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INSIDE
OBAMA VISIT
Tackling terror
In an exclusive article, Bruce
Riedel, Director, the Intelligence
Project, the Brookings
Institution, discusses how
tackling terrorism will be high on
the agenda during
Barack Obamas visit to India,
coming as it does when the
terrorist threat environment in
the subcontinent is in transition.
COMMENT | PAGE 11
EMPOWER
on Page 8
DU student
drugged, raped
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: A Delhi University
student was raped allegedly
by her friend at his residence
on Monday. The incident has
been reported from South
Delhis Vasant Vihar. The ac-
cused was arrested on Tues-
day morning.
According to police, the in-
cident took place when the
victim, who is a resident of
Munirka area went to a party
at her friends residence in
South Delhi. The accused was
known to the victim for last
three years.
In her statement to the po-
lice, the victim said that after
the party, the accused prom-
ised to drop her home.
Before leaving , the ac-
cused offered her a drink that
was laced with sedative. After
consuming the drink, the girl
became unconscious and the
accused raped her. After few
hours when she woke up, she
realised that she had been
raped. Somehow she man-
aged to reach home and nar-
rated the incident to her
mother who later approached
the police , an officer said.
She was taken for the med-
ical examination which con-
rmed rape.
A case of rape was regis-
tered on the basis of the girls
statement and the accused
was arrested from his resi-
dence. The identity of the ac-
cused has not been disclosed
by the police.
CM
TIGER CENSUS GOOD NEWS FROM THE JUNGLE
Giant leap for big cat
Western Ghats
Landscape holds
the worlds
single largest
population
Meena Menon
NEW DELHI: India now has 70
per cent of the tiger pop-
ulation in the world with
the latest assessment esti-
mating 2,226 big cats, up 30
per cent from 1,706 in 2010,
show preliminary esti-
mates in Status of Tigers in
India, 2014.
The largest increase is re-
corded in the Western
Ghats Landscape complex
Kerala, Karnataka, Goa
and Tamil Nadu with 776
tigers (up from 402 in
2006). The Mudumalai-
Bandipur-Nagarahole-
Wayanad complex holds
the worlds single largest ti-
ger population currently
estimated at over 570 tigers
(in 11,000 sq.km of habitat),
the report says. Goa now
has a persistent tiger pres-
ence with three to ve ani-
mals.
However, the Sunder-
bans did not report an in-
crease in the numbers
because of a low prey base
and other factors. Odisha
reported a fall in number.
Releasing a summary of
gures of the third round of
CBI examines ex-PM in coal scam Protest breaks out at Delhi BJP office
Devesh K. Pandey
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau
of Investigation has recorded
the statement of former Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh in
connection with alleged irreg-
ularities in the allocation of an
Odisha coal block to industri-
alist Kumar Mangalam Birlas
company Hindalco.
Although CBI officials con-
rmed that Dr. Singhs state-
ment was recorded, they
remained tight-lipped over
when exactly the agency ap-
proached him.
Dr. Singhs statement was
recorded following a direction
by the Special CBI Court last
month. Observing that a con-
certed effort was being made
to manipulate the entire gov-
ernment machinery so as to
protect the interest of Hindal-
co, the court directed the agen-
cy to examine the then Coal
Minister (Dr. Singh) on vari-
ous aspects of the coal block
allocation to the company.
The CBI had sought closure
of the case, in which Mr. Birla,
former Coal Secretary P.C. Pa-
SC reposes faith in SIT on black money Sunanda case: IPL angle under lens
Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI: Trusting the gov-
ernment and its own Spe-
cial Investigation Team to
complete the job of un-
earthing black money Indi-
ans have stashed away in
foreign banks, the Supreme
Court on Tuesday spoke in
the voice of the common
man: We are interested in
seeing the money come
back to us [nation], not in
names, details.
A Bench of Chief Justice
H.L. Dattu and Justices Ma-
dan B. Lokur and A.K. Sikri
made the oral observation
on an application by Rajya
Sabha member and senior
lawyer Ram Jethmalani
that not a single rupee has
come out in the past six
months and investigation
into black money has been
reduced to a raid here, an
attachment there and thats
the country-level tiger as- of forests in 47 reserves in
sessment, Union Minister 18 States. The only portions
of State for Environment which were not scanned
and Forests Prakash Java- were some parts of the
dekar said here on Tuesday north-east and Jharkhand.
that the increase in num- Rajesh Gopal, Additional
bers was a great achieve- Director and head of the
ment and a result of the National Tiger Conserva-
combined efforts of pas- tion Authority, said the
sionate officers. state-of-the art technology
With so many tigers, In- meant that there was very
dia could send them to little extrapolation based
countries where there was
demand for them. Mr. Java-
on data. There were 1,540
photos of individual tigers
dekar said 9,753 camera aged above a year and a half
traps had been set up and for the rst time.
over 100 people were Mr. Gopal said tigers
trained to use them. from India had been in de-
The latest round of as- mand in countries such as
sessment used state-of-the Laos and Cambodia.
art technology of double
sampling, using camera
traps to estimate the as- ANTI-POACHING STEPS PAY OFF;
sessment and distribution PERIYAR TIGER RESERVE WINS NTCA
of tigers over 3,78,118 sq.km AWARD | PAGE 12
conspiracy to facilitate partial
allocation of the Talabira coal
block to Hindalco in 2005.
The move prompted the
PMO to issue a detailed state-
ment in Dr. Singhs defence.
The PMO said Dr. Singh was
satised that the nal deci- strength demanding tickets
sion was entirely appropri-
ate and based on the merits
of the case placed before him,
and that he had formally en-
dorsed the Coal Ministrys de-
cision to overturn the 25th
screening committees recom-
mendation to accommodate
Manmohan Singh Kumar Mangalam Birlas com-
pany for the allocation of the
rakh and others were named as coal block in question.
accused. However, the court The Hindu in July last re-
directed the agency to carry ported that the CBI was then
out further investigations in planning to seek clarications
the case and submit a progress from the former Prime Minis-
report on January 27, stating ter as a witness in the coal
that before examining the block allocations scam. Dr.
matter further, it was appro- Singh held the charge of the
priate that the then Coal Min- Coal Ministry for almost ve
ister was rst examined. years from the time the United
The CBI in October 2013 Progressive Alliance came to
registered the case alleging power in 2004. Several coal
that Mr. Birla and Mr. Parakh, block allocations made during
along with other accused per- the period are under the CBI
sons, entered into a criminal scrutiny.
all. malani, said the BJP
It was on Mr. Jethmala- manifesto had promised to
nis petition in 2009 that take steps on a priority ba-
the court set up the SIT, led sis to minimise the scope of
by two retired Supreme corruption by minimising
Court judges Justices the hoarding of black mon-
M.B. Shah and Arijit Pa- ey. But Attorney-General
sayat to retrieve the Mukul Rohatgi strongly ob-
money. jected to the line of argu-
Senior advocate Anil Di- ment.
wan, counsel for Mr. Jeth- It is completely wrong in
Jethmalani angry
Legal Correspondent Justice of India H.L. Dattu
that he drafted the legisla-
NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer tion on the advice of the
Ram Jethmalani expressed Special Investigation Team.
his displeasure in the Su- I sent it to the SIT and to
preme Court on Tuesday at the Prime Minister. It is a
the silence of the govern- matter of regret that I have
ment to a draft law prepared not heard one word from
by him to check the ow of the Prime Minister, Mr.
black money out of the Jethmalani said. The court
country. Mr. Jethmalani did not react to his com-
told a Bench led by Chief ments.
Release funds
to Greenpeace,
HC tells Centre
Mohammed Iqbal
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High
Court on Tuesday directed the
Centre to release foreign contri-
butions to Greenpeace India
that were frozen by the Ministry
of Home Affairs in June last
year, observing that there was
no material on record to restrict
the environmental NGO from
accessing foreign fund.
Greenpeace India hailed the
courts decision as a victory for
democracy and free speech and
recognition of the vital role
NGOs play in a free society.
Disposing of Greenpeace In-
dias writ petition, Justice Rajiv
Shakdher said the Home Minis-
try had not produced any mate-
rial on record against
Greenpeace India or Green-
peace International. The
amount in xed-deposit in the
bank be unblocked and trans-
ferred to Greenpeace Indias ac-
count, the court said. It had, in
September last year, ordered
that the frozen foreign dona-
tions totalling 2,35,000 be
kept in interest-earning xed
deposit till further orders.
Pulling up the Centre for not
issuing notice to the NGO be-
fore freezing its account, the
court said the recipient was en-
titled to an opportunity to be
heard. However, the Centre was
free to take action against
Greenpeace India if it was found
violating the FCRA norms.
GREENPEACE HAIL HIGH COURT
RULING | PAGE 13
Sowmiya Ashok
NEW DELHI: Protests broke out
at Pant Marg headquarters of
the BJP here on Tuesday after
party workers from rival fac-
tions gathered in a show of
for their leaders. Dheer Singh
Bidhuri, an aspirant from Ok-
hla constituency, resigned af-
ter he was denied the ticket.
Supporters of Delhi BJP
chief Satish Upadhyay were
among the protesters as his
name was not included in the
list of candidates released late
on Monday night. The party
released names of 62 candi-
dates but did not name the
candidate for Malviya Nagar
constituency from where Mr.
Upadhyay is seeking the tick-
et.
His supporters, however,
demanded the party consider
elding him from Mehrauli
which is a BJP stronghold. The
constituency was held by for-
mer Chief Minister Sahib
Singh Vermas son Pravesh
Verma who went on to become
Member of Parliament from
saying that not a penny has
come up. Some of them [627
Indian account-holders]
have paid penalties. Be-
sides, time was given to us
till March 31, 2015, to com-
plete prosecution of black
money holders abroad un-
der the Income Tax Act,
Mr. Rohatgi countered.
Everything the govern-
ment has is with the Su-
preme Courts SIT. We have
shared every single docu-
ment, name, account details
with them. Nothing has
been hidden from them.
Chief Justice Dattu inter-
jected, saying: We are in-
terested in seeing the
money come back to us [na-
tion], not in names, details.
Mr. Rohatgi submitted
that the government and
the SIT should be allowed to
do their job. Chief Justice
Dattu said, We are certain
the SIT will do its job well.
Odds of escaping poverty
in India, U.S. same: WB
Study says urbanisation, non-farm jobs offering mobility
Puja Mehra
NEW DELHI: A World Bank re-
port has challenged the con-
ventional understanding of
Indias inequality. The re-
port, Addressing inequality
in South Asia, has found
that the probability of a poor
person moving out of pover-
ty in India in 2014 was as
good as that in the U.S.
There is good news In-
dia is no longer the land of
extremes and there are
some bright spots, said
Martin Rama, one of the au-
thors of the report and
World Bank Chief Econo-
mist for South Asia.
The report has found that
sons from Scheduled Caste
and Scheduled Tribe house-
holds are no longer stuck in
the jobs done by their fa-
TERROR CHALLENGE Hafiz Saeed plans million march
On day Obama lands, JuD rally in Pak.
Suhasini Haidar
NEW DELHI: When
U.S. President Ba-
rack Obama lands
in New Delhi the
coming weekend,
the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD),
headed by Haz Saeed, a planning to go ahead with
26/11 accused, will hold a their so-called million
The scene outside Delhi BJP office on Tuesday.
PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
West Delhi.
Different factions of party
workers -- supporters
of Mr. Upadhyay,
Shikha Rai and some
from the poorvanchal
community -- shouted
slogans and held a
dharna against the top
leadership. According
to the police, party
supporters scuffled inside the
Kritika Sharma Sebastian
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Com-
missioner B.S. Bassi on
Tuesday said they would
probe the IPL angle in Su-
nanda Pushkars death in
January 2014.
Talking to reporters at
the police headquarters
here, Mr. Bassi said, for-
mer Union Minister Shashi
Tharoor was questioned for
over three hours on Monday
night and he was coopera-
tive.
According to sources, one
of the important questions
that Mr. Tharoor was asked
related to the IPL contro-
versy that broke out in early
2010 when Mr. Tharoor was
Minister of State for Exter-
nal Affairs.
There were allegations
that he had misused his au-
thority to ensure that Rs. 70
crore, a sum equivalent to
19 per cent equity in IPL
thers. Across generations,
mobility of occupational
proles among Muslims has
been similar to that of high-
er caste Hindus, whereas
mobility among Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled
Tribes and Other Backward
Classes has become higher
than that of upper caste
massive public rally
in Karachi, putting
paid to reports that
Pakistan had as-
sured the U.S. of a
crackdown on the
organisation.
With Saeed and the JuD
Delhi and that is why I am not
the party to win and this is
sues. We want the party to win
office premises. Force was
deployed outside the office, so
when the scuffle broke
out, our personnel
took control of the sit-
uation, said a police
officer.
Mr. Upadhyay tried
to pacify but the un-
relenting supporters
kept on shouting slo-
gans against the leadership.
Shashi Tharoor
Kochi franchise
Rendezvous Sports, was
paid to Ms. Pushkar.
Ms. Pushkar who was Mr.
Tharoors friend at that
time had refuted allegations
of any wrongdoing.
I am rendering services
for Kochi franchise. (I) have
Hindus over time.
The report shows that one
of the main drivers of up-
ward mobility is the in-
crease in number of
non-farm jobs in rural India.
URBANISATION REDUCING
INEQUALITY; JOBS CAN OFFSET THE
DISADVANTAGES OF CASTE | PAGE 12
march on Sunday in pro-
test against the French
magazine Charlie Hebdos
latest cartoons of Prophet
Mohammad, it is clear the
reports were unsubstan-
tiated.
PAKISTAN DENIES ANY MOVE
FOR BAN | PAGE 12
He had earlier indicated his
willingness to ght the polls;
but on Tuesday he said he vol-
untarily opted out to focus on
campaigning in the city. I
want to contest on all the 70
seats. I want to focus on entire
contesting. BJP workers want
their feeling, he said.
These are momentary is-
under Kiran Bedi's leadership.
We have to oust Arvind Kej-
riwal. I am a worker of the
party and it is my responsib-
ility to make BJP victorious,
he told his supporters. "It is
my own decision (to not con-
test). The Parliamentary
Board asked me and I con-
veyed them my decision."
Party workers also staged a
protest in Rohini in West
Delhi.
Late on Tuesday night the
BJP released the names of the
candidates for the remaining
four seats in which Mr Upad-
hyays name was missing.
SEE ALSO | PAGE 2 & 3
advised them in getting IPL.
I am also advising them on
marketing and branding
and hence I am getting
sweat equity. It is only on
paper now. I have not yet
got it, Ms. Pushkar had said
in a statement when the IPL
controversy had broken out.
SIT team will analyse
what Tharoor had said
Special Investigating
Team (SIT) will analyse
what Mr. Tharoor had told
them and then take further
action, Mr. Bassi stated.
We are investigating the
case with an open mind. We
are trying to ascertain what
happened ..whether some-
body is criminally liable and
who that person is. So it is
an open-ended question-
ing, Mr. Bassi added.
He also hinted that Mr.
Tharoor might be called for
a second round of question-
ing.
ND-ND

2 THE HINDU
When gates at BJP
office were locked
Staff Reporter
T he ruckus caused by
party workers in the
Delhi BJP office here caused
the police to intervene and
escort some of them outside
the premises. Some of them
were disgruntled with the
way Poorvanchalis have been
represented in the BJP list.
When police personnel
approached protesters and
asked them what their
demands were, they replied
they were there for a quiet
sit-in, which was contrary to
what they were actually
doing.
The gates of the Delhi BJP
headquarters were then
locked to keep the protesters
out. However, the guards who
were in possession of keys
disappeared leaving several
journalists, party workers and
visitors to the office stranded
inside the premises with no
way out. The only escape
route was climbing the
compound wall. One party
worker broke the lamp while
doing so.
Congress Amar,
Akbar and Anthony
Staff Reporter
he Congress new face
T and General Secretary
Ajay Maken chose a unique
analogy to put to rest
speculation over a seeming
rift between him and Delhi
Pradesh Congress Committee
(DPCC) chief Arvinder Singh
at a press conference a day
after Mr. Singh was asked not
to contest the Assembly polls.
Standing with Mr. Singh
and veteran leader Haroon
Yusuf, Mr. Maken amicably
declared that they were not
only a troika but the Amar,
Akbar and Anthony of the
Delhi Congress in an open
reference to the 1977 hit
revolving around three
brothers separated during
childhood.
The only difference,
however, according to a jovial
Mr. Maken, was that they
had a Singh instead of an
Anthony.
Every
Minister and
government
official will work
together. I
will bring
a clean
govt. in
Delhi, which
would focus on
every department
KIRAN BEDI
BJP's CM candidate
I never
wanted to
contest and BJP
as a party will
work
together
the Delhi
and win
Assembly polls
this time
SATISH UPADHYAY
Delhi BJP chief
People want
to know
whether BJP will
reduce power and
water tariff, and
how it will
bring
down
prices of
essential items,
how it will put an
end to bribery and
corruption
ARVIND KEJRIWAL
AAP convenor
CM
YK
NOIDA/DELHI
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015
KEJRIWAL AND KIRAN BEDI TURNED ON THE POLL HEAT WHEN THEY VISITED KRISHNA NAGAR ON TUESDAY. WHILE
THE AAP LEADER DREW HUGE CROWDS, THE BJP'S CM CANDIDATE INTERACTED WITH WORKERS IN A BASEMENT
CAMPAIGN HITS THE ROAD
Kejriwal does it again Mixed welcome for Bedi
Jatin Anand their new candidate as behen (sis-
ter) Kiran. Our sister has come
T he Bharatiya Janata Partys Ki- home to talk to us today, Dr. Vard-
ran Bedi, on Tuesday, received a han said at the conclusion of a pro-
mixed welcome at East Delhis tracted welcoming at a cramped
Krishna Nagar constituency after ar- basement functioning as a party of-
riving to address party cadres in ce in the area.
what was her maiden interaction Ms. Bedi chose to acknowledge,
with them after being anointed chief and seemingly respect, the support
ministerial candidate a day earlier. the gathering displayed for Dr. Vard-
In tow was Dr. Harsh Vardhan, a han without qualms and went to the
Union Minister who has been an extent of saying that she was expect-
MLA from the Assembly constitu- ing him to be the CM and would treat
ency since 1993 and evidently con- the constituency as a garden and him
tinues to enjoy tremendous local as a trusted advisor.
support in spite of Ms. Bedis newly Krishna Nagar is a very pure con-
announced candidature from it by stituency, which is why I said that I
BJP president Amit Shah on Mon- will nurture this garden well. Im go-
day. ing to be here temporarily only, as a
Slogans of Dr. Harsh Vardhan caretaker. I hope Dr. Sahab will be at
BJPs ally Akali Dal to
zindabad (long live Dr. Harsh Vard- rest as this caretaker is also very ef-
han) clashed with Kiran Bedi zinda- fective and hardworking and knows
contest from four seats
bad (long live Kiran Bedi) as soon as the work which needs to be done. Staff Reporter symbol, while the other
AAP supporters at Krishna Nagar on Tuesday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA both arrived at the middle-class, East Hell be my advisor, if I have any three candidates will ght
Delhi neighbourhood and kept re- problem, I will go to him, she said.
Shubhomoy Sikdar attacking Ms. Bedi at her constituency,
which is a traditional BJP bastion.
sounding throughout the event. She promised longer interaction
On his part, Dr. Vardhan intro- on Wednesday when she would le
T he day after its ally,
the Bharatiya Janata
Party, released its list of 62
on the BJPs lotus symbol.
Drug menace not an
O nce bitten, twice shy. But not if you
are Arvind Kejriwal.
On a day when he received his second
He alleged that the former IPS officer
was unaware about the ground realities
in Delhi.
duced his former constituents to her nomination. candidates to the Delhi
Assembly Polls, the
issue: Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister
notice for asking voters to accept bribe Kiranji said in a television interview
Shiromani Akali Dal on
Tuesday said it will contest
Parkash Singh Badal on
Tuesday said the drug
from the BJP and the Congress, but only that people of Delhi did not need re- from four seats in the city, menace was hardly an
vote for the Aam Aadmi Party, he made duced power tariffs and were capable of one of which it will contest issue in the upcoming
the statement once again. paying their electricity bills. She has no in the weighing scale Delhi Assembly polls and
Addressing a jan sabha in support of
his party candidate S.K. Bagga from the
idea about how people live here. She
should come out and talk to people to
symbol.
Manjinder Singh Sirsa
described it as a malicious
propaganda unleashed by
Krishna Nagar constituency, where the know what they really need, said Mr. will be contesting from the Opposition to defame
BJP has elded its chief ministerial can- Kejriwal, while reiterating claims about
Rajouri Garden, Harmeet Punjabis and tarnish the
didate Kiran Bedi, the former Delhi relief given to the people during his ten- Singh Kalka from Kalkaji States image.
Chief Minister told the crowd gathered ure.
and Jitender Singh Shunti Drug problem was
that other parties will offer them bribe, He further claimed that roping in Ki- from Shahdara. The party neither an issue in Punjab
but they had to make the right decision ran Bedi was a ploy by the BJP to ensure
left out Shyam Sharma nor in Delhi, but it is being
by choosing the AAP. that they have a scapegoat to blame for from the Hari Nagar seat blown out of proportion by
Earlier on Sunday, he made a similar an imminent election debacle.
and instead chose Avtar the opposition under a
statement during a public rally in Uttam On February 10 (when the election Singh Hit. deep rooted conspiracy to
Nagar following which the BJP and the results will be announced), Ms. Bedi will
Among the four, Mr. tarnish the image of hard
Congress lodged complaint with the EC. realise that she was brought in just to Sirsa will contest on Akali working Punjabis, he said.
However, Mr. Kejriwal seemed unde- take the blame for the defeat, said Mr.
Kiran Bedi addressing workers during a meeting at Krishna
Nagar on Tuesday. PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA Dals weighing scale (With inputs from PTI)
terred and repeated the statement while Kejriwal.
AAP chief fails to file nomination
MISSES 2 P.M. DEADLINE, ATTRIBUTES IT TO THE PRESENCE OF HUGE CROWD
Shubhomoy Sikdar
D isplaying a show of strength in his
Assembly constituency of New Del-
hi, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind
Kejriwal apparently failed to le his
nomination papers here on Tuesday.
Mr. Kejriwal was scheduled to le the
nominations at Jamnagar House after a
road show from Mandir Marg to Jantar
Mantar. However, he announced in
front of his supporters that he had mis-
sed the 2 p.m. deadline, attributing it to
the overwhelming support his show
received. He said the time taken to reach
the District Magistrates officeat Jam-
nagar House was longer than expected
due to the huge crowd.
In the days leading up to the nomi- FEAT OF STRENGTH: Arvind Kejriwal and his supporters during the
nation date, the AAP had appealed peo- road show in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY
ple from all parts of the city to join Mr.
Kejriwal to the nomination centre. had disbanded the road show at Gole poned.
He was anked by his senior party Dak Khana , some supporters kept wait- The former Delhi Chief Minister
Schoolchildren take a peek from a classroom window as AAP chief Arvind colleagues Manish Sisodia,Ashutosh ing for his arrival at Jantar Mantar. They would now le his nomination on
Kejriwal takes out a road show in New Delhi on Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP and Somnath Bharti. were told by the police deployed there Wednesday, which is also the last date
Oblivious of the fact that Mr. Kejriwal that the nomination had been post- for ling
Nupur gears up for the big fight Kejriwal challenges Bedi
Sowmiya Ashok ght, prompting the Aam
Aadmi Party to have referred for debate, Maken says yes
I n a corner of a large tent at to her as a lamb elded for
the Pandit Pant Marg of- slaughter.
ce of the Bharatiya Janata Was Arvind Kejriwal the Jatin Anand for the Assembly polls. leaders representing political
Party, a young woman is sur- lamb ready to be slaughtered This lack of consensus parties, he added.
rounded by party supporters when he fought against Shei-
sharing couplets that sang la Dikshit? asks Ms. Sharma F aces representing each of
the three major
contenders of the upcoming
among them of the future
debate was echoed by
political observers and
Professor Neera
Chandhoke from Delhi
Universitys Department of
her praise. She smiled affec- after she is done interacting
tionately at them, applauded with her colleagues. Today, Delhi Assembly polls took to academicians. Political Science seemed to
their efforts and coaxed oth- he stands with almost 80 per debating the validity of a Debates like these are, agree and warned against a
ers to stand up to introduce cent of his party leadership public debate on issues facing and can only be, an urban rapid build up of a cult of the
themselves. not standing with him. You the Capital, and what phenomenon and Im against leader and the dangers this
It was a meeting of BJP cant betray the trust of peo- solutions they are willing to these, said Professor Sanjay posed to the essence of
party workers from the Gole ple, run away from power, bring to the table. Kumar, director, Centre for Parliamentary government.
Market mandal and the come back and expect peo- Early Tuesday, after news the Study of Developing There must be public
sooner Nupur Sharma gets ple to accept you. You are of AAP national convenor Societies. Though dialogue debates on substantive issues
to know them, the better it is not a child! she says. Arvind Kejriwals challenge is welcome in a in the manifestos between
for this almost 30-year-old Since Tuesday morning, to the BJPs newly anointed Parliamentary democracy it leaders and members of the
to begin campaigning for the Ms. Sharma has received a chief ministerial candidate should centre around issues political public, so that
February 7 polls. It had not string of visitors, mostly BUSY DAYS AHEAD: Nupur Sharma during a Kiran Bedi through a tweet such as poverty in a country instead of an audience,
even been 24-hours since mandal and zila workers ex- meeting with party workers on Tuesday. began doing the rounds, the like ours instead of around citizens can become
her name was announced as cited that the BJP has cho- PHOTO: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA issue became the topic of a participants, she said.
the candidate from the New sen a local candidate, tug-of-war for them, with the According to renowned
Delhi Assembly constituen- keeping her away from vis- Yet, from a party that has connected from the people? Congress Ajay Maken social scientist Shiv
joining the fray. Visvanathan, however, such
cy and Ms. Sharma had de- iting her 95-year-old grand- in the last week parachut- You need to be connected to
cided to hit the ground father who was the one who ed big netas, Ms. Sharma them. Ms. Bedi chose to accept debates could go a long way
Mr. Kejriwals challenge, but in bringing politicians out of
running. encouraged her to request believes in working through For Ms. Sharma, canvass-
only in part saying that she their comfort zones provided
In the winter of 2013, it the party for a ticket to con- the party ranks inspired by ing in New Delhi is much
was the same constituency test. When you contest Prime Minister Narendra easier than manoeuvring the would rather debate with they were structured and
him on the oor of the Delhi regulated.
from where a newcomer elections, people repose Modi. lanes of Delhi University.
Assembly. Mr. Maken said he Im all for these given
named Arvind Kejriwal had their faith in you. They ex- The point is you need to Geographically, DUSU was
entered the big ght against pect you to be there through start with a strong base and I more spread out and it was was all for a structured neutrality in issues, time
a veteran Congress leader happiness, sadness, prob- have been working in the or- difficult managing traffic. It discussion among the three provided to each participant
Sheila Dikshit. This year, lems and grievances. You ganisation for a long time. As will be easier in New Delhi politicians who are leading and a ruthless moderator,
the campaign of their parties Professor Visvanathan said.
Ms. Sharma is the newcomer need to stand with them, a public representative, how and I plan to knock on every
and Mr. Kejriwal is her big she says. does it work if you are dis- door.
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Focus of the entire world is BJP declares names of

4 remaining candidates
Suspected Ebola
victim admitted
to AIIMS
on Delhi election, says CEC NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday
night declared its remain-
ing four candidates for the
February 7 Delhi Assembly
NEW DELHI: A man having se-
vere fever was admitted to
AIIMS on Tuesday amid
fears that he has contracted
Staff Reporter elections and left four other Ebola, which the hospital au-
seats for its ally Shiromani thorities are yet to confirm.
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Com- Akali Dal. The patient, referred by a
missioner (CEC) H.S. Brahma BJP had on Monday de- private hospital in Jodhpur,
on Tuesday said that the Delhi clared a total of 62 candi- was admitted to the Medi-
election on February 7 is a cru- dates for the 70 Assembly BJP candidate from cine department.
cial one as it is a standalone seats in Delhi Assembly. Mehrauli Sarita The patient has been ad-
election and the focus of the en- The Central Election Chaudhary mitted in the Medicine de-
tire world is on it. Delhi being Committee has decided to partment of AIIMS under
the capital of the country, ruling field Sanjay Singh from Vi- BJP had on Monday professor Dr Sanjeev Sinha.
Delhi has a separate meaning kaspur Assembly seat, Nan- declared a total of 62 He has symptoms of high
and it is a big challenge for the dani Sharma from Malviya grade fever and appears to be
Election Commission (EC) to Nagar, Sarita Chaudhary candidates for the 70 suffering from viral hemor-
put the most effort into ensur- from Mehrauli and Rakesh Assembly seats rhagic fever. His condition is
ing free and transparent elec-
EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT: Chief Election Commissioner Gulia from Greater Kailash being constantly monitored
tions in the Capital, Mr. H. S. Brahma on Tuesday at Dilli Haat during an constituency for the elec- and tests are being carried
Brahma said. exhibition that showcase elections down the years. tions, BJP general secretary Dal. out, said a doctor from
Talking about how the EC has S PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR J. P. Nadda said in a SAD Delhi unit chief AIIMS. Plea in High Court seeks CBI
grown over the years, Mr. Brah- statement. Manjit Singh GK said that When asked if the patient
ma said in the first Lok Sabha
polls held in 1951, India had
photography exhibition in cele-
bration of democracy was inau-
There is even a selfie wall
that shows many celebrities
BJP has left Rajouri Gar-
den, Hari Nagar, Kalkaji
the party candidate from
Rajouri Garden Manjinder
had contracted Ebola, the
hospital authorities said, so
probe into Pushkars death
17.32 crore voters and today it gurated by the CEC that takes posing with ink on their fingers. and Shahdara for Akali Dal Singh will contest on SAD far, nothing could be said. Mohammed Iqbal investigation by the Delhi Po-
has 83 crore voters, nearly two viewers on a journey though the There was also a street play per- which also announced its symbol while the remaining His samples might be lice was tainted and aimed at
crore voters more than those many elections that the Elec- formed by members of the As- candidates on Tuesday. three party nominees will sent to the National Insti- NEW DELHI: A public interest saving some influential per-
who were eligible to participate tion Commission has conducted mita Theatre group that Avtar Singh Hit will con- contest on BJPs Lotus tute of Communicable Dis- writ petition seeking a CBI in- sons. It said the police, by reg-
in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. over the years. encouraged voters to stop mak- test from Hari Nagar, Har- symbol. eases (NICD) or RML for quiry into the suspicious death istering an FIR in the case on
The CEC was speaking at the From black and white images ing excuses and come out to meet Singh Kalka from In the last assembly polls confirmation if he is infected of Sunanda Pushkar was filed in January 1 after a delay of a year,
inauguration of the week-long of prominent leaders casting vote. A model polling station has Kalkaji, Jatinder Singh in Delhi, SAD had contested by Ebola virus. But, as of now the Delhi High Court on had flouted the basic law of the
Voters Fest organised at Dill their vote to the harsh terrain been set up at the venue so that Shunty from Shahdara and four seats, two of which it doesnt appear that he has Tuesday. land and ignored guidelines laid
Haat to celebrate the National the polling officers have crossed voters can familiarise them- Manjinder Singh Sirsa from were contested on their got the disease, said the The petitioner, Anti-Corrup- down in various Supreme Court
Voters Day on January 25. A to set up polling booths. selves with the entire process. Rajouri Garden for Akali own symbol. PTI doctor. PTI tion Front, has claimed that the judgments.

EC issues second show Key member of

international
cause notice to Kejriwal drug cartel held
Special Correspondent
Statement make at a NEW DELHI: An alleged key mem-
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party rally in Uttam Nagar ber of an international drug
(AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal amounted to cartel which smuggled heroin
was issued a show cause notice from Myanmar to Delhi via Ma-
by the Election Commission abetting and nipur and Bareilly, has been ar-
on Tuesday, the second in the promoting the rested, police said on Tuesday.
last three days, for prima fa- electoral offence of The Special Cell of Delhi Po-
cie violation of the poll code: bribery, said the EC lice arrested Ganpat (32) from
he allegedly made a provoca- Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh on
tive speech in which he asked notice Saturday.
voters to take bribes They also recovered two mo-
from the BJP and bile handsets along with two
the Congress but on- review by it. SIM cards used by him to com-
ly to vote for his Mr Kejriwal has municate with his associates for
party. been asked to respond drug trafficking activities.
The statement, and present his side by Ganpat is already wanted in
the EC notice said, 4pm on Thursday, fail- cases of NDPS Act by Guwahati
was made at a public ing which the EC and Delhi Police. Police had
rally on January 18 shall take a decision earlier arrested two drug sup-
in the capitals Ut- without any further pliers, Dharamraj and Chander
tam Nagar and it amounted to reference to him. The Com- Sekhar and recovered heroin
abetting and promoting the missions notice says the Mod- weighing 1.5 kg from them.
electoral offence of bribery el Code of Conduct (MCC) Their interrogation led to the
under the relevant sections of envisages that parties and can- arrest of Javed Khan and Pan-
the Representation of People didates participating in the kaj, both resident of Bareilly,
Act read with the IPC. electoral fray shall avoid scru- who supplied drugs to Delhi
In the speech that invited pulously all activities which and NCR through their cou-
the EC notice, Mr Kejriwal are corrupt practices and of- riers. PTI
said, Its election time. When fences under the election law,
people both from BJP and such as bribing of voters.
Congress come offering mon- This notice follows another
ey, don refuse, accept ..some on January 17 when the AAP
have looted money from 2G, leader was issued a show cause
some have looted money from notice by the EC for prima
coal scam...Take money from facie violating the MCC with
both the parties but vote for remarks alleging that BJP is
AAPWe will fool them this trying to incite communal vio-
time. They have been deceiving lence in Delhi.
us for the last 65 years. Now it The deadline for his reply to
our turn. that notice was Tuesday but,
The EC notice follows com- the EC, accepting Mr Kejri-
plaints from political parties. wals request, gave him three
It had asked the Chief Electo- more days to respond to its
ral Officer of Delhi to submit a earlier show cause notice is-
CD of the speech made for a sued on January 17.

