CAPSULE

JUSTICE JS VERMA
PASSES AWAY
New Delhi:
Former Chief
Justice of
India, Justice
JS Verma
passed away
on Monday
at the age of
80 due to
multiple
organ failure. He headed the panel
formed to make the rape law
stricter after the brutal rape and
murder of a paramedical student in
the national Capital on
December 16.
SC NOTICE TO TRAI TO FIX
CAP ON SMS CHARGE
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
issued notices on Monday to the
Centre and TRAI on a plea
seeking its direction to the
Government to fix cost-based
tariff as cap for SMSes in view
of "arbitrary charges" being
levied by telecom operators.
Q STANDS DISCHARGED
IN BOFORS CASE: ANTONY
New Delhi: The Government
does not plan to launch any
fresh probe into the Bofors gun
deal and Ottavio Quattrocchi
stands "discharged" as he could
not be extradited even after 20
years of registration of the case,
Defence Minister AK Antony
said.
ARMY TO DNA
PROFILE SOLDIERS
New Delhi: Army soldiers will
have their DNA profile stored in
a data bank under a project laun-
ched by the Armed Forces Med-
ical Services that will facilitate
identification of bodies during
any operation, attack or mishap.
PNS n NEW DELHI
F
ormer Telecom Minister A
Raja on Monday rubbished
JPC Chairman PC Chackos
clean chit to Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and Finance
Minister P Chidambaram and
submitted a 100-page report
holding them equally respon-
sible for decisions taken in
spectrum allotment.
There was more trouble in
store for Chacko as the BJP and
DMK gave breach of privilege
notices against him, and the
Tamil Nadu party went further
seeking his removal from the
post of JPC Chairman.
In his submission Raja,
who was denied permission for
a personal appearance before
the JPC by Chacko, claimed he
took all decisions with the
concurrence of Manmohan
Singh and Chidambaram
Accusing Chacko of deny-
ing him an opportunity to
depose before the JPC, Raja
said in the covering note:
Despite my repeated requests,
you have decided not to permit
me to depose before the JPC. In
my letter dated April 9, I had
specifically informed you that
I was sending a detailed writ-
ten statement. Even without
waiting for my statement, you
have prepared a draft report
and also leaked it to the media.
I would submit that this is not
the way the JPC is expected to
function.
Raja also blamed Chacko
for not keeping the promise of
providing the copy of Attorney-
General Vahanvatis deposi-
tion against him. I always
had concerns about the credi-
bility of the JPC, the procedure
it is adopting and the report it
will ultimately give, and my
concerns appear to be justified,
said Raja, claiming, he can
provide more documents to
prove his innocence.
Sources close to Raja said,
he had submitted all minutes of
his meeting with
Chidambaram on agreement
with spectrum pricing and
offloading of shares to multi-
national companies. He also
produced the meeting details
with the Prime Minister along
with Chidambaram.
While Raja blamed
Manmohan Singh in his sub-
mission, the BJP lambasted
Chacko for the "malicious
activity" of indicting former
Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee in the report.
Chacko defended himself
saying he did not name any-
body and described only what
happened during the period
and the post of the persons.
In the Lok Sabha, BJP
leader Yashwant Sinha and
DMK leader TR Baalu and in
the Rajya Sabha BJP leader Ravi
Shankar Prasad submitted
breach of privilege notices.
The way the JPC draft
report was made public by
none other than the JPC
Chairman himself in order to
condemn the NDAregime and
hold us guilty, is a case in point
that they are playing pure pol-
itics, Sinha told the media after
filing the notice.
Slamming the draft JPC
report on the 2Gscamfor mak-
ing observations on decisions
taken during the NDA regime,
BJP leader Jaswant Singh said
it was absurd to find faults with
then Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee.
I find it absurd and total
travesty of facts to find fault
with the functioning of a Prime
Minister like Atal Bihari
Vajpayee. I am not concerned
about what the report has to say
on my functioning as the then
Finance Minister. This is not a
document worth the paper on
which it is printed, he told
reporters outside Parliament
House. Singh, a former Finance
Minister, is a member of the
JPC on the 2G scam.
Continued on Page 5
PNS n NEW DELHI
T
he BJP is no mood to allow
the Parliament to function
if Law Minister Ashwani
Kumar does not clarify charges
of alleged vetting of the CBIs
report on the coal scam.
Adding to the
Governments troubles is a TV
channel report that the CBI was
set to tell the Supreme Court
that the Law Minister did
interfere with the
report.
On a day when
Ashwani Kumar
virtually went into
hiding, Rajya Sabha
saw vociferous
demands for his
personal appear-
ance before the House.
When Minister of State
for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv
Shukla said he would have to
locate the Minister and check
with himwhether he was avail-
able for making a statement,
Leader of Opposition Arun
Jaitley retorted that he hoped
the Government would find
the Law Minister before the
CBI filed its affidavit in the
Supreme Court.
BJP leader M Venkaiah
Naidu quipped that it looked
like Minister for Personnel V
Narayansamy would have to
ask the CBI to find out the
whereabouts of the Law
Minister.
In the midst of all this,
CNN-IBN reported that the
CBI, in an affidavit, is set to tell
the Supreme Court that the
probe agencys report on coal
block allocation scam was
shared with the Law Ministry
on its request and the latter had
also vetted the report.
The channel claimed that
the CBI affidavit will also
include the original status report
on the coal block allocation
scam, which concluded that
there was a lack of transparen-
cy in the Centres coal policy.
The role of the Prime Ministers
Office (PMO) and the
Government in coal allocations
is also part of the CBI report.
Rajya Sabha was rocked
over the issue with the
Opposition and Treasury
benches strongly differing on
rules for suspending the
Question Hour to discuss the
Governments alleged interfer-
ence in preparing the CBI
report and summoning the
LawMinister for personal clar-
ifications.
Taking a toughstandonthe
twin issues, the BJP said
unless Ashwani Kumar
clarified his stand in
Parliament, the
House will not
function.
If the
Government is
not ready for a
fair debate on
this issue, the Opposition
cannot be expected to cooper-
ate in the smooth functioning
of the House, Deputy Leader
of BJP in Rajya Sabha Ravi
Shankar Prasad told reporters.
Amotion for suspension of
Question Hour moved by V
Maitreyan (AIADMK) was
declared infructuous by Deputy
Chairman PJ Kurien on the
grounds that the matter ended
at 12 noon with the Question
Hour. That motion has
become infructuous because
Question Hour is over.
Whether it was voted or not,
that issue has become infruc-
tuous at 12 oclock, Kurien
said. Chairman Hamid Ansari
had admitted Maitreyan' s
motion out of eight notices
received by the Chair on vari-
ous issues. Ravi Shankar Prasad
and DMKleader TShiva point-
ed out that they had also given
a notice for suspension of
Question Hour to discuss
alleged leakage of the JPC
report on the 2G scam.
Continued on Page 5
New Delhi: The National Human Rights
Commission (NHRC) on Monday sought reports
from the Home Ministry, External Affairs
Ministry and Delhi Government over 500
Pakistani Hindu refugees living in a 28-room
dilapidated building in south Delhi.
We have issued notice to the secretaries of
Home Ministry, Ministry
Of External Affairs and
chief secretary to Delhi
Government, calling for
reports within four
weeks, an official of the
NHRC told IANS.
Around 500 people
crossed over to India on
March 9 on the pretext of
visiting the Maha Kumbh
in Allahabad. The group
reached Delhi on March
10 and took refuge in a
28-room building owned
by Nahar Singh in
Bijwasan. These refugees
are demanding Indian citizenship. The
Commission is concerned about the deplorable
conditions in which these refugees are living. The
plight of their children is particularly worrisome...
The issue needs to be handled in a humanitari-
an manner, the official added. IANS
ANUP SHARMA n MANAS (BTAD)
I
n a remarkable success story,
a hand-reared rhino which
was rehabilitated in Manas
National Park as part of the
reintroduction programme has
given birth to a female calf in
the wild. This is the first such
birth in the country.
Ganga, the then three-
month-old female calf, was
rescued by forest officials from
floods in Kaziranga National
Park in July 2004. She was shift-
ed to Centre for Wildlife
Rehabilitation and
Conservation (CWRC) near
Kaziranga, where she was
hand-reared by animal keepers.
CWRC is being run by
International Fund for Animal
Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India
(IFAW-WTI).
In 2007, Ganga was
moved to the wild in Manas as
part of the rhino translocation
programme. She gave birth to
a female calf in the park recent-
ly, said Vivek Menon,
Executive Director, WTI, and
Regional Director, South Asia,
IFAW. The newborn is a
healthy female and has been
named Dharti, meaning earth,
as a tribute, he added.
Dhartis birth marks a mile-
stone in the Rhino
Rehabilitation Project, a joint
venture of the Assam Forest
Department and IFAW-WTI.
This is very special for all
of us. The situation of rhinos
across the world has been
depressing, with so many
poached for their horns in the
past year. In this seemingly-
bleak scenario, the instances
like this are what keep us opti-
mistic and spirited to do more,
Menon said.
Dr Rathin Barman, Senior
Adviser, WTI, and CWRC
incharge, while recalling the
rescue of Ganga, said, she was
severely injured and trauma-
tised, and our veterinarians
and animal keepers worked
hard to save her. Her ability to
give birth exemplifies the bal-
ance of wildlife welfare and
conservation that CWRC is
known for, he said.
Manas Park had lost all its
rhinos by the 1990s as the area
reeled under severe civil
conflict. It was then declared a
World Heritage Site in danger.
A number of initiatives,
including the reintroduction,
have been implemented here
since peace was largely
restored in early 2000s. It was
only in 2011 that the
park regained its World
Heritage Site.
Ganga was one of the first
rhinos to reach Manas. This
birth marks yet another crucial
milestone in our efforts to
bring Manas back to its former
glory, said Dr Bhaskar
Choudhury, Regional Head,
IFAW-WTI.
Kampa Borgoyari, deputy
chief of the Bodoland
Territorial Council that runs
the administration in BTAD,
congratulated the frontline staff
who saved Ganga fromdrown-
ing, and the entire team of vet-
erinarians, animal keepers and
biologists, for successfully
hand-raising her and finally
releasing her in Manas.
We are still facing diffi-
culties in wildlife conservation,
but we are also achieving suc-
cesses. While we continue to
fight against the difficulties, we
will also use these moments to
celebrate and vow to do more.
PNS n NEW DELHI
T
he demand for death penalty in
rape cases was raised strongly
in Rajya Sabha on Monday as
members, cutting across party
lines, expressed shock and grief
over the gruesome rape of a five-
year-old child in Delhi recently.
The members also urged the
Government to hold an all-party
meeting to discuss additional mea-
sures required to be included in the
recently-enacted anti-rape legisla-
tion to make it more stringent in
order to prevent recurrence of
such crimes.
The debate also saw Congress
and BJP members clashing and
accusing each other of politicizing
the rape issue. While the BJP
attacked the Congress for the
Governments failure in checking
rising incidents of rape, the ruling
party highlighted occurrence of
such incidents in Opposition ruled
States like Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh and Gujarat.
Initiating the debate, BJP leader
Maya Singh expressed shock that
a candle and bottle were found in
the rape victims body. She said that
a police officer was seen slapping
a woman protester and police gave
the victims family Rs 2,000 not to
lodge a complaint. This showed
the utter failure of the Delhi Police,
she said. She also said that the
National Commission for Women
had failed to protect women.
She demanded that since the
culprit had already admitted to his
crime, he should be immediately
hanged instead of going through
the lengthy procedure of a trial.
Also, the Government must
call an all-party meeting so that any
lacunae in the recently-enacted law
can be filled and it becomes an
effective deterrent, she said.
Congress MP Prabha Thakur
highlighted the high number of
rape incidents in MP, Chhattisgarh,
Punjab and Bihar. But when the
BJP members objected to her tar-
geting Opposition-ruled States and
not raising the incidents in Delhi,
she launched a counter offensive by
accusing the Opposition of focus-
ing on the JPC issue and not
showing concern over the plight of
rape victims.
Continued on Page 5
MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL n
NEW DELHI
T
he Delhi Police is all set to
amend the FIRin the brutal rape
of the 5-year-old girl into a gang-
rape case. Sources said that 19-year-
old Pradeep Kumar, who was arrest-
ed from Bihar in the wee hours of
Monday, had also raped the girl.
Initially, a case under Sections
342, 366-A, 376, 307, of the IPC and
several other sections of Prevention
of Children from Sexual Offences
Act (POCSO) was registered at
Gandhi Nagar police station. The
police have nowinvoked the sections
of gang-rape and criminal conspir-
acy after Manoj Kumar Sahi con-
fessed to the brutal gang rape, with
his friend Pradeep Kumar.
Meanwhile, the condition of
the girl, undergoing treatment at
AIIMS, remained stable with signs
of recovery on Monday. According
to the medical bulletin, her wounds
were re-dressed on Sunday. The
victim is under constant observa-
tion. She has suffered a brutal attack
and it is not possible to decide when
exactly we can discharge her, though
we are hopeful of releasing her in a
couple of weeks. There is no doubt
about her recovery. The medical pro-
cedures conducted on her have def-
initely helped her. She is making a
slowimprovement and talking to her
family. We have also started to give
her semi-solid food, said Dr DK
Sharma, Medical Superintendent
of AIIMS.
The second rapist, Pradeep,
who lived with his elder sister for the
last four years in Ram Vihar colony
in Loni, Ghaziabad, used to work in
a wire factory in Vishwas Nagar in
East Delhi. He was arrested from
his maternal uncles residence in
Barahiya village in Bihars
Lakhisarai district by a joint team of
Delhi Police and Bihar Police. He
was later taken on transit remand by
the Delhi Police for 15 days, the
officer added.
Delhi Police Commissioner
Neeraj Kumar said that Pradeeps
name surfaced in the case on the
basis of interrogation of his friend
and prime accused Manoj, who
was arrested from his in-laws' house
in Bihars Muzaffarpur last Saturday.
Pradeep had fled along with the
accused Manoj from the Capital
on April 15 after allegedly raping the
girl, fearing that she was dead
after they strangulated her, police
sources said.
Raja note spills beans on PM, PC
It won't be
business as
usual in House
RS united on death for child rapists
Second rapist arrested;
5-year-old victim stable
Raps JPC chief
for half-truth; BJP
plans privilege
motion against
PC Chacko
Pradeep Kumar, a garment factory worker, is
taken away by police after he was arrested in
Lakhisarai District, in Bihar on Monday AP
Saved from drowning, hand-reared Ganga yields Dharti
PC Chacko is facing heat
from Opposition over
leakage of 2G scam report
BJP and DMK on Monday
gave breach of privilege
notices against him
Chacko said he was in
favour of a probe into
leakage of the committee's
draft report
Former Telecom Minister A
Raja, who was denied
permission to depose
before the JPC by Chacko,
filed a 100-page statement
to the panel
DAYLONG DRAMA
Calf's birth in
wild marks a
milestone in Rhino
Rehabilitation Project
Opp wants Law
Min to come clean
on CBI's coalgate
report vetting issue
NHRC questions
Govt on plight of
Pak Hindu refugees
Rajya Sabha members on the first day of the 2nd phase of the Budget Session at Parliament
in New Delhi on Monday PTI
Govt plays politics,
says sex crimes do
happen in States
ruled by Opposition
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LAW REPORTER n LUCKNOW
T
he Lucknow bench of the
Allahabad High Court on
Monday acquitted former
Cabinet minister in the erst-
while BSP government Anand
Sen Yadav and his cohort
Seema Azad in the high profile
Shashi murder case.
While acquitting the duo,
the bench, comprising Justice
Rajeev Sharma and Justice DK
Arora, convicted the third
accused Vijay Sen Yadav for a
rigorous imprisonment of 10
years with a fine of `10,000.
The aforesaid orders were
passed in criminal appeals filed
by Seema Azad, Anand Sen
Yadav and Vijay Sen Yadav in
pursuance of the convictions
preferred against them by the
Faizabad sessions court on
May 17, 2011.
Taking a holistic view and
totality of the circumstances of
the case, the court was of opin-
ion that the trial court had
erred in drawing the conclu-
sion that all the three accused
were involved in the alleged
crime in the manner as alleged.
During the course of argu-
ments, appellants Anand Sen
and Seema Azad were not held
guilty of any offence as the
prosecution had failed to prove
their involvement in the alleged
crime. The court observed that
the instant case was totally
based on circumstantial evi-
dence and it would not be safe
to convict Anand Sen and
Seema Azad even under
Section 120-B IPC (conspira-
cy) in the absence of clinching
and tangible evidence to com-
plete the chain of events as
Continued on Page 5
STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI
D
elhi Police Commissioner Neeraj
Kumar on Monday ruled out his res-
ignation in the wake of alleged police
insensitivity in dealing with the five-year-
old rape case. The police chief, howev-
er promised exemplary action against
erring policemen found lax in handling
the sensitive case. If my resigning will
prevent such depraved action of the soci-
ety, then I amready to resign a thousand
times. But that is not going to address
the problem, he said while addressing
the media.
Kumars reactions came after he was
asked a pointed question during his first
media interaction in the aftermath of the
horrific rape of the five-year-old girl by
her neighbour who left her to die on the
evening of April 15 last.
The problem is one of mental
depravity, one of psychopathy, the prob-
lem is one of mental sickness and that
is not going to be sorted out by anyone
resigning, he said.
Continued on Page 5
CP: Ready to resign 1,000
times if that prevents crime
Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar
addresses the media on Monday
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SHARMILA KRISHNA n LUCKNOW
W
ell-known theatre
activist, Dolly Thakore,
believes that the International
Childrens Film Festival is an
extremely good idea. She was
in the city on Monday to inau-
gurate the film festival at the
City Montessori School,
Kanpur Road, along with the
well- known film script writer,
Atul Tewari, and in a chat
with The Pioneer said that
childrens films should have
messages woven in them with-
out being didactic.
The childrens filmfestival
is a great idea. In the recent
years there have been several
good childrens films which
are educative and talk about the
proper values of life, said
Dolly.
On being asked if she felt
that such film festivals would
make a difference when chil-
dren had access to all kinds of
films and stuff on the internet,
the theatre activist said that
community watching always
made a difference. When chil-
dren collectively watch the
film and share experiences it is
extremely enjoyable and more
comprehensible, said the the-
atre personality.
To drive home her point
she talked about her visit on
Saturday to a little demonstra-
tion she attended which saw
the presence of the orphan girls
where the discussion was cen-
tered around the recent rape
cases.
Most of the time when we
are talking about life a major-
ity of the people do not share
their experiences. Several
women may have been abused
but they prefer not to talk
about it. But one of the little
girls during the discussion just
stood up and said what could
be done in the situation when
girls were being raped. She said
do we just tie our hands behind
our backs and sit. This little
response generated a lot of ani-
mated questions, said Dolly.
The theatre activist said
that it was necessary to put
yourself honestly before the
children. Women abuse exist-
ed in our times even when we
wore salwar kameez and it
exists even today. There were
times when we staged Vagina
Monologues and women of all
age groups came, clung to us
and cried. In the case of
demonstration that I men-
tioned there were several who
just sat and propounded about
life. One should not be preachy.
In films also one does not
have to be preachy, one should
get the message across to the
children said Dolly adding
that one of her favourites
among the childrens film was
Chillar Party.
On being asked about her
own childhood, the theatre
activist said that her father
taught her integrity and deter-
mination while her mother
taught her cleanliness and
meticulousness. I often got
into conflict with my mother
because she wanted me to
learn house work whereas I was
more interested in debates and
taking part in elocution con-
tests. I was just not the ideal
daughter. But I got oodles of
confidence because my father
was in the defence services. In
the good old days it was one of
the most noble professions, she
added. Currently the activist is
still busy with the shows of
Vagina Monologues.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
T
he fourth day of the
Childrens FilmFestival saw
the presence of the renowned
theatre and TV actress, Dolly
Thakore, and film writer, Atul
Tewari. The formal inaugural
ceremony was done by the
chief guest, Ram Govind
Choudhary, Minister for Basic
Education, UP, by lighting the
lamp of learning at the CMS,
Kanpur Road, auditorium here
on Monday.
It may be mentioned here
that the Films Division of City
Montessori School is organis-
ing this 9-day-long
International Childrens Film
Festival from April 19 to 27 at
the CMS, Kanpur Road, audi-
torium for the character build-
ing and all-round develop-
ment of the students and
youths during which the best
educative childrens films of 29
countries are being screened
without any charge. This
International Childrens Film
Festival is dedicated to the
World Unity and World Peace.
While inaugurating the 4th
day of ICFF-2013, the chief
guest, Ram Govind
Choudhary, Minister for Basic
Education, UP, said that he was
delighted to see that this inter-
national childrens film festival
was not only providing healthy
entertainment to the children
but was also very educative as
it helped in inculcating moral
values among children.
He emphasised that the
society badly needed such fes-
tivals with noble aims because
they lead to progress of social
institutions and promoted fam-
ily unity.
He said that the youths
today, who would prove to be
the leaders of society in future,
were greatly empowered by
such character-building func-
tions. It was important that
good moral virtues and values
of life were propagated through
films and mass media at such
film festivals, he said.
The fourth day of
Childrens Film Fest was
marked by the bubbling enthu-
siasm of the students and over-
whelming support of parents
and teachers for this healthy
edutainment that the films
provided. Parents, guardians,
brothers, sisters and friends of
children came in large numbers
to watch educational films
being shown free of charge.
On the 4th day of ICFF-
2013 on Monday, several stu-
dents of schools like St. Clares
Convent Secondary School, St
Fidelis College, Kendriya
Vidyalaya, Cathedral Senior
Secondary School, APS
Academy, Army Public School,
New Millennium School,
Sardar Patel Academy, Hoerner
College, Loyola Public School,
Holy Mission Collegiate,
Lucknow Keswick Convent
School, Krishak Shiksha
Niketan, Pioneer Montessori
Inter College, Mona Convent
School, Gyan Public School,
City Modern Academy, The
Avadh School, Columbia, Nari
Shiksha Niketan, Saraswati
Shishu Mandir, Sherwood
Academy, New St Johns Inter
College, Priyadarshini Public
Inter College, Maa Gandhi
Col lege and Gyan Deep
Montessori School came to
CMS, Kanpur Road , auditori-
um.
The fourth days fest on
Monday opened with chil-
drens film of Germany The
Box directed by Kyra Buschor.
Besides, children enjoyed var-
ious educational films from
India and abroad including
When the Wind Turns, Jingle
Bells, Story of Samera, The
Indian, Sugarland, I was Two,
Delhi Safari, U-Turn, Krishna
Aur Kans, The Visit, Sons of
Ram, Goldfish in the City,
David, One Boy Two Faiths,
Monster in Love, Bombus
Confusus, Four Walls, Jalpari
etc. The films of various lan-
guages are screened with
English and Hindi sub-titles to
make them understandable.
Fourth day of ICFF witnesses
Dolly, Atul Tewaris presence
TV actress Dolly Thakore and film writer Atul Tewari inspiring the children to see good and educational films at the 5th Film Festival at CMS Kanpur Road . Pioneer
Childrens films should not be
didactic, says Dolly Thakore
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
T
he four-day-long event,
Coolex 2013, showcasing
airconditioners and refrigera-
tors organised by the CII, Uttar
Pradesh, concluded at a city
hotel here on Monday record-
ing a footfall of over 35,000 vis-
itors.
The event held every year
offers cool deals and attractive
financing options for the buy-
ers.
The CII this year also con-
ducted a survey of the prospec-
tive buyers visiting the
COOLEXand it was found that
more than the price, the deci-
sion making while purchasing
ACs and refrigerators is influ-
enced by the brand and factors
like energy efficiency.
As per the survey results,
nearly 70 per cent of the peo-
ple said that they look at the
brand and energy efficiency
(star rating) when buying an
AC / refrigerator, while just 14
p.c. respondents considered
price as the main determi-
nant, 14.2 pc people looked for
an efficient after sales service
and only 3.2 per cent people
chose design and features as the
main deciding factor.
Another interesting finding
was that over 90 pc of the vis-
itors said that at COOLEX
exposition they found the
product that they were looking
for and also as many as 85 per
cent of them said that they had
decided to purchase / made the
booking.
Multi-national corpora-
tions dealing in electronics
goods, which have entered the
Indian market in the last cou-
ple of years, aggressively mar-
keted their product range at the
expo. The growing popularity
of split ACs vis-a-vis window
ACs was visible at the exhibi-
tion. Split ACs cornered large
space, with relatively fewer
models for window ACs.
Sachin Agarwal, Vice-
Chairman, CII, UP State
Council, said, We are pleased
with the tremendous response
the showhas received fromthis
year. We plan to hold more
such shows in the future as well
with the objective of bringing
the latest & environment-
friendly technologies, best
quality and variety of products
for the people of the state.
Coolex 2013 concluded on
Monday evening with a record
number of visitors thronging it.
In the weekends, the exposition
was packed to capacity with
Saturday and Sunday being
the busiest days.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
B
ollywood script writer, Atul
Tewari, believes that having
a childrens film festival is the
most wonderful idea. He was in
the city on Monday to inaugu-
rate the ICFF at the CMS,
Kanpur Road, along with Dolly
Thakore and in a chat with
The Pioneer said that he had
attended previous filmfestivals
and enjoyed the fact that the
children decoded the filmfrom
their own point of view.
I have attended the
Childrens Film Fest at
Hyderabad where I found great
levels of energy. Viewing a
film with the children is fun
because they understand it in
their own way. The CMS fes-
tival is being attended by chil-
dren from all schools such as
the government and the private
ones which makes it even bet-
ter, said Atul.
On being asked that with
all kinds of entertainment
available at the click of a mouse
would such film festivals make
a difference to the children, the
script writer said that there was
more value of good films in a
scenario of bad films. There is
so much of junk food available
in the market but we do stress
on a good diet for our children.
If a movie is good and is not
pontificating , children will
enjoy it. And as parents do we
carry out our duty to take the
child to such film festivals
which happen for three, four
and five days? Perhaps. I
strongly believe that film festi-
vals should be carried out
throughout the year, said
Tewari.
When asked why
Bollywood was not into mak-
ing good childrens film, the
veteran writer said that the
question was like a philosoph-
ical loop. This question is akin
to a philosophical loop like an
Egyptian coin wherein on one
side is engraved what is writ-
ten on the back is true and flip
the coin and you will find the
wordings what is written on
the back is false, he said.
The writer said that what
he adored about a child was his
or her frankness. The child is
ruthlessly frank and will not
hold anything back. I am
directing a play which will be
staged for children at the
Prithvi Theatre but is per-
formed by adults. I called some
children to get a feeler and they
responded with a freshness
which is rarely found, he said.
On being asked what one
child-like quality had he
retained in himself even as an
adult and he said that it was a
sense of wonderment. One of
my friends calls me Chukh Gol
Gol which is because my eyes
go round in wonderment.
Some may even find it stupid
but this is one quality that I
have retained, he added.
Amongst the future pro-
jects lined up are the second
part of the movie
Vishwaroopam Part 2 and
The Making of the
Constitution, he said.
Having a childrens film fest
is a wonderful idea: Atul
Coolex 2013 concludes,
sees a record number of
visitors on the last day
Nagar Nigam team towing away the vehicles parked in the no-parking zone. Pioneer
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
T
he Sanskriti Samaj organ-
ised a press conference at a
city coffee house on Monday
where they raised the issue of
the newly- appointed chairmen
of the Bhartendu Natya
Akademi, Sangeet Natak
Akademi and the Lalit Kala
Akademi.
Speakers at the press con-
ference said that the people
chosen on these posts were not
associated with culture in any
way and if they were not
removed within a fortnight
the Samaj Sanskriti would hold
a massive statewide protest.
The organiser of the
Sanskriti Samaj, KKVats, while
talking to The Pioneer said
that the UP Government
should be more sensitive while
selecting people to these posts.
The BNA Chairman, Raj
Kishore Mishra, is associated
with transport. How can he be
selected as the Chairman which
has seen stalwarts like Anupam
Kher and Nadira Babbar.
Similar is the case with the SNA
Chairman, Naved Siddiqui,
and the Chairperson of Lalit
Kala Akademi, Sangeeta
Yadav.
Former director of BNA
said that the government was
not even following the
Constitution of the Institute in
appointing these Chairmen.
In the Constitution of BNA it
is clearly written that a well-
known theatre artist of repute
should be selected as the
Chairman. Even in case of the
SNA Chairman is there any
comparison between Hari
Prasad Chaurasia and Naved
Siddiqui, who is a radio jock-
ey, said Kulshreshtha.
The other speakers on the
occasion were Virendra Yadav,
a critic and Rakesh from the
IPTA.
Artistes protest against BNA, SNA
& Lalit Kala Akademi chairmen
SPEAKERS AT THE PRESS
CONFERENCE SAID THAT
THE PEOPLE CHOSEN ON
THESE POSTS WERE NOT
ASSOCIATED WITH
CULTURE IN ANY WAY
AND IF THEY WERE NOT
REMOVED WITHIN A
FORTNIGHT THE SAMAJ
SANSKRITI WOULD HOLD
A MASSIVE STATEWIDE
PROTEST.
The event held
every year offers
cool deals and
attractive
financing options
for the buyers.
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PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n
LUCKNOW
C
iting unhappiness of the
Lokayukta at the apathy of
agencies probing the corruption
charges against former ministers of
the Bahujan Samaj Party govern-
ment, the Bharatiya Janata Party has
expressed apprehension that the
Samajwadi Party is shielding the
corruption of the previous regime.
The Lokayukta has been com-
pelled to say that many former min-
isters of the BSP government would
have faced stern action, had the
agencies probing the charges against
them acted swiftly on his report,
BJP state spokesman Vijay Bahadur
Pathak said.
Talking to media persons at
party headquarters in Lucknow on
Monday, Pathak said: One must
not forget that senior Cabinet min-
ister Shivpal Singh Yadav had stat-
ed that if an impartial inquiry was
conducted, former Chief Minister
Mayawati and several of her col-
leagues would land in jails, he
added. The BJP state spokesman
sought to know from the state gov-
ernment what was preventing it
from taking action on the basis of
the findings of the Lokayukta.
After coming to power, the SP
had promised to fight corruption
and bring the Economic Offences
Wing (EOW) under the control of
the Lokayukta. What happened to
this promise? Pathak asked,
reminding the SP government that
it had also promised to set up a
commission to probe corruption
during the BSP regime, another
promise forgotten by it after one
year in office.
The BJP spokesman also
alleged that lawlessness had become
the order of the day and shifting the
DGP had hardly made any differ-
ence at the ground level.
Culprits are fleeing frompolice
custody, incidents of rape have
increased and robberies have
become every day affair while the
police force is not only ineffective
but also indifferent, Pathak said,
and asked the government to take
drastic steps to improve the situa-
tion.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n
LUCKNOW
T
he UP Congress has
accused the Samajwadi
Party of cheating minorities
and asked the Akhilesh Yadav
government to issue a White
Paper on the expenditure made
from the special package
released by the Centre for the
minorities.
The SP government
should issue a White Paper on
how and where several hun-
dred crore rupees released by
the Centre under the Prime
Ministers 15-point welfare pro-
gramme for minorities have
been spent, UP Congress
spokesman Virendra Madan
said in Lucknow on Monday.
Madan said that the
minorities, particularly
Muslims, were now feeling
cheated by the SP and a glar-
ing example of this was the
Muslim clerics boycott of a
government programme to
honour members of the com-
munity in Lucknowon Sunday.
Even Maulana Bukhari,
who lauded the SP for its sup-
port to Muslims in the run up
to the last Assembly election,
has now realised the truth
behind MulayamSingh Yadavs
love for the members of the
community, Madan said.
The UPCC spokesman
pointed out that Bukhari had
held a meeting in Mulayam
Singh Yadavs citadel on Sunday
evening and openly flayed the
SP chief for cheating Muslims.
Charging the SP govern-
ment of siphoning of Central
funds for other purposes,
Madan alleged that large-scale
irregularities were reported in
the schemes launched for wel-
fare of minorities. He said the
state government should also
tell the people how many stu-
dents were provided scholar-
ships for vocational and tech-
nical education.
Madan also asked the SP
government to disclose how
much money was spent so far
on the development of areas
dominated by minorities and
how many students of the
community from Class X till
PhD were given scholarships
sanctioned by the UP govern-
ment. The UPCC spokesman
alleged that despite getting
funds for the minorities from
the Centre, the state govern-
ment just forgot to forward it
to the beneficiaries.
The Muslims have seen
through the SP design to gar-
ner their votes and its tacit
understanding with Bharatiya
Janata Party by not fielding
candidates in Gujarat. The
understanding between the SP
and the BJP is also corrobo-
rated by over 30 communal
clashes in one year of SP gov-
ernment in UP, Madan point-
ed out.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n
LUCKNOW
T
he Samajwadi Party is
launching a mass contact
programme up to the village
level from Tuesday to apprise
people of the good work being
done by the AkhileshYadav gov-
ernment in the state.
The message of goodwork
done by the state government
should reach every household
before the next Lok Sabha elec-
tionbecause this goodwork will
pave the way for Samajwadi
Partys victory in the next gen-
eral election, party spokesman
Rajendra Chaudhary said in a
statement issued here on
Monday.
According to Chaudhary,
the state government has initi-
ated programmes for each sec-
tionof society andthe Muslims,
farmers, students, women and
youth stand to benefit fromthe
schemes launched by Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav in his
one-year rule.
The oppositionparties are
spreading a canard against the
state government. Throughthis
mass contact programme, the
party will try to give a befitting
reply to these political parties.
Our aimis to take the message
of good work to the village level
so that people become aware of
the pro-people schemes being
launched by the government,
said Chaudhary, who is also Jail
Minister.
Senior ministers and lead-
ers have beendeputedto launch
the mass contact programme in
all the districts. PWD Minister
Shivpal SinghYadav will leadthe
campaign in Kanpur, Ahmad
Hassan in Moradabad, Ambika
Chaudhary in Gorakhpur,
Balram Yadav in Varanasi,
Rajendra Chaudhary in
Lucknow, OmPrakashSinghin
Mathura, Avadhesh Prasad in
Pratapgarh, Durga PrasadYadav
in Chandauli, Parasnath Yadav
in Ghazipur, Anand Singh in
Unnao, Raj Kishore Singh in
Deoria, Rajpujan Patel in
Sultanpur, Zarina Usmani in
Amethi and Madhu Gupta in
Rae Bareli.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
A
jiltedlover hackedto deatha class XI
girl student inbroaddaylight inposh
Vishal Khandlocality inGomti Nagar on
Monday.
The police have arrestedthe assailant
and registered a case in this connection.
The deceased was identified as Komal, a
resident of Digdiga under Gomti Nagar
police station.
