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If you want world peace, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Delhi. ‘‘He asked Dilver for the edly asked for the keys after he poor among fight for justice. Diplomat, hence immune? car keys, which the latter refused. found Dilver in an inebriated New Delhi: Mansoor Ali, son of ● Under the 1961 Vienna commercial activity which does An altercation followed and state. Ali told the driver that as — Anonymous Senegal’s ambassador to India, the two came up to the “IN” gate Dilver was not in a upper castes Ahmad Al-Mansoor Diop, alleged- Convention, diplomats and not form part of the diplomat’s their families enjoy complete official duties. of the Taj Palace Hotel. The two state to drive, he would drive TIMES NEWS NETWORK ly killed his driver during a fight were engaged in a scuffle during himself home. immunity for crimes in the host ● If the diplomat’s family at a five-star hotel here late on which Dilver was allegedly Lall said: ‘‘The point came to Jaipur: The Bharatiya Jana- country. member is an adult, he does not Saturday night. killed,’’ he said. light during the investigation. ta Party has supported reser- ● This immunity is based on enjoy immunity. Mansoor is 24. The police said Ali, 24, was Hotel guard Surinder saw the But the alcohol content in the vation for upper caste poor in the principle that the diplomat ● driven to the Taj Palace Hotel by If investigation shows that incident and reported the matter body of the deceased can only be government jobs. should be able to conduct driver Dilver, 32, a resident of he is actually liable, he has to to the security manager, who ascertained after the medical re- The party has decided to his official duties without Pushp Vihar in south Delhi. Ali seek special permission from made a call to the police at 10.44 port.’’ The local police said no- urge the NDA government to hindrance. had gone there to attend the the government of India for pm. The police reached the spot body had heard Ali saying any- set up a commission for the ● Africa Day 2003 celebrations, be- Exceptions include any immunity. and found Dilver lying with in- thing about Dilver being drunk. ecnomically backward class- ing attended by diplomats and juries on the face and head. Secondly, why would anybody be es (EBC) with proper terms embassy staff of over 20 RML Hospital where he was de- immunity. Sources said the MEA ‘‘The driver died of internal in- beaten to death for this?” a police- of reference, so that the ec- African nations. clared “brought dead.’’ The police was on Sunday “informed” about juries as there were little signs of man said. Asked why Ali was nomically weaker sections of DCP (New Delhi) Manoj Lall said a case under Section 304 — or the incident. blood. We are waiting for the au- charged for culpable homicide the society will also be said: ‘‘In a reported scuffle over culpable homicide not amounting Lall said the incident occurred topsy report. Ali sustained a frac- and not murder, Lall said: ‘‘The helped, without diluting the car keys, Ali allegedly hit and to murder — has been registered around 10.30 pm when Ali went to ture in the forearm and was treat- incident does not prove any mo- protection to the socially pushed Dilver, whose head hit against Ali, who has not been ar- his car after the party to go home. ed at AIIMS,’’ the DCP said. tive behind the killing.” backward classes. NEWS DIGEST some hard object. He was taken to rested as he enjoys diplomatic He lives in West End in southwest The police said Ali had report- Dilver wasn’t drunk, says family: P3 BJP general secretary Pramod Mahajan said after
PM’s Europe tour: Prime Minister TOI the meeting of the national Vajpayee will embark on a three-na- office bearers of the party: tion tour beginning Tuesday. His ‘‘The BJP feels certain sec- significant interaction will be with tions of the society, which Chinese leader Hu Jintao because of Why cops go are not covered under the re- Vajpayee’s impending visit to Beijing served categories of sched- at June end. P11 uled castes, scheduled Arjun vs Digvijay: Refuting senior tribes and other backward party leader Arjun Singh’s remarks over the edge classes, are economically so on infighting within the Congress, poor that they need a special treatment. We can call this as MP chief minister Digvijay Singh By Maneesh Pandey majority of the force lives said he did not agree that there was Economically Weaker Class- TIMES NEWS NETWORK packed into steamy, unhy- no leader to fulfil the dreams of Indi- es. These sections should gienic barracks. “In sum- ra Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. P9 New Delhi: A Delhi police also be brought under some mer,there is shortage of wa- constable survives on a kind of reservation policy.’’ Hurriyat minus Geelani: ter; in winter we do not get monthly salary of Rs 6,000. The resolution was passed Jamiat-e-Islami leader and former hot water, and in the rainy His plight is even worse after the Congress govern- Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah season, the tents leak. Toi- than that of the desperate ment in Rajasthan passed a Geelani has said he left the lets, dirt and bad food are a Hurriyat’s executive council because Mumbai assistant inspector resolution in a Cabinet meet- problem all the year round.” the conglomerate did not act against who shot his wife and son be- ing recently demanding the People’s Conference for fore killing himself on Sun- They have only two extra amendment of the Constitu- defying a boycott on assembly day morning. benefits for working in a cap- ton to enable the upper polls last year. P9 About 40,000 constables ital city: a metro allowance caste poor get reservation of Rs 60 and washing al- UP caste equations: The induc- form the backbone of the benefits. Delhi police, but they are lowance of Rs 30 per month. The Congress government tion of Rajnath Singh and Swami An officer at Police Head- Chinmayanand in the Atal Bihari Vaj- subjected to near inhuman demanded 14 per cent reser- quarters said: ‘‘It is housing payee cabinet seems to have given working conditions. vation for the upper caste the BJP in Uttar Pradesh some A senior police officer which hits them hardest. It poor without diluting the breathing space. P7 said: ‘‘Only 20 per cent of the takes a constable at least 11 to quota enjoyed by the SCs, constables, roughly about 15 years to get a flat allotted.” STs and other backward Capitation fees: Up to 25 per 8,000, have access to official Constables and head con- classes. cent admissions in private medical housing. The rest are forced stables get less than Rs 1,000 Gehlot government’s move and dental colleges across the as house allowance. CISF constable Raj Namdeo, who killed his senior and detained six colleagues during a six-hour hostage dra- to live in slums and resettle- ma at Mumbai airport on Saturday, was remanded to police custody till May 31 on Sunday. Report on page 7 caught the BJP unawares country can be ‘‘on sale’’, while the This amount, say officials, rest would have to be filled by stu- ment colonies, which could and it supported the cause by dents who qualify in the common lead to a nexus with is not sufficient even to rent a going a step ahead and entrance test by states. P10 criminals.’’ jhuggi in a prime area. Yet, asking the BJP-led NDA gov- In contrast, a British con- free housing up to the rank of Another policeman on shooting spree ernment to set up a commis- stable gets between £18,000 inspectors is mandatory, ac- son to determine who all by Laxman YOU SAID IT and £22,000 per year. The cording to the rule book. TIMES NEWS NETWORK depressed as his stomach ailment while her husband died at Rajawa- could be covered under the TOI Archives service conditions include An officer said: ‘‘Coupled had not improved and that he was di hospital in Ghatkopar. new EBCs. subsidised housing, ration, with these are long hours Mumbai: Assistant inspector of fed up with his job. Pragnesh died at 11.15 am. His The Sunday meetng was canteen facilities, travel and and the lack of leave. They police Prashant Sawant, 39, shot Sawant shot his wife Jaishree, parents, who were in the adjacent attended by BJP president other perks. Their children see their children growing dead his wife and son before shoot- 37, and 9-year-old son Pragnesh, room, rushed to their son’s bed- Venkiah Naidu, Deputy get free schooling. only horizontally, seeing ing himself in his flat at Chembur both of whom were sleeping, at room when they heard the shots. Prime Minister L K Advani, But a Delhi police consta- them only while they in Mumbai on Sunday morning. point blank range with his service Police said Sawant had been suf- party’s general secretary ble does not get even his mea- are asleep.” In a suicide note addressed to revolver at around 9 in the morn- fering from ulcer and hyperacidity Pramod Mahajan, Union gre entitlements. Today, the DFS undone by fire within: P2 his parents, Sawant said he was ing. Jaishree died on the spot, for the past ten years. minister Rajnath Singh and others. Radio Mirchi leads in all metros TIMES NEWS NETWORK dicator of radio listenership. The Tune in important feature of the methodolo- India’s largest private radio net- gy is that the findings are based on work, Radio Mirchi, looks set to car- %cars Mirchi Total No verification of the dial in the ry over its success in Mumbai to the tuned in share% of FM Have the people gone mad? – they car, rather than on what the take to violence at the slightest other three metros, according to a re- stations excuse these days! cent IMRB Car Track survey.In each Delhi 68 43 5 occupant claims.’’ Radio Mirchi sources added that it metro, Radio Mirchi has emerged Mumbai 70 45 7 was good news for the radio indus- the number one radio channel. Kolkata 65 52 6 indiatimes.com POLL The car track survey is done by try, as 60-70% of the in-car popula- Do you think beauty queens-turned- IMRB, a WPP Group research Chennai 60 49 4 tion were already tuning into radio actresses can turn a Bollywood movie agency. Field personnel from IMRB Source: IMRB Car Track. Delhi, Kolkata: barely 2-3 weeks after it was lauched into a hit? stationed themselves at 10 of the May 19, Chennai: May 21, Mumbai: Apr 22 in Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. These latest findings will come as Yes 23% No 77% busiest traffic junctions in each metro during morning and evening the radio station the occupant was a boost to the nascent FM radio in- VOTE NOW : Has Indian society woken up rush hours and randomly chose tuned into. dustry. The Mumbai experience to a liberal outlook on sex? private cars. Hemant Mehta, Country Manager, shows that the growth in listener- Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Once they selected a car, they IMRB International said: ‘‘The car ship in cars is a precursor to similar checked the radio dial to determine track survey is a fairly accurate in- growth in listenership at home. British Virgin needs no King of pop is nearly WEATHER urgin’, Branson stymied Max temp: 37.7oC/Min: 25.7oC bankrupt Sunset: Tuesday – 1911 By Dominic O’Connell be asked to draw up Sunrise: Monday – 0526 contingency plans on Los Angeles: Michael London: Executives at British Airways Moonset: Monday – 1503 Monday. Jackson, Moonrise: Tuesday – 0311 will this week be asked to draw up plans Senior BA execu- the King of Mainly clear night. Partly clouded day with for a dramatic bid for Sir Richard Bran- tives say the negotia- Pop who dust haze. Thundery development is possi- son’s Virgin Atlantic after it emerged tions could yet lead to amassed a ble in some areas. Relative humidity: Maxi- that Virgin had come within a whisker a deal involving their half-bil- mum 66% Minimum 48%. of trying to buy BA. company. “We are not lion-dollar Branson was close to making a full- ruling anything in or fortune blown offer to BA shareholders earlier out at the moment,” Jackson over the this year -having started tentative talks said a senior BA exec- past 20 years, is saddled Richard Branson with BMI British Midland, the airline utive. Rod Eddington, with debt and teetering chaired by Sir Michael Bishop. chief executive, has told colleagues that near bankruptcy,his for- Branson enlisted the support of Texas a bid for BMI would likely fall foul of mer financial advisers Pacific Group, the American private-eq- competition regulators – the combined say in a lawsuit. The uity firm founded by David Bonderman, group would have more than half of all lawsuit, set for trial one of the world’s most successful air- take-off and landing slots at Heathrow – June 18, claims Jack- line investors. He was advised on the BA but a bid for Virgin was not out of the son’s extravagant spend- plan - codenamed Project Balloon -by question. ing has created ‘‘a tick- Credit Suisse First Boston. Book your Classifieds Sources close to Branson say Virgin ing financial time bomb Sources close to Branson said that af- planned to make its move on BA once its 24 hours service: “51-666-888” waiting to explode at ter three weeks’ study, he and his advis- share price slid below £100 – which it did any moment’’. Times InfoLine “51-68-68-68” ers decided instead to pursue talks with for much of March. The offer would Union Finance and The ATM of information BMI. The merger discussions became have been pitched at £130-140, valuing Investment Corp. of The Largest Classifieds Site public last week. Britain’s flag carrier at about £1.5 bil- South Korea filed the BA would say only that it was “watch- lion. “Our conclusion was that the com- lawsuit in Los Angeles ing developments” between BMI and petition issues would not have been that County Superior Court, Virgin. But it is understood that John great, but on balance we decided that the claiming Jackson owes * 20 + 8 pages of Delhi Times Rishton, finance director, and Roger talks with BMI offered a better opportu- the firm $12 million. AP + 16 pages of Education Times Maynard, director of investments, will nity,”said a Virgin source. The Sunday Times
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,May 26, 2003 3 Students tread Hunting for a place to stay Four arrested Sanjay Sekhri IMES EWS ETWORK for prostitution the beaten track T N N New Delhi: For the nearly TIMES NEWS NETWORK was to provide the girls. As By Nistula Hebbar good too,’’ she added. 12,000 outstation students soon as Sharma accepted the Chandigarh: The Chandi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Her classmate Bhuvanesh who are expected to troop money, the police standing garh police on Sunday ar- is very categorical. ‘‘Either into Delhi University once nearby nabbed him. The New Delhi: So what are Del- rested three girls and a man, B.Com (honours) or B.Com admissions begin, residen- girls, sitting in a car parked hi University’s most wanted all residents of Delhi, on (pass) because it has some tial accommodation is of pri- nearby, were also held. The courses? Where will the charges of prostitution. The value in the job market,’’ he mary concern. These stu- girls were identified as Tisha most cut-throat competition girls were allegedly members says. dents hail mostly from the be? If the first ever open day of a dance troupe which in- (20), Kavya (21) and Divya Pankhuri is a in a com- eastern states of Bihar, West (25), all from Delhi. held for aspiring DU stu- plete minority, she is one of dulged in flesh trade. dents is any indication, stu- Bengal and Assam. Students The police claimed that Tisha and Kavya told the the very few who wants to need to camp in the city for police that they were resi- dents believe in treading the do fine arts. ‘‘In each of the they had received informa- beaten path, with some sur- the month long admission tion about the involvement of dents of Rohini while Divya four sessions, there were exercise. said that she had recently prising diversions. some 15 queries on econom- Delhi girls in the sex racket. Previous favourites like Namit Shrivastav, a stu- The mobile phone numbers shifted to Panchkula. ics and English courses,’’ dent of economics at Han- A case under various sec- Economics (honours) and said Aditi Sharma, a volun- of these girls had been circu- English (honours) still hold sraj College, was no stranger lated among many prospec- tions of the Immoral Traf- teer at the open day. to Delhi. The Patna-based ficking Act has been regis- sway, but the latest boom in ‘‘A surprise to us was the tive clients in the city.The po- television channels and ra- boy had been a residential lice on Saturday set out to lay tered. The accused were re- large number of queries on student at Modern School, manded to one day police dio stations has upped the pure sciences, supposedly a trap. Barakhamba Road. His trou- custody. ante on mass communica- on their way out now with A deal was struck for Rs bles started when he began Investigations revealed tion courses. the popularity of applied 10,000 over a mobile phone applying for admissions. College life has several challenges for outstation students. Admission is just one of them. that the girls were frequent Sanjana Gupta, a student courses,’’ she added. There with a known pimp, Kiran, ‘‘Even before acquiring ad- vided by a dabbawala. ‘‘The accommodation for areas Kirorimal college. visitors to Chandigarh and of Modern School, is of course an easy expla- based at Rajouri Garden in mission forms, I would ad- food was awful, and we had near DU like Outram lines, ‘‘Girls mostly take up one various other cities of Pun- Barakhamba Road is all set nation for this popularity. Delhi. vise all students to find pay- to change the service every Hudson lines, Vijaynagar, big room with around four to apply for a course in Mass ‘‘Most students who do not A meeting was arranged jab. Sources said that a police ing guest accommodation in month till Kingsway beds and pay an average Media. Offered only in In- get through entrance exams outside a discotheque in sec- team will be sent to Delhi to DU quickly,’’he said. I joined Camp and of Rs 1500 per bed,” she said. draprastha College, journal- for engineering and medi- tor 9. A decoy customer hand- arrest Kiran after acquiring Namit stayed in a paying hostel,’’ he Mukher- Safety, in fact, is the major ism, print in particular does cine, enroll in these courses THE GREAT ed over a wad of notes to her arrest warrants from the guest set up in Outram lines said. jee Nagar, concern for girls and private not interest her.‘‘I’m a peo- and prepare for exams Amit Sharma, the man who court. ple person, so I figure I during admissions and for Out of the kind of hostels have come up. again,’’ she added. COLLEGE RUSH More interaction: The would be good on TV, and the six months he had to the 79 col- accommo- Bijumoni Bora, who runs The top five therefore need for promoting greater yes radio jockeying is also wait for hostel accommoda- leges in DU, only 11 offer res- dation offered to boys the Kamarupa Girls Hostel, were English (honours), academics-industry interac- an option,’’ she says. tion. ‘‘I paid Rs 2500 for the idential accommodation. and girls is completely dif- charges Rs 3000 per month economics (honours), B. tion was on Thursday em- What about if she does room, which I shared with a Only 4000 rooms are avail- ferent. on sharing basis. Com (honours and pass), phasised by Union minister not get her desired course of friend of mine,’’ he said. able for an average 12,000 as- ‘‘While boys prefer hiring ‘‘Our USP is safe accom- journalism and pure sci- of state for HRD Vallabhbhai study? ‘‘I want to do eco- With no kitchen, Shrivastav pirants every year. an entire room, girls tend to modation for these girls who ence subjects like physics Kathiria. He directed the offi- nomics honours. I like the spent around Rs 1000 a While Rs 2500-3000 is the pay on per bed basis,’’ said are away from home,’’ she and chemistry (honours ). cials concerned to prepare subject and its considered month on tiffin meals pro- average cost of paying guest Ratula Kundu, a student of said. necessary guidelines. TNN Dilver was K K Laskar not drunk, says family
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The family mem- bers of the Indian driver, Dil- ver, who was allegedly killed by the son of Senegal’s am- bassador on Saturday night, said the deceased never con- sumed liquor on duty. ‘‘He drank occasionally,’’ said his brother Pankaj. The driver reportedly died in a scuffle over car keys of the diplomat’s Nissan car (number 97 CD 1) at city’s Taj A show of culture and colour at the Chandni Chowk festival in New Delhi on Sunday. Palace Hotel. The family was reacting to allegations that the deceased was inebriated and the en- ‘AIDS patients denied care’ voy’s son, Mansoor Ali, want- By Sachin Parashar denied access to health an expensive one, in the ed to drive the car himself. TIMES NEWS NETWORK care and treatment, even in form of triple combination Pankaj said: ‘‘Our mother critical condition, particu- ART (Anti-Retroviral Ther- allows us to consumer liquor New Delhi: The Delhi high larly by state-run hospitals apy) which can prolong the only inside the house. She court has asked a non- gov- and medical institutions. life of an AIDS patient. had warned us against get- ernment organisation The NGO comprises only ting drunk outside.’’ (NGO), Delhi Network of The petitioners said that AIDS and HIV affected peo- that most of the PLWHAs The family also wondered Positive People (DNP+), to ple as its members and offi- how Dilver got engaged in a provide details about the are dying because they cials. can’t afford this treatment. scuffle and that too with his alleged shoddy treatment Chief Justice B C Patel The NGO said that these employer’s son. ‘‘He was cool- being offered to HIV posi- and Justice A K Sikri asked patients deserved the treat- tempered and the neighbours tive patients in the hospi- the NGO to provide specific remember him for always go- tals. The NGO had filed a information on hospitals ment under Article 21 in ing out of his way to help oth- petition in the court on the who are allegedly denying terms of the right to life ers,’’ Pankaj said. alleged discriminatory treatment to HIV/AIDS af- and the right to health. The deceased was from treatment being meted out fected patients and posted The Delhi government, Solan district in Himachal to AIDS patients in the hos- the matter for further hear- Centre, National AIDS Pradesh and lived with his pitals. ing on July 23. Control Organisation and two brothers and widowed The petition alleged that The petition claimed the Municipal Corporation mother in Pushpa Vihar for People Living With that there is now a treat- of Delhi have been made over 15 years. HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) are ment for the disease, albeit party in the petition. Bank asked to pay up for overcharging TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bank bungle New Delhi: A consumer court ordered the Citibank •The consumer was to pay a card holder Rs charged for policy he 10,000 as compensation for never applied for charging him thrice for a service. This was done de- •The bank could not spite the consumer’s com- explain why the mis- plaints to the bank after take was repeated the first time he was over- • The court charged charged. the bank with deficien- According to the petition cy of service filed in December 1991, Citibank reportedly of- •The bank will have to fered Vipin Gupta a 50 per pay the compensation cent discount on insurance within 30 days premium for good health medical policy of New In- original cover note for good dia Assurance Company health February 2000 poli- Limited. Gupta applied for cy.Gupta, however, claimed the scheme. The insurance that he never applied nor company sent him the cer- received any cover note and tificate number for the pol- the matter was again taken icy and charged him Rs up with the bank. 1,477 as premium for the According to Shashi policy at 50 per cent dis- Shankar, Gupta’s lawyer, count. It also charged him the bank admitted the mis- Rs 150 as transaction fee, take and said that it had shown in the statement dat- been rectified. The bank ed January 20, 2000. The also assured that such a amount was reportedly lapse will not occur again. paid before the due date. In April, however, Gupta But, according to the received a letter from the complainant, the Citibank insurance company inti- again charged Gupta Rs mating him of cancellation 1,477 as premium and Rs of cover note for February 150 as transaction fee 2000 policy and directed through the statement dat- him to refund the premium ed February 13, 2000. The error was reportedly amount. brought to the notice of the Six months later, Gupta bank. The bank reportedly received a letter from the wrote back saying that the bank, billing him again Rs amount was charged provi- 1,477 for good health Febru- sionally and further direct- ary 2000 policy. Upset over ed him to furnish declara- the harassment, Gupta tion form for the cancella- filed a case in New Delhi tion of policy and return of district consumer redressal forum.