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NDMC parks fraught with safety hazards

Councillors raise concern over live wires, dilapidated swings and lack of security
NHRC directs Chief Secretary to
Damini Nath

NEW DELHI: Municipal parks

across Delhi have become
safety hazards, with live
wires, dilapidated swings and
lack of security being high-
lighted by councillors them-
selves.
A 24-year-old lawyer, Gau-
rav Rana, was electrocuted by
an exposed wire at a North
Delhi Municipal Corporation
park in Pitampura on Sunday.
The incident evoked sharp
criticism from municipal
councillors, who said the ac-
cident was just waiting to
happen.
While the North Corpora-
tion has started a probe, the
state of municipal parks
across Delhi is in question.
Officials admit there is a
shortage of staff, including
gardeners and security
guards, and that it has led to
parks being neglected.
Councillors said repeated
complaints had gone unad-
dressed and the parks posed a
threat to the children and se-
nior citizens who frequent
them.
DU V-C to take
charge of new
online course
OPEN DANGER: Lack of coordination between the electrical division and
Horticulture Department results in lights not being repaired at municipal
parks in Delhi. PHOTOS: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
South Delhi Municipal the House on Tuesday.
Corporation councillor Vi- The light poles in munici-
render Kasana said his Chit- pal parks are installed by the
taranjan Park ward had many electrical division, while the
such parks where naked wires greenery is maintained by the
pose a threat. Horticulture Department.
A six-year-old boy had Mr. Kasana added that the
died in 2009 after being elec- lack of coordination between
trocuted at an Alaknanda the two departments was re-
park, but we dont seem to sponsible for the lights not
have learned. The parks in being repaired and
South Delhi still have so maintained.
many risks, Mr. Kasana told SDMC Mayor Khushi Ram
Fortis does a first with Uber driver
alleges attack
rare heart implant
ordered the Commissioner to
give a report about the status
of the Corporations parks in
the next meeting of the
House. Meanwhile, the North
Corporation is investigating
the Pitampura incident to x
the responsibility of officials
concerned.
The three municipal corpo-
rations of Delhi have a total of
15,000 parks under their ju-
risdiction.
submit report on church attacks
Says these may violate fundamental right to freedom of religion
Mohammed Iqbal
NEW DELHI: The National Hu-
man Rights Commission has
taken suo motu cognisance of
reports about a church in Vi-
kaspuri , which was vandal-
ised last week. Prior to this,
four other incidents of at-
tacks and suspected arson at
Christian religious institu-
tions have occurred in Dil-
shad Garden, Rohini and
Jasola since December 1,
2014.
The NHRC has observed
that these frequent attacks on
religious institutions of the
minority community, if true,
may violate the fundamental
right to freedom of religion
and cause immense harm to
the countrys social fabric.
The culprits involved in these
incidents should be brought
to book, it said.
The commission has issued
notice to the Delhi Chief Sec-
retary calling for a report on
these incidents within four
weeks.
The Chief Secretary was al-
so directed to submit a report
about the action proposed to
Christians at a candle light vigil against the fire in
a Delhi Church. FILE PHOTO
be taken to prevent recur-
rence of such incidents in the
Capital.
The church in Vikaspuri
was allegedly vandalised by
two men in the early hours of
January 14, even as the
church authorities claimed
that the attack was carried
out to stoke communal ten-
sion.
night before the burning be-
cause of religious ceremonies
Captured on CCTV
The incident was captured
on closed circuit television
cameras installed in the vi-
cinity of the church.
When the priest arrived at
the church in early morning,
he found the glass cabinet
mounted on the outside wall
broken and the statue of
Mother Mary lying on the
ground. Video footage report-
edly showed two men on a
motorcycle vandalising the
church, rst by breaking the
glass cabinet and returning
shortly after to push the stat-
ue causing a fall.
Earlier, an incident of ar-
son was reported at St. Sebas-
tians Church in Dilshad
Garden, which is among the
biggest churches in East Del-
hi, in December.
The entire interior, includ-
ing the altar, the Cross and
religious scriptures, were re-
duced to ashes in the inci-
dent.
The church was active till a
for Catholic children receiv-
ing their rst Holy
Communion.
The NHRC had taken cog-
nisance of the incident of ar-
son at St. Sebastians Church
as well, while observing that
the destruction of a place of
worship with intent to insult
the religion of any group was
an offence under the Indian
Penal Code.

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

S-ICD is approved for
in prison van
Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Delhi University

Vice-Chancellor Dinesh
Singh will be in-charge of
the Universitys rst and
soon-to-be launched on-
line course on India in the
21st Century.
10 lectures
The course comprises 10
lectures, all to be delivered
by Prof. Singh, and will be
open to people from all
over the world. It will
come with a certicate if it
gets approved by the Uni-
versitys Academic Coun-
cil.
A statement issued from
the Registrar explains that
this course is designed to
portray some of the great
milestones in the Indias
modern history, with per-
spectives from the past
and indications into the fu-
ture.
The course can be ac-
cessed by students and
others in the University
community by using the
DU internet network, but
others will have to enrol
for the course to view the
lectures on the University
website. The course will
begin from January 30.
NEW DELHI: Doctors at the For-
tis Escorts Heart Institute
implanted Indias rst Subcu-
taneous Implantable Debril-
lator (S-ICD) on a 48-year-old
heart patient from Bihar.
The S-ICD system is ap-
proved for patients who are at
a risk of sudden cardiac death
due to life threatening ven-
tricular arrhythmias and
those who do not require a
pacemaker. The patient was
treated by Ashok Seth, chair-
man, Fortis Escorts Heart In-
stitute, and Anil Saxena,
director of Cardiac Pacing
and Electrophysiology, who
implanted the device.
The patient, Arvind Sahay,
had suffered damage to his
heart following a heart attack
in October, 2014, and his
heart was pumping at a low
efficiency of only 25-30 per
cent. He had undergone an-
giography and angioplasty
with three stents after the
heart attack and was breath-
less on occasions. In view of
his poor heart function and
the risk of sudden death, the
decision to implant the sub-
cutaneous ICD was taken.
Dr. Seth said, This rst
case of S-ICD in India will be a
strong hope for several poten-
tial ICD patients who could be
patients who are at a
risk of sudden cardiac
death due to life
threatening
ventricular
arrhythmias
at risk of sudden death, in-
cluding those with poor veins
and those at high risk for ma-
jor infection associated with a
transvenous lead.
He said that sudden cardiac
death is a major public health
problem in India and ac-
counts for about 10 per cent
of all deaths in the country.
Nearly, 80 per cent of these
deaths are due to ventricular
arrhythmias, a large number
of which can be prevented by
timely resuscitation.
Implantable debrillators
(ICDs) have changed the out-
look for such patients, by sig-
nicantly reducing the risk of
sudden cardiac death and to-
tally external subcutaneous
ICD is a landmark advance-
ment in this direction. The
subcutaneous ICD is an in-
novative device which does
not require any lead to go into
the chamber of the heart for
its functioning unlike the
other previous devices.
NEW DELHI: The Uber cab driv-
er, accused of rape, alleged in
Marching to the tune
a court here on Tuesday that
he was threatened and at-
tacked in a prison van. Ac-
cused Shiv Kumar Yadavs
counsel Alok Dwivedi moved
a plea alleging that the driver
was threatened and attacked
in the prison van by fellow
inmates while he was being
taken back to jail after the Ja-
nuary 17 court proceedings.
Additional Sessions Judge
Kaveri Baweja asked the lock-
up in-charge for a report on
the allegations.
Yadav had earlier made a
similar complaint to the
court, which had directed the
Delhi Police and Tihar jail au-
thorities to ensure his securi-
ty and provide him a separate
enclosure in the prison van.
Meanwhile, the court re-
corded the statements of two
Delhi Police officers a con-
stable and an official of the
malkhana (where evidence
related to cases is stored)
and a nodal officer of Voda-
fone. Constable Arvind told
the court that on December
12, 2014, he had deposited the
mobile phone recovered from
Yadav at the time of his arrest
with the CFSL office for fo- FLYING HIGH: Rehearsal for the Beating Retreat ceremony under way at Vijay Chowk on
rensic tests. IANS Monday ahead of the Republic Day celebration. PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR

Street vendors protest Court indicts PMO officials for

delay in issuing licence hiding facts in coal block case
Nirnimesh Kumar
NEW DELHI: A Special court
here dealing with coal block
allocation scam cases on
Monday indicted the then
Prime Ministers Office
(PMO) officials for hiding
facts on the allocation of a
coal block to a private com-
pany in Maharashtra.
Special Judge Bharat Pa-
rashar put the officials in
the dock while considering
a charge-sheet in connec-
tion with the allocation of
Lohara (East) Coal Block
to Messrs Grace Industries
Limited allegedly in an ille-
Street vendors say in the absence of legal documents they have gal manner.
to pay bribes to operate. FILE PHOTO The Central Bureau of
Investigation has charge-
Staff Reporter that the vendors had to pay bribes sheeted only one director of
to be able to operate in the absence the company. It has given a
NEW DELHI: Street vendors from of legal documents. clean chit to the other di-
across the Capital on Tuesday pro- NASVI national coordinator Ar- rector and the public ser-
tested outside the offices of the mu- bind Singh said the corporations
nicipal bodies against the delay in had set up town vending commit-
issuing licences to hawkers. tees, but not a single vendor was
The three municipal corpora- given a licence in the past 10 years.
tions and the New Delhi Municipal The street vendors handed over a
Four held for selling CGHS medicines
Council were supposed to conduct a memorandum to the three munici- NEW DELHI: Four people, in-
survey before allotting vending li- pal commissioners and the chair- cluding a government phar-
cences as per the Street Vendors person of the NDMC. macist, have been arrested
Bill, 2014. According to the NASVI, the offi- for illegally selling Central
The National Association of cials assured the vendors that chal- Government Health Scheme
Street Vendors of India (NASVI) lans would not be issued till the (CGHS) medicines in the
that organised the protests, said surveys were completed. open market, police said on
Tuesday.
Shahid Usmani(32) the
vants involved in the
allocation of the coal block
to the company.
Referring to the specic
opinion by the then Minis-
ter of State of Coal, Dasari
Narayan Rao, that GIL was
not eligible for allocation
of the coal block applied for,
the judge said that the
PMO officials should have
highlighted the same before
the le was submitted to
then Prime Minister Man-
mohan Singh.
The PM was at that time
also holding the additional
charge of the Ministry.
I am constrained to
observe that even the work-
ing of the officers of the
PMO also does not appear
to be above board, the
judge said
Cognisance of the afore-
said offences thus needs to
Police have recovered
life saving and
antibiotic medicines
worth Rs. 5 lakh from
their possession
be taken including that of
the offence of criminal con-
spiracy against the public
servants (H C Gupta, Secre-
tary, Coal, K S Kropha,
Joint Secretary, Coal,and
Vishwas Sawakhande, Di-
rector, Directorate of Geol-
ogy and Mining,
Government of Maharash-
tra. At the same time the
private parties involved in
the process i.e. M/s GIL and
its two directors, Mukesh
Gupta and his wife Seema
Gupta, cheated the Govern-
ment of India by making
false claims regarding net
worth of the company and
its installed capacity so as
to obtain wrongful gain i.e.
seeking allotment of the
coal block, the judge said.
The court also ordered
the CBI to further investi-
gate the case.
He said the accused dis-
posed off the medicines at
Bhagirath Palace.
The investigation con-
ducted so far has revealed
that Dhankad and Kumar
used to obtain costly med-
icines meant for govern-
ment health scheme

PK makers accused of plagiarism kingpin of the racket

NEW DELHI: Novelist Kapil Isapuri
has approached the Delhi High
Court, accusing the makers of Aa-
mir Khans lm PK of plagiarism.
He said certain portions from his
Hindi novel Farishta published in
2013 were stolen and copied and
used in the lm. Isapuri has sought
punitive damages of Rs.1 crore from
the lmmakers along with credit
for his work. The Rajkumar Hirani
directorial, which raises questions
CM
YK
along with Manoj Rajpal(35)
was arrested on January 17
ESI dispensaries.
Police have recovered life
saving and antibiotic med-
beneciaries and then sell
the same to Usmani on
charging their commission.
about religion and peoples blind from Bhagirath Palace, icines worth Rs. 5 lakh from Usmani would further sell
faith in godmen, has been co-pro- wholesale market in old Del- their possession. the same to Rajpal, Yadav
duced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and hi, where he had gone to de- We have arrested four said.
Hirani. liver a consignment of people, including a govern- The accused were in-
The movie also stars Anushka stolen medicines. ment employee, for illegally dulging in this illegal trade
Sharma and Sanjay Dutt. The plea, Sanjay Kumar (42) and selling CGHS medicines in for around ve years, Yadav
led through advocate Jyotika Kal- Swaraj Dhankad (57) were the market and seized med- said.
ra, alleged that the makers of the arrested from different loca- icines worth Rs.5 lakh from Dhankad, a pharmacist at
lm as well as scriptwriter Abhijat tions on Monday for their their possession, Joint a government dispensary in
Joshi stole the characters, expres- involvement in selling the Commissioner of Police Najafgarh, met Usmani ve
sion of ideas and sequences from medicines meant strictly for (Crime Branch) Ravindra years ago and agreed to sell
the novel Farishta. IANS government hospitals and Yadav said. him the medicines. IANS
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Traditional crafts with a chic makeover

Jaideep Deo Bhanj

NEW DELHI: Dastkar Haats are

always about interacting
with artisans trying to keep
their crafts alive by adapting
to contemporary taste.
Buyers learn about crafts
that are unique to a region
and help the artisans sustain
themselves by making pur-
chases. However, the current
Design Fair being organised
at the Nature Bazaar in And-
heria Modh here is a bit
different.
The fair connects buyers
directly with jewellery, tex-
tile and dcor designers who
have adapted crafts in con-
temporary styles. The new
ideas and designs from these
creative minds have helped
give a new lease of life to arti-
sans struggling to sell their
crafts as designs have not
evolved for decades.
The event, organised in
partnership with Delhi Tou-
rism, has many items up for
grabs, including stoles, jack-
ets, accessories and gar-
ments made from recycled
textiles; jewellery made us- OLD MEETS NEW: The Design Fair is on at Nature Bazaar in Andheria Modh
ing ancient techniques inter- till January 27.
preted in modern designs;
innovate block-printing gal who is participating in the Another stall set up by dust around. Therefore, it is
techniques; and new motifs fair, says he has used motifs Amanda Brown sells poly-fill very important to choose
and graphic designs that are inspired by Madhubani duvets for kids bedrooms. materials that do not attract
executed on the looms of tra- paintings and new block During her quest to find de- dust, she says.
ditional handloom weavers. print designs on his clothes. cent bed furnishings for her Apart from the usual pinks
Many of the stalls are a re- The problem was that kids room Amanda came and blues, she has come up
sult of a design intervention there were very limited mo- across very limited and ex- with line of gender neutral
project by the National In- tifs and block print designs. pensive options. So she took colours like mauve, yellow,
stitute of Design or other no- Although people liked the a trip to Jaipur, met with green and orange for parents
table designers who have style, they did not purchase block-print artisans and fed-up with pinks and blues.
helped craftsmen make their more as two garments would came up with a line that is The exhibition is on till Ja-
products more appealing to look similar. Now that I have moderately-priced and safe nuary 27 at Nature Bazaar,
the customer. used new motifs, people will for kids. Kisan Haat, Andheria Modh,
Chhandak Jana, a fashion have a lot more to choose Many kids in the city de- opposite Chhatarpur Metro
designer based in West Ben- from, he adds. velop allergies due to the Station, Delhi.

DUTA to Portraits of women through the ages

approach Rana Siddiqui Zaman

President NEW DELHI: A show of nearly

Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: Alleging that mis-
governance of University ad-
ministration had resulted in
the decline of several institu-
tions, the Delhi University
Teachers Association (DU-
TA) is planning to approach
President Pranab Mukherjee,
who is the Visitor of the Uni-
versity, Vice-President Ha-
mid Ansari, who is the
Chancellor, and the Union
Ministry of Human Resource
Development.
Inefficiencies
The sharp decline in the
number of DU-maintained
institutions, as a result of the
current administrations mis-
rule, is increasing exponen-
tially by the day, said DUTA
president Nandita Narain,
adding that three institutions
had been affected by the ad-
ministrations inefficiencies.
In Kirori Mal College, the
governing body is protecting
an acting-Principal facing
criminal investigation follow-
ing Court orders on serious
charges of financial bungling
levelled by the University
Grants Commission. On the
other hand, it has dismissed
the suspended Principal,
even though a statutory in-
quiry headed by a former Su-
preme Court Judge
exonerated him, said DUTA
member Saikat Ghosh.
The recent loss of the Uni-
versity College of Medical
Sciences (UCMS) to the Delhi
Government has also not
gone down well with the
DUTA.
The UCMS, which is the
most important medical col-
lege under DU, has been se-
verely neglected by the
University administration
and now, surreptitiously
handed over to the Delhi Gov-
ernment without discussion
and approval of the Universi-
ty Executive Council, said
Ms. Narain.
She added that at the Val-
labhbhai Patel Chest Insti-
tute too, two Assistant
Registrars who raised the
twin issues of corruption and
financial irregularities were
terminated by the governing
body; one of them, despite
having a High court order re-
instating him, and the other,
through an inquiry, despite
the fact that the governing
body has no disciplinary pow-
er against such employees
The fact that the Universi-
ty administration is treating
its medical colleges with such
contempt and indifference
shows the scant regard it has
for the health and well-being
of the University communi-
ty, said Ms. Narain.
She added that the DUTA
had already asked for an ap-
pointment with the Visitor,
and is currently awaiting a re-
sponse from Rashtrapati
Bhavan.
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300 works of art by 100 art-
ists, from circa 1900 to 1980,
is going to be unveiled on
January 23 at Swaraj Art Ar-
chive in Noidas Sector 2.
Aptly titled Stri Avalekha,
which means women in
painting, the show has been
culled from the Swaraj Art
Archive. The works explore
the female form as painted
and photographed by both
male and female painters
and photographers through
the ages.
For instance, it shows
how women, especially
women models, reacted to
painters and photographers.
The motions and reactions
can be seen in the gestures
and body language coy,
bold, careless, conscious and
so on.
What makes the show
unique is its unusual display
method. The works of art are
devoid of the name of the
artist, period, chronology or
titles in order to allow vis-
itors enjoy them without the A show of nearly 300 works of art by 100 artists,
influence of tags, as show titled Stri Avalekha, will be unveiled on January 23
curator Smriti Rajgarhia at Swaraj Art Archive in Sector 2 of Noida
Bhatt puts it.
No chronology, names, modern and post-modern known Dutch Bengal
periods, etc. will allow the artists like F. N. Souza and painters in stark contrast to
viewer to read and dwell into Rekha Rodwittiya. nude models as painted by
the artwork itself, rather However, a pamphlets students in college and
than assess it pragmatically mentioning the names and known/unknown painters
based on market researches histories of each work will and photographers, Raja Ra-
associated with specific art- be available for the visitors. vi Vermas women deities,
ists. A small effort has been The show will provide a which finally became a
made with this exhibition visual comparative of the house hold possession, espe-
for the art to speak for itself iconography associated with cially the portraits of God-
without being weighed each of the artists and their desses Lakshmi and
down or enhanced by the muse, said Prarthna, the re- Sarawati, etc.
artists biographies. The search personnel of the The show also has Bolly-
viewer will then experience show. wood lobby cards, pictures
art without judgement and/ Some of the works at the of popular arts by modern
or in comparison with the exhibition are by foreign and post-modern masters.
plethora of stylistic languag- artists who were inspired by The show will be on till April
es through Indian art, she India, specifically Goddess- 1.
added. es Kali and Durga as depict- From March 1, Swaraj will
The works have been di- ed by artists from around hold several workshops for
vided into categories like the globe and not by those students and others around
love, pride, devotion and ac- from the Bengal school of the show to educate them
quiescence. They will in- art. about Indian and foreign
clude works by legendary For instance, Kali and artists and their sensibilities
painters like Raja Ravi Ver- Durga as painted by the fa- with the reference to the fe-
ma and M. F Husain, and mous Nandlal Bose and un- male form.
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Haryana Govts decision to
reduce retirement age upheld
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
CHANDIGARH: The retirement
age of Haryana government
employees now stands reduced
to 58 years from 60 years as the
Punjab and Haryana High
Court has upheld the decision
of the Manohar Lal Khattar
government to the effect.
The decision is likely to im-
pact nearly 5,000 of the 3 lakh
employees on an immediate ba-
sis. Government sources had
earlier claimed that while the
reduction in retirement age
would result in an additional
burden of Rs. 200 crore on the
exchequer on immediate basis
it would prove benecial in the
long run as it would lead to
more job opportunities at the
entry level.
It was on November 25 that
Mr. Khattar had announced the
reduction in retirement age of
employees.
He had also stated that all
employees who had completed
Azizpur villagers return home
Staff Reporter
PATNA: Almost all the villagers
who ed the strife-torn Azizpur
village following a violent attack
on Sunday by members of the
majority community returned
to their homes on Tuesday amid
heavy security deployment.
Yes, the villagers who had
ed have returned. The situa-
tion is under control and the
administration is taking all
measures to ensure peace, said
R.K. Mishra, Muzaffarpur Su-
perintendent of Police.
The villagers who returned to
their half burnt homes on Tues-
day were seen taking stock of
the damage amid heaps of burnt
boxes and trunks.
Azizpur is a village of about
70 families,mostly belonging to
the minority communities. A
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015
Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar
58 or 60 years in their respec-
tive categories and were still
serving would be retired on No-
vember 30, 2014.
Though the Chief Minister
had noted that the decision had
been taken to ensure maximum
employment opportunity to the
youth, several employees
unions and individuals had ap-
pealed against the decision in
the High Court.
On Tuesday, the court dis-
missed the petitions led by the
mob from the neighbouring Ba-
hilwara Mali Tola had un-
leashed violence after the body
of a youth from their village was
found in an agricultural eld in
Azizpur.
The Opposition BJP has
blamed the States JD(U) gov-
ernment and demanded a judi-
cial probe into the incident.
Five policemen have been sus-
pended for negligence.
Nothing is left, everything
has either been burnt or loot-
ed even my half-thatched-
half-concrete house has been
gutted, Mohd Nasirrudin told
The Hindu over phone.
The administration has dis-
tributed cheques and some cash
for reconstructing homes and
buying kitchen utensils. A po-
lice check point has come up at
the village and there is heavy
NOIDA/DELHI
employees against the decision.
In their petition, the employ-
ees had charged that the deci-
sion was politically motivated
as the previous Congress gov-
ernment under Bhupinder
Singh Hooda had only in August
2014 increased the retirement
age to 60 and also increased the
age limit for entry into govern-
ment services by two years to
42.
The petitioners had also
sought parity with other cadres
stating that judicial officers, In-
dian Administrative Services
officials and teachers of colleg-
es aided by the government
were still retiring at 60.
Raising a question of law, the
petitioners had also charged
that the decision of the BJP
government was illegal and
void as the Council of Ministers
lacked the minimum numbers.
But the Single Bench of Jus-
tice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa
dismissed the bunch of
petitions.
deployment of security person-
nel to restore the condence of
the frightened villagers. Ive
suspended ve officials follow-
ing the directive of the Addi-
tional Director General of
Police Gupteshwar Pandey,
said the Muzaffarpur SP.
Meanwhile, leaders from var-
ious political parties continued
to visit the village.
Senior State BJP leader Sush-
il Kumar Modi, who visited on
Tuesday, blamed the State for
the incident. The BJP also de-
manded a judicial probe. Mr
Modi said the government must
sanction Rs. 10 lakh as
compensation.
Some RJD and LJP leaders
too visited the village on Tues-
day. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Ya-
dav is also expected to pay a visit
soon.
2 constables
injured in
Maoist attacks
Pavan Dahat
RAIPUR: Two constables were
injured in Maoist attacks in
the Bastar region of Chhattis-
garh on Tuesday.
Pankuj Thakur, a constable
with the 13th battalion of the
Chhattisgarh Armed Force,
was injured when a pressure
bomb exploded near Mur-
donda village of Bijapur, the
police said.
He is said to be out of dan-
ger now. Suspected Maoists
attacked a Sayakak Araksh-
ak (auxiliary constable),
Kichche Soya, with sharp
weapons at a marketplace at
Pollamapalli in Sukma.
Camp busted
In another incident, a joint
team of Dantewada and Bija-
pur police busted a Maoist
camp in the Hurrepal forests
of Dantewada.
Three Maoists surrendered
before the police in Dornapal
town of Sukma district on
Tuesday.
Madkam Sukka (28), Pa-
dam Ayata (35) and Kichche
Ayata (36) surrendered be-
fore the Sub-divisional Police
Officer and Central Reserve
Police Force officers, Addi-
tional Superintendent of Po-
lice Santosh Singh said.
SC panel raps
Punjab govt.
Sarabjit Pandher
CHANDIGARH: The National
Commission for Scheduled
Castes (NCSC) on Tuesday
expressed serious reserva-
tions over the failure of the
Punjab government to im-
plement the provisions of
the Prevention of Atrocities
against Scheduled Castes
(PoA) Act, as well as under-
utilised or mis-utilised funds
and nancial assistance un-
der the Scheduled Caste Spe-
cial Component Plan
released by the Centre in
2010.
Talking to reporters after
a review meeting for Punjab
and Chandigarh, NCSC
Chairman P. L. Punia said
that the State vigilance and
monitoring committee,
headed by the Chief Minis-
ter, had not held its meeting
since 2006 even though the
PoA Act mandated its meet-
ing every six months. Simi-
larly meetings at district
levels were also not being
held on regular intervals.
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ASKS PEOPLE TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN Sabarimala

SC grants Janardhan Reddy bail temple closes
Naidus remark stirs up hornets nest Krishnadas Rajagopal
NEW DELHI: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday granted
bail to former Karnataka
cluding that Mr. Reddy
would surrender his pass-
port, not inuence witnesses
and refrain from visiting Bal-
lari district in Karnataka, and
Radhakrishnan Kuttoor

PATHANAMTHITTA: The Ayyappa

Ravi Reddy
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister N. Chandraba-
bu Naidu has drawn ak from
political parties for his re-
mark calling people to have
more children.
Mr. Naidu on Monday said
a demographic crisis loomed
large over Andhra Pradesh.
Interacting with people at
Bramhanagudem, Unagatla
and Chagallu on the last leg of
his two-day programme in
West Godavari district, he ex-
pressed fears of the ageing of
the country following a sharp
decline in the birth rate.
The family planning pro-
gramme with one or none
slogan resulted in population
growth coming to a standstill
leading to a reversal of the
demographic prole of the
State of late, he said. Quoting
less number of youth, resem-
bling the precarious condi-
tion of Japan, he cautioned.
It was time people come
out of the earlier mindsets
vis--vis the size of families
and have two to three chil-
dren as the young generation
held the key to realisation of
his smart village/town mis-
sion. Claiming that he was the
one who took the lead in the
past in his capacity as Chief
Minister in implementing
birth control measures, Mr.
Naidu said it was time to revi-
sit such policies.
Naidu pleasing
Chandrababu Naidu Sangh Parivar
At a press conference here,
the latest official data, Mr. CPI national general secreta-
Naidu said the ratio of births ry Suravaram Sudhakar Red-
and deaths looked similar and dy said Mr. Naidus remark
if this situation continued, was surprising, to say the
the State would end up with least, and amounted to pleas-
ing the Sangh Parivar. Any-
way, Mr. Naidu will not be
allowed to exist politically till
the 2019 general elections.
He is simply wasting his
breath, but coming from the
Chief Minister of a State, it
raises eyebrows about his po-
litical motives, Mr. Naraya-
na said.
He wondered if it meant
that Indias family planning
programme no longer had
any importance.
Lok Satta founder presi-
dent N. Jayaprakash Narayan
said Mr. Naidus call to young
couples to have more chil-
dren is outrageous. Andhra
Pradeshs birth rate is 17.5
and population is growing at 1
per cent PA.
(With additional reporting
by G. Nagaraja in Eluru and
Suresh Krishnamoorthy in
Hyderabad)
Minister G. Janardhan Red-
dy in an illegal mining case
involving Obulapuram
Mining Company (OMC) on
the condition that he does
not visit any of the mining
zones in Karnataka or And-
hra Pradesh.
A three-judge Bench, led
by Chief Justice of India H.L.
Dattu and comprising Justic-
es A.K. Sikri and Arun Mis-
hra, took on record the
submission by the CBI that it
had no objection to the court
granting bail to Mr. Reddy as
the investigation is
complete.
Additional Solicitor-Gen-
eral Maninder Singh submit-
ted that the CBI had already
led a charge sheet and sup-
plementary charge sheet in
the case.
Since the investigating
Temple at Sabarimala was
Anantapur and Cuddapah in closed on Tuesday after the cus-
Andhra Pradesh. It further tomary darshan for the repre-
ordered Mr. Reddy to furnish sentative of the Pandalam
two sureties of Rs. 10 lakh Palace, Kerala Varma Raja,
each as condition for bail. marking the end of the two-
In a hearing in December, month Mandalam-Makaravi-
Mr. Reddy had drawn the lakku pilgrim season.
courts attention to the long Head priest (Melsanthi), E.N.
G. Janardhan Reddy time he has spent in jail. He Krishnadas Namboodiri,
had sought bail in view of his opened the temple at 5.30 a.m.
agency has no objection, we poor health, among other Tantri Kandararu Rajeevararu,
are granting bail to Reddy, reasons. assisted by the Melsanthi, per-
Chief Justice Dattu recorded Mr. Reddy had approached formed the Ashtadravya Maha
in the court order, dictated the apex court challenging a Ganapati homom. Later, the
after a brief hearing. 2013 High Court order re- Melsanthi closed the sanctum
Senior advocate Dushyant jecting his bail petition. sanctorum and handed over the
Dave, counsel for Mr. Reddy, The petitioner and his keys to the royal representative
submitted that his client had brother-in-law B.V. Srinivas The royal-designate and his
been in jail for over three Reddy, managing director of entourage descended the holy
years and agreed with the OMC, were arrested by the 18-steps (Pathinettampady)
courts caution to co-operate CBI on September 5, 2011, and returned the keys to the
in the trial before a special from Ballari and brought to Melsanthi at the Lower Tiru-
court in Hyderabad. Hyderabad. He, along with mattom, in the presence of the
The court acceded to the others, is facing ve other Devaswom Executive Officer
conditions put by the CBI, in- cases. and Administrative Officer.

