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ASTROGUIDE:
DG not protest ● GIVE US MORE TIME, ZARDARI REQUESTS SINGH;
Virodhi, Uttarayanam; Tithi: Jyestha
to yield KASHMIR WAS NOT RAISED AT RUSSIA MEETING
Bahula Dasami till 2.58 pm; Star:
Revathi till 9.11 am; Varjyam: From

on CEO
PM sets mid-July
4.35 am; Durmuhurtam: 10.07 am to
10.59 am and 3.19 pm to 4.11 pm;
Rahukalam: 1.30 pm to 3 pm

FORECAST: Partly cloudy sky. DC CORRESPONDENT

Chances of rain in parts of city. HYDERABAD

deadline for Pak

Wednesday: Max: 38.4 Min: 23.6
RH: 38% Rainfall: 0.1 mm
PRAYERS (MACCA MASJID)
Fajar: 4.32 am Zohar: 12.27 pm
Asar: 4.54 pm Maghrib: 6.58 pm
Isha: 8.15 pm
SUNSET Today 6.52 pm
SUNRISE Tomorrow 5.42 am
MOONRISE Today 1.20 am
MOONSET Tomorrow 2.20 pm
Hillary to
visit India
June 17: The director-
general of police, Mr
S.S.P. Yadav, has refused
to strike a truce with the
Chief Electoral Officer,
Mr I.V. Subba Rao, over
his transfer during the
elections, and intends to
fight it out in court.
Mr Yadav refused to be
pacified during a two-hour
meeting with the chief sec-
retary, Mr P. Ramakanth
Reddy, on Wednesday.
The conflict has put the
government in a delicate
situation. Any aggravation
could lead to constitution-
al troubles.
It is learnt that Mr Yadav
told the chief secretary
that he would go to court
against Mr Subba Rao
rather strike a compro-
mise. Sources said Mr
Yadav charged Mr Subba
Rao with framing him
before the Election
Commission when he was
out of country. He told the
chief secretary that the EC
Lalgarh revolt grows,
BY CHITRA RAO
DC I ON BOARD PM’S SPECIAL
AIRCRAFT
June 17: The Prime
Minister, Dr Manmohan
Singh, on Wednesday hint-
ed at a probable softening
of stand towards Pakistan
and a possible shift towards
restarting the stalled dia-
logue process even as the
An image grab taken from Iran’s official English-language Press TV shows sup- Pakistan President, Mr Asif
porters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi cheering Ali Zardari, said that he is
as another defeated candidate, reformist Mehdi Karroubi, takes part in a rally in fighting a “grim battle.”
Tehran on Wednesday. Iran’s opposition stepped up its challenge to the Islamic “I’ve always talked about
regime as authorities intensified a crackdown on the media to try to contain the the idea of a cooperative
biggest crisis since the 1979 revolution. subcontinent. We must try
■ Page 12: Mousavi challenges clerics — AFP again to make peace with
Pakistan,” Dr Singh told
reporters on the way back
from Yekaterinburg in
Russia, where he had gone
to attend the SCO and Bric
summits.
At the same time, the
Prime Minister Manmo-
han Singh speaks on the
aircraft as he returns to
India from Yekaterinburg,
Russia. NSA M.K. Nara-
yanan stands in the back-
ground. — PTI
“We have a strong
feeling those ele-
cussed between the two
leaders. “He (Mr Zardari)
didn’t raise it, I didn’t raise
it,” he said.
Dr Singh, nonetheless,
gave indications of his dis-
satisfaction with the action
taken by Pakistan on India’s
demands, saying: “Pakistan
has acted against the
Taliban and Al Qaeda ele-
ments operating in the
country... We have a strong
feeling those elements per-
petrating terror in our coun-
try have not been brought to
justice.”
Dr Singh said he and Mr
Zardari discussed relations
between the two countries,
which are under strain pri-
marily due to attacks in
India by elements operating
from Pakistani soil. Dr
Singh conveyed the full
extent of the expectations

in July
Washington, June 17: The
secretary of state, Ms Hillary
Clinton, on Wednesday said
she will visit India next
month and pledged to work
for a “dramatic expansion”
of Indo-US ties which will
give New Delhi a greater role
in solving global challenges.
Reaffirming the Obama
administration’s commit-
ment in strengthening Indo-
US ties, Ms Clinton said in a
world of depressing head-
lines, US relationship with
India is a good news.
“We see India as one of a
few key partners worldwide
who will help us shape the
21st century,” Ms Clinton
said. — PTI
T20 SEMI-FINAL
Pakistan vs
South Africa
Star Cricket: 9.50 pm
was forced to take action
based on the CEO’s report.
Mr Yadav told him that
he would fight a legal bat-
tle against Mr Subba Rao,
if the chief secretary does
not like writing letters.
Earlier Mr Subba Rao
met the chief secretary and
explained his position.
Sources said he showed
the letters written by Mr
Yadav and his replies.
“I am a like a postman
between the EC and the
government,” Mr Rao
said. He wants to highlight
the case at the meeting of
chief electoral officers at
at Shillong on June 22.
The Chief Minister, Dr
Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy,
has expressed his unhappi-
ness and directed the chief
secretary to ensure a solu-
tion to the “ego problem”
between the officers.
AP Maoist is plotter
DC CORRESPONDENTS
KOLKATA/NEW
DELHI/HYDERABAD
June 17: Lalgarh, which
has been a CPI(M) bastion
for almost 30 years, contin-
ued to burn on Wednesday
as the much-awaited
Central forces were unable
to flush armed Maoist
cadres out of the so-called
“liberated zone” in West
Midnapore district of West
Bengal.
Mobs allegedly led by
Maoists went on a killing
spree in neighbouring
Jhargram, killing three
CPI(M) cadres.
The West Bengal Chief
Minister, Mr Buddhadeb
Bhattcharjee, is expected to
red alert
schemer It has
emerged that
Mallojula Koteswara
Rao, a Maoist top gun
from the state, master-
minded the uprising in
Lalgarh violence.
discuss the situation with
the Prime Minister, Dr
Manmohan Singh, on
Friday, even as the state
received several companies
of Central forces.
It has emerged that
Mallojula Koteswara Rao, a
Maoist top gun from the
state, masterminded the
uprising in Lalgarh vio-
lence, AP police officials
said. Rao, who is incharge
of party affairs in West
Bengal, also a member of
the central committee of the
Maoists.
Sources in the state intelli-
gence department said that
Rao is known for building
the movement from the
grassroot level.
A senior IPS official of
the state police said, “The
Lalgarh incident shows that
Maoists are going for posi-
tional war (occupying an
area for prolonged periods)
instead of guerrilla warfare.
We are seeing the participa-
tion of a large number of
militias is for the first time
in Maoist history.”
The officer said this was a
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Prime Minister reiterated
that Pakistan must take
effective and strong action
against the enemies of
peace. “If Pakistan takes the
high road to peace... India
will meet it halfway,” he
said.
He made it clear that New
Delhi expected action by
Pakistan before the discus-
sions between the foreign
secretaries ahead of the July
15-16 Egypt summit of the
nonaligned countries, there-
by setting a timeframe for
ments perpetrating
terror in our coun-
try have not
been brought to
justice .”
Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister
Islamabad to act. Dr Singh
and Mr Zardari are due to
meet again on the sidelines
of the NAM summit.
The issue of Kashmir, Dr
Singh said, was not dis-
that India has from
Islamabad: stop terror
against India, punish those
responsible for the Mumbai
massacre and dismantle the
infrastructure of terrorism.
Asked if he was con-
vinced about Pakistan’s sin-
cerity in its efforts to check
terror, he reminded
reporters of his remarks in
Parliament: “We can
choose our friends but we
have to live with our neigh-
bours. We can’t close chan-
nels of communication.”

counterpoint
CM votes for performance
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: The Rajasekhar
Reddy government gave
preference to performance
over loyalty as it trans-
ferred 52 IAS officers on
Wednesday. Many “loyal”
senior officers were
rewarded with important
postings but moved out of
the Secretariat.
This is the biggest-ever
reshuffle undertaken by the
Chief Minister, Dr Y.S.
Rajasekhar Reddy, since
2004. The government had
shifted 16 officers and
changed collectors for 11
districts just two days ago.
Dr Reddy has said that he
wanted a complete
makeover of the adminis-
tration as he felt the deliv-
ery mechanism had not
worked. This, he felt, cut
the party’s tally in the
recent elections.
Dr Reddy sprang a sur-
prise by transferring Mr
I.Y.R. Krishna Rao to the
Tirumala Tirupati
Devastanams. This is the
first time an officer of the
special chief secretary
cadre has been posted as
executive officer at TTD.
Many loyal senior
officers were
rewarded with
important post-
ings but moved
out of the
Secretariat.
Top bureaucrats, includ-
ing Mr A.K. Goel, Mr A.K.
Parida, Mr M. Samuel, Mr
K. Ramanachary, and Dr S.
Chellappa were sent to less
important posts. While Mr
Goel is now in planning,
Mr Samuel has been sent to
housing, Mr Ramanacharya
to revenue (endowments)
and Dr Chellappa to sports.
Surprising many, Mr G.
Sudhir got the all-important
finance department, cour-
tesy a last-minute move by
the finance minister, Mr K.
Rosaiah.
Two officers in the infor-
mation department got big-
ger jobs: Mr Ajaya Misra
was posted as home secre-
tary, and Mr Suresh
Chanda, secondary educa-
tion secretary.
■ Page 6: AP effects
biggest transfer for babus

ALL IN THE GAME

Ganguly scalps yet another coach

DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
KOLKATA
June 17: Sourav Ganguly
claimed yet another coach,
with the Kolkata Knight
Riders dumping their con-
troversial Australian coach
John Buchanan.
KKR top brass refused to
confirm the development
but sources claimed that the
Shah Rukh Khan-owned
side informed the coach
that his services were not
needed. Buchanan had one
more year of his three-year
term to go.
Coincidentally, Buchanan
is the third coach who has
lost his job after falling foul
of Ganguly. While Dada
got along just fine with
John Wright, the New
Zealander quit the post after
just one term. He wrote in
his autobiography later that
he had a tiff with Dada.
Greg Chappell, the abra-
sive Aussie who dethroned
Ganguly, lost his job in
controversial circum-
stances.
over and out
hat-trick Buchanan is
the third coach who
has lost his job after
falling foul of
Ganguly, after John
Wright and Greg
Chappell.
Buchanan had proposed a
four-captain theory and
gradually eased Dada out as
the captain of KKR for the
IPL second edition.
Sources said Buchanan’s
replacement could be from
among Dave Whatmore,
Steve Waugh and Lalchand
Rajput.
Asked about the develop-
ment, the KKR chief execu-
tive officer, Mr Joy
Bhattacharya, said, “At the
moment, I cannot confirm
the development.”
Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s
media manager declined to
comment, saying, “We
don’t have any such reports.
Both Shah Rukh Khan and
(co-owner) Jay Mehta are
out of station, so it’s diffi-
cult to comment now.”
The Buchanan chapter
was closed soon after he la-
nded a role with the English
and Wales Cricket Board.
“He (Buchanan) is joining
the Englishmen for their
Ashes preparation on June
28, which could develop
into a full-time post,” the
insider said.
“Buchanan was never in
Shah Rukh’s good books,
especially after the team's
disastrous show in South
Africa, the sources said.
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● ANONYMOUS BLOGS GIVE SECURITY AGENCIES SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
Maoist blogs fox cops
U. SUDHAKAR REDDY
DC | HYDERABAD
June 17: Maoists and their
sympathisers are resorting
to anonymous blogging
using the latest software
that disguises the Internet
Protocol address. This is
giving sleepless nights to
the intelligence agencies in
tracking the bloggers.
The anonymous blogging
lessons are also taught on
pro-Maoist blogs like
www.naxalrevolution.blogs
pot.com and bloggers have
cautioned the “revolution-
ary supporters” to use hush-
mail.
The Maoist blogs are put
into several mirror sites.
They can easily host a
replacement if law enforc-
ing agencies hack or block
Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi interacts with girls of a social welfare hostel in
Tirupati on Wednesday.
GANGEET SECURITIES LIMITED
Regd. Office: 6-56/2/40, Bombay
Highway, Balanagar, Hyderabad-500 037
Phone: 040-23775351 (4 Lines)
Fax: 040-23775360
NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that members of
the Company at their Extra Ordinary Gen-
eral Meeting held on 15th June, 2009
have passed a Special Resolution for the
conversion of the Company from
“GANGEET SECURITIES LIMITED” to
“GANGEET SECURITIES PRIVATE
LIMITED” under the provisions of Section
31 of the companies Act, 1956. Anybody
having objection for such conversion may
raise their objection with an affidavit and
supporting evidences, if any, with the Reg-
istrar of Companies, Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh with a copy of the same to the
Company at the Registered Office. The
Registrar of companies will proceed for
issuance of certificate for change of name
after expiry of 21 days from the of this
notice.
For GANGEET SECURITIES LIMITED
Sd/- VINEET TIBREWALA
Director
Date: 15-06-2009
Place: Hyderabad
VINIT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Regd. Office: 6-56/2/40,
Bombay National Highway,
Balanagar, Hyderabad-500 037
Phone: 23775351/52, Fax: 23775360
NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that mem-
bers of the Company at their Extra
Ordinary General Meeting held on
16th June, 2009 have passed a Spe-
cial Resolution for the conversion of
the Company from “VINIT INVEST-
MENTS LIMITED” to “VINIT
INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED”
under the provisions of Section 31 of
the Companies Act, 1956. Anybody
having objection for such conversion
may raise their objection with an affi-
davit and supporting evidences, if
any, with the Registrar of Companies,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh with a
copy of the same to the Company at
the Registered Office. The Registrar
of Companies will proceed for
issuance of certificate for change of
name after expiry of 21 days from the
of this notice.
for VINIT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Sd/- VISHAL TIBREWALA
Director
Date: 16-06-2009
Place: Hyderabad.
the original. The Intelli-
gence Bureau and the AP
state police earlier blocked
the Peoples’ March website
and naxalrevolution.blogsp
ot.com. Sources in the state
intelligence department said
the naxals are looking for
techies with hacking skills.
A document available
with this newspaper states,
“We should make use of
computer and Internet to
further the military objec-
tive of the revolution. We
should set up units to dam-
age the military and other
important networks of the
enemy. This depends on
development of urban mass
movement and ability of
urban party to draw in com-
rade with those required
skills.”
There are several maga-
starry talks
— DECCAN CHRONICLE
Power sale laws
annoy Transco
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: At a time when
the state is reeling under
severe power crisis, private
power projects are allowed
to sell 20 per cent of their
generation outside.
This means that nearly
2,628 million units of
power goes outside the
state annually forcing
power utilities to purchase
power at hefty rates.
Gowthami, GVK-exten-
sion, Konaseema and
Vemagiri projects with
nearly 1400 MW capacity
have been allowed to sell
20 per cent of their produc-
tion outside.
Unhappy with the system,
Transco and four Discoms
are planning to write to the
Electricity Regulatory
Commission (ERC) oppos-
ing the decision. The ERC,
meanwhile, has reduced the
available power from these
power projects indirectly
ratifying the 20 per cent
sale outside the state.
Several NGOs have raised
in AP court
◗ Writ on
minimum
wage in HC
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: A writ petition
was filed in the AP High
Court on Wednesday
seeking a direction to
declare a notification
issued by the Centre fix-
ing Rs 80 as minimum
wage per day under the
National Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Scheme
illegal.
The Maoist blogs
are put into several
mirror sites.
Maoists can host a
replacement if law
enforcing agencies
hack or block the
original. The police
had earlier blocked
two naxal websites.
zines of the pro-Maoists
like the CPI(Maoist) Infor-
mation Bulletin, Peoples’
Truth carrying the inter-
views of top naxal leaders
and analysis of the move-
ments in the country and the
state available online on
bannedthought.net.
energy shock
price While power
purchased
from these private
units cost just Rs 2.78
paise, Transco and
Discoms are paying
between Rs 5.76 and
Rs 9 for every unit for
trading companies.
objection to this and some
of them even filed a peti-
tion with the ERC. The
ERC heard their arguments
on Wednesday without giv-
ing its decision.
The four Discoms have
been purchasing 26 t0 37
million units of power
every day to meet the
demand in the state. The 20
per cent cut would cause a
loss of 7.2 m.u of power to
the grid every day.
While power purchased
from these units cost Rs
2.78 paise, Transco and
Discoms are paying
between Rs 5.76 and Rs 9
for every unit for trading
companies.
AP Vyavasaya Vruthi-
darula Union represented
by Mr P.S. Ajay Kumar
filed the writ informing
the court that the Centre
had issued a notification
on January 1, 2009 by fix-
ing the minimum wage at
Rs 80 per day under Sec-
tion 6 (1) of the NREG
Act. He told the court that
the minimum wage for the
least paid category of
work in agriculture is Rs
112 per day in the state.
The petitioner contend-
ed that till the fixation of
minimum wage by the
Centre, which comes
under Section 6 (2) of the
NREG Act, the rates pre-
vailing in the states would
apply.
The petitioner requested
the court to declare the
notification as ultra vires
and set aside the notifica-
tion.
◗ Foreign Act
challenged
June 17: A Spanish
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RESPECTFUL HOMAGE
TD wants action on DGP
DC CORRESPONDENT questioning his shifting dur-
HYDERABAD ing the polls is unconstitu-
tional. The Centre and the
June 17: The Telugu Desam state government should
on Wednesday, demanded take action against the DGP
Sources said data is being action against the DGP, Mr for his behaviour,” said Dr Smt. MERCY AZARIAH
Ex-Principal - 1963-1992
tapped and intercepted by S.S.P. Yadav for his missive Nagam Janardhan Reddy, Centenary School
the reactionary govern- to the EC questioning his the TD deputy floor leader. Expired on 19-05-2009
Condolence meeting will be held
ments. As part of Internet removal during polls. Dr Reddy suspected the on 19-6-2009 at 8.30 am at:
security, the posts on the “The DGP’s letters to the hand of the Chief Minister, Centenary High School
site will guide on how to CEO, Mr I.V. Subba Rao, in the entire episode. H.No. 219/B, Bolton Road,
Opp: Parade Grounds,
secure the means of com- Secunderabad-500 003.
munication. From: Management &Staff
A cyberforensic expert of (S/0910/D00401)
AP Forensic Science Labo-
ratory said, “Hushmail
keeps online communica-
tions private and secure.
Each message is uniquely
encoded. Even the Federal
Bureau of Investigation’s
Carnivore project or the
state police sniffer software
can’t detect the communi-
cation. Without an order
from the Supreme Court of
British Columbia and Cana-
da, www.hushmail.com will
not give information to the
agencies.”
YSR okays
Bholakpur
action plan
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: The Chief Min-
ister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar
Reddy, on Wednesday
approved a comprehen-
sive action plan to
improve civic amenities
in Bholakpur area. He,
however, asked the offi-
cials to go slow on the
slum development plan
since some of the resi-
dents of the area do not
want any
change in the houses they
have already built.
“The Chief Minister
asked the officials to
improve the sanitation,
roads, drinking water sup-
ply facilities in the area
and reviewed in detail the
development of basic
civic amenities in the area
with the commissioner of
GHMC and managing
director of the Hyderabad
Metropolitan Water Sup-
ply. Dr Reddy asked the
officials to replace rusted
drinking water pipelines
and broken drainage
pipes,” said a release from
the Chief Minister’s
office.
The Chief Minister has
already sanctioned civic
work worth Rs 11.6 crore
in the Bholakpur area
alone.
Sources said the Chief
Minister assured the offi-
cials that there will not be
any dearth of funds to
improve the basic facili-
ties and to provide safe
drinking water to the peo-
ple in the area.
The civic conditions in 1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY
In Memory of our beloved
Bheerbhan Galli, Mr. David Charles
Mohammed Nagar, Bho- “The memory of the righteous will be
blessing. Prov. 10:7
lakpur, Vivek Nagar,
Mahatma Nagar, Gulshan
Nagar, Sidhiq Nagar,
Jamia Masjid, Sanjeeva-
iah Colony, Indira Nagar-
I and II, Ranga Nagar
were reviewed in detail by
Dr Reddy. He suggested
the officials to involve the Prayer Meeting will be held at our
local residents and public residence on 18th June 2009 Secun-
representatives in all the derabad.
Kindly treat this as a personal invitation.
development pro-
Wife: Catherine Charles, Sons, Daughters,
grammes. Sons-in-law, Daughters-in-law &
Grand Children.
national has challenged
OBITUARY
the Registration of For-
eigner Rules 1992 and
Para 7 of Foreigners
Order, 1948 in the AP
High Court.
Mr Martinez Montsant
Joan, who is now in Cher-
lapally central prison,
filed a writ petition chal-
lenging his arrest by the
Puttaparthi police in TITUS MATHEWS
S/o. V. Mathews (Late)
Ananthpur district. (Retired Station Master SCR)
He requested the court Expired on: 17-06-2009
to declare Rule 11 and 12 Mass & Funeral: At 10.00 a.m.
on 18-06-2009, New Bhoiguda
of the Registration of For- Cemetery, Secunderabad.
eigners Rules, 1992, ille-
Inserted by: Family Members
gal and urged to release Ph: 9247134353
him from judicial cus- (S/0910/D00400)
tody.
The petitioner contend- 2nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY
ed that the local courts In Loving Memory of
cannot have jurisdiction
over a foreigner and his
case must be dealt with in
the International Court of
Justice.
He argued that register-
ing a case against him on
the ground of non-regis-
tration with the local For-
eign Registration Office
(FRO) was illegal and in Mrs. PEREJI. SUREKHA DEVI
(Retd. Teacher)
violation of Article 21 of D.O.B: 14-12-1948 - D.O.D: 18-06-2007
the Constitution.
You are always in our
memories
Inserted by: FAMILY MEMBERS
(S/0910/D00391)
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● OFFICIALS NOW CITE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AS REASONS FOR IRREGULAR POWER CUTS
Power woes continue in city
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: After suffering
daily power cuts extending
up to four hours during sum-
mer, citizens are still being
punished with frequent
power shutdowns by the
Central Discom and
APTransco.
While the officials blamed
the summer power cuts on
shortage of power and
unprecedented increase in
consumption, they are now
citing ‘technical problems’
People try to remove their vehicles from under a tree which was uprooted in a gale at Secunderabad on
Wednesday.
Beverages man found
with Rs 93 lakh assets
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Officials of the
Anti Corruption Bureau
(ACB) on Wednesday raid-
ed the residences of Mr
Satyanarayana Chowdary,
the depot manager of AP
Beverages Corporation
Limited, and unearthed
assets worth Rs 93 lakh.
According to the ACB
officials, they received
information about the dis-
proportionate assets of the
official on June 15. They
conducted simultaneous
raids at his residences at
Hyderabad, Vijayawada
and Pallerlamudi, Krishna
district.
The ACB officials found
a four-storey building at
crime
clip
Maid held
for kidnap
Hyderabad: A woman was
arrested at Falaknuma rail-
way station for kidnapping
her employer’s 18-month-
old baby to take revenge on
them. The baby was recov-
ered from her. The Dabeer-
pura inspector, Mr D.
Prasanna Kumar, said Par-
veen was working as a maid
at the house of Syed Sho-
ukat Hussain Madani,
deputy director of IT depa-
rtment. Earlier, the family
had suspected her of a theft
that that took place in the
house three days ago. To
get back at the family, she
kidnapped the baby. Based
on a complaint filed by the
family, she was arrested.
such as tripping of feeders
and breakdown of trans-
formers due to rains and
gales.
Power is going off at least
two to three times a day in a
large number of localities in
the city.
This is in addition to the
power shutdowns being
taken up by Central Discom
for taking up repairs and
maintenance works.
For example, the distribu-
tion transformer at Sangeet
theatre in Secunderabad
went kaput on Wednesday
grounded
ACB officials found
a 4-storey building
at Kukatpally, a
house at Jeedimet-
la, five plots in the
city and Vijayawa-
da, Rs 2.25 lakh
with the official
Kukatpally, another house
at Jeedimetla, five house
plots in the city and
Vijayawada, Rs 2.25 lakh
in cash, 1.5 kg gold and 2
kg silver articles. The ACB
said they recovered two
bank locker keys and those
would be opened on Thurs-
day.
The official was arrested
Cop murder:
Accused
found dead
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Bikshapati, prime
accused in the murder of
constable Kusuma Kumari
on June 14 at Kukatpally,
committed suicide on Tues-
day at Khammam.
The police said Bikshap-
ati had left behind a suicide
note which stated that he
suspected his wife, Kusuma
Kumari, of having an illicit
relationship with Nagesh-
war Rao, who works as a
constable at Central Crime
Station in Hyderabad. In
the note, he admitted to
have murdered his wife.
Kusuma Kumari, 38, was
employed as a constable
with Women Police Sta-
tion, South Zone.
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public
notice
for at least four hours but “Interruptions in power
▼ POWER SHUTDOWN
8 am to 12 noon: Sikh Vil-
lage area and Mudfort area.
no respite even after that power supply supply are due to technical 9 am to 1 pm: Sainikpuri,
went off for hours together problems arising at the local Saipuri, Defence colony,
pathetic Adding to all the three times it rained level,” said Ms Victoria Yapral. Saket, Jawaharna-
the woes of during last 15 days,” said Krupadanamma, the chief gar, Dammaiguda, Central
citizens is the indiffer- Mr Ravinder Rao, a social general manager (metro Reserve Police Force,
ent attitude of the staff worker and resident of zone) of Central Discom. Chennapur, Tulasi Garden,
of electricity complaint Begumpet. “There are no power cuts.” Chennapur.
cell 155333. Adding to the woes of citi- Though Ms Krupadanam-
zens is the indifferent atti- ma added that the city was
tude of the staff of electrici- getting the required power
following light rain. At least ty complaint cell 155333. supply, sources said the situ-
15 surrounding localities “The phone line is always ation was grim. Power con-
went without power supply. engaged,” said Mr Michael sumption which generally
“In the name of pre-mon- Richards, an employee with comes down in the second
soon inspections, officials South Central Railway and week of June remains high
imposed power shutdowns resident of Mettuguda. this year.
Rain, gale
bring down
many trees
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Mercury levels
dropped in the city on
Wednesday due to two
short spells of rainfall.
Temperature dipped to
38.1ºC.
However, the rain led to
clogging of streets and trees
got uprooted in several
areas near old city and the
Ranga Reddy district.
Due to the gales which
preceded the downpour,
trees were uprooted in sev-
eral areas blocking the traf-
fic for hours. It also tripped
an electricity feeder, result-
ing in disruption of power
supply for over hours in
many areas.
Rainfall was also record-
ed at Nalgonda, Mahbubna-
gar, Guntur, Kurnool,
Nizamabad, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam, Karimna-
— DECCAN CHRONICLE gar, Medak , Warangal and
Rayadurg.
and will be produced in the
court, the ACB said.
This is third case in this
month in which a govern-
ment official was found
with disproportionate
assets.
On June 15, the ACB
officials arrested Mr
Rameswarapu Koteswara
Rao, the retired director of
factories, Hyderabad. The
ACB unearthed dispropor-
tionate assets worth Rs.
1.17 crore.
Similarly the ACB raided
the residences of Mr
Koduri Mahesh, a deputy
superintending engineer in
irrigation department at
Karimnagar district on
June 2 and unearthed dis-
proportionate assets worth
over Rs 86 lakh.
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PCC chief warns stern Bomb goes
off in train,
DC impact