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FLIGHTS OUT WEATHER OF DELHI Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim; at a NATIONAL THE CITY REPORT few places in Andaman and Nicobar islands,Arunachal Trees don’t grow on money Mumbai: I-A 0700, Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, 0800, 0900, 1200, 1300, Mizoram, Tripura and Gangetic West Bengal and at isolated places 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, in Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, By Rahul Chhabra 2300 Jet Air 0650, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Chattis- improvement in the ground 0800, 0935, 1400, 1725, TIMES NEWS NETWORK Is Delhi green enough? garh, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. water table level despite the Rs 10 cr for 1935, 2030, 2200, Sahara 1700, 0935, INDIA WORLD New Delhi: Government so-called increase in green 1520, 1800, 2025 cover. Rise in water table is KOLKATA: I-A 0700, Max Min Max Min Max Min agencies spend over Rs 100 parks’ upkeep, 1600★★,1700,1945 Delhi 38 26 Guwahati 33 25 Amsterdam 16 11 crore annually to keep Delhi an indicator of increase in Jet Air 0600, 1720, Mumbai 35 28 Dehradun 35 19 Bahrain 36 27 green cover,’’ said Ravi Agar- Sahara 0620,1915 Chennai 41 22 Hyderabad 42 27 Bangkok 36 27 green. However, there are CHENNAI: I-A Kolkata 36 22 Indore 39 27 Beijing 29 14 doubts over the cost-effec- wal of Srishti, an NGO. He Rs 70 cr for 0640,0955★★★ Bangalore 37 24 Jaipur 42 28 Chicago 18 06 tiveness since the state of the added that afforestation 1645,1900 Jet Air Ahm’bad 41 27 Lucknow 40 26 Geneva 27 12 0645,1900 green cover remains a cause drives were mainly money- BANGALORE: T’puram 33 26 Patna 39 27 Hong Kong 33 27 spinners for the government. paying salaries I-A 0650, 1645, 1900 Bhopal 41 28 Rajkot 40 26 London 18 09 for concern. Jet Air 0635,1715, B’eshwar 39 25 Shimla 23 15 Los Angeles 24 15 Lutyen’s Delhi and the The Municipal Corpora- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sahara 0725, 1745 Pune 37 23 Srinagar 23 11 Moscow 28 14 tion of Delhi (MCD), which ridge continue to be the city’s HY’BAD:I-A 0630, 1745 ‘lungs’. While the ridge is en- GOA: I-A 1200, maintains 90 per cent of the New Delhi: The Municipal Sahara 1200 TRAIN RESERVATIONS dangered by encroachments city, has failed to increase Corporation of Delhi (MCD) KULU: Jagson 0630, and blatant cutting of trees, 0650, 1215 ★ Earliest date on which berth / seats were available at 1400 hrs. on greenery despite an annual maintains 13,000 parks in the 25.05.2003 in important trains leaving various Delhi stations. opportunities to increase the AHMEDABAD: budget of about Rs 80 crore to city.Of these, about 2,000 are I-A 0600,1700★★1845, green cover in the New Delhi Jet Air 0610 Train No. Train / Exp / Mail 1 ac 2 ac Ac 3t Sl oversee 13,000 parks and gar- in institutions like schools, area appear to be drying up. GUWAHATI—BAGDOGRA: NORTH dens. ‘‘Almost 80 per cent of colleges, hospitals, stadiums, I-A 0555★★, 1010• 4033 Jammu Mail 28.05 03.06 16.06 03.06 Also, maintenance ★ Jet Air 1010 the budget is used Red Fort grounds and 4645 Shalimar Exp — 27.06 26.06 04.06 will drain more Ph: I-A:140,142. ★ Mon, Wed, 2403 Jammu Exp 03.06 18.06 23.06 23.06 up as wages for dispensaries. ★★ ★★★ and more resources Fri, Tue, Thu, Sat, EAST those involved in About 2,765 parks lack ba- Mon-Fri, Sun, Jet Air: (City) 2302 Kolkata Rajdhani 27.05 30.05 30.05 — since most of trees 6853700, (Airport) 25665404 horticulture de- sic irrigation facilities and Sahara: (City) 2335901-9, 2304 Poorva Exp 29.05 11.06 18.06 18.06 here are over 50 (Airport) 25675234/875, (Tele- 2382 Poorva Exp 26.05 10.06 16.05 23.06 partment,’’ said a Forest Cover 1,209 don’t even have bound- Checkin) 25662600. • Mon, Fri. years old, and have 2312 Kalka Mail N.A. 20.06 27.06 23.06 senior MCD offi- ary walls. There are over INTERNATIONAL 2392 Magadh Exp N.A. 05.06 10.06 11.06 started showing District Geographic area Dense forest Open forest Total Percent Scrub cial. 7,500 gardeners to maintain 2402 Shramjeevi Exp — 27.05 05.06 09.06 their age. BANGKOK/TOKYO: Thai 2418 Prayag Raj Exp 26.05 28.05 29.05 02.06 According to the Central Delhi 24.68 0.58 1.69 2.27 9.20 0 these parks. Air 0010 (TG-316), I-A DDA, NDMC, 4056 Brahmputra Mail — N.A. 03.07 02.07 Forest Survey of A senior MCD official ad- 0050 (IC-855) 5622 North East Exp — 23.06 29.06 26.06 Delhi Cantonment East Delhi 63.76 0.13 1.44 1.57 2.46 0 FRANKFURT: Lufthansa India, 10.2 per cent mitted that only 4,000 parks 2554 Vaishali Exp 26.05 11.06 11.06 17.06 Board and Delhi New Delhi 34.90 3.83 5.90 9.73 27.88 0 0305 (LH-761) 2816 Puri Exp — 12.06 23.06 16.06 of Delhi’s geo- were well-maintained. AMSTERDAM: KLM 2802 Purshottam Exp — 17.06 18.06 16.06 government’s forest depart- graphical area was under for- North Delhi 59.16 1.11 2.07 3.18 5.38 0 Out of an annual alloca- 0140 (KL-472) 8476 Neelanchal Exp — 24.06 27.06 13.06 ment also take up separate af- LONDON/NEW YORK: 4230 Lucknow Mail 27.05 31.05 06.06 09.06 est and tree cover in 2001. North East Delhi 60.29 0.60 1.25 1.85 3.07 0 tion of Rs 80 crore, only forestation drives and collec- British Air 0210 (BA- WEST Delhi state environment North West Delhi 440.31 2.95 5.42 8.37 1.90 0 Rs 10 crore is spent on devel- 142), A-I 0715 (AI-111) 2904 Golden Temple Mail 30.05 16.06 17.06 19.06 tively spend about Rs 20 crore and forest minister, Deep oping and maintaining PARIS: Air France 0040 2926 Paschim Exp 26.05 17.06 23.06 23.06 annually. South Delhi 249.85 17.62 34.89 52.51 21.02 3 (AF-147) 2952 Mumbai Rajdhani 11.06 16.06 17.06 — Chand Bandhu, said: ‘‘Dur- parks. The rest is spent on Most tree plantation drives south West Delhi 420.54 11.13 18.96 30.09 7.16 1 SINGAPORE: Sin’pore 2954 AG Kranti Rajdhani 09.06 12.06 16.06 — ing the last four years the for- salaries. Airlines 2315 (SQ- 2474 Sarvodaya Exp — 26.06 26.06 19.06 fail to have an impact due to West Delhi 129.52 0.07 1.69 1.76 1.36 0 est cover in the city was in- Besides the lack of irriga- 407), I-A 0050 (IC-855) 1078 Jhelum Exp — 02.07 23.06 23.06 a high mortality rate of HONG KONG/SEOUL: 2916 Ashram Exp 27.05 23.06 23.06 12.06 creased by 62 sq km. This Total 1,483.00 38.02 73.31 111.33 7.51 4 tion facilities, it is the un- about 60 per cent. ‘‘Had all A-I 2340 (AI-312) SOUTH year, our target is to increase even distribution of man and ROME/MANCHESTER: 2616 G T Exp 10.06 16.06 22.06 09.06 the saplings planted in the the forest cover to 15 per cent machine in certain pockets A-I 0300 (AI-131) 2622 Tamil Nadu Exp 10.06 16.06 22.06 10.06 city would have survived, the 2432 Trivandrum Raj 24.06 06.07 01.07 — of the total area.’’ the status of rural areas on when the horticulture de- walls and fountains in parks that has resulted in the AIR INDIA 2626 Kerala Exp — 23.06 22.06 17.06 city would have turned into a Officials of DDA’s Master the outskirts has changed on partment has planted fresh so that they can cream off neglect. MUMBAI: 0315 (AI 2618 Mangala Exp — 26.06 22.06 12.06 dense forest by now,’’ said 2628 Karnataka Exp — 21.06 22.06 09.06 Plan cell claim the green ar- paper, and been designated a saplings, and the engineering commissions, when the mon- There are about 1,300 tube- 755), 0345 (AI 156), Agarwal. 0615 (AI 146), 2330 (AI 2724 A P Exp 17.06 23.06 22.06 12.06 eas in the city constitute 20 green area,’’ conceded a DDA department has pulled them ey would have been more ef- wells owned by the MCD. 2430 Banglore Rajdhani 14.06 30.06 30.06 — 112) per cent of the total area and Pooh-poohing the DDA official. The green cover is out just weeks later while fectively spent on grass and However, barring south GOA: 1245 (AI 643) 7022 Dakshin Express — 16.06 — 09.06 No. of passengers dealt on 24.05.2003 (Delhi Area): 59,673 (N. Rly. Area) these have grown by about claim of a three per cent shrinking because of en- digging up the road,’’ said plants. and central Delhi and some A-I: (City)23736446 /47/48 2,63,931. It does not necessarily mean that reservation is available on all (Air.)25652050, British Air: three percent in the last two growth in green areas, insid- croachments. Vijendra Gupta, a BJP mem- ‘‘Provision for plants and green patches like Civil (Air.) 25652908, Lufthansa: subsequent dates. For further information regarding reservation: Ph: 131 for 23323310, Singapore Airlines computerised PNR, for status enquiry contact 1330, 1335, 1345. years. They paint a rosy pic- ers say that an increase in MCD officials say that the ber of the MCD’s Standing fountains is very often made Lines, Rajpur Road and 23356286, Thai Air: 3323638 (Information supplied by Indian Railways) ture about green belts. acreage is not guarantee of problem is compounded be- Committee, without even checking the Ridge area near Delhi But environmentalists an increase in vegetation. cause there is no intra- It is also a well-known fact whether enough water is University, east and west READERS’ GRIEVANCES greet their claims with a ‘‘This so-called growth has agency coordination. ‘‘There that councillors squander available,’’ spluttered an Delhi resembles a huge con- withering look. ‘‘There is no come about mainly because have been several instances their budgets on boundary MCD official said. crete jungle. able to show the delivery of Overflowing drains the letter. — Prasad Y N, The drainage system in WZ/44, Poshangipur, Forests versus parks ward number 48, Janakpuri Green city to concrete jungle Parampuri Colony,and ad- Investment dues TIMES NEWS NETWORK by a better under growth and jacent colonies of Uttam By Saurabh Sinha proved, Delhi’s water table being overrun by the Vilayati tree cover (by retaining the New Delhi: Apart from the Nagar has collapsed. I invested Rs 4,000 (40 TIMES NEWS NETWORK wouldn’t have hit rock bot- Keekar — Mesquite tree. ridge as a natural forest and 7,777 hectares of the ridge Drains are overflowing shares) with Adventure tom. The reality is that the This species is so aggressive not a landscaped park),’’ a Sr- and the stagnated sewage New Delhi: Statically speak- which have been declared as Country Resorts Ltd, city is fast losing its green ar- that it is fast replacing the ishti report says. Parks re- has become a breeding ing, the forest cover in the reserve forests, the other city Mumbai, through its Delhi eas and even the rural parts native species of Delhi that quire a lot of tending and wa- ground for diseases. Sever- city has improved. Realisti- forests are not protected. But office in July 1999 for three are being added to the urban evolved to survive in the ter to survive, while forests al people have started cally speaking, the change is- the fate of the protected and years(vide folio No conglomerate,’’ he said. city’s climate over the cen- grown on their own. falling ill. Near S-88, n’t showing. unprotected forests is not A008982). The shares ma- Saumitra Mukherjee, an turies. So even if the wrong Buddha Jayanti Park, Ma- Parampuri Colony, all In the past few years, said a much different. tured in June 2002. The associate professor in JNU’s species grow, it’s more a mat- havir Park, parts of Sanjay manholes and drains are senior official on condition of ‘‘Unlike the ridge, the city company has now closed School of Environmental ter of concern than Van, Panchshila city forest overflowing. One good anonymity,thousands of ma- forests are open to land use its offices. I request the Sciences, said the city’s ever- something to boast about,’’ and Rabindra Rangshala are spell of rainfall and all regulatory authorities to ture trees have been felled for change. For example, a few increasing population and he said. some examples of forest land roads in the area will be include my name in the list several projects like road years ago the city govern- number of vehicles parked in The forests are full of the giving way to parks. ‘‘Parks submerged in sewage. This of investors. — Usha Shar- broadening. ‘‘Saplings have parks was threatening the ‘‘wrong’’ species. ‘‘Exotic ment tried to have 13 five-star hotels in the forest near Vas- are okay in colonies. But the area has become a living ma, L-8, Gali No.23, Mahin- been planted in lieu of the green cover. ‘‘The city is trees that look beautiful were ant Kunj,’’ Agarwal said. forests should get their hell. Authorities may dra Park, Near Adarsh Na- felling. But their survival growing so haphazardly that planted on a large scale, un- The conversion of large cleared lands back and they please act urgently. — Ra- gar rate is hardly 40 per cent and the green areas here are mindful of the fact whether tracts of lands in forests to should be afforested again. jesh, S-88, Parampuri, Ut- they will take several years becoming endangered,’’ he they were suited to Delhi’s parks is hurting the city en- We can have jogging tracks tam Nagar ID card awaited to take place of the felled ful- of the present forests have a said. semi-arid climate or not,’’ vironment even further. there so that people can enjoy ly-grown trees,’’ said the offi- good crown cover, 40 per cent Naturalist Pradeep Kr- said another expert. I submitted two pass- ‘‘Regular recharge of nature in its pristine state,’’ Courier undelivered cial. has a degraded cover and the ishen said the satellite im- As a result, today the ridge port-size photographs with groundwater can be ensured Agarwal said. I had couriered an im- my PAN application form School of Planning and Ar- rest is scrub land.’’ agery used to map the green has an impoverished eco-sys- portant letter on March 14, last year. I have just re- chitecture director A K Environmentalist Ravi cover does not show the den- tem. At least six types of na- 2003(receipt number ceived the PAN number Maitra said: ‘‘In the last 30 Agarwal of an NGO Srishti, sity of the forest cover as it tive species like the salai, 8014541). It was addressed from the income-tax office years, there has been a sig- which is fighting to save the can’t differentiate between chichola and kulu are com- to Bishop Karam Masih at at Connaught Place, but nificant depletion in the ridge here, agreed. ‘‘Had the ‘‘a tree and a bush’’. pletely missing from the 1, Church Lane, New Del- am yet to receive the iden- green cover. Just 40 per cent green cover actually im- ‘‘The entire ridge here is central ridge. hi. The addressee is yet to tity card for which I had receive the courier. The submitted the photo- courier company,(The Pro- graphs. The authorities fessional Couriers, 585, concerned may please do ‘Gardens are being destroyed’ Jaypee Complex, Bank the needful. —D K Mitra, Streets, Munirka), is un- BG-5/27 B, Paschim Vihar Sheetal Chawla forestation is the answer to a dry and Ashish Bagga Readers should send their contributions addressed to Readers’ Grievances Class 10 student polluted Delhi. Engineering student c/o Metro Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002. St Francis De Sales L M Atrey Indraprastha school Principal University Delhi is green only at Navin Bharti School Delhi is green in cer- certain places. The tain areas only. The 3 commit parks maintained by Parks and green areas For booking and information, please call: are being destroyed by densely-populated ar- MCD only have shrubs 23302352, 23302353, 51-666-888 slums and dumping of eas are not green. and bushes. The peo- Many multinational suicide, two ple are not involved in making Delhi garbage. Though the companies are now developing parks, green. Though we do plant saplings on government is trying which is a good move. are students some occasions, they are not enough. its best, they can’t do anything alone. Piyali Dasgupta People don’t co-operate. They don’t have S K Choudhary TIMES NEWS NETWORK Housewife any civic sense. Deputy manager Everyone is right- Ashok Leyland New Delhi: Three persons, I don’t think Delhi is ful, but no one is Some areas are cleaner including two students, green. Kolkata is much PEOPLE dutiful. People just and greener, than oth- committed suicide in sepa- greener. Government rate incidents in south and is responsible, along TALK talk of their ers. South Delhi is central districts. According with the public, for not rights, not of their privileged. Where is to the police, after the board making the city green- duties. That is very unfortunate. The the place to grow trees. results were announced, a er. People should plant green areas are an important part of Every inch is being student of Lal Building more trees to compensate the concrete the city and should not be considered as converted into a concrete jungle there. School in Devli, Ravinder that surrounds us. Only systematic af- a waste of space. Nobody cares. (18), committed suicide on May 23. According to the central Power failure in district police, one Tarun Jiwani (22) of Mata NDMC areas Rameshwari Nagar con- sumed poison early on Sun- New Delhi: Several day.The deceased had come New Delhi areas to his house at 4.15 am after plunged into darkness completing his night duty. due to the failure of the After some time, his moth- Delhi government’s gas er found him unconscious. turbine on Sunday. Jiwani was taken to a hos- The worst-hit were pital where he was declared VIP colonies in NDMC brought dead. area which suffered In the same street, a class blackouts of up to 12 student, Shashi Bala, one hour at about was declared brought dead 8.30 pm. TNN in the hospital.
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The Times of India, New Delhi DELHI Monday,May 26, 2003 5 MCD defers fund allocation Punjab cop’s son held for murder Slum colonies nobody’s baby TIMES NEWS NETWORK at D-44/A, Rama Vihar in ruled out robbery as the mo- er chemicals were mixed in TIMES NEWS NETWORK ernment is dithering over der Kumar Gupta said Sultan Puri about 3 am. Azad tive behind the incident as the drug.’’ New Delhi: The son of a bearing the expenditure these colonies have become over protests is an electrical engineer with the entry into the house was The two came back to Del- New Delhi: Seventeen re- Punjab police officer and his here. ‘‘nobody’s baby’’ after they Delhi Development Authori- without resistance. hi and confronted Meena. settlement colonies at the TIMES NEWS NETWORK friend were arrested on Sun- Raising the issue of se- were removed from the cen- ty (DDA) and was not present Additional deputy com- Meena and her associates, periphery of the capital day by the northwest district New Delhi: After protests in the house at the time of in- missioner of police (north- however, did not take their continue to subsist without vere lack of civic amenities tral Delhi localities. police in connection with the over alleged improper budg- cident. Four persons were west), R S Yadav, said: complaint seriously. power,water and sewage fa- in these colonies relocated There are 12 colonies un- double murder in Sultanpuri etary allocation to each there in the house. They were ‘‘Sandeep and Sukhjinder ‘‘In anger, Sukhjinder cilities as the Municipal by the Delhi Development der the Delhi Development on Friday night. The police ward, the Municipal Corpo- Azad’s wife, Meena (40), his were drug addicts who had stabbed Gaurav with a kir- Corporation of Delhi Authority (DDA), the leader Authority and the remain- said that a drug cartel was ration of Delhi (MCD) com- daughter Purnima (21), son got in touch with Meena, her pan. On hearing the noise, (MCD) refuses to take of Opposition of MCD’s ing five are with the slum behind the incident. missioner, Rakesh Mehta, Gulshan (14) and Gulshan’s daughter Purnima and an ac- Meena and Purnima rushed charge and the Delhi gov- standing committee Vijen- wing of Delhi. Two persons, including a has shelved the ward-wise al- friend Guarav (18). complice Gaurav last week to the room and they were woman, were murdered Power supply: Electricity location of budget till the The police said Meena and for getting smack. They stabbed too. Gulshan, who while a girl was seriously in- supply will remain disrupt- year end. Gaurav died in the incident, bought 50 gms which cost was in the next room, locked The commissioner also jured when 20-year-old while Purnima wasseriously ed between 10 am to 5 pm them Rs 10,000. On reaching himself in the kitchen,’’ the on Monday in Kalkaji, constituted a 6-member com- Sandeep, son of a Punjab po- injured due to the stab Amritsar, Sandeep and DCP said. Janakpuri, Dwarka, Sunder mittee to review allocations lice officer, and his friend wounds inflicted by the crim- Sukhjinder discovered that At the time of incident Vihar, JJ Colony and Nan- Sukhjinder got into an argu- and make recommendations. inals. Gulshan escaped un- they had been cheated as oth- Azad was not in Delhi. gloi. ‘‘A number of representa- ment with the victims at the hurt. tions have been received re- latter’s residence in Rama Vi- Meena is the second wife of lating to the allocation of har. Azad and Gaurav is the eld- budget to each ward. In order According to the police, est son of Gobind Sharma, to finalise the allocations the incident took place in the who stays in K-block in the keeping in view the various house of one Nand Lal Azad same locality. The police had heads of account, it has been decided to constitute a com- mittee to make further rec- ommendations,’’ Mehta said. ‘‘The committee will give its recommendations after taking into account all the relevant factors by Septem- ber 30, 2003. As the matter is streamlined, the ward-wise allocation shall be kept in abeyance till December 31,’’ the commissioner said. The commissioner shelved his recent order on zonal planning committee for deciding how the funds would be utilised. Raising objection against the allocation of budget, the leader of opposition Subhash Arya said the way funds were earmarked amounted to straitjacketing of the alloca- tion.
