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srael has far more friends
in ndia than TV anchors
and left-leaning foreign
policy correspondents
realise. This friendship is
partly based on the
admiration of a people
that has struggled and
achieved in the face of
colossal adversities and
deep prejudice.
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flaunt our partiality for
srael. This parliamentary
debate may be as good
an occasion as any to
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R
ussia on Saturday launched
a blistering attack on
Washington after US President
Barack Obama said that evi-
dence indicates that the plane
was shot down by a surface-to-
air missile launched from an area
controlled by Russian-backed
separatists inside of Ukraine.
Russia has placed a US lawmaker
and 12 other people connected
with the Guantanamo Bay
detention camp and the Abu
Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list
of those banned from entering
the country.
In a statement on Saturday,
Russian Foreign Ministry
spokesman Alexander Lukas-
hevich said Congressman Jim
Moran, a Democrat from
Virginia, was banned in
response to the July 2 US ban
on Russian Parliament member
Adam Delimkhanov. He said
Moran had been repeatedly
accused of financial misdeeds
but did not elaborate.
The other 12, including
Guantanamo commander Rear
Admiral Richard Butler and
Lynndie England, a former sol-
dier convicted of abusing pris-
oners in Abu Ghraib, were
banned in response to the United
States adding 12 names in May
to the so-called Magnitsky List
of Russians sanctioned for
human rights violations.
With uncertainty sur-
rounding Malaysian plane
crash, there is wide division
among the old Soviet bloc.
The Polands Foreign Minister
had sharp words on the down-
ing of the Malaysia Airlines jet
blaming the crash on
Russia-backed bandits.
However most of central and
eastern Europe leaders with-
held judgement, expressing
shock but refusing to say more
until more facts are in.
The United States on
Saturday said that it is not rul-
ing out technical assistance
from Russian personnel in
operating the surface-to-air
missile that downed the plane.
For Obama, the downed plane
adds new complexity to the US
efforts to quell the months-long
conflict between Russia and
Ukraine. Increasingly strin-
gent economic sanctions
imposed by the US and Europe,
including a new round of
penalties announced a day
before the plane was shot
down, have done little to
change Russian President
Vladimir Putins approach.
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Detailed reports on P7
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T
he BJP-led NDA
Government on Saturday
decided it will only be the pri-
vate sector that will manufacture
small transport aircraft to
replace the existing fleet of 56
Avros. The C13,000-crore project
was put on hold by then Defence
Minister AK Antony following
opposition from former Union
Minister Praful Patel on the
ground that the PSUs should
also be allowed to compete.
The Defence Acquisition
Council (DAC), which gave
the go-ahead for this project,
also cleared other projects
worth over C21,000 crore
one of the highest in monetary
terms in recent times.
Significantly, most of these pro-
jects have gone to PSUs
including HAL, Goa Shipyard
and Garden Reach Shipbuilders
and Engineers Limited sig-
naling the new Governments
seriousness in boosting the
domestic military industry in a
big way. The manufacturing of
all the DAC-cleared equip-
ments will be entirely in India.
The Modi Government
recently hiked the FDI limit in
defence to 49 per cent from the
earlier 26 per cent and pruned the
list of defence items whose pro-
duction requires manufacturing
licences. This step is aimed at
helping small and medium scale
industries to avoid red tape and
encourage entrepreneurs to enter
defence industry.
The DAC, chaired by
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley,
met here on Saturday for the
first time after the Narendra
Modi-led dispensation came
to power. The entry of the pri-
vate sector in the aerospace
arena is for manufacturing
planes to replace the 56 ageing
British-made Avro aircraft.
While the first 16 aircraft will
be bought off the shelf, the
remaining will be manufac-
tured in India by the private
sector in partnership with for-
eign manufacturers.
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he Supreme Court has
revived a 44-year-old
Government order by which
the Scheduled Caste and
Scheduled Tribe candidates
can claim relaxation in marks
in intra-department promo-
tion exams. The relaxation was
withdrawn in 1997, a year after
the Supreme Court declared
such relaxation for SC/ST can-
didates to be impermissible.
The decision by a
Constitution Bench of five judges
will allow SC/ST candidates the
benefit of getting relaxation in
departmental competitive and
confirmation examinations yet
again. This concession was intro-
duced by the Centre on
December 23, 1970 and it was
operational for 27 years.
Then a decision came in
1996 by a two-judge Bench of
Supreme Court in S Vinod
Kumar v Union of India, which
found no legal basis to allow
special relaxation for SC/ST
communities. However, the
Constitution Bench held this
decision wrong and retained the
1970 notification.
The Bench comprising
Chief Justice RM Lodha,
Justices JS Khehar, J
Chelameswar, AK Sikri and
Rohington Nariman decided
that the 1996 judgement can-
not be sustained as it failed to
take into account Article
16(4A) introduced in the
Constitution in 1995. It stated,
Nothing in this Article shall
prevent the State from making
any provision in matters of
promotion with consequential
seniority to any class or class-
es of postsin favour of the
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I
n what is being viewed as clear
fallout of a decisive prod by
the Centre, the Board of
Trustees at Kolkata Port Trust
(KoPT) has taken a landmark
decision that could go miles in
preventing scams, generating
revenue from the 12 major
ports and controlling inflation-
ary trends to a great extent.
The Board, which was
about a fortnight ago directed by
the Ministry of Shipping to
auction out shore handling
operations at the Haldia Port, on
Friday approved the tendering
of shore handling of cargo,
thereby ending the decades old
monopoly of a few chosen com-
panies that had been handling
cargo and charging huge costs
from exporters and importers
without paying a penny to the
Government.
The Board decided that it
will not be practical to select one
agency for entire shore handling
operations. It also decided to
obtain highest rate of royalty
through auction/tender, which
will be commonly applicable to
all firms willing to undertake
shore handling of cargo with
valid handling agency licence
issued by the KoPT.
As the other major ports
will naturally follow the process
set by the KoPT, Board insid-
ers said, the decision will not
only earn Government hun-
dreds of crores but will also
work as a shield against future
scams and act as a lever against
the inflation to some extent.
The Pioneer for the past few
weeks had carried reports on
how only Haldia and Kolkata
Ports had witnessed scams of
more than C24,000 crore in the
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T
he series of rape incidents
in Bangalore has churned
the society and people vent
their anger against police inac-
tion, Governments apathy in
protecting the safety of women
in a growing cosmopolitan city
like Bangalore.
Even though police have
assured action in 24 hours,
peoples massive protest indi-
cates their lack of faith in the
administration. The city has
witnessed unprecedented
protest demanding action
against the guilty in the alleged
rape of a six-year-old schoolgirl
in an upmarket school in
East Bangalore.
The protest is seen as a
pent up anger against the fail-
ure of the authorities to provide
security in a city, which boasts
of a diverse ethnicity.
The three incidents, which
shook Bangaloreans, have
dented the image of the Silicon
Valley of India.
Hundreds of parents took
out a massive protest on
Saturday in Bangalore and
forced the Bangalore Police
Commissioner to come to the
spot. The protesters who
staged a silent march demand-
ed answers from the
Police Commissioner. Police
Commissioner Raghavendra
Aurdhkar assured them of
action against the culprits with-
in 24 hours.
Aurdhkar said, We are
pained by the incident. Please
give us just 24 hours and we
will book the culprits. He also
said that eight people have
been detained in this case.
A parent, who took part in
the protest, told The Pioneer
that she was scared to send her
daughter to the school. She
said, The way the manage-
ment of the school has washed
their hands of in the case is
quite strange.
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welling Ganga forced the sleuths of
Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) to go for the second post-mortem of the Badaun cousin
sisters, a day ahead of their scheduled programme on
Saturday. However, several efforts of the CBI and district
authorities went futile as they failed to recover the bodies on
Saturday due to the overflowing Ganga. Now the CBI will again
make another attempt to exhume the bodies on Sunday.
Irrigation Department officials claimed that the graves of
the two sisters were submerged in the swollen Ganga River.
They feared that the bodies might be washed away in the
swelling tide. The graves have been surrounded by bamboo
and sand bags but still the water can have impact on the bod-
ies, the officials said.
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razaks step-
grandmother was on board the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet
that crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, the countrys Defence
Minister confirmed on Saturday. Hishammuddin Hussein, a
cousin of Najibs, said 83-year-old Sri Siti Amirah was on the flight.
Siti Amirah was also Hishammuddins step-grandmother.
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indagi Gulzar Hai (life is a
bed of roses) is the new
phrase that is trending on
social networking sites. Its neither
an excerpt from a Ranbir Kapoor
song nor a track from Mohit
Chauhans new romantic album; its
the title of a Pakistani television
series on the Zindagi channel that
ended last week.
The channel, which started as
an initiative by Zee Entertainment
enterprises Limited (ZEEL) to tap
the viewers seeking variety in
content, has received raved reviews
on the content that the channels
has brought from the other side of
the border. The best part of the
shows that are on air is that none
of the series are dragged needlessly
Zindagi Gulzar Hai had 26
episodes. The fact that these are
also issue-based means that the
essence is not lost and nor is the
interest of the viewers.
Shailja Kejriwal, ZEEL chief
creative head of special projects,
says the teams main focus was to
take up shows with a theme. The
channel wants to show serials that
deal with society issues. All the
shows are based on novels, so there
has to be an underlying social
theme, Shailja says.
Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain talks
about problems faced by Pakistani
women in society with a new
story every day. For the Indian
audience, the serial is pre-capped
daily by a narrative by actor-
politician Kirron Kher.
Aunn Zara, which also made
waves in India, was all about a
married couple making
adjustments. I am glad that the
channel has received such an
overwhelming response. Our
friends keep giving us very positive
feedback, Shailja tells you, adding
that it is the viewers approval that
they are looking for.
And the viewers, who were
looking for good content dont
want to miss a single episode. My
parents who dont watch TV much
love all the shows on this channel.
In fact, come 8 pm and they tune
into the channel. Any guests or
relatives who want to meet them
are told to do so in the morning or
before 8 pm, Vinita Sharma, who
loved every moment of Zindagi
Gulzar Hai, says.
Unlike other love stories,
Zindagi Gulzar Hai was not
another boy-meets-girl show.
There was a background to it. It
dealt with the concept of class
differences, woman empowerment
and relationships between two
people, before and after marriage.
It is based on a novel by Umera
Ahmad and went on air in 2012 in
Pakistan to become a superhit on
Hum TV with a TRP of 6.49.
Pakistani shows come as a
breath of fresh air on the small
screen in India. The language, the
similarity between the cultures of
India and Pakistan and the issue-
based content attract the viewers in
India because the present home
serials have no content. The shows
on Zindagi are very different.
They have a central issue and, most
importantly, they dont go on and
on forever. The channel is also set
to air stories from other countries
like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran
soon.
In the past decade, we have
seen a conspicuous emergence of
regional TV shows on Hindi
channels. Like Kyunki Saas Bhi
Kabhi Bahu Thi gives you a flavour
of Gujarat while shows like Balika
Vadhu and Na Aana Is Des Laado
are quintessentially Rajasthani.
Urdu sounds largely like Hindi
with added sweetness and tehzeeb.
One feels much closer to someone
speaking Urdu rather than
someone in Bengali. That is one of
the reasons we chose to screen
Pakistani shows in the first place,
Shailja explains.
According to TV critic Anil
Wanvari, founder of
Tellychakkar.com, there are two
ways of looking at what formula
works on TV. One section of the
society likes saas-bahudrama which
is a sort of fantasy like Saath
Nibhana Saathiya, Qubool Hai, Diya
Aur Bati Hum, Beintehaa. These
serials have a huge fan following
which brings them on top of the
TVT rating chart. The other section
prefers to watch meaningful and
realistic stories like those being
aired on Zindagi. It also depends
upon the reach of the channel. Since
Zindagi is at its nascent stage, its
hard to tell how it will do in tier II
and tier III cities. But buzz suggests
that the shows on the channel are
doing well, Wanvari says.
This is not the first time
Pakistani series have impacted on
the Indian audience. Remember,
Tanhaiyan and Dhoop Kinare?
NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 20, 2014 films & tv 02
Director's Cut - Vasantkunj: Hate Story 2: 10:20 am,
4:40 pm, 10:50 pm, (3d) Pizza:11:10 am, 4:50 pm, 10:30
pm, (3D) Planes: Fire &Rescue (Uninterrupted): 10:30
am, 4:00 pm, BeginAgain (Uninterrupted): 1:40 pm,
6:00 pm, HumptySharmaKi Dulhania: 10:30 am, 12:30
pm, 1:30 pm, 3:40 pm, 6:50 pm, 7:50 pm, 9:55 pm, 10:55
pm, (3D) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
(Uninterrupted): 2:00 pm, Amit Sahni Ki List: 7:40 pm,
Chef (Uninterrupted): 8:20 pm
PVRAnupam- Saket: Hate Story : 9:00 am, 12:00 pm,
2:55 pm, 8:45 pm, 11:40 pm, (3D) Planes :Fire &
Rescue: 9:20 am, 1:55 pm, 6:30 pm, (3D) Pizza: 11:20
am, 3:55 pm, 8:30 pm, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania:
9:05 am, 10:40 am, 1:35 pm, 4:30 pm, 5:50 pm, 7:25 pm,
10:20 pm, Amit Sahni Ki List: 11:50 am, 7:35 pm, The
Fault In Our Stars: 2:15 pm, Velai Illa Pattathari
(Tamil): 4:50 pm, Yaaran Da Katchup (Punjabi): 9:55
pm, (3D) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes: 11:00 pm
PVRSelect CityWalk: Hate Story 2: 10:00 am, 4:10 pm,
10:45 pm, (3D) Pizza: 10:30 am, 3:05 pm, 10:30 pm,
(3D) Planes :Fire & Rescue: 1:05 pm, 5:40 pm, Begin
Again: 3:40 pm, 8:25 pm, Humpty Sharma Ki
Dulhania: 10:20 am, 11:20 am, 1:15 pm, 2:15 pm, 5:10
pm, 7:05 pm, 8:05 pm, 9:55 pm, 10:55 pm, The Fault
In Our Stars: 12:50 pm, Amit Sahni Ki List: 6:00 pm,
(3D) Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes: 7:40 pm
PVR Select City Walk - Gold Class: (3D) Planes :Fire
&Rescue: 10:40 am, 3:30 pm, Hate Story 2: 12:40 pm,
8:05 pm, (3D) Pizza: 5:30 pm, Amit Sahni Ki List: 10:55
pm, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 10:50 am, 1:45 pm,
4:40 pm, 7:35 pm, 10:30 pm
PVRPriya: Hate Story 2: 11:00 am, (2d) Pizza: 1:50 pm,
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 4:40 pm, 7:30 pm, 10:20
pm
Pvr Rivoli: Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 10:30 am,
4:10 pm, 9:45 pm, Hate Story 2: 1:20 pm, (3D) Pizza:
7:00 pm
Pvr Plaza: (3D) Pizza: 11:00 am, Humpty Sharma Ki
Dulhania: 1:50 pm, 7:30 pm, 10:20 pm, Hate Story 2:
4:40 pm
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Dulhania: 1:50 pm, 7:30 pm, 10:20 pm, (3D) Pizza: 4:40
pm
Pvr Naraina: Hate Story 2: 9:00 am, 11:50 am, 2:40 pm,
8:20 pm, 11:10 pm, Velai Illa Pattathari (Tamil): 9:50
am, 5:30 pm, (3D) Pizza, 12:35 pm, 5:45 pm, 10:55 pm,
Amit Sahni Ki List: 3:10 pm, 8:20 pm, Humpty
SharmaKi Dulhania: 9:40 am, 10:40 am, 12:35 pm, 1:35
pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:25 pm, 7:25 pm, 10:20 pm,
Yaaran Da Katchup (Punjabi): 9:20 pm
PvrVikaspuri: Hate Story 2: 9:40 am, 1:10 pm, 3:20 pm,
6:10 pm, 9:00 pm, (3D) Pizza: 10:20 am, 4:00 pm, 9:55
pm, YaaranDa Katchup(Punjabi): 6:50 pm, Humpty
SharmaKi Dulhania: 11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 1:50 pm, 4:40
pm, 7:30 pm, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 10:20 pm
Pvr Prashant Vihar: Hate Story 2: 9:40 am, 12:30 pm,
3:20 pm, 6:10 pm, 9:00 pm, (3D) Pizza: 11:20 am, 5:00
pm, 10:40 pm, HumptySharmaKi Dulhania: 10:20 am,
1:10 pm, 2:10 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:50 pm, 7:50 pm, 9:40 pm
Pvr ambience GoldClass - Gurgaon: (3D) Pizza: 10:30
am, Hate Story 2: 1:25 pm, (3D) Planes :Fire &Rescue:
5:05 pm, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania: 11:15 am, 2:10
pm, 4:20 pm, 7:15 pm, 8:00 pm, 10:10 pm, 10:55 pm
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8ate4: 5/10
M
aking a good horror film is
something that Bollywood
does rarely. But some recent
movies in this genre show that our
film industry is finally getting a hang
of this. But then it could be because
Hindi versions are remakes, like Pizza
is of a Tamil hit by the same but a
different director.
Pizza starts on a high note with
plenty of darr and spook to make you
come to the conclusion that this is not
your average bhoot movie. Debutante
director Akshay Akkineni manages to
keep a tight control over the script and
the storyline making it a taut horror
film with a good dash of thrill woven
in. There are plenty of spooky
moments after our pizza deliver boy
gets locked in with the devil. But those
looking for a spine chilling experience
will be a tad disappointed.
There are a few things that dont
work with this one. First and foremost
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4am levIae, aIIee 8teIafeI4,
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8ate4: 6/10
E
verything about this film is quite
becoming and you could start
right from the centre of it all
Keira Knightley, someone you would
remember oh-so-well from Johnny
Depps Pirates... series.
In this one though, she needs no
captaining and certainly does not carry
the hangover of the much bigger series
in which she was Captain Jack
Sparrows secret dream. Playing a song
writer of substance, dumped by her
singer boyfriend and accidentally
spotted singing by a drunk loser of a
music company owner-producer, she
flowers well into her role in Begin
Again and goes a long way in keeping
this musical together.
You can call her the next big thing
of the film after its scintillatingly
impromptu music. Even though the
film falls pretty short of capturing the
music worlds real pulse, it does a good
job of giving you the side of the story
of out-of-limelight musicians who are
strewn together by this producer
played impeccably by Mark Rufallo,
into making helluva music.
It bodes well for the film that all
relationship issues go seemlessly into
the main theme of the film which is
making music, good music at that.
Editing is tight and there is no
song and dance around anything
which is a welcome change. Worth a
watch, this one.
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*Ia: Ir 0as, ea Iam0tIa, aIa4Ita
8ayar, kavI 8hastrI, 8atasha 8ast0I
8ate4: 5/10
W
hen Teen Deviyan was made
in 1965 with Dev Anand,
Simi Garewal, Nanda and
Kalpana the hero, Dev Anand, goes
looking for a wife and rejects a couple
because they dont fit into his
definition of a dutiful wife, we let it
ride and the movie emerged as a hit.
But then, in the 60s men were, well,
boys.
Nothing seems to have changed 40
years down the line and men are still
boys! A fact confirmed by the latest
release Amit Sahni Ki List. So, when
our protagonist Amit Sahni
makes a list of traits that he is looking
for in his prospective wife, there is
only one thing to say he is an MCP.
The film is a light comedy with
some fun element when it comes to
the background narration by Vir Das.
It offers some entertainment along the
way. Das tries his best to endear
himself but viewers may end up
wanting to shake some sense into him
as he oscillates from one woman to
another. His indecisiveness irks you.
And so does the song What The Fark.
The film makes for a one-time
watch.
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it is in 3D. The effect is totally lost
since nothings comes flying at you that
will make you scream or squirm in
your seat. Second, Akshay Oberoi does
his best to try and look scared but the
experience turns more into a curiosity
trip than the feat factor of a man who
is trapped in a house with no
electricity and a ghost on the loose.
Third, which is probably the main
reason why this ghoul movie will not
work for diehard spook fans, is what is
revealed in the second half of the film.
In fact, the entire fear quotient
evaporates the minute the plot is out in
the open. Also, the make-up of the
dead or should we say evil, is not so
haunting, except perhaps the one done
on the girl. There is something that
gives you goosebumps when it comes
to a ghostly child.
But if one were to look at the thrill
part, the movie does hold ones
attention for a pretty long time. The
thrill aspect has been well
amalgamated with the sinister.
Though eerie, the movies fail to
really really scare you.
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I
ts a wrong month for the release of
this kind of an animation film
because all children are into their
Unit 2 tests and not many adults will
be tickled by this one, and definitely
not at C300 plus for a ticket.
This, however, does not mean that
the animation is lazy or the story out
of line. Both are in place, as most
Hollywood films ensure even though
you could say that the mirth factor is a
tad lazy.
The racey Dusty Crophopper, who
gave the real pace to this series, sadly
seems to have lost his gear box and is
out of the circuit with no replacements
coming his way. In this one he, goes
for a different kind of training far far
away from his original want. He is at a
remote garage where a retired TV star
(truck) is leading a host of vehicles
into reorienting their careers and not
getting waylaid into depression due to
failures or derailments of any kind.
I would want Dusty back on track
and where he belongs with or without
his gearbox. But yes, the moral of the
story sits pretty well on this one too.
Better timing would have better
suited this one.
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QMany changes have been made
post-leap. What more can the viewers
expect?
It is interesting to watch the two
sisters separate, especially when they
have always been together. As you
know post-leap, both of them are
leading separate lives. Roli is taking
care of the Bharadwaj family, while
Simar is with a new family and looking
after them. It will be the curiosity level
of the viewers as to how well Simar will
gel with her new family and whether
the two sisters will come back together
again.
QHasnt the show has lost it?
Not at all. On the contrary, I feel
the show is back with its main essence
and storyline. The story has always
been about the two sisters and their
sasural, so I feel the story is set to come
up with a fresh start.
QTell us about your new character?
Well, there is not much difference
between Simar and Sunaina, my new
character. This is because Sunaina is
still Simar at heart. She is the same, a
caring wife and a caring daughter-in-
law. I have moulded myself to the
new family my three-year-old
daughter, a husband who is a
criminal lawyer, a brother-in-law
and a mother-in-law to support
me.
QDo you relate to your new
character?
Like I said, Sunaina and Simar
are quiet similar and I have
always been similar to my
character. So is the case when
I am playing Sunaina. I can
relate to Sunaina because
ultimately she is still
Simar.
Q How has your
journey been as an
actor?
It has been
superb. What you
need in this
industry is sheer
luck and I must say
that this industry
has been really
good to me and
has treated me
well. I did two
shows before
being offered
Sasural Simar Ka.
The show has
made me a star. I
owe everything to
the producers of
the show.
QHow is
your off-
screen relationship with Avika Gor?
My relationship with Avika is
good. I miss her a lot, especially
throughout the dance sequences
because both of us love dancing. It has
always been fun to have her on the sets
and I do miss our shoots together.
QWhy do shows drag on?
Viewers are God. At the end of it,
what matters is viewership. So if people
continue to love us and watch the show,
we continue to show them what they
love. So far the viewers have loved
watching the two sisters. I hope the
post-leap changes will work out well.
QBut the viewers get bored. Why
not offer them something new?
After a certain period people do
get bored watching the same faces and
plot. Hence, there are leaps, new
characters are introduced, new plot
comes in and changes are made in the
storyline. This is done to remove the
monotony that sets in in a particular
series. This way, the viewers get to
watch their favourite show with a
fresh story. It works for the
audience, the channel
and the production
house.
QAre you looking
at Bol l ywood
offers?
I havent
thought of it and
there is nothing
that has come my
way. I am happy
shooting for the
new track in
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townhall 0S
8TkII EFTE Q hEw 0ELh
U
ncertainty over Gover-
nment formation in the
national Capital deepened with
Delhi BJP president Satish
Upadhyay saying on Friday
that the party was ready for
elections and that its top
priority is to bring an elected
Government in Delhi.
As the ambiguity continues
to shroud over the possibilities
of Government formation in
the city, Upadhyay further
fuelled it by indicating that the
party was instead looking for-
ward to fresh elections now.
The BJP is poll ready and it is
our priority to bring an elect-
ed Government in Delhi.
When the Assembly elections
will be declared, we will draw
up the strategy. I have met my
MLAs and MPs for the same,
he said in a media briefing.
He added that that the party
would soon appoint its new
legislature party leader and was
ready to explore all options if
invited by Lieutenant Governor
Najeeb Jung. At present, we are
in the process of appointing our
legislature party leader. Soon, the
BJP will announce his name,
Upadhyay said.
When asked if the BJP is
going to form Government, he
said, The LG has not yet
invited us (BJP) in this regard.
If he asks us to form the
Government, we will then
explore all the options. I have
already said that all options are
open in this regard. BJP will
follow all constitutional norms
as a political party needs to
form Government, he added.
Not ruling out the possi-
bility of re-elections, Upadhyay
has directed all its MPs and
MLAs to promote all the
aspects of the recently-passed
Delhi Budget by the Centre.
The leaders have been asked
to promote all the points like
no taxes, power subsidy, water
ATMs and so on, through
advertisements on the radio,
banners and other medium,
said a senior party leader.
Upadhyay on Saturday also
lashed out the at the AAP
alleging that the party has tried
to turn a community into a
votebank. Upadhyay also
announced that he is going to
request the Election
Commission to dissolve the
AAP. The AAP, on the other
hand, slammed the BJP for the
arrest of its Delhi unit secretary
Dilip Pandey and said that it was
trying to replicate Gujarat style
of functioning in the Capital.
On the other hand, AAP
claims that the BJP is trying to
frame them over arrest of
Pandey and a few other
members. The BJP is trying to
replicate Gujarat style of
functioning in Delhi. Police in
Gujarat also used similar tactics
to suppress its opponents and
frame the innocents, said
Sanjay Singh, AAP leader and
partys Political Affairs
Committee member. He further
said that Pandey was arrested
without solid evidence.
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A
mid speculations of over
six Congress MLAs sup-
porting the BJP to form
Government in Delhi, State
Congress president Arvinder
Singh Lovely on Saturday
appeared before the media,
along with all seven legislators,
claiming solidarity. Putting up
a united front, Singh said that
the BJP and AAP were two
sides of the same coin and the
Congress has decided to back
neither outfit.
Insteadof supportingtheBJP
or AAP, the Congress is ready for
freshelections. All oureight MLAs
are united. This is the oldest polit-
ical party in the country and there
is no question of our MLAs sup-
porting AAP or the BJP to form
a Government in Delhi, Delhi
Pradesh Congress chief said.
On the question of
Government formation, Lovely
said that the Congress has
accepted the peoples mandate
and it is not making any efforts
to form the Government.
People of Delhi have not man-
dated in favour of Congress, we
have acknowledged the fact and
the Congress is ready for fresh
elections, the Congress added.
All seven Congress MLAs
Haroon Yusuf, Jaikishan,
Hassan Ahmed, Mateen
Ahmed, Prahlad Singh Sahni,
Devender Yadav and Asif
Mohammed Khan were pre-
sent on the occasion.
Lovely further alleged that
former Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal is trying to cre-
ate communal discord by erect-
ing provocative hoardings.
First they approached us for
support, when we declined the
offer they started making base-
less allegations against our
MLAs and when Kejriwal did
not succeed in his design, his
party intentionally started
erecting provocative hoardings
in sensitive areas to manipulate
minorities. Meanwhile,
Balliamaran MLA and
Congress legislative Party (CLP)
leader Yusuf said that if three
AAP members are behind the
bars it proves their involvement
in the hoarding conspiracy.
Kejriwal, who once talked of
principles, has stooped to low-
est levels of votebank politics.
There were rumours that at
least six Congress MLAs were
ready to leave the party and
support the BJP Government.
Seelampur MLA Mateen
Ahmed alleged that AAP was
trying to obtain the support of
Congress MLAs in order to
form the Government for a sec-
ond time in Delhi after its ear-
lier stint. All Congress MLAs
are together, Ahmed said.
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hut for 12 years, there final-
ly seems to be light for
Connaught Places ailing Super
Bazar. The New Delhi
Municipal Council (NDMC) is
planning to build an automat-
ed multilevel parking in the
area which could take some
burden off CPs parking lots.
Lying unused for over a decade
now, the civic agency is also
mulling over ways to redevel-
op the old building.
To begin with, the NDMC
plans to convert its existing sur-
face parking lot, opposite the
Super Bazar building, into a
plush automated multilevel
parking facility. In addition, the
multilevel parking space is also
expected to have a rooftop
recreation zone. We are plan-
ning to start with upgrading the
parking lot in the area. The pre-
sent surface parking lot shall be
converted into an automated
multilevel one. If the design
works out, we would also like
to create a special zone on top
of the building which may
house an al-fresco and other
features, said Jalaj Shrivastava,
Chairman, NDMC. With a
ground area of 2,000 square
metres, the parking facility is
expected to accommodate
nearly 700-800 cars. The
agency is currently drafting a
proposal for the same.
With regard to the build-
ing, the NDMC has commu-
nicated to its operators the
Dainik Bhaskar Group to
either run it or add commercial
value to the property by any
means. The building has been
shut ever since July, 2002 as the
bazaar was rendered defunct
due to monetary issues.
According to the civic body, the
building is in shambles and is
dangerous for the life and
property of people living
around it. The building is in
a dilapidated condition and is
no active measure is taken by
the company responsible for it
then we intend to demolish it.
Our aim is to revive the whole
place into a state-of-the-art
structure. Lying abandoned it
is only eating up space and
marring the beauty of the CP
circle, said an official.
Even though in an abysmal
state, the building consists of a
basement with an area of approx-
imately 19,000 square feet and a
ground floor plus five floors
measuring 20,200 square feet.
Earlier also, the NDMC had pro-
posed to reconstruct the build-
ing after demolishing the struc-
ture that housed the Super Bazar.
But the matter was taken to the
court, on which the Supreme
Court wanted to know why the
NDMC was willing to demolish
the building housing Super Bazar
for reconstruction when other
buildings older than it was not
in such a list. The Super Bazar,
which was opened by the Centre
to provide articles of daily use to
Delhiites at reasonable prices,
was in the red since 1998 and
had to be closed down.
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o spruce up infrastructure
of Government buildings
in the national Capital, the
Delhi Government has
decided to rope in a third
party which will ensure quali-
ty construction of buildings
such as night shelters, health
centres and schools. The con-
struction cost of all such build-
ings is estimated to be between
C25 lakh and C500 lakh.
The Delhi Urban Shelter
Improvement Board (DUSIB)
has planned to empanel reput-
ed agencies for the purpose of
conducting third party audit
with regard to quality of mate-
rials used as well as mainte-
nance work of the building,
said Amar Nath, Chief
Executive Officer of DUSIB.
