OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Saturday,May 24, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 42 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport New York mayor can’t Naidu for continued Fleming leads stop gushing about ties with NDA, but has New Zealand to Jennifer Lopez a ‘secularism’ rider title triumph Page 14 Page 5 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES Sanjay Sekhri A bridge Established 1838 Gingee, Ajit Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. too far Life’s aspirations come in Lok Nayak bridge the guise of children. from Laxmi Nagar to — Rabindranath Tagore quit ahead ITO to remain closed for load bearing stud- ies from 8 pm today to 8 am on Monday of reshuffle Traffic load will be diverted to Old ITO By Smita Gupta Bridge which will be TIMES NEWS NETWORK The churning made two way New Delhi: The resigna- •Rajnath Singh may tions late on Friday of agri- get agriculture ministry culture minister Ajit Singh Gingee Ramachandran and minister of state for fi- • may be replaced by nance Gingee Ramachan- C Krishnan dran paved the way for the entry of two new faces in the •Shahnawaz may go out Vajpayee ministry. of civil aviation BJP sources said party NEWS DIGEST general secretary Rajnath Singh would replace Ajit to bring in a minister each SP move: The Samajwadi Party Singh in the same portfolio, from the election-bound Cranes parked all along has clarified that it is ready to align while Ramachandran’s states of Madhya Pradesh the ITO bridge with the Congress in UP for next MDMK colleague, most like- and Rajasthan, Prahlad Patel year’s polls and has no reservations ly C Krishnan, would take and Kailash Meghwal, re- Alternate routes about Congress chief Sonia Gandhi his place. spectively, with minister of • Nizamuddin Bridge leading such an alliance. P11 After a late evening meet- state status. From South & Cent Delhi Gates grant: The disbursal of the ing at the Prime Minister’s Indian Federal Democratic • Nizamuddin Bridge $100 million Gates Foundation grant SNAP VICTORY: Two elated students of Convent of Jesus and Mary capture their moment of triumph by clicking a residence, attended by Party convener P C Thomas to reduce HIV transmission in India photograph of themselves on a mobile after getting their CBSE class XII results in New Delhi on Friday. Deputy Prime Minister Ad- from Kerala and T Chauba & Noida Toll Bridge will begin from July and will be used vani, finance minister Singh of the Manipur State For South Delhi to address high-risk groups in the Jaswant Singh and BJP pres- Congress Party — which re- 100 high prevalence districts.P8 ident Venkaiah Naidu, at cently merged with the BJP • Okhla Barrage Resolution welcomed: India which the case of civil avia- — may also find berths as From Okhla, Sarita Vihar, Delhi improves its report card tion minister Syed Shah- ministers of state, to give the welcomed the UN Security Council Faridabad nawaz Hussain about whom changes an all-India look. resolution on Iraq as it will pave the TIMES NEWS NETWORK poor marking of the English core • Pontoon Bridge way for rebuilding of the war-devas- serious allegations have sur- Trinamul chief Mamata CBSE ranking papers. A typical case is that of a tated country. P8 New Delhi: The suspense has fi- faced was again considered, Banerjee will be back in the From Old Delhi student from St Columba’s who it was decided to move him to Cabinet, with BJP sources Union of states: The standing nally been broken. The Class XII Pass percentages in schools • Old Bridge or scored above 90 in all other sub- a lesser portfolio. saying she will get either committee meeting in Hyderabad of CBSE results are out. The good Wazirabad Bridge news is that Delhi students seem to CENTRES Pvt Govt jects and got a 60 in English core. On Thursday,he was being coal or civil aviation; the BJP the Southern Zonal Council, attend- Principal of DPS R K Puram, Dr From north Delhi ed by chief secretaries, reached a have done better than last year considered for youth affairs would, however, like to keep Delhi Shyama Chona said: ‘‘There are broad agreement on forming a union with the total pass percentage go- 90.48 77.09 and sports; on Friday, there civil aviation. Mamata’s col- nearly 40 students in my school of southern states for economic ing up to 74.63 per cent. This brings Ajmer 83.99 7.44 was even talk of a new min- league, Sudip Bandopadhyay, From ITO to cooperation. P11 up Delhi’s position to a respectable who have got scores averaging 90 in istry of minority affairs be- is going to make it as a min- Laxmi Nagar third out of the six CBSE zones. Chandigarh all subjects except English where ing created for him. ister of state. Biswas interrogated: Former 79.85 81.14 However, though the CBSE web- they have scored in the 60s.’’ At a meeting earlier in the Textiles minister Kashi- Distance increased form CBI additional director U N Biswas site had 60 lakh hits till 12 noon, Allahabad 72.58 — Perspective: While heartily con- day at the Prime Minister’s ram Rana appeared to be the 3.4 km to 9.1 km was interrogated by Narcotics Con- (via Nizammudin Bridge) trol Bureau officials in Kolkata in many students were unable to Guwahati 71.94 50.14 gratulating and applauding those residence — when BJP gen- frontrunner for the rural de- connection with the drug haul from check their results due to massive who have excelled, a word of con- eral secretary Pramod Maha- velopment ministry, now an Travel time increases by his tenant’s premises last week. P7 power cuts in the morning in areas Chennai 90.36 75.08 solation to those who haven’t done jan was present in addition additional charge with ur- 20 minutes such as Lajpat Nagar, Munirka, as well as they hoped: Don’t worry, to Advani, Jaswant Singh ban development minister YOU SAID IT by Laxman and Noida. A few students went to you’re in excellent company,for the and Naidu — it was decided Ananth Kumar. their schools to find out the results. given by CBSE chairman Ashok list of achievers who fared poorly The pass percentage for girls was Ganguly. Out of the 1,32,300 stu- in school includes Winston 81.22 per cent and for boys a dismal dents from Delhi, 16,289 will have Churchill and Albert Einstein. 68.75 per cent. ‘‘Girls appear to be to appear for compartmental ex- Also, let’s not forget famous drop- more focused and have fewer dis- ams this year. A common com- outs like Bill Gates and our very tractions,’’ was the explanation plaint in Delhi schools was the own Dhirubhai Ambani. For many, IRS is ‘I Rob Service’ By Pratyush Kanth TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mantras to attain lucrative posts New Delhi: The arrest of income- • Play golf. It will im- grandchildren biwi-bachche shopping tax deputy commissioner Anurag prove your networking • Call up the batch- and pick up the tab, Vardhan has once again exposed the with your top bosses, mate who got on the re- smarmily making them sordid story behind postings in the plus their businessmen cent transfer list and promise, ji, that they will Indian Revenue Service. Greed, not Where have I the time to attend dosts and political wheedle out his ‘con- come again official matters? Ever since I need, determines where many mem- dalals tact’ and the going rate • An extravagant Diwali bers of the service want to work. became a minister, all my time is • Send two new air for this posting gift opens the doors to spent defending myself against I-T officials told The Times of In- dia that cities like Mumbai, Delhi, conditioners to your • Keep your political the seniormost homes opposition attacks, allegations, senior every summer charges... Chennai, Bangalore, Calcutta, Hy- contacts well-lubricated • When there’s a mar- derabad, Ahmedabad and Surat are • Throw lavish parties at all times.Shower riage in your family, preferred not because they offer a for him and his hang- them with the latest your boss’s wife should indiatimes.com POLL good quality of life but because they ers-on. Organise a show-off gizmos get a diamond set be- Would you prefer to see Aishwarya Rai in offer greater pickings. Corrupt offi- magic show for his • Take your senior’s fore the bride. traditional Indian attire at Cannes rather cials mint crores. ‘‘Tax evaders in than in western outfits? the metros find it easy to buy off cor- where tax payers’ grievances are set- charges and it means fistfuls of mon- Yes 89% No 11% rupt officials and the risk of getting tled, is another prime posting. ey every day. The ‘most wanted’ caught with the grease money is low- ‘‘The rate of the posting depends posts in customs are air cargo, sea VOTE NOW : Do you agree that fidelity and er. Smaller towns offer khudra on positions, for example a deputy ports, inland container depots and abstinence, and not condoms, should be paisa (small change),’’ confessed an commissioner’s posting in Mumbai, airports. the focus of anti-AIDS campaigns? official. like Anurag Vardhan’s, comes at Rs A posting for a deputy commis- Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 The most coveted I-T postings are 10 lakh. A commissioner has to pay sioner in Mumbai costs Rs 15 lakh those where top businessmen, pro- Rs 15 lakh,’’ said a source.