Karnataka first
in country to
BJP may seek permission Jaitley meet confuses Tamil Nadu BJP Sruthisagar Yamunan leadership was now acting friends, the functionary said, this line seemed unviable on

give universal to prosecute Siddaramaiah CHENNAI: The unexpected de-

health coverage
Nagesh Prabhu
BENGALURU: Karnataka on
Tuesday became the rst in
the country to provide uni-
versal health coverage with
the launch of two schemes,
the Rajiv Arogya Bhagya for
APL households and the
Jyothi Sanjeevini for govern-
ment employees.
The health coverage is esti-
mated to cost the government
Rs. 120 crore annually.
Chief Minister Siddara-
maiah, who launched the
schemes, said APL family
members would be entitled
for a health check costing up
to Rs. 1.5 lakh a year.
In special cases, if the ex-
penditure exceeds Rs. 1.5
lakh, the government could
sanction an additional sum of
Rs. 50,000, he said. The
scheme proposes to cover 449
surgical procedures and 50
follow-up packages.
Beneciaries can avail
treatment in 160 hospitals,
including 14 hospitals outside
the State.
The government employ-
ees will get cashless treat-
ment in 124 empanelled
private hospitals under the
Jyothi Sanjeevini scheme.
Vigilance books
5 officials in
Titanium case
Special Correspondent
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Vig-
ilance and Anti-Corruption
Bureau (VACB) on Tuesday
booked ve Travancore Tita-
nium Products (TTP) officials
on the suspicion of corruption
in the setting up of an effluent
treatment plant at the public
sector industrial unit.
In a First Information Re-
port (FIR) led in the court of
the Vigilance Enquiry Com-
missioner and Special Judge
here, the VACB named as ac-
cused former managing direc-
tor Eapen Joseph, chief
manager Santosh Kumar, ex-
ecutive director A.M. Bhaska-
ran, former chief manager
Thomas Mathew, and former
chief commercial manager
Gopakumar Nair.
The allegation was that the
accused had conspired togeth-
er to appoint M/s. MECON,
Ranchi, as consultant, causing
undue pecuniary advantage to
the private rm and conse-
quent loss to the public sector
entity.
Ramadoss appears
before judge
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: The PMK founder,
S.Ramadoss, on Tuesday ap-
peared before the Principal
Sessions Judge (PSJ), Chen-
nai, in connection with a case
of alleged defamation against
him. Earlier, the City Public
Prosecutor had led a com-
plaint before the court on be-
half of the Food Minister,
R.Kamaraj, that Mr.Rama-
doss had defamed the Minis-
ter. The matter pertained to
the procurement of pulses.
Dr.Ramadoss issued a state-
ment and it was carried in a
Tamil eveninger on Novem-
ber 17 last year.
Contending that the state-
ment defamed the Food Min-
ister, the CPP led the
complaint on his behalf.
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B.S. Satish Kumar
BENGALURU: The Bharatiya Ja-
nata Party is expected to le a
petition before Karnataka
Governor Vajubhai R. Vala
this week seeking permission
to prosecute Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah over his alleged
involvement in the denoti-
cation of land acquired for the
formation of Arkavathi Lay-
out in Bengaluru.
However, contrary to the
belief that the BJP itself may
le such a petition, the party
is likely to get an individual
either from its cadre or from
outside to approach the
Governor.
There were expectations in
the political circles that lead-
TCS revokes employee UDF likely to show
termination order KC(B) the door
K.T.Sangameswaran
and Sangeetha Kandavel
CHENNAI: The Tata Consul-
tancy Services has revoked
the order terminating a
woman employee following
which the Madras High
Court on Tuesday dismis-
sed as infructuous a petition
led by her.
Sasirekha Thangavel Nat-
arajan, working as an As-
sistant Consultant in Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd.,
Chennai, since March 2011,
said that her employer had
issued a termination order
dated December 22 last
year stating that she would
be relieved on January 21.
She moved the High
Court challenging the ter-
mination order. On January
13, Justice M. Duraiswamy
granted an interim injunc-
tion for four weeks restrain-
ing the company from
removing the employee.
When the matter came up,
the company counsel sub-
Perumal Murugan should write more
Staff Reporter
CHENNAI: Perumal Murugan
should return and pen more
enlightening pieces with
strong social themes for the
generation next, was the
united call from those who
gathered at Valluvar Kottam
on Tuesday morning to ex-
press solidarity for the au-
thor. The protesters also
condemned the reactions by
State authorities in the case.
Mr. Murugans novel Mad-
horubhagan released in 2010
was criticised by a few caste
outts that cried foul over the
portrayal of a temple ritual in
Tiruchengode in the 1930s. In
January, the author was
forced to tendering an apol-
ogy and also offered to re-
move the alleged
controversial portions from
book. He abstained from
writing after the incident.
Scholars, senior journal-
ists, free thinkers and politi-
cal leaders voiced in support
of Mr. Murugan and lashed
out on Namakkal police and
local Revenue officials alleg-
ing ill treatment of the author
and termed it a cowardice act
suppressing freedom of
expression.
While participating at the
Tuesdays protest, Communi-
party or its leaders to do the
formalities due to the legal
party national vice-president
courts regularly and monitor
Siddaramaiah
er of the Opposition and for- leader and hence, we want the
mer Chief Minister Jagadish formalities to done by an in-
Shettar or BJP State presi- dividual, sources said.
dent Pralhad Joshi would le
mitted that TCS had re-
voked the order dated
December 22. He also pro-
duced the order and the
court placed it on record.
Mr.Justice Duraiswamy
said that since the company
had revoked the letter
which was the subject mat-
ter of the writ petition, he
did not nd any reason to
keep the petition pending
further and dismissed it as
infructuous.
A senior official in TCS
told The Hindu, The fact
that she was pregnant was
not made known to us dur-
ing her exit. As per our Tata
Groups policy we always
ensure that pregnant wom-
en are taken care off.
The company also issued
a statement saying, Ms Sasi
Rekha has stated in the affi-
davit before the Madras
High Court that she is preg-
nant. This fact was not
made known to TCS by Ms
Sasi Rekha during the exit
process.
Writers express their solidarity with novelist Perumal
Tuesday. - PHOTO: M.PRABHU
st Party of Indias senior
leader R. Nallakannu, con-
demned the role played by
the State authorities in with-
drawing a ne work that
talks about freedom on wom-
en in society and atrocities in
the name of caste. This is a
clear case of freedom of ex-
pression being crushed and it
is ridiculous that such an act
against a work of ction is
initiated after four years, he
cision of Union Finance Min-
like that of the Congress,
which hardly ever consulted
the Pradesh committees be-
calling the timing of the
meeting as most unfortu-
nate.
Tuesday with the PMK open-
ly declaring that it would nei-
ther eld a candidate nor
the petition. However, party
ister Arun Jaitely to call on fore making important deci- The leader added that not would support anyone in the
former Chief Minister Jaya- sions. None of us were only would it be difficult to by-poll.
sources said they wanted an lalithaa on Sunday has sent informed that Mr. Jaitely face the voters in Srirangam, Sources in the DMDK, the
individual rather than the shockwaves through the Ta- would meet the AIADMK the party organisation too other ally in the NDA, said the
mil Nadu BJP unit, some leader. We have been mount- would be demoralised by this district unit of the party
leaders of which want the ing severe criticism on the constant shift in position. wanted to contest the by-
nitty-gritty. party to reconsider decision AIADMK government over On Sunday morning, our election alone. But time is
Sources denied that such a to contest the Srirangam by- the last four months. All that national president gave a very running out to take such a de-
decision had been taken to poll. has crashed with this one positive signal about contest- cision.
prevent embarrassment to The high-prole meeting meeting, the leader said, re- ing the by-poll. In the eve- The last date for ling
between the two leaders, questing anonymity. ning, a senior leader goes and nominations is January 27. A
B.S. Yeddyurappa, who is fac- which Mr. Jaitely termed as a A state general secretary of meets Ms. Jayalalithaa. All of decision like this has to be
ing denotication cases. courtesy call, took the Ta- the BJP said the idea of con- us are totally confused. There taken at least a month earlier
Any person who les such mil Nadu BJP by surprise at a testing the Srirangam by-poll has to be some clarity on what so that you can prepare the
a petition will have to be time when it was gearing to was to send a strong message our position in the State ground. The opinion in the
physically present at the eld a candidate in the by- to the electorate that the par- should be, the leader pointed party is that it is too late now
poll. The constituency was of ty wanted to be a formidable out. to make any impact. But the
the legal process. This may signicance as it was vacated alternative to the two Dravi- The growing opinion in the nal decision would be taken
not be possible for a political by Ms. Jayalalithaa following dian parties. But now that a party since Sunday was that by our party president, a
her conviction in the dispro- senior Union Minister has entering the fray in Sririan- DMDK MLA said.
portionate assets case. met Ms. Jayalalithaa, it has gam should be avoided. Rath- Both the DMK and the
A senior BJP leader la- reiterated a notion that the er, a candidate of one of the AIADMK have already an-
mented that the BJP Central two parties were always allies could be supported. But nounced their candidates.
Nine killed as bus falls into gorge
Staff Reporter
DHARMAPURI: Nine persons,
Girish Menon sions with Chief Minister Oom- including two women and
men Chandy, Indian Union two children, were killed af-
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Muslim League leader and In- ter a StateTransport Corpo-
Oust Balakrishna Pillai move- dustries Minister P.K. Kunhali- ration bus swerved off the
ment in the United Democratic kutty, Home Minister Ramesh ghat road near Hogenakkal
Front (UDF) gathered momen- Chennithala in Thiruvanan- and fell into a 100-foot-deep
tum on Tuesday with ruling thapuram, besides following it gorgeon Tuesday.
coalition leaders arriving at a up with phone calls to SJ(D) G.Nagammal (50), M.Shi-
general agreement that the Ker- leader M.P. Veerendrakumar, vashankatri (10) both of-
ala Congress (B) leader should and Mr. Mani himself. Kammalapatty in Palacode,
be shown the door without fur- The current mood in the UDF
ther delay. At the end of day- is quite different from last
K.Vengatammal (50), Ka-
liappan (55) both of Alakap-
long discussions UDF convener month when KC(B) MLA K.B.
P.P. Thankachan held with se- Ganesh Kumar, Mr. Pillais son,
padu in Dharmapuri; M. The bus which fell into a deep gorge near
Sahadevan (50) of Mallapu- Hogenakkal on Tuesday. PHOTO: SPECIAL
nior leaders here, including tel- came out with corruption alle-
ephone conversations with gations against Public Works
ram in Pennagaram,C.Ma- ARRANGEMENT
nivannan (50) of
leaders of some coalition part- Minister P.K. Ebrahim Kunju Dharmapuri, M. Manikan-
dan (10), Sudhakar of Krish- Transport Corporation bus ghat road and rolled into a
ners who were not in the State and his staff. According to UDF
capital, it has become almost leaders evaluation, the contro- nagiri (38) werekilled on the from Bommidi to Anjetti gorge.
spot.Duraisamy (50) of leftDharmapuri town at According to police, the
certain that the Kerala Con- versial telephone conversation
gress (B) will be expelled from that Mr. Pillai had with Thiru- Dharmapuri died at the 11.40 a.m with over 60 pas- narrow stretch overlooking
Dharmapuri GH. sengers. The driver lost con- an Anjenayar temple had al-
the ruling coalition when its vananthapuram-based hotelier
high-power committee meets Biju Ramesh has given a differ- Over 40 passengers were trol while negotiating the readywitnessed two acci-
rushed to Pennagaram and narrow hill road aboutsix- dents an year ago. After a
on January 28. ent dimension because Mr. Pil-
Kerala Congress (M) leader lai has not only made new Dharmapuri Govenrment km down the Forest Depart- ve-hour-long operation,
Hospitals withinjuries. ment check post in Hoge- the re service personnel
and Finance Minister K.M. Ma- corruption charges, but also ap-
ni is adamant about ousting Mr. pears to be part of a conspiracy The Tamil Nadu State nakkal. It swerved off the hauled out the wreckage.
Pillai from the ruling coalition against Mr. Mani. Another rea-
and has hinted that he would be son why UDF leaders are keen
forced to keep away from UDF on taking quick action against
meetings if a decision was not Mr. Pillai is because of the nui- Chevening DEATH
taken immediately. sance value he will have being
Mr. Thankachan held discus- part of the coalition. scholarship for
Indian students DEATH
ANNIVERSARIES
to go up
S. Prasad
PUDUCHERRY: There will a four-
fold increase in funding for
Chevening scholarships for
Indian students over the next
two years making India the
largest recipient in the world,
said Andrew Soper, Minister
Counsellor (Political and
Press), British High Commis-
sion.
DEATH
Addressing mediapersons
here on Tuesday on the eve of ANNIVERSARIES
inauguration of the Great
U.K. education seminars, Mr.
Soper said the British Council
was giving an opportunity to
750 Indian students to
achieve scholarship worth
around 1.51 million pounds
(approximately Rs. 151 mil-
lion).
The U.K. attracts over
Murugan in Chennai on 400,000 overseas students to
its institutions annually, of
added. to writing and offer more which almost 30,000 are
Addressing mediapersons works to the society without from India, he said.
after the event, Viduthalai fear, Thirumavalan added. India, which has the second
Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Organised by the Karuthu- largest Chevening pro-
Thol Thirumavalavan said rimai Padhukappu Koota- gramme after China, will see
that the actions are not maippu, Tamil Nadu Kalai an increase from 0.6 million
against a single writer but Ilakiya Perumandram and pounds to 2.4 million pounds
totally against freedom of ex- the Tamil Nadu Progressive funding for the 2014-2015
pression. Writers and Artists Associ- and 2015-16. Mr. Soper said
When a pen is broken, ation, the protest meet also the U.K. governments global
more pens such rise and act witnessed the launch of a scholarship programmes
against such injustice. Peru- signature campaign in sup- aims to make India the largest
mal Murugan should return port of Perumal Murugan. recipient in the world over
the next two years.
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10 THE HINDU WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015

Ideology and the rise of terror

Vasundhara Sirnate
T
he first two weeks of 2015 have not
helped moderate Muslims any-
where in the world. Between the
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 (Syria) [ISIS/ISIL and now IS], the Tehreek-
e-Taliban Pakistan, Boko Haram and the ren-
egade gunmen claiming allegiance to the al-
Short of Qaeda in Yemen that shot the cartoonists of
Charlie Hebdo, the world seems to have ex-
ploded in a frenzy of Islamic ideology-fuelled
stalwarts killing. Reactions to Islamic radicals conduct-
ing acts of terror have been varied. Between
the Moroccan-born Mayor of Rotterdam,
prize catch or a liability, a master stroke or a Ahmed Aboutaleb, rudely telling Muslims to
scant regard for human rights; for state for-
Militant Islamic movements are organisations mation is a messy, bloody affair. Just think of
born out of particular configurations of geopolitics
Europe between 900 and 1900 AD.
So what about Islam? I suggest here that
and superpower interventions. Beginning as Islam is the only commonly known ideology
and script in these regions in which an artic-
resistance movements and later moving on by ulation of resistance can be embedded, which
common folk can understand, practise and
aiming to create new states, their strategies have stand by. Islam gives these movements legiti-
been ideological and violent with scant regard for macy. It gives them a discourse and it attracts
money. It is their USP. The movements are
human rights not initially motivated by Islam but by bad
ban. Raised by the Central Intelligence Agen- western intervention in West Asia and gradu-
cy (CIA) to fight the Soviet invasion in ally broadened its scope to Syria during the
and corrupt governments, unequal power re-
lations between countries, invasions by for-
eign powers and global income inequalities
Afghanistan in 1979, the Taliban went on to protests against President Bashar al-Assad. made persistent by the current global eco-

A mistake? In projecting new entrant Kiran Be-

di as its chief ministerial candidate in the
Delhi Assembly election, the Bharatiya Janata
Party must have entertained visions of beating the prin-
cipal rival Aam Aadmi Party at its own game. Ms. Bedi,
whose post-retirement political activism was centred
on Anna Hazares anti-corruption movement, was seen
as the ideal counter to Arvind Kejriwal, who too was a
prominent member of Team Anna before forming the
AAP. The saffron partys strategy was to cut into the
freshly built vote bank of the AAP: the aspiring middle
class that had tired of the political class, perceived as
corrupt and inefficient. But in leaning too heavily on a
get out of his country, the thousands of people
in Germany marching in an anti-Islam dem-
onstration, anchor Jeanine Pirro on Fox
News saying we need to kill them and Rup-
ert Murdoch tweeting about holding Muslims
collectively responsible for terrorism, com-
mon Muslims everywhere are being forced to
apologise and take responsibility for the dan-
gerous actions of less than one per cent of the
worlds total Muslim population.
Insurgents as global terrorists
People that believe such things seem to war with the U.S. destroyed whatever state in northeast Nigeria. As Boko Haram receded
have missed some key pieces of information
pertaining to the rise of some of these move-
capture power in Afghanistan after its west- Boko Haram (western education is forbid-
ern handlers left and the Cold War ended. den) arose in Nigeria in the mid-1990s as a
What followed in Afghanistan was brutal moderate Islamic group in the aftermath of
fighting between several Taliban leaders; the Biafran War, which left two million peo-
some of whom under Mullah Omar were able ple dead between 1967-1970 following the
nomic regime where the metaphorical one
per cent has captured half of the worlds
wealth. Let us not for one moment forget that
most Muslims live in democratic countries
like India, Malaysia and Indonesia and prac-
to consolidate a new Afghan state. Common brutal suppression of the people of Biafra by tise their religions peacefully and within the
Afghans suffered during this period of civil the Nigerian government, supported by bounds of law. Let us also not forget that
war and deal brokering. Osama bin Laden, prominent western countries and oil compa- there are strong overlaps between Muslim
initially a Taliban recruit, floated al-Qaeda, nies. Boko Haram started as a movement that countries with terrorist groups aspiring to
which, after 9/11, was forced into a partner- criticised the corrupt, oil-wealthy govern- statehood and where there has been a pro-
ship with the Taliban in a resistance against ment of Nigeria and became a provider for the longed war with at least one great power.
the American invasion of Afghanistan. The poor undertaking state-like welfare functions Similarly, the Algerians who killed 12 people
in France last week lived on the margins of
French society and were immigrants from a
country which had been virtually socially, ec-

ments. In this piece, I will attempt to histor- With the left discredited in societies with strong ethnic and onomically and politically destroyed by
newcomer to lead the campaign, the BJP showed itself icise the rise of some militant Islamic France, which many historians agree was al-
up as a party that was short of stalwarts in Delhi. After movements so that in our public debate we religious sentiments, the fallback ideology of rebellion is mostly ways the worst country to get colonised by.

Harsh Vardhan, who was propped up as the clean,
incorruptible face of the party in Delhi in the last
election, moved to the Lok Sabha and then the Union
Cabinet, the BJP was left without a widely acceptable
leader. Whether Ms. Bedi can unite the warring factions
of the BJP, or whether she would end up adding one
more faction to the mix, is the big question. What is
certain is that Ms. Bedis entry will not be smooth; she
was earlier a strident critic of the BJP and Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi. Already there are murmurs of pro-
test at the manner in which she was made the chief
ministerial candidate without broad consultations
within the party.
Like Mr. Kejriwal before her, Ms. Bedi failed to win
the support of Mr. Hazare for her political ambitions.
Mr. Hazare has stayed away from all political parties,
but for a brief spike in interest in the Trinamool Con-
gress. Although she was a prominent face in Team Anna,
Ms. Bedi is unlikely to win the backing of all those who
had joined the anti-corruption crusade behind the
Gandhian at Delhis Jantar Mantar in 2011. She might
match Mr. Kejriwals crusading spirit, but whether she
will be able to capture the popular imagination remains
to be seen. At one level, her entry just days before the
election comes across as politically opportunist. For
the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah team, Delhi is of a differ-
ent order from the Assembly polls held after the Lok
Sabha election. Here the BJP has no ally to shed, and
there can be no excuse for falling short of an absolute
majority. Anything short of a majority will likely be seen
as a failure, and not as the success of a bold experiment
of going it alone. In that sense, Delhi will be a greater
test than Maharashtra or Haryana or Jharkhand. How
far Ms. Bedi, who is expected to turn the campaign into
a direct contest between her and Mr. Kejriwal, will help
the BJP in this endeavour, remains to be seen.
may have balance and some context. This is religion-based. One million Algerians died to overthrow
important because the rationalisations that French colonialism. This was followed by a
are coming our way use Islam as the driving postcolonial regime (the FLN state) that will-
force behind all recent acts of terror. I believe ingly killed over 1,00,000 of its own people in
that we need to shift this debate onto more the Taliban had created and fragmented both into the jungles of northeast Nigeria, succes- order to safeguard its oil interests backed by
logical terrain, i.e., we need to understand the organisations the Taliban and al-Qaeda sive governments repeatedly ignored the western powers.
conditions which beget certain types of in- leading to different splinters of the same growing radical and militant nature of the
surgent and terrorist organisations. I assert groups in West Asia and South Asia, each group. Neo-mercantilism and terror
here that Islamic ideology alone is not the practising deadlier violence to distinguish it- Let me be clear that historicising these
driving force behind these organisations. Is- self from its competitors. The place of Islam groups does not mean that one condones
lamic ideology is merely the fabric in which Similarly, IS was once known as Al-Qaeda The Taliban, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda and IS their actions. None of these groups can find
an articulation of inequality, marginalisation, in Iraq (AQI) led by the Jordanian terrorist Al are organisations born out of particular con- ethical support because indiscriminate vio-
and alienation is embedded or stitched. Is- Zarqawi, who was killed in 2006 in a targeted figurations of geopolitics and superpower in- lence used by IS, Boko Haram, al-Qaeda, the
lamic ideology is deployed to get new recruits attack by the U.S. Air Force. In 2003, AQI terventions and invasions. They started as Taliban and their hydra-headed babies has
to particular terrorist groups. Think of such began fighting the American occupation of resistance movements that were aimed at snatched away the human rights of thousands
ideology as an advertising strategy or a mar- Iraq. Later it merged with other small resist- creating more ideal states and opposed for- of people. However, we absolutely must un-
keting campaign to get people to adhere to the ance groups and turned into the Mujahideen eign invasions, bad governance and despotic derstand the current rise of religious extre-
political causes being championed by these Shura Council, before emerging as the ISIS regimes. These groups are trying to create mism as what it really is the only readily
groups at the barrel of a gun. under the leadership of Abu Bakr al-Bagh- new states. This is why their strategies have available response in a shrinking political dis-
Lets start with the usual suspect, the Tali- dadi. Again, IS also emerged as a reaction to been ideological and extremely violent with course that can challenge, or even attempts to
challenge, the current world system. The left
is popularly discredited and doesnt find pur-
chase in societies with strong ethnic and reli-
CARTOONSCAPE gious sentiments, so the fallback ideology of
rebellion is mostly religion-based.
If we want to make sense of terrorism we
need to launch a strong challenge to the cur-
rent economic system that breeds and per-
petuates global inequality and encourages a
neo-mercantilism of sorts where western na-
tions have encouraged and backed despots to
preserve economic interests, and have under-
taken military invasions to cement control
over economic and natural resources.
But we must not, under any circumstance,
demand that Muslims all over the world take
collective responsibility for the actions of a
fraction. In doing so terrorism unwittingly
wins, because the whole point about terror-
ism is to fracture communities, destroy social
capital and scare people into changing how
they relate to each other. The need of the hour
is to think carefully and hard about the fac-
tors and variables that have led to the forma-
tion of anti-state groups, treat each case as

Focus on public unique and not indulge in religion blaming.

Terrorism and insurgency are businesses mo-
tivated by greed and grievance as Collier and

investment Hoeffler told us many years ago. Islam, like

any other ideology like Maoism (China and
India), Marxism (USSR) or Catholicism
(Northern Ireland) is the glue that holds the
he idea that the government should lead in- plot together.

T vestment revival by spending from its purse

seems to be gaining ground quickly. The
thought was first expressed by Chief Econom-
ic Adviser Arvind Subramanian a month ago while re-
(Vasundhara Sirnate is the Chief
Coordinator of Research at The Hindu Centre
for Politics and Public Policy.)

leasing the governments mid-year review of the

economy. Mr. Subramanian was of the opinion that
public investment may have to play a greater role to
complement and crowd-in private investment. Of
course, this had to be done within the constraints of the
fiscal situation. In an interaction with industrialists in
Chennai on Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
endorsed this view, saying that the government would
take some special steps to increase public investment
while pointing out that it would be a challenge to do so
within the constraint of the fiscal deficit. Mr. Jaitley
expressed the governments predicament well. It is a
fact that private investment in infrastructure is in a
comatose state thanks to over-leveraged balance sheets
and excess capacities that may take a long time to be
absorbed. The banking system is groaning under the
collective weight of the overdues of private borrowers,
and banks are clearly unwilling to lend for new projects.
Of course, some companies have already started to
repair their balance sheets by shedding assets through
mergers and acquisitions and using the proceeds to
settle their dues with banks. Clearly, though the de-
leveraging process has begun, it will be a while before
the private sector cleans up its act and goes for fresh
investment. The onus to stimulate a revival is, there-
fore, clearly on the government now. The Centre has
been appropriating a part of the bounty from falling
global oil prices in the form of higher excise duties, and
the Finance Minister is on record as saying that this
money will go directly towards building new roads and
highways and not into the Consolidated Fund of India.
This will give an impetus to the highways expansion
programme that has been struggling for want of ade-
quate interest from private developers. But then, the
scale and quantum of public investment required is
much bigger, and this is where the government will run
into the fiscal wall. With 99 per cent of the projected
deficit for this year already accounted for in the first
eight months, headroom for additional spending is non-
existent this fiscal, even if one were to account for
bountiful proceeds from the spectrum auction that is
due next month. The focus is therefore on the coming
fiscal, and the Budget will provide an insight into the
governments plans on this front. Clearly, some tight-
rope walking will be required as the Centre seeks to
increase spending on infrastructure projects to com-
pensate for private investment.
CM
YK
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Words of advice
Even though President Pranab
Mukherjees words of advice to the
political class to ensure the passage
of laws is timely, Article 108 of the
Constitution, which deals with joint
sittings of Parliament, does not
stipulate any limit regarding the
number and frequency of joint
sittings (Joint session no solution during the first Lok Sabha session to
to end Rajya Sabha logjam, Jan.
20). To conclude that a joint session
could be called whenever a Bill does
not get through would be based on a
narrow reading of Article 108.
The Opposition in the Rajya
Sabha appears to be looking out for
issues each day in order to stall the
functioning of the House. There
should be ways and means to
explore how there can be healthy
debates.
Arulur N. Balasubramanian,
Chennai
There have been a number of
incidents obstructing and stalling
the passage of important Bills. On
many an occasion, there has been
no spirit of cooperation, harmony
and purpose as both ruling party
and Opposition MPs have been
adamant and selfish without giving
any thought to how the taxpayers
money is being wasted.
Each tries to avoid finding a
solution citing previous cycles of
disturbances. The honourable
President himself was a Thomas Edmunds, State John Kerry voiced concern
parliamentarian not very long ago
and should note that the party to
which he belonged, the Congress,
has hardly functioned with a spirit
of cooperation and harmony in the
House. The need now is for every
political party to think about the
aspirations of the people. A
parliamentarian must think of
himself/herself as a student who
attends school regularly, fearing
and respecting the school head and
Letters emailed to letters@thehindu.co.in must carry the full
postal address and the full name or the name with initials.
the teachers. The season of sermons the support of the Opposition need is to revive the ailing
must end. parties, and vice versa. Respecting manufacturing sector and also
J.P. Reddy, the other is the only way out to address the unemployment
Nalgonda, Telangana establish comity and amity for a problem.
healthy atmosphere to prevail in Even if it is imperative that the
The Presidents words, a noisy Parliament. One wishes that our worlds largest democracy even single cigarettes. As a norm,
minority cannot be allowed to gag a elected members give credence to maintains a healthy relationship
patient majority, sums up the the sermons of the President in the with the worlds oldest, the Indian
parliamentary logjam. The number interest of the nation. government must ensure that
of sittings has shrunk from 677 H.P. Murali, bilateral cooperation with the U.S.
Bengaluru is on an equal footing, irrespective
357 in the 15th session. of whether it means losing out on
Cancellations have become the Members of the Rajya Sabha must investments from the U.S. at the
order of the day, and events no be educated on the purpose for moment. As the U.S. wields
longer newsworthy. We spend which they are elected through an immense power in the WTO,
crores of rupees on elections and indirect process. Both Houses now Washington will most certainly
then waste mandays in Parliament. function like Tweedledum and deploy its rule that prohibits
Self-interest and self-concern have Tweedledee. This was not the intent measures that discriminate against
become the factors guiding with which the Rajya Sabha, the imported goods in order to
parliamentary business. equivalent of the House of Lords, browbeat New Delhi into toeing its
A.J. Rangarajan, was created. Members of the Rajya line. The U.S. needs to be reminded
Chennai Sabha are dignified and experienced that as a developed nation with a
seniors and they are expected to rise historical responsibility to mitigate
Very often, the media focus on above party politics and serve the greenhouse gas emissions, it is
scenes of pandemonium that nation through effective debates. bound by the Copenhagen
prevail in Parliament. The Speaker Nikhil Balan, Declaration of December 2009,
is often shown to be helpless. Why Thiruvananthapuram which calls on the rich,
cannot the rules be modified? For industrialised nations to
instance, if anyone rushes to the U.S. & Make in India economically and technologically
well of the House to protest, he or This refers to the report, U.S. help developing nations like India
she must be debarred for the whole worried at Make in India rule reduce emissions. measures. When it eliminated 10
session. All members must speak (Jan.19). As the U.S. is known to Nalini Vijayaraghavan,
only from their designated seats. tenaciously safeguard its own Thiruvananthapuram
Opposition Parties must play their interests while blithely overlooking
roles creatively. Forms of the interests of the less powerful War on tobacco
punishment and of discipline, nations with whom it has bilateral The war on tobacco has to be won at
which would be something new to cooperation, it is small wonder that any price (Editorial, Jan.20) as it
our parliamentarians, must be during his visit to the Vibrant eats into the vitals of our youth
considered. Gujarat summit U.S. Secretary of and our nations human capital. In
this, the Act is the first right step
Chennai over the push for the use of towards winning the war. In this
indigenous capabilities. That this tussle between tobacco companies
The electorate has given its concerns the renewable energy (which have assured and
mandate to the ruling party to rule policy, particularly solar energy, is a guaranteed markets for their
the nation for five years and fulfil its fact. If New Delhi has announced a products) and the government
promises. Similarly, the Opposition series of 1,000 MW grid-connected (which tries to contain/eliminate
is expected to oppose, expose and solar photovoltaic (PV) power the tobacco menace while
tweak the ears of the government projects that has a mandatory attempting to stand up to the
whenever it errs. It may sound condition that all PV cells and powerful tobacco lobby), the
philosophical, but the fact remains modules used in solar plants set up winner should be the government. I
that one hand cannot clap without under this scheme will be made in would suggest an online strategy
the other. The ruling party requires India, it is apparently because the involving counselling and
awareness involving various health
institutions that will help reduce or
eliminate the urge to use tobacco
products. There must also be
compulsory pictorial warnings on
there should be fewer cigarettes/
bidis in each packet.
Th Luwangamba,
New Delhi
Notes and coins
This refers to media reports on the
Prime Minister having noted the
suggestion to issue a Rs.25 currency
note in order to overcome a
shortage of Rs.5 coins. Any such
idea will be contrary to the metric
spirit of measures introduced in the
country back in 1957. Instead, the
root cause of the shortage of five
rupee coins should be analysed. It
was only recently that there were
reports of the government planning
to reissue one-rupee notes (which
have a short lifespan) to overcome
the shortage of one-rupee coins
caused by widespread melting of the
coins. Unfortunately, the emphasis
appears to be more on short-term
paise and 25 paise coins, the
government should have abolished
50 paise coins as well. The new one-
rupee coin could have been the size
of the earlier 10 paise coin. But since
there was abundant stock of coin-
blanks in the sizes of the earlier 50
paise and one rupee coins, new
coins, for one and two rupees, were
issued in these sizes, confusing the
public. The government should
drop the idea of issuing one and 25
rupee notes and instead issue more
coins in the denominations of one
and five rupees. The five-rupee coin
should be made of stainless steel of
a thicker grade to avoid melting. A
huge amount of money can also be
saved by reducing the size of notes.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal,
New Delhi
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THE HINDU WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 11

WORLD VIEW For prudent crisis planning on terror

A portrait of modern Barack Obama and Narendra Modi should reaffirm their commitment to better cooperation
on counter-terrorism and intelligence
inequality Bruce Riedel and his group. Zawahiri and Baghdadi are
rivals for leadership of the global jihad and