This has been done to
ensure quality construction of
such buildings. All quotations
of interest floated by DUSIB
will essentially mention the
condition of third party
quality audit, Nath said.
DUSIB has i nvited
expressions of interest (EOIs)
from the well-experienced and
registered agencies having
accreditation from National
Accreditati on Board for
Certification Bodies (NABCB)
of Qual ity Counci l of
India (QCI).
The agency will monitor
different works during
execution and carry out
necessary inspections.
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n a major bureaucratic
reshuffle in Delhi
Government, the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) has
ordered transfer of a dozen of
IAS officials from the nation-
al Capital. South Del hi
Municipal Commissioner
Manish Kumar Gupta, a 1991
batch IAS officer, has been
transferred from Delhi to
Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Transfer of Gupta was due.
Principal Secretary (Power)
Arun Goyal has also been
transferred to Mizoram. Goyal
is a 1985 batch IAS officer and
he was given charge of the
Power Department a few
month back. His transfer will
be with effect from August 31.
Excise Commissioner JB
Singh, a 2000 batch officer, has
been transferred to Andaman &
Nicobar. Principal Secretary
(PWD) Arun Barooka, 1990
batch officer, has been trans-
ferred to Andaman & Nicobar.
Food and Supplies Comm-
issioner SS Yadav, a 1995 batch
officer, has been transferred to
Puducherry. Principal Secretary
(Health) Dr SCL Das has been
transferred to Andaman &
Nicobar. He is 1992 batch offi-
cer. SP Dixit, 1999 batch IAS offi-
cer, has been transferred to Goa.
Dixit was currently posted
in the Higher and Technical
Education Department. A 2007
batch IAS officer Nila
Mohanan has been transferred
to Goa. Mohanan is currently
posted as Deputy Commis-
sioner (Revenue) South
District. Her husband Ameya
Ajit Abhyankar, who is also a
2007 batch officer, has been
transferred to Goa. Abhyankar
is currently Deputy
Commissioner (Revenue) of
New Delhi district.
Lalhmingthanga, a 2002 batch
officer, has been transferred to
Mizoram.
Sources in the MHA said
that these are routine transfers.
A second list is expected very
soon. The transfers have been
approved at a meeting of Joint
Cadre Authority of UT cadre
officials at MHA on Thursday.
Chief Secretary SK Srivastava
has attended the meeting.
There are also several offi-
cials who have been trans-
ferred to Delhi that include
1995 batch officer Keshav
Chandra, 1991 batch officer
Ranbir Singh, 1992 batch offi-
cer Ashwini Kumar and 1993
batch officer PS Srivastava.
Keshav Chandra is
currently holding the charges of
Power, Housing and Chief
Electoral Office of Goa
Government. Chandra has
earlier served as Secretary
(Environment) of Delhi
Government. Ranbir Singh was
holding the post of Chief
Electoral Officer of Mizoram.
Sanjeev Khirwar, a 1984 batch
officer has been returned to
Delhi Government after Centre
deputation. A 1984 batch
officer Shakuntala D Gamlin
has been returned from
Central deputation to Delhi
Government. She had earlier
served as Secretary (Services)
in Delhi Government.
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A
n event management
company owner was
arrested by Delhi police on
Saturday for allegedly raping a
Delhi University student on the
pretext of giving her a job in
his company.
35-year-old Vikash was
arrested from his South Delhi
residence for allegedly raping
the student, who is pursuing
her graduation through a cor-
respondence course from Delhi
University, a senior police offi-
cer said. The incident came to
light when the victim had
approached the police on July
16 and informed them about
the crime.
On the basis of girls state-
ment, a case under Sections 376
(rape), 420 (cheating), 506
(threatening) and 328 (causing
hurt) of IPC has been registered
at Malviya Nagar police station
in South Delhi, the officer said.
The victim told the police
that few months ago, she met
the accused through a common
friend and they started talking
to each other. Few weeks ago,
the accused offered her job and
asked her to meet him, he said.
The girl claimed that last
week, she met the man at his
office where he raped her. When
she objected, the accused slapped
her. He also threatened her of
dire consequences, he said.
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43-year-old doctor-real
estate developer, who also
owns a nursing home in
Kanpur, allegedly went missing
from a hotel at Paharganj in
Central Delhi. He had come to
Delhi from Kanpur to file a writ
petition in Supreme Court on
a swathe of land in Kanpur val-
ued over C100 crore. A rival
property dealer too was eyeing
the same tract of land, sources
informed. Dr Shakti Bhargava
had also reportedly purchased
land in Chunni Ganj and
Macrobert Ganj area of Kanpur.
The matter came to light
when the wife of the missing
man, Shikha, filed a complaint
with the police on Thursday
evening. In her complaint, she
told police that she was unable
to contact her husband who
had come to Delhi on July 15.
According to police,
Bhargava is the owner of
Kanpur-based Bhargava
Nursing Home in Bada
Chauraha area and is also a
qualified physician based in
Kanpurs upscale Civil Lines.
Police said Bhargava had
filed a writ petition in
Allahabad High Court, which
was dismissed. He came to
Delhi to file a special leave peti-
tion in the Supreme Court. He
had boarded the Shram Shakti
Express on July 14.
He had checked into
Room 215 at Hotel White
Empire in Paharganj on July 15
and stayed indoors most of the
time. He also had dinner at the
hotel restaurant. On July 16
morning, Dr Bhargava left the
hotel premises at 6.15 am after
breakfast and since then his wife
has not been able to contact
him, said a senior police office.
Dr Bhargavas wife, who
also is a doctor by profession,
came to Delhi along with
some family members to file a
missing persons report.
According to police, Bhargavas
three mobile phones were
switched off since July 16,
which triggered panic among
his family members.
Nabi Karim police station
at Paharganj filed a case of
abduction and initiated an
investigation into his wifes
claim. A police officer close to
the investigation said Bhargava
was party to litigation in a
Kanpur court. It is too early to
say whether his disappearance
has anything to do with the
court case. We are, however,
investigating all possible
angles, said the officer.
The officer further said
the CCTV footage of the
hotel i s currentl y bei ng
checked for clues. The hotel
st af f was al so gri l l ed
following police complaint.
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W
eeks after the prepared-
ness of power utilities
was left exposed pushing the
Capital into a major power
blackout after a massive storm
hit the city, the Delhi Electricity
Regulatory Commission
(DERC) has now decided to
conduct a hearing for the same.
The hearing, according to the
power regulator, will be to fix the
responsibility and accountabil-
ity on Delhi Transco Limited
(DTL) and three power discoms
for the power crisis
which occurred despite
Delhi being a power
surplus city.
The date of the hear-
ing is to be announced
early next week, said PD
Sudhakar, DERC chairperson.
During the hearing, which is
akin to judicial hearing as the
DERC is a quasi-judicial body,
the regulator will fix account-
ability for the power crisis.
According to sources, the dis-
coms in their replies to the
notices issued by the regulator
have blamed the DTL for the
failure. For the power crisis, the
discoms have blamed the DTL,
which they claimed happened
essentially because its failure to
augment and strengthen the
transmission network, said a
source in the regulator.
The regulator will also scru-
tinise whether its schemes
regarding strengthening the dis-
tribution and transmission net-
work were properly imple-
mented by the DTL and the dis-
coms. Taking suo motu cog-
nizance after going through the
media reports on the power cri-
sis in the city, the regulator had
registered a case and issued
showcause notices to all the
stakeholders the three dis-
coms BSES Rajdhani, BSES
Yamuna and Tata Power Limited
and transmission utility, Delhi
Transco Limited, which
is a Government agency,
over power failure across
the city. While issuing all
the stakeholders show-
cause the regulator in its
notices had also asked
them to respond why appropri-
ate action should not be taken
against them in accordance with
the provisions of the Electricity
Act 2003 and terms and condi-
tions of its licensee. While all the
discoms have submitted their
detailed replies which the
regulator is going through, it is
only the DTL, which had earli-
er submitted its preliminary
reply, which has asked for more
time to file its detailed reply.
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judicial custody till August 2 for
allegedly instigating people
and putting up posters with
proactive message against
Congress MLAs in their area.
AAPs Delhi unit secretary
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and Javed Ahmed were
produced before Metropolitan
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who sent them to 14-day
judicial custody.
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record which could substantiate
the prosecution claim that it can
create enmity among different
classes/communities, said the
magistrate. The court has kept
their bail pleas on hold. Pandey,
Jha, a printing and logistic in-
charge, and Ahmed, a designer,
were arrested on Friday for
allegedly instigating the people
and putting up posters with
proactive message against
Congress MLAs in their area.
Seeking 14 days judicial
custody of the three, the pub-
lic prosecutor argued that the
police have to conduct further
investigation in the case to
find out who was behind it.
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stage and the purpose of their
arrest was that they were
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NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 20, 2014
Patna: Buoyed by its landslide
victory in recent Parliamentary
elections in Bihar, the BJP on
Saturday gave a call for Mission
175 to come to power in the
State in the Assembly polls next
year. We should win at least
175 seats in the Bihar Assembly
polls next year, BJP national
organisation General Secretary
Ramlal said addressing a two-
day state party executive meet-
ing starting on Saturday.
We could have set a target
of 122 seats (required to come
to power in the 243-member
Bihar House)...but we want
two-third majority to provide
strong and good Government,
he said at the meeting aimed at
drawing strategy for the crucial
Assembly polls.
He said the target was
achievable as BJP led in over 175
Assembly segments in the State
in the recent Lok Sabha polls.
Riding on the Narendra
Modi wave, BJP won 22 seats of
the total of 40 Lok Sabha seats
in Bihar while its ally LJP won
6 and Rashtriya Lok Samata
Party 3 to take the tally to 31.
The BJP executive com-
mittee meeting is being attend-
ed by Union Ministers
Radhamohan Singh, Ravish-
ankar Prasad, newly elected
MPs including actor-politician
Shatrughan Sinha, Giriraj
Singh, Ramkripal Yadav and
Rajiv Pratap Rudy, former
Deputy Chief Minister Sushil
Kumar Modi and Leader of
Opposition in Assembly Nand
Kishore Yadav, among others.
Ramlal, a representative of
RSS in BJP, said the meeting
should be construed as begin-
ning of preparation for
Assembly polls in Bihar. PTI
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for 14-day remand of dread-
ed Maoist Sabyasachi Panda, the
local Sub-Divisional Judicial
Magistrate (SDJM) Court here on
Saturday allowed the cops to take
him on a 10-day remand only.
The remand has been
granted on some conditions
that the health condition of
Sabyasachi should be properly
examined from time to time; he
should be provided with rea-
sonable and hygienic food; his
family members and his advo-
cate should be allowed access at
the time of interrogation; the
accused should not be tortured
physically or mentally while in
police custody; and the securi-
ty of his life should be ensured,
informed Pandas lawyer.
According to sources,
Panda complained before the
judge that he was being men-
tally and physically tortured by
the police and also questioned
the propriety of the cops for
forcing him to wear black cloth
in his face, to which the Judge
reportedly took a serious note.
Meanwhile, his wife Mili
Panda, brother, daughter and
mother were not allowed to
meet him either in the
Brahmapur jail or at the court,
complained his wife Mili Panda.
We were not allowed to
meet him. It is a clear violation
of human rights. We will move
the Odisha Human Rights
Commission (OHRC) on the
issue, warned Milli.
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Mumbai: A high-pressure,
highly inflammable gas leak
occurred at an oil rig at
Bombay High on Saturday
evening off the coast of
Mumbai. The leak occured at
a well being drilled by State-
owned Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC). The rig
is situated about 162 kilometres
off the coast of Mumbai.
No deaths and no loss to
property has been reported in
the incident so far, said ONGC
in a statement. Evacuations
are on at the oil rig, called Sagar
Uday. There are conflicting
reports about the number of
staff which has been evacuat-
ed. While news channels are
putting the figure at 40, ONGC
had earlier stated that 42 evac-
uations were complete.
However, in another statement,
it said that only 15-20 staff had
been evacuated and that the
entire process would take a
couple of hours. ONGC further
stated that a crisis management
team of 8 to 10 people are
involved in plugging the leak.
Reports say that the Coast
Guard and Indian Navy have
diverted ships to provide assis-
tance in evacuation. The Coast
Guard has sent its vessel
Varuna to assist in the evac-
uations. The vessel is expect-
ed to arrive at the site by mid-
night. An assessment of the
gas leak is presently being
conducted by ONGC. The
Coast Guard has said all pre-
cautions are being taken dur-
ing evacuation.
ONGC was drilling a side
track well from a platform
called NF on the Mumbai
High North field.Sources said
that a gas leak was not expect-
ed at a shallow depth of 1000
to 1100 meters. But during
drilling operations, some gas
leaked and all precautions had
been taken for safety. All
drilling operations have been
stopped for the time being. A
helicopter company called
Pawan Hans is also assisting in
the rescue effort. Agencies
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Patel had objected to the decision to keep
out the PSUs while the Defence Ministry then
maintained that it was a conscious step to give
a fillip to the fledgling private industry. Facing
criticism, the Government then put the project
on hold. After getting due clearance from the
Law Ministry recently, the NDA Government
decided to go ahead with the project as orig-
inally conceived by the earlier regime, officials
said here on Saturday. They said this is the first
project of its kind which will lead to capacity
building of private sector.
The tenders for it were issued in May 2013
to over 10 international aviation majors
including Embraer, Lockheed Martin, Airbus,
Ilyushin, Casa, Saab and Alenia Aeronautica.
The Government has extended the date to
August 28 for submitting the tenders or
request for proposals (RFP), officials said.
As regards the other acquisitions cleared
by DAC, the list included five fleet support
ships worth over C9,000 crore and private and
PSU ship-builders will vie for the C9,000-crore
contract. These ships provide logistical sup-
port like fuel, rations and weapons to aircraft
carriers and destroyers in sea. Incidentally, the
last DAC meeting was held on February 24
under the chairmanship of Antony.
Meanwhile, the other big ticket item
includes a C7,000 crore project for 32 advanced
light helicopters (ALH) for Coast Guard and
Navy and HAL will manufacture these heli-
copters. Goa Shipyard has bagged the C2,000
crore contract for manufacturing five off shore
patrol vessels for Coast Guard while GRSE will
build five fast patrol vessels and this deal is
about C360 crore. A Rs 900-crore project for
search and rescue equipment for three Services
also got the nod from the DAC, officials said,
adding the meeting lasted for about three
hours. The three Services Chiefs, the DRDO
chief and the Defence Secretary participated
in it. Jaitley later said several other projects in
the pipeline were also discussed. We have tried
to expedite quite a few of them in todays
(Saturdays) meeting, he added.
From Page1
The CBI had sought pro-
tection of the graves on the
bank of Ganga and making all
arrangements for the second
post-mortem.
Earlier the CBI submitted
an application in the regard in
which it requested the district
magistrate to make arrange-
ments for the second autopsy
on Sunday. The entire exercise
has been made amidst tight
security and efforts were made
to maintain full secrecy by
restricting entry of media into
Ataina ghat where autopsy has
to be conducted.
Sources in the CBI con-
firmed that the decision to go
for second postmortem on
Saturday itself was taken as
surging water of Ganga has
already submerged threatening
to wash away the graves. The
postmortem is reportedly to be
conducted on the spot at Ataina
ghat, where the district admin-
istration has made all necessary
arrangements including tent,
generators and lights as the
process is expected to take
time. A team of doctors from
Delhi has already arrived in
Badaun in the afternoon to
carry out the autopsy. Unless
there is a compelling reason to
conduct post-mortem else-
where, the medical board will
undertake the process on the
spot, CBI officials claimed.
On July 17, the medical
board constituted by the CBI
had recommended to go ahead
with the second autopsy as it
found several loopholes in the
first autopsy conducted on the
two victims by the local doctors
in Badaun. The CBI wanted to
get some doubts cleared about
the rape and murder theory as
floated by family members and
local residents. The two cousins,
aged 14 and 15, went missing
from their house on the night
of May 27 and their bodies were
found hanging from a tree in
the village in Ushait area the fol-
lowing day. Later, CBI was
handed over the case after it
sparked a nationwide outrage.
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last four decades with a few
private handling agents licking
off the cream by manipulating
the appointments and deriving
the support of the Board of
Trustees.
It was shown how the han-
dling agents who was operated
illegally on the basis of orders
issued by the local authorities
were charging the exporters
and importers more than 12
times the charges approved by
the Tariff Authority at Major
Ports (TAMP). While the
TAMP prescribed rates were Rs
25 per metric tonne, the private
agents were charging Rs 300
per MT without giving any roy-
alty to the port.
Similar such scams that
had been taking place in the
other 11 major ports in utter
violation of Major Port Trust
Act could amount to a whop-
ping Rs 8 lakh crore spanning
a period of 40 years, The
Pioneer had reported.
As per the decision taken
by the Board, the ceiling rate
(based on KoPTs cost) has
been fixed at Rs 119.48 per MT
whereas minimum royalty with
the KoPT will be Rs 13 per MT.
The ceiling rate based on oper-
ators cost was to be approved
and notified by the TAMP
shortly as per Section 42(4) of
the MPT Act 1963 and
Regulation 7 of the TAMP
Guidelines 2005. The present
cost to trade at the HDC var-
ied between Rs 200 and Rs 300
per MT.
It was decided that in order
to keep the overall port cost
competitive, the agents will
render shore handling services
to the port users within the
ceiling level of Rs 119.48 per
MP. It was also decided that the
firms having experience in dry
bulk handling activity in any
major port, railway terminal
barge terminal, highway project
will be eligible to participate in
the auction.
The ceiling rate of Rs
119.48 per tonne and conse-
quently the floor rate of royal-
ty of Rs 13 per MT recom-
mended by the committee are
based on the Scale of Rate
which was prevalent prior to
April this year. The SoR has
since undergone and upward
revision in April the Trustees
may consider whether the ceil-
ing rate proposed to be includ-
ed in the tender should be
based on the revised SoR.
Handling agency licence
will be issued only to those
individual/firm/companies
who participate in bidding in
the auction and the licence so
issued will be valid for two
years.
So far as the utilisation of
royalty was concerned, the
Committee has recommended
that the same should be utilised
to purchase of annuity to cover
the pension liability of KoPT
towards retired employees as
well as for contribution to
KoPTs superannuation fund.
The proposed scheme on
being implemented is expect-
ed to bring down the port cost
at HDC. As per clause 7 of the
Tariff Guidelines, 2005 ceiling
rates are to be prescribed for
the services common at the
concerned ports without ref-
erence to individual service
provider. The proposal for fix-
ing such charges is to be initi-
ated by the concerned Major
Port Trusts.
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SCs/STs which, in the opinion of the State,
are not adequately represented in the services of
the State. The relaxation to SC/ST in competi-
tive and confirmation examinations was intro-
duced with the sole motive to ensure that vacan-
cies occurring under the SC/ST quota got ade-
quately filled. Thus, for filling up vacancies in
Central posts reserved for SC/ST, candidates
belonging to these communities would be pro-
moted by relaxing the general standards to cover
up deficiency in their representation.
At the same time, the Bench reiterated that
any reservation introduced by the Centre will
require to meet the three-fold test laid down by
Supreme Court in M Nagaraj v Union of India
(2006), the three conditions were: backwardness
of the community seeking reservation, data to
indicate inadequacy of its representation in
Government service, and requirement to show
that overall efficiency of administration will not
be affected by such affirmative action.
The court further directed the people enti-
tled under the 1970 notification to get all con-
sequential benefits without waiting for the mat-
ter to be decided by courts in due course. It said,
Having regard to the controversy and the fact
that the Central Administrative Tribunal, Delhi
has followed S Vinod Kumar case, which is not
a good law resultantly 1997 Office Memorandum
is also illegalthe respondents (Centre) shall
extend all consequential relief to the appellants,
if not granted so far.
From Page 1
They have to answer a lot many
questions. Why the girl was kept in the
dark room as a punishment. We
demand the Government should arrest
the chairman of the school who has
escaped without bothering about this
incident. We pay hefty fees and expect
them to take responsibly.
Later speaking to reporters,
Auradkar said, ....there was a delay, lot
of delay in actual incident happening
and the reporting, 2 July, this happened
and 14 July the case was brought to the
police. In spite of that we are making
all the efforts, and I assure all the peo-
ple that gives us another day or two.
An outraged parent said. When we
are protesting against the rape we saw
in television channels our Chief
Minister was dozing-off in the
Assembly. Shame on us. This incident
has dented the image of Bangalore in
the whole world.
Many parents blamed the apathy of
the Government in handling the case.
Meanwhile, the State education depart-
ment has written a letter to the Council
for the Indian School certificate exam-
inations (CISCE) Board to de-recognise
the school.
Protests have erupted since the inci-
dent came to light on July 15, forcing
the Government to announce a series
of steps including its decision to amend
the Goonda Act to bring the rape
accused under its ambit.
ABVP and other womens organi-
sations also joined the protest against
the school management seeking justice.
Thousands of online petitions have
been sent to Karnataka Chief Minister
who have started using social media for
the last few days. More than 30,000 sig-
natures have been posted online seek-
ing justice. The petitions say the rape
cases have made us to hang our heads
in shame and we demand action and
justice from the Government.
Even as the Nirbhaya and Shakti
Mill incidents are still fresh in the
minds of people, three incidents of
alleged rape have shaken the
Information Technology city Bangalore
which was known for its peace and
tranquility.
The case of brutal rape of a six-
year-old girl in an up market School in
Bangalore East and an incident of rape
of a young woman few days back and
another incident of rape of a 17-year-
old in a seminary has sent shock
waves and questions are raised about
the safety for women in Bangalore. This
is the latest incident of rape continued
since 2012 gangrape of Nirbhaya in
Delhi. In fact Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has promised zero tolerance
against crimes against women.
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Obama warned Russia anew that
the US has the capacity to increase the
economic pain, but he outlined no
specific potential actions. He did say
he saw no U.S. military role in the
conflict that has stemmed in part
from Russias annexation of the
Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine.
This certainly will be a wake-up
call for Europe and the world that
there are consequences to an escalat-
ing conflict in eastern Ukraine - that
it is not going to be localized, it is not
going to be contained, Obama said.
Ukraine accused Russia on
Saturday of helping separatist rebels
destroy evidence at the crash site of
a Malaysia Airlines plane shot down
in rebel-held territory - a charge the
rebels denied.
As dozens of victims bodies lay
in bags by the side of the road bak-
ing in the summer heat, internation-
al monitors at the crash site on
Saturday said they were still being
hampered by heavily armed rebels.
Some of the body bags are open
and the damage to the corpses is very,
very bad. It is very difficult to look at,
OSCE spokesman Michael Bociurkiw
told reporters in a phone call from the
site, where the smell of decaying bod-
ies was unmistakable.
He said the 24-member delega-
tion was given further access on
Saturday to the crash site but their
movements were being limited by the
rebels. The site sprawls eight square
miles (20 square kilometres) across
sunflower and wheat fields between
two villages in eastern Ukraine.We
have to be very careful with our move-
ments because of all the security,
Bociurkiw said. We are unarmed
civilians, so we are not in a position
to argue with people with heavy
arms.
The rebels are also seeking large
transports to carry away plane frag-
ments to Russia, the Ukrainian gov-
ernment said on Saturday.
In Donetsk, separatist leader
Alexander Borodai denied that any
bodies had been transferred or that
the rebels had in any way interfered
with the work of observers. He said
he encouraged the involvement of the
international community in assisting
with the cleanup before the conditions
of the bodies worsens significantly.
Ukraine also called on Moscow
to insist that the pro-Russia rebels
grant international experts the abili-
ty to conduct a thorough, impartial
investigation into the downing of the
plane - echoing a demand that
President Barack Obama issued a day
earlier from Washington.The integri-
ty of the site has been compromised,
and there are indications that vital evi-
dence has not been preserved in
place, Malaysian Transport Minister
Liow Tiong Lai said at a news con-
ference in Kuala Lumpur.
He called for immediate access
for Malaysias team at the site to
retrieve human remains.
German Chancellor Angela
Merkel and Russian President
Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call
on Saturday that an independent,
international commission led by the
International Civil Aviation
Organization, ICAO, should be grant-
ed swift access to the crash site, said
government spokesman Georg
Streiter.
In the Netherlands, forensic
teams fanned out across the country
on Saturday to collect material includ-
ing DNA samples that will help pos-
itively identify the remains of the 192
Dutch victims.
The location of the black boxes
remains a mystery and the separatist
leadership remained adamant on
Saturday that it had not located
them. Bociurkiw also said he had
received no information on their
whereabouts.
Aviation experts say, however, not
to expect too much from the flight
data and cockpit voice recorders in
understanding how Flight 17 was
brought down.
Polands foreign minister had
sharp words on the downing of the
Malaysia Airlines jumbo jet in
Ukraine - blaming the crash on
Russia-backed bandits. But through-
out most of central and eastern
Europe, leaders withheld judgment,
expressing shock but refusing to say
more until more facts are in.
The caution is not surprising:
Several former Soviet satellite states
have developed closer economic ties
to Russia in recent years, making
them unwilling to take a strong
stand against Moscow in the Ukraine
conflict. Though all have condemned
Russias annexation of Crimea, they
are divided over what to do beyond
that, differences dictated largely by the
depth of those economic ties - and
whether they feel at risk themselves
from Moscows might.
With uncertainty surrounding
Thursdays plane crash, most have lit-
tle to gain from pointing fingers, espe-
cially since the tragedy, which killed
298 people, is unlikely to blunt
Russias growing clout in the region,
experts say.
No one should expect change in
the relations between Russia and any
of the central European countries
unless clear evidence of Moscows
involvement is presented, said
Dariusz Kalan, an analyst with the
Polish Institute of International
Affairs. Even then, a radical turn
would be unlikely since the political,
economic and energy contacts are so
developed.
In some ways, divisions in the for-
mer Soviet bloc mirror tensions fur-
ther West: France and Germany have
continued to cultivate business ties
with Russia, while the United States
has taken a stronger line. On the plane
crash, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel said theres still no clarity,
showing more caution than the
United States, with President Barack
Obama linking the crash to sophis-
ticated equipment ... coming from
Russia.We have to be careful not to
impose Cold War cliches on the
region, said Jakub Groszkowski, an
analyst with the Center for Eastern
Studies in Warsaw. The governments
in Prague or Bratislava are acting in
a similar way to cabinets in Paris or
Vienna.
But Russias old Soviet bloc neigh-
bors do face uniquely wrenching
choices. The region has a history of
dependence on Russian oil and nat-
ural gas. Economic ties deepened fur-
ther after the global financial crisis of
2008-09 pushed several countries to
forge new economic deals with Russia.
When Western markets shrank,
export-oriented countries like the
Czech Republic turned to Russia,
China and elsewhere for new oppor-
tunities.The shift toward Russia is
more surprising in the Czech
Republic. Only a few years ago it
agreed to host a U.S. missile defense
site, a plan that sparked Moscows
anger. Obama has since dropped
plans for the Czech site. The left-wing
Social Democrats, who opposed the
missile defense plan all along, are now
in power. In a change from the
Vaclav Havel-era focus on human
rights, Prime Minister Bohuslav
Sobotka says it makes no sense to halt
business with Russia because other
countries would just take it over. He
warns against creating a new Iron
Curtain between the European Union
and Russia.
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S
amajwadi Party (SP) chief
Mulayam Singh Yadav on
Saturday courted controversy
again over the rising incidents
of crime in Uttar Pradesh say-
ing every crime cannot be
checked in the State with a pop-
ulation of 21 crore. His remarks
evoked instant condemnation
from the BJP, the Congress and
the BSP.
The population is so high.
UP has a population of 21 crore.
If there are least amount of
rapes in this country, they are in
Uttar Pradesh. Every crime can-
not be checked in the State. Its
not only about rapes, there are
many more crimes and no
Government can stop all of it at
once. Ever since Independence,
there has been no State where
crimes dont happen, irrespective
of the party which rules the State.
That is why we talk about speedy
trail, and then it can be stopped
to some extent, Mulayam said.
Yadavs comments came
after another brutal gangrape
and murder of a woman in
Lucknows Mohanlalganj came
to light on Thursday. The
womans nude body was spot-
ted by a watchman near a pri-
mary school in Balsingh Khera
village of Mohanlalganj Tehsil
in Lucknow.
Mulayam and his son
Akhilesh had earlier too made
controversial statements on
rape. Akhilesh had courted
controversy when a woman
journalist had asked him about
the law and order situation in
the State, to which he replied:
I hope you have not faced any
danger! When the journalist
replied no, the Chief Minister
said, Thank you. You should
propagate this.
The party supremo himself
too had raked up a huge con-
troversy on rape cases when he
had publicly said, Boys are
boys, they make such mistakes.
That doesnt mean that you
award them capital punishment.
Senior BJP leader Prabhat
Jha said 21 crore people of UP
had brought Mulayam Singh
Yadav and his party to power
and thus whoever is in the
Government, its their respon-
sibility to protect the people of
the State. Governments dont
work on such statements. Thats
why I dont agree with what he
says, said Jha, also a Rajya
Sabha member.
Another BJP leader Nalin
Kohli wondered as to why senior
Yadav always comes up with
these type of statements.
Whether its about boys will be
boys or should rapists be hanged.
As the ruling party of Uttar
Pradesh, he and his party and
especially his son as the Chief
Minister must ensure proper law
and order. They must punish the
guilty, Kohli said.
Condemning the Mohanlal-
ganj incident and other such
crime against women in the
State reported in recent months,
HRD Minister Smriti Irani said
that the law needs to be imple-
mented more forcefully in the
State. A number of rape inci-
dents, including the rape and
murder of two cousins whose
bodies were found hanging from
a tree in Badaun, have been
reported in the State in recent
months.
Irani, who is in Amethi
from where she contested the
Lok Sabha polls, also asked the
UP Government to pay special
attention towards the security
of women and children.
Reacting to Mulayams state-
ment, Irani said, He is a senior
leader and should make state-
ments after deliberation.
While senior Congress
leader Rita Bahunguna Joshi
said women in Uttar Pradesh
dont feel safe as no strict action
is taken against the criminals
who commit such crimes, her
party colleague Rashid Alvi
said that even one such case was
shameful. UPCC president
Nirmal Khatri said Yadavs
statement only highlights his
insensitivity toward crimes,
specially those against women.
Opposition BSP too con-
demned and described the dete-
riorating law and order situation
in UP and also flayed Mulayam
for his comment that cases of
rape in the State were not that
high if one took into account its
large population.
National Commission for
Women member Shamina
Shafiq said Uttar Pradesh lead-
ers just have to read newspa-
pers and they will know the
number of rape cases in the
State. She said while only a few
are highlighted, many are
reported from the districts.
A day after UP Governor
Aziz Qureshi sought a report on
the Mohanlalganj rape case,
Akhilesh held a prolonged meet-
ing with him on Saturday and
discussed the law and order sit-
uation of the State to be apprised
to the Centre. The UP CM also
took stock of the probe into the
brutal rape and murder of the
woman in Mohanlalganj and
directed police to solve the case
at the earliest.