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,May 26, 2003 7 Cong to protest Gehlot has against Amethi BJP juggles with UP equation communal By Arvind Singh Bisht Power games? minister in the home ministry. designs: Raje TIMES NEWS NETWORK The exercise is being seen as a renaming way to pacify the Thakur commu- Jaipur: Cautioning party Lucknow: The BJP has much to nity as well as neutralise the heat workers against the Gehlot Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Con- celebrate in Uttar Pradesh follow- gress is chalking out a strategy to lodge generated by Mayawati’s decision government’s designs to ing the Union Cabinet reshuffle on to slap the Prevention of Terror- ‘‘create’’ communal tension its protest over the renaming of Ame- Saturday. The inclusion of two thi. The party plans to hand over the ism Act (Pota) against former min- in Rajasthan, state BJP state leaders — Rajnath Singh and ister and MLA Raghuraj Pratap president Vasundhara Raje responsibility of the campaign to its Swamy Chinmayanand — into Dalit leadership to counter chief min- Singh, popularly known as Raja asked them on Sunday to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vaj- Bhaiya, a Thakur, and his father, avoid confrontations on ister Mayawati. payee’s Cabinet appears to have The party unit will contest the gov- Udai Pratap Singh. trishul ban and reserva- achieved the desired course cor- The issue had become a bone of tions. ernment’s decision to rename Amethi rection for the party’s caste equa- after Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, who contention between the BJP and ‘‘Workers should avoid tions in the state. has no relevance in Uttar Pradesh, said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), any confrontation which Both ministers belong to the up- Congress spokesman Akhilesh Singh its coalition partner in the state the government is trying to per caste Thakur community in on Saturday. government, with Singh and state impose on them,’’ Raje, who UP,which, the BJP leadership felt, Protest dharnas and demonstrations BJP wants to mend fences BJP chief Vinay Katiyar express- is undertaking a Parivar- was seething with resentment • have already started in the newly- with the upper castes in UP ing their displeasure over it. tan Rath Yatra in the state carved district with eminent Dalit against the Mayawati-led BSP-BJP The BJP also faced dissension for the last 28 days, said. leaders heading the campaign to drive coalition government. •Rajnath Singh and Swami on the issue, with 10 BJP MLAs She alleged that the Con- home the point that the people there — The Thakur community, the Chinmayanand’s induction openly siding with Raja Bhaiya gress government was at- cutting across caste lines — were not BJP’s traditional votebank in the into the Cabinet a way to and forming a pressure group to tempting to create commu- happy with the renaming of the place. state, has felt progressively alien- pacify the Thakur community demand that Mayawati’s govern- nal tension by banning tr- ated from the party ever since it ment be dismissed. The central Amethi owes its development to the 35 of BJP’s 86 UP MLAs ishul and dividing society tried to expand its base by wooing • leadership of the party had to in- Congress and the Gandhi family,Singh are Thakurs on the reservation issue.PTI said. People here cannot be divided on the Dalits and Yadavs. tervene to prevent a split. caste lines to serve the political mo- With Singh and Chinmayanand Singh got his share in the face- over the agriculture ministry. tives of the BSP,he added. becoming ministers, the message saving exercise and has consider- On Friday, the local party unit and to the state is quite clear — the Chinmayanand, who was elected able clout with the Thakur com- the youth wing held a protest rally in BJP is interested in rebuilding its MP for the fourth consecutive munity, which has 35 MLAs to the Gauriganj, which has been made the support base among the upper term, has been made minister for 86-member BJP legislature party district headquarter of the new dis- caste communities. Singh takes the first time. He will be the junior in UP. trict. The Congress leaders from Amethi are likely to meet governor Vishnu Kant Shastri soon to submit a memo- Namdeo depressed at work: Father randum in this regard. The Congress has not ruled out a le- By Somit Sen and Aneesh Phadnis head constable L H Namdeo said. down the rifle. In fact, joint police gal recourse over the issue and is look- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Apparently, Raj had recently commissioner Javed Ahmed who ing into the details, said Singh. planned to go to his native place in kept persuading him for over three The symbolic use of Dalit leaders to Mumbai: Central Industrial Securi- Madhya Pradesh with his mother hours to release the hostages said head the protest against the renaming ty Force (CISF) constable Raj Uma Devi and his younger sister, Namdeo seemed to be ‘‘calm and of Amethi gains significance in the Namdeo had informed his parents who is physically challenged. But composed.’’ ‘‘He could have easily backdrop of Mayawati’s attempts to that he was considering a drastic Karanjkar had reportedly refused to done something worse like killing counter the Congress influence in the step as he was feeling stressed out at sanction him leave, sources said. the hostages. There were enough (30) area by first holding an alert rally to his work place. This may have prompted the consta- bullets in his rifle’’, Mr Ahmed warn the Dalits against ‘‘the Congress ‘‘My son was posted at the airport ble to take this extreme step. stated. designs’’ and, secondly,by renaming it two months ago. It seems he was not ‘‘The incident has shocked us as On Saturday, Namdeo, 22, alleged- after a Dalit icon. happy with his superiors and was Raj is not a temperamental person. ly shot dead his superior, deputy Meanwhile, the people of Amethi upset about the 14-hour work sched- He is usually calm,’’ said a dis- commandant, A R Karanjkar and have expressed reservations over the ule. He was feeling depressed and traught Uma Devi, who was instru- held five colleagues hostage before new name. PTI told me about it,’’ Raj’s father, CISF mental in persuading her son to lay surrendering around midnight. NCB: Biswas has no links with tenant Kolkata\Shillong: The Nar- cotics Control Bureau (NCB) has clarified that former CBI officer U N Biswas had no di- rect links with the drug rack- et that was being operated by his tenants. Photographs of S N Thanga, alleged kingpin of the international drug rack- et, have been distributed at two border points of Cham- pai and Moreh to prevent his escape from India to Myan- mar, zonal director of NCB R M Meena said. Asked whether NCB had got any ev- idence of Biswas’ direct in- volvement in the case, Meena said ‘‘No direct links have been found as of now’’. Gloria Remi, wife of S N Thanga — the absconding tenant — has told the police she was born in Myanmar, brought up in Mizoram and married in Bangalore. She was interrogated for the second time by the police for four-and-a-half hours on Friday, a senior official of Madandriting police station said on Sunday. Customs department here had found that Thanga was a Myanmarese and not a Mizo. PTI PU teachers’ protest today TIMES NEWS NETWORK Patna: Even as Patna Uni- versity (PU) teachers re- solved to launch an agitation from Monday in protest against the broad daylight murder of their colleague Siddheshwar Lal of Science College on Saturday, PU au- thorities postponed the BA, B Sc and B Com Part I Honours examinations scheduled to begin from Monday in view of the examination boycott call given by the teachers. According to PU controller of examinations K N Paswan, the Degree Part I Honours examinations of 2003 will now begin in the first week of July. The de- tailed programme of the ex- aminations would be notified later, he said. The Bachelor of Architec- ture Part IV examination of 2002 scheduled from Monday has also been postponed, ac- cording to a PU notification. Srinagar-Leh highway opens
Srinagar: The first convoy of Army vehicles, carrying de- fence supplies, moved from Srinagar to Kargil and Leh in Ladakh, following the re- opening of the Srinagar-Leh highway after six months. The road, lifeline to the frontier region, was thrown open to traffic on Saturday by Maj Gen A K Chopra, offici- ating general officer com- manding, 15 Corps. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,May 26, 2003 9 Top Tibetan I left Hurriyat council over BJP shadow delegation Cabinet in MP The heat is on Arjun Singh Bhopal: Describing senior making him a member of hostage by self-centred poll boycott issue: Geelani party leader Arjun Singh’s many important commit- leaders’’ last Wednesday in in China ahead of polls remarks on infighting with- tees. New Delhi at a function on By M Saleem Pandit in the Congress as ‘‘inap- Arjun Singh should Rajiv Gandhi’s death an- in place of Geelani on the in- dates in the assembly elec- Bhopal On the lines of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK structions of Jamiat chief tions. Asked about the Lones’ propriate’’, Madhya speak about such issues niversary. for dialogue Parliamentary practice in Pradesh chief minister only in the appropriate fo- ‘‘Our towering leaders, By Jagdish Bhatt Gulam Mohammad Bhat. denial of these charges, Gee- Britain, the Opposition BJP Srinagar: Prominent Jami- Geelani, who was arrested lani said: ‘‘Everybody knows Digvijay Singh on Sunday rums,’’ said the chief min- Indira and Rajiv, were de- TIMES NEWS NETWORK in Madhya Pradesh has at-e-Islami leader and for mer under the Prevention of Ter- the reality. The proxy candi- said he did not agree with ister, who has often voured by terrorism. Now, All-Party Hurriyat Confer- formed a shadow cabinet in Shimla: A top-level four- rorism Act (Pota) last year dates won because the Lones his view that there was no described Arjun Singh as it is up to Soniaji to fulfil ence chairman Syed Ali Shah the state ahead of the next as- member Tibetan delegation ahead of the state assembly supported them.’’ leader to fulfil the dreams his mentor or ‘‘guru’’ in their dream. But today’s sembly elections. of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv politics and has very rarely Congress cannot fulfil her reached China on Sunday to Geelani says he left the Hur- elections and operated upon Geelani said he had ad- ‘‘The legislators included Gandhi. disagreed with him in pub- (Indira) dream,’’ Arjun continue its talks with the riyat’s executive council not for malignancy in Mumbai vised the Jamiat chief because of failing health but in this cabinet have been al- ‘‘Congress president So- lic. Singh was reported to have Chinese leadership to create recently following his release against sending a representa- loted departments and its because the Hurriyat did not nia Gandhi is fully compe- Arjun Singh had report- said. the right atmosphere for ne- from a Ranchi jail, had not tive to Hurriyat unless the first meeting is scheduled to act against the People’s Con- tent to lead the nation,’’ edly lamented about the A senior Congress leader gotiations between Beijing been attending Hurriyat PC made its stand clear. be held here on June 8,’’ BJP ference (PC) for defying the Digvijay said here. ‘‘present state of affairs’’ in like Arjun Singh should and the Tibetan government- meetings. Geelani refuted the Keeping Geelani out of the sources said on Sunday. conglomerate’s boycott of as- ‘‘Sonia Gandhi has en- the Congress, saying it was have avoided speaking like in-exile. The delegation left claims of both the Jamiat Hurriyat is considered here The chief minister of this sembly polls last year.The PC trusted Arjun Singh with ‘‘plagued by intense this in a public function, on Saturday-Sunday mid- and the Hurriyat leadership as a move to keep hawkish shadow cabinet is BJP’s star many responsibilities by groupism’’ and ‘‘held the chief minister added. PTI night from Delhi. is a constituent of the Hur- that he had not been attend- leaders out of the conglomer- campaigner Uma Bharti, The four members of the riyat. ing the meetings because of ate in view of the latest thaw who has already been named delegation are: Special en- In a late evening develop- failing health. in Indo-Pak relations. as the party’s chief ministe- voys of the Dalai Lama in ment on Saturday,Shiekh Ali Geelani charged the PC Geelani had criticized Pak- rial candidate for the state. Washington and to the Euro- Mohammad was made the leadership, especially Sajjad istan for reciprocating Prime Legislators, who have been pean Union (based at Brus- Jamiat representative in the Lone and Bilal Lone, with Minister Vajpayee’s offer of made members of the shad- sels), Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari Hurriyat executive council having fielded proxy candi- friendship. ow cabinet, have been told to and Kelsang Gyaltsen respec- PTI make preparations about the tively; additional secretary departments allotted to them in the department of infor- so that this information can mation and international re- be used to prepare slogans, lations (DIIR) of the Tibetan pamphlets and posters for government-in-exile at the assembly elections. McLeodganj, Sonam Tagpo; Based on the recommenda- and head of the internation- tions of this cabinet, the BJP al campaign for Tibet in would finalise charges Washington, Phuchung Tser- against the Digvijay Singh ing. The delegation will be re- government, the sources ceived by the United Front said. This would also be use- department of the Chinese ful to draft BJP’s manifesto Communist Party. The same for the next assembly elec- department had hosted this tions. delegation when it visited The shadow cabinet has Beijing in September 2002. been formed to make BJP’s Talking to Times News Net- legislative wing more active work, DIIR secretary before the assembly elections Thupten Samphel said, ‘‘We in the state. hope this second visit of the State BJP president delegation will give a clearer Kailash Joshi and its organ- idea to the two envoys of the ising secretary Captain Dalai Lama of the thinking Singh Solanki would be pres- of the new Chinese leader- A tourist poses in the traditional Kashmiri dress on a shikara on the Dal Lake on Sunday. ent at the first meeting of the ship on the issue of Tibet. Tourists have started coming to the Valley raising hopes of a good season this year. shadow cabinet. PTI CAS needs to put consumer first, says PM TIMES NEWS NETWORK and some other PMO offi- entertainment, sports, news about two million boxes cials, Vajpayee reviewed the Box matters and films, they said. The I&B would be met by exports from New Delhi: Concerned over progress in CAS implementa- officials told Vajpayee that abroad. Explaining the gov- the CAS-confusion, Prime •I&B officials said tion. Introduction of CAS without set-top-box, with market forces operat- ernment’s role in the tech- Minister Atal Bihari Vajpay- will affect close to one crore ing, possibly the big cable op- nology adoption, he said that ee has directed the informa- viewer can get about people in the four metro 30 channels erators would have no choice conflict between broadcast- tion and broadcasting min- cities. According to the Par- but to provide the boxes to ers and big cable operators istry to ensure smooth tran- liament mandate, the condi- •Box is required only to their consumers under con- over the issue of under-re- sition to the new set-top-box tional access system has to be watch pay channels cessional schemes. porting subscribers left no regime. in place from July 14. Other- ‘‘CAS is in the nation’s in- choice for his ministry but to I&B minister said the During a meeting with I&B wise, all the pay channels • terest, people need to have a intervene. early demand for boxes minister Ravi Shankar will go off the air. choice,’’ Prasad reportedly The Prime Minister was would be met by exports Prasad and his top officials In their response, Prasad remarked defending the new told that in about 10 days, two on Saturday, Vajpayee made and his officials clarified that system. He pointed out that notifications would be issued three specific directives: Pro- without the set-top-box, a TV nel. As a follow-up, Prasad the new regime of tele view- regulating the price of pay tect the consumer interest, viewer could still watch more held a meeting of his senior ing had the possibility of channels and compelling the ensure smooth transition to than 30 channels offered in officials on Sunday. triggering a Rs 50,000-crore broadcasters to announce the box age and closely moni- free-to-air bouquet. The box, The free-to-air bouquet, electronic industry in the how many of their channels tor the situation. they stressed, would be re- which offered a minimum of country. would stay pay and how Assisted by his principal quired only if the consumer 30 channels for Rs 72 plus He, however, admitted that many be part of the free-to- secretary Brajesh Mishra wanted to see any pay chan- taxes, would be a good mix of the early market demand of air bouquet.
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T President may visit J&K next month New Delhi: President Abdul Kalam is likely to visit Jammu Admission in private medical and dental colleges and Kashmir next month to send a strong political message O supporting the peace initiative of Prime Minister Vajpayee SERVICES and the healing touch policy of chief minister Mufti Mo- hammed Sayeed. The President’s visit will come weeks after Vajpayee’s own 25 pc ‘sale’ and rest on merit visit to Srinagar, where he urged all Kashmiri groups to TIMES NEWS NETWORK 75:25 ratio. The government guidelines, the state govern- come to the negotiating table and extended an olive branch to New norms has also to taken into ac- ment may allot certain B neighbouring Pakistan. New Delhi: Upto 25 per cent count a Supreme Court number of seats to candi- Rashtrapati Bhavan sources said Kalam’s programme was of admissions in private •After the debate on judgment on institutions dates belonging to poor and still tentative and the details were being worked out. TNN medical and dental colleges capitation fees, the Govt O run by the minority com- weaker sections as per mer- across the country can be set 75:25 ratio munities. it. ‘‘on sale’’, while the rest The HRD ministry has •Will control admis- O would have to be filled by sions, fix fees for aided The state may require the also directed the states to es- colleges to grant these stu- students who qualify in the tablish ‘‘transparency in institutions common entrance test. dents concession in fee the fee structure’’ by consti- •Will fix ceiling on fee through scholarships. K For unaided minority in- tuting a standing committee structure for professional The guidelines came after stitutions, the criteria with that will fix the ceiling on institutions a meeting of the Union the management would be fee structure for profession- upto 50 per cent to facilitate health secretary, state al institutions and also determined by the govern- admission of candidates health secretaries and monitor its implementa- ment. from their own community tion. vice-chancellors of health Y In a letter, the ministry as per the new set of guide- In the case of govern- and medical sciences has asked the state govern- lines. ment-aided institutions, universities in March this O After a long debate on however, the government ments to ensure that admis- year. high capitation fees charged will control the admission sions to these institutions The Supreme Court had by private colleges, many and fix the fees, except the are based ‘‘on the principal in its ruling last year U of them promoted by minority-aided institutions of merit and that there is allowed sufficient discre- politicians with an eye on which will have the discre- transparency in fee struc- tion to the managements profits, and on the need tion of admitting students ture to prevent profiteer- of private institutions in R to set norms, the govern- belonging to their commu- ing’’. terms of admitting students ment has worked out the nity up to a percentage to be According to the new and fixation of fee. C UN bid to conserve forests By Chandrika Mago L TIMES NEWS NETWORK Green cover New Delhi: The UN will sit •Before courts stepped in, A down on Monday to discuss illegal logging from NE a year threats to forests and put a was worth Rs 6,000 crore S value to forest resources to •A fifth of the country propel conservation and clubbed as forest land is the management measures. birthplace of about 600 rivers S Director-general (Forests) M K Sharma, leading the velopment requirements, formed to suggest reforms in team to the 12-day UN Fo- and a nexus of corruption the sector. I rum on Forests meeting in between officials and politi- Yet, crores of people live Geneva, says they will show- cians, making deep inroads in the 1.7 lakh villages case attempts at community into ‘‘unguarded’’ forests. around forests — and are de- F participation through the Not much has changed. pendent on them. And, the joint forest management Development needs are UN recognises that forests mechanism which covers clashing with targets of cov- are more than just wood and I 72,000 villages. ering a fourth of the country non-wood products: They But Sharma has enough by forests in four years. help conserve biodiversity, E problems at home — far re- Without the SC, says an battle climate change, pro- moved from issues of inter- environmentalist, there tect watersheds. national trade, access to would be no forests today.Be- Environmentalists say D markets and clamps on trade fore the court stepped in, Rs three hundred rivers and in illegally harvested timber. 6,000 crore worth of timber rivulets originate from the A couple of years ago, in a was being illegally removed country’s 27 tiger reserves; S court case related to illegal from the heavily-forested in all, a fifth of the country mining in MP’s Shivpuri dis- North-East every year. clubbed as forest land is the trict, Sharma, then addition- An estimated eight lakh birthplace of about 600 al director-general, had hectares of forest land rivers and rivulets. The link pointed out how the lack of around the country has been is simple and devastating: priority was affecting this encroached upon. Recently,a No forest, no water. No wa- C sector, with revenue and de- forest commission was ter, no food. A Hollywood L L all set to sell Indian films TIMES NEWS NETWORK the main driver. 2 ‘‘There’s a certain Mumbai: Top Holly- level of maturity among wood banners are get- the Indian audience to- BAZAAR 3 ting into the Indian day which was not there commercial movie busi- two years ago,’’ says MD 3 ness in an unprecedent- of 20th Century Fox, In- ed way. For the first dia, Aditya Shastri. time, 20th Century Fox ‘‘People watch a good 0 will be distributing a film even if there are no commercial film, stars. So, we are looking Jhankar Beats written at films that content 2 and directed by Sujoy driven and have an in- Ghosh. Columbia Tris- trinsic script.’’ He says tar and its parent entity even most film-makers 3 Sony Pictures are also have matured and are considering ‘Bollywood’ fully committed to a projects. project. 5 So far, the Hollywood Jhankar Beats,a biggies had sporadical- slice-of-life film starring ly handled mainstream Juhi Chawla, Rinkie 1 Hindi films like Decem- Khanna, Rahul Bose ber 16 and some and Riya Sen, is about crossover movies like three young couples. Monsoon Wedding, Bend The guys work in the It Like Beckham and same office and at night Bollywood Calling. But they play for a local 2 now, Fox is lining up Ek band. Jhankar Beats is Haseena Thi,a Ram a contest that they want Gopal Verma movie to win desperately. 3 starring Saif Ali Khan ‘‘It is urban, contem- and Urmila Matondkar, porary,’’ says Sid- 3 and possibly a Ketan dhartha Das, COO of Mehta flick after Pritish Nandy Commu- Jhankar Beats. nications, which has 0 Fox says it is serious produced the movie. about selling Indian ‘‘The market is looking commercial cinema. at substance now, and 2 For Hollywood majors, exploring non-formula easier clearances by the stuff. I think people to- Foreign Investment Pro- day have such a lot of 3 motion Board has also choice in entertainment helped. But they cite the that unless they find a coming of age of con- film compelling, they 5 tent in Indian cinema as reject.” 2 Big B gets Asian Guild’s Award 2 London: Amitabh stars of all time. Earlier, Bachchan, the ‘Shahen- he was voted as the star shah’ of the Indian film of the millennium in a 3 industry,was chosen for poll conducted by the the Bollywood’s ‘Life- BBC on-line. 3 time Achievement Pakistan’s successful Award’ by the London- bowler in one-day crick- based Asian Guild here et Wasim Akram, one of on Saturday night while the all-time greats who 0 Shah Rukh Khan, win- announced his decision ner of the prestigious to retire from the game 2 Filmfare Awards nine times, got Bollywood recently was chosen for Star of the Decade the Sports Award while 3 Award. India’s most successful Sixty one-year-old film-maker Yash Bachchan was recently Chopra won the award 5 voted by Britain’s Chan- for his outstanding con- nel 4 television as one of tribution to the film in- 3 the greatest 100 film dustry. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INDIA Monday,May 26, 2003 11 HC directive on Shankar Sharma’s assets By Swati Deshpande First Global, which had First Global’s counsel said Counsel for Income Tax In Europe with eye on China TIMES NEWS NETWORK bankrolled the Tehelka tapes the firm would not be able to Beni Chaterjee told the and is accused of having flout- answer the queries of the IT judge that First Global was By Manoj Joshi Plenty at stake leader since he assumed the leader- Mumbai: Justice A.M. Khan- ed various laws, had moved assessment officer. only attempting to hamper TIMES NEWS NETWORK ship of the Chinese Communist Par- wilkar of the Bombay High the vacation court for a stay But the IT department said the assessment as the Court on Friday permitted the •Vajpayee’s meeting with Hu at ty and the Presidency only late last on the IT department’s assess- it had copied certain informa- two-year deadline to complete New Delhi: Prime Minister Vajpay- year. His first major crisis was an in- Income Tax (IT) department ee’s week-long three-nation tour be- St Petersburg crucial ments of its assets. tion pertaining to the compa- it was expiring on May 31, ternal one — the SARS epidemic. But to continue the block assess- ginning on Tuesday, that will bring The firm said further as- ny’s accounts on to the 2003. •PM to visit Beijing at the end of in the post-Gulf War II period, he will ment of First Global chief sessment be stopped as IT offi- department’s CDs and con- After every raid, the IT de- him into contact with top world lead- June be seeking to improve ties with India ers, is his first major diplomatic ex- Shankar Sharma’s assets. cials had not returned certain tended that First Global partment carries out a block •While trade ties are booming, to offset the global balance of power The judge vacated a stay compact discs taken by it dur- would have all the informa- assessment of the company’s ercise after Gulf War II and the Pak- that has tilted dramatically in Amer- istan initiative. political relations remain frigid granted earlier by fellow vaca- ing the department’s raid al- tion on its computers’ hard assets for the preceding six ica’s favour. tion judge Nishita Mhatre. most two years ago. drive. years. But the PM’s most significant in- Vajpayee’s visit comes some 18 relations remain frigid. Their 4,056- teraction will be with Chinese leader months after the visit of Chinese Pre- km border remains disputed though Hu Jintao because of Vajpayee’s im- mier Zhu Rongji to India in January pending visit to Beijing at the end of treaties in 1993 and 1996 have eased 2002. The backdrop of the visit was June, the first visit by an Indian PM the tension there. But while India’s the Indo-Pakistan crisis following the in 10 years. concerns are immediate, the Chinese attack on Parliament on December Officials say the 30-minute bilater- worries are theoretical. 