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THE BATTLEFRONT Closing in ● US forces advance Established 1838 DAYDAY 1414 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. towards Baghdad on Flu storms into China two fronts against We had a great day. We Republican Guards Reuters killed a lot of people. ● 12 more deaths; — US Sgt. Schrumpf quoted US forces 30 km from in NYT from southern Iraq south edge of Baghdad ● Air raid hits Baghdad tourists warned NEWS DIGEST maternity hospital, trade Beijing: Twelve more Chinese fair and motorists Hizb leader shot: Chief com- deaths from the pneumonia epi- mander of the Hizbul Mujahideen ● Saddam chairs meeting demic were reported Wednesday as Saif-ul-Islam, who had replaced Ab- of top officials; no the World Health Organisation dul Majid Dar in 2001, was shot (WHO) urged travellers to avoid dead by the security forces in an en- footage shown the country’s particularly hard-hit counter at Puru on the outskirts of ● B-52s drop cluster south. Srinagar Wednesday night. P7 bombs on Iraqi tank Suspected cases of Severe Acute Bail for i-Flex CEO: After spend- column guarding city Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ing a week in Brixton prison in were also reported across the na- south-west London on alleged visa ● Euphrates dam seized tion in areas previously believed violations, Senthil Kumar, CEO of the unaffected, from Shanghai in the Dutch subsidiary of the software firm east to Sichuan in the southwest. i-Flex, was on Wednesday released Toll As the number of infected Chi- on bail but was asked to surrender COALITION nese shot up, the WHO said the epi- his passport by a local court. P13 80 demic would also worsen interna- TROOPS tionally but appeared to have BJP in poll gear: The BJP is meeting next month in Indore to de- peaked in the southern province of IRAQI Guangdong. cide whether it should issue a sepa- Cry ‘Freedom’: An Iraqi woman beside her bombed-out CIVILIANS 677 rate manifesto for the general elec- home near Baghdad. “I don’t think the problem has tions next year to hardsell its Hindut- peaked internationally,” said Dr va agenda. P7 Robert Breiman, team leader of the WHO experts. “I think the in- Toxic vegetables: Various stud- terest in China is because in ies have shown that a large percent- Guangdong perhaps it has peaked age of the vegetables grown and Allies at Baghdad gate and if this is true, and we think it sold in the country are contaminated is, then there is a lot we can learn with insecticides, pesticide residues Near Karbala: Closing to cast Wednesday on Iraqi causing vibrations. from there about how to deal with and heavy metals absorbed by the within 30 km of Baghdad, US satellite television. A sepa- In an attack launched at plants from soil, water and air. P7 the outbreak elsewhere.” forces seized a bridge over rate decree, also attributed to midnight, US 3rd Infantry Late Wednesday, China’s health Osama hunt: According to the US the Tigris River and swept Saddam, offered cash re- units surged past the strate- minister Zhang Wenkang moved to defence department, a total of 175 past battered Republican wards to anyone who helped gic city of Karbala, targeting ease fears over the crisis, saying Fleeing the flu: A Filipino family arrives at Manila airport from Hong Kong. special operations forces have been Guard units Wednesday. One uncover spies assisting the an estimated 2,000 paramili- the daily rate of new cases had fall- lost, killed or wounded since the be- of the key Guard divisions, US-led coalition. tary fighters. Karbala, which en steadily. “The number of cases China ginning of a concerted post-Sep- defending the city of Kut, Saddam did not appear in sits on the main approach to SARS cases worldwide is falling,” Zhang said on the state- 1 death 1,190 tember 11 counter-terrorism drive ‘‘has been destroyed,’’ a US person, and there was no way Baghdad from the southwest, run CCTV television network. “In Germany 07 Ireland 02 aimed at the Al-Qaida network. P9 general said. to verify if any of the state- was encircled and hit by Guangdong at the height of the epi- Canada 129 Britain 03 Sweden 01 Hong Kong 708 Farther south, US com- ments actually came from night-long bombardment demic there were 60 or 70 new cas- France 03 Belgium 01 manders said that Iraqi sol- the Iraqi leader. US officials from US artillery and es every day.Today there were few- US 72 Malaysia 19 diers were shooting from in- say they are not sure whether warplanes. Panama 01 Romania 03 Italy 03 er than 10,” the minister added. Philippines 23 side a revered mosque in Na- is he alive and well, wounded To the east, US Marines Zhang said of 1,190 confirmed Switzerland 03 jaf and that American sol- from an air strike on one of moved to within 56 km of cases in China, 934 patients had Thailand 06 Vietnam diers withheld return fire. his bunkers, or dead. Baghdad after capturing an made a full recovery,911 of them in 58 Australia The US Army’s 3rd In- important bridge over the Taiwan 14 Page 11 the southern province of Guang- 01 fantry Division and the US Tigris River near Kut. US dong where the outbreak originat- Singapore 95 1st Marine Expeditionary • Iraqis hold on to battleplan Brig Gen Vincent Brooks ed. Zhang said the rate of recovery Source: WHO Force launched a two- • US claims war tide turning said the Baghdad Division, of infected patients was between pronged attack toward defending Kut, was “79 to 80 percent” and that there Sick passenger causes a scare Baghdad, and both reported Information Minister destroyed. were “fewer and fewer deaths.” breakthroughs as units Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf One of the Marine units — The WHO said the total toll in By Byas Anand morning flight from Mumbai to entered the so-called ‘‘red described reports of a 1st Battlion, 5th Marines — China now stood at 46, making it TIMES NEWS NETWORK Delhi. ‘‘The passenger went to the zone’’ within range of the breakthrough by US forces battled for control of a bridge the top victim of the outbreak toilet and was feeling uneasy. guns and missiles defending on the front near Baghdad as over a canal late Tuesday, which erupted in Guangdong in New Delhi: The killer virus scare While he was coming back, he just the capital. ‘‘illusions.’’ killing an estimated 100 November and has now killed 78 touched a high in the country fell on the flight steward and be- US officials say Iraqi re- As for the report of cross- Iraqis dug into trenches and people in more than 20 countries. when a passenger aboard a Jet Air- came unconscious. All of us were sistance will be the most ing the Tigris River, he bunkers, then resumed its The number of reported deaths ways flight collapsed and fell un- totally frightened,’’ says Radhika, tenacious in this zone and replied: ‘‘We welcome them, advance Wednesday, passing in Guangdong was raised to 40 conscious mid-air. While the flight a fellow passenger. YOU SAID IT by Laxman have warned of the possible but this is not true.’’ an abandoned military com- from 31 Wednesday, while the attendants rushed to the person’s Though the flight attendants use of chemical weapons. Al-Sahhaf also told re- plex with high-rise barracks province had a total of 1,153 cases, help and tried to revive him, co- were quick to ask for a doctor-on- Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein porters Wednesday that while bombs thudded in the according to a WHO statement. passengers were unnerved, think- board and even tried to revive the issued a new statement de- Americans were bent on distance near Baghdad. AP The WHO also reported three ing the virulent fever had finally passenger and keep him from los- claring that ‘‘victory is at destroying Shiite shrines See Edit: Freedom Fail previously unannounced deaths in struck India. ing consciousness again, the inci- hand’’ and urging Iraqis to in the south-central cities Also see Edit Page article: ‘A the southern region of Guangxi, The incident happened last Fri- dent unnerved fellow passengers. fight on and defend their of Najaf and Karbala by Change in Script’ and Sacred which had recorded 11 cases. AFP day on the Jet Airways 9W-334 Hospitals geared up, says Govt: Page 7 towns, according to a broad- flying low over them, Space: ‘Peace Thoughts’ How much cash to get CAS? By N Vidyasagar the free-to-air TV channels. There TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cable buys are indications that these channels will be priced in the region of Rs 45 New Delhi: Your cable TV bill will • Monthly cable bill not likely to plus taxes. not cross Rs 250 per month for all be more than Rs 250 Cable federations have threat- channels — set-top box extra. Sir, all the fifty thousand copies • Zee announces post-CAS ened to go on strike if this hap- There are just about 100 days to go have to be destroyed! It is wrongly rate of Rs 55/ month for 14 pens. That’s because they get to printed terrorism department, before the implementation of the channels conditional access system (CAS) keep earnings from free-to-air terrorist resort, terrorist spot, • Free-to-air channels may be channels. They have demanded a terrorist map...! regime in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai priced Rs 45 plus taxes and Kolkata. minimum price of Rs 180 for such On Tuesday, Zee Telefilms be- • A set-top box costs between channels. indiatimes.com POLL came the first to announce its Rs 3,000-Rs 6,000 There’s another cost for con- post-CAS charge: Rs 55 per month sumers — a set-top box to Yesterday’s results: Do you think the US for its 14 pay channels in the Zee- Once CAS comes into play, receive pay channels costs media is being biased in its coverage between Rs 3,000 (analog) and of the Iraq war? Turner bouquet (including Zee consumers will have the option and Alpha channels, CNN, Cartoon to pick, watch and pay for individ- Rs 6,000 (digital). Yes 90% No 10% Network, CNBC). ual channels from different bou- Fearing that viewership will decline, there is a move by broad- • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose The final bill will depend on how quets. However, the cable TV in- to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. much other pay channels charge dustry expects consumers to pick casters to postpone CAS imple- mentation from its deadline Today’s question: Do you feel sorry for for their bouquets. There’s Star (14 one or two bouquets, along with Salman Khan? channels), Sony’s One Alliance (7 the free-to-air channels (like DD, of July 14. channels), ESPN-Star Sports and Aaj Tak, MTV,BBC). They feel Delhi and Mumbai Cast your vote on should be included in the last www.indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Modi Networks — all of whom are In such a scenario, a subscriber yet to announce their rates. wishing to just watch free-to-air phase of CAS implementation. But At present, the Star bouquet channels and the Zee-Turner the I&B minister Ravi Shankar costs Rs 30. Sony’s One Alliance bouquet will have to pay Rs 100 Prasad has made it clear that pay bouquet (Sony, Set Max, HBO Dis- per month. channels will have to be routed covery, NDTV) is currently priced The government has not yet through set-top boxes in the CAS in the region of Rs 60. fixed the maximum price band for regime. WEATHER Aishwarya injured while shooting Max. 36oC/ Min. 19oC Moonset: Thursday — 2004 hrs. TIMES NEWS NETWORK as stable. Hundreds of people gath- Moonrise: Friday — 0733 hrs. ered outside the hospital when the Sunset: Thursday — 1840 hrs.s Mumbai: Actress Aishwarya Rai news of the accident spread. Sunrise: Friday — 0609 hrs. fractured her left leg during the The police had a tough time con- Mainly clear sky. Thundery development shooting of Raj Kumar Santoshi’s trolling the crowd. Nashik mayor likely towards afternoon/evening. Maximum film Khaki at Trimbakeshwar,25 km Dashrath Patil and senior police of- relative humidity on Wednesday 68 per cent from Nashik. ficial Ravindra Singhal were among and minimum 18 per cent. According to the film’s producer those who called on the actress. Keshu Ramsay, Aishwarya was Sources said Aishwarya will be watching the rehearsal of a scene brought to Mumbai by a special air- Book your Classifieds with Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay 24 hours service: “51-666-888” craft tonight or early Thursday Kumar and Tusshar Kapoor, when morning for treatment at Hinduja Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” a jeep used in the shooting hospital. The ATM of information dashed against the chair on which The incident occurred a day after The Largest Classifieds Site she was sitting. actor Vivek Oberoi accused Salman She was thrown off the chair and the spot for the past four days. Khan of threatening and abusing apparently one of wheels hit her leg. She was rushed to Dr Vijay him. Vivek also claimed that Salman The incident occurred around 6.20 Kakatkar’s Hospital in Nashik city accused him of having an affair * 18 + 8 pages of Delhi Times pm. The unit has been shooting at where her condition was described with Aishwarya.
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2 Thursday,April 3, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi Suspended DDA Diabetes on the rise in children TIMES NEWS NETWORK Alert said. ‘‘During our awareness cam- official arrested paign in schools, teachers were taught New Delhi: Over 50 per cent diabetics to manage a diabetic child. They were India has over 3.5 cr diabetics. To chat on SMS send 'cchat'
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Thursday,April 3, 2003 3 Guard killed for not washing car Canada seeks TIMES NEWS NETWORK higher studies. come back from his work. Even as Sreenivas tried to Deputy commissioner of Rakesh was then preparing calm Dhruv, the latter did doctor accused New Delhi: A 23-year-old police (south) P Kamaraj to leave for home while his not pay heed. He went and man stabbed his security said: ‘‘The victim, Rakesh, father had reached there to stabbed Rakesh in his chest. guard to death on Wednes- day when he allegedly re- and his father, Sreenivas, take over.’’ ‘‘He sustained one stab in- work as security guards Although Rakesh’s duty jury. But the injury was so of sexual abuse fused to clean his employ- er’s car in Greater Kailash with the Sachdeva family in hours were over, Dhruv deep that it proved fatal,’’ By Bhadra Sinha Part-I. Greater Kailash Part-I. asked him to stay back to Kamaraj said. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Tortuous treatment Dhruv Sachdeva was ar- While Rakesh worked from clean his car. ‘‘Since it was By the time Rakesh was New Delhi: Canadian inves- An Indian doctor al- rested after the victim’s fa- 8 am to 8 pm, his father not a part of his duty,he re- taken to the hospital, he had • tigating agencies are closing legedly sexually abused ther called the police. worked through the night.’’ fused. Dhruv, however, in- already died. Kamaraj said in on a Delhi-based doctor three patients in Canada The police said Sachdeva The police said Dhruv’s sisted. But Rakesh refused the victim and his father who is wanted in three 12- helped his father who father, Ravi Sachdeva, was to relent,’’ the officer said. were working with the year-old cases of sexual •He later moved to Delhi owned a printing press in not at home when the inci- This reportedly infuriated Sachdevas for over a abuse in the country. Okhla. He had recently re- dent happened. An official Dhruv who went inside his year.‘‘They were hired from •The women lodged a Dr Omesh Chander turned from Australia at the local police station house and came out with a a private security agency in complaint Kashyap, a resident of Saket, where he had pursued his said: ‘‘The accused had knife. Okhla,’’ he said. is attached to several hospi- •The Canadian agencies tals as consultant ever since traced his Delhi address he left Canada in 1991. through the net Although Dr Kashyap is Now they want to ex- Bomb scare yet to be arrested, the pro- • tradite the doctor to ceedings to extradite him Canada No cable fee hike in VK in AIIMS have begun. The ministry of external affairs has written TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK took up the issue on the res- to a city court, asking them Sky wars idents’ behalf. read about him on the inter- New Delhi: Residents in New Delhi: The casualty and to begin hearing. The letter net. After finding his ad- ‘‘We are not the only ones areas around the out patients was sent after the Canadian Vasant Kunj have moved a facing such problems. Sev- dress, Kenny recorded fresh step closer to taming cable department (OPD) of the All high commission wrote to statements of the three vic- eral other RWAs from other India Institute of Medical the MEA and sought the doc- operators who have both- colonies are approaching tims on June 5, 2002. The Sciences (AIIMS) were tor’s extradition. women also identified his ered them with frequent the commission for combed for two hours on When contacted, Dr photograph which was down- subscription fee hikes. respite,’’ said A K Mehta, Wednesday after an anony- Kashyap said he was not loaded from the internet. The Monopolies and Re- general secretary of the mous caller informed the po- aware of the case. He, howev- In his statement which strictive Trade Practice Federation of RWAs of Vas- lice that a bomb was planted er, admitted practising in forms a part of the MEA’s Commission has come to ant Kunj. near the OPD. The call later Canada and that he had left file, Kenny has said the case their rescue and banned The commission may turned out to be a hoax. the country in 1990 on per- was referred to him on July any hike in monthly cable take a final view on similar •Over 5 million cable The police control room sonal grounds. ‘‘When I was 17, 1990. The victims alleged TV subscription. TV subscribers in the complaints of residents of had received a call at 3:40 pm. in Canada, nobody com- the doctor had sexually as- The order means Vasant city pay between other colonies this month. The caller had said the bomb plained against me. I do not saulted them while he Kunj residents will contin- Rs 40 and Rs 450 as Residents of Greater would explode if he was not have any idea about these al- worked as a psychiatrist with ue to pay Rs 180 as monthly monthly fee Kailash, Gulmohar Park paid Rs five crore by 6 pm. legations. I am hearing them St John’s hospital in New- subscription for their cable and East of Kailash had in Deputy commissioner of po- for the first time,’’ he said. foundland. service. Recently, some op- •Cable operators of- a joint meeting recently lice (south) P Kamaraj said The doctor was located af- Kenny procured a warrant erators had demanded a ten hike the fee on threatened to start distribu- the police along with the hos- ter the Canadian investigat- to arrest Kashyap after monthly fee of up to Rs 360. pretext of providing a tion of cable TV signal on new channel pital’s security agency ing officer of the case since checking his records from The commission has also their own to counter cable scanned the area extensively. 1990, Sergeant Craig Kenny, the hospital. prevented operators from •RWAs are starting operators’ blackmail. disconnecting any cable TV there own cable TV The cable operators on connection in the colony. services their part have launched a The cable war between propaganda, using on- residents and operators screen ticker ads, to build a had reached a climax ahead In January, over 3,000 case for a fee hike. ‘‘The of the cricket World Cup in houses in Vasant Kunj ticker ads highlight the South Africa. The opera- faced a blackout for 12 days. monthly charges of major tors tried to blackmail resi- Sector D-1 residents welfare broadcasters and ask sub- dents into a fee hike by association (RWA) presi- scribers to consider the ca- blocking signals of cricket dent, Usha Minhas was ble lobby’s request for a fee matches to hundreds of even threatened by her lo- hike,’’ said Avishek Pandey, houses in the colony. cal cable operator after she a resident of Patparganj. Ex-minister’s son involved in Jamia shootout
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Son of Delhi’s former transport minister and Okhla MLA Parvez Hashmi was allegedly in- volved in the shootout that took place near Jamia Millia Islamia on Tuesday. A group of students al- leged that Farhan, Hashmi’s son, had fired shots at Shah Hussain, one of the three in- jured in the shootout. The police is ascertaining the allegations and have con- ducted raids in the city and neighbouring areas to locate the youths, including Hash- mi’s son Farhan, involved in the shootout. On Wednesday, more than 2,000 students appeared for their examinations amid heavy police bandobast. On Tuesday, two groups of youth exchanged fire in the campus. According to the po- lice, the shootout was report- ed between one group led by Shah Hussain, an expelled student of Jamia and anoth- er group led by Imran Khan, a shopkeeper in the locality. Old rivalry was apparently the cause of the fight. In the crossfire, besides Shah and Imran, a passer-by Isrial was injured. Deputy commissioner of police (south) P Kamaraj said: ‘‘Hussain alleged in his complaint that Farhan ac- companied Imran’s party and fired a shot at him in the crossfire. While Hussain was admitted to AIIMS Hospital with two wounds, Imran and Israil were admitted to Holy Family hospital. All three are out of danger.’’ Woman poisons children, self TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: A 25-year-old woman committed suicide af- ter poisoning her two sons in Manglapuri, Dabri, on Tues- day. The victim reportedly took the extreme step follow- ing a fight with other family members over cable service. She complained to her hus- band who scolded her.‘‘Upset over her husband’s reaction, Pinki poisoned her sons Saurav (5) and Gaurav (3) and then consumed pesticide,” the police said. In another case, reported from the same area, Gunjan (18), a student of Class 11 committed suicide after get- ting a compartment in Eng- lish examination.
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4 Wednesday,April 2, 2003 DELHI The Times of India, New Delhi
FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER Apollo is violating lease clause OF DELHI Rain or snow is likely to occur at isolated places in Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and TIMES NEWS NETWORK NATIONAL Kashmir. Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at Mumbai: I-A 0700, a few places in Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Meghalaya, 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Zoo ready for a cruel summer Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and sub-Himalayan west New Delhi: A three member committee report, formed to 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, Bengal and Sikkim and at isolated places in Andaman and Nicobar find out whether Indraprastha Apollo hospital was following 2300 Jet Air 0650, By Saurabh Sinha Sanjay Sekhri islands, Jharkhand, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala the conditions laid down when the land was given to them on 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, and Lakshadweep. TIMES NEWS NETWORK 1935, 2030, 2200, lease, has concluded that the hospital had failed to function Sahara 0700,1800, 2025 INDIA WORLD as per the guidelines. New Delhi: Ganga, Jamu- KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min 1600★★,1700,1945 na, Saraswati and Kaveri Delhi 33 20 Gangtok 17 11 Amsterdam 13 02 The report was filed during the hearing of a public inter- Jet Air 0600, 1720, may not have to spend the Sahara 0620,1915 Mumbai 34 24 Guwahati 27 19 Bahrain 26 19 est litigation filed by the All India Lawyers Union. The peti- CHENNAI: I-A Chennai 37 27 Dehradun 30 N.A Bangkok 34 26 tion has alleged that the hospital is violating an important hot nights in their rooms 0640,0955★★★ Kolkata 32 24 Hyd’bad 39 21 Beijing 21 11 this summer. For the first 1645,1900 Jet Air Bangalore 35 23 Indore 37 23 Chicago 06 -04 clause of contract between the Delhi state government and 0645,1900 Ah’dabad `39 25 Jaipur 35 21 Geneva 19 08 the Apollo management. The clause was to render free med- time, the Delhi Zoo is plan- BANGALORE: T’puram 34 24 Lucknow 33 19 Hong Kong 28 22 ical service to one-third of its patients. This was included be- ning to release its big fe- I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 37 22 Patna 35 22 London 17 04 lines — lions, tigers and Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 37 26 Rajkot 36 22 Los Angeles 32 16 cause the government gave 14 acres of land to the hospital on Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 37 17 Shimla 17 07 Moscow 10 03 a lease of Re one per month. white tigers — out into the HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 open enclosures on a rota- GOA: I-A 1200, Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS tional basis at night. KULU: Jagson 0630, ‘‘Each summer we install 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 2000 hrs. on AHMEDABAD: 01.04.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. coolers in animal cages for I-A 0600,1700★★1845, their comfort. But staying Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH in air-cooled rooms at I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 02.04 03.04 09.04 07.04 nights may lead to the big ★ Jet Air 1010 4645 Shalimar Exp — 30.04 30.04 06.04 cats developing respiratory Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 02.04 08.04 07.04 22.04 Fri, ★★Tue, Thu, Sat, ★★★ EAST problems. So this year, we Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 02.04 02.04 09.04 — 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 plan to keep them out in the Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 02.04 03.04 02.04 24.04 open at night one by one,’’ (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 04.04 08.04 04.04 06.05 Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 04.04 04.04 13.05 said zoo veterinarian Dr FOR THE BIRDS: Painted storks cool off in their enclosure at the Delhi Zoo. INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 04.04 02.04 03.04 Panner Selvam. Two wild 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 02.04 02.04 02.04 last year.But due to our suc- moats will be kept dry. through excessive perspira- BANGKOK/TOKYO: 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 03.04 02.04 02.04 02.04 cats of the same species will cessful management plan, ‘‘Only animals like hippos, tion. The animals’ diet Thai Air 0010 (TG-316), 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 21.05 01.05 not be released simultane- not one death was caused rhinos and tigers will have a chart also changes. ‘‘Their A-I 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 21.04 28.04 29.04 FRANKFURT: Lufthansa 2554 Vaishali Exp 02.04 15.04 03.04 27.05 ously as they ‘‘tend to due to heat stroke last year,’’ wet moat,’’ said Bonal. intake reduces during sum- 0305 (LH-761) fight,’’ he added. AMSTERDAM: 2816 Puri Exp — 03.04 03.04 17.04 said Selvam. To prevent infections, mer,’’ Bonal said. Fruits KLM 0140 (KL-472) 2802 Purshottam Exp — 21.04 03.04 21.04 This new idea is part of Zoo director B S Bonal Bonal said the moats are with high water content 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 04.04 04.04 04.04 LONDON: British Air the summer preparedness said: ‘‘The ventilations disinfected with lime pow- will be given while the car- 0210 (BA-142) 4230 Lucknow Mail 05.04 06.04 05.04 07.04 WEST plan in the zoo. ‘‘The worst closed during winter are be- der. nivores’ meat supply will be PARIS: Air France 2904 Golden Temple Mail 03.04 03.04 03.04 09.04 0040 (AF-147) period is from April 20 to ing opened in all cages.’’ The hospital is stocking reduced. Water will be SINGAPORE: Sin’pore Air 2926 Paschim Exp 02.04 07.04 07.04 22.05 2315 (SQ-407), 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 03.04 03.04 03.04 — June 15 and can get extend- However, due to shortage vitamin C tablets and elec- sprinkled in the enclosures A-I 0050 (I-855) 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 05.04 02.04 02.04 — ed if the monsoon fails or is of water and clogged sewer trol powder to compensate when the heat crosses 45 de- 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 10.04 03.04 03.04 ABUDHABI: delayed, like it happened lines, a majority of the for the loss of minerals gree Celsius. A-I 1810 (AI-765) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 13.05 25.05 08.05 MOSCOW: 2916 Ashram Exp 02.04 02.04 02.04 02.04 A-I 1115 (AI-515) SOUTH ROME/GENEVA: 2616 G T Exp 02.04 02.04 02.04 02.04 A-I 0350 (AI-173) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 02.04 02.04 14.04 06.04 2432 Trivandrum Raj 06.04 N.A. N.A. — AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 02.04 03.04 22.04 2618 Mangala Exp — 29.05 23.04 17.04 Doctors warn against gastroenteritis AHMEDABAD: 2628 Karnataka Exp — 02.04 02.04 02.04 0115 (A-I 3112) TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sciences (AIIMS) said: ‘‘It is Hence, one should watch out MUMBAI: 0315 (A-I 722), 2724 A P Exp 03.04 07.04 03.04 02.04 Dos and don’ts 0615 (A-I 142), 0700 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 04.04 22.04 14.04 — important for the patient not for symptoms like vomiting, (A-I 802), 2145 (A-I 315) 7022 Dakshin Express — 03.04 — 02.04 New Delhi: With the onset of to neglect abdominal discom- diarrhoea, dysphagia (heart No. of passengers dealt on 31.03.2003 (Delhi Area): 64,060 (N. Rly. Area) summer, doctors have •Do not store meat in A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,35,449. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all fort, fever, and watery burn), flatulence, abdominal (Air.)25652050, British Air: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for warned against food and wa- the refrigerator for long (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: stools.’’ Self medication can pain, rectal bleeding and 23323310, Singapore Airlines computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. ter-borne diseases. durations 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) be harmful because there are fever. The most common and po- different kinds of gastroen- •Wash fruits and veg- With a high risk of dehy- Medical college convocation: Lady Hardinge Medical tentially dangerous is gas- College celebrated its 87th annual day on Tuesday. Union teritis. ‘‘The one by a virus is etables properly before dration, patients should take troenteritis which, if neg- minister for health Sushma Swaraj was the chief guest, and self limiting and does not re- eating adequate fluids. ‘‘The patient director general of health services S P Agarwal presided over lected, can lead to dehydra- quire medication, but if the should also take oral rehy- Use clean water. Wa- the function. TNN tion and liver damage. disorder has been caused by • dration solution (ORS), Marked by diarrhoea and a bacteria, then antibiotics ter boiled for 15-20 min- which can be prepared at vomiting, gastroenteritis need to be given,’’ he said. utes is safe home and is also commer- starts surfacing by end of ‘‘If left untreated, gas- •Wash hands before cially available,’’ Dr Kishore March and continues troenteritis can lead to intes- eating said. Preparations such as throughout summer. tinal ulceration and systemic yogurts help, Dr Bagai added. It is caused by faeco-oral spread of infection and ab- •Avoid eating cut fruits Other infections such as contamination, intake of scesses in the liver,’’ a doctor or food from vendors dysentery, cholera and sal- contaminated water, open with Loknayak Jayaprakash monella infection spread food and poorly cooked meat. Narayan hospital said. troenteritis is common in very fast. However, they can Dr Naval Kishore of the Consultant paediatrician children because they eat be prevented with the help of All India Institute of Medical Dr Sanjeev Bagai said gas- food products from vendors. vaccines and capsules.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Thursday,April 3, 2003 5 Bhatt, Babbar off to Iraq with medical aid Cong to BJP wants VAT Mohammed Ilyas TIMES NEWS NETWORK keep away on backburner Mumbai: Film director Mahesh Bhatt, MP Raj Babbar and advocate from Jogi, By Smita Gupta Majid Memon are leaving for TIMES NEWS NETWORK Party dilemma Baghdad on April 6 along with med- icines and a contingent of 10 IB spat New Delhi: Faced with the •Party seen as spear- doctors. prospect of annoying the heading the VAT move The 25-strong delegation will be TIMES NEWS NETWORK traders’ lobby, from which it taking 40 to 50 tonnes of medicines, •Does not want to go New Delhi: The Con- draws sustenance and votes, medical supplies, powdered milk against traders’ lobby gress leadership seems the BJP would like the imple- and canned juice, the organisers, to be distancing itself mentation of value-added the Red Crescent Society of India, from Chhatisgarh chief tax (VAT) to be put on the said, adding the Union fi- said here on Tuesday. minister Ajit Jogi, who backburner and postpone its nance ministry should have Arshad Siddiqui of the Red Cres- got cornered after mak- implementation till after the explained its position. cent has pleaded for donations and ing allegations against general elections in 2005. The other point the BJP has put out a list of medicines need- the Intelligence Bureau For the BJP,the implemen- feels has not been highlight- ed. Donors may contact the Society (IB) for fabricating cor- tation of VAT has become a ed is that VAT will apply only at its office at G-1, ground floor, ruption charges against political issue and will be dis- to those establishments with Sushil Bldg, A.B. Road, Colaba or him. cussed at its national execu- an annual turnover exceed- call 22040226. While Jogi held a tive in Indore on April 4-5. ing Rs 5 lakh. The delegation is planning to Press meet on Wednes- Party sources say the man- In short, a substantial sec- leave on April 6 on a special char- day and distributed his ner in which the BJP-led gov- tion of the trading lobby does tered flight to Damascus from where second letter to Prime ernment handled the an- not fall within VAT’s they will proceed by road to Iraq, Minister Atal Bihari Va- nouncement of the decision purview. Given the fact that and eventually to Baghdad. The del- jpayee, seeking a joint to introduce VAT has been a public perception is the key egation will stay there for about a parliamentary commit- public relations disaster. to winning support, all this is week. tee (JPC) probe into the ‘‘After all, 24 state govern- not good news for the BJP. Congratulating the Society for alleged IB document, ments, most of which are not When the first objections ‘‘this bold step’’, Bhatt said that it the party did not take up ruled by the BJP, agreed to came in, a delegation met the was important that India, as an old his cause. the implementation of VAT finance minister to place its friend of Iraq, to offer aid. It is the Congress with the BJP-led government views before him. ‘‘It is difficult to take aid from the leadership that has to at the Centre merely being a For the BJP, keeping the people who are beating you,’’ he seek a JPC in Parlia- facilitator. But today, it looks traders’ community happy is said, referring to the humanitarian Members of the National Human Rights Council demonstrate against the killing of Iraqi children at an anti-war ment. as though it is the BJP which crucial as it forms the back- efforts of the US-British forces. rally in New Delhi on Wednesday. But Congress general was spearheading the move,’’ bone of the party. So it finds secretary and in charge a senior BJP functionary itself in a piquant situation. of Chhattisgarh Ambi- ka Soni said she does The woman not know whether Jogi Founder’s biography splits Parivar had met party president who changed Sonia Gandhi before By Akshaya Mukul that Malkani had any problem with the writing to the Prime TIMES NEWS NETWORK Book of contention original draft. ‘‘He did not point out Minister. AP villages New Delhi: This time it’s not the Left, anything,’’ he says, adding that the BJP With the PM terming it’s all in the Parivar.Days before the bi- •K R Malkani says manuscript left the document a forgery By Anita Katyal out major events of Hedgewar’s life veteran is not comfortable with Hindi. ography of RSS paterfamilias Keshav ‘‘I have been researching on Hedgewar and ordering a CBI in- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Baliram Hedgewar is to be released by •Biographer Rakesh Sinha peeved for one decade. I have met Malkani quiry, the onus of prov- the government’s Publications Division Kurnool: Driving through at suggestion that his draft was many times during my research,’’ Sin- ing its authenticity lies (PD), two RSS ideologues — one a veter- the villages of this Andhra inadequate ha says. According to him, when the PD on Jogi. On Monday, he an, the other a rising star — each district, it is quite common- approached him more than two years had said that he believes claims that he knows the founder best. place to encounter groups of •Govt Dept’s move to send the draft ago to write Hedgewar’s biography for the document to be gen- K R Malkani, Lt Governor of women talking animatedly to a party ideologue for vetting its ‘Builders of Modern India’ series, he uine and ‘‘somebody’’ Pondicherry and former editor of The about how they have benefit- questioned had given him the pho- Motherland, says that he told Publica- agreed since he was already working on ed by becoming members of tocopies. tions Division the manuscript had to be the subject. self-help groups (SHGs). Times of India,‘‘came to me more than He has repeated the redrafted and at places also rewritten. Sinha also criticised ‘‘Left histori- This transformation was a year ago from the I&B ministry when allegations about the The biographer, Rakesh Sinha, says ans’’ for not portraying Hedgewar in not achieved overnight. It government misusing Malkani could not have made many sug- Sushma Swaraj was the minister’’. ‘‘proper perspective’’. His books, Sinha was made possible by the ef- the services of the IB in gestions since ‘‘(his) Hindi is not so The original draft was ‘‘like a doctor- says, have enough ‘‘new facts’’ to dis- forts of Vijaya Bharati, noth- his latest letter to the good’’. al thesis.’’ Asked to point out specific prove the view that the RSS founder was ing short of an icon for the Prime Minister. A peeved Sinha, who teaches political problems, Malkani said: ‘‘The book was pro-British. poor, illiterate women. However, the Con- science in Delhi University, and has too long. It had too many minor details Publication Division itself has decid- A soft-spoken and gentle gress refused to authen- been working on Hedgewar for more but had left out major events of Hedge- ed to maintain silence on the issue. A person, Vijaya Bharati’s de- ticate the document than a decade. war’s life. So I suggested redrafting.’’ senior official said that he was unaware meanour undergoes a change with Soni saying: ‘‘He Parivar corridors are also abuzz with Malkani says Sinha even met him dur- of the manuscript being vetted by when she addresses the must have substantial questions regarding the propriety of a ing that period. Malkani. ‘‘When I joined, the final draft women. Vijaya is, at once, reasons to vouch for the government publishing house sending Sinha, whose book on the role of RSS was almost ready,’’ he says. However, he fiery and patient as she talks authenticity and will be what is supposed to be a scholarly man- and Hedgewar in the freedom move- admits that a new precedent has been to the women. The enthusias- able to disclose them be- uscript to a BJP ideologue for vetting. ment is due for release later this year, is tic response of the women is set by sending the manuscript to a par- fore you.’’ The manuscript, Malkani told The inescapable as is their rever- upset with these remarks. He denies ty ideologue. ence for Vijaya Bharati. Narrating her own story, Vijaya tells you how she Video-conferencing started as a botany teacher in a Nellore district college be- fore she ventured into com- allowed for evidence munity development in 1991. She spent several years trav- TIMES NEWS NETWORK elling through the villages of New Delhi: Giving a boost to the justice delivery system, Nellore, talking and motivat- which is afflicted with delays due to various reasons, includ- ing the women. They re- sponded enthusiastically and ing non-availability of witnesses for examination, the even lodged a protest with po- Supreme Court has upheld the recording of deposition litical leaders when their lo- through video-conferencing. cal officials were transferred. The judgment comes in a case where a Mumbai trial court Vijaya was asked to persuade had allowed video-conferencing of a US-based doctor, Ernest the angry women from call- Greenberg, who was unable to come to India to depose in a ing off their protest. case. He had agreed to give evidence through video-confer- When she declined, she encing. He had given an opinion against operating on a was put under house arrest woman cancer patient. But ignoring the advice, two Indian and then forced to leave the doctors operated on her, leading to her death. district. She remained under- In the present case, the deceased’s husband P C Singhi and ground for a year in Hyder- the Maharashtra government had appealed to the SC against abad till she was asked to join the Bombay High Court order, disallowing video-conferenc- the South Asia Poverty Alle- ing. The two Indian doctors — Praful B Desai and A K viation Programme (SAPAP) Mukherjee — are facing the trial. The HC had struck down as an assistant project direc- the trial court order, allowing video-conferencing, saying it tor in 1997. was not permissible under Section 273 of the Criminal Pro- Since then, she has been cedure Code (CrPC). ceaselessly touring the vil- But a Bench of Justices S N Variava and B N Agrawal said lages of Kurnool district, recording of evidence through video-conferencing by the tri- persuading and motivating al judge, complainants and advocates with an important wit- women to join SHGs. ness staying abroad would be perfectly legal.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Thursday,April 3, 2003 7 New Hizb chief AP BJP to discuss Govt wakes up to shot dead manifesto at Hospitals geared up acute shortage in Kashmir Indore meet TIMES NEWS NETWORK By Smita Gupta for killer flu: Govt of anaesthetists TIMES NEWS NETWORK Srinagar: In a major suc- TIMES NEWS NETWORK to treat patients of SARS in isola- By Kalpana Jain cess in the anti-militancy New Delhi: The BJP will is- tion. Hospitals have been told to New Delhi: The government on TIMES NEWS NETWORK drive in Jammu and Kash- sue its own manifesto for the keep rooms vacant for isolation, Thursday reiterated its earlier mir, security forces in an en- forthcoming assembly polls they claimed. Details of this were New Delhi: A health care facility with a gy- claim that all hospitals in the counter on Wednesday night in Madhya Pradesh, Ra- again not available. naecologist may not be enough to save the life country were being kept ready if shot dead chief commander jasthan, Chhattisgarh and of a woman who comes for the safe delivery any case of the killer flu, current- Asked if airport and health offi- of the Hizbul Mujahideen Delhi as it will fight these of her baby. An acute shortage of anaes- ly sweeping through 17 countries, cials, deputed for screening pa- Saif-ul-Islam, who had re- elections on its own. But the thetists in government hospitals, especially were to reach here. tients for SARS had been provided placed Abdul Majid Dar in question that the party’s na- in rural areas, is leading to a large number of However, the details of the pre- surgical masks, they said, ‘‘If we 2001. tional executive will tackle at maternal deaths. paredness were not available. ask doctors to wear masks now, it Islam was killed at Puru in its meeting in Indore on So much so that the government has of- Health ministry officials merely will create a panic.’’ Nowgam area on the out- April 4 will be whether to go fered a range of incentives — a short-term said, ‘‘We have sen- On March 12, skirts of Srinagar, official for a separate manifesto for diploma course in anaesthesia to a fairly sitised state gov- the WHO sounded sources said here. Precautions high fee for those willing to attend to an the general elections next ernments and the first alert on The police seized cash emergency case. year as well. asked them to keep the outbreak of a worth Rs 93 lakh, a satellite India has one of highest maternal mortal- For the last general elec- hospitals in readi- new strain of phone and a pistol from him, ity rates — almost 1 lakh women die every tions, thanks to the fact that ness.’’ pneumonia. It said the sources said. the BJP was already part of year due to pregnancy-related problems. The new lung in- that the organism While infections, lack of institutional care, A resident of the Kashmir the NDA, it merely issued a fection, being appears to be air- Valley, Islam had taken over common National Agenda unsafe abortions have always been known to called Severe borne, spreading account for a large number of deaths, the the reins of the Hizbul Mu- for Governance (NAG) so Acute Respiratory through close and jahideen after the outfit’s that contentious issues could scarcity of anaesthetists has just added to the Syndrome (SARS), prolonged contact problem. Pakistan-based supremo be left out. But this time, the has infected 1804 with the infected Syed Sallahuddin sacked Dar party feels its goal of win- The latest attempt by the government is an people and led to persons. However, 18-week-long training programme for doctors as chief commander. ning 300 seats can be 62 deaths world- recent trends of Dar was shot dead on achieved only by aggressive- to equip them to handle emergency cases. wide so far. The State govts asked to transmission are March 23 at his native village ly selling its Hindutva agen- • Union health minister Sushma Swaraj says World Health Or- keep hospitals prepared also making ex- the programme is being launched in Chhat- in Sopore by suspected mili- da, whether that is the Ram perts take a look at ganisation(WHO) tisgarh initially and would be introduced in tants of the rival Hizb fac- temple, ban on cow slaughter •Hospitals told to keep other mechanisms added two more other places in the country later. tion. In another develop- or the demand for abrogation vacancy for isolation of transmission. countries — Aus- Anaesthesia is not the preferred area of ment, at least 16 people were of Article 370. In Hong Kong, for tralia and Belgium •Screening on at specialisation for most doctors. injured in a grenade explo- A senior party functionary instance, there is — to the list of 15 airports as also seaports ‘‘This area is seen as a supportive practice. sion at a crowded market in said, ‘‘The matter will be dis- speculation that it where the infec- Doctors who specialise in this cannot go into south Kashmir’s Pulwama CISF commandos stand guard at the New Delhi international cussed but a decision on tion has reached. may have spread independent private practice,’’ says Union district on Wednesday, offi- airport on Wednesday. The CISF has taken over the whether to issue a BJP mani- The Indian government maintains through water or sewage. The family welfare secretary J V R Prasada Rao. cial sources said. security at all the major airports replacing the local police. festo for the general elections that the new and lethal virus has virus is now believed to be highly For some, it simply means a practice that in- will depend on how we fare not reached the country yet and infectious with probably a life up volves putting patients to sleep and waking in the four assembly elec- screening was going on at interna- to three hours outside the human them up. tions on the basis of our own tional airports as also seaports. body. In the absence of a medical system that manifesto.’’ In short, it will Briefing mediapersons, joint The WHO has asked people to be would ensure a fair distribution of seats in depend on how dependent secretary in the ministry of health aware of the main symptoms and More poison in veggies the BJP feels it will be on its all areas of specialisation, medical students Bhawani Thyagarajan and direc- signs of this pneumonia, which in- NDA partners next year. opt for ‘‘better’’ areas. In states like UP and By Chandrika Mago um. In Jalandhar, leather industry efflu- tor of the National Institute of clude high fever, one or more res- The BJP’s central office- Bihar, shortage of anaesthetists exists even TIMES NEWS NETWORK ents mixed with sewage water, leading to Communicable Diseases, Dr Shiv piratory symptoms including bearers, who are meeting in at district level hospitals. Attempts by the higher concentrations of contaminants in Lal said doctors in hospitals all cough, shortness of breath and dif- Indore on Thursday to fi- government to introduce diploma courses New Delhi: It’s not just palak that might soil, potato leaves and tubers. over the country are well-equipped ficulty in breathing. nalise the executive’s agen- have not worked. be poisonous. A recent study estimates Around Hyderabad, there has been ‘‘ap- da, will decide whether the that between 50 and 70 per cent of all veg- preciable’’ build-up of heavy metals in red party should have a separate etables grown and sold in the country are soils treated with urban wastes for 10 resolution on Iraq or not. contaminated with insecticide residues, years. In parts of West Bengal, the soil and Party sources said a hard-hit- some of them well beyond permissible lev- crops show arsenic build-up after being ir- ting resolution ‘‘reflecting els. The vegetable crop has also been found rigated with arsenic-rich water. the anti-US national senti- to absorb heavy metal and other contami- The latest research on heavy metals by a ment’’, which takes a tougher nants from the soil, water and air. Fields consortium led by Imperial College, Lon- line than that taken by the on the fringes of urban areas are the don, showed 72 per cent of Delhi’s spinach government, has already worst-affected. samples exceeded permissible levels for been drafted. But there has This is not all. Raw sewage water and lead. Studies by government institutions been some rethinking on sludge, used for irrigation in some parts of and universities over four years, available whether this could embar- the country,have led to a build-up of heavy with the Centre for Science and Environ- rass the government and so metals up to 30 cm in the soil. Soil fertility ment, sound a warning on specifics. the resolution could be might have gone up — as in the east Dry river-bed farming poses it own dan- dropped and the views of the Kolkata vegetable production belt — but gers. Rivers near cities and industrial ar- party on the subject accom- the heavy metal content in vegetables were eas are sewers containing toxic com- modated either in party pres- found to be two-to 40-fold higher than those pounds. Some of these remain deposited ident Venkaiah Naidu’s where ‘‘normal’’ water was used. on the river-bed where farmers cultivate opening speech on April 4 or All this puts a question mark the wide- vegetables and fruits in summer — plants in a discussion. ranging health impacts of all these con- take up these toxic compounds. taminants. ‘‘These practices are fraught The ongoing study led by Imperial Col- with consequences,’’ says P D Sharma, as- lege shows farmers are no fools. In sistant director-general (soils) in the Indi- Varanasi, their team found some farmers an Council of Agricultural Research. grow crops meant for their own use sepa- Sharma and his senior, deputy director- rately.These are not sprayed as frequently general J S Samra, put together a series of with pesticide. examples published recently in an in- The team also found samples picked up house publication, Indian Farming.The in the morning from roadside shops better carpet industry in Bhadoi, UP, has dis- than samples picked up in the evening, in- charged effluents in open drains, contami- dicating that pollutants are all along the nating soil, water and plants with chromi- route. NHRC hasty in clearing custody death cases By Akshaya Mukul TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Despite its oft- repeated concern for the growing number of custodial deaths, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seems to be disposing of such cases with mechanical preci- sion. This ‘‘assembly-line’’ ap- proach is certainly produc- ing ‘results’, but arguably at the expense of justice. Last year, the NHRC disposed of a mind-boggling 3,645 custodi- al death cases — up from only 163 between April 1, 1999, and March 31, 2000, and 121 cases in the same period in 2000-01. The figure for the number of cases in which the NHRC gave relief has come down substantially — from 266 cas- es in 1999-2000 to just 73 be- tween April 1, 2002, and Jan- uary 17, 2003. A tell-tale sign of the com- mission’s rough-and-ready approach: the directions it is- sues in most of the cases closed by it are identical. Irrespective of the specifics involved, the NHRC’s direction in a judi- cial custody death case reads: ‘‘Upon an examination of the report received from the state authorities in respect of the death of jail inmates re- lated to the case, and on a fur- ther consideration of the item, there is no occasion to proceed further in the mat- ter.Hence, the case is closed.’’ In cases of death in police custody, the commission’s standard direction before closing is almost similar ex- cept that it also cites recom- mendations of its own direc- tor-general, investigations. Rationalising the NHRC’s action, one of its senior offi- cials says: ‘‘With five officers and 70,000 cases, what do you expect the commission to do?’’