Defending Mulayam, SP
leader Naresh Agarwal said,
What netaji has said that is the
ground reality. In the Lucknow
case, the woman had left with
a known person but then the
attack happened. The accused
have been identified. Strict
action will be taken against
them, he said.
Agarwal also added that
crimes against women are hap-
pening across the country.
These rapes have not only
about UP, its about whole
country. Look at what hap-
pened in Bangalore. This has
become the trend in India and
Government should introspect
in it, said Agarwal, who is also
a Rajya Sabha member.
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T
he Prime Ministers National
Relief Fund (PMNRF) will
now be managed on the lines
that practiced in Gujarat. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on
Saturday issued directions that
the Gujarat model should be
emulated in selection of bene-
ficiaries, giving priority to the
poor and children.
Modi reviewed the func-
tioning of the Relief Fund and
suggested several qualitative
changes in the way the fund is
managed, a PMO statement
said. Referring to the Gujarat
model, he directed that the
selection of beneficiaries should
be done in a more comprehen-
sive, scientific and humanitar-
ian basis, giving priority to
children, poor and cases from
the Government hospitals.
Cases involving life-threat-
ening diseases should be accord-
ed priority and applications
should be decided on need and
merit, the Prime Minister added.
He also directed that pendency
in appeals for help should be
minimised and the draw to
select the cases should be con-
ducted in a manner that does
not leave out any genuine case.
It was decided that a letter from
the Prime Minister should be
sent to all beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries whose
appeals have been approved for
grant of relief will be informed
through an SMS alert, it said.
The PM National Relief Fund
was established in 1948 with
public contributions to assist
displaced persons from
Pakistan. The resources of the
PMNRF are now utilised pri-
marily to render immediate
relief to families of those killed
in natural calamities like floods,
cyclones and earthquakes and
to the victims of major acci-
dents and riots.
Assistance from PMNRF is
also rendered for medical treat-
ment like heart surgeries, kid-
ney transplantation, cancer
treatment etc. The PMNRF
fund consists entirely of pub-
lic contributions and does not
get any budgetary support.
The corpus of the fund is
invested with banks in fixed
deposits. Disbursements are
made with the approval of the
Prime Minister.
Modi also reviewed the
functioning of the other Prime
Ministers funds the PMs dis-
cretionary fund, the PMs
National Defence Fund, the
PMs fund for students aid, and
the PMs fund for folk art. The
review meeting was attended by
Nripendra Misra, Principal
Secretary to Prime Minister, and
PK Mishra, Additional Principal
Secretary to the Prime Minister
and other senior officials.
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I
rked at the snail pace of its
ambitious two-decade-old
programmes of computerisa-
tion and upgradation of the
land records across the country,
the Centre has cracked the whip.
It has directed the State
Governments to refund the
unspent amount of over C223
crore to the exchequer and made
it a pre-condition for the release
of funds under the new scheme
National Land Records
Modernisation Programme
(NLRMP) launched in 2008.
The Centre had released
funds worth C1,061.97 crore for
the schemes namely
Computerisation of Land
Records (CLR) and
Strengthening of Revenue
Administration and Updating
of Land Records (SRA & ULR)
since their inception in 1988-
89. However, till date they are
yet to fully utilise the fund with
Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and
Uttarakhand being the worst
performers.
They have spent just one-
third of the total fund they
received till date under the cen-
trally sponsored scheme aimed
to ensure on-line management
of land records in the country.
Prabhat Kumar Sarangi,
Joint Secretary with the
Department of Land Resources
of the Rural Development
Ministry said that it has been
decided that the unspent bal-
ance lying with States/UTs in
the two schemes may be
refunded to the Government
through demand draft.
This may be done urgent-
ly in order to release the funds
in respect of NRLMP as it is a
pre-condition imposed by the
Finance Division of the
Department, the official said in
its letter to the Revenue
Ministers of the States recently.
According to the data of the
Union Rural Development
Ministry, under the Centrally
sponsored scheme of
Computerisation of Land
Records, a total amount of
C586.61 crore was released to all
the States since the inception of
the scheme. However, the States
could utilise only C473.52 crore
and an amount of C11.08 crore
is lying as unspent balance.
Similarly, under the
Centrally sponsored scheme of
Strengthening of Revenue
Administration and Updating
of Land Records, an amount of
C475.36 crore was released to
the States. Against this amount,
C365.57 crore was utilised and
an amount of C109.78 crore is
lying as unspent balance.
Gujarat, Arunanchal
Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir
are the only States which have
not submitted utilisation cer-
tificates since 2008 while 19
States have not submitted the
certificates since 2010 for com-
puterisation of the land records.
However, eight States includ-
ing Bihar, Nagaland, Kerala,
Haryana, Meghalaya have per-
formed comparatively excep-
tionally well utilising the entire
fund made available to them.
NLRMP is an integrated
programme aimed at mod-
ernising management of land
records, minimise the scope
of land/property disputes and
enhance transparency in land
records maintenance system.
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I
ndian scientists along with
their international partners
International Wheat Genome
Sequencing Consortium
(IWGSC) have managed to
crack the genetic code of bread
wheat. They have prepared a
blueprint of the wheat genome
sequencing which can help sci-
entists to now prepare new
varieties of wheat having high-
er yield and better grain quali-
ty besides being pest resistant.
Wheat was considered one
of the toughest crops to decode
due to its huge genome size of
17000 million base pairs, and
presence of three sets of high-
ly similar chromosomes in the
genome and a very large pro-
portion of repetitive DNA. For
each gene in wheat there are
three copies, one from each of
the three genomes, and in most
cases only one copy expresses.
How the plant decides which
copy of the gene to express
remains a mystery for wheat
biology. But availability of chro-
mosome based sequence has
now opened new horizons for
researching this issue, said the
research paper published in
US journal Science.
The decoding of wheat
genome has helped in identi-
fying more than 125,000 genes
and almost 50 per cent of
these assigned these to the
individual wheat chromo-
somes. This has opened gates
for understanding the biolog-
ical function of each of these
genes. The current draft
sequence has generated thou-
sands of DNA markers which
could be used as tag for iden-
tification of any gene in wheat
and its subsequent transfer to
any variety through cross
hybridization much precisely
and rapidly.
Indias three leading insti-
tutes Punjab Agricultural
University (Ludhiana), National
Research Centre on Plant
Biotechnology (New Delhi),
and South Campus Delhi
University (New Delhi, with
support from Department of
Biotechnology (DBT),
Government of India were
entrusted with the responsibil-
ity of decoding one chromo-
some, designated as 2A, which
is about 900 million bases in size
and is about one third the size
of the human genome or 2.5
times the size of rice genome.
Taking forward with mol-
ecular breeding and genetic
engineering we would be able
to develop climate smart wheat
(drought/terminal heat toler-
ance) with higher yield. 22,000
wheat germplasm has been
evaluated by NBPGR/ICAR.
We would be able to use our
germplasm better now with
this science-discovery, said
Dr Swapan Datta, Deputy
Director General (Crop
Sciences) at Indian Council of
Agricultural Research.
Wheat is a major dietary
component for many countries
across the world due to high car-
bohydrate and protein content.
Grown on more land than any
other crop, more than 215 mil-
lion hectares of wheat are har-
vested annually to generate a
world production of almost 700
million tons, making it the third
most produced cereal after maize
and rice. It is the leading source
of vegetable protein in human
food, having higher protein con-
tent than either maize or rice.
The wheat plant is highly
versatile due to its ability to
grow in a wide range of envi-
ronments. Also, wheat grain
can easily be stored and can be
converted readily into flour for
making numerous varieties of
high quality edible food. The
goal of the IWGSC is to make
a high quality genome
sequence of bread wheat pub-
licly available, in order to lay a
foundation for basic research
that will enable breeders to
develop improved varieties.
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Police suspected to be
suppressing some documents
relating to the multi-crore
Saradha scam, the CBI is like-
ly to book some senior police
officials of the State with
charges for suppression and
destruction of evidence under
Section 204 of the Indian Penal
Code (IPC) which attracts
punishment of two years
imprisonment or fine or both.
CBI Director Ranjit Sinha
had written a letter in May to
State Chief Secretary Sanjay
Mitra and a reminder was sent
last month to the Director
General of Police seeking doc-
uments related to the scam. But
the State police is yet to hand
over some of the important
documents relating to the scam.
Following our reminder,
the DGP of West Bengal has
informed that it is yet to trace
some of the documents. If they
(State police officials) fail to
furnish all the relevant files, the
CBI will seek legal action
against the responsible police
officials, a CBI source said.
Sinha has asked his officers
to get the important files which
had so far not been given to
them by Bengal police to take
the probe forward.
It has been over a month
(since the reminder was sent)
and they are yet to hand over
the files. If we find that there is
suppression of evidence then
we will seek penal action
against the concerned officials,
a senior CBI official said.
After registration of the
cases by CBI in connection with
the scam, the West Bengal
police had provided the
case files and copies
of the FIRs regis-
tered by the police.
However, some of
the incriminating doc-
uments might have
been destroyed by the
vested interests, appre-
hended the official.
Apprehensions are
also being raised over the
style of functioning of the
Bengal Police that rushed to a
bank in Salt Lake at midnight in
April to break open the locker
of Piyali Sen, the arrested wife
of alleged scam mastermind
Sudipta Sen. The incident had
raised eyebrows as the action
was suspected to be motivated
and the desperate move could
have been intended to hide
something, a source said.
The thrust of the CBI
probe into the scam is to unrav-
el the larger conspiracy involv-
ing influential persons includ-
ing politicians, bureaucrats and
regulatory officials.
Preliminary probe has
revealed the involvement of
politicians and influential peo-
ple in the scandal and we are try-
ing to establish the larger con-
spiracy. We need those incrim-
inating documents before we
begin questioning of the
high ups. including some
politicians, the source
added.
The special
investigation unit
(SCU) of the CBI
is probing the
scandal after a
Supreme Court
directive to the
agency probe the esti-
mated C10,000-crore
scandal across States, including
Bengal, Odisha, Assam and
Tripura. The CBI is also work-
ing in close co-ordination with
the Enforcement Directorate to
find out the money trail of the
illegal funds generate through
the chit fund business and
establish the proceeds of crime.
ED, which is probing the
money laundering violation by
the Saradha Group, is planning
to file the first chargesheet in the
case soon. The ED has regis-
tered a case under the provisions
of the Prevention of Money
laundering Act (PMLA) and has
found evidence of a suspicious
money trail of about C800 crore
and the same is likely to find a
mention in the first chargesheet,
an agency official said.
Patna: In a blistering attack on
old companion BJP,
Nitish Kumar on
Saturday slammed the
party for destroying
brand Bihar through
its tactics of spreading
rumour and foment-
ing fear.
After eight years of hard
labour we built brand Bihar
symbolising good governance,
economic progress, tight law
and order situation and devel-
opment in core infrastructure
sectors. The new brand
lifted image of every
citizen of the State out-
side, Kumar wrote in
his message on
Facebook.
BJP wish to
destroy this brand
through its tactics of spreading
rumour and fomenting fear
among masses for petty polit-
ical gains, the senior JD(U)
leader said. PTI
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his Malaysian counterpart say-
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shooting down
of aircraft
MH17 was jus-
tifiable and
India supports
efforts to estab-
lish the exact
circumstances of the incident.
In a letter to Mohammad
Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak,
Modi expressed his condo-
lences on the loss of lives on
board MH17. Modi said there
is justifiable outrage across the
world and India fully sup-
ports efforts for an investiga-
tion that can help establish the
exact circumstances in which
the incident took place, a PMO
statement said.
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T
amil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa has expressed
her displeasure over the directive
by the Union Ministry of Human
Resource Development to Chief
Secretaries of all States to observe
Sanskrit Week in all schools. In
a letter to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, excerpts of
which was released to the media
on Saturday, Jayalalithaa termed
the move highly inappropriate.
Tamil Nadu has a rich cul-
tural heritage based on the
ancient Tamil language. There
has also been a strong social jus-
tice and language movement in
the State. Hence any official cel-
ebration of Sanskrit Week in
Tamil Nadu is highly inappro-
priate, the CM said in her letter.
The Chief Minister sug-
gested that instead of Sanskrit
Week it would be appropriate to
celebrate Classical Language
Week in each State based on the
linguistic heritage of that State.
I request you to advise the offi-
cials of the Government of India
to suitably modify the letter to
enable each State, including the
CBSE schools in that State to
organise celebrations in tune
with the language and culture of
the State, said Jayalalithaa.
Meanwhile, leaders of all
political parties except the BJP
in Tamil Nadu has slammed the
directive on Sanskrit Week. The
MDMK and the PMK, which
were constituents of the NDA in
Tamil Nadu came out strongly
questioning the move to impose
Sanskrit on other States.
MDMK leader Vaiko, who
is pressurising the Union
Government to take tough
stance against the Mahinda
Rajapaksa-led Sri Lankan
Government demanding a sep-
arate Tamil Eelam in the island
nation, alleged that the Centre
is trying to dominate over other
languages through Sanskrit.
Thrusting a single groups lan-
guage is mischievous and dan-
gerous. Tamil Nadu will not
permit this, Vaiko said in a
statement and asked the Centre
to withdraw the directive.
The MDMK leader is
already on a path of con-
frontation with the BJP
Government for inviting
Rajapaksa for the swearing-in
of Modi as the Prime Minister.
Though the MDMK had con-
tested seven seats in the Lok
Sabha elections from Tamil
Nadu, it drew a blank which
included the ignominious
defeat of party chief Vaiko
from Virudunagar, his home
constituency. We are still try-
ing to find the reason for Vaikos
defeat from Virudhunagar, said
Tamilaruvi Manian, political
commentator who solemnised
the formation of the NDA in
Tamil Nadu just before the
2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Dr Ramadoss, the PMK
founder, in a statement on
Thursday condemned the
Centres directive to CBSE
schools on Sanskrit Week.
According to Ramadoss, Sanskrit
is spoken by hardly 14,000 peo-
ple in the country (2001 census).
Sanskrit is an Aryan language
and we will not allow the move
to impose Sanskrit and Hindi on
the people in Tamil Nadu. Let the
Union Government treat all lan-
guages equally. In Tamil Nadu,
we will have Tamil week in all
CBSE schools, Ramadoss said in
the statement.
Interestingly, the PMK
founders grandchildren (daugh-
ters of Anbumani Ramadoss)
are named Sanghamitra,
Sanchitra and Samyuktha, all
Sanskrit names. Children of
DMK leaders also bear Sanskrit
and Hindi names, the notable
being Aditya, son of Kanimozhi.
But Dr Subramanian
Swamy, senior BJP leader,
described the stance of Vaiko
and Ramadoss as gimmicks.
These leaders do not know
what is happening in Tamil
Nadu. There is a crave among
the students to learn both Hindi
and Sanskrit. The National
Aeronautics and Space admin-
istration (NASA) has found that
Sanskrit is the best language for
computer programming related
to Artificial Language. Scientists
and engineers in NASA are fast
learning Sanskrit, he said.
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G
roup war has escalated in
Keralas factionalism-ridden
Congress party over speculation
about a Cabinet reshuffle which
Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy is reportedly deter-
mined to carry out. Rumours of
the Cabinet reshuffle and the dis-
putes over it erupted after
Assembly Speaker G
Karthikeyans announcement the
other day of his wish to resign to
return to active politics.
Saturday saw different
senior leaders airing divergent
opinions on the matter with
those belonging to the I group
led by Home Minister Ramesh
Chennithala strongly opposing
a Cabinet reshuffle at this point
while the A group of the Chief
Minister arguing vehemently in
favour of it foreseeing an
opportunity to show the
Chennithala faction its place.
The Chief Minister will
visit Delhi on July 29 in a bid to
get the reshuffle cleared direct-
ly from the party high com-
mand - which due to its inabil-
ity to devote time and energy to
issues related to regional units
has so far taken a position that
the matter should be decided at
the State level - so that the oppo-
sition in the State party unit
would get irrelevant.
Chandy knows that talks
within the Kerala unit will not
lead to a consensus over an
issue like Cabinet reshuffle. He
also knows that the high com-
mand is powerless to interfere
in State affairs in the current sit-
uation. However, he wants to
get the reshuffle cleared from
Delhi so that discussions in
Kerala can be avoided," said a
senior 'I' group leader.
The 'I' group itself is in con-
fusion and divided over the
issue of the Cabinet reshuffle.
Leaders came out in support of
and against the call for giving
a vital position in the Cabinet
to Karthikeyan. While senior
leader K Sudhakaran wanted a
decent accommodation for
Karthikeyan in the Cabinet,
UDF convener PP Thankachan
said there was no need of this.
A note of warning to the
Congress came from
Government Chief Whip PC
George, vice-chairman of
Kerala Congress (M), a partner
of the ruling UDF. "The
Congress is already in a bad
shape nationally. Don't weak-
en it in Kerala also with these
talks about the Cabinet reshuf-
fle and Karthikeyan's wish to
resign as Speaker," he said.
Though the Chief Minister
himself is determined to carry
out the Cabinet reshuffle, which
he had announced even before
the Lok Sabha election,
observers say that it will be a dif-
ficult task as he will have to sat-
isfy the different factions with-
in the Congress and the ruling
alliance and keep regional and
community balances intact in
the structure of the Cabinet.
Calls have come up from
within the party for a reshuffle
of all the portfolios including
those held by the allies, which is
sure to attract a lot of opposition.
State Congress spokesman Ajay
Tharayil on Saturday said that
Chandy should throw out the
inefficient Ministers and that the
Congress should take over the
Education portfolio from the
Muslim League.
Chennithala's 'I' group is
vehemently opposing the move
for a reshuffle as it knows that it
will be the biggest loser because
all the major portfolios like
Home, Revenue and Health are
currently held by its Ministers. It
is said that Chandy is sure to real-
locate the Revenue and Health
portfolios to leaders belonging to
his 'A' group in the reshuffle.
Almost all sections in the
party except the 'A' group are
against a reshuffle at this junc-
ture. Even State Congress pres-
ident VM Sudheeran, who is
currently in the USA, is against
the idea. However, leaders secret-
ly admit that Chandy seems to
be determined in his decision
and therefore they cannot
oppose the reshuffle as it is the
prerogative of the CM.
War escalates in Kerala`s
Cong over Calinet rejig
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T
wo big cats on the prowl have
robbed sleep of residents in
a Chennai suburb and in villages
of Erode district in western
Tamil Nadu for the last two
months. When villages in
Chengalpettu near Chennai
alerted forest and revenue offi-
cials of sighting a leopard, the
authorities rejected it terming the
people might have mistook stray
dogs for leopard. The fact that
Chengalpattu was a Chennai
suburb made them treat leopard
sightings as exaggeration.
But when four goats disap-
peared from the villages and an
IT engineer by Nagarathinam
himself saw the leopard, the offi-
cials were left with no alternative
but to take the warning serious-
ly. They installed four camera-
traps in the villages where the
leopard was sighted. On Friday,
the Forest officials were in for a
surprise as the camera installed
at Vallam, hardly 5 km from
Chengalpattu caught a grown-up
leopard moving around the
region. It is a healthy male leop-
ard aged between five and ten,
according to forest officials.
Efforts are on to trap the big cat
with a cage and to translocate the
animal to some reserve forests far
away from Chengalpattu.
Villagers in Chengalpattu
have not slept for the last two
months. We have formed
squads and move around villages
to keep the leopard away from
residential areas. Normal life
come to a standstill by sunset for
fear of the leopard, said Shivaji,
a pan shop owner in Vallam.
Dr Nandita Krishna, noted
environmentalist and director of
CPR Environmental Education
Centre, Chennai, told The
Pioneer that the leopard has not
trespassed into the villages. It is
the human beings who have
encroached into the reserve
forests. The Chengalpattu and
Vandalloor regions were known
by the name Puliyoor (which
means the land of tigers and
leopards). The British as well as
the natives were competing with
each other to hunt and kill tigers
and leopards. The forest cover in
the area has come down drasti-
cally, said Dr Krishna.
Naturalists and animal
lovers are worried over the inten-
tion of the officials. The shoot-
ing down by Tamil Nadu Special
Police of a tiger, nick named
man eater by forest officials in
The Nilgiris early this year is still
fresh in their memory. The
authorities as well as the locals
are in the dark about the char-
acteristics of leopards and tigers.
The leopards do not attack
human beings. These big cats tar-
get only goats or rabbits. It is only
as a means of self- defence they
turn against human beings, said
S Jayachandran, convenor, Tamil
Nadu Green Movement.
He said poaching of leopards
and tigers is rampant in Tamil
Nadu. This year we helped the
authorities to seize three tiger
and leopard skins and ivory.
Poaching goes uninterrupted in
Tamil Nadu forests for shortage
of staff, said Jayachandran.
People in Erode are in a
state of shock fol lowing
Thursdays killing of a forest
staff allegedly by a leopard on
the prowl. Cages with live baits
have been installed in the vil-
lages from where leopard sight-
ings have been reported.
The data furnished by the
Tamil Nadu Forest Department
is not encouraging. According
to the Forest Department, the
States reserve forest constitute
only 14.9 per cent of total geo-
graphic area where interna-
tional norms stipulate that it
should be 30 per cent.
kh8hEE WkhI Q SRhA0AR
T
he pilgrimage to holy
Amarnath cave resumed
through Baltal route on Saturday,
a day after clashes erupted on the
base camp following a scuffle
between two groups of service
providers. More than a hundred
community kitchens (langars)
and tents were set ablaze.
An official spokesman said
that as many as 7,189 devotees
paid obeisance at the holy cave
on Saturday. A total of 2,83,762
pilgrims have paid obeisance
since the commencement of
Amarnath Yatra, he said.
Forest Minister Mian Altaf
Ahmad and Irrigation Minister
Sham Lal Sharma oversaw the
resumption of pilgrimage as
they held several rounds of
talks with the stakeholders.
The Ministers interacted
with the local labourers, shop-
keepers, tent owners and pony
wallas and assured that ade-
quate compensation would be
provided to the sufferers whose
paraphernalia was damaged.
The Ministers directed the
police and civil administration
to keep close vigil on the situa-
tion to ensure smooth conduct
of yatra and safety and security
of yatris and service providers.
Interacting with pilgrims
and community kitchen opera-
tors, Altaf assured that necessary
steps would be initiated for
comfortable, peaceful and
smooth conduct of yatra. Stern
action would be taken against the
wrong doers as per law, he said.
The incident took place on
Friday when two groups of ser-
vice providers clashed over
shifting some pilgrims from a
tent to a langar.
kh8hEE WkhI Q SRhA0AR
P
rotests erupted in South
Kashmirs Kulgam district on
Saturday following death of a
youngster who was hit by a bul-
let when paramilitary personnel
opened fire to quell a protest on
the situation in Palestine.
Sources said a group of
youngsters held a protest
demonstration against recent
Israeli attacks on Gaza, at
Khudwani village in South
Kashmirs Kulgam district on
Saturday afternoon. The pro-
testers chanting anti-Israel and
anti-India slogans were waylaid
by CRPF personnel deployed in
the area in strength. As the
marchers insisted to proceeding
forward, the CRPF men fired
teargas shells and automatic
weapons to disperse them.
During the process, a bullet hit
15-year-old Suhail Ahmad Lone
above his abdomen. He was
immediately shifted to a hospi-
tal in Anantnag town where he
succumbed to injuries.
Khudwani and adjoining
areas were tense since Friday
when massive protests were held
in response to a call given by
hardline separatist leader Syed
Ali Geelani. Four youngsters
were wounded in the village on
Friday in police action. One of
the wounded was shifted to
Srinagar in a critical condition.
Police described the death
as unfortunate incident of fir-
ing. The circumstances lead-
ing to the incident of firing are
being enquired into. Police have
registered an FIR in the Incident
and matter is being probed, a
police spokesman said.
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n a day of high drama, the
widow of 35-year-old Nitin
Baburao Ivalekar, who was
killed during a fighting opera-
tion at a 22-storey commercial
building Lotus Business Park
at Andheri in north Mumbai on
Friday, collected his body from
the fire brigade authorities and
performed his last rites on
Saturday evening, only after
they promised her a job and
early compensation in writing.
The Mumbai Fire brigade
found itself in a dilemma for bet-
ter part of the day, as deceased
fireman Nitin Ivalekars widow
Shubhangi steadfastly refused to
collect her husbands body till
such time department chief gave
written undertaking to her that
her two demands that the
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation would give her a job
and also disburse a compensa-
tion of C15 lakh announced by
it after the death of her husband
forthwith were met.
No one will care about me,
once the funeral of my husband
is over. What will my two chil-
dren and I do then? Your empty
promises will not do. Give me
a written undertaking that you
will settle both my demands, a
sobbing yet firm Shubangi told
Chief Fire Officer of the MBF
AN Verma, as she refused to
take custody of the body of her
husband kept in an ambulance
at the city fire brigade head-
quarters at Byaculla.
After consulting senior
BMC officials, Varma gave a let-
ter to Shubhangi, mother of two
daughters aged two and six
years, assuring her that the
compensation would be dis-
bursed to her within 30 days and
that the BMC would provide her
job to support her family.
The mortal remains of
Ivalekar, who died of asphyxia-
tion during the firefighting oper-
ations at a 22-storey Lotus
Business Park on Friday, were
later taken to Virar in Thane,
where his six-year-old daughter
Suha lit the funeral pyre, as the
Mumbai fire brigade officials
paid their homage to the
deceased firefighter.
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srael today pressed on with
its ground offensive and
intensive air barrages to pound
Hamas targets, taking the death
toll from a 12-day bombard-
ment to 337, as the UN chief
headed to the region to bring
an end to hostilities.
Israeli tanks and soldiers
plunged deeper into Gaza and
the fighting against Hamas led
to a high toll of casualties and
a doubling of displaced
Palestinians to 40,000, as Gazas
bloodiest conflict since 2009
showed no signs of let-up.
UN Secretary General Ban
Ki Moon was to arrive in the
region soon to try to mediate
between Israel and Hamas.
Bans visit would aim
to hel p Israel i s and
Palestinians end the violence
and find a way forward, UN
political affairs chief Jeffrey
Feltman said.
Israel has legitimate secu-
rity concerns, and we con-
demn the indiscriminate rock-
et fire from Gaza into Israel.
But we are alarmed by Israels
heavy response, Feltman said.
Netanyahu has warned of
a significant expansion of
the offensive but Hamas, the
Palestinian group that con-
trols Gaza, said Israel would
pay a high price for the inva-
sion. Israels ground operation
followed 10 days of air strikes
on Gaza, which failed to stop
Hamas firing rockets across the
border.
Earlier today, Hamas ter-
rorists attempted to infiltrate
Israel through an underground
tunnel and kill civilians in an
Israeli community a few kilo-
metres from Gaza.
Troops killed a Palestinian
militant who tunnelled into
southern Israel but others man-
aged to withdraw into Gaza, an
army statement said. Hamas
use the tunnels to infiltrate
Israel as it did in 2006 when
soldier Gilad Shalit was kid-
napped by the terrorist outfit.
Several terrorists infil-
trated Israel through a tunnel
from the central Gaza Strip, it
said, adding that they fired a
machine gun and anti-tank
missile at an army patrol.
Troops returned fire,
killing a terrorist and forcing
the rest back into Gaza.
Hamass military wing, the
Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades,
said its fighters had carried out
the raid. Three Israelis have
died since the Operation
Protective Edge campaign
began on July 8.
Palestinians in Gaza have
begun fleeing their homes
every time Israel would issue
warning that it was going to
bomb a particular place. But
the situation have become grim
since the launch of ground
offensive by the Israelis forces
on Thursday.
There is acute shortage of
food, water and electricity. It is
almost impossible to sleep dur-
ing the nights due to heavy
bombardment. Kids in my
family are going through a
trauma, wetting beds during
the night, since a house was
totally destroyed right behind
ours, Gaza teenager, Karima,
told PTI.
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agency reorled.
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utch families jetting off to
exotic destinations, more
than 100 AIDS experts, British
football fans and a twice unlucky
Australian family were among
victims of the doomed Malaysia
Airlines plane that crashed in
eastern Ukraine.
As the true horror of the fate
of flight MH17 likely shot down
in separatist-held territory near
the Russian border on Friday
continue to unfold a day later, so
did the stories behind its victims.
It was my brother and best
friend, said a distraught Sander
Essers, 66, who lost his broth-
er Peter, sister-in-law Jolette
Neusink and their two children
Emma, 20 and Valentijn, 17 in
the crash. I spoke to my broth-
er 20 minutes before he board-
ed the flight, an emotional
Essers told AFP.
Peter Essers wife, Jolette,
was a clinical psychologist who
ran her own practice and iron-
ically worked with victims trau-
matised by war.
Essers described the couples
daughter Emma, a first-year
medical student at the northern
Groningen University, as a live-
ly and adventurous person.
Their son Valentijn, still in
high school, loved sport and
excelled in tennis and football.
Also on board was promi-
nent former International AIDS
Society president Joep Lange,
who together with as many as
100 other Aids activists were on
their way to Melbourne for the
20th International Aids
Conference, media reports said.
Its unimaginable, Langes
close friend and colleague at the
PharmAccess Foundation, Jaap
Goudsmit said. My wife saw
him yesterday (Thursday) morn-
ing, before he actually flew,
Goudsmit told AFP.
Set up in 2000, the founda-
tion fights for the distribution
of anti-retroviral treatment in
Africa. This is a massive loss.
We are devastated,
PharmAccess boss Onno
Schellekens said in a statement.
The Essers and Lange are
among the 189 Dutch victims,
who also included florists Cor
Schilder, 33 and Neeltje Tol, 30.
In Australia, a family was
struck by both yesterdays crash
as well as the loss of Malaysia
Airlines flight MH370 which
went missing in March.
Maree and Albert Rizk, who
were returning to Melbourne
after a month-long holiday in
Europe, died in yesterdays crash,
Australian media reported.
!aces of
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victims emerge
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rime Minister Najib Razaks
step-grandmother was on
board the Malaysia Airlines
passenger jet that crashed in
violence-wracked Ukraine, the
countrys Defence Minister
confirmed on Saturday.
Hishammuddin Hussein, a
cousin of Najibs, said 83-year-
old Sri Siti Amirah was on the
flight. Siti Amirah was also
Hishammuddins step-grand-
mother.
Pls pray 4 her, he wrote
on his Twitter feed above a
photo of her in an Islamic
headscarf.
The defence ministers
tweet confirmed an earlier
report in the Star newspaper
that said Siti Amirah had
embarked alone in Amsterdam
on board flight MH17 en route
to the Indonesian city of
Jogjakarta. She was scheduled
to transit at Kuala Lumpur
International Airport.
The Boeing 777 passenger
jet carrying 298 people came
down in flames late Thursday
in cornfields in separatist-con-
trol led eastern Ukraine,
with US officials saying it was
shot down by a surface-to-air
missile.