action on ‘betrayers’ 3 injured

DC CORRESPONDENT
NIZAMABAD
June 17: The Pradesh Con-
gress Committee (PCC)
president, Mr D. Srinivas,
said stringent action would
be initiated against the
betrayers who carried out
anti-party activities during
the elections.
He also said a bus yatra
would be conducted across
all nine Assembly con-
stituencies in the district to
show the party’s strength
and unity among party
senior leaders.
Mr Srinivas was address-
ing the district Congress
review meeting here on
Wednesday. The District
Congress Committee (DCC)
president, Mr G. Gangad-
har, presided over the meet-
ing. The minister for med-
ical education, Mr P. Sudar-
shan Reddy, former Assem-
bly Speaker, Mr K.R.
Suresh Reddy, and other
party leaders took part in the
meeting.
The PCC chief said he
would first sort out prob-
lems in his own district and
later in other districts in the
state. He called upon party
activists to follow discipline
bus yatra
interaction Mr Srinivas
said a bus
yatra will conducted in
all the nine Assembly
constituencies in the
district. It will help the
party to interact with
party cadre and with the
people.
and protect the interests of
the Congress. “Unfortunate-
ly, a few leaders worked
against party interests in the
elections and even criticised
party leaders in front of
Opposition party leaders,”
he opined. The PCC chief
said that he open-heartedly
accepted the decision of
Nizamabad people.
Congress leaders had
failed to gain the support of
people and were unable to
prevent the character
assassination by Opposition
parties in Nizamabad urban
Assembly constituency, he
said.
Mr Srinivas expressed sur-
prise over the poor turnout
in the Assembly polls, par-
ticularly in the Nizamabad
segment, where only 39 per
cent of votes polled.
He said the party was
ready to conduct the bus
yatra in Assembly con-
stituencies to interact with
party cadre and with people.
The medical education
minister said misappropria-
tion of funds in schemes
would not be tolerated.
It was high time to boost
confidence among party
workers by initiating action
against errant leaders, he
said and added that middle-
men will be rooted out in
government development
and welfare programmes.
The former minister, Mr
Mohammad Ali Shabbir,
said party leaders should be
available to people to sort
out their problems.
Dissatisfaction with a few
leaders adversely affected
the winning choices of Con-
gress candidates in the
recent elections, he opined.
The Zilla Parishad chair-
man, Mr K. Venkata
Ramana Reddy, MLC Mr
D. Rajeshwar Rao, Zaheer-
abad MP Mr Suresh Shetkar
also spoke on the occasion.
MLC Mr B.Mohan Reddy,
former MLAs Mr Nerella
Anjaneyulu and others were
also present.
DC CORRESPONDENT
RAJAHMUNDRY
June 17: A country-made
bomb exploded in a passen-
ger train at Godavari rail-
way station at 3.25 pm here
on Wednesday.
Three persons sustained
injuries when they tried to
jump out of the running
train in panic after the
explosion.
The train, which started
from Visakhaptnam, was
on its way to Vijayawada.
Sources said the bomb
was wrapped in plastic
carry bag. It had in it a
pouch which had gun pow-
der and stone chips. The
bomb was kept on the upper
berth in the train’s S-2
coach. As the train started
to move from the Godavari
station, the bomb fell down
and exploded, but it was of
low intensity. No one was
injured. However, the
coach was filled with
smoke, which spread panic Following reports in Hyderabad Chronicle of two deaths on the Begumpet flyover caused by a divider,
among passengers. One the GHMC officials have put up guard rails to warn motorists. — DECCAN CHRONICLE
man and two women sus-
tained injuries when they
tried to jump out of the run-
ning train. They were
admitted to the government
hospital.
AP effects biggest affairs of
state

transfer of babus
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Following is the
list of officials transferred
in the biggest-ever such
exercise by the Rajasekhar
Reddy government.
Mr A.K. Goel, special
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN, chief secretary, energy, was
PURCHASE COMMITTEE shifted to planning. Mr
M.G.M. MEDICAL COLLEGE, INDORE Pankaj Dwivedi, principal
No. 6929/CPC/09 Indore, Dt. 11/06/09 secretary, agriculture and
marketing, will be agricul-
NOTICE ture production commis-
A pre-bid meeting for Drugs, Medicines & Other Items sioner.
has been organized at Auditorium, M.G.M. Medical Mr Samuel was trans-
College, Indore on 25th June 2009 (Thursday at ferred to the housing depart-
03.00 p.m. Bidders are requested to participate in the ment and Mr M.V.P.C. Sas-
meeting. try was posted as secretary,
Panchayat Raj. Mrs Chitra
Sd/- Chairman, Purchase Committee & Dean, Ramachandran will be sec-
(G-13312/09) M.G.M. Medical College, Indore. retary, rural water supply
and sanitation.
Mr G Sudhir posted as
finance principal secretary.
Mr I.Y.R. Krishna Rao
shifted from finance and
posted as executive officer,
TTD.
Mr K.V. Ramanachary has
been transferred to revenue
(endowments) and Mr
Veerabhadraiah posted as
GAD (services) secretary.
Mr K. Ratna Kishore will be
the new principal secretary
of agriculture marketing
and cooperation.
Mr S. Chellapa has been
posted as principal secre-
tary, culture and youth
advancement, Mrs D. Lak-
shmi Parthasarathi as prin-
cipal secretary, higher edu-
cation.
Mr Asutosh Misra has
been posted as principal
secretary, revenue (excise
and CT), A.K. Parida as
e-procurement Notice secretary, sports and youth
services.
e-procurement Tender Notice Mr S.N. Mohanty was
No. 1/UFD/GHMC/2009, dt. 16.06.2009 posted as additional advo-
Grant of license for collection of entry fee in cate-general at MCR HRD
Cha Cha Nehru Park in Cir. No. VII, Div. No. 1, Urban
Forestry Division, GHMC for the year 2009-10, placed
on the e-procurement platform and. The details of the
Tender & Tender documents for different works are
available on the e-Procurement platform @
https://tender.eprocurement.gov.in Start date.
18.06.2009 End & receipt of tenders date. 24.06.2009
and Opening of tenders date 25.06.2009.
Sd/- Director, Urban Forestry,
(71/CPRS/GHMC/2009)
Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation.
institute, Mr M. Sahoo as
principal secretary, revenue
(stamps and registrations)
and Mrs K. Ratna Prabha
was posted as principal sec-
retary of transport and R&B
department.
Dr A. Vidyasagar has been
sent to the BC welfare
department as principal sec-
retary. Mr T. Satyanarayana
is the new secretary,
finance, Mr Ajay Misra the
home secretary and Mr
Suresh Chanda, secondary
education secretary. Mr
Sameer Sharma has trans-
ferred from finance and
posted as IT secretary.
Mr P.V. Ramesh has been
posted as commisioner of
industries in place of Mr
Neerab Kumar Prasad, who
was transferred as commis-
sioner of fisheries.
Mr Rajeswar Tiwari has
been posted as revenue sec-
retary, Mr Jayesh Rajan as
toursim secretary, Ms I.
Rani Kumudini as food pro-
cessing secretary in the
industries and commerce
wing.
Mr Sunil Sarma will be the
agriculture commissioner in
place of Mrs Poonam
Malakondaiah, who was not
given any posting.
Dr Prem Chand was post-
ed as commissioner of
municipal administration
and Mr T.R.K. Rao (IRTS)
as infrastructure special sec-
retary.
Mr K.V. Brahmananda
Reddy was posted as man-
aging director of AP Avia-
tion Corporation, Ms G Jay-
alaxmi as horticulture direc-
tor in place of Mr Sishodia
who was posted as commis-
sioner and director of
school education.
Mr D. Srinivasulu was
posted as commissioner of
labour in place of Mr K.
Chakravarthy who will now
be director of employment
and training. Mr K. Praveen
Kumar was posted as com-
missioner, social welfare.
Mr B. Rajasekar who came
back from central deputa-
tion, has been made
incharge of the Abhaya
Hastam programme.
The government posted
Mr B. Venkateswar Rao as
Election Commission secre-
tary. Mr M.T. Krishna Babu
will be the new managing
director of the Hyderabad
Water Board. Mr V. Anil
Kumar was posted as
Bhoobharati project direc-
tor, Mr M. Puroshottam
Reddy as BC Cooperative
Finance Corporation vice-
chairman and managing
director in place of Mr E.
Yellappa, who was posted
as managing director of
APCO.
Mr Sanjay Kumar was
posted as managing director
of APTS and K. Devanand
as special commissioner of
Housing Board. Mr M.
Ravinchandra was posted
as vice-chairman and
managing director of AP
Health, Medical and Infra-
structure Development Cor-
poration.
Mr Siddharth Jain was
posted as project director of
Outer Ring Road, Mr Ilam-
barthi as commissioner of
Guntur and Mr G. Rajendra
Prasad as special officer
GHMC (elections).
Dr Christina Z. Chongtu
was posted as deputy com-
missioner of commercial
taxes, Hyderabad, and Mr
M.A. Azeem was posted as
joint collector of Khammam
and Mr B. Anand Mohan as
ITDA Paderu project offi-
cer.
PR men
suspected in
rape case
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
NELLORE
June 17: In a major break-
through, the police has
reportedly identified the
criminals involved in the
gang rape of a married
woman on Sunday on NH 5
near Nellore town.
Sources in the department
said most of the accused are
Praja Prajyam activists. A
sex worker was instrumen-
tal in giving a lead in the
case.
She told the police that the
same gang, a group of
autorickshaw drivers, had
molested her friend in the
same area a few months
ago. She added that she had
seen the photographs of the
autorickshaw drivers on a
PR flex board during elec-
tions.
Basing on her informa-
tion, the police picked up
two of the accused.
Legislator’s
house burgled
Nellore: Unidentified
goons broke into the house
of Surveypalli legislator,
Adala Prabhakar Reddy,
located on the mini bypass
road here during the early
hours of Wednesday and
decamped with Rs 20,000.
Mr Reddy was not home
when the incident occurred.
Intermediate
girl ends life
Anantapur: An Intermedi-
ate girl student committed
suicide by hanging herself
after her father did not
allow her from pursuing
Mathematics course.
Angry with her father, the
victim, Prashanthi, tied her-
self to a ceiling fan and
ended her life.
CPM man
hangs himself
Tirupati: M. Shankar, 47,
a former CPI(M) activist,
committed suicide by hang-
ing himself to a ceiling fan
in a lodge here on Wednes-
day.
The police said that the
lodge staff grew suspicious
when he failed to open the
door for regular mainte-
nance. They alerted police
who opened the room.
Bid to rob
SBI branch
Kurnool: Burglars tried to
rob a bank in the early
hours of Wednesday, but an
alarm spoilt their plan.
According to sources, bur-
glars, who entered the State
Bank of India branch here,
were equipped with all
instruments required to
carry out the crime. How-
ever, an alarm sounded
alert forcing the burglars to
flee.
Woman dies
in mishap
Nizamabad: A woman, 25,
died and her five-months-
old baby sustained serious
injuries in a road accident
near Taj dhaba on Nizam-
abad–Narsi highway. The
mishap occurred when a
tipper hit the motorcycle on
which the mother and child
were travelling.
Cops seize
arms dump
Vizianagaram: In a joint
combing operation by a
special police party and the
central reserve police, an
arms dump, suspected to be
that of Maoists, was found
in the Nayuduguda forest
under the limits of Nee-
lakhantapuram police sta-
tion limits.
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7
WELCOME HOME: Railway minister
Mamata Banerjee, who has been staying in
a multi-storeyed apartment meant for MPs,
has decided to shift to a bungalow now.
Sources in the urban development ministry
said she has decided to move to a Type VIII
bungalow, the biggest ones meant for cabi-
RELIEVED: A young col- UNDECIDED: Ram Vilas net ministers, located on Akbar Road.
lege drop-out who Paswan is yet to make up
allegedly harassed former his mind on whether to
Karnataka CM H.D.
Kumaraswamy, for
months on his mobile has
finally been arrested.
accept SP’s offer to con-
test the Lok Sabha by-elec-
tion to Firozabad in Uttar
Pradesh.
NATION
setback ● GOVERNMENT IS WORRIED OVER WEST BENGAL, SAYS CHIDAMBARAM
PM: Advani
Act or step down: Congress apologised
DC CORRESPONDENTS
CHITRA RAO Russia on Wednesday, Dr
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA Singh was asked if he had
DC | ON BOARD PM’S
SPECIAL AIRCRAFT “forgiven” Mr Advani, at
June 17: As violence esca- which he said: “I was com-
lated in the state, under June 17: For the first time pelled to say what I did.
Marxist rule for three after the general elections He expressed regret and I
decades, the Union home got over and Dr Manmo- also apologised. I have
minister, Mr P. Chi- han Singh entered a sec- high regard for the Leader
dambaram, said it was time ond term as the Prime of the Opposition.”
the state administration Minister, he spoke about As for his thoughts on the
took action. The Centre the vitriolic attacks that current civil crisis in the
said while paramilitary were exchanged between BJP, he said: “I’m not in
forces might provide a sup- him and the Bharatiya favour of looking over the
porting role, it was primari- Janata Party leader, Mr difficulties of other politi-
ly the job of the state police L.K. Advani. cal parties. I wish them
to tackle the situation in The Prime Minister and well.”
Lalgarh. the Leader of the Opposi- With the huge majority
Senior BJP leader Bhagat Singh Koshiyari talks to Mr Chidambaram, stress- tion had sparred on a num- with which the Congress
the media after resigning from Rajya Sabha in ing there were “adequate ber of occasions in the run- has come back to power at
New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI Central paramilitary forces up to the elections with Mr the Centre this time, does
available to tackle the vio- Advani repeatedly calling he think that the era of
lence,” said the Centre was Dr Singh a weak Prime coalitions is over and that
getting worried at the situa- Minister with no mandate single-party regime is
tion. Activists of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA) set the house of his own. The Prime back? “I’m not an

Koshiyari quits Strengthening of its bond

with its Trinamul Congress
ally, the Congress said on
of a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) member on fire in Lalgarh village in
Midnapore district, some 200 km west of Kolkata, on Wednesday. — AFP
Minister also hit back on
some occasions.
On his way back from
astrologer. If dreams were
horses, beggars would
ride,” he said.

as RS member Wednesday: “If the Left

DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
June 17: The BJP was hit
by a fresh problem on
Wednesday. The former
Uttarakhand CM, Mr B.S.
Koshiyari, quit his member-
ship of the Rajya Sabha,
pushing further his cam-
paign against the Chief
Minister, Major Gen. B.C.
Khanduri.
Though Mr Koshiyari, a
staunch opponent of Mr
Khanduri, said he had
resigned to “devote” more
time to working for the
revival of the party (the BJP
lost all five parliamentary
constituencies in the state),
party sources said his move
was meant to pressure the
party central leadership to
take action against Mr
Khanduri.
Mr Khanduri is being
blamed the Koshiyari camp
for the poll debacle. Mr
Khanduri had submitted his
resignation from the post
soon after the poll debacle,
but the party leadership is
yet to take a decision.
Mr Koshiyari’s resigna-
tion comes on top of dissent
in the party over the Lok
Sabha debacle with leaders
like Mr Yashwant Sinha
and Mr Jaswant Singh ques-
tioning the way the organi-
sation was being run.
The BJP high command
has been in favour of main-
taining status quo on the
issue of chief ministership.
With an atmosphere of
political uncertainty pre-
vailing in the state, the opp-
osition Congress has dema-
nded imposition of Presi-
dent’s rule saying infighting
in the BJP was hampering
the development.
Front government in West
Bengal cannot tackle the
violence, it should step
down.”
Amid reports that the
Maoists had laid landmines
in trouble-torn areas and
that they were digging up
all roads leading to Lalgarh,
the Centre on Wednesday
dispatched four units of
Cobra, a special force set
up to deal with Naxalite
violence.
Sources in Kolkata said
that the Chief Minister, Mr
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee,
continued to vacillate.
It is speculated that the
events of 2007 in Nandi-
gram, where 14 people had
been killed in police firing,
might be preying on Mr
Bhattacharjee’s mind, leav-
ing the chief minister
unwilling to take responsi-
bility for a possible blood-
bath in Lalgarh. This was
possibly why he had asked
for Central forces.
Maoists block roads,
put up human shield SP tones down
SAIBAL GUPTA on Women Bill
LALGARH (WB)
June 17: Maoists carrying
AK-47 rifles on Wednesday
patrolled the roads here and
formed a human shield
comprising women and
children vowing to prevent
storming of the area by
security forces as a fresh
upsurge of violence killed a
CPI-M leader and two party
activists.
Having taken over the area
after forcing the police out,
agitating tribals, backed by
Maoists, dug up the roads at
several places and blocked
roads with more than 100
tree trunks to obstruct
movement as 2,100 paramil-
itary forces, including a spe-
cial force raised to combat
Left-wing extremists reac-
hed Jhargram, near Lalgarh.
The Maoists armed with
AK-47 rifles manned the
roads between Lalgarh and
Belpahari, another naxal-
infested area, and erected a
three-tier human shield by
using children and women,
a senior police official said.
Approachable from four
directions by metalled and
mud roads, Lalgarh
remained cut-off from three
sides after tribals torched
the police stations and ran-
sacked the houses of local
CPI(M) leaders and took
over the entire area.
Earlier in the day, six
unidentified gunmen riding
motorcycles shot dead local
CPI-M leader and two party
supporters. Alarmed by the
continued violence, the
home minister, Mr P. Chi-
dambaram, on Wednesday
asked the West Bengal gov-
ernment to move security
forces to Lalgarh. He sug-
gested the state government
appeared to be divided over
whether to send the security
forces to reclaim Maoist-
held areas. — PTI
New Delhi, June 17: The
much-delayed Women’s
Reservation Bill could see a
forward movement with Sa-
majwadi Party, a firm oppo-
nent of the proposed legisla-
tion in its present form, on
Wednesday saying it was
ready to discuss a proposal
for dual membership of
one-third of seats in Lok
Sabha and state assemblies.
The senior SP leader, Mr
Mohan Singh, claimed that
the ruling Congress was
giving indications that it
was not averse to a dual
membership provision to
build consensus on the Bill.
“Congress is giving indica-
tions on the provision of
dual membership (for one-
third of the seats) in the Bill.
We are ready to have a dis-
cussion on this suggestion,”
Mr Singh said. Under the
provision, a political party
contesting from a con-
stituency can field two can-
didates — one male and one
female — on one-third of
the seats .
“This would give a wider
gender-based choice to peo-
ple,” he said.He in Lok
Sabha said that it is a “prac-
tical” suggestion as this
could give equal opportuni-
ty to both men as well as
women candidates at the
hustings and a greater cho-
ice to the electorate. — PTI

NCP can fight crystal clear

alone: Pawar
Mumbai, June 17: The
Nationalist Congress Party
(NCP) chief, Mr Sharad
Pawar, on Wednesday
asked his partymen to be
prepared to go it alone for
Maharashtra assembly elec-
tions later this year if Con-
gress was averse to continu-
ation of its alliance.
He said if Congress and
the NCP contest separately,
Shiv-Sena alliance would
benefit. “Our desire is to go
with Congress (for the
Assembly poll) but that
should not be a view which
only NCP shares,” Mr
Pawar said at a party meet-
ing here this evening.
If the alliance with Con-
gress fails to materialise,
party workers and func-
tionaries should gear up to
contest all 288 assembly
seats, Mr Pawar said.
Assembly polls are are due
in around three months.
“During the recent polls,
Congress-NCP got 39 per
cent votes and Shiv Sena-
BJP alliance secured 36 per
cent votes,” Mr Pawar said.
“There is a difference of
only three per cent and if we
(Congress and NCP) were
to contest separately, the
saffron alliance will bene-
fit,” he said.
Referring to the NCP’s
performance in the Lok
Saha poll which saw the
party’s tally in the state
coming down from nine to
eight, Mr Pawar said over-
confidence and lack of unity
among party functionaries
in some constituencies were
to blame. “Some of us were
working for others,” Mr
Pawar said, referring to the
infighting in NCP. Before
the NCP president spoke,
some party leaders, includ-
ing the deputy CM, Mr Union minister for agriculture Sharad Pawar at the innaguration of a sewage
Chhagan Bhujbal, said they treatment plant at Nerul in Mumbai on Wednesday. — PTI
favoured NCP contesting
the polls on its own. — PTI

Punjab police to go tech-savvy

ASIT JOLLY
DC | CHANDIGARH
June 17: Shedding his age-
old image of a bumbling,
pot-bellied policewallah
who simply cannot stop
twirling his moustache with
one hand and boorishly
swinging his 1857 cane
baton with the other, the
Punjab police constable is
now all set to take on a
brand new avatar in the
shape of a smart, tech-savvy
cop whose fingers quite lit-
erally fly over a computer
keyboard.
The beginning has already
been made in the southern
district of Sangrur, where, in
less than six months, nearly
600 enthusiastic cops
breezed through a stern set
of computer and informa-
tion technology courses in a
giant step towards achieving
total computer literacy in
the Sangrur district police.
A first in India in terms of
its scale, the Sangrur Police
Tech Challenge-2009 has
The men have also
acquired basic
computer and
word-processing
skills as part of the
programme.
equipped personnel
involved with criminal
investigations, administra-
tion and law and order in the
Common Integrated Police
Application (CIPA) soft-
ware, which has been
deployed to link and grant
mutual access to police
departments all over the
country. The men have also
acquired basic computer and
word-processing skills as
part of the programme.
Sangrur’s senior superin-
tendent of police, Naunihal
Singh, who kick-started the
venture in early January,
said, “509 men scored over
50 per cent marks and 97 got
above 80 per cent in tests
that were designed and con-
ducted by outside invigila-
tors and examiners at a pro-
fessional IT college.”
The large body of techni-
cal manpower now available
makes it possible to transfer
most routine police station
work from dog-eared files to
modern computers where
the possibility of tampering
becomes minimal. The men
are now ready to graduate to
CIPA-2, wherein everything
from the FIRs to investiga-
tions to final prosecution
will be done using comput-
ers.
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7 more flu cases Don’t act on whims and fancies: SC

reports positive SUCHITRA KALYAN
MOHANTY
same either way does not
constitute any license to
posing of judiciously the
claim before the court.The

DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
New Delhi on June 14. The
other two are a mother-son
DC | NEW DELHI

June 17: The Supreme

June 17: Seven more con-
firmed A (H1N1) influenza
cases were reported
Wednesday, four from New
Delhi and three from Ben-
galuru, taking the total num-
ber of positive cases nation-
wide to 38.
All four in Delhi arrived
recently from North Ameri-
ca. One was a 17-year-old
boy who had come from
Washington via Doha,
another a 10-year-old boy
travelling from Canada via
Amsterdam. Both reached
duo from Chicago, who
came on an Air India flight
on June 11.
The mother, 35, and her
six-year-old son reported to
the health authorities on
June 15.
The three testing positive
in Bengaluru were a 12-
year-old boy coming from
the US and two engineers
who recently returned from
Bangkok.
All four are in quarantine
and their samples sent to the
National Institute of Virolo-
gy, Pune, for further tests.
Court has held that the
courts in the country should
use their power judiciously
and not at whims or fancies
and arbitrarily.
A bench comprising Jus-
tices Arijit Pasayat and
Asok Kumar Ganguly while
setting aside the judgment of
Jharkhand High Court drop-
ping rape charges against
the accused persons noted,
“any judicial power has to
be judiciously exercised and
the mere fact that discretion
is vested with the
courts/forum to exercise the
exercise it at whims or fan-
cies and arbitrarily as used
to be conveyed by the well
known saying Varying
according to the chancel-
lor’s foot”.
Justice Pasayat writing the
five Page judgment for the
bench also noted “arbitrari-
ness has been always held to
be the anathema of judicial
exercise of any power, all
the more so when such
orders are amenable to chal-
lenge further before higher
fora. Ritualistic observation
and summary disposal
which has the effect, at time,
cannot be said to be a proper
and judicial manner of dis-
giving of reasons for a
decision is an essential
attribute of judicial and judi-
cious disposal of a matter
before courts, and which is
the only indication to know
about a manner and quality
of exercise undertaken, has
also the fact the courts con-
cerned had already applied
its mind”
The Jharkhand High Court
had dropped the charges of
rape against an accused who
established a physical
relationship with the
victim on the promise of
marriage but later backed
out when the victim became
pregnant.
PIL for safety of Indians
New Delhi, June 17: A
public interest litigation
(PIL) was filed in the
Supreme Court on Wedn-
esday seeking a direction to
the Centre to ensure safety
of Indian students affected
by racial attacks in Aus-
tralia and Canada.
The PIL pleaded that the
government be directed to
initiate dialogue with the
two countries to prevent
recurrence of such attacks
and also formulate strin-
gent laws and regulations
to ensure safety of
Indian students studying
abroad.
The petition filed by an
advocate, Mr D.K. Garg,
has accused the Union gov-
ernment of glossing over
the incidents by merely
holding consultations with
certain officials of Aus-
tralia without any concrete
results as the attacks were
continuing.
It said even the overseas
affairs minister, Mr Vay-
alar Ravi, had admitted that
the attacks were on account
of the inaction shown by
police and yet no step was
taken by the Indian govern-
ment to ensure that such
attacks did not occur.
According to the petition-
er, a number of foreign uni-
versities and colleges
have established their
recruiting centres and
offices in India luring thou-
sands of students to their
countries promising them
bright educational
prospects. — PTI