T
U
he National Gallerys colonnaded splendour radiates across Trafalgar .S. President Barack Obamas competing for the loyalty of jihadists
Square a sense of the importance of art in Britains national life. But visit to India, an unpreceden- around the world including in south Asia.
the reality inside is far less glorious. The 400 gallery assistants are about ted second trip in one Presi- Mr. Obama and Mr. Modi should reaf-
to be outsourced to a private company against their will, to squeeze pay dency, comes as the terrorist firm their commitment to close counter-
and conditions. A ballot by their union, PCS, closes this week, calling for a threat environment in the subcontinent is terrorism and intelligence cooperation.
five-day strike in protest. in transition and turmoil. Multiple mas- Much has improved since 2008 when the
All day they guard the nations treasures: not automata, but well- sacres in Pakistan and the transition in U.S. and the U.K. had intelligence on the
informed, if untrained, guides who like to be asked questions, know Afghanistan are challenging the counter Mumbai plot but failed to share it with
where paintings are, are glad to advise nervous visitors unsure what to terrorist infrastructures built over the last India and failed to analyse it properly
look at. Some have worked there for 40 years, some are younger, many couple of decades. It is a fluid situation themselves. LeT is now a priority for both
former art students. that Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Na- Washington and London. Mr. Obama
A letter to staff from the director, Nicholas rendra Modi need to compare notes on should send his Central Intelligence
Penny, says all gallery services go out to tender and develop strategies. Agency (CIA) Director to New Delhi to
in April, something no other national gallery or further improve cooperation.
museum has done. As Tupe Transfer of Sponsor and victim Mr. Obama and Mr. Modi should also
Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Pakistan has long been both a sponsor upgrade efforts to stabilise Afghanistan
regulations require, staff will transfer to a of terrorism and a victim of terrorism but INTERNAL DYNAMICS: Pakistan has witnessed a series of mass casualty after the withdrawal of most NATO
private company on the same terms, but thats the balance seems to be shifting toward terror attacks on its own citizens, one being the November 2014 forces. India should consider sending mil-
weak protection: they can be sent to work victimhood. Pakistan still sponsors the suicide bomber attack near the Wagah border crossing. Picture shows itary field hospitals and personnel to help
anywhere in that company. most dangerous terror group in South the Indian side of the Wagah border crossing. PHOTO: AFP the Afghan Army as it did in the Korean
This is the only national museum in London Asia, Lashkar-e-Taiba, which last May War in the 1950s to support the United
not paying the living wage. A tangle of pay rates tried to disrupt Mr. Modis inauguration Another LeT attack on India is Nations forces. It should also help train
means that older staff (predominantly male) are by attacking the Indian consulate in Her- and equip the Afghan Air Force, an area
POLLY TOYNBEE
paid more than newer (predominantly female). at, Afghanistan, just hours before his probably only a matter of that NATO has been remiss in addressing
The gallerys grant is being cut, so it needs to swearing-in ceremony. The Pakistani in- robustly. Mr. Obama should rescind his
make more money with extra paid evening telligence service, the Inter Services In- time. Washington and New decision to withdraw all U.S. forces by
The only national events. Staff are willing but expect extra pay. telligence (ISI) Directorate, continues to Delhi should have some idea of 2017 and commit to long term advisory
Management says negotiations went nowhere, provide support to LeT and its leader Ha- role.
museum in London so they have to go nuclear: let a private company fiz Mohammad Saeed lives freely in La- what the potential
No tolerance policy
is not paying the get tough with them. Thats how private
companies profit from these contracts: as old
hore, Pakistan, with the ISIs protection.
The ISI also remains the primary patron
consequences of such an Pakistan remains the heart of the issue.
living wage staff leave, new staff can be hired at any pay of the Afghan Taliban in its war with the attack might be Late last year the U.S. hosted a visit by
rate. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Gen. Raheel Sharif and Indians will be
What happens in hard times is always the same: spreadsheets show the (NATO). Taliban allies to target soldiers in the fu- franchise for the Indian subcontinent. Al- interested in hearing American impres-
most crushable item is staff. Numbers are cut and squeezed hard for But Pakistan has been shaken pro- ture. Hafiz Saeed took the tack of blaming Qaedas leader Ayman al-Zawahiri an- sions of him. Mr. Obama and Mr. Modi
longer hours. Its easier to let ruthless companies to do the dirty work, so foundly by a series of mass casualty terror India for the attack, claiming it was a con- nounced its formation which was immedi- should compare notes on Pakistans sup-
squeamish managers can wash their hands of consequences. Both sides attacks on its own citizens. On November spiracy orchestrated by Modi and vowing ately followed by an attempt to hijack a port for terrorism. They should also ad-
will now go to Acas: there is still time to pull back from this privatisation 2, 2014, a suicide bomber killed sixty Pa- revenge on India. Former dictator Pervez Pakistani frigate with the intention of us- dress the blow back in Pakistan to the
too far. kistanis at the Wagah border crossing Musharraf also blamed India and Afghan- ing it to attack U.S. Navy ships in the Peshawar massacre. They should encour-
with India close to the border ceremony istan for supporting the Pakistan Taliban. Arabian Sea. The plot included an un- age a no-tolerance policy by Prime Minis-
The public servant site. The Pakistan Taliban claimed re- It remains to be seen whether the Pesh- known number of Pakistani naval officers ter Sharif while recognising his
This shedding of long-term employees is emblematic of low-pay sponsibility and said it was retaliation for awar massacre and other atrocities will recruited to help al-Qaeda. Zawahiri re- limitations. They should look for opportu-
Britain, where a million public jobs are being lost. Public servants are the armys Zarb-e-Azb counter terrorist actually change the armys behaviour to- mains hidden somewhere in Pakistan and nity to encourage Pakistan to take action
more unionised than other workforces, and so irksome to managers who operation. ward terrorism. It is more likely than not continues to give lengthy audio messages against all groups, especially LeT.
eye a commercial world of 19th century employment practices lump On December 16, 2014, seven members that the ISI and COAS will remain patrons to his followers. Al-Qaedas franchise in But they should also plan for the worst.
labour on zero hours, temp agencies, free interns, the bogus self- of the Pakistan Taliban attacked an army- of some terror groups for the foreseeable Yemen claims Zawahiri ordered the at- Another LeT attack on India is probably
employed free of national insurance. The public servants ethos, their run school in Peshawar and killed 145 future even as they fight others. The civil- tack on the office of Charlie Hebdo this only a matter of time. Washington and
attachment to the civic realm, has been systematically trashed as mere people including 132 schoolchildren. The ian politicians may be more determined to month, what it called the blessed battle New Delhi should have some idea of what
unionised self-interest. attack prompted an unprecedented public end Pakistans double policy but they have of Paris. the potential consequences of such an at-
Whats afoot at the gallery explains why pay is falling as a share of GDP. outcry for the government and army to consistently failed to do so in the last The other newcomer is the Islamic tack might be. This is not a matter of
Galloping inequality is the result of a million such decisions employers take concerted action to defeat the Tali- decade. State, the heir to al-Qaeda in Iraq that ganging up on Pakistan or trying to pres-
think prudent, mainly because everyone is doing it. The derelict Low Pay ban and to stop all terror attacks in the The ISI is particularly determined to proclaimed the creation of a caliphate this sure it in advance, rather it is prudent
Commission has let the minimum wage itself fall 1,000 in real value country. Not since the assassination of see if its Afghan proxies, the Quetta Shura summer. Led by Abu Bakr al-Quraishi al- crisis planning and coordination. It might
since 2008. The Tory call last week for higher wages was breathtaking Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 has and the Haqqani network, can exploit the Hashemi al-Baghdadi, also known as Ca- be wise to involve others like the United
dishonesty, echoing the TUCs Britain Needs a Pay Rise campaign. The there been so much public outcry against end of NATOs combat presence in Af- liph Ibrahim, the Islamic State has at- Kingdom in such discussions. If all this
government has huge sway over pay. If it demanded the living wage not terrorism. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ghanistan to gain control of significant tracted fighters from across the Islamic seems too sensitive for public officials,
just for its employees, but also from every contractor and supplier, then and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General parts of the country. Mullah Omar, the world to come and join it in Iraq and Syria. then it can be put in the hands of think
national pay norms would rise instantly. If the Low Pay Commission set Raheel Sharif promised collective action Taliban leader based in Karachi, has Several Indian Muslims have joined the IS tanks and former officials to study with a
higher minimums appropriate to each sector, like the old wages councils, to destroy the Taliban and the army said it shown no interest in a political settlement and pro-IS propaganda has been distrib- mandate to report to their governments.
larger companies could pay decent salaries according to profitability. would no longer differentiate good Tali- and seems determined to try to resurrect uted in India and Pakistan. Parts of the (Bruce Riedel is Director, The
The Joseph Rowntree Foundations latest report finds 40 per cent of ban from bad Taliban. his Islamic Emirate. Pakistan Taliban have voiced support for Intelligence Project, The Brookings
families with children living below a minimum threshold of decency. Even al-Qaedas new franchise in the Baghdadi. An Islamic State cell has been Institution. This article is excerpted from
Most are in work but earning too little to buy what a majority of the Indian subcontinent distanced itself from New players captured in Bangladesh. Al-Qaeda has de- a paper for The Brookings report on: The
public in focus groups consider essentials for participation in society: no the school massacre, saying our hearts Two new players in the terror game nounced the caliphate as illegitimate and Second Modi-Obama Summit: Building
drink or cigarettes, 5 a fortnight for eating out, 40 for Christmas food, are bursting with pain, and urging its emerged in 2014. First is the al-Qaeda renounced any connection to Baghdadi the India-U.S. Partnership.)
one weeks U.K. holiday.
That takes an income of 20,400 a year for a couple with two children
which is almost 3,000 more than National Gallery assistants earn.
GDP growth is near invisible to the eight million squeezed hardest, by
this governments deliberate choice: average income loss since 2010 is
33 a week. Now the government promises full employment but what
kind? Most new jobs are low paid, precarious and part time. For all
A prophet abandoned by his own community
George Osbornes hi-vis posturing about his sham northern A tribute to political scientist extraordinaire and teacher, Rajni Kothari (1928 2015)
powerhouse, the latest figures from the Centre for Cities show how far Shiv Visvanathan Did truth need to be approved by
the gap between the south and the rest has widened. power?
At Davos this week, central bankers will echo the fashionable view that
accelerating inequality is the real economic risk, a danger to capitalism
itself. Oxfam tells them one per cent of the population will next year own
H ow does one talk of a man who
defined a subject, determined its
directions, was its dominating presence
Rajni had a playful response to crit-
icism. I remember when a Serbic Marx-
ist wrote a critique of his work claiming
99 per cent of the worlds wealth: in Britain, the top one per cent has without a shade of pomposity or status. that Kothari had forgotten to mention
soared away, and the bottom 10 per cent has done worst while paying the Rajni Kothari was clear about some of the word class. With easy equanimity
highest proportion of its income in taxes: 47 per cent. But no sign yet that the subjects of his studies, irreverently Rajni replied that he had not mentioned
the Davos set is worrying unduly: by Epiphany January 6 FTSE 100 and pragmatically certain that the Indi- cucumbers either. This ease was impor-
chief executives had already earned more than a year of the average wage. an elite was knowledge-proof, that the tant because the period of the 1960s and
How do you wrest back wealth from them? Restoring power to unions only changes it would accept were pres- the 1970s was dominated by a pompous
would help, ensuring every workplace is offered union membership. sures from below or by mimicking its left which treated Marxism with a form
Instead, Mr. Camerons manifesto will make strikes near-impossible, colonial masters. Here was a man far of idolatry. Rajni felt that Marxist cri-
with a 40 per cent ballot threshold unknown anywhere in the democratic ahead of his times, a futurist in tiques dealt more with the formal econ-
west. Thats a reason to hope the ever-patient attendants at the National perspective. omy and had little place for marginal
Gallery resist being cast out to G4S, Serco and the rest and remain as Today the tributes will flow and em- groups and the informal economy. Lit-
treasured employees of us all. Guardian Newspapers Limited, balm the man. Dissenting imaginations tle protests did not acquire the official-
2015 are best sanitised lest they destroy the dom of trade union struggles. The
hypocrisy and the current clichs of the movements alone in the era, Chipko,
establishment. The obituaries will re- Narmada, Balliapal and fishermen
Mexicos drone plan for cite how he started election studies,
how he set up the institute of Chinese
struggle in Kerala had to struggle with
the official radicalism which refused to
Studies, founded journals like the Al- go beyond conventional categories.
porpoise conservation ternatives and the Lokayan Bulletin.
They will dub him the author of Indian
FUTURIST: Rajni Kothari had an acute sense of the inventive and
followed it up creatively. FILE PHOTO: S. ARNEJA CSDS became an archive and a sounding
board for many of these struggles which

M exico is planning to use drones

to patrol the upper Sea of Cor-
tez to combat illegal fishing and save
the critically endangered vaquita ma-
rina, the worlds smallest porpoise.
Assistant environmental prosecu-
tor Alejandro del Mazo said his agen-
cy has conducted tests of unmanned
aircraft flights in cooperation with
the Mexican Navy. Mr. Del Mazo says
he hopes to have three drones pa-
trolling the vaquitas habitat in com-
ing months. Also known as the Gulf of
California, it is the only place vaqui-
tas are found.Fewer than 100 of the
shy, elusive porpoises remain.
The vaquita is threatened by illegal
gillnet fishing for totoaba, a large fish
whose swim bladder is prized by
chefs in China. Authorities are pro-
posing a $37 million plan to ban gill-
nets in the upper Gulf. AP
Political Sciences only durable classic
Politics in India. Oddly, Kothari was
embarrassed by the longevity of the
book and even tried to stall further pub-
lications but the book like many of Raj-
nis inventions had a wonderful life of
its own.
To me it was not just the inventive-
ness of the man that is important. It was
the vision he brought to his work. Raj-
nis enduring passion was his commit-
ment to democracy, its sustainability,
its creativity and its vulnerability. The
Rajnis enduring passion
was his commitment to
tently almost as if you were wooing him.
Role during the Emergency
CSDS and Rajni became institutional
democracy, its legends during the Emergency. It was
sustainability, its during that monstrous period that Cen-
tre became home for every dissenting
creativity and imagination: George Fernandes, Ro-
its vulnerability mesh Thapar, Arun Shourie and Kuldip
Nayar were frequent visitors. This hos-
roots experiment belonged more to Ra- pitality to dissent seeded the creative
mashray Roy and D.L. Sheth. Rajni took style of the future where the Centre
it and transformed it. became home to critical studies, social
linked ecology, livelihood and empo-
werment to the still life of electoral de-
mocracy. Rajni had an easy way of
pushing younger colleagues to stretch
beyond themselves. I remember when
the Bhopal gas disaster occurred. He
looked at me and said, Lets see if your
work on science helps. Pack up. You are
leaving for Bhopal tomorrow. When I
began my work on science and violence,
he sent me to Hiroshima requesting the
Mayor to take me around the city. He
believed that projects should begin as

CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS sense of democracy was not an abstract

one of formal definitions. He saw de-
mocracy as a way of life and wanted
people to live it out and celebrate its
>>Errors in front page graphic: Left out in the cold (Jan. 20, 2015) said
everydayness.
L.K. Advani Deputy Prime Minister from 1999 to 2004 (it should have been
2002 to 2004) and A.B. Vajpayee Prime Minister from 1999 to 2004 (it As founder of CSDS
should have been 1998 to 2004).
This is what impelled him to create
that wonderful institution the Centre
>>The opening paragraph of the Comment page article, Memories of
for the Study of Developing Societies
Jawaharlal Nehru (Jan. 20, 2015), talked about Dr. Khan Sahib (Khan Abdul
(CSDS). CSDS was a community, a per-
Jaffar Khan). It is Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan.
petual adda built around the gossip of
democracy. Without this passion for de-
>>Can Barack Obama break the nuclear logjam? (Jan. 20, 2015) in the
mocracy his many projects would have
second and penultimate paragraphs erroneously referred to Mr. Obamas
made little sense. They were mere pre-
visit to India in 2008. It should have been 2010.
texts for sustaining the texts of democ-
racy which in a holistic sense went
It is the policy of The Hindu to correct significant errors as soon as possible. beyond elections, data analysis, govern-
Please specify the edition (place of publication), date and page. ance and grassroots studies.
The Readers Editors office can be contacted by Two things must be stated clearly,
Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to CSDS was a collage of friendships and
Friday); Rajni invented many of his ideas along
E-mail: readerseditor@thehindu.co.in with his friends. He had an acute sense
Mail: Readers Editor, The Hindu, Kasturi Buildings, of the inventive and followed it up cre-
859 & 860 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002, India. atively. In that sense the idea often orig-
inally belonged to the others. Rajnis
All communication must carry the full postal address and
idea of the Congress as a coalition of
telephone number.
competing confusions was Gopal Krish-
No personal visits.
nas. The idea of Lokayan as a grass
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CM
YK
As a commons of ideas, CSDS was
extraordinary. For me, CSDS is that
wonderful pack of quirky incorrigible
scholars like Ashis Nandy, Basheer
Ahmed, Sudhir Kakkar, Giri Deshingkar
quarrelling over ideas at every lunch as
if democracy was a hypothesis that had
to be digested every day. No group had a
greater passion for politics, its myths,
its facts and its folklore.
The style, the theory, was as impor-
tant as the substance. Neither CSDS nor
Rajni will rest in peace if I do not resort
to a few anecdotes.
I remember how he recruited me.
Rajni was chairman of ICSSR and he
had heard rumours about me as a rebel-
lious and even problematic PhD student
at the Delhi School of Economics. He
dropped in one day for a casual chat and
asked me to join CSDS. Some of my
teachers warned him against it. And one
of them even complained that I was a
goonda, a gangster. Rajni smiled and
said, I need a few intellectual gangsters
for my new project. He had an easy
charm that soothed opponents and part
of it came from his acute ability to lis-
ten. If you insulted him, he listened in-
movements and the search for alterna-
tive imaginations. The Centre, which
glorified the Nehruvian era and the ini-
tial creativity of the Congress, now be-
came Indira Gandhis fiercest and most
obsessive critic. It became the hub of
human rights movements, environmen-
tal struggles, and development battles
that insisted that democracy had to re-
invent itself beyond its electoral form.
Civil society became the creative sub-
ject of study: a counter to the elitist
preoccupation with the state and its de-
velopment project.
The Left was the dominant intellec-
tual imagination of the period. Rajni
had no quarrel with the left, only with
leftists who romanced with the state,
infiltrating government committees as
if they were party cells. Oddly, both the
Left and the Right were obsessed with
being legitimised by the state. During
the infamous controversy involving
History text books when ideologists
went hysterical, Rajni observed quietly:
That both sides wanted the state to
approve of their version of history.
This intellectual dependency on state
approval of scholarship worried Rajni.
pilgrimages; he was always nudging us
to see linkages and connectivities. He
never lectured, and wanted us to discov-
er and internalise and share our in-
sights. For him mistakes were
something precious one owned up to.
He was a great teacher but always
taught by anecdote and example.
I must confess that in the final dec-
ade, many of us moved away from the
Centre and Rajni. Quarrels are impor-
tant because they mark the contours of
a relationship. One felt that the Centre
was now imitating itself rather than in-
venting ideas. In spite of having moved
on and all the distance I realised how
much the Centre had taught me.
In his final years, Rajni Kothari was a
lonely man ill and broken by the
death of his wife Hansa and son Smithu.
In the meanwhile, political science had
lost its flavour of dissent. It had become
a game of think tanks and Rajni must
have watched it with wry sadness, a
prophet abandoned by his own commu-
nity. But the future will no doubt cele-
brate the man.
(Shiv Visvanathan is a social
scientist.)
ND-ND
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FROM PAGE ONE
Tackling of tiger poaching
has paid off, says official
Meena Menon
NEW DELHI: The tiger popula-
tion had increased in Karna-
taka, Uttarakhand, Madhya
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and
Kerala, Additional Director
and head of the National Ti-
ger Conservation Authority
Rajesh Gopal told journal-
ists on Tuesday.
Y.V. Jhala, one of the prin-
cipal investigators of the re-
port, said this was only a
summary and a detailed re-
port would be ready by
March-end. Assessment was
in progress in the Simlipal
and Satpuda tiger reserves.
The population had in-
creased at the rate of six per
cent per annum in India
from 2006 while the world
Pak. denies move to ban JuD
Suhasini Haidar
NEW DELHI: Pakistani Interior
Ministry sources have de-
nied any move to ban the
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD),
headed by Hafiz Saeed, and
other terror organisations,
but said the groups were on
the watch list.
Media reports had said
Pakistan had assured the
U.S. of a crackdown on the
banned organisation as
President Barack Obama is
visiting India.
The reports, which were
officially denied by Pakis-
tans Ambassador to the U.S.
Jalil Abbas Jilani on Tues-
day, said the U.S. had
warned Pakistan against
any terror activity during
Mr. Obamas visit to India,
and Secretary of State John
Kerry had received assur-
ances on a crackdown on all
terror groups, including the
JuD.
Indian government
sources told The Hindu they
had not been informed by
the Pakistani government of
any move to ban the JuD,
and expected that the extre-
mist group, which had gone
silent after the Peshawar
school massacre, would be
back in business. The and 11 other groups, includ-
JuD was slightly on the de-
Urbanisation reducing
inequality: World Bank report
Puja Mehra
NEW DELHI: A World Bank re-
port has found that between
2004-05 and 2009-10, 15 per
cent of Indias population, or
40 per cent of the poor,
moved above the poverty
line. In the same period, a
sizeable portion of the poor
and the vulnerable over 9
per cent of the total popula-
tion or about 11 per cent of
the poor and vulnerable
moved into the middle class.
However, over 9 per cent
of the total population, or
about 14 per cent of the non-
poor group, slipped back into
poverty, revealing the grea-
ter risks faced by the vulner-
able and even the middle
class than in other countries,
Registration of Odia migrant
workers begins in Telengana
Staff Reporter
BERHAMPUR: The registration of
migrant construction workers
working outside Odisha has
been initiated by Odisha Build-
ing & Other Construction
Workers Board (OBOCWB) in
Telangana.
It may be noted Odisha is the
only State in the country to
have decided to provide wel-
fare benefits to Odia migrant
construction labourers work-
ing in other States at par with
the workers in Odisha. The
process of registration of Odia
migrant workers through
OBOCWB camps in other
States started in January.
A team of OBOCWB led by
Periyar Tiger Reserve wins NTCA award
Meena Menon
ties living around the re-
NEW DELHI: The Periyar Tiger serve,
Reserve, spread over 925 people who are dependent
sq.km. in Kerala, bagged the on eco-development pro-
National Tiger Conserva- grammes, said field director
tion Authority (NTCA) of the reserve Amit Mallick
biennial award on Tuesday on Tuesday.
for encouraging local public
participation in managing eco-tourism
the reserve. helped visitors and there
CM
YK
lost 97 per cent tigers in the
last 50 years in 13 countries,
Dr. Jhala said. The main rea-
sons for this increase were
effective tackling of poach-
ing, and the positive attitude
of the wildlife services.
We were in for a huge
surprise as we didnt expect
the numbers to be above
1,800 or 1,900, said Dr. Jha-
la. While 1,540 tigers were
actually photographed, the
rest were estimated based on
this. However, for long term
survival, the movement of ti-
gers was essential and corri-
dors between forests would
be the next conservation
goal, he added. The priority
should now change to land-
scape scale management, he
added.
fensive post-Peshawar, said
an official. The cartoons is-
sue has provided them an op-
portunity [to resurface].
Saeed has called for a se-
ries of protests across Pakis-
tan for Friday that will
culminate in the million
march in Karachi on Janu-
ary 25. The million march,
JuD organisers say, will
bring in a crowd bigger than
the JuDs Lahore rally on
December 4 of more than a
lakh. India criticised the La-
hore rally, calling it main-
streaming of terror.
In an interview to The
Hindu last week, U.N. Secre-
tary-General Ban Ki-moon
had called upon the Pakistan
government to take neces-
sary and corrective mea-
sures in accordance with the
UNSCs designated terrorist
counter-terrorism policies.
Mr. Ban was referring to
Saeeds public appearances
as he and the JuD are on the
U.N. global terrorist lists,
banned as affiliates of al-
Qaeda, as well as designated
Foreign Terrorist Entities
by the U.S.
In the past week, the U.S.
State Department wel-
comed reports that Pakis-
tan planned to ban the JuD
Devesh K. Pandey
ing the Haqqani network.
the report, Addressing in-
equality in South Asia, said.
The third finding of the re-
port that challenges the con-
ventional understanding of
inequality in India, said On-
no Ruhl, World Bank Coun-
try Director in India, is that
urbanisation is reducing in-
equality, not increasing it.
Mr. Ruhl said the policy
takeaways from the report
for Prime Minister Narendra
Modi included strive for
universal health and sanita-
tion; leverage the opportuni-
ty for urbanisation; and
create jobs for all and build
skills not just through tech-
nical training but also with
servicing the population
with primary and secondary
education and nutrition.
its chairman Subash Singh had
held camps in Telangana from
January 2 to 16 to register Odia
migrant labourers working
there. They visited Rangared-
dy, Karimnagar and Nalgonda
districts of Telangana and reg-
istered 1,531 Odia migrant con-
struction workers.
Speaking to newsmen on
Tuesday, Mr. Singh said they
have decided to hold similar
camps in other States like And-
hra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil
Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi, Ker-
ala to register Odia migrant
construction workers. From
the next financial year, we will
start registering these migrant
workers when they travel out-
side the State, he added.
There are 75 communi-
including tribal
The community-based
activities
NOIDA/DELHI
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WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REPORT
Strategy to convert
India to beat China in growth in 2016: IMF ordinances into law
India will grow at 6.3% in 2015, up from 5.8% in 2014 Smita Gupta pose a problem. This is be-
cause no ordinance can be
Puja Mehra ed a smart recovery for India cent and for 2016 to 3.7 per activity after policy reforms NEW DELHI: As the count- re-promulgated in the
in 2015. It pegged its 2015 cent, to show a downward by the Narendra Modi gov- down to Parliaments bud- middle of a session and a
NEW DELHI: The International India growth forecast lower revision of 0.3 per cent rela- ernment, the IMF said. get session, likely to start budget session typically
Monetary Fund (IMF) has than the IMFs at 5.9 per tive to its October 2014 fore- India could overtake Chi- in the third week of Febru- runs for roughly two-and-
projected India to grow at cent. At 6.3 per cent, the UN cast. The revision reflects a na, but it must be taken note ary, begins, senior Central a-half months with a
6.5 per cent in 2016, over- WESPs 2016 India growth reassessment of prospects in of that China has grown at Ministers met here on break.
taking China whose growth forecast is, however, closer China, Russia, the Euro area high growth rates of 9 per Tuesday to strategise on The ordinances that re-
was forecast to slow down to to that of the IMF. and Japan as well as weaker cent to 10 per cent over dec- ensuring that the slew of ceived the maximum at-
6.3 per cent. The IMF said global activity in some major oil ex- ades and it is a much larger ordinances issued by the tention at the meeting
In its World Economic growth would receive a porters because of the sharp economy and India will have government are converted were the Coal Mines Ordi-
Outlook report released on boost from lower oil prices. drop in oil prices, it said in to work to sustain high into law. nance and the Insurance
Tuesday, the IMF forecast But this boost was projected the World Economic Out- growth rates over a period of This comes a day after Ordinance, in that order.
that India would grow at 6.3 to be more than offset by look. The U.S. is the only ma- time to be an engine of global President Pranab Mukher- But Coal Secretary Anil
per cent in 2015, up from 5.8 negative factors such as in- jor economy whose growth growth, said Nagesh Ku- jee cautioned the Modi Swarup present at the
per cent in 2014. Chinas vestment weakness, as ad- projections have been mar, the head of UN WESP, government on its exces- meeting along with his
2014 growth rate was 7.4 per justment to diminished raised. South and South-West Asia sive use of ordinances, in counterparts from other
cent. expectations about medium- In India, the growth fore- Office. He said there was no the wake of strident Oppo- Ministries is reported to
In another forecast re- term growth continues in cast is broadly unchanged as way other than the Centre to sition criticism that this have assured the govern-
leased on Tuesday, the Unit- many advanced and emerg- weaker external demand is increase its public spending was an attempt to bypass ment that his department
ed Nations World Economic ing market economies. offset by the boost from low- on infrastructure to take In- Parliament and, even some would be able to complete
Situation and Prospects It cut its global growth er oil prices and a pick-up in dia on to a sustainable high voices of dissent from a substantial part of the
(U.N. WESP) report predict- projection for 2015 to 3.5 per industrial and investment growth path. within the Union Cabinet. work for which the ordi-
A top government nance was issued.
source told The Hindu: The Coal Ministry, for
Jobs can offset the disadvantages of caste The focus of todays meet-
ing was: since the Opposi-
instance, is confident that
it will be able to have some
tion is pursuing the alternative in place by
Rukmini S that social mobility was what works? ordinance issue so aggres- March 23 for the 42 func-
greater for backward castes sively, lets not be caught tioning coal blocks where
NEW DELHI: Before the launch of On the big picture, there is an out on procedural issues. mining was cancelled by
a key World Bank report on in- When we look at the role of approach to inequality that one If the government is the Supreme Court, so that
equality in South Asia, Martin caste and tribe, first is in terms could summarise as tax and re- conscious of the need to the flow of coal does not
Rama, the World Banks Chief of opportunity whether being distribution. When you look at deal with the negative pub- stop. (These were part of
Economist for South Asia re- from a backward caste or tribe developing countries, that ap- licity its eight ordinances the 204 blocks in which
gion, spoke exclusively to The matters for your access to edu- proach has many difficulties to have received, it is equally mining was cancelled by
Hindu. cation and health. The answer be implemented. One of the concerned that if some of the apex court mining
is yes, but its not the only things that characterises South the key ordinances do not has not begun in the oth-
The report finds that factor. Asia is low tax revenue and become law within the ers). In addition, the Min-
substantial levels of social Then when we look at the thats not because taxes are mandatory six weeks from istry will have the time to
mobility exist in India. Just mobility part, the news is mixed structured differently its be- the start of the budget ses- auction another 32 blocks
as there is the popular but generally positive. For ol- cause there is a lot of evasion, a sion, the situation could not in the SC list.
notion of the American Martin Rama, Chief der generations, people from lot of avoidance.
dream, is there an Indian lower castes and tribes tended And then, a lot of the tax reve-
Economist of World
dream too? Bank for South Asia to have lower occupational mo- nue goes into subsidies. South
bility than other groups; in re- Asia has remarkable social pro-
We were impressed by the region, interacts with
comparison between India and The Hindu in New Delhi
cent years they have slightly
more mobility than other
tection programmes one
should not throw the baby out
Pakistan court ignored
Bangladesh, two countries on Tuesday. PHOTO:
where we could conduct this PRASHANT NAKWE
groups, and that is encouraging
news. This is not to say that jobs
with the bath water. But the is-
sue is that in the name of in- evidence given by India
survey, and the United States fully trump caste, but it is one of equality or poverty alleviation, Rashmi Rajput sion visited India and exam-
and Vietnam, which we chose terms of moving into the mid- the few things that can really some subsidies are regressive ined four Indian witnesses to
as two countries that are seen dle class, the United States and offset disadvantages. by design. This doesnt mean MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police collect evidence in connec-
in some ways as lands of oppor- Vietnam still do better, and the that subsidies should be abol- have conveyed to the Minis- tion with Lakhvi and others
tunity. In that respect, the lev- risk of falling into poverty is al- You have talked of the ished they should be well-tar- try of External Affairs that facing trial in Pakistan. How-
els of social mobility in India so substantially higher in South problems with redistributive geted, they should be the Pakistani court which ever, the report submitted by
are very encouraging. Asia. That raises the question measures, especially structured with Aadhaar cards granted bail to Zaki-ur-Reh- the panel was rejected by
But there are also nuances; what kinds of jobs will increase subsidies. Given that India is or other mechanisms that can man Lakhvi the alleged 26/ their court as the Commis-
while the rates of moving out of this resilience. re-evaluating its food, minimise leakage. 11 mastermind and top Lash- sion members were not al-
poverty across the four coun- fertilizer and fuel subsidies, (For full interview ,visit kar-e-Taiba commander in lowed to cross-examine the
tries are strictly comparable, in Additionally, the report finds what is your message on http://thne.ws/1AHRZin) the ongoing Mumbai attacks witnesses.
trial in Pakistan, has appar- Eventually, the two coun-
ently not taken into consid- tries arrived on a consensus
GPS tracking devices to monitor Obama convoy eration the evidence they to allow the Indian witnesses
submitted, The Hindu has to be cross-examined by the
learnt. Judicial Commission. In Sep-
which Mr. Obama is scheduled dent Pranab Mukherjee to the tionaries through video-con- Responding to a letter tember 2013, the Indian wit-
to visit. GPS maps of all venues parade venue, but will arrive in ferencing or encrypted from the MEA on the Pakis- nesses deposed before the
NEW DELHI: Global Po- have been designed his 18-foot long Presidential satellite phone communica- tan courts bail order, the po- Pakistani Commission dur-
sitioning System to keep track of his car with Mr. Mukherjees cav- tions. It is fitted with emergen- lice have said they can make ing its second visit. The hear-
(GPS) tracking de- movement. Howev- alcade. cy medical equipment and has only a prima facie determina- ing took place at the
vices and satellite im-
ages would be used by
er, no drones will be
deployed for aerial
In 2007, as the chief guest
at the Republic Day parade, the
a bank of his blood type. The
vehicles fuel tank, with a spe-
tion on the merits of the Mumbais Esplanade court
courts action as they are not and the evidence was record-
intelligence and secu-
rity agencies to keep a
surveillance.
U.S. sleuths have
then Russian President Vladi-
mir Putin had also used his
cial foam coating, is armour-
plated and its doors have eight-
privy to the Indian court re- ed by Additional Chief Met-
port on the cross examin- ropolitan Magistrate P.Y.
constant watch on the brought along anti- own vehicle, said the official. inch-thick armour plating. The ation of four Indian Ladekar who later sent the
movements of U.S. sabotage scanners The entire city will be turned cars five-inch-thick windows witnesses by the Pakistani same in a sealed envelope to
President Barack Obamas to sanitise the venues in coor- into a no-fly zone, allowing on- are bulletproof. Its driver un- Judicial Commission which the Pakistani court.
convoy during his visit. dination with their Indian ly the flypast of Indian Air dergoes special week-long visited Mumbai twice. The MEA in its letter had
It is learnt that a dedicated counterparts. Force aircraft. training at a secret service The Indian court had sub- asked the Mumbai police to
joint control room consisting Cyber security experts have The Beast is an explosion- academy. mitted its report in a sealed study the bail order of Lakhvi
of senior Indian and U.S. secu- been engaged for surveillance proof heavily armoured vehi- For security reasons, the envelope and we therefore issued by an anti-terrorism
rity officials has been set up to of suspicious online activity. cle fitted with a night vision government may close the Ya- are not privy to what the court of Pakistan. Lakhvi and
monitor the security arrange- Mr. Obama will use his own system. It is a virtual shield ca- muna Expressway connecting court had opined. However, seven others, including Ab-
ments for Mr. Obama. A part of vehicle The Beast. His will be pable of withstanding bio- Delhi to Agra to facilitate Mr. we have studied the order by dul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Sa-
ITC Maurya, where the U.S. a larger cavalcade with over chemical attacks and has its Obamas visit to the Taj Mahal. the Pakistani court at length diq, Shahid Jameel Riaz,
President will stay, has been two dozen vehicles, said an of- own oxygen supply mecha- We are yet to take a final deci- and it nowhere makes a men- Jamil Ahmed and Younas
converted into a control room. ficial. nism. The seven-seater vehicle sion in this regard. However, tion of the evidence sent by Anjum, were arrested in
As a precautionary measure, Following several rounds of functions as a control room for for VVIP movements, there al- the Indian court, a senior 2009 for planning, financing
agencies may block public ac- meetings, it has been decided the U.S. President to remain in ways has to be an arrangement police officer told The Hindu. and executing the Mumbai
cess to online GPS maps of that on Republic Day, Mr. Oba- touch with the Pentagon and for alternative routes, the of- In March 2012, the eight- attack. In December 2014,
about a dozen places in Delhi, ma will not accompany Presi- senior U.S. government func- ficial added. member Pakistani Commis- Lakhvi was released on bail.
Not yet decided on joining Atrocities cant stop BJP,
BJP, says Dinesh Trivedi Amit Shah tells Trinamool
Soumya Das
Suvojit Bagchi he had not decided yet.
Whatever I do, (I) will do
Mr Trivedi and TMCs top
management is increasing by
KOLKATA: If one goes by what a with dignity, said the TMC the day and the former Railway BARDHAMAN: Accusing the Tri-
politician says, then perhaps it
is a matter of time before Lok
MP. However, he also de-
scribed the usual speculation
Minister pulled no punches in
criticising the negative poli-
namool Congress (TMC) of
committing atrocities against
Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi leav- of media as myopic. tics of the TMC in West Ben- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
es the Trinamool Congress Let us not be myopic...noth- gal. On Tuesday, he went workers, party president
(TMC) to take up a role to ing may happen. I only say that further. It is time for mature Amit Shah cautioned Chief
serve the country assigned by the time has come to unleash politics in Bengal. But what are Minister Mamata Banerjee
the Prime Minister. the potential of the country un- we doing (in Bengal), he asked on Tuesday that if Trinamool
Why me, I think every one der Mr Modi, said the key and added, We are engaged in wanted confrontation, BJP
should serve the country it is founding member of the TMC. politics of violence and even in workers were ready for it.
not opportunism, but one Speculation is escalating in colleges, bombs are hurled dur- This comes in the back-
should not lose the opportuni- Bengals media since Mr Triv- ing elections. drop of the increasing num-
ty to serve ones country, Mr edis comment in north-west- The State is creating road- ber of clashes between
Trivedi said and added that the ern Gujarats Kutch district, blocks to all developmental ac- workers of the two parties in BJP president Amit Shah at a rally in Bardhaman
TMC is creating roadblocks while sharing the stage with tivities. Narendra Modi is West Bengal. in West Bengal on Tuesday. PHOTO: PTI
for the developmental pro- Prime Ministers older brother, doing very good work and tre- Addressing party workers
grammes of the BJP-led gov- Somabhai Modi. Praising mendous positive energy has at Bara Nilpur in Bardhaman Kashmir, he said, The BJP Mamata Banerjee, you can-
ernment. He also admitted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi been generated. It is time to district, Mr. Shah urged BJP will form the next govern- not stop BJPs winning
he is in touch with the BJP, for good work, Mr Trivedi engage (with the Prime Minis- workers not to get intimidat- ment in Bengal. streak by committing
which is now the main rival of said that TMC is unnecessari- ter) and grow together through ed by TMCs atrocities, but to Referring to the alleged atrocities.
the TMC in West Bengal. ly engaging itself in confronta- some mature politics, but we work with the masses. Point- assault on a woman, said to He accused Ms. Banerjee
On being asked whether he tion with the BJP as Bengal is are missing the opportunity, ing out the BJPs recent elec- be a relative of a BJP worker, of shielding her party leaders
would leave the TMC to join losing opportunities to grow. the TMC M.P. from Barrack- toral success in Haryana, by officials of Birbhum dis- who were allegedly involved
the BJP, Mr Trivedi said that Reportedly, the rift between pore told The Hindu. Maharashtra and Jammu and trict police, Mr. Shah said, in the Saradha scam.
Hurdles to foreign investment will be cleared
were night scouting pro- Parvathi Menon at the 10th Joint Economic reform business rules.
grammes with the help of and Trade Committee meet- She pointed to the over 40
expert trackers as well. LONDON: Inviting British in- ing here on Monday, Ms. changes to the rules of the
Tourism was supplemented dustry to invest in happen- Sitharaman said that India Companies Act 2013 (effec-
by pepper growing and mar- ing India, Commerce and with its 5 per cent growth tive since April 2014) that
keting which was a value ad- Industry Minister Nirmala rate remained a far more her Ministry had brought in.
dition. Now, self-help Sitharaman pledged her gov- attractive investment desti- To ensure measures were
groups were involved in ernments commitment to nation than parts of Europe speedily implemented she
honey processing and other easing conditions for foreign including Germany for said the government had
income-generating activ- companies in India. British businesses, particu- used and would continue
ities, Dr. Mallick said. Speaking to U.K. and Indi- larly given the Indian gov- to use the ordinance
an businesspeople gathered ernments recent drive to route.
ND-ND
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THE HINDU WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 13