Siti Amirah, a native of
Indonesia, was headed there to
celebrate Eid al-Fitr,
Islams biggest festival, at the
end of the Muslim holy month
of Ramadan, the Star report
quoted a family spokeswoman
as saying.
Both Malaysia and
Indonesia are Muslim-majori-
ty countries. She was a very,
very nice lady. A kind-hearted,
beautiful woman. She was a
homemaker who looked after
my grandfather very well. We
called her ibu (mother), the
family spokeswoman told the
newspaper. She was once mar-
ried to Mohammad Noah
Omar, Najibs maternal grand-
father, as his second wife.
Najib, 60, is the son of
Malaysias second prime
minister Abdul Razak,
while Hishammuddin is the
son of the countrys third pre-
mier Hussein Onn. The moth-
ers of Hishammuddin and
Najib are siblings.
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BarreSinousi said lhal al leasl
six delegales heading lo allend a
global A0S conerence here
were killed in lhe Malaysian lane
crash in easlern ukraine. Barre
Sinoussi said lhal Joe Lange,
ormer residenl o lhe
nlernalional A0S Sociely and a
wellknown hv researcher rom
lhe helherlands, was also killed
in lhe crash. She also said six
delegales were on board and lwo
more delegales may have been
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The Hague: Forensic teams
fanned out across the
Netherlands on Saturday to
collect material including
DNA samples that will help
positively identify the remains
of victims killed in the down-
ing of the Malaysia Airlines
plane over Ukraine.
Police said in a tweet that
40 pairs of detectives from the
National Forensic
Investigations Team would be
visiting victims relatives over
the coming days.
Their aims is to build a
database of material including
DNA and photographs of dis-
tinguishing features like scars
and tattoos that can be used to
identify bodies and body parts
recovered from the crash site in
eastern Ukraine.
Malaysia Airlines said 192
of the 298 passengers and crew
killed in Thursdays aviation
disaster were Dutch.
The European Union
police coordination body
Europol said on Saturday it
would assist Interpol and other
agencies in identifying victims
in Ukraine.
We will do our utmost to
support the work that must be
done following this horrific
incident, where hundreds of
families and friends to the
innocent victims on board
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17
are grieving and left with unan-
swered questions, Europol
Director Rob Wainwright said
in a statement. AP
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series of bombings, includ-
ing three over a span of less
than 10 minutes, killed at least 27
people across Baghdad today,
shaking the fragile sense of secu-
rity the capital has maintained
despite the Sunni militant offen-
cive raging across northern and
western Iraq.
The attacks are among the
most significant in Baghdad
since insurgents led by the
Islamic State extremist group
captured Iraqs second-largest
city Mosul last month at the start
of its blitz across Iraq.
After Mosuls fall, the gov-
ernment moved aggressively to
try to secure Baghdad amid
fears it might fall as well, and the
city has seen few major attacks
in recent weeks.
Fridays deadliest bombing
took place in the Shiite neigh-
bourhood of Abu Dashir, where
a suicide attacker rammed a car
packed with explosives into a ch-
eckpoint, killing at least nine peo-
ple and wounding 19, officials
said. Four policemen were am-
ong the dead, an officer said.
Later in the day, three car
bombs in different neighbour-
hoods of Baghdad went off in
less than 10 minutes, hitting the
districts of Baiyaa, Jihad and
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Khazimiyah. The attacks killed
at least 15 people and wounded
another 42, police officials said.
Another car bomb near a
bus stop in Khazimiyah killed
three people and wounded 15,
police said. Hospital officials in
Baghdad confirmed the casual-
ty figures in all of the attacks.
The officials spoke on con-
dition of anonymity because
they were not authorised to
brief the media.
The Sunni militant blitz,
led by the Islamic State extrem-
ist group, has pushed into areas
west of Baghdad, and also has
established a presence in a belt
of Sunni areas running south and
north of the capital.
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he disaster-weary
Philippines braced for a
second severe storm in five
days today as the death toll
from Typhoon Rammasun
surged to 77, officials said.
While Tropical Storm
Matmo was not forecast to hit
the main island of Luzon, the
weather service warned it
would still bring heavy rains to
the area over the weekend,
along with the threat of flash
floods or landslides.
(Matmo) has entered the
Philippine area of responsibil-
ity. We should get ready now
before the heavy rains fall,
President Benigno Aquinos
spokeswoman Abigail Valte
said in a warning broadcast
over government radio.
The threat from Matmo
came as the country picked up
the pieces from Rammasun, the
first major storm of the wet sea-
son and the deadliest since
Super Typhoon Haiyan killed
about 7, 300 people in
November last year.
Rammasun sliced across
the countrys economic heart-
land including Manila on
Tuesday, killing 77 people and
wrecking more than 111,000
homes, the National Disaster
Risk Reduction and
Management Council said in
an updated tally.
The death toll had stood at
54 dead a day earlier, before
casualty reports from remote
areas came in.
Power was restored to most
of Manila, a sprawling metrop-
olis of more than 12 million
people, overnight yesterday,
according to the regional util-
ity Manila Electric Co.
However, it warned that power
cuts of up to five hours a day
would continue across the cap-
ital as it rations limited supply,
with a number of generating
plants still cut off from the grid.
The government said it
would take a few more days to
repair thousands of power
pylons and downed transmis-
sion lines across the industri-
al provinces south of Manila
and the impoverished Bicol
agricultural region to the
southeast.
Matmo was about 600 kilo-
metres miles off the eastern
island of Samar on Saturday
morning with maximum gusts
of up to 90 kilometres an hour,
the state weather service said.
It was forecast to head
northeast, skirting Luzon
before hitting the sparsely pop-
ulated Batan island group
between Luzon and Taiwan
early on Tuesday.
Washington: Condemning the
sentencing of a journalist by
Myanmar Government for pub-
lishing investigative stories about
a chemical weapons factory, the
US has said it is concerned
about the decision that sends the
wrong message about Myanm-
ars commitment to freedom of
expression. We are very con-
cerned by reports that journal-
ists and the CEO of the news-
paper United Weekly News were
sentenced to 10 years of hard
labour for publishing investiga-
tive stories about a weapons fac-
tory, State Department
Spokesperson Jen Psaki said.
Noting that this is a critical
element of a vibrant democracy,
Psaki urged Myanmar to con-
tinue the trend and respect rig-
hts of all media persons. PTI
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hina has planned to make its
southeast Fujian province
the starting point of the Maritime
Silk Road, a strategic initiative to
improve connectivity and trade
among Asian nations through
sea-route.
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang
Gaoli urged acceleration of the
opening-up of southeast Fujian
Province, the starting point of the
historic Maritime Silk Road
(MSR). Beijing wants to revive
the MSR through which its mer-
chants traded silk, ceramics and
tea to overseas markets about
2,000 years ago.
China has also invited India
to join the initiative. India, how-
ever, sought more details about
the road. Fujian is located along
the Taiwan straits. Zhang said the
local authorities should strength-
en economic ties with countries
and regions along the maritime
trade route and boost two-way
investment.
More efforts should be made
to improve infrastructure in the
coastal province, such as ports
and railways, in a bid to connect
overseas market with Chinas
inland regions, he said.
China has been trying to
revive the ancient route to pro-
mote economic cooperation
since last October when
President Xi Jinping firstly pro-
posed a 21st century MSR dur-
ing a visit to Indonesia.
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ritics and journalists raised
concerns on Saturday
about the Thai military gov-
ernments latest move to tight-
en its grip on the media by
banning them from criticising
the juntas operations and
threatening to immediately
suspend the broadcast or pub-
lication of content that defies
the order.
The National Council for
Peace and Order issued an
order yesterday prohibiting
criticism by anyone on all
forms of media against the
operations of the junta and its
personnel.
It also asked media opera-
tors and any other individuals
to refrain from disseminating
content banned by the military
government, including news
and information that could
create resistance against the
junta.
The edict also prohibited
interviews of academics, for-
mer civil servants or former
employees of courts, judicial
offices and independent organ-
isations who could give opin-
ions in a manner that can
inflict or worsen the conflict,
distort information, create con-
fusion in the society or lead to
the use of violence.
Thai Journalists
Association chairman Pradit
Ruangdit said the juntas order
could affect the peoples rights
to access news and information
and may allow authorities to
abuse their power in suspend-
ing the broadcast or publication
violating the order.
It is not clear if there will
be any warnings, any steps or
any approaches in determining
the offense, Pradit said in a
statement. If there is an abuse
of power and there is no check
and balance process, it is more
likely that this will create a bad
impact.
He said the Thai Journalists
Association would call a meet-
ing next week with media exec-
utives and professionals to dis-
cuss and find a solution to the
problem.
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raises alarm, criticism
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eliance Industries Ltd (RIL),
India's largest private sector
company, on Saturday posted a
13.7 per cent jump in its first quar-
ter net profit to almost $ 1 billion,
the highest quarterly profit by a pri-
vate firm, mainly due to higher
refining margins, better petrochem
earnings and surge in US shale gas
business.
The net profit in April-June rose
to C5,957 crore, or C20.3 per share,
up 13.7 per cent from C 5,237 crore,
or C17.8 a share, in the same peri-
od a year ago, the company said in
a statement.
Reliance Industries (RIL) is the
first company in the private sector
in India to post $ 1 billion net prof-
it in a quarter.
Turnover surged 7.2 per cent to
C107,905 crore.
"RIL has delivered a record
level of consolidated net profit, this
quarter," said Mukesh Ambani,
Chairman and Managing Director,
RIL. "This was achieved despite
weak regional refining margins and
a planned turnaround in our refin-
ery."
The Mumbai-based operator of
the world's biggest oil refinery com-
plex earned $ 8.7 on turning every
barrel of crude oil into fuel in Q1 as
compared to $ 8.4 gross refining
margin (GRM) in the same period
a year ago.
The GRM was, however, lower
than $ 9.3 per barrel in the previous
January-March quarter
While revenue from refinery
business rose 7.2 per cent, earnings
from petrochemical business soared
9.3 per cent.
But the surprise came from oil
and gas production business that
posted 27.3 per cent rise in revenue
and more than doubled pre-tax seg-
ment profit. This was largely due to
the firm's US shale gas business,
which gave a revenue of C1,617
crore, higher than RIL's domestic oil
gas earning of C1,557 crore.
"The petrochemicals business
performance highlights the strength
of our portfolio-mix and end-mar-
ket diversity," Ambani said. "We
have a great pipeline of new projects
which will give Reliance an endur-
ing competitive advantage."
RIL, he said, was further
expanding its retail business in
existing markets while exploring
newer markets and channels.
Higher crude oil prices led to
7.2 per cent rise in costof raw
material fromC77,069 crore to
C82,631 crore. Employee cost also
rose to C1,480 crore in Q1 from
C1,415 crore a year ago.
Other income fell to C1,974
crore from C2,392 crore. Stability in
rupee helped prune interest cost on
debt to C505 crore from C 938 crore
in Q1 of last fiscal.
RIL's outstanding debt was
marginally lower at C135,769 crore
as on June 30, 2014 when compared
to C138,761 crore as on March 31,
2014.
It had a cash balance of C81,559
crore.
Earnings from refinery business
rose 7.2 per cent to C98,081 crore,
while segment pre-tax profit was up
29.4 per cent at C3,814 crore.
During the quarter, RIL's
Jamnagar refineries processed 16.7
million tonnes, which translates
into 108 per cent of the installed
capacity.
Singapore refining margin in
Q1 were lower at $ 5.8 per barrel,
compared to $ 6.7 in the same quar-
ter last year and $ 6.2 in Q4 of
FY2014.
"Sequential decline in regional
benchmark was on account of
weakness in middle distillates and
fuel oil cracks, which was partially
offset by stronger gasoline and
naphtha cracks," RIL said.
Petrochemical business rev-
enue was up 9.3 per cent at C25,398
crore and segment pre-tax profit 6
per cent to Rs 1,863 crore, primar-
ily on account of increase in prices.
RIL said oil and gas revenue
was up 27.3 per cent to C3,178
crore and pre-tax profit more
than doubled to C1,042 crore as
earnings from its US shale gas busi-
ness surged.
EBIT from US shale gas busi-
ness at C559 crore was more than
three times C133 crore pre-tax
profit in Q1 of last fiscal.
Shale gas revenue at C1,617
crore was higher than its turnover
of domestic exploration and pro-
duction business of C1,557 crore.
Pre-tax profit at C 559 crore too
was higher than domestic sege-
ment EBIT of C 487 crore.
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RL has delivered
a record level of
consolidated net
profit, this
quarter
RL Chairman and
Managing
Director, Mukesh
Ambani
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he publisher of the US
business magazine
Forbes said on Saturday
that a controlling stake in
the group had been sold to
a Hong Kong-based invest-
ment consortium.
Forbes Media wil l
remain privately held and
US-based, but a majority
stake is being sold to the
newly formed Integrated
Whale Media Investments,
based in Hong Kong.
The Forbes family will
retain "a significant owner-
ship stake" in the company
under the plan and will
continue to participate in its
operations.
Steve Forbes, grandson
of the company's founder,
will maintain his role as
chairman and editor-in-
chief under the plan, which
brings new capital into the
publishing group.
"This is a major mile-
stone for the company and
our fami ly, and we' re
pleased to partner with a
forward-looking investor
group to further drive the
evolution and growth of
this exceptional company,"
Steve Forbes said in a state-
ment.
"Our partners respect
our brand and values, and
support our longstanding
mission of championing
entrepreneurship and free
market capitalism through
quality, independent busi-
ness journalism. The best
evidence of their commit-
ment to what we stand for
is their insistence on the
continued involvement of
the Forbes family, the cur-
rent management and our
highly talented editorial
team."
The group is led by
Integrated Asset
Management (Asia) Limited
founded by Tak Cheung
Yam.
Another investor, Wayne
Hsieh, is the co-founder of
ASUSTeK Computer Inc,
which makes the Asus brand
of personal computers and
electronics.
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ecaptalisation of public sector banks worth
C 2.4 lakh crore for meeting Basel III norms
is a 'high priority' item for the Government, said
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday .
"We suggested proposal for recapitalising
of public sector banks over the next four
years...The Government is also treating this as
a very high priority item," he said at an event
organised by Canara Bank.
He said the capital would be raised by the
banks without diluting public sector charac-
teristics in them. So, the government stake in
the banks would remain over 51 per cent.
"While the government will have majority
stake, we will allow the public to invest direct-
ly in these banks," he said, adding this will help
banks to expand and thereby increase the whole
process of financial inclusion.
This programme has to be rapidly expand-
ed so that the remaining 42 per cent of finan-
cially excluded population is brought into the
banking system.
At present, 58 per cent of the population
has bank account.
Jaitley in the Budget speech had said,
"Financial stability is the foundation of rapid
recovery. Our banking system needs to be fur-
ther strengthened. To be in line with Basel-III
norms, there is a requirement to infuse
C2,40,000 crore as equity by 2018 in our banks.
To meet this huge capital requirement, we need
to raise additional resources to fulfil this oblig-
ation."
While maintaining the public ownership,
the capital of these banks will be raised by
increasing the public shareholdings in a
phased manner through sale of shares largely
via retail to common citizens of this country,
he had said.
Recaitalisation of PS! lanls is on ligl riority: ]aitley
Fh8 Q ChEhhA
T
he Madras High Court has issued notice to pri-
vate jetliner Spicejet Limited, owned by Kalanidhi
Maran of Sun Group, on a petition to wind up the low-
cost airline company for defaulting on dues of C8 crore
to be paid to one of its creditor since the operation
of flight service in
2005.
The High Court
issued notice to the
company's registered
office at MRC Nagar,
Chennai, on the peti-
tion filed by Narang
International Hotels,
which provides in-
flight catering ser-
vi ces i n Spi cej et
flights. Operating
under the name of
"Ambassadors Sky
Chef ", the company claimed in its petition that the
Maran-owned Spicejet ought to be wound up under
Section 433(e) of Companies Act for failure to pay its
debts.
According to the petition, the total dues as on
April 17, 2014 comes to C7.85 crore excluding inter-
est, which has accrued since the operation of flight
service in 2005. Of this, the outstanding amount for
services in the Delhi sector is C5.80 crore and that of
Mumbai sector is C 2.04 crore. If the interest com-
ponent is added to the total amount at the rate of 18
per cent as on May 2 2014, the total amount would
come to C8,02,94,933.
Section 433(e) specifically provides a right to the
creditor to seek winding up of a registered company
in the event of failure
to pay debts. The cred-
itor in the present case
claimed that Spicejet
has a paid up capital of
Rs 484 crore according
to company's balance
sheet of 2012-13 and
yet it has defaulted on
payment of dues sug-
gesting that the com-
pany had no intention
to settle the dues.
Before filing the
petition, the creditor
even gave sufficient notice to Spicejet, through letters
and emails indicating about the outstanding amount.
In reply, Spicejet responded on February 18 this year
acknowledging that some amount was due. In anoth-
er reply, the company's Chief Financial Officer com-
mitted to draw a payment plan commencing June 1,
2014. Till date, no payment was forthcoming that
forced the creditor to approach the High Court.
Maoras HC issues notice to
Sicejet for oefaulting on oues of CS crore
hEw 0ELh: Telecom operator
Reliance Jio Infocom( RJIL)
has finalised key vendors
and suppliers required for
launch of its 4G telecom ser-
vices.
"RJIL has finalised the
key vendor and supplier part-
nerships that are required for
the launch of our services,
and is making rapid progress
in building the critical infra-
structure needed to launch its
services," the company said in
a statement.
RJIL has announced it
will commercially launch 4G
services in 2015 which entails
investments of C70,000 crore.
RIL promoted RJIL holds
pan-India broadband wire-
less access (BWA) spectrum
that can be used for 4G ser-
vices. The company had
acquired it through auction
for C12,847.77. Fh8
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fIaaIIses vea40rs,
artaers f0r 46
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special 09 NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 20, 2014
Even after tremendous growth of the healthcare indus-
try in India, there are as many as 98,000 patients suc-
cumbing to death every year due to medical errors.
More than 20 per cent could have led a comfortable
life if not for that one gross medical negligence.
Thirtyseven per cent patients were children below 15
years of age while 11 per cent were senior citizens with
perfect health conditions. Of these, only 20-27 per cent
approached the consumer court for redress. While 12
percent withdrew midway due to the tedious process
and time taken for action, 2 per cent hung on to that
slim chance of getting something out of the hospital.
Only 3 big cases of compensation have been award-
ed to hapless relatives of patients since 2010
A study by the National Board of Hospitals
and Healthcare Providers (NBH&HP) in February
2014
R
ima Nair, an account manager at a pop-
ular advertising agency in Mumbai has
been pursuing a case of severe medical
error which resulted in the death of her
younger brother in the Sheikh Sarai dis-
trict consumer forum. It has been 10 months but the
case has not moved an inch. However, it has done
enough damage to her wellbeing and finances. My
husband left me in December 2013, as he felt I was
getting obsessive about this medical malpractice case
that I had filed in New Delhi. We are not divorced,
only separated. My boss has been very co-operative
and grants me leave whenever the need arises, Nair,
who has also walked the ramp for many NGO events,
says. For her, the entire world came tumbling down
after two phone calls one at 5: 30 am on March
21, 2012 and the other at 4: 47 pm on the same day.
My parents passed away when Rahul was only
11 years old. Since then I was his only support sys-
tem. A graduate from Pearl Fashion Academy, Rahul
was in the Capital to explore options to start his new
designer boutique in a posh market in South Delhi.
On March 21, he got up with a horrible stomach pain.
Thinking it was his appendix giving him trouble, he
got admitted to one of the biggest hospitals in South
Delhi. The attending doctor informed him that all
was well and it was only just a urinary tract infec-
tion. There was also a small (.07 inches) growth on
the kidney wall which the doctors wanted to exam-
ine to rule out any possibility of further health issue.
He called me to say that he would be discharged in
an hour. The next call I got was at 4 pm by a friend
who said Rahul was dead, Nair recalls.
The senior resident doctor attending on Rahul,
who was supposed to conduct a biopsy on the growth
in his kidney, had by mistake started an operation
on his appendix. The anaesthetist had only admin-
istered anaesthesia for the biopsy which would have
been for a much shorter period. We were informed
by the nurse that Rahuls anaesthesia wore out with-
in 15 minutes and he convulsed in pain. By the time
the doctor could rectify his mistake, Rahul had start-
ed sinking. A series of follies later, he died in the OT,
Nair recalls trying not to sob.
The excuse the doctor and the hospital gave was
that there was a confusion regarding the patient chart
which said that the patient complained of appen-
dix related pain. Instead of looking at the resident
doctors report, the operating doctor went by the first
note. He has been removed from the board of spe-
cial physicians and has been handed over a tempo-
rary suspension by the hospital till his name is cleared.
No out of court settlement has been offered to Nair.
Patients dying on the operating table due to mis-
communication between the anaesthetist and the
doctor is the commonest medical errors of our times.
This could be because in very few hospitals there is
a direct line of communication between the doctor
and the anaesthetist prior to the operation. It is seen
in most cases that the doctor arrives only after all
the procedures are dealt with. That is a dangerous
route to follow because a patients needs can change
at the last minute, Dr KK Kalra, CEO of NBH&HP,
tells you. He says that medical errors are a matter of
grave concern and are between 2.9 to 3.7 per cent
of all admissions in hospitals, of which 8.8 to 13.6
per cent result in death. The safety of patients is still
to be indoctrinated among medical practitioners, a
point used by lawyers persistently, he adds.
In most cases, the institution furnishes bizarre
excuses like: The doctor was sleepy or tired as he had
done 10 operations in a week, that there were a lot
of surgical procedures being done on that day etc.
Excuses are galore but the recent case of the miss-
ing skull from a Kolkata OT is mind-boggling.
Arnab Dutta, 23, had jumped from the terrace
of his Lake Gardens apartment in January 2013 in
a bid to commit suicide after his father passed away.
The computer engineering student was rushed to the
Ruby General Hospital with severe head injuries and
was operated upon for brain hemorrhage. At the time
of discharge, the hospital told his family that the bone
flap of his skull would be preserved and replaced later,
and that they should return after some time. In May,
the family asked the hospital for the bone flap but
the skull piece was nowhere to be found.
Neurosurgeons said, it was no big deal as the flap
replacement was done only for cosmetic purposes.
However, the hospital has assured the family of com-
pensation.
The most unfortunate part is that consumer
claims on medical negligence have the highest pen-
dency in consumer fora. In 2013, 4 lakh such cases
were pending. As of March this year, more than 8,000
cases were pending before the national commission
alone, many of which were those where the com-
pensation sought was C1 crore or more. The pen-
dency in district forums was 3 lakh and those before
State commissions around 50,000. These cases have
nothing to do with the pendency in courts which
stand at around 4 crore across India in subordinate
courts, High Courts and the Supreme Court. This
acts as a huge dampener for those who want to file
a case. Steps are being taken to expedite this process,
Arun Jain, retired judge of the Pritampura consumer
district forum, tells you.
If the hospital feels it can get away with gross
negligence resulting in death or paralysis, they will
not be too bothered about it. It is time we strength-
en the legalities and make it possible for hapless rel-
atives to file complaints. We need stringent laws to
bring erring senior doctors and reputed institutions
to the book, Jain, who now operates as a consumer
complaint advisor, says.
But do reputed institutions have it easy in con-
sumer cases? It is a 60:40 ratio. More complaints are
against small-time hospitals which go about their sur-
gical procedures in a haphazard manner. About 40
per cent cases are against the big institutes across
Delhi. It is seen that the bigger the hospital the more
the chances for an out-of-court settlement. If the hos-
pital decides to go all-out and fight the case, it is seen
that the complainant withdraws it in a couple of
months, advocate Mihir Mishra, who is pursuing a
medical negligence case in the High Court, says.
In 2010, Mishra and his client were rewarded a
compensation from Bhardwaj Hospital when the
attending doctor administered a drug that had long
expired to a 70-year-old patient. The highly diabet-
ic patient had come in with viral fever and was inject-
ed with an anti-viral that had expired over a year
before. The patients son, Sanjeev Singh did not have
the means to go through with the case so we had to
make do with an out-of-court settlement in which
the hospital paid C2 lakh as damages and his moth-
er was treated for her worsened condition for free
at the hospital, Mishra says.
As for the current case, he is hoping that will see
a huge compensation. Its a very interesting case. My
clients 15-year-old son was suffering from dengue
and required blood transfusion. He was given blood
from a different group which resulted in his painful
death. The client is a celebrity and is willing to fight
the case against one of the biggest medical institu-
tions in India, Mishra says, not willing to give out
any more details.
The case with Government hospitals is more sor-
did. It is difficult to give the exact numbers of med-
ical negligence cases in Government hospitals, like
AIIMS, but it is huge. Note that the last three cases
of huge compensation and settlement have been from
AIIMS, Mishra tells you.
In 2011, advocate CK Mathur filed a petition at
the IP Estate district consumer forum against a car-
diologist working at AIIMS for gross medical
neglect leading to the death of Kishore Bihari
Shankar, 68. Mathur argued that the patient suc-
cumbed to heart attack in four minutes after failure
of a stunt insertion operation. He held the hospital
and doctor liable and sought a compensation of C2
lakh with 10 per cent interest as they had been
charged for the operation. The hospital went in for
an out-of-court settlement.
In 2007, holding the AIIMS guilty of gross med-
ical negligence, the State Consumer Commission
asked it to pay C1 lakh compensation to legal heirs
of a patient who lost his voice after undergoing an
operation. JS Bedi, a Chandigarh-based doctor, lost
his speech six years ago after AIIMS doctors
botched up a surgery to remove a tumour and failed
to take note of the damage to his speech faculties.
By the time the commission pronounced the ver-
dict, he died and the money will now go to his legal
heirs. Bedi was operated on August 22, 2001.
Apart from awry surgical procedures, lawyers tell
you that doctors amputating the wrong foot or
removing the wrong kidney are common gaffes that
occur every year. In May 2013, there was a story of
a tragic mix-up. Blood transfusion meant for one
patient was given to another at a top private hospi-
tal in Delhi as his bed had changed. It caused severe
blood reaction and he died. Such cases happen as
doctors dont listen to the patient. A study shows that
90 per cent doctors interrupt patients in the first 20
seconds of their conversation. Besides, in wrong-site
surgery, several factors come into play, from a series
of small but crucial mistakes by several people who
dealt with the patient, to flaws in a hospitals oper-
ating procedures. It is individuals making several mis-
takes and systems not being able to prevent those,
Dr P Lal, cardiologist at the Indira Gandhi Medical
College, says.
All said, there are two sides to a coin here too.
Doctors feel their entire community is being
penalised for the few who dont take their profession
seriously. Ever since the Supreme Court brought the
patient-doctor relationship under the Consumer
Protection Act in 1995, complaints against doctors
have soared. But no one knows how many such cases
occur. Also, the law does not clarify the difference
between gross negligence, error of judgement, acci-
dent and recklessness. This, Dr KK Bhansali from
Medcity Hospital in Gurgaon, feels worsens the case
for diligent doctors.
Mistake, mishap, mischief, call it what you may,
the sacred covenant of trust inherent in a doctor-
patient relationship is crumbling. Yes, medical
errors are a reality and have to be rooted out of the
system. But it is also a fact that in the absence of any
strict law, even doctors are being wronged. We need
better management and fair law enforcement, the
doctor says. Doctors on the Indian Medical
Association board call for strict action taken against
doctors who are lackadaisical. But there is dire need
to have a fair and just system to rule out phoney
redress demands too.
In our profession, there is no scope for a mis-
take. Hospitals across the country are still dependent
on 19th century principles of management and its
time to redesign them, Dr Vishal Bali, CEO of Forits
Healthcare, concludes.
n Jaiur, a senior doclor erred
in inserling an oxygen lube inlo
his alienl's brain; in a
hyderabad hosilal, a man who
had come or a rouline check
u was inadverlenlly oeraled
uon and lhe surgery lel him
aralysed; in Chennai, a woman
wenl in or a lubeclomy and
losl her bladder; in Bangalore, a
man died during chemolheray
aler being injecled in lhe sine
inslead o lhe vein; in Mumbai,
a baby declared dead was
ound alive during burial; and
lhe lalesl in Kolkala, a remier
hosilal conessed lo having
losl a arl o a alienl's skull!
Medical errors have long been a
realily. wilh lhe absence o a
slricl law and heavy endency
o medical negligence cases in
consumer courls, lhe resile is
seldom in sighl.
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Galle: Sri Lanka lelhander Kumar Sangakkara
led a sleady charge Salurday loward a challenging
87Orun largel aler Soulh Arica declared on lhe
ourlh day o lhe irsl Tesl. The ormer calain was
unbealen on 58 wilh one six and seven ours as
Sri Lanka reached 11O1 al slums on Salurday,
needing anolher 2GO runs on lhe lasl day wilh nine
wickels slill in hand. Sangakkara added OG runs
or lhe unbroken second wickel wilh Kaushal Silva
87 nol oul as Sri Lanka suddenly ound ilsel
comeling aler being dominaled lill beore lhe
inal session o lay. Soulh Arica, which gained a
1G8run irsl innings lead earlier in lhe day,
declared on 2OGG al lea lo sel u lhe conlesl.
Earlier, Soulh Arica gol some quick runs aler
lunch lhal enabled il lo declare wilh our sessions
slill lel in lhe game. A.B. de villiers made a
seedy 51 in a comelilive second session as
Soulh Arica added 148 runs while Sri Lanka
bagged our wickels. 0e villiers hil six ours o 58
deliveries during his 8Glh hal cenlury, laking
charge aler Fa du Flessis (87) and calain
hashim Amla (22) ailed lo gel big knocks wilh
bolh oul aler lunch. 0sinner 0ilruwan Ferera
bagged 47O and was suorled well by lelarm
sinner Rangana heralh who look 284. Brief
Scores: 8ouIh kIrira: 455/O declared and 2OG/G
declared (de villers 51, Fa du Flesis 87; 0ilruwan
Ferera) lead 8I: 11O/1 (Kumar Sangakkara 58 nol
oul, Kaushal Silva 87 nol oul; 0ale Sleyn 1/18) by
2GO runs al slums on 0ay 4.
88E h FIE I EMkh F
Hockenheim: Formula 0ne chamionshi leader
hico Rosberg claimed ole osilion or lhe
0erman 0rand Frix as Mercedes leammale Lewis
hamillon crashed oul in Salurday's qualiying
session. Rosberg comleled lhe aslesl la on lhe
hockenheimring in 1 minule, 1G.54O seconds or
lhe weekend's aslesl lime in lhe lhird arl o lhe
session. williams' vallleri Bollas and Felie Massa
were second and lhird, reseclively, ollowed by
McLaren's Kevin Magnussen, Red Bull's 0aniel
Ricciardo and Sebaslian vellel. hamillon crashed
in lhe irsl arl o lhe session, leading lo a seven
minule delay aler lhe Brilish driver sun o lhe
lrack and crashed inlo barriers al Turn 18.