13, 2001. Vajpayee himself last visited al meeting with Hu in St Petersburg India finds it difficult to warm up China in 1979 when he was external where both leaders are attending the to a country that continues to supply affairs minister in the Janata Party 300th anniversary celebrations of the nuclear and missile technology to government of Prime Minister northern Russian city, and their Pakistan. China’s worries are about a Morarji Desai. The last Indian PM to meetings in Evian where they are at- future where there could be US-India visit China was P V Narasimha Rao tending the Group of Eight industri- axis to contain China. in 1993. al countries summit, will be vital in But both are aware of the enor- In recent years, external affairs determining the chemistry between mous benefit their economies can minister Jaswant Singh, defence the leaders of the two Asian giants. have from good ties. China is keen to minister George Fernandes and oth- Such chemistry plays an important open up the trade route through er ministers and officials have visited role in international diplomacy than Sikkim to Tibet as a way of halving China. But the last top-level visit was is commonly understood, says a vet- the cost of sending supplies to Tibet, that of President K R Narayanan in eran diplomat. while India wants much better rela- 2000 as part of an exercise to repair There is a great deal at stake for tions before it can go out of its way to relations after the bitter exchange of both countries — while their trade re- help Beijing. words between the two countries fol- lations are booming, their political Hu remains a relatively untested lowing the Indian nuclear tests. Another reason for a national judicial panel By Rakesh Bhatnagar tive and legislature to de- TIMES NEWS NETWORK mand another change in the form of a National Ju- New Delhi: The govern- dicial Commission. ment now has another rea- The law-makers would son to speed up efforts for have their reasons for setting up a National Judi- stripping the judiciary of cial Commission: The Bar its powers to appoint and Council of India’s recent transfer judges as they outcry against close rela- have had enough of vari- tives of judges practising ous pronouncements pros- in the same courts. ecuting leading politi- BCI vice-chairman cians. Adish Aggarwal has urged Anand, counsel for for- the Chief Justice of India mer Prime Minister P V to transfer such judges to Narasimha Rao in the cor- some other high court. He ruption case, also touched also refers to provision 6 of this aspect. He said:‘‘Late- the Bar Council of India ly, for the last Rules in support about 10 years, we of his demand. (law-makers) al- It states: ‘‘Any LEGAL lowed the privi- advocate shall not lege given to the enter appearance, VIEW MPs under Arti- act, plead, or prac- cle 105 to be breached. In tise in anyway before a breach of Article 105, cer- court, tribunal or authori- tain cases were registered ty..., if the sole or any against the MPs at the in- member thereof is related stance of the judiciary....A to the advocate...’’ number of MPs and minis- Earlier, Congress MPs ters were prosecuted at the and lawyers R K Anand instance of the judiciary. and Kapil Sibal had told Many MPs could not con- Parliament about the test elections because the growth of ‘‘uncle judges’’. prosecution was launched Anand had urged the law- at the behest of judici- makers to revive the pre- ary...’’ 1990 position in which the He added: ‘‘We have al- executive alone was the lowed the judiciary to be sole authority to appoint used against ourselves.... and transfer judges. A number of MPs could That concept may not be not contest elections. I re- acceptable as it had led to a member Advani could not ‘‘packed judiciary’’. Noted contest election. He took to constitutional expert and the point ‘no, I will not con- MP Ram Jethmalani test election till I am summed up that situation cleared by the court’. Ulti- by saying ‘‘it was not im- mately, he was cleared. He portant to know law, but had to lose for five years’’. the law minister to become Anand’s speech would a judge’’. win applause. So would Thus, the selection of Jethmalani’s description judges has changed hands of the pre-1990 situation. from the executive to judi- The core question however ciary. If the pre-1990 situa- remains to be addressed — tion had its serious draw- whether any model other backs, the latter model has than the prevailing one given a lever to the execu- would serve the litigants. IAF ready to induct flight simulators By Rajat Pandit Ranging from basic TIMES NEWS NETWORK cockpit procedure trainers to mission-specific ones, New Delhi: IAF pilots can the simulators to be in- now look forward to at ducted include: least one thing: New gen- ● Three low-cost mission eration flight simulators to simulators for MiG-27s. hone their flying skills. ● Simulators for MiG-21 While the much-delayed ‘‘Bisons’’, which are ex- AJT (advanced jet trainer) pected to be in service till deal is yet to get final clear- 2015. ance from the Cabinet ● A full-mission simulator Committee on Security,the for MiG-29s. IAF has begun the process ● Full-mission simulators of inducting sophisticated for Sukhoi-30MKIs, the simulators for different fourth-generation air dom- fighters and helicopters, inance fighters currently say sources. being inducted into the There have been over IAF from Russia. 350 aircraft accidents in ● Two existing mission the IAF since 1990, with simulators for Jaguar over 130 pilots losing their deep-penetration jets and lives. Human error, fol- full-mission simulators for lowed by technical defects, the multi-role Mirage- is the single biggest factor 2000s are also being up- for the frequent crashes. graded. Tribal woman raped in Bengal
Kolkata: A tribal woman was allegedly raped by two persons at Beldanga vil- lage in West Bengal’s Bardhaman district. The incident took place on Fri- day night and a hunt is on for the two persons named in the FIR lodged by the woman, the police said.PTI
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Electronic AROUND THE WORLD Virtual golf: Annika beats Vijay music festival Reuters ijay Singh, one of golf ’s longest Ajit Ninan par 4, with a dogleg to the left. hitters, said that Annika Soren- The green is small and protected by attracts more V stam shouldn’t play with the sand. Annika had two birdies and two male professionals. Others may think so pars; Vijay,one birdie and three pars. too after she failed to make the cut at the The second hole: A 134-yard par 3. Wa- than 1 million Colonial Country Club on Friday. But ter and sand surround the L-shaped could a simple change in the design of a green. Detroit: Thousands of mu- golf course level the playing field be- Accuracy is at a premium. Annika sic fans flocked to the open- tween men and women? birdied all four rounds, usually putting ing of an electronic music A virtual course was designed that re- from 10 feet or less. Vijay scored three festival that organizers ex- warded precision, while penalizing pars and a bogey. The third hole: A 509- pect will draw more than 1 shots that were too long or too short. yard par 5, with two fairways separated million fans over the long ‘‘Annika’’ and ‘‘Vijay’’ were created by cross bunkers and water. Memorial Day holiday week- and given the strengths of male and fe- Reaching the green requires an ap- end. male golfers. They were rated from 0 to proach shot over a small lake. Annika Movement 2003, a re- 100 in 10 categories. Annika excelled in had three birdies, one par. V ijay, one named, muscled-up version ‘‘accurate driver’’, ‘‘accurate irons’’ and birdie, two pars and a double bogey. of the Detroit Electronic Mu- spin shot’’ and ‘‘long driver’’. ‘‘accurate putter’’. The final score: Annika, 9 under sic Festival started three Vijay excelled in ‘‘power hitter’’, What followed was simulated four par; Vijay, 3 under par. Annika wins! years ago, will feature more ‘‘draw shot’’, ‘‘fade shot’’, ‘‘high back- rounds of golf. The first hole: A 333-yard NYT News Service than 80 performances by some 70 artists, including techno pioneer Kevin Saun- derson. Saunderson, Juan Atkins Who’s wearing what at Cannes and Derrick May are general- ly credited with creating the Cannes: It’s nail-biting AFP Saint-Laurent Rive Gauche sound when they were time at the Cannes film fes- struck gold when Nicole schoolmates at a Detroit jun- ior high school. tival, not just for the big Kidman, a personal friend Miss Brazil Gislaine Ferreira (left) and Miss Bolivia Irene Aguilera Vargas wave to stars and directors, but also of house designer Tom ‘‘This is like a pilgrimage to the birthplace of techno,’’ onlookers in Panama City during a Carnival celebration on Saturday, ahead of the Miss for the big couture names, Ford, strutted up the Universe beauty pageant to be held on June 3. who hope that some of the Cannes red carpet fitted out festival spokeswoman Bar- glory will rub off onto their by the house. bara Deyo said on Saturday. Dog bites cat man: It Turkey bags Eurovision Gangster Guy: His last film products. This year she chose a Derek Bolzman, 19, came could have been a cat-astro- contest: A rhythmic mix of — Swept Away — sunk with- As the top people in world slinky pink number from from Saginaw at the urging phe, but Meow Mix cat food belly dancing and West Asian out a trace. Now Guy Ritchie cinema wait for prizes and Pucci by Christian Lacroix. of friends who had attended chief executive officer flair propelled Turkey’s Sertab is going back to what he Richard Thompson is recov- Erener to the annual Eurovi- does best — directing a acclaim, the world’s top de- Penelope Cruz, current the festival other years. ering after being bitten by a sion Song Contest title in a gangster film. Set in Las Ve- signer labels too face 12 partner of Kidman’s ex, ‘‘It’s pretty freakin’ big,’’ he said. ‘‘I thought it’d be in a Rottweiler. The encounter tight battle that came down gas, the next project of the days of angst, watching to Tom Cruise, chose an ex- happened just as Thompson to the last vote. Belgium took British hubby of US pop diva see who’s wearing who’s travagant tightly-waisted building or something.’’ The festival is billed by is about to launch ‘‘Meow a close second followed by Madonna will be a heist clothes at the festival, one of black dress by Dior. TV’’, a feline-friendly comedy Russian duo Tatu. The 48th movie, titled Revolver. Holly- organizers as the biggest the world’s most prestigious YSL this year turned out on the cable’s Oxygen net- annual event was held in wood hunk and close friend free music event in North media events. former Czech Wonderbra work that features cat yoga Riga on Saturday. AFP Brad Pitt is widely tipped to From Chanel to Versace girl, Eva Herzigova, which America. and cat haiku. ‘‘I think the take on the lead role, reports Back in the (ex)-USSR: to Armani, Dior and Saint- was not bad going, but did Martin Bonds, 35, of dogs had a conspiracy PeopleNews. ANI Beatlemania gripped Laurent, the big designer la- better on the boy’s front Detroit, has performed at against me,’’ he joked. AP Moscow on Saturday as Paul Demi is dating: It’s not the bels descend on the festival with a tuxedo worn by Neo the festival before but came this year to enjoy the music Giuliani marries: Former McCartney staged an open- first time that Demi Moore is carrying outfits not yet seen —also known as Keanu New York mayor Rudolph air concert on Red Square, dating a younger man. This in boutiques in the hopes of Reeves — the star of block- he has loved since he was kid. Giuliani and his longtime with President Vladimir Putin time, the man in question is hanging them on the backs buster Matrix. among the thousands of fans MTV funnyman and upcom- ‘‘For us older guys, it’s companion tied the knot on of the world’s most glam- It was all long gowns at Saturday night in a 15-minute dancing to the music of the ing actor Ashton Kutcher. Al- mostly about the music,’’ he orous people. the daily evening do’s at ceremony before 400 guests Fab Four. The Russian presi- though the Hollywood beauty The battle for press and Cannes this year, and de- said. gathered on the lawn outside dent was in the audience as has gone on a string of dates TV attention is big busi- spite designer forecasts of a ‘‘When I was a kid, it could Gracie Mansion. Giuliani and the ex-Beatle entertained an with Ashton around Los An- ness, building up months return of the mini, there have been in a hole in the Judith Nathan recited tradi- audience of some 20,000 in geles, friend of the unlikely ahead of the yearly bash. were few to be seen in the wall — as long as it had a tional wedding vows before Moscow’s celebrated venue pair claim that the relation- banging system, it would Two years ago, Yves Italian actress Ornella Mutti at Cannes on Saturday. streets. AFP Mayor Michael Bloomberg with its Lenin Mausoleum ship is not yet serious. draw a huge crowd.’’ under an altar surrounded by with more than 20 Beatles “They’re just having a bit of The festival’s future was in yellow flowers, said Giuliani’s classics and other Wings and fun,” a friend told TeenHolly- BRICKBATS jeopardy earlier this year, spokeswoman Sunny Mindel. solo tracks. AFP wood.com. ANI when the city announced it Asked whether he was nerv- Reuters Everything has a limit, but it seems that ous before the ceremony, this rule doesn’t apply to your strip. would no longer provide a Please stop it and restart internet hu- subsidy and organizers had Giuliani replied, ‘‘No, not at mour in its place. trouble lining up private all. I’ve performed 200 of — Siddhartha Tembe sponsors. these as mayor.’’ AP Enough is enough. Are you not happy dishing out such a moderate fare in the May got many of the Hollywood pulls out of name of a comic strip that on top of performers to appear for Morocco: Work on a major that you waste space to print mails? free or for a fraction of what — Vishwa Vijayendra Narayan, Delhi Hollywood movie starring they might usually get for a Leonardo DiCaprio and For bouquets go to gig. Nicole Kidman will pull out of www.timesofindia.com He also covered some Morocco following last e-mail: [email protected] costs with $90,000 of his own week’s suicide bombings money. AP that killed 41 people, a report said. Entertainment industry Bombay Dreams goes white: Bombay Dreams, UK’s first bible Variety daily said this all-Asian musical, is to be rewritten with new white characters week that work on ‘‘Alexan- to make it more “accessible” to American audiences. Accord- der The Great’’, currently ing to The Telegraph, Lord Lloyd Webber, the producer of the filming in Morocco, would be 4.5 million-pound extravanganza, believes that the additions to moved to Australia amid the cast are essential for its transfer to Broadway, where it fears that the high-profile pic- Matrix star Keanu Reeves (right) and Australian actor opens in January. Introduced by Thomas Meehan, the writer of ture could become a target Hugo Weaving at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan Broadway hits such as The Producers, the characters are two for terrorists. AFP 2003 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Sunday. US tourists who explain Mumbai life to the audience. ANI Geographic society honours Indian London: Mumbai-based Harish Ka- past 125 years. padia, editor of Himalayan Journal, Kapadia, has been chosen for the has won the Patron’s Medal of the prestigious medal for his exceptional world renowned Royal Geographic contribution to exploration and ge- Society, an honour bestowed on an ography.The award will be presented Asian and Indian for the first time in on June 2. PTI
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The Times of India, New Delhi INTERNATIONAL Monday,May 26, 2003 13 Pak mulls Catastrophes Terrorist attacks in 2001 caused the biggest insurance losses ever from man-made US severs contact with Iran MFN status events. Last year, however, saw a return to “normal”, as insurers suffered their biggest Washington: The Bush admin- revolution. Last year,President stance toward Iran. The intelli- losses as a result of natural disasters, such as floods in Europe, spring storms in Ameri- istration has cut off contact Bush branded Iran as part of gence suggested Al-Qaida oper- ca and hurricanes in the Caribbean. India registered the highest death toll from any for India single catastrophe, when 2,000 people died in social unrest in Gujarat. with Iran, and Pentagon offi- Teheran denies an “axis of evil” that was try- atives in Iran were involved in cials are pushing for action ing to develop banned nuclear the planning of the bombings, Islamabad: The Pakistan Biggest No of victims Worst human costs they believe could destabilise weapons. which killed 34 people, the Post government has called an in- insurance losses dead and missing Al-Qaida link No. of victims dead the government, the Washing- The United States also has reported. ter-ministerial meeting here Figures are in 000 Washington: Iran’s am- 2002, $ bn and missing, 2002 ton Post reported Sunday. accused Iran of harbouring On Thursday, the official Monday to discuss granting 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 bassador to the UN on Sun- The move follows intelli- members of Osama bin IRNA news agency of Iran said most favoured nation (MFN) day refuted US accusations Europe, flooding 38 India, violence following status to India, the Dawn attack on train in Gujarat gence reports suggesting Al- that his country has shel- Laden’s Al-Qaida network, US allegation that the Islamic newspaper reported. Qaida operatives in Iran played tered Al-Qaida terrorists, which Washington blames for nation harboured Al-Qaida US, Spring storm Afghanistan/Pakistan, The meeting will be at- 6 a role in the May 12 suicide insisting that Teheran is in the September 11, 2001, attacks. members were based on faulty Earthquake tended by senior officials bombings in Saudi Arabia, ac- the forefront of anti-terror But since the US campaign to intelligence, but officials from the ministries of de- Europe, Gambia, Overcrowded cording to the newspaper. activities. topple the Taliban regime in vowed to arrest any militants 37 fence, railways, sports and Storm Jennnett ferry sinks Citing administration offi- “If there are Al-Qaida Afghanistan, Iranian and US who might have slipped into culture, interior, foreign of- cials, the newspaper said the people, they are either un- officials have met from time to the country. Europe, Rainfall 71 India/Bangladesh/ Nepal, fice and commerce. triggers flooding Cold spell with freezing temp White House “appears ready to known to us, operating in time to discuss a variety of is- On Saturday,Iran’s top diplo- “(The meeting) would also embrace an aggressive policy places that we have not sues. After this month’s suicide mat told the London-based Al- Caribbean/US, 9 Nigeria, Explosion in of trying to destabilise the been able yet to detect, and bombings in Riyadh, Saudi Hayat that Iran sees no need to work out a negotiation agen- Hurricane Lili munitions depot da for a possible resumption Iranian government.” we will welcome any infor- Arabia, the Bush administra- immediately revive a dialogue Caribbean/Mexico/US, India, Heatwave with of dialogue between the two 163 Officials will meet Tuesday mation that would help us tion cancelled the next planned with the United States follow- Tropical Storm Isidore temp up to 49 deg C countries,” the paper said. at the White House to discuss in arresting them,” UN meeting, the paper said. ing talks on who should govern “(It) would discuss re- US, Tornadoes, China, Flooding the Iran strategy, with Penta- Ambassador Javad Zarif The newspaper said “very post-war Iraq. “This dialogue 36 sumption of air, train, bus storms rain and hail after rains, lanslides gon officials pressing for action told ABC television.AP troubling intercepts” before has stopped now and we see no services and sports ties be- France,flooding India/ Bangladesh, that could lead to the toppling and after the Saudi Arabia reason to revive it for the time 23 tween the two countries as heavy flooding of the government through a The US severed ties with bombing played a major role in being,” Iranian Foreign Minis- well as proposals for further Iran following the 1979 Islamic Reuters US, Winterstorms Nepal, Floods, lanslides popular uprising, the Post said. the administration’s new ter Kamal Kharrazi said. enhancement in these ar- 30 Reuters eas,” it added. The “main task of the US, Winterstorms 22 Egypt, Passenger train Israel gives catches fire at night meeting would be to discuss Source: The Economist the pros and cons of possible nod to peace extension of the most favoured nation status to In- dia and its implications on roadmap, but Pakistan’s economy.” At the same time, Dawn Mayors of Delhi, Karachi with riders said, granting MFN status to India was fraught with dan- Jerusalem: The Israeli Cabi- ger for Pakistani manufac- discuss peace in Rome net on Sunday narrowly ap- turers producing goods simi- proved a US-backed peace lar to those of their Indian Rome: The mayors of Karachi and “We have learnt a lot from each oth- plan that envisions a Pales- counterparts. New Delhi asserted on Sunday they er. In exchanges between mayors, the tinian state by 2005, but at- “There is a possibility that could play an important role in resolv- tensions that make it difficult for na- tached a number of condi- the products in which Indian ing the tensions, saying relations at a tional politicians to talk to each other tions. producers enjoy an edge in local government level were more con- do not exist,” Jain said. The Cabinet approved the quality could wipe out the ducive to peace-building. “We have a great desire to resume plan by a 12-7 vote, with four Pakistani products from the They,along with some 40 other may- the city-to-city contact that once exist- abstentions. It marked the local market.” ors from cities like Kigali, Washing- ed (between Indian and Pakistani first time that an Israeli gov- It said Indian industry ton, Athens and Sarajevo, met in the cities). If the chance arises I will ernment formally affirmed would have an edge in access- halls of Rome City Hall for the second maybe take a delegation of councillors the Palestinians’ right to ing Pakistani markets be- “Glocalisation Conference”. to Karachi,” said Jain. statehood. cause of government sup- “I am convinced our cities can play Khan was also interested in visiting The vote came two days af- port. “Indian exports covered an important role in peace-building,” New Delhi or hosting a visit from Jain. ter Israeli Prime Minister under the export promotion Niamatullah Khan, mayor of Karachi, “Either he will invite me or I will in- Ariel Sharon reluctantly em- capital goods and technology said. “We mayors are closer to the peo- vite him. I’m definitely going to talk to braced the ‘‘roadmap’’ to up-gradation schemes are ple, to the nerve of the people, than na- him about it before I go home.” Khan West Asia peace, amid in- tax-free in India along with tional governments. We know how the said the “glocalisation” process need- tense US pressure. Young Chinese couples share a quiet moment at a park in Shanghai on Sunday. More and more several export incentives people can be brought to a certain ed to become much bigger and much The Palestinians accepted people are visiting public places as SARS epidemic has stabilised, but authorities in Beijing have available to such goods.” vision.” faster to realise its potential.Reuters the plan last month, immedi- cautioned residents not to relax vigilance against the deadly disease. Dawn pointed out. IANS ately after it was presented, but Israel sought major changes. 28 killed in Israel demanded, among other things, that a Palestin- First Saudi woman ian crackdown on militias Philippines precede any steps by Israel. Sharon also insisted that the pilot spreads wings ferry mishap Palestinians drop without Reuters further discussion a demand Amman: Saudi Arabia’s Manila: At least 28 people for the ‘‘right of return’’ of first woman pilot hopes all drowned and 203 others were Palestinian refugees to Is- women in the conservative plucked to safety Sunday after rael. Islamic kingdom will one two Philippine passenger fer- On Friday, the United day have the freedom she ries collided during bad States declared that it would now enjoys. weather, a navy spokesman take the Israeli requests into Wearing a scarf and a said. account, but also said there pilot’s shirt and trousers, An unknown number of would be no changes in the Hanadi Hindi shyly admits passengers were also believed she found it difficult to roadmap. missing after the wooden- make the transition from a Meanwhile, Palestinian hulled MV San Nicolas veiled, sheltered life in Prime Minister Mahmud Ab- rammed into the Super Saudi Arabia to a much bas said in an interview Ferry 12 in choppy waters off less restrictive routine in broadcast in Cairo on Sun- the coast of Corregidor and Jordan, where she is in day that the Palestinians will Hanadi Hindi Limbones islands west of training. not accept any change to the Manila. “Women are banned criticism from relatives It was the latest in a long roadmap for peace with Is- from driving in Saudi Ara- and friends and sending list of deadly sea tragedies in rael, bia, so being a pilot is un- her to Jordan’s Mideast the 7,000-island Philippine The document “must be ac- thinkable for a woman.” Aviation Academy where cepted as is, including ... its Hindi said, “But after sev- she studies flying with two archipelago, where ferries conditions and articles. en months in Jordan, I feel other women and 70 men. are a common mode of No modification of the I’m a new and different Hindi has four sisters transport. articles will be accepted by person. Now I can make and two brothers, and a The San Nicolas was on its the Palestinian side,” Abbas my own decisions.” very conservative mother way to Manila from the south- told Egyptian state televi- Hindi, 24, comes from a who is still angry at being western island of Palawan sion. very religious family from forced to let her daughter while the bigger vessel was en “We accepted the roadmap Mecca, home to the holiest go. route to the central city of despite reservations,” he of Islamic shrines. “Many people in my Cebu when the accident said. “We dropped these Her eyes fill with tears country were angry and occurred. reservations to advance the as she mentions her were critical for two rea- Commander Gerry Mala- peace process.” father, who had always sons: because I was com- banan of the Philippine Navy Palestinian foreign minis- wanted to become a pilot ing to Amman to study fly- said the death toll was 28 dead ter Nabil Shaath said earlier himself. ing and because I was trav- with 203 rescued. Abbas would meet with He encouraged Hindi to elling abroad without a All the casualties were from Sharon on Monday if the pre- break with centuries-old mahram (male relative es- the San Nicolas. None of the mier secured his cabinet’s traditions and live his cort required by sharia or 1,400 passengers aboard the approval for the roadmap. dream, brushing off harsh Islamic law).” Reuters Super Ferry 12 were injured, Agencies initial reports said. AP Britain set to fish out treasure ship NYT By William J Broad fter months of review, the British govern- A ment has given final approval for the recovery of a 17th-century shipwreck be- lieved to contain history’s richest sunken treasure. British officials said that they would announce their approval this week of the re- covery plan — the endeav- our’s last legal hurdle — and that the recovery team said deep-sea excavation would begin this summer. The reviews dealt with crit- icism from British experts who said they worried that the public-private recovery plan might not be up to schol- arly standards, officials said. The British government believes the excavation site After months of review, Britain has given nod to the recovery of a 17th-century shipwreck believed to contain history’s richest sunken treasure. A model of HMS Sussex. contains the wreckage of HMS Sussex, which went who controlled important in- nons, anchors and other arti- map the site and clear away down in a storm in 1694 with vasion routes to and from facts. In September, the com- debris. The robot, equipped gold coins on board. Today, Paris. pany signed an agreement with bright lights and arms, experts said, the cargo could The ship sank in waters a with the British government will move artifacts and ship fetch perhaps as much as $4 half mile deep. The finders of to raise its remains from the parts to lifting baskets for billion. its putative resting place will bottom of the Mediterranean transport to the surface. The warship, with its 80 publicly identify the site only and split the proceeds. Under “This will be the deepest guns and 500 men, was lead- as off Gibraltar. maritime law, a sunken war- archaeological excavation of ing a large British fleet into Odyssey Marine Explo- ship remains the property of a shipwreck ever undertak- the Mediterranean to fight a ration Inc. of Tampa, Florida, the owner state. en,” said Greg Stemm, war against France and its found what the British au- With its recovery plan ap- Odyssey’s director of opera- expansionist agenda under thorities believe to be the proved, Odyssey is now gear- tions. “We are excited to be Louis XIV. The gold was to wreckage of the Sussex dur- ing up for an expedition this working with the govern- buy the loyalty of the Duke of ing four expeditions from summer. A large vessel is to ment of the United Savoy, a shaky ally on 1998 to 2001. It is a disinte- hover over the mound and Kingdom on this historic France’s southeastern flank grating mound rich in can- send down a tethered robot to project.” NYT News Service