Modi is my action hero Greenpeace hails Delhi HC ruling

Omar Rashid
MUMBAI: As the political un-
dertone of the newly consti-
tuted Censor Board of Film
Certificate (CBFC) was ap-
parent on Tuesday, there are
serious concerns among art-
ists in the film industry that
the ideological homogenei-
ty of the current crop of
members could undermine
freedom of expression.
They pointed out that the
new chairman of the regu-
latory body Pahlaj Nihalani,
a day after assuming posi-
tion, unabashedly lavished
praises on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi while openly
flaunting his association
with the BJP.
Describing Mr. Modi as a
visionary who believes in ac-
tion, Mr. Nihalani said the
PM was his action hero.
What's wrong in it? Im
proud to say Im a BJP per-
son. I believe in Mr. Modi
and his leadership, Mr. Ni-
halani responded to the alle-
gations that the new board
had a definitive BJP slant.
A member of the BJP film
cell, then headed by BJP
leader Kirit Somaiya when
the Vajpayee government
Pahlaj Nihalani
was in power, Mr. Nihalani,
however, said he would
strictly enforce the guide-
lines of the board and would
work in a fair and transpar-
ent manner. Training his
guns on the outgoing chair-
man Leela Samson for un-
necessarily creating a stresses a ban on women
controversy over her resig-
nation last week, Mr. Nihala-
ni said Ms. Samson cried
injustice at the end of her
tenure but barely took any
initiative to improve the
functioning of the board.
It is a well known trend
that successive governments
pack the regulatory board
with members considered
sympathetic to it.
ssHowever, critics have
raised serious concerns over
the political affiliations of
the new CBFC members say-
ing their political homoge-
neity could lead to
conservatism in line with the
ideology of the RSS.
Most of the nominated
members of the new board
are either direct members of
the BJP, open sympathisers
or considered ideologically
close to the RSS. Mr. Nihala-
ni is himself credited with
the Har Ghar Modi song in
praise of Mr. Modi during
the election campaign.
Noted film critic Ajay Brah-
matmaj said: Any film that
is perceived to be anti-BJP
or anti-Hindu Rashtra or an-
ti-nationalist could be cen-
sored. The party that
wearing jeans and pubs on
moral grounds may have the
ideological inclination to be
conservative. A former
member of the board, speak-
ing to The Hindu on the con-
dition of anonymity, said:
Some of the members are
not just associated with the
party but are RSS ideologues.
There are strong fears that it
might lead to ideological
conservatism.
Mohammed Iqbal with the donor, petitioner Greenpeace from Greenpeace and other NGOs. We are glad
Karat: ordinance
route shows up
government
Greenpeace Internationals International and Climate the court ruled that the gov-
NEW DELHI: Greenpeace India counsel Sanjay Parikh said the Works. The RBI clears such ernments actions had no basis J.S. Ifthekhar
on Tuesday hailed the Delhi Ministrys decision was never transactions on a case-to-case in law. This is a strong signal
High Court decision directing communicated to it. basis. Greenpeace India Exec- from the judiciary that the gov- HYDERABAD: The central com-
the Centre to release foreign Counsel contended that utive Director Samit Aich said ernment must cease its cam- mittee of the Communist
contributions that were frozen Greenpeace India submitted a in a statement that the High paign of harassment of the civil Party of India (Marxist) has
by the Ministry of Home Af- representation to the Centre Courts decision was a vindi- society, said Mr. Aich. faulted the Narendra Modi
fairs in June last year. The in July last year asking for the cation of our work and the role The courts decision has government for bypassing
NGO said the decision was a relevant documents, but did that credible NGOs play in come shortly after Greenpeace Parliament and taking the or-
victory for democracy and not receive any reply. The support of Indias develop- India campaigner Priya Pillai dinance route to increase for-
free speech and recognition of NGO accused the Centre of ment. The court had upheld was prevented from boarding eign direct investment in the
the vital role NGOs play in a abusing its powers under the the legitimacy of the issues her flight to London earlier insurance sector by 49 per
free society. FCRA Act. The Home Ministry Greenpeace takes up in India, this month. She was on her cent, opening up of the coal
The court observed that all had reportedly directed the he said. way to address British parlia- industry to private sector
NGOs were entitled to their Reserve Bank of India to get The Courts decision has mentarians on the alleged legal mining and diluting the Land
views, and it could not be sur- prior permission from its come at a crucial time when and human rights violations in Acquisition Act by adding
mised that they were acting FCRA Department before sections in the government Mahan, where a coal mine is amendments, taking away the
against national interest mere- clearing any foreign aid to seem determined to harass us proposed to be established. right of farmers and land-
ly because they were not in owners.
consonance with the govern- The ordinance route re-
ments views. The court also veals the character of the Mo-
noted that the Home Ministry
had stated in its reply that
I-T department notice to Greenpeace di government, General
Secretary Prakash Karat told
Greenpeace India could have Meena Menon & tice for Rs. 1.49 crore was sent to Green- journalists here on Tuesday,
access to all foreign funds ex- Suhasini Haider peace Environmental Trust for the same after attending the second
cept those of Greenpeace In- period, adding up to Rs 3.794 crore in all. days session of the
ternational, as the latter had NEW DELHI: Even as the Delhi High Court on In response to questions from The Hindu, committee.
been put on a watch list. But no Tuesday directed the government to un- Greenpeace India executive director Samit The committee has taken
material was placed on record block contributions to Greenpeace, the Aich said the NGO was planning to contest strong note of the right-wing
against Greenpeace NGO seems to have another battle on its the amount. offensive unleashed by the
International. hands. We have appealed to the appellate au- Bharatiya Janata Party after
While the Central govern- On March 31, 2014, Greenpeace India thority, but in the meantime we have assuming power at the Cen-
ments standing counsel Jas- Society received a notice from the Income agreed to pay 25 per cent of that amount tre. At the same time Rashtri-
meet Singh opposed the Tax department asking it to pay Rs 2.484 about Rs. 99.47 lakh. We believe that the ya Swayamsevak Sangh-led
arguments of Greenpeace In- crore for the financial year 2010-11 and Income tax demand is not rational and we Hindutva forces are also try-
dia and contended that the assessment year 2011-2012. Another no- are determined to contest that. ing to advance their commu-
Home Ministry had a problem nal agenda, it said.

India, Pakistan had a solution Govt. sets a new H1N1: States told to be ready
record, opens 11.50
for Kashmir in 2001: Kasuri crore bank accounts
Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Union Health

Nirupama Subramanian
CHENNAI: Are you a hawk or a dove
on India, Kasuri saheb? Those
were General Pervez Musharraf
first words to the man he was go-
ing to appoint as his foreign minis-
ter in 2002 after that years
general election in Pakistan ce-
mented the military rulers 1999
coup and a controversially won
presidency.
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri held
the foreign affairs portfolio to the
end of the Musharraf government
in 2008, playing a leading role in
the India-Pakistan peace process
that formally began in 2003 with
the ceasefire along the Line of
Control (LoC).
In a book to be published next
month, the former minister is set
to provide an insider account of
those years, one of the most secre-
tive and fascinating periods of In-
dia-Pakistan diplomacy, and also
the best time in recent decades for
bilateral relations.
As the title of the book suggests,
Neither Hawk Nor Dove was Mr.
Kasuris response to the military
rulers question. More exactly, the
former foreign minister told The
Hindu in an interview from La-
hore, he has been a great believ-
er in peaceful relations between
the two countries for decades,
from even before the time I be-
came a foreign minister.
Declining to divulge any specif-
Book by Pakistan
ex-minister to reveal
details of secret talks
ics from the book as that would
violate his contract with the pub-
lishers, Mr. Kasuri nonetheless
said it would contain details that
are true even if it is going to
make people angry.
I have given the exact details
that have never been revealed. I
have given the background in
which the peace process took
place, and the context in which it
happened, said Mr. Kasuri. He is
now a prominent member of Im-
ran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-
Insaf party. He is in India this
week to speak at the Jaipur Liter-
ature Festival which begins on
Wednesday.
Earlier accounts have suggest-
ed that robust backchannel diplo-
macy had helped the two sides
arrive at a non-paper, a secret
document outlining the contours
of a political settlement on Kash-
mir.
It was widely believed then that
only five people in Pakistan were
privy to the peace process. Mr.
Kasuri, who is admittedly one of
them, said his book would lay
bare the details of that non-paper
beyond the generally known
four-point formula.
It will go beyond the four
points. People will be able to
understand what we did on the
backchannel framework on Kash-
mir, Mr. Kasuri said.
That framework, Mr. Kasuri
said, is still the only workable
solution. It took three years, so
many drafts were exchanged. You
cant reinvent the wheel.
It was pretty much finished,
only one or two little things need-
ed ironing out, Mr. Kasuri said,
and after that we would have
presented it to the governments,
to the public, to the media.
There is a full chapter in the
book on the Pakistan Army based
on Mr. Kasuris five years of deal-
ing with the countrys most pow-
erful institution first hand.
Dismissing suggestions that the
Pakistan Army was not on board
regarding the Musharraf-Vaj-
payee-initiated peace process,
Mr. Kasuri said: I have quoted
secret cables to show that all the
others in the Pakistan Army were
fully on board It will help un-
derstand the role played by the
Army in that process.
The only way to break the im-
passe in the India-Pakistan rela-
tions, Mr. Kasuri said, was to
take forward the legacies of Per-
vez Musharraf and Atal Bihari
Vajpayee. Both, he said, had
travelled a long distance [in their
thinking] to arrive at the wisdom
that the only option is peace.
opened under Jan
Dhan Yojana
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley said on Tuesday that the Guinness
Book of World Records had recognised the
achievements made under the Pradhan
Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), the big-
gest financial inclusion initiative in the
world. The records book gave a certificate
on Tuesday stating that the Most bank ac-
counts opened in one week as part of the
Financial Inclusion Campaign is 1,80,96,130
and was achieved by the Department of Fi-
nancial Services, Government of India, from
23rd to 29th August, 2014.
By January 17, 2015 banks had opened
11.50 crore accounts, covering 99.74 per
cent of the households that were outside the
banking system against the original target of
7.5 crore accounts that Prime Minister Na-
rendra Modi had set for achieving by Janu-
ary 26, 2015.
Addressing reporters, Mr. Jaitley said
that out of the accounts opened, cumula-
tively, the deposits across the accounts to-
talled to Rs. 9,188 crore. The share of
women account holders was about 51 per
cent and 60 per cent of the accounts were in
rural areas. Mr. Jaitley said Rupay cards had
been issued to more than 10 crore bene-
ficiaries who would get a benefit of personal
accidental insurance of Rs. 1 lakh under the
Yojana. In addition, a life insurance cover of
Rs. 30,000 was also being provided to eligi-
ble beneficiaries.
Ministry has asked the States to
ensure facilities for the diag-
nosis and treatment of H1N1 in-
fection (swine flu).
Officials said the outbreak of
the infection this time had not
been as virulent as it was in
2009. The Centre had urged the
States to create awareness of flu
symptoms, preventive mea-
sures, diagnostic facilities and
treatment.
The health departments have redness level to deal with H1N1. ernment General Hospital said
been asked to ensure sanitation The Centre has asked the State P. Sreenivasan of Mannady in
and hygiene in public places. governments to stock medi- north Chennai had been admit-
High-risk groups, which in- cines and make arrangements ted first to a private hospital in
clude those with low immunity, for treatment. the city. On January 16, he was
non-communicable diseases brought to the General Hospi-
such as diabetes or serious ail- 1 dead in Chennai tal.
ments, have been advised to A 53-year-old man died of He was in a bad shape when
take precautions and report to complications from H1N1 viral he came in, with pneumonia.
the nearest hospital or diagnos- infection (swine flu) in a gov- We administered Tamiflu and
tic centre in case of symptoms. ernment hospital here on gave him all necessary treat-
Earlier this month, senior of- Monday. ment and support, a senior
ficials took stock of the prepa- Doctors at Rajiv Gandhi Gov- doctor said

Rs. 1-crore award for villages Haryana to create special

attaining balanced sex ratio
Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
CHANDIGARH: Union Minister
for Women and Child Devel-
opment Maneka Gandhi an-
nounced a Rs. 1-crore award
on Tuesday for any innova-
tive village attaining a bal-
anced sex ratio.
At the inaugural session of
a national thematic workshop
on woman and child devel-
opment in Panipat, Ms. Gand-
hi urged the State
governments and the district
commissioners and other of-
ficials to work together for
the success of the Beti Bachao
Beti Padhao (Save daughter,
educate daughter) pro-
gramme to be launched by
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi in that city on
Thursday.
Ms. Gandhi said the Prime
Minister chose Haryana to
launch the campaign as it was
one of the States with a low
female sex ratio. One
hundred districts with a low
female sex ratio were selected
nationwide for the campaign,
and 12 of them, including Pa-
nipat, were in Haryana.
She said the campaign
would aim to change the
mindset of the people to-
wards the girl child, calling
for innovative solutions to
ending violence and crime
against women and the dowry
system, the root cause of fe-
male foeticide. The notion of
Paraya Dhan must be dis-
couraged to ensure that par-
ents do not hesitate to have a
girl child, she said.The Min-
ister said 70 per cent of the
children affected by malnu-
trition in the country were
fund for girls: Khattar
PANIPAT: Haryana Chief Min-
ister Manohar Lal Khattar on
tar said here addressing the
inaugural session of two-day
girls. Tuesday said that special National Thematic Work-
Haryana Chief Minister fund would be created at the shop on Best Practices for
Manohar Lal Khattar said his district level for schemes and Women and Child Develop-
government would set up programmes for girls welfare ment. It has been organised
special funds at the district right from their childhood to as a part of Beti Bachao Beti
level for preparing schemes education. Padhao programme.
and programmes for the wel- The schemes would aim at Expressing concern over
fare of the girl child, from ensuring their education, the gender imbalance, Mr.
childhood to education. Ex- marriage, construction of Khattar said that this prob-
pressing concern at the gen- separate toilets and to erad- lem is a country-wide issue. -
der imbalance, he said: The icate malnutrition, Mr. Khat- PTI
low sex ratio in the State is a
cause for concern and a chal-
lenge, but the visit of the
Prime Minister will inspire us
to further improve the sex
ratio.
Mr. Khattar warned of
stern action to curb female
foeticide, and cited the exam-
ple of Jhajjar district, which
had the overall lowest sex ra-
tio of 782 at birth during 2011,
but raised it to 901 last De-
cember.

Bal Thackerays medical

records given to court
Vinaya Deshpande
MUMBAI: A representative of Lilavati
Hospital on Tuesday submitted the
medical records of deceased Shiv Se-
na leader Bal Thackeray to the Bom-
bay High Court. The records
pertaining to Thackerays medical
condition between November and
December 2011 were submitted as
per the courts directions.
The court was hearing the matter
challenging the probate of Bal
Thackerays will by his son and pre-
sent Shiv Sena leader Uddhav
Thackeray.
Uddhavs elder brother and Bala-
sahebs estranged son Jaidev Thack-
eray has challenged the will on the
CM
YK
ground that Balasaheb was of un-
sound mind while signing it. Accord-
ing to the will, Mr. Jaidev will not
inherit anything from his father.
On Tuesday, two volumes of med-
ical records, running into 60 pages,
were submitted to the court. Mr. Jai-
devs counsel Seema Sarnaik sought
time to inspect the records. She said
she would not be able to cross exam-
ine Dr. Jaleel Parkar, one of the at-
testing witnesses of the will,
properly without studying the med-
ical records.
The court was to record Dr. Par-
kar's statement on Tuesday. But his
examination was postponed till Feb-
ruary 20, when the court is slated to
hear the matter again.
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TWO JAPANESE JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT

Yemen: Presidents residence seized

IS demands $200-million ransom to free hostages presidential palace on Tuesday

Tokyo vows not to give in; since August, IS has murdered three Americans and two Britons
BEIRUT: The Islamic State (IS)
Educated group threatened in a video on
Tuesday to kill two Japanese
women face hostages within 72 hours un-
less it receives a $200 million
in what officials said was a bid
to overthrow his embattled
government.
As the U.N. Security Council
began an emergency meeting
over the unrest, Secretary
Goto and Haruna Yukawa who named Independent Press in SANAA: Shia militia fighters General Ban Ki-moon said he
are wearing orange jumpsuits.
You now have 72 hours to
Tokyo in 1996, feeding video
documentaries on the Middle
attacked Yemeni President
Abdrabuh Mansur Hadis
was gravely concerned and
called for an immediate halt to
pressure your government in-
to making a wise decision by
East and other regions to Ja-
panese television networks,
residence and seized the the fighting. AFP

IS threat ransom, but Tokyo vowed it

would not bow to terrorism.
Japanese Prime Minister
GENEVA: The U.N. on
Shinzo Abe, in Jerusalem on
Tuesday decried numerous
the latest leg of a Middle East
executions of civilians in
tour, demanded the jihadists
Iraq by the Islamic State
immediately free the two hos-
group, warning that
tages unharmed.
educated women appeared
He flew home several hours
to be especially at risk.
earlier than planned to take
The jihadist group is
charge of the crisis after meet-
showing a monstrous
ing with Palestinian President
disregard for human life
Mahmud Abbas, who con-
in the areas it controls in
Iraq, the U.N. human
demned the threat against the
rights office said.
abductees as despicable.
IS has murdered five West-
The group, which
ern hostages since August last
controls large swathes of
year, but it is the first time that
territory in Iraq and in
the extremist group which
neighbouring war-ravaged
has seized swathes of Syria and
Syria, last week published
neighbouring Iraq has
pictures of the
threatened Japanese captives.
crucifixions of two men
In footage posted on jihadist
accused of being bandits,
websites, a black-clad militant
and of a woman being
brandishing a knife addresses
stoned to death, allegedly
the camera in English, stand-
for adultery. AFP
ing between hostages Kenji
paying the $200 million to
save the lives of your citizens,
he says.
The militant says that the
ransom demand is to compen-
sate for non-military aid that
the Japanese Prime Minister
pledged to support countries
affected by IS violence at the
start of his Middle East tour.
Would not bow: Abe
But Mr. Abe said Japan
would not bow to extremism
and pledged to honour his
promise of aid.
I strongly demand that
they not be harmed and that
they be immediately released,
he told a news conference in
Jerusalem.
The international commu-
nity will not give in to any form
of terrorism and we have to
make sure that we work
together.
Mr. Abe said the aid he had
A television screen with news reports about the two
Japanese men kidnapped by the IS. PHOTO: AFP
promised in Cairo on Saturday
was to help the displaced and
those made homeless by the
conflict in Iraq and Syria.
This position is unshak-
able, he said, describing the
assistance as absolutely nec-
essary for the survival of peo-
ple who have fled fighting.
Since August, IS has mur-
dered three Americans and
two Britons, posting grisly vid-
eo footage of their executions.
The militant who appeared
in the video threatening the
Japanese hostages spoke with
a very similar southern En-
glish accent to the militant
who appeared in the footage
posted of the executions of the
Britons and Americans.
Mr. Goto is a freelance jour-
nalist, born in 1967, who set up
a video production company,
including public broadcaster
NHK.
He had been out of contact
Nigeria: six months without polio case
since late October after telling LAGOS: Nigeria was on Tuesday Afghanistan.
awarded $8.1 million in funding The last case of the polio
family that he intended to re-
for a final push to eradicate virus in Nigeria was on July 24 in
turn to Japan, NHK reported.
polio, as it nears six months the northern State of Kano. Last
Mr. Yukawa is a 42-year-old
without a case of the disease. year, the country recorded a
widower who reportedly has a
Nigeria is one of three total of six cases, according to
history of attempted suicide
countries worldwide where polio the Global Polio Eradication
and self-mutilation after his
is considered endemic. The two Initiative. That compares with 53
military goods business went
others are Pakistan and in 2013, the group said. AFP
bankrupt and his wife died of
cancer.
He came to widespread at-
tention in Japan when he ap- 2 jailed for desecrating Lenin Mausoleum
peared in footage posted last
MOSCOW: Two Russian Orthodox holiday, a member of
August in which he was shown
performance artists were jailed their art group, Irina Dumitskaya
being roughly interrogated by
for 10 days on Tuesday after told AFP.
his captors.He offered brief re- throwing holy water at the Lenin The two men, Oleg Basov, a
sponses to questions posed in Mausoleum on Red Square and dance teacher, and Yevgeny
English about why he was in shouting, Rise up and leave! Avilov, a computer programmer,
Syria and the reason he was The men were sentenced to are members of an anti-
carrying a gun. 10 days in police cells for petty establishment art group called
He replied in stilted English hooliganism after the protest Blue Rider, Ms. Dumitskaya said.
that he was a photographer they carried out on Monday, an AFP
and a journalist, half doctor.
AFP

Following Maoist-led strike, Constituent Assembly meeting adjourned

Damakant Jayshi
KATHMANDU: Opposition par-
ties continued their protests
on Tuesday inside the Constit-
uent Assembly (CA) as well
outside to prevent the ruling
parties from adopting the pro-
cedure to discuss the new
Constitution.
The nationwide bandh (gen-
eral strike) called by the alli-
ance of Opposition parties led
by UCPN (Maoist) turned vio-
lent in several parts of the
country while their MPs
shouted slogans inside the As-
sembly to prevent CA Chair-
man Subas Nembang from
entering the process of voting.
Mr. Nembang adjourned the
CA meeting until 11 a.m. on
Wednesday after nearly two
hours of slogan-shouting by
Opposition lawmakers. In the
wee hour of Tuesday, they at-
tacked some UML leaders, and
CA chairman, forcing another
adjournment.
Prime Minister Sushil Koi-
that event, the likely step
would be to suspend all regu-
lations and processes and
adopt the draft of the Consti-
tution to be promulgated at a
later date.
With the parties failing to
reach consensus or agreeing
on a compromise despite
many rounds of bilateral and
multi-party discussions, the
deadline of January 22 is likely
to be missed, several leaders
from various political parties
have been saying.
State restructuring has ap-
peared to be the most difficult
issue. The NC and the UML
want no more than six or seven
States and mostly drawn on
Nepalese supporters of the 30-party alliance, led by the Unified Communist the bases of economic viabil-
Party of Nepal (Maoist), demonstrate during the general strike in Kathmandu ity, geography and culture.
on Tuesday. PHOTO: AFP They also want the names of
the new States to be decided by
rala termed Tuesdays attack ties, he said. The UCPN days away. Leaders from the elected state assemblies.
inside the CA as conspiracy (Maoist) leaders are expert at Nepali Congress, the CPN- The UCPN (Maoist) and
to prevent the CA from writing changing their words. UML and the UCPN (Maoist) Madhes-based parties want
the Constitution. It did not The deadline to promulgate have been saying that the Con- between eight and 10 States,
turn nastier due to patience the new statute which the par- stitution would be passed once one, or at the most two, States
exercised by the ruling par- ties set themselves is just two they reached consensus. In in Tarai and are in favour of
the states being carved and
named mainly on single ethnic
identity.
With discussions yielding
no result, the NC and the UML
suggested that the disputes be
decided by adopting the CA
procedure which the parties
including the UCPN (Maoist)
and Madhes-based ones had
agreed to in March last year.
The ruling parties have more
than the required two-thirds
majority to get the Constitu-
tion passed if voting is adopt-
ed. The Opposition has
insisted on consensus only
approach.
Meanwhile, responding to
the situation in Nepal, Spokes-
person of from Ministry of Ex-
ternal Affairs in New Delhi
said, It is our expectation that
all Nepalese leaders will work
together in the final stage of
the peace process, in drawing
up a Constitution that hon-
ours past agreements and un-
derstandings as well as the
mandate of the CA elections.