According to reports, Komal used to
live with her elder sister, her mother and
brother in Digdiga village in Gomti
Nagar On Monday, she along with her
elder sister had gone to a studio to col-
lect some photographs. Onher way back,
a youth, identifiedas Kamal Tiwari, a res-
ident of Digdiga, approached her. He
askedthe girl tomarry himandwhenshe
turned down his proposal, an infuriated
Kamal attacked her with a chopper.
Hearing the screams, locals gathered at
the place and nabbed the assailant and
immediately informed the police about
the incident. Police reached the spot and
arrested the youth. The girl was rushed
tothe hospital where doctors pronounced
her dead upon arrival. The victims sis-
ter informed the police that the Komal
was a student of class XI and Kamal had
been harassing her sister for the last few
months.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
C
lose on the heels of the recovery of
blood-stained clothes of a prime
accused in the killing of Deputy
Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq,
the CBI claimed to have recovered the
cap of the bullet that claimed the life
of the police officer in Kunda on
March 2.
According to sources, the CBI
sleuths searched the residences of
Phool Chanda Yadav and his brother
Pawan and recovered the cap of the bul-
let fired from a .315 bore rifle that
claimed Haqs life.
The CBI had earlier claimed that
the gun by which Haq was shot dead
was owned by slain gram pradhan
Nanhe Yadavs son Yogendra aka
Babloo.
The cap recovered by the CBI will
be sent to ballistic experts for metal-
lurgical match, which if found correct,
will be used as a major evidence
against the accused.
The CBI disclosed that during
interrogation, Phool Chandra and
Pawan said that when they turned the
lifeless body of Haq to take his cell
phone, they found the cap of the bul-
let under his body and removed it.
Their blood-stained clothes were
sent for forensic examination and
DNA matching.
Earlier, with the help of village
guard Manjeet, the third accused, the
CBI had recovered his blood-soaked
pants last Thursday.
Manjeet confirmed that he was
wearing that cloth on the fateful day
and that the blood on it was of Haq.
Manjeet Singh along with Phool
Chand Yadav and his brother Pawan
were in CBI custody for five days and
their remand ended on Monday.
The SIM cards of Haq that were
also missing after his death, have also
been found.
The CBI is also in possession of a
telephonic conversation between
accused Guddu Singh and a gang
member that it intercepted. Guddu
Singh had contacted the gang member
fromthe District Jail in Pratapgarh. The
CBI is likely to take Guddu Singh on
remand to interrogate him further.
The CBI team is also preparing a
questionnaire for former minister
Raghuraj Pratap Singh aka Raja Bhaiya.
The sleuths will analyse the response
of Raja Bhaiya before filing a closure
report in the case filed by Haqs widow
Parveen Azad.
Govt set to construct
25 police stations in
3 Naxal-affected dists
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
A
fter getting clearance from the Union Forest and
Environment Ministry, the UP government will
now go ahead with the construction of 25 new police
stations and police outposts in three Naxal affected dis-
tricts of Mirzapur, Chandauli and Sonebhadra.
Addressing media persons here on Monday, IG
(Law and Order) RK Vishwakarma said that Central
government schemes provided up to five acre forest
land in the Naxal affected districts for construction of
13 public utility structures like school and
colleges, power sub-stations, telephone exchanges,
water supply centres, training centres, police stations
etc.
The IG disclosed that after the initial delay, UPs
proposal had been cleared by the Environment
Ministry and nowthe state government would go ahead
with the construction of 25 new police stations and
outposts in the three districts.
Meanwhile, in his maiden meeting with the top
police officers at Yojna Bhawan on Saturday, DGP Deo
Raj Nagar is likely to share with them his 18-point
agenda for improving law and order, and
image of police, checking crime against fairer sex,
curbing corruption, and also the interaction with the
media.
In another development, a delegation of Provincial
Police Service (PPS) officers led by their president Jugal
Kishore met the DGP in Lucknow on Monday and
protested against action taken against DySP Arun
Kumar Singh in Aligarh.
The DySP was suspended for assaulting an old
woman during a protest against the rape and murder
of a 5-year-old girl.
Kishore reasoned that such action was needed to
control a mob and suspension of an officer only low-
ered the morale of the police force. He demanded
enactment of law for government officers so that they
could initiate action against those disturbing law and
order.
Later, the PPS Association delegates also urged the
DGP to initiate cadre review of PPS officers and pro-
mote them as many were about to retire with just one
promotion during their service. The delegation also
asked the DGP to look into the promotion of
sub-inspectors and fill up the vacant posts of inspec-
tors.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n
LUCKNOW
E
ven as the UP Power
Corporation Limited
(UPPCL) is making hectic
efforts to borrow additional
electricity fromother states, the
districts marked for uninter-
rupted supply have started fac-
ing unscheduled outages due to
low availability of power and
rising demand during peak
load hours.
Ghaziabad and Noida in
western UP have been marked
for 24-hour power supply but
the industrial units and con-
sumers there have complained
of unscheduled outages since
the last week.
According to sources, the
difference between demand
and supply during peak load
hours is around 1,500-2,000
megawatt and it is expected to
rise further in May.
Similarly, the state capital
Lucknow is also marked for
uninterrupted power supply
but the average availability of
electricity remains around 650
megawatt against the demand
of 850-900 megawatt. As a
result of this, several areas in
Old City are witnessing power
cuts and the situation is likely
to worsen as the weather gets
hot.
Meanwhile, consumer
bodies have started questioning
the UPPCL authorities for
proposing maximum tariff of
`5.25 per unit for areas marked
for uninterrupted power sup-
ply in the state.
The UP Electricity
Regulatory Commission
(UPERC) has set aside the
proposal of the power corpo-
ration and has initiated the
process for fixing the new tar-
iff.
Accusing power corpora-
tion officials of neglecting con-
sumers, UP Rajya Vidyut
Upbhokta Parishad (UPRVUP)
chairman Avadhesh Kumar
Verma said the false
claims of higher officials
of UPPCL are tarnishing
the image of the state govern-
ment.
CBI recovers cap of bullet
that killed Kunda DySP
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n
LUCKNOW
M
inority Welfare and Haj
Minister Mohammad
Azam Khan has
demanded shifting of the head
office of Haj Committee of India
(HCI) from Mumbai to Delhi or
Lucknow as majority of Haj pil-
grims are from Uttar Pradesh.
Nowthat ships are no longer
used to ferry the Haj pilgrims,
there is no use of keeping the
head office of the Haj Committee
of India in Mumbai. It should be
shifted to Uttar Pradesh as the
highest number of Haj pilgrims
are from this state, Azam Khan
said while addressing a gathering
at the qurrah (lottery draw) for
Haj-2013 at the Scientific
Convention Centre here on
Monday.
Opposing the practice of
sending government employees
as Khuddam-ul-Hujjaj, Khan said
that usually gunners, shadows,
personal assistants and other
influential employees got them-
selves registered for going with
the pilgrimbut on reaching Saudi
Arabia they stopped serving the
Hajis.
We have been demanding
that imams of local mosques,
madarsa teachers etc. should be
sent as Khuddam-ul-Hujjaj as
they will not only do the desig-
nated work but will also get a
chance to performHaj, he added.
The minister slammed the
Central as well as Saudi Arabia
governments for not addressing
the problems faced by pilgrims
while performing Haj. Sharing his
personal experience, Khan
alleged that in Saudi Arabia the
Haj pilgrims of India were not
treated well, they were locked in
buildings, their food was thrown
away and they were threatened
with arrest if they protested.
The minister said that to
discuss these problems, the state
government had planned to
organise a national seminar, and
invite the Prime Minister and
Saudi Arabias Ambassador to
India to it but as there was no
response from the Prime
Ministers Office, the seminar
was cancelled.
Meanwhile, the qurrah of 11
districts was drawn on Sunday.
There was no need for qurrah for
59 districts as the applications
received from there did not
exceed the allotted quota.
Khan said that this year
34,855 Haj applications had been
received against the states quota
of 32,214. He said 2,641 applica-
tions had been kept on the wait-
ing list while 24 had been reject-
ed. We will demand more seats
for the state so that those on the
waiting list may be sent to
the pilgrimage, the minister
said.
The Minority Welfare and
Haj Minister criticised the previ-
ous Bahujan Samaj Party regime
for favouring a particular com-
munity.
He also criticised former
Chief Minister Mayawati for giv-
ing the charge of the Excise
department to a Muslim.
Since Independence, all gov-
ernments have ensured that no
Muslim minister is allotted the
Excise department as liquor is not
acceptable in Islam. But one
minister of the community was
made in-charge of Excise and Haj
departments at the same time by
her, he added.
Azam Khan parried ques-
tions on the frequent attacks of
Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid,
Syed Ahmed Bukhari, on
Samajwadi Party.
AZAM ANGRY AT OFFICIALS
The minister said that a Haj
applicant from Bareilly had met
him regarding rejection of his
application by Haj Committee
officials on the ground that the
seal of bank in his papers was
fake.
How can the SHC officials
question the authenticity of the
seal without contacting the bank
officials, he asked.
Khan directed the officials to
get the seal verified by the bank
officials and if all papers were
clear, put up the application again
for consideration.
Shift HCI office from
Mumbai to Lko: Azam
Issue White Paper
on funds spent for
minority welfare
Minority Welfare and Haj Minister Mohammad Azam Khan taking out the lottery draw (qurrah) for Haj-2013 at Scientific Convention
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SINGH YADAVS LOVE
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SP govt shielding corruption
of BSP regime, says BJP
SP to launch mass
contact drive today
Jilted lover hacks
girl to death
Power crisis deepens
Ghaziabad and Noida
in western UP have
been marked for 24-
hour power supply
but the industrial
units and consumers
there have
complained of
unscheduled outages
since the last week
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OATH CEREMONY
Eight of the nine newly-
nominated corporators of
Lucknow Municipal
Corporation took the oath of
office at LMC headquarters on
Monday. Mayor Dinesh
Sharma administered oath to
the corporators. The number of
corporators has now increased
to 119 from 110. The nomi-
nated corporators included
NABBED
A man jumped before the cavalcade of Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav on Monday. As per sources, the man was iden-
tified as Ram Bahadur (50). He was nabbed by police which
claimed that the person was mentally challenged.
THEFT
Thieves broke into a shop in Madiaon and decamped with
mobile phones and chargers sometime between Friday and
Saturday. Durgesh Kumar, a resident of Srinagar Colony in
Madiaon, informed police and a case was registered in this con-
nection.
PURSE STOLEN
The purse of a woman was stolen from her car parked out-
side a gym in Hazratganj on Monday. Shahnaz had gone to the
gym on Monday morning leaving her purse in the car. She told
police that she had a mobile phone, ATM card, driving license,
some ornaments and cash in her purse.
Lucknow (PNS): The
Education department of Uttar
Pradesh, in collaboration with
the National University of
Educational Planning and
Administration (NUEPA), is
organising a two-day state-
level conference on education
, planning and administration
for district inspectors of schools
(DIOS), basic shiksha adhikaris
(BSAs) and block education
officers (BEOs) at Indira
Gandhi Pratishthan here from
April 23.
Briefing media persons on
Monday, NUEPA Vice-
Chancellor R Govinda said the
main objective of the confer-
ence was to re-assess the role of
education administrators in
matters critical to educational
policy, planning and adminis-
tration by playing the vital
role of leader at the grassroots
level and to articulate the recent
trends in educational develop-
ment with a focus on the recent
interventions of educational
policy, planning and adminis-
tration with special reference to
Right to Education Act, uni-
versalisation of secondary edu-
cation and Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyaan.
He said the other objectives
include assessment of training
needs of district education offi-
cers and basic education offi-
cers for capacity building pro-
grammes and to provide a
platform for sharing the expe-
riences of the professionals
working at the grassroots and
at the district and state levels.
The NUEPA constantly
endeavour to strengthen the
education systemthrough con-
stant dialogue and capacity
building programmes for the
state level functionaries, includ-
ing educational planners, pol-
icy makers and administrators.
All DIOS, BSAs and BEOs
will be participating in the
conference.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
W
orldwide since 1970,
April 22 is celebrated
as Earth Day. The
theme this year was Face of
Climate Change. CEE, North,
organised a programme on
the occasion of the Earth Day
at Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Vidyalaya, Kumharawan,
Bakshi-Ka-Talab . The objec-
tive of the event was to spread
awareness among students
about issues related to climate
change and help them under-
stand that collective actions
needed to be taken to save
earth.
Around 80 students and
five teachers of Childrens
Forest Programme school par-
ticipated in the event. The
event began with a brief session
and a film on climate change
was screened for students and
teachers. After screening, ques-
tion and answers session was
conducted for students to clar-
ify their doubts. A painting
competition was held for stu-
dents on Saving Mother Earth:
Our Shared Responsibility.
After the painting compe-
tition, students were briefed
about techniques of photogra-
phy. Then students were moti-
vated to participate in nation-
al-level photography competi-
tion where they were asked to
click their own reflection of the
Earth Day theme. The photos
clicked by students reflected
their thinking towards solution.
Students explained that they
would like to see their mother
earth greener and healthier.
They clicked pictures of flow-
ers, trees, small creatures living
on trees and plants.
In painting competition,
Ranjana Rawat of class VII won
first prize and Rubina Ansari
and Gayatri Rawat of class VII
won 2nd and 3rd prizes respec-
tively. Two students of class VI
received consolation prizes.
The selected entries of pho-
tography competition will be
sent to Earth Day network
through CEEs Paryavaran
Mitra initiative where at the
national-level, the first prize
winner will receive Rs 5,000,
second prize winner Rs 2,500,
third prize winner Rs 1,500 and
ten consolation prizes of Rs 500
along with appreciation cer-
tificate signed by Kartikeya V
Sarabhai.
Neeraj Pal, Jitendra Patel
and. Smita Sachan were felici-
tated at the Earth Day event as
resource persons from CEE,
North.
CITYBRIEFS
CRIMELINE
Students pledge to save earth
Students participating in a contest at Regional Science Centre on Monday Pioneer
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
V
arious events like painting, sit &draw, quiz
and elocution contests were held on the
occasion of Earth Day at Regional Science City
on Monday. The function was organised by the
Ministry of Earth Sciences to highlight the
importance of the day.
Besides, a popular science lecture on The
face of climate change was also organised,
which was addressed by Dhruv Sen Singh of
Lucknow Universitys Geology department,
who was also the chief guest on the occasion.
Former CIMAP scientist Akhila Anand, CDRI
scientist PK Srivastava and other guests, stu-
dents and teachers were also present at the pro-
gramme.
In his address, Singh urged the young audi-
ence to spread the message of environmental
conservation and its impact. He said that a sim-
ple commitment from every citizen to use
renewal energy like solar, water and wind
would bring about a marked change in envi-
ronment and reduce global warming.
Project coordinator, Regional Science
City, Umesh Kumar welcomed the participants
and said that first such programme was held
way back in 1970. The programme is designed
to inspire awareness and appreciation for envi-
ronment. The day marks the beginning of
modern environmental green generation cam-
paign. Thousands of events are currently
being planned in school, communities, villages,
towns and cities around the world to create
awareness about various issues, such as envi-
ronmental degradation, global warming etc,
affecting our planet, said Kumar.
Priyanshi Pridarshini, Monika Singh and
Ayushi Srivastava won the top three prizes in
painting contest while Prithvi Agarwal, Shreya
Singh and Ruchika Arora were the top-3 prize
winners in sit & draw contest. Chandra
Mauleshwara Tripathi, Jatin Gupta and T
Mahashweta walked away with the top hon-
ours in elocution. The top 11 winners were
awarded individual prizes.
Stress on environment conservation
Sarvesh Kumar Yadav, Malti
Singh, Mohd Shariq Khan,
Surendra Valmiki, Ram Sevak
Singh, Sunil Kumar, Shirin
Mirza, Shoaib Ahmad and
Ram Milan Singh. Ram Sevak
Singh could not attend the
oath ceremony due to some
reasons.
DEMONSTRATION
Scores of Anganwadi
workers, under the aegis of UP
Anganwadi Karmachari Sangh,
staged demonstration on
Monday to press their
demands. State convener Satish
Kumar Pandey demanded that
Anganwadi workers be given
stipend just like their counter-
parts in Bihar, Maharashtra and
Uttarakhand, He also demand-
ed their immediate promo-
tion. State general secretary,
Babita Chawdhary threatened
to intensify their protest if the
demands were not considered.
Office-bearers of Jawahar
Bhawan Indira Bhawan
Karmachari Sangh were also
present on the occasion.
MEETING
In wake of recognition of
Railways union elections to be
held on April 25, 26 and 27, a
public meeting of Northern
Railway Mens Union (NRMU)
was held at Charbagh railway
station on Monday. All-India
Railwaymens Federation
(AIRF) general secretary Shiv
Gopal Verma said they had
been working for the welfare of
employees and would contin-
ue to do so. There are sever-
al issues regarding which we
will have to be unitedly work ,
he added. National secretary,
SC/ST Association, Ashok
Kumar said they needed to be
united for the welfare of railway
employees and to struggle for
their pending demands.
SEMINAR
Maulana Azad Memorial
Akademi organised a seminar,
Need of humanity in todays
times at the State Archives on
Monday. The seminar was
attended by prominent leaders
from all religions.
Mayor Dinesh Sharma administering oath to newly nominated corporators at LMC
headquarters on Monday Pioneer
Anganwadi workers protesting on Monday Pioneer
Conference for
education
officers from
tomorrow
Lucknow(PNS): On account of
Mahaveer Jayanti, all the slaughter
houses and meat shops under local
bodies of the state would remain
cl osed on Tuesday, Speci al
Secretary Sriprakash Sinha said.
He said the order would also
remain effective on Buddha Jayanti,
Gandhi Jayanti, Shivratri and Sadhu
TA Waswanis birth anniversary.
The government order issued in
this regard has been circulated to
divisional commissioners, district
magistrates and municipal com-
missioners who have been direct-
ed to ensure its implementation,
he added.
Lucknow Muni ci pal
Corporation (LMC) has geared up
for ensuring that the order is
implemented in right earnest, for
which several teams have been
constituted. Nagar Swasthya
Adhikari PK Singh said that the
directions had been issued to all the
officials concerned. In all the six
zones, teams have been constitut-
ed to carry out inspections in their
respective areas. He warned that
stern action would be taken against
violators.
Meanwhile, Governor BL Joshi
greeted people of the state on the
occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. He said
Lord Mahavir preached non violence
and self-restraint, which was the
need of the hour. It is our duty that
we promote humanity and usher in
an era of peace, he added.
Slaughter houses to remain closed today
city 05
LUCKNOW TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
T
he King George Medical
University (KGMU) will
be conducti ng UP Post
Graduate Medical Entrance
Examination (UPPGMEE)
under heavy security mea-
sures on Tuesday.
Examination controller,
UPPGMEE, AK Singh point-
ed out that there were some
370 seats in UPPGMEE for
which they had received 3,606
applications. There were
some 7 centres established
across the city out
of which two were in Montfort
Inter College and five in Jai
Narai n PG Col l ege, he
added.
The aspirants have been
directed to report to their
respective centres by 9 am and
the examination will be con-
ducted from 10 am to 1 pm.
They are also directed not to
carry any belongings or elec-
tronic gadgets to examina-
tion centres and should bring
their admit cards without
which they will not be allowed
to write the paper.
For attendance, the bio-
metric capturing of finger-
prints and eyes will be done at
the centres to be later used
during counselling of suc-
cessful aspirants.
In every class room,
CCTV cameras wi l l be
installed to keep tab on imper-
sonators while help of local
police will also be taken dur-
ing examination, added
Singh.
Lucknow(PNS): Two constables of Cantonment police area
were on Monday sent to
Reserve Police Lines for
laxity in nabbing a rape
bid accused after infuriat-
ed family members of the
girl created ruckus at
Cantonment police sta-
tion. It may be noted that
a man had allegedly tried
to rape a girl at Katai
Wala Pul in Cantonment
area on Saturday. Two
constables Umakant
and Mahendra Singh
caught holdof the accused
earlier but they let go of him later on at Katai Wala Pul. When
the girl apprised her family of her ordeal, they blamed it on the
laxity of cops in question. On Monday, the girls family mem-
bers reached the Cantonment police station and created ruckus
demanding the arrest of the accused. Succumbing to their pres-
sure, police swung intoactionandstartedanintensive searchoper-
ation. The accused, identified as Rajesh of Bihar, was later nabbed
while constables Umakant and Mahendra Singhwere sent to lines
by the senior officers.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
T
he Forest department
trapped an adult leopard
froma brick kiln in Rani Khera
village in the wee hours of
Monday.
The big cat was brought to
the city zoo and, after medical
examination, released in
Sohelwa Sanctuary, DFO,
Awadh, SP Yadav said.
The leopard was sitting
inside a tunnel of the kiln
where bricks are laid. It was
first sighted by kiln workers.
There were several openings to
the tunnel and efforts were
made to make the feline move
towards an opening. Mild tran-
quilizer was used and the leop-
ard was put in a cage in an
unconscious state and trans-
ported to the zoo, he added.
The forest official said that
the animal had strayed from
terai region and travelled all the
distance which was a rarity.
Luckily for the locals, it did not
attack any one.
The Forest department
team was led by deputy direc-
tor, Lucknow, Utkarsh Shukla.
He told The Pioneer that the
leopard was full grown and its
estimated age was around
seven years.
The animal was sitting
inside a tunnel of the brick kiln,
hence it was decided to place a
cage at the opening to avoid
any injuries. The feline walked
into the cage after which we
used tranquilizers to save it
from trauma. Had the leopard
not stepped into the cage, we
would have darted it inside the
tunnel, he added.
Cases of big cats straying
into residential areas have been
increasing in the past years. In
2008, a stray tigress was killed
in Faizabad while another was
caught in Rehmankhera last
year.
Leopard trapped, sent
to Sohelwa Sanctuary
A leopard trapped by Forest department officials was taken to Lucknow zoo for
medical check up and later released at Sohelwa Sanctuary Pioneer
THREE CRUSHED
TO DEATH BY
GOODS TRAIN
Lucknow (PNS): Two
women and a minor girl were
crushed under the wheels of a
train in Mirzapur on Monday
afternoon. Manna (50) of
Madar hamlet of Jamalpur in
Mirzapur along with her
daughter Kariya (14) and an
acquaintance Kuattal (40) were
going to work in the fields on
Monday morning.
While crossing the railway
tracks near Kailhat railway sta-
tion of Chunar, the three failed
to see an approaching goods
train and were crushed to
death. On being informed
about the tragedy, the cops of
Government Railway Police
station at Chunar (Mirzapur)
rushed to the spot and sent the
bodies for post-mortem after
registering a case.
Lucknow(PNS): In its bid to com-
plete the revamp of organisational set-
ups at the district level, the Bharatiya
Janata Party state president appoint-
ed three district and one city unit chiefs
on Monday. BJPstate spokesman Vijay
Bahadur Pathak said on Monday that
Ram Raksha Dwivedi and Shashi
Varshney were appointed district and
city unit chiefs of Allahabad. Similarly,
Santosh Pandey and Vijay Bahadur
Singh have been appointed district
chiefs of Sant Ravidas Nagar and Ballia,
respectively. Shailendra Dubey and
Nagendra Singh have been appointed
general secretaries of Sant Ravidas
Nagar.
PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW
F
ormer minister Haji Yaqub
is likely to become the
Muslim face of Rashtriya Lok
Dal, which is seeking support
of Muslims ahead of the next
Lok Sabha election by launch-
ing an agitation for a separate
quota for the backward sec-
tions of the minority
community.
According to sources in
the RLD, the partys state unit
will soon constitute a minori-
ty cell with party chief and
Union Civil Aviation Minister
Ajit Singh appointing Haji
Yaqub as its first president.
Some minority leaders
from other parties may also
join the RLDby next week and
they too will be made office-
bearers of the minority cell.
Haji Yaqub has been
switching over parties. He was
minister of state in the previ-
ous Samajwadi Party and
Bahujan Samaj Party govern-
ments. In 2012, he had con-
tested the Sardhana Assembly
seat of Meerut but lost the elec-
tion.
After appointing Haji
Yaqub as its minority cell state
chief, RLD plans to launch an
agitation to demand 8.44 per
cent quota for backward
Muslims.
According to sources, the
party will target Samajwadi
Party government for neglect-
ing Muslims as during the last
Assembly election, the ruling
party leaders had favoured
separate quota for backward
Muslims.
Haji Yaqub may be given
the responsibility to take on the
Akhilesh Yadav government by
launching a Vaada Nibhao
(fulfil the promises) campaign
by organising a minority con-
ference in the state capital.
Meanwhile, another
Muslim leader and former
leader of RLDLegislature Party
in the state Assembly, Kokab
Hamid, has returned to the
party and is ready to play a
major role in organising
Muslims ahead of the coming
Lok Sabha election. Hamid,
after losing the previous
Assembly election from
Baghpat to BSP candidate, had
left the RLD, citing his differ-
ences with the party chief Ajit
Singh.
No procedural flaw in IAF: Browne
PNS n ALLAHABAD
A
ir Chief Marshal NAK
Browne said here on
Monday that there were no
procedural flaws in the Indian
Air Force as it never allow
shortcuts in procedures and
reviewed themevery two years.
He referred to the White
Paper brought out by the
Defence Ministry in this
regard. The Air Chief Marshal
was referring to the Augusta-
westland deal which is being
probed by the CBI for alleged
kickbacks for acquisition of
VVIP helicopters. The Air
Chief expressed confidence
that with new Defence pro-
curement procedures being
adopted, there would be no
delays in acquisitions.
The Medium Multi-Role
Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)
deal, pertaining to acquisition
of 126 aircraft for ` 45,000
crore, is crucial for the IAF in
view of the fact that the MiG-
21 aircraft are being phased
out. The phasing out of these
aircraft would be over by 2019-
20, Browne said.
Talking to mediapersons,
Air Chief Marshal Browne said
that to replace the old aircraft,
the Indian Air Force would
need new ones by 2019-20. He
said if the MMRCA deal was
signed this year, the IAF would
have adequate number of air-
craft by the time the old ones
were phased out.
The Air Chief Marshal said
that out of the four MiG-21
variants, the firstType-
77would be phased out by
2014 while the other three
(Type-96, Type-75 and Bison)
would be discarded between
2016 and 2019.
He said the IAF would be
completely modernised by
2022. As part of the long-term
integrated perspective plan, as
many as 318 contracts worth `
1, 51, 000 crore had been
finalised, the Air Chief said.
The IAF is facing a short-
age of around 600 pilots. This
gap is to be bridged in the next
six to seven years. The training
capacity of IAF had been lim-
ited due to non-availability of
trainer aircraft, but now they
are available, he said while
answering a question.
According to the Air Chief
Marxhal, to combat Naxalism,
the IAF would station one
more helicopter unit at Nagpur
to support the CPMFs anti-
Naxal operations in
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and
other states. This unit, extend-
ing help in anti-Naxal opera-
tions, is based in Gorakhpur at
present with two helicopters
each in Ranchi, Raipur, and
Jagdalpur. When asked about
any gift to Allahabad, Air Chief
Marshal Browne said the IAF
did not have personnel to spare
for running the Bamrauli
airstrip for civilians round-
the-clock but the Air Force
would be using the Phaphamau
airfield, lying unused for quite
some time, as a storage depot.
Meanwhile the two-day-
long Air Force Station
Commanders Conference
commenced on Monday at the
Headquarters, CAC, Bamrauli.
Air Chief Marshal NAK
Browne, Aide-De-Camp,
Chairman Chief of Staff
Committee and Chief of the
Air Staff inaugurated the con-
ference. Commanders from
units situated in UP, MP,
Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and
Bihar are participating in the
conference which is being host-
ed by Air Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of
Central Air Command, Air
Marshal J Chauhan .
Speaking on the occasion,
the Air Chief Marshal apprised
the commanders of the geo-
political situation and the
induction plan of various air-
craft and equipment for the
modernisation of the Indian
Air Force.
Earlier, Air Chief Marshal
Browne was received by Air
Marshal Chauhan and other
senior officers on his arrival at
the Bamrauli aerodrome.
The Air Chief Marshal was
accompanied by his wife Kiran
Browne, who is president of Air
Force Wives Welfare
Association (AFWWA).
A ceremonial guard of
honour was presented to the
Air Chief. He also interacted
with the command staff at a
Hollow Square held at
Headquarters, Central Air
Command. The Air Chief
Marshal awarded trophies to
the Commanders for achieving
excellence in Operations,
Maintenance and
Administration. Air Force
Station, Gwalior was awarded
the Pride of Central Air
Command trophy for best
overall performance.
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne presenting the Pride of CAC trophy to AOC Gwalior
and inspecting the guard of honour at Air Force Station Bamrauli Pioneer
MU to conduct
PGMEE today
BJP appoints
heads of three
district units
Haji Yaqub likely to be RLDs Muslim face
2 cops sent to lines for laxity
Protest at Cantt police station after rape bid
with a minor Pioneer
RAJA NOTE SPILLS...
Asked why the NDA Government
went ahead with granting
concessions to telecom
companies despite the issue
being red flagged by then
Telecom Minister Jagmohan and
Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha,
Singh said a Prime Minister
should not be subservient.
This is cherry picking of
sentences and making the whole
tree out of it, he said.
The draft JPC report on 2G scam
has questioned the NDAs
decision to grant concessions to
telecom companies on licence
fee despite protests by former
Telecom Minister Jagmohan and
says the then Government had to
forego over Rs 42,000 crore in
offering Migration Package to
cellular operators. The report
alleged that this decision was
taken by Vajpayee in haste. It
also blamed NDA Ministers Arun
Shourie and Yashwant Sinha for
providing concessions to
telecom operators. The DMK also
demanded Chackos removal
from Speaker Meira Kumar. We
have given privilege notice to the
Lok Sabha Speaker against the
leakage of the JPC draft report
by the JPC Chairman. We will
ask for Chackos removal as he
has lost the confidence of
members, Baalu said, adding
that the DMK members of the
Committee would submit
dissenting notes to the report.
Under attack from all quarters
Chacko came out with a curious
argument that he did not name
Vajpayee. He said, his report
mentioned the posts of persons
only. I want to confirm that I
have not taken anyones name in
this report. This must be
someones imagination. They
must have calculated who was in
power or in office at a particular
period. I have not named
Vajpayee or any other minister in
the report. There is no such
thing, said Chacko. The JPC
Chairman said he was in favour
of a probe into leakage of the
committees draft report. If they
(Opposition parties) have moved
such a motion, I am with it
because we have always faced
this problem. At every meeting, I
used to tell my colleagues that
please dont allow classified
information to reach the media.
But despite that, it was being
leaked, he said. This time also,
when the draft report was
prepared, I took special caution
that sealed covers were made
and it was sent to everyone
through special messengers.
How can anybody observe more
caution than this? If there is any
confusion over leakage, then
notice should be taken, Chacko
said. Asked if he was guilty of
leaking the report, Chacko said:
They (Opposition parties) have
not blamed me. The matter is how
it got leaked to the media. I am not
accused for it. On whether the
report would be adopted by the
Committee, Chacko said: I am
not worried about numbers in
the Committee. It is not a UPA or
a Congress report, it is a
Committee of Parliament. It is
the responsibility of all the
members of the Committee to
get it through. I am confident
that the report would be
adopted.
CP: READY TO RESIGN...
When a reporter asked himwhether
he would resign following demands
made in the context of the rape
case, Kumar asked a counter
question, If you do some wrong
reporting does your editor resign?,
he retorted back. The Delhi Police
had come under severe scrutiny
and demands were made for his
head even during the agitations
against police inaction after the
December 16 gang-rape. When
asked whether the Delhi Police was
doing a bad job, the police chief
replied,Not at all. When asked if
he was satisfied with his tenure as
the Delhi Police Commissioner,
Kumar said, Absolutely. Neeraj
Kumar is set to retire in July. Kumar
said police personnel who allegedly
offered Rs 2,000 to the parents of
the child to hush up the matter are
yet to be identified. He admitted
that the police personnel did not act
the way they should have done.
When asked about punitive action
against the policemen who showed
insensitivity and did not take
prompt action on the complaint of
the childs parents, Kumar said the
father of the victimwas not in a
position to identify the police
personnel who allegedly erred in
registering the complaint. The
main allegation was a bribe of Rs
2,000 being offered by two
policemen, one in uniformand one
in plain clothes, to the father of the
child to hush up the matter.
Unfortunately, as the father is too
tied up in the hospital he is unable
to come to the police station and
identify the two. Our own efforts to
identify the guilty policemen has
not yet succeeded, he added.
Kumar said after following the due
process and holding departmental
enquiry exemplary action would
be taken against the officers. We
will make an example of the erring
policemen who have not responded
or reacted in the manner they are
expected to, he said. As soon as
they are identified, they will be
suspended from service and a
vigilance enquiry will follow. On the
basis of vigilance inquiry a regular
departmental enquiry would be
conducted. We hope to complete
this within next 72 hours, the
Police Commissioner added.
Prima facie there were shortfalls
on the part of staff (in the
investigations). We ordered a
vigilance inquiry against the SHO
and IO and even before the inquiry
is over, we have placed them under
suspension because they were
found to be at fault. ACP BS
Ahlawat was suspended for
slapping a girl inside Swami
Dayanand Hospital for protesting
the rape of the five-year-old victim.
SHO, Gandhi Nagar police station,
Dharampal Singh and sub-
inspector Mahavir Singh, who was
the first investigating officer, were
placed under suspension for
alleged dereliction of duty pending
an inquiry. Asked why a case was
not registered against the ACP who
slapped the protester, Kumar said,
If the woman is prepared to give a
complaint, we can consider
registering a case.
IT WILL NOT BE...
As the Opposition and Treasury
stuck to their respective stands on
suspension of Question Hour to
discuss coalgate and voice vote
could not lead to any conclusion,
the Chair had to adjourn the House
at least three times before the lunch
session, with AIADMK and BJP
members trooping into the Well of
the House to register their protest.
The Chair then sought the Houses
permission on Maitreyans motion
and both the Opposition and
Treasury benches vociferously
registered ayes and noes
respectively. Ansari then said voting
on the motion was the only option
as the AIADMK member was not
willing to withdraw the motion. This
saw sharp exchanges between the
Opposition and Treasury and Jaitley
said the only way to break the
stalemate was to seek a suo moto
statement fromthe Law Minister
and the Prime Minister as the
members then could seek
clarifications.
However, the issue could not be
resolved with several members
including Naresh Aggarwal (SP)
and others stating that voting on
motion of suspension of Question
Hour will set a wrong precedent.
Finally, voting could not take place
as the Question Hour got over.