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14 Monday,May 26, 2003 The Times of India, New Delhi Media Lab Mess Channelising Learning A THOUGHT FOR TODAY The Indira Gandhi National Open Univer- access to distant education through radio India Can’t Afford an Ego War sity (IGNOU) was recently described by broadcasting and GD channels. We have In supporting the new UN resolution, France has taken a a top-ranking UN official as leading ‘a global launched GD3 for the IITs. The IIT classroom step in the right direction of moving forward together. By Rajesh Kalra at India’s finest endeavour in the field so far revolution’ in education. Making extensive lectures are being telecast live for students in — C-DoT. The premier telecom R&D outfit use of electronic media, it has become the over 1,200 engineering colleges countrywide. — Colin Powell This sure was a short marriage. The Media benefited immensely from the political second largest open university in the world. That will push up the quality of technical Lab Asia (MLA) project, joint venture backing provided by Sam Pitroda and Masterminding IGNOU’s phenomenal education. Later, the channel will have between our government and the Massachu- the technical acumen of G B Meemamsi. growth and extensive use of technology was interactive facilities too, enabling students to setts Institute of Technology, born only in India in Iraq The result was there for all to see. It provided scientist R Sreedher, who, as the director consult IIT teachers at a distance. June 2001, is history.Frankly,given the haste a tremendous bargaining chip, forcing of Electronic Media Production Centre, Do IGNOU’s videoconferences or channels Old Europe’s battle with the US may well be over, consider- with which the project was conceived multinationals to lower the prices of their envisioned ‘self-owned radio systems and have enough viewership? Has it ever been ing the UN’s quick nod to the resolution on post-war Iraq. without any homework merely to give photo digital switches to under a quarter of the channels for every educational institution’ in verified through a professional rating agency? Consequently,both the military ‘occupation’ of Iraq and its ops to politicians, and the way it meandered rates they had charged so far. Also, the the country. Before leaving the Capital The conferences are always with pre- political and economic reconstruction now stand sanctified initially without a full time CEO, its fate does telecom boom witnessed in the country, to join the Anna University in Chennai, informed viewers. We correspond with by the UN. This is a situation without precedent since not come as a surprise. especially in the form of STD/ISD booths he spoke to Surojit Mahalanobis: the target group either through e-mail or World War II. With this the 12-year-old sanctions against However,if the beginning was bad, the end which dot the countryside now, is notifications. These are essentially closed Iraq come to an end and Iraq’s administration passes into has been worse. Whatever might be the entirely due to the rural exchanges Looking back, how do you explain your user-groups. Hence, there is no need for the charge of the US and UK, formally designated the reason behind the divorce — MIT’s $5 million developed by C-DoT. achievements at IGNOU? professional ratings. As long as the desired ‘Authority’. That this is an absolute victory for the US goes royalty demand, or the need for funding from Admittedly, the Electronic Media Produc- interactivity is achieved, it serves the without saying. There is to be a UN co-ordinator nomi- a developing nation when its own source of But no sooner had the centre made a tion Centre was a gift from Japan. But when purpose. But steps have doubtless to be taken nated by secretary-general Kofi Annan. This co-ordinator funding has dried up, or that MLA’s track name for itself, political meddling and I joined in 1998, it was described as a white to increase awareness. Earlier, we weren’t also finds a place on the advisory council appointed to offer record of developing esoteric products is not egos came into play. Initially it was the elephant. In four years, we brought down the making optimum use of our satellite. That’s consultations to the ‘Authority’. Yet, control of decision- in line with that for the mass products they Nambiar committee, which muzzled the expenditure and made drastic improvements not the case now. There are surveys and making vests almost entirely with the ‘Authority’. The had expected, or the absence of promised effort due to an ego clash with Mr Pitroda. in the use of the existing facilities. We studies, done by reputed educational institu- concessions made by the US in the UN resolution are private funding — the government of India’s Subsequently, whenever the centre showed replaced old equipment with state-of-the-art tions such as AIMA, Institute of Chartered mostly cosmetic. But France, Russia and Germany have handling of the matter has been amateurish. signs of re-emerging, politicians repeatedly technology and increased productivity. Accountants and DPEP, which suggest taken the pragmatic decision to justify the new situation in Arun Shourie has been telling whoever is forced it to depart from its stated mandate Today, three IGNOU channels are running, that IGNOU channels are quite popular at Iraq in terms of accelerating peace and development. willing to listen that his ministry has asked and develop products to suit their egos. without any additional technical manpower. study centres. The surprising thing is the reported choice of India for MIT to leave. He was at his sarcastic best in So recently, we had the centre expend We reduced the cost of running the Educational channels will never achieve monitoring one out of the five administrative sectors into one report saying, that he asked MIT to its limited resources on developing a mobile channels, maintaining a 24-hour trans- substantial TRPs... But with the recent which Iraq has been divided. Clearly, the anti-war resolu- leave, but if it gives it (MIT) solace to say switch when it should actually have mission without any launch of Eklavya tion that Parliament passed in the closing stages of the war that it pulled out, then he would give it concentrated on upgrading its existing major complaints. Technology channel, hasn’t worked against India’s interests. On the contrary,the that satisfaction. One fails product range. The result We’d envisaged a the ground realities US evidently sees a role for India in the management of to understand where was has been an imported Q&A four-pronged stra- have changed for the Iraq. India might benefit from looking at how the NATO the need to bring ego into mobile switch with little tegy, namely, create better. Whether it members, including Germany and France, are dealing with this issue? value addition, while the The IIT classroom lectu- viable systems and is students at IIT, the award of the other sector to Poland. NATO has agreed Our IITs are excellent, no main line switch, its life- res are being telecast live infrastructure, in- Roorkee, or those at to provide all help to Poland, obviously calculating the doubt. In fact, they may line, remains straddled with for students in over 1,200 crease the availabi- a remote self-finan- dividends from taking on that responsibility. India’s actually be better than MIT in obsolete features. engineering colleges lity of signals, imp- ced engineering col- response should be on similar lines. The spin-off effects developing what MLA was This is unfortunate because countrywide. That will rove the quality of lege in Tamil Nadu, from providing troops and accepting responsibility for a supposed to do, for they in terms of money and push up the quality of programmes, and the channel attracts key sector in Iraq could well include bagging a few sub- understand Indian needs time spent vis-a-vis results, technical education. La- market them. I was a lot of attention. contracts, which would stand India in good stead. The UN’s better than anyone. But C-DoT was undoubtedly the ter, the channel will have successful in doing interactive facilities too. But these telecasts willingness to oversee the war aftermath has more or less why antagonise an academic crowning glory of India’s Udayshankar the first. The second are supplementary resolved the earlier dilemma surrounding the legitimacy of institution like MIT? What R&D effort. One really hopes step was always a in nature and cannot the war.Indeed, there need be no contradiction between our we might have done in the process is that with the promise of delivering products distant dream. Maybe the ensuing launch of substitute the need for a teacher. Just as you disapproval of the US war on Iraq and our participating in antagonise the entire US educational set-up. which India really needs, the media lab Conditional Access System (CAS) can come go to a library,you can watch these telecasts. stabilisation efforts in post-war Iraq. At the same time, Couldn’t the break-up have been handled does not fall into the same trap. For that, to IGNOU’s rescue. The third step requires the Indian leadership would do well not to overplay the more tactfully so that both parties did Mr Shourie would have to ensure that the With the latest trend of having radio stations huge funding and also a change of outlook significance of the new role. Measured pragmatism should not lose face? alacrity with which he ousted MIT is at every locality, a move you’d started at so that we can start producing quality be the Indian approach to an offer that places this country maintained to insulate the project from IGNOU, what will be the relevance of Our IITs are excellent at the under- professional educational videos. The fourth in an advantageous role in the strategic Gulf region. unnecessary meddling from politicians traditional research universities? graduate level, but at the post-graduate step is our success story. The Gyan Vani and bureaucrats. These radio stations are going to serve level, we are nowhere. For that, our radio stations are run by a staff of three. academicians have to rely on quality US More important, let the project not lose the community around colleges and univer- VIEW These stations were commissioned at half sities. They are not going to do any research. universities. Hundreds of Indians have track of its objectives by worrying about the cost of what it costs to set up an All India gained from higher education in the US. piffling matters like salaries paid to Maybe they can bring out the results of Radio station. That’s quite satisfying to me. research done by traditional universities to Would this have been possible if they had consultants. Several professors in leading Moreover, in just two years, more than 1,000 gained higher education in, say Denmark institutions make millions through inde- the public. I am eagerly looking forward to The Brat-race Spells hours of good-quality educational audios the day when every educational institution or Australia? The truth is that the best pendent assignments. They are permitted were produced and brought out as CDs. technology is in the US. to do so. Let this not be dictated by some in the country will have its own radio station Childhood’s End Let us not underestimate the power bureaucrat who tries to interpret the rule What is the road map you drew for IGNOU? and start serving the community around it. wielded by ranking US universities. If we book to satisfy his ego. That IGNOU will start 10,000 special down- Tell us about your assignment at the Anna ou’re worried about seeing him spend his early have egos, they have bigger ones, and the R&D the world over is run differently. links through dedicated dish antennae in University? years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be “Y fact is that our academicians cannot really There are no straitjacket rules for R&D. colleges and institutions so that we build up happy? Nothing to shriek, play and run around all day The Anna University is the world’s do without them. One hopes Mr Shourie Therefore, conventional administration does our dedicated viewership. Recently, IGNOU long?” said Rousseau. The French philosopher could largest technical university having over realises his mistake and promptly resorts not help. Since Mr Shourie has repeatedly launched Gyan Darshan-3 (GD3). Different have been addressing his anguish to today’s new-age 240 affiliate engineering colleges. This to some damage control. Hopefully, the mentioned his interactions with IIT IIT units have started telecasting technology parents, judging by how few of their children even university has not ventured into distance situation is not irretrievable. As for the professors, he must surely have heard this educational programmes. A fourth channel know what it is to spend a day that is not packed with education. I am in charge of the Audio project itself, one hopes with the IITs’ too. And now that there is talk of involving — the Krishi channel — will soon be on the one or another kind of enforced activity. In the fren- Visual Research Centre and our brief is to go involvement, things will improve, and to the HRD ministry as well, let there be air. All centres for agricultural sciences will in for good quality education videos and zied rush from school to piano class to French lessons some extent, the trend of reverse engineer- some genuine effort to improve education start their programmes through it. audios. We have also applied for a commu- to computers to tennis, is there any time left when the ing which is currently pursued in the name standards at the post-graduate level. In Is IGNOU likely to spur a stiff competition in nity radio licence, and if that comes through, child can be herself ? Childhood used to be sheer of R&D is reversed. that respect, the MIT break-up might prove the education market? we’ll soon start one of the country’s first magic. Its boundless joys were so because they were Talking about R&D, one only needs to look to be a blessing in disguise. I think a large number of students will get model campus radios. unspoilt by calculation. Indeed, childhood was leisure without guilt. Remember Enid Blyton’s enchanting fairy tales? And the Ramayana lovingly recited by grandma? Remember the excitement of planning an Time to Re-kindle escapade? Or the many hours spent in idle fantasy? Were they wasted moments? No, with each story told Moolah Mantra and each sport played, our imaginations would soar: By K S Venkatachalam family. He built up a hearted, and that I should Passion for Unity We inhabited a wonderful world of ideas. True, there sizeable fortune in real stay away from it. I began Footprints were no computer games to sharpen our minds on. But Robert Kiyosaki, in his best estate, because of his astute applying in new ventures, By Mrinalini V Sarabhai we did one better. We invented our own games. seller Rich Dad, Poor Dad, business sense and his risk- which were mushrooming In India, many civilisations prayers in the oral tradition One night a man had a Childhood was about guileless excitement. It talks about two distinct and taking nature. During the a dime a dozen, and was have come together over the of the Rig Veda. Caste dream. He dreamed he was about the incomparable elation of climbing the disparate influences on his 1980s, when Harshadbhai lucky to get allotment in years, creating new patterns became an ugly name much was walking along the neighbourhood mango tree and tasting its forbidden life, of two fathers. The ruled the stock market, all the companies I had of universal oneness. Raja later. Yet, Rishi Parasar (the beach with the Lord. fruit. Why have we robbed our children of those poor dad, the actual father, millions of people, inspired applied. Ram Mohan Roy ushered in law giver) was the son of a Across the sky flashed carefree moments? Today’s young have to carry on although a highly educated by his success, took to the One morning, 22 years the age of new thought in Chandala, Rishi Vasishta’s scenes from his life. their slender shoulders, not just the weight of a loaded person struggled finan- equity route. Sanghvi, was later I suddenly remem- 1828. He wrote: ‘‘All mankind mother was a fisherwoman, For each scene, schoolbag, but the burden of the lucrative future their cially throughout his life; one amongst them and he bered my investments and is one great family of which Viswamitra was a Kshatriya, he noticed two sets of parents have meticulously chalked out for them. Look and the rich dad, father of made millions during the approached a broker in numerous nations and tribes Valmiki a hunter. All became footprints in the sand; at the grotesque spectacle of celebrity new-borns and the author’s best friend, in boom. He also had the Mumbai to sell them. One existing are only various great gurus. In the oral verse one belonging to him, toddler fashion queens. Or consider the fact that the spite of being a school foresight to get out before look at my scrips and he branches’’. In Bengal, Rabin- of the Rig Veda, men and and the other to starting age in computer training schools is 0-2. On the dropout, went on to become the market crashed. said, ‘‘Sir, I suggest that dranath Tagore’s father women were equal. the Lord. fast track on which the 21st century child travels, a millionaire because of Being my friend, I had you go to a raddiwala. passed on these thoughts to Sanatana Dharma was ✥ childhood is evidently a needless obstruction. As with his risk-taking abilities. once requested him to help You will at least get three the poet who wrote: ‘‘I love meant to be India’s gift to the all obstructions, this too must be bypassed to enable When the last scene of Simply stated, the book me make some money. rupees a kilo for your India not because I have world, a way to realise peace speedy progress. Today’s impatient foetus is born not his life flashed before propounds the theory that All my investments were scrips.’’ The companies, had the chance to be born and harmony. Increasingly, as an infant but as a miniature adult. There can be the poor and the middle him he looked back at locked up in fixed deposits, whose scrips were in my on her soil, but because however,ancient customs are the footprints in the no objection to your two-year-old walking the ramp class (represented by poor the safest financial instru- possession, had either she has saved through tumul- being taken out of context sand. He noticed that for the sheer fun of it. But if that is the first step in dad) work hard throughout ment available those days, ceased to exist or were on tuous ages the living words for political purposes. Cattle many times along the pushing her into a money-spinning career,then you’ve their lives for money, with assured returns. ‘‘Give the verge of closure. that were issued from the were extremely important path of his life there converted her into a performing machine. And you’ve whereas the rich (rich dad) me a lakh, and I will have I only wish Rich Dad, illuminated consciousness of for the Vedic people and so was only one set of destroyed her childhood. have money working hard it multiplied five-fold,’’ he Poor Dad was written 30 her sons’’. became symbols of spiritual footprints. He also for them. advised. Having a poor dad years ago, for then I would All religions tell us that experience. Go, the name noticed that it COUNTERVIEW I had in my neighbour personality, I asked, ‘‘What have had money working the divine is within us. for cow and bull, also happened at the very Sanghvi, our own rich if, I end up losing my hard hard for me. I have now de- The Gospel according to connotes the earth and the lowest and saddest dad. Sanghvi, a chartered earned money.’’ Sanghvi cided to invest in an ‘Art of St Thomas says: ‘‘He who speech of rishis. Gokula times in his life. Children Have Never accountant, belonged to a said that bourses were Living’ course instead, and has heard and assimilated means temple; it also means ✥ wealthy Gujarati business not meant for the weak- leave the rest to my karma. my word is as I’’. In Sanatana Krishna’s dwelling place. Dharma it is Tat Tvam Asi. Today, politicians fight This really bothered Had it So Good him and he questioned CONVERSATIONS WITH READERS To find divinity over cow protec- he news report in this paper about children within oneself it tion. Why protect the Lord about it: “Lord, you said that between the ages of two and six being groomed need to disturb the minds of children in is important to only the cow? T once I decided to follow for possible future careers ranging from fashion Sex and the City many households? act with compas- What about the you, you’d walk with modelling to television anchoring will cause many Your Delhi Times article, ‘More sex please, We encourage our children to read the sion towards all beautiful birds of me all the way. to lament the loss of childhood in the increasingly we’re Indian’ (May 22), should be an newspaper, expecting them to move beings. Mexican the sky? And the But I have noticed that hectic rat race which begins only too early. Have the eye-opener for both policy-makers as well as away from the junk on the idiot box. And poet Octavia Paz donkeys and the during the most wonder years of innocence really gone for good? Were parents. As you pointed out, 54.4 per cent of what do we get? Obscene pictures and wrote: ‘‘In India street dogs that troublesome times in childhoods past more enchanted than childhoods pre- the respondents indulged in pre-marital sex. voyeuristic reports. I believe in responsible there is a passion are constantly my life, there is only sent, plagued by anxieties of peer pressure and fierce About 48.8 per cent did so before the age of sex education, but this is going too far. for unity’’. Mau- being ill-treated? THE one set of footprints. competitiveness in everything from exams to sport? 21, making a mockery of the law that men Have you completely discarded all notions lana Azad once The environment, I don’t understand why Fiddlesticks. In fact, the wonder years have never been cannot marry before the age of 21. We of social responsibility? I am stopping asked: ‘‘If religi- SPEAKING too, needs pro- when I needed you more wonderful. Far from hemming in childhood’s have failed to recognise that humanity’s my copy of TOI. on expresses the TREE tection. Majestic biological clock has remained unchanged universal truth, trees are regular- most you would horizons, modern technology — from the Net and — Meera Khetrapal, via e-mail satellite TV to cheap air travel — has hugely enlarged for ages. Unfortunately,our hypocritical why should conflicts arise ly being chopped down. This leave me.” the scope and immediacy of young imagination. For attitude towards sex only encourages Authoritarian Approach amongst different beliefs, decreases forest cover and ✥ example, theme parks and digitally created simula- instances of eve-teasing and rape. each claiming to be the causes more pollution. So the The Lord replied: “My Apropos your news item on ‘Cantt off limits tions of lost civilisations, faraway planets and future — Vijayanta C Chitale, via e-mail sole repository of truth, and list is long and painful. precious, precious worlds bring to vivid life what in yesteryear was acces- for traffic’ (May 22), the army has no condemning others as false?’’ Ecological awareness is child, I love you and sible only through dusty library books. But doesn’t II authority to close any road in a cantonment. One reaches the infinite the intuitive awareness of I would never leave this stifle imagination rather than stimulate it? Cer- It is contrary to the provisions of Section through love, not through the oneness of all life. Our you. During your times tainly not, for innovative technology acts as a mental I am appalled by the kind of reports you are 192 of the Cantts Act 1984. There is a violence. ‘‘Ahimsa hi param ancient heritage advocates of trial and suffering, vitamin tonic which invigorates flights of fancy. carrying in Delhi Times. Do you really statutory procedure prescribed, but seldom dharma, Sarva dharma protection not only for hu- when you see only one The common argument that today’s children are does the army follow the same. samabhava’’. The trishul of man beings and animals but set of footprints, becoming couch potatoes thanks to television is From timesofindia.com In Pune, the station headquarters Shiva represents the three for the elements, too. Listen it was then that fallacious. The so-called idiot box is only as idiotic as recently declared horses being taken to the dimensions of space, earth to the words of the Atharva I carried you.” race course a security risk! It is time that one chooses it to be: If you choose mindless soaps and sky and the three gunas Veda, written 4,000 years ago: From the Internet the civil administration sits back and take over infotaining programmes like those on Discovery Mobile Espionage that each of us must strive to ‘‘We are birds of the same ✥ channel, you can only blame yourself and not the box. With reference to your news report, ‘‘Your stock of the Cantt administration and bring overcome in our own lives. nest,/ We may wear different Similarly,the hue and cry raised about children being mobile is spying on you’’ (May 19), I feel about a much needed balance to protect Guru Vyasa spoke of the skins,/ We may speak differ- It is cynicism and fear precociously subjected to the compulsive urge to that the new service should be welcomed civilian rights being violated in the garb of folly of men who choose the ent languages,/ We may be- that freeze life; it is succeed at all costs misses out on the all important by Delhiites because of the increasing ‘security’ against the rule of law. If the way to destruction through lieve in different religions,/ faith that thaws it out, point that childhood is itself a constant process of cases of crime in the Capital. It will prove army cannot co-exist with civilians then discord when all legitimate We may belong to different releases it, sets it free. experimentation and role playing. Far from being to be a boon for the police and other they should relocate from cities like material satisfaction could cultures,/ Yet we share the Harry E Fosdick forced to try their hands at catwalking or TV anchor- investigating agencies in tracing the Delhi, Pune, etc. be had through the way of same home — Our Earth./ ✥ fellowship and harmony. For man can live individual- ing, children relish such creative mimicry — which whereabouts of criminals and their vic- — R Srinivasan, New Delhi Faith in order, which is Ours is a multifarious ly,/ But can survive only col- besides being great fun could also pave the way for a tims. As far as privacy is concerned, the Letters to this column should be addressed to Letters c/o Edit page the basis of science, heritage. On the Sindhu- lectively/ Born on the same lucrative future career.Be a boring old accountant like cell operators should exercise restraint Editor, The Times of India, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New cannot reasonably be Gangetic plains the tribes planet/ Covered by the same Dad or a bank executive like Mom? Forget it, I want to and not start spamming us with commer- Delhi-110002. email:[email protected] separated from faith in be a Prannoy Roy or a Madhu Sapre. And if we just cial messages. The service should also be No. 124 Vol. 54. Air charge: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai ,Cochin, Chennai & via were known as Sindhus and skies/ Gazing at the same Rs.3, Indore and via 50 paise. National edition: No aircharge.Price in Nepal: NEP Rs 5, except an ordainer, which is take a look at the scores of new career options that extended to other parts of the country, Sunday: NEP Rs 7. RNI No. 508/57 MADE IN NEW DELHI REGD. NO. DL-25002/92. Published for Hindhus. Hindhu became stars/ Breathing the same the proprietors, Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd., by Balraj Arora at Times House, 7, Bahadur Shah the basis of religion. Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110 002 and printed by him at 13, Site IV Industrial Area,Sahibabad (UP), Indus to the Greeks and the air/ We must learn to happi- have suddenly sprung up, from event management keeping in mind the increasing danger MNS Printers Pvt. Ltd., Industrial Area, Phase II, Panchkula, Haryana - 134109 and Vasundhara Printers Ltd., Tiwari Ganj, Faizabad Road, Chinhat, Lucknow. Regd. Office: Dr Dadabhai Naoroji country on the bank of the ly progress together/ Or Asa Gray to VJing, we can see that far from childhood’s end, being posed by criminals and terrorists. Road, Mumbai - 400 001. Editor (Delhi Market): Bachi Karkaria-responsible for selection of news under PRB Act. Executive Editor: Shekhar Bhatia. © All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or Indus became India. 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Rebuilding Iraq Up in arms Affordable car Acting oil minister of Iraq Thamer People take An Indonesian local firm has al-Ghadhban said Iraq’s crude oil part in a rally to launched Kancil, a small car output will double within a month, protest against the with a fiberglass body and a oil exports will resume in three French government’s 404 cc-4 stroke-1 cylinder weeks and US troops will secure plan for pensions engine. It is targeted at the oil installations soon reforms in Paris middle class.
