OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Saturday,August 23, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 38 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Sport Vanessa juggles All for son: Kajol Sampras finally acting, singing prays for a boy decides to and parenting at Ajmer dargah call it a day Page 12 Page 8 Page 20 WIN WITH THE TIMES Condoms a Established 1838 dirty word Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Govt refuses to guard your CASh Believe those who are By N Vidyasagar seeking the truth. Doubt repeatedly been talking to at Centre, TIMES NEWS NETWORK those who find it. broadcasters about cable pric- ing, it has failed to make the lat- June 6 Free-to-air, okay. Free-for-all in the rest New Delhi: CAS is round the — Andre Gide ter reduce prices. Delhi waits corner, but the government says ‘‘We will work Q: Post CAS, what will be my until CAS reaches your locality. The government’s view comes By Nistula Hebbar it won’t monitor prices on behalf monthly cable bill? Q: Who will regulate the NEWS DIGEST at a time when cable TV homes to make CAS TIMES NEWS NETWORK of the consumer. All cable homes will pay Rs 98 for monopoly of cable operators? in CAS zones of four metros people-friendly. New Delhi: Is abstinence New uplinking guidelines: The ‘‘The market will determine free-to-air channels. All the major The monopoly continues. The govt the prices of pay channels. Cable have no idea about what they Package will better than using protection? government on Friday decided to re- will pay for pay channels from bouquets will cost Rs 200, so the has promised to enable new play- TV services should operate like I&B minister That may be a debate for the vise and strengthen its guidelines for September 1, 2003. ‘‘I believe cost around total bill will be Rs 300 for CAS ers to enter areas under monopoly. any other free market,’’ said I&B Ravi Shankar national-level AIDS control granting uplinking facilities to foreign channel prices should be an- Rs 200’’ homes. Plus set-top box rentals: TV channels, stipulating ‘‘additional secretary Pawan Chopra. Prasad Q: Is there any regulator? policy makers, but Delhi nounced shortly,’’ said Chopra. Rs 30 a month after initial payment No. The only option is to safeguards’’, including a mandatory Having earlier promised to re- of Rs 999. health minister A K Walia’s 51 per cent equity with an Indian strict cable billing to Rs 200 per K Jayaraman, CEO, Hathway August 22 approach the consumer courts. AIDS control programme partner. P10 month, the government has put Datacom, said they are negotiat- Q: What if I choose to opt hinges on getting condoms ing with broadcasters and the re- for just a few, favourite Arjuna awards for 21: Succumb- the ball in the consumer’s court. ‘‘The cable bill worth Rs 2 crore from the vised price list will be released channels? ing to pressure from various quar- ‘‘The consumer will have the fi- will depend Centre. A demand the Centre ters, the sports ministry has decided nal say. The market will deter- on August 26. Siticable chief Your monthly bill will remain is ignoring at present. to give the Arjuna award to all 21 mine the prices. Neither the gov- Jawahar Goel is confident that on market the same if you pick the Walia had written to Union sportspersons recommended by the ernment nor the broadcaster major pay channels will be avail- dynamics. ten top pay channels. health minister Sushma will have a say,’’ said Chopra. able at Rs 128 (a total bill of Rs Swaraj two months back for awards committee. Rifle shooter An- I&B secretary Q: What will non-CAS areas pay jali Bhagwat will be awarded the Ra- Remember, it’s the govern- 200 upwards). Govt cannot the contraceptives to kick- Pawan jiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award along ment that fixed Rs 72 plus taxes The government said it will fix prices of until CAS is fully implemented? start the distribution of free Chopra with athlete K M Beenamol. P17 — or Rs 98 — for free-to-air chan- intervene, but only if cable oper- channels’’ The monthly bill will not change condoms to commercial sex workers. ‘‘However, Sushma- Riot victims’ complaints: Jus- nels. While the government has ators don’t push set-top boxes. tices G T Nanavati and K G Shah, ji changed the focus of the hearing complaints from victims of AIDS control programme the Gujarat riots, directed the collec- from the use of condoms to tor on Friday to inquire into the claim abstaining from sex altogeth- of Mehrunnissa Shaikh of Shahpur India find their feet and heart against Pakistan er,’’ he said. AP Pawar to head Darwaza that only Rs 100 was This dashed the hopes of paid to her as compensation