Maitreyan demanded that the Law
Minister be summoned in the
House and asked to explain his
position on alleged interference in
the CBI report and Jaitley again
asked the Government to make a
suo motu statement on the issue if
it has nothing to hide.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister
Kamal Nath said the Government
was ready for a discussion on the
issue but would take up the
discussion on atrocities on women
first as allowed by the Chairman.
Najma Heptulla (BJP) raised the
issue of propriety saying the House
has the right to know the decision
on Maitreyans motion, Tiruchi Siva
(DMK) said: You are giving priority
to one issue and dumping others.
The Deputy Chairman tried to
restore order and then adjourned
the House for 30 minutes at 12.10
pmand then till 2.00 pmat 12.45
pmwhen the members did not
relent. He also said the Chair
cannot direct the Government to
summon a Minister to the House.
RS UNITED ON...
An emotional Thakur described the
plight of rape victims and their
families and demanded that the
accused should be publically
hanged. BSP leader Mayawati
pointed out that a large number of
SC/ST women were subjected to
such atrocities and said that
Haryana led the country in this
regard. She said that in view of
the rising number of crimes
against women in Uttar Pradesh,
BSP leaders had recently met the
Governor demanding imposition
of Presidents Rule in the State
and demanded that the Home
Minister must consider this.
JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari said
that the rape of a five-year-old child
had made him ashamed of being a
man and attributed such heinous
acts to degrading moral values of
society. CPI(M) leader Sitaram
Yechury said that studies have
revealed that India fares very badly
as compared to other nations
where safety and security of
women is concerned. Highlighting
the low judge-population ratio, he
asked the Government to
effectively enforce laws and ensure
justice to victims of such beastly
crimes.
Trinamool Congress leader KD
Singh claimed that crime against
women has come down in West
Bengal due to setting up of all-
women police stations and fast
track courts in every district. He
also demanded physical castration
of rape accused.
Samajwadi Party leader Ram
Gopal Yadav said that growing
vulgarity in media and society is
responsible for high incidence of
rapes and said that a dozen more
laws need to be amended to
check such crimes.
EX-MINISTER, AIDE...
required under law. In view of the
arguments, the court held that the
prosecution had failed to establish
the guilt of the accused Seema
Azad and Anand Sen Yadav beyond
all shadow of doubts. Both the
accused were entitled to benefit of
the doubt. Accordingly, appeals of
Seema Azad and Anand Sen Yadav
were allowed and their conviction
was set aside. Earlier, the
prosecution case in short was that
Yogendra Prasad, father of
deceased Shashi, lodged a written
complaint on October 23, 2007 at
Ayodhya police station stating that
his daughter, aged 24 years, was a
student of LLB III year in Saket PG
College, Ayodhya. On account of
Dussehra holidays, the college was
closed but on October 22, 2007, at
about 9 am, she had gone to the
Allahabad Bank, situated in the
college building, for withdrawal of
money but she did not reach home
and her whereabouts were not
known. On October 31, 2007,
Yogendra Prasad again informed
police in writing that he belonged
to Scheduled Caste and he had
come to know that Vijay Sen
Yadav, who used to drive minister
Anand Sen Yadavs car, had enticed
his daughter with the help of
Seema Azad on the pretext of
providing her job. Vijay Sen Yadav
used to visit complainants house
earlier and had introduced himself
as a relative of the minister.
Senior advocate IB Singh, assisted
by counsel RBS Rathore, KK Singh
and Nisar Ahmad, appeared by
appellants Seema Azad and Anand
Sen.
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nation 06 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
BRAI BILL TABLED IN LS
AMID CPM OPPOSITION
New Delhi: The controversial
Biotechnology Regulatory
Authority of India (BRAI) Bill was
introduced in the Lok Sabha on
Monday by Minister for Science
and Technology Jaipal Reddy
despite vehement opposition
fromseveral MPs led by Basudeb
Acharia, the floor leader of
CPI(M). The opposing MPs
pointed out that the UPA
Government has not only ignored
the voices of the public but also
the credible and exhaustive report
by the Parliamentary Standing
Committee on Agriculture which
had tabled its report Cultivation
of Genetically Modified Food
Crops Prospects and Effects
in the Monsoon Session last year.
SC DEFERS ORDER
ON NIA JURISDICTION
New Delhi: The Supreme Court
on Monday deferred the
pronouncement of its order on
the question of National
Investigating Agencys (NIA)
jurisdiction to probe the case
against two Italian marines who
allegedly killed Indian fishermen
off the Kerala coast last year. The
apex court, which had on April 16
posted the matter for order, said
it will pass the order on Thursday.
FM CHANNELS AUCTION:
GOVT EYEING `1,531 CR
New Delhi: The Government is
eyeing revenue of over Rs 1,531
crore from the auction of new
radio channels as a part of the
FM Phase III expansion.
Government is likely to receive
total revenue of about Rs
1531.92 crore from the auction
of new channels based on the
reserve price, Information and
Broadcasting Minister Manish
Tewari said, in a written reply in
the Rajya Sabha.
18 STATES BACK EC MOVE
TO CURB BRIBERY IN POLL
New Delhi: A majority of States
have agreed with the Election
Commissions suggestion to
make giving and accepting
gratification or inducement of any
kind to lure votes in their favour a
cognizable offence. As many as
18 States have agreed to the
Commission suggestion in this
regard given to the Government
sometime ago. The Government
had sought the response of
States to the EC proposal but is
yet to initiate any action.
DECKS CLEARED FOR 9
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT
New Delhi: The Defence Ministry
has given the go-ahead to IAF to
procure nine aircraft worth over
Rs 1,100 crore to replace the
ageing Canberra planes. These
planes are used for survey, target
towing, signal intelligence,
communication jamming and
electronic warfare. The IAF will
now float a global tender to
acquire the jets, officials said on
Monday adding the nod was
given on Saturday last in Defence
Acquisition Council (DAC)
meeting chaired by Defence
Minister AK Antony.
PNS n NEW DELHI
I
n line of Opposition fire and
amid widespread protests
over the brutal rape of a five-
year-old girl, Home Minister
Sushil kumar Shinde on
Monday told Parliament that
an inquiry has been ordered
into the lapses on part of
police to investigate her dis-
appearance and attempt to
hush up the matter.
He, however, sought to
point out that such incidents
were not only
Delhi-centric but
were happening
in other parts of the country
too. He gave details of the inci-
dent in Gandhi Nagar area of
East Delhi on April 15, the
police response and investiga-
tions conducted so far.
He said the Station House
Officer (SHO) and the
Investigating Officer (IO) have
been placed under suspension
taking note of the lapses in the
investigation. The Joint CP
(Vigilance) has been
asked to conduct
an inquiry. The Jt
CP (Vigilance)
shall also enquire
into the allegation
that the local
police paid some money to the
father of the victim to hush up
the case, Shinde said in a
statement, whichwas laidinthe
House.
The victims parents had
alleged that some police per-
sonnel had offered them Rs
2,000 and told them to keep
quiet over the issue. Shinde
said two accused have been
arrested in connection with the
case. Medical examination of
the first accused, arrested from
Muzaffarpur district of Bihar
on April 19,
has been con-
ducted for
DNA, he said, adding the
accused is presently under
judicial custody.
Shinde told the House that
the five-year-old girl was
reported missing on April 15
and an FIRwas registered at 10
pm. The police started search-
ing and conducting raids in the
East Delhi area, he said.
In the early hours of April
17, 2013, the mother of the girl
heard weeping sound of the
child from the ground floor of
the same house where her
parents lived on the first floor,
Shinde maintained. The
ground floor was found locked
from outside and the police,
when informed, broke open
the door and recovered the
child, he said.
The girl was rushed to
Swami Dayanand Hospital,
which is the nearest, and pre-
liminary medico-legal case
confirmed sexual assault of
brutal kind, Shinde added.
Her condition was report-
edtobe stable after anoperation
conducted on April 18. She
was later shifted to AIIMS on
April 19for better treatment and
presently her condition is
reportedtobe stable, he said. In
the meantime, on April 19,
some protesters were holding
demonstrationat the Dayanand
Hospital where the Minister
concernedof Delhi Government
was visitingtoenquire about the
healthof the childalongwiththe
local MP, Shinde said.
INSHORT
PNS n NEW DELHI
Y
ou could be paying up to
150 times more than what
an SMS short message ser-
vice actually costs to the pri-
vate telecom companies.
A PIL in the Supreme
Court has claimed that telecom
operators have been charging
up to Rs 1.50 for an SMS that
costs them just one paisa.
The Government at Centre
has not bothered to address this
concern while the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI) is yet to put telcos to
notice on this arbitrary charge.
However, the Supreme
Court on Monday admitted the
PIL by NGO Telecom
Watchdog and sought the
response from the Centre and
TRAI within four weeks.
The figures in the PIL sug-
gest that cost-basedtariff for local
andnational SMScannot exceed
more than one paisa per mes-
sage. In contrast, major players
Vodafone and Airtel have been
charging anything between1.22
paise to 10 paise in the pre-paid
scheme. This figures rose expo-
nentially to Rs 1 per local SMS
and Rs 1.50 per national SMS.
The SMS rates of Vodafone
in the three major metropoli-
tans of Delhi, Kolkata and
Chennai suggest an arbitrary
method of pricing, the PIL filed
by advocate Prashant Bhushan
stated. For instance, under a
plan of Rs 35 per month,
Vodafone charges 10 paise per
SMS in Delhi. Under a similar
package of Rs 38 offered by the
same company in Chennai,
per SMS charge is 1.27 paise.
Airtel, which offers a Rs 81-
package, charged 7.36 paise
per SMS in Kolkata while
Vodafone costs 7.27 paise per
SMS under similar package in
the same city. The PIL has ques-
tioned this double standard of
the operators for different cities
when the spectrum usage
charge in the entire country is
common. The issue becomes
more serious on noting the cor-
responding rates charged by
BSNL in Chennai which ranges
fromas lowas 0.93 paise to 1.20
paise across all plans.
According to a TRAI con-
sultation paper prepared in
April 27, 2011, cost-based
charges for SMS are negligible,
almost 1/144 times that of ter-
minating a voice call. The inac-
tion of the TRAI to act against
the operators violating its own
rule is strange, if not surprising,
notedthe petition. To addto the
consumers woes, some opera-
tors are seeking to levy termi-
nation charge of 10 paise per
SMS. Doing this wouldshoot up
the base tariff of SMS by many
folds, it added.
PNS n NEWDELHI
I
ndia on Monday asserted it will take
every step to protect its interests in the
wake of deepincursions by Chinese troops
into Indian Territory in eastern Ladakh.
We are taking every action to pro-
tect our interest. ...We will take every step
to protect our interest, Defence Minister
AK Antony told reporters outside
Parliament House.
Antony was asked about the
Governments response to the Chinese
incursion some 10 to 12 km deep into
Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldi
(DBO) sector and erecting a tented post.
India and China are holding flag
meetings to resolve the issue. The issue
was raisedby India after the incident came
to light some time ago.
A Platoon-strength contingent of
Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)
came 10 kminside the Indianterritory in
Burthe inDBOsector, which is at analti-
tude of about 17,000 feet, on the night of
April 15 and established a tented post
there, according to reports that said a
Chinese Army Platoonusually consists of
around 50 men.
External Affairs Minister Salman
Khurshid said, We are still in touch and
flag meetings are going on. There is more
information to come. We will factor all
that and then take a final view.
We are addressing this issue in an
appropriate manner. We just do not
want any departure fromproportionali-
ty. I do not think we should allowthis to
get beyond the immediate area and we
should retain at that level and not allow
it to escape that level, Khurshid said.
Meanwhile, the JammuandKashmir
Government has voiced its concern over
Chinese troops incursion a long way
inside the Indianterritory and demand-
ed that the issue should be looked into
seriously.
As far China is concerned, it has
come long way inside (our territory). We
have last week informed Government of
India.... They (China) have come a long
way inside and we have well informed
them(Centre) inthis regard, Minister of
State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo
told reporters on the sidelines of a func-
tion in Jammu. It is a very serious issue.
Again and again they (China) are trying
to intrude into our territory. We should
seriously look into it, the Jammu and
Kashmir Minister said.
Kichloo said the State Government
had last week writtento the Centre about
it but has not received any response from
it yet. The State Government has writ-
ten to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
(over the issue of Chinese incursion). I
have toldyouthat the government of India
has beenlooking into it seriously. It takes
some time, whether it would be resolved
through talks or anything else, it would
be clear in two to three days, Kichloo
added.
Probe into police lapses ordered: Shinde
ARCHANA JYOTI n NEW DELHI
T
his is one Centre-State tussle that has
come to haunt Tata Motors big time.
At stake is its Rs 100 crore that the States
collectively owe to the auto major, hav-
ing purchased its buses supplied under
the Centre-sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru
National Urban Mission (JNNURM).
The company has now approached
the Union Urban Development Ministry
to persuade the State transport under-
takings across the cities to release the
amount. Sources said the UD Ministry
has, subsequently, asked the State trans-
port utilities to release the money to the
company at the earliest.
Sources said the States have made it
clear to Tata Motors that payment would
be made only after the Centre releases
their share of fund under the Mission.
But the Ministry has cited the lack
of reforms initiatives by the States for the
non-release of funds. According to the
memorandum of agreements with the
states, they were supposed to have
undertaken many reforms like creation
of a unified transport authority in the
cities where these buses would ply. The
states had also agreed with the Centre to
roll out smart ticketing systems and a
dedicated urban transport fund, among
other things. Most of the states have
failed to do so, Ministry officials said.
The State transport utilities have also
cited issues like frequent breakdown of
the vehicles and delays in supplies as rea-
sons behind non-payment of due amount.
The UPAgovernment had approved
Rs 4,723.97 crore to jointly fund 14,504
buses for States in the second stimulus
package in early 2009, of which Rs
2,088.84 crore is tobe borne by the Centre.
However, the Ministry has releasedjust Rs
1,067.42 crore to the States so far.
Nagpur State Transport Undertaking
is the major defaulter in the Tata Motors
list at Rs 15.45crore followedby Thane (Rs
8.3 crore), Chennai (Rs 7.8 crore),
Chandigarh (Rs 6.38 crore). The other
erringtransport utilities belongtoMadurai,
Coimbatore, Ujjain, Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal,
Ahmedabad, Andhra Pradesh, BMTC,
JammuandKashmir, Karnataka, Nagaland,
Calcutta, Mumbai, KalyaninMaharashtra,
Arunanchal, Indore, Jabalpur andSikkim.
The UD Ministry had sanctioned
15,260 buses to improve public transport
services in 61 mission cities across the
country. Tata Motors had received max-
imum orders for 5,888 buses of differ-
ent types for state undertakings across
the country, over a period of time
beginning February 2009 up to March
2010 while Ashok Leyland received
orders for 5,209, said sources. Volvo got
order for over 500 buses.
New Delhi: The Government had twice raised questions over
the decision to hold abroad trials of two participating vendors
in the VVIP chopper deal and the Defence Ministry agreed only
after the IAF insisted this would not affect the trial process, the
Lok Sabha was informed today.
Answering a written query, Defence Minister A K Antony
said the issue of holding trial at the vendor facilities was brought
before the Defence Procurement Board (DPB) on
September 5, 2007.
The DPBin its meeting decided that vendors should be asked
to make the trial helicopters available in India and if they still
had difficulties in doing so, the matter could be reconsidered,
he said.
The IAF along with the Special Protection Group (SPG)
had held the trials of the two choppers in the US and the UK
but American firm Sikorsky was disqualified at the trial stage
and t he tender was bagged by t he Angl o-It al i an
AgustaWestland.
The deal is being probed by the CBI after the arrest of two
former CEOs of AgustaWestland for allegedly paying kickbacks
to the tune of Rs 362 crore to agents for securing the deal.
The CBI has questioned former IAF chief S P Tyagi and his
three cousins for allegedly favouring the Anglo-Italian firm in
the contract. PTI
PNS n NEW DELHI
T
he CPI(M), CPI and Aam
Admi Party on Monday
lashed out at the Government
for providing Z category secu-
rity cover to billionaire Mukesh
Ambani, saying common peo-
ple have beenleft inthe lurchas
gruesome incidents of rape keep
happening. The leaders alleged
Government should take back
the CRPF commandos allotted
to the business tycoon even
thoughAmbani saidhe will pay
for the security.
At a time when countrys
police force is unable to provide
security to its citizens, ensure
safety for women, andevenfive-
year-old girl are raped under
their very nose, the Government
has ordered Z plus security for
countrys richest corporate
tycoon Mukesh Ambani and
evenprotectionfor his sprawling
residential building Antilia, said
CPI veteranleader ABBardhan,
demanding the Government to
take back CRPF commandos
allotted to him.
AAPleader ArvindKejriwal
said the Government cant jus-
tify that Ambani was paying for
his security. So can any person
now hire CRPF jawans by pay-
ing money? Are our security
forces meant to act as private
security of rich and powerful?
He also accused media on
Twitter. Such a rich man cant
hire own security guards. And
no media had courage to ques-
tion this? CPI(M) leader
Basudeb Acharya blamed the
UPA Government for pro-
viding protection to the biggest
tax evader.
It is unprecedented that at
a time when such ghastly and
gruesome incidents of rape are
taking place and people are
demanding more security, Z-
plus category of security is given
to a top corporate leader like
Ambani andthe commoners left
in the lurch. This Government
is providing protection to the
biggest tax evader, saidAcharya.
The Union Home Ministry
had allotted Z category securi-
ty cover to Ambani. As many as
28 CRPFcommandos withpilot
andfollow-onvehicles will be in
security ring of RIL chief.
PNS n NEW DELHI
I
n a scathing attack on Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
and Finance Minister P
Chidambaram, former
Telecom Minister A Raja on
Monday submitted a detailed
112- page note to JPC
Chairman PC Chacko, claim-
ing that he had done everything
in consultation with them.
I had numerous personal
discussions with the Finance
Minister and the PM in
December 2007 and the first
week of January 2008 in
Cabinet meetings and other-
wise, where they were in agree-
ment with the proposed course
of action of the DoT. That is
why the Finance Ministry did
not raise any further issues
regarding entry fee or spectrum
charges, said Raja.
He said after writing letter
to the Prime Minister on
December 26, 2007 about his
plans to allot 2G spectrum
and licences, he had met the
PM in the first week of January
2008, before allotting licences
on January 10.
Thereafter, I met the
Honble PMin the first week of
January 2008 and this issue was
again discussed and he agreed
with the proposed course of
action of the DoT, he said.
Rejecting the CBI charge
sheet that he had misled the
Prime Minister, Raja said JPC
should record Prime Ministers
statement as CBI failed to do so.
Since it has often been alleged
that I misled the Honble PM,
I wish to deal with this issue
here. I wouldfirst of all point out
that this allegation has been
made by the CBI, without even
recording the statement of the
Honble PM! On what basis do
they then say that he was mis-
led? I do hope that the JPC will
not commit the same blunder:
if they wish to draw any con-
clusions on this issue, it is
mandatory to record both my
statement and the statement of
the Honble PM, Raja said.
Citing the minutes of meet-
ings he had with Chidambaram
and their meeting with Prime
Minister, Raja said he allotted
spectrum only after getting
concurrence from both.
Similarly, spectrum was allo-
cated only after I had the con-
currence of the Honble PM
and Finance Minister, he said.
He criticised the Supreme
Court judgement of cancellation
of licences as a misguided one,
whichderailedthe growthof the
telecomsector. Today, the tele-
com growth story is over.
Misguided judicial interven-
tion forced the Government to
take unsustainable policy deci-
sions. Raja also blamed the
CAG for hyping the loss factor.
Blaming investigative agen-
cies, he said till date they have
not found a single money trail
against him and his family.
Speaking of prosecutions, I
must note with a sense of hap-
piness and pride in my honesty
that the combined investigation
by the CBI, EDand Income Tax
Department could not identi-
fy a single rupee of any bribe or
gratification received by me or
even my extended family for
the so-called benefits given by
me to the private companies.
Submits 112-page
note to Chacko against
Manmohan, PC
Left, AAP up ante
against Z plus
cover to Ambani
Antony pins blame on
IAF over abroad trials
ANNAPURNA JHA n
NEW DELHI
I
n viewof the recent spate of
rape cases, the Government
is planning to launch a media
campaignfor the positive por-
trayal of women in media as
rising vulgarity and obscenity
is oftencited as the prime rea-
son for crime against women.
The Information and
Broadcasting Ministry and
Women and Child
Development Ministry is hold-
ing consultations with stake-
holders inthis regard. They are
also mulling appointing an
ambassador to promote the
message that families andsoci-
ety which value their women,
can only progress
The general perception
as reflectedinthe debate inthe
Rajya Sabha on the gruesome
rape of a five-year-oldchild
is that vulgarity in films and
TVwhichproject of womenas
an object of desire is respon-
sible for rape and other
heinous crime against women.
The Justice JS Verma com-
mittee constituted after
December 16 gang-rape inci-
dent had also recommended
that the Government should
take measures for the positive
portrayal of women to check
these crimes.
I&B Secretary Uday
Verma recently held a meet-
ing with senior officials of the
WCD Ministry to discuss the
details of the campaign. The
idea of appointing an ambas-
sador to promote positive
image of women had come up
at the meeting, sources told
The Pioneer.
Significantly, the WCD
Ministry had earlier roped in
film actor Aamir Khan for its
campaign to fight child mal-
nutrition. But at present it is
not clear as to who will take
up the cause of preventing
crime against women.
I & B Ministry has held
meetings with media bodies
like Indian Broadcasting
Federation, National
Broadcasting Association,
Censor Board, public repre-
sentatives and others to dis-
cuss how women could be
positively portrayed.
NewDelhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi is holding con-
sultations with experts and concerned Authorities to work
out an action plan with quick response system to check inci-
dents of rape.
Congress spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury said that
Sonia is the guiding spirit behind all the changes, reforms that
are happening. This is being addressed internally in the party.
We will come out with a future action plan. PNS
Sonia to look for quick action plan
Govt to launch media campaign
for positive portrayal of women
Left boycotts
Kurien in
Rajya Sabha
NewDelhi: Continuing their
boycott of Rajya Sabha
Deputy ChairmanPJ Kurien,
Left parties onMonday staged
a walkout to protest his pre-
siding over the proceedings of
the House whenit was debat-
ing the gruesome rape of a
five-year-old girl in Delhi.
As soon as Kurien
assumed the Chair fromEM
Sudharsana Natichappan a
little before 5 pm when the
House was holding an
impromptudiscussiononthe
issue, CPI and CPI-Mmem-
bers staged a walkout resent-
ing his being in the Chair.
Left parties had said that
they will boycott Kurien in
the Upper House till his
name is cleared of all charges
in the Suryanelli rape case.
The members from Left
Parties earlier in the day met
Minister of State for
Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv
Shukla toregister their protest
against Kurienpresiding over
suchdebates onrape issues in
the Upper House.
Sources said they told
Shukla that they will disrupt
the proceedings of the House
if Kurien is allowed to pre-
side over such debates. The
Left has been protesting
against Kurien both inside
and outside Parliament.
There have been widespread
protests in Kuriens home
State Kerala also. PNS
The WCD Ministry had
earlier roped in film
actor Aamir Khan for its
campaign to fight child
malnutrition. But at
present it is not clear as
to who will take up the
cause of preventing
crime against women
CHILDRAPE
CASE
Manmohan, PC knew all
decisions, Raja asserts
I had numerous personal
discussions with the Finance
Minister and the PM in
December 2007 and the first
week of January 2008 in
Cabinet meetings and
otherwise, where they were in
agreement with the proposed
course of action of the DoT
Since it has often been
alleged that I misled the
Honble PM, I wish to deal
with this issue here. I would
first of all point out that this
allegation has been made by
the CBI, without even
recording the statement of
the Honble PM!
Today, telecom growth story
is over. Misguided judicial
intervention forced Govt to
take unsustainable policy
decisions
Centre-State tussle leaves
Tata motors `100 cr at stake
SO CAN ANY
PERSON NOW HIRE
CRPF JAWANS BY
PAYING MONEY?
ARE OUR
SECURITY FORCES
MEANT TO ACT AS
PRIVATE SECURITY
OF RICH AND
POWERFUL?
ARVIND KEJRIWAL
The State transport
utilities have also
cited issues
like frequent
breakdown of the
vehicles and
delays in supplies
as reasons behind
non-payment of
due amount
Chinese incursion: Antony vows
to protect Indias interests
China rejects allegation
of its armys intrusion
Beijing: China on Monday rejected reports of
intrusion by its troops in Ladakh, saying the
Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers
patrolled the
Chinese side of Line
of Actual Control
(LAC) without
trespassing into it.
Presenting Chinas stand, the Foreign
Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying also
called for resolution of the issue through
talks. Chinas frontier troops have been
abiding by the agreement between the two
countries and abiding by the LAC agreed by
the two countries. PTI
Telcos charging unfair price for SMS
SC notice to Centre, TRAI on PIL
To add to the consumers
woes, some operators
are seeking to levy
termination charge of 10
paise per SMS. Doing
this would shoot up the
base tariff of SMS by
many folds
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23 , 2013
nation 07
DHEERAJ KUMAR n PATNA
I
n a sensational case, a girl
was kidnapped and confined
at a secluded place, only to be
gang-raped by half-a-dozen
persons to avenge the elope-
ment of a boy with a girl under
Majhauliya police station area
of West Champaran district
Superintendent of Police of
West Champaran Sunil Kumar
Nayak told The Pioneer that
the accused took both the girl
and her mother to a secluded
place on April 20 while they
were going to attend the
natures call.
He said that one of the
accused raped the mother of
the victim girl while five oth-
ers violated the girl to take the
revenge and teach thema les-
son for the wrong doing of
their male family member.
KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n CHEN-
NAI
N
ormal life came to a stand-
still in Kanyakumari dis-
trict on Monday following a
hartal call by the BJP. The
shut-down was to protest
against the unprecedented
series of attacks on party lead-
ers in the district allegedly by
Islamic fundamentalists. MR
Gandhi, the 68-year-old exec-
utive committee member of
Tamil Nadu BJP was attacked
on Sunday by two unidentified
youth with a sharp weapon
while he was on his morning
walk. A seriously injured
Gandhi was admitted to a pri-
vate hospital where he is recu-
perating now. Gandhi was a
popular leader of the party and
had contested the 2011
Assembly election from
Kanyakumari constituency
where he lost narrowly.
Pon Radhakrishnan, pres-
ident, Tamil Nadu BJP, said that
four BJP leaders had been
attacked during the last three
months with two of them los-
ing their lives.
We have been seeing a
pattern in these attacks. The
popular leaders of the party are
being selectively targeted. The
sad thing is that nobody has
been arrested in these cases, he
said. According to
Radhakrishnan, Kanyakumari
has become a safe haven for
Islamic extremists. Friday saw
the four western districts of
Coimbator, Erode, Nilgiris and
Tirupur observing a days har-
tal called by various Hindu
organisations to protest against
a series of attacks on commu-
nity leaders who questioned the
love jihads and forcible reli-
gious conversion. Monks of
various Hindu Mutts too had
joined the Friday hartal.
SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA
W
ith thousands of duped
investors taking to streets
across the State and under
intense pressure from the
Opposition for her parties
alleged role in the chit-fund
gate, Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on Monday
hit back transferring the
responsibility of the multi-
crore scam on the Centre and
the Left Front.
Such shady funds and
money laundering were mon-
itored by Delhi and a State
Government was absolutely
toothless in absence of appro-
priate laws to regulate them,
she said, announcing the for-
mation of a four-member high-
power commission to investi-
gate into the alleged `22,000
crore scam which has brought
several lakh investors on the
verge of ruin.
Alleging that those who
patronised the chit-funds are
today shifting the blame on our
head Banerjee said, It is the
Centre that gives them licence
and controls the chit-funds
and money laundering through
its organs like RBI and SEBI.
Visibly anguished by its
political fallout particularly
after some visible faces of the
Trinamool Congress including
Ministers and MPs got sucked
into the vortex of the super-
scam the Chief Minister said
none of these funds are regis-
tered with the State
Government. They are all reg-
istered with the Centre.
Bengal was on the boil for
the past a few days after the
Shardha Group the owner of
the chit-fund business default-
ed in payment. Anti-
Government protests began
after Shardha chief Sudipto
Sen known for his close prox-
imity to many a bigwig of the
Government went missing.
An amount Rs 70,000 or
even more could be involved in
the scam, Banerjee said, adding
much of the stolen money
could have been siphoned out
of the country. Had the Centre
or the previous Left Front
Government taken action ear-
lier then the situation could
have been avoided. Now they
are blaming our two-year-old
Government, she complained
informing, We acted soon
after getting information from
the CBI on April 15.
Banerjee said she had asked
the Centre to return a previous
faulty Bill prepared by the Left
lying with it for Presidential
assent following which we will
go for an ordinance so that we
can take immediate action on
the matter.
Ignoring questions as to
why her Government did not
heed the letters from her own
party MPSomenMitra or advi-
sories sent by Union Minister
Sachin Pilot, on the issue the
Chief Minister said it was Delhi
that was mainly responsible for
small saving finding its way into
the hands of shady operators.
TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI
B
ollywood actor Sanjay Dutt
on Monday afternoon sur-
rendered before a city court
and secured a bail in a crimi-
nal intimidation case filed by a
film producer, within hours
after the court issued him a
Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW)
for his failure to respond to its
summons twice in that case.
Already in a bind over the
impending incarceration in the
1993 Mumbai serial blasts case,
Sanjay acted swiftly to an NBW
served on him by an Andheri
Metropolitan Magistrates court
for not responding to its sum-
mons twice in a case of alleged
intimidation filed against him
by producer Shakeel Noorani.
Not wanting to earn the
wrath of the court yet again,
Sanjay - accompanied by his
lawyer Rizwan Merchant -
appeared before the Magistrate
and secured bail in the crimi-
nal intimidation case, where
Noorani has alleged that he had
received threat calls at the
behest of the actor.
The Magistrate granted
Sanjay bail against cash sure-
ty of `10,000 and scheduled
the hearing for the case
for May 3.
Noorani had filed a case of
criminal intimidation in the
Magistrates court after he began
receiving threat calls allegedly at
the behest Sanjay. The court had
on February 13 this year, had
directedSanjay to appear before
it to respond to the charge of
criminal intimidation made
against himby the producer.
The dispute between
Sanjay and Noorani dates back
to 2002, when the actor aban-
doned an under-production
film Jaan Ki Baazi, mid way.
Though Sanjay signed the film,
starring him, Priyanka Chopra
and Danny in October 2001,
the producer could complete
the film owing to the actors
failure to spare dates for its
shooting.
Noorani had earlier
approached Indian Motion
Pictures Producers Association
(IMPPA), which had passed an
award on January 28, 2010,
directing the actor to allot 30
shooting days to Noorani
within 15 days, failing which
the former (Sanjay) would
compensate the producer to the
tune of `2.03 crore `50 lakh
taken by way of signing amount
and the losses amounting to
`1.53 crore incurred by way of
liabilities and interest at pre-
vailing rate.
However, after the actor
failed to carry out the IMMPAs
directive, prompting the pro-
ducer to move the Bombay
High court, which ordered the
attachment of Sanjay Dutts
two properties - his Pali Hill
residence and production office
at Santacruz in Mumbai - for
his failure to carry out a direc-
tive issued to him by the
IMPPA in January, 2010..
Noorani alleged that after
the high courts attachment
order, he beganreceiving threat-
ening calls, whichwere tracedto
Dubai and Karachi. Following
the allegedthreats, he fileda case
of criminal intimidation in the
Magistrates court
However, on his part,
Sanjays lawyer Rizwan
Merchant said that his client is
being falsely implicated and
that there was no truth in the
allegation that threat calls had
been made to Noorani at the
actors behest.
PNS n PATNA
E
ven as Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar has described
BJP patriarch Lal Krishna
Advani as a respectable and
Sarvmanya leader com-
manding acceptability among
all, BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha
has strongly viewed that his
party should contest the 2014
Lok Sabha election under his
leadership.
Speaking at Veer Kuer
Singh Vijayotsava function at
SK Memorial Hall in Patna on
Monday, Sinha said that the
BJP should enter the electoral
fray under the guardianship of
Advani as he is the tallest
leader in the party.
The actor-turned-politi-
cians remarks have come at a
time when Nitish Kumar has
asked JD(U) workers to tight-
en their belts for the upcoming
elections and make themselves
prepared for life without BJP.
Nitish Kumar made these
remarks while addressing party
workers at a training camp of
Extremely Backward Castes
(EBCs) at Rajgir.
Like Veer Kuer Singh who
was full of energy even at the
ripe age of 80 and fought
Britisher valiantly, Advani has
also enough energy in him to
guide the party in the coming
Lok Sabha election, Sinha
added.
Experience and vision are
two prerequisites for guiding
the party and the country and
Advani is blessed with both
these two qualities in abun-
dance, he remarked.
Apparently in a veiled
remark on Gujarat Chief
Minister Narendra Modi, Sinha
said that inadequate experience
could not be compensated
through youthfulness itself.
He, however, stated that the
issue of Prime Ministerial can-
didate would be decided by the
partys top leadership.
Sanjay Dutt appears in court, secures bail
CRIMINAL
INTIMIDATION CASE
Mamata blames Cong,
LF for chit-fund scam
Policemen detain Congress activists protesting against the Kolkata Government
over the chit-fund scam in front of the State Secretariat building on Monday PTI
Kolkata: With the chit-fund crisis threatening to produce irreversible
political consequence for the State Government Bengal Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee on Monday embarked on a damage-control exercise
announcing the setting up of a high-powered commission to
investigate the scam.
We are setting up a high-powered commission headed by retired
Justice Shyamal Sen under the Commissions of Investigation Act to
investigate into the scam, Banerjee said, adding the team will also
include four other members including a retired IPS officer.
Apart from this a parallel probe would be conducted by the Director
General of Police aided by the CID, she said even as a public interest
litigation was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday praying for a
CBI probe. PNS
Didi sets up probe commission
Girl gang-raped in
West Champaran;
three arrested
BJP protests attacks on party
leaders in Kanyakumari
Mumbai: Janata Party president
Subramaniam Swamy on Monday
met Shiv Sena president Uddhav
Thackeray here and discussed
about the prevailing political
situation in the country.
We had an hour-long meeting
where wide ranging issues
regarding the current political
affairs were discussed. We agreed
that the NDA strategy and
approach for the next Lok Sabha
elections should be fighting
corruption, promoting
development and adopting
Hindutva, Swamy said.