Will implement 13th Amendment within a unitary state: Ranil
Transition triggers introspection
Atul Aneja
BEIJING: The change of guard
in Sri Lanka has triggered a
debate in China that despite
its economic heft, the coun-
try may still be lacking in dip-
lomatic power to influence
smaller countries when it re-
ally counts.
An editorial in the Global
Times, usually a bellweather
of the mood within the Com-
munist Party of China (CPC),
cautions that it would be pre-
mature to conclude that the
exit of Mahinda Rajapaksa,
and the arrival of Maithripala
Sirisena as the President of
Sri Lanka, is a blow to Chinas
interests in the strategically
located island nation.
Yet it signalled that uncer-
tainties had crept in, and the
new dispensation in Colom-
bo was sending mixed sig-
nals.
The article pointed out
that last week, Sri Lanka had
stated that it would review
the construction of a Chi-
nese-backed port close to
Colombo, citing issues over
transparency in the contract
and environmental reasons.
But the new government
also said the reassessment
does not indicate a cancella-
tion of the project, and con-
struction can resume if the
review finds no fault.
On Friday, the Sri Lankan
government declared that
the $1.5 billion Hambantota
port deal with China Com-
munication Construction Co.
Ltd. would be reviewed over
concerns that the Chinese
company was getting free-
hold land in a high-security
zone.
The commentary pointed
out that the Chinese side
would suffer heavy financial
losses if the project was halt-
ed a situation similar to
that in Myanmar, where pro-
jects were being stalled.
On Colombo-Delhi ties
The editorial recognised
Indias traditional ties with
Sri Lanka, but stressed that
competition between Beijing
and New Delhi in Sri Lanka is
not exclusive or confronta-
tional.
It also focused on the com-
plementarities in the rela-
tionship, stressing that
China was an irreplaceable
partner to address Sri Lank-
as urgent need of compre-
hensive economic
development.
Meera Srinivasan
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan gov-
ernment will implement the
13th Amendment to its Con-
stitution within a unitary
state, Prime Minister Ranil
Wickramasinghe has said.
Implementation of the
13th Amendment born out
of the Indo-Lanka Accord of
1987 has remained a long-
pending demand of the Tamil
National Alliance (TNA), the
main party representing the
islands Northern Tamils.
The Amendment envisages
substantive devolution of po-
litical powers to the
provinces.
In his first parliamentary
address after assuming
charge as Prime Minister
following the Sri Lankas Ja-
nuary 8 presidential elections
Mr. Wickramasinghe said:
We will implement the 13th
Amendment within a unitary
state.
Given that the TNA backed
Ranil Wickramasinghe
President Sirisena in the elec-
tions, the Northern Tamils
who voted against President
Rajapaksa in large numbers
would expect the new govern-
ment to be sensitive to their
demands.
Civilian Governor
In a gesture that sections
perceive as President Maith-
ripala Sirisenas willingness
to engage with the Tamils de-
mands, he recently replaced
the former Northern Prov-
ince Governor, a military
man, with a seasoned diplo-
mat.
It is also learnt that orders
have been passed to transfer
the Chief Secretary of the
Province who was on a colli-
sion course with Chief Minis-
ter C.V. Wigneswaran.
Mr. Wickramasinghe also
outlined the newly-formed
governments plan for the
first 100 days. The govern-
ment would set up independ-
ent commissions to run the
police, the public service, the
judiciary and the elections
department, he said.
The new government had
presented its 100-day plan
ahead of the elections prom-
ising a host of measures, in-
cluding the abolition of
executive presidency, which
former President Mahinda
Rajapaksas critics saw as be-
ing a huge impediment to de-
mocracy during his two
terms. Mr. Wickramasinghe,
appointed Prime Minister by
President Sirisena, said the
new government would also
pass a Right to Information
Act.
Rajapaksas home
raided
Meanwhile Sri Lankas for-
mer President Mahinda Raja-
paksa on Tuesday asked the
new government to stop re-
venge, a day after police raid-
ed his country-side home in
the southern district of Ham-
bantota.
Our family has been in
politics since 1931. But never
our homes came to be
searched. I ask them to stop
this political revenge, local
media quoted Mr. Rajapaksa
as saying. The police were re-
portedly looking for a Lam-
borghini sports car and
launched a raid following a
court warrant, but the search
drew a blank.
AirAsia jet
climbed fast,
then stalled
JAKARTA: An AirAsia plane
that crashed into the Java Sea
last month with 162 people on
board climbed faster than
normal and then stalled, the
Indonesian Transport Minis-
ter said on Tuesday. Flight
QZ8501 went down on De-
cember 28 in stormy weather,
during what was supposed to
be a short trip from the In-
donesian city of Surabaya to
Singapore.
Indonesias meteorological
agency has said bad weather
may have caused the crash,
and investigators are analys-
ing the data from the jets
black boxes before releasing a
preliminary report.
Indonesian Transport
Minister Ignasius Jonan, cit-
ing radar data, said the plane
suddenly went up at a speed
above the normal limit that it
was able to climb to. Then it
stalled. AFP

China steps up drive to integrate Africa into Silk Road
Atul Aneja
BEIJING: China has accelerat-
ed its drive to draw Africa
into the Maritime Silk Road
Beijings ambitious trans-
continental initiative fol-
lowing the visit to the
continent by Foreign Minis-
ter Wang Yi.
Among the several themes
covered during Mr. Wangs
five-nation visit, the push for
speedy construction of a
modern standard-gauge rail
link between Nairobi and
Mombasa was one of the star
highlights.
Nairobi to Mombasa
The project to linkup the
capital of Kenya and the
countrys well-established
port has much larger impli-
cations. Once it is through,
the rail corridor will help
connect the vast hinterland
of East Africa with the Indi-
an Ocean, making it a salient
strategic project, which will
add one more layer to the
CM
YK
Apart from building railroads, highways and
airports, Beijing is developing 12 deep water
ports, seven of which are along
the African coastline
realisation of President Xi
Jinpings dream of estab-
lishing a 21st century Mar-
itime Silk Road (MSR).
If plans materialise,
Mombasa would be eventu-
ally linked with Malaba in
west Kenya and then Kam-
pala, Kigali and Juba cap-
itals of Uganda, Rwanda and
South Sudan respectively.
The Chinese undertook
the project, clearly aware of
the larger regional opportu-
nities that it presented.
Symbolically, this was evi-
dent when the leaders from
Uganda, Rwanda and South
Sudan stood aside with vis-
iting Chinese Prime Minis-
ter Li Keqiang in Nairobi,
along with representatives
from Tanzania, Burundi and
and industrial products, and
return with raw materials
from Africa.
Africa connects well with
one of the major spurs of the
MSR the Chinese province
of Yunnan, which shares
borders with Myanmar,
the African Development Vietnam and Laos, with
Bank, to sign a deal on the Thailand further to the
project. south.
As concrete steps are tak-
en on ground, it has become Bypassing Malacca
apparent that Africa is be- Hoping to avoid the vul-
coming one of the pillars of nerable Malacca strait, the
the MSR project. Apart from Chinese are building rail
building railroads, highways corridors from Kunming,
and airports, the Chinese are Yunnans capital, to Myan-
developing 12 deep water mar and Thailand via land-
ports, seven of which are locked Laos. China has
along the African coastline. signed an agreement to build
These are: Djibouti, Dares a rail corridor that will con-
Salaam, Maputo, Libreville nect Yunnan with Myan-
(Gabon), Tema (Ghana), Da- mars port city of
kar (Senegal), Bizerte Kyaukphyu on the Bay of
(Tunisia). Bengal, thus bypassing Ma-
In turn, these ports con- lacca straits. Kyaukphyu is
nect with the MSR, as they also the starting point of the
are meant to serve large China-Myanmar oil and gas
commercial ships coming pipeline, and enters China at
from Asia, laden with food the city of Ruili
With Laos, the China-
Vientiane railroad project is
expected to be completed by
2018. China has recently ap-
proved a $23 billion project,
which includes a high-speed
link between Chaing Khong,
just south of the Laos cap-
ital Vientiane, and Ban Pha-
chi in Thailand.
Some analysts are of the
view that China and Thai-
land are taking the lead in
building the MSRs connec-
tion with Africa. The website
East by Southeast reported
that last year, Chinese and
Thai officials formed invest-
ment vehicles for the con-
struction of the seven
strategic ports on the Afri-
can coastlines.
Thai rice exporters are
likely to be one of the main
beneficiaries of the Asia-
Africa link under the MSR
plan. Already 60 per cent of
Thai rice exports in 2013
headed for Africa, and con-
sumption trend was even
higher last year.
Iran: a memorial for Jewish martyrs
TEHRAN: It seems incongruous
in Iran, where politicians
chant Death to Israel and
the Israeli flag is often
burned, but a new memorial
in Tehran is bringing recog-
nition to the countrys Jew-
ish martyrs.
The memorial has been
raised in the three-hectare
(eight-acre) Jewish cemetery
in south Tehran a striking
reminder of a minority faith
whose more than 1,000-year
heritage in Iran dwarfs the
comparably short 35 years of Members of Irans Jewish community pray for a
the Islamic republic. relative who recently passed away at a new
For leaders of Irans small memorial for Jewish people. PHOTO: AFP
Jewish community, the me-
morial is a welcome sign of cember at the cemetery where dead was funded by a founda-
openness from authorities de- thousands of Jews are buried. tion that helps families of sol-
spite continued concerns over Five of them died fighting diers killed or wounded in the
discrimination. in the 1980-88 war against Iran-Iraq war.
When someone looks at Iraq; three were killed by Sad- Iran had between 80,000
this monument, they will dam Husseins bombing of and 100,000 Jews before the
think about the sacrifices that Tehran during the war; and revolution but most have
were made by these martyrs, the other two died in the tu- since fled, mainly to the Unit-
said the head of Tehrans Jew- multuous early days of the ed States, Israel and Europe.
ish community, Homayoun 1979 revolution that ended There are now only about
Sameyah Najaf Abadi. the rule of the Iranian Shah. 8,500, mostly in Tehran but
The names of 10 people Construction of the Jewish also in Isfahan and Shiraz,
have been etched in stone in monument and the restora- major cities south of the cap-
the memorial, erected in De- tion of the 10 tombs of the ital. AFP
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BUSINESS
BRIEFLY
SEBI orders broker
Gilead licenses Strides to make, Sensex vaults 523 points on
hopes of fresh reform measures
to refund money
MUMBAI: Cracking down on
an illegal money pooling
activity running into an
distribute AIDS drug in 112 countries Special Correspondent

MUMBAI: The benchmark stock

estimated Rs.5,000 crore,
the Securities and
Exchange Board of India
on Tuesday barred an
individual broker from
mobilising funds from the
public while asking him to
refund investors money
within seven days.
Sameer S. Joshi, a sub-
broker with trade
name Shreesurya
Investments, has also
been restrained from
dealing in the securities
market, till further
directions. Shreesurya
Investments has allegedly
cornered more than
Rs.5,000 crore from 6,000
investors. PTI
Vikram Pandit, others
invest $75 m in
Bitcoin firm Coinbase
NEW DELHI: Noted India-
origin banker Vikram
Pandit along with the New
York Stock Exchange and
other investors have
pumped in $75 million into
U.S.-based Coinbase in
what is billed as one of the
biggest publicly disclosed
funding for a Bitcoin
company. The investment
by marquee investors in a
Bitcoin company comes at
a time when the popular
online cryptocurrency
turned out to be one of the
worst investments in 2014
as its value plummeted by
about 50 per cent. One
Bitcoin is now valued at
$206, about one-sixth of its
peak price of about $1,200
apiece in 2013. PTI
Xiaomi to launch
Mi4 on Jan. 28
NEW DELHI: Chinese handset
maker Xiaomi is expected
to launch its latest 4G
device Mi4 in India later
this month as it looks to
strengthen its position in
the booming domestic
smartphone market.
The company, which
entered the Indian market
last year, has launched
three devices here so far
Redmi 1S, Redmi Note and
Mi3 in partnership with
e-commerce major
Flipkart.
You are invited to a front-
row view on January
28...Mi hits a 4 and a 6,
Xiaomi said in an
invitation. PTI
Virgin Atlantic picks
TCS for digital
Strides will be able to launch its product by mid-2016
Ramnath Subbu
MUMBAI: U.S. pharmaceutical
major Gilead Sciences has
signed a licensing agreement
with Bengaluru-based Strides
Arcolab, under which Gilead
has extended non-exclusive
rights to Strides to make and
distribute Tenofovir Alafena-
mide (TAF), both as a single
agent product and in combi-
nation with other drugs.
This is seen as a goodwill
creation exercise by sections
of the Indian pharmaceutical
industry as multinationals
have been increasingly
viewed with scepticism in de-
veloping markets.
TAF is a novel nucleotide
reverse transcriptase inhib-
itor used in human immuno-
deciency virus (HIV)
patients in the treatment of
acquired immunodeciency
syndrome (AIDS). TAF is
awaiting U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) ap-
proval, and is expected to go
to market by year-end.
A statement from Strides
said the licence extends to 112
countries, which together ac-
count for more than 30 mil-
Varroc Engineering inks
pact with Scorpion of U.K.
Ramnath Subbu
MUMBAI: Varroc Engineering,
the agship company of lead-
ing auto component manu-
facturer Varroc group, on
Tuesday signed a technology
licence agreement with U.K.-
based Scorpion Automotive
to exclusively design, manu-
facture and sell licensed secu-
rity products to two-wheeler
and four-wheeler vehicle
manufacturers in India. The
collaboration will introduce
innovative products for the
two-wheeler sector in India
such as alarms, heated grips,
throttle locks and the like.
We have a strong relation-
ship with original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) in In-
West Bengal zeroes in on bidders for
privatising five loss-making tea gardens
Indrani Dutta
in the upcoming budget, said
Mr. Kumar.
PTI reports
indices surged to record high- Asian markets ended high-
son Tuesday as the market er after China reported its
participants expect that economy had not slowed as
around $900 and a 10 per cent many more reform measures- far as many had feared. Key
The move is seen royalty. would be unveiled by the Na- indices in China, Hong Kong,
as a goodwill Gileads chosen voluntary rendra Modi Government in Japan, Singapore, South Ko-
creation exercise by licensing model is refreshing, the forthcoming Union rea and Taiwan nished high-
and will certainly earn it Budget. er by 0.80-2.07 per cent.
pharma units as goodwill. It ensures protec- The Bombay Stock Ex- The IMFs optimistic
MNCs have been tion of intellectual property change (BSE) 30-share Sensi- forecast on Indias expected
viewed with (IP) and simultaneously en- tive Index (Sensex) moved up growth rate till 2016 was an-
scepticism in sures access to medicines, D. by 522.66 points or 1.85 per der, RKSV, a leading broking other shot in the arm, as was
G. Shah, Secretary-General, cent to close at 28784.67 rm. Although all sectors the prediction that Indias
developing markets. Indian Pharmaceutical Alli- points. It touched a high of including banking, metals, oil growth rate may exceed Chi-
ance (IPA), told The Hindu. 28829.29 intra-day. & gas, FMCG, and Realty nas after a long time, said
Today, its TAF licensing an- Among the broader indices, registered gains by more than Jayant Manglik, President,
lion people living with HIV. follows last weeks rejection nouncement is just an exten- BSE-100 gained 1.42 per cent, one per cent, metal stocks led Retail Distribution, Religare
Strides will receive a technol-
of Gileads patent application sion of its existing model for BSE-200 was up by 1.29 per the way with a gain of 3.03 per Securities.
ogy transfer from Gilead, en-for its blockbuster drug sofos- developing markets. cent and BSE-500 surged 1.22 cent.
abling it to make low-cost buvir by the Indian patent of- Other multinational phar- per cent. According to Mr. Kumar, Rupee gains further
versions of TAF for develop- ce. Sofosbuvir is considered maceutical giants such as The mid-cap stocks were the BSE Metal Index, which MUMBAI: The rupee on Tues-
ing countries. a breakthrough drug in the GSK opt for a price differen- up by 0.44 per cent and makes up 10 of the biggest day gained further by two
Strides will be able to treatment of Hepatitis C and tiated model for developing small-cap ones gained 0.41 heavyweights within the sec- paise against the dollar at
launch its product by Gileads application covered markets mainly for their ol- per cent. tor, went up more than three 61.69 with banks and expor-
mid-2016. TAF has demon- the metabolites of sofosbuvir. der products, which Merck On the National Stock Ex- per cent. ters selling the U.S. currency
strated high antiviral efficacy
The main patent application uses the discounted model, change (NSE), a broader 50- Metal stocks rallied with amid sustained capital in-
at a dose 10 times lower thanfor the product is still pend- pricing its drugs at 75 per cent share closed at 8695.60 with a the news that Chinas GDP ows The rupee resumed
Gileads Viread (tenofovir ing and Gilead is to appeal of U.S. prices. gain of 144.90 points or 1.69 came in better than expected. lower at 61.82 a dollar as
disoproxil fumarate), as wellagainst the decision. Pharmaceutical multina- per cent. China, being India's largest against Mondays closing lev-
as an improved renal and In September, 2014, Gilead tional prefer Indian manufac- While some analysts ex- metals consumer, posted a 7.3 el of 61.71 at the inter-bank
bone safety prole, the state-
signed agreements with sev- turers over other generic pected that the RBIs surprise per cent GDP growth, beating foreign exchange (Forex)
ment said. en Indian generic drug manu- manufacturing destinations 25 basis points cut in policy analyst expectations. market on initial dollar de-
facturers licensing them to like South Africa and Brazil rate last week was factored in The repo rate cut, com- mand. The Indian currency
Different model for make sofosbuvir to supply it because India is already sup- completely, with some even bined with an infusion of con- however staged a comeback-
developing markets
to 90 countries. Sofosbuvir is plying generics to 200 coun- theorising that a correction sumer and investor and nally ended the days
Gilead pursuing different priced at $84,000 per patient tries and has proven might be in place the mar- optimism, will make ways for trade at 61.69, showing a mar-
model for developing markets in the U.S., and the effective capability, cost-effectiveness kets clearly felt otherwise, the government to execute ginal gain of two paise from
Todays announcement price for generic version is and quality, Mr. Shah said. saidRaghu Kumar, Co-Foun- many of its intended reforms its previous close.
EU lifts ban on Indian mangoes
Parvathi Menon fruit ies.
The proposal by the
the Indian authorities has
paid off, Britains
The U.K. is the main
destination, followed by the
dia and this partnership will of Rs.6,900 crore, about 90 LONDON: The seven-month European Commission to lift Environment Minister Lord Netherlands, Germany and
help us enhance our already per cent of Varrocs business ban on Indian mangoes, the ban on mango imports de Mauley said in a Belgium.
diverse product portfolio for is from two-wheelers, and it imposed last year by the received the endorsement of statement. Reacting to the decision,
them, Varroc Group Presi- plans to bring this down to 75 European Union, has been experts at a Member State Small traders and M. Rafeeque Ahmed,
dent (Technology and Strate- per cent by 2020 with the rest lifted well in advance of the meeting, the EU said. importers of the fruit in the president of exporters body
gy) Ravi Damodaran told The from passenger cars and com- deadline set for the ban, However, the ban has been United Kingdom were hit last FIEO, complimented the
Hindu. This is part of our mercial vehicles. Mr. Damod- which was originally till lifted only on mangoes. Ban year. Welcoming the Commerce Ministry for
electrical business growth aran said the company was December 2015. on taro, bitter gourd, snake decision, Seema Malhotra, resolving the issue in record
plan, and the need for these looking at possible acquisi- This came after an audit by gourd and eggplant remains Labour MP, said, We are time. The imposition of ban
products has not been ade- tions in Russia and Brazil. the EU last September in force. delighted that the on mangoes did affect Indias
quately addressed here. . There are no immediate showed signicant The mango import season government and the EU have exports of fresh fruits which
We are targeting two and plans for an IPO or fund-rais- improvements in the begins in April and lasts till listened to us at last. Now declined from $ 307.38
three-wheelers, which have a ing. We re-invest around Rs. phytosanitary export June. Following the ban last everyone in Britain can enjoy million in April-November
market of around three mil- 450 crore in the business an- certication system, says an year, British-Indian members delicious Indian mangoes 2013 to $ 291.43 million in
lion units in India, and can nually, he said. Varroc in- EC release. Shipments of of Parliament led by Keith once again. April-November 2014. Mango
reach ve million units in vested Rs. 20 crore in a mangoes from India, Vaz campaigned hard to get it Yuthika Bhargava exports to EU suffered a
2020 by which time we want a polymer products plant in including the premium lifted. reports from New Delhi: major dent and went down
25 per cent share, he said. Chennai, and expects reve- Alphonso mangoes, had been The EU ban was due to The EU accounts for more from $ 8.9 million in 2013-14
Its three business divisions nues of Rs.100 crore in two stopped last year after remain until December 2015 than 50 per cent of total to $ 1.07 million in 2014-15
of polymers, electrical and years from the unit. It is set- inspections found some but todays [Tuesdays] vote exports of fruits and [April-September period],
metallic contribute equally to ting up a similar Rs.25 crore consignments infested with shows that the hard work of vegetables from India. he said.
the turnover. With revenues unit in Gujarat.
Mahindra, Peugeot SIB Q3 profit
at Rs. 88 crore
complete deal Special Correspondent
Special Correspondent PMTC to speed up their in-
tares, of which 679 hectares ternational expansion by
are in Darjeeling. The govern- CHENNAI: Mahindra Two driving synergies and lev-
South Indian Bank
40
Rs.29.30

transformation KOLKATA: The Mamata Baner- ment had invited bids in two Wheelers Ltd (MTWL) and eraging respective strengths.
35
jee Government has nalised packages, one for Darjeeling Peugeot Motocycles (PMTC), It is our intention to work
CHENNAI: Tata Consultancy two industry groups for priv- and another for Dooars in the part of the France-based Eu- closely to enable a win-win 30

Services has been selected
by Virgin Atlantic Airways
(VAA) of the U.K. to help
the latters digital
transformation
programme. It will set up a
private cloud for VAA and
provide services including
infrastructure-as-a-service,
end-user services and
application support
services, according to a
release from TCS. Special
Correspondent
EXCHANGE RATES
Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit
except yen at 4 p.m on January 20
Currencies TT
atising ve tea gardens owned
by the West Bengal Tea De-
velopment Corporation Ltd.
While the Ambootia group
is set to gain control of three
gardens in Darjeeling, Malna-
dy Tea Private Ltd. is likely to
be given two estates in
Dooars in North Bengal.
The entire process was
monitored by KPMG, and the
two groups have emerged as
the highest nancial bidders,
two sources connected with
the process told The Hindu.
There were at least three oth-
er companies in the fray for
these operational gardens.
TT
It is learnt that the ailing
gardens had defaulted on
Rs.30 lakh gratuity payments
as also rations and rewood
allowances to their employ-
ees for six months. Other pay-
ments were also in arrears.
Total workforce at the ve es-
tates is estimated at 4,211, and
the government is believed to
have put in a condition on
employment-protection by
the new owner. The tea es-
tates are located on 1,069 hec-
Himalayan foothills last year.
The government had an-
nounced its intent to sell
these two gardens two years
ago. Sources said that absence
of critical inputs, on the one
hand, and lack of marketing
skills (especially in overseas
markets), on the other, had
spelt doom for these state-
owned gardens, which were
languishing for nearly a dec-
ade. Although they produce
quality teas even now, their
productivity has dwindled to
around seven lakh tonnes
now from nine lakh tonnes in
2006, a source said.
ro 54 billion PSA Group, on
Tuesday, announced that
they had completed the nec-
essary formalities for for-
mers acquisition of major
stake in latter.
MTWL has infused euro 15
million into PMTC to nance
projects implemented
through the strategic part-
nership and has also bought
shares held by PSA which
would allow MTWL to take a
51 per cent stake in PMTC.
Now, new Board has been
constituted for PMTC.
This partnership would
enable both MTWL and
for both partners, said Dr
Pawan Goenka, Executive Di-
rector, Mahindra & Mahindra
Ltd in a statement.
Peugeot Scooters, one of
the oldest two wheeler
brands in the world, offers a
comprehensive range of
scooters and mopeds, from
50cc to 400cc.
The acquisition is expected
to establish Mahindras as a
serious player in two wheel-
ers. It intends to sell Mahin-
dra brand of two wheelers to
mass segment buyers, while
Peugeot brand would cater to
premium segment.
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20
15
Jan 20, 14 Jan 20, 15
KOCHI: South Indian Bank de-
clared a net prot of Rs. 87.93
crore for the three months
ended on December 31, 2014,
against Rs. 141.31 crore in the
same period in the previous
year.
The prot for the nine
months ended December 31,
2014, was Rs. 290.88 crore
against Rs. 382.90 crore in
the year-ago period.
Total income grew in the
quarter by 9.92 per cent to
touch Rs. 1,467.13 crore

Twitter acquires ZipDial Capgemini to increase

Buying Selling
against Rs.1,334.74 crore for
the same period in 2013-14.
U.S. Dollar 61.49 61.81 Total income grew by 8.90
Euro 71.16 71.53
per cent for the nine months

headcount in India
Pound Sterling 93.13 93.62
Jap Yen (100 Units) 51.82 52.09 Yuthika Bhargava ended December 31, 2014 at
Chinese Yuan 9.89 9.95 According to Rs. 4,338.92 crore against Rs.
Swiss Franc
Singapore Dollar
70.20 70.61
45.96 46.22
NEW DELHI: Marking its rst ac- reports, the deal size 3,984.35 crore in the same pe-
Australian Dollar 50.42 50.68 quisition in India, microblog- is pegged at about Staff Reporter Bengaluru alone. It will be riod last year. Gross NPA
Canadian Dollar 51.29 51.57 ging site Twitter, on Tuesday, $30 million. across all our nine locations, stood at 1.80 per cent of gross
Swedish Kroner 7.55 7.59 announced the acquisition of BENGALURU: French IT service she added. advances and net NPA stood
Danish Kroner 9.57 9.62
New Zealand Dollar 47.47 47.76 Bengaluru-based mobile company Capgemini is plan- When asked about the at- at 1.04 per cent of net advanc-
Hongkong Dollar 7.93 7.97 marketing start-up ZipDial. ning to strengthen its pres- trition rate of the company, es. The capital adequacy ratio
Malaysian Ringitt 17.04 17.13 India is one of the fastest development in India, Zip- ence in India by adding she said, In the last eight under Basel 3 guidelines stays
Kuwaiti Dinar 208.61 210.55 growing countries for us, and Dial Valerie Wagoner, Foun- another 20,000 people in two months, the attrition number at 11.38 per cent.
UAE Dirham 16.74 16.83
Bahraini Dinar 163.08 163.95 this acquisition is an impor- der and CEO, ZipDial said. years. The company, which has spiked across the board.
Qatari Riyal 16.95 16.95 tant signal to how serious we On the acquisition, she employs more than 50,000 We want to bring our attri- Total business
Saudi Riyal 16.43 16.43 are about this market. Our added, Indian users behave people, is planning to take the tion numbers down. Our Total business of the bank
Omani Riyal 159.69 160.55 number one objective in the differently from those in the total employee strength to numbers is less than 20 per rose to Rs. 85,457 crore as on
Source: Indian Bank country has been to grow our U.S. For example, an Indian 70,000 by the end of 2016. cent. December 31, 2014, register-
user base. This acquisition Rishi Jaitly user uses 60 MB of mobile India is the largest centre As part of the expansion ing growth of 9.04 per cent
BULLION RATES will dramatically increase our data on an average, which is for us, and with the way we plans, the company opened a over the business last year.
ability to drive this growth, ports, it is pegged at about 4.5 per cent of the data which are growing here, our ambi- new centre, spread across Deposits grew by 8.54 per
January 20 rates in rupees with
previous rates in brackets Twitter Market Director (In- $30 million. a U.S. user using monthly... tion is to take the total team 4.60 lakh sq. ft., in Whiteeld cent year-on-year basis to
dia and Southeast Asia) Rishi It employs about 50 people Our platform will help Twit- strength to around 70,000 in Aruna Jayanthi near here. The new centre touch Rs.48,459 crore, while
Chennai Jaitly told The Hindu. in India, all of whom will be ter engage users offline and 2016. With the kind of growth will offer services such as ap- current and savings account
Bar Silver (1 kg) 39,855 (39,500)
Retail (1 g) 42.60 (42.30) now part of Twitter. This ac- help bridge the gap between and expansion in the country, luru is the companys largest plication development and grew by 10.33 per cent to
Services on offer quisition will also bring Twit- online and offline world. we believe we will be able to centre in India. The company management, BPO and con- touch Rs. 10,424 crore.
24 ct gold (10 g) 28,480 (28,150)
22 ct gold (1 g) 2,663 (2,632) ZipDial offers services such ter a new engineering office After India, Mr. Jaitly said achieve it, said Capgemini employs around 18,000 peo- sulting services to customers Total advances registered
Delhi as missed calls for user ver- in Bengaluru. the platform would be ap- India Chief Executive Officer ple across its four centres in based in the U.S. and Europe. increase of 9.71 per cent to
Silver 39,200 (39,100) ication, alerts and other use We have an office in Ben- plied to other emerging econ- Aruna Jayanthi. the city. Capgemini said it would touch Rs. 36,998 crore
Standard gold 28,180 (28,080)
Sovereign 24,000 (23,900)
cases. While the deal size was galuru, which will become the omies such as Indonesia and With a presence in nine lo- The expansion of teams add 5,000 more people in its against Rs.33,724 crore last
not disclosed, according to re- base of Twitters research and Brazil. cations across India, Benga- doesnt mean it will happen in new facility. year, the release said.
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SNIPPETS
Renault recalls 646 units of Pulse, Scala
NTT Com plans to buy Leverage the young talent
Sanjay Vijayakumar
Breakthrough
NEW DELHI: French auto major Renault is recalling 646
units of hatchback Pulse and mid-sized sedan Scala in
India, manufactured between September, 2011, and July,
2012, to fix faulty driver side air bags. Renault is
unified licence CHENNAI: India will have only a
couple of decades left to spur
economic growth and pursue
breakthrough innovation, ac-
innovations could
happen in areas such
as healthcare
delivery, energy,
conducting a voluntary check on certain potentially
affected Renault vehicles, 620 Pulse and 26 Scala,
To set up a wholly-owned subsidiary cording to Professor Vijay
Govindarajan, who is regard- education and
produced between September, 2011, and July, 2012, Lalatendu Mishra
Will steadily NTT Communications India ed as one of the worlds lead- transportation.
which may have a possibility of driver air bag problem Private Ltd. (NTT Com India) ing experts on strategy and
that was reported to Renault by airbag supplier, Takata, MUMBAI: NTT Communica- expand its ICT will establish a branch office innovation.
a company spokesperson said. No incidents associated tions Corporation (NTT business in Ahmedabad to offer ICT He feels time is just right worked for several years as
with this issue have been reported in Renault vehicles so Com) of Japan has an- infrastructure in solutions starting June. The for India and the U.S. to the chief innovation consult-
far, the spokesperson added. PTI nounced plans to acquire a Gujarat branch office will be strengthen ties, with the for- ant in GE and counts Boeing,
unified licence for national India to help NTT Com Indias sixth office, mer being the only country Coca Cola as his marquee cli-
long-distance services (NLD) customers further followed by Gurgaon, Neem- among BRIC (Brazil, Russia, ents, also feels time is right
VECV launches Pro 6000 series heavy trucks through its Indian subsidiary grow their business. rana (Rajasthan), Mumbai, India and China) nations to for the U.S. and India to
to provide domestic network Chennai and Bengaluru. see improving economic pro- strengthen ties.
CHENNAI: VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd (VECV) has services by the end of this At present, NTT Com India spects and the latters econo- I was talking to a few CE-
launched its Eicher Pro 6000 series of heavy-duty (HD) year. NTT Com plans to provide a is providing system integra- my getting stronger. Vijay Govindarajan Os who have met Narendra
trucks, developed and manufactured jointly by Volvo For this purpose, the com- range of network services tion services. Another NTT I really believe India has Modi, when he visited the
Group and Eicher. The new range includes 31-tonne and pany has decided to set up a sought by enterprises that are Com group company Net- only next couple of decades of glish-speaking youth with U.S. He was the first Prime
25-tonne haulage trucks and 25-tonne tipper. Pro 6000 new company NTT Com- expanding in India. Specific magic Solutions Private Ltd. time left. And, if we dont do high aspirations. If you do not Minister to spend more time
Series is the next-generation HD trucks that offer best- munications India Network offerings will include secure, is offering data centre and breakthrough innovation, we do that, the demographic di- talking to CEOs then talking
in- class fuel efficiency, superior productivity, and a host Services Private Ltd. which high-quality private network cloud services with its eight will be left far behind, Mr. vidend will become a demo- to politicians. Something re-
of modern and intelligent features. The new series will be established in May. services such as IP-VPN con- data centres in India. Govindarajan, The Earl C. graphic disaster. So that ally struck me, they were all
promises to deliver maximum profitability to the Last year, group company necting data centres or the NTT Com believes that re- Daum 1924 Professor of In- means we have got to find a saying we feel lot more confi-
customers, Vinod Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer, NTT DOCOMO had decided cloud to the domestic sales or newed economic activity in ternational Business at the way to kick-start this econo- dent on India, said Mr. Go-
VECV, said in a statement. Special Correspondent to pull out of India by ending production bases of custom- India would create demand Tuck School of Business, my and make it really grow in vindarajan.
its joint venture with the Tata ers, the company said. for high-quality ICT solu- Dartmouth, U.S., said. the next 30 years, he said. That does not mean it is
group. NTT Com is the ICT By obtaining a unified li- tions from domestic and mul- Why I say this is because Breakthrough innovations going to be easy. We still have
Aurobindo, Actavis recall Gabapentin (Information, communica- cence, the NTT Com group tinational companies. Going the average age in India is could happen in areas such as lot of issues in terms of tax
tion and technology) solu- will be permitted to offer to- forward, NTT Com said it about 25 years. In the next 30 healthcare delivery, energy, systems, regulatory policies
NEW DELHI: Aurobindo Pharma is recalling 24,816 tions and international tal ICT solutions to enter- would steadily expand its ICT years, these 25 years will be- education and transporta- and red tape. This needs to be
bottles of Gabapentin capsules used as anticonvulsant communication business prises in India, it added. business infrastructure in In- come 55 years. So, you have tion, according to Mr. cleaned up. But if you get
and analgesic following complaints of empty capsules within the NTT group. After On Tuesday, NTT Com said dia to help customers further got 30 years to leverage this Govindarajan. someones trust and confi-
in the U.S. market. According to notification by the obtaining a unified licence, its wholly-owned subsidiary grow their business. young highly qualified, En- Mr. Govindarajan, who has dence, half the battle is won.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the
Indian firms arm Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc has
initiated a Class II nation wide recall. Each bottle
contains 100 capsules of 300 mg. The drug is
manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma at its Mahabub
Installed solar capacity crosses 3 GW Sundaram MF launches value fund
Nagar facility in Andhra Pradesh. In another G. Balachandar and bagasse cogeneration Special Correspondent toral or intrinsic business
development, a total of 64,719 bottles of different contributed 187 MW and 152 The corpus will be value and can strongly benefit
strengths of the same capsule manufactured by CHENNAI: New capacity addi- MW respectively, according CHENNAI: Sundaram Mutual invested in a from the positive momentum
Actavis Pharma Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. at the tion in the clean energy sec- to Union Ministry of New and Fund has come out with Sun- well diversified in the equity markets.
Kanchipuram facility in Tamil Nadu were being tor was up nine per cent Renewable Energy (MNRE). daram Value Fund-Series II, portfolio of stocks According to Sunil Subra-
recalled in Puerto Rico. The capsules were distributed during the first 9-month of As of December 31, 2014, a five year close-ended equity maniam, Deputy CEO, the
by Actavis Elizabeth LLC. PTI this fiscal. The total installed Indias cumulative grid-inter- scheme. fund would invest in a well
capacity of solar power in the active renewable energy in- The scheme seeks capital Harsha Viji, Managing Di- diversified portfolio of stocks
country crossed 3,000 MW stalled capacity rose to 33,792 appreciation by investing rector, Sundaram Mutual, through fundamental analy-
RCOM gets Rs.650 cr from promoter group co during the 3rd quarter. MW, up from 29,989 MW on predominantly in equity and said: We believe there are sis, where stock selection was
Renewable energy sector December 31, 2013. equity-related instruments of opportunities to invest in all characterised by an emphasis
MUMBAI: Reliance Communications (RCOM) has received added 2,104 MW of new ca- MW. So, the clean energy sec- Wind sector accounted for companies that are underval- market conditions and Sun- on value opportunity and less
Rs.650 crore from promoter group company Telecom pacity during first three quar- tor has achieved only 56 per 66 per cent (22,465 MW). ued across the market cap- daram Mutual is known for on earnings growth.
Infrastructure Finance Private Ltd (TIFPL), which ters of this fiscal when cent of the capacity addition Small hydro power accounted italisation. unearthing these opportuni- Sundaram Mutual Fund, a
exercised its right to subscribe to equity shares against compared with 1,922 MW a target during the 9-month pe- for 3,991 MW, while solar was The scheme aims to invest ties. major player in fund manage-
8.67 crore warrants issued at Rs.150 per warrant in year-ago. riod. Wind and solar seg- in third position with a capac- 80-100 per cent of its corpus With our research based ment with retail focus, had
August last as part of RCOMs qualified institutional This years new capacity ments contributed about ity of 3,063 MW. Bagasse co- in equity and equity related approach, we are ideally posi- average assets under manage-
placement (QIP) of Rs.6,100 crore in July last. The funds target has been fixed at 3,770 1,333 MW (1,096 MW in a generation and biomass securities. tioned to unearth stocks for ment and advice of about
will be utilised for repayment of debt, the company said. MW when compared with the year-ago period) and 431 contributed 2,800 MW and The new fund offer (NFO) our investors that are under- Rs.19,564 crore as on Decem-
Special Correspondent previous years target of 4,325 MW, while small hydro power 1,365 MW respectively. is open till January 29. valued relative to either sec- ber 31, 2014.