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North Korea AROUND THE WORLD Reuters handed missile Bad crits? No more ads: US loses 175 special troops, Hitting back after a stream of poor reviews in France’s technology prestigious Le Monde daily, the equally prestigious Paris to Pak: US Opera this week said it would but there’s no sign of Osama place no more paid adver- tisements in the newspaper. Islamabad: The US for the Washington: US special forces, AP closed. “There is no hiding of casual- In a tit for tat announcement first time explicitly accused on the Paris Opera website, whose superman image has created ties at the Department of Defence,” Pakistan and North Korea of an aura of invulnerability around said the official, who spoke on condi- director Hugues Gall wrote: missile-related trade “Le Monde appreciates al- them, have unexpectedly disclosed tion of anonymity. Wednesday, but said it was heavy casualties in their worldwide most none of our produc- But he pointed out the Pentagon fol- unable to substantiate re- tions, with its critics describ- hunt for Osama bin Laden and his ter- lowed a different policy on combat in- ports of nuclear technology ing the Opera’s current pro- ror associates. juries. “We don’t release the identities transfers. ductions as ‘old-fashioned’ Addressing a congressional panel of wounded people because it’s kind of A State Department state- and lacking all spirit of inno- Tuesday, Deputy Assistant Defence a privacy matter,” the official said. ment received here said vation.” “In these conditions Secretary Marshall Billingslea said a With the US-led war on terror gath- North Korea had exported it would be inhuman to im- total of 175 special operations forces ering steam, in recent months there missile technology to Pak- pose paid advertisements on (SOF) had been lost, killed or wound- has been a boom in US special opera- istan’s key nuclear research Le Monde inviting the public ed since the beginning of a concerted tions around the world. In addition to firm A Q Khan Research Lab- to see shows it condemns so post-September 11 counterterrorism forcefully,” he said. AFP Iraq and Afghanistan, US special oratories (KRL). drive aimed at bin Laden’s Al-Qaida forces are deployed on in the Philip- The export prompted the Dunst doesn’t want war: network. pines, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Georgia, US to slap trade sanctions on US actress Kirsten Dunst and “To date, there have been 137 SOF Yemen and the Horn of Africa, ac- KRL and the North Korean boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal are wounded, 91 of whom sustained in- cording to Billingslea, who advises De- missile marketing entity all set to head the celebrity juries during combat,” Billingslea fence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Changgwang Sinyong Corpo- forum, a new group that told the House Subcommittee on Ter- special operations. ration on March 24, brings young actors and ac- rorism, Unconventional Threats and And their reach is bound to grow. spokesman Philip Reeker tresses together to discuss Capabilities. “Thirty eight SOF have various political issues. The The administration of President Bush said in the statement. been killed in the course of Operation forum plans to highlight the “Changgwang Sinyong Cor- Enduring Freedom and related count- Coffins of one US special forces has requested a 47-percent increase in need for youths to get in- poration transferred missile- Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe will tie the knot with er-terror operations.” soldier and an airman lie inside an the budget of the US Special Opera- volved in politics to help aircraft during a memorial ceremony tions Command to boost it to approxi- related technology to KRL,” his Australian sweetheart Danielle Spencer at his remote The latest losses came in make change possible. “It’s Australian home on his 39th birthday on Monday. Afghanistan, where two US special in Kandahar on Sunday. mately $4.5 billion in fiscal 2004, be- Reeker said, without specify- not that we’re not patriotic, forces troops were killed and one was built with American funding.” ginning October 1. ing when. it’s just that we don’t want war,” said Dunst in was quoted as saying by the Sun. ANI wounded on Saturday, when their A total of 64 members of a broad in- The new funds will allow special “The United States made a reference to the war in Iraq. “I didn’t even determination to impose vote in the 2000 presidential election. I think it Brody turns model: Adrien Brody, who re- four-vehicle reconnaissance patrol ternational coalition taking part in forces to recruit more than 2,500 new cently won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in was ambushed in the vicinity of the Operation Enduring Freedom servicemen, bringing their overall penalties on both Changg- was just laziness. I wasn’t raised in a family that was real political and I’m just now be- Roman Polanski’s The Pi- southwestern city of Geresk, accord- launched in October 2001 to rid number to nearly 50,000 and mod- wang Sinyong Corporation coming aware of these issues. I just want to anist, will model for Italian Afghanistan of Al-Qaida operatives ernise their equipment. and KRL as a result of this ing to the US Central Command. be more informed. This is so important and if designer Ermenegildo Zeg- US Secretary of State Colin Powell and their Taliban protectors have In a departure from previous prac- specific missile-related trans- na’s spring/summer fashion fer.” KRL and the North Ko- we can get anyone to be more political, then presented a slightly different version been officially reported dead. tice, recruits will now be allowed to that’s a good thing,” the Spider-man star was campaign. Brody had worn a sign up for special operations directly rean firm have been banned Zegna outift to this year’s Os- of the event, saying late Sunday that However,a defence official ruled out quoted as saying by Teenhollywood.com. ANI the two soldiers “were lost by being the possibility that some of the casu- rather than going through a selection from trade with US firms un- cars as well as the Golden ambushed while they were inspecting alties, even among the secretive spe- process in conventional army units, der the sanctions imposed Song writer Zeta-Jones: Pop guru Pete Globes. According to Zegna, Brody is the perfect model a school and a hospital, both being cial forces, have remained undis- said Billingslea. AFP March 24, but only formally Waterman regrets not signing Welsh beauty announced by the US on Catherine Zeta-Jones, who for him, embodying the qualities of ‘interest- Monday. recently won an Oscar in the ing and inspiring real men,’ reports People- Japan’s Sankei Shimbun Best Supporting Actress cat- News. ANI DUBYAMAIL newspaper reported Wednes- egory for playing murderess Velma Kelly in Chicago, way Justin mad about sex: In a frank inter- Only thing good about Bush is that he’s day that US satellites and spy view pop star Justin Timberlake has said that having an important place in TOI’s in- networks detected North Ko- back in 1993. The two met when Zeta-Jones was star- he is an animal in bed. In his sexiest interview ternational page! At least he can enter- rean exports of some 10 Scud tain. ring in The Darling Buds Of yet, Justin, 22, said he was 15 when he lost B missiles to Pakistan in his virginity - and he knows all there is to — Mail from 8888 user May. “She had written some March. An unnamed US se- songs and insisted on using them but I told know about satisfying a woman. The singer Congratulations on such a wholesome curity official told the paper her that I write the hits and it’s my way or not revealed he was once “addicted” to his ex- and hilarious strip. I have enjoyed it. the missiles were loaded on at all. In the end, I offered the song I had writ- girlfriend - pop princess Britney Spears, re- And specially about this war. Keep do- to a Pakistan-flagged cargo ports the Sun. Justin said: “I don’t think there ing the good work. ten for her to twins Gayle and Gillian Blak- ship at a North Korean port eney, who were Neighbours stars at the time. is anything thirty-something women could — Lalit in mid-March, and entered Not signing Catherine was the biggest mis- bring on that would corrupt me. I’ve been do- e-mail: [email protected] Pakistani territory in late take of my life, but I wish her well,” Waterman ing this since I was 15”.ANI March.AFP
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10 Thursday,April 3, 2003 GULF WAR II The Times of India, New Delhi
Reuters TARGET BAGHDAD • Ground forces within • Troops plan to enter Ex-Generals defend their 16 miles of Baghdad city by nightfall: CNN Already bombed 23 21 1 criticism of US strategy 00 Likely targets 24 22 00 Attacked 2 By Jim Rutenberg as some have done is not help- said, however, that they under- 25 20 Ex ful,’’ he said. stood Pentagon concerns and Coaltion p 17 re ome of the retired military The major networks have indicated that they would keep troop 18 16 s 19 sw Sleaders whose blunt state- hired retired generals to help them in mind. movement a ments about war strategy have 13 15 y 3 analyse the war and sort ‘‘I think the troops and all 1University rankled the Pentagon defended through the on-the-ground con- the people over there have 12 their right to offer frank as- 2 Railway fusion, exacerbated by real- done an absolutely superb job, 11 9 14 5 sessments about military time reports from correspon- a sensational job and the re- To Saddam . 8 Station progress. dents travelling with troops. sults speak for themselves,’’ 10 3 Olympic Intl Airport 4 Gen. Barry McCaffrey, for 6 Committe bldg The cover art for ‘‘American Life’’, one, took issue with sugges- Madonna’s new album, which was tions by Gen. Richard B Myers 7 4 Air Force due for release on April 22. ‘‘It is not helpful to have those kind of comments when we’ve officers club and Senator John W Warner, 19 Telecom centre Republican of Virginia, that got troops in combat, because, first of all, they’re false... and it’s 5 Palestine Hotel they were out of line with their just harmful to our troops.’’ - Gen. Richard Myers 20 Oil Ministry 21 Main market 14 Council of ministers 6 Min of Transportation Condemning tough assessments of the mili- and communication tary’s battle plan. 22 Abbasid Palace 15 Information ministry 10 New Presidential Palace 7 Baghdad University ‘‘I’m quite proud to be part of 23 Defence Ministry 16 Radio and TV centre 11 Salam Palace war carries a an attempt to explain to the Ancient Round city 12 Iraqi Intelligence HQ 8 Presidential Palace American people what’s hap- 24 17 Air Force HQ pening to their young people,’’ 25 Military Airport 18 National Museum 13 Al Rashid Hotel 9 Intl Baath Party HQ Swati Chakrabarti hefty price General McCaffrey said last night on the MSNBC pro- gramme Hardball. ‘‘This war for Madonna is too important to be left to the secretary alone. At the end of US bombs hit maternity home Los Angeles: American actors the day I think they ought to and musicians are discovering value my public opinion.’’ Baghdad: US missiles hit a Red area were wounded. Three of our tacks. After an unusual lull in that openly criticising the US-led General McCaffrey made his Crescent maternity hospital in Red Crescent staff were also bombing for most of the night, war in Iraq can have a hefty price comments just moments after Baghdad and other civilian build- wounded. We brought all the strikes resumed shortly after mid- tag, with even Madonna pulling Senator Warner, who is the ings on Wednesday,killing several wounded in our ambulances to two night Tuesday. out the US release of her new chairman of the Armed Ser- people and wounding at least 25, hospitals,” Red Crescent official Iraqi Information Minister Mo- video ‘‘American Life’’ rife with vices Committee, emerged hospital sources and witnesses Abdel-Hameed Salim said at Bagh- hammed Saeed al-Sahhaf called anti-war imagery. from a meeting with General ‘‘It (the battle plan) was not my plan, it was General Franks’ plan, said. dad’s al-Iskan hospital. reports of a breakthrough by U.S. ‘‘She is after all a business Myers and defence secretary and it was a plan that evolved over a sustained period of time, The attacks, which occurred in Fires and smoke smouldered forces on fronts near Baghdad ‘‘il- woman and she has seen what has Donald H Rumsfeld and pro- which I am convinced is an excellent plan.’’ Rumsfeld the morning surprised motorists hours later from Baghdad’s luxu- lusions.’’ As for the report U.S. happened to the Dixie Chicks, and posed a new standard of eti- who had ventured out during a lull rious trade centre, which was dev- troops have crossing the Tigris, he there has been a definitive impact quette for retired officers. in the bombing. There were at astated in the attack. It lies next to replied: ‘‘We welcome them, but on their record sales, on their con- ‘‘I think they should follow least five burned-out and twisted a government security building, this is not true.’’ cert dates,’’ said politics and com- the tradition of presidents, the General McCaffrey has been Gen. Wesley K Clark, chief cars parked in the middle of the which was apparently missed in Al-Sahhaf also said a total of 24 munications professor Sherry commander in chiefs,’’ Senator among the most openly critical NATO commander during the road. Witnesses said the drivers the bombings. civilians were killed and 186 Bebitch Jeffe of the University of Warner said. ‘‘You do not see and appears regularly on NBC war in Kosovo, said when burned to death inside. The highway leading to the hos- wounded in Iraq between Tuesday Southern California. former presidents criticising a and MSNBC. In an opinion ar- asked to comment on General Residents said US planes raided pital and the trade fair was pock- night and Wednesday morning. Jeffe notes that ‘‘it has not been sitting president during war.’’ ticle in the Wall Street Journal Myers’s remarks on CNN. ‘‘It’s the Mansour area, firing at least marked with craters caused by the Al-Rasheed telephone exchange a pleasant time for the Dixie At a Pentagon news confer- he expressed optimism about very unfair and difficult for three missiles. They hit the hospi- attack. Many of the wounded re- was targeted last week, but the Chicks.’’ Since its lead singer Na- ence with Rumsfeld, General the campaign but wrote, ‘‘The anyone to criticise a war plan tal, the nearby Baghdad trade cen- ceived first aid at the emergency missile apparently missed, lodg- talie Maines’ off-the-cuff remarks Myers said the assessments of ‘rolling start’ concept of the at- without having been involved tre complex and buildings housing ward of Iskan hospital while some ing just meters (yards) away on the last month during a concert in his war plan from military offi- tack dictated by defence secre- in the planning process.’’ the Pharmacist and Teachers’ were immediately taken to theatre road and causing only slight dam- London that she was ‘‘ashamed’’ to cials, retired and active, were tary Donald Rumsfeld has put General Clark himself has Unions. The blast caused exten- for surgery. age to the building. hail from Texas like Bush sales of counterproductive. us in a temporarily risky posi- expressed concern about the sive damage in the hospital. At two hospitals in Baghdad, Telephone calls could still be their disc Home fell more than 40 ‘‘I think for some retired mil- tion.’’ number of American troops “There were air raids. Some 25 journalists saw at least 10 civilians made Wednesday within some per cent. itary to opine as aggressively Some of the retired generals sent to Iraq. NYT News Service people who work and live in the who were wounded in air raid at- neighborhoods. Reuters Seeing the backlash triggered by her remarks ‘‘definitely could influence the decision-making of the artistes,’’ according to Jeffe. Madonna’s video, while it will No hard liquor to tide over the tough times in embattled Baghdad not be shown directly in the US, has already been released on a Baghdad: Drinkers in the Iraqi customers. everything Hanna Boulos sells, buy arak as a substitute for lo- refillable bottles. Impoverished bombs overnight. number of European TV chan- capital are hard up these days — Hanna Boulos (John Paul), a including arak, a strong alcohol cal beer whose factories have Iraqis didn’t mind the strong Arak goes well with charazat, nels, and is accessible on Internet. the main liquor-selling district small store in the mainly Chris- made from dates. The premium been closed. barley taste since most were un- or mixed nuts, and charazat Musicians are not alone in find- in Karradet Mariam has the tian area, re-opened on Tuesday, Iraqi arak brand is out of stock Iraq has traditionally taken a able to buy imported beer. shops are seeing good business. ing themselves in the eye of the misfortune of being right next hours after the presidential and the second best in line, has more relaxed attitude to alcohol ‘‘I am buying arak now,’’ said At Shorjah, an old market with- hurricane for having come out to the main presidential palace, compound took another batter- now doubled in price to about than its Gulf neighbours, de- Raeq, a taxi driver. in the walls of the original city publicly against the war. Actress a top target for US bombers. ing. $1.30 a bottle. spite occasional crackdowns. ‘‘I think it is destroying my of Baghdad, Hussein re-opened Susan Sarandon was recently told Scores of liquor stores were ‘‘Yes, we have raised our ‘‘Arak is selling fast,’’ says Beer and wine were available in stomach, but I need to sleep at his charazat shop recently. she would not be appearing as closed even before the war start- prices. Try to find another Akram. ‘‘Customers want some- smart Baghdad restaurants in night, especially where I live.’’ He brought back a stock of scheduled at a charity function in ed. And those which struggled Heineken in Baghdad,’’ said thing that knocks them out the days leading up to the war. Raeq lives next to the Iraqi pistachios, nuts and dried fruit Florida as it could cause divisions to stay open to meet wartime de- Akram the owner. quickly during the bombard- Iraqi beer used to be afford- Olympic Committee. The huge imported from Iran and in the community.AFP mand have bad news for their The war premium extends to ment.’’ Iraqis were starting to able, selling for about 10 cents in compound was targeted by brushed off the city’s woes. Reuters
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Reuters WAR DIARY Allies rescue US claims war tide is AFP turning in its favour By Chidanand Rajghatta er, but some reports from the ground missing US TIMES NEWS NETWORK suggest the Iraqi divisions on the battle- Washington: Political, military and in- fields outside Baghdad were in any case telligence circles in the US are sig- so poorly equipped that some of their nalling that the tide is turning in Wash- artillery wasn’t even firing. ington’s favour in the Iraq war. With ad- In addition to nonstop bombing that soldier ditional troops arriving in Kuwait, sup- has decimated the most critical com- ply lines sorted out, and coalition forces mand and control infrastructure, Wash- Washington: The family of the paper. beginning to take control of southern ington is also enervating Iraq with a re- a 19-year-old US army soldier The bodies of 11 other US Iraqi towns, US analysts say the war is lentless propaganda blast clearly aimed held prisoner by Iraq was cel- troops were recovered in the back on the track envisaged by plan- at demoralising any resistance in the ebrating her operation, the ners. country. rescue by spe- paper said, Reports from the battlefront said US officials repeatedly cast doubts A US Army soldier escorts an Iraqi cial opera- citing US American forces were now at the about whether Saddam Hussain is alive, prisoner of war following a battle tions forces, Central Com- “doorsteps of Baghdad,” fighting their threatened supporters of the regime in Karbala on Wednesday. US media re- mand, CNN way through a 50 miles corridor to with- that they would be dealt with when ported on and MSNBC. in 20 miles of the Iraqi capital. The US Baghdad falls, and drummed up some Wednesday. The Wash- Army’s 3rd infantry division is also said enthusiasm for coalition relief efforts in Private Jes- ington Times to have breached a notional “red line,” a the south where a devastated population US now uses sica Lynch, reported that milestone whose crossing they had ex- has had no option but to seek help. reported Lynch was be- pected to trigger off the use of chem-bio In Washington, the Bush establish- cluster bombs missing when ing treated weapons. ment has papered over cracks, silenced her supply The US forces dropped on Iraq ‘‘for for gunshot But that has not happened and, in critics of the war and war-planning by convoy was the first time in combat history’’ a wounds. fact, there has been lighter than expect- virtually calling them anti-national, and ambushed in new version of a cluster bomb that Their iden- ed resistance from the Iraqi Army. Offi- suggested that the war will be won at all southern Iraq adapts to wind and weather to hit tities were cials in Washington attribute this to the costs, even if it means paying a “high on March 23, targets more accurately, the US not released, attrition inflicted by American air pow- price.” was taken out and it was not military’s Central Command said of an Iraqi clear whether Wednesday. Six CBU-105 wind cor- hospital by the 11 were rected munitions dispensers were the US com- the other sol- dropped by B-52 bombers on Tues- mando, US diers from the Reconstruction blues day in central Iraq ‘‘to stop an Brigadier 507th. Iraqi tank column from continu- General Vincent Brooks said ‘‘You would not believe the By Chidanand Rajghatta According to a widely discussed blue- ing on its route towards coalition at a briefing in Qatar. joys, cries, bawling, hugging, TIMES NEWS NETWORK print already being unfolded in Kuwait, troops’’, said a Central Command ‘‘The soldier has been re- Iraq will be administered by retired statement. screaming, carrying on,’’ Washington: American troops are yet turned to a coalition-con- Lt.Gen Jay Garner, a former military Pam Nicolais, Lynch’s to reach the gates of Baghdad but with- trolled area,’’ Brooks said at commander with experience in relief Tomcat crashes cousin, told USA Today after in the confines of the Bush administra- the US Central Command’s and rehabilitation. news emerged of her release. tion a row has already broken out over A F-14 Tomcat strike fighter forward planning base. The administration had also chosen ‘‘They said it was going to who will rule post-war Iraq. crashed into the Iraqi desert dur- He said further details be the biggest party this road The Pentagon has said it will call the US nominees to head each of the 23 Iraqi ing a bombing mission early ‘‘would be released as soon as had ever seen,’’ another shots, rejecting arguments by the State ministries during a temporary transi- Wednesday after a mechanical fail- possible.’’ According to USA cousin, Sherri McFee said. Department, several American lawmak- tion period, with military and civilian ure caused its engines to fail, sen- Today, Lynch was rescued Lynch hoped to become a ers, and the most of the international officials drawn from the Pentagon, the ior Navy officers said. The pilot from a hospital by a team of teacher, joining the army to community for a greater UN role in ad- State Department and other depart- and a second crewman ejected to army Rangers and Navy ensure she got an education. ministering peace and aid in the “liber- ments and agencies, including Treasury, safety and were rescued by a heli- SEALs on Tuesday night and Her brother was also in the US Army’s 3rd Infantry division fires missiles at the Iraqi ated” country. As long as the security Justice, US Agency for International De- copter. ‘‘The aircraft had a me- is now being treated at a forces. ‘‘We are just so, so Republican Guard near Karbala early on Wednesday. US situation remains unstable, US military velopment (USAID) and the Army Corps chanical problem on the way to a coalition military hospital, happy,’’ another cousin Ra- forces have encircled the Shi’ite holy city, securing all will have to remain in control, goes the of Engineers. mission,’’ said Rear Adm. her father Greg Lynch told mona Lynch also said. AFP major exit routes. Pentagon argument. For more go to www.timesofindia.com Matthew G. Moffit, commander of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the plane’s base. The crash was the first confirmed report of a Will the ‘Mother of all wars’ take place in the lanes of Baghdad? US plane going down in Iraq dur- ing the war. By Manoj Joshi cess, much to the consternation dam’’, an irregular force made lay rather than defeat the US-UK ease with which US-UK forces have certainly affected the US Shrine a sanctuary TIMES NEWS NETWORK of the US. up of Baath party loyalists, con- forces. Not much is known of the are capturing critical bridges advance since American forces The Iraqis were split into two tinue a hit-and-run war against Iraqi army that has a force of without much of a fight. This are unlikely to have carried too Iraqi forces have taken up posi- New Delhi: The performance of distinct forces. The Republican the lines of communications. some 17 divisions, of which has been the case of the vital much bridging equipment with tions inside the Ali Mosque in Na- Iraqi forces has been one of the Guard’s armoured and mecha- These ranks of these irregular three are armoured and three bridges at Nasiriyah and them. jaf, one of the world’s most impor- great surprises of Gulf War II. nised divisions arrayed them- forces are now being swollen by mechanised. In any case, even Hindiyah, as well as the one over The Iraqi plan’s culminating tant Shiite shrines, and are firing Realising that they could not selves some 150 km south of hundreds of fighters from other before the war, the Iraqi Army the Tigris at Al Kut. stage appears to be Saddam’s on coalition troops, US Central best the US-UK armies frontally, Baghdad against the invading Arab countries as well. Some of divisions had only 50 per cent of The territory between the Eu- ‘‘mother of all battles’’ fought Command said Wednesday. Coali- the Iraqis initially stepped aside, armies in an orthodox fashion. the ‘‘Fedayeen Saddam’’ actions their effective strength and was phrates and Tigris is swampy within the cities, especially tion forces have refused to return hid in urban centres and let They have steadily fallen back to- have reportedly cost the Iraqis not counted on to do much. terrain, criss-crossed by irriga- Baghdad. This may cost the US- fire. US-led forces operating south them advance towards Basra, wards the cities in the past few several scores of fighters in one While Iraqi bravery and ca- tion channels, smaller rivers and UK forces a lot, but ordinary of Baghdad are trying to root out Nasiriyah, and Samawa, and days in the face of a ferocious go. This indicates that these Sad- pacity for sacrifice are no longer canals that have been bridged at Iraqis are liable to pay a much Iraqi fighters in the holy Muslim then attacked their supply lines. aerial bombardment. The others, dam’s loyalists may not be fight- in doubt, some questions need to scores of points on the excellent greater cost. Shiite cities of Najaf and Karbala This was the best they could do a mix of regular and irregular ing a true guerrilla action, but be asked about their larger bat- highways. Had the Iraqis de- But, given the uneven contest, without damaging their gold- under the circumstances and forces, small units of Republican committing their forces in near- tle-management plan. One of the stroyed many of these bridges this is perhaps the only option domed shrines. they have done it with great suc- Guards and ‘‘Fedayeen Sad- suicidal actions designed to de- more astonishing sights is of the and culverts as well, they would open to them.