● BSP CHIEF HAD TERMED GANDHI AS ‘NATAKBAAZ’; CONGRESS SEEKS APOLOGY

Maya remark angers UP

Lucknow,
Protesting
June 17:
“derogatory
remarks” by the UP Chief
Minister, Ms Mayawati,
against Mahatma Gandhi,
Congress took out a march
in the city on Wednesday
and handed over a memora-
ndum to the Governor, Mr
T.V. Rajeswar, demanding
an apology from the BSP
chief or dismissal of her
government.
“The Chief Minister in
her statement issued recent-
ly had termed Mahatma
Gandhi as natakbaz (pre-
tender), which is derogato-
ry and we pro-test it,” the
Congress general secretary,
Mr Rajiv Bakshi, who led
the march, said. “Remarks
against Gandhiji was again-
st the country’s pride as he
is the Father of the Nation.
And this will not be tolerat-
ed by Congress,” he said.
Mr Bakshi said they served
a memorandum to the Gov-
ernor seeking an apology
from the CM or immediate
dismissal of the state gov-
ernment. “If our demands
are not met by June 30, we
will launch a state wide st-
ir,” he said. Earlier, the ma-
rch commenced from Tika-
itrai Talab area and began
to proceed towards Raj Bh-
awan amidst tight security.
Ms Mayawati in a state-
ment issued recently had
said that Congressmen
were doing natakbazi (pre-
tends) to woo dalits by
spending time at their hous-
es. Gandhiji was also
involved in such natakbazi,
she had said. — PTI
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A cop scuffles with a Congress activist protesting against the UP Chief Minister
Mayawati for her comment on Mahatma Gandhi near the UPCC office in Luc-
know on Wednesday.
UP Governor turns down
Maya’s choice for CIC
AMITA VERMA
DC | LUCKNOW
June 17: In a fresh face-off
between Raj Bhavan and the
Mayawati government, the
UP Governor, Mr T.V. Ra-
jeswar, has refused to app-
oint the former IAS officer,
Mr Ram Kumar, as the chief
information commissioner
(CIC) in Uttar Pradesh.
The Governor has said in
his letter to the state govern-
ment that Mr Kumar could
not be appointed to the cov-
eted post in view of his
tainted service record. The
Landlady had
never seen
Kasab
Mumbai, June 17: Wife of
a Bengaluru-based industri-
alist on Wednesday told a
special court that she did
not know Kasab who had
mentioned her address in a
“fake” identity card found
in his possession.
Ms Usha Shivkumar
Shreyas said she had not
seen Kasab before and
added that the plot men-
tioned in Kasab’s identity
card as “254, Teachers
Colony, Bengaluru” was
owned by her. She said the
plot mentioned in the Iden-
tity card was vacant and no
one stayed there.
In another development in
the 26/11 terror attack trial,
a railway policeman and a
diesel engine helper identif-
ied Kasab as one of the terr-
orists who had shot at them
and many others on Nove-
mber 26 last at Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus. — PTI
Private varsities on UGC radar
New Delhi, June 17: The
University Grants Commis-
sion (UGC) has found cer-
tain private universities run-
ning off-campuses outside
their territorial jurisdiction
and illegally granting affili-
ations to colleges in a bla-
tant violation of its norms.
The educational regulatory
body has directed them to
Governor has asked the
state government to suggest
another name for the post.
The committee, which se-
nds its recommendations to
the governor for the post,
will now meet on June 24 to
decide upon a new name.
The Leader of Opposition is
a member of the committee
which is chaired by the
Chief Minister. It may be
recalled that in July, 2008,
chief information commis-
sioner, Justice (retd.) M.A.
Khan had been suspended
by the state government on
charges of irregularities. In
Union minister of state for rural development Agatha Sangma (right) meets
Irom Chanu Sharmila, in judicial custody in Imphal on Wednesday. Sharmila
has been on a hunger strike demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces
Special Powers Act from November 2000 in Manipur. She is force fed a
cocktail of vitamins, minerals, laxatives, protein supplements and lentil
soup through the nose with a rubber pipe.
close down such campuses
immediately, a senior UGC
official said.
“We have found that cer-
tain state private universities
are running off-campus cen-
tres outside their territorial
jurisdiction besides giving
affiliation to colleges. This
is in violation of UGC regu-
lations,” he said. It was also
— PTI
January 2009, the Mayawati
government had proposed
the name of Mr Ram Kum-
ar, a retired but controver-
sial IAS officer.
The Governor, who is due
to retire from office on July
8, has now rejected the state
government’s proposal say-
ing that he is not satisfied
with the response to the qu-
eries on Mr Kumar’s servi-
ce record. Sources said that
the Mayawati government,
in view of the prevailing
political situation, is not in a
mood to head for confronta-
tion with the Governor.
tete-a-tete
noticed that certain state pri-
vate universities are granti-
ng franchise to private parti-
es to run off-campus centr-
es. The errant universities
include Institute of Charter-
ed Financial Analysts of In-
dia (ICFAI) and Dehradun-
based Hemgiri Nabh Vishw-
avidyalaya (HNV). While
the UGC has already direct-
Three cops
killed in
encounter
DC CORRESPONDENT
LUCKNOW
June 17: Three policemen
were killed and six injured
in an encounter with a
dacoit at Jamauli village in
Chitrakoot district.
The encounter, which be-
gan in Suruwal Rajapur vil-
lage in Chitrakoot district
on Tuesday, is still on.
According to police sourc-
es, the Chitrakoot police
raided a house at around 11
am on Tuesday in Jamauli
after receiving a tip off that
Naan Kewat alias Ghan-
shyam Kewat, the head of
the Kewat gang, was hiding
in the house.
Ghanshyam had killed an
SOG personnel last year
and is carrying a reward of
Rs 50,000 on his head. The
Jamauli village is dominat-
ed by Nishads, the commu-
nity that Ghanshyam belo-
ngs to. The SOG team had
cordoned off the area and
shifted the residents of Ja-
mauli and Sorwal villages
to other places.
However, as soon as poli-
ce got near the house, Gha-
nshyam opened fire at th-
em. While constable Sham-
im died on the spot, the co-
mpany commander of the
PAC Beni Madho Singh,
and constable Iqbal, succu-
mbed to their injuries.
Intermittent firing is on
from inside the houses in
the village which indicates
that there are other mem-
bers of the gang hiding
inside.
— PTI
ed HNV to close down the
off-campus centre it had
opened in Goa, in other
cases the Commission was
in the process of taking sim-
ilar action. “As per the
norms, private universities
can neither affiliate any
institution or college nor set
up off-campus centres,” the
official said. — PTI
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WHAT TO DO
Fill in the grid so
that every row,
every column,
and every 3x3
box contains the
digits 1 to 9.
Every puzzle
has only one
correct solution.
Man pays
back dowry
to in-laws
DC CORRESPONDENT
KALIGANJ
June 17: For 34-year-old
Minarul Mullick of
Kaliganj in Nadia, it was a
delayed realisation.
Nevertheless, unlike others,
he confessed to the “sinful
act” he had committed 10
years ago during his mar-
riage.
The young tailor from
Bhurulia-Mathpara village
of Kaliganj, repented the
“sin” on Wednesday when
he returned Rs 27,000 to his
father-in-law Sharkat
Sheikh, which he had taken
from him as “dowry” for
marrying his daughter
Zamelea.
Minarul termed it as a call
of his conscience that
changed his mind. “I have
realised that making a
demand for dowry is quite
similar to begging, which
no youth should do,” he
said.Meanwhile, many of
his friends have also made
up their mind to return the
money they had taken as
dowry. Minarul’s father-in-
law Sharkat Sheikh has also
taken the matter in the right
spirit. However, the happi-
est person is his daughter
Zamelea. She said: “My
husband has made me
proud.”
“I have realised
that making a
demand for dowry
is quite similar to
begging, which no
youth should do.”
Minarul Mullick
Chimps
get music
therapy
Mysore, June 17: In the
first of its kind experiment
in the country, moody
chimpanzees at the Mysore
Zoo are getting music ther-
apy to lift their spirits.
After treating many
patients through music, a
neurosurgeon has tried the
therapy on three male and
two female apes at the zoo.
During a visit to the
Mysore Zoo sometime
back, Anil Singh, who is
working in a reputed hos-
pital, had observed that
some of the chimpanzees
were very gruff.
After the idea of trying
out this therapy on the apes
struck him, he discussed it
with the director of the zoo
and started the therapy.
Singh, assisted by three
music experts said the
chimps seemed to be
enjoying the ring tones and
one of them who was
brought from a circus was
even seen dancing. — PTI
new subjects
therapy After treat-
ing many
patients through music,
a neurosurgeon has
tried the therapy on
three male and two
female apes at the
Mysore zoo.
Yesterday’s Solution
Delhi Metro
Rail Corpo-
ration work-
ers walk
inside the
tunnel on the
Qutub Minar
to Saket
stretch using
the New
Austrian
Tunneling
Method in
New Delhi
on Wednes-
day.
— AFP
NEWSMAKERS
AP man’s H’wood
film set for release
New Delhi, June 17:
Vizag-born Nagendra
Karri went to the US to
specialise in system secu-
rity and finance, but film-
making was what interest-
ed him most. Six years
later, his creativity has
blossomed into Where Are
You Sophia?, a psycholog-
ical thriller, that was
screened at Cannes.
“I always wanted to be a
filmmaker as such. I didn’t
want to disappoint my
mother so I had to settle
down and finish my educa-
tion first, but simultane-
ously I was self-teaching
myself the various aspects
of filmmaking,” Karri
said.
Karri, 26, quit his
California-based job of a
financial analyst two years
ago and shifted base to
New York to launch his
production house Eternal
Mind Productions.
Where Are You Sophia?,
slated for release on
August 14 in India, has
already been screened at
Tribeca Film, in New
Bollywood actors John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh pro-
mote their upcoming film New York at a press conference in Mumbai on
Wednesday.
amid row
Gandhi stands
tall in UK town
London, June 17:
Mahatma Gandhi’s impos-
ing statue arrived in the
British town of Leicester
where it will be
officially
unveiled on June
26 near a busy
road passing
through the hub
of Asian busi-
ness and culture.
The East
Midlands city of
Leicester has a
large Indian-ori-
gin population and despite
opposition by a section of
the local community, the
city council last year
cleared the proposal of a
local charity organisation,
Samanwaya Pariwar, to
install Gandhi’s statue.
The seven-and-a-half-
foot bronze statue, depict-
Where Are You
Sophia? has
already been
screened at
Tribeca Film in
New York City and
the recently con-
cluded 62nd
Cannes Film
Festival.
York City, a platform for
new artistes, and the
recently concluded 62nd
Cannes Film Festival.
Speaking about how he
went about chasing his
filmmaking dream, Karri
says: “I had already been
doing theatre since I was
pursuing my Masters in
Oregon. I was also reading
books, meeting people,
attending seminars and
workshops by Dov S-S
Simens and Martin
Scorsese in New York
before taking on filmmak-
ing fulltime.” — IANS
ing Gandhi walking with a
stick, has been created by
Kolkata-based sculptor
Gautam Pal and has been
recently shipped
to Britain.
The statue has
now been low-
ered on to the
plinth at the cor-
ner of Belgrave
Road and
Donaldson
Road.
Until its inau-
guration, the
statue will be protected by
a wooden fence and tar-
paulin, officials said.
Jitendra Acharya,
spokesman of the
Samanwaya Pariwar, said:
“I am ecstatic and delight-
ed that we have got to this
point on what has been a
long road.” — PTI
RGV for
shocking
talent
Ram Gopal Varma
Mumbai, June 17: In a
bid to promote his yet-to-
be-released thriller
Agyaat, filmmaker Ram
Gopal Varma has come
up with a contest the
winner of which stands a
chance to make a movie
with him. The director
has promised to produce
a movie of an aspiring
filmmaker “who can
shock him.”
Both he and producers
UTV have invited entries
for Agyaat Short Film
Contest. Anyone who
has a chilling and scary
story to tell in visual can
participate in the contest
by sending an entry.
Participant can shoot
and upload a short film
too. — PTI
— AFP
● COUNTRY’S INEPT HANDLING OF ISSUE CRITICISED
US places India in
trafficking blacklist
Washington, June 17:
Saying that New Delhi is
not doing enough to curb
human smuggling, the US
has placed India in the sec-
ond worst category in a
blacklist of countries not
meeting the minimum stan-
dard of combating traffick-
ing.
“India is a source, destina-
tion, and transit country for
men, women, and children
trafficked for the purposes
of forced labour and com-
mercial sexual exploita-
tion,” the 2009 Trafficking
in Persons Report released
by secretary of state, Hillary
Clinton on Tuesday stated.
For the first time, India,
China, Russia, Sri Lanka
Hubby was framed,
claims Shiney’s wife
DC CORRESPONDENT
with agency inputs
MUMBAI
June 17: Anupam Ahuja,
wife of actor Shiney Ahuja,
who is currently in police
custody for allegedly raping
his maid, held a press con-
ference at a plush club in the
western suburbs to defend
her husband.
Anupam rubbished reports
that Shiney had admitted to
the crime. ”I am proud of
being Mrs Ahuja and my
man is innocent. Somebody
is trying to frame him, but I
don’t know who could it be.
Bollywood celebrities have
always been soft targets,”
said Anupam.
Anupam, who was accom-
panied by several of her
friends and neighbours said
that filmmakers such as
Sudhir Mishra and Anurag
Basu had expressed their
support to her.
“Shiney is innocent and
we are the best of friends.
He has always being a ideal
neighbour,” said Ruchika
Lanka tower worries India
Rameswaram, June 17:
Maritime security agencies
are deeply concerned over
“construction activities”
said to be carried out for Sri
Lankan naval use in
Katchateevu islet in the Palk
Strait. “If the construction is
going to be for naval use,
then we suspect it will be
detrimental to Indian fisher-
men,” Coast Guard and
Coastal Security Group offi-
cials here said on
Wednesday.
Katchateevu was ceded by
India to Sri Lanka in 1974
under an agreement that
provided for Indian fisher-
men’s rights to dry their
fishing nets in the small
uninhabited islet and to visit
it annually for a church fes-
tival. Though officials are
not sure of the nature of the
fresh constructions going on
in the islet, they said it
seemed to be a watch tower
and felt that it could go even
against Indian plans for the
Sethu Samudram Canal in
the Palk Strait. The fresh
under scanner
shame India is listed
with 52 countries on the
watch list of nations that
have failed to meet the
minimum anti-traffick-
ing standards.
and Egypt and other coun-
tries that have been on the
on tier II watch list for two
years, face the prospect of
being automatically moved
to the tier III blacklist next
year without a presidential
waiver if they fail to
improve their trafficking
record, the state department
said.
India is listed with 52
US wants to ape
‘Incredible India’
Washington, June 17:
Impressed by the Indian
government’s tourism pro-
motion campaign Incredible
India, the US lawmakers
here are pushing for a new
Act aimed at projecting the
US as a preferred travel des-
tination across the world.
In a debate on the closure
motion to pass the US
Travel Promotion Act,
2009, North Dakota Senator
Byron Dorgan, who had
introduced the Bill last
month, said visits by foreign
travellers to the US have
been significantly affected
due to the measures put in
place after 9/11 terror
attacks in 2001.
Dorgan argued that a num-
ber of other countries such
Anupam Ahuja, wife of actor Shiney Ahuja, at a
press conference in Mumbai on Wednesday. — AP
Marvah, Shiney’s neigh-
bour. Another resident of
the society Satish Kapur
said, “ Shiney is a very good
man. We used to meet in the
garden when he would
come out for a walk with his
daughter.”
Meanwhile, police
claimed that the actor
A lighthouse-like structure, built by the Sri Lankan government in
Katchatheevu islet in Palk Strait.
constructions came to light
after some Indian fisher-
men, reportedly caught by
Lankan Navy and later
deported to India, informed
officials back home that
they were used as labourers
by the former.
Even the Tamil Nadu,
CM, Dr M. Karunanidhi,
has written to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
urging that India should ver-
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009
countries on the watch list
of nations that have failed to
meet the minimum anti-traf-
ficking standards, but are
making efforts to do so. The
blacklisted countries are
subject to US sanctions if
they don’t make greater
efforts to fight trafficking.
The Philippines,
Cambodia, Bangladesh and
Pakistan were added to the
“watch list” because of what
the report calls a worsening
trafficking record in those
countries. “This is modern
slavery. A crime that spans
the globe, providing ruth-
less employers with endless
supply of people to abuse
for financial gain,” Hillary
Clinton said. — IANS
as India were promoting
travel to their land, but the
US was not doing anything
similar and there is a per-
ception that it was difficult
to come to the US.
“Take India — one special
reason to visit India is this
advertisement saying:
‘Incredible India, any time
is a good time to visit the
land of Taj, but there is no
time like now,” he noted.
Incredible India is the
flagship campaign of the
Indian government’s min-
istry of tourism, the nodal
agency for the development
and promotion of tourism in
the country. Dorgan also
cited examples of Italy,
Spain, France, Australia and
Ireland. — PTI
appeared remorseful.
Shiney, who will be pro-
duced in court on Thursday
after being in police custody
for three days, was “com-
pletely shattered and is
repenting for what he had
done,” assistant police com-
missioner Dilip
Suryavanshi told reporters.
ify “the unilateral action” of
Sri Lanka to set up a mili-
tary base in Katchateevu.
Meanwhile, fishermen
association activists have
urged the Indian govern-
ment to use its influence to
stop the construction activi-
ties by the Lankan Navy,
which they felt would go
against their fishing in the
area. Fishermen’s Welfare
Association general secre-
cmyk
9
DELAY IN PAY
AI staff
threatens
strike
New Delhi, June 17:
With Air India manage-
ment deciding to defer
salary payments by a
fortnight, over 24,000
employees of the nation-
al carrier today threat-
ened to go on an agita-
tion on June 30 in case of
such a delay, a move that
could affect the airline’s
flight operations.
“Members of Air
Corporation Employees
Union (ACEU),
Aviation Industry
Employee’s Guild and
Indian Aircraft
Technicians Association
will jointly boycott their
work on June 30 by
adopting ‘no pay, no
work’ policy if the man-
agement fails to give us
our salary on June 30,”
ACEU general secretary
J.B. Kadiyan said here.
Accusing the airline
management of taking
an “anti-worker, anti-
company and anti-
national” stand by decid-
ing to pay salaries on
July 15 instead of the
month end, he said:
“Since everyone will be
joining the protest, there
will not be any move-
ment of the airline’s air-
craft on that day.” — PTI
Israel to
probe visa
denial
Panaji, June 17: Israel has
said it will probe into the
events that led to the denial
of visas to a group of
Indian pilgrims who want-
ed to visit the Jewish state.
“Sadly, the travel agents
involved had not informed
us of any difficulty in the
allocation of the visas and
we learned it only after
being apprised by you,”
Mark Sofer, ambassador of
Israel, has said in a letter to
Goa’s commissioner of
NRI affairs, Eduardo
Faleiro.
Faleiro had raised the
issue of nexus between
travel agents in Goa and
Israel, which had resulted
in denial of visas to 14 pil-
grims last month. They
were allegedly cheated by
the travel agents.
“As you rightly state, the
examination of the events
and the drawing of conclu-
sions is of paramount
importance in order to
ensure that there will be no
repetition of events,” the
letter states.
The ambassador has said
that he was “nonplussed”
by the press reports of the
turn of events (when
Pilgrims were halted at
Israeli border) which
referred to rejection and
cancellation of the visas by
Israel.
“I decided not to react in
order to avoid exacerbation
of the already harrowing
experience of the pilgrims
themselves,” the envoy
adds. — PTI
— PTI
tary N.J. Bose said they
feared the Lankan construc-
tion could affect their liveli-
hood, as they had come
under attack from the island
nation’s navy time and
again.
“We want the Indian gov-
ernment to stop the efforts
of the Lankan government
to set up any base at
Katchateevu,” he said.
— PTI
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Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009 10
letters
NO ACCOUNTABILITY
18 JUNE 2009 This is with reference to the arti-
cle Give real work to ministers
of state, June 17. The writer has

26/11: Why no rightly pointed out the problems

with the ministers of state. For
all these years, the ministers of
state have been enjoying power

transparency? Sudhir
Tailang
without real job to do. They get
importance only when they visit
their home state to inaugurate
some event.
THE WAY the government of Maharashtra handled the report VEMAVARAPU MURTHY
prepared by the two-member R.D. Pradhan Committee, which Hyderabad
inquired into how the police handled the events following the
26/11 attacks and suggested remedial measures, is shameful. It is
more so because of the blasé manner in which the Chief Minister, HERE NEED DEVELOPMENT
Mr Ashok Chavan, went back on his word to table the report in the
House. The committee was formed after members of both Houses
AND This is with reference to the
of the state legislature had asked for an inquiry into how the NOW report Rebels in TRS gun for
events following the attack were handled by the police and the KCR, June 17. The recent elec-
government. After the report was presented to the chief minister, tions proved that the people of
he assured the House that he would place it before the House, and Telangana want development.
he was bound to do so as it was the House that had sought this. They do not want a separate
However, on the last day of the Assembly session, he went back state. That’s why they gave the
on his word citing security reasons. Even if it was an issue of TRS only a few seats. People
security, or an issue concerning the terrorists, he could have are happy with the leadership of
masked those sensitive portions and placed the entire report before the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S.
the House. The ire of the Opposition was understandable as they Rajasekhar Reddy.
thrice brought the House to a standstill. The Opposition said the

‘Facebook Iran’ pokes

GADE VEERAREDDY
government has something to hide and that the report had indicted Guntur
some people in power. Mr Chavan could have avoided the
unpleasant scenes and allegations had he been more transparent.
The security of the city and the state is a serious matter. But from EARLY EXIT
26/11, when the terrorist attack occurred, the government has not
shown the seriousness it should have. We had the then home min- This is with reference to the
ister saying, “These sort of things happen now and then.” And,
later, the then chief minister took a film producer on a guided tour
of the Taj Mahal Hotel, which had been ravaged by the terrorists.
The Pradhan Committee had to wait several days after its report
was ready to present it to the chief minister as he was busy with
the elections. Instead of trying to learn lessons from what hap-
pened, the government is trying to score brownie points and play-
Prez. Will he respond? stituencies in rural areas and the be in the making. This would
report Captain Cool fails to rule
at Lord’s, June 16. Cricket is a
funny game. But T-20 is a joke.
T-20 follows the same pattern
as football and hence the result
would be the same. No matter
how strong you are, one bad
ing one police officer against another. The highpoint of the Prad- poor in towns. But they form the give Iran the right to operate the game can eliminate you from
han Committee report is revealing in that it says that the standard cutting edge of dissent and are complete nuclear fuel cycle, the competition.
operating procedures that should have been put in place immedi-
ately after the attack were not put in place. There was great confu-
TALKING likely to have influence over the
loosening of oppressive social
including uranium enrichment,
on its soil with additional inter-
TURABUDDIN
Via email
sion and nobody really knew who was where if some reports are to
be believed. In view of such grave lapses on the part of the police TURKEY and gender regulations.
The young protesters in Iran’s
national safeguards and monitor-
ing, a formula alluded to by the
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it is very disturbing that the government is taking the matter so cities and towns enraged by the US Senator, Mr John Kerry. Victories and defeats are part of
lightly. S. Nihal Singh outcome, described by the main
loser Mr Mousavi as “a magic
Indeed, such a compromise
would help clear the air leading
the game and have to be taken in
the right spirit. What appalls me
mind power THE CENTRAL message of Indeed, the latter had already show”, are the Internet genera- to Tehran’s cooperation in is the attitude of skipper Dhoni
the contested return of the Presi- indicated his preference for the tion. In an effort to curb them, resolving the Iraq transition and who in my opinion still suffers
● Always be ready to speak the dissatisfaction. dent, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadine- incumbent, and, despite chal- the authorities shut down text the war in Afghanistan. from the IPL hangover. He still
your mind, and a base man will JOHN CHAMBERLAIN jad, to office is that Iran is chang- lenges from Mr Mousavi and messages, blocked the mobile While the regional and wider treats some of his current team
avoid you. ing. How long this process of street protests over the official network and access to Facebook. repercussions of the presidential mates like R.P Singh, Yuvraj
WILLIAM BLAKE ● I am trying to make art that change will take to manifest result in which a surprising 85 Yet masses of young people fou- election are many, the world will Singh, Irfan Pathan as rivals.
relates to the deepest and most itself and in what shape and form per cent of the electorate had par- nd their way to the main Tehran anxiously watch the progress of Irfan did not get a chance to
● Doubtless there are things in mythic concerns of human kind remains to be determined. But in ticipated, he congratulated Mr square to express their shock and the Iranian version of democra- bowl despite a good initial spell
nature which have not yet been and I believe that, at this an election that has been excep- Ahmadinejad to close the argu- surprise at the unlikely landslide cy. Unlike in many Sunni-ruled against the West Indies. If he
seen. If an artist discovers them, moment of history, feminism is tional on many counts, the ment. Faced with angry opposi- given to the incumbent and when Islamic countries, the Shiite- really wanted an all-rounder,
he opens the way for his succes- humanism. unique theocracy married to tion demonstrations and outrage, the security forces, some of them ruled Iran has a wide swathe of then Irfan Pathan was a better
sors. JUDY CHICAGO democracy has taken a signifi- the supreme ruler relented in mounted on an endless line of educated women — there are choice than Jadeja. Dhoni’s
PAUL CEZANNE cant step to a new opening. agreeing to probe vote-rigging motorcycles, made street protests more women university students post-match comment blaming
● Be as smart as you can, but To begin with, the campaigns charges and the Guardian Coun- impossible, cars blocked the than their male counterparts — the batsmen for the debacle was
● Art is basically made by dis- remember that it is always bet- leading up to the election were cil has agreed to a recount in thoroughfares. and, unlike in Saudi Arabia, in bad taste. Yuvraj and Yousuf
satisfied people who are willing ter to be wise than to be smart. unprecedented since the Islamic deeply contested areas. The significance is two-fold. women freely drive cars and hold played their hearts out but could
to find some means to relieve ALAN ALDA revolution in their passion and Faced with angry opposition These events took place in a important jobs. Increasingly, do little as they came very late
calls for a freer society for men demonstrations and outrage, the region where electoral contests, young women find moral polic- to bat.
and women alike. Iran is a pre- supreme ruler relented in agree- where and whenever held, are ing and dress restrictions VIVEK PALNITKAR
DECCAN CHRONICLE dominantly young society put in ing to probe vote-rigging charges docile and predictable affairs. imposed on them intolerable. Hyderabad
the straitjacket of a democratic and the Guardian Council has Second, the scale and passion of There are those that fear that ❐
T. VENKATTRAM REDDY
Chairman of the Board
but restricted theocratic frame. In agreed to a recount in deeply the protests have only one refer- the very nature of recent protests
Tehran and other cities and contested areas. ence point, the Islamic revolu- would serve as a warning to the Dhoni stuck to the same side
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India’s performance was very

poor. Everybody thought that as
defending champion India ben-
efited the most from the IPL.
But instead of making experi-
ence count, the team became
over confident and took things
for granted. Because of the
casual attitude, the team had to
bow out early from the tourna-
ment.
VISHNU
Korukonda

HELP THE NEEDY

This is with reference to the
report Minister offers Rs
45cr crown, June 11. The
gifting of the diamond stud-
ded crown to Lord
Venkateswara priced by Mr
Gali Janardhan Reddy, who
termed it as a matter between
him and the Lord, does not
please Lord Venkateswara
who expects the money to be
used for the needy. The
donors of such huge amounts
should realise that “service to
humanity is service to divini-
ty” because it is the most
acceptable way to express
one’s gratitude towards God.
K. PADMA
Proddatur
 op-ed page
THE DC DEBATE AMBANI CASE JUDGMENT PUT FAMILY SETTLEMENT BEFORE NATIONAL INTERESTS
Family settlement
given precedence
THE JUDGMENT given
by the Bombay high court
in the Reliance Industries
Ltd-Reliance Natural
Resources Ltd (RIL-
RNRL) case needs to be
thoroughly understood.
The high court has upheld
the family agreement
while deciding against
giving its view on the eco-
nomic rationale in the case
filed by RIL with refer-
ence to the price of gas and
other issues.
One can only presume
that the high court felt that
either party would in any
case go to the Supreme
Court (SC), irrespective of
the judgment given by it.
So it left it to the SC, if and
when RIL goes in appeal,
to provide directions on
issues pertaining to a com-
modity like gas which is
the nation’s natural
resource.
The high court judgment
has given precedence to
the family settlement doc-
ument over national inter-
est in directing RIL to give
RNRL 28 mmscmd (mil-
lion metric standard cubic
meter per day) of gas for
17 years at a price which is
50 per cent less than RIL’s
pricing.
The Supreme Court is
expected to give its verdict
on the usage and price of
gas, which is also required
to be seen in the larger
context of containing the
country’s deficit and prop-
Private affairs
er management of a pre-
cious commodity.
Also, the Government of
India stands to lose on roy-
alty if gas priced at $2.3
per mmBtu is to be accept-
ed, which is below its
market value.
Oil and gas fields are
national assets and gov-
ernment gives the fields to
exploration and produc-
tion (E&P) companies to
carry out E&P activities
If they sell gas
at less than the
market price,
government will
lose revenue...
question is
whether
Reliance Power
will pass on the
benefit to the
end-user?
and in turn derives eco-
nomic benefits out of these
activities. E&P companies
have to pay royalty, taxes
and share profits as calcu-
lated at the selling price.
If they sell gas at less
than the market deter-
mined price, the govern-
ment will lose revenue.
RNRL will be selling the
KG D6 gas to Reliance
Power’s gas-based pro-
jects which will come on
Deven R.
Choksey
stream after 2011. The
question is whether
Reliance Power will pass
on the benefit of cheap gas
to the end-user?
Another dimension of
the high court verdict is
that it contradicts the basic
principles of the govern-
ment’s gas utilisation poli-
cy. The policy clearly
mentions who should get
the first 40 mmscmd of
KG D6 gas, namely, fer-
tiliser companies, LPG
plants, refineries, indus-
tries like steel and ceram-
ics, existing deficient gas-
based plants and the city
gas distribution projects. If
RNRL is to get the first 28
mmscmd, there will be lit-
tle left for other essential
industries.
Since the high court has
put a family agreement
above national economic
interest, a direction from
the Supreme Court will go
a long way in improving
the financial health of the
country and setting a refer-
ences for future matters
where national interest are
in conflict with individual
interests.
DEVEN R. CHOKSEY is
the managing director of
K.R. Choksey Shares &
Securities
Court can’t decide
national interest
Ganesh
Iyer
IT WOULD be stretching
it too far to hold that judg-
ment in the gives prece-
dence to a family issue
over “national economic
interests”.
A division bench of the
Bombay high court has
correctly considered and
determined the issues pre-
sented to it by two com-
mercial litigants, the
media glare on the matter
notwithstanding.
The high court was pre-
sented with a dispute
involving two litigants
(albeit very wealthy)
whose claims were based
under a valid contract.
Whether such a contract
was in the nature of a
“family” settlement or oth-
erwise could not have
been the focus while deter-
mining the commercial
dispute at hand.
Importantly, the
Government of India was
itself an intervening party
and if at all it was of the
opinion that the issues in
question in the said
dispute embraced matters
of “national economic
interests”, then it was open
for it to implead the same
in its intervention
application.
Matters pertaining to the
initial bidding process, the
key terms of award of
blocks to the Ambani
Group as a single entity
and qualification post
separation etc are all
issues that could be
submitted for scrutiny of
the high court by the
Government of India, but
for various reasons that
has not happened.
For the high court to go
beyond the scope of the
issues framed by the
If Government
of India was of
the opinion that
the issues
were of
‘national
economic
interests’, it
was open for it
to implead
the same
litigating parties as also
the submissions made by
no less than the
Government of India
itself, would be an
instance of judicial incur-
sion into the executive
domain. Whether or not a
particular matter under
consideration is or is not
likely to be of “national
economic interests” is
certainly not for a judicial
authority to determine, if
DC
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009
in such a matter the
Government of India is
itself an intervener.
The honourable Chief
Justice of India, K.G. Bal-
akrishnan, has stated that
“the expansion of justicia-
bility to include rights that
are difficult to enforce
takes away from the credi-
bility of the judiciary in
the long-run” and that
“judicial inclusion of
socio-economic objec-
tives... can be criticised as
an exercise merely on
paper, which may have no
bearing on ground-level
conditions”.
While it is open for the
honourable high court to
suo moto render a set of
information in its knowl-
edge as constituting a PIL
(public interest litigation),
such exercise of power in
matters that are palpably
“private commercial” dis-
putes, would set a disturb-
ing precedent.
Corporate litigants
would be loathe to submit-
ting contentious matters
before a judicial authority
for fear of the same being
converted into matters of
“national economic inter-
est” and hence deter-
mined!
GANESH IYER is a
corporate advisory lawyer.
His areas of focus are
infrastructure, project
finance and mergers &
acquisitions.
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Mamata’s
bypass trick
THOUGHTS
AT RANDOM
Nitish Sengupta
CLOSE ON the heels of the Trinamul Congress’ unprece-
dented victory in the Lok Sabha elections, in alliance with
the Congress in West Bengal, came Cyclone Aila which
devastated several districts. This provided Mamata Baner-
jee, the new Union railway minister, an opportunity to start
relief operations in the affected districts, independent of the
state government. Not only did she formally start function-
ing as India’s railway minister from Kolkata rather than in
Delhi, thereby creating history, but she also took several
concrete steps like taking a trainload of relief goods to the
coastal areas of Kakdweep. The relief material was distrib-
uted through railway officials. Six Union ministers of state
belonging to her party were asked to visit the affected areas
to find out the extent of damage and also to provide prompt
relief to the affected people.
Inevitably, the state government, tied down by bureaucrat-
ic formalities, started relief work rather late and naturally
became the object of criticism, both from the Opposition
(Trinamul Congress) as well as from the public in general.
And Ms Banerjee in turn, not content with providing imme-
diate relief, appealed to the Central government not to
release funds through the state government. She requested
the Centre to release relief funds directly to panchayats so
that relief and rehabilitation work could be carried out
speedily. This is altogether a new move for which there is
no precedence that one can recall.
Traditionally, following a natural disaster, the Central
government sends a team of officials to the disaster-hit state
to visit the affected areas and to make recommendations for
appropriate relief. On the basis of the report submitted by
this group, Centre releases funds to the state government.
This standard drill is already on but what is absolutely new
is the demand by the Ms Banerjee that relief and rehabilita-
tion should be directly administered by the Central govern-
ment through panchayats, bypassing the state government
altogether, on the ground that the state government is guilty
of delay and inefficiency.
The West Bengal government and the Communist Party of
India (Marxist) expressed their objection to this saying that
Ms Banerjee’s demands are unconstitutional. Incidentally, it
was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s foresight which enabled
a change in our Constitution, providing for three-tier pan-
chayat institutions and municipalities. The provision for the
Central government to directly fund panchayats and munici-
palities in certain circumstances was introduced by him.
Therefore, transferring of relief materials and funds directly
to the panchayats cannot be termed as unconstitutional.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that steps taken by Ms
Banerjee have ushered in a new era where some day-to-day