FhIIkhE IIhE I 8kIITkMFEIh
Galle: Soulh Arica seam bowler vernon Fhilander
was ined 75 er cenl o his malch ee aler being
accused o ball lamering during lhe irsl Tesl
againsl Sri Lanka. The nlernalional Crickel Council
(CC) said lhe 2Oyearold was charged aler
oolage emerged o him allemling lo change lhe
condilion o lhe ball by scralching lhe surace wilh
his ingers and lhumb on Friday. "The charge was
laid ollowing lhe conclusion o Friday's lay and
aler viewing lelevision oolage by onield umires
Billy Bowden and Richard Kellleborough, lhird
umire higel Llong, ourlh umire Ruchira
Falliyaguruge as well as malch reeree Je Crowe,"
lhe ruling body said in a slalemenl.
7 MEM8E8 I 1hI kTh 6'8hIF8
New Delhi: A sevenmember ndian Junior
Alhlelics leam, comrising o ive women and lwo
men, will arliciale in lhe AAF world Junior
Chamionshi lo be held al Eugene, uSA rom
July 22 lo 27. The ndian leam will leave or lhe
uS rom here on Monday. 1unior Women: Jessy
Joseh (8OOm & 4x4OOm relay); Archana Adhav
(8OOm & 4x4OOm relay); v v Jisha (4x4OOm
relay), 0 K vijay Kumari (4x4OOm relay); havjeel
Kaur (shol ul). 1unior Men: Sachin (discus
lhrow); Farvinder Kumar (javelin lhrow). Chie
coach: J S Bhalia.
TEE I88E Ih I8hk k88EM8IY
Bhubaneswar: Terming srinler 0ulee Chand's
exclusion rom lhe ndian leam or lhe
Commonweallh 0ames as "ainul", 0disha
governmenl loday said il will seek a rely rom lhe
Alhlelic Federalion o ndia and Sorls Aulhorily o
ndia as lo why lhe girl alone was subjecled lo
such a lesl. "l is really ainul lhal 0ulee Chand
has been excluded rom lhe leam jusl lwo days
beore lhe layers leaving or lhe Commonweallh
0ames. we will seek a rely rom bolh lhe AF and
SA as lo why only she was ul lo lesl and nol lhe
olhers, slale sorls minisler Sudam Marandi said
in lhe Assembly.
I8I 6I88 T FI6k I6kI TkIEhT
Mumbai: The besl o ndian oolballing lalenl will
be u or grabs when lhe ranchises o lhe hero
ndian Suer League vie among lhemselves lo
ick lhe layers rom lhe 0omeslic Flayer 0ral in
a lhreeday evenl which begins here on Monday.
The 84layer slrong lisl will ealure senior
nalional leam layers like Subrala Faul,
0ourmangi Singh, hirmal Chhelri, Syed Rahim
habi, h Mohanraj, Mehlab hossain, Lenny
Rodrigues, JejeLalekhula, Francis Fernandes
among olhers. Firsl day will see lhe League
deciding club's sequence or lhe dral lhrough a
lol ick, while lhe ollowing lwo days will wilness
club reresenlalives making lheir besl choice
lhrough 14 rounds o dral syslem.
6kE8 IIhI8h 7Th Ih k8Ik 6F
Mumbai: ndia ended lheir camaign in lhe 5lh
FBA Asia Cu Baskelball al wuhan, China loday by
swaming Singaore 858G lo inish sevenlh in lhe
lournamenl. ndia, ranked 11lh in lhe conlinenl and
G1sl in lhe world, won lhe malch aler leading 4O
18 al hal lime. ndia, who dominaled lhe 'key', led
2G1O aler lhe irsl len minules and increased lhe
lead lo 8G oinls al lhe halway mark.
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ndia lost three wickets in quick suc-
cession but fought back through
Murali Vijay's gutsy half-century to
take their overall lead to 145, leaving the
second cricket Test against England
interestingly poised, here on Saturday
At stumps on third day, India were
169 for four despite a solid 78-run sec-
ond wicket stand between Vijay (59 bat-
ting) and Cheteshwar Pujara (43). Vijay
is in company of skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni, who survived a hostile spell
from Stuart Broad to remain undefeated
on 12 off 51 balls having added crucial
46 runs with Vijay for the fifth wicket.
The Tamil Nadu opener has shown
tremendous patience during his 190-ball
knock today which had seven fours but
more impressive was his decisiveness
while leaving deliveries outside the off-
stump. With England batting deep, it will
be interesting to see what kind of target
is set by the Indian batsmen.
India will be aiming for a lead of 250
plus in order to make a match of it on a
Lord's track which will then help
Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Co to exploit
the conditions.
It was 6/82 was the main reason for
India getting England out for 319 in their
first innings thereby restricting the first
innings lead to 24.
For England, it was Liam Plunkett,
who started the collapse by first induc-
ing a nick from Pujara, who again looked
good for a big knock. Virat Kohli (0)'s
error in judgement cost him dearly as the
delivery he left jagged back enough to clip
the bails.
From a relatively comfortable 118 for
one, India were reduced to 123 for four
in a space of three overs. First innings cen-
turion Ajinkya Rahane then got a howler
from umpire Bruce Oxenford as a rising
delivery from Stuart Broad hit his arm-
guard before lobbing up as Matt Prior ran
from his position to dive forward and
complete a catch.
Shikhar Dhawan (31) again got a start
but failed to convert it into a big score
leaving his place in the playing XI for the
third Test under scanner.
Vijay and Dhawan batted on an
eased out pitch as they wiped out the
deficit by the seventh over. Dhawan hit
four boundaries but a flashy shot off Ben
Stokes brought about his downfall with
Joe Root taking the catch at point.
Vijay in company of Pujara, howev-
er denied the bowlers any openings, look-
ing to bat patiently for long in this third
innings of the game, and brought up the
50-run mark in the 18th over. Plunkett
and Moeen Ali were the other bowlers
used in the session.
Earlier, Bhuvneshwar's second suc-
cessive five-for figures helped him get his
name on the prestigious Lord's 'Honours
Board' after his teammate Ajinkya Rahane
got his name up there on the first day.
The UP seamer's figures were second
best by an Indian after Amar Singh's 6/35
at the hallowed ground back in 1936.
Ravindra Jadeja (2-46), Mohammad
Shami (1-58) and Murali Vijay (1-12)
were the other wicket-takers for India in
this innings.
FTI Q h0YLAKE
W
ith the nasty weather holding
off and Royal Liverpool
essentially defenseless, Rory
McIlroy fended off one challenger
after another at the British Open.
Then, in a lightning-quick stretch
of holes, he suddenly restored his
commanding lead Saturday and
then some.
After Rickie Fowler pulled even
with McIlroy, thanks to a two-stroke
swing at the 12th hole, the Northern
Irishman rolled in a 35-foot birdie at
the 14th and an eagle at the 16th.
Fowler bogeyed the same two
holes.
Just like that, McIlroy had a five-
shot lead, one better than his advan-
tage coming into the third round.
It looked like another McIlroy
runaway at a major championship.
The R&A went with an unprece-
dented two-tee start, hoping to get the
round completed while under the
threat of severe thunderstorms. The
bad weather never materialized.
There were a few brief showers, but
the course along the Irish Sea was no
match for the worlds best players - the
greens softened by the smattering of
rain, nary a stiff breeze to put some
bite into Royal Liverpool.
I think everyone was getting
ready for a hurricane, said Keegan
Bradley, who shot a 3-under 69. But
its as nice as we could imagine
Fowler piled up seven birdies
through the first 12 holes, pulling
even for the lead. But he couldnt keep
it going, following up his bogey at No.
14 with an ugly bogey at the par-5
16th, one of the easiest holes on the
course.
Fowler drove it into a bunker, was
fortunate just to get out, and missed
a par-saving putt from 8 feet away.
That looked really bad when McIlroy
came along a few minutes later in the
final group, hit a soaring second shot
that curled toward the flag, then
rolled in the eagle putt.
The leader pumped his fist, sens-
ing that he had regained his stran-
glehold on the third leg of a career
Grand Slam, his score reaching 15
under.
Fowler and perennial contender
Sergio Garcia were both at 10 under.
There were plenty of good scores
to be had. Frances Victor
Dubuisson shot 68 and
was in the clubhouse at 8-
under 208. Italians Edoardo
Molinari (209) and Matteo
Manassero (210) also shot
68.
Darren Clarkes 67
included an amazing
stretch of six birdies in seven holes
and was better than any of his rounds
when he won the Open at Royal St.
Georges in 2011.
His countryman McIlroy built his
commanding lead with two straight
6-under 66s. He got off to a shaky
start Saturday, squandered a boom-
ing drive in the middle of the fairway,
his next shot catching a deep pot
bunker next to the green.
He barely got it out of the
sand and took bogey.
Dustin Johnson, play-
ing in the final group with
the leader and his closest
challenger at the start of
play, stuck an approach to
about 5 feet and rolled in
the birdie.
Just like that, McIlroys lead was
cut in half.
But Johnson faded. So did every-
one else, for that matter.
Fowler has played well in the
majors this year, beginning with a
fifth-place showing at the Masters and
continued with a runner-up showing
behind runaway winner Martin
Kaymer in the U.S. Open last month.
When he rolled in his third
straight birdie at No. 12, and McIlroy
came along next and made bogey, the
two 25-year-olds - born less than five
months apart - were tied for the lead.
Of course, McIlroy has more
experience in these situations,
romping to victory at both the
2011 U.S. Open and 2012 PGA
Championship, each time by eight
shots. Fowler has yet to win one of
golf s signature events, and it looks
like hell need a major comeback
Sunday to break through.
FTI Q hEw 0ELh
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he Indian womens 4x100m
relay team will leave for
Glasgow on Monday, hoping to
clinch a medal at the 20th
Commonwealth Games which gets
underway on July 23.
The Indian 4x100m womens
relay team surprised everyone at the
2010 Delhi CWG by winning the
bronze against all odds. Two mem-
bers of that team, HM Jyothi and
Srabani Nanda, incidentally are
the oldest and the youngest mem-
ber of the current team at 26 and
23 years respectively.
Jyothi, who is mar-
ried to a former sprinter
Srinivas and has a two-
and a half-year old
daughter, Dhruthi
Hassini, said: The ultimate aim is
to win a medal at Glasgow but
everybody in the team is also aim-
ing to break the National record.
The current National record in
womens 4x100m stands at 44.43sec,
while the 2010 CWG team clocked
45.23sec to notch up the bronze
medal.
At the training camp in NIS
Bangalore, the relay team has been
pushing the clock to 44.70sec dur-
ing practice, but sprint coach
Dymitry from Ukraine, warns
about the competition in Glasgow.
The competition in womens
4x100m relay is the toughest. You
have Jamaica, England, Nigeria
and Australia. Our girls have been
training hard for the 45 days they
have been together in the camp and
it all depends on how the baton is
exchanged during the race, said
Dymitry.
One thing Im sure about is
that this is the best relay batch I have
seen in the last five years in India.
The current members in the
relay team are 2010 CWG bronze
medalists Jyothi from Bangalore
and Srabani from Bhubhaneshwar,
while the four new members in the
team are Asha Roy from Kolkata,
Sharadha Narayana from Chennai,
Merlyn K Joseph and V Shantini
from Kerala.
Both Jyothi and Sharadha will
also be participating in the
100metre individual race.
Talking about the team, Jyothi
said, There is great understanding
among all six of us. We may come
from different backgrounds, speak
five different languages and have a
Ukranian coach, but we understand
each others body language which
is the most crucial part during
exchange of the baton.
New Delhi: Back in the nation-
al fold after recovering from a
knee injury, experienced mid-
fielder Danish Mujtaba wants
to provide as much support as
possible to captain Sardar
Singh in Indian hockey teams
campaign at the upcoming
Commonwealth Games.
Danish, who was suffering
from a knee injury since May
last year, was part of the squad
that went on a preparatory tour
to The Hague, Netherlands
just ahead of the World Cup
but did not find a place in the
main team for the quadrenni-
al event, where India finished
a lowly ninth.
I made a comeback in the
team. My focus will be to sup-
port captain Sardar Singh in the
midfield and in the process
provide the required balance to
both the forward line as well as
the defence, he said.
Apart from Sardar our
midfield has other players like
Dharamvir Singh,
Chinglensana Singh and
Manpreet Singh and I believe
this makes us a formidable line-
up. Also I believe that the
faster we play, better chances
will open up for us, added
Danish, who has 111 interna-
tional caps to his credit.
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her young teammate Ritusha
Arya, the Indian
women hockey
teams senior mem-
ber Rani Rampal on
Saturday said the
youngster is in her best form.
Ritusha Arya with her 15 caps
has proved to be a big threat to
the defence of the opponent
during our tour to Malaysia as
well as the recent internation-
al matches that we have played,
Rani said.
During our preparations
here, she looks in form and will
soon be seen in action again. She
has complimented our play on
the field since the day she made
her debut on the international
arena, Rani added. PTI
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QWe just witnessed a successful foot-
ball World Cup in Brazil. India is
also going to organise the FIFA
Under 17 World Cup in 2017. Will
this help Indian football grow and
how?
Its going to help in all kind of ways.
Its one of the biggest events we can
host. Kudos to our federation (AIFF)
for bagging this event for India. Its
great that FIFA thought us to be
capable hosts. We have three years to
prepare. Its a big opportunity for the
team as well as the nation. When you
host such an event, its not just about
the team but also about a whole lot of
other preparations like hotels, food
and other things. Hopefully, we will set
a great example.
As far as the team is concerned,
every child in our nation should get
adequate opportunity to be a part of
football and eventually when we make
the final team of 20, it should be the
best one with a fair chance to all.
Training should be of highest quality
and that includes on-pitch training,
recovery, food and nutrition. I hope we
can provide that and prepare them as
much as possible.
Q You are on the special committee
for the U-17 World Cup. What is
your advice to the panel members?
Its a committee and whatever the
members decide will be the final
decision. Whenever I am called to
meet the panel, I will go and discuss
the issues with them.
Q The Indian Soccer League (ISL)
has just been launched. Its expect-
ed to be a big tournament with huge
money. What are your expectations
from it?
I dont know its dynamics as yet. But
yes, its got a big name. When IMG-R
(International Management Group-
Reliance) is at the helm, its massive.
A lot of interest is there and a lot of
corporate houses are coming in but
what is going to work depends on the
dynamics.
Q Do you think money can change
things for the better?
Money needs to be invested in the
right manner. The priority has to be
planning. Money itself cant bring
everything. Of course, money is
important but along with the money,
we need right planning, the right peo-
ple to implement it and a lot of things
in between.
Q For someone who knows Indian
football inside out, what changes you
think are necessary to improve foot-
ball in India?
Lets not say change because AIFF is
doing a great job with whatever lim-
ited resources it has. Theres lots to do
but one thing I would like is to have
a channel through which every child
who wants to play football gets a fair
chance. We have to have different lev-
els. For example, if theres a small acad-
emy in Lakshadweep or Andaman or
Arunachal or Jammu and Kashmir, it
has to have incentives. If you do well
at one level, you go to the next level
and then to the next. The execution
needs to go up all the way till the
national level with every aspirant get-
ting a chance. Eventually, when the
selection for the national team hap-
pens, we know it will be from the best
crop. Also, football will be a pan-India
sport then. Everybody will be playing
football with the hope that he has a fair
chance to play in Indian colours.
Q What about our domestic football
system? Is it any good and can it
achieve such a goal?
Its improving. When we compare it
with European standards, its not there
yet. We can speed up the process and
do a little better but we are in the right
direction. The Bangalore FC, a club
which was established only last year,
did amazingly well, something other
clubs can follow and, in turn, help
football at large.
Q Do you feel a lack of support for
football in cricket-crazy India?
Not really. Football enjoys huge sup-
port in India. May be not particular-
ly for Indian football but for the
sport in general. The way we watch the
Champions League, La Liga and the
English Premier League, its massive.
All big clubs want to come to India and
that shows how big a viewership we
have in our country.
QTalking about Bangalore FC, what
made you accept the offer from a new
club?
I had just finished my league with
Churchill Brothers where we became
champions in 2011-12. When I got a
call from Bangalore FC, I found that
the way they wanted to take the club
forward and the way they wanted to
function was very professional. Even
though they didnt have the luxury of
signing up fancy players, the way they
wanted to work as a unit impressed
me. Thank God I joined this club
because the results have been amazing.
It shows that if you work profession-
ally, have team spirit and a great leader
like Ashley Westwood, a lot of good
things can happen.
Q What makes Westwood such a
good coach, someone who guided a
new team to a title?
He is an amazing person with mind-
boggling knowledge that he acquired
while working in England. He deals
with even the minutest of issues like
medicine, treatment, recovery, food,
nutrition and all else. Every little
thing in our club is monitored by him
from practice and recovery to the
extra-curricular activity on Sundays.
He is a true mentor, leader and friend.
The kind of training we gave has
improved all of us. His attributes are
a new thing in our country.
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Indias 9th place finish at the World Cup.
Criticism of the coaching structure and
player ability has such a familiar ring
that we might be forgiven for thinking
it is Kabuki. Strangely, the daggers get drawn only
after a tournament; the pain of a truthful
appraisal is too much to bear. In this dust and
din theatre, we forget that Indias performance
was not much worse than its ranking. Why
should the worlds 8th-ranked teams defeat to the
1st, 4th and 5th-ranked teams surprise anybody?
Yet, rankings do not tell the toil as it was.
Indias performance actually improved in the
World Cup. Let us revisit the last tournament of
similar stature India had played: the 2012
London Olympics. Like the World Cup the team
at London had a very good coaching structure,
even innovative low Oxygen training, making it
truly fit. Yet, India lost all its matches in
London, including the classification game to
lower-ranked South Africa. But in the World Cup
India did not lose a single game to a lower-
ranked team, ending with a much bet-
ter goal difference (-2) than at
London (-13).
Sport, like life, evolves in
gradual patterns. Those
who have watched
Indias games since
the Olympics qual-
ifying tourna-
ment in Delhi in 2012 would have noticed
improvement in trapping and defence. In the
2012 Champions Trophy Indias composed hock-
ey yielded a 4th place finish, a feat India had last
accomplished in 2004. For the first time since
2002 India won back-to-back matches in the
Champions Trophy. In the 2013 World League
semi-finals at Rotterdam, India drew against New
Zealand and suffered only a narrow defeat to
Spain. These two teams have tormented India in
recent years .
India was able to carry the momentum of the
World League to the Asia Cup 2013 where it com-
fortably beat Malaysia in the semi-finals. In the
finals against Korea India needed to play tight-
fisted hockey, and to avoid easy fouls. The teams
passing lost the pinpoint edge, and Koreas win-
ning goal was the result of an Indian defensive
error. The game was a satiating tug of war which
Korea won but just. Korea beat India like a
finalist, and India played like a quick-learning
apprentice.
The failure to win the Asia Cup meant India
had lost a chance to qualify for the World Cup.
But by putting excessive focus on this point many
forgot that Korea won because it was the better
team. Luckily, by securing the 6th position in the
2013 World League semi-finals India had done
enough to secure World Cup qualification, as the
3rd reserve. After the trauma of the London
Olympics this in itself was an
achi evement. The
prospect of not play-
ing the World Cup
had been nullified.
In the World Cup, improving India showed its
mettle even in the narrow defeats to Belgium and
England. India kept pressing the throttle as the
tournament progressed. After conceding goals to
Belgium and England in the dying minutes, in the
games against Spain, Malaysia and Korea, India
were able to play the ball around to close out the
game. Against Spain it hung on, and saw off a late
Malaysian surge to win the game. For the first time
since 1994 India beat Korea in a World Cup.
This Indian team actually managed to roll
back its historical meltdowns. Remember the
Atlanta Olympics where India simply wilted at not
making the semi-finals? Surely, there has been
better communication between the coach and the
team this time on. India also avoided silly
errors. Goalkeeper Sreejesh (Parattu Ravindran)
reaped the benefits of specialized goalkeeping
coaching, and Lalit Upadhyaya and Yuvraj
Walmiki showed promise.
However, there could be a quibble about the
mental aspect. India did something like a lap of
honour even after losing the opening game to
Belgium. What was the team celebrating?
Perhaps the players thought that almost man-
aging to hold Belgium
was an achievement
in itself. A similar
thing had hap-
pened at t he
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Ol ympi cs
where India ran a victory lap after drawing
against Pakistan. Cluttered minds might have led
to the defeat to England in the next game.
Ultimately, it is the mental preparation that
turns matches. Just playing the higher-ranked
teams in the World Cup will give the team con-
fidence for the Commonwealth Games, the Asian
Games and the Champions Trophy. This is
important, because India had gone into the
London Olympics without having played the
Beijing Olympics. Only two players in London
had played the Olympics before, and the team
was overawed by the setting. The current team
faces no such disadvantage, having just played
the best in the business.
As part of preparation, players also need to
mimic the settings of major tournaments. Kukoo
Walia, who organizes the Nehru Hockey tour-
nament, once told me that Nehru Hockey tries
its best to give junior players a feel of world class
facilities to boost confidence levels. By hiring
coaches of proven ability and creating world-
class playing conditions in India, Hockey India
has set the conditions for further ascension. We
wish the Indian mens and womens teams the
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From the casually dressed Arup in Delhi Belly to a dapper corpo-
rate in Amit Sahni Ki List (ASKL), Vir Das has come a long way
in Bollywood. The boy-next-door who likes to experiment with his
roles and attires tells RAMA DWIVEDI that he would like to lead
a normal life with a normal girl of his choice. The talented actor is
shooting for a period film set in 1986 among a host of other projects
QAmit Sahni is a guy-next-door, yet different. What is it that
makes ASKL a class apart?
This is a very regular film with regular protagonists. Nothing
over-the-top happens and thats the USP. The director is not try-
ing to do many things. Nor am I. As Amit Sahni, my sole aim
is chasing the right girl who fits my list. Mind you, he is not
a bad guy, nor a flirt. The film explores Sahnis comic encoun-
ters with women till he finds the one who is on every mans list
a super sexy, super intelligent Devika Dev.
QYou have always played a casually dressed character. How
hard was it to play a dapper corporate guy?
My brother-in-law is an investment banker. He taught me
corporate mannerisms. I am a great observer and that helped.
QTrying to be Barney Stinson of How I Met Your Mother?
I am a huge Barney fan. My character in the film loves wear-
ing jackets with small front pockets. He is so obsessed with the
attire that you will see him wearing a three-piece tuxedo beneath
a diving suit!
QDo you have a list of your own for real?
I would never keep a list of qualities that I want in my per-
fect lady. Its absurd. I believe in a normal relationship.
QYou started your career as a stand-up comedian. How was
the journey from stage to screen?
My first on-screen appearance was in 2007 when I had a
small role alongside Rishi Kapoor in Namastey London. It has
taken me a long time to establish myself in Bollywood. I have
learnt a lot in the process. I came from a very different back-
ground and had no godfather. The initial days were tough. Like
any newcomer, I had to struggle.
QDo you see a career as a singer in Bollywood?
Not at all! I never had any desire to sing in films. It hap-
pened by chance. Pyar hai ek kutti cheez from ASKLenticed me
because it was so close to me in real life.
QDo you want to stick to comedy or experiment?
I like experimenting. I have done adult comedies, thrillers
and a zombie film. You will see me doing drama and adult com-
edy in the future as well.
QAny upcoming projects?
There is a lot on my plate six films where I am the pro-
tagonist (a period drama, a thriller, an adult comedy). I am also
writing a script which will be produced by Nikhil Advani and
I will hopefully turn a producer by next year.
backpack 12 NEW DELH SUNDAY JULY 20, 2014
Want a regular
public life
QAre you happy with the way your lat-
est film Bobby Jasoos has been
received?
I feel completely at peace
after seeing the reaction of the
public after Bobby Jasoos. Ive
been getting good feedback
about my performance from
other actors in the industry and
that is very encouraging. My moth-
er, who is my biggest critic, has also
enjoyed the film. So, Im pretty
content.
QHow different are you
from Tasawur, the news
anchor in the film?
There are a few similar
traits like Tasawur, Im
very honest to my profession
and dream of making it big
some day. Im also a witty per-
son and a romantic guy who
leaves no stone unturned to
flirt with the girl of his
dreams.
QYouve played very diverse
roles in your films. Do you
have a favourite character?
Ive loved each and every
character that Ive played so far
in my tryst with Bollywood. Because
every role was different and inter-
esting. Tasawur, for instance, had
many layers to him. He is a smart
mohalle ka ladka on one hand and a
romantic guy on the other. I love good
comedies. It was hard for me to play a
serious guy in a film like Fukrey. But am
glad with the kind of exposure Im get-
ting.
QYouve wrapped up shooting for Fast
and Furious 7andwereinvolvedinacou-
ple of American TV series also. How did that happen?
It was a once-in-a-lifetime type of a thing. I grew up
watching the Fast and Furious franchises. I had a small role
in the film (which is to be released in 2015) and I thor-
oughly enjoyed working with the star cast. They are a bunch
of talented but very modest guys. I have been involved with
a few English serials too but I am not seriously consider-
ing anything other than Bollywood at the moment.
QWhat was the turning point in your career in
Bollywood?
I had many lucky moments in the indus-
try. But I would say the turning point was
when SRK picked me for his Always Kabhi
Kabhi. The film didnt do well on the box
office but it was my first lead role that too
under Red Chillies production. Ive
learnt a lot from that film. I had no for-
mal degree in acting. Then, Fukrey was
a milestone in my acting career.
QTalking of the Khans, who is
your favourite?
Thats a tricky question.
Salman is someone I look
up to. Im one of those seeti
maarne waaley audiences.
I enjoy his films. SRK is a
wonderful person to chat
with, whereas, Aamir sir
will only give you valuable
advice. No idhar udhar ki
baatein.
QMovies or theatre?
I love both. Ive enjoyed my
time on stage but want to concentrate
on cinema for now.
QHow tough is Bollywood for an outsider?
Making space is tough. Its all about strik-
ing when its hot and waiting for the right time
and opportunity. I was lucky to have great advi-
sors and friends. My family supported me
throughout. It is tougher to establish oneself and
for me, that time is now! (laughs)!
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suerhils like Chennai Exress, 0avid, Shailan and haulanki
Sala, is back wilh his suerlalive music in lhe lille lrack o
Fi//a. SRYA RE00Y seaks wilh lhis halke singer aboul his
album, Chase Every 0ream, lhal is amid lhe chir. Excerls
Ali is well for !azal
On the album
The album is a mix of the jingles that I
had composed for ad films in the span
of my career. But it is different in the
sense that each track has the complete
jingle song. It isnt a 20-second com-
position but an entire song. I realised
there is a need for such a unique album
because people always want to hear
more of the jingle than the teaser.
On working with Lucky Ali and AR
Rahman
Lucky and Rahman sir are music leg-
ends and I am honoured to have
worked with them. It was a fantastic
experience to work with Lucky who is
always so full-of-life. I have learnt
everything there is to music from these
two great artists. But now, it is time for
me to move on and try to do something
on my own.
On Indian music
There is something very soulful about
Indian music which attracts all sorts of
artists. I also like the varieties that are
on offer bollywood, instrumental, tra-
ditional, folk, the list goes on and on.
On your journey as a singer
When you begin your career in any new
set-up, you do take time to adapt and
manage yourself. But for me, the going
has been good from the very start. I
made some great friends who have
helped me through thick and thin.
There is pressure of performance and
meeting deadlines but that is there in
every profession.
On singing with Anusha Manchanda
for this album
She is one of my favourite singers in the
industry. Although our style of singing
is very different, yet there is something
that binds us together in this album.
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garments and now its time for
readymade songs just pick any
foot-tapping number from an album,
add a few dhingchak beats to it and you
have a perfect superhit song readymade
for an upcoming Bollywood masala
film. Guess what? This tried and test-
ed formula has worked every time. For
instance, saddi gali from Tanu Weds
Manu was in reality composed by
Lehmber Hussainpuri and featured in
his album. The movie is better known
for this song rather than the film itself.
Only recently, the number Saturday
Saturday from Humpty Sharma Ki
Dulhaniya made waves with moviego-
ers, but the peppy song has been in cir-
culation since Badshah (the lead vocal-
ist) and Indeep Bakshi released it in their
album in 2012.
When Saturday Saturday was
launched two-years ago, it became a hit
in Punjab and there was a huge demand
for it in discotheques. The song was a
chartbuster long before it featured in
HSKD. As independent artists, we shot
the original video in C9 lakh. But when
we re-shot it for HSKD featuring Alia
Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, it cost a
whopping C3 crore! Im not complain-
ing because through the movie, my song
has now reached an international plat-
form. A lot more people are listening to
it and have been addicted, Punjabi rap-
per Badshah tells you.
For him, its a blessing in disguise
for an independent singer like him to
get his song featured in a Bollywood
film. In the film industry, the song
treatment differs as producers are will-
ing to pay huge amounts to glorify the
item numbers. But more than the
money spent in the remaking, its the
reach that Bollywood has which makes
it a blessing for independent singers like
me. I was thrilled to hear Saturday
Saturday playing in pubs in London on
a recent trip, Badshah says.
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Apart from the royalty and other
commercial benefits that an indepen-
dent singer makes on his track, he is also
told that the song will be tweaked (to
some extent) to give it a different feel.
When it comes to selling the rights of
the music, we make sure that the song
isnt a replica of the original. It has to be
picturised well, could be re-mixed and
should be in context of the story. We give
the liberty to the music director to re-
interpret the song in a different man-
ner. Tweaking is also ok, Sanujeet
Bhujabal, marketing director, Sony
Music India, tells you.
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Big banners are approaching inde-
pendent singers for their popular tracks
to include in their upcoming projects.
In some cases, this readymade bor-
rowing has not gone down well with
playback singers and music composers
as they feel their position has been com-
promised.
Its a sad state. Our composers
arent taking up the challenge of com-
ing out with original scores. They find
it easier to borrow chartbusters from
independent artists and make it their
own. But some diligent directors like
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Farhan
Akthar work for many years just to
finalise on original music for their films.
For music lovers like me, I would pre-
fer the longer route and experiment with
songs rather than take a shortcut,
playback singer Shruti Pathak, who has
given hits like Tujhe Bhula Diya
(Anjaana Anjaani) and Mar Jawaan
(Fashion), tells you.
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In the remake of a song, credit is
given to the one who dubs it in his or
her own version. The original singer and
composer find no mention in the cred-
it line of the movie.