Crucial role of Pension norms confuse insurers MONDAY FACEOFF By Prabhakar Sinha SBI Life, ICICI Prudential, HDFC In a mess the new regulator, PRDA. To- Not much gain ‘social capital’ TIMES NEWS NETWORK Standard Life, Max New York wards this end, PRDA is expect- Life, Birla Sun Life, Om Kotak •Proposal to create two ed to prescribe necessary regula- New Delhi: Is a single regulator Mahindra, and Aviva. At pres- tion covering various aspects of the solution to the confusion in regulators creating at Cannes ent, these players are governed the business. the fledgling pension sector? confusion by the Insurance Regulatory De- A senior official close to the To align with the global in growth Norms for pension funds — to be velopment Authority (IRDA). •While there are 10-odd group framing the new rules to movie business, Bolly- announced soon — continue to They are asking whether the six pension players, new rules open the pension business, said By Jay Bhattacharjee A layperson’s interpreta- wood needs to learn a lot, cause considerable confusion players limit would cover the ex- cap the number at 6 that this would create confusion. tion of the broad theme is feels showman Subhash any readers will among insurance firms, particu- isting insurance companies al- If the insurance companies are that a higher degree of Some feel two regulators Ghai. After taking over have followed the de- larly those already offering pen- ready providing this service. • governed under the existing set trust between people in a par- would deny a level-playing as chairman of the CII en- M bate in the media on sion products to customers. In 2001-02, the total pension of rules by IRDA and the other tertainment committee, ticular country leads to field international competitive- The uncertainty has been business by these players ac- players — like mutual funds and the entire nation being better Ghai tells N Vidyasagar ness and the various factors caused by the government pro- counted for Rs 2,500 crore. The banks — are taken care of by the Subhash Ghai off. about the road ahead for that are involved in the posal to set up a separate Pen- business is expected to have A source said it was likely that new regulator, there would be a The difficulty confronting the Indian film industry. computation of the indices of sion Fund Regulatory and Devel- grown to around Rs 4,000 crore the current legislative frame- problem of level-playing field in financial analysts and econo- You were at Cannes this year...is there any human development in coun- opment Authority (PRDA). It has last year. work might have to be amended the sector, he argued. gain for us? tries throughout the world. mists when they study the also mooted limiting the number IRDA chairman N Ran- to permit non insurance players Therefore, he suggested that The gain was not much. We are yet to es- Organisations like the UNDP, notion of social capital is of players operating in the pen- gachary said that all the existing to operate in this business. all the players that sell pension tablish a competitive position like China, the World Bank as well as that they have to question sion fund space to six. insurance players would contin- It is believed that the new en- products should be brought un- Italy, Hong Kong and Iran. However, we some private research one of the fundamental Where does that leave the 10- ue to sell their products. At pres- trants like mutual funds which der one regulator. However, in- were being noticed. A large number of institutes periodically tenets of orthodox theory, odd insurance companies which ent registration granted by IRDA are currently not operating in surance firms say those in the distribution and finance firms from the release their reports on these which is that people are are already selling pension prod- to existing life insurance compa- the life insurance and pension pension business would be regu- basically driven by US, UK, Italy and France showed interest issues. ucts? The main players are LIC, nies covers the pension business. business, could be governed by lated by both IRDA and PRDA. in buying Indian movies, mainly The critical nature of the self-interest. AP There may be more than crossover movies. Indian brand led by debate can be understood if Godrej, Vijay Mallya, Mahindras and we pose some basic queries. sheer altruism involved — lawyers, doctors and ac- Coca-Cola to Hindujas offered a great advantage. It For example, is it possible to was inspiring and promises a better fu- measure the impact of trans- countants in Delhi who join the Rotary or something sim- ture. We still need to make many good parent and efficient regula- products for the international market. tors in a country’s economic ilar or the Capital’s culture- launch flavoured vultures who frequent music Are we adapting to the changing needs of growth? the global movie business? We all know that investor societies and film clubs may Indian Cinema has always been limited to confidence is the bedrock of be doing nothing more than milk drinks in US its traditional market, with products that a nation’s capital market and pure networking that will have sensibility of their own. We have a the successful mobilisation help to increase their future Atlanta: Got milk? Coca-Cola has. The unique format of five or six songs and of investment resources by income streams. Coca-Cola Co said that it was planning to in- drama portrayed with a lot of entertain- the corporate sector from the Neo-classical economists troduce a new dairy drink in the United ment value. With the outstanding visibil- investing public is dependent can then hijack the entire ef- States this summer in a bid to boost its ity of Shekhar Kapur, M Knight Sham- on the preservation of in- fort by postulating that indi- share of the growing nutritional beverage viduals gain benefits or utili- market. A spokesman for the world’s No. 1 lan, Lagaan and Aishwarya on the vestor confidence. Cannes jury, Miss World, Miss Universe Secondly, what is the im- ty by helping others in the soft drink maker acknowledged the new community. This will then product after Beverage Digest, a leading in- and cricket — the West cannot ignore In- pact of good governance on dia anymore. national growth rates? To become a marginal extension dustry newsletter, published details of the Where does the Indian film industry stand what extent does an efficient to the existing body of re- company’s roll-out plans. in terms of international acceptance? dispute resolution mecha- search and thought. The new drink, which will be called Hollywood believes in transparency and nism (the regular court sys- The study of social capital Swerve, will come in chocolate, vanilla-ba- corporatisation, which is still a tough tem or arbitration) affect in- requires a paradigm shift in nana and blueberry flavors and contain thinking. proposition for us, considering the way vestment decisions by the do- The Zigui Port on the upper reach of the Three Gorges in central China’s Hubei Province is more than 50 per cent dairy products, al- One will now have to add lowing it to carry the “Real” seal of the we deal or make our movies. We need to mestic private sector or by opened to traffic. It’s an important port on the Yangtze River linking the east and the west. adapt to their language, system and the potential international in- the community to the state, American Dairy Association. The first 12- its institutions and the mar- excellence in producing cinema with an vestors? ounce cans will appear in stores and drink ket in a broad canvas that international perspective. We may create Admittedly, these are ex- machines in July or August, shortly before will try to grapple with the the films with our ethos and local culture, tremely serious themes, but UTI changes investment plan millions of US children return to school. task of understanding the but the narrative should have an interna- mainstream economists and Unlike many milk products, they will not working of an economy. In By Rajesh Chandramouli opment and Finance Compa- clear whether there would be tional perspective. financial analysts seem to require refrigeration before opening. India, such an integrated ap- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ny (IDFC) and Stock Holding any takers for a few of these There were no big gains for Bollywood in have neglected them in the Current graphics for the product show a proach will yield substantial Corporation of India Ltd like OTCEI. The process for 2003. Are you optimistic about a comeback? last few decades, despite a lot Chennai: Indian financial figure of a grinning cow wearing dark dividends if we set about the (SHCIL). this disinvestment exercise Cinema has to change to charm a of work done in the allied ar- services sector is facing a glasses. “Coming at a time when consumer task seriously. changed audience. Today,the audience is eas of welfare economics and shakeout. As part of the re- “As part of our restructur- is expected to begin shortly. demand for healthy beverages is growing, Macro-economic and sec- exposed to a global level of entertainment pricing of social goods since structuring exercise at the ing exercise we have decided Independent valuations this product makes sense,” said John Sich- toral efficiency can be sub- standard. To cater to this evolving taste, the mid-19th century. Unit Trust of India (UTI), a to exit from all the invest- would be conducted on each er, editor of Beverage Digest. “It should stantially improved if this we need to invest in educating new gen- The pendulum has slightly decision has been taken to ments we have made as co- of these institutions and work well in schools.” The launch of new country makes a determined eration film makers and cultivate a fresh swung back in the last few exit from all co-promoted in- promoters in institutions then merchant bankers dairy drinks would put Coca-Cola in direct effort to promote trust and new perspective. years, after the prolonged vestments made by the cor- like IL&FS, NSE, SHCIL, OT- would be appointed to find competition with Britain’s Cadbury fellow feeling in all spheres. What role should government play? drought of the 1980s and the poration. CEI and IDFC,” M Damodha- suitors, sources familiar Schweppes Plc and Purchase, New York- The caveat is that those per- They should fund film makers. We need 1990s. As per the plan, UTI will ran, Chairman of UTI said. with the development said. based PepsiCo Inc., which already sell simi- sons and agencies that thrive institutes to promote education in cine- A recent addition to this exit from Over the Counter These investments are in In certain cases like NSE lar products in the US market. on conflict and distrust have ma, TV and other media arts. Venture vitally important area is the Exchange of India (OTCEI), the books of Development and SHCIL, the existing in- Cadbury Schweppes’ Snapple Beverage a clear disincentive in the capital has to be encouraged to invest in concept of ‘‘social capital’’, Infrastructure Leasing and Reserve Fund of UTI-I. vestors are likely to pick up Group unit markets chocolate drink Yoo- promotion and enhancement corporatised film companies. This is es- which can also be looked at Financial Services (IL&FS), Though the intent is to find UTI’s stake as they are prof- hoo. PepsiCo sells a variety of Frappuccino of social capital. sential if we wish to march ahead of Chi- in terms of trust or commu- The author is a member of the Delhi Stock National Stock Exchange investors for these over the itable investments, they drinks in collaboration with Starbucks na, Japan and UK within five years. nity feeling. Exchange, [email protected] (NSE), Infrastructure Devel- next 12 to 18 months, it is not added. Corp. Reuters AFP EXECUTIVE DIGEST IBM India staff detained NATIONAL in Malaysia: An employee of Bangalore-based software Maruti public offer to major IBM India has been open on June 9: With the INC detained by Malaysian au- market regulator SEBI clear- thorities, company sources ing its draft prospectus, car New brews: After par- said on Sunday. Narendra maker Maruti Udyog Ltd is leys lasting 18 months, Babu, working in the planning likely to open its much-await- Vidya Chhabria’s Shaw department of IBM, was de- ed public offering on June 9 Wallace finally cut a tained while he was boarding and close the books on June deal with SABMiller, a flight back home on Friday 16. Through the initial public which acquired a 50 evening, the sources said. offer for sale of 7.2 crore per cent stake in a The reason for detention of shares by way of book build- new JV for $132.8 Babu was not known, they ing route, Maruti will divest 25 million. Too high a price said. An IBM spokesman per cent of the government tag? Well, that’s why declined to comment. PTI equity in the joint venture car the deal took so long. company, sources close to Inflation falls below six the disinvestment process per cent: Inflation continued said. The company has a to fall for the fourth consecu- green shoe option of retaining tive week shedding another 0.13 per cent to 5.90 per cent upto 10 per cent. PTI Iraqi men demanding participation and jobs in reconstruction. for the week ended May 10, SBI-Canara JV in Russia even as primary items be- to commence soon: The came costlier. The change in Commercial Bank of India, general price line, measured the 60:40 joint venture be- All gain, some pain: As Napster’s back: by wholesale price index Post-war Iraq: No power, tween SBI and Canara Bank the greenback weakened Napster founder Shawn (WPI), fell in the latest report- in Russia, is all set to start globally, the rupee contin- Fanning is probably ed week after it remained operations soon. “We are just ued its climb against smiling quietly to himself above six per cent for the last awaiting approval from the dollar. While the as a new $40 million seven weeks and the index no rebirth in business Russian government,” Canara RBI says it deal between Napster’s was only 1.62 per cent an Bank chairman R V Shastri will wait and new owner Roxio and year-ago period. WPI, howev- By Neela Banerjee butcher block. ‘‘Electricity la district. From Dhiyakh’s said on the sidelines of the watch, the music companies er, stood firm at the previous means safety, work. It’s the butcher shop to Baaghet’s branch inauguration in New FM’s worries Universal and Sony week’s figure of 172.4 as the ast Tuesday, like most chain of life.’’ factory to large chemical are apparent Delhi. The new joint venture could well bring Napster indices of fuels and manufac- days since the war, In the most palpable of plants to the refineries that in a lower in Moscow, will have an initial back from the dead. tured items remained un- L there were no cus- ways, the US promise of a make the gasoline and cook- capital of $20 million (approxi- exports target. changed and the index was tomers in Rahim Dhiyakh’s new Iraq is floundering on ing gas now in shortage here, mately Rs 100 crore). PTI 162.8 in the previous year. PTI butcher shop in Baghdad. the inability of the US occu- businesses, even those with The heavy sides of beef and piers to provide basic servic- their own power generators, lamb hanging from wall tional investment funds, hold- deal by Wednesday, when the new plan to the Financial es, particularly electricity. have sharply scaled back pro- INTERNATIONAL hooks shone dark and glassy, On the priority list of duction. Without electricity, ers of nearly 93 per cent of GUS reports annual results, Services Agency on May 30 spoiling in the heat. when it formally requests for places where power must be people do not go to work or Telecom Italia’s voting shares the report said. The transac- Before the war and Iraq’s Telecom Italia investors the injection of public funds, restored here in the capital, have work to go to. And with- in attendance at the meeting tion would see David and troubled peace, Dhiyakh’s approve Olivetti merger: supported the plan. The plan Frederick Barclay merge Kyodo quoted sources as business and industry are out street lights, the city shop would stay open until Telecom Italia and debt-heavy required a two-thirds majority GUS’s mail-order division with saying. Resona had planned last, after hospitals, water faces an even higher crime midnight, but now,with most parent Olivetti marched on for approval. The outcome the well-known Littlewoods to slash its workforce to and sewage treatment plants rate, residents say. Amid of his business gone, it closes with plans to merge on Satur- had been expected as Olivetti mail-order chain they acquir- 16,000 by March 2007. Reuters and residential areas. But such privations, one of the at around 4 pm. The shop gets day when shareholders in the holds 55 per cent of Telecom ed last year. Officials at GUS businesspeople here warn few things that thrives now phone company approved the only a couple of hours of Italia’s voting shares. Reuters could not be immediately that the the slow pace of pow- in Baghdad, is a deepening deal, overriding protests from ET INSTA POLL electricity a day, far too little reached for comment. Reuters er restoration to industry distrust toward the US. some investors. Amid allega- GUS set to sell home Yesterday’s results: Does your to keep the freezer running. and commerce could devas- At full production, Iraqi tions of a conflict of interest shopping unit: UK retailer Resona to hasten 20% organisation have a sexual His customers, mostly tate what’s left of an econo- power plants can generate lodged by a dozen interna- GUS Plc is expected to cut in workforce: Resona harassment police? women, are too frightened to my already weakened by 12 around 5,500 megawatts. announce this week the sale Holdings Inc, Japan’s fifth- Yes 18% No 72% Can’t say 10% venture out during the years of sanctions. Electricity had been rationed of its home shopping unit to largest bank, plans to cut its • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users evening on Baghdad’s dark who chose to participate, and not necessarily of ‘‘The impact of this is a around the country, with UKbusinessmen the Barclay Mikael Gulbenkian, chairman workforce by about 20 per the general public. and often lawless streets. ripple effect,’’ said Maazen Baghdad, as the seat of brothers in a deal possibly of Calgary, Alberta-based cent by March 2005, two Today’s question: ‘‘Electricity is the main Baaghet, co-owner of al-Shu- power, receiving a dispropor- worth 500 million pounds Heritage Oil Corp, is looking years earlier than originally Will the Maruti IPO revive problem,’’ Dhiyakh said, as muz, which makes plastic tionately large share and ($819 million), the Sunday for business opportunities in planned, Kyodo news agency the primary market? one of his employees washed shopping bags in a factory in the rest of the country Telegraph reported. Both Iraq, which he calls ‘a para- reported on Sunday. Osaka- To vote, log on to a large tree stump used as a the capital’s industrial Jami- losing out. NYT News Service parties hope to complete the dise’ for oil investors. based Resona would submit http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
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16 Monday,May 26, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES The Times of India, New Delhi 4 American states may ban outsourcing London: Four US states are India’s rise has been re- plan is to provide greater ana- considering legislation to ban BPO Ban(d)wagon markable. Some 100,000 people lytical coverage at a fraction of outsourcing of state data pro- are thought to be employed in the cost in the West. cessing contracts to developing •New Jersey, Connecticut, call centres, while India’s com- The trend has even caught nations even as dozens of Maryland and Washington mull puter services and software in- the eye of the entertainment in- household names, spanning in- ban on outsourcing dustry is now worth $10 billion. dustry. Sanjeev Bhaskar, the surance, banking, technology •One third of UK’s call centres It is expected to grow by 25 to 30 star of the spoof BBC chat and telecoms, are transferring could shut down by 2005 with per cent this year, according to show ‘‘The Kumars At No 42’’, part of their white collar ad- the loss of 90,000 jobs Nasscom, the computer indus- is to script the call centre, a ministrative and customer- •2 million jobs in financial servi- try body. film billed as a comic love story service work to Asia, particu- ces alone are likely to move to Call centres in India handle set in India and the UK. larly to India to cut costs. emerging nations in next 5 years the processing of student Citigroup now employs 3,000 The US states considering loans, queries about utility people in India in call centres the measure to curb flight of •Major insurers like Prudential bills for Powergen and flight and processing operations in jobs are New Jersey,Maryland, and Aviva are also jumping on bookings for British Airways. Mumbai and Chennai have Connecticut and Washington, the bandwagon A series of other British com- helped it to become the world’s the Sunday Telegraph reported panies, including BT, HSBC, most profitable financial serv- on Sunday. thousands of back office jobs to developed economies to emerg- Prudential and Aviva, are shift- ices firm — its revenues have The report also expressed India a decade ago, is still in the ing nations in the next five ing their call centres to the grown by $ 35 billion in the past concern about the future of UK van, with 11,000 Indian process- years. Across all industries, the world’s biggest democracy. five years, while costs have in- call centres, a major industry ing staff, the report said. exodus of services jobs could Cost is just one issue. ‘‘Com- creased by just $12 billion. employing about 500,000 people ‘‘If China is becoming the be 4 million. panies go for the costs and stay HSBC, which is due to open a across 6,000 sites. According to workshop of the world, India is By 2008, financial services for the quality,’’ says Mike global processing centre in it, Mitial Research, a specialist the world’s back office,’’ says firms, are expected to have Harding, the managing direc- Kuala Lumpur this year and al- consultancy, has predicted that Chris Gentle of Deloitte Con- transferred $356 billion, or an tor of Mercer O Liver Wyman. ready has a major back office one third of Britain’s larger sulting, part of Deloitte and average of $1.4 billion for each India may be a poor country centre in Shenzhen, China, ex- call centres could shut down by Touche, the big five accountan- of the world’s top 100 financial but it has a well-educated, Eng- pects to employ 9,500 call centre 2005 with the loss of 90,000 jobs. cy firm. services companies. For lead- lish-speaking workforce. and processing staff in devel- General Electric, the giant Deloitte estimates that 2 mil- ers such as Citigroup and JP Morgan has said it would oping countries by the end of US conglomerate, which initi- lion jobs in financial services HSBC, there could be savings of set up a team of 40 junior re- 2003, including 5,500 in India ated the bold decision to shift alone are likely to move from two or three times that level. search analysts in India. The and 3,500 in China. PTI Tatas seek Govt support for VSNL New Delhi: The Tatas are under- on the ground that it was a bad stood to have sought the govern- deal, the spokesperson said ‘‘the ment’s support to protect the in- reports in the media about the is- terest of Videsh Sanchar Nigam, sue are completely unfounded whose fortunes have taken a dip, and the group categorically de- amid the growing competition in nies such malicious reports’’. the telecom sector. Tata’s communication to gov- Tata chief Ratan Tata is be- ernment assumes importance in lieved to have recently met com- the wake of a steep 77 per cent munication and disinvestment fall in net profits witnessed by minister Arun Shourie to brief VSNL in the third quarter ended him about the happenings in the December 2002, at Rs 81.8 crore acquired company and problems against Rs 357.2 crore in the year being faced by it. ago period. When contacted, a Tata spokesperson, however, said ‘‘we The company had attributed are not aware of Ratan Tata the drop to changed scenario in meeting the minister’’. international telephony sector, He however, also confirmed and opening up of the sector to that Tata had written a letter re- competition. cently to Shourie about VSNL It is understood that the Tata’s but declined to give details about letter is related to ensuring rout- the content. ing of the international long dis- Asked about the news reports tance traffic from telecom PSUs that Tatas had approached the Bharat Sanchar Nigam and Ma- government to take back VSNL hanagar Telephone Nigam. PTI Telecom wires get more entangled By J Mulraj ndia has achieved a teledensity of only 5 per cent of its popula- Ition, indicating the huge market potential in this sector. Doubtless the sector has shown a good growth; the cellular subscriber base has touched 12.6 million. This, however, pales in comparision to what has been achieved in China, which, in the 2002 calender year alone, sold 107 million cellular handsets! Since this accounted for nearly a quarter of global handset sales, it gives China an enormous buying clout internationally. If one were to analyse the dereg- ulation of the telecom sector in In- dia, and all the current controver- sies, one comes to two basic conclu- sions. Both emanate from the fact that the government is both the regulator as well as a player. They are a consequence of two things, namely, a desire to protect govern- ment companies and then a desire to add to the government revenues. To take the second one first, the government had thrown open the cellular sector, but wanted to raise huge amounts through the auction of license fees. In order to collect this ‘ransom’ it allowed duopolies in each circle. It was thus the con- sumer that paid (remember call charges of Rs 16 per minute?). It is this license fees that has become a stumbling block to the entry of cheaper WLL service. The cellular operators are protesting on the ba- sis of a non-level-playing field. The desire to protect government firms is creating its own set of problems, such as, recently, the de- sire to impose ‘access deficit charges’ on all other players, in or- der to compensate the two state- owned companies, MTNL and BSNL, for losses made for provid- ing telecom services to unprof- itable areas. This is untenable. At least if there is no time-frame for which ADC has to be paid, if at all. Besides, private sector players are expanding into rural areas. Bharti, for instance, announced plans to invest Rs 12 billion to cover over 1,100 towns. Technologies such as WLL also bring down cost of te- lephony especially for rural areas. In India, a lot more entrepre- neurs have been created and there is more competition. Perhaps too much of it! With each circle having several fixed line, cellular and WLL players, there are about 6-7 compet- ing players each cutting costs to the delight of consumers. The next round, however, will see a consoli- dation with the smaller players get- ting wiped out or taken over. The government has facilitated this by making the license transferable. Af- ter that, it is quite likely that call- ing rates will start rising again.