Unkindness Obama, kill the fries

administrative matters in a state can be carried out by Cen-
tral ministers in association with panchayats. This is not a
normal development but can be justified given the exi-
gency.
There is no doubt that the state government has failed in
Jeremy Clarke its duty to carry out relief operations on time, thereby
THERE’S AN obscure corner of me that rel-
ishes pain and physical injury. It doesn’t want
permanent pain. But an occasional sharp
reminder of the reality of pain exhilarates it.
So when I foolishly unscrewed the cap on my
and eat as US should exposing large sections of the population to the danger of
death and destruction. In such a situation, if the railway
minister and others deem it necessary to step in and assume
charge of rescue and relief operations with whatever
resources they command, one cannot find fault with them.
During an emergency situation, the distinction between the
car radiator and a fountain of boiling water ordered himself a cheeseburg- and African-American com- Central government and the state government always gets
erupted, scalding the underside of my fore- er and fries and, in an extrava- munities, those numbers blurred.
arm, this masochistic side of me was quite gant attempt to prove his climb even higher so that In 1971, while facing the Bangladesh crisis and the gigan-
chuffed. meaty regular guydom, nearly half of the children in tic refugee problem, the Central government appointed a
The rest of me was immediately concerned brought back $80 worth of those communities will suffer Union minister who took charge of affairs in West Bengal.
with refilling the radiator and reservoir. I dug burgers and fries in a greasy the same fate”. A branch secretariat was located in Kolkata for several
out two empty plastic water bottles and car- bag for White House staffers. She said America has years.
ried them up the drive of the nearest house (After a tour of the Sphinx in become so unhealthy because Ms Banerjee has launched a new experiment altogether.
and rang the bell. I heard shuffling in the hall. Maureen Dowd Egypt, the President evoked too many kids “are not eating She and her party have discharged what is strictly “line
Then the door opened about four inches — his love of red meat again, right and they’re not moving functions” in a state, thereby bypassing the state govern-
the extent allowed by a brass chain — and an EVEN AS he grows arugula from the videogames and saying “Five Guys was good. their bodies at all”. ment agencies altogether. This has set a new precedent
elderly woman pressed into the gap. “My in the White House vegetable spend more time playing out- This is better”.) When she was growing up, which can no doubt be applied elsewhere in the days ahead.
radiator has overheated and I’d like some garden, Barack Obama never side” and cut “down on all the Michelle sometimes takes she recalled that desserts and One should also appreciate that after 32 long years, the
water, please”, I said. I showed the empty again wants to be seen as the junk food that’s fuelling an her staff on impromptu lunch fast food were rare: “It was a voters in West Bengal have decisively voted against the
plastic bottles. A wrinkled hand appeared and hoity-toity guy fretting over epidemic of obesity”. trips to Five Guys or other special treat. And we would CPI(M)’s arrogance, their methods of governance, includ-
the fingers beckoned impatiently. I passed in the price of arugula at Whole He said he was trying to burger and barbecue spots. beg to get it, and it was excit- ing tyranny and corruption, their lamentable failure to deliv-
the bottles and they quickly reappeared, now Foods. That is why the Presi- instil this lesson in his own But Tuesday, when school- ing if we drove into a fast- er goods and services earmarked for the poor, such as
partially filled with water. My expression of dent ends up sending mixed daughters and at schools children were harvesting food place and got a ham- National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS)
gratitude was cut short by the door slamming. signals on food. around the country. “As some crops in the White House veg- burger. We were thrilled. It and food rations, and their cynical disregard for the rights of
The skin on my arm was now coming away He clearly feels strongly ab- of you know, we started a etable garden (though not the was like Christmas... If we got farmers over land.
from the flesh. The blisters were filling with out nutrition and fat. The chi- White House vegetable gar- Thomas Jefferson lettuce, pizza on a Friday night, that The people have disapproved the policies and perspectives
fluid. I considered whether I ought to have ld who looks a little chubby in den”, he noted. “I say ‘we’ which had gone to seed), they was a treat”. of Prakash Karat-led leadership. They have voted for the
the arm looked at by a medical person. that famous picture of himself generously, because Mich- were brushed back from fried Mr Obama ostentatiously gentle Manmohan Singh and the one who has stuck with
“Excuse me!” I said to a woman walking by. with his long-lost father in elle’s done most of the work”. food by Michelle and her treats himself to fries and them, Ms Banerjee. The resultant upheaval has made Ms
She looked terrified. “Is there by any chance Hawaii grew up to be ext- But often, when the cameras associate chef, Sam Kass. burgers to beef up his aver- Banerjee’s experiment of a parallel administration a neces-
a hospital around here?” I said, lifting my remely careful about eating are rolling, Mr Obama puts “This is a healthier version age-Joe image (even though sary step to sweep off the cobwebs of CPI(M)’s long rule
forearm to show that my enquiry was genuine and drinking in a healthy way. his organic tea aside and of fried chicken”, the first he’s anything but). Yet maybe even before the next Assembly elections in the state.
and that I was in no condition to rob or rape. The willowy commander- makes a show of heading for lady, wearing orange jeans, when Charlie Gibson and
“Oo! Nasty!” she said. Crouching like a in-chief urges out-of-shape the nearest greasy spoon. said as the kids prepared their Diane Sawyer come next ■ NITISH SENGUPTA, an academic and an author, is a
pointer in a field trial, she indicated a doc- and overweight aides to go to He boosted the business of own baked chicken snack. week to broadcast a special on former Member of Parliament and a former secretary to
tor’s surgery at the end of the road. his Chicago trainer who now Ray’s Hell Burger in Arling- Kass added: “Breaded and healthcare from inside the the Government of India
The surgery was closing. “I’ve scalded my works part-time at the White ton, Virginia, after he took baked is the new fried”. White House, the President
arm and I was wondering if I could see a doc- House — and even offers to Joe Biden there in a monster Michelle said she had want- should forgo the photo-op of
tor”, I said to the receptionist when she final- treat especially recalcitrant motorcade for lunch and ed the organic garden as a the grease-stained bovine bag
ly came off the phone. She looked doubtfully
at me. I showed my arm. Instead of looking at
it, she looked furtively off to the side.
cases.
On a date night this spring
with Michelle Obama at the
ordered a cheeseburger with
Dijon mustard (a spicy detail
that amused Republicans).
way to underscore the need
for better nutrition.
“Nearly a third of the chil-
and take the TV stars out for
what he really wants and
America really needs: some
Anti-fraud squad to
Through an open door on her right I glimpsed
a human shadow, of a doctor, I guessed,
standing just out of sight, listening carefully,
Georgetown restaurant Cit-
ronelle, the President showed
how calorie-conscious he was
When Brian Williams did
his day-at-the-White House
special two weeks ago, the
dren in this country are either
overweight or obese, and a
third will suffer from diabetes
steamed fish with a side of
snap peas. be set up by Centre
anxious that she get rid of me. when, over a three-hour meal, President took the anchor to a at some point in their life- By arrangement with the New Delhi, June 17: An DECCAN
An apologetic look in his direction from the he managed the impossible Five Guys burger joint. He time”, she said. “In Hispanic New York Times anti-fraud squad is
receptionist brought him out. “How long ago feat of nibbling only one being set up by the CHRONICLE

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did it happen?” he said, not looking at my French fry. “He wants to stay centre in Delhi to deal
arm. “Twenty minutes”, I said. “Then the skinny, you know,” chef exclusively with mal-
best thing to do is go home and put it under Michel Richard mischievous- practices relating to
the cold tap for half-an-hour”. “But I live 150 ly told Extra afterward. company laws. It was
miles away”, I said. “Can’t I come in and use On the campaign, Mr officially stated here
your tap?” Doctor and receptionist looked Obama seemed an organic today. YEARS AGO
anxiously at one another. “I’m sorry but the proselytiser for healthier eat- The squad, to be a utes it from time to
cleaner will be in soon, you see”, said the ing, telling black audiences to wing of the special time to verify the stock
receptionist, “and she won’t be very happy to stop serving their kids cold police establishment in addition to normal
find someone in her way”. Popeyes chicken and “give will go into cases of periodical verification.
“Then what do you suggest I do?” I said. ’em some breakfast”. misappropriation, fra- The department of
“Go down to one of the pubs at the end of the It was easy to imagine a sce- ud, cheating, etc., so as expenditure of the min-
road and go into the gents. Put your arm nario where the President and to guard the general istry of finance has also
under the cold tap and leave it there for half his body man, Reggie Love, interest of the share- a cell in the establish-
an hour”. I looked at him. “Try the Crooked would have their own early- holders. The Company ment division for bring-
Billet”, added the receptionist. “The toilets morning TV show called Law Administration has ing service books up-
are nicer in there than in the other one”. Downward Facing Dawn, also its own cells at to-date and for quick
I thanked them, consoling myself that at coaxing a reluctant nation into various places to deal disposal of cases relat-
least maybe I’d learnt something today about a regimen of yoga and with the complaints, ing to service matters.
the state of my Britain, noting at the same yoghurt. etc. Another squad In addition to steps
time that the small part of me which relishes When he talked to the Amer- “physical verification taken by the ministries,
pain and injury was now frantically signalling ican Medical Association on squad” is the party of improvements have
that it was having second thoughts. Monday, the President again the ministry of food and been effected in the
urged Americans to make agriculture, which dep- legal framework.
By arrangement with the Spectator their children “step away
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garden retreat
Michelle Obama harvests vegetables with fifth
graders at the White House in Washington on Tues-
day. She invited the students of the Bancroft ele-
mentary school who harvested the vegetables
planted in April.
‘Victims’
can join
Pak police
Peshawar, June 17: Civil-
ians who lived under the
Taliban’s harsh rule in Pak-
istan’s Swat Valley may
soon be recruited to police
the region — with prefer-
ence going to those hit
hardest during the mili-
tants’ two-year campaign
of terror, a top official says.
Rebuilding the valley’s
decimated police force is
considered crucial to bring-
ing home more than 2 mil-
lion people displaced by an
Army offensive and to
keeping the Taliban from
coming back. It’s a process
of great interest to the US,
which wants Pakistan to
eliminate safe havens for
militants fighting in neigh-
bouring Afghanistan.
To fight an insurgency,
“the people have to be
actively with you,” Malik
Naveed Khan, inspector-
general of police for the
North West Frontier
Province, said. — AP
N. Korea
warns of
retaliation
Seoul, June 17: North
Korea warned on Wednes-
day of a “thousand-fold”
military retaliation against
the United States and its
allies if provoked, the latest
threat in a drumbeat of
rhetoric in defence of its
rogue nuclear programme.
Japanese and South Kore-
an news reports stated that
North Korea is preparing an
additional site for test-fir-
ing a long-range missile
capable of striking the US.
The warning of a military
strike, carried by the
North’s state media, came
hours after the US Presi-
dent, Mr Barack Obama,
declared North Korea a
“grave threat” to the world,
and pledged that recent
United Nations sanctions
on the communist regime
will be aggressively
enforced.
Mr Obama and the South
Korean President, Mr Lee
Myung-bak met in Wash-
ington on Tuesday for a
landmark summit in which
the two leaders agreed to
build a regional and global
“strategic alliance” to per-
suade North Korea to dis-
mantle all its nuclear
weapons. — AP
DELAY: For the second
time in less than a week,
a potentially dangerous
hydrogen gas leak on
Wednesday forced Nasa
to delay shuttle Endeav-
our’s launch to July.
— AP
TERROR CRACKDOWN
Lankan cricket team attackers held
Lahore, June 17: Pakistan
on Wednesday announced
the arrest of a terrorist
allegedly involved in the
attack on the Sri Lankan
cricket team here and said
that Taliban commander
Baitullah Mehsud’s group
was behind the strike.
Identifying the arrested
person as Zubair alias Nek
Mohammad, the Lahore
police chief, Mr Pervaiz
Rathore said that the March
3 attack was carried out by
“Punjabi Taliban” militants,
affiliated to Tehrik-e-Tal-
iban Pakistan of feared ter-
rorist leader Mehsud.
Mr Rathore said Zubair
NEWSMAKERS
400 in race
to marry
heiress
Seoul, June 17: About
400 South Koreans have
applied to marry a million-
airess who advertised for a
soulmate but only eight
“serious-minded” appli-
cants will make the
final cut, a matchmak-
ing agency said on
Wednesday.
The 49-year-old
woman who is
reportedly worth
$18 million has
been seeking a
husband through
an online adver-
tisement since
May 20,
spokeswoman
a US show
for the Sunoo
matchmaking
agency said.
Some 394 men —
including doctors, sol-
diers and government
employees and rang-
ing in age from 26 to
49 years — respond-
ed to the advertise-
ment. “As a business
operator, she was
too busy to find a
husband herself,”
the spokeswoman
told. “We initially
planned to keep the
bid open until the
end of this month
but the woman felt
burdened by the unwel-
come media attention
and she wanted it closed
on Tuesday.”
— AFP
ACHIEVER: Indian Ameri-
can Ken Mathew has been
appointed as the deputy
mayor of Stafford, Texas,
becoming the first person of
the community to hold the
post in the US.
● OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR “MOURNING” BY WEARING BLACK
Mousavi challenges clerics
ALI AKBAR DAREINI
TEHRAN
June 17: The Iranian Oppo-
sition leader, Mr Mir Hos-
sein Mousavi, issued a
direct challenge on Wednes-
day to the country’s
supreme leader and cleric-
led system, calling for a
mass rally to protest disput-
ed election results and vio-
lence against his followers.
A crackdown on dissent
continued, with more arrests
of Opposition figures
reported, and the country’s
most powerful military
force — the Revolutionary
Guard — saying that Iranian
websites and bloggers must
remove any materials that
“create tension” or face
legal action.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei has told Mr
Mousavi to pursue his
demands through the elec-
toral system and called for
Iranians to unite behind
their Islamic government,
had carried out the attack
with six accomplices. All
seven terrorists who took
part in the assault belonged
to the “Punjabi Taliban”, he
said.
Zubair had identified
Aqeel alias Arslan alias Dr
Usman as the mastermind of
the attack, the police chief
said.
Mr Rathore identified the
other five terrorists involved
in the attack as Samiuallah
alias Ijaz, Adnan alias Saj-
jad, Ajmal alias Ehsan,
Farooq Ahmed and Omar
alias Abdul Wahab.
Most of them come from
Dera Ghazi Khan.
an extraordinary appeal in
response to tensions over
the presidential vote.
But Mr Mousavi appears
unwilling to back down,
issuing on his website a call
for a mass demonstration on
Thursday.
“We want a peaceful rally
to protest the unhealthy
trend of the election and
realise our goal of annulling
the results,” he said.
Mr Mousavi called for his
followers to wear or carry
black in mourning for the
alleged election fraud and
the deaths of protesters, and
said there should be “a new
presidential election that
will not repeat the shameful
fraud from the previous
election.”
Websites associated with
Mr Mousavi and the
reformists called for at least
one rally later on Wednes-
day, but the Opposition
leader made no reference to
the gathering in his official
statement.
Samiullah, who belonged
to Nankana Sahib, arranged
transportation that was used
by the terrorists to escape
after the attack.
Eight persons were killed
and over 20 others, includ-
ing several Sri Lankan play-
ers, injured when the terror-
ists ambushed the team’s
motorcade at the busy Lib-
erty traffic roundabout near
the Gaddafi stadium here.
The Sri Lankan cricket
team was being taken for the
third day of the second Test
against Pakistan when ter-
rorists armed with guns,
rocket launcher and
grenades attacked them.
Obama, Pitt most ‘desirable’ dads Obama
London, June 17: Hol-
lywood heartthrob
Brad Pitt and US Pres-
ident Barack Obama
have come out on top
of a list of celebrity
dads most women
would like to see in
their underwear.
While 45-year-
old Pitt emerged
on top of the list
compiled in the
US for the occa-
sion of Father’s
The bands (above) Sugarland and the B-52’s perform at the CMT Music
Awards in Nashville, Tennsylvania. Taylor Swift (right) accepts the Video of
the Year Award for her song Love Story.
INTERNATIONAL
Nuclear weapon by 2014
Jerusalem, June 17:
Describing it as an existen-
tial threat to Tel Aviv, the
chief of Israel’s intelli-
gence agency has warned
that Iran is capable of
developing and launching
its first nuclear weapon by
2014.
“Launching a bomb these
days is no problem, techni-
cally speaking,” Mr Meir
Dagan, chief of Mossad,
told members of the Knes-
set foreign affairs commit-
Mr Mousavi and his sup-
porters accuse the govern-
ment of rigging the June 12
elections.
Their street protests,
paired with dissent from
powerful clerical and politi-
cal figures, have presented
one of the gravest threats to
Iran’s complex blend of
Zubair was identi-
fied from CCTV
footage . Zubair
told his interroga-
tors that the terror-
ists wanted to
hijack the Lankan
team’s bus to
secure the release
of some arrested
colleagues and to
press the
government to
accept other
demands.
Barack Obama
DC
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009
DOWNTURN: After much delay and
hard bargaining by allies, Nepal’s
Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal
on Wednesday expanded his 11-mem-
ber Cabinet by inducting 10 new minis-
ters but failed to give full shape to his
government.
tee on Wednesday. “If the
project has no technical
glitches, and if Iran’s pro-
gramme does not malfunc-
tion in any way, they will
have a bomb to launch by
2014,” he stressed.
The head of the Israeli
secret service which has
generated awe in many
parts of the world for some
of their daring missions
also emphasised on foiling
Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
— PTI
democracy and religious
authority since the system
emerged from the 1979
Islamic Revolution.
Tensions appeared to be
spreading further into the
Iranian political and reli-
gious classes — and even
into the realm of sports.
— AP
Mr Rathore said Zubair
had revealed that Aqueel
alias Arslan was also
involved in an attack on for-
mer President Pervez
Musharraf. Aqeel acted on
the instructions of Pakistani
Taliban chief Baitullah
Mehsud, he added.
Zubair was identified from
CCTV footage of the terror-
ists leaving the attack site,
Mr Rathore said. Zubair told
his interrogators that the ter-
rorists wanted to hijack the
Lankan team’s bus to secure
the release of some arrested
colleagues and to press the
government to accept other
demands. — PTI
Brad Pitt
— Agencies
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write to parents
T.V. SRIRAM
CHETTIKULAM, SRI LANKA
June 17: Hundreds of sur-
rendered LTTE child sol-
diers, who are being kept
in various welfare camps
in Vavuniya, have been
allo-wed to exchange let-
ters and telephone calls
with their parents, a top
commander said.
“We have started allow-
ing them to exchange let-
ters with their parents,
though they are yet not
permitted to interact with
them directly,” competent
authority for the IDPs
Major General G.A. Chan-
drasiri said.
Talking to an Indian con-
voy led by high commis-
sioner Alok Prasad, Major
General Chandrasiri said
the former child soldiers
Day, 47-year-old Obama
came in at number five,
reported Contactmusic.
Pitt has six children with
partner Angelina Jolie
while Obama has two
daughters with wife
Michelle Obama.
The actor beat Matthew
McConaughey by five per
cent to claim the top spot in
the survey conducted by
underwear manufacturers
Jockey. Hugh Jackman was
named third. — PTI
Boyle may
perform in
London, June 17: Scottish
singer Susan Boyle has
been invited to perform on
the US version of the reality
show Britain’s Got Talent.
America’s Got Talent
judge Piers Morgan said the
singer is welcome to per-
form on the talent competi-
tion, reported people.com.
“Susan singing live to 25
million Americans? That
would be great,” added
Morgan.
Susan Boyle, who was
briefly hospitalised for
exhaustion in a clinic here
after she landed in second
place on the British compe-
tition, has returned to per-
forming. Simon Cowell,
who has produced both the
shows, plans to bring her to
the US stage. — IANS
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could also talk to their
family members over
phone.
“We are also in the
process of commencing
vocational programmes
for them and providing
overseas jobs to the trained
ones,” he told the convoy
on his way to inspect an
Indian hospital for IDPs in
Vavuniya.
“Many child soldiers
have been identified from
various welfare centres in
Vavuniya,” the National
Child Protection Authority
chairman, Mr Jagath
Wellawaththa said.
The children have
forcibly been recruited by
the LTTE for military
activities against the gov-
ernment forces during the
war period, Mr
Wellawaththa said. — PTI
smacks
fly dead
Washington, June 17: A
pesky fly had to face the
might of the United States
President, Mr Barack
Obama, also Commander-
in-Chief of the world’s
most powerful military,
when it ‘attacked’ him dur-
ing a television interview.
During the interview with
CNBC at the White House,
Obama was pestered by a
fly and he took matters into
his own hands by killing it
instantly, perhaps giving
credence to his argument
that democrat presidents
can take tough decisions.
Mr Obama initially told
the persistent fly: “Get out
of here.”
But it did not. So he wait-
ed for the fly to settle and
then smacked it dead at the
first attempt, displaying
that the 48-year-old had
sharp reflexes.
Without missing a beat, as
the cameras continued to
roll, Mr Obama asked the
CNBC correspondent, Mr
John Harwood: “Now,
where were we? That was
pretty impressive, wasn’t
it? I got the sucker.”
With the camera still
rolling, the United States
President pointed at the
crushed beastie on the floor
and said: “Do you want to
film that?” CNBC did.
That fly is history.
— AP, PTI
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14,522.84 on heavy selling by ue to be weak, though after FTSE -36.13
HINDALCO IN 1,064.25 -5.25
FIIs. Bank stocks that were up on Wednesday’s fall there could be
STERLITE IN 93.80 -4.89
Tuesday were beaten down on some bargain buying as some
stocks were beaten down 8-10 NTPC LTD 603.10 -4.68
Wednesday. per cent. WIPRO LTD. 213.95 -4.62

MARKET 435.07

14,522
Sensex 161.65

4,332
Nifty Rs 20

Rs 14,490
Gold Rs 55

Rs 22,675
Silver Rs 39

48.13
Dollar

Sensex sees 4th Honda’s

Fed gets more teeth
currency
$1 Rs 47.91
Euro 1
£1
£1
Rs 66.34
Rs 78.91
$ 1.62
Washington, June 17: The
Euro 1 $ 1.38 US President, Mr Barack
Obama, is offering a broad-
news glance scale overhaul of the finan-
cial system, saying hard
RNRL may times struck largely
because a post-Depression
era business regulatory
implead in scheme couldn’t keep up
with an increasingly global
NTPC case economy.
In remarks readied for the
ANIL AMBANI group unveiling of new rules to
firm Reliance Natural govern business, Mr
Resources Ltd is all set to Obama attributed much of
intervene in another case the country’s current prob-
related to gas supply lem to “a cascade of mis-
between Mukesh Ambani- takes and missed opportuni-
led RIL and state-run ties” which happened over
power producer NTPC. several decades.
“RNRL will intervene in Mr Obama said “a culture
the RIL-NTPC High Court of irresponsibility took root
matter,” a source said. from Wall Street to Washi-
A culture of
irresponsibility
took root from
Wall Street to
Washington to
Main Street.”
Barack Obama
US President
ngton to Main Street.”
Mr Obama calls for
putting the Federal Reserve
in charge of monitoring
“systemic risk” to the econ-
omy that may be posed by
the largest financial firms,
with the aim of preventing a
repeat of the banking and
capital markets crisis of the
past year.
As detailed in an 88-page
document, the Obama plan
calls for closing the Office
of Thrift Supervision, a
Treasury Department unit,
and eliminating the federal
charter under which savings
and loans operate, with the
objective of streamlining
bank supervision.
The Federal Reserve
would work in conjunction
with a council of other reg-
ulators to be chaired by
Treasury.
The administration takes
on tough jobs in the plan,
such as forcing large firms
to boost their capital cush-
ions and imposing regula-
tions on over-the-counter
derivatives and securitised
instruments.
But it only partially tack-
les one task once seen as
vital — a top-to-bottom
revamp of existing financial
regulatory agencies.
No merger of the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commi-
ssion (SEC) and the Com-
modity Futures Trading
Commission (CFTC) is
being proposed due to polit-
ical reasons.
Under the Obama plan,
the government would be
empowered to seize and
unwind large, troubled co-
mpanies that are not banks.
US Senate and House of
Representatives commit-
tees will hold more than a
dozen hearings on regulato-
ry reform between now and
mid-July. — AP, Reuters
biggest fall in ’09
Mumbai, June 17: The
Sensex on Wednesday
reve-rsed its three-month
rally by recording the
fourth-biggest fall of 435
points on renewed worries
about the world’s largest
economy after the US Pres-
ident, Mr Barack Obama,
remarked that the
economies will take a long
time to rebound.
The 30-share Sensex fell
by 435.07 points at
14,522.84 after hitting the
day’s low of 14,447.02 on
heavy selling in last 30
minutes of trading due to
worries about the US Presi-
dent’s remarks.
In a similar fashion, the
wide-based National Stock
Exchange index cracked
the crucial 4,400 points
level to trade at 4,356.15,
losing 161.65 points.
Before the close, the Nifty
touched the day’s low of
4,332.80 points.
Market participants were
withdrawing their invest-
ment from the market, fear-
ing that a similar run may
not be repeated till the
Union Budget on July 6,
brokers said.
The selling spree hap-
pened as Mr Obama, ahead
of his final dose to the
economy, said the unem-
ployment rate will rise to 10
per cent in the US, the
largest market for India’s
software business. — PTI
plant on
full steam
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Honda Siel Cars
India on Wednesday refut-
ed the media reports that
the company has put the
operations of its new
assembly plant at Tapukara
in Rajasthan on hold.
“This report is completely
untrue. The plant’s phase I
operation is complete. We
are still producing engine
components from the
Tapukara plant and bring-
ing them to Greater Noida
plant for assembling,” a
spokesperson said.
She, however, said assem-
bling operations at the plant
have been postponed.