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My hard work
paid off,
says Finn
BRISBANE: He scripted a memo-
rable comeback on Tuesday
snapping five wickets to set up
Englands nine-wicket win over
India in the cricket tri-series
and pacer Steven Finn said he
was happy to see that his hard
work finally paid off.
Its just nice to help En-
gland win a game of cricket. A
lot has happened in the last 12
months.
It was pretty much to a day
where I went home from that
tour of Australia. But that cor-
ner has been turned and I turn-
ed it a while ago, said Finn in
the post-match press
conference.
All that stuff is in the past
now and I am just looking for-
ward. To take five wickets today
was very pleasing after the
work I have put in.
I always thought in my mind
that it was possible to return to
Australia and perform. To
come here and be in the same
hotels and get over those hur-
dles has been good fun and I am
enjoying it, added the lanky
pacer.
The 25-year-old Englishman
said he was happy with the
Gabba pitch that assisted him
in taking five for 33 as India was
bowled out for just 153 runs
with James Anderson also tak-
ing four for 18.
The pitch bounced a lot es-
pecially from my end. And I
could bowl a fullish (sic) length
and it was coming at waist
height which can be uncom-
fortable for anyone, he said.
It was partly the way we
bowled and partly the wicket.
But we used that to our ad-
vantage and as a bowling unit
we stuck to our guns really well
and made the Indian batsmen
come to us.
It is always tough to go out
and defend a 150-run target.
We have a couple guys who are
in good touch and you know its
always tough in that situation.
Our seam bowlers bowled very
well today and Moeen Ali also
supported us well, he added.
PTI
Slow progress
by Bengal
KOLKATA: Bengal made slow
progress, after opting to bat, on
the opening day of the four-day
quarterfinal of the Cooch Behar
Trophy against Tamil Nadu at
Kalyani on Tuesday.
Bengal ended on 169 for two
in 90 overs, with Kazi Junaid
Saifi and Shubham Chatterjee
unbeaten on 79 and 59 respec-
tively.
Delhi scores 194
At New Delhi, half-centuries
by Vishwas Malik (58 n.o.) and
Sarthak Ranjan (54) helped
Delhi score 194 in its first in-
nings against Rajasthan.
The scores: At Kolkata: Bengal
169 for two in 90 overs (Kazi Junaid
Saifi 79 batting, Shubham Chatterjee
59 batting) vs Tamil Nadu.
At Delhi: Delhi 194 in 57.3 overs
(Vishwas Malik 58 n.o., Sarthak Ran-
jan 54, S.K. Sharma four for 43, S.K.K.
Ahamad three for 33) vs Rajasthan 23
for no loss in eight overs (V.B. Kothari
10 batting, A.V. Gautam 13 batting).
At Meerut: Mumbai 19 for no loss in
seven overs vs Uttar Pradesh.
TENNIS
Unseeded Vanshika Sawhney stuns Pei Chen
KOLKATA: Unseeded Vanshika
Sawhney downed second seed
Hsuan Pei Chen of Chinese Tai-
pei 6-2, 6-1 in the opening
round of the girls singles in the
ONGC-ITF Juniors (under-18)
tennis tournament here at the
DKS Complex on Tuesday.
Important results (first round, all
BADMINTON
Sindhu optimistic; Kashyap hopes to come good at home
Uthra Ganesan
LUCKNOW: When Saina Nehwal
and P.V. Sindhu faced off in the
Syed Modi International India
Masters tournament here last
year, they were only three
ranks apart. The senior pro was
under pressure to protect her
No. 1 status in Indian badmin-
ton, staving off a fighting Sind-
hu in the final.
A year on, Saina has consoli-
dated her position at the top
with three titles through 2014
while Sindhu is out of the top 10
despite a string of decent per-
formances.
A series of second and third
place finishes mean Sindhu, de-
spite a historic second World
Championship bronze, has
slipped to 11th in the world.
Coming off a semifinal defeat
at the Malaysia Masters, Sind-
hu is hopeful of going one step
better in 2015 as the main draw
begins on Tuesday.
Sindhu begins her campaign
against qualifier Ekta Kalia in
the first round but her real
challenge will begin in the third
CM
YK
Finn, Anderson crush spineless India
CRICKET/ Another loss puts Indias tri-series campaign in jeopardy
BRISBANE: A spineless India suf-
fered its second consecutive
defeat as England crushed it by
nine wickets with a bonus
point, throwing its cricket tri-
series campaign in jeopardy
here on Tuesday.
Electing to bat, India was
bundled out for 153 in 39.3
overs with the top-five batsmen
returning to the dressing room
with just 67 runs on board by
the 19th over on a lively Gabba
track.
Steven Finn (five for 33) and
pace colleague James Ander-
son (four for 18) exploited the
pacer-friendly deck to the hilt
by extracting extra bounce as
the Indians, barring Stuart Bin-
ny (44), struggled to come to
terms.
Binny was the lone Indian
batsman to show some resil-
ience on a day when the others
got out due to poor shot selec-
tion.
Opener Ajinkya Rahane (33),
Virat Kohli (4), Ambati Rayudu
(23) and Suresh Raina (1) were
out playing poor shots, while
Shikhar Dhawan (1) fell to a
beauty from Anderson in the
third over of the ndian innings.
England chased down the
target with more than 22 overs
to spare and collected five
points, including a bonus point,
from the comprehensive win.
Opener Ian Bell led the En-
gland run chase with a 91-ball
unbeaten 88 while James Tay-
lor also scored an unbeaten 56
from 63 balls. The duo added
131 in an unconquered second
Williamson century guides NZ home
NELSON: Kane Williamson made
a welcome return to the New
Zealand side with an elegant
century to set up a four-wicket
victory over Sri Lanka in the
fourth One-Day International
on Tuesday.
Backed by lusty hitting from
Corey Anderson and Luke Ron-
chi, New Zealand overtook Sri
Lanka's 276 with 11 balls to
spare and move 2-1 ahead in the
seven-match series.
In a tense finish New Zealand
needed 47 off 36 balls when the
24-year-old Williamson was re-
moved for 103, his fifth ODI
century.
Anderson was run out for 47
with New Zealand needing 32
runs with 26 balls left.
Up stepped Luke Ronchi to
blast a rapid 32 including three
sixes and Daniel Vettori hit a
four as New Zealand finished
with a flourish.
After losing the early wickets
of Brendon McCullum, Martin
Guptill and Ross Taylor cheap-
ly, an unflustered Williamson
led the rescue mission, first in
partnership with Grant Elliott
and then with Anderson.
He brought up his century
with a steady accumulation of
singles, only reaching the
boundary seven times with six
fours and a six.
But having attained the mile-
stone he was bowled by Thisara
Perera and Anderson vacated
the field soon after.
McCullum, on whom New
Indians unless specified): Boys:
Aryan Goveas bt Cagatay Sami Soke
(Tur) 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3; Yun Ruei Wen
(Tpe) bt Anirudh Chandrasekhar 6-4,
7-5; Siddhant Banthia bt Adil Kalyan-
pur 6-1, 6-0; B.R. Nikshep bt Eric Ju-
nior Olivarez (Phi) 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3;
Ishaque Eqbal bt Tejas Shevde 6-3,
2-6, 6-2; Yugal Bansal bt Christian
round, when she is likely to face
Thai sixth seed Porntip
Buranaprasertuk.
Saina will be up against Yin
Fun Lim of Singapore and is
likely to face Spanish fifth seed
Beatriz Corrales in the third
round.
FIGHTING BACK: Jayan James and K. Vikranth came
back after losing the first game to defeat Love
Kumar and Varun Sharma in the qualifying event
on Tuesday. PHOTO RAJEEV BHATT
SUPERB SPELL: Steven Finn, who took five for 33, exploited the pacer-friendly deck to bowl India out
cheaply. PHOTO: REUTERS
wicket stand as they negotiated
the Indian bowlers without
much difficulty on a pitch that
Williamson which ensured
ELEGANT KNOCK: Kane
Williamson scored 103.
PHOTO: AFP
Zealand relys heavily to get off
to a good start, failed to oblige
this time with a gentle poke at a
Nuwan Kulasekera delivery
and was caught at mid on for
just 11.
Guptill failed to back up from
his unbeaten 66 in the washed
out third match in Auckland on
Saturday as he was caught be-
hind for 20 while Taylor went
cheaply for eight as New Zeal-
Cummings 6-1, 6-0; Dhruv Sunish bt
Breno Souza Plentz (Bra) 7-5, 6-2;
P.V. Gnana Bhasker bt Paras Dahiya
4-6, 6-4, 6-3. Cing Yang Meng (Tpe) bt
Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-2, 1-6, 6-4; Kaya
Gore (Tur) bt Parth Aggarwal 6-3, 6-2;
Cheng Cheih Wang (Tpe) bt Mridul
Kharkwal 7-6(5),6-4; Udayan Bhakar
bt Sumit Pal Singh 6-4, 6-3; Alex So-
If everything falls in place,
the two may well run into each
other in the title clash once
again.
On the mens side, K. Sri-
kanth had an exceptional run in
the second half of last year but
that wont make it any easier
seemed to have demons while
the Indians were batting. Tay-
lor hit the winning runs, a four,
and slumped to 63-3 after 15
overs.
Elliott, who scored 44, was
happy to accumulate singles in
a patient 88-run stand with
Ricky Ponting on a list headed
there were wickets in hand for
the final run chase.
Sangakkara,
Jayawardene shine
Sri Lankas innings was the
product of finely constructed
performances by their two el-
der statesmen Kumar Sangak-
kara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Between them the 37-year-
olds contributed all but 106 of
Sri Lanka's 276 with Jayawar-
dene scoring 94 off 82 deliver-
SCOREBOARD
Sri Lanka: D. Karunaratne lbw b
Southee 5, T. Dilshan c Guptill b Wil-
liamson 44, K. Sangakkara c Guptill b
Milne 76, M. Jayawardene c Ronchi b
Anderson 94, A. Mathews c Ronchi b
Milne 0, L. Thirimanne b McClenagh-
an 19, T. Perera c McCullum b South-
ee 5, J. Mendis c Vettori b Southee 12,
N. Kulasekara (run out) 4, S. Sen-
anayake (not out) 1, R. Herath c Wil-
liamson b McClenaghan 0; Extras
(lb-2, w-14) 16; Total (in 49.3 overs):
276.
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-113, 3-180,
4-180, 5-245, 6-253, 7-268, 8-270,
9-273.
New Zealand bowling: Southee
10-1-59-3, Milne 7-0-28-2, McCle-
naghan 9.3-0-58-2, Anderson 3-0-
19-1, Elliott 3-0-19-0, Vettori 10-0-
lanki bt Shrey Gupta 7-6(4), 6-4.
Girls: Karman Kaur Thandi bt Huai
Shu Chen (Tpe) 6-2, 6-1; Qianhui
Tang (Chn) bt Shivani Manjanna 6-1,
6-0; Mahak Jain bt Jaipet Anontawee-
sil (Tha) 6-4, 6-0; R. Janse van Rens-
burg (RSA) bt Snehal Mane 6-3, 6-4.
Yubrani Banerjee bt Nina van Oost
(Bel) 6-1, 6-2; Yu Pei Lee (Tpe) bt
for him here with compatriots
H.S. Prannoy, R.M.V. Gurusai-
dutt and fifth seed Singaporean
Wei Feng Chong in his half of
the draw.
Commonwealth Games gold
medallist P. Kashyap, who had
an early exit at the Malaysia
Masters, is also looking forward
to come good at home.
I always do well at home and
I like playing here. Malaysia
was because of bad form and I
committed errors but other
than that, I have had a very con-
sistent season. I have won this
tournament before and I am
looking forward to winning it
again, Kashyap said.
With late pullouts in the
main draws of both the mens
and womens section, the qual-
ifying rounds on Tuesday were
a largely Indian affair restrict-
ed to a handful of games.
UP Academy trainee and
sub-junior Asian silver medal-
ist Riya Muherjee didn't break
sweat for her 21-9, 21-6 win
over Seema Panchal.
Talar Laa and Himanshu Sa-
roha were taken the distance
as England reached 156 for one
in 27.3 overs to wrap up the
match. The other English open-
ies and Sangakkara, who moved
up to third on the list of top ODI
run scorers, making 76 off 83.
Sangakkara now has 13,490
runs, 214 behind Australian
NEW DELHI: Winning the World
by Indian great Sachin Tendul-
kar who amassed 18,426 runs.
Tillakaratne Dilshan, who
made 44 in a 102-run stand
with Sangakkara for the second
wicket, was the only other Sri
Lankan batsman to top 20 as
the New Zealand bowlers
carved up the lower order.
In the space of 30 deliveries,
six wickets fell for just 31 runs
with the Sri Lankan innings
folding three balls from the
scheduled end. AFP
41-0, Williamson 7-0-50-1.
New Zealand: M. Guptill c Sangak-
kara b Mathews 20, B. McCullum c
Perera b Kulasekara 11, K. Williamson
b Perera 103, R. Taylor c Sangakkara
b Herath 8, G. Elliott c Thirimanne b
Mendis 44, C. Anderson (run out) 47,
L. Ronchi (not out) 32, D. Vettori (not
out) 7; Extras (lb-1, w-7) 8; Total (for
six wkts. in 48.1 overs): 280.
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-41, 3-63,
4-151, 5-230, 6-245.
Sri Lanka bowling: Kulasekara 9-
0-51-1, Mathews 4-1-16-1, Herath 9-
1-39-1, Perera 8-0-58-1, Senanayake
9.1-0-57-0, Mendis 7-0-40-1, Dilshan
2-0-18-0.
Toss: Sri Lanka
Man-of-the-Match: Kane
Williamson
Kwan Yau NG (HKG) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Ye
Xin Ma (Chn) bt Jennifer Luikham 3-6,
6-0, 6-4; Fang Hsien Wu (Tpe) bt Adri-
ja Biswas 6-2, 6-1.
Zeel Desai bt Inci Ogut (Tur) 6-0,
6-3; Nidhi Suparapaneni bt Maia Ber-
nadetta Balce (Phi) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Van-
shika Sawhney bt Hsuan Pei Chen
(Tpe) 6-2, 6-1.
on their respective matches by
Ansal Yadav and Ameya Oak
but other than that, there was
hardly any excitement on
court.
The results: Qualifiers (Indians
unless stated):
Men: Singles: Love Kumar bt Jas-
winder Singh 21-11, 21-15; K. Vik-
ranth bt Mohd. Rahad Kabir Khaled
(Ban) 21-15, 21-18.
Sidharth Jakhar bt Kirill Romanuk
(Rus) 21-10, 21-5; Himanshu Saroha
bt Ameya Oak 16-21, 22-20, 21-16;
Talar Laa bt Ansal Yadav 21-17, 14-
21, 21-19.
Ankit Chhikara bt Mostafizar Rah-
man (Ban) 21-13, 21-9.
Doubles: Jayan James & Vikranth
Karukonda bt Love Kumar & Varun
Sharma 18-21, 21-13, 21-18; Utkarsh
Arora & Tanvir Gill bt Rajat Joon &
Ravi Kumar 18-21, 21-10, 21-12; Sau-
rav Kapoor & Deepak Khatri bt Pavan
Malik & Aditya Nair 21-18, 21-17; Kapil
Chaudhary & Chandrabhushan Tri-
pathi bt Kabir Kanzarkar & Akshay
Raut 21-14, 22-20.
Women: Singles: Riya Mukherjee
bt Seema Panchal 21-9, 21-6; Lalita
Dahiya bt Vaddepally Pramada 21-14,
21-19.
matches while England has five
er, Moeen Ali (8), was dismis-
sed cheaply off Binny, who
opened the bowling for India
Dravid on Indias
World Cup chances
Special Correspondent
a note of optimism, looking at
Cup will not be easy for India.
Reaching the quarterfinals
shouldnt be difficult, but
thereafter, any team with three
good games, and a bit of luck,
should be able to win, said Ra-
hul Dravid at the inaugural
Sports Lecture Beyond Bound-
aries at the India International
Centre here on Tuesday.
Before a large gathering, that
included several cricketers and
sports personalities, Dravid
maintained that it was possible
for India to retain the cup
should game-changers like Vi-
rat Kohli and M.S. Dhoni get
going in the knockout games.
He mentioned Australia,
South Africa, India and New
Zealand as teams that should
be expected to do well this
time. Dravid sympathised
with the bowlers, saying, With
the change in rules, it has be-
come very difficult for the bow-
lers (to be consistently
effective). I never had any sym-
pathy for the bowlers (as a bat-
sman), but now I feel for them.
Enthralling speech
Earlier, Dravid enthralled
NATIONAL GAMES
Telangana to compete
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The new
State of Telangana will compete
as a separate entity in the 35th
National Games to be held in
Kerala from Jan. 31 to Feb. 14.
This was communicated
through a letter to the National
Games organising committee by
IOA secretary general Rajeev
Mehta on Friday. In his letter to
Asian pro Tour
top priority
KOLKATA: Capt. P.V.K. Mohan,
the newly-elected president of
the International Billiards and
Snooker Federation, said one of
his priorities was to start an
Asian professional snooker Tour.
The tour, he said, will help tal-
ented cueists in Asia as they find-
ing it difficult to travel to UK to
compete in the European and
qualifying events.
He said the Billiards and
Snooker Federation of India was
in the process of finalising a new
event Cue Masters League
which will test the skill and over-
all prowess of players in billiards,
snooker and pool. IMG has been
asked to work out a spectator-
friendly format.
The league will be franchisee-
based in the lines of IPL. Six city
teams will be identified compris-
ing marquee players from India
as well as from overseas.
Capt. Mohan said he was work-
ing hard to increase the member-
ship of IBSF to 100 countries
from the present 85. Countries in
Africa, Eastern Europe and the
Americas were being ap-
proached. He said he was com-
mitted to include the cue sport in
Commonwealth, Asian and
South Asian Games. Special
Correspondent
during the first session as En-
gland batted before the break
after India folded up early.
Australia is on top of table
with nine points from two
from two games.
India will now have to win
both its remaining matches if it
is to qualify for the final. PTI
SCOREBOARD
India: A. Rahane c Taylor b Finn 33
(40 b, 1x4, 1x6), S. Dhawan c Buttler b
Anderson 1 (5b), A. Rayudu c Buttler b
Finn 23 (53b, 2x4), V. Kohli c Buttler b
Finn 4 (8b), S. Raina st Buttler b Ali 1
(3b), M.S. Dhoni c Buttler b Finn 34
(61b, 1x4), S. Binny c Morgan b An-
derson 44 (55b, 3x4, 2x6), A. Patel b
Finn 0 (1b), B. Kumar b Anderson 5
(5b), M. Shami c Ali b Anderson 1 (7b),
U. Yadav (not out) 0 (0b); Extras (lb-3,
w-3, nb-1) 7; Total (in 39.3 overs): 153.
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan), 2-
57 (Rahane), 3-64 (Kohli), 4-65 (Rai-
na), 5-67 (Rayudu), 6-137 (Dhoni), 7-
137 (Axar), 8-143 (Bhuvneshwar), 9-
153 (Binny).
England bowling: Anderson 8.3-2-
18-4, Woakes 7-0-35-0, Broad 7-0-
33-0, Finn 8-0-33-5, Ali 9-0-31-1.
England: I. Bell (not out) 88 (91b,
8x4), M. Ali c Kohli b Binny 8 (12b,
1x4), J. Taylor (not out) 56 (63b, 4x4);
Extras (w-3, nb-1) 4; Total (for one wkt.
in 27.3 overs): 156.
Fall of wicket: 1-25 (Ali).
India bowling: Binny 7-0-34-1,
Bhuvneshwar 2-0-18-0, Umesh 6-0-
42-0, Shami 4-0-23-0, Axar 7.3-0-
32-0, Raina 1-0-7-0.
Toss: India.
Man-of-the-Match: Finn.
the audience as he read out
from a prepared text and struck
the future of sports in the coun-
try. Drawing from the deeds of
the countrys celebrated and
lesser-known sportspersons in
the face of challenges, he men-
tioned how the autobiography
of Olympic gold medallist Ab-
hinav Bindra encouraged him
to give it his all after a slump in
form late in his career.
He mentioned the Dhoni Ef-
fect that had inspired sports-
persons from small towns to
make it big by chasing their as-
pirations.
Answering a question on
boxer Sarita Devi, Dravid said
her disappointment after los-
ing the bout (in the Asian
Games semifinals at Incheon)
was understandable, but her
reaction on the podium was
not right.
Sharing the dais with Dravid
was former secretary general of
the Indian Olympic Associ-
ation Randhir Singh, who sec-
onded the cricketers views on
steps needed to uplift Indian
sports. He hailed the efforts of
the Government and the Sports
Authority of India, despite the
various constraints they faced.
the NGOC CEO Jacob Pun-
noose, Mehta said the decision
was based on the numerous rep-
resentations received by the
IOA ever since the bifurcation
of Andhra Pradesh.
The interests and concerns
of sportspersons from both
States are paramount to the
IOA, and as such it has been
suldolku
A mind game and a puzzle
that you solve with
reasoning and logic. Fill in
the grid with digits in such
a manner that every row,
every column and every
3x3 box accommodates
the digits 1 to 9, without
repeating any. The
solution to yesterdays
puzzle is at right.
SPORT
17
I dont think we
batted well,
says Dhoni
BRISBANE: His decision to bat
first backfired on Tuesday as
India was dismissed for a paltry
153 against England and skip-
per M.S. Dhoni put the blame
on his batsmen for their nine-
wicket loss in their second ODI
of the cricket tri-series here.
I dont think we batted well,
especially after choosing to
bat, said Dhoni after James
Anderson and Steve Finn pro-
duced sensational seam bowl-
ing to set up the win for
England at The Gabba.
The wicket was a bit two-
paced to start off and our bat-
smen did not really play well.
We needed to build partner-
ships, but that did not happen.
If a ball is there to hit, you
should, but if it needs to be de-
fended, you should watch out.
By the time you need to accel-
erate, there arent any wickets
left, he said.
Demanding tour
India will be in Australia for a
long time since the World Cup
is also starting next month and
Dhoni said the four and a half
months away from home was
very demanding.
We have to use whatever
time is left before the World
Cup in a useful manner. Staying
four and a half months away
from home is difficult, but we
have to switch on and switch
off.
We need to switch on and
assess what needs to be done in
the nets, or wait in the hotel if
the need be, he said.
It was Englands first win af-
ter its loss to Australia in the
tournament-opener and skip-
per Eoin Morgan said he was
delighted at the outstanding
performance of his team.
Outstanding. We really put
a team performance, which I
was delighted with, said
Morgan.
And there were individual
performance. Steve Finn got
that bounce and made most of
it. Jimmy set the tone with an
early breakthrough. If it
swings, he tends to take
advantage.
It adds a hell of a lot of
weight to the side. Australia ve-
ry strong side at the moment,
we will continue to concentrate
on what we do well, he added.
PTI
Romuald Boco is
Bharat FCs
marquee player
NEW DELHI: Bharat FC bolstered
its squad for the 2014-15 I-
League football season by sign-
ing Romuald Boco as the mar-
quee player.
The 29-year-old Boco joins
Bharat FC from English League
One side Chesterfield FC. Boco
is a versatile midfielder but pre-
fers to play in advanced posi-
tions, having been mostly
deployed as an attacking mid-
fielder through large parts of
his career.
Bharat FC will play its first
ever I-League fixture against
Dempo SC on January 24.
PTI
decided that all qualifying
teams of Andhra Pradesh and
Telangana should take part sep-
arately in National Games.
In this regard, the IOA will
constitute committees to han-
dle the participation and entries
of teams from both States, the
letter said. Special
Correspondent
ND-ND
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Bengal downs
Karnataka
by 13 runs
KOLKATA: Host Bengal contin-
ued its winning run downing a
strong Karnataka side by 13
runs in a senior womens T20
plate group knock-out match
here at the Eden Gardens on
Tuesday.
Bengal posted 101 after opt-
ing to bat and Karnataka could
manage 88 runs losing nine
wickets in reply.
The scores:
Bengal 101 in 20 overs (Dipali
Shaw 29, K. Rakshita three for 14,
Rajeshwari three for 20) bt Karnataka
88 for nine in 20 overs (V. Karuna Jain
36, Gayatri Mal three for 13).
Assam 62 in 19.4 overs (Shikha
Pandey three for 14) lost to Goa 63 for
six in 19.1 overs (Shikha Pandey 26).
Lalu wins title
YAMUNA NAGAR: Lalu Taku
staved off a strong challenge
from Deepak Lather to claim
the boys' 62kg title in the Na-
tional junior weightlifting
championship here on Tues-
day.
Lather set a new snatch re-
cord by lifting 117kg and taking
a lead of seven kg.
However, Lalu fought back to
a hoist 142kg in clean and jerk
and beat Lather by an overall
margin of one kg.
The results:
Boys: 56kg: 1. Jamjang Deru
snatch 100kg, clean and jerk 137kg,
total 237kg; 2. M. Manoj Kumar 97kg,
128kg, 225kg; 3. Aruna Santa 96kg,
127kg, 223kg.
62kg: 1. Lalu Taku 110kg, 142kg,
252kg; 2. Deepak Lather 117kg,
134kg, 251kg; 3. T. Sudheer 109kg,
136kg, 245kg.
Girls: 48kg: 1. Poonam Dalal 71kg,
84kg, 155kg; 2. Dipali Gursale 68kg,
80kg, 148kg; 3. Reema Devi 63kg,
84kg, 147kg.
Djokovic and Wawrinka begin smoothly
Serena sails; former No.1s Wozniacki and Azarenka set up an intriguing second-round clash
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic led and I know he was injured, but I
a trail of the top mens seeds was getting more balls, espe-
into the second round at the cially third set, and I played a
Australian Open on a Tuesday much better third set.
that saw Stan Wawrinka make a Other seeded winners in-
successful return to the venue cluded Milos Raonic, David
that witnessed his life-chang- Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Gilles
ing moment. Simon and John Isner.
World No.1 Djokovic beat Lleyton Hewitt, playing in
World No.116 Aljaz Bedene 6-3, his 19th straight national open,
6-2, 6-4 as he begun his quest also advanced beating China's
for a fth title at Melbourne Zhang Ze in four sets.
Park. On the womens side, Serena
Djokovic has been dogged by Williams showed she was back
illness in the lead-up to the to her Grand Slam best, and for-
years rst major tournament. mer World No.1s Caroline
But after encountering early Wozniacki and Victoria Aza-
problems from Bedene he went renka set up an enticing sec-
on to secure passage into the ond-round clash.
next round. Its fading away. It Serena swept into the second
hasnt been an ideal couple of round demolishing Alison van
weeks in terms of health and Uytvanck of Belgium 6-0, 6-4.
preparation, Djokovic said. Petra Kvitova, seeded four,
But I fought my way through. Agnieszka Radwanska (6),
Now its behind me. Im only Wozniacki (8), last years nal-
looking forward. ist Dominika Cibulkova (11),
Djokovic broke Bedene four and Venus Williams (18) were
times and only had three break- among the other seeds to
points against his serve in the advance.
match. The upsets of
For a rst AUSTRALIAN OPEN the day in-
round perform- volved Jelena
ance it was pretty good, obvi- Jankovic (15), Andrea Petkovic
ously I still need to work on a (13) and Flavia Pennetta (12).
few things, Im still developing Wozniacki, who downed US
my game, Djokovic said. teenager Taylor Townsend 7-6
Wawrinka returned to Rod (1), 6-2, said she and Azarenka
Laver Arena to begin his title were good friends on tour al-
defence. The Swiss fourth seed, though the Belarussian was
who upset Rafael Nadal in the more focused on beating her
2014 nal, waltzed past Tur- rival. FLASH AND SUBSTANCE: The ever-colourful Gael Monfils clawed his way back from two sets down to survive his opener against Lucas
keys Marsel Ilhan 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 I know shes very dangerous Pouille. PHOTO: AFP
to safely negotiate the rst and we always had some tough
hurdle. matches. Id like to just focus
It was great to be back on on myself and what I can do to IMPORTANT RESULTS
Rod Laver Arena again, it build my game and prepare,
brings back so many memories said Azarenka, who defeated First round: Men: 1-Novak Djokov- 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4; 18-Gilles 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Den) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 7-6 Timea Babos (Hun) 6-4, 6-4; 26-Elina
from last year, Wawrinka said. Americas Sloane Stephens 6-3, ic (Srb) bt Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 6-3, 6-2, Simon (Fra) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 6-1, (Esp) bt Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) 6-7(1), (1), 6-2; 11-Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) Svitolina (Ukr) bt Yulia Putintseva
It was such an amazing two 6-2. 6-4; 4-Stan Wawrinka (Sui) bt Marsel 6-3, 6-4; 19-John Isner (USA) bt Jim- 7-5, 6-4, 1-0 retired; Marcel Granollers bt Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; (Kaz) 6-3, 7-5; 29-Casey Dellacqua
weeks so it was great to come Radwanska cruised past Ku- Ilhan (Tur) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2; 5-Kei Nishiko- my Wang (Tpe) 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4; Paolo (Esp) bt Stephane Robert (Fra) 6-3, Camila Giorgi (Ita) bt 12-Flavia Pen- (Aus) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut)
back here and I am pleased with rumi Nara 6-3, 6-0 and Venus ri (Jpn) bt Nicolas Almagro (Esp) 6-4, Lorenzi (Ita) bt 21-Alexandr Dolgopo- 6-4, 6-4; Gilles Muller (Lux) bt Pablo netta (Ita) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Madison Bren- 6-4, 6-0; 30-Varvara Lepchenko
my game in general and I'm ex- Williams dispatched Spains 7-6(1), 6-2; 8-Milos Raonic (Can) bt lov (Ukr) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Benjamin Beck- Carreno Busta (Esp) 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-6 gle (USA) bt 13-Andrea Petkovic (Ger) (USA) bt Vitalia Diatchenko (Rus) 6-3,
cited to start again. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-2, Illya Marchenko (Ukr) 7-6(3), 7-6(3), er (Ger) bt 25-Julien Benneteau (Fra) (3); Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Andrey 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3; Timea Bacsinszky 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Ons
Nishikori began with a hard- 6-2. 6-3; 9-David Ferrer (Esp) bt Thomaz 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Matthias Bachinger Golubev (Kaz) 6-1, 6-2, 7-6(6); Sergiy (Sui) bt 15-Jelena Jankovic (Srb) 6-1, Jabeur (Tun) 6-2, 6-3; Anna Tatishvili
fought opener against Spaniard I love the game, I love the Bellucci (Bra) 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3; (Ger) bt 27-Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 7-6 Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Dusan Lajovic 6-4; 18-Venus Williams (USA) bt Ma- (USA) bt Kimiko Date-Krumm (Jpn)
Nicolas Almagro, winning a thrill, I love the Go Venus, 12-Feliciano Lopez (Esp) bt Denis Ku- (1), 6-3, 6-1; 30-Santiago Giraldo (Col) (Srb) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4. ria-Teresa Torro-Flor (Esp) 6-2, 6-2; 7-5, 6-4; Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) bt
two-hour dogght 6-4, 7-6(1), said Venus Williams. dla (USA) 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8; bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Women: 1-Serena Williams (USA) 19-Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Zhang Shuai Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-1, 6-2; Daniela
6-2 on Margaret Court Arena. It takes a lot of work to get 13-Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) bt Do- 31-Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt bt Alison van Uytvanck (Bel) 6-0, 6-4; (Chn) 6-3, 6-2; 20-Samantha Stosur Hantuchova (Svk) bt Zheng Saisai
I'm getting close to the next to this level, so while I can play minic Thiem (Aut) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(5); James Ward (Gbr) 2-6, 6-0, 7-6(6), 4-Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Richel Ho- (Aus) bt Monica Niculescu (Rou) 6-4, (Chn) 6-4, 6-4; Victoria Azarenka (Brs)
level. Obviously, it was a really Im going to play, when I cant, Alejandro Gonzalez (Col) bt 16-Fabio 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Ze Zhang genkamp (Ned) 6-1, 6-4; 6-Agnieszka 6-1; 24-Garbine Muguruza (Esp) bt bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-3, 6-2;
tough rst match, he said. Ni- Im going to watch it on TV. Fognini (Ita) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4; 17-Gael (Chn) 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4; Jerzy Janow- Radwanska (Pol) bt Kurumi Nara Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 7-5, 6-0; 25- Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Frances-
colas could be seeded player, AFP Monfils (Fra) bt Lucas Pouille (Fra) icz (Pol) bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 7-6(5), (Jpn) 6-3, 6-0; 8-Caroline Wozniacki Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt ca Schiavone (Ita) 6-2, 6-2.

