OID‰‰†‰KOID‰‰†‰OID‰‰†‰MOID‰‰†‰C New Delhi, Thursday,May 22, 2003www.timesofindia.com Capital 32 pages* Invitation Price Rs. 1.50 International India Times Sport Bridget Jones SC steps in to ensure Two-match ban on may have caught that Viceregal Lodge Akhtar for ball up with Renee regains old splendour tampering Page 14 Page 12 Page 21 WIN WITH THE TIMES Established 1838 Upper castes Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd. Cantt off limits for traffic Governments will always Times graphic misuse the machinery of TIMES NEWS NETWORK to continue on NH-8 to reach the the law as far as the state airport. ‘‘This is going to increase New Delhi: The Army authori- Roads get quota l Road our travel by another three km,’’ of public opinion permits. closed ita Ring Road ties have isolated the entire Delhi osp Dhaula said foreign language profession- — Emile Capouya Cantonment area and the arterial H Cariappa Mg Kuan al Neetu Arora, who goes to the roads leading to it have been Base roundabout airport every day. blocked, much to the inconven- NEWS DIGEST Hospital g Traffic police officials are also ience of commuters. M in Rajasthan z worried about additional burden e Karunanidhi’s son arrested: Sources said the roads were r to the already-congested Dhaula Gopinath a TIMES NEWS NETWORK The Tamil Nadu police arrested M K closed for thoroughfare traffic af- NH-3 u Bazaar J Kuan stretch with the closure of Azhagiri, son of DMK chief M Sadar Votebank politics ter a blueline bus brushed past o the cantonment roads. Bazaar it Jaipur: The Rajasthan gov- Karunanidhi, early Wednesday the local area commander’s vehi- n e Joint commissioner of police morning, charging him with involve- Road ernment has decided to give • 14 per cent quota for cle recently.The army authorities B d (traffic), Maxwell Pereira said: 14 per cent reservation in the poor among the ment in the murder of former minister have reacted angrily and blocked Thimayya Roa T Kiruttinan. P11 Marg Parade ‘‘As per the central motor vehicle government jobs to the eco- forward castes what they call ‘‘unnecessary and rules, the DCP (traffic) is the only am Mg nomically poor among the • This is over and above unauthorised people’’. Sadar la R person who has the powers to Bazaar Cavalry Rd Tu forward castes. 49 per cent quota for SC, PEOPLE POWER The worst-hit are those who ao close any road in the city.And he The decision was taken at have to reach the Indira Gandhi R STs and OBCs Speak your mind—loud and free. has not granted any permission a cabinet meeting chaired by international Airport from west Palam Road Gurgaon to the cantonment board.’’ • Rajputs, Brahmins had Question of the week: Road chief minister Ashok Gehlot Bad results? How should students cope with Delhi. For, now they will have to Intl. Airport He said the Army authorities here on Wednesday. been demanding reserva- them and move ahead? take longer routes to reach their had acted arbitrarily. ‘‘Even the The state cabinet has tion on economic basis Call today at 23492136 ( between 12 noon and destination. tonment roads and reach airport Those coming from other parts DCP (traffic) has to give prior unanimously decided to pro- 1pm ) You can fax us on 2332 3346 / 2371 5832 They will now be required to in much less time. of Delhi used to hit NH-8 and then e-mail: [email protected]. Your public notice before closing any vide reservation to forward The Gehlot government cross Janak Setu, go straight to response, along with your name, will be published in ‘‘This is not only going to in- take the Parade Road and turn road,’’ he said. GOC (Delhi area), castes like Brahmins, Ra- has been blamed for not be- Dhaula Kuan before taking the crease the travel time by about 20 left on Thimayya Marg to reach Major-General Thomas Mathew, SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA jputs and Vaishyas, Gehlot ing serious about the issue. May 25, 2003 National Highway (NH-8), lead- minutes, but also increase fuel the airport quicker. refused to comment and said the told mediapersons. With this decision of the ing to the airport. Earlier, they consumption,’’ said P C Khanna, With Parade Road being closed issue is being handled by Delhi This quota is over and state cabinet, the ball is now could meander through the can- a resident of Janakpuri A-block. for through traffic, they will have station