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business DC
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009 14
biz
briefs
Rebate on pay arrears allowed Airlines
raise fares
TAX
28 years old. He was diag-
nosed with “moderate
mental retardation” hav-
(including nursing, training,
and rehabilitation of a hand-
icapped dependent).
claim deduction U/s 80DD.
The deduction of a flat
amount of Rs 50,000 will be
such a case, the assessing
officer shall, on an applica-
tion made to him in this
by Rs 400
MATTERS ing an IQ level of less than b) Paid or deposited amount allowed irrespective of behalf, grant a relief under DC CORRESPONDENT
50. I was availing deduc- under any scheme of LIC or quantum of expenditure rule 21A of the IT Rules. NEW DELHI
Kamal Rathi tion under Section 80DD any other insurer or the incurred or deposit made. Since you are receiving the
for having a dependent administrator or the speci- Besides, where the depend- arrears from the Central June 17: Air-fares have
Q) I have invested in bonds the date of investment. disabled child based on the fied company and approved ent is a person with severe government, you may fur- once again gone up. On
of REC and availed Section 54EC provides that certificate obtained from by the board for the mainte- disability, the deduction nish to your employer, such Wednesday, private airlines
exemption under Section if the bonds are transferred NIHM. But it has been nance of dependent with dis- shall be Rs 75,000. particulars in the prescribed Jet Airways and Kingfisher
54EC for capital gains. or converted into money stopped now. ability. form 10E. The employer in Airlines announced that
The bonds had a lock in- within three years from Shankar This LIC scheme provides Q) I will get around Rs 4 such a case shall compute they had raised the fuel sur-
period of five years. Now I acquisition, the capital gain Via email the payment of annuity or lakhs in this financial year the relief U/s 89 on the basis charge by Rs 400 across the
came know that I could that was earlier exempt lumpsum amount for indi- as salary arrears under of such particulars and take board on account of the
have withdrawn the entire would be chargeable in the For claming deduction vidual or the member of Sixth pay commission. Do it in to account while recent hikes in prices of
World food amount invested along
with the accretion after 36
year in which the bonds are
transferred or converted in
under Section 80DD in
respect of maintenance,
HUF in whose name sub-
scription has been made,
I need to pay IT for the full
amount in this year only or
deducting tax at source. The
relief provided U/s 89 varies
aviation turbine fuel. State-
owned carrier Air India is
months from the date of to money. In your case, including medical treat- and the subscriber is can I avail a 20 per cent for each individual and there also expected to raise the
prices set to investment. If I withdraw
the same on the comple-
since you are redeeming
only three years, you will
ment, of a handicapped
dependent, the assessee
required to nominate the
handicapped dependent or
rebate through Form 10i?
Wing Commander M.
cannot be any specific rate
of rebate for the arrears
surcharge in a day or two.
Both Jet Airways and
rise: OECD tion of 36 month, will there
be a capital gain tax?
not have to pay capital gain
tax. The interest on bonds
should be a resident Indian
or a resident Hindu Undivid-
any other person or a trust to
be paid on his behalf, for the
Ghosh (Retd.)
Via Email
received. Kingfisher Airlines annou-
nced that they had raised
Paris: World food prices M. Manohar would however be taxable. ed Family. benefit of the handicapped (Kamal Rathi is a chartered fares from Wednesday for
will rise over the next 10 Via email Also, the assessee should dependent. If an assessee’s gets an accountant, representing Rathi distances above 750 kms
years but are unlikely to hit Q) I am a Central govern- have met all the following Since you have incurred income in nature of salary, & Malani, a Hyderabad-based (by Rs 400) from Rs 3,000
the peaks seen during the There will be no liability to ment employee. I still have conditions in the previous expenditure for the medical being paid in arrears in any accounting firm. to Rs 3,400 while the
food crisis in 2007 and capital gain tax if you with- one-and-half-year service. year: treatment or training or one financial year, due to Readers can mail their increase for distances lesser
2008, the OECD and the draw the amount invested in I have a conjugal mental- a) Incurred expenditure for rehabilitation of a handi- which his total income is queries on income tax to than 750 kms is from Rs
UN’s agriculture agency REC bonds 36 months from ly-challenged son, who is the medical treatment capped dependent, you can assessed at a higher rate. In kamalrathi.ca@gmail.com) 2,150 to Rs 2,550. Both
said in a report on Jetlite, the low-cost carrier
Wednesday. of Jet Airways, and the low-
Poor farmers have strug-
gled to meet demand needs
and benefit from higher
prices, with cereal output
elegant red
Centre slaps ban on cost Jet Airways Konnect
service that is operated by
Jet Airways as well as
Kingfisher Red (the erstwh-
rising 13 per cent in devel-
oped countries but only two
per cent in developing
countries last year, the
China toys, milk items ile Air Deccan) have raised
their fuel surcharge from
Rs 2,700 to Rs 3,100 for
distances above 750 kms
report also said. New Delhi, June 17: India nied by a certificate from while the increase is from
has restricted imports of Chinese laboratories accredited to Rs 1,950 to Rs 2,350 to dis-
Goldman to toys that do not meet inter-
national safety standards ordered to
the International Laboratory
Accreditation Cooperation
tances below 750 kms.
Air India sources said the
repay $10b and norms till January 2010.
In January this year, India
had prohibited import of
‘Buy China’
(ILAC) would be allowed.
“A certificate of confor-
mance from the manufactur-
airline was actively consid-
ering raising the fuel sur-
charge and would take a
investment toys from China on health
grounds. The restriction
Beijing, June 17: China
has imposed a require-
er that representative sample
of the toys being imported
decision in this regard with-
in a day or two. Going by
New York: Goldman Sachs was, however, eased on Chi- ment for its stimulus have been tested by an inde- the quantum of hikes in fuel
says it is ready to repay a nese toys which met interna- projects to use domesti- pendent laboratory,” it said. surcharge, those announced
$10 billion government tional safety norms. cally made goods — a Meanwhile, India has by Jet Airways and King-
investment on Wednesday. The import restrictions as- move that could strain extended the ban on import fisher Airlines (as well as
The bank made the disclo- sume significance as China ties with trading partners of dairy products from their respective low-cost
sure in letters to high-rank- had questioned India for not after Beijing criticised China for six months to carriers) are exactly the
ing congressmen and sena- implementing safety standa- Washington’s “Buy ward off any threat of con- same.
tors on Tuesday. Goldman rd norms on toys being imp- American” stimulus pro- taminated whitener which Previous hikes have alw-
Sachs is one of 10 large US orted from other countries. visions. had caused deaths of few ays been examined clo-sely
banks that obtained “Import of toys is prohibit- Projects must obtain infants. by the DGCA which is anx-
approval last week to pay ed up to January 23, 2010 official permission to use In September 2008, India ious to ensure that no
back a total of $68 billion Fiat chief operating officer Silverio Bonfiglioli and Fiat India CEO Rajeev and until further orders,” the imported goods, said an had imposed the ban on Chi- monopolistic practices are
received as part of the gov- Kapoor (right) pose Punto launched in New Delhi on Wednesday. Mr Bon- directorate-general of for- order issued by planning nese milk and its products resorted to by airlines.
ernment’s $700 billion figlioli said Fiat would bring Chrysler brands to India. But he did not give eign trade said. agency. —AP for three months which was Earlier this week, it was
Troubled Asset Relief Pro- further details. The major car brands of Chrysler are Avenger, Caliber, “However, toys conform- later extended in Dece-mber reported that state-run oil
gram. The program was Challe-nger and Viper. — PTI ing to international health last year for six months. The firms hiked jet fuel or avia-
aimed at reviving the stag- safety standards can be said. However, DGFT said ban was to expire on June tion turbine fuel (ATF)
nant lending markets. imported,” the notification imports of toys accompa- 24. — PTI rates by over 12 per cent.

BSE 500 GAINERS + BSE 500 LOSERS — NSE GAINERS + NSE LOSERS —
STOCKS Company Today’s Prev. % Vol. Company Today’s Prev. % Vol. Company Today’s Prev. % Vol. Company Today’s Prev. % Vol.
Instanex Skindia DR
● The BSE stock quotations followed by close close chg close close chg
CASTROL INDIA 366 347.4 5.35 287114 HINDUS CONST 96.55 107.65 -10.31 1645556 close close chg close close chg
trailing 12 months P/E and high/low
prices in the preceeding 52 weeks are IL&FS INVTSM 141.4 134.7 4.97 2524 REDINGTON 246 272.9 -9.86 285548
PANACEA BIOT 150.9 144.1 4.72 46967 S.KUMARS NAT 46.1 51.05 -9.70 1580002 FTCPOF3YGR 11.55 10.50 10.00 40 HCC 96.55 107.60 -10.27 5,643,882
given.
EIH LIMITED 129.45 124.75 3.77 94900 RUCHI SOYA 43.6 48.2 -9.54 1117368
LGBROS 14.55 13.40 8.58 474,447 SKUMARSYNF 45.95 51.10 -10.08 3,762,246
● P/E is the ratio of the closing share PIRAMA HEALT
ASIAN ELECT
277.3
47.45
268.1
46
3.43
3.15
95272
290176
USHA MARTIN
LANCO INFRA
53.5
344
59.05
378.6
-9.40
-9.14
528008
639567
price to the earnings per share or EPS. ADVANTA 605.6 587.65 3.05 37737 RELI INDU INFRA 1021.05 1123 -9.08 467288
GRUH 185.40 172.55 7.45 187,856 GARWALLROP 54.05 60.05 -9.99 34,589

MCLEOD RUSEL 107.3 104.45 2.73 2316597 JET AIRWAYS 238.5 262.25 -9.06 678488 MINDAIND 157.60 147.00 7.21 672 ATUL 63.00 69.80 -9.74 321,575
CADILA HEALT 352 343.9 2.36 23734 INDIAN HOT COMP.64.85 71.3 -9.05 892910
(Compiled by DECCAN CHRONICLE) JAIN IRRI SY 664.85 650.5 2.21 35068 MANGALORE REF 86.6 95.15 -8.99 4368020 IVP 28.30 26.55 6.59 5,067 SAHPETRO 20.15 22.30 -9.64 18,745

