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N D TIWARI TO UNDERGO DNA AS 20 MLAS JOIN REBEL JAGAN’S
TEST IN PATERNITY CASE 12 FAST, CHALLENGE GOVT 14
CONTRAP UNTO
Inflation is bringing us true democracy.
For the first time in history, luxuries and
necessities are selling at the same price.
Pricey veggies push food Falsely accused of killing
NEWS DIGEST
ROBERT ORBEN

inflation to double digits spouse, doc jailed in Saudi

Parcel bombs strike Imprisoned With Newborn, Returns After 11-Mth Ordeal
embassies in Rome
It Could Get ALL-ROUND PAIN After onions, Mohammed Ilyas
Composition of Durgesh Nandan Jha | TNN her husband’s body, she was
The Swiss and Chilean embassies in
Rome were hit by a coordinated assault
of parcel bombs on Thursday, seriously
Higher, Warn food inflation(%) 12.13% now tomato New Delhi: It was an ordeal
that will haunt Dr Shalini
a picture of fortitude.
Tears welled up in her eyes
as she stood with folded hands
injuring at least one person and
triggering fears of possible terrorist
Economists Price Increase
Over 1 Year (%)
Contribution to Food
Inflation (%age points) prices rocket Chawla for the rest of her life.
Her husband died in his sleep
at the uthala ceremony. Dr
Ashish Chawla’s body had fi-
VEGETABLES FRUITS
strikes ahead of Christmas. No outfit
has claimed responsibility so far. P 24
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
20.1 TIMES NEWS NETWORK of a heart attack in Saudi Ara-
bia, where the couple worked.
nally been cremated at Nigam-
bodh Ghat on Wednesday, brin-

Four-time Kerala CM
New Delhi: The pinch that you have
been feeling because of spiralling
15.5 3.0
New Delhi: After onions,
tomato prices are making con-
But she was told that he had
converted to Islam and ac-
ging an end to a sordid tale of
how human rights of Indians

Karunakaran dies at 93 prices is now being borne out by fig-

ures. A worried government dis-
Veteran Congress covered to its dismay on Thursday
leader and four-time that food price inflation has
Kerala CM Kannoth bounced back into double digits on
Karunakaran died on
Thursday after
the back of soaring onion, tomato
and fruit prices.
battling a lung
disease. He was 93.
Economists said the possibility
of further increase was not ruled
Karunakaran had out in the coming weeks as the price
been put on ventilator after which he of spices, fruits and vegetables have
suffered a fatal brain stroke. P 14 shot up in the second half of De-
1.9 sumers see red. Delhiites are
dishing out up to Rs 50/kilo
for the vegetable in many
colonies. Wholesale traders
MILK EGG, MEAT blame retailers for marking
17.8
& FISH
19.4 up prices, saying there is no
shortage of the vegetable at
4.0 3.3 Azadpur Mandi.
The runaway retail rates
are hard to justify considering
the wholesale price of tomato
CONDIMENTS, SPICES on Thursday was Rs 6-20, de-
cused, without a shred of ev-
idence, of poisoning him.
working abroad are violated.
Shalini and Ashish met as
That was bad enough. But interns at Ram Manohar Lo-
Shalini was then put behind hia Hospital, fell in love and
bars with her newborn child Shalini Chawla’s husband married 10 years back. Four
and later kept confined to a died on Jan 31. He was finally
home for months, with hos- cremated on Wednesday
years ago, both accepted job
offers from King Khalid Hos-
tile people around her and the pital in Nazran in Saudi Ara-
fear of death hanging over her every moment. bia. He joined as a cardiologist and she
Such an agonizing trauma could have bro- worked in the internal medicine department.
ken the strongest of people. But on Thurs-
day, a day after she landed in the capital with Doc conversion to Islam was a canard, P 5

‘70% DDA flats for Delhi residents’:

cember and are expected to rule
high for a few more weeks. This is 31.4 1.2 pending on size and quality.
‘‘Ideally, the retail price for the
MoS for home Ajay Maken has written
to urban development minister Jaipal
expected to find expression in the
next food inflation figure.
Total adds up to more than
12.13% because some
other items had
best tomatoes should not be
more than Rs 35-40. We don’t
RSS leader grilled Mumbai put
Reddy, urging him to allocate 70% of the Data released by the commerce know why prices are sky-
16,000 flats in the ongoing DDA scheme
negative contribution
on Lashkar
for Hindu terror
ministry showed year-on-year food rocketing,’’ said Brahm Yadav,
to Delhi residents. P 9 inflation rose to 12.13% in the week chairman, Delhi Agricultural