Its not as if the entire indepen-
dent music scene will die without the
support from Bollywood. Such artists
will keep churning out hit albums. But
every independent artist cherishes a
dream to get their work featured in
Bollywood. They sell their music for
recognition. But if the creator doesnt
get due credit, it will be unfair. Even
if the song is altered or dubbed by
some other artists to fit the situation,
a special credit to the creator has to be
given, singer Kavita Paudwal who has
sung Ye Galiyan Ye Chaubara from the
movie Suno Sasur Ji, explains.
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With the advent of paid telecast,
hardly any channel plays the songs on
TV on the basis of their popularity.
The biggest challenge that comes in
the way of independent music artist is
promoting it in a bigger platform. TV
channels promote Bollywood music
only and its all paid promotion. Even
if a handful radio channels play the
music from an album, its for a short
time, which doesnt reach a large
audience. YouTube and music plat-
forms online are helpful in promotion
but that is nothing in comparison with
Bollywood, singer Neha Kakkar, who
gave hit numbers like Sunny Sunny
(Yaariyan), London Thumukda
(Queen), etc tells you.
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n June 20, a bearded, black-tur-
baned middle-aged man clad in
black religious attire, with a calm
but resolute voice spoke from a
faintly lighted balcony (or a
mimbar) of a local mosque in Mosul. He
announced the message of the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) a day after he was named
the Caliph of the Muslim world. Until then a
shadowy figure, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi often
call the ghost by secret agencies was much
of a mystery to the entire world.
Imprisoned in 2004 and let off as an inno-
cent in December 2009 by the Americans,
Baghdadi led ISIS to spectacular success in no
time. With the release of ISIS five-year plan to
liquidate borders and spread Islam from Spain
to China (Andalusia to Khurasan), he has left
the world guessing about his next move and sent
shockwaves in the States in the entire West
Asian region.
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While much attention is being paid to
Baghdadis personality and ability to lead ISIS,
the facts surrounding the groups evolution as a
credible terror organisation over a decade
which has eclipsed even Al-Qaeda deserve
critical scrutiny.
In the post-9/11 days, Abu Musab al-
Zarqawi, a radical Sunni militant from Jordan
who had participated in Afghan Jihad, orches-
trated some attacks on US facilities in Amman
and announced the formation of a militant
group called Al-Tawhidwal Jihad. Under pres-
sure at home, he shifted his base to Iraq soon
afterwards. With the US attack on Iraq in 2003,
he pledged his loyalty to Al-Qaeda and was
given the title Emir of a shadowy group called
Al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers. After
his death in a US air strike in June 2006, the
organisation renamed itself Islamic State of Iraq
(ISI) in October 2006 and was led by Abu Omar
al-Baghdadi (aka Hamid Dawud Mohamed
Khalil al Zawi) of Iraq and Al Masri of Egypt.
ISI was targeted by joint US-Iraqi forces and
both Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Al Masri were
killed in April 2010. Following this, in May 2010,
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was declared Emir of the
organisation.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi also known as Abu
Dua (originally named Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim
al Badri al Samarrai also known as Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi al-Husseini al-Qurashi) hailed from
the Iraqi township of Samarra. He was born into
a Sunni family of religious scholars and had a
PhD from the Islamic University in Baghdad. By
2003, he had set up a local organisation called
Jamaat Jaish Ahle Sunnah wa al-Jamaah, which
was engaged in activities aimed at safeguarding
the interests of the Sunnis of Iraq in the after-
math of Saddam Husseins ouster.
According to some media reports, he was
found to be indulging in questionable activities
against the US forces and was picked up as a
suspect in 2004 and detained in Camp Bucca
until his release in 2009. It seems he had earned
a reputation as a religious scholar in the Diyala
region of Samarra and developed contacts with
the Iraqi Al-Qaeda faction led by Zarqawi by the
time of his arrest. Apparently, he kept contact
with Zarqawis outfit as it underwent a transfor-
mation from being a mere franchise of Al-
Qaeda to an independent radical outfit called
ISI. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi built a network of
militants during his stay at Bucca, and honed his
jihadi skills to suit his theological orientation.
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The shifts in domestic politics in Iraq since 2010
especially after his anointment as the head of
ISI at a time when it had suffered heavy losses in
its confrontation with joint US-Iraqi forces
provided ISI with an opportunity to regroup.
Nouri al-Maliki government, in power under US
blessings since 2006, started showing its Shiite
leanings brazenly once the American forces left
Iraq, raising concerns of Sunnis in Iraq about
their future. The influence of Iran added to their
worries. Malikis susceptibility to Iran was quite
visible, with the head of notorious Iranian al-
Quds force Qasem Soleimanis regular visits to
Baghdad to advise him on matters concerning
Iraqi security and preservation of his regime.
The turmoil in Syria since March 2011 pre-
pared the most fertile ground for ISI to consoli-
date its position in northeastern Syrian cities
lying along the Euphrates river Ar-Raqqah,
Deir ez-Zor, Al-Mayadin and Al-Kamal. Further
northeast, it also established control over cities
of Al-Hasakah and Al-Malikiyah, closer to the
Kurdish autonomous region along the borders in
northwestern Iraq.
According to reports, ISI used its presence
in the region to strengthen its financial support
base. It took control of the trading route from
Turkey into Iraq passing through Syria. The
region along with the neighbouring Nineveh
province of Iraq is home to some of the major oil
fields of Syria and Iraq. ISI also took charge of
local power plants, and Bashar al-Assad govern-
ment reportedly paid it handsomely for uninter-
rupted power supply. ISI also resorted to other
well-known terrorist tactics to raise its finances
smuggling, extortion, drug trafficking, kid-
napping, taxation of local trade of commerce etc.
It took full advantage of the fact that there was
no effective security presence from the Syrian
side and used the area as a strategic backyard.
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Assad government probably tolerated ISI for its
hostile position vis--vis the US, and hoped to
divert attention of the West towards Iraq. Assad
may have at last succeeded in his strategy.
However, ISI translated this opportunity into a
massive gain for itself. It raised its voice against
the Shia regime of Assad and tapped Sunni
anger in northeastern Syria to its advantage. It
also coordinated with other anti-Assad forces
and enjoyed the patronage of Saudi and Turkish
intelligence agencies, which sponsored
insurgency in Syria. There are reports in the
Western media that ISI militants might have
received training in guerrilla fighting from
Americans at their camps in Jordan.
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Almost coinciding with American pullout of
troops from Iraq in December 2011, another
Sunni radical outfit Jabhat al-Nusra made its
presence felt in Syria by January 2012. It pledged
its loyalty to Al-Qaeda by the end of that year.
While al-Nusra and ISI cooperated with each
other, differences came to the fore in July 2012,
when for the first time Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
called for a regional Islamic state. Moreover, ISIs
rabid anti-Shia sectarian outlook and open call
for launching a sectarian war might not have
gone down well with Al-Qaeda leadership under
Al-Zawahiri. In April 2013, ISI renamed itself
ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Al Shams,
which was otherwise reported by the media as
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Al-Zawahiri did
not like this idea and asked Baghdadi to limit his
activities to Iraq alone and leave Syria to al-
Nusra, its affiliate. Predictably, al-Nusra leader
Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani denounced ISIS. By
December 2013, the ISIS and al-Nusra cadres
were engaged in a bloody struggle for
supremacy in Syria.
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However, ISIS under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
refused to comply with such suggestions and
moved along the Euphrates river to capture the
towns of Ramadi and Fallujah, south of Baghdad,
in January 2014. The ISIS success was quite
spectacular. The Iraqi army could hardly put up
credible resistance, exposing its weaknesses as a
force of any consequence. By June 11, it moved
down from its bases in northeastern Syria along
the Tigris river and descended on Mosul, the
second largest city of Iraq and capital of
Nineveh. It has advanced further and threatened
to take control of other important States along
the Tigris Baiji, Tikrit and Samarra and
engaged Iraqi forces in pitched battles. The Iraqi
army is facing tough resistance from ISIS safe-
guarding the oil refinery at Baiji. To add to
Malikis worries, al-Nusra and ISIS have report-
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ISIS advocates Salafi-Takfiri ideolo-
gy, which can tolerate kufr or non-
believers but not apostates. According to
this philosophy, anybody who claims to
be a Muslim but does not advocate true
Islam, as is acceptable to the Takfiris, is
an apostate. Anybody who has disagree-
ments with ISIS is a potential apostate
and worthy of execution. Going by its
high quality publications put out in the
past few months, which show the
strength of the ISIS propaganda
machinery, it would not tolerate apos-
tates masquerading as Muslims. It
would fight the tawaghits, the worst
form of apostates, who have crossed the
boundaries of Islam, and oust them
from all Muslim States. As Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi thundered in his maiden
khutba at Mosul:
It was only a matter of time before
the oppressive tawaghit of the Muslim
world would begin to fall one by one to
the swords of the mujahidin, who
would raise the banner of tawhid,
restore the hukm of Allah, direct the
masses back to the prophetic manhaj of
jihad and away from the corruption of
democracy and nationalism, and unite
them under one imam.
ISIS dislike for territorial national-
ism and democracy is quite clear in this
passage. ISIS urges Muslims from all
over the world to come and join its
jihad. To quote Baghdadi again:
Muslims today have a loud, thunder-
ing statement, and possess heavy boots.
They have a statement to make that will
make the world hear and understand
the meaning of terrorism, and boots
that will trample the idol of national-
ism, destroy the idol of democracy and
uncover its deviant nature.
Thus, it is an ultra radical strand of
Salafi-Wahabi world view that guides
the ISIS today. It is lot more radical than
that of Al-Qaeda. It is clearly competi-
tive radicalism at work in a situation
like the one faced by the Muslim society
spread from Morocco in Maghreb to
Moro Islands in Philippines.
The method that ISIS is adopting is
nothing new other Islamic terror
groups Ansar Dine in Mali, Boko
Haram in Nigeria, al-Shahab in East
Africa, as also Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
in Afghanistan also resort to such bru-
tality. However, what distinguishes the
group is its focused attention on the
Islamic ummah (nation) and its empha-
sis on cleansing Islamic society by get-
ting rid of the apostates and toppling
regimes there headed by tawaghits.
Through its newly formed Al-
Hayat media, it is likely to spread its
message of hatred further in the days
to come. This has already alerted the
kings and sheikhs in the region. It is
expected to find an echo among the
people of the region too if it manages
to sustain its initial success in Syria
and Iraq and hold on to the territory it
has occupied today.
With the Sunni anger oozing out
in this particular region thanks to
the short-sighted policies of the
incumbent Maliki regime in Iraq to
fight it mainly with the Shiite resis-
tance force, and the Western pursuit of
using insurgency to topple Assad
regime in Syria there are strong
chances of ISIS managing to retain
control over the terrain.
This is all the more probable given
the lack of international will to fight it
and the failure of the Iraqi government
to enable a national unity framework.
The widening sectarian division in the
region will provide fuel to ISIS loco-
motive in the coming days.
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It appears certain at the moment that
ISIS and its ideological siblings will
engage in a long-drawn-out war over
their competing world views and inter-
ests. The long-term consequences of pro-
tracted intra-Islamic conflict will have
grave repercussions for the region and
the world. The success of ISIS has led
regime-backed mullahs to come out with
denunciation of ISIS ideology and its
political intent to raise a Caliphate. Even
some other radical outfits have dismissed
the arguments of ISIS and declared its
Caliphate un-Islamic. However, the suc-
cess of ISIS has led the Sunnis in the
region to believe that there is an oppor-
tunity for them to strike back.
Ever since the success of the Shiite
Islamic revolution in Iran, there is a long-
running desire for an equivalent Islamic
revolution in the Sunni fold. ISIS feeds
them with the hope that it is possible to
redraw the map of the region. In their lat-
est video distributed by Al-Hayat as well
as in their newsletter (Islamic State
Report No 4) under the caption
Smashing of the borders of the
Tawaghit, they have clearly stated that
the wrongs committed by Sykes-Picot
agreement of 1916 dividing the Islamic
Caliphate into territories under posses-
sion of the colonial powers which has
given rise to the present State system in
West Asia would be reversed.
It remains to be seen how the peo-
ple of the region long used to territo-
rial identities of Saudi, Iraqi, Syrian,
Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian etc
would ultimately react to such formula-
tions. Going by the initial reactions and
migration of about 7,000 Sunni fighters
from Pakistan-Afghanistan and four
Indians from Kalyan in Mumbai, the
appeal of ISIS is for all to see. Rise of
ISIS and its emphasis on sectarian
thinking is likely to widen the sectarian
divisions in the wider Islamic society,
including in India, and lead to violence
and bloodshed unprecedented in
Islamic history.
This may not be good news for India,
home to a substantial number of Muslim
population in fact the third largest
concentration of Muslims in the world.
The Sunni-Shia divisions were so far
lying dormant in India. However, in
recent months, reports of thousands of
Shias seeking visas to go to Iraq to defend
their places of worship can be an indica-
tor of how far the sectarian animus can
affect tranquility at home.
Add to that the effect of chronic
instability in the region on Indias ener-
gy and economic interests. Roughly 70
lakh Indians working in the region send
back about $35-40 billion as remit-
tances, which serve our economy well.
A huge percentage of our hydrocarbon
is sourced to this region as well.
Consequences of ISIS storm hitting
West Asia would, therefore, not be in
Indian interest. Other energy-hungry
countries in Asia like China would also
not be happy about it.
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At such a juncture, can India afford
to hide behind the oft-repeated line
advanced by strategic analysts here that
we do not have any leverages and there-
fore must wait it out and rely only on
hope?
What is quite shocking is that
despite millennia of interaction with
Islam and the Middle East, how little
India understands or knows about either
Islam or the conflicts that are erupting
in the Islamic world. It is almost as
though India believes that by adopting
an ostrich-like attitude (burying its head
in the sand and hoping the storm will
pass it by) it will remain unaffected (at
least domestically, if not internationally)
by the dynamics of what is happening in
the Islamic world.
In the past, Manmohan Singh
Government fared miserably in terms of
preparing and strengthening India to ride
out such storms. Even as the Narendra
Modi Government starts to build Indias
capacities to handle such crises, it cannot
just base its policy on the hope that
things would not reach the meltdown
stage anytime soon.
Hope can never be a substitute for
policy, but for now it seems to guide our
policy towards the region. We tend to
hope that ISISs ultra-radical overtures
would repel Islamic societies and force
them to stand up to its virulence. But
chances of that happening are quite
bleak because such is the nature of the
beast that divisions among States on
sectarian lines (Saudi Arab-Iran for
instance) might keep the flame alive.
Politically speaking, the Modi
Government needs to get its narrative in
order; it should have an outreach pro-
gramme that informs the public of the
challenges and what it is doing to meet
them. The challenge before India is
enormous, but the trust that the people
of the country have reposed in the Modi
Government needs to be vindicated.
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highway to Mount Abu, the chaos of the
city gives way to spectacular scenery. The
monsoon has turned the hills that are
usually dry as a bone - into lush green
peaks. The road a beautiful stretch of
immaculately laid concrete with long
sweeping turns makes driving, in the
right car at least, a fairly pleasurable expe-
rience.
The Audi A3 may not be the right car
for every purpose, but behind the wheel
of this car equipped with a 140 horse-
power two-litre diesel engine the road
and its scenery just whooshed past the
windows. The turns, no matter how long,
were handled impeccably. Even at speed,
it is a steady car with no discomfort at all.
As for acceleration and speed, the
engine, which is the same as the ones fit-
ted in Skodas Octavia, Yeti and
Volkswagen Passat, has adequate power.
It gets you off the line fast enough in a
city and can easily maintain good high-
way speed. The diesel engine option
comes with a six-speed dual-clutch gear-
box, which can also be manipulated by
the gear lever. Switch the car to sport
mode and the box can really shift. There
is also a 1.8-litre petrol option, with
slightly more power and a seven-speed
gearbox.
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car and likely to be the most affordable
in Audis line-up in India. But the A3
should not be compared to Audis other
sedans available in India the A4, A6
and A8L. There is no doubt when you
look at the car that it shares a family
resemblance to its siblings. It is easy
enough, from the front at least, to mis-
take it for one of Audis other sedans, but
viewed in profile you realise this car is
smaller.
And it is not just smaller.
One of the negatives about being an
auto reviewer is that you drive a lot of
cars, and over the years, one has driven
most of Audis cars in India. While the
A3 will be cheaper than other cars in
Audis fleet, there is a sense that the car
is not as luxurious as its siblings. For one,
the tactile feel of the plastic, while far
superior to most other cars, is a bit off for
an Audi. On top of that, there is a lot of
plastic and no wood finish.
Does this make the car feel inferior?
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eral nice touches, such as the really cool
jet turbine inspired air-conditioning
vents. The seats are upholstered in
leather and the front seats are fully elec-
troni cal ly control l ed. The Audi
Multimedia Interface (MMI) system,
which controls the entertainment in the
car, is actually better and more practical
than the systems on bigger Audis; the
addition of toggles and a touch sensor in
the main rotary dial are indicative of the
future of the system in other Audis as
well. Impressively, the MMI will be a stan-
dard option on the A3.
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able. But the A3 does not have Audis
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tem and is a front-wheel drive car. It is
also designed on the Volkswagen groups
new modular MQB platform, which
presents its biggest problem.
The new Skoda Octavia is for all
intents and purposes the same car as the
A3; yes, it has a Czech badge on its nose
instead of a luxury German one. But it
is based on the same MQB platform, has
the same engines, front-wheel drive and
double-clutch gearboxes (as well as man-
ual options) and thanks to its body shape,
it is actually bigger than the A3.
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system is not even half as advanced as
Audis MMI system. But even without
knowing how Audi will price the A3, as
it will formally be launched in August, the
Octavia will still be cheaper. From a prac-
tical and fiscal point of view, Skoda
Octavia is the car to buy in this class.
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might go for Skoda. But most people dont
just buy a car for practical reasons; they
buy it to make a statement. The four
interlocked rings on the nose of the A3
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showcase the sporty CLA sedan soon, it
will for now be equipped with a sporty
AMG engine and be a full import. Until
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he Pakistan army is currently
conducting a massive military
operation in the countrys trib-
al areas, along its borders with
Afghanistan, using fighter jets,
artillery and tanks. The operation is to
quell Pashtun tribesmen of the Tehrik-e-
Taliban Pakistan, seeking to enforce
Sharia Law in the country. At the same
time, the Pakistan army is arming
Pashtuns in Afghanistan, who are back-
ing the Taliban under Mullah Omar, to
seize power in Afghanistan and make it,
yet again, a client State of Pakistan.
According to Pashtun folklore, their
17th century Pashtun warlord Khushal
Khattak took to arms against Mughal
emperor Aurangzeb, with whom he fell
out, proclaiming: The whole of the other
Afghans from Kandahar unto Attak,
(Attock); in honours cause, both secretly
and openly are one.
When speaking of the whole of
other Afghans, Khattak was speaking not
for the multi-ethnic Afghanistan of today,
but for the people of the historical
Pashtun homeland, extending from
Kandahar to Attock (now in Pakistan),
on the banks of River Indus. It was the
British who redrew the boundaries
between British India and Afghanistan in
1893. They forced a weak Afghan State to
accept the Durand Line, incorporating
areas south of the Khyber Pass into
British India as the border between
Afghanistan and British India. Pakistan
inherited these territories and borders in
1947. But this was a border no Afghan
Pashtun, including Mullah Omar has ever
recognised. Faced with this dilemma and
challenge to their territorial integrity,
Pakistanis have adopted the strategy from
the days of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of provid-
ing haven to disgruntled Pashtun leaders
from Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to Mullah
Omar to destabilise and weaken the
Pashtun dominated Afghan Government
in Kabul.
The book, The Pashtun Question: The
Unresolved Key to the Future of Pakistan
and Afghanistan, by Pakistani writer
Abubakar Siddique provides an interest-
ing insight into the history of Pashtuns.
Those in India, given to focussing atten-
tion on the rule of the Mughals and their
contemporaries like Pashtun Ibrahim
Lodhi and Sher Shah Suri, will get a bet-
ter insight into how the Mughal rulers
from Babur and Humayun to Akbar and
Aurangzeb, faced opposition not only
from the Rajputs, Marathas, Jats and oth-
ers, but also from Pashtun warlords like
Ibrahim Lodi, Sher Shah Suri and
Khushal Khan Khattak.
After dwelling briefly on the tensions
in Pakistan-Afghanistan relations over
the disputed Durand Line, Siddique deals
at length on the differences between sec-
ular parties like Wali Khans National
Awami Party on one hand and the reli-
gious Right led by the Jamiat Ulema-e-
Islam on the other.
The book describes the impact of the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the
role played by external actors ranging
from the CIA and ISI to Saudi Arabia and
Iran in exploiting the sectarian and eth-
nic fault lines in Afghanistan for partisan,
regional and geopolitical gains. The chaos
that followed the exit of the Soviets and
the emergence of the Taliban is described
in detail, though mention seems to have
been avoided of the pernicious role of
Benazir Bhuttos Interior Minister Major
General Naseerullah Khan Babar in nur-
turing and letting loose the Taliban in
Afghanistan. The narrative would have
been better if the author had focussed
more on how the Taliban rule in
Afghanistan led to the country becoming
the epicentre of global terrorism because
of the mutually reinforcing links between
Mullah Omar, Osama bin Laden, the ISI,
its assets like the Lashkar-e-Taiba and
Islamist terror groups from across the
world. The Taliban rule was certainly not
one of the glowing periods of Pashtun
history.
Siddique gives a detailed account of
how the American intervention in
Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist strikes
changed not just the lives of Pashtuns, but
also the entire regional security scenario.
The author realistically acknowledges:
Reorienting Pakistans foreign policies,
particularly with its neighbours, is a
major task. But (Nawaz) Sharif has yet to
sell the idea of a grand rapprochement
with India to his Generals. More signifi-
cantly, he will also have to rein in those
who would again like to conquer Kabul
or have untrammelled influence over
events in Afghanistan, as Islamabad did
after the fall of (the Soviet backed)
Najibullah in 1992.
Siddique does allude to a vision of
greater economic integration between
Pakistan and Afghanistan being the basis
for regional cooperation and peace. For
this, he advocates a road map akin to
what his friend Ahmed Rashid has
repeatedly suggested for over two decades
now. But can this be achieved by elimi-
nating the Pakistani Taliban while nur-
turing the Afghan Taliban as the Pakistan
army is even now attempting to do? As
Hillary Clinton recently noted Pakistan
cannot nurture venomous snakes and
vipers in its backyard and expect that
only its neighbours will get bitten.
T
here have been several
books on the history of
Mussoorie. All of them
have been as voluminous as the
latest one by Virgil Miedema and
his daughter Stephanie Spaid
Miedema titled Mussoorie and
Landour: Footprints of the Past.
However, along with the volume
of the book, we find a depth and
charm which most other books
on Mussoorie may not match up
to. The details are indeed exhaus-
tive, especially in the form of the
notes given at the end of each of
the 10 chapters.
It is a pictorial and narrative
history of Mussoorie and
Landour, focussing on the colo-
nial era and covering the period
from 1823 when Frederick Young
and Frederick Shore built their
shooting box on Camels Back,
to 1947 when India became inde-
pendent. The authors tell us in
the preface that their love affair
with Mussoorie began in the mid
1990s when they first visited the
hill station. Our affection for
this Himalayan resort continued
to grow over the years as our vis-
its increased. This book is a result
of our enduring fascination and
association with the town, com-
bined with an amateurs interest
in history.
With the help of guide books
and local experts, the authors
have created a treatise that does
not leave out any aspect which
makes Mussoorie and Landour
the places that they are unique
and enchanting. Besides being a
nostalgic account of the hill sta-
tions past, this book is full of
descriptions of interesting people
and places. How the best of
schools, hotels, churches, bunga-
lows, clubs and cinemas were set
up and flourished is told in a
captivating and conversational
style. Cemeteries are also
described at length.
The life story of Frederick
Young, the discoverer of
Mussoorie, is recounted in great
detail as his role in establishing
the hill station is crucial. Young
pushed for and succeeded in
establishing the Landour can-
tonment as a convalescent
depot. He built three houses in
the station. His house named
Mullingar still stands in
Landour, though occupied by
Tibetans and in a dilapidated
condition. He spent most of his
life in India and died in 1874 in
Ireland at the age of 87. Without
Young, Mussoorie would not
have come into existence.
The book highlights the dif-
ficulties people faced while on
their way to the station before
the motor route was built.
Travellers used palanquins and
armchairs to go up from the
plains. They found it worth their
while and spent the long April-
October season in Mussoorie.
The rich and impressive his-
tory of the station narrated in
this work is a reminder of the
hallowed past of Mussoorie, re-
establishing the importance and
status of the hill town which may
be taken lightly by new visitors.
By recreating the aura which
Mussoorie had during those
early years as well as in the early
20th century, the authors ensure
that readers get a holistic picture
of the glorious past of the place
when the cream of British and
Indian society spent more than
half the year amid its bracing cli-
mate. The Queen of Hills was
indeed a resort for Kings, includ-
ing Maharajas of Kapurthala,
Kalsia, Gaekwad, Jind, Rajpipla
and Nabha.
In the summers of 1852 and
1853, dethroned child-king
Duleep Singh, son of Maharaja
Ranjit Singh, was kept here for
two summers (at Castle Hill
Estate) before he was sent to
England. Also, Afghani royal
Dost Mohammad was kept as a
political prisoner on a hilltop
site now part of the campus of
Wynberg-Allen School. This
happened as Mussoorie was a
more politically out-of-the-way
station for high-profile prisoners,
unlike other major stations that
were summer capitals.
An account of famous early
residents of Mussoorie Young,
Everest, Falconer and Cautley
and royal visitors from England
gives an interesting dimension to
this well-researched history of
Mussoorie which was a little
England for the first 100 of its
existence. The book tells us that
the station saw its defining
growth during the Victorian era.
Victorian Mussoorie came to
epitomise a hill station ideal and
outlined for future generations
the basic features of the town.
The authors stress the fact
that since Mussoorie was not the
official summer capital like
Shimla, there were certain activi-
ties that were frivolous. We read
about young soldiers flirting with
the grass widows, a term used
during the Raj period to describe
married women who went up
the hills for the hot weather,
while their husbands remained
on duty in the plains. Renowned
travel writer Lowell Thomas
observed: There is a hotel in
Mussoorie where they rang a bell
just before dawn so that the
pious may say their prayers and
the impious get back to their
own beds.
It is assumed that he was
talking of the Savoy, which
opened in 1902, and where the
piano keyboard tingled, the
orchestra played, dancers took to
the floor, champagne flowed and
regal spreads were heaped on
groaning tables in the imperial
dining room.
The chronicle also dwells
upon the life and times of
Frederick Wilson (Pahari
Wilson) whose legend still
echoes in the Himalayas. He first
came to Landour in 1837 as a
clerk in the East India
Companys army. He was sent
back to England and mustered
out of the army in 1838. He later
returned to India and garnered
contracts, making a lot of money.
He married twice (both Garhwali
women). Though some people
question his worthiness, Wilsons
story is quite an interesting one.
The 313-page book is a
page-turner as it uses simple
language, avoiding complicated
descriptions. Separate chapters
on schools, churches, hotels,
clubs and royal visitors give the
reader a clear picture of the
atmosphere of the hill station
down the centuries. In another
nine years, Mussoorie will turn
200. The book will be extremely
interesting for tourists,
researchers and also for the
general reader as its literary
value is no less than its historic
import. It reads like a beautiful
story, only this is a true tale of a
place whose charm has endured
over the years and pulls people
towards it all round the year.
The colonial features of the sta-
tion remain, merging smoothly
with its modernised and Indian
look to create a wondrous fairy-
land with a festive air.
The book is a must-read for
those who love the hills and are
takers for nostalgia and romance.
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t is at once amusing and odious
to hear the Opposition clam-
ouring for a discussion in
Indias Parliament on Israels puni-
tive action against Harkat al-
Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah, or the
Islamic Resistance Movement, bet-
ter known as Hamas. Never mind
the treacly concern of our MPs for
the plight of innocent Palestinians
caught in the conflict which has
predictably raised the hackles of
Left-liberals around the world who
have refused to so much as wag a
finger in admonishment of
Hamass relentless assault on Israel
with rockets that have failed to
extract a terrible toll of Jewish lives
not for want of intent but due to
lack of technology. Nor should we
be distracted by the bogus distress
of our oped-writers who have been
waxing eloquent on what they
claim is overwhelming use of force
against civilians.
These are but mere ruses to
camouflage their real intention:
Pander to Muslims who wallow in
manufactured grievance and
remain un-reconciled to the fact
that there still exists resistance to
their dreams of the ummah domi-
nating a global caliphate. Muslims
in India (as also elsewhere) sense
an opportunity in the latest Israel-
Hamas conflict to give vent to their
bilious hatred towards Jews and
play the victim card; politicians
who have rushed to shed crocodile
tears for the dead of Gaza dont
want to let go of a chance to fish
for Muslim votes. Make no mis-
take, behind the faade of concern
and grief lurks the fork-tongued
fiend called cynicism.
Its easy to conflate Israels
action against Hamas with the sor-
row of Palestinians who find
themselves trapped between a
rock and a hard place. But that
would be a travesty, a wilful per-
version of the truth. If Israel want-
ed to make Palestinians in Gaza
suffer on account of the follies of
Hamas, then the death toll on
account of the latest IDF action
would have been many times over
what it is. It would also be useful
to remember that even in a situa-
tion of escalating armed conflict,
Israel has neither cut off power
and supplies to the residents of
Gaza nor abandoned the attempt
to forge a resolution, no matter
how temporary and short-lived.
Had Israel insisted on rejecting
negotiations brokered by Egypt
leading to yet another hudna and
persisted with smoking the Hamas
terrorists out of their hideouts in
civilian areas and underground
tunnels, there would have been no
reason to cavil. Ironically, although
Israel has the upper hand and can
clobber the Hamas leaders and
their cadre base to the point of
breaking the back of the Muslim
Brotherhoods terrorist offshoot
that has held Palestinians in Gaza
to ransom all these years, it is
Hamas which spurned the terms of
truce crafted by Egypt. Tragically
this leaves Palestinians at the mercy
of ruthless Hamas leaders and their
jihadi foot soldiers, though this is
not the first time that terrorists
have used women and children as a
shield. Civilians form the most
potent weapon in a terrorist organi-
sations arsenal; to pretend other-
wise would be dishonest.
It would be absurd to suggest,
even if ever so remotely, that
Hamas stands for Palestinian right
to self-governance. It doesnt.
What Hamas stands for is listed in
its Charter which reflects the
deeply held ideological beliefs of
the Islamic Resistance Movement.
More importantly, it would be
equally silly to suggest that Hamas
represents majority Palestinian
opinion. It does not. Or else the
West Bank would not have
remained by and large peaceful
during this and previous conflicts.
The Fatah is no friend of Israel;
but neither is it a friend of Hamas.
In an open election with all Pales-
tinians participating, the Hamas
would not stand the ghost of a
chance of being elected to power.