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12 Thursday,April 3, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi A Change in Script Positive Outlook A THOUGHT FOR TODAY First, it was the row over the number of HIV can be made available to more persons in From ‘True’ War to ‘Real’ War positive people in India, with the government the foreseeable future. It was wrong for Mr Arnett to grant an interview to rejecting as exaggerated the estimates made A global initiative for an AIDS vaccine has By Manoj Joshi minimum collateral damage, both as a state-controlled Iraqi TV,especially at a time of war. by various donor agencies. More recently, the been launched. Is it only the pharmaceutical battle-winning factor as well as a ‘humani- — NBC TV On March 29 near Najaf, an Iraqi detonates a focus has shifted back to the continuing companies who are behind this or does the tarian’ or honourable method of war. car bomb killing four American soldiers. On discrimination against HIV positive people UN also have a role? American leaders are correct when they March 31, in the same area, a nervous driver — from school-going children in Kerala to The UN has played a role in encouraging say that the US armed forces do not deli- accelerates past a checkpoint and jumpy patients requiring surgery in the Capital. pharmaceutical companies and public sector berately target civilians. Freedom Fail American soldiers unleash a volley of shots, But Nafis Sadik, special advisor on laboratories to do more in the area of Over the years, the US and many western “The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and killing 10 civilians including women and HIV/AIDS to the secretary-general of the research and development to produce an countries have established very high speech must be protected from the government because children. This is not the war that the US United Nations, remains optimistic. There AIDS vaccine. There is an international standards of human rights observance as speech is the beginning of thought...” So affirmed the and UK had promised. They had billed has been a great change, she tells AIDS vaccine initiative in which India is a compared to armies in other parts of the US supreme court judge Anthony M Kennedy on theirs as a ‘just’ war against an evil and Shree Venkatram, in the way India has major partner. The UN is also working with world. But this could well be because since April 16, 2002. Yet, this was hardly a revolutionary new repressive dictator, a ‘true’ war that would started handling the HIV/AIDS issue: the International Business Council to raise Vietnam the US has not been involved in idea. The American Bill of Rights implicitly recognised use incredibly precise munitions that would more funds for this initiative. the kind of ‘real’ war that many other spare civilian lives and infrastructure. What changes have taken place in the as much in the year 1791 — more than two centuries armies have undertaken. Beginning as ‘true’ There is a discrepancy in the statistics being Yet, two weeks later it has become appa- way HIV/AIDS issue is being tackled in before justice Kennedy so lucidly encapsulated one warriors, the Indian army was compelled put out by the government and the UN about rent that things are not going according to this country? of humankind’s most cherished freedoms. Not surpris- to fight the real war in Jaffna in 1987 with its the possible number of HIV positive people in ingly, in the eyes of the world, America and freedom script and that civilians are dying in large When I came here about five years ago, the India. Recently, the health ministry had one numbers. The war has become a dialectic attendant collateral damage and civilian became two ideas that were, in fact, one and the same. deaths. The Russians have fought the ‘real’ Indian government did not think they had a figure, while the UN had another. On what Be it the mass defections from the communist bloc or between those who promised a ‘true’ war problem. Now, they are adopting several does the UN base its projections? that would spare civilians, and their adver- war in Chechnya and the Iraqis have the migration of the upwardly mobile from other revealed no special inclination towards measures to address it. The government is There is no controversy or discrepancy. saries whose interest lay in its opposite. working on an integrated AIDS strategy The figures we are all using are the best places, the one ideal that ultimately drove people to Given their 1991 experience, the Iraqis would differentiating between true and real war. In leave their homelands for distant America was freedom the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war,besides devastating in coordination with NGOs, government estimates that we have, I think about four to have been foolish to confront coalition departments other than health, state govern- four-and-a-half million people. The Indian — freedom to pursue their own goals unfettered by forces in an orthodox war, so they created a Khorramshahr and Abadan, they used governmental interference. So vital was individual chemical weapons against Iran. In 1990, they ments, community government is work- defensive plan of embedding their forces leaders and the cor- ing with UNAIDS to liberty to the framework of America that the First amidst civilians and within towns and cities. invaded and pillaged Kuwait. Amendment went far beyond other constitutions to The Iraqi resistance to the US has porate sector. It is improve the data The result has been the ‘real’ war with its taking steps to im- Q&A system. But UNAIDS explicitly guarantee the freedoms of religion, speech, transformed Gulf War II scenario. From a death and destruction visiting innocents. prove data collection has not made any press and the right to peaceable assembly. However, The somewhat invidious distinction bet- ‘true’ war it is becoming a ‘real’ one. It is still AIDS drugs in India are possible at this stage in the war to see British systems with techni- the cheapest — about projections for the today’s America would seem light years away from the ween ‘true’ and ‘real’ war has originated cal assistance from future. The figures values that went into the making of that country. in western culture. Technological advance tanks milling around a highway, across the Rs 1,350 per course. river from Basra, on which civilian traffic is UNAIDS. The blood issued so far are at From clamping down on humorists and rounding up in Europe, accompanied by principles of The government is moving back and forth. Baghdad faces a safety programme best estimates and at anti-war protestors to finger-printing entire communi- organisation of armies in the 17th and 18th looking into innovative daily dose of massive aerial bombardment has been finalised ways of cost-sharing worst guesstimates, ties and pressuring TV channels to take a partisan view, centuries, made war incredibly intense and yet it reports normal traffic, full restaurants and guidelines and so that the “cocktail” so there’s no point in America under George W Bush would seem to be doing bloody. In the 19th century, Carl von Clause- rules issued for making projections. witz, who had seen the revolutionary impact and crowded markets. can be made available all it can to curb domestic civil rights — and ironically The picture is slowly changing. Out of the blood centres. The to more persons. The focus should of Napoleonic wars, argued that while ‘true’ Udayshankar in the name of protecting freedom and liberty. Take sight of TV cameras, as coalition forces National AIDS Con- instead be in doing the sacking of NBC correspondent Peter Arnett who war,fought by professional armies with their trol Organisation all we can to prevent training, discipline and codes of honour move into Iraqi cities they are compelled to criticised the US war strategy on Iraqi TV. Arnett undertake ‘real’ war. Civilian cannot be (NACO) is working with NGOs and AIDS the problem from spreading further. were the ideal that western armies ought to activists to remove the stigma attached to said nothing that has not been said by many security pursue, they could only be won through the distinguished from combatant and buildings But why is the US putting out a high number? experts. But because he said it on Iraqi TV,he has been are too closely interspersed to prevent the disease by breaking the conspiracy of I think this question should be addressed kind of violence that ‘real’ war unleashed. silence, and encouraging voluntary testing judged to be unpatriotic. Indeed, this is at the centre of Clausewitz is clearly the intellectual father of collateral damage. It is unlikely that the air to the US. The UN has not made any projec- America’s dilemma, post-9/11. For a citizen, which is a of normality that characterises Baghdad for HIV/AIDS so that persons coming tions and does not know the methodology the ‘shock and awe’ concept. forward feel secure that, if found positive, greater value — freedom or patriotism? Yet, the debate But the same western civilisation also today will remain as the American ground the US has used. itself is flawed, as flawed as the earlier one around forces reach its outskirts. they will be cared for, and not lose their gave the world modern democracy and, livelihood or face discrimination. Do you feel women in Asia are more at bread and freedom. Peter Arnett does not become after the shock of another of Clausewitz’s Even if it turns out to be a bloodier For years we have been talking about risk than those in the West because of our anti-national for publicly criticising his government’s progenies — World War I — the notion of affair than anticipated, Gulf War II is not culture and value system? likely to be the last war fought on earth. prevention. But now that we are confronted war strategy. Nor, for that matter, do the thousands of ‘civilised’ war that was incorporated in Women all over the world are more at Americans who have taken to the streets in protest. Far what are collectively called the Geneva Even when Saddam is removed, there will with HIV and full-blown AIDS cases, isn’t it time we diverted funds to care and treatment? risk but in the case of South Asia, there from it, they owe it to the founding fathers of America’s Conventions. Beginning in the 1920s, a be people like Osama bin Laden and Kim The AIDS programme must address all are additional factors such as poverty, constitution to be true to the document — both in letter number of agreements and protocols have Jong Il who are beyond the pale of any civilised restraint. aspects, including prevention, care and lower status, discrimination, low level of and spirit. And this means disapproving the war in Iraq been ratified by almost all the countries of education, a lack of autonomy over repro- Not all wars are unjust, though few treatment. There is no cure for the syndrome and questioning the curbs on freedoms within the US. the world to ameliorate the effects of war. ductive decisions and an inability to have been fought without a dismal toll of so prevention is still a key element of And this also means exposing the double standards of There are prohibitions against the use of negotiate safe sex practices that make them lives of non-combatants. America’s decisive strategy. For prevention to be successful, poison gases, biological weapons, excessive- more vulnerable. those US civil rights groups which speak of repression participation in the two world wars, its voluntary testing must be encouraged. in Kashmir, but not of repression at home. ly injurious weapons, mines, booby traps and blinding laser weapons. There are rules for role in bringing peace in Bosnia and in People who come forward for testing must be A large number of women who have the correct treatment of prisoners of war. the liberation of Kuwait in 1990 are an assured that if they are found to be positive contracted HIV infection do so from their In the last 50 years the bare bones of the outstanding example of such wars. they will not be discriminated against. partners. We have to work with women Trial and Error conventions have been fleshed out, mainly in But the US venture in Iraq could turn How can the UN help in bringing the “cocktail organisations and women leaders to of drugs” within the reach of common address the particular vulnerability of The NDA government, which unfailingly decries the the West, by civil society-based organisations out to be a major miscalculation not like the International Committee of the Red because US goals were incorrect, but people in India? women to HIV/AIDS. For example, in selective targeting of terrorism by the ‘international The cost of AIDS drugs in India is the one district in Uttar Pradesh, 90 per cent community’, could be held guilty of a similar approach Cross and Medecins sans Frontieres who because they’re be- have sought to mitigate the horrors of war. ing pursued the lowest in the world — about Rs 1,350 per of infected women had only one partner. in the (mis)application of anti-terrorism laws at home. Others have sought to ban landmines wrong way. No one course. But it will still not be within the This means that they are getting infected While there was never the least doubt that the Preven- and outlaw nuclear weapons. The massive seriously contem- reach of the common people in the near by their spouse. tion of Terrorism Act (POTA) would be wielded as a anti-war demonstrations testify to a growing plates an American term, especially if one adds the cost of The empowerment of women must political weapon, the intentions of the Union govern- humanitarian impulse that opposes all war. defeat, but almost testing. The government, though, is looking include information on how to protect them- ment have been made all too explicit in the case of NDA These trends have, in turn, shaped the everyone agrees that into innovative ways of cost-sharing selves from HIV infections. Programmes ally and MDMK general secretary, Y Gopalasamy attitude of modern western armies who seek the world will not be among the public sector, the private sector for women with HIV/AIDS must include (Vaiko), detained under the Act by the Tamil Nadu to fight wars with precision weapons and quite the same again. and the individual so that the “cocktail” education and means of livelihood. administration. The Union government first filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court affirming the applica- tion of POTA to Mr Vaiko and, then hastened to retract the same. The ludicrousness of the spectacle apart, Perfect the Art of the signal here is that friends and allies of the ruling dispensation at the Centre can count on the political, legal and administrative support of the government Giving Graciously Peace Thoughts in evading the draconian provisions of the law. That By Seema Burman the entire weight of the Centre was considered Man is made up of a sensory his generosity, gave with Compassion necessary to defend Mr Vaiko only reinforces the system — therefore, he indul- downcast eyes. He said it shines away misgivings about POTA. What a mockery of justice ges in sensory pleasures; was God who was giving the blocks to Truth this must seem to all those innocent victims, including that’s his destiny, say through him. the obstacles to Love. the many minor children, who have been held under some. However true this Rajasik charity is when Compassion the law on preposterous charges, and who have little might be, man must attempt something is given with a banishes or no hope of a fair trial. to rise above them if he view to receiving in return the barriers The government’s attitude and legal approach is is to discover the Divine (wedding gifts), or when one that keep you evidently tied to the interests of the BJP’s allies, though hidden within. expects good fruit of the apart from me. this is not to suggest that chief ministers J Jayalalithaa Aware of the difficulties action (I will get promotion Judi and Mayawati are free of political motivations in taking in controlling the senses, by donating to the poor, I will ✥ recourse to POTA. On the face of it, Ms Jayalalithaa ancient philosophers evolved get IT relief, my name will My man of the year has simply gone by the book and charged Mr Vaiko, practical methods of daan appear in the paper) or when Is the wonderful, besides other political rivals such as P Nedumaran, for or almsgiving, vrat or donation is given reluctantly wise one fast, tapas or austerities (I must give to please the openly expressing support for the LTTE, which is listed Who sat himself and dhyan or meditation. organiser). Tamasik charity in the midst as a terrorist organisation. Had the Union government Daanam means the will to is when the gift is given at not reversed its stand in the Supreme Court, it was Of the West with share one’s wealth with the wrong place or time to a huge box almost certain that the DMK and MDMK would have others. But why should we unworthy persons, without walked out of the NDA. The corrective affidavit has Of chubby Teddy Bears give away anything? Be- respect or with disdain On New Year’s Day, saved the day for the alliance but Mr Vaiko’s fate, as CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS cause, it helps to purify (bribes to get work done, Ms Jayalalithaa pointed out, is to be decided by the Attracting an endless the Self. Sharing wealth re- money thrown at the poor, Queue of special POTA court. The Union government being Spanish noun ‘machismo’. So please don’t quires purification of mind, wounding their self-respect). cheering kids — driven to take such untenable and contradictory Muslim Role use ‘machoism’ when what you mean is atmashuddhi, and control Referring to a passage in Holding guns positions on the detention of Mr Vaiko and the Uttar The suffering of the Kashmiri Pandits — ‘machismo’. Unless of course you want to of senses, damashca. the Taittiriya Upanishad Sri Pradesh MLA Raja Bhaiyya, is conclusive evidence of those in refugee camps and others on the knock the language out of shape to Give, but with- Ranganathananda He playfully showed POTA being bad in law and its sweeping provisions a verge of an exodus from the Valley — is a show your ‘machoism’. out pitying the says: ‘‘Shraddha- With a smile and a wink tool for repression. Instead of setting up a review matter of national shame. The best efforts — Jagdish Bhatia, Gurgaon needy. Pity only ya deyam,give And a Teddy Bear Hug — committee to check the ‘misuse’ of POTA, the Centre of both the state and Central governments inflates the ego with faith, Ashra- It could be the should scrap the law,because it has no defined ‘use’ that have proved futile. At this juncture, the whereas humility ddhaya adeyam, Heart-warming Speech beginning is legitimate and in conformity with democratic norms. Muslims of India could play a momentous deflates it. Rama- do not give with- role in bringing an end to the sufferings It was indeed heartwarming to read Robert krishna cringed at out faith, Shriya Of a honey-laden of the Kashmiri people. Byrd’s ‘Today I Weep for my Country’ in the very idea of deyam, give with a decade Muslim NGOs should visit Pandits in ‘(UN)necessary Fight’ (Times Samvad, feeling pity to- sense of plenty, In a brave new world Rich Like Us their homes and camps, share their sorrows Mar 29). His is the first official US voice wards another fel- THE Bhiya deyam,give By wisely It was one of the late economist V M Dandekar’s quips, and even apologise for the wrongs of to mourn the fate of innocent civilians low human being, with a feeling of trading Guns that it was his book Poverty in India which brought him their co-religionists. of Iraq. But it was hard to fathom who is, after all, SPEAKING fear for the cause For Teddy Bears. money and made him rich. Nor is the Pune economist Fifteen crore Muslims should try to Chandan Mitra’s companion piece. He an image of TREE is great and the Ada Aharoni alone in “poverty enrichment”. Most political parties in mobilise moral and material support for refers to Indians who oppose the Iraq war Consciousness. On amount is so ✥ the rehabilitation of the Pandits. as ‘‘jholawalas and woolly-headed liberals/ Vivekananda’s advice, mil- small, Hriya deyam,give India have secured money from the rich and votes from I’m grateful my family Muslims from all over India should go NGO financiers’’. lionaire Rockefeller reluc- with humility, Samvida the poor, on the solemn promise of protecting each loves me to the Indo-Pak border to protest cross- What he seems to have overlooked is that tantly handed over his first deyam, give with the know- group against the other. The other day, president I’m grateful my family border terrorism. the groups above are not carrying the cheque for a public cause. He ledge of the purpose to A P J Abdul Kalam mentioned how there were as many isn’t poor Journalist Kuldip Nayyar will agree torch in favour of Saddam. Is it wrong to expected the young swami to which you are giving. I’m grateful I can as 260 million people in India, who lived below the that such Gandhian methods will protest against the treatment being meted be thankful to him — but Daan is a practical process go to school poverty line and needed to be lifted above it. We win over the people of Pakistan and out to a beleaguered people whose cup of Vivekananda replied: “It is that gradually helps in and get a know what problems the Planning Commission faced put their government and the ISI woes is not likely to end even after a for you to thank me.” He said eliminating one’s attachment good education some five-year plans back, on whether to re-assess the firmly in place. change of regime? that it is the receiver who to maya or illusion. But, say I’m grateful we don’t weightages given to different ingredients usually con- — Mookhi Amir Ali, Mumbai The US government will most likely serve obliges the giver by accepting the saints, it can be possible sidered while calculating poverty in India. Newspaper its purpose and move on as it did in the case and not the other way round; only when God is upper- live in a war cartoons showed commission officials relaxing the of Afghanistan. India should remember since men are images of the most in your thoughts. As I’m grateful I live in a tightly-held demarcating rope to include more families Macho Ado that for the US administration there are no Super Consciousness one Ramakrishna Paramhansa safe community And don’t have to worry ‘above’ the poverty line. In India, the political scene Salman Khan may be guilty of threatening permanent friends. Osama and Saddam must be able to see in the said to his devotees, “Beware about stepping sometimes reminds one of the Lemmings syndrome physical violence against Vivek Oberoi, are the best examples of yesterday’s friends receiver an image of God. of kamini, lust and kanchan, on landmines, which affects the Hindi film industry. If one formula but the latter is certainly culpable of lingual becoming today’s deadliest foes. Krishna explains to Arju- gold, as these are the two as many kids do clicks at the box-office, we soon have a score of violence when in your news report If Mr Mitra’s intent is to ask people not na that as long as one identi- great temptations that dis- films with the same sequence, similar script and (‘Kisme Kitna Dum?’, Apr 2), he refers to to join in anti-war protests because the fies oneself with the body,all turb the mind and sway man I’m grateful I don’t often even the same script-writer. Congress president Salman’s ‘machoism’. Like most others Iraqi people may support Pakistan against activities — be it eating, read- from the path of love for have to work in fields Sonia Gandhi has announced that the party’s old-new who use the adjective ‘macho’, Vivek seems India tomorrow, he is asking that we ing, thinking, worshipping God.” When you think of or factories slogan for the coming polls will be garib ko bachao, desh unaware that it is derived from the quell the finest of human qualities, or almsgiving — are covered God be free of all attach- I’m grateful I have compassion and empathy. under the three gunas or ments, think only of the friends and lots of toys ko bachao. Some 32 years ago, Indira Gandhi had used a I shudder to think of what will happen characteristics: Saatvik, ra- Super Consciousness, the I’m grateful I live in a similar slogan, ‘Garibi Hatao’, which paid dividends at From timesofindia.com to the world when each human being starts jasik and tamasik. When you last destination. At the time country where kids the hustings. Since the main opposition has raised the to think in this fashion. give whole-heartedly to the of death one has to leave and their parents slogan, the ruling BJP and allies can be expected to — Melanie P Kumar,Bangalore deserving, without expecting one’s entire wealth but those can say what they feel make similar noises. Jules Feiffer, the cartoonist, had a Awe, Shucks returns, it is saatvik. For, who cling to it throughout I wish every child famous cartoon in which a poor voter declared, “I used Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New when one expects some ser- their lives worry about their could live as I do. to think I was poor. 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Art in crystal NRI City World-class hub Million-yen Boy Sanyo Electric’s system uses 28 digital Omaxe Construction will develop CII has stressed the need for at The Astro Boy statue has diamonds for cameras to take pictures of a subject, feeds a Rs 400-crore township at least one international standard the body, black diamonds for pants & data into a computer and produces a 3-D Greater Noida for NRIs. The 85 aviation hub in the country at hair, ruby for his heart & shoes, emerald image with 20,000 dots made inside a crys- acre ‘NRI City’, would be near par with Dubai and Singapore for his belt with an 18 carat gold body. tal cube by laser beams without causing a Asia’s biggest golf course and “otherwise India would lose its The million-yen statue is on display to single scratch on the surface. Price: $290 close to the Taj Expressway competitive edge” celebrate the birth of the cartoon hero
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Jet, Sahara get UNIT SCHEME 1964 approval for Asian firms shiver over killer flu Hong Kong: Alarm over a deadly Reuters Large conversion flu-like illness is prompting many companies in Asia to reduce or can- airport service cel business travel and many exec- to bonds: UTI utives have responded by wheeling large number of US-64 investors By Byas Anand and dealing through teleconfer- are opting to convert their units TIMES NEWS NETWORK ences and e-mail. A into tax-free tradable bonds of 5- “We’re using virtual or online re- year tenure with a coupon rate of 6.75 per New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry has porting for most offices. Basically, decided to allow the private carriers — Jet Air- cent per annum. it’s business-essential travel only,” ‘‘Over 90 per cent of units presented by ways and Air Sahara — to continue carrying said Mary V Lam, a spokeswoman out their own ground handling activities. investors are for conversion to tax-free for Motorola Asia Pacific. bonds,’’ says UTI spokesperson Madhav However, come July,the international airlines If the disease severe acute respi- will not be allowed to handle any ground ac- Kumar. ratory syndrome, or SARS keeps April 4, 2003, is the last date for in- tivities at the airports across the country, a spreading, economic growth in the move that would lead to massive job losses in vestors to choose between encashing region will suffer this year, ana- their units upfront or converting them India. lysts said. Trillions of dollars are into 6.75 per cent tax-free central govern- The decision on allowing Jet and Sahara to at stake involving Asian manufac- ment bonds, called as US-64 bond. continue with their ground handling activi- turing sectors, which supply a In fact, the US-64 unit is already quot- ties is a clear departure from the centre’s ear- broad array of goods globally. ing at a premium on the National Stock lier decision to allow only the three designat- Businesses in infected areas are Exchange. For example, the unit is quot- ed agencies — Indian Airlines, Air-India and already seeing scattered disrup- ing at Rs 12.10 — as things stand, in- Airports Authority of India (AAI) to handle tions and some such as airlines and vestors can redeem the unit at Rs 11.90 in these activities. hotels are experiencing sharp April, 2003. In fact, analysts point that US- “We have now decided to let Jet and Sahara drops, but most are finding ways to 64 investors can increase their return up continue with their ground handling, rather cope. Motorola was forced to close a FOGGY OVER FLU: Foreign travellers wear masks to protect themselves against the respiratory syndrome, in to 20 per cent if they opt for the US-64 than letting IA take care of the activities for factory in Singapore last week af- Hong Kong. The WHO warned travellers on Wednesday to postpone visits to Hong Kong and China. bonds. them. But the international airlines will not ter one of its workers was diag- As the bond is tax free, the effective pre- tions from the curtailment of busi- ering that a worker at a Hong Kong ling on business for the time be- be allowed to control the ground activities. IA, nosed with SARS, which has killed tax return for companies — at an income ness travel. subsidiary, Dao Heng Bank, was ing,” spokesman Chu Byung-Ho A-I and AAI would handle the activities for at least 62 people worldwide, most- tax slab of 35 per cent — is 10.38 per cent. confirmed to have SARS. said. them, through their subsidiaries,” civil avia- ly in Asia. The Hongkong and Shanghai That means, the effective coupon rate for Regionally,companies with oper- tion minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said. The victim’s 300 co-workers at Banking Corp and other smaller such companies will be 10.38 per cent. ations in China were developing Sun Microsystems cancelled a The private carriers are breathing easy Motorola in Singapore were or- banks have taken emergency meas- But, at present, government paper of 5 emergency plans. Samsung Elec- trade show scheduled for next with this decision as they were not comfort- dered into quarantine and the fac- ures to ensure that operations can years maturity is trading at a yield-to-ma- tronics Co asked families of em- week in Shanghai where the com- able with the idea of a competitor being in- tory was disinfected. It has since continue even if employees con- turity of 5.86 per cent per annum. ployees working in Hong Kong to pany planned to sell itself to 4,000 charge of their ground activities, including is- reopened and the worker has re- tract the disease. Standard Char- This means the US-64 bond will fetch return to South Korea, company people and 250 companies that had sue of boarding cards, baggage handling, tered has been encouraging em- companies double the yield that they get covered, Lam said. There have spokesman James Chung said. LG registered to attend. Its top execu- washing of aircraft and departures. ployees to avoid face-to-face meet- from comparative government paper. been few known instances so far of Electronics Inc has done the same. tives were scheduled to speak and The move is now expected to irk the foreign the medical crisis disrupting man- ings, said Lavina Chan, bank’s CEO Scott McNeely was to appear ‘‘Because of this, US-64 bond will trade at airlines, who also have a sizeable staff re- ufacturing operations, and the ad- spokeswoman. “We’ve also urged our employees via video. Sun also planned a prod- a premium. cruited for ground activities across India. Be- vent of modern telecommunica- DBS bank in Singapore suspend- working in Shanghai, Thailand uct launch, which will instead be in At the current yield, the effective price sides, almost 40 agencies, employing close to tions is likely to help ease disrup- ed all employee travel after discov- and Toronto to refrain from travel- San Francisco next week. Reuters of a Rs 100 bond would be Rs 120.73.’’ says 20,000 people, are engaged in different ground MD of PNB Gilt Arun Kaul. handling activities across India. “The move to Kaul added that as the effective rate is stop all these agencies from handling such ac- very high, there would be good demand tivities would leave these people jobless,” says for the bond in the market. an industry insider. An example: If an investor with 20,000 “As of now,the situation is very fluid and we Iraq war brings US economy to standstill US-64 units chooses to redeem all of are awaiting a formal note from the ministry. them, as per the formula, he would get Rs But this decision is prone to litigation,” says Washington: The Iraq war has ary. A reading below 50 points indi- frozen much of the US economy, cates an industry contraction. 2.10 lakh. an international airline official. However, if he chooses to convert them But the minister feels otherwise. “We will throwing a four-month manufactur- The shrinkage in the manufac- ing expansion into reverse, trapping turing sector broke four consecutive Long war to hit India: WB into bonds and then sell them in the sec- also be creating job opportunities when these ondary market, he could net Rs 2.52 lakh consumers at home and unnerving months of growth. TIMES NEWS NETWORK new subsidiaries are floated and they become — if interest rates stay the same. operational. There would always be scope for employers, surveys said. “Today’s ISM report dashes the New Delhi: A World Bank economist on Wednesday said that a pro- However,there are some concern about these people to come in there,” Hussain added. The build-up to the combat, com- hope that the industrial sector of the longed war in Iraq may adversely affect India’s GDP growth prospects the small investors residing in the remote Meanwhile, IA, A-I and AAI are moving bined with a harsh winter, sapped economy is pulling out of downturn during 2003-04 because of the country’s dependence on oil imports. Oth- areas. ahead full stream to float their respective demand for manufactured that began last fall,” said er economists have made similar comments in general. The World Bank Though, the bonds would be listed on ground handling subsidiaries. goods, and left businesses Manufacturers Alliance itself has made no particular economic forecast linked to the war yet. the NSE, it would not be easy to sell them The AAI board will meet next week to fi- unsure whether to hire or IRAQ chief economist Daniel The World Bank projected an average 5.3 per cent economic growth in far-flung areas. US-64 has over 26 lakh nalise the paid-up capital for the arm. “We fire staff, the reports Meckstroth. for India and other South Asian nations during 2003, which is margin- investors. may not be able to meet the July deadline for showed on Tuesday. IMPACT “War jitters undoubted- ally lower than 5.4 per cent projected in December 2002. commencing activities. We will include a JV When the first missiles ly hurt the economy but “India’s GDP growth depends on the outcome of the war. If war con- There were expectations that, to meet partner for the exercise, but will dilute only 24 were launched, people stayed home unseasonably severe weather and tinues for a long time and oil prices continue to rise, it could affect the its redemption requirements, US-64 to watch the television coverage, fur- the decline in payrolls play an im- per cent stake in the venture in favour of the country,”William Shaw,lead economist with the development prospects would sell its equity holdings in the mar- ther stalling activity. portant role,” he said. partner,” says AAI chairman SK Narula. group at the World Bank told reporters here after launching the “Glob- ket. However, the conversion of large CISF was on Wednesday formally given re- US manufacturing activity,meas- “Declining production activity in al Development Finance 2003’ report. Shaw said oil prices were ex- number of units into bonds would end up sponsibility of the entire security of the do- ured by the Institute for Supply manufacturing means that the over- tremely volatile due to the war. Since India is a net importer of oil, it not putting selling pressure on an already mestic and international terminals of IGI Air- Management (ISM) purchasing all economy cannot hope to achieve could affect the country.Moreover, he said war may have an impact on weak market. Prabhakar Sinha port here replacing that of Delhi Police, which managers’ index, slumped to 46.2 anything better than tread water in workers’ remittances flow as well. was doing the job almost since inception. points in March from 50.5 in Febru- the months ahead.” AFP