Home loans to get costlier? Reserve

Bank of India changed rules governing
ending December 11 compared to
9.46% in the previous week. This is
the third straight week when food
home loans by banks, a move that could inflation has risen after showing
in turn make loans costlier for borro- brief signs of moderation on hopes
wers. RBI has raised provisioning norms of robust crops due to good rains.
for banks on loans given on teaser
rates. It has also hiked the risk weight-
Around 60% of the increase was at-
tributed to fruits and vegetables.
age of loans above Rs 75 lakh, which
could raise interest rates on loans for
Finance minister Pranab Mukh-
erjee said there had been some up-
high-cost properties. P 27
SOME GOOD NEWS
Hike in diesel prices put off
Milk, edible oil could be
next to hit price spiral
Marketing Board.
Wholesale traders say fresh
supplies due to start coming Rahul Tripathi | TNN to have been ques-
high alert
in from Rajasthan in a day or tioned for terror-re- Mumbai: The city will cele-
P 20 two will lead to a further drop New Delhi: The lated probes. brate Christmas and New
in wholesale prices. ‘‘Already, CBI on Thursday “Indresh Kumar Year under the shadow of
we are getting good supplies
from places around Karnal
questioned senior
RSS leader Indresh
was summoned in
connection with
terror. Mumbai police issued
a terror alert for the city on
and the western UP belt. There
is no question of a shortage of
Kumar for nearly
four hours at the
the Mecca Masjid
blast where he was
Thursday and released a pic-
ture of one of the four sus-

Partner alleges Radia-Ananth links:

ward movement of food items and
one of the reasons may be high
onion prices but there was good
Corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s former news on the pulses front. High price
partner Rao Dheeraj Singh claimed on a of pulses had pushed up overall in-
TV channel on Thursday that Radia and flation in the past. ‘‘This year, puls-
senior BJP leader Ananth Kumar fixed es production may be 2 million
deals together. P 19 tonnes more than last year,’’ he said,
adding, ‘‘To that extent it will have
Engr’s kin get 37L accident payout: its impact and pulses’ prices have
A Delhi court awarded compensation of already started coming down.’’
over 37 lakh to the family of a 42-year-
old civil engineer who was crushed to Oppn hits streets in protest, P 20
death by a speeding truck in 2006. P 5 FULL COVERAGE, P 4, 20 & 28
A fter onion and assorted vegetables, milk and
edible oil may be the next cause for alarm. Milk
prices have gone up by more than 9% in the 12
tomatoes in the market,’’ said
a trader at Azadpur mandi.
Subhash Chugh, general
agency’s headquar-
ters about the blast
in Hyderabad’s Me-
questioned about
the facts and cir-
cumstances rele-
pected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
terrorists who are suspected
to have sneaked into Mumbai
months till November-end, while edible oil has secretary of Tomato Traders cca Masjid. Indresh Kumar vant to the criminal to cause destruction on a
become costlier by anywhere between 5% (mustard Association said mandi prices The agency ask- conspiracy in the mega scale.
oil) and 43% (crude palm oil) in the same period, of the vegetable had dropped ed Kumar to submit his said case. He was also grilled Deputy commissioner of
food ministry figures show. A top-level government by Rs 4 in the past few days. passport, identity cards and in connection with his as- police Nisar Tamboli said
team led by cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar But Karol Bagh resident details of bank accounts. sociation with the accused there was specific informa-
noticed a sharp increase in prices of the two Mita Mahajan said she was Indresh, whose name fig- and suspects of this case. tion that the four terrorists
essential food products, sources said. Officials said forced to buy poor quality ures in the chargesheet — His meetings with them had sneaked into Mumbai and
with food prices rising overall, the government tomatoes as decent ones were though he has not been were also examined,” said a were likely to cause “major
would step in to keep the prices of milk and oil selling for Rs 50/kg. charged — in the case con- CBI spokesperson. disturbance” at crowded
under control. Curbing palm oil prices could, how- cerning the Ajmer blast, is places and sites of worship in
ever, prove tricky since it is largely imported. P 20 Cheaper in a week, P 4 the first senior RSS leader Soft CBI posers? P 16 the city. P 19

