OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Monday,July 28, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 38 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International City Report Times Sport It was love at A wasteland called Crocker nets first sight, says home: Hundreds of world record Padma Lakshmi DDA flats unoccupied and Phelps Page 10 Page 2 Page 17 WIN WITH THE TIMES 20 hours of suspense, no coup, back to barracks IGI airport is Established 1838 AP slowly going Education: Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful to the dogs means. By Byas Anand TIMES NEWS NETWORK India’s next — Martin Luther King New Delhi: In a shocking NEWS DIGEST state of affairs, stray dogs laze around the runway and the Manipur CM escapes attack: apron — the area next to Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi fight at WTO hangars and terminals — at escaped an assassination attempt the Indira Gandhi Interna- by unidentified insurgents on Sun- tional Airport in Delhi. Air- By Priya Ranjan Dash Tricky business day morning at Wangjing Bazaar in port officials point out that at TIMES NEWS NETWORK Thoubal district. Two security per- least one dog gets crushed un- New Delhi: India is having • India has the potential sonnel were killed and five personnel der the wheels of an aircraft and a civilian hurt in the attack. P9 to fight off pressure from to supply educational every month. Some dogs even world trade majors such as services to certain Apang stakes claim: Former accompany maintenance the US, the European Union, countries Arunachal Pradesh chief minister crew during their rounds. Australia, Canada and New • But many feel India Gegong Apang staked claim on And Airports Authority of Zealand to keep education Sunday to form a government in the stands to lose more India (AAI) is finding it tough out of the current round of state after engineering a split in the than it can gain if it to remove these dogs. ‘‘We had WTO negotiations on open- were to open up the ruling Congress, headed by recently cleared the airport of Mukut Mithi. P7 ing up trade in services. sector 40 dogs with the help of an ‘‘India has at present no Madhumita case: The UP gov- NGO Frendicoes. But new obligation to allow foreign • The fear is justified to ernment on Sunday reinstated SP, dogs manage to sneak into the education services under the some extent as India CB-CID, Amitabh Yash, who was airport every month,’’ says an 1995 General Agreement on ia a net importer of suspended by CM Mayawati on AAI official. Trade in Services (GATS) education services charges of dereliction of duty in the ‘‘These dogs get into the air- nor does it intend to make investigation into the murder of po- port through the small gaps in etess Madhumita Shukla. any commitments in the we are unable to fend off Mutinous Philippine soldiers walk out of the Oakwood hotel after they agreed to go back to barracks in the perimeter wall and fresh round of talks,’’ said an requests from our trade Shammi stable: The condition of Makati financial district, southeast of Manila, on Sunday. Almost 300 mutinous troops ended a standoff of through the several gates Indian negotiator. partners.’’ film actor Shammi Kapoor, who has 20 hours without a shot being fired. More pictures and reports on page 11 around the airport. They have Indian educational institu- Although technically WTO been admitted to Breach Candy now become friendly with the tions do attract some foreign negotiations are mandated to Hospital in Mumbai for lung infec- airport staff who even feed students and also have the cover the entire range of ed- tion, is stable, hospital sources said Why the 12.30 am IST 4.30 pm 7.30 pm them, and they roam all over certain potential to supply ucational services — from on Sunday. Rebel troops take over a swank Second deadline set by Talks continue the place with the staff mem- educational services to for- primary education to higher Tohra is SGPC chief: The execu- siege? complex in front of Manila’s Hotel the government for the after second bers,’’ the official added. eign markets, particularly of education — public educa- tive committee of the Shiromani Intercontinental. They line it rebels to surrender deadline.Siege AAI had even issued a dik- developing and neighbouring tional services or those serv- SGPC on Sunday unanimously Better pay, with explosives. They hold a press expires. Troops and finally ends tat to their officers to stop countries. ices provided by the govern- elected Gurcharan Singh Tohra as cleaner govt conference, demanding President tanks still lined up after day-long feeding the dogs. But nothing But India has decided to ment are practically out of its 37th president. This is for the Gloria Arroyo’s