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More than 30 teach- applicants before recruiting them. our, among others,” Bose added. dents has become all the more Brian Kobilka the special needs of students ers of several other top schools, Bose explained that the human important and useful at a time ■ Graphology is used extensively in courts. instead of resorting to corporal including La Martiniere, Future brain was highly malleable and when society’s changing very Parents can take the help of graphologists AMERICAN CHEMISTS punishment to discipline them. Foundation, Assembly of God could be dramatically influenced fast. There’ve been several inci- to change the behaviourable pattern of “Through graphology, you Church and DPS have under- by external factors. All aspects dents over the past few years LEFKOWITZ, KOBILKA their children. can’t only identify nearly 180 gone courses in graphology. of an individual’s experience can where students have either com- GET NOBEL PRIZE character traits of an individ- “We’d sent about 25 teach- alter the brain circuit and induce mitted suicide or have reacted STOCKHOLM: US chemists ual, but even change them to ers from various departments tify certain character traits by managing trustee of M C Kejri- come up with a specially tai- changes in it. “When an indivi- violently against their teachers Robert Lefkowitz and Brian some extent by changing the and classes of our school to get analysing handwriting. The wal Vidyapeeth, which has about lored course spanning two and dual changes his handwriting when the latter tried to mend Kobilka won the Nobel Prize handwriting in a scientific man- them trained in graphology. results have, indeed, surprised 3,000 students. a half months to train school in a scientific manner, as pre- their behavoiur in a traditional on Wednesday for work on ner. And this is what some top- They were taught how to iden- all of us,” said KK Kejriwal, Bose said his institute had teachers. The course, which scribed by a graphologist, and manner,” said a senior teacher. cell receptors, yielding vital insights into how the body works at the molecular level. The award is for che- ICC SUSPENDS 6 mistry but the big benefici- Still B’wood’s Shahenshah at 70 ary should be medicine, the Nobel committee said. AFP TAINTED UMPIRES Anti-graft Act will Chautala backs khap idea PENDING INQUIRY of early marriage KAITHAL: As Haryana Agencies witnessed another rape, ■ [email protected] cover bribe-givers former CM Om Prakash Chautala backed the khap DUBAI: Cricket’s chief decision- suggestion to reduce mar- making body, the International PM TALKS TOUGH Singh hints S&P MAY DOWNGRADE riageable age of boys and Cricket Council (ICC), on girls to 16 to curb inci- Wednesday suspended six at tough anti-corruption legislation INDIA’S CREDIT RATING dents of sexual assault.P10 umpires — three Sri Lankans, two Pakistanis and a HT Correspondent DESPITE THE REFORMS Cauvery row: TN files Bangladeshi — caught in a TV ■ [email protected] 44 proposals okayed contempt against K’taka sting pending completion of in just 3 meetings HT Correspondent NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu an inquiry against them. NEW DELHI: In a decision that ■ [email protected] government, on Wednes- Footage from the sting indi- could prove to be a game-chang- New Delhi: Stung by the alleged policy paralysis, Prime Minister day, moved the Supreme cated that the umpires were er in the fight against corrup- NEW DELHI: US credit rating Court seeking launch of willing to fix Twenty20 match- tion, the government is plan- Manmohan Singh has got 44 agency Standard and Poor’s contempt of court proceed- es. ning to amend the anti-graft proposals through in the last (S&P) warned on Monday that ing against Karnataka CM “The International Cricket Act to cover bribe-givers, espe- three meetings of his cabinet. India still faced a “one in three” Jagadish Shettar and oth- Council and its relevant full- cially private companies, instead Singh led the last cabinet meet- chance of a downgrade despite ers for allegedly defying the member board have agreed of only the bribe-taker. ing to take 18 decisions in just the recent spate of moves to court’s order to supply not to appoint any of the Prime Minister Manmohan one-and-a-half hours. The cabi- open up the insurance, pension 9,000 cusecs of water from umpires named in a sting oper- Singh announced this on net committee on economic and multi-brand retail sectors the Cauvery river to the ation recently conducted by Wednesday, saying, “Experience affairs approved five items in to foreign investment— the bold- state. PTI India TV to any domestic or has shown that in a vast major- half-an-hour while the cabinet est reforms initiated by the UPA international crickes match- ity of cases, it is difficult to tack- committee on infrastructure since assuming power in 2004. Mukesh Ambani richest es, pending the outcome of the le consensual bribery and the decided on three issues in 15 “The negative outlook signals Indian with $19-bn wealth ongoing investigations into the bribe-giver gets away by tak- minutes flat. What’s more, the at least a one-in-three likelihood NEW DELHI: Reliance Indus- allegations made,” ICC said in ing advantage of the Prevention cabinet committee on political of a downgrade of the sovereign tries chairman Mukesh a statement. of Corruption Act.” He said big- affairs took barely 20 minutes rating on India within the next Ambani is the country’s India TV had shown video ticket corruption was mostly to decide on reducing the sub- 24 months,” S&P analysts said richest man with a person- clips purportedly taken by their related to operations by com- sidy on LPG and diesel. >>P9 in a note. al fortune of $19.3 billion, undercover reporters, in which mercial entities. “It is, there- The effects of the announce- says a report. According the umpires allegedly showed fore, also proposed to include In an oblique reference to the ment were immediately visible: to China-based research willingness to give certain deci- corporate failure to prevent anti-corruption crusade by social the Sensex tumbled by 162 points firm Hurun’s inaugural sions for a sum of money. bribery as a new offence.” activist Anna Hazare and later to close at 18,631.1 and the rupee India Rich List, Ambani is The umpires featured in the Inaugurating a conference of by his estranged associate, India fell below the 53-mark. followed by the London- video clips include Nadeem the CBI and state anti-corrup- Against Corruption leader Arvind The agency also maintained based steel baron L N Ghauri and Anees Siddiqui of tion bureaus in Delhi, the PM Kejriwal, he said, “The mindless India’s rating at BBB-, which is Mittal, who has a wealth of Pakistan, Nadir Shah of said his regime would provide atmosphere of negativity and only a notch above “junk”. A down- USD 16.9 billion. PTI Bangladesh, and Gamini a clear definition of “corruption”, pessimism that is sought to be grade would mean India would Dissanayake, Maurice Winston ■ Amitabh Bachchan poses with wife Jaya on the eve of his birthday. >>See also P10 PTI PHOTO and also amend the Act to “pro- created over the issue of cor- have to pay higher interest rates and Sagara Gallage of Sri Lanka. tect honest public servants”. ruption can do us no good.” on its public borrowings.

CAMPUS CONTROVERSY Animal welfare: Tigers get more Molestation charge ■ Mayawati money, rhinos drone protection against senior Maya keeps govt guessing, Pawar hints at early polls BOUNTY Nine-fold hike in government funds for the big cat MUMBAI/LUCKNOW: Nation- Unmanned planes will CPM leader’s son alist Congress Party as other endangered species like elephants get a raw deal (NCP) chief Sharad HT Correspondent WEDNESDAY’S INCIDENT Yadav, on Wednesday, Chetan Chauhan ment on wildlife says. guard Kaziranga Park ■ [email protected] asked his part workers to ■ [email protected] GETTING A LION’S SHARE What is skewed in the gov- TOOK POLITICAL be prepared for a mid- ernment’s wildlife plan is that HT Correspondent which is a UNESCO heritage COLOUR SINCE THE BOY term Lok Sabha election NEW DELHI: Tigers have taken there is no focus on other ■ [email protected] site lost 39 rhinos from KOLKATA: In this season of crime since “there’s talk of the the lion’s share in wildlife fund- species. In fact, separate fund- January 1 this year. Poachers against women and chaos on IS FROM THE SFI AND BSP withdrawing sup- ing for the next five years. The ing for elephants under the 11th GUWAHATI: Union minister for killed 11 rhinos, while 28 oth- the campus, here’s another THE GIRL FROM THE port to the UPA”, but country’s top advisory body, Plan has been merged with the environment and forests ers drowned in the floods. shocker. A third year Botany BSP chief Mayawati gave the Planning Commission, has existing scheme, the Integrated Jayanthi Natarajan, who made She, chief minister Tarun student of Bidhannagar TMC’S STUDENT’ WING a clear indication of not allocated R5,889 crore for 1,706 Development of Wildlife a daylong visit to the famed Gogoi and state forest minis- Government College has filed being in a hurry to with- tigers in the 12th Five-Year Plan Habitats. one-horned rhino’s home, ter Rockybul Hussain met the a police complaint alleging also alleged that the speeding draw its outside support (2012-’17) compared with R615 There is no mention of Asiatic Kaziranga National Park, in Park authorities and that Shaptarshi Deb, son of car tried to run over her. to the Congress-led crore in the 11th Five-Year Plan lions, whose only home in the the state on Wednesday, said reviewed the situation. former housing minister Supantha Roy, general-sec- alliance. P10 (2007-’12) — a nine-fold increase wild in Asia is the Gir National an unmanned aircraft would Natarajan said her ministry Goutam Deb, molested her retary of the Bidhannagar in allocation. Park in Gujarat. The Centre soon be introduced for surveil- was extremely concerned near the college on Wednesday College union controlled by the For all other wildlife species, has not been able to fulfill its lance in the park. over the recent loss of animal afternoon. Trinamool Congress — elec- SC refuses to stay national including about 26,000 ele- commitment for better moni- “For many years, lives. She announced a R1- The incident immediately tions to the union are to be held test for P-G med course phants, 300 lions in Gujarat toring of lions because of a lack Kaziranga has been the best- crore grant from the National took a political colour since soon — the girl was first abused NEW DELHI: The Supreme and about 16,000-20,000 leop- of funds. managed National Park in the Tiger Conservation Fund for Shaptarshi, besides being the and when she did not pay heed ■ The Plan panel has allocated Court, on Wednesday, ards in India living in 600 other R The same is the story for country. We’re concerned Kaziranga’s tiger reserve, son of a senior CPI(M) leader, to it, the occupants of the car refused to stay the national protected areas, the money pro- 5,889 crore for 1,706 tigers snow leopards, whose number over the recent develop- declared in 2006 to increase is also an important functionary pulled at her dupatta. eligibility-cum-entrance test vided is just R3,600 crore. In in the 12th Plan (2012-’17) a 9- is now estimated to be less than ments. For round-the-clock the tiger population in the of the SFI, the student’s wing Shaptarshi Deb later said fold increase in allocation for P-G medical courses. HTC the 11th Five-Year Plan, Indian 1,000 in the upper reaches of surveillance in the park, we’ll Park. The Park has the dis- of the CPI(M). And the girl is that the allegations against him wildlife had got R800 crore, ■ In the 11th Five-Year Plan, it the Himalayas in Uttarakhand, add more trained frontline tinction of having highest the unit head of rival Trinamool were false and intended to Court upholds seven-year higher than the funds for tigers. was just R615 crore Himachal Pradesh and Jammu staff and nine speedboats. density of tigers in a protect- Chhatra Parishad. malign him and the SFI, which jail term for Telgi The argument being for- ■ There is no mention of Asiatic and Kashmir. Battery-operated unmanned ed area in the country. Ever since the change of promptly came to his defence. NEW DELHI: A Delhi court, on warded for making the alloca- lions, whose only habitat in Leopards, whose poaching aircraft will also be intro- Expressing satisfaction government in the state, col- State SFI boss Debojyoti Das Wednesday, upheld the tion is that the tigers are the Asia is Gir forest in Gujarat has almost doubled in the past duced for surveillance soon”, over the Kaziranga authori- leges and universities have claimed that there were incon- seven-year imprisonment flagship species and money ■ The same is the story for snow five years, are also missing from Natarajan said. ties’ steps for developing 152 become a battleground, with sistencies in the allegations of given to Abdul Karim Telgi spent on their protection auto- leopards, now estimated at less the Five-Year Plan document. Natarajan’s visit to the forest camps, Natarajan both the Trinamool and Left the woman. “Her allegations in the multi-crore-rupee matically benefits other wildlife than 1,000 in Uttarakhand, Not a single endangered bird, park was significant, since stressed the need for creation unions competing for suprema- were based on the assumption fake stamp paper scam. HTC species, such as deer or rhinos. Himachal Pradesh and Jammu such as the Great Indian Kaziranga was devastated in of a buffer zone, which, cy. There have been several that she could have been The reality is that most of & Kashmir Bustard, vultures and spar- the recent floods and there according to her, would instances of not only student harmed,” Das said, adding that the money will be spent on relo- ■ Not a single endangered bird rows, finds a mention in the was spurt in rhino poaching reduce man-animal conflict in clashes, but teachers too have the incident was pre-planned weather cation of around 10,000 fami- finds a mention in the document 1,600-page Five-Year Plan doc- over the past the Park’s surrounding areas. borne the brunt of the cam- by the Trinamool. “How come today lies living inside 41 tiger habi- ument. month. The Park authorities pus chaos. the local Trinamool MLA HOTTEST IN INDIA tats of the country, considered Wildlifers say the majority Kaziranga, demanded that more anti- According to the victim’s ver- rushed to the police station HIGH 31°C ANANTAPUR 41°C a threat to tigers and for filling furthering the co-existence of endangered wildlife live out- poaching forest sion, Shaptarshi Deb, along where the complaint was filed,” COLDEST IN INDIA forest guard vacancies in these agenda in the buffer areas of side the tiger reserves in 600 camps in the with other SFI activists, pulled he asked. LOW 25°C DARBUK -18°C reserves. tiger reserves and voluntary protected areas, which are in Kaziranga tiger at her dupatta from inside a The cops have started a case FORECAST: partly cloudy sky. Chances “Several new thrust areas relocation, along with regula- a shambles and under constant reserve’s adjoining speeding car while she was based on the girl’s complaint, of rain or thundershowers in some areas. have been identified for imple- tory monitoring of the tiger threat of degradation because areas. returning to college after some said additional deputy com- Maximum relative humidity was 93% mentation. This includes population and their habitat,” of development and other biot- personal work near Labony missioner of Bidhannagar and minimum 75%. strengthening protection and the 12th Five-Year Plan docu- ic pressures. Estate in Salt Lake. The girl Ranen Bandopadhyay. HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 02 | metro special | hindustantimes THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 There are lots of openings for pedestrians to hit the road from the pavements on both sides of the footbridge. These help them to avoid the footbridge. A KMC ENGINEER kolkataPROBLEM OF JAYWALKING first FOOTBRIDGES WITHOUT MUCH FOOTFALL CITY BLUES These overbridges and subways were constructed to make the lives of pedestrians easy; but now, those very pedestrians refuse to use it. ARPIT BASU travelled to five spots in the city to see the level of acceptance of these facilities among the people

Gariahat footbridge

RAMKRISHNA SAMANTA Escalator of Gariahat overbridge does not work onstructed in December 2004 Road-Ekdalia Road crossing. between 2 pm and 5 pm only three Cthis is the country’s first foot- What HT noticed: Around 5 pm on people used the footbridge,” said one bridge with an escalator and Monday when HT visited the foot- of the security official. an elevator. Scared by a spate of bridge there were hardly any pedes- Problems: An engineer of the Kolkata fatal accidents near Bijon Setu, the trians using it. Jaywalkers, those include Municipal Corporation said, one of the guardians of students of several school students and guardians, still basic reasons behind such a low foot- schools in the area (including South prefer to take risks and cross the busy fall on the footbridge was that people Point and Patha Bhavan) Rashbehari Road right below the foot- did not want to take the pain to walk approached the civic authorities for bridge. Both the escalator and the ele- up the 25 stairs and again walk down a footbridge. The construction of vator were shut down leaving the users another 25 stairs. “Technically the con- the footbridge started following a with the only option of using the stair- struction of the foot bridge is not full build-own-operate agreement case. Security officials of Selvel — the proof. There are lots of openings for between the KMC and Selvel in advertising company who would look pedestrians to hit the road from pave- December 2003. after the flyover till 2033 — said they ments on both sides of the footbridge. Location: The footbridge is located did not face any problems to count the These help the pedestrians cross the right at the Rashbehari Avenue-Cornfield number of users per day. “Today road avoiding the footbridge,” he said.

Tollygunge subway No one to miss Park SAMANTA RAMKRISHNA Circus footbridge New metro route has made this one useless pilot project initiated by way for the last 11 years. Around 3 pm constructed there were no Metro ollowing a series of accidents right in front of AMamata Banerjee in 1999 when HT reached the subway there services beyond Tollygaunj. Garia Fthe bridge number 4, KMC and advertising when she became the first were few people standing at the entry bound metro commuters had to get agency Selvel had installed the Park Circus woman railway minister of the gate at the station-side. Apparently down at Tollygunge and cross the footbridge in 2007. country, the subway was complet- they were the customers of the food road to take an auto or bus. Since Location: The footbridge is located right at the ed and commissioned by the and soft drinks stalls inside the metro Metro got extended till Garia station crossing of the Park Circus - Bypass Connector and Kolkata Metro in 2001 when Nitish compound. In the next 20 minutes only the Haridevpur, Kabardanga, Darga Road in front of the Bridge number 4. Kumar was the railway minister. two metros arrived and hundreds of Thakurpukur and Behala-bound What HT noticed: Around 6 pm on Monday when Location: Located right inside the commuters got down. But no one took commuters get down at Tollygaunj. HT visited the spot there was total traffic chaos near compound of the Tollygunge metro the subway to cross the road. “Unfortunately, these commuters the bridge number 4 crossing. Thousands of jay- stations it helps the pedestrians reach “Around 32,000 passengers exit catch buses or autos from the spot walkers were crossing the road ignoring traffic sig- the Tollygunge tram depot from the from this station on weekdays. right opposite to the old metro rail nals. Drivers had to apply brakes every second and Tollygaunj Metro station and vice versa. However, hardly a dozen of them take shed. However, we do not have any it was taking more than a minute for a car to cross What HT noticed: Absolutely neat the subway,” said a senior metro rail- entry or exist points there. So it the signal. Right above, the footbridge meant for the and clean, it seemed that there hard- way official. remains useless for better part of the pedestrians was lying unused. In about 15 minutes ly had been any footfalls in the sub- Problems: When the subway was day,” said a metro railway official. HT noticed that only a single woman, in her 30’s, took the footbridge. Problems: KMC engineers said that when the fly- over was constructed they tried to erect railings on the pavements leading to the two staircases on both sides of the road. The local shopkeepers resisted. For a change, this “Without the railings, pedestrians find it easy to get down on the road and cross the connector. The net result has been that the crossing still remains an one is used by people accident prone zone,” said a KMC engineer. Officials of Selvel said they had lost interest in the he Kolkata Municipal Corporation con- footbridge following a directive from the state gov- Tstructed the footbridge in 1992. The ernment. “Recently we have received a directive Peerless group is maintaining it. from the state government asking us to dismantle Location: Located right at the Ultadanga cross- the footbridge to make way for the construction of Park Circus ing it helps pedestrians to go to the VIP Road the flyover connecting Park Circus Maidan and footbridge connector, to the HIDCO crossing and from Parama Island,” said Subash Niyogi, MD Selvel. the EM Bypass crossing to the Ultadanga sta- RAMKRISHNA SAMANTA tion bound road and vice versa. What HT noticed: This is perhaps the only foot- bridge in the city which is regularly used by the pedestrians. On it you could even see scuffles as the one shown in the picture on your left. Hardly any takers for the Jadavpur subway Problems: Although it’s a three mouth cross- ing, apparently there are six lanes meeting at the WD constructed the the fact that there was a crossing: one from the Khanna side, second from Psubway in 2005 just drizzle outside. The main the EM Bypass side, third from the Salt Lake side before the 2006 subway was extremely dirty. and the fourth from the VIP Road. Then there assembly polls. HT also spotted a few are the two lanes on both sides of the VIP Road- Location: Located right on vagabonds, who had made bound flyover. “The roads connect in a very scat- the 8B bus stand in this subway their home. tered way. Owing to a heavy density of traffic and Jadvapur, the subway con- Problems: Thanks to the such geographical condition the flyover was con- nects the 8B flank of the auto raj and continuous structed in ’92. It turned out to be one of the very Raja SC Mullick Road with Jadavpur entry and exit of big states few successful footbridge projects because peo- the Jadavpur Station Road subway buses from the 8B bus ple still fear to cross the roads at this crossing. - Raja SC Mullick Road stand, the stretch between Secondly, the traffic is so heavy that it takes longer crossing. SAMANTA RAMKRISHNA the 8B crossing and Sukanta time to cross if one wants to avoid the footbridge,” What HT noticed: Around ignoring the subway while were a few couples occu- Setu on Raja SC Mullick said a KMC engineer. 4 pm on Monday, groups of crossing the road. At the pying the staircase, while road always stay congest- Police, however, tries to keep a strict vigil on university students were entrance of the subway at some PWD employees were ed. As vehicles move at a the footbridge to curb incidents like the one shown sitting and standing at the the other side of the road, sitting in a room right below very low speed through this in the photograph. But owing to shortage of police main entrance of the 8B bus a few fruit sellers were sit- the staircase. For 15 min- stretch, pedestrians find it Ultadanga personnel it becomes difficult to keep a round- stand-side of the subway. ting on the pavement par- utes this correspondent easy to cross the road with- footbridge the-clock vigil. “We have dedicated teams that Pedestrians from the 8B tially blocking the entrance. waited at the spot but no out feeling the need to use conduct rounds throughout the area under our bus stands were simply Inside the subway there one took the subway despite the subway. jurisdiction,” contradicted a senior police officer. SUBHANKAR CHAKRABORTY HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 | 03 quotemartial The TMC has not fielded any candidate against me. They even ()campaigned for me. I am confident about my victory. AVIJIT MUKHERJEE, Congress candidate in Jangipur htmetro Ministers yet to get Sept pay PUJA DAMPENER 37 ministers have not been paid their salaries due to a bureaucratic glitch Soumen Datta to reach the constitution branch, Malay Ghatak and tourism min- The DDO raised the bills ■ [email protected] CONSTITUTION BRANCH which would start preparing the ister Rachpal Singh confirmed for the salary in two parts HAD NO ORDERS TO October salary of the ministers to HT that they are yet to paid and then sent the bills to the KOLKATA: Red tape is as old as before Puja,” said an officer of their September salary. West pay and accounts depart- the institution of government PREPARE SALARY the constitution branch. Bengal government’s employ- ment for preparing the salary itself, but this one beats many WITHOUT THE 6 FORMER Ironically, the constitu- ees get their salary on the last cheques. previous low watermarks. As tion branch and CMO are day of the month. “I have sent the bills for the many as 37 ministers of Mamata CONG MINISTERS, AND located in adjacent rooms and Sources in the home depart- salary to the pay and accounts Banerjee’s government have SO IT HAS HELD UP are only a few yards apart. ment said October salary too department. But have not ■ Netaji Bhavan Metro station has been painted blue according to the become victims of red tape as ENTIRE PROCESS The pay and accounts office could also be delayed as the file yet issued the cheques as theme of Bhowanipur 75 Pally Durga Puja. SUBHENDU GHOSH / HT they are yet to get the salary is in Phears Lane, which related to the resignation of the the person who deals with for September, thanks to lack is less than a km from six Congress ministers is lying the salary cheques of the of instructions from the chief ministers who resigned on Writers’ Buildings. with the chief secretary. ministers is on leave,” said cityscape minister’s office (CMO) to the September 22. Ministers get a salary of R8,000 The constitution branch wait- DDO of the home depart- METRO BREAKS ITS OWN RECORD OF MOST constitution branch of the home The constitution branch only. The cheque meant for the ed for more than a week and then ment, Shyamal Chakraborty. department, which prepares had no orders to prepare the chief minister is held up too, processed the salary of all the Sources in the home depart- PASSENGERS CARRIED the salary. salary without the six for- though she has not drawn any ministers including those who ment told Hindustan Times the KOLKATA: On Saturday, October 6, Kolkata Metro Railway broke Old timers in Writers’ mer Congress ministers, and salary since the first month. have resigned as they worked pay and accounts department, its own record of the largest number of passenger it transport- Buildings have told HT that ■ Rachpal Singh so it has held up the entire Despite great financial for 21 days of September. which issues cheques, is facing ed in a day. Today’s figures rose by 6.21 lakh, bettering the pre- there is no precedence of min- process. crisis, the state govern- The branch sent the file of shortage of staff, though that vious record from Saturday September 29, when 5.98 lakh pas- isters’ salary being held up in yet to receive the instruction “The official order for prepar- ment has managed to pay the 43 ministers to the draw- was not the official reason for sengers made use of the service. Metro Railway has carried 9.14 recent memory. from the CMO about the res- ing the salary without the six its employees in time so far. ing and disbursement officer holding back the salary of the crore passengers in the period April to September 2012, which The constitution branch is ignation of the six Congress former Congress ministers has On Wednesday, law minister (DDO) of the home department. ministers. is 12.67% higher than the number in the corresponding period in 2011-12. HTC

Cops held on extortion charge KOLKATA: Two policemen, along with four other people, were MAMATA GIVES Matching steps Cash-strapped govt spent arrested on Tuesday on charges of robbing nearly R45 lakh from a trader on Manicktala Bridge on September 30. The cops have been identified as sub-inspector Sunil Das and con- TAXI LOAN TO stable Prakash Jha of the Manicktala police station. The R2.7 cr on investigations accused were produced at Sealdah court on Wednesday and remanded in police custody. HTC MINORITIES Soumen Datta tion of plots of land at Rajarhat, the cost,” said a senior official of ■ [email protected] mass killings at Cossipore- the home (political) department. Fire breaks out at building near Central Avenue HT Correspondent Baranagar in 1971, police fir- The department is not sure KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a G-plus six building adjacent to ■ [email protected] KOLKATA. The cash-strapped ing on Santhal rally in West about the starting of another Central Avenue on Wednesday night. Three fire tenders were state government has already Midnapore in 1999 killings of four commissions of inquiry pressed into service and the fire was brought under control KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata spent R2.07 crore behind the Ananda Margis on Bijan Setu in on Rajarhat land scam, mass after 11.05 pm. The fire was extinguished at 11.30 pm, Banerjee’s new trump card to woo commissions of inquiry which 1982 and death of CPI(M) MLA killings at Cossipore-Baranagar, said police. HTC the minorities is to give them a were set up to probe incidents Mostafa Bin Kasem in May 2011. police firing on Santhals at ‘taxi loan’ at a time when fuel price that rocked Bengal during Left The report of the commission West Midnapore and killings has skyrocketed. and Trinamool rule. to probe the mysterious death of Ananda Margis. At a function organised by the Mamata Banerjee after tak- Kasem was submitted before The state government has Minority Affairs & Madrasah ing charge as the chief minister the government. Five commis- to bear the salary of the chair- Education Department and West announced 10 commissions of sions have started functioning man of the commission, the Bengal Minority Development & inquiry into the incidents like while four are yet to start their secretary and other office Finance Corporation (WBMDFC), Sainbari massacre in 1970, mys- probes. bearers. The government has Banerjee handed over the key to terious death of BDO Kallol Sur Sources in the home to pay the telephone bills of one person and offer letters to in April 2010, police firing on (political) department said, the commission, conveyance nine other beneficiaries of the new Youth Congress supporters dur- the state government has and other allowances of the scheme started by the WBMDFC ing a rally to Writers’ Buildings already spent R2.07 crore. officials of the commissions. - taxi loan. ■ The Union culture and housing and urban poverty alleviation in July 1993, “Most commissions are given The home (political) depart- “Beneficiaries would get a loan minister, Kumari Selja, with tribal dancers at a function in Salt Magrahat firing in December extension as finding an office ment estimated that another of R4,52,000 each. The nine who Lake on Wednesday. PTI PHOTO 2011, AMRI fire in December space for day to day functioning R10 Crore would be spent for had been given offer letters will 2011, irregularities in distribu- is time consuming. This doubles these pending inquiries. be given a key to their vehicles on completing all the paper work. There would have been more beneficiaries, had the high court order against BSIII vehicles State fails to renew contract of not been there. Since there is no pressure for the next six months we intend to give 100 more taxis 200 docs at healthcare centres to applicants by March 31 2013,” Abu Ayesh Mondal, chairman, Subhendu Maiti any official recognition whatever. WBMDFC said. ■ [email protected] We have extended the It’s not fair or safe to attend to Members of other minor- ad hoc service of these patients linked with criminal cases ity groups — Sikhs, Christians KOLKATA: It has been found that or accident victims at a time when and Buddhists — along with nearly 200 doctors practicing doctors but we cannot we do not have any identity,” said their religious leaders were at primary hospitals and health recruit them a MO associated with a block pri- also present at the gathering. care centres across the state as mary health centre in Sonarpur, ( BR SATPATHI ) Banerjee also gave out education medical officers (MO) have been Director of health services South 24 Parganas. loans to students and highlighted attending to patients, including “There is every possibility of her government’s work in respect accident and rape victims, despite getting involved in medico legal to the minorities of the state. having no official appointment vices. Although Satpathi declined cases if any of us attend to patients “Whatever we had promised to letter. This situation developed to admit it, it appears that the injured in accidents or crimes, do in five years, we have done in on September 30, when their fates of the doctors are at the and fill forms in connection with one year. The next four years we contracts expired. mercy of the finance department. alleged rape incidents or injury will plan and do newer things,” The state health department However, several doctors told HT cases. Therefore, we must have Mamata Banerjee said, flanked recruited these doctors on an ad that their services have not yet official status when we work in by her usual aides and cabinet hoc basis during August 2010. been extended by the government, emergency services,” said another ministers such as Firhad Hakim, After assuming power, Mamata and they are, therefore, attending MO attached with a rural hospital Sultan Ahmed, Rachpal Singh, Banerjee met these Mos at Town duty illegitimately. in Tarakeswar in Hooghly district. Mukul Roy, Malay Ghatak and Hall and promised to regularise “We have met the director of In August 2011, the state govern- Madan Mitra. their jobs in permanent posts. health services and other senior ment sanctioned their ad hoc ser- She said that the proposed “We have extended the ad hoc officials at Swasthya Bhaban, vices for a year, till September Aliya University, spread over 20 service of these doctors but we requesting them to recruit us 30. However, the government acres of land, had been planned cannot recruit them in perma- in permanent service. But, they has failed to provide them with in such a fashion that it would nent service without the finance have not extended our ad hoc permanent jobs or extend their be the number one university in department’s approval,” said Dr service, let alone recruiting us to ad hoc agreement till the period the world. BR Satpathi, director of health ser- permanent posts. We do not have following September 30. SCHOLARSHIP HELP Scotland destination for poor students

Pranab Ghosh sponsored by friends of St ■ [email protected] Mary’s from Ireland,” said Joseph. KOLKATA: Asif Ahmed and Cain In fact it was the good impres- Francis Gomes, both 21-year- sion left by Badar Azim, anoth- old, have got full scholarship er underprivileged student of to complete their graduation St Mary’s, who completed his at the Edinburgh Napier BA in Hospitality Management University (ENU) in Scotland. at ENU last year and is now This is more than a dream working as a butler at the come true for these two young Buckingham Palace that paved men coming from the eco- the way for Ahmed and Gomes nomically weaker section of to study at ENU. “We didn’t the society. “Didn’t even dream ■ (From left) Asif Ahmed, prof Dame Joan Stringer, Cain Gomes apply for the scholarship. ENU of it,” said Ahmed after getting and Pauline Gordon. authorities saw Azim’s quali- the scholarship, on Wednesday ties and his zeal to help other in a function held at the GD “We take in students who Under the national open underprivileged students and Birla Sabhaghar, from no other are materially poor. They are school section students are decided to help such poor stu- than the principal and vice- rich in every other way. They taught humanities and their dents from Kolkata. And Asif chancellor of the University, are generally sharp and intelli- English language skills are and Cain got the opportunity. professor Dame Joan Stringer. gent. We go to their homes to commendable. “Aim of our sec- Pauline Gordon, lecturer ENU “It’s like going to the moon,” see how poor they are. And if tion of the school is to help the was the driving force behind seconded Gomes. we see that they are too poor poor students realise that they the scholarships,” said Joseph. Ahmed joined St George’s to afford English medium edu- too can achieve highest possi- “Students of St Mary’s had School, a sister school of St cation we take them,” said ble result and enter the com- done well before. Their spirit Mary’s School and Orphanage James Joseph, who teaches petitive world as equals,” said of giving back had inspired when he was a student of class these underprivileged students Joseph. Ahmed and Gomes other students. I believe Asif 8. He later shifted to St Mary’s. English and Home Science at are the products of the and Cain would consider the His father sells toys. Ahmed St Mary’s Orphanage. He is a National Open School. After opportunity as life-changing has a brother and a sister. senior secondary teacher. school, they went on to study and work towards enabling Gomes lost his parents in a car “Various Christian organiza- Hospitality Management at other students from a similar accident at Colaba, Mumbai tions send us students. But we the International Institute of background,” said professor when he was eight years old. It do not keep religion in mind Hotel Management (IIHM) Stringer. “Once they get jobs was 1999. His grand uncle when we take them. They are and would be doing the last after completing studies, they brought him to Kolkata and given free education under year of their graduate studies will have to give society back put him in Class 1 of St National Open School,” Joseph at Edinburgh. “Their first two what they have got,” confirmed George’s in 2000. said. years of study at IIHM was Joseph. HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 04 | hindustantimes 10 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 parikrama DAYS pujo TO GO mustwatch Striking a different pose

>> 41 Pally >> In Haridevpur >> What's special: Life as a game of ludo

he ups and downs of human life have always been a favourite subject for poets and intel- T lectuals, and this year the 41 Pally Puja Committee has taken up the mantle, and created a theme around just this. The way the Goddess manipulated the lives of her devotees is the main idea, complete with the use of the game of ludo as the backdrop. “The main stage where the idols will stand, will be a huge 7000 kg iron structure in the form of a dice. This will symbolise the power of Durga, with which she manipulates our lives,” said the club's chief coordinator, Dipankar Chatterjee. “The pandal will be decked up in keeping with the concept of ludo. Snakes and ladders will be an essential part of the pandal, depicting the ups and downs of human existence,” he said, adding that the structure will be made primarily out of metal and wood structures. ■ In an interesting twist, Goddess Durga gets a Kathakali makeover at Midnapore Town on Wednesday. SAMIR MONDAL SANCHARI CHATTERJEE MONEY MATTERS Price hike hits Puja SCRIMP AND SAVE By cutting down on non-essentials & doing some of the work themselves, Puja organisers have been able to make smaller budgets go a longer way

ORIN BASU cheaply. Last time, labour had cost us R1.4 have gone down a notch in their need to tant secretary of Ultadanga Bidhan Sangha. lakh. This time no one was charging less economise. Some organisers have decided to lend a very Durga Puja, people decked out than R1.6 lakh. After much research, we “Last year, we spent R15 lakh on decora- hand themselves for constructing the man- >> Vivekananda Park Athletic Club in their best go pandal hopping, eat found a group of workers from Bongaon in tions and R2 lakh for lighting. This year, dap to save on labour costs. As some claim at the best restaurants and revel in North 24 Parganas, who agreed to work for we’ve toned it down to R12 lakh and R1.75 with a grin, it has come as a blessing in dis- >> In Haridevpur Ethe beauty and spirit of the festival, just R75,000. This made a huge difference lakh for decorations and lighting, respec- guise for them. The pujas will provide them >> What's special: Aarati without sparing a thought for the to our budget,” said Saikat Roychoudhury, tively. The fact that advertisements are also a perfect opportunity to practice their artis- blood, sweat and tears that go into making secretary of the Putiary Club Durgotsav harder to come by has only added to our tic skills and display their talents. n keeping with its tradition of coming up with it all come together. Every intricate little committee. woes,” said Shyama Banerjee, assistant “This time we’re doing Tasher Desh, unique artistic themes, the Vivekananda Park detail needs to be taken care of so that there The price of kadam tree wood, used to treasurer at Kalighat Sanghashree Durgotsav based on Jorasanko Thakurbari as our I Athletic Club Puja plans to wow visitors with are no last minute glitches. A more mam- make the mandap, has risen from R180 to committee. theme. Nearly 50 of us came together to their theme, aarati, depicted through several layers moth task, however, lies in budgeting the R260 per unit in the last year, gum is up “This time we have also used cheaper construct the mandap. This way, we save of decoration portraying the form of offering whole affair, especially now, with rising prices from R700 to R750 for five kilos, while 4 mm materials for constructing the mandap. labour charges to a large extent,” said Subrata prayers to the deity. On entering the pandal, expect and increased labour costs tightening peo- ply registered a R10 increase. It’s no won- Last time, we had used iron materials includ- Dey of Bhawanipore Swadhin Sangha. to see scores of people looking up at the sky with ple’s belts. der puja organisers are finding it increas- ing strong wires and huge picture collages Unfortunately, the quality of maayer bhog, devotion in their eyes, preparing to offer their aarati ingly difficult to manage costs! Prices of all over the place that were quite expen- something we all look forward to during to the Gods. other materials used for making the man- sive. Even the goddesses trishul was made Dashami, may also take a beating. With “We are making hundreds of fibreglass models in PUJA ORGANISERS HAVE dap have similarly skyrocketed. of galvanised wire. This time we made the prices of rice, pulses and vegetables soar- human form, dressed in their Puja best, saris, dho- COME UP WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS “We also procured all the raw materials mandap entirely out of paper pulp and clay ing to unfathomable heights, organisers are tis and namaboli. At the entrance, these models will from their sources of origin and not from to cut down on costs,” Banerjee added. left with no alternative. be looking upwards in anticipation of offering TO BE THRIFTY THIS SEASON, SO AS retailers in the open market. For example, This cost crunch has affected even the “Since food prices have increased, it is aarati. Then, there will be a water tank in the mid- all glass-related items, like bangles for the themes this year, and the Kalighat no longer possible for us to afford the same dle, reflecting the entire pandal,” said club assis- NOT TO COMPROMISE ON QUALITY deities and other decorative items, were Sanghashree Puja organisers are not the quality of bhog, especially as subscrip- tant secretary Subhankar Saha. DURING THEIR FAVOURITE FESTIVAL brought from Kanpur, Agra and Lucknow only one who are practicing thrift. tions have remains static. Instead of the “In the second part of the pandal, these models will in Uttar Pradesh. The travel expenses were “This year we have allocated R1 lakh for R40 per kilo gobindobhog rice we provid- be show sitting for puja, offering their prayers to the borne by us. This, too, saved a large part of lighting purposes as compared to the R1.2 ed last year, this time we will serve the R30 goddess Durga, emerging from the Shivalinga. The While there can be no compromising our Puja funds,” added Roychoudhury. lakhs we spent last year. Every year we pro- per kilo gobindobhog rice,” said Banerjee. light work around the pandal, including the idols, with the idols, arrangements for the ritu- The toll on lighting and decorations has cure special Chandannagar lights for dec- However, these are mere details, and as will be with LED lights. The concept was created by als or, indeed, the mandap, which is often been severe this year, due to the cost-cut- orations. This time, the idea has been shelved. long as the rains don’t play spoilsport, the well-know Durga Puja artist Amar Sarkar,” he the centre of attraction, Puja committees ting measures implemented by Puja com- Also, one of our club members, who is an indomitable Bengali will take all the little added. have devised other ways to balance out the mittees. While Puja organisers are not keen electrician by profession, has taken up the nips and tucks in their stride and relish the SANCHARI CHATTERJEE price problem. on compromising on the idols themselves, responsibility of lighting. That too cut our biggest four days of the year, as they are “We are very lucky to have got labour the glitter and gleam of the pandals may costs by almost half,” said Shibu Das, assis- generally wont to do.

Starpuja SHATABDI ROY I Actress & Trinamool Congress MP Plus-size and proud SANYA PANWAR cottons then go for mixed fabrics in solid colours. You could also try kinny maybe good on the South Indian cotton-silks. Coming together over Durga ramp, but in the real But should you wear a heavy Sworld curves rule. And Benarasi, try to avoid tucking too SANYA PANWAR never misses the chance to see what's better than draping a many pleats around the navel; the city ‘decked up like a bride’. sari to make your curves adjust them in a way that they do s she readies her heart, “I was a regular at the dance? not fall at one place only, says and her stomach, for the Ekdalia Puja for 20 years. I The ideal Indian Sachdev. Afiesta, Trinamool MP, love the spirit; it’s as though sari looks best Also, remember to pair Shatabdi Roy, can’t help walk- the whole city comes together when draped your sari with a short- ing down memory lane. for an extravagant celebration. around well- sleeves blouse that is “In school, I waited all year The best part is that people bodied women. not too revealing to for Puja holidays; I even did a forget all their worries and And with the Style avoid adding little countdown of the days indulge,” says Roy. slew of choic- unwanted vol- left. I would polish off phuchka However, Roy longs for the es, it can easily quotient ume at certain and papri chaat like no ones past, when Pujas meant not only turn you into a areas. business,” recalls Roy. yearly breaks from school or plus size diva. While saris are Even today, Puja or no Puja, work, and feasting on payesh, A perfect blend of sure to add a lot of she gorges on her favourite but also going to her favourite femininity and sensuality, a sari sparkle to your overall street food. It adds to the fes- pandals and bingeing on special when draped in the right man- appearance, you could tive mood, she says. Puja fare. The celebration has ner and right fabric can make also cast a spell with a A firm believer in Durga, become more lavish but lost its one look far slimmer than their charming salwar kameez Roy indulges in all the Puja rit- charm, she feels. actual body size. or churidar. uals, performing morning Yet, one thing hasn’t changed “Light fabrics with a nice fall “There are several styles anjalis, meeting loved ones and for Roy and family. “We never work best for heavier women. that help conceal problematic exchanging gifts to dressing in bother about the radio, but on Georgette, chiffon, crepe and areas. Pairing an A-line kurta new clothes. Mahalaya, the day starts with Mysore silk have a lovely fall. sans gathers or pleats with a “I have to buy at least ten it. It’s an exciting time for They sit snugly on the contours fitted churidar help distract outfits for the five days. But my young and old alike; it ushers in of the body,” says designer Pali from the torso. Draping a son is one step ahead; he the festive mood,” says Roy. Sachdev of designer duo duppata on one shoulder changes into three different And as the festivities draw MonaPali. adds to the look,” says outfits each day,” laughs Roy. to a close, Roy can’t help but Though, try avoiding stiff Sachdev. Away from her busy chock-a- feel sad. “After the visarjan, cotton, net and organza However, body hugging block schedule, the actress- everything just seems so saris that add more vol- fabrics, bandh galas, turned-director prefers spend- empty. I don’t like sad faces,” ume to the body. But if patialas and loose salwars ing Pujas at home. And, she she says. you still love handloom are big no-no, she adds.

HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 06 ❘ state ❘ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 HELPLINE EDUCATION PANEL HOSPITALS/NURSING HOMES Amri (Dhakuria) 24612526/2626, Amri (Salt Lake) 23357710/3320/8595/8596 Crisis deepens at Haldia WANTS PARITY IN Amri Clinic (Southern Avenue) 24654594 /95/4948 Anandalok 23592931; Apollo Gleneagles 23202122/ 23203040 Emergency: 1066; Apollo Clinic BIZARRE A day after Mamata described the situation as normal, losses mount for Kolkata Port Trust 24815741/42; 22837407 /08/09; Assembly of God Church DIST EDUCATION 22294676, 2229-4853 2229-4892; Aurobindo Seva Kendra Snigdhendu Bhattacharya struck a solution through the HT Correspondent 24733601; BC Roy Hospital 23528101/9740; Belle Vue ■ ■ 22472321/6925, 22472321, 22476925, 22477473; BM Birla Heart [email protected] meetings of the nine-member [email protected] Research Centre 24567777/7890, 24567001-9, 24567800-4, committee. 24567890 Calcutta Medical College 22414901-2; Chittaranjan HALDIA: A day after chief minis- “We wish to share that the KOLKATA: The higher education Cancer Research Centre 24765101-2; Chittaranjan Seva Sadan ter Mamata Banerjee described recommendations as stated in standing committee of the state 24754584/5074; Dilkhusha Nursing Home 22404067, 22404318; the situation at Haldia Dock the report prepared by KoPT Assembly is working towards Divine Nursing Home 23505636, 23504765, 23502761, 23511661; Complex (HDC) as “normal”, need detailed assessment inter- bringing parity between the Harvard Medicare and Research Institute 22871460-3; Howrah General Hospital 26604738-39/5695/2813 Kothari Medical crisis deepened at HDC as its nally before any decision can distance education wings of all Centre 24567049-52; Lady Dufferin Hospital 23500771; Lifeline highest revenue earner said be arrived upon,” Malhi said. the state universities. The stand- Diagnosis Centre 22870511/8083 Mayfl ower Nursing Home that no agreeable solution has As it appears at the ground ing committee is also working 22171001-4, 22177860; BP Poddar Hospital & Medical Research been worked out so far for them zero, there is virtually no scope towards addressing complaints 24458901-07; Eskag Sanjeevani -25541818/5252 Sunetra Family to start operations at berths for HBT to start operations by the students on issues such Eye Care Centre 24188223-27 two and eight, being operated without reinstating the sacked as admission and quality faculty. OXYGEN by the Mumbai-based firm. employees. “I’ll comment after The six-member standing com- BOC 9831277777 Sarin Brothers, BD Market, Salt Lake 23373091; On Wednesday, the two verifying what HBT has said,” mittee headed by MLA Ashish Dhanwantary 24493734 berths, which handle 40,000 KoPT chairman-in-charge Banerjee inspected the distance tonnes of cargo every day, Manish Jain said. KoPT earns education wing of Rabindra BLOOD remained shut for 19 consecu- R 152 per ton from HBT’s oper- Bharati University on Wednesday. Central Blood Bank 2351 0619; Lifecare 2244 4940; Haemophilia tive days, prompting Laxman ations. “The state universities are try- Society 2416 3739; Bhoruka Blood Bank 2244 9619/8092 Seth, former CPI(M) MP and ■ It is back to square one in Haldia Dock. KoPT losses have now amounted to R11.55 crore. HT PHOTO According to KoPT sources, ing to use their distance education AMBULANCE Haldia CPI(M) strongman, to the nine-member committee wing as a money making scheme. Amra Kajan Club 25811997; AMRI 65500000, 23202147/23202122; question the credibility of from entering East Midnapore HBT suspended operations on said on Wednesday. recommended that HBT be We are getting complains regard- Apanjan Hindmotor 26943400; Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Mamata’s statement. HDC district except for court appear- September 22, blaming labour HBT alleged that their additionally given berth 4B’s ing the admissions. Some times 1066; Arambag General Hospital 953211-255095; Asia Rescue sources claimed that the KoPT ances, told HT over the phone. unrest. They sacked the employees were threatened operations charges, which they even exams are delayed,” Banerjee Medical Services 9831008900/9830365276/ 393; Aswini Nagar has lost about R11.55 crore due “How could the situation be employees blaming ‘under- twice on Wednesday, once in claimed would significantly told the media. Ch. & Welfare Society 24112323/28673030; Automobile Asson to suspension of work at berths described normal if the highest utilisation’ of their machineries front of their office at Haldia increase HBT’s operations and of E. Rgn 24755131-33; Bandhab Sangha 26624682; Barasat 25525595; 26797315; two and eight. earning berths are not operat- ‘resulting in huge losses’. City Centre and then on the income. Citizen Forum Basudevpur Five Star Club “I saw the HDC was in full ing?” Seth asked, while accus- “We reiterate our stand that berth two of HDC. Expressing They also recommended Bharat Relief Society 22342670/22359952; Blue Bells Nurses Bureau 24754670/24766791; BM Birla Heart Research Centre workflow. Everything is normal ing KoPT of letting HBT’s rivals we shall consider reinstating its “greatest concern to the con- imposing royalty charges on 24567777; Calcutta Medical Research Institute Critical Care there. A section of the media is to make huge profits while HBT them (the 275 sacked worked) tinued state of lawlessness at private cargo handlers (HBT’s Ambulance 9836490447; Care & Cure Nursing Home 95343- intentionally running a disin- suffers losses. if KoPT gives us as additional Haldia Dock Complex”, Malhi, rivals, who operate with man- 2568374; Curewell Mobile Clinic 22942202/0760; Dakshin formation campaign to malign On Wednesday, ABG Haldia work backed by suitable guar- said, “HBT is extremely wor- ual labour) to increase the Behala Auto Sangha Sammilani 24939990; Dhakuria Club the government,” Mamata said Bulk Terminals (HBT) said that antees, under the legal frame- ried and saddened by such con- KoPT’s income. “Now, with Samanway Samiti 24154934; Dhanwantary 24495594/5542; East in Haldia on Tuesday. they are yet to accept the draft work, which will allow us to tinued violent turn of events HBT saying they are yet to Calcutta Clinic 23507479; Fast Aid 24740869; Happy Calcut- tans 24400160; Hazra Medical Stores 24495794; Healthcare “The chief minister must resolution discussed during the meet the recurring expenditure continuing.” accept KoPT’s proposal, the 24150600; Howrah General Hospital 26603211/3212; Howrah have been misinformed,” Seth, meeting of the nine-member of their salary and wages,” A couple of days ago, KoPT crisis has surely deepened,” a Municipal Corporation 26603211/3212; J.N Roy Sishu Seva Bha- who is on bail and restricted committee on October 6 and 7. Gurpreet Malhi, CEO of HBT, officials had claimed to have KoPT official said . van 28850120/23500069; Jadavpur Byabsayi Samiti 9831105681; Jadavpur Merchant Association 24125079/8165/9830048199; Jain Kalyan Sangha 22740690/8620; Calcutta Medical Hospital 22414901-02; Calcutta National Medical Hospital 22440122-24; Kolkata Municipal Corporation 22197202; Life-Aid 2422 5807; BIRDS ON RUNWAY DELAY Lake Town Block Book Fair Committee 25219578/28661115; Lansdowne Nursing Home 24749175; Lifecare Medical Services Kendra 24110968/8316; OPERATIONS AT DUM DUM 2475 4628; Meera Seva NRS Hospital 22443213-3217; Swasti Clinical Laboratory 24755076/2575; HT Correspondent 24838830/9831021017; Saha Nursing Centre New Life ■ [email protected] 24718606/24114755, Nightingale Ambulance Service 24754169; Peerless Hospital 24622394/2462; Peoples Co-Op. Bank 953222- 25172; Phoolbagan Sporting Club 28495970-26691099; RG Kar KOLKATA : Flight operations at Kolkata airport Hospital 25557676/8838; Rajdanga Club Samanway Comt. was suspended for approximately 15 min- 24421902; Rajib Gandhi Memorial 24854040/5050; Ramraja utes on Wednesday afternoon after a flock of Nabin Sangha 26772255/28497604; Rani Rashmoni Mission birds were spotted on the secondary runway. 28674531/9830126087; Relief Medical Services 2475 4169; Ruby According to sources at the airport the flock of General Hospital 24426091; Shahid Shibsankar Seva Samiti 95342-2557505/2557251; birds were identified as egrets. The incident hap- Santosh Mitra Sq. Durgotsab Samiti pened around 4pm and the secondary runway was 22173758; Shibaji Sporting Club 26630516; Southend Polyclinic 2466 2433; SSKM 22236242/9692; Sonex 953222-263323, South being used at that time. Calcutta Nurses Bureau 24160992, 24844322; Ward Sports As- Sources at the airport said, ATC officials sociation 24730676 noticed the birds on the runway and imme- diately informed Airports Authority of India PATHOLOGY LABS (AAI) officials who are in charge of the opera- Ideal Clinic 22412211; MP Birla Eye Clinic 22817780-1; Medinova tional area. Then the bird chasers were called. 24661780/0708/3651; Nightingale 22827255/7969/7263; Roy & Meanwhile four flights, which were supposed to Tribedi 22268789/6643; Tropical Laboratory- 26675580; Wock- 24754320/4096 land were kept on hold. Sources said that two hardt Medical Centre IndiGo, one Air India and one Jet Airways flight LATENIGHT CHEMISTS were told to hover. Dhanwantary (Opp BM Birla) 24495594/3734 ; Chemist Corner (Behala) 24780334; Jibandeep (Hazra) 24550926 ; Nandan Medi- cal Hall (Salt Lake) 23581732/9617 Peaceful EYE BANK International Eye Bank 23585758 Howrah Lions Eye Bank 26602015 Susrut Eye Hospital 23580201 Anandalok Netralaya 23592931 (Prova) Eye Bank 25933737 polling in Disha Medical Col- lege-22413853 HELP LINE Jangipur NURSING BUREAU Swasti 24748881, 24759158; Sanjivani 23607881/8785; Saha Nursing Centre 24838830/9831021017 bypoll IN DISTRESS 22277386 Alcoholics Anonymous HT Correspondent (2-6.30pm, Sunday closed) Cancer Foundation of India ■ [email protected] 24053131/6161 (Monday to Friday 10am-6pm); Help Age India 1800-345-1253 JANGIPUR: Jangipur voted peace- MOBILE CARDIAC UNIT fully and 67.8% of the elector- Dreamland Nursing Home - 25553216 Divine Nursing Home ate voted amid huge security 23502761 Rameswara Nursing Home 23374247 Marwari Relief 22238724 arrangement. Society Indian Association Of Blood Cancer And Everyone was keeping a close Allied Diseases 23512634 Dreamland Nursing Home 25553216 Austanga Ayurved TB Hospital 23342501; BC Roy Hospital- eye on the election as the presi- 22388411 dent’s son, Avijit Mukherjee, was contesting as the Congress AIRLINES candidate. Just 4 days before the INTERNATIONAL election, a murder of a CPI(M) Air India 22822356/6012/9831; Aerofl ot 22823765/9861; Air France 22882161/1169; 2247778;3 22474495; leader at Mukundapur village Gulf Air Kuwait Airways Royal Bru- caused tension. nei 22292092/4464/7112/7105/2092; Biman Bangladesh 22292843/2844, 22497309; British Airways 9831377470; Druk Air 22402419, 22805365, In the last Lok Sabha elec- 22470050; KLM 22403151/ 1636, 25118329; Lufthansa 22299365-69; tion (2009) at Jangipur, 85.95% Qatar Airways 22298363/8370, 22208371; Qantas 22470718, 22400930, polling was recorded. Election 22807777; Royal Jordanian 2474509-94; Royal Nepal 22888534/8549; Commission made elaborate Singapore Airlines 22809898; Thai Airways 22801630-35 arrangement for a free and fair DOMESTIC election in all 1,530 booths of Indian Airlines Helpline (Call Centre) 1407 Tollfree helpline (from the Lok Sabha constituency. 5 landlines) 1600-180-1407 Enquiry (Manual- airport) 25119637; (Manual-Airline House) 22114433 (air- ASPs, 15 DSPs and 32 inspectors Enquiry Tele check-in and 134 companies CPF jawans port) 25119633/ 25118564 ; Air Deccan 08039008888 (tollfree), HARYANA SEEDS DEVELOPMENT 9831677008; Jet Airways 2292227/2237/ 2214/ 2813 Air Sahara were deployed. 22822786/8969/ 9075 No sooner had the voting CORPORATION LIMITED AIRPORT ENQUIRY started, than the voters started (A STATE GOVERNMENT UNDERTAKING) International 25118787 Domestic 25118787; to face problems. There was Regd. & Head Office: BEEJ BHAWAN, Bays No: 3-6, no electricity at booth no.98 of Sector: 2 , Panchkula-134 112 (Haryana) HEARSE SERVICES Chapghati-Suti at Khudiram Phone:- 0172-2577755, 2579215, FAX:- 0172-2577583 Lokenath Divine Society of India 24793301; Meera Seva Kendra Das Vidlaya and booth no. 27 24754169; Brahmo Social Service Organisation 9830479456 Saha of Mahisail. NOTICE INVITING TENDERS 24838830/ 9831021017 Nursing Centre The villagers of Sahebnagar Sealed Tenders are invited on the prescribed form for the FIRE of Raghunathganj PS area didn’t purchase of the following items:- Tender No. Name of the Item Quantity Cost of Emergency no: 101 Control room: 22440101 go to the booths because their demand to repair the roads Tender Form FUNERAL FURNISHERS (Rs.) weren’t met. The villagers of 1 /2012-13 GUNNY BAGS (94X57 cms) 2,00,000 nos. 500/- 22110053 L Madeira & Co Sadekpur residing under booth (50kg) no.131, 132 and 133 of Suti, peo- 2 /2012-13 DWT JUTE BAGS (42X62 cms) 1,20,000 nos. 500/- WOMEN’S GRIEVANCES ple of 5 booth areas of Nurpur (10kg) Swayam 24863367/68 and villagers of Eruali under 3 /2012-13 DWT JUTE BAGS (85X56 cms) 7,50,000 nos. 500/- (40kg) ELECTRICITY Khargram PS area also boy- 4 /2012-13 TEBUCONAZOLE 2% DS 7,00,000 pouch 500/- CESC Fault Reporting Centre-Central/South 1912; North cotted the bypoll for similar (Raxil-40 gms pouch) 23500928; North Suburban 25537581; Howrah 26669161/62; reasons. 5 /2012-13 EMISAN WBSEB Emergency 23591896 “Our voters couldn’t cast (In 5 gm pouch) 17,940 pouch) their vote because 10 booths (In 6 gm pouch) 1,500 pouch) RAILWAYS were captured by the Congress (In 10 gm pouch) 71,810 pouch) (In 30 gm pouch) 2,990 pouch) Howrah station (old complex) 1310/1331/1332, 26387412/ backed goons. Administration 3542/2581; (new complex) 26382217 23503535/3537 6 /2012-13 Streptocyclane 250/- Sealdah is a silent spectator there. But (in 0.50 gm pouch) 17,940 pouch) 138; 1331/1332 Reservation Recorded information in the other places, people (in 1 gm pouch) 71,810 pouch) (in 3 gm pouch) 2,990 pouch) TAXI REFUSAL have cast their vote peaceful- ly,” CPI(M) district secretary, 22155000 (extn.5096) (The postage charges @ Rs. 50/- per tender will be charged extra in Mriganka Bhattacharya said. respect of tenders sent by post/ Speed Post.). The tender form can be TELEPHONE “The villagers of Mukundapur downloaded on the websites of www.haryanaseeds.gov.in or Changed Number 1951, 1952, 1953; Hindi Visesh Seva 177 at Nabagram aren’t willing to www.haryana.gov.in and tender form fees be paid alongwith earnest cast their vote as they were money at the time of deposit of tender. KMC CONTROL ROOM protesting the murder of Hamid Tender Forms containing detailed Specifications and Terms & 2286-1212-4 Sheikh,” CPI(M)candidate Conditions and other information can be obtained up to 10.00 A.M Muzaffar Hossain said. on 30.10.2012. ANIMAL HELPLINE BJP candidate Sudhansu The tenders complete in all respect accompanied with Earnest Compassionate Crusaders 24647030, 22104365 Wildlife Control Money in the form of Cash or Demand Draft drawn in favour of 3095-8798 Biswas had no complaint. “I Room visited several booths and saw HARYANA SEEDS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED and CAR PROBLEM people casting their vote peace- payable at PANCHKULA/CHANDIGARH must reach up to 11.00 A.M on or before 30.10.2012 and the same will be opened at 12.00 Noon Automobile Association of Eastern India 24755131-3; Break- fully,” he said. down services 24755131, 24768810 Exide Battery 22844564/570 The centre of attraction Avijit on the same date at our Panchkula Office in the presence of the Mukherjee chose to spend the participating tenderers and negotiations shall be held thereafter. POLICE day at his Dewli’s home giving Telegraphic or conditional tenders or tenders not submitted on the Lalbazar Control Room 22143230/3024 interviews to the media. “I was prescribed forms or tenders submitted without prescribed amount of in tension for the assembly elec- Earnest Money shall not be considered. PASSPORT OFFICE tion of Nalhati. As for this bypoll, Quantities specified above can be increased or decreased at the 2554893, 2554762, 2254084 I am sure I will win,” he said. sole discretion of the Corporation. The purchaser reserves the right to accept or reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason. 1100/11/6/1213/3168 MANAGING DIRECTOR HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 | 07 quotemartial I am preparing for 2014 polls hoping that the party will give me a chance to contest against Sibu Soren ) ( STEPHEN MARANDI, Congress leader, Jharkhand from Dumka. htregion

1.8 MILLION KIDS New panel to add teeth to ‘Over half of Jharkhand’s AFFCTED IN mothers deliver at home’ ASSAM FLOODS women’s safety in J’khand Press Trust of India HT Correspondent office, Dhurwa, the meeting was networking as the solution. ALARMING Poor road conditions and lack of proper transport are being blamed ■ [email protected] ■ [email protected] attended by a police officer and Out of 24 districts of the state, a member of the women pro- only Ranchi had an active Manish Gupta However, cost of operation, fear GUWAHATI: Altogether 1.8 million RANCHI: The Jharkahnd Women’s tection cell, each from every dis- women helpline number. But ■ [email protected] SURVEY REPORT of abuse and privacy also holds children have been affected in Commission has launched a new trict. this too is not known to most them back from going to the the floods and are struggling panel Women Power Network’ “The WPN has to organise residents and remains inactive. RANCHI: A recent study by the ■ The study was conducted health center. daily to meet their basic needs, (WPN) in all 24 districts of meetings every three months. The A similar situation is in Palamu Public Health Foundation of India among 500 pregnant women in Jharkhand assembly speak- such as food, water, medicare Jharkhand. commission will record the obsta- where the absence of a landline (PHFI) has found out that more Jharkhand. It has found out that er CP Singh said, “This survey and education during the past The aim of the scheme is to cles that come in the way of number forced the station in- than half of the deliveries in more than half of the deliveries should be an eye opener for all three months in Assam, an inter- establish a healthy partnership women protection cells and charge to advertise her personal Jharkhand are done at home and are done at home. of us. The government should national NGO said. between the state commission, women PS in maintaining law and mobile number as the helpline the reason is poor bad condition ■ The report has found that adopt new technologies to “Out of the total affected pop- women protection cells, police order, and tackling women relat- number. of roads and transport facility. more than one third women improve the situation of roads ulation of 4.89 million, the num- stations, civil society and active ed crimes. Each district shall sub- Mohan assured that neces- The PHFI study conducted prefers to go for delivery at in the state.” National Rural ber of children was 1.8 million NGOs in each district. mit a monthly report on their sary actions would be taken. along with London School of home because they could not Road Development Agency‘s and many of them were affect- Convened by Hemlata S work and send us in writing the The representatives were given Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reach the health centres on (NRRDA) report said road con- ed twice,” Thomas Chandy, chief Mohan, chairperson of State problems they face. We will take a workshop on preparing a and University of Aberdeen time. And 80% could not struction and repair work done executive officer(CEO) of Save Women’s Commission, and up each matter with the state gov- sound database of crimes, those (UK), has found that one in arrange for transport to reach using hot mix is often sub-stan- the Children, an NGO said after Deepak Dey, monitoring and eval- ernment,” Mohan said. The WPN registered and those solved, and every five women who die dur- the centre. dard and there is a need to use visiting some flood affected areas uating officer of Unicef, at the noted down different problems advised to submit a monthly ing delivery is from India. cold mix for the same. on Tuesday. state women’s commission’s that were raised and suggested report on the same. The study was conducted Cold mix technology has been among 500 pregnant women in ST and OBC, and 85% had because they could not reach the a success in the NE states where Jharkhand. It has found out that monthly household income which health centres on time. more than 1,500 km of road has more than half of the deliveries amounts to less than R5,000. “Bad roads and unavailabil- been constructed using this tech- are done at home. More than half The report has found that ity of transport during emer- nology, considered to be green- of the respondents were illiter- more than one third women gency pose as forces to go for er and safer and facilitates faster ate, 95% women belonged to SC, prefers to go for delivery at home delivery at home,” it reports. black-topping of roads.

ADDICTION WOES IN JHARKHAND Tribals trade their HEADMASTER SELLS MID-DAY Antyodaya ration MEAL RICE cards for liquor HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] kProbal Sanatani ■ [email protected] DHANBAD: A school headmaster was caught selling 16 quintals GHATSILA: A noxious practice of rice, allotted under the mid- is prevalent in rural Ghatsila day meal programme, in the wherein the primitive tribes open market. The matter came are being coerced to hand to light during an inspection in over their Antyodaya ration schools. cards to local hooch dealers An FIR has been lodged on who use the cards to get a Tuesday with the Jharia police supply of free rice. This rice station against Bharat Ram is used to brew handia or Mahto, the headmaster of country liquor, which is given Gurunanak Primary School, to the tribals, many of whom ■ Around 35 kg of free rice is Koyaribandh under Jharia are alcoholic. provided to the poor who Block, on the directions of the Many primitive tribal have Antyodaya cards. District Superintendent of groups living in the pockets Education (DSE). of Ghatsila block such as cases, ration dealers provide Sources said 1that 16 quintals Haludboni, Ghutia, Kesarpur, only 10-15 kg rice to the card of rice that was allotted to the Basadera, holder and keep the remain- school on October 5 from Bhaga Darisai,Jhatijharna and Kani ing for sale. This practice is FCI godown could not be traced mohuli have become victims going on for years as there is in the stock. Mahto, along with to this practice. Around 512 no one to monitor what is a few members of Gram Shiksha PTGs were issued Antyodaya happening,” the village heads Samiti, sold the bag of rice in the cards so that they could get said. Sources said that the open market instead of bringing at least 35 kg of free rice tribals are being exploited in it to the school storeroom. every month. other ways. Many ration Besides this, there was a big The Sabar villagers here dealers are asking for money difference in the students’ atten- are very poor. The PTGs are to provide rice or give them dance in the register and their mostly alcoholic and taking part of their monthly quota. actual presence in the school. this shortcut they satisfy The officials are also afraid their craving for liquor,” the of visiting those areas to con- village head of Ghutia Prafulla duct an investigation fearing Singh said. “Also, in many Moaist attack. HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 08 | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 THINK IT OVER WORD OF THE DAY I’ve always believed that a TRIPLE-U A verbal shortcut for the person is smart. It’s people always awkward ‘www’ part that are stupid of a Web address comment MARILYN MANSON VOX POP Better late The game changers [email protected] As corruption grows and politics than never swings between the venal and bizarre, the mango people are likely The UPA is doing the right thing by taking the to become receptive to someone guesswork out of paying retrospective taxes who breaks from the herd The BJP’s popularity is going he problem with backdating south thanks to its internal crises hether you like Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert This refers to the editorial BJP’s south- taxes is that the taxpayer ourtake Vadra or not, it was hard not to chortle at his ern discomfort (Our Take, October 8). will have to continuously spectacularly ill-timed, possibly insensitive, defi- The BJP has failed to impress voters nitely elitist and subsequently deleted Facebook in the south thanks to the party’s inter- guess how much of his current income will be taken Wpost: ‘Mango people in a banana republic.’ nal problems in Karnataka. BS away at a later date. This is the crux of the But as Vadra’s bête noir, 43-year-old Arvind Yeddyur-appa’s breaking ties with the T Kejriwal recognises, this is the age of India’s mango people, a droll ■ A new politics is coming: Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi, October 8 party will be a big setback for the BJP, Parthasarathi Shome committee report on retro- literal translation of aam aadmi, the apolitical, toiling common as it was his efforts that helped the spective taxation of cross-border acquisition of Indian assets, like man. Kejriwal, the face of a new party whose name you will soon better politics and politicians. party come to power in Karnataka. If Vodafone’s $11.2 billion purchase of Hutchison’s stake in the coun- hear, is someone old-school politicians should fear — if not today, As professional qualifications, integrity and experience go, it he floats another political party, which then tomorrow; and if not him, someone like him. is hard to fault ‘Kejri’, as his friends call him. A mechanical engi- Yeddyurappa threatens to do soon, it try’s third largest telecom service provider in 2007. The Supreme As corruption grows and politics swings between the venal neer from the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kejriwal will do a lot of harm to the BJP, which Court in January ruled against the taxman, who was claiming as and bizarre, the mango people are likely to become increasingly is a former income-tax officer and an enemy of status quo. He is already struggling to make a mark in receptive to someone who breaks from the herd. If you argue that started his battle for change while a government officer. With the southern states. As the editorial his R11,200 crore in tax, penalty and interest. The court conceded India against Corruption (IAC), the movement Kejriwal founded others, he launched ‘Parivartan’ (change), a citizen’s movement rightly states, the BJP is running out that Indian law was incapable of plugging a widely used tax with Gandhian Anna Hazare last year, is a fleeting, marginal urban that led public institutions in Delhi to be more transparent and of time to set its house in order. It phenomenon, you may be right. Except it was never as marginal responsive. In 2006, Kejriwal resigned from government service. should be busy formulating strategies dodge by inbound foreign investment. The message for the gov- as the pundits said or mainstream politicians hoped. Using the It was the year he won the Ramon Magsaysay award, sometimes for the 2014 elections. ernment in the verdict was that the law needed to be changed to quintessential Indian penchant for missed calls (supporters called the Asian Nobel, for his work on India’s landmark Right Kamal Sethi, Gurgaon were asked to give a missed call), the IAC’s technology provider to Information Act. curb treaty shopping, the practice of routing investments through has a database of more than 20 million “unique numbers” at its Beyond today’s attention-seeking exposes, Kejriwal’s ‘vision It’s just the tip of the iceberg letter-box companies in havens like Mauritius to avoid paying computers in Mumbai, a representative of the movement tells me. document’ — released this month for public discussion — offers This refers to the report KFA CEO taxes in India. Presenting his last budget in March, the then That appears insignificant in an electorate that exceeds 700 broad, unexceptional policies: universal health care, free, “equal among top earners at UB group (October million people, but it is not a small number for something that and quality” education, devolution of power to village councils, 8). The Kingfisher crisis is just the tip finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, altered the Income Tax Act began only last year. And those special attention to farmers and the destitute, more affirmative of the iceberg. The Indian aviation sec- to tax such deals with retrospective effect. His argument was Maha Bharat who dismiss Kejriwal as an urban, action and an end to female foeticide. Kejriwal’s populist economic tor suffers from many more problems. middle-class phenomenon would agenda faces ridicule from economists, but the manifesto of For example, India does not even have since the court felt the intent of the law was not clear, it had to be do well to recognise that India’s almost every Indian political party echoes many of these views. one dedicated centre for the mainte- explicitly clarified for the entire past life of the Income Tax Act, elite are growing in number and Where the party breaks the mould is in its code of conduct nance and repair of all aircraft. At influence. and organisational vision. Examples: party officials and election present, most of the planes are sent to which was enacted in 1962. An unpublished paper written candidates will be chosen by party workers and “local people”, not Dubai for maintenance work. The UPA This last bit — that deals done earlier could be taxed — by Indian Institute of Management by a “high command”; no official will serve more than two terms; must formulate policies that help the (Bangalore) professor MV Rajeev the party’s elected representatives will not yield to the trappings aviation industry as a whole, not just a raised a chorus of protest from the investing community, and the SAMAR HALARNKAR Gowda notes that elites now decide of power, such as cars with red lights and discretionary quotas, particular airline. finance ministry under P Chidambaram sought an independent the electoral fates of more than 100 railway tickets and gas connections. This may sound utopian, P Senthil Saravana Durai, Mumbai review of its stand. Mr Shome, a tax expert of international urban constituencies, nearly a fifth of parliamentary seats. As but in an age of cynicism, that is no bad thing. Gowda explains, the retreat of elites from political life is a rela- Yet, the uncompromising Kejriwal is no messiah. His plans to It’s time to set some House rules standing, has now told the government what it knew all this tively recent phenomenon. They controlled the Congress party end corruption do not extend beyond a magical ombudsman, a I agree with Sitaram Yechury’s views while: taxes in retrospect are best avoided. Specifically, they roughly till 1967, when the Green Revolution heralded the rise of Lokpal. A recent Caravan profile also suggests that he ignores as expressed in his article House not in the farmer, until the 1990s, when a host of formerly marginalised advice from associates and tends to use people, even crowd- order (Left Hand Drive, October 9). A must never be used to merely raise tax revenue. In the Vodafone communities swept into politics. pullers Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare (who had a public falling constitutional amendment to make it case, the Shome committee is unequivocal: the company to claim The retreat of the elite — mainly the then small middle class out with Kejriwal). The magazine quotes Ramdev aide Acharya mandatory for our MPs to meet for at — coincided with the decline of national parties. “This phase Virendra Vikram: “He smartly used our platform and then turned least 100 days in a calendar year is the tax from is Hutchison, which made the profit from the sale of its has been characterised by political corruption and the decline his back at a crucial time.” need of the hour. A timetable for these stake in the telecom company. Vodafone was not required by the of ideology, resulting in disinterest and cynicism among elites “The real challenge for Kejriwal will be to find credible candi- days will help other departments like with regard to politics,” writes Gowda. dates, people who have a rapport with the public,” IIM’s Gowda the Election Commission plan assem- extant law to withhold capital gains tax. Since Vodafone made no The rise in aspirations fractured politics. In 1977, parliamentary tells me. Chairperson of IIM Bangalore’s Centre for Public Policy bly elections accordingly. A huge profit in the deal, the question of interest and penalties on back elections saw 2,439 candidates from 35 parties; by 2009, there were and a long-time aspirant for a Congress ticket, Gowda is help- amount of public money is wasted taxes does not arise. 8,070 candidates and 207 parties (with independents grouped as ing politicians get acquainted with the middle-class discontent thanks to constant disruptions of a single party), academic Devesh Kapur and researcher Milan that Kejriwal uncovered. This month, Gowda finished a 47-day Parliament. This money can be saved Mr Chidambaram has indicated his desire to reverse the Vaishnav calculated in a 2011 paper. training course for female politicians (in zilla panchayats, or local by acting on Yechury’s suggestion. decision as soon as possible, even before the next budget when, Kapur, a political science professor at the University of councils). The women came from 10 states and six political par- SN Jindal, Delhi Pennsylvania, predicted in a previous paper that the middle class ties, including the Congress, BJP, NCP, Shiv Sena and Janata Dal normally, amendments to the Income Tax Act are undertaken. retreat from politics would be reversed as urban elites become (Secular); they learned political marketing, the power of opinion We at Hindustan Times would like to know more He reckons investors will return to the table once the fog over aware of their power and reconnected with politics. polls, agitations and how to use technology in politics. A new about what you want from your paper. So write to To be sure, this does not mean elites are an ethical, homogenous politics is coming, and it isn’t only the mango people who think so. us at Hindustan Times, 7th Floor, 50 Chowringhee retrospective taxes is lifted. If India manages to block the tax group in search of the messianic qualities that Mahatma Gandhi Samar Halarnkar is a Bangalore-based journalist Road, Kolkata 700071, Phone: 91-033-22827316 or mail us at [email protected] loophole for future cross-border deals, it will have accomplished possessed and Independence-era India revered. But, overall, ■ [email protected] its main purpose. The sideshow over its retrospective impact emerging India — elites and everyone else — is impatient for a The views expressed by the author are personal was spilling over unnecessarily into the broader economy. ing the election campaign was to be left in no doubt as to who Chávez represents: the Carrying on in Caracas poor, the non-white, the young, the disabled — the dispossessed majority who have Chávez’s victory has ensured that the space for 21st century alternatives will grow returned him to power. Of course there is A shot at prevention no shortage of government failures: from Seumas Milne support for continental integration, mass runaway violent crime to corruption, lack of sponsorship of Cuban doctors across the delivery and economic diversification, and Deadly monsoon diseases can be contained if the he transformation of Latin America is hemisphere — as well as Chávez’s plans to over-dependence on one man’s charismatic one of the decisive changes reshaping reduce oil dependence on the US market. leadership. But even so, Chávez ended up civic authorities perform their duties efficiently Tthe global order. The tide of progressive Western and Latin American media and almost 11 points ahead. His re-election now

change that has swept the region over the corporate elites had convinced themselves ■ gives him the chance to ensure Venezuela’s last decade has brought a string of elected that they were at last in with a shout, that Progressive and popular: Hugo Chavez, transformation is deep enough to survive isease outbreaks that follow the monsoons each year are Caracas, October 7 far more predictable than the rains. Yet, the government socialist and social-democratic governments this election was ‘too close to call’, or that a him, to overcome the administration’s fail- D to office that have redistributed wealth and failing Venezuelan president, weakened by system but the “laziness” and “greed” of ures and help entrench the process of change and civic authorities wait for several hospitalisations and power, rejected western neoliberal ortho- cancer, would be rejected by his own people. their Venezuelans - by which they mean the across the continent. more than a few deaths before declaring that they are drawing up doxy, and challenged imperial domination. It’s all of a piece with the endlessly recy- appeal of government social programmes. Venezuela’s revolution doesn’t offer a Central to that process has been Hugo cled Orwellian canard that Chávez is some Which gets to the heart of the reason so political model that can be directly trans- plans to tackle the problem on what is always described as a Chávez and his Bolivarian revolution in kind of a dictator and Venezuela a tyranny many got the Venezuelan election wrong. planted elsewhere. But its innovative social ‘war-footing’. By the time the bureaucratic offensive even starts, Venezuela. Venezuela, sitting on the world’s where elections are rigged and the media Despite claims that Latin America’s pro- programmes, experiments in direct democ- largest proven oil reserves, has spearheaded muzzled and prostrate. But as opposition gressive tide is exhausted, left-wing and racy and success in bringing resources the war against disease is lost, along with hundreds of lives. the movement of radical change across Latin leaders concede, Venezuela is by any rational centre-left governments continue to be re- under public control offer lessons to anyone Almost all these deaths are preventable. Among the most America and underwritten the regional standards a democracy, with exceptionally elected because they have reduced poverty interested in social justice and new forms integration that is key to its renaissance. high levels of participation and its electoral and inequality and taken control of energy of socialist politics in the rest of the world. deadly monsoon diseases are dengue, malaria, Japanese encephali- Chávez’s remarkable presidential election process more fraud-proof than those in resources to benefit the excluded majority. For all their problems and weaknesses, tis (JE) and chikungunya, all of which are spread by mosquitoes victory recently — in which he won 55% of Britain or the US. In reality, the greatest That is what Chávez has been able to do Venezuela and its Latin American allies that multiply in fresh standing water. If the civic authorities would the vote on an 81% turnout after 14 years threat to Venezuelan democracy came in the on a grander scale, using Venezuela’s oil have demonstrated that it’s no longer neces- in power — has a significance far beyond form of the abortive US-backed coup of 2002. income and publicly-owned enterprises to sary to accept a failed economic model, as just do their job of cleaning up neighbourhoods and unclogging Venezuela, or even Latin America. The In the queues outside polling stations, in slash poverty by half and extreme poverty by many social democrats in Europe still do. stagnating drains, people afflicted with mosquito-borne infections stakes were enormous: if his oligarch chal- the opposition stronghold of San Cristóbal 70%, massively expanding access to health They have shown it’s possible to be both lenger Henrique Capriles had won, not only near the Colombian border, Capriles vot- and education, halving unemployment, and genuinely progressive and popular. Chávez’s would be few and far between. Simple civic measures such as not would the revolution have come to a halt, ers told me: “This is a democracy.” Several giving slum communities direct control over re-election has now ensured the space for allowing rainwater to accumulate, using larvaecides to kill larvae triggering privatisations and the axing of claimed that if Chávez won, it wouldn’t social programmes. 21st century alternatives will grow. and fumigation to kill adult mosquitoes bring down new infections social programmes. So would its essential be because of manipulation of the voting To visit any rally or polling station dur- The Guardian drastically. Routine island-wide larviciding and DDT spraying in

Mauritius — a mashy, tropical island that gets some amount of Maja Daruwala Many bureaucrats are trying to defeat the rain throughout the year — coupled with tracking each malarial purpose of the Act by not complying with case to ensure that there is no re-infection helped the country he Right to Information Act (RTIA), Making our secrets public its provisions. At the level of information which turns seven tomorrow, is a commissions, the Act has to contend with eliminate local infection in 1969, and again in 1998 after it re- T remarkable piece of legislation. It is The Right to Information Act is India’s showpiece law. Yet, it faces many hurdles the uneven quality of jurisprudence, heavy emerged in 1975. lauded regularly at the international level arrears and the usual under-resourcing of where India has to frequently deflect attacks The hunger for informa- shroud of secrecy intact: it the tribunals. The fact that there is an inexpensive and effective vaccine on its human rights records, un-progressive tion has been feeding into tried but, thankfully, failed The judiciary is also not keen to come against JE makes its containment even easier. Yet, despite the voting patterns and appalling social indi- the demand for meaning- to remove ‘file notings’ from under the purview of the law. By appeal- cators. The Global Right to Information ful public participation the purview of the RTIA ing against a verdict of the high court that fact that the JE vaccine is included in the routine immunisation Rating, which analyses the quality of the in decision-making. For and has used spurious logic said that judges must declare their assets, for 35 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, brain fever has claimed world’s access to information laws, ranks example, in Kerala, public to add departments to the the Supreme Court has put itself in the India second only to Serbia for the quality consultation has started exempted list on the ground unenviable position of someday being over 400 lives in the state. This also points to the bigger health- of the RTIA. on the new Kerala police of being “intelligence and accused of being a judge in its own cause. care lacunae of routine immunisation vaccines not reaching chil- Over the last seven years, every segment law. Such initiatives are security organisations”. It recently insisted that only judges should dren. Measures such as rapid diagnostic tests for an early detec- of society has used it to ferret out informa- connecting people with pol- ■ The key to success The latest to use this head information commissions and must sit tion from the State: hungry villagers have icy-makers. This access to escape clause is the Central in benches. This has not helped put to bed tion of the more deadly Plasmodium falciparum malaria, along used it to find out why their names are information has exposed scams and spurred Bureau of Investigation (CBI). But the truth the perception that it is only looking after with using the chloroquine, artesunate and sulphadoxinepyre- missing from BPL lists; corporations have protests. Movements like the anti-nuclear is that by statute it is an anti-corruption itself. The verdict has brought to a halt the had lawyers pour over government files protests in Kudankulam and Anna Hazare’s agency, not a security institution. working of at least eight information com- methamine drug combination therapy in areas where the para- to know why they have not got licences, anti-corruption drive are encouraging dis- To discourage people from filing RTI missions at a time when they are already site is resistant to conventional anti-malarial medicines have and government servants, one of the most cussions on our quality of governance. questions, some state governments have facing stiff challenges: arrears, bureaucratic prolific users, have challenged arbitrariness Uncomfortable questioning is leading to imposed their own rules: they have rest- systems and refusals to impose penalties saved lives, but prevention by far remains the most effective within their own organisations. In many a more open and democratic governance. ricted the number of questions that can on erring officials. strategy of containing infection. For once infection starts — as ways, the RTI can be credited for partially But every silver cloud has a dark lin- be asked per request and the number of Maja Daruwala is director, changing the culture of secrecy around ing. Under the guise of amending a good words that can be used. In many cases, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative the world’s uncomfortably close encounters with H5N1 (bird flu) government decision-making. law, the Centre is trying hard to keep the the application fee has been increased. The views expressed by the author are personal and H1N1 (swine flu) have shown — no one is safe from it. HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 | 09 quotemartial We have information about cooperation between those who ()attempt infiltration in Punjab and those who do so in J&K. SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE, home minister htnation Reforms blitzkrieg: 44 THECOMEBACK tooningin JAYANTO decisions in 3 meetings AWAKENING Not long ago, Manmohan Singh’s govt was being accused of a policy paralysis; three weeks on, much has changed on the political and economic fronts

HT Correspondent speech of rural development ■ [email protected] ASSERTIVE PM minister Jairam Ramesh to allow finance minister P NEW DELHI: After three weeks of PM has lately shown his assertive Chidambaram to speak on the heavy-duty agenda, Thursday’s side, pushing ahead with reforms issue. On another occasion, he ■ Lalu Prasad at a rally in Begusarai, Bihar, last week. Crowds are meeting of the Union cabinet On October 4 reportedly overruled senior min- swelling at the RJD leader’s rallies. HT PHOTO will see a lighter schedule with ■ Cabinet took 18 decisions in 90 minutes ister Vayalar Ravi and approved just three issues up for discus- ■ CCEA approved 5 items in 30 minutes a proposal. sion. But one thing is likely to ■ CCI decided on 3 issues in 15 minutes In the October 4 cabinet remain unchanged — Prime On September 14 meeting, where 18 proposals Advantage Lalu Minister Manmohan Singh’s ■ CCPA okayed hike in fuel prices were cleared, the PM ensured aura of assertion, which has in 20 minutes that discussions don't hold up shortstories been evident ever since he start- Total 44 proposals passed in last 3 other items listed for the day. ed pushing long-pending Insurance laws amendment as black flags RUSSIA TO GIVE AIRCRAFT CARRIER TO INDIA meetings of cabinet — CCEA, CCI, CCPA reforms through. was the 12th item on the list, Singh, once blamed by polit- while pension fund amend- NEW DELHI: Russia on Wednesday assured India that it will ical rivals for the alleged policy in 15. The cabinet, CCEA and sensus. At times, he asks for the ments, the company bill and for- hand over the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to it by the paralysis, led the last cabinet CCI cleared 44 proposals after opinion of senior ministers. But ward contracts regulation bill dot Nitish rallies end of next year, after New Delhi conveyed its concern over meeting to take 18 decisions in just three meetings. realising the need for clearing were the 13th, 15th and 17th the prolonged delay. The assurance came during a meeting just one-and-a-half hours. The The cabinet committee on proposals, he often intervenes to items respectively. “As a lot of Rai Atul Krishna between defence minister AK Antony and his Russian coun- cabinet committee on econom- political affairs took barely 20 ensure that the debate doesn't ground work had already been ■ [email protected] RJD’S CHANGE OF terpart Anatoly Serdyukov. Russia also sought to dispel the ic affairs (CCEA) approved five minutes to decide on the sensi- consume too much time,” a sen- done on these issues, the items FORTUNE COMES AFTER impression of its proximity to Pakistan over arms supplies, items in 30 minutes while the tive issue of reducing LPG and ior cabinet minister said. were virtually cleared without PATNA: The seven-year itch with saying there was no change in its policy in this regard. cabinet committee on infra- diesel subsidy. In a recent cabinet meeting, major discussion,” a senior min- the Nitish Kumar government A TRIPLE ROUT. VOTED structure (CCI) decided three "He believes in building con- Singh reportedly cut short the ister said. appears to have begun in Bihar. OUT OF POWER IN 2005, NHRC organises seminar on World Mental Health Day Black seems to be its favourite IT GOT STEAMROLLED IN NEW DELHI: Blaming increase in depression and stress-related colour — especially when greet- mental diseases on rapid changes in lifestyle, National ing the CM on his adhikar yatra. THE 2009 LS POLLS Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice KG Simultaneously, crowds are Balakrishnan on Wednesday emphasised the need for KEJRIWAL GOES March of the landless swelling at the parivartan yatra The RJD sounds almost smug. trained medical professionals and hospitals. Balakrishnan of Lalu Prasad — whose RJD Its change of fortune comes after made the observation at a seminar titled ‘Human Rights and AFTER HARYANA enjoyed a 15-year stint in the state. a triple rout. Voted out of power Mental Health Care’ organised by NHRC to mark the World The winds of change have in 2005, it got steamrolled in the Mental Health Day. already blown away Kumar’s ral- 2009 Lok Sabha polls, winning LAND DEAL, ALL lying cry — special status for the just four of the 40 seats. And Woman officer wins case, promoted to captain state. Very much on the backfoot, |unrelenting, the people gave it CHANDIGARH: The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) in GUNS BLAZING he is now talking of the “misrule only 22 of the 243 assembly seats Chandigarh on Wednesday ordered the promotion of acting of the Lalu-Rabri regime”, some- in 2010. major Jasreen Dhillon who had challenged the non-imple- HT Correspondent thing he had only done back in Party spokesperson Ram mentation of AV Singh Committee report. The report said an ■ [email protected] 2005, while seeking a mandate Kripal Yadav ascribes the good officer would become a captain in two years, but the army from Bihar. times to the government’s faux had refused it for Service Commissioned (SSC) women offi- NEW DELHI: The Arvind Kejriwal- The government’s discomfi- pas, like “failure to deliver on cers who, they said, could become captains only after five led India Against Corruption ture also shows in the crackdown promises and repressive meas- years. Dhillon submitted that SSC officers should be granted (IAC) on Wednesday questioned against the protesters at the CM’s ures adopted against protestors”. promotions at par with permanent commissioned officers. the Haryana government's state- rallies – mostly “fixed pay” teach- As for the “repressive meas- ment that it did not transfer 30 ers demanding “prescribed pay ures”, not all his leaders seem to HC issues notice to Punjab government on school donation acres of land, meant for con- scale”. be on the same page with Kumar’s CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on structing a hospital, to real estate After the violence in Khagaria administration. JD(U) MP and Wednesday issued notice to Punjab government seeking company DLF for using it as a on September 27, teachers were national spokesperson Shivanand explanation for R1 crore donation by deputy chief minister special economic zone (SEZ). arrested and diversions organ- Tiwari believes the measures are Sukhbir Singh Badal to his alma mater Lawrence School in The Haryana government ised – painting competitions and counter-productive. Himachal Pradesh. The bench heard a plea by former had denied the charge leveled special meetings – to keep them But does he think the seven- Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira who alleged that the by Kejriwal on Tuesday. “No busy elsewhere. To keep the black year itch will translate to a grant to the boarding school was given from the Punjab land meant for setting up a hos- flags away, the government even divorce? “I don’t think all this Nirman Funds while schools in Punjab were ignored. pital was released in favour of banned “anything black” at the presages a comeback by Lalu DLF in 2007, as was alleged by ■ Landless farmers at a rally near Agra on Wednesday. Thousands of tribals had set out on a rallies. “What about black hair? Prasad,” he said. “When time Fake stamp paper scam accused given 7 years imprisonment Mr Kejriwal….The land being Jan Satyagraha march from Gwalior to Delhi on October 3 demanding total land reforms in Are they going to get people to comes to vote, people will opt for NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Wednesday upheld seven years of talked about was released in the country. PTI PHOTO shave their heads too?” quipped one with fewer flaws. That's when imprisonment given to Abdul Karim Telgi in the multi-crore favour of East India Hotels Ltd Lalu to cheers from the audience. Nitish Kumar will score”. fake stamp paper scam. Telgi, who is a HIV/AIDS patient, in 1995 following six years of had challenged the trial court judgment sentencing him to court proceedings. No release seven years in jail and the fine of R25 lakh saying he had of land has been done during OP BLUESTAR: STORY GOES ON already spent time in jail. The additional sessions judge the last 10 years,” the Haryana refused to reduce the fine amount saying it was a huge loss government stated. to the Indian economy and consequently the fine cannot be Kejriwal, however, questioned said to be excessive. the state government's version. SGPC honours kin INTERVIEW LT GEN. (RETD) KS BRAR “This raises suspicions on the SC upholds common medical entrance test for all colleges Haryana government’s inten- NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay tion, as to why it did not take Shouldn’t allow radicals the national eligibility-cum-entrance test for postgraduate any action against the compa- of Vaidya’s killers medical courses (NEET-PG) to be held for the first time in ny that failed to construct the November. On petitions filed by 26 colleges, an apex court hospital for 16 years...” HT Correspondents JINDA AND SUKHA HAD to glorify militant ideology bench refused to grant an interim order permitting the insti- He also raised questions over ■ [email protected] tutions to conduct their own entrance examination. The col- the state government allowing KILLED GENERAL ARUN Ramesh Vinayak But, 1984 still rankles the col- you and the upcoming memori- leges challenged NEET-PG on grounds that minority institu- East India Hotels Ltd to sell the AMRITSAR/NEW DELHI: As the ■ [email protected] lective psyche of Sikhs? al in the Golden Temple? tions should be exempted from the common test. land to DLF. “Who allowed the Centre made it clear on Tuesday VAIDYA — IN-CHARGE OF A large section of the Sikh It may not have anything to change in use of land? Can any- that it would not interfere in the THE 1984 OPERATION On September 30, Lt Gen community has put Operation with the memorial, but such body other than the government construction of a memorial in BLUESTAR — IN 1986. HE Kuldip Singh Brar (retd) — the Bluestar behind. But, if you memorials should never be do it? The (Haryana govern- the Golden Temple for those lone surviving frontline com- allow radicals to glorify the mil- allowed to come up. A golden welcome for Rahul ment’s) response... is clearly a who died in Operation Bluestar, WAS KILLED IN PUNE. mander of Operation Bluestar itant ideology by building a bunch of lies,” Kejriwal said. the Shiromani Gurdwara — escaped an assassination memorial to that event inside The SGPC says the memorial is Haryana government is like- Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) – the home of Jinda, who was a bid in London by knife-wield- Harmandar Sahib, it wouldn’t for innocents killed during the ly to respond to Kejriwal's lat- bestowed special honours on member of the Khalistan com- ing Sikh radicals out to avenge take long for that section to get army action. est charge on Thursday. the families of assassins mando force. There too, only a the army action. In a wide- smaller, and some of them to A majority of them were ter- Harjinder Singh Jinda and handful of villagers and relatives ranging interview with HT at get on to the side of radicals. rorists or militants. There are PLAN TO PICKET Sukhdev Singh Sukha. were present. his residence in Mumbai on other ways to remember those SONIA'S HOUSE Jinda and Sukha had assas- In Delhi, meanwhile, Union Monday, he defended Do you mean radicals can who died, but not by raising a Arvind Kejriwal, accompanied sinated General Arun Vaidya — home minister Sushilkumar Operation Bluestar and destabilise Punjab? memorial in Harmandar by several differently abled IAC in-charge of the 1984 Operation Shinde said the government opposed the upcoming memo- It depends on how these Sahib. It’s activists, is likely to gherao the Bluestar — in 1986. He was would not interfere in SGPC’s rial at Harmandar Sahib, while radicals are able to influ- time to residence of Congress presi- killed in Pune, where he was construction at the Golden making a passionate pitch for ence the larger section that heal the dent Sonia Gandhi on Friday to residing after retirement. Temple in the light of the rights healing the wounds of the past. wants peace. The attack on wounds demand the resignation of law The two were hanged in 1992 bestowed by the Constitution. Excerpts: me was carried out by peo- of the minister Salman Khurshid. It and the SGPC has been observ- “It is a matter of rights given ple in the age group of 32 to past. has been alleged that an NGO ing their death anniversary to organisations by the It’s been 28 years since Opera- 35 years. They were kids run by Khurshid and his wife since 1993. Constitution. It is their institu- tion Bluestar, and Punjab has when Bluestar happened. indulged in financial irregular- On Tuesday, to mark their tion and we cannot interfere long moved on. What do you What do they know about ■ Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi holds a model of the ities. “Money bungling in an 19th death anniversary, the unless somebody takes objec- make of the attack on you now? it? Obviously, they were Golden Temple given by the Youth Congress, on the outskirts of NGO floated by the law minis- SGPC performed ‘bhog’ and tion in a court," he said. Well, Punjab has adopted the emotionally charged by sen- Amritsar on Wednesday. Gandhi said the Congress’s debacle in ter's wife is a matter of shame,” Akhand Path at the Harmandar Shinde, however, added that path of peace. A majority of its ior radicals who told them 2011 needed introspection by party workers. AFP PHOTO Kejriwal said. Sahib complex. Jinda’s brother the country has suffered due to people don’t want to revert to to “go ahead and carry out Khurshid's wife Louise, proj- Bhupinder Singh and Sukha’s terrorism for years and there- the conditions that existed in this task”. BJP likely to boycott today’s JPC meet on 2G ect director of the Dr Zakir relative Surjit Kaur were pre- fore, “the people should intro- the 1980s. Unfortunately, there NEW DELHI: BJP is likely to boycott the proceedings of the joint Hussain Memorial Trust, denied sented with “siropas”. spect”. are pro-Khalistan groups very Do you see any connec- parliamentary committee on Thursday over the issue of call- the allegations leveled in a sting But despite the presence of The controversial memorial active abroad, particularly in tion between the ing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister P operation carried out by a news SGPC secretary Dalmegh Singh, comes in the backdrop of intelli- London, Canada and Germany. attack on Chidambaram as witnesses in the 2G case. A BJP member channel. "The allegations are the function was muted, unlike gence reports about attempts to said there was no relevance in the meeting where former malicious and baseless… A legal the ones held at the Golden revive militancy in Punjab. Shinde additional secretary of the department of economic affairs notice is being sent, and appro- Temple in the late ‘80s and early said the government had infor- FOR FULL INTERVIEW Sindhushree Khullar will be coming. The six BJP members priate proceedings in accor- ‘90s. mation about "some activities" in JPC had asked the panel chief to take a final decision on dance with the law will be initi- Another function was held at in Punjab and other countries. hindustantimes.com/brarinterview calling Singh and Chidambaram before the committee. ated," she said in a statement. village Gadli in Amritsar district Mob of angry women lynches ‘molester’ in Nagpur NAGPUR: In a late night drama, a group of around 500 people, most of them women, lynched a notorious goon after chasing WHAT’S TRENDING IN INDIA TAIWAN TURNS 101 COMMENTS ON MOST READ him for half a kilometre, on Tuesday. The goon, Iqbal Sheikh, hindustantimes.com STORIES HT STORY POPULAR TWEETS (26) used to harass, molest and sexually exploit the women of Taiwan kicked off a series sitehighlights Mr Prime India is a horrible place, @iMoosabhai: I Trending topics Vasantrao Naik slum in west Nagpur locality. The infuriated Minister there is says Life of Pi writer of celebrations in front of women alleged that Iqbal had made their life hell and forced PANKAJ VOHRA pretend to work. on Twitter the Presidential Office, to CAPITAL CLOSEUP STANDING TALL @ 70 overall despair Yann Martel They pretend to them to live under constant fear. The women’s violent act of as darkness of #SamosaChats mark the 101st anniver- Has Congress become Amitabh pay me- sary of the founding of the vengeance brought back memories of the infamous Akku Yadav corruption has Kingfisher Airlines CEO vulnerable? Bachchan turns Kingfisher staff. #NAMA Republic of China. Scan for killing case of Nagpur who was similarly hacked to death by a snuffed the urges staff to return to 70 today. He #Officeoneliner #MyWorstFear pictures.hindustantimes.co group of women on the court premises a few years ago. SUTIRTHO PATRANOBIS careers of honest work ruled the Indian m/taiwanday HUTONG CAT officers. You @TheFunnySexis #officeoneliner Preserving Mao-era film industry in PM warns Where rapists roam free t: #MyWorstFear Leopard kills boy in Raipur his time and his have only #18ThingsWeGoogle propaganda art against mind- strengthened the is women leaving RAIPUR: Panic gripped at tiny Tika village in the Pithora forest comeback made Really wanted to do sex the kitchen. The #1LakhCelebration GAUTAM CHIKERMANE less negativity corrupt persons. range in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district after a leopard him an even 'Bigger B'. After all these scenes in On The Road: last time that JUST FAITH over corruption #WIFW reportedly killed a seven-year-old boy. Rajesh Yadav disap- years, what do fame, power, money Lok Nath Mehra Kristen Stewart happened, femi- Malala: a story of peared on Monday evening. A search for the child led villagers Let Kejriwal come out with more ill- nism was invent- #clt20 courage, defiance-- and and family mean to him? Find out at to the torn and blood-stained trousers of the victim near a hindustantimes.com/bigb, as we doings of all parties. Why should he ed. deep, deep faith As on 09:30pm, salute the Angry Young Man who go to court, where nothing ever hap- hindustantimes.com/ forested hill on Tuesday. Confirming that the child was killed by October 10 metamorphosed into the Amiable Paa. pens to these powerful people? JC storiesoct10stories a man-eater, Mahasamund divisional forest officer announced compensation of R2 lakh to the deceased’s family. HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 10 | nation | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012

FAIRER SEX IN UNFAIR WORLD HAPPY BIG B’DAY Gangraped, 35-yr-old When Amitabh Pregnant woman sets herself on fire, dies Press Trust of India set herself on fire and sustained was embarrassed raped in Haryana ■ [email protected] serious burn injuries to which she succumbed on late Tuesday SHAME 19-year-old abducted and sexually assaulted by two BHOPAL: A 35-year-old woman night. by Bachchan! committed suicide after she was In her dying declaration, the in Kaithal; Chautala backs khaps on lowering marriageable age allegedly gangraped in Raisen woman blamed four persons for deal with me. "You district, Madhya Pradesh, the driving her to commit suicide, get Utpal Dutt to how safe are TEENS TARGETED The series of rapes have police said on Wednesday. but failed to identify them. act in Saat raised a political storm in The woman was picked up by She told the police that while Hindustani, and in Sept 9: Upper caste men Haryana, where the powerful four persons in a jeep on returning home she was force- return you can use this quotes wOmen gang rape Dalit girl, 16, in khaps have suggested lowering Tuesday who allegedly raped fully taken away by four men boy's voice," he told me. in India Hisar. Girl’s father, a farm the marriageable age of boys and her in Badi forest area and who allegedly gangraped her. MRINAL SEN I stuck the deal immedi- “The biggest thing we labourer, commits suicide girls to 16 years to curb incidents dumped her on the road. The A case has been registered ately! I took the boy to a have learnt from him is as long you go, you keep HT Correspondent Sept 28: Four men gang of sexual assault. victim somehow returned home, against unidentified persons. t was 1969. I was making sound theatre in Borivali. reinventing yourself. He ■ [email protected] rape Class 11 student in On Tuesday, Gandhi had Bhuvan Shome, an FFC He just had to do a three- is young in his mind Sonepat district taken on the khaps, saying law financed film with a and-a-half minute I so he embraces all KAITHAL: A five-month pregnant Oct 3: Man rapes 12-year- was solely in the hands of the Ex-IMA chief accused of measly budget of R1.5 voiceover. After the record- opportunities.” married Dalit woman, 19, was old girl in Rohtak district judiciary. Former Haryana chief lakh. I wanted a fresh voice ing was over, I told the — Milan Luthria, director allegedly abducted and raped Oct 6: Four men rape 15- minister and INLD leader Om to do the voiceover. So I young man with great awk- by two men in northern year-old in Jind district. The Prakash Chautla, however, sup- raping college student went over to the house of wardness that I could only “We practically started Haryana’s Kaithal district, leav- girl commits suicide. ported the khap panchayats’ my friend, filmmaker afford to pay him R300 as our journey together. In ing the state reeling under the suggestion on Wednesday, cit- Avinash Kumar tute in Patna as the police gave Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, one the budget of the film was his 43-year career, he has impact of the 15th reported sex- ing a Mughal-era practice. ■ [email protected] no sign of taking action against day. He was with some peo- very small and my own fee excelled. He was even ual assault on its women with- dent of police Kuldeep Singh. “The Mughal sultanate in this him. ple, but I asked him if he was pathetic. He didn't more magnificent during in a month. According to the woman, the country used to misbehave with PATNA: More than a day after a “We will obtain the call details knew anyone who would want the money, but took it his downfall. He never The incident came to light on accused abducted her around women... to prevent that, peo- B.Com student accused a doc- of the doctor and carry out a suit my film. on my insistence. abandoned his dignity...” Wednesday, a day after 4am on Tuesday when she had ple started getting their young tor of rape and illegal confine- scientific investigation,” said Before any of us could say Another thing I must —Subhash Ghai, filmmaker Congress president Sonia gone out of her house to answer girls married early so that no ment for 13 days, the senior sur- DIG (Central Range) Sunil anything, a baritone rang share. When I asked him Gandhi visited the family of a nature’s call. one did anything wrong to geon and former president of Kumar, on Wednesday. out and stunned everyone, his full name as I needed it “There is no denying that 15-year-old rape victim in Jind Singh said, “Investigation has them… currently a similar situ- the Bihar unit of the Indian The victim, who was admit- especially me. "Dada, aami to use in the credits, he just he is a national treasure. district who committed suicide. revealed a call was made from ation is arising in the state.” Medical Association continued ted to the railway hospital near bangla bolte jane. (Dada, I said, "Amitabh!" In this industry, he has Kaithal police have arrested the woman’s phone to accused In Delhi, Union home minis- to roam free on Wednesday. Danapur, near Patna on can speak in Bengali)!" I didn't push him for his reached a height that is the two accused, Rakesh and Rakesh at 3.20am on Tuesday. ter Sushilkumar Shinde said the The alleged rapist, Dr Tuesday, was brought to the I looked across and saw a surname, assuming that it almost impossible, and Pawan, on the woman’s com- The call details and other evi- Centre was monitoring the sit- Ramesh Prasad Singh, 66, got state capital for a medical exam- lanky young man standing would be Kumar or some- has astounded the world plaint, said district superinten- dence will be placed in court.” uation in Haryana. himself admitted at a heart insti- ination on Wednesday. away from the group. I was thing! After the film was by doing it. He is durable.” hooked to the voice. I told released, I got a telegram — Mahesh Bhatt, director him I didn't care about lan- from a lady by the name of guage, his voice had already Teji Bachchan and her hus- ‘He gave life to the indus- Khap panchayats back in spotlight of notoriety impressed me! Abbas intro- band Harivansh Rai try. I have huge respect duced him as one of the new Bachchan, thanking me. for him. I wish a long life Vikas Pathak AS KHAPS TAKE PRIDE ence of khaps makes even the cast members for his next I learned his surname only on his 70th birthday.” ■ [email protected] Haryana government go soft on film, Saat Hindustani, and then. — Kumar Taurani, IN MARTIAL TRADITIONS, ht FAST FACTS owner of TIPS them, the latest prescription on Why are they controversial? said he'd work out a barter —As told to Afsana Ahmed NEW DELHI: With some members THERE IS A PERPETUAL marriageable age goes against Diktats such as banning same- of Haryana khap panchayats say- the Hindu Marriage Act as well KHAP gotra weddings, putting restric- While Amitabh’s career is littered with milestones, ing that lowering the age for mar- FEAR OF VIOLENCE IN as the Prohibition of Child CODE What is a khap? tions on women and making THE LOW POINTS his road to success featured some pitfalls too. A look riage could be the solution to THEIR AREAS Marriage Act. “The government A cluster of villages united bizarre statements on rapes crimes such as rape, the clan should crush the khaps’ powers,” REKHA Amitabh's marriage ued to feature in political campaigns and by caste and geography. The What does the law say? councils have come in the eye of asserts Colin Gonsalves, a lawyer. khap panchayat is a body reportedly turned rocky when advertisements for the party until he land- storm once again. The clan coun- hibiting marriage within the Gupta has also documented that governs these villages. The SS termed he was linked to actor Rekha ed in trouble for submitting legal papers cil’s “remedy”, which has shocked same clan because any such act how, in 1993, a sarv khap (all- them 'illegal' last after the two did their first film that identified him as a farmer. Punjab Where year after a spa- together, Mr Natwarlal. Silsila, many, comes at a time when is considered akin to incest. khap) panchayat in Sonepat vil- te of killings in PRESS BAN A 15-year press ban was Haryana are they in which the two were cast, was reportedly Haryana is being rocked by inci- The main difference between lage “resolved that divorce should the name of imposed on Amitabh by film magazines prevalent? based on their actual love triangle. dents of sexual assault. the khaps of northwestern India be considered a social crime, and UP community honour. during the peak of his career. In retalia- In his book ‘Rivalry and and the institution of gotra, which the offending party should be BOFORS Amitabh decided to quit films for tion, the actor forbade mediapersons from Rajasthan Brotherhood’, sociologist Dipan- is found elsewhere, is that khaps ostracised by the village”. politics, and stepped into some serious entering his film sets until late 1989. MP kar Gupta says that khaps — a have chaudharis and panchay- But khaps view their own role trouble. In no time, Amitabh was accused BANKRUPTCY In early 2000, Amitabh found INDIA traditional institution found ats. Their age-old mechanism to as socially positive, often passing in the infamous Bofors scandal. He got a himself in some serious trouble when among castes such as Jats and punish violations places them at “reformist” resolutions. The 1993 clean chit 25 years later. ABCL, his film production and event man- Gujjars in Haryana and parts of ideological odds with modern law. sarv khap panchayat, which had More than 3 crore AMAR FRIENDSHIP Amar Singh, agement company, drove him to bankrupt- west UP — are similar to gotras, Gupta said as many as 384 ruled against divorce, also ruled one of Amitabh's oldest cy. As Amitabh put up on his blog: "In people reside in khap- sub-groups within a caste that khaps exist among Jats alone. against extravagant marriages controlled villages... friends, had helped him during 2000, when the entire world was celebrat- claim to have descended from a With khaps taking pride in their and alcoholism, and advocated a financial crisis. To return the ing the new century, I was celebrating my common ancestor. “martial traditions”, there is per- education for girls. Historian ...which is almost equal to favour, Amitabh supported disastrous fortune. There was no film, no This could be the reason for petual fear of violence in their Prem Chowdhry documents such the population of Canada Singh's Samajwadi Party. The actor contin- money, no company…” their compulsive exogamy, pro- areas. Although the social influ- resolutions back to 1974 and 1930. GRAPHIC: PRASHANT CHAUDHARY/ TEXT: HT RESEARCH Maya keeps UPA guessing on support

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NIFTY SENSEX SBI TATA POWER HINDALCO BHEL NTPC NIKKEI 225HANG SENG KOSPISHANGHAI RUPEE/£BRENT CRUDE LME COPPER LME NICKEL 5,652.2 18,631.1 2,227.2 100.1 116.2 245.2 166.9 8,596.2 20,919.6 1,948.2 2,119.9 85.0 114.1 $/Bbl8,145.0 $/Tn17,930.0 $/Tn -52.5 -162.3 -53.0 -2.3 -2.5 -5.1 -3.1 -173.4 -17.7 -30.8 +4.7 -0.5 -0.4 +0.0 +0.0 short MARKETTALK stories New firm to build HYUNDAI TO HIKE CAR Missed out on rally? Stay in, PRICES, OFFSET HIGH INPUT COSTS expressways but with long term in mind NEW DELHI: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Wednesday said it will Sachin Dave THE FALL IS HERE, SPRING MAY STILL COME ■ Camry: not powering enough increase prices of all its ■ [email protected] models to offset the impact on the cards Number of Fund houses that investors who witnessed a of high input costs. The MUMBAI: Mutual fund investors 1.6mn 70% price increase will come into EASIER AND FASTER NEXCOR to fast-track development who missed out on the market have closed fall in assets TOYOTA RECALLS effect within a couple of rally in the last one month as they their mutual fund portfolios under management in the of road network, raise resources and deploy funds in the last fiscal year last fiscal year weeks, the company said in exited early to limit losses, can CAMRY, ALTIS IN a statement, without speci- still re-enter, but with long-term EXPERT SPEAK “Retail investors should fying the quantum of the Anupama Airy A LONG AND WINDING ROAD gains in mind, say experts. ■ stick to their long-term hike. HMIL sells a range of ■ [email protected] The Sensex has given around Investors who have INDIA AS PART OF goals. Even at these valu- models from entry level Eon THE 5-YR PLAN 25% return since January 2012. already invested in starting at R2.75 lakh to pre- NEW DELHI: In order to speed up Retail investors should not just MFs must hold on to ations investors may ■ An Expressway mium sports utility vehicles the development of expressways enter the market because it is their investments as enter, but the goal should GLOBAL EXERCISE Authority of India to for- tagged up to R25.38 lakh in India, the government plans performing or exit when it is the market is likely to not be to make money HT Correspondent mulate and implement (ex-showroom Delhi). PTI to set up a new company — under-performing in the short give better returns in ■ [email protected] a master plan to build and exit in six months.” National Expressways and term, say analysts. “There is a the coming months 15,600 km of express- —SURYA BHATIA, Connectivity Corporation (NEX- behaviour gap between investor MUMBAI: Japanese automaker Emkay Global resumes ways at an estimated financial planner NSE trading, stock up COR) — under the ministry of and investment that is caused by Toyota will recall 8,700 units of cost of R156,000 cr NEW DELHI: Emkay Global road transport and highways. emotions, when retail investors its premium sedan Corolla Altis ■ Fast-track construc- on Wednesday resumed The 11th Five-Year Plan had ■ File photo of Noida Expressway: exit at any correction and flock have exited MF investments in highest return clocked by any fund and Camry in India to rectify tion of 1,000 km of trading on the National stated that the government more such on the way? back when there is any rise (in the last fiscal year as returns house is 8% in last one year. faulty power window switches Stock Exchange (NSE) would consider establishing an expressways under markets),” said Amar Pandit, a slowed down, the Association of Analysts say that retail as part of a bigger global recall after the bourse reinstated Expressway Authority of India NHDP Phase VI WHAT THE NEW COMPANY Mumbai-based financial planner. Mututal Funds of India has said. investors should review their port- of 7.4 million vehicles. PROPOSES TO DO the brokerage firm’s trad- to formulate and implement a THE REALITY “Investors should realise that they According to Value Research, folios every year and exit scheme The recall will cover Corolla ing facility on its platform master plan for building 15,600 ■ Formulate a framework to would gain more by staying in the around 70% of the major mutual that are not giving good returns. Altis sold during July 30, 2008- ■ Under NHDP-VI, feasi- following fulfillment of km of access-controlled express- develop expressways market in the long term.” funds have witnessed a fall in their However, they should not exit December 31, 2008 and Camry bility studies were to be obligations over the erro- ways for high-density corridors ■ Around 1.6 million investors assets under management. The schemes with good track record.k sold during September 1, 2006- completed by 2008, Look into planning, building and neous trade of last Friday. at an estimated cost of R156,000 management of expressways July 31, 2008. The company’s shares crore. (The cost of developing land acquisition by 2009 Toyota Motor Corporation’s and projects were to be ■ Develop associated urban closed 4.6% up at R27 on highways/expressways is an esti- infrastructure Indian arm Toyota Kirloskar the NSE. It also bounced mated R10 crore per km.) awarded by 2010. Sharp cut in auto growth forecast Motor, a 89:11 venture between ■ back sharply on the Besides, the government also However, the study has Raise resources from the govern- TMC and Kirloskar group, will ment, funding agencies Bombay Stock Exchange, plans to acquire the land for 6,000 been completed only in HT Correspondent units in the year-ago period. from 6-8%. Three-wheeler sales conduct the recall campaign on the case of one project ■ Deploy funds. climbing 10% in morning km and expedite construction of ■ [email protected] “This trend is likely to contin- were also flat while automobile a voluntary basis, a statement trade, before closing 4.4% 1,000 km of expressways under ue until the economy comes back exports contracted 5.96%. issued by the company said. up at R26. The stock has the National Highways Develop- case of one project. expressways besides facilitating MUMBAI: Amid a decline in car on track,” said S Sandilya, pres- According to analysts, not “On certain Corolla Altis and crashed 27% in the last ment Project (NHDP) Phase VI “The objective of setting up development of associated Urban sales for two consecutive months, ident, SIAM. just economic factors, but grow- Camry models of the specified three trading sessions. PTI to provide for unhindered and the proposed company under Infrastructure along the express- the Society of Indian Automobile Reflecting subdued consumer ing customer preference for years, the power window mas- high-speed traffic. Progress on Company Act 1956 is to have an ways.”Raising resources from the Manufacturers (SIAM) on sentiments, motorcycle sales utility vehicles has led to the ter switch may begin to feel India expands more than the actual implementation of alternative delivery mechanism government, bilateral and multi- Wednesday lowered its full-year slumped 18.9%, forcing SIAM drop in car sales. Utility vehi- notchy or become inoperative. China in July-Sept: survey expressways has been extreme- for the development of express- lateral funding agencies, and growth forecast to 1-3% from 9- to lower growth estimate for the cles has had a good run so far Owners of the involved vehi- NEW DELHI: Economic ly poor so far. While under NHDP- ways,” said a government official. deployment of funds will also be 11% announced in July. segment to 5-7% from 11-13%. this year with 55% growth. cles, covered under this recall growth in emerging market VI, feasibility studies were to be The proposed company would the responsibility of the proposed Auto sales fell by 9.4% in Commercial vehicle sales were RC Bhargava, chairman, campaign will receive a notifi- economies slowed in the completed by 2008, land acqui- formulate a framework for devel- company. The company would September, the steepest fall flat, although medium and heavy Maruti Suzuki, said car sales will cation from Toyota,” the release July-September quarter on sition was to be done by 2009 and opment of such expressways in also set up special purpose vehi- since December 2008. truck segment continued to show pick up. “There will be 5% growth said.The recall campaign will poor performance by the projects were to be awarded by India, said the official. “NEXCOR cles (SPVs) either individually or Car sales dropped 5.4% dur- decline due to slow industrial in the second half. The sentiment be conducted from November manufacturing sector, but 2010. However, the study has so will look into planning, building, in joint venture with state gov- ing the month to 157,536 units in activity. Commercial vehicle sales will improve because of reform onwards across all authorised India expanded more than far been completed only in the operation and management of ernments. September compared to 166,464 are estimated to grow 3-5%, down measures,” he said. Toyota dealers in India. China, an HSBC survey said. The HSBC Emerging Markets Index slipped to Huawei India dismisses US security fears 52.1 in the third quarter India a key global player, says Bernanke this year from 53.2 in the MUMBAI: Huawei India president mittee on whether Chinese The committe had advised April-June period. Eric Yu dismissed security con- telecommunication companies American companies not to seek Meanwhile, vehicle sales in cerns raised by a US can be trusted with access to the services of, or do business China fell 1.8% year-on-year after banking talks with RBI governor Congressional intelligence com- critical infrastructure. with, Huawei and ZTE. HTC in September as Japanese automakers’ sales col- HT Correspondent MISHRA DHATU NIGAM LIMITED W.B. Govt. Tender lapsed. PTI & REUTERS ■ [email protected] (A Govt. of India Enterprise) P.O.Kanchanbagh,Hyderabad-500 058 (A.P.),INDIA. Divisional Forest Officer, Ph:040-24340001(10 Lines),Fax:040-24340764, E-mail:[email protected] Website: www.midhani.gov.in Dish TV to offer basic MUMBAI: India is becoming a key Nadia, Murshidabad Divn., TENDER NOTICE player in the global economy, US General Manager (Commercial & Business Development), Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited channels free of cost Post-Krishnanagar, Dist.- KOLKATA: Dish TV on Federal Reserve chairman Ben (MIDHANI) invites sealed Tenders from eligible Bidders. Nadia will offer for sale of SL Tender No. Description Qty. Tender EMD Wednesday said it will pro- Bernanke said on Wednesday No. Fee vide basic channel tier com- after a meeting with Reserve Timber Lot etc. through the 1. MDN/PUR/04/ Dia 510 x65x152.4 Hi Tech Snagging Wheel 300 Rs. Rs. Auction Sale Notice No. ADVT/018/ Suitable for Smooth Medium Grinding of Nos 500/- 40,000/- prising of 70 channels free ff Bank of India (RBI) governor D 2012 Stainless Steel, NI-Base Alloys, LA Steels etc. 2/Rev. (DEPT) of 2012-13 of MOS 2000 RPM, cost to the subscribers as Subbarao. 1. Purchase of Tender Documents: against TRAI’s d recom- “India is clearly becoming a Nadia Murshidabad Divn. Tender forms with detailed technical specifications along with Terms and Conditions can be Auction will start from obtained from DGM (Pur) on submission of non-refundable Tender Fee by way of Demand mendation of providing the more and more important play- Draft in favour of Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited, Hyderabad. basic tier at R100 per month. er on the world stage, in the G20 11.00 a.m. of 6.11.12 to 2. The details of Scope, specification, delivery schedule & procedure to be followed for RC Venkateish, CEO of Dish context, in terms of its role in the 9.11.12 at Divisional Forest submission of tender with terms and conditions are furnished in tender documents and also can be downloaded from the website www.midhani.gov.in ■ TV said, “Consumers in global economy and I think it’s From left: HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh; US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner; US Federal Office Auction Hall, 3. Issue, Receipt and Opening of Tender four metros are apprehen- very useful for us to continue to Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and CII chairman and Godrej group president Adi Godrej during a Krishnanagar, Nadia. a) Issue of Tender Documents up to : 01.11.2012 at 17:00 Hrs. b) Receipt of Tender on or before : 02.11.2012 up to 10:30 A.M. sive about the sudden exchange ideas and build the breakfast roundtable meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday PHOTO: AFP Intending purchasers are c) Opening of Tender : 02.11.2012 at 11:30 A.M. switch off of their highly val- basis for a future collaboration,” requested to enquire at the Midhani reserves the right to accept or reject any or all quotations without assigning any reason whatoever. Delayed and late quotations will not be acceptable under any circumstances. ued TV viewing. This will said Bernanke. “We discussed man to do so, Bernanke said he the third annual US-India eco- the latest round of reforms by above address of the Sd/-, GENERAL MANAGER (C&BD) translate into huge competi- monetary policy and regulatory discussed policy challenges in nomic and financial partner- the Indian government. “We got aforesaid authority on any tive advantage for Dish TV challenges, banking issues, the both the US and India. ship meeting. briefed by both on the US eco- working day during office as none of the other com- global economy,” he added. Bernanke, along with US Both Geithner and Bernanke nomic situation,” said Adi Godrej, hours and to inspect the petitors both from cable and Describing his first-ever visit Treasury Secretary Timothy met Indian industry leaders in president, Confederation of depot lot before attending DTH offer this facility.” HTC as “very constructive”, which also Geithner, was on a two-day the morning and discussed var- Indian Industry (CII) and chair- auction. makes him the first US Fed chair- visit to India to participate in ious economic issues, including man, Godrej group. ICA/T-2276(2)/2012 Samsung announces ‘Smart Home’ celebrations WHAT’S NEXT? iMITATION KOLKATA: Samsung India on W.B. Govt. Tender WEST BENGAL GOVT. TENDER Wednesday announced its plans for the upcoming fes- EADS, BAE CALL Executive Engineer, Civil Sealed Tenders are invited tive season. Touted as Microsoft strategy now Engineering Divn. No. I, by the Executive Engineer, “Smart Home Celebration, OFF MERGER Sundarban Development Electrical Division No. 11, offers attractive gifts on the Board, Sundarban Affairs Construction Board Dte. purchase of Samsung audio, mimics Apple, Ballmer Deptt., Govt. of W.B., Public Works Department, visual and home appliances. ATTEMPT Mayukh, 4th fl., 76, Sundari Mohan Avenue “We want to make the aus- Bidhannagar, Kolkata-91 (2nd Floor) for the works of picious season even more memo reveals LONDON: EADS and BAE invites sealed tenders for special for our consumers, Systems will not extend their Repair & renovation of upgrading & Development the gifts will be available to Reuters merger talks later on Wednesday, Electrical Installation work of existing damage the customers with pur- ■ [email protected] calling an end, for now, to a plan work at ITI, Chhota chase of Samsung tabs, to create the world’s largest B.P. Rd. to Bituminous Rd. Jagulia in the Dist. of mobiles, refrigerators, and LONDON: Microsoft Corp chief defence and aerospace group. from the PWD Rd. at 4 No. North 24 Pgs. Electircal other home executive Steve Ballmer has With Germany opposing it, Chouddarashi to 24 No. Lat Installation work for appliancesSmart Home signalled a new direction for France’s EADS and the UK’s F.P. School (Giribala remaining portion i.e. Celebation will be offered the world’s largest software BAE Systems were in a race Adarsha) at Mouza - CNC Machine & newly from Octover1 to November company, pointing to hard- against time to declare their Raidighi Abad, G.P. installed motor for 20 across the country and ware and online services as intentions and either scrap the Raidighi, Block different workshop at for West Bengal, Odisha, its future, taking a page from merger, ask UK regulators for Mathurapur-II under Chhota Jagulia ITI Assam it will continue till long-time rival Apple Inc. time or go ahead with their plans Raidighi Sub-Divn. of Civil (Additional work). Job No. November 18,”Mahesh Ballmer’s comments in his ■ Ballmer: on a flat salary to create a group employing Engineering Divn. No.-I, 6/TR/IV of 12-13. Krishnan, vice president, annual letter to shareholders about 220,000 people. S.D.B. from (Ch. 0 m. to 1200 consumer electronic busi- suggested that Microsoft BAE said on Wednesday that Estimated value : m.). Length: 1200 M. (under ness, Samsung, said. HTC may eventually make its own BONUS CLIPPED it had become clear that the Rs.2,00,942/-. Earnest Plan); Amount to tender : phones to build on its forth- Alongside the shareholders’ interests of the French, British Money: Rs. 4019/-. Valid Rs.84,86,759/-; E-money (2% Wish Tel and BSNL jointly coming own-brand Surface letter, Microsoft’s annual and German governments could Income Tax and Sales Tax launch triple play tablet tablet PC and market-lead- proxy filing, showed that not be adequately reconciled or 2½%) : Rs.1,69,735/-; Time of completion : 180 Clearance & VAT KOLKATA: WishTel, a leading ing Xbox gaming console. Ballmer, got a lower bonus with each other or with the objec- Certificate must be manufacturer of tablet, PCs “There will be times than he did last year, partly tives that BAE and EADS estab- days. Each applicants for and net books in association when we build specific for flat sales of Windows lished for the merger. the work over Rs.2/- (two) produced by the Elect. with BSNL announced the devices for specific purpos- and his failure to ensure “BAE Systems and EADS lakhs must produce the contractors having Elecl. launch of latest ultra mobile es, as we have chosen to do that the company provided have therefore decided it is in attested xerox copy of Supervisor with certificate and durable tablet PC, IRA with Xbox and the recently a choice of browser to some the best interests of their com- VAT/ Sales Tax of competency. The last ICON. It delivers optimised announced Microsoft European customers. panies and shareholders to ter- Registration Certificate, date of issue of tender is : services in voice, video and Surface,” wrote Ballmer. He earned a bonus of minate the discussions and to S.T.C.C., P.T.C.C. (Challan), 26.10.12 and tender will be data providing an enhanced The new approach mimics $620,000 for Microsoft’s continue to focus on delivering Income Tax, Pan Card. Last received upto 2 p.m. and durability, mobility and con- Apple Inc, whose massively 2012 fiscal year, which their respective strategies,” it Saral in favour of the opened shortly thereafter nectivity. The triple play 7- successful iPhone and iPad ended in June, down 9% said. German Chancellor Angela on 31.10.12. The authority inch tablet PC IRA ICON is demonstrated tight integra- from the year before. Merkel had opposed the pro- Firm/ Agency. Last date of reserves the right to accept a 800x480 pixel, TFT LCD tion of high-quality soft- His salary, which is low posal to combine Airbus pas- application is 2.11.2012 capacitive multi-touch ware and hardware and by US standards for chief senger airplanes with UK defence (14.00 hrs.) Tender forms to or reject the lowest or all screen that runs on Android made Windows devices feel executives, remained essen- contractor BAE. “Merkel is be issued by 9.11.12 (16.30 tenders of NIT No. 56/T of 4.0 with 1.2 GHz processor clunky in comparison. tially flat at $685,000. against the deal but has not given hrs.). Tender submission : 12-13 without assigning and a 1GB of RAM. HTC reasons,” a source said. REUTERS 16.11.12 (upto 14.00 hrs.). any reason whatsoever. ICA/T-2275(3)/2012 ICA/T-2280(3)/2012 HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 12 | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012

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PTI htworld JENNIFER LAWRENCE, Actor, on her character Katniss in ‘The Hunger Games’ photooftheday Kayani visits child shot by Taliban TERROR STRIKE Pak army chief says attack exposes ‘extremist mindset’ the nation is facing; Malala undergoes surgery Press Trust of India which is located 160 km from Malala as a “heinous act of ter- ■ [email protected] Islamabad — has “become a rorism,” did not directly refer symbol for the values that the in his remarks to the banned Afghan bounty on anti-Islam filmmaker ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s powerful army, with the nation behind it, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, A religious figure in west- The film, made in the Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez is fighting to preserve for our which has claimed responsibil- ern Afghanistan is offering US, portrays Islam’s Kayani on Wednesday visited a future generations,” Kayani said. ity for the incident. a $300,000 bounty to any- Prophet Muhammad as a teenage rights activist griev- “These are the intrinsic val- A group of doctors performed one who kills the maker of fraud, womanizer and child ously injured by Taliban mili- ues of an Islamic society, based a three-hour-long surgery on an anti-Islam film that has molester. Hussini told AP tants as he warned that the on the principles of liberty, jus- Wednesday to remove a bullet angered Muslims around on Wednesday that he also “heinous” attack on the girl had tice and equality of man,” said lodged near the spine of Malala, the world. is offering a $500,000 clearly exposed the “extremist Kayani, who visited Malala in ■ Ashfaq Parvez Kayani who was attacked by the Taliban The bounty is being reward for the killing of a mindset” confronting the nation. Peshawar military hospital. for speaking out against the offered by Mir Farooq cleric in Yazd province in Fourteen-year-old schoolgirl Kayani used the occasion to is facing.” He said the terrorists atrocities of militants. Malala Hussini, the spokesman for neighboring Iran who has ■ Students perform during celebrations to mark the centenary of Malala Yousufzai — who was send out a message to the mili- had underestimated the “resolve was hit by two bullets on an organization represent- allegedly insulted the the Republic of China, in front of Taiwan's Presidential Office in shot in the head by the militants tants, saying incidents like the and resilience” of the people. Tuesday when militants fired at ing about 450 religious prophet’s wife. Taipei on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO on Tuesday in the former attack on Malala "clearly expose However, the Army Chief, her inside a school bus at schools in Herat province. AP, KABUL Taliban stronghold of Swat the extremist mindset the nation who condemned the attack on Mingora. STOP FIGHTING, KHAMENEI TELLS IRAN LEADERS ISLAMABAD: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranian offi- cials on Wednesday to stop bickering over mounting economic woes as Tehran grapples with Western-imposed sanctions voicing concern heightened by the collapse of the rial currency. “The officials should LEAVE ME ALONE, know and accept their responsibilities and not blame each other " IMF focus on US-Europe recovery Khamenei said in a televised speech. PLEADS FORMER Agence France Presse ■ with the government making it [email protected] US sends forces to Jordan clear that any proceedings would Aid for emerging IMF CHIEF WASHINGTON: The US military TOKYO: There is a wait-and-see Agence France Presse be conditional to the immunity has secretly dispatched a task approach among top officials ■ [email protected] available to the President. economies force of more than 150 the IMF. Wait and see what hap- Finding ways to boost the planners and other specialists pens next in Europe and wait global economy and help- PARIS: Former IMF chief Pussy Riot members defiant to Jordan to help the armed ■ and see how the US tackles its ing poor nations fend off Dominique Strauss-Kahn has MOSCOW: The members of Joe Biden forces there handle a flood of so-called fiscal cliff. financial shocks will be pleaded to be left alone and says Russia's Pussy Riot punk femi- Syrian refugees, prepare for the Optimists at the top of the on the agenda of the IMF he is facing a “media assault” in nist group Wednesday defiantly possibility that Syria will lose organisation believe an agree- and World Bank meet- an interview with French week- maintained their innocence at control of its chemical weapons OBAMA’S RACE ment on closer co-operation and ings. Tokyo meetings ly Le Point. “I have never been their appeal while apologising to and be positioned should the debt sharing in Europe, along- were supposed to usher convicted, not in (France) nor any religious believers who they turmoil in Syria expand into a side a congressional deal in the in governance reforms in any other country,” he said in offended with their cathedral wider conflict. RESTS ON US to limit the impact of tax passed two years ago, the interview. stunt. “There is nothing anti-reli- rises and spending cuts due in amid calls from emerging “Therefore nothing justifies gious in the actions of Pussy January, is possible and will put nations, including India, ■ my being the object of a media Blasphemy case dropped Riot, it was political," Nadezhda THURSDAY’S IMF managing director Christine Lagarde (right) and World Bank CAIRO: Two Egyptian Christian the world economy back on a for a greater say in the assault that some days resem- Tolokonnikova, 22, told the court. president Jim Yong Kim (left) during a visit to a coastal district in boys detained over charges of path to growth and recovery. IMF's affairs. AFP Sendai, Japan on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO bles a manhunt." Strauss- blasphemy and insulting the BIDEN DEBATE Olivier Blanchard, the IMF's Kahn, a one-time contender for Koran were released and their Clinton endorses Ami Bera Yashwant Raj chief economist, singled out the French presidency, suffered case was dropped on WASHINNGTON: Dr Ami Bera, the ■ [email protected] Europe and the US for criticism has made efforts to develop a a stunning fall from grace fol- Wednesday their defence Indian AmericanDemocratic Party during the conference in Tokyo, more rounded economy and big- China to skip IMF meet lowing his arrest at a New York lawyer said. The brothers Mina candidate from a Congressional WASHINGTON: For the first time though as an optimist, he said ger welfare state, Beijing hotel on sexual assault charges Nadi 9 and Nabil Nadi 10 seat in California, received a big in many weeks now President there were signs that both were depends on foreign buyers for Associated Press Zhou Xiaochuan, who was last year and a subsequent were accused by locals in the boost to his electoral ambition Barack Obama is staying home edging towards deals that would its income. ■ [email protected] scheduled to give the event's string of sex-related investiga- village of Marco south of Cairo as he was endorsed by former US on Wednesday. He has some offi- end the current uncertainty. Yet the debts run up by closing speech on Sunday, tions in France. of tearing up a copy of the President Bill Clinton. cial meetings, but no campaign The focus on Europe and the Europe and the US since the TOKYO: China's central bank gov- wouldn't be coming to Tokyo, In the interview, he denou- Koran and urinating on it. events. Democrats disappoint- US is understandable. Despite financial crash leave them in a ernor and finance minister citing scheduling problems. nced the media scrutiny he has Probe into near miss of jets ed by his Denver debate per- talk of a globalised world, the position where conventional wis- won't be attending IMF and The IMF said his deputy, Yi faced since returning to France Zardari graft cases SYDNEY: Australian officials are formance would be hoping he is crux of the dilemma faced by dom says they must favour gov- World Bank annual meetings in Gang, will represent him at the after the US charges were ISLAMABAD: After weeks of probing how two Qantas jets getting some practice. He can’t the US-based bank is that with- ernment spending cuts over Tokyo this week, a Japanese offi- meeting and will deliver dropped. “I can no longer tol- wrangling, Pakistan SC on came to be on a collision course afford another debacle. Mitt out growth in Europe and the measures to spur growth. cial said today- cancellations Sunday's lecture. The IMF erate that there is an assumed Wednesday approved a third over Darwin last week, coming Romney is too close. US, every other country suffers. IMF is unrepentant in its view that come as the two Asian couldn't confirm that Finance right to take advantage of my draft of a letter that will ask within 250 metres of each other. All hopes rest on Joe Biden. China is the prime loser from that governments cut spending giants remain at odds over a Minister Xie Xuren had also can- situation — and the probes Swiss authorities to revive graft The Australian Transport Safety Can he turn the race with his a slowdown in the west for the even though, for the worst hit cluster of tiny islands both claim. celled his trip. China's finance wrongly targeting me— to tram- cases against Asif Ali Zardari, Bureau said it was probing it. debate against Republican can- simple reason that it remains nations like Britain, there is a The IMF confirmed that ministry did not respond to ple on my privacy,” he said. didate Paul Ryan on Thursday? dependent on exports. While it direct impact on growth. People's Bank of China Gov requests for comment. “Leave me alone!” Dick Cheney delivered the indiaandtheworld debate for his boss in 2004, beat- ing comprehensively Democrat Member Votes %age of John Edwards after George W Top communist official in a country total votes Bush got a mauling from John US scientists win Nobel for Chemistry USA 421,961 16.75% Kerry in their first debate. Associated Press cells, which let the body respond ■ ROBERT LEFKOWITZ AND scandal of luxuries in China The Obama campaign needs [email protected] to a wide variety of chemical Japan 157,022 6.23% some good news. With his poll BRIAN KOBILKA GOT THE signals, like adrenaline. Some Sutirtho Patranobis Li Dejin, head of Fujian’s numbers surging, Romney is STOCKHOLM: Two American receptors are in the nose, tongue ■ [email protected] Department of Transportation Germany 146,392 5.81% PRIZE FOR DISCOVERING LARGEST ready to take the fight into researchers won the Nobel Prize and eyes, and let us sense smells, was spotted wearing the valu- France 108,122 4.29% Obama’s strongholds, areas he in Chemistry Wednesday for G-PROTEIN-COUPLED tastes and light. BEIJING: A Rado watch and ables — which cost nearly had stayed out of. He is now mov- studies of protein receptors that RECEPTORS IN 1980s “They work as a gateway to Hermes leather belt-wearing $10000 —stopped the Metro- HOLDERS OF UK 108,122 4.29% ing to win Obama supporters. let body cells sense and respond the cell,” Lefkowitz told a news high-ranking Communist Party politan Times of Yunnanfrom IMF VOTES New poll show Romney clos- to outside signals like danger or conference in Stockholm of China official has triggered carrying the story. Italy 95,996 3.81% ing the gap in battleground the flavor of food. Such studies pled receptors. by phone. Lefkowitz, 69, is an uproar after he apparently According to reports, Li states such as Ohio, a must have are key for developing better About half of all medications investigator at the Howard blocked a newspaper from car- forced the newspaper to with- The national China 81,151 3.65% vote shares are for any Republican candidate drugs. act on these receptors, includ- Hughes Medical Institute and rying a story that implicated draw thousands of copies of the broadly based on Saudi Arabia 70,592 2.80% gunning for the White House. The Royal Swedish Academy ing beta blockers and antihist- professor at Duke University him as corrupt. newspaper on Monday. the contribution Obama has the backing of 51% of Sciences said Robert amines, so learning about them Medical Center in Durham. Details of the story has been According to Xinhua, the case Canada 64,429 2.56% of likely voters in a poll con- Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka will help scientists to come up Kobilka, 57, worked for forwarded on Chinese social net- was revealed by Zhou Zhichen, of each country ducted for CNN in Ohio, with had made groundbreaking dis- with better drugs. Lefkowitz at Duke before trans- working sites more than 100000 editor-in-chief of the to the IMF's Russia 60,191 2.39% Romney at 47%, within reach coveries, mainly in the 1980s, The human body has about ferring to Stanford University times, forcing the CPC’s official Metropolitan Times, who post- funding. INDIA 58,952 2.34% factoring in the statistical mar- on an important family of recep- 1,000 kinds of such receptors, School of Medicine in California, news agency, Xinhua, to report ed a message on Sina Weibo, gin of error. tors, known as G-protein-cou- structures on the surface of where he is now a professor. on it late on Wednesday evening, China’s Twitter-like microblog. SOURCE:IMF; GRAPHIC: SANJAY KAPOOR life,theuniverse&everything KIDS’ MAGAZINE TO the stage. She is already shunned by some of her rela- BE PROSECUTED tives. But for Firooz, the best WHITE, SILVER TOP VEHICLE COLOURS IN US know Louganis boost to South TUNIS: A popular Tunisian chil- way to express herself is White is the most popular colour for the second year dren's magazine is to be pros- through rap, a musical genre in a row after overtaking silver in 2011 how ecuted for telling its young that is starting to generate a ■ White, which was also popular in the ■ Silver also rose in popu- Asia’s first LGBTI games readers how to make a following in Afghanistan. AP 1980s, is making a comeback as a mod- larity as a high-tech colour petrol bomb, officials said on ern, high-tech colour thanks to Apple Utpal Parashar Tuesday. starting in the 2000s, and WHY NAIL MUM’S JEWELS SOLD Inc.'s all-white stores and glossy white remains especially popular ■ [email protected] The latest edition of "Qaws gadgets, said Jane Harrington, PPG's choice in Asia, according to Quzah", Arabic for ■ FOR BROTHEL VISIT Sosan Firooz manager of colourstyling for car firms the annual rankings SCRAPPING KATHMANDU: Nepal is set to "Rainbow", featured a piece WASHINGTON: German A 14-year- host South Asia’s first sports about the history of petrol old German teenager took his Percentage of vehicle colours chosen by customers in 2012 festival exclusively for les- bombs in its "Knowledge FEMALE RAPPER IN mother's jewellery worth IRRITATES YOU bians, gays, bisexuals, trans- Corner", including detailed AFGHANISTAN between 2,000 and 3,000 euros 22% 20% 19% 39% Press Trust of India gendered and intersexes — ■ Greg Louganis HT PHOTO instructions and a diagram. ($2,500-$3,800) and pawned it ■ [email protected] LGBTI in short—a three-day "It is an improvised weapon KABUL: "Listen to my story! for 300 euros ($380) to finance have white have silver have black have other colours event which will kick start rounds of the springboard that is often used in riots and Listen to my pain and suffer- two trips to a brothel for him- colour colour colour LONDON: The much-touted health this Friday. event where he suffered a con- acts of sabotage because it is ing!" Afghanistan's first self and a friend, German police benefits associated with super- But more than the 350 cussion after hitting the board. easy to make and use," the female rapper Sosan Firooz said. Karlsruhe police food such as broccoli and blue- athletes from Nepal and 150 Despite worries about article read. pleads into her microphone. spokesman Ralf Minet said the berries do not reach past the others expected from 17 whether he would be able to The magazine, read for With her first rap song, the teenager's mother is pressing gut, a new study has found. countries, the main attrac- continue, he came back for decades in Tunisia by boys outspoken 23-year-old singer charges of theft against her son, Super-food may have been tion of the festival would be the final round and won the and girls aged between five is making history in her who admitted he pawned the the mainstay of the health indus- Olympic legend Gregory event. It was later revealed and 15, has no political orien- homeland where society jewellery to pay for the prosti- try for a long time, but now Efthimios Louganis or Greg that he was diagnosed as tation. AP frowns on women who take tutes. REUTERS researchers are questioning Louganis to fans worldwide. HIV positive six months GRAPHIC: ASHISH SINGH their much promised health pro- The US diving champion, prior to the Olympics. moting properties. who won double gold medals Louganis disclosed that he Researchers at London’s in the 1984 and 1988 was gay in 1994 and co-wrote HAIRLESS MEN SEEN The survey carried out in Turkey and Slovakia found only SPACEX DRAGON Kingston University used an Olympics, has confirmed his his autobiography ‘Breaking 20% women in either country prefer a hairy chest. approach that allows them to attendance as guest of hon- the Surface’ a year later delve deeper into the effective- our for the event to be host- where he detailed his early AS BETTER LOOKERS AT SPACE STATION ness of health-promoting ‘super ed in Kathmandu. years of domestic abuse, ■ The preference for hairless men CAPE CANAVERAL: Space station foods’ and their elixir-giving ilk. Louganis’s career has rape and depression. stems from its association with 80% women find men with astronauts have snared a They found that foods such been an inspiration for The athlete has dabbled in parasite threat and lice. relatively hairless chests Dragon. The commercial sup- as broccoli, blueberries and sportspersons worldwide films and television besides ■ Researchers believe the preference more attractive. ply ship reached the whole grains do contain polyphe- and is bound to boost those coaching. He was mentor to for hairless men should increase in International Space Station this nols — compounds that have taking part in the festival. the US diving team in the areas close to the equator where morning after a two-and-half antioxidant and anti-inflamma- His presence will also aid the London Olympics. parasite threat is high. day flight from Cape Canaveral. ments. tory properties — but they sel- fight for LGBTI rights in More importantly ■ The station crew used a robot This newest Dragon holds 453 dom make it past the gut. Nepal, feels organizer Blue Louganis has been a role Cultural differences may also be a arm to grab the SpaceX vessel, kilograms of groceries, clothes, “Polyphenols may well work Diamond Society. model for spreading HIV factor since earlier studies show called Dragon. science experiments and other when cells are exposed to them One of the most enduring awareness and his work to women from the African nation of It's the first official delivery gear, including ice cream for the directly, such as under labora- images of the 1988 Seoul defend civil liberties of Cameroon prefer hairier men. by the California-based SpaceX three station residents. It will tory conditions, but what needs Olympics was Louganis’s acci- LGBTI community and those ■ On the other hand, women in company under a USD 1.6 bil- remain at the orbiting lab for to be established is how effec- dent during preliminary diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. China, New Zealand and California lion contract with NASA. The nearly three weeks before tive they are when consumeare prefer relatively hair-less men. contract calls for 12 such ship- departing with a full load. when consume THINKSTOCK PHOTO HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 | 13 quotemartial There is nothing much this year. So I will compete in a ()higher weight category in the world championships. VIJENDER SINGH, On switching to 81kg from 75kg category htsport short Hardly perfect but few complaints stories LEVEL-PLAYING FIELD? IPL teams get preferential treatment, while other Auckland through, teams are just pleased to be there... thanks to Mahmood HT Correspondent players from others teams for the HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] tournament. ■ [email protected] “It’s true that CLT20 is getting ■ Saina Nehwal NEW DELHI: When CLT20 was con- crowded with IPL teams. And it’s NEW DELHI: Azhar Mahmood pro- ceived back in 2008, the idea was obviously being done to cash in duced a vintage all-round per- I AM READY FOR to build it up into an event as glitzy on the popularity of these teams. formance to carry Auckland into as the Champions League —the But then it’s equally true that the main draw of the Champions TOUGH SEASON blue riband football property. domestic champions of the invit- League T20 at Centurion, South AHEAD: SAINA Five years down the line, the ed teams from Sri Lanka, Africa on Wednesday. CLT20 is as far away from its goal Pakistan or New Zealand are not The 37-year-old first grabbed BANGALORE: Returning to as it was at the time of its con- good enough to give top teams a five wickets to send English action after more than two ception. The tournament, co-host- run for their money. If you cut county side Hampshire sliding months, shuttler Saina ed by the Board of Control for down on the IPL teams and to 121 for eight wickets before Nehwal said on Wednesday Cricket in India, Cricket Australia include teams from these coun- walking out to bat at number she is feeling fresh and and Cricket South Africa, is strug- tries, the competition will become three and smashing an unbeat- good after five weeks of gling to find its feet, with spec- lop-sided,” he said. “We could en 55 off 31 balls. The Pakistan hard training. The world tators yet to show the desired hope for more fair representa- all-rounder plays for the King’s No.5, who skipped the level of enthusiasm. tion in the future if the club cul- XI Punjab in the Indian Premier China Masters, Japan “The reason why CLT20 has ture catches up in these coun- League but the team did not Open and the Senior failed to get the desired response tries. Then they could send qualify. There are six teams in National Championship is that India already has a huge- stronger teams to the competi- the qualifying tournament. Two ■ Mahmood celebrates with a last month, will be back in ly popular tournament in IPL tion.” will qualify for the main draw teammate. competition at the Denm- (Indian Premier League). Nothing While this argument could still which starts on October 13. ark Super Series beginning comes even close to it. So it makes be debated, the invited countries The former Pakistan Test and through skipper Denesh Ramdin next week. She also plans sense to hold it outside India are too happy to just be there to ODI team member is settled in and Darren Bravo to put up 148. to set up a badminton where it doesn’t have to compete bother about the principle of fair- England and has a British pass- In reply, Gary Balance and Adil academy in Bangalore. with the IPL,” said an IPL team ness. port. He plays for Kent in the Rashid added 103 runs for the official, requesting anonymity. “It's the tournament organised English county but also plies his fifth wicket to see Yorkshire Qadir gets PCB notice for Be that as it may, can the tour- by the BCCI (CA and CSA) and trade in other Twenty20 through. criticising team’s show nament escape the accusation of they are kind enough to give leagues. He had had featured in Summarised scores KARACHI: Pakistan’s former not providing a level playing field opportunity to others. And what- the Sri Lanka Premier League ■ Hampshire 121/8 in 20 overs (M spinner Abdul Qadir is on to all participating nations? While ever changes are made to the for- as well. Carberry 65, A Mahmood 5/24); collision course with the the fourth ranked IPL team gets mat of the tournament, it's just lost to Auckland 123/2 in 14.3 overs country’s cricket board, a direct entry into the main draw, to make it much better, there's YORKSHIRE QUALIFY (A Mahmood 55 no) which has sent him a show- the champion teams from West absolutely nothing wrong with CENTURION: Yorkshire qualified cause notice for criticising ■ Trinidad & Tobago 148/9 (Denesh Indies, New Zealand, England it,” said Sri Lanka Cricket pres- for the main draw of the the national team’s World Ramdin 59, Darren Bravo 45, Ryan and Pakistan have to compete in ident Upali Dharmadasa. Champions League T20 defeat- T20 performance while Sidebottom 3/13) lost to Yorkshire a qualifier. Then, the IPL teams, With a team standing to col- ing Trinidad and Tobago by six being on the PCB’s payroll. 154/4 (Gary Balance 64*, Adil on the strength of their financial lect $200,000 for just qualifying, ■ wickets. After a sedate start “I was surprised by the Despite finishing fourth in the Indian Premier League, Sachin Tendulkar and his Mumbai Indians Rashid 33*). muscle, also get to snatch away there can't much to complain. teammates got a direct ticket to the main draw of the Champions League. PTI PHOTO Trinidad and Tobago recovered notice because before accepting the offer to sit as an expert on the channel, I KEVIN SUNIL Missing men had sought permission THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY While it may boast an impressive collection of stars, from the board,” he said. PIETERSEN NARINE the ones that burn the brightest are still missing. Here (DD) (KKR) GENTLEMEN are two favourites whom you won’t be seeing: Brad Hodge to captain and T&T leggie Samuel coach Oz in Hong Kong The England bats- Chris Gayle The Jamaican six-hitter has plied his Badree's economy MELBOURNE: Former Test The World T20 is over, but fans of man has spent more trade across every T20 league, unfortunately none rate was .07 better batsman Brad Hodge was cricket’s shortest version need not time in the studio of the teams he’s represented in the last 12 than Sunil Narine in Wednesday named captain worry — the Champions League is than on the field, months qualified for the big tournament. You the World T20, but and coach of the Australian here. Here’s the cream of the crop but make no mis- know what that means? No Gangnam we still go with cricket team for the Hong take, he looks as style dancing in South Africa. elegant playing his Narine when it Kong Sixes tournament Virat Kohli A teammate of Gayle’s at patented Flamingo comes to picking a later this month. The RCB, Kohli is the hottest property in shot as he does in game-changer. squad was selected by the world cricket right now. those well-tailored Narine doesn't just National Talent Manager However, he won’t be part suits you see him in contain batsmen, he Greg Chappell, in consulta- of this tournament. With as a TV pundit. also gets them out. tion with the National the number of adver- Selection Panel. M R HS Ave SR 100 50 M Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4w 5w tisers knocking at 80 2329 103* 34.76 138.54 1 12 43 62 5/19 13.85 5.34 15.5 3 1 his doorstep it Umpire Ghauri plans legal can’t be that action against sting (KKR) (Sydney Sixers) >> much of a bad LAHORE: Pakistan’s Nadeem JACQUES KALLIS SHANE WATSON thing for him. Not that the Kolkata Knight Riders are ever The all-rounder is the ultimate T20 weapon — he Ghauri is planning to take SACHIN TENDULKAR (MI) short on crowd support, but with the South can hit the ball miles, can keep the economy in legal action against the No matter what the format or the teams African legend in their team they can expect check and take wickets. A former IPL champion channel after getting the playing, the mere presence of Tendulkar even the locals to root for them thousands of with Rajasthan Royals, Watson will look to carry subtle backing of PCB is enough to increase the interest ten- miles away from the Eden Gardens. forward his excellent form at the World T20. which has “decided against jumping to conclusions”. fold. He missed out last year as Mumbai M R HS Ave SR 100 50 M R HS Ave SR 100 50 romped to the title. The 39-year-old will Ghauri has been shown be hoping to make it two in two. 114 3188 89* 34.65 113.57 0 26 92 2570 97* 33.37 145.36 0 22 speaking about corruption M Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4w M Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4w in cricket by umpires on M R HS Ave SR 100 50 Skype. But on Tuesday, he 114 68 4/15 33.19 7.77 25.6 1 92 80 4/15 23.01 7.12 19.3 1 73 2393 100* 37.98 123.22 1 15 vehemently denied the alle- gations and said the video was fake.

Sri Lanka Cricket promises SAI FUNDING OF PIETERSEN WILL inquiry into sting charges Ex-Zimbabwe star no more COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket has promised to inquire CUESPORT STOPS BE WELCOMED Agencies Northamptonshire until retir- into the allegations of HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] ing at the end of 1999. umpires willing to give ■ [email protected] BACK: BROAD He briefly led the Namibia decisions in lieu of money. HARARE: The Zimbabwe nation- national team before returning “Our anit-corruption unit is KOLKATA: The Sports Authority LONDON: Ahead of their upcom- al team selector and former all- to Zimbabwe in 2004 to become investigating the situation. of India (SAI) has decided to ing tour to India, England’s rounder Kevin Curran has died director of coaching at the CFX If proved guilty, we will stop funding of cuesport Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad at the age of 53. Curran, who Cricket Academy in Harare, even go to the extent of dis- because it is not part of the has said that Kevin Pietersen had been coaching the Zimba- before later replacing Phil missing the umpire,” said Asian Games and the Olympics. will be welcomed back to the bwean franchise Mashonaland Simmons as national coach. SLC president Upali “We wish to inform you that English dressing room upon his Eagles, collapsed while jogging Vimbai Mapukute, the Mash Dharmadasa. we have received a letter from return to the side. in Mutare on Wednesday morn- Eagles chief executive officer, Sports Authority of India, New “The team has no issues with ing. The exact cause of death is KEVIN CURRAN said: “I have yet to meet a man Delhi stating that all future KP coming back whenever the yet to be determined. (1959-2012) more passionate about cricket todayontv funding to cuesport will be management decides he is ready Zimbabwe Cricket’s manag- in this country. KC had put his CRICKET stopped because we are not to. I’d have no problems playing ing director, Wilfred Mukon- Eagles. The cricket fraternity heart and soul into developing CHAMPIONS LEAGUE T20 part of Asian Games or the with him," Broad said. diwa, said: “We are still in shock, has been dealt a great blow.” our franchise and had great ■ 5.00pm, Trinidad & Tobago v Uva Olympic Games,” said S “Once the England manage- Kevin was the epitome of health Curran made his interna- plans for our high performance Next, live on Star Cricket & Star Cricket HD. Balasubramaniam, the secre- ment has decided when he’s and we have yet to make sense tional debut in 1980 and took gym and other facilities. His ■ 9.00pm, Hampshire v Sialkot tary of the Billiards and Snooker available to return, he’ll be wel- of this tragic loss. part in tours of Sri Lanka and passing will leave a huge void Stallions, qualifiers, live on Star Federation of India (BSFI), in comed back into the changing “KC’s past and continued con- England in addition to the 1983 and I feel that I have not only Cricket & Star Cricket HD. a release on Wednesday. room. I’m sure that if he came tribution to the game of crick- and 1987 ICC Cricket World lost a key business ally but a TENNIS Cuesport has been dropped back for India or New Zealand, et is unquestionable and dates Cups. friend as well.” ATP TOUR from the 2014 Asian Games or whenever it is, that things as far back as his playing days The fast bowler and middle- Mash Eagles have postponed ■ 11.30am, Shanghai Rolex Masters, in Incheon, South Korea and will be fine within the team,” he up until the phenomenal work order batsman played county Wednesday’s match against last-16, live on ESPN HD, Star Sports from next year’s Asian Indoor added. PTI he had been doing at Mash cricket for Gloucestershire and Mountaineers. & Ten Sports. Games for 2013. According to Balasubra- maniam, the BSFI has pend- FUTURE STORY ing funds that would last till the World Billiards Championships which will be held in Leeds, England from Speed king wants to turn dribble master October 18 to 28. But gener- ■ With a security guard behind him, Roger Federer takes a break ating funds for the World during his second round match against Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan Associated Press these guy plays. I play it all could try to run faster over Snooker Championships to be during the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. Federer won 6-3, 7- ■ [email protected] the time with my friends. I both my events. I could try held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 5. KIN CHEUNG/AP played childhood matches in another event, maybe the November 24 to December 2 TOKYO: Football may be in Jamaica and I did well. I long jump or the 400 meters. would be a problem. Usain Bolt’s future. The think it is something I would There are a few things I “This will affect the sport Olympic great said Wedne- like to try to do.” would like to try in sports badly. It’s going to be hard for Blogger says sorry sday he might try his hand at Two days after saying he that I could work towards. us to function without these the global game once he would like to defend his 100 We'll see what I decide at the funds. We have forwarded the Agence France Presse Polytheistic Religion Founder retires from the track. and 200 meter titles at the start of the season.” mail to players as well and I’m ■ [email protected] 07” threatened Federer prompt- “I have said I wanted to 2016 Olympics in Rio de After becoming the first sure they are taking it hard. ing organisers to step up secu- try football,” said Bolt, the Janeiro, the 26-year-old Bolt man to defend both 100 and Especially, the guys who were SHANGHAI: A blogger in China rity. “I have not been arrested,” world-record holder at both said he may still branch out 200-meter titles at the supposed to be going to Bulgaria who made a death threat against said a posting on China’s pop- 100 and 200 meters. “I to other track events. Olympics, Bolt said his for the World Snooker Roger Federer said he had apol- ular baidu.com site, where the always wanted to try to play “To find something else to accomplish hit him once he Championship will face prob- ogised, but remained at large original threat also appeared. soccer. Maybe at the end of strive toward,” he said about returned home to Jamaica. lems,” said Balasubramaniam. after vowing to “assassinate” “I took the initiative to con- my career. It would be some- his future goals. “I could “It’s a great thing to India have won 29 world the world No. 1, according to tact the relevant people to apol- thing that I would love to try. always try the 400 meters - achieve a goal you always titles, 12 Asian titles and 15 an internet posting. ogise,” said the message, which ■ Usain Bolt wants to become a footballer. REUTERS PHOTO I watch it on TV and see which I don’t want to do. I wanted,” Bolt said. medals in four Asian Games. Under the name “Blue Cat was posted on Tuesday. 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GURGAON: Nalini Singh Dhopade Siwach maintained her to tame Tiger steady form with a fine has been backing him for the even-par round of 72 to nationalchess past year-and-a-half with an take a two-shot lead at the annual fund of R 8 lakh, he said. BRAGGING RIGHTS With virtually no hopes of making end of the first round of HT Correspondent Like most teenagers here, Hero-WGAI Women's Pro ■ [email protected] Mhamal said he swears by world semis, world No.1 battle with Woods held up by storm Tour, the eighth leg of the No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. Indian women's domestic KOLKATA: Goa’s Anurag Mhamal “He loves to attack and plays tour. Nalini was two shots had a simple solution to the some really sharp lines. Among Reuters clear of Saaniya Sharma. problem of inadequate coach- the old-timers it will have to be ■ [email protected] I don’t have much Smriti Mehra paid for es or quality chess players in (Bobby) Fischer.” What about to play for so I would her triple bogey eight on the his state. He got on the infor- world champion Viswanathan BELEK, TURKEY: World No. 1 Rory par-5 third hole to finish at mation highway. “It is easy if Anand? McIlroy’s World Golf Final like to beat him so he 75 and three behind the you go on-line,” said the 17-year- “He isn’t that sharp.” showdown with 14-times major doesn’t go through to leader. She was tied for third old after the ninth round of the The city’s been lucky for him, winner Tiger Woods was put with Vani Kapoor. Tata 50th National Premier Mhamal said, because it was on hold after play was aban- the semi-finals and also Chess Championship here on here in 2009 that he qualified doned due to storms on (get some bragging rights) GURBANI SETS Wednesday. for his first National A meet, Wednesday. COURSE RECORD Mhamal needed a win against this tournament in its earlier McIlroy without a win from RORY MCILROY KOLKATA: Defending cham- the promising IM Sahaj Grover avatar. two matches in the inaugural pion Gurbani Singh set the for his first GM norm. With the Another player for whom event after his latest defeat at STANDINGS Tollygunge course on fire flourish usually associated with this city has been lucky is IM the hands of 2011 US Masters with a record-breaking six- Dempo, Goa’s most successful Swapnil Dhopade who too got champion and group paceset- Group 1 Points under 64 at the par-70 football team — they also share his maiden GM norm with a ter Charl Schwartzel is bot- course on the first day of the same benefactor — Mhamal draw against GM Abhijit Kunte tom of his pool with Woods and Charl Schwartzel 2 the Usha West Bengal crushed Grover with an English and is still unbeaten here. Matt Kuchar on one win apiece. Tiger Woods 1 Ladies Open Amateur Golf. Opening to stay within a point Dhopade won a tournament Woods carded a four-under Matt Kuchar 1 Gurbani was a whopping of sole leader MR Venkatesh here this year. 67 to beat compatriot Kuchar Rory McIlroy 0 nine shot clear of second (7) who drew on the top board Parents of this national U- by five shots before the after- place Aditi Ashok (73). with GM Deep Sengupta. 25 champion realised his poten- noon matches were put back Group 2 “I had come here hoping to tial when as a Class 5 student to Thursday when a fierce elec- Justin Rose 2 get my first IM norm, having in Amravati, Dhopade won a trical storm began lashing the Webb Simpson 1 missed that in Spain earlier tournament in his school. “We course. Lee Westwood 1 in the year. I started off well, didn’t even know he played McIlroy who lost to South Short putts work for Shamim on Day One beating Deep Sengupta (Elo chess then,” said father Sunil African Schwartzel by one shot Hunter Mahan 1 2539) and today (Wednesday), Dhopade, a health inspector said he was determined to put Robin Bose BILT OPEN LEADERBOARD es on Wednesday, but disaster I came looking for a win. with the Amravati Municipal up a better show against Woods “So I am still looking forward ■ [email protected] could be lurking at the next “I had already sealed an IM Corporation, here. after his level-par round. to next season when we can go bend here. The years of turn- norm so I really had nothing For the next six years, “I don’t have much to play head-to-head down the NEW DELHI: The dour expression 64: Shamim Khan ing out at the Delhi Golf Club to lose. He (Grover) made a Dhopade senior took his son for so I would like to beat him stretch.” gave away the plot. Making his 65: Rashid Khan have taught Shamim the art of mistake in the middle game. to train under OP Kakra “four- so he doesn t go through to the In Group Two, England’s way to a quiet corner of the staying afloat. Also, he got into time trouble five days a week every evening semi-finals and also get some Justin Rose (66) beat Ryder annexe, the leading pro let go. 67: Md Islam “Finding the bushes on con- and couldn’t defend well,” said from 9pm to 1am.” bragging rights,” McIlroy, Cup teammate Lee Westwood The sudden transfer of weight secutive occasions can be dev- Mhamal who was six when he Dhopade, 22, is now with unaware he could make the (69) while US Open champion on the plastic chair had it 68: Gulfam; Arshpreet Thind astating, and can cause a fade got hooked to chess watching Central Railways and trains semi-finals, told reporters. Webb Simpson carded the best creaking, but the protests fell 69: Jyoti Randhawa; Manav away.” It isn’t as if he’s not been his father play. under GM RB Ramesh. He will If players finish level on score so far with a six-under on deaf ears. Head in the Jaini; Shankar Das; Abhinav through this, but the bailout For the past four months, play next week’s internation- points qualification is decided 65 which earned him a win over hands, he stayed still till his Lohan; Ranjit Singh Rathore; lies in a quick change of strat- Mhamal’s been coached by GM al GM Open tournament in by aggregate totals over the compatriot Hunter Mahan (67). mental trainer came along and Rajesh Kumar Rawat; Randhir egy. Praveen Thipsay and his tar- Nagpur, his father said. three rounds, with McIlroy cur- Rose tops the standings with broke the stupor with a tap on Singh Ghotra “If a particular club isn’t get is to get the IM title by year- rently on five-over-par com- two points and will play the shoulder. The two then working, there is no point in end. Asked how he manages to FINAL NORM FOR BITAN pared to Woods at five-under Simpson (one point) on went into a huddle, dissecting persisting with it. Pull out balance academics and chess, Bengal’s Bitan Banerjee com- and Kuchar on even par. Thursday. Westwood also on the day in hushed tones. play golf. If he returns a sub- another one and move on,” he the Class 11 student said it was pleted his third and final IM “Bragging rights from this one point next faces last-placed At a distance, a conversa- par card one day, the same pair said. getting difficult with science norm with a draw against GM week will help a little bit,” added Mahan. tion had started on staying of hands and clubs can go over- Having said so, he moved subjects and so he switched to MR Latith Babu. He now needs the US PGA Champion who is The threat of thunderstorms impervious to a bad round. ■ Shamim Khan par as well,” he said, putting on to what’s been a source of commerce. to raise his Elo rating to 2400 looking forward to a rivalry forced all the scheduled after- Fresh from submitting a card into perspective his opening bother. Sinking short putts has Goa corporate giants Dempo to seal his title. with Woods next year. noon matches to be pushed of 64, Shamim Khan made it ple is what has worked for him day at the BILT Open. been a traditional weakness, “Of course, there is always back to Thursday. clear that technical fads like in his 17 years as a profession- The near-flawless card, and excessive movement of the an added edge when you play The leading two players in mental conditioning are not for al. which allowed him a single- wrist had curbed his putting against a player like Tiger and each group will advance to the him. It wasn’t as if he was try- “Rather than sulk, the way stroke cushion, did not war- prowess at last week’s CG there were a few chances this semi-final. The fifth- and sixth- ing to play down the exercise for me is to identify the prob- rant such talk but the 34-year- Open. Time was short, yet year when we could have gone place finishers will each underway several tables away. lem areas and move on. With old was already preparing him- Shamim tried to address the head-to-head in the bigger tour- receive $450,000, while sev- In fact, in between, he threw experience, a player should self for Thursday. problem. The eagle and seven naments but it didn t quite hap- enth and eighth receive sympathetic glances at the stu- realise that if he starts to rue Such was the momentum birdies showed the effort had pen. $300,000. dent-coach duo. Keeping it sim- the misses, he would cease to that rarely did he find the bush- not been in vain. citysport Seventh draw SUNDAY TRICK Sikkim hurdle for East Bengal for Anand Morgan. BILBAO, SPAIN: World cham- i-league Buoyed by their victory pion Viswanathan Anand IN MD SP WIN against Salgaocar, United played out his seventh Agencies Sikkim are keen to extend their draw in as many games, HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] winning run. “A victory in the signing peace with world ■ [email protected] first match made a huge dif- number two Levon GANGTOK: East Bengal would be ference for us and freed us from Aronian of Armenia in the KOLKATA: David Sunday scored in the hunt for their first win pressure. We have a home seventh round of the fifth a hattrick to help Mohammedan of the I-League against debu- advantage and I believe we can Final Chess Masters. Sporting blank West Bengal tants United Sikkim here on beat any I-League club on our With his seventh draw, Police 3-0 in a CFL Premier Thursday but given how for- home ground,” said Bhutia. nothing changed for ■ Anurag Mhamal (left) and Swapnil Dhopade at the National Division match at the Yuba mer champions Salgaocar were “Our main aim is to survive Anand as he remained premier chess championship at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra on Bharati Krirangan on beaten here last week, it does- I-League this season and we clear fourth in the six- Wednesday. SATYABRATA DAS/HT Wednesday. Sunday convert- n’t seem to be an easy ask. are counting a lot on home player double round-robin ed a penalty in the 44th minute This is the second match matches to get points. Even a tournament and the RESULTS, DAY 9 and then added two more in on the trot that the Federation draw against East Bengal will Indian ace can now look the 66th and 89th minutes. Cup winners are playing away be a happy result for us,” he up to the two white games GM Deep Sengupta (6) dw GM MR (4); FM Diptayan Ghosh (4.5) dw from home and the long trav- went on. coming his way out of the Venkatesh (7); GM S Arun Prasad GM Dibyendu Barua (4.5); K CHALLENGER SQUADS el from Goa to Gangtok is bound Bhaichung, who started his last three even though (5.5) dw GM GN Gopal (6); FM Praneeth Surya (5) bt IM Subhomoy Das, Sudip to affect them physically. career with East Bengal two catching up at the top Anurag Mhamal (6) bt GM Sahaj Saptarshi Roy(4); SL Narayanan Chatterjee and Amir Goni will Located at an altitude of 5800 ■ United Sikkim FC players in a huddle before start of practice at decades ago, however, won’t be seems difficult. Grover (5.5); IM Swapnil Dhopade (4) lost to Sagar Shah (5); FM VAV lead the three sides of the ft, East Bengal found Gangtok the Paljor Stadium in Gangtok on Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY: AIFF playing. “I think I will be match Magnus Carlsen contin- (6) dw GM Abhijit Kunte (5.5); IM Rajesh (3.5) lost to WGM Mary Cricket Association of Bengal cold and soaked in rain when fit for our next match against ued to excel in the Bilbao P Kartikeyan (5) lost to IM Vidit Ann Gomes (4.5); Sashikant Challenger Trophy which they arrived on Tuesday. need to recover early. Four days iar with the Bhaichung Bhutia Dempo,” said Bhutia. Leg of the super tourna- Gujarathi (6); GM Deepan Kutwal (3.5) lost to IM Swayams begins in Kalyani from Friday. But coach Trevor James ago we were in a beach and co-owned club that is now man- ■ TODAY’S MATCHES ment and cruised home to Chakravarthy (5) lost to GM Mishra (4.5); Ram S Krishnan Morgan said it wouldn’t be a today we are in a hill station. aged by former East Bengal his second win in as many Squads: CAB ‘A’: Subhomoy Das (cap- In Gangtok: United Sikkim FC v B.Adhiban (5.5); IM Debashis Das (3.5) dw Suvrajit Saha (3.5); tain), Partha Sarathi Bhattacharya, factor. “In fact, our players We have to adapt if we want coach Phillipe De Ridder. “I games here. East Bengal (from 2.30 pm) (4.5) dw GM SP Sethuraman Arindam Mukherjee (3) lost to IM Writam Porel, Sourav Seal, Jayojit would love to play in such cool to be I-League champions and haven’t seen them playing. They At the receiving end was (4.5); IM S Satyapragyan (5) dw C. Praveen Kumar (4); Pratik Patil Basu, Pankaj Shaw, Gitimoy Basu, In Kolkata: Pailan Arrows v Air weather as compared to play- we cannot look for excuses. We got promoted last season but lowest-ranked Francisco GM Praveen Thipsay (5); GM S (3.5) dw BT Murali Krishnan (3.5); Sufiyan Khan, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, ing in hot and humid condi- are here to win and if we don’t we treat all our opponents with India (from 2.30pm) Vallejo Pons of Spain who Arnab Nandi, Aritra Chatterjee, Anirban Kidambi (4) lost to G. Akash (5.5); CRG Krishna (3.5) dw S Ravi Teja tions,” he said. win, it won’t be due to weath- respect. They have the home In Pune: Pune FC v Mumbai FC appeared all at sea against GM MR Lalith Babu (4.5) dw Bitan (3.5); Sohan Phadke (2) lost to Gupta, Sanjit Sardar, Sourav Sarkar, (from 6.30pm) Sourav Mondal. Coach: WV Raman. “The first opponent for us er and other conditions,” he advantage and their last win the highest ranked player Banerjee (4.5); GM Neelotpal Das M.L. Abhilash Reddy(4); Murali was the tiring journey which added. against Salgaocar has given in the world. PTI CAB ‘B’: Sudip Chatterjee (captain), In Margao: Churchill Brothers v (5) bt FM Aravindh Chithambaram Kartikeyan (4) got a bye. Rohan Banerjee, Abhishek Das, Purab takes its toll on the players. We Morgan remains unfamil- them the momentum,” said ONGC (on Ten Action from 6.50pm) Joshi, Sandipan Das, Amit Mehra, Harish Pandey, Shreevats Goswami (wicketkeeper), Sayan Sekhar Mondal, olds & over) 3.30pm: Arktouros 60, Alok Sharma, Ijaz Ansari, Soumya Unleashed 59.5, Silver Fox 58.5, turfnews Camacho 57, Shershah 57. Pakray, Veer Pratap Singh, Debabrata 7. Rockefellar Handicap 1,000m (Rt 40- dayinfigures Colts off to winning start 65) 4pm: Ocean Legacy 61.5, Dutta, Arunlal Yadav. Coach: Devang (5/7), 7-6 (7/3); Novak Djokovic Five for Friday’s Mesmerizer 61, Silken Dancer 59.5, Gandhi. (SRB x2) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) Ronaldo has a shoulder injury Must Be Magic 58, Ocean Myth 57.5, TENNIS CAB U-19: Amir Goni (captain), Ankit Catchphrase 56, Kingdomofdreams 56, 6-3, 6-2; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) and Pepe a thigh strain. On feature bt Gilles Simon (FRA x15) 6-3, 6-4; Keshri (vice-captain), Vivek Singh, shortpasses Royal Dance 56, Scarface 54.5, Secret ATP Shanghai Masters Wednesday, the pair both took THE MINSTREL Visit 52.5, Kinshasa 51.5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x5) bt Shuvam Dey, Himadri Chakraborty, ■ 8. Flamenco Star Handicap 1,000m (Rt 1st rd: Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Benoit Paire (FRA) 7-6 (9/7), 7-5; Agencies part in their first training ses- KOLKATA RACING 20-65) 4.30pm: Lake Leader 60, Ocean Shreyansh Ghosh, Abhimanyu Oct. 10: Only five horses have accepted Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Florian ■ Clipper 59.5, Azorian 59, Burst Of [email protected] sions since picking up the injuries to contest the 2,000m Monsoon Cup, Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x13) bt Easwaran, Alok Pratap Singh, Ravi Kant Stardust 57.5, Alicante 57, Aqualina 56, Mayer (GER) - walkover (rib injury). which is the star attraction in Friday's Albert Ramos (ESP) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 Singh, Suman Debnath, Pryam Sarkar while helping Real Madrid earn Naughty Lass 56, Royal Saga 55.5, eight-event race card. The first race Memories 55, Bayberry 52, Kayadhu (7/5); Florian Mayer (GER) bt Japan Women's Open (wicketkeeper), Koushik Mondal (wick- SHIZUKA: India opened their cam- a 2-2 draw with Barcelona at the starts at 1 pm: Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 6-0; Kei Acceptances: 51.5, Calypso Girl 50. 2nd rd: Jamie Hampton (USA) bt etkeeper), Pritam Chakraborty, Partha paign in the U-14 SAARC weekend. Both of them trained Jackpot: 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8. Nishikori (JPN x14) bt Wu Di (CHN) 1. Star Phoenix Handicap 1,200m (Rt Kundu, Rishav Das, Mithilesh Das. Treble: (i) 1, 2 & 3; (ii) 3, 4 & 5; (iii) 6,7 Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 7-5, 7- Football Tournament with a 2- alone, however. “I think Ronaldo 00-25) 1pm: High Tide 62.5, Hyacinthus 6-2, 6-4; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Coach: Gautam Shome Jr. & 8. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; 5; Chang Kai-chen (TPE) bt Casey 1 victory over Afghanistan at has a better chance of playing in 62.5, Saddle Chief 62, Bhima 61, Hot Dellacqua (AUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Fixtures: October 12-13: CAB ‘B’ v CAB Iron 60.5, Apical Light 60, Ballantyne 60, Gilles Simon (FRA x15) bt Jurgen the Tokinosumika Sports the match on Friday than I do,” Eros 60, Empress Of Persia 58.5, Eternal Melzer (AUT) 6-4, 6-2; Feliciano Samantha Stosur (AUS x1) bt U-19. October 15-16: CAB ‘A’ v CAB U- Instinct 58, Gonna Be A Rokstar 53.5. Sprint Star fancied Virginie Razzano (FRA) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4; Centre. Striker Krishna Pandit said Pepe after his workout. ■ Lopez (ESP) bt Alejandro Falla 19. October 18-19: CAB ‘A’ v CAB ‘B’. 2. Replicate Handicap 1,200m (Rt 00-45) MYSORE RACING (COL) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Lu Yen-hsun Misaki Doi (JPN) bt Olga Puchkova scored the goals in the first half. 1.30pm: Speed Angel 61.5, Consensus Oct. 10: Trainer Sathish Narredu's (TPE) bt Zhang Ze (CHN) 6-0, 6-2; (RUS) 6-3, 6-2. Pandit opened the scoring ZICO COMPLAINS OF 60.5, Classical Romance 55.5, Sprint Star is expected to lift the Rithambhra 55.5, Fankaar 55, King 1,200m Mysore Dasara Sprint Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Fabio ■ Linz Open AIRLINES FINAL immediately after kick off. Cristiano Ronaldo UNPAID SALARY Clicker 53, Sartaj 52.5, Radiant Heart Championship, a Grade-III race, which Fognini (ITA) 6-2, 6-2; Milos Raonic Mohun Bagan will take on The goal scored in the 30th SAO PAULO: Iraq coach Zico says 51.5, Generosity 50.5. is the main attraction in the 10-event (CAN x12) bt Marinko Matosevic 1st rd: Simona Halep (ROM) bt Mohammedan Sporting in the second stays the fastest in the appeal against the two-match he is owed four months’ pay by 3. No Regrets Cup 1,200m (Rt 60 & over) race card, here, on Thursday. Suraj (AUS) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Radek Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) 3-0 retired; 2pm: Accurate 61, Amaretto 60.5, Bullet Narredu partners the six-year-old Stepanek (CZE) bt Lleyton Hewitt Julia Goerges (GER x5) bt Daniela final of the All Airlines Gold tournament so far. Pandit fol- suspension given to midfielder the team’s football federation. 58, Zillionaire 56.5, Blazing Spectacle 50. horse, by Ontario out of Royal Retreat. Hantuchova (SVK) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5); 4. Everynsky Handicap 1,100m (Rt 00- Selections: (AUS) 7-5, 6-1. 2nd rd: John Isner Cup which will be played at the lowed a Amey Ranawade pass Sergio Busquets following his The former Brazil star says 25, 4-year-olds & over) 2.30pm: Stiling 12.45pm: Corbett Queen 1. Red Hot 2. (USA x8) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) Carla Suarez (ESP) bt Magdalena Yuba Bharati Krirangan on and chipped it over the rival red card in Barca’s 2-0 win at he is disappointed by the “lack Veil 62.5, Enzo 61.5, Montag 3. 1.15pm: Heavenly Divas 1. 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (9/7); Rybarikova (SVK) 6-3, 6-4; Romina Yamlapagladeewana 61, Fascinating Infatuation 2. Asterix 3. 1.45pm: Marin Cilic (CRO x10) bt Martin Oprandi (SUI) bt Alexandra Tuesday. goalkeeper. The second goal Benfica in the Champions of consideration” for his work. 59.5, Dazzling One 59, Ijlal 58.5, Accoast Samovar 1. Go Green 2. Klizan (SVK) 7-5, 6-1; Fernando Cadantu (ROM) 6-2, 6-1; Mallory came in the fifth minute off a League last week. He told the Brazilian sports 57.5, Shes Like The Wind 56.5, Evening Noughtsandcrosses 3. 2.15pm: Sound Verdasco (ESP) bt Juan Monaco Burdette (USA) bt Ksenia Pervak Mist 55.5, Break The Habit 54.5, Flaming 1. Royal Prodigy 2. Beautiful Life 3. (KAZ) 6-3, 6-4; Kirsten Flipkens SINHA, SINGH WIN TITLES set-piece movement. Ranawade daily Lance on Wednesday that Love 53.5, Seachange 50. 2.45pm: Ultimate Desire 1. Fantastic (ARG x7) 6-4, 6-2; Sam Querrey Asish Sinha won the U-10 boys’ made a run on right wing and RONALDO IN LINE FOR the federation started delaying 5. Annihilator Handicap 1,200m (Rt 00- Star 2. Always Inspiring 3. 3.15pm: (USA) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x14) 2- (BEL) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-4, 6-3; 45, 3-year-olds only) 3pm: Hurricane Sanatana 1. Jazzbythebay 2. Mischief 3. 6, 6-1, 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) Irina Begu (ROM) bt Catalina title defeating Amaan Wasim 4- his cross was directed into the RUSSIAN RETURN: PEPE his payments last October. Zico Andrew 60, Apical Finala 58.5, 3.45pm: Auburn Beauty 1. Midnight bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 6-3; Castano (COL) 6-0, 6-4; Bethanie 1, 4-1 at the Calcutta Hard Court net by Krishna. LISBON: Portugal defender Pepe said the federation apparently Haynestown 57.5, Storm Boy 57.5, Cruze 2. Anonymous 3. 4.15pm: Sprint Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Philipp Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Tamira Secret Mistress 57, Tennessee Waltz 57, Star 1. Optimus Prime 2. Demanding Kohlschreiber (GER x16) 6-3, 6-4; Paszek (AUT x7) 6-2, 6-4; Andrea Tennis meet at South Club. Vikas says his teammate Cristiano hasn’t been able to make the Lord Aragorn 56.5, Zip Zap Zoom 56.5, Format 3. 4.45pm: Jersey Girl 1. Chase Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x13) bt Petkovic (GER) bt Barbora Singh, the U-12 national cham- BARCA TO APPEAL Ronaldo is the likelier of the two payments because of “a prob- Spur Of The Moment 56, Promises To The Sun 2. Showin'off 3. 5.15pm: Indian Keep 55, Rise Above 54.5, Deccan Royalty 1. Express It 2. Wynn 3. 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NATIONAL PROGRAME FOR CONTROL OF BLINDNESS Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110 108 www.mohfw.nic.in/npcb.nic.in HINDUSTAN TIMES, KOLKATA 16 | sport | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 Armstrong saga concluding soon? DOPING DRAMA USADA to seal DOSSIER DE LANCE When Lance Armstrong (right) was stripped of his 14 major titles in August, the decision threw more questions champion cyclist’s fate later this week than answers in the public domain. Here are some snippets about what could happen in near future Associated Press sport's governing body. EVIDENCE THE WHO CAN STRIP HIM WHAT HAPPENS ONCE WHAT DO TOUR DE WILL LANCE PUSH FOR ■ [email protected] The document is widely antic- REPORT WILL HAVE OF TOUR TITLES? UCI GETS THE REPORT? FRANCE OFFICIALS SAY? UCI TO APPEAL? ipated because USADA is Armstrong strongly denies USADA says it does under the UCI has been critical of USADA The Tour has been silent while It depends on how determined AUSTIN, TEXAS: The world may expected to include detailed evi- doping, but USADA officials authority of the World Anti- for taking so long, but once the waiting for direction from UCI. he is to see his name in the soon know what the US Anti- dence — including witness have said their report will Doping Code. The UCI says it report arrives, the cycling union It would be awkward for the record books. Armstrong built Doping Agency (USADA) has names and specific allegations back up the move to sanction wants to see USADA's report. will have 21 days to appeal to world's most popular bike worldwide brands for himself on Lance Armstrong. — that USADA said it had when one of the most popular ath- The World Anti-Doping Code the Court of Arbitration race to have to erase the and his cancer-fighting founda- In August, USADA ordered it charged Armstrong with per- letes in America. gives the cycling union the right for Sport. name of a seven-time tion on the strength of those the results from 14 years of formance-enhancing drug use USADA has said USADA has to appeal the sanctions against The report also will go 7 champion. Tour victories. Armstrong's career erased, while winning the Tour every said it had 10 former team- Armstrong that impact the to the World Anti- Tour de France In previous cases, An appeal could mean many including his seven Tour de year from 1999-2005. mates ready to testify world’s most prestigious bike Doping Agency, which titles on Tour organisers have more months or years defend- France titles, and banned him Cycling authorities who backed against Armstrong before he race and some fireworks also has the right to the line taken a back seat in ing himself against constant from cycling for life because of Armstrong's legal fight to block chose not to take his case to between the agencies are appeal, but so far has stripping the titles. allegations. He chose to drop the doping case against him. the case have said they want to an arbitration hearing. expected. supported USADA's posi- When Alberto Contador his fight in August and may be It is planning within days to see the material before deciding The list likely includes previ- The UCI has clashed with tion in the Armstrong case. tested positive for clenbuterol willing to give it up forever. send a report detailing its "rea- whether to appeal the American ous Armstrong accusers USADA over the Armstrong Armstrong’s lawyers say during the 2010 race, the UCI Armstrong continues to intro- Floyd Landis and Tyler case, even challenging its USADA should send UCI its first left the case to the Spanish duce himself as a seven-time soned decision" to the agency's sanctions to the world Cycling Federation. International Cycling Union, the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Hamilton. authority to bring charges. entire case file. Tour de France winner.

NO SPIRIT HERE NATIONALTENNIS Wrestler Sushil makes sober point Jeevan books Difficult to return, says Nadal Saurabh Duggal tennisbag ■ [email protected] quarter-final berth Agencies CHANDIGARH: Raised in the HT Correspondent ■ [email protected] true Indian wrestling tradi- ■ [email protected] tion of milk-and-ghee, alco- LONDON: Rafael Nadal has no hol was never his thing. So, NEW DELHI: After an easy opener, timeline for his return to com- when a leading liquor brand top seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan petitive tennis but the world offered Sushil Kumar R50 was put to the test in the second number four did not complete- lakh to appear in a surrogate round of the Fenesta Open ly rule out the possibility of ad, the London Olympics sil- National Tennis Championship. returning from injury in time ver medallist said a firm ‘no’. Jeevan was made to sweat by Ajai for next month’s Davis Cup and “I didn’t want to be asso- Selvaraj before overcoming his ATP World Tour finals. ciated with a liquor brand Tamil Nadu state-mate in three Nadal has not played since suf- in any form as it would send sets on Wednesday morning. ■ Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in fering a shock second-round a wrong signal to the After the top seed pocketed action on Wednesday. Wimbledon defeat to Czech ■ Rafael Nadal has not played since suffering a shock defeat at youth,” said Kumar, the the first set 6-2, Selvaraj came Lukas Rosol in June and has yet Wimbledon in June. GETTY IMAGES only Indian to win two “The sporting tradition back strongly in the second to Fourth seeded PC Vignesh to return to the practise court, back-to-back individual I didn’t want to be that I’ve been raised in val- level the scores with a 6-3 win. was also shown the door by but the 26-year-old Spaniard left courts. He spends his days in the INDIAN CHALLENGE Olympic medals. associated with a ues discipline way above However, cramps and shoulder Saurabh Singh. Vignesh the door open for a comeback gym, swimming and undergoing ENDS AT TASHKENT Surrogate ads involve money,” said Kumar. trouble dashed his hopes of conceded the match when the before the end of the season. therapy treatments but, while he NEW DELHI: Yuki Bhambri, promoting banned products liquor brand in any form The liquor company has causing an upset. score read 4-6, 1-1 due to health He conceded, however, that acknowledged feeling some Vishnu Vardhan and Sanam such as cigarettes and alco- as it would send a wrong now turned to cricketers, Jeevan took the lead in the reasons. the chances of appearing at the improvements, he is not ready Singh bowed out of the hol in the guise of another though not all have been decider and emerged an easy In the women’s section, the ATP World Tour final in 26 days to hit the practise court. Tashkent Challenger. While product. For example, a signal to the youth keen customers. 6-1 winner. He will next face top three seeds easily secured or helping Spain against the “It has been very tough as I Bhambri was shown the door liquor company can pro- ( ) Two years ago, Sachin Ashwin Vijayaraghawa for a their quarterfinal berths. While Czech Republic in the Nov. 16-18 feel that my knee didn’t improve by eighth-seeded Karol Beck SUSHIL KUMAR mote the brand through club Tendulkar turned down a place in the semi-finals. top seed Rishika Sunkara Davis Cup final were remote. in the right way ... but I can real- of Slovakia 1-6, 3-6, Vardhan Double Olympic medallist soda or mineral water. R20-crore offer from a top However, Wednesday saw two thrashed Devanshi Bhemjiyan “Impossible, no. But difficult, ly feel the improvement over the was defeated by Russian Igor Kumar’s bronze medal tri- liquor brand. upsets in the men’s draw. Young 6-2, 6-3, Prerna Bhambri, the yes,” said Nadal. “I want to go last couple of weeks,” said Nadal. Kunitsyn 3-6, 4-6. Sanam was umph in Beijing four sum- other than cricketers — Badminton star Pullela Arjun Kadhe booked his place second seed, made short work day-by-day, I go every day to the Nadal maintained he is not ousted by qualifier Oleksandr mers ago earned him celebri- advertisers found a star in Gopichand, who coaches in the quarterfinals, upsetting of Tarranum Handa 6-2, 6-2. gym, the swimming pool to con- going to rush his return. Nedovyesov, not before being ty status and after the 29- Kumar, who now endorses London bronze medallist second seed VM Ranjeet. After Third-seeded Natasha Palha tinue with my recovery. I am try- He has dealt with injuries sev- served a bagel in the first set. year-old changed “the colour Mountain Dew, Eicher trac- Saina Nehwal, refused ciga- winning a set each, Ranjeet twist- beat Damini Sharma 6-2, 6-3. ing not to think that far.” eral times throughout a career Nedovyesov won 6-0, 6-4. The of his medal” in London, his tors and NECC (National rette and cola ads after he ed his ankle in the beginning of Meanwhile, Vineeta Singh Nadal missed the London that has included a record 21 doubles duo of Bhambri and place in Indian sporting his- Egg Coordination won the prestigious All the final set and was unable to and Jhanvi Gupta made the Olympics and US Open as he World Tour Masters titles and Divij Sharan were ousted 4-6, tory was sealed. Committee) earning R1 crore England Badminton continue the match. Thus, Kadhe girls’ under-18 doubles final with fights to undo some of the dam- an Olympic gold medal but has 4-6 by Germans Andre Bege- Starved of youth icons — annually. Championship. set up a quarterfinal date with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Mihika Yadav age inflicted on his fragile knees entered uncharted territory with mann and Martin Emmrich in Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash. and Ramaya Natarajan. from years of competing on hard his current layoff. the first round.

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DREAMINGDREAMING OUTOUT LOUDLOUD Bedabrata Pain

Dibyojyoti Baksi they can remain connect- ■ [email protected] ed and the makers will not How did the transition happen? formal training in filmmak- have to stress about any Did you have any formal ing. I hadn’t even been to a ver since a few pictures or information Bedabrata Pain says that he didn’t training in filmmaking? film’s set before I stepped photographs from about the actors’ looks Growing up in the 1960s on the set of Chittagong. I Ethe sets of Vijay getting leaked,” informs have any formal training in filmmaking and 1970s in Bengal, it was had produced a film Amu Krishna Acharya’s an insider from Chicago, not possible to stay away before but I wasn’t on the Dhoom:3 were leaked to a USA, which is where the Anindita Acharya and his transition from a from art, culture and politi- set, because I was looking publication recently, the film is being shot. Aamir’s ■ [email protected] scientist to a filmmaker. cal consciousness. I used to after my kids in Los makers of the film have personal entourage has to Excerpts: paint. I always loved poetry, Angeles. So, it was purely a become extra-cautious. In also adhere to this rule as r Bedabrata Pain music and singing. During leap of faith. order to prevent such long as the shooting has done what few You are a scientist, inventor, my college and PhD days, I incidents, Aamir Khan, in schedule lasts till would dare to director, producer and also a had participated in writing Why did you decide to make a agreement with producers October 17. Dattempt. A senior singer. What do you like most? and had staged plays. In film on the Chittagong Yash Raj Films, has now Aamir, who will be seen research scientist Why do I have to choose? Columbia University I used Uprising? banned camera phones in an action-role after in NASA for 18 years, Pain Can a parent choose to write my girlfriend’s After Amu, we were dis- from the film set Ghajini (2008), is current- is known for inventing the between his or her kids? (later my wife) essays on cussing the subject of my altogether. ly shooting the film with RED Camera. He also has Each is equally close to Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Manoj Bajpayee in Chittagong film criticism. Telling a next film. I realised that the Initially, the crew was Katrina Kaif and Uday many more inventions to my heart. story has always intrigued Chittagong Uprising was asked to keep their Chopra. Abhishek his credit. However, he put that never gives up and the and emerges as a winner. I me, right from an early age not known to anybody out- phones switched off on Bachchan, who reprises all his earnings from the Having worked with NASA as a human capacity to visualise will always make films that when I used to narrate my side Bengal. Yet this is such the sets. But the security his role as inspector Jay royalty he got into making senior research scientist, one and create something new. are exciting and accessible father’s accounts of cross- an inspiring and unbeliev- breach proved that the Dixit in the third install- his debut film Chittagong, would have expected that you I have always been a social- and celebrate human spirit. ing the river Meghna in a able feat — of school kids idea was not fool-proof. ment of the franchise, which releases on October would have made a sci-fi as ly conscious person. That’s way as if I had experienced and a schoolteacher taking “So now the makers have returned to Mumbai a few 12. Having lived in the US your debut film? the milieu in which I grew Will you ever make a sci-fi? it. This ability of seeing the on the mighty Britishers. I provided the crew with days ago for Amitabh for more than 26 years, I defy expectations. What up. So it is not surprising Science fiction is such an story pass frame by frame bet if this had happened in mobile phones that don’t Bachchan’s 70th Pain is surprisingly fluent excites and intrigues me that I made a film that oxymoron. Nevertheless, before my eyes is what has Europe, there would have have cameras. This way, birthday celebration. in Bengali. Pain spoke to are human failings and depicts the quest of a boy, if I find a touching story, drawn me to filmmaking. been 10 films on the subject. HT City on his debut film strivings, the human spirit who overcomes self-doubt I’d do it. But I have never had any MORE ON PAGE 4

PREVIEW OF THE FIVE MOST ANTICIPATED BOLLYWOOD Private screening for Adi, Yash Chopra FILMS RELEASING IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS sneakpeek Rani Mukerji will arrange a special preview of her upcoming film at YRF Today’spick Dibyojyoti Baksi ■ [email protected]

ani Mukerji’s special connection with Yash RRaj Films and her relationship with filmmaker Aditya Chopra is well-known. Now, in an evident show of proximity with the Chopras, Rani has arranged a private screening of her film Aiyyaa just for Aditya and Yash Chopra. The screening will take place at Yash Raj Studios Director’s this week. “As Adi is a very Aditya Chopra cut reserved guy, she arranged for a separate screening for him between a Marathi girl and a and his father,” says a source. Tamil boy (played by south Yash Chopra, A separate screening has actor Prithviraj). The plot the director of also been organised for Rani’s depicts a role reversal, where Last from Jab Tak Hai friends from the industry. a man is shown as an object of JAB TAK HAI JAAN Jaan, reveals “The guest list is not yet desire being confirmed, but top actors and pursued by a woman. RELEASING: November 13 a few things directors will attend the When Viacom was CAST: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina you did not screening,” the source adds. contacted, a spokesperson Kaif and Anushka Sharma the king of know about Jointly produced by confirmed the news of the pri- DIRECTOR: Yash Chopra the film filmmaker Anurag Kashyap vate screenings at YRF, but and Viacom 18 Motion refused to divulge any further GENRE: Romance, drama ■ Chopra shot the film at the Shah Rukh Pictures, director Sachin details. The film releases on Rani locations where he had Khan and Kundalkar’s film is a love story October 12. Mukerji romance Katrina Kaif previously filmed songs from box in JTHJ Silsila (1981). Gossip ab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) is ■ SRK learnt to play the guitar During the film’s shoot, photos of Jveteran filmmaker Yash mainly for the song, Challa. the actors got leaked online, Chopra’s last film as a ■ Chopra says SRK never inciting a complete camera ban on director. Touted as Bollyw- asked him about the film’s Anoushka’s lullaby in Hollywood the sets by the makers. ood’s king of romance, Chopra story or how much money will soon head to Switzerland Theplot he will charge before signing Shruti Dargan that she’ll even act in Actor Aamir Khan reportedly got to shoot the last song for a film. ■ [email protected] husband, English filmmak- the film. Samar Anand (SRK) is an er Joe Wright’s future upset with Katrina Kaif as she ■ Composer AR Rahman has Interestingly, the film’s lead introvert and is made to leave the noushka Shankar projects. She has, however, chose to shoot with SRK for teamed up with Yash Raj actor SRK confessed that he love of his life, Khushi (Katrina may have made up composed a track for this film over rehearsing with Films for the first time to never wanted to do love Kaif). From London, he comes Aher mind about acting Joe’s film, Anna Karenina. him for Dhoom:3 in Chicago. compose the music of stories. But Chopra told back to Kashmir to run away in filmmaker Deepa “I didn’t actually compose this film. The story line of JTHJ has been him his own story of how from his past and meets Akira Mehta’s Midnight’s the song for the film. fiercely guarded. Only SRK, he became a director, even (Anushka Sharma), who is an Anushka Sharma and Shah Children a year ago, but It was a lullaby I made Yash Chopra and Aditya Chopra though his family wanted extrovert and works for a wildlife Rukh Khan the British Indian sitarist, up whilst singing to Zubin know the complete plot. him to be an engineer, and channel. She falls in love with who later backed out (her 19-month-old son). managed to convince him. “I Samar, who is still lost in pick due to pregnancy, is clear Joe heard it and liked it. Kat and SRK were mobbed remember Yashji tell me, till his past. Will he find his true MORE ON THE WEB Tomorrow’s she has no plans to It is very meaningful for while shooting in London. The you love, nobody will love you love in Khushi or will he opt for a ■ Can’t get enough of the film? Your search for Aamir Khan’s act for now. “I have no us that a song for Zubin fans chased Kat’s car, back (sic),” SRK tweeted. new beginning with Akira? Log on to: Talaash will end with tomorrow’s plans to act at present,” has ended up in the film,” resulting in increased MINAKSHI SAINI www.hindustantimes.com/jthj feature. Watch out for this space! says Anoushka, denying says Anushka. security for the actors. 02KOLKATA, THURSDAY,leisure OCTOBER 11, 2012

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SOLUTION SUDOKU htcitysudoku htcitymathdoku SCRAMBLE - 660 Solve the four anagrams and move one letter to each square to form four ordinary words CARES Now arrange the letters marked with an aster- * * isk (*) to form the answer to the riddle or to fill AVERS * * in the missing words as indicated CHIORD Happiness is not perfected until it is ___. * -- Jane Porter (6) AGLOSH * Solution: Words: Scare, raves/saver, orchid, galosh Answer: Happiness is not perfected until it is shared. -- Jane Porter

calvinandhobbes BILL WATTERSON SOLUTION MATHODOKU Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (5). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and one of the Fill in all the squares DIFFICULTY LEVEL mathematical symbols + x - /. The number in the grid so that is the result of applying the mathematical each row, column operation represented by the symbol to the and each of the 9X9 digits contained within the domain. The squares contains all solution to each puzzle is arrived at the digits from 1 to 9. logically and is unique.

dailyhoroscope ARIES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER LEO VIRGO (MAR 21 - APR 20) (APR 21 - MAY 20) (MAY 21 - JUN 21) (JUNE 22 - JULY 22) (JULY 23 - AUG 23) (AUG 24 - SEPT 23) Dr Prem It is better to leave someone to Your attempts to do get too many You are likely to get some relief You may begin to see the positive Someone you are concerned You may feel your hard work is Kr. Sharma his or her own antics, rather than things done in a limited time from ailments that seem to be side of someone’s ways and may about will feel quite indebted for not recognised, but this may not play a spoilsport. You will succeed in show- seems a tall order, so be realistic. Someone dogging you at this point in time. Chances of even try to emulate. Tough competition is your help. You will need to overcome all odds be so. On the academic front, hard work and Astrologer & ing who is the boss to someone at work. On in the family is likely to go someplace else for faring better than expected on the academic foreseen for students appearing for an exam to put your ideas through at work. Exercise untiring efforts may be required to leave your Vastu Expert the academic front, your rivals may choose higher studies. You may get a chance to add front cannot be ruled out. Your opinions and or interview. Some of you may have to strive caution in putting your money in a scheme or competitors behind. Your peers will have high not to compete with you. Financial front to your skills. New opportunities are likely to suggestions will matter in a family situation. hard to get into a lucrative partnership. fund. Your attempts to bring some changes expectations from you, so don’t let them remains stable. You may find something brighten the horizon for those quick enough You will need to keep a check on your spend- Shopping may take up a major part of your on the domestic front will be welcomed. down. Inner peace is assured for the spiritu- amiss in your romantic relationship. Health to seize them. A home remedy needs to be ing by not splurging. Those associated with day today. New developments are set to Boredom threatens to set-in in your romantic ally inclined. A new hobby can give you hours consciousness will come as a boon for some. taken with a pinch of salt as it may not suit hospitality and tourism sectors are likely to boost your romantic life. Avoid stuffing your- life. Take medical advice before starting an of joy. You are likely to get bowled over by Those driving on highways need to be care- you. strike it rich. self with junk food as it can spoil your health. exercise regime. someone you are likely to meet in a journey. ful. Lucky No: 18 Lucky Colour: Magenta Lucky No: 3 Lucky Colour: Maroon Lucky No: 6 Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky No: 1 Lucky Colour: Light Brown Lucky No: 7 Lucky Colour: Saffron Lucky No: 22 Lucky Colour: Light Yellow

LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES (SEPT 24 - OCT 23) (OCT 24 - NOV 22) (NOV 23 - DEC 21) (DEC 22 - JAN 21) (JAN 22 - FEB 19) (FEB 20 - MAR 20) Take pride in your achievements, Don’t let unnecessary worries It will be a good idea to share Someone may try to hurry you up You may stick to your ideas, even You may not meet your ideal in as you are likely to post them bog you down and distract you your innermost feelings with in sealing a deal, so take your at the expense of offending someone who likes you. Total soon! You may be uptight with someone over from your ultimate goal. Efforts made on the someone you love. A social do may prove time and don’t get rushed. This is not the day someone close. Take time off to pinpoint the enjoyment will be the driving force for you You share your birthday with an issue, but it is best to let it be. Free your- business front will bring you into lot of most rejuvenating and bring you in touch in which you can take liberties at work. Your shortcomings afflicting your performance. today. Spouse or someone close may give self from a debt you have incurred at the ear- money. Those on a salaried job can contem- with interesting people. Positivity at home absence on the academic front may get Those feeling trapped in their present job you a surprise. Your popularity is set to rise AMITABH BACHCHAN liest. Although an academic situation does plate a job switch. Treat the tantrum of a will keep you in a cheerful mood. A well noticed, so tread carefully. A showdown with may consider a job switch. On the academic on the professional front. Those with roman- not seem hunky-dory, you will manage to family youngster with maturity without mak- conducted presentation may be instrumen- a dominating family or relative is likely to front, you are set to waste your time by lolling tic aspirations will find the day most fulfilling. This veteran actor is known for his wriggle out of it unscathed. Partner remains ing an issue of it. You are likely to push your- tal in clinching a lucrative deal on the busi- leave a bad taste in the mouth. It may around aimlessly today. Some of you may Students may expect to excel in academics roles in films such as Zanjeer, Don, most understanding of the pulls and pres- self to the limit, which can affect your health ness front. Cupid’s arrow may find the tar- become difficult to raise finances for some- need to counter negativity in your lives by or sports. Those ailing are likely to feel Silsila, Deewar and Sholay among sures that you are undergoing. adversely. get to your delight! thing essential. A leisure trip is in the offing. focussing on the positive. neglected. others. Lucky No: 18 Lucky Colour: Coffee Lucky No: 7 Lucky Colour: Lemon Lucky No: 4 Lucky Colour: Turquoise Lucky No: 4 Lucky Colour: Dark Blue Lucky No: 2 Lucky Colour: Pink Lucky No: 5 Lucky Colour: Sea Green varietyKOLKATA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER03 11, 2012

AM:PM by Ankur and Priyanka Modi called their collection Mayan Maze. It was a black and white affair, that included skirts, Fierce fashion meets dresses, wide-legged pants and jackets in A mashup of metal, neons, pastels, quirky silk prints, embroidered motifs and innovative and satin. girly chic headgear took over the ramp at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi Taniya Khanuja’s collection was named Flight of the Wingless Soul. Sheer dresses, peplum with floral motifs and unique winged head- gear marked the collection.

Dev r Nil’s collection featured freely structured outfits in mostly pastel hues with quirky sheep and honey comb prints.

James Ferreira’s collection incorporated sombre colours, subdued florals, hand-painted Ganesha motif and flowy silhouettes. The outfits includ- ed dresses and separates.

Softly structured outfits with Chikankari work by women of Rajesh Pratap Singh displayed Titled Indian Gypsy, block- Staying true to her signature designs, Kanika A blast of pastels in light fabrics marked Khushi embroidered geometrical motifs in a Mijwan Welfare Society and eclectic structured outfits using printing, zardozi, phulkari and Saluja Choudhary’s collection titled, Anaikka, Z’s collection. Colourful maxis, dresses, printed muted palette, with a dash of neon vibrant hues of yellow, coral, blue blended materials, steel, mirror-work on flowy fabrics in comprised dresses, pants, dhoti pants and pants and the use of applique was seen in the and elaborate wigs, were featured and green dominated Manish aluminum, gold and silver in bright hues dominated Surbhi studded skirts in yellow, green, red and black. designer’s collection. in Kavita Bhartia’s collection, titled Malhotra’s collection. With actors muted hues. After his wife, Payal Chawla’s collection. Colourful, Metal cuffs, studded harness, glittering headgear Folklore Saga. Inspired by Roman- such as Shabana Azmi and Pratap Singh’s well-appreciated gold-woven headbands and and intricately looped shoulder necklaces ian culture, fabrics like chiffon, Parineeti Chopra’s presence, it debut on Day 1, his collection too quirky chandelier earrings also brought a rebellious, enfant terrible yet TEXT: SNIGDHA AHUJA, ARPITA KALA organza and silk lycra were used. was the most star-studded show. made the right noise on Day 2. featured in the show. glamorous look to the collection. PHOTOS:RAJ K RAJ, M ZHAZO

BEDDING THE STARS: Splash re-launched Binge right ‘I’m afraid of the dark, Midnight cravings don’t always have to result in unhealthy eating. Here’s how you can satiate your hunger without piling on calories I sleep with Petrina D’Souza ■ [email protected] the lights on’ e all know what it’s Wlike to wake up in Kunwar the middle of the Amar, night with a growling stom- actor- ach. After dragging ourselves vitamins, minerals and corn will retain its flavour dancer to the fridge, the first move is phytonutrients that your without the use of butter or to grab anything that looks body uses to heal and nour- salt, there is a solution. “Raid filling. Though at the back ish itself overnight. They also your spice cabinet — use our minds, we know that the have high water content, so lime powder to make it tangy, carb-loaded chicken burger you tend to feel less spice it up with cayenne pep- isn’t the best idea, we tend to dehydrated when you wake per or use a dash of cinna- go for it. But if you want to consumed at night get that helps you sleep well,” up,” explains Doshi. mon to add some sweetness,” satiate your hunger and not converted and stored in the explains Doshi, adding, says nutritionist Jyothi wake up the next morning body as fat, which leads to “Calcium and vitamin D Popcorn Sawant. feeling guilty about binging, weight gain,” explains Mitali in the milk are added Whole-grain popcorn then pick that bar of dark Doshi, dietician. bonuses, they are healthy for (cooked without butter) is Nuts chocolate instead or keep a Here are a few options you your bones.” the snack if you’re feeling like “Nuts are rich in antioxi- strawberry shake handy. may want to stock up on in eating something light. “Not dants and full of fibre,” “It is very essential to order to binge right: Vegetables only is popcorn a good explains Doshi, adding, eat the correct food items at Veggies may not seem like source of complex carbohy- “These nutritious nibbles night. There is no physical Milk the most appetising midnight drates, it’s also low on calo- also help regulate blood activity during sleep, so no “Milk is low on calories and snack, but they are a great ries, if you skip the butter,” sugar and promote sero- calories are utilised. All the fat content. Plus, it contains solution for diet-conscious says Doshi. And yes, for tonin production in the Do you have a cluttered bed? Swissôtel Kolkata re-launched Splash, the sky lounge recently. The calories from the food tryptophan, an amino acid bingers. “They are full of those wondering how pop- body.” No, I have a tidy bed. hotel threw a grand party, White Night Party, on the occasion.

What kind of sheets do you use? Exotic designs Creating an impression I use cotton sheets. New bridal collection Do you need your eight hours PHOTOS: PRATEEK CHOUDHURY of sleep or can you get by with power naps through the day? I need both. Because of my working schedule, I don’t get to sleep much, so I make it a point to sleep whenever possible.

Is there one bed thing you carry with you everywhere? No.

Do you keep your phone on silent when you are asleep? I always keep my phone on the silent mode.

Do you sleep with a light on at night? Yes, I do sleep with the lights on as I am afraid of the dark. I believe that with the lights off, there is a lot of negativity Actress Jiah Khan unveiled fashion designer Jaya Misra’s bridal fall-winter couture collection in around me. the city recently. Jaya will showcase the collection at Bridal Asia scheduled from October 21- 23 Ballantine’s Leave An Impression presented a play, Salt & Pepper in Fashion Designer Ranna Gill showcased Exotica, her in New Delhi the city. Actors Mandira Bedi, Kuki Grewal, Darshan Jariwala and PETRINA D’SOUZA spring/summer 2013 collection at the Wills Lifestyle India Vikram Kochhar were part of the play. Fashion Week, in association with Fiama Di Wills 04KOLKATA, THURSDAY,show OCTOBER 11, 2012 time

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Take us through the story Honey and her gas-bags of the film. make hearsay gossip. In 2006 we met Subodh Roy, You are advised to occasionally one of the three youngest More than just a historical film members who played an add some salt to their daily active role in the movement, masala! on his deathbed in Kolkata. PRATEEK CHOUDHURY Hearing him recount the big name when you cast him in stories gave me goosebumps. Chittagong. Have you watched We had found our protago- Gangs of Wasseypur? SHAH RUKH KHAN - AJAY DEVGN nist. I figured it would be As Anurag Kashyap pointed exciting to tell the story out during the music release, of Chittagong Uprising he saw all my actors in from the point of view of a Chittagong and cast them for All for a fly! 14- year-old. There were 60 his film. So all these actors ood morning school children led by went from my set to the set lovelies! I feel like Masterda Surya Sen (played of Gangs of Wasseypur, Gstepping out of the by Manoj Bajpayee) and rev- which is also a fabulous film. house for a fabulous olutionaries such as Anant I met Nawaz in 2008 at brunch on this bright, Singh, Ganesh Ghosh, National School of Drama in sunny day. But before that, Nirmal Sen (played by Delhi. I hadn’t seen him let me tell you that Shah Nawazuddin Siddiqui), before that (except in a tiny Rukh Khan is all for Lokenath Bal, and Ambika role in Munnabhai). But I south director SS Chakrabarti, who took on knew I wanted Nawaz bhai Rajamouli’s animated film, the British army in the battle for my film. I told him that I Makkhi aka Eega. of Jalalabad. didn’t know what role I had Anyone who’s interested I was intrigued by Subodh for him, but he is in in entertainment will know da’s story. He was a studious, Chittagong. So, he was the just how much Ajay frail boy, more suited for first guy to be cast for Devgn has associated Oxford than becoming a Chittagong. himself with this picchur! rebel. He hadn’t even played But now, Ajay’s rival, SRK football. How the boy took up You shot the film on RED has joined the brigade. the gun is one of the most Camera. Just so you know, they’re intriguing stories from Against everybody’s advice, rivals because both their history. I shot the film on RED, the films — Son Of Sardaar Another inspiring moment core technology of which and Jab Tak Hai Jaan — was my meeting with Benode was invented by us. So I was release around the same releasing on 12th oct. must Behari Chowdhury, now 102 completely familiar with it. I time. Whatever! watch with kids.all the years old, and is the last could not possibly pass up So, SRK has very best raja&team.”(sic) surviving member of the the opportunity to shoot with sweetly tweeted this: Hmmm… I hope Rajamouli uprising. the camera. The film has a “Makkhi (eega) the fly. signs him on for a project. But there was also another soft, radiant, warm look, Awesomely original & fun It will be fun to see SRK in reason. I realised that most which underscores the film by Rajamouli a south remake, no? of the members of the upris- Bedabrata Pain during his recent visit to Kolkata quest and innocence of a ing actually survived and young 14-year-old. went on to spearhead politi- Jaan Se? REKHA cal movements in the future. I haven’t seen the film yet. Are you working on any new Chittagong Uprising didn’t When Khelein Hum… was subject? finish with Masterda’s announced, I was on the I am working on two films. hanging. It grew in many 20th draft of my script. I The first is set in modern Happy birthday to you different ways. I wanted to finally filmed the 36th draft. India, which interconnects tell those stories. So my For me, script is the king. So, three stories of love and t is indeed a good day as Chittagong goes far beyond right at that point, I decided faith lost and gained set it also happens to be the the armoury raid and the that I wouldn’t watch this against the backdrop of a Igorgeous Rekha’s birth- battle of Jalalabad. film till my film comes out. I political upheaval. It is locat- day, who turns 58. I hear, Most historical films – did not want to be influenced ed in three parts of India. My that like every year, especially films on freedom positively or negatively by second story is an English Rekha doesn’t have any struggles — invariably the other film. So, now that film set during World War II. big plans for the day — become films with a depress- my film is releasing, I will just a quiet dinner with a ing ending, where the pro- watch Khelein Hum…. A lot of Mumbai-based Bengali close group of family and tagonist dies. I did not want filmmakers are making films in friends at her Bandra res- to make a film like that. But When you came to know Bengali. Do you have any such idence. Of course, I’m with Jhunku as my protago- that Ashutosh Gowariker is plans? invited. Also, since her nist, Chittagong is a story also making a film on the same Absolutely. The topics of sister Radha and her fam- of an incredible victory, topic, did you think of changing Manoj Bajpayee in a scene from Chittagong my films will always be ily live in America, they which goes far beyond what the subject? those of love stories set in will be sending her wishes happened in 1930. It was obviously very scary. I had gone too far ahead. at that time, I had also to finance my film. That’s times of political turmoil. I from saat samunder paar. In fact, after he announced Besides, I am not in the habit received the royalty for my how Chittagong got made. really want to go back to Awww! After all, such is Have you watched Abhishek the film, nobody in India was of abandoning people or invention. After paying good Bengali literature for life dearies! Bachchan’s Khelein Hum Jee ready to finance my film. But things. So I went ahead. Just taxes, I had just enough left Nawazuddin Siddiqui wasn’t a my films.

Imran Khan Staging a thank you On their 20th anniversary, channel announces a series of concerts in 10 cities across India to thank their viewers Kavita Awaasthi ■ [email protected]

wenty years ago, long before we had hun- Tdreds of channels to surf through, a Hindi enter- tainment channel was launched which aired reality shows, daily soaps and car- toon shows dubbed in Hindi. The channel, Zee TV, is cele- brating 20 years of its exis- tence this month by organis- ing a series of live concerts across the country. These shows will feature singers from their show Sa Re Ga Punit, Karan in a fix Ma Pa and the dancers from The episode to be aired on Friday will see Indian Idol 6 winner popular dance reality show, Contestants from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Dance India Dance on the Vipul Mehta opening the episode with a birthday song made Dance India Dance (DID) especially for the occasion. Vipul will serenade the audience Director, filmmaker struggling to find a new and will take place in Pune, and support over the last 20 some real-time entertain- with his mesmerising voice. AB thanked Vipul and everyone look for Imran Khan for their untitled next Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, years. These entertainment ment.” The event will be free present for this sweet gesture. He thought the celebration was Rajkot, Dehradun, Bhopal, events will bring talent from of charge and seats will be tube over after the song and went on to continue his shoot. But he Aurangabad, Kanpur and our shows Sa Re Ga Ma Pa filled on a first-come-first- was in for a surprise later, when Vipul brought in a special Shalvi Mangaokar Lucknow. and DID to the viewers. As a served basis. birthday cake ■ [email protected] Akash Chawla, marketing channel, we believe that it is Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and ing. Both shows have head — national channels, the common man who is Dance India Dance are the made helped India’s common t’s a well-known fact that Zee, says, “We bring viewers indeed our biggest star. most popular properties of people realise their dreams Karan Johar’s next these shows as a gesture of Through the shows, we aim the channel and both contin- of becoming singing or Iproduction will be gratitude for their loyalty to provide our viewers with ue to enjoy a big fan follow- dancing stars. Big B turns 70 on set directed by Punit Malhotra and have Imran Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead. But Karan Johar ‘R10 lakh if you get the recipe right’ Kaun Banega Crorepati’s host Amitabh now, the filmmaker and Big Boss inspires film director seem to be in a Bachchan celebrated his 70th birthday tight spot as they try to If you can discover the actual “Since in the film, the quirky on the sets of the hit reality show, amidst conceive a brand new look An upcoming film will put its cast and the recipe of Chicken Khurana that is Khurana family loses their favourite for Imran. shown in Luv Shuv Tey Chicken recipe, we thought it would be an applaud from the audience and the common man in a house for a day Khurana, the makers, UTV interesting opportunity for audi- The actor, best known contestants. Here are some moments for his chocolate-boy Kavita Awaasthi The film is about a Spotboy, will give you a whopping ences to join the Khuranas in their R10 lakh as a prize.Actors Kunal quest for the recipe. Audiences looks, recently underwent ■ [email protected] Punjabi family that runs from the surprise celebration a makeover for two a dhaba. When the head of Kapoor, Huma Qureshi and co-pro- need to guess the ingredients that upcoming films — Vishal he makers of Luv Shuv the family loses his memory ducer Anurag Kashyap will judge could make the dish and drop their Bhardwaj’s Matru Ki Tey Chicken Khurana and forgets the secret the contest after reading recipes recipes inside the giant cooker.” T that the viewers can put into a The same promotion will be held in Bijlee Ka Mandola and Punit Malhotra have come up with a recipe of their iconic dish, Milan Luthria’s Once novel idea to promote the Chicken Khurana, the giant cooker that’s been installed Delhi and Punjab as well. Upon A Time In Mumbaai to be able to pull off such film. The producers, UTV family goes crazy in their at Back Road in Lokhandwala. DIBYOJYOTI BAKSI Again. Now, the makers an earthy look so well.” Spotboy, will soon host a attempt to recreate it. are planning to give him The source adds that radio contest and select 10 another completely differ- Punit has roped in stylists winners. These lucky few ent look for his film with from USA, UK, Australia will then be put in a house Kareena. and India to work on the with the cast of the film. A source tells us, “Punit new look for Imran. An insider claims, “Just and Karan have seen a few Imran’s spokesperson like the Big Boss house, glimpses of the two films confirms the news, this one will be a replica of and have loved Imran’s saying, “He shoots one the Khurana house in the look. They think he has film a time and the makers film. It will be set up in carried off the rustic look are very happy to experi- Ludhiana or Chandigarh. so fabulously that now ment with his look. The contest is being held in they are in two minds Everyone in the team is Punjab as the film is about The cake that was presented to Amitabh Bachchan was rather about how they want him very excited about this a Punjabi family and their elaborate. Made in chocolate, it was split into three parts to appear in their own and we’re sure they will love for food and family. — a seven and a zero to signify Bachchan’s age, and another film. They (Karan and come up with something The winners will get to with his face printed on it. Punit) didn’t expect Imran really good.” interact with the cast for KAVITA AWAASTHI an entire day.” A still from Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana