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OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Wednesday,May 7, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 44 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International Business Times Sport Saddam’s son took Microsoft comes up Wiseman’s 4-wkt $1 bn from bank with a PC that can haul helps NZ to hours before war answer your phones first innings lead Page 15 Page 17 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES Cabinet okays Established 1838 Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Pakistan opens up all routes Bill to ban It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing Graphic: Neelabh TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES rious discussions for nuclear and power corrupts. cow slaughter strategic stability in our region.” — Aung San Suu Kyi Islamabad/New Delhi: Unveiling a se- “We hope that a reconvened dialogue TIMES NEWS NETWORK ries of confidence-building measures, will enable us to conclude substantive New Delhi: The Vajpayee govern- NEWS DIGEST Pakistan on Tuesday announced re- and result-oriented measures for arms sumption of air, rail and bus links with restraint and promotion of security in ment on Tuesday moved in the di- India as a goodwill gesture. our region,” the PM said. rection of enacting a ‘‘stringent’’ Ambanis summoned: A special central law to ensure a complete ban court has directed chief metropolitan After securing opposition backing to India reacted sharply to Jamali’s on cow slaughter. magistrate Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal the government moves, Pakistan’s speech, describing it as a ‘‘completely to summon Reliance Group chair- Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan inadequate response’’ and ‘‘not a mean- Any two states can empower the man Mukesh Ambani and its manag- Jamali addressed a press conference ingful move’’ since it doesn’t address In- Centre to enact such a law under Ar- ing director Anil Ambani, accused of here to announce restoration of full dia’s core concern of cross-border ter- ticle 252 of the Constitution, since entering into a criminal conspiracy diplomatic relations with India and rorism. Official sources said while Ja- the measure falls within the states’ to procure classified government called for a comprehensive dialogue on mali’s speech indicated Pakistan’s de- jurisdiction. The central animal documents in violation of the Official all issues, including Kashmir. sire to return to the pre-December 13 husbandry department would write Secrets Act. P3 Since India had only offered resump- believe all issues have to be addressed logue with New Delhi. position, it did not address the issue of to the states, seeking their approval tion of air links, Jamali’s announce- sincerely and constructively through Jamali also proposed the two coun- why links were snapped after the Par- on enacting a ‘‘model’’ law, Cabinet FM’s assurance on VAT: The spokesperson Sushma Swaraj an- Rajya Sabha returned the Finance ment does not mean the automatic re- sustained dialogue.” tries engage in serious discussions on liament attack. Jamali did not say a nounced after the Cabinet meeting. Bill, 2003, after finance minister sumption of rail and buslinks, severed “India should put the acrimony to the nuclear and strategic stability. “Nu- word about terrorism. He mentioned Jaswant Singh promised that the by New Delhi in the aftermath of the back-burner and discuss all issues in- clear realities in our region impose cer- airlinks, but did not mention over- The proposed law would not be Value Added Tax regime would be- December 13 attack on Parliament. cluding the core issue of Jammu and tain obligations and responsibilities on flights and this was ‘‘not indicative of a binding on states. Arunachal gin only when the states are fully Jamali favoured resumption of dia- Kashmir”, he said, adding the national our two countries. It is important for positive mindset,’’ the sources said. Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizo- prepared to implement it. logue from where it was left in Agra. “I consensus was behind him to hold dia- both India and Pakistan to engage in se- Armitage, Brajesh meet in London: Page 15 ram, Nagaland, Tripura and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep do Sisulu dead: Walter Sisulu, the gi- not have laws facilitating a ban on ant of the anti-apartheid struggle in cow slaughter. The rest of the states South Africa, died on Monday after have laws which are ‘‘not stringent prolonged illness. He was 90. P15 enough’’, and were ‘‘misused’’ in Turner sells AOL Time stake: that although they allowed the Ted Turner’s stake in AOL Time Women’s quota Bill aborted again slaughter of old cows, healthy Warner dwindled further as he sold milch cows were slaughtered, the 50 million AOL Time Warner shares AP