EXECUTIVE DIGEST UK court grants bail to I-flex chief By Rashmee Z Ahmed hardened criminals, had fered by Indian techies in In- NATIONAL arriving in India. It is being Thailand among 37 countries TIMES NEWS NETWORK been very “traumatic”. donesia and Malaysia. manufactured entirely by in entrepreneurial activity for London: Exactly seven days Kumar was arrested by It is understood that the Suzuki Motor Corporation in the year 2002, according to a Mascot Systems buys after he was arrested here, Britain at the request of the Dutch are yet to make their Japan and is being imported study by the Indian Institute refused bail and incarcerated Dutch authorities, who al- case to the British Home Of- IT&T’s BPO unit: Mascot into India. The launch of this of Management. The global in a dingy Victorian prison, lege he was “complicit in the fice for Kumar’s extradition Systems, an offshore soft- vehicle, around April 16, will entrepreneurship monitor the head of Indian software ware services company, has also mark MUL’s entry into drawing up and submission to the Netherlands. announced its entry into the (GEM 2002), an international solutions company I-flex was of false references to enable I-flex sources said Kumar’s the sports utility vehicle seg- research project primarily IT enabled services (ITES) ment in India. Priced around finally able to leave jail for an persons to obtain visas to en- bail plea argued he was “a segment with the proposed designed to assess the total initial period of nine days. ter the Netherlands from In- senior executive; belonged to Rs 20 lakh, the Grand Vitara entreprenuerial activity (TEA) acquisition of the contact Senthil Kumar, the Lon- dia”. I-flex spokesmen claim a reputed company; had fam- XL-7 will be targeted at own- in national economies, has centre and facility manage- don-based CEO of I-flex’s the company is yet to receive ily based here; had children ers of big business houses, ranked India second, which ment business of Delhi-based Dutch subsidiary, secured the full details of the Dutch who go to school here and plantation owners, sports scored 17.9 per cent in an outsourced services provider people, film stars, builders, bail in a matter of 20 minutes allegations. They insist “our had a British work permit”. IT&T Ltd. Mascot said it has index of various parameters NRIs, embassies and top in an old-fashioned London employees had all the right Kumar was initially re- signed an agreement to ac- politicians in India. during 2002. Thailand which quire IT&T’s BPO business by scored 18.9 per cent topped courtroom after handing visas. It is true the paper- fused bail, reportedly out of way of a business purchase. Chennai port to start the list, an IIMB release said. over his passport, while “a work is important, but we concern over possible flight. The company would also Russian business magnate and former Kremlin insider handling new cargo: With well-wisher stood surety and were careful”. Kumar is now required to acquire IT&T’s facility man- Boris Berezovsky (centre), talks to journalists after leaving the shifting of coal handling SIA slashes 60 flights: offered a bond of 20,000 Cautious I-flex officials re- present himself in the same agement business by buying Bow Street Magistrates Court in London, wearing a mask from Chennai port trust (CPT) Singapore Airlines Ltd, Asia’s pounds”, I-flex sources told fused to comment on Indian London court on Monday out IT&T Technology Services showing the face of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, to the new suburban Ennore most profitable airline, said on TNN. foreign minister Yashwant (April 11), even as his Ltd, a subsidiary of IT&T, it on Wednesday. Berezovsky was arrested in Britain on port, the CPT has now decid- Wednesday it will cut 60 They said Kumar’s seven- Sinha’s reported remarks on lawyers are reportedly furi- said in a release. March 25, after Russian officials sought his extradition on ed to handle foodgrains and flights a week, or 4 per cent day experience of life in Tuesday that there was no ously preparing his defence $1.9 billion fraud charges. sugar from the port, the CPT of its total capacity, as the Britain’s 19th-century “pattern” in the Senthil Ku- to counter formal Dutch FIIs net purchasers in chairman, P Baskardass, equities in 2002-03: For- deadly SARS virus hits the al- prison, thrown together with mar case and the abuse suf- charges. in debt market, according to rent financial year. The com- said. The port was also being ready reeling Asian airline in- eign institutional investors SEBI data. FIIs were net pany has been able to regis- ‘cleaned up’ to enable car have recorded net purchases dustry. Though Singapore Air buyers in equities for nine ter a 14.5 per cent over the major, Hyundai, to export flights around the world will Moser to sell in equities and debt at Rs months and net sellers in previous fiscal, outpacing the more cars from this port. 2,436.9 crore ($506 million) be affected, short haul flights Fridge makers need October, June and May. In the liquor industry growth of Hyundai exported 8432 cars and Rs 150.2 crore ($27.6 mil- in Asia will bear the brunt, debt market, they were net around 6 per cent. through Chennai port in 2002- lion) respectively for the 12 with flights to Kaoshiung, Chi- CDs, DVDs buyers and net sellers for six 03 and the company has months ended March 2003. na and Hiroshima in Japan to months each. MUL imports first lot of plans to export 75,000 cars to declare capacities TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mutual funds were net sellers be suspended, the airline Grand Vitara: Maruti Udoyg by 2005-06, he said. in equities at Rs 2,066.7 crore UB clocks 30 million Ltd is all set to move into the said. The airline’s launch of TIMES NEWS NETWORK Whirlpool and Godrej suit New Delhi: Moser Baer, in the fiscal 2002-03 while cases sales: The United imported car market as the India ranked second in thrice-weekly flights to Ban- filed last June against LG al- maker of CDs and DVDs, has New Delhi: In an interim in- registering massive net Breweries has scaled sales of first lot of Grand Vitara XL-7, entrepreneurship: India galore, planned for May 1, will leging it was overstating its decided to sell these products junction that could set the inflows of Rs 12,604.42 crore 30.8 million cases in the cur- comprising about 50 units, has been ranked second after be deferred to June 12. frost-free refrigerator capaci- in India under its own brand, trend for fair practices in the ty by 11-14 per cent, far high- ‘moserbaer’. The Rs 1,000 home appliance industry,the er than the 3 per cent varia- crore company has also de- INTERNATIONAL Union and the U.S. depart- continually declined to speak had cut its stake in reinsurer Monopolies & Restrictive tion allowed by the BIS, MRT- cided to hire around 3,000 ment of commerce. The sub- about reports of its interest in Munich Re to just below 20 Trade Practices Commission PC said: “Strictly and techni- people over the next 18 sidies allowed the South Ko- DirecTV. General Motors per cent from 22.4 per cent, (MRTPC) directed Whirlpool, cally speaking, in the ab- months. Moser, which sup- US findings on Hynix rean firms to undercut foreign spokesman Jerry Dubrowski while Munich Re said its unfair, says S Korea: The LG and Godrej to henceforth sence of standards uniform- plies CDs and DVDs to 10 of rivals, it said. South Korea refused to comment on the Allianz stake had fallen to less specify the capacity, whether South Korean government on has denied the allegations. report, which was based on than 20 per cent from around ly and universally accepted the 12 major companies glob- Wednesday balked at the net or gross, on their refrig- in the refrigerator industry ally, has expanded focus on The commerce department’s people familiar with the mat- 21 per cent. Both firms have erators. U.S. commerce department’s preliminary ruling found sub- ter. The announcement would been hit hard by the slump for measurement of gross India because of an expected In the LG Electronics preliminary finding that South sidy rates for DRAM memory leave News Corp as one of in equity markets. volume/capacity,it cannot be three-fold plus increase in Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor chips ranging from 0.16 per two companies who still verus Whirlpool-Godrej cas- said that there has been mis- the optical media market to computer chips received un- cent to 57.37 per cent. might bid for DirecTV, the es regarding misrepresented representation of capacities Rs 1,500 crore by 2005 from Rs fair government subsidies. nation’s No 2 pay-television ET INSTA POLL refrigerator capacities and by LG.” 400 crore at present. U.S. company Micron Tech- SBC abandons bid to buy provider after Comcast. Do you think false claims of following the However, to make matters Moser has manufacturing nology had complained about DirecTV: SBC Communica- Yesterday’s results: Indian IT firms are responsible for BIS (Bureau of Indian Stan- clear, the MRTPC has said units near Delhi and exports the subsidies to the European tions Inc has abandoned a Allianz, Munich Re cut their employees’ visa problems? dards) specifications, which bid to buy the DirecTV unit cross shareholdings: that manufacturers should about 80 per cent of produc- have been pending before for of General Motors Corp, German insurers Allianz AG Yes 69% No 25% specify what capacity they tion. It said that it has ‘‘10 per nearly a year now, MRTPC fi- are stating, whether it is cent market share of the according to a published re- and Munich Re said on • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users port. SBC had no comment Officials of Samsung Heavy Tuesday they had reduced who chose to participate, and not necessarily of nally came out with this in- gross or net. Said Raj Jain, global recordable optical me- the general public. on the report in the Wall Industries’ Ship Construc- their cross shareholdings as terim injunction. And, the MD, Whirlpool: “This is ex- dia market’’. It is the first Would you use Street Journal, spokesman tion attend a military training part of a drive to cushion ex- Today’s question: customer emerged as the actly what we have trying to time that the company would lesser known alternatives to Mi- only victorious party. achieve. It is a good judge- retail products under its own Larry Solomon said. The San programme for improvement posure to slumping equity crosoft products if they are free? Antonio-based company has of leadership on Tuesday. markets. Insurer Allianz said it In response to the ment.” brand.
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14 Thursday,April 3, 2003 STOCKS The Times of India, New Delhi
TELCO 158, 162.50, 156.90, 161.55 BI 68.75, 63.50, 65 26.45, 27.80, 26.35, 27 ING Vysya Bk 244, 241.40, 241.50 Mercator Lin 21.20 158.70, 161.20, 157.50, 160.35 Bihar Caustc 10.40, 10.55, 10.20, Fert.&Chem-T 25, 25.55, 25.05 242.90, 243.90, 241.50, 242.65 MICO 3740, 3605.50, 3607.50 Thermax 140, 141, 138.60, 140 10.50 23.95, 25.40, 23.25, 24.70 Insilco 12.75, 12.55, 12.75 3600, 3650, 3600, 3640 140, 140, 139.10, 139.95 Binani Inds. 10.05, 10.90, 10, 10.70 Finan.Techno 10.75, 10.25, 10.50 Inter.Travel 24.50, 24.90 Mid-Day Mul. 12.80, 12.95, 12.90 NSE SHARE INDEX BSE SHARE INDEX Thomas Cook 197, 199, 196.25, 197 Birla Corp. 12.70, 13.40 First Leasin 17.30, 17.15, 17.25 Invest.Trust 12 13, 13, 12.45, 12.95 Sensex rises 23 pts 1125 3600 200, 200, 197, 198.50 12.70, 13.75, 12.70, 13.75 18, 18, 17.35, 17.55 Ion Exchange 19.80, 19.65, 20 Mindteck 15.35, 16, 15, 15.30 TISCO 136.10, 137.90, 135.85, Birla Eric. 8.80, 9.25, 9.15 Flat Product 29.95, 32.25, 31.40 IP Rings 32.60, 33.50 Mirza Tanner 26.90, 26.50 137.60 9.10, 9.30, 9, 9.15 Flex Enginer 9.70, 6.95, 8.25 IPCA Lab. 165.50, 167.75, 167.65 26.20, 26.95, 26.15, 26.90 1100 3500 Mumbai: Stocks made a further headway and helped the Sensex to 136.55, 137.80, 136.25, 137.50 Birla Glob.F 11.75, 11.25 8.35, 8.35, 7, 8 165.10, 168.10, 165.10, 167.85 MM Forgings 83.95 3400 extend its winning streak to another day on the Bombay Stock Ex- Titan Inds. 53, 53.85, 52.30, 52.40 Birla Yamaha 12, 12.65, 12.30 Flex Inds. 16.40, 16.50, 15.70, 16 Ispat Inds. 4.75, 4.95, 4.70, 4.90 Mobile Tele 3.05, 3 1075 55.10, 55.10, 52.30, 52.50 Blow Plast 10.50, 10, 10.40 15.80, 16.25, 15.80, 16.10 4.85, 4.95, 4.75, 4.85 Monalisa Inf 0.45 change on Wednesday on fresh purchases by domestic as well as TN Newsprint 37, 38.40 Blue Dart Ex 53.10, 53.45, 52.75, 53 Floatglass 17.95, 18.45 IT & T 17.35, 17, 17.35 Monnet Ispat 16, 16.30, 16.25 3300 foreign funds prompted largely by a rally in global markets. 37.85, 38.10, 37.75, 38 53.55, 53.55, 52.50, 52.95 17.30, 18.50, 17.25, 18.40 16.70, 17.20, 16.70, 17.20 Monsanto (I) 467, 473.50, 472 1050 TN Petro 19.85, 19.75, 20 Blue Star 82.05, 84.50, 83.45 Forbes Gokak 57.05 ITC Hotels 46, 45.10, 45.15 466, 470, 466, 468.25 3200 3116.94 Foreign funds were believed to have made purchases in select 19.85, 20, 19.65, 19.90 81.90, 83.90, 81.90, 83.50 Fortune Info 42.35, 43.85, 42, 43.10 45.70, 46, 45, 45.55 Morarjee Goc 7.30 1025 Torrent Phar 161, 162.25, 160, Blue Star In 109.45, 109.85, 106.70, Foseco (I) 125, 119.35, 121.20 IVP 18.90 Morepen Lab 14.50, 15.50, 14.25, 999.40 3100 3048.72 heavyweighted old economy counters while local funds led by Life 160.05 108.05 119, 120.50, 119, 119.65 IVRCL Infras 35.75, 36.85 15.15 1000 160, 163, 160, 160.55 108, 109.60, 106.25, 108.15 Frontier Inf 3.25, 3.20, 3.40 36.80, 36.80, 36.60, 36.70 13.80, 15.50, 13.80, 14.95 978.20 3000 Insurance Corporation (LIC) continued to provide follow-up sup- Trent 152.40, 155 BOC 22.50, 22, 22.60 Fulford (I) 56.15, 62, 61.45 Morgan Stan 8.45, 8.40, 8.45 3080.95 port at a time when retailers took a cautious stance in view of the 151.80, 154.55, 151.80, 153.30 22.70, 22.70, 22.10, 22.70 Futura Poly. 5.95, 5.05, 5.20 J 8.40, 8.50, 8.40, 8.40 975 2900 TVS Electron 56.70, 57.90, 56.10, Bombay Burma 37 Motherson SS 57.10 984.30 Jagatjit Ind 22.85, 19.65, 19.95 Gulf crisis. 57.75 Bongaigaon R 14.20, 14.45, 14.10, G Mro-Tek 12.25, 14.10, 11.90, 13.25 950 2800 The BSE benchmark 30-share index opened on a promising note 57.50, 58.50, 56.10, 57.70 14.40 Jai Corp 32.30, 32.25 12, 13.50, 11.75, 13.15 TVS Motor Co 404, 398, 401.55 14.10, 14.55, 14.10, 14.45 Gabriel (I) 70 Jain Irrig. 40, 40.15, 40, 40.15 MRPL 8.50, 8.60, 8.35, 8.55 MARCH 31 APRIL 1 APRIL 2 MARCH 31 APRIL 1 APRIL 2 403.20, 408.60, 394, 399.80 BPL 24.95, 26.70, 24.75, 25.45 Galaxy Enter 19, 18.25 Jain Studios 12.45, 12.90, 12.40, 8.50, 8.65, 8.40, 8.60 at 3080.94 and gradually moved upwards to the intra-day high at Gammon (I) 99.75, 100 12.80 United Phosp 136, 136.90, 134.30, 25.10, 25.55, 24.80, 25.20 Mukand 10.50, 10.15, 10.80 +1.53% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING +1.16% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS CLOSING 3120.31 and later ended at 3116.94 as against Tuesday’s close of 135.35 BPL Engg. 3.75, 3.80 97.50, 99.85, 97.30, 97.30 Jaipan Inds. 10.20, 9.70, 9.90 11.50, 11.50, 9.65, 10.60 3080.95, netting a rise of 36.04 points or 1.17 per cent. The broad- 135.15, 137, 134.10, 135.40 3.80, 4.05, 3.60, 3.95 Garden Silk 24.20, 24.30, 24, 24.10 Jay Bh.Marut 25, 24.95, 25 Mukand Engrs 8.15, 8.20 UTI Bank 40.50, 41, 39.85, 39.95 Brijlax. Le. 109.40, 109.60, 108.85, 24.25, 24.90, 24, 24.55 Jayant Agro 48, 50, 48.85 8.40, 8.65, 8, 8 Garware Poly 19.10, 20.35, 19, 20.25 48, 48, 47.50, 47.50 based BSE-100 index rose by 22.76 points to 1539.80 from previous 40, 40.85, 39.80, 40 109.25 Munjal Auto 30.90, 31, 30.50, 30.85 4.25, 4.30, 4.25, 4.30 13.10, 13.10, 11.70, 11.85 Uniflex Cabl 6, 5.80 Videocon Int 21.60, 22.45, 21.50, BSL 22.50, 22, 22.25 Garware Wall 19.75, 20.20, 19.95 Jaypee Hotel 9.70, 9.80 Munjal Showa 121.75, 122, 121.85 close of 1517.04. Gati 34.40, 30.35, 30.60 Jayshree Tea 29.50, 29.90, 28.70, RS Software 21, 21.90, 20.20, 21.80 Suashish Dia 17.50, 18.35, 17.10, Union Bank 25.90, 26.50, 25.60, 22.35 20.30, 20.30, 20.25, 20.30 120, 126, 120, 126 21.60, 21.60, 20.15, 20.50 17.65 26.45 21.40, 22.35, 21.40, 22.25 Burrough Wel 231, 233.50, 231.75 Genesys Intl 36, 34.50, 37.40 29.90 Mys.Cement 5.40, 5.30, 6 The market also had a sentimental impact on reports that major 36.40, 37, 36.40, 36.80 JBF Inds. 10.95, 9.75, 10 Ruchi Soya 32 Subex System 89, 93.45, 87.70, 25.65, 26.40, 25.50, 26.30 Vijaya Bank 15.30, 15.85, 15.80 5.75, 6.15, 5.35, 5.95 32, 32.80, 31.75, 32.80 92.50 Unitech 42.30, 42.30, 42.30, 42.30 Asian stock markets witnessed a rally after Wall Street rebounded 15.30, 15.80, 15.20, 15.75 C Geodesic Inf 72.35, 72.45, 69.50, JBM Tools 18.75, 17.55 71.50 JCT 3.20, 3.40, 3.35 N Subros 26.50, 25.80, 26.50 United Brew. 73 Visual Soft 146.25, 153.70, 143.55, S Sulzer (I) 99.80, 102, 99.25, 101 United We.Bk 21 on Tuesday.The Nasdaq futures and the Dow futures too were quot- 151.20 Camlin 48, 46.65, 47 George Willi 60.80, 63.45 Jenson&Nicho 4.20 Camph.& All 22.50 62, 63, 61.10, 62.75 4.40, 4.45, 4.25, 4.25 Nagar.Agrich 13.10 Sun Earth Ce 2.10, 2.45, 1.90, 2.25 21.15, 21.55, 20.70, 21 ed substantially higher. 147.60, 152.50, 143.50, 149.90 S Kumars Nat 3.70, 3.70, 3.10, 3.10 Usha Beltron 25.35, 26, 25.50 Canara Bank 73.20, 77.70, 76.90 GIC Housing 11.50 JIK Inds. 28, 22.85, 24.30 Nagar.Const. 36, 35.15, 35.75 S.I.Bank 36.50, 37, 36.80 Sundaram Cla 182, 182.20 VSNL 75.40, 76, 75, 75.55 179, 186, 172.30, 184.45 27.55, 27.55, 24.95, 26.25 The Nikkei ended up by 83.13 points, the Hang Seng by 109.30 75.45, 76.10, 75, 75.65 73.50, 78, 73.50, 77 11.80, 11.80, 11.25, 11.60 25.80, 25.80, 23.05, 23.25 Nagar.Fertil 4.05, 4.25 36.45, 37.25, 36.15, 37 Canfin Homes 28.50, 28.60, 28.35, Glenmark Pha 211, 207.25 Jindal Iron 76.55, 82.70, 81.30 4.10, 4.25, 4.10, 4.20 Sundaram Fst 314.05, 331.90, Usha Mat.Inf 2.15, 2 points and Singapore ST Index by 17.19 points. Whirlpool 15.25, 15, 15.15 S.I.C.Agency 5.65 2.05, 2.05, 1.75, 1.90 15, 15.35, 14.80, 15.20 28.45 Global Tr.Bk 14.30, 14.90, 14.80 77.20, 81.90, 76.80, 80.80 Nahar Export 17.90, 18.10 7.30, 7.30, 6.20, 6.55 327.75 29, 29, 28.60, 28.70 14.25, 14.85, 14.10, 14.75 Jindal Photo 22.50, 22.05, 22.50 18.10, 18.15, 17.80, 18.15 334.70, 334.90, 320, 327.20 Uttam Galva. 6.40, 6.50, 6.25, 6.40 The Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite in- Wipro 1240, 1294.80, 1281.85 Sabero Org. 3.90 6.70, 7.20, 6.30, 6.35 1254, 1290, 1240.05, 1277.25 Caprihans(I) 11.75, 11.90 GMM Pfaudler 115.50 22.90, 22.90, 22.40, 22.55 Nahar Indl.E 10.25, 11.60, 9.55, Sakthi Sugar 5.70 Sunflag Iron 3.85, 4.15, 3.80, 4.10 dex on Tuesday had risen by about 85 points and 10 points respec- Wockhardt 358.50, 359, 355, 356.25 Carborundum 110 GMR Techno. 9, 8.95 Jindal Poly. 101.90, 103.95 11.55 5.60, 5.90, 5.60, 5.85 Super Spin. 59.75 V tively. 358, 360, 355, 355.65 Carrier Air. 89 Goa Carbon 29.50, 31 106, 108.75, 105.45, 105.80 Nahar Intl. 4 Salora Int. 32.30, 36, 35.80 Supreme Inds 78.50, 78.50, 77, 77 Zee Telefilm 66.10, 74, 65.75, 72.25 CCL Products 17.95, 18.15, 17.25, Godavri Fert 33.60, 33.50, 35.50 Jindal Strip 142, 144.50, 141.15, 4.30, 4.50, 4.30, 4.50 33, 36.40, 32.50, 35.80 Supreme Petr 7.45, 7.40, 7.50 Vaibhav Gems 17.10 Operators and retail investors have adopted wait and watch poli- 65.90, 74.25, 65.80, 71.50 17.80 36.20, 36.25, 34, 34.35 143.75 Nahar Spg. 62.50, 63.25, 62, 63 Samkrg Pist. 30, 30.25, 30.20 7.45, 7.60, 7.45, 7.55 Vanavil Dyes 35.50, 37 Zensar Tech. 68.90, 71.95, 67.50, Ceat 25.50, 25.85, 25.05, 25.80 Godfrey Phil 300, 300, 297, 297 140.50, 145, 140.50, 143.50 65.90, 65.90, 61.75, 62.80 Samtel Color 19.60, 19.40, 19.55 Surana Tele 13, 13, 12.50, 12.80 Vardhman Pol 41, 42.50, 41.05 cy considering the fact that the war would have adverse impact on 71.25 25.50, 26, 25.50, 25.80 Godrej Cons. 104.85, 107.15, 107.05 JJ Exporters 29.50 Narmada C.Pe 11.50 18.80, 19.80, 18.75, 19.45 Surat Elec. 65.50, 68.90 41.10, 42.75, 41, 42.40 Centur. Bank 8.75, 8.95, 8.90 105.15, 107.50, 105.15, 106.95 JK Corpn. 10.50 11.30, 11.80, 11.30, 11.80 Surya Roshni 11.45, 11.40 Indian as well as global economy,stocks brokers said. PTI 68.80, 71.60, 67.75, 70.30 Sangam (I) 10 Vardhman Spg 52.75 8.85, 8.95, 8.85, 8.90 Godrej Inds. 14.40, 14.35, 14.50 JK Inds. 21, 23.85, 20.90, 22.05 Narmada Cem. 23, 27 10.15, 11.30, 10, 11.30 11.15, 11.50, 11.10, 11.25 54, 54, 49.05, 49.40 B1 - GROUP Cerebra Inte 6, 5.25, 5.50 Goetze (I) 18.15, 18.50 JK Synthetic 2.65, 2.70, 2.60 Natco Pharma 26.65, 27 Sanwaria Agr 16.15, 14.65 Sutlej Inds. 39.25, 41, 40.45 Varun Ship. 9.10, 9.05, 9.10 KEY: The BSE quotations of a scrip are given in the first line while the quotes in ital- CESC 15.40, 15.30, 15.95 18.05, 18.55, 18.05, 18.50 JMC Projects 15.95 27.05, 27.20, 27, 27.20 Saregama (I) 42.90, 44.50, 44.40 39.40, 40.95, 39.40, 40.95 9.20, 9.25, 9.10, 9.25 ics are those of the NSE.The quotations are in the sequence of the day’s opening, 3 15.50, 16, 15.25, 15.95 Goldiam Int. 24, 24.25 Jog Engg. 4.95, 4.85, 5.30 Nath Seeds 5.40, 5.45, 5.30, 5.35 48.25, 48.25, 41.60, 43.45 Suven Pharma 110.50, 108, 111 Vashisti Det 9.90, 10.15 CG Igarshi M 35.55, 35.55, 35.55, Goldstn.Tech 27.90, 29.85, 27.50, Jubilant Org 150 5.30, 5.65, 5.05, 5.40 Satnam Over. 18.35 Swaraj Engin 180, 176 9.75, 10.75, 9.75, 10.25 high, low, and closing. Each time a company’s closing share price falls below its “last 35.55 29.75 148.50, 149.50, 147.50, 148 National Fer 30.80 3M India 239, 246.70, 233.25, 18.60, 19.30, 18.50, 18.55 178, 180.85, 177.15, 180 Venky’s (I) 57.90, 57.90, 51.20, 52.30 offer price” on BSE, the name of the company is underlined. Chemplast Sa 27.25 27.25, 29.50, 27.20, 29.30 Jupiter BioS 35.80, 36.50, 35.75, National Ste 6.30, 6.75, 6.40 Satvah.Ispat 6, 5.55, 5.90 Swaraj Mazda 69.05, 69.25 Veronica Lab 4.40, 4.65, 4.05, 4.55 237.50 26.80, 27.45, 26.80, 26.85 Goldstn.Tele 8.85, 9.45, 8.80, 9.40 35.85 6, 6.85, 6, 6.55 230.75, 249.90, 230.60, 248.95 Saurash.Cem. 6.75, 8 71, 72.60, 70.10, 72.50 Vesuvius (I) 63.80, 64.50, 63.30, 131.45, 134.70 LIC Hsg.Fin. 67, 67.90, 66.70, 67.85 Chettinad Ce 40 9, 9.65, 8.70, 9.45 Jyoti Struct 11.50, 12.25, 11.50, Nava Bh.Ferr 39 Savita Chem. 48.60, 48.50, 48.60 Synergy Log 6, 6.20 64.20 BSE SPECIFIED 132.05, 136.50, 131.50, 134.90 67.50, 68, 66.55, 67.70 A Cheviot Co. 42.75 Gonter Peip 4.05, 4.10 12.20 39.70, 40, 39.45, 39.45 48.10, 49, 48.10, 48.85 63.65, 64.50, 63.30, 63.55 Exide Inds. 77.95, 76 LML 27.75, 28.25, 27.25, 28.05 Chola.Inv&Fi 38, 38.40, 37.30, 37.95 Goodlass Ner 148.50, 152, 151.05 Navneet Pub. 109.15, 113.05, 107, SBI Home Fin 6.60, 7.30 T Viceroy Hot. 8.90 & NSE INDEX 75.40, 75.40, 74.95, 75.30 27.25, 28, 27.25, 27.90 A Sarabhai 3.50, 3.65 37.50, 37.95, 37.50, 37.85 150.15, 150.50, 150.15, 150.40 K 110.10 6.65, 6.80, 6.65, 6.80 T Spiritual 182.90, 182.50, 183.80 Videocon Apl 7.35, 7.45 Federal Bank 94.25, 98.10, 94.05, Lupin 131.20, 132, 129.70, 131.50 Aarti Drugs 26.80 Chowgule Stm 2.50, 3.05, 2.95 Goodricke 22.55 NCL Inds. 4.05, 3.95 Schenec.Beck 45 7.40, 7.60, 7.35, 7.55 ABB 293, 297.95, 296.70 97.60 130.75, 132.20, 129.75, 131.30 Ciba Sp.Chem 103, 100.05 Goodyear (I) 23.25, 24 Kaashyap Rad 1.10, 1.15, 1.05 Nelco 24.70, 25.30, 25.20 Taj GVK Hotl 37.25 Aban Loyd 127.50, 132, 131.25 Kabra Extr 31 Search Chem. 9 Videocon Fin 11 294.20, 298, 294, 296.30 94.50, 98.25, 94, 97.35 M&M 100.35, 101.50, 99.50, 101.25 128, 130, 128, 130 103.05, 103.55, 101.80, 103.35 Grabal Al.Im 13.85, 13.60, 13.65 24.70, 25.10, 24.70, 24.90 36.90, 36.90, 36.50, 36.80 30.50, 32.85, 30.10, 30.10 9.15, 9.15, 9, 9 Tanfac Ind. 11.45, 12.20 12, 13, 12, 12.90 Abbott (I) 278.90, 276.65, 278.65 Finolex Cabl 77.15, 76, 77.20 100.20, 103, 99.25, 101.20 ABC Bearings 5.95 Cinevistaas 19.50, 20.85, 20.25 Graphite Ind 28.35, 28.40, 27.75, Neuland Lab. 34.65, 34, 34.80 Sesa Goa 63, 62, 62.80 Vidhi Dyestu 16, 15.35 78, 78, 76.15, 76.40 Marico Inds 159, 155 19, 20.70, 19, 20 27.80 Kajaria Cer 16.70, 18.40, 16.70, NHN Corpn. 8.20, 9.40 Tata Coffee 66.55, 67.45, 66.50, ACC 140, 141.40, 139.50, 140.25 Abhishek Ind 6, 6.45 18.25 61.80, 63.65, 61.80, 62.85 Vikrant Tyre 8.30, 8.85, 8.75 140.30, 141.50, 139.40, 140.35 Finolex Inds 33.55, 34.20, 34.05 153.75, 156.80, 149.60, 154.85 6.25, 6.70, 6.05, 6.55 City Union B 37.40, 37.55 28, 28.45, 27.55, 28 Nilkamal Pls 22.50, 22.75, 22.50, 66.80 Kakatiya Cem 22.25 Sesha.Paper 30 Tata Finance 14.85, 14.90, 14.55, Vinati Org. 12.60 Adani Export 123.05, 124.75, 122.50, 33.75, 34.20, 33.75, 34.05 Mascot Systm 100, 109.55, 104.65 Adam Comsof 3.30 37.35, 37.80, 37, 37.70 Gravity (I) 5.95, 6 22.70 30, 30.50, 30, 30.25 Vindhya Tele 17.50, 16.25, 16.35 Gail (I) 75.85, 77.70, 77.45 99.40, 114.50, 99, 104.40 Clariant (I) 120.70, 123, 119.55, Greaves 11.25, 11, 11.05 22.10, 24, 22.10, 23.65 NOCIL 5.20, 5.05, 5.10 14.85 122.60 Addi Inds. 18.10 Kale Consul. 