Shrivastava
slams 124
KOLKATA: Sanket Shrivastava
slammed an unbeaten 124 to
help Madhya Pradesh take a
massive rst innings lead
against Maharashtra on the
second day of the seminals of
the Vijay Merchant Trophy at
Cuttack.
75-run lead for Punjab
Punjab took a 75-run rst in-
nings lead against Bengal in the
other seminal.
The scores:
Maharashtra 155 & one for no loss
vs Madhya Pradesh 303 in 107.2
overs (Sanket Shrivastava 124 n.o.;
Soumitra Joshi four for 42, Shubham
Harpale three for 121).
Bengal 102 & 149 for two in 58
overs (Sudip Gharami 71 batting, A.
Chauhan 33 batting) vs Punjab 177 in
71.1 overs (Shubman Gill 109; Rosh-
an Singh three for 39, Souvik Paul four
for 42).
RANJI
SCHEDULE
Group A
Railways vs Jammu and
Kashmir: New Delhi
Karnataka vs Baroda:
Mysuru
Tamil Nadu vs Mumbai:
Chennai
Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal:
Ghaziabad
Group B
Gujarat vs Vidarbha: Surat
Maharashtra vs Delhi: Pune
Odisha vs Rajasthan:
Balangir
Saurashtra vs Haryana:
Rajkot
Group C
Goa vs Assam: Porvorim
Himachal Pradesh vs
Andhra: Dharamsala
Jharkhand vs Hyderabad:
Ranchi
Tripura vs Kerala: Agartala
ENGAGEMENTS
At New Delhi
Cricket: Ranji Trophy, Railways vs
Jammu & Kashmir, Karnail Singh
Stadium, 9.30 a.m.
At Ghaziabad
Ranji Trophy, Uttar Pradesh vs
Bengal, Mohan Meakin ground, 9.30
a.m.
DEATH
D. BALASUBRAMANIAN (76), Retired
Deputy Personnel Officer, The Hin-
du, Chennai, passed away on 20.01.
2015. Address: Plot No.46, Mohana-
puri, 4th Street, Adambakkam,
Chennai 600 088 Phone: 044
22532090.
CRICKET
ICC to crackdown on sledgers at WC
LONDON: International Cricket
Council chief executive David
Richardson said on Tuesday
the global governing body
would come down hard on
players who sledged or ver-
bally abused their opponents
at the upcoming World Cup.
During the course of an ex-
tensive interview on the ICC
website, former South Africa
wicketkeeper Richardson also
said officials were determined
to continue their campaign
against illegal bowling actions
and added he was condent
the World Cup would not be
blighted by match or
spot-xing.
Several high-prole inci-
dents in recent months have
led former Australia captain
Ian Chappell to say he fears it
can only be a matter of time
before things get so heated
that a physical clash ensues.
Meanwhile, New Zealand
great Martin Crowe has called
for the introduction of a yel-
Weather might play Delhi will look to build
spoilsport on its success
Principal Correspondent
GHAZIABAD: With its undulating
outeld and patchy grass, the
Mohan Meakin cricket stadium
seems markedly different from
a regular First Class cricket
venue. No stands for spectators
and battered sightscreens only
further the venues distance
from crickets elite.
Yet, the Ranji Trophy group
A encounter between Uttar
Pradesh and Bengal that begins
here on Wednesday is by no
means a landmark event. This
was where the nal of the 1977-
78 season, when Karnataka
reigned over UP, was played.
For UP, and indeed Bengal, a
group round elimination is a
veritable threat now.
After ve group games, the
host has won one match while
the visiting side is still looking
for its opening win. Compare
this to last season when Bengal
reached the semis while Uttar
Pradesh lost to eventual cham-
pion Karnataka in the last
eight. Since a draw helps nei-
ther side, the sight of a result-
oriented trace must have come
as a relief.
However, Bengal skipper
Laxmi Shukla has ruled out the
possibility of playing an extra
seamer. Despite a stiff calf,
Shukla is expected to function
as third medium pacer for the
visitor. For UP, R.P. Singh has
Over the last six months, or even going back
further to the last Ashes series, there have Players going too far
been too many examples of player
behaviour going too far and overstepping the
boundaries of acceptability
DAVID RICHARDSON,
ICC chief executive
low and red card system com-
mon to many other sports in a
bid to punish poor on-eld be-
haviour in cricket, which has
traditionally prided itself on
being a gentlemens game.
Unusual step
Indias ongoing tour of Aus-
tralia has been marred by nu-
merous verbal spats, with
Cricket Australia chief exec-
utive James Sutherland taking
the unusual step of publicly
telling David Warner to stop
looking for trouble after the
openers latest are-up saw
missed out on the squad after
picking up an injury against Ta-
mil Nadu in the previous round.
However, its the hosts batting
that has been the problem area
for the team management.
UPs highest score this sea-
son is just 307, although it did
declare at 299 for ve against
Jammu and Kashmir in anoth-
er match. Only Tanmay Srivas-
tava has scored a hundred in his
sides ongoing campaign, and
even his tournament average is
an uninspiring 36.44.
Lying bottom of the table on
seven points, UP trails Bengal
by three.
Considering theres a distinct
possibility of inclement weath-
er in the coming days, its un-
likely that enough play will be
possible for either side to post a
win.
The squads (from):
Uttar Pradesh: Piyush Chawla
(captain), Praveen Kumar, Tanmay
Srivastava, Parvinder Singh, Arish
Alam, Mukul Dagar, Eklavya Dwivedi,
Amit Mishra, Imtiyaz Ahmed, Ankit
Rajpoot, Kuldeep Yadav, Akashdeep
Nath, Umang Sharma, Himanshu As-
nora and Israr Khan.
Bengal: Laxmi Shukla (captain),
Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha, Arin-
dam Das, Sudip Chatterjee, Abhima-
nyu Easwaran, Shreevats Goswami,
Saurasish Lahiri, Writtick Chatterjee,
Veer Pratap Singh, Ashoke Dinda,
Amitava Banerjee, Pritam Chakrabor-
ty, Iresh Saxena and Sourav Sarkar.
Over the last six months,
or even going back further to
the last Ashes series, there
have been too many examples
him demand Indias Rohit
Sharma speak English dur-
ing a One-Day International
in Melbourne on Sunday.
Richardson said he was con-
dent the existing system,
whereby match referees over-
see disciplinary punishments
at major international x-
tures, could cope with disre-
spectful behaviour.
However, he insisted the
ICC had been stressing to on-
eld umpires the need to stop
such conduct at its source,
with the World Cup in Austra-
lia and New Zealand now less
Special Correspondent
PUNE: Pradeep Sangwan last
played for Delhi, against Vi-
darbha at Nagpur, in the last
week of December 2012.
Banned for 18 months for a
dope-offence in the IPL 2013,
the BCCI informed him last
November that he was eligible
to play again.
However, coach Vijay Dahiya
put an end to all speculations of
Sangwan being in the scheme of
things against Maharashtra,
which is placed third in the
group and will look for a big
breakthrough match in order
to advance to the knock-out
stage.
Sangwan, who replaced the
injured medium pace Navdeep
Saini in the team for the Ranji
trophy group B league match
against Maharashtra to start
here on Wednesday, took part
in group warm up sessions at
the Gahunje village stadium,
did upper-body drills with a
medicine ball, bowled and bat-
ted, but Dahiya was categorical.
We have played ve bowlers
so far, and we will continue
with this policy; but Pradeep
(Sangwan) will not be in the
eleven, he said.
Topping the table with 30
points, Delhis good run so far
has been due to the terric
work of its bowling unit com-
prising seamers Saini (16 wkts),
than a month away.
of player behaviour going too
far and overstepping the
boundaries of acceptability,
Richardson told
icc-cricket.com.
The amount of sledging
and disrespect shown by play-
ers to each other was bad.
Since then, we have done a
lot of work with our umpires
and match referees to ensure
they are much more pro-ac-
tive in terms of policing beha-
viour on the eld and when
players do overstep the mark
taking appropriate action.
The past year has also seen
a signicant increase in the
number of bowlers banned for
suspect actions, with Pakistan
off-spinner Saeed Ajmal the
most high-prole case. AFP
Sumit Narwal.
FILE PHOTO
Sumit Narwal (12), Parvinder
Awana (10), Rajat Bhatia (8),
off-spinner spinner Shivam
Sharma (13) and left-arm spin-
ner Varun Sood (19); the second
left arm spinner Manan Shar-
ma played one match and took
eight wickets.
There is not a single Delhi
bowler in the top 19 in the
leagues bowling honours; we
have taken 89 wickets and
many bowlers have shared it.
We have not been dependent
on one or two, said Dahiya.
Maharashtras bowlers have
as many as Delhis (89), but
REGIONAL ROUND-UP
Rajput beats Zaveri
CHANDIGARH: Local lad
Shashikant Rajput bounced
back strongly to beat the
seventh-seeded Aaryan Mehul
Zaveri of Gujarat 6-7(4), 6-4,
6-3 in the boys second round
of the HSBC Road to
Wimbledon AITA National
series under-14 tennis
tournament on the grass
courts of the Chandigarh Club
here on Tuesday.
The results (second round): Boys:
Himanshu Mor bt Akash Reddy 6-0,
6-0; Dev Javia bt Sammar Raina 6-3,
3-6, 6-2; Bhupender Dahiya bt
Kanishk Pal 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Rithwik
Choudary bt Sanskar Jeswani 6-2,
6-1; Divesh Gahlot bt S. Boopathy
2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Shashikant Rajput bt
Aaryan Mehul Zaveri 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-3;
Kevin Patel bt Shubham Saini 6-0,
6-1; Sandesh Kantimahanti bt
Sundari Arvind 6-1, 6-3; Dhrumil
Thakkar bt Tribhuvan Reddy 6-1, 7-5;
Mann Shah bt Nishant Dabas 6-1,
4-6, 6-4; Rhythm Malhotra bt Ajay
Malik 6-2, 6-0; Sacchitt Sharrma bt
Lanka Suhit Reddy 6-0, 6-1.
Girls: Mubashira Anjum Shaik bt
they have come at the cost of
2,244 runs as against Delhis
1,537.
The wicket here does not
support the spinners, and its
not at; it offers bounce. We
will not try and play safe, said
Maharashtra captain Rohit
Motwani, knowing that the
odds are stacked against his
team.
However, Sangwan will have
to wait a while to add to his tally
of 123 First Class wickets. His
inclusion will now hinge on a
range of circumstances the Del-
hi think-tank and captain Gau-
tam Gambhir may act upon,
from favourable pitch condi-
tions to injury to other per-
forming bowlers.
Clearly Delhi does not want
anything to get in the way of
Sainis return to the XI once he
is declared t.
The teams (from): Maharashtra:
Rohit Motwani (captain), Harshad
Khadiwale, Shrikant Mundhe, Swapnil
Gugale, Chirag Khurana, Kedar Jad-
hav, Rahul Tripathi, Ankit Bawne,
Sangram Attitkar, Akshay Darekar,
Dominic Muthuswamy, Anupam San-
klecha, Samad Fallah,Nikit Dhumal,
Naushad Shaikh.
Delhi: Gautam Gambhir (captain),
Virender Sehwag, Unmukt Chand,
Mithun Manhas, Varun Sood, Rajat
Bhatia, Vaibhav Rawal, Puneet Bisht,
Pradeep Sangwan, Parvinder Awana,
Sumit Narwal, Shivam Sharma, Milind
Kumar, Vikas Tokas, Manan Sharma.
Kaavya Sawhney 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Aesha
Hiten Patel bt Alisha Menon 4-6, 6-3,
7-5; Tanisha Kashyap bt Dharana
Anand 6-2, 6-3; Kiran Kalkal w/o
Shaikh Humera; Chetna Kumari bt
Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa 6-1, 6-2; Richa
Chougule bt Anu Verma 6-0, 6-4;
Rashmikaa Shrivalli bt Diya Chauhan
6-2, 6-0; Shreya Gulia bt Vanshika
Choudhary 6-1, 6-0; Rachana Reddy
bt Smriti Singh 6-4, 6-1; Sai Dedeepya
bt Princy Panchal 6-3, 6-2; Muskan
Gupta bt Shambhavi Tiwari 6-3, 6-1;
Reetika Grewal bt Sanya Singh 6-2,
7-6(3); Shivani Amineni bt Sandeepti
Singh Rao 6-2, 6-3.
St. Stephens
retains title
NEW DELHI: Defending
champion St. Stephens College
beat Hansraj College 3-0 to
retain the crown in the Delhi
University inter-collegiate
squash tournament. This was
St. Stephen's sixth successive
title.
The result (final): St. Stephens
College 3 (Kunj Bansal bt Arjun
Minocha 3-1, Anshul Jain bt Harshit
Muchhal 3-1, Utkarsh Kumar bt
Abhishek Kumar 3-1) bt Hansraj
Desperate for points
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: Railways and Jam-
mu & Kashmir are praying to
beat the rain forecast in the
next two days and have a full-
length Ranji Trophy Group A
match, starting at the Karnail
Singh Stadium here from
Wednesday.
Seven teams are placed with-
in seven points between second
and eighth spots. With the
league stage entering the deci-
sive phase, Railways and Jam-
mu & Kashmir, which managed
a point each from their last en-
gagements, are desperate to
break the mid-table logjam.
Jammu & Kashmir, which
impressed in its win over mul-
tiple champion Mumbai and
rst-innings lead against Baro-
da, is fth with 11 points from
six matches. Railways, which
drew four of its ve matches to
be slotted at seventh with 10
points, is not far behind.
According to Jammu &
Kashmir skipper and promi-
nent all-rounder Pervez Rasool
his team was not a pushover
anymore with the seasons
fourth best run-getter Ian Dev
Singh, Adil Reshi, Rasool and
Bandeep Singh providing depth
to the batting line-up.
Seamer Ram Dayal, with 20
wickets from ve matches, is a
potent weapon in the Jammu &
Kashmir attack. Besides, a bat-
tery of faster bowlers such as
Samiullah Beigh, Umar Nazir
and Mohammed Mudhasir
and some effective spinners
College 0.
Punjab varsity
triumphs
MANGALURU: Punjab University,
Patiala emerged overall
champion of the 75th all-India
inter-university athletics
championship at Moodbidri
near here on Tuesday.
Mangalore University was
runner-up.
Fourteen records were re-
written during the meet.
List of new record-holders: Men:
Sreenith Mohan (Mangalore
University, high jump); Vijay Singh
Malik (Calicut University, 400m
hurdles); Jadhav Sanjivini (Punjab
University, 5000m & 10,000m); Lalith
Mathur (University of Delhi, 400m);
Wagh Suresh (Savithribai Phule
University, 1500m); K.M. Rachana
(Punjab University, hammer); M.
Naresh (Hyderabad University,
steeplechase); University of Kerala
(4x100m relay, men).
Women: Anilda Thomas (M.G.
University, 400m); Navjeet Kaur
(GNDU Amritsar, shot put); Khushbir
Kaur (Punjab University, 5000m walk);
M.G. University team (4x400m relay).
including off-break bowler Ra-
sool and left-arm spinner Wa-
seem Raza offer a lot of
variety.
Floods in Kashmir might
have denied the team any home
match, but coach Sunil Joshi
felt that it was a blessing in dis-
guise for the players as they now
played away from their comfort
zone and had gathered valuable
experience.
The team looked ready for
the challenge of playing on a wet
pitch with a thick cover of green
grass.
Railways has regained some
strength after the return of all-
rounder Karn Sharma from the
tour of Australia. On a track that
holds some promise for the pac-
ers, Karns inclusion will give
the host the exibility to add an
additional seamer and press
hard for an outright win.
We just hope to have a full
match and go for the kill, said
Railways coach Harvinder
Singh.
The teams (from): Railways: Ma-
hesh Rawat (capt., wk.), Arindam
Ghosh, Anustup Majumdar, Nitin
Bhille, Anureet Singh, Amit Paunikar,
Arnab Nandi, Amit Mishra, Abhishek
Kaushik, Ranjit Mali, Ashish Yadav,
Karn Sharma, Krishna Kant Upadhyay,
Rohan Bhosale, Prashant Awasthi.
Jammu & Kashmir: Pervez Rasool
(capt.), Ram Dayal (vice-capt.), Ian
Dev Singh, Bandeep Singh, Shumb-
ham Punir, Imran Haroon, Ubaid Ha-
roon (wk.), Umar Nazir, Mohammaed
Mudhasir, Mahzoor Ali, Aditya Pratap
Singh, Paras Sharma, Waseem Raza,
Vimansh Kaw, Rouf Bisati.

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FAITH
Jaipur Literature Festival begins today Im No 1 snubbed:
Aniston
LOS ANGELES:
Message of the story Aarti Dhar Coronation Streets
Jennifer Aniston
is surprised to
see the support
Andal sang of the glory of Lord Narayanas feet in His JAIPUR: The eighth edition of Anne Kirkbride dies that she
incarnations as Trivikrama, Rama and Krishna. the ZEE Jaipur Literature LONDON: Coronation Street received after
Periazhvar who imagined himself to be Yasoda, Festival, all set to open on star Anne Kirkbride, who she was snubbed for an Oscar
nurturing baby Krishna, sang that as Krishna walked, Wednesday, will see a galaxy of played the character Deirdre nomination for her role in
His feet left impressions of the conch and discus, literary and musical stars Barlow in the longrunning Cake.
showing that He was the Supreme One. It is these come together. The organisers television soap, has died aged Yeah, Im the No. 1 snubbed.
celebrated feet that He put on the heads of everyone in expect over two lakh visitors 60 after a short illness. She Thats the silver lining, right?,
all worlds when He took the Trivikrama avatara. during the event. passed away peacefully in a Aniston joked to Ellen
Mahabali was the only one who bent his head before To be inaugurated by Chief Manchester hospital. - PTI DeGeneres. - PTI
the Lord, and asked Him to place His foot on his head. Minister Vasundhara Raje, the
But Mahabalis request resulted in a blessing for event is seen as an agenda-set-
everyone, said P.T. Seshadri, in a discourse. ter on key issues from the Shakira, Pique throw baby shower with UNICEF
The Trivikrama avatara has some important global economic crisis to the
messages for us. A disciple of Nanjeeyar, however, got rise of e-books, the current LOS ANGELES: Pop star Shakira and her boyfriend Gerard Pique are
it all wrong. After hearing the narration of the state of politics in the Middle hosting a World Baby Shower campaign for UNICEF to welcome
Trivikrama avatara, he said that the message of the East to the increasing impor- their second baby.
story that he had picked up was that the good will tance of Indian language pub- The couple are expanding their original World Baby Shower
perish! Mahabali was not a bad king. And yet he was lishing. This year the festival initiative they came up with when celebrating a baby shower for
banished to the netherworld. Sukracharya did the will look at gender equity in their first child Milan, reported Ace Showbiz.
right thing by advising his king and warning him to India in a series titled Women Now that we are soon welcoming our second child, we want to help
beware of Vamana. But Sukracharya lost an eye! So Uninterrupted, supported by other children around the world and also
those who do the right things suffer, concluded the U.N. Women to mark the 20th Jaipurs Diggi Palace is all set for the Jaipur Literature Festival. contribute to a longlasting solution for
disciple. anniversary of the Beijing - PHOTO: ROHIT JAIN PARAS getting children living in extreme poverty the
Nanjeeyar then corrected him and pointed out the Conference on Gender, lead- supplies they need to survive," Shakira said.
real message of the story. Mahabali had always paid ing up to the world summit at focus on heritage and culture, Waters, Kamila Shamsie, Amit transformed the way South The Waka Waka hitmaker shared on Facebook
heed to his guru Sukracharya. But he did not obey the U.N. this September, as supported by Rajasthan Chauduri and Eimer McBride. Asian writing views itself and two photos of her and her family posing
him when Sukracharya warned him not to grant well as The Seven Deadly Sins Tourism. its place in the world. together for the campaign. - PTI
Vamana His wishes. So Mahabali had to pay for that polarise society. The Poetic Imagination Three prizes William Dalrymple, author
ignoring his gurus advice. As for Sukracharya, there is There will also be sessions will be the theme of a keynote This year the festival will see and another co-director, said
a rule that one should not stop anyone from donating on the exile and identity of the speech to be delivered by ac- the announcement of three this years programme was the
or giving to others. By trying to stop Mahabali from
agreeing to Vamanas request, Sukracharya was trying
indigenous people of Austra-
lia, the road ahead for the sub-
claimed writer and translator
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra,
prizes, including the DSC biggest.
Prize for South Asian Litera- Each year we showcase lit-
India is worlds second most
to stop Balis act of giving. So he had to pay for this,
and lost an eye.
continent as well
conversations on the contem-
as Sahitya Akademi Award win-
ner Ashok Vajpeyi and Pulitz-
ture, the Ojas Art Award and erary India to the world, and
Khushwant Singh Memorial world literature to India, he trusted nation: survey
porary status of Sanskrit and er Prize winner Vijay Seshadri. Prize for Poetry. The festival is added. The ZEE Jaipur Liter-
DAVOS: Moving up the ranks, neutral nations as per the
the dualistic rise of China and Other highlights over the five working with 42 corporate ature Festival has become syn-
FROM THE ARCHIVES India. days include the participation partners, educational institu- onymous with the best
India has emerged as the sec- trust index, the survey said.
ond most trusted country in India, which last year saw
The festival will go beyond of Nobel Laureate V.S Naipaul, tions, government depart- creative minds on the planet. the world in terms of faith the BJP-led NDA govern-
Chinese active in the four walls of Diggi Palace Man Booker Prize winner ments, trusts and foundations. Each of them brings his or her reposed on its institutions ment storming to power at
Ceylon and hold over 300 events at 10 Eleanor Catton, renowned It has booked 4,000 hotel own unique voice to the festiv- even as globally trust levels the Centre, stands tall.
(dated January 21, 1965) venues, including the Music travel writer Paul Theroux, nights to host over 300 speak- al, adding up to a multitude ofhave fallen, says a survey. According to the report, an
About 100 students Stage at Clarks Amer, the Jai- legends of the silver screen ers and over 140 musicians. views and opinions,' said San-
As the worlds rich and alarming evaporation of
Rail track to staged a demonstration pur BookMark at Narain Ni- Waheeda Rehman, Naseerud- According to Namita Gok- joy Roy, Managing Director of powerful gather in the Swiss trust has happened across all
before the Chinese was and two special sessions at din Shah and Shabana Azmi as hale, author and festival co-di- Teamwork Arts, and producer
Dhanushkodi Embassy in Colombo on Amer Fort and Hawa Mahal to well as leading novelists Sarah rector, the event has of the festival.
resort of Davos, a study by institutions, reaching the
public relations firm Edel- lows of the Great Recession in
Experts would go into January 20. They carried
man has found that general 2009.
the question of a new placards which read
level of trust in institutions Trust in government, busi-
road communication or
re-laying of the railway
track to reach
Hands off Ceylon and
We do not want Red
Chinese jugglery. There
Amazon to take JLF closer to book lovers among college-educated peo-
ple around the globe are at
ness, media and NGOs in the
general population is below
Dhanushkodi, which is were reports in the local Aarti Dhar Awake by Rashmi Bansal, Res- set up a kiosk so that visitors Facebook and Twitter han- levels not seen since 2009 in 50 per cent in two-thirds of
now isolated, said the Press during the last few tart by Mihir Sharma, India can not only browse through dles. Books in Hindi and other many of the markets it countries, including the U.S.,
Union Railway Minister, days that the Chinese had JAIPUR: Amazon.in, Indias Shastra by Shashi Tharoor and some of the best sellers of Indian languages will be avail- surveyed. U.K. and Germany, it said.
largest online store, has part- In Other Words by Javed 2014 and new launches of able at the Amazon.in kiosk at Trust in institutions in In- From fifth most trusted in
Mr. S.K. Patil who was bought large stocks of
talking to newsmen at five-cent stamps causing nered with Jaipur Literature Akhtar. 2015 but also experience Kin- JLF and also on the JLF Store dia has improved sharply in 2014, India has now become
Festival (JLF) to bring the fes- The festival has emerged dle devices and the world of on Amazon.in. 2015 with the country moving the second-most trusted in
Mandapam after their shortage in the
travelling up to country. The two local tival closer to book lovers as one of the biggest events in e-reading. Amazon.in will also provide up three notches to the sec- 2015 with a score of 79 per
Rameswaram Road on the dailies reported that Mr. across India. India which sees the con- Customers will get to en- gift coupons to those who ond place among 27 nations. cent in the barometer. The
As official book partner of fluence of readers and writers gage with prominent authors make a purchase at the Ama- While the number of study has put India Prime
Pamban-Dhanushkodi Dudley Senanayake,
section on the repaired United National Party the JLF this year, it will create and the publishing industry, including Girish Karnad, zon.in kiosk so that they can truster countries are at an Minister Narendra Modis
track. leader, was being a special JLF Store on its mar- according to Samir Kumar, Di- Javed Akhtar, Ashwin Sanghi, avail discounts for their next all-time low of six in 2015 in- image on the first page.
The Minister followed in his electorate ketplace. The store that goes rector Catefory Management, Rajdeep Sardesai, Mihir Shar- online purchases. On offer is cluding UAE, India, China The list is topped by UAE
emphasised that some by the Chinese. live with the inauguration of Amazon India. Through the ma, Naseeruddin Shah, Bibek also a special discount of Rs. and Netherlands, the number with 84 per cent trust.
kind of communication the festival will be a one-stop special JLF Store we are de- Debroy, Sudha Murthy, Shob- 1,000 on all Kindle models of distruster countries has Indonesia (78 per cent),
with Dhanushkodi had to Capitation fees destination for customers lighted to provide an opportu- haa De, Salima Hashmi, Amit purchased at the kiosk. grown significantly to 13 in- China (75 per cent), Singa-
be re-established. Part of The Education across India to access books of nity to those who are not able Chaudhuri, Basharat Peer, Customers across India get cluding Japan, Russia, Hong pore (65 per cent) and Neth-
the shore at Dhanushkodi Minister, Mr. S.R. Kanthi, their favourite authors from to attend this event in person, Rashmi Bansal and many a chance to win original au- Kong, South Africa and Italy. erlands (64 per cent) are the
the festival as well as purchase to be part of it, he said. more at the kiosk and also tographed copies of various Brazil, Malaysia, France others that have recorded
has been washed away stated in the Mysore
new releases such as Arise, At the event, Amazon.in will through the Amazon India bestsellers. and the US are among the 8 highest levels of trust. PTI
and quite a large area of Legislative Assembly on
land had also January 20 that the Govt.
permanently gone under was against the collection
water. Mr. Patil said the
main task of
of capitation fees by
private engineering
Indian novelist reaches finals of
reconstruction of the
Pamban rail-bridge was
colleges in the State.
Answering questions top American literary award
going on and he expressed from Mr. G.V. Gowd
the hope that it would be (Ind.) the Education NEW YORK: An India-born include Red Earth and
completed before the end Minister said that two novelist has been named Pouring Rain, published in
of June. Universities were not in among the finalists for one 1995, which won the
favour of capitation fees. of the most prestigious Commonwealth Writers
American literary awards for Prize for Best First Book
his work about the culture of and the David Higham Prize
THE HINDU CROSSWORD 11297 Vulcan computer programming and
classical Indian aesthetics.
for Fiction. His novel
Sacred Games published in
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Delhi-born Vikram 2006 won the Hutch
Chandra, 53, is the finalist in Crossword Award for
the criticism category for his English Fiction for 2006
9 10 non-fiction work Geek and a Salon Book Award for
11 Sublime: The Beauty of 2007.
Code, the Code of Beauty It was a finalist for the
12 13
for the National Book Critics National Book Critics Circle
Circle (NBCC) Awards. Award for Fiction and was
14 15 16 17 18 The non-fiction work included on numerous Best
about the culture of of the Year lists, according
computer programming and to his website. Mr. Chandra
19 20 21 22 classical Indian aesthetics also co-wrote the Bollywood
was published in 2013 as film Mission Kashmir
Mirrored Mind: My Life in starring Sanjay Dutt,
23 24 25 26
Letters and Code and in Hrithik Roshan, Preity
- 2014 as Geek Sublime: Zinta, and Jackie Shroff.
27 28 Writing Fiction, Coding The awards will be
Software. The book has presented on March 12.
been published in the U.S. as Legendary American
29 30 Geek Sublime: The Code of novelist Toni Morrison, 83
Beauty, the Beauty of Code. will receive the Ivan
Mr. Chandra currently Sandrof Lifetime
Across 4 After the end of wedding, teaches creative writing at Achievement Award for
1 Asian got mugged in this city girl's family in a pickle (7) the University of California, being a powerful catalyst in
(8) 6 Awed by setter, reports according to the biography reshaping literary culture
5 Fine home in silent editor (9) on his website. over the past half century.
neighbourhood (6) 7 Uncover Nehru and His other acclaimed works PTI
9 Happy about top protection daughter's top secret (9)
given to first lady! (8) 8 Mysterious English lake (5)
10 Web designer picked 11 Design department coming up
primarily into a team (4) Indian-origin boy builds Braille
leading in research (6) 15 Movement of my limbs so
12 I don't fume at others (9)
13 Mountain place sounding like
badly affected (9)
16 Swim and in the end, fish, for
printer, starts company
8 (5) long (9) SANTA CLARA (US): In Silicon I just thought that price
14 Remains a girl that doesn't 18 In this German town, mostly Valley, its never too early to should not be there. I know that
keep time (5) doctors go around in black become an entrepreneur. Just there is a simpler way to do
17 Magazine seller's recently- tie! (5,4) ask Indian-origin 13-year-old this, said Shubham, who dem-
acquired small place (9) 20 Indian godman without a bit Shubham Banerjee. onstrated how his printer
19 Adding together and of dignity or a hint of The California eighth-grader works at the kitchen table,
recapping (7,2) morality (4) has launched a company to de- where he spent many late
22 Scheme to avoid (5) 21 Team's project extremely velop low-cost machines to nights building it with a Lego
23 Clearly admitted, orally (5) boring (7) print Braille, the tactile writing Mindstorms EV3 kit.
24 Understanding of war in a 23 Change seen in guys after a system for the visually im- Shubham wants to develop a
sense that is different (9) date (5) paired. Tech giant Intel Corp desktop Braille printer that
27 Team consumed by anger, 25 Bowler has no right to bend recently invested in his start- costs around $350 and weighs
upset with a drink (6) this (5) up, Braigo Labs. just a few pounds, compared
28 Dull edge of player's old hat 26 Oily thing resulting from fuel Shubham built a Braille with current models that can
(8) emission (5) printer with a Lego robotics kit weigh more than nine kg. The
29 Spoil lawyer's dirty game (6) as a school science fair project machine could be used to print
30 Freezing point begins here Solution to puzzle 11296 last year after he asked his par- Braille reading materials on pa-
(4,4) ents a simple question: How do per, using raised dots instead of
Down C H E S T N U T P S Y C H E
O A E M A H L blind people read? Google it, ink, from a personal computer
1 Creases removed WA R D R O B E O F F I C E
they told him. or electronic device.
A L S R O E N P
completely, basically after R H YM E A U T O G R A P H Shubham then did some on- My end goal would probably
applying special powders D B
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(9) S R E R N T
to learn that Braille printers, ple ... using my Braille printer,
E N D E M I C E L D E S T
2 Cloth many Londoners wear T Y A X I L also called embossers, cost at said Shubham, who lives in the
(5) P E D A G O G U E R O D E O
O O U Y C A E A least $2,000, too expensive for Silicon Valley suburb of Santa
3 Supporter, one with a broad I N U R E D T U R B O J E T
N S S T B O H most blind readers, especially Clara, just minutes away from
smile (1-4) T R E A T Y R E L I A B L E in developing countries. Intel headquarters. AP
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