DLD‰†‰KDLD‰†‰DLD‰†‰MDLD‰†‰C Mariah holds Mercury rising: THE TIMES OF INDIA the stage with Dino and Manisha Saturday, Man films people having sex in public November 8, 2003 Sleeping Prince team up for Garmi For him, it’s picture-perf- ism charges. Page 7 Page 8 ect. Robert Berwick, arres- Prosecutors say visitors to ted on charges of fil- a public park can ex- ming couples having pect some privacy. sex in a Connecticut But the lawyer repre- park, claims he had senting Berwick says the right to film bec- a park is different fr- ause he was in a pub- om a home or a lock- lic place. er room, which are Berwick pleaded private. Well, this vi- not guilty to breach ew might not click in of peace and voyeur- court. OF INDIA WAITING FOR JUDGMENT DAY JYOTI SHARMA ● ANJU ILLYASI CASE: Anju Times News Network The law has finally caught up with Sushil Sharma and Illyasi, wife of India’s Most the killers of Safdar Hashmi. But if justice delayed is Wanted host Sohaib Illyasi, ● SHIVANI BHATNAGAR justice denied, then the proverbial scales seem to was found dead at her reside- MURDER CASE: Former IG nce on January 10, 2000, with (prisons) Haryana, RK Shar- be tilted against certain prominent cases whose the case being registered as th- ma and five others are being tr- fate hangs in the balance despite much time at of suicide. The trial in the ied for the murder of journali- case started in May,2003 and is st Shivani Bhatnagar,who was having elapsed since the crimes were committed still on, with Anju’s mother murdered at her IP Extension Rukma Singh alleging that So- apartment on January 23, 1999. haib used to harass her daugh- The trial commenced on Febr- WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... ter for dowry even as Ilyasi and uary 1, 2003. Around 200 witne- Legal cases with high-profile faces? his in-laws fight for the custo- sses have been examined, but dy of Anju’s daughter Aaliya. the court is yet to reach a verd- ● PHOOLAN DEVI MURD- ict on the case. ER CASE: Bandit-turned-po- ● KUNJUM BUDHIRAJ MU- litician Phoolan Devi was shot RDER CASE: In March 1999, dead from close quarters outs- Kunjum Budhiraj was found ide her Ashoka Road official dead at the farmhouse of Con- residence on July 25, 2000. Ap- gress party worker Romesh art from Sher Singh Rana, Sharma. In Tihar Jail at the who allegedly shot Phoolan, time of the murder, Sharma Dhan Prakash and Shekhar,11 secured parole and arrived for others have been chargesheet- the funeral. Today, Sharma is ed in the case. Statements of in jail on charges of cheating, witnesses are still being recor- extortion, forgery and crimin- ded as the trial drags on. al intimidation, but this parti- ● NITISH KATARA MURD- cular case awaits a verdict. NEELABH ER CASE: On February 16, ● JESSICA LAL MURDER 2002, Nitish Katara, reportedly CASE: On the night of April close to politician DP Yadav’s 30, 1999, model Jessica Lal was WHY CASES ARE PENDING... daughter Bharati, disappeared shot through the temple at Ta- According to Justice IU Kh- on flimsy grounds.” from a Ghaziabad banquet ha- marind Court, allegedly by Ma- an, ‘‘The system is such that Says Supreme Court lawy- ll. After his mutilated body nu Sharma. Vikas Sharma and delays in dispensing justice er RK Anand, ‘‘Although the was found, Bharati’s brother Amandeep Gill are co-accused can’t be helped. The laws ne- speed at which courts work Vikas and cousin Vishal Yadav in the case. More than 100 wit- ed to be more strict when de- in our country is slow, many were arrested. Both accused NO LAUGHING MATTER THIS! Delhi Times captures the comic side of Cyrus Broacha & Saif Ali Khan as the nesses have been examined; 20, aling with heinous crimes. In a time, delay is caused by the are in jail and the court has ru- awesome twosome prepares to team up as a never-before combo to host the Indian music industry-supported including main complainant such cases, there should be a time the police takes to inves- led that bail will not be granted and Airtel-presented MTV-IMMIES, MTV’s first-ever music awards show —full of Bollywood, international and Shayan Munshi, have turned day-to-day trial and adjourn- tigate matters. The blame till Bharati, now studying in Indi-pop tunes — on December 14 (To send this photograph to a friend, log on to www.timescity.com/delhi/) hostile. Out on bail, Sharma ments should not be granted has to be shared by both.’’ the UK, testifies. runs a pub in Chandigarh. [email protected] ANUBHA SAWHNEY ds at 9.2, and the UK at 7.8. Smuggler’s web traps tarantulas Times News Network