24.75, 25.85, 24.40, Sh.Cements 46 15.75, 16.50, 15.75, 16.50 125.25, 125.25, 122.65, 123.75 75.60, 77.70, 75.60, 77.40 Mastek 527.40, 546.85, 518.25, Advani Oerli 30.75, 30.15, 30.40 122.70 Grind Norton 90.10 5.20, 5.20, 5.05, 5.15 14.75, 15, 14.50, 14.85 25.50 46.90, 46.90, 46.10, 46.15 Tata Honeywl 244.80, 244.95, Vintage Card 5.25, 5.55 Adlabs Films 38.20, 40, 36.40, 39.75 GE Shipping 37.90, 38.05, 37.65 538.10 30.60, 31.50, 30.45, 30.95 122.75, 122.75, 120.15, 120.40 Gruh Finance 16 Noida Toll 6.05, 6.05, 6, 6 Sh.Digv.Cem. 9.50 5.45, 5.55, 5.30, 5.50 37.80, 38, 37.60, 37.70 538, 550, 517.60, 536.15 Classic Diam 34, 36.90 GTC Inds. 5 25.50, 25.50, 24.40, 25.25 Nova Petro. 47, 47, 41, 42.55 238.55, 239 37.10, 40.30, 36.50, 39.60 Advik Lab. 29.45 Kalpa.Power 32.60, 32.60, 32.60, Sh.Rama Mult 4.75, 4.80, 4.65 Vinyl Chem. 5.05, 5.50, 4.90, 5.45 Alstom Proj. 48.40, 51, 48, 50.70 Geometric So 432.50, 474, 432.10, Mastershare 10.30, 10.25, 10.30 Aegis Logis. 7.50 Clutch.Auto 4.15 4.95, 5, 4.50, 4.85 Novopan Inds 27.55 244.50, 244.95, 237.50, 239 32.60 4.80, 4.80, 4.55, 4.65 Tata Infomed 70.35, 68.60, 70.45 5.10, 5.60, 4.85, 5.40 47.10, 50.30, 47.10, 50.05 460.25 10.20, 10.30, 10.20, 10.30 7.40, 7.40, 7.40, 7.40 Coates (I) 108.10, 108.10, 108, GTN Textiles 22.05, 22.65 32.50, 32.50, 32.50, 32.50 Shah Alloys 18.60 VIP Indus. 17.85, 17.90, 17.25, 17.30 Andhra Bank 28, 28.45, 27.80, 28.30 434.60, 472.45, 434.60, 459.55 Max (I) 66.50, 68, 67.60 108.05 23.25, 23.95, 23, 23 Kalyani Shrp 3.90, 4 NRB Bearings 48.70 68.75, 70.95, 68.75, 70.60 AFT Inds. 52.70, 53.90, 53.75 Kalyani Stel 11.65, 12 Shamken Mult 6.95, 6.95, 6.90, 6.90 17.40, 17.75, 17, 17.30 27.90, 28.40, 27.80, 28.20 Gillette (I) 279, 285.55, 285 67.25, 67.95, 66.70, 67.50 Aftek Infosy 151.40, 157.90, 148.15, Cochin Minrl 11.25, 11.30, 10.95, Gufic Bio Sc 26.40, 25.50, 27.50 NRC 7 Tata Infotec 156, 160.90, 153, 159.90 Kanoria Chem 40.75, 40.75, 40.75, Shamken Spin 4 Tata Invest. 76, 73.15, 73.50 Visaka Ind. 21.45, 21.50, 21.25, Apollo Hosp. 95, 96.65, 94.95, 96.25 281.70, 287.90, 275.15, 284.40 Mcdowell Co. 38, 34, 34.70 155.10 11.25 Guj.Alkalies 18.20, 18.45, 18, 18.15 7, 7.10, 6.65, 7 Shanti Gear 74 21.25 GlaxoSmith.C 220, 221, 220.05 34.20, 35, 34.05, 34.85 Color Chips 5.20, 5.30, 5.05, 5.20 17.10, 18.40, 17.10, 17.90 40.75 Nucleus Soft 71.50, 74.50, 72.55 75.50, 76, 72.65, 73.75 95.35, 96.45, 94.90, 96.20 150, 158, 148.20, 155.10 Karnatak Bnk 53.90, 54.50, 53.50, 75, 75, 75, 75 Visesh Info 4.25, 4.40, 4.35 Apollo Tyres 124.90, 126, 123.60, 220, 222, 220, 220.35 Merck 230 Agro Dutch I 7.50, 8.60, 7.30, 8.55 5.20, 5.30, 5.15, 5.25 Guj.Amb.Exp. 9.05 69.10, 72.90, 69.10, 71.90 Tata Metalik 27.85, 28, 26.85, 27.80 54.35 Shasun Chem. 84.80, 86, 85.10 27.05, 27.25, 27, 27.05 4, 4.60, 4, 4.55 124 GlaxoSmith.P 295, 298.35, 294.60, 231, 232, 231, 232 7.80, 8.70, 7.20, 8.25 Colour Chem 200.50, 202.50, 199, 9.45, 9.50, 9.45, 9.50 82.50, 86.50, 82.50, 85.80 Vision Organ 0.75, 0.80, 0.70, 0.75 297.80 MIRC Electr. 343, 347, 341.60 201 Guj.Flouroch 69, 62, 65.40 54.60, 54.60, 53.40, 54.20 O Tata Sponge 33.35, 33.85, 32.70, 124.50, 126.50, 123.20, 123.75 Agro Tech Fd 26.25 Karur Vysya 166.45, 171.50, 165.35, Shriram Inv 15.10, 15.50, 15, 15.05 0.75, 0.80, 0.75, 0.75 Arvind Mills 19.20, 19.40, 18.70, 295.90, 298, 294.15, 297.40 344, 344, 343, 343 28.95, 28.95, 25.60, 26.50 201, 203, 198, 200.55 72.90, 72.90, 61.45, 64.50 33.50 171.15 OCL (I) 75.45, 76 Shriram Tran 14.05, 14.10, 13.90, 33.20, 33.55, 33, 33.35 VJIL Consult 6.85, 6.90 19.20 GNFC 28, 28.60, 27.75, 28.40 Moser-Baer 243, 252.90, 251.50 Ahmed.Elect. 47.05, 47.15 Compudyne Wi 13.75, 15.15, 14.75 Guj.H.Chem 18.45, 18.85, 18.75 14.05 Voltas 52, 52.45, 51.75, 52.15 28.50, 28.50, 28.15, 28.35 243, 252, 241.05, 250.10 14.05, 15.10, 13.60, 14.70 18.40, 18.85, 18.35, 18.80 165.25, 172.25, 165.25, 170.80 Odyssey Tech 7, 7.20, 6.75, 7 Tata Teleser 4.50, 4.45, 4.60 18.90, 19.40, 18.75, 19.20 49, 49, 47.30, 47.50 KDL Biotech 11, 11.40, 11.10 Oil Country 6.55, 6.75, 6.55, 6.70 14.20, 14.20, 14, 14.10 52.90, 53, 51.60, 51.95 Ashok Leylan 99.10, 97, 98.90 Grasim Inds. 339, 332.65, 335.65 Mphasis BFL 638, 640, 629, 635.90 Ahmednagar F 17, 16.65 Computech In 4.45, 4.70 Guj.Ind.Pow. 15.45, 15.90 4.45, 4.65, 4.45, 4.60 11.05, 11.10, 11, 11 Omax Autos. 29.90, 28.55, 30 Siltap Che. 38.50 Tata Yodogaw 30.25, 30.30, 29.50, Vorin Lab. 39.35, 40.45, 40 98.45, 99.25, 97.25, 98.60 333, 336.50, 332.55, 335.45 632, 643.60, 630, 637.20 17, 17.30, 16.50, 16.50 4.60, 4.80, 4.50, 4.70 15.60, 15.90, 15.45, 15.90 37.50, 38.75, 37.15, 38 VST Indus. 91.50, 91.50, 90, 91.50 GSFC 16.35, 16.50, 16, 16.30 MRF 880, 888.75, 870, 870.50 Cont.Const. 6.90, 7.20, 6.90 Guj.Sidh.Cem 3.10, 3.05 KEC Inter. 9.15, 9.65, 9.50 29.80, 29.80, 29.80, 29.80 29.75 Asian Paints 325.60, 329.20, 325.50, Ajanta Pharm 22, 23.50, 23.40 9.40, 9.75, 9.10, 9.70 Onward Techn 22.35, 23.40, 22.15, Simplex Conc 25 VST Tillers 11 327.10 15.95, 16.15, 15.90, 16.10 875.10, 885.85, 871.75, 872.75 23.40, 23.40, 22.70, 23.20 Core Health. 3.35, 3.70 3.05, 3.10, 3, 3.10 Tele Data In 11.60, 12.30, 11.75 Kerala Ayurv 6.45, 6.40, 6.55 23.25 Sirpur Paper 32 Themis Medic 16.65, 24.05 VXL Instrum. 19.25, 20.40, 20.10 329, 330.90, 327, 329.75 GTL 53.90, 57.35, 52.65, 56.85 MTNL 99.50, 101, 98.50, 99.25 Aksh Optifib 14.75, 15.50, 14.20, 3.20, 3.60, 3.20, 3.60 32.70, 32.70, 32.25, 32.25 54, 57.20, 52.55, 56.55 99, 100.95, 98.40, 99 Corom. Fert. 64, 64, 60, 64 H Kerala Chem. 11.80, 13.75 22.95, 23.65, 22.30, 23.50 Thirumalai 38.90, 38.85 Aurobindo Ph 217.55, 219, 216.10, 15.05 Kesoram Inds 26.45, 26.70, 26.05, Optel Teleco 3.50, 4 Siyaram Silk 32.60, 33.45 W 218.75 Guj.Amb.Cem. 164.70, 165.25, Mukta Arts 44, 44.25, 42.20, 42.55 14.90, 15.50, 14.50, 15.25 Cosmo Ferr. 7.75 Tide Water O 1075, 1050 Harr.Malayal 9.30, 9.35, 9.05, 9.25 26.65 Opto Circuit 32.40, 30.75, 31.65 Skanska Ceme 184.50 Timex Watch 8.75, 8.85, 8.60, 8.80 215, 219, 215, 216.70 163.30, 164.05 43.90, 43.90, 42.30, 42.50 Albert David 22.85 Cosmo Films 52.40, 52.95, 51.30, Snowcem (I) 16.20, 17.50 Walchandngr 26.50, 27.50 Aventis Phar 240.05, 242, 238.60, 163.50, 165.30, 163.05, 164.10 National Alu 72.05, 77, 75.90 52.70 9.15, 9.45, 9.10, 9.25 25.75, 26.70, 25.75, 26.50 Orchid Chem 59.50, 61.85, 59.20, Timken India 24.55, 25.40, 25.35 27.15, 27.95, 27.15, 27.90 Alembic 140.60, 149, 146 Khandwala Se 5.90, 61.25 16.80, 17.70, 16.50, 17.55 240.10 Guj.Gas Co. 350, 400, 399.80 72.90, 77.10, 72.80, 75.75 141, 147.50, 141, 147.10 50, 54, 50, 53.25 Tinplate Co. 11.25, 11, 12 Warren Tea 39, 40.10 5.90, 5.85, 5.85 60.75, 61.95, 59.45, 61.45 Soffia Soft. 12, 13.40, 13.30 Tips Indus. 32.80, 30.90, 31.30 243.05, 245.95, 240, 241 399.90, 402, 397.10, 399.90 Nestle (I) 532.50, 535, 527, 529.15 Alfa Laval 242, 243.90, 237.50, Creative Eye 9.25, 9.50 13.20, 13.25, 13.05, 13.25 Wellwin Ind. 8.40, 8.80, 8.15, 8.70 Aztec Soft. 15, 16, 15.85 Guj.Mineral 77, 80, 79.85 532, 534.75, 528, 529.75 9.50, 9.70, 9.30, 9.30 Khoday (I) 9.45, 9.55 Orient Info. 31.35, 32.35, 30.90, 25, 33, 25, 31.20 8.30, 8.85, 8.15, 8.70 243.65 Kinetic Eng. 72.50, 32.05 Softsol (I) 8.10, 7.55 15.50, 16.20, 15.15, 15.85 78.75, 80.50, 78.50, 79.30 Neyveli Lign 27.40, 26.85, 27.20 240, 240, 239.90, 240 Crest Comm. 20.50, 21.20, 20.45, TN Telecom 7.85, 8.90 Welspun Guj. 7.15, 7.10 70.15 31, 32.45, 30.80, 32.10 Software Tec 8.45, 9.70 7.70, 8.10, 7.65, 8 Bajaj Auto 475.35, 485, 481.85 HCL Infosys. 80, 81, 80.60 27.25, 27.25, 27, 27.20 Alkyl Amines 17.20, 18.50, 17.10, 21.10 8.25, 8.50, 8.20, 8.50 West Coast P 89.50, 88.20, 91 475, 489, 475, 481.20 81.60, 81.70, 80.15, 80.55 Nicholas Pir 207.50, 209.50, 206.90, 20.20, 21.20, 20.20, 20.95 Kinetic Moto 27.50, Orient Paper 15.05 Todays Writi 11.80, 12, 11.80 91, 91.50, 90, 91.15 18.05 27.90 14.75, 15.65, 14.75, 15.25 Solectron Ce 18.25, 19, 17.95, 18.75 Balaji Tele. 57.50, 59.70, 57.35, HCL Techno. 157, 159.90, 155.05, 207.50 Allahabad Bk 13.50, 13.90, 13.45, CRISIL 255 11.75, 12, 11.75, 11.80 Wim Plast 31.40, 31.50, 31.45 Kirloskar Br 78, 80.90 Oriental Con 15.45, 15.50 Solvay Pharm 110.15, 120.90 Torrent Guja 5.65, 5.80, 5.65 59.20 159.15 209, 209, 207, 207.80 13.70 250.60, 254.95, 250.60, 252.50 South.Herbal 4.85, 4.65, 5 Wimco 23.90, 25.55, 25.25 57, 59.70, 56.50, 58.75 157.25, 159.60, 155.20, 158.80 NIIT 99.40, 101.80, 98.30, 101.15 Cybertech Sy 7, 6.75, 7.40 Kirloskar Oi 56, 57.50 Oswal Chem. 3.55, 3.80 Tourism Fina 7.55, 8 26, 26, 25.05, 25.25 13.55, 13.85, 13.45, 13.75 Kit-Ply Ind. 3, 2.90 4, 4, 3.50, 3.70 Spel Semicon 2, 2.10 Ballarpur In 36.50, 36.80, 36.40, HDFC 346.80, 338, 343.40 98.85, 101.70, 98.15, 100.80 Alok Inds. 9.95, 10.15, 9.85, 10 6.20, 7.65, 6.20, 7.15 7.50, 7.90, 7.50, 7.90 Wockhardt Lf 22.85, 22.90, 21.50, 2.80, 2.95, 2.75, SPIC 4.55, 4.75 Transpek Ind 8.50, 8.60 36.45 374, 374, 336, 341.80 Nirma 232.80, 236, 224, 232.85 10, 10.10, 9.95, 10.05 P 4.55, 4.80, 4.50, 4.75 21.70 HDFC Bank 233.90, 236, 232.10, 232.75, 235, 225.10, 232.15 D 2.95 TRF 21, 23.70, 23.10 22.20, 22.30, 21.70, 21.85 37, 37, 36.35, 36.50 Alps Inds. 18.80, 18.80, 17.80, 17.90 KLG Systel 22.10, 22.90 SPL 21, 21, 21, 21 Bank of Baro 87.50, 88.35, 86.20, 232.95 Novartis (I) 218, 220, 219.55 Alstom 24, 24.30, 23.50, 24.15 Panacea Biot 26.50, 26.70, 25.60, SQL Star Int 4.20, 4.15, 4.35 Trigyn Tech. 12.20, 13, 12.80 Wyeth Lederl 191.50, 192.40, 191, 235.50, 237, 231, 233.15 219, 220.50, 217.40, 219.25 Daewoo Motor 1.35, 1.40 22.75, 23.40, 22.15, 12.60, 13.25, 12.25, 12.70 191 87.10 Amara Raja B 48.90, 50, 49.55 Dalmia Cemen 133.35, 133.85, 22.85 26.15 SREI Int.Fin 8.55 87.20, 88.40, 86.15, 87 Hero Honda 188, 192.70, 191.55 ONGC 355, 357.95, 355.40 49.50, 50.60, 49.30, 49.85 26.60, 26.60, 25.90, 25.90 8.20, 8.20, 8.05, 8.10 Triveni Engg 29, 30, 28.55, 29.60 188.45, 192.70, 188.20, 191.25 357.90, 358.40, 355.05, 355.50 133.35, 133.80 Kopran 24.90, 22.35, TTK Prestige 8.85, 7.10, 7.70 Y Bank of Ind. 39.60, 40.25, 39.40, Ambica Agarb 42, 38.10, 38.45 Danlaw Tech. 20.10, 18.60, 19 23.05 Pantaloon Re 44.80, 44.80, 44.65, SRF 21.15, 20.90, 21.10 39.75 Hexaware Tec 108, 114.20, 113.15 Oriental Bnk 67, 71.70, 66.60, 71.30 Ambuja Cem.R 2.80, 3, 2.85 44.65 21.10, 21.35, 20.95, 21.15 6.80, 7.95, 6.80, 7.35 Datanet Sys. 3.25 22.90, 23.30, 22.30, Tube Invest. 84.75, 85.10 Yokogawa Blu 65.20, 65.45, 65.40 39.85, 40.30, 39.40, 39.90 108.30, 114.90, 108.30, 113 67, 71.90, 67, 71.25 2.80, 3, 2.80, 2.90 Paper Prod. 113, 111.05 SRF Polymers 19.95 65.30, 65.55, 65.30, 65.45 Him.Fut.Comm 11.90, 12.15, 11.65, P&G Hygiene 380, 367.10, 370 Datapro Inf. 0.40, 0.45 23 86.75, 87, 86.75, 87 BASF 93.85, 94, 93.20, 93.50 Amex Info. 10.30, 10.20, 10.90 DCM 6.55, 6.50 Kothari Prod 169.50, 115.50, 115.50, 111.55, 111.85 SRG Infotech 0.50 93, 94.15, 93, 93.55 11.85 Padmalaya Te 60, 61, 59.15, 60.10 Amforge Inds 17.10, 17.60 Paramount Co 6.15, 6 0.50, 0.55, 0.45, 0.55 Tuticorin.Al 3.35, 3.40 Z 11.95, 12.15, 11.75, 11.90 60.50, 61, 58.60, 59.85 6.50, 6.90, 6.50, 6.90 166.55, 167.25 TV 18 52, 53.45, 53.05 Bata (I) 27.40, 27.60, 26.85, 26.95 Amtek 42.20, 41 DCM Shr.Con 52.75, 54, 52.75, 53.40 170.95, 170.95, 167, Parekh Plati 6.80, 6.90, 6.60, 6.75 Sri Adhikari 46.40, 49.95, 46.15, 27.30, 27.65, 26.80, 26.90 Hind Lever C 151.05, 152, 151, Pentamedia G 7.90, 8.90, 7.80, 8.60 Amtek Auto 192.15, 195, 191.25, 6.75, 6.95, 6.75, 6.80 48.90 51.45, 53.90, 51.45, 53.30 Zenith Comp. 6.50, 6.40, 6.90 151.35 7.90, 8.80, 7.80, 8.50 DCW 9.50, 9.25 167.25 TVS Autolec 45 Bayer Cropsc 130.10, 135 194.95 9.90, 9.90, 9.20, 9.30 KPIT Cum.Inf 148.70, Patspin (I) 9.70, 9.80, 9.55 49, 49.50, 46.50, 48.40 6.55, 7, 6.40, 6.60 138.45, 138.50, 133, 133 152.10, 152.50, 151.05, 151.60 Pfizer 310.20, 315, 314.95 Andrew Yule 10.50 9.50, 9.50, 9.50, 9.50 Star Paper 9, 9, 9, 9 TVS Srichakr 44.70, 44.50, 45.30 Zenith Exp. 28, 28, 28, 28 Hind.Oil Exp 14.95, 17.25 311.70, 315.05, 310.50, 315 Deccan Cem. 33.15 157.70, 145.50, 153.45 Bh.Earth Mov 58.50, 61, 60.90 Ankur Drugs 4.15, 4.10, 4.75 Deepak Fert. 18.75, 18.60, 18.75 148.30, 157.85, PCS Inds. 16.30, 16.90 State Bnk Bi 531, 540.05, 527.50, Zenith Info. 10 58.40, 61.40, 58.40, 60.80 16.25, 17.35, 16.15, 17.25 Philips (I) 94, 96 Ansal Prop. 10.50, 11.10 Pennar Alum. 2, 1.95, 2.10 539 U 10.90, 10.90, 9.75, 10 Bharat Elect 190.10, 196, 187.50, Hind.Zinc 15.25, 15.70, 14.75, 14.90 Pidilite Ind 220, 220.90, 218.10, 219 18.70, 19, 18.65, 18.95 145.45, 152.50 AP Paper 44.30, 38.25, 39.95 Deepak Nitr. 38.05, 40, 38, 39.70 KRBL 17.30, 17.30, Pentagon Glo 1.60, 1.30, 1.80 State Bnk My 429.95, 435 UB Holdings 16.75, 16.95, 16.20, ZF Steering 75 194.25 Hindalco 550, 553, 548, 550.15 226.50, 226.50, 219.15, 219.15 Apcotex Lat. 24.50, 25.25, 24.85 Pentasoft Te 5.25, 5.50, 5.15, 5.40 State Bnk Tr 425, 435.95 Zicom Electn 27, 27.20, 26.25, 27.05 549, 552.80, 545, 550.35 Polaris Soft 125.10, 127.90, 122.30, Dena Bank 12.25, 12.40, 12.05, Hathway Bhaw 5.75, 6.70 17.30, 17.30 16.80 188, 195.80, 188, 194.10 22.95, 23.70, 22.25, 23.70 12.30 Hatsun Agro 68.10, 67.90 Krebs Bioche 92, 89.60, 92.50 5.15, 5.70, 5.15, 5.50 Std.Indust. 3.70, 3.50, 3.55 Zigma Soft. 10.40, 10.45, 9.50, 9.80 Bharat Forge 243.20, 247, 243.05, Hinduja TMT 166, 169.45, 160.80, 127.10 Ucal Fuel 147, 148.95 Zodiac Cloth 65 Aplab 15, 14.55 12.25, 12.40, 12, 12.25 Havell’s (I) 118 Krone Comm 48, 51.70, 50.95 Pharmacia He 98, 99, 98, 99 3.50, 3.70, 3.40, 3.65 147, 149.75, 146, 148.20 243.95 167.40 125, 128.75, 122.35, 126.70 Aptech 31.20, 31.50 PHIL Corpn. 4.45 66, 66, 65.20, 65.55 Denso (I) 21, 21.15, 21.10 116, 116, 115.90, 116 KSB Pumps 59, 58.25, 59.80 Sterl.Inds. 160.85, 159.80, 160.05 Ultramarine 55 244.70, 245.40, 243.35, 244.75 163, 167.75, 160.50, 165.75 Pun.Tractors 121.90, 122, 119.75, 31.90, 32, 31.25, 31.55 4.10, 4.50, 4.10, 4.30 Sterl.Tools 35.40 Zuari Inds. 18.90, 18.50, 19 HLL 150.35, 155.45, 148.70, 155.10 121.40 Dewan H.Fin. 16, 17.75, 16, 17.75 Hawkins Cook 18.25 61, 61, 59, 60.85 Unichem Lab 140, 142.50, 141.80 Bharti TeleV 29.50, 33.40, 29.30, Archies 52.50 DGP Windsor 3.45, 3.40 Hazoor Media 5.20, 5.25, 5, 5.15 Phillip Carb 16.30, 16.30, 15.40, Su-raj Diamn 12.60, 11.75, 12 18.55, 19.40, 18.55, 19.40 32.60 150, 155.50, 148.80, 154.75 121, 121.70, 119.80, 120.75 51.90, 52, 49.85, 51.55 L 15.40 139.85, 142.90, 139, 142.10 HMT 14.75, 14.95, 14.50, 14.75 Ranbaxy Lab. 639, 630.85, 635.25 3.40, 3.45, 3.05, 3.15 HBL Nife Pow 33.75, 36.50, 33.55, 29.75, 33.25, 29, 32.40 Arvind Rem. 3.25, 3.65, 3.05, 3.60 Dhampur Sugr 10.80, 11.20, 9.50 35.80 Phoenix Lamp 9.05, 9.40, 9, 9.35 BHEL 222.60, 236.70, 222.25, 14.50, 14.95, 14.50, 14.60 633, 638, 630.05, 634.90 3.15, 3.65, 3.10, 3.55 Lakhani (I) 99.95, 100, 96.50, 96.65 Pioneer Embr 20.50 HPCL 294.95, 295.35, 292.10, Raymond 89.90, 89.65, 89.80 9.85, 10.15, 9.60, 10.10 HEG 27 234.05 Asahi (I) Gl 36.90 Dhanalak.Bnk 17.95, 18, 17.55, 26.50, 26.75, 26.50, 26.55 Lakshmi Au.C 59.05, 62.75 Plastiblend 32, 32.75, 32.65 224, 236.50, 222.30, 234 294.30 90.50, 90.75, 89.15, 89.60 35.15, 37, 35.15, 36.90 60.45, 61.60, 60.45, 61.40 PNB Gilts 21.90, 21.95, 21.85, 21.90 293, 298.90, 292.10, 294.50 RCF 13.50, 13.60, 13.15, 13.50 17.85 Helios & Mat 15, 15.70, 14.35, 15.60 Bombay Dyein 44.95, 45, 44.30, Ashima 14.10, 12.50, 13.80 Dharamsi Mor 5.50, 5.25 Henkel Spic 16.50, 16, 16.75 Lanco Inds. 9 21.75, 22, 21.75, 21.95 44.55 Hughes Soft. 184.25, 197.25, 194.35 13.25, 13.65, 13.05, 13.50 Ashok Ley.Fn 48, 46.35, 46.50 Landmarc Lei 11.50 Polyplex 35.50, 34.35 186.70, 198.25, 186.10, 194.25 Rel Capital 49.50, 50.90, 50.35 Divi’s Lab 231, 238.70, 230.55, Heritage Fds 42.50, 42 44.85, 45, 44.50, 44.55 46.50, 47.50, 46.35, 46.75 235.60 43.75, 43.75, 41.90, 42.50 LCC Infotech 2.75, 3, 2.70, 2.90 35.50, 35.50, 34.30, 34.80 DoD to move SC over IBP 196, 201.40, 201.25 49.80, 51, 49, 50.50 BPCL 227, 229, 225, 225.85 Asian Elect. 20.25, 20.20 233.90, 237.95, 230.50, 235.80 Hikal 98.70, 95.50 LG Balkrish 65.25, 71 Porrits&Spen 61.45, 60.45 229, 229.25, 225.05, 225.95 197.70, 202, 197, 201.25 Reliance Ind 282.50, 286.50, 281, 21.20, 21.20, 20.30, 20.30 74.90, 75.25, 74.90, 75.25 Praj Ind. 39.50, 39 ICI (I) 107.50, 108.50, 107, 108.25 281.80 Dolphin Off. 11.50, 11.70 94.50, 95, 94, 94.70 Britannia 499.40, 497, 497.05 Asian Hotels 72.55, 73.25, 72, 72.70 DSJ Comm. 0.40, 0.50, 0.40, 0.45 Himat. Seide 100 Liberty Shoe 51, 52.50, 51, 51.25 37.25, 40, 37.25, 38.85 496.05, 499.95, 495.55, 499.55 106, 108.95, 106, 108.60 282.55, 286, 281, 282.30 Assam Co. 10.20 Lloyds Steel 1.70, 1.85 Premier Auto 2.05, 2.40 ICICI Bank 134.90, 133, 133.45 Rolta (I) 53, 54.60, 52.70, 54.35 Duphar-Inter 118.05, 118.15, 118.05 100.05, 100.05, 99.30, 99.30 BSES 216, 217, 215.05, 216.95 Astrazen.Ph. 337.05, 337 Hind.Constn. 57, 57.50 1.75, 1.90, 1.70, 1.85 Prism Cement 3.95, 4.15 219, 222, 214.50, 216.30 135, 135, 133, 133.40 53, 54.90, 52.60, 54.30 343.15, 343.15, 341.75, 342.55 Logix Micro. 12.45 4.20, 4.20, 3.95, 4.10 ruling on Jessops E 57, 58, 57, 57.90 Cadila Healt 122.05, 125 IDBI 16.65, 17.20, 16.60, 17.10 SAIL 9.15, 9.50, 9.40 Atcom Techno 10.10, 9.80, 10.15 Loy.Tex Mill 35.70, 36 Pritish Nand 16.45, 16.80, 16.35, 16.70, 17.25, 16.60, 17.15 9.40, 9.50, 9.20, 9.45 Hind.Inks&Re 250, 266, 241.05, 121, 124.85, 121, 123.60 9.85, 10.10, 9.85, 10.05 Eicher 30.90, 28.90 249.15 Lumax Ind 24.75, 27, 24.65, 26.90 16.65 IMES EWS ETWORK Castrol (I) 190, 190.85, 189.25, IDBI Bank 22.90, 23.20, 22, 22.20 Satyam Comp 177, 180.80, 174.50, Atlas Copco 270, 270.95, 265, 25.05, 26, 25.05, 25.95 25.50, 26.95, 25.50, 26.70 16.25, 16.80, 16, 16.70 T N N the Balco precedent will take 22.50, 23.25, 21.80, 22.30 179.85 242.40, 251.75, 242.40, 246.90 189.35 266.25 Eicher Motor 71.50, 72.65, 69.50, Hind.Motors 7.80, 7.90, 7.60, 7.70 Lyka Labs 20, 21, 20.95 Priyad.Cemen 8.50, 8.20 care of all eventualities. ‘‘We 190.10, 190.75, 189.45, 189.80 India Cement 13.25, 12.85, 12.95 176.65, 180.65, 174.60, 179.60 Atlas Cycles 63.90, 65.65, 63.90, 71.70 21.20, 21.20, 20.30, 20.50 6.50, 8.50, 6.50, 8.50 New Delhi: Fearful that the re- 13.25, 13.35, 12.90, 13 Saw Pipes 66.75, 68.70, 66.30, 7.80, 7.95, 7.65, 7.70 Century Enka 83.50, 83.95, 82.75, 65.55 72.80, 72.80, 70, 71.75 Hind.Org.Chm 13.25, 13.70, 13.10, PSI Data Sys 41.90, 43, 42.60 will study the (Calcutta HC) or- 83.05 Indian Alumi 119.25, 119.25, 119.25, 68.20 Atul 29.50, 29.25, 29.35 EID Parry 81.80, 81.80, 78, 78.05 M 41.50, 44, 40.75, 43.25 cent Calcutta High Court order 119.25 66.90, 68.35, 66.50, 67.90 13.65 der and appeal against it,’’ he 84, 84, 82.55, 82.95 29, 31.50, 28.85, 30.50 EIH Asso.Hot 9.10, 9 13.25, 13.75, 13.10, 13.65 PSL 39.60, 42, 41.95 Century Text 44.15, 45.35, 44.05, 45 Indian Hotel 181.75, 191.80, 191 SBI 274.85, 278.85, 273.50, 277.65 Auto Axles 75 Eimco Elecon 47.85, 47.90, 47.85, Maars Soft 8.75, 9.25, 8.50, 9 38, 41.50, 38, 41.30 nullifying the sale of Jessops & 197.80, 197.80, 183.05, 190.85 275, 278.65, 274.25, 277.10 Hind.Power 31.70, 31.75, 31.70 8.75, 9, 8.50, 8.95 said. ‘‘The apex court had said 45.70, 45.70, 44.10, 45.05 Avanti Feeds 21.50, 21.85, 21.50 47.90 Hind.Sanitar 39.65, 37.75 Pun.Alkali 8.25, 8.35, 8 Co Lts (JCL) to Ruia Cotex could Chambal Fert 13.90, 14.05, 13.85, Indian Oil C 236.70, 236.85, 234.60, Shipp.Corpn. 52.35, 53.70, 51.90, Avery (I) 20.45, 17, 17.15 Elder Pharma 27, 28.75, 27.40 Macmillan (I 132.50, 135.50, 132.05, Pun.Communi. 38.50, 38.95, 37.90, the procedure in Balco was just, 235 53.25 37, 38.50, 37, 37.80 134.45 open up a Pandora’s box of liti- 13.90 Avon Organic 30, 29.60, 30.95 27.50, 28, 27.35, 27.45 Hitachi Home 21.45, 21.50, 20.60, 38.35 14, 14.10, 13.95, 14.05 237, 237.50, 235, 235 52.10, 53.70, 51.85, 53.15 Elecon Engg. 7.10, 8.60, 8.55 135.60, 135.60, 131.50, 134 Pun.Nat.Bank 95.95, 103.50, 102.65 equitable and fair,’’ he added. Indian Ov.Bk 16.05, 16.90, 16.80 Shyam Teleco 30.35, 28.95, 30.10 B 20.75 Madhav Marb. 13.20, 13.30, 13 gation, the disinvestment min- Chennai Pet. 29.95, 30.20, 29.80 Elect.Kelvin 7.10, 7.75 Honda SIEL P 124, 125.50, 123.50, 99.80, 103.15, 99.65, 102.45 But one official said that the 30, 30.05, 29.80, 29.90 16.15, 17, 16.10, 16.80 29.30, 30.40, 28.85, 29.90 Electro.Cast 216, 222, 221.40 Madhucon Prj 24.80 istry intends quickly to move an Cipla 718, 727, 725.75 Indian Rayon 76.50, 77.50, 75.90, Siemens 284, 281, 283.95 Bajaj Auto F 48.45, 47.30, 47.50 125 Madras Alum 50.15, 48.10 R 217, 218, 216, 217.10 Hotel Leela. 14.20, 14.50, 14.10, HC’s order would encourage 717, 729, 717, 725.95 76.75 281, 284, 281, 283.75 47.55, 48.15, 47.55, 47.80 Elgi Equip 17.50, 16.75, 16.90 Madras Cem. 3350.55, 3400, appeal in the Supreme Court. CMC 496.10, 505, 495.10, 502.10 76.20, 77.95, 75.70, 77.50 Silverline T 7.20, 7.30, 6.80, 7.20 Bajaj Hindus 65, 65, 65, 65 14.20 3350.55, 3378 Rain Calcing 7.65, 7.70, 7.65 employees’ unions to resort to 17.25, 17.90, 16.70, 16.80 14, 14.35, 14, 14.20 498, 503.90, 495, 500.50 Infosys Tech 4090.50, 4144.90, 6.95, 7.30, 6.75, 7.15 Bajaj Tempo 89 Elgitread (I 152.50, 150 Madras Fert. 7.35 7.80, 7.85, 7.65, 7.85 The court last week had void- Bal.Law.Vanl 10.35, 10.45 7.90, 7.90, 7.90, 7.90 Raj.Spg.&Wvg 15.35, 15.35, 15.35, litigation more often. He added Colgate 121.50, 120.60, 120.85 4040, 4128.50 SKF Bearing 43.60, 44.10, 43, 44.05 Emco 26.35, 27.40, 26.15, 27 I ed the sale of the Kolkata-based 120.60, 122.85, 120.60, 120.85 4080.25, 4173, 4050.35, 4132.70 43.25, 44, 43.10, 43.90 Balaji Dist. 3.90, 4.10 Eonour Tech. 4.40, 4.75, 4.30, 4.70 Madura Coats 39.50, 39.50, 39.35, 15.35 that this would happen mostly Container Co 217.85, 221.95, 219.95 Infotech En. 96.20, 102.70, 95.65, Sonata Soft. 12.80, 12.95, 12.50, 3.90, 4.10, 3.90, 4.05 Epic Enzymes 4.85, 5.25, 5.20 i-flex Solu 897, 928.90, 890, 919.70 39.45 Rajesh Exp 60.10, 60.15 manufacturer of railway rolling 219.95, 221.90, 219.15, 220.25 101.30 12.90 Balkrish Ind 45, 47, 46.20 Esab (I) 29.40, 30.15, 30.10 900, 930, 891, 919.40 Mah.Scooter 64 63.45, 63.45, 63.45, 63.45 stock and earth moving equip- in case of smaller companies Corpn. Bank 137.65, 136, 136.20 96.05, 102.50, 95.75, 100.80 13, 13, 12.45, 12.80 Balmer Law.I 44.60, 44.10, 46.50 29.45, 30.50, 29.45, 30.40 IFCI 4, 3.80, 3.85 64, 66, 63.45, 65.50 Rajshree Sug 9.35, 9.30, 9.90 134.95, 137.50, 134.95, 136.85 Ingersoll R 199.50, 196.50 SPICE 30.80, 31, 30.99 Balmer Lawri 75.50 ESI 14.15, 14.25 3.95, 3.95, 3.80, 3.85 Mah.Seamless 138.10, 144.90, 9.60, 9.75, 9.50, 9.70 ment, declaring the sell-off bad and hotels which have already Crompton Gr. 54.80, 54.90, 54, 54.40 196.20, 199.85, 196.10, 198 SSI 57.70, 59.70, 56.50, 58.75 73.30, 75.85, 73.20, 75.05 13.85, 16, 13.65, 15.15 IL&FS Invt.M 16.75, 16.15, 16.45 136.50, 137.95 Rallis India 55.75, 56.35, 56.20 been privatised. ‘‘The rules 54, 54.75, 53.55, 54.45 IPCL 84.25, 84.50, 83, 84.10 57.50, 60, 56.70, 58.80 Balrampur Ch 109.90, 109.90, Eskay K’N’It 2.45 Ind.Swift 44, 45.30, 44.95 136.50, 140, 136.50, 139.15 55.95, 56.95, 55.60, 56.25 in law. The ruling handed the Cummins (I) 52.65, 53.25, 51.75, 84, 84.50, 83, 84.05 STC India 74, 72, 73.95 107.70, 108.05 Essar Oil 3.80, 3.90, 3.80, 3.90 Ind.Swift La 14.30, 13.35, 13.50 Mahavir Spg. 61, 59.70 Rama Newspri 2.40, 2.50, 2.35, 2.45 Vajpayee government’s ambi- were never bent by us. Jessop 52.85 ITC 624, 627.55, 619, 626.05 72.20, 72.20, 72.20, 72.20 Banco Prod. 42.50, 43, 42.95 Essar Ship. 5.05, 4.95, 5.05 13.65, 13.75, 13.40, 13.55 53.05, 60, 53.05, 60 2.65, 2.65, 2.25, 2.45 52.30, 53.50, 52, 53.05 624.10, 630, 619.05, 626.05 Sterl.Biotec 40, 37.60, 38.10 Bank of Punj 14.55, 15, 14.50, 14.95 Essar Steel 7.10, 7.35, 7.05, 7.30 India Foils 5, 5, 5, 5 Mahind.Gesco 10.95, 11.30 Ramco Inds. 142.95, 143, 140.15, tious privatisation programme was beyond redemption. Two at- D-Link (I) 48.45, 48.50, 46.50, 47.25 ITI 14.60, 15, 14.80 39.85, 39.85, 37.75, 38.60 14.50, 15.10, 14.40, 14.90 7.10, 7.30, 7.10, 7.25 India Gelat. 8.05, 9 11.65, 11.65, 11.20, 11.50 140.15 tempts by the BIFR to revive it 48.25, 48.25, 44.60, 47.35 14.55, 14.95, 14.50, 14.70 Sterl.Optica 27.10, 29.50, 26.50, Bank of Raj. 13.90, 14.35, 13.80, ETC Networks 38, 38.70, 37.70, India Glycol 36.75, 36.90, 36.25, Mahindra Ugi 8.20, 8.10, 8.25 Ramco Systm 473.90, 484, 471, its first legal setback. In the af- Dabur (I) 37, 38.95, 38.70 J&K Bank 118, 124.90, 117, 124.15 29.25 14.25 38.55 36.50 8.15, 8.45, 8.15, 8.45 480.35 termath of the Supreme Court had failed. Its net worth had 37.65, 39, 37.15, 38.70 117.50, 125.50, 117.25, 123.75 27, 29.50, 26.60, 29.15 13.90, 14.45, 13.80, 14.35 Eternit Ever 25.25, 25, 27 India Gypsum 17.20, 17 Majestic Aut 27, 28.85, 27.95 477, 484.70, 471.25, 479.60 Digital Glob 590, 596.40, 572.75, Jaiprakash I 27.85, 28.40, 27.80, Sun Pharma. 274, 281.70, 273, Bannari Aman 101, 101.90, 101, 101 26.20, 27, 26.20, 26.80 16.65, 17.50, 15.75, 15.75 Malwa Cotton 22 Rane Brake 118.10 ruling on Balco which made it gone down to a negative Rs 290 586.10 28.35 277.10 Bayer (I) 899.95, 899 Eurotex Inds 9 India Nippon 173.90, 165, 165.20 22, 22, 22, 22 Rane Engine 78.05 crore while accumulated losses 590.25, 596.70, 572.60, 583.05 27.95, 28.50, 27.70, 28.35 272.30, 282, 272, 277.55 850, 900, 850, 883.80 8.95, 8.95, 8.60, 8.60 160, 160, 160, 160 Man Inds.(I) 17.35, 17.25, 17.95 82, 82.50, 81, 81 clear the courts could not inter- Dr.Reddy’s 914, 916, 908.20, 913.40 JB Chemical 152, 154.80, 150, Syndicate Bn 17.05, 18.45, 18.40 Bayer ABS 61, 61.20, 59.95 Eveready Ind 10.80, 10.60, 10.80 India Online 4.05, 4.45, 4, 4.20 Mangalam Cem 7.10, 7 Rane Madras 31, 31.05, 31, 31.05 vene on a ‘‘policy’’ matter like had gone up to Rs 372 crore. 910, 916.90, 908.50, 914.75 154.30 17.20, 18.45, 17.10, 18.35 60, 62, 59.95, 60 11.20, 11.20, 10.60, 10.95 India Polyfi 2.45 7.75, 7.75, 7.45, 7.45 Ravalgaon Su 1600 Dredging Cor 236, 233, 238 151.30, 154.95, 151.30, 153.85 Syngenta (I) 122, 123 Bayer Diagno 187, 188 Excel Inds. 67.90, 64, 65.60 Indian SeamM 9 Manglr.Chem 3.75, 3.45, 3.60 Rayban Sun O 53.95, 48, 48.05 disinvestment, the DoD had as- When Ruia Cotex bagged a 72 e-Serve Intl 459, 467.75, 458, Jindal Steel 330, 333.95, 328.20, Tata Chem 65, 66.60, 64.15, 64.40 Berger Paint 69.50, 68.10, 69 66, 66, 64.05, 64.75 Indo Gulf Fe 32.75, 34.70, 32.50, Manugraph In 21.60 Reg.Ceramic 19, 19.05, 19, 19.05 per cent stake of JCL for Rs 462.30 333.80 65.20, 66.90, 64.10, 64.35 70.30, 70.45, 69.10, 69.50 34.15 Maral Overs 12.95, 12.70 Rel.Ind.Infr 35.80, 35.90, 35.80, sumed all legal challenges to the 460.10, 468.80, 460, 466.90 329, 335, 328, 333.60 Tata Elxsi 67.55, 70, 67, 69.25 BF Utilities 7.05, 7, 7.20 F 32.55, 34.40, 32.55, 33.75 12.90, 12.90, 12.90, 12.90 35.90 sale of PSUs would bite the dust 18.18 crore against the reserve EIH 155.55, 159, 156.10 Kochi Refin. 41.90, 42.10, 41.85, 67.50, 69.90, 66.95, 69.30 Bhansali Eng 6.25, 6.95, 6.45 Indo Rama Sy 27.15, 27.45, 26.80, Mascon Globl 7.90, 7.65, 8 Relaxo Footw 15.80, 15.90, 15.80 163.65, 163.65, 157.60, 158.30 41.90 Tata Power 114.90, 115.75, 114.50, Bharat Bijle 138, 157 FAG Bearings 50.40, 51.05, 50.50 27.05 Matrix Lab. 281, 289.30 Revathi Equ. 97.50, 98, 97.25, 97.90 early.But the Jessop ruling, it is price of Rs 12 crore in February Engineers (I 250, 250.50, 245.20, 42, 42.10, 41.80, 41.90 115.45 Bharat Hotel 26.55, 26.55, 26.55, 50.15, 51, 49.85, 50.40 27.45, 27.50, 26.95, 27.05 Matsush.Tele 4.25, 4.25, 4.05, 4.05 Rico Auto 92 2002, questions were raised 245.70 Kodak (I) 350, 350, 346.05, 346.15 114.95, 115.70, 114, 115.45 26.55 FCGL Inds. 1.50, 1.35, 1.75 Indraprast.M 11.85, 11.50 Matsushita L 29 100, 100, 95, 98.85 feared, might pave the way for 248.15, 249.20, 246.30, 248.10 Kotak Mah.Bk 159, 162.70, 161.05 Tata Tea 192, 194.90, 191.20, 194.55 Bharat Rasay 20.55, 20.55, 20.55, FCI OEN Con. 77, 75.05, 76.80 11.60, 11.80, 11.50, 11.65 Medicorp Tec 39.05, 39 RPG Cables 6 fresh suits. about the price, and JCL’s em- Escorts 35.50, 36.25, 36.15 157.50, 162.40, 157.50, 160.60 190.10, 195, 190, 194.55 20.55 75, 77.35, 75, 77.35 Indusind Bnk 16.45, 16.50, 15.90, 39, 40.75, 39, 40.55 5.95, 5.95, 5.60, 5.70 36.40, 36.40, 35.55, 36.20 L&T 185, 186.05, 184.60, 185.65 Tata Telcom 93, 88, 88.20 Bhartiya Int 20, 19.50, 20.75 FCL Techno. 16.15, 18.50 16.30 Mega Corpn. 4.50, 5.25, 4.45, 4.60 RPG Life Sci 21.85, 21.60 Disinvestment minister Arun ployee union immediately went Essel Propac 132.40, 135.50, 185.50, 186.50, 184.60, 185.60 92, 92.45, 87.60, 88.50 20.50, 20.90, 20.50, 20.90 17.50, 17.50, 17.50, 17.50 15.85, 16.55, 15.85, 16.40 Melstar Info 17, 17.50, 16.25, 17.25 21.55, 22, 21.55, 21.95 Bhushan Stl. 25.15, 26.20, 25.40 FDC 27, 26.35, 27.25 17.10, 17.60, 16.85, 17.25 RPG Transmi. 4.15 Shourie, however, still believes to court.