The Janata Party leader said he
has had a long association with
Thackerays since he was elected
twice to the Lok Sabha from
Mumbai. Another topic of our
discussion was the issue of NDAs
Prime Ministerial candidate. It
should be discussed in a meeting
with all allies, he said. PTI
Swamy calls
on Shiva Sena
chief Uddhav
LK Advani must lead BJP in
2014 election: Shatrughan
LOKPAL SETHI n KOTA
F
ormer Chief Minister and Rajasthan
BJP president Vasundhara Raje on
Monday embarked on second leg of her
Suraj Sankalp Yatra in this Hadauti region,
once bastion of the BJP, to cover partys
losses inflicted to it during the last
Assembly elections.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Chouhan flagged of the Yatra after
addressing a huge gathering at Dussehra
Ground. Several leaders of the party from
the State attended the ceremony. Adjoining
to the State, politics of Madhya Pradesh
had always influenced the politics of
Hadauti region of Rajasthan.
Making a scathing attack on Chief
Mi ni ster Ashok Gehl ot and hi s
Government, Raje said that during the
previous BJP Government, Rajasthan had
come out from the list of BIMARU States
but as the present Government had
failed to carry out the development
work, the State is returning back to the
same situation.
Speaking on the occasion, Chouhan
said Raje family had close links with MP
and her mother had played a significant
role in shaping up the party in the State
as well as at the national level. He said the
way people are responding to the Rajes
yatra, it was almost certain that the BJP
would return to power in the coming
Assembly elections. During her six-day long
Yatra, Raje would address over three dozen
meetings, according to Kalicharan Saraf,
state BJPgeneral secretary and in-charge of
this second leg of the yatra.
Before starting second leg of her
Yatra on Sunday, Raje got a shot in the arm
when a former senior Congress Jat leader
Hari Singh announced to join the BJP. Raje
was honoured at a meeting to mark the
golden jubilee celebrations of Jat
Chhatravas organised by Hari Singh in
Jaipur. Among others, former External
Affairs Minister Natwar Singh attended the
meeting. Natwar said Raje would not only
become the next Chief Minister of the
State, but she had the charisma to become
Prime Minister of the country in the future.
Former MP Hari Singh, who was vice
president of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress
Committee, was been expelled from the
party for publicly criticising Gehlot. Only
in last week, he had announced that now
he would play the role of Chanakya to
bring back Raje as Chief Minister of the
State. With the joining of the BJP by the
Jat stalwart leader, Jat politics of the State
is set to take a newturn. Jat leaders in west-
ern Rajasthan are not happy with Gehlot
Government as they feel that he was
behind jailing senior Congress leader
Mahipal Maderna, an accused in Bhanwari
Devi murder case. Though leader like
Narayan Singh, former PCC president, are
with Gehlot, stalwart Jat leader of the party
Sheeshram Ola, former Union Minister is
said have some reservation about him.
RPCC president Chandrabhan, a protg
of Gehlot, also belong to this region, but
he has not much impact on the Jat poli-
tics of the region.
KUMAR UTTAM n BELGAUM
(KARNATAKA)
T
here are few politicians
who remain a fighter till
their last breath. Former
Karnataka Chief Minister BS
Yeddyurappa belongs to that
league.
First unseated as Chief
Minister on corruption charges
and then virtually forced out of
the BJP, the former Chief
Minister is out to destroy the
party which he created. In the
process, BSYhas himself risked
his political future; from being
a mass leader to a sulking
individual who is on a lookout
to settle scores with his detrac-
tors in the BJP.
Five years after the BJP
formed its first Government in
a southern State the party is
facing challenge from its cre-
ator. The corruption taints on
BSY is troubling his erstwhile
many times more than the
man himself.
On a whirlwind tour of
North Karnataka region a
stronghold of Lingayats BJP
chief Rajnath Singh faced some
tough questions on why party
remain silent on corruption of
the BSY Government. BJPs
strategy to question Congresss
corruption at national level
has backfired, or it looks so
from here.
We are unlike the
Congress. We have a healthy
tradition of asking people to
quit organisational or govern-
ment posts if chargesheeted in
corruption case. This is the
basic difference between us
and the Congress. There can-
not be a comparison between
the two parties, Singh told The
Pioneer.
BJPs Yeddyurappa prob-
lem is a complex case. It can-
not dump a man who headed
the BJP Government for more
than three years. Neither can
afford to own up his misdeeds.
BSY is seen as the undis-
puted leader of Lingayats, the
most influential community
in Karnataka, which helped the
BJP come to power.
It was the BSYs hold over
Lingayat votes that helped BJP
bag 11 out of 18 Assembly seats
of Belgaum district.
BSYis giving nightmares to
the BJP, with his potential to
make inroads into the Lingayat
votes. Still the lack of a party
structure and resources need-
ed to provide cutting edge to
his election campaign has rel-
egated the leader to a fringe
player.
Chairman of Karnataka
Lingayat Education Society
Prabhakar Kore Yeddyurappa
times his moves badly.
Then he relied on his
friends in the BJP who insti-
gated him to float a party of his
own but ultimately did not join
his Karnataka Janta Party. As a
result, he could not get good
candidates, Kore claimed. Kore
is an education baron in North
Karnataka region his trust
runs more than 200 colleges in
the State and a BJP MP in
Rajya Sabha.
Political analysts in
Karnataka claim BSY may get
a maximum of 10 or 15 seats,
out of total 224, but he would
damage the BJP extensively.
We would have had a
smooth sail here if BSY had
decided to stay back. His pres-
ence and absence makes dif-
ferences, whatever it may be,
a BJP MLA here conceded.
The BJP chief if hopeful of
recovering whatever ground it
seemed to have lost to BSY.
Incumbent Chief Minister
Jagadish Shettar is a big hope
for him. He is a clean politi-
cian. The way he has ruled for
the last one year has won
hearts of people. The delivery
mechanism of State
Government schemes has
improved, Singh said.
The election campaign for
May 5 poll has just begun, but
BJP leaders are toiling hard to
reach out to voters. Starting
with the carpet bombing by LK
Advani, Rajnath Singh and
Sushma Swaraj on Sunday, the
BJP plans an aggressive cam-
paign to project itself as the
front runner.
I am hopeful that BJP
will emerge as the front runner
to form Government after
results are out, Singh said, as
he braved scorching heat to
address three rallies in North
Karnataka region.
KESTUR VASUKI nBANGALORE
A
peekat the assets declaredby
some of candidates for the
May 5 Karnataka elections cut-
ting across party lines show a
drastic increase intheir income.
They are noordinary candidates
but crorepatis making hay inthe
Assembly elections.
29-year-oldPriya Krishna, a
Congress candidate form
Govindarajangaraj constituency
in Bangalore has declared an
income of `910 crore, probably
one of the richest in the history
of Indian politics, is an eligible
bachelor and has an avid inter-
est for cars.
Priya Krishna, who was
elected fromGovindarajanagar
in the 2009 bypoll to the
Assembly, is the son of realtor-
politicianMKrishnappa, popu-
larly known as Layout
Krishnappa, who is also the sit-
ting MLAfromVijayanagar. Of
the `910 crore assets of Priya
Krishna, `815 crore are move-
able assets, inthe formof invest-
ments and machinery, while
`95crore are immoveable assets.
Former Congress Minister
DK Shivakumar is another
notable crorepati candidate from
the Congress stable with a
declared assets of `251 crores.
Shivakumar, contesting from
Kanakapura Assembly con-
stituency in Ramanagaramdis-
trict has assets worth over `251
crore, whichinclude assets of his
wife and three children.
With mining barons
Santhosh lad and Anil Lad con-
testing fromCongress ticket the
billionaire club is also swelling.
Eventhoughthe SChas banned
mining of some miners whoare
contesting are rich and they
have doubled their income.
Anils cousin Santosh Lad,
who is seeking re-election from
Kalaghatagi constituency in
Dharwdaddistrict, ranks thirdin
the list of richest MLAaspirants
withassets worth`176.73 crore.
RS member Anil Lad has
assets worth `230 crore; former
Tourism Minister BS Anand
Singh, (BJP) has `101crore; BSR
Congress president BSriramulu
`44.54 crore while B Nagendra
(Independent) `14.38 crore.
The new members to join
the crorepati club are Rani
Samyukta (BSR Congress), a
cousin of Singh with `71.31
crore andAbdul Wahab, a senior
Congress leader in the district,
whois trying his luck after a gap
of nearly two decades has a net
worth of `54.36 crore.
A majority of them are
either associates of the jailed
mining baron G Janardhan
Reddy or have had business
links withhim. Nearly everyone
figures inthe Lokayukta Report
on illegal mining, and in the
investigation by the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
For sitting Shanthinagar
MLA from the Congress, NA
Haris is worth over `133 crore.
Being the Managing Director of
Nalapad Group of Companies,
Haris and his dependents
(including wife and four chil-
dren), have moveable assets
worthover `93 cr andimmove-
able assets of over `40 cr.
Interestingly, none of themown
a vehicle as per affidavit. Haris
has liabilities of about `3.53 cr.
Former Minister andformer
Karnataka Congress Committee
president RV Deshpande, con-
testing from Haliyal Assembly
constituency, is worthover `113
crore this time, down by about
`33 crore declared during the
2008 Assembly polls.
Congress treasurer
Shamanur Shivashankarappa
who runs a string of education-
al institutions in Davanagere
and is contesting from
Davangere South has assets
worthover `67 crore incontrast
to his party president G
Parameshwara whose total assets
declared is worth `3.87 crore.
KJ George, alsoof Congress
contesting fromSarvagnanagar
here, has assets worth `26.82
crore. Congress has also fielded
its councillor B Basavarju, from
Hoodi ward in KR Puramcon-
stituency whose total worth is
also over `26 crore.
KJPs strongman BS
Yeddyurappas assents too grew
in many folds. His declaration
clearly shows that he has grown
richer by few crores. The total
asset of former Chief Minister
andKJPpresident has increased
to `5.97 crore from`1.82 crore
declared in the 2008.
JD(S) Karnataka unit pres-
ident HD Kumaraswamy and
his wife Anita have together
declaredassets worth`123crore.
Kumaraswamy and his wife are
contesting fromRamanagaram
and Channapatna respectively.
Another JD(S) candidate
TN Javarayi Gowda who filed
his nominations from
Yeshvanthpur in Bangalore has
declared his assets worth
`150.58 crore. K Bagegowda, a
realtor, with net assets worth
`212.5 crore. He is contesting
from the Basavanagudi
Assembly constituency in
Bangalore on a JD(S) ticket
BJP national president Rajnath Singh addresses a election meeting at Basavana Bagewadi in Karnataka on Monday
Pioneer photo
Chouhan flags off Rajes second leg
of Suraj Sankalp Yatra
Delhi Child rape:
Second accused
in transit remand
BJP toils hard face challenge from its creator
Crorepati netas income swells
Cong candidate
Priya Krishna
richest in fray
KARNATAKA ELECTION
PNS n PATNA
A
six-member team of Delhi
Police and Bihar Police
nabbed the second accused in
the Delhi child rape case,
Pradeep at Barahiya in
Lakhisarai district past mid
night on Monday.
Superintendent of Police of
Lakhisarai Rajeev Mishra told
The Pioneer that a six-member
team of Delhi Police, com-
prising two Sub-Inspectors
and four constables in close
coordination with the district
police nabbed Pradeep Kumar
in Lakhisarai district.
M
r Narendra Modis
acceptability rather
thanunacceptabil-
ity among ordi-
nary and ortho-
dox Muslims may have provoked
his Bihar counterpart to go on the
warpath. The merit of this propo-
sition can be gauged from some
facts inthe public domain. Hence,
the BJP should let this support
from a growing national con-
stituency crystallise at its own
pace, rather thantry to containthe
Gujarat Chief Ministers stature
and discourse within parameters
set by opponents.
Maulana Ghulam Ahmed
Vastanvi was the first to break
ranks with the rigid stereotyping
of non-Congress political leaders
in independent India. After a
surprising electionas vice chancel-
lor of the Darul Uloom Deoband
in2011, the first-ever for someone
outside Uttar Pradesh, he mildly
appreciated Gujarats progress
under Mr Modi and its positive
impact on Muslims. This offend-
ed those still wrapped in the sec-
ular straitjacket, and Maulana
Vastanvi soon stepped down.
He resurfaced in March 2013,
stating that Muslims have no rea-
son to object to the nation elect-
ing Mr Modi as Prime Minister.
Choosing his words carefully, he
said Gujarat has had a BJP
Government for the past 10 years;
if it worked for Muslims they
would support it and if it did not
they would move away.
The phenomenonof Maulana
Vastanvi andMuslims whovote for
the BJP in increasing numbers in
Gujarat hints at a tentative quest
among the community to come to
terms with the Hindu identity of
the majority community, which is
what joining the national main-
streamtruly means. Muslims can
transcendtheir self-imposedghet-
tos only when they find the self-
confidence to maintain their reli-
gio-cultural identity among obser-
vant Hindus, and shun the
Nehruvian canard that only the
banishment of the nations founda-
tional ethos fromthe public arena
can safeguard their identity. This
has passed for secularismininde-
pendent India to the chagrin of
Hindus; Muslims have a special
responsibility to demolish walls
that perpetuate fear andprejudice.
Maulana Mahmood Madni,
general secretary of the Jamiat
Ulema-Hind, who played a lead-
ing role in ousting Maulana
Vastanvi from the Deoband sem-
inary for praising Mr Modi, was
the next to break ranks with sec-
ular orthodoxy. In an interviewto
a private television channel in
February, he said, There is a
change in the Muslim psyche
towards Modi, and a section of
Muslims voted for him in the
recent Assembly elections.
Claiming that circumstances have
changed, he said, Muslims in
Gujarat are economically better off
thaninother States whichhave so-
called secular Governments.
He was quickly rebuffedby his
uncle and Jamiat president
Maulana Arshad Madni, who said
there was no question of accept-
ing Mr Modi as Indias Prime
Minister as he was wholly and
solely responsible for the 2002
Gujarat riots... Such sentiments
are strenuously reinforced by sec-
ular Muslims who buy freedom
from the strict adherence to
mazhab in their personal lives but
upholdminority rights to preserve
their own eminence in various
walks of life.
However, Jamiat is a political
offshoot of Darul Uloom,
Deoband, the ultimate seat of
Islamic jurisprudence in the sub-
continent. So Mahmood Madnis
assertion that a sterile communal
identity can no longer satisfy
Muslims, that the community will
look at how other States treat
Muslims, particularly their eco-
nomic well-being, has set the cat
among the pigeons. To add insult
to injury, the Maulana mocked
Union Minister for Home Affairs
Sushil Kumar Shindes statements
on Hindu terrorism.
This evolving paradigm
that Muslims do not need the
eclipse of the nations civilisation-
al ethos to feel secure has come
as a rude shock to the Congress
andthe Left parties whichzealous-
ly upheldthe Nehruvianfalsehood
of majority communalism in the
aftermath of Partition. Modern
Indian secularism is anti-Hindu
precisely because it is the flip side
of the two-nationtheory whichled
to Partition. It perpetuates the
communal divide by upholding
Muslim identity as legitimate and
demonising Hindu identity as
illegitimate; hence the absurdity of
constitutionally enshrining minor-
ity rights against an undefined,
unnamed, majority community.
Something so ludicrous could
last so long because all parties
competed within this paradigm.
This is especially true of the non-
Congress parties that came up in
the States whenCongress failed to
meet regional aspirations. Broadly,
they crafted a coalition of agricul-
tural castes and minorities, and
bolstered minorityismin the poli-
ty to secure the Muslimvotebank.
The BJP was a natural failure
within this paradigm. It has no
empathy for the agricultural castes
(witness its treatment of Mr BS
Yeddyurappa) which gave other
non-Congress parties a regional
foothold, and thus lost out on a
powerful, autochthonous, all-India
constituency. Its urban trader-
based constituency is self-limiting.
When it sought to transcend its
limitations by asserting Hindu
identity through the Ram
Janmabhoomi movement, its lead-
ership faltered before the demoli-
tion of the Babri structure.
Worse, it clubbedthe recovery
of Sri Rams birthplace with the
quest for abolition of Article 370
and a common civil code, though
these are entirely separate issues;
its critics used themto tar the BJP
as anti-Muslim. Though electoral
pacts brought the party to power
at the Centre, it lost the will to
speak of Hindu identity or legiti-
mate interests, and tried to ingra-
tiate itself with rabid Nehruvian
secularists of all hues.
This encouraged its regional
allies to take it for grantedinStates
where BJP support was needed to
formnon-Congress Governments.
It emboldened them to shun the
party when they judged them-
selves able to form the
Government alone, as Mr Navin
Patnaik did in Odisha, and Mr
Nitish Kumar fondly hopes to do
in Bihar. Mr Nitish Kumar may
have warmed the hearts of Hindu
andMuslimNehruviansecularists
with his comment that one has to
do many things in politics, from
donning a tilak to a topi, a point-
ed dig at Mr Modis fear of wear-
ing a skullcap during his sadbhav-
na fast. But this was also an
admission that politicians like
himself make hollow gestures for
political mileage. Mr Modi took
the riskier route of avoiding false
associationwitha faithhe does not
practice, which is very different
from showing disrespect.
He went on to pull off an
impressive victory in the Gujarat
elections of December 2012, andgot
all 27BJPMuslimcandidates elect-
ed to the Salaya corporation
(Jamnagar) this February. Salayahas
a 90per cent Muslimmajority, and
this is the first time that the BJPhas
won the corporation there. The
results are thus unambiguous
Muslims do not fear the bogey of
the Hinduwolf; hence the tremors
across the secular spectrum.
T
he Left in Kerala, mainly the CPI(M), has unleashed an abominable propa-
ganda against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of his visit
to the State to participate in a function at the Sivagiri Mutt, a centre of spir-
ituality founded by great social reformer Sree Narayana Guru, at Varkala in
Thiruvananthapuram district. The first Leftist leader to declare his intolerance
towards Mr Modi was the leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Mr VS
Achuthanandan. Also a central committee member of the CPI(M), he declared
on Saturday that he would boycott the function organised by Sivagiri Mutt to
protest against the invitation extended to Mr Modi. Within 24 hours, State CPI(M)
secretary Pinarayi Vijayan accused the sanyasis of Sivagiri of planning to trans-
form the Mutt from a secular spiritual centre into a Hindu establishment by invit-
ing Mr Modi to inaugurate a programme. With this condemnable act, the CPI(M)
has, once again, revealed its fascist face. The Marxists, who cannot tolerate their
own leaders keeping religious beliefs, should understand that it is not up to them
to decide who the sanyasis will invite to a programme being held at the spiri-
tual centre, just as the sanyasis or
anyone else cannot interfere in the
affairs of the Marxist party. The
Marxists should also understand that
they have no right to declare Mr Modi
or for that matter any leader as
untouchable. At the same time, it is
politically interesting to note that a pat-
tern is emerging in Kerala when it
comes to Modi-baiting. For example,
this latest round of anti-Modi propa-
ganda from the Leftists comes on the
heels of a similar hate campaign
against the Gujarat Chief Minister that
was run by the Congress. A section
within that party has been attacking
the States Labour Minister Shibu
Baby John for having earlier met Mr
Modi in Ahmedabad to discuss
development matters.
Its indisputable that both the CPI(M) and the Congress have been propelled
into the anti-Modi campaign by their innate urge to appease the Islamist ele-
ments in the State in the context of the imminent Lok Sabha election, and also
because the two parties are afraid of the Gujarat Chief Minister's emerging stature
as a politician of national import. But the point these parties tend to forget is
that the Muslim community has by and large refused to endorse their malicious
efforts. Keralites have not forgotten how Mr Vijayan tried to ensure Islamist sup-
port for the Left in the 2009 Lok Sabha election by sharing the stage with the
likes of Abdul Nasser Madani, who is presently lodged in a Bangalore jail for his
alleged role in the 2008 bombings. The Marxist farce becomes all the more obvi-
ous when the same Mr Vijayan shamelessly accuses the sanyasis at Sivagiri of
indulging in a conspiracy to transform the Mutt into a Hindu edifice. It is high
time the Marxists looked in the mirror, as Sree Narayana Guru had advised, and
gave up their intolerance towards political adversaries.
W
hile it is unfortunate that little meaningful business could be conducted
in Parliament after the two Houses met on the very first day following a
recess in the Budget Session, the fact is that disruptions will continue to
mar the proceedings if the Congress-led UPA Government remains insensitive
to the people's demand for good governance, continues to unfairly target lead-
ers of Opposition parties and brazenly protects its own with the help of doc-
tored reports. This is why appeals by neither Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
nor Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari have made a dent in the resolve of the
Opposition to let the business of the House be done without obstruction. It makes
no sense for Mr Singh to request for co-operation when his own party mem-
bers have been indulging in mud-slinging with the intent to deflect attention from
the Government's blunders, both in repeatedly failing to fix the responsibility over
rising crimes against women in Delhi and for not taking the blame for scams
such as in the distribution of licences for 2G Spectrum and in the allocation of
coal blocks. Mounting anger of the people over the law and order situation in
the country's Capital is evident in the large protests on the streets, following the
police apathy over the rape and mutilation of a five-year old. The Government
does not appear to be bothered, and
is attempting to suppress the protests
by force shutting down Metro sta-
tions and barricading areas like India
Gate and Delhi Police Headquarters.
Union Minister for Home Affairs
Sushil Kumar Shinde's remark that
action against police personnel would
be taken once the inquiry is complet-
ed against them, is not a credible
explanation. The parents of the five-
year old victim had accused the
police of trying to bribe them into
hushing up the case, days ago. The
inquiry should have been held prompt-
ly and results out by now. Also, the
complaint by the parents ought to have
been ground enough for the police to
file a first information report against
the accused official and arrest him. The
fact is that both Delhi Police and the Union Home Ministry have learned noth-
ing from the December 16 incident of the rape of a 23-year old girl in a moving
bus in the city, and have behaved as callously as they had then.
Meanwhile, the Opposition is also livid over the draft report of the Joint
Parliamentary Committee on 2G Spectrum scam, which has reportedly devot-
ed two-thirds of its space to condemn the policies and personalities of the NDA
regime, and completely glossed over the grave mistakes that both the Prime
Minister and the Union Minister for Finance P Chidambaram committed in allow-
ing the 2G Spectrum scam to be crafted and executed. Worse, the report gets
leaked even before it reaches the hands of all the members of the JPC. How does
the Government expect the Opposition to take the issue lying down?
If these incidents were not bad enough, we have the shocking case where
Union Minister for Law and Justice Ashwani Kumar has proceeded to surrepti-
tiously suggest changes in a status report on the probe in coal block allocation
irregularities, which the Central Bureau of Investigation is to file before the Supreme
Court. Should not the Opposition be baying for his blood in Parliament?
Parliament disrupted
UPAs blunders have led to crises in House
opinion 08 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
Minority card explains
Nitishs stubbornness
But voices within Darul Uloom Deoband have broken ranks to assert that a communal identity can no
longer satisfy the Muslims. It is economic well-being of the community which has become relevant
Modi-baiting in Kerala
Left should mind its own business
Fix accountability
Sir One cannot condemn
enough the rape and brutalisation
of a five-year old child by a
young, married man, recently in
New Delhi. No punishment is
harsh enough for such beasts.
What is more shocking is the
behaviour of the policemen who
tried to hush up the matter by
offering a bribe to the victims
parents. If that was not bad
enough, the police also dealt
with the protesters demanding
justice for the victim, in a brutal
manner. The delay in justice
only makes the case
more complicated.
Moreover, such heinous
crimes women and children
continue to be abused and violat-
ed with impunity across the
country despite the public uproar
against such crimes have put
the whole country to shame,
forcing other countries to issue
advisories to their nationals to
exercise caution while visiting
India. The Government must
take serious note of the public
outrage, rectify the loopholes in
the judicial process and fix
accountability of the police and
other Government bodies.
Manzar Imam
New Delhi
Free run for criminals
Sir This refers to the editorial,
No end to depravity (April 22).
You are right in pointing out that,
contrary to its oft repeated slogan,
Delhi Police is not really with you,
for you, always. If any further
proof of that is needed, then the
rising crime graph in the city,
especially in connection with
offences targeting woman and
children, is evidence enough of
the lackadaisical and insensitive
attitude of the force towards issues
of safety of the aam aadmi.
Regrettably, the security
agencies inspire little confidence,
evoking fear and dread not in
criminals, but in the minds of the
common man. No wonder the
protesters are demanding the
Delhi Police chief s scalp.
RL Pathak
New Delhi
Reject vote-bank politics
Sir In the democratic system
that we fol low, the Prime
Minister is supposed to be elect-
ed by the MPs of the largest party
in the Lok Sabha. The idea is to
choose a person who has won a
seat. A person who has not won
a Lok Sabha seat should not be
considered at all.
Also, lets not waste time,
public money and effort to pro-
ject one person as the prime
ministerial candidate. Rather, the
voters must exercise their fran-
chise wisely and elect worthy
candidates who are deserving of
the countrys top post.
Asit Adhikari
Ranchi
Shallow understanding
Sir This refers to the article,
Of borrowed ideas and empty
phrases (April 22) by Balbir
Punj. The writer has succinctly
and accurately captured the
essence of Gandhi scion and
Congress vice president Rahul
Gandhis speech at the
Confederation of Indian Industry
meet. Mr Gandhis lack of knowl-
edge about this countrys hoary
past was painfully clear.
As one who heard that
speech, I can say that it had nei-
ther substance nor a sense of
direction. The speech was shal-
low, and I ended up wasting time
listening to it.
Sudheer Gupta
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SANDHYA JAIN
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
It's absurd to find fault
with the functioning of
a Prime Minister like
Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The draft JPC report is
not worth the paper it
is printed on.
Senior BJP leader
Jaswant Singh
We're addressing the
Chinese incursion issue in
an appropriate manner. We
don't want any departure
from proportionality.
External Affairs Minister
Salman Khurshid
There should be a third
force. Samajwadi Party
believes that there
should be a third force
at the national level.
Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav
THIS EVOLVING
PARADIGM THAT
MUSLIMS DONT
NEED THE ECLIPSE
OF INDIAN ETHOS
TO FEEL SECURE
HAS SHOCKED
THOSE WHO
UPHOLD THE
NEHRUVIAN
FALSEHOOD OF
MAJORITY
COMMUNALISM'
SOUNDBITE
We have many rights,
but theyre on paper
I
have the right to information' but information is seldom provided; I
have the right to speedy justice' but justice is often delayed; I have
the right to time-bound delivery of services' but only on paper; I also
have the right to a safe and secure environment', but I still feel unsafe
and fearful. I have the right to be heard', but no bureaucrat or politi-
cian has the time to hear me out. I also have the right to complain, but
I am often pressured to remain silent. I have the right to education,
but no access to quality schools.
I don't have the right to die' but I die a slow death every day
thanks to the rise in prices of essential commodities, rampant corrup-
tion, an insensitive Government and its officials, and frequent terrorist
attacks. This encapsulates the plight of the common citizen. I also have
the right to vote'; but does it help?
Meera Jhangiani
New Delhi
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KUSHAN MITRA
SHIVAJI SARKAR
I
nvestors feel India is an
unstable destination, where
laws, particularly relating to
taxes, are changed on bureau-
cratic whims. If the country is
serious in boosting the invest-
ment climate, it has tohave a sta-
ble and sensitive system. India
has the capacity to drawbillions
of dollars but policies that harass
foreign automobile players, for
instance, on the allegation that
they evaded excise duty pay-
ment, is changing the global
perception. It is true that car
makers paid less excise duty
than the tax officials are
demanding. But it is not the case
that they realised more and
paid less. They had reduced
prices to belowcost in order to
sell slow-moving inventory.
Many companies, includ-
ing the indigenous Mahindra
andMahindra, are cuttingdown
production of utility vehicles
amidslow-downindemand. So
has all other car makers
Maruti Suzuki and General
Motors, and brands like Honda
and Mercedes Benz. Tokeepthe
sales on, some of themreduced
prices and paid excise duty
accordingly. This is what logical-
ly they should have done.
But the tax men found this
unacceptable and are nowforc-
ing them to pay the duty as per
the original price. This is cre-
ating confusion among the
manufacturers. It is creating a
perception that the era of lib-
eralisation in India is over.
The Government is behaving in
a harsh manner. The business
community feels that all this is
a costly distraction for an
embattled sector. It is further
likely to turn the sentiments
against the country.
The car makers were invit-
edtocreate a global manufactur-
ing hub. Many moved their
productioncentres tothe coun-
try on the expectation that it
would be a cost-friendly eco-
nomic destination. Together
theyhave increasedexports to29
lakhvehicles in2012-13, upfrom
eight lakhs in 2005-06. Should
they be penalised if they adopt
a market-friendly approach?
The issue is not limited to
them. It is creating confusion
among global investors. The tax
officials approach is that the
manufacturers can sell at what-
ever price they want to but they
have to pay excise duty on the
normal price. The argument is:
Its the choice of the car makers
to sell at a lower price. Why
should the exchequer suffer?
Car makers have a different per-
spective, and ask: We have not
realised the revenue, so why
should we pay tax on it? The
Excise Department is behaving
like the mahajans who would
extract every pound of flesh.
In the Budget speech of
2012-13, the Government intro-
ducedchanges intheIncomeTax
Act, 1961, to allow the imposi-
tion of taxes on foreign compa-
nies who had purchased Indian
entities, applicable topast trans-
action also. The controversial
proposal empoweredtaxmento
scrutinise older corporate trans-
actions such as the Hutch-
Vodafone deal of 2007. This
along with uncertainty over the
General Anti-Avoidance Rule
now put off for two years
has sparked fears among global
anddomestic investors, whosay
this would choke capital flowto
India. While investors need not
begivenheftyandundueconces-
sions, theyhave tobe lured. They
have to be assured of a humane
administration, which would
helpthemkeeptheir investments
safe andoperations smooth. But
that has not beenhappening, and
the impact is being felt on the
economy of the country.
Unstable decisions are not
affecting the foreign investors
alone. Evendomestic ones have
become circumspect. Take yet
another instance. Finnish
mobile company Nokias mobile
Indian unit received `2,000
crore tax claiminMarchfor the
non-deductionat source paidas
royalty to its parent. The com-
pany has moved the courts and
is contesting the claims.
So is Shell India, the local
unit of Royal Dutch Plc. It is at
loggerheads withthe taxauthor-
ities, who accused it of under-
pricing an intra-group share
transfer by $15,220 crore. Even
Italiancar maker Fiat was toldto
pay higher taxes on cars sold
more than a decade earlier.
There may be many more cases
inthe closet. The Government is
run with political wisdom. The
people have elected political
leaders not to kowtow to inhu-
man and insensitive rules pre-
paredbythe bureaucrats. It is the
political wisdomthat shapes the
future of the country. Policy
makers need to act differently.
The foreign visits of digni-
taries with invitation to invest,
do not bring in foreign direct
investment. Attracting FDI
begins with the process of lur-
ing and showcasing the coun-
try. With such dismal sets of
rules, the country has little to
showcase. The message trans-
mitted is different. India lives in
two eras: Socialist, when it
comes to realise taxes, and lib-
eralised, when it is benefitting
some near and dear one.
Nobodycontests that indus-
try has to pay taxes, but indus-
try also has to survive, earn and
boost business sentiments to do
so. If that is not happening, it is
because of the Governments
faulty policies. Every tax or
charge is being raisedirrational-
ly andillogically. This creates an
atmosphere of uncertainty at
every level. One nowhas to pay
taxes for flying by air that are
actually higher than the actual
fare. And, tocancel arailwaytick-
et, one loses almost 40 per cent.
Nobody contests that industry has to pay taxes. But industry also has to survive, earn and boost business
sentiments in the process. If that is not happening, it is due to the Government's faulty and fickle policies
Free the skies for India too
3rdeye 09
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
Today's world is of media and public
relations. Narendra Modi has given
$300 million to a PR agency. He has made
wrong claims on development.
Senior Congress leader DIGVIJAYA SINGH
The clamour for Modi is growing not
because of any media management, but
because of strong feeling of insecurity
among the people.
Senior BJP leader UMA BHARTI
If the Government
is serious about
running the airline,
it should cut away
the flab and run it
like a professional
entity instead of
your typical
loss-making public
sector company.
Thankfully, despite
the chaos of the
Kingfisher closure,
the Ministry of
Civil Aviation is
increasingly
becoming a
ministry that is
concerned with
the flying public
POINTCOUNTERPOINT
A
week or so ago, a news item
appeared which said that
the Dubai-based airline
Emirates carried more pas-
sengers internationally in
and out of India than the Indian state-
owned Air India and its subsidiary, Air
India Express. And these statistics were
one year old, for the period 2011-2012
when Emirates carried 4.5 million pas-
sengers out of India, compared to Air
Indias 4.1 million.
While, it is true that the Mumbai-
based Jet Airways carried slightly more
passengers thanEmirates, the fact is that
two out of every three passengers flying
international flights intoandout of India
prefer to use international airlines rather
than domestic Indian carriers. And
according to the latest news reports, the
Abu Dhabi-based airline, Etihad, has
demanded a massive increase of almost
four-fold in its seat rights into India, as
a pre-requisite for its investment in the
heavily indebted Jet Airways.
Sensibly, it appears the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Civil Aviation
seems to have decided that enough is
enough, and is questioning the
Governments decision to dole out fly-
ing rights to Arabian carriers so gener-
ously. Afewyears ago, this columnist had
travelledwithEmirates ontheir inaugur-
al Dubai to San Francisco non-stop ser-
vice. It was the first flight but the plane
was full, and a majority of the fare-pay-
ing passengers were fromthe Indiansub-
continent, most fromIndia. Interestingly,
SheikhSaeedMaktoum, a member of the
ruling family of Dubai andthe suave and
charismatic chairmanof Emirates Airline
who also travelled to San Francisco
stayedoninthe westernUS city after the
first flight to interact with some of the
journalists. As both your columnist and
SheikhMaktoumsmoked, we spent a lot
of time chatting out our hotel in the
smoking area.
The Sheikh smiled when he was
asked what role India had played in the
development of Emirates into the glob-
al behemoth that it is today. He replied
that whenEmirates started in1985, with
a couple of aircraft leased fromPakistan
International Airlines, it flew its first
flights to Mumbai, New Delhi and
Karachi. Initially, the airline covered the
massive trade traffic between India and
Dubai but as it grew westward of
Dubai in the 1990s, initially to the
United Kingdom and elsewhere in the
Arab world, Indians formed a bulk of
the traffic.
The reason behind this was the
restrictive policies the Indian
Government hadimposedonEuropean
carriers flying into India. Although pri-
vate Indian airlines had started by then,
the Government kept Air India and
IndianAirlines international monopoly.
But togainadditional flying rights for the
state-owned carriers to Dubai inpartic-
ular as the sector was andremains a high-
ly lucrative one, the Government allowed
Emirates further flying rights into India.
