OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Friday,May 23, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 36 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Sick of litigation, Party’s resistance fails to FC Porto clinch Michael Jackson deter PM from insisting UEFA Cup after is hospitalised on Mamata’s reinduction thrilling final Page 14 Page 12 Page 22 WIN WITH THE TIMES Truck runs Established 1838 Sushma fiat: No condoms, use abstinence Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. over Cong By Kalpana Jain programmes even when she nence and faithfulness had been Calamity is the perfect glass TIMES NEWS NETWORK was information and broadcast- How the Aids virus is passed on so saleable, we would not have wherein we truly see and ing minister. had so many babies. The thing is know ourselves. leader’s New Delhi: Union health minis- Though heterosexual trans- you can’t prioritise. Priorities — William Davenant ter Sushma Swaraj has had her mission is responsible for over are only in the minds of people, way. The ABC of Aids is up for 85 per cent of the infections, 85% 2.7% 2.8% 2.6% 6.9% not in the bedroom.’’ NEWS DIGEST revision: Abstinence and Being henceforth messages will list All states have been instructed brother faithful come upfront, while the this as only one of the modes of Sexual Mother Infected Intravenous Unknown to strike the right balance in the TIMES NEWS NETWORK Algeria quake: At least 770 peo- place of ‘C’ — the condom — as a transmission. All other trans- contact to child blood drug use reason ABC of HIV/Aids. ple were killed in the violent earth- method of prevention falls mission routes have to be clearly Not only would all scripts for New Delhi: In another case As on April 30, 2003; NACO quake that hit northern Algeria on way behind. mentioned in Aids prevention television or video need an ap- of road rage, the younger Wednesday. The death toll is ex- The Aids programme, which programmes in the new strategy. proval from the NACO, but com- brother of a Delhi Congress pected to rise. The quake measured so far had condom as its focus — Close to four million people in to one which emphasises equally availability and outreach of the munication would need to be leader was crushed to death 5.8 on the Richter scale. P15 as that is the only known means India live with this virus. other routes of transmission. condoms along with awareness sensitive to the ‘‘Indian social by a truck in the Azadpur EPF interest rate cut: Despite of keeping HIV away in sexually Project Director of the Na- The new approach is not at all generation, she says. cultural ethos’’. In Aids commu- area of north-west Delhi on the industrial strike on Wednesday active people — has gone tional Aids Control Organisa- about excluding condoms, but But activists feel such an ap- nication, A is for abstinence and Wednesday night. and resistance by labour minister through a major shift in its tion (NACO), Meenakshi Dutta about placing the condom pro- proach will set the programme B for being faithful and C for The police said Rajinder Sahib Singh Verma, the Centre on approach. The health minister Ghosh, says: ‘‘The shift is in pro- motion strategy in a more com- back. ‘‘It is disastrous,’’ says condoms. Singh (49), was killed follow- Thursday reduced the interest rate had raised objections to the grammatic emphasis — from a prehensive programme.’’ It Monalisa Mishra, project direc- Virus hits Surat sex workers: Page 7 ing an altercation with the on Employees Provident Fund condomcentric Aids prevention purely condomcentric campaign looks simultaneouly at issues on tor of Positive Life. ‘‘If absti- Bayer sold risky drugs: Page 15 driver of a truck having a from 9.5 per cent to 9 per cent. Himachal Pradesh registra- tion number. Jitendra Sharma The victim was the younger brother of Harcha- ran Singh Josh, a former Iraq may see MCD leader and currently the secretary of the All India Congress Committee. ‘‘The incident occurred around 10.30 pm when Rajin- Indian troops der and his son, Kunwar Pukhraj Singh (16), were re- By Aunohita Mojumdar pices. Thus, India did not join turning home from their Ja- TIMES NEWS NETWORK the International Security As- hangirpuri office in a Maruti sistance Force in car. Rajinder was an estate New Delhi: India may be Afghanistan, which is run by agent and a financier. When willing to offer troops for ‘sta- US Central Command. the two reached Sarai Pepal bilisation duties’ in Iraq even Official sources say this is Thana opposite Azadpur sub- YOU SAID IT by Laxman if they are not under the com- more a matter of precedent