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The Times of India, New Delhi, Monday,May 26, 2003
Let’s play annually The Mexican wave Ronaldinho for Man U? Wasim Akram is appealing again but The Mexican wave Ana Guevara Goose bumps and all that. That’s what the verdict is nowhere to be seen. swept Cathy Freeman’s (left) meet Ronaldinho is getting these days at a The former star has appealed for an record to win 2003 Prefontaine possible thought of playing for Man annual Indo-Pak Test series. That’s Classic Grand Prix. Guevara United. He admitted it was a “concrete some hope. But for the time clocked 49.34 for her 400 metres possibility”. “When I think of learning being, let’s say Amen to that zipping past Freeman’s 50.02 from Ferguson, I get goose bumps” Defending champions Serena Williams and Albert Costa will start their campaign at French Open
I’m not worried by any flack. If people want to look at these three days and complain about Costa, Serena my captaincy that’s irrelevant Australians unstoppable — Nasser Hussain after AP beating Zimbabwe Port of Spain (Trinidad): World Michael Clarke contributing a Cup champions Australia steamed blazing 55 off 40 balls in the high- feel the heat SPORTS DIGEST to a 67-run victory over the West est Australian innings at the pressure on myself this year. AFP FRENCH OPEN Indies to clinch the One-day inter- Trinidad ground and only two But I believe I have a way of national cricket series 4-0 at the runs behind the best Australian Paris: Title-holders Serena beating the Williams.” Queen’s Park Oval here on Satur- ODI total in the Caribbean. Williams and Albert Costa Yet another all-Williams day night. The Australians, the Gilchrist, freshened up after sit- will be feeling the heat de- Grand Slam final is not cer- dominant force in world cricket, ting out last Wednesday’s victory tain as elder sister Venus, won their 21st consecutive One- spite the chilly weather fore- in St Lucia, hammered nine fours cast for the second Grand seeded third, who has yet to day match and their 11th straight and a six in his 103-ball knock win in Paris and opens over the Windies. Slam of the season which while 22-year-old Clarke, who starts here on Monday. The against US qualifier Saman- Ricky Ponting’s team powered to scored an unbeaten 75 in St Lucia tha Reeves, is short on match 286 for five off their 50 overs and reigning champions crowns in midweek, provided late fire- are looking decidedly shaky play and form after pulling a bowled out the West Indies for 219 works with six boundaries and a stomach muscle before the off 45.3 overs to underline the gulf on the eve of the two-week six. Clarke rode his luck — he was tournament on the slow red German Open. in experience and performance be- bowled off a Corey Collymore no- World number one Serena tween the two sides in the seven- clay of the Roland Garros ball and was reprieved on 47 by Ri- complex on the outskirts of is in the top half of the draw game series. cardo Powell who dropped a dolly and will go up against experi- The West Indies, pinned down the capital. catch in the deep — to remain un- enced German Barbara Rit- by Australia’s pacemen early in Williams will be going for beaten in three ODI innings in his tner, but lurking down the the innings, were always well be- her fifth straight major title, fledgling international career. line is dangerous Belgian hind the asking rate and self-de- something last accomplished All the top-order batsmen con- second seed Kim Clijsters, structed with three suicidal run by Germany’s Steffi Graf in tributed to Australia’s big total. winner on clay at the Italian outs in the last four wickets to fall. 1988-89. But while the jour- Matthew Hayden smacked 44 off 61 Open, and slayer of Serena in Man-of-the-match Adam ney back to Paris should be balls, skipper Ponting hit 38 (47), the season-ending champi- Gilchrist topscored with 84 in Aus- sentimental one for Andrew Symonds 24 (28) and onships last year. tralia’s innings with youngster Williams, who won the first Michael Bevan was out on the final of her 22 WTA titles here, Costa, meanwhile, begins ball of the innings, holing out to and began her ‘Serena Slam’ against Argentine qualifier SCOREBOARD Brian Lara in the deep off Vasbert at Roland Garros last year, Sergio Roitman, and the PROUD WINNER: Chinese Wang Nan, Australia: 286 for 5 Drakes for 21 off 22 deliveries. the 21-year-old American ar- ninth seed admits it will be a the winner of the women's singles West Indies: The West Indian fielding was dia- rives on the back of losses to tough task faced with world in the 47th World Table Tennis C. Gayle lbw b Harvey 84 bolical. They spilled four catches, Justine Henin-Hardenne in number one Lleyton Hewitt, R. Powell c Ponting b Gillespie 8 championship displays a vase of twice in Gilchrist’s knock, Charleston and French hope former champion Gustavo Sevres at the Palais Omnisports in W. Hinds lbw b Lee 3 R. Sarwan lbw b McGrath 16 Symonds on 10 and Clarke (47). Amelie Mauresmo, the fifth Kuerten and French hope Paris on Sunday. B. Lara c Hayden b Symonds 40 Opener Chris Gayle hit 84 off 113 seed, in Rome. “She can be Richard Gasquet all in his M. Samuels c Hogg b Harvey 27 balls in the West Indies innings, but frustrated,” warned Bel- side at the top half. American Vaughan tops ratings: Michael R. Jacobs run out (Lee) 13 apart from skipper Brian Lara’s 40 gium’s Henin-Hardenne. “I Andy Roddick is also brim- R. Hurley run out (Symonds) 0 Vaughan reign as the world’s top- V. Drakes lbw b Gillespie 9 off 47 balls he found little support. think it’s good for the other ming with confidence after ranked batsman has been cut short M. Dillon not out 0 “We decided to open the bowling players that we can see that.” winning with ease on Austri- after his failure in England’s first Test C. Collymore run out (Ponting) 2 with Brett Lee and Gillespie today, Mauresmo, who has never an clay. After his first Grand against Zimbabwe. Australia’s Extras: (b 4, lb 4, w 8, nb 1) 17 a bit of extra pace, and it seemed to got beyond the fourth round Slam title Costa has not won Matthew Hayden quickly regained his Total: (All out, in 45.3 overs) 219 at Roland Garros, agreed: a title and is hoping to rekin- Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-33, 3-77, 4-146, 5- work for us and when Glenn came place at the top after Vaughan, look- on in the middle, he kept things “I’m trying not to put any dle the fire on clay here.AFP ing out of sorts, managed just eight 174, 6-197, 7-201, 8-217, 9-217. Bowling: Lee 8-1-30-1 (1 nb, 1 w), Gillespie tight and got their run-rate up... AP runs in England’s win on Saturday. 8-0-30-2 (4 w), McGrath 7-0-21-1, Hogg 9- the West Indies were under pres- Vaughan, the top run-scorer in world 1-41-0 (1 w), Harvey 9.3-0-58-2 (1 w), West Indies’ Ryan Hurley collides with Ricky Ponting during the fourth sure from there,” said Ponting af- cricket last season, had replaced Symonds 4-0-31-1 (1 w). ODI at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, on Saturday. AFP Hayden in the Test ratings in April. ter the victory. Hayden averaged 63.16 in Australia’s 3-1 Test series win over West Indies The Australian winning streak earlier this month. Shaun Pollock January 11 - Aus 271-4 def. Eng 264-7 by 7 runs tops the bowling ahead of Australian WI post mammoth total January 15 - Aus 214-6 def. SL 211-9 by 4 wkts Glenn McGrath and Sri Lanka’s off- January 19 - Aus 153-6 def. Eng 152 by 4 wkts Port of Spain (Trinidad): three changes to their team. January 21 - Aus 215-1 def. SL 214-8 by 9 wkts spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. AFP West Indies waltzed to a for- Jimmy Maher, Andy Bichel SCOREBOARD January 23 - Aus 118-0 def. Eng 117 by 10 wkts Yuvi does better: Yuvraj Singh midable total of 290 for five in and Nathan Hauritz take January 25 - Aus 229-7 def. Eng 224 by 5 runs shook off his opening failure with 50 overs against Australia in their place at the expense of West Indies: World Cup, SA C Gayle lbw b Lee 5 better show in his next tow outings February 11 - Aus 310-8 def. Pak 228 by 82 runs the fifth ODI at Queen’s Park Matthew Hayden, Jason Gille- W Hinds c Gilchrist b Bichel 79 for Yorkshire in English county crick- Oval here on Sunday. spie and Brad Hogg. February 15 - Aus 128-1 def. Ind 125 by 9 wkts et. He had scored 11 on debut and B Lara c Gilchrist b Bichel 80 February 20 - Aus 170-2 def. Ned 122 by 75 runs (DL) West Indies skipper Brian Jamaican all-rounder David R Sarwan c Gilchrist b Lee 32 February 24 - Aus 248-3 def. Zim 246-9 by 7 wkts added a unbeaten 29 in the drawn M Samuels lbw b Lee 42 game against Glamorgan. On Sun- Lara, after electing to bat, Bernard makes his ODI debut February 27 - Aus 301-6 def. Nam 45 by 256 runs for the hosts at the expense of R Powell not out 20 March 2 - Aus 208-8 def. Eng 204-8 by 2 wkts day, he was unbeaten with 33 off 3 chipped in with a fine 80 be- R Jacobs not out 7 Vasbert Drakes. The Aus- March 7 - Aus 319-5 def. SL 223 by 96 runs off 51 balls when rain stopped play fore edging an Andy Bichel Extras: (b 1, lb 11, w 11, nb 2) 25 March 11 - Aus 208-9 def. NZ 112 by 96 runs tralians are chasing their 22nd at 94 for 3 also against Glamorgan. delivery to wicketkeeper Total (for five, in 50 overs): 290 March 15 - Aus 178-5 def. Ken 174-8 by 5 wkts Adam Gilchrist. He shared a consecutive ODI win and 12 March 18 - Aus 212-7 def. SL 123-7 by 48 runs (DL) US to play host: The Women’s Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-183, 3- straight against West Indies. March 23 - Aus 359-2 def. Ind 234 by 125 runs World Cup will take place in the Unit- 178-run second-wicket part- 192, 4-263, 5-264 In West Indies ed States next September after be- nership with Wavel Hinds The hosts lost the opening Bowling: Glenn McGrath 10- 0- ing moved out of China because of who made 79. double-header at Kingston’s 46-0 (3w), Brett Lee 10-2-56-3 May 17 - Aus 270-5 def. WI 205-8 by 2 runs (DL) the deadly severe acute respiratory Earlier, the Australians, Sabina Park, fell to a 25-run de- (2nb, 1w), Ian Harvey 10-1-46-0, May 18 - Aus 166-2 def. WI 163 by 8 wkts who clinched the seven-game feat at Castries’ Beausejour Andy Bichel 10-0-67-2, Nathan May 21 - Aus 258-4 def. WI 233-9 by 25 runs syndrome (SARS) disease, the Hauritz 6-0-38-0 (1w), Michael May 24 - Aus 286-5 def. WI 219 by 67 runs. Philadelphia Inquirer reported on series 4-0 with a 67-run victo- Stadium and lost by 67 runs Clarke 4-0-25-0. (Key: DL - Duckworth-Lewis Method for rain-affected matches) Saturday. The US had hosted the ry in Saturday’s match, made here on Saturday.Agencies event in 1999 and was one of two nations, along with Sweden, to sub- Ajit Ninan mit bids by the deadline. Canada has also requested that some of the early Anderson’s five-star debut round games be played in Common- playing for Burnley Cricket Club by a fe- wealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta ZIMBABWE IN ENGLAND male supporter who got in touch with - an outdoor venue built for the 1982 London: James Anderson capped a re- Lancashire, where he attracted atten- Defending champion and top-seeded Serena Williams of the Commonwealth Games. AFP markable rise through the ranks of Eng- tion with some impressive county cham- US cuddles her Jack Russell Terrier “Jackie” after practice Future plans: J & K government is lish professional cricket on Saturday by pionship performances during 2002. He on Saturday at the Roland Garros in Paris. planning to host this year’s C K playing a major role in England’s in- finished that season with 50 first-class Nayudu under-19 cricket tournament nings and 92-run win in the first Test wicket, including a best of six for 23 in the valley but sports officials be- against Zimbabwe. against Hampshire. A spell at England’s ‘No desire to play men’ lieve that the state does not have the Fast bowler Anderson, 20, on his Test academy for promising players in Ade- necessary infrastructure to hold such Paris: Serena Williams was hang up there. It’s cool she debut and less than a year after making laide followed. impressed by Annika Soren- was able to do that.’’ a prestigious event. PTI his first-class bow for Lancashire, took But injuries before and during the Eng- stam’s foray onto the PGA At the Colonial tourna- BETTING METER five for 73 in as Zimbabwe were shot out land senior team’s tour of Australia and Tour. The No. 1 women’s ten- ment in Fort Worth, Texas, for 147 and forced to follow-on before los- to several first-choice quicks including nis player has no desire to this week, Sorenstam be- TENNIS ing with more than two days to spare. In Darren Gough, Simon Jones and Stephen play against men, though. came the first woman to play 2003 French Open the process he became the first England Harmison, as well as pace bowling all- ‘‘I think she did great,’’ in a PGA Tour event in 58 (Women’s singles — probable champion) bowler since Dominic Cork against the rounders Andrew Flintoff and Craig Williams said Sunday.‘‘I real- years. The Swede had cred- S Williams evens K Clijsters 7/2 West Indies in 1995 at Lord’s to take five White, eventually saw Anderson called ly wanted her to do even bet- itable rounds of 71-74 but J Henin-Hardenne wickets in an innings in his first Test. up for the One-day series through lack of ter. But I think she did really, missed the cut. Williams V Williams 5/1 “I couldn’t ask for a better debut,” said available alternatives. really well.’’ won’t entertain thoughts of J Capriati 14/1 Anderson who is by English standards, However he proved he’s more than a Williams, who begins de- trying something similar. A Mauresmo 16/1 young to be playing Test cricket. mere stop gap, bowling at lively pace with fense of her French Open ti- ‘‘I’m here to play female ten- L Davenport 20/1 as per ladbrokes.com. Much of his career has been a series an accuracy rare for novice English tle on Monday, added that nis,’’ she said. ‘‘I’ve never been of happy accidents. He was ‘spotted’ quicks.AFP Sorenstam proved ‘‘she can involved in men’s tennis.’’ AP Latif worried about ‘No plan to withdraw Keep vested interests away from national soccer Bangladesh’s Test status’ batting failure obody seems to be interested The response of our readers has been overwhelming. Due to mission in a reputed school as the in finding out the actual rea- Karachi: The International Cricket Council Islamabad: Pakistan captain Rashid minimum criteria for the selection son behind the increase in paucity of space we could not print all of them. Here are (ICC) has no plans to withdraw Bangladesh’s Latif has attributed the N was more than 85%. My son had been Test status and was committed to improving defeat of his new-look number of positive tests by athletes some of the views of our readers busy for more than two months prior in recent times. The athletes are to the Games which affected his cricket in the country, the Asian Cricket team in the final of the Pakistan, Bangladesh, course there’s politics Council (ACC) said on Sunday. aware of the harmful effects. But they preparations badly. But there are recent Sri Lankan tris- Sri Lanka, Nepal and INDIAN SPORT interfering with the “ICC and ACC are particularly committed can’t go for other alternatives, like hardly any relaxations/quotas for eries to the failure of Bhutan can also be sport. to all out support to improve cricket in his top order batsmen food supplements, as the import du- SLEEPING sportsperons in schools and colleges. ties on them are too high. Hence, not planned. If the corpo- Shirish Dubey Bangladesh and reports giving (the) impres- to click. rates offer tax incen- How can a parent encourage their all can afford them. I would like to GIANT his is in reference sion that Bangladesh’s Test status would be “If our top order batting starts click- tives like tax holidays wards to take up sports seriously? draw the attention of the government to Baichung taken back are totally wrong,” ACC develop- ing and Yousuf Youhana gets in his and exemptions on sports promotion T Even in schools, teachers discourage in this regard and request for a re- Bhutia speaking on the present poor ment manager Zakir Husain Syed said. groove, Pakistan will be strong combi- expenses, it would prove beneficial. children to play saying there’s no fu- “ICC has plans to improve the infrastruc- nation in coming months,” he told the duction of the duties. If the food sup- standard of Indian football. It is in the ture in sports. plements are available at a cheap Ramesh Brahmadathan grip of officials who have their own ture and domestic competitions in media in Karachi after his return from Ashwani Kumar,New Delhi Bangladesh and has allocated around $0.5 Sri Lankan tour. Pakistan reached the price in the Indian markets, it will have been a table-tennis player but vested interests, whose sole purpose is help reducing the use of drugs. to project their image. Some of them hail from a small town named million for that purpose.” final of the trination tournament Iopted to become a doctor instead. I Bangladesh became the tenth Test-playing played in Dambulla in Sri Lanka but understand the dilemma of parents have been there for almost two decades IKaithal which is a district town in Rahul Bhatia, nation in June 2000 but has since failed to jus- lost the trophy to New Zealand. Hosts and the sportsmen. During the Com- and they have contributed nothing but Haryana. But the sports department New Delhi tify the status, losing 18 of 19 Tests. The na- Sri Lanka failed to qualify for the final. monwealth Games, NRIs in UK had a decline in the standard. They are at of this district does not have its own the helm of affairs by virtue of their stadium here. They are running their tional team has not won a One-day match for Latif said opener Taufiq Umar was ndian football skipper Baichung organised a felicitation function in an four years. Syed told reporters before leaving tried in two events after the World Cup effort to support the sportsmen. Un- political connections and do not any sports programmes at the R.K.S.D. IBhutia has raised a pertinent point. have other credentials. Identify these to attend the ICC development committee but was unable to deliver. He said Tau- fortunately, we couldn’t do any more college-ground but the college author- The game needs to be marketed proper- elements and isolate them. It would be ities, of late has issued a notice to va- meeting from May 31 to June 1 in New York, fiq can continue as opener in Tests sug- ly.Adequate television and radio cover- then, but I would certainly like to be the first step in right direction. cate it at the earliest. The state that ICC development manager Andrew Ead gesting he preferred another opener age is the key to success. National Foot- able to contribute more. This could be had nominated certain areas where the ICC V.N. Rana government is too lethargic to look for ODIs. “I will be putting forward my ball League matches should be resched- both financially and otherwise. There into the issue. and the Pakistan-based ACC could work to- suggestions to the selection commit- uled for weekends, and day-nighters are two major problems facing Indian y son is a badminton player who gether for Bangladesh’s improvement. tee,” he said. during weekdays. Besides, legal betting sport and both are inter linked. There M represented Delhi in the 2000 Sumeet Seth, “The ICC has planned an elite training pro- Latif expressed satisfaction over the must be allowed to promote the game is no money in the game due to lack of National Games. Subsequently, he Kaithal, Haryana gramme in Bangladesh and ACC will also performance of his pace quartet of like in England. This drives human in- success. The other is the poor selec- also appeared in the CBSE Xth board Readers can send their views conduct a sports medicine programme be- Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, terest and following. A South Asian Su- tion policies followed by the federa- examinations and passed with 72.4% on [email protected] or fax sides various other coaching and umpiring Shabbir Ahmed and Umar Gul.PTI per League consisting best teams from tions and other sports bodies. And of marks. But it couldn’t fetch him ad- at 23323346, 23324173. programmes there,” Syed said.AFP
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18 Monday,May 26, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi
contingent to have scaled the techni- may have taken a risk, but he should FEERREE caly difficult peak, too. Earlier, the be a lot more mellowed man now after IIFFF NNTT record was held by a Russian team of all the ups and downs he has gone DD 11. ‘‘It’s a great achievement and apart through. Dhanraj would be happy to The fight against drugs from being a golden jubilee celebra- find chum Mukesh in the line-up, Udayshankar tion, it was a goodwill gesture of the hoping that the genial Hyderabadi will hile the Indian sports Indian Army towards our Nepal coun- keep pace with him upfront. officials keep dis- terparts,” said Brig V K Chopra, DDG, Does the selection of these seniors W cussing what kind of S Army Adventure Wing to Wanderer.. mean that the selectors and coaches action they should take ST S against drug abusers caught TROKE S Records are nothing new for him. The are looking at them as prospects for OK Indian Army has been entered in the next Olympics in a year’s time? several months ago, the Chinese showed them how the Limca Book of Records for their It will also be a big test for chief to strike when the iron is Annapurna Expedition last year. For coach Rajinder Singh and his panel of hot by placing bans on 34 the record, Bodh has become the expert coaches to prove the need of their errant athletes, in- Army’s peaks of pride first Indian to scale more than three of such a big back-up team. 8000m and above peaks. cluding a coach. eights. Nothing on earth surpass- The Australian speciality Of course, China is also try- es 8848m. Yes, it’s Mount Everest Return of the veterans ing to mend its ways and, H in all its grandeur. A three-mem- more importantly, show that hough Glenn McGrath issued a ber team led by Maj SS Shekhawat of s in cricket, hockey also seems to profound apology after his alterca- to the world after several of the Indian Army scaled it from have been forced to take note of T tion with West Indian Ramnaresh their athletes have invited the more difficult direc- A the performances in domestic Sarwan, the controversy refuses to die shame upon their country tion — the South Col — braving roar- tournaments. That alone could explain down. Last week top ICC officials, by getting caught in the ing 70mph winds. It was a the return to the national side of some including president Malcolm Gray and drugs net. joint venture with the Royal Nepal seniors, who had been sidelined after chief executive Malcolm Speed, issued Having faced acute embar- Army on the golden jubilee celebra- India’s none-too-happy showing in the statements condemning the excessive rassment more than once, tions of the first ascent to the summit Olympic Games and in the World Cup. the Chinese have resolved AFP aggression of the Australian players. Both Speed and Gray roped in to conduct thousands of tests umpires David Shepherd and Srinivas to ensure history does not Venkataraghavan into the controversy, repeat itself. saying that it was the duty of the Meanwhile, sports officials umpires to ensure that all such acts across the world anticipate did not go unnoticed. Gray admitted tougher days ahead when ath- that the Australians were losing letes will resort to genetic dop- fans across the world because of ing — use technologies that will enable them to manipu- lent blood and urine tests will not be of any use. But be- such behaviour. late their genes to increase the body’s muscle mass or fore that, it would be a good idea to ask national federa- tions to first act fast on the blood and urine tests that have Reports last week suggested that make blood cells replenish faster.The World Anti-Doping detected presence of banned substances. such indiscipline was not limited to Agency is confident that it would be able to devise meth- the Australian cricketers. Other sports ods to catch the guilty athletes because the preva- had people such as Leyton Hewitt who also had been guilty of misbehaving at divided into three groups of 50 each, into the team as a top-ranked player. times. Rightly so, Gray suggested that each group with its own qualified The TT slide Years ago, players like K Nagaraj and it was really up to the national bodies coach and assistant, and a well ver since the world table tennis Sudhir Phadke made some to develop within their teams a change organised two-week programme. impression in individual events and the in culture. On the other hand, there championships have been split Popular coach Nonita Lall Quereshi best showing by an Indian team was at are Australians such as captain Steve E into the team and individual and professional golfer-husband, the Dortmund world championships in Waugh who are amused to see what the events in different years, the organis- Faisal, are ensuring that the first batch Gothenburg in 1985 when they were fuss is all about. After all, display of ers may be finding it easy, but Indian of kids not only are taught the basics placed 12. When India hosted the world aggression was for them a way of life, players are finding the exit gates with- but learn that golf is fun. Each learner championships in Delhi two years later, there was nothing wrong with it. After in a day or two of the commencement gets a Lall-Quereshi folder with a we slipped to 16, and the slide contin- all, if that helps get the desired result, of the championships. Even the wealth of information on the game ues. Even in the region, India have not there is nothing wrong with it. change in format from the 21 points complete with amusing illustrations game to 11 and from best of five to been able to push ahead much for years what with China, Korea, Japan, Taiw Former South African president Nelson Mandela meets English football captain and rules quizzes, an impressive iden- best of seven doesn’t seem to have Golf can be fun! an and Hong Kong marching ahead. In David Beckham in Johannesburg. Beckham later said it was “an amazing honour tity tag, T-shirt and cap fashionably made much of a difference. this open era, several nations have play- to greet the elderly statesman”. ifty young golfers, aged six to 17, worn backwards. Two hours’ coaching Two men and two women made it to ers of Chinese origin just like are having a ball at the Delhi Golf in the morning, two in the afternoon the main draw from the qualifiers, but under the banner Joint Indo-Nepal African track athletes settling down in First the squad has been increased F Club this week in the Junior Train- so groups remain small, also avoid all of them fell at the first hurdle in the Everest Massif Expedition. Europe. The only way India can hope to to 20 from 18 and then Mukesh Kumar, ing Programme 2003, very different boredom and heat exhaustion. open singles. India’s best player, do well at international events is to im- But the icing on the cake for the Baljit Saini and Baljit Dhillon have from the past few JTPs which were vir- Yoga starts them young with breath- Chetan Baboor, has had an odd good port Chinese players! Indian Army was the summiting been brought back. Of course, Dhanraj tually summer melas for 250 young- ing and stretching exercises, and at a win thanks to his playing in the Euro- Lhotse — majestically standing at Pillay continues to perform a notch or sters. Fortunately,the DGC powers that health session, parents and children pean circuit, but he may have played 8511m — the first ever Indian team to two above the rest, though he shoots be, have, this year reverted to the earli- learned how to prevent sports injuries his last world championship as he is a do so since it was first climbed in 1956. his mouth off every now and then to er objectives of the programme, to help and cope with heat and fatigue. This is qualified engineer and is likely to The 12-member Indo-Nepal joint expe- the annoyance of teammates as well develop junior potential. the pattern for the complete package settle down in the U.S. Mantu Ghosh, dition led by Chering Norbu Bodh, as administrators. By naming him The JTP has been restricted to a for each group of 50, with the camp who became the youngest national broke the earlier record for the largest captain, the Indian Hockey Federation manageable 150 aspiring golfers, staggered over six weeks. women’s champion, forced her way