As Emirates expanded, its fares
actually went higher, andthe airline start-
ed carrying less and less of the low-yield
(as low-fare classes are known) labour
traffic to the Arab world, passing onthat
traffic to the Indian state-owned carri-
ers. Emirates beefedupits Business Class
product and its rapidly expanding net-
work meant that it attracted high-yield
Indianconnecting traffic. Wanted to get
fromNewDelhi toCasablanca or Lagos?
Emirates was usually the only choice, and
it pretty much remains that way.
There is a long-standing joke in the
aviation community that the Emirates
is Indias national carrier and Dubai,
Indias largest airport. Credit goes to
Sheikh Maktoum who has built a mas-
sive airline that is today scaring even
established European mega-carriers
such as Air France-KLM, British
Airways and Lufthansa. Emirates has
the worlds largest fleet of large aircraft,
it is the largest operator of Boeings 777
and has also placed an order for 80 of
Airbus giant A380 aircraft. This airline
was built on the back of Indian passen-
gers but now India is only one of its
many global destinations.
Even though the Atal Bihari
Vajpayee-led Government allowed
Indian carriers to fly abroad, the crazy
boom years of the late-1990s has left
Indiancarriers ina perilous financial sit-
uation. As we all know, Kingfishers long-
drawn demise, helped in no way by an
ill-advised takeover of Air Deccan, has
finally put the brakes ongrowth and the
airlines are finally consolidating their
financial positions. Yet, the Government
has made it extremely difficult for some
of the private carriers particularly by rais-
ing objections whenever they demand
additional flying rights or wish to join a
global airline alliance because Air India
raises objections every single time.
Sometimes, it appears that the
Ministry of Civil Aviationis the Ministry
of Air India; yet, it has not been able to
convince the Indian flying public to use
the national carrier instead of Arab car-
riers. This is really sad because, the
Indian flying public, a great many of
whomare taxpayers, have beenfunding
Air India withtheir taxes. So one should
thinkof any discountedfare onAir India,
as a sort of tax refund.
The argument about whether the
Government should be in the business
of running airlines can go on for a long
time. While Emirates is owned by the
state of Dubai, it is (nowat least) a mas-
sively profit-making venture and has
helped funnel massive amounts of
tourists, talent and money into the city-
state. The same holds true for Singapore
Airlines and even Etihad is also likely
planning to do the same. Even China,
where the state owns most airlines, has
allowed different state-owned airlines
to compete with each other, and has
also built up China Southern and
China Eastern to become the two
largest airlines in Asia, primarily due
to Chinas massive domestic market.
There might be little reason for the
Government to run hotels but airlines
can be economic tools.
Yet, private airlines have played a
major role in India. They offer con-
sumers choice and connectivity options
that one state-owned carrier cant.
Restricting their growth in the name of
protectionismis vain and silly. There is
no reason why an Indian carrier cant
become a large global airline. For that,
one-sidedair service agreements have to
end, andwhere suchagreements already
exist, Indian carriers should be encour-
aged to use these routes.
It appears that of late, the Ministry
of Civil Aviationhas become more gen-
erous with route allocations Jet
Airways, Indigo and SpiceJet have been
given all sorts of new route rights,
mainly in the Asian neighbourhood. In
fact, if route and allocations are to be
increasedfor a particular country, Indian
air carriers shouldhave a say inthe deci-
sion. Only if Indian air carriers can also
take advantage of increased flying,
should seat allocations be enhanced.
As for Air India, it shouldbe encour-
agedto openmore routes, whichis what
the Boeing 787s were supposed to do,
althoughthese aircraft couldwell be back
inthe air soon. If the Government is seri-
ous about running the airline, it should
cut away the flab and run it like a pro-
fessional entity instead of your typical
loss-making public sector company.
Thankfully, despite the chaos of the
Kingfisher closure, the Union Ministry
of Civil Aviation is increasingly becom-
ing a ministry that is concernedwiththe
flying public. It should nowalso look at
further promoting Indian aviation.
They must dance with legs tied
think
now
H
ere's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers. The
round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things
differently. They're not fond of
rules. And they have no respect
for the status quo. You can
quote them, disagree with them,
glorify or vilify them. What you
can't do is ignore them, because
they change things. People who
are crazy enough to think they
can change the world, are the
ones who do.
Steve Jobs
Co-founder, Apple Inc
If there is no will,
there is no way
B
attleground West Bengal has been plundered by serious fraud
perpetrated by multi-level marketing companies, otherwise
known as chit funds. Political conflict, that permeates every-
thing in West Bengal, worked to the advantage of the fraudsters,
because the complaints lodged by various political leaders were either
ignored or brushed aside by the West Bengal Government headed
by Mamata Banerjee. Oddly enough, even complaints from
Trinamool Congress leaders, such as Member of Parliament Somen
Mitra, were disregarded.
The Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr Adhir Chowdhury,
and Mr AH Khan Choudhury, the Union Minister of State for Health
and Family Welfare, had complained to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh about the proliferation of Ponzi schemes in the State and the
failure of the State Government to take any action to restrain the com-
panies operating these frauds on tens of thousands of mostly rural
and semi-urban depositors. Defending the right of the various busi-
nesses now under investigation for fraud were many Trinamool
Congress functionaries.
In its own defence, the Trinamool Congress is attempting to pro-
tect its Government led by Ms Mamata Banerjee, with senior leader
Mukul Roy declaring that the previous Left Front is to blame for
encouraging the Ponzi scheme operators to do business in West
Bengal. This may be stretching the story beyond the point of cred-
ibility, since the earlier Communist Party of India (Marxist)-
led Left Front Government had been trying to pass a new
lawenabling the State Government to act against fraud-
sters as far back as 2003.
Thereby hangs a tale of twoGovernments: One,
with a 34-year history of hunting down the fraud-
sters, and the other that has woken up to its
responsibilities post-action by the Serious Fraud
Investigation Office. The story starts in 1978, when
the Left Front was a newly-minted experiment in
coalition and in establishing an alternative model
of governance. Mr Ashok Mitra was the States
Finance Minister and he went after the best-known
of the fraudsters in that time, Sanchayita, with just about
sufficient legal cover to take action. He did not swoop down
on themwithout a warning. For weeks, the West Bengal Government
put out advertisements in newspapers warning depositors that Ponzi
schemes were unsafe and fraudulent businesses. That did not endear
the CPI(M) or its Government to depositors who were very tempt-
ed by the fantastic returns that Sanchayita promised anything
between 48 and 36 per cent. The best as well as the gullible were
tempted by the scheme; everyone wanted to double their money.
Mr Mitra swooped down on Sanchayita through the State's
Commerical Tax Department's Bureau of Investigation. One evening,
the DIG of the Bureau filed an FIR at the Hare Street Police Station
and proceeded to raid the premises of Sanchayita. The owners were
arrested and the operations went kaput. Thousands of people lost
money, but the West Bengal Government appointed a Receiver to
deal with all the cases and salvage something.
In the 1990s, Ponzi schemes re-surfaced. The best-known is
that of Verona. Under Mr Asim Dasgupta's watch, over a 100 such
operatives were rounded up, arrested, cases were filed and some
of themwere sent off to prison. In 2003, aware that the West Bengal
Government's legal options were limited in acting against such Ponzi
schemers, Mr Dasgupta pilotedthe Protectionof Interest of Depositors
inFinancial Institutions Bill in2003throughthe West Bengal Assembly.
However, Mr Dasgupta was not merely waiting for legislative
empowerment. He set up the Economic Offences Wing and start-
ed over a 100 cases in 2010, including against the Saradha Group,
now identified as the nigger in the woodpile by the Serious Frauds
Investigation Office.
Under the Left Front's watch, Ponzi schemes were closed down
or controlled, because the State did not want people to lose money.
Under the Ma-Mati-Manush watch, warnings from within the
Trinamool Congress and its one-time ally, the Congress, were dis-
regarded. The consequences are evident. The moral of the story is:
Where there is a will, there is a way.
While the Left Front regime had cracked down on
Ponzi schemes in West Bengal, the Trinamool
Congress Government has been unconcerned
The country has allowed foreign airlines to gorge themselves on its passengers, making these airlines global behemoths. While consumer
choice is important, the Government must allow Indian carriers to spread their wings as well, instead of always trying to protect Air India SHIKHA MUKERJEE
FIRST
COLUMN
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LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
GOVERNMENT OF UTTAR PRADESH
UPSLRPIII. PROJECT
INVITATIONS FOR BIDS(IFB)
NATIONAL SHOPPING FOR REHABILITATION OF DRAINS
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towards the cost of U.P. Sodic Land Reclamation III Project and it intends to apply a part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under
the above Contract :-
1 The Chief Engineer, Externally Aided Project, Yojana Nagar, Hardoi-Road , Lucknow now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders
for Rehabilitation of drains as per Table no. 1
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AASHNA HARJANI n NEW DELHI
T
he ongoing protests against
the rape of 5-year old girl
apparently fizzled out on
Monday after two consecutive
days of widespread protest in
the Capital. Though a handful
of protesters staged demon-
stration at AIIMS, where the
victim is recuperating; there
was no major agitation report-
ed from the city. There were
protest march led by the Delhi
BJP president Vijay Goel in the
morning but the day remained
largely peaceful.
However, security person-
nel continued maintaining a
tight vigil at strategic loca-
tions like India Gate, Jantar
Mantar, Police Headquarters
and the residences of promi-
nent leaders including the
Prime Minister, Home
Minister, Delhi Chief Minister
Sheila Dikshit and Congress
president Sonia Gandhi. A
handful of protesters led by
Shobha Vijender demonstrat-
ed outside the police head-
quarters in the afternoon but
were removed.
The Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) members who had
l ai d si ege at t he Pol i ce
Headquarters for the last two-
days also left the protest
venue by Monday morning.
The protest witnessed little
public support as a majority
of them resumed work after
an extended weekend over
which the protest had swelled
enormously. This resulted in
lesser traffic jams in the city
especially the ITO intersec-
tion that remained clogged for
the last two days. Traffic also
moved smoothly in the other
Central and New Delhi areas.
However, as precautionary
measure, three Metro sta-
tions Central Secretariat,
Udyog Bhavan and Race
Course were closed to dis-
courage protesters f rom
reachi ng t he areas l i ke
Rajpath, India Gate and the
PM residence. This caused
much inconvenience to scores
of office goers in these areas.
Earlier, BJPsupporters took
police bysurprise as theyreached
Parliament gate no 1 to stage a
protest demanding the resigna-
tionof Sheila Dikshit andPolice
Commissioner Neeraj Kumar.
Police had barricaded Pandit
Pant Marg near Parliament
House Complex but the BJP
workers led by Vijay Goel took
a different route near the office
andreachedthe Rakabganj Road
opposite Parliament complex.
We want the removal of the
Chief Minister and the Delhi
Police Commissioner, since they
should take up the moral
responsibility for whatever hap-
pened, said Goel, who along
with his nearly 200 supporters
was detained by the police.
Some womens organisa-
tions also took out a march
towards Parliament demanding
removal of Delhi Police
Commissioner and other offi-
cers inthe wake of the rape case,
but were prevented by police.
The protesters had gathered at
Jantar Mantar in the morning
and started their march later.
They tried to break barricades
and march towards Parliament
but were prevented by police.
Friend refutes Manojs claim, says he lured, raped girl
PRAVEEN DWIVEDI n
NEW DELHI
A
fter the suicide of the main
accused in December 16
gang-rape case Ram Singh, co-
accused may have taken easy
breaths that peoples sentiment
might change but the horrific
rape incident of the five-year-
old girl has terrified them
again. It seems that widespread
anti-rape protest has made
themrealise that peoples anger
has not come down.
Changes intheir expression
could easily be noticed on their
faces during the court pro-
ceedings on Monday. When the
accused was brought in the
court for trial their activities
were totally different fromother
days. Vinay Sharma, one of the
accused, inquired from his
lawyers and the mediapersons
in the courtroom about the
impact of the latest rape case.
Will this rape incident have an
impact on my case? Vinay
Sharma asked a mediaperson.
The family members of the
accused are also shocked with
this incident. Pawan Gupta,
co-accused in gang-rape case
refused to meet his father on
Monday. He told his defence
counsel, I do not want to
meet my father. The incident
has recalled the memories of
December 16, when a 23-year-
old girl was gang-raped in a
moving bus and was brutalised.
Meanwhile, a doctor on
Monday told a special court
hearing the matter that the
injury inflicted upon the victim
by the six accused persons, can
cause death in natural course.
I had given my opinion. The
opinion was sought as to the
nature of injury, it can cause
death in natural course, the
doctor told Additional Sessions
Judge Yogesh Khanna.
On Monday, out of the
four prosecution witnesses, two
were cross examined by the
amicus curiae, Rajeev Jain while
two police officials posted at
Vasant Vihar police station
were cross examined by defence
counsel AP Singh and Vivek
Sharma appearing for accused
Vinay Sharma, Akshay Thakur
and Pawan Gupta respectively.
Will it impact my case? asks Dec 16 accused
STAFF REPORTER n
NEW DELHI
A
mid public outrage over
the brutal rape of a five-
year-old girl, Lt-Governor
Tejendra Khanna on Monday
asked Police Commissioner
Neeraj Kumar to take exem-
plary action against police
officials accused of showing
l axity i n traci ng t he
missing child and offering
money to the family for
hushing up the case.
At a meeting, Khanna
expressed anguish over the
gruesome i nci dent and
directed Kumar to speed up
the investigation into
the case, which
has sparked an
outcry.
The Lt
Governor has
issued a clear
cut instruction
to the Police
Commi ssi oner
not to spare any
police personnel
who allegedly showed laxity in
handling the case. Khanna
asked Kumar to take strict and
exemplary action against the
erring officials, sources said.
They said Khanna asked
the police chief to handle the
case in the best possible
professional way and told
him to direct his force to
take cases of violence against
women ver y seri ousl y.
The Lt Governor also asked
the top cop to brief the
medi a regul arl y about
investigation into the case.
AAP to set
up force to
help women
in distress
NEWDELHI: The Delhi High
Court on Monday dismissed a
plea of two accused in the
December 16 gang-rape case
that the FIR and subsequent
proceedings against them be
quashed. Justice Pratibha Rani
also upheld the order of a spe-
cial court by which the plea of
accused Mukesh and Akshay
Singh against day-to-day trial
was rejected.
In their petition, they had
sought quashing of FIR on the
ground that police manipu-
lated it as the original com-
plaint was silent about the
names of the accused persons.
The special fast track courts
March 28 order dismissing
their plea for conducting pro-
ceedings on alternate days
instead of on day-to-day basis
was also challenged by them.
They had wanted proceed-
ings to be held on alternate
days so that their counsel can
seek instructions on cross-
examining witnesses. The trial
court had dismissed their plea,
saying such pleas are made to
delay the proceedings. SR
VINAY SHARMA ASKED
HIS LAWYERS ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF THE
LATEST RAPE CASE
ON HIS SITUATION
HC dismisses plea
for quashing FIR
Protests fizzling out?
No major
agitation
reported
Lt-Governor asks
Commissioner to
take action against
erring policemen
RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN
MAHENDER SINGH MANRAL n
NEW DELHI
T
he disclosure of Manoj
Kumar Sahi that he lured
the hapless five-year-old girl on
insistence of his friend Pradeep
has been countered by the lat-
ter during his interrogation by
the Delhi Police.
Pradeep has told the inter-
rogators that the statement of
Manoj is concocted and that
Manoj was the one who
brought the girl inside the
room and raped her first.
Manoj first spotted the girl
playing outside the four-storey
building following which he
lured the girl on the pretext of
giving her packet of chips and
took her inside his roomwhere
he first raped her, sources said
quoting the accused Pradeep.
They said that Manoj had
shifted to this rented accom-
modation 25 days ago and
after a few days, his wife also
came and stayed here along
with him for around three
days. Manoj is a native of
Bharthua Panchayat under
Auraiya police station area of
Bihars Muzaffarpur district
and he left his native place for
Delhi around 20 years ago.
Four years ago, he was staying
in a rented flat in Ram Vihar
Colony, Loni, where he came in
contact with Pradeep and their
friendship deepened and they
used to meet regularly, the
sources added.
Initially, the accused Manoj
triedtomisleadthe investigators
with a fabricated story and
blaming Pradeep for the rape.
But after the arrest of Pradeep,
the clear picture has emerged.
Pradeeptoldthe police that they
hada weekly off onlast Monday.
On the morning of April 15,
Manoj had gone to Pradeeps
elder sisters residence in Ram
Vihar Colony where after cook-
ing meat, they brought a bottle
of liquor Party Special Brand
for around `150. Around 4.30
pm, they left for Manojs resi-
dence in Gandhi Nagar, the
sources added.
Police sources saidthat they
came back and purchased food
for night. They were carrying a
liquor bottle and in an inebri-
ated condition, Manoj told him
that he has to receive the some
due money from his former
employer and they both went to
Old Seelampur in his house but
he was not present at his home
so they came back. They were
looking for a sex worker to sati-
ate their lust. Ontheir way, they
met the former employer in a
market inOldSeelampur where
he gave him his money. Later,
Manoj along withPradeepcame
at his room in Amar Mohalla,
the sources added.
After reaching home, they
again consumed liquor and
also watched a porn video clip
on their cell-phones. Around
6.30 pm, Manoj came out of his
room and spotted his neigh-
bours 5-year-old daughter who
was playing outside the build-
ing. She used to call himuncle
and he lured her after offering
a packet of chip and took her
to his roomwhere Pradeep was
already present. He asked her
to take off her clothes and
directed Pradeep to go outside
the room to keep a watch,
police sources said.
Manoj allegedly raped the
girl but she started crying and
immediately Pradeep came
inside the room. Manoj asked
Pradeep to tie her limbs and
gag her mouth. He later raped
her and to stop the bleeding, he
first inserted a 200 ml hair oil
bottle but when it did not
stop, then he inserted a candle.
This caused multiple injuries in
her private parts and her inter-
nal organs were damaged.
When she became uncon-
scious, Pradeep then raped
her, interrogators said.
After raping her, Manoj
asked him to strangulate her
but he became nervous.
Manoj forced him and with
the fear of arrest, he strangu-
lated her but remained unsuc-
cessful. They also attacked
her using a blade. They later
cleaned the blood from their
bed sheet and after locking the
door, they left home at 7 pm
to catch Swatantrata Senani
Express from New Delhi
Railway station which left
Delhi at 8.30 pm. Pradeep also
went Manojs vi l l age i n
Muzaffarpur, he added.
Manoj was the one, who brought the girl inside the
room and raped her first
The accused Manoj tried to mislead the investigators with
a fabricated story and blaming Pradeep for the rape
The duo consumed liquor and also watched a porn video
clip on their cell-phones before committing rape
Manoj asked Pradeep to tie her limbs and gag her mouth
They also attacked her using a blade
Later, they cleaned the blood from their bed sheet and
after locking the door, they left home C
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he five-year-old rape victim
will take at least two
months to recover completely,
even as doctors might take a
call on discharging her from
the hospital in next few days.
The doctors would perform
reconstructive surgery on the
victim once her wounds are
healed.
On Monday, doctors said
her future course of treatment
would only be decided depend-
ing on the improvement the
girl shows in the next couple of
weeks.
According to the medical
bulletin issued by the hospital,
the child is showing gradual
recovery and her perineal
wounds have been re-dressed
on Sunday. She is expected to
be discharged in another two
weeks; although the Medical
Superintendent of All India
Institute of Medical Sciences Dr
DK Sharma has said that her
health condition needs to be
reviewed simultaneously.
We have said that she
should be going home in a two
weeks time but this is not a
hard-and-fast rule. She has
suffered a brutal attack and it
is not possible to decide when
exactly we can plan to send
her back. We have to keep a
check on her progress and
recovery. There is no doubt
about her recovery. The med-
ical procedures conducted on
her have definitely helped her.
She is making a slow improve-
ment and talking with her
family. We have also started to
give her semi-solid food and
she is being monitored by a
team of specialist doctors,
said Sharma.
The internal injuries and
bruises on the private parts will
take time to heal. Only after she
shows necessary improvement,
a surgery would be thought of.
It is too early, to expose her
body to an extensive operation.
We will have to let her body
improve and become healthi-
er then only a reconstructive
surgery could be decided on. It
will take about two months or
more, Sharma added.
As far as infection is con-
cerned, it is subsiding. She is
responding well to the doses of
antibiotics. Her fever has sub-
sided but infection has not
been subsided completely but
antibiotics are working well, he
said. Speaking about her mobil-
ity, he said actual mobility will
begin only after perineal
wounds heal; however, she is
able to sit up.
A doctor involved in her
treatment also spoke about the
mental trauma child has suf-
fered.
The heinous act has trau-
matised the child. Her mental
wounds will take equal time to
heal as her physical wounds.
We do not want to push any-
thing on her. She is too small
to understand anything and
needs to be dealt with more
care and love, he added.
FUTURE
COURSE OF
TREATMENT
TO DEPEND
ON THE
IMPROVEMENT
THE GIRL
SHOWS
DOCTORS SAID
5-yr-old needs 2 months more to recover: Doctors
STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI
A
ccusing the Delhi Police of
failingtocreateasenseof fear
among criminals, Aam Admi
Party on Monday announced
that it will set up a voluntary
women security force to help
women in distress to lodge a
police complaint, incase the law
enforcers fail toact. Accordingto
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, the
force will pressurise police offi-
cers to take action in cases of
crime committed against
women. He said the force will
seekvolunteers tocome forward
and register themselves. We
will be having a meeting regard-
ingthe set-upof this force onthe
April 27 and will make it opera-
tionalisedbyMay, Kejriwal said.
He said AAP will form the ini-
tial force by enrolling a few
retired Army personnel who
will formthe base of the force.
The Delhi Police is more
interestedinservingthe interests
of the people who are in power
and putting up
false allegations against Opposi-
tionparty activists, sowe have to
performtheir role, he said.
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013 money 11
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A
Committee on Financial
Sector Assessment
(CFSA) constituted by GOI
in consultation with RBI
decided to assess financial
stability and also compliance
with all financial standards
and code so that a compact
roadmap could evolve with a
medium term perspective for
the entire financial sector. A
Self Assessment report on
Financial Sector Assessment
provided by committee with
the some observation and
recommendations in the year
2009. Fol l owi ng i ssues
remained untouched till date:
nFunctional overlapping by
the Central Government on
the functional domain of
State, so that the roles of the
Central and St ate
Governments are clearly
def i ned i n practi ce and
accountability is appropriate-
ly established?
nNo clear laws and regula-
tions related to the collection
of revenues and to enhance
transparency of Fi nance
Commission awards?
nNo suitable recourse mech-
anisms to reduce delays by the
Governments in honoring
payments to various entities &
individuals and inclusion of
time limit in Public-private
partnership (PPP) documents
within which payment oblig-
ations could be honored?
nDiscrepancies in reporting
of liabilities and deficit at
various levels, particularly
borrowings by public sector
units (PSUs) and no descrip-
tion of major expenditure and
revenue measures and clear
procedure for budget execu-
tion, monitoring and report-
ing?
nNo report on recommenda-
tions of committee that the
States should set up State
Finance Commissions and
ensure timely submission of
reports and report compli-
ance, along with the rationale
for rejecting any of the rec-
ommendations?
nNo systematic manner for
providing economic and func-
tional classification of expen-
ditures annually by State
Government?
nMode of calculating the fis-
cal deficit does not at present
capture the impact of off-
budget items or provide such
figures separately.
FOR EXAMPLE
Budget does not capture
off-budget items, such as oil
bonds value in the Budget
2012-13 `134423.17 crore,
Food Corporation of India
bonds value in Budget 2012-
13 `15704.72 crore and fer-
tiliser bonds value in the
Budget 2012-13 `16200 crore
and so on.
nBudget docu-
ments do not cover
the actual audited
expenditure state-
ment nor provide for the
reporting of fiscal position of
state governments and the
finances of Central and State
public corporations.
nNo Working Group report to
restructure and rationalise the
budget head structure for
reporting expenditures?
nNo report on Financial
Sector Assessment under
FSAP (Fi nanci al Sector
Assessment Programme) a
joint initiative of International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the
World Bank (WB).
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
Budget estimates for 2013-
2014 shows higher Tax col-
lection against the backdrop of
a significant improvement in
the overall Tax collection in
previous years five years.
Gross Tax revenue is estimat-
ed to increase by 19.06 per
cent (`197,833 Crore) from
`1,038,037 crore in 2012-2013
to `1,235,870 crore in 2013-
2014 due to higher growth
estimations.
MAJOR DEFICITS AS
A % OF GDP (SEE TABLE
BELOW)
GDP growth sl owing
down to 5 per cent in 2012-13,
after having grown at the rate
of 6.2 per cent in previous
years, Saving rates are not
going to come back in a hurry,
it increased from 32.0 per cent
of GDP in 2008-09 to 34.0 per
cent in the year 2010-11 and
fell to 30.8 per cent in 2011-12.
Fiscal deficit increase by
4.14 per cent (`21,575 crore)
from `520,924 crore in 2012-
2013 to `542,499 crore in
2013-2014. The share of Fiscal
Deficit in total receipts is
32.58 per cent in 2013-2014.
Revenue expenditure has
increased by `173,096 crore,
while Tax Revenue has risen
by `141,963 crore.
Fiscal balance of the
Central Government beyond
its budgeted estimate of 5.1
per cent of GDP besides large
subsidy bill with gap in
resources will reduce much
needed development in areas
of Infrastructure, Defense and
building of Institutions.
Revenue Def i cit has
decreased by 2.92 per cent
(`11,406 crore) from `391,244
crore i n 2012-2013 to
`379,838 crore in 2013-2014,
while it decreased
in the previous
year by 0.94 per
cent (`3,708 crore)
f rom `394, 952
crore i n 2011-2012 to
`391,244 crore in 2012-2013,
mainly estimating higher tax
revenue receipts and lesser
expenditure on subsidies. The
percent of Revenue Deficit to
GDP is estimated at 3.34 per
cent. Contrast to 2011-2012
and 2012-2013 it was 4.43 and
3.90 percent respectively. The
Share of Revenue Deficit in
Total Revenue Expenditure is
26.45 per cent in 2013-2014,
while it was 30.98 per cent in
2012-2013. The share of rev-
enue deficit in FD would,
however, decrease further
from 75.11 per cent in 2012-
2013 to 70.02 percent in 2013-
2014, while it was 75.66 per
cent in 2011-12.
All the major deficits
like, Revenue, Fiscal, and
Primary are estimated to be
down due to GDP estimates.
23 per cent fall in gold imports
and (likely to be more) will
f urt her reduce. Current
Account Deficit (CAD) in
terms of value - while FY13
CAD is estimated at `542000
crores, gold imports are like-
ly to be around `270000
crores The collapse in gold
prices and oil prices decline
has given India much-needed
breathing space but the imper-
ative to increase exports and
question remains on FDI
flows due to tax policies.
CA VIPIN MALIK
Practicing Chartered Accountant
Former Central Board Member of
Reserve Bank of India and Bharatiya
Reserve Bank of Note Mudran Pvt.
Ltd.(RBNMPL)
(vma@infomerics.com)
PART-3
Kodikunnil Suresh, Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Govt. of India on Monday inaugurated the buildings of
ESIC Sub-Regional Office Kollam, Kerala and ESI Dispensary, Asramam, Kollam and got the work started by laying the
foundation stone of ESI Dispensary, Navaikulam & ESIC Branch Office, Kallambalam at Navaikulam, Kollam Kerala on
20.04.2013.Suresh informed that in the last five months after taking over as Minister of State, Labour & Employment, he
got completed the projects related to more than five ESI dispensaries, the office of DIMS including ESIC's Branch Office
& Laision Office, Trivandraum, Branch Office at Ernakulam and today the building of SRO, Kollam
Fiscal transparency
VIPIN MALIK
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-13 2013-14
PROJECTED
Population (In crore) 115 117 121 122 127 130
GDP (Current market prices) 5,630,063 6,477,827 7,795,313 8,974,947 10,028,118 11,371,886
Growth / Decline Rate 12.89% 15.06% 20.34% 15.13% 11.73% 26.71%
Assumed
growth
GDP (factor cost 2004-05 price) 4158676 4516071 4937006 5243582 5503476 -
Growth/Decline Rate 6.7% 8.6% 9.3% 6.2% 5.0% -
Public Sector Saving 1.00 0.2 2.6 1.3 N.A. -
Saving Rate 32.0% 33.7% 34.0% 30.8% N.A. -
Per Capita Net National Income 40775 46249 54151 61564 68747 -
(factor cost at current prices)
Total Expenditure 900,953 1,021,546 1,216,577 1,318,721 1,430,826 1,665,297
Growth / Decline Rate 27.01% 13.39% 19.09% 8.40% 8.50% 16.39%
Share of Total Expenditure in GDP 16.00% 15.77% 15.61% 14.69% 14.27% 14.64%
Revenue deficit (RD) 241,273 329,062 269,845 394,952 391,244 379,838
Growth / Decline Rate 280.03% 36.39% -18.00% 46.36% -0.94% -2.92%
Share of Revenue Deficit in GDP 4.29% 5.08% 3.46% 4.40% 3.90% 3.34%
Fiscal Deficit (FD) 326,515 414,041 400,999 521,981 520,924 542,499
Growth / Decline Rate 127.29% 26.81% -3.15% 30.17% -0.20% 4.14%
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-13 2013-14
PROJECTED
Share of Fiscal Deficit in GDP 5.80% 6.39% 4.89% 5.82% 5.19% 4.77%
Primary deficit 133,821 194,541 160,299 246,364 204,250 171,814
Share of Primary Deficit in GDP 2.38% 3.00% 2.06% 2.75% 2.04% 1.51%
Total Revenue Expenditure 803,446 906,356 1,053,678 1,161,941 1,263,072 1,436,168
Net Tax revenue receipts 465,970 465,103 563,685 642,252 742,115 884,078
Share of RD in Total Revenue Expenses 30.03% 36.31% 25.61% 33.99% 30.98% 26.45%
Total Receipts 900,953 1,021,546 1,216,576 1,318,720 1,430,826 1,665,297
Share of FD in Total Receipts 36.24% 40.53% 32.96% 39.58% 36.41% 32.58%
Share of RD in FD 73.89% 79.48% 67.29% 75.66% 75.11% 70.02%
Rs. In Crore
The much celebrated and widely awaited The Forbes Global 2000 list has
been made public and as many as 56 Indian companies (all with revenues in
excess of $ 1 bn) featured on that list. And this year, ONGC has made an
impressive jump of 16 places from last year's position at 171 to be ranked 155
globally. ONGC's climb on the global rankings is a fitting reflection of the
company's strong operating performance and its robust financial fundamentals
over the years. Especially 2012, which saw ONGC register a net profit of Rs
25,123 Crore, thereby making it the country's most profitable business entity.
Besides, ONGC, continued to remain comfortably lodged among the top three
Indian companies in terms of market capitalization and, in the process,
reinforced its position as the country's largest PSU (M-Cap wise). ONGC's
Market Capitalization as published in the Forbes Global 2000 list is a
whopping $ 50.5 bn.
HIS EXCELLENCY, R.ROSAIAH, THE GOVERNOR OF TAMIL NADU AFTER RELEASING THE SOUVENIR IN
COMMEMORATION OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF NEYVELI TELUGU SAMITHI. B SURENDER
MOHAN, CMD, NLC AND THE CHIEF PATRON OF THE SAMITI RECEIVED THE FIRST COPY
42ND IFTDO WORLD CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION COMES TO INDIA AFTER 9
YEARS
One of the most important global events for Human Resource Development (HRD) professionals - the Annual World
Conference held in different parts of the globe under the aegis of International Federation of Training & Development
Organizations (IFTDO), has come to India after a gap of 9 years.The 42nd IFTDO World Conference & Exhibition will be
inaugurated by the Honble President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, on April 23, 2013 in New Delhi.B Prasada Rao, CMD,
BHEL is the Chairman and President of IFTDO 2013 World Conference & Exhibition. . Arun Maira, Member Planning
Commission is Chairman of the Advisory Board of this Conference. The Advisory Board consists of CEOs of
PSUs/Corporates/ Banks/Financial Institutions besides eminent academicians from IIMs, ISB, other renowned
Management Institutes, ISTD and Universities.
Pawan Kumar Bansal, Minister for Railways inaugurates newly constructed Chandigarh- Ludhiana New Broad Gauge
Rail Line & flags off Superfast Express Train between Chandigarh- Amritsar on newly constructed route (via New
Morinda- Sanehwal) from Chandigarh Railway station today. On the occasion, Mayor, Chandigarh,Subhash Chawla,
General Manager, Northern Railway, V.K. Gupta, Chief Administrative Officer/Construction, Northern Railway, BD Garg,
Divisional Railway Manager, Ambala, P.K.Sanghi & Other Senior Railway Officials were also present
The Mining Engineer's Association of India, jointly with M/s.NMDC Limited, organized a two days National Seminar on
Mining Agenda for Future on 20th and 21st April at Hyderabad.The seminar was inaugurated bySK Sarangi, President
of the Association as Chief Guest in presence of BB. Dhar, Professor, Amity University and MA Ramulu, Retd. Prof. IIT,
Kharagpur were the Guests of Honour and NK Nanda, Chairman Organizing Committee and Director (Tech), NMDC
gave welcome address.
CS. Verma, Chairman, SCOPE & SAIL inaugurated the Business Centre at SCOPE Convention Centre, New Delhi,
today in the presence of UD Choubey, Director General, SCOPE, senior executives of Constituent PSEs/MMC
Members and senior officials of SCOPE
RS Mina, Director (Personnel) NHPC Limited has been honoured with
Gold Award as HR Leader by Greentech Foundation in association with
Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
Government of India. The award has been conferred on Mina for his
outstanding achievement as HR Leader. The award was received by MK
Paulose, Chief (HR), NHPC on behalf of Director (Personnel) from
Shripal Y. Naik, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) during the
Greentech HR & Corporate Governance Conference 2013 held from
19-20 April 2013 at Goa
PNS n NEW DELHI
S
wedish firm IKEA will be
allowed to run cafes and
restaurant within its single
brand stores in India but not
sell food items, Parliament was
informed on Monday.
The company had sought
permission for single brand
retail trading of 'IKEA' prod-
ucts including setting up of
IKEA restaurants and cafe and
IKEA Swedish food market (to
sell only single brand IKEA
products), Commerce and
Industry Minister Anand
Sharma said in a written reply
to the Lok Sabha.
The proposal has been
recommended by FIPB to the
extent that IKEA can have a
restaurant/cafe in accordance
with their global model but
cannot engage in retailing of
food items.
