seed Archana prevailed 6-2, 6-2 in what proved to be a one-sided affair despite it being Ankita’s home ground. Archana next takes on top-seed Liza Pereira who had a 6-3, 6-1 outing against Yamini Thukka- iandi. Another player to suffer from a fall in form is Sheethal Goutham who went down 1-6, 3-6 to Isha Lakhani. Results: Quarterfinals: Liza Pereira b Yamini Thukkaiandi 6-3, 6-1; Archana Venkataraman b Ankita Bhambri 6-2, 6-2; Sonal Phadke b Kamin Muruga- boopathy 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; Isha Lkahani b Sheethal Goutham 6-1, 6-3. TNN
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The Times of India, New Delhi TIMES SPORT Friday,May 23, 2003 23 ‘Sorenstam not the last woman’ Dokic ousted by qualifier Fort Worth (Texas): Some PGA “If you think this week is a A day earlier, Pernice had Strasbourg (France): Top seed Jelena Dokic of Serbia-Montenegro, last Tour pros might prefer that the problem, I don’t see it as a prob- been one of the players to wel- Dokic was beaten by qualifier Karolina year’s tournament runner-up, lost 5-7 6- “go Annika” buttons on sale at lem. To me it looks like a one- come Annika Sorenstam as she Sprem in the second round of the 1 3-6 in the last match of the day on the colonial read “go away Annika,” week thing.” becomes the first woman since US$170,000 Strasbourg Open. clay surface. AP but David Toms, a member of Toms’ remarks came a day af- Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945 the PGA Tour’s policy board, ter his fellow policy board mem- to play on the PGA Tour. says he doesn’t foresee the men’s ber Tom Pernice told the San He approached Sorenstam on circuit adopting a “no women” Francisco chronicle that he was the practice green and shook rule soon. certain the matter would be dis- hands, and the Swedish golfer “I don’t know why we would cussed, and soon. later said Pernice “especially change it,” Toms said of the tour “I’m sure this will be dis- was very,very friendly. bylaws, which don’t exclude cussed, because it’s a major is- “He said if I needed anything, women. “I think we have never sue on tour, no question,” Per- any help, just talk to me,” Soren- had a problem, that I know of. nice told the newspaper. stam said. AFP English ‘snub’ Mandela London: Gareth Southgate and on Thursday. the Football Association have Several newspapers in Britain defended the decision by eight treated the incident as a major England players to skip a meet- snub. ing with Nelson Mandela. The Daily Mail said on its While the rest of the team met back page on Thursday: ‘‘In the former South African presi- years to come, eight of Eng- dent on Wednesday morning in land’s soccer superstars would Johannesburg, Southgate and have been able to tell their seven others stayed at the team grandchildren they met one of hotel in Durban. history’s greatest statesmen. In- England was to play South stead they decided to stay in Africa in a friendly in Durban bed.’’ AP Roddick wins St. Poelten: Top-seeded Andy Roddick advanced to the semi- finals of the Raiffeisen Grand Prix with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Dutchman Richard Krajicek on Thursday. Roddick wasted a 4-1 lead in the first set, but took advantage of his younger age when the Dutchman got increasingly tired. “Richard is a champion, and I knew it was going to be a very tough match. He has beaten a couple of my friends and he has been around forever. But I played well,” Roddick said. AP
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GRAFFITI AFP Martin in a dilemma: Todd Martin has had a trou- ble-free career. Now, there’s a problem. With his 33rd birthday just weeks away, and with a new baby as a distraction, the veteran American doesn’t know whether to pack his suit- case or pack up the game. “I don’t know the answer to the question, really,” he said, adding, “I hate to say that I faced any career dilemmas, but this is a bit of an issue.” Troubled Seve opts out: Seve Ballesteros pulled out of the PGA Championship on Thursday only hours after be- ing fined and severely repri- manded following his dis- qualification at the Italian Open. “I felt very unwell dur- THE LEFT-FOOTED GENIUS: Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona (C) arrives at Rome’s Fiumicino international ing the night and did not airport to catch a plane to Cuba on Wednesday. sleep. I feel very weak today and believe it is very impor- Caring for safety: weekend’s games could be tant that the next player in the Brazilian soccer authorities cancelled, although the sus- field