It slipped into authority in Gaza
and has held on to that authority
with guns and intimidation.
These, however, are matters of
detail, the fine print that comes
attached with the big picture reality
of Israel and its Palestinian prob-
lem. They are no doubt consequen-
tial in determining the nature of
self-governance in Palestinian ter-
ritories, namely Gaza and West
Bank, but are irrelevant for India
or the world at large. What is rele-
vant for us and the world is the
implacable hate nurtured by
Hamas, the use of civilians as a
shield to protect an armed terrorist
militia, the long-term objectives of
those who believe its fair to target
civilian areas with rockets and mis-
siles, the supply chain that keeps
terrorist coffers and arsenals well-
stocked. These are issues that
should worry us and prompt a dis-
cussion on how to defeat those
who seek to shed blood to demon-
strate their faith and expand their
political domination. If our MPs
wish to discuss, they should be dis-
cussing these and related aspects,
not the number of dead in Gaza.
A last point. Israel does not
require sermons on how to con-
duct its affairs or protect its nation-
al interest. As a sovereign state,
Israel is perfectly within its rights
to retaliate in self-defence and to
pre-empt murderous attacks on its
soil and people. If we lack the
courage to respond in similar man-
ner when our soldiers are beheaded
and are civilians butchered by Pak-
istani terrorist organisations, we
should not make a public display of
our emasculation by remonstrating
with those who robustly pursue
their enemy, unmindful of the
price that has to be paid.
In any event, Israel will be nei-
ther impressed nor persuaded by
what is said by its detractors in
Indias Parliament. It is doubtful
whether Hamas and other terrorist
organisations which have never
reposed faith in parliamentary
democracy will be touched by the
expression of concern by our MPs.
Even if they were to take note of it,
that would be at best passing. A
similar discussion resulting in a
cockamamie resolution in 2006
during the Israel-Lebanon conflict
had fetched stony indifference in
Tel Aviv. The Hezbollah didnt even
bother to acknowledge the support
proffered to its terrorist force.
(The writer is a Delhi-based
senior journalist)
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Reader response to
Swapan Dasguptas column,
Usual Suspects, published on
July 13:
Different brand of politics:
The BJP is too smart to for-
get the lessons of 2004. It will
be vote-bank politics of a dif-
ferent kind this time around.
Jitendra Desai
Trust Amit Shah: Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will
certainly not commit the
mistakes of Atal Bihari
Vajpayee. His lieutenant
Amit Shah will ensure that
the BJP does well in the
upcoming electoral battles.
Venkataraman Jagadesan
Not a novice: Narendra
Modi has risen through the
ranks. He is an outsider to
the Delhi political clique.
Also, he has successfully
countered 12 to 13 years of
an extensive witch-hunt
against him, character assas-
sination by the media and
canards promoted by dubi-
ous Western forces and the
Congresss secular brigade.
Moreover, Modi does not
have the Nehruvian leanings
of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This
will make a big difference in
the tenure of NDA2 com-
pared to NDA1
Amarendra Derhgawen
Not a one-man show: Now
it seems everything for the
failure of NDA1 is being
blamed on Brajesh Mishra!
What were other stake-hold-
ers in the Government and
the BJP doing then? Also,
what about the Congress
stooges in the BJP at that
time? Surely, NDA1 was not
just a one-man show.
Ashoka Kalgude
Not like before: Narendra
Modi is a down-to-earth per-
son compared to AB
Vajpayee. The former Prime
Minister is a poet. He was
built in the Nehruvian
mould and had a dreamy
character. Modi is more of
a pragmatic leader.
Subodh Khanna
Establishment figures: By
the time they came to power,
both AB Vajpayee and LK
Advani had become estab-
lishment figures. They were a
disappointment for the BJP
and RSS workers who felt
betrayed by the duo.
S Kumar
Beware of Congress agents:
Modi should be careful with
his Ministers and not repeat
AB Vajpayees mistakes of
supporting agents from
opposition parties.
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Reader response to
Kanchan Guptas column,
Coffee Break, published on
July 13:
Isolating Hindus: Look how
the missionaries in Kerala
have worked with the
Muslim League, the Marxists
and the Congress to isolate
the Hindus. They have also
taken over prime land in the
cities which have been used
for hospitals, and schools
which bring them millions in
revenue every year.
Rangaesh Gadasalli
Weakness for the West:
Even now, Christian schools
are rarely nationalistic in
their character. Recently, a
male student was not allowed
to attend class because he
had vibhuti on his forehead.
Thanks to the Indian
weakness for anything
Western, girls rarely wear
bindis and saris these days,
and look down upon those
who do.
Rajam Srinivasan
Christian agenda: As a stu-
dent at the American Baptist
Mission High school in
Ongole between 1943 and
1946, I heard several lectures
by my Christian headmaster
Ravi Varma thrashing
Mahatma Gandhi and
Jawaharlal Nehru. Bible edu-
cation was compulsory.
My experience, as a
Hindu Brahmin student, was
traumatic. For example, I
was once humiliated and
punished in class for refusing
to recite the Lords Prayer.
Christian Missionaries
were the agents of the British
Empire, and the schools and
colleges they set up furthered
the agenda accordingly.
Now the Congresss
brand of pseudo-secularism
bestows privileges upon
these institutions, even
though they often push an
anti-national agenda and can
even be agents of conversion.
TRN N
Supporting the British
Crown: My sister was study-
ing in a Christian missionary
school in the late 1920s and
had told me that the
Christian students and teach-
ers were against the Indian
freedom movement. Instead,
she said, they were loyal to
the Crown.
A similar story has also
been narrated by Bina Dei,
the first women medical
graduate in Odisha, in her
autobiography, when she was
studying at Lady Irwin
Medical College in Delhi in
the early 1930s.
Niladrinath Mohanty
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A
l limes, our Elders in lhe Rajya Sabha behave like children. The asl
ew days, some o lhem disruled lhe roceedings lo such an exlenl
lhal lhe house had lo be reealedly adjourned. Jusl in case you lhink
lhey had been raising an issue o lhe grealesl nalional imorlance -
such as saely o women or rices o essenlial goods or armer suicides,
do sland correcled. The reason, believe il or nol, was lhe allack by sraeli
orces on lerror oulil hamas, which oerales rom 0a/a. The MFs aclual
ly demanded lhal lhe house ass a resolulion condemning srael or lhe
oensive which had claimed lhe lives o hundred o innocenl cili/ens o
0a/a. The 0overnmenl righlly dismissed lhe silly roosilion as il
amounled lo condemning a riend. Moreover, lhe ndian Farliamenl does
nol ordinarily ass resolulions casligaling anolher counlry. (l did lhal lo
Fakislan in recenl monlhs only as a lilorlal measure.) Then, lhe MFs
blocked lhe Rajya Sabha rom unclioning, seeking an immediale discus
sion on lhe conlicl.
The demands cannol have been lriggered by lheir concern or lhe loss
o innocenl lives in 0a/a. SS mililanls have been causing mayhem in raq
or monlhs now; Boko haram has been looling, lundering, killing and ra
ing or years; Shias and Sunnis have been al each olher's lhroals in
Fakislan or a while, leading lo largescale killings. And yel, none o lhese
incidenls ever romled lhe MFs lo call or a house resolulion. heilher did
lhe recenl lhinly veiled lhreal by Jammu & Kashmir Chie Minisler 0mar
Abdullah o secession i Arlicle 87O was abrogaled. The Rajya Sabha MFs
who called or a resolulion againsl srael were driven by crass volebank
olilics, lo aease lhe Muslim communily by running down 'Zionisl' srael.
l's nol a coincidence lhal lhese demands have largely come rom eilher lhe
Lelisls, or olilicians rom Jammu & Kashmir who are comeling wilh one
anolher in jingoism, keeing in mind lhe Assembly eleclion ahead.
Funnily enough, lhey do nol seem lo realise lhal lhey oughl lo be
aclually condemning lhe mililanl organisalion hamas or largeling srael,
which has led lo lhe escalalion o allacks. They oughl lo have been crili
cising hamas or having rejecled a ceaseire lhal Egyl brokered and
srael acceled. They should be ulling u hamas or endangering lhe
lives o innocenl cili/ens o 0a/a by lheir misadvenlure. They musl under
sland lhal lhe allacks by srael are nol on lhe eole o Falesline, lhough
civilians - men, women and children have unorlunalely become lhe vic
lims); lhey are on hamas. By seeking lo rojecl lhe conlicl inlo one
belween lhe eole o Falesline and srael, which il is nol, lhese MFs are
doing greal disservice lo lhe cause o objeclivily.
l is unorlunale lhal even lhe
Congress has gol inlo lhe acl o
scoring elly olilical oinls on lhe
imorlanl issue o lhe counlry's
oreign olicy. ls leader Saiuddin
So/ queslioned lhe "silence" o lhe
0overnmenl over sraeli allacks on
"unarmed Faleslinians". Bul in
early 2OOO, when sraeli orces had
launched an oensive, including
ground invasion, in 0a/a, lo
counler rockels lhal were being
ired rom lhere inlo srael, lhe lhen
Congressled uFA had nol rushed
lo ass resolulions in Farliamenl
condemning one side or lhe olher.
Thal conronlalion had lel, accord
ing lo reorls, around 1,4OO eole
dead. Then, as now, srael had
done whal il considered was
aroriale or ils securily.
0ur lawmakers have oinled
oul lhal lhe larger number o
dealhs has been on lhe side o
Faleslinians. l's because srael
does ils besl nol lo exose ils civil
ians lo enemy allacks, while
hamas uses innocenl cili/ens as
human shields. here is an irony
lhal many anlisraeli elemenls in
ndia have glossed over: srael has
been issuing warnings lo lhe eo
le o 0a/a, lhrough ublic broad
casls and amhlels, lo leave lhe
slrielorn region and move inlo
relalively saer areas. 0n lhe olher
hand, hamas has shown lillle con
cern or lhe saely o Faleslinians.
The MFs, who were in lhe
oreronl o lhe demand or a res
olulion condemning srael and
exressing solidarily wilh lhe
Faleslinians, have convenienlly
orgollen lhal hamas is nol inler
esled in lhe eace and roserily o lhe cili/ens o 0a/a. 0esignaled a
"oreign lerrorisl organisalion" by lhe uniled Slales in 1OO7, hamas's
slaled goal is nol lhe wellbeing and develomenl o lhe Faleslinians, bul
lhe deslruclion o srael. Ever since il managed lo overshadow lhe rela
lively moderale Falah and ils leader Mahmoud Abbas and eslablish ils
rule in 0a/a in 2OO7, hamas has been gelling increasingly virulenl and
combalive lowards srael. Aler lhe laller blockaded 0a/a, lhe lerror
organisalion's mililary suly began coming rom Egyl, esecially aler
hosni Mubarak's all and lhe coming lo ower o Muslim Brolherhood's
Mohamed Morsi. wilh Morsi loo gone, hamas is eeling lhe squee/e and
is uing lhe anle in lhe hoe o allracling renewed alronage rom simi
larminded elemenls in lhe Muslim world.
Farl o lhe reason or lhe rise o hamas is lhe Falah's governance
ailure in wesl Bank and ils siralling imacl on 0a/a. Falah leader and
Falesline Fresidenl Mahmoud Abbas and his regime have roved largely
ineeclive in imroving lhe lol o lheir eole, and lhe generous inlerna
lional aid lhal has been coming has nol made enough imacl on lay lives.
This has bred oular disconlenl wilh whal olilical observers lerm as
Abbas's "moderale olilics" and heighlened inleresl in hamas's brand o
aggression. l is nol surrising lhal Abbas and lhe Falah seem enlirely
sidelined even as hamas conlinues wilh ils belligerence. This underlines
whal some o our misguided MFs seem lo have missed: The resenl con
ronlalion is nol lo address a olilical wrong; il is an acl by a globally
dreaded lerror oulil lo beal srael inlo submission.
The eace which held ils ground lhroughoul much o lasl year,
belween lhe exlremisl Faleslinian aclions and srael, had come aler lhen
Egylian Fresidenl Morsi had layed lhe broker - which lhe uS had virlu
ally coaxed him inlo doing. whal is more imorlanl lo undersland is lhal
hamas ell in line nol so much because o lhe Brolherhood's resence in
craling lhe agreemenl bul due lo lhe grim realisalion lhal srael had been
jusl hours away rom launching an unrecedenled, massive ground inva
sion o 0a/a and delivering lo hamas one o ils worsl drubbings. hillary
Clinlon says in her book, |arJ 0|ciccs, lhal according lo a senior sraeli
oicial, her "dilomalic inlervenlion was lhe only lhing slanding in lhe way
o a much more exlosive conronlalion".
Fresidenl Barack 0bama has now oered lo mediale. 0lher nalions
have called or reslrainl. Bul sraeli Frime Minisler Benjamin helanyahu
remains delermined. l's a resolve lhal hew 0elhi should adol in leller and
siril when il deals wilh lerror elemenls in and oulside lhe counlry.
What is relevant
for us is the
implacable hate
nurtured by
Hamas, the use
of civilians as a
shield to protect
a terrorist militia,
the long-term
objectives of
those who
believe it's fair to
target civilian
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Hamas is not
interested in the
peace and
prosperity of the
citizens of Gaza.
Designated a
"foreign terrorist
organisation" by
the United States
in 1997, Hamas's
stated goal is not
the well-being and
development of
the Palestinians,
but the
destruction
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even years ago, Stan ONeal was ousted as chairman of
Merrill Lynch. He had forced the bank to become more
shark-like in its behaviour, and succeeded to the extent
that it almost collapsed due to sub-prime loans. Merrills
mess ran a BBC online headline after his departure. Wave
after wave of schadenfreude had been crashing on his head, it
said. Not the most elegant metaphor, perhaps, but a relatively
mild verdict, given the circumstances. In the past few weeks,
however, someone has complained and Google has emailed
the BBC to say that the offending story would be removed
from its search engines. The great digital redaction has begun.
It is more than two months now since the European
Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that Google should heed those
seeking the right to be forgotten and hide embarrassing sto-
ries from search engine results. The idea was to help ordinary
people escape their past, especially if caught in compromising
situations. Yet, as you might expect, things have evolved to the
extent that a Google search for Stan ONeal and incompe-
tent banker yields the statement that some results may have
been removed under data protection law in Europe.
This all started with Mario Costeja Gonzlez, a Spaniard
who was rather ashamed that anyone searching his name
online could find that he had been forced to sell his house in
order to settle debts some years ago. It was a small, three-sen-
tence story; he asked Google to remove it and they declined.
As he was a lawyer, he decided to sue, and his case went all
the way to Luxembourg. His victory was a coup for the new
breed of would-be digital censors. An important principle has
been conceded: Government now has the power to redact.
The abuse has started already.
A politician who had been caught fiddling his expenses
has applied to Google, asking for links to the story to vanish.
An actor has been in touch, keen to cover up his affair with a
teenager. Google has also heard from a company anxious to
cover up any online discussion pertaining to its ripping off
customers. In theory, anyone can request the removal of sto-
ries from search engines if these are deemed inadequate,
irrelevant or no longer relevant. These are conditions vague
enough to have encouraged 70,000 requests so far.
Each time Google decides to contest a request, it will have
to spend time and money. Far quicker (and cheaper) to agree,
and take down the link to be on the safe side. Perhaps this
is what happened with the BBC report: the complaint seems
to have come not from the deposed Merrill Lynch chairman,
but a reader who left a daft comment underneath the story
and was embarrassed to find his words showed up whenever
anyone searched for his name. Part of the problem is the lack
of due process: newspapers are not being told why the links to
stories are vanishing, or who has complained. It seems the
search engine is acting as judge and jury.
Google loathes all of this. It hates having to email newspa-
pers to give them the bad news, and hates taking part in a
form of censorship mandated by European authorities. Its only
consolation is that the EU has no power over searches made
on google.com but the vast majority of Brits use the default
website (google.co.uk). Theyll be seeing redacted results.
Meanwhile, companies are popping up offering the rich and
powerful the chance to control their online reputation.
There are, of course, some good reasons to do so. Who
would begrudge a young adult seeking to escape the legal, but
embarrassing misdeeds of their past? A friend of mine found
herself applying for jobs knowing that a cursory internet
search for her name would show her smoking a large joint of
marijuana. Eric Schmidt, Googles chairman, once suggested
that 18-year-olds should change their names so they couldnt
be linked to earlier debauches. The ECJ can say it has changed
the law so that people dont have to.
But this is the problem with censorship. If you allow it in
the name of a good cause, it will soon be used for a bad one.
Google has removed links to a Telegraph story about Dougie
McDonald, a former Scottish Premier League goalkeeper who
was found to have lied about his reasons for granting a penal-
ty to Celtic. Even photographs seem to be targeted. Links to
images used by telegraph.co.uk to illustrate stories detailing
Max Mosleys old court case against the News of the World
would appear to have vanished from Google.
Mosley, of course, has spent the past few years in an
unsuccessful campaign to have newspapers regulated in the
wake of the Leveson Inquiry. He failed because his campaign
contradicted a 300-year-old principle that British newspapers
stand free of any Government interference. But those who
failed to regulate the printed word are having better luck with
digital. Take tax: VAT is not charged on books and newspa-
pers due to the principle that Britain doesnt tax knowledge.
But buy an eBook, or a digital edition of a newspaper, and the
Government slaps on 20 per cent.
Speech doesnt look as free as it once was, if it is made
digitally. Make a joke about blowing up Sheffield Airport on
Twitter and you can end up in court, as the 28-year-old Paul
Chambers found out. A teenager from Canterbury who post-
ed a picture of a burning poppy on his Facebook page on
Armistice Day was visited by the police, as if the very thought
was a crime. The digital era may yet end up narrowing, rather
than expanding, the parameters of free speech. Whats hap-
pening to Google is a part in this trend.
As a global giant with a gift for minimising its tax liabili-
ty, Google is an unlovable company but its power makes
politicians drool. If they can have any control over it, even
in the name of blocking pornography, we can expect that
power to be ratcheted up in the future. As newspapers
(and readers) move from print to digital, they will find
the Government waiting online, with far tighter rules over
what to say, and what to hide.
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fter the formation of the
Government, PM Narendra Modi
had instructed all ministers to open
their Facebook and Twitter accounts
to connect with people. He selected
the social media for media management instead
of old options. He knows well that FB and
Twitter trends make headlines. This is the reason
he is very active on social media he gave all
updates of the BRICS summit and other bilateral
talks on Twitter.
But most ministers, MPs and Parliamentary
managers are not giving any updates via social
media. There is no update on what the
Government is doing in Parliament and which
Bills are being passed. Reliable sources say till
date Twitter handles have been created for only
15 ministers and even they are not very active
on it. In fact, Opposition leaders are more
active on Twitter.
In Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal continuously
debated on Twitter, but BJP leaders chose press
conferences. Most Congress leaders, such as
Digvijaya Singh, Ajay Maken, Shashi Tharoor,
Shakil Ahmed and Manish Tewari, are reaching
out to people via Twitter and FB.
CHANGES IN CONGRESS STUCK
After the Lok Sabha Elections, there were specu-
lations that the Congress might change at least
three of its CMs and almost a dozen of State
presidents. But even two months after the results,
things are stuck. The decision to change CMs
was deferred, and a Congress leader said the
public would change them. However, the deci-
sion to make changes in the State organisation is
also being deferred.
In-charge of Punjab and Haryana Shakil
Ahmed has made it clear that the presidents of
these two States will not be changed. In the pre-
sent scenario, there is no chance to change the
party president of Delhi too. In J&K, the
Congress wants to fight elections under the lead-
ership of Ghulam Nabi Azad. But since he is
from Jammu, and it is said that it is necessary to
project a face from the Valley, Saifuddin Soz will
continue to act as president.
Elections are also scheduled in Jharkhand
and Maharashtra after two months. If the presi-
dents are changed now, they would hardly get
time to restructure the organisation. Despite that,
there is a possibility that the Congress president
of Maharashtra will be changed.
Congress president in Jharkhand will not
be changed. There might be changes in AICC
and in-charge general secretary of Jharkhand
could be changed. Changes are also likely in
Tamil Nadu, Orissa, and Karnataka, but now
the decision might be taken after the
Parliamentary Session.
LESS STRENGTH BUT MORE FORCE
The Congress has got little chance to sit in the
Opposition, but this time it is playing the role
like never before. This time, the party is fiercer in
its attacks, even on insignificant issues. It wants
to show that its strength of 44 MPs doesnt mat-
ter. This is also a part of Congress strategy to
keep the Government under pressure.
On the first day of the Budget Session, the
Congress created ruckus on rail fare hike and
inflation, and it was supported by other parties as
well. But after that, its support base decreased.
Only one or two parties extended support to the
Congress on its stand on the Bill related to
appointment of PMs Principal Secretary
Nripendra Mishra.
The party could not garner much backing on
the issue of Ved Pratap Vaidik meeting Hafiz
Saeed, and the Israel-Palestine issue. But the
Congress managed to rake up the three issues
enough to adjourn Parliament several times
only to show its strength. Despite all this, the
Government doesnt seem to be under any pres-
sure, and the Congress has been isolated in the
Parliament.
GOVT WORKING ON BJPs CORE AGENDA
The Central Government is working on the
decades-old core issues of the BJP. When it got
only two seats in 1984, it formulated a three-core
agenda Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uniform
Civil Code in the country and abolition of
Article 370, which grants special autonomous
status to Jammu and Kashmir. Now, the Modi
Government is working on these issues.
State minister at PMO Jitendra Singh had
said the Government will have a debate on
Article 370 to gauge how much has J&K benefit-
ted from it. He said if it is worthless, there is no
need to continue it. During election campaign,
when Modi went to J&K for the first time, he had
raised this issue and emphasised the need to have
a debate on it.
In Parliament, Law Minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad had said the Government will not force
the Common Civil Code, but have a debate on
it. The case of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is pend-
ing in the Supreme Court. The Government
wants a speedy decision on it so that the issue
can be resolved.
YOUNG CONGRESSMEN TAKE CHARGE
A third generation leadership is being readied in
the Congress. Jyotiraditya Scindia has been made
the chief whip in the Lok Sabha. Behind him is a
team of third generation leaders, which is playing
the role of the Opposition in the House. In the
first two weeks of the session, MPs created
unruly scenes. These young leaders are said to be
close to Rahul Gandhi.
Ravneet Singh Bittu, son of Punjabs former
CM Beant Singh, had won from two seats and is
the most active Congress leader in Parliament.
Apart from him, Gaurav Gogoi, son of Tarun
Gogoi, and Rajiv Satav from Youth Congress are
also participating actively. Satav is said to be
close to Rahul. In fact, Rahul had instructed
changing the seat with NCP for his ticket.
Though Mallikarjun Kharge is the leader of
the Congress in Lok Sabha and Amarinder
Singh is the deputy leader, these young turks
are leading the attack brigade. Most of the
young leaders of Congress such as Jitin
Prasada, Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora, RPN
Singh and Sandeep Dikshit are not present in
the House, so even younger leaders are getting
a chance to carve out their niche.
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Mosl minislers, MFs
and Farliamenlary
managers are nol giving
any udales via lhe
social media. There
is no udale on whal
lhe 0overnmenl is
doing in Farliamenl
and which Bills are
being assed. Reliable
sources say lill dale
Twiller handles have
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Macaulays inspired modern
education system came into
being in 1854. Within three years, a
unique problem arose. The
Government had to issue an order
stating that none can be refused
admission on grounds of caste and
gender. Once the Macaulay inspired
system came into being, the
Government started building schools
on public land all over the country.
Dalits too sought admission. In large
parts of India, Dalit kids were chased
away from schools. At places, their
parents were assaulted and their huts
destroyed. On some instances,
Hindus withdrew their children from
schools as they didnt want them to
get polluted by sharing classrooms
with the untouchable children.
That was the kind of untoucha-
bility Dalits suffered just 160 years
ago. So, the Government had to issue
a circular in 1858.
Before 1854, natives indigenous
system of education was forbidden
for Dalits then called depressed
classes. One of the reasons was that
most often, in the Hindu system of
education called thus because
education at that time meant
explaining religious practices and
how best to regularise social codes
schools were either run on tem-
ple premises or the residence of
pundits, the Brahmin.
The Islamic system of education
was run either from madrasas or
masjids. Dalits were neither allowed
to enter temples and pundits homes
nor madrasas and masjids. Dalits,
therefore, were not a part of the
indigenous system of education.
The 1858 circular of the British
India Government was the first
known policy to safeguard the inter-
ests of Dalits. While the British India
Government treated all Indian sub-
jects alike, the Hindu society was not
prepared to accept Dalits as fellow
citizens or allow Dalit children to
share classrooms with their kids.
A solution, however, was found
in 1882. The Hunter Commission
headed by William Wilson Hunter
was set up to understand the func-
tioning of primary and secondary
system of education. The commis-
sion made a series of recommenda-
tions, such as the primary and junior
secondary education should be run
by district board and municipalities.
Another recommendation related
to untouchables. Hunter explained in
great detail as to how the Hindu soci-
ety was not prepared to accept Dalits
as fellow citizens and let their children
study along with theirs. He ruled out
the use of police or military to force
Hindus in accepting untouchable chil-
dren into the school system.
Anguished at the atrocious attitude of
the Hindu society, Hunter recom-
mended setting up separate schools
for untouchables all over India. I am a
product of one such school Harijan
Bal Vidyalaya. Senior Dalits of my vil-
lage used the clause of separate
schools, and sought permission and
financial aid from the State
Government. The school had just one
room and two teachers, who were
given salaries by the Government
once a year. The school was unique
because upper caste and OBC chil-
dren too studied here as there was no
other school in the village.
On the list of Dalits who gained
rights, King of Kolhapur Shahu
Chhatrapati Maharaj is remembered
fondly. He had unleashed a host of
social reforms in his Princely State,
which included reservations in jobs
to non-Brahmins in 1902. This is
considered a landmark event in pro-
Dalit policy.
In 1921, the Mysore State fol-
lowed the Kolhapur model. Madras
and Bombay presidencies followed
suit. But the real moment came in
1995 when the Constitution,
authored by Dr B R Ambedkar,
gave reservation rights to Dalits and
tribals. Ambedkars policy issue was
a full-fledged system geared
towards integrating Dalits and trib-
als with the mainstream society.
Seats were reserved in education
and legislature as well.
Somewhere around the
Emergency, the then Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi wrote set asides in
dealership for oil pumps and LPG.
This is the second greatest landmark
for Dalits and tribals after Dr
Ambedkars reservation policy.
Thousands of Dalits have become
multi-millionaires due to this policy.
In 1989, the Union Government
set up the National Scheduled Caste
Finance and Development
Corporation (NSCFDC) for the
uplift of Dalits. Thousands of Dalits
have been funded by NSCFDC to
start their businesses.
In 2001, the then CM of
Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh
implemented 30 per cent set asides
for Dalit/tribal businesses in all
Government purchases. This was one
of the greatest milestones for Dalits.
Upon Dalit Indian Chamber of
Commerce & Industrys (DICCI)
persistent reasoning, the UPA-II
Government in its interim Budget
set aside C200 crore for Dalit
Venture Capital Fund. While the
amount might seem small, this was a
landmark policy on two grounds
for the first time, the Government
had considered Dalits worth part-
nership, and the Dalit Venture
Capital became a new Budget head.
In other words, the coming Budgets
will continue running it, heralding a
new era for Dalits.
Sure enough, this is DICCIs
moment of triumph. The
Government headed by Narendra
Modi has retained the Dalit Venture
Capital Fund in its Budget. In other
words, DICCIs policy appeal has
been accepted by the UPA and NDA.
A chapter in the future history of
Dalits has been added and DICCIs
founder chairman Milind Kamble
needs to be congratulated.
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banner aiming to change
peoples minds about
what swastikas stand for
has stirred outrage after it
flew over beaches in New
York City and on Long
Island.
Some beachgoers were
appalled and officials
fielded complaints
after a plane toted the
banner last week. The
banner featured
swastikas, a peace
sign, a Star of
David and a
pro-swastika
message. It was
arranged by the
International
Raelian
Movement. The
group tries annu-
ally to remind peo-
ple that before Adolf
Hitlers rise, the swasti-
ka was an ancient sym-
bol of well-being to
Hindus and Buddhists, among others.
The Raelians who believe human
beings were created by
extraterrestrials
have faced contro-
versy over similar
swastika banners in
summers past.
Some beachgoers
say theres just no way to
rehabilitate a symbol that
provokes such strong feelings.
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ingapore tried its best to save an
own goal last week by updating an
anti-gambling ad that starred a
despairing boy named Andy telling
friends his dad had bet his life savings
on Germany winning the World Cup.
The National Council on Problem
Gamblings commercial was lam-
pooned around the world after
Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 in the
semi-finals, sparking jokes that the ad
would encourage rather than deter
gambling.
The laughs got louder after
Germany beat
Argentina 1-0,
with many people
taking to social media
to congratulate Andy on his
familys good fortune.
Andy, okay you can stop
smiling. Go get your savings
from your daddy. Minister of
State at the trade and Industry
Ministry Teo Ser Luck wrote on his
Facebook page.
Gambling is hugely popular in
Singapore but tightly regulated, with
soccer bets only allowed to be placed
through state-owned bookmaker
Singapore Pools.
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woman in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
had just left her home last week
when her car suddenly stalled. A good
Samaritan pulled over to help, but
when he opened the hood of the car he
didnt find a dead battery. Instead, he
found a living 9-foot, 20-pound
python.
It was looking right at me. It
flicked its little tongue, and I kind of
freaked out a little bit, said Jackson
Ault. So Ault and the woman, who
wasnt identified, called the local
police to help. The first officer on the
scene wasnt anymore interested in
dealing with the snake
than Ault. But then
police Lt Louis
Carlos showed up
and the story suddenly became much
less frightening and far more adorable.
After soothing the snake, Carlos
called animal control services, which
picked up the snake and brought it to
the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and
Humane Society.
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ran Capo holds a world record for
her gift of gab at 603 words per
minute or 11 words per second.
A YouTube video thats gone
viral this week showcases Fran reciting
The Three Little Pigs really, really,
really fast. Fran says the video was shot
a few years ago, and shes overwhelmed
by the renewed attention. The former
broadcaster and cur-
rent comedienne went
on Larry King Live
back in 1986.
The native New
Yorker was asked to
read the story once again,
and the fast talker
extraordinaire did
it in 15.78 sec-
onds or so!
Frans always up
for a challenge and is
always on the move. She
hopes others learn to live in
the moment too.
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A
cat missing for more than
a year and a half has
showed up 200 miles
away from home. Owner
Julia Jauncey was left
devastated when Bob
disappeared just before
Christmas in 2012.
But the 33-year-old and Bob have
now been reunited after he was discov-
ered in Leicester. A vet
from the East Midlands
got the shock of his life
when he checked Bobs
microchip, the Newcastle
Chronicle reports. I was
just in shock and had to
check if I was hear-
ing them correctly.