Accordingly, the following
condition has been proposed:
Food and beverages to be sold
within IKEA restaurant/cafe
located in the IKEA retail
store. No food items shall be
retailed off the shelf in any
other part of the retail store, he
said.
Though the worlds largest
furniture maker had received
the approval of Foreign
Investment Promotion Board
(FIPB) for its `10,500 crore
proposal, Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs has yet to
approve it.
FIPB can clear investment
proposals worth up to `1,200
crore.
Sharma also said that some
foreign companies had request-
ed for permission to sell food
items as part of their proposal
on FDI in single brand retail
trading.
Marks & Spencer sought
approval to sell Marks &
Spencer branded long life
processed foods such as choco-
lates, confectionery etc. The
proposal was rejected on 9th
January 2009 as retailing of
food items is not permitted in
the policy on FDI in single
brand retail, he added.
IKEA will not be allowed
to sell food items in India
PNS n NEW DELHI
C
ommerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Monday
informed Parliament that the Government is not consider-
ing any proposal to amend FDI policy in defence, warehousing
and food storage sectors.
As per extant FDI policy, FDI upto 26 per cent is permit-
ted in the defence sector with prior Government approval. FDI
up to 100 per cent is permitted in warehousing and food stor-
age facilities on automatic route. There is no proposal under con-
sideration to amend the policy, Sharma said in a written reply
to the Lok Sabha.
He was replying to a question whether the government pro-
poses to remove sectoral cap and amend the foreign direct invest-
ment (FDI) policy in various sectors particularly of warehous-
ing, food grains storage facilities and defence sector.
India has received $46.68 million (` 254.64 crore) worth of
FDI during April-February 2012-13 in the warehousing sector
including food grains storage.
In defence sector, the country has attracted $0.41 million
(`2.21 crore) inflows during the period.
Govt not considering amending
FDI policy in defence sector
PTI n MUMBAI
M
arket regulator Sebi has
allowed 47 entities to set
up AIFs - newly created class of
pooled-in investment vehicles
for real estate, private equity
and hedge funds, over a peri-
od of ten months.
The 47 Alternative
Investment Funds (AIFs) have
been registered with Sebi since
July.
Sebi had allowed only 12
AIF to set up shop in the
country till October, and the
number increased to 47 as of
today.
As per Sebi data, most of
these applications got approval
in March, February and
November.
The AIFs that have regis-
tered with Sebi included Ambit
Alpha Fund, Arthveda
Alternative Investment Trust,
Karvy Capital Alternative
Investment Trust, Motilal
Oswal Alternative Investment
Trust and HDFC AMC Real
Estate.
The regulator had noti-
fied in May 2012, the guidelines
for this new class of market
intermediaries. AIFs are basi-
cally funds established or incor-
porated in India for the pur-
pose of pooling in capital from
Indian and foreign investors for
investing as per a pre-decided
policy.
In August, Sebi decided
that the promoters of listed
companies can offload 10 per
cent of their equity to AIFs
such as such as SME Funds,
Infrastructure Funds, PE funds
and Venture Capital Funds
registered with it so as to meet
the normof having a minimum
of 25 per cent public holding.
Under Sebi guidelines,
AIFs can operate broadly in
three categories. The Sebi rules
apply to all AIFs, including
those operating as private equi-
ty funds, real estate funds and
hedge funds, among others.
The Category-I AIFs are
those funds that get incentives
from the government, Sebi or
other regulators and include
Social Venture Funds,
Infrastructure Funds, Venture
Capital Funds and SME Funds.
The Category-III AIFs are
those trading with a view to
making short-termreturns and
it includes hedge funds, among
others.
The Category-II AIFs can
invest anywhere in any combi-
nation but are prohibited from
raising debt, except for meeting
their day-to-day operational
requirements.
Sebi allows 47 alternative
funds to operate in India
PNS n MUMBAI
B
ihar Deputy Chief Minister
and Chairman of
EmpoweredCommittee of State
Finance Ministers on Goods
and Services Tax (GST) Sushil
Modi today said the option for
the states to opt out of the pro-
posed new taxation regime no
longer exists.
Earlier, there was a recom-
mendation by one of the sub-
committee on options for states
to join or not to join. But now,
there is near unanimity that this
will not benefit many
states...Now, that option (of not
joining) has beenwithdrawn, he
said, speaking at anevent organ-
ised by industry lobby Ficci
here.
Either all states shouldjoin
or not join, said Modi adding
Now, there is general consensus
that whenever GST comes, all
the states will join.
GST, a major tax reform, is
gettingdelayeddue todifferences
between the Centre and the
states over issues like designand
compensation for Central Sales
Tax. It was originally scheduled
to come into effect from April
2010.
Asking the Centre to pro-
vide fiscal incentives tostates for
joining GST, as is being done in
other countries, Modi said80per
cent of the issues have beensort-
ed out.
He, however, declined to
give a timeline for likely imple-
mentation. The ball is inCentral
Government's court and we
cannot blame anybodyfor delay,
he said.
He pointed out that the
115th Constitutional
Amendment Bill, pending for
three years with the Standing
Committee on Finance, will
have tobe clearedfirst. We came
toknowthat very soon, they are
going to submit their report. It
is for the Central government
when they want to present it in
Parliament. This is one part of
GST.Additionally, a robust infor-
mation technology infrastruc-
ture would be needed for GST
implementation, he said, adding
that a Centre-constituted com-
mittee, headed by Nandan
Nilekani, is looking into this
aspect.
Opting out of GST no option: Sushil Modi
PNS n NEW DELHI
E
xpressing concern on tax base not growing in sync with
income growth as well as wealth, a Parliamentary panel has
directed the Government to make extra efforts for widening the
tax base.
In its report presented in Parliament on Monday, the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance headed by BJP
Yashwant Sinha observed that tax base has not grown vis--vis
income growth.
The committee said that the Permanent Account Number
(PAN) has been allotted to more than 11 crore entities, while
income tax returns have been filed by only 3.5 crore.
Further, a huge gap has also been noticed between number
of entities to whom Tax Deduction and Collection Account
Number (TAN) has been allotted vis-a-vis number of deductors
filing TDS submissions.
The Committee therefore desire that strenuous efforts
should be made by the (Revenue) Department both in terms
of policy as well as enforcement action in widening the tax base,
which obviously is not commensurate with the growth in income
and wealth witnessed over the years, the report said.
In 2011-12, assessess in the income slab of up to `5 lakh
comprised of 98.38 per cent of total assesses. While above 20
lakh slab comprises of a meagre 0.38 per cent of total assess-
es.
The panel headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said
that situation presented before it clearly suggest income tax base
in revenue terms is rather narrow which has adversely affect-
ed tax buoyancy.
Panel asks Govt to
make strenuous efforts
to widen tax base
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LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
Script Last Abs Change
Traded Price Change %
3M India 3510 98.75 2.89
A2Z Maint & Engg 19.9 0.45 2.31
Aban Offshore 274.1 3.4 1.26
ABB 494.8 5.1 1.04
Abbott India 1375 12.95 0.95
ABG Shipyard 320.45 0.1 0.03
ACC 1214.35 1.6 0.13
Adani Enter 224.4 4.5 2.05
Adani Ports 150.05 4.95 3.41
ADANI POWER 48.4 0.85 1.79
Aditya Birla Nuv 981.25 12.4 1.28
Advanta India 889.8 -9.65 -1.07
Agro Tech Foods 521.25 4.1 0.79
AIA Engineering 316 2.05 0.65
AIL 317.9 4.35 1.39
AKZOINDIA 1017.25 7.55 0.75
Allahabad Bank 140.6 2.35 1.7
Allcargo Logistics 113.15 -0.05 -0.04
Alok Inds 10.3 0.2 1.98
Alstom T&D 156.05 2.95 1.93
Amara Raja 258.85 11.45 4.63
Ambuja Cements 187.9 -0.85 -0.45
Amtek Auto-$ 68.65 1.7 2.54
Amtek India-$ 87.7 1 1.15
ANANTRAJ-$ 65.85 1.75 2.73
Andhra Bank 95 1.45 1.55
AP Paper 189.05 -1.25 -0.66
Apollo Hosp 832.3 -1.1 -0.13
Apollo Tyres 93.7 3.9 4.34
Aptech 47.25 1.2 2.61
Arshiya Intl 19.6 0.9 4.81
Arvind 83.05 -1.65 -1.95
Asahi India 47.6 0.1 0.21
Ashok Leyland 22.55 0.15 0.67
Asian Paints 4643.8 -4.45 -0.1
Astrazeneca Phar 696.2 -13.5 -1.9
Aurobindo Phar 189.6 7.8 4.29
Axis Bank 1440.4 9.9 0.69
Bajaj Auto 1761.95 -29.85 -1.67
Bajaj Corp 238 -0.5 -0.21
Bajaj Elect-$ 168.35 0.3 0.18
Bajaj Finserv 776.85 -2.3 -0.3
Bajaj Hind 20.2 0.05 0.25
Bajaj Holdings 887.45 -11.85 -1.32
BAJFINANCE 1220 49.15 4.2
Balkrishna Inds-$ 265 -2.7 -1.01
Ballarpur Inds 17.95 0 0
Balmer Lawr 652.95 1.5 0.23
Balrampur Chini 50 0.8 1.63
Bank of India 341.95 11.75 3.56
Bank of Maharashtra 50 0.6 1.21
BASF India 568.15 3.1 0.55
Bata India 751.15 -5.05 -0.67
Bayer Crop 1104.55 -5.6 -0.5
BEML 165.3 1.1 0.67
Berger Paints 189.25 3.45 1.86
BF Utilities-$ 265.75 6.75 2.61
BGR Energy 190.4 1.95 1.03
Bharat Elect 1174.95 13.8 1.19
Bharat Forge 229.55 5.6 2.5
Bharti Airtel 300.75 1.3 0.43
Bharti Infratel 179.4 9.75 5.75
BHEL 191.35 5.65 3.04
Bhushan Steel 456 0 0
Bilcare-$ 80.35 -4.2 -4.97
Biocon 289.8 3.75 1.31
Birla Corp 239 1.35 0.57
Blue Circle 11.23 0.22 2
Blue Dart 2377.1 74.8 3.25
Blue Star 165.3 3.15 1.94
BOB 698.55 10.15 1.47
Bombay Dyeing 86.9 1.15 1.34
Bombay Rayon 247.55 -0.9 -0.36
Bosch 8896.95 102.85 1.17
BPCL 415.45 10.1 2.49
Britannia Inds 563.55 17.2 3.15
Cadila Health 770.35 7.05 0.92
Cairn India 293.1 -0.3 -0.1
Canara Bank 446.35 23.35 5.52
Capital First 147.05 -1.7 -1.14
Carborundum Uni 130.7 4.5 3.57
Care 747 0.65 0.09
Castrol India 314.8 -5.25 -1.64
CCL Intl 33.55 1.45 4.52
Central Bank 70.5 1.4 2.03
Century Tex 300 0.65 0.22
CESC 283.05 -0.65 -0.23
Chambal Fert 53.25 1.1 2.11
Chennai Petro 111 -0.3 -0.27
CHOLAFIN 261.9 5.5 2.15
Cipla 397.45 -3.6 -0.9
City Union Bank 56.65 1.65 3
Clariant Chem 462 -0.3 -0.06
Claris Lifesciences 179.95 -0.25 -0.14
CMC 1327 -28.7 -2.12
Coal India 312.2 12.95 4.33
Colgate Palmolive 1397.85 14.45 1.04
Container Corp 1072.95 -4.9 -0.45
Core Projects 57 1.4 2.52
Coromandel Intl 193.5 -4.4 -2.22
Corporation Bank 377.7 -1.05 -0.28
COX KINGS 128.95 0.05 0.04
CRISIL 896.2 -2.2 -0.24
Crompton Greav 95.05 2.9 3.15
Cummins India 507 7.9 1.58
D B CORP 228 5.35 2.4
D B REALTY 65.7 3.1 4.95
Dabur India 144.05 2.55 1.8
Dalmia Bharat 138.05 -3.95 -2.78
Deepak Fert 107.35 0.95 0.89
Delta Corp 72 -1.05 -1.44
DEN NETWORK 213.65 -5.3 -2.42
Dena Bank 96.05 1.3 1.37
Dev Credit Bank 47 0.05 0.11
Dewan Housing 175.1 5.05 2.97
DHANLAK BANK 46.3 0.35 0.76
Dish TV India 70 0.1 0.14
Divis Lab 1060.55 -0.9 -0.08
DLF 251.1 3.25 1.31
Dr Reddys Lab 1884.2 -20.45 -1.07
Eclerx Serv 643 -3.3 -0.51
Edelweiss Financial 30.2 0.2 0.67
Educomp Sol 65.6 5.95 9.97
Eicher Motors 2841 157.5 5.87
EID Parry 161 2.15 1.35
EIH 57.95 2 3.57
Elder Pharma 359.7 -11.65 -3.14
Elecon Engr 33.6 0 0
Electrosteel Steels 5.07 0.04 0.8
Elgi Equipments 78 2.5 3.31
Emami-$ 610.4 -1.8 -0.29
Engineers India 188 14.65 8.45
Entertainment Netw 225.25 1.9 0.85
Era Infra-$ 132.9 -0.65 -0.49
Eros Intl Media 170.3 0.95 0.56
Escorts 56.25 0.75 1.35
Ess Dee Alum 481 5.9 1.24
Essar Oil 87.8 1.4 1.62
Essar Ports 86.75 -2.05 -2.31
Exide Inds 133.8 5.2 4.04
FAG Bearings 1370 -5.25 -0.38
FDC 90.35 1.05 1.18
Federal Bank 464.2 12.05 2.67
Financial Tech 776.65 22.6 3
Finolex Inds 105.2 5.1 5.09
Fortis Healthcare 100.3 -0.75 -0.74
Fresenius Kabi 130.55 -1.4 -1.06
FRL 148.55 2.35 1.61
Future Ventures 9.5 0 0
Gail India 334.35 2.15 0.65
Gammon India 22.5 0.6 2.74
Gateway Distr 123.05 -0.95 -0.77
Geodesic 9.25 -0.12 -1.28
Geometric 102.95 2.85 2.85
Gillette India 2075 24.55 1.2
Gitanjali Gems 631.3 27.3 4.52
Glaxosmithkl Cons 3780 -119.75 -3.07
Glaxosmithkl Phar 2198.45 0.9 0.04
Glenmark Pharma 483.3 -3.85 -0.79
Glodyne Tech 15.28 0.72 4.95
GMR Infra 22.3 -0.1 -0.45
Godfrey Phil 2460 -14.15 -0.57
Godrej Cons 821.95 42.65 5.47
Godrej Inds 315.4 9.65 3.16
GODREJ PROP 593.55 12.05 2.07
Gol Offshore 66.45 -0.35 -0.52
Graphite India 78.05 -0.05 -0.06
Grasim Inds 2825.05 9.25 0.33
Gravita India 41.15 1.55 3.91
Great Eastern Sh 214.9 6.65 3.19
Greaves Cotton 75.25 -0.55 -0.73
Gruh Finance 197.2 -2.4 -1.2
GTL 16.32 0.03 0.18
GTL Infra 2.5 -0.03 -1.19
Guj Nar Val 75.35 -0.6 -0.79
Gujarat Alk 177.15 3.2 1.84
Gujarat Fluo 295.8 5.45 1.88
Gujarat Gas 249.15 -1.05 -0.42
Gujarat Mnrl 144.9 -1.2 -0.82
Gujarat NRE Coke 16.65 -0.15 -0.89
Gujarat Pipavav 48.15 -0.3 -0.62
Gujarat State Fert 56.9 -0.1 -0.18
Gujarat State Pet 68.9 1.65 2.45
Gulf Oil Corp-$ 65.6 1.9 2.98
GVK Power 9.82 0.2 2.08
HATHWAY CAB 258.25 -9.65 -3.6
Havells India 649.05 16.6 2.62
HCL Infosystems 39.1 0.1 0.26
HCL Tech 720.75 -15.15 -2.06
HDFC 835.4 16.75 2.05
HDFC Bank 699.25 25.9 3.85
HDIL 56.3 6.05 12.04
HEG 163.65 0.15 0.09
Hero MotoCorp 1528.2 25.5 1.7
Hexaware Tech 85 -2.5 -2.86
Himachal Futur 8.09 0.12 1.51
Hindalco Inds 95.5 1.85 1.98
Hindustan Const 14.22 -0.37 -2.54
Hindustan Copp 100.8 0.9 0.9
Hindustan Oil 61.65 0.9 1.48
Hindustan Unilever 482.5 -0.45 -0.09
Hindustan Zinc 112.5 2.4 2.18
HMT 38.35 2 5.5
Honeywell Auto 2472.35 63.5 2.64
Hotel Leela 21.7 0.25 1.17
HPCL 317.35 2.25 0.71
HSIL 103.3 2.8 2.79
HT Media 101.95 4.15 4.24
ICICI Bank 1147.95 25.25 2.25
ICRA 1024 4.85 0.48
IDBI Bank 87.7 1.45 1.68
Idea Cellular 112 0.55 0.49
IDFC 159.1 -1.9 -1.18
IFCI 30.2 0.75 2.55
IL&FS TRANS 184.05 0.7 0.38
India Cements 83.25 -1.5 -1.77
India Infoline 61 0.3 0.49
INDIAB POWER 9.24 0.42 4.76
Indiabulls Real Est 64.95 4.1 6.74
Indian Bank 168.4 4.15 2.53
Indian Hotels 57.75 0.9 1.58
Indian Info 23 0.4 1.77
Indian Oil Corp 303.3 0.65 0.21
Indraprastha Gas 298.35 6.45 2.21
Indusind Bank 465.9 15.8 3.51
Info Edge India 355 0.3 0.08
Infosys 2244.45 -50.95 -2.22
Infotech Enter 167.35 4.35 2.67
ING Vysya Bank 577 8.15 1.43
Ingersoll Rand 392.35 -7.8 -1.95
IOB 67.25 1.75 2.67
IPCA Lab 508.9 0.65 0.13
IRB Infra 118.3 -1.05 -0.88
ITC 316.9 1.6 0.51
IVRCL LTD 20.85 0.3 1.46
J&K Bank 1265 -5.5 -0.43
Jagran Prakashan 90.1 -0.45 -0.5
Jai Corp 67 2.85 4.44
Jain Irrigation 61.1 0.85 1.41
Jaiprakash Asso 77 1 1.32
JB Chemicals 79.9 -0.15 -0.19
JBF Inds 105.8 -0.6 -0.56
Jet Air India 549.5 37.7 7.37
Jindal Poly 152.45 2.6 1.74
Jindal Saw 80.75 -0.35 -0.43
Jindal South 498.55 3.5 0.71
Jindal Stainless 63.05 1.45 2.35
Jindal Steel 341.75 5.1 1.51
JK Cement 253 -3.5 -1.36
JK Lakshmi Cem 92.35 2.4 2.67
JM Financial-$ 17.7 0.25 1.43
JPINFRATEC 39.65 1.2 3.12
JPPOWER 26.3 0.4 1.54
JSW ENERGY 63.2 -0.05 -0.08
JSW Ispat 9.49 0.12 1.28
JSW Steel 724.9 8 1.12
JUBILANT 170.8 8.5 5.24
JUBL FOOD 1076.5 -10.5 -0.97
Jyothy Lab 168 2.2 1.33
Jyoti Struc 29.8 0.1 0.34
Kajaria Cerm 185.05 3.75 2.07
Kalpataru Power 81.9 1.75 2.18
Kansai Nerolac 1194 15 1.27
Karnataka Bank 146.8 0.55 0.38
Kaveri Seed 1260 4.75 0.38
KEC Intl 51.8 0.6 1.17
Kemrock Inds 66.7 -1 -1.48
Kesoram Inds 97.5 12.35 14.5
KGN Enterprises 67.1 -1.35 -1.97
Kingfisher Air 6.99 0.01 0.14
Kirloskar Oil Engines 180 9.5 5.57
Kotak Mah Bank 679.95 12.25 1.83
KPIT Cummins 96.05 0.15 0.16
KSK Energy 48.15 0.2 0.42
L&T 1534.85 62.05 4.21
L&T Finance Holdings 78.1 4.6 6.26
Lakshmi Mach 1989 52.55 2.71
Lanco Infra 11.03 0.34 3.18
LIC Housing Fin 235 2.15 0.92
LINDEINDIA 247.15 -7.6 -2.98
Lovable Lingerie 279.75 1.2 0.43
Lupin 683.5 12.7 1.89
Madras Cements 229.7 -0.15 -0.07
Magma Fin 84.8 -1.25 -1.45
MAH HOLIDAY 256.25 -1.45 -0.56
Maharashtra Seam 213.8 0.65 0.3
Mahindra & Mah Fin 212.3 10.95 5.44
Mahindra & Mahindra891.7 -10.8 -1.2
Mahindra Lifesp 380.9 -1.45 -0.38
Manappuram Finance 16.95 0.8 4.95
MANDHANA 262 17.2 7.03
Mangalore Ref 49 -0.2 -0.41
Marico 214.5 1.65 0.78
Maruti Suzuki 1539.75 13.45 0.88
Max India 217.15 5.3 2.5
Mcleod Russel 305.3 6.7 2.24
MCX 847.5 -8.2 -0.96
Mercator-$ 14.86 0.33 2.27
Mindtree 848 -19.5 -2.25
MMTC 220.15 4.05 1.87
MOIL 230.25 0.45 0.2
Monnet Ispat Energy 201 -2.4 -1.18
Monsanto India 584.5 9 1.56
Motherson Sumi 190.75 8.1 4.43
Motilal Oswal 81.3 0.75 0.93
Mphasis 362.85 7.3 2.05
MRF 13225.25 327.2 2.54
MTNL 20.35 0.4 2.01
Muthoot Fin 127.45 8.55 7.19
Natco Pharma 439.35 4.15 0.95
National Alum 34.65 0.55 1.61
National Fert 45.7 0.75 1.67
Nava Bharat Vent 164.4 -0.9 -0.54
Navneet Pub 57.5 0.35 0.61
NCC 33.5 0.8 2.45
NESCO 772 -9.8 -1.25
Nestle India 4683.15 25.95 0.56
Network18 Media 34.05 0.95 2.87
Neyveli Lignite 69.8 0.65 0.94
NHPC 21.6 -0.2 -0.92
NIIT 23.4 0.4 1.74
NIIT Tech 272.8 2.65 0.98
Nitin Fire 67.95 0.05 0.07
NMDC 127.6 3.85 3.11
Noida Toll 20.75 0.1 0.48
Novartis India 584 -1.05 -0.18
NTPC 148.85 2.95 2.02
Oberoi Realty 261.5 2.7 1.04
OIL INDIA 557.85 1.35 0.24
Omaxe 158.2 4.9 3.2
ONGC 328.4 -6.15 -1.84
Onmobile Global 37 0.05 0.14
Opto Circuits 61.15 -0.55 -0.89
Oracle Fin 2509.1 3.95 0.16
Orchid Chem 69.8 2 2.95
Oriental Bank 284.4 17.8 6.68
Page Inds 3570 -2.4 -0.07
Parsvnath Dev 35.4 -0.65 -1.8
Patel Engr-$ 60.8 1.95 3.31
PC Jeweller 104.65 3.05 3
Peninsula Land 48.6 2.85 6.23
Persistent Sys 544.55 -4.55 -0.83
Petronet LNG 135.65 2.1 1.57
Pfizer 1000 0.75 0.08
PHOENIX MILL 263.5 4.45 1.72
PI Inds 140 2.3 1.67
Pidilite Inds 251.8 1.05 0.42
Pipavav Defence 73.7 0 0
Piramal Ent 568.6 -3.15 -0.55
PNB 782.1 15.55 2.03
Polaris Fin Tec 115.1 -1.6 -1.37
Polyplex Corp 157 0.25 0.16
Power Finance 195.15 -1 -0.51
Power Grid Corp 109.4 2.7 2.53
Praj Inds 37.55 0.8 2.18
Prakash Inds 37.6 0.55 1.48
Prestige Estates 173 1.5 0.87
Prime Focus 40.5 -0.2 -0.49
Prism Cement 42.5 -0.2 -0.47
Procter & Gamble 2585 55.2 2.18
PTC India 60.65 2.35 4.03
Punj Lloyd 53.2 1.5 2.9
Punjab & Sind Bank 61.35 0.3 0.49
Puravankara Proj 99.95 -2.8 -2.73
Radico Khaitan 128.4 2.65 2.11
Rain Commodities 46.75 2.45 5.53
Rajesh Exports 117.4 0.2 0.17
Rallis India 125.9 -0.3 -0.24
Ranbaxy Lab 453.85 -2.05 -0.45
Rashtriya Chem 38.95 0.85 2.23
Raymond 281.45 6.8 2.48
REC 216.25 -1.75 -0.8
Redington India 79.8 3.55 4.66
REI Agro 12 0.01 0.08
Reliance Cap 355.3 16.25 4.79
Reliance Comm 97.7 11.6 13.47
Reliance Indl Infra 405.35 20.55 5.34
Reliance Infra 382.7 18.1 4.96
Reliance Power 73.9 3 4.23
Religare Enter 319 9 2.9
RIL 789.75 7.95 1.02
Rolta India 63.4 -1.5 -2.31
Ruchi Soya 67.75 -0.9 -1.31
S Kumar Nation 8.54 0.1 1.18
Sadbhav Engr 114 0.4 0.35
SAIL 63.05 1.55 2.52
SANOFI 2600.15 82.55 3.28
Satyam Comp 107.85 -0.7 -0.64
SBI 2323.95 29.95 1.31
Schneider Elec 76 1 1.33
SE Investments 383.4 0.8 0.21
Sesa Goa 151.65 1 0.66
SGJHL 100.85 1.4 1.41
Shasun Pharma 75.8 -0.95 -1.24
Shipping Corp 43.3 0.6 1.41
Shiv Vani Oil-$ 42 1 2.44
Shoppers Stop 391.4 12.95 3.42
Shree Ashtavina 1.22 -0.06 -4.69
Shree Cement 4349.95 16.35 0.38
Shree Global Trd 40.1 1.25 3.22
Shree Renuka Sug 25.2 0.55 2.23
Shriram City Uni 1020 17.95 1.79
Shriram Trans 697.4 6.8 0.98
Siemens 522 20.5 4.09
Simplex Infra 123.95 1.55 1.27
Sintex Inds 49.5 1.95 4.1
Siti Cable 24.8 0.3 1.22
SJVN 19.85 0.3 1.53
SKF India 550 2.1 0.38
SKS Microfinance 125.2 2.65 2.16
Sobha Dev 377.15 12.4 3.4
Solar Inds 1021.9 -10.1 -0.98
South Indian Bank 23.95 0.25 1.05
Spicejet 30.6 0 0
SREI Infra 28.6 0.8 2.88
SRF 176 3.15 1.82
Standard Chartered 115.05 -0.6 -0.52
State Bank BikJpr 436.7 1.55 0.36
State Bank Mysre 576.85 -6.75 -1.16
State Bank Trav 555 6.8 1.24
STC 172.5 3.2 1.89
Sterlite Inds 88.75 -0.25 -0.28
Sterlite Tech 25.1 0.3 1.21
Strides Arco 816.5 -21 -2.51
Sun Pharma 927.1 11.05 1.21
Sun Pharma Adv 123 -0.9 -0.73
Sun TV Network 410.4 19.2 4.91
Sundram Fast 39.45 -0.35 -0.88
Sunteck Realty 429.7 4.75 1.12
Supreme Inds 310.05 -1.6 -0.51
Suzlon Energy 14.62 0.44 3.1
Swan Energy 120 0.3 0.25
SYMPHONY 351.5 1.95 0.56
Syndicate Bank 119.55 2.3 1.96
Tamil Nadu News 95.9 1.5 1.59
Tata Chemicals 324.6 2 0.62
Tata Coffee 1527.45 8.05 0.53
Tata Comm 229.5 1.7 0.75
Tata Elxsi 194.4 -6.8 -3.38
Tata Invest 430.5 1.55 0.36
Tata Motors 285.3 3 1.06
Tata Power 95.6 0.6 0.63
Tata Steel 306.75 6.8 2.27
Tata Teleservices 8.49 0.11 1.31
TATAGLOBAL 140.55 1.9 1.37
TCS 1425.25 -25.45 -1.75
Tech Mahindra 935.1 -15.55 -1.64
Techno Elec And Engg 129.8 0.4 0.31
Texmaco Rail & Engg 50.2 0.35 0.7
Thermax 577.1 -2.65 -0.46
Thomas Cook 50.35 0.5 1
Time Techno 40 0.2 0.5
Timken India 159.1 9.25 6.17
Titagarh Wag 171.35 3 1.78
Titan Inds 273.75 14.6 5.63
Torrent Pharma 678 -1.6 -0.24
Torrent Power 142.1 1.2 0.85
Tree House Edu 260 -3.25 -1.23
Trent 1001.15 10.55 1.07
Triveni Turbine 52.7 0.65 1.25
TTK Prestige 2930.05 19.5 0.67
Tube Invest 160 2.1 1.33
Tulip Telecom 16.13 0.76 4.94
Tuni Textile 20.9 0.4 1.95
TV18 Broadcast 28.05 1.05 3.89
TVS Motor 36.35 0.1 0.28
Uco Bank 66.05 1.95 3.04
Uflex 78.8 0.45 0.57
Ultratech Cem 1878.75 -48.6 -2.52
Unichem Lab 168.55 -2.75 -1.61
Union Bank 240.5 4 1.69
Unitech 30.05 2.4 8.68
United Bank 60.35 0.3 0.5
United Brew Hldg 40.3 0.4 1
United Brew-$ 747.05 -4.75 -0.63
United Phos 129.45 4 3.19
United Spirits 2097.9 3.05 0.15
Usha Martin 25.3 -0.7 -2.69
Uttam Galva 72.5 0.4 0.55
VA Tech Wabag 488.35 -3.75 -0.76
Vakrangee Soft-$ 76.9 2.9 3.92
Vardhman Tex 257.65 2.45 0.96
VGuard Inds 485.2 3.35 0.7
Videocon Inds 225.65 12.5 5.86
Vijaya Bank 52.6 1.45 2.83
Vikas WSP 27.35 -0.05 -0.18
VIP Inds-$ 64 0.5 0.79
Voltas 82.9 1.65 2.03
VST Inds 1534 31.05 2.07
WABCO India 1325 36 2.79
WELCORP 53.4 1.35 2.59
Whirlpool 197.55 3.85 1.99
Wipro 339.35 -29.3 -7.95
Wockhardt 1816.35 9 0.5
Wyeth 816.55 -2.9 -0.35
YBRANTDIGI 20.1 -0.4 -1.95
Yes Bank 494.55 3.5 0.71
Zee Entert 220.75 9.7 4.6
Zydus Wellness-$ 437.4 -1.2 -0.27
Zylog Systems 53.15 2.5 4.94
NIFTY STOCK WATCH
SCRIP OPEN HIGH LOW LTP CHANGE
RELINFRA 368.05 385.5 358.6 383.55 18.8
COALINDIA 300.15 313.9 300.15 313.35 13.75
LT 1,480.00 1,539.00 1,478.15 1,538.00 62.55
HDFCBANK 674.7 702 674.7 701.35 27.75
INDUSINDBK 451.1 471.9 451.1 466.75 16.4
NMDC 125 128.85 123.85 128.25 4.35
ICICIBANK 1,125.20 1,159.70 1,116.45 1,156.80 34.15
BHEL 186.5 192 186.25 191.3 5.45
TATASTEEL 301.8 308.2 301 307.5 7.7
HDFC 819 839 816.95 838.9 20.65
PNB 771 787.95 764.5 785.5 19
HINDALCO 94.45 96.15 93 96 2.25
NTPC 145.05 149.5 145.05 149 3.15
BPCL 407.25 422.3 406.2 414 8.65
POWERGRID 106.25 110.6 106.25 109.1 2.1
HEROMOTOCO 1,510.00 1,542.00 1,502.85 1,531.00 26
BANKBARODA 691 704.85 691 700 11.75
JINDALSTEL 337.05 344 335.6 342.75 5.3
SUNPHARMA 922 944.5 915.9 930 13.75
AXISBANK 1,435.50 1,484.00 1,434.20 1,450.00 20.6
LUPIN 673 686 671.1 681 9.15
KOTAKBANK 668.95 680 663.3 677.95 9
SBIN 2,306.40 2,360.00 2,306.40 2,330.10 30.45
JPASSOCIAT 76.2 77.55 74 77.1 1
MARUTI 1,528.00 1,553.85 1,525.90 1,543.65 19.05
DLF 249.7 253.3 242.1 251.2 2.8
RELIANCE 786 794.7 778.3 789.85 8.25
TATAMOTORS 283.25 287.55 281.75 285.2 2.75
TATAPOWER 94.8 95.8 94.8 95.75 0.85
ACC 1,214.00 1,229.00 1,207.05 1,217.15 5.45
ITC 313.65 318 313.05 316.55 1.25
SESAGOA 152.55 152.85 149.05 152 0.5
GRASIM 2,824.85 2,864.85 2,811.00 2,822.50 3.75
BHARTIARTL 301 305 299 300 0.35
ASIANPAINT 4,660.10 4,740.00 4,612.50 4,650.00 0.5
CAIRN 296.7 296.9 290.8 293.35 -0.05
GAIL 333.25 336.55 331.15 332.6 -0.45
HINDUNILVR 482.6 487 481.15 482.5 -0.7
RANBAXY 459.4 462.75 446.85 453.45 -2.6
DRREDDY 1,905.00 1,905.00 1,859.10 1,892.00 -14.1
AMBUJACEM 189.3 191 186.3 187.55 -1.75
IDFC 161.3 162.25 157.15 159.55 -1.7
CIPLA 401.5 404.6 396 396.9 -4.25
M&M 909.2 914 882.6 889 -14.9
BAJAJ-AUTO 1,795.00 1,816.00 1,747.25 1,761.10 -31
TCS 1,446.00 1,459.80 1,425.00 1,425.00 -27.75
ONGC 333.55 334.8 327.1 327.65 -6.7
HCLTECH 740 744 716.25 720.4 -15.85
INFY 2,291.60 2,293.00 2,223.55 2,245.00 -50.7
ULTRACEMCO 1,931.80 1,931.80 1,858.00 1,869.65 -58
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GOLD SILVER
Delhi 26420 45300
Mumbai 26120 46035
Kolkata 26400 46100
BSE: SENSEX
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JUNIOR NIFTY
SCRIP OPEN HIGH LOW LTP CHANGE
RCOM 87.1 100.05 84.8 97.45 11.35
CANBK 423.1 449.5 422.85 449 26.45
GODREJCP 780.9 828.8 780.1 825 45.3
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SENSEX NIFTY
NEW DELHI: India received foreign
direct investment (FDI) worth $1.79
billion in February, 2013 -- a decline
of about 19 per cent due to global eco-
nomic slowdown.