TIMES NEWS NETWORK minister said. and donated 10 million more on Joshi’s announcement was greeted with loud cheers and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Monday, slicing his share of the me- Digvijay Singh might derive some New Delhi: The controversial thumping of desks by the Bill’s dia giant to about 1 per cent. P17 political mileage from this move. He women’s reservation Bill has, opponents including the Sama- once again, been scuttled. The had virtually kicked off his poll jwadi Party and Rashtriya Jana- Bill — providing 33 per cent campaign earlier this year by writ- ta Dal from the Opposition as reservation of legislative seats ing to Prime Minister Vajpayee, well as NDA partners Samata for women — was ‘‘deferred for seeking a total ban on cow slaughter. Party, Janata Dal (U) and the time being’’ on Tuesday af- It had raised eyebrows within his Shiv Sena. ter the Lok Sabha witnessed ac- own party and also put the BJP on In a replay of what the House rimonious scenes and a subse- the defensive. witnessed when the Bill was in- quent all-party meeting called troduced in 1999, determined SP by Speaker Manohar Joshi and RJD members raised a failed to forge a consensus on ruckus as soon as the House ... and allows this issue. convened. The government’s stated de- Question hour was disrupted termination to get the Bill dual citizenship as the agitated Opposition mem- passed collapsed in the face of stout resistance from several op- bers rushed to the well and position parties and three key made it known that they NDA partners. Bowing to their would never allow the passage combined pressure, it threw in of the Bill in its present form YOU SAID IT by Laxman the towel. and demanded a quota for The decision to defer was an- women from the OBCs, SCs, STs nounced by Joshi, who told agi- and minorities. tated MPs that since the all-par- Perspective: Switzerland gave ty meeting convened by him women the vote only in 1971. In the US, only 73 out of 535 — or failed to reach a unanimous de- RJD leader Laloo Prasad Yadav and actor-activist-MP Shabana Azmi outside Parliament on Tuesday. cision, it was agreed to keep the 13.6 per cent — seats in the Bill in abeyance to enable an- Senate and House of Represen- other round of consultations on tatives together are currently The Seven-Year Hitch: NDA allies, Opposition queer the pitch this matter. Only on Monday, held by women. We’d like to June 1996: Deve duces it but shortly there- Dec 1998: Legislation duced for the third time; SP, parliamentary affairs minister think Mother India could teach Uncle Sam a thing or two about Gowda promises a women’s after, House is adjourned reintroduced amid stormy RJD, Samata,Shiv Sena, Sushma Swaraj had announced JD(U) and IUML stall democracy — if only our MPs reservation Bill Aug 1997: Gujral gives scenes in Lok Sabha that the government was listing proceedings the Bill for discussion and pas- would let her. May 1997: I K Gujral up, cites lack of consensus April 1999: Lok Sabha View-Counterview on Edit Page dissolved, Bill lapses again Reservation for women already sage as it had received letters of faces party revolt on Bill; Dec 1997: Lok Sabha in Bangladesh, France and support from the Congress and Sacred Space: Women and Men law minister Khalap intro- dissolved, Bill lapses May 2003: Bill intro- Scandinavian countries the Left parties. Dubyaman on Page 14 Thank heavens, it hadn’t taken off! SARS scare! Someone must have sneezed! CAS down, but free is better By N Vidyasagar jointly sign a declaration that they indiatimes.com POLL TIMES NEWS NETWORK Cable TV pricing will not turn free-to-air in the CAS regime. Of the 85-odd channels in Yesterday’s results: Now that Dravid is New Delhi: There’s good news for can be viewed without a set-top box. the country, 32 are free-to-air. married, is Zaheer Khan the most eligible cable TV subscribers as at least half- bachelor in the Indian team? a-dozen pay channels are expected to Channels likely to join this club Given the strategic implications, include Star News, Zee News, DD broadcasters were wary of revealing Yes 63% No 37% turn free-to-air shortly. Industry watchers say this trend will grow as Sports, Fashion TV and Zee Tele- their plans. Star officials neither • The poll reflects the opinions of Net users who chose films’ Alpha regional brands. Broad- confirmed nor denied that Star to participate, and not necessarily of the general public. the deadline for implementing con- ditional access system draws closer. casters fear lower ad revenues and News is turning free. Industry ob- Today’s question: Do you think having The CAS comes into play from market share for pay channels in the servers said Star TV plans to experi- more women representatives in new regime. ment by turning Star News into a the government will reduce July 15.

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