Getting state-specific, according to a rec- ent survey conducted by the Centre of You- Bio-pirates cash in on India’s tiger spiders to feed the Western fad of keeping them as pets ere’s a wake-up call. Because an NFO INDIA IS LAZY! th and Adolescent Studies (CYAS), two-thi- HWorldwide study reveals that Indians rds of India’s workforce regularly sneaks a ALLEN O’BRIEN iry varieties, specially Poecilo- er trade prior to 1996, when the come a close second to Germans as regards WORKING ORDER daily siesta — at work. ‘‘This survey,which Times News Network theria matalica and Poecilothe- tarantula spotted there was ad- the least number of hours put in at work, was conducted among six Asian countries, ria miranda attract the highest ded to the Convention on Inter- worldwide. While Germans work an avera- Indians, after Germans, has India topping the table,’’ informs CYAS hey are exotic, quiet and prices abroad. ‘‘These national Trade in Endangered ge of 1,447 hours a year, India scores 1,458 spend the least time at work president Amit Goyal, ‘‘But this doesn’t ne- Tmake a great topic of conv- two species have ti- Species of Wild Flora and Fau- hours. So, putting aside all notions about In- cessarily mean that India is synonymous ersation. Not surprisingly,tar- ger and leopard na. ‘‘Since then smugglers ha- dia having an efficient workforce, it would ● Germany: 1,447 hours/year with lazy bones. Rather,these figures reflect antulas, popularly known as coat-like ve shifted their foc- be logical to infer that ours is one of the ‘la- ● India: 1,458 hours/year the intensity of work stress in our country.’’ ‘tiger spiders’ are being inc- us to India,’’ infor- ziest’ nations on the globe. ● England: 1,502 hours/year Nonetheless, not only do Indians work le- reasingly sought out by ms Zoo Outreach Or- ‘‘Laziness among Indians can be attribu- ● France: 1,644 hours/year ss during their working lives, they also seem celebs in the West as ‘da- ganisation (ZOO) deputy direc- ted to unruly lifestyles as well as bad eating ● Russian: 1,726 hours/year to retire earlier. While government officials ngerous pets’. Now, the tor Sanjay Mullur. habits,’’ says general practitioner HS Ku- ● Italy: 1,794 hours/year in India, on an average, retire at the age of twist in the tale: vari- kreja. Whatever the reason, India — once Simultaneously,wildlife off- ● America: 1,805 hours/year 60, workers in the UK don’t cash in on pens- ous species of Indi- icials rule out an organised again — is on top when one talks of holida- ion till they are 62.6 years of age. In the US, ● Japan: 1,859 hours/year an tarantulas are smuggling network. ‘‘Rath- ys. According to a study conducted by a we- this figure rises to 64.6 years and, in Japan, ● being smuggled er,it is individuals who are bsite, India records the highest average of Switzerland:2,346 hours/ year to 68.5. Any which way, India and the word out of the country involved in the catching, holidays during working days. With an ave- ● South Korea:2,447 hours/ year ‘lazy’ are seemingly synonymous. And th- in large numbers to breeding and smuggli- rage of 23.8 holidays per annum, India is he- NEELABH (Figures for time spent in office) at’s something to get worked up about! feed the fad abroad. ng of tarantulas from ad and shoulders above the US, which stan- [email protected] ‘‘The Poecilothe- India,’’ says a seni- ria striata, known WILD SIDE or officer of the as the tiger spider, is being sm- hair and are wildlife department. At the sa- uggled to the West to be kept as smuggled to Eur- me time, since the Poecilother- a pet. This is an extremely rare Ready for comedy? ope and the US in gl- ia striata does not come under species on the verge of extinct- ass bottles at prices upto the purview of the Wildlife Pr- Bollywood eyes success by tickling the viewer’s funny bone ion,’’ informs Jaideep Mathur, to Rs 50,00,000,’’ says zoologist otection Act, the web of smug- a research scholar with the Ar- MM Akhtar. glers grows larger by the day. NIKITA DOVAL is looking for entertainment achnology Institute. Incidentally, South Africa It’s a wild, wild world after all. Times News Network which doesn’t tax him cerebra- Among tiger spiders, the ha- was the hub of the illegal spid- [email protected] lly — this is where comedies aughter.The proverbial be- score.’’ Similarly, Ghosh feels Lst medicine is what Bolly- that ‘‘there is little need to int- wood orders as film-makers set ellectualise our movies — they Mahima & Leander: Knot now out to end the year in high spir- should simply entertain.’’ its.