MUTUAL FUND Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) Name NAVs Prices (Rs) (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase (Rs) Sales Purchase Samsung to expand Open Ended Schemes Debt (G) 10.45 10.45 10.45 Liquid (D) 10.57 10.57 10.57 Growth (G) 12.13 12.37 12.13 Bonanza Ex.(G) 9.73 9.90 9.70 Fortune 94 6.58 6.71 6.58 Liquid (G) 10.73 10.73 10.73 Income Plus - App 10.75 10.75 10.75 Discovery Stock 3.43 3.49 3.42 Name NAVs Prices (Rs) G Plus II 9.91 10.11 9.81 Tax 7.14 7.28 7.14 Income Plus - Div 10.52 10.52 10.52 Libra Bond (D) 11.01 11.01 10.98 Gilt (G) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Prudential ICICI Mutual Fund Money (App) 12.66 12.66 12.66 Libra Bond (G) 11.34 11.34 11.31 product range (Rs) Sales Purchase Liquid (G) 10.73 10.73 10.73 Balanced (D) 8.70 8.90 8.70 Money (D) 10.19 10.19 10.19 Libra Gilt (D) 11.21 11.21 11.18 ING Mutual Fund Balanced (G) 9.42 9.63 9.42 Select Debt 3Yr AP (App) 10.30 10.30 10.30 Libra Gilt (G) 11.54 11.54 11.51 Balanced Portfolio (D) 6.30 6.39 6.30 Child Care Gift 10.73 11.00 10.47 Select Debt 3Yr AP (HYD) 10.30 10.30 10.30 Libra Tax Shield 7.81 7.81 7.81 By Neera Bhardwaj Zutshi, director. Besides, it will As on 01/04/2003 Balanced Portfolio (G) 6.30 6.39 6.30 Dynamic Plan 10.34 10.58 10.34 Select Debt 3Yr AP (QD) 10.18 10.18 10.18 The Starshare 5.47 5.57 5.46 Benchmark Mutual Fund Capital Portfolio 10.86 10.86 10.86 FMCG (D) 6.63 6.78 6.63 Select Debt 3Yr AP (YD) 10.30 10.30 10.30 UTI Mutual Fund TIMES NEWS NETWORK also introduce four new models Nifty BeES 98.91 — — Gilt Portfolio 10.49 10.49 10.49 FMCG (G) 7.22 7.38 7.22 Select Debt 5Yr AP (App) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Bond (G) 17.51 17.51 17.42 in the existing window and split Nifty Junior BeES 127.05 — — Growth Portfolio (D) 5.53 5.64 5.53 Growth (D) 8.83 9.03 8.83 Select Debt 5Yr AP (HYD) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Bond (I) 10.89 10.89 10.84 New Delhi: In what could be a Chola Mutual Fund Growth Portfolio (G) 6.61 6.74 6.61 Growth (G) 18.18 18.59 18.18 Select Debt 5Yr AP (QD) 10.07 10.07 10.07 Brand Value 7.47 7.47 7.32 AC range for domestic market. FMP Q’ly (D) 10.00 10.00 9.95 Income Portfolio (G) 15.47 15.47 15.47 Index 8.38 8.38 8.38 Select Debt 5Yr AP (YD) 10.09 10.09 10.09 CCP 12.55 12.55 12.04 sign of maturing of the home FMP Y’ly (Cum) 10.61 10.61 10.61 Income Portfolio (I) 10.17 10.17 10.17 Power 12.93 13.22 12.93 Select Debt DAP (App) 10.92 10.92 10.92 CRTS 90.17 90.17 87.46 appliances market in India, Again, with the summer in FMP Y’ly (D) 10.01 10.01 9.81 Income Portfolio-Inst.(D) 10.18 10.18 10.18 Power (D) 10.37 10.60 10.37 Select Debt DAP (HYD) 10.92 10.92 10.92 Equity Tax Savings 10.13 10.13 10.03 Fr.In.-STF (HY’ly) 10.93 10.93 10.93 Income Short Term 10.42 10.42 10.42 SPICE 30.76 30.76 30.76 Select Debt DAP (QD) 10.62 10.62 10.62 G-Sec (G) 16.19 16.19 16.19 Samsung India is targeting a mind and with its refrigerator Freedom Income (C) 17.28 17.28 17.28 Invst. Portfolio 8.56 8.73 8.56 Tax (D) 8.38 8.57 8.38 Select Debt DAP (YD) 10.92 10.92 10.92 G-Sec (I) 10.80 10.80 10.80 unit going on stream in August, Freedom Income (R) 10.08 10.08 10.08 Treasury Portfolio (D) 10.74 10.74 10.74 Tax (G) 11.49 11.75 11.49 Select Debt LTAP (App) 10.31 10.31 10.31 Grandmaster 93 8.61 8.61 8.44 growth of 65 per cent in this seg- Freedom Tech.(Cum) 7.91 8.07 7.91 Treasury Portfolio (G) 12.81 12.81 12.81 Technology 2.72 2.78 2.72 Select Debt LTAP (HYD) 10.31 10.31 10.31 Index Select Eq. 12.53 12.78 12.53 ment, up from 21 per cent last the company is planning to Freedom Tech.(Reg) 5.02 5.12 5.02 JM Mutual Fund Reliance Mutual Fund Select Debt LTAP (QD) 10.10 10.10 10.10 Mahila Unit Scheme 12.09 12.09 11.73 Gilt Invst.(Cum) 15.53 15.53 15.53 Balanced (D) 9.07 9.21 9.07 Income (D-Half Y’ly) 10.85 10.85 10.85 Select Debt LTAP (YD) 10.31 10.31 10.31 Master Growth-1993 13.26 13.26 12.99 year. What’s more, Samsung In- launch eight new models. Says Gilt Invst.(Reg) 10.22 10.22 10.22 Balanced (G) 15.84 16.08 15.84 Income (D-M’ly) 10.88 10.88 10.88 Select Debt STAP (App) 10.45 10.45 10.45 Master Index 9.44 9.44 9.39 Zutshi: “Considering we had Gilt Series (Cum) 13.13 13.39 13.00 Basic 11.55 11.72 11.55 Income (D-Y’ly) 10.64 10.64 10.64 Select Debt STAP (HYD) 10.45 10.45 10.45 Mastergain 92 9.06 9.06 8.88 dia is aiming to contribute 50 Gilt Series (Reg) 13.13 13.39 13.00 Equity (D) 7.66 7.77 7.66 Income (G) 18.69 18.69 18.69 Select Debt STAP (QD) 10.25 10.25 10.25 Masterplus 91 15.49 15.49 15.18 per cent to the seven- country only one model in the fastest Growth (Cum) 12.11 12.35 12.11 Equity (G) 7.24 7.35 7.24 Income Growth (B) 11.00 11.00 11.00 Select Debt STAP (YD) 10.45 10.45 10.45 Money Market (G) 16.98 16.98 16.98 Growth (Reg) 10.15 10.35 10.15 G-Sec (D-Reg) 10.37 10.37 10.37 Income Q’ly (D) 10.90 10.90 10.90 Select Focus 10.87 11.09 10.87 Money Market (In) 16.88 16.88 16.88 South-East Asian region in two growing 200-300 litre range, Liquid Instl. Cum 10.07 10.07 10.07 G-Sec (G-Reg) 17.70 17.70 17.70 Medium Term Fund(D-M’ly) 10.51 10.51 10.45 Select Focus (G) 10.87 11.09 10.87 Nifty Index 6.02 6.02 5.99 Liquid Instl. Div.Pay 10.67 10.67 10.67 G-Sec Fund - PF Plan -(G) 18.14 18.14 18.14 Medium Term Fund(D-Q’ly) 10.44 10.44 10.39 Select Mid Cap 9.86 10.06 9.86 PEF 11.83 12.07 11.83 years, up from its 30 per cent which we will correct now, and Lq. (Cum) 12.19 12.19 12.19 G-Sec PF 16.61 16.61 16.61 Medium Term Fund(G) 13.24 13.24 13.18 Select Midcap (G) 9.86 10.06 9.86 Petro 12.33 12.33 12.08 that we will be making a strong Lq. (Reg) 11.30 11.30 11.30 G-Sec Reg (GB) 10.41 10.41 10.41 Short Term 10.16 10.16 10.16 Tax Saver 8.50 8.50 8.50 Pharma & Healthcare 9.24 9.24 9.06 current share in the 2.6 million Lq. Sr. Apr-06 (Reg) 11.73 11.73 11.73 High Liq.Growth - Bonus 10.48 10.48 10.48 Short Term Fund-(D-Re) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Tata Mutual Fund RBP 1994 17.75 18.10 16.86 unit sales of the region. bid for the direct cool market, Triple Ace (B) 11.65 11.65 11.65 High Lq. (D) 12.01 12.01 12.01 SBI Mutual Fund Balanced 13.19 13.42 13.19 Regular Income 10.16 10.16 10.11 Triple Ace (Cum) 20.97 20.97 20.97 High Lq. (D-D’ly) 10.42 10.42 10.42 MSFU Contra 9.98 10.15 9.98 Equity Opp.(Appreciation) 7.54 7.67 7.54 Regular Income Scheme (G) 10.36 10.36 10.31 The company, which is keep- our target to double refrigerator Triple Ace (Reg) 11.21 11.21 11.21 High Lq. (G) 16.76 16.76 16.76 MSFU FMCG 5.35 5.44 5.35 Equity Opp.(Regular) 8.44 8.59 8.44 Service 13.00 13.00 12.74 sales this year to 4 lakh units DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund Income (D) 10.37 10.37 10.37 MSFU IT 5.18 5.27 5.18 Fixed Horizon Annual 1 (R 10.01 10.01 9.71 Software 6.85 6.85 6.71 ing ambitious targets for its Balanced (D) 9.04 9.04 8.90 Income (G) 24.31 24.31 24.31 MSFU Pharma 7.97 8.11 7.97 Fixed Horizon Annual 1 Re 10.03 10.03 9.73 UGS 10000 9.55 9.74 9.55 home appliances division (re- should be achievable.” Balanced (G) 10.10 10.10 9.95 Income Bonus 11.03 11.03 11.03 Magnum (G) 8.29 — — Gilt Sec. (App) 19.49 19.49 19.49 ULIP 12.27 12.27 12.09 Bond (D) 11.65 11.65 11.65 Income Serial 00 (D) 10.74 10.74 10.74 Magnum Balance 9.11 9.27 9.11 Gilt Sec. (Reg) 12.38 12.38 12.38 US 2002 5.66 5.66 5.58 frigerators, washing machines, The company, which is plan- Bond (G) 21.08 21.08 21.08 Income Serial 04 (D) 10.86 10.86 10.86 Magnum Child’s Benefit 11.07 11.20 10.73 Horizon Qtrly (I) App. 10.12 10.12 10.02 US 64 5.63 — 5.52 Bond Fund Inst. 10.13 10.13 10.13 Income Serial-2004(G) 10.02 10.02 10.02 Magnum Equity 7.64 7.77 7.64 Income (App) 19.82 19.82 19.72 US 95 (G) 18.40 18.40 18.03 air-conditioners and mi- ning to invest Rs 50 crore in Equity 13.03 13.29 13.03 Short Term 10.31 10.31 10.31 Magnum Gilt LT(D) 10.23 10.23 10.23 Income (D-App) 11.45 11.45 11.39 US 95 (I) 11.62 11.62 11.39 crowaves) for the current year, manufacturing activities, will Opportunities 8.22 8.38 8.22 Short Term (G) 10.68 10.68 10.68 Magnum Gilt LT(G) 14.54 14.54 14.54 Income (H-Y’ly Reg) 10.34 10.34 10.29 Variable Invt.(ILS) 9.65 9.77 9.65 Savings Plus 10.00 10.00 10.00 Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund Magnum Gilt ST(D) 10.09 10.09 10.09 Income (Q’ly-Reg) 10.48 10.48 10.43 Zurich India Mutual Fund is planning to enter the com- also be bringing in four new Technology.Com 4.15 4.23 4.15 K-30 (D) 11.65 11.85 11.65 Magnum Gilt ST(G) 12.47 12.47 12.47 Income Plus Fund-A(Bonus) 10.25 10.25 10.14 Capital Builder (D) 8.64 8.81 8.64 Top 100 9.60 9.79 9.60 K-30 (G) 11.64 11.85 11.64 Magnum Global 6.61 6.73 6.48 Income Plus Fund-A(G) 10.23 10.23 10.13 Capital Builder (G) 10.09 10.29 10.09 mercial air-conditioner seg- washing machine models by Escorts Mutual Fund K-Balance 10.12 10.30 10.12 Magnum IC (Cash) 13.56 13.56 13.56 Income Plus Fund-B(Bonus) 10.25 10.25 10.25 Equity (D) 12.24 12.48 12.24 July 2003. Besides, it is planning Balanced (D) 11.40 11.55 11.40 K-MNC 7.03 7.16 7.03 Magnum IC (D) 10.52 10.52 10.52 Income Plus Fund-B(G) 10.25 10.25 10.25 Equity (G) 22.39 22.84 22.39 ment, beef up its product range, Balanced (G) 12.60 12.76 12.60 K-Tech 2.85 2.90 2.85 Magnum Index 8.96 9.05 8.96 Index Fund - Sensex 9.26 9.36 9.26 High Int. (D-Half Y’ly) 11.58 11.58 11.58 expand its dealer network and to add another 1,000 dealers to Gilt (D) 11.66 11.66 11.66 LIC Mutual Fund Magnum Insta Cash S.Term 10.32 10.32 10.32 Index Fund - Sensex 9.26 9.26 9.26 High Int. (D-Q’ly) 11.32 11.32 11.32 Gilt (G) 12.75 12.75 12.75 Bond (D) 11.05 11.05 11.05 Magnum M’ly In.(D-M’ly) 10.06 10.06 10.06 Index Fund-Nifty A 9.25 9.34 9.25 High Int. (D-Y’ly) 11.95 11.95 11.95 invest in manufacturing lines. its existing network. Growth (G) 11.90 12.07 11.90 Bond (G) 16.65 16.65 16.65 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Q’ly) 10.03 10.03 10.03 Index Fund-Nifty B 9.23 9.23 9.23 High Int. (G) 21.18 21.18 21.18 Growth (D) 10.89 11.05 10.89 Children’s Fund 11.35 11.35 11.35 Magnum M’ly In.(D-Y’ly) 10.03 10.03 10.03 Life Science & Tech. 7.92 8.06 7.92 Prudence (D) 13.98 14.26 13.98 With the fast-approaching Riding on the efforts, the com- Income (D) 10.45 10.45 10.45 Dhanaraksha 89 10.88 10.99 10.56 Magnum M’ly In.(G) 11.85 11.85 11.85 Liquid (App) 14.03 14.03 14.03 Prudence (G) 24.07 24.55 24.07 summer, Samsung India is plan- pany is planning to double its Income (G) 18.13 18.13 18.13 Dhanasahayog A 8.10 8.18 7.94 Magnum Tax Gain 10.70 10.89 10.70 Liquid (Reg) 11.13 11.13 11.13 Sovereign Gilt - IP(D) 11.11 11.11 11.11 Income Bond (D) 9.34 9.34 9.34 Dhanasahayog B 8.10 8.18 7.94 Sundaram Mutual Fund Liquid High Invest (A) 10.05 10.05 10.05 Sovereign Gilt - IP(G) 14.30 14.30 14.30 ning to enter the commercial refrigerator sales to 4 lakh Income Bond (G) 11.06 11.06 11.06 Dhanasahayog C 17.80 17.98 17.44 Balanced (App) 10.20 10.35 10.20 M’ly Income 10.69 10.69 10.63 Sovereign Gilt - PP(D) 11.16 11.16 11.16 Opportunities (D) 10.36 10.36 10.36 Dhansmriddhi 2.16 2.18 2.16 Balanced (D) 10.20 10.35 10.20 Pure Equity 8.87 9.02 8.87 Sovereign Gilt - PP(G) 15.69 15.69 15.69 AC segment. “We will begin by units, raise washing machine Opportunities (G) 11.95 11.95 11.95 Equity Fund 5.73 5.73 5.73 Bond Saver (App) 19.79 19.79 19.79 Select Sector 7.19 7.31 7.19 Sovereign Gilt - SP(D) 10.94 10.94 10.94 targeting the small and medium sales by 50 per cent to 3 lakh Tax (D) 9.69 9.69 — Govt.Sec. (D) 11.19 11.19 11.19 Bond Saver (B) 10.41 10.41 10.41 Short Term Bond (App) 10.55 10.55 10.55 Sovereign Gilt - SP(G) 12.45 12.45 12.45 Tax (G) 9.69 9.69 — Govt.Sec. (G) 15.95 15.95 15.95 Bond Saver (D) 10.68 10.68 10.68 Short Term Bond (Reg) 10.53 10.53 10.53 Tax Saver (D) 14.91 15.21 14.91 enterprises category with new units and more than double its GIC Mutual Fund Index Nifty 9.33 9.42 9.33 Gilt (App) 11.70 11.70 11.70 Tax Savfund 10.14 10.32 10.14 Tax Saver (G) 18.79 19.17 18.79 Balanced 10.17 10.37 10.07 Index Sensex 9.37 9.47 9.37 Gilt (D) 10.20 10.20 10.20 Young Citizen’s 10.23 10.38 9.92 Top 200 (D) 11.39 11.62 11.39 products like cassette and AC and microwave sales to 1.2 D’Mat 7.55 7.70 7.55 Index Sensex Adv. 9.32 9.41 9.32 Growth 10.19 10.39 10.19 Taurus Mutual Fund Top 200 (G) 16.71 17.04 16.71 stand-alone ACs,” says Rajeev lakh units each.
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday,April 3, 2003
This mirror has two faces Diouf does it again Wurz’s Sars scare Lenny Wilkins now shares the worst as well as He may not have set Anfield alight Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) the best of records in the history of NBA. He with his pyrotechnics. But in Africa pneumonia virus gave a scare to F-1 follow- tied for most career coaching losses (1,106) he’s still the king. Senegal striker ers. McLaren reserve Alexander Wurz spent when his team Toronto Raptors lost on Tues- El Hadji Diouf was named African 24 hours in quarantine after he complained day. He’s already been the most successful Footballer of the Year 2002 — his of illness on his return from Malaysian GP in coach in league history with 1,291 victories second in-a-row Monaco. But it proved to be a false alarm Ashish Nehra to undergo treatment in South Africa
AFP Sports should not become a prey to political compulsions. But if the government feels that we should not play Happy days are here for Pakistan now, we should obey that. — Amitabh Bachchan SPORTS DIGEST Gambhir and Avishkar AFP TIMES NEWS NETWORK THE NEW LOOK given the reins of the team for Dhaka and Virender Se- Mumbai: This Gudi Padwa Gautam Gambhir: A stylish left-hander from hwag will be his deputy. will have a special signifi- Delhi. Gambhir likes to play his The team will leave for cance for the Salvis, the strokes, especially the cut and the Dhaka from Kolkota on Gambhirs and the Kales. drives through the off-side. A good April 9 for the series start- This day of good tidings judge of a run and an agile fielder, ing April 11. Hosts brought for them news that this 21-year old is a ready One-day Bangladesh and South every cricketer’s family player. Africa are the other teams dreams of — news of a call- Amit Mishra: Patience, patience and more pa- in the fray. up to the Indian team. ‘‘Tendulkar, Dravid, The selections were tience... these are the virtues of this Haryana spin- ner who played all his early cricket in Delhi. A leg- Nehra, Srinath and Kumble much anticipated. Nonethe- spinner in a classical mould, Mishra isn’t afraid of had informed the Board less, there will be festivities flighting the ball even in the shorter version of the that they are not available Amitabh Bachchan shares a late into the night in the game. for the series,’’ said SK Nair, lighter moment with Sachin Ten- homes of Mumbai speed- the cricket board secretary. dulkar during a felicitation cere- ster Avishkar Salvi, Delhi Avishkar Salvi: Those who have seen the lad mony for the Indian cricket team believe that he’s closest that an Indian can get to ‘‘Tendulkar, Dravid and opener Gautam Gambhir Nehra have opted out due to at Amby Valley, 135 kilometres and Maharashtra middle- Glenn McGrath. That’s some rap for a rookie and northeast of Mumbai on Tuesday. the thought emanates largely because, like the injuries; Srinath informed order bat Abhijit Kale. For, the Board that he needed the three have earned their Aussie, Salvi too keeps it tight on and around the offstump. rest and recuperation while WICB apologises to King: The first call to the Indian team. Kumble said he had some West Indies Cricket Board on The families and friends Abhijit Kale: At 29, many see Kale as a spent urgent personal matters to Wednesday apologised to Australian of Delhi offie Sarandeep force. The Maharashtra Ranji player will be bent on attend to so he was not Cricket Academy head coach Ben- Singh and Haryana leggie reversing that thought. He’s armed with available for the tour,’’ he A groundsman puts the final touches to the pitch on the eve of the first Sharjah Cup match nett King for prematurely announc- a fearless attitude, ability to hit long and Amit Mishra will be cele- added. between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Sharjah on Wednesday. ing he had been appointed to take hard and a good ball sense. A stocky brating as well. For, the duo Hyderabad stylist VVS charge of its national team. King ap- have returned to the team batsman, he is fond of playing through plied for the position last December the leg-side, especially the flick through Laxman and Murali McGrath goes after a while. Karthik also missed out due and, after an interview in early The five are replace- mid-wicket. Cup losers look to March, was on Tuesday told the job to injuries. ments for Sachin Ten- was his and the media had been in- FINAL 15 Asked about the fitness home to be formed. But no official appointment dulkar, Rahul Dravid, worries surrounding skip- offer had been made and no terms Ashish Nehra, Javagal Sri- Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Se- per Ganguly, Nair said, ‘‘he redeem themselves nath and Anil Kumble in and conditions agreed with King.AFP hwag (vice-captain), Gautam Gambhir, is perfectly all right. He was with ill wife the 15-member team for the Mohd Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Mongia, Sharjah (United Arab Emi- ing eight senior players, in- Wasim replaces Warne: Pak- present at the selection Sydney: Premier fast bowler rates): New-look Pakistan cluding the legendary Wasim Dhaka tri-series which was Parthiv Patel, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan meeting and actively partic- istani all-rounder Wasim Akram has Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay Bangar, Amit Glenn McGrath would re- lead a bunch of World Cup Akram and captain Waqar announced here on Wednes- ipated in the deliberations.’’ replaced Australian spinner Shane day. Sourav Ganguly, who Mishra, Abhijit Kale, Avishkar Salvi and turn home from Australia’s losers attempting to get back Younis, and handing the Warne at English county cricket side Sarandeep Singh. On Tuesday,Ganguly had cricket tour of the West In- on track during the $150,000 reins to seasoned wicket- had been appointed captain said he was still undecided Hamsphire. The 36-year-old has till the World Cup, has been dies to be with his ill wife, the Sharjah Cup which opens on keeper Rashid Latif. signed a one-year deal with the Sec- about touring Dhaka. Australian Cricket Board Thursday. They also brought back ond Division side. AFP (ACB) said on Wednesday. Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and former captain Javed Mian- Women footballers protest: The ACB said McGrath Kenya are the other teams in dad as coach after South Women football players will stage a was granted leave to return the fray over the next eight Africa-based Englishman one-day hunger strike in front of the After ten years, Kale gets a call home after he received med- days in the Richard Py- Sports Ministry in New Delhi on April ical advice about his wife, first interna- SHARJAH CUP bus quit in 7 to protest against attempts by All By Solomon S Kumar rashtra, that his relentless pursuit with Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kam- Jane, on Wednesday. tional cricket disgust, say- India Football Federation to “de- TIMES NEWS NETWORK of runs has finally paid dividends. bli, Rahul Dravid among others, The ACB said it could not event since the World Cup ing he was frustrated at the stroy” the Womens’ Football Federa- “I am happy. It is a nice feeling,” played most of his junior cricket in yet say how long McGrath Hyderabad: While some take the el- ended in South Africa on inability of unnamed senior tion of India. The hunger strike will was all an elated Kale had to say Mumbai before moving to Pune. “I would be home and whether evator to success, many others have March 23. Sri Lanka and players to adjust to new be undertaken by both senior and when contacted by The Times of In- did not get enough opportunities a replacement player would to trudge their way up one step at a Kenya were unconvincing ideas.Sri Lanka, meanwhile, junior players who will try to “con- dia at the Gymkhana ground, here and hence decided to shift to Pune,” be required. The board said time. And even by those standards semifinalists at cricket’s persuaded a reluctant Sanath vince the Sports Ministry that the on Wednesday. The relief was more said Kale, who still lives in Mumbai more details were expected to Abhijit Vasant Kale’s selection to four-yearly showpiece, Zim- Jayasuriya to continue as women’s football team selected by than visible on Kale’s face and and keeps shuttling between the me- be known within the next 48 the Indian team has taken quite a babwe fared poorly in the Su- captain, but lost the services AIFF is not the real indian team”, ac- words would never be sufficient to tropolis and Pune. hours. cording to a press release on time. per Sixes while Pakistan of Aravinda De Silva, who re- express those feelings. But what has motivated this McGrath was scheduled to were knocked out in the pre- tired after the World Cup to Wednesday.PTI The 29-year-old is a veteran of 10 “I have done quite well over the stocky middle-order bat to keep go- leave London on Wednesday seasons and one of the most prolific liminary round. become a national selector. Legal action threatened: The years. This season I have five cen- ing even though the results were not for Australia and said Pakistan, finalists four Fixtures: April 3: Pakistan v Zimbabwe; April 4: scorers in domestic cricket. But all Pakistan v Sri Lanka; April 5: Zimbabwe v Kenya; South Club, venue of the Asia-Ocea- turies in Ranji Trophy and a reason- there for the taking. “I enjoy the through the ACB that he his runs failed to get the nod of the years ago, responded to the April 6: Sri Lanka v Kenya; April 7: Sri Lanka v Zim- nia second round Group I tie be- ably good tour of the West Indies,” game. I have never set targets for would not be available to babwe; April 8: Pakistan v Kenya; April 9: Rest day. selectors thus far. Hence it is a big embarrassing exit by sack- tween India and New Zealand from Kale added when prodded on. myself. I always believed in going speak to the media upon his April 10: Final.AFP relief for Kale, who plays for Maha- Friday, became embroiled in contro- Kale, who has rubbed shoulders out in the middle and scoring runs.” arrival in Sydney. AFP versy, with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation threatening legal action for the club’s failure to renew the Gambhir will bat at any position I was expecting it, says Salvi McMillan out Board to clear dues lease and pay rent arrears. Kolkata New Delhi: Despite his special liking for the opener’s Bangalore: An overjoyed speedster Avishkar Salvi on mayor Subrata Mukherjee said the slot, Gautam Gambhir, who was on Wednesday named Wednesday said he was expecting the call to the nation- lease for the club had expired two of Kiwi team in the Indian squad for the cricket Tri-series in Dhaka, al squad after a good series with India A on the recent over next two days years ago and “they also have a said he was ready to bat at any position in the larger in- West Indies tour and believed the absence of key pace- Wellington: Batsman huge outstanding rent.” PTI TIMES NEWS NETWORK to Virender Sehwag, over Rs terest of the team. men — Javagal Srinath and Ashish Nehra — would give Richard Jones is the only him an opportunity to prove himself. newcomer while Craig 1.02 crore each to Rahul Megha in quarters: In Mumbai, “I can bat at any position. I am confident of handling Mumbai/Jaipur: There’s The 21-year-old fast bowler from Thane said here after McMillan has been cut from Dravid and Harbhajan Megha Vakharia of India brushed the pressure, no matter whether I come at the top of the some good news for the Indi- aside a determined challenge from being selected in the 15-member squad for the triangu- the New Zealand cricket Singh, Rs 98.60 lakhs to order or in the middle,” the left-handed batsman from an cricketers. Kishore Rung- Sourav Ganguly and Rs 85 Cheli Bargil of Israel to storm into lar series in Dhaka, that he was confident of making it team for the Sri Lanka tour ta, the treasurer of Indian the quarterfinals with a hard fought Delhi said over phone from Bangalore after being picked to the team after the good series against the Windies. later this month. lakhs to Sachin Tendulkar. to tour Dhaka for the tournament starting on April 11. cricket board (BCCI), is 7-5, 7-5 win in an exciting second “I am very happy. I was overjoyed on hearing that I Jones on Wednesday beat working overtime to clear Nehra surgery: Meanwhile, In the absence of Sachin Tendulkar, who opted out round contest of the CCI-ITF have been selected. To be in the Indian team is always an Auckland opener Tim McIn- the dues of the Indian crick- Ashish Nehra, will be flying $10,000 prize money women’s Fu- due to an injury, skipper Sourav Ganguly is likely to honour for anyone. For me, it’s a great achievement,” he tosh for the final top-order eters who have not been paid to South Africa for ankle sur- tures tennis tournament at the Crick- partner Virender Sehwag at the top with Gambhir, who said. Salvi, picked in the national squad for the first batting berth in the Test side, since the past 10 months. gery. ‘‘The date for the sur- et Club of India on Wednesday. PTI had a prolific outing for India ‘A’ in the Carib Beer series time, said the absence of Srinath and Nehra, would give while McMillan was not It may be recalled that the gery has been tentatively in West Indies, likely to come down the order.PTI him a great chance to prove himself. PTI wanted for both the Test and richest cricket board in the fixed as April 17. He will need One-day lineups after a dis- world has not paid its crick- a minimum of three to four appointing season. eters for the tours of Eng- weeks after the surgery for Teams: Test: Stephen Fleming (captain), Mark land and New Zealand, the rehabilitation,’’ said BCCI Richardson, Matthew Horne, Richard Jones, Lou cecretary S K Nair. Vincent, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Jacob Natwest Trophy and the ICC Bopanna to tackle second singles Oram, Robbie Hart, Daniel Vettori, Ian Butler, Championship Trophy, the Ranji semis from April 25: Shane Bond, Paul Wiseman, Daryl Tuffey. West Indies home series and The five-day Ranji Trophy By Saumyajit Basu AFP One-day: Stephen Fleming (captain), Chris Nevin, Asian Games as well. It’s not a prob- Matthew Horne, Scott Styris, Chris Cairns, Chris the World Cup. According to Elite semifinals will be held TIMES NEWS NETWORK lem. We just have to see how quickly Harris, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram, Kyle estimates, the Board owes, from April 25 and the final we find the rhythm.” Mills, Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond, Daryl Tuffey,An- will be played from May 4. Kolkata: With Leander playing on dre Adams. AP among others, Rs 1.03 crore And Leander couldn’t have agreed grass in Kolkata, it’s always great: more. Mahesh Bhupathi. “After all these years doing wonder- CUP FALLOUT It’s never easy to forget what great ful things together, we just need to go things we have done together: Lean- in the middle and strike rhythm. der Paes. Time will tell how fast we gather the The ‘‘Indian Express’’ may not be ECB forced to make cash cuts momentum.” playing together in the professional Bopanna was obviously happy be- London: England cricket World Cup match in Zim- ruary 13 for safety reasons circuit anymore but the respect for ing named one of the singles player. chiefs revealed on Tuesday babwe two months ago. that a boycott would be like- each other hasn’t really diminished. they will have to cut costs by The International Cricket ly to cost English cricket. It is evident from the comments made “I have a Davis Cup win under my belt. So there are no butterflies in the $6.3 million in the wake of Council subsequently with- Fears that Zimbabwe at the South Club on Wednesday the national team’s boycott held 2.3 million pounds of would retaliate by can- where they trained together for the stomach.” Both Leander and Mahesh are ex- of their World Cup match in World Cup money from Eng- celling their tour of Eng- first time ahead of India’s Davis Cup Zimbabwe. lish cricket and it is that land this summer appear to tie against New Zealand, starting on tremely enthusiastic about Bopanna’s game. That the lanky youngster’s England and Wales Crick- shortfall which appears to have been allayed. But the Friday. et Board (ECB) chief execu- have already forced the ECB cut will have to be made to a booming serve will be an advantage, With Ramesh Krishnan having ze- tive Tim Lamb hinted the to take action. budget which caters for they said in as many words. roed in on the final line-up, where he move was a result of reper- Lamb warned before Eng- grass-roots cricket up to the Talking about his doubles partner named Rohan Bopanna and Leander cussions from England’s land pulled out of their Pool allocation of central con- Max Mirnyi, Bhupathi assured that as the singles contestants and the for- boycott of their pool-stage A match in Harare on Feb- tracts. AFP mer world No. 1 duo for the doubles they will be together till the Wimble- match, it was clear that the nation will don. see Lee-Hesh crack again, come Satur- “We’ll start with Estoril in Portugal President to day. How did their first stint go about? and play eight tournaments together SL approach Woolmer till the Wimbledon. I will take a call “It was nice, though it would have Colombo: The Sri Lankan With the New Zealand been better if we had got a few more from there on.” felicitate team Asked what has been the problem cricket board has ap- cricket team due to arrive by days together,” said Paes. “But it’s not proached India-born former the end of the month for a New Delhi: The Indian a perfect world,” was Krishnan’s crisp with Mirnyi, Bhupathi observed, “Ac- World Cup cricket team tually,Max is more interested in play- England Test player, Bob two-Test and One-day trian- but apt analysis of the whole situa- Woolmer, about coaching the gular tournament with Sri will be felicitated by Presi- ing singles whereas I want to play tion. national team, a state-run Lanka and Pakistan, the dent A P J Abdul Kalam at only doubles. It’s difficult for him to Bhupathi, who had a long training newspaper reported on cricket board wants to fill the the Rashtrapati Bhawan concentrate only on doubles. But till session on Wednesday, both in the Wednesday. vacancy quickly, the Daily on April 7 for its outstand- Wimbledon, there is no problem.” morning and evening, felt the heat Two other former Test News said. Woolmer has just ing performance in the Leander, meanwhile, has history and pointed out, “The conditions are players - former Australian ended his contract with the premier event. beckoning him. He has the third best pretty tough. The heat is bearable but wicketkeeper Steve Rixon International Cricket Coun- “All the players of the not the humidity. But it will be the win-loss ratio in the Davis Cup (63 and former New Zealand all- cil where he helped Canada, 15-member World Cup same for both teams, perhaps a little wins against 29 losses). rounder John Bracewell - are Holland, Kenya and Namibia sqaud will gather in New tougher for the Kiwis.” “Seven more wins, I will claim the also in the running for the with their participation in Delhi for the special occa- When asked about the lack of time second spot. I really want to be on top post, which will be vacant the World Cup. sion,” Cricket Board Sec- for doubles preparations, Bhupathi by the time I call it a day.” when current coach Dav Woolmer, 54, played for retary S K Nair told re- returned strongly, “We have been It was nice to hear the boy-next Whatmore leaves by the end England between 1975 and porters in Mumbai on Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi during the practice session ahead of the PTI playing together on and off. We had a door talking about his dreams with of May. 1981. AP Wednesday. very good outing in Delhi and in the Davis Cup tie against New Zealand at the South Club, Kolkata on Wednesday. the same passion after 15 years.