GROUP A JAIN IRRI SY 636.00 670.00 636.00 664.85 770.00 229.00 34.03
NIFTY JAIPRA HYDRO 93.90 96.00 85.10 86.80 144.00 22.65 27.91
Scrip Open High Low Close 52w. H 52w. L P/E Scrip Open High Low Close 52w. H 52w. L P/E JAIPRAK ASSO 222.00 224.30 202.10 205.10 510.00 47.05 41.52
ABB LTD 770.65 778.00 746.00 749.90 978.30 343.35 29.03 ABAN OFFSHO 985.00 1,032.90 920.00 940.35 5,400.00 601.00 21.56 JINDAL SAW 399.00 409.90 377.00 381.75 1,224.90 230.00 5.42
ACC LTD 848.60 848.60 824.00 829.05 903.60 365.00 14.15 ABB LTD 771.00 777.55 747.05 749.80 1,574.50 379.15 30.40 JINDAL STEEL 2,595.00 2,684.85 2,490.00 2,503.05 3,356.00 517.30 31.30
AMBUJACEM 99.90 100.00 96.30 96.90 106.90 43.00 10.62 ACC LTD 842.00 849.00 821.00 826.55 1,098.40 369.00 12.60 JSW SL 670.00 685.00 625.00 632.40 1,365.80 170.40 6.85
BHARTIARTL 804.80 825.30 794.00 802.95 1,036.00 483.00 19.39 ADANI ENTER 745.00 769.95 710.50 713.20 1,335.00 255.00 56.43 JUBILANT ORG 168.40 173.75 165.00 167.15 390.95 102.00 6.09
BHEL 2,102.35 2,170.00 2,067.00 2,092.40 2,400.00 981.00 35.82 ADI BIR NUVO 950.00 1,009.65 860.00 898.75 2,502.00 421.00 42.08 KARNATAKA BK 137.05 143.00 131.50 135.35 286.00 68.00 6.80
BPCL 445.05 447.00 425.40 436.20 516.40 206.00 24.88 ADLABS FILMS 411.00 419.80 379.25 385.85 1,945.00 130.15 25.97 KOTAK BANK 692.50 694.80 638.80 648.05 1,435.55 239.00 76.07
CIPLA LTD 262.30 262.30 252.20 257.40 263.40 145.00 28.54 ALSTOM PROJE 465.00 466.40 433.00 439.75 1,085.00 191.00 43.42 LAKSHMI MA W 1,044.00 1,044.00 951.00 958.95 3,621.00 507.00 4.90
DLF 350.00 363.45 327.10 333.20 579.90 124.05 12.26 AMBUJA CEME 99.90 99.90 95.50 96.15 152.00 43.00 10.15 LANCO INFRA 383.00 385.00 339.25 344.00 868.80 83.10 38.23 MUTUAL FUNDS (OPEN ENDED SCHEMES)
GAS AUTHORTY 290.00 293.00 277.15 279.90 323.00 164.50 12.56 AMTEK AUTO L 148.05 152.00 144.05 145.60 497.00 42.25 8.18 LARSEN & TOU 1,526.55 1,529.80 1,455.00 1,466.55 2,200.00 670.00 19.74 Scheme Name Nav(Rs) JM MT F-Rtl P - G P B Opt 13.13 FT Ind Bluechip F-G 149.67 Equ Opp F-G P-G Opt 20.13
APOLLO HOS E 490.70 502.70 490.30 495.50 630.30 350.00 28.21 LIC H. FINAN 611.00 618.00 565.00 571.80 571.80 151.00 11.81 As on 17-06-2009 (9.40 pm) E & DerF-B-B Opt 12.09 MT F-Rtl P - G P G Opt 18.39 FT Ind Flexi Cap F-D P 14.09 G F-D P-(D) 46.00
GRASIM IND 2,399.00 2,410.05 2,281.35 2,314.95 2,698.30 824.00 9.71
AREVA 353.80 353.80 325.00 327.80 529.00 130.00 7.33 LUPIN LTD 848.00 865.00 835.10 851.40 851.40 429.90 15.77 E & DerF-D-D Opt 10.15 MT F-Rtl P - Mth D P 10.41 FT Ind Flexi Cap F-G P 22.14 G F-G P-B Opt 53.77
HCL TECHNOLO 207.00 211.00 192.05 196.05 297.90 86.65 12.39 ASIAN PAINTS 1,154.00 1,155.00 1,103.10 1,120.25 1,319.95 830.00 28.44 M M T C LTD. 35,940.00 35,940.00 33,496.85 33,511.15 41,307.10 9,125.00 812.79 Birla Sun Life E & DerF-G-G Opt 13.05 MT F-Rtl P - Qua D P 10.85 FT Ind Ind F - BSE P 40.76 G F-G P-G Opt 324.14
HDFC BANK LT 1,540.00 1,584.00 1,520.00 1,544.75 1,584.00 774.00 29.22 AXIS BANK 770.00 770.00 713.30 720.85 1,291.00 362.80 24.14 MADRAS CEMNT 106.90 106.90 98.00 99.45 240.00 55.00 0.29 Bnd Ind F-D P 10.12 Floater F - LT P-D Opt 14.06 Mth Inc P-G P 17.87 FT Ind Ind F- Nifty P 34.30 Ind F-Nifty P-B Opt 19.52
HDFC LTD. 2,300.00 2,324.95 2,251.20 2,280.90 2,847.40 1,119.00 28.13 BAJ HOLD INV 432.00 442.00 406.00 411.25 2,848.00 224.00 13.56 MAHANAG TELE 110.70 111.50 102.15 103.20 219.45 51.75 12.82 Bnd Ind F-G P 13.60 Floater F - LT P-G Opt 14.01 Mth Inc P-Mth D P 11.24 FT Ind Opp F-D 12.08 Ind F-Nifty P-D Opt 19.52
HEROHONDA 1,405.00 1,458.40 1,345.10 1,411.35 1,587.80 632.50 21.99 BAJAJHINDLTD 214.00 216.85 199.55 202.40 399.50 38.25 31.93 MAHINDRA & M 780.00 782.00 743.05 749.15 872.00 235.50 19.63 Bnd Plus-Inst D 10.74 Floater F - LT P-Pre D P 10.21 Mth Inc P-Qua D P 12.90 FT Ind Opp F - G 24.20 Ind F-Nifty P-G Opt 19.52
HINDALCO IND 98.80 98.85 92.10 94.00 160.79 36.75 5.08 Bnd Plus-Inst G 16.84 Floater F - LT P-Pre G P 13.47 NRI Inc F-D P-D Opt 11.80 FT Ind Prima F-D 38.23 Ind F-Sensex P-B Opt 23.46
BALRAMPUR C* 105.80 108.80 99.50 100.60 127.90 29.70-164.92 MANGALORE RE 97.70 97.70 85.20 86.60 149.00 30.00 12.31 Bnd Plus-Rtl - D 11.17 Inc F-D 9.98 NRI Inc F-G P-G Opt 11.80 FT Ind Prima F-G 173.55 Ind F-Sensex P-D Opt 23.46
HINDUNILVR 267.00 267.00 256.40 261.60 271.90 185.10 22.78 BANK OF INDIA 327.20 330.90 310.55 313.70 466.00 189.00 8.20 MARUTISUZUKI 1,070.00 1,084.00 1,046.00 1,058.85 1,058.85 446.00 17.59 Inc F-G P - G Opt 28.21 ST F-D Re-Invst P 10.62 FT Ind Prima Plus-D 25.69
Bnd Plus-Rtl G 16.55 Ind F-Sensex P-G Opt 23.46
ICICI BANK L 730.00 749.50 715.00 722.45 835.00 252.30 22.48 BEML LTD 862.00 869.80 840.00 847.00 1,830.00 280.00 17.58 MAX INDIA L. 234.50 249.00 228.00 230.20 286.00 81.00 82.51 Dy Bnd F-Rtl P-G 14.65 Inc G - B Opt 11.54 ST F-G P 16.63 FT Ind Prima Plus-G 154.26 Media & Ent F-D P-D Opt 15.62
IDEA 86.80 88.60 79.10 80.85 111.85 34.00 26.34 BF UTILITIES 838.00 838.00 778.65 778.65 2,749.85 552.35 811.10 MOSER BAER 107.40 109.90 96.10 99.75 344.80 50.05 -16.91 Dy Bnd F-Rtl P-Qua D 11.16 MIP F-Ann D 11.25 ST F-Qua D P 13.81 FT Infotech F-D 11.64 Media & Ent F-G P-B Opt 20.00
INFOSYS TECH 1,698.00 1,742.10 1,676.35 1,711.45 1,950.00 1,040.00 16.36 BHARAT ELECT 1,450.00 1,458.00 1,285.00 1,311.20 2,170.00 545.40 14.11 MPHASIS LTD 345.10 355.00 340.00 346.10 346.10 119.40 32.69 Fix Mat P - Ann Ser 3-D 10.00 MIP F-G 14.01 FT Infotech F-G 33.57 Media & Ent F-G P-G Opt 20.00
ITC LTD. 198.00 200.00 192.50 193.80 223.25 132.05 21.97 BHARAT FORGE 179.00 183.70 168.20 170.55 389.75 78.10 13.88 MUNDRA PORT 635.00 645.00 612.00 615.60 1,324.00 250.00 120.00 Fix Mat P - Ann Ser 3-G 12.51 MIP F-Mth D 10.04 SBI FT Pha F - D 15.86 NRI Equ F-D P-D Opt 19.77
Fix Mat P - Ann Yly Ser 1-D 10.28 MIP F-Qua D 10.55 Inc F-B 13.05 FT Pha F - G 29.98 NRI Equ F-G P-B Opt 27.63
LARSEN & TOU 1,520.00 1,523.80 1,455.00 1,468.85 1,698.70 556.00 22.68 BHARAT PETRO 452.00 453.00 431.00 436.90 560.00 206.00 -2.26 NAG CONS COM 130.00 136.90 124.00 126.90 372.80 40.50 17.70 ST F..-- Inst P - D 10.35 Inc F-D 10.35 T Ind Equ Inc F-D P 11.65
Fix Mat P - Ann Yly Ser 1-G 10.81 NRI Equ F-G P-G Opt 27.63
MAHINDRA & M 775.00 783.00 742.00 749.65 829.00 235.00 14.54 BHARTI ARTL 814.75 824.50 795.00 802.35 1,027.00 484.00 24.39 NAT ALUM CO 365.00 369.95 355.50 360.15 565.90 108.35 14.29 Fix Mat P - Qua Ser II-D 10.00 ST F..-- Inst P - G 12.42 Inc F-G 21.54 T Ind Equ Inc F-G P 13.53 Pha F-D-D 20.43
MARUTI 1,071.30 1,085.40 1,050.00 1,061.05 1,119.00 433.00 24.98 BHEL 2,165.00 2,180.00 2,065.00 2,089.85 2,626.00 984.10 35.64 NDTV LTD. 149.00 159.90 141.15 145.55 511.75 69.00 56.64 Fix Mat P - Qua Ser II-G 13.91 ST F..-D P 11.41 Inc F F R P- LT - R (D) 10.85 T Ind G F-D P 40.50 Pha F-G P-B 25.77
NAT ALUM CO 359.00 368.45 356.00 359.65 488.00 105.25 18.21 BHUSH STEEL 796.65 804.70 695.85 718.60 1,730.00 313.00 7.43 NESTLE LTD 1,815.00 1,855.00 1,783.00 1,842.90 1,880.00 1,200.05 37.28 Inc Plus-Rtl (D) 11.23 ST F..-G P 17.29 Inc F F R P- LT - R (G) 13.43 T Ind G F-G P 81.08 Pha F-G P-G 25.77
NTPC 225.10 225.50 211.30 213.70 233.00 113.00 21.78 BIOCON LTD 208.00 212.50 187.15 191.65 315.00 86.55 9.80 NEYVELI LIG. 132.80 135.50 120.05 122.15 273.90 44.50 17.45 Inc Plus-Rtl (G) 40.66 Inc F F R P- ST (D) 10.46 R Savs F-DEBT P-G Opt 11.94
BOB 439.90 444.00 424.00 428.55 501.00 188.30 10.88 NTPC LTD 225.00 225.90 212.00 213.95 291.00 113.00 23.80 MIP-P A (D) 11.06 PRINCIPAL Inc F F R P- ST - (G) 13.67 HDFC R Savs F-Equ P-G Opt 21.28
ONG CORP LTD 1,126.00 1,129.70 1,047.35 1,061.20 1,220.00 538.15 11.42 Child ben F-Sup Sav-Career Bld P 68.10 Inc Plus F- Invst P (D) 10.77 Capital Bld F-D P 17.95
BOMBAY DYEI 348.00 354.50 325.25 330.40 1,065.00 132.75 205.22 ONG CORP LTD 1,130.00 1,130.00 1,052.10 1,064.25 1,356.70 538.10 14.13 MIP-P B 22.99 R Savs F-HYBRID P-G Opt 15.81
POWERGRID 125.80 125.80 117.10 119.05 130.00 52.00 29.61 MIP-P C (G) 22.99 Child ben F-Sup Sav-Future Guard P 67.11 Inc Plus F- Invst P (G) 14.56 Capital Bld F-G P 67.21 Vis F-D P-D 37.86
PUNJAB NATIO 634.85 647.00 605.00 614.85 725.00 286.00 6.06 BOSCH LTD 3,399.00 3,399.00 3,225.00 3,245.35 5,340.00 2,675.05 18.79 OPTO CIRCUIT 163.00 172.00 159.65 160.65 341.77 69.50 12.72 Fl. Ra F - FMP-G 13.94 Inc Plus F- Savs P (D) 10.20 CORE & SATELLITE F- D 16.71
MIP - Sav 5 P-P A (D) 11.28 Vis F-G P-B Opt 32.79
RCOM 327.90 334.80 306.00 309.05 542.80 131.10 10.80 CAIRN IND 239.95 242.00 233.15 234.90 342.50 88.15-469.80 ORIENTAL BK 178.40 180.90 171.60 173.05 321.00 109.95 5.44 MIP - Sav 5 P-P B (G) 15.67 Fl. Ra F - FMP-Insti. G 14.06 Inc Plus F- Savs P (G) 10.54 CORE & SATELLITE F- G 24.27 Vis F-G P-G Opt 195.24
CANARA BANK 259.75 295.00 239.10 242.35 421.45 135.00 6.35 PANTAL RETAI 323.00 326.00 302.00 311.85 795.45 177.27 44.30 MIP - Sav 5 P-P C 15.67 Fl. Ra F - FMP-Insti. Mth D 10.63 Ind F - D 19.08 Equ F-D P 33.69
RELIANCE ENE 1,260.00 1,334.50 1,240.25 1,261.90 1,334.50 352.75 21.08
CENTURY TEXT 430.00 436.90 395.00 400.50 1,275.00 113.10 12.14 PATEL ENGINR 399.90 402.00 372.10 375.15 1,070.00 111.05 15.17 MIP - Wlth 25 P-P A (D) 10.91 Fl. Ra F - FMP-Insti.W D 10.01 Mth Inc P-D-Annly 10.76 Equ F-G P 167.82 SBI
RELIANCE IND 2,125.80 2,178.00 2,036.35 2,051.35 2,535.00 930.00 15.24 Fl. Ra F - FMP-Mth D 10.79 Mth Inc P-D-Mth 10.37 G F-D P 24.32
CESC LTD 329.50 334.90 311.15 316.00 715.00 165.00 12.01 PATNI COMPUT* 241.75 245.00 234.00 240.40 339.90 111.25 10.14 MIP - Wlth 25 P-P B (G) 15.33 Magnum Equ F 27.93
RPL 133.00 135.70 126.75 127.35 187.80 68.20 670.26 CHENNAI PETR 189.00 190.05 178.00 180.80 444.00 100.80 2.40 PIRAMA HEALT 274.00 283.90 270.15 277.30 388.70 180.00 19.24 MIP - Wlth 25 P-P C 15.33 Fl. Ra F - FMP-W D 10.01 Mth Inc P-D-Q 10.12 G F-G P 56.45 BLUE CHIP F-D 10.20
SATYAM COMP 84.60 84.60 76.60 77.45 490.00 6.30 3.07 CIPLA LTD. 260.90 263.00 252.30 257.60 257.60 146.40 28.60 POWER FINAN 209.00 210.80 192.50 196.25 282.00 86.20 18.64 Inc F-P A(D) 11.45 Inc F-D P-Ann 11.23 Mth Inc P - G 17.79 Ind F-Nifty P 38.68 BLUE CHIP F-G 11.71
SBI 1,709.00 1,718.00 1,652.75 1,662.35 2,039.70 891.50 9.63 Inc F-P B(G) 32.75 Inc F-D P-H.Yl 10.97 Mth Inc P-Floater-D-(Ann) 10.84 Ind F-Sensex Plus 163.99 COMMA F - D 14.55
COLGATE PALM 575.00 577.65 552.20 553.80 553.80 341.00 32.50 POWER GRID 122.40 126.00 117.10 118.80 156.00 51.75 34.05 Inc F-D P-Inst û Qua 12.00 Mth Inc P-Floater-D-(Mth) 10.24 Ind FSensex P 122.05
SIEMENS LTD 480.15 494.00 462.00 465.50 600.00 186.35 26.18 CONTAIN CORP 990.00 997.85 935.15 965.00 995.00 540.00 16.57 Inc F-P C(Qua D) 10.84 COMMA F - G 18.14
PRAJ INDUSTR 105.00 106.40 97.00 98.30 265.80 49.10 11.62 Inc F-P D(54EA D) 14.42 Inc F-D P-Q 11.10 Mth Inc P-Floater-D-(Qua) 10.25 Premier Multi-Cap F-D 12.64 Ind F - G 37.22
STEEL AUTHOR 165.00 167.80 157.05 158.05 188.00 55.25 10.55 CROMPTON GRE 288.00 288.00 274.00 280.75 409.80 106.25 32.80 PUNJ LLOYD L 210.00 216.90 196.00 198.75 589.10 127.50 27.23 Inc F-G P-G 12.65 Mth Inc P-Floater-G 11.68 Premier Multi-Cap F-G 18.31
Inc F-P E(54EA G) 32.72 MIDCAP F - D 13.63
STERLITE IND 625.95 634.30 599.00 603.55 816.50 165.10 12.08 CUMMINS INDI 279.00 285.05 270.15 276.95 421.00 185.00 19.54 PUNJAB NATBK 632.00 645.90 610.00 614.45 721.00 332.35 9.46 Inc F-P F(54EB D) 14.44 Inc F-G P-Inst û G 15.10 NRI - ST Bnd P-D 10.63 Top 200 F-D P 36.35 MIDCAP F - G 17.77
SUN PHARMA 1,330.00 1,330.00 1,290.00 1,296.50 1,599.00 954.00 14.77 DABUR INDIA 114.80 116.40 111.00 112.20 127.00 60.00 30.58 RANBAXY LABO 291.50 294.60 274.00 276.75 613.70 164.30 20.88 Inc F-P G(54EB G) 32.52 Mth Inc P-G 19.30 NRI - ST Bnd P-G 10.93 Top 200 F-G P 140.59 Multicap F - D Opt 10.75
SUZLON 121.00 122.75 110.15 112.20 255.90 33.05 15.86 DIVISLAB 1,145.90 1,146.00 1,082.20 1,097.80 1,930.00 890.15 21.25 REL COM LTD 326.00 334.65 306.00 309.00 844.00 148.60 24.67 Mth Inc-P A(D) 10.91 Mth Inc P-Mth D 11.21 NRI LT Bnd P-D 9.99 Multicap F - G Opt 14.15
TATA MOTORS 350.00 352.90 317.85 323.90 520.97 124.80 5.95 Mth Inc-P B(G) 31.43 Mth Inc P-Q D 11.97 NRI LT Bnd P-G 10.57 PRINCIPAL Multiplier Plus Sch - 93 -D 47.14
DLF LTD 355.00 363.65 327.50 333.30 1,225.00 158.00 21.95 REL INFRA 1,269.00 1,332.70 1,240.60 1,261.50 2,631.70 354.00 29.38 Mth Inc P - Plus-D - Mth 11.53 Infra And Sers Indust F-D 10.94
TATA POWER 1,181.00 1,210.95 1,163.00 1,181.35 1,322.00 530.10 20.69 DR.REDDY’S L 720.00 736.25 698.00 712.45 760.00 387.05 24.55 RELIANCE CAPITAL LTD. 999.00 1,005.00 911.00 926.00 2,925.00 405.65 22.18 Mth Inc-P C(Qua D) 11.45 Multiplier Plus Sch - 93 -G 58.13
ST F-P A(D) 10.67 Mth Inc P - Plus-D - Qua 12.26 UTI Infra And Sers Indust F-G 10.93 NRI FLEXIASSET P-D 23.22
TATACOMM 489.70 495.95 466.00 473.35 660.00 323.05 42.72 EDELWEISS CA 452.00 468.00 421.10 426.95 1,795.00 240.00 111.19 RELIANCE* 2,140.00 2,177.70 2,036.00 2,050.80 3,252.10 930.00 20.25 Mth Inc P - Plus-G 16.53 Bnd Adv-Inst-B 1,394.39 D Yld F-D P 11.43
ST F-P B(G) 16.09 NRI FLEXIASSET P-G 23.08
TCS 392.00 395.00 375.00 378.75 471.50 207.68 14.12 EDUCOMP SOLN 3,130.15 3,130.15 2,879.80 2,912.70 5,650.00 1,515.00 71.83 RENUKA SUGAR 142.00 145.70 132.00 133.35 142.20 41.30 49.03 ST P-D 10.82 Bnd Adv-UBA-Ann D 1,281.87 D Yld F-G P 15.49 MGLF 94 - D 23.30
TISCO 447.65 451.90 411.15 417.00 860.90 137.50 2.36 EIH LIMITED 123.00 135.00 123.00 129.45 246.95 74.00 23.08 RIL NAT RES 100.00 105.45 94.05 95.20 249.70 36.40 226.67 Franklin Templeton ST P-G 16.39 Bnd Adv-UBA-B 1,509.80 Global Opp F-Ann D 12.84 MGLF 94 - G 35.28
ESSAR OIL LT 167.00 175.00 156.80 159.40 360.00 54.10-430.82 ROLTA IND 143.45 144.95 130.60 132.05 390.00 121.70 8.15 FT Ind International F 11.87 ST P-Inst û D P 11.75 Bnd Adv-UBA-G 2,264.93 Global Opp F-G 12.84 MSFU CONTRA-D 25.37
UNITECH LTD 88.80 92.40 82.25 84.00 212.00 21.65 8.21 ST P-Inst û G P 15.30 Bnd Adv-UBA-Qua D 1,269.29 G F-D P 18.02
WIPRO LTD 397.00 397.00 375.50 380.40 498.75 180.40 14.19 FEDERAL BANK 257.00 269.00 246.20 250.05 366.00 113.05 11.64 RPOWER 196.00 200.00 181.50 185.05 374.94 82.00 462.63 FT Ind Mth Inc P-G 24.66
ST P-Inst û W D P 10.84 CRTS 81 110.81 G F-G P 39.78
MSFU CONTRA-G 44.58
FINANC TECHN 1,428.00 1,448.00 1,298.00 1,305.20 2,689.90 426.00 6.24 SESA GOA LTD 199.00 199.05 185.10 187.55 219.50 60.00 0.50 FT Ind Mth Inc P-Mth B 12.33 MSFU EME BUS F - D 13.44
ZEEL 187.00 187.00 164.90 167.40 254.80 88.00 14.10 FT Ind Mth Inc P-Mth D 11.29 Mahila Unit Sch (MUS) 34.39 Ind F-D 17.59 MSFU EME BUS F - G 24.88
GAIL INDIA 290.00 291.90 277.50 280.00 370.00 165.00 9.11 SHIPPING COR 131.00 132.40 123.10 124.60 221.33 67.00 4.50 Prudential ICICI MIS-G 17.00 Ind F-G 29.96
FT Ind Mth Inc P-Qua D 11.44 MSFU FMCG 14.94
SENSEX GLAXOSMITH 1,240.00 1,280.00 1,235.00 1,259.80 1,259.80 800.00 26.05 SHRIRAM TRAN 295.00 295.95 290.15 291.35 433.00 181.50 9.53 T Ind Inc Bld Acct-D 10.40 ST P-Fortnightly D 11.80 MIS-Inc 11.56 Junior Cap F-D Opt 14.90
MSFU IT 12.25
GLENMARK PHA 220.65 228.00 207.50 210.85 730.00 210.85 14.90 SIEMENS LTD 494.00 494.00 462.40 466.65 1,047.20 210.00 39.35 ST P-G 18.27 MIS-Adv-FLEXI D 17.35 Junior Cap F-G Opt 14.89
Scrip Open High Low Close 52w. H 52w. L P/E T Ind Inc Bld Acct-G 29.35 MSFU Pha - D 21.55
GMR INFRASTR 151.45 154.20 142.05 144.20 260.90 45.60 424.12 SINTEX INDUS 244.90 246.70 224.00 226.35 615.00 137.15 14.29 Child Care -Study P 23.02 MIS-Adv-G 17.35 Large Cap F-D 16.16
ACC LTD 842.00 849.00 821.00 826.55 1,098.40 369.00 12.60 T Ind Inc Bld Acct-H.Yl 12.86 Child Care- Gift P 36.71 MIS-Adv-Mth D 12.60 Large Cap F-G 19.35 MSFU Pha - G 26.12
AMBUJA CEME 99.90 99.90 95.50 96.15 152.00 43.00 10.15 GODREJ INDUS 133.40 136.10 125.50 127.55 499.00 46.25 35.05 STATE BANK O 1,725.00 1,725.00 1,654.50 1,663.40 2,396.54 991.10 15.70 T Ind Inc Bld Acct-Mth 12.14 Flex Inc P-D 10.54 MIS-Adv-Mth 17.36 Resurgent Ind Equ F-D 9.56
BHARTI ARTL 814.75 824.50 795.00 802.35 1,027.00 484.00 24.39 GRASIM INDUS 2,382.20 2,415.00 2,286.00 2,316.55 3,830.00 831.00 9.74 STEEL AUTHOR 165.00 167.75 157.00 158.15 288.70 55.25 9.05 T Ind Inc Bld Acct-Mth B 17.55 Flex Inc P-D P Qua Opt 10.57 Retirement ben Pen F 19.45 Resurgent Ind Equ F-G 67.27 UTI
GREAT EASTE 267.10 269.45 243.10 246.30 572.00 138.60 3.52 STERL BIOTEC 124.00 125.50 115.00 117.00 262.45 117.00 12.74 T Ind Inc Bld Acct-Qua 13.15 Flex Inc P-G 16.50 Unit Linked Insurance P 16.21 Equ F-G Opt 35.72
BHEL 2,165.00 2,180.00 2,065.00 2,089.85 2,626.00 984.10 35.64 T Ind Inc F-D 10.85 Equ F-Inc Opt 31.60
CIPLA LTD. 260.90 263.00 252.30 257.60 257.60 146.40 28.60 GREAT OFFSH* 398.40 407.00 370.00 374.00 1,149.95 200.00 7.77 STERLITE IN 639.20 639.20 599.05 603.10 1,084.90 164.50 42.54 Fl. Ra P-- Opt A - Dly D Opt 10.00 Bnd F-G 25.60 Prudential ICICI
GTL LIMITED 304.80 310.00 298.20 300.05 317.00 144.00 26.63 SUN PHARMA 1,295.05 1,327.90 1,290.00 1,296.70 1,557.80 890.00 26.49 T Ind Inc F-G 30.93 Fl. Ra P-- Opt C - Dly D Opt 10.00 Bnd F-Inc 11.30 Pru Sers Indust F-D P 9.28 Ind SELECT F-G Opt 35.58
DLF LTD 355.00 363.65 327.50 333.30 1,225.00 158.00 21.95 T Ind ST Inc P-G 1,720.23 Ind SELECT F-Inc Opt 15.56
HCL TECHNO 210.00 210.90 192.00 194.55 336.00 102.50 10.94 SUN TVNET 252.00 256.75 248.55 249.55 441.80 125.10 26.81 Fl. Ra P-D - D Dly 10.00 C C Bal F 13.61 Pru Sers Indust F-G P 12.34
GRASIM INDUS 2,382.20 2,415.00 2,286.00 2,316.55 3,830.00 831.00 9.74 T Ind ST Inc P-Inst P - G 1,378.07 Fl. Ra P-Dly D Opt 10.00 CC-Bnd-G 12.68 Blended P A-D Opt 10.28 Mas G 93-G Opt 22.32
HDFC BANK LT 1,540.00 1,580.00 1,520.00 1,546.95 1,825.00 800.00 41.31 HDFC BANK LT 1,540.00 1,580.00 1,520.00 1,546.95 1,825.00 800.00 41.31 SUZLON 120.00 122.70 110.05 112.25 460.00 36.30 11.86 T Ind ST Inc P-Inst P - Mth D 1,130.00 Mas G 93-Inc Opt 19.29
HDFC Fin 2,385.45 2,385.45 2,251.00 2,281.50 3,257.00 1,202.00 26.62 TATA CHEMICA 247.50 255.70 240.50 242.40 440.00 116.10 5.98 Fl. Ra P-D - Opt A 10.06 CC-Bnd-Inc 12.68 Blended P A-G Opt 13.65
HINDALCO IN 100.00 101.90 92.00 93.80 200.65 38.05 4.97 T Ind ST Inc P-Inst P - W D 1,017.52 Fl. Ra P-D - Opt B 10.10 Blended P B-D Opt 12.01 Mas Ind F-G Opt 44.77
HINDUSTAN U 260.25 263.90 259.35 261.15 265.00 170.00 31.51 HEROHONDA M 1,439.00 1,458.95 1,350.10 1,405.20 1,405.20 561.00 29.00 TATA MOTORS 351.00 354.00 318.50 324.25 790.24 122.00 6.17 T Ind ST Inc P-Mth D 1,098.46 Fl. Ra P-D - Opt C 10.06 Open Ended Schs ( Growth ) Blended P B-G Opt 13.38 Mas Ind F-Inc Opt 44.77
HIND.ZINC 654.00 673.00 614.00 625.70 842.95 215.00 6.02 TATA POWER 1,170.00 1,214.95 1,166.00 1,181.25 1,641.00 531.50 29.97 T Ind ST Inc P-Qua D 1,091.55 Fl. Ra P-G - Opt A 13.77 Blended P B-Inst G Opt 10.19 Mas Plus Unit Sch-G Opt 63.70
HOUSING DEVE 2,385.45 2,385.45 2,251.00 2,281.50 3,257.00 1,202.00 26.62 T Ind ST Inc P-W B 1,082.16 Mas Plus Unit Sch-Inc Opt 45.94
I T C LTD 199.55 199.90 192.60 193.50 239.40 132.05 23.37 HINDALCO IN 100.00 101.90 92.00 93.80 200.65 38.05 4.97 TATA STL 449.50 451.90 411.00 417.00 952.00 146.35 6.31 Fl. Ra P-G - Opt B 14.85 Birla Sun Life Discovery F-D Opt 14.45
HINDUS CONST 107.90 109.45 95.00 96.55 278.90 30.10 22.78 TATA TEA LTD 772.00 792.50 741.25 746.25 1,014.00 430.00 29.47 T Ind ST Inc P-W D 1,081.04 Fl. Ra P-G - Opt C 13.99 Adv F-P A (D) 83.74 Discovery F-FII - G 11.73 Mas Share-G Opt 38.53
ICICI BANK L 737.00 749.50 716.20 722.50 1,465.00 282.15 19.35 T Mth Inc P-G 23.71 Mas Share-Inc Opt 25.17
HINDUSTAN U 260.25 263.90 259.35 261.15 265.00 170.00 31.51 TATACOMM 487.10 496.00 467.00 472.85 783.00 320.00 42.68 Fl. Ra P-P D - D 10.01 Adv F-P B (G) 122.77 Discovery F-G Opt 26.81
INFOSYS TECH 1,740.00 1,744.70 1,672.00 1,710.50 2,017.00 1,040.00 22.51 T Mth Inc P-H.Yl D 12.42 Fl. Ra P-P D - G Opt 13.15 D Yld Plus-P A (D) 10.61 Dy P-D Opt 15.06 Mas Value F-G Opt 29.12
LARSEN & TOU 1,526.55 1,529.80 1,455.00 1,466.55 2,200.00 670.00 19.74 HOUSING DEV 264.45 270.45 240.50 244.15 1,113.78 69.00 3.71 TCS LTD 380.00 394.90 375.30 379.00 1,124.95 379.00 8.23 T Mth Inc P-Mth D 10.48 Mas Value F-Inc Opt 14.75
Gilt F Invst P PF Opt 18.05 D Yld Plus-P B (G) 51.59 Dy P-G Opt 69.13
JAIPRA 222.00 224.30 202.10 205.10 510.00 47.05 41.52 HPCL 322.70 322.70 300.20 304.00 405.90 164.10 -1.48 TECH MAH 809.40 819.00 735.05 754.55 1,180.00 216.10 11.98 T Mth Inc P-Q D 10.76 Inc P-D Opt 11.86 Ind F-P A (D) 16.86 Emerging Star F-D 11.55 MNC F (UGS 10000)-G Opt 35.55
MAHINDRA & M 780.00 782.00 743.05 749.15 872.00 235.50 19.63 I T C LTD 199.55 199.90 192.60 193.50 239.40 132.05 23.37 TEL EIGHTEEN 133.00 137.90 126.50 128.75 599.80 53.35 36.90 Inc P-G Opt 29.12 Ind F-P B (G) 43.58 Emerging Star F-FII 8.47 MNC F (UGS 10000)-Inc Opt 23.88
MARUTISUZUKI 1,070.00 1,084.00 1,046.00 1,058.85 1,058.85 446.00 17.59 I-FLEX 1,250.00 1,275.00 1,209.00 1,224.45 1,664.00 405.00 24.25 THERMAX LMTD 432.05 438.00 402.00 410.05 884.85 150.50 17.54 HDFC Inc P-Inst Opt-D 10.99 Ind Gennext F-D Opt 13.39 Emerging Star F-G 21.14 NIFTY Ind F-G Opt 27.32
NTPC LTD 225.00 225.90 212.00 213.95 291.00 113.00 23.80 ICICI BANK L 737.00 749.50 716.20 722.50 1,465.00 282.15 19.35 TITAN IND. 1,180.00 1,191.95 1,165.00 1,171.95 1,715.00 710.00 32.87 CMS Plus-D P 10.02 Inc P-Inst Opt-G 30.18 Ind Gennext F-G Opt 16.17 FMCG P-D Opt 22.89 NIFTY Ind F-Inc Opt 13.91
IDBI BANK L 113.05 113.05 101.10 102.35 180.30 53.00 10.17 TORNT POWER 162.00 163.70 151.90 152.90 269.90 50.00 30.83 CMS Plus-G P 19.30 Inc P-Inst Qua D 12.02 Ind Opp F-P A (D) 15.10 FMCG P-G Opt 36.76 Banking Sect F-G Opt 26.16
ONG CORP LTD 1,130.00 1,130.00 1,052.10 1,064.25 1,356.70 538.10 14.13 Fl. Ra Inc F-ST P-D - Dly 10.08 Banking Sect F-Inc Opt 17.92
RANBAXY LABO 291.50 294.60 274.00 276.75 613.70 164.30 20.88 IND INFOLINE 130.00 133.85 115.80 118.25 394.98 34.40 4.29 ULTRATECH CM 705.10 721.95 705.10 711.95 1,049.40 250.00 8.80 Inc P-Qua D 12.97 Ind Opp F-P B (G) 35.17 G P-D Opt 17.09
Fl. Ra Inc F-ST P-D - Mth 10.18 LT Fl. Ra P-P A-D 10.33 Infra F-P A (D) 12.16 G P-FII - G 13.56 Contra F-G-G Opt 10.77
REL COM LTD 326.00 334.65 306.00 309.00 844.00 148.60 24.67 INDBUL REAL 216.00 218.00 196.35 199.55 847.80 81.80 10.99 UNITD SPR 935.00 947.00 845.00 855.60 2,160.00 606.00 26.70 Fl. Ra Inc F-ST P-D - W 10.14 Contra F-Inc-D Opt 10.77
LT Fl. Ra P-P A-G 13.59 Infra F-P B (G) 13.09 G P-G Opt 98.25
REL INFRA 1,269.00 1,332.70 1,240.60 1,261.50 2,631.70 354.00 29.38 INDIA CEMENT 161.50 162.80 146.55 148.90 316.40 68.50 6.13 UNITECH LTD 92.00 92.40 82.10 83.95 546.80 21.80 13.23 Fl. Ra Inc F-ST P-G 15.03 LT Fl. Ra P-P B-D 10.07 MIDCAP F-P A (D) 19.91 Ind F 40.42 G Sect Fs - GSF - Petro-G Opt 8.93
RELIANCE* 2,140.00 2,177.70 2,036.00 2,050.80 3,252.10 930.00 20.25 INDIABULLS 183.00 183.00 175.55 176.95 1,028.00 77.75 11.75 UNITED BREWR 192.00 194.30 175.80 178.15 1,378.00 67.00 18.60 Hgh Int F-G P 30.19 LT Fl. Ra P-P B-G 13.87 MIDCAP F-P B (G) 71.81 Infra F-D 11.11 G Sect Fs - GSF - Petro-Inc Opt 10.14
SATYAM COMP 83.85 84.55 76.60 77.40 544.00 77.40 3.04 INDIAN BANK 133.00 137.50 129.55 130.65 256.00 78.00 5.57 VIDEOCON IND 189.20 189.20 173.20 175.55 868.65 86.05 4.06 Hgh Int F-H.Yl D P 10.97 LT Fl. Ra P-P C-G 10.24 MNC F-P A (D) 58.49 Infra F-G 24.29 G Sect Fs - GSF - Pha-G Opt 21.86
STATE BANK O 1,725.00 1,725.00 1,654.50 1,663.40 2,396.54 991.10 15.70 INDIAN OIL C 570.00 574.70 558.00 562.95 809.90 299.00 -5.58 VOLTAS LTD 128.00 131.40 120.15 121.75 261.70 43.30 22.64 Hgh Int F-Qua D P 11.25 LT P-D 10.49 MNC F-P B (G) 116.68 Pow P - D 14.09 G Sect Fs - GSF - Pha-Inc Opt 17.86
TATA IORN AN 449.50 451.90 411.00 417.00 952.00 146.35 6.31 INFOSYS TECH 1,740.00 1,744.70 1,672.00 1,710.50 2,017.00 1,040.00 22.51 WELSP GUJ SR 217.00 219.00 200.65 202.95 537.70 73.35 10.25 Hgh Int F-Yly D P 11.50 LT P-G Opt 18.83 Buy Ind F-P A(D) 18.70 Pow P - FII Opt 21.53 G Sect Fs - GSF - Ser-G Opt 40.35
Hgh Int F - ST P-D Opt 10.60 MIP-Cum 22.77 Buy Ind F-P B(G) 26.63 Pow P - G 78.66 G Sect Fs - GSF - Ser-Inc Opt 18.89
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sport
Hawaiian Sunrise scores hat-trick Polish Patriot
DC CORRESPONDENT
MYSORE
June 17: Michael Bobby-
trained Hawaiian Sunrise
completed a hat-trick,
recording a smashing win
under her regular partner S.
John in the Indraprastha
Cup, the feature event of the
races held here on
Wednesday.
THE RESULTS:
1. The Kemmannugundi
Plate 1800m: Boston
Ranger 61 M. Mark 1, Bold
Success 48 G. Vijay 2, Rain
God 55.5 Shanth Kumar 3,
Exclusive Design 50.5
Afsar Khan 4. Not run:
Royal Liason. Won by: 1L,
3/4L, 1-1/4L. Time:
1:59.66. Winner trained by:
M.P. Kamath.
2. The Sea Bisquit Plate
1200m: Khushi 54 S.
Chandrashekar 1, Winning
Attitude 54.5 D.
Gnaneshwar 2, Pocket
Dynamite 57.5 Gaurav
Sapra 3, Strong Contender
50 Nazim 4. Not run:
Prettyyashyashvini. Won
by: Nose, 1-1/4L, 5-3/4L.
Time: 1:16.17. Winner
trained by: Ranjeet.
3. The Gundlupet Plate
1200m: Arabian Speed 57
D. Gnaneshwar 1, Bravo
Bedford 57.5 B. Mahesh 2,
Maratha Conqueror 55 R.
Ravi 3, Korporate 57 S.
John 4. Not run: Turbo
Babe. Won by: 2-1/4L, 2-
3/4L, 1-1/2L. Time:
1:13.36. Winner trained by:
V. Appachu.
4. The Irappu Falls Plate
1400m: Healing Touch 53.5
dividends at hyderabad
1st race: W: Rs 8. P: Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 9. SHP: Rs 30. F:
Rs 44. Q: Rs 36. T: Rs 197 (212).
2nd race: W: Rs 12. P: Rs 6, Rs 7, Rs 6. SHP: Rs 23. F:
Rs 43. Q: Rs 26. T: Rs 52 (1,202).
3rd race: W: Rs 12. P: Rs 6, Rs 6, Rs 10. SHP: Rs 19.
F: Rs 27. Q: Rs 13. T: Rs 65 (951).
4th race: W: Rs 17. P: Rs 7, Rs 7, Rs 36. SHP: Rs 21.
F: Rs 72. Q: Rs 36. T: Rs 847 (47).
5th race: W: Rs 9. P: Rs 6, Rs 6, Rs 12. SHP: Rs 16. F:
Rs 14. Q: Rs 9. T: Rs 49 (1,912).
6th race: W: Rs 16. P: Rs 7, Rs 10, Rs 7. SHP: Rs 46.
F: Rs 81. Q: Rs 51. T: Rs 142 (449).
7th race: W: Rs 34. P: Rs 8, Rs 10, Rs 13. SHP: Rs 33.
F: Rs 199. Q: Rs 134. T: Rs 913 (69).
8th race: W: Rs 25. P: Rs 10, Rs 26, Rs 12. SHP: Rs
110. F: Rs 412. Q: Rs 338. T: Rs 1,790 (41).
1st treble: Rs 118 (492). 2nd treble: Rs 241 (347).
Jackpot consolation: Rs 127 (951).
Jackpot: Rs 1,543 (183).
US OPEN
Mickelson aims to win
trophy for ailing wife
Farmingdale (New York),
June 17: Phil Mickelson
was composed and confi-
dent about his chances to
win the US Open on
Wednesday morning
despite the strain of play-
ing while his wife Amy
fights breast cancer.
“She would like to have a
silver trophy in her hospital
room so I’m going to try
and accommodate that,”
Mickelson said.
Speaking in a calm and
collected manner, the left-
hander who stayed away
from Bethpage Black on
Tuesday to celebrate his
39th birthday with his fam-
ily said even he was uncer-
tain how he would cope on
the course come Thursday.
“I’m not sure. I’m just
going to do the best I can,”
Mickelson said. “I feel my
game is ready. Emotionally
I’m ready. I guess we will
just play it by ear day by
day.”
Three-time major cham-
pion Mickelson said he
probably will not play in
next month’s British Open,
an event he has never won,
because of Amy’s impend-
WINNER: Saina Nehwal
advanced to the women’s
second round in Indonesian
Super Series in Jakarta.
Saina beat Petya
Nedelcheva 21-18, 21-12.
Md. Shoaib 1, Serious
Warrior 54 Md. Sameer 2,
Mauritius Star 53 Noorullah
3, Zindabad 56 S. Rajesh 4.
Not run: Queen Of Speed.
Won by: 5L, 3-1/4L, 1-
1/4L. Time: 1:28.00.
Winner trained by: Dinesh
Pujar.
5. The Kabini Dam Cup
1400m: Gershwin 57 D.
Gnaneshwar 1,
Theworldismine 57 M.
Mark 2, Time Speed 53.5
A.M. Tograllu 3, World Is
Toomuch 52 B. Mahesh 4.
Won by: Nk, 3-1/2L, 1/2L.
Time: 1:27.56. Winner
trained by: Darashah.
6. The Indraprastha Cup
1200m: Hawaiian Sunrise
54.5 S. John 1, Fire Brigade
55 M. Mark 2, Eona 51
Madhu Babu 3, Snap
Dragon 55 R. Ravi 4. Won
by: 1-1/4L, Snk, 1-1/2L.
Time: 1:13.65. Winner
trained by: M. Bobby.
7. The Paschimavahini
Plate 1400m: Bliss 53.5
Vijay Kumar 1, Mr
Bureaucrat 56 Himanshu 2,
Artistic Way 60 M. Mark 3,
Ho Chi Minh 53.5 D.
Gnaneshwar 4. Not run:
Everblazing. Won by: 1-
1/2L, 1-3/4L, Nk. Time:
1:27.97. Winner trained by:
Feroz M. Khan.
8. The Itarsi Plate 1600m:
The Force 56 V.R.
Jagadeesh 1, Beauty On
Duty 59.5 Afsar Khan 2,
Jericho 52.5 Nazim 3,
Chocolate Brownie 59.5
Gaurav Sapra 4. Not run: Al
Qamar. Won by: Nk, 4L,
1L. Time: 1:39.90. Winner
trained by: Dinesh Pujar.
Phil Mickelson
ing surgery and post-sur-
gery treatments. Exactly
when he might return is
unknown.
“I would say August
would probably be the ear-
liest,” Mickelson said. “I
don’t anticipate being
about to play for a little
while.”
Mickelson, who played a
practice round last week at
Bethpage Black, was set
for his only tuneup tour of
the week later Wednesday
alongside past US Ryder
Cup teammates Jim Furyk
and Justin Leonard as well
as countryman Darron
Stiles.
“I’m hitting the ball as
well as I ever have,”
Mickelson said. — AFP
INQUIRY: The Paris prose-
cutor’s office opened a pre-
liminary inquiry into the case
of Richard Gasquet, who
tested positive for cocaine in
March, sources revealed.
Mysore Race Club steward Chaduranga Kantraj Urs (second from left) presents the Kabini Dam Cup to
Z. Darashah, trainer of Gershwin, which won the event in Mysore on Wednesday.
Retained Asset romps home
DC CORRESPONDENT
OOTY
June 17: Retained Asset,
ridden by M.A. Milan, won
the Ambur Plate, the chief
event of the races held here
on Wednesday. The winner
is the property of Ram
Lakshmanan and was
trained by Robert Foley.
THE RESULTS:
1. The Finger Post Cup
(Div-I) 1200m: Beauchamp
Hero (Mukesh Kumar) 1,
Tarzan Boy 2, Continuity 3,
Welsh Artist 4. Not Run:
Young Knight. Won by :
1/2L, 1-1/4L, 4L. Time :
1:20.28. Winner trained by:
F.M. Khan.
2. The Finger Post Cup
(Div-II) 1200m: Turbo Jet
(Azmal Hussain) 1, Surfers
Paradise 2, Sharp Spirit 3,
Full House 4. Won by : 1-
1/2L, 1-1/4L, 4L. Time:
1:21.61. Winner trained by:
Rahmathulla.
3. The Monsoon Cup
1200m: Magic Flight (M.
Venkatesh) 1, Gold
Crusader 2, Mystery Knight
3, Cosmic Star 4. Won by:
Jeev paired
with Vijay
Singh, Choi
Farmingdale (New York),
June 17: Ace Indian golfer
Jeev Milkha Singh has
been paired with former
number one Vijay Singh,
the person he is often mis-
takenly related to, and K.J.
Choi for the first two
rounds of the US Open
golf championship at the
Bethpage State Park here.
Jeev overcame a rib
injury to make himself
available for his fourth
appearance in the tourna-
ment and has been handed
an early morning start in
the elite event.
Since making his US
Open debut in the same
course in 2002, Jeev’s best
finish came in 2007 at
Oakmont where he stood
tied 36th.
Jeev sustained the injury
last month and the CT scan
revealed no fracture.
— PTI
dividends at hyderabad
1st race: W: Rs 13. P: Rs 7,
Rs 5, Rs 8. SHP: Rs 14. F: Rs
23. Q: Rs 12. T: Rs 69 (98).
2nd race: W: Rs 8. P: Rs 5,
Rs 19, Rs 7. SHP: Rs 94. F:
Rs 136. Q: Rs 230. T: Rs
1,548 (4).
3rd race: W: Rs 23. P: Rs 16,
Rs 22. SHP: Rs 50. F: Rs 186.
Q: Rs 85. T: Rs 2,713 (2).
4th race: W: Rs 7. P: Rs 5, Rs
10, Rs 26. SHP: Rs 21. F: Rs
36. Q: Rs 35. T: Rs 592 (15).
5th race: W: Rs 5. P: Rs 5,
Rs 16. SHP: Rs 37. F: Rs 63.
Q: Rs 64. T: Rs 82 (144).
6th race: W: Rs 6. P: Rs 6,
Rs 18, Rs 10. SHP: Rs 45. F:
Rs 65. Q: Rs 74. T: Rs 340
3L, 3L, 1-1/2L. Time:
1:23.45. Winner trained by:
B. Suresh.
4. The Farewell Cup (Div-
I) 1200m: College Scholar
(Rajendra Singh) 1,
Savannah Fleet 2,
Bureaucrat 3, Divine Spirit
4. Won by: 1-1/4L, 2-3/4L,
1-1/2L. Time: 1:19.86.
Winner trained by: R. Foley.
5. The Palladam Plate
FINA postpones swimsuit decision
Paris, June 17: World
swimming body FINA has
delayed the publication of a
list of approved swimsuits
until Monday June 22, the
French Swimming
Federation
announced on Tuesday.
(FFN)
FINA’s findings were ini-
tially scheduled to be publi-
cised on Friday June 19.
The FFN asked FINA to
delay their publication of
the list so as not to affect the
Paris Open swimming com-
petition, which takes place
Rome, Doha in ’10 Diamond League
Berlin, June 17:
International Athletics’ new
Diamond League is to
include 14 meetings world-
wide but will not visit
Berlin, the sport’s world
governing body, the IAAF
announced here on Tuesday.
Details of the calendar,
including added meetings at
Rome and in Qatar, were
unveiled at the Diamond
League’s general assembly
in the German capital.
Berlin, which hosted the
opening event of the 2009
Golden League last Sunday
and which will be the venue
for the World athletics
championships on August
15-23, does not feature in
— DECCAN CHRONICLE
(27).
7th race: W: Rs 6. P: Rs 5,
Rs 20. SHP: Rs 27. F: Rs 20.
Q: Rs 30. T: Rs 60 (229).
8th race: W: Rs 5. P: Rs 5,
Rs 26. SHP: Rs 24. F: Rs 16.
Q: Rs 13. T: Rs 65 (107).
9th race: W: Rs 7. P: Rs 7,
Rs 18, Rs 7. SHP: Rs 44. F:
Rs 132. Q: Rs 135. T: Rs 573
(18).
10th race: W: Rs 6. P: Rs 6,
Rs 9. SHP: Rs 34. F: Rs 39.
Q: Rs 18. T: Rs 97 (185).
1st treble: Rs 49 (137). 2nd
treble: Rs 24 (293).
Jackpot consolation: Rs 63
(43).
Jackpot: Rs 167 (38).
1300m: Always Vigilant
(Babul) 1, Secret Warrior 2,
Ruben Star 3, Highland
Wonder 4. Won by: 2-1/4L,
1-1/2L, 1-3/4L. Time:
1:27.50. Winner trained by:
B. Suresh.
6. The Farewell Cup (Div-
II) 1200m: Beauchamp
Prince (Milan) 1, Vantage
Point 2, Apple Of My Eye 3,
Rainbow View 4. Won by:
between Friday and Sunday.
FINA published a list of
199 approved swimsuits on
May 19 and had initially
announced that the manu-
facturers of 136 unaccept-
able swimsuits had until
June 19 to modify their
designs. The use of swim-
suits in recent years has
caused huge controversy in
the sport because some
experts, including some top
swimmers, believe their use
gives an unfair advantage in
the pool.
the new Diamond League
2010 calendar.
The Diamond League will
succeed the circuit of six
European meets on the
Golden League and is being
expanded to take in events
in the USA and China.
At the beginning of
March, the IAAF
announced that 12 meetings
had already been confirmed
for the league, with more to
be decided on.
The Qatari capital will be
the location for the first
event in next year’s calendar
on May 14, 2010, while the
series will conclude with the
Brussels meeting on August
27.
DC
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009
1-1/2L, 2-1/2L, 1-1/4L.
Time: 1:22.14. Winner
trained by: R. Foley.
7. The Ambur Plate
1200m: Retained Asset
(M.A. Milan( 1, Royal
Falcon 2, Dancer’s Wave 3,
Romantic Count 4. Won by:
2L, 4-1/2L, 1-1/4L. Time:
1:18.54. Winner trained by:
R. Foley.
8. The Farewell Cup (Div-
III) 1200m: Swift Princess
(Manikandan) 1, Fabulous
Strike 2, Mountain Pride 3,
Honoured Guest 4. Won by:
3L, 1L, 1L. Time: 1:20.53.
Winner trained by: R. Foley.
9. The Bikes And Barrels
Plate 1200m: Casino
Knight (Rajendra Singh) 1,
Magical Warrior 2, Polar
Circle 3, Be My Hero 4.
Won by : 2-1/4L, 1-1/4L, 1-
1/2L. Time: 1:23.19. Winner
trained by: R. Foley.
10. The Goa Plate 1300m:
Fragrant Meadow (S.
Manohar) 1, Noble Flash 2,
South Star 3, The Chieftain
4. Won by: 3-1/2L, 1-1/2L,
1-1/4L. Time: 1:27.18.
Winner trained by: B.
Suresh.
decision deferred
review The FFN
asked FINA
to delay their publica-
tion of the list so as
not to affect the Paris
Open swimming com-
petition, which takes
place between Friday
and Sunday.
In particular critics of the
all-polyurethane suits claim
the compression and buoy-
The Diamond League will
also extend the number of
disciplines from the 10 in
the current Golden League
to 32 across the whole series
of meetings.
The athlete with the high-
est number of points gained
in the 32 disciplines will
receive a 4-carat diamond
worth about $80,000 dol-
lars.
In comparison, the 11-
year-old Golden League
offers a $1 million jackpot
which is shared between the
winners of the six disci-
plines, taking into account
their performances through-
out the series.
— AFP
BOWS OUT: After singles, Sania Mirza’s
doubles campaign at the $600,000 Aegon
International was also cut short in the first
round itself. Sania and Chia-Jung Chuang
lost their first round match 5-7, 4-6 to
Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs.
RACING
TRACK WORK
in great heart
DC CORRESPONDENT
BENGALURU
June 17: Polish Patriot,
Splendid Surprise and
Chintz excelled when the
following horses were exer-
cised on the trial track here
on Wednesday.
OUTER SAND:
600m: Timeless Treasure
(Md. Shafiq) 41. Son Of
The Soil (A. Qureshi)
Luminous Gold (R. Koch)
42,5. African Sky (Lisa
Zones) Frozen Fire (C.
Rajendra) 41.5, neck and
neck. Sound Of The Wind
(Santosh. K) She’s A Lady
(Gautamraj Urs) 43. My
Winning Charm (P.S.
Chouhan) 44.
1000m: Mr Greedy (Neeraj
Rawal) Gallant Prince (B.
Mukesh) 1-15, 600/43.
Read My Mind (Appu) 1-
10, 600/43, improved.
Silken Thomas (R.
Marshall) 1-10.5, 600/41.5,
good. Bourbon Bay(B.
Prakash) Noble Kingdom
(A. Imran Khan) 1-10.5,
600/42. Southern Gladiator
(P.S. Chouhan) 1-9, 600/42,
retains form. Star Assembly
(B. Prakash) Classic
Commander (A. Imran
Khan) 1-10, 600/42, neck
and neck. Needofthehour
(P.S. Chouhan) 1-9,
600/40.5, note. Persian
Rock (S. Babu) Celtic
Heroine (B. Prakash) 1-
12.5, 600/43.5, note Celtic
Heroine. Approach (Suraj)
Jersey Power (Appu) 1-
10.5, 600.42.5, former
trounced. Stylish Bay
(Neeraj Rawal) 1-10.5,
600/44, fit. Good Gift (A.
Asbar), Gentle Legend
(Shadab Khan) 1-12.5,
600/44. Hide And Seek (rb)
1-14, 600/43.5. Cart Wheel
(I. Chisty) 1-12.5, 600/42,
good. Track Wonder
(Gautamraj Urs) Pretty N’
Fast (Shadab Khan) 1-15,
600/44. Duke Of Windsor
(A. Imran Khan) 1-11.5,
600/40.5, good. Desert Rule
(B. Prakash) 1-12.5,
600/41, good. Shot Of Gold
(Selvaraj) Awesome Beauty
(Shakti Singh) 1-14,
600/44, former trounced.
Reflection Of Gold (A.
ancy which results from
their use helps boost speed.
This led FINA to submit
all 348 swimsuits, from 21
manufacturers, to a full
review, with 10 being reject-
ed outright and 136 being
recommended for modifica-
tion.
The ‘X-Glide’ by Arena
and the ‘Jaked 01’, which
have been used notably by
French sprinters Alain
Bernard and Frederic
Bousquet respectively to set
new world records, did not
The schedule
Berlin, June 17: The 2010
Diamond League schedule,
released by the internation-
al Amateur Athletic
Federation (IAAF) here on
Tuesday, is as follows.
◗ Doha (QAT): Friday
May 14
◗ Shanghai (CHN):
Sunday May 23
◗ Oslo (NOR): Friday June
4 ◗ London (GBR): Friday/
◗ Rome (ITA): Thursday
June 10
◗ New York (USA):
Saturday June 19
◗ Eugene (USA): Saturday
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Asbar) 1-12, 600/41.5.
Bucephalas (I. Chisty),
Spring A Surprise (Shakti
Singh) 1-12, 600/42.
Enforcer (Shoban Babu)
Chesterfield Touch (T.
Rahul) 1-12.5, 600/44.
1200m: Trillion Win (A.
Asbar) Mercutio (I. Chisty)
1-28, 600/44. Star Bright
(B. Prakash) Affirmed
Crown (A. Imran Khan) 1-
27, 600/41, former to note.
Phoenix Reach (A. Imran
Khan) Star Of Marmalade
(B. Prakash) 1-26,
600/41.5. Arabian Knight
(S. Breux) 1-27, 600/44.
Still Will (Shoban Babu)
Saratoga (K. Alam) 1-28.5,
600/46. Chintz (Suraj)
Sherman (R. Marshall) 1-
29, 1000/1-11.5, 600/42,
good. Victory In Motion
(Neeraj Rawal) Phenomenal
Strides (R. Koch) 1-30.5,
600/46. Burning Ambition
(Suraj) Best Time (Koch) 1-
26.5, 600/46.
1400m: Star Presentation
(A. Imran Khan) 1-40.5,
600/44.5. Royal
Ambassador (P.S. Chouhan)
1-45.5, 800 (1400-600)55.
Splendid Surprise (S.
Ramesh) 1-38, 1200/1-21.5,
1000/1-7.5, 600/42,
excelled.
1600m: Polish Patriot (C.
Rajendra) Pelikano (W.
Smith) 1-53.5, 1400/1-37,
1200/1-23.5, 1000/1-10.5,
600/43, former showed out.
INNER SAND:
600m: Sparks (P.S.
Chouhan) 38.5.
1000m: Spark Of Joy (S.
John) 1-7, 600/40. Spark Of
Elegance (rb) 1-7, 600/40.
1200m: Soberano (Shiva
Kumar) Shisham (rb)1-
20.5, 600/40.5, note
Shisham. Lady Duff (rb) 1-
19, 600/40, retains form.
Black Beauty (Shadab
Khan) Enchanting Girl (T.
Rahul) 1-25, 600 (1200-
600)/37. Target Achiever (S.
Babu) 1-21.5, 600/44.
1400m: Orange Orchard
(rb), Silver Paris (rb) 1-37,
600/43.5, former was
pushed to keep pace. Blue
Dew (A. Imran Khan)
Lunar Lust (B. Prakash) 1-
32, 1200/1-20, 600/40,
impressed.
appear on FINA’s approved
list. FINA did not specify
whether they were rejected
outright or whether they
appeared on the list of
swimsuits to be modified.
Bernard used the X-Glide
to set a new 100m world
record of 46.94sec at the
French championships in
Montpellier in April, while
Bousquet beat Australian
Eamon Sullivan’s previous
best world mark of 21.28 in
the 50m in a time of 20.94.
— AFP
July 3
◗ Lausanne (SUI):
Thursday July 8
◗ Gateshead (GBR):
Sunday July 11
◗ Paris (FRA): Friday July
16
◗ Monaco (MON):
Thursday July 22
◗ Stockholm (SWE):
Friday August 6
Saturday August 13,14
◗ Zurich (SUI): Thursday
August 19
◗ Brussels (BEL): Friday
August 27.
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Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009