I was devastated when
he went missing and I
couldnt wait to get him
back, said Julia.
The ginger tomcat was
passed to a business owner in
January 2013, who had called him
Cromitte, and it wasnt until he
was taken to the
vet that the then
owner noticed
he was
chipped and
belonged
to Julia.
It was
so surreal
when I went
to collect him,
Julia said.
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he heavy steel door clangs
shut. The bolt makes a star-
tling bang as it locks elec-
tronically. With that noise
the inmate is sealed away, his
home for possibly a decade a stark box
measuring seven feet by nine feet, or
just four paces diagonally. A hinged
slot in the door allows meals to be
passed in or handcuffs fitted without
the need for direct human interaction.
Welcome to the world of solitary con-
finement in America.
Here, some 80,000 prisoners lan-
guish alone for up to 23 hours a day for
months, years, or even decades, the
largest number incarcerated in this way
in any democratic country in the world,
according to the US governments own
statistics. But these men and women
now find themselves at the centre of a
fevered debate about the questionable
effectiveness and, more pointedly, dam-
age, of the widespread use of this kind
of punishment.
A series of pivotal court cases and
Congressional hearings is sweeping in a
wave of opposition to one of the harsh-
est sanctions that has come to dominate
Americas tough-on-crime culture in
the past 30 years. And conservative as
well as liberal states are now in the van-
guard of change.
Even the popular Netflix television
drama Orange is the New Black,
watched by many in Britain, has drawn
attention to the issue. In the most
recent season, the lead character, an
inmate from a middle-class New York
background serving time in a womens
prison, throws her food at the wall and
becomes incoherent after a short stint
in the dreaded Shu the Special
Housing Unit whose name is a
euphemism for solitary confinement.
Piper Kerman, author of Orange is
the New Black, whose own incarcera-
tion inspired the book and show, testi-
fied earlier this year to the bipartisan
Congressional committee that is push-
ing for new laws to restrict the use of
solitary confinement.
The Telegraph was given exclusive
access to a solitary confinement cell at
the mens state prison in the New
England state of Maine while investi-
gating this controversial issue.
The bleak cell contains a fixed
metal desk, stool and bunk, a com-
bined sink and lavatory unit and lit-
tle else. Despite the physical isolation
the cell reverberates day and night with
the noises of the prison. A slit window
looks out onto the razor-wire perime-
ter fence. Some US solitary cells have
no window.
Ironically, it was the famously
mild-mannered Quakers who intro-
duced solitary confinement in US pris-
ons in the 1820s, hoping that isolation
would foster contemplation and
remorse. But the countrys Supreme
Court ruled as early as 1890 that it
drove many inmates insane and made
them more violent.
The practice faded, came back with
Alcatraz in the 1930s, faded again then
returned in the 1980s when the crack
epidemic and drug gangs became a cat-
alyst for tough sentencing, resulting in
packed, tense prisons.
Today, most American prisons fea-
ture a solitary confinement wing.
The United Nations has called for
such conditions to be used only in
exceptional circumstances, for no more
than two weeks at a time, and in Britain
solitary confinement is not used as a
punishment, though violent prisoners
and those at risk of being victims of
violence may be kept separately in seg-
regation units for safety reasons.
This place will mess you up. I was
okay until I did 18 months down here,
but it turns your brain to mush, or
makes you angry at the whole world. It
doesnt solve anything, Tommy
Farrington, 32, an inmate serving
between five and 11 years at the Maine
State Prison for a violent robbery, told
the Telegraph.
Increasingly, the authorities are
inclined to agree with him. A growing
number of states are beginning to phase
out the routine use of solitary confine-
ment for disruptive prisoners. Much of
this change is being driven by budget
shortages, as it typically costs around
$60,000 in taxpayer funds annually to
house an inmate in solitary the
equivalent of a year at Harvard and two
or three times the cost of an ordinary
inmate. Its also been prompted by a
deluge of lawsuits filed by prisoners and
civil rights groups.
But there is now acknowledgement
in states where reform is under way
that prolonged solitary actually makes
prisoners worse and a greater threat to
society after their release.
The states of Mississippi, which is
deeply conservative, and Maine, where
the State Governor is an outspoken
Republican, are leading wholesale
reform of solitary confinement, often
called administrative segregation within
the prison system. Restructuring is also
under way in Colorado, New York,
Ohio, Washington and Illinois, while
Pennsylvania and Virginia are review-
ing their policies. Even ultra-conserva-
tive Texas voted last year for a review of
the way it uses the sanction.
In the Eighties, we couldnt build
prisons fast enough, then in the
Nineties we expanded segregation.
Now, theres a groundswell across the
country for change and states are exam-
ining themselves, Anthony Annucci,
New York States acting commissioner
of corrections, told the Telegraph.
In the face of court action, New
York State plans to alter its practices,
beginning with curbing the use of soli-
tary for juveniles and pregnant inmates.
Reform is not about going softer
on crime, but about how we get people
to leave prison better than when they
came in so that we can attack stubborn-
ly high reoffending rates, said Annucci.
New York City is being sued after a
series of deaths in isolation cells.
At the federal level, a review of
prison conditions is due to report to
Congress in the coming weeks and is
expected to call for comprehensive
change in the use of solitary confine-
ment. Last month, a federal judge in
California agreed to hear a lawsuit argu-
ing that prolonged isolation violates the
Eighth Amendment to the US
Constitution prohibiting cruel and
unusual punishment. The resulting court
case is likely to influence national policy.
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he story of a man who lost
his legs in the Boston
marathon bombings is to be
brought to the big screen, accord-
ing to the Hollywood Reporter.
Jeff Bauman was waiting for his
girlfriend at the finish line in April
2013, when two pressure cooker
bombs exploded, leading to the
death of three and injuring more
than 260. His book Stronger, which
was published in April and co-writ-
ten by Bret Whitter, will be adapted
for a new screenplay by playwright
John Pollono.
The film does not yet have a
director or cast attached, but there
are signs it could be a future
awards-season contender pro-
ducers Todd Lieberman, David
Hoberman and Scott Silver were all
part of the creative team on the
Oscar-winning David O Russell
drama The Fighter, also set in the
Boston area.
Bauman, who wears prosthetic
limbs, has been described as the
face of the attacks, after he helped
identify one of the bombers from
his hospital bed. Chechen brothers
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
were responsible for the 2013 attack.
On July 13, Jeff and Erins
daughter, Nora, was born.
N
orthern Irish actor Kristian
Nairn has announced a Game
of Thrones-themed DJ tour.
The man who plays Hodor will be
spinning the deepest house (music)
from all seven kingdoms, at a string
of club nights throughout Australia.
For one night only, in every
capital across this land, venues will
be transformed into the finest halls
of Westeros, announced organisers
of the so-called Rave of Thrones.
Guests have been asked to wear fan-
tasy-themed fancy dress, with those
who ignore the dictum risking the
wrath of the hand of the king.
Nairn, whose bi-syllabic charac-
ter has become a fan favourite on
Game of Thrones, has long been a
fixture of Belfasts house music
scene. For 11 years, he was a resident
DJ at the citys Kremlin club, and
that work helped him attract his first
movie agent. Acting and DJing is a
similar process for me, but with
slightly different components, he
told Red Dot Diva in 2012. When
DJing, I am definitely trying to keep
my mind very much switched on,
and for Hodor, its really the oppo-
site. But I still want to be present in
the scene, and to react well to what is
happening, because I believe Hodor
is a great reactor. I dont think too
much is planned in his head!
For his August gigs in Sydney,
Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Darwin
and Adelaide, Nairn is expected to
eschew EDM trends in favour of
chunky, deep, dark house music.
D
olly Parton has renewed her
desire to release a dance
album at some point soon,
stating that she has recorded sever-
al songs that are very positive
towards the gay community.
I would like to do a dance
record, the country legend con-
firmed at a press conference. I have
a song called Just a Wee Bit Gay. Its
a great little dance tune; its funny
and its got a lot of comic in it. I do
write a lot of songs along those lines
with people that are different and
are just themselves.
Two years later, Parton said
the dance LP was still in the
works. People always ask me
whats next and I never know which
ones going to come up first, she
explained to QMI.
I have done a lot of dance
songs and I will put that out at the
right time. Again she drew a con-
nection between dance music and
her gay fans: I have a lot of fans
that love to dance; I have a huge gay
following.
In the UK, Parton is currently
enjoying some of the most loving
attention of her five-decade career.
Boosted by a performance at this
years Glastonbury festival, the 68-
year-olds new best-of compilation,
Blue Smoke, is currently at number
3 on the official albums chart.
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sage called Narada went
to another sage named
Sanatkumara to learn about
truth, and Sanatkumara inquired
what he had studied already.
Narada answered that he had stud-
ied the Vedas, astronomy, and var-
ious other things, yet he had got
no satisfaction. Then there was a
conversation between the two in
the course of which Sanatkumara
remarked that all this knowledge
of the Vedas, astronomy and phi-
losophy was but secondary; sci-
ences were but secondary. That
which made us realise the
Brahman was the supreme, the
highest knowledge.
This idea we find in every
religion and that is why religion
always claimed to be supreme
knowledge. Knowledge of the sci-
ences covers, as it were, only part
of our lives, but the knowledge
which religion brings to us is
eternal, as infinite as the truth it
preaches.
Claiming this superiority, reli-
gions have many times looked
down, unfortunately, on all secular
knowledge, and not only so, but
many times have refused to be jus-
tified by the aid of secular knowl-
edge. In consequence, all the world
over there have been fights
between secular knowledge and
religious knowledge, the one
claiming infallible authority as its
guide, refusing to listen to any-
thing that secular knowledge has
to say on the point, the other, with
its shining instrument of reason,
wanting to cut to pieces everything
religion could bring forward. This
fight has been and is still waged in
every country. Religions have been
again and again defeated and
almost exterminated. The physical
sciences are better equipped now
than formerly, and religions have
become less equipped. The foun-
dations have been all undermined,
and the modern man, whatever he
may say in public, knows in the
privacy of his heart that he can no
more believe.
There are, of course, a number
of people who seem to acquiesce
in the so-called popular faith, but
we also know for certain that they
do not think. Their idea of belief
may be better translated as not
thinking carelessness.
The question is: Is there a way
out? To put it in a more concrete
form: Is religion to justify itself by
the discoveries of reason through
which every other science justifies
itself? Are the same methods of
investigation, which we apply to
sciences and knowledge outside, to
be applied to the science of reli-
gion? In my opinion, this must be
so, and I am also of opinion that
the sooner it is done the better. If a
religion is destroyed by such inves-
tigations, it was then all the time
useless, unworthy superstition; and
the sooner it goes the better. I am
thoroughly convinced that its
destruction would be the best
thing that could happen.
All that is dross will be taken
off, no doubt, but the essential
parts of religion will emerge tri-
umphant out of this investigation.
Not only will it be made scientific
as scientific, at least, as any of
the conclusions of physics or
chemistry but will have greater
strength because physics or
chemistry has no internal man-
date to vouch for its truth, which
religion has.
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of any rationalistic investigation
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ntegrity, fairness and transparency are said to be the
hallmarks of good governance. But the question is
how to ensure this. E-governance is emerging as a
means to bring transparency, but still it has its limitations.
It is the human element that is crucial. Nations across the
globe are facing the effect of deteriorating governance
both in public and private sector, and the cause has been
traced to human element. Rightly had someone said that
if you go deep into any problem, you will find people.
The solution also, however, comes from people.
As attempts to arrest corruption are being made
everywhere, let us think of whistleblowing as a means.
Whistleblowing plays a pivotal role in exposing unethical
activities in the Government and bureaucracy.
Corruption, in the recent past, has emerged as a
major issue in governance. The exposes that have sur-
faced in the public and corporate domain in the past few
years have made a serious dent into the countrys image.
India figures poorly in Transparency Internationals
Corruption Perception Index. There is a need to take the
issue as one of the biggest challenges the country is fac-
ing. But the question is how? The political class has failed
to tackle the issue effectively, the complicity of the
bureaucracy is more than established and the corporate
houses too have not covered themselves with glory
exceptions notwithstanding.
The answer then has to come from the ordinary peo-
ple who are the real stakeholders. Whistleblowing has to
be considered in this light. There are incidents that sug-
gest that the practice is becoming a favoured response for
those who think it is time to call spade a spade. However,
with a weak institutional mechanism, whistleblowing
remains a risky proposition. Elsewhere, whistleblowing is
becoming an important tool in the prevention and detec-
tion of corruption. A survey conducted by the Associated
Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
(Assocham) and Ernst & Young found that frauds often
lead to some form of business disorder, tarnished reputa-
tion as well as financial losses.
Sometimes, however, a question of righteousness is
raised. Is it right to point fingers at the employer, the
Government or the king? The US incident involving
Edward Snowdens disclosure is a case in point. Was he
upholding some principles of universal ethics by spilling
the beans about the US policy or was he indulging in an
unlawful act of violating the contractual obligations of his
job? The answer to this may settle many doubts about the
nature and purpose of whistleblowing, but the important
question is will we ever get an answer?
In the ancient Indian mythology Ramayana, a similar
predicament can be traced in the case of Vibhishana,
demon king Ravanas brother who did not approve of the
latters abduction of Sita and subsequently joined Rama. It
was Vibhishanas information about Ravanas weakness
that proved to be the latters nemesis. Bhismas indiffer-
ence in the Kaurva court when Draupadi was dishon-
oured also raises a similar question. Mangal Pandeys
revolt in the war of 1857 against the East India Company
was also viewed in similar light. The dividing line
between a traitor and a whistleblower may be thin, but
the fact remains that the two are not the same. Upholding
dharma is the ultimate duty of every person and loyalty
does not mean supporting wrong actions.
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uncomorlable and even
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Rady Children's hosilal.
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devices. The risk arises
rom conlacl wilh nickel
laled ouler suraces "over
rolonged eriods o lime".
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allergy has inally been
discovered - genes. A
new sludy claimed lo have
ound lhe reason behind an
inexlicable ood allergy
and a new lheray lhal can
cure il. Eosinohillic
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lhe esohagus which is
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hyersensilivily lo some
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lion in lhe esohagus o
while blood cells called
eosinohils. EoE is reson
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leslinal roblems, includ
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in swallowing. Scienlisls al
lhe Cincinnali Children's
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linking a gene called
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t is commonly seen that over a
period of time as property gets
fragmented, families do too, and
vice versa. If property is shared
amicably, family relationships are
sustained. If not, this weakens family
relationships, throws financial
situations in imbalance and many
legal tangles ensue. The Vastu
Shastra has information, which if
used with guidance, can prevent
such unfortunate situations.
There are three main factors to
be considered to prevent property
division how strong are the
interpersonal family relationships,
how secure is the financial position,
and how good is the ability to make
decisions, especially those related to
money, family and property?
Maintenance of property is symbolic
of sustenance of heritage and cordial
family relationships. How can
MahaVastu help you?
Many simple evaluation
techniques and easy-to-apply
remedies have been developed and
applied successfully by MahaVastu.
Your house is where it all starts, so it
is best to ensure that the
property/house has a beneficially
located entrance. There is one north
entrance that ensures smooth and
good inheritance. Thousands of
successful MahaVastu case studies
vouch for this effect. Check using
the four-step MahaVastu evaluation
technique to know in which of the
16 MahaVastu zones the entrance,
rooms and other parts of the house
are located.
In all cases, the south-southwest
door is thoroughly avoidable. Except
for the toilet, nothing else should be
in this zone, which is responsible for
waste and expenditure. A kitchen,
bedroom and study will never make
its user prosper, but cause
destruction in all quarters. Money
and family relationships will be
particularly affected. An entrance in
the southwest zone creates
disagreements within the family and
dilutes traditional values. A
southeast entrance attracts legal
disputes. There are easy-to-apply
MahaVastu solutions, like painting a
colour strip on the door, which work
wonders to manage the bad effects of
the entrance without having to
relocate it.
Taking up relationships, we look
at the southwest Vastu zone that
is of skills, relationships and
ancestors. Cordial feelings, familial
affections and truly strong bonds
will arise from a strong and balanced
SW zone. This zone also belongs to
ancestors, without whose blessings
nothing can be completed or gained.
It has been seen through MahaVastu
research that the main reasons for
property partition are bitter
disagreements within the family,
feelings of financial insecurity or
loss of rightful share. A major
reason is the kitchen or water boring
located in the SW direction. The
kitchen is related to the fire element
and in the SW, it will create rage and
aggression in family relationships
especially between siblings. Water
boring here will block financial
growth and can lead to desperation.
The person feels he has no option,
but to grab his share of the ancestral
property.
Then the presence of a toilet in
SW is one major and exceedingly
effective reason for pitra dosh. It
leads to total destruction of the
family members. Keep a family
photograph and a pair of lovebirds
in this zone. Keep your ancestors
pictures here. The colours should be
shades of white, off white and cream.
A study, work room and bedroom
are fine here.
You can ensure financial strength
and balance by checking the west
(capital and gains), northwest
(support), north (money and
opportunities), south-east (initiating
spark). Money, opportunities, gains
and capital will flow smoothly and a
steady spark will be present if these
zones are in order. For instance, the
main colour scheme in the SE ought
to be red, and the kitchen should be
here. A study and iron safe bring good
results in the north, and pictures of
lush fields or a cottage scene in the
west ensure capital gains.
Also check these zones east-
southeast (churning) and west-
northwest (depression and anxiety). If
these are imbalanced, thought
processes also are, resulting in poor
decision-making. Ensure these are
balanced and use the areas as storage
space for shoes and other utility items.
Do not spend too much time here. Ask
the MahaVastu expert for simple
remedies that will treat these zones.
Last but not least, de-clutter and
use the south-southeast and north-
east zones properly. The first zone
keeps your mental and physical
strength and security intact using
this as a bedroom, kitchen or study
location is an excellent idea. The
latter zone keeps your mental clarity
intact, so place your pooja room
here. A strong, loving family with
mental clarity will always stay
together. In most cases, when people
approached the MahaVastu Centre
for resolution of family problems
related to property, wrong placement
of kitchen, water boring or toilets in
their houses turned out to be the
culprits. Application of easy
MahaVastu solutions resolved
matters quickly. Take action now to
ensure your family and property are
safe, always.
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You are al a crossroad, il is lime lo lil yoursel and
lransorm your lie. You musl be honesl wilh
yourselves, judge whal besl aclion should be laken
and rise u lo lhe challenges. You may change
your mind radically aboul somelhing lhal you lhink
is wrong wilh you hysically. l's ossible lhal
somelhing you lhoughl you underslood could besl
be lrealed in anolher way. Your heallh will imrove
bul gradually. Anxiely in lhe career ronl may
overower you. worrying aboul your job is nol
going lo hel. Focus on whal you can conlrol.
you are looking or a job, lhink osilively, and don'l
hesilale lo ask or hel in your search. You will
soon lry a dierenl laclic or may even choose lo
leave lhe job lhal you're currenlly in.
Iurky number 4, G
Iurky roIour Red
Iurky day Sunday
8IF8 March 21-April 20
You're likely lo be under slress rom a combinalion
o aclors, so il's arlicularly imorlanl lo be genlle
wilh yoursel. you're angry, exress il careully.
Resl and relaxalion is crucial. worry and guill are
useless. A sudden break rom sirilualily lhal no
longer works or you is indicaled. You eel
slagnalion al work. This lime eriod could be a
wakeu call or you. You have some anxiely aboul
money and are lrying lo hold on lo every enny.
Lel go o lhis anxiely by reminding yoursel lhal no
maller whal your circumslances, lhere is someone
who is less orlunale lhan you are. Try giving a
lillle, wilh an oen hearl. 0len lhis can oen u
lhe low o roserily and bring even more
inancial securily back lo you.
Iurky number 1, 5
Iurky roIour havy blue
Iurky day Tuesday
I0808 April 21-May 21
This is a good week or your emolional and
hysical well being. Fosilive aroach lo lhings will
hel. you are wailing on lesl resulls regarding
your heallh, relax and know lhal lhe news will be
good. You are gelling ready lo enler new realms in
your sirilual exloralion. herbal ingredienls and
homemade remedies will allracl you. This is a
greal lime lo lake some lime o rom work. Things
are nol likely lo be going as you would like lhem
lo. Ferhas lhe lime has come lo slarl looking or
anolher osilion. Your sychological insighl is
excellenl and you can beller undersland whal
molivales olhers. You need lo ace lhe realily o
your inancial silualion. Some conlicls may cause
billerness in your relalionshi.
Iurky number 2, 5
Iurky roIour Maroon
Iurky day Friday
6FMI8I May 22-June 21
You need relaxalion. nlrosecl and gel closer lo
your idenlily. This is a good lime lo enjoy your
good heallh. you've always exercised indoors,
move your workoul oulside or a welcome change
o scenery may be enough lo reinvigorale a slale
rouline. You could eslablish your slrenglh in your
career. you are in a arlnershi business lhere
are air chances lhal you all will work or selless
molives. Feole will lislen lo you and resecl your
views. Those who are in jobs may have lhe reason
lo eel ride aler lhe accomlishmenl o an
imorlanl rojecl. There could be hay reunion,
you orgel aboul lhe asl, each olhers mislakes
and slarl lie aresh. There may be a celebralion o
child birlh or marriage al home.
Iurky number 7, O
Iurky roIour Black
Iurky day Salurday
080F8 June 22-July 22
You may slo some bad habils and inally slarl
somelhing good. Fhysical exercise is imorlanl.
You will nol be in a mood lo back down rom
anylhing and will deend your ideals. You will ind
sirilual lrulhs lhal hold more romise and which
are beneicial or you. A sudden hike in salary or
reulalion is seen. Fromolion in lhe exisling job,
lranser or some dierenl orlolio is assigned
which could lurn oul lo be in your avor. Your
innovalion, suslenance and simlicily in working
are lhe mosl al ways o driving il. Sludenls who
are asiring or higher goals like M, sludying
abroad on lo level inslilulions could make il and
gel lhe righl break wilh sheer luck. Somelhing may
be lroubling you wilh regard lo your relalionshi.
Iurky number 1, 4
Iurky roIour while
Iurky day Monday
I860 Aug 24-Sept 23
You will bear lhe ruils o your eorls. You will be
in a cheerul and osilive mood. Basically, you are
aware and very conscious on heallh ronl and
devole good lime in looking aler your well being.
There are lhings lhal you can do lo groom
yoursel. There is a siril o cooeralion lhal works
well. You share cordial relalions wilh colleagues,
riends and seniors. Those in business could bring
desirable changes. Be a good lislener, lrusl your
inslincls and connecl wilh your innermosl desires.
Cooeralion and harmony al work lace will gel
you lhe besl o resulls. This is good lime or
slarling new venlure/ new rojecl and working wilh
grou. Things will seed u in your relalionshi.
There may be good news coming your way.
Iurky number 8, 7
Iurky roIour Yellow
Iurky day Thursday
lI88 Sept 24-Oct 23
You are on lhe alh o sel imrovemenl. You may
ollow a new belie syslem in search o meaning o
lie. You may volunleer or religious services aler
years o nol doing so. Slicking lo a new diel or
workoul rouline is a manieslalion and conormily
lhal is also selimrovemenl. Some good news
rom overseas is on lhe cards. You have lhe
knowledge, slrenglh, and insiralion lo meel your
challenges. There will be an imrovemenl in your
career. This is an excellenl lime lo ind new work or
lo ask or and receive a romolion in your currenl
job. You may lan lo slarl a joinl venlure wilh your
amily member. 0ains lhrough anceslral roerly
are on lhe way. Your love lie and romance is back
on lrack make lhe move now.
Iurky number 1, O
Iurky roIour Black
Iurky day Salurday
8008FI0 Oct 24-Nov 22
you are having hysical roblems, remember
lhal lhings do nol always have lo be lhe way lhey
are righl now. Fay allenlion lo diel, exercise and
relaxalion. You may need lo reach oul lo a lrusled
counselor or riend lo gel hel. Slay conslanl and
grounded in lhe resenl momenl. Falience and
coolness are your lools lo slay il. A new
conneclion al work lace could rove in your avor.
You are helul and are concerned aboul olhers.
You are likely lo be arecialed in your worklace
and should be eeling comorlable lhere. looking
or emloymenl, you are going lo ind il very soon.
Money mallers should be looked aler well. Some
o you mighl gel a romolion or hike in your
salary. You ind reshness in your relalionshi.
Iurky number 2, 4
Iurky roIour Sea green
Iurky day Tuesday
008I08 Jan 21-Feb 19
Fay immediale allenlion lo your heallh.
Temlalions, conusions and disorganised lieslyle
seem revalenl. You are overwhelmed and lhis
energy carries lhe warning lhal you may be
sending loo much lime wilh your head in lhe
clouds. You are sarkling wilh new ideas, you will
lry lo imrove your social lie, which shall be
rereshing, rejuvenaling and will give you new
hoes and dreams. There can be a romolion,
slarling a new rojecl/job or lranser which you
have been looking or. Joy and celebralions is on
lhe cards. Your roduclive level will be very high
and being eicienl will ay o. You can execl
emolional securily and deeer underslanding wilh
your arlner.
Iurky number G, O
Iurky roIour Feach
Iurky day wednesday
FI80F8 Feb 20-March 20
You are able lo lake lime oul rom your heclic
schedule by careully calegorising your lhoughls
and maing oul whal needs lo be done lo
imrove your heallh. You are caring, nurluring yel
dominaling al limes. Be logical aboul whal you are
doing lo your heallh, lhough order and disciline
may be helul. You will ind slabilily in exisling
relalions. There are chances lo change your
domeslic silualion by using your money or
ossessions wisely. You may ind yoursel alling
or someone older lhan you. The allraclion may
nol be mulual, bul i you are alienl, il is likely lo
grow. deas or suggeslions should be acled uon.
Analyse your relalionshis and send some qualily
lime wilh your near and dear ones.
Iurky number 8, 5
Iurky roIour 0range
Iurky day Tuesday
0F8I0088 Dec 24-Jan 20
when you have a osilive selimage; you value
and resecl your body. You are also more likely lo
eel good aboul living a heallhy and balanced
lieslyle. Famer yoursel wilh beauly lrealmenls,
sa, and grooming lis. This is lhe lime when
many big rojecls are realised lhal will be
roilable lo you. Business dealings may be mosl
ruilul now and i you are in a sel made business
or job, eole will evaluale your work and accel
your views and roducls. Some business lravel is
on lhe card. Those who are in exorl and imorl
business are likely lo make huge roils. Ful as
much lime and energy as you can. You are
enlhusiaslic and very romanlic in your relalions;
lhis is a good lhing lo reresh your relalionshis.
Iurky number 4, 5
Iurky roIour Fink
Iurky day wednesday
lF0 July 23-August 23
Avoid imulsive aclions and aggression. heclic
work schedule, lravel and challenges o loday's
world could lake a loll on your heallh.
Comromising on heallh issues is nol advisable or
you. Take lime lo bring balance in your
roessional and ersonal lie. To begin or slarl a
ilness lan is a good idea. You may be moving lo
a new osilion or a new sel o resonsibililies. You
are likely lo be eeling olimislic, ubeal, and
hoeul aboul your ulure. Forlune shall avour you
and money mallers look quile romising; good
inances and saving call or a good managemenl
lan or roer inveslmenl o your inances.
however lan or a rainy day. l aears lhal you
may be involved in a serious conlicl o some kind.
Iurky number 1, 4
Iurky roIour Crimson red
Iurky day Sunday
86III8I08 Nov 23-Dec 23
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dont know why my father has
forcefully brought me here
when he knows that I have no
faith in astrology or any other
abstract subjects that he subscribes
to, was the opening remark of a
young lad brought for counselling.
I assured the young man that
he will not be offered predictions or
a lesson in dos and donts. I said:
You are here to figure out as to
what went wrong that your perfor-
mance dipped beyond proportion,
following which you went into
depression. All the more because
the line of treatment for bipolar dis-
ease that doctors have diagnosed
has instead of helping you made
you dysfunctional. And if possible,
to guide you improve your perfor-
mance. Let me first assure you that
there is no evidence of having bipo-
lar disease in your chart, and there-
fore, you better stop medication.
But before I attend to your prob-
lem, I would like to know as to
what makes you have such strong
dislike for astrology or other divine
disciplines when you are not sup-
posed to have any exposure to the
above disciplines?
He responded immediately:
My father has been deep into
astrology and occult. But his con-
duct hasnt improved; at times, it
becomes even obnoxious, especial-
ly when he is drunk. How do I
believe that it is going to help me
in any way?
Well, just as good academic
understanding does not help unless
it is put to practical use, the same
applies to your father, I suggested.
Just try out a simple spiritual tool
for at least a month as an alterna-
tive mode of treatment. If you find
that it is helping you, carry on with
it. I am sure you will regain your
intelligent, confident self that you
exhibited till you were in Class 10.
Before I offer you the remedial
tools, let me first explain what went
wrong with you. A look at your
chart suggests that since the expo-
sure to tempting influences of the
age overtook you, your fragile mind
went into monkey mode, wander-
ing from one imaginary thought to
the other. Having lost your focus
thus, you could do not concentrate
on your studies. When you were
advised by your parents to stick to
your priorities, with the sense of
independence playing heavy on you,
you took it as an affront. Your past
experience of a sense of quick grasp
made you believe that no sooner
you began your preparation for the
coming Board examination, you will
make over fast. You never realised
that as you were moving to higher
classes, the subjects were becoming
difficult. So, when you really got
into preparation mode, you realised
that because of irregularity in stud-
ies, you have missed out so much
that it would be difficult to cover up.
That eroded your confidence, even-
tually leading to a state of depres-
sion. The question now is how to get
over this malady and rebuild the
performing-self afresh?
Having assured that he had the
potential to bounce back, towards
the first course, he was asked to get
up early and go out in the open.
The fresh oxygen and vitamin D
will rejuvenate you, improve your
confidence and strengthen intelli-
gence. Second, you need to do
mind detoxification meditation for
at least 10 minutes before you go to
study. The course begins by regis-
tering in mind the following saying
of Swami Vivekananda: Take up
one idea. Make that one idea your
life think of it, dream of it, and
live on that idea. Let the brain,
muscles, nerves, and every part of
your body be full of that idea, and
just leave every other idea alone.
This is the key to success.
In your case the central idea
would be your studies. The process
involves purging the indwelling
thoughts. As a consequence, your
conscious mind remains steer clear
of distracting thoughts for about
two hours. Evidently, if you are
able to do focused study for two
hours at one go, you will be able to
grasp the subject, which will set in
your memory well, and you will be
able perform. Fortunately for the
boy, the idea got into his head. He
took up the remedial exercises in
all sincerity. He not only success-
fully cleared his Board examina-
tion, which he had flunked last
year, but also got through the engi-
neering entrance test. To the mer-
riment of his parents, he is pursu-
ing an engineering course at a
reputed institution.
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