resignation around the complex deadlock seems to work. ‘‘We can not guard its turf rather than try these talks now. 26th time that Tohra has taken kill them, so we have now and pry open markets in edu- This is because there has charge of SGPC. again asked Frendicoes to cational services. been a worldwide hue and Tehelka case: The CBI has filed a help us with this menace,’’ the The Indian industry fully cry highlighting the peril of complaint against two Tehelka official said. backs the government’s free trade in public services. reporters, including its editor Close shave for Where do these dogs come stand. A Ficci functionary Even countries like the US, (investigations) Anirudh Bahal, from? The vacant and en- said: ‘‘We are a net importer Australia, New Zealand and two officials of the home ministry Sonia, Amarinder croached land around the air- of education services. Canada, where education and Buffalo Networks, which owned Vijay Mallya, port where small townships More Indians go to study services are already big the website, in an Official Secrets have mushroomed. Around 4 abroad than foreigners com- business, have moderated Act case. P9 Sanjay Khan acres of land near the Delhi ing to study in India. We have their postures and are Gujarat riots probe: The riot in- airport is illegally occupied. nothing to gain by seeking now confining themselves to TIMES NEWS NETWORK in yes-no number quiry commission probing the post- The dogs are from these town- liberalisation of trade in negotiating the opening up Godhra riots in Gujarat in 2002 Bagalkot/Bangalore: Industrial- By Rajesh Ramachandran ships and they stray into the education services. We run of only private sector educa- would begin the second phase of ist Vijay Mallya TIMES NEWS NETWORK airport premises. the risk of losing heavily if tion services. recording of statements of riot vic- and actor Sanjay tims and witnesses from Ahmed- Khan had a mira- New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi’s word abad from Monday. culous escape af- is supposed to be law in Congress ter their helicop- policies and politics. Now, she has YOU SAID IT by Laxman ter crashed while been proven wrong by her Punjab landing at the chief minister Amarinder Singh. Bagalkot helipad Or rather Amarinder Singh’s ini- on Sunday. tiative has exposed the Congress double-speak on privatisation. Mallya, who is Sonia Gandhi Amarinder Singh the Janata Party The party president had assert- Vijay Mallya national working ed at the Mount Abu conclave of and Jaipal Reddy — who were president, and his political adviser Congress CMs that her party was present when Gandhi made her Tushita Patel suffered minor in- opposed to the sale of profit-mak- statement about PTL — and AICC juries, while the cameraman of a ing PSUs. At a press conference in general secretary in charge of private channel, Ajmal Jamai, who the hill station on November 9 last Punjab Mohsina Kidwai were ei- had come from New Delhi, frac- year, she was specifically asked ther not available or reluctant to tured his hand. Khan and the two about the Punjab government’s comment on the sale of PTL. pilots escaped unhurt. plans to sell off the profit-making ‘‘We were told that the company Punjab Tractors Ltd (PTL). was not doing well and that it The incident occurred at 2.30 pm, Gandhi flatly denied any such would have run into a loss had it when the helicopter hired from plan and replied: ‘‘Either you or I not been privatised,’’ said a Tata Tea Company, arrived at have to check out with the Punjab Congress Working Committee Bagalkot helipad located on a chief minister again.’’ Now it (CWC) member. Another CWC hillock. The chopper had taken off ... The opposition has sunk very seems she has to check out either member passed the buck to the from Hubli at 1.50 pm. Mallya had low! But we must sink still lower her policies or their compliance chief minister. arrived in Hubli on Sunday after- than that in attacking them and by her chief ministers. But the fact remains that PTL is noon after touring Gadag. He was convince the public of our The Punjab government that the second largest tractor manu- on his way to Bagalkot and Bijapur superiority! holds the majority stakes in PTL, facturer in the country after districts. through the Punjab State Indus- Mahindra & Mahindra, and had Party workers, who had gathered trial Development Corporation posted a net profit of Rs 100 crore near the helipad to receive Mallya, (PSIDC), on Friday approved the last year. Even when a crisis in the watched in horror as the chopper sale of PTL. The Commonwealth agriculture sector saw tractor went down. Mallya and his co-pas- Development Corporation, a com- sales falling by 16.6 per cent in the sengers were rushed to hospital.