has the best opportunity are threatening to suspend pension hasn’t been made to compete,” said Balles- the national championship official. The decision, which teros. His place was taken by in protest against a new law has the backing of major England’s Simon Wakefield. that makes clubs and feder- clubs, however, drew a His punishment was decided ations responsible for the sharp response from the by the European Tours tour- safety of fans. The Soccer government, which issued nament players committee Confederation said that next the fan’s statute last week. headed by Mark James. Ronaldinho on Fergie’s wish list Manchester: Manches- ter United manager Alex Ferguson has put Brazil World Cup star Ronaldinho at the top of his wish list but realisti- cally expects to sign a French defender, Por- tuguese forward and English goalkeeper in the close season. Fergu- son said on Monday: “There won’t be massive dealings. But hopefully there will be two that will come in.” The Manchester Evening News said on Thursday the top three on his wanted list were French under-21 inter- national full-back Julien Escude, who plays for Rennes, Sporting Lis- bon’s 19-year-old Ricardo Quaresma and Leeds United keeper Paul Robinson. Ferguson tried to sign the four million pound (six mil- lion dollar)-rated Es- cude last August. Quaresma is said to be the best Portugese play- er since Luis Figo.AFP Acceptances for Bangalore races TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Following are the acceptances for the Ban- galore races scheduled for Saturday: Esquire Plate (div.II); 3 Y-O Only: 1,200m: 2.30pm: Imperial Fire 56, Grunstein 56, Far Storm 56, Known Reality 56, Grand Pere 56, Shubhashya 56, Wuthering Heights 54.5, Zenda 54.5, Candramala 54.5, Greenlawn 54.5. Astounding Plate (div.II): 10-25: 1,200m: Parisien Belle 59, Diamond Blue 56, Indian Wine 55, Brave Persian 54, Lucky Spell 54, Bin Tin Tin 53.5, Wovoka 53.5, Grace and Faith 53.5, Nesara 52.5, Sound Reasoning 51.5. Esquire Plate (div.I): 3 Y-O Only: 1,200m: Charleston 56, Ne Tlus Ultra 56, Royal Highlander 56, Star Hunter 56, Zabdiel 56, Dance With Dreams 56, Rhap- sody In Blue 54.5, Diamond Cut 54.5, Cen- tralito 54.5. Speakers Cup: 30-45: 1,400m: Bon Vivant 59, Conquering Star 59, Swinging Conquest 58.5, Hawke Bay 57.5, Star Sen- sation 55.5, Belper 55.5, Banzai 55, Star Chivalry 54, Smart Striker 52.5, Saratoga Sizzle 51.5. P Framji Memorial Plate (div.I): 20-35: 1,200m: Tal 61.5, Crown Royal 59, Red Orchid 59, Star Eaglle 58.5, Andropov 58, Fabulous Jet 58, Clear Cut 57, Morenzza 57, Matchless Princess 57, Forest Prince 55.5, Dancing Clear 52. Astounding Plate (div.I): 10-25: 1,200m: Misty Charms 61, Old Meldrum 60.5, Burninmg Roma 59.5, Cherry Blue 59.5, Triple X 59, Abyssinia 56, Blushing Star 55.5, Ace of Pace 54.5, Flirt With Speed 54.5, Odysseus 53. KN Gu- ruswamy Memorial Cup: 40 & Above: 1.,600m: Top Quark 59, Gisele 59, Preva- lence 56.5, Imperial Legend 56, Refresher 55, One So Wonderful 51.5, Kia Ora 50.5, Augill Castle 49, Jamboo 48. P Framji Memorial Plate (div.II); 20-35: 1,200m: 6.00pm: Star Wind 59, The Music Lover 57.5, Fond Fantasy 57.5, Vikrmaditya 56, Bansuri 56, Dance Royale 55.5, Roanoke 55, Olden Times 53.5, Outsmart 53.5, Smashes 53.5. CAPITAL SPORT Deadly Puneet: Puneet Waliya bowled a deadly spell of 4 for 19 to guide R.P.Cricket Academy to a convincing 8 wicket win over Harry Coaching Center in the 4th Peacock U-13 cricket tournament. In another match, Sonnet Club defeated United Academy by 5 wickets. Harry Coaching Centre: 115 for 9 in 30 overs (Puneet 4 for 19) RPCA: 116 for 2 in 22.4 overs (Vabhav Rawal 42). United Academy: 100 in 26.4 overs (Drhuv 3 for 18) Sonnet Club: 101 for 5 in 20 overs.
Sachin scintillates: In the Lala Raghubir Singh memorial cricket tournament, Sonnet Cricket Club beat Malviya Cricket Club by 8 wickets. Sachin Khurana who scored a fluent 45 was the chief architect of victory. Malviya CC: 227 for 8 in 40 overs (Sachin Khurana 53) Sonnet CC: 231 for 2 in 34.5 overs (Salil Oberoi 64). Following are the results of the DDCA U- 15 cricket tournament held at the Capi- tal on Thursday: DAV: 249 for 9 in 40 overs (L. Sharawat 98) beat Mohan Meakin: 201 for 7 in 45 overs (Shanky Srinivas 74, Aditya Saini 51). Ramjas School: 132 in 33.1 overs (Shoaib Saberi 42, Gagan Kapoor 6 for 41) beat In- born Club: 115 in 30.2 overs. St. Columbus: 186 in 36.2 overs (Vatsal Ku- mar 66, Rohit Yadav 6 for 61) beat LBSCC: 171 for 8 in 40 overs (Chirag Mehta 45).
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