headquarters. above the 49 per cent reserva- in the Centre’s court. tions enjoyed by the Sched- Reuters The issue had come up for uled Caste (SC), the Sched- discussion when Gehlot visit- CBSE class XII uled Tribes (STs) and the ed New Delhi recently and Other Backward Classes. the decision apparently has results tomorrow The cabinet will convey its the consent of the Congress decision to the Union govern- high command. TIMES NEWS NETWORK ment to make suitable Political observers here de- New Delhi: The Central amendments in the Constitu- scribed the cabinet move as a Board of Secondary Examina- tion, said Gehlot. ‘‘smart decision, which has tion (CBSE) results for Class The move comes in the caught the BJP on the wrong 12 and 10 will be out on Friday wake of a series of agitations foot’’. Sources said the move and Saturday,respectively.The by Brahmins and Rajputs, has been taken keeping in results will be available 9 am who have been demanding mind the general elections in onwards on both days. job quota on economic basis. 2004. But before that, the The results can be accessed With the rallies being attend- state goes for assembly polls YOU SAID IT by Laxman on the Internet, the IVRS and ed by politicians from all par- in November this year. through mobilephones. ties, including the Congress The Gehlot government is This year, the results will be and the BJP,the issue had ac- hoping that it’s latest move put on the website in the quired political overtones. will help it tide over the morning rather than at mid- The social justice forum had anti-incumbency factor in night. Till last year, students even started spearheading vi- the state. The decision is also could be seen queued up out- olent protests in public meet- expected to enable the Con- side cybercafes to check ings of both the Congress gress to make a dent in the their results. and the BJP leaders to press BJP’s vote-bank. Results on cellphone: Page 5 their demand of reservation. BJP in a fix: Page 11 A boy holds a net standing on a dry lake bed on the outskirts of Bhopal on Wednesday. Due to the intense heat the water of the lake has dried up. See page 13: Heat and dust is okay, but where’s the rain? I don’t want to take any risk. I’m told the monsoon is going to be rather poor this year! indiatimes.com POLL Revenge, cries Osama deputy Is the restriction on militant outfit TIMES NEWS NETWORK vious reference conferences... Nothing will do you Hizbul Mujahideen by Pakistan a to the American good but toting arms and taking New Delhi: In a chilling audio- cosmetic gesture? occupation of revenge against your enemies, the taped message played on the that country, Americans and the Jews,’’ accord- Yes 89% No 11% Qatar-based Al-Jazeera news net- ‘‘Saudi Arabia, ing to a translation of the message work on Wednesday, a man identi- VOTE NOW: Is the two-match ban Iran, Syria and posted on the BBC site. for ball tampering against fied by the channel as Ayman Al- Pakistan will Zawahiri — second in command in In a reference to the September Shoaib Akhtar justified? come next’’. 11 terrorist attacks he says, Vote on indiatimes.com or SMS ‘Poll’ to 8888 the Al-Qaida network — urged fol- lowers to launch more attacks on Al-Zawahiri ‘‘Learn from your 19 brothers who the United States and its closest al- calls on Arabs attacked America with its planes lies. The message comes days after Al-Zawahiri and Muslims in in New York and Washington.’’ Al- a deadly series of suicide bomb- general, ‘‘to take Zawahiri also denounced the gov- ings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco, matters firmly against the em- ernments of Qatar, Bahrain, in which more than 60 people bassies of America, England, Aus- Kuwait, Egypt, Yemen and Jordan were killed, including many tralia and Norway and their inter- for supporting the US war. Westerners. ests, companies and employees. In a chilling warning, Al-Za- WEATHER Though it is not clear when ex- Burn the ground under their feet... wahiri declared: ‘‘The crusaders actly the tape was recorded, Al-Za- Expel these criminals out of your and the Jews do not understand Max temp: 43.7oC/Min: 30.5oC wahiri’s reference to the US inva- countries.’’ but the language of killing and Sunset: Thursday – 7.09 pm sion of Iraq suggests the tape is of Protests and demonstrations, he blood. 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