AFP Acid test for hockey team Mahesh-Max can Bangalore: A confident Indi- “Our morale is high. We Penalty corner coach an hockey team left here for are well prepared to face Harinder Singh, who also ac- Australia to take part in the tough challenges,” they said companied the team along pull it off in Paris two-leg three-nation invita- at the airport before leaving. with assistant coach Baldev tional tournament starting on The event would be held at Singh, said changes in penal- By Ashis Ray TENNIS TRAIL May 28 where its much await- Perth and Sydney. ty corner rules effected by ny perceptive observ- the men’s doubles with Rikl, ed face-off with Pakistan is In particular, India’s fix- the world governing body er of the remarkably before clinching the ATP title expected to provide fireworks tures with Pakistan are ex- FIH would be advantageous successful Leander A in Dubai with him. He, then, for the 12-day event. pected to be watched keenly to India. Paes-Mahesh Bhupathi dou- bles combination, would went on to lift the Delray Led by the mercurial Dhan- back home as it is the first The sacking of skipper Beach crown, in the United raj Pillay, the 20-member time that they would be cross- Mohammed Nadeem, penal- have inferred that the chem- istry that produced such an States, with Nenad Zimonjic team took the late night flight ing swords following peace ty-corner expert Sohail Ab- of Serbia. This month, Paes to Singapore en-route to Aus- overtures from New Delhi. bas and another key player unbeatable force in 1999, was under pressure soon after. and Rikl, after an indifferent tralia, which has fielded Aus- The presence of veterans and left-half Mohammed phase in the interim, quali- tralia ‘A’ side for the event be- like Baljit Dhillon, Baljit Wasim, has no doubt given a Despite this, they came up trumps for the second time in fied for the last four in the sides its national side. Singh Saini and Mukesh Ku- jolt to Pakistan which, how- Hamburg Masters, beating Exuding optimism, 34-year- mar, besides Pillay, would ever, is on a high after after the French Open in 2001. After the separation, Bhu- Jonas Bjorkman and Todd old Pillay and chief Coach Ra- definitely be of great help, winning the Azlan Shah Woodbridge on the way. jinder Singh said the team believes Rajinder, who was Tournament in Malaysia two pathi has fared rather better than Paes. The Bangalorean At the moment, Paes and was confident of putting up a coach of the Indian junior months ago. and his new partner, Max Rikl may not be as fancied as good show, having undergone team that won the World Cup. India begin their campaign Mirnyi of Belarus, currently Bhupathi and Mirnyi in the a month-long rigorous train- Saini would strengthen the with a match against Aus- world number 25 in singles, French Open, but are unlike- ing programme at the Sports midfield, where the team tralia ‘A’on May 28, while Pak- make a formidable pair. Last ly to be pushovers either. In- Authority of India, South would have to otherwise de- istan will take on Australia MAN & THE MACHINE: Italian Valentino Rossi (L) and Spanish Sete Gibernau (R) are engulfed in deed, a year ago, Paes, in smoke in the 500cc category at the French Mortorcycling Grand Prix in Le Mans on Sunday. year, they reached the semifi- Centre. pend on new players, he said. the same day. PTI nals in the French, the quar- spite of a virtually scratch pairing with the Czech, CROSS COUNTRY terfinals at Wimbledon and Wang intends triumphed in the US Open. Tomas Cibulec, forced his Chile lift World way into the last four at Schlager wins rare while Bengal’s Rupesh Roy This season, the old firm was Roland Garros. Dempo scrape emerged champion in the not restored to start with, af- Team Cup to emulate Coe ter, apparently, the Belaru- Mental distress can be a boy’s under-18 year catego- sian wanted to concentrate major impediment. Andre Dusseldorf: Chile outplayed Paris: Wang Nan is aiming to past Salgaocar ry of Tata Steel Tennis gold for Europe do a Sebastian Coe, the on singles. Upon a re-think, Agassi — as confirmation the Czech Republic on Satur- Championship. comes that wife Steffi Graf is day to lift the World Team British Olympian who turned Margao: Dempo’s chances though, they have stormed to WORLD TT Sunday. In the girls section, Var- expecting her second baby — Cup for the first time. Fer- The right-handed attack- to a career in politics after he of making to the semifinals titles at Estoril, in Portugal sha trounced Mika and in the prestigious Master is a classic case of being mo- nando Gonzalez made a per- Paris: Austria’s Werner ing player became the first retired from the athletics of the U-19 National Foot- Muhuri 6-3, 6-2 while in the Series tournament in Monte tivated by happy home life; so fect start by claiming a dra- Schlager won the men’s sin- ever world men’s singles track, when she finally turns ball League got a boost on U-14 category, she regis- Carlo; and look as threaten- much so, that at 33, he is a se- matic 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) victo- gles title at the Table Tennis champion for his country. her back on table tennis. Sunday when they edged tered an easy 6-1, 6-1 win ing as any other duo at rious challenger even on the ry over Jiri Novak, and after World Championships here Schlager’s 11/9 7/11 12/10 The heroine of Saturday’s past title aspirants Salgao- women’s singles at the World over Survi Verma to Roland Garros. grinding red clay,though it is Radek Stepanek levelled the on Sunday. 11/8 8/11 7/11 14/12 triumph car by a solitary goal at the Championships revealed: emerge champion. In the In contrast, Paes, with the doubtful if he can cope with tie by overcoming Marcelo The number six seed de- left China without a repre- Duler grounds. The win “I’m keen on politics, and re- boys’ category, Roy defeat- less experienced David Rikl a five-setter against a tough Rios 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), Gonzalez feated Korea’s 61st Seed Joo sentative in the men’s blue puts Dempo on top with cently represented Liaoning seven points from three ed Anshuman Dutta of As- of the Czech Republic, is re- opponent. teamed with Nicolas Massu Se-Hyuk 4-2 (11/9 11/6 6/11 riband event for the first province as a delegate at a big matches, displacing Sal- sam 7-5, 6-3. PTI quired to do much of the run- However, an Argentinian to beat Novak and Stepanek 12/10 8/11 12/10). time in six years. Communist Party meeting.” gaocar who remained on ning himself which he has Armada seems to loom on 6-4, 6-2 in the doubles. The 30-year-old registered Joo beat 9th seed Kreanga Wang Nan, who with this six points after suffering the skill to undertake. the horizon, what with Ham- Gonzalez made his fourth Europe’s first success in the 4-1 (11/5 3/11 11/7 11/8 12/10). Ramkumar win golden hat-trick has sur- their first defeat. Coutinho In December, he returned burg throwing up an all-Ar- great escape in two weeks as Blue Riband event since the Joo, who is the surprise pack- passed even the record of her trapped a Clifford pass and Chikmagalur: Defending to his base in Florida to gentinian last four. he battled his way to victory legendary Swedish paddler age in the line-up given his great mentor, Deng Yaping, netted the winner in the champions V R Naren strenuously work on his fit- As for the fairer sex, Lley- against Novak. He won his Jan-Ove Waldner won gold in comparatively lowly 61st ton Hewitt’s Belgian girl- who ‘only’ won two world 42nd minute. PTI Kumar and co-driver ness and game. Around the first round match at the 1997. seed ranking, was always in friend, Kim Cljisters and the championship singles in the D Ramkumar of team same time, Martina Hamburg Masters after trail- The bronze medal winner control of the match against Navratilova became a useful, French number one, Amelie 1990s, confessed she has been MRF won the Coffee-day ing 5-1 in the third set, and in at the 1999 championships the bandana-wearing Krean- encouraging influence not to Mauresmo, are hinting at dis- well and truly bitten by the Varsha triumphs Championship Rally, the his Friday match in Dussel- had booked his ticket to the ga. Joo came up with aseries political bug. “I feel being a mention, his other half in a lodging Serena Williams, no first round of the MAI dorf he beat David Nalbandi- final with a seven-set, semi- of forehand drives to unset- sportswoman can have an Jamshedpur: Varsha Dut- mixed doubles victory in the mean task, while the tabloids Indian National Rally an in straight sets after final victory over double tle Keranga. Thereafter his impact on your future life. I’ll ta of Assam clinched the Australian Open. In this are excited about a preco- falling behind 4-2 in the first Olympic champion Kong dropshots further baffled his make a decision when I re- under-14 and under-18 sin- Championship, here on tournament, Paes also cious 16-year-old Russian, gles titles in girls’ section Sunday. PTI set and 5-2 in the second. AFP Linghui of China earlier on opponent. AFP tire.” AFP reached the quarterfinals of Maria Sharapova. AFP CAPITAL SPORT Brown Sugar proves merit ONGC are champions: tillating 54 to guide Bhoomi 136 for 8 in 40 overs. Star-studded ONGC defeated into the quarterfinals. TIMES NEWS NETWORK Match tied: The match be- RACES Sonnet Cricket Club by 6 RR Gymkhana: 207 for 8 in 40 overs tween Air Sahara and South New Delhi: According to in- handicaps for Mysore races wickets to annex the 30th (Pradeep Chawla 61, Tony Singh 5 for formation received here on Goswami Ganesh Dutt me- 34) Hari Bhoomi Club: 208 for 7 in 40 Delhi Colts in the Lala Raghu- scheduled for Wednesday: Sunday Brown Sugar (Mrs morial cricket tournament. overs (Varun Kumar 54). bir memorial cricket tourna- Bol Publication Cup: 3 Y-O Only: Silva Storoi astride) claimed 1,100m: Rich With Tradition 56, Land Man of the match Sandeep ment ended in a tie at the Modern School, Barakhamba Feeder 56, Emissary 56, Go For It 56, As- Sharma, who scored a fluent Tarun hits ton: Tarun and the Karnataka Juvenile Yogesh hit centuries to help Road ground. Chasing Sa- Million, the feature event of sortment 56, Jackie Brown 54.5, Show 82 for the winners was the Boat 54.5. Ramanagarar Plate: 30 & Salwan Boys thump Pelican hara’s 230 for 9, the colts the Bangalore races held on chief architect of victory. ended up at the same score Above: 1,200m: Pride Estates 64, Al- Sunil Joshi was declared the by 211 runs in the DDCA U- Sunday. mond 59, Baaja Bajav 58, Just Do It 58, 15 league at the Bharat Na- in their stipulated 40 overs. Yours Mine N Ours 57.5, Frontier Hero 56, man of the tournament while Air Sahara: 230 for 9 in 40 overs Results: Doncaster Plate: Red Flame 1, Mohammed Kaif was ad- gar ground. In another en- Luca Brassi 2, Honest Princess 3, Beauty Gullane 54.5, Almost Heaven 53.5, Hero- counter, Bright CC beat Han- (Vikas CHand 80, Kapil Mehta 54, Deep- judged the best batsman. ak Bhatnagar 46, Ashish Malhotra 3 for Mission 4. Prince Khartoum Plate: Na- ic 53,Telegram 53, Sher Khan 52, Blazing Rock 51.5, Royal Salute 51.5, Valencia Sonnet CC: 187 for 8 in 40 overs: sraj Smarak School by 103 28) South delhi Colts: 230 for 8 in 40 tional Victory 1, Flash of Speed 2, Iron 49. Sarqur Plate: 20-35: 1,400m: Ben (Saket Bhatia 69) ONGC: 191 for 4 in runs while Young Friends overs (Nishal Gaur 67). Butterfly 3, North Berwick 4. Karnataka Brown 61, Kingston Heath 60.5, Ascot 38 overs (Sandeep Sharma 82). beat Vasant Vihar by 33 runs. Juvenile Million (gr II): Brown Sugar 1, Salwan Boys: 327 for 4 in 40 overs Institutional league: The One Magic Moment 2, Lancaster 3, Onnu Leader 59.5, Concur 59.5, Royal Deadly Tony: In the Lax- (Tarun Chowdhury 126, Yohgesh Kumar Delhi Soccer League institu- Onnu Onnu 4. Sir Charles Todhunter Caribbean 59.5, Exstream 58.5, Marvel Star 58.5, Royal Debut 58.5, Soul of Gold man Dass memorial cricket 100) Pelican: 116 in 39 overs (Varun tional football league will Memorial Cup: Beat It Dude 1, Assumer 58.5, Arduous 57.5, Wind Rush 57, Terrif- tournament, Tony Singh Chakraborty 49). kick-off at the Ambedkar Sta- 2, Golden Fortune 3, Double Eagle 4. Lady ic Dancer 57, Financer 56.5, Desert Fox claimed 5 for 34 to guide Hari Bright Club: 198 for 6 in 40 overs Gibraltar Plate: Emilio 1, Lusitania 2, dium at 4pm on Monday. Del- 56, Foolish Pursuit 56, Strength of Faith Bhoomi Club to a 3 wicket (Sumit Kundu 107) HRSS: 95 in 28.5 hi Administration will take on Dark Knight 3, Etiquete 4. Ministerian overs. 55, Crystal Goblet 54.5, Stormsky 54.5, win over Rohtak Road AIIMS in the inaugural match Plate: Integral 1, Trajan 2, Queen And Daggers Drawn 54, Mambo King 54. Roy- Gymkahna. Besides Tony, Young Friends: 169 in 39.1 overs (Is- while FCI play PNB in the Country 3, Bench Mark 4. al; Incatnate 54, Golden Estate 53.5, Pride Varun Kumar stroked a scin- han Bakshi 5 for 49) Modern School: second match of the day. Handicaps for Mysore Valley 53, Rosnovski 52.5, Full Moon 51, REACHING MILES: South African golfer and world No. 2 Ernie Els plays his approach to the green races: Following are the Special Selection 50.5. at the 1st hole during the 4th round of the Wentworth PGA tournament in London on Sunday.
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GRAFFITI Bhutia might play Kanetkar for German stint AP Coldfinger Beckham: England and Man- BADMINTON 27, in Langenfeld club where, chester United fans can rest easy. David P Gopichand had played pri- Beckham’s broken scaphoid doesn’t mean for a Greek club Bangalore: India’s top- or to his All England Cham- ranked badmintion player that he will miss any important fixtures. But By Nilanjan Datta pionship triumph in 2001. for the player himself there are some worries. Nikhil Kanetkar said he has TIMES NEWS NETWORK Playing in German league A television website listed ten things Beck- decided to have a training is not new for Kanetkar, who ham can no longer do New Delhi: Indian soccer skipper Baichung stint with Bjoern Joppien, featured for Bisphmisheim 1. Shaking celebrity hands: No man was Bhutia will now be trying one of Germany’s top shut- more relieved on Thursday night than Nelson club in the second division out his luck with FC Panio- tlers, during July-August. last year.The SARS scare has Mandela. Good Lord - if the broken bone had nios Athens, a Greek first Kanetkar, world ranked 51, hit Kanetkar’s plans to quali- happened just 36 hours earlier, the most pop- division club which will said on Sunday that he would fy for the 2004 Athens ular man in South Africa would never have feature in the UEFA Cup shaken hands with, err, Nelson Mandela. this season. be training for about a month Olympics as he could not 2. Braiding his barnet: Say what you like Sources told the Times with Joppien, World number pick up valuable points. PTI about Alice bands, but at least you can adjust them with one hand. Braids? We’re talking News Network on Sunday: two hands, a couple of well-placed mirrors “They are keen to sign him and hours of spare time. Expect them to go for the season. But before within the fortnight. that they want to observe 3. Signing new contracts: It’s not easy hold- him for a week.” ing a pen when your hand is enclosed in a Speaking from Kolkata, Bhutia said the dates plaster cast — even if you happen to be in of trials haven’t been confirmed as yet. “My Madrid and the other hand is holding on to a agent will get back to me within two days,” he suitcase stuffed full of pesetas. said. “If the offer is good enough, I’d certainly 4. Playing games on his mobile: Great news go for it,” he said refusing to divulge any more for shoppers stuck in check-out queues. If details about the move. you’re left standing with your fruit and veg on Panionios, who have won the Greek Cup your next visit to the supermarket, it’s be- Chile’s tennis players Fernando Gonzalez (bottom) and Nicolas Massu jubilate after win- twice, are currently at the 5th position in the cause the girl behind the till has lost the code ning the Tennis World Team Championships in Germany on Saturday. Chile won 2-1. Hellenic National League with 53 points from 29 for Braeburn apples, not because of Becks been dressing himself for years - Victoria’s 9. Taking money off Michael Owen: You matches. FC Olympiakios and Panathinaikos and his Space Invaders obsession. camp stylist has looked after that area since can’t take part in a game of cards on the are joint leaders at 67 points each. 5. Changing nappies: Sorry, Victoria - if 1997. But expect to see slip-on shoes taking team bus if you can’t hold your hand or deal The club, coached by Jozef Bubenko, is Romeo lets rip at an inopportune moment, it’s over from lace-ups and elastic-waisted track- when your turn comes. Which means if you owned by Pagozidis Eleftherios who also owns off with the wedding ring, on with the clothes suit bottoms edging out the button-fly Armani want to win money off poor gamblers, you’re AEK Athens (presently at the third place with peg and into the nappy nightmare you go. jeans. going to have to find other ways - like I Spy at 65 points from 29 matches). 6. Catching cans of drink: The barman can 8. Gesturing at fans: If you have any filthy pounds 50 a go - of doing so. Meanwhile, the officials of the two-Kolkata slide all the drinks he wants down the saloon chants up your sleeve, now’s the ideal time to 10. Stopping his wife: Yup - she now has bar. With the cast on his hand, Becks will sim- let rip. Sure, Becks might give you a nasty free rein to do whatever she wants. Expect giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan claimed ply have to let the cola go. look - but there certainly won’t be any fingers the David Beckham single and album before that Bhutia has already finalised their contract 7. Dressing himself: Of course, Becks hasn’t being stuck up in your direction. September. with them. But the star striker is yet to official- ly sign a deal. AP
Real Madrid’s Brazilian player Ronaldo (C) is congratulated by teamates after scoring his team’s second goal against Valencia in a Spanish League clash in Valencia on Saturday. Real Madrid keep up pace Madrid: Two goals from However, Ronaldo showed At the top end of the table Ronaldo helped Real Madrid his appetite for the big occa- Parma and Udinese qualified to regain the leadership of the sion and got the winner from for next season’s UEFA Cup Spanish first division, at least another Figo cross, dribbling competition thanks to wins for 24 hours, after they won 2- around a prone Valencia goal- against Empoli and Lazio re- 1 at reigning Spanish champi- keeper Santiago Canizares be- spectively, while Chievo miss ons Valencia on Saturday.His fore tapping the ball into the out after losing 4-3 at league brace means that Real Madrid net. champions Juventus. now have 71 points from 35 Atalanta-Reggina relega- Lyon are champions: games, with three games still tion play-off: Atalanta and Reigning champions Lyon be- to play. Reggina will face each other came the first French side Real Sociedad are second in a two leg relegation play-off since Marseille in 1992 to re- with 69 points but have a tain their league title despite game in hand. The Basques SOCCER ROUNDUP going down to their worst travel to Malaga on Sunday. home defeat of the season on Deportivo La Coruna are after both teams finished lev- Saturday. Guingamp, looking third with 66 points but their el on points on Saturday, the ambitiously towards qualify- hopes have almost evaporated final day of the 2002-03 Serie A ing for the UEFA Cup, took after a 3-0 defeat away to der- season. only 18 minutes to prove their by rivals Celta Vigo. Atalanta won 2-1 at AS determination and went on to Madrid took the initiative Roma while Reggina tri- hand Lyon coach Paul Le in an exciting match when umphed 2-0 at Bologna, but Guen a 4-1 end-of-season de- Ronaldo headed home a Luis these wins were not enough to feat. Lyon had virtually as- Figo cross after 25 minutes. guarantee survival. sured the title last week and Valencia wasted little time Modena and Empoli also Marseille, playing to retain in levelling the score and ended up with 38 points but their second place to book Fabio Aurelio sent a long-dis- retain their top flight status their return to the Champions tance effort past the out- because they have better League, would have had to stretched arms of Real goalie head-to-head records against score a mountain of goals to Iker Casillas. their fellow strugglers. overtake them. AFP THE SPORTING WORLD AT A GLANCE TENNIS Dallas 83 (San Antonio leads series ARAG ATP World Team Champi- 2-1), New Jersey 102 Detroit 82 onships, Dusseldorf: Final: Czech (New Jersey wins series 4-0). Rep v Chile (Singles: Fernando Gon- CYCLING zalez (Chi) beat Jiri Novak (Cze) 7- Giro d’Italia, Stage 14 (Marosti- 6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5), Radek Stepanek ca-Alpe Pampeago, 162 km): 1 (Cze) beat Marcelo Rios (Chi) 6-3 7- Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 4hrs 6 (7-5). Doubles: Fernando Gonza- 46mins 43secs, 2 Stefano Garzelli lez (Chi) & Nicolas Massu (Chi) beat (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI at Jiri Novak (Cze) & Radek Stepanek 0.35secs, 3 Raimondas Rumsas (Cze) 6-4 6-2, Chile beat Czech Re- (Ltu) Lampre at 0.36, 4 Julio A. public 2-1. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Pa- ATP Tour Internationaler Raif- naria-Fiordo at 0.49, 5 Yaroslav feisen Grand Prix, St Poelten: Fi- Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet- nal: 1-Andy Roddick (US) beat 6- Colnago. Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-3 6-2. Overall Classification after Stage WTA Tour Internationaux de 14: 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Strasbourg, Strasbourg: Final: 7- Saeco 65hrs 45mins 39secs, 2 Ste- Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) beat Karolina fano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola- Sprem (Cro) 6-3 4-6 6-4. SO.DI at 1min 19secs, 3 Andrea WTA Tour Open de Espana Villa Noe’ (Ita) Alessio at 3.39, 4 Yaroslav de Madrid - Trofeo Volkswagen, Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet- Madrid: Final: 1-Chanda Rubin Colnago at 4.09, 5 Raimondas (US) beat Maria Antonia Sanchez- Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre at 5.08. Lorenzo (Esp) 6-4 5-7 6-4. GOLF BASKETBALL US PGA Tour Bank of America NBA League: Play-offs conference Colonial, Colonial Country Club finals best of 7 - San Antonio 96 Fort Worth, Texas, Third-round AP scores, (USA unless stated Par 70): 193 Kenny Perry 68 64 61, 201 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 64 70 67, 202 Jim Furyk 68 65 69, 203 Jeff Sluman 68 68 67, Hal Sutton 71 67 65, Stewart Cink 67 70 66, 204 Harrison Frazar 69 69 66, Steve Flesch 69 66 69, Pat Bates 69 66 69, Frank Lickliter II 68 66 70, 205 Brandt Jobe 67 70 68, Este- ban Toledo (Mex), 68 68 69, Alexander Cejka (Ger) 70 70 65, Dan Forsman 66 66 73, Phil Mickelson 67 70 68, Nick Price (Zim) 70 70 65, Patrick Sheehan 65 72 68. USA LPGA Corning Classic, Corning, New York, Third- round scores, (USA unless stated par 72): 199 Catriona Matthew 68 64 67 (Gbr), 201 Daniel Pedrosa of Spain Lorie Kane 67 65 69 (Can), holds the winner’s trophy on 202 Beth Daniel 69 66 67, the podium after he won the Juli Inkster 68 66 68, Meg Mallon 67 66 69, 203 Helen 125cc category at the French Alfredsson 66 68 69 (Swe), Motorcycling Grand Prix in 204 Soo Yun Kang (Kor) 72 Le Mans, France, on Sunday. 64 68,Wendy Ward 70 66 68, Italy’s Aprilia rider Lucio 205 Rosie Jones 66 70 69, Cecchinello finished second. 206 Natalie Gulbis 67 70 69.
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