IN BOB’S MEMORY: A couple of wins

CHEERING FORCE INDIA:
Maverick England batsman
Kevin Pietersen is likely to
root for Force India in Sun-
day’s British Grand Prix,
chairman of the Formula One
outfit Vijay Mallya said.
IPL-2 ● DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN CAPTAIN AND COACH ● EXPERTS FEEL IPL ENABLED PLAYERS TO MASTER T20
16
away from the title, Pakistan skipper Younis
Khan is determined to claim the World T20
title for their former coach Bob Woolmer,
who died in mysterious circumstances after
the team’s loss to Ireland during the 2007
ODI World Cup. “He was an inspiring per-
son, a father figure for me. If we win the
REWORKING D/L: The World Cup I’ll dedicate the final to him.”
Duckworth-Lewis method will
be reviewed for T20 format
after its aptness was ques-
tioned when England were
ousted from the T20 World
Cup in a rain-marred match.
GAMES

KIRSTEN’S THEORY DEFIES LOGIC

APPEARANCES

SOUTH AFRICA

Players Matches
AB de Villiers (DD) 15 R. MOHAN tor who is part of the think tank at Chen-
J. Kallis (RCB) 15 DC | CHENNAI Gary’s goof-up nai Super Kings.
The success of many players with IPL
H. Gibbs (DC) 14 June 17: Team India coach Gary experience helps emphasise the point
Kirsten is barking up the wrong
In blaming the fatigue factor that the event has actually helped them
JP Duminy (MI) 13
tree when he blames the Indian in Indians on the IPL sched- gain the form they have displayed in the
G. Smith (RR) 12
Premier League for India’s uncere- ule, Kirsten may not have World Cup. While for the South Africans
M. Boucher (RCB) 12 monious exit from the World T20 the IPL was a home tournament this
considered the fact that top
M. Morkel (CSK) 12 championship. His logic flies in the time, the Sri Lankans and three top West
face of comments from Ricky players from two of the four Indians also benefited immensely from
R vd Merwe (RCB) 10
Ponting and other Australians that teams, plus a couple of the exposure.
D. Steyn (RCB) 3 their early exit may have been caused Tillekaratne Dilshan of Sri Lanka, who
prominent West Indians, who
J. Botha (RR) 3 because they did not participate in the is the leading run-scorer in the World
IPL this season.
are in the World T20 semi- T20 championship, helped Delhi Dare-
In blaming the fatigue factor in finals, were active partici- devils get to the semi-finals. Seven Sri
SRI LANKA Indians on the IPL sched- pants in the IPL Lankan World T20 players were regulars
ule, Kirsten may not for their teams in the IPL.
T. Dilshan (DD) 14 have considered Eleven top South Africans were
K. S’kara (KXIP) 14
the fact that top African from the Cape, Kirsten, in involved wholly in the IPL, with the
players from whose coaching none of the eight IPL injured Steyn, and Botha, who came late
L. Malinga (MI) 13 two of the teams was interested, seems to have on the scene after getting his bowling
S. Jayasuriya (MI) 12 picked a handy excuse to shift the focus action cleared, playing only three games
Jayawardena (KXIP) 10 of blame away from himself. each. Of the nine top run-getters in the
Experts who analysed India’s poor England T20 World Cup, seven played in
A. Mendis (KKR) 4 show have already shed light on the tac- the IPL, and of the top 15 only two were
Muralitharan (CSK) 3 tical weaknesses of the team for which not involved in the IPL — Younus Khan
A. Mathews (KKR) 1 Kirsten has to share the blame with his and Lendl Simmons. Three Pakistanis
skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni. who figure among the top 10 wicket-tak-
Strangely, there is a difference of opinion ers did not play in the IPL but would cer-
WEST INDIES between coach and captain with regard tainly have if the circumstances had been
to the IPL with Dhoni categorically say- different.
ing the IPL was not the cause of the The two unbeaten teams in the tourna-
D. Bravo (MI) 11 debacle. ment are South Africa and Sri Lanka and
C. Gayle (KKR) 7 Analysts have agreed that IPL has their players drew immensely from the
F. Edwards (DC) 6 enabled players and teams to master the recent IPL exposure. The West Indians
art of Twenty20 cricket. had a busier schedule playing Tests and
Also, it is readily accepted that IPL has ODIs in England soon after the IPL
INDIA taken away financial insecurities and before going directly into the world T-20
fear of selection inconsistencies from the event. The Pakistanis said they missed
minds of players, many of them Indian, the IPL action and even suggested their
R. Sharma (DC) 16 and allowed them to focus only on their slow return to form being from a lack of
RP Singh (DC) 16 cricket. The IPL is regarded as a sporting cricket rather than too much of it.
P. Ojha (DC) 15 four revolution that has transformed cricket. Kirsten, who along with Paddy Upton
G. Gambhir (DD) 15
teams, plus As coach of an international team has helped shape the mental approach of
a couple of Kirsten may have his own agenda, but in Indian cricketers over the last couple of
S. Raina (CSK) 14 prominent West speaking up against IPL — he has years, seems to have developed a blind
MS Dhoni (CSK) 14 Indians, who are in already been served a gag order in this spot for the event because he has not
Yuvraj (KXIP) 14 the T-20 World regard by the BCCI — he is virtually been involved in it. Most IPL teams have
Cup semi-finals, alone. The IPL is Lalit Modi’s brainchild chosen Australians to be the coach.
I. Pathan (KXIP) 14 were active par- and the country has a huge stake in an Kris Srikkanth, chairman of selectors,
Harbhajan (MI) 13 ticipants in the event that has changed the face of crick- put it succinctly when he said, “We have
R. Jadeja (RR) 13 IPL (see et. to look elsewhere for the reasons for the
table). “How can anyone claim to be exhaust- poor show. There were probably a few
Y. Pathan (RR) 13 In fact, 11 of ed from 14 to 16 games in 40 days, espe- areas where we’ll have to rework, like
V. Sehwag (DD) 11 Kirsten’s coun- cially when there was another 12-day playing short-pitched bowling, practis-
I. Sharma (KKR) 11 trymen who are gap to the world event? Bowlers bowl ing more on that. That will help.”
in England were four overs and not too many batsmen In short, Kirsten is isolated in picking
Zaheer Khan (MI) 6 involved in the face that many balls in a T-20 game,” IPL as the reason for India’s shock exit
IPL. A South says V.B. Chandraskhar, a former selec- from the World T20 championship.