In February 2012, the country
had received FDI worth $2.21 billion.
In January this year, the country had
attracted $2.15 billion FDI.
During the April-February peri-
od of 2012-13, FDI has declined 38
per cent to $20.89 billion, an official
in the Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP) told the
news agency.
During the same period of the
previous fiscal, FDI inflows stood at
$33.49 billion.
Sectors which received large FDI
inflows during the 11 months of the
last fiscal include services ($4.74 bil-
lion), hotel and tourism ($3.21 bil-
lion), metallurgical ($1.39 billion),
construction ($1.26 billion) and
Pharmaceuticals ($1.11 billion), the
official added.
India received maximum FDI
from Mauritius ($8.97 billion), fol-
lowed by Japan ($2.11 billion),
Singapore ($1.98 billion), the
Netherlands ($1.67 billion) and the
UK ($1.06 billion).
According to industry experts
there is a need to improve business
environment in the country.
There is a need to further
improve the business environment.
Reforms in the last one year are wel-
come, but more needs to be done in
order to build foreign investors con-
fidence, Head of Tax and expert on
FDI with corporate law firm
Amarchand & Mangaldas Krishan
Malhotra said.
In November 2012, India attract-
ed FDI worth $1.05 billion, which was
a two-year low.
The inflows had aggregated to
$36.50 billion in 2011- 12, as against
$19.42 billion in 2010-11 and $25.83
billion in 2009-10.
India would require around $1
trillion in the next five years to over-
haul its infrastructure sector such as
ports, airports and highways to boost
growth.
Decline in foreign investments
could put pressure on the countrys
balance of payments and may also
impact the value of the rupee. PTI
FDI dips 19% at $1.79b in Feb
MUMBAI: Shares of Reliance
Communications on Monday surged about
13.5 per cent after the company said it is in
advanced stage of talks for selling a stake in
enterprise business unit to a consortium of
PE funds that includes Samena Capital.
The telecomcompanys scrip jumped 15
per cent to `99 -- its 52 week high in intra-
day trade on the BSE. It finally ended at
`97.70, up 13.47 per cent. At NSE, the stock
was up 13.18 per cent at `97.45. Tracking
gains in the stock, the market value of RCom
rose by `2,394 crore to `20,165 crore. Anil
Ambani Group firm, which was previous-
ly in talks with Bahrain Telecomm-unica-
tions Co (Batelco) for selling a stake in
Reliance Globalcom Ltd, hopes to conclude
a deal with the consortium of PE funds by
May-end, Reliance Communications
(RCom) had said last week. The consortium,
which also includes Providence and Carlyle,
may buy up to 80 per cent in Reliance
Globalcom which also owns the groups
undersea cable business, for $1-1.2 billion,
industry sources had said. The stake sale is
expected to be used by RCom to lower its
debt burden which stood at around `37,000
crore as on December 31, 2012. Samena
Capital, in a proposed consortium with cer-
tain other global PE funds, is at an advanced
stage of the process of due diligence and
completion of definitive documents in rela-
tion to the acquisition of Reliance
GlobalcomLtd, RComsaid in a filing to the
stock exchanges. Meanwhile, Sensex on
Monday climbed153points toclose at one-
month high level of 19,170 on funds buy-
inginfinancial andinterest sensitive stocks
as slowing inflation and lower commodity
prices raised hopes of an rate cut by RBI,
amida firmingglobal trend. Nifty alsorose
by51.30points toclose at 5,834.40level. PNS
RCom surges
13.5%
PNS n NEWDELHI
U
nhappy with the ongoing probe being con-
ducted by the Finance Ministry, a
Parliamentary panel has directedit toexpedite the
inquiry intothe names revealedby HSBConunac-
counted money stashed abroad and submit the
report within a one month.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Finance, headed by BJP MP Yashwant Sinha, in
its report tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday
termed that unaccounted or black money is a
menace for the economy.
The Committee find that action/investiga-
tion on the names reported by HSBC on unac-
counted money stashed abroad has still not been
concluded. The Committee, therefore, desire that
expeditious action be taken to finalise the inves-
tigation in this matter and a report submitted to
the Committee withinone monthonthe outcome
thereof, it said.
Earlier the Government had informed
Parliament that I-Tdepartment hadreceivedcer-
taininformation under the double taxationavoid-
ance agreement from the French government
regarding accounts of Indians in HSBC Bank.
The report calledfor appropriate policy mea-
sures anddeterrent enforcement tonot only bring
to book but also prevent generation in the first
instance.
Tax policies andtax administrationwill thus
have to be accordingly geared up and re-orient-
ed towards focused action in this direction, the
report said.
It further recommendedthat economic intel-
ligence should be better developed and bipartite
agreements be concludedwithregardto plugging
generation of unaccounted money through tax
havens.
Focussing on the offer for sale (OFS) route
being increasingly put to use by the Government,
the panel has asked it to promote retail partici-
pation instead of selling shares of PSUs to insti-
tutions through the aforementioned route.
The committee is not in favour of OFS of
shares route by promoters through Stock
Exchange Mechanism, instead the Government
should look for market penetration and encour-
age retail investors, the committee noted in its
report.
It also reiterated its earlier recommendation
that the government should formulate a coher-
ent disinvestment policy with clear direction and
vision.
The report said that the committee regret to
observe that in the absence of concrete disin-
vestment policy and lack of consistency in util-
isation of disinvestment proceeds, the disinvest-
ment proceeds of Central Public Sector
Enterprises (CPSEs) over the years being treat-
ed as selling familys silver to pay grocery bills.
All disinvestment proceeds being used for
revenue expenditure are not socially justified, it
said.
As a result the corpus of National Investment
Fund (NIF) is left with a meagre amount of Rs
1,814.45 crore for investment purpose, therefore,
sustainable returns from the disinvestment pro-
ceeds could not be earned, the panel observed.
Considering the lowbalance of funds in NIF
and its impact on returns, it said, the panel is not
convinced with the proposal of utilising the bud-
geted disinvestment proceeds of Rs 40,000 crore
in 2013-14 for recapitalisation of Public Sector
Banks (PSBs) and towards budgetary support to
the Indian Railways.
As recommended elsewhere in this Report,
the government could easily find resources for
capitalisation of PSBs through early setting up of
financial holding company or internal resources
of PSBs. Similar steps may alsobe takenfor Indian
Railways, it added.
Par panel asks Govt to expedite
probe on black money
world 13
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
PTI nBEIJING
C
hinas Inner Mongolia
province was hit by a 5.3-
magnitude earthquake on
Monday even as China started
airdrop of essential supplies to
remote areas hit by Saturday
quake inSichuanprovince where
the deathtoll climbedto192with
23 people missing.
Tongliao City, in Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region,
and Fuxin City, in Liaoning
Province, in northeast China
were jolted by moderate quakes
this evening forcing people to
rush out their houses.
The epicentre of the 5.3
magnitude quake was detected
at a depthof 6kms, China earth-
quake centre said. No casualties
have been reported so far in the
Horqin Left Back Banner, the
epicenter, according to local
publicity and emergency
response offices, State-run
Xinhuareported. People rushed
tothe street whenthe earthquake
struck. But everyone went home
soon after, said an eyewitness.
The fire brigade received two
emergencycalls but there was no
serious damage, saidLiuZhidan,
head of the brigade. Liu added
that some buildings had sus-
tained cracks.
Meanwhile, the deathtoll in
Sichuan quake climbed to 192.
Over 12, 000people were injured
in the quake including over a
thousand whose condition was
stated to be critical.
The Peoples Liberation
Army(PLA) Air Forcetodaycar-
ried out its first airdrop opera-
tions in quake-hit southwest
China to deliver food and water
for thousands of homeless sur-
vivors. Loadedwithbottledwater,
instant noodles and other food,
an Air Force helicopter took off
from Qionglai Airport to
Baosheng township, where the
rescue teams are struggling to
reachafter landslides blockedthe
approach roads, a report by
Xinhua said. The quake hit
mountainous LushanCounty of
southwestChinas Sichuan
Province on Saturday. Roads to
manyremotetowns wereblocked
byslidingrocks, leavingsurvivors
facingfoodshortages. Also, after
shocks continue tohamper oper-
ations as area recorded 2,360
tremors after the seven magni-
tude quake on Saturday.
Four of the aftershocks were
measuredabove 5.0 magnitude,
the China Earthquake
Administration (CEA) said.
Lushanis about 200kmfromthe
epicenter of the massive
Wenchuan earthquake that left
90,000 dead or missing five
years ago. Chinese Foreign
Ministry once again politely
rejected the aid and help from
other countries for the quake hit
areas saying that the
Government andthe army have
been carrying out relief opera-
tions ona massive scale andany
major movement of vehicles
and people on the already
crowded roads would hamper
operations.
PTI nCOLOMBO
S
ri Lanka enjoys good bilater-
al relations withIndia despite
the anti-Lanka protests inTamil
Nadu, President Mahinda
Rajapaksa said on Monday.
Replying to a question on
reportedtensions inTamil Nadu
vis-a-vis Sri Lanka, Rajapaksa
said that he would welcome the
politicians from the State to
visit Sri Lanka and witness first
hand progress on Island.
We have always had good
relations withIndia andwe have
always acted to promote the
goodwill, Rajapaksa said while
addressing the media.
He recalledthat Tamil Nadu
politicians who had visited Sri
Lanka inthe past hadexpressed
satisfaction over the ground sit-
uationhere. The President, how-
ever, saiddespite the protests the
relationship with India as a
whole has not been affected.
AP n BAGA
F
ighting between Nigerias
military and Islamic
extremists killed at least 185
people in a fishing communi-
ty in the nations far northeast,
officials said, an attack that saw
insurgents fire rocket-propelled
grenades and soldiers spray
machine-gun fire into neigh-
borhoods filled with civilians.
The fighting in Baga began
Friday and lasted for hours,
sending people fleeing into the
arid scrublands surrounding
the community on Lake Chad.
By Sunday, when Government
officials finally felt safe enough
to see the destruction, homes,
businesses and vehicles were
burned throughout the area.
The assault marks a sig-
nificant escalation in the long-
running insurgency Nigeria
faces in its predominantly
Muslim north, with Boko
Haram extremists mounting a
coordinated assault on soldiers
using military-grade weapon-
ry. The killings also mark one
of the deadliest incidents ever
involving Boko Haram.
Authorities had found and
buried at least 185 bodies as of
Sunday afternoon, said Lawan
Kole, a local government offi-
cial in Baga. He spoke halting-
ly to Borno state Gov. Kashim
Shettima in the Kanuri lan-
guage of Nigerias northeast,
surrounded by still-frightened
villagers.
Officials could not offer a
breakdownof civiliancasualties
versus those of soldiers and
extremist fighters. Many of the
bodies hadbeenburnedbeyond
recognition in fires that razed
whole sections of the town, res-
idents said. Those killed were
buried as soon as possible, fol-
lowing local Muslimtradition.
Brig GenAustinEdokpaye,
also onthe visit, did not dispute
the casualty figures. Edokpaye
said Boko Haram extremists
used heavy machine guns and
rocket-propelled grenades in
the assault, which began after
soldiers surrounded a mosque
they believed housed members
of the radical Islamic extremist
network Boko Haram.
Extremists earlier had killed a
military officer, the general said.
Edokpaye said extremists
used civilians as human shields
during the fighting - implying
that soldiers opened fire in
neighborhoods where they
knew civilians lived.
When we reinforced and
returned to the scene the ter-
rorists came out with heavy
firepower, including (rocket-
propelled grenades), which
usually has a conflagration
effect, the general said.
However, local residents
who spoke to an Associated
Press journalist who accompa-
nied the state officials said sol-
diers purposefully set the fires
during the attack.
PTI n BOSTON
U
S investigators on Monday
started grilling the lone
surviving Chechen-origin
Boston bombings suspect after
he regained consciousness and
was able to scribble out written
responses, as authorities were
preparing a charge sheet to nail
the accused.
Boston Marathon bomb-
i ng suspect Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev i s awake and
responding sporadically in
writing to questions, author-
ities said. Investigators are
asking about other cell mem-
bers and other unexploded
bombs, l aw enforcement
sources were quoted by ABC
News as saying.
Previously officials said
Dzhokhar was in no condi-
ti on to be i nterrogated.
Dzhokhar (19) is being treat-
ed at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Centre, where he is
listed in serious but stable
condition, with wounds to the
neck and throat area, accord-
ing to sources.
He was unable to speak
due to serious throat injury.
Federal authorities said the
charge sheet against Dzhokar
could be filed early next week
by the US Attorney General.
Investigating agencies, includ-
ing the FBI, the Boston Police,
are busy preparing the charge
sheet against Dzhokar, as a
senior police official on
Monday sai d they have
enough evidence to nail down
the suspect.
Those involved in prepar-
ing the charge sheet said
Dzhokar, who was arrested on
Friday night, would be charged
with terrorism and state mur-
der charges.
The Boston Mayor had
told reporters earlier that he
could be charged as early as
Sunday, but that did not hap-
pen. Information we have is
that there was a shot to the
throat, and its questionable
whether when and whether
hell be able to talk again it. It
doesnt mean he cant commu-
nicate but, right now, I think
hes in the condition where we
cant get any information from
him at all, Senator Dan Coats,
a member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, said.
A child runs to get food packets AP
An interfaith service is held near a makeshift memorial on Boylston Street, near the
finish line of the Boston Marathon AP
A young girl stands amid the burned ruins of Baga, Nigeria AP
Sri Lanka enjoys
good relations
with India: Prez
Boston: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the two Chechen
brothers suspected of the Boston marathon blasts, probably
killed his elder brother Tamerlan by running over his SUVover
him while fleeing, police said.
Dzhokhar, 19, whowas arrestedonFriday after days of man-
hunt, is inserious conditionina Bostonhospital. His elder broth-
er, Tamerlan, 26, the allegedmastermindof the Bostonmarathon
bombing died a day earlier during a police exchange fire. PTI
Boston: US authorities are
preparing a charge sheet
against Dzhokar Tsarnaev in
the Boston Marathon blasts,
even as he battled for life in a
highly secure city hospital
and was unable to speak due
to serious throat injury.
Federal authorities said
the charge sheet against
Dzhokar could be filed early
next week by the US
Attorney General. Invest
igating agencies, including
FBI, Boston Police, are busy
preparing the charge sheet
against 19-year-old Dzhokar,
as a senior police official on
Sunday said they have
enough evidence to nail
down the suspect. PTI
Boston: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the
older of two brothers suspected
in the Boston Marathon blasts,
had objected to a sermon at a
Cambridge mosque in which the
speaker compared the Prophet
with civil rights leader Martin
Luther King, a official said.
Yusufi Vali, executive
director of the Islamic Society of
Boston, which runs the mosque,
said 26-year-old Tsarnaev told
the speaker, You are a kafir (an
unbeliever), and said he was
contaminating peoples minds
and was a hypocrite.
Vali said, The congregation
then said, You are the
hypocrite. The congregation
shouted himout of the
mosque. PTI
Investigators start quizzing injured Boston suspect
Dzhokhar probably killed his elder brother
Authorities prepare
charge sheet
against bomber
Slain brother
protested Prophets
companion
Death toll in Chinas quake rises to 192
Over 185 killed in Nigeria attack
China rejects intrusion charge
PTI BEIJING
C
hina on Monday rejected
reports of intrusion by its
troops in Ladakh, saying the
Peoples LiberationArmy (PLA)
soldiers patrolled the Chinese
side of Line of Actual Control
(LAC) without trespassing
into it.
Presenting Chinas stand,
the Foreign Ministrys
spokesperson Hua Chunying
also called for resolution of the
issue through talks.
Chinas frontier troops have
been abiding by the agreement
between the two countries and
abiding by the LAC agreed by
the two countries.
Our frontier troops have
been patrolling on the Chinas
side of LAC, Hua said at a
media briefing here, responding
to a spate of questions.
Our troops are patrolling
on the Chinese side of the LAC
and have never trespassed the
line, she said.
Aplatoon-strength contin-
gent of Chinas Peoples
LiberationArmy (PLA) came 10
kminside the Indianterritory in
Burthe in DBO sector in
Ladakh, which is at an altitude
of about 17,000 feet, onthe night
of April 15 and established a
tented post there.
China claims it has not
done anything wrong. Chinas
position is firm and clear. We
have beenabiding by the agree-
ment of the two countries hav-
ing normal patrol on Chinese
side and never trespassed the
LAC, the Chinese spokesperson
said during the course of her
replies. China believes that the
current India-China relations
have been in a fine shape. We
have maintained good com-
municationandcoordinationon
the boundary issue, she said.
The boundary areas are in
a peaceful condition. China is
willing to properly solve the
boundary question based on
peaceful negotiations.
We would like to solve the
boundary issue through proper
mechanisms in order to create
conditions for the development
of China-India relations, she
said.
Observers say Chinas stand
defending its incursion is puz-
zling as it may result in raising
of a new dispute on the much
agreedLACby the twocountries
whichbrought about sense calm
while they negotiated the
boundary dispute.
To pointed questions on
why Chinese troops chose to
move forward especially when
the relations between the two
countries improved a great deal
and ahead of reported plans by
Chinas newPremier Li Keqiang
to visit New Delhi, Hua said
there is a great deal of specula-
tion on the border incursion
issue in Indian media.
I noticed that some Indian
officials made relevant remarks.
Please refer to them, she said
apparently pointing to the com-
ments that different percep-
tions of the LAC existed and
both sides made efforts to
resolve it through established
mechanism.
China values its relations
with India and would like to
develop sound steady and long
termrelationshipwithIndia, she
said.
We believe relevant prob-
lem should be properly solved
through negations in a peace-
ful manner. Relevant issue is
left over from history. The
current conditions at the bor-
der are peaceful and stable.
What the two countries should
do now is to pool consensus
and sit down together for solu-
tion. There is no need for
groundless speculation and
suspicion, she said.
We believe the current
India-China relations have been
in an advanced shape. We have
maintained good communica-
tion and coordination on the
boundary issue, she said refer-
ring to the periodic talks head-
ed by Special Representatives
of the two countries to resolve
the boundary dispute.
PTI DHAKA
B
angladeshs veteran politi-
cian and parliamentary
speaker Abdul Hamid was on
Monday elected unopposed as
the countrys new President, a
day after ruling Awami League
nominated him for the top
post. Abdul Hamid was elect-
ed uncontested as the 20th
President of Bangladesh, Chief
Election Commissioner Kazi
Rakibuddin Ahmad said on
Monday.
Hamid, a long time aide to
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,
turned out to be the only one to
have filedhis nominationfor the
top post.
He has been the Acting
President of the country since
Zillur Rahman died on March
20 in a Singapore hospital. The
Presidents termis for five years.
Hamid has a long 54 years
of career in politics and he was
first elected as a member of the
then national assembly in erst-
while Pakistan when he was
only 26 while main opposition
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP) or none other expressed
any reservation about his can-
didature for the highest office.
Hamidis a competent can-
didate (for the presidency)... we
have the confidence that he
would discharge the responsi-
bility as the president with all
competence, senior Awami
League leader Tofail Ahmed
told newsmen after filing the
nomination papers at the com-
mission yesterday.
The Awami League
Parliamentary Party (ALPP) on
Sunday unanimously nominat-
ed Hamid who subsequently
gave his consent putting his sig-
nature on the nomination
papers in presence of party
president and Prime Minister
Hasina.
Hamid became the acting
President onMarch14 inaccor-
dance with the constitution
after President Rahmanfell sick
and was flown to Singapore for
treatment.
Rahmans death required
the arrangement for the fresh
election to the presidency by
parliament within90 days under
the constitutional provisions.
Hamid is still a lawmaker while
the EC will need to stage by-
elections to his Kishorganj con-
stituency once he took oath as
the President relinquishing the
parliamentary seat.
Hamid elected Bdesh Prez
Pakistan govt refuses to put
Mush on trial for treason
PTI ISLAMABAD
I
n a temporary relief to for-
mer military ruler Pervez
Musharraf, Pakistans interim
government on Monday
refused to put him on trial for
treason for violating the
Constitution, saying such a
move was not part of its man-
date. The caretaker adminis-
tration, formed last month to
conduct the May 11 general
election, conveyed its position
in a reply submitted to the
Supreme Court.
Several lawyers have filed
petitions seeking Musharraf s
trial for treason and the apex
court had asked the govern-
ment to state its position on the
issue. In its reply, the caretak-
er government refused to put
Musharraf, 69, on trial for
treason under Article 6 of the
Constitution. The government
said considering, deliberating
or commencing any legal pro-
ceedings under Article 6 will be
a move that is not part of its
mandate.
The reply further said the
government was busy provid-
ing security to candidates con-
testing the upcoming polls to
the national and provincial
assemblies.
An apex court bench head-
ed by Justice Jawwad Khwaja,
which is hearing the petitions
against Musharraf, expressed
its displeasure at the interim
governments reply.
Khwaja observed that the
court had been seeking an
answer from the government
for the past eight days and now
the administration has said
that it can do nothing.
Khwaja further remarked
that in the future, the interim
government might even say
that it cannot file an FIR
against Musharraf.
The bench put off the case
till Tuesday, when the judges
wil l hear arguments by
Musharraf s lawyers.
In Pakistan only the state
can initiate charges of treason,
which can carry the death
penalty.
Meanwhile, Musharraf s
lawyers were not allowed to
meet him on Monday at his
residence, which has been
declared a sub-jail, despite an
order issued by the Supreme
Court. Prison officials posted
at Musharraf s five-acre farm-
house at Chak Shahzad on the
outskirts of Islamabad said the
lawyers could meet their client
only if they got a no-objection
certificate from the Punjab
government.
Musharraf was arrested
last week after the Islamabad
High Court revoked his bail in
a case related to the detention
of over 60 judges during the
2007 emergency.
He is currently being held
at his farmhouse.
The former dictator
returned to Pakistan last month
after nearly four years of self-
exile, promising to save the
country from economic ruin
and militancy.
However, he was barred
from running in the May 11
general election, which will
mark the first democratic tran-
sition of power in Pakistans
history.
Lawyers have petitioned
the Supreme Court to put him
on trial for treason for impos-
ing emergency and he faces
charges related to the 2007
assassination of former premier
Benazir Bhutto and over the
death of Baloch leader Akbar
Bugti in a 2006 military oper-
ation.
Pakistans former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf addresses his party
supporters at his house in Islamabad, Pakistan AP
Savitas husband plans India visit to brief her parents
PTI n LONDON
T
he husband of Savita
Halappanvar is planning
to visit India to brief her par-
ents on the next step in his legal
battle to uncover the truth
behind her death at an Irish
hospital.
Praveen Halappanvar, the
husband of the 31-year-old
Indian dentist who died in an
Ireland hospital following a
miscarriage last October, plans
to take the case to the European
Court of Human Rights
(ECHR) after an inquest into
her death last week failed to
offer all the answers he was
searching for.
There are still some ques-
tions that need answered. I
havent got my answers yet. I
owe it to Savita and I owe it to
Savitas parents to get all the
answers and all the truth, he
said in reference to the seven-
day inquest which concluded at
Galway Courthouse last Friday
with a verdict of medical mis-
adventure.
The limited boundaries of
an inquest had to be explained
to Savitas parents, Andaneppa
and Akhamahadevi Yalagi, who
are based in Karnataka though
they were given updates by
Praveens legal team from the
inquest twice every day.
The inquest was told how
they had caught a flight back to
India from Dublin on October
23 last year, a day before Savita
became seriously ill and even-
tually died on October 28.
It later emerged that they
had been in Ireland for 85 days
on a 90-day holiday visa and
were worried about breaching
immigration laws.
The visa was running out
and it was playing on their
minds and, with Savitas assur-
ances, they decided to return to
India. It was devastating for
them to learn 48 hours later
that Savita was in a critical con-
dition, a family friend told the
Irish Independent.
Praveens solicitor, Gerard
ODonnell, will this week brief
his legal team on taking a case
on behalf of Savita and Praveen
to the ECHR.
Meanwhile, the publica-
tion of a Health and Safety
Executive (HSE) report is also
expected, a copy of which had
been made available to Praveen
last month.
There have been further
calls to also make a linked
investigation by Irish health
watchdog Health Information
and Quality Authority (HIQA)
public.
The HIQA probe was con-
ducted into the safety, quali-
ty and standards of services
provided by the HSE to
patients, including pregnant
women, at risk of clinical dete-
rioration and as reflected in the
care and treatment provided to
Savita Halappanavar.
Savita was 17 weeks preg-
nant when admitted to
University Hospital Galway on
October 21 last year with an
inevitable miscarriage. She died
a week later in intensive care
from multi-organ failure from
septic shock and E.coli, four
days after she delivered a dead
foetus. A spokesperson for the
hospital has since acknowl-
edged there were lapses in the
standards of care provided to
Savita.
Tony Canavan, chief oper-
ating officer of Galway
Roscommon Hospital Group,
promised the deficiencies iden-
tified at the inquest would be
rectified by the hospital and all
recommendations would be
taken on board.
The case has brought the
complex anti-abortion laws
into focus yet again in Ireland,
where the government has
since committed to legislate to
allow abortion if there is a real
and substantial risk to a
womans life by July.
Irelands Minister for
Health James Reilly said lessons
learned fromthe inquest would
feed into new guidelines for
medical care.
US TV
anchor
abuses
on live
broadcast
PTI NEW YORK
I
n an unusual live TV gaffe, a
news anchor in the US
abused on air during his debut
broadcast and was suspended
for making the mistake.
A J Clemente was leading
off his first newscast as the
weekend anchor at KFYR, an
NBC station in Bismarck,
North Dakota, on Sunday
when he abused with his
microphone on.
He swore into his micro-
phone, fifteen seconds into his
first anchoring gig. The nerves
probably got to him.
After Clemente opened
his mouth, co-anchor Van
Tieu continued with the
newscast, introducing her
news partner, the New York
Post reported.
You may have seen our
newest reporter A J on North
Dakota News, and hell be
joining the weekend news team
as my co-anchor, she said.
Clemente stumbled
through his introduction and
the ill-fated newscast continued
with a story about an ATV
crash.
sport 14 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
Golden finishing touch
India end Asian Wrestling as overall champions with Amits gold
AJEYO BASU n NEWDELHI
I
ndian grapplers cemented their posi-
tion as an emerging powerhouse with
their best ever performance at the 26th
Senior Asian Wrestling Championships
here on Monday.
The tournament ended on a golden
note for India as Amit Kumar Dhankar
(66 kg) emerged champion in the last bout
on the final day at the KD Jadhav
Wrestling Stadium. India also won the
overall team championships in the men's
freestyle category with two gold medals
and as many bronze medals.
This is the best ever overall perfor-
mance of the Indian teamas they finished
the championships with a total of nine
medals two gold, one silver and six
bronze medals. Indian grapplers had won
one gold and four bronze in the last edi-
tion of the championship in South Korea.
The overall secondpositioninfreestyle
wrestling went to Iran while Mongolia
securedthirdplace. Inwomen's event, first
positionwent toChina, Japancame second
while Mongolia finished third. Korea was
followed by Iran and Kazakhstan in the
overall Greco Roman wrestling.
Amit who faced M Ganzorig of
Mongolia in the summit clash, registered
a 0-1, 4-0, 3-1 victory to take the gold
medal. The Mongolian started in an
aggressive fashion and won the hard
fought first round. Amit though, made a
superb comeback to thrash his rival in the
second round.
The Mongolian was visibly tired in
third round and was focussed more on
defence. The Indian took a 1-0 lead in the
first minute by forcing his opponent out of
the playing circle, but was fined one point
for repeatedly slapping his rival despite sev-
eral warnings by the referee.
But the Haryana lad regained the lead
soon before taking his third point with a
successful counter to clinch a convincing
victory.
Amit was seemingly unstoppable right
fromhis first bout which he won 0-1, 1-1,
1-0against Zhang Jianfuof China. He dom-
inated the quarterfinal against Ulukman
Mamatov of Kyrgyzstan with a 0-1, 1-0, 2-
0 verdict. Althoughhe concededthe open-
ing round against the technically sound
Mamatov, Amit came back to winthe next
two rounds for a convincing victory.
Up against the experienced Ruslan
Pliev of Uzbekistan in the semifinals the
Indian came up with a display of extreme
grit and determination and fought back
froma near impossible position to win 0-
1, 4-4, 0-4.
Amit foundthe going difficult fromthe
very beginning as the Uzbek won the first
round. Pliev had opened up an almost
insurmountable 4-0leadinthe secondperi-
od with only 20 seconds to go. Just when
it seemed a lost cause for Amit, the Indian
stageda remarkable comeback to notchup
four consecutive points to win the round.
With the Uzbek visibly tiring in the third
round, Amit wonthe last period quite eas-
ily to enter the final.
India's chief coach Vinod Kumar was
full of praise for Amit's performance. "I had
full confidence that he would win. Our
Indian wrestlers do not give up till the last
second," he told The Pioneer. "Indian
wrestling is improving and the boys
deserve this for all the hard work and dis-
cipline that they put in.
Apart from Amit's gold, the final day
turned out to be disappointing for the
Indian camp as Narsingh PanchamYadav
(84 kg), Praveen Rana (66 kg) and
Parvesh (96 kg) were unable to take a
podium finish.
Narsingh was beaten in the quarterfi-
nals by Uzbekistan's UmidjonIsmanov. But
he was handed an opportunity to go for
bronze after the Uzbek entered the final.
The 2010 Asianchampioninthe 74kg cat-
egory thrashed Ali HushamMajeed 6-0 8-
0 to set up a bronze medal bout.
I wanted to win a
medal as it was a
home event. I had
done hard practice
for this event. And I
am happy that I have
delivered on the
expectations
Amit Kumar Dhankar
India's Amit Kumar (right) celebrates his gold medal against Mangolia's M Ganzorig in 66kg fresstyle match at the Asian Championship in New Delhi on Monday PTI
THIS IS THE BEST EVER OVERALL PERFORMANCE
OF THE INDIAN TEAM AS THEY FINISHED THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH A TOTAL OF NINE MEDALS
TWO GOLD, ONE SILVER AND SIX BRONZE
MEDALS. INDIAN GRAPPLERS HAD WON ONE
GOLD AND FOUR BRONZE IN THE LAST EDITION
Not much advantage in this home' event
GARIMA VERMA n NEW DELHI
S
o much for the home advan-
tage! Indias two main women
singles players would end up
meeting in the quarterfinals itself
and the best bet in mens singles
locks horns with the top seed in
the last eight.
World No 2 Saina Nehwal,
who is top seed for the Yonex
Sunrise India Open, beginning
here at Siri Fort Sports Complex
from Tuesday, is slated to clash
with countrymate and eighth-
seeded PV Sindhu if both make
it till the quarters, thereby reduc-
ing the home hopes by half.
Parupalli Kashyap, seeded
fifth for the tournament, faces
gigantic task of surviving former
world and Olympic champion
Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in
the first round. And, if the world
No 7 Indian pulls that off and tri-
umphs in the second round, he
would again be faced with the
prospect of scripting an upset
against world No 1 and 2011
champion Lee Chong Wei of
Malaysia.
The crowd might play its
part, to a very limited extent
though, in motivating the Indian
shuttlers to up the ante but the
computer has ruled out any pos-
sibility of a host-favouring draw.
The absence of top Chinese
shuttlers might make it a golden
opportunity for Saina to clinch the
trophy and make up for a second-
round ouster last edition, but the
big test would be awaiting her in
the semis, where she could meet
world No 8 and third seed
Ratchanok Intanon. The Thai
girl had beaten the Indian in the
semifinals of the All England
Championships recently.
However, it is the probable
meeting with Sindhu, who caught
attention when she beat former
world No 1 Shixian Wang of
China at the Asian
Championships in Taipei last
week, which Saina is looking for-
ward to. It would be an interest-
ing match. We girls hardly get to
play each other. And, being the
top player, I would be a little ner-
vous and under pressure, Saina
said during a pre-event press
meet here on Monday.
But she is not discrediting the
others in her half of draw too.
It is going to be really
tough. There are so many top
players in the tournament. It all
depends on how well you are
prepared that day. All I can say
is I will try my best, said Saina,
who won the 2010 edition but
could not reproduce the perfor-
mance in the last two years.
My first round opponent
(Belaetrix Manuputi of Indonesia)
will be tough. Intanon played very
well in the last two matches I faced
her. I will have to watch her videos
carefully, added the Hyderabadi
shuttler, who has been working to
get her knees in the best possible
shape post the 2012 London
Olympics and looks forward to
playing without tape here.
Coach Pullela Gopichand,
though hoped to see some good
results at the end, he refused to
be involved in the game of pre-
dictions and who meets whom.
I amnot going that far (read-
ing draw and probable clashes).
We have hard first rounds to clear.
All players must concentrate on
one match at a time, Gopichand
advised as much.
The tournament which is all
set to kick off with the qualifying
round on Tuesday, would witness
Jwala Gutta playing with a new
partner in womens doubles
Prajakta Sawant as her former
teammate Ashwini Ponnappa
takes the court with Pradnya
Gadre. Jwala and Ashwini could
face each other in the semis if
they survive their quarters of the
draw. The two might meet at the
same stage in mixed doubles too
where Jwala would be playing
with V Diju and Ashwini with
Kona Tarun.
Saina Nehwal last won the India Open in 2010 File Photo
New Delhi: The final rounds of
the Thomas and Uber Cup will
be held in India for the first time
this year, for which the dates are
yet to be finalised.
This is a huge achievement
for us and we will keep no stone
unturned to make it a grand
success, Badminton Association
of India (BAI) president Akhilesh
Das Gupta said on the eve of the
India Open here.
From 2014, the event will
be held in a new format as the
BWF has decided to do away
with the preliminaries.