No relief for Adarsh residents: It will

be a dark Christmas at Adarsh society
23-yr-old woman India wants to
as Bombay HC refused to temporarily
restore power and water supply. P 16
question jailed
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exec parks car, 26/11 suspects
Lifetime Blyk leaps off flyover in Pakistan
membership @ Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN Vishwa Mohan | TNN

just 74. New Delhi: A 23-year-old customer care executive

on Thursday morning drove 6km in her father’s
New Delhi: India has written
to Pakistan seeking to send
WagonR from her home to one of the highest fly- a commission to question
overs in the city — Moti Nagar on the Ring Road — all the seven jailed 26/11 mas-
parked near the top and terminds — including Zakir-
jumped 42 feet to her death Two killed in ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Zarar
on the road below. Shah and Abu al-Qama — as
She was identified as car accident well as to collect their ‘voice

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Dipti Wadhwa, a team
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woman returning
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The testimonies of the
Lashkar commanders, whom
the flyover who saw Dipti killed early on Thurs- Pakistan was forced to arrest
slam the door of her car day as an unidentified after global outrage, as well
TIMESCLASSiFiEDS 1 and walk to the side rail- vehicle rammed their as their voice samples are cru-
ings, rushed to stop her car on NH-24 in cial to the 26/11 investigation.
but she gave him no Ghazipur, turning it However, New Delhi’s
chance, police said. Before into a mangled mess. move is being seen as a re-
taking the extreme step, Three others in the car, sponse to Islambad’s insis-
Dipti sent three identical all aged 20-25, have tence on sending a Pakistani
text messages to her sib- been admitted to commission to interview chief
TATA lings, two elder sisters hospital. P 3 metropolitan magistrate R V
who are married and a Sawant Waghule, who record-
INFRASTRUCTURE younger brother studying to be a chartered ac- ed Kasab’s statement, and
countant. It just said, ‘‘I am sorry’’. Mumbai Police inspector
(An Open ended Equity Scheme)
FUIl D Till late night, police had not been able to figure Ramesh Mahale, who is the in-
out why she killed herself. She left no suicide note. vestigating officer in the case.
Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks , read
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Is Sachin Tendulkar the world’s

greatest sportsperson of all time?
TIMES NEWS ETWORK to understand why: After all,
THE DYNAMIC DOZEN he has sustained excellence at

C
omparisons are odious.
But truth be told, there’s
nothing sports fanatics
love more. And so, for all the
disclaimers about how it’s im-
possible and unfair to compare
greats from different eras, we
insist on doing precisely that.
One question that’s increas-
ingly being asked is whether
Sachin Tendulkar is a greater
cricketer than Sir Don Brad-
man. The answer, at least ac-
cording to netizens who par-
ticipated in a recent Sydney
Morning Herald poll, is a re-
sounding yes — by a whopping
margin of 67% to 33%.
Even as we were digesting
this result, along came an in-
terview by Usain Bolt. The
world’s fastest man admitted
to being a huge Sachin fan. He
also said that given a chance,
he’d like to ask Tendulkar
1 Sachin Tendulkar CRICKET
2 Michael Jordan BASKETBALL
3 Michael Schumacher
FORMULA ONE RACING
4 Lance Armstrong CYCLING
5 Carl Lewis ATHLETICS
6 Roger Federer MEN’S TENNIS
7 Martina Navratilova
WOMEN’S TENNIS
8 Dhyan Chand HOCKEY
9 Muhammad Ali BOXING
10 Pele FOOTBALL
11 Nadia Comaneci GYMNASTICS
12 Tiger Woods GOLF
To vote, visit www.timesofindia.com
‘‘how he has managed to work Clearly then, Sachin is idol-
so hard to stay at the top for so ized not just by millions of
long and what advice he’d give cricket lovers, but also cham-
other sportsmen’’. pions of other sports. It’s easy
the highest competitive level
for a scarcely believable 21
years, while cheerfully bear-
ing the crushing burden of
knowing that a billion hopes
rest on his shoulders every
time he bats.
Not many sporting legends
of any event or era can make
such a claim. So, is Sachin
not just the greatest cricketer
but, in fact, the greatest sports-
person of all time?
It’s a question that’s bound
to stir a heated debate. So, we
decided to throw it open to our
readers as well. We prepared
a shortlist of 12 of the great-
est sportspersons ever. Sachin,
naturally, figures in it. But
choosing the other 11 proved
immensely challenging.
Ali, all-time greatest? P 29
The tallest cricketer... P 22