60 per cent Keen to shed

show from
us: Dhoni
DC CORRESPONDENT
NOTTINGHAM
June 17: Mahendra Singh
Dhoni refused to admit that
fatigue was a factor for
India’s disappointing show
at the ICC World Twenty20
championships saying he
never felt tired during the
tournament.
However, the team was not
quite up there, Dhoni said as
he spoke about the Indian
show after a humiliating 12-
run loss to South Africa in
the last Super Eights match
at Trent Bridge on Tuesday
night. Chasing a lowly 130,
the Blues could manage just
118/8.
After Rohit Sharma (29)
and Gautam Gambhir (21)
got them off to a rollicking
start — 48 in 6.2 overs, they
lost their minds as well as
four wickets for 14 runs in
27 balls to allow the South
Africans to get back into the
game. A late charge by
Harbhajan Singh (14, 1x4,
1x6), promoted ahead of last
match villain Ravindra
Jadeja, did not help even as
he put on 31 runs for the
sixth wicket with Yuvraj
Singh, who made a run-a-
ball 25. Dhoni admitted the
team “failed to click as a
unit. When you turn up at
the field, you have to be
always 100 per cent.”
Scores: South Africa 130/5
in 20 overs (de Villiers 63)
beat India 118/8 in 20 overs
(Rohit 29, Botha 3/16, Steyn
2/25)
Pak hurdle for Proteas
K. MOSES
DC | NOTTINGHAM
June 17: South Africa, hav-
ing bulldozed their oppo-
nents right through the tour-
nament, enter the semifinals
of the ICC World Twenty20
Championship as favourites
against a Pakistan team that
has been performing in fits
and starts.
The Proteas have won five
games on the trot and appear
to be in incredible form, but
the danger of law of averages
catching up with them, more
so in a knockout game,
looms large as they face an
unpredictable team at Trent
Harbhajan
Singh with
umpire Billy
Bowden in
India’s 12-run
loss to South
Africa at Trent
Bridge in Not-
tingham on
Tuesday.
— AP
er to Graeme Smith’s men,
Weather who are being considered
title favourites.
There is a 30% chance of precipitation on Thursday with the However, the ‘favourites’
Nottingham sky likely to have scattered clouds. Forceast tag brings in added pressure
suggests westerlies of upto 28 km/h with the maximum tem-
and the South Africans have
perature hovering around 18 °C.
a history of repeatedly stum-
Odd Zone bling at the semifinal stages
South Africa 8/15 in World Cups.
Pakistan 6/4 Captain Smith is deter-
mined to snap that and lead
his team all the way. With a
Bridge here on Wednesday. the last Super Eights match superb batting line-up start-
It has been a dream run for here on Tuesday. But the fact ing with himself and Her-
the South Africans. Most of that they successfully schelle Gibbs at the top, fol-
their wins have been con- defended low totals — 128 lowed by the consistent A. B.
vincing barring the one-run against New Zealand and de Villiers (the second high-
victory over New Zealand in 130 against the strong Indian est run-getter in the tourna-
the Group stage and the slen- batting line-up — should ment so far), Jean Paul
der 12-run win over India in serve as a confidence-boost- Duminy and Jacques Kallis.
chokers’ tag:
Boucher
DC CORRESPONDENT
NOTTINGHAM
June 17: South Africa may
have stumbled in the semifi-
nal stages of the World Cup
frequently but this time
around, they are keen to
shed the ‘chokers’ tag and
go one better when they
meet Pakistan in the ICC
World T20 championships
semifinal here on Thursday.
“There’s a different feeling
with this team. Different
management, different play-
ers, we have been through a
lot of tests last year and we
have come through with fly-
ing colours. We have han-
dled pressure pretty well.
And hopefully that is a sign
of things to come for us in
the latter stages of this tour-
nament. Hopefully, this time
we can go the whole dis-
tance,” wicketkeeper Mark
Boucher said on Wednes-
day.
“We’ve been in pressure
situations in the last 18
months and come through it.
We could get beaten tomor-
row and then again the
‘chokers’ tag might surface.
But that’s not an issue. As
long as we are playing the
game to the best of our abil-
ity, we’re not scared of los-
ing. Mentally, our team is
very strong now and ready
to go to another level,”
coach Mickey Arthur said.
Asked how his side
planned to counter Pak-
istan’s reverse swing,
Boucher said: “I haven’t
seen the ball move much.”
Women carry
Indian hopes
DC CORRESPONDENT
NOTTINGHAM
June 17: The men’s team
may have crashed out of
the ICC Twenty20 World
Cup but the women’s team
has kept Indian hopes
alive. They Lady Blues
look to make the title
round when they meet
New Zealand in the first
semifinal at Trent Bridge
here on Thursday.
“The manager of the
men’s team, V.
Chamundeswarnath,
called us up after our game
against Sri Lanka and said
‘what we couldn’t do, you
all should achieve’ as he
wished us luck. We will
strive to keep India’s flag
flying in this tournament,”
said team manager Diana
Eduljee, pioneer
women’s cricket in India.
of
Captain Jhulan Goswami
nodded vigorously in
approval.
That their match would
precede the men’s semifi-
nal and will be shown live
on television would be a
bonus for the women, who
do not have a fan following
to match the men’s.
“It’s a big thing for
women’s cricket. Our
friends and family will be
able to watch us and that
will be an inspiration for
us. The players are excited.
Hopefully, we will be able
to draw youngsters to the
Jhulan Goswami
game,” Jhulan said on
Wednesday.
To do that, Jhulan knows
her team will have to dish
out top drawer stuff. She is
banking on a couple of
stars to pull it off though.
“Mithali Raj is the best
batswoman in the world
right now. She is the main-
stay of our batting and the
longer she is at the wicket,
the better our chances of
winning tomorrow’s
game,” she said of the
Hyderabad star.
Mithali had stroked an
unbeaten 32 to earn a cru-
cial win over Sri Lanka in
the last Super Eight game.
She palyed three classical
cover drives — two fours
and a single — in the
penultimate over to finish
a game which had its share
of tense batting moments.
“I didn’t do my job in the
earlier games so it was
time to do something for
the team. I put everything
into those two boundaries
at the end,” said Mithali.
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Nehra returns after four years ‘Pacer deserved a recall’
DC CORREPONDENT
MUMBAI
June 17: Paceman Ashish
Nehra returned to the nation-
al fold after four years while
Mumbai all-rounder
Abhishek Nayar was the lone
new face in India’s 16-man
squad for the ODI tour of the
West Indies, which was
announced on Wednesday.
Key players Sachin Ten-
dulkar and Zaheer Khan
were rested.
The 30-year-old Nehra,
who last played an ODI in
September 2005, was
rewarded for his consistent
bowling performance in the
second edition of the IPL
Drogba
banned for
six games
Geneva, June 17: Chelsea
striker Didier Drogba was
on Wednesday banned from
European competition for
six matches, two of which
are suspended, while full-
back Jose Bosingwa was
handed a four-game ban,
with one match suspended,
UEFA’s disciplinary com-
mittee announced.
The decision follows the
angry scenes that marred
Chelsea’s elimination from
the Champions League at
the hands of Barcelona
after a 1-1 draw between
the clubs in the second leg
of their semifinal at Stam-
ford Bridge on May 6.
“Drogba and Bosingwa
were facing charges of
being in breach of the prin-
ciples of sportsmanship by
insulting the referee and by
making offensive com-
ments,” read a statement on
the UEFA website.
“Drogba’s suspension
applies to the next four
UEFA club competition
matches for which the play-
er would be eligible, while
Bosingwa’s suspension
applies to the next three
UEFA club competition
matches for which the play-
er would be eligible.”
Chelsea crashed out of
Europe’s premier club com-
petition after Andres Inies-
ta's injury-time equaliser
for Barcelona took the
Catalans through to the
final on the away goals rule.
The Blues had a number
of penalty appeals turned
down during the match by
Norwegian referee Tom
Henning Ovrebo.
Portuguese defender
Bosingwa, meanwhile,
likened Ovrebo to a “thief”
in a post-match interview
before withdrawing his
comments. The club and
the players have three days
in which to appeal the deci-
sion. Chelsea have also
been fined 100,000 euros
for “the improper conduct
of their players and the
throwing of missiles by
their supporters” — AFP
In a week, Mahi’s world transforms
T
he transformation
from Mahi the
magician to Dhoni
the destroyer took
place in less than a week.
But then a week can be a
long time even in cricket,
more so in the Twenty20
format of the game with its
great oscillations between
incredible highs and impos-
sible lows.
The fact is the buck stops
with the captain. If he is the
one who gets most of the
credit for great team victo-
ries, it only stands to reason
that he must be equally
ready to take much of the
criticism, too. Mahendra
Singh Dhoni has become
the butt of all the jokes
now.
It could not have been
easy to play a dead game
when the team had changed
in public perception, how-
ever briefly, from cult sta-
tus to an object of ridicule.
Having committed many a
tactical faux pas, which
was well brought in several
post mortems after India
crashed out of the T20
Worlds, Dhoni must be
sportive enough to take
much of the blame for the
debacle.
The technical problem is
easier to diagnose. Indian
Members of the Indian team during their World
Twenty20 Super Eights match against South Africa
on Tuesday.
CONFEDERATIONS CUP
Villa takes Spain into semifinals
Bloemfontein (South
Africa), June 17: Spain
edged Iraq 1-0 to make the
semifinals of the Confeder-
ations Cup on Wednedsay
and equal the world record
for the longest winning
streak by a national team.
A second-half goal by
Valencia striker David Villa
undid the resiliant Asian
champions for two wins out
of two in Group A to ensure
a place in the last four
where they are likely to
meet either Brazil or Italy.
The hard fought victory
wrote their names in the
history books with Spain,
who have not been beaten
since November 2006,
matching the record of 14
straight victories held by
Australia, Brazil and
France.
They also moved to with-
in one win of equalling the
35-match unbeaten run by
Brazil between 1993 and
1996. Vicente del Bosque
was forced to start without
Arsenal captain Cesc Fab-
regas who limped out of
training on Tuesday after a
strong tackle by Liverpool
midfielder Xabi Alonso.
He also rested Carles
Puyol, Albert Reira and
Raul Albiol, with Carlos
Marchena, Gerard Pique,
Juan Manuel Mata and
Santi Cazorla in the starting
11.
Iraq coach Bora Miluti-
novic also rested several
players, including star
striker Younis Mahmoud,
with his focus on their last
match of the group stages
against New Zealand,
which he believes they can
win.
Compared to their 5-0
thrashing of New Zealand
on Sunday, this was a much
tougher test for Spain and
they made a hesitant start.
It took them eight minutes
to unleash their first shot
when Cazorla's left foot
strike was easily gathered
by goalkeeper Mohammed
Kassid.
— AFP
LINE &
LENGTH
batsmen have never been in
the comfort zone against
the short, rising ball. There
are no batsmen in the world
who are overly fond of chin
music than our players.
For Indian batsmen, the
degree of difficulty rises
pretty acutely in direct pro-
portion to the bounce.
It’s a different ball game
on the slower pitches of the
sub-continent and in many
other parts of the cricket
world.
But when the ball is
bouncing for the quicks,
Indian batsmen can be at
sixes and sevens. They may
have learnt to cope with it
in the longer forms of the
game.
The difficulty is in Twen-
ty20 when they have to
score off balls bouncing
chest high or higher.
There is no immediate
solution to an old problem.
Apart from taking a look
again at the top order, there
— AFP
Spain’s David Villa heads the ball into the back of the net against Iraq in their Fifa Confederations Cup match at the Free State Stadium
in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. Spain won 1-0 to enter the semifinals.
Barcelona ‘pleased’ with India’s visit
ROHIT BHASKAR
DC | NEW DELHI
June 17: As members of the
senior national football team
gear up for their training
stint at La Masia — the
breeding ground for FC
Barcelona’s assembly line
of home-grown talent — an
official with the reigning
Spanish and European
champions said the club is
‘very pleased’ to host the
national team and also hint-
ed at possible interactions
between the Indian foot-
ballers and FC Barcelona’s
R. Mohan
is little that can be done in
the short term.
Team India are half the
side if numbers 1,2 & 3 do
not take charge of the first
six overs that are so vital
for momentum in T20
cricket. Rohit Sharma, who
often fell in trying to hit the
new ball too hard, cannot
become a Sehwag
overnight.
Nor can Suresh Raina
produce the runs in a hurry
when the ball is chest high.
Both may learn in time that
the slash and the cut can
prove more effective
against the rising ball than
the pull that is basically a
stroke across the line and
often destined to send the
ball ballooning.
The alarming consistency
in making it to just around
the 150-run mark whether
setting the pace or chasing
once again points to the
major cause of the defeats,
which has to do with bat-
with a berth in the squad
ahead of Irfan Pathan.
Injured Suresh Raina was
also ommitted. Virender
Sehwag, was also not consid-
ered for selection.
Tamil Nadu opener Murali
Vijay and middle-order bats-
man S. Badrinath were
recalled in the squad
announced in a statement
released by BCCI secretary
N. Srinivasan.
SQUAD: MS Dhoni (capt/wk),
Yuvraj Singh (vice-captain), G.
Gambhir, S. Rohit, Harbhajan
Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan,
M. Vijay, S. Badrinath, RP Singh,
Praveen Kumar, Ishant Sharma,
Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra,
Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik.
vast array of dazzling talent.
Speaking exclusively to
this paper, FC Barcelona
media & communications
officer Francesc Orenes said
that the Catalan club is
pleased with the national
team’s visit for a pre-season
conditioning camp, which
kicks off on July 7th.
“FC Barcelona is very
pleased to receive the India
football team. In the past,
countries like Russia and
Cameroon have used our
modern, state-of-the-art
training facilities,” said
Orenes.
ting frailty in certain condi-
tions.
In such conditions, the
Indian batting powerhouse
becomes putty.
Dhoni’s own woeful
form, obviously affected
by the Sehwag injury issue,
was pathetic to the extent
of his slow innings being
the prime cause of defeat in
the match against the West
Indies and he failed to capi-
talise against the English-
men too.
The Sehwag issue will
remain a talking point for
long.
As a senior player and a
proven match winner he
deserved the chance to
assess his injury on tour so
that he may make himself
available for the team
cause. To take it up as a
prestige issue and act as if
no one has ever done this in
Indian cricket was Dhoni’s
downfall.
To parade his team in
front of the media was to
acknowledge that the new-
shounds had got to him and
his team. There could not
have been so much smoke
over a faltering relationship
without there being some-
thing to it. Being the public
face of the team as far as
the media is concerned,
DC CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI
June 17: The last time
Ashish Nehra turned out in
Indian colours, it was 2005.
But this is what he told this
newspaper after the second
edition of the Indian Premier
League in South Africa — “I
am ready to play for India if
given an opportunity.”
For some it might seem
cockiness on the part of a fast
bowler considered by his
critics to be over the hill.
However, the confidence
emerged from his outstand-
ing show in IPL-2 for the
Delhi Daredevils. Nehra
picked up 19 wickets (the
However, he stopped just
short of saying it was a done
deal and said the All India
Football Federation and the
club were still working out
the finer points of the
national team’s month-long
stay.
“The club and the Indian
team are working on the
contract. However, we can-
not disclose the financial
aspects of our discussion,”
said Orenes.
AIFF general secretary
Alberto Colaco said that the
hold-up was because the
national federation was yet
“Team India are
half the side if
numbers 1,2 & 3 do
not take charge of
the first six overs
that are so vital for
momentum in T20
cricket.
Rohit Sharma, who
often fell trying to
hit the new ball too
hard, cannot
become a Virender
Sehwag
overnight.”
Dhoni had to act with
greater maturity.
In the final analysis, no
one is better qualified to
lead Team India. There is
no need for Dhoni to fear
for his job. If he has learnt
personally from the depths
of the T20 World Champi-
onship performance, he is
only likely to come back
not only a chastened cap-
tain but also a better man
manager. He may soon
realise that at his level,
Indian cricket is not about
scoring points.
DC
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009
Ashish Nehra
third highest in IPL-2) with
an economy rate of 6.78.
The 30-year-old left-arm
paceman from Delhi has
stormed back into the Indian
team for the Caribbean ODI
tour purely on the basis of his
performances on the pitch.
His former colleague and
— Reuters
to intimate the Spanish club
on the number of rooms
required. “This is a small
delay. We will let them
know of our requirements in
a day or two,” he said.
Orenes added that the
national team could meet
Barca’s collection of stars
that include the likes of
Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernan-
dez, Andreas Iniesta and
Thierry Henry.
“It is possible, but at the
moment I don’t have details.
We will get to know about
this better when the first
team arrives for pre-season
current coach of Delhi Ranji
team, Vijay Dahiya, says
Ashish Nehra is at the peak
of his ability and ‘hitting the
pitch harder than ever’.
Dahiya never doubted the
talent in Nehra and believes
the only concern was over-
coming injuries. “I am
absolutely delighted with the
recall of Nehra to the Indian
team. No one deserves it
more than him,” Dahiya told
this newspaper on Wednes-
day. Nehra was an integral
part of the Indian team till
the 2003 World Cup, after
which he had his first ankle
surgery. Before he could
recover from it, he suffered a
back injury. Midway into the
training on July 20th,” he
said.
The Barcelona first-team
return from the off-season
on July 20th and a day later
head to London to compete
in the Wembley Cup against
Tottenham Hotspur and
Egyptian champions Al
Ahly.
The club will return to
Camp Nou on July 27, when
international stars such as
Messi, Seydou Keita and
Samuel Eto’o re-join the
team. Two days later, they
will leave for a 12-day tour
of the US.
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2005 series in Zimbabwe, he
came back home with the
back injury. In 2006, he tore
a ligament when he twisted
his ankle in the nets. And
finally in 2007, he underwent
yet another ankle surgery.
“Nehra has matured as a
bowler in the last few years
like Zaheer Khan. Some crit-
ics might have questioned his
commitment but I can say
that they are all wrong,”
Dahiya said. Even when he
was injured, he was the first
one to turn up for the Ranji
practice sessions,” he said.
Now after a bagful of wick-
ets in the IPL, Nehra is ready
to turn back the clock on his
international career.
Arjuna call
for Narain,
Chandok
C. SANTHOSH KUMAR
DC | CHENNAI
June 17: Motorsports’ long
wait could well be over
soon as the discipline is all
set to have its first Arjuna
awardee when the country’s
sporting honours are
announced in August. The
Federation of Motor Sports
Clubs in India has nominat-
ed three racers — Narain
Karthikeyan, Karun Chand-
hok and Dilip Rogger
(biker) — for the presti-
gious award.
It was the first time that
the FMSCI’s recommenda-
tion has been accepted by
the sports ministry. Until
last year, the sport was not
eligible for the award as it
had two factions (FMSCI
and Motor Sports Associa-
tion of India). In July 1,
2008, FMSCI got the nod
after the international body
booted out the MAI.
Rajan Syal, the CEO of
the FMSCI, said the three
names have been picked at
the council meeting based
on their international per-
formances in the last three
years. “Apart from results,
our drivers fit in the criteria
of sportsmanship and sense
of discipline. It would be a
big boost for the sport
should the panel confer one
of the trio with the award. It
is the ultimate honour for a
sportsman and we will
strive to work closely with
the government of India,”
said Rajan.
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WATER WOES: A stu- LONG WAIT: People
dent wades through stag- were stuck in a jam for
nated water at First long hours at Chilakalgu-
Lancer Banjara Hills on
Wednesday. Even after
10 days, the water has
not been cleared.
da Main Road when a
huge tree was uprooted
due to rain on Wednes-
day.
TODAY’S Will Prime
Minister
28-year-old
dies in pool Dropouts end up as child brides
? snub get
Pak to act
on terror?
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Was PM firm enough with
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: A bank employee
drowned in a swimming
poll in Ameerpet on Tues-
day.
K. RAJARAM
DC | WARANGAL
June 17: The high dropout
rate among girl students is
directly linked to the custom
of child marriage. It is
Zardari on first meet
after 26/11?
According to SR Nagar
police, Solomon, 28, an
shocking to note that in
some parts of the state,
NO 60% YES 40% SBI employee, Ameerpet almost 40 per cent of girls
branch went to the GHMC drop out of school by the
SMS your replies to swimming pool with a time they write their Class
friend. The police said he X examinations. Many of
57007 suffered an epileptic attack them also end up as child
Type dcpoll Y for Yes, as he entered the pool. brides in rural areas.
dcpoll N for No. Though he was immediate- Concerted efforts at
By email: Type Y for ly taken out of the pool, he parental counseling have
Yes, N for No. email died while being taken to a not effected the desired
dcpolls@deccanmail.com private hospital. The police behavioural change.
Vote till 7pm today
are investigating the case. Activists are now engaging
directly with children,
mobilising them to help stop
child marriages.
“If a girl comes to know
that her minor friend is
being married off, she
should immediately inform
the local police or contact
the helpline number set up
by the NGOs, who will then
prevent the child marriage,”
said Ms Indira Goud, a
woman activist.
Earlier this year, assisted
by children, the activists
had successfully prevented
18 child marriages in Sta-
tion Ghanpur mandal in
Warangal. When the 18
girls suddenly went missing
from the ST girls’ hostel,
their friends informed the
local NGO, who immediate-
ly swung into action.
The situation is particular-
ly bad in Warangal. A sur-
vey report indicates that
around 1,500 to 2,000 child
marriages are performed
every year in the district.
Local NGOs point out that
at least 48 per cent of mar-
riages in the district, are
child marriages. Cases of
child marriages are also
rampant in Mahbubnagar
district. Even in Hyderabad,
three cases were reported in
2008 and four so far in
2009. Girls in the age group
Activist draws parents’ ire
DC CORRESPONDENT
WARANGAL
June 17: Activist Mamatha
Raghuveer, founder of the
Tharuni Women’s Organi-
sation, is at the forefront of
the campaign against child
marriage. A decade or so
ago, she was confronted
with the plight of child mar-
riage victims. Since then,
Ms Raghuveer has made
resolving this issue her
life’s mission.
SUICIDE TALES
IBM techie takes life Constant dowry demands
to see what is beyond drive woman to suicide
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: A software engi-
neer working at IBM, Ben-
galuru, on Wednesday
ended his life here in a tem-
ple at Kacheguda just to
experience what lies
beyond death.
Pradeep Gondkar, 26, sent
mails to his brother-in-law
and police prior to commit-
ting suicide, explaining his
motive.
In his email, Pradeep said
he was fed up with life and
added that he could not
meet the expectations of his
parents. He requested that
his personal belongings be
burnt along with his body.
Pradeep, a resident of RT
Nagar in Bengaluru, flew
by Kingfisher Airlines and
landed in the city in the
morning.
After sending mails to the
Bengaluru police and San-
Surveys have
established the
correlation
between the school
dropout rate of
girls and incidents
of child marriages.
Alarmed by the
trend, the authori-
ties have initiated
action to get more
kids to school.
of 15 and 16 are wedded to
older men. Officials of the
women development and
child welfare department
say that most of these are
forceful marriages.
Now a campaign to stop
child marriages, has been
launched with the help of
the revenue, education and
police personnel.
“There is a correlation
between a good harvest, and
the number of child mar-
riages in that period,” said
Ms Anita Reddy, another
activist. She explained that
parents prefer to get their
daughters married off, when
they have some money with
them.
Addressing the problem at
the student intake end, the
Rajiv Vidya Mission has
launched a special drive to
get all children between six
and 14 years into school. In
addition to ongoing cam-
paigns like Badi Bata
focused on maximising
school enrollments, authori-
ties have now launched a
village-level campaign
involving Anganwadi and
Asha workers, teachers,
activists and personnel from
across a host of depart-
ments.
To date she has stopped
over 1,800 child marriages
in Warangal. In the process,
she has earned angry criti-
cism from parents.
“I was moved by the plight
of the minor mothers.
Sometimes the girls are
barely nine years old when
they are forced into mar-
riage. In many cases, they
are pregnant before the age
of 15 or 16,” said Ms
Raghuveer. “We do face a
risk of getting manhandled
Pradeep Kumar
tosh, his brother-in-law, he
went to the Sri Shyam
Mandir opposite Kachegu-
da railway station.
“Pradeep kept his
footwear at the stand and
took a token,” said a police
officer.
“While offering prayers,
he collapsed. He was dead
before the ambulance
arrived. We believe that he
had consumed poison to
end his life,” said the
police.
(Above) A man marries a minor girl in Warangal. (Below) A minor girl, who has
been forced to drop out of school, is all dressed up for her wedding ceremony.
Cases of child marriage are very common in the state with Warangal seeing as
many as 1,500 to 2,000 child marriages in a year.
fact file
School dropout fig-
ures in Classes I to
X in Andhra
Pradesh.
Overall: 63.13%
Boys: 62.3%
Girls: 64%
Highest number of
dropouts — 77.96
per cent — report-
ed from Mahbub-
nagar.
Lowest number of
dropouts —25.66
per cent — report-
ed from Hyder-
abad.
by angry parents and rela-
tives of the child brides. But
there is no other way to stop
the marriages.”
She now runs a special
rehabilitation programme
for minor girls rescued from
child marriages, where they
receive vocational training.
With support from govern-
ment and private agencies,
Ms Raghuveer has got 230
girls employed in different
sectors, on completion of
their skills training.
In his email,
Pradeep said he
was fed up with life
and could not meet
the expectations of
his parents. He
also said no one
was responsible for
his death.
Police found some phone
numbers in his dress and
contacted his brother-in-
law, Mr Santosh, a resident
of Marredpally. Mr Santosh
was shocked to see the
email.
In his missive, Pradeep
said no one was responsible
for his death and he was not
a coward.
He requested his parents
to forgive him for not being
able to fulfill his responsi-
bilities.
DC
Hyderabad ● Thursday ● 18 June 2009
RACIST ANGER: DYFI activists take
out a rally near the Gandhi Statue in
Nellore on Wednesday in protest
against the failure of Australian govern-
ment to protect Indians from racist
attacks.
— DECCAN CHRONICLE
2.5 lakh kids have
quit school in AP
SASWATI MUKHERJEE
DC | HYDERABAD
June 17: Believe it or not, a
staggering 2.5 lakh children
are school dropouts in the
state.
In Hyderabad alone, the
number has touched 13,000.
Of these, 2,800 children are
employed as child labours
in various hazardous occu-
pations in and around the
city.
This was established dur-
ing a survey conducted last
year jointly by the Centre
for Good Governance and
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: A 29-year-old
woman tried to end her life
by hanging after allegedly
being harassed for dowry
by her in-laws. She is now
battling for life in a corpo-
rate hospital.
Ms Radhika Agarwal,
daughter-in-law of Mr
M.L. Agarwal, the former
president of FAPCCI,
attempted suicide alleging
harassment by her hus-
band, Mr Ankit Agarwal,
and his family. She left a
note in which she narrated
in detail the torture she was
subjected to.
Ms Radhika said she was
never happy with her hus-
band and in-laws since they
used to constantly find
fault in all her actions.
She alleged that her
father-in-law used to insti-
gate her husband to torture
her. She also said that Mr
CITY
ORG Marg, sponsored by
the National Child Labour
Project (NCLP).
“There has not been a
comprehensive survey for
the last seven years, the last
state wide survey was in
2001,” said Dr E. Gangad-
har, Assistant
Commissioner of Labour,
Hyderabad and the Project
director of NCLP.
Close to 13,500 children
have been rescued since
2006 in the city. In 2008
alone, 8,000 kids were res-
cued. Of these, 30 per cent
were girls.
Radhika Agarwal’s
brother Nitin Bansara
shows Radhika and
her husband Ankit
Agarwal’s wedding
picture outside the
hospital on Wednes-
day. — DC
Ankit was having an extra-
marital relation with a
woman and when she ques-
tioned this, she was beaten
up brutally.
“There is no understand-
ing, no support, no trust, no
respect in the family,” she
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characteristic feature of
the erstwhile Maoist
Communist Centre. In
Chhattisgarh and Orissa,
militia attacks ended in a
few hours after the
Maoists looted arms or
food supplies. “Holding
an area for longer period
like this is definitely
alarming,” he said.
Rao is said to have
masterminded the land-
mine attack on the con-
voy in November 2008
in which the West Ben-
gal Chief Minister, Mr
Buddhadeb Bhattachar-
jee, and the then Union
minister, Mr Ram Vilas
Paswan, had a narrow
escape.
West Bengal has
requested state govern-
ment for the support of
Greyhounds to take on
the Maoists. The West
Bengal chief secretary,
Mr Amit Kiran Deb, has
asked for the support of
the Greyhound forces
apart from central para-
military forces.
But the state police is in
no mood to send the
Greyhounds after their
bitter experience of los-
ing 36 Greyhounds per-
sonnel in the Balimela
reservoir attack in Orissa
last year.
“The option of sending
Greyhounds to West
Bengal is closed. We
don’t know the terrain of
the place. The support of
local police and a local
information network is
very important,” a senior
intelligence official said.
“It can be difficult for
Bengal police to under-
stand the functioning of
Greyhounds. When
50,000 tribals are attack-
ing (the police), what can
the Greyhounds do,” he
said.
The option of
sending Grey-
hounds to West
Bengal is closed.
We don’t know
the terrain of the
place.”
Senior Intelligence
officer
said in her note.
Mr Prakash Bansal, father
of Ms Radhika, in his com-
plaint to the Banjara Hills
police, alleged that the
Agarwal family tortured
his daughter for gold and
dowry.
Ms Radhika and her
daughter were living with
her parents for the past two
months because of the
harassment.
Three days back, the fam-
ily decided to go for a
divorce and there was an
altercation with the Agarw-
al family.
Ms Radhika felt humiliat-
ed and went to her room on
the second floor and
hanged herself from the
ceiling fan. Family mem-
bers immediately shifted
her to the hospital where
doctors said her spinal card
was damaged.
Meanwhile, the police
booked a case under sec-
tion 498-A of IPC.
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SWINE FLU
Babu, wife
screened at
airport
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: The Telugu
Desam president, Mr N.
Chandrababu Naidu, and
his wife Ms Bhuvanesh-
wari, who returned from the
United States in the early
hours of Wednesday under-
went swine flu screening
tests at the Shamshabad air-
port.
Sources said the tests on
the couple proved negative.
Mr Naidu had gone to the
US for a week on a person-
al visit.
Meanwhile, two more air
passengers — a 23-year old
man from Kuwait and 25-
year old woman from
Dubai — were quarantined
after they were found to
have swine flu symptoms
after screening tests at the
city airport on Wednesday.
Sources at the hospital
said two people who were
under observation were dis-
charged after their tests
came out as negative on
Wednesday. Dr Ch.
Jayakumari, district med-
ical and health officer, has
warned against people tak-
ing drugs like Tamiflu and
Oseltamivir to develop
resistance against swine
flu.
“Those taking it without
advice may develop suici-
dal tendencies,” said Dr
Jayakumari.
Meanwhile, the Central
government Central Coun-
cil of Homeopathy PG
Committee chairman, Prof
B. Sohan Singh, said swine
flu can be prevented with a
homeopathic medicine
“Gelsemium-6”. In case of
disease symptoms, like
sneezing, headache, fever
and throat pain, the patient
just needs to take Gelsemi-
um pill three times a day for
two days.
Swine flu,
HIV make
deadly mix
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: With swine flu
gradually turning deadly in
many parts of the world,
health experts and scientists
fear that a mix of swine flu
virus with human immun-
odeficiency virus (HIV)
may lead to a cocktail of
severely potent viral strain
that could wreak havoc.
The HIV-H1N1 co-infec-
tion risk is more in Andhra
Pradesh as it has a large
number of people living
with HIV.
The state has 5.4 lakh
HIV positive cases, the
highest number for any
state in India. Since half of
the 31 swine flu cases
reported in the country are
from Hyderabad and other
parts of the state, any lax on
the part of health and quar-
antine authorities may spell
a doom.
Since people with HIV
have suppressed immunity,
it takes quite a long period
for swine flu virus to sub-
side. The virus may devel-
op into a potent viral strain
by being a co-pathogen
with the human immunode-
ficiency virus. “People suf-
fering from HIV, particu-
larly those with low CD4
cell counts in their blood,
are at higher risk of con-
tracting swine flu. While
swine flu may not develop
into pneumonia in ordinary
people, chances are higher
among those having HIV,”
warns senior researcher, Dr
M.N. Khaja, who was in the
the team that sequenced
Hepatitis C virus.
State relaxes transfer ban
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: The state has lifted
the ban on transfer of
employees, teachers and
lecturers for a period of one
month.
It issued GO No. 169 to
this effect on Wednesday.
The orders will be in force
from June 17 to July 16.
A boy drinks water leaking from a water pipe on the premises of the Government High School in Moula Ali on
Wednesday. The principal of the school said there is no drinking water facility in the school.
Education officials
try to pacify parents
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Though state offi-
cials claim that there is no
legislation to regulate fee in
private schools, the fact
remains that an Act passed
in 1983 enables officials to
regulate fee in CBSE and
ICSE schools.
The Act clearly states that
whoever contravenes its
provisions shall be punish-
able with a prison term
extending from three to
seven years. A fine of Rs
5,000 can also be imposed
on them.
Surprisingly, top officials
in school education depart-
ment including the minister
of primary education, Mr
Ahmadullah, and the minis-
ter for secondary education,
Mr D.Manikya Vara Prasa-
da Rao, are ignorant of such
an Act.
They are under the impres-
sion that GO Ms.No.1
issued in 1994 was the only
mechanism available to reg-
Private schools act like
mafia to guard profits
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Private school
managements have ganged
up like a cartel to protect
their interests ignoring
mounting public anger on
the sharp increase in
fee.
Though a number of com-
plaints have been lodged
with the education depart-
ment over the steep
increase in fee by school
managements, they have
fallen on deaf ears much to
the disappointment of par-
Bio park comes up in OU
DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: A biodiversity
park with ‘bio-vedic’ facili-
ty is coming up in Osmania
University. It is being mod-
elled on the famous Yamuna
Park in Delhi .
“The park will have flora
and fauna which are threat-
ened with extinction, gene
banks and wild genetic
resources,” said Dr C. Srini-
vasulu of the department of
Several teacher unions have
welcomed the move and
urged the departments to
immediately announce the
counselling schedule to take
up transfers process.
All employees who have
completed two years of ser-
vice are eligible for trans-
fers.
Transfers are mandatory
for those who completed 5
parched
For the last 26
years, governments
have allowed pri-
vate school man-
agements to extort
money from par-
ents
ulate private schools.
For the last 26 years, suc-
cessive governments have
allowed private school man-
agements to literally extort
money from parents under
various heads, without even
issuing fee receipts.
When some parents
approached the High Court
in 2007, the state govern-
ment as usual appointed a
committee to regulate pri-
vate schools.
The committee had sug-
gested concrete steps to reg-
ulate private schools like
classifying the fee based on
the facilities they offer to
students.
However, the report sub-
ents.
Some officials tried to
intervene in the issue, but
they were forced to back
off as the school manage-
ments enjoy considerable
political clout.
Corporate schools admit
thousands of students in
major cities violating
norms.
Their strategy is to obtain
permission for a school in a
particular location and then
establish branches in other
areas without recognition
and shift the excess stu-
dents to these branches,
zoology in Osmania Univer-
sity. “It is also meant to pro-
mote environmental aware-
ness.” Mr Srinivasulu, who
earlier worked with Yamu-
na Biodiversity Park at
Delhi , will now take charge
of the OU park too. The
park will run into 250 acres
of land with herbal garden,
bio-vedic garden with all
traditional species, rock gar-
den, sacred grove, butterfly
garden, and wetland ecosys-
tem with Deccan flora.
years of service.
The government has
directed the departments to
conclude the process by
July 16 and asked the trans-
ferred staff to join at the
newly-posted places within
a week.
It also said that there will
be no exemptions for anoth-
er three months after this
process concludes.
— DECCAN CHRONICLE
mitted in 2008 did not see
the light of day till the offi-
cials convened a meeting on
Tuesday to discuss fee regu-
lation.
“We are studying the
report and will prepare fresh
guidelines based on this,”
said Mr Prasada Rao. “The
government will do every-
thing to protect the interests
of students and parents.”
But the government’s
decision to appoint another
committee to issue guide-
lines on regulating fee struc-
ture in private schools is
seen as a ruse to pacify irate
parents. The government
also plans to set up an exclu-
sive control room to help
parents lodge complaints on
demand of donation and
capitation fee by school
managements.
The Hyderabad district
collector, Mr Naveen Mittal,
has already launched the
facility in the city. Aggriev-
ed parents can dial
69996399 and lodge com-
plaints on errant schools.
while officials remain mute
spectators. Some parents
also complained that the
managements are forcing
them to buy uniforms,
books, shoes, belt and other
stationery items from the
schools at higher rates.
“While we get books for
Rs 150 in the open market,
they are charging Rs 800,”
said Mr .Kamalakar, a par-
ent.
“They charge double the
rates for all other items too.
We compromise because
we don’t want our children
to suffer.”
green casue
The park will
plan
have flora and
fauna which are threat-
ened with extinction,
gene banks and wild
genetic resources.
The AP Biodiversity
Board is supporting the set-
ting up of the park along
with other agencies. There
are also plans to set up
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DC CORRESPONDENT
HYDERABAD
June 17: Only 31 per cent
of the students secured
pass marks in the Interme-
diate advanced supple-
mentary second year
exams.
The results were
announced on Wednesday.
This paves the way for the
announcement of Eamcet
ranks.
The state government
had earlier announced that
it will release the Eamcet
ranks on June 22. Howev-
er, now it has decided to
take a final decision on
Thursday amidst reports
that it may be advanced by
two days.
Inter supplementary
results were earlier sched-
uled to be released on June
20.
Intermediate marks
assumes significance this
year with the decision of
the state government to
give 25 per cent weightage
for determining the rank in
Eamcet.
A total of 3,04,061 candi-
dates had appeared for the
exams of where 95,302
cleared it.
With this, the total pass
percentage in the Interme-
diate second year exams
touched 74.58 per cent
including those who
passed in March.
A total of 6,60,341 candi-
dates had appeared for the
second year exams of
which 4,92,47 passed.
“Students can collect
their memorandum of
marks from June 22. If
they are any errors, they
should be brought to the
notice of the Inter Board
through the college princi-
pals by July 16. Applica-
tions received after the due
date will not be enter-
tained,” said Mr G.Balara-
maiah, secretary, Board of
Intermediate Education.
another biodiverstiy park in
the Acharya NG Ranga
Agricultural University.
The state has already set
up biodiversity parks in
Vishakapatnam, Seetampaet
and Warangal. “We have
recognised a biodiversity
park established by Dolphin
Conservation Society in
Vishakapatnam as the first
such park in the State,” said
Dr V.B. Ramanamurthy,
member-secretary of the AP
State Biodiversity Board.