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16 Thursday,April 3, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Punjab cops down Hindustan Club Jamshedpur: Riding on a Tactical BSF snub starry oilmen solitary second half goal, By Nilankur Das a 3-0 victory over IndianOil penalty of holding on to the Christopher slotted home the was precisely deflected in by Punjab Police beat Allwyn TIMES NEWS NETWORK and the scorching sun at the ball for too long. first one in the 23rd minute. Sushil Kujur from close. Hindustan in a Group B 2nd Kolkata: Indian Oil lacked a Mohun Bagan ground. They gained at one area But by then IndianOil had al- The third followed a goal- division National Football finisher. For, if they had one, Christopher Ekka, Sushil though _ penalty-corners. ready won and wasted three. keeping error.No harm done, League match at J R D Tata they wouldn’t have boarded Kujur and captain Harbha- But even after earning as Not only that, the upright de- as the match was already de- sports complex here on Wednesday night’s train jan Singh scored for the win- many as six short-corners as nied them the lead in the 11th cided. Drooping shoulders, Wednesday. Both teams were without the Beighton Cup. ners. against BSF’s two, the goal minute. Following Indi- mispasses and unnecessary goalless in first half but in BSF, Jalandhar on the other The BSF gameplan of a eluded them. Perhaps trying anOil’s second penalty-cor- tackles by the IndianOil play- the second, the teams accel- hand, didn’t have anyone lay-up, long scoop and run, ner, Lakhwinder’s deflection ers bore ample evidence of erated their moves to launch who could match the skills of didn’t look as flamboyant BEIGHTON CUP off a Deepak push rebounded that. Devinder Kumar sent in some spirited attacks at each a Deepak Thakur or the pace and entertaining as Indi- out too many variations on off the bar. a searching ball inside the other’s defences. PTI of a Prabhjot Singh, but they anOil’s incisive runs and the short-corners wasn’t a The five-time champions circle which goalkeeper De- had the men who were as ef- sparks of masterly stick- great idea after all, at least then doubled the lead in the vesh Chauhan should have fective as the Laws of Gravi- work, but definitely was the not on grass. 59th minute. Harbhajan let go. Instead, he padded it tation and more importantly, more effective one. On a sur- BSF on the other hand, trapped a long scoop with a for a comfortable lay-up for had the better strategy on face that offered little room struck with the very first one deft touch and the sharp turn Harbhajan, who slotted home grass. In the end, the 108th for individual skill and made they got. The conventional following it was good enough without much fuss. Game, Beighton Cup will travel with ball-possession a farce, the push, stop and bang did the to fox central defender trophy and 1.25 lakh to BSF, the jawans as they carved out Indian Oil players paid the trick for them as the seasoned Bikramjeet Singh. His hit Jalandhar. CAPITAL SPORT Keen contests on the cards Harinder scores best: overs (Hemant Singh 83, Anuj Jain 38) Harinder Singh of Chandigarh beat Harry Academy 129 for 7 in 35 overs. Hyderabad: A keen contest and K Parida scored a centu- which they conceded first in- scored 72, which was the best Youngsters in quarters: is on the cards when Elite ‘C’, ry each in earlier matches nings lead. card among all categories, in Youngsters Club beat with international Ajit while Nilesh Kulkurni ex- On the other hand, Elite B the second round of the Na- Malviya Club by 12 runs to Agarkar in its ranks, take on celled with his top spin. captained by M S K Prasad tional Golf Championship at enter the quarter-finals of Plate ‘A’in the four-day Teams (from): Plate ‘A’: Hrishikesh Kan- the Noida Golf Course. itkar (Capt), Barrington Rowland, R Jaiswal, have garnered ten points the 13th SAIL Trophy cricket Duleep Trophy cricket match Yashpal Singh, Deepak Chougule, Tilak from two fixtures having The leaders of round two are: Men (0- tournament. beginning at the Gymkhana Naidu, Sunil Joshi, Mandar Phadke, Dodda 9 handicap): 1. Varoon Parmar 73, 2. gained upper hand in their Scores: Youngsters Club 187 for 9 in Ganesh, J Jobanputra, Faisal Shaikh, Jogin- Sabir Ahmed 75, Dinesh Kumar 75, 4. grounds here on Thursday. first knocks. 40 overs (Deepak 43, Jitender Gulia 30, der Singh, Anantha Padmanabhan and Ra- A.P. Singh 76. Men (10-18 handicap): 1. Hrishikesh Kanitkar will Sunil Rawat 37, Kuldeep 3 for 38) beat jeev Kumar. Manager: C M Ashok Sekhar Elite A is looking forward Sundaram 79, Y.Yadav 81, 3. Atul Dhir Malviya Club 175 in 38.3 overs (T. lead the Plate ‘A’ team which Elite ‘C’: S S Das (Capt), S Parab, Jyoti Ya- 83, 4. R. K. Giri 83. Women (0-24 handi- to good performance by key Anand 51, Vivek Khurana 3 for 25, Ji- dav, Yere Goud, Abhijeet Kale, Jacob Martin, cap): 1. S Dhaon 82, 2. J Chaudhury 86, has veterans like Sunil Joshi, additions Sanjay Bangar and tender Solanki 3 for 43) by 12 runs. 3. Indumati 87, 4. Usha Wasan 91. Junior Anantha Padmanabhan and Gautam Gambhir to stay in DULEEP TROPHY Boys (0-24 handicap): 1. Harinder Singh LB Shastri in semis: LB Dodda Ganesh along with the the hunt. Meanwhile, Elite B 72, 2. Mohinder Singh 77, 3. Pradeep young and talented Barring- Parthiv Patel, K Parida, Nilesh Kulkarni, Amit would take on Plate A in Kumar 81, 4. Abhinav Lohan 85. Shastri CC beat Collage Bhandari, S K Trivedi, Ajit Agarkar, N Doru Sports Club by 3 wickets to ton Rowland, Tilak Naidu their last league engagement and Pankaj Dharmani. RPS win Cup: Fine knock enter the semifinals of the and Mandar Phadke. Umpires: H S Sekhon and Umesh Kumar at Chennai from April 10. Elite ‘C’, with eight points from Patiala; Match Referee: R V Ramani. by Hemant Singh enabled 12th All-India Davinder Teams (from): Elite A: Reetinder Singh Sod- Ravindra Public School, from two matches, is led by Do-or-die battle for Elite hi (cap), S Sriram, Akash Chopra, Gautam Singh Memorial Cricket Pitampura beat Harry Crick- Shiv Sunder Das and has re- A: At Bangalore, it’s virtual- Gambhir, Sanjay Bangar, D Vinay Kumar, Deep tournament. Das Gupta (wk), Gagan Khoda, Y Venugopal et Academy by 94 runs to ceived a boost with the inclu- Scores: Collage Sports Club 163 for 9 ly a do-or-die battle for Rao, Debang Gandhi, Sarandeep Singh, Rahul claim the 1st Harry Cup (un- sion of World Cup squad Reetinder Singh Sodhi-led Kanwant, Irfan Pathan and R Bose. in 45 overs (Mayank Tehlan 52, Amit der 17) Cricket Tournament. Mishra 4 for 20) lost to LB Shastri CC Elite B: M S K Prasad (cap), Wasim Jaffer, member Ajit Agarkar be- Elite A as they take on Elite B 164 for 7 in 39 overs (Sumit Dogra 50, Vinayak Mane, Amit Pagnis, Arjun Yadav, A T Gurpreet Singh Namdhari of sides having S Parab, Jyoti in their final league en- Gaurav Chabra 38, Rodney Charles 3 Rayudu, Gyanendra Pandey, Sourasish Harry CA was named man for 29) by 3 wickets. Yadav, Yere Goud and Abhi- counter on Thursday. Lahiri, Sairaj Bahutule, Amit Uniyal, Harvin- of the tournament. Hemant jeet Kale in its ranks. Elite A has tallied just nine der Singh, Avishkar Salvi, Sangram Singh Singh and Sandeep Karki South Delhi CC 148 in 44 overs (Arun For Elite ‘C’ Jacob Martin points from three outings in and Romesh Powar.PTI were adjudjed best batsman Singh 3 for 22, Suarav Virmani 3 for 27) and bowler respectively. lost to Sonnet CC 151 for 1 wicket in 28 overs (Mayank Sidana 65, Shikhar Scores: Ravindra School 223 for 7 in 35 Dhwan 63). Ganga Purna is favoured TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: Bay filly Ganga Purna should come out of the maiden status in the Lt Col Govind Singh Memorial Cup, the main event of the Delhi races on Thursday. Selections: Thaumturk Plate: 1,000m: 2.45pm: Winning Surprise 1, Beauty of Iran 2, High Yield 3. White Crown Plate: 1,400m: King of Mohra 1,Al Jawat 2, Sirgaa 3. Jai Govind Stud Plate (div.I); 1,400m: Gold Necklace 1, Forest Fragrance 2, Patri- RACES otic 3. Jai Govind Singh Plate (div.II): 1,400m: Alanis 1, Sexy Gal 2, Superb Suc- cess 3. Lt Col Govind Singh Memorial Cup: 1,200m: Ganga Purna 1, Dancing Belle 2, Runnette Forest 3. Reasonable Plate; 1,200m: Proudwings 1, Mountain Breeze 2, Wisdom Queen 3. Singita wins: Singita (PS Chauhan astride) pipped En- during Image in the Radha Sigtia Trophy at the Mumbai races held on Wednesday. Results: Romantic Blaze Plate; Relish The Thought 1, Your The Lady 2, Pride N Preju- dice 3. Prince of Hearts Plate: Power Surge 1, Free Gold 2, Castle Beauty 3. Bay of Trea- sure Plate: La Reine 1, Seattle Swan 2, Stride Away 3. Ahmed Khairaz Plate: Tem- ple Tune 1, Twist A Fleet 2, Danger In Sight 3. Priorate Plate: Take Control 1, Digital 2, Atlantic Princess 3. Radha Sigtia Trophy: Singita 1, Enduring Image 2, Premier Collec- tion 3. Jayant M Shah Plate: Wild Storm 1, The Complete Man 2, Rainy Stream 3. Hero awards for outstanding sportspersons TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Hero Indian sports academy announced an ambitious plan to recog- nise and award outstanding performances by the coun- try’s sportsmen and sports- women every year. The chairman of the re- cently formed academy, Kapil Dev,said at a press con- ference here on Wednesday that the awards for 2002 would be announced by April 8 this year. He added that the academy had shortlisted 20 categories to ensure that a wide spectrum of sports per- sonalities would benefit from the Hero Honda initiative. The categories include Lifetime achievement award, Year’s best sportsman and sportswoman, Best team, Best male and female achiev- ers and best performers in chess, badminton, tennis, cricket, golf, football, hockey, cue sports, athletics, kabad- di, shooting, weightlifting and one for best performer in any other sport.
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THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE AFP Aussies start favourites Malmo: With Lleyton Hewitt opening-match knockout at back to full health, under- last week’s Masters Series. strength Sweden face an up- Hewitt’s dedication and the hill battle at home when they one-two punch he packs with take on Australia in a Davis the big-hitting Philippoussis Cup World Group quarterfi- could mean a nightmare sce- nal starting on Friday. nario for the Swedes. Hewitt, in the southern With Sweden’s Number Swedish port city since the one Thomas Johansson still weekend after flying in from recovering from knee Miami, has pronounced him- surgery, it’s down to Thomas self fit from a stomach virus Enqvist to try and get the which contributed to an job done. AFP
Scott Pollard of the Sacramento Kings hovers over Al Harrington of the Indiana Pacers during their NBA game at Indianapolis on Tuesday. BASKETBALL 5-Klara Koukalova (Cze) beat Jelena National Basketball Association: Detroit Jankovic (Yug) 6-4 1-6 6-2. 92 Toronto 85, Sacramento 103 Indiana WTA Tour Sarasota Clay Court Classic, 98, Dallas 95 New Orleans 86, Seattle 101 Florida Chicago 94 (OT), San Antonio 118 Orlan- (Singles 1st round): Iroda Tulyaganova do 105, Phoenix 95 Denver 65, Portland (Uzb) beat 8-Tatiana Panova (Rus) 6-3 7- 100 Golden State 86, Utah 94 LA Clippers 5, 2-Anastasia Myskina (Rus) beat Emilie 89. Loit (Fra) 6-0 6-3, Clarisa Fernandez (Arg) FOOTBALL beat Maureen Drake (Can) 6-4 2-6 6-4, European Under-21 Championship Paola Suarez (Arg) beat 1-Jelena Dokic Qualifying: Group 1: Israel 0 France 3; (Yug) 6-3 6-3, Alicia Molik (Aus) beat Bar- Group 2: Luxembourg 0 Norway 5; Group bara Schett (Aut) 2-6 6-1 6-0, Conchita 3: Czech Rep 3 Austria 1; Group 4: Poland Martinez (Spa) beat 4-Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) 7 San Marino 0; Group 5: Lithuania 2 6-2 7-5, Maja Matevzic (Slo) beat Jennifer Scotland 1; Group 6: N Ireland 2 Greece 6; Hopkins (USA) 7-6 (7-0) 3-6 7-6 (7-5), 6- Spain 5 Armenia 0; Denmark 3 Bosnia 0; Anna Pistolesi (Isr) beat Lina Krasnorout- Group 7: England 1 Turkey 1; Slovakia 0 skaya (Rus) 6-1 1-6 6-2, 5-Elena Demen- Portugal 2; Group 8: Estonia 1 Bulgaria 1; tieva (Rus) beat Tina Pisnik (Slo) 3-6 6-4 Group 10: Albania 1 Rep of Ireland 0 6-1, Iva Majoli (Cro) beat Anna Kourniko- TENNIS va (Rus) 6-4 4-6 6-4. WTA Grand Prix de S.A.R. La Princesse, BADMINTON Casablanca Japan Open, Tokyo Singles (1st round): Lubomira Kurhajco- Men’s singles (1st round, x denotes va (Svk) beat Conchita Martinez-Granados seeds): Bjoern Joppien (GER) bt Niels (Spa) 6-2 6-4,Antonella Serra-Zanetti (Ita) Christian Kaldau (DEN x16) 15-1, 12-15, beat Selima Sfar (Tun) 6-3 6-3; Maria Ele- 15-8; Muhammad Roslin Hashim (MAS) bt na Camerin (Ita) beat Rita Kuti Kis (Hun) 7- Kazuhiro Shimogami (JPN) 15-1, 15-9; 6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4), Anabel Medina Gar- Lin Dan (CHN x9) bt Yong Hock Kin (MAS) rigues (Spa) beat Jelena Kostanic (Cro) 7- 5-15, 15-8, 15-10; Kay Bin Yeoh (MAS) bt 5 6-2, Eva Fislova (Svk) beat Bahia Mouh- Keita Masuda (JPN) 15-8, 15-5; Chien Yu- tassine (Mor) 6-7 (3-7) 7-5 6-4, 6-Patricia hsiu (TPE) bt Bao Chunlai (CHN x13) 8-15, Wartusch (Aut) beat Mara Santangelo (Ita) 15-11, 15-8; Budi Santoso (INA) bt Sairul 6-4 6-3,Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) beat Maria Amar Ayob (MAS) 15-11, 7-15, 15-4; Emilia Salerni (Arg) 6-1 3-6 7-5, Rossana Shon Seung-Mo (KOR x12) bt Hendrawan Neffa-De Los Rios (Par) beat 1-Virginie (INA) 10-15, 15-9, 15-7; Agus Hariyanto Razzano (Fra) 6-3 6-0, Gala Leon Garcia (INA) bt Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA) 15-10, (Spa) beat Martina Muller (Ger) 6-1 6-2, 17-16.
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18 Thursday,April 3, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi Cool Schumi GRAFFITI Leonardo hangs Jeev for matchplay golf Reuters ants Barcelona. The 29-year-old Kadhafi, up his boots New Delhi: Asian PGA regu- cial exemption by the spon- plans samba who like his father has the rank of lar Jeev sors to play in this Indian colonel, is a director of his club, the Rome: AC Milan’s veteran Milkha Singh PGA event. reigning Libyan champions, and holds Brazilian will be seen Currently playing his first in Brazil the same post with his country’s football midfielder in action in a event of the season on the federation. And as his side’s owner he is Leonardo said full-fledged Japanese tour, Jeev said he Sao Paulo: Five-time world fairly certain to play some part in the un- on Tuesday domestic was looking forward to the champion likely match-up in his position as mid- he is retiring event for the challenge and the “head-to- Michael Schu- fielder. His club coach, Italian Giuseppe from football first time in head competition” that this macher has Dossena observed Tuesday: “He’s a de- early so that more than a format offers. cent player and what’s more, he’s the no doubts he he concen- year when he tees off in the Jeev is also keen to make boss.” can shrug off trate on his Rs 10 lakh SRF All-India up for his disappointing first- his worst duties as the Italian club’s as- Matchplay Golf Champi- round exit in the 1997 match- start to a sea- Spy claims denied: England coach sistant vice-president. onship here from April 8-11. play championship when he son since he Sven-Goran Eriksson shrugged off re- The 33-year-old, who The tournament, the 23rd lost to Simran Singh. ports that a Turkish spy had smuggled a came into played in the 1998 World Cup and the penultimate leg of Formula One in 1991 and get video camera into the squad’s training final defeat by France, re- “That just adds to the fun camp ahead of Wednesday’s Euro 2004 the Hero Honda Indian PGA of matchplay. It is so unpre- back into the swing in Sun- turned to Milan last October Tour and the only event day’s Brazilian Grand Prix. qualifier. The reports were splashed having left them in the sum- dictable. You have got to play across most English newspapers on played on the matchplay for- well on every day of the event The 34-year-old German mer of 2001 to play back mat, will field 64 pros includ- admitted he was to blame for Tuesday — although accounts varied as home in Brazil. and every hole to win the ti- to whether the alleged spy had been dis- ing the current top 20 this the first-lap pile-up at the Originally he said he was tle. One off-day and you get guised as a golfer or a charity worker season. going to quit at the end of the knocked out,” Jeev said. PTI Malaysian race when he who was part of a party which met the Jeev, one of the proven smashed into the side of Re- England squad. Either way, Eriksson was current season when his masters of this format of the nault’s Jarno Trulli but he not perturbed by the prospect of his player contract expires, but game and winner of the 1995 has not lost his supreme con- Turkish counterpart, Senol Gunes, get- has decided to hang up his Asian Matchplay Champi- fidence. ting the inside track on his tactical prepa- boots now so he can focus on onship, has been given a spe- “The criticism is not hard rations. “It does not matter at all,” the boardroom duties. to cope with, especially as I Swede smiled. “I don’t think they they “I have chosen to stop my think there will be races on could have learned that much by filming career before the end of the tracks which will suit us bet- us yesterday as neither David Beckham season because I have so ter and where we will have or Kieron Dyer took part in the session.” many things to look after the upper hand,” he said. apart from playing that it be- Youth teams banned: The Confeder- Interlagos is one of them. ation of African Football’s (CAF) decision comes impossible to combine Schumacher has finished to ban Kenya from all Africa youth com- training with other engage- in the points in all his 11 petition for two years has drawn a sharp ments,” he said. “I am look- races in Brazil, having won reaction from top sports administrators ing forward to working for four times, and his fifth place said on Tuesday. CAF’s suspension, tak- the club which has shown me in 1997 is the only time he has en at an executive committee meeting in great respect.” Leonardo last missed out on a podium. Johannesburg on Monday, comes after played for Milan on Decem- McLaren have won both Kenya’s U-17 team was found to have ber 22 against Brescia. AFP races so far this season — in fielded over age players in the African Australia and Malaysia — qualifying tournament. The Kenya Foot- and 23-year-old Kimi Raikko- ball Federation secretary Hussein Swaleh nen of Finland leads the was also banned from CAF activities for championship table with a period of three years for “his role that brought African football into disrepute. Schumacher in sixth place, eight points behind. Celebrate ads, not goals: The Sunday’s race is the 700th Colombian soccer league has banned Grand Prix since Formula England soccer captain David Beckham talks to the media prior to their match players from lifting their jerseys to cele- One motor racing started against Turkey at Slaley Hall near Newcastle on Tuesday. brate scoring goals. Many players lift their shirts after scoring to expose under- with the British Grand Prix Jail term: Danish midfielder Stig Toft- his conviction. Tofting’s English Premier- at Silverstone in 1950 won by shirts with messages to their mothers, ing faces a four month jail term after de- ship club Bolton suspended the player their girlfriends and god. But sponsors Italian Giuseppe Farina in ciding not to appeal against his convic- last October pending the result of an ap- complained that the players were ob- an Alfa Romeo. tion for assault. The 33-year-old World peal. His last match was in the FA Cup scuring the ads on their jerseys at the The race is also an an- Cup player was convicted of assaulting third round replay loss to Sunderland in most important moment - when televi- niversary for Jordan and en- a Copenhagen cafe manager during a January, but he is still on their books. sion cameras are most focused on the gine suppliers Ford. Eddie night out with fellow internationals fol- players. “The measure was indispensa- Jordan’s team will be com- lowing the squad’s return from the 2002 Kadhafi’s pricey date: Al Saadi Kad- ble,” said Luis Bedoya, president of Di- peting in their 200th Grand World Cup where they lost 3-0 to Eng- hafi, the football-mad son of Libya leader mayor, the professional Colombian Prix while Ford, with 175 land in a second round match. Tofting’s Moamer Kadhafi, has paid out 300,000 league. “There were lots of complaints by wins, are an ever-present in lawyer Anders Nemeth, said on its web- Euros ($327,000) to set up a date be- the sponsors.” There will be a fine equiv- site he would face the consequences of tween his club Al Ittihad and Spanish gi- Formula One. AFP alent of $572 for violating the ban. Dokic bites the dust, AFC postpones IFA to hold first ever qualifiers so does Kournikova Kuala Lumpur: The Asian ‘football bazaar’ Football Confederation Sarasota (Florida): Ar- Russia’s Alexandra Myski- Kolkata: In an endeavour to “The Kolkata clubs com- (AFC) has postponed two gentina’s Paola Suarez oust- na, the second seed, ad- tap hidden soccer talent in plain of shortage of talent. Athens 2004 Olympic first the districts, the Indian Foot- District officials regret their ed top seed Jelena Dokic vanced with a 6-0, 6-3 tri- round qualifying matches ball Association would hold inability to place the soccer from the Sarasota Open here umph over France’s Emile due to the outbreak of a the first ever ‘football bazaar’ talent available there in top on Tuesday, dethroning the Loit. killer pneumonia which has in the country to enable city city clubs. We therefore defending champion from But Russian beauty Anna caused a global health alert. Yugoslavia 6-3, 6-3 at the Kournikova, the darling of soccer giants to pick their planned to hold such a foot- The games affected by the choices from among 180 bud- ball bazaar where the clubs $140,000 clay-court event. the crowd dropped to 1-4 this mysterious Severe Acute Dokic snapped a four- season after losing 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 ding footballers. can shop for players of their Respiratory Syndrome The bazaar, to be held at choice from among district match losing streak at Key to Iva Majoli of Croatia. (SARS), which has claimed Biscayne in a run to the quar- Swiss third seed Patty Schny- the Sports Authority of India talent,” he said. more than 60 lives and infect- Eastern Centre here between The 180 players - 10 from ter-finals last month, but der was eliminated on Mon- ed nearly 2,000 people world- went down to the South day by Ansley Cargill. April 9 and 14, would show- each of the 18 districts - wide, are Chinese Taipei ver- case the talent of 180 players, would undergo practice un- American in a first-round Also, Argentina’s Clarisa sus Singapore and Hong selected from 18 districts of der the supervision of SAI match at her first tune-up Fernandez defeated Canadi- Kong versus Sri Lanka. The West Bengal, IFA treasurer coaches and also take part in event for next month’s an Maureen Drake, 6-4, 2-6, 6- postponement makes it three Subrata Dutta said. matches during the period. French Open. Also ousted 4; Maja Matevzic of Slovenia matches in the Asian zone to Officials from the clubs, in- IFA would make arrange- was the woman Dokic beat in outlasted American Jennifer be postponed after the AFC cluding those from bigwigs ments for their accommoda- last year’s final, Russian Hopkins, 7-6 (7/0), 3-6, 7-6 on Monday postponed the East Bengal and Mohun tion. The date fixed for trans- eighth seed Tatiana Panova. (7/5); Australian qualifier Iraq versus Vietnam match, Bagan, would assess the poten- fer and signing of players for Tulyaganova beat Panova 6- Alicia Molik topped Austrian scheduled for April 5, be- tial of players and sign them first division and super divi- AF 3, 7-5. Barbara Schett, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. cause of the war in Iraq.AFP up for the coming season. sion are April 30-May. PTI
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