zi mandi, a truck hit the car mand of the UN. As things than rule. ‘‘Though we have while overtaking it,’’ said stand, they would have to op- only participated in peace- Ujagar Singh Josh, the vic- erate under the command of keeping operations under the tim’s brother. The truck was US general Tommy Franks. UN mandate with our troops taking a U-turn and hit the Sources said India was under the command and con- right side of the car, damag- postponing a decision on par- trol of the UN, there is no rule ing the windows. ticipating until the final blue- which forces us to adhere to The son of the deceased print of the force was avail- that’’ an official said. told the police that Rajinder able. While the final decision One obstacle the Vajpayee forced the driver to stop and will depend on the composi- government would face in asked for his driving licence. tion of the force and the com- sending Indian troops would He then made a call to the po- mand and control structure, be the Parliament resolution lice control room (PCR). official sources made it clear passed while the war was on. ‘‘An argument ensued and that the formal mandate of a Parliament not only unani- Rajinder tried to enter the UN peacekeeping force under mously deplored the aggres- driver’s cabin. The driver in Women’s rights activist Suhasini Ali was arrested while protesting on Thursday against the Delhi High Court the UN Charter would not be sion but also asked for the im- an effort to flee, pushed Ra- judgment which spoke of women abusing dowry laws. the sole criterion. mediate withdrawal of Anglo- jinder down and drove away A US-drafted resolution American forces. crushing him under the rear seeking to legitimise its occu- While the Indian govern- wheel,’’ said Inderpreet Our threat for a state-wide indefi- pation of Iraq was passed by nite strike is a flop! He has agreed ment will have to find a way of Singh, Harcharan Singh to all our demands even before we Woman killed for more dowry the UN Security Council on doing business with the ‘au- Josh’s son. The driver was al- served the notice! Thursday but the text states thority’ being set up in Iraq, legedly helped by some of the TIMES NEWS NETWORK gar, said, ‘‘Rajeshwari had called relatives of the victim met that any contributions to- sending its troops to patrol other truck drivers present. me and said that her in-laws want- senior superintendent, Rajiv wards the ‘‘stability and secu- Iraq may not be the easiest Josh claims that had the indiatimes.com POLL Noida: In an apparent case of ed Rs 50,000 and they would kill Krishna, of the Gautam Budh rity of Iraq’’ would be under way of squaring the issue PCR acted swiftly, the acci- Is the two-match ban for ball tampering dowry harassment, a 20-year-old her if they did not get it.’’ Nagar police station. the unified command of the with domestic public opinion. dent could have been averted. against Shoaib Akhtar justified? mother of two was strangled to Rajeshwari was found mur- ‘‘An autopsy was performed. But Occupying Powers, i.e. the Officials said India would Inderpreet, an advocate, death by her husband earlier dered at her Sadarpur Colony to register a case of dowry related US and UK. have to see whether the force said: ‘‘The PCR arrived only Yes 76% No 24% this week. at 6 pm on Monday.But a report of murder, we had to wait for the vic- Until now, the govern- was constituted as a ‘‘multi- after 11.10 pm.’’ The police, VOTE NOW: Would you prefer to see The victim’s paternal uncle, the incident was registered only tim’s family to arrive in town,’’ ment’s policy has been to par- national force’’. however, claimed that they Aishwarya Rai in traditional Indian attire Rakesh, who lives in Shastri Na- on Thursday evening, after said a police officer. ticipate in peacekeeping oper- UN votes to end Iraq sanctions, reached the spot within five at Cannes rather than in western outfits? ations only under UN aus- new envoy soon: Page 15 minutes of the call. Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 Admission hassles? Let’s simplify it CBI arrests minister’s The nail-biting wait is over. The CBSE results are out. We tell you PA for taking a bribe WEATHER how to ease the frenetic TIMES NEWS NETWORK task of getting into a 1994 Indian Revenue Service officer o o (IRS), had approached Krishnamurthy Max temp: 39.1 C/Min: 31.6 C New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday ar- Sunset: Friday – 7.09 pm college. for his transfer to Mumbai, the investi- rested the personal assistant of a min- Sunrise: Saturday – 5.26 am Cliffhanger: Over 1.3 gating agency monitored the accused.