From next year only finals
will be held and the number of
teams eligible to be contesting
would be 16. Out of the 16, 14
teams will qualify on the basis of
their world rankings, while two
spots would be for the holders
and the hosts. PNS
Thomas, Uber
Cup finals to be
held in India
PRESSURE IS
ALWAYS THERE. BUT
IT IS NOT ABOUT
PRESSURE ONLY. IT
IS ABOUT HOW I
PLAY IN THE
TOURNAMENT AND
ON A PARTICULAR
MATCHDAY
SAINA NEHWAL
Saina, Sindhu on collision course in quarters, Kashyap to start against former Olympic champ Hidayat
SHREYA, SHWETA, SMRITI ADVANCE
Indias Shreya Paricha, Shweta Rana and Dadi
Mahitha Reddy entered the second round of the
Woments Future Tennis Tournament being played
here on Monday. At Awadh Gymkhana ground,
Shreya Paricha outperformed Seema Kumari 6-1,
3-0. Seema Kumari opted out of the match in the
second set during to injury. Other matches:
Shweta Rana bt Shubhi Dwivedi 6-1, 6-1, Smriti
Joon bt Niku Amin 6-3, 6-0, Dadi Mahitha Reddy
bt Anjana Kompally 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, Preethi bt
Victoria Chehal 7-5, 7-6 (3), Nidhi bt Eshita Pandey
6-1, 6-2, Eetee Maheta bt Riya Bhatia 7-6(7), 2-6,
6-4, Emi Mutaguchi (Japan) bt Angella Raman 6-1,
6-0, Damini Sharma bt Protiksha Sharma 6-1, 6-1,
Sharon Sanchana Paul bt Xi -Yao Wang (China) 6-
4, 6-3, Bhuvana Kalva bt Vaniya Dangwal 6-1, 7-5
KARNATAKA ENTER QUARTERS OF
NATIONAL WOMENS HOCKEY
Chaitra KC struck twice to help Karnataka enter the
quarterfinals of the third Hockey India Senior
Women National Hockey Championship, with a 2-
1 win over Odisha. For Karnataka, Chaitra (12th
min, 22nd) found the target twice while Raina
Yadav (26th) scored the lone goal for Odisha in a
pool G match at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
in the Guru Gobind Singh College here. In the other
match of the day, Mumbai Hockey Association
Limited (MHA Ltd) beat Rajasthan 12-1 in pool B.
CENTURY PLY SNOOKER
The First Centuryply snooker tournament being
played on the premises of the Billiards and
Snooker Association at the Pool Palace snooker
centre here in Aliganj, continued to throw up
surprises on the third day. Given a re-entry as
first round losers, both the two top seeds, state
snooker champion Anuj Bhargava and his Sai
Academy mate Rohit Raj Saxena slumped to their
second straight defeat to be knocked out of the
snooker singles event on Monday morning. In a
clash between first round losers, host cueist
Himanshu Srivastava played brilliant snooker to
put pressure on Anuj in the first encounter in a
match. Himanshu completed the rout to win by
30-50, 64-56 and 62-40 points entering the main
round in the process. Also making the main
round was Satish Thakur at the expense of Rohit
Raj Saxena in a match which saw a keen contest.
Satish won by 76-44, 29-57 and 55-25 points.
AVINASH CHANDRA CHATURVEDI
MEMORIAL CRICKET
The 15th Avinash Chandra Chaturvedi Memorial
Inter College Cricket Tournament will be held
from April 24 to May 3 at Chowk and Medical
University grounds. As many as 31 colleges
from the state capital are taking part in the
tournament.
LOCAL EVENTS
AFP n MUNICH
B
ayern Munich face the litmus
test in their bid to become
the first German teamto win the
treble of European, league and
cup titles when they host
Spanish giants Barcelona in
Tuesday's Champions League
semi-final, first-leg.
Having swept aside all rivals
to win this season's Bundesliga
title, Bayern are bidding to reach
their third Champions League
final in four years, but Spanish
champions-elect Barcelona
block their path to Wembley.
Bayern warmed-up for the
showdown at Munich's Allianz
Arena with a 6-1 win at Hanover
96 on Saturday, the same score-
line by which they routed
Wolfsburg in last Wednesday's
German Cup semi-final.
Coach Jupp Heynckes
dropped a hint by incorporating
both strikers Mario Gomez and
Claudio Pizarro into a 4-4-2
formation, rather than Bayern's
usual 4-2-3-1 line-up.
With first-choice forward
Mario Mandzukic suspended,
Gomez has staked a strong case
to face Barcelona with a hat-trick
in six minutes against
Wolfsburg, then two goals in
Hanover.
Likewise Pizarro set up both
Gomez's goals at Hanover while
scoring two of his own, and with
an eye on Barcelona the 34-year-
old boldly declared: "We're bet-
ter, we have more quality in our
squad".
Arsenal have proved Bayern
are far from unbeatable in
Munich with a 2-0 win as the
Gunners lost the last 16 tie on
away goals after the Germans' 3-
1 victory in London, but the
hosts have belief in abundance.
"We are confident and we
are assuming we will go
through," said Bayern's director
of sport Matthias Sammer, as the
Bavarians claimed three more
Bundesliga records at Hanover.
But Barcelona will be a sig-
nificant step up from what
Bayern have faced recently in the
German league and they
warmed up with Cesc Fabregas
sealing a 1-0 win against Levante
on Saturday to keep them 13
points clear at the top of the
Spanish league.
Star midfielder Lionel Messi
has not played since coming of
the bench in the second-leg of
Barca's quarter-final against
Paris Saint-Germain on April 10,
but is expected to start against
Bayern.
Barcelona travel to Munich
in the unusual position of not
being overwhelming favourites
and midfielder Xavi said he
expects a battle royal in Bavaria.
"Tuesday will be brutal,"
said the 33-year-old Spain star.
"Munich is a city which
lives for football. "It's true FC
Bayern are presently in stratos-
pheric form, but Champions
League games are often decided
by nuances. We'll give every-
thing we have to get a good
result in Munich."
But Bayern coach Jupp
Heynckes knows his side can ill-
afford to focus on Barcelona's
individual players and need a
good result in Munich before the
return leg in Spain on May 1.
"Barcelona aren't just about
Messi, they have plenty of great
players. Xavi Hernandez, Andres
Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Cesc
Fabregas and David Villa the
list goes on," said the Bayern
boss.
But Bayern have their own
stars and the manner in which
they wrapped up the Bundesliga
title with a record six games to
spare commands respect.
Anand shocked
by Adams
PTI n PARIS
W
orld champion Viswanathan Anand
made a disappointing start as he suf-
fered a shock defeat at the hands of
Englishman Michael Adams in the first
round of Alekhine Memorial Chess
Tournament here at the Louvre.
On what turned out to be a day of big
upsets, Chinese champion Ding Liren caused
another big flutter crushing world number
three Levon Aronian of Armenia.
The 10-player round-robin super tour-
nament, however, saw Vladimir Kramnik of
Russia at the top of his form as he ground-
ed compatriot Nikita Vituigov while the other
two games ended in draws.
Anand's 2012 World championship chal-
lenger Boris Gelfand of Israel played excit-
ing chess as black before holding Peter
Svidler, while the all-French clash between
Laurent Fressinet and Maxime Vachier-
Lagrave turned out to be the shortest game
of the day.
Split between The Louvre Museum in
Paris and the Russian museum in Saint
Petersburg, the tournament will have the first
five rounds here before the battle shifts to
Russia for the last four games.
Anand went down with white pieces,
something that might be detrimental to the
Indian's campaign as the tournament pro-
gresses further. He went for the Ruy Lopez
and for a line that Indian P Harikrishna had
successfully chosen against Gata Kamsky of
United States some time back.
Adams, however, remained a tough nut
to crack from a level position that arose after
the trade of queens.
Bayern need to weary of Barcelonas Xavi Hernandez AP
Bayern gear up for Barca test; Messi doubtful
Tuesday will be brutal.
Munich is a city which
lives for football. It's
true FC Bayern are
presently in
stratospheric form, but
Champions League
games are often
decided by nuances.
We'll give everything
we have to get a good
result in Munich
BARCELONAS
XAVI HERNANDEZ
Barcelona aren't
just about Messi,
they have plenty
of great players.
Xavi Hernandez,
Andres Iniesta,
Sergio Busquets,
Cesc Fabregas
and David Villa
the list goes
on
JUPP
HEYNCKES
BAYERN COACH
It is hard being an overseas player, who is not a
KP (Kevin Pietersen) and guys who are always
going to play. You sit on the sidelines and you
imagine you will get your chance, and you know
you got one game to do well otherwise the
change will be made DDs Roelof van der Merwe
218 sixes have been recorded at the Indian Premier League 2013
after Rajasthan Royals innings against Chennai Super Kings was
completed. RCBs Chris Gayle (17) was the highest with MIsRohit
Sharma (15) and RCBS captain Virat Kohli (11) have recorded ten
or more.
INDIAN
PREMIERLEAGUE
sport 15 LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
TIME UT
WAIT & WATCH FOR CHENNAI TIES
Chennai: IPL authorities will ascertain whether the
Tamil Nadu government will allow Sri Lankan
players to play in the first qualifier and the
eliminator here next month before taking any
decision to shift the two crucial games to an
alternative venue. The decision to seek the views of
the Tamil Nadu government, which had banned Sri
Lankan players from playing IPL matches in the
state in the wake of the strong anti-Sinhalese
sentiments, was taken at the IPL Governing Council
meeting here. The first Qualifier is scheduled at the
Chepauk on May 21 and the Eliminator on the
following day. "We will first ask the state
government and police commissioner on whether
Sri Lankan players will be allowed to play the
qualifier and the eliminator. Once we get their
response, we will be in a position to take a
decision," a top BCCI official told PTI. "If the state
government allows the Lankan players, then there
will be no issues and the matches will be held as
per schedule," he said.
A HAIR RAISING TALE
Kolkata: The IPL is far beyond just cricket. Even the
hairstyle sported by the cricketers has a touch of
IPL in it. Virat Kohlis hairstyle has become a craze
in the ongoing sixth edition of the tournament.
KKR's Caribbean spinner Sunil Narine has not only
tormented the batsmen with the ball, his mohawk
has also caught the attention of the fans. Sachin
Tendulkar has a new spike, while RCB s hard-
hitting Jamaican Chris Gayle's unique dreadlocks
are all becoming the talk of the style freaks. The
most noticeable hairdo has been of sir Ravindra
Jadeja, who sports the special CSK design.
SUPER OVER EXCITES ZAHEER
Bangalore: Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer
Zaheer Khan wants to bowl at Super Over in the IPL
as he is excited at the prospect of two good
deliveries ending a contest. "I will take wickets. We
just have to take two wickets to get the team out.
Let's look at it that way," Zaheer, who is yet to play
in this season's IPL, said. "Honestly I have never
been part of Super Over. So it is interesting for me
to see how it goes and you can't plan anything.
That is the way I look at it. You have to back
yourselves and back your instinct. You know the
batter is going to come at you," he said. Asked
about the status of his recovery from injury, Zaheer
said he was feeling better and hoping to start
bowling a soon as possible. "If I start bowling
things will be easier," he said. PNS/Agencies
PTI n BANGALORE
A
fter a clinical win against Rajasthan Royals,
table-toppers Royal Challengers Bangalore
will be keen to continue their fantastic run when
they lock horns with the beleaguered Pune
Warriors in the Pepsi IPL here on Tuesday.
Royal Challengers are on a roll
after winning five matches they have
played at home this season and would
not want to fritter away their best
chance to gain two more vital points
before they play their next six games
away.
The games would be a dif-
ficult proposition, considering
they have lost both their away games against
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings.
Unlike the previous IPL seasons, the Royal
Challengers have managed to get rid of the tag
of being over-dependent on explosive West
Indian batsman Chris Gayle, who has 257 runs
under his belt in seven matches with an unbeat-
en 92 being his highest score this season.
The home side has been fantastic even in
case of a flopshow by Gayle, who also has to his
credit 17 sixes and 22 boundaries.
Either their captain Virat Kohli or aggres-
sive South African wicketkeeper batsman AB de
Villiers have come to the party erasing the Gayle-
dependent tag.
Unlike last year when he struggled to get
runs, Kohli has been in great formand is already
the Orange Cap holder for smashing 322 runs
in seven games with
three scintillating half
centuries to his credit.
De Villiers has been the perfect foil to Gayle
and Kohli, playing second fiddle to both in-form
batsmen.
It may appear that the Indian players have
not contributed enough for the Royal
Challengers but they haven't got enough chances
to display their class.
However, Mayank Agarwal, Lokesh Rahul
and Arun Karthik, all of who have had their
chances, have spilled them, making way for
Tillakaratne Dilshan to stage a comeback.
Dilshan did not disappoint the teamby craft-
ing a match-winning 53-run partnership with
Gayle for the first wicket in the previous game
against Rajasthan.
Nevertheless, the young Indian players
would like to strike formif given a chance again,
depending on the pitch and playing conditions.
As far as Royal Challengers' bowling is con-
cerned, after a couple of hiccups against
Hyderabad and Chennai, they have delivered
fine performances.
PTI n CHENNAI
M
ike Husseys gritty show over-
shadowed Shane Watsons maid-
en ton on Monday as Chennai
Super Kings beat Rajasthan Royals by six
wickets in the IPL match.
Hussey (88) fell short of a ton but
helped his side chase a massive total of 186
runs. Hussey shared a 90-run partnership
with Suresh Raina, who scored a half-cen-
tury. Husseys was out when his side was
at 154 but MS Dhoni and Bravo who
ensured that their side sails through.
Earlier, Shane Watson scored the first
century of Indian Premier League 6 to sin-
gle-handedly power Rajasthan Royals to
an imposing 185 for four against mighty
Chennai Super Kings here on Monday.
Watsonentertainedthe crowdat the M
AChidambaramstadiumwith some bril-
liant strokeplay before finishing at 101 off
just 61 deliveries. He decoratedhis innings
with six fours and as many fours.
Towards the end, Stuart Binny played
a 22-ball unbeaten 36-run cameo to fur-
ther help Rajasthan's cause.
Except for Ravichandran Ashwin
(2/20), all Chennai bowlers bled runs as
Watsonwent hammer-and-tonks fromthe
word go. Apart from Ashwin, Dwayne
Bravo(2/36) alsopickeduptwowickets for
the hosts. Riding on Watson's brilliant
strokeplay, the Royals got off to a rollick-
ing start after opting to bat. Watson and
Ajinkya Rahane (16), who played the sec-
ond fiddle, shared 71 runs off 44 balls for
the opening stand.
Watson went ballistic from the onset
and slaughtered the Chennai bowlers,
except for Ashwin, withconsummate ease.
Watson did not let go any scoring
chance as he punished anything that was
bowled full or short to him.
He smacked Mohit Sharma for a six
and a four to pick up 14 runs off the third
over. Watsonmetedout the same treatment
to Chris Morris and Ravindra Jadeja to
score identical 16 runs of the fifthand sev-
enth over.
Ashwinbrought Chennai backintothe
game withtwoquick wickets toput a brake
on Rajasthan's scoring.
The wily off-spinner first bowled
Rahane to break the dangerous-looking
opening partnership and then dismissed
Dishant Yagnik, caught-and-bowled, inthe
next over. Rajasthanskipper Rahul Dravid
too failedto make animpact. He was com-
pletely foxed by a slower delivery from
Bravo andcouldonly manage to lob a sim-
ple catch to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
But the fall of wickets had little affect
onWatsonwho went about his business in
style. He was particularly severe on Jadeja
as he clobberedthe left-armspinner for two
sixes to pick up 18 runs off the 17th over.
Soonafter notching up his 100 off just
60 balls, Watsonperishedinsearchof quick
runs, caught by Hussey off Bravo.
But Binny, who struck three bound-
aries and a six, took over from where
Watson left and used his long handle to
great effect to help Rajasthan go past 180-
run mark.
MIT CHAUDHARY
n NEW DELHI
O
n Sunday, first Delhi
Daredevils chased down
161 against Mumbai Indians
with such an ease as if the tar-
get was lying there to be taken
over and then Kings XI Punjab
did the unexpected to overhaul
185against Pune Warriors India.
If winning last night was
crucial for their survival in the
tournament, their face-off at the
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium here
onTuesday would be crucial for
their future in the tournament.
It was certainly a big relief
for the Daredevils to snap their
six-match losing streak, and
the convincing manner in
which the win came must have
enhanced their self-belief.
Similar thing can be said about
KXIP considering their incon-
sistency in the recent past.
For Delhi, it was just the
first step in the long and tough
qualification journey for the
knockout rounds. In that
respect, Punjabis ina muchbet-
ter position having secured
three wins from six matches.
But to say that their tough
time is over wouldn't be exact-
ly correct.
Virender Sehwag playing
such a superb inning out of the
blue holds no significance for
the teamif can't maintain it. He
has done that before as well.
Like his batting style, Sehwag's
form too can come and go
quickly. And his inconsistency
in the recent past doesn't augur
well. Having said that he is
undeniably one of the most dan-
gerous players in any form of
cricket and holds the key for
whatever minimal possibility
the team has to go to the qual-
ifiers.
The decision to pair him
with skipper Mahela
Jayawardene at the top was
good. Having a player like
Jayawardene at the other end
has calming influence on
Sehwag while, as the Sri Lankan
admitted after the match, Viru's
presence takes a lot of pressure
off him. The hot and cold com-
bination of Sehwag and
Jayawardene is a perfect one for
the struggling side.
With Kedar Jadhav playing
well in the middle-order and
the inclusion of experienced
Venugopal Rao in place of
Manpreet Juneja makes
it a good enough bat-
ting line-up, something
Delhi have been miss-
ing so far. However,
dropping Morne
Mo r k e l ,
their best
bowler last
season, in favour of Russell
Arnold doesn't make much
sense. Experienced Morkel is
the backbone of their pace-
heavy bowling and they need to
plan their strategy around him
to form a potent bowling
attack.
Kings XI Punjab's cam-
paign too hasn't been smooth.
Out of their three wins so far,
they have two against Warriors
and between those twin victo-
ries, Punjab played four other
matches and lost three of them.
Their main worry is the
form of their skipper Adam
Gilchrist, whohas
just scored 15, 9,
0, 7, 26 and 4 in
six innings. But
David Miller
playing a superb
knock last
night must
have come
as a big relief for the Punjabside.
He provides themanother bats-
man to rely on
besides Mandeep
Singh and David
Hussey, who have been con-
tributing the bulk of runs.
Australian Shaun Marsh
has joinedthe teambut he won't
be available for Tuesday's match
against Daredevils. He is yet to
regain match fitness.
Pune look for Royal breach
RCB look to extend undefeated home streak against Warriors
PNS n MOHALI
F
or the visiting Kings XI
Punjab, who are playing
Delhi Daredevils on Tuesday
here at the Feroz Shah Kotla
Stadium, the biggest question
is how to stop Virender
Sehwag.
"Can you give us a hint?,"
asked Kings XI Punjab coach
Darren Lehmann in return to
a question about the strategy
his team would adopt to stop
Sehwag in Tuesday's encounter.
Sehwag, who played a
superb innings against Mumbai
Indians on Sunday to help
Daredevils post their first win
in the tournament, left enough
hints about his return to form
on his way to a 57-ball 95-run
innings.
"When he is on he is on.
That is the way he plays,"
Lehmann said at the pre-match
press meet at the Feroz Shah
Kotla Stadium here on
Monday.
"He has been a great play-
er for India and Del hi
Daredevils over the years. We
have got certain plans but at the
end of the day if he is on he can
take the game away; it is just as
simple as that. It's good to
watch from afar, so hopefully it
doesn't happen tomorrow
night. But it is good to see him,
and it is great for the tourna-
ment when he plays the way he
plays, but for us it is a case of
trying to keep him down
tomorrow night," he added.
They too have a player in
their side who can make sim-
ilar impact - skipper Adam
Gilchrist. But the left-hander
hasn't been scoring runs this
season.
"We would like him to get
a lot more runs, there is no
doubt about that. But he brings
a lot more to the team. He leads
brilliantly on the ground as well
as outside and he still keeps
really well (although he
dropped a catch last night). We
will make sure that we will pick
the right side. Adamis our cap-
tain and he has done a very
good job for us in the tourna-
ment. So yes we would like
more runs from him, he would
like more runs (from him-
self)," Lehmann said.
Although Kings XI regis-
tered a brilliant come from
behind victory against Pune
Warriors but Lehmann still
wasn't sure if they have found
their best combination. "Delhi
has a different wicket as com-
pared to Mohali. I think we will
probably have to change our
game. It is just the way it is in
the competition, some of the
wickets are different in the way
they play. Daredevils are a very
good side at home and obvi-
ously they're coming off their
first win (which will have given
themconfidence). They played
really well against Mumbai
Indians. Every game is tough in
this competition. But the com-
bination was good for us on
Sunday night.
HEAD TO HEAD
Played 10
Delhi 5
Punjab 5
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HEAD TO HEAD
Played 3
Bangalore 3
Pune 0
LIVE AT 8:00 PM
IANS n KOLKATA
T
wo days ahead of Sachin
Tendulkar's 40th birthday,
the legendary Adam Gilchrist
recalled the veteran Indian's
match-winning innings that had
knocked the stuffing out of the
Australian bowlers way back in
1998 at Sharjah.
Chasing a stiff target,
Tendulkar single-handedly took
India to title triumph by slam-
ming a century on April 24, his
birthday. "I remember Sharjah
1998 when he belted us all over
the park and wonthe game and
cost us the title. Sachin that was
a goodone, mate," Gilchrist said
onSunday. "Sachinis is a legend
and what else canyou say about
him. Do wish himmany happy
returns."
When told that Tendulkar
will be turning 40, Gilchrist said,
"40this it, yeah, okay. Doesn't get
any easy after 40, mate."
As the scribes present inthe
post-match conference posed
the question on Tendulkar's
birthday, Gilchrist had initially
joked, "You are going to ask this
question every year about his
birthday."
Pune's Aaron Finch said
cricket lovers admire Tendulkar
immensely. "The sheer amount
of runs that he has been able to
score over his career is phe-
nomenal. Anyone who hasn't
been to India probably can't
understand the pressure every
single time he comes out to bat
and that' s a phenomenal
achievement what he has done
for the game.
"I think especially in India
andaroundthe worldhe has sin-
gle handedly carriedforwardthe
country's expectations on his
shoulders for such a long time,"
Finch said about Tendulkar.
When Viru is on, he is unstoppable: Lehmann
IPL now a hair raising show
Delhi need another rabbit
Rejuvenated Delhi look for another whirlwind against Punjab
Virender Sehwag (left) is back in supreme form, bowlers beware PTI
Punjabs captain Adam Gilchrist PTI
Kings XIs M&M, Miller and Mandeep (right) after the victory on Sunday PTI
Orange cap holder RCBs captain Virat Kohli PTI
... as Chennai overhaul Rajasthans stiff target
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Mr Cricket drawfs Watson
WORRY FOR PUNJAB
IS THAT SKIPPER
ADAM GILCHRIST
HASNT BEEN AMONG
THE RUNS
Chennai Super Kings' Mike Hussey and Suresh Raina take runs during IPL 6 match against Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai
on Monday. (Top right) Shane Watson raises his bat after completing his maiden IPL century which went waste PTI
A
kbar Alis maternal grand-
father was a classical
singer.
His paternal grandfather
was a well-known qawwal.
Growing up, he became
proficient in both classical
music and qawwali, going on
to become a devoted student of
his uncle Mubarak Ali Khan,
who taught nuances of both
forms.
We belong to the Jalandhar
gharana, but are associated with
Sham Chaurasi gharana. It was
only a few years back that I started
my solo career. Qawwali and sufism
remain popular, said the artist, who
will perform at Kamani on April 28,
as part of Sabrang, a concert by
Kalahetu Academy.
He will present a few popular
raags and thumri from his gha-
rana.
The classical singer Mohammed
Aman, a contestant on Sa Re Ga Ma
Pa 2012, and the tabla player Hafeez
Ahmed Alvi, will also be part of the
performance.
Ali first performed in India
during 2006. It was in Jalandhar
in a Punjabi drama based on
Bul l eh Shah. The drama
required music relating to the
theme and introduced first
timers to qawwali. Traditional
qawwali is sung with one per-
son, with musicians on harmo-
nium and tabla and a group
clapping to the tunes. The tra-
ditional form creates energy and
can transport people to another
world.
He continued, Love for qawwali
has remained over generations and
today youngsters are interested in
learning it. Classical music will
always have patrons. Being an
Islamic country, people in Pakistan
have always been passionate about
qawwali concerts and it is the same
here.
Ali was part of a musical show,
Junoon Kuch Kar Dikhane Ka on
NDTV Imagine.
He credits the show with giving
him exposure and landing him a
Bollywood project. Ali is part of
Guru Sharmas Cocaine and
associated with six songs in
Bollywood this year.
I have always believed
that Sufi singing connects you
to Lord. Whenever I got an
opportunity to sing Sufi, I
accepted it as an honour. The
platform is of least importance.
It can be a show, stage or film. I
would not mind accepting more
Bollywood offers, but first I want to
wait till the end of this year to see
the response.
LUCKNOW | TUESDAY | APRIL 23, 2013
JUSTIN BIEBER's grandfather
has revealed he is living in
near poverty and has
received no support from his
pop superstar grandson
despite his huge wealth.
George, 61, cannot
work because of a
painful back problem
and he said he and his
wife Kathy, Bieber's
step-grandmother,
have received no
support from the Baby
hitmaker.
The lack of help
comes despite Bieber's
grandparents having very
limited income and living
in difficult conditions.
Justin has just got too
big for his britches. He
never calls us and now I
sometimes think he
doesn't care. He seems
to be getting caught
up in this lavish
lifestyle and has
forgotten us,
George said.
POONAM
DHILLON and
industrialist Aneel
Murarka launched
Poetic Justice
Films and
Entertainment. It
offers services for event and
celebrity management and also
promises to begin a new chapter in
the entertainment industry with
their foray into production of films,
advertising commercials and
content for television.
ANURAG BASU's critically
acclaimed and commercially
successful movie Barfi!
leads the nominations
for the International
Indian Film Academy
(IIFA) Awards 2013.
Movies like Vicky
Donor, Gangs Of
Wasseypur and
Agneepath have
scored major
nominations
too. The IIFA
Voting
Weekend was
held in March,
and the resulting
nominations list
reflects the diverse
and thriving
landscape of the
Hindi film industry at
present. It's been a
phenomenal year for
the Indian film industry
and the nominations for
this year will reflect this.
The growth has been
remarkable, said
Sabbas Joseph, director,
Wizcraft International
Entertainment and IIFA.
Barfi! leads IIFA
nominations
It is the
biggest
decision
an actress
takes
whether
she wants
to contin-
ue acting or get mar-
ried, because mar-
riage surely does
affect the career. But
again how long can
one be a heroine? Not
for long
HEMA MALINI
Biebers grandpa
living in poverty
Zee TVs
interactive
mobile app
for its non-
fiction
shows has
emerged a success. This makes
the app the first such to cross the
one million download mark.
H
e defines Sidhuism as like a
honey bee it has a small
body, honey and a sting.
His Sidhuisms include Bulbulon
ke pankhon mein bandhe hue baaz
nahi rehte, aur buzdilon aur kaayron
ke haathon mein kabhi raaz nahin
rehte sir. (Like Eagles dont stay under
Bulbuls feathers, secrets dont stay
with cowards).
You will also find Navjot Sidhus
favourite one-liners such as Guru ho
ja shuru, along with comments, opin-
ions and more at Sherryontopp.
The former cricketer, commenta-
tor and TV host recently
launched the website
with Multi Screen
Media (MSM) and its
sports entertainment
channel, SIX.
He informed, It is a
digital avatar of Sidhu,
showcasing many facets of
my personality. Be it news
related to sports, politics or
entertainment. I will nar-
rate these in my signature style! My
takiya kalams (signature terms), will
be like garnishing on salad.
When online, users can access a
range of exciting content like Sidhus
blogs and live chats with fans on a reg-
ular basis, trivia, a profile corner.
Video streamers will be able to
catch Sidhu on his official YouTube
channel too. And he will also be avail-
able on mobile and tablets, doing
more than just talking.
His digital avatar will dance to
Jumping Jhapak and
bat to every ball you
bowl with a game.
Users will also get
notifications of crick-
et scores.
Sherrys Facebook
page is cal l ed
Sherryontopp and the
twitter handl e is
@Sherryontopp.
Social media sites will host sev-
eral polls, Q&As, exclusive trivia
and contests, giving Sidhu fans a
chance to interact and test their
knowledge of his personality.
The site will also feature various
sweepstakes that will reward the
users for their engagement.
Credit for this idea goes to
many people. I thought I would be
foolish if I didnt do it. We live in an
age where such platforms are almost
mandatory to present your views on
a larger platform. I realised there are
many looking for the real Navjot
Singh Sidhu. So many pages already
exist on social networking sites like
Facebook and Twitter, so it gets con-
fusing for those who want to follow
me. This allows me to connect via
phone, internet, which are all impor-
tant mediums today.
Sidhu shared, It has a humble
experience to find so many want to
know more about you and be part
of your life. To me fans are no
less than Gods.
He said a celebritys life is
never private. It has to be like
an open book, with pages
accessible to people who want
to know more. He told us he
will share personal anec-
dotes, and other andar ki
baat.
Remarking, People
often ask how come I am so
fluent in English, Hindi and
Punjabi. Not many know
that as a child I had to read
newspapers in all three lan-
guages. The only thing I
was allowed to watch on TV
as a child was news. My day
concluded with stories from
Mahabharat, Ramayana and other
texts. First time I watched a film was
at 17-years. It was Sholay. I recall cry-
ing when I saw Hema Malini cry. I
was so touched that aunty ji ro rahi
hai. So there will be many stories like
this on the website.
He expressed that TV has made
himbetter. The mediumexposes you
to the public. In cricket politics, you
are governed by a management On
TV you your weaknesses and
strengths are revealed, giving the
chance to improve. But in terms of
satisfaction, politics is more satisfy-
ing, said Sidhu.
H
e was busy filming in
Chandigarh with Boman
Irani for Santa Banta,
which releases in October.
It seems the two of them now
don pagadis and have been
working on our Punjabi dialect
with a voice coach. Neither of
them is from there. Bomans
Parsi. Virs from UP.
The movie has nothing to
do with Santa Banta jokes. Its
about the origin of the charac-
ters, explained the actor-stand
up, who has lots of releases,
including two in which he plays
lead.
Meanwhile the promotion
for Go Goa Gone is hotting up.
He plays a slacker in this, and
another film. Post Delhi Belly,
hes slipping into a character-type
first made popular in the West by
Jeff Bridges.
He explained that the zom-
bie flick, co-scripted by Kunal
Khemu, is actually about peo-
ple who meet a zombie and
are confused, rather than
scared. He added, They kill
it in a very typical Indian way
that I will not tell you.
Incidentally his band Alien
Chutney is singing a track on
the album and also appears on
another film in which he stars,
Amit Sahni Ki List. And he
appears as hero in Super Se
Ooper, with Kirti Kulhari, as
well as Revolver Rani with
Kangna Ranaut.
Since hes moving from
character to lead, hows he
preparing? Im milking don-
keys, churning peanut butter
and have taken up weather
prediction, he replied.
As for dancing, hes no
Salman, but he does have a
musical side to him.
Apparently we will see a
dark side to him this year
too, probably in Shaadi Ke
Side Effects. If we got the
name of the movie right.
Because hes doing twisted
love stories, and straight com-
mercial ones.
The band is still together.
Alien Chutney we mean. And he
will be having a new stage show.
We said that since hes
become a screen star, he has
become very gentle while doing
a satire on Bollywood in his
stand-up.
But he disagrees. I dont
think so. If you think that Im
gentler.
F
ive tracks on the soundtrack of the yet-
to-be released rave-zombie flick, Go
Goa Gone, are by the duo Jigar-Sachin who
have been a team for around two years.
These include Khoon Choos Le and Slowly
Slowly. He said that he quite enjoyed the
Monday concept of Khoon Choos Le,
which has been tested, on everyone from
street-vendors to corporate heads.
Apparently the response on social
media etc has been great so far.
We were required to create whacky
lyrics, commented the guy who studied
MBAand realised, once he got into a music
studio, that hed like to be no place else.
The song had to have a fun vibe. It
was about a wasted group of slackers.
Jigar, who said he, used to play
drums for my auntys garba parties from
the age of four, explained that Khoon
Choos Le was, for a pair of slackers, who
like most of us, didnt want to get back on
their feet on a Monday. He added,
Usually we get really happy
on a Friday, and then we
party on Saturday, while
Sunday is for relaxing. But
Monday is when you have to
get back into action, and
normally you get depressed or
feel reluctant about it.
Jigar himself will not admit
to slacking when he was a stu-
dent.
I was too busy with my
MBA. But then when I got the
music bug, I thought, lets leave
that for really intelligent people!
And my family, particularly my father, gave
me their complete support.
He recalled, I got fixated totally,
when I was in the studio during a record-
ing session with Rajesh Roshan for Krishh.
I found that even if all I was doing was
joining wire cables, I felt extremely happy.
I really enjoyed those sessions with peo-
ple coming in to give their creative best.
It seems he never went to music
school, unlike his partner Sachin Sanghvi,
who learnt classical music and
was a singer for 12 years. Jigar
said he learnt on the job.
Anyhow Im mostly about
application. Sachin is the one
with the technical stuff. So we
even out.
The pair met through
their childhood friend,
composer, Amit Trivedi,
with whom Sachin had
done hundreds of shows
before we met.
Saraiya also remarked,
I learnt tabla later, for about
two years. Also a bit of piano and guitar,
so I could understand the sound better.
Jigar-Sachin got famous with F.A.L.T.U.
Before that we did a small film, Tere Sang,
and the music received attention, Saraiya
reminded.
They also composed for Shor In The
City and have Prabhu Devas Ramaiyya
Vastavaiya in the works.
The stand-up comedian
graduates to hero status this
year. In a goofy interview, he
told SHANA MARIA VERGHIS he's
playing roles like a sardarji
in Punjab and a slacker
confused by zombies.
Apparently he did pot in
college and will prepare for
superstardom by churning
peanut butter, scaring
donkeys and adding weather
prediction to his hobby list
Slowly slowly scaring you
Tickled by the response to two songs in Go Goa Gone,
JIGAR SARAIYA spoke to SM VERGHIS about having fun
making music for reluctant Mondays
Sixers from Sidhus life
From qawwali to Cocaine
Pakistani classical singer AKBAR ALI talked to
TEAM VIVA about his work in a forthcoming Bollywood
film and appearing on TV
Love for the
genre has
remained over
generations and
today youngsters are
interested in learning
it. Classical music
will always have
patrons
INCIDENTALLY HIS BAND ALIEN CHUTNEY IS
SINGING ON A TRACK ON THE ALBUM TO THE
ZOM-COM. AS FOR THE ACTOR HIMSELF HE IS
MOVING TOWARDS LEAD ROLES AS FOR
DANCING, HES NO SALMAN, BUT HE DOES
HAVE A MUSICAL SIDE TO HIM
Sure, Vir
The former cricketer
launched a website
recently. He shared some
of the childhood stories he
will put on virtual space
with DIVYA KAUSHIK
Jigar and
Sachin
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