by launching a Delhi AIDS con- the state government against a trol programme, said Walia. claim of aro-und Rs 4 lakh for Walia says his hands are tied property loss. P9 JPC on colas by the Centre’s refusal to re- spond to his letter. ‘‘We had Ban on infant food ads: All ad- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Avtar Singh Bhadana (both carried out a survey of com- vertisements relating to infant foods Cong), K Yerran Naidu have been banned from November 1 New Delhi: Nationalist Con- mercial sex workers in the gress Party (NCP) leader (TDP), E Ahmed (Muslim city,’’ he said. According to with the government issuing a notifi- League), Ranjit Panja (Trina- cation of the law on Thursday. P8 Sharad Pawar will head a 15- the survey, there are nearly member joint parliamentary mul Cong), Akhilesh Yadav 30,000 commercial sex work- Repatriation of Pak boys: The committee (JPC) to go into (SP) and Anil Basu (CPM). ers in Delhi. ‘‘Of these 6,000 J&K government has asked the Cen- the controversy surrounding The five Rajya Sabha mem- are in G B Road alone.’’ tre to repatriate two minor Pakistani pesticide contents in colas. bers are: S S Ahluwalia ‘‘We had planned a boys, Nazir Ahmed Khan and Sadiq According to a resolution (BJP), Prithviraj Chavan Bangkok-style awareness Hussain Shah, who had ‘‘accidental- moved by Union health min- (Cong), Sanjay Nirupam ly’’ strayed into this side and were and condom distribution pro- ister Sushma Swaraj in the (Shiv Sena), Prem Chand not involved in insurgency. P9 gramme in Delhi. HIV fig- Lok Sabha on Friday,the JPC Gupta (RJD) and Prasanta ures in Thailand have Overbooked flights: The offload- will submit its report by the Chatterjee (CPM). dropped after the propaga- ing of over 40 passengers by Indian beginning of winter session. Swaraj denied she had giv- tion of safe sex,’’ said Walia. Airlines at Bangalore on Thursday The JPC will examine en the colas any ‘‘clean chit’’. NGOs and government de- has brought into focus the practice whether the recent CSE find- She said the results of the partments were all primed to among airlines all over the world to ings on pesticide residues in tests ordered by her ministry carry condoms to every overbook flights depending on soft drinks are correct. showed that the brands had brothel on G B Road. Walia revenue pattern. P7 Its terms of reference en- mostly failed to meet the EU were so impressed by the compass the safety standards norms though they met the Bangkok figures that he and by Laxman YOU SAID IT for soft drinks, fruit juice and existing Indian norms. a team from the Delhi health other beverages where water ‘‘There is a need to enhance ministry visited Bangkok is the main constituent. It the standards because of pes- this year to ‘‘observe’’ the will also ‘‘suggest criteria for ticides being absorbed into programme. Jugraj Singh celebrates a goal while Shabbir Hussain of Pakistan looks on during their match at the Champions evolving suitable safety stan- ground water,’’ she said. And how did he arrive at Trophy Hockey Tournament in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, on Friday. Down by two goals to four at one stage, dards” for these drinks. She said there was need to the magic figure of 2 crore as India came back brilliantly to win 7-4. Another picture and report on page 17 Swaraj told reporters that set a minimum standard for the condom requirement. though she had suggested an ordinary drinking water too. ‘‘We were planning the first all-Opposition JPC, the On newspaper ads by cola phase in G B Road where Speaker took his own deci- majors quoting her state- 5,000 commercial sex work- sion. The 10 members from ment that their products ers were to be covered. We The instant masti of flash mobs the Lok Sabha are: Sharad were well within the safety calculated that they would Reuters Pawar (NCP), Ananth Ku- limits, she termed them as a need 10 condoms in a day,365 By Chidanand Rajghatta No one knows the exact origins of mar, Sudha Yadav (both ‘‘mistake’’ since the matter days in a year, the figure TIMES NEWS NETWORK the caper except that the first inci- BJP), Ramesh Chennithala, was still before the court. comes up to 2 crore,’’ he said. dents began in New York. It works Washington: Heads turned, necks mostly in the digital sphere with craned, and eyebrows were raised. someone organising flash gather- In the quiet of a Washington DC ings either through e-mail messages bookstore one recent evening, sever- or SMS. al dozen young people suddenly be- I simplified the whole thing to a The timing and instructions are single graph showing terrorism, gan reading